ALLIED COUNCIL INFLUENCED BY DEMANDS OF U.S. Instant Military Decision the Aim, Premier Tells Commons FACE GRIM REALITIES If House Repudiated/New Pol icy Lloyd George Will Quit v London, Tuesday, Feb. 19. Premier IJoyd George and Ills government have .surmounted another "crisis" and Uie parlia mentary waters at AVesl minster appear to run smoothly onec more after a week's turmoil stirred up by the retirement of General Robertson, chief of the Imperial General Staff. London, Feb. 20.'—The House of Commons yesterday received Pre mier Lloyd George's promised state ment on the Versailles council and the recent resignation of General Sir William Robertson as chief of staff. It concluded with what was virtually a demand for a vote of confidence. The Premier announced that Gen eral Sir Henry Rawlinson had been appointed to succeed Sir Henry Wil son on the Supreme War-Council at Versailles. The Premier declared frankly that* tho war council at Versailles had beert endowed with executive powers. The allies had suffered in the past through lack of concerted and co ordinated efforts, and it had been de cided to set up a central authority to eo-ordinate strategy and to make in stant decisions possible. Tlio American representative de clared "with irresistible power and logic" for tho plan for expansion of; the Supreme Council's power, tfie J*rcm4er said. The general principles laid down at the recent session in Versailles of the Supreme War Council were agreed to by all. the Premier told the house. It was also agreed that there should be an interallied authority with executive powers. The only dif ference which arose is as to its con stitution. The first proposal at Ver sailles, he continued, was that the central authority should consist of a council of chiefs of staff, but this was abandoned, in as much as it was re garded as unworkable. The American representatives at the Versailles war council (General Bliss and General Pershing) declar ed "with irresistible power and logic" for the plan for expansion of I the Supreme Council's power, the! Premier said. If he should read the I document submitted by the Ameri cans said Mr. Lloyd George, there would be no need to make a speech. Plan Unanimously Upheld "The case is presented with irre sistable power and logic," he added. "What happened? We altered the proposal here and there. There was a good deal of discussion which took some hours. There was not a single dissent voice so tar as the plan was concerned." If the House of Commons repu diated the policy for which he was responsible in which he believed the safety of the country depended, Lloyd George declared, he would quit office. His one regret would be that he had not greater strength and abil ity to place at the disposal of his country in its greatest hour. Speech Guarded The occasion was not as stirring j a one as have been several other J appearances of the Welsh Premier Priority freight! No rail embargo can halt shipments by Packard trucks. _ turned to Packard direct transportation ' \J C ra ; 1 I road w f r . boar , d to aII industries as the most certain means of moving their not directly supplying the army and navy. material and products on schedule Acute freight congestion continues— And thousands of Packard trucks are even with business operating only five proving their ability every working day a>sawee * now to carry full loads any distance, onnage handled has been increased through mud or zero weather, economically twenty per cent over 1916. But the —safely—on time. volume offered has increased still more. ' Silent, chainless, seven sizes. Four Hence the war board's decision to hold up speed transmission on all models gives ordinary traffic and give priority to govern- them maximum pulling power. " PmCntS &T \ d civillan necessities. Call on Packard Motor Car Comnanv With winter adding further to the of Philadelphia, 101 Market Street, Har alockade, thoughtful business men have risburg. Ask the man who owns one WEDNESDAY EVENING, Storm Centers About Head of Lloyd George l itjiiwi i MWMMWIMM MWMM WW' WWBHWBBWI General SIR. HENfcV WILSON OerteraI.SIR..WH.LIM I RO i BEKTSOM before the House when his admin istration has been under attack. His speech was a detailed but guarded recital of the proposals by which the four powers at Versailles had arrived at the principles of their latest form of co-operation. There were 110 oratorical passages except a few sentences at the close when Premier Lloyd George appealed to the country to get together in the face of a common danger. Deep Concern Felt Mr. Asquith asserted the country regarded with deep concern the re cent enforced retirement of the gov ernment's chief naval and military advisers, Admiral Jellico and Gen eral Robertson. The public and their own professions had the utmost confidence in these men. Mr. As quith added that the country had noted that both retirements were preceded by a hostile press cam paign. The public questioned wheth er these losses were compensated by the retention of the Earl of Derby in the war ministry and the appoint ment as director of foreign press propaganda—referring to Viscount Northcliffe, although he did not mention his name—one whose news papers had conducted the press cam paign. . There was a little altercation be tween the two Premiers over the question of General Robertson's failure to approve the Versailles plan. Finally. Mr. Asquith said he did not qviarrel in the least with the decisions of the Versailles council in respect to its functions. He took the view that the question at issue was a domestic matter and supported the view that the military "represent ative at Versailles should he a repre sentative of the chief of the general staff. CHOLM PROVINCE NOT FOR UKRAINE, AUSTRIA LEARNS Mixed Commission Will De cide Its Fate on Race Principles Basel, Switzerland, Feb. 20.—Dr. Von Seydler, the Austrian premier, has announced to the Relchsrath representative that the Ukraine Rada and the Austro-Hungarian govern ment is said to nave been applauded plementing the Ukraine peace treaty by which the province of Cholm will not revert to the Ukraine republic. A mixed commission will be appoint ed to decide its fate on race prin ciples and with regard to the wishes of the population. The announce ment is sai dto have teen applauded heartily. Much feeling has been aroused among the Poles through the fact that the old province of Cholm, a part of Poland, had been given to the Ukraine by the peace treaty signed at Brest-Litovr.k. Tho attitude of Polish deputies in the Austrian parliament also threatened the sta bility of the Von Seydler government, whose resignation was refused by Emperor Charles, February 9. Strikes ol' protect against the ceding of Cholm have been held in both Rus sian and Austrian Polish cities. Article 2 of the treaty of peace with the Ukraine gives the frontier |of the new country as including | Cholm. It adds, however, that the | frontier will be fixed in detail by a ! mixed commission according to eth i nographical conditions and with a j regard to the desires of the popula | tion. Tho population of Cholm is made up of various races and form erly was included in Poland. A great part of it, however, was included in Great Russia by the Russian gov ernment wher. it realigned the fron tiers of Poland. Third District Board to Send Squad to Camp Meade Elizabethville, Pa., Feb. 20. — ! Dauphin County District Draft i Board, No. 3, has issued orders to ; thirteen selected men to report at | Elizabethville on Tuesday, February ' 26, and start for Camp Meade, Md., l on Wednesday. Those in the squad j are the following, j J. Albert Nace, Williamstown. Beecher R. Hay, Williamstown. j -Harold J. Hay, Williamstown. James Richard Ryan, Williams town. Xorman E. Snyder, Millersburg. ! # Harry L. Kuntzleman, Millers i burg. I Ralph E. Kuntzleman, Millers burg. | Herbert C. Hoy, Millersburg. i Samuel R. Fetterhoff, Wiconisco. William Mahone.v, Wiconisco. j Thomas S. Umholtz, Gratz. Artie W. Umholtz, Gratz. John A. Keiter, Fisherville. "The Merry Travelers" For Elizabethville Red Cross Elizabethville, Pa., Feb. 20.—To morrow and Friday evenings a play entitled '"The Merry Travelers" will be given in the High school auditorium under the auspices of the executive committee for the benefit of the Elizabethville Red Cross Auxiliary, and under the j direction of Miss Edna Gay Schaef. | Mrs. Roy Romberger will be the I pianist and John Wise, violinist. 'Music will also be furnished by the Elizabethville orchestra. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH HAVE TWO SONS IN THE ARMY ■MiH .iMHI __ *jj *• J SAMUEL W. BAXKES CHARLES D. BANKES Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Bankes, 526 Curtin street, have reason to feel thankful, for the most cheerful re ports c?ome from their two sons in the service, who invariably write t hat they are in the best of health and greatly pleased with army life. Samuel W. Bankes has been serv ing in the 81st Field Artillery, Bat tery B, at Fort Oglethorpe but re cently received orders to proceed to Palo Alto. Cal., for particular line of training. Charles D. Bankes is stationed at Camp Jackson, S. C , and is serving in the 318 th Field Signal Battalion. BRASS BUTTONS CAUSE TROUBLE rOontinucd from First Page.] efforts of draft officials and County Sheriff Davis to get them into the National Army. Ignore Draft Call Yoder was called to go to Camp Meade way back last summer, but refused to show up, and likewise refused to show up on repeated calls for service. Draft officials did not press him because he had an appeal as a conscientious objector on reli gious grounds- under consideration at the time. The appenl was over ruled, with the acquiescence that he might go as a noncombatant to serve behind the lines. "But" thought Yoder, "that doesn't remove the contamination of the sin ful buttons."'and promptly hied him self out of sight of Sheriff Davis' buttoned up personality when that official put irt an appearance at his home In the Valley February 6 with papers for his arrest. The sheriff thinks he was in hiding in a neigh bor's house, where men use hooks and eyes and don't endanger their souls with the contaminating buttons. Retreats Before Buttons Now Yoder has not put in nn ap pearance since tliat day he ret.-eated before the onslaught of the buttons on Sheriff Davis' overcoat. It is thought that he might have retreat ed to the west, where members of the Buttonless Order of Amishmen wend their ways daily in a well or dered world of hooks and eyes. Stultzfus Is thought to have taken the same course ag Yoder, rather than go to Meade, where the insult ing buttons are forced upon help less conscripts. His course of action from the time he was drafted has been much the same as Yoder's, ex cept that he appeared for examina tion when he was first called, and informed the officials that ho would not return the next day to join the members of his quota. SSO Reward Offered Draft officials of Mifflin county are anxious to apprehend the two slackers, as it is said that all the registrants of Mifflin county are growing dissatisfied at seeing mem bers of their quotas going off to camp, while the two dodgers remain secure behind their hook and eye fronts. The Adjutant General's De partment has been notified and the Provost General's Department at Washington, has also been notified. When the men are caught their ap prehender will receive a S3O reward from the draft board at Lewistown, and the Amishes will be court inar tialed as deserters by a heathen ar ray of buttons and buttonholes. Draft officials pt Lewistown say some Amishmen have been sent to Camp Meade, and while they have gone without protest, reports from Meade say they make poor soldiers and skulk in corners, nervously fing ering the buttons on their uniforms that every minute, they think, are sending their souls nearer to de struction. • TWO WEDDING CEREJIOMIIS Marietta, Pa., Feb. 20.—Miss Lil lian E. Grove, was married yesterday to Samuel H. Foose, of Sporting Hill, at the parsonage of the United Brethren Church, in Mechanicsville, by the Rev. H. B. Sonon. Miss Esther E. Deßolt, was mar ried to Owen T. Slaughter, a seaman on the United States steamship Davis, at the parsonage of the Grace Lutheran Church, at Lancaster, by the Rev. Dr. C. E. Haupt. HENRY H. liACPPMAN DIES Marietta, Pa., Feb. 20.—Henry H. Kauffman, 67 years old last Christ mas, one of the best known farmers in Lancaster county, died Monday night. He was born at Dover, and was engaged in farming all his life. He was twice married. His second wife, four children, nine grandchil dren, a brother and a sister, sur vives. WOMAN DROPS DEAD Sporting Hill, Pa., Feb. 20.—While preparing supper, Mrs. Christian Hoover, 51 years old, fell over dead from heart trouble. She was appar ently in the best of health. Besides her husband, two sons and a brother survives. She was a member of the Mennonite Church, and taught in the Sunday school. CORNELIUS WALKER HURT Halifax, Pa., Feb. 20.—Cornelius D. Walker, of Front street, fell on | the pavement on Tuesday evening. His head struck the pavement in flicting a deep gash over the left eye which required four stitches to close. JOLLY RAG PARTY Halifax, Pa.. Feb. 20.—A rag party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bixler, near town on Tues day evening. The following ladies were, present: Annie Killinger, O. .J. Holtzman, S. J. Bowttian and little daughter, Sarah, S. J. Zearing, the Rev. J. F. Btabley, James Meckley, C. M. Bowman, Henry Miller, Earl Fitting and J. C. Bixler, Sallie Radle, F.mma Bixler, Bculah and Mary Fauber, Margaret, Sarah and Fred Bixler and Albert Killinger. Owner of Hotel Property Sued For SIO,OOO Damages Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 20.—A peculiar suit for damages w r as brought in the Northumberland county common picas court yesterday. David O. Phil lips. a Sunbury school director, who held a retail liquor license for the Windsor hotel here, was refused a renewal by President Judge Cum luings, who in endorsing the refusal, said: "This license is refused by rea son of the premises being absolutely unfit for the purpose of accommo dating the traveling public." At the expiration of the license year on the 31st of last month, Phillips moved out, and then sued for SIO,OOO for less cf business and capital invested. In his statement Phillips alleges that a lease for the property was feigned on the Ist of February, 1915, and that it was then and for a long time prior to that a licensed hotel, and had a large and lucrative trade. By the terms of the lease, he suys, the defendant agreed to do all neces sary painting, papering and repair ing of the premises, so as to make them habitable and comfortable at their earliest convenience. PROMINENT ATTORNEY DIES Sunbury, Pa., Feb. 20.—Benjamin E. Heckert, aged 41, died at his home here of a complication of dis eases. He was a lawyer, secretary of the health board, a Mason, a. gradu ate of Wittenberg College, Spring field, Ohio; State Health Registrar,! and a member of the Northumber-' land county board of road viewers. His wife and a son survive. , To say that our February Sale of Furniture and Carpets has been a success, is putting it mild. Those who have been here to secure the extraordinary values for which our February Sales are known, have told their friends. The result has been a February business exceeding that of any Feb ruary in preceding years. You, Who have not been to see this big day-light furniture store, cannot appreciate the char acter of merchandise we carry and th<; remarkable low prices unless you pay us a visit. We will pay your carfare, whether you buy or not. And if you do buy we will prepay the freight within one hun dred miles or deliver to Harrisburg and vicinity with our motor trucks. New Cumberland is on the map when it comes to selling furniture and carpets, and The Hoff Store invites comparison of values with that of similar quality in the larger cities. And our assort ment is exceptionally complete, when you consider that we have four large floors filled with good, substantial furniture and a splendid selection of the better sort. The original price tickets are always marked low. They remain on the pieces during this sale. We quote — SOME OF OUR MANY SPECIALS A nine-piece Dining Room Suite, consisting of 6-foot ex- A Ten-Picce William and Mary Dining Doom Suite all tension table, pedestal china closet; fine leath- quartered oak, wax finish, with roni leather seat (1 in' f\f\ er seat chairs and chair to match. A new $95.00 chairs February Sale Price HIU.UU value on display in our window. February £Q>l flfl Sale Price DO**,UU A Mahogany Settee upholstered in muleskin leather; length six feet by thirty inches deep. February tQC A Ten Piece Queen Ann Suite, made in American walnut, Sale Price dOOiUU all chairs upholstered in hlue leather. A very beautiful suite A (Jolden Oak Settee, length six feet, six inches by 32 specially priced for our tebruary $ 1 fiQ ftO ' Inches. Deep upholstery in real Spanish *En An ba ' e Leather. February Sale Price 35UU0 The Hoff Store Furniture, Car New Cumberland, Pa. - Both Phones - Fourth and Bridge Streets THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE U. S. # , 120 BROADWAY, NEW YORK By tHe thrift of the people the Nation is strengthened. The most effective teacher of thrift is life insurance. The Equitable's Outstanding Insurance now aggre gates $1,754,868,908. The New Insurance paid for in 1917 amounted to $251,344,000, an increase of $41,- 63 7,000 over 1916, and the largest single year's business in the history of the Society. Its payments to policyholders in 1917 totaled $62, 831,172. The following items are from'the 58th Annual State ment, which will be furnished on request: ASSETS. December 31, 1917 $576,837,343 INSURANCE RESERVE $471,914,234 OTHER LIABILITIES 13,620,304 $485,534,538 SURPLUS RESERVES: For Distribution to Policyholders in 1918 $ 16,065,192 Awaiting apportionment on deferred dividend policies 63,592,355 For Contingencies 11,645,258 $ 91,302,805 $576,837,343 During the year the Equitable invested $45,889,556 at an average yield of 5.24%. The Mortality Rate in 1917 was the lowest for t)ie last twenty-five years. I he Equitable issues the following special policies in addition to all varieties of Life, Endowment, and Annu ity contracts: A LIFE INCOME POLICY under which the insurance is paid to the Bcnclieiary in the form or u monthly income for life. A GROUP POLICY by which nil employer protects his employed. A CORPORATE POLICY to protect business organizations. A CONVERTIBLE POLICY which can be modified to meet changing conditions. . A BOM) providing nn income for the declining years of a mon or a v.omun. A LIFE ANNUITY providing an immediate income, under which the total return may be more bul cut never be leas than the price paid for the Annuity. A NEW POLICY under which if the Insured becomes totally and permanently disabled he will receive a LIFE INCOME without reduc ing the amount i>ayal>le at his death to the Beneficiary: and under which the Beneficiary will receive DOUBLE the face of the policy if the Insured's death is the result of an accident. For full particulars apply to the Equitable or to any of its agencies. W. A. DAY, President THE EDWARD A. WOODS COMPANY THICK BUILDING, PITTSBURGH, PA. HARRISBURG OFFICES—TELEGRAPH BUILDING E. K. ESPEXSHADE, Department Secretary C. H. HIGGINS , J. R. ROTE CHAS. ADLER ANDREW McELWAIN FEBRUARY 20, 1918. • 7
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