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-
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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 \
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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. Waters, of Man
hattan, Kansas and Stanley King, of
Boston.
Letter of Invitation
The President's letter of invitation
follows:
"In accordance with the suggestion
given me by the public group of the
recent Industrial Conference, l am
calling a new body together to carry
on this vitally important work and
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LYNCH ELECTED
FOR LONG TERM,
COUNT SHOWS
\\ ins Four-Year Tenure in
City Council by Close
Margin
HOLSTEIN'S MARGIN SAFE
Official Tally Causes Much
Surprise When Gross
Loses Place
Official returns of tlie general
election, tiled to-day at the of
fice of I'rothonotary Charles E.
I'ass. show that Commissioners
S. F. Uasslcr and William H.
I -yncli were re-elected to City
t ouncil lor four-year terms.
I noflicial neturns- published the
day after election showed that
Dr. I lassler and Commissioner
K. /.. tiroes had been elected.
No change shown by the official
count caused as much surprise. The
councilmunlc light was a close one,
with the flour members all seeking
re-election, and all supporting anil
having the support of the llepubli
rnn organization. 1 "noflicial returns
showed thfat Mr. Gross had won the
long tend hy the small margin of
27 votes. The official count indi
cated thai Mr. Lynch was cesond
liigh muai on the councilmanic ticket
and was' elected to the four-year
term by a margin of 39 votes.
Lynch Congratulated
DttriifK the morning many friends
of thej councilman congratulated
him. Atr. Lynch told all of them
it was a big surprise to him as he
had cpneeeded the four-year terms
to Ur. I lassler and Mr. Gross.
The official count indicated that
llowafd < >. Holateln had been elected
minoihty county commissioner over
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\\ IKVS KKKISLKK
Louisville, Ky„ Nov. 20. At the
suggestion of Mayor George W.
Smith, Fritz Krcisler, Austrian violin
ist. canceled his contract for an ap
peafrance at one of the leading opera
bourses here to-night.