' . * . " - -r. - ______ , w . i. ~, Drastic Curtailment of Passenger Train Service Is Ordered as Coal Strike Continues HARRISBURG ifSfjlli TELEGRAPH oter-liifc|>cti&eitL LXXXVIII— 2D) PAGES Da,l Saer ai ?t ".Sfßkt HARRISBURG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1919. os "h y e^ 8 f:TS2£St£f 0 ESS HOME EDITION ! TECH GRIDIRON BATTLERSCLASH WITH PORTLAND Preparatory Championship of United States Hangs on Island Game VISITORS WELL TRAINED RringOwn Water From Maine to Keep in Fine Physical Trim HOW THE TEAMS LINED UP Malick TiK O'llara Arnold LT Gibbin Comfort .IXI Rinks Smith C Rieche KilinKor KG Deraney Frank (cup) .. RT Greeley Kmanuel RE .... Boothby Rlnßle QB Flaherty Beck IX IB Kimball Garrett RUB ...O'Connell Wilnbaeh FB..Ward (cap) Harrisburg Tech, winners this 1 year of the State scholastic cham pionship, a claim not disputed, and Portland. Maine, High, clashed this afternoon for the championship of the United States. No game has at tracted as great attention as this battle. It brought to Harrisburg many football notables. That Portland was considered a strong opponent was shown in the betting. There were many Portland supporters, but Tech backers were ready to meet all coiners. While cloudy skies indicated that snow might fall during the game, there was no letting up in enthusiasm. Cold weather did not appear to bother local fans, who were on hand early. Visitors came to Harrisburg early. College coaches and stars tilled the local hotel corridors and the noon trains brought in scores more. "Here they come," called a Tech cheer leader to the crowd of stu dents assembled at the Pennsylvania railroad station last evening to wel come the Portland, Maine, football champions as Coach Ostergren and his twenty stars mounted the steps. Then the crowd of students, alumni and faculty, too, settled down from being on tiptoe, and gave the "Kah llah-Rah-T-E-C-H-N-I-C-A-L. Tech! Tcch! Tech! Portland! Portland! Portland!" for the visitors who had come from Maine to battle on the [Continued on Page 15.] Probe Reports Boy Who Lost Life in Fire Was ' Locked in His Room Investigation was started to-day i>y the bureau of fire prevention ol the State Police Department into a report that Henry Belty, the nine year-old boy who lost his life in the Dewberry street fire on Wednesday night, had been confined In the third door as a punishment for playing truant from school. The bureau has already been looking Into the cir cumstances attending the origin of the fire, the way it was handled and the character of the buildings in volved. J. William Morgan, first deputy tire marshal, said to-day that he had been informed that the boy was sent to the third floor late in the after noon. although the father, J. J. Belty, is said to have told the fire men that the hoy was on the second floor and when they could not find him there Belty is said to have tried to go to the third floor, but firemen prevented him as the floor was on the verge of collapse and did fall in soon after. The State authorities have deter mined that the fire started in the kitchen of the Belty home and not in the Manhattan restaurant, basing this on the condition of the wood work about the stove in the house and also the situation in the res taurant. Fourth Member of Family Attacked by Father With Ax Dies By Associated Press Passaic, N. J„ Dec. 6.—Nathaniel Strong, aged 12. died to-day from in juries received Tuesday night when his father. Mason R. Strong, attacked the boy's mother, sisters and himself with an ax in their home here. The boy 13 the fourth victim of the tragedy, his mother and oldest sister. Elizabeth, having been killed Instantly and his father committing suicide. Two of the boy's sisters are In a local hos pital sutTering from wounds in the head. GET "MASTER MINI)" By Associated Press New York. Dec. 6.—Prank Storey, described by Assistant District At torney Talley as the "master mind" in the theft and disposal of $1.r00,- 000 worth of securities from local financial houses during the last year, was arrested to-day on a short atli davlt alleging suspicion of theft of four Pennsylvania railroad bonds valued at $4,000. He was held in SIO,OOO hail for examination Mon day. ITHEWEATHRP") Hnrrlsbnrg nr " .-A•* I,' 4 . * jgf l "'>7 *" A~ ,v , ," ss> v >; * V -V, ' ' HUGE QUANTITIES OF WHISKY SOLD AT $lO A QUART St. Ixiuis Bars Do Rushing Business Following Issuance of Temporary Injunction "POUR IT YOURSELF" Hotelmcn Mob Distilleries; Buyers With Jugs and Bot tles Jam Street Cars By Associated Press• St. l.ouin. Dec. 6. lntoxicants were sold freely in St. Douia to-day fol lowing the order of Federal Judge Faris yesterday temporarily restraining the 17. S. district attorney and the collector of Internal revenue from interfering with the sale of such beverages. Thou sands of gallons of whisky and wines were disposed of, and it was a common sight to see persons boarding street oars with large earthen jugs and bundles of quart bottles. Whisky at wholesale brought from sl7 lo $23 a gallon, according proof, and saloons sold drinks at 20 to 50 cents each "pour it yourself." Bottled goods retailed at an average of $lO a quart. Farmers Speed to City j It was the first time since July 1, j when wartime 'prohibition became ef | fective that liisky and wine, drinks ! appeared on bars here. There was no , whispering to bartenders to-day and patrons entered saloons and openly or- I dered what they desired. • Saloon anTl hotMmen swarmed to dis j tilleries and carried stocks in i almost every imaginable vehicle. Resi j dents of rural districts in Kastcrn Mis i souri rushed to St. Douis to replenish j their stocks. j Judge Faris' decision immediately re | leased 50,780 gallons of tax paid whisky I valued at $175,000. Plaintiffs in the | suits, it was said, have 100,300 more gallons stored in bonded warehouses i that, according to the decision, must be ] released immediately on payment of the ; government tax. Carloads of Whisky Are Being Assembled For Release by Distillers By Associated Press I InnlsTille, Ky., Dec .6.—Approxi '■ mutely 1.600 freight-cars are assom ! bled in fjouisville in preparation for immediate shipment of whisky from Kentucky warehouses should the ' Federal Supreme Court which is , expected to convene Monday declare the wartime prohibition act uncon stitutional, j As they would have only until January 16, when permanent pro i hibition becomes effective, to dis j pose of their stocks if the wartime ! act is annulled, distillers of the state i are said to have arranged for imme diate sale of their 38,811,160 taxable gallons of liquor. According to the annual report of Commissioner of Hevenue Roper, this amount is more than half of j the total supply of liquor in the j country. Declares All States Have Not Ratified the Prohibition Amendment liy Associated Press Washington. Dec. 6. Mandamus proceedings to compel Secretary I.ansing to cancel the State Depart ment proclamation announcing rat ification of the prohibition aVnond ment to the Constitution were filed to-day in the District Supreme Court here by Robert A. Widen mann. of Stony Point, X. Y., who contended that ratification by the necessary number of states had not been completed because certain of the states have reserved a referen dum. Justice Hitz took the matter under advisement. ICXOI.A ITXI.HAI. Knoln. Ph., Dec, 6,—Funeral ser. vices for Russcl Rider, one-year old" nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Horace H. Hide", who died at 146 Alteona avenue. Knots, wtlle be held to-mor row afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. The child is survived by his father, I Charles R. and one brother, Ken neth. , , UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR COMING WEEK By Associated Press j Washington, Dec. 6. —Weath er predictions for the week be- I ginning Monday, issued by the ' Weather Bureau to-day, are: North Atlantic and Middle At- I lantic States: Unsettled, occa sional rain or snow. 8-CENT FARE ff STRIP TICKETS ARE SOLD CHEAP Cross River Cars May (Jet New Rates; City Com plaint Filed informal complaints about the lack of cars on the Ilarrisburg Rail ways last night after 11 o'clock when there were a number of en tertainments scheduled led to the matter being brought to the atten- I lion of the company management by I the Public Service Commission as I has been done in the case of sim ' ilar occurrences in other cities. it was'declared that the car serv i ice was inadequate and that no ex i tra cars were provided to'care for ! people who had to stand on corners J while crowded cars went by. Officers of the company said this j afternoon that they had been in i formed of complaints and that they I were Investigating the matter. It I was stated that the company would be glad to furnish the extra service when informed of the need for it, one official saying "that's what we are here for." Reports reaching the Capitol are to the "effect that men connected with the Valley Railways Company are sounding out sentiment in the West Shore towns as to how an eight-cent fare with tickets sold at a reduced rate would take. One of the plans is for tickets at six-and three-quarters cents apiece. City Plans to Eradicate Flies and Mosquitoes I City health officials and CommiS- I sioner S. F. Hassler conferred for i two hours last night on a program for next year to further improve conditions in the city as urged by | Colonel Edward Martin, State Com missioner of Health. During the present year much i work was done particularly in the i eradication of dies and mosquitoes S in many localities, and for next year | it is planned to do v more work. As no appropriation was made in the 1919 budget for the work, the | funds being secured by transferring ! money from other accounts, it is ! plunned now to include in the 1920 ' budget request an amount sufficient to carry on the health work during I next year. KEI)S WANT PEACE ; IXHUIOII. Dec. 6.—Strong resolu j tions urging the making of peace 1 with the Entente were adopted by 1 the seventh congress of Russian Soviets, meeting in Moscow, at which 1 Premier Renine and War Minister Trotzky were present, as was also I Tom Paine, "on behalf of the Ameri can Communists," according to ,a j Moscow message to-day. 90 SECONDS GIVEN EACH DAY FOR PRAYER SERVICE| I i i Workers of llarrisburg Shoe Manufacturing Company Con- i tinue Religious Practice Begun During War i At the factory of the Harrisburg ; Shoe Manufacutring Company, or. I Vernon street, the employes nil 'pnuse at a given signal at 11 o'clock j each morning for ftO seconds of | prayer. ■ I The custom Is the outgrowth of •'the "Minute for Prayer" movement ■'started by the T'otary Club and ob served by the whole city, under the direction of David Witmer, elntir i man of the committee In charge, Idu ing the period of the war. ■ After the armistice employes of jthe Hurrisburg Shoe Manufacturing INEW ARMORY FOR ! | NATIONAL GUARD j ' UNITS IS PLANNED C. of C. Names Committee of! Military and Business Men j to Seek Site j A special committee to consider ■ j ways and means for the eo-opera- j tion of the city with the State in the :• election of a suitable armory to j house the seven or eight organiza- [ tions of the National Guard which j will be stationed in this city, was i announced to-day by the Harrisburg ' Chamber of Commerce. Housing and the erection of a ; suitable armory are the two most | important projects before the Cham- I ! ber of Commerce for 1 920, said the* | president, and w itli the appoint- j j ment of this special committee both 1 j questions will be taken up with | j energy by the big commercial or- j ganization during the coming year. . I The State will pay for the crec- I , tion of the Armory, but the site ] i must be furnished by the city. Ad- j I jutant General Beary has set at rest j | the frequent rumors that the Com- ! I monwealth contemplates the' erec- i ! lion of an armory in thi Capitol I I Park extension zone and the otti- j I cials of the Chamber pointed out , the necessity for immediate action j on the project. At present the. inadequate struc ture at Second and Forster streets j constitutes the only armory facili | ties possessed fcy the city. This I armory was built in 1874 through a : stock issue subscribed by the public. ! I.ater the building was remodeled | at a cost of SIO,OOO, with the stock I I still owned by the City Grays' Arm- j j ory Association, a private affair. The | only money ever paid by the State ! | for housing the companies was an ; | annual allowance for rental. The late General Thomas J. Slew | art, it is said, had in mind the erec i tion along the railroad in the Cap-. | itol Park area of an armory in keeping with Harrisburg's impor- | j tance ns a military center. This idea, j however, seems lo have been aban- : I doned. The armory committee will meet j in the near future to organize and j outline a program of work. The j members arc the following: Colonel i M. E. Finney, chairman; Colonel j James B. Kemper, Colonel E. J. 1 Stackpole, Jr.. Lieutenant Colonel E. | 11. Schell, Major Robert D. Jenkins. ! Major E. J. Xicodemus, Captain ! John T. Bretz. Captain H. M. Stine, | Captain George J. Shoemaker", Cup tain .Tosiali H. Wilbur, George A. Hoverter, Mavor-elect. T.ieutenant Governor E. E. Beidleipan, Charles E. Covert, E. S. Herman. Gus AT. Steinnietz, I). E. Tracy, C. W. Burt nett. F. .1 Hall, Vance C. McCor mick. J. William Bowman, William Jennings and A 1 K. Thomas. Adequate armory facilities are ab solutely necessary if Harrisburg is to maintain and justify its new Im portance as a'military headquarters. Further a proper building will serve as a convention hall and provide ac commodations for great civic and .social functions. TO GIVE FIRST DIWFII The first annual dinner of t lie physical department of the Central! V. M. C. A. will lie held Monduyi evening, December 15. in the gym-1 nasium at 6.30 o'clock. Company asked the management 1o; continue the practice, and eachi morning when the clock strikes 11 the siren .'.minds to call a halt to in-1 dustry and give a minute and a half 'to devotions, during which silence i reigns throughout the big phyii. I The company employes more peo ple now than ever before in its his tory mid la limited only by the; j amount of help procurable. Incl-j i dentally It may be said the comoauyj has on hand a million dollars" worth' of orders thut have not yet gone into! I the factory. j PUBLIC WILL NOT BL SADDLED WITH ANY , RAISE GIVEN MINERS By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 6.-'-Not one j cent can be added to the price I of coal to finance any increase ! in the wages of miners, Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield declared to day, after reading press dis patches that Governor Cox, of Ohio, had proposed that, miners ; and operators in that State com promise on the basis of a twenty live per cent, advance in pay for i the men. Dr. Gartleld indicated j , that the government would in- j terpose no objection if the in- j crease could be given without I advancing coal prices. There will be no increase in the i present price of coal as fixed tin- ! der the lievor act," Dr. Garfield said, "no matter what local ar- j rangements and agreements are ] put into effect." He added that his position was I absolutely unchanged from that taken on November 26, with the J authorization of the cabinet. Dr. Garfield explained then, in sug gesting the fourteen per cent, advance, which the miners promptly rejected, that he was not fixing wage scales, and had no authority to do so.. He indi cated that the increase suggested was merely that which the oper ators were able to grant without advancing the price of coal, which the government has fixed. BIG STORES TO ! REMAIN OPEN THREE EVENINGS 1 —— j Special Appeal Made to Have' Christmas Shopping Done Early The schedule of evening opening {hours to be followed by the retail, i merchants of Harrisburg prior to I !Christmas was announced this morn- j | ing at the offices of the Harris-; iburg Chamber of Commerce, i Department store heads following ja recent meeting in the Chamber iof Commerce offices decided upon j remaining open Monday, Tuesday jand Wednesday evenings, December 122, 23 and 24. Bowman and Com pany will follow their usual custom of no evenings open. Jewelers and retail clothiers will | begin their holiday evening opening I Monday, December 15. The Shoe; Dealers' Association, of which John ]Kelley is president, wilt decide at a > | meeting Monday night regarding .the I | hours to be followed for the Christ- j ' mas trade. | The Merchants' Council of the I Chamber of Commerce In announc- i | ing the Christmas shopping hojurs' | made a special appeal for early j j shopping, urging customers to con-' fine their shopping as far as possible; to daylight hours. It was pointed 'out that the best service could b", {rendered during the morning and l 'early afternoon hours, and thatj selections can be made liesurely and therefore with more satisfaction. I when Die clerks and-merchants are | not rushed by (lie last-minute trade, j Posters urging the customers to do, I their Christmas shopping early have' | been distributed by the Chamber of iCopimerce. These posters representl a genial Santa Clans emptying his 'sack over ;• chimney, and the words. | "Do Your Christmas Shopping Now," I l with "Merchants' Council, Harris bnrc Chamber of Commerce" printed 1 ,on the sack. I TWO COUPLES ARK REFUSED LICENSES | Two couples were refused mar- i t Mage licenses to-day because they I were not of age, and had not brought i parents or guardians with them to . | give consent to the weddings. One .couple returned home and will ap-I ; ply next week' for a license. The ' I other pair, residing in Hagerstown, | returned to Maryland to take out a | j license, -is only the girl was* under' : age. | The couples wore Emrnett E. But- ; [son. 23, and Lena V. Murray. IS, : [of Hagerstown; and Charles D, Free! I j 17, and Ethel Hoffman, 20, of York I I county. TENSION EASED BY RELEASE OF CONSUL. AGENT Combines With Public's Reus-! surance of President's Ini- ' proved Health F O R C E F 1 L DIPLOMACY j i Fall's Resolution Calling Fori i Drastic Action Is Still j With Committee ! By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 6. Combined to-day with the public's reassurance of the President's improved health was a feeling in Washington that the tension In Mexican relations had been slackened by the release from prison at Puebla. Mexico, of American Consular Agent Jenkins. Speculation and rumor over the President's health were quieted by the favorable report from his bed side by . Senators Fall and Hitch cock, who, by direction of the For eign Delations Committee, confer red with him late yesterday on the I Mexican situation. While the conference was in prog ; ress news of Jenkins' release was received and how far this would af fect the future Mexican policy was a subject of wide conjecture to-day. The next action probably will be taken Monday, when the committee formally reports the outcome of their interview with the President. Senator Fall's resolution to re quest President Wilson lo sever dip -1 lomatie relations with Mexico still is before the 'committee, together with Senator Ifitchcok's substitute ! proposing that Congress assure the : President of its support if he decides I to break witlf Mexico. Senator Fall has declared that startling facts would be disclosed [Continued on Pago 15.] U. S. Had No Part in Releasing Jenkins on Bail; Policy Continues Unchanged By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 6.—The Amer ican government has not changed Its attitude on the Jenkins case and had no part in obtaining his release on bail, Secretary Lansing declared | to-day in denying vague rumors that j the State Department had unofficial | ly "passed the word" to the embassy I at Mexico City to see the consular agent was liberated on bond. The State Depuitment, it was said, has not. yet been advised officially ' that Jenkins was released on ball. | It received word to-day that Jenkins ! himself did not know until after he was liberated that bond was furnish | ed and that he is conducting an in ' vestigation on his own account to determine who was responsible for ! his liberation. Officials refused to comment on i reports current here that J. Walter i Hansen, who furnished the SSOO ! bond, was acting for Luis Cabrera, I minister of finance in Carranza's cabinet. They are awaiting reports I on this from the American embassy at Mexico City. Carranzistas Reported Firing on Followers of General Obregon l!y Associated Press f Washington. Dec. 6. Private advices received here to-day from Mexico said Carranza troops at Pa chuca, stale Hidalgo, fired on the followers of General Obregon, while the general was making a public ad | dress in the interest of his eandi -1 dacy for the presidency. No details i were given. Other advices said Eduardo Mes i tre and Gilleimo Navo,, attorneys for American Consular Agent Jenkins, | had refuted the charges that they I and four other Mexicans were guilty of treason -for defending Janklna against charges brought by Gover : nor Cabrera, of Puebla. It also was said that President I Carranza had called a conference | of the state governors In Mexico for UDecam.ber 20. , BIG STEEL PLANTS CLOSED WHEN FUEL SUPPLY IS CLOSED Central Iron & Steel and Pipe and Pipe Bending Works Compelled to Withdraw Their Fires HUNDREDS OF WORKINGMEN LOSE JOBS BECA USE OF STRIKE I heir coal supply entirely cut off, the Central Iron & Steel Company and the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending" Company will start closing their departments this evening and to-morrow. Bethlehem plants are on the verge of a complete shutdown, which will throw almost 3,000 steel and iron workers out of work within the next week. Several furnaces in the Central Iron and Steel Company will be blown out to-night, while the steel mak ing departments of the l larrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Com pany will close to-morrow night or Monday. No intimation of when either plant may be expected to re ceive additional fuel supplies and to resume operation has been given officials of either plant. The laconic message of the Fuel Administration, received to-day, merely gave information that neither plant would be permitted to receive additional bituminous coal supplies, in order to divert all possible coal to the railroad and public service companies. Saved by River Coal These two plants, with the exemp tion of the Steelton plant of the j Bethlehem Steel Company, which j lias already shut down several de- ! partments a sa coal conservation J method, will be the only ones to be J affected in this locality, according; lo belief expressed to-day by city j iron and steel men. The iron and steel industries, to a large extent, generate their own power and use liver coal, which will not be con trolled by the administration. Just how many employes of the two companies will be affected by the fuel administration order at the outset could not be accurately fore cast to-day. utlicials are making every effort, to keep its force work ing as long as possible. Employes working in the departments that will iirst close will be transferred to other departments as much as possible, but several hundred men. TECH SCORES 14 IN FIRST PERIOD ISLAND PARK—FOUR' MJNI7TES AFTER i •PLAY BEGAN IN ISLAND PARK, CARL BECK ' ATFI'.Y i PLAYING TEAM FOR HARRISBURG'S \ FIRST TOUCHDOWN, TECH SCORED A SEC- ' OND TOUGFIDOWN BEFORE THE QUARTER | WAS OVER. WITH TWO GOALS KICKED, ! Tr.CU. WAS LEADING",' 14 TO 0. 1 'Altoona—The of eight" milling companies in ! the Central Pennsylvania bituminous field at a meeting ! ■ '■i I • ;■i •: ' '.■■• l.l! ipt ion 1 ■■••■■■• Y i |! v The i 't tn • annual output of ten million tons. The officers, direc-W tC; CI :: , - : 1 <■ ' '.lO . " men refuse to answer the thistle, | Philadelphia. Jay Gould, former world's" court I ■ 1 ■ . ' < } U. S. WARNS GERMANS TO gIGN . j .Paris, Germany will be called upon-in a rigorous. } { i \ formation that Washington has advised Berlin to adopt j TO VOTE ON-END OF 'STEEL STRIKE ' ' J i \ decided at .a meeting N of the national strike -committee at if Washington on December 13, when the presidents of the | twenty-four international unions '.involved will votc.di- i rcct'ly oh the proposition of ending the 'strike, it was | stated here to-day by an. organiser of these unions, ,who.l said he had been sent to check up on reports made by the '> national str&e committee. 'l i MARRIAGE LICENSES J I 'V ,k, T. "I"' A. Smith. Hiirrinhnrat CllntoaTv.l I inrnltlr i. * -?? H nrrlwl.nr* i < hnrlew >|J Sprout, l.uni nwtrr• tountj, mill Ktht-I S. I.rh. llnluhrtilKi-i \lln-rt l„ Slirllrn-' str?l"on. P '" 9, *"'r. Hrrwhcyi Frank Yln K rr nnil Minnie, at least, will be thrown out of work at the very start. Supply .Near Exhaustion It is a matter of only a few days until it will be necessary to sus pend the whole force, however, ac cording to the belief expressed by officials of the two companies to day. Xo other industrial concern of the city has as yet received restrictions on its fuel supply, according to tho best information available to-day. Although street railways companies in various cities have been com pelled to curtail operations to a cer tain extent, no orders of similar ef fect have as yet been received here by Harrisburg Railways. At the Harrisburg Light and Power Company no intimation of any curtailment in operations has been suggested. This concern Is de pendent largely on river coal and power generated by the Susquehan na river at York Haven.