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    Kronstadt, Great Fortress Standing at Gate of Petrograd, Is Reported Taken by British Navy
LXXXVIII— NO. 244 28 PAGES HARRISBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1919. °"K,S2£E2S # i B2££KSS B " HOME EDITION
RUSSIAN DRIVE
ON PETROGRAD IS
BEING PRESSED
p
Doubt Expressed as to Truth of Report
That Fortress of Kronstadt Capitulated
to British Naval Forces
BOLSHEVIKI FORCES CLAIM
THEY ARE MAKING GAINS
By Associated PrrsS.
London, Oct. 17. —The mahh of
General Yudenitch at the headNof
the northwestern Russian army on
the city of Petrograd was still pro
gressing favorably at the latest ad
vices. Some reports of his advance,
however, have apparently outrun his
actual progress. There appeared, for
instance, some doubt to-day whether
the fortress of Kronstadt, outpost at
the water approach to Petrograd,
had capitulated to British naval
forces, as indicated in reports dur
ing the night. The British Admiralty
had received no confirmatory ad
vices and the accuracy of the news
was questioned in Admiralty cir
cles.
Dispatches from Scandinavia have
announced the capture of Gatchina,
25 miles south of Petrograd, by the
Yudenitch forces and stated that he
was advancing on Tsarskoe-Selo,
former summer residence of Em
peror Nicholas, and Krasnoye-Selo,
nearby. Reports of the capture of
these places by the anti-Bolshevik
army, however, seem of doubtful ac
curacy. A Bolshevik wireless station
is located at Tsarskoe-Selo and an
nouncement was made by the Wire
less Press here this morning that the
Bolsheviki were apparently still in
possession of it, as Soviet propa
ganda was yet being sent out from
the station during this forenoon.
Soviet troops are reported to be
leaving Petrograd, a mutiny among
the men having broken out. In any
event, advices indicate the Yudenitch
forces are encountering feeble re
sistance.
Situation Uncertain
Bolshevik troops are said to have
captured Kiev, but in this region tha
situation is obscure. It was reported
last week that Kiev was in the hands
of General Petlura's Ukrainian army
which advanced against General Den
ikine's left flank following Petura's
declaration of war on the Cossack
chieftain.
Further details of the situation
south of Moscow have not been re
ceived, but it appears the Bolshevik
armies in that region are launching
counter attacks against General Den
ikine's lines. With the exception of
the capture of Kiev, the Bolsheviki
seem to have been repulsed along the
new front.
There is also some uncertainty as
to the exact situation in Lithuania,
where Russian and Lithuanian forces
are mobilized. Lithuanian troops
have been ordered to advance against
Shavli, In the government of Kovno.
If this movement should be carried
out, the Lithuanians would be in the
rear of the Germano-Russian forces
which advanced against Riga last
week, and have since last Friday
been fighting Lettish and Esthonian
troops in that city.
In the meantime Admiral Kolchak,
head of the All-Russian government
at Omsk and commander of the anti-
Bolshevik elements on the east Rus
sian front, is • advancing rapidly in
pursuit of the Soviet armies which
have been ordered to retire. The lo
cation of the line of battle in this
region has not been reported recent
ly, but it Is known to be west of the
Tobol river, which flows northward
through the eastern foothills of the
Urals.
A Bolshevik wireless message from
Moscow reports that Kiev was re
taken yesterday by the Bolsheviki
forces.
The communication says:
"On the fifteenth we captured Kiev
by surprise. The attack was so im
petuous that the enemy was unable
to cross to the left bank of the Dnie
per river and was forced to flee
northward in disorder."
Kiev has been occupied by Gen
eral Denikine's army for a short
time, the Bolsheviki having evacuat
ed the place. An official report from
Denikine under date of Wednesday,
however, said that fierce fighting
was in progress in the vicinity of
Kiev.
The tide against the Bolsheviki
continues to run strong in other
fields. A general retreat before the
armies of Admiral Kolchak in west
ern Siberia being announced in a
wireless message from the Kolchak
Government at Omsk, dated October
13. The dispatch reads:
"The Bolsheviki are retreating
along the whole line. They are de
porting the entire population be
tween the ages of sixteen and fifty
and are likewise removing the cut
tle."
The message announces the re
ceipt of advices that the Council of
People's Commissaries in Moscow
had issued an order outlawing Ad
miral Kolchak and his ministers
and demanding the arrest of his
agents and those of the Allies in Si
beria.
The message also reports that a
Bolshevik wireless dispatch had
been received which admitted that
in a plebiscite in Moscow the work
men had declared themselves against
I THE WEATHER")
Hnrrlsburg and Vicinity: Fair and
cooler to-night with front,
lowest temperature about 3S
degrees. Sunday fair, continu
ed cool.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to
night and Saturday. Colder to
night with frost. Fresh north
west winds.
River: The main river and the
lower portions of the North and
West brnnehes, will rise slight
ly; all other streams of the
system will fall slowly or re
main stationary, A stage of
about 4.0 feet Is Indicated for
Harrisburg Saturday morning.
HARRISBURG vPKHiB TELEGRAPH
Well-Dressed Girls
Laugh as They
Kill 23,632
By Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, Oft. 17.—Pro
fessor Guitlo Sclmeider, of Riga,
in a lecture here, stated that the
Bolsheviki shot 23,632 men,
women and children in Riga.
The executioners, intoxicated and
unable to aim straight, wounded
their victims time and again,
laughing at their agonies, which
sometimes lasted a whole day
and night, he said. Young girls,
elegantly dressed, volunteered as
executioners and, promenading
up and down with rifles, fired at
the prisoners.
the Soviet and was supporting Admi
ral Kolchak.
The defeat of the Bolsheviki in
the region of Kamyshin, on the
Volga, north of Tzaritzyn, as recently
reported, was effected after four
days of stubborn fighting, General
Denikine announces in his com
munique of Wednesday, which states
that the activities of the Bolsheviki
have been arrested with heavy losses
for them.
Washington Hears
Both Petrograd and
Kronstadt Taken
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 17. Reports of
the capture of Petrograd and Kron
stadt by Northwestern Russian forces
under General Yudenitch were receiv.
Ed at the State Department to-day
from an American consular officer in
Sweden on the Finnish border. Con
firmation of the reports had not been
received when the dispatch was sent
but it was said tbat they generally
were credited in Sweden.
Reports from Stockholm to-day
said the Bolsheviki were concentrat
ing the buk of their troops for a
decisive struggle with General Deni
kine's cossack forces in the south.
Deniklne's penetration west of Voro
nezh and the fall of Kursk were re
garded as threatening seriously the
central Soviet government at Mos
cow. At a recent Soviet meeting in
Petrograd, Chief Commissary Vini
vaieff described the situation as of
the utmost seriousness.
An official dispatch from Omsk,
dated October 14, said that the whole
north Siberian army rested on the
Tobol river and that the other two
armies were average of only five
miles from the same river. On the
Semiretche front Admiral Kolchalt's
forces have advanced, capturing 5,000
prisoners.
Reinforcements Rush
to Standards of Army
of Gen. Yudenitch
Stockholm, Thursday, Oct. 16. —
General Yudenitch, whose north
western Russian army is marching
on Petrograd, had been reinforced
by troops commanded by Prince
Peter Lieven and volunteers from
Archangel, who now form the van
guard of the advance on the former
Russian capital, according to a
Ilelsingfors dispatch to the Dag
bladt.
(A London dispatch received last
Saturday stated that Prince Lieven
was superintending the co-ordina
tion of forces commanded by Col.
Avaloff-Bermondt and General Von
der Goltz, which have been fighting
in and about Riga for several days.)
Esthonian forces are reported not
to have advanced materially, but
no further advances by the Russo-
German troops along the southern
coast of the Gulf of Finland has
been made.
The defeat of the Bolsheviki be
fore Petrograd is said to have been
due to a lack of discipline, as they
have plently of ammunition and
guns. The Bolshevik front has been
broken at several places and the
Soviet reserves are insufficient to
check the advance of the Yudenitch
forces.
British Admiralty Has
No Confirmation of
Kronstadt's Capture
By Associated Press
Ixindon, Oct. 17. —Confirmation of
reports that British naval forces
have taken the fortress of kron
stadt, on the Gulf of Finland, .west
of Petrograd, lias not been received
at the Admiralty offices here. Dis-.
patches telling of the capitulation of
Kronstadt are not credited, it being
said the British have only light
cruisers in the vicinity which are
incapable of successfully challeng
ing the fortress. Admiralty officials
state there was no reason for a
British attack on the place.
HOLDING TOBOL
Omsk, Thursday, Oct. 9.—Siberian
forces are holding the line of the !
Tobol river, except in the viclnltv I
of Yalutorovsk and Kurgan, which |
are still in Bolshevik hands. The '
military situation has been virtually
unchanged during the last week be
cause of heavy rains and mud which
have brought operations to a stand
still.
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STATE TO PLAN
PARK TREATMENT
NEXT TUESDAY
i Details For Building and
Landscaping to Be De
cided at Once
Determination will be reached by
the State Board of Public Grounds
and Building's next Tuesday as to
what work to undertake in the way
of new buildings in the Capitol Park
improvement plan in addition to the
Memorial Bridge. The contract for
the bridge will be signed next week
and the contractor will present the
required bond and begin the pre
liminary operations.
The Board will receive the de
tailed plans for the new office build
ing and will decide when to ask for
| bids and also what to do in regard
! to the start of the granite terrace
| and the changes on the boundary
| streets. It is also probable that the
plans of the Harrisburg Railways
Company for its new lines and also
of the Pennsylvania Railroad for
certain track changes will come
before the Board.
A committee of experts ha£ been
making a study of the heat and
i lighting system of the Capitol and
will report on whether to maintain
the present station in the basement
of the Capitol or to recommend the
construction of a larger plant in the
vicinity of the park which can care
for the whole group and the en
larged park. The latter proposition
is bound to come ultimately and the
main question is what to do in the
next few years.
Arnold W. Brunner, the architect,
and J. E. Greiner, the engineer, will
be here to consult with the board
and give their ideas in regard to
the winter program.
Will Regulate Soldiers'
Marriages on Foreign
Soil in the Future
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 17.—At the re
quest of the State, War and Navy De
partments Chairman Wadsworth of
the Senate Military Committee to
day introduced a bill designated to
regulate marriage of American sol
diers or civilians attached to the
Army while on foreign service. Tt
would require the filing of affidavits
before marriage with the Naval or
military authorities showing that
both the man and the woman were
of legal age and unmarried, with
heavy sentences for convicted vio
lations.
The French government is in ac
cord with the provisions of the bill
and anxious that it be expedited,
according to an accompanying note
from the War Department.
Belgian Royalty Going
Through "Movieland"
By Associated Press
IiOS Angeles. Oct. 17.—Interest of
Albert, King of the Belgians, Eliza
beth his queen, and their son, Leo
pold, heir apparent to the Belgian
throne, shifted to-day from the na
tural wonders of the Yosemite Val
ley and the giant Sequoias, which
they viewed yesterday to the artifi
cial wonders of "Movieland."
Arriving here this morning Their
Majesties were promised a trip
through several of the largest mo
tion picture studios and a "close up"
of a number of America's screen fa
vorites. Although their stay here
was limited to three and a half hours
the program also called for an auto
mobile, drive through the gardens
and orange groves of Pasadena and
Glendale and..various other enter
tainment features.
Soldiers of the 91st Division, who
served irfßelgium, were at the sta
tion to meet the royal party. Many
of the vetertins wore decorations re
ceived at Albert's hand before they
embarked for home.
INCREASES WAGES
Allentown, Pa., Oct. 17. The
Thomas Iron Company, Hokendau
qua, employing upwards of 300 men
and the Crane Iron Company, Ca
tasauqua, employing 260, announced
a ten per cent, in wages effective
October 15.
sfje otar-2n&epen&cnl.
CITY URGED TO TAKE
ENTIRE RiyER FRONT
Architect Manning Declares Harrisburg Must Take Over All
Islands For Future Use; Bathing Beach and Bath
houses Forerunner of What Is to Come
At an enthusiastic meeting of the
Greater Harrisburg Navy last even
ing in the ballroom of the Penn-
Harris hotel • David E. Tracy was
elected Admiral for the coming
year and the following executive
committee elected to take charge of
the affairs of the Navy and arrange
l'or the next Kipona:
I. C. Kindler, A. It. Michener, W.
R. Lutz, Geo. K. Reist, Ray Suydam,
E. C. Ensminger, E. J. Stackpole,
Jr., A. Benson, R. E. Steward, V.
Grant Porrer, T. M. Kelker, A. P.
Dintaman, J. C. Thompson, W. C.
Fisher, L. L. Ferree, E. J. Stackpole,
Gus M. Steinmetz and L. P. Neefe.
The dinner was the first annual
affair of its kind. The ballroom
never presented a handsomer ap
pearance, thanks to the efforts of an
able decorating committee. The Ad
miral's flagship, which played such
a prominent part in the Kipona pro
gram on Labor Day had been erected
as a background behind the speak
BUSINESSMEN
PLEDGESUPPORT
TO CITY LOANS
Voters Urged to Meet Patri
otic Duty at November
Election
At a meeting of the Harrisburg
Rotary Club, at which members of
the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce and the Kiwanis Clubs were
guests, Lieutenant-Governor E. E.
Beidleman and Warren H. Manning,
the city planning expert, heartily
endorsed the various public improve
ment loans to come before the peo
ple in November, and E. J. Stack
pole, president of the Chamber of
Commerce, and L. F. Neefe, presi
dent of the Kiwanis Club, promised
the support of those organizations in
the campaign.
The meeting was called to order
by G. M. Steinmetz, president of
the Rotary Club, and turned over to
Rudolph K. Spicer, chairman of the
public affairs committee, who in
troduced the speakers."
The result of the meeting will bo
that committees will be appointed
by the three organizations named
to work for the loans both previous
to and on election day.
I Bridge Fund Transfer
Lieutenant- Governor IBeidleman
who supported the original Walnut
street bridge loan, said that he bad
no apologies to offer for that. The
bridge was needed, he said, and the
money properly set aside for it, but
he expressed thanks that the pro
ject had been delayed so that now
the city and the State may join
hands in what is believed will be
the most beautiful bridge in the
whole world.
Lieutenant - Governor Beldleman
said a man in public life should al
ways be willing to sacrifice his own
political preferment for the good
of his city, and he said the people
should lay aside all thoughts of sec
tionalism and net for the best Inter
ests of the whole city. He said ho
regretted that an item had not been
included for the erection of the new
high school on the Hoffman's Woods
site and endorsed heartily the idea
of bathing beaches on the River
Front, as opposed to bathing pools
[Continued on Page 11.]
MINISTER IS SITED
BY ANOTHER PASTOR
Counsel for the Rev, Moses J. Birge
(lied a damage suit for 12,000 to-day
against the Rev. E. Luther Cunning
ham, pastor of St. Paul's Baptist
Church In the statement, which was
(tied, it is alleged that the Rev. Mr.
Cunningham said that the Rev. Mr.
Birge was an excluded member of St.
Paul's Church, and because of this the
latter could not become a member of
the Ministers' Conference.
ers' table extending almost the full
length of the room and gave to the
function a nautical air.
How Admiral Was Named
In addition there were placed in
the several corners decorated canoes
upright and a canoe was suspended
from the gallery. Canoe paddles,
fish nets, fishing rods, college pen
nants and all of the appurtenances
of bathing ahd boating formed parts
of the decorative scheme. The guests
including the prize winners who re
ceived their prizes at the hands of
Mr. Tracy were seated at specially
reserved tables in front. They in
cluded many women and the prizes
varied from gold medals to huge
loving cups, the handsomest of which
was awarded to the Technical High
School, winner of the school war
canoe race.
The Rotary Club contributed the
music for the evening with Berton
[Continued on l'agc 17.1
SCHOOL BOARD
GIVES ITS SIDE
TO WAGE DISPUTE
Demands of Teachers Would
Throw District Into An
other Defeat
That the city school directors will
grant the increases which teachers
of the city claim is due them under
the original salary schedule in ad
dition to the increases they re
ceived through the provisions of the
Woodruff salary bill, was doubted
to-day by school officials.
Secretary D. D. Hammelbaugh ex
plained that every teacherr on the
district payroll has had increases
in salary ranging from thirty-two
to 100 per cent, in the last five
years. They have all been listed
for the increases provided by the
Woodruff salary bill, but to pay
them the other increases also which
are provided in the salary schedule
is purely optional with the School
Board, he said. It would require
at least $32,000 to pay the salary
and would create another deficit in
the school accounts next July, which
would probably mean that the pres
ent tax rate of thirteen and one-half
mills would be continued at least
for another year. Many of the
teachers also would receive more
pay than the maximum allowed, Mr.
Hammelbaugh said.
Double Increases
"Last year all teachers entitled
to an increase under the salary
schedule, which was approved long
before the salary bill went before
the Legislature, received a double
increase. All teachers in the city
who had reached the maximum al
lowed by our salary schedule were
given increases of $lOO.
"The lowest increases in salary
in the hist five years was thirty
two per cent., and the highest was
100 per cent. One teacher received
$950 in 1914. She receives $1,680
now, an increase of seventy-six per
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TIinEK TO Pt.EAD
GUILTY TO ROBBERY
Three men charged with breaking
into freight cars at the Rutherford
yards of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway Company and stealing
shoes, clothing and chocolate valued
at $1.1500, will plead guilty i n court
next Monday. They are John Jackson
Frank Basehore fyjtd Jack Tavlor Dis
trict Attorney Michael E. Stroup will
call them for sentence. Other pleas of
guilty which will be heard, include G
R. Curtis, chnrged with breaking Into
the store of Shenk & Tittle. In Mar
ket street; Robert Geesey. John De
laney. Alfred Munson, Harvey C
Harten, larceny; James H. Smith and
Roy Kugle, nonsupport ]
LEADERS OF AIR
RACE RESUMING !
FLIGHT HOME
"Flying Parson" and Captain
Smith Restored to Compe
tition in Aerial Derby
MAJ. SPATZ WITHDRAWS'
Turns His Airplane Over to!
Smith So That He Can j
Complete Race
> By Associated Press
Chicago, Oct. 17.—Restored to
competition in the army endurance
and reliability airplane race by rul
ings of the directing authorities at
Washington after their ships had
been so badly damaged that both.
were believed out of the contest,
Lieutenant B. W. Maynard, the "fly
ing parson," and Captain L. H.
Smith, leaders on the first lap of
the twice transcontinental flight,
resumed their homeward courses
to-day.
Major Spatz Reaches
Buffalo; Captain Smith
Is Without Machine
By Associated Press,
Buffalo,, N. Y., Oct 17.—Major
Carl Spatz, leader of the fliers
doubling back from Mineola to San-
Francisco in the Army's reliability
and endurance test, arrived here
from Rochester at 9.16.35 A. M.
Major Spatz delayed his departure
for Cleveland, awaiting authoriza
tion from Washington make changes
in his schedule.
Captain L. H. Smith, whose plane
was burned on Wednesday night,
was at Curtiss Field this morning,
but up to 10.30 A. M. was without a j
new machine in which to resume
his flight toward San Francisco.
A message from Washington au
thorized Captain Smith to continue
in a Curtiss Oriole, but local repre
sentatives would not assume the re
sponsibility of accepting the airplane
without receiving official notice to
make the purchase.
Unable to See Land,
Mail Pilot Makes
Remarkable Flight
By Associated Press
Cleveland, Oct. 17. —Flying through
rain and fog, Paul S. Oaks, pilot of
the U. S. airmail service, yesterday
made what officials consider one of
the most remarkable flights.
Oaks made the trip from Cleve
land to Chicago and return in seven
hours under adverse conditions. The
entire flight was made by compass,
and at no time on the return trip
could Oaks see the ground.
Spatz Asks to Withdraw
So That Capt. Smith
May Use His Plane
By Associated Press,
Mineola. N. Y., Oct. 17. —In the
face of a strong northwest wind,
blowing forty miles an hour. Lieu
tenant E. C. Kiel, in a De Havlland
four airplane, with Sergeant Frank
McKee as a passenger, started on
the return flight to San Francisco
in the Army's transcontinental air
race at 9.42.12 o'clock this morning.
Major Carl Spatz who reached
Buffalo this morning on his return
flight to San Francisco, informed the
local Army officials by long-distance
telephone to-day that he desired to
withdraw from the He ex
[Continued on Page 11.]
General Improvement
in Condition of the
President Checked
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 17. While
President Wilson was feeling well
to-day, his physicians said the pros
tatic condition from which he had
been suffering for several days was
checking the general improvement
of the last two weeks.
The doctors' issued the following
bulletin:
"12.25 p. m. White House, October
17, 1919:
"The President passed a comfort
able night and is feeling well this
morning. His temperature, pulse
and respiration rates are normal,
i The prostatic condition is n<jt as
satisfactory as yesterday and is
checking general improvement of the
lust two weeks."
Br. Grayson announced that he
had called in Dr. Hugh Young, of
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
one of the foremost specialists in the
country on prostatic troubles, and
that he was expected at the White
House some time to-day. During
the morning the President was treat
ed by Dr. Fowler, a Washington
specialist, who was called in when
the President ifirst suffered this
complication several days ago.
Dr. Young will make a thorough
examination of the swelling of the
prostate gland to determine whether
an operation is necessary, Dr. Gray
son said.
The physician said the swelling of
the prostate gland, from which the
President had been free all day yes
terday and the night before, return
ed in the early hours this mftrnlng
and caused some irritation.
While the trouble might be only 1
minor in character Dr. Grayson, sahl;
there was no doubt that it had re-1
tarded -.somewhat the progress the i
president had been making toward
recovery.
Irritation accompanying the swell
ing of the prostate gland, he ex
plained was likely to affect adverse
ly the nervous condition of the
patient.
MULLIGAN IS A
BAD ACTOR
Gentlemen, meet Mulligan!
He's a bad actor, it appears,
and his acquaintance, casually
made, is not likely to be forgot
ten, it was said to-day in the cir
cles where he has made his
appearance. Few, it was added. j
seek him out to shake his hand
a second time.
It appears that someone has
been inviting the drinkers of 2.75
to mix a little crushed red pep- i
pers—the old-fashioned hot ones i
—in the flagon. This is Muili- j
gar.-, and Muligan's kick is real, i
those who met him averred to
day. But his introducer forgot to !
say it was not alcoholic. Those
who made his acquaintance still
have "that burning" sensation
they said to-day.
ZION LUTHERAN
SUNDAY SCHOOL
100 YEARS OLD
Idea of Teaching Bible to the
Young Spread Rapidly
Century Ago
Zion Lutheran Sunday School will
celebrate its one hundredth annivers
ary Sunday. Zion Lutheran is rather
a famous old place, for it was there
in 1839 that the Republicans in con
vention nominated William Henry
Harrison for the presidency to which
he was afterwards elected.
The Rev. John George Loch, who
was pastor of Zion Lutheran from
1815 to 1826, suggested one hundred
years ago that a school for all chil
dren be organized in order that they
might be taught the Bible. Over 300
were enrolled within a month, so
popular was the idea, and soon the
entire State was dotted with Sunday
Schools which went hand in hand with
the church services. Hundreds of old
Harrisburg families have their names
enrolled among the first members of
those classes.
l.ong In Service
During a century of religious work,
many interesting facts have been
brought out, and on Sunday some of
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troops to Europe for the ultimate purpose of policing
jjj* Silesia during the plebescite proposed in the Peace
4 Treaty, formed the text of another chapter of Senate
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debate to-day on the Treaty. ' The authority of the War
Department to take such a step was questioned by Sena
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4 tor Brandegee and the scarcity of information available |
X to the Senate on such subjects was deplored by Chair-
man Wadsworth of the Military Committee.
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Vienna. The Austrian National Assembly to-day #§
ratified the Peace Treaty of St. Germain. X
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Washington. John L. Lewis, president of the Unit- <|
ed Mine Workers of America, and Thomas T. Brewster, X
4* representing the coal operators, went into conference
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strike of bituminous coal miners on November 1. The jj
sitting was expected to continue several hours. £
4" HONORS FOR GENERALS T
4 Washington. —By unanimous vote he Senate Mili- 4*
tary Committee to-day ordered favorably reported a
bill conferring the permanent rank of Lieutenant Gen-
4# eral on General March and Major Generals Robert L.
X Bullard and Hunter Liggett, in recognition of their X
7* services during the war. V
HUNGER STRIKERS WIN <&
t' Dublin. The Lord Mayor has been informed that X
all the Irish political prisoners in Mount Joy Prison |
will be liberated immediately. This is the outcome of Jl
J* their hunger strike, it was explained.
4* FILE BILL TO PERMIT STRIKERS T OMEET £
Pittsburgh. Representaives of he steel
workers' union filed a bill in equiy in the
*j * county 40urt this afternoon against Mayor F. V.
ej cock, director of Public Safety D. B. Pritchard and^
I * Superintendent of Police R. 'J. Alderdice and other of- V
4* ficials to restrain them from interfering with meetings
4j
j # of the strikers in the Pittsburgh district.
* MARRIAGE LICENSES $
Harry P. Renahnw, Camp Hill, ami Anna M. BlKler, SMrmaaa
* town) Arthur R. Klnta and Jennie N. Ilnmack, Mechttnicabani Bt-J
e ( ward Beverly and Mabel R. Cuflfce, Steelton. ,
1 -i' l I 'I M,;
MAKE EFFORTS
TO FRAME PACT
ON BARGAINING
Employers Would Not Be Re
quired to Deal With Other
Than Own Employes
A SUBSTITUTE MEASURE
Provides Individual Establish
ments Shall Be Basis of
Relationship
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 17. —Represen
tatives of capital In the National In
dustrial Conference continued their
efforts to-day to frame a declaration
on collective bargaining to be of
fered as a substitute for the resolu
tion presented yesterday by the com
mittee of fifteen.
While acknowledging the right of
I collective bargaining, the declaration
in its tentative form provides that
the individual establishments shall
be the basis of relationship, and that
the employers shall not be required
to deal with others than their own
employes.
Hope was expressed by labor
delegates that Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federa
tion o'f Labor, who has been suffer
ing from nervous exhaueftion, will be
able to resume his place to-day as
leader of the labor delegation. Mr.
Gompers' temperature was normal
last night, his secretary reported. He
is very anxious to be back in the
conference room but his physician
has advised further rest.
• While the representatives of capi
tal were in session, the labor and
public groups marked time and con
'ference officials said they did not
know when the day's sessions would
begin.
The public delegates indicated a
willingness to refer the entire ques
tion of collective bargaining back to
the committee of fifteen, although
labor delegates expressed vigorous
opposition to further postponement
of the steel strike arbitration reso
lution.
Charles Edward Russell, of New
York, a public representative, who
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