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U. S. Steel Corporation and Workers' Union Finish Preparations For Big Strike
LXXXVIII— NO. 220 18 PAGES Dall kS p itrp r o/£ d .t a J.Sr t c,M ' HARRISBURG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919. • 81 TWO K CENTS' 58 HOME EDITION
DENY REPORTS
SHOPS WILL BE
CLOSED DURING
STEEL STRIKE
U. S. Steel Corporation De
clares Plants Are to Be Op
erated as Long as They Are
Able to Secure Men
NATION-WIDE MASS
MEETINGS TOMORROW
Union Leaders Plan Series of
Conferences With Workers;
Will Stay Out Until Com
panies Make Next Move
By Associated Press.
Pittsburgh, Sept. 20. Reports
that the U. S. Steel Corporation
would shut down its plants in the
Pittsburgh district unless there was
100 per cent, loyalty shown i>y the
workers were denied to-day at the
offices of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany, a subsidiary. The plants will
operate as long as men report for
work, it was said.
The reports caused a stir in labor
circles here, but were not believed
in view of the statement made by
E. H. Gary, chairman of the board
of the U. S. Steel Corporation, in
his letter to the presidents of the
subsidiary companies that the plants
should proceed with their business
in the usual way.
To Continue Operations
Representatives of steel companies
all along have said that they will op
erate as long as they are able to
do so.
At national strike headquarters
to-day, W. Z. Foster, secretary of the
national committee of the steel
workers, said that the next move
was up to the employers. "We have
called the men out," he said, "and
they will stay out until the com
panies make a move that will bring
them back."
Asked how many men he expected
will answer the strike call, Mr. Fos
ter replied that he did not know but
that the union would begin "count
ing noses" Monday.
Can't Pin Armed Stories
Mr. Foster was also asked whether
be knew of steel companies through
out the country fortifying their
plants and said that the committee
had been receiving reports for a long
time that guns, machine guns and
ammunition have been taken into
mills from time to time. "We have
been hearing these things for a long
time," he said, "but I have not been
able to definitely pin them down."
The national strike committee has
arranged for mass meetings in every
steel workers community in the
country to-morrow, Mr. Foster said.
It was also arranged to hold mass
meetings at least three times a week
during the strike.
The national committee had no
direct information this morning re
garding the situation in Colorado
where organized men employed in
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany have been asked to strike.
Most of the workers in this com
pany, it is said, are enrolled in the
company union knovti as the Rocke
feller plan. AlvTition of company
unions is one of the demands of the
American Federation of Labor.
It was said at national head
quarters that the Amalgamated As
sociation of Iron. Steel and Tin
Workers is negotiating with a large
independent plant. Inquiry at the
offices of the association elicited
nothing. M. F. Tighe, president of
the association, was in Wheeling.
Va., to-day, but whether he went
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Men, Wages and
Salaries Involved in
Threatened Strike
Approximate number of steel
employes affected by strike m
America, 600,000.
Employes of the United States
Steel Corporation affected by the
strike, 268,710.
The demands made by the men
are: Right to collective bargain
ing: eight-hour day; six-day
week; abolition of twenty-four
hour shift; reinstatement of men
discharged for union activities;
standard wage scale; increase of
pay; double pay for overtime,
holiday and Sunday work; aboli
tion of company unions; abolition
of physical examination of ap
plicants: adoption -of seniority
principles.
Number of United States Steel
Corporation employes holding
stock in 1919, 60,741; 1918, 4 3,-
777; 1917, 39,252.
Total wages and salaries paid
by the United States Steel Cor
poration in 1918, $452,663,524.
Expenditures for welfare work
by United States Steel Corporation
in 1917, $10,648,980.
Unskilled help, lowest, $3.50;
highest, $6.
Skilled he'p, lowest, $7; high
est. $7O to $BO.
Highest priced help, rollers,
who run up to $BO a day and
average $3O.
Next highest help, melters, who
average $2O a day.
I THE WEATHER]
Ifnrrlsliurg and Vicinity: Fair to
night. Sunday fair and some
what warmer.
EaMern IVnimylvnnln; Fair to
night anil .Sunday. Mllghtlv
warmer Sunday. .Moderate to
south wlndn.
Hivert The Sunquehanna river and
all It* hrnnehen will fall iloul.v
or remain Mtatlonary. A *taei>
of about 3.3 feet In Indicated for
Ilarxiaburg Sunday morning:.
HARRISBURG ifSfjlll TELEGRAPH
ANOTHER BIG PLANT
ASKS FOR DAYLIGHT
Hundreds of More Names Are'
Added to Ever-Growing Pe
tition Calling on City Coun
cil to Continue This Popular
Measure During Summer
PETITIONS GO BEFORE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
With the addition- to-day of hun
dreds of names of Elliott-Fisher
Company employes to the petition
calling on City Council to pre-crve
lor five summer months next year,
the popular daylight-savjng meas
ure lent fresh impetus to the cam
paign.
Directors of the movement learned
to-day that petitions have been vir
tually completed in several other big
plants and shops. Others having
completed the canvass with prac
tically 100 per cent, results include
the office force of the Steeltot? plant
of the Bethlehem Steel Company.
Bowman's department store, Moor
head Knitting Company and The
Telegraph Printing Company.
Petitions were distributed yester
day to members of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce at the week
ly luncheon, with the request that
they be put before their associates
and employes. •
Warren R. Jackson, secretary of
the Chamber, to-day placed a peti
tion- in the offices of the oiganization
for signatures of businessmen. Mr.
DESHONG AGAIN
UNDER FIRE FOR
HIS PRACTICES
Samuel Fishnian Declares His
Son Saved Him From As
sault by Alderman
Claiming that his life had been
threatened by Samuel Fiabxuan dur
ing an argument last evening at his
office, Alderman James B. DeSbong
declared to-day that he would con
sult his attorney, Robert Stucker,
and then- bring suit against Fish
man, charging him with surety of
the peace and disorderly conduct.
Mr. Fishman in his version de
clares that it was DeShong who at
tempted to assault him. and that
only the intervention of his son- pre
vented the magistrate from striking
hint.
The trouble between Fishman and
DeShong was the result of an action
brought by -W. H. Shepphard
against O. H. Gregory, charging the
latter with false preter/se.
Demands Casli Bail
When Gregory was brought be
fore DeShong he alleges the Alder
man demanded $3OO cash bail, re
fused to accept $l5O in cash and
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Girl Leaps From '
Auto Just Before It
Crashes Into Tree
When a big automobile, 3aid to I
have been taken during the night j
from the garage of H. W. Neidlg. gro- |
cor of West Fairview, dashed across
a sidewalk near Front and /erbeke
streets and collided with a tree, a
man, as yet unidentified, narrowly
escaped death or serious injury.
A moment before the cra-.l: came,
a girl is rep in| d to have leipod from
'he car, w'tloii a few witne-.'.is report I
to have been '-.inning in su;h a man- i
tier as would Indicate that the driver I
had lost control. Both the man anil I
girl left in fore their identity could j
bo learn?). The oamage to tiro ma- j
chine is estimated at between $)• n |
jr.a $7OO.
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COLONEL WOODS RESIGNS '
By I Press.
Washington, Sept. 20. Colonel [
Arthur Woods, special assistant to j
the Secretary of War, in- charge of J
employment of discharged soldiers, i
and former Police Commissioner of j
New York, resigned to-day. It was
said Mr. Woods feels the larger part
of the task of returning soldiers to
civil occupations has been completed.
SAID GIVEN TO FRENCH
Paris, Friday, Sept. 19. Emir
Said, who was arrested by the Brit
ish at Beirut recently as a disturb
ing influence, has been delivered to
the French authorities at Port Said.
He will be kept under surveillance
in Algeria, it is reported.
BEIJGIUM AGREES
Paris, Sept. 20. (Havas) —Belgium
has agreed to the proposals of
France that a French general be
given supreme command of Allied
forces on the Rhine, according to
the Journal.
SHOUT IT YOU WILL, BUT
FIRST PAY YOUR DEBTS
Ministers Willing to Hear From Christians Who Live in
Harmony With Their Neighbors
Real, old-time religious fervor is
to be encouraged In Harrisburg, the
Rev. E. E. Shelhamer who has op
ened "Everybody's Mission" at Fifth
and Reily streets announced to-day.
Mr. Shelhamer in a public an
nouncement to-day described his
mission as being a "place where old
time songs are sung and people are
ELLIOTT-FISHER
100 PER CENT.
ELLIOTT-FISHER employes
to-day joined the long list
of workir.-gmen and work
. ".-.omen who are petitioning
Tity Council <■ presc.ve for them
the extra hour of sunshine next
year, despite the action of Con
gress in robbing them of their
recreation period.
The big plant, with its skilled
workers and salesmen, are al
most unanimous in joining in the
I petition. In their anxiety to get
l their desires before Council, the
| employes went to the effort to
I draw up their own petitions when
the printed forms were not at
j hand.
j Jackson also agreed to hand out pe
j titions to any member who wants
I to find out the desires of his em
' ployes regarding the popular move.
For the benefit of those who do
not know what the workers of the
| city hope to accomplish, it was ex
| plained again to-day that Council
i will be asked to turn ahead the clock
! five months of next summer, instead
'of seven as done this year. As
, Frank A. Robbins, Jr., general man
j ager of the Steeltor? plant of the
I Bethlehem Steel Company and an
! ardent advocate of the idea, ex
i plains. Ss'teelton and other nearby
1 boroughs should follow suit.
PRACTICAL WORK
TO BE TAUGHT IN
Y.M.C.A. SCHOOL
Businessmen to Be Given Ben
efit of Advanced Instruc
tion Next Winter
Announcement was made to-day
by the Y. M. C. A- that the edu
cational department of the Associ
ation, which was estblished two
years ago on a small scale, is to be
enlarged considerably this fall by
the introduction of several new edu
cational classes for men and employ
ed boys.
Secretary Reeves stated that the
Association is arranging again this
season the class in public speaking,
which has been successfully conduct
ed the past two years. H. H. Shenk,
custodian of public documents of the
State Library and former professor
of Political economy at Lebanon Val
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Liner With 2,000
British Troops Aboard
Goes Aground in Gale
By Associated Press.
London, Sept. 20.—An Evening News
dispatch from Kirkwall to-day re
ports a White Star liner ashore north
of Ronaldshay. It is believed, says
the message, that 2,000 troops from
Northern Russia are on board.
The 'inar ran ashore during a gale,
adds the dispatch, which gives no
further details.
Ronaldshay where the White Star
liner is reported ashore, is In the
Orkneys, north of Scotland. The Ork
neys lie along the route taken by ves
sels coming from the Arctic and along
the Norwegian coast to British port.
Presumably ihe liner was carrying
Pritlsii troops from the Archangel sec
tor of North Russia, which the British
army is evacuating.
WANT NATIONALIZATION
By Associated Press.
Lyons, Sept. 20—Resolutions con
stituting a sort of platform for or
ganized labor in France were adopt
ed at the closing of the Federation
of Labor here last night. A large
majority was shown in the vote this
being considered as an approval of
the attitude of the labor leaders
during the war. The resolutions de
manded the nationalization of in
dustries under the control of pro
ducers and consumers and the na
tionalization of transportation,
mines, water power and banks.
TO OPEN PAVING BIDS
Bids for grading four streets will
be opened by Commissioner Wil
liam H. Lynch on Wednesday, Oc
tober 1. The highways to be im
proved are Sixteenth, Herr td Ver
beke; Reel's Lane, Fifth to Turner:
Eighteenth. Herr to Verbeke and
Verbeke, Fifteenth to Eighteneth.
CLEARINGS DROP
by Asssciat'd Ptess.
New York, Sept. 20.—The actual
condition of clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week
shows that the reserve held is $53,-
186,140 below legal requirements.
This is a decrease of $98,867,420
from last week.
allowed to shout provided they pay
their debts and are in harmony with
their neighbors.
Mr. Shelhamer and his wife have
toured the world in evangelistic
work. They have secured the Rev.
A. D. Zahniser, of Greenville, 111.]
to conduct special services for them
every evening. A service also will
| be held to-morrow afternoon.
INDUSTRIAL
TRUCE URGED TO
QUELL UNREST
Palmer Advocates Six Months
of Armistice to Permit
Solution of Problem
WOULD BRING INCREASE
Declares Period of Freedom
From Disorders Will Make
"Living Easier"
BV Associated Press.
Free port, Pa., Sept. 20. —An ab
solute industrial armistice for six
months was urged by Attorney Gen
eral Palmer here to-day to permit
the solution of economic problems
arising out of the changes wrought
by war.
Such a period of freedom from
unrest, he declared, would result
soon in increased production which
would bring about an era of "easier
living and better times" for all. On
the other hand, the Attorney Gen
eral warned, selfish demands by any
one class cannot stimulate the na
tional prosperity or permanently
benefit even those obtaining such
demands by force. He strongly dis
countenanced strikes.
Scores Strikes
"Labor is asking a larger share
of the joint product of money and
labor, and there is much merit in j
the claim," he said, "but the chance ;
of getting it is not advanced nor the
justice of it more widely recognized '
by the refusal of labor to produce." j
The campaign to reduce the cost
living, which he is directing, evi- |
dently was foremost in the Attor- |
ney General's mind in his speech j
delivered at a reunion of the Sev
enty-eighth Regiment of Pennsylva- i
nia Volunteers, which also was a !
home-coming celebration for men !
who served in the World War. He j
said that although many problems i
beset men's minds in these days of
reconstruction, there is none which
cannot be worked out "in the gen
eral interest" in a government
where the people are the only
rulers.
Must Be Patient
"Butunless we shall be satisfied
with that which is for the genera"?
itnerest." he continued, "and do not
insist upon that which is in our own
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Eight Ballot Boxes
Are Opened in Snarl
Over Election Returns
Eight ballotboxes were opened
this morning during the official
count of the primary vote because
election boards had not returned
unused ballots to the county com
missioners but placed them in the
boxes instead.
No votes were computed this
morning and at noon Judges George
Kunkel and S. J. M. McCarrell ad
journed sessions until Monday
morning at 9 o'clock. It is not de
cided when the actual computation
will be started, but it is believed
that all the votes cast will be check
ed up before any- more tabulation is
done.
Boxes from the following districts
were opened by the election boards
to-day: First ward, First and Third
precincts; Second ward. Second;
Sixth ward, First and Second; Sev
enth ward, Sixth, and Tenth ward,
First.
After the number of ballots is
sued, number of voters who Secured
ballots the number of ballots re
turned unused have been checked
for the city it is believed that the
tabulation can be resumeij but fur
ther difficulties are expected be
cause some of the election boards
failed to send the proper return
sheets to the county commissioners'
office.
In the Second ward. Sixth, the
return sheet showed that W. H.
Lynch had received 193 votes for
city councilman, while the tally
sheet showed 197. This vote will be
recounted.
So far the votes from only four
of 124 city and county districts have
been tabulated.
liill.lATH'S J'llOT I.\ FR V.YCE
Marwlllm, Friday, Sept. 19. Lieut.
Bossoutrot, pilot of the French air
plane Goliath, which was fored to de
scend north of Dakar in August dur
ing a iiight from Cassablanca, Mor
occo, arrived hero this morning with
the crew of th e airplane. He said the
right propeller became detached when
the plane was about 120 miles from
Dakar. The crew lived for six days on
crabs and shell hsh, drinking distilled
sea water which had been passed
through a retort made from pipes
taken from the engine of the air
plane.
MlCillT BETWEEN EXt.I.VIUS
Caught between the tenders of two
engines, Samuel W. Looker, 1816 Statj
street, a Pennsylvania Railroad ma
chinist, is in the Harrlsburg Hospital,
with probabla internal injuries. The
accident ccurred yesterday in round
house number one. In addition to
probable internal injuries, ho has se
vere lacerations and contusions. His
condition is described as bein.; fall.
TO WATCH BULGARIANS
Purls, Sept. 20—(Havas). —French
military units will be sent to Bul
garia to supervise the execution of
the provisions of the treuty with
that country, according to the Echo
de Paris.
TWO SPANIARDS KILLED
Madrid, Sept. 20. Captains
Rocha and Navarro, Spanish mili
tary aviators, were killed to-day in
the fall of a new airplane which
they were testing.
NEW FORCE IN BUDAPEST
Paris, Sept. 20.—The Seventh di
vision of the Rumanian army has
arrived in Budapest, according to an
official wireless message received by
the French government.
GOES TO TOP IN
13 YEARS
BISHOP CHARLES S. BURCH
Ordained a priest only thirteen
years ago, although he is 64 years
old, Charles Sumner Burch has been
elected Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Diocese of New York, the
wealthiest and most powerful
bran-ch of the denomination in
America. Before he became a
clergyman, Bishop Burch was man
aging editor of the Evening Press
at Grand Rapids, Mich.
SUNKEN SHIP
BELIEVED TO BE
THEVALBANERA
Spanish Steamer, Lost Since
Gulf Storm, Carried
450 Persons
By Associated Press.
Key West, Fla., Sept. 20. —That
the Spanish steamer, Valbanera,
carrying 300 passengers and a crew
of 150 went down In the hurricane
i that swept Key West ten days ago
appeared to have been made cer
tain by the statement of Ensign L.
B. Roberts, commanding officer of
the United States subchaser 203,
who stated he plainly saw the name
plate of that steamer on the vessel
found yesterday sunk in forty feet
of water near here.
The statement of Ensign Roberts
corroborated that of divers who on
I order of the Cuban consul here,
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Continue Successes
Against Bolsheviki
With Large Captures
"y Associated Press.
Omsk, Thursday. Sept. 11.—General
Sakharoff's army continues its suc
cess in the direction of Kurgan, about
I 200 miles southwest of Tobolsk, hav
| ing captured in the present offensive
1 five complete staffs, 2,000 prisoners,
jl9 cannon, 40 machine guns and a
large amount of other booty. Cos
| sacks operating on the left flank
j have raided positions in the rear of
the enemy's line, the Bolsheviki re
treating toward the northwest.
The second Siberian army, under
the command of General Lokvltsky, is
also advancing and la forcing its way
past the Sank and in the. rear of the
Bolshevik forceo on the Ifhim-Tiumen
railway. On this sector hard fighting
is reported, with minor gains along
the front.
FILES DAMAGE SUIT
Frank Koller, through Fox &
Geyer, counsel, brought a damage
suit to-day against G. Frank Mil
leisen, for $5,000. It is alleged in
the statement filed at the office of
Prothonotary Charles E. Pass that
Mr. Koller was passing the coal and
lumber yards in North Seventh
| street. owned by Mr. Milleisen,
when a heavy board fell from the
roof and struck him on the head
and shoulders, causing serious in
juries. '
NEW CREDIT FOR ITALY
By .-list,doled Press.
Washington, Sept. 20. A new
credit pf $1,146,927 to Italy has
brought the total advances for that
country up to $1,619,922,872 and to
all the Allies $9,646,419,494.
LOOSES HER $lOO BET THAT
SHE COULD KISS PERSHING
But Young Girl Precipitates a Feminine Rush on the Gen
eral. Causing Him to Dive Into His Car to Escape
By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 20. One fair
war worker faces the loss of $lOO as
a result of a wager that she would
kiss General Pershing before he left
Washington. As the expeditionary
commander was leaving a hotel last
night where he had attended a func
tion in his honor, a young woman
who had edged her way to the front
of the crowd surrounding the en
trance, made a rush for him. Mem
bers of the general's staff grabbed
D'ANNUNZIO IS
GIVEN 24 HOURS
TO QUIT FIUME
Allied Warships Arc Ordered
to Train Their Guns on
Occupied City
WILSON IS BLAMED FOR IT
Italian Delegates Accuse Him
of Causing Trouble by
Delaying Answer
louulon, Sept. 20.—After a confer
ence between Allied commanders at
Abbazia, Allied warships have left
the harbor of Fiume and have lev
elled their guns on the town, ac
cording to a German government
wireless report quoting advices re
ceived in Berlin to Laibach and
Vienna. The dispatch states that it
is assumed an ultimatum will be
sent demanding that Captain D'An
nunzio's forces evacuate the [own
within twenty-four hours.
Blame Wilson For Delay
In Peace Conference circles it is
intimated the settlement of the ques
tion of the disposition of Flume has
been complicated by the D'Annun
zio coup, but Italian delegates in
sist a decision is being delayed be
cause of the fact that President Wil
son has not answered definite pro
posals made by Italy's representa
tives here. Americans assert the
Italians are constantly changing the
detail of their offer and that for
this reason an answer has so fat
been impossible.
Advices from Rome say that the
Duke of Aosta, a close friend of
Captain D'Annunzio, has conferred
with King Victor Emanuel and Pre
mier Nitti, and it is suggested he
may act as mediator in an effort to
bring about an abandonment of
Fiume by the D'Annunzio forces.
Fiume is closely blockuded by land
and sea but ther6 are stores in the
city sufficient to maintain the peo
ple and troops for three months.
Captain A'Annunzio is reported to
have with him many members of
his famous aerial squadron, which
fought on the Austrian front during
the war. The Italian government.
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Franklin Building Is
v Sold to Combination of
Harrisburg Businessmen
The Franklin Building, a six-story
office building at the corner of Lo
cust and Court streets, has been pur
chased from the Union Real Estate
Investment Company by a party of
Harrisburg real estate men, it was
announced to-day. The purchase
price approximates $60,000.
The sale was made by Miller
Brothers and Company, agent for
the former owners, to A. C. Young,
real estate man, for a syndicate of
city real estate men. The identity
of the city men has not been dis
closed.
The Franklin Ruilding is practic
ally a new structure, being ready
for occupancy only inj 1912. The
building will be offered for sale to
the Harrisburg Real Estate Board,
Mr. Young announced. In the event
that the Board falls to avail itself
of the opportunity, it will be held
and managed for Investment, ac
, cording to Mr. Young.
81 Prisoners, Compared
With 212 Year Ago
Are in County Jail
Only eighty-one prisoners are now
being held at the Dauphin county
jail, serving sentences or awaiting
[ grand jury action on bills of in
dictment, Warden John J. Hargest
| reported to-day, as compared with
212 one year ago.
The September quarter sessions
court opens on Monday with the
smallest list of new eases in recent
years, and the number of prisoners
at the jail also reached .a new low
record. Prohibition is responsible
prison and county authorities say.
Urge Early Prosecution
of Apparel Profiteers
By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 20.—Continued
reports to Department of Justice of
profiteering in shoos and other
wearing apparel and of increased
prices for the new sugar crop caus
ed the department to-day to call on
Chairman Haugen of the House
Agricultural Commitee for early
action on the administration amend
ments to the food control act.
The government's hands, the
committee was told, were tied in
dealing with such cases until Con
gress provided the necessary legis
lation broadening the food control
law to cover wearing apparel and
to provide a criminal penalty for
violations.
her but not until she had an arm
around General Pershing's neck and
was struggling to kiss him. Her act
was a signal for a grand rush on
the part of other feminine members
of the crowd, and Generul Pershing
literally had to dive into his waiting
car.
In the meantime the young
woman, apparently thinking an ex
planation of her precipitate action
was due, explained she had wagered
$lOO that she would kiss General
Pershing before he left Washington.
Showers Early in Week
Washington, Sept. 20.—Weath
er predictions for the week be- I
ginning Monday are:
North and Middle Atlantic j
States: Occasional showers first
half of the week; generally fair '
second half; temperatures gen- j
ernlly above normal until near
end of week.
FULL HOLIDAY
PROCLAIMED FOR
WELCOME HOME
Mayor Keister Calls on City'
to Set Aside September
29 For Soldiers
Monday, September 20, has been pro- j
claimed a holiday, and employers
have been urped to close their estab- j
lishments at noon, in ordtr that every
Harrisburger can participate in the!
welcome to tlie service men, welfare |
i workers and nurses, and in order that I
! each ar.d every one of these veterans
j may take part in the events of the
welcome heme. In a proclamation is-
I sued this morning. Mayor Kioster
: called upon Harrisburgers to observe
the holiday.
Plans for tne welcome home, which
| will take i lace under the auspices of
\ a committee appointed by the Harris
! burg Chamber of Commerce a week
from to-morrow and Monday, are rap
idly assuming such shape that the ex
tent and magnitude of the welcome
home fete can be realized. More
than 27)0 service men have registered
and the invitations will go out to
them at once. A special force in the
Chamber of Commerce office is ex
pediting the clerical work attendant
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COMING HOME
By Associated Press.
Vladivostok, Thursday, Sept. 11.
—The transport Logan with 1,250
American troops, principally mem
bers of the 27th Infantry, left for
the United States to-day byway of
Manila and should arrive in San
Francisco about October 27. Re
placement troops arrived here Sep
tember 6.
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GOVERNOR ADDS
ENDORSEMENT TO
MEMORIAL PLAN
Sproul Pleased With Idea of
Erecting Bronze Shaft at
Bridge Entrance
2,500 NAMES OF VETERANS
Committee in Charge Gets
Records of Harrisburgcrs
Who Served in War
Plans for the memorial to be
erected at Thirteenth and State
streets in honor of the soldiers,
sailors and marines of the Harris
burs: district, this morning received
the endorsement of Governor Wil
liam C. Sproul, who has given them
careful consideration.
The approval of the Governor
romes upon the heels of the an
nouncement that the memorial com
j mittee of 125 appointed by the Har-
I risburg Chamber of Commerce to
carry the project to completion ac-
I cepted the plans and announced its
I arrangements for financing the pro
j ject. Twenty-five hundred names of
service men have been secured by
the committee through the ma.l
carriers, and to-day will find all the
names in the hands of the memorial
committee, of which Spencer C. Gil
bert is chairman. The same com
mittee with William Jennings as
chairman, is arranging for the cele
bration in honor of the soldiers,
sailors, marines, nurses and welfare
workers of the Great War.
Public Subscription
Plans whereby a definite sum of
money will be subscribed toward
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VHCOCKTT URUY OX WAV
I I.omlon, Sept. 20.—Viscount Grey
} of Fallodon, the new British Ambus-
I sudor to the United States left London
this morning on his trip to America,
Viscount James Bryce and the Karl
of Reading, former British Ambassa
dors in Washington, Winston Spencer
Churchill, secretary of the war and
air ministry, and Earl Curzon, presi
dent of the council, bade him fare
well at the station. Sir William Ty
rail. Viscount Grey's private secretay
is accompanying the rew Ambassador
to the United States.