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Sixty-Sixth Congress Finds Many Vital Domestic and International It
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LXXXVIII— No. 276 16 PAGES
"Master "at "the Post Office at lla"rrisburg HARRISBURG, PA. MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 1. 1919. ""ASiS!S& tnSiSRJW" "SM'ti" 1 HOME EDITION
' NEW CONGRESS TO
STAY IN SESSION
UNTIL ELECTIONS
Large Attendance When
Gavels Fall at Noon;
Many Important Laws
FORMAL COMMUNICATION OF
NOTIFICATION SENT WILSON
* By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 1. —The sixty-sixth Congress met tu-day
in its first regular session, which was expected to continue until !
just before the Presidential election next tall. There was a large ;
attendance, both in the Senate anil House, when the gavels of j
Vice-President Marshall and Speaker Gillett fell promptly at noon, j
In accord with an agreement reached between Republican
and Democratic leaders before the session opened, the usual for- j
mality of appointing a committee to notify the President that
Congress was in session was dispensed with, because of the j
President's illness. A formal communication of notification was ,
drafted and dispatched instead. . * j
With the Congress already ':Tn |
harness" and with much legislation j
. ready for immediate constderation, !
little delay in the beginning of work
was expected. Calling the geuate
and House rolls for quorums, ap
pointment of committees to notify
thf> President and each other that
Congress again was "on • the job
were among the customary open
ing formalities.
Long fight On Treat\ Hue.
Besides legislative recommenda
tions, President Wilson's message t
was cxpeeted to deal with inter na
tional relation and particularly
with the treaty of Versailles,
while early ratification of the
treaty with compromised reserva
tions was "expected by many sena
tors. with hopes of action before,
the new year, leaders believed the
issues involved would be carried into
the presidential campaign.
Politics is due to play a large
• part in the events of the new ses
sion. the last before the nominating
conventions next summer and the
final campaigns in the fall, headers
propose to have Congress recess for
the convention and work through
afterward into October.
enactment of legislation is ex
pected to begin immediately. The
Senate to-day had pending, with
privileged status the Cummins -rail
road bill with its provisions against
strikes and for return of the rail
roads to private ownership. In the
House, the bill to restrict immi
gration and provide for deporta
tion of al-en radicals was first on
the calendar. The House probably
will be oceupied largely with the
appropriation hills for man>
weeks and leaders hope to enact
several measures before the holi
day adjournment, to begin about Dr
cember 20 and continue to Janu
ary 5.
Railroad Rill Vndocided.
hong debate on the railroad bill
in the Senate was anticipated and
leaders had little hopes of its enact
ment before January 1. the date
on which the President has said
the roads would be returned to pri
vate operation. A temporary reso
lution continuing guaranteed com
pensation for the carriers until per
manent legislation is completed
will be passed if necessary.
Among the measures expected
to be completed this month are the
o 1, coal, gas and phosphate land
leasing bill and the Edge measure,
authorizing formation of corpora
tions to finano" American export
trade. Both bills are now in con
ference.
Besides the treaty of Versailles,
several other treaties are pending
and promise to evoke long Senate
debate. Three treaties, one guar
anteeing assistance to France in
event of German aggression, that
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Strike of 1,500 Switchmen
Ends as Suddenly and as
Unexpectedly as It Began
By Associated Press
Kansas City. Mo.. Dec. I. As sud
denly and unexpectedly as it began
>atu'-day. the strike of 1.500 railroad
switchmen in the local yards was
called off early to-day.
The action was taken at a secret
meeting which began yesterday and
'.astod far into the night, wlren it was
understood a proposition appropria
tion. sponsored by more conservative
members of the unions to end the
walkout, was put to a vote and car
ried. Farly this morning a delegation
>.f strikers appeared at the office of
\V. M. Corbett. general manager of Ihe
Kansas City terminal railway and an
nounced the men were ready to re
turn to work.
Reasons for the decision was not
forthcoming. but it was understood
that an announcement at the meet
ing by IV. Anderson, of Cleveland, a
vice-president of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, that the strike
was unauthorized and that strike
benefits would be withheld, had much
to do with the final action.
Dissatisfaction with the present
wage scale and with the outcome of
the recent conference of national
union officials in Cleveland, was rc
™ sponsible for the strike, it is said.
The two-day walkout paralyzed the
shipping in the railroad yards.
ITHE WEATHER?
Jlarrlsburg and Yleinlly: Partly
cloudy and continued cold to
night nnd Tuesday, lowest tem
perature to-night nlioiit Z1 de
gree*.
Eastern I'ennsj I vanla: I'nrtly
cloudy and continued cold to
night nnd Tuesday. Moderate
west winds.
Iliveri The Susquehanna river and
nil lis hrnnehes will fall. A
stage or nhnut It. I feet Is Indi
cated for Harrlsliitrg Tuesday
, morning.
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EXPECT DEBATE ON
MEXICAN STATES
Washington. Doc. 1. —Senators
and representatives, buck tO-da>
for the regular session of Con
gress, took a live interest in Intest
dispatches front Mexico,and there
were indication that debate would
| break loose in both bouses at any
time on the general Mexican situ
ation. Several senators wlio had
expected to discuss the situation
said they would await publica
tion of the last note front this
government before expressing
' their views. In some quarters it
was believed that the President s
message to Congress, to be pre
sented to-morrow, would have a
good deal to say about Mexico.
WOULD RETAIN
RAILROADS UNDER
FEDERAL RULE
Senator LaFollette Also Fa
vors Government Own- |
ership of Lines
Washington, Dee. 1. Asserting
that government ownership of rail
roads is logical and inevitable. Sena- 1
tor LaFollette, Repuolican, of Wis- ,
consin. in a minority report on the
Cummins railroad bill, urged that
the roads be retained under Federal
operations for an experimental per- i
iod of at least five years .
The anti-strike provisions of the
Cummins measure were assailed vig
orously by the Wisconsin senator
who declared it was impossible to
take away the workers' right to,
strike.
Senator said the bill!
proposed to retain most of the vices :
with few of the virtues of govern- !
ment control, private operation had !
demonstrated its "rottenness and in
efficiency," and that Federal opera- |
tion during the war did not get a'
fair test. t
In urging five years' control Sena- 1
tor LaKolletto said he understood I
this period also was favored by for- !
I wer Director General McAdoo, Di- !
rector General Hines and two mem- 1
bers of the Interstate Commerce I
Commission.
Body of Long Missing
Woman Found Jammed
Into Rotting Trunk
By Associated Press
i.-iwinu. Mich., Dec. I.—Jammed
j into a rotting trunk which was con- !
cealed under a pile of shingles in the '
cellar of her home, the body of a j,
woman, believed to have been Maud
Tabor, missing about three years, |
was found here yesterday by Iter ,
sister, Florence Tabor Critihlow. !
It had been reported that Miss '
Tabor died on a ranch in the west .
a few months after her disappear- t
ance. Circumstances prior to hec-i
disappearance are now being inves
tigated by the authorities.
The young woman was a gratlu- j
ate of the University of' Michigan, an
instructor of foreign languages and
the daughter of the late Lester Tu- '
bor, prominent attorney.
Steel Striker Killed and
Many Injured in Disorders
By Associated Press . i
Wheeling. W. Va„ Dec. 1. A steel
i striker was killed. Sheriff W. E.
Clayton, of Marshall county, shot
. and seriously wounded, and a deputy :
and another striker suffered gun- |
! shot wounds in a riot when a mob of '
I strikers ami their sympathizers'
I clashed with a sheriff's posse at the
gates of the Riverside mill of the
i National Tube Company, tit Red
wood, near here, this morning.
Charleston. IV. \"a.. Dee. 1. a!
, detachment of state poliee is being
hurriedly mobilized for strike dutv!
at Beinvood, where rioting broke !
out this morning according to tin- i
nounepment by Governor Cornwell.
who received a call for troops from i
, Sheriff Clayton, of Marshall conn-I
■ ty. j
If the Spiritualists Really Think They '
Can Bring Back Departed Spirits ]
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■ N/ ; lh : It
!> &/ j FEW MOMENTS
{ VERSATION J|
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REALTY SALES
DOUBLE THOSE
SN NOV. OF 1918
MOIL- Than 3,000 Properties
Assessed at $8,565,075 Sold
Since Fil-st of Year
Real estate activity in the city eon
i tinued during November sales being
more titan double those reported in
the same month in 1918 according to,
i City Assessor James C. Thompscon.
Last month 360 properties were
transferred with an assessed vatua
| tion of $978,240, while in November
■' 1918, there were 137 sales with an as
; sessed valuation of $360,670.
Since January 1 there have been
3,113 properties sold, valued for tax
, ation at $8,565,075, and in the same
| period in 1918, sales totaled 1.736.!
with a value on the properties of $4.-,
113,150.
{ Sales since January 1, according to
wards, follow:
Ward. Number. As. Valuation
I 1 155 $244,570,00 j
; 2 312 605,585.00
3 70 1.483.090.00
$ 85 570,215.00
! 5 174- 525.970.00
6 132 299,360.00
7 286 471.505.00
8 218 500,995.00 !
9 446 1,245,775.00
I 10 463 1,073,575.00
1 11 262 522.330.00
j 12 166 422.100.00
'l3 288 517,775.00
! 14 56 82.220.00
| Totals 3.113 $8,565,075.00
j TO MAKE PEACE MOVE
Dec. i. - An attempt to
j make a peace treaty with Hungary
j through the new Hungarian govern
' ment was decided upon by the Su
preme Council to-day.
<6VARUS CI.ASII
Belgrade. Dec. 1. A frontier
clash between Serbians and a Hun
garian detachment is announced in
! advices received to-day from tlie vi
cinity of Prekomury.
JAILERS HAVE I
WITH 800
' Deppens Resigns as Storekee
Filled NVith County
j With only 81 prisoners in the coun- ,
ty jail us compared with 212 one year |
ai?o. the board of prison inspectors !
* to-day accepted the resignation of Ir
; vin K. Peppen as storekeeper at the 1
I prison and decided it would not be
< necessary to appoint a successor,
l One of the inspectors in speaking i
of the action said: Since prohibition
j became effective there hctp been a big '
| drop in the number of prisoners at
j 'he jail. A year ago we had an aver-
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I. W. W. BAND IS
FORCED TO PLAY
NATIONAL ANTHEM
, Detroit. Mich.. Doc. I. On
i command by Police Commissioner
Indies tile large audience gather
ed here last night for an I. W. W.
meeting stood during the enforced
playing, by their band, of '-'The
Star Spangled Banner." The j
hymn was called for by American
Legion members who had pre
empted the first ten rows in the 1
hall* after the crowd had stood j
and cheered for "The Marseil- j
laise" and a Hussion anthem. |
Four hundred policemen and 500 i
American Legion members at- j
tended.
William D. Haywood/ forbidden j
by Inches in a telegram to To- ,
ledo last night to address the I
meeting, did not come to Detroit, j
SACCHARIN SAID !
! HARMFUL WHEN !
USED FOR SUGAR
I
Dr. Ruunick Says Coal Tarj
Derivative Is Injurious
to Health
. j Saccharin, widely exploited as aj
substitute for sugar in _ these days 1
j of famine, was to-day declared to be |
| unfit for food purposes by Dr. John i
M. J. ltaunick, city health officer. j
Saccharin is not a food nor Is it j
j a suitable substitute for sugar, Dr. •
j Ruunick said. It is regarded by !
.some eminent health authorities to!
be injurious to health, he added. j
The nature of the product was de- |
| scribed by the health officer. It Is I
j derived from coal tar and is devoid j
lof food value, lie said. When sub-j
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EASY TIME
>ZE PROHIBITED!
per and His Place Will Not Re j
Prison Almost Empty
I age of 200 daily, now it is VI way.s be- j
j low 100. '
"Many of the prisoners there now
j are serving sentences, but with no
liquor on sale the usual list of drunks
! and other offenders arrested on minor
charge* has been wiped out.We found
1 that with the decrease in the number
of prisoners the management of the
jail c<>uid be efficiently continued
without namipg; a successor to Mr.
: Deppen.
EXPECT MINERS j
TO TURN DOWN
14 P. C. RAISE
Central Pennsylvania Opera-j
tors Look For Men to
' I
Delay Action
By Associated" Press.
i Philadelphia. Dec. 1. —II is pre
• dieted by offiqials of the Association '
of Bituminous Coal Operators of j
i Central Pennsylvania, that the prop- j
| osition of a fourteen per cent, wage |
| increase made to the miners yester- |
j day. would be rejected. One official ,
; predicts that the whole subject will |
be referred by the miners to the j'
j union officials at Indianapolis who j
j would in all likelihood, lie said, call i
a convention to consider the offer of j
i the operators.
j John C. Farsyth, of Clearfield. Pa., i
j secretary of the operators' associa- j
| tion, said the owners of Central i
I Pennsylvan a mines had more than !
i met the conditions of Administrator |
j Garfield. Wage advances heretofore
j granted, he said, brought the pay of I
j miners in his district to within four ! '
| per cent, of the peak of living costs, j
| yet the operators were willing t > .
I accept the government's fourteen ! 1
; per cent, advance in order to keep j
i the mines working.
Gai'fiehl Notified
The operators after an all-day!
I session in this city yesterday de- | ■
j cided to grunt the increase.
| A telegram to this effect was sent i
] to Dr. IC. A. Garfield, ruel adminis-|
| trator at Washington,
j The notice to be posted at the!'
I mines reads:
"The government of the United i
' States having decided that mine j i
| workers an- entitled to fourteen per !
cent, average increase to bring ' j
i wages up to the increased cost of |
living. th : s company gives notice !
j that fourteen per cent, .average in-
I crease in wages is hereby granted :
I effective at once, such increase to be ,
! applied to the wage basis provided i
i for in the present wage scale agree- |
ments, thus preserving the competi- 1
tivo basis therein agreed to. The '
new scale or wages will be posted as ! <
| soon as posible." I <
With Only 3 Carloads
of Coal, Town Faces
Acute Coal Famine j1
(
By Associated Pr -:s <
St. Joseph, Mo, Dec. 1. This city
with only three carloads of coal in
the railroad yards and with fuel oil
practically unobtainable, to-day i
faces a complete closing of the light
and power plant, the water plant i
and all leg industries. A mass meet- I j
ing of citizens was called for to-day i !
to consider the situation. .Conditions <
are said to result muinly from the
i strike of trainmen in Kansas City. ! i
GIVES BOOST TO 1
RECORD BREAKING;
EXTRAVAGANCE!
tilass Wants Five Times as
Much to Hun l". S. as Was
I "sod Before War
FIVK BILLIONS IS ASKEDj
Army and Navy
and Interest on Debt Are j
Among Largest Items
Hy Associated Press. j
\\ n-liingtnn. Dec. I.—The record i
billion dollar congresses of ordinary '
peace times faded into the past to- ,
day when Secretary Glass, present-]
ing the annual estimates, proposed j
appropriations of practicnllj live hit-i
lion dollars for conducting the peace j
time activities of the government
during; the fiscal year 1921.
According to these figures it will ,
cost more than live times as much to '
conduct the peace time affairs of
government as it did in the year ■
immediately preceding the Woild
War.
The greatest individual estimates i
for expenditures, of course, go to the !
Army and the Navy. The yearly in- !
terest on the war debt, however is]
$1.017,500,000, which sum alone is
greater than all the appropriations
for all purposes whatsoever of any
peace time congress.
All in all the estimated justify the
predictions made oh the tioor of
t'ongress during consideration of the j
war lax hills, that the present gene- !
ration would not see the government
conducted at an expense of less than
four billions a year.
Extreme Socialists
Leave Seats as King
of Italy Begins Speech
Home. Dec. I.—When King Victor
Kmanuel entered the parliament to- j
day to deliver the speech from the j
throne lie was received with loud ,
cheers. Premier Nitti requested the ]
audience to be seated. Upon this j
the Extreme Socialists shouted; i
"Viva Socialism," and left the chum- i
ber. Their seats were immediately ]
taken by other deputies.
The King, in his speech from the j
throne, said that the confidence and j
sympathy of the nation were indis- .
pensable to the parliament, as was
uutiooal collaboration in all move- i
ments for the good of the people. |
Italy, he said, after her great vie- |
tory, must direct fill her efforts to ;
the works of peaces
The King began by greeting the j
heroes of the Army and Navy. The
virtues ami energies they had dis- i
played during the war would serve
to hasten the economic x-econstruc
tion, he said.
"Italy, through the war, continued
the Kifig, had gained some-of her
national frontiers but not all. Her
aspirations, ho declared, had every
where been considered just. The as
pirations of Italy in the Adriatic, he
asserted, did not cloak any military
design, and for the most part pos
sessed no economic value. They were
confined, he said, to the defense of
native ideals. The protection of
Italian populations was the duty and
right of Italy.
"We have no imperialistic views,"
continued His Majesty, 'and intend
in no way that the peace of Europe
should be disturbed."
Italy regards with the liveliest
sympathy the rise of the popular
, classes, said the King, who charac
terized the movement as one which
should produce in the interior ot'
the country a program of intensive
work and production, and, in con
nection with foreign polities, an in
creasingly democratic co-operation
between nations.
Governor Sproul Will
Address Republicans of
National Committee
(Special to the Telegraph)
Washington, Pa., Dec. 1. —Gover-
nor William C. Sproul, of Pennsylva
nia, will, probably be one of the two
State executives to address the Re
publican National Committeemen
when they meet here next week.
The Pennsylvania Governor has been
resting at Hot Springs, but will stop
here on his way back to the State
capital.
It is the plan of the committee to
have an open session for speeches
during the meet'ng at which the
convention city will be selected and
arrangements for the 1920 conven
tion outlined. At this time two rep
resentative Republican Governors,
one from the eastern states and one
from the west, will be invited to ad
drew tlie national council of the
Republican party.
Governor Sproul will he one of
them.
Destroyer and Ship
With Troops Leaves
Fiume on New Mission
11 y Associated Press
Hclgrnde, Dec. 1. Great activ
ity prevails at Fiume and a destroy
er left Saturday night, presumably
destined for Za'ra, according to the
Serbian press bureau. The merchant
vessel Adri.-t followed almost imme
diately with 1,000 shock troops on
board.
Reporls from Fiume state that]
"Admiral" Rizzo, commander of the
D'Annunzian fleet there has gone
on hoard a destroyer and purposes '
occupying Sebenieo.
IIAM) TO REORGANIZE
' A meeting has been culled for to
morrow evening at. 7 o'clock at the i
Armory for the purpose of complet
ing the organization of the reor
ganized Eighth- Regiment Rand.
Several places arc J-t 11 open for old
or new members. Captain Philip T.
Meredith has charge of arrange- i
ments.
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RE-ELECTED HEAD
OF CITY SCHOOLS
i ROBERT A. FINDERS J
ENDERS AGAIN '
MADE PRESIDENT
OF SCHOOL BOARD
Dr. If. L. Keen Klecled Viee-j
i (
President; Two New
Members Sealed
Robert A'. Knders was re-elected i
president at the reorganization meet- i
nig of the City School Board. Dr. C. I
. E. L. Keen was elected vice-president I
j to succeed W. Frank Witinan.
Two of the throe new members of !
i the board. William !'avoid and How-j
j ard M. Bingaman, were present and j
j took thme oath of office administered i
( by A. Carson Stamm, who presided at I
' the reorganization meeting. Franklin I
i J. Roth, the third new member of the i
| board, could not be present because
jof liis work as court stenographer,
j court being in session at the time the |
• School Board met.
I Dr. Keen named Mr. Enders for re-1
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"MERE EXCUSES"
U. S. REPLIES TO
| MEXICAN NOTE
I Avoids Judicial Discussion of
| "Irrelevant or Unimpor
tant Matters"
| REITERATES DE M A X D S
iMust (live Up Jenkins For Re-
I quest Is Founded on "Right
and Justice"
By Associated Press.
Klj PASO, Tex., Doc. I.—An
unverified report was current
liere to-day that William O. Jen
kins. American consular agent
! at Puehla. Mexico, had lieen
liberated from jail. Andres <>.
(tarda, consul general for Mex
ico here, said lie hail heard the
report, lint no vertlllcatlon of
the rumor had been received
Washington, Dee. 1. Renewing
' its request for the immediate release
i of Consular Agent Jenkins, imprlson
i t>d at Puebla, the latest American
| note to Mexico, made public here to
: day. arraigns the Mexican govern
; incut conduct in severe terms and
: characterizes it as a studied attempt
!to ensnare the American consular
1 agent in the intricacies of legal pro
i eeedings. No ultimatum was served
I and no indication was given of what
i the American government's course
. would be if Jenkins is not imme
diately released.
; The note begins by saying the
: United States declined to be drawn
; into a judicial discussion of "irrele
vant or unimportant matters," and
'says the request for the consular
| agent's release is founded on "right
I and justice."
i The United States, the note says,
i "is constrained to the opinion" that
Carranza arguments that the ease
! is being Investigated and that Jen
! kins has not taken opportunity to he
| released on bail are "mere excuses."
I This government does not admit,
the note says, that it is necessary to
keep Jenkins in juil while his casi
I is being investigated arid this gov
j ernment "fails to discern" that the
I "intricacies of the Mexican penal
Other Social on Page 5