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LXXXVIII— No. 291 11 PAGES omIVL'&SSSSS.S""HARRISBURG, PA. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9. 1919. ""KWKEuKK"*£,TIIBUHO'" "TWCTCSTB 5 ® HOME EDITION
DAYLIGHT SAVING
ORDINANCE GOES
BEFORE COUNCIL
Passes First Reading Without
Comment; Up Finally
Next Week
GETS GENERAL SUPPORT
Mayor Keistcr Asks Municipal
Approval For Idea Gen
erally Supported
A n ordinance authorizing
daylight saving in llarrisburg
each year was passed on first
reading by City Council to-day,
with no comment by any of the
Commissioners. It was present
ed by Mayor Daniel L. Keister
and will likely be called for
final passage at the meeting next
Tuesday morning.
The measure provides that each
year , the standard lime in Harris
burg shall be advanced one hour at
2 o'clock on the last Sunday morn
ing in March, and shall be retarded
one hour at 2 o'clock on the last
Sunday morning in October.
An Aid to Business
The ordinance is similar to ones
passed by New York, Philadelphia
and other city councils. It was
pointed out to-day by officials of
llarrisburg and by businessmen that
because of the adoption of the day
light-saving plan in New York, all
business will be conducted there ac
cording to the changed time, and
that for llarrisburg to attempt to
continue without changing its time
would cause confusion here.
The ordinance follows:
The Ordinance
An ordinance living the stand
ard time throughout flic city
of llarrisburg.
Whereas. The Congress of
the United States has passed the
repeal of the Daylight Saving
I.aw, a statute which from a
humanitarian stand|K>int lias
<-oiitribnted largely to the com
fort of the great body of wage
earners in all the industrial cen
ters of the United States, with
out detracting from a proper
measure of service to employers,
which has afforded the work
man the. opportunity to enjoy the
society ol' his family by the
light of day, which lias enabled
the bread-winner to spend more
lime in the improvement of his
mind and body, which has given
an extra hour of air and sun
shine to the toiler in the shop
and factory in the recuperation
of health; and
Whereas. This rc|Mtil was
cfl'cctcd through the misiakea
effort of the farmer employer,
inspired and augmented by the
avarice anil selfishness of the
lighting trusts throughout the
country: anil
Whereas, The City Council of
the City of Hanishurg. voicing
the sentiment of the overwhelm
ing majority of those who labor
in the diversified industrial oc
eupations of this progressive
city, who have realized through
practical application the great
boon of one hour's extra day
light for mental improvement
anil physical recreation, enacts
the following ordinance:
Section I. Be it ordained by
the City Council of the City of
llarrisburg, anil it is hereby or
dained by authority of the same.
That tin' standard time through
out the City of llarrisburg is
that of tin - seventy-fifth merid
ian of longitude west from
Greenwich, except that at 2
o'clock ante meridian of the last
Sunday in March of each year
such standard time throughout
the City of Hurrislmrg shall Is*
advanced one hour, and at 2
o'clock ante meridian of the last
Sunday in October of each year
such standard time shall, hy the
retarding of one hour, In* re
turned to the mean astronom
ical time of the seventy-fifth
meridian of longitude west front
Greenwich, and all courts, pub
lic offices and legal anil official
proceedings shall be regulated
thereby.
Universal Endorsement
In Addition to meeting the ap
proval of businessmen, officials in
various industrial plants in the city
have declared themselves heartily in
accord with the daylight-saving
plan. In many of these plants the
employes have joined in the move
ment to petition Council to enact
the ordinance.
Quincy Bent, of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, is one of the offi
cials who had endorsed the plan,
[Continued on I'nge B.]
RED CROSS
TOY MISSION*
will give Christmas cheer where
otherwise there will he none.
Toys, foodstuffs and CASH are
needed.
Call Home Service Section.
American Red Cross. 119 South
Front street, or articles may be.
left at various substations in the
city.
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CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION
STUDIED BY COMMISSION
A T OPENING CONFERENCE
Two Courses
Are Open
to Body
MAY ENDORSE
A NEW DRAET
Proposed Amend
ments May Take
Place of Entire
New Pact
In less than fifty minutes
from the time of assembling the
State Commission to study the
Constitution of Pennsylvahia
and recommend such changes or
revision as deemed advisable
was divided into committees and
at work. Attorney General Wil
liam I. Schaffer, the chairman,
addressed the commission upon
its work and immediately after
Dr. William Draper Lewis, of
Philadelphia, was elected secre
tary and the organization of the
body outlined.
The opening Session was a bril
liant scene. People from many
sections of the State were here for
the meeting. Beside Chairman
Schaffer sat ex-Judge Harry White,
of Indiana, and on the Iloor were
heads of departments of the State
government and legislators, as well
as men of prominence from many
counties in the State. The galleries
were tilled with people from this
city and vicinity.
Kchoft'er Sounds Keynote
Mr. Schaffer's speech In which he
urged that the Commission ap
proach its work not in any icono
clastic spirit, hut determined to give
mature consideration and to weigh
experience of this and other States,
was the keynote of the occasion. As
to the extent of the revision, he
said, that was a matter to be de
termined.
Attorney General William I.
Schaffer called the meeting to or
der and prayer was offered by the
Rev. Dr. L. S. Madge, pastor of Pine
Street Presbyterian Church, Harris
burg. Secretary of the Common
wealth Cyrus E. Woods administered
the oath of office and the proceed
ings began. Seven members were
unable to be present at the opening.
They were A. Mitchell Palmer and
William B. Wilson, engaged on Fed
eral business; Edgar F. Smith, T.
DeWitt Cuyler, Isaac Sharpless and
James Gay Gordon.
Lewis Made Secretary
Dr. William Draper Lewis, of
Philadelphia, was elected secretary
at a salary of SSOO per morrtli, "with
the consent of the Governor," on
motion of George Wharton Pepper,
of Philadelphia, and William Wyant
and Edward E. Jauss, of Harris
burg, stenographers in the last
House of Representatives, were ap
pointed as the official stenographers.
Chairman Schaffer named John S.
Fisher, of Indiana, ar.\l Edward J.
Fox, of Northampton, as members
of the committee on organization,
the chairman being designated us a
member.
Hampton L. Carson, of Philadel
phia, then moved for the appoint
ment of live committees to consider
related subjects, and -Mrs. John O.
Miller, of Allegheny, that all ses
sions of the Commission he held in
Harrisburg.
Chairman Schaffer, after naming
the committees, suggested that they
meet at once, and an adjournment
was taken until 2 o'clock, when the
organization will be reported and
the committees will report on the
outlines of their work.
The Committers
Chairman Schaffer appointed the
committees, as follows:
No. I—Bill of rights. Legislature
ar.xl legislation and the Executive:
A. Mitchell Palmer, chairman;
George E. Alter, John S. Fisher,
Chester J. Tyson and W. 1. Schaffer.
No. 2—Judiciary, impeachment,
oaths of office, etc.: Hampton L.
Carson, chairman; Mayor Sulzberg
er, John P. Kelley, E. J. Hox and
James Gay Gordon.
No. —Suffrage and elections,
public officers, county officers and
new counties: Francis Newton
Thorpe, chairman*; Isaac Sharpless,
William B. Wilson, Mrs. John O.
Miller and R. L. Munce.
No. 4—Taxation, corporations,
railroads and canals; George Whar
ton Pepper, chairman; Gifford
Pinchot, T. DeWitt Cuyler, James 11.
Reed and E. J. Stackpole.
No. s—Education, militia, cities
and amendments: Edgar F. Smith,
chairman; John P. Connelly, Charles
H. English, Mrs. Barclay H. War
burton and William Perrine.
Veterans in Attendance
in the preliminaries of the gath
ering Mr. Schaffer had the assistance
of W. Harry Baker, secretary of the
Senate and on* of the best parlia
mentarians in the State. Guy H.
Davies acted as the clerk anil Col.
M. H. Taggart. of Sunbury, and P.
T. Meredith, of this city, will likely
bo chosen as officials.
Judge White gave some interest
ing reminiscences of the gathering
of 1873 to the men who congratuat
eil him upon being present to-day.
(Continued on Pago 21.]
History of Pennsylvania's
Four Constitutions
I he purpose of the constitutional commission was outlined
at the opening conference in the Capitol this morning as follows
by Attorney General William I. Schaffer, chairman:
"I think it may be stated, with a
fair degree of assurance, that no
commission or body of any kind has
been called into existence by the
Commonwealth, at least since the
last Constitutional Convention,
charged witli more important du
ties or greater responsibilities than
'The Commission on Constitutional
Amendment and Revision' created
l)> the Act of June 4, 1919, which
we are to-day, as Its members,
starting on its career.
"Pennsylvania has had four Con
stitutions. The ilrst, that of 1776,
was formulated by a convention pre
sided over by Benjamin Franklin.
Its marked figures, in addition to
him, were David Rittenhouse, George
Olymer and George Ross. Three of
its members, Franklin, Clymer and
Ross, are among the immortals as
signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. This Constitution was
drafted when the great experiment
of launching a free government in
America was being undertaken. It
marked governmentally the passing
of the old proprietary government
and the transition from colony to
commonwealth.
Second Was Model
"The second was that of 1790,
which took out of the Constitution
of 17 76 those features of It which
were found not to be wise or work
able. This Convention really added
a most important chapter to Con
WOMEN ASKED TO BE
KINDER TO OWN SEX
Lotlginghouse Keepers by Refusal to Rent Rooms to Work*-
ing Girls Create Serious Economic Problem
"The Eternal Feminine" is at the
bottom of another question which
is causing considerable anxiety on
the part of persons interested in the
housing conditions in Harrisburg.
The question involved is that of
convincing householders that women
are desirable tenants and should be
given fair consideration when they
make applications for rooming ac
commodation. The State Depart
ments and other female employers
give work to hundreds of girls in
Harrisburg, thus necessitating prop
er living accommodations for these
girls.
The Housing Bureau of the Harris
burg Chamber of Commerce, which
lias been successful in finding living
accommodations for more than 1,500
persons since its establishment a few
STATE POLICE
FOIL ROBBERS;
TWO KILLED
Thieves Permitted to Walk
Into Trap Carefully
Set at Bank
The State Police of Pennsylvania
were instrumental in halting a bank
robbery at Orwell, 0., last night,
and giving information to the Ohio
authorities which resulted In the
killing of two of the robbers and
the fatal wounding of a third. The
police are hot on the trail of the
fourth and hope to have him be
fore the close of the day, according
to reports received here to-day by
Captain George F. Dumb, acting
head of the State Police.
Captain Lumb received word of
the prospective robbery through
private sources. The plot was for
the men, all of them Poles, whose
names are not on record here, to
go from a point in Western Penn
sylvania, to Warren, C)., there to
steal an automobile and drive it to,
Orwell, where the bank of that
place was to be looted unil the
stolen car used as a means of get
ting the booty back into Pennsyl
vania.
Auto Is "Planted"
Captain Lumb directed a ser
geant of the State Poli e to go to
Warren with an autoino ile. where
it was carefully "planted" at a
spot where the robbers were ex
pected to look for a car. The four
men appeared on schedule time,
look the car left for them and
drove in it to Orwell. Meunwhilc,
at Captain Lumb's orders. Lieuten
ant Gearhart, of the State Police,
had gone to Orwell and informed
the Sheriff of the intended rob
bery. A posse was formed and the
men hidden around the bank. When
the robbers appeared late last night
three of them were allowed to force
their way into the bank and the
fourth took up his post outside as
a watcher.
The Sheriff find his men came out
of their concealment and demanded
the surrender of Die robbers, who
at once opened tire on tlie officers,
with the result that two bandits
were killed and one fatally injured,
the fourth making his escape with
the police in hot pursuit.
stitutional government, and gave to
the commonwealth a body of or
ganic law which served as a model
lor future State Constitutions, not
only in Pennsylvania, but in many
of the other states, its strong men
were James Wilson, who played such
a leading part in framing the Fed
eral Constitution; Thomas McKean,
Chief Justice of Pennsylvania';
Thomas Miftlin, first Governor of
Pennsylvania; Timothy Pickering,
William Flndlay, Albert Gallatin!
Secretary of the Treasury of the
United States, and AVilliam Bewis,
who was one of the leading lawyers
of that day
"The third attempt at Constitu
tion making was that which produc
ed the Constitution of 1838. The
Convention which framed it really
only amended the Constitution of
1790, preserving that Constitution's
main features. Its president was
John Sergeant, famous as a lawyer
in his day and generation; and its
outstanding members were Charles
J. Tngersoll, noted among his con
temporaries at the bur; William M.
Meredith, leader of the Philadelphia
bar; Secretary of the Treasury of
the United States, Attorney General
of Pennsylvania and president of
the Constitutional Convention of
1873; David Agnew, afterward Chief
Justice of Pennsylvania, and Thad
| Continued oil Page 18.]
months ago, to-day reported that it
is essential to the well-being of the
transient female population of Har
risburg that householders begin to
flavor their treatment of potential
female tenants with a little of the
milk of human kindness.
"It is not uncommon for house
holders advertising rooms for rent
to slam the door in the face of girl
applicants," said, the statement is
sued from the Chamber offices.
The housing secretary pointed out
tha women and girls sometimes
make the best tenants. Despite this
fact, there seems to be widely-preva
lent antipathy to female roomers, it
is said. One woman who came to
Harrisburg to work was forced to
give up her position because she
was unable to find suitable accom
modations.
MILLS HAVING
OWN COAL MAY
RUN AS USUAL
Xew Fuel Regulations Now in
Operation Throughout
the Nation
Washington, Dec. 9.—Although dras
tic nationwide restrictions in lighting
and heating were ordered last night
in the face of the coal famine, it was
presumed to-day that the restrictions
would not be enforced for industries
and business places which have suf
ficient coal on hand.
Settlement Ineffective
In the face of an expected settle
ment of the bituminous coal strike
at Indianapolis, Fuel Administrator
Garfield put into effect to-day the
most drastic regulations since the
restrictions of 1918. Even if the
strike were settled to day, he de
clared, fuel saving measures would
be necessary as several weeks would
be required before the nation's nor
mal fuel supply could be restored.
The order, which will be admin-
[Continued on Page 18.]
EAGLE AND AIRMAN MEET
FOR SUPREMACY OF AIR
Great Bird Bested l)y Loop-the-Loop Iligh Over Pyrcnnes
While Flying Ninety Miles an Hour
Hy Associated Press
London. Dec. I.—Kagle and airman
have met in a contest for ( the su
premacy of thfe upper air. and the
eagle has been defeated. The encoun
ter occurred high above the l'yrcnnes
In the half light of early morning
recently when a British ufficor was
piloting a single seater scout machine
from Paris to Madrid. The airman
was flying at a rate of about 100
miles an hour when the. big eagle
soared up to meet htip.
"It was as If the eagle had thrown
me a challenge." said the airman,
"but the laughter died on jny lips
when I thought that perchance a
lucky dive .jf the bird. of. maybe a
collision in midair, would send me
crashing to tho rocks beneath.
"Then the eagle lumbered around
DANIELS SEES
BRIGHTER DAYS
FOR AMERICA
Patriotism and Spirit That
Won the War Will Prevail,
He Says
WATCH FOR WM. JENNINGS
Fellow War Workers Present
It at Chamber of Com
merce Dinner
"The right of a man to have and
to hold what he earns by his brain,
his skill or his hands never has been
questioned by the United States, and
it never will be by any considerable
number of people," declared Secre
tary of the Navy Josephus T>aniels,
speaking at a dinner given in his
honor by the lfarrisburg Chamber of
Commerce at the Penn-Harris Ho
tel last evening.
Reciting the efforts of the govern
ment to suppress treason and sabot
age during the war by the imprison
ment. of the leaders of the I. W.' W„
pro-Germans and others of their ilk,
the Secretary suid the wartime ac
tivities along this line will be con
tinued and "all who in this period
of readjustment would undermine
our institutions deserve and will re
ceive the same treatment."
"We all know," he continued,
"that there are profiteers among
businessmen, but the number is in
iinitely small as compared with the
great body of honest, patriotic busi
nessmen who devoted themselves
with so much energy to the winning
of the war. We all know there are
anarchists among workingmen, but
they are few as compared with the
great army of laboring men who
gave themselves with so much zeal
to the defeat of the Kaiser, and they
will rid their ranks of the danger
ous radicals."
Better Days Ahead
"There are better days ahead,"
the Secretary said, "and the sun is
about to break through the clouds
that now obscure the blue sky."
Mr. Daniels told in picturesque
fashion the story of America's par
ticipation in the war from the stand
point of the Navy; how Mr.'Wilson
addressed nearly 3,000 officers of
the fleet gathered in York river, di
rectly after the declaration of war,
and urged them to devise some new
means of meeting the submarine
menace as the Navy's great contri
bution to the war. The result was
the laying of a mine barrage com
pletely across the North Sea and the
destruction of at least ten German
U-bonts in the first ten days of its
operation.
Mr. Daniels said that America's
industrial achievements in France
are second only to the valor of the
American soldiers. He paid a high
compliment to the whole-hearted
devotion and singleness of purpose
which prompted businessmen and
laboring men to join together with
no other thought than the winning
of the war. lie said he was im
pressed with the "oneness of Amer
ica" at every turn during the war,
and he. spoke highly of the devotion
of patriotic women and the activ
ity of men of ail ranks who thought
they had passed the age of useful
endeavor.
Refers to Captain Dismukes
Referring to the heroism of the
men of the Navy, Mr. Daniels took
occasion to praise the skill and cour
age of Captain Dismukes. who sav
ed his troopship after it had been
torpedoed by the Germans, lie said
(he war had given a new meaning
to the word "Yank."
"A little while ago and a North
Carolina soldier might have object
ed to being called Yank," he said;
"but in France the Yanks from
North Carolina and the Yanks from
Dennsylvania joined hands and de
feated the shock troops of Germany,
and all were proud of the term."
Mr. Daniels, who left the dinner
early lo speak at Grace Methodist
Church, where he dedicated the
[Continued on Pago 12.]
May Not Benefit
in Real Estate Left
Over by H. C. Frick
New York, Dec. 9.—The public
and charitable institutions named as
beneficiaries in the will of the late
Henry C. Frick may not be permitted
to benefit from the decedent's real
estate in New York because of the
provisions of the decedent's estate
law. This law provides that if a
non-resident gives more than one
half of his personal property to
charitable institutions, none of the
real estate in New York can "go to
such beneficiaries but passes to the
heirs of the deceased.
me at about 90 miles an hour and I
throttled down to the same pace
while we took stock of each other.
The air by then was crystal clear and
I could see every feather on him as
we circled about for'all the world
like two antagonists above the west
tcin front.
"The eagle started to climb and I
went after him yard by yard. Unable
to resist longer, I opened the throt
tle, put my nose down and looped
right over him. He made one great
effort to catch up and with it his
strength failed.
"His wings gase a feeble beat and
with every appearance of a shot
plane, he nose-dived to earth. I fol
lowed him down a good 1200 feet and
saw him flatten out and land near a
village in the foothills, completely
exhaused."
RUSSIAN SOVIET
IS BACK OF RED
AGITATION HERE
X. Y. Legislative Committee
Learns of Foreign Stimu
lation of Move
DISTRIBUTE PROPAGANDA
Anarchists, Syndicalists atid
Communists Are Spread
ing Doctrines
ISII Associated Press
Now York, Dec. 9.—Radical agita
tion in this country, with its result
ant social unrest, is not due to eco
nomic conditions but to an organized,
artificially stimulated movement un
der the inspiration of the Russian
Soviet government. This opinion
will lie submitted to the New York
Legislature in an exhaustive report
by the joint legislative committee
which has been investigating radical
activities here since its organization
last may, it Was learned to-day.
Three Itig (iroups
Three big groups of the radical
element have been supplying the
forces for wholesale dissemination
of Bolshevist propaganda through
out the depths and breadth of the
land, the report wfll assert: "The
anarchist group, including the
Union of Russian Workers and other
organization; the syndicalist group,
the main body of which are being
Industrial Workers of the World
and the communist group, including
the communist party of America and
the communist labor party. In each
of these groups the overthrow of
government by illegal means, in
cluding violence is the weapon urged
upon the musses, the report will
state."
New Yory city is one of the big
headquarters for the organized
movement, the report will point out,
with Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit and
virtually every industrial center
from the Atlantic to the Pacific har
boring a headquarters for the radi
cal campaign.
Heavy Sentences in
Federal Penitentiary
Given "Dope" Peddlers
Two men were sentenced to the Fed
eral penitentiary at Atlanta. Georgia,
to-day by Judge C. 11. Witmer in Federal
court. They were William Bradshaw,
colored, charged with illegal sales of
habit forming drugs, and Karl Wesley
Scott, convicted of represeting himself
to be in the United States Secret Ser
vice. Bradshaw was given one year
and nine months, and Scott, two. years
and one month. Bottle Reynolds, col
ored, WUH given three months In the Dau
phin county jail, when she pleaded
guilty to peddling "dope."
Bradshaw, it is charged, was one of
the leaders in a group of men employed
in the illegal sale of narcotics. In his
arrest Federal authorities believe they
calight one of the men largely respon
sible for the distribution of the drugs
among users in litis city and other muni
cipalities in the State. Bradshaw
pleaded guilty before Judge Witmer.
Scott was tried and convicted on
charges of impersonating Secret Service
men while in Wilkes-Barre, N'orristown
and other cities in the eastern part of
the State.
Master Plumbers Ask
For Appointment of
an Assistant Inspector
Three members of a committee from
the Harrisburg Association of Master
l'lumbers appeared before City Council
men to-day to request the appointment
of an assistant to Plumbing Inspector
Pierce J. Bradley. They were H. B.
McClure. William Began and H. J.
Wolford.
The master plumbers told the com
missioners that because of increasing
building activities the plumbing inspec
tor is too busy with them to Investigate
all minor repair work. They said that
they believe some plumbing repair work
is being done in the city not in compli
ance with State laws and that an as
siftaht inspector could be of much
help in following up this work.
Resolutions passed by the Master
l'lumbers Association petitioning coun
cil to name an assistant inspector were
tiled with the commissioners who refer
red them to Commissioner S. F. liassier.
NO INCREASE
Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 9.—The
United States District Court injunc
tion restraining members of the
miners' union from conspiring to
continue the strike order in effect
in the Southern West Virginia coul
fields has not resulted in any ma
terial increase in the number of
mines working, according to re
ports received to-day by operators.
MINK OFFICERS
DIGGING COAL
Altoona. Pa., Dec. 9.,—At the
offices of the Central Pennsylva
nia Coal Producers' Association
in this city it was announced that
few coal miners responded to the
call of the seven mining compan
ies at Barnesboro for a resump
tion of work yesterday. The op
erating officials, however, made
good their promise of going into
the mines themselves a#id many
superintendents, foremen, clerks
and others dug coal in this dis
trict. The attempt to resume was
not successful but the operators
believe most of the men will be
back to work to-morrow.
SETTLEMENT OF
COAL STRIKE SOON
BEING PREDICTED
Government, Miners and Operators Are
Confident Labor Trouble Will End
Before End of the Week
WILSON'S PROPOSAL MADE TO
LEWIS UNDER CONSIDERATION
Hi/ Associated Press
Indianapolis, ind., Dec. 9. Set
tlement within 24 hours of the strike
of 4 00.000 bituminous coal miners
of the country which had its incep
tion more than five weeks ago was
confidently predicted to-day.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the
executive board and scale commit
tee of the United Mine Workers of
America went into session to con
sider a. proposal made by President
Wilson to John IJ. Lewis, acting
president, and William Green, sec
retary-treasurer of the organization,
Saturday nighl. The proposal was
approved 1 by the miners' olliciala,
who received it while in conference
with Attoi ney General Palmer In
Washington and agreed to urge the
executive board to accept it as basis
for settlement of the strike. The
mine workers' officials returned to
Indianapolis yesterday afternoon.
On the same train with the min
ers' leaders. Attorney GenerM Pal
mer and C. P. Ames, assistanF to the
Attiffney General, came to Indiana
polis (o confer with government at
torneys already here with regard to
the future action of the government
in connection witli criminal con
tempt proceedings pending against
st international and district officials
of the United Mine Workers, and
with regard to proceedings with a
Federal grand jury investigation of
charges of the violation of the I,ever
and antitrust laws made against both
operators and miners.
The terms of the proposal sub
mitted to Mr. Lewis and Mr. Green
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Charles K. Miller and Ida M. Bowers, Heading. 4
PROLONGED COLD
WAVE COMING
Washington, Dpc. 9. A pro
longed period of cold weather over
the entire country is indicated, the
Weather Bureau announced to-day,
by the abnormally high pressure over
the region west of the Mississippi
and the low pressure over the Gulf
of Mexico, the Ohio Valley and oft
the North Pacific coast.
The cold wave in the west is
spreading eastward and southward
with aero temperatures as far south
as tho Texas pan handle and cold
weather is forecasted in the east and
south to-night and to-morrow.
Saturday night were still a carefully
guarded secret.
With Coal Supplies Low
Coldest Weather of
Winter Sweeps East
lly Associated Press
< lilcngo, Dec. 9. Hope of paving
the way for final settlement of tho
bituminous coal miners' strike to-day
turned to Indianapolis as an exten
sion of stringent fuel administration
rationing orders reduced the nation's
industries virtually to one-half time
basis. The most severe weather of
the winter, with sub-zero tempera
tures and further depletion of the di
minished coal reserve gripped nearly
all of the country west of the Missis
sippi river with a spread southward
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