Skip to main content
The largest online newspaper archive

Bristol Herald Courier from Bristol, Tennessee • 1

Location:
Bristol, Tennessee
Issue Date:
Page:
1
Extracted Article Text (OCR)

BMSTOL G0UBIE1 HERMD 3227 BRISTOL. VIRGINIA-TENNESSEE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1919 28 PAGES 5 CENTS WES TO BREAK RECQGNITION OF IRISH REPUB LIC fflAW DEADLOCK GARFIELD'S RESIGNATION ACCEPTED BY PRESIDENT; EXPLAINS HIS OBJECTIONS NORMS WOUID HAVE BACKING OF RAILROAD BILLS PROBED Poraerene Also Proposed That Suggested Committee Investigate Rumors of Four Millions Raised to Secure Plumb Bill's Passage. ARGUED IMPERATIVE BEGUN IN SENATE New York Justice Appeals -i: Washington, Dec. 13, The long drawn-, vided funds for propaganda purposes, out debate on the Cummins railroad bill'- Senator Norris, who said th public to Wilson Self-Determina OS SOLUTI ANOTHER AMERICAN. tion 'THUS SETTLEMENT PLAN IS DANGEROUS HELD fcY VILLISTAS BY KNOX LABOR CALLED lON-10 ATTAIN ITS ENDS BY MEANS POLITICS FERE If CUBA IS CITED AS PRESIDENT was interrupted today by a demand, to -TV "J-y j-ences were secretly trying to bring about in form of a the enactment of the Cummins bill, raised: Senate investigate oft-repeated reports no objection to a proposal by Senator that vast sums of money had been raised pomorene.

Democrat, of Ohio, that the for use in helping to get the measure Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, I through Congress. to which the resolution was The investigation resolution was In- also investigate report that the Plumb troduced by Senator Norris, Republican, 1 people had $4,000,000 to be expend-i of Nebraska, at tht conclusion of a five-i ed in an effort to force, adoption by' day address by Senator LaFollette, Re- Congress of their trl-partite system of publican, of Wisconsin, who raked the railroad control. 1 bill fore and aft, and declared it was. Warning was given by Republican I framed in the Bpccial interest of rail- headers todav that failure to riiinnii. of, olutions Would Open Former Administrator, Ob jects to the Public Minority on New Commission yav for Declaration of toads.

railroad bill next week mio-ht fnre. Peace With Germany Great Britain Charged With Inflicting Injustices Which Speakers Declare the United State's Could Help Right Eagle Pass, Texai, Dec. IS. American and Mexican official on the border here tonight aald no additional Information had been received regarding the capture by Vllllstaa of Fred G. Hugo.

American citizen, who I reported held by the rebels for $10,000 ransom. Hugo la manager of the J. M. Dohlea ranch near Musqult, Coahulla. Details of his capture and treatment were not available.

The Villlstas are understood to have demanded the ransom money be left at Pino Solo, 110 miles from Muiquls. B. Lawaon, a British subject, also captured by the Villa rebels, waa reported released later, but. It was said several prominent Mexicans were being held by Villlstas for ransom. Meeting of Union Heads Denounces Injunction Procedure to Break Strikes During the coarse of his general at- abandonment of plans for a holiday i tack on the to meet con- recess starting December 20.

While ditions with the return of the roads to I strong opposition has developed in the' private control, Senator LaFollette pending measure, leaders claim that its 1 Ith PARTIES BELIEVES WILSON SHARES OPINION CONCILIATORY charged that the Railway Executives passage is certain, even if by a narrow Association and other interests had pro-, margin. RADICAL ELEMENT IS FROWNED UPON chcock Wants Question DISAPPEARANCE OF FAMOUS PRODUCER Fettled in Committee of Fears That Operator and Miner May Combine to Fleece Public and Maintains the 14 Per Cent In-Offered is Adequate. Conciliation Lodge Washington. Dec. 13.

Arguments for an against diplomatic of the Irish Republic were continued today before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which is considering a bill to appropriate funds to send diplomatic and consular representatives accretfrU'j to the republican government. Headed by Justice Daniel F. Cohalan, of the New York Supreme Court, representatives of various Irish organizations in this country told the committee that such a recognition not onlv would is Holds That President CH LD A MYSTERY IS BELIEVED LOS Congress is Urged to Leave Railroads Under Government Control for Two "Years Until Investigation EE HIGHWAY BOD! Immovable? is Accomplished MEETS IN BRISTO Police Search in Vain for Six Year Old Son of D. N. Griffith, With Party of Thirty-Six, Believed to Be Drtfwried 7- jr' iihington.

Dec. 13. The first defl-mtnp toward breaking the ocli on the German peace -treaty unexpectedly late today on on of responsibility for the treaty lion. follow out the selt-determination pledges jf-i 're We-WPWI TTOrirVfft;" Washington, Dec. 13.

aeciaration tnator. hnox, Kcpuoncan, rennsyi- of principles was adopted here by the conference of presidents of labor unions aftiiliated with the American Federation of Labor. It calls upon all workers to aked immediate consideration tot Washington, Dec. 13. "Principle underlying President Wilson't pltn for tht) settlement of the cost strike accepted by the.

miners are fundamenttlly wrong as matter ofjjfoyernriienj," Dr. Harry until today, told a hastily assembled sub-committee of the Senate tonight. His resignation, sent to President WU--son because of his views, was accepted today, with that of one or two of hls associates, he said. While discussing with tome freedom "a cleavage in tha cabinet," cauted by strike settlement negotittiont, Dr. Garfield withheld answera to questions by Senator Frelinghuysn, Republican, of New Jersey, chairman of the sub-com resolutions.

One would revive his KIDNAPPING CLUE COMES TO NOTHING SEAPLANES JOIN IN LONG SEARCH the struggling republic and convince Great Britain that her dominion in Ireland must be surrendered. In closing th argument for the bill, Buorke Cock-ran, of New York, declared conditions in Ireland "infinitely worse" than they were in Cuba when the United States intervened there. The only speaker opposing the bill seek redress of their greivances by proposal tor ratification of the of Versailles so far as it would political pressure, presumably through Plans Perfected for Improving Roads From Pennsylvania to Louisiana. OPIE VIRGINIA VICE-PRESIDENT ish peace between the united and Germany. The other was existing parties, as no mention is made of a labor party.

Issues which face union labor ire- to the pending Lodge resolution .1 1 111, would declare -a state oi peace wiui quire unity of effort if "industrial tyr during the day was George L. Fox, of New Haven, who continued the speech he began yesterday in general snv bv action of Congress with Three Engineers Went on the Grey Duck Previous to Her Sailing and Refused to Shipaboard Her. Two Negroes Described by Mother of Child as Assailants Sought for in Atlantic City Without Result. oval of the President. lator Hitchcock, Nebraska, admin- on leader, objected to the consid- of both resolutions and under anny is to avoided, the declaration said.

It denounces the use of injunction proceedings in the mine strike and criticises the "usurpation of unconstitutional authority by the The declaration had the approval of President Samuel Gompers-of the American Federation of Labor. Numerous resolutions were introduced and many rules the entire matter went, ever next week. Organization to Co-operate With Robert E. Lee Highway Association Formed in Houston. Atlantic City, N.

Dec. 13.p Aftef a Hitchcock's objections were made an agreement py senator unaer- mittee, on matters he regarded at touching confidential intercourse wita his former associates during the strike period. He adhered to hit refusal, though Senator Townsend, Republican, of Michigan, and Senator Myers, Democrat, of Montana, joined the chairman in urging replies, and refused to furnish a copy of hit letter of resignation which he indicated had explained hit viewa to the President. Senator Frelinghuysen intimated that Attorney General Palmer anb other of-: Pemocrat, Alabama, prominent denial that the republican governmert was functioning sufficiently to deserve recognition. He aserted that the movement did not have the united support for it in Ireland and that many stories of mistreatment of the Irish by British authorities were myths.

A big crowd was attracted by the hearing and although the session war, not so tumultuous as yesterday, there were frequent bursts of applause. Tyranny Charged "If atjj- member of this committee," said iVtt. Cockran in his closing argument, "were to make in Ireland a Furth attempts were made to change the draft Democratic- leaders in the treaty Senator Brandegee, Republican, ticut. a leader in the faction seek- -4tisml, Dec. 13.

Submarine chaser and tirplanet are starching for tht yacht Gray Duck, which "left here Wednesday for Nassau, with David W. noted motion picture producer, and party of thirty-six motion picture actors, camera men and others. According to advices received here, they have not yet reached the Bahama Island capital. The yacht's motors were known to be giving trouble when ths Gray Duck left thl port. twenty-four-hour investigation1 the police authorities of this city and Ventnor dccliiixd tonight they had reached the conclusion that James M.

Blake, 6-jear-old -eon of a wealthy Philadelphia Insurance broker, was not kidnapped by negroes. They have begun to search the beach front in fear that the child may have been drowned. t.he treaty's defeat, and others, to ort the Knox resolution. Final organiiaHon plant of, the Lee Hiffhwav Association, following out a without success. Radical activities were condemned by the conference and workers were urged to aid in stamping out "deatructive elements" in their own ranks.

At the same time dangers -that lay on the other side were noted "for powerful forces are alcr Knox's proposal cam after exchanges between Republican and cratic leaders over the status of It was coincident with re- of July speech advocating- the- principles of the Declaration of Independence, from European capitals that the Mrs. James M. lilake, the child's mnih.r k. in m.iA in k. vnn.

An appeal hat been sent to the com filiations were under way towards e- fica of some Senate reservations to peace treaty, with a view to bringing ica into the foreign peace-con- cea. ertures for a compromise on the plan to connect Gettysburg with -New Orleans by a system of improved My Dr, Garfield said rosdi, to PS known si the Lee the settlement plan, "goes to the point were perfected htrt last night when the that the commission which I understand board of doctor of th. jf at named tt mast meeting of over 300 0M t0 bs m(nr, another to be rotd enthusiast it en coal mine operator-and the third to December 8, met, elected officer and represent the general public. Under it, dltcusitd ths pltn of action and the fh public, which is th. chief party uiscushu Interest, -would always be "in the policy to be pursued by ths association.

D. D. Hull of Roanoke, was elected Fear for. Public, first president of the body and author-1 "Ha been ydur experience with tht i cowl industry that employers and em-Ued to.ielect tntcllve to hiei common InUr.tt In' htndle the effalra of the orgtnuation. infr()asing wage and cot.

and passing The pln prescribed the initial that increase on to -the public in prices meeting in Rcnrrfolie, regarding the Senator Townsend asked. persoimul of the dlreetorste, wa closely; "They 'may hve- that conimon In- came from both thel Republican Democratic sides during thedebate. ator Lodge declared that Piesident seeking more and more to infringe up-! on the rights of the wage earner to deny to him the right, to cease work," the declaration said. The "perversion and abuse of the writ of injunction was enumerated among these. The declaration urges Congress to enact legislation retaining the railroads under Federal control for "at least two years after January 1, 1920." to permit detailed atfdy of the situation and save the country "another increase in transportation rates." The fixing of wages jn a cost of living basis was strongly disapproved by the conference.

"That idea is perqicious and intolerable," the declaration said, "'it means putting progress-in chains and liberty in fetters, vlt means fixing a standard of life and liberty, which must remain ber husband, Is.at Uhe home of her! "val district at recovering K'y JMt. 1or to th from shock. The disappearance- of the boy became known last night when Mrs. vllble seaplane and bott Blake crawled to the home of a doctor bein employed in hunting for in Ventnor and told of being attacked the 'missing party. Reports from the by two negroes in oldior uniforms, who Iltnd, small steamer plying choked and beat her, robbed her of a between Nassau and Miami, are to the handbag, and then fled with the boy.

fff 1 tht ortt to local the Gray Mrs. Blake's handbag was-found on a here Wednesday morn-pier a block from where the supposed lnB nd.1wV due niht attack occurred. i d' i- A smsller boat than the Gray Duck, i. li hi J'P ftrt' Vfwnri by the same man, Burton M.nk fcaid tonight that Mrs. Blak would not )eft here ahead of the Gray be permitted cave tho Jl.l.ei n.

u.e Duck and arrived in Nassau yetUrday on must take the initiative towards eing action on the treaty, but of to consider carefully any sugges ith regard to the Senate com-reservatvons Mr. Wilson you woutd be put -In jail. Although is a country freer of crime-than any other in the world, there are more peo pie in jail than anywhere else, and the crimes which they are charged are the very things celebrate as virtues." This situation has existed in Ireland, the speaker said, since the Norman conquest. It was evident, he added' "England never can govern Ireland in any other way." Asked if he war in case -England took offense at passage of the Mr. Cockran said his reply was that of Lincoln before the Civil War, when he said: "Letus not be frightened by threats of danger to our country and dungeons for ourselves." "That is my answer," repeated Mr.

Cockran, "to a queston of what may follow an act of justice by the American people." 'Mr. Cockran said diplomatic recognition would be a' "most formidable step towards Irish freedom." Arguing that Congress has precen-dents for such action, he cfted the polipy of the United States toward Cuba, Porto Compromise Offered Hitchcock urcred a compro followed in the meeting nerq last nigni. ur. uartteia responded, quaitry- irough a comnrtttee concilation No Truce Round. vi v.

vy sv s'l'fnswvr COIU Hint cauutt of her present condition it is im- that he wtl The present member of tht body elect- Ing his answer by saying- "held out the olive cosaibla tn rnlv on anv tho tnri. A seaolane which left here at 10 a. m. thme men to become members 'of not chararlnr that thia would b. the 'Z tie discussion, however, Sena tdicoek said he would make no to bring up the peace treaty un- omt understanding had been reached onrerence between Republican and fixed." Cummina Bill Attacked Anti-strike provisions of the Cummins railroad bill were described as "establishing, bjitgislation, involuntary ser vitude." While labor has shown to the world the faults 6f its opponents, it -has overlooked none of its own, the declaration she ha told.

James Blake, the husband, today wirelessed back from Nassau i their body from the htate of Alabama, necessary -result. told the policj his. wife had been stif- after five scouting over adjacent These were: Thornton Kskes. A. J.

Ar- "I believe I represent the real opinion fering from a nervous ailment for about i'nds, that no trace of the Gray Duck rant of Birmingham and W. W. Brandon of the President in the matter," ha said six years, had been seen. The plane will refill in of Tuscaloosa, Four vioe presidents later, is," if 1 were able to Mr. Blake has been making his home Nassau and return tomorrow, acoutlng i were also named tt thl meeting: John him and talk it over, because I know hit with Mrs.

Miller here, near the apart' the way. E. Lovell of Chattanooga, vicijmind." ment house w.herc Mrs. Blake has been i A itout.gale hai been blowing off tha president tt large, Thomas M'cCroskey Sketching the history of strike nefo-living for me time. The boy 'or the past week and It is feared of Knoxville, Tennessee vice president; I tlationa, Dn.

Garfield explained that he a daughter 10 years otd had been liv-, that the Gray Duck's motor became con- II. L. Ople, Virginia vice president, and thought the. "memberi 0f the cabinet Hratie leaders. he time for debate has ho I think it very unwise it in and have it kicked "around football." I'Uision of the troatu ni it.rted said.

"It is fully conscious of its aut ing with their father, hut had been per-! lrarV vessel went down In tii. Adolph Keich ot Uadsden, Alapama vic.jWere standing with pirn in hit luggei mitted to to out with their mother. Be- storm. Rico and the Philippines and asserted anrl fpiriR that ita increased produc HoKutA president. i lion or H4 per-cent Increase in wage Two members of the executive" com-j and an advisory, committee to revleve.

mittee were desienaed. and the pres-: the facts from- which he derived the tivity be used for service and not that Sinn Fein courts were functioning he railroad bill. progress fore conferring with the police today I The sppeal to the Navy Department Mr. Blake insisted the disannearance of for aid has been answered by the dis- the f.e Its oroeram would aid in latter for" about three hours. i the boy was a plain case of kidnnppin iping.

ovpuDiirans and Democrats ex- talk. charircs of responsibility for patch of at least on. boat, a 1 ident end secretary were named as ex-, per cent When thl wa re cutter, to scout in the waters between, officio members. They aret H- C. El- fused, he added, he thought the ques- Miami arid Nassau'; i liott of Roanoke, D.

C. Humphreys tion "was going to be fought out It is stated on what i believed to be of Lexinrton. and one other, to be! Dr. Garfield would not produce tele- I'adiuck on the treaty. in sll part or jreiana, except oenasi and Dublin.

"This is the answer of whether there Is a defacto government," he said. "They are settling every dispute and Tunctioning as no other government in Europe. The only trouble is when the oolite trv to -stoo these courts, as in attention to press reports that reliable authority that thr. engineer elected later. The Committee gram sent him by Attorney G.n.rat peace is not established A'meri- Palmer, confirming that underitandinar.

PREMIERS IS port trade is beinir injured and nes and industrial conditions re- Unsettled. Sonolnr- UnJ.rwnxrl weni. on -ooara me uray uucn at dir-1 will have In charge the workings or ine ferent time and all refused to accept organisation, and a definite line of ac- i the position as engineer of, th craft. tion- will be mapped out In the by-laws Member of the Griffith Motion Pic-1 of the organization, which are drawn up: ture Producing Company, who remained under the direction of the Board of Di- for which he was. asked.

Discussing proposal whieh be to the cabinet. Dr. Garfield said: "I had no power under the Lever ee! td the Rpnllhliran mninritv wa. NlSlb'e for insrtinn "nr. tr.stu TURKI supplying the world needs, -the declaration adds, if its members could be "something more than mere memberi on a book." The United States Steel Corporation was cited as one whose "autocratic attitude and destructive action" must givb way sto the new form and new relations between employer- and employee.

"Labor fully understands that powerful interests are at work today to achieve reaction in industry if possible," the declaration continued. "They disband or cripple the organisations of workers. But labor must be and will be militant in the suuggle ti combat, these -sinister influences and tendencies. It will not permit a reduction in the standard of living nor will it consent to a reaction towards 1. it foal It "Ted prompt ratification QUESTION oenina, are now among the aearchers rector.

Purpose of Association. to fix wages, but did have power to. fix. Mor Udce declared Oiat President The following were present at the prices, and the determination of reit was "immovable" in his oosition for their missing companion, mny of whom were women. Some were tho wive of men on board.

The Griffith company ha been film.1 Preserved ratification. Onlv the meeting her. "last night: Acting Pre- sonable prices involved a dater-Ident D. P. Sites, Acting Secretary" John mlnation of reasonable" wtage.

I drew Wood and H. C. Elliott nf Roanoke. i up a statement of prlriclole which "it can resurrect the treaty, he Ing a picture near here for several week senate. and left for Nassau to obtain additional Henry "Good Roads" Roberts of Bristol; 1 thought hould govern the dletribution: John N.

Davis, American Ambassador, Participates In Discussion. tnderwoorj suggested a "con-u0" lommitio." itu Belfast and Dublin. The court yield justice and the whole population is yielding to these courts." Irish Kept In Povert For three centuries. Mr. Cockran said, British laws had denied the Irish land ownership, and kept them in poverty.

"After the repeal of these laws, the customs established under them continued," he declared. "The Irish race cannot be exterminated. That was tried for three centuries and failed. If it cannot be exterminated, then the Irisljl rare must be emancipated." The entry of the United States Into the world war raised the stnSegle to the plane of a "reat. c'fusade" for justice to all.

Mr. Cockran said, urging that -recognition of Ireland would be notice to the world that this country was continuing that pledge. A he con John K. or Chattanooga, i reaaonani. wage ana tuDmitled tht Included among the searcher! is J.

R. Williams of Knoxville. end I the cabinet." Gertrudo Southern, a woman aerial I.e. F. Miller of Johnson City.

Tenn. Supported by Cabinet. hut- tvi. pilot. The member of the board named at the They were with yo on that atate-' Will J.

Read, of Fort Lauder i ti Roanoke meet not present are Gray SIL-jU'itT Senator Frelinghuysen asked. Ki.ni.kii London. Dec. (By the Associated i "Yes, except a to second of the. C.

ver of Martituburg, W. nd D. uie, a town twenty-eight mile out north of Miami, and a wealthy, real es. Humphreys of Lexinlrton Va. The principles stated." Dr.

Garfield respond--! 'resident Must Act late operator, and hi 18-yetr-old daugh- i tional Exchange Bank of Roanoke, td. "That was one whieh aald th ever- ter Matron were on board the Cray wa designated treasurer of the ortran-; tge wage of workers in the industr autocratic control, mm. is performing a public Labor Clause Approved The right of Federal, State and municipal employes to organize and affiliate with the American Federation Of Labor also wa defended. Interests of those workers, the statement argued, could best be prcVioted through legislation "tor repliH that the Presl- Duck. Read at one time wsi a captain Ixetion.

ifught to, be taken at a guide in -fisinf musl "ft. but reiterated his to priv' rrW coifSidera- in the regular army. "The purpose of the Lee Highway As'-increases allowed to meet the cost els- Ki cluded, an uproar of applause swept th room to be checked only when commit Pre) The, British prime minister, David Lloyd George, and th.e French premier, M. Clemenceau. tonight-completed threa.

day' conference on tha main outstanding international question relating to the 'peace settlement, principally that- concerning Turkejr. The American. Japanese and Italljn ambassadors and French aid British financial experts were called in at various I'times, wbif. She -Italian foreign minuter, Signor took a prominent part. 'The conference cov-ered a id range of Subjects, and a brief official state- teemen rapped for order.

No action wa taken by the committee me leaders naa nhen Senator Knox pro-fat, tr, prure a statu. -of veace Senate adopt his tr November, to ratify tin inhere were: Herton Mank, Nassau I soclation," stated Mr. Roberts, who wss living, and not the wage of. tingle hotel man, master; David W. present the meeting last night, "Is group.

Secretary of Labor Wilson de 'Elmer Clifton, Mrs. Elmer Clifton, Jsckfto promote th. proper location and con-: "'red the increase to given to be lU Iiloyd, Herbert Mrs. atruction and maintenance of a great mated on the wage of pick miners." J. Manning, D.

W. Bitr-er and Mrs. Bitx-j national highway along the Appalachian "What was your objection to thatft-er, L. Bluer, A. Reid, F.

Steffoi, F. Sum- vlley between the Blue Rlcjge, Alleg- Senator Townend tsked. mers, Ctrol Dempster, Robert H. Alex- heny and Cumberland mountain ranges, "Basing th. Increase on the wage ander, Thclma Patton, G.

Maeguarrle, beginning at the Gettysburg. National pick miners." Dr. Garfield laid, 'would A. Randolph, Portrr Stronsr. Edward Park on the Lincoln hiirhwav and -ex-; have resulted in seeurina" an averas-a in.

which adjourned wjth the nnouneement "-rvpaiy BO ur peace i th 1, "nfq; "ut without action OI Philpitt, Charles Snyder. Abraham tending by wy of Winchester, crease of 17 per cent in wage in the agreed to support ment issued tonight' records that "sa ourg, iigan U. Millingsley and ttie i by th. tomb of Robert E. Le.

tt Lexing- inauirv over the period line. 1913,. that the legislation would oe taaen under advisement. During the session. Judge Jsmos A.

Derry, of ntionl president of the Anient Order of Hibernian, told the committee that th. order stood for independence of Ireland. Ja. K. McGuire.

of New Roehelle. to support the bill' proviion'for consular represenUtive. put In the rtori figures nr. Irish fofeien trade, andt Eugene F. isfactory agreements', were arrived it pen the secretary of labor conceded an, nuiingslej.

ton, Natural Bridge, Hoanoke; Bristol, M. Billingsley. ton. Natural Bridre. Bristol.

on outstanding point." Kew York Intereited. tnd Knoxville to the Chickamauga Na-jthat the increase In coat of living had tional ark on the Dixie highway, thence tlonar J'arH on in wixie nignway, menc. on nr as is snown, ine American ri. IX f.u... prr ceni.

-v -rnk. n.i. ew i ora, uee. ia. aiembera of the vi n.i -n.

I Rnma m.mK... tk. -wi of peace- he h' PPle to decide la-rts, United States' should formtlly proposed in open execu- i. vi piew vrieans. ina-w vv iraucd ui.

only in the Adriatic He em- tonl.hri rlL fr2 highway. Garfield him. and some: phatically denied the report tonight that south of th. i I "Th.r. wai organis.d in (th.

lerretiry of labor, but all were il tft(t conference had submitted propossli ld q. iffifh and a Houtton, Texas, a Robert E. Lee tgreem.nt on th. balance of the pre- from Kinkead a former representative CHS re.nlnf inn .4 C.n.. and admirLU-tration, but their rights must be safeguarded fully through their own "organizttions.

Adoption, of the peace' treaty was urged that "'peoples Way know to whom fixed and credit and exchange may -r-fixed and credit and exehaige may regain the lost voltage." "We. feel that we cannot with honor and humanity, maintain a policy iv lation end disinterestedness from ths distress and suffering of the European peoples." the declaration said. "Even if the necessity of thos. people did not have a compelling appeal, the inter related economic interests oi th world would prevent our limiting our attention solely -to the Western Hemisphere." The treaty'' labor provisions were endorsed and it was declared that on.y through ahem could the tndard of working condition, throughout the world be lifted. Labor' propol.

ubmittd to President Wilson' first industrial ence, were reiterated and the attitude, and sction of the employers group that, conference bitterly assailed. A -small in- thst group, wm charged with the failure of the l.hnr had made a in- New Jersey, denied that the Pennsylvania 4to' President Wilson for-the revsmping Promptly objected. Mr. on board. Th.

ane.n.lei. Highway As.ocl.tlon, which I promot-1 P. ne naa imauy laic.n the r.pon-" "ro similar action ed wh.n It wss reported that Richard 'n IU lW branch of the American Legion "ttef the treaty and that they had been taken a stand against the Irish fn t0 dUeuss jhem. Wht was i i wnted of htm or whit advice he my r-. t0 aeclare a state of widely known acr.en tctor, p'n on thV te will wnrk to hro.

inelud.d in tna iiiil In rfilltlnn r-- "nd Mr R''lution eonitrurtion -of a national tti ha 1 U. mole (n lie! the Lincoln highway u.i. ui itiun mare was murh anl.ntv r.ii u. highway to para RICHMOND CHARGED WITH DEFYINO COAL COMMITTEE th r'0lution for decls Gnny. Renato' tor have given is Carefully cnnrekled.

The. London political writer ar. at wide variance regarding th proceeding of the conference, none of them apparently being really informed a to what ha transpired. of the popular leading man, which wa lnll k. 'The Kosnose meeting of ths Las i.uvi v.

vi i a 5 term from a rnnenr, Highway Aasoeistlon endorsed the prin- whereabouts tnrij Froposea originally Rn.Boke. Vai Dec. IS. P. Spangler.

.1 in. TVahnntaa Reeional Included In Mr. Griffith's ptrty te- eon.trueted and mtinUin.d by th. joint reaolution. Premier.

Clemenceau will leave for House and also iv ennguuccmiQl jrvm ni OI- federtl aovernment, and it is expected Coal Committee, "in a statement issued Sundty. flee her tonight, ire Milt His.rati.fra- Dempster, leading woman, "a comparative ihility of patting through hit settle- ment surrestion without securing unanimous agreement of the cabinet. "I conceived myself Ho be the reapon-i, sible' offieer." he said, "believing; that I had the authority to determine price questions. The matter wa not prat-r ed to President WtUon." Offered JosCIncrease. Applying th principle laid down.

Dr. Garfield said. he deeided that 14 per' cent would meet the increased east ef and that operator could par out of profit and still kt.p enou mines running te supply the nation coal under th fixed priee of S2.9S a ton. The minera decided to refuse ejtt continue the strike. i "I went home, thinking the was to be fought out," ha said.

"And after that proposal war aaa' in th government to take th out of your bands, in plt ef yt 1 (Continued Fir here tonight, deelirea tn euy oi men-f mond ws the "only, eommunity in the Pnrahonta. reeion tht defied the regu trnl: THE WEATHER WB. tiered rrnm euage as rejected Airing As presenUd today to end unrest, the decUra- lation of the fuel tdmlnUtrttion in it i effort to eopserre coal. Mr. Spangler' Utem.nt wss prompt- IRGIMAj Ealn, followed by cler-ed he aid, br an atUck made on the! Ing Bonday.

fhech colder, cold wave by committee' action In withholding eoallSnnday nlrht; Monday fair and colder. e-- the Virenia Railway and Power I TENNESSEE: Clearing and colder tion. said. vnroanv TiEm RATED that Congress will, within the next year. nert legislation establishing a federal highway commission to lay out, construct snd maintain a permanent system of national highways, and the Lee Highway Association will urge that the Le.

highway be incorportted in th national ytm." Before adjourning the director! of tht association extended a vote of thanki to Acting President D. Sitet tnd Acting Secretary John Wood for their interest and work In organisation of th body. urrj the UnU Mh. v't and eon. it provides 1 of itatus of oearc newcomer the motion picture world; Billy Bitx.r, one of the beat-known camera men of the movies, end Ander Rtndolph, a familiar figure aa a screen aetor of "heavy" parti.

Mr. Griffith hai been associated with th motion picture butln.i for eleven year. "The Birth of a Nation." founded on Thomas Diaon't story "The Clint-mm." wii hit firtt gret production, which million of people throughout the country hive teen, i a v. n.r. 13.

Henry Anderson, head of the Red Cro.s iMIt. Cmpanv. Hia itateraet pointi out that i saruiay; coia wave ia east portion; io Lflited ion in. the iJaiaane, wo-y i th. eltv of Norfolk, -which use power! day fair and eontfneed cold.

"lution. followine the NORTH CAROLINA! Bala Sanday, maca. colder: Monday fair and colder, cold wave la west aad central portion. by th. comp.ny, .7 thV comm-nder ff thelh.bited the co-operation" Crown of Boumaaia.

earrj-iB out the restrictions Impoted. "'JH Pge eight l..

Get access to Newspapers.com

  • The largest online newspaper archive
  • 300+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's
  • Millions of additional pages added every month

About Bristol Herald Courier Archive

Pages Available:
1,056,301
Years Available:
1907-2024