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. .
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SATURDAY EVENTNQ
AMERICANS MAKE WAR ON
BOLSHEVIKI TO FREE SIBERIA
AND SAVE RUSSIAN PEOPLE
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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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as Mustard
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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
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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.
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