U. S. Pulling Forth Every Effort to Bring About Immediate Negotiation of New Mine Scale
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4 LXXXVIII— NO. 268 18 PAGES D * S TH2 D PO.T omVTat"a S rri. 0 b n ur laa ' HARRISBURG, PA. THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1919. ox, NEWSPAPSS fx s SAHiT. E S Di)H R a ES9 si TWO%ENT 3 E3 HOME EDITION
WAR ON REDS
t DECLARED BY
COAST TOWNS
Cities Join in Impromptu
Raids on I. AV. W.; Service
Men Storm Poolroom
LEADER IS IDENTIFIED
Man Lynched at Centralia
Was an Organizer; Quick
Convictions Planned
Centralis, Wash., Nov. 13. —For- !
mer service men last night entered
a poolroom here, lined about 100 ,
patrons against the wall and search
ed them. Sixteen who were said to
have carried Industrial Workers of
the World membership were ar- j
rested.
George I*axton, Centralia,
former soldier, was tired upon
before daybreak to-day as lie
was patrolling a road between
Centralia and Cliehalis, near tlie
bridge where the alleged I. W.
W. was lynched Tuesday night-
Police. National Guardsmen and
former soldiers searched vainly
for several hours for the mail
who tired the shot, Paxton was
not hit.
Cities of Western Washington
joined Centralia in arresting mem- 1
bers of the Industrial Workers of i
the World and raiding their head- j
quarters following the firing on an j
Armistice Day parade here Tues- j
day. Four former American sol- |
diers are dead and a fifth is re- |
ported dying as a result of the shoot- ;
ing, and one alleged I. W. W. has
been lynched.
Identify header
The man who was lynched here
Tuesday night was identified early
to-day as Ernest Everetts, by a J
woman who conducted the rooming
house where Everetts lived. He was |
working here as an I. W. W. or- ;
ganizer, the woman said.
This identification was partly
borne out when the police went j
through effects found in the room !
occupied by the man. These effects ;
included receipts for I. W. W. liter- i
ature and blank receipts for mem
bership dues in the I. W. W. accord
ing to the police. The body had
previously been identified as that of |
"Brick" Smith, secretary of the local i
branch of the I. W. W.
All informations, it was under- j
stood would allege either partici- j
pation in or criminal knowledge of
the killing of four members of the ;
American Legion.
County Attorney Herman Allen ,
said he had information which he j
believed would result in convictions ;
in all cases. This information, he j
asserted came to him through alleged
confessions of two young men who i
admitted membership in the I. W. W. I
Several State and Federal officials
have investigated the situation here
since the shooting Tuesday and have
conferred with Allen.
Further indication that Fedet-al
prosecution awaited those accused of
complicity in the shooting was con
tained in tiie statement made by
Robert L. Saunders, U. S. District
Attorney.
"In my judgment the I. W. W.
have gone far enough with their acts
to emphasize the truth hat (heir
principle is the overturning of the
Government, including the Federal
Government," Saunders was quoted
as saying. "If that is so and can
he established by the evidence, every
individual I. W. W. is guilty of that
crime.
"I shall place charges against
every one of the men arrested. The
complaint will be placed before the
United States Commissioner at Ta
eoma, and I believe that my evidence
will be conclusive enough to hold
all of them for the Federal Grand
Jury.
Military Funeral
"I shall charge that each and
every one of them wickedly and fe
loniously confederated, conspired
and agreed to overturn the Federal
Government by force and resist the
execution of its laws."
The local post of the American
legion has made plans for a military
funeral to-morrow of the four former
service men killed during the parade.
Resolutions demanding drastic ac
tion by State and Federal authorities
against radical organization have
been adopted by American Legion
posts and other organizations in
many Pacific coast cities.
Through its commander the
Yakima Wash., post, sent telegrams
lo United States Senators Jones and
Poindexter, demanding that steps be
taken immediately to enact proper
legislation to "exterminate the I.
W. W. and other radical organization
inimical to the Government."
Twenty-two men and one woman,
reported to have radical beliefs,
were placed in Jail here and later
four of the prisoners, including the
woman, were removed to the Lewis
bounty jail at Chehalis by National
Guardsmen. Raids were conducted
in Seattle, Tacoma and Aberdeen on
the Industrial Workers headquar
ters.
In Seattle 11 men and "tons of
literature." according to the police,
were taken to police headquarters.
The Tacoma police arrested 34 al
'eged members of the Industrial
Workers and seized a quantity of
radical literature. At Aberdeen
quantities of literature und the
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ITHE WEATHEiO
Hnrrlahurg and Vicinity i Fair and
much colder to-night vrlth a
raid wave; loweat trmFralurr
about 24 degrees. Friday fair,
continued cold.
Kaatcrn Pennsylvania i Fair much
colder to-night with a moder
ate cold wave. Friday fair,
colder In aoutheaat portion.
Moderate northweat winds.
Check Yourself on New
Human Nature Chart
ISTELUJCTCAIi CHARACTER
SCCIIMI FOR Wise Thinking
Str. iWkn. *
Earnest, not trifling.
Sincere and open-minded.. not diverted by personal in
terests.
Discerning, not superficial.
Alert, not indolent.
Accurate, not indefinite.
Useful, not merely interesting.
Inventive and constructive, not lacking initiative.
Hatior.al and judicious, not hysterical or melancholy.
WORKING CHARACTER
Needed For Doing Useful Work
Purposeful, not led merely by likes and dislikes.
Teachable, not stubborn.
Attentive, not heedless.
Ambitious, not self-satisfied.
Persistent, not vacillating.
Industrious and energetic, not lazy and dilatory.
Thorough, not careless.
Decisive, not procastinating.
Progressive, not opposed to change.
Thrifty, not wasteful.
Artistic, not slovenly.
Adaptable, not slow to fit into new surroundings.
Executive, not haphazurd.
PERSONAL CHARACTER
Needed Eor Doing Right by Oneself
Thoughtful, not merely impulsive.
Influenced by high ideals, not content with low standards.
Conscientious, not lawless.
Independent, not suggestible.
Self-controlled, not weak.
Refined, not coarse.
Self-respecting, not dissipated.
SOCIAL CHARACTER
Needed For Doing Right toy Others
Genuine, not affected.
Honest, not thieving nor disposed to cheat.
Truthful, not given to lying and deceiving.
Honorable, not sneaking.
Just, not unfair.
Harmonious, not wrangling.
Forgiving, not vindictive.
Disposed to trust others, not suspicious.
Sociable, not exclusive nor snobbish.
Loyal, not treacherous.
Pure, not lewd.
Courteous, not rude.
Tactful, not brusque nor priggish.
Generous and sportsmanlike, not stingy nor jealous.
Public-spirited and patriotic, not selfish.
Reverent, not impudent nor flippant.
EMOTIONAL CHARACTER
Needed For the Joy of Living
not timid.
Capable of true affection, not cold-hearted.
Kindly, not cruel nor hateful.
Sympathetic, not self-centered.
Congenial, not repulsive.
Responsive to the beautiful, not indifferent.
Alive to truth, not Uninterested.
Devoted to righteousness, not inclined to evil.
Humble, not conceited.
Patient, not irritable.
Tolerant, not angry over difference of opinion
Hopeful,- not pessimistic.
PHYSICAL CHARACTER
Needed as a Basis For Human Life
Well-'developed body, not poorly nourished.
High resistance to disease, not susceptible.
Vital, not sluggish
Ready muscular control, not bungling.
Endurance, not quickly tired.
Strength, without disabilities.
Grace of figure and carriage, not frumpy.
Pleasant voice, not harsh nor shrill.
Face smiling, not somber and heavy.
Total strength.
Total weakness.
Judge yourself fairly and honestly.
See what qualities you possess and
those which you should strengthen.
Then begin to improve your time by
improving yourself.
These are in brief the instructions
which were given recently to hun
dreds of county teachers by Dr.
George H. Betts, of the North
western University, Illinois. He fur
nished a "humun nature score card"
of 65 qualities, divided according to
intellectual character, working char
acter, personal character, social char
acter. emotional character and phys
ical character.
Each teacher of the county is be
ing furnished by Professor F. E.
Shambaugh, county superintendent,
Professor W. it. ZininKT: .an, assist
ant superintendent, with a copy of
this chart. To give the readers of
the Telegraph an opportunity to
judge themselves as the teachers
are doing, the "score card" is given
below.
"To judge yourself study each
qualification," the county school of
ficials advised. "Mark each one on
a scale of 10. For instance under
MURDER JURY
QUICKLY FOUND
FORSIMVELCO
Only Forty Talesmen Exam
ined to Get Necessary
Twelve For Trial
I Sim Velco, charged with the mur
der of Thomas Loguri, was called for
trial this morning in Courtroom No.
1 before Judge S. J. M. McCarrell
who will preside over the trial.
Velco, it is alleged, shot Loguri on
the morning of September 9, during
a brawl in North Cameron street.
Less than forty jurors were called
for examination and shortly after
noon the jury was selected and
sworn. The case was opened this
afternoon, Assistant District Attorney
Robert T. Fox as the prosecuting at
torney, and William H. Earnest and
Robert Stucker as counsel for the
defendant.
j The jurors were: Eli Martin, Lon
donderry township: John C. Fitting,
Jackson township; Robert Hay, Wil
liams township: James Gotshall,
Untontown; John A. McKeelian,
Penbrook; 'William C. Woodside,
Lykens; C. O. Clemens, Swataia
township: Robert A. Shultz, Swataia
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EMBARGO ON ARMS
Bv Associated Press.
Washington. Nov. 15.—Efforts are
being made by the American gov- j
ernment to prevent the shipment of!
large supplies of arms and ammu- I
nttion purchased In Europe by the'
Mexican government.
'intellectual character" the first
quality is the question, 'Are vou
earnest, not trifling?' if vou con
sider that you are earnest in every
thing you undertake, mark your
strength as "7," and your weakness
as ,_ Do the same thing with
each of the qualifications. Ask your
self the question, determine your
strength of your weakness, and
mark yourself accordingly. Then
add up your score for strength in
intellectual character, and your
score for weakness. Determine
whether you are on the plus side
or the minus side. Do the same
with each of the others and add up
your total score. Be honest with
yourself, and it will help you. No
one but yourself needs to know in
which qualities you consider yourself
below 50 per cent or "5" in the
marking scale. Then set about to
strengthen those qualities which you
lack.
"If you are stubborn, not teach
able, make up your mind that you
will be teachable and not stubborn.
Then put the thought into practice
and it should certainly help you."
JUDGE RENEWS
HIS ATTACKS ON
PROHIBITION
Kentucky Court Scene of Suit
to Determine Constitution
ality of Wartime Acts
lxiuisville. Ky., Nov. 13. The
War prohibition and prohibition en
forcement acts were attacked again
in Judge Walter Evans' Federal
court here to-day. the second day of
arguments in a suit to test their
constitutionality. The suit was
brought by W. Marshall Bullitt,
Louisville, on behalf of the Wright
and Taylor and the Brown-Forman
Distilling Companies of this city and
seeks to prevent Government inter
ference with sale of nearly a million
gallons of tax-paid whisky owned by
the companies.
Judge Evans declared from the
bench yesterday that he was "firmly
of the opinion" that wartime pro
hibition is unconstitutional and In
dicated a disposition to grant an
injunction restraining the Govern
ment from interfering with the sale
of the whisky known as floor stock,
owned by the companies.
In a similar suit recently. Judge
Evans declared the war prohibition
act unconstitutional and granted an
injunction to the Kentucky Distil
leries and Warehouse Company for
bidding interference by the Govern
ment with sale of approximately 69,-
000,000 gallons of whisky owned by
the plaintiff. This case was appealed
to the United States Supreme Court,
where a hearing on it probably wlli
take place next week.
ASKS GARFIELD
1 TO BE PRESENT
i AT CONFERENCE
Fuel Administrator Invited to
I Attend Meeting of Min
ers and Operators
DELEGATES ARRIVING
200 Owners and 100 Workmen
on Way to Washington;
New Pact Expected
By Associated Press.
I Washington. Nov. 12.—Fuel Ad
ministrator Gailield has been in
; vited by Secretary Wilson to at
tend the conference here to-morrow
• between coal miners and operators
to negotiate a new scale wage ugree
! ment. No reply has been received
; from Dr. Garfield but his acceptance
| is expected, it was said to-day at the
! office of the fuel administration
here.
More than 200 operators and about
| 100 representatives of the miners
are expected to arrive to-night and
i to-morrow morning for the confer
ence. which will be called to order
i by Secretary Wilson, at 11 o'clock
|at the Interior Department.
Both sides hove notified the labor
secretary that they will attend the
conference. Spokesmen for the
mine workers said that if the mine
owners come In a spirit of concilia- i
tion a new agreement can be farm
ed and ratified by Saturday night. |
Until an agreement is formally ac- |
cepted by the miners' scale com
mittee. labor leaders said, there is
little hope of full resumption of coal
production.
It is because of this possibility
and the steady drain meanwhile on
the nation's visible coal supply that
Secretary Wilson undertook to-day i
to induce come of the miners and
operators to see the other fellow's I
side.
The indicated continued suspen
sion of mining activity in union
fields was not a surprise to govern
ment officials, nor accepted as an
actual test of the attitude of the
miners. Complete distribution of the
order canceling the strike will take
some time, it is said. It is felt, how
ever, that a large number of men
still will remain out until assured
that some of the demands agreed
unon In convention will be grant
ed.
Labor leaders who frankly ad
mitted that public sentiment was
strongly against the strike, took
comfort to-day in what they describe
as a seeming change of sentiment as
reflected in newspaper editorials.
Declares 90 Per Cent,
of American Public Is
Against Organized Labor
By Associated Press.
Atlanta, Nov. 13.—Recommenda
tions to the American Federation
of Labor that strikes be stopped.and
that the money spent on strike bene
fits and other expenses connected
| with walkouts be used in a nation-
I wide campaign to educate the Amer
ican public on the principles of or- I
ganized labor were before the ex
ecutive committee of the Atlanta j
Federation of Trades to-day for ac- I
tion.
Declaring that ninety per cent,
of the country's people are against
the principles of organized labor,
and Intimating that members of
Congress and the newspapers and
the public generally • have a preju
dice against the organization, J. M.
Zurber, former business manager of
the Atlanta Machinists' Union, of
fered a motion that the national or
ganization be requested to take such
steps to inculcate in the public mind
the principles for which labor
stands. He also asserted that organ
ized' labor is facing a crisis and
needs to put itself right before the
| nation.
Zuber also urged that organized
labor put Itself on record as against
radicalism, saying "organized labor
has got to bear the brunt of the
shooting in the west of returned
I soldiers unless we disapprove of
i it."
The motion to stop strikes and
educate the public provoked spirit
ed debate. Tt finally was referred to
the executive committee.
Radicals Threaten New
Trouble in Coal Fields
Washington. Nov. 13.—Activities of;
radicals threaten serious trouble in
the bituminous coal mine fields of
West Virginia, according to reports!
received to-day by the Department
of Justice.
The situation in Monongelia and !
Taylor counties was rescribed b\-l
Department of Justice officials as!
"particularly nasty." Meetings di
rected and attended largely bv Rus-'
slans have precipitated some violence I
among the coal miners, the reports!
said. '
P. & R. COMPLETES PLANS
FOR NEW $5,000,000 BRIDGE
Railway Engineers Have Plans Drawn For Extensive Im
provements Which Will Be Started Early in 1920
Plans for the new Philadelphia
and Reading Railway bridge across
the Susquehanna river are about
complete. It was learned to-day. It
Is the belief of local officials that
bids will be advertised for within
the next ten days. It is not likely
that work will start before Janu
ary 1.
The new structure. Is to be a re
inforced concrete structure similar
to that of the Cumberland Valley
Railroad and the estimated cost Is
Leaders Who Are Busy Working Out Plan For Women
to Take Active Part in Republican Party Management
1
MRS. JOHN G. SOUTH MRS. MKDILL McCORMICK MISS MARY GARRET HAY
GOV.SPROULTO
LEAVE MEMORIAL
IN HARRISBURG
Chief Executive Praises City
at Dedication of Muzzle
Club Room
The Muzzle Club room at the
Penn-Harris Hotel was dedicated
last evening with nearly all the
working newspapermen of the city
present and with addresses by Gov
ernor Sproul, the Governor's private
secretary, Harry S. McDevitt. and E.
J. Stackpole, of the Telegraph.
The -lotel company has set aside
a handsomely furnished room on the
second floor for the uses of the
Muzzle Club, which is the newspa
per organization of the city or
ganized as tt result <of Governor
Pennypacker's effort to muzzle the
press of Pennsylvania and of which
the Governor was afterward on
many occasions an honored guest.
In this room will be kept the club's
great silver loving cup, presented
by former Governor Stewart, and
the walls are being decorated with
the pictures of noted newspapermen
of other years, flashlights of some
of the club's dinners, autographed
portraits of governors who have
been guests of the club and other
relics and mementos of newspaper
life and events in Harrisburg. The
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Senate Refuses to Set
Limit on Treaty Debate
i by Voting Down Cloture
. Washington, Nov. 13.—An attempt
by Democratic Senators to invoke the
cloture rule, so as to limit debate
on the Foreign Relations Committee
i reservations to the Peace Treaty fail
ed to-day in the Senate,
j By a vote of 41 to 36, with all cf
the Republicans present, and Sena
tors Reed, Missouri, and Shields,
Tennessee, Democrats, voting in the
affirmative, the Senate adopted a
tnotion by Republican Leader Lodge,
to table an appeal from a ruling that
the Democratic move was out of
order.
The Democratic petition for cloture
had been held out of order bv the
chair, because it sought to limit de
bate only on the reservations and
not on the whole Treaty. It was for
this reason, Senator Lodge said, that
the Republicans opposed the move.
Excavation For Bridge
to Begin This Month
The Board of Public Grounds and
Buildings to-day deferred action on
the award of the contract for the
new Memorial Bridge until next
week, referring the documents to
Engineer J. E. Greiner for flnul In
spection. The award to the Central
Construction Company will probably
be made official on Tuesday when
the contract will be signed.
The Central has assembled a con
siderable part of its plant here, car
loads of machinery having arrived i
and some of it is stored at Tenth j
and State streets. The arrangements
for the temporary bridge over the '
railroad ore being made. Preltml- I
nat-y excavations will be started by I
Thanksgiving. '
about *5,000,000. There are some
details not yet completed on which, •
it is said engineers are now work- i
ing and which must have the np-!
proval of the president and director.-!,
and the chief engineer. It i a ulso
said that the plans of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad at Remoyne for the
proposed classification yards will be
made to conform with those o' the
new bridge, the Pennsy plans In
cluding track connection with the
Rending at the western end of the I
bridge.
) Women's full participation in the
affairs of the Republican party has
been provided for in a detailed plan
of organization which was adopted
by the Republican National Com
mittee at an in-formal meeting in
Chicago. The plan was recommend
ed by the Republican National
Women's Executive Committee, of
which Mrs. Medill McCormick, of
Illinois, is chairman. In putting this
plan into effect the National Com
mittee created a woman's division
of the committee and elected Mrs.
John G. South, of Frankfort, Ky„
chairman. She is a daughter of the
late Senator William O. Bradley, of
Ker.-tucky. An executive commit
tee of ten members was named, of
which Miss Mary Garret Hay, of
New York, is chairman.
Moore Again Heads the
Deeper Waterways Men
For 12th Consecutive Term
By Associated Press.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 13. J.
Hampton Moore, mayor-elect of
Philadelphia,' Was re-elected presi
dent of the Atlantic Deeper Water
Ways Association for the twelfth
consecutive term at the close of the
convention here.
Otlier officers elected included:
Vice-presidents, Representative John
H. Small, of North Carolina: John
M. Coleman, chairman of the Massa
chusetts Commission of Waterways
and Public Lands; Murray Hulbert.
commissioner of docks and ferries
of New York; Frederick W. Don
nelly, mayor of Trenton, N. J.; Wil-
I liain J. Broenning, mayor of Balti-
I more; secretary and treasurer, Wil
j fred H. Schoff, Philadelphia, and as
| sistant secretary, Durnell Schuester,
j Philadelphia.
The association in various resolu
tions went on record as favoring
"the completion of a trunk line wa
terway system along the Atlantic
seaboard from Maine to Florida,
connecting the important ports and
harbors, bays and sounds, rivers and
I waterways into a comprehensive and
efficient means of communication
j for commerce and national defense."
The Cape Cod canal should be
[ made a national possession, resolu
tions said. A modern waterway
| should be built across the state of
| New Jersey, thus connecting the
Great Lakes with Narragansett bay
byway of canals already in opera
! tion. Communication between the
j navy yards at Norfolk and Boston
I would be made safe through such a
j waterway. The Delaware river be
tween Philadelphia and Trenton
should be improved.
WOMAN CAI'UHT IN
WHKKI, OF WAGON
Mrs. M. C. Hoffman, cf Millersburg,
is a patient at Polyclinic Hospital,
Front and Harris streets, following
an unusual accident which occurred j
at the HofTman farm several days \
ago. Mrs. Hoffman was climbing into I
a farm wagon, having one foot on a
wheel hub and the other on the bo*
ot the vehicle, when the team sui
denly started, throwing her heavily
to the ground. She was brought to
the Polyclinic Hospital where an X
ray examination showed the lower
end of the flbula to have been broken.
BVRGLARS GET $
IN DERRY STREET HOME
Burglars early this morning stole '
$9 in cash at the home of Samuel J
McElhoes, 2027 Derry street. En- i
trance to the house was gained by !
forcing a rear door.
The money taken by the intruders |
was found by them in a drawer in j
the dining room. No other portion
of the house was disturbed and it
is believed that the burglars were
frightened away before they hod
completed their search.
RED CROSS REPORTS
WANTED
I
Chairman William Jennings, of i
the Red Cross membership drive, j
this morning requested that all '
cbplains and workers in the en- I
Ire district who have not yet
nirde reports do so at once.
"We want to see Just where wo I
Stand." said Mr Jennings.
A large number of the women
of the c'ty districts arc at !
work anil report that securing '
memberships Is not so very hard ,
work Just now.
COMPLETES 21ST
YEAR AS PASTOR
OF U.B. CHURCH
Dr. J. A. Lytcr Is Tendered
Reception by DerrV Street
Congregation
j A congregational social marking]
the opening of the twenty-first year
1 of the pastorate of Dr. J. A. Lyter as I
I pastor Derry Street United Brethren;
Church, was held last evening in the '
men's assembly room In the church.
Dr. and Mrs. L.vter were guests of
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Z MAUK GOES ON TRIAL *®
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T Harm,burg. Charles H. Mauk, an uptown under- ft it
♦ taker, charged with false pretense by Millard W. Mc- !] *
X. Cracken, Altoona, was placed on trial this afternoon be * *
f *l®
T fore President judge George Kunkel. Mauk, it is at
4 ged, was directed to bury Howard H. McCracker *®
X who died in this city, and was paid for a casket, shroud J k
X * I
T md to secure a minister. Millard McCracken, upon in
*|* vestigation, found that the body had been buried in a .* £
X pine box, with no 6hroud and that no minister had been jft-
X fcured for,the burial service, according to the chargi | #
y :lar case against Mauk was called also this aftei * '
J" :oon, but upon motion of his attorneys the court g
' * ed separate trials. a _
e * Charleston. —W. L. Duff, a Cabinet Creek coal mine *§*
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I J >m had been shipped the arms and ammunition >
* seized yesterday at Dawes, W. Va., by order of Governor
, 4 Cofnwell, was; arrested at Miami, W. Va. Duff was *
f J charged with "conspiring against the state," it was said,
a the Governor's o* ice.
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* MINERS ORDERED TO RETURN '
ll
Cumberland. The miners of United Mine Worker.-
I, district No 16, which embraces the Georges Creek and
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* Pper Pbtomac coal fields, to-day were ordered to return
rl -by their union leaders. This action was taken
| " *
t at a meeting here of the policy committee of the district, * ►
* uch voted to accept the mandate of the Federal Court
1 at Indianapolis, Abuot 8,000 men in this district obeyed 2
j, the strike order in these fields. ' *
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TO NAIL ALL I. W. W.'s **
- Lincoln. All county attorneys in Nebraska are re- J*
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quested by the Governor to cause the arrests of mem-
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„ bers of the I. W. W., who he said, were scattered through- *
* C construction camps and among industrial work- ►
ers of the state-, "for the specific purpose of carrying on m
* propaganda of I. W. W.ism,
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I MARRIAGE LICENSES %
£ .srttwrt.•
mrr. H " rrUl " IrKI Uwhpr lrk .nd Hannah raN
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GAILY COLORED
SUGAR PLACED
IN CITY STORES
Rainbow Effect Produced in
Raw Washed Cuban ( -
Product .
MANY RUMORS SETTLED
Wholesalers Explain That the
New Sweet Is Not Arti
ficially Colored
Washed raw sugar, resplendent iw
all colors of the spectrum, has made
its appearance in Harrisburg and to
day many Harrisburgers are get
ting their first taste of what haa
been dubbed rainbow sugar.
This sugar is a Cuban product,
according to one city wholesaler.
Shipped from the island to this
country, and thence direct to the
big eastern reiineries, it has made its
appearance in this section. Small
quantities of it were to-day pur
chasable from city retailers at II
cents per pound.
All reports notwithstanding, this
sugar is under the control of the
government equalization board.
Some stories hud been circulated in
the city to the effect that the sugar
had been purposely colored in or
der that it might not come under
the government control, but this
story is branded as untrue.
The shipment of this "rainbow"
sugar to Harrisburg has not been
.especially large, but it is aiding con
siderable in supplying the deficiency
in the city supply. The shipments
of Ig>uisana sugar, received here
several weeks ago and sold at high
prices by reason of the faet that
they wpre without the control of
the government board, has been en
tirely exhausted. Some quantities of
Ihe granulated variety, however, are
still on hand in a number of estab
lishments.
AMMONIA BURNS FATAH
Truman Strohm, of Palmyra, died
at the Harrisburg Hospital to-day
as a result of burns suffered Tues
day when an ammonia tank ex
ploded at the Hershey Chocolate
Company plant in Hershey. Am
monia was scattered over his eyes,
face and some entered his mouth.
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