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tTBBC S?MTER WATOHMAiY, Estab' Consolidated Aug:. 2,1 S=rSir AM) SM. F?LL ? ?. . . Senator From New Mexico and Senator Hitchcock Visit President Wilson CONFER ON THE PRES ENT MEXICAN SITUATION Senator Fall Appeared Satisfied and JThinks the President is Strong Mentally Washington. Dec. 5.?Two senators, delegated by the foreign relations committee to confer with President Wilson on the Mexican crisis and re port whether in their opinion the pres ident by reason of his illness was un able to exercise his functions, left the White House after a conference of three-quarters of an hour with him today agreeing that 'he was in touch with recent developments and was mentally keen enough to form judgments on the questions confront ing the nation. In the midst of the conference, while Senator Fall, Republican, of * JCew Mexico was outlining the evi Sjj, dence on which he is urging a break of diplomatic relations, the president atid his callers were informed that" WV.Hiam O. Jenkins, the American consular agent, jailed iii Puebla, had been released. The advices left some . doubt as to the circumstances, but the development was accepted generally as relieving somewhat relations be tween the two governments. The discussion with the president produced no definite conclusion as to, Miexican relations, but it was regard ed everywhere as bearing on a sub- j ject of endless speculation in con- j gressional circles whether long ill- j ness of the chief executive has to any ' ) extent rendered him physically incu- j -pable of the duties of the presidency. ! Propped up in bed. the president talk- j ed of m?ny features of the Mexican j tangle. With a right hand and arm \ ? free above the bed cover, the seha :gtoraV$aid,_,he, shook hands, with-.-them-J " "ra^r?^iooit up and read papers which j were on the table beside him. He ? was .described as weak and nervous, but it was said he jested about ex- ' aggerated reports of his illness and promised within a few days to give congress his advice on what it should | do about Mxeico. "He appeared to be a sick man." j raid Senator Fall afterward, "but men- J tally alert and perfectly able to cope j with a question with which he might j -Tiavo to deal. He appeared l<? me, ! certainly, in as gi>od mental co?di- j tion as any man could be after being j ill for nin?- or ten weeks." The other delegate of the commit- j tee. Senator Hitchcock. Democrat, of! Nebraska said the president seemed greatly improved since be saw him .two weeks ago. "My opinion is that he has been a very sick man. but is improving," said Senator Hitchcock. "He has a 7>retty good idea of the Mexican sit uation and although he did not give ? final decision on the subject be in dicated That too many serious consid erations were involved toiwarrsnt any hasty action.," The conference with the president which the foreign relations committee decided to request yesterday after Secretary Lansing had told it that he had not .seen his chief during the recent Mexican negotiations, was quickly arranged this morning when \ the two senators got in touch with the White House. They were told that if they considered it urgent to see Mr. Wilson, they would be permit ted to do so. An appointment ac cordingly was arranged lor 2:3" in the afternoon^ As the callers arrived they were met by Dr. Grayson. and Mrs. Wilson, who conducted them to the sick room. Asked how long they might remain, the president's physician re plied that he would leave that en tirely to ihe judgment of tbe two visitors. Mrs. Wilson remained in tie room throughout the conference. Announcement of Jenkins' release, it was said by those preesnt, gave the conference its only dramatic turn The news was telephoned to the White House after the two senators had arrived, and was communicated to Dr. Grayson by Secretary Tumulty. Returning to the siek room while Senator Fall, one of the bitterest critics of the administration's p;ist policy toward Mexico, was in the tnidst of his argument for a diplo matic break. Dr. Grayson informed the president that Jenkins had be- a set free. All of those present expressed grat ification at ihe news, and den Sena tor Fa!! resumed his statement. H*? is chairman of a committee which has investigated lie- whole subject -of Mexican relations and h ? i<>ld :h' president of much of the evidence turned up by the inquiry especially regarding tho alleged activities of Mexican officials in spreading Bol shevist propaganda in this country. Senator Fal also gave the presi dent a copy of his resolution asking that diplomatic relations with Car raqza be withdrawn. This resolution now is before tie- foreign relations committee which nreets again M-bnda*. to a'-r upon it. it was said the presi dent expressed no final judgment re garrting it but indicated he wouid give his advic? to the co.mmitte to congress by the end ;>f rhe week. / 4&ed April, 18so. "Be Just s, 881. SU1 ! Attorney General Palmer Is-' i sues Statement on the Subject _ i I HE IS NOW ON WAY t I j TO. INDIANAPOLIS i ! j I j Momentous Conference to Be< l ? ?' ? . ?, i i Held By Miners and Officials Tomorrow ?' - Washington. Dee. 7.?Government proposals for settling the coal strike j were tonight cloaked in a veil of rn'ys- j i tery which promised to lift only at; j Indianapolis Tuesday when the fed-! eral court and the leaders of the Uni- j ted Mine Workers alike will be called j upon to consider them. Attorney General Palmerand his; special assistant. Judge Ames, were | traveling to Indianapolis tonight on j the same'train with John L. Lewis,! acting president, and William Green,! secretary of the mine workers union.; whose secret visit and equally secret j conference yesterday with Mr. Palm er and Joseph Tumulty, secretary to j President Wilson, resulted in a pro-1 visional agreement to settie. Not one j of the participants of the conference would discuss* its meaning or intent. Before boarding the tr?M for In | dianapons Mr. Palmer, however, said i he was'quite sure that the end of the J j strike was in sight. It was learned I that he would confer with Judge An-! derson of the federal district court on | reaching Indianapolis, i Fuel Administrator Garfield speak ing with brevity and emphasis, added; I only doubt to the situation. "My position has not been budged one inch and will not be," he said. It was recalled that yesterday Dr. | j Garfield has reiterated that not one! [cent could be added to the price of I coal to finance wage increases to the' miners greater than the 14 per cent : he suggested which % operators could pay out of profits, arid that the gpv-t ernmem was behind hTm in the stand, j It also was pointed out that on Novem j ber 26- he. suggested this basis of agreement to the miners, with a pro viso that an arbitration commission j be appointed by the president to re view his decision wilhipowcr to change it if the commission should find eco nomical justifiaction. This proposal the miners' representatives then in stantly rejected. From other authoritative sources, there was only the attorney general's statement issued last midnight thai L*'a definite concrete proposition from the president looking to the speedy j settlement of the strike" .had been be fore Lewis and Green and Hist th-v ' had agreed to recommend it to the national board and i???1J?\ committee ! of the mine worker:;' union. The miriers representatives, it de veloped today, arrived in Washington ?at noon Saturday and were closeted i until midnight with the attorney gen-j eral. They went from the department] \ of justice to the home of a friend and ' 'did hot appear until train time to-1 j night, and would not talk, or add any lining to the attorney general's pub lished version of the situation. Who 'sent for the miners' leaders, or wheth i er they came to Washington of their; i own accord, was a question left un i ' j ?answered by all concerned. j That the step taken guaranteed the! [cessation of the coal strike on the part of the organized miners still was' not claimed anywhere. A definite si- ] jlence was maintained officially on this: ? point. Likewise, the executive com-j jmittee of bituminous coal operators! j watching the governmental activities ? had no information which it would di-! vulge tonight. Gossip was active over the situation ! which has involved almost exclusive! attention of most government chiefs for two weeks. It was said in labor! circlefs that the president's proposal would result in giving th^ miners more th'ah previous government sug gestions would allow, oilier versionsj said that a practical repetition of Dr. j Gar?eld's arbitration offer'had been provisionally accepted by the mine! workers' union chiefs. i It was further said thai a differ ence of method in dealing with the st? ike had developed among the gov ernment agenci's chiefly concerned, though all were working towards a settlement. But in responsible quar ters only silence of statements guard ed to ibe utmost were available. Meanwhile Dr. Garficld labored most of the day on a multitude of de tails of the great job of trying \>> con serve every pound of coal. Officials were confident thai the country would weather the emergency and those who professed i" see early settlement <?! Ihe strike on '?? rnis agreed by ih<* :it t<nn<y general :md Lewis predict**'! thai it would be only n short while before the coal output would be back to normal. Meanwhile, however, the fuel ad ministration acting with regional coal committees continued to maintain restriction of fuel supplies of concerns not on the priority list and to re luce pa.ssenprer train service to what it was in war days. New York. nee. *; N'i>:?- teams Were tied for the lead in tile si> d;iv bicycle race as s a. m. with 2.22-1 lud*", in * ?: in laps, which i: xijK -j behind ihe record. od Fear not?Let ?0 the ends Thou At ?TER, S. C, WEDNESl (jT'\M""Tlr''m'y^ President Wilson Personally Outlines Basis of Settle ment of Controversy MEMORANDUM WRIT TEN BY EXECUTIVE Official Washington Expects Settlement to Be Reached Tomorrow Afternoon . j Washington, Dec. 8.?Hope for tlje settlement tomorrow afternoon of tiie j "controversy between the miners arid the government" is expressed in formal statement issued today at th; White House. The utmost secrecy st?l surrounds the president's proposal and Secretary Tumulty and other oi , facials refused to supplement the state ? ment. It is learned, however, thajt j the proposal made to miners wafe from President Wilson himself an$ was in the form of a memorandum written bv him. STRIKE PROPOSAL NOT DISCLOSE^ Washington. Dec x.?The public m stiP in the dark today as to .the govj ,ern*/ient*s last move in ihe coal strike* Nothing of the nature of the proposals has been made public, either by " the| miners or officials, but comfort ia taken in the statement by Attorney* General Palmer last night that he wait sure the end of the strike was in> sight. The success or failure of ins plan cannot be determined until Tues-$ ?Jay when the federal court at Indian apolis and the strike, leaders will con sider it. Mass Meeting of Citizens Held In Opposition to Grace's Usurpation MAYOR HYDE WILL NOT RUN AGAIN Lawrence M. Pinckney is Urg ed to Be Candidate to Oppose j Grace Charleston. Dec. r>.?Some 300 'anti I Grace" men held a public meeting to '< night and, after adopting resolutions I to the effect that no nominee of the ; Democratic party had been properly I selected. John P. Grace being merely i the candidate of 1 :> men. it was as jserted. and that the meeting nominate I a candidate for the people of Char ! lesion to elect on December 9 as may j or J. L. Gantt nominated Lawrence I M. Pinckney. the nomianiion being carried by a "hand primary." j A commitiee was dispatched to no i tify Mr. Pinckney at his home of his I selection as the mayoralty candidate j of the meeting. Mr. Pinckney sent j word he appreciated the honor, but i said he would not be able to give his [answer on accepting or rejecting the i nomination until tomorrow. Another j meeting will be held Saturday night j to receive Mr. Pinckney's decision. XV. K. Powers, a pipe fitter, presid ed at the meeting. He stated its [purpose to be an expression of qu?li : fied electors of Charleston who were in sympathy with the decision of 'the supreme court or of the execu tive committee. He referred to Mi-. Hyde's statement that he would not j be a candidate in the general election as throwing cold water on the move ment In- spoke for ,hui he was en couraged, In- said, by the large and representtaive gathering before him. A collection for funds netted about $150. J. L. Gantt presented the resolutions and nominated Mr. Pinckney. Ad dresses were mad< by F. B. McLeod. who referred to ??the parting of the ways" and urged thai there was no mayoralty nominee binding the Dem ocratic primary voters. .1. A. Rose mond. a machinist. T. T. Bolger. a florist and F. Simmons. Only a mayoralty candidate was nominated. This action tonighi makes ii practi cally certain thai Mr. Grace will have Opposition in the general election for the office of mayor. Those at the meeting were mainly of the Hyde fac tion and many are weil known citi zens. STATEMENT MADE BY D'ANNUNZIO Fiume. Sunday. !><"?<?. "??Gabriele I >'.\nnan/.io assured the Associated Press correspondent today thai he is not preparing an expedition against Spalato or Liabaicb. lie gave his word of honor thai this statemeni is true. ms't at be thy Country's. I by God's ft DAY, DECEMBER 10, 1! I i - _ i I j The Allies Consent to Eliminate, I Some of Objectionable Fea tures of Protocol j ; * i _ I i i GERMANS EXPECTED i J I TO SIGN TREATY SOON i -- ? j j Responsibility For Sinking of j Fleet Placed Upon the Ger-! t i mans Paris. Dee. S.?The a Wies have con-j I sented to modify some of the terms of! 'the protocol putting the peace treaty i into effect to which Germany has ! made objection. The clause'providing jfor an indemnity for the destruc-; {tion of the German fleet at Scapa | j Flow has been modified so" as to re fer tot he Hague tribunal the ques I tion whether the delivery fulfilled the ! : terms of the armistice. If other fea tures of the protocol most, objection-1 able to the Germans are eliminated it| is expected the German plenipotentiar-j ! ies will sign the protocol without much further delay. The final para-1 graphs of the protocol providing that even after the peace treaty is in ef fect the allies might use military I measures of coercion to ensure thej j execution of the treaty's terms will be ! ! eliminated entirely, as also the clause ! relating tot he evacuation of the Bai-| tic provinces by the German troops;! i j _ ________ ? ' i j The imputation of responsibility to Germany for the sinking of the fleet is left in the protocol. It is expected that the note setting forth the allies' position will be handed the Germans j today I Threat Made to Occupy Essen and Frankfort Unless Germans Comply THEY MUST BE MADE TO ACCEPT PEACE TERMS London Stock Exchange Circles ! Excited Over Rumor From j Pari London. Dec. ?There was a per sistent rumor on the stock exchange j this morning that the supreme coun cil of the peace conference had threatened Germany that unless the j final peace term were agreed to the allied troops would occupy Essen and ! Frankfort. The official announcement ?that Field Marshall Wilson has gone : to Paris in response to "urgent sum j mons. to consult Marshall Foch in connection with the peace treaty" is |.regarded Ivy the newspapers ?as of 1 considerable significance. \ WILSON STILL j AT THE HELM i Writes Snator Fall Regarding Severing of Relations With Mexico Washington. Dec. S.?President Wilson would be "gravely concerned to see such a resolution pass the con- j gress." he wrote Senator Fall to-; day, referring to the Fall resolution requesting the president to sever dip-! Iomatie relations with the Oarranza government, "it would constitute a reversal of our constitutional practice which might lead to very grave con fusion in regard to guidance in our foreign affairs.' The president ex pressed confidence he had to support every competent constitutional au tl ority in statement that direction of government's foreign affairs was as signed by the constitution to the chief cxecifive and to him alone. PEACE COUNCIL NEARING END Plans Made For Disposing of Unfinished Business Paris. Dee. s.?The supreme coun cil this morning took u\> the unfinish ed business of ih<- peace conference in .-in effort to dispose of the most urgent questions. It is the purpose also to decide upon the reference <?f other pending questions for decision after the "l>i^ five" becomes the "bijr four." as it is expected the supreme council will continue to meet after the American delegates leave tomor-i row. sfcd Tmtfc'OL" THJE TBU1 J19. ELEASE JENKINS FROM MEX. JAIL American Embassy in Mexico City Sends News to the Nation's Capital ANOTHER REPORT IS CAUSE OF CONFUSION Dispatches Tell of Money De posited, But State Dept. Says Release Was on Demand Washington. Dec. f>.?William ?. Jenkins, the American consular agent, imprisoned at Puebla, Mexico, was re leased Thursday night. The American embassy in .Mexico City reported his release in an official dispatch received by the state depart ment this afternoon and almost at the same time hews dispatches were re ceived from Mexico City which said a check for $500 had been deposited with the civil authorties at Puebla. This difference in the two reports seemed tov raise some doubt as to Whether Jenkins was released uncon ditionally on the dplomatic represen tations of the United States govern ment or whether he had been released on hail, as the Mexican authorities have contended lie could. The >:ate department, however, rook the view that Jenkins had been re leased on its diplomatic- representa tions and issued this statement: "The release of William ?. Jenkins, the American" consular agent at Puebla. .Mexico was reported late this afternoon from the American embas sy at Mexico City. ""The release of Consular Agent Jenkins was brought about by urgent diplomatic ? representations made by this government and the resulting in vestigation made by Gen. Pablo Gon zales who was sent to Puebla, by the Mexican government to investigate the facts in the case. The investigations by General Gonzales, who was at Puehja .on D?eemh?rt\ had then, pra<* ?eaify substantiated ihe position taken by this government on behalf of Jen kins. "Two peons Crom San la. Lucia ad mitted io General Gonzales that they had made declarations against Jen kins under threat of execution. Oth er witnesses testified they had been compelled to make false statements against Jenkins under duress. One witness was threatened by a rope, and still another beaten until he made his declartion against Jenkins. ^ "These facts are shown in the court records of the case." Every effort was made here today to eheek up on a cabled report from Mexico City saying that according to a Puebla dispatch to a Mexican City newspaper Jenkins was released after J. Salter Hansen had deposited a $rdio check for bail. Officials of the State department said they had no informa tion whatever concerning Hansen. They stood on the statement that the consular agent had been released on demand of this government. In some quarters however, there was a suggestion that there may have been a confusion of names, as Secre tary iJansing announced that a dis patch from the American embassy said Third Assistant Secretary Mat thew E. Hanna. had been sent to Puebla in connection with represen tations for release of Jenkins. Offi cials declared, however, that even if the names had been confused there was no inofrmation here to indicate that Hanna had put up bond and in fact they expressed utmost assurance that he had not done so. Reports from Jenkins since his ar rest and personal letters from him to relatives in this country have all quot ed him as being most determined not to put up a cent of bail in order to ob tain his release. This fact was cited by officials to support their contention that the release of the consular agent was brought about "by urgent diplo matic representations made by this government and the resulting investi gation made by Gen. Pablo Gonzales, who was sent to investigate the facts ill the case." Mexico City, Dec. f..?W. O. Jen kins. United States consular agent at Puebla who was released from pris on there on Thursday night, attempt ed to secure his reimprisonment there today, according to special dispatches received here tonight by Excelsior. Ju dicial authorities at Puebla refused to allow the consular agent to reenter the prison. Mr. Jenkins' move, according to dis patches, was promised b> a desire to secure unconditional liberty, Mr. Jen kins being quoted as declaring that 1 ail was furnished by his friend. J. Walter Hanson without Ids knowledge and that he refused to accept condi tional freedom. Hiiarin Medina, under secretary of foreign relations is quoted by the Ex celsior as stating that the release of Ml?. Jenkins had removed all cause for friction between the United States and Mexico. SOVIETS AVENGE DEATH OF CZAR Copenhagen, Pec. ?.?The Soviet au thorities in Russia have punished by death the individuals who were im mediately responsible for the execu tion of ormer Emperor Nicholas and family. 5 SO?TKBON, EnaMiabed tarn, M Vol. XLIX. No. 34. IE COUNTRY IS ON FUEL RATION I Situation in All Sections of the Country Is Growing More 1 Serious THE COAL SHORTAGE HAS BECOME ACUTE I Middle West Asks That Other Sections Share Surplus With i Those Who Have None I Washington, Deo. 4.?-The country j as a whole now is involved in coal ; rationing measures which have been : proposed to eke out supplies shorten-' ; ed by the nationwide strike of bitum > nous mine workers. ? -; The flow of appeals to the reestab lished fuel administration showed general alarm over the situation. I Middle western territory where {fee j shortage has become acute, through I representtaives in congress today dC j manded that the eastern seaboard ?andi ! New England be compelled to share \ jsurplus supplies and live up to re j strictions on power and light con I sumption as drastic as those effective j in the west. Senator Cummins, Re rpubliean, Iowa, announced after oon I suiting the fuel administration that j he had obtained an increase in the I allotment of coal to the Mississippi ? valley States. Louis W. Hill, ?chair j man of the beard of the Greatlfcorth j ern railroad, representing Northwes I tern consumers, made a plea for bet | ter distribution of coal resources at (the head of the Great Lakes, 'visit-, j ing both the railroad and fuel admtn I istrations. Meanwhile the responsible headts of the larger coal mining concerns* of the country, in a second day. of genvt i eral conference here, announced that ! they had agreed to pay miners an ad i ditional sum of 11 cents per ton. for ; coal mined, basing the figure on con i d it ions in "thin vein areas,' and there-. ? by - fixing a scale practically for tfitf | entire country. ? i This more than carried out the pro j posal of Fuel Administrator Garfleld I that the coal miners be given a 14 per. ioenr advance without increase in the ! selling price of coal, they asserted,*-.' j because average figures showed that i i.n advance of 10.56 cents per ton, j Arould meet the requiremenL v Proposals were made at the final I session that the mine operators adopt I an aggressive policy of fighting the j strike by resuming production on* an/ : "open shop" basis, but ho definite [ stand was taken on a collective policy. J It was said the majority preferred to I await the result of the renewed ef ! forts by the government to prosecute j the leaders of the striking mine work ers in the federal courts for violating, j .he Lever law. y' Coal production was said to be con I tinuing at a. slight advance over the I last week, according to the reports,, i available in advance of the geological ; survey's weekly summary, j The railroad administration, since j the fuel shortage became acute in the" [Middle West ,has been sending coal, j westward on fast schedules. In the ! last two weeks approximately 20,00ft j cars have moved to districts west of j the Mississippi river. Of the totaf.** i 7.654 cars were consigned to com ; munities in the Central Western re ' gion. and 3.881 cars to the North j Western region. '* ! Officials said that within the last j week an average of 800 cars a day had^, been sent to each of the three areas. This was expected to represent about j the maximum amount which will be j shipped because of the gradual low-"' I erinj? of reserves in the East. BAPTISTS GET MUCH MONEY j Southern States Continue to. Send in Reports Nashville. Dec. 5.?Additional sub-,, scriptions of $2.500.000 were reported j to the Baptist S75,000/i00 campaign i headquarters Thursday, this sum com- f ing largely from Virginia. Kentucky. North Carolina, Alabama and Louis iana, which are rapidly approaching *' their goals, along with Tennessee. The seven States already over the top are reporting frood oversubscrptions. Georgia having more than SI.500,000 * surplus and South Carolina's excess beinsr $1.250.000. SURFACE MINES SEIZED BY STATE Fifteen Are Seized By the Gov ernor of Missouri Jefferson <*ity. Mo.. Dec. 4.?Fifteen surface mines in Barton county were seized today by Gov. Frederick D. Gardner, who issued a proclamation. - which declared that possession and control of the pits was necessary in order to relieve distress among the / ptddic and the inmates of the ely mosenary and penal institutions. Be fore issuing the proclamtion the gov ernor said he had been informed that Too children in the home for feeble minded nt Marshall were suffering ^ from cold. He instructed the man ager of the institution to chop down Tilade trees if necessary. ?' .< in