WEATHER: Irraera'ly cloudy to ? laht a aal tomurrovt. ?.???I'-r toalgkt. I ' ni|?.?' atare at 8 a. m 28 ai gre?*?. ? Che 1B? asKfttjftton f?mes NUMBER 11,3612. fuDllshed every evening (including Sunday) antere?! as second class matter at tb? Doatofsca at Washington. D. C _ WASHINGTON. THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER L>7, 1919. PRICE ???? CENTS Miners Spurn Garfield's 14% Wage Raise; Operators May Accede ? + + + + + + + + + + +-** + + + + ? ? + ? + ?.??? CARRANZA'S ANSWER DEFIES U.S. Today Be Thankful. No Harm in TNT. No Fund for McAdoo. 3,000 Miles From Europe. By ARTHl R BRISBANE. (Copynrht. llll ) Be thankful that so far as America is concerned the Peace League is dead. It would have kept this country at war and its citizens under heavy taxation for years. It would probably have ended in a world war against America. Be thankful that your country made its big experiment more than a hundred years ago, went th rough the fire successfully, and is not burning up now, like Rus sia. Be thankful that you got into the war late and got out of it soon; you and your nation would have been bankrupt had it been oi"her*nse. These small pieces of news il lustrate on Thanksgiving morn ing what a busy world it is. In Paris they have found a substitute for human biood, in cases of trans fu_ou. It is made of sea salt and gum arable. That means less ro mance in the world, no more heroes saying, "Take a quart of my blood.'? The Mexicans have shot one of their ablest men. General Angeles, for rebel lint*; against the Mexican government. He deserved to be pensioned, not shot Before he died he told Mexicans they were wrong in their idea that the United States army .a small, con temptible, not to be feared. They wouid not believe Angeles yeeterday. They may believe him a little later. They are looking for "Reds" in whose Quarters were diMovered a hundred bottles supposed to con tain TNT, high explosire. Many are uselessly alarmed for their government when TNT is mentioned. No government was ever de stroyed by explosives applied from without. It is foolishness applied from within that destroys govern ments. Bear in mind the saying of the Frenchman. "Mon archi? are ?iestroyed by poverty, Republics by wealth."" If thi? Government s ever destroyed, ac cumul?t e?: money, not TNT. will be -re-rporisible. ? -~*i ~?- ? W. G. McAdoo haa, broken the first rule of "big ousir?ss." ?? has let the people know what profit bi?? business makes. If Mr McAdoo runs for Presi den * in 19*20, along w?th the rest of the crowd, and needs campai fr eon tri butions, he will have to tret them from those that burn coal, not from miners that sell it. As Secretary of the Treasury he knew what coal gentlemen were rr.akm? _ the way of profits, for they had to telf in their income tax reports. At least, they had to tell part of it. And McAdoo casually tells you that some of those men who say they cannot afford to increase the wages of workmen turre makxng a* high as two thousand per cent , profit. ? Everybody knows about the gambler who said, when told that he cheated. "I know it. but I don't like to be told so." Coal (rentlernen and other-? rob bing the public know thev are rob ben?, bat they don't like to be told so They won't forgive McAdoo in a hurry. In the Pittjburgh district, aa mentioned the other day steel workmen lost more than twenty six million dollars in wages in a few weeks. The Iren Age shows that the steel companies have lost In re duced production one hundred and twrntv-alx million dollars in the same time. Rather unpleasant rea-ling at a time when the world needs above all thing:; production, snd production of iron especially. Here is a text for clergymen: Sergeant Nicholls of the Durham Light Infantry, who is stone blind, has lost both hands and two ribs and has received ".-everal hundred minute wounds." is a perfectly cheerful Britisher and preaches on "happiness." A fine example for many chroni" "worriers," but not surprising. The only real happ ness is foun?! In earnest thought, for onlv what the bran does is worth while. A man blind and without hands is bound to do a great deal of thinking "Bread lines in Madrid. Italy's coal ?uppiy practically exhausted, Jugo-Slavs threatening war. Ger mans In Baltic io desperate plight, ie_'satini* befo??? Lettish troops shootit--*: into trainioad?* of refu gees ' Such are a few headlines The world is far from the happ'ness that pea?~e *???? immZBSeea pnee-s and shift the bur den to the public. They will meet today to formulate their answer, and there is reason to believe they will accede to th** demands of Dr. Gar field. Miners Stand Pat. There is every Indication, however, that the miners will stand pat; will refuse to accept the proposition, MM will ?allow the fight to be waged be tween the Individual miners and the Government. "We will go home and fight for a while." said Alexander Howatt, presi dent of the Kansas miners. His At titude seemed to Indicate the postl tion taken by the great number of the representatives of the minar!. John L. Lewis snd other leaders eft*,.? acterlzed the proposition made by Or. Garfleld a? an "insult." The fight which promises will nut be a struggle between the law and the unions. It will be, rather, a test of the Government's Influence witfi the individual miners. Dr. GarfleM has declared that the Government wul (Continued on Page J. Column 1.) EARTH QUIVERS AS SKY PHENOMENON DESCENDS Electric Plants Wrecked As Strange Visitor Appears on Michigan Indiana Line. CHICAGO. Nov. 27 - Telegraph snd telephone communication.*! and elec tric lighting plant? in gsj*f?f-_| cities In southern Michigan and northern Indiana ere out of commission today as s result of s remsrkable ph?-nom enon. believed by several scientists tu have keen a gigantic meteor which rushing earthward from the East ap peared to dissolve as it approached the earth near Athen?, Mich., last night. The phenomenon is reported to have assumed various form.?, in Its race earthward, ranging from a bril liant illumination to a heavy rain ac companied by heavy thunder The phenomenon was seen over Chicago by severs! person.- It was reported here shortly before ?> o'clock. It appeared over the lake and re sembled in appearance an extraordi narily prolonged flash of heat light ning Athens. Battle Creek, ami Three Oaks. Mich., report considerai*!?? dam ages to property. At Athen.*?, it in ?aid, there was an earthquake, con tinuing for fully three minut.-s. ac companied by a heavy rain and wind i-torm. a loud clap of thund? r. and a flash of light in the sky of longer duration than lightning. At La Torte. South Bend Fort Wayne. Wareaw, and other Indiana points, windows were broken by the concussion. The Calumet Electric Light Com pany, at Kalamaxoo. Mich., and sev eral smaller plants throughout this section of the country were tempor arily disabled. PICKS RASPBERRIES TODAY. tiALEM. N. I.. Nov. ">7.-? Fresh rssp berrles picked in hla garden on a table decorated with rosea gathered In the yard, helped Dr William H James, of Pennsylvania, to enjoy his Thankagiv i Ing dinner today. Principals In Tragedy That Was Caused By Dream JAMES ?Ati?SZA. "MYSTERY FLASK" CL?E LEAOS ?? ?. Y. "Brandy" Drunk By Stricken Women Came From That City, Says Keiley. BALTIMORE. Nov 27 The trail of the "mystery flask," after drinking from which one woman died and an other is blinded and critically 111. now leads to New York. It wss sent to Miss Lucille Sharp, the dead woman. by a New York acquaintance, John Keiley, a cereal manufacturer, ar rested in the case, declare?. Keiley he? identified one battle found in the apartment in whi?h he lived with Mies Sharp as the one from which the Women and OUI? Osman, a wealthy Turk, of New York city, also held by the police, drank, but Dr. John T. King, sr., who was called whe nthc women b?'came Hi, declares he saw another bottle, a Minan? one. shaped like a flask, on a dresser when he attended Miss Sharp. The botti?? has n?jt been found by the P?.lice and Keiley denies knowledge of It. tutopsj en ?/IIim- ?harp's Body. Despite the protests of Miss Sharp's mother, the authorities of Wlnston Salem, N. C-. exhumed the girl's body and will hold It for an autopsy by Baltimore authorities. Coroner F. Edward Smith and City Thysiclan H?'nry ?, I'ranham left for Winston-Balem to perform the au topsy. The city chemists are examining the balance i>f the contents of the bottle that was found on the prmn (Contlnued on l'age ?, Column 4.; LADY ASTOR WINS, SAYS LONDON PAPER I .ON DON. Nov. 27.?Lady Nancy Astor has been elected to her hus band's former seat In the House of Commons by a majority of 4.000, ac cording to a forecast by election ex perts of the Dally Newa The result of the balloting held No vember 15, will be announced officially tomorrow. ? MRS. JAMES SAPIENZA and Daughter Mary. EM SLAYER TO GO FREE, BELIEF Police Believe Story of Manu facturer Who Says He Killed While He Was Aleep. IRVINGTON, N. J.. Nov. ?>7.?The more the ?tory o? James Sapienza, who say? he ?hot and killed hi? w'fu whilf? dreaming that HI ark Hand men were about to kidnap hi? young; ion, is conaldered by the authorities, the more they are inclined to believe rt, It la now expected that the well-to do manufacturer of concrete block??, who ia at liberty on -.10.000 ball, frill be ?et free after a formal hearing. Sapienza, apparently heartbroken.:* almost In a statt- of collapse at hi? horn??, where the shooting occurred early Monday morning. The Sapienza? were married toil years ago and ha.l three childr-'.i. According to relative? and neighbors, they lived together happily and seein ingly wlthoiil troubla or care until the Black Hand extortion lettera ?'?? nan to arrive. Thinking of kidnaping cues of the last few months, they were alarmed. Because of thia, the revolver with which Mr?. Sapienza wa? killed wan plated under her h'ir. banil's pillow. Louis ?. Fast, attorney for Si pienza In many S-aslS?M deal?, said he had known the couple for years and that they always wtre happy to gether. No formal charge ha been placid against Sapienza. 35 MILLION RUSSIANS DIE ON ALTAR OF MARS OMSK. Nov. J7.?The Pollah pro fessor, A. A. OssentlofT.iky. chief of the Intelligence department of the All Russian government, eatimates that the world war. Bolshevism, civil war, ? starvation and disease has cost itussla a total of 215,000.000 lives. He place? the coat of Bolshevism at 12.21*0,000 lives. Prof. Ossendoffsky say? that for merly the Russian population In creased at the rate of four persons a nvnute. Today it is decreasing at the rate of twelve to thirteen a minute ???? B_?-??? BEFOBE ????? anti mee hew Sa? -rood dlg?tloa make? vou feel. ? Adt/t. .c. Festive Board for Soldiers and Civilians Groans Under Turkey and Pumpkin Pie. SPECIAL S?RVICES HELD Athletic Contests, Dances, and Amusements on Program As City Makes Merry. Gray and leaden skies, with a touch of dour Puritan mist, were routed by sunshine as Washinirton's citizens stoppet? forth on this morn 1 of Thanksgiving, 1919, to lift their I voice in gratitude for blessings. i Blanketed in clouds at first, the ? sun shot through as the heart of the I city became radiant in the spirit of I the day -for the boards are groan ? ing under turkey, the churches are ! pealing forth their harvest anthems, j and plenty is still with us. , Turkey and Pumpkin Pie. Turkey und pufripkin pie. W'nst other nation has flt?m in abundance In thl? year, when the world still reels from the shock of war? What other world capital can look upward with a smile just now? Out at Walter Heed Hospital, where the war has set Its ugly mark on. hundreds of strong young bodies, there Is the lustiest kind of Thanks giving?men who were "gassed" In the Argonne, or lost sn icrn or leg (or both) st St. Mthiel. maimed men who, without courage, would be mere hulks of men, made the hospital rafters roar with their laughter, and the cooks and waiters work like beavers, as a magnificent menu un rolled itself in successiive courses of good things. It was the kind of a "feed" which would have broken up the battle of the Argonne If the Ger mans had pictured that kind of a meal within the American lines. I'ncle Sam is making tip for his hardtack and his other war grub with a ven geance today. Ser-Ice "?le- tome First. The servi??.* men come first today? snd will for many a Thanksgiving hereafter, although Pisto or some wise Greek says that republics are ungrateful. All of the city Is feasting, and the children of the slums have not been overlooked, nor the derelicts who find a haven in the various missions of mercy, nor the thousands of the poor (Continued on Page 23, Column 7.) THRONE GOES BEGGING IN HUNGARY SINCE WAR None Anxious for I neasy Crown These Days. Says Prince Ludwig. BKKL1N, Nov. _7 ?Prince Dudw.rf \\ indisch tJraetz, former Austrian minister without portfolio, and an In t?mate frisad of former IOmperor Charles, said to a repr?'sentativ?' ol the Lokal Anzeiger today that he *?m] not believe anyone could be found ui Hungary to accept the throne In the present state of th?? country, but that if the entente should reeogniz? i. king, it w?)iild b?? ?.'liarles. Prince Windi-i?h-<;raetz Ms*s>Tt***J that if the national assembly call' d for a king, Charlen would accept -hi election. "King Chart?? never abdicated and regards himself as the l<-gitlm;ile crowned king af the lands of Saint ?Stephen's crown.' he dec?an d. WOULD HAVE QUAKERS AID GERMAN CHILDREN Society Is Beyond Suspicion, Hoover Tells Americans Who Wish to Send Help. MOW YORK. Nov. 27.?Americans wishing to aid in relief work among the children of Cermany should do so through the tviciety of Priende, ac cording to Herbert Hoover. "There is a proper d?'8lr<* on th?. part of thousands of loyal Anictican? to do something for undernourished 1,'crman children this winter,'' siiij Hoover. The Quakers, he ?aid. are beyond ? uspicion of "slipping over the line from pure charity to propaganda." I U. S. Troops. Massed On Mexican Border. Ready For Immediate Action Army concentration has centered along the Mexican border. The threatened break with the Carrnnza govern ment finds the United States with a force of considerable strength ready for immediate action. Apparently preparing for *_cb. an emergency as may face the United States on the Rio Grande, the army has been conserving its man power for several months pa?t. Rec_ lations hav?? prevented regulars whose term?" of service have expired from leaving the army. Ready to Grose Border. Whan itererai Pershing vialla ihi campa of th? aouthern department .next week he will find a forca r*a?lv to enter the Mexican territory if need-be The army will be phyalra? ly able to withstand the hardsfc ? ? the geography and climate of 'he country make inevitable The available force stationed along the border includes Both wings of the aviation service, Including fifteen aero squadrons: ten ballo? ? compun gi, five regiment? of field art 11 jet y, ten of the thirteen regiment? of eav airy remaining in the array organiza tion, three regiments of engineers, one brigade of infantry, with four within calling diatance in the centra? department; nineteen motor trar.sp ?? j companies, one field battalion in G imp telegraph battalions of the signa', ?"orapa, twenty-three or more pa?'. | trains, and: all the additional fore?? ?of supply te car* ter an army of tbe ? I SI TO. f . '. In ad litis? to fnti ?ere la co?_: 1 I ?rable force which can be moved iti'o the Texas-New Mexico-Arlzona-Ca)? fornia territory on a sho-t notice. t-uring the last ten days tnrr?? mav have been additional troop? rushed to the border. Helal la Servi??. Regulations msde by the War De partment for more than two month? point to the possible preparation for trouble with Mexico. One of the mo?, striking feature? wa? the rule ? prevented regular?, whoa? term ?""? t-j the active reserve For soms time paat th? alarlne Corps and the navy have b'en active in making preparations. The posi tion of the naval for?-?? of the United States, with s Pacific fleet as well a? an Atlantic Fleet, gives an advantage If tb? United States should he force? ?-+?. ? here o_ tbe Western "asjs-t. a ferae couM he t Continued on Page 3, Col ureo a ) Pretty D.C. War Worker, Alleged Victim of Mock Wedding, Held As Forger A triangle love affair which had Its culmination In an alleged mock mar tiage was uncovered today by Detec tive Sergts. Thomas Sweeney snd Frank Burr, following the arrest in New York of George Csmpbell Chat terton, twenty-seven years old. gradu ate of a medical echool and eratwhile interne at Garfleld Hospital, who gave his address as 4T.I! Massachusetts ave nue northwest, on a statutory charge and one of forgery. Jointly charged with forgery with Chatterton la Miss Adolphla Sharp, pretty war worker from Chattanooga. Tenn.. whom he is alleged to have married several months ago In Phila delphia, but who later discovered ?he had undergone a mock marriage in the Quaker City, according to what ?he told detective?, the police say Miss Sharp ts now out on bonds on the forgery charge. Chstterton. who admits being s married man, declaring that his wife lives at Galveston. Tex. was arrested in Norfolk by Detective Sweeney on Tuesday and brought to Washing ton for trial this morning. He ad mitted, the detectives say. that he wrote forged checks which he gave to Miss Sharp to have cashed. Miss Sharp alsi. admits, the police ?ay. that she cashed checks amounting to nearly ?200 which had been giver her by ?"hatterton. I ouried Her Walle Patleat. Although Chatterton has a wife in Galveston, to whom he regularly has written, he is alleged to have courted Miss Sharp while she was a patient at the Cartleld Hospital. It is sllcged he posed as unmarried, ani the couple are said to have gone to Philadelphia, wheie the bogus marriage is said to have taken place. "I believed him my husband, and I believed the cheeks he gave me were good. Mis? Sharp told the detectives She first confided to her sister that she had undergone a mock marriage If. Philadelphia, not making the dis covery until several weeks ago. after Chatterton had disappeared when de tectives sougat him on charges of ne gotiating forged checks Chatterton refuses today to tell of the alleged bogus marriage, deaplte th?? admissions made by Miss Sharp. The young woman is said to be pros trated over the deception, and the fact that she was made the scaregoat for the output of alleged forged checks. In cashing the checks on Washington mei chants. Miss Sharp explained she made purchases and presented the forged checks, receiv ing a balance in cash. <.a*e Motsry T? ? h*1teri*_. "The money I always gave to Chat terton," Miss Sharp told the del. - Ives. It was after Miss Sharp had been arrested on charges of passing bogus checks that she told of receiving them from Chatterton. Warranta \ were ?worn out for Chatterton? ar rest and he fled tb New Tork. He re cently ?rote her that "the Washing ton police ar? u? slow to trap me" A few daya later he was taken int? custody. Chatterton when arret?ted waa ar ranging to get passports for France. He told Detective Sweeney that he realized he would get * "jugful" of sentence? for forging checka here, and thought it beat to leave the coun try. He ia held at No. 1 precinct. "NO BLUFF," SAYS MAN OFFERING HIS GLANDS Slayer. Seeing Doom A heed. Would Aid Widow of His Victim. SAN JOSE. Cal.. Nov. 27.?Floyd Lee McClure. who killed detective Schoemb?. left no doubt today that he is "game" In hla offer to sell his interstitial glands to the highest biA der "I will do anything to help that woman." said McClure. He had aeen the statement of the director of San yuentm prison that his proponed operation would have to be perform ed before McClure went to prlaen. "If I can legalize the selling of my glands before I go across then I'ra read)." he aald. "This la no bluff with me. I'm ready. I'm ?orry for what I've done, but It ia finished now and can't be undone. "The operation would be nothing Of course, I would want to know that I was to hang 1 gueas it's prett> aure I'll die." McClure'a spirit of gamer.???? ha* won the half reluctant admiration of the officer?. This Is the flrat time youth renewing interstitial gland? have ever been offered for sale. An offer of ?10,000 was made for auch glands in a letter to surgeon? at San Quentin, but glands there are used within the prison walla and are not for sale. BILL LETS FREIGHTERS CARRY FEW PASSENGERS Permission for freight ?team.?r-? to carry a limited number of paaaengers without llcenae will be given un?l??r the terms of a bill to b?* intr?**iii.?ed In the Senate next M. nda> by Sen?-' tor Jones of Washington. The bill will be introduced at the renueet of the. Department of Com merce. It la to -.-are for the amali number ?f passengers and Govern ment? ?.gents traveling from or u> re mote ports. Answer, Refusing Demand. Says America Has No Right to Interfere. CASE CALLED PURELY LOCAL Declares Protests In Order Only After Consul Has Been Sentenced. MEXICO (?G? Not. 27.?Muko is now awaiting the next step o? the United States m the dipipmatk- ? changef over th* releas* of Willi???* O. Jenkins. United States consuls* agent at Puebla, whc is in pnaon at Puebla. The Mexican rapi??? to the United State? note, refuaing Waahingtoa't request that Mr. Ja&kuus be r-elees-ed, was handed t? George I? Su-uner lin, acting chnrfe d'affainaVaU t o'?2ioel^ Wednea-jay It u lewisiti titfknt^rill be ia the haa?a at th? 8t*t* Di-34?rtinent at Waahiagten soma tune today. Basis ef Refaaal The Mexican government bases Its ?-??.fusai or the fround that M? Jenk ins is now ib the Y._nat of the io<-a. Mexican author* tie? at Puebla, and contend? that the Units?*] States has no right to Interfere with court action in Mexico. The reply potata out. bowfier that th? United State? 'would have the right to make rep resenta: ion? MMen. ? ? paese?! upon Mr Jenkin?, snd the Unites] States Government thinks It ?? un just_" The Mexican government contends that the United States It asking for more rights in behalf of Mr Jenkins than the Mexican constitution accord? to ih? mi onala of Mexico The r>r'> ustea that the Mnteaa go>ern-*?r? seek? only an Impartial investigation and adjudication of the Jenkins rase, eaying that this "can not affect the friendly relations r?w existing between Mexico snd tt*? United State? Arresi ? all?-* Jest It Is contended lha; the arrest snd imprisunmer,?. ol M- Jenkins wa? not unjust, nor ?a? Mexico seeking ta persecute th? America? consular agent But the United States ?Government seem? to have taken it for granted that M- Jenkin? Is inno???-*; despite tbe fact that the Mtiw er suthoritiea* have not concluded their Investiga lion, which ?? beinr conducted with impartiality." aavs th? Mexican not?. It Is claimed that th? United States' demand for Mr Jenkin? re >eaj>e was evidently based upon an ?mperfert knowledge of the Mexican penal code. After reciting that the judge at Puehla had secured enough evidence to ?arrant the charge (per jury) against Mr Jenkins, the Mexi can government then went inte a lengthy explanation of the Mexican law governing penal ?-ases. The note ssks the United Sut?-? Government to suspend any further luds-ment until the invest igst ion of the Jenkins case at Pueblo is con cluded. Mr. Jenkins cannot ? lai an himself a vlttnlm of circumstance? the Mexican government claims Furthermore. It contend? that the consular a??ent la not being d'il r??1. In jail again?! hi? will, as the opportunity wa? given him to give ball. Cant laalraet Jadge observations ere then mad? upen the right? of the Mexican governm?rt in dealing ? uh suspecte?! persona It Is srgued that the national ?x*cut:\? has no: th? power to order the judge In such proceedings to take any cours?* ether than a hat the Judg? may adhere to under the law. In this same connection it ?? p? nt?d out that "the President of the United Siati? could do no more towards re leasing a m?stese on trial than the President of Mexico." The note Indicates thst the Carransa government .? det?rmir.?d to gtxe Mr Jenkins the ?am? trt-atmeri rt would receive wer?? h? a national '. Mxlco The note Is signed by Hilario M? dina forrign minister Foreign Mir..?te* Agu lar .? t. Europe. Jenkins will b?? rel?a??*eoa ?about f.VM> ?.?.? not? ?aid. Th? demanda of th? United ?State* have no basis in international law. tt was contended it a a? pointed oet that an American ?bouid ?xp**rt ne more rlgrhta in Mexico than a Mexican enjoys ia th? United States. Amari? (Continuad oa Pa**? 3, Column 1 >