Leaders ofiJiners Decide to Obey Mandate of Federal Court, Means Recall of Strike
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LXXXVIII—NO. 266 20 PAGES Dall & a u* e C r ep a l t S t£e d Po,t offlc e e^t a Ha B rH,°bur^' a " HARRISBURG, PA. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1919. °*!EwirAr2S 6l two h ceSts es HOME EDITION
-ORDER RESCINDING STRIKE
" OF SOFT COAL MINERS
' IS APPROVED BY COURT
Decision Is Reached After 17
Hours' Session; Lewis States
He Acts Under Protest
"GOOD FAITH EFFORT" TO
COMPLY WITH MANDATE
By Associated Press.
Indianapolis, Nov. 11. —United States District
Judge A. B. Anderson at 10 o'clock this morning
approved the order of the officials of the United Mine
Workers of America rescinding the strike order of Octo
ber 15.
Attorneys for the miners promised to try to have
it in the mails by 6 o'clock this evening.
This action was taken following a session of the
general committee of the miners, which decided early
to-day to comply with the mandate of the court, issued
last Saturdav.
"Good Faith Effort"
Judge Anderson characterized the order as a "good
faith effort" to comply with his mandate.
The order to rescind was presented to the court by Henry
Warrum, Indianapolis, attorney for the miners. After the court
proceedings, Mr. Warrum, G. L. Grant, Fort Smith, Ark., and
F. C. Huebner. Albia. la., associated counsel, issued a statement in !
the presence of the government attorneys, in which the position!
of the mine workers was stated.
Attorneys' Statement
The statement of the attorneys
follows:
"The operators have repeatedly
declared that they were ready to
enter into negotiations with the
miners if the strike order were with
drawn. The government has taken
the position that in the vindication
of its own supremacy, the strike or
der must be withdrawn before they
would take any steps to compel the
resumption of such negotiations. The
issue haw been submitted to the court
and in compliance with the court's
ruling the strike order has been
canceled and withdrawn. It seems
to me that good faith on the part
of the operators requires them to
meet the miners' representatives at
once for the purpose of negotiating
a settlement of this wage contro
versy and that good faith on the part
of the government, requires it to
see that such a resumption of nego
tiations is had at once and continu
ed without delay."
Dan W. Simms, special United
States district attorney, representing
the government in the injunction
proceedings against the miners, stat
ed that the next step of the govern
ment probably would look to pro
curing a joint meeting of operators
and miners at which negotiations for
a wage agreement would be reopen
ed.
The general committee, composed
of international officers .district
presidents and members of the exe
cutive board and scale committees,
reached its decision at 4.10 this
morning and adjourned five minutes
later, to reconvene at 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
Cannot l-'ight Government
"Gentlemen, we will comply with
the mandate of the court. We do
it under protest. We are Americans.
We cannot fight our government.
That is all."
This was the statement of John L.
Lewis, acting president of the mine
workers, announcing the decision,
and other members jf 'the confer
ence apparently worn out by their
long hours of discussion, declined to
add to the statement of their chief
and soon dispersed.
The general committee had been
in session since shortly after 10
o'clock yesterday morning taking
only brief recesses for lunch and
injunction, issued Saturday, and re
terrupted during the afternoon ses
sion by the appearance of United
States Marshal Mark Storen and his
deputies, who served 33 of the offi
cials with copies of the temporary
inijunction, issued Saturday, and re
turnable December 1. The writs in
the restraining order were made re
turnable November 20.
Impassioned Speeches
During the day approaches to the
entrances of the conference hall
were carefully guarded by a ser
geant-at-arms and during recesses
a man remained on guard in the
hall, but in the later hours of the
conference the sergeant-at-arms
disappeared. J
The speeches at times were im
passioned and voices from the hall
rose above the hubbub of the hotel,
in which the conference was held,
but only a word now and then was
distinguishable. It is understood
that all phases of the question were
argued and the effect various actions
might have on the organization en
tered into the discussion, but accord- I
ing to members not a voice was!
taken on any subject until the action :
I THE WEATHER]
Harriaburg nnd Vicinity: Fair
mill colder to-night and Wed
nesday. l,oncat temperature
to-night ahont 40 degrees.
Eastern Pennsylvania i Colder and
generally fair to-night nid
Wednesday. Moderate nouth to
went Hindu.
Hlvert The Susquehanna river nnd
all Itn branches will rlnr slight
ly or remain nenrly ntntionnry.
A stage of about h.2 fret Is In
dicated for Harrlsbnrg Wednes
day morning.
early to-day was decided upon.
To Open Way
Shortly before the conference ad
journed, President Lewis and Wil
liam Green, .secretary-treasurer, held
a long conference in the parlor of
the hotel. Developments after this
conference came rapidly.
The recall of the strike order will
open the way immediately for a
resumption of the negotiations be
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Prince of Wales Is
Informally Welcomed
to Capital of Nation
By Associated Press
Washington, Nov. 11.—Albert Ed
ward, Prince of Wales, and heir to
the British throne, arrived in Wash
ington to-day to be welcomed by
Vice-President Marshall, acting for
President Wilson. Reception cere
monies at the Union station were
informal, although cabinet officers
and high officers of the Army and
Navy were gathered to greet the
youthful visitor who will spend three
days in the national capital before
visiting New York on his way home.
Despite a drizzling rain, interested
crowds gathered along the route
over which the Prince and his party,
preceded by cavalry escort, passed
to the Perry Belmont home reserved
for the distinguished visitor. After
luncheon, the Prince was to call on
Mrs. Wilson at the White House and
it was expected he would see the
President in his sickroom.
Search For Girl Missing
Year Resuits in Arrest
By Associated Press
| New York, Nov. 11.—Search for
' Miss Gertrude Little, 23 years old,
j daughter of a prominent family of
1 Phillipsburg, Pa., who has been
j missing a year, resulted to-day in
the arrest of Frederick De Cola on
| a charage of extortion,
i It is asserted that De Cola wrote
to W. D. Little, the girl's father,
that unless $175 was paid him she
would not return home and the
family would be disgraced. Little's
attorney made an appointment with
De Cola at a hotel and he was ar
rested after a struggle. He refused
;to tell where the girl was, but
i later detectives found her. She was
taken into custody on a charge of
incorrigibility. De Cola was held
in $lO,OOO bail.
REPUBLICAN WINS
By Associated Press.
Oklahoma City., Nov. 11. The
latest unofficial returns to-day from
252 of 265 precincts in the Fifth
Congressional district, placed the
I majority of J. W. Harreld, Repub
, lican for Congress, in Saturday's spe
cial election at 712 votes. The vote
in the returns to date from 252 pre
cincts gave Claude Weaver, Demo
crat, 10,839, and J. W. Harreld 11 -
551.
EIGHT PROPERTIES SOLD
Announcement was made to-dny
that Samuel A. Greene, real estate
operator, had purchased from the
Fackler estate, properties at 440
South Sixteenth street, and lot ad-
Joining, 150H6 Derry street, 307
South Fifteenth, and 1203>,i-07-vi
-09 Mulberry, three-story brick dwell
ings. The consideration was ap
proximately $35,000 it is said.
HOLD UP DINERS
By Associated Press.
Baltimore, Nov. 11. — Two men
armed with pistols went through the
dining room of a small hotel near
the business center of the city this
morning and held up the ten persons
in the room. The robbers who had
registered as guests of the hotel sev
eral days ago, got away with more I
than $3OO.
Cancelling Order
By Associated Press.
"Indianapolis, Ind., November 11, 1919.
"To the Officials and Members of the United Mine
Workers of America:
"Dear Sirs and Brothers—ln obedience to the
mandate issued on November 8, by the United
States Court, district of Indiana, Judge A. B. An
derson presiding, the undersigned hereby advise
you that the order of October 15, directing a cessa
tion of operations in the bituminous coal fields of our
jurisdiction, is withdrawn and canceled.
"Yours fraternally,
"WILLIAM GREEN,
"Secretary-Treasurer.
"JOHN L. LEWIS,
President."
WILL CALL BOTH
SIDES TOGETHER
Secretary of Labor to Make Effort to Negotiate New
Wage Agreement—Congress Proposes
Investigation
By Associated Press
Washington, Nov. 11.—"I shall
immediately call the miners and
operators together to negotiate a
wage agreement." Secretary of La
bor Wilson said to-day after a meet
ing of President Wilson's cabinet.
Attorney General Palmer on leav
ing the cabinet meeting made this
statement:
Palmer Speaks
"My information is that the
miners have submitted to the court
the form of an order canceling and
withdrawing the strike order. The
strike order having been withdrawn,
therefore, the Secretary of Labor
will to-day invite the operators and
miners to meet immediately in con
ference to negotiate an adjustment
of their controversy.
"I have been assuming at all
times that the miners' organization
would obey the law when it was
called to their attention in the way
it lias been, and I am glad they
justified this assumption.
"The way now is open to a set
tlement by the peaceful processes
which should always be employed
POLICIES OF
NATION ARE UP
BEFORE LEGION
Spirited Contests Being Fought
Out by Veterans; Many
Recommendations In
By Associated Press.
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 11.
Spirited contests over the attitude
of the veterans of the great war on
many important national policies
were on the program to be fought
out to-day on the floor of the first
convention of the American Legion
in the second day's session. With
reports of twenty committees to con
sider, speakers were limited to five
minutes, as to-day's session was
broken by the armistice day parade,
in which legion delegates were joined
by veterans of previous wars and
several patriotic societies.
Among the important recom
mendations submitted to the conven
tion to-day in the committee reports
are:
War service adjustment bonds
granting each service man and
woman one dollar a day for time in
the Federal service.
Proposing Minneapolis as perman
ent national headquarters.
Committee endorsement of uni
versal military training.
Important changes in the con
verted war risk insurance policies
offered to discharged veterans by the
Government.
Revision of the constitution to
create a new set of national officers.
Increase in national dues to sup
port the American Legion weekly.
Extending membership to State
Troops and others not Federalized
and also auxiliaries composed of
women relatives of veterans.
With 640 votes distributed among
the various State delegations, which
number nearly twice as many repre
sentatives, leaders in the convention
are doubtful whether all business
can be disposed of within the two
remaining days on the program.
Massachusetts with 65 has the
largest State vote. Pennsylvania has
50.
Cleveland was chosen for the next
convention of the American Legion
over San Francisco, at the national
convention here this afternoon.
ORGANIZER RELEASED
By Associated Press
Johnstown, Pa., Nov. 11. —Dornin- I
ick Olllottea, United Mine Workers |
of America organizer, who was
taken into custody at the request of
the Federal authorities . last Satur
day, was released on the request of
the same authorities to-day. No ex
planation was made of the arrest or
release. Gillottea went to his home j
at Nant.v-iiin near here. i
®K otoc-3n&cpcn&ent.
insettlement of such disputes with
out injury to the general public.
Proposes Probe
Investigation of the strike was i
proposed in a resolution introduced
by Senator Jones, Republican,
Washington, after press reports of
the miners' decision to recall the
strike order had been read at the
request of Senator Pomerene, Dem
ocrat, Ohio. The resolution was re
ferred to the Senate Labor commit
tee, which recently completed an
investigation of the steel strike and
which will determine whether a
coal inquiry is advisable.
The resolution would give the
committee authority to suggest any
measures for Federal action to pre
vent recurrence of similar strikes.
Senator Norrls, Republican, of Ne
braska, said the resolution also
should be broad enough to author
ize investigation of Judge Ander
son's injunction order.
Entitled to Increase
In presenting the reports of the
miners' action, Senator Pomerene
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PAPER
MENACES LIVES
OF PUBLICATIONS
Newspapers Face Serious Sit
uation Unless Supply Is
Conserved
That the present situation of
newspapers throughout the country
is serious on account of the difficulty
in securing sufficient print paper was
the consensus of opinion expressed
by editors and publishers of State
newspapers when the Pennsylvania
Associated Dailies met this morning
in conference at the Penn-Harris.
The majority of publishers who
spoke this morning said that the
papers must cut down in size and j
conserve paper if they are to exist, i
Throughout the State the same con- |
dition seems to prevail, namely, an \
increase of two and three hundred j
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Woman Goes on Trial
Charged With Scolding
In Courtroom No. 2 Mrs. Gather-j
ine McLaughlin, charged with being
a common scold, was on trial before
Judge S. J. M. McCarrell. Witnesses
in the vicinity of Sixth and Schuyl
kill streets, were called by Assistant
I District Attorney Robert T. Fox to
! testify against Mrs. McLaughlin,
j She also brought some neighbors in
to court who said they, had never!
, been annoyed by her. The case went (
[to the Jury this afternoon. Joseph j
j Harman, charged with larceny as!
bailee, was acquitted. Harry M. I
| Keller, charged with wilful deser
tion of his wife and child, was releas
ed under suspended sentence. Rob
: ert Eckels pleading guilty to felon
ious assault, wus given five months
in Jail.
CREW STILL MISSING
By Associated Brass*
Halifax, Nov. H.—The <9 officers
and men of the United States Ship-!
ping Board steamer Polar Land, who
took to the boats Sunday when their '
ship wus sinking 90 miles east of the
Cape Breton coast, huve not been l
found. Several steamers took up
the search for the boats yesterday '
after the unsuccessful efforts of the ;
British steamer Kanawha, but so fa t j
no wireless reports have been ie- !
ceived from them.
HOUSES DYNAMITED
By Associated Press*
Pittsburgh, Nov. 11.—Houses, oc
cupled by foreigners employed in |
steel plants where the strike is still |
on, were damaged by explosions
eurly to-day but none of the occu-1
nonta Won inlllrnd.
SILVER DOLLARS
WORTH $1.30
To-day's financial dispatches
show that, with a plerctitude of
silver dollars, a smelter and an
expert salesman, any man can
hope to become rich. Silver
bullion is quoted at more than
$1.30 an ounce, and local bankers
say a silver dollar weighs approx
imately an ounce. The only fly
in the ointment for the purchaser
of silver dollars for sale as bul
lion is that the dispatch con
cludes: "Little business is being
transacted and the quotations are
largely nominal."
CHILD WIFE MAY
NOT BE CALLED
TO GIVE STORY
Youthful Defendant Kisses
Relatives Greeted in
Courtroom
ATTORNEY MAKES PLEA
Tells Jury Girl-Wife Has Been
Epileptic Since Sh"*
Was 13
When court was adjourned shortly
ufter noon to-day counsel for Catii
leen Stewart, the 17-year-old child
wife charged with murdering her
baby son, bad not decided whether
she would he called as a witness in
her own defense.
Many relatives and friends of the
girl were present in court again to
day and came forward at adjourn
ment and spoke to her just before
she was taken from Court room No.
1. She kissed a number of them and
shook hands with a few others, smil
ing much of the time. Throughout
the morning session, although slight
ly nervous, the girl-mother listened
attentively as witness after witness
was called and examined by District
Attorney Michael E. Stroup. He an
nounced that the Commonwealth
rested at 11.20 o'clock, and Moe
Baturin, one of Mrs. Stewart's at
torneys then addressed the jury.
Mother Testifies
He told the jurors that the de
fendant had been subject to epileptic
fits since she was i 3 years old, and
had suffered from two to four each
day. He explained that in defense it
would be shown that she had spilled
the poison over her baby when she
Stooped over to kiss it and suffered
an attack of epilepsy.
The girl's mother. Mrs. Bessie
Hetnbach, was called first by the
defense. Earlier in the morning she
was called by Mr. Stroup. Testify
ing to save her daughter from con
viction, Mrs. Heinbach told the jurors
that on the night before the baby
was poisoned the girl suffered two
fits and two again that morning.
She also said that her daughter ap
peared to be despondent during the
morning.
Cries at First
When brought into court this
morning the young wife cried for a
few minutes, but soon sat up and
listened to Mr. Stroup addressing the
jury-. Shortly after 10 o'clock Dr.
C. R. Phillips, the first witness, was
sworn and took the stand.
He told of receiving a call to the
Heinbach home, 904 Capital street,
June 10. Upon reaching the home
he found the three-weeks-old baby
in the coach in the middle room.
The mother, Mrs. Heinbach and a
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Strikers and Deputies
Batter Each Others' Heads
With Clubs and Bricks
By Associated Press.
Somervtlle, N. J., Nov. 11. —Strik-
ing workers of the H. W. Johns-
Manville Companies general manu
facturing plant at Manville, near
hene, clashed to-day with twenty
deputies under Sheriff Brokaw, of
Somerset county nnd George E. Tot
ten, of the county prosecutor's office.
A scrimmage which began when the
strikers halted motor trucks in which
the deputies were being sent to town
to preserve order ended afted five
arrests had been made and many
heads battered.
Armed with riot guns, the deputies
were ordered to Manville to put down
disorders growing out of the strike
yesterday of 2,000 unskilled work
ers seeking increased wages and
shorter hours. At Raritan bridge
the vanguard of the motor truck,-*
was met by a group of fifteen pickets
Totten nlighted from the machine
and a husky lender of the strikers
who carried a brick in his hand,
struck him in the face. The depu
ties leaped from the machines and
a fight ensued. No shots were fired
but riot clubs were used freely
Subsequently the deputies were
placed about the plant to protect the
men who still are at work.
, 1919 WARM
The year 1919 is establishing a
record as one of the warmest
years in the history of the Har
risburg Weather Bureau.
Thus fur a total excess of 707
degrees has been recorded by
Forecaster E. R. Demain and his
assistants at the local bureau.
November temperature is contin
uing as the weather of most No
vembers.
While Harrisburg has been
visited with an unusual number
of rainy days thus far in Novem
ber, the excess rainfall has not
been large. The raj excess for
the year has not when
the number of have
been taken into consideration.
Thus far It*e excess is 3.21 inches,
a commomPrecord.
G.S.REINOEHL
PROMOTED FOR
IMPORTANT TASK
Division Manager of Bell Tele
phone Company Goes lo
Philadelphia
20 YEARS IN THE SERVICE
C. F. Brisbin, of Wilkes-Barre,
lo Succeed Harris
burg Man
GEORGE S. REINOEHL
George S. Reinoehl, division man
ager for the Bell Telephone Company
in the Harrisburg division, was to
day appointed division manager of
the combined Atlantic Coast and the
Philadelphia divisions, one of the
most important in the country, com
prising all of Philadelphia, the lower
half of New Jersey, all of Delaware
and the counties of Bucks, Chester,
Delaware and Montgomery counties
in Pennsylvania. Mr. Reinoehl will I
be succeeded here by C. F. Brisbin,
district manager of Wilkes-Barre.
The new division is one of the
biggest in the Bell Telephone com
pany and formerly was in charge of
two managers. He will leaye a large
number of friends In Harrisburg,
having been very active in the af
fairs of the city ever since his Re
moval here. He is a member of
the public affairs committee of the
Rotary Club and has just retired as
president of the Harrisburg Chamber
of Commerce after an active and
successful year. He was at one time
president of Harrisburg Council, Boy
Scouts of America, is a member of
the board of governors of the Har
risburg Club, was a team captain
in the first two Liberty Loan cam
paigns and chairman of the indus
trial committee in the third and
fourth loans. He was a division
leader in the Y. M. C. A. campaign
recently and division chairman in the
Red Cross campaign. As president
of the Chamber of Commerce he
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Sinn Fein Parliament
Is Raided and Nine
Members Are Arrested
lly Associated Tress
Dublin. Nov. 11. —The Sinn Fein
parliament was raided to-day by the
authorities and nine members of it
were arrested.
Those taken into custody includ
ed John O'Mahony. John Hayes and
Frank lawless, Sein Fein members
of the British House of Commons.
Many documents were seized by
the raiders.
; MUSEUMS OF MARTYRS' CELLS
By Associated Press.
| Brussels, Monday, Nov. 11.—The
cells occupied by Edith Cavell and
Gabrielle Petit previous to their exe
cution by the Germans are to be
transformed into miniature mu
-1 seums. This has been decided up
'on by the court of justice. Clothes
j worn by the two women, their books
1 and other belongings have been col
; lected and placed in the ceils. Plates
i bearing appropriate inscriptions will
! be attached to tjie doors.
j t
| TWO MORE REDS ARRESTED
By Associated Press
, Y'onngstown, 0., Nov. 11.—Two
! more alleged radicals were arrested
' here to-day by agents of the De-
I partment of Justice. The men are
! Russians. Thirty-two prisoners are
! now held at the county jail as a re
; suit of the antired campaign here,
j Government agents maintained their
; silence as to the charges against
j the men or the evidence obtained.
GET TWO LEADERS
By Associated ITesa
Akron, 0., Nov. 11.—Two more
| alleged radical leaders are under ar
i rest here to-day. Close guard was
, mnintnined around county and city
j buildings. One man of the twenty
seven arrested Sunday afternoon ha%
I been released. The others are be
! ing held for deportation.
NEGRO IS BURNED
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 11.—Jor
dan Jameson, negro, who last Friday
shot and killed Sheriff Greer, of
Columbia county, near Magnolia,
was taken from officers at Magnolia
early to-day and burned in the pub
lic square at Magnolia.
STEEL OUTPUT GROWS
By Associated Press.
Youiigstowii, Ohio. Nov. 11.
Steel operations have been increased
from 50 per cent, of capacity to 75
per cent., as a result of the opening
of new departments with the begin->
ning of the week, according to in
dustrial aluuurvars here.
EMPHASIZES WAR'S
GRIM TRAGEDY
Washington, Nov. 11.—In the
midst of the celebration to-day
of the anniversary of the sign
ing of the armistice, the tragedy
of war again was emphasized by
announcement of a revised list of
American casualties, showing a
total of 293,089.
The list includes 34.625 killed
in action, including 382 lost at
sea; died of wounds, 13,955; died
of disease, 23,692; died of acci
dent and other causes, 5,328;
wounded in action, 215,409, miss
ing in action two.
PRISON LIFE IS
DRIVING INSANE
ILL-TREATED MEN
Warden Francies Scores State
For Neglect of Convicts in
Penitentiaries
PUNISHMENT SECONDARY
Lack of Decencies Turns Re
leased Prisoners into Ene
mies of Society
"Men are going insane in the State
prison at Pittsburgh every day, and
its because of tlie lack of attention
that people of this State pay to
prison legislation."
This was the statement of John
I'rancies, warden of the wester n
penitentiary, who spoke to a large
audience at the luncheon of the
Chamber of Commerce in the Penn-
Harris to-day. After his talk the
members of the Chamber kept Mr.
Francies busy answering questions
about his system in the penitentiary.
After introduction by Spencer C.
Gilbert, who told of the success Mr!
Francies was having by his appli
cation of humane methods to prison
work, the warden began his story of
prison reform.
Mr. Francies explained that he was
not really an expert, giving his
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X lOWA WILL NOT RETURN TO WORK I
* 1 Des Moines. lowa miners will not return to work in I
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< spite of the rescinding of the strike order, in the opinion •
J t president of District No. 13, Unit
"ed Mi W rkcrs of America, expressed here to-day. j
REPARE TO SHOULDER SHARE *
e-fo *
j,, cn. Arthur J. Balfour, former foreign minister
* * rd president of the council, opening the League J
Us lpaign to-day, declared that the future of *
je|| ild he dark indeed unless all the powers and
Ix| Britain, were prepared to tal *
[4* in the burdens the league cast upon them. I
4* FREIGHT WRECK BLOCKS TRACKS \
Boiling Springs. A number of freight cars weir *
e| "
An is morning when several cars on a Read-
ft *
* * ing railway trairleft the rails. All tracks were blocked |
and tt ffic was tied up for several hours. *
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X B plot to depose the Sultan of Turkey ha:.
. Constantinople dispatch dated t
Mo id. received here to-day. *
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** lES LEVER ACT ASSURANCE *
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Former Attorney General Gregory dc- .•
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t f lent here to-day he had given assurance
* * Lever act v be enforced .*
M
organizations in attempts to bcttei working *
* J conditions, as claimed by officers cf the American Fed- j
' " erat on of ) abor. *
4 *
, t RESTRICTIONS ON COAL ARE TIGHTENED •
| * Philadelphia. Restrictions on the distribution of soft I
oal were tightened to a wartime basis to-day by L. t
, I W. Baldwin, regional director for the Allegheny region of *
1 ' the United States Railroad Administration, despite dis
< * patches indicating an early return of the. minors to 1
v " 1k - ~ J
' WETS WIN IN OHIO
.
Co'.u ' Ohio last Tuesday voted against ratifi- >
cation of the Federal prohibition amendment by a ma-
I
* jority of 641. according to complete official returns re- '
*
ceived to -lav"by the Secretary of State. The vote was: *
" * For ratification, 499,879; against, 500,520.
i MARRIAGE LICENSES
I J Frank Smith. Harrlaburit. nnd Uarbarn luna. Merita.. II , ,
j* S " yd "' S " obu '> ' Wa.trr W. Braar, and"'£Z
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ARMISTICE DAY
USHERED IN BY
GREAT CLAMOR
Whistles Shriek and Bella
Ring on First Anniversary
of War's End
EXERCISES IN SCHOOLS
Trolley Cars Stop For Minute
at Stroke of Eleven
O'Clock
Harrisburg to-day commemorated
the tirst anniversary of the signing
of the armistice which brought to
an end the world's greatest war.
Kntlrely informal, Harrlsburg's
part of the nation-wide observance
of the day, was none the less rev
erent. National colors were flown,
despite the unfavorable weather.
Church bells clearly pealing forth,
first announced the arrival of the
hour on which the guns on the wes-.
tern front ceased firing just one ve#
ago to-day. The din of railroad bells
and whistles added to the clamor.
Trolley Cars Stop
Harrisburg, generally, in accord
ance with Mayor Keister's procla
mation, ceased activity for one min
ute starting at 11 o'clock. All trolley
cars In the city, both those of the
Harrisburg Railways and Valley
Railways, ceased operation at that
time for a full minute, when all
power was turned off.
Activity in city stores, banks, in
dustrial establishments and other
business places, was suspended for
a period of several minutes follow
ing the striking of the hour. No
complete suspension of business pre
vailed in any establishment.
Aerial exhibition by flyers from
the Middletown Aviation Depot,
were prevented by reason of the un
favorable weather. Several birdmen
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FOP It DIM IN RIVER CRASH
Philadelphia, Nov. 11.—Four men
were killed and a dozen persons in
jured when a tug crashed into a
crowded Philadelphia and Reading
Railway ferryboat on the Delaware
river here to-day. The de: d were
crushed almost beyond recognition.
About one hundred and fifty persons
were rescued from the ferryboat.