•' * . . ..... , „ , , I ""Jin .i. w Agreement to End Strike of Coal timers, It Is Believed, Will Follow of Proposal !§ HARRISBURG ifljlfli. TELEGRAPH 0 LXXXVIII Xo. 291 20 PAGES Da "iJtS? omc^t laM HARRISBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1919. °**kwspafSh fiTS" < ifl u F ? 81 two e HOME EDITION END OF STRIKE IS EXPECTED BY CLOSE OF DAY General Committee of Miners Considering Wilson's Proposal FA VORABLE ACTION ON RETURN TO WORK BEING PREDICTED By Associated Press Indianapolis, Dec. 10.—The general committee of the United Mine Workers of America reconvened shortly before 10 o'clock this morning for further consideration of President Wilson's pro posal for ending the strike of 400,000 bituminous coal miners of the country. With President Wilson's proposal for ending the strike still under consideration the conference of miners recessed at 12.05 this afternoon until 1.30 for lunch. Acting President John L. i Lewis said he "expected the miners to finish" to-day. Otherwise, he would make no comment. Acting President Lewis appeared confident during the noon recess of winning the fight for acceptance of the President's plan when it comes to a final vote. It was generally expected the proposal, providing for the im mediate return to Work of the miners at an increase of 14 per cent, in wages and the appointment of a commission of three men to adjust wages would be accepted before the conference adjourned for the day. Will Be Accepted As the committee, which consists of international and district otti cers and members of the executive board and scale committee, gath ered, gossip as to the causes of the prolonged session was rife. With very few exceptions, however, all agreed that President Wilson's pro posal would be accepted some time to-day. One high ottlcial in the miners' organization who asked that his name be withheld, said most of the argument yesterday was on the re quest of Illinois miners that the Cleveland convention be recon vened to act on the proposal of President Wilson. The radicals made their first at tempt to defeat or postpone set tlement of th£ strike by introduction yesterday of a motion to take the matter from the hands of the general committee and submit it to the locals [Continued on Page 19.] Wanted Since 1915, h Located in Kansas Charles O. Gutcheal, wanted in Cumberland county on a charge of desertion since 1915, has been arrest ed at Parsons, Kansas. Harry White, head of the White Detective Agency, who has been trailing Gutcheal. will leave to-morrow morning for Kansas to bring the fugitive east. The hus band lias agreed to return without requisition papers. Previous to his departure for the west Gutcheal lived with his family on a small farm near Mochanicsburg. After the summer crops had been gathered, Gutcheal decided he would sell out and locate elsewhere. On the day of the sale the husband with his family looked after the sale visi tors. and when settlement had been made with the auctioneer, Gutcheal said he wanted to see a neighbor, lie kept all the proceeds of the sale, and his whereabouts were never cer tain until a few days ago when it Was learned that he had located in Kansas. Truck Driver Crashes Into Traffic Standard When a truck of the llarrisburg Storage Company became unman ageable and crashed into the sema phore at Third and Market streets this morning. Traffic Officer Her man Kautz escaped injury by a quick jump. The truck, driven by Weir P. Murray, was moving west in Market street, and had turned slightly to the right in passing a wagon. Fu lile efforts were made by Murray, lie says, to again turn the truck to ward the left and to apply the brakes. Responsibility for tlie accident Is placed on the truck by Murray. He will be given a hearing in police court during the afternoon. EXCHANGE COVI'IM ES DROP New York. Dec. 11). Rates on sterling exchange continued their downward course to-day. checks be ing quoted at $3.801 4 , or Icents lower than the lowest quotation re ported yesterday. READ 'EM AND WEEP London. Dec. 2.—The new wo men's club in Grosvenor Place, the "forum" has an American bar with one of the best list of cocktail's in the west end of London. "Gloom raiser.", "elephant's kick," "monkey's gland." and "Pussyfoot," are the names of some of the drinks, says the Globe, while "silver fizz," "horse's neck," "widow's kiss." "rainbow" and "clover club" are available. I THE WEATHEPI llarrisburg and Vicinity. Knlr nnd innrh colder to-night nnil Thursday with a cold ware. Lowest temperature to-night about 12 degrees. Eastern I'eniis; Ivnnln i Enlr and Thursday with n cold wave. West and northwest gules. COLD WAVE SWEEPS INTO EAST Washington, Dec. 10. The cold wave which has had the west in its grip for several days swept into the east and south early to-day, accompanied by higli wtnds and preceded by a general and unusually heavy fall of rain. The Weather Bureau announc-, ed that there would be a cold wave to-night and to-morrow throughout the Atlantic States, the upper Ohio Valley and the lower lake region, but that the temperature would moderate slightly to-morrow in the Missis sippi and lower Ohio valleys. High winds are general all along the coast, and storm warn ings are displayed this morning from Louisiana to Maine. 11. S. OFFICIALS HAVE EYES ON COAL SESSIONS Hope For Settlement on the Basis of President Wilson's Plans * Washington, Dec. 1 ings at Indianapolis where the United Mine Workers' union leaders are considering President Wilson's proposal for the settlement of the coal strike is being followed here to-day with intense Interest. Ad journment of the miners last night without a decision caused keen dis appointment, but hope for a settle ment continues to exist among gov ernment officials. An official message sent to the White House by Attorney General Paltner in Indianapolis was miscon strued and thereby resulted in a premature announcement yesterday that the miners had agreed to the President's proposal for the settle ment of the strike. The message, which was sent by Mr. Palmer just as -union representatives were he ginning their meeting as revised said the miners would "promptly ac quiesce in the President's plan." Fuel Administrator Garfield re fused to comment throughout the day and would say nothing officially lust niglil after the minors had ad journed. The coal operators at an informal session discussed the President's proposition at length, but adjourned until to-day without reaching any agreement. While they generally withheld comment on the terms of the proposal, there were Intimations that provision for retroactive wage awards to the miners without com pensating increases in the govern ment's fixed prices for coal would meet with disfavor. The operators however, already have accepted the straight 14 per cent wage increase which was rejected by the miners at the joint conference. Restrictions on the consumption of coal and power generated from coal were not relaxed or abated in any degree nor were official steps taken looking toward their abate ment. Last Pole Blown Down by Wind in Walnut St. The heavy wind to-day saved the city the trouble of removing the last remutning pole carrying over head wires in Walnut street between Second and Third streets when it blew the pole over against a build ing. The timber curried a few wires and was scheduled for removal. The shaft was broken off ut the puve inent. Just a Little Difference in Climate and Geography V - -X OONT BiAM£ XZry I ME IM ON LV PI?E3IDENT . • _ / • gsS; 7' * ( J>ONT iflUflli f l * i Me r'M° NLV \ \ 0 \ JTHP ONE THAT) „(_ ' WINS $50,000 FOR AERIAL VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA Captain Smith Covers 11,500 Mrles Across Europe and Asia in 28 Days By Associated Prcst Port Darwin. Australia. Dec. 10.— Captain Ross Smith, the Australian aviator, arrived here to-day from England, thus winning a prize of IC.OOO pounds sterling offered for the first aviator to make the voyage. Captain Ross Smith left Hounslow aviation field, near London at 9 o'clock November 12 on his flight to Australia. On November 18 he reach ed Cairo and on November 19 he con tinued his flight and on November 25 reached Delhi, India. From there he continued east until lie reached Ran goon. turning southward at that city, making a number of stops along the Malay Peninsula, and in the islands ot Oceaniea. He arrived at Bima, on Sunbawa island, near Java, Monday night. Port Darwin is near the northern most tip of Australia, being near the town of l'almerson. Under the conditions laid down by the Australian government when it offered a prize for making a flight i'roni England to Australia, the dis tance of 11,590 miles had to be cov eted within 2ii days. CHARTER APPLICATION Application was made to-day for a charter for an organization to be known as "Independent Shepherds No. 1, of Middletown." The purpose of the organization is to collect dues and pay benefits. The income for year is fixed ut a maximum of $20,000. Three directors elected for the first year follow: George Arn old, Paul Beard and Irvln Beard. ARMIES ON MARCH Vienna. Dec. 10.—Telegrams from Agrain report that the first and fourth Jugo-Slav army corps are moving to wards Dalniatia and Northern Alba nia. The Serbian government, the mes sages state has explained that this movement is a precautionary meas ure against any nttcmpt at occupa tion in Dalmatla or Albania by the Italians, which Jugo-Slavia would be obliged to resist forcibly. VV ILL AID RITUERS By Associated Press New Brnnswlelt, N. J„ Dec. 10.— Rutgers College will receive SIOO,OOO from the Rockefeller Foundation If it is able to raise the $1,000,000 endow ment fund in the campaign now in progress. President W. 11. S. Dema rest announced to-day. August Heck scher, of New York, has promised to eontributc $?00,000 if the reirvai'ntler of the fund is raised before January 1. slje otar-3n&epcn&enl. City Petitions Council to Save Daylight William Elmer, superintendent of the Philadelphia division pf the Pennsylvania Railroad and the largest employer of skilled and unskilled labor in Harrisburg, to-day joined in the general demand that City Council pass the daylight saving ordinance in troduced in council yesterday. Mr. Elmer says: lam in favor of the daylight saving plan. It is a good thing for humanity. I think it should start one month earlier, so that the working men may have more time to enjoy that extra hour. It means an opportunity for healthful recreation which can not be enjoyed without the daylight saving plan. I hope council will pass the or dinance and the movement be made nation-wide. The Harrisburg Telegraph to-day begins the printing of the names signed to petitions circulated in the interest of daylight saving. The signers ask council to enact suitable municipal legis lation to take the place of the popular act annulled by Congress despite the Presidential veto. From time to time he Telegraph has printed interviews with prominent businessmen who employ thousands of men and women. Employers and workers alike are in favor of an ordi nance such as was introduced Tuesday by Mayor Daniel L. Keis ter. Some of the signers follow : M. Kichline, B. P. Ntess, (Jus M. Stemmed, K. C. Shumaker, Y. J .Gubble, Wellington Jones, C. L. E. Gaugue, !•;. W. Roberts, Hurry A. Boyer, H. i'. Rose, W. 11. Shuman, George B. Nebinger, R. H. Beanier, Alfonso H. Mitchell, John H. Park, R. E. Weaver, Garfield Glbbins, I. J. Grove, [Continued on Page I.] LIGHTLESS AND HEATLESS NIGHTS! . NOT FOR CITY l so of River Coal Saving Fac tor, Say Heads of Utili ties Company That there will be no regulation ! of the hours during which city mer chants may keep open and the ' periods during which they muy keep ! their wlndos lighted, was the opin- i ion expressed to-day by officials of the Harrisburg Light and Power Company. The utility company is not de pendent on bituminous coal for its source of power, light and heat, re lying solely on river coal and the Susquehanna river at York Haven, and so will fall without the list of regulations as made public to-day, the officials suy. in consequence, they add, mer- j s Continued oil Pugc 12.] LITTLE CHANGE IN CITY OFFICES NOW PREDICTED !Ho verier and Oves May Make | Appointments; No County Shakeup | With the reorganization or the I city und county administration Mon ' day, Junuary 5. it is not believed | that there will be many changes ■ made by officials taking office on that dale. In the city with the exception of the city treasurer's office and the police department, no changes are anticipated as all the councllmen have been re-elected and will likely continue their present organizations. A rumor that Joseph W. Ibuch, chief clerk in the Highway Depart ment, would be named the next chief of police, has not been confirmed, jund friends of Mr. Ibach openly pre [Continued on Page 12.] LITERACY TEST FOR VOTERS IS URGED IN STATE Changes in Election Laws Are Studied by Constitutional Commission HOME RULE IS PROPOSED Delegates Would Give Munici palities Wider Range in Local Government First reports of committees were presented to tiie Constitutional Re vision Commission at the opening session to-day, but statements were 1 made by committee chairmen that; they were to be considered more, or less tentative and subject to re cull for further study, It is not th" idea to have a calendar for some days to come. T. DeW'itt Cuyler, of Philadelphia, who could not be pres ent yesterday, was sworn in ut the opening *f the r "•tlnn by Secretary of the .ealth Cyrus 10.' Woods. The Declaration of Rights was re-' ported as recommended for no , change together with a number of other sections and among amend-' ments favored by various committee reports were prohibition of legis- i la tors liolding any position of profit, •under the State Goveititnent,. in eltision of a literacy test for voters. ; removal of Ilie four-year period of' disfrnneli'semenl for violators of; e'eet'on laws so that tiie penalty in ! addition to imprisonment or fine will | include absolute disfranchisement! and tiie harmonizing of the State; constitutional provision relative to; suffrage with that of the United ■ States. The committee recommended the striking oul of words re'err'ng to mnles and Ex-Justice K. J. Fox. Northampton, at once asked what; should be Included. He suggested the word "person" and the matter, will be taken up later. Two com mittees referred municipal debt and election matters to the committee oti c'ties and charters. George Wharton Pepper, Philn- i delpbia. called attention to tiie fact: that committee reports must he con-j sidered tentative owing to the brief time given to study. Constitutional amendments pro viding for classification of oounties, cities, boroughs and other municipal divisions, and permitting legislative appropriations to charitable and educational institutions, providing there is no denominational or sec tarian instruction therein and ad mission is afforded without regard to denominational or sectarian lines, will be recommended by the committee of tiie Constitutional Re vision Commission in charge of study of legislative powers. The recommendation in regard to classification is designed to facilitate legislation and to enlarge the pres- J ent three classes of cities. The pro ; posed amendment will be an addi -1 tion to Article 111. and be known as i Section 34. It was drafted as fol | lows: "The legislature shall have, power to classify counties, cities, ' boroughs, school districts and town ships according to population and all laws passed relating to each class ; shall be general within the meaning j of this Constitution, but counties, ! cities and school districts shall not j be divided into more than seven and boroughs and townships into more I than five classes." Simplified Procedure ; This committee also decided to I recommend several matters of lcgis | lative procedure, doing away with j the requirement of reading each bill | three days at length, for single ap j propriation Dills, and also that the ! State might have a civil pension Fist, ; specifically authorizing judicial, j State, State institutional and teach ers' retirement systems. Another j amendment affecting cities will au i thorize creation of advisory commis , sions and State commissions, with | jurisdiction over municipalities. The I clause forbidding State inspection I of merchandise and that relative to trust fund investments will be ree ' ommended for omission. The committee on taxation is ' studying the many methods of taxa ! tion which are being suggested all I over the country as well as exemp ; tions. This committee has adopted j the plan of laying side by side all jlhe proposals for taxation and cx ! einption as a preliminary to com ; parative study and final decision. : The taxation subject is of such para | mount importance, owing to Fed : era I taxes, that the committee will ! give the most careful consideration [ to every feature and it muy be weeks ' before it reaches any determina ' tion. The aim, said Chairman George ! Wharton Pepper, is to tecure for [Continued on Page If).] Production of Oil in Mexico Ceases as Result of Carranza Decrees • —■ — liy Aaaociatcd Press ' Washington. Dec. |0. —Production of oil in Mexico practically has ceused as the result of decrees pro mulgated by President Carranza and the general attitude of the Mexican government toward for eign oil companies. Chairman Payne, of the Shipping Board, was told to-day by a delegation of American oil men, beaded by F. R. ICellogg, of New York. Drilling of new wells in the Tam pico district, from which comes much of the world's oil supply, lias been prohibited by the Mexican government, the oil men said, and there have been difficulties with transportation to seaports for ship ment and other handicaps. Shipping board officials conceded that a situation us outlined by the oil men would have serious effects for the American merchant marine, as the board's supply comes largely from the Mexican fields. The board . now Is operating some 500 oil burning ships and the stores now on hand will not last more thun two months. SEVERE COLD WAVE IS DUE TONIGHT Harrisburg will be in the grip of a severe cold wave before morning, E. R. Demain, local forecuster for (he United States weather bureau declared at noon to-day. A temperature of 12 degrees Is expected while colder weather may follow. The storm wjhich for two days has been raging in the far west is said ta be sweeping eastward although the deep snows will be absent along the Atlantic seaboard. Sir. Demain forecasts to-day the closing of many of the streams in the vicinity. Thick ice is ex pected on all still water und the river may till with soft ice. WOMEN ARE HOME TOO MUCH, SAYS WELFAREWORKER Men Make Kesl Roomers, Re ports Lodginghouse Keeper \. ho Bars Girls What womanly trait is responsible for turning an efficient shop or of fice girl into an undesirable lodger, or conversely, what makes a woman refuse a comfortable room to a work er of her own sex? This was the question asked to-day o l ' several women who have had ex perience in finding' suitable homes for working girls a "ml women follow ing the announcement yesterday by Airs. Bessie Boone, director of the Chamber of Commerce housing bu reau. that women commonly slam the door sliut in ihe face of the female applicant for furnished rooms. Xo Suggestions While women welfare workers ad mitted that the woman problem is not a new one, they said it would be bard to outline any scheme whereby [Continued on Page 12.] AUTO STOLEN' An automobile owned by George Martin, of Baltimore, was stolen front Market Square between 6.45 and 9 o'clock last evening, accord ing to a report tiled at police head quarters by Martin. 4 - w 1: 4 } N ;T PLEASED WITH PROPOSAL ' ■ f ± 4 4 4 4 ? 5 \A% 4 T 4 t I I 4s< r. ' king W.i-i.it gt ~:n Inl: the .in! .'hcials are .9 4 f 4 NEW RED OFFENSIVE IS REPULSED J T Feral The Bolsheviki l-. ve .begun . > 'Ten- n 4 sivc " .fr av Aft; terrific a r ti' en .nRI 4 4 4 4 4 4 W lost re to V. 'shevik force-. jH f "Ir:3 l JEcents" ;>r: : T":T PROM • '4M A Lea gar; were ectcrVe /jS 4 "able to President Ban Johnson was elected. 4 Frank Navin, of Detroit; Thomas Shibe, of Philadciphi 4 4 and Benjamin Minor, of Washington, were elected 4 {)* lace of Jn 4 nL Boston; Charles Comiskcy, of Chicago, and Jacob i 3 * ' pert and T. L. Huston, of New York. ** *s k ? 0 named have been'conducting warfare again; •* V 4 *! * 4 TRAIN GOES IN DITCH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR * | 4 Auburn, N. Y. Train No. 32, on the ► 1 n "r-aj I , n Railroad, Auburn division, was \v: J * * Mills when * * H - the locomotive tender broke an ' derailed the 4 * J ing. All went into the ditch at 30 miles an hour. Many *ll * * aily ont will die. " ' • 4 ** * * t MARRIAGE LICENSES ; \m i .Irrcmiah li. Koup. 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