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Sen^iiueiii bequeathed >6 iiis political
^eSCcntlants by th6 late ' Colonel
Roosevelt, ought to be a very happy
man. Than "L. W." as he is fa?sp?i
miliarly known to those who, with
Is affectionate brevity used to call
$ Roosevelt "'T. R." there is nobody
rYMKjr commands as much genuine strength
j in the assembly of Republicans for
nat^ona^ committee meeting.
Talk of Harding, Lowden, Cooljidge,
Watson, Sutherland and others
I ranges all the way from the know|'n^
w*"sPer to the hand-punctuated
j argument. But Leonard Wood's
fj friends and supporters are the most
I numerous. They have about them an
i air of determination and crusade,
which, translated into terms of poNvSl
/ litical momentum, easily places the
(eminent major general far ahead of
^4% I^e other would-be candidates.
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"K'f I UUL L.cunaiu yy uuu uutiut iu uc
' I happy for many reasons. He dreamjed
years ago of being president of
I i -U Unitted States. He had a camipaign
headquarters of his own in
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11916 and Theodore Roosevelt went so
*ar as t0 su??est his name publicly
to the Republican national convention
as a compromise candidate.
j Democratic Administration Did It
j But it is the Democratic adminftySpT
istration that General Wood owes a
(^e^t ?* PO^^ieal gratitude. Maybe if
IIl ffc they had permitted him to go to
jjs&| France he might have suffered the
| jjs fate of General Pershing?lost in
\jt three thousand miles of distance and
two years of disconnection from the
political hosts. Instead, General Wood
isn't permitted to go across to
A France, hut is sent to Charleston, S.
|C., where his opportunities to get in
fh % || j touch with young men from all parts
of the country who were sent to the
| big training camps in his military
i jurisdiction were not lost on the
lit j magnetic major general. Prior to
||| ? | that he made good use of his time
|at Go'vemors Island, N. Y., to talk
I f: at banquets, luncheons and public
j?atherings. Then the Democratic adninistration,
as if gifted with political
'provisions, sent General Wood to
f tpT iCamp Funston, Kans., where he came
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in contact with the western boy
most of whom couldn't help but tal
I to the distinguished general wl
; trained thorn.
NEW POLITICAL PARTY
j St. Louis, Dec. 12.?A new polit
cal party probably will be organize
before July 1, it was said at th
national conference of. Liberals tc
night.' . %
A convention will be held befor
midsummer, at which it is proposed t<
nominate candidates for the presiden
cy and vice president, J. H. H. Hop
kins of Morristown, N. J., chairmai
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of the committee of 48 which is con
ducting the conference, announced
The report of the committee of po
litical procedure, which recommendec
such a convention, was adopted. Th<
I report suggested that the committe*
jof 48 be made a permanent one anc
that all "liberal and constructive'
liberal organizations be represented
After hours of heated debate a res
nnnnslnl, Knmnill
i uiULiuii tvaa auu^tcu
sory military training and service, unless
in time of invasion. t
LOCKOUTS AND
STRIKES SHOW
BIG DECREASE
Washington, Dec. 11.?Strike:
and lockouts are rapidly decreasing
in number, Secretary of Labor Wil
son said today in an interview.
"With the decision of the execu
(tive committee of the United Min<
Workers to urge their membershij
to return to work immediately in ac
cordance with the proposal of Pres
iJent Wilson," said the secretary
'the national industrial situation
from the standpoint of increase<
productions, seems to wear a bette;
aspect than at any time since th<
period of unrest began more than :
year ago with the signing of th*
armistice."
"It's likely that within a week o;
ten days more men will be at theii
accustomed daily tasks than at anj
time within many months.
"The returning miners can b<
counted upon to overcome swiftlj
the fuel shortage which , as I saic
jin a telegram to President John L
I Lewis, of the miners' organization
jhad brought the country face to fact
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s, with perhaps the most difficult into
dustrial situation that ever arose.
10 With the mines again turning out the
, normal fuel .supply, factories can
run lull time and production will be
: largely increased. This v.-ill W": 1 to
I reduce costs of necessities as Presi'*|dent
Wilson has pointed out.
d| "The conciliation division of thi3
l6! mnnf maw 10 Knlnn- J u*va?*
u\.^uiwuivHv uvi? i.i uvnij, v.uutu wyvjf
>- to handle fewer strikes and lockouts
than during the summer. In June
e thirty-six cases were handled; in Ju0
ly forty-three and in August fifty
three. But in September the number
- was reduced to forty-four. October
1 also showed a reduction to thirty
seven while in November the total
i was but seventeen."
"On December 1 only twenty-sev1
en industrial disputes were pending
i as unadjusted before the division,
i while in August the total was ::ixty.
1 "Although the division does not
' !get reports on all strikes and Ic-ck.
outs that occur since it can act
- legally only when requested by one
- of the parties concerned, still tho
- cases coming to the division are representative
of the general situation
And just now they seem to indicate
that employees and employers are
finding it easier to settle differences
I peacefully than through strikes and
lockouts."
j "Thus, in November the division
r was unable to adjust but one ca: e
while in August the corresponding
number was five eases and ir. OcItober
six cases.
"The records of the division also
" how that during November" the number
of women affected directly in
strikes, lockouts and controversies in
which the difficulties failed to reach
the strike stage was 17,439. It is
' true that in some strike cases the
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exact number affected could not be
p
learned. But in some comparison with
some other of the summer months,
No ^mber shows a big reduction in
he number of men directly affected."
r Mr. Allen Buys Home.
r Mr. Herbert Allen general manaf
ger of the Southern Oil. Co., plant
J here, yesterday purchased the home
1 of Mr. J. M. Elliot, located on Stan1
ley avenue. The consideration was
. around $6,000. The sale was made
, through the real estate firm of Smith
; and Dantzler.?Index?Journal.
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