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Show ft Lawson Thrills Con-Monal Con-Monal Investigating Kjttee in Strike Miring at Denver. WLs FORGET TO KjcE OBJECTIONS 'L, in Mines Are De-Sand De-Sand Serious Charges Mbfe Against the M Operators. pb. 10. A dramatic story IKjrfo coal strike from the Hps Marion, one of tho rnost con-jKjtJera con-jKjtJera of the miners, was un-BTtodiy un-BTtodiy before the congressional Kterr end of (he session, after Btrs of preliminary ekirmlsh-jH ekirmlsh-jH lijoS the stand, fttxr committeemen, attorneys jHLn followed with almost htcrut the testimony of thc Bmber of tho international 'jfluani of the United Mine ire hell. We do not believe B2cs they arc absolutely un-Klhey un-Klhey injure not only the jBSi Ihelr wives and children; coil operators, but the pub- Krion announced what ho 3e-H.the 3e-H.the pollay of the United Ert In labor disputes. Hf-1 the miners' version of. the Hitruvcrsy in Colorado. As he Vifcfc, distinct voice only now Httrtmbltd with sudden pas- K Thrilled. Kforot to make objections, Hn forgot the adjournment Uttd, speotators crowded fiKfetfonn to listen. iKsWelboro, president of the .Bkl k Iron company, touched Htitt Adolpb Germer, Socialist IKhder, as both stood before fjBilnj desk busily taking notes. 'itdlil of blood, hate and mls- fHi labor leader poured out. jjMjI tattles in which both sides JW of a slate of warfare in Btes aud militiamen braved fKi diwrleas camps. Bc leader told the committee JHkpti working in coal mines jBp5 of 8 years. Ho outlined X b? which, a.s he alleged, the V Worker call strikes. Then the history of I he coal 4Pftl7 ln CoIorado, from the Jjmu strike of lt)03) wllch was jfeainst Operators. wB'ie,'' he declared, "the op-in op-in gunmen thugs who or almost every crime tfWtitndar-to Intimidate the JP? were successful. Scuno of eHe frl?blenC(I into going nts. The others were sc.-it-wr winds. Many were de- ajjMfr pUcc f Iho strikers the JM 111 strikebreakers. ftmT' Vcrl' strikebreakers dis- K llatl bccn "ut lnto JCnillUons wure uuunduia- brar0r1, U,clr vur-v I,vcs-jJHf, I,vcs-jJHf, ,mo "wouiit. Thus it iBt , C0Uni(J f time these fifflr ,0 our organization wjoln Ule unbn; ,o strke (Hfc lm thc u,l,n. t w rtkc. WC realized fi&fi evented. JjmSxu numbor of cisch iilBte' J" lhc meantime, how-? how-? H,Mre Jlnlns tl,e order. :eatBtatlvcnl0r0ra trltl?" 3K.r2!!r?Url th?sherl fc? acxlr,lcrland on the jKf dloxlLanB who couldn't 8 feW.. the calling of rtJ-RUr of the cxoduB of hi !"eeant Petten, fflBSw?. rn oneTatinfi a 'IBCu1!' Well ompanieH. I SfB'tf"1 mlnoPrr0.l.cct the llveH I REPORT DEALS WITH I SAVING Chief of the Federal Children's Chil-dren's Bureau Appeals to Mothers to Assist in Work PLAN TO DECREASE INFANT MORTALITY I It Is Shown That Much Excellent Ex-cellent Work Is Being Done, but More Funds Are Needed. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. An appeal to American mothers, to women's clubs and to all who may ha Interested in the nation's na-tion's social welfare for aid in tho movement move-ment to safeguard the lives of JftMes was made today by Miss Julia C. Lathrop. chief of tho federal children s bureau, in her first annual report to Secretary Wilson of the labor department. "Intent mortality is a subject now challenging chal-lenging the attention of the whole civil-Vita civil-Vita world." said Miss Lathrop. ' It la impossible to state with accuracy the infant in-fant death rate measures because the United States differs from other clvJl-lzerl clvJl-lzerl countries and provides no general svstem of birth registration. Estimates obtained by the government statisticians, based upon census reports, however, show that last vear the actual loss was about 300.010 babies under one year of age. Of these at least half would now bo living liv-ing had wc, as individuals and communities, com-munities, applied those measures of hvsiene and sanitation which are known and available. This vast and unmeasured loss of infant life Is due solely to individual indi-vidual and civic neglect." Needs of the Bureau. ' Inadequacy of funds and the limited number of workers provided by the statutes stat-utes creating the children's bureau, the report said, has greatly hampered the prosecution of the work. "It Is obvious," the report continued, "that even the most superficial survey of the bureau's great field is impossible impossi-ble with the present force, and that in order to accomplish anything at all It was necessary that the staff should be composed of specially qualified persons." Baby-saving campaigns in numerous cities and the efforts now being put forth through them to prevent Infant mortality were highly commended by Miss Lathrop. The bureau proposes to co-operato wherever possible with such movements. A series of pamphlets dealing with the home care of young children, beginning with one on prenatal care, are now being be-ing distributed by the bureau. In these it ih shown that "Flightly more than 1-per 1-per cent of the Infants dying under one year of age in tlte registration area In 11911 did not live to complete the first month of life, and that of this 42 pet-cent pet-cent almost seven-tenths died as result of prenatal conditions or of Injury or accident at birth." Investigation Is Begun. Ah Investigation has been started" by one of the bureau's Held agents in an pffort to ascertain whether child-labor nws are being properly enforced and nether the states grunt the certificates . h due reference to the children's men-.I men-.I attainments and physical development. develop-ment. Through communications received bv he bureau. Miss Lathrop said she had been informed "that no state in America Is at the present time making adequate provision for exceptional and needy children." The bureau has discovered a popular conviction that It Is a sound principle that no child should he soparatcd from the caro of a good mother because of poverty ulnne. "The matter of turning this popular conviction into a useful public pub-lic function." Miss Lathrop Eavs, "Is one demanding searching inquiry".'' DRAMATIC RECITAL BY LABOR LEADER (Continued from Paga Ono.) told of a skirmish at the Ludlow tent colony, in which, he said, no one was hurt. Next he described the battle at the Forbes tent colony on October 17, In which ono man was killed and two wounded. "There had been some shooting in the morning and about noon." he recounted, "but lii the afternoon everything was peaceful again. Then a crowd of men suddenly appeared from Trinidad, tome mounted, and somo riding Jn the 'death apodal. They had two machine guns. A man named ICcnncdy, bearing a white flag, came within the tent colony. He said. 'Boys, I'm a union man. Aro you good mlon men or scabs?' Tho men in the camp replied that they were union men. 'Well, you'd better look out, because be-cause they're going to shoot you,' said Konnedy. suddenly walking back about fifteen feet and hurling the white flag to tho ground. The next instant two machine ma-chine guns opened fire upon the tent colony. col-ony. Ono man was shot, through the head and killed as he was trylnr to get away. A boy was hit nine times " Pertinent Question. "Did any of your men reply to the fire?" asked a committeeman. "I havo reason to believe that a few men got their guns, took refuge In a ditch and fired back." was tho reply-"Tho reply-"Tho best ovldonco of this Is that there were fifty guards and only twenty-four men In the tent colony, the guards went back to Trinidad without capturing a prisoner." 7awson's testimony was uncompleted when the chairman, somewhat alter the prescribed hour, adjourned the session. The labor leader will rosumo the stand at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. |