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Agreement to End Strike of Coal timers, It Is Believed, Will Follow of Proposal
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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Production of Oil in
Mexico Ceases as Result
of Carranza Decrees
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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
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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.
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4 NEW RED OFFENSIVE IS REPULSED J
T Feral The Bolsheviki l-. ve .begun . > 'Ten- n
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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
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Boston; Charles Comiskcy, of Chicago, and Jacob i 3
* ' pert and T. L. Huston, of New York. **
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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
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- the locomotive tender broke an ' derailed the 4
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SPROUL ASSAILS
! MEXICAN POLICY
| OFPRESIDENT
; Administration Attacked by
Governor in Keynote Speech
Before G. O. P.
•SIRE OF CLEAN SWEEP
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Better Relations Between Cap
ital and Labor Among
Policies of Party
By Associated Press
! Washington. Deo. 10.—Governor
I Sproul. of Pennsylvania, In a key
j note speech at the meeting: t6-day
' of the ltepuhlican National Com
mittee, attacked the administra
tion's Mexican policy and declared
| the Republican party approached
| the coming presidential campaign
with conlidence that the people
! would endorse its policies.
His outline of these included a
I better relation between capital and
I labor, economy and business man
: ngetnent in administration, a firm
I handling of the Mexican situation,
i restoration of Americanism and
| constitutional government and a
j sound solution of the railroad
I problem.
j Referring briefly to the question
;of peace', the Governor declared
| that the Republican citizenship had
j "endeavored to co-operate in the
, conclusion of the matter, with only
j such limitations as will preserve to
j this republic its full right to deter
mine its own affairs," under the
constitution.
"We must prepare." said Gover
nor Sproul. "not only to clean up
the governmental mess in which we
lind ourselves, but we must lay our
plans for restoring our nation to
I the position of respect which it once
| held.
Must Moot Menace
; "We must lny our plans to meet
the menace to our peace and well
i being on our southwestern bound
: ary. No chapter in our entire na
-1 tional history Is more disgraceful
I and humiliating than the story of
I our relations with Mexico during
I the past seven years."
1 He declared that during Itepub
! lican times, relations between cap
ital and labor "have always been
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