ACCIDENT LIST MUST BE PRUNED McNichols Calls Conference to Reduce the Number of Mishaps in Industries Awarding to data on Industrial •detdenta assembled at the State De partment of Labor and Industry, 2,- 89S persons were killed and 155,735 injured In such mishaps In the first ten months of 1918, resulting In com pensation awards approximately $B,- 400,000. While many of these acci dents were due to Inexperienced men In industries which had been "speed ed up" because of the war, Acting Commissioner Walter McNichols has called a conference of all bureau chiefs, inspectors and officers of the department to consider means of re ducing the number. "Judging from those figures," said Commissioner McNichols to-day, "the number of industrial workers who sustained injuries at work in Penn sylvania during the last ten months, exceeds the estimates of the total casualties of the entire army of the United States in the present war. However, the Injuries received by the boys at the front were undoubted ly more serious in degree than the injuries to the majority of industrial workers in Pennsylvania and fatal ities are, of course, much higher 5n numbers among the casualties of the army than in industry. "However, in the month of October alone, among the industrial casual ties In Pennsylvania were 61 eyes destroyed at a workmen's compensa tion cost of {61,180.23; 21 hands lost at a cost of 336,526.75; 13 legs am putated at a cost of $24,788.42; 11 feet amputated at a cost of $16,137 and three arms amputated at a cost of $6,131.15 in workmen's compensa tion." All principal officials and inspec tors of the Department of Labor nnd Industry will be in Harrisburg Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday, No vember 25, 26 and 27, when, virtually two days will be given over to dis cussions of methods of promoting safety, by education of the workers, by installation of safeguards and by elimination of dangerous gases and fumes. Other topics that will be discussed at the conference will be rehabilita tion and finding of Jobs for disabled soldiers as well as methods of meet ing general employment conditions that may arise during the days of 1 reconstruction; the prevention and 1 settlement of labor disputes; the com- | pilation of industrial statistics that they may be of greatest value to em ployers and employes; development and standardization of rules and reg ulations for the safeguarding of workers and discussion of all other other labor laws of the state. Acting Commissioner McNichols points out that, with the courts de- 1 claring the Federal Child Labor Law unconstitutional, the laws of Penn- I sylvania aimed to safeguard the I health of women and children, and j similar laws in other states, are to- | day virtually the only safeguards of j such workers. . PIMPLY? 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SATURDAY EVENTNQ AMERICANS MAKE WAR ON BOLSHEVIKI TO FREE SIBERIA AND SAVE RUSSIAN PEOPLE ''* " ' ■ • • ' ''4 HOW the strategically important port of Vladivostok on the Japan sea was saved to the Allies last July by the timely pres ence of 14,000 Czecho-Slovaks on their way to the western front via that hotbed of pro-Germanism has been graphically described to the writer by the American representa tive of a large industrial corporation who visited Harrisburg the past week and who has enjoyed the con fidence of the various Russian gov ernments as they succeeded one an other. For obvious reasons, the identity of the representative in question, to gether with the name of his em ployers, cannot be made public at this time. It is suthclnt to state that ho has spent the last three years in European and Asiatic Russia and plans to return to Vladivostok in the immediate future. His experiences during the time the notorious Red Guards of the Bolshevlki were in complete control of the city furnish conclusive evi dence that the Imperial German gov ernment bent every effort to place the so-called Russian patriots in j power and then debauched them with gold and dazzling promises of future glory when Germany should rule the world. The Day Is Saved The immediate motive back of the honeyed words of the Kaiser's agents was to obtain shipments of copper ore and other commodities so des perately needed by the Teutonic powers. That they failed to do so wds due to the firmness of the Brit ish commander on the scene and tho loyalty of the Czecho-Slovaks to the Allied cause. The American representative reached Vladivostok in September,! 1917, as the Kerensky regime was tottering to its full at Petrograd. When the final crash came and the frail successor to the late Czar Nich olas was ileeing for his very life, the Bolshevikl were quick to seize their opportunity and took over Vladivo stok with compaartively little blood shed from the demoralized followers of "Russia's Alan of Destiny." In Vladivostok it became a case of "Tho King Is Dead. Long Live the King." The chief difficulty lay in the fact that the ruling powers as repre sented by the Soviet committee of the Bolsheviki were now composed of plumbers, butchers and common laborers of Jewish extraction. Alany of them had learned their trade and obtained a limited amount of school ing in this country and Australia. In both cases they had quite naturally affiliated themselves with the I. W. W. and kindred Socialistic organiza tions which guarantee their faithful members a maximum amount of money for a minimum amount of work. Taken as a whole, an impartial study of the personnel of the com mittee which assumed entire control of Vladivostok and all spublic util ities. including the post office, the telegraph and table lines and the banks, was calculated to create grave anxiety among the large foreign population of the city, who, with the other residents, had no choice but to obey the orders of their new mas ters. These were ruthlessly and promptly enforced by the bayonets of the Red Guards whose ranks were speedily augmented by members of the Home Alilitia who were quick to discern the excellent chances of securing rich plunder at very little personal risk. At this time the only forces of real law und order in tho city were represented by a handful of Jap anese, British and American Alarines whose commanders were inclined to regard the Bolshevikl leaders as pa triots and loyal allies. In so doing, they completely over AMERICAN TRO OPS IN SIBERIA Tho only front on which Americans are now fighting is in Siberia against the Bolshevlki, where they are saving that country as they event ually will all Russia from these robbers and murders; Tho upper pic ture shows Americans and other troops in Vladivistok, the Americans can be distinguished by their uniforms and their size, being the largest in the group; the lower picture shows bodies of the Bolslieviki after a fight with the Americans an others: these pictures were made by an America, well known in Harrisburg, who has just returned from Slb eia, and the article herewith is based on information proved by him. , looked the tireless patience and ef i ficiency of the average German agent and the- fact that the ordinary Bol shevik is only loyal as long as he is paid more money than the other party can afford to give. The minute that the Soviet com mittee seized the reins of government the Hunpropagandists began their deadly work among the Bolsheviki i chieftains with the view of using | them and their military forces to ! further the cause of the Central Km- I pires when the time was ripe. In taking over the banks of I Vladivostok, the Soviet issued an | edict to the effect that no depositor ; could withdraw more than2so rubles from his or her account. A special | tax was also levied on all merchants i in an effort to obtain ready funds. | These drastic orders resulted in the : closing of two of the three banks in the city. The new administration also seized | the port of Vladivostok, together ! with all shipping in the harbor. This i action placed vast quantities of all i kinds of ammunition and guns in the | hands of the Bolsheviki. In addition, I It gave the Soviet committee entire i eonlfol of the export of scrap iron : to Japan, which at that time stood ! in vital need of that commodity, i So intent were Trotsky and Lenine : in seizing everything of value back j honfe that they overlooked this fat j source of graft at Vladivostok. This | oversight, however, was only tem- I porary and in due time a special j committee was dispatched from ■ Petrograd to Vladivostok with in structions from Trotsky to take over the port and collect all export , i moneys. Bolshevikism Doomed , j This action was tho cause of the j j beginning of a bitter controversy between the two Bolsheviki factions | which later proved the undoing of i Bolshevikism in Siberia. Conditions in the meantime in the | i city were going from bad to worse, ~ as the Bolsheviki leaders quarreled ; over the spoils ot' war. Early in Jan uary of this year (1918) a reign of j terror was inaugurated by the Red ! Guards, who in common with their 1 ] masters were in desperate financial , | straits. Tho special tax by the Soviet ; failed dismally as a revenue getter 1 \ because of the fact that the foreign merchants steadfastly decllnigl to 1 pay it on the advice of their respec tive gefvernments. Murder and robberies became nightly occurrences. On one occasion forty-five members of the Red HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Guards and Home Militia in full uni form visited a large hotel in the city at midnight, forced all tlje guests to vacate their rooms and looted their belongings while the proprietor and his staff stood helplessly by. Later the women were subject to horrible indignities at the hands of soldier bandits. This particular raid, which was only one of many, netted the Red Guards over a half-million in rubles beside many articles of Jewelry and other valuables. The bandits made the trip to the hotel in a large motor truck, the driver of which was dis covered the next day seated in his car with a bullet through his head. This typical act of the Red Guard officers proved a sufficient warning to the men and women robbed the night before and none of them could be found who were willing to appear against the offenders. Members of the Soviet committee were blandly apologetic when ap proached by the various foreign con suls on the outrage. "We cannot punish the crim inals," they explained, "if your peo ple cannot identify them." Red Guards Murder This state of affairs existed until well into April, 1918, when the Red Guards murdered one prominent Japanese merchant in his office and cut out the tongues of two of his as sociates. These crimes proved the straw that broke tho camel's back so far as Japan was concerned. Tokio was asked for additional armed protec tion which soon arrived in the form of sturdy Japanese marines. Other Allied governments were advised of the growing seriousness of the situation and the day of reck oning for the Bolsheviki grew ap preciably nearer. The climax arrived swiftly when the Soviet committee attempted to ship twelve cars of high-grade cop per ore to European Russia and front there to be forwarded by Trot sky and Lenine to their imperial master, Wilhelin of Germany. This astounding piece of treachery arous ed the British officials to instant ac tion. "You will not ship any copper to Russia while I am here," the British commander told the members of the Soviet in their. own council cham bers. His attitude, while admirable, was really a daring bluff as the Al lied reinforcements sent for had not yet arrived. This fact was well known to the Bolsheviki leaders and they went ahead with their preparations to ship the copper, and the British commander found him self in the same position as a man caught bluffing in a no-limit poker game. The Bolsheviki chieftains, how ever, had made a fatal mistake after all. for in letting 14,000 Czacho-S o vak troops reach Vladivostok on their way to the western front where they were to fight for h"rance and Democracy they Inadvertently placed a powerful weapon in the hands of the Allies in Vladivostok. That there were not many thousand more Czecho-Slovaks in tho city, was due to the fact that following their sale to the kaiser, the Soviet committee prohibited the forwarding of any more of the Austro-llungarian troops through the port. This action held up 66,000 men en route to the western front where they were to fight for France and Demdcracy. All of the troops in question had been forced into the Austrian armies at i the outbreak of the great war but I had surrendered to' the Russians at j the first opportunity. They were bc -1 lng transported from the prison I camps to fight their former hated masters by the French government. The 14,000 Czecho-Slovaks Avail able, together with the small force of Allied marines on the ground proved* later however, to be more than enough to overthrow the Bol sheviki. The end came on July 18, 1918, ; when tho Bolsheviki officials were 1 taken into custody at their posts by Czecho-Slovak troops assisted by small detachments of Allied marines. Bolsheviki Captured ( Four Russian destroyers lying In the harbor were quickly manned by Bolshovlkl crews and tried to make their escape, but were captured by Allied naval vessels. The Red Guards took refuge In the old Russian barracks opposite the railroad station After a brief, but desperate battle, during which the structure was raked from end to end by the machine guns of the Al lies, tho Guards surrendered. They had lost eight men killed and one hundred und fifteen wounded. True to tho teachings of their Teu tonic masters, a member of the guurds shot and killed a CzeCho-Slovak of ficer as he was about to run up the white flag over the building. This brutal act caused a search to be made among the captured guards for any Germans. A small number wero dis covered and were bayonetted on the spot by the infuriated members qf the slain officer's command. Realizing dliat fate, in the person of the galhtnt Czecho-Slovaks, had ended their eight months rule of treachery and crime, the Bolshevlkl leaders and their followers surrend ered without further organized re sistance, nnd the affairs of tho city were placed in the hands of Allied Commission, tho majority qf tho mem bers being Czecho-Slovaks In recog nition of the prominent part their fellow-countrymen took In the de feat of the Bolsheviki. Among the first official acts of the new government was the appoint ment of the famous Allied patrol which was composed of Czecho-Slo vaks. Chinese. Japanese, British and American lighting men. These pic turesque heralds bf Democracy pa troled the city day and night with loaded rifles and fixed bayonets. In a short time the lawless ele ment of the city discovered that the patrol meant business nnd played no politics and the wave of crime and graft receded. Tho cosmopolitan personnel of the patrol served as a notice to the world that It wns not a Japanese mcve to appropriate any part of Asiatic Rus sia. Another Important decision was reached by the Allied Commission when permission was granted to the Bolsheviki to hold a public funeral for the men who lost their lives dur ing the battle at the barracks. Hours beforo the cortege was scheduled to march the streets were thronged with Bolsheviki sympathizers and the pro cession itself passed through solid banks of humanity. Tho caskets of the dead were of a brilliant crim son. a final reminder to the world of their political beliefs. The marchers in the procession carried large banners inscribed with the numcs and records of the dead. Ten days after the revolution the Allied Commission called a general election to ascertain the sentlpient of the city's Inhabitants. The Bol sheviki leaders were permitted to leave their places of confinement and address the populace. The election resulted In a victory for the Bolshe viki, which polled a total of 12,000 votes against 4,000 and 5,000 respec tively for the opposing parties. The results nearly produced a counter-revolution, but the Allied Commission returned the Bolsheviki chieftains to jail and called It "no game." The city was seething with rebel lion when on August 3d a transport slipped quietly into the harbor and landed 800 British troops from Hong Kong. The sight of Britain's fighting men as they marehed in gi;im si lence. ready for a fight or a frolic, filled tho foreign colony with joy. The open mutterings of the Bolshe viki mobs died away to whispers and the Allied residents of the city slept soundly that night for the first time in many weeks. A few days afterwards, 1,200 French, 8,000 Japanese and 5,000 American troops Joined the Allied camp and the danger was over. Conditions rapidly became normal in the city and another victory over German Intrigue was recorded on the tablets of history. These American and Allied troops are now defeating the Bolsheviki all over Siberia and are saving that country as they eventually will all Russia from these robbers and murderers. $250 FOH WAR FUND New Cumberland, Pa., Nov. 16. — Testerday afternon a committee of women fro mthe Red Cross auxiliary visited the government buildings at Marsh Run and secured $250 for the War Work Campaign. Dr. Royer issued complimentary tickets to all of the nurses and aids who assisted during the epidemic of influenza at the government plant to the Orpheum last evening. 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CASCARA£?9UININE * Standard cold remedy for 20 year#—in tablet form —afe, Hire, no opiate* —break, up a cold in 34 hour. —relieve, grip 1" 3 day*. Money back if it fail*. The genuine box ha. a Red top 1 With Mr. Hill'a picture. At All Drug Store*. COMMISSIONS PLAN REPORTS Insurance Board Will Have Session to Discuss Frater nal Legislation Soon 1 The Btate com |SvW y\ ' ntsB '^ n on rev '- linp o the nieasure to regu jyPL-.i. j cent meeting here iriii arranged to have studies made of the subject and to discuss the date at a meeting to be held next month. Several other measures are under consideration. The commission is to make a report In January. The state commissions in charge of studies of health insurance, old age pension and penal laws will also report early in the coming year as will that selected to recommend drafts for revision of the banking laws. The idea Is to codify laws re lative to these various subjects. Big Conference—Tho Stute Coun cil of National Defense, American Red Cross, the Children's Aid So ciety, the Public Charities Associa tion, State Medical Society and mothers' assistance, juvenile court and various state officers will speak at the conference on ways and means to care for children made orphans by Influenza, which Is to be held at the Capitol on Tuesday. The meet ing has been called by Acting Com missioner of Health B. F. Royer. Institute to Begin—State farmers' institutes which have been held throughout Pennsylvania for more than twenty years will be resumed coming winter on Monday. When tho list of places was made up it was feared that Influenza might interfere with some of the meet ngs but there are stated at the Capitol to be no restrictions which will prevent sessions starting. The institutes will last, except for an in termission at the Christmas holi days until March 1. Returns Next Friday—The returns or the election commissioners to the various camps and stations will bo opened by the courts and return judges of tho various districts where the(soldiers reside next Friday. Thl is the day fixed by the old act of P "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" |j 1 STYLE HEADQUARTERS if I gotirttj ffiranfl qltotljra Bre | | Your Clothes I Satisfaction 1 THAT'S what we're more particular | about than anything else. il I I And so we do everything we |j can to satisfy our customers by I haying the best styles, the most de sirable fabrics, finest possible tail oring and by giving full value. / That's why we sell I WiW PtrVj Ifrnj fill* ' Society Brand Clothes These are the clothes that will satisfy the most critical judge of good clothes. No better or more stylish gl clothes are made. They are guaranteed to give you complete satisfaction.. You take no chances whatever when you buy them. 304 Market Street Harrisburg, Pa. Don't Miss the Overcoat Fair J •- * ■ NOVEMBER 16, 1918. 18G4 under which the commission ers were named hnd has resulted In the official count being held up until that date. This date was fixed :JO that all commissioners would have time to report. The copies of returns filed here will bo certified to counties only upon demand. May Raise Ran —State Department of Agriculture officials believe that there will be some modification of the regulations relative to Imports of cherry and peach trees Into Penn sylvania as tho result of conferences held this week. In a number of lo calities plans for planting fruit trees have been held up owing to the restrictions Imposed because of fear of dangerous moths. noard to Meet. According to what hns been heard at the Capitol a meeting of the "War Board" as the defense commission Is known, may be held some time In tho next ten days to make appropriations und discuss the making of the history of the war. Nothing developed here to-day re garding the plan to have Governor Brumbaugh chosen as the historian. The State Historical Commission has already begun work along the line and the matter will likely be dis cussed at. a joint conference. Cone fioea Over. The hearing in the complaint launched by the Kish acoqullllas Volley Railroad against Jitney operators in the Juniata Val ley has been postponed by the Pub lic Service Commission until a later date. Nearvllle Water Case. The com plaint of the borough of Newvtlle against the water company of that filace which has been before the Pub ic Service Commission for some tlmo is listed for final argument next Mon day. It Involves fire hydrants. Interest In Surrey. Other state governments have sent here for copies of the survey of opportunities for disabled soldiers made by S. S. Riddle for the State Department of Labor and Industry. It embraces tho work Canada has launched and de tailed reports of the openings for dis abled Boldlers in Pennsylvania. To Hear Objections. The Public Service Commission has fixed Monday for the hearing on the proposed sys tem of uniform accounting by electric companies operating in Pennsylvania. This was prepared by the Bureau of Accounts and the Pennsylvania Elec tric Association has entered some criticisms upon which argument will be heard. No Jurisdiction. —The State Work men's Compensation Board In an opinion by Chairman Harry A. Mackey haß disallowed compensation uwarded to Charles Burke against the Aspromet Company, which had a con tract for an aircraft building- at League Island navy yard and In whoso service Burke was hurt. The question Is one of territorial Juris diction and as the navy yard prop erty is not a part of the state nor subject to Its laws no award of com pensation can be made. Did Not Cost Much —Albert Oad idis, prohibition candidate for Con gress-at-large, to-day filed a state- inent showing expenditures 01 I■< than fifty dollars. Made Adjutant—WUtam B. Echo field, Frankfort, Philadelphia, wa* to-day appointed first lieutenant and battalion adjutant of the Fin* In fantry, Reserve Militia. Calendars Consolidated —The cal endars of the Board of Pardons tor October and November have bead consolidated for the November hear- . lngs on November 20. There art twenty-two eases on the October list und twelve on November, with 4 number of applications for rehear ings and cases held under advise ment. Complaint Filed The Mount Union Tanning and Extract Com pany, of Mount Union, to-day filed complaint with the Publlo Servloe Commission against tho new rated of the Raystown Water Power Com pany, alleging that the changes arf in violation of an agreement whereby the complainant company was to have certain prices in return tot permitting the electric company to occupy land with poles and wires. Complaint was filed against service , of the Allison Park Water Company and the Lewtsburg, Milton and Wat* sontown Railway Company com plained against Jltneymen running without state certificates. Watching Outbreaks — Stats Health Department officials to-day asked medical officers for information re garding reported recurrences of In fluenza In Lancaster, Montgomery and other counties and will take up the measures needed with local health boards. Governor Urges Gettysburg's Day Governor Brumbaugh to-day Issued this statement: "To the People of Pennsylvania: "November 19, 1918, Is the 55th An niversary of the Gettysburg Mem orial Service at which President Lin coln delivered his address that, fresh from his sincere, spotless soul, has been and will be cherished by all right-ordered minds forever. I urga that all our papers carry this address, that in all schools It l>e recited and that In all places where men may gather on that day reference to It' be made. In this day of national unity and in International unity It Is especially fitting that wei recall ths heroic character and matchless utter ance of our greatest American — Abraham Lincoln." BAND IN YORK PARADE New Cnmlbcrlnnd, Pa., Nov. 16— The New Cumberland Band partici pated in the parade at York to-day. They played for a manufacturing company at Mount Wolf. Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv 7
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