Coal Comi.iission Naiied by t\e President to Help Settle the Strike Holds Initial Fleeting HARRISBURG iSiSsIl TELEGRAPH • ®K otoc-Independent LXXXVIII—Xo. 303 18 PAGES DmU b£S?tuSXt offlce e t"^buri Nas> HARRISBURG. PA. FRIDAY EvfexiNG, DECEMBER 26, 1919. ox Vbwp*Akh t5 s V.Amui , BM! , ' :SB "twocK 3 HOME EDITION WILSON ORDERS BIG LINERS OF GERMANY GIVEN UP TO ENGLAND Shipping Board Announces He Has Directed Ships of Imperator Group Turned Over to Great Britain FSED TO BRING I. S. SOLDIERS BACK HOME Include Seven Vessels Now at Anchor in New York Har bor; Ruling Made by Inter allied Naval Council By Associated Press Washington. Dec. 2 6.—By the di- ■ rection of the President the former German passenger ships, of the Im- : perator group, now in New York harbor, are to be delivered to Great the Shipping Board an nounced to-day. The vessels are those assign ed the United States alter the armis tice for repatriation of American troops and designated by the inter allied naval council to tie turned • over to Great Britain under the ; armistice terms. The Imperator has j already been delivered to the Brit- j ish. Seven in Group In a letter to Secretary Lansing made public to-day, John Barton Payne, chairman of the Shipping Board, says; "I ant directed by the President to comply with the request contained in your letter transmitted to me this day from the White House and to advise you that the seven ex-German ships, to wit: Graf Waldersee. Zeppe lin, Pretori, Cap Finistere. Mobile, Prinz Friederich Wilhelm and Kai serln Auguste Victoria, now in the harbor of New York will be deliver ed to the representative of Great Britain as soon as the proper person is designated to receive the same." Delivery of the ships to Great Bri tain was delayed as the Shipping Board wished to obtain the use of the American owned oil tankers for merly under the German proposal was made by fThalriilfih Payne that each country be permit tod to use the vessels desired pend ing a - final determination of their ownership. N'o action has been taken so far on this proposal and the transfer of the former German ships to Great Britain is made without any ex planation other than that it was done by direction of the President. Action Follows Report The President's action, it was said at the State Department, followed a report from Great Britain that the ships be surrendered under the orig 'rxtl allocation of the Inter-Allied Shipping Commission, which ar ranged to get the vessels out of Ger man harbors following the armistice. On investigation, it was added, the department had found that the United States had no right to retain the ships beyond the period of their service in bringing back American [Continued on Page i.] Pay of Vote Tabulators Cut to S2OO by Court on Protest of Commissioners Harvey E. Knupp and B. Frank N'cad. who tabulated and computed ; the official returns of the November , election, will receive S2OO each for I their services, it was announced at the County Commissioner's office to- | day. Last year each received $225 j but the County Commissioners after : the filing of the returns this yeat I objected to the court, claiming that i amount was too high. BOLIVIA SEEKS NEW LAND By Associated Press Santiago. Chile. Wednesday, Dec 24.—Bolivia expects to secure the j territory of Arica. etween Chine and j Peru, and the port of Antofagasta. according to an interview with Gen eral Montes, former president of Bolivia and delegate to the Peace ' Conference. which is printed here.; He is quoted as expressing the opin- 1 ion that the plan of President I Leguia, of Peru, to secure the ter ritory of Arica for Peru is an "idle dream." 200 BAIIREI/S OF RUM ABOARD f By Associated Press Bafttan. Dec. 26. —Two hundred i barrels of English rum were in- , ■ •luded in the cargo of the American i -tearoer Lake Ellsburv, which left j here to-day for Smyrnh and Con- j stantlnople. The rum was in bond j and was under the supervision of' government gaugers. SOVIET ENVOY ON MISSION By Associated Press Paris, Dec. 26.—A Soviet republic envoy, charged with a special mis sion to the Italian government, ar- ' rived at Naples yesterday, according ; to a dispatch received here from ' Rome. I ihe weathf.pT Barrlebarg aarf Vlrlallyi riaadv aad warmer lo nlrhl with lan es' temperature about freealoc Saturday fair. Kaatern Peanaylvaalai t'laudr nad warmer ta-algbt. Snturday fair. Fresh and atroag west aail I Mouthwent wlnda. invert The Sunaurhnnnn river and I all Ita hranehra will fall a'nwly •r remain atatlanary without maeh ehnnae In lee i-ondltUnv. 4 atnar nf ahont 7.4 feet, lee reading. In ladlrated for Har riahurg Saturday moralag. SIX DRY MONTHS i GIVE POLICE A i REST PERIOD i Number of Arrests For Year Closing Cut in Half At TO THIEVES ARE BI'SY Many Stolen Cars Recovered, E. M. White's Records Show Forty-five per cent, fewer arrests' I by the Harrisburg police department ! during the first at weeks of 1919 ! than during a similar period in 1918. ! furnishes additional data to those who argue that the world is growing better. During the same time 24 per I cent, less property was reported stol en in the city. The total number of arrests in 1919. in fact, is less than the number of : disorderly practice aire : ,ts during the- Pteceding je ir, according to records ; filed at Harrisburg police headtiuuri- j ■ ers. Until midnight of December 22. inclusive, the city police department ; made but 1.235 arrests as compared i to 2.206 during the similar period of 1918. Of this latter number, 1.36S ar rests were disorderly practice. Property stolen during these 51 1 weeks was worth $57,812, according to leports 'iled with Record Clerk. ' Earl M. White. These figures are . compared to $75.4 a worth of goods . ! stolen during the first 51 weeks for | the previous year. While the proper- I ty stolen shows a big decrease, the j j property recovered this year is less ; i than that recovered last year, the fig- ' ures being $40,407 and $66,630. j The decrease in number of arrests 1 as well as property stolen, bas been general throughout the year, al-'i though it has been especially marked ■ : since the war-time prohibition meas- , •are. became effective on July 1. With less •fire-water" to furnish "inspira tion." arrests during the last six months of 1919 totaled but 453 as j compared to 782 for the period from j January 1 to June 30, inclusive. Fig | uies on property stolen are $26,356 j . for the second half of the year and | $31,436 during the first half. Petty Oltrnarii I The bulk of arrests during the year,! as usual, was made up of those per ! sons arrested for disorderly practice, i the number totaling 717. I >f the re , mainder, 195 were arrested for mis- I : cellaneous felonies; 131 tor miscpl-j ' laneous misdemeanors; 191 for vio-1 Nation* of traffic ordinance; 55 nSWWRf delinquincy and 1 for hfhii--j On every charge, with the excep tion of arrests for traffic violations. ! fewer arrests were made dur- \ ; ing the last naif of the year than Is) j the first half. In the case of traffic, i violations, 117 arrests were made dur-j ! ing the las: half of the year and "4 ' ; during the first six months. Of the 1235 persons taken into cus-, | tcd.v. 894 were fined or held for other! ; courts. In 346 cases, however, the' [Continued on Page 4.1 Scientist Is Seeking Evidence of Lost Land in Southern Pacific By Associotcd Press Buenos Aires, Dec. 26.—F.videnee of i a lost continent in the Pacific Ocean ! a 6.000-mi!e prehistoric "bridge" oft ; land between South America and I Hawaii, long submerged, is being! sought by an American scientist. Wll- | liam Alanson Bryan, professor of zoo-| logy and geology in the College of I Hawaii, who left Honolulu last June' on his remarkable quest. Dr Bryan, who came to A9rgentina ' byway of Mexico and the west coast I Of South America, where he studied volcanoes and Andean geology, is! about to return to Valparaiso where l he will hoard a ship for the little is- i land of Juan Fernandez. 400 miles out ! The island is inhabited bv a smali! -olony of fishermen and their fami lies. "In the Philadelphia Academy ofi Natural Science," said the professor, "1 was surprised a year ago to dis covery certain little fresh water mol luscs from Juan Fernandez that were'i extraordinary similar in their char-l acteristics to certain molluscs in Hawaii. So T determined to visit the' island, study these shells and its en-' tire flora and fauna." If the J tan Fernandez molluscs should prove to be eloselv allied with those of Hawaii. Dr. Bryan explained; in an address here, it would prove that land connection had existed, as I the species must have traveled from' Juan Ferdandez to Hawaii or vice! versa by the rivers of the prehistoric' continent. Mayor and Mayor-Elect to Address Ad Men Additional interest in the monthly j dinner of the Harrisburg Ad Club has i developed through the announcement'! of the program committee that two | additional speakers have been secured j in the persons of Mayor Daniel L. Keister and Mayor-elect George A. ' Hoverter. Other speakers of the eve- ' ning will he City Solicitor John E. ' Fox. John K. Geyer and William ! Strouse. ' i Reservations for the dinner which is scheduled for 6 o'clock Monday evening at the Penn-Harris have been ' pouring into the office of E. Fred,' Rowe, secretary of the club. The program committee lias an nounced that this month's dinner is to be. in effect an open house affair for all those interested in advertising; i either making, selling or buying. Reservations must be telephoned to E. Fred Rowe. of the J. Horace MoFar- ' land Company before 10 o'clock Mon day morning. Woman Burned When Stove Blacking Explodes lliininirl.-towii. Dec. 26. —While ! blackening her kitchen range. Mrs. Herman C. Luckenbuugh was burn- ' cd about the face and arms when Ihe blackening box exploded. Mrs. Luckenbnugh's hair caught lire, but she managed to save most of It by wrapping her head In a heavy towei | For Those Who Don't Like the Climate j" , . jj^ ■ ' Vl——TWnnL.rt IE—IMG 1 10-, if: A—-*•&, '7/ ! .1' hi ; >c(Zv// V- XA tl A H i T I iMjf I DISCUSS ENDING I* COAL STRIKE IN | KANSAS FIELDS Meeting Called in Conformity With Promise of Howat to Use His Influence By Associated Press Pittsburg. Kans., Dec. 26.—Mem bers of the executive board of district So. 14. T'nited Mine Workers oJAmer lica, met here to-day to discuss end ing the strike of the Central Coal and j Coke Company's men in this region, i The meeting is in corformity with the ! promise of Alexander M. Howat. pres | ident of the district, to Federal Judge ! A B. Anderson at Indianapolis, that ! h 2 would use his influence in ending j the strike which began July 17 last, j If the strike is called off it is ex j pccted that contempt of court pro-i ' eeedings against Howat at lndianapo | lis will be continued indefinitely by | the government. Probe Into Thefts at Army Depot Is Slowed Down Over Holidays | Lieutenant Benjamin Wolfson. prop- ' erty custodian, at the New Cumber- j | land Army Reserve Depot, together with several other officers, will be j ' courlmartinled for their connection with the alleged looting of the de- ' pot. These officers are now confined j ' to quarters. Names of the officers, said to be ' ; implicated with Wolfson, have not ] ! been made public. It was announced ■ | earlier in the week that a number of , j officers at the depot had been re- j • lleved of their duties, temporarily,' pending investigation and that it was i thought probable that an entire new j [ corps of olticers would be on duty! ' within a short time. The investigators have not been ; especially active within the past sev -1 eral days, most of them returning to j their homes for the holidays. They. .ire expected to return to the city to j day and to-morrow, however, when the investigation will be vigorously ' pushed. GREAT STORM IS MOVING EAST By Associated Press A storm that may reach gale 1 proportion to-morrow is approach- ! ing the North Atlantic coast, mov- ; ing eastward from Huron. ; The weather bureau issued the fol- ' lowing warning to-day: Advisory southwest storm, warn- 1 ing order 10 a. m. Sandy Hook to Eastport. Storm of considerable ! tensity north of Istke Huron moving eastward. Increasing south and southwest winds -will shift to westerly by Saturday morning, probably reaching gale force. Cloudy weather probably mow on eaalern New England coast. GIVES ANCIENT FLAG AS FRIENDSHIP TOKEN By Associated Press Winchester, Va.. Dec. 26. —As an expression of friendship of the i. people of Winchester. England, through which one million Ameri can soldiers passed on their over seas journey to join the American Expeditionary Forces, the original municipal flag of the Ancient Brit ish city, has been presented to its American namesake. Winchester, Virginia. The flag will be received formal ly at an early date with appro priate ceremonies and will lie placed on exhibition in the Hand ley Library. BATTLERECORD WINS FUGITIVE HIS FREEDOM Long-Sought Man Cited For Brilliant Work and Award ed Decorations I " By Assotiated Press Boston, Dec. 26.—Arthur E. Ab bott, long wanted as a fugitive from justice for the theft of 615,000 from the Federal Trust Company of this city, enlisted in the murines and' as Sergeant William H. Haskell was j cited for brilliant war service, it , was disclosed to-day when it was announced that he had been set free I j on probation by the district attorney, ( and that he had received the Croix ide Guerre officially under his real | name. Abbott, who was employed as a I bank bookkeeper at 620 a week, disappeared In the full of 117 after. | the bank loss became known, and it, was learned that he had been living j ! like a man of weulth und leisure away front his family. He evaded i .a nation-wide search and enlisted in -the marine corps at New Orleans as Haskell and went overseas with the] Sixth regiment, lie was one of the | <4 men left of the famous 1.300 ma rines. who went through the Ar-[ gonne. He was cited for bra\ ery j after capturing a machine gun und : nine prisoners near Ylerzva on July, 19. 1918. . , Re-enlists After War After receiving an honorable dis | charge last January, lie immediately i re-enlisted, again as Haskell. He was ! detailed aboard the U. 8. 8. Dolphin i in July and ordered to Portsmouth, | N. H., where Jie was recognised and | arrested. District Attorney Pelletter, i of Boston, on learning of his service j record, ordered liini released on pro- : I bation. He was rearrested, by the I Navy Department, charged with en ' listing under u false name, but his' I commanding officer, Captain John ! Grady, of the gunboat Dolphin ef- | j fected his release within a short i i time and a few duys later decorated ! ■ him as Arthur Abbott, with the Croix j de Guerre before the ship's crew and i marine detail drawn up at utten -1 tlon. PAGEANT, FILLED WITH HOLIDAY SPIRIT, PLEASES Thousands Crowd Ihe Capitol Plaza For Open Air Christ mas Exercises Several thousands of persons ' crowded the Capitol grounds last [ evening for the presentation of the ! Pageant of the Nativity, the one big i formal number on the city's observ ance of the Christmastide. Despite ' the cool, crisp air of the evening, the I grounds were wrtl filled when the i program was storted. ; The Municipal Band, under the ] leadership of Frank lllumenstein, I occupied the first place on the pro gram. Promptly at 7 o'clock, the .band sounded the first struins of'On ) ward Christian Soldiers." Novel I ,lgliting I', (feels Flood lights, mounted on the spe cial platform, were shifted to the , balcony Immediately above the main entrance of the Capitol, at the con clusion of the Municipai Band's pro • (luction. There, Miss Geraldine j Powell, portraying "the Spirit of Christmas," led a trombone quartet In the presentation of the Portuguese hymn. "Adeste Firielis." A Girl Scout choir, rfirected by Mrs. Charles C. Stroh, and accom panied by Miss Mildred Rudy, sang "Good King Wenceslas," and a big : [Continued on Page . ] i Loses Leg When Thrown j Under Car in Yards ; Tlirowh from a car in the Hur- I risburg yards of the Pennsylvania ; Railroad. Cheater K. Doeey, 180 - '- ! street." a Philadelphia division j brnkeman. hud his right foot and ■ ■ leg so badly crushed that It hud ' to be amputated at the Harrlsburg Hospital. 1 Dorey was riding on a freight car I and had tightened the brake when the brakechuin slipped and threw ! i him In the path of another car. The ! I accident occurred last night short - ; ;Iy before midnight. The leg was ' , smputntrd below the knee. ,1 FRANCE WILL START SAVING DAYLIGHT llu A MO/fated Press Paris, Dec. 26. The cabinet met to-day and upproved the bill providing for the turning uliead of the clocks one hour beginning February 1 as a fuel conservation ' measure. Louis Klotz. the minister of 11- I nance, met with the cabinet and I presented questions relating to the financial situation which, it was decided would be discussed j further at a meeting next Mon- I day. PEALEGOESTO CAPITAL TO SIT ON COAL BOARD! i zt j Central Pennsylvania Opera-j tor Attends Initial Meel ing There Todav ! —- OTHERS SKIS PROBLEMS Predict There Will Be Do-1 tailed Reports 011 Profits j and Wages First By Associated Pre us Jiiliii.sto>vu Deo. 26.—Rembrandt : Peace. Central Pennsylvania coal op- | orator, who was appointed on Pros- ' iden( Wilson's coal commission is in Washington to-day .for the initial meeting of the commission. Itofote leaving for the capital lie said he was unable to give any fur- 1 1 ther information concerning the scope and powers of the committee | than was contained in the original ( ! announcement of the appointment, i j Operators of this field do not expect i j the commission, for the present at j | least, will become arbitrator of; J minor disputes ,l>ut that the tntme- j | diate task will be the preparation j of a teport showing cost of conl min- I ing, operators' profits miners,' wages jand the cost of living to miners. I Car supply is poor, Willi no as suranccs of improvement for the present. In Mr. Peale's home sec tion the mines have hardly fifty per cent, of loading capacity. In other' districts supply is as low as ten per | cent, of normal allotment of emp ties. Ninety-Eight Per Cent, of Machinists Vote to Strike Against R.R. Bill By Associated Press Washington. - Dec. 26. Ninety eight per cent, of the 123,000 union , railway machinists voted in Novem ber to strike with other trades if Congress should enact the Cummins railroad bill with its antistrikc pro- i vision. In making this announcement to- I day William H. Johnston, president 1 lof the International Association of ; I Machinists, said the vote was taken j (before the Senate Interstate Com-! ' merce Committee reported out the , i Cypiqi&a measure .and that the re- , suit wne tiwt trfffctally published be cause the association did not want to appear In the attitude of attempting to threaten Congress, j The machinists' membership is | uround half a million, but not more ithan 125,000 of this number arc em ployed on railroads. President Johnston explained that i the strike vote stipulated that union ..'railway machinists would quit aork ' ,if the Cummins bill was passed by |, both branches of Congress, not by i one. j "When the roads were taken over | by the government, the employes were free," Mr. Johnston said, "and j we propose that If they are turned ; brick to private ownership, the em -1 ployes shall he equally free. There is no necessity for such drastic leg i Islation as is provided for in the , Cummins bill. There never has been ■ a general railroad strike and there i never will be, in my opinion." [' So /ar as labor officials are nd vlped they will not be given another hearing by Senate or House commit. ! . tees, but Ihey will keep up the fight i 1 against the antistrlke section, it was . sold, and appeal finally to President Wilson to veto the bill if it should jbe enacted with that clause intact. | Speculation and Rents Boost Realty Values Millions in Newark! By Associated Press Newark, X. J.. Dec. 26.—Speculation ' and high rents have caused an in- . crease in real estate and personal 1 property valuation to more than SSOO.- • 000.000 this year as compared with ; $.430,000,000 in 1918, the city tax com-; 'mission announced to-day. Increase! j in realty valuations amounting to ap- j proximately $-40,000,000 falls princi- j pally on dwellings representing an i advance of ten per cent, on a single j 1 family house and as much as fifty j per cent, on three-family residences. | j Personal property taxes will amount i . to nearly $40,000,000 offset somewhat ; by a decrease due to prohibition, ! peace and last year's influenza epi- ' demie. Prohibition will result in a ! | loss of $700,000 in license fees and I 'about $300,000 on personal property! ' of breweries. j II t K I'KTtHK IIRIDES By Associated Press Takl*. Wednesduy. Dec. 24. The j j Japanese government according to | the newspapers to-day. has decided to | (discontinue the Issuance of passports ipirmitting "picture brides" to pro-; ceed to the I'nlted States, a practice ! which lias been the cause of some; anti-Japanese feeling In America, re | veuled in advices reaching here. SEW I.ISEM TO HRV7.II. By Associated Press Wasfciagtaa. Dec.- 26. Regular ' steamship service to Brazilian ports iis to be inaugurated by two new steamship companies, a dispatch to ' day from Rio dc Janeiro to the De ' partment of Commerce said. i ATTEMPTS VSSASSI NATION Cairo. Monday, Dec. 22.—An unsuc cessful attempt was made to-day to assassinate Chief Engineer Peckltt. of the Slate Railways, while he was on a tour of inspection. The assail ant escaped after firing a pistol at Peckitt. who was not injured. ; Hit AI4II CONCERT POSTPON ED I The piano recital of Magdeleine ; Krard. French child pianist, which i was to have been held at Tech High I school this evening, has been post poned until January. Money will be refunded at Slgler's Music Store, yo I North Second Street, for all tickets I , purchased for to-night- , I QUITS PIPE PLANT SUPERINTENDENCY I • ! WILLIAM P. PTARKEY NEW IRON PLANT TO BE OPERATING j ! IN EARLY SPRING Company Will Utilize .Scrap j to Make One Thousand Tons a Month Harrisburg's newest iron company, the Capitol City Iron Company, will start operations within the next sev ! oral months, unless labor disturbances i prevent the early delivery of maehin , ery needed in the operation of the 1 plant. • The main building, 78 by 308 feet. I has been completed on a large plot [Continued on Page 6.] -I , : i I itT- -l/Vn A f j < I PADt)ED PAYROLLS > Jj I Dover. N. J. Charged with embezzlement in pad I I din; payrolls, J. T. Fletcher, freight agent at the Port *, * , jj | Iff orris Transfer Station, of the Lackawanna aßilroad, 1 i d under $5,000 bail to ling a hearing at |K, i i{ < Newark Tuesday. The amount involved was not dis i. Fletcher had been employed as agent 15 years, t j i . , BLOOD DISCLOSES TRAGEDY ' > I ( c Egg Harbor, N. J. Louis Deininger, of Philadel- ! . (iI • ► jJ L phia, was killed by a train here last night. Blood dis ' , I I r covered on the pilot of the locomotive when the train v if reached Philadelphia gave the first indimation of the ac- | I < • tion. Telegraphic inquiries along the line resulted in ; rp; . | 1 the finding of the body near the station here. , ► { I 'CHAPPIE" MORAN SURRENDERS I Indianapolis. Charles "Chappy" Moran, known i ■ 1 ' all over the country as a "dress suit" confidence man to- i 1 'la ' <•. .* / lead- I i d t c.hy to ccmul'.civ- in the Muncie fraud case Sen tencc was deferred and he was remanded to jail. VICTORIOUS FLYER CROSSES HIGH M.OUNT 1$ h, the Australian > avinter, who recently completed a flight from England rfejj to Australia, thereby winning a prize of 10,000 pounds, has landed at Charleville, Queensland, after safely ne- > I ; * notiating the formidable Mount Owen range, according 1 f I < w to advices from Sydney. His machine was damaged, the I 1 advices said. ® I j 1 DECLARES AVIATORS MURDERED . i i9f EI Paso. Lieutenants Cecil Ccpnolly and Frederick V/ai.eih use, American aviators who lost their lives ( > , r after being forced to descend in Lower California, Mex- i ico, v.,it. nurdered, accordin gto testimony before the j , . Senate subcommittee investigating Mexican affairs , ||j given, hare to-day by Joe Allen .Richards. . " MARRIAGE LICENSES 1 " \\ illin in Emrrr, Jr., Fraek rllle, and Suaannn M. Firming. Harrla" burnt Harry J. Hraronry nad Annie f. I.rata. HarrUbnrm l.layd I.i I Pnlmer. Hnrrlahura. natl Muruurritc O. Hoblnxon. Marravlllr |CI a react' 1 J. Sharp. l.rnlabtirK, anil Helena K. H. Tcttcmer. HnrrUburtrt Frrd . erlrk Sefcrlhna anil Mnritarrt /.eltrler. Hnaalnbnrm Alexander I. Me t Klbr.y ITnbrook and Sara V. Ilailcn. UnreLl.ur*, Cbarlea O. Rank... antl Fata M. Stabler. llnrrixhuricg Morrl* A. Kryc and Beaale Fa*, llarrlnbars; Jnmr* T. Onrdner and Hath A. Kelater, llarrlabursil ' Holier! K. Neldhumer. Wnthlnc oa llclnhtx. nnd Mabel J. Hemmlll ' New Cumberland! Herman I'. l ller. Jr., nnil .Nancy A. I.ewln, Wit at b flnnton, 11. C'.i llrrmnn 1,. Woirrrnhe rarer, I.oner Paxton Temukl*. nnd Hrnxlr A. krfl.tr, 1.ln K lcHf otvnt l.ntber (i, lllalrr and Pauline K IlavlNnon, < amp Hlllt John F. Kopprnbnver. Hllxnbrth ville, and Mary , I'., Nhoop. tlll.r ralnirat John <. nalTennbrricer nnd Floy 11. WxcncrJ Harrlaburar. i 1 wa ■ STARKEY RESIGNS ! AS MANAGER OF PIPE BENDING CO. i Will Continue us Member of the Board of Di rectors 'IN COMPANY SINCE 1001 ■ | Appointment of New Super intendent Will Be Made on January 1 Announcement was made to-da* ! that W. IV Starkey, general superin ! undent of the Ilurrisburg ripe and ' I'Uio Hendi-ig Company plant tor the | last six years, has resigned the po sition effective Dei-ember 31. He will | r< litinue his interest in the company | as a member of the board of directors | ami will announce his future plans in j a few days it is expected. ! Mr. Starkey has been connected 1 with the,company since 1901 when he became an engineer at the plant. Lat er, lie was appointed assistant gen eral superintendent and six years ago became superintendent. Unarmed Watchman With Four Bullets in His Body Forces Gunmen to Flee Hi/ Associatril I'ra3 Cambridge, Mass., Dee. 20.—The ] plucky light of Daniel Whttlock, an ! unarmed watchman at the plant of | the National Biscuit Company, 1 forced three gunmen to lice after | they had shot him four times late j last night. In their retreat the bur ■ giat-s left behind $7,000 in a safe and j their kit of tools. The tools were found scattered outside the factory, i Whitlock with a bullet wound over :ho left eye, two shots in the right jarm and one in the left leg, col ' lapsed after lie had routed the gun men. it was early to-day before he recovered sufficiently to give the alarm by telephone. ROBBERS GET SJ 0.000 Hp Associated Press Knglcwood, N. J., Dec. 26. —Rob- bers last night forced a safe in the store of Jacobs Miles here and es caped with Liberty Bonds and War Savings certificates valued at $lO,- 000.