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VOL. LIX NO. 18,693
Entered at Portland (Oregon)
Postofflce r Second -C:a Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1920
26 PAGES.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
V
ROOT STANDS PAT
IH REPLY TO COX
"I Have Nothing to Cor
rect," Nominee is Told.
PROMISE TO WILSON CITED
Democrat Reminded of Ac
cepting President's Own
.j Views on League.
TIES HELD STILL BINDING
Phange From Complete Ac
cord Not Announced by
Governor, Is Retort.
TEW YORK, Oct, 21 EUhu Root
tonight made public the following
telegram to Governor Cox replying
to his request to "correct" an alleged
"false" statement in Mr. Root's New
. York address Tuesday regarding the
governor's opposition upon the
league of nations:
"I have today received your tele
gram dated yesterday. I would not
willingly do you injustice and I do
not think I have. You began your
campaign by an interview with the
president and an authoritative state
ment that,you and he were in com
plete accord upon the league of
nations. I cannot be mistaken about
his position. Throughout the long
Struggle in the senate he steadfastly
refused to give his assent to any
reservation which substantially
changed the covenant as he brought
ib back. He certainly has' rot
changed. His very recent utterances
chow that.
No Change in Cox Seen.
"If you have changed from that
complete accord with him, I have
rot heard of it. Such a change is
not indicated by the vague and
general expressions of your tele- J
gram, saying that you will accept
reservations that 'will clarify; that,
will be helpful; that will reassure
the American people, that you would
sit down with the members of the
senate; that you would confer with
Mr. Wilson, Mr. Taft and myself
and all others who have a sincere
purpose, etc.,' because you are the
one who would determine what was
lielpful, what would reassure the
American people, what advice you
would follow and you are solemnly
publicly pledged to an agreement
with Mr. Wilson concerning the
covenant he' brought back from
Europe. .
"There is one statement of your
telegram that does give a definite
idea of where you stand upon what
Mr. Wilson declares to be the heart
of the league the general alliance
of article 10, by which the United
States would undertake to guarantee
as against external aggression the
territory and independence of every
member of the league and to make
that guarantee good by war if
necessary.
Nothing in Promise.
"You say in your telegram that
jrou will accept reservations that
will clearly state to our associates
in the, league that congress and
congress alone has the right to de
clare war,' and that 'our constitution
sets up limits in legislation or treaty
making beyond which we cannot go.'
"That, it seems, is what you are
willing to do about article 10. Well,
it is absolutely nothing. Everybody
knows already that only congress
has a right to declare war, and that
there are limits to legislation and
treaty making power. All govern
ments of all civilized nations know
it. You accomplish nothing by tell
ing them of it again. The trouble
regarding the guarantee provided in
article 10 is that the making of a
treaty containing it is a solemn
assurance to all the nations that it
is within the treaty-making power
and that the promise to make war
binds congress as fully as it binds
all other members of our govern
ment to maintain the plighted faith
of the United States. In all govern
ments the power to declare war
rests somewhere, and an agreement
to make war is an agreement that
that power shall be so exercised by
the officers in whom it rests. A
refusal by congress to pas the
(Concluded en Tage 6", Column 3),
FIRE-BOMB IS FOUND
HIDDEN NEAR DOCKS
DRY SPLIXTERS PILED CP SO
AS TO FEED FTAMES. ' '
Cache in District of Frame Build
ings Located Accidentally by
Two Policemen.
What the police declare was an at
tempt to start a waterfront confla
gration was frustrated last night
when Patrolmen Ripley and Travis
discovered a fire-bomb in the wains
coting of a frame building at 128
Front street. Fire Marshal Grenfell
immediately began an investigation.
The fire-bomb consisted of about
two feet of dynamite fuse, thrust into
a package of smokeless powder. The
police put a small quantity of the
powder on the street pavement and
set fire to it to test its inflammability
and reported that it burned with ex
plosive violence. .
The package had been thrnst into a
hole in the wainscoting at the head of
the talrway in the two-story frame
structure occupied by Bollam & Co.,
commission merchants. The police
declared that although the fire-bomb
would not have exploded with enough
violence to do much damage it un
doubtedly would have set fire to the
building. Splinters from dry boards
had been piled on top of the fire
bomb to feed the flames.
The building is in the block which
runs back to the Alder-street docks,
where several river steamers were
tied up. The whole district is covered
by old frame structures.
The police found the cache acci
dentally while hunting for some run
away boys. Chief Jenkins made a
personal investigation and declared
that he thought the bomb bad been
placed there by an incendiary, fol
lowing repeated warnings that there
would be radical demonstrations in
Portland this month. . the incident
served to set the police force on its
toes.
Chief Jenkins ordered special po
lice details into the downtown dis
tricts several weeks ago, after fed
eral agents in Seattle. Wash., had
warned him of contemplated outrages.
3 INJURED IN COLLISION
Junk An to Hits Telephone Pole.
Woman Seriously Hurt.
Three persons were injured, one
eeriously, in a collision of a junk
automobile driven by A. Levitt, 220 '&
Hall street. With a telephone pole at
Fenndyer and Macadam streets last
night. Mr. Levitt said he hit the pole
while dodging a flat car which stood
on the railroad track in the fctrect
intersection. j- '
Those injured were: Mrs. Clara
Siegel, 31J First street, scalp lacera
tions and bruises; Mrs. Levitt, shock
and bruises, and Mr. Levitt, who suf
fered cuts about the hand. Mrs.
Siegel was taken to St. Vincent's hos
pital. The others went home. With
the party in the automobile were Mr.
and Mrs. Levitt's two daughters.
Ethel. 8, and Sylvia, 5. Neither of
the children was inju-ed.
DEER HUNTER SHOOTS MAN
Marshficld Man Expected to Die
as Result of Mishap.
MARSllKIELD, Or., Oct. 21. (Spe
cial.) Walter Kalno, 2S. will prob
ably die of a wound received from a
rifle in the hands of T. M. Colver, a
neighbor, who mistook him for a deer.
according to reports. Mr. Colver's
crops had suffered by deer eating his
berry and other bushes. Last night
he went to the place where the deer
had been jumping tbe fence.
Noticing a movement in the bashes
he shot and Immediately was greeted
with a cry from his victim. Exam
ination of the wound Indicated
Kalno's spinal cord was cut by the
bullet. Kaino bad been seeking a
runaway horse.
REED TO LIE IN STATE
Workmen to Attend Funeral of
Portland Radical.
LONDON', Oct. 21. The body of John
Reod, the Portland. Or., writer, who
tliel recently from typhus, will lie in
state all week in the labor temple of
Moscow, according to a dispatch from
that city to the Daily Herald. A
guard of honor composed of 14 eol
diors of the red army will keep vigil.
Burial will take place on October
24 in the most hallowed spot in '.us
sia, by the north Kremlin wall. The
government has arrange-" to hold the
funeral on a holiday so that all the
workers of Moscow may attend.
WRECK KILLS ALBANY BOY
Lloyd Hcjuc, 19, Caught Under
Automobile When It Upsets.
ALBANY, Or., Oct. 21. (Special.)
Lloyd Heyne, 19-year-old Albany boy
was killed about 5 o'clock today in an
automobile accident on the Cascadla
road, four miles from Foster.
Heyne and Sam Fredericks, also of
this city, were returning from a hunt
ing trip in the mountains when the
car skidded off the road and upset.
It was reported that Heyne was
caught underneath the car in such a
manner that he was strangled to
death. Fredericks was not hurt seri
ously. JURY TO HEAR OF MURDER
Denton Case to Be Presented to
Los Angeles Grand Jurors.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 21. The
Denton murder case will be presented
to the grand jury here tomorrow
morning, according to announcement
of, the district attorney's force. ...
HARDING IS ONLY
HOPE, SAYS TUFT
League of Nations Other
wise Impossible.
SENATOR'S STAND DEFENDED
Attitude Regarding Pact Is
Held Consistent.
COX SHREWD POLITICIAN
Affiliation With Liquor Group De
clarcd to Have Served Him In
Ohio Campaigns.
BELLEVILLE, 111., Oct. 2L The
Wilson administration was attacked
as a "personal system of government"
and Governor Cox was charged with
affiliation with "the liquor group in
politics" by former President Taft
in an address tonight.
The issue the American people will
vote on in November is whether they
approve the administration of Mr.
Wilson." he asserted.
Judge Taft declared that he elec
tion of Cox would mean a continua
tion of the treaty deadlock now ex
isting, as the governor, he asserted,
would adopt the same attitude that
President Wilson has.
"The only possible hope of Snaking
progress toward a league of nations
to secure peace is, therefore, by the
election of Mr. Harding," he asserted.
Expressions that Senator Harding
has "scrapped" the league and "re
pudiated" it are unfair, he said.
Harding Stand Defended.
"Senator Harding's stand has been
this: He said that in an earnest de
sire to help other nations be was
willing to vote for the league with
the republican reservations, and be
did so twice. In anticipation of ex
ecutive responsibility, however, and
of initiative,-he does not wish to sub
mit the Wilson league to the senate.
He prefers to negotiate with the lead
ing powers now In the league to re
vise and amend the league, by an
agreement with those powers, before
submitting the matter to the sen
ate." The failure of President Wilson to
obtain ratification of the peace treaty
'is due in part to his desire always
to exercise one-man power," Judge
Taft declared.
Cox Held Weta Krlend.
Explaining that while he person
ally favored article ten. Judge Taft
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WEATHER THAT SUITS SOME FOLKS DOESN'T SUIT
fCti ' ff POLITICAL 1 1 Wi' . I
tee e e es. e e. s
'veewpos
DREAM SANDWICHES
WILL BE MADE REAL
LtXCH ROOM PRUNE ALSO TO
BE REINFORCED.
Chicago Restaurant Men Propose
to Satisfy Hunger Instead of
Lowering Prices.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21. Transparent
sandwiches and the isolated prune
wilf be replaced by somewhat more
substantial portions in at least one
Chicago chain of lunch rooms, it was
announced today by the city council
high cost of living committee. The
proprietor had agreed to increase
portions in preference to lowering
prices.
A large department store tea room
announced reduction of prices rang
ing from SO to 10 per cent. Sliced
peaches with cream were reduced
from 40 to 20 cents and potatoes from
25 to 15 cents.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21. A price
of $12 a hurra red pounds, an increase
ot II, waa declared for refined cane
sugar by the California-Hawaiian
Sugar Refining company here today.
The Western Sugar Refining com
pany declared a like price yester
day. MONTREAL, Oct. 21. The Domin
ion Sugar company today quoted 317
for 100 pounds, a drop of $1.60. Other
refineries quotations were unchanged.
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 21. Reduc
tions of 10 to 15 per cent in the re
tail lumber prices were announced
by dealers of this city today. The
decreases. It was declared, range
from $5 a thousand feet on dimension
lumber to 310 on finish lumber and
flooring.
A reduction of $200 to $400 In the
cost of an average five-room house
was declared by one dealer to be the
effect of the .cut. The price declines
are based on like decreases in whole
sale prices, it was stated.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 21. (Spe
ciaL) Butter will sell at 60 cents a
pound in Seattle tomorrow morning.
This is the result of local butter
accumulations since a San Francisco
concern a month ago offered New
Zealand butter at 63 cents. New
Zealand butter will not have to sell
at less than cost and incidentally the
slump shuts ' out Canadian butter.
The dairy farmer takes the loss. Bids
for cream fell 6 cents to 62 cents a
pound today.
OREGON DEAD HONORED
State Soldiers to Be Buried Today
With Military Honors.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington. Oct, 21. Among 63 bod
ies of officers and enlisted men who
jiied overseas to be buried with mili
tary honors at Arlington national
cemetery here tomorrow afternoon
are two from Oregon.
They are: Verner C. Branland, pri
vate, company D, 20th engineers, son
of Charles Alban Branland, Colton;
Peter Dethman. private, company E,
20th engineers, brother of John Deth
,man, St. Helens.
KIDNAPED STAGG BABY
RESTORED TO MOTHER
WOMEN WITH CHILD ARE MET
IX VANCOUVER, B. C.
Little Lad Falls to Recognize Own
Home or Respond When His
Name Is Called.
TACOMA. Oct. 21. (Special.) It
was a worn . nd listless little Bobby
Stagg, who sick from nation-wide
travels and strange fare, tonight was
brought triumphantly back to the
home here, from which he had been
kidnaped more than five weeks ago.''
Straight past the empty hobby
horse and kiddie car, his faithful
chariots, he passed with never a
glance and viewed the home of which
Yif: had once been such complete mas
ter, with no recognition In his tired
brown eyes.
"He's sick," Bald Mrs. Edith Cun-ningham-Stagg,
as she stroked the
shorn head of her baby, whom she re
covered last night at a Vancouver,
B. C, hotel from two New York news
paper women, custodians of the child
on his mysterious journey back from
the east, where he had been concealed
for weeks.
"He's so much thinner and looks so
tall," said his great grandmother,
Mrs. Alice Cunningham, holding the
sad-eyed and quiet little chap, who
bore her loving attentions with no
sign of recognition. "Bobby has lost
at least seven or eight pounds.
gotten, even his name bringing no
quickening response, the Bobby Stagg
who was brought back to Tacoma to
day, as predicted here Tuesday morn
ing, was indeed changed.
Weeks of grilling travel and days
of being addressed as "Harry" and
other days as "Jimmy" had made the
bewildered youngster bo that he no
longer turned or brightened at his
own name, although through the first
few days of his adventures he had
stoutly maintained that he was "Bob
by Tag."
As they bore their precious little
burden into his home tonight, Mrs.
Stagg and her grandmother, Mrs.
Alice Cunningham, did not speak
their . happiness or need to. Their
voices, their eyes and their smiles
proclaimed it. Word waa immedi
ately dispatched to Mrs. Herbert A.
Cunningham, the child's grandmother,
who accompanied Captain of Detec
tives Strickland to New York, that
Bobby was safe home again. The
message, signed by Mrs. Stagg, urged
that the prosecution against Miss
Betty Brainerd be continued with as
much precision and determination as
if the' child had not been found.
Bobby upon his return' Was dressed
in very common apparel, an inexpen
sive white -suit, trimmed In blue
cross stitch. Several other suits and
a little coat were turned over with
him. He wore the same black slip
pers which he had on when abducted.
No questions were asked by Mrs.
Stagg, of Mies Marie Noble Smitt
and ner mother, of the New York
American, who were guardians of Che
child on his trip westward.
"I was so happy with my baby I
didn't care about them," Mrs. Stagg
declared upon her return. "They
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OTHERS AT ALL.
CROP-RICH UNION
COUNTY IS VISITED
Portland Trade Party Is
Dined at La Grande.
SECTION'S PROSPERITY NOTED
100,000 Acres Under Plow
in Grand Ronde Basin.
TRAIN TURNS HOMEWARD
Reception Vies With Hospitality
Received at Enterprise "Keep
Money in Pocket," Slogan.
BT BEN KUR LAMPMAN.
A- GRANDE, Or., Oct. 21. (Spe
cial.) Hillmen may long for their
hills, with none to hlame them, but
there is kindred magic in the fertile
noor of a broad valley, where the
grain land stretches away to the
skyline and where every foot of soil j
is under the pleasant bondage of cul
tivation. So it was, when the Port
land business men's trade excursion
rolled down from the Wallowa branch
line this morning and Into Union
county, that its members found the
valley of the Grand Ronde exceed
ingly good to look upon. And they
entered La Grande in mid-afternoon
with the conviction that this quaintly
named province of Oregon Is an im
portant integer In the prosperity of
the stats.
From the cockpit of a La Grande
airplane the- local enthusiasts have
snapped the smiling countenance of
the Grand Ronde valley. The picture
Itself appeared on Vie reverse of the
menu cards at tonight's banquet
when the Union county cny gave
Portland a hospitable ' welcome that
was characteristic of the eastern dis
tricts, where most of the real west
erners seem to reside.
Gllmpne of Valley Given.
And as for the picture, it afforded
some means of amazing visual
measurement, an aerial glimpse of
the level plain of the Grand Ronde
where two million bushels of wheat
are grown annually.
Locally, they term La Grande the
hub of eastern Oregon and speakers
at the banquet dwelt convincingly
upon the climate, resources and ac
complishments of the district. Avoid
ing the controversial pitfall of loca
tional discussion, dodging the hub, as
it were, the available statistics go far
toward triumphant proof of La
Grande's assertion that eastern Ore
gon is thrice fortunate In claiming
the valley which named the town. For
Union county, though a third of its
area is occupied by national forests,
has more than 100,000 acres under cul
tivation In the river basin,
grand total of 163,000 cultivated acres
in its entire territory.
It Is in this somewhat circumscribed
area, for the county Is only a trifle
larger than the state of Delaware,
that it grows Its 2,000,000 bushels of
wheat crop, entitling It to third rank
among the wheat-producing counties
of Oregon, finds additional
whereon to tend its orchards and .1. !
falfa, and whereon range the pure-
bred livestock that lend luster and!
lucre to tne land.
Wheat Grawlig Ranks Ftrt.
And though the growing of wheat is
the first business of the valley. La
Grande modestly directs attention to
its monthly payroll of $233,000.
When the special entered La Grande
and on Its westward course back to
Portland, the local reception commit
tee greeted the excursionists with
heartiness and hilarity. Automobiles
bore the pilgrims away for an in
spection of tne city, and the La
Grande slogan. "Keep Tour Money In
Tour Pocket." was the Jocular re
minder that to be a guest in eastern
Oregon is not without profit. Waiter
Jenkins, official troubadour of the
trip, led a number of trade delegates
to the La Grande schools; where brief
talks and songs were the lively
programme.
Addresses of Welcome Given.
The banquet served at the Methodist
church, by the La Grande Ad club, the
local commercial , -organisation, vied
with the splendid hospitality received
at Enterprise. There were addresses
of welcome and response, touching
upon the general development of the
state and district, stressing good
roads and pledging both La, Grande
and Portland to unite in furthering
mutual interejita. Rrutalr... ' ,
Grande were Bruce Dennis, editor of
the Observer, and H. E. Coolidge,
while for Portland the message of
co-operation waa voiced by Kobert E.
Smith, Paul de Haas and Ji. s.
Howard. -
."'In planning excursions," said Mr.
de Haas, "it is always considered the
most essential feature and advantage
is that of calling for a closer rela
tionship between the buyer and the
seller.. Friendships so made are last
ing. My experience has proved that
the only course for the successful
wholesaler ia to know his customer,
his wants, and to observe his method
of doing business. I 'feel that this
can be accomplished only by visits
of this kind. It is a pleasure to visit
this district and to observe the won
derful advancement that has taken
place since my arrival in this country
20 years ago. Consequently I con-
Continued an i'age 3. Column X.)
WILSON APPOINTS 5
TO NEW SHIP BOARD
REMAINING PLACES MUST GO
TO REPUBLICANS.
San Francisco Man Chosen One j
More to Be From Pacific Coast.
Four Democrats Selected. '
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (By the
Associated Press.) Five of the seven
members of the new shipping board
created by the merchant marine act
were appointed today by President
Wilson.
Admiral Benson, chief of naval op
erations during the war, was reap
pointed chairman. The other four
members named were Frederick I.
Thompson, a newspaper publisher of
Mobile, Ala.; Gavin McNab, an at
torney of San Francisco; Martin J.
Gillen, an attorney of Wisconsin, and
Theodore Marburg, publicist of Balti
more. The appointments were not an
nounced at the White House and it
was not known whether the other
two members had been selected.
Only one of the five members named
today is a. republican Mr. Marburg
and since the law specifies that only
four of the members may be named
from any one political party, the re
maining two appointees must be re
publicans. The Members of the new
board are to receive salaries of $12,000
a year and. under the law, they must
divest themselves of all shipping in
terests and devote all of their time
to their work as shipping commis
sioners.
As two of the seven members must
be named from the Atlantic coast, two
from the Pacific coast, one from the
gulf region, one from the lake region
and one from the interior, this leaves
one appointee from the Pacific coast
and the one from the interior still to
be named.
LEVER ACT PARTLY VOID
Section of Law Held Unconstitu
tional by U. S. Court.
PITTSBURG. Oct. 21 The fourth
section of the Lever act was declared
unconstitutional by Judge Thompson
in the United States district court
here today. He dismissed the govern
ment's petition for an order for re
moval of three railroad men to Chica
go indicted there for conspiracy to
violate the section ruled unconstitu
tional. SUGAR MAKERS INDICTED
Utah-Idaho Company Directors Ac
cused of Profiteering.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Oct. 21.
Three indictments have been returned
against eight directors' of the Utah-
Idaho Sugar company of Salt Lake
City, it was announced today by E. W.
Fiske. United States district attor
ney here.
Each of the indictments charges
that .the company sold sugar at an
excessive rate of profit.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Wemther.
YESTT5RTAY"S Maximum temperature, 50
degrees; minimum. 49 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds.
Foreign.
Rail men to force Britain to yield to
miners. Fas 1.
National.
Wilson names five ot seven members fot
new marine board Page 1.
American bankers Indorse federal resei-ve
system in clotting day of annual session.
Page 8. "
Chinese mlnletter leaves post at Washing
ton. Page S.
Domestic.
Strike called off when l&ibor leader receives
325.O00 from builder. Page 8.
i Tax law revisions declared to lower coat
ot living. Page 20.
Officers of -Armour . A Co. Indicted ea
I charge of profiteering. Page 6.
Chicago restaurants propose to lncreas.
I portions instead of cutting pricea
. Page 1.
Politics.
Harding declares first duty of United States
is at borne. Page 2
Harding, Taft and Johnson league speeches
denounced by Governor Cox. Page 2.
Prospect for radical element in next con
gress held tar from bright. Page 3.
Staggering array of probes developing for
next session of congress. Page 5.
Only hope for league of nations lies in elec
tion of Harding, says Taft. Page 1.
Facts declared distorted in fight agalnet
MoArthur. Page .
Root stands pat in reply to Cox. Page 1.
Opponent of 3-mil) tax held to be foe to
safety of city. Page 1.
Republican state centnal committee re
ceiving constant reinforcements. Page 16.
Chairtman Warren of port commission urges
passago of consolidation measure. Page
18.
Pacific Worthweet.
Crop-rich Union county visited by Portland
trade party. Page 1.
Senator Chamberlain and Representative
Sinnott oppose bird refuge bill. Page 26.
Rev. Thomas Acheaon and bride of Salem
spend honeymoon in heart of Sinn Fein
riots. Page 7.
Kidnaped Stagg baby restored to mother
by mystery woman. Page 1.
Washington influx of liquor from British
Columbia feared. Page H.
Sports.
Gambling charges ia Coast league held
warranted. Page 14.
Aggies in Portland en route to Seattle to
play Washington, page is.
! Andersoon booked to fight Keller. Page 15.
University of Oregon prospects for better.
Page 14.
Walter McCredle is slated to manage Se
attle club. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Dairymen and farmers hara hit by slump
In butter market Page 5.
Chicago wheat lower owjng to British
strike troubte. Page 20.
Foreign labor developments chief factor Id
depressing slocks. Page 25.
Steamer Wawalona will take first cargo of
Portland flour to Spain. .Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity.
Seven city organists file aifldavlts in quar
rel with unions. Page 12.
Minor details of dock commission bill draw
Interest of firms affected. Page 19.
Veterans of three wars to march Novem
ber 11. Page 19.
Police find flre-bamo hidden near docks,
page 1.
Poor food blamed for unfit children. Paige
12
Grand Jury returns SO true bills, seven of
which are secret, rage to.
School board admits pupil, of private
schools to special courses ia public
schools. Page 4.
'BRITAIN ALARMED
BY RAIL THREAT
Workers Will Join Coal
Strikers, Ultimatum.
PEACE PARLEY IS DEMANDED
Government Firm in Refusal
to Negotiate Terms.
LEADERS LOSING CONTROL
Appeal Slay Be Made to Xation;
Politicians Believe Crisis May
Develop Ont of Dispute.
LONDON. Oct. 21 (By the Associ
ated Press.) The cabinet discussed
tonight the grave situation arising
out of the threat of the railway and
transport -workers to force the gov
ernment to negotiate with the miners.
Whether any decision was reached
was not disclosed.
Two grave questions are exciting
the political world, the first, to what
extent the labor leaders are , losing
control of the workers, second wheth
er a political crisis and an appeal to
the country will develop out of tho '
miners' dispute.
It is stated that James Henry
Thomas, general secretary of the Na
tional Union of Railway Men, has ex
erted the greatest efforts to get the
action taken by the railway men
postponed for a few days, but that his
influence was overborne.
Government Won't TlrM.
Premier Lloyd George was in In
formal conversation with labor lead
ers today, but little hope seems to be
entertained that the government will
recede from its position, insisting
upon an increased output, or submis
sion of the dispute to an independent
tribunal as a condition for an in
crease of wages.
Even had the government been in
clined to recede from this position,, it
is felt that it cauld hardly do so now
In the face of the railway men's threat.
Undoubtedly the solidarity of the
workers as shown by the action of the
railway and transport workers comes
somewhat as a surprise to the public
because the miners' strike Is unpopu
lar with almost the entire community.
Workers Fear Wage Cat.
The seeming Inconsistency is ex
plained by some labor leaders as due
to the universal belief among the
workers that the government under
pressure of big business interests has
decided that a halt must be called to
the continual increases in wages.
Robert Smillie, the miners' leader,
speaking in Glasgow tonight, accused
the government of desiring to remove
the hindrances to cheaper and greater -i
production, which were found in the
present powers of the trade unions.
He promised that if Increased wages
were granted, the miners would co
operate with the owners and increase
the output by 2,000,000 tons in four
or five months.
Strike Starts Sunday.
The railroad men's delegates Is
sued what was virtually an ulti
matum to the government that all
members cease work Sunday at mid
night unless the strike was settled
or negotiations toward a settlement
begun by Saturday.
J. H. Thomas, general secretary of
the National Union of Railway Men.
announced that the delegates of the
railway men had decided "to Instruct
the general secretary to intimate to
Premier Lloyd George that unless ths
miners' claims are granted or nego
tiations resumed by Saturday which
will result in a settlement we shall
be compelled to take the necessary
steps to instruct all our members in
England, Scotland and Wales to cease
work. In addition a telegram Is be
ing dispatched to all members to be
prepared to cease work at midnight
of Sunday next unless they hear to
the contrary."
Transport Ultimatum Issard.
The transport workers' delegates
Issued a statement along virtually the
same lines.
Pressure also is being exerted by
the trade union congress and the
parliamentary committee of the labor
men to force the government to waive
all prior considerations and call its
own and the miners' representatives
together Immediately.
The government is understood to he
standing firm on the ground that any
Increase in wages must have refer
ence to Increased production, but Is
willing to reopen the negotiations If
the miners recognine this principle.
The executive body of the transport
workers' federation held a meeting
today, after which Secretary Robert
Williams said: .
"Unless something tangible happens
between, the government, who are
responsible for the negotiations on
the owners' side, and the miners' fed
eration in the next 20 hours, the Issue
will have to be Joined between the
whole of the working class and those
who support the government in their
obduracy."
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Lloyd George Says Action Hinders
Negotiations.
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