Failure of Senate to Ratify Treaty and Adjournment Makes Peace as Far Distant as on Armistice LXXXVIII NO. 273 22 PAGES Wi&t K.'SaW" HARRISBURG, PA. THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1919. sI TWO e CENT3" S HOME EDITION FA TE OF TREA TY IS BACK IN WILSON'S HANDS AFTER SENATE FAILS TO RATIFY Pact Rejected on Three Roll Calls and Special Session Comes to End NEXT MOVE UP TO PRESIDENT; NO INTIMATION OF HIS COURSE By Associated Press Washington, Nov. 20.—The fate of the Treaty of Peace with (icrmany and the League of Nations, so far as the United States is concerned, to-day again is in the hands of President Wilson. Failure yesterday and last night of all efforts to have the Treaty ratified in some form by the Senate brought the situation just where it was six months ago when the pact was submitted to the upper house of Congress and technically peace is no nearer than it was on Armistice Day, more than a year ago. With the much debated and much contested document thrust upon him. the next move is up to the President and to-day there was no intimation what course he would pursue. In any event it was not believed there would be any development until Congress rconvenes December 1 in regular session. Opinion as to what may lie ex pected then is divided. Senator i.odge, minority leader, who led the torces opposed to adoption of the Treaty us presented, declared the failure of ratification last night killed the pact unless President Wil son "circumvented the Senate rules" by withdrawing it and then submit ting it at the new session next month. It is the opinion of Senator I.odge that "the Treaty is dead so far us the Senate is concerned." Republican leaders said the Sen ate need not advise the President of its action nor return the Treaty to him with formal notice. "Thai President may withdraw it when the Senate reconvenes," Sen ator lajdge said, "and. of course, he can then resubmit it in the next session. "But the Treaty is dead in this Senate and they killed it as 1 told them they would if they voted against it." v \ Senator Hitchcock said the Treaty was not dead and that he presumed t ite President would resubmit it 011 December first, although he had no definite word from tlie President to that effect. He said he thought the Republicans hud worked themselves "into a very awkward position" and had split themselves in the Senate and the country. Will Hasten Negotiations Although not changing technically the existing status of relations he iween the United States and Ger many, the Senate's failure to ratify the Peace Treaty, is expected by ad ministration officials and diplomats to have an indirect result of some importance on the steps -tow being taken (o restore the world to a peace basis. One of the first consequences, ac cording to ihe view taken here, is likely to be the hastening of the ne gotiations in Paris, including promul gation of the proces verbale, which will restore full commercial and dip lomatic relations between Germany and the powers which have rati fied the Treaty. Paris dispatches have said this step was waiting for one tling, on the action of the Sen ate. but it is thought there will he no further delay now for that reason. Not Before January The new Congress will meet on December 1, but not even the most ardent supporters of the Treaty be- JieVe it would be possible to take it up again at the outset of the session. The Christmas recess was expected to Intervene before much could be accomplished, with the result that a clear field for Treaty consideration would not be opened before January at the earliest. Onee the other great powers have gone ahead with their establishment of full trade and diplomatic selations with Germany, officials say, new ar rangements will have to be made by 1 lie United States to fit into the commercial scheme thus created, whatever trade the United States has with the central powers. U. S. Not Represented 'At present the war arrangement by which Spain is taking care of American interests in Germany con tinues in force, and that is not ex pected to be disturbed. The ration ing of supplies of various sorts to Germany must begin under the Treaty terms, however, and the pow erful reparations commission will be set up to determine all the details of Germany's commercial intercourse with other nations. On this commission the United States will have no represeiHation, though it is hoped to work out a plan by which this country can keep in close touch with the body's work in order to protect American inter ests. The administration officials were not prepared to-day to predict just what form this unofficial con nection would take nor to outline just what could he accomplished by such action. The State Department is emphatic in its stand that no American consuls can be sent into Germany until peace has been definitely established be tween the United States and that |THE WEATHER"! Harrtsburg and Vicinity: Fair, continued cold to-night with lowest temperature nliout as de grees. Friday fair and warmer. Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to night. Friday fair and wnrm cr. Moderate northwest winds becoming variable. filter: The Susquehanna rlter and nil Its branches tvlll fall slow ly or rcqtaln stationary. A stage of about 4.11 feet Is indicated for llarrlsburg Friday morn ing. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH &Jje o!ar-3nfcpen&enl. Ceountry and they declare only an ! imperfect trade relation can be built I up without the consular otlicers who are in charge of the legal end of I international trade. A contrary view is held, however. | by some of the Senators who oppose , ratification of ttie Treaty. Notable in that connection is the stand taken | by Senator Knox. Republican, l'enn i sylvania, a former Secretary of Slate who holds that by the language of the Treaty full commercial and dip lomatic intercourse can be resumed with Germany by all of her late enemies as soon us the proves vet bale is exchanged. Various other Senators have taken a similar view, and Senator Fall. Re publican, New Mexico, lias declared repeatedly in the Senate that the t'niteii States already is trading with Germany in the full sense of the term, and that American consular j agents could be installed without j overstepping international law. I.ittle Prospect There seems little prospect, how ! ever, that the State Department will 1 accept such a construction, and offie ! ials there say American trade will j have to accommodate itself to the fa | cilities of the Spanish agents in Ger j many until a state of peace lias been | defined directly between that country and the United States, j As a matter of fact, the lack of j American consular representation is ! declared by the administration offiei ] als to be the greatest present hnndi j cap to resumption of trade. With ! th< President's authorization of blan i ket licenses under the trading with i the enemy act last July commercial | intercourse with Germany practically ! was freed front legal restrictions, and jit continues in that situation. There -i are some prohibited articles, such as ; drugs, chemicals and dye stuffs, but j the bars are down to most of the or dinary articles of commerce. Imports Affected It is explained that this condition applies chiefly 011 imports from Ger many. though it affects' in less degree shipments from this country to Ger many. It is in the import situation that the Government is chiefly con cerned and ""or which the American Consuls in Germany are needed. Of i course Germany also lacks consular representation here, though arrange ments have been made to admit cer tain German trade agents to arrange l'oi shipments of raw material from this country. Figures on America's trade with Germany in October have not been fully compiled, but during September tin United States imported nearly $2,- 000,000 worth of goods from that country and sent it goods valued at about J9.000.000. For the nine months ending with September, the import trade totalled nearly $3,000,000 and exports about $34,000,00. This eom- [Continued on Page 12.1 Many Schools 100 Per Cent, in Junior Red Cross Drive i I lie report of the Junior Red Cross announced this morning showed that | most of the schools in Harrtlburg are j almost 100 per cent in membership. The number of pupils win* enrolled [are 9938 for the public schools, 385 for the private schools, and 799 for tile parochial schools. The schools which are numbered in j the drive include Central High School. Webster, I'axtang. Willard. Stevens] Riverside, Bo is. Calder, Verbcke, Lin coln, Woodward, Penn, Downey, Wickershain Cameron, Melrose, Alli sr n, Forney, Vernon, Free, Kinder garten, Hari'isburg Academy. Seiler School, St. Patrick's. Catholic High, S(. Francis, St. Mary's, St. Lawrence and Sacred Heart parochial schools. HkSCI K V\V sli V\ I tTIIRs By Associated Press. Rockntvay. N. v., Nov. 20. Two naval aviators were rescued by coast guards from a plane that had been forced to land in the ocean 20 miles north of Cape May yesterday, it was learned at the naval air station here to-da.v. Mnsign L. S. Noble and R. W. Thompson were Hying from Rockaway to Hampton Rhoads when the plane developed engine trouble. They were forced to descend in a havy sea. The plane sank after they were picked up. LETTS CAPTURE ROOTY London. Nov. 20. Lettish troops after heavy fighting have occupied the town of Bausk, in Courland about 25 miles southeast of Mitau. the Lettish legation here announced to-day. Enormous booty left by the Oermano-Russian forces of Colonel Bermondt was captured there. The process of surrounding Mitau is declared to bo progressing favor ably. Legislative A ccomplishments Washington, Move. 20. While consideration of the Treaty of Versailles was the outstanding event of the first session of the Sixty-sixth Congress—the first in six years in which Republicans have controlled both branches considerable important legislation was completed and many other measures prepared for disposal when the regular meeting begins December 1. The session closing yesterday was an extraordinary one con vened May 19, under a call cabled lrom Paris by President Wilson to consider primarily the appropri ation bills which failed at the ses sion ending last March 3. Among the principal legislative accomplishments were: Submission of the woman suff rage constitutional amendment to the states for ratification. The amendment resolution was adopted 301 to S! by the House as its first legislation act, and by the Senate June 4, 56 to 25. Tin- prohibition enforcement bill providing for enforcing wartime and constitutional prohibition, passed over President Wilson's ve to. V Providing for return of tele graph, telephony and cable wire lines to private operation. Continuing government control oi dyes to January 15 next. •extension of the Lever food and fuel control law to clothing and other necessaries and penalizing hoarding and profiteering. Granting permanent rank to General Pershing. Providing for demobilizing the army to a peace basis of approxi mately 300,000 men, pending per manent peace time legislation. Authorizing completion of the government railroads in Alaska. Continuing wartime passport re strictions so as to prevent on in flux of radical aliens. Ten appropriation bills aggre gating about $3,000,000,000 also were passed. They included $750,- i'oo,ooo for tile railroad adminis tration, $772,000,000 for the Army, $61(1,000,000 for the Navy, and a sundy civil budget of $613,000,000. Numerous minor bills and reso lutions also were enacted. STATE OFFICIALS ENDORSE WOMEN'S BUSINESS CLUB More Than 300 Charier Mem bers For Organization to Be Formed Here Colonel Edward Martin, State Health Commissioner, and Clifford B. Connelley, commissioner of labor and Industry, to-day heartily en dorsed the formation of the proposed Busness Women's Club, the prelim inary meeting of which will be held at 7.45 o'clock to-morrow evening in Parlor A, of the Penn-Harris hotel. The club, which hopes to be come an influential force in (lie life of the city, already has a charter list of more than 300 members. It v, ill be nonsectarian, self-governing and self-supporting in principle and edu cational and recreational in scope. Of the club. Commissioner Con nelley to-day said: "The organization of a club for business women for recreational purposes and edu cational too —is splendid. Super vised recreation promotes efficiency in the industrial world it will do much for the business world. Ef ficiency in the industrial \orld or the business world means good health of the workers. Health is our national cry now together with better production. We must do all be can, individually and collectively to promote better health and thereby increasing the efficiency of the workers." Colonel Martin said, "Miss Butter worth's proposal in regard to the organization of a club seems to pro- Aide a desirable meeting place lor numbers of gil ls who are so situated that this will be helpful to them. Moreover, it is an Important stop to ward community spirit. Such organ izations have always been helpful." < ither State officers and city oi"- licials are approving the plan from a recreational standpoint. The meeting to-morrow evening will be addressed by Miss Louise I'almcr Kvans, assistant secretary of the National League of Women Workers. New York city. Questions will be answered and the movement really started. It is expected that all women and girls employed by the State Govern ment with those in the numerous business offices of the city, all school teachers, nurses and other profes sional women will show '.heir inter est by attending this meeting. I OX FKRUXCK ST IKKFD By Associated Press• Paris, Nov. 20. The adjournment of the United States Senate for the session without ratification of the I'oaee Treaty created much surprise in Peace Conference circles, as dis patches from Washington liad sug gested that some compromise was probable. JHenry White, of the Amer ican delegation, received the news from the Associated Press, while he was attending the Supreme Council session this morning. The members of the Council after adjournment withheld comment on the situation. The Dinner Is Being Ruined , WELL MY LAND . / COULDN'T YOU FETCH A BUCKET OF COAL AND DECIDE THAT '~~~7/////irf/i\ ' GAME AFTERWARDS \ J!^ 1 (| I HI. ' 111, I I 'l'!, WORK IS BEGUN ON CITY'S 1920 BUDGET j Councilinen as Yet Unable to I Determine Whether Tax Rate of Ten Mills Will Be Increased to Meet Higher Operating Costs j MANY IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE IN YEAR j City Commissioners will begin to I plan their 1920 budgets within the ! next few weeks it was said to-day lin official circles. Whether there will be an increase in the tax rate will not be determined until that time, one member of Council said to-day. It is likely that various bureaus will be asked in the near future to submit estimates of appropriations needed for next year. After these have been totaled the councilman will be able to determine about how much revenue will be needed and whether the present* t,ax rate of 10 I mills will provide sufficient funds. New Council in January Council will have until Monday, January 6, to act on the 1920 budget ordinance. On that date the* reor ganization will take place and the present commissioners will be sworn into office again, with Alderman George> A. Hoverter as mayor and president of council. Plans for maintenance and im provement work in the various de partments during next year are being considered now. The bond issues approved this fall will make exten sive improvement work possible next year, including street paving, sewer extensions and the construction of bathhouses. Direct Taxation City Clerk It. Boss Seaman has made a comparison between the amount of revenue realized from property taxation and the total ex- j pended for certain municipal acttv- j ities and the results are of special j interest. The question has been asked how ; the apparent deficiency between the | appropriations for the current year j and the amount raised by property taxation is made up. The city started i with a cash balance at the beginning j of the year and there were receipts j from mercantile licenses of approxi- I mately $20,000: ulso $32,000 from I Harrisburg Railways Company, sl,- 650 from the Valley Railways Com- ! pany, $230,000 from the water de- ' partment, representing wat e r | charges, water pipe assessments, etc. | There were ulso miscellaneous re- j ceipts of several thousands of dollars including liquor licenses about $15.-! 000 instead of $22,000 as heretofore; 1 and miscellaneous income including! tines and forfeitures, which have I been materially reduced, and other! revenues covering the difference he- I twoen the property tax and the! necessary expenditures. The question of how the money j derived from direct taxation is spent is answered by the table given in I the box. J THE COST OF CITY GOVERNMENT For the current fiscal yeur a j ten-mill tax was levied on a total ! valuation of $62,000,000, produe j ing $620,000. For the same period the fol lowing expenditures were author ised: Bonded Debt I In-terest $ 66,420 00 | binking funds 74,989 34 i State tax on bonds . . 5,000 00 Total (2 1-3 mills) .$146,409 34 Street Cleaning A total of $72,000, or 1 1-6 mills. Repairing Asphalt Streets , A total of $45,000, or •% mill 1 Garbage and Asli Collection | A total of $68,960, or 1 1-10 mills Street Lighting ; A total of $70,331.83, or 1 % mills Hire Protection j A total of $55,030, or 5-6 mill Parks and Playgrounds j A total of $45,228, or % mill Police Protection | A total of $121,460, or 2 mills The total of expenditures is j $624,419.17 and the millage ap plied to each expenditure is a fraction more than 10 mills. Thus | it will be seen? that the money j realised from taxes is just about j sufficient to carry these impor | tant items of municipal expendi ture. Total appropriation was ' $966,254.98 and the amount re -1 ceived from property taxation was $620,000, leaving a balance of $346,254.98 which was received from other sources. This amount was expended in activities not enumerated above. Test of Wartime Dry- Law Begins in Supreme Court of U. S. Today Washington. Nov. 20 —The Suprems Court will hear arguments to-day on the constitutionality or tlie Wartime Piolilbition Act. involved in these ap peals from Federal Court rulings. One from Kentucky declared the act invalid and '.wo from New York up held it. Owing t„ the short time elapsing before constitutional prohibition be comes effective, an early opinion by I lie court is generally anticipated. The Government asked that the hear ing be advanced. Ordinarily, the case would not have been reached for at least a year. The Kentucky case was appealed by the Government after Federal Judge Kvans had restrained Internal revenue officials from interfering with the feiaoval from bond by the K< ntucky Distilleries and Warehouse Companies of about 70,000,000 gallons of whisky valued at approxlmuteh $75,000,000. Judge Evans held that the act Violated the fifth amendment lo the Federal constitution, prohibit ing confiscation of private property without Just compensation. OPERATORS AND I MINERS DISCUSS ! CONDITION PACT Coal Conference' Reported lo Re Making Progress; I". S. Withholds Action By .Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 20. Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield still withheld to-day any action toward a nation wide restriction of coal consumption, while subcommittees of mine work- I ers and operators continued nego | tiatlons for a wage scale on the cen tral competitive field and a basis of I settlement for the miners' strike. | Steps taken in localities where the | pinch of coal famine has been felt have been the action of regional coal committees of the railroad ad ministration. .Making Progress The joint committees were re ported to-day to be making progress toward a settlement. For the first time, it was said they were consider ing details of a wage and condition i agreement. The miners were re j ported to have receded from their I proposal for local adjudication of j disputes rising out of the general j agreement This, it was said, would prevent sporadic labor difficulties in I localities after an agreement had ■ been negotiated. Operators, however, still were j withholding a definitive counter i proposal to the miners demands for j the 30-hour week and 60 per cent. 1 increase in wages, but it was under ] stood they were prepared to offer j some wage increases. Hospital to Gather Thanksgiving Donations Next Tuesday and Wednesday the ! people of Harrisburg will be asked j to give their annual contribution to] I the Harrisburg Hospital. As in for mer years bags will be distributed I and later gathered .in, and anyone' who has some old clothes, or shoes I or hats, or anything in the way of I foodstuffs that they desire to give! the hospital may put their offerings in the bug provided. Last week the Harrisburg Hospi tal cared for more people than at j any other time in the history of the institution, excepting during the | time of epidemics. $97,000 in L'berty Bonds Are Taken From Mails By Associated Press. Dunkirk. X. Y., Nov. 20.—Liberty j Bonds said to be worth about $97,- 000 were stolen from a registered! mail pouch here last night, it be-| came known to-day. The bonds were shipped by Tit as citic and Warren banks end arriv ed here shortlv after X o'clock hist night on a Dunkirk Allegheny Val ley and Pittsburgh train. They crc to have been transferred to a New York Central railroad truin at 8.30 i o'clock. | NEW INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE TO RISE FROM OLD Another Try to Carry 011 tlu: W <>i'k Which Foundered on Collective Bargaining | DELEGATES ARK NAMED i Businessmen, I". S. Official, I Former Governors and Gab— net Members Are on List By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 20. President \\ ilson to-day appointed a new In dustrial Conference and called it into I session here December 1. The conference will be composed of seventeen men, including Gov ernment officials, businessmen and former members of the cabinet and former governors of states, and it will carry on I lie work undertaken by the National industrial Confer ence which foundered on tiie rock of collective hargaining. The Personnel The personnel of the conference follows: Secretary of LaWor Wilson: former I 'lilted States Attorney Generals Thomas W. Gregory and George W. Wickersham: former Pood Admin istrator Herbert 11. Hoover, former Secretary of Commerce Oscar S. Straus: llenry M. Robinson, Pasa dena, Calif.; Professor Prank W. Taussig, former chairman of the Tariff Commission; former Governor Samuel W. McCall, of Mass.; former Governors Martin it. Glynn, of New York, and Henry C. Stuart, of Vir ginia; Dr. W. o. Thompson, Ohio State University: Richard Hooker, Springfield. Mass.; George (1. T. Slade, St. Paul; Julius Itosenwfild. Chicago; Owen D. Young, of New York city; U. J. 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