Greatly Increased Production of Coal Is Reported From All Fields as Miners Go Back Into Pits % HI HARRISBURG |§B§s|l TELEGRAPH' 11 Sfar-3nt>cpcn&cnl. LXXXY 111 Xo. 294 32 PAGES. l>n "waiter p 't S t'HE D POST o'tn ce°a tTi a^-ri sbu r s la>H HARRISBURG, PA. 1- RI DA'S' E\ ENIXG, DECEMBER 12. 1919. '' v '\V: \v sl- \ pi/it l\ s N 11 {SN t 1 1! < •' S * SI T\VU : OKNTS es HOME EDITION ALL MINISTERS TO MEET FAMOUS FAITH HEALER James M. Hickson to Meet Pas tors at St. Stephen's Church on Sunday Evening MANY TO MEET LAYMAN Inquiries Concerning Services Come From Towns 50 Miles From Harrisburg James Moore Hickson. famous for his healing by faith, will have the support of the Harrisburg Ministe rial Association when he meets the sick, the halt and the blind, in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church here on Monday and Tuesday. This fact developed to-day when r.cv. Dr. William N. Yates, president, and Itev. A. N. Sayres, secretary, of the association, issued an invitation extended by Bishop James 11. Dar lington, to meet the noted layman. Mr. I-licUson will arrive in Har risburg Sunday afternoon and will meet the ministers in St. Stephen s Church Sunday evening at 9.30 o'clock, after the regular services. He will explain his methods ol us ing faith and prayer for mending bodilv as well as spiritual ills. Two Days of Services According to present plans Mr. Hickson will meet all comers at 10 o'clock Monday and Tuesday morn ings. He will remain in the church auditorium until 12.30, with a pos sibility of returning for afternoon meetings. Mr. Hickson's fame has spread throughout the country even more rapidly than it did in England. Since the first announcement that he would visit Harrisburg the church and newspapers have received numerous queries from points as far as fifty miles away, asking how the famous man may be met. It is Mr. Hick son's rule not to promise cures, but marvelous stories have been told in other cities by the hopelessly sick who have benefited by the man's re ligious advice. No church affiliation is required to confer with Mr. Hick son. More Pittsburgh Papers Cut Size Pittsburgh. Pa., Dee. 11. Reduc tion in size by elimination of display advertising and reduction of news space is being practiced by Pitts burgh publishers to conserve the rap idly diminishing supply of newsprint paper. A morning paper, the Post, appear ed again without any display adver tising due to the nonarrival of news print paper. The Leader, afternoon, has decreased its advertising by from 15 to 35 columns daily. The Press, afternoon, lias been rationing for pome time, omitting 150 columns of advertising weekly, and is cosidering otber cuts. Although the condition is serious, publishers feel there is no Immediate danger of suspension pro vided all publishers co-operate it al leviating the shortage. ESTHONIANS REPULSE ATTACK l.oudoii. Thursday. Dec. 11.—Bolshe vik attacks continue along the Ks thonian front south of the gulf of Finland, and east of Narva, according to an official Esthonian statement is sued Wednesday night. Bitter fight ing has been going on along the Kor optcll-Feodorovka-Yam burg sector, but all attacks have been repulsed by the. Esthonians. it is said. An official statement issued at Bolshevik head quarters in Moscow confirms reports that severe fighting has taken place in the Narva region. Claims are made that a large number of prisoners had been captured. NINE "ACES" STILL IN SERVICE Washington. Dec. 12.—Nine of the sixty-eight "aces" develope'd by the United States air service during the war, still are connected with the service an official report to-day showed. These expert flyers, all of whom had five or more air battle victories to their credit, include Captain Clayton L. Bissell, of Kane, Pa. NO CALENDARS ATTENTION of the Telegraph has been called to the fact ; that Telegraph subscribers are being approached by boys, who are not employed by this newspaper, with the request that the subscriber purchase a calen- I dar which the boy is said to ex- ' plain is the Christmas greeting l'rom the Telegraph carrier. Subscribers are requested to ' refrain from purchasing any cal- ' ondars or other articles so offered ! and to at once inform the Tele graph of the circumstances along ' with the boy's name if possible, j Telegraph carriers are suitably ! rewarded by the Telegraph each year at Christmas for good service and the old practice of the boys selling calendars was discontinu ed by the Telegraph two years ago, when the present substation plan of distribution was estab lished. iTHEWEATHEffI Hnrrinbnra nn<l Vicinity! Un settled, probnhly ruin thin aft ernoon. to-night nnil Saturday. Wnrra.r to-night with Intrant temperature nhout 42 degree*. Enntern Pennnylvunlni Knln prob nhly to-night and Snturdnv. Warmer to-night. Fresh south *t litda. It iver I The Susquehanna river nnd all Its hranehrs trill prnlt iihly fall slowly or remain near ly stationary tonight. Some streams of the system mar rise Saturday as a result of ruin. A stage of about 5.7 feet Is Indi cated for Uarrlsburg Sulurdny ■uurutaa. 1 COAL STRIKE COST ABOUT $110,000,000 i Washington, Dec. • 12. Esti - males made by coal operators in ; dicate the coal strike lias cost ' approximately $110,000,000. I The loss of wages to the min ! ers is estimated at $00,000,000, ! which they expect to make up j from increased pay. The loss to the operators is esti mated at more than $100,000.- ! 000. which they expect to make up 1 from increased production and possible increased prices. The loss to the public is in ' creased cost of coal due to the 1 emergency method of handling it and generul demoralization of i business, is estimated at $40,000,- 000, which probably never can be made up. MEXICO TRIES TO PLACE MURDER BLAME ON U. S. Washington Awaits Official Text Before Commenting on Situation 1 )RUNKENNESS CHARGED Claims Wallace Ignored Chal lenge of Sentry and Was Shot By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 12. —Officials at the State Department withheld com ment to-day on the last note from the Carranza government in Mexico placing blame on the death of James Wallace, an American citizen, on Wallace himself, until the official text had arrived. This was expected momentarily. The note was handed to the American embassy in • Mexico City yesterday and was summarized in a dispatch received from the embassy at the State Department. Intoxicated Is Charge The note, the summary indicates, amounts to a charge that Wallace while intoxicated passed a sentry, stationed at what is characterized as a "dangerous spot," and the Amer ican failing to halt was shot and killed. The note adds that the kill ing was made a matter of official record and that the arrest of the soldier and an investigation of the incident were ordered immediately by the Mexican authorities. Wallace was killed near the Mex ican Federal camp at Potrero Del Aano, being shot through the back of the head. He was an employe of the Aguila Oil Company near Tamplco. The State Department's information is that the mule which | he was riding shied at a machine j and overturned it. White House Silent After waiting: expectantly for the j i reply to the late note in the case of | I William O. Jenkins, the American; consular agent, recently arrested and ' held in jail at Puebla. officials ex-1 pressed considerable interest in an | 1 Associated Press dispatch from Mex ico City saying that semiofficial in formation there was that the Mex- ( ican government would await decis ion of the Supreme Court in the case before framing its reply. While President Wilson had be fore him to-day the memorandum from Chairman Payne, of the Ship- j ping Board, detailing the situation ■ resulting from the interference by; the Carranza government in the op- ; eration of American owned oil prop-1 erties in the Tampico district, there j was nothing forthcoming from the j White House as to whether further | action was planned by this govern ment in addition to the three notes i already dispatched but unanswered, j Mexican Minister Denies Accusations of Fall on Seizures By Associated Press Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 11.—* Mexico has never contemplated or considered the adoption of the "plan of San Diego" for the purpose of se curing portions of the southwestern territory of the United States, de clared Manuel Aguirre Berlanga, minister of interior to-day. This statement was made when the min ister's attention was called to charges recently n .ule by U. S. Senator Fall, of New Mexico. Senator's Fall's charges were con tained in a memorandum submitted to President Wilson recently. Among other things the Senator alluded to a plot said to have originated at a small town, San Diego, Texas, and made public at Monterey, Mexico, early in 1915. It was declared that on February 20, 1915, there should arise a revolution against the gov ernment of the United States, that the independence of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Up per California would be proclaimed and that these states after being declared an Independent republic would later request annexation to Mexico. In conclusion Senator Full's report said: "At the very 'moment of clos ing this investigation of the acts of Carranza in favoring and attempting to carry out the plan of San Diego, evidence was brought to the com mittee not only of the propaganda efforts of the Carranza government but further evidence showing that Carranza himself directly was. now "ngaged in assisting in the formu lation or at least with the knowl edge that plans were being formed similar to those in the plan of San Diego iu some respects." HINESTOTAKEUP j WORK DROPPED BY DR. GARFIELDI ! J. 1 Fuel Administration to Con-! tiniip to Function Through R. R. Official TO ACCEPT RESIGNATION | Increased Production From j All Fields Reported as Miners Go Back I fiasliiiijdon, Dec. 12.—-The resig- j ! nation of Dr. H. A. Garfield, as fuel I ! administrator, tendered last night, j ; was forwarded to President Wilson j | this morning by Secretary Tumulty. I I "Of course it will be accepted," it I | was said at the White House. , j Functions of the fuel adminis- I | trator, handled recently through the \ railroad administration tinder Dtj. j j Garfield's authority, will be eontin- I i ued under Director General Hines, | it was said. This does not neces- j I sarily mean that Mr. Ilines will be I 1 made fuel administrator in Dr. Gar- | ' field's place, it was said. I Objects to Surrender 1 "We are all sorry that Dr. Garfield I ; feels as he does—he's done a fine j 1 job"—said Secretary Tumulty. The view at the White House is ; : that Dr. Garfield was not ignored 1 'in the settlement of the strike. Dr. ! Garfield's friends say he does not [ hold that he was; that his position is that the government should not | ■ have been put in the attitude of hav- | I ing surrendered to the miners. j Differed on Statement It developed to-day that there was | a difference of opinion as to wheth-j I or the President's statement to the j public on the coal Strike should ; have.been made public last Saturday i j night, before it was carried to In ' dianapolis. The President, White House offi j cials said, directed that the state ment he made public Saturday night.. I Dr. Garfield understood this would i be done and on Sunday he told Sec ■ rotary Tumulty he believed the state ! ment should be given out immedi ately. The President's secretary disagree and. it was said, assumed the responsibility. "The miners' union officials were said to have told Attorney General Palmer and Mr. Tumulty that publi cation of the .statement before the Indianapolis conference would em barrass them in their efforts to have the miners accept the President's proposal. The miners' request was [Continued on Page 11.] City Budget Will Be Discussed This Evening City Councilmen will meet again to- I night in an effort to begin considering j of the department budgets for 1920. At | a meeting earlier in the week some of I the appropriation estimates had not j been completed, so the commissioners postponed any consideration until .to night. It is believed that each council man will submit a budget and that j these will be read over and totaled. No | other action may be taken this even- i ing. 100 Aliens Want to Be American Citizens More than 100 foreign-born residents of the city and vicinity who have made applications for naturalization will be examined in court Monday when a spe cial naturalization session will be held. This is the largest number of appli cants to be listed in recent years accord ing to Elmer E. Erb. deputy naturaliza tion clerk. All applicants who are ap proved by the court and the government examiner will be admitted to citizenship and the oath of allegiance to the United States will be administered. EXPECTS DECISION SOON lly Associated Press Mexico City, Dec. 12. The Su preme Court has received the com plete records in the case of William (J. Jenkins, the American consular agent who recently was arrested in Puebla, and shortly will render a decision as to whether the Puebla Circuit Court or district court shall continue an investigation into the charges against Mr. Jenkins with a view to his eventual trial. Jenkins is now on bail. It is said semiofficially that the Mexican government is awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court be fore dispatching an answer to the latest American note, as this court will rule whether or not Federal judges have jurisdiction in the case. Mr. Jenkins has returned to Pue bla. It is declared that he has not conferred with President Carranza. YUDENITCH IS STILL FIGHTING Reval, Esthonia, Monday, Dec. 8. —"I have not given up my intentions to capture Petro grad," said General Yudeniteh, commander of the Russian northwest army, to the Asso ciated Press correspondent to day. "Despite reports to the con trary, the bulk of my army still is intact on Russian soil. Only a fifth part of it has b.ccn dis armed by the Esthonians. My troops are well supplied with food and other equipment, ex cept clothes, the lack of which was one of the most severe handicaps in our recent cam* palgn. If we had had more cloth with which to make uni forms. we would have had moro soldiers, and the story mignt have been different." Some Farmer Will Come Along With a Pitchfork Some Day and Call That Bluff y ~ 7 % CARRANTA \ X OPERATORS S/l Y SETTLEMENT POSTPONEMENT OF SHO WDO WN By Associated Press Washington," Dec. 12.—While accepting the govern ment's proposal for the settlement of the bituminous coal strike, mine operators of the Central Pennsylvania district declared in a statement to-day that the settlement is no set tlement at all of the principles at stake in the controversy," and that "it is mercl ya postponement of a showdown which in our opinion is bound to come." The method proposed for settling the strike by Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield, the statement said, "was interfered with by government officials who knew little of the situa tion," with the result that the "operators and public have been delivered into the hands of the United Mine Workers of America." TWO DECISIONS ON PROHIBITION ARE PROBABLE Supreme Court May Act on Legality of Beer Contents With War-Time Verdict Washington, Deo. 12. —The 'Su preme Court tnay decide whether the wor-time prohibition act makes ille gal the manufacture of all beer or only that of more than 2.75 per cent alcoholic content at the same time it hands down an opinion on the con stitutionality of the war-time act and the Volstead law for the measure's enforcement. While there was no official an nouncement to such effect, it was the opinion of court officials at the con clusion of arguments late yesterday on the question of the manufacture of beer that decisions in both in stances would be given at the same time. The court's next decision day is Monday. The appeals heard yesterday te sulted from the dismissal of Federal indictments returned against the American Brewing Company, in New Orleans, and the Standard Brewery, in Baltimore, Md., resulting from their manufacture of beer contain ing 2.70 per cent alcohol. Elihu Root and William I* Mar bury, appearing for the brewers, argued that the "war beer" was not intoxicating and for that reason did not come under the provision of that act. If the status is construed as to include it, Mr. Marbury said, very grave doubt as to its constitution ality would result. REPUDIATE AGREEMENT I'coria, Ills., Dec. 12. —Miners of Peoria, subdistrict No. 2, repudiated the Indianupolis agreement for set tling the Nation-wide strike of min ers. at a meeting held last night, ac cording to a statement made by W. E. Sherwood, member of the Illinois State Board of United Mine Workers of America. Eight thousand men are affected. * , DAYLIGHT SAVING ORDINANCE GAINS MORE ADHERENTS Warning Is Sounded Against Compromise Which Would Kill Popular Measure The countless supporters of day light saving In Harrisburg and vicin ity who have called on City Council by numerous petitions to turn the clock an hour ahead next summer, to-day were Immensely pleased at the reception given in municipal circles t) the ordinance introduced in City Council by Mayor Keisler. Partial publication of the petitions asking Harrisburg to follow the lead ox' New York, Philadelphia and other big cities has done considerable to crystalize public opinion for the measure. The entire list of petitions will be presented to Council next Tuesday when the ordinance will be culled up for final passage. Every class of men and women are included among the- singers. The city's leading bankers me much In favor of the measure. Other busi ness men support the measure be cause it will keep the city's banking hours the same as those observed in New Y'ork. The biggest employers of labor including Frank J. Bobbins. Jr., general manager of the Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, Wil liam Elmer, superintendent of the Philadelphia Division of the Pennsyl vania Railroad. Robert H. Irons, pres ident of the Central Iron and Steel Company, and many others are ar-, dent supporters of the measure. A- warning was sounded against a compromise suggested as a subtle means of killing the ordinance for the benefit of a small minority. Sup porters of the ordinance do not want to follow the plan of letting the clock be, and attempt to gain the same end by urging everyone to go to work ahead of time and quit an hour earlier. The Idea was suggested by persons who believe clock time almost sacred. Business men generally agree that tho confusion would be so great un der this method that It would have to be abandoned within a week. GERMAN REPLY TO NOTE ON WAY i TO VERSAILLES Renews Disclaimer of Re | sponsibility For Scapa Flow Sinkings i Berlin. Dec. 12.—Germany's reply [ to the last notes from the Supreme | Council of the Peace Conference has been sent to Versailles. Nothing has been given out relative to its contents, aside from a hint that its general tenor reciprocates the con ciliatory tone of the last communi cation from the Entente. Reports state that the reply re news the government's disclaimer of responsibility for the sinking of interned German warships at Scapa Flow and sets forth exceptions to the Supreme Council's insistence upon compensation for the scuttled vessels. It is said to claim that the objectionable passage from the let ter from Admiral Von Trotha, head of the German admiralty, to Admiral Von Reuter, commander of the Ger man ships, was not translated prop erly and that it was "out of context with the rest of the letter." On the proposition that Germany sign the protopol to the Peaee Treaty | and permit the issue involving the selection of Indemnity tonnage to be adjusted later, it is reported that the note proposes that the latter he forthwith submitted to a body of experts. This stand is taken because of the importance o!' the matter to German hurbor facilities. It is hop ed ito obtain a concession in the Scapa Flow issue and- it is believed the note indicates a measure of obstinacy over yielding on this point. Points Out Internal Aspects Reports declare that there ure no intimations in fthe German reply that the Berlin government has taken a position that failure to ratify the Treaty by the Uuited States has cre ated an altered situation and it is hinted, it is said, that the Treaty action by the Uuited States Senate is a purely internal American affair that does not absolve the other pow ers from the obligation of exchang ing ratifications. Belief is expressed hera that the reply attempts to temporize in an effort to obtain a modification of the demand for Indemnity for vessels sunk at Scapa Flow. It is said, also, that the reply seeks to persuade the Entente that demands for the extradition of German officers and men accused of violations of the laws of war are fraught with serious internal aspects. COVERT RE-EIJECTTKD Charles E. Covert has been re elected potentate of Zembo Temple. Other officers elected Include Mer cer B. Tate, chief rabban; H. W. Gough, high priest; E. W. Schroe der, Oriental guide; Fred J. Smith, recorder; Howard Rutherford, treasurer. Delegates to the national ' •convention at Portland, Oregon, on June 20, were named: Charles E. Covert, Fred J. Smith, Charles H. Smith and Elmer W. Ehler. COMFORT STATION PLANS ARE WORKED OUT IN ALLENTOWN Harrisburg May Profit by Experience Gained in Sister City Where All Trouble Has Been Eliminated ENTRANCE IS ABOVE GROUND; SMALL REVENUE COLLECTED i Allentown has solved the public* ; comfort station problem of thai city! •in u practical way and the City Conn-' ill of Harrisburg was so much inter-! isted in the solution of the matter in lhe metropolis of Lehigh county that! i Mayor Krister and others recently! , went tto Allentown to learn how it ; was done I The Telegraph requested City Kn- ! gineer Hascon to give this newspaper i some information regarding the Al-I Jlentown plan and a letter received, ] from him is of unusual interest at; jlhls time, lie writes: J "This subject has been given pretty! thorough study and as we proceed; i with our investigation we surely fin.l lliat the word "comfort" is a great j deal broader in meaning than our I original thought in the matter. We have, aecordlngl.v. made several ehatiges in our layout as originnally! started and guess that before we tin- i ish the job there will be several more I changes and all for improvement." | In Heart of City Mr. Gascon says the comfort station is located at Center Square, the heart of the city and center of the greatest traffic. The station is entirely below the street, divided into two separate rooms, no communication between I the two." in the men's department i ! there are twelve urinal stalls and 'twelve toilets (four free, four with a I five cent charge and four With a tell ; ei'nt charge) which includes lavatory | 'service. |n one of these will lie In- | j stalled ft shower bath which is to have a lock service at 25 cents. There Will also lie installed in one of the toilet looms a juvenile toilet. In ad dition there will be provided two drinking fountains, two air-dry elec tric towels, doing away with paper or cloth, a telephone booth and shoe shining and newspaper stands. In the womens quarters are six lavatories with hot and void water, I one air-dry electric towel, two drink ing fountains, three free toilets, three paid toilets, with five cent service, and one juvenile toilet. There will also be three rest rooms with toilet, lavatory, lounge, table, mirror, etc. These three rooms can lie used for 1 -$ *~ 4 VILLASTAS CAPTURE TWO TOWNS 4 V\?ashintgon. Villastas have captured the towns 4* of Musquiz apd Sabinas, advices to-day to the State ®£~ Department said. t -J# "$* PREMIERS AND U. S. AMBASSADOR CONFER *£• 4* $ -j* London. Premiers Lloyd-George and Clemenceau f X resumed their conferences on war problems. John W. X jr Davis, the American ambassador, and the represents- tives of Italy, now in London, joined the conference * "t 4* later. 4 SENATE WOULD PROLONG SUGAR CONTROL >1 -L 4 4 Washington. The McNary bill, under which if* government control of sugar would be continued an- Jv 4* , other year, was passed to-day by the Senate and sent § to the House. I FEDERALS AND VILLASTAS IN BATTLE Eagle Pas. Five hundred Mexican Federal 1* troops sent by special train, encountered the Villastas £, 4* force that raided Musquiz, and fighting was reported in 4* progress late yesterday, according to information re- *|® ceived here. The Vila force comprised nearly 400 men- £> i URGE IRISH FREEDOM •f® Washington. Advocates of freedom for Ireland, Y 4* headed by Justice Cohalan, of the New York Supreme X Court, appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Com- J|* mittee to-day to urge pasage of a bill by Representative |* Mason, Republican, Illinois, to authorize appointment of X . diplomatic and consular representatives to the republic X X of Ireland. In the delegation were Frank P. Walsh, •f' X of Kansas City; Bourke Cockran, of New York, and £* X others, who have been active in seekin gdiplomatic rec- X ognition for the provisional government, headed by Eamon De Valera, who arrived here yesterday to con- X fer with Irish leaders from al over the country. Ar- X going in support of his measure, Representative Mason Jp 4 said it wbuld not constitute a complete recognition, but £ X simply would show the willingnes of Congres to do its L T part to that end. He also contended that pasage of tha T: 4 bill would not be a cause for war with Great Britain | MARRIAGE LICENSES | > Truly MoK. Cooke. Strrllon. and Grace A. Whllr, I'hlladetyMat JL L nolland A. Bontley nad Thcrexa M. Drnnin, South WlllluuMrtlT C Hurry 11. Ueracy, Middletovra, anal Era M. Kclffcr, Koyalton. 'i"l ■' 1 m i l •emergency hospital purposes. There | will he in addition in the women's division a shoe-shining stand, tele phone booth, newspapers, toilet arti . eles, etc. Men's <lnnrtcrs ! in the men's quarters will be lo cated the attendant's room in which .there will be a gas heater for hot I water, the steam heating equipment, connected with a city service and also an electrlculijAdriven ventilating fun. This fan is of sufficient capacity to i change the uir in both rooms once j every five minute s. ! On the s'de reserved for womcrt will he ail attendant's room also. All i the interior finish will bo of white j enamel brick, tcrrazo floors and the (Continued on Page 31.) Would Aid Young Men to Marry So That Girls Are Not Bartered Like Cattle By Associated Press Dublin, Dec. 12. —Proposals that l the Dail Eirennn, Or Irish Parlia ment, set aside a sum equivalent to $1,500,000 as a state subsidy to enable young men to marry, has | been made here. The idea wqs sug j gested by Frank H. O'Donnell to •he Irish Women's Franchise League. Mr. O'Donnell criticised what he called "barter marriages" in Ireland He said he knew of girls of 19 | years who were brought into the I nearest town on a fair day and | taken to a public bouse to meet men whom they had never seen before, but who were to be their husbands. The girls, he declared, were bartered likt cattle at the fair while their fathers and friends were drinking.
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