100,000 Pennsylvania Coal Miners Join in Nation Wide Entire Industry
LXXXVIII— NO. 257 18 PAGES Da Vuer ep a t t S the <, orJtHarSrr 8 ' HARRISBURG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1919,
'COAL STRIKE IS UNDER
WAY WITH MORE THAN
400,000 MINERS IDLE
Operators Do Not Dispute
Claims; No Trouble or
Violence Reported
From Any Districts
WESTERN PA. FIELD CLAIMS
MANY NONUNION MEN OUT
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Nov. I.—The nation-wide strike ot' bituminous coal
miners entered its first day .with more than 400.000 miners idle,
according to estimates by United Mine V orkers of America offi
cials throughout the country. Coal operators, for the most part,
were not inclined to dispute this estimate, and giving full allow
ance for all claims by operators which had been reached at noon
to-day the total of striking miners falls just short of 400,000.
No Violence Reported
From no district was violence or trouble of any nature re
ported. .
The number of men claimed by the unions to be on strike co
incided almost exactly with the paid-up memberships on file at
national headquarters at Indianapolis at the end of August,
namely 401,480.
In ten or more states the unions reported more men out than
the total August paid-up memberships on file at national head
quarters. In most instances these discrepancies were covered in the
union claim of an average 15 per cent, of arrears. .
North Dakota reported its 1.500 lignate miners at work, in re
sponse to orders from Indianapolis headquarters. North Dakota
expected to use this coal itself.
PITTSBURGH DECLARES UNION
RANKS ARE OUT SOLID
Pittsburgh, Nov. 1. All union
miners in Western Pennsylvania and
a great many nonunion miners were
idle to-day, according to reports re
ceived by rbilip Murray, president
of District No. 5, United Mine
Workers of America.
"The men responded to the order
100 per cent, strong," said Mr. Mur
ray. "and my information is that a
great many nonunion men came with
them. This is particularly true of
the Westmoreland and Fayette
county fields. There is now in ray
office "a committee of miners from
a mine in Fayette county where 500
mer are employed end they have
told me that not only their mine,
but a number of other nonunion
mines are down.
In answer to this statement oper
ators declared that many nonunion
men were not at work to-day but
this is a church holiday, and the
miners would not have been at work
in any event.
Reports from the nonunion mines
in the lower Allegheny valley were
to the effect that many of the mines
were working. Many of the "coun
try" mines also were in operation.
The villages of Tarentum and Breck
enridge were threatened with a
water famine as the water plant
serving both of these places was
almost without coal and the mine
from which its supply was drawn was
closed.
Most of the men walked out at
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the
end , shift, it was announced at dis
trict headquarters. About five per
cent, of the 42,000 miners work
night shifts, and this number went
into the mines yesterday and worked
BUSTLING HEADQUARTERS OF
MINERS ARE NOW LETHARGIC
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis, Nov. 1. From the
scene of greatest activity in connec
tion with the strike of approximately
4 00,000 bituminous coal miners,
headquarters of the United Mine
Workers of America here has been
transformed in the last 24 hours
to perhaps the most lethargic.
This is the result of the sweeping
provisions of the restraining order
issued yesterday by United States
District Judge A. B. Anderson, com
pelling the miners' officials to re
frain from taking any part in con
ducting or encouraging the strike
of the miners, which according to
dispatches, has been carried out al
most to a man among the unions of
the coal workers of the country.
Lenders Obey Orders
Miners' leaders at headquarters
thus far apparently have obeyed the
restraining order to the letter. They
not only decline to give out state
ments and reports concerning the
strike but will not discuss their
pians for combatting the action of
THE WEATHER
Harrfuhurg nnd Vicinity: Cloudy
nnd colder to-night and Sun
day. Probably rain. Lowest tem
perature to-night about 50 de
grees.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Clondy and
colder to-nigbt nnd Sunday,
probably rain. Gentle to mod
erate shifting winds.
Itlvcr: The main river and the
Xorth Branch will rise slowl.v.
Other streams will not change
materially unless substantial
rains fall. A stage of about 4.K
feet Is Indicated for llarrtsburg
Sunday morning.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
By Associated Press,
until last midnight when they too
joined the strike, union officials
said. They declared also that they
have assurance from nearly all of
the ten per cent, of the unorgan
ized miners in Western Pennsylvania
that they will join the strike.
If union men in any section failed
to obey the strike order, officers of
the union said, they had not been
informed, and they expressed the be
lief that the order had met with
complete compliance.
No disorder was reported from
any section of the district, the men
quietly going to their homes upon
leaving the pits. This was in obedi
ence to an order issued ry Philip
Murray, president of the district No
5, who urged the men to "refrain
from holding mass meetings or dem
onstrations of any character."
No Trouble Expected
From the central part of the State
came reports that the miners gen
erally followed the order to strike,
but no trouble was expected there
as the miners of that section were
said by their leaders to be "very con
servative."
From points along the Mononga
hela river came reports that union
organizers were hard at work among
nonunion miners, particularly those
in the coke country, in an effort to
bring them into the strike.
Foreign-born miners, it was said
by bankers in mining communities,
were well supplied with money,
many of them having saved a con
siderable sum from the high wages
of the past few years. American
born workers, it was added, were
not so well off, as their living costs
were higher.
the Government in the courts, and
unless the restraining order is vio
lated by some of those against whom
it is directed, miners headquarters
probably will remain quiet, at least
until the Government's injunction
proceedings again come up in the
Federal court, November 8.
The restraining order secured yes
terday is the first step in the Gov
ernment's plan to render the strike
ineffective. On November 8 a tem
porary injunction will be asked.
Government officials pointing out
that the first order was merely an
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Favors Continuance of
Sugar Equalization Board
With Power to Buy Crops
Washington, Nov. I.—By a vote of
9 to 2 the Senate agricultural com
mittee to-day ordered a favorable re
port of the McNary bill to continue
the United States sugar equalization
board during 1920 and to authorize
it to buy sugar crops next year.
The bill contains no provisions for
licensing of the sugar trade, as re
quested by the board, and also does
not require specifically that Cuban
sugar shall be purchased.
Senators Ransdell. Louisiana, and
Gore, Oklahoma, Democrats, voted
against the measure, the former
contending thnt it might he inimi
cal to Louisiana's sugar interests.
Senator Gore, it was said, opposed
extending government control over
sugar.
Chairman McNnry plans to report
the bill to the Senate Monday.
STATE REPORTS
ON COAL STRIKE
The following table by States
of men who left the mines up to !
to-day to obey the strike call is
based on reports, in most in- j
stances estimated, received by (
union leaders throughout the !
country:
Arkansas 4,000 I
Alabama 15,000
Colorado 5,000
Illinois 80,000
Indiana 25,000 !
lowa 14,000 j
Kansas 13,000 i
Kentucky 30,000 j
Maryland 4.000 |
Michigan 2,400 j
Montana 4,000 j
Mississippi 1,000 i
New Mexico 4,000 |
North Dakota 4,000 j
Ohio 40,000
Oklahoma 6,000 |
Pennsylvania 100,000 i
Tennessee 2,000 !
Texas 2,500 '
Utah 1,000 i
Washington 6,000 j
West Virginia 42,50<t I
Wyoming 7,000 j
TO KEEP WATCH
ON THE PRICES
OF HARD COAL
Action Will Be Taken as Soon
as They Go Up, Gar
field Says
By Associated Press
AVanliingtun, Nov. I.—While no ac
tion is contemplated now with regard
to anthracite coal, Dr. H. A. Garfield
said that the course of prices would
be watched carefully.
"Just the moment anthracite coal
shows any disposition to get away,"
he said, "maximum price orders will
be revised to stop profiteering."
The preference list as it will now
stand will operate in this order:
Railroads, Army and Navy and oth
er government departments.
State and county offices and insti
tutions, public utilities.
Retail dealers, jnanufacturing
plants on the War Industries Board
preference list; industries not on the
| list: jobbers, lake steamers, steamers
! at tidewater.
Regional Directors
| Enforcement of the coal diversion
i order will be in the hands of regional
j coal committees to be set up in
I eight cities by regional directors of
j the railroad administration. These
I committees will work under a cen
| tral committee in Washington.
Director General Hines announced
to-day that in allotting coal for com
mercial purposes the committees
would give preference to consumers
without a reserve supply whose needs
are urgent.
Each regional committee will in
clude a representative of Dr. Gar
i field. The cities in which these com
mittees will be set up are New York,
Boston, Philadelphia, Cleveland,
Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago and
Atlanta.
Thumb Blown Off in
First Hunting Accident;
Follows Him to Hospital
Struck by the discharge from his
shotgun this morning in the* first
hunting accident of the rabbit sea
son in this section, Paul Richert, 22
years old, of Penbrook, will loose the
thumb of his left hand.
Moving through the woods near
Highspire in search of rabbits, Reich
ert tripped over the root of a tree,
falling backward and discharging the
gun His thumb was olown off.
George W. Lucas, of New Cumberland,
who assisted in taking tile wounded
man to the hospital, was later shot
while attempting to prevent the rob
bery of a home in Lemoyne.
Lucas, who lives in New Cumber
land, is employed as an electrician
by the Army Reserve Depot. He was
treated at the Harisburg Hospital.
Working upon the high tension elec
tric lines running between the Army
Reserve Depot and the power plant
of the United Electric Company, Lu
cas attempted to prevent two negroes
from robbing the small house occu
pied by Eli Garrett. One of the in
truders fired one shot at Lucas from
a revolver of Garrett's that they had
found. They made good their es
cape during the confusion following
the shooting.
AM, OF OHIO MEN OUT
By Associated Press.
Columbus, 0., Nov. 1. Unof
ficial information received here to
day indicated that practically all of
Ohio's 40,000 soft coal miners
answered the strike call.
OUTRAGE TO ASK
DECENT PEOPLE TO
DRINK NEAR BEER
By Assoeiated Press.
Newark, N. J.. Nov. 1. The
Liquor Dealers' Protective Asso
ciation to-day voted to ask brew-
Ms to discontinue the manufac
ture of "near beer" declaring it
'an outrage to ask decent people
to drink It." The city's 9"o liquor
dealers also voted to close their
places at midnight to-night and
keep them closed until wartime
ni'ohibitton is lifted.
SI)C otor-3n&cpcn&enL
Opposing Forces in Great Coal Strike
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ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER ' JOHN L. LEWIS
Behind the Attorney General is the power of the nation, pledged to
see that miners who remain at work are protected. Lewis is directing the
forces of organized labor.
HOVERTER'S STAND
INSURES EEECTION
Honest Declarations of Re
publican Nominee Makes
Him Many Friends Who
Want Business Administra
tion For Next Four Years
WILL SAVE MUCH BY
CONDUCTING HEARINGS
Alderman George A. Hoverter,
Republican candidate • for mayor,
was heartily congratulated to-day
upon his straight-from-the-shoulder
statement to the voters yesterday.
His intention to give all of his
time to being mayor of the city dur
ing the next four years was es
pecially pleasing.
So many men have maintained
their outside interests or professions
while mayor that it was especially
refreshing to find a candidate who
intended to make being mayor his
sole business during bis term.
Many voters were amazed to learn
that nldermanic hearings in the
mayor's court had cost the city six
or seven thousand dollars and were
pleased to learn that Mayor Hover
ter will cut out this bit of extrava
gance and will conduct all hearings
himself, thus saving large sums to
the' taxpayers.
Another part of the next mayor's
program that appealed to the voters,
regardless of party, was his vision
of the future Harrisburg. his evident
familiarity with municipal needs
and his recognition of the housing
problem. His warning note as to
the need of careful consideration of
nil problems of finance and the im
portance of economy and conserva
tion in city affairs likewise made
him many friends.
Big Republican Victory
Nothing has transpired in the past
twenty-four hours to shako the con
fidence of the Republican candidates
and workers in the belief that next
Tuesday will witness a great vic
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MANY MORE JOIN
IN DEMAND FOR
DAYLIGHT SAVING
Railroad Men, Tradesmen and
Union Officials Want Ex
tra Hour of Sunshine
I Harrisburg's demand for an extra
| hour of daylight next summer is
i growing.
I Many petitions are coming Into
[the Harrisburg Telegraph editorial
rooms from every section of the city
and from every branch of the city's
industry, giving ample evidence of
i the fact.
i That the extra hour means much
jto them is readily shown by reason
:of the readiness with which men
'and women of every condition of
|the city's life are affixing thojr sig
natures to the petitions circulated
throughout the city.
Movement Popular
| Industrial plants have ljned up
back of the movement in an impos
ing array. A big percentage of em
ployes in every instance designated
their desire for the contimiance of
the plan again next year, while in a
| number of instances some of the
'biggest plants reported 100 per cent,
[enrollments.
' Pennsylvania railroad employes
in this section are backing the plan
in fine style. The twilight baseball
leagues furnished much entertain
ment for them last year and they
are anxious that they he permitted
to enjoy the same privileges next
year.
The plan has been endorsed by
the Painters' and Paperhangers'
Association, and petitions have al
ready been forwarded containing
the names of muny members of the
organization.
Private citizens, however, are do
ing their part to show the pub'lc's
disapproval of Congress' action.
Petitions placed in stores and other
business establishments about town
ha ve beer.' signed liberally by them. '
LOANS ASSURED OF '
BIG VOTE
FAVORABLE action on the j
loans to come before the I
voters next Tuesday seems to
be assured, according to reports !
received by men who have been j
in close touch with civic improve- i
ments and the sentiment of the '
people.
No opposition to any of the
projects has been voiced. It is
recognized as necessary for the i
City to transfer its $300,000 Wai
mit street bridge fund to the
$3,000,000 State street memorial
project. The need of new sew
ers, more paving and bathing fa
cilities is generally recognized.
Workers of All Parties Arc
Urged to Get Out Vote For
Loans; Four Important Is
sues Come Before People
on Tuesday
By approving the- four important
loan issues coming before the people
next Tuesday, voters of the city will
make funds available to carry on the
big city development program which
was started years ago and which
has placed Harrisburg far ahead of
other cities of its size in municipal
improvements.
City officials to-day declared that
by granting Council authority to issue
bonds for the various amounts desig
nated on the ballot much work can
be done in the city for the next
few years, increasing the value of
property and improving street san
itary and recreation facilities.
The proposed loan of $50,000 for
paving street intersections and in
front of nonassessable properties
will make funds available which will
permit extensive highway improve
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MUNICIPAL AND
COUNTY OFFICES
WILL BE FILLED
Elections in Pennsylvania
Next Tuesday to Name
Many Officials
Pennsylvania will have its county
and municipal election next Tues
day and will also elect one su
perior court judge, Judge Willium
H. Keller, appointed almost a year
ago to fill a vacancy, being unop
posed for election to the ten-year
term. There will be elected twenty
six District Judges of various class
es and fourteen Associate Judges
together with district attorneys in
over half of the counties of the
State and more than 200 county of
ficers who will be commissioned by
the State. Most of the counties
will elect commissioners, poor di
rectors, treasurers and other offi
cers.
Philadelphia and twenty-three of
the third cities of the State will
elect mayors. The two second
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LAST ACT IS
TO SAVE OTHERS
Hlt Associated' Press
Edgowntcr, X. J., Nov. 1. A
dying motorman's last act in life
to-day was to npply the breaks
to his car lest it coast a precipi
tous incline on the Hudson
Palisades and kill 30 passengers.
When passengers, thrown from
their seats by the sudden stop
ping of the car went to the front
platform, they found the motor
man, Alexander liubb, dead. He
had been stricken with heart
failure. The car was stopped on
the edge of a precipice some
hundreds of feet in height.
OWI.Y EVENING ASSOCIATED PUESS SINGLE COPIES
NEWSPAPER IN lIAIIIIISBURG TWO CENTS
LUTHERANS IN
COURT PROTEST
FORCED UNION
Experts in Church Law Say
Congregations Are Round
by Merger
HEARING IS CONTINUED
Split in Congregation Over
Point in Vote of Rep
resentative. Bodies
Whether the churches belonging to
the three large Evangelical Lutheran
organizations in the United States are
bound by the decision of these or
ganizations in merging and forming
the United Lutheran Church in
America and nusst affiliate themselves
with this new governing body re
gardless of the derisions of the sep
arate congregations, is the important
question which will be submitted to
the court to decide with the close of
the suit between officers of the Holy
Communion Lutheran Church, of this
city, and the Rev. John Henry Miller,
the pastor.
President Judge Kunkel heard the
equity case yesterday and to-day, and
with another witness to be called by
the plaintiff it was decided to con
tinue the hearing until December 3.
(ilve Testimony
The principal witnesses which have
bten called so far were Dr. Henry
E.vster Jacobs, of Philadelphia, pro
fessor of systematic theology ut the
Lutheran Theological Seminary, at
Philadelphia, a brother of ex-Judge
M. W. Jacobs, this city. Dr. Theo
dore E. Sehmunk, of Lebanon, and
Dr. H. A. Weiler, president of the
Pennsylvania Ministerium of the Gen
eral Council of the Evangelical Luth
eran Church. Dr. Jacob A. Ulutz, pro
fessor of practical theology at the
Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg, will be the first witness
called on December 3.
It is claimed in the proceeding that |
each congregation of the three large |
Lutheran organizations, is bound by
the decision of these bodies in merg
ing. These three organizations are
the General Synod, the General Coun
cil and the United Lutheran Synod
in the South.
Dlxulieyeil Instruction
The Rev. Mr. Miller with some of
the members of the congregation re
fused to be bound by the action of
the General Council of the Lutheran
Church, and withdrew from it, it is
alleged. Others in the congregation
claimed that the church in this city
was bound by that action and should
become a part of the new body, the
United Lutheran Church.
To support this latter contention
action was brought against the pas
tor by counsel for some of the offici
als, William H. Earnest and S. S.
Rupp. Witnesses were called in an
I effort to show that churches through
| out the country were subject to the
| decision of the governing bodies un-
I det which they had been organized.
When the defense is opened by
I William Hargest. William M. Hain and
| E M. Hershey, attorneys for the Rev.
i Mr. Miller and other members of the
j ccngregation, they will present evi
j dence that each church is not com
i pelled to abide by the action of the
larger organizations in merging, and
] that tlie newly formed United Luth
i eran Church differs greatly from the
j General Council, to which the Holy
I Communion Church was affiliated.
Campaign Claptrap, Say
Republicans; Court the
Place to Air Charges
Charges, as published by a Demo
cratic newspaper to-day, that more
votes were cast for Clarence E. Web
er in his tight for the City Treasur
ership nomination at the September
primaries than were counted, were
dubbed by Republican leaders as
mere claptrap of the last-minute
variety, such as has marked the
windup of Democratic campaigns for
years.
"The place to air such charges is
in the courts," said one of them
this morning. "If there was fraud
in? the primaries, charges ought to
bp brought in the courts and the
guilty persons punished. Until ar
rests for fraud are made, the public
is not likely to pay much attention
to the allegations."
The story attracted very little at
tention in Republican quarters,
everybody agreeing that if those
who make the charges really have
any evidence they ought to use it
for the prosecution of those alleged
to be responsible.
The charges, as published, are that
seventy-sever? voters have made affi
davit they voted for Weber in the
Sixth precinct of the Second ward,
whereas only fifty-six votes were re
turned.
Noted. Surgeon Performs
Difficult Operations
For City's Red Cross
Dr. J. Torrance Ruhe, of the Or
thopedic Hospital, Philadelphia,
came to this city on Wednesday
through the efforts of Dr. Jesse
I.enker and Dr. George It. Kunkel,
of the Harrisburg Hospital and op
erated In one of the most remark
able clinics ever held in the hospi
tal here, according to surgeons of
this city.
Three children were taken to the
clinic by the home service depart
ment of the American Red Cross in
Harrisburg. and operated on, a total
of fifteen operations being perform
ed by Dr. Ruhe. As a result of the
operations, one girl was completely
cured of her trouble through a re
moval of a piece of bone in her hip,
nnd will now be able to walk.
ST 10AMKR MISSING
Havuna, Friday, Oct. 31.—The
small steamer Maria Julia, belong
ing to the Antillas Navigation Com
pany, hound from Havana for Nue
vitas, is missing. The steamer
sailed October 22. She had a crew
of nineteen men.
GENERALLY FAIR NEXT
, WEEK IS FORECAST
By Associated Press
Washington, Nov. I.—Weather
predictions for the week begin
ning Monday are:
North and Middle Atlantic
States , Generally fair with
neprly normal temperatures;
moderately cool early days of the
week.
PERSHING ASKS
FOR ELIMINATION
OF DEAD TIMBER
Tells Congressional Commit
tee Undesiraglc Officers
Should Be Routed Out
SCORES STAFF LEADERS
Claims They Are Able to Get
Promotions While Fighting
Men Are Unrewarded
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. I.—"Elimina
tion of dead timber" among Army
officers was suggested by General
Pershing before the Senate and
House military committees to-day as
one of the steps advisable in peace
time reorganization of the military
establishment.
In nearly every grade, the General
said, there were a few officers who
had passed the stage of usefulness
and should be replaced.
Extending some of his remarks of
yesterday. General Pershing said the
Army Department of purchases and
finances recommended by him
should not take over the buying of
articles now secured by the quarter
master general's bureau.
In reducing the Army from 500
000 to 300,000 men, the General said,
only a very small reduction could he
made in the number of staff officers.
"We had 350 on our staff in France
for an army of 2,000,000 men," he
said. "We should have needed the
same number for half as many."
"Nearly every army officer goes
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CONCEDE EFFECTIVE STRIKE X
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* * field fnany thousands of miners remained at work. The
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j Amsterdamo. Twenty bodies have been recovered ' i
from the Y. and O. mine a Amsterdam. It is b
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th< e include all that v/erc in the mine. *
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stop. Passenger and freight train service on New i
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* J R. Todd, director foi * *
land of the railroad administration, announced to-d i a
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, „ that.. meeting of the managers of all the : ids .th L #
* * tion had been called to determine the numl er of trail * S
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< to be taken off each line. The redt :be mac: ,
ft immediately. Mr. Todd said th * *
* country would have to reduce their service JT
URGES WILSON TO TAKE OVER MINES
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4 # Washington. President Wilson was urged in Im*
' * tion inroduced to-day by Representative Baet 'TV
e t ~ of bituminous
' * and negotiate voluntary agreements with th
* workers, so as to insure uninterrupted mining of c< :! and
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|* guarantee the interests pf the operator: and : iner.; dur- •
* * ing the period of emergency.
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X MARRIAGE LICENSES <|
1 IIJ Vldovlc and Kam O" I '. Sloelton) Ufarar A. Schmidt. En.'y
A* bunt, and Mary A. I. hum. Willlnm H. Clrwrll and Mirylft
l.oiidpnnlirrgrr, Northampton) Ijnnlrl 1,. Kiiowlpn. Itook.v Mount. N. C.,1
* nnd Madcll ic 1.. I'rnxlngrr, ChomliorxhurKi William H. t'antloman. *'
rit Now (umhorliinil. and Sumlp A. Miller, Htirrlubnrg) Howard Channelled
r iind Jennie W rathrafpr, Harrlnburu-
HOME EDITION
ALLISON HILL
TRUST TO MOVE
ACROSS STREET
Purchase Big Property to Be
Remodeled; Plan New
Business Buildings
MEANS BIG IMPROVEMENT
Banking Institution Finds It
Necessary to Get Larger
Quarters
Announcement was made to-day of
the purchase by the Allison Hill
Trust Company of the Swab Buildingr,
Thirteenth and Market streets, di
rectly opposite the company's pres
ent location. At the same time, an
nouncement was made of the sale of
the building now occupied by the
bank to Harry Hess. No considera
tion was announced.
The Swab Building is of three
Stories. 40x100 feet. The lower floor
m,.,! ? remodelled at a cost of $25,-
00°. A section. 40x80. will be occu
pied by the bank, while a post office
substation will take up the remain
im °. first floor. The operations
will be completed by January 1.
The present trust company building
is three stories high and is 24x71 feet
in size. The first floor will be re
modelled at a cost of $15,000 for a
confectionery and ice cream store.
Erection of a proposed building by
ffeorge U Bricker, president of the
Harrisburg Electric Company, at 24-
28 South Second street, and 122 Chest
nut street, has been held up until
spring, because of complications aris
ing between tenants of properties that
are to be removed. The building will
be "L," shaped, the Second stijeet
building to be 30x147 feet and the
Chestnut street building 30x105. The
new building will be four stories in
height.
Bomb Is Exploded
During Celebration in
Honor of Jap Emperor
By Associated Press.
Tokio, Nov. I.—A bomb was ex
ploded outside the foreign office hero
to-day.
No fatalities resulted from the ex
plosion which coincided with a cele
bration in honor of the emperor.