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LXXXVIII— No. 290 16 PAGES V?f. c r ep .\Wet E o n r.V^Kr u ' HARRISBURG, PA. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1919. °"iK2KS WcW HOME EDITION
* SEES HOPE FOR
SETTLEMENT OF
MINERS' STRIKE
White House Expresses
Belief End Will
Come Tomorrow
MEN TO ACCEPT PLANS
PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT
By Associated Press
\\ a.-Jiiiigtou, Dec. B.—"Hope for]
the settlement to-morrow afternoon j
of the controversy between the 1
miners, the operators and the Gov-j
eminent" was expressed in a formal,
statement issued to-day at the White j
1 louse.
The statement follows:
"It Is lioped that tliei-e will
be a settlement on Tuesday af- j
ternoon of the controversy be- j
tween the miners, operators ami i
Government, though the ac- |
ceptaiice by the miners of the |
plan for a definite settlement
proposed by the President,
which proposal was submitted |
to Acting President Lewis of the
Miners, by Attorney General
Palmer Saturday night."
Proposal Secret
The utmost secrecy still surround-1
ed the President's proposal and Sec-j
rotary Tumulty and other officials;
refused to supplement the White,
House statement- It was learned,
however, that the proposal made to!
the miners was from the President]
himself and was in the form of a;
memorandum written by him.
In agreeing Saturday to urge upon
the miners' representatives accept-1
anee of the President's proposals, j
John Lewis, acting president of]
the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, was said to have frankly In
formed Attorney General Palmer of
the difficulties he was having in
\ iew of the feeling created among
the miners by the injunction pro
ceedings and the general attitude of
the Government,
Ix-wis Willing
Lewis was said to have expressed
willingness to attempt to change this
feeling If given assistance from re
sponsible Government officials in
dealing with the men.
Mr. Palmer, Assistant Attorney
General Ames, who is in instituted
proceedings against the union of-1
fieials at Indianapolis, and Lew-is
and William Green, secretary of the .
miners' union, are to arrive at In-1
dianapolis to-day, where to-morrow!
the union officers will lay the P.-tsl-'
dent's proposals before the executive I
and scale committees of the workers, j
Hundreds of Trains
Are Withdrawn to
Conserve Dwindling Fuel
By A ssociated Press
Chicago, Dec. B.—Hundreds of!
passenger trains were withdrawn j
from service on the railroads of the j
country to-day, mostly in the Mid- |
die West, South and Southwest, In |
accordance with instructions issued i
last week by the Railroad Adminis- ]
t ration, and hundreds of other trains j
have been ordered annulled on next,
Wednesday, chiefly in the East, as
a result of the coal miners' strike. ,
Tn New England alone orders were I
out canceling nearly 300 trains on \
Wednesday, dozens are to be dis- i
continued in Pennsylvania and even j
Canadian railroads have felt the coal 1
shortage to such an extent that ]
thirty-five additional nassenger |
trains were taken off. including the j
crack Transcontinental Limited on
the Canadian- Pacific. The reduction '
of passenger service in the United j
States since the strike began No
vember 1 amounts to approximately |
one-third of the total, and in Cana
da a saving of 324,000 train miles
per month has been effected.
Thousands Arc Idle
Measures to conserve fuel supplies !
went ahead to-day in nearly every |
part of the country, despite the j
meeting at Indianapolis to-morrow'
of Attorney General Palmer and i
other officials of the Department of !
Justice with heads of the United I
Mine Workers of America in an ef
fort to bring about a settlement of
the strike.
I*redicts Settlement
Many hundred thousand workers]
were idle to-day on account of clos
ing of nonessential industries, from
which coal has been withheld bv re- !
gional committees, and the curtail- ]
ment of business hours in many !
cities.
Governor Cox. of Ohio, called off
the conference of operators and
miners to-day at Columbus, which
lias attempted to settle the strike in
that State. In a statement Governor
Cox said the indications were that
Ihe controversy "would be. settled
Tuesday on a nation-wide basis."
Further shipments of coal mined
by volunteers in Kansas and Mis-1
sourl under Drotection of troops
were made to-day to points in those
States where the shortage was most
acute.
• Crusade Against Agitators
Digging of coal bv volunteers |
also was expected to begin to-day in
Oklahoma. Arkansas and Montana.
In Oklahoma, where martial law
prevails In the coal districts, Gov
ernor Robertson has begun a cru-
ITTOWEATHERI
y
Harrtshurg and Vicinityi Rain or
snow thin afternoon, to-night
nnd Tuesday. Slightly colder
to-night With lowest tcmpcrn
tare about freealng.
Lantern Pennsylvania! , llnln or
aaow to-night nnd Taendny. |
Somewhat colder to-nlgbt. Mod
erate to fik northeast and
< east winds.
NEW PROPOSALS
FOR THE MINERS
Chicago, Dec. B.—The proposal
presented to John L. Lewis, act
ing president, and William
Green, secretary of the United
Mine Workers of America, by
President Wilson and Attorney
Jeneral Palmer, in Washington,
included a fourteen per cent,
wage advance to miners and the
appointment of a commission to
study wages, profits and all con
ditions surrounding the industry
upon resumption of work by the
striking miners, according to
private advices from the na
tional capital received by Dr. F.
C. Honnold, secretary of the
Illinois Coal Operators' Associa
tion.
| sade against agitators and several
I men liave been arrested, charged
I with attempting to prevent union
j miners from returning to work.
At Bear Creek, Montana, when
I eighty volunteers arrived, accompa
i nied by a detachment of Federal
j troops, electricians and engineers at
j the mines walked out.
Stores ou Short Hours
A cold wave. accomDanied bv
snow, prevailed to-day in the Rocky
Mountain region, making the distri
bution of the limited coal supply
difficult.
Reports from all parts of the Cen
tral Competitve field say that the
mines are in readiness to be worked
and that production of coal can be
gin the minute the strike is set
tled.
In Chicago retail stores, with the
| exception of groceries and a few
: others dealing in foods .are to open
j to-day at noon and close at 6 p. m.
i Will Not Empanell
Grand Jury to Probe
Coal Strike Violations
By Associated Press
Indianapolis, Dec. B.—The Federal
grand jury, summoned by U. S. Dis
trict Judge A. B. Anderson to in
j vestigate alleged violations of the
Lever act and antitrust laws by
! operators, miners, coal dealers in
! connection with the bituminous coal
I strike, will not be empanelled to
i day, U. S. District Attorney L. Ert
i Slack, announced to-day. He said
j this step had been postponed until
10 o'clock to-morrow,
j While announcing that the conven-
I ing of the grand jury had been post
i poned until to-morrow, Mr. Slack
would not say that the jury would
be empanelled at that time. It was
indicated that the calling together
! of the investigators would depend
[ upon conferences to-day with Attor
ney General Palmer and others who
were to arrive here from Washington
I about noon.
Murray Predicts End
of Strike on Eve of
Going to Indianapolis
By Associated Press
Pi(t>burgli, Dec. B.—Philip Mur
ray, president of District No. 5, Uni
i ted Mine Workers of America, will
I leave here to-night for Indianapolis
•with 17 other members of the scale
i committee to take part in the con
ference which, Mr. Murray said, he
j believed would end the coal strike.
Mr. Murray to-day received a tele
gram from John 1,. Lewis, acting
president of the United Mine Work
ers, containing the info-mation that
; he had "tentatively" accepted the
proposition made in Washington and
ordered the committee to be in
| Indianapolis by to-morrow.
Included in the committee will
be seven Vorking miners as well as
the district officers.
D'Annunzio Denies He
Plans Expedition Against
Spalato or Laibach
By Associated Press
Finnic. Sunday, Dec. 7.—Gabriele
i D'Annunzio, the insurgent Italian
commander here, assured the Asso
ciated Press correspondent to-day
■that he was not preparing an ex
pedition against Spalato or Laibach.
; The soldier-poet gave his word of
| honor that this statement was true.
Gabriele D'Annunzio was credited
in London dispatches from Dalma
tian sources on Saturday with hav
ing arranged an ambitious scheme
for the advancement of his cause
revolving around an attack on
Spalato.
It was also declared that efforts
were being made to instigate up
risings in Montenegro and Albania
as a part of the Spalato undertak
] ing, and that the Bulgarians were
i being urged to attack the Jugo
Slavs. It was suggested that the
I projects as reported, wore not en
tirely D'Annunzio's plan but had
the support of his adherents in
I Italy. Laibach is the capital of
i Carniola in Jugo-Slavia.
PRETTY PRINCESS
HAS NEWEST HAT
• nH
t WKr mRB life,
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iHHHIB
, iir i iwmm
PRINCESS ENGALICHEFF
Photographers flocked around
Princess Engalioheff when she ar
rived in New York recently from
France. Gne reason was Princess
Engalicheff tsee picture). Another
was the princess' stunning leather
hat- She said that this model di
rect from Paris, will probably find
a smuoh favor in America as in- Eu
rope.
SIX ARE CAUGHT
IN CAVE-IN WHEN
DITCH GIVES WAY
Rescue Party Works Half an
Hour to Release Man
Buried to Neck
Caught by a slide of ground while
working in a pit at the Middletown
Car works this morning, two men
were seriously injured and four oth
j ers hurt, when a wooden form hold
i ing the sides gave way under pres
[ sure.
j Charles Hawk sustained a broken
j right leg and bodily bruises when he
1 was covered with ground up to the
| neck. He was conscious when res
| cued by a party of employes after al
most a half hour's work. He was
taken to his home in Middletown,
where liis condition is reported as
"fairly good." C. E. McNally, of Fal
mouth, suffered a broken collar bone.
Other men who were caught by the
cave in and slightly injured are:
Adam Hickernell, Sr., Rene Grove,
Charles Hawk, George Staher and C.
Roy Shaffer.
The men. it is understood, were
working at the top of a pit 25 feet
I deep, erecting forms at the sides of
j the pit. when the supports gave way
] catching tlicm. Three of the men
; wiio were working closer at the top,
i were caught by the ground, while
' Hawk was wedged In tightly.
| Officials of the plant summoned Dr.
] 11. If. Rhodes nnd Dr. W. P. Evans,
! Middletown oiiysicians who adminis
j tered first aid treatment and later the
men were removed to their homes.
CHO-CHO, FAMOUS HEALTH
CLOWN, PLEASES CHILDREN
Youngsters Told Simple Rules of Rigid Living by Means
of Comic Pantomine
"Cho-Cho! Cho-Cho! Here comes
Cho-Cho!"
Thousands of city school children
in the Allison Hill district crowded
into the large auditorium at the
Edison Junior High School this af
ternoon greeted Clio-'"ho, the fam
ous health clown, who entertained
two groups of youngsters for almost
an hour with his health lessons given
only as a circus clown can present
It.
Cho-Cho opened the Red Cross
Christmas Seal sale in the city, lie
will be here all week to meet the
boys and girls of the schools and
show them how to keep well so
that each year they will grow bigger
and stronger.
At the first entertainment this af
ternoon pupils of the fourth, fifth
and, sixth grades of the Downey,
Shimmell, Vernon, Woodward and
Allison buildings, and the seventh
grade of the Edison building, saw the
clown. At the second one pupils of
the Fnose, Forney, Lincoln, Mel
rose, Webster and the parochial
sct.ools were present.
Cho-Cho. after his arrival in the
city yesterday, told of his work with
the youngsters. ''l have had bigger
receptions than any king or queen,
because these hoys and girls wliorn
I want to help, greet me from the
heart. They are the best friends
T have and all that I do Is to show
SEVERANCE OF
RELATIONS WITH j
MEXICO OPPOSED;
Wilson Tells Fall He Would j
He Gravely Concerned if I
Resolution Passes
NOW UP TO PRESIDENT!
jHe Must Shoulder Whole Re- i
I sponsibilitv, Senate Chair- !
man Declares
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 8. President
Wilson would be "gravely concerned
to see any such resolution pass the
Congress," he wrote Senator Fall to- ,
day in referring to the Fall resolu- I
tion requesting the President to sever|
diplomatic relations with the Car-j
ranza government.
"It would constitute a reversal of
our constitutional practice which!
might lead to very grave confusion I
in regard to the guidance of our for- !
eign affairs," he wrote,
The President expressed confidence :
that he had the support of every
competent constitutional authority in j
the statement that the direction of |
the government's foreign affairs was
assigned by the constitution to the j
I Chief Executive and to him alone. j
Up to President
When the President's letter was j
j received, Senator Dodge, chairman j
I of the Foreign Relations Committee, j
i called Senator Fall and Senator |
| Brandegee, Republican, Connecticut, ]
iof the committee, into conference!
j and in a few minutes announced that
[Continued on Page ll.]
Mexicans Who Captured
Jenkins Are Released
I.nredn, Tex., Dec. S,—Forty Mexi
cans of Santa Maria and San Bernabe,
held as witnesses in connection with
the abduction of William O. Jenkins,
American consular agent at Puebla.
Mexico, will be released at once "as
there is no proof against them of
wrongdoing." according to the Mexico
City newspaper Excelsior.
The newspaper prints a Puebla dis
patch under date of last Friday giv
ing this Information. The contemplat
ed action, the newspaper says, "caus
ed Jenkins to say in an indignant
tone that he would have the guilty
persons punished if it took all his
capital, including those who had
threatened the natives to make them
testify against him."
Jenkins, the newspaper adds, was
notified at midnight Thursday that
he was free "by order of the judge,"
and was released without any further
explanation. Excelsior declares it is
rumored the judge will be removed
and succeeded by Judge Guzman, of
; Cholula.
i A dispatch from Atlixco. Puebla.
published in Mexico City, reports the
surrender of many rebel officers to
General Pablo Gonzalez. Carranza
army commander. Those who have
surrendered include Juan Übera, one
of the men accused of having abduct
ed Jenkins. It is claimed the entire
state of Puebla now is pacifled.
VILLA CHIEF SURRENDERS
By Associated Press
Juarez, Mex., Dec. B.—Captain R.
j Diaz Martines, commander of the
I aviation squadron at Chihuahua,
who has just arrived here, reported
the surrender of General Nicolas
Hernandez, until recently in com
mand of Villa's personal bodyguard.
He said Hernandez and thirty of
his men rode into Parral four days
ago and gave themselves up. Her
nandez said Villa's personal follow
ing had dwindled to twenty men
j and that the rebel leader was
skulking in the mountains in the
' Guerrero district.
ONLY TWO IN RAID
ldtmlo. Tex., Dec. B.—lnvestiga
tion conducted by Texas Rangers
has disclosed that only two Mexi
cans participated in the robbery of
a store last Thursday night on the
Clareno ranch, near Zapata on the
American side of the Rio Grande.
ACTED ON OWN INITIATIVE
Mexico City, Sunday, Dec. 7.
J. Salter Hansen, who furnished the
bail upon which W. O. Jenkins, the
American consular agent at Puebla,
was released last Thursday night,
declared in a statement to-night
that he had acted on his own initia
tive.
them what they should do lo keep
well and always be healthy. Thou
sands of the youngsters know me.
and I believe, haVe been benefited
by the health lessons they hear."
Cho-Cho was brought to the city
by the Antituberculosis Society of
Dauphin county as part,of the edu
cational campaign fore children in
connection with the Christmas Seal
sale. To-morrow he will go to
Steelton, and on Wednesday he will
be at the Camp Curtin Junior High
School auditorium for two talks.
At the first one at 2.30 o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon pupils from
the Steele, Muelay, Reily, Open Air
and seventh grade of the Camp
Curtin buildings will hear hint, and
at 3.45 o'clock youngsters from the
Riverside. Cameron, Hamilton and
the parochial school uptown and the
Harrisburg Academy will see Cho-
Cho.
On Friday he will be at the
Chestnut Street Auditorium in the
afternoon when children from thd
central district will have an oppor
tunity to see him.
Early reports from all over the
county indicate that the sale of
Christmas Seals this year will break
nil previous records. Some of the
districts have sent in nlrcady for
more Seals, according to D. D. Ham
rnelbaugh, chairman of the com
mittee.
NEVER SO BAI) IT
COULD NOT BE
WORSE
While the cost of living; may
be high in Harrisburg, ii is not !
as high as in many other cities
of the country, judging from ;
comparative prices of butter and
eggs in various communities.
Eggs are to-day selling at 80 i
cents per dozen in Harrisburg, !
while butter ranges in price from \
75 to 80 cents per pound. |
Prices prevailing in other sec
tions follow:
City Eggs Butter
Harrisburg .' $ .88 $ .80
Atlantic City .... 1.00 .82
Washington 95 .72
Wilmington 95 .85
Minneapolis 1.25 .85
Trenton 1.00 S7
Rutland, Vt 90 87
Newark 1.20 .78
Boston 1.15 .78
Baltimore 92 .84
New York 1.10 .80
Cleveland 97 .85
Providence 1.10 .84
Cincinnati 78 75%
Chicago 1.00 .85
St. Louis 85 .85
Kansas City 72 .7 6
Philadelphia 95 .92
SEC. DANIELS TO
ADDRESS 400 AT
C. OF C. DINNER
Head of American Navy Ar
rives For Address Before
Businessmen
Josephus Daniels, Secretary of tlie
Navy, arrived in the city at 0.20 this
afternoon for his scheduled address
before the H arrisburg Chamber
of Commerce in the Penn-Harris
ballroom at 6 o'clock.
.More than 400 Chamber members)
will attend the membership meeting, i
The crowd likely will overflow the i
ballroom, and the surplus will be
accommodated at a dinner in Parlor
"A" until the address begins, when
they will return to the ballroom.
Several features of entertainment
besides the address of the Secretary
of the Navy will be on the Chamber
of Commerce program.
Goes Back to Jail
to Refresh Memory
When Mark Seltzer came into 1
court to-day and his attorney pre
sented a petition to have him re
leased from jail where he has been
for more than two months because
he could not comply with a main
tenance order, President Judge
George Kunkel continued the case
until next week. Seltzer's wife said
she couldn't live with him because
of his treatment and said he
dragged her upstairs by the neck.
The Court asked him about it, but
he said he couldn't recall dragging
her upstairs.
"Send him back to jail until next
Monday. Maybe he'll remember it
by that time and tell us about it
when we ask him," Judge Kunkel
said. ■
Susan Myers, pleading guilty to a
charge of larceny, was given two
months in jail.
• Constitutional Body
Will Meet Tomorrow
Pennsylvania's Commission on re-
I vision of the Constitution will begin
its activities to-morrow morning at 10
I o'clock in the Senate Chamber at the
I State Capitol, when Attorney General
j William I. Schaffer, the chairman,
will call it to order and Secretary of
the Commonwealth Cyrus D? Woods,
will present the commission from the
Governor and the oaths of ofTice.
The formal ceremonies attending
the qpening will be attended by sur
vivors of the constitutional conven
tion of 1873 and State officials, and
will be open to the public. There will
be no cards of admission.
Immediately after the organization
ceremonies the Commission will out
line its procedure and committees
will be named to consider related sub
jects, probably reporting on Thurs
day those which it considers should
not be changed or repealed.
Chicago Newspapers
Reduced in Size to
Meet Paper Shortage
i Chicago, Dec. B.—Local publishers
! of daily newspapers, to aid in con
j servation of coal in addition to seek
| ing to relieve the white paper short
|iige, began to-day reducing the size
lof their publications. The reduction
j is 10 per cent, greater than the war
j time restrictions of the war indus-
S tries board.
: WOULD CUT DOWN PAPERS
Washington. Dec. B—Size of news
! papers and periodicals would be
I limited until July 1, 1921, under a
j bill that Representative Anthony will
, introduce this week in an effort to
i relieve the' news print shortage.
'Violation of the restrictions would
| bar the publications from the mails.
I Dally newspapers would be limited
to twenty-four pages, Sunday edi
tions to thirty-six pages .weekly and
biweekly periodicals to seventy-live
pages, and monthly periodicals to
100 pages.
TWO IIK IN FALL
By Associated Press
! Elizaboth, N. J., Dec. B.—Two
men were killed and twenty-eight
| others injured, ten seriously, to-day
| when a scaffolding on which they
' were working at the Ray Way rc-
I ilnery of the Standard Oil Company,
I near here, collapsed and fell twen
! ty-flve feet. The men were engaged
| in constructing an oil still.
ALLIES MODIFY
! DEMANDS AFTER I
| GERMANS OBJECT
Consent to Elimination of
j Protocol Features Unsatis
factory to Huns
,
■EASE SINKING DEMANDS
Sca p a Flow Destruction
Clause Referred to the Hague
For Settlement
j
By Associated I'rcss
Paris, Dec. B.—The Allies have
| consented to modify some of the
I terms of the protocol putting the
! Peace Treaty into effect to which
j Germany has made objection.
The clause providing for in
| demnity for the destruction of the
i German tleet ut Scapa Flow has
j been modified so as to refer to The
| Hague tribunal the question wheth-
I er the delivery of the tonnage dc
! tnanded will cripple Germany, it is
j understood.
Eliminate Objectioiuihlcs
The understanding also is that the
j other features of the protocol most
I objectionable to the Germans have
( | been eliminated, and the expecta
tion here is that the German pleni
potentiaries will sign the protocol
without much further delay.
The tinal paragraph of the pro
i tocol, providing that even after the
I Peace Ttealy has gone into effect
j the Allies might use military meas
!| ures of coercion to ensure the ex
* ecution of the Treaty's terms, lias
! j been eliminated entirely as also has
'! the clause relating to the evacua
,! tion of the Baltic provinces by Ger
' man troops.
Signed Soon
'I The imputation of responsibility
. i to Germany for the sinking of the
, | Scapa Flow fleet is left in the pro
' j tocol.
* According to the best information
' obtainable the note to the German
i plenipotentiaries regarding the
signature of the protocol, setting
forth the Allied position as indl
-1 eated, will be handed to Baron Von
' Dersner, head of the German mis
' slon, this afternoon.
German Leader Says
Limit of Endurance
Now Has Been Reached
liondon, Dec. B.—Gustav Noske,
* minister of defense, is determined
i not to sign the peace protocol
s handed Germany by the Entente,
- and is resolved to recommend that
s the government adopt his attitude,
3 come what may. according to an
I interview with Noskc, printed to
; day.
"p cannot speak for the whole
government, because it has not yet
come to a decision," said Noske,
"but I shall recommend a refusal
to sign the Peace Treaty protocol."
"The limit has long been reached.
Let the Allies occupy the country
if they like. The peace now pre
sented to us is not peace but a pro
longation of the war.
His Confidence Gone
"Were such a treaty accepted, the
German nation would rise up and
avenge itself upon the men who sign
ed it, and it would be right. Great
Britain und France ure deliberately
planning the destruction of Ger
many. All the confidence I ever had
in the pledges of the Allies is gone
forever.
"By deceit and trickery the Brit
ish and French governments are
working up opinion in their coun
tries to cripple Germany still further
beyond the crushing effect of the
first treaty. We have yielded too
often, and now must resist. Let the
Allies do what they please."
Asked whether he would resign if
the remainder of the government de
cided to accept the Allied terms,
Noske replied that he c.ould not say
what he would do a week hence, but
that his present position had been
deliberately adopted and was un
changeable.
The correspondent says that al
though Noske carefully emphasized
that he was only defining his own
position, his words agreed with the
intentions ascribed to the other
members of the cabinet.
The Ixist Straws
The two straws which Noske rep
resents as having broken the back
of German endurance, says the cor
respondent, are the demand for dock
and harbor material and the proto
col empowering the Allies to en
force execution of the Peace Treaty.
The correspondent says that dur
ing his talk with Noske he suggested
that if the Germans had not sunk
the warships in the Scapa Flow the
demand of the Allies for tugs and
docks would not have been made.
To this, he says, Noske replied:
"Oh, yes they would. The British
have invented some pretext. Great
Britain is out to cripple Germany
and demands our last dredges and
cranes so as to prevent the revival
of our mercantile marine."
Noske repudiated the German gov
ernment's responsibility for the sink
ing of the warships in Scapa Flow
and accused the British government
of publishing misleading and "faked"
extracts of the letter of ltear Admi
ral Adolf Von Trotha, chief of the
German admiralty, written to Admi
ral Von Reuter, who sank the ships.
Regarding the protocol, Noske said
its signature would be giving Ger
many's assent in advance to unlimit
ed future aggressions by the Allies.
"What more do you want," said
Noske. "You used to tell us if we
chased . away the Hohenzollerns
peace would he adopted. And now
you are breaking every pledge you
gave. You have imposed upon us
such a crushing peace that it could
not have been worse if the Hohen
zollerns had remained. i
DONOR OF NEW
PIPE ORGAN
V
■i
WILLIAM P. STARKEY
GRACE M. E. TO
DEDICATE NEW
ORGAN TONIGHT
William P. Starkey to Present
New Masterpiece to Of
ficial Board
The week of reopening services in
Grace Methodist Church, opened
yesterday. These services have
been arranged to mark the comple
tion of extensive improvements, the
dedication of the new memorial
pipe organ and the church's tribute
to its service men and women. Two
services were held yesterday, at
[Continued on Page 7.1
4 PREDICTS SATISFACTORY RESULT
e tf
11 LONDON—Andrew Bonar Law, the government
* • spokesman, declared in the House of Commons to-day
< *
* that there was little reason to doubt that the communi
* * cations proceeding between the allied and associated
powers and Germany with reference to the immediate
€ *
t # ratification of the Peace Treaty would have satisfactory
" * issue.
I • DO NOT WANT CONVENTION ON COAST
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| WASHINGTON—Any possibility that San Francis
' * co would be selected for the 1920 Republican National
Convention apparently disappeared to-day when William
t , H. Crocker, the national committeeman for California,
* • announced that his state would throw its influence for
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! I PRIEST COMMITS SUICIDE
i ; PHILADELPHIA—Rev. Edward B. Henry, a Cath
■ olic priest, committed suicide by leaping from the clev
] * enth-story window of a hotel.
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\ J NEWBERRY AND AIDS APPEAR IN COURT
' * GRAND RAPIDS, H. Newberry, U.
S. Senator from Michigan, and seventeen of his principal
' J campaign leaders appeared in Federal Court here to-
day to plead to indictments charging fraud and corrup
€ # tion in the Senator's nomination and election in 1918.
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DECIDE ON ARMY OF 300,000
* * WASHINGTON —A peace-time regular army of 300.-
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000 men ar.d 18,000 officers was decided on to-day by the
| I House Military Subcommittee, headed by Representa
* * tive Anthony, Republican, Kansas, framing the army
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< reorganization bill. The number of combat troops was
' * fixed at 250,000.
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BERGMAN AND GOLDMAN IN COURT
< i NEW YORK—Emma Goldman and Alexander Berk
* * man, who have been held at Ellis Island since Friday,
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for deportation to Russia, appeared in the Federal court
* and heard their attorneys argue that-it would be illegal
* * to'send them out of the country. •
1 MARRIAGE LICENSES
T* < Hariri K. Miller and Ida .11. Mowers, Heading. J ■ *l'
DECISION ON !
PROHIBITION '
IS WITHHELD
j Supreme Court Gives No Indi
cation When Opinion Will
Be Handed Down
IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITED
Country Eager For Action on
Constitutionality of the
Wartime Act
Ky Associated Press
Washington, Dec. B.—No decision
on the constitutionality of the war
time prohibition and the Volstead
enforcement act was rendered to
day by the Supreme Court, and there
was no indication when a decision
would be handed down.
Arguments on the constitutional
ity of the acts were advanced by
the court at the request of the Gov
ernment and decision had been ex
pected generally when the court
reconvened to-day after a recess of
two weeks.
As Monday is the regular opinion
day of the court a decision is not
to be expected before next Monday,
if then.
The cases on which the constitu
tionality of the wartime act was at
tacked were from Kentucky and New
York while that on which the valid
ity of the enforcement act was con
tested reached the Supreme Couns
I from New York.
Clothing and Jewelry
Stores to Open Dec. 15
I Men's clothing stores and jewelry
| stores have decided to keep their
< places of business open evenings be
j ginning with Monday evening, De
cember 15. These stores instead of
closing daily will remain open every
evening until Christmas, observing
the usual Saturday evening closing
hour.
DISMISS APPEAL
[iy Associated Press
Philadelphia, Dec. B.—The Super
' ior Court to-day dismissed the ap
peal in the Lancaster county case
of the borough of Mountville vs.
Gable.