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JUDGE LANDIS CONDEMNED BY AMERICAN BAR

Pa Resolution Denouncing ers Acceptance of I5a5-cl)all Position.

ilOLI) blOKMY DLBAILjotlate hair pin" cure and rlunediA W A R E OF ATTITUDE

Ex-Sen. Lewis and II. L. Car son Principa 1 F lgures in Association s Ruling. CINCINNATI. O. Spt. I. Th action of I"- l'T il J li 1 Keneuw M. Lan l;s. .f Chic go. national com-rnis;or.-r of b ill. in accepting "privat' e mployrm-nt and private rn u ruf n t'' vvh!l active on the federal 1 nch wa.-- k-rlar' 1 to meet with tho "u.i'i'i i 1; f it- 1 ronflfmn ation" of the American Bar a?ociation in a r-s -.'lutb.n adopfd Thursday night. The res iliitif.n was adoptel after Morrny rl:.it In which former Hen. J im-? II it:ii!ton is counseled against ha.-ty action -m l moved that the matter he- referrel to a comrnirte-- for 'pvt-:;J.ti ri. H- declared thnt Judp ..-.d:s shotjl.i Ik- accorded a proper hirin? before being condemned. The resolution was drawn late today r-y ih executive committee of the association and was presented hy Hampton L. Carson, of Philadelphia. former president of the oraniztalon. Text of Itosolutlon. The resolution read as follows: Resolved. That the conduct of Kenefaw M. Landis in engaging in private employment, and accepting private emolument while holding the position of a federal Judge and receiving a salary from the federal government meet3 wi our unqualified condemnation as conduct unworthy of the otlice of Judge, derogatory to the dignity of the bench and undermining public confidence in the independence of the judiciary." "In upholding the honor of tho profession of the law." Mr. Carson Slid in preheating the resolution, "of what iu?e 1 it to prescribe canons of ethics if we know that the man on whom the. Judicial urn rests has toiled that urn by yielding to the temptation of avararice and private raln? Protests Art Ion. "Here is a federal judge who receives $7.500 a year yielding to the solicitation of commercial interest, f-apping his Judicial strength by taking i42.r0O a year from baseball players. "It is simply dragging the judicial ermine In the mire. It may be that Impeachment rannot reach him but one thing cannot r.-vipe u. that ic that form of judicial circuit and (Continued on r1-L'n two) niREATEN ARREST OF ' PARLIAMENT OFFICERS pt. 1. hr off:(rs in motor cirs wont to Poplir Thursday evening ;inl vi?itd the rt p of th nn'm'itvs of tho I't-plir boK.uh coutI. who had ref'i.'l to conip'y with in or.ier of t'.i hih o uvt r' tu'-rif thm to -.u;.' t i. s in t' tird i in e with a ruling "f tho I.rnl.vi -unty counil Many (.f tho councilor? wer not at hom- .--M U f them were irr"-U 'i and eon. t d to prison amid sypi ; 1 1 "net ! h r.- from the trov Iii h l; ither- I is :') i as it w.i- known th it. th- .-h werf a,:i iieor.4" Ln.btiry. e ! ot!'erP i:r of the Ptily HiTild. m:i.T:il labor orm. who is a member of th borough council, has not yet ben arrested ror have any of tho women members of the council, of vhm ther n re several. l"it it is txpectel that all will bo imprisoned Fn-lay .is thov are not attempting: to va le arrest. There wer1 lively srer.rs in many parts of I.c-n.lon Thurliy. Great d-monst rat iüs of unemployed were held. notiMy at Shireditrh. where a mass mvt;r.4 rejected a compromi? off r niido by th- board of guardians. At Hackney tho police were summered to deil with a number of werklet men who spent the night In the workhouse, but in tho morning refused to work out their lodging. Seven of tho men were arrested. Including the "secretary of a local org ini'atii'n. a"oi sentenced to seven davs' Imprisonment. ELEVEN NEW POISON CASES ARE REPORTED MICHIGAN CITV. Ind.. Sept. 1 Eleven now ca?es of fungais poisonIrg vere rejot;.- r.n- ii.uiu.. making a total of o0 cases in the

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afreet ed. The family of A. ?. Williams ef Chicas'o. ox uryirvs a beach cot tag ar.d Councilman Ear'. Caver t ore among the person stricken. THE WORLD'S BEST TONIC If you're Iosinp, or slipping, or doubting get a fresh supply of optimism. Read today's SUCCESS-POWER in the classified section.

Pilot is Killed in Plunge Over "Hair Pin" Cwve

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.. Sept. 1 Wallace A. Coleman, assistant piles manager of the Chevrolet Motor company, Denver, and widely known automobil race driver and aviator was killed Thursday while making a speI test In a Chevrolet racing car to the top of Pike's Peak preparatory to the annual race, Sept. 5. Coleman's car was unable to neinto a field of boulders, striking one and caroming off. The car turned! turtle, pinning Coleman under lt. i hrpikinr hu wk Qnri frt,,n i hia skull. SAYS GOVERNMENT SHOULD ELIMINATE GUNMEN FROM MINEj Samuel Gompers Reviews Situation Arising Out of West Virginia Riots. WASHINGTON. Son! 1. The trouble In We?t Virginia "will not ho curc-d by forcing men Into subj mission while allowing continuance

I of the evils against which they have j hcad of the United States Steel corso desperately protested." Samuel j p0ration, nor James Emeroy of the Gompers. president of the American i National Manufacturers association

Federation of Labor, declared in a statement Thursday night. "I Join with al! Americans. Mr. Gompers added, "in deprecating the violence in that state, nut it is worse than useless to deal with the turfice manj Ifestatlons while allowing the dep. underlying plutocratic criminality to continue uninterrupted and unchecked." The basic facts, -which he charged had not been fully and truthfully presented by the public press and the federal government, he described as follows: Autocratic Owners. "The mines of West Virginia constitute the last refuge of autocracy in the mining industry. In these mines an unrestrained, unlimited greed dominates absolutely. Alpentee owners hold immense tracts of rich mining land, demanding only dividends. "The appetite of this private greed ifl upheld by a private army of killers, the liko of which no longer exists in any other state. This private army is paid by the mine owners and naturally seeka to Justify its presence by making 'business' for ltssf in the form of trouble. The Baldwin-Felts detective agency recruits this army, but tho mine owners pay the bill. Deputy sheriffs, paid by mine owners, form another wing of the rrivate army, equally dr.ngei ous. 'The present .strike is a direct protest acainsi the action of the mine owners of West Virginia, in refusing to abide by the award of the United States coal commission. If the I'nited Statea government at this time defends the mint owners and does not destroy the private armleaj (Continued on page two) PREST HARDING SAYS HOPE OF ABOLISHING WAR IS QUITE FUTILE

' for future use. This plan, differing WASHINGTON. Sept. 1. PreVt j from that of any other church. proHarding, speaking Thursday of th? vides that no definite amount fhall fall term of the army war college, j be fled by any general board or declared that "no matter where thj agency but that each individual best aspirations of the world lead j church and individual member shall us. there never may be a time with- be guided by conscience and make

out the necessity for armed forces." Tho president, however, pledged the 20 officers in his audience that during his administration they would never be called to perform military service, "they could not enter into with all their heart and son it as Americans." Koferrlng to the situation in the West Virginia coal fields, the president declared "We oucht not to have a conflict like that which is going on in Weet Virginia. It is due to lack of under standing." Declaring that through! 4.000 years of pagan history and 2.000 years of Christian civilization, the worli only lately had come to a civilized ftate the president cf armed warfare, j reiterated that bei thcught it "perfectly futile to think there- mav never be armed conflict.' COUTTOLINE NOT ON LIQUOR LAW CHARGE Louis Couttoline, 409 Lincoln way W.. who It was reported in the Thursday morning edition of The J Newe-Tirnes was arrested on a j charge of Illegal possession of liquor j for sate, was not arrested on that charge. Couttoline was arrested on ! a chirge of speeding and paid a fine of 5 5 and costs in city court Thursday morning. The announcement that he was held on a liauor charge was erroneous, reports1 on police activities having been confused. He is not the owner of a soft drink parlor. 1IOOVXU URGES IlELIEF. NEW YORK. Sept. 1. The soviet authorities still have resources at their disposal and should be urged to use them to rrovlde food for adult relief, declared Sec'y of Commerce Hoover, chairman of the American relief committee. Thursday to Col. William N. Haskell, director of the relief administration's mission to Russia,

LABOR DUBIOUS ON OUTCOME OF HARDING PLANS

Sentiment Shows Workers Are Antagonistic Toward Unemployment Confab. ft l ttt-ii tv m. Claim Administration V ill INot Invite Well Known Employers to Session. WASHINGTON. D. C. Sept. 1. Organized labor is distrustful of the president's unemployment conference. Comments by union leaders Thursday showed a spirit of bitter antagonism. The labor heads ex pressed suspicion of the purpose of the conference and predicted it would fall to relieve the alarming unemployment situation. There is evidence that the administration la aware of this attitude of distrust and I anxious to remove it. Glen Assurances. It was intonated Tnuraday by well Informe-d labor leaders that assur ances had been given Samuel Gom , pera that neither Judge E. II. Gary. would 'be invite-d to the conArence. Labor orficiala would neither confirm or deny reports that assurance had been given but it was said' to be doubtful whether Gompers or any other representative of the American P ede.ratlon of Labor would take pari If either Gary of Emory were included in the employers' group. E. C Davidson, secretary of the Interpational Association of Machinists, said: "Before the workers wil? go back to pre-war conditions they will start another war and get their rights. Aßd that's not idle talk. Conditions in this country have reached a dangerous stage." Labor, the official organization of the rail unions, flatly charges the conference is to be used to "influence the senate" to pay the railroads the $300.000,000 subsidy. DISCIPLES OF CHRTST REPORT IIEAVY GAINS WINONA LAKE, Ind.. Sept. 1. One hundred and twenty thousand new members were added to the Disciples of Christ church during the past year, according to reports presented at the international convention of the church here Thursday. Of this number, 70,000 were brought into the church through ovangeMstic efforts and "were baptized and 50,000 came into tho church throxigh letters. Reports also showed that the past year has been a great revival for the Protestant faith and that there has been a great growth in all Protestant dencmirations, the total I increase nuinueriug iivany iwo ruu1 lion. Increased church attendance and greater training and ntpreit in rel!"imi more 'niiintrerQ fnr missionary work were also shown. The self apportionment plan of raising money for missionary and ! benevolent purposes was approved , contributions accordingly. ASYLUM OFFICIAL IS NAMED IN DAMAGE SUIT RICHMOND. Ind.. ept. 1 Chloe Davis, of Delaware county, filed suit here Thursday for $10.000 damages from Samuel E. Smith, superintendent of the eastern Indiana hospital for insane, and John W. Hayes, the Plaintiff's divorced husband, charging fa!? imprisonment, he avers she was incarcerated in the institu- ! tien three years. j Sensational charges of brutality against patients are cited in tho petitions. Many persons are named, without addresses, which the nlain- . - tiff says were subjected to brutal treatment by the attendants, some of vhom died, she says. "Ella Church, missionary, from Muncie. was brutally beaten which was the cause of her death," tho petition avers. The plaintiff says when ehe ob tained her divorce she was restored to her former name. She escaped from the institution February 1919. according to the papers. She was declared sane by- Dr. Smith a month later, the petition aya. POLICEMEN IS CITED FOR GALLANT SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Sept- 1. Citations for patrolmen who perform "gallant feats" is the latest in Minneapolis, Mayor Georgre B. Leach, who was a colonel during tb world war, Thursday cited Fatrcdraan AI Averbeck for his "gallant conduct and display of courage" La killing Henry (Hank) Hanklns. Des Moims. Iowa, bandit here while he was escaping from police officers. Tho citation bore the orf.cia! gojd seal of the city. It U the first citation in the history of the city.

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First pictures from the "West TrglnIa mine war area, shem'ing miners (above) being urged by mine union leaders to go home, and deputy eherlffs (below) starting out to meet the miners' "army," which was ordered by Pres't Harding to disperse and go home. The top picure was taken at Madison, while the miners were being addressed at a mass meeting by Frank Keeney, district union president, -who urgod the men to go home.

Close of Institute

Stage for Opening of Schools

Hundreds of Teacher? to Resume Class Work Here Next Week. After a session of five days, tho Teachers' institute, which has been held in the High School auditorium since Monday for the benefit of teachers of the county preparatory to their assuming their positions as Instructors in the divers schools cf the city and county, the institute ! closes thla afternoon with the final address of Dr. R. L. Lyman, professor of English at Chicago University, one of the several well known and educated men who have contributed to the program daily. With the close of the inftltute the hunureas oi iuiorw wno nave Deen pi lJ J ...a m 1 daily attendance will make use of the three day lapse before the re sumption of city classes Sept. 6. in further familiarizing themselves to the nev posts which they will hold for the coming term. Teachers m the rural schools will have a loneer vacation. At the Thursday peion Dr. Ern COMMISSION MEETS ON SILESIAN ISSUE GENEVA. Sept. 1. The commission of four appointed Thumlay by the council of the League of Nations to deal with the question of Silesia met Immediately after the adjournment of the council and began it3 work. The idea of the council is to get away from all controversies that have developed in the supreme council. Arthur J. Balfour, Great Britain, declared this was the only way in which a settlement could be reached that would appeal to public opinion as being fair and unbiased. Leon Bourgeois, France, after the meeting of the council, said: "This procedure assures a fair and impartial settlement, which i3 all France wants.' Members of the commission asserted that they would go ahead diligently to reach a settlement which might be recommended to the meeting of the full council of the League of Nations which will finally decide the Question at issue. The council will keep in touch with the work of the commission, although giving to it full liberty to adopt its own procedure. Much satisfaction was expressed tonight In league circle over -the adoption of thla procedure. FAVORS DISSOLUTION OF CANADIAN BOARD LONDON, Ont.. Sept. 1. A recommendation that the Canadian parliament dissolve at an early date to provide time for full discussion and an election before the new year was declared by Premier Melghen Thursday night to "be. In his opinion, the proper course to follow. It was hla Intention, he eaid, to pursue that 1 policy.

Miners' "Army" Ordered Home

Today Sets est Burnham of Western State Normal spoke of "Socializing Sch-ol Situations" in his second .address to the general assembly. He stated, in the course of his speech, that oi ly 30 percent of the population of thio country Ls interested in social work, this number being entirely composed of tho intellectual class. In hi. attack on the social illiteracy of th. present era, he declared that it exerted a retrogressive Influence upon civilization. Advising hi3 audience ns to the best manner of overcoming this tendency in the child, urged that they bo more open to child sh ways, ßtating that the child would take the teacher more into its confidence. Today the final session will open with an address by Dr. Lincoln Halley in which the speaker will treat of the poet Bryant and the Nature Lovers and Fakers. The different soction? the primary, intermediate and grammar, hich school and rural will each receive a last talk from their respective lecturers and wiil cloee, in much the same fashion as the previous meetings with the address by Dr. R. L. Lyman which is mentioned above. ARRANGE TO IMPROVE JUINE RESCUE METHODS ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Sept. 1 Standardization and improvement of mine rescue methods were discussed hero Thursday by delegates attending the international firs: aid and mine rescue contests. sixteen Sixty-four first aid ar.d mine rescue teams from New Mexico, Illinois. Pennsylvania. Maryland, Colorado. Virginia. Utah, Kentucky, Iowa, Oklahoma, Arkansas, West Virginia. Kansas, Alabama. Missouri, Wyoming and the Canadian province of British Columbia were entered in the championships. Great Britain, Belgium and Canada wtre represented by delegates. Awards of the Joseph A. Holmes safety association will be presented Friday night to K. P. Krueger, Lew E. Ryan, Frank Pierce. Herbert Farlin, George Reichert and John

Grcgowich. all cf Butte, fcr their nes-t to meet the premier in London rescue work during the fro at the ; to discuss a basis for further negoLeonard mine of the Anaconda cop-i tlations.

per milling company on February 2?. 1917. AWAIT OUTCOME OF STRIKE CONFERENCE CH.VRLOTTE, N. C. Sept. 1. Re-

turn of state troop to the districts ; Griffith, who recently was appointed affected by the textile strike will be j Sinn FeJn foreign minister, will be postponed, it was lndicatd in ofH-jamong the plenipotentiaries and his cial circles Thursday night, pending j Influence is regarded as highly imthe outcome of conferences öetween j portant to the smooth progress of

union leaders and the men looking to their acceptance of a tasla fcr early settlement of the difficulties. "Union officials, who saw Gov. Morrison today advised him that a stC'.ement was imminent and that the presence of troops at Concord, as requested by the city authorities, would be unnecessary- Adjt. Gen. Metts proceeded to the strike rone tonight to Investigate conditions and report to the governor. I

by Harding

POLICE CONFIDENT ARRESTS ARE HEAR Cassidv Awaits Next Move of Those Suspected of Kill ing Wozner. "We are not satisfied that the men we suspect are the guilty ones. We are waiting for them to make the next move, which they are bound to do." Thus declared Asst. Chief of Police Cassidy when inquiry was put to him Thursday morning as to the results of the police investigation Into the death of Andrew .J. Wozner. 87-year-old hermit, who was found dead in his shanty Aug. 21. bound and gagged, by his neighbors, residents of Morningside addition. The police are known to have rounded up three strangers who were seen near the premises of the aged recluse the day previous to the finding of his dead body, but these men gave a good account of themselves, it was eaid. "All clues, ponting to any other persons "who may have participated in the crirms are being run down," continued Cassidy, "and if I am not mistaken we. will succeed very soon in obtaining: sufficient evidence on which to hold our euspects. WITHHOLD TEXT OF SINN FEIN'S REPLY LONDON. Sept. 1. Premier Lloyd I George is at Gairloch, Scotland, and probably .by now the couriers bearing Eamonn De Valera'e reply to the premier'a latest statement on the Irish question, have reached him there, thouga at a late hour no word j ef Its arrival had been received by the waiting &nn rein leaden? at e necessary to submit the reply to the Mansion house, Dublin. It will the British cabinet in London, o that there 13 likely to be coneiderlished. It is understood that it is able delaw" before the text la pubnot TTT argumentative character, but simply an announcement of willingIt ls expected that the Dail Eireann will be asked formally to approve the r.ame3 of the men who will be nominated as plenipotentiaries, so as to avoid any suggestion that th?y do not represent the views of a united body. It is considered almns-: certain that Arthur the negotiations. smnv IUXT3TER FirREVEPORT. La., Sept. 1 Application wzs filed in the federal court here Thursday by the Confederated Progressive Oil corporation asking that a receiver be appointed for the Paramoult Petroleum Company, Inc., a ten million dollar concern, organized hero mere than a year ago.

Urges Abolition of Mine Guards in Trouble Area

United Mine Worker Official Gives "Causes" for Riots in West Virginia. BY JOHN 1. LEWILS, President of trie X'nited Mino Workers of America. By United Press : INDI ANA POLTLS . Sept. 1. In Wedt Virginia, from the line of the Kanawha river northward, tome 55,000 miners are employed working under Joint agreements between the coal operators and the united mine workers of America. In this section peace and harmony prevail between employers and employes, with precisely the same relationship aa exists .between the mine operators of Chio. Indiana, or Illiois. and their employes who are members of the United Mine Workers of America In those states. In all of this great area the Bild-win-Felts mine guard or professional gunman is unknown; no disorders occur and community life in the mining camps is peaceful. Contrast this condition with the situation existing In the unorganized territory eouth and east of the Kanawha river In the counties of Logan. Mingo. McDowell and Mercer. 10,000 Men Employed. In this section some 40.000 men are employed, who dare net become members of the United Mine "Workera of America for fear of Instant discharge by the operators. They live In unincorporated mining camps where their domicile and the land upon which they are located are owned solely by tho coal companies. In most Instances th-ere are no public roads leading to there communities and ingress and egress are over land held by the coal corporations. To police this territory, prevent the miners from joining the union and hold them in complete subjection, the coal operators maintain what is practically a standing army of mine guards. These guard3 are furnished under contract by a detective agency. This corporation does an interstate business, charging the coal operators so much per day for each gunman furnlshe! them and receiving a stipulated profit for each one over and above the expense of hig malntainance. These guards are recruited from all classes and all are equipped with rifles, revolvers or automatic pistols. Thepe professional gunmen, directed by the notorious agency, have during their years of employment inflicted an almost counties number of physical assaults and outraged upon individual mine workers. All Americans. The men employed in the mines of these four counties are almost 100 per cent American. They are of a race of mountaineers who have peopled this section since the days of the first settlement of the country, and deep in their hearts is the inborn love of liberty. Their spirits rebel against the unwarranted restrictions upon their liberty and tho 'ndignities which are perpetrated upon them. They havo In vain eought redrew from the constituted civil authorities of theso counties and from the executives of tho commonwealth of West Virginia. The political influence of the coal operators and detective agency is sufficient to prevent them from se(Continued on page two) PREST OBREGON SAYS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SIGN PACT WITH U. S. MEXICO CITY. Sept. 1. The 'signing of a treaty with the United States i3 "neither possible, convenient nor necessary, and Is contrary to Mexican constitutional precepts, in that it creates epecial privileges for Americans." accorc'lng: to that portion of President Obregon's message to congress dealing with foreign relations, which was read in the house Thursday niht. Prolonged applause from the members of the congress and the spectators In the gallery greeted President Obregon's declaration that it was Impossible to sign a treaty with the United States. There was a demonstrator also when the 1st of nator.s wheh had recognzed Mexco wae read. "Mexico has been consolidated and regulated in all parts." piya the president's menage, "federal tribunals and functioning, with independence of action, giving all necessary guarantees to foreigners and Mexican citizens; numerous economies have been put Into practice, thanks to which the national debt will soon be paid. In a word, all promises are being carried out." INDIANAPOLIS MAN TO HEAR INDIANA BOARD INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. lw Appointment of Louis A. Gueppel to be sanitary' engineer in charge cf the state water and pewage laboratories was announced Thursday by I. L, Miller, state food and drug commissioner. Mr. Gueppel. a graduate of Purdue university, hs been supervising construction of a water works at Ironwocd, Mich. He also was formerly employed at Evanrille. A a state employe. Mr. GuT"pl will have charge of the analyses of water samples ar.d will direct and assist municipalities on question of purification of water purjply and sewage disposal. He succeeds John C. Iiggs, now employed by the state conservation department.

UNCLE SAM TO TAKE CHARGE OF MINE RIOTS

Bri. Gen. Bandholtz Requests Aid Following Latest Investigation DISOBF.Y PROCLAMATION Army Official Declares lie w Satisfied Miners Will Not Cease Warfare, C1LVRLESTON. W. Va.. pt. 2. Brig. Gen. H. IL ltar.dholtz vxrly Friday mornir.g announced that he had .ent a telegram to Washington to the war department, reue-tin that federal troops Th pent Into West Virginia at or. co. Gen B.uidhr.:- announcement follows: "I am atisM the m'.ners wdll not obey th.e pr--sld.nt's proclamation, I havo despatche.1 a telegram to Washington requesting that federal troops be sent into Wert Virginia immediately." Gen. Bandholtz derision wa reaohed after ho had listened to a report made by CoL Stanley H. Ford and MaJ. C. II. Thompson, who late Thursday night returned from a trip aloog the Boone-Loran county lines. Details Lacking. Details of tho trip wert not made public. Gov. Morgan waa In conference w-lth Gen. Bandholtz shortly before the announcement was made that federal aid had been, recommended. The gevornor's only comment w-ben informed of c.pn. Bandholts decision wa. "I havo nothing to say. I am through." Gen. Bandholtz, when questioned as to when the president's proclamation of martial law would be promulgated, replied that he could not state the hour, but expressed the view that it would bo promulgated immediately upon receipt of hi telegram at the war department. The .'general added that he assumed mar tial law would be effective in Kanawha, Boone, Fayette. Logan and Mingo counties. To Interpret Mesagf. WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. The request of Brig. Gen. H. II. Bandholtz for federal troops In tha West Virginia strike area was received at the war department at 1:40 o'clock Friday morning and immediately referred to Maj. Gen. Harbord. assistant chltf of Ftaff. An unnounement of the course to bo taken tr.varl the request, it w.u indicated, might be made soon. A question, however, arose as to whether the massige w.";a a recommendation or a request for troops. land it -wa.s sent to Adjt. Gen. Harris for interpretation. i-rne delny ooj curred, however, in transmission of Ith message to Gen. Harris, and it iwa Indicated th;it some Time might elapse before a course wis d"f.nite:y determined in connection, with Gen. Bandholiz'a messag. INDICATE liltnAIv. WAKHT-NGTOX. -pt. 1. Preliminary reports having Indicated a breaking up of the binds operating in the West Virginia coal fields, officials of th federal government until Thursday night had deferred decision r.r the question of intervention in the .r.-tte peniirg a more complete and f.nil report from Brig. Gen. H. H. Bandholtz. the war departments representative in the disturbed area. The f.rft report from Gen. Bandholtz. received late in the day. were jpai l by Sec'y Weeks to Irvllcate a di.'position by members of the armed bands to comply with Brest Harding's proclamation calling upon them to return to thir homs. "Thre was every initiation Tht the men were going horr." nil the war secretary, in an noun-oir.g the receipt of the early r-por:?, which, it was aided, wer bised on information gatherel fro Gen. Bandholtz b7 eta:: oilictr?. Survey Situation. War depart men otf.oials dJ1 not expect fhe oompl'-te report of Gen. Bmdholtz. on which Prer.'t Ifirdlng an 1 Sec'y Week? bisej thir declsion. before Fri lay noon. Belief was expressed In some quarters that the general wculd not be able to effrrt a complete survey of the situation and report before Fri lay and this feeling "was apparently shared by Sec'y Weeks, who after receiving the firs, report? cancei plans to remain at the war department during the evening awaiting f.nal advices. While awaiting the f.nal report and the subsequent decl.'ion of the president and Mr. W-eks, the wa department was prpar-d to undertake the tajk of restoring crdr in Went Virginia. Trr-"p. increase.; y ord'rg during the day to three raiments, were prerr-d to move from thlr stations at Cirr.ps Shrmm. O. and Dix. N. J.. at a rr.rme.nt'd notice. The Eighty-e:chh squadron of tho air service, cns'.5ting of 15 pUines, was at Charleston, ready for any duty that mlsht be pre5"ribi, having reach the Wet Virginia capital during t!: day from Lar.g'.ey Seid, Va. Intfrprvt M-s.igtv Hesitation by the lnd. to dis perve and return to. their horr.-j : y noon Thursday. ta t::r.? fixed by the prf-sident in his prccla:mti"n. orhcluis paid Thur5day, d.t not automatically call for the dispatch c!