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v'., :'. . . r. - '•! * '1 - ft ^ . . >*“' j 1 riyr\. v •• ;' v #' tONICLE to be a clean iper, complete, ly and reliable. mi in CLINTON, S. C., TflCRSDAT, DECEMBER 4th, 1919 a If Ypu Don’t Read The Clinton Chronicle You Don't Get The NEWS NUMBER 47 ~ h Washington, Nov. 20.—Avenues of ■peculation leading many ways were opened up today when officials and diplomats turned over in their minds the possible results < at home and abroad that are to follow termination of the special session of congress last night without senate ratification of the peace treaty. The thoughts of the treaty’s friends in the senate centered on accomplish ing some compromise for a ratifica tion in the session beginning Decem- -ber i, and- to that CttA Btoiff -are-on- derstood to -have been taken to ask that President Wilson ascertain from the other powers what reservations they would accept At the white house silence was maintained, and callers got the im pression that for the present the ad ministration was willing to wait quiet ly the oucome of compromise efforts among senators. It was not revealed whether the President would permit policy to stand in the way of underaklng diplomatic exchanges suggested. Everywhere the senate’s action was accepting as meaning at least a long djjlay in ratification and officials thbught the formal es&blishment of a state of peace between Germany and the powers that have ratified would proceed now without waiting further for the decision of the United States. The chief result, it was agreed, would be commercial and financial. Chief among the matters of domes tic concern affected by the senate’s delay is wartime prohibition, which took a new lease, on life with the postponement of a legal status of peace. In the same class is various other war legislation, and although the Republican leaders In congress will seek to end the war formally by a resolution, constitutional objections to that method are likely, in the opinion of some officials, to tie up the effort 4ar amms-Unsa in tha courts, ouT that wartime Another line on which speculation turned was the possible effect of the senate showdown on domestic poli tics. Although both parties have dis claimed any desire to put the treaty into politics, the chances of keeping it out of the 1920 calculations were ad mitted on 411 sides to have been re duced by the bitter clashes in debate last night The stubborn struggle which fea tured the final hours of the' special senate session was generally declared to have made harder the compromise for which Democratic leaders today earnestly set to work. They were optimjatu;, hpwever, that, ip. the open ing days bf the new session, if not before, they could reach some agree ment with the republican group of mild reservationists. *■ Democratic Leader Hitchcock and Senator Underwood, Democrat, Ala bama, who took a conspicuous part in the administration’s fight for rati fication, called at the white house to day and although they did not see President Wilson are understood to have left for him their estimates of the possibilities of a compromise. Afterward Senator Hitchcock issued a statement pointing out that eighty senators in all voted yesterday for ratification in some form and express ing a belief that the sixty-four neces sary to rgtify would get together ultimately. Tonight the Democratic leader had drawn up a new set of compromise reservations which he did not make public but which are understood to* propose principally a modification of the preamble requirement in the for eign relations committee draft which would require the other powers to ac cept affirmatively all the senate’s qualifications. Everything indicated that the ad ministration had no Intention bf let ting the treaty fight lapse, even dur ing the interval before December 1, and that there wasp no thought of abandoning the treaty and negotiating a new one. The general opinion seem ed to be that the President in order to get the treaty into an advantageous parliamentary position again, prob ably would withdraw it and then sub mit it ggain In the opening days of the new seanioh. It was pointed out that under such a procedure it would come back be- for* the senate without the compell ing cloture restriction which brought debate to an end yesterday, in many JPlittera it wae, thought doubtful m ft y £ TALKS OF COAL STRIKE Garfield Announces Five Principles Which have Governed Him and His Associates. Dr. Garfield Says Pub lic will net Pay More than Normal Profits. > ^ •... v V Washington, iNov. 24.—-Settlement of the controversy over a new wage agreement in the bituminous coal in dustry tonight awaited action by President Wilson’s cabinet. At the meeting of the cabinet to morrow a definite decision of policy regarding all phases of the strike sit uation is expected, and if the cabi net is in disagreement " the Whole question may be put before the Presi dent. Fuel Administrator Garfield, speak- average Increase in the cost of living fver the same base; It is Also to be considered that the cost of living will "all rather than rise during the next few years. Third—The maximum prices fixed by the government on coal were cal culated to increase production of coal .uC war purposes. Coal was basic, and the increase imperative. The' public ought not to be asked to pay, ad will not now pay the increase ter normal profits then allowed for the purpose of stimulating produc tion. “Fourth—Any increase in wages now arrived at on the basis of the foregoing principles shonld be borne by tl^e operators or the public or both as may be determined by the applica tion of these principles and should take effect as of the date when the mn return to work. “Fifth—The needs of the United States are not alone to be considered; Europe is in desperate need of coal ipid should have all that we can spare.’’ REPBIfffE TILL JAN. 1 FOB TEAL. Professor, Convicted of Seduction In Greenville, to Ask for Pardon. Greenville, Nov. 21.—Prof. Archie Teal, who was convicted in criminal^ court here o: seduction in 1917, and sentenced to serve 18 months In the penitentiary and pay a fine of $1,900, has been granted a reprieve until January 1 by "Governor Cooper in or der that the case may be heard by the pardon hoard in December. When convicted and sentenced, no tice of appeal was made and several months elapsed befire the Supreme Court confirmed the decision of the sessions court A few days ago st^ps were taken to have Teal begin serv ing his sentence but the parole grant ed by the governor on Thursday stayed the execution of the sentence. FINAL SETTLEMENT. Take notice that on the 30th. day of December, I will render a final account of my act and doing as Executor of the estate of Thos. C. Scott deceased, in the office of the Judge of‘ rebate of Lau rens county, at? 11 o’clock, a. m. and on the same day will apply fora final dis charge from my trust as Executor. Any person indebted to said estate Is aotified and required to make payment on that day; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or befbre said date, duly prov en or be forever barred. B. H. Boyd 7 Executor Nov. 20, 1919 ■fcrirto tw Jofirt wagtntcaie ■coffiffiit- tees of operators and Gainers, an nounced flire principles which have “governed” him and his associates, but different interpretations were placed upon its various provisions by the workers and the mine owners in informal discussions after the meet ing. Dr. Garfield called the miners and operators together after a lengthy conference with Attorney Geneal Palmer, Director General Hines, and Assistant Attorney General Ames. Owing to the disagreement which had arisen as to the amount of the increase in the cost of living, and consequently the per cent of wage ad vance needed to meet higher living costs, great suggestance was attach ed to Dr. Garfield’s declaration that “the averagp total increase in pay over the 1913 base,, which Iras the base considered in 1917, should not exceed the present increase in the cost of liv ing over the same base. “It is also to be considered that the fio»t of living will fall rather than rise’during the next few years,” he added. Operators construed this statement as in conflict with the contention of Secretary Wilson that miners should be given a 31 per cent wage advance to equalize the margin between pres ent waffes and a 79 per cent in rise in living cost since 1914. prices were fixed for the purpose pf stimulating production, IDr. Garfield declared that the public would not now pay the increase over normal profits allowed during the war. His further statement that any wage in crease should be “borne by the oper ators or the public or both” was gen erally taken to mean that part of the advance must come out of the excess profits of the mining companies. The five principles announced by Dr. Garfield were: “First—The public must not be asked to pay more than it is now paying for coal unless it is necessary to do so in order to provide reason able wages to the mine workers and a reasonable profit to the operators. “Second—The arrangement entered Into between the operators, the mine workers and the fuel administration, with the sanction of the President, of the United States in October, 1917, was inended to equalize the wages of all classes of mine workers and to be sufficient to cover the period of the war, but not beyond March 31, 1920; hence, the only increase in cost of living which can now be considered is the increase above that provided for by the average increase in 1917; that is to say, the average total in crease in pay over the 1913 base, which was the base considered in 1917, should not exceed the present whether the cloture rule, invoked iu this instance for the first time, could again command the necessary two- thirds. Without a limitation on debate, the irreconcilable., enemies of the treaty declare they would oppose vigorously any hasty action in the new session, and with other pressing problems on hand and a Christmas recess planned, it is reckoned that action might be delayed well into the new year. In that connection the leaders are mindful that some of the senators most bitterly opposing the treaty openly (have expressed hope that the senate will not act until the people have spoken in next year’s campaign.' Senator Borah ’ Republican, Idaho, has announced in the senate on two occasions that unless his party de clares against the treaty he will part company with it. Senator Underwood was one of those who took an aggressive stand in last night’s debate in challenging the Republicans, who stood solidly united onnsoet of the roll call, to take the/iQI$A. into the campaign. 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