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Drastic Curtailment of Passenger Train Service Is Ordered as Coal Strike Continues
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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<l Vicinity, n n ,
snow to-night ~n,l 5,,„ d °
morning lollowccl l,y nnrtlv
eloutly wentlirr Sunday. Slight.
I v warmer to-night with lowest
temperature nhout :tr. degrees
Eastern IVniiH.i Irnnla i Itnfn or
. snow to-night mid Suudnv
morning followed by partly
cloudy went her Sunday, somc
w hut warmer to-night. I<'renh
rust and southeast winds.
Stalwart Maine Lads Who Meet Tech Athletes for Football Supremacy
*.4 „> " .-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
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U. S. WARNS GERMANS TO gIGN . j
.Paris, Germany will be called upon-in a rigorous. }
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formation that Washington has advised Berlin to adopt
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TO VOTE ON-END OF 'STEEL STRIKE ' ' J
i
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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
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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.