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BUSY HEADQUARTERS
ARE NOW QUIET
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emergency measure intended, not to
prevent individual miners from quit
ting work but to prevent organized
direction of the tleup. The order
will leave the miners free to exeri
else tfceir own judgment in quitting
or remaining at work and ulso will
give the miners' leaders time to
prepare to present their side of the
case to the court. If the tempoi
arv injunction is granted, the Gov
qrnmenl later will ask that it be
made permanent.
Retain Attorney
The only known step the miners
have taken toward fighting the Gov
ernment in the courts is the reten
tion of Henry Warrum, an Indiana
polis attorney. It was said that
Alton B. Parker, of New York, prob
ably would be engaged to assist with
the mine workers' case. Both Judge
Parker and Mr. Warrum have rep
resented the organization at various
times in the past.
Latest reports received in Indiana
polis, indicate that in districts No.
8 and 11 of the United Mine Workers,
both of which are in southwestern
Indiana, approximately -5.00°
miners had walked out in compli
ance with the strike order.
While the strike order was ef
fective at midnight last night, most
of the men who were following it
quit work with the ending of the
dav shift yesterday. It was
several days ago at union headquar
ters that midnight of October 31 was
selected for the official hour merely
because it marked the beginning of
November 1, on which dale the
Cleveland convention of the union
had decreed that the wu . r ~j" lo
agreement of the miners should ter
-111 riepu ties of Mark Storen, United
I.tes marshal of Indiana were busy
afternoon serving notice or tne
training order on union officials
0 had been missed in the general
indup at noon when the meeting
the union's executive board was
•aded by the process servers.
The order was sp sweeping that
er its issuance it will prevent any
the men named in the bill from
dressing mass meetings.
The petition by the government,
on which the order was based,
urged that the union men were
aspiring to limit the facilities for
1 production of coal and to restrict
i supply and distribution of the
si. The writ accordingly com
inded them to refrain from con
ulng the alleged conspiracy.
;lieve Real Test of
Strike Strength Will Not
Develop Until Monday
Washington, Nov. I.—lt la not
possible to estimate what proportion
of the 4 25,000 miners affected re
mained at work and what porpor
tion walked out. The real test may
not come until Monday. Saturday
generally Is a "dead" day in the
mines. ... , i
Meanwhile, organized labor lead
ers showed signs of taking up
cudgels on a general issue over the
right to strike.
Miners must make the next move
was the opinion to-day of Govern
ment officials.
The strike was a reality to-day
even though directing heads of the
United Mine Workers of America,
were restrained from actt\ ity ny
Federal court injunction. Govern
ment officials awaited reports as to
the extent of the walkout, for upon
Jhfs information rested the future
course of the Government. Should
reports show that any considerab e
number of miners desire to cont '""®
work the Government was Prepared
to furnish them protection. Should
disorders occur, the Government
was readv with all the police powers
at is disposal to put them down.
Government Heady
But the Government's act^!^ es
were not alone in the coal fields.
Maximum prices for bituminous
coal, formulated to meet wars nec
essity were again in effect. Priority
of distribution, based in part on the
•war schedule was in operation.
All steps to protect miners who
refused to heed the call of unllon
heads to preserve peace in the bitum
inous fields and to lessen the suffer
ing of the public and the disrup
tion of industry incident to such A
strike had 'been taken. Nothing
more could be done by
went, officials intimated, until a_ way
was shown by the strikers them
selves. , .
President Gompers, of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, with Vice-
President Woll and Secretary Mor
rison, protested as a delegation to
Attorney General Palmer against
the government's action in suing out
the injunction and predicted that it
could "only result in creating new
and more disturbing issues which
may not be confined solely to the
miners." .
Heads of the great railway broth
erhoods also conferred with the
Attorney General, but disclaimed
that they did more than offer serv
ices to intervene.
Governor Sproul Will
Protect Men Who Stay
"f at Work in Coal Mines
• "The full power of the Common-
Wealth of Pennsylvania through all
its agencies, will be used to protect
those who desire to continue the
Work during the strike," said Gover
hor William C. Sproul last evening.
No demonstrations or marches which
might lead to disorders will be per
mitted. The statement follows:
"It appearing that the general of
ficers of the miners' organization
have definitely ignored the sugges
tions of the President of the United
States and the offers of mediation by
the Secretary of Labor, and have or
dered a strike of those who would
p'ace allegance to tnis leadership
above their loyalty to the government
and their duty to their fellow citi
zens, I give notice that the full power
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia, through all of its agencies, will
be used to protect those who desire
to continue ut work and to suppress
disorder wherever and whenever it
may arise.
"The State cannot tolerate the in
timidation of the individuals nor in
terference with them in their peace
ful and lawful occupations, and those
who infringe upon the rights of oth
ers must not complain if they are
treated as offenders ,against tire
peace of the Commonwealth. The
carrying and possession of firearms,
weapons or explosives, except by
those especially auhorized by law
must be rigorously dealt with by
the officers of the Commonwealth at
this time.
"The movement of large numbers
of porsons from place to place,
whether in organized parades or
otherwise. In times of unsettlement or
low such movements nor any other
demonstrations which might lead to
disorder. ,
"The government of Pennsylvania
■Fill protect its citizens and others
who may be within the borders of the
in their rights and those who
SATURDAY EVENING.
interfere with these rights must ex
pect to be dealt with as the laws of ,
the Commonwealth provide and to be |
pursued, apprehended and punished j
now or hereafter if they offend i
against these laws. Solemn warning
is given that every effort will be
made to maintain the peace and that
those who break our laws or the nec
essary police regulations of our mu
nicipalities and counties must take
the consequences.
Reports Show That Not
as Many as Claimed
Out in Kentucky
By Associated rress
Madison villc, Ky., Nov. 1. —Al-
though officials of district No. 23
(western Kentucky), United Mine
(Workers of America, have repeated
ly asserted that from 15,000 to 20,-
I 000 workers would answer the strike
call, available reports to-day from
the en-tire State did not show that
Iniany miners out.
[ The largest number of men to
walk out was from points along the
'state's southern border, where near
ly 5,000 men are said to have re
sponded to the strike call. Approxi
mately 1,200 men in five mines had
quit work in counties contiguous to
Muhlenburg county, in western j
Kentucky, scattered reports showed, |
while district leaders said 2,000 :
more would quit to-night.
In Christian, Hopkins and Web- I
ster counties 4,000 miners, working
at forty-seven mines, did not strike, |
they having entered antistrike con- :
tracts, which have beerr endorsed by
the miners' national organization.
From available records, there are j
approximately 40,000 miners in the ;
State, more than half of whom are j
reported unionized.
42,500 West Virginia
Miners Join Walkout
By Associated Press
Charleston, W. Va, Nov. 1.
Reports received at the headquarters
of district No. 17. United Mine
Workers of America to-day indicated
that approximately 42,500 miners
had answered the strike call in West
Virginia. With one or two excep
tions where organized miners are
working under recent contracts and
with the exception of the men left
at the mines to protect the prop
erty union officials asserted that the
response to the call was 100 per
cent.
The report does not include the
Randolph-Tucker counties coal
region, district officials said, although
some of the union men in that dis
trict which is not thoroughly organ
ized, may have walked out.
For the first time the Fairmont-
Clarksburg region, which includes
one of the largest coal fields in the
State, employing approximately 14,-
000 men, was forced to suspend op
erations. The men were only re
cently organized.
State military headquarters was
established here to-day by Colonel
W. H. Harrell. commanding the 800
regulars of the First division who
moved into West Virginia last night
from Camp Taylor. Ky., to be used
in event of an emergency. Three
hundred and seventy-five of the
troops were brought here from Hunt
ington and made preparations to
establish themselves at Kanawha
City, within easy access of the Kan
awha valley coal fields.
Striking Miners Violate
Orders and Take Up
March to Charleston
By Associated Press.
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 1. A
party of 300 or 400 striking miners
left the Cabin Creek county early
to-day to march to Charleston, des
pite the rain and the orders of their
district officers forbidding the
march, according to official infor
mation received here.
There was no information as to
whether men were armed, and
the purpose of the march was not
made clear in reports received.
The men were expected to march
only as far as the end of the inter
urban lines, when it was reported
they would take cars for the city.
Many miners were in the streets
here this morning, but they were or
derly and quiet. Four hundred Fed
eral troops who came in during the
night from Huntington were quar
tered in the armory, preparatory to
leaving for their permanent camp in
Kanawha City. All military infor
mation was refused by officers and
men.
Injunction Restrains
Sale of All Liquor With
One-Half Per Cent. Alcohol
By Associated Press
New York, Nov. I.—United States
District Judge Augustus N. Hand
has granted a temporary Injunction
at the request of the United States
District Attorney prohibiting the sale
of all liquor containing one-half of
one per cent or more alcohol.
Under the Injunction saloon keep
ers who violate the prohibition en
forcement law can be summarily ar
rested and imprisoned for contempt
of court.
Michigan Mines Suspend
as the Miners Quit Work
Bay City, Mich., Nov. I.—Opera
tions in practically all Michigan
mines were suspended for the dura
tion of the strike when the day
shifts left work last evening, there
being few mines in the State work
ing night forces, William Stevenson,
president of district 24, announced
last night.
"The 2,400 miners in the district
are unanimously supporting the
strike order," Stevenson declared,
after spending the day visiting all
the workings and interviewing the
men. "They will Etick to the finish,"
he added.
Farrington Claims "100
Per Cent. Idle" in Illinois
By Associated Press.
Springfield, Ills., Nov. 1. Bitum
inous coal miners of Illinois, 90,000
of them, are "100 per cent, idle" to
day, in response to the strike call
effective at midnight last night, ac
cording to Frank Farrington, presi
dent of the Illinois district.
Furrington who his morning had
not yet been served with a copy of
the restraining order issued at In
dianapolis yesterday to prevent
leaders from directing the strike,
said:,
"Judge Anderson seems to have
overlooked the fact that the men,
instead of the officials, dig the coal.
Evidently the Feddrul Government
underestimated the intelligence,
courage and determination of the
mine workers. Any hope the Gov
ernment had that It was a strike of
the officials instead of the. member
ship has been disillusioned."
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BATTLES BEFORE
PETROGRAD
.V" - _ 1
"^"-vccleivLtclv.■/n
j General Yudcnitcli, commander
of the Northwestern Russian armies, j
which for several days past have j
been fighting the Bolsheviks on the j
outskirts of Petrograd, has been
forced by the lack of supplies to
place his forces on the defensive.
General Yudenitch has taken a
stand about fifteen miles from the
Russian capital and supplies are be
ing rushed to him there. It was re
ported recently that the General's
forces had captured Petrograd.
Three More Companies
Rushed to Fields
By Associated Press
Knoxvillc, Tenn., Nov. I.—Three ad
ditional companies of Federal troops
are enroute here to-day to reinforce
five hundred regulars already here
for police duty in the coal regions of
Kastern Kentucky and Tennessee.
|Union officials claimed 18,000 men
would answer the call for a walk out
in this district.
This statement was vigorously
challenged by the operators. The
union men announced 2.800 men ceas
ed work late Friday night and thou
sands would not report when the
mines open Monday.
FAII, TO TURN OUT
Springfield, 111., Nov. 1.- —Barly indi
cations to-day were that the 80,000
soft coal miners in Illinois responded
almost unanimously to the strike call
effective at midnight last night.
Machinery was ready at almost atl
of the mines to begin work at the
usual hour this morning and whistles
sounded the "work to-day" signal,
but there were no responses.
KENTUCKY IN GRASP
Madison vllle. Ky., Nov. I.—Ken
tucky to-day was within the grasp of
a nationwide strike of soft coal
miners which went into effect last
midnight. Approximately 30,000 mi
ners of the state had joined the walk
out early to-day, according to union
officers who predicted that several
thousand additional men would quit
before Monday.
NORTH TIKR QUITS
By Associated Press
\Elmira, N. Y., Nov. 1. About
1,000 bituminous coal miners in the
Tioga county, Pa., field near Bloss
burg this morning obeyed the strike
order from the United Mine Workers
officers at Indianapolis. Several in
dependent mines in the vicinity of
Morris Run, Antrim and Arnot, Pa.,
also are affected.
LIGNITE MINERS STICK
Fargo. N. D., Nov. 1. —Lignite coal
miners in North Dakota did not
walk out to-day, orders received
just before midnight last night from
Henry Drennan, president of District
No. 27, United Mine Workers, coun
termanded previous strike orders.
Early Reports Sent to
Capitol Encouraging
Officers of various branches of the
State government concerned with
the strike were at their desks to
day and in long distance telephone
connection with various centers of
the soft coal fields. The early re
ports to the State Police Department
showed everything quiet and mine
inspectors reported to the Depart
ment of Mines that they were visit
ing their districts to ascertain how
many men were idle. In many soft
coal towns the men had left their
work, but the inquiry is as to how
many will return next week.
Governor Sproul is spending the_
weekend in Chester and Philadel
phia, but keeping in touch with the
Capitol and the coal towns.
State police officers say that they
are prepared for any emergency and
the Reserve Militia headquarters
awaits a call from the Governor to
whom sheriffs and local authorities
will have to apply in event of dis
order.
State Troops Out
in Colorado Fields
Denver. Col., Nov. I.—Three com
panies of state troops mobilized at
Golden last night were ordered to
proceed immediately to the coal
fields at Frederick, Col. They are to
entrain at It o'clock. Troops mob
ilized at Trinidad will proceed to the
southern coal fields.
By Associated Press
Kansas Closed Tight
Pittsburgh, Nov. I.—Reports to
miners' headquarters hero this
morning showed that not a mine in
the Kansas coal fields was in opera
tion. Thirteen thousand miners
are idle.
George E. Foss Honored
With the Presidency of
National Association
George E. Foss, general secretary
of the Pennsylvania State Chamber
of Commerce has been elected presi
dent of the National Association of
Commercial Organization Secretaries
at their convention held In Indianapo
lis.
The National Association is a body
of trade board men from all over the
country, and it meets once a year to
discuss better business methods.
Twenty-seven secretaries and Cham
bers of Commerce in Pennsylvania
attended this year, having the third
largest state attendance at the big
gathering of some 300 representative
secretaries from all the United States,
President Foss has been first vice
president during the past year, and
has been on the board of directors
for several years. He is recognized
as one of the leaders in the profes
sion and his election was unanimous.
OWNER OF FUII REVIEW DIES
Heading. Pa., Nov. 1. Julian C.
Austrian, of New York, owner and
editor of the Fur Trade Review,
published in that city, died suddenly
last night, while on a visit to rela
tives hero. He was 42 years old und
widely known in the lur trade.
BUWUSBURG TELEGRAPH
National Guard Units
Organization Is Getting
Rapidly Under Way
General Frank D. Beury, the
Adjutant General of Pennsylvania I
gnu other leaders of the military |
forces of the State are giving con- |
Biderable attention to the reorgani
zation of the National Guard divi- j
■ion which will include many of j
tho former service men who rallied ,
to the colors at the outbreak of the ;
war with Germany and who are '
competent to organize splendid units
in the various communities to which i
they will be assigned.
It is not improbable that with the j
final organization of the State forces ;
Pennsylvania will have two divisions j
instead of one inasmuch as the total j
strength of the Guard in this State i
will approximate over 30,000 men
in the final roundup. Of course, but
one division is likely at the begin-.
ning, but General Pershing and oth
ers are believed to favor a strong re
serve force under the new Army bill
which is now under consideration by
Congress.
Selection of field officers for the
various regiments is being made b
the recently-appointed regimental
commanders, and when they in turn |
have chosen the company officers j
active recruiting of the enlistee per- (
sonnel will begin. Officers who serv
ed in the recent war and who con
template joining the National Guard
will be considered for appointment
by making application to the com
manding general of the 28th Divi
sion, W. G. Price, Jr., Philadelphia,
Pa., or to the regimental comman
der of the organization to whioh
they desire assignment.
I State Federation of
i Labor Is Discussing
Weighty Labor Problems
By Associated Press.
I Pittsburgh, Nov. I.—Five hundred
delegates to the Pennsylvania State
Federation of Labor met here to hold
a two-day special convention in the
interests of the steel strike. Includ
ed among the delegates were some
200 miners, also representing live dis
tricts of the United Mine Workers
within the state.
The morning session was taken up
largely by the examination and veri
fication of the delegates' credentials.
Later the business discussed included
the report of committee of 18 which |
visited Washington this week in be
half of the organized labor of Alle
gheny county. Also there was some
discussion as to proposed methods
which the Federation may recommend
to organized labor to secure permis
sion to hold meetings. Warning was
issued ( to the steel strikers yesterday
that if the coal strike materialized,
no meetings of strikers would be per
mitted even in those steel towns I
where meetings have been allowed
hitherto.
Are You Ready For
Membership in Aerial
Touring Association?
By Associated Press
Sail Francisco, Nov. I.—The or
ganization of the Aerial Touring
Association, said to be the first of
its kind, with headquarters at New !
York, Washington, San Francisco'
and Atlantic City, was announced
here to-day by the commission pro
moting the first aerial around-the
world race. Tho commission is to
sail Monday for Honolulu and the
Far East. Members said the asso
ciation was formed recently in New
York, but announcement of the fact
was withheld until to-day.
The entries of Colonel William
Thaw and Miss Ruth Raw in the
around-thc-world Derby also were
announced by the commission,
bringing the total up to 8.
Prohibition Drives
Paper Pickery From
Salvaging Derelicts
By Associated Press.
Camden, N. J., Nov. I.—Camden's
municipal workhouse was closed to
day by prohibition. Known as the
paper pickery and famous as an in
stitution for the utilization of hu
man derelicts, the workhouse since
1912 has been operated by habitual
- drunkards committed there by the
police magistrates.
Waste paper gathered by the
highway department has been baled
by the prisoners and the city has
been reaping a yearly profit of $4,000
over the operating expenses and the
post of boarding the inmates. In ad
dition all the brooms for the street
sweeping machines and the hand
brooms used by the white wings
were made by the prisoners at a
nominal cost.
Only three workmen have been
at tho pickery for the last week.
Their sentences were up some time
ago but they preferred to remain
because they had nt other place to
go.
"This industry cannot operate
without help," said Street Commis
sioner Sayre to-day as the last of the
baled paper was carted away.
The pickery will be used as a
warehouse.
CARDINAL MKKt'IKII SAILS
Quebec, Canada, Nov. I. —Cardinal
Merrier boarded the steamship Me
gantic for Liverpool to-day, after be
ing given a civic reception.
BILL IS REMITTED
The llarrisburg Light and Power
Company yesterday remitted its bill
for $250 for lighting during the wel
come heme celebration.
PERSHING ASKS DEAD
WOOD ELIMINATION
[Continued from First Page.]
around with a reorganization bill In
his vest pocket," said General Per
shing, "and if you examine them,
you'll find each has one arranging
good promotions in his own service.
"In France we assigned officers to
duty without regard to what their
previous service had been and they
performed efficient service."
Chairman Wadsworth said some
recent promotions had created fifty
nine colonels for sixteen cavalry reg
iments. General Pershing said his
scheme would prevent that.
, "Staff officers have been able to
come 1 to Congress," General Per
shing added, "and get promotions to
the exclusion of promotions for of
ficers of the actual fighting arms."
To Continue "Gas"
When the proposed consolidation
of the chemical warfare service with
the engineer corps was taken up a
committeeman asked if use of poison
gas should not be eliminated.
"I'd be glad to see that," General
Pershing returned, "but somebody
else might use it and leave us in the
lurch. I would continue prepara
tions for chemical warfare."
Steelton News
Steelton Store Co. Sold;
Present Management Stays
The Steelton Store Company s in
the hands of new stockholders, ac
cording to a statement made yester
day afternoon by U. S. Abercrombie,
chairman of tho board of managers.
The new stockholders compose a
syndicate headed by H. J. Moffett,
of Philadelphia. Humors of the
sale of the store were about for
several days but no cerification could
be secured.
While Moffett will act as the chair
man of the board of managers, the
present operating organization of the
stores? here will remain with U. S.
Abercrombie at its head. Moffett
is said to have a retail merchandis
ing 'experience of many years in
Philadelphia. The statement made
yesterday promised the continuance
of the Steelton Store Company policy
of handling only goods of the highest
quality.
The Steelton Store Company was
established in 187 7, and although
known as the "Company Store," it
was affiliated with the Steel Company
only in that by a contract with the
Steel Company a system of credit
for the benefit and convenience of
the employes of the Steel Company
was kept in force. That contract
expired about a year ago, the Beth
lehem Steel Corporation being op
posed to the store company idea.
Much valuable real estate and an
extraordinary large stock of varied
lines of merchandise were involved
in the sale to Moffett.
Fortnightly Club to
Meet Monday Evening
The Fortnightly Club will meet I
[Monday evening at the Home j
|School, Walnut street, as the guests (
of Miss Barrett. The program fol- i
I lows:
I "The Hermit's Crusade," Mrs. |
Davis: "An It Please Thee, Phillip
pa," Mrs. Fletcher; "An Abandoned
Tapestry," Miss Feiser; "The It err- 1
naissance In' Belgium," Miss Byer
ly; "The Reformation In Belgium,"
Mrs. Heagy.
MRS. AGNES ROSMAX TO
HE BURIED MONDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Agnes i
Rosman, who died on Wednesday, j
will be held in St. Peter's Church
on Monday morning. The Rev.
| I,uke Gladek, rector of St. Peter's,
| will have charge of the services.
Burial will be in the Mount Calvary
cemetery.
Family Sets Standard For
Red Cross Enrollment
Although the Red Cross rollcall
has not officially opened a standard
for enrollment was set up yesterday
when ane family of 10 secured a hun
dred per cent. card. The family is
that of Mr. and Mrs. Voja Yovanoivich
608 South Third stret. The head of
the family heads the enrollment list
with a magazine subscription mem
bership at two dollars. His wife and
their eight children are each listed at
one dollar memberships. With that
kind of a spirit prevailing there will
be little difficulty In securing a large
nOmber of members for the local
chapter. The rollcall will open to
morrow evening with special ser
mons in the churches. On Monday
the town will be covered by 200 so
licitors.
Served in Army For 20
Years and Now Re-enlists
Army life appeals to Thomas C.
Devlin, son of J. C. Devlin, 357 North
Third street. He has but recently
been discharged after 10 months' ser
vice abroad, and a row days ago re
enlisted in the Army and is now on
his way to San Antonio, Texas.
Devlin originally enlisted at Camp
Meade, Middletown, in 1809. He saw
much foreign service, and always re
enlisted as his terms expired. He
served in the World War as a first
lieutenant. He has re-enlisted with
the rank of sergeant.
Molders Present Thomas
With Fine Gold Watch
William Thomas was the recipient
yesterday of a splendid gold watch
the gift of the molders of the de
partment in which he served as gen
eral foreman for a number of years.
Thomas was connected with the local
steel plant for 27 years. He resigned
a few days ago to take up a similar
position with the. Vulcan Iron Works
it Wilkes-Barre, in which plant his
son is assistant superintendent.
CIVIC CM'ls OFFICERS MEET
The executive, committee of the
Civic Olub will meet Monday after
noon at 2.30 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. J. M. Heagy, South Front
street.
CEI.EBHATE HALLOWEEN
Last evening the celebration of
Halloween in the borough was given
life by a band whose members were
costumed and who serenaded at the
principal street corners. The band
was followed about by a large
crowd. The band proved to be the
Imperial Band, of the borough.
SUN D A YSCHOOL CLASS
HAS HALLOWEEN PARTY
Mrs. Murphy's cliiss of the Church
of God Sunday school was enter
tained at a Halloween party by Miss
Mary Funk. The tirst prize during
an evening of games and amuse
ments was given to Miss Pearl Haas.
TO ADDRESS DODGE
Dr. Sterett, pastor of Monumental
A. M. E. Church, will deliver the
anniversary sermon to Swatara
J,odge, Grand United Order of Odd
Fellows, in the church auditorium
to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock,
lie will preach both morning and
evening, his subject being "Noah's
Ark and the Flood."
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE
TO IIE HELD HERE THURSDAY
The local institute for Sunday
School workers will be held in the
First Reformed Church on Thursday
afternoon and evening. The insti
tute will be under the direction of
the Dauphin County Sabbath School
Association,
made by the State.
HAY FEVER?
Why Suffer?
See Man-Heil Automatic
Inhaler
Ask Demonstrator
| GORGAS' DRUG STORE
IS North Third Street
Scientific Discussions
by Garrett P. Serviss
'Why is it that when an aviator
goes up 25.000 feet, more or less, he
finds the temperature, say, 25 degrees
below zero, although on the earth, at
the same time, it is probably 90 de
grees or more? This, I presume, a good
many would like to know.—J. F. M."
The principal cause of the lower tem
perature found at greut altitudes is the
rarity of the air at those heights. At
25,000 feet above tide the density of
the air is only about two-fifths as great
as at sea level. The weight of the air
is due to the attraction of the solid
globe of the earth, and being very com
pressible as well as elastic its lower
layers are squeezed into a' smaller space
and so made more compact than the up
per ones.
Now, the air is warmed both by the
direct rays of the sun passing througfi
it and by the heated surface of the
earth beneath. In winter, when the
sun runs low through our sky and
when the surface of the earth is frozen
the air becomes very cold even at the
bottom. Then northwest winds that
have passed over vast snow-covered re
gions sometimes chill the .whole United
States.
But winter or summer the air is
colder at great heights than at the sur
face of the earth; only in winter, ow
ing to loss of the heat derived from the
ground, the difference of temperature
between the lowest and highest levels
of the atmosphere is less than in sum
mer.
People are often puzzled to v.ader
stand why the temperature does not
increase instead of diminishing as one
goes higher in the air, and so, as they
say, "nearer to the sun." The change
in distance from the sun by rising a
few miles from the earth's surface is
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November sth and 6th
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A More Notable Presentation of Fur Peltries
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altogether insignificant and the effect
on the temperature is linpreccptible, bt
cause that change amounts to an ex
tremely small fraction of the sun's dis
tance, which Is about iiI'.OUO.UOO miles.
But, as already said, in rising only
about five miles the density of the atr
falls to about two-fifths of its value at
sea-level, and this thin air naturally
cannot receive and retain from he rays
passing through it as much heal as
does the far denser air below. It is
something like the difference between
a thin blanket and a thick one. Then,
too, the thin air does not prevent the
radiation of heat from the body as
dense air does. Of course, the sun's
rays are just as "hot," i. e., just as
capable of developing heat In objects
that they touch at a high elevation as
at a low one, but when the heat thus
derived is instantly radiated away, as
j happens in very thin air, the body has
ino time to become warmed. ,
On a high mountain peak your hands
and face may be fiercely sunburned
while your body shivers with cold. 'J he
deep masses of perpetual snow that
crown r. 11 mountains three or four mib-3
high show the effect of the thinness of
I the air at such elevations. In open space
j a man would freeze solid in full sun
shine.
But the rate of falling off of the tem
perature with increase of height is not
exactly the same as that of the de
crease of atmosphere dens'ty. Near
the ground the change of temperature
in rising is approximately uniform for
a short distance. Thus, generally speak
ing, the Fahrenheit thermometer snows
a falling off of about one degree for
every 350 feet of ascent. And up to a
height of about a mile and A quarter
from sea-level the decrease of tempera
ture is slow.
Then the change becomes progres
sively more rapid until a height of
something over six miles is reached,
above which, as shown in a former
article, the decrease of temperature
ceases entirely, and even, in some cases,
is reversed, giving place to a alight
increase.
The distribution of moisture In the
atmosphere has much to do with the
variations of temperature. Aqueous
vapor acts as a kind of trap for the
heat below, and the action is suspended
in the very high regions above the cloud
levels, where the air is dry. The rela
tive specific moisture in the air at
about five miles elevation is less than
four per cent, of its amount at sea
level.
Mine Inspectors Are j
Asked to Give Strike
Data to State Chief
Sewatd K. Button, State chief of
mines, to-day called upon all mine
inspectors to report as soon as pos
sible to him: How many men have
struck in the district to which the
inspector is assigned; If any of the
mines are continuing in operation
and the general situation In the dis
trict.
This is the first time this informa
tion has been called for during a
strike.
Surprise Luncheon For
Rotarians on Monday
"Rotarians who do not attend the
surprise luncheon at the Penn-Harrls
hotel Monday noon will be sorry they
did not. They will be happy If they
do, they will have a good time if they
do, and they will certainly be Ta
Dutch' if they remain away."
That was the message C. Linford
Scott, luncheon chairman, gave to the
Telegraph to-day,
"What's on the program?" he waa
asked.
"If I told you it wouldn't be a sur
prise," said he, "but I'm warnlnff
every llotarian to be present."
And that's all the reporter cool 4