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WOMEN PLAN
NATIONAL UNION
TO PUSH CAUSE
14 .
Suffragists Begin Jubilee Con
,'* vention at St. Louis
Monday
>•
tiy Associated Press
;+ St. Louis, March 22.—The orgali
gation of a union of national scope
which will unite the women of the
oountry for effective action in carry
ing out legislative programs in the
thterests of women will be the Im
portant work of the jubilee conven
tion of the National Women's Suf
frage convention which opens here
Jlonday. ■
• This announcement is made by
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, presi
dent who has arrived with the van
guard of the convention.
i, Mrs. Catt bitterly denounced Unit
ed States Senator James A. Reed,
tor his opposition to the proposed
League of Nations.
. "Senator Reed's opposition to the
league is a strong argument that it
Will and should be adopted," she
snid.
, Others who denounced Reed were
Anna Howard Shaw and Miss Mary |
(jarrett Hay, second vice-president
of the association.
INSURANCE WILL
COVER CLUB LOSS
[Continued from Hirst Page.]
hours. All of the walls and sev
eral chimneys remain standing.
Second Destructive Fire
' . This is the second destructive fire
that has swept the building of the
organization within past five years.
The erection of the building which
was burned last night, was started in
1915 after the Lucknow structure
had been destroyed some months be
fore.
The blaze is believed to have orig
inated on the second floor and soon
spread to other sections of the build
ing, fanned by the fast moving south
west gale. The Camp Curtin fire
company which arrived on the scene
a short lime after notified of the
tfre, was considerably handicapped
in its efforts to quench the flames,
which had assumed considerable pro
portions when it arrived, because of
the distance the building is
located from fire hydrants. The dis
tance was so great that no lines
could be strung by the firemen, and
I bey had to depend upon chemicals
alone.
Much of the funishings of the
first ilnor were saved by the persons
in charge of it at the time, by mem
bers of the fire companies who were
unable to assist with the chemicals
and by members of the organization
who arrived within a short time after
learning of the fire. Rugs, athletic
equipment furniture and a large
share of valuable trophies are among
the articles that were saved from de
struction.
Much consternation was cftused
among members to-day over the loss
>f their golf clubs and other personal
property. Many of the clubs burned
were treasured for years and cannot
•m replaced.
Officials of the club who arrived on
he scene shortly after the fire was
discovered and who made an Investi
gation, are positive that defective wir
ng is responsible for the flames.
A short circuit resulted and set
'lames to surrounding material. The
iames, when discovered, were fast ;
l timing along the flooring of the second j
tpor. adjoining the rooms containing j
he shower baths.
Tl:e blaze was discovered liy Albert
"rossard. an employe, and he at once
ot in communication with members
•f the organization in this city. Police
'fficials were soon notified and the
| 'amp Curtin Fire Company sent to the
cene. A number of Country Club mem
bers started to the fire themselves.
The structure was a mass of flames
hen the fire company and the members
rrived there in high-power automobiles,
ncl it was at once seen that there was
' tile possibility of saving the building,
i the efforts of most were bent on
ilvage work.
Hugs, furniture, many golf clubs, tro
■ ties and other athletic material on
le first floor, were practically all got
n out. Everything contained in the
i-kers on the second floor together
ith the furnishings, were entirely con
imed.
Golf equipment, including clothing,
übs. etc., were burned. These were
•■•actically all personal property, and
■any prominent Harrlsburgers were
' sers. The greater portion of this per
inal property was uninsured. It is
i npossible to estimate the loss.
The fire was quite complete in its
■ ,'Structlve work. Not a particle of
imbustible material was unhurned and
te only portion of the structure re
gaining in position nre the walls and
'te chimneys. Anil even the limestone
■ed to construct the walls, is believed
• have been made entirely unfit for
trther use.
The cellar of the building contains
considerable quantity of coal, which
as fired by the flames.. Thus far. it
' is been impossible to outen this and
•day a large portion of it is burning
i nd in a red hot condition.
In addition to Mr. Fussard, his wife, I
'imory Fussard, chef, and two other
mployes were in the building at the
me. The golf professional. George
ihnson. was not in the building. All
' is equipment except a few pieces
• as ltist."
E. S. Herman, president of the
■ iuh. 'Whs' Pith' of' the' first members
• nthe ground. Re-building plans
l ad not -been* considered' late to-day.
our Warships at
Jamaica; Destroyers
and Subs at San Juan
Hy Associated Press
Kingston, Jamaica, March 22.
' nited States warships. Supply, Sol
■e, Palmer and Allegheny arrived
'•ere yesterday from Guantanamo to
-.ke on supplies. Five seaplanes
'.'so arrived from Guantanamo and
Vie monitor Shawmut was expected
st night. The American seamen
" ere given a cordial reception by
'•e citizens. The vessels are ex
■ rcted to leave for the Canal Zone
•' i Tuesday.
San Juan, Porto Rico, March 22.
J -Eleven United States torpedo boat
! istroyers, seven submarines and a
• other ship arrived here yesterday.
WKEK'K FINAL BOND PRICES
By Associated Press
New York, March 22. Final
•rices on Liberty Ronds ' to-day
ere: S'-s. 99.10: first 4s, 94.30*;
•cond 4s, 93.66; first 4Vis. 94.34:
tcond 4 '•s, 93.66; third 4V*s, 95.04;
iurth 4 Vis, 93.70.
SATURDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH <• MARCH 22, 1919. :Tr^
MAY SEND THREE
POLISH DIVISIONS
TO AIDAT HOME
j Powers Consider Transfer of
] Reinforcements by Way
of Danzig
| Paris, March 22.— -The council of
I' the powers yesterday considered the
question of sending three Polish
divisions now in France to Poland
jby way of Danzig.
| The delegates of neutral nations
on the question of the League of Na
tions concluded their, presentation' of
views to the League of Nations eom
mitee yesterday. About thirty-five
amendments to the league covenant
were proposed, mainly textual and
formal. All these amendments were
considered at the league commls
•n meeting to-day, sitting under
the presidency of President Wilson.
The Japanese delegates informed
the league commission tha. their
amendment on racial equali!" would j
be renewed in modified form. This
will omit reference to "rrciai dls
crimination" and provide fur "equal I
and just treatment." This, it is said,
may further he modified to "just!
treatment." but the Australians are!
declared still to object to this modi- j
tied form.
NEW COURTHOUSE
IS RECOMMENDED
[Continued from First Page.]
the installation of a modern system I
of plumbing, including baths, wash- I
stands and toilets. We observed that:
tiiose in existence now have been re
paired so many times as to be un- j
sanitary and thoroughly inadequate I
for the present day needs of the in- j
stitution. •
"We also recommend the erection
of a county hospital for contageousl
diseases, and as an economical meas-i
uro to house the county's insane,;
thereby saving the large amount of i
money now paid for the mainten- |
ance of insane in other institutions. !
It is our thought that the suggested!
hospital take the place of the un
sanitary and obsolete shack now used
for contagious diseases, at the coun
ty farm.
"We visited the county jail and
found everything in good order and
commend the warden and his assist- i
ants for its excellent care and keep.
We suggest, however, that the proper;
authorities make the necessary!
change to the county jail for the
purpose of taking care of contagious]
diseases among the prisoners until 1
the recommendation hereinbefore!
made concerning the erection of a
county hospital for contagcous dis- ]
eases is carried out.
"Wo further recommend the re
moval of tlie county prison from the
center of the city to the county farm
or some other suitable location.
"We approve and recommend the
early erection of a joint city pud
county public building for offices, j
courts and storage of .valuable city;
and county records, on the ground j
of safety, necessity, concentration,'
health and economy.
"We further suggest that the
proper authorities renovate the
Grand Jury room, as well as the]
court rooms in the present court- I
house, temporarily until a new build
ing be erected."
114 True Hills Founil
During the week of 128 bills present- I
ed to the grand jury fourteen were I
ignored and 114 were returned to
court indicting defendants.
During the morning session in |
Courtroom No. 1. Joseph D. Brenner, i
who conducting a junk warehouse in '
Middletown. which burned last Hep- j
tember, was convicted on a charge'
of false pretense, when it was al- |
leged he gave checks for $2332 to j
pay for carloads of junk, but did not ]
have sufficient funds to meet the
vouchers when they were presented.
Samuel Shapiro, indicted with him,
was acquitted.
Lawrence Brown and Hammond I
Gregory, two of three defendants j
• barged with attacking and robbing ]
R. W. Lerch, of Highspire, were con- j
victed. Theodore Martin, indicted |
with thgm, was acquitted.
In Courtroom No. 2 before Judge !
|A. W. Johnson. Adeline Knode, |
charged with libel by Bertha Bretz, |
was on trial. Other cases which have !
| been disposed of follow: George Edel- j
blute, felonious entry, six months; '
Charles White, Clarence Smith, Ida j
Bell Young, $5O fine and costs: Viola i
Green, eight months; Joseph Red, ]
seven months; Clarence Jones, Sam- i
tiel Cutcheon, larceny, sixty days: !
Charles White, Clarence Smith, lar- |
ceny, three months; C. L. Martin, lar- (
ceny, six months; Willie West, lar- ]
ceny, four months.
Compensation Amendments
Up Before Legislature
While the darfts of the proposed
While the drafts of the proposed
tion code are before the Governor
and Attorney General for theif final
determination and are subject to
change it is understood that the State j
administration is favorable to the
contention of the miners and other '
organized labor that there should be ]
an increase in the rate of compensa
tion and a change in the "waiting
period," from flftcpn to seven days.
The miners while here last month
urged seventy per cent compensation
against fifty per cent of the weekly
wage as the present rate. Capitol
gossip is that the new hill will be
either sixty or sixty-five. Compen
sation. however, is not to exceed $l3
a week, art'advance of $3. It is un
derstood that conferences have been
[ had with labor leaders and that while
some want to put In their own bill
others are disposed to accept what
Chairman Harry A. Mackey hps
drawn up for the consideration of the
Governor.
one of the changes under discus
sion is the schedule of payments for
multl+ation and disfigurements, for
which the -qjineis have strongly con
tended. A Bill, already in provides]
for medical attention for thirty .days
instead of fifteen and this is also
said to bo favored by compensation
officials. Wider powers for the State
Board to fix rates are understood
to be Included, although there is a
difference of opinion on this point. •
o'Leary Jury Was
Locked Up For Night
New York, March 22.— The jury
which heard the case of Jeremiah
A. O'Leary. charged with violation
of the espionage act. had failed to
reach a verdict at 11' o'clock las'
night ater 11 hours' deliberation,
and was locked up for the night.
'The jurors had not communicated
with the court even to ask for in
structions until they requested per
mission to suspend until morning
further discussion of the case.
Only Walls Stand at Country Club After Disastrous Midnight Fire
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Baking Merger Is
Headed by Schmidt
"Papers were filed here today for
the merger of the Capital City Bak
ing Company of Harrisburg and the
Hazlcton Baking Company, under
tlie name of the former and with a
capital of $530,000. Bernard
Schmidt, of this city, is the presi
dent.
The State Capital Savings anil
Loan Association, of this city, has
filed notice of an authorized in
crease of its capital stock from
$lO,OOO to $20,000.
April will be a big month I'or loeal
cases before the Ptlbllc Service Com
mission, as on April 2 the complaints
against the waiter service in the
Progress-Penbrook district will he
heard and the West Shore-Valley
Railways cases on Apri 9. A de
cision is also looked for in the Har
risburg Railways complaint.
George G. i latter, ol' Millershurg,
has been named as executive man
ager of the State Highway Depart
ment. He litis been office manager.
Mr. Hatter is a Gettysburg College
graduftto and served in Pennsylvania
railroad work before entering the
State Highway Department in 1913.
He will he in charge of the newly
created management division.
Five general bids I'or construction
of the administration building at
Reading Armi' were opened at the
office of the State Armory Board
and will be acted upon Tuesday.
The Beard Construction Company,
Reading, bid low on brownstone
construction at $29,400 and C. H.
Schlegel, Mount I'enn, low on shale
brick tit $26,929. E. A. Wehr,
Pittsburgh, bid low on the drill shed
at Tyrone Armory at $55,888 and
f". D. Beyer, Tyrone, was next at
$178,250. Wehr bid $2,700 on re
pairs and Beyer $1,750.
1 lie Adjutant General's (itlict l uns
informed to-day that the Missouri is
bringing: two soldiers for Philadel
phia, eight for Pittsburgh and 13
for tlie State at large; the Kroon
land 12 for Philadelphia, 10 for
Pittsburgh and nine for the State
at large .and the Kuropa 182 for the
State at large.
TO ADVKRTISg PITY
Ten thousund booklets setting forth
the advantages of Harrisburg will be
distributed, it was planned at a meet
ing of the public committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday. It was
also decided to place handsome road
markers, on highways leading into this
city from points in Central Pennsly
vtut la.
K\V YORK CI'RII STOCKS
Following prices supplied by How
ard A. Riley and Co., Stock Brokers,
212 North Third street, HSrrisburg;
band Title Building, Philadelphia; 20
Broad street. New York:
INDUSTRIALS
Last Sale
Hupp Mo 814
Keystone Tire 84%
United Profit 114
Wright ........ 4
Am. Marconi 444
Genl. Asphalt 6714
Inter Con. Rub 18*4
No. Am. Pulp " 514
Submarine • . .' 13%
U. S. Ship 214
INDEPENDENT OILS
''Last Sale
BarneJt • 14
Cosden 8
Federal 244
Inter Pet 21%
Met. I'et. 3 : 54
Okmulgee ...... 1%
Northwest 50
Sinclair G 40%
Boston and Wyo ........ 36
Elk Basin 614
Glenrock 4 14
Island '.714
Merritt . 3114
Midwest I*4
Omar 60
Sapulpa 7%
MINING
Last Sale
Atlanta 5
Big Ledge ..... 7-16
Cresson 4 %
Gal. and .Jerome 7-16
Canada 1%
Goldfleld Con 18
Jerome ..... %
Mother Lode 37
Rescue 8
Tonopali Mid 33
Tonopah Mid 33
Tonopali Ex 2
White Caps 14
Boston and Montana .... 52
Caledonia 32
Cash Boy 13
Hecla ,4%
Jumbo Ex 13
West End 1 1-16
CHICAGO CATTLE
Associated J'rcss
ChleOKO, March 22. (U. S. Bureau
of Markets). Hogs Receipts,
'4.000; market steady to 10c higher
than yesterday's general trade. Bulk
of sales, $1 9,60® 19.80; heavy weight,
$ 19.75© 111,85; medium weight. $19.6010
19.85; light weight, $19.10® 19.75;
light* J17.50® 19.00; sows. $17.25®
19.10; pigs. $16.75® 17.50.
Cattle • Receipts, 1.000; compared
with a week ago, beef steers 50c to
$l.OO lower; bulk of decline on cattle
from $15.00 to $18.00; choice sin- stock
25c to 50c lower; all other grades 50c
to 75c lower; host weight feeders
steady; others mostly 25c lower;,veal
calves $l.OO to $1.25 lower.
Sheep Receipts, 2,000; compared
Willi a week ago, good and choice
wool lambs and yearlings 50c to 75c
higher; good wethers mostly $l.OO
higher, fat ewes 50c higher; medium
killing and feeder classes 25c to 50c
higher; short stack steady to strong.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
liy Associated Press
Chicago. March 22. —.Board of Trade
closing:
Coin —May, 1,4554; July, 13714.
Gats May. 67 14; July, 60%.
Pork—May, 45.25; July, 42.37.
Lard—May, 28.15; July, 27.55.
Ribs—May. 25.17; July, 21.02.
SOLOMON WASHINGTON
HAS AN EVENING SHOCK
Solomon Washington, handy man at
Ford. Moesloin's hotel at Sixth and i
Vcrbeke streets, was resting easily in!
a chair in the barroom last night,! <
win n his reflections were rather rude-•
ly broken into by two policemen, who!
appeared in the place as if by magic,],
put the handcuffs on him and hustled]
him away for investigation. Later,
the man with the wonderful name te-;
turned to the hotel. The arrest had]
been a mistake, he said. As soon as i
the bluecoats appeared and took!
"Solly" avay the hotel employes were
'certain an error had been made.
"He never harmed anybody and I
wouldn't," said one. "I've seeii him ]
abused by unreasonable men. called i
all sorts of names and still keep his]
temper and good nature," said an- ]
other.
It was a few minutes after 10
o'elnck when the guardians of the law •
entered tin- hotel.
"Where's Solly?" asked one of the
bartender.
"There he sits," was the answer, as
the dispenser of drinks pointed to the
porter almost asleep and certainly
'Tree Butchers" Are
Hacking Trees to Pieces
in Many Parts of City
Numerous complaints are being
made of the work of "tree butch
ers" in the Allison Hill district of
the city.
The spring season has brought
out a number of "trimmers" who
know no more about pruning than
they do of deep sea navigation.
Tree limbs four to six inches in
diameter have been sawed off and
mere stumps have been left of some
of the most graceful trees in the
eastern section of the city.
Park Commissioner E. Z. Gross,
who has authority in the matter,
has done absolutely nothing either
to promote proper care of the trees
of the city or to prevent them from
being hacked to pieces. Council
will be asked shortly to take some
i steps in the matter.
N. A. \\ V 1.31 EH CELEBRATES
HIS 7NTH BIRTHDAY
Friends of X. A. Walmer are to-day
] congratulating him on the occasion
of his 7Stli birthday. Mr. Walmer is
very widely known in Harrisburg.
He is a past commander of Post 58.
G. A. R.. and served as a private in
Company D. 127 th Pennsylvania Vol
unteer Infantry during the Civil War.
He operates a leather goods store at
24 South Third street and lives at
115 South Fifteenth street.
AFTXA-ESSICK N (>TKS
William S. Essiek representing the
Aetna-Essick offices for many lines
of insurance, especially automobile,
insurance, has a very attractive
booth at the Automobile Show and
attracts visitors by the use of nov
elties and other advertising matter.
He has on his counter, under
glass, what is supposed to be a
German cootie. It. however, is noth
ing more nor less than the Pussy
willow blossom fixed up with legs
1 and tail so that it really has the ap
pearance of one of those pestiferous
insects. The remarks made by pas
sersby are sometimes quite'amusing,
they run Like this:
"Why 1 didn't know they were so
big."
"Gee, no wonder they bite."
"Where do you get them ?"
"It has feet and everything."
"See it's tail!"
"Why don't you charge admis
sion."
"Did you get it out of a German
helmet?"
(Colored fellow) "I ain't goin' to
touch dat, gentlemen; 1 know what
he is."
"U-o-o-d night, it wouldn't take
many to cover a follow."
"1 should say, excuse me."
"You could take a fly swatter to
kill them."
"Can It crawl?"
Conundrum
What is the difference between a
cootie and a flea?
Answer: The cootie had military
training.
II •
With Choir and
William it. Stoneslfer, organist of
Grace Methodist Church, will give the
Lenten organ recital at St. Stephens'
Episcopal Church tjiis evening at 5
o'clock, with Mrs. Robert B. Reeves,
contralto soloist of Grace Church,-as
the vocal soloist. Next Saturday
evening the organist will be the new
organist and choirmaster of St. Pat
rick's Cathedral. Joseph IJ. Brodeur,
the splendid musician who came into
Harrisburg music circles last Octo
ber. Mr. Brodeur has arranged a
program Including works of* Bach.
Widor, Tsehaikowsky, Tours and oth
er noted organ writers.
Next Saturday Frank A. McCar
rell, organist of Pine Street Presby
terian Church, is to play in St. James
Episcopal Church. I-ancaster, and the
following Thursday evening is sched
uled to give a recital in Messiah Lu
tfieran Church with Mrs. Roy G. Cox,
soprano, as the vocal soloist.
The song and ballad recital Riven
bv William H. Hoyer in Fahnestock
I Tali on Thursday evening brought
together three city musicians of
promise, Mv- Hoyer, ,1. I"). Whitman,
violinist, and J. Stewart Black, pian
ist. The program proved of interest
anything hut belligerent or afraid of
coming arrest.
"Is that the man?" the policeman
asked of a tall, thin man who just
came in.
"That's him."
The policeman, who just then wis
joined by another who came through
a rear door, clapped tiie handcuffs on
Washington, first feeling through his
clothing to see whether he had any
thing on his person of an anti-Wash
ington character, and whisked away.
It appears that the man who accus
ed Washington had been held up In
the vicinity of the hotel and he con
cluded the colored porter was his as
sailant, or one of them. But he
wasn't.
"He hasn't been out of the place all
evening," the proprietor said. "He
was out of the room once." said the
bartender. "That was when I asked
him to go downstairs and tap a fresh
one." Washington was the must sur
prised man in Harrisburg when the
policeman walked up to him to arrest
him. lie was so greatly surprised that
he didn't have breath enough left to
I put up an argument.
Two Plead Guilty
to Stealing $69,500
in Liberty Bonds
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, March 22.—Two
young men, Will'ani Kiley and Louis
Merriam, pleaded guilty in criminal
[ court here to stealing $69,500 worth
I of Liberty bonds from a trust, com
pany, and were given until next
Wednesday to aid in the recovery of
I $53,000 worth of the bonds still
i missing. The court said the attitude
I of the young men toward the recov
i ery of the missing bonds will he con
sidered when they are sentenced
j next week.
Joseph Mooney, a contractor,
, from whom $16,500 of the stolen
I bonds were recovered, was held in
] hail for trial charged with receiving
I stolen goods. He said one of the
[ young men brought the bonds to
, him to sell.
Sent Black Hand Letters
to Get Color For Scenario
Trenton. N. J„ March 22. Al
leging that he was seeking "loeal
color" and wanted "close-ups" of
: how Government detectives worked,
] in order to write a scenario which
would be his masterpiece, J. Ray
, niond O'Connor, a 19-year-old
j newspaper man. was arrested last
] night by pos'.office inspectors on
the charge that he had sent Black
I Hand letters to a number of Tren
-1 ton millionaires, including Colonel
Washington A. Rocbling, of the John
jA. TloeblinK's Sons* Company,
j bridge and cable builders, threaten
: ing their lives, the death of the
members of their families and tlie
destruction of their homes, unless
j they sent him sums ranging from
$l,BOO to $5,000. O'Connor confessed
that he had sent the letters, but
that he did not intend to take any
money. He was released under $2 -
j 500 bail.
Radio Phone Installed
For Montreal Brokers
Montrenl, March 22.—Wireless tel
ephone instruments are being in
stalled in the offices of the Montreal
board of trade lo enable brokers to
talk with Kingston, Ottawa, Three
Rivers and Quebec.
It is expected here that ultimately
conversation will take place between
the board of trade and the Marconi
station In Ireland.
ItIXItVITI.XG OFFICE I'D
AID MEN GET HO MS
Officials in charge of the Harrisburg
Recruiting Station are planning to
give*aid to discharged soldiers in se
curing the sou bonus payable to dis
charged soldiers. Numerous requests
for "true copies" of their discharges
have been made by soldierH to the
officials, hut they explain that at
present they cannot make these
copies. •
Special blanks have been provided
for tile use of recruiting officials in
preparing these true copies, and as
soon as they are received, the local
men will he in a position to aid dis
charged men of this territory.
to the friends who assembled, the
singing of "Where'er You Walk,"
from Handel's serenata, "Semele," at
tracting the applause of singers fa
miliar with this engaging number.
No less interesting was the well
known "Carmio Ben," employed by
most of the big baritones in their
concert programs.
Ihe continued popularity of the
Gr ant iI til Mendelssohn aria, "But the
Lorn is Mindful of His Own," is shown
in its frequent use by leading choir
singers. Mrs. Robert B. Reeves is to
sing it at the organ recital in St
Stephen s Episcopal Church this even
ing. U is to be given also in Christ
Lutheran Church at the morning ser
vice to-morrow. With that other
glorious number. "O Rest in the
Lord, it is the delight of the consci
entious and ambitious contralto everv
where. '
*he organ music at the Regent
Theater during the week has been es
pecially good, it has added charm to
trie tplendid screen offerings at the
Magaro amusement place, in Market
Mrnet. Both Miss Merchant and Me-
Cc.rkle are making more than ordi
nary effort to have the music lit tic
stellar production of the dav and the
favorable comment heard proves their
success. %
Anthracite Operators Ask
Governor to Look at Books
Leading anthracite coal operators
yesterday made overtures to Gov
ernor William C. Sproul to submit
their liooks, reports and other data,
which, they declare, will show that
the proposed increases to take place
on May 1 are justified.
The Philadelphia Record says: |
"It was learned that the coal moguls!
favor a 'friendly' investigation, and I
that they are doing everything pos-;
sible to prevent a legislative in- \
quiry."
Although the Governor would add
nothing yesterday to the statement
ho made on Thursday in Philadel
phia, it was declared that the "one
way through which the coal opera
tors N can prevent an exhaustive
probe into the industry is to issue
orders suspending the schedule of
prices which are to go into effect on
May 1 and which have been de
nounced as unwarranted.
Several plans arc being considered
for getting at the bottom of the
coal situation in Pennsylvania.
Should the operators remain iirm
for their present plan, it is probable
a resolution will be introduced into
the legislature calling for the ap
pointment by the Governor of a
commission to investigate the coal
industry. A sufficient appropriation
would be carried by the measure to
pay expenses incident to the in
quiry.
It is believed that a decision will
be reached within a few days. Noth
ing will be done toward pushing a
resolution through the legislature
until "after the operators have been
given a reasonable time to discuss
the situation among themselves and
also with the Governor.
Final Session of City
Institute For Teachers
The final city institute for the cur
rent school year was held in the audi
torium of the Technical High school
last evening and this morning with
I)r. George D. Strayer, of Columbia
University, and Dr. W. Byron For
■ •tish. Swarthmore, as the speakers.
Dr. Strayer is also president of the
National' Educational Association.
At this morning's institute. Miss
Elizabeth Baker discussed the pro
gress the Woodruff salary raiser is
making in the Legislature. Reports
for the year were made by the various
committees appointed by Superinten
dent F. E. Downes.
Brother of Dead Soldier
Receives His War Medal
I/cliiglitoii. Pa., March 22.—Ed
ward H. Storm, of Leliighton, lias
received a gold medal from the War
Department, which had been award
ed to his deceased brother, George,
for volunteering to deliver a message
to front line trenches.
The brother was killed by Hun
bullets on his way back to his sta
tion.
Textile Workers'
Strike Is Settled
I'u.ssaic, N. J., March 22. The
strike of textile'workers which has
been in progress eight weeks in
volving 13,000 men and women and
which resulted in serious rioting
yesterday, was settled at a confer
once lust night.
Under the terms of settlement, as
announced by Matthew Pluhar,
strike leader, the strikers won union
recognition, which was one of the
chief points of contention, and also
were granted a reduction in the
working week from 55 to 4 8 hours.
They had demanded a 44-hour week.
Deaths and Funerals
MRS. KLVIXA RHOADS
Mrs. Elvina It bonds, widow of the
late William Rhoads, died yesterday
at the residence of George A. Dean,
957 flouth Twenty-first street. .She
is survived by two daughters. Mrs.
Thomas Dean, of this city, and Mrs.
Jess Lucey, of Illinois, ami two
grandchildren, Mrs. Gordon Smiley,
of this city, and Mrs. Mae Marshall,
of Chicago.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at 2 p. m. from the residence of
Mrs. Gordon Smiley, 2430 Reel
street. Burial will be in Paxtang
cemetery.
MISS GERTRUDE A. KOSER
| Miss Gertrude A. Koser died early
this morning at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Koser,
1630 1-2 North Fifth street, after a
brief illness. Funeral services will
be held Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, the Rev. A. M. Stamets,
pastor of the Augsburg Lutheran
church, officiating. Burial will be in
the Harrisburg cemetery. Miss Koser
was a member of the Augsburg
Lutheran church, and of Bethlehem
Star Chapter No. 24 5. She Is sur
vived by her parents, two brothers,
J. Harry, of Harrisburg, and Charles
F„ of Philadelphia, and a sister, Mrs.
G. AV. Wilde, Lansdalc..
WRETCHED.GREEKS GET 'HOME
Snioniki, March 22. Thousands
of Greeks who were deported dur
ing the war are returning to their
home in Eastern Macedonia in a
wretched condition because of the
failure of the Bulgarian government
to provide food and clothes for them,
according to a report made to the
American Red Cross by the officer
in charge of the organization's work
in Macedonia.
PERMIT ISSUED
A building permit was issued to
C. Frank Class for the erection of an
addition to the building in Mulberry
street, near Eighteenth, at a cost
of J6OO.
NEUTRALS WOULD
USE FORCE ONLY
IN LAST RESORT
Conference Discusses Article of Covenant League Which
Provides For Coercive Measures if States Break Faith
Paris, March 22. —Delegates to the
conference of neutrals devoted con
siderable time yesterday to the dis
cussion of the article of the League
of Nations covenant which provides
for coercive measures against a state
breaking relations with the league
without submitting its grievances to
the executive body of the league.
Amendments were prepared stip
ulating that force might used only
in case of necessity that it might
be brought to bear only after eco
nomic pressure had been insufficient.
VIENNA DESIRES
CHARLES TO GET
OUT OF COUNTRY
By Associated I'ress.
Copenhagen, March 22.—The
Vienna government lias once
more notified former Emperor
Charles that it is desirable that
he quit the country, but no pres
sure has been brought to bear to
force him to leave. It is declared
that the maintenance of a court
at Eckartsau, which it has been
said former Emperor Charles
would hold, is contrary to the
new constitution adopted by the
National Assembly. Some com
mentators insist that the former
Emperor convert his renunciation
of the throne last November into
an abdication for himself and
the house of Hapsburg.
MILLIONS FACE
STARVATION
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dog, cat, horse, camel or any other
living animal in the Igidir region.
Starving women are tearing the
flesh from the dead horses with
their bare hands in a frantic effort
to keep alive.
The allotment for Dauphin county
is $50,000 and for Harrisburg alone
$38,000. The committee, with
Charles W. Burtnett as county di
rector, and B. 1. Dascnt, field direc
tor, includes:
Mrs. E. J. Hockenbury, William
Jennings, Mrs. Gilbert Oullmcrry,
James E. Lentz, Mrs. A. Stamm,
Mrs. William Strouse, J. A. Aflleck,
David Kaufman, Edward Bailey. I).
E. Tracy, A. C. Stamm, E. A. llef
felfinger, E. K. Herman, W. P.
Starkey, Paul Johnston, W. T. Hild
rup, E. z. Wallower, Prank C.
Neely, E. J. Staclcpole, J. W. How
man, P. H. Gregory, Mrs. M. E. Olm
sted, Mrs. Lyman 1). Gilbert, Miss
Anne McCormick, Mrs. A. H. Del
linger, Mrs. A. K. Thomas, Mrs. W.
P. Starkey, Mrs. O. H. Hunter, John
Heathcote, the ♦Rev. Dr. Lewis S.
Mudge and 11. B. McCormick.
Explosion of Spraying
Tank Kills One Man
and Injures Companion
William Hartman, thirty years old,
of Yocumtown, was almost instantly
killed late yesterday when a tank
which was being used for spraying
fruit trees, for some unexplained rea
son, exploded. Harry Shupp, who
was aiding in the spraying opera
tion, is in a serious condition at the
Harrisburg Hospital as a result of
injuries suffered in the explosion.
The men were working in one of
the orchards on the L. E. Hartman
I and Son fruit farm at the time. Hart
man's head was crushed and his
right arm broken by the flying met
al. Shupp has a compound fracture
of the left arm, severe internal in
juries and bruises and lacerations of
the body.
The apparatus used in the work
was a huge tank operated by a gaso
line engine. At the time of the ex
plosion the tank contained a solu
tion of lime and sulphur. It Is be
lieved that the compounds reacted
in such a manner as to form an ex
pansive gas, which caused the ex
plosion.
County Commissioners Hear
Appeals From Middletown
County commissioners held a spe
cial session in Middletown to-day to
hear appeals from property owners
in the First ward of that borough.
Recently at the meeting scheduled
for Middletown it was found that
the assessor hud not sent out no
tices to owners in time and it was
necessary to fix a special date for
appeals.
Because of (he assessments in
Lower Paxton township, where the
assessor admitted he had not fixed
valuations as high a. 1 * they probably
should be. the commissioners direct
ed him to appear on Monday for a
revision of figures in the entire town
ship.
To-day valuations of coal lands
in Wiconisco, Williams and Lykcns
townships were furnished to M. E.
Stroup, local attorney for the Sus-
Iquehanna Collieries Company. Ap
peals from these will be heard
April 3.
Baker Has "No Interest" in
Charges of Major Foster
El Paso. Tex., March 22.—"Don't
read me any more of that —I have
no interest in it," Secretary Raker
declared emphatically last night at
the close of his speech on the
League of Nations when shown the
Associated Press report of Major
Dick B. Foster's Kansas City address
in which he charged the War Secre
tary of "intentionally or unintention
ally aiding and assisting the I. W. W.
International Socialists and human
itarians in their program of block
ing construction of the army."
ItORI) FAIRFAX ARRIVES
New York. March 22.—After
having landed 3,000 Canadian troops
at Halifax, the White Star steam
ship Baltic arrived here to-day from
Liverpool with 376 passengers, in
cluding Lord Fairfax, of Cameron.
Lord Fairfax was formerly Albert
Kirby Fairfax, member of a New
York and London financial firm.
RECOGNIZES LITHUANIANS
New York, March.22. A cable
message interpreted by the Lithuan
ian Nutionni Council here as mean
ing that Denmark, Sweden and
Switzerland have recognized the In
dependence of Lithuania was receiv
ed by that organization to-day.
and that small states might decline
to take warlike steps.
Lord Robert Cecil, who presided,
said that if small states were allowed
to refrain from military action, the
forces of other states should be given
permission to pass over their terri
tories.
Premier Venlzelos, of Greece, de
clared incidentally during the discus
sion that purely defensive alliance
would be allowed under the League
of Nations covenant.
The principle that armaments
should be reduced to a minimum was
recognized by the conference.
HARDING DENIES
HE GOT MONEY
TO PARDON BOY
lowa Governor Brands as
False Intimations of
Corruption
Des Moines, I owa, March 22.—•
Governor W. L. Harding, referring
to affidavits presented at yesterday's
session of the lowa House Judiciary
committee's investigation of the
Rathbun pardon case, branded as
"utterly preposterous" any intima-
I tions that he acted corruptly in
granting the pardon.
The Governor's statement was
| caused by an affidavit introduced as
evidence by Attorney General H. M.
Havner, in which William Rathbun,
father of tho pardoned youth, as
serted he gave $5,000 in currency to
his attorney, George Clark, with the
understanding that it was to go to
the Governor.
UNION FIGHT MAY
BRING ON STRIKE
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ducted a vigorous campaign to push
its organization in the steel towns.
To oppose this tendency the Beth-
I lehem, Midvale and Cambria com
panies have instituted a scheme of
! plant organization and are conduct
ing a vigorous campaign to enlist
their employes In this movement,
which involves outright repudiation
of the American Federation of
Labor.
T. F, Conbov, chief organizer of
the American Federation of Labor,
at Johnstown, says that officials of
the Cambria company have time and
again coerced and intimidated their
ignorant and foreign employes Into
signing up with the company or
ganization. David Williams, an or
ganizer at Allentown, brings the
same charges against the Bethlehem
officials.
"This policy," Mr. Morrison said
to-day, "is one that could not be
more effective in sowing the seeds
of Bolshevism if it wjre coldly cal
culated for that purpose. The most
dangerous I. W. W. and Bolshevikl
in this country are the reactionary
employers who, as in a number of
I Pennsylvania steel mills, are denying
their employes the right to organ
ize."
Secretary Morrison made a hurry
trip to Johnstown Sunday and ad
dressed three mass meetings of the
Cambria workmen, urging them to
keep their heads in a trying situa
] tion and not to attempt a strike at
i this time. It is known that, requests
from the Department of Labor were
partly responsible for his visit.
At Bethlehem unrest is increased
among the workers by the failure of
the Bethlehem Steel Company to
live up to the award of increased
wages for machine shop workers
made last summer by the War Labor
Board. The company has taken the
stand that the signing of the armis
tice abrogated its responsibility, al
| though the award was made soma
months before the conclusion of hos
tilities. A section of the War l.a.bor
Board is still working on the in
creased wage issue, and other points
at issue between the company and
the men.
Charges that employes dropped
by the Midvale plant at Coatesville
| are now being deported from that.
I city have caused the Department of
I Labor 1o dispatch a conciliator to
the scene with orders to collect full
I evidence of what is being done.
labor Accepts Challenge
j The sympathies of the Department.
of Labor are entirely with organ
| ized labor in its fight in Pennsylva
| nia. Assistant Secretar- of
' Louis Post regards unionization as
the most effective bar against the
spread of radical propaganda and
agrees with Morrison that the seeds
of Bolshevism are being scattered
right and left by those employers
who have set their faces against
organized labor.
In the meantime organized labor
in the steel towns lias accepted the
challenge of the employers. The
first stop in its program is to link
the organized employes of every
plant together. The machinists have
already coalesced into one head
quarters their organizations in Har
risburg, Steelton. Reading and Potts
town, and plans for similar cen
tralization are being formulated by
members of the Amalgamated As
sociation of Iron. Steel and Tin
Workers in Pennsylvania.
In Johnstown orders have been
given to take a test vote on the
question of n general strike, and it
is reported that the Cambria Com
pany is arming its guardß in prep
aration for trouble. Indications are,
i however, that, a strike will not ho
called at one plant until all are
in a position to support such a
move.
GIR ATtn COLLEGE ALUMNI
HOI,IIS MONTHLY MEETING
Fifteen graduates of Girard College,
Philadelphia, were present at the second
monthly meeting of the Central Penn
sylvania Alumni of the college, held
last evening. Joseph H. AVallazz, 'man
ager of R. O. Dun and Company's local
offices and widely known here, was thp
oldest alumnus present.
The Central Pennsylvania Alumni
of Girard College meets the third Fri
day of every month to renew old ac
quaintances. The alumni have no
officers, and pay no dues, and desire
every former student of the college to
attend the meetings at the Provident
Life and Trust Company, Kunkel
Ilqilding. Those present last night
wero: Frank R. Davis. Samuel Fitting,
William H. Fitting, Albert C. Hess
Louis G. Hosfield. Albert Hoy. Ray F.
Hoy, David Humes, H. E. King, R. if.
Richmond, Charles 10. Sparver, George
P. Tlllotson, Joseph H. Wallazz. all df
Harrisburg, Herbert C. Price, of licwlg.
town, and Albert Williams, of Lykens.