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RAILROAD BILL
BADLY BEATEN;
LIMIT CONTROL
Amendments to Measure Bring
Test of Strength in
Senate
COMPENSATION IS CUT
Final Vote Is Looked For
Today; Clip Off Six
Millions
Washington, D. C., Feb. 22.—The
Senate yesterday defeated amend
ments to the railroad bill proposed
by Senator Cummins, Republican, of
lowa, and Senator Johnston, Demo
crat, of South Dakota, both of which
would have reduced the amount of
compensation to the roads while un
der government control and would
have removed the limitation of such
control to a period of eighteen
months after the war.
An amendment proposed by Sena
tor Robinson, Democrat, of Arkan
sas. striking from the bill a provis
ion that the railroads should be paid
a percentage of the cost of additions
and betterments made during the
last six months of 1917 was carried
by a vote of 44 to 34.
Cummins Amendment Lost
The Cummins amendment was de
feated by a vote of 53 to 23, while
the Johnson amendment fell 61 to
10. An amendment proposed to the
Johnson amendment by Senator
Cummins providing that the rail
roads should be administered by a
board or commission after the war
was defeated by a viva voce vote.
The Robinson amendment will cut
about $6,500,000 annually from the
railroads' compensation.
The ten senators supporting the
proposal to reinsert the original ad
ministration provision for indetlnite
government operation were:
Democrats, Ashurst, Johnson,
South Dakota; Kirby and Phelan.
Republicans. Gronna and Johnson,
California; Jones. Washington; Ken
yon, Norris and Poindexter.
The vote against government op
eration was accepted as decisive.
Senator Johnson, of California, who
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SCHOOL CHILDREN MORE THAN
READY TO DO THEIR BIT
Harrisburg's school pupils have
the "over the top" habit—just like
tlie grown-up folks. The way they
are joining the Junior Red Cross is
o na par with the way their elders
have been buying Liberty Bonds and
"coming through" in the many war
campaigns Harrisburg has had.
The honor roll of t IOO per cent,
schotfls, where every pupil has joined'
the Junior Red Cross, contains the
following names:
Cameron school.
Penn school.
Lincoln schctol.
Webster school.
Miss Seller's school (private).
Parochial Schools, Too
Children attending parochial
schools of the city are also joining
in large numbers, as .the following
figures will show:
St. Francis, 198.
St. Mary's, 135.
St. Lawrence, 105.
had led the advocates of government
ownership, said last night that he
did not expect to renew his effort.
Washington's Birthday Session
The Senate, proceeding under a
rule of ten-minute debase upon all
amendments, recessed at 6 p. m. with
many amendments still to be con
sidered and with little promise of a
final vote being reached until to
night. Senator Stone, of Missouri,
moved that the chamber adjourn to
day out of respect to the memory of
George Washington, but this was
opposed by Senator Martin, major
ity leader; Senator Smith, of South
Carolina, who is in charge of the
railroad bill, and by Republican
members. The Senate met at 11
o'clock and Senator Gerry, of Rhode
Island, will read Washington's fare
well address. Debate on amend
ments to the railway bill will then
be resumed.
As the bill stands now the com
pensation clause as originally sub
mitted to the Senate is virtually un
changed, except in respect to com
pensation on improvements and bet
terments made during the last half
of 1917. This compensation clause
provides that the roads shall receive
a standard return equivalent to the
average operating Income for the
years 1915, 1916 and 1917. Senator
Cummins' amendment would have
changed this provision by limiting
the standard return of any road
whose average net income for the
three years mentioned has been
more than 5 per cent, to a sum not
Sylvan Heights Home, 87.
St. Patrick's, 1(5.
Enrollments In the parochial and
public schools, discontinued to-day
because of the holiday, will be re
sumed Monday.
In the Cameron public school
there are 833 pupils and 833 Junior
Red Cross memberships.
In the Webster school there are
545 pupils and 545 Junior Red Cross
members, as well as 7 8 senior mem
bers.
All Schools Interested
Enrollments in the Junior are be
ign made in these schools:
Foose, Harris, Paxtang, Shtmmell,
Webster, Stevens, Willard. Boas,
Verbeke. Relly. Calder, Hamilton,
Downey, Woodward, Wickersham,
Allison, Forney, Vernon, Camp Cur
tin, Steele, Maclay, Melrose and the
Teachers' Training school. Miss
Anne U. Wert, principal, is aiding in
the raising of funds by giving in
struction.
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exceeding the net railway operating
income for 1917 after deducting
therefrom the amount available out
of earnings for Investment and sur
plus above this amount, also pro
the limitation mentioned should not
be employed so as to reduce the net
Income of any such carrier below
the amount required each year to
pay the regular dividend. Any sur
plus above this amound, also pro
vided, should be paid into the re
volving fund, which will be used
for extensions and betterments.
Senator Robinson's amendment
will have the effect, it is understood,
of reducing compensation to the
roads by many millions of dollars.
Johnson Clause
The Johnson amendment would
have reinserted in the bill its ori
ginal provision that control of the
railroads should continue for the
period of the war and until Congress
should otherwise decree. This was
opposed by opponents of Government
ownership of railroads and by many
Republicans on the ground that it
would be giving the semblance of
permanency to war legislation. Sen
ator Frelinghuysen offered an
amendment to this section of the bill
providing that no provisions of the
legislation should affect the states'
power of taxation. This was accept
ed.
BOLSHEVIKI TO RESIST
GERMAN INVASION
[Continued from First Page.]
ing from the proclamation ordering
that the German advance be resist
ed. While thi may not be signifi
cant, all previous orders in the pres
ent citoi* have been signed by
Trotzky and Lenine. Trotzky Is re
ported to have cast the deciding vote
in favor of accepting a German
peace. Written confirmation of the
acceptance of German peace terms
has passed the German lines, ac
cording to Berlin, which adds that
this disposes of rumors that the
Lenine-Trotzky government has
fallen.
lighting Fronts Quiet
In France and Italy there has
been no change in the general sit
uation on the fighting fronts. Small
raids and artillery duels continue, as
does the aerial activity. German
artillery fire has been heavy north
of the Aisne and In Champagne. On
the American sector the intense ar
tillery firing continues with the
American gunners doing the most
damage.
Throat to Dissolve Parliament
Demands of Austrian Socialists
that the government begin peace ne
gotiations on the basis of President
Wilson's recent message has brought
tho threat from the Emperor that Tie
will dismiss Parliament if the
budget, which the Socialists have it
in their power to pass or defeat. Is
not given a majority. Not only are
the Socialists dissatisfied, but the
Czech. Slav and Polish deputies in
the Austrian Reichsrath are openly
hostile to the government in its war
and peace policies. The Socialists
have called mass meetings to sup
port a demand for the opening of
peace negotiations with the United
States.
Disorganization of Russ
Navy Reaches Extreme
Point in Time of Crisis
Dondon, Feb. 22.—Disorganization
in the Russian Navy has reached an
extreme point and there is no likeli
hood of any order being obeyed, ac
cording to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Petrograd. The na
val authorities at Reval report that
in order to save the Russian Navy
from the hands of the Germans it
would be necessary to remove the
ships at Reval and Helsingfors to
I Kronstadt.
This, however, is believed to be
impossible owing to their disuse. Up
to this time only submarines have
been removed from these ports. The
question has arisen whether to de
stroy the ships in Helsingfors. It Is
also suggested to intern them in
Finland as a free and neutral state,
acknowledgement of Finnish neu
trality having been made by the
Bolsheviki. The Bolsheviki are will
ing to withdraw the Russian Red
Guards from Finland and to stop
the supply of munitions to tho rev
olutionists.
The marine deachtments at Abo,
Finland, and the Aland Islands de
mand their immediate discharge, the
dispatch adds, and the majority of
the crews at Helsingfors oppose any
active defense.
Court Transferred to
Deathbed of Woman
Detroit, Mich. —After hearing the
testimony of a woman who is not
expected to live, and to whose home
the court, jury and officers adjourn
ed to obtain the testimony, a in
Judge Wilkins' court convicted
Michael Molasko and Joe King of
homicide in the second decree. The
men were charged with having beat
en to death Anthony Novak on No
vember 4.
The assault took place at the
home of Novak's sister Mrs. John
Gorsinski who then lived at No. 11
Wabash street. The testimony was
taken In her present home No. 175
Copeland avenue. Mrs. Gorsinski
and her nine-year-old son John were
the only witnesses to the assault.
Neutrals to Act on
Loans to Russia
The Hague.—Holland has suggest
ed to tho other neutrals so Foreign
Minister Doudon baa Informed a Dep
uty, that they take joint action in
respect to the repudiation by the
Bolsheviki of Russia's foreign loans.
Spain, said the Minister, already
has consented in principle and re
plies are expected soon frorfi Switz
erland and the Scandinavian coun
tries.
HATffiJSBUFtG TELEGRXPH
FLOOD VICTIMS
APPEAL TO CITY
[Continued from First Pago.]
quarters for a shipping room, and
is prepared to receive any contribu
tions for the stricken town, and rush
them as soon as received.
Mayor Keister got in touch with
the State Health Department and re
ceived the information that there
is 110 fund that allows them to ex
tend help to the stricken city. There
is no fund in the city that can be
devoted for procuring provisions, for
the flood-ravaged town, and the
Mayor calls upon patriotic citizens to
come forward with contributions,
which the Red Cross will- dispatch
at once.
Frantic Appeals
Mayor Cupper, city officers, the
Board of Trade, Postmaster and
Businessmen's Association of Dock
Haven, united this morning in a
frantic appeal to all cities of Central
Pennsylvania to rush supplies and
provisions to the stricken up-river
town, which sustained a staggering
suspension of all industrial activities
and connection with the outside
world during the high water that in
undated the streets to a depth of
four feet for two days and later
froze the surface over the entire
town.
In the First ward, where most of
the poorer people of the town are
collected, suffering is so intense that
only immediate relief will save a
profusion of deoths from cold, ex
posure and starvation. Special trains
aro rushing provisions and necessi
ties to the stricken town from a ra
dius of a hundred miles this after
noon. Bellefonte, Tyrone, Renovo,
Altoona, Willlamsport and Harris
burg have all received urgent appeals
from the Lock Haven mayor and
citizens to rush ai<f to the stricken
town. Conditions In the flooded areas
are worse than have ever been wit
nessed by the oldest residents of the
town.
Cry Is For Heat
For two days and nights the citi
zens of the town have been confined
to the second floors of their homes,
without light or heat. In the early
stage of the flood, the light and
power plant was put out of commis
sion and at 5 o'clock yesterday morn
ing the gas company was put out of
commission by the rising waters.
"Send s heat, send us heat!" was
the plea that came.from the suffer
ing inhabitants this morning. "Coal
oil stoves and coal oil. Pumps to get
the water from our cellars so we can
use our furnaces and the small
amount of coal we have."
Town Is Helpless
The plea that reached Harrisburg
late this morning was* for stoves,
and yet more stoves, with coal oil
to furnish heat to the victims of
the water, ice and cold.
A cold snowstorm raging to-day
driven by cutting winds, and a tem
perature during the night of five
degrees, was the final blow that
made the helpless town inert before
the ravages of the severe weather
and flood conditions.
In the First ward, where suffering
is most intense, the ice is piled four
feet deep in the sweets, and ice is
frozen in the houses. There is cry
ing need for an army of laborers to
dig this part of the town out of the
ice, which prohibits the carrying
of any relief to the suffering citi
zens. Arrangements are complete
to carry relief to 'these people as
soon as automobiles can get to them.
Open Public Places
Mayor Cupper and a citizens' com
mittee have opened the churches,
schools and hospital for the care of
the stricken families. The hospital
is filled with the children that have
been rushed there to save them
from the' gruelling cold of their
homes, and the State Normal School
is filled with the older sufferers
The remainder of the schools have
been opened up for the benefit of
the sufferers.
The railroad station is in the j
midst of a great Ice pile which was I
left after the water receded, arid '
cannot be reached. Workmen are
trrying to open up the railroad
tracks, in order to let the specials
bearing relief approach the city this
afternoon.
Fear Pneumonia
The extent of the suffering in the
worst stricken parts of the city
j could not be estimated to-day.
Mayor Cupper said, because it was
impossible to reach the lower part
of the town, where conditions are
worst. Telephone and telegraph
communication were out of order.
Physicians have taken teps to com
bat an epidemic of pneumonia, and
the hospitals are filled to overflow
ing.
The downtown streets are filled
with ice and no stores are open.
All the cellars are filled with water, i
and even with the receding of the
water the houses and buildings are
still without any heat except where
oil and gasoline heaters have been j
rushed to their assistance.
Property loss High
Estimates as high as $500,000 are
placed as caused by the flood, but I
it is impossible to estimate the total j
extent of the damage caused by the I
flood and water.
Provisions and medical assistance
will arrive in abundance, from near
by towns this afternoon, Mayor Cup- J
per said, but blankets, stoves, oil
and wraps will be in greatest de
mand. It is impossible to estimate
when the gas plant and light and
power plants can be run again.
Careful tabulation of all articles
sent will be kept, Mr. Cupper said,
and they will be returned to the
donors.
Help Rushed to Stricken
City by State Health
Department Experts
Engineers and inspectors from the
State Health Department and State
Water Supply Commission were to
day rushed to Dock Haven to render
assistance in airevi£\ting conditions
in the flooded part of the town.
Some of the sanitary inspectors had
been engaged in observing flood con
ditions ia the' vicinity and were given
orders to proceed at once to Lock
Haven.
Reports of the conditions in Dock
Kaven were telephoned to the Capi
tol and as officers in the Governor's
and Health Departments were in
Philadelphia the messages wore sent
to that city whence orders were
given to render whatever aid pos
sible.
It was stated to-day that no re
quests for state policemen or for
tents or other stores had been made.
Mayor Keister and men active in
the Chamber of Commerce and other
organizations in this city who had
been appealed to on behalf of the
people arranged to send provisions.
Danger of Flood Here Is
Passed When Water From
Lock Haven Passes Safely
The river opposite the city is fall
ing, and the State Water Supply
Commission said at noon that it will
continue to fall. The highest stage
reported was 14.S feet at midnight
last night By 3 o'clock this morn
ing it had fallen to 14.1, and has
continued to fall since.
The crest of the flood from Lock
Haven passed this city, to-day, with
out raising the river or making any
trouble and no flood now is expect
ed. The great ice gorge below Co
lumbia remains intact, and floods are
reported on the lower Susquehanna.
At Poquea there is ten feet of wa
ter on the railroad track and enor
mous masses of ice are thrown along
the tracks. The water at Safe Har
bor is the highest it has ever been
registered there, a foot and a half
higher than in 1904, the previous
high-water mark. It is thought the
water and ice pushing down the Sus
quehanna will force the gorge to the
bay.
Snow started to fall here at 6.40
this morning, with indications that
It would continue all day. There was
an inch of snow by noon, but no
traffic dificulties or tieups reported.
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British Airship of
Zeppelin Type Shown
London—A new British airship of
the Zeppelin type, but said to be a
distinct improvement on the German
Zeppelin, was shown on the film
for the first time this week in a pri
vate view at the American embassy
here. The new airship, in the be
lief of the British naval men, is des
tined to play an important part In
naval warfare. The pictures were
viewed by an invited audience of
American naval nnd military men.
Indian Princess to
Warble in Trenches
Denver. —At a concert here to
raise funds for the purchase of a pi
ano at Camp Funston, Kansas, Prin
cess Tsiana Redfeather, noted Indian
mezzo-soprano, announced that she
will go to France in April to enter
tain American Sammies in the
trenches with her native Indian
songs.
Escaped From Mine
by Steps of Snow
St. Marys' Pa.—Michael Wolfe,
employed on an oil lease near the
plant of the Pennsylvania. Fireproof
king Company, while crossing the
Wehler farm walked into an open
mine that was covered with drifted
snow. He fell fourteen feet to the
bottom and spent two and one-half
hours getting out. This he managed
to do by making big snowballs and
placing one upon another, using
them as steps to get out of the cave.
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$5,000,000 Fraud Is
Uncovered in Probe
on U. S. Army Cloth
New York, Feb. 22. —The Quarter
master's Department of the United
States Army, has been defrauded of
moro than $5,000,000 in the uniform
cloth scandal.
This became known yesterday
when the Federal Grand Jury hand
ed up indictments charging eleven
persons with embezzlement, receiv
ing stolen propprty of the govern
ment, conspiracy and perjury in con
nection with the amazing case. Sev
eral of the men named in the indict
ment are members of well-known
uniform manufacturing concerns.
Onp of them is a civilian inspector of
the Quartermaster's Department and
one a prosperous sponger of cloths
whose plant was supposed to pre
vent it from shrinking.
Captain George D. Bernitz and
Detective James J. Coy, of the New
York department, said the in
vestigation under way has disclosed
wholesale thefts in practically every
uniform manufacturing firm men
tioned to them since they were loan
ed to the Army Intelligence Bureau
and began their inquiry. It Is their
belief the plot to reap fortunes in
army cloths extends throughout the
entire country and that tho authori
ties will discover the theft of millions
of dollars' worth of cloth by con
cerns not yet brought into the lime
light of tfle official investigation.
The Grand Jury returned the in
dictments to Judge Martin T. Man
ton in the United States district
court. These are the men indicted:
Louis Davidson, head of the Uni
versal Cloth Shrinking and Reflnish
ing Works, 147 West Twenty-second
street, charged in sixteen counts with
embezzlement.
Hyman and Benjamin Horwitz, of
the firm of Horwitz & Moskowitz, of
119 West Nineteenth street, charged
in sixteen counts with embezzlement.
Ira D. Janowsky, alias Ira L. Janis,
a civilian clerk in the Quartermas
ter's Department United States
Army, charged with aiding counsel
ing inducing and procuring others to
embezzle government property.
Abraham Pursch and Ix>on
of Pursch & Levin, army uniform
contractors, of 55 Fifth avenue, and
18 West Eighteenth street, charged
with embezzlement.
Jarob and lining Welnsteln, Job-
FEBRUARY 22, 1918.
bers in woolens, of 97 Bieecker
street, charged with receiving stolen
government property.
' Barnet Teltz, of the firm of B.
Teltz & Company, 33 Greene street,
charged with receiving stolen gov
ernment property.
Barney Robinson and Morris Ale
witz, receiving ami shipping clerks
for the New York Manufacturing
Company, 600 Broadway charged
with perjury.
Danger Lurks in Catarrh
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This is reason enough why you
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treatment for your Catarrh. Your
experience should have taught you
by now that you cannot be cured by
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BXAMINH POLICES APPLICANTS
Mental examinations for the appli
cants for city patrolmen appoint
ments were held last evening in the
Council chamber. The eligible list
will be announced probably on Mon
day.
I<'IUE IN f'l.IH
A slight lire in a Hue at 1131 North
Cameron street was extinguished
without damage to-day before the tiro
apparatus arrived.
sooner you throw them away, the
shorter will be your delay in get
ting rid of your Catarrh.
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by going to the very source of the
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the disease from the blood, and has
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sults; then write to our medical di
rector for any special Instructions
which your case may require. Ad
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