President Wilson Begins His Real Fight For Ratification Ft aty in Middle West [.XXXVIII— NO. 207 24 PAGES D, "iiAVrVZT'A, WILSON REACHES • REAL BEGINNING OF WESTERN FIGHT Takes Brief Respite Today With Only One Luncheon Address Scheduled; Sounds Keynote of His Appeal ASSAILS FOES OF TREATY AND DEFENDS JAPANESE ACTS By Associated rrcss. St. Louis, Sept. s.—President Wil son reached to-day the real begin ning of his western speaking tour in the interests of the Peace Treaty, the start of his long swing around the circle of States west of the Mis sissippi. Having sounded the keynote of his appeal in addresses yesterday at Columbus and Indianapolis, Mr. Wil son planned to take a brief respite from speech making to-day, before plunging into the arduous program that will carry him Into virtually every western State. Arriving in St. Louis early this morning, he arranged to sleep late on his special train and then to keep most of the day free. Early in the afternoon, however, he was at attend a luncheon at a down-town hotel, where it was ex pected he would make a brief talk on the Treaty and in the evening he was to speak at the Coliseum where in 1916 he was renominated for the Presidency. In Missouri the President found a situation as regards ratification of the Peace Treaty without an exact parallel in any other State. In the [Continued on Page 18.] Steel Workers Meeting to Discuss New Wages Cleveland, Sept. 5. John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers of America and other international officers, have estab lished headquarters here, prelimin ary to the opening of the two weeks' convention which begins next Tuesday. Mr. Lewis said the convention would devote its time largely to the consideration of the demand for a substantial increase in wages and the inauguration of a six-hour work day for the miners. Two thousand delegates representing 500,000 miners are expected to attend the convention. Committees on constitution, reso lutions and officers reports are en gaged in formulating the reports. Oysters Placed in City Markets at Same Prices Asked During Last Season The oysters are with us! These glad tidings were conveyed to-day by the first visitor to a local res taurant, who had looked upon the oyster sign and come forth with his circumference closely resembling the St. Mihiel salient before last Sep tember. Prices t ~e just about the same as last year, "ranging around 60 and 70 cents a quart, according to the proportions of the bivalves. These are the first shipments of oysters to reach this city and all true oys ter lovers arc girding up their loins in preparation for a frontal attack on the succulent dainty. Many fish markets were thronged this morn ing by people who had long awaited the opportunity to take away a few of the bashful animals, and a very few of the first arrivals were left at noon to-day. Steady shipments are promised the public from npw on, and stews, raw oysters, and the like will be the watchword for the next few months. BREWERS WAIT AWHILE New York, Sept. 5. ln order to ascertain the final form pending prohibition legislation will take, the general meeting of the brewers of Lhis country, arranged to take place in Atlantic City on September 18 and 19, by the United States Brewers' Association, has been post poned to November 20 and 21, it was announced here to-day by Hugh F. Fox, secretary of the association. I THE WEATHER] Harrlnburg anit Vicinity! Fair to night nntl Saturday. Not much change lit temperature, lowest to-night about 5(1 degrees. Eastern Pennsylvania. Knlr to night, slightly warmer In northeast portion. Saturday I'nlr. Gentle east and southeast winds, Itlver. The Susquehanna river nntl all Its branches will fall sluwly OI rental t stationary. A stage of about .1." feet Is lndl"nted for Harrlshurg Saturday morning. HARRISBURG Wmgm TELEGRAPH Girls of "Tenderloin" On "Inner Council" to Murder Hostages By Associated Press. Munich, Thursday, Sept. 4. At the concluding examination? of Bavarian communist leaders charged with having murdered hostages in this city last Febru ary, it was revealed lure to-day that the "inner council" of the communist government moved from Wittelsbacher palace to the Luitpold gymnasium the day that the alleged massacre of hostages occurred. Evidence adduced dur ing the day showed that this "inner council" included M. Ax elrod, a Russian radical; I-ewis Nissen and Dr. Max Levien, Ba varian communist leaders, and ten women from the Munich "tenderloin." The day's examination showed that the principal councillors were aware of the plan to kill the hostages and that several of them visited the victims in the cellar. When the hostages made complaints, according to the evi dence, they were blandly told: "You are done for, anyway." DISREGARD FOR LAW SHOWN BY WILSON SCORED Sherman Attacks Announce ment of Holding Interna tional Labor Conference Washington, Sept. s.—Presi dent Wilson's declaration in his address yesterday at Columbus, Ohio, that the international la bor conference provided for in the Peace Treaty would be held next month regardless of wheth er the Senate had ratified the Peace Treaty in the meantime was attacked in the Senate to day by Senator Sherman, Re publican, Illinois. Declaring the President's declaration indicates "con temptuous disregard" for the law, the Illinois Senator said: Impeached For Less "Public officials have been impeached for less flagrant vio lation of the law of our country than this." "Next month," said Senator Sherman, "we are notified, the Presi. dent proposes to assemble in this country the representatives cf various countries under the labor articles of a Treaty unratified by our country. It is his declared pur pose to convene on American soil, a meeting of alien governments with our own, regardless of whether the Treaty has become law of the Re public or not. Demagogical A,ct "Limiting the laborers of this country to the narrow definition of the President even, there is no land In which the demands of labor are so liberal and cared for as ours. This paragraph of the President's is too demagogical. It is an appeal to the lawless, a covert invitation to the ever-present dissatisfied they win mCnt ,0 dem *nd what Flaying With Fire The President has already nl-ivcd with fire brands sufficiently to have i of t * le danger. He has >oked himself up with revolution aries so frequently as to know he cannot check their mad race to the goal of lawlessness. His open de! claration Uiat he proposes to eon weH 6 Z? erlCa ," Soil ™"cals as well as others from foreign gov ernments is a proclamation of law lessness and eontehptuohs disregard of the United States Government Again we have one who declared I am the state.' Have the Ameri can people quit electing Presidents m s t PBU . n to p,eot Kings? Public officials have been impeached for loss flagrant vio'ation of the laws of their country than this." HERSIIEY SOLDIER IS DECORATED BY FRANCE 7Tie award of the Medaille Mill taire and a citation in the Ordres d'Armee is innounced by the local recruiting office to Sergeant Grovcr Sheckart. of Hershey. The presen tation of the medal will probably be made at the homecoming celebra tion to he staged for the Harris burg men the latter part of this month. ALL READY TO REPORT TREATY WITH CHANGES Four Reservations and Thirty- Eight Direct Amendments Are Proposed DOCTRINE INTERPRETED Withdrawal From the League and Domestic Questions Are Also Affected T>y Associa'irl Press. AVashlnglon. Sept. 5. Sen ator MoCumbcr, Republican. North Dakota, to-dny maile public aiul Inter discussed in the Senate the reservation to Article ten of the Ix-ague of Nations advocated by the. Republican Senators favoring less drastie reservations tlinn those adopted yesterday by the Foreign Rela tions Committee. It would merely define Uie limitations of Congress to undertake terri torial guarantees. Washington, Sept. 5. By non partisan action the Senate Foreign Re lations Committee late yesterday voted to report the peace treaty to the Senate with four reservations and thirty-eight direct amendments. Senator Shields. Democrat, of Ten nessee. aligned himself with the Repub lican majority on all but one reserva tion. while Senator McCumber, Repub lican, voted with the Democrats on the reservation on the withdrawal provi sion of the treaty and also against that touching upon Article X and XI. The four reservation written by Sen ator Lodge are as follows: By a vote of 9 to 7 the committee adopted a reservation regarding Article X providing that the United States "de clines to assume" any territorial obli gation or mandate without express reso lution of Congress. The Monroe Doctrine reservation adopted 11 to 6, declares the United States shall be its interpreter. By the same vote the committee adopted the resolution providing that tariff, immi gration and similar domestic and politi cal affairs of the United States shall be determined by that nation alone with out intervention of the league. The withdrawal reservation was adopted by a vote of 9 to 8. and pro vides that the United States reserves the right under the provisions of the treaty to withdraw from the league. The reservations were incorporated in a resolution of ratification which will be the vehicle for disposition of the treaty by the Senate. After adoption of four reservations the committee ordered the treaty re ported to the Senate. A record vote was not taken. Amendments Adopted Before The thirty-eight amendments are thoße adopted earlier by the majority of the committee. In effect there are but four of them, for thirty-five touch upon the same point. These four are: 1. To give the United States six votes in the League Council nnd Assembly instead of one to equal ize the voting strength of this coun try with that of Great Britain. This was offered by Senator John son, of California. 2. To exclude the United States from participation In the various commissions created under the League of Nations, excepting upon the reparations commission, which will deal with the indemnities Ger many must pay. 3. The Shantung amendments, of fered by Senator Lodge, to restore the former German privileges of the Shantung peninsula to China, Instead of giving them to Japan. 4. An amendment, offered by Senator Moses, of New Hampshire, to prevent nations Interested In any controversy coming before the lea gue Council from taking part in their consideration or settlement. School Board Meets to Study Conditions in Junior High Schools Action may be taken late this af ternoon at the regular School Board meeting on the assignment of pupils to the Junior High Schools. Under the present arrangement about 500 pupils in the seventh and . eighth grades in the central and southern sections of the city are not attend ing the new schools, but have re sumed studies in the grade build ings. Because of this arrangement which bars about 500 boys and girls from the advantages of the new schools there has been opposition and members of the Board plan to discuss the situation at to-day's ses sion. A number of suggestions for changes in the present assignment of pupils in the seventh and eighth grades have been made and it is ex pected all of these are to be con sidered. Dr. F. E. Downes, city school superintendent, submitted a report on the junior school situation at the meeting this afternoon. KILLED BY BANDITS Nogales, Ariz., Sept. 5. A. P. Hennessey, an American truck driver, formerly employed In \he Immigration service at Nogalea, and four Mexican Federal soldiers acting as escort to a truck operated by the San Xavier Mining Company were killed by Yaquis Tuesday, ac cording to reliable information re ceived by forwarding agents of the Tjiughiin Mining Company here yes terday. The information came from Miguel Lopez, Federal judge at La Cororada. The Indians attacked a truck carrying powder and supplies to the San Xavier mine, according to the message. IS DIE IN WRECK Fj, Associated Press. Pnrls, Sept. s.—Thirteen persons were killed and forty injured In a collision between two trains near Toulouse this morning. olar-3W>epcni>cfit. HARRISBURG. PA. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1919, Petition For Extra Hour of Sunshine MANY persons who are anxious to have the present system of daylight saving continued next year and who may not have tho opportur.-ity of signing the regular petitions urging Council to take such action as will provide an extra hour of daylight, are requested to sign the statement below and mail it to this office, care of the Editorial Department: "I, the undersigned, do hereby heartily endorse the Harrisburg Telegraph's movement for the. continuation of the Daylight-Saving system in Harrisburg, and I earnestly petition- the members of City Council and the Mayor to take such action as will give next year the extra hour of daylight. I also petition Congress to reconsider its action in repealing this highly commendable law." Name Address CAPITOL PARK PLANS GET CONSIDERATION Return of Governor Sproul Gives Impetus to Big Improve ment Project; City Ready to Go Ahead Governor Sproul having returned from the West is now giv ing his attention to certain official matters which were held in abeyance until his return from the conference of Governors at Salt Lake City. Among other things he will give immediate con sideration to the plans for the Capitol Park development, espe cially as they affect the widening of Third and Walnut streets. These highways are much cou-C gested and the city authorities are anxious that the work shall pro ceed without delay. Arnold \V. Brunner, architect of the Capitol scheme of treatment, expressed some doubt on his last visit as to the wisdom of the street changes proposed until work was started on the extension section of the park. It is believed now, however, that the removal of the sidewalk along Capitol Park in Walnut and Thii-d streets and the extension of the street paving to the present park lines need not be held up. City Is Ready City Commissioner Lynch said to day that his department could ce gin work on the widening of thj streets within a week and the in creasing congestion makes him anx ious to undertake the work as soon as possible. Under an ordinance passed by City Council last Decem ber it is provided that in Third street, from Locust to North, and in Walnut street, from Third to Fourth, the sidewalks shall be six teen feet wide. This would leave a clear highway width of forty-eight feet on both streets. The sidewalk on the west side of Third street will be sixteen feet except in front of the post office, where it will remain fifteen feet as at present. There will be sixteen and one-half feet on either side of the double tracks of the Harrisburg Railways Com pany in both streets. This will pro vide space for the passing of an automobile between a street car on either track and an automobile standing along the curb on either side of the street. The plans of City Engineer Cowden also provide for the elimination of the serious angle in Third street at South, which will bo replaced by a long curve above and below South street. The ordinance of last December provides for the changes in Third street and another ordinance passed last March covers the proposed changes in Walnut street. There has been appropriated for this work $30,000 and there is nothing now in the way of the improvement save [Continued on Page 2.] PRINCE SEEKS TROUT Franz, Ont., Sept. s.—Royal re ceptions and fetes which have oc cupied the Prince of Wales since his arrival for his first visit to tne provinces were cast aside to-day in favor of a three-day camp down the Nipigeen river in quest of speckled trout. WILSON SEEKS TO AVERT STEEL WORKERS'STRIKE Agrees to Bring About Confer ence Between Reprscnta tives and Corporation By Associated Press. Washington, Sept. s.—President Wilson has agreed to undertake to bring about a conference between representatives of the steelworkers and of the United States Steel Cor poration in an effort to avert a threatened strike. The President was asked In a tele gram sent him to-day by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and the com mittee of steelmen to say whether a conference could be arranged be fore next Tuesday, when the presi dents of the twer/ty-four interna tional unions In the steel Industry [Continued on Pago !).] FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. MEETCII TOMORROW The funeral of William B. Meetch, who died Wednesday morning, will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late residence, 16 20 North Second street. The Rev. Dr. Robert Bagncll, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, will have charge of the services. Burial will be made In the East Ilarrisburg ceme tery AFTER ROLLS OF BALLPLAYERS By Associated Press. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 5. —Pro- fessional baseball players and umpires employed in New York State during the present season, although residents of other States, are liable to the new State income tax law, Comptrol ler Eugene M. Travis ruled to day. DAYLIGHT SAVING IS ENDORSED BY MANY SIGNATURES Telegraph Prints, by Request, Single Petitions For Gen eral Circulation Hearty, response is being given by citizens of Harrisburg in the cam paign to provide an "extra hour of daylight" for the city in summers to come. Scores of the petitions have been circulated by the editorial de partment, among the lovers of the outdoors and the circulators are pleased at their success. Signatures to the petitions, which are addressed to City Council and which ask various Harrisburg organ izations to get back of the movement, have been received in gratifving quantities. Officials of the several twilight baseball leagues and of var ious baseball teams of the city, espe cially have been active in getting the petitions among the leagues' and clubs' supporters. Many Harrisburg citizens, however, have found it impossible to attach their signatures to these regularly printed petitions, and for their con venience, the Telegraph is to-day printing by request, a condensed peti tion. This blank petition will be print ed for several days, but it is request ed that no person sign more than one of the blanks. Persons who have signed the reg ularly printed petitions which are now being circulated, may affix their signatures to the blank and mail it without delay to the City Editor of the Telegraph. The returned blanks and the • regularly printed petitions will he kept separate. PADEREWSKI IS MAKING PLEA FOR POLISH RELIEF Premier Unfolds Story of Ger man Ambitions in East; Ap pears Before Council By Associated Press. Paris, Thursday, Sept. 4. "Ger many, defeated on the west, has turned to the east, where she is waging a battle with the hope of achieving the victory she could not win on the other fronts," Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish premier, de clared to-day to the Associated Press, while discussing Polish con ditions. M. Paderewski will appear before the Supreme Council of the Peace Conference to-morrow to dis cuss the critical situation in Teschen and Silesia. "In Upper Silesia, east Prussia, Lithuania, along the Bolshevik front in the vicinity of Minsk and along khe Ukrainian front, Polish Armies are forced to face armed [Continued on Page o.] CAPTURE CORRELSLAYERS By Associated n ress. Mexico City, Sept. s.—Military authorities in the Tampico district have captured four more bandits whom they accuse with complicity !n the murder of James W. Corrcl, of Ida. Okla., according to press dispatches reaching tills city, it la said a request has been fonvaideu to the State Department at Wash ington that Correl's wife and acn come from the United States to Tampico to identify the prisoners. ARRESTS FEWER BY 40 PER CENT. IN "DRY" CITY Police Work Cut Nearly in Half With Rum Barred LESS RECKLESS DRIVING ' First Eight Months Sec But 567 as Compared With 975 Last Year j Arrests during the first eight j months of this year show a de crease of 40 per cent, over those made during the same period of 1919, according to figures com piled by Earl M. White, police clerk. Arrests from January 1 to August.3l, inclusive, this year total 941 as compared to 1,545 during the same period of 1918. Prohibition is believed to have'played a big part in the de crease. The biggest decrease is shown in the number of disorderly practice I arrests which this year are 561 as j compared to 975 in 1918. Traffic I ordinances have been more care ' fully observed by motorists this year land the number of arrests on this [ charge have fallen off more than i one-half, the figures being 129 in ■ | 1919, and 286 in 1918. Many Are Sentenced i Of the 941 persons haled into po- J lice court, evidence sufficient to con ! vict was brought in 707 cases, pun ' ishment of various sorts being in i flirted in that number of cases. In ; 230 instances the peVsons arrested I were discharged, while on 33 occa | sions they were held for other i juries The remaining four cases ' were ponding at the time the re [ port was compiled. But on t case of pocket picking ! has been reported in Harrisburg I during the eight months. Three 1 such cases of highway robbery were reported this year and four last year, while 17 assault and battery cases are known by the police to have occurred this year. An e\ en score was reported during the first eight months of 1918. Patrol wagon calls have fallen from 964 to 813. Robbers on Increase Robberies, however, have been more numerous in Hnrrisburpf this year, being more than iifty per cent, "greater than during an equal period of last year. This year, a total of 233 have been reported as compared to a record of for last year. Higher living coste are Warned in manv instances for this increase. The total value of property stolen was $35,356. of which almost two thirds has been recovered. The ex act value that has been returned to the owners totals $24,640. Last year $32,596 worth of property was taken, of which the amount recov ered was valued at $3 0,160.50. Assail Burleson as "Heartless;" Deny Him Honorary Membership Itu iscmia'cd Press Denver, Col., Sept. s.—Honorary membership in the Association of Western Union Employes, a national organization, was denied Postmaster General Burleson at the annual con ference of the association to-day. A report of the committee on resolu tions "was adopted recommending that a resolution extending honorary membership be rejected. The report said that Mr. Burleson "expressed no compunction in re jecting the association's agreement with the company and deliberately denied us the benefit of the retro active pay." The report added that he display ed his "true heartlcssness in reduc ing the rate of pay for Sunday work, and kept the association in a dan gerous and nervous suspense for three long months before expressing his decision." Consumers Will Be Represented at Capital and Labor Meet, Oct. 6 Washington, Sept. s.—The con ference called by President Wilson to discuss relations between labor and industry will meet in Washing ton October 6 and will be composed of five persons selected by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, five by the National Industrial Conference Board, fifteen by the American Federation of La bor. three by farming organizations, and three by investment bankers and fifteen representatives or the public. RUMANIAN NOTE FIRM Paris, Sept. 5. The note of the Supreme Council which Sir George R. Clerk of the British Foreign Of fice is carrying to Bucharest is couched in firm but cordial lan guage, according to the Petit Paris ien to-day. It says the communi cation recalls to the Rumanian cab inet the engagements it had entered into and sets forth the necessity of their being kept. MORE OF FIRST LAND li</ issocutl*.*! Press. New York, Sept. 5. Another contingent of the first division, num bering 1,868 officers and men, ar rived here to-day from Brest on the transport Zeppelin. Other units of th • First Division arrived from Brest on the transport De Kalb, which brought 33 and 690 men. ITALIAN WOMEN TO VOTE £}' /stocia'< I Ir'ss Rome, Thursday, Sept. 4. The Chamber of Deputies to-day passed the bill giving Italian women the : right of suffrage. J ONLY EVEMKG ASSOCIATED PRESS SINGLE COPIES UAMC miTlfkM NEWSPAPER IN HARniSBUHO TWO CENTS nUIrlEi LUlliUll TAX SLEUTHS TO SEARCH HOMES By Associated Press. Hvrlin, Thursday, Sept. 4. The Ministry of Finance has em powered tax sleuths to er/ter pri vate premises, to search them from cel'ar to garret and force strong boxes in the general roundup of eligible taxpayers. Protests, it is understood, will be unavailing. MAYOR KEISTER TO TAKE TRIP IN ARMY AIRPLANE Four Aviators Will Do Acro batics Over the City For Thirty Minutes Mayor Daniel L. Krister will have an opportunity of viewing for the first time to-morrow, the city over which he holds sway .as chief execu tive. It was announced to-day that he will be one of the f C w Harrisburg rrs who will go aloft with the bird men in the circus squadron of array aviators .vho are now at Middletowti. Four fliers arc included in the party, which is now located at the Middle town Aviation Depot. To-morrow evening the men flying their pi ines in formation, will encircle the city between 4 and 5 o'clock, and will thrill the citizens with their exhibi tions of daring acrobatic stunts. The (Continued on Page 23) SHIP TAKES FIRE Now York. Sept. 5. The British steamer Queen Margaret, from Gibraltar in ballast, arrived here to day after her crew had battled for four days with a tire which broke out in her bunkers on August 28. The fire v.vn finally put under con tol with steam hose hut was still smouldering when the ship docked. ROY AD COP PRE 8 AIDS SEPT. 22 By Associated Press. Brussels, Sept. s.—(Havas) —lt to announced that King Albert and Queen Elizabeth, with Crown Prince Leopold, will sail on September 22 for the United States, on an Ametl can warship. | m ■ 4* .n • J •M ( t -T 4 - • ' 1 ' 4i A* > i $ y* * * MP U X * i* x * * i * ? *f* * L X * r j? 4" 'ii- T 2 At • ; t * I. * s if.'. S , , $ it | i . ± STIGATE DISTURBANCES THERE r " r f FRENCH SOI.DIE *• V • 4* ■' < T WHICH INCLUDE MAIf ► 'UBLIC ORDER II > i AND BRITISH FORCE. MARINs .J j ? FORMING THE AMERICAN CONTINGENT. V t I 1 ° X * * 4 • * 4* * At X ii i ** * * 2 it A* t L t ' ► X * * • f MARRIAGE LICENSES " ■ A* vL Hflvln W. Parker, Lnn*tr, and Clara J. Barber, Augusta, Wis I - . f neuben J. Rnyster and I.uey A. I.ockley .Harrisburg) Daniel J. Craw- V ley, Steelton, and Suaan V. Gru ler, Euhaut. | k REACTION FROM HIGH WAR PRICES IS SETTING IN Foodstuffs and Wearing Ap parel Declining, Federal Reserve Board Says LABOR IS "UNSETTLED' Decreasing Efficiency, Ascrib ed to Relaxation From War Pressure, Is Remarked Washington, Sept. s.—Reaction from the high price level estab lished during the war, has set in, says the Federal Reserve Board's review of business conditions in August. Not only are some food stuffs declining in cost to the con sumer, but the price of wearing ap parel, such as textiles and shoes, also has been affected, the review says. Business continues at an "ex tremely high level," and confidence of a satisfactory solution of the wage and price problems was re ported from all sections of the country. Discussing labor conditions, tne board recorded that reports from the majority of districts designate the situation as "unsettled." In certain districts a decreasing efficiency of labor is remarked, which is ascribed to relaxation from war-time pressure for maximum production. At the same time ad ditional demands made by tl e workers have been granted, In laigo part, due to the general shortage of labor which exists in many sections. Track Foreman, Struck by Car, Is Badly Hurt Struck by a Harrisburg Railways Company car this morning. Daniel Kissinger, 2132 North Seventh street, track foreman, is in a serious con dition in the Harrisburg Hospital. He is suffering with a probable frac ture of the skull, a severely lacer ated scalp and lacerations of the limbs. Kissinger was walking north In the car tracks between Brlggs and Forster streets, when a southbound Riverside car struck him. He was placed on a fruit truck that was, passing by at the time of the acci dent, and taken to the hospital.
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