Ual Pennsylvania Joins With City in Extending Hearty Greeting to Royal Belgian Party
LXXXVin— NO. 250 24 PAGES Dai, &au P c r ep at Wom oCaVHaSr''HARRISBURG. PA. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1919,
WARM WELCOME
QUEEN GIVES
THOUSANDS BRAVE MIST
AND RAIN TO PAY HONOR
TO RULERS OF BELGIUM
Tree Planted by Royal Party Will Serve as
Monument to Pleasing Visit of One
of War's Heroes
QUEEN TELLS OF WOMAN'S SPHERE
WHILE KING VISITS STEEL MILLS
Harrisburg entertained King Alber, Queen Elisabeth, Crown Prince Leopold
of Belgium and a distinguished party of American and Belgian statesmen and officers
to-day in a manner that will mark this as one of the red letter occasions of the city's
history.
The party came to stay only an hour and a half, but were so much interested in what they
saw that they held up their special train nearly a half hour longer in order to more thoroughly
inspect the Capitol and the great Bethlehem Steel plant at Steelton, where thousands of tons of
munitions used along the Belgian front were manufactured during the war.
The day was overcast but for all that the downtown streets presented a brilliant spectacle,
and all along the way taken by the King and his party the streets were lined with flag-waving
school children and thousands of cheering spectators.
The arrangements were in charge of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, E. T. Stack
pole, chairman, and the reception committee was headed by Vance C. McCormick, who had met
the King in Belgium. Mr. McCormick and Secretary Warren R. Jackson went to Newport to-day,
where they boarded the King's special train.
When the approach of the train was heralded at the Chamber
of Commerce offices in the Dauphin Building, the traffic commit
tee got the members of the reception committee into the waiting
automobiles at the corner of Market street and Market Square
and drove to the Pennsylvania Railroad Station where the Plaza
had been policed in order to prevent congestion. At the station
the party was joined by the Governor and Mrs. Sproul, who shook
hands with the Mayor and Mrs. Keister. The party entered the
station shed through the upper entrance just in the rear of the
Plaza Hotel, which had been roped off and marked by a lane of
small evergreen trees leading down to-the tracks.
Q-.
Train on Time
As the train pulled into the depot
promptly on the minute of 9 the
Naval band in full uniform began
to play and the committee and Red
Cross workers lined up to recei\e
the royal party, first off the train
was Mr. Jackson, then Mr. McCor
mick and after them Colonel Charles
Patterson, brother of Andrew S.
Patterson, of this city, who is the
representative of the United States
Army with the King's party. They
directed attention to the rear of the
train where King Albert stood on
Ihe platform ready to alight. As
he stepped to the ground the crowd
cheered and he and all others of the
partv came smartly to salute when
the Belgian anthem was played by
the band, remaining in that position
as the band swung Into the "Star
Spangled Banner."
After shaking hands with the
Governor and Mrs. Sproul the King
and the Crown Prince, with their
attendants and guests, took their
way to the waiting automobiles in
the plaza, it being announced that
the Queen was slightly indisposed J
and would not make the trip until
later, when she expressed a desire
to he taken to the Capitol and to
Steelton.
A Democratic Monarch
King Albert was dressed for the j
weather. He is a democratic mon
arch if ever there was one. Clad i
in the khaki uniform of un °<beer
of the Belgian Army, he looked
precisely as t 1 e picture of htiu
made during tY.i war when he was
battling with the German hosts and
published broadcast in this country,
except that the strained expressed
and the lines of care had given way
to a good-natured smile and a keen ,
glance that took in every detail of
what he saw. Prince Leopold was
similarly clad and neither- looked
as though he would be averse to a
ducking if the rain continued to fall
as it had earlier in the morning. He
is a good looking, slender lad, not
unlike thousands of young Ameri
cans of college age, and he, too, had
his father's good-humored smile and
a rather taking way with him.
Many Cheer Monarclts
The couple were cheered repeat
edly as they went to the automo
biles in waiting and the traffic com
mittee of the Chamber had things
arranged so well that the trip was
begun before many were aware that
the train had arrived. The plaze and
Market street were lined by Boy
Scouts, service men in uniform and I
an occasional policeman, the crowds j
remaining well back behind the !
lines. The Scouts and the service I
men came to salute as the long lines
of automobiles swung into Market j
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THE WEATHER!
Hnrrlf.bnrg and Vicinity. Continu
ed unsettled weather with
probably nhowera to-night or
Saturday. Not much change In
temperature, lowest to-night
about Bit degrees,
Eastern Pennsylvania! Showers
probably to-night and Satur
day. Moderate east winds.
Rlveri The Susquehanna river nnd
all Its branches will probnbly
fall slowly or remain station
ary. A stage of about 4.0 feet Is
Indicated for Harrlsburg Sat
urday morning.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
KING ON EARLY
TRAMP, ASHAMED
' OF OLD CLOTHES
Leaves Sleeping Car at New
port For Stroll Along
Railway Tracks
Newport, Pa., Oct. 24.—"0, no!
No! 1 can't do that. Wait until I
change clothes."
Sa said King Albert, of Belgium,
to John S. Eby, former Perry county
Representative in the State Legisla
ture, when the latter encountered
His Majesty strolling along the
Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and
expressed the desire to Introduce
him to several score of Newporters
who had gathered about the special
cars.
Stop at Newport
The train on which the royal
party is traveling laid over in New
j port for more than seven hours this
! morning so that the travelers might
I have undisturbed sleep. Being rest
ed, up, the King, attired in old
clothing, emerged from the cars and
started to stroll about the borough,
the Ip-st crowned head to set foot
in Perry county.
"Good morning, King Albert," Mr.
Eby greeted him when he recog
nized His Majesty strolling along the
tracks toward his train. The King's
answer was a genial handclasp,
which gave to ex-Representative Eby
the distinction of being the first
Perry countian to grasp a foreign
ruler's hand 011 Perry soil.
"Now, King, I would like to intro
duce you to to these good Perry
countians," Mr. Eby said as they
arrived at the cars after conversing
briefly in their walk along the rail
road tracks.
Albert Speaks to Crowd
He was scarcely presentable, the
King remonstrated briefly, but Mr.
Eby finally persuaded him. Being
introduced around, the King shook
hands with the hearty band of warm
supporters of his democratic prin
ciples.
During his early morning walk
I about Newport the King came in
j contact with a quartet of hunters.
I Noticing the guns the King asked
I the men what they were going to
| do. When told that the mountains
j about Newport offered much game
in the way of squirrels, pheasants,
quail, deer, etc., he remarked, "That
is fine I wish I had the time I
would like to stay a week and go
hunting."
He spoke a few words with the
crowd and briefly extolled America,
. her people and paid a hearty com
pliment to Perry county when its
war record was briefly related to
him.
FITZGERALD IS UNSEATED
Washington, Oct. 24. Without
a record vote, the House late yester
day unseated Representative John
F. Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts,
formerly Mayor of Boston, and
seated former Representative Peter
F. Tague. Both Fitzgerald and
Taeue are Democrats.
QUEEN IN HER
FIRST INTERVIEW
URGESSUFFRAGE
Advocates Votes For Women,
but Does Not Believe in
Sex Equality
LAUDS U. S. FACTORIES
Declares Styles Change Too
Fast; Preference For Tur
bans May Establish Mode
Queen Elizabeth, of the Belgians,
advocates votes for women, but she
does not believe in the equality of
the sexes any more than in employ
ing militant methods to obtain suff
rage. She said so to-day in tha first
interview she had given in America.
The Queen spoke just before the
parade.
"You ask if I have gained any im
pressions from the factories I have
visited," Her Majesty said. "I have
been very much Impressed with the
clear-eye, red-cheeked girls I have
seen in your workrooms. I think
their evident happiness is due to
the pure air, the cleanliness and
the generally splendid surroundings.
It is my hope that employers of
working people in Belgium and all
over Europe will model their fac
tories after those in the United
States.
Mnst Protect Women
"We have lost so many men in
war," she added sadly, "that the
women must work, and as women
are the mothers of the race every
thing possible should be done to pro
tect them."
Queen Elizabeth lias very definite
ideas on the education of girls, it
developed. She does not believe in
the separation of the sexes in school,
although she emphatically advocates
educating girls along one line and I
boys along; quite another. ;
"The war taught me," she said,
"that there is no equality of the
sexes. My husband was a soldier
and I was a nurse. So it was with
all women. The future should see
work divided along the same lines.
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Minister's Wife Dies
Under Overturned Auto;
Pupils Save Man's Life
Caught beneath a light automo
bile in which was was riding when it
skidded and overturned at Beaver
Station about two miles east of
llummelstown,. Mrs. Irvin L. Beaver,
j Reading, was instantly killed late
this morning. She was 51 years
old.
Her husband, the Rev. Xrvin L.
Beaver, editor of the Reformed
Church Record and former pastor of
the Olivet Reformed Church, Read
ing, escaped with slight bruises and
scratches. An X-ray picture is be
ing taken at the Harrisburg Hospital
of his left arm, which was injured
in the accident. Mr. Beaver was
driving the automobile.
The proximity of pupils of tjie
Beaver school .located nearby, is re
sponsible for the Rev. Mr. Beaver's
escape with his life. When the auto
mobile overturned, he was caught
beneath the seat and was able to
breath only with difficulty. Pupils
noticing the accident, rushed from
the schoolhouse and- quickly right
ed the automobile, preventing his
suffocation. He was exhausted when
the machine was removed.
st)t £tar-3itfcpcitfttnL
IS GIVEN KING ALBERT;
IMPRESSIONS OF U. S. GIRLS
Royal Guest on Plaza Before Capitol
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FINAL APPEAL
MADE TO AVERT
COAL STRIKE
Direct Plea Made to Wilson 1
After Both Groups Reject
Two More Proposals
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct 24. Final ap
peal was made direct to President
Wilson to-day to prevent the strike
of half a million soft coal miners,
called for November 1, after miners
and operators, meeting jointly with
Secretary Wilson, had turned down
two propositions to negotiate a new
wage agreement.
While on the point of breaking
up, the two groups heeding the
plea of Secretary Wilson, agreed to
return at 4 o'clock this afternoon
to receive a message the secretary
[ hoped to bring from the President.
Position Unchanged
"The miners and operators still
occupy the same position as last
night," Secretary Wilson said. "I
made a suggestion as a new basis
of settlement which was rejected,
the operators refusing to accept and
the miners saying that, while it was
not satisfactory, they were willing
to consider it."
Mr. Wilson outlined the terms of
his proposition, as follows:
"That the pick mining price be
advanced 15 cents per ton.
"That machine mining, yardage,
deadweight and day wages be ad
vanced in the same ratio.
"That the day work shall be eight
hours from bank to bank.
"That there shall be a Saturday
half holiday.
"That with these changes the exist
ing agreement continues into effect
until March 31, 1922.
Expect to Go Home Soon
"That while the legal termination
of the war will not take place until
some unknown time in the future,
the increase in the cost, of living is
an existing fact; therefore, these
changes will go into effect as of No
vember 1, 1919."
Mr. Wilson was plainly worried
and hurried away to consult other
Jifficials before proceeding to the
White House. Some members of the
miners group said the "blow up" had
about come and they expected to
start for home to-night.
FAMILY OF FIVE MUST HAVE
MINIMUM OF $2,262 A YEAR
And This Includes Only One and a Half Hats a Year For the
Rife; the Baby Gets sl7 For Clothes; Food Totals
$773.93 and Clothes $513.72
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 24.—Official es
timates for a "health and decency"
budget for government clerks place
the minimum annual expenses of a
family of five at $2,262; an unmar
ried woman at $1,083 and a single
man at SI,OOO.
These figures were made public
to-day by Dr. Royal Meeker, chief
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
in connection with the investigation
of Federal sularies by a congres
sional committee.
The food item in the family
budget amounts to $773.93. The
clothing bill for the year is put at
$'>13.72, of which the husband is
allotted $121.16, the wife $166.46,
eleven-year-old boy $96.60, the five
yeur-old girl SB2 50 and the baby
(two years) $47. Housing, fuel and
light are placed at $4 28 and mis
KING ALBERT AT
CAPITOL
For a few minutes before the
brief welcome in the Capitol
building, King Albert, with others
of the royal party, and Governor
and Mrs. William C. Sproul stood
at the entrance while thousands
cheered them. • The King, Gov
ernor and Mrs. Sproul are shown
above.
ARBOR DAY TREE
PLANTING HALTS
BECAUSEOFRAIN
Memorial Exercises Postponed
but Evergreens Will Be
Set in Place
Because of inclement weather
Park. Commissioner E. Z. Gross an
nounced at noon to-day that the
Arbor Day memorial tree planting
exercises which were to have been
held this afternoon in Reservoir
Park, have been postponed.
It is possible the Park Department
will arrange to hold the memorial
and dedicatory services within the
next week. As only a few trees were
to be planted this fall it is believed
that department will arrange an ex
tensive program for the spring Arbor
Day at which time the remaining
number of trees will be planted.
Ninety-six soldiers and sailors
from Harrisburg gave their lives dur
ing war service, and in honor of each
one the city will plant a white pine,
attaching to it a bronze marker giv
ing the name, rank and date of
death of each man.
Despite the inclement weather to
day many residents of the city
planted trees, having made prep
arations yesterday. Many of these
trees were taken from the city nurs
ery during the day and delivered bj f
truck together with a booklet of
instructions on how to plant and
care for trees.
Planting in the city parks will be
continued for about a week under
the direction of V. Grant Forrer,
assistant park superintendent, and
Mr. Baltimore. Old trees and
younger ones which have died will
I be replaced, particularly in River
Park.
cellaneous expenses at $546.82 a to
tal of $2,262.47.
Must Have Newspaper
If tha wife was especially com
petent in the art of shopping, did
her own sewing and practiced all
household economics the budget
might be reduced, it was explained,
to a "rockbottom minimum" of f '
025.56. '
The bureau, in compiling these es
timates, makes a hat allowance for
the wife of one and a half huts a
year, $lO for a winter hat and $5
for a summer one, the winter hat to
be worn two years. An item of
$8.40 is allowed for a newspaper,
held by I)r. Meeker to be u neces
sity. The family amusement ap
propriation is set at S4O, which also
includes magazines, though in gen
eral such luxuries as the latter, it
was pointed out. are to be enjoyed
ut the public library.
CUTS CEILING
TO FORCE WAY
INTOSTOREROOM
Clever Thief Fills "Sample"
Cases and Drives Away
in Taxicab
Boring a hole in the floor of the
Lochier Hotel with an auger and bit,
a thief last night stole suits, shirts
and other haberdashery worth ap
proximately SI,OOO, from the store
of McFull and Son, Third and Mar
ket streets.
A man, registering at the Lochiel
Hotel on Wednesday night is sus
pected of the theft. He is believed
to be in a Central Pennsylvania city
J where two of the three sample cases
of goods taken by him, are being held
by Pennsylvania Railroad police.
A hole of sufficient size to
admit a man's body led from the
third floor of the Lochiel Hotel
to the second floor of the McFall
; establishment. By the use of a
j rope, the man went to and from the
: McFall establishment.
Gathering the suits, shirts and
I other stuff together, the man dis
i carded a huge quantity of other ma
! terial which he threw in a muss in
| a corner. Bundling the others to
! gether with tape measures, he pulled
j them into his room in the hotel.
I Registering at the hotel on
Wednesday evening, the stranger is
| said to have passed the remark that
! his sample cases had been mislaid.
I On Thursday morning, however, he
| appeared at short intervals, taking
three cases with him.
Leaving a call for 2.30 this morn
ing, he left the hotel at 2.45 with
his three cases, the porter assisting
him in removing them to the street
where he had called a taxicab. The
driver of the taxi reports that two
of the three cases were checked
and that the man went aboard the
3.10 a. m. train for Altoona. The
two cases have been located in Al
toona and are being held by the
Pennsylvania Railroad police.
The theft was discovered by em
ployes of the hotel shortly after the
man left.
BOMB WRECKS HOUSES
By Associated Press
Ciiarlcrot. Pa. ,Oct. 24.—Two
housose were slightly damaged by a
bomb explosion here early to-day.
Police believe that the bomb was
intended for Richard Harvey, a steel
mill engineer, who lives near the
houses which were damaged, and
that the bomb was misplaced. The
explosion follows closely an alleged
attempt to wreck a passenger train
carry steel workers at Speers, near
here, yesterday.
TO ERECT SIX HOMES
P. L. Morrow, contractor for C.
Glenn Flckes, secured a permit yes
terday afternoon to erect six two
story brick houses in Emerald street,
near T.ogan. The work will cost
$20,000.
JUST LEARN OF
WAR'S END
Uackluml, N. Z.. Oct. 24.
via Ottowa The British dread
naught Iron D'-ke, with Admiral
Sir John Jcllicoe aboard has
picked up two white men and a
native of Christmas Island, who
met a landing party from the
battleship with revolvers, believ
ing the sailors to he Germans.
They did not know that the war
was over, having been cut off
from the outside world for IS
months.
OM.Y I:\I;M\C; ASSOLIATKI) PRESS SINGLE COPIES iinur cniTIOW
NEWSPAPER I.V IIA It It ISIIL R<> TWO CENTS IIUItIL tUI 1 lUIM
REPUBLICANS
OPEN CAMPAIGN
AT BIG RALLY
Harrisburg Republican Club
Gives Reception to City
and County Candidates
GREAT VICTORY IN SIGHT
But Bright Prospects Will Not
Dampen Ardor of Workers
Planning For Next Year
At the largest meeting in years,
members of the Harrisburg Repub
lican Club last evening gave their
hearty endorsement to the city and
county tickets nominated in Sep
tember and heard leaders of the
party in the State forecast great Re
publican victories this year and in
the presidential contest of 1920.
"This is no 'off year,' " said Em
erson Collins, one of the speakers.
"What we do this year will be a
sign and indication of what will hap
pen next year. A united, victorious
Republican party in the local elec
tions throughout the country in No
vember will discourage the Demo
crats, hearten timid Republicans and
give notice to the country that the
Republican candidate ror rresiuent,
whoever he muy be, will be elected
next year."
And that was the spirit of the
whole meeting. The fact that the
Republican candidates in both city
and county are as certain of elec
tion as though the vote already had
been cast will make no difference to
Republican workers this year. They
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COMMISSION OF
"UNREST" MAT
CONTINUE TASK
Urges Report to Wilson That
Industrial Conference Is
Bankrupt
PUBLIC WORKING ALONE
Sole Remaining Delegates Dis
cussing Course They
Will Follow
By Associated Press
Washington. Oct. 24. John l>.
Rockefeller, Jr., chairman of the
committee appointed to determine
the future course of the public rep
resentatives, who now alone consti
tute the National Industrial Confer
ence, suggested to-day that a report
be made to President Wilson that
the conference was bankrupt and
urging the appointment of a "com
mission on unrest" to take up the
work of the conference.
This suggestion did not meet with
the approval of some of the public
delegates, who held that the Presi
dent desired them to continue the
work of seeking some basis of agree
ment for industrial peace over the
country.
Mr. Rockefeller's position Avas
that the public delegates, having
participated in the full conference,
I would be handicapped by public
i opinion and that an entirely" new
body should be created.
Officials of the American Federa
tion have been approached as to
their attitude toward the proposal
that the public group go ahead with
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