Solution bf "Very Delicate'* Situation With U. S. Put Up to Carranza Mexican Senate
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LXXXVIII— No. 287 22 PAGES Da,, & a ue c r ep a\Wkt HARRISBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1919. ""'iWJSSSg B Wc&% E3 HOME EDITION
GERMANY FLATLY
REFUSES TO SIGN
TREATY PROTOCOL
Conference Is Notified
Huns Decide Paper
Is Not Acceptable
BARON VON LERSNER TELLS
BODY OF GERMAN DECISION
By Associated Press j
Paris, Dec. .s.—Germany has decided not to sign the protocol
presented to her by the Allies as a condition for putting the Peace
Treaty into effect, the Peace Conference has been notified.
It was learned only to-day that Baron Kurt Von Lersner,
head of the German delegation here, called on Secretary Dutasta
of the conference, on Monday, and told him that Germany had
made such a decision.
This attitude is taken us confirm
ing the reports of a sharp reaction
in Germany within the last fort
night. Trained observers of German
developments have expressed to
members of the Peace Conference
ltie view that there has been a com
plete transformation of the situation
in Germany, brought about, in their
opinion, by the failure of the United
States Senate to ratify the Peace
Treaty.
' These observers declare that,
while the vast majority of the Ger
mans, before the Senate's adjourn
ment, desired the Peace Treaty rati
fied as soon as possible, they are
now supporting the government's
attitude in resisting the demands of
the Allies for indemnity for the
sinking of the German fleet at Soapa
Flow, recompense for which was
provided for in the protocol.
The question upon which the
German representatives here, how
ever, appear most sensitive is the
insistence upon the trial of German
officers accused of the commission :
of crimes in France and Belgium.
Thus far, it is stilted, no indica- 1
tions have reached Paris of any dis
position of the Germans to modify
their attitude.
NO PLEDGES FROM GEORGE
By Associated Press.
London, Dec. 3.—Premier Lloyd
George gave no pledge of any kind
to the American representatives at
the Peace Conference that in cott
iiideration of th question of Irish
self-government not being dealt with
by the conference the British gov
ernment would, as soon as possi
ble after the signature of the Peace
Treaty, settle the Irish question on a
home rule basis.
This statement was made by An
drew Bonar Law, the government
spokesman in the House of Com
mons, in reply to a question in the
House to-day.
S.11(10 IDLE WHEN PLANT SHUTS
By Associated Press.
Gary, Tnd., Dec. 3.—Eight thou
sand steelworkers were thrown out
of work here to-day when the Amer
ican Sheet and Tin Plate Company,
the largest manufacturing concern
of its kind in the world, was forced
to close because of the coal short
age.
FACE GAS SHORTAGE
Columbus. Ohio, Dec. 3.—On top
of an already acute coal shortage,
many Northern Ohia cities are facing
a big curtailment of their gas supply
from West Virginia as a result of an
order of the West Virginia Utilities
Commission brought to the attention
nf Ohio authorities.
• 2ND SHIP LAUNCHED
By Associated I'ress
Philadelphia, Dec. 3.—The 7.825 ,
ton steel cargo carrier Cold Harbor,
which was named by Mrs. Woodtaoi j
Hog Island's seventy-second ship;
which was named by Mrs. Woodrow j
Wilson, was launched to-day. Mrs. j
I'. S. Collins, of Wyncote. Pa., was,
the sponsor.
NEW DRESS STYLE
EVERY MONTH
Atlantic City, Dec. 3.—Delegates
at the annual convention of the
Associated Dress Industries of
America to-day voted unanimously
in favor of exercising all their ef
forts to put the dress manufactur
ing industry on a 12 months basis.
It is their purpose to produce
new styles every month, intro
duce new fabrics, and in this man
ner meet the demands of American
women for dresses, which have
grown beyond all proportions in
the past 16 months.
Itmeweathf.i?T
Hrrrtsburg sod Vicinity t Fair
continued cold to-night with
lowest temperature shoot ]g
degreed. Thursday fal, mn4
warmer.
Pennaylrnnlni Pair to
night f"d Thursday, not quite
so cold Thursday. Moderate
northwest winds,
lilvert The Susquehanna river
and nil Ita branches will con
tinue to fall. Nome of the trlbn
tarles will probably become |ee
boaad In places to-night. *
stage of .about M feet Is Indi
cated for Harrisburg Thursday
morning.
,
Stomachs vs. Press
Jxjndoti. Nov. 24. Why the
peace with Germany was signed
j at Versailles at 3 o'clock in the
! afternoon was explained by Sir
j George Itiddell in the course of
| a speech at a recent luncheon to
Frencli journalists here.
Sir George said that when ar
rangements were being made for
the time at which the Treaty
should be signed he suggested to
Premier Clemenceau that it
should be at eleven o'clock in the
morning for Hie benefit of the
press.
M. Clepieneeau replied: "No, it
is impossible. What about lunch
eon '!"
Sir George said: "What about
the press?"
M. Clemenceau replied: "What
is the press to COO suffering stom
achs? It. will be 3 o'clock on Sat
urday afternoon. I hope the ques
tion will not be raised again."
MEXICO PLACES
MUDDLE BEFORE
ITS PRESIDENT
I Solution of Difficulties Aris
ing Out of Affairs With
I". S. Up to Him
! HOLD A SECRET SESSION
Senate Behind Closed Doors
I Decides Not to Make Any
legislative Intrusion
By Associated Press.
Mexico City, Tuesday. Dec.'2.
| —The solution of difficulties
| arising out of international af-
I fairs with the United States was
! entrusted to President Carranza
j without legislative intrusion by
| the Senate at a secret session
! held to-day. Relations with the
j United States were declared
j during the session as being
j "very delicate."
Jenkins Writes From
Mexican Penitentiary
After Refusing Bail
Nanbvfllr. Tenn., Dec. 3.—"X am
I now in prison, because 1 refuse t
| give bail for one cent, as 1 will not
I even compromise with them under
: any circumstances." W. O. Jenkins,
j the American consular agent at
j Puebla, Mexico, declares in a letter
| received by John B. F.dgarton,
1 of I,obanon, Tenn.. who was captain
| of the Vanderbtlt football team when
j Jenkins played tackle.
I Writing in the Puebla penitentiary,
1 Jenkins said:
"I regret very much the great no
toriety that has been given to my
hard luck, in being carried sway by
some bandits who live near here, but
it has been unavoidable, although the
incident would have been forgotten if
the authorities had not tried to cover
up their criminal responsibility in
allowing this city to be unguarded, by
charging me with my own abduction.
[Continued on I'age 13.]
MILLION DOLLARS TO BE
PAID OUT FOR CHRISTMAS
Savings of Year to Be Distributed by Banks in Time For
Holiday Shopping
Christmas savings dollars, slightly
more than one million of them .will
be distributed wlthip the next week
or ten days In checks among hun
dreds of people tif Harrisburg and
nearby towns. The systematic savings
of these same hundreds of people,
will bring forth Its fruit, with the re
ceipt of these checks, covering the
full smount paid in together with in
terest.
The amounts to be distributed this
year, promises to exceed the dis'.#-
butlon of last year by 10 per cent.,
according to one well-known banker,
lie said the amounts to be distributed
by his bank are that amount greater
and that conditions tare believed to
be the same witli other savings ac
counts. Dast year was slightly bejow
Dr. Garfield's Polar Relief Expedition Goes to the Rescue
U. B. HEADS FROM
ALL OVER WORLD
GO INTO SESSION
All Corners of Earth Repre
sented at Important
Conference
One of the most important con
ventions in the history of the Unit
ed Brethren Ohurch opened this aft
ernoon in the Derry Street Church,
Fifteenth and Derry streets.
The conference includes joint ses
sions of the Foreign Mission Board,
Home Mission Board, Church Erec
tion Board, Board of Education and
Board of Bishops.
Among those attendant upon the
conference are missionaries from
the fields of Africa, China, Japan,
the Philippines and Porto Rico.
The sessions, beginning this after
noon, will continue throughout the
week, closing Saturday morning. On
Sunday the visiting officials will fill
various United Brethren pulpits in
the Allegheny, East Pennsylvania
and Pennsylvania Conferences.
This afternoon's session opened
with five-minute addresses by bish
ops and conference superintendents.
Bishops Bell and Fout presided. Re
ports of the secretaries and treasur
ers of the several bodies, together
with the appointment of committees,
comprised the business of the "after
noon.
To-night Dr. J. S. Fulton will pre
side and addr'esses will be given on
denominational missionary prob
lems and training of the necessary
leadership for tills work by Dr. A. R.
Clippinger and Dr. A. B. Stattor*.
The conferences throughout Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday will cover
in detailed fashion the work of the
Women's Missionary .Association, the
Church Erection Society, Home Mis-
Hlona, and so on.
normal oecause of war conditions,
but nevertheless. It Is believed that
distribution this year will be In excess
or that of any previous one.
More than half-score savings banks
in Harrisburg and surrounding terri
tory now havc*employcs busy mailing
out and checking up these slips or
paper, which will aid people of the
district, in meeting the high cost of
living this Christmas tide. In some
Institutions, the checks arc practical
ly ready for the malls and the work
of mailing them out will lie started
within the next several days, prob
ably Saturday.
But banking Institutions are not
the only firms of the city that con
[Continued on I'age 21,]
CUT IN GRIP OF
COLD WAVE
Real winter gripped Harrisburg
to-day with the arrival of the crest
of a cold wave. The mercury this
morning had dropped to the eight
een degree mark.
No material change in tempera
ture is expected during the night,
according to the weather man's
forecast. More seasonable weath
er is expected to-morrow.
FUEL CUT IS
MAKING PUBLIC
OUTLOOK GLUM
Prospect of Further Curtail
ment of Industry as Result
of the Coal Strike
By Associated Press
Chicago, Dec. 3.—Further disrup
tion of the national industry because
of the fuel shortage brought about
by the strike of bituminous coal
miners was in prospect to-day. Re
gional directors of railroads had au
thority to annul passenger trains
where the public would be least in
convenienced, and many additional
manufacturing plants throughout
the country faced shutdowns either
through exhaustion of their coal
supplies or the strict rationing de
cree by the Federal Fpel Adminis
trator.
Statu executives, twljo; under ap
peals ftfmj cphsUtuents for aid,
have gqUght ways and means for re
plenishing the dwindling fuel supply
to-day Virtually were without en
courageniojit as regarded Increased
production," Only in isolated in
stances w&re there .reports of a
change of front by the miners. Gen
erally the workers adhered to their
altitude of remaining away from
the mines until better terms than
rContinucd on Pago 21.]
William S. Leib on
Stand Makes General
Denial of Charges
By Associated Press.
Pliiladclphla, Dec. 3.—William S.
Leib, of Pottsvllle, took the stand
in his own defense to-day and made
general denial of the forgery charges
against him. He declared positively
he first saw the tax receipts he is
charged with forging when they were
presented in court by the prosecution
as evidence.
Leib. a commissioner of Schuylkill
county, and former resident clerk of 1
the House at Harrisburg, Is on trial !
here charged with signing the names !
of clerks in the State tax offloe to re- !
ceipts he gave the Merchant and
Evans Company, of this city.
Leib wns cool when sworn by a
court officer. He answered unhesi
tatingly questions put by John Whe
lan, his counsel.
GAS SUPPLY IS
THREATENED BY
FUEL FAMINE
Coal Shortage at the Steelton
Mills Would Make Har
risburg Dark
A
■ Any serious curtailment in the !
fuel supply of the Steelton plant of .
the Bethlehem Steel Company may j
mean the immediate withdrawal oi ;
the city gas supply. This announce- ;
ment was made to-day by officials of
. the Steelton plant at the same time I
j that it was announced that fires in
one blast furnace and one mill had j
I been banked as a method of coal |
conservation.
While there is a possibility of the
I cutting off of the plant supply, the
I situation is not expected to reach
I such a crisis. More cqpl is now be
ing consumed at the Steelton plant
I than is being received, but there is
|up immediate danger unless the
I shipments are cut down conslder
[ ably.
Optimistic View
This latter possibility, it is gen- j
orally believed, will not'result. It!
is expected that all public service j
companies will receive full supplies j
of fuel. So by reason of its furnish
ing gas to Harrisburg and Steelton. j
[Continued on I'age 15.]
ARMY FOOD TO BK
PLACED OX SALE
Mayor Daniel L. Krister hopes to i
be able to make a definite announce
ment regarding the sale of food in !
Harrisburg by to-morrow afternoon, j
Several propositions are under con- |
sideration. One is to place the food j
and government supplies on sale at j
local stores, two having made, appli- j
cation. Another is to rent a large I
room and place a committee in j
chu rge.
The Central Labor Union appoint- |
ed a committee on Sunday. The lat- I
ter will confer with the Mayor this |
evening. i
BIG PERCENTAGE OF AUTO
OWNERS BREAK ROAD LAWS
I Nearly 1,200 Violators Cheeked Up in Two Months in Dau
phin and Cumberland Counties
'Tlie new bureau of law enforce- |
I ment of the State Highway bepart
ment's automobile division has turn
ed up over 6.000 violators of the
automobile code of Pennsylvania in
less than two months. The new bu
reau, which is headed by John 11.
! Glass, has n force of five men and
! almost f,200 of the violations were
1 discovered In Dauphin and Cum
' berland counties. And hundreds of
other violations were found In Phila
delphia, Allegheny, Lackawanna,
Lancaster, Northumberland, Schu.vl
. kill, Luzerne and several of the i
j eastern counties.
Mr. Glass to-day called attention j
LAX METHOD OF j
GIVING BUILDING |
PERMITS SCORED
Commission to Supervise New |
WArk and Remodeling
Projects Is Asked
ROTARY CLUB ACTS FIRST 'j
"7 |
Present System Permits Con-,
tractors to Erect Unsani
tary Structures
Criticism of the method of grunt- '
| ing building permits in Ilarrisburg,
of the methods of construction per- j
mitted and the lack of proper Hon- j
ing of Ilarrisburg from a building j
standpoint were voiced before a j
meeting of the Ilarrisburg Rotary.
Club Inst evening at the ottices of,
the Bell Telephone, North Third .
street, where the Rotarians were the ,
guests of District Manager \V illiam
H. Fetter.
The discussion arose over tlio j
' following resolution, offered by re
i quest by .lames W. Barker, which |
was finally .adopted:
Whereas, It is very important I
and of interest to every citizen |
of Harrisburg that buildings to I
be erected shall be of a perma- ]
nerit form and our |
city, and
Whereas, In the past and at j
present buildings have been and :
are being built or remodeled af- j
ter a fashion that is hazardous . J
to surrounding property and In |
a manner that depreciates ad
joining property and on a plan |
that permanent sanitary condi- :
tions cannot, be maintained; ' ,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That, the Rotary |
Club of Harrisburg through the j
Committee on Public Affairs
take up at once with the city j
commissioners of Harrisburg the I
question of appointing a building j
commission which shall have ,
authority to approve and super
vise all building operations |
whether new or remodeling j
| within the city limits of Harris
burg.
It was brought out at the meet
ing that while llarrisburg has a
building inspector it is the custom
to grant building permits merely up
on the statement of builders and
contractors nnd without even a plan
being submitted. Inspection and su
pervision are not thorough, it was .
snid. and many buildings of a dan- (
; gerous character are being erected,
j Proper regulations are required
albng certain lines for certain build
ings by the State, it was reported,
but so far as general regulation by
I the city is concerned there is very
little done effectively.
J. William Bowman, of the Cham
' ber of Commerce housing commit
| tee. told the members of the plans
now under way to better conditions
[Continued on I'age 15.]
Ice Encrusted Crews
of Barges Are Brought
to Land by Guards
,!. By Associated Press
! Westerly. R. 1., Dec. 3.—The Watch
Hill roust guards brought ashore to
j rlay under difficulties the crews of
| the barges. Rita Howard and Peter
I Howard, after they had been blown
off the roast by a heavy gale in biting
[cold. Captain W. S. Tripp, of the
, Peter Howard and his wife, and Cap
tain Herbert Robinson and George
Butler, crew of the Rita Howard,
were ice encrusted When they were
: landed, but suffered no lasting in
jury.
| The coast guards went 17 miles out
,to rescue the people of the distressed
barges. After a breakfast at
station, the guardsmen set out again
to bring In the crews of the tug NTe
ponset and two othfr barges, which
were also in trouble.
The Neponset. with four barges In
tow from Boston for New York, haij
engine trouble when off Mnntnuic
Point late last night. Finding that
her anchors would not hold, the tilg
cut the Rita Howard and Peter How
and loose, signaling to the coast
'guards for assistance.
! When the coast guardsmen reached
!tlie scene they foynd it impossible to
• approach the barges in their power
j boat because of the storm. A dory
was launched from the powerboat and
; the people on the barges were low
i ered into it by ropes.
PLAN NEW SHIPS
By Associated Press.
New York. Dec. 3.—Two tank
| steamships of 20,500 dead weight
| tons each, which will be the largest
' hulk oil carriers in the world, have
I been ordered by tlie Standard Oil
| Company, it was made known here
| to-day. The tankers will cost ap
| proximately $3,500,000 each and will
I have cargo capacity for 140,000 bar
t rels of liquid fuel. Other additions
|to the tank steamer fleet of the
Standard Oil and subsidiary com
| panies for which contracts have
been placed, will be vessels of
I 10,000 tons and six of 7,500 tons
' each.
i of a number of applicants for 1920
registration to the fact that they
had been reported for violations of
features of the law, and this plnn
will be followed. A number of pros
ecutions for serious violation have
taken plnif. "The mujority of the
violations haw been for operating
without regard to speed I'mlt or the
rights of the road, using one tug or
none at all and disregard of the
truck regulations," sold Mr. Glass.
"The new automobile and truck code
tins been in operation long enough
I for everyone to know what ll means
| and there is no excuse for this num
| ber of violations.'
EXTENSIVE PROGRAM
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
OUTLINED BY C. OF C.
Housing Will Be Studied Along With
Commercial and Social Welfare
Developments in Coming Year
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO
GET FIRST COMSIDERA TION
Municipal improvements,
commercial welfare, social wel
fare, community service, trans
portation problems, and agricul
tural interests, comprise the live
planks of the comprehensive
program outlined for the en
deavors of the membership of
the 1 larrisburg Chamber of
Commerce during the coming
year. The program was made
public to-day after it had been
worked out by the officials of
the organization.
A solution of the housing prob
lem, consideration of a city-county
governmental building, contagious
disease hospital, city armory, and
aviation field, are the projects listed
under civic improvements. The nec
essity of some definite plan which
will give the unhoused of the city
suitable homes at prices within their
reach is emphasized in the program,
which cites a special committee
whose duties consist of a study and
solution of this difficult civic prob
lem.
The encouragement of home trade
and the expansion of local markets,
for wholesalers, retailers and manu
facturers are the endeavors outlined
under the commercial plank.
The establishment of a Federa
tion of Charities to be financed on
the budget plan, and a foundation
to handle estates and bequests of
a beneficiary nature through a board
of trustees appointed by the court
through an incorporated body, are
other projects under the considera
tion of the Chamber of Commerce,
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IG PRESIDENT. WILSON TO SEVER DIPLC >
,J MATIC RELATIONS WITH MEXICO WAS IN- JJ
J DUCED TO-DAY BY SENATOR FALL, RE- f g
4 MAN OF TH I
' ' SENATE COMMITTEE CHARGED WITH AN IN- J
] J VESTIGATION OF THE MEXICAN SITUATION. ,*
J ' I CHARGE,-,SAID SENATOR FALL, "THAT THE jj
MEXICAN EMBASSY, THE . CONSULATE GEL *
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YND CONSENT Of CARRANZA." *
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MARRIAGE LICENSES ]
4 I'tani-len I. Hoffman and I'hrc llormnn. I.ewUtown; Willrr *
My era, t-'ranklln iiiunl;, r.nrt H tlicr K. Dirk. York t-nuntyi l)a nr , ii*
'( , llnvld. n(r llntn. lu., Hurt A.nin I*. Ah),oil. Hartleyti Itavmonrt K• *
lv. H<-| iturt Ht-rtrudr 11. tnrk, llnrriibar K | Alarm,:,. |(. iii-it— u _y,
f nnil l.ouevo llrle, t'olley. ■
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which has set itself to the task of
solving such problems and provid
ing such agencies for the betterment
of the city.
With the idea of community serv
ice in view, a special bureau with a
competent manager has been estab
lished by the Chamber as a part
of its activities, to carry out the rec
ommendations of the fourth plank of
the program. Two special commit
tees to study local and railroad traf
fic problems have also been brought
into existence to carry out the points
[Continued on Page 9.]
Dividend Is Declared
on Penn-Harris Stock;
Big Return First Year
Directors of the Pcnn-Harris
Hotel Company, the corporation op
erating the city's chief hotel, had
an important meeting yesterday
and declared its first dividend—six
per cent, on the preferred stock of
$50,000, and ten per cent, on the
common stock of $200,000. This
distribution of earnings is divided
in the proportions of forty-nine per
cent, to the Harrisburg Hotel Com
pany, owner of the property, and
fifty-one per cent, to the United
Hotels Company, which is manag
ing several other important hotels in
addition to the Penn-Harris.
It is expected that the Harrisburg
Hotel Company will declare a six
per cent, dividend later this month
on Us capitalization of over a mil
| lion dollars. This is the company
i formed by Harrisburg people to
build the hotel.