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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
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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
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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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