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LXXXVIII —NO. 260 20 PAGES "-"fcSK??. WK'.t o^^atHa B^.^ 148 ' HARRISBURG. PA
'* FEEL OPTIMISTIC
DESPITE STRONG
RANKSOFMINERS
government Officials and Operators Be
lieve Men Will Be Ordered Back to
|
Work—Federal Troops Being Dis
tributed Through Coal Districts
U. S. SOLDIERS ARE SENT
INTO PENNSYLVANIA FIELDS
By Associated Press • C
. Chicago, Nov. 4.—ln the face of vir
tually an unbroken front of approxl-'
mately 425,000 striking coal miners,
whose walkout throughout the nation
at midnight has produced almost com
plete paralysis of the production of
bituminous coal, the beginnig of the
second full day of the strike found
government officials and coal mine
operators optimistic.
Additional movements of Federal
and state troops into various coal
fields were reported over night ard
thousands of carloads of fuel in trans
it ( -were confiscated by the Federal
Railroad Administration, diminishing
tiie supply of private industries and i
municipalities, some of wlileii alread> |
hate felt the stopping .f pioduction.
Lips S'nlcH
Officials of the United Mine Work
ers of America, whose lips officially
were scaled by the Federal Court in- '
junction issued at Indianapolis last
week, remained silent.
Attorneys for the miners continued
preparation to-day of tl-eir side ii
the cc.se preparatory to the hear.fig j
next Saturday in Fedeyal Court of UK
injunction proceedings, and Wash
ington officials believed that the !
btoad powers of the restraining or- (
der prohibiting use of the strike
funds would compel the nfiners to re- ■
sume work.
McKinley and Colfax counties. New '
Mexico, to-da>' were added to the dis-1
tricts under military control
by a martial law proclamation of,
Governor Darrazola. Federal soldiers j
took charge as the strike became |
complete in all mines of the state, ex- t
[Continued 011 Page- 11.]
Operators and Garfield
Seek Basis For Coal
Strike Settlement
By Associated Press.
Washington. .Nov. 4.—Efforts to
reach a basis for possible settlement j
of the strike of bituminous coal
miners were inude to-day at a con- I
ference here between Federal Fuel ;
Administrator Garfield and J. D. A. j
Morrow, president of the National !
f'oal Association, an organization of I
the leading coal operators of the j
country. I
Dr. Gartield returned early to-day
from a visit, to Kentucky and soon
afterwards went into conference
with Mr. Morrow, who was an offi
cial of the fuel administration, dur
ing the war. What proposals the i
fuel administrator had to make were
r.A disclosed in advance of the con
ference.
Government officials felt that the ;
broad powers of the Federal Court I
injunction in shutting off the strike !
funds would force the miners to re
turn to work. Ixibor leaders them
selves were said to hold the view
that the miners could not hold out
long for lack of subsistence caused
by the operation of the injunction.
Agents of the Department of Jus- [
tire reported to headquarters here
that nonunion miners were working
on full time and that defections
from the union ranks were notice- j
able.
Lewis Breaks Silence
to Point the Way to
Settlement of Strike
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis, Nov. 4. Breaking
his silence here for the first time j
since he was served with the re
straining order from the court of
Federal Judge A. B. Anderson last ;
Friday. John 1,. Lewis, acting presi
dent of the United Mine Workers i
of America, gave out the following
brief statement in regard to the ef
forts of the Government to end the
strike of approximately 423.000 soft
coal miners:
"The machinery of the joint sys- i
tern of bargaining in the mining in- i
dustry is intact. It would be a j
simple matter for the Government
and the coal operators again to set t
it in motion to negotiate a wage
agreement."
The statement was given to press I
representatives following a confer- j
ence Mr. Lewis had with this at- !
torney, which lasted practically all \
morning. The miners' leaders'said
he had nothing to add to the type- '
written statement, and none of the j
other officials made any comment. |
ITHE WEATHER] I
Hnrrisliurg and Vicinity* Cloud v
to-night with little change In I
temperature. Wednesday partly
cloudy and colder.
Eastern Pennnj I vanln: Cloudy to
night nnd Wednesday, probable
rain In north portion. Colder
Wedneaday. .Southeast to aouth
wlnda becoming weat and !
northweat and freah Wednea
day.
nivert The Suaquehnnna river and
all Ita brnnehea will fnll except
the lower portion of the main
river nhleh will rlae thia after- i
noon nnd to-night and rail alow- '
ly Wrdneaday. * stage of about j
7.0 feet la Indicated for Harrla
burg Wedneaday morning. 4
HARRISBURG gM6P TELEGRAPH
Wages of Miners
in Soft Coal Fields
The monthly wage* received by I
miners in the bituminous coal
fields, according: to a table prepar- '
ed by the Bureau of Statis
tics of the United States Depart
ment of I jabot* from records cover
ing: 40,511 miners employed in 201
mines, are as follows:
Machine miners $1.15.50
Hand pick miners 94.22
Drivers 88.CG
laborers 87.72
ragtr* 10.1.41
Tra< knien DS.4H
Boys working as trappers. . 48.42
Blacksmiths working above
ground 124.94 1
Engineers 139.34 '
Firemen 120.52 !
Laborers above ground .... 84.00
100 QUARTS AND !
14 PERSONS ARE !
NABBED IN RAID
Police Surprise Center of Il
licit Booze Distribution
in Earh* Morning
Fourteen persons, three of them
j women were arrested in a police raid I
jthis morning at 1121 North Seventh i
long suspected of being the!
; seat Of much of the illicit liquor'
i traffic in this city. Taken in the j
i raid were more than 100 quarts of 1
whisky and gin.
After holding the place under sur-J
veillance for several weeks, Harris- ■
i burg police received their cue for I
the raid early to-day after threej
: men had been seen carrying several 1
| heavy suitcases and bags to a wait- 1
ling automobile. An investigation of >
j the contents of the automobile was;
(made and the raid staged.
I All Arc Held
Thirteen of the persons taken into 1
'custody are colored and the four-1
teenth is a Mexican. Four of the j
party are charged with illegal saie j
'of intoxicants while the Others are'
held on a disorderly practice charge.!
All will be given hearings in police'
j court during the afternoon.
Those held on the illegal liquor!
sale charge are: James Cody, alias
Red, the alleged proprietor of the
place: John Goens, Reginald Keys'
and George Robinson, all of Ilauers-'
I town, Md.
The others are: Ella Lynch and'
Mary Huntsberry, of Hagerstown.j
Md.. and Jose Mandazu, Ida Belli
Voung, Charles Austin, Johu-W. Bell,!
Clarence Leve, Roy Dalkins, Lester 1
i \\ ilson, Andrew Jackson.
"Runners" Well Armed
A Winchester rifle, a heavy shot
gun and a loaded revolver was found!
in the automobile by the police when!
they surrounded it after their sns-1
picion had been aroused by the heavy!
suitcases and bags that had been!
[carried to it.
! John Goens. Reginald Keys and!
George Robinson, the three liagers
j town men were found with the au;o-l
mobile. All have refused to talk, i
but it is supposed that they were'
preparing to take the liquor and had i
the firearms for use in case of in-1
terference.
Long Cmler Suspicion
Suspicion of the police had been 1
directed toward the house for several !
weeks, following the arrest of a nuni-l
her of persons who testified that they l
had secured liquor from men In that!
i section. Police have been detailed,
i°n the case and have had the place l
I under su veillance for several weeks.;
j Following the arrest of the three
men in the automobile, the house
was surrounded and a call for ad
jditional patrolmen sent in before the
; iaid was ordered. Participating
were Detectives Speece and Allison
(and Patrolmen Bibb. Knell, Rickert
Whiting. Parsons, Dickey, Fetrow'
Schaffner and Hylan. '
Marshall Makes Futile
Effort to Speed Up the
Treaty Debate in Senate
By Associated Press
I \\ a s blag to e. Nov. 4—Vice-President I
(Marshall tried a little Peace Treaty!
| speeding of hi* own to-dav in the!
| Senate, suddenly putting the' question I
;on the La Follette amendment to j
I eliminate the labor provisions of the!
j Treaty. There were some "ayes" and i
, a chorus of "noes." Senator La Fol-1
llftte objected that several * Senator*
1 still wanted to speak, and Senator!
. Sherman, Republican. Illinois, launch-I
led into another bitter attack of the 1
i Treaty.
I It turned out that so many Sena- '
j tors wanted to talk that leader* vir-!
j tuully abandoned hope of a vote on •
i the amendment to-day.
Standing on Their ' Rights"
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CITY FACES CRISIS
BECAUSE OF LACK
' OF DECENT HOMES
Stricter Building Laws Needed to Supervise Quick Turning
of Small Dwellings into Apartment Houses
The menace of the housing condi
tions in Harrisburg has not yet im
pressed a good many people who re
gard it as an academic question
which does not concern them as in
dividuals. Sometime ago the Tele
graph made a survey of its own and
printed the results of that investi
gation showing how seriously con
gested are many sections of the city
and how families are living in
squalor because they found it impos
sible to gdt proper homes.
It has come to the attention of the
Telegraph that one individual or
group of individuals is creating hous
ing conditions even worse in sections
of the city which have heretofore
been rather sanitary and free of ser
ious congestion.
"Do you know that houses in
tended for one family," said an in
terested citizen, "are now being pur
chased in blocks and converted into
so-called apartments for two or three
families? X know of one case where
six .one-family houses have been
transformed so that instead of being
occupied by six families they are now
crowded with eighteen families.
These occupy little apartments three
to a house. The houses are about
CHAMBERLAIN
AND BAKER IN
BITTER CLASH
Cross Swords Over Adminis
tration of Military Jus
tice at Hearing
BY Associated Press.
Washington. Nov. 4. Secretary
Maker and Senator Chamberlain.
Democrat, Oregon, former chairman
of the Senate Military Committee,
clashed sharply to-day at a hearing
of a subcommittee dealing with the
military instice controversy.
"Whenever an inferior officer gets
into a disagreement with his su
perior, he is likely to get the ax
very suddenly," Senator Chamber
lain declared.
"That isn't a fact," Secretary-
Baker said.
"But I say it is," Senator Cham
berlain responded. "We know it up
here."
"Oh, of course," Mr. Baker raid,
"when an officer comes up to Con
gressional committees unil says
things that ure independent of de
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®K otoc-2fo&cpcn&fnU
fifteen feet front and the average
depth of that class of dwelling. Each
apartment includes two rooms, a
bath and kitchen. Previous' tenants
in several occasions were warned out
on the threat of increased rentals in
order that the houses.might be con
verted into apartments and while the
remodeling was done In some cases,
in other cases the opportunity was
taken to boost the rent to a high
figure."
The some gentleman observed that
stricter building rules must be issued
unless we are to have mast danger
ous and unsanitary districts all over
Harrisburg. His thought was that
the conversion of small one-family
houses into three tiny apartments
was certain to result in serious abuse
and prove a menace to the rest of
the community.
While there has been considerable
building of dwellinghouses during
the last few months the need is still
so great as to demand prompt action
unless we are to have in Harrisburg
a worse housing condition than wa3
ever known.
U. S. Judge Bufflngton is making
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BIG CAMPAIGN
FOR RED CROSS
IS UNDER WAY
Women Seek 48,000 Members
and Contributions of
$30,000
All over the city to-day hundreds
of women members of the He<l
Cross "militia of mercy," were
working hard In the effort promptly
to end the campaign for $30,000
cash and 4 8,000 memmebs. The en
engetic efforts of the Red Cross in
Harrisburg were being duplicated in
the river towns of Cumberland coun
ty, in all of Perry county, and In
[Continued on Page 15.]
TWELVE DIE IN WRECK
fly Associated I'ress,
Paris Nov. 4.—The Simplon ex
press. while at a standstill between
Pont Hur Tonne and Sens (about
sixty miles southeast of Paris) at
lo o'clock last night, wus run Into by
;• train '.uund for Genevu. Twelve
persons were killed und about thirty
were injured. J
TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 1919.
2,753 PROPERTIES
SOLD IN THIS CITY
IN TEN MONTHS
Real Estate Operations Show
Continued Activity Among
Buyers and Sellers
During the first ten months of
1919 there have been sales of 2,753
properties with an assessed valua
tion of $7,586,835, according to the
monthly report of City Assessor
James C. Thompson. In the same
period in 1918 there were 1,599
sales, the properties being valued
for taxation at $3,754,510. No such
figures ever were attained before
in the city's history.
Last month 307 properties were
transferred, assessed at $740,920,
while in October, 1918, 172 proper
ties were sold, valued at $33'9,485.
Sales by wards this year follow;
Assessed
Ward. Number Valuations
First 125 $1 48,460
Second 282 533,750
Third 63 1,342,400
Fourth 80 480,255
Fifth 159 483,310
Sixth 107 234,160
Seventh 273 444,025
Eighth 1 94 437,045
Nintll 371 1,079,555
Tenth 4 17 990,070
Eleventh 233 476,020
Twelfth 138 386,850
Thirteenth 263 477,945
Fourteenth 48 73^990
Total 2.753 $7,586,835
Limiting Hours of Work
to 48 a Week Proposed
in Labor Conference
By Associated Press,
Washington. Nov. 4.—An Interna
tlonel convention limiting the hours
of work in industry to 4 8 a week In
all countries ratifying the agree
ment by July 1. 19 2 ly. was proposed
to the International Confer
ence to-day by the organising com
mittee. The draft WHS prepared on
the basis of information received
from the governments of the coun
tries invited to the conference.
The limit-of 48 hours may be ex
ceeded in certain industries'and un
der special conditions. industries
where processes are carried on con
tinuously successive shifts, such
us public utilities and steel plants,
56 hours may be prescribed as the
maximum. A limit of sixty hours
is set for classes of work such as
that done by laboratory chemists en
gaged In research, furnace men. re*
patrmen and watchmen, but provis
ion is made that in these classes
overtime shall not exceed 150 hours
in the year and that compensation
25 per cent, above the normal rate
shall be paid.
jGOOD VOTE REGISTERED
DESPITE BAD WEATHER;
ELECT FIVE GOVERNORS
Loans Get General
Support in Each
City Precinct
POLLS OPEN
UNTIL 7 P. M.
INlllillK lllllCfN will L*L *II>MI*
until 7 oVlork iHIm fvenliiK II I*
il* 1 11 1 x or ever) reglMtcrrd vol
or of (lir oily lo *nt it Imllot.
Volt* for LITE four HUNT IMMIIM
on (In* •!(> linllol. \ll poll | icit I
pnrtlfM fttvor (HM IMIIMI IMKIM**
and (In* Holar.v Club. Chamber of
Co in in * roe mill KIWIIIIIM Club
ni*mlHr art* lIIKO vvorrkiiiu to
il* .v ( Ht*flirt* (hflr upproinl.
Tlit* loan t|iit*M(itniH iiifliulf #r,u.-
tHHI for paviiiic Mtrfft Inlfiurr*
(ion*. lIIMI (lit* (ranNfrr of tlit*
9800.000 alrfiitly approprintftl. rn
Ibf fity'M Mhnrt* of tin* liriilKi* (o
IM* built lr. Stnti* *tri*i*t. Much
loan will uifilu furt lit*r prort*
in mil alf ipal tlt*vr lopnif nt ami an
o(ln*r *(t*p toward a firt**ti*r llur
i )buri;.
Despite tlie rain during the morn
ing. in some of the city election dis
tricts from 25 to 50 per cent, of the
voters in almost half of the precincts
ha<| cast ballots before noon. In
the county districts the vote was
not so heavy, but in the boroughs
and thickly populated townships
party workers predicted a fairly
heavy ballot because of the interest
in local offices.
Passage of tlie four city loans was
predicted at noon as few voters
were heard making statements that
they were opposed to the bond issues.
As every section of the city will bene
fit to a great extent by the approval
of the loans it was expected that
they may pass by the biggest major
ities ever recorded in the city for
bond issues. ' .
Accused Board Serves
In the Second ward, Sixth pre
cinct, where some of the election
board members are under bail 011 a
nharge of not complying with the
primary laws, there was no dispute
about their service again at the gen
eral election.
In the Fourth ward. Second pre
cinct, GO per cent, of (lie voters had
been at the polling place until noon,
206 casting ballots. Many other dis
tricts reported at noon that 30 to 40
per cent, of the registered voters had
appeared.
In Middle Paxton township officials
had failed to certify that there was
a vacancy on the board of road sup
ervisors for a short term, and it will
be necessary now to petition the
court to appoint someone to the
place, as only a long-term super
visor is being balloted for to-day.
Error in Ballot
There was no trouble in organis
ing any election boards in the city
or county and no camplaints were
made to the County Commissioners
about errors on the ballots, with but
one exception. It was reported that
! in the Seventh ward, Sixth precinct,
the name of Lawrence Banks as can
didate for Inspector of elections ap
peared on the ballot while it should
have been J. M. Wintield, who re
ceived 54 votes at the primary, Banks
getting only 52.
Investigation by clerks at the of
-1 lice of the County Commissioners
1 showed that the computing board
in tallying the vote had placed Win
field's name under "inspector of elec
tions," but later crossed it out and
rewrote it under judge of elections,"
indicating that he had received 54
votes as a candidate for the latter
office, less thun the number of votes
received by the nominee for judge of
elections.
Votes cast in the various districts
of the city until early in the after
noon follow: First ward. First pre
cinct, 42 of 175; Third, 55 of 333;
Second ward. First, 43 of 163; Third,
710 of 275; Fifth, 113 of 454; Third
ward. First. 57 of 211; Third. 36 of
109; Fourth ward. Second. 206 of
480; Fifth ward. Second, 77 of 217;
Third. 80 of 312; Fourth. 79 of 310;
Seventh ward. Second, 76 of 363;
Third, 33 of 233; Ninth ward,
Fourth, 59 of 214; Fifth, 104 of 355;
Sixth, 79 of 287; Tenth ward, Second,
139; Third. 75 of 271; Fourth, 101
of 4 69; Eleventh ward, First. 55 of
242; Third, 101 of 344; Twelfth
ward. Second. 100 of 421; Thirteenth
ward. First, 38 of 245.
"Work," Clemenceau Says,
Will Solve War Problems
Hi/ Associated Press
MriixixMiru. Nov. 4.—The solution
of the many problems the world is
now facing may be summarized In the
single word "work." Premier Clem
enceau declared in his keynote speech
for the government party in the par
liamentary elections campaign, der
livered here to-day.
The speech also was the farewell
message of the aged premier on the
eve of his contemplated retirement
from political life.
The premier's address, he declared,
was a message not meant for France
alone, but was an appeal to the entire
world to renew its labors as they had
been performed before the war and
produce for the world's needs.
GET RETURNS BY
PHONE TONIGHT
Due to remodeling work now
beir.-g done in the Telegraph
building, the newsrooms of the
newspaper will be closed to vis
itors to-night. Persons desiring
election returns will pleurie cult
by telephone.
OXI.Y EVENING ASSOCIATED PIIES9 SINGLE COPIES MAUr miTIAU
NEW Sl* A I'Eli IN II AltltlSUllllG TWO CENTS nUML LUII IUH
VOTERS (JET THREE
POUNDS OF SUGAR
Xcw York. Nov. 4.—A three
pound package of sugar was
given to each voter in the seven
teenth election precinct of the
Second Assembly district on the
lower Must Side by "Jimmy**
Kelly. Democratic district leader.
The gift was made without re
gard to the political preference of
the voters. Mr. Kelly expected to
give away 1,300 pounds of sugar
during the day.
ELECTION BOARD
ARRESTED FOR
ALLEGED FRAUD
Judge, Inspector and Clerks
Are Charged Willi Mttking
False Primary Returns
Charged with making a fraudu
lent return of the primary election
votes cast for t*. E. Weber, who
sought the Republican nomination
for city treasurer, warrants were is
sued by Alderman C. E. Murray yes
terday for the arrest of the entire
election board of the Second wftrd,
Sixtli precinct.
Those against whom information
was made are Charles B. Strickler,
judge; George ii. Winters, majority
inspector; H. M. Allen, minority in
spector; Arthur It. Fitzgerald, clerk,
and George H. Yotte.v, clerk. Mr.
Strickler was the only one who was
not brought before the alderman
last night. Each of the other four
entered $3OO bail for appearance at
a hearing to be held next Monday
evening at 7 o'clock.
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Prohibition Is Big
Issue in Many
of the States
CITIES OF PA.
ELECT MA YORS
Gubernatorial elections are being
belli in only live States to-day—
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Mississippi and New Jersey.
Prohibition occupies the center of
'be stage in Ohio. In that State
voters pass upon two referendums
and two amendments—the former
relating to legislative ratification of
the federal prohibition amendment
ar.il the prohibition enforcement act
passed by the last Legislature, and
the latter to a definition of 2.75 as
unintoxicating liquor and repeal of
that constitutional State-wide pro
hibition.
Kentucky also votes on State-wide
prohibition and, in common with
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jer
sey and Virginia, elect members to
both branches of the State Legisla
ture. The chief duty before New
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•HEAVY VOTE IN READING
By .dssoeialrd Press.
Heading. Pa., Nov. 4.—The heav
iest vote in many years is being poll
ed here to-day with three big fights
to bring out the voters. The mayor
alty, school controllership and the
Republican county commissionership
battles are being waged on a scale
unparalleled in local politics and
huge sums have been invested by
candidates in campaign expenses.
Socialists are making a desperate
effort to capture city hall, with open
pleas to the voters to establish a
radical municipal government here.