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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECE3IBER 8, 1919.
C0I1L SUPPLY GOME,
i n ittl riprn nn n n
r duiilthulo undid
Hundreds of Families in Dire
Circumstances.
EMERGENCY FUND ASKED
how he accomplished his ends. Then,
having aroused their curiosity to the
straining point, he made them laugh
with him as he exposed each trick in
turn
A committee of citizens, including
City Commissioner Mann, made care
ful inspections of all apparatus used
by Cunning in his famous rope trick,
wherein he tied himself securely and
then performed aeemlngly impossible
things while tied to a chair. The
committee was absolutely satisfied
that the performer was securely
bound, but after the trick had been
competed Cunning caused the com
mittee some discomfort when he
showed how even they had been
tricked.
Hal M. White, manager of the au
ditorium, arranged last night for an
extra performance again tonight, de
to the fact that hundreds of people
were unable to procure .Beats for last
night's performance.
MINERS MAY PICK
GOAL AGAIN FRIDAY
Garfield Wage Proposal Is
Thought Settlement Basis.
Coldest Weather in 3 0 Tears ana
Lack of Fuel Combine to
Cause Suffering.
BUTTE, Dec. 7. The shortage 01
fuel has caused the most critical con
dition which ever confronted Butte.
Mayor Stodden has been authorized
by the city council to set aside an
emergency appropriation to provide
for hundreds of families in the min
ing camp who now are in dire circum
stances. Thousands of men in Butts
are out of work and unable to pro
vide their families with either fuel or
other necessities of life, because of
the closing of mines for want of fuel.
Every pound of coal available has
been sent needy people in email de
liveries. The Boy Scouts in a canvass of the
city obtained 600 tons of coal from
willing donors, all of which today has
been exhausted and tomorrow will
find Butte with hardly a pound of
coal.
Wood, obtained from old demolished
vhacks, has been delivered as rapidly
as possible, but tnat source of supply
also Is exhausted.
Some coal Is expected to reach
Butte tomorrow over the Union Pa
cific from Utah. One of the means of
temporary relief contemplated by the
rlty fuel administration and the gen
eral committee Is to establish public
roup kitchens to supply ttie needy
with food. With the coldest winter
weather prevailing in Butte In the
history of the city for the last 30
years, the combination of circum
stances is ens' of the most drastic
with which the authorities ever have
contended.
HELENA, Mont.. Dec. 7. Movement
of 100 cars of coal from the head of
the Great. Lakes to Montana began
today, according to a telegram re
celve.d' by M. H. Gerry Jr., state fuel
administrator. The coal will be dis
tributed to Montana points most in
need of coal for fuel, Mr. Gerry said.
Apportionment of the coal, la yet to
be determined.
communications were sent to the
Boards of county commissioners in
timber counties of the state asking
that they organize their counties at
once for wood cutting and distribution
by placing as many county employes
as possible in camps and enlist the
services of farmers in this work.
With continued cold weather, fore
cast for Montana Monday and Tues
day, suffering because of the ex
treme coal shortage will be intensi
fied, it is anticipated. Floods of ap
peals for fuel are being received by
M. H. Gerry Jr., state fuel adminis
trator, and an effort Is being made
to get coal to relieve extreme cases in
the northern part of the state, where
suiiering is most acute. Samuel V.
Stewart, governor, reports no new
developments in the cal strike situa
tion in tne state tonight.
LA GRANDE, Or., Dec. 7. (Special.)
(serious danger of Idleness in La
tiranue is seen in the coal shortna
Several train crews already have been
laid off. sawmills are very likely to
WOMAN DRIVER ACCUSED
MRS. FRED ROBBIXS TO FACE
RECKLESSNESS CHARGE.
Antolst in Collision Declares She
Was in Hurry to Attend Fu
neral; Hearing Today.
Mrs. Fred Bobbins of 19 East Seventy-ninth
street will appear in mu
nicipal court this morning to answer
to a charge of reckless driving as a
result of an automobile collision Sat
urday afternoon in wnicli her machine
struck another driven by Richard
Condon of Goldendale, Wash., at the
intersection of East Seventy-eighth
and Ash streets.
Mr. Condon, his daughter. Miss L.
Condon, and Mrs. George W. Brown,
698 East Fifty-eighth street North,
who were riding with Mr. Condon at
the time, were all thrown out onto the
pavement by the shock and received
bruises which were later treated at
the St. Vincent's hospital.
After striking the other machine.
Mrs. Bobbins' car careened over the
curb and stopped on the steps rf the
Wesleyan Methodist church, narrow
ly missing a telephone pole.
Mrs. Bobbins said she was in a
hurry to attend a funeral at the
First Methodist church. Motorcycle
Patrolman Gouldstone reported that
she was driving at a high r.te of
speed at the time of the accident. She
was placed under arrest by Voiice
Sergeant Frank Ervin. ' Bail was
placed at $250.
STOLEN PAPERS FOUND
Ex-Employe of Signal Corps Jailed
tor Sending Obscene Matter.
TAMPA. Fla., Dec. 7. Valuable
confidential documents of airplane
development from the secret files of
the war department have been recov
ered here. Charles Alexander Fran
cis Ducorron, formerly a confidential
employe in the signal corps headquar
ters. Is in jail in default of 15000
bond on a charge of sending obscene
matter by express while the federal
grand jury at Jacksonville is investi
gating his connection with the pa
pers which were discovered in trunks
shipped from Washington. Ducorron
said the papers were given him, but
refused to say by whom.
An army officer from Washington
has Identified the papers as those for
which a nation-wide search has been
conducted since early in November
following Ducorron's resignation,
George Kllner, special agent, who
arrested Ducorron, said tonight.
DETAILS" ARE PREPARED
Government to Confer "With Miners
Tomorrow; Secret Session
Held in Washlngotn.
(Continued From Firt Page.)
at noon Saturday and were closeted
until midnight with the attorney-general.
They went from the department
of justice to the home of a friend and
did not appear until train time to
night and would not talk or add any
thing to the attorney-general's pub
lished version of the situation. Who
sent for the mrners' leaders or whether
they came to Washington of their
own ' accord was a question un
answered. That the step taken guaranteed the
cessation of the coal strike on the
part of the organized miners was not
asserted anywhere. A definite silence
was maintained. The executive com
mittee of bituminous coal operators
had no information which it would
divulge.
Speculation Is Active.
Gossip was active over the situation
which has Involved almost exclusive
attention of most government chiefs
for two weeks. It was eald in labor
circles that the president's proposal
would result in giving the miners
more than previous government sug
gestions would allow. Other versions
said that a practical repetition of Dr.
Garfield's arbitration offer had been
provisionally accepted by the mine
workers' union chiefs.
It was further said that a difference
of method in dealing with the strike
had develoned among the government
agencies, chiefly concerned, though all
were working toward a settlement.
Dr. Garfield labored most of the day
on a multitude of details of the great
iob of trying to conserve coal. Of
ficials were confident that the coun
try would weather the emergency and
those who professed to see early set
tlement of the strike predicted that
it would be only a short while before
the coal output would be. back to
normal.
Meanwhile the fuel administration,
actiner with reEional coal committees,
continued to maintain restriction of
fuel 'supplies of concerns not on the
priority list and to reduce passenger
train service to what it was in war
days.
Palmer to Take Active Part.
Attorney-General Palmer is expect
ed to take an active part in the fed
eral court proceedings- in Indianapo
lis Tuesday when the 84 national and
district officers of the miners union
are to answer charges of criminal
contempt of court in the strike cases,
Whether Mr. Palmer would act for
the president in presenting further
the president's settlement proposal at
a meeting in Indianapolis of the mine
workers' union representatives was
not announced, although the session
was called by acting President Lew
is after the Saturday conference with
Mr. Palmer.
NEWS FROM CAPITAL AWAITED
A. B. Anderson, against encourage
ment of the strike. Eighty-four in
ternational or district officials of the
mine workers are involved, and spe
cific charges of violation of the in-
junction by payment of strike bene-
lln " wen iiiDiuuLeu ngainsi i&
officials of two local unions of Clin
ton, Ind.
The coal situation in the state is
increasing in gravity. A majority of
the manufacturing plants throughout
the state will be closed tomorrow.
OHIO CONFERENCE CANCELED
Governor Cox Expects Settlement
on Nation-Wide Basis.
COLUMBUS, O.. Dec. 7. Governor
Cox tonight called off the conference
of coal operators and miners' leaders
which was to have been resumed to
morrow at his office In an endeavor
o bring about a settlement of the
6trike of Ohio miners. The governor
issued the following statement:
The indications are that the con-
roversy will be settled Tuesday on
nation-wide basis. In view of this.
the Ohio meeting scheduled for Mon
day morning will not be held. It is
reassuring to the country that the
master hand of President Wilson is
again in action.
TRAIN HITS AUTO, 1 DIES
close down, throwing several hundred Engine of Express Turns Over and
men out of work, and unless there is
epeedy repair to the coal situation
Four Coaches Iieave Track.
thfire will be widespread idleness.
While the city is on a coal ration.
it is but a step to ample wood if
really needed, and the city faces no
eerlous consequences from fuel short
age. The most direct result here of
the national coal paucity is the pend
ing curtailment or suspension of saw
mill and railroad activities.
BALTIMORE, Dec 7. The New
York and Washington express on the
Pennsylvania railroad struck an auto
mobile at Bengies, Md., about 15 miles
from this city. Rev. William- H. Dell,
who was in the machine, was killed.
The engine of the express turned
over and four coaches left the track.
A relief train brought the passen
gers to Baltimore.
Several passengers were cut by
broken glass and the fireman was injured.
8EATTLE, Wash.. Deo. 7. (Spe
cial.) Immediate resumption of coal
mining in this and other states can
not follow acceptance by the national
officers of the United Mine Workers
of the proposal of settlement coming GIRL, 4, SHOOTS BROTHER
from President Wilson, says Ernest " ' ullu,llul
Newsham of Seattle, secretary-treas
urer of district No. 10. of the United
Mine Workers of America, which In
cludes the entire state of Washington.
When Informed of the contents of
the press dispatches from Washing
ton. D. C, announcing that John L.
Lewis, acting president, and William
reen, secretary of the United Mine
Workers, had agreed to recommend
acceptance of the president's peace
proposal and that the recommendation
would be made to the general scale
committee, the national executive
board and other union leaders next
Tuesday. Secretary Newsham gave it
as his opinion that any compromlee
of the strike demands would have to
be ratified by a reconvened national
convention of the United Mine Work
ers before it would be accepted by the
rank and file of workers.
If the conference next Tuesday re
sulted In a decision to accept the
the peace terms. Secretary Newsham
said, a reconvention could be as
sembled at Indianapolis or some other
central city within less than a week.
provided free use were made of the
telegraph in notifying the delegates.
Trigger of 22-Caliber Rifle Pulled
While at Play.
BILLINGS, Mont., Dec. 1. George
McDonald, 8 years old. was shot and
seriously wounded today at the Mc
Donald home near Billings, when hi
ittle sister, aged 4, picked up a .22
caliber rifle and pointed It at him
In play, pulling the trigger.
The bullet is believed to have pene
trated the right lung.
Pendleton Firemen Elect.
PENDLETON, Or., Dec 7. (Spe
cial.) Henry Childs is president
elect of the Pendleton fire depart
ment, and W. E. Ringold, secretary
treasurer. Officers were elected at
the banquet and annual meeting Fri
day night. W. E. Ringold is chief
Arthur Keenan, assistant; Oliver P.
Leslie, assistant; Lee Wicklund, cap
tain; Harold Spooner, first lieuten
ant, and Jack Childs, second lieu
tenant.
MYSTICS' WORK EXPOSED
TRICK OF RECEIVING "SPIRIT"
MESSAGES ALSO SHOWN.
SPOKANE HAS COKE SUPPLY
Wood and Small Amount of Coal
Also Available.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec 7. With
10,000 tons of coke on hand and
small supply of coal coming into the
city, besides considerable wood, Spo
kane is not feeling the fuel shortage
to the extent experienced in many
other cities. It is not anticipated
there will be any actual suffering be
cause of a shortage of coal before
tne mines are again on normal pro
duction.
BOND FURNISHED BY HOWAT
President of United Mine- Workers
to Appear Tomorrow.
FORT SCOTT, Kas.. Dec 7. Alex
ander M. Howat, president of the
United Mine Workers of America,
District No. 14, appeared before Unit
ed States Commissioner Clarence
Price today and gave bond to insure
his appearance in Indianapolis next
Tuesday to answer a charge of violat
ing the federal court injunction is
sued by Judge Anderson in connec
tion with the coal miners strike.
Howat was arrested last night.
Farrington Gives $10,000 Bond.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 7. After
obtaining a writ of habeas corpus
from United States District Judge
Fitshenry at Bloomlngton, Frank
Farrington. president of the Illinois
miners, who was arrested last night
on a charge of contempt of court, to
day gave a bond for $10,000. Farring
ton was arrested on information filed
in the federal district court at In
dianapolis, charging him with viola
tion of the injunction Issued by Judge
A. B. Anderson and with criminal
contempt of court.
Kansas Leader Expresses Hope.
PITTSBURG, Kas., Dec 7. Alex
ander Howat, district president of the
Kansas mine workers, expressed the
view in a statement here today that
If President Lewis and Secretary
Green have accepted the proposed set,
tlement of President Wilson, as re
ported, it is almost certain that set'
tlement meets with the agreement of
the union miners, or they would not
have accepted it.
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TURK CAPITAL CHAOTIC
MISSOURI RESUMES
MINING OPERATIONS
Production of Coal to Meet
Needs of People.
KANSAS SHIPS 27 CARS
Receivers to Continue in Charge of
Properties After Union Miners
Return to Positions.
JEFFERSON CITT. Mo.. Dec. 7.
Production of coal has been started
in Missouri, and It will continue "until
all the needs of the publlo are satis
fied, Adjutant-General Harvey Clark
announced tonight. The pumps at
the Barton county mines are manned
the adjutant-general said, and four
mines working night and day shifts
bf volunteer labor are expected to be
in operation tomorrow.
Twenty carloads a day are expect
ed from these mines. Two already
have been mined and were shipped to
the state colony for feeble-minded at
Marshall. The institution has been
without coal for five days.
The proposed compromise of the
coal strike will have no effect on the
Btate's coal-producing efforts, Gen
eral Clark asserted.
PITTSBURG SHIPS 27
CARS
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Toasted
Receiver of Mines Expect to Op
erate 14 Properties Today.
PITTSBURG. Kan.. Deo. 7. Twenty
seven carloads of coal were shipped
from the mines operating under the
Kansas receivership tonight, the rec
ord for a single day's shipment, and
an increase of 20 cars over yester
day's production, it was announced
tonight. The receivers also said they
had a report that eight cars of coa
were produced in the Linn county
mines. They hope to have 14 mines In
operation tomorrow.
Governor Alien announced tonight
that operation of the mines under
state reoeivershlp probably would con
tinue some time and that the receivers
would continue In charge even after
the union miners return to work. Pro
duction will continue regardless of
the pending settlement and until the
mine workers are actually producing
coal, he eald.
Reports were current tonight that
the governor proposes to call a spe
cial session of the legislature to frame
labor legislation.
30 Chinese Taken In Raid.
Thirtv Chitvese were arrested last
night in a raid on an alleged gam
bling game at 824 Second street by
Patrolmen oods and Burdick. Ah
Lun and Ah Bo were charged with
conducting the resort and were re
leased on f 100 bail each. The others
put up $50 bail each.
Dancing Table, Slate Writing and
Secrets of XIysterlou9 Cabinet
Explained to Crowd of 4000.
AM of the stock tricks of the spir
itualistic medium, mind readers, hyp
notists and others claiming mystic
and supernatural powers were ex
posed by Professor Cunning, who
styles himself "the man who knows.'
in an entertaining and instructive ex
hibition at the public auditorium last
night.
The dancing table, the particular
pet of the spiritualist, was made
openly ridiculous when Professor
Cunning showed the 4000 people at
the auditorium tre belt attachment
which he said was Invariably used to
cause the table to move and jump and
to arise at the touch of the spiritual
ist operator.
Likewise he showed how spiritual
ist readers trick the public with the
so-call-ed messages from the spirit
world which are written by some un
known spirit hand on slates. The se
cret panel in the slates was shown
after the audience had been mysti
fied by the messages which had been
written before they were let in on the
secret of how the trick was worked.
At the outset of his performance
Professor Cunning went through the
routine programme of the average
magician and spiritualist reader, not
glvine his audience an inkling as to
Auto Backfires, Arm Fractured.
Henry Dale, 26 years old, suffered
a fractured arm last night white
cranking an automobile at Curry and
Larrabee streets. The machine back
fired and the crank struck his right
forearm. He was removed to Eman
uel hospital. His home is at 3 East
Thirtieth street.
Indiana Officials Ignorant of Strike
Settlement Terms.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 7. Gov
ernment officials and representatives
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica professed Ignorance tonight of the
terms of the proposal for settlement
of the strike of coal miners of the
country, agreed upon last night in
Washington by officials of the min
ers' union, Attorney-General Palmer
and Joseph P. Tumulty, the presi
dent's secretary.
Henry S. Mitchell, special assist
ant to Mr. Palmer, who is here to
assist the United States district at
torney in the investigation of alleged
violations of the Lever tot and ant!
trust laws, said he had received no
advices from Washington since the
conference last night. He would ven
ture no opinion as to whether the !
contempt proceedings against heads
of the miners' union would be dis
missed or postponed.
Attorneys for the miners said they
had no Idea as to the proposal made
in Washington.
Ellis R. Searle. editor of the United
Mine Workers' Journal, would only
reiterate his statement early this
morning that whatever proposal had
proved acceptable to Acting President
John L. Lewis and Secretary Treas
urer William Green would be en
dorsed by the executive board of the
miners when it meets here Tuesday.
Mr. Searles said that Mr. Lewis and
Mr. Green were not expected to reach
Indianapolis before tomorrow, and
that in the meantime miners' officials
had expected no information on the
Washington agreement.
A special session of the federal
grand jury is scheduled to start to
morrow to take up charges of con
spiracy by miners and operators to
limit coal production. Action against
the coal men will be sought under
both, the Lever and anti-trust acts,
and according to government attor
neys the Investigation will extend to
every section of the country In which
bituminous coal miners are on strike.
Government attorneys say they have
evidence that the operators not only
have conspired with the miners in
violation of government statutes, but
have formed a combination of oper
ators alone, intended to limit the
production of coal.
The operators have declared that
they welcome an Investigation of the
charges, asserting that such a probe
will prove the inaccuracy of allega
tlons that they have conspired to
limit production.
The contempt charges set for Tues
day were brought on information
charging that the miners' officials
had violated the injunction Issued
here by United States District Judge
Constantinople
1200 Per Cent
Food Costs
Since 1914
Rise
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 7. (By
the Associated Press.) Constanti
nople is credited here with being the
worst governed city in the world
with the highest cost of living. It
presents a spectacle of chaos. Every
body is robbing everybody else.
Food has risen 1200 per cent over
Dre-war pricese, while house rent has
increased fifteen-fold. The city night
ly Is full of soldiers and sailors of
all nationalities shooting off firearms.
Gambling houses are In full swing
and the merchants, when losers, raise
prices, although warehouses are overstocked.
OKLAHOMA STARTS ROCND-CP
Coal Field Agitators Will Be Taken
Into Custody.
OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla., Dec. 7.
Drastic regulations to govern th
Oklahoma coal fields, where martial
law has been proclaimed by Gover
nor Robertson, were promulgated to
day by Adjutant-General Barrett.
It is provided that all non-essential
industries are to be closed, pri
vate meetings may be held only with
authorisation of the adjutant-general,
and a round-up of agitators is
to take place. All coal within the
zone of martial law which is not in
the hands of the government Is to be
seized.
The crusade against agitators be
gan today with the arrest of two
men at Alderson for alleged efforts
to prevent the return to work of
union miners. Preparations have
been made to start mining operations
In several strip pits tomorrow.
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ONLY TWO BOYS RESPOND
Students Recommended for West
Point and Annapolis.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
Dec. 7. (Special.) Only two candi
dates, one for West Point and the
other for Annapolis, appeared at the
university today to be examined for
recommendation as cadets at the mili
tary and naval academies. In response
to request by Representative Hawley
of the first Oregon district.
George Winfield Stott. 18 years old,
a senior In the high school at Yam
hill, was recommended to Mr. Hawley
for appointment to Annapolis.
For the West Point cadetshlp a
splendid examination was passed by
Samuel Martin Strohecker, 19 years
old, of Portland. Strohecker's resi
dence in Portland, In the third dis
trict, apparently would make him
ineligible for appointment by Mr.
Hawley. but the examining commit
tee decided to recommend him for
appointment either by Mr. Hawley or
by Representative McArthur.
Bridal Veil Lodge Elects.
BRIDAL VEIL. Or.. Dec. 7. (Spe
cial.) Bridal Veil lodge No. 117. An
cient Free and Accepted Masons, held
Its annual election and installation
yesterday. The following officers were
elected and installed: Thomas Mc
Mahon, worshipful master; Charles
Herrig, senior warden: Val W. Tom-
kins, junior warden: George Haines,
treasurer;, Dan Lehman, secretary;
Guy M. Buford, senior deacon; Henry
M. Nickerson. junior deacon; J. R.
Jenkins, senior steward; Henry G.
Wilson, junior steward; John Logan,
tiler. The officers were Installed by
Past Master John Loran. E. H.
Thompson acting as grand marshal.
The lodge has closed a most success
ful year. A number of visitors were !
present. After the installation cere- j
monies a sumptuous banquet was ;
served J n the banquet hall.
amlnations recently in Lewis county
received second-grade certificates,
one a first-grade certificate and one
a first-grade high school certificate,
according to announcement Friday by
Miss Z. May Melghen, county superin
tendent. Helen B. Salzer and Ellen
R. Swedberg of this city received second-grade
certificates.
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CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 7. (Spe
cial.) Twelve teachers who took ex-
Typlius Cure Suld to Be l'oiind.
LAREDO. Texas. Dec. 7. El Uni
versal of Mexico City, a copy of which
reached here today, announces that
Dr. Benito Sancnes of Mexico City
ha?? discovered a serum that cures
typhus within 4S hours.
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