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LX XX VIII NO. 270 18 PAGES Da X*er ep at Mfvlst otTa. Yia^r 5 ' HARRISBURG, PA. MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1919. i TWO B CENTS SB HOME EDITION
WILSON WARNS HE WILL
CAST TREATY ASIDE IF
IT HAS RESER VA TIONS
Changes Considered by
President to Nullify
Pact, Hitchcock Says
HE BELIEVES COMPROMISE
PROGRAM IS NOW POSSIBLE
By Associated Press
Washington, Nov. 17. President \\'ilson will pocket the
Peace Treaty if it contains the Lodge reservations, he toVl Sena
tor Hitchcock at a conference to-day at the White House.
"The President has read and considered the Lodge reserva
tions," Senator Hitchcock said, "and he considers them a nulli
fication of the Treaty and utterly impossible."
The program outlined by Senator<
Hitchcock after he had seen Presi
dent Wilson last week will be car
ried through in the Senate, Mr.
Hitchcock said. This contemplated
defeat of the ratification resolution
with the Lodge reservations at
tached, "and the offering of a resolu
tion for ratification without reserva
tions. With the defeat of this reso
lution, a deadlock would 'follow and
a compromise sought.
Utterly Impossible
Senator Hitcncoek was with the
President for an hour.
"I find the President is very much
improved since I saw hini last, the
Senator said on leaving the White
House. "He looks better. talks
better and is much more aggressive.
I find that he has read and consid
ered the Lodge reservations and that
lie considers them a nullification of
the treaty and utterly impossible."
"Did the President tell you what
his course would be in the event the
Lodge reservations are accepted by i
the Senate?" he was asked.
"The President will pocket the
Treaty," was the reply.
"Even if reservation 15 is stricken
out?"
"Yes."
Compromise Possible
"That would make no difference
in the President's decision," he
added.
Senator Hitchcock did not inter
pret the President's stand to mean
that the Treaty was deud, declaring
he still believed a compromise res
ervation program could be worked
out.
The preamble of the committee
resolution, requiring that the Senate
reservations must be accepted by |
three of the other great powers, was
said by the Democratic leader to be
particularly objectionable to the
President who regard it, he declared,
as "killing the Treaty absolutely."
He indicated also that the Article
10 reservation was entirely unaccept
able to Mr. Wilson, but said the
executive might bo willing to accept
some of the other proposals on the
committee program.
Democratic Conference t
As soon as he left the White House
Senator Hitchcock began plans for
a conference of Democratic friends
of the Treaty. It was said it might
be held to-night. The plan at first
has been to have the mild reserva
v lion Republicans in the conference,
but it is understood they informed
the Democrats they were unwilling
to negotiate until the committee pro
gram had come to a vote.
Senator Hitchcock predicted that
the mild group would give the Dem
ocrats enough support to uphold the
Vice-President in ruling that fur
ther ratification reservations are in
order, thus opening the door to a
compromise.
Might Withdraw
Mr. Hitchcock did not go into de
tails as to the exact stage at which
the President might intervene in the
Treaty proceedings, but indicated
that the Kxecutive might withdraw
the Treaty unless the Democratic
conference developed an agreement
to vote down ratification,
Tf the same resolution is defeated,
however, it is expected Mr. Wilson
will let. the opposing group work out
whatever compromise they can and
will not interfere unless he finds
withdrawal necessary to prevent
ratification witli reservation's which
are unacceptable.
One of the subjects understood
lo have been discussed at the White
House conference was the substitute
reservations proposed by Senator
Hitchcock. The Democratic leader
indicated that the President had
made no objection to them.
Mr. Hitchcock said lie did not dis
cuss with the President the pro
posal of Republican leaders to pass
a resolution, in case the Treaty fails,
declaring the war at an end. It Is
well understood, however, that the
administration generally would look
with disfavor at such a manner of
bringing a peace status.
Peace Conference Is
Stirred by Treaty Action
By Associated Press.
Paris, Nov. I".—The news of the:
adoption by the United States Sen- i
ate of ten reservations to the Ger-,
man Peace Treaty was received with !
I great interest in Peace Conference
1 circles. The point apparently being j
most discussed by the delegates in i
I THE WEATHER^
Hnrrlxhurir "Kit Vicinity! Fair antl
warmer to-night with lowest
Inn|icrnttire nliout 45 degrees
Tuesday fnlr.
Pastern Pennsylvania i Knlr. nml
.slightly wnrmer to-night. Turn- '
alay fnlr. Gentle to moderate
south winds.
Hiveri The Susquehanna river and
nil Its branches will fnll slow v.
\ stnge of about 5.0 feet |> |,J.
dlciilcd for llnrrlshurg Titesdnv
■iteming.
I
is as to whether the Senate
I will ultimately insist upon the reser-
I vations being formally approved by
the other governments as now speci
fied in the preamble. In French
circles the Indications are that the
French government is not prepared
to give its formal approval.
There likewise is much specula
tion us to how far the American
reservations might possibly affect
the reservations some of the minor
powers, such as China, Rumania and
j Jugo-Slavia, desire to make.
China has never signed the Ger
man Peace Treaty. The Chinese
delegates offered to sign it. subject
to a reservation on the question of
Shantung, but were not permitted to
do so. Rumania and Jugo-Slavia
did not sign the Austrian Peace
Treaty, taking exception to the
clause regarding the protection of
racial minorities.
Royal Papa and Mamma
Disturbed by Charles'
Love For Morganatic Wife
Bucharest, Nov. 17.—King Ferdin
and and Queen Marie have been
much disturbed by the action of
Crown Prince Charles, who has
chosen to rejoin the young woman
whom he married morganatically in
1918 and from whom lie was forced
by his parents to obtain a separation
soon aiterward. Besides renouncing
his rights to the Rumanian throne,
Prince Charles accepted a subordin
ate position in the army. The pair
are tamiliur figures on the boule
vards of Bucharest.
"He has had all that a father and
mother could give to a son," said
Queen Marie sadly, 'and if he chooses
to go his way we can't help it. We
have pleaded and reasoned with him
until entreaty is no longer possible.
Youth and love, I suppose, will h.ive
their way in spite oC kings and
queens. The whole affair has been
a great grief to the king nnd mv
self."
Crown Prince Charles, who is
about 26 years old, contracted a
morganatic marriage in September
1918, with Miss Zyzis Lanibrino a
young woman of no title or wealth,
without the consent of the king. He
protested that he did not want to
he king and declared he would not
sacrifice his happiness for the throne.
Big Masonic Class to
Get Higher Degrees at
Annual Fall Reunion
The Fall Reunion of Harrisburg
Masonic Lodge, will be
held' this week in the consistory hall
in North street. This evening the
tenth and fourteenth degrees will be
conferred upon the 'classes from Har
risburg and \icinity and Wednesday
morning will be given to those who
come from a distance.
At present there are about 300 pe
titions. Tuesday evening there will
he held the usual class reception.
Wednesday afternoon and evening
w ill be devoted to the work of Coun
cii Princes of Jerusalem, and Chap
em°( Cr ° ix Thursday morning
will be given over to tin nineteenth
and twentieth degrees at the Consis
tory. I
! Thursday afternoon and evenin
the twenty-fourth and thirtieth and
thirty-second degres will be conferred
a*, the Orpheutn Theater and as it will
be necessary for Masons to register
and get admission cards. Command
er-in-Chief Henry W. Gough has ap
pealed t 0 all Masons to register early.
Commuters Keep Watches
Ahead to Make Trains
I'assenger conductors on lines run
ning into Harrisburg are back of a
statement that there are a large num
ber of people In this vicinity who are
still keeping time on the daylight
saving plan. This announcement is
based on the number of watches that
are still ahead of the sun. and th*
many requests from conductors and
railroad men as to the correct time
One conductor said to-day
"Ever since the last change of time
under the daylight saving law there
has been a general extension of the
habit of many persons to fool them
selves by setting their clocks ahead.
This is especially noticeable among
commuters. They have their watches
set ahead from three to 10 minutes,
and some a whole hour ahead. In or
der t° keep from missing trains and
work they depend on railroad con
ductors to give the correct time, just
why they do it is not explained.
It is remarkable the number of
watches I find that are ahead of the
correct time. It seems thev do not
want t„ get hack to the correct time
However, it matters little to us how
other people keep time as long us our
watches can muster under the rait- 1
toad system of inspection."
His Reservations
Opposed by Wilson
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SENATOR MENKY" CABOT LODGE
Wilson considers Lodge reserva
tions a nullification of the Treaty
and utterly impossible. He will pock
et the pact if it contains them.
FINAL ROLLCALL
! ON RATIFICATION
j OF TREATY NEAR
j Outcome Ilinges on Eleventh-
Hour Efforts to Effect
Compromise
By Associated Press,
Washington. Nov. 17.—With a final
roll call on ratification of the Peace
Treaty imminent, the outcome hinged
to-day upon the eleventh hour ef
forts to bring a compromise betwain
the Administration forces and mild
reservationists on the Republican side
of the Senate.
| Unless such a compromise could be
reached, it was predicted in all quar
ters that the Treaty would be reject
ed.
Two of the committee reservations
remained to be acted on at the be
ginning of to-day's session. They
related to the German colonies and to
certain vital interests of the United
States which would be excluded from
League action.
Definite Results
Definite outcome of the Treaty con
troversy this week—either by a dead-
I lock or reserved ratification—and ud
| Journment to the special session of
j Congress seemed to be assured. Wilit
i the cloture rule in effect the Senate
will take up the two remaining com
j mittee reservations and, after dispos
j ing of dozens of individual reserva
tions, reach the last stage of ratifica
i lion resolutions.
j With the final action o ntlie Treaty,
: adjournment sine die of the session.
| which begun May 19, is planned be-
I [ore the new and long session begins
; two weeks from to-day. All members
i are hoping for a few days' rest and
j travel allowances.
I The Railroad bill will be taken up
I again to-day and probably passed by
! to-night or Tuesday. Not much will
j be done after tha. If forced to wait
| for the Senate's action on the Treaty.
House leaders hope members may
I leave under a "gentlemen's recess
j agreement."
! Although some leaders regarded the
; Vice-President's ruling on the clo
i ture to preclude all ether business, I
i except by unanimous consent, it was I
I thought a few bills might be consid-i
| ered. Virtually all legislation, how
j ever, including the oil leasing bill, the i
[requests of Attorney General Palmer I
I foy extension of the I.ever Food and i
Fuel law. and new antiradicai legis- j
lotion, have been put aside until the!
December session.
The first reservation to come up to
day Is designed to qualify the Treaty
provisions by which Germany re
nounces in favor of the "Big Five"
I Powers her title to overseas posses
sions, of which final disposition is to
be made afterward under mandatory
system.The reservation declares th
United States decline to accept as
trustee, or in its own right any re
sponsibility for such territory.
For this reservation the Republi
can leaders declare lliey are assured
of a majority, but they are not so
certain about the other and final
measure of the committee program.
It is a blanket reservation by which
this country would decline to submit
tj the I.eague's decision any question
It considered to involve vital national
rights and interests. Seme of the
mild reservation group do not favor
it, and predict its defeat.
In a statement the executive com
mittee of the League to Enforce
Peace declared that if such a reserva
tion were adopted it would be "the
clear duty of every Senator who sin
cerely believes in a League of Na
tions to vote against ratification. '
DISMISS <'B!RTH CONTROL"
Washington, Nov. 17—-The Supreme
Court to-day dismissed without an
opinion, for lack of Jurisdiction, the
appeal of Margaret Singer, on the
constitutionality of the New York
Llrth control" act. Miss Sanger was
sentenced l<> JO days' imprisonment
for conducting a "birth Control clin
ic" In Brooklyn.
TWO PASSENGERS
HURT, ENGINEER
! DIES IN WRECK
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lrain Crashes Into Freight
Smash up in Lancaster
Cut-Off
FLAMES DESTROY DEBRIS
City Firemen Rescue Two
Pinned Beneath Burning
Wreckage
One engineer was killed, a brake- j
man seriously -injured and two pas-!
aIUI a " rema n slightly in-
Jured in ,i wreck on the l>ar.<caster
cutoff about 7.45 this morning. The I
I engineer on un east bound freight 1
1 a ,? top B ' ; ff na ' a, id went off the
( derail, piling up eleven cars. Pas- •
senger train No. 57C. leaving ilar
i isburg at 6.05 tills mornin-g. with \
eight cars, crashed into the wreck.
The killed nnd injured are:
, Killed
[ • J. I'lynn, New York, engineer
on llio freight engine.
Injured
E. p. McManus. New York, fire
man oil the freight engine, seriously
injured. Was buried under his err- :
Sine. Injured internally and suffer- •
ing i roiii shock.
J. T. McNally. New Vork, lirakc
man on freight, badly Injured,
taken to the Lancaster Hospital.
May not recover.
Mrs. F. 11. Rayman, 1837 East
• eventv-fifth street. Cleveland Ohio. 1
contusion of abdomen-. Passenger
t xi Kaddura, 814 First avenue,!'
troy, N. Y.. sprained muscles of the 1 ,
head and neck.
Wreck Takes Fire
The wreck caught lire and the
Lancaster fire department was called
out to extinguish the blaze and as
sisted in getting Brakeman McNally
and Fireman McManus from under
the wreckage. The official report
received at the office of William Ei
ther, superintendent of the Philadel
pliia division, reads:
"About 7.40 this morning, extra [ I
freight east, engine No. 1137. Con
ductor C. E. Womelsdorf and En-
Kineer F. J. Flynn, hauling: train!
, °? ~°* 2 track ra n by the sifir- j
nal at GC tower on the Lancaster,
cutoff and off the derail, upsetting'
the engine and wrecking eleven cars.
Passenger train No. 576, Conductor ! (
O. E. Stephens and Engineer J. E. t
Shaw, which was running on the I <
middle track, ran into the wreck I t
overturning the engine and wreck- >
tng two cars. Engineer Flynn, of i
the freight^train, was killed and f
fears are erttertaiped for the lire- j
man. All four tracks were blocked. <
Train movement js being detoured ' *
through the Lancaster passenger >
station." ,
The injured passengers w£re in the
second car from the two that turned
over and were injured when the jar
jammed them against the seats. They
were given immediate attention anil
sent to a Lancaster hospital and
later resumed their journey on an
other train. Other passengers on
the train were transferred to the
train leaving llarrisburg at 7.15.
The freight train was in charge
iof a New York division crew and
left Enola about 5.30 this morning.
It was made up of cars loaded with
general merchandise and coal. The
cars that were wrecked included
four cars loaded with poultry and
enroute to New York. Many of the
fowls were killed, others got away
and were scattered all over the fields
in the immediate vicinity.
The passenger crew was made up
of Philadelphia employes. The train
was on schedule time, and was run
! ning at the usual rate of speed over
the cut off. When the engine turned
over, Engineer Shaw jumped.
Wreck crews were sent from Lan
caster, Columbia and Harrisburg.
Superintendent Elmer of the Phila
delphia division was also at the
wreck and directed the men and
firemen. It is said that considerable
freight was burned including furni
ture and clothing. All trains were
running through Lancaster station
until late this afternoon when two
of the tracks oh the cut off were re
ported open.
Freight, Train Wrecked
The Pennsy had another serious
wreck at 11.50 last night. It oc
curred at Howellsville on the Tren
ton cutoff. An eastbound freight
with 40 cars was running at a speed
of 30 miles an hour when two cars
buckled piling up 19 cars. This was
one of the worst wrecks that oc-1
curred on the Trenton cutoff In!
several years. All traffic was blocked I
until late to-day. Trains to and!
from New York were run into Phila-I
delphla. No one was hurt. The
train, it is said, was in charge of a !
Morrlsvllle, New Jersey crew.
TALES TOLD BY HUNTERS
PUT FISHERiYIEN TO SHAME
Here's the Lad Who Kills a Turkey With a Rifle at 300
Yards and There's the Boy Who Runs 'Em Down
I Fishermen who never tire of tell
ing of the big ones that got away to
day are grinding their teeth in
chagrin with hunters taking the
spotlight. Here are a few tales,
every one vouttfied for by reputable
knights of the nimrod and backed
by evidence of the'game.
John Brackenrldge, baseball man
ager, was returning home from Phil
adelphia Saturday in an automobile.
The machine Jolted over something
in the road and John was the richer
for a 12-pound 'coon. Bracken
ridge's friends will eat the animal
this evening.
Roy Howard, an 18-year-old hunt
er of Dauphin, Saturday afternoon
took a snapshot at a big wild turkey
with a high powered rifle and neatly
severed the fowl's head at a range of
300 yards!
Attracted by the wiggling of an
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"Why the clothespin?" neighbors
and acquaintances asked Mrs.
Blanche Austin when* she appeared
! in the streets of Santa Monica, Cal.,
as shown in the photograph. "Local
politics," was her terse answer.
CONFERENCE OF
MINERS DELAYED
BY OPERATORS
Unreadiness to Submit Coun-
I terproposals to Demands
Cause of Postponement
By Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 17. —The eon-
I ference of wage scale committees In
the central competitive bituminous
[ coal field was postponed to-day at
j the request of the operators, who
i were not ready to submit a counter
proposal to the demands received
! from the miners Saturday.
Meantime a committee of the op
; erators was framing a reply. It was
' said the question of the renewal of
work by the miners was one of the
1 matters to be brought up by the op
; erators.
Wyoming miners and operators
; have reached a settlement satisfac
tory to both parties and the mines
i will be reopened at once, according
jto a telegram from P. J. Quealy,
president of the Wyoming Coal Op
! erators Association received to-day
by Secretary Wilson. The final con-
I tract in the Wyoming field is to lie
1 bused on the agreement reached in
! the central competitive field, Mr.
I Quealy said.
| Negotiation of a new wage scale
: in the soft ocal industry stands in
I much the same situation as when
miners and operators not at Buf
falo in September to frame a con
tract to replace llie Washington
wage agreement.
This time, however, there is no
threat of a strike, and both sides are
ready to resume conferences in the
hope of reaching a quick settlement.
Take Issue With Wilson
.Tolln L. Lewis, acttng president
of the miners' organization, still
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Woman Confesses to
Beating Another to Her
Death With Hammer
By Associated Press.
Mhirolat. X. Y„ Nov. 17.--.\lrs. Maria
V\ arren, divorced wife of hh actor
confessed to-day that she killed MM'
Clara Branch, at Lynbrook, last FrL j
day, District Attorney Weeks an
ncunced to-day. Mrs. Warren sur
rendered herseif to the police when!
she rend of statements by Captain I
Henry Wright, lor whom Mrs. Branch ;
was housekeeper, that he had left the |
two women at his home Friday morn-1
Ing.
Mrs. Branch was found dead Fri- !
day afternoon. iShe apparently had
been beaten to death with a hammer, i
The district attorney <aid her confes- •
sion was "complete."
object under (he floor of an aban
doned house near Dauphin. Frank
Williams, of Dauphin, pulled a bnbv
possum from his lair.
c.„7 ha , t rabbl J- s roosting close
Saturday, John Malchorn, of Duu-
I ~b 1,1 contends was demonstrated
I when he captured one with his
j hands. It was sitting in a brush pile
! and refused to run.
The toothsome wild turkey was
plenty in the nearby mountains Sat
urday. A sportsman named Reefer
brought in a 25-pound specimen
and exhibited it at Shenk and Tittle's
sporting goods store. Two others
were exhibited ut the Harrisburg
Hardware Company's store The
largest weighed 20 pounds and was
shot by a man who did not register
his name. Earl Alleman of West
Full-view bagged u 12-pound bird
J. E. Peighlal, a Middle division en
gineer. shot a large turkey.
KUNKEL RULES
OUT ATTEMPT TO
STOP STATE AID
Dauphin Counlv Court Dis
misses the Bill in Equity
Against Commonwealth
HIT AT <>6 INSTITUTIONS
Sectarian Institutions Cain
Victory in Decision of
Local Judge
President Judge Geoige Kunkel in
an opinion to-day dismissed the equi
ty bill brought by Willis Collins
against Auditor General Charles A.
Snyder, State Treasurer llarmon M.
Kephart and 66 hospitals and other
| institutions in the Stale.
| in tile suit it was alleged that ap
| propriations to Institutions, eueli pro
vided in a separate act of assembly,
were unconstitutional, because the
hospitals ami homes are sectarian iml
denominational.
State In I phelil
The bill was licmurre I to as multi
farious by the defendants and Judge
Kunkel sustained tills objection. In
his opinion he quoted from Whlte
i house Equity Practice on the subject
I of "multifariousness" and follows this
! ruling on the equity bill; saying in
| part: "tin its face it shows that it
; contains as many causes as there
: are parties or institutions defendant,
i Each cause is distinct from and in
i dependent of the others. Each pro
! ceeds from and lias a different and
I separate source. The bill is an at
j tempt to litigate in one proceeding the
[ claims of 66 institutions which arise
| out of independent and distinct acts
of assembly, and which must neces
sarily be adjudicated each upon its
1 own evidence without reference to the
j others. No one of the institutions is
interested in the moneys appropriated
!to tlie others, it is only interested
in its own appropriation in which the
others are nowise concerned. It is
true, they may all be said to be in
terested in the question of law in
volved, or rather in the interpreta
tion of the constitutional provision,
but the applicability of the law and
the validity of the appropriations
must depend exclusively upou the
particular facts in each case.
Sylvan Heights N timed
"It may be noted that, if this bill
were to be sustained, the claims for
the moneys appropriated to the sev
eQil institutions would not necessar
ily be tried together. Each claim
would be heard upon its own evidence
and in the order in which it would
I be presented. There is nothing gained
by joining the claims in the same
bill, save costs and the expense inci
dent to the proceeding, while on the
' other hand each of the institutions
may be put to the inconvenience and
1 delay in the disposition of its case.
As the defendants object, we are con
strained to sustain tile demurrer and
to dismiss the bill.
"Accordingly the demurrer is sus
! tained. and the bill is dismissed at
the cost of the plaintiff."
The only llarrisburg institution
named in the suit brought by Collins
j was the Sylvan Heights Orphanage.
Wilson Taken Outdoors
First Time Since Being
Stricken by Illness
fiv Associated Press.
Washington, Nov. 17. President
Wilson was taken down stairs in a
wheel chair to-day an.l rolled out on
the White House lawn noar the south
portico, where he basked in the sun
shine for u short time. This was the
first time he Had left the White House
since his return from the Western
tour during which he was taken ill.
Those who saw the President said he
seemed cheerful and bright and ap
parently was "full of fight" as the re
sult of the Senate action on the Peace
Treaty.
Mauk Seeks New Trial
on Technicality of Law
John E. Fox. one of the attorneys
who defended Charles H. Mauk dur
ing his trial last week, to-day filed
a motion in court for an order in
favor of the defendant, alleging that
no indictable offense had been
shown by the evidence which was
presented. The motion will be heard
at the session of argument court,
November 25. It is understood that
the legal interpretation of "false
pretense" will be the question to he
decided by the court. The defense
contends that it is no false pretense
when a contract is made for some
thing to lie done in the future,
which is not done, and thut the only
case which could be entertained in
court as the result of such a trans
action would lie a civil suit. •
Swift and Company to
Remain in Harrisburg
Swift & Company will retain their
Harrisburg plajit indefinitely. They
have no thought of removing from
this city to Lancaster, as has been
reported.
C. A. Hebler, general manager,
said to-day that the company has
no thought of going elsewhere. "Cer
tainly if there were any such move
ment afoot T would have heard about
it," he said. "I wish you would
deny the rumors that have been
flouting about."
Swift &• Company have a big plant
at North street and the Pennsylvania
railroad.
HOI,I>ING OPT
By Associated Press.
Springfield, 111., Nov. 17.
coal miners in Illinois were idle
again to-day in furtherance of their
strike for higher wages and shorter
hours. The third week of the tleup
apparently found the mine workers
in this state determined to stay out j
until assured of a satisfactory wage
agreement, despite the order of their |
officials rescinding the strike call, j
under court compulsion.
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Clinging to Hope
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 17. A tense
air of hopeful expectancy hung
over "wet" strongholds In New ;
York to-day as men interested in |
the sale of liquor waited for the :
fulfilment or nonfulfilment of a '
mysterious "tip" that the war- i
time ban on liquor would be lift- j
ed_ by nightfall.
The "tip" was reported to have j
come from a government official j
"who is in a position to know," |
via "well-iinformed person" in !
Pittsburgh and Louisville.
Although "dry" leaders rldl- i
culed the report and United States i
revenue agents here were skepti
cal, the saloonmen cling to their
hopes and in some instances were
making tentative preparations for
a big. night.
The "wet" hopes it is said, are j
based on the fact that other "well i
informed persons" obtained a j
"tip" in advance that President 1
Wilson planned to veto the Vol- '
stead enforcement act.
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FIREMEN BATTER
DOWN DOORS TO i
GET APPARATUS
While Volunteers Have Their!
Troubles Flames Con
sume (larage
Unable to gain entrance to thej
Lemoyne fire-house because the key |
was missing, volunteer firemen last |
night were forced to break down the!
doors of the enginehouse in order!
to get the fire-fighting equipment to!
fight a fire.
The garage of Harvey Frank, Her-|
man avenue, was discovered on fire'
by Mrs. Frank about 11 o'clock. Mr. j
Frank proceeded to use garden iiose
to extinguish the blaze but it was be-1
yond his control when discovered.!
Neighbors went to the firehousc TOT!
the apparatus end were unable to
get in because they did not have a
key. After some disputing they de-I
cided to break the door in. An |
alarm was then turned in and thei
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' * ETO OPEN MINES BY RECEIVERSHIP '
o „ ,
4 iopeka. Recc oceedings will be started
JP >al in the State Supreme * *
' * rs of Kansas- it was
4 "lounc -day. By this move, it
X ' - ted operation of the mines, idle since Novem- *
< ber 1, on account of the si ike, will be resumed. * ,
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* PUNXSUTAWNEY MINES RUNNING * *
X sburgh. Partial resumption of oprations in the I I
7 Pittsburgh coal field was reported to-day with the an- !
> (uncement that about half of the union mines in the * *
X awncy field were producing coal.
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T FIVE DEAD, 25 HURT IN EXPLOSION _
* n. Five persons were killed and more than „ ,
„ red when a tank of gasoline exploded at a filling * 1
* • station. Seven buildings and the farmers' elevator ■
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caught fire, but the flames wcr soon controlled. * *
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- T/WO DEAD IN POWDER BLAST ! \
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, # f. Two have been J J
* * bed and several injured in an explosion in the finishing •"h
* mill of the E. I. Du Pont de Nemours plant at Wayne, 1 I
X noon. The force of the * 1
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explosion broke windows radius of one mile '*
t , t fi mi the plant. j II
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TROOPERS ARREST ALLEGED RADICALS 3 H
j I Beaver Fourteen alleged radicals were arrested at * *
Con r. by State Trooper .
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MARRIAGE LICENSES "• -
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* nnd M„VI I ,
DEATH STALKS i\
CLOSE IN WAKE
OF DENSE FOG
Six Workmes Arc Killed and
i Nine Hurt in Crossing Crash
Near Philadelphia
'FERRY BOATS COLLIDE
Two Crash Together and An
other Rains Tramp Steam
ship Lying at Anchor
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia. Nov. 17. —Six Hog
Island shipyard workmen were kill
ed and nine others injured to-day
! when a motor truck on which they
| were riding to work was struck by a
train at a grade crossing.
The accident was due to the heavi
est fog experienced here in many
years.
On the Delaware river two ferry
boats collided in midstream and a
third ferryboat crashed into a tramp
, steamship lying at anchor. No seri
i ous damage resulted from either
I collision.
iR. R. Brotherhood
I • Chiefs Confer on tl*.
Proposal of Hines
! Cleveland. Nov. 17.—The chief ex
jecutives of the four railroad brother-
I hoods. Warren S. Stone, of the en
, sincere: W. G. I.ee, of the trainmen;
j Timothy Shea, of the firemen, and I
j 11. Sheppard. of the conductors, are
in conference to-day to consider the
proposition of Director General Hines
I granting the four train service etu
j ployes in the slow freight service time
land a half for overtime, amounting to
'approximately three million dollars a
I month.
W. G. I.ee, president of the train
men, said last night, the brotherhoods
will try to have their answer to the
proposiion ready In a week, so thai
if it is aceepted it can go into elTect
on December 1.
i To-day's conference considered the
] advisability of calling the general
I chairmen of the four brotherhoods
into a joint conference as soon as
possible, probably here or at Chicago
to get the sentiment of the member;
|of the brotherhood on the proposi
tion.