SPECIAL CABINET MEETING CALLED Secretary Lansing Calls Cabinel Together to Consider Mex ican Situation Washington. Dec. ">.?A specia meeting of the cabinet was called foi seven* o'clock this evening by Secretary Lansing. It is understood the Mexi can situation will be the chief topi< discussed. The foreign relations committee wil not meet until Monday to receive th< report of senators as to Presidem Wilson's views on the Mexican ques tion. Although private advices re ceived here yesterday said that Car ranza is preparing a reply to the lat< American note renewing the request for Jenkins' release, the State depart ment officials said today they had received no official information on tin subject. ANARCHISTS FOR DEPORTATION Emma Goldman and' Berkmai. At Ellis Island New York, Dec. ',.?Alexander Berk man and Emma Goldman. America's two most notorious anarchists, spent tonight at Ellis Island. They were sur renderecf to the immigration authori ? ties at noon upon demand of the de partment of tabor to await deporta tion to Russia after preaching their doctrines in the. United States for 30 years. While they were on the way to the island accompanied by the govern ment ferry' boat by a, few of their most devoted followers, their counsel. !* Harry Weinberger, was appearing be fore Federal Judge Mayer with a po sition for writs of habeas corpus in a last effort to nullify the deportation decree. The writs were granted and are returnable Monday. Weinberger said that he would insist that his clients be produced In court before Judge Mayer, who sentenced them to ~ two years terms for obstructing the a draft laws. There was no way of determining teral and revolutionary people. We Expect to be called back to Soviet Russia." * ? Both she and Berkman predicted a revolution in this country within five years. ^ MEXICAN BANDITS ON BORDER I *?r- - - - Mob Store in Seapata Countv, Report Says. Houston. Dec. .5.?State officials to day received a report Of a raid by Mexican bandits on a store near the border in Seapata county. Reports said the owner was bound. after which the place was looted and the ? bandits fled across the border. The report came from a Texas ranger of '3?cer-. LOVAKS MO BILIZE ARMY enty-one Divisions Marching Toward Hungary Copenhagen, Dec. 5.?The Czecho slovak government has ordered the ^Mobilization of three military '-lasses, .says a Vienna dispatch. . A Prague dispatch says rwenty One divisions of <'/.echo-Slovaks a re Advancing toward Hungarian ifron _ MAYNARD COM ING SOUTH 1 ^Started This Morning From Min eola For Savannah I Mineola. Dec. 5.?Captain May Sard left here this morning on n ^flight to Savannah. f3a.. via Washing fen, D. C.r and Winst?n-Salem. N. C .-%here the heads of the Southern Commercial Congress meet on Sunday, ^iie plans to return here before De cember Hth. and then st.-i.rf tie pne-stop flight across the country v Sap, JJiego, .California. OKLAHOMA GOV. ? BECOMES MINER t Robertson and President of the State Council of Defense Join Volunteers ij Oklahoma City. Okla., Dec. 4.? rjGov. J. B. A. Robertson and .lohn A. ri Whifehwrst, president of the State - j coorcil'bf defense, are en route to Mc 2 Alester tonight where they will begin I werk tomorrow as coal miners along 1 j with 300. other volunteers. The first ? [ carload of coal will be on the tracks Cjtomorrow night, it was thought. -J Two squadrons of the Thirteenth ? j United States cavalry will arrive at ? M< Alester Saturday for duty at the ? mines. Governor Robertson earlier in the day requested Major General Diekman, commander of the Southern [ department of the army, not to send > negro troops who had been ordered '?into the State, because it might in - volve us in unnecessary conflict and con fusion.' The State executive has issued an ; order placing the national guard in i ret din ess to move on short notice. ! AFTER 1.000 YEARS HUNGA RIANS ARE CZECHOSLOVAKS j Bratislava/ Slovakia, Nov. 11.?It is i j only on Czecho-Slovakian maps that this ancient Hungarian city of Press j burg can be located by its new name, j Ruled by Hungary for a thousand years it passed under the control of the new Czecho-Slovakian republic by the decision of the Peace Conference and a large part of its inhabitants do not take kindly to the new order of things. Its people are dorninaatiy Germanic or Hungarian. . / The street signs are in German and Hungarian characters and now to [ them is being added Czech. The old postal and telephone employes have beer, replaced by Czechs and Czech high officers installed in the govern ment. Slovak regiments on duty here have been replaced by pure.y Czech soldiers. In a city as old anil conservative and routine as this, drifting through the eentu'ries un disturbed in its social customs. the>c thir-gs have made feeling run rather I high in certain social strata. Persons, regardless of sex, who have not acquired legal residence are being expelled. One man told The Associated Press he had lived ard done business here for forty years was expelled a few days ago. The list of those cited for expulsion is ?aid *o contain names of dead persons. Some flungarians do not hesitate to/ express their resentment over the *m ployrrient.of Czechs in government po sitions here formerly occupied by the Hungarians. Czechs ana many Slo vaks <>f the educated classes who hold office under the government, say this feeiinpr is due to Hungarian and Ger man propaganda and has no real strength or extent. Also they admit the necessity of Czech officialdom as Slovakia has little or ' no educated class from which to draw executives of ability. It is hard to upset rudely the tra ditions of ten centuries and talks with many persons, both in official and unofficial circles,' would indicate that the antagonism displayed toward the Czechs is a natural condition of this period of transition ad not deep ly rooted. Probably it is stronger h?'re in Pressburg than in the other parts of Slovakia where the change is not so apparent. The school question plays a very prominent part in the situation here. The government has abolished the German and Hungarian languages in the schools and this means a general ousting of teachers and a reaction in households. Many Slovakians and Germans now j speak ostentatiously in Hungarian as ! do the peasants of this immediate vi | ci.nity as a sign of their feelings. A I political speaker allduing to thi de velopment said that the Czechs had accomplished in six months what Hungary had tried to do for fifty yea rs. Well informed Slovaks. howeve<\ do not feel that the racial questi'on will result in any serious developments. They say that Slovakia must hold to the republic and with new elections and an elected, instead of agnominat ed. National Assembly such as the ! present one. a more liberal Slovak j representation in offices ?.nd the sta { bilization of the economic situation. I conditions will improve. As a last I argument they point out that Slovakia cannot exist as an Independent State I and there is not other country than j the Czeche-Slovak republic to which j she can ally herself. AMERICAN BUILT SHIPS NOT WANTED ABROAD j London. Nov. 18.?It is reported m shipping/circles that the endeavor, j n.?de by the United States Ship:>i'ig I to dispose in Europe of small or : wooden steamers, which were built i during the war. is not having much : success. Purchasers cannot be found I in England and although offers are i reported to have been made to sell the boats to Germany and Greece at ; prices below the rate for much older ! British boats, very little business is i said to L:>v?' rest) 1 ted. Mexicans Going Home. I Mexico City, N?v. l!?.? Repatriation i of Mexicans who for ih?- pasi few ! years have lived in the United States. Cuba and European countries is not hampered by the government pro vided those persons prove themselves of good faith, according to Aguirra Berlanga, secretary of gohernacoin. speaking to El Democrata. The sec retary points "?! that the return of the expatriates has shown an impetus of late. Congress how has before i; ;i hill which would gram complete ;in nesty i<< persons of good faith now in exile. Sensible .fwlge. Norfolk, Eng.. \'ov. l.".?"11 is no honor to a man who worked hard all his Jib- to spend money tavishly ,! his funeral.** said Judge Mulligan here when ;i widow asked for $3f?0 to pay the expenses of her husband's funeral. She was allowed ?150. CABINET DISCUSSES SITUATION IN COAL I No Intimation of New Step Gov ernment Contemplates Washington, Dec. 5.?The general coal situation was discussed again to day at a meeting of the president's cabinet but there was no intimation of what hew step was contemplated by the government to meet growing ap peals from various sections of the country for enough fuel to keep the industries in operation. Fuel Admin istrator Garfield, .summoned here from his home in .Massachusetts, to take up some of the big problems developing in the last few days, and Director Hihes told the cabinet what had been done. Dr. fiarfield later conferred with department of justice officials and the executive committee of the bitu minous coal operators of the United Sttaes. members of which had been kept here to watch the situation. The ?fuel administration indicated that j eoal production was increasing over I last week. The' operators' committee issued a statement charcterizing as "'vicious and misleading" public reports to the effect that they were considering proposals to compromise with striking mine workers by paying more than the 14 per cent increase suggested by Dr. Garfield. and increasing the price of J coal. There will be no compromise on J the demands, they said. In connection with the action of the (federal court at Indianapolis ordering [a grand jury to investigate their ac tions with a^ view to bringing indio ments under'the Lever act. the opera tors sent a telegram to District Attor ney Sims at Indianapolis asking that the hearings be expedited. * "Operators welcome grand jury In vestigation of the eharges that they J are in conspiracy with the miners," j the message said. "We-urge that in I vestigation be handled vigorously and that full publicity be given. The j opera tors are anxiaus to be heard. Will you advise if they will be given opportunity ?" Meanwhile there was unquestioned optimism among the operators and fuel administration workers who have volunteered to aid in the emergency. Coal production has remained on the upward grade for three days, it was said, and is close to 4"> per cent, of the normal. WILL NOT SURREN DER BELA K?N Austrians Afraid to GiVe Up Htmgarian Red Vienna. D 5.?Bela Kun, the Hungarian dictator during the Soviet regime will not be surrendered to Hungary, according to a declaration by Karl Renner, Austrian chancellor. He said the surrender would jeopar dize the lives of all .^strians now in Russia. POPULAR EXTRAVAGANCE. The High Cost of Living Discussed "by Life Insurance President. ? j New York. Dec. 4.?Reduction of i the high cost of living seems only a "remote possibility" to William A. Day. president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York. Mr. j Day describes the present situation as I betraying "a passion for expenditure in the pursuit of pleasure and costly non-essentials which has no parallel in history." These assertions were made by Mr. j Day in the course of an address ne j delivered here today before the recon j struction conference of the Association i of Life Insurance Presidents. "The war.' said Mr. Day, "thrust upon us an unnatural and unbalanced prosperity and has left us a Jegacy of inflation, speculation and excessive improvidence. A large volume of easy money has found its way into the pockets of many people to whom a substantial cash surplus was a new and tempting possession.This, he added, had been followed by a great passion for expenditure and pursuit of pleasure by those of improvident and self-indulgent, tendencies. Popular extravagance, he declared. ! had naturally led to governmental ex ! travaganee. as a result of which the I average American family would be called upon to pay in Federal taxes for! jthe year ending June 30. 1920, about 1^235, compared with 7"> in 1914. i an increase of 539 percent in this par ticular factor of the cost of living. High prices resulting from inadequate production and depletion of supplies have, he said, "but served to whet; the appetite of the spendthrift. He j protests as vigorously as the provi- j dent man against the high cost of the necessities of life but he eagerly j pays high prices foV luxuries and! other non-essentials, and for early service, he is often willing to pay a premium above the market price. "With so many people in this spendthrift mood, so many outbidding [each other for some of Ihe necessities and nn>st of \h*> luxuries of life, any j material reduction in the high cost of [living seems a remote possibility. Ev- j cry individual and every organization of individuals." concluded Mr. Day. "must assist in bringing our poopie i back to the practice of rational econ ! omy." I Despite whal Mr. Day charcterfzed as "the present unparalled passion' for needless spending." he said there had been an unprecedented increase in the amount of life insurance writ i ten in the United States in the present j year. Statistics gathered fm- the .As ? social ion of Life Insurance President."! ' placed the t<>m] volume of new insur ance for the year at $7.712.000.000. compared with $4.000.^00.000 for the heaviest previous year. 1918. This j amount. Mr. Day said, would exceed al the insurance outstanding in all ( the companies "2 THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT _ Annual Report of Postmaster GelteraL Snows a Surplus^ Suggestions Made For Im provement of Service V Washington. Deo. 4.?A surplus of ?2,'14 2,S">1 in post office operations for the fiscal year 1*919 was announced in the annual report today of Postmas ter General Burleson. The figures are subject to some adjustment which would increase the surplus. Mr. Bur leson said, adding that this was the sixth time in the seven years of the present postoffiee administration that revenues had exceeded expenditurs. An aggregate surplus of more than $:}">.000.ooo as compared to an aggre gate deficit of more than $*>9,00?, 000 for the preceding seven year pe riod is shown in an appended table. ?'The cause of the change is 'imme diately apparent." the report says of this comparison. "Whereas the reve I hues under this administration in creased $737.5'97,S1S or at the rate of ?"O.i'X per cent, compared with the 7 year period prior to the time it as sumed office, the expenditures increas ed only $64 3.33.*".795 or at the rate of 4 2.49 per cent. The difference be tween the increase in expenditures and the increase in revenues. less losses, equals the amount of the net change in favor of the public treasury." Much of the criticism leveled at [the department's financial policy. Mr. j Burleson said, "was due to lack of j complete and accurate information." "The facts, as presented," he add ed, "tell a story of achievement. They do not call for explanations or apol j ogies and none are given. The admin istration stands squarely on its rec j brd." j' Discussing improvements in the ser vice, Mr. Burb-son said nothing had been left undone within his authority "to effect readjustments in the in terest of all the people and not in that of any special class." adding: "Because of the curtailment of what may be termed 'special class' postal facilities there has grown up j strenuous hostility upon the part of a limited number of 'special interests.' the expense of whose private business I was largely paid by the government .instead of by themselves. This has particular reference to the modifying of the second-class mailing privilege which had until the advent of the present administration been grossly j abused.' Improvements made are summariz ed as follows: I "Inauguration of air-mail ser vice, establishment of the 'space sys-i tern' in determining the compensa tion of railroads for carrying the mail; readjustment of railway mail service in the interest of both improvement and economy: readjustments of or ganizations in post offices, methods of service, and distribution, of supplies, I on a, basis of sound business princi [ pie; inauguration of rural and city motor vehicle service and village de livery service; extension of box and collection service and postage-stamp, money-order and registry facilites to patrons on star routes; improvements in the registry system, insured par cel post, and methods of hand;:ng dead letters; readjustment of rural deli\ery service, providing more equi table distribution of facilities to pa | trons already served and extensions of j facilities to those citizens who had I theretofore been denied any service at fall, complete reorganization of the equipment and supply services through the extension of operation and econ omy of production, and the introduc tion of modern shop methods, equip ment and appliances, effecting %ub stantial savings and improvements in the service; the partial adjustment of lite postage rates on second class mail matter, effecting a saving of over $15,000,000 annually; reduction of let ter postage between the United States and several foreign countries; iarge extension of international parcel post, and the increase in weight and size ot" parcels permitted in the mails." Mr. Burleson again asked repeal of legislation permitting affiliation of or ganizations of postai employes with labor organizations "which sanction recourse to the strike or boycott to enforce their demands." "I again call the attention of con gress to the impropriety of govern ment employees owing allegiance to any organization which might stand between them and the government, and to the actual menace to govern mental authority wh;"h is involved in such affiliation." Mr. Burleson said. "The avowed purpose of labor or ganizations is not alone to advance the social and economic welfare of members of their order but to ex ercise a coercive influence upon the mployer to compel submission to their demands. The strike and the boy cott are weapons designed to be used in attack or in resistance The gov l ernment of the United States-is not to be attacked or resisted by any citi zen of the land. Surely no such spe cial privilege is reserved to those who. through the nature of their em ployment, are sworn to serve the gov ernment itself and owe to it the spe cial allegiance of service duty. "Whatever interest labor may claim in the products of its toil, it can rot be claimed for government employees that they acquire a larger interest or greater power in the government Than that of other citizens, because of che (diameter of their employment. '?Government employees should be permitted to organize f<|r their so cial and general welfare; to appear before committees of congress, and to Curnish information concerning the postal service of which they may have knowledge. "The enforcement of (be principle! ?hat government employees should not j hold an affiliation incompatible with j their obligation to the public service can not be distorted into a reflection i
n the efficiency and loyalty of the
postal employees, whose devotion to
public duty under the trying test of
war was conspicuously demonstrated.
Bui the principle is one which can
npt be prudently disregarded."
Reaffirming after detailed discussion
his previous stand as to zone rates on
ggyications, "Mr. Burleson said: "The
Postmaster General has always be
lieved that a low, fiat rate of postage
should apply to reading matter, for
the reason that its primary purpose is
the dissemination of new_s and is edu
cational, but he is also firm in the be
lief that this low rate of postag?
should not apply to that portion of
the publication devoted to advertising
I or commercial uses. The law which
i fixes a zone rate for advertisiig mar
[ ter is eminently fair, as the rate of
postage is increased in the proportion
that the publication is commercialized
and according to the distance it b~
transported; and the publisher, there
fore, to a certain extent fixes for him
self the rate of postage on his publi
eation. The Postmaster General
earnestly recommends that action be
taken by congress to increase the rate
of postage on the portion of publica
tions devoted to advertising, sufficient
ly to pay the cost of transporting and
; handling same."
! With reference to the application of
civil service requirements to postmas
ters, the report said: "In order thai
the spirit and letter of civil service
might be conscientiously carried out
as far as practicable, and pending en
actment by the congress of legislation
which, though repeatedly urged Ivv
the Postmaster General, failed of
passage, several executive orders have
been issued by the president extend
ing in effect the classified civil service
to postmasterships of all classes and
requiring that those who were blank
eted into civil service by executive or
ders under previous administrations
without having been subjected to any
civil-service or m'^rit test whatever
shall be required to pass a civil-ser
vice examination. This is believed to
be a long step in the direction of
higher standards in the government
service and a more, businesslike ad
ministration of postal affairs.
Mr. Burleson devotes considerable
space to development of the air mail
service, con'cludfng with this state
ment:
"The air mail service of the United
States is the only practical commer
cial aeroplane service in the world.
No service in foreign countries com
pares with it in magnitude, in con
tinuous dependability and in benefit
.to commerce. Its record of perform
ance during the fiscal year of 1919
was 96.54 per cent, and this record
was obtained with more than :'*0 per
cent of the trips made in rain, fog,
mists or other conditions of poor vis
ibility. The operation of the service
by months for the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1919, is given in an accom
panying table."
The report also discussed at length
the operation of the telephone and
telegraph systems under the depart
ment during the war period, Mr.
Burleson reasserting his opinion that
these communication facilities should
be government owned. Of the gov
ernment control period he said:
"There is quite a difference between
government ownership of the wire
systems as a part of the Postal Estab
lishment and Government control for
a limited and very uncertaift period.
The recent temporary control affords
no more a test 'of the virtues of gov
ernment ownership than could be had
through a temporary receivership in
a court proceeding.
"That the contention of the Post
master General for a complete unifi
cation of the various wire systems is
both wise, from an economic stand
point and supported by sound business
principles has been confirmed by the
ablest experts on electrical transmis
sion in America. That it should oe
brought about the Postmaster General
still believes, through government
ownership and operation as a part
of the Postal Establishment, and to
that end renews the recommendations
in previous annual reports, that the
telephone and telegraph systems of
the United States be incorporated into
i he Postal Establishment."
Expenditures by the Rockefeller Foun
dation.
New York, Dec. 6.?Expenditures
aggregating $15.050,202 were made by
the Rockefeller Foundation during
1918 for the following purposes and in
the following proportions, according
to the annual report of the Secretary.
Edwin R. Emb'ree, made public here
today:
First?War work. $11,105,226.
Second?Public health. $1,255,990.
Third?Medical education and re
search. $2,419,866. <
Fourth?Miscellaneous. $128,312.
Fifth?Administration, $140,80$.
These outlays included more than
$3,500,000 for camp community wel
fare work, the United war work fund,
the Y. M. C. A.. Y. W. C. A., and the
Knights of Columbus and $4,529,400
for the American Red Cross.
In addition to its own departmental
work the Rockefeller Foundation has
contributed, the report 'says, to the
accomplishment of work undertaken
by other and unaffiliated organiza
tions.
Brazil Will Import European Lfchorei*
Rio de Janeiro. Nov. 10.?Plans to
incr s>e greatly the number of immi
grants suitable for agricultural work
in Brazil are under consideration by
the federal authorities. Dr. Lopes,
the Minister of Agriculture, has just
given to President Pessoa details of
a plan which will serve as a basis for
a message to congress. It proposes
that congress appropriate the equiv
alent of $500.000 to be used in de
fraying fne expenses of 5.000 agri
cultural laborers who will be embark
ed in European ports for Brazil with
in the next few months. Three thous
and of these laborers will come from
Mediterranean ports and 2.000 from
north Europe. The money advanced
to these men is to be refunded to the
government later.
The postmaster calls the attention
of all box holders to the impending
?Ohristmns congestion of the mails'
and requests the holders to
promptly remove all packages, when
"call for package" notices are found
in their boxes. Many of the patrons
take out all packages promptly, but
some will leave the notice in the box
thus causing the parcels to remain in
the office, sometimes several days.
Office space is limited now and the
patrons will confer a favor by observ
ing the postmaster's simple request.
This appiies to C. O. D. as Well as all
other parcels.
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Plymouth. England.
Plymouth. Xov. 18.?Plymouth,
I from whence may come England's
{ first woman 51. P., today is not the
I little seaport town which the May
j flower left. It is still a seaport, ship
j ping and fishing being the principal
i souro.-s of revenue, but it is also One
j of England's most flourishing sea
! worts, boasting of a population of
about 200,000.
Despite the city's '\prosperffy and
maritime importance, there are many
of its customs which have, remained
unchanged through the three cen
! turies since the Pilgrims waved their
j farewells.
American blue jackets have dubbfed
the town as "a nine o'clock town" f?r
at that hour each evening the streets
are practically deserted. Blinds are
drawn, taxicabs are, unavailable and
night clerks in the hotels have set
tled themselves comfortably for "the
night's slumber behind their desks.
But if it is a nine o'clock town in
the evenings, it is certainly "a six
o'clock town" in the mornings for
j that time sees the majority of the
I people setting about their day's tasks,
the fish market and dockyards are in
full operation, the shopping districts
I beginning to open andythe streets are
I lively.
"Famous as a departing point for
the Pilgrims and more recently by the
arrival there of the N. C. 4 after her
flight across the Atlantic, it is ap
propriate that Plymouth should again
ger her name into history through
sponsoring the feminine invasion of
the Commons' commented one of
Lady Astor's Unionist supporters.
CARD OF THANKS
?_
The Woman's Missionary Society-of
Trinity Methodist Church \vishes tt6
thank the women .of the OtKer
churches and citizens of the town f?r
their generous contributions to . .tjie
shower given to the city nurse, Mass
Gibson, and to Miss Hudson for Ctfrijtp
Alice. A number of the d?n?rs meet
at the parsonage last Friday at four
o'clock, and spent a delightful social
hour.
Two large ^baskets heaping up and
runnning over, full of all sbrtsiiOf
articles, sheets, pillow cases,. pillows,
towels, toilet articles, underwear i&r
women and children, layettes and
warm flannels for the tiny bat)le4
'practically all new, gave evidence #f
the well-merited reputation of our
town for its good-wil), "The Sumter
Spirit." Altogether, there were lT7
articles contributed to Camp ?iicfe,
and 249 to -the work of the cfiy
nurse, representing a value of $168.20.
$72.70 was contributed in money,
making at total of $240.90. Agam
we want to say, "Thank you." *
MRS. G. C. IAMB.*
Motor Construction in England1. ?
g
Birmingham. Eng.. Xov. 19.??n'fe
of the chief motor construction coin
sanies of this; town having increased
its capital to $15,000.000 is reorganis
ing and extending its works with "la
view to the mass production of tht^e
model's, a light car, a touring car and
a six-cylinder car. It is planned to
turn nnt 20.000 cars each, year. , >
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