lummll 11.1 I J II I I Wage Scale For Bituminous Miners Is Featured at Today's Conference; Mines Still Are Idle EXXXYTQ— No. 276 20 PAGES Wo.: om.Tft HARRISBURG, PA. MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24. 1919. 8 sl t?vo c cents' 3 HOME EDITION INDUSTRIES SUFFER FOR FUEL AS WORKERS PARLEY WITH OWNERS OF MINES Shops and Industries Face Crisis as Strikers Mark Time While Negotia tions Hang Fire; Coal Is Scarce AGREE TO 31 PER CENT. INCREASE IF PUBLIC IS MADE TO PAY FOR ENTIRE COST By Associated Press Washington, Nov. 24.—Operators and miners of the Central Competitive bi tuminous coal field marked time to-day in their negotiations for a new wage scale while awaiting a decision by Fuel Administrator Garfield as to what portion of any wage advance should be passed on to the public. When the wage scale committees met this morning the operators obtained an adjust ment until to-morrow at which time they expect Dr. Garfield will be prepared to make a statement based on further investigation of • tacts connected with the coal industry. Two separate proposals are before the committees. One is the otter of the operators tor an increase of 20 per cent, for day work and 15 cents a ton for mining and the other is the demand of the miners for a wage increase of 40 per cent, and a seven-hour day. Dr. Garfield, Attorney General Palmer and Assistant Attorney General Ames went into conference this atternuwii t'o discuss the general c>al strike situation. Although there were virtually no new developments just before the conference began, it was evident that both sides recognized that a settlement could not long be delayed. Although none of the operators would say so flatly, it was learned the scale committee of the operators had informed Dr. Harrv A. Garfield," fuel administrator, that they would agree to the ad- vaticc of 51 per cent, in wages proposed by \\ . B. \\ ilson. sece tarv of labor, if the government would assume the responsibility for the increased cost in production. In government circles this was taken to mean the operators w ant assurance tjiat thev will be allowed to advance the pi ice ot coal to the consumer up to a point that will meet the increase given to labor. That is the problem the President. Doctor Garfield and the Cabinet must settle. The preliminary consideration is to take place to-dav when A. Mitchell Palmer, aattorney general: Doctor Garfield. Walker D. Mines, director general of railroads, and Sec retary Wilson meet to arrange a program which will be considered by tlie full Cabinet to-morrow, and it is generally expected that, if his condition permits, President Wilson will be advised of the i • arious steos and serve as final arbiter of the course to pursued.; Colli Famine Near Reports received by operators from middle western states showed that the coal scarcity already had reached the famine stage and that the cold weather had brought suffei ing and hardship. ir Several operators declared their willingness to accept whatever prop osition the government might ofR r. With the entire country aroused to the need of resuming the production of coal on a normal basis, neither the miners nor the ownersi of the properties, they said, could artord to turn a deaf ear to recommendations of the government. Plants Shut Down Industrial plants all over the Middle West continued to close down 10-dav. fuel supplies to public uti.i ties we r e curtailed further and re gional coal committees advised indi viduals to save coal as the nation wide strike of bituminous miners entered its 2tth day. The only large producing center reporting nn improvement during ire; last 24 hours was West \ irginia; where the output in the nonunionj fields of the Southern part of the i state was said by the operators to be : normal. The operators also assert- ( ed that additional ogranized mines in the New river and Kanawha dis- , triots in that state were expected to i open to-day. I In the great bituminous fields oi ; Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana and; Illinois, the miners apparently were I determined to remain idle until a ; settlement of the controversy of the; wages and hou-s is reached by the j conference at Washington of oper ators a id officials of the United Mine; Workers of America. . ! At Indianapolis manufacturers .-greed to close their factories three! days a week beginning to-day. until) the coal shortage is relieved. In, <'hlrago heat was shut off in street; cars. Five hundred Virginia state troops reached St. Charles, a mining town ! near the Virginia-Kentucky border; where it was reported radicals had threatened to shoot any of the stril:-; ing miners who attempted to return! to work. SAYS BIG PROFIT IN SOFT COAL By Associated Press. New York. Nov. 24.—Soft coal mine owners made "shocking and in-defensible" profits in 1917. and there is "grave doubt" that they are entitled to increased prices because of the proposed thirty-one per cent, increase in miners' wages, William G. JJc- Adoo. former Secretary of the Treasury, declared to-day in a telegram to Federal Fuel Admin istrator Garfield. The owners' profits, as shown by their income tax returns, examined by him as Secretary of the Treasury in 1918, he said showed earnings on capi tal stock ranging from 15 to 2,000 per cent. "I am convinced that the wage increases proposed for the mine workers are just and reasonable," he stated. THE WEATHER. Ilarrlnbnrg and Vlvlnltyi Fair to night nnil TII<'* ■■--■."rnTOP*'— C• rv * THANKSGIVING DAY DINNER COSTS $lO With Turkeys Selling at 65 Cents a Pound Family of Five Cannot Get a Big Fowl and Remain Within Limit VEGETABLES SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN LAST YEAR Thanksgiving dinner for the average Harrisburg family of five will cost ' slightly more than $lO this year, ac- ! cording to quotations issued to-day from J one of the city's leading grocery stores. This price, of course, is dependent on the presence or absence of turkey on the menu. Some householders have passed around the tip that their dinner is not going to cost $lO by reason of the fact that King Turkey will have no place on the table. $2.50 Over Last Year The dinner this year will cost almost • $2.50 more than a similinr dinner cost last year, according to quotations given ! by Arthur Williams, Federal food ad ministrator. The upward trend of prices this year. ] is accounted for by reason of the ob- > normally high prices being paid for j dressed turkeys. These fowls, cleaned and ready for the pan, this year will be | offered to the consumer at 65 cents per : pound, an unexampled high price. The general list, however, shows a slight de crease in cost. Included in the menu are BOUP meat, celery, turkey, cranberries, sweet po tatoes. turnips, pumpkins, mixed nuts, J apples, oranges, coffee, bread, butter, | eggs. milk, etc. BANK CLERKS STRIKE By Associated Press. Dublin, Sunday, Nov. 23.—Bank i clerks throughout Ireland will strike on December 31 unless the directors, of banks consent to recognize their j union, an action which they have! hitherto refused to take. This was! decided upon at a conference of the . Irish Bank Clerks' Union here to- i day. Fifty-six delegates at the meet- j Ing voted ununimously •in favor of' the strike, which will affect 3,000 out , of a total of 3,700 bank clerks in Ire- , land. \ A SERVANT GIRL SEEKS SEAT By Associated I'ress. I.nudoii, Nov. 24.—Jessie Steph ens. a servant girl, with a mass of dark hair, who generally goes about hatless, has signified her intention of entering the race for Parliament on the labor ticket. She is endeavoring to gain a scat in the local borough council of Bcrmondscy and will their stand as n Parliamentary candi date. Miss Stephens has been em ployed as u cook, housemaid, a cook-general, the "boss" of a large common lodging house in Glasgow, and a porter in a clicm ici 1 rehouse. During the war sn irove a three-ton lorry. i GOOD DINNER IS COSTLY Tills I gist Year Year Soup Meat, good, 1 1-2 lbs $.15 $.33 Celery, good. ;{ bunches 3 .15 r Turkey, It) pounds e.30 1.10 Cranberries, 1 lb. . .15 .18 Sweet Potatoes, 1-1 peek 20 .35 Turnip-, l qt 07 .13 Pumpkin, best grade 25 .20 -Mixed X uts, 2 pounds . . . 00 .70 Apples, 1 20 .11 Oranges. 1 10 .13 Coffee, 1-16 lb 01 .03 Bread, one loaf . . .10 .10 Hotter. 1-1 pound. .20 .10 Eggs, 2 II .11 Milk, 1 qt 14 .13 Flour. 1 lb .08 .08 Sugar, 1 lb 11 .11 Total $10.05 $7.73 Army of 500,000 Men Necessary For Peace, Says General March By Associated Press. J \\ nnhiitglun, Nov. 24.-—The opinion I of the Army General Staff and the I administration is that a peace time Auny of 500,<100 men is the miniini/m j necessary to cr.re fur the national in i teresl. General March, chief of staff, , declared to-day coure-iting an inter • pretation of nis annual report, pub , lished Sunday, which placed the min j imum at 250.900. General March em- I phasized that he never changed his (estimate of 500.000 as the smallest ; upon which to rest the military pow- I er of the United States. IS 69 YEARS OLD AND NEVER SAW A "MOVIE" Daniel L iqfrock, of Faxtonia, Went to One Circus When a Boy, but Doesn't Remember Whose It Was No sir-eft, C. Floyd Hopkins, Peter Mngaro and oilier theatrical and movie allow operators, past and pris cnt, would not he occupying the po sitions of affluence they now do, if people of this district were all as is Daniel Finfrock. Daniel F'-nfrock, let it be ex plained. is 9 years old and lias his place of abode at Paxtonln. Uy oc cupation he is a machinist's helper in the service of the Pennsylvania Ru'lroad. Once In his life, just once nnd that tn the far distant past of his youth, lie saw a circus. Whether it was SCHAFFERWILL HEAD REVISION j OF CONSTITUTION Attorney General Made Chair man of State Commission by Governor Sproul i Attorney General William I. Sehaf ! fer, of Pennsylvania, will or chairman ; of the State Commission on Constitu ; ticnal Amendment and Revision, the | personnel of . which was announced by Governor Sproul yesterday. The ! appointments include 24 others, two j of them women, and in the list are j United States Attorney General A. ! Mitchell Palmer and United States I Secretary of Labor William B. Wil | sen, former state officials and judges, | eminent lawyers, former legislators, city officials, newspaper men and col ! lege presidents. Sixteen of th 25 ap j pointees are Republicans, seven are j Democrats and two are Independent j Republicans. | Governor Sproul made the appoint ments under authority of the act of ' June 4, 1919, and as soon as Attorney | General Schaffer recovers from an at j ti.ck of illness arrangements will be made for the convening of the com [Continued on Page 12.1 HOI,I) UO MEETIXGS By Associated Press. | Berlin, Sunday, Nov. 23.—Inde i pendent Socalists held sixty meet ings throughout the greater city to- I day to demonstrate against reaction I and what George I-edebour, a party | leader, called "the murderers' orga i nizatlon which has taken the place : of the government." TWO DEAD IX FIRE By Associated Press. Watervllle, Me., Nov. 24.—Gladys (Harvey, 15, and her little niece, • Glenys Gaeke, lost their lives in a I fire which burned the home of Ed ( ward C. Gaeke, a railroad employe, I near here to-day. Their bodies were found in the ruins. one of the productions of Burnum & Bailey, Kingling Brothers, Buffalo Bill, or one of their forerunners, lie is not now able to explain. Informa tion was not obtainable as to the number of rings It contained. Geraldine Fnrrnr, Mary Pickford, Charley Chaplin, "Bill" Hart, et al.. worry him even less than do and did the clowns, acrobats and others of the past. Never hus he set his foot within n "movie" hall to see the pro ductions of the big studios. Does he ever anticipate such an orgy? Well, for the present, he does not wish to commit himself. RELATION OF U.S. i NOT CHANGED BY TREATY FAILURE | Country Is Still One of Allied : Powers, Peace Conference Circles Believe (IKHMANY IS HESITATING I Much Discussion About Sud den Departure of Com mission to Paris fly Associated Press. Purls, Nov. 24. —The withdrawal ! of the American troops from Coblenz, in occupied Germany, is no c inside red in American Peace Conference circles ! necessary in consequence of the fail | nr. of the United States to ratify the .German Peace Treaty. It is contend-' j e.i that the United States is still one ; of the Allied and Associated powers, j and that postponement of linal action ! on the Treany does not change its re i lation to either the associated pow ; ers or to Germany. Parts. Nov. 24.—The sudden depart ure of tlie commission headed by Herr von Simsop, delegated by the German government to sign for Germany the protocol guaranteeing enforcement of the Pence Treaty, and to exchange ratifications of the document, is re garded In American peace delegation circles as having close connection with the news of the adjournment of the United States Congress with out ratifying the Treaty. The American opinion, however, dees not agree with the majority of French criticism that the Germans are using the failure of the Senate to ratify the Treaty as a pretest for avoiding fulfillment of the Peace terms. It is suggested that the Ger mans are hesitating because they are confronted with a situation in which the absence of American members from the 'commission charged with the supervision of eexecution of the Treaty deprives them of what tliey nr. supposed to consider as a counter poise to the joints, of view of their former European enemies. The Supreme Council's note to the German delegation is understood to bo a sort of summons to the Germans to make known whether they want to sign the protocol and make the Treaty effective or not. It is not understood t i be couched as an ultimatum. aLI -/r> *l-1 J"l t'lliyj cJ. .'1 > J,— t L. .J !■}•*. , . '?, ■ /-, ♦* * * A Tin* * * ••• • BOLSHEVIKES CLAIM VICTORIES 'Jjt London. Continued advances against General Deni -■ • I kine and Admiral Kolchak's forces are claimed in the L™ 4 4 £ Eussiah Soviet communique received by wireless to-day. fca 454 ... * 4 „ The Bolsheviki are asserted to be fast approaching * * * aritzan, on the lower Volga. They report the capture „ L I of nearly 500 prisoners in the region of Tsareff and 900 *j* JL *v> in the vicinity of Omsk. hundred prisoners were H 9 * * taken when Lbinistch was occupied. X J MAYNARD TO START FLIGHT f T 4* Mineola. Lieutenant Belvin W. Maynard, one of ' 4] i ' 4 the winners i nthe Army's recent transcontinental air #( % ice, will start from here Wednesday or Thursday morn • * i 4 4 g on his attempted one-;if.op cross-country flight, it was 4 43* announced here to-day. He plans to fly from here to * , 4j| Dallas, Texas, where he will rest over night, and then go | J 4 4 t on the next day to San Diego, Cal. ,; OUR HELD AS PROFITEERS £ 4 4 Perth Amboy, N..J. —The four members of the firm of j|g ' * Greens pan Brothers, of this city, were arrested to-day * 4* a * , , by Federal agents cn charges of conspiring to violate the * * * * food control act by profiteering in sugar. Arraigned be- ' 4 fore a United tSates commissioner, the brothers—Hyman * ' 4 44 Phillip, Isadore and'Jacob —each was held in $lO,n(M • <4 1 ' ! , which was furnished. , * 1 GIVE UP HOPE FOR CREW * * <4 4 i Sault Ste Marie. The slender hope he'd by marine * .4 > X men that some of the crew of the steamer Myron, sunk , j • ID * , t off Whitefish Point in the gale of aSturday and Sunday, e * ight have survived, was virtually abandoned at noon * < 4 to-day when no further news was re< va * ► * H n , I rious craft searching for trace of the victims. „ t '* SAYS GIRL IS DEAD ** > 4 Wilkes-Barre. —.The parents of Sophie Lienski, 14 f | 'n r ft years old, a school girl, who disappeared from her home * * .Uerday, to-day recc essage to * | 4 the effect that she had been kidnapped and would be • , .u. (lead. * * jr * * . * T * *• 1 MARRIAGE LICENSES GENERAL REVOLT MAY OVERTHROW ITALIAN KING Advent of Bolshevism Seen in Recent Successes of Rad ical Socialists REBELLION TALKED OF Plan to Hiss Ruler When New Parliament Opens De comber First fly Associated Press. Itoitic, Nov. 21. Totiiassn Tiltoni, Italian foreign minister litis resigned ami Motrin Kolii lioia, minister without portfo lio. lias been named to sueeeetl litin. according to tlie Kpoca. Ilomc. Nov. 24. Humors of Che wildest character regarding the possi bility of a very serious crisis, involving not only the cabinet but also the reigning house of Italy, are in circulation as the opening of parliament set for December 1 approaches. The Socialists, proud of their recent victory, are eager to continue what they call their "march forward." The older members of the party, however, such as Deputy Turatl, leader of the In transigeants. Deputy Treve, and Signor Modigliania. are against any excesses. The new elements which have entered ll.e Socialist parliamentary group are declared to be animated by revolution ary sentiments and to favor an extreme policy which, in their opinion will in evitably lead to the advent of Ilol shevism in Italy. This section now Is undoubtedly the most numerous if not the most important one in th# party, it Is considered that It will almost cer tainly assume command of the party because of the audacity and determina tion of its members to attain control by whatever means seems best to tlicm. Members of tills section are quoted as declaring that, comprising as they do more than 150 "live wires" among the 550 deputies, the remainder will not dare oppose them, and that they will be able to accomplish "some supreme act of rebellion which will overthrow the [.Continued on Page 10.]