TEST OF STRENGTH
IN TREATY FIGHT
rOontinued from First Page.]
ithe question of reservations will not
[he taken up until the Treaty is con
aldered article by article, the reser
vation controversy will not soon be
j brought to a head.
lUrges Rejection of
1 Proposed Amendments and
Modified Reservations
By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 15.—Rejection
N*f all proposed amendments to tho
in an Peace Treaty and modifica
tton of the recommended "strong"
I reservations was urged in an indi
'vidual minority report, filed with the
Senate to-day by Senator McCumber,
Republican, of North Dakota, next
lin rank on the Foreign Relations
I Committee to Chairman Lodge.
Senator McCumber did not join in
'the recent Republican majority re
iport and voted with the Democrats
'on amendments and several reserv
■ationa.
Attacking the majority report of
IChairman Lodge. Senator McCumber
[denounced most of the majority
•amendments as "selfish, immoral
•and dishonorable," and charged that
'they seek to "isolate the United
■ States from the rest of tho world
land abandon our allies."
Analyzing the committee amend
iTnonts, Senator McCumber said that, J
tho amendment to give the United
States equal votes in the League with
Political Advertisement Political Advertisement
C lit® urgent request of a largo cumber of representative Citi- i
8 * en and Taxpayers of Allison Mill, who l.elieve lli.it the Eastern \
C Section of the City should, by reason of its population and because M
J of the great proportion of the taxes it pays, have a more equit- &
K able representation in the management of the affairs of the City
u 1 have decided to become a Candidate for the Office of Citv W
1 Tv?, f 1he ,, t0,: , 1 ' asßess ed valuation of the ( it. of rdxty-Uvo Million 1
* Dollars, the Taxpayers, Itentpayers end Homeowners of the four C
J of the 11 ill section are required to pay Taxes on over #
a Nineteen Million and a Quarter Dollars, nearly one-third of the £
( in 'council? UG l ° °" r hel "' J wltllout P™Per representation C
M This is your light. Be sure lo vote at the Primaries and sun §
I port the Allison Hill candidate. rriniancs ana sup-
Allison Hill, Paying Taxes on Nearly One-Third the Assessed
\ aluation of All City Property, Demands Adequate
Representation in City Council
To the Voters of the City:
You will find herein some very interesting and important information for the Rent and Tax Pay
ers of Harrisburg. These figures show the increased assessment of the various wards of Harrisburg for
t e year of 1919 in comparison with the year of 1918. The increase has been in one year from fifty-four (54)
million dollars in 1918, to sixty-two (62) million dollars in 1919, an increase of eight (8) million dollars.
This, in the opinion of the writer, is the largest increase of any tax period in the history of t he city.
The above figures are correct and beyond dispute, being an exact copy of the City Assessor's records.
. ne . comparison of these increases in the various wards will show the unfairness of the assessment.
Particularly is this so in the Allison Hill section and in wards where people own their own homes or are
paying for them.
Th e Ninth Ward has always been unfortunate at the hands of the Assessors, both past and present,
v •tandmg the great number of people in the Ninth Ward who are paying on their homes, they have
had their burden increased this year by an increase in their ward assessment of $1,388,211.00.
The 2nd Ward which also consists largely of home owners has had an increased assessment of
$500,000.00. The Bth Ward is in a similar position, having a large number of home owners and their assess
ment having been increased by $565,000.00.
The wards mentioned above are selected to show only the manifest unfairness of the city's assessment
Desiring to place the responsibility and to know the real reasons for this large increase in the assessed
valuation of the different wards, we naturally turn to the members of the City Council. They, as candi
dates for re-election, were unwilling or lacked courage to increase the millage rate. They therefore resorted
to the old political deception of obtaining revenue required, by increasing the valuation of private prop
erties, when an increase in the mill rate would apply equitably on all the people in every section of the city.
These conditions show clearly that the people of Allison Hill and other wards have been "asleep at
the switch and the necessity of their getting together to secure proper representation for their present
as well as their future interests.
The following figures show the increased Ward Assessment of the various Wards of Harrisburg
for the year of 1919. A careful study of these figures will show how the Allison Hill Wards and the other
"Home-Owner" Wards have been heavily burdened by a large increase in property assessment. The Allison
Hill Wards are designated by the letter "H."
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Ward 1918 1919 Increase
First $2,167,888.00 $2,731,735.00 $ 563,847.00
Second (H) 3,482,419.00 3,982,455.00 500,036.00
Third 8,756,828.00 10,850,460.00 2,093,632.00
F purth 5,244,076.00 5,783,365.00 539,489.00
Fifth 3,134,100.00 3,496,580.00 362,480.00
Six * h 2,315,485.00 2,669,405.00 353,920.00
Seventh 3,523,744.00 3,801,960.00 278,316.00
Eighth (H) 3,133,502.00 3,699,065.00 565,563.00
Ninth (H) 8,728,439.00 10,116,650.00 1,388,211.00
Tenth 5,586,201.00 6,467,285.00 881,085.00
Eleventh 3,139,254.00 3,534,675.00 395,421.00
Twelfth 2,634,780.00 2,878,205.00 243,425.00
Thirteenth (H) 1,268,840.00 1,477,355.00 208,515.00
Fourteenth 894,630.00 1,011,080.00 116,450.00
Total $54,000,000.00 $62,000,000.00 $8,000,000.00
Very respectfully yours,
R. L. DARE
MONDKY EVENING* -
England and the British colonies'
was "unnecessary."
The plan of giving each member!
nation one vote without regard to i
size or importance was the only pos- j'
pible plan, the Senator argued, add-j
ling that to all intents and purposes i
' the British colonies arc Independent, j
| Senator McCumber .said his only I
j objections to the Bodge reservation I
on withdrawal from the League was!
of form. As to the Lodge reserv- j
ation to Article Ten, Senator Mc- i
Cumber said hq, had many objections. '
"First, it is an amendment pure j
'and simple," he said, "of the most!
j important article in the League. Its i
i purpose is to take the United States!
lus a power for the peace of the I
! world out. of the League entirely,
i "Second, it places this country in |
in false and wrong position—-an at
| titude of encouraging powerful cottn-
I tries to inflict or impose any wrong
! upon weaker nations, by our de
jelnred policy of non-intervention.
With his report Senator McCumber
I submitted the six reservations he i
jchnmpions as substitutes for the!
, committee reservations. These re
] eently were made public.
; Presidential Party
Takes Auto Trip Over
Columbia Highway
Portland, Ore., Sept. 15. Presi- I
| dent Wilson with Mrs. Wilson, Bear :
I Admiral Grayson. Secretary Tumulty '
and party, arrived here early "10-day. !
The. President was to leave the spe
cial train later in the day for an j
automobile trip over the Columbia I
Highway to Crown Point or beyond, |
returning to Portland byway of
Oresham, where it was expected he .
Political Ailverlluimmx '
! Intrastate Motor Dealers' Association Organized at Reading
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' The above group of men comprised the delegate! from Ilarrisburg, Reading. Allentown, Easton, Bethle
-1 hem and Lancaster that organized the lntra-State Mo'or Dealers' Association at Reading last Friday. George
j G. McFarland, of Ilarrisburg, was elected president of the new association, and E. H. Satchell, of Allentown,
! was elected vice-president. The photograph was tak in in front of the Iris Club of Wyomissing, where the
! meeting was held. There were sixteen delegates from Ilarrisburg.
| would officially open a county fair
j with a brief address,
j During the afternoon the Presi-
J dent ' ired to rest, preparatory to
• making his only formal address in
i Oregon at the municipal auditorium
"at 8 o'clock to-night. After this ad
i dress the Presidentia l party will |
| leave for San Francisco.
Borah Is Cheered
as He Assails League
in Fort Dodge Speech
j l"ort Dodge, la., Sept. 15. Sen-
I ator William E. Borah, speaking
| before more than 2,000 persons who
I jammed the armory here Saturday
j night, denounced the League of Na
itions and declared that it will not
' Americanize Europe, but rather
I would Europeanize America. It was
, the most spirited meeting hold in
J Fort Dodge, the home town of Sen
jator Kenyon, in years. The speaker
i was constantly interrupted with \
j cheering.
I Senator Borah declared that while
ihe was speaking in favor of the
(adoption of the reservations recom
j mended by the committee on Foreign
| Delations he himself was opposed to
j the League of Nations.
"You can't have a League of Na
! tions without destroying Washing
ton's policies.
"In order to adopt the League of
Nations, the United States would
have to throw off the policy of
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George Washington. You ean't pre
serve the Monroe doctrine unless
'you nt the same time preserve the
'Washington policy of avoiding cn
'tangling allianeep."
Denounces Senators
Who Are Opposing
Treaty Ratification
Washington, Sept. 15. —Denounc-
ing Senators whose "insidious decla
mations poison the public mind,"
against the German Peace Treaty
and the of Nations, Senator
Jones, Democrat, New Mexico, speak
ing in the Senute to-day, said if the
reservations recommended by the
Foreign Relations Committee major
ity were adopted the Treaty as well
as the League Covenant would
"fail."
"if we ever have a separate treaty
with Germany," he declared, "it will
be a negotiated and not a victorious
treaty. The United States will not
participate in restoring and preserv
ing peace and bringing order of the
world chaos.
"The unselfish, the ideal, the al
truistic motives which have inspired
this League are sufficient induce
ments for all the sacrifices and ef
forts which we will be called upon
to make in carrying out its provis
ions." ,
Senator Jones said that in his
opinion reservations .as proposed by
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the committee were unnecessary, as
I ample protection was afforded by
the terms of the Treaty.
Article Ten, he continued, is a
declaration to the world that war
for conquest shall end and that this
declaration will be supported by the
combined power of all tho other
members of the League.
Wilson at Seattle
Still Professes to See
Victory For Treaty
Seattle, Sept. 15.—President Wilson
Saturday night explained the Peaci
Treaty in detail in a speech here, and
predicted it would be accepted by
America when the people realize what
it contained.
Ho repeated many of the arguments
in favor of ratifications which he has
made in other speeches.
The greatest demonstration of the
evening came when he predicted vic
tory for the Treaty.
During his speech there was a con
tinual uproar from the street. The
crowd pounded on the doors demand
ing entrance and cheering, "We want
Wilson."
At a public dinner which President
Wilson attended, before going to the
arena for his night address, he said
he had been impressed by the uni
formity of opinion among the pjopic
from ocean to ocean.
Detailing the purposes for which
the United States entered the war as
they were set forth and accepted by
congress in his war message. Presi
dent Wilson said that the issue
squarely facing the country in the
Treaty debate was whetlier that pro
gram should be' carried through or
, abandoned. He called to mind also
the cost in money and in human life, j
by which the War had been won, and
asserted that those opposing tho
Treaty proposed the sacrifice be of
no avail.
Pittsburgh Leaders
Have No Knowledge of
Strike Postponement
Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 15.—Union
leaders here in the movement to
organize iron and steel workers said
to-day they had no information
that the proposed strike in. the
steel industry would be deferred
until after the industrial confer
ence in Washington October 6. Wil
liam 'A. Foster, secretary-treasurer
of tho national committee for or
ganizing iron and steel workers, re
peated his statement of last night
that he knew nothing of a postpone
ment. Tho announcement calling
the men out next Monday, Septem
ber 22, was issued in Washington
last Wednesday.
The national committee will meet
hero Wednesday to consider plans
for the proposed strike. Samuel
Oompers, president of tho American
Federation of Labor, is a member
of tho committee, but it was not
known at union headquarters here
whether ho will attend.
It is understood here that the ac
tion of tho committee in Washing
ton last week requesting men not
working under agreements not to go
to work next Monday was taken
before the arrival of the message
from President Wilson asking that
the striko be deferred until after
the industrial conference and it was
suggested hero that the information
from New York might have been
anticipatory of an effort at Wednes
day's meeting of the national com
mittee to postpone the strike. Mr.
Foster said the committee has su
preme power in the matter, but he
knew of no movement to defer tho
strike. An effort to defer the striko,
however, is looked for by those
closely watching the situution.
DAYLIGHT SAVING
BOON TO WORKMEN
[Continued from First Page.]
fit of the home garden do not end
with the gardeners. Even the small
est garden plays not an unimportant
part in the reduction of prices of
food. It helps to increase the supply,
and the greater the supply, the low
er, of course, is the price.
"On tlio whole, I believe the
scheme to be an excellent one, and
I heartily endorse the move to luivc
it retained. Of course, it would be
awkward to have Stoelton .alone
adopt it. I wouhl not favor Steel
ton's adopting it unless Harrlsbtirg
and the surrounding territory also
accepted it. I wish the State as a
whole wouhl ndopt it. It should be
a national affair. It is to he regret
ted that Congress ever passed the bill
repealing it."
More of the daylight petitions
printed by the Telegraph for the
committee, urging the movement for
next summer are to be had. It is
strongly urged that every man who
favors the idea come in and get one
and place it in a cigar store, grocery
store or any other place where peo
ple congregate. '
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
Dr. G. W. Hartman, the Demo-1
cratic candidate for Mayor, repre
sents Democratic principle*. Sup- 1
1 port him. —AST.
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