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LXXXVII— No. 255 14 PAGES ""TUgTB tffß* HARRISBURG. PA., TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1918. ow VSK rH M *sß" M . HOME EDITION
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GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET
SAILS FROM HOME PORTS
TO SURRENDER TO ALLIES
A merican Navy Will
Participate in
Grand Review
GREAT VESSELS
TO BE TAKEN
U-Boats Sail For
Rendezvous Fixed
by Entente
Hy Associated Press
London, Nov. 19.—German
submarines to be handed over to
the Allies have passed through
the Kaiser Wflhelm canal on
their way to England, according
to advices received in Copcn
, hagen from Kiel and transmitted
by the Exchange Telegraph
Company.
Copenhagen, Nov. 19.—The
section of the Kiel fleet which
has started for the North Sea
to surrender to the Allies com-i
prises the* battleships Bavcrn.j
Grosser Kurfuerst, Kronprinz
Wilhelm, Markgraf, Konig Al
bert and Kaiserin and the
cruisers Seydlitz and Moltke.
London, Nov. 19.—The program
for the surrender of the German fleet
as the result of conferences held be- i
tween British and German naval j
authorities, Is that the ships will j
leave German ports on Wednesday ,
t and will be taken over by the Allies j
a on Thursday. King George and the ;
~ Prince of Wales will review the :
grand fleet at Rosyth on Wednes- i
day. Later the fleet will sail for the !
rendezvous assigned for the >sur- |
render ceremony.
The Times naval correspondent
writing of the subject of the sub- I
mission of the fleet, says:
Surrender to Be Impressive
"The surrender in accordance with 1
the armistice conditions will be made !
to a force in which the navies of
France and America, as well as our I
own, are represented. In its out- j
ward signs the business cannot fall j
to be impressive.
"The appearance of the long lines
of vessels to be surrendered, carry- j
Ing reduced crews and no armament; 1
the method of their transference to i
the allied escorts; the exchange of |
flags on t\ie German ships when thut i
happens und the striking of the col
ors which have replaced the imper
ial ensign, the ancient token of
yielding, will be among the more
interesting features of the manifes
tation.
There is another significance
which attaches to this act of sub
mission, for it represents the non
fulfillment of one of the principal
purposes for which the German navy
was created —to protect Germany's
sea trade and colonies.
Germany's Loss Is Great
"The war has come to an end and
Germany has lost her colonies and
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Jacob M. Alvord, Marriage
License Clerk, Is Dead
After a Long Illness
Jacob M. Alvord, a well-known
resident of Millersburg for years, and
for almost three years marriage li
cense clerk in the office of County
Recorder James E. Lentz, died last
night at his home, following a linger
ing illness. He had not been able
for the last several months to attend
to his duties in the Recorder's office.
Death was caused by Bright's dis
ease. Mr. Alvord's mother, Mrs. Car
oline Negley, survives.
Mr. Alvord until a few years ago
was in charge of the Alvord-Reamer
Manufacturing Company in Millers
burg, which he established in that
borough. Prior to that time he' was
for years in the employ of the Ken
ney Shoe Company, New York.
Years ago Mr. Alvord was a well
known buseball player in this section
of the state, and was a battery mate
of Sumner S. Bowman, now an at
torney, whb at one time was a pro
fessional league pitcher.
While marriage license clerk, Mr.
Alvod issued certificates to many
hundreds of couples. He was well
known in the city and Millersburg
and his genial disposition and pleas
unt greeting won many friends for
him. He was a member of the Ma-
sonic order for a number of years.
THE WEATHER]
Per IfnrrUburg nnil vlcinllyi
I'urtly cloudy und somewhat
colder to-night, with lowest
trraperuture about 42 degreest
Wednesday fair.
For Knatern I'ennsylvnnla i Partly
cloudy In south, rain In north
portion to-nlghti somewhat
colderi Wednesday falri fresh
west winds.
River
The upper portions of the North "
and West brnnehes will prob
ably fnlli the lower portions
will rlsr to-night and liegla to
i fall Wednesday.. The main river
will continue to rise. A stnge
of about 0..1 feet Is Indicated for
Hnrrlaburg Wednesday morn- I
ing. j
Help Bring the Ships to Harrisburg
HELP bring the ships to HarrisbuYg.
Your part just now is to familiarize yourself with the details of
the movement started by the Harrisburg Rotary Club for the
deepening of the Susquehanna river.
Major William B. Gray, noted engineer, says the project is feasible
and can be accomplished at a reasonable cost.
Major Gray will speak at a mass meeting in the Technical High
School auditorium this eVening. He will outline the plan as he sees
it from preliminary surveys, the results of which are now in his
hands.
The meeting will be an historic gathering. Lend it your influence
by your presence. There will be no charge for admission and no
tickets. Everybody will be welcome.
DEPOSED KARL MAY BE
DYING OF STARVATION
Royal Family Living on Shortest Rations in Old Cas'tle;
Vienna Poor Greatly in Need of Bread
New Vurk, Vol. 19.—Prepara
tion,, la ship nt an early <|ate ap
proximately 2X0,(100 tonn of fooil
htiift* Irani the I'lilted States for
the relief of the elvlllnn popula
tion of Austria now are under
way, It lias learned here to-dny.
Vienna, via Geneva, Nov. 19.
The situation in Vienna, where the
first American correspondent, that
of the Associated Press, .arrived last
week, appears to be that there is
more talk than disorder, with urgent
need for bread, especially for the
poor of Austria.
Former Emperor Charles, who has
retired for the present to his castle at
Eckartsau, it is asserted by the So
CITY DRIVE IN
i WAR WORK FUND
| EXCEEDS QUOTA
jHarrisburg Gives .$12,000 Be
yond Its 8180,000 Task
For Overseas Boys
■—• ;
Over the Top
• County— Quota. Subscribed,
j Harrisburg .. SIBO,OOO $189,183
j Dauphin .... 50,000 52,051
i Adams 18,000 9,500
j Cumberland.. 40,000 35,237
| West Shore.. 15,000
■ Franklin 50,000 49,400
: Juniata 8,000 7,200
■ Lancaster 245,000 265,000
i .Lebanon .... 50,000 57,072
Totals SBOO,OOO $847,543
Perry 16,000 12,800
York 137,000 137,000
Totals SBOO,OOO *5847,000
The Sixth Pennsylvania district,
composing ten counties, subscribed
$847,543 in the United War Work
Campaign. The quota was SBOO,OOO.
The district subscribed 106 per cent,
of Its quota and was one of six Penn
sylvania districts to go over the top
on schedule time.
Dauphin county subscribed $52,-
551, or $2,551 more than its quota,
Harrisburg subscribed approximate
ly $12,000 more than its SIBO,OOO
quota. ,
The original quota apportioned
Dauphin county was $197,000. The
city and county committees decided
to fix the quota at $230,000 and to
date have oversubscribed It by sll,-
734 or more.
Work Hard For Success
Fivb of the ten counties have not
subscribed their quotas but are work
ing hard to secure the necessary
amounts before to-morrow evening,
when the campaign officially closes.
In Dauphin county the chairmen
have been advised to continue their
drive until the Inst moment In order
that every district secures its full
quota.
West Shore, which is a district in
Cumberland county and has a $15,-
000 quota, has not yet reported any
figures, but the committee there is
working hard to secure the $15,000.
In the Victory Boys and Girls cam
paign the Lemo.vne High school sub
scribed $l4O, the Mlffilntown High
school S3OO, the New Cumberland
igh school SIOO, and the Enola High
school SIOO. The West Shore dis
trict Is handicapped, owing to the
[Continued on Pnge B.]
Lieut. Alexander Rodgers *
Dies After Being Gassed
Word has just been received here
of the death of Lieutenant Alexan
der Rodgers, Jr., son of Col. and
Mrs. Alexander ltodgers, of Wash
ington, D. C. Lieutenant Rodgers
died in France, where he was at
tached to the American Expedition
ary force. His death was due to
pneumonia. The last word heard
from him was that he had been
gassed und was forced to go to a
hospital after three weeks of con
tinuous fighting.
Lieut. Rodgers was a student at
,lhe Harvard Law school. His
grandfather was- the late Senator
J. D. Cameron. He was a nephew
of J. M. Cameron and Miss Mary.
Cameron, State street and a cousin of
Donald Mc['orinlt'k, Dauphin coun#
food administrator, aud was widely)
known In the city.
cialist Arbeiter Zeitung, is living on
the shortest rations and possibly may
be sturving with his wife and fam
ily.
Some disorders have occurred in
Prague, the capital of Bohemia, ac
cording to reports received here as
the result of an attempt to immobil
ize the former soldiers into a na
tional guard. There also are reports
that Jews have been assassinated in
Bohemty.
The formation of a new republic
here apparently has been an easy
tusk. It now is merely a question
of holding the people together until
a stable government can lie estab
lished.
50,000 CHILDREN
LEFT ORPHANS
BY INFLUENZA
Ways and Means of Providing
For Epidemic Victims
Are Started
Discussion of ways and means to
provide for approximately 50.000
| children left orphans in Penngylva
i nia by the influenza epidemic began
iat a meeting in the Senate Cham-
I ber to-day. under auspices of the
j State Department of Health and it
is expected that by to-night a plan
I will be adopted which can be recom
mended to the state at lurge. Par
ticipating In the meeting which was
j called to order by Dr. B. Franklin
! Itoyer, acting state commissioner of
j hiealth, were representatives of de
i partments and boards of the .state
I government and various societies and
| agencies Interested in child wel
' fare.
In openi/ig Dr. Koyer said that
I the lines of uction to be considered
i were: Methods of having children
legally adopted into suitable homes;
arrangement for more or less perma
nent eare in private homes and in
stitutional or county care. C. C.
Jones, "director of civilian relief of
the Pennsylvania Red Cross, and J.
C. Shellenberger, of the Children's
Aid Society, Philadelphia, spoke on
the importance of the subject and
i ways of caring for children. Ed-
I ward Wilson, of the State Board of
Charities, suggested county care, but
W. Grant Rauch, of Harrisburg, rep
resenting the Dauphin County Coun
cil of National Defense, opposed the
method. A general discussion fol
lowed.
1 Among those present were Major
W. C. Miller, U. S. A.; Captain A. E.
Kemp, public health service: Dr. J.
W. Ellenberger, of this city, and
others active in medical and philan
thropic work.
President of Mormon
Church Dies of Stroke
Salt Lake City, Utah. Nov. 19.
Joseph F. Smith, president of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, (Mormon) died at his
home early to-day after a long Ill
ness.
Death was due indirectly to a
paralytic stroke suffered last April.
Notwithstanding his Illness Presi
dent Smith attended the recent
semiannual conference of the
church, held the first week of Oc
tober, and spoke strongly against
polygamous marriages, which it was
rumored had been surreptitiously |
performed during the lust few years. I
COUNCIL THANKS NAVY
HEAD FOR HIGH HONOR
Big American Transport Bears Name 'of "Harrisburg" on
the High Seas; City Pleased at Consideration Shown
Council passed unanimously to-day
a resolution introduced by Mayor
Daniel U Keister, expressing \he ap
preciation of tlie city to Secretary of
the Navy Daniels for giving a trans
port* the name of Harrisourg. The
resolution follows:
"Whereas, The Secretary of the
Navy has given an American trans
port the name of Harrlsburg, thus
honoring the Capital city of a state
whoso sons have served with great
gallantry In the cause of freedom and
Justice and humanity: therefore be it
"Resolved, That the City Council
of Harrlsburg, in regular session as
sembled. express in behalf of tha
The Sooner We Can Engage a Governess the Better
GERMANS MARCH
FIRST TIME TO
"MARSEILLAISE"
j Teuton Band Leading Proces
sion Plays the Famous
French Anthem
Berlin, Nov. 19. —For the first
time since the founding of the Ger
man empire the "Marseillaise" was
played by a German band heading
a procession down Unter deri
Linden.
Present indications are that saner
councils will dictate governmental
policy in Germany. The# convening
of the constituent assembly is being
"urged in diplomatic and political
quarters not Identified with tho
present cabinet on the sole ground
that it will facilitate peace negotia
tions.
Friedrich Ebert, the premier, has
frunkly declared in an address that
there was no necessity tif the Red
Guard. He satd:
"I have no anxiety for the new
government because It Is sustained
by the confidence of the masses. We j
have received news that the troops
were orderly when the armistice was
declared in the back areas, how
ever, It was different. Many cases
of huste to return home are re
ported. In' Baden and Wurttemburg
the troops streaming back from the
front constitute a great danger to
security. Negotiations are in pro
gress to obtain food from America,
for food is what we nt ed. Peace
and order means transport facilities.
All soldiers' councils must place
themselves at the service of the gov
ernment to hasten demobilization.
Democracy can march only If Its
head Is untouched. Then, too, we
have prospect of getting peace con
ditions which at least may be some
what favorable.
"If the enemy sees anarchy
amongst us he will dlctute condi
tions which will Tntirely destroy
German economic lj£'. Therefore, I
go forward to common work for the j
future."
people of Harrlsburg their apprecia
tion of the honor conferred upon the
municipality In thim christening one
of the great, transport! which madrf
possible the landing In Rurnpe of so
many brave Pennsvlvnnlans
deeds <'Onstitute an Imperishable rec
ord of their self-sacrlflclng devotion
to lofty Ideals: and be It further
"Resolved. That in giving the name
of Harrlsburg to this transport the
city of Harrlsburg appreciates that
the Secretary of the Navy has also
recognised the valiant eervt-es of
Vice Admiral Sims, n distinguished
son of the Commonwealth, and many
others who ere serving their coun-1
try on the high seas "j J
Square Yourself With
the Boys Over There
THE War Work ilrtve Is not
over. You have until to-mor-
I row evening to give, if you
• have not ulready given.
Says the New York Times: "It
is not agreeable to contemplate
I the fact that the drive has had to
| be extended days because it
j could not raise the money needed
i in the eight days Hist allotted. In
; the last Liberty I.oan campaign a
; pungent Western versifier wrote
—tn the- columns of The Des
• 1 Moines Register, according to our
recollection:
t ' I'd rather be a yellow dog.
My only home a hollow log
or garbage (an,
I Than have the boys, when
| they conte home,
find out thut 1 refused a loan
To Uncle Sam.
!, "Rut how about refusing, "not a
: j loan to Uncle Sam .but u gift to
[ the boys themselves'.' How about
II having them, when they come
j home, llnd out that the reason
■ j why they had swh a hard .time
during the year they had to spend
il in Germany was due to the fact
that you and others refused to
i contribute to the seven associa
tions, Jewish. Catholic, Protestant,
j and nonsectarian, that would have
, made it an easy time? For that
I is what it amounts to if you re
fuse to give."
STJLEGERRINGS
OUT WELCOME TO
YANKEESOLDIERS
Women, Children and Aged
Men Embrace Their De- -
liverers in Belgium
With the Aincricnii Forces of OCT
| ciipntion, Nov. 19.—The forward
movemor.t into Belgium halted at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon when
the advancing elements of the Sec
ond division entered St. Leger. A
detachment of cavalry first entered.
This was followed a few minutes
later by the officers and the staff
in cars.
A crowa of citizens had gathered !
in the streets t and began rolling up
j the Fhutters of the little shops. The i
I church bells were rung and tho 1
i Muj or and his wife came out In
I front of their home and welcomed j
I the officers and correspondents and |
i Invited them to become the Mayor's
j guests.
Women, children and aged men j
, crowded about the soldiers, embroc'- j
[Continued on Page 18.J'.
YANKEES GIST WAR BOOTY I
1 With tlio American Army North* j
i oast of Verdun, Nov. 19.—Twenty- 1
two large caliber guns and great'
stores -of lumber, barbed wire and
various kinds of material used Ivy
engineers were forrhally gained ever
to the Americans by the Germans'
yesterday at Bouiigny. Much of the.
material is new. j
RIVERSIDE GETS
CITY'S HELP IN
! REPAIRING HOMES
Relief Committee Named by
the Mayor Makes an
Inspection
i To determine the extent of the
j storm damage at Riverside a com
! plete survey will be made by a spe
! clal relief committee appointed by
i Mayor Kelster. Arrangements hava
| already been made to clean up some
i of the wreckage and rebuild parts of
j some of the houses which were dam
j aged by the storm late Sunday night.
Commissioner C. W. Burtnett, who
i is chairman of the relief committee.
I said that so far no reports of aptuni
! suffering hud been received, and that
! although many fumilies had suffered
. much loss because of the storm, at
present no outside relief was need
i ed.
Hard ut Work
Repairs to the houses which are
! being made to-day will be of such
I construction that the residents will
i only need to change the roofing.
! At present frame roofs are being
constructed ant} later tin or siute
cun be Bpread over them.
City Assessor James C. Thompson
announced he will revise the valua
tions of at least thirty of the proper
ties badly damuged by the storm.
He ulso said that some of the 'as
sessments of vacant ground In the
Fourteenth ward may be revised.
Mayor Keister and other city of
ficials and prominent businessmen
worked all day yesterday in the dis
trict In which houses were wrecked
or badly damaged by the tornado.
Until Inst night every one living in
the section had been provided for
and made comfortable.
Following -a request from the
mayor, Adjutant General Frank D.
Henry, ordered a largo truck load
of canvas and some workmen on the
■ scene and soon temporary roofs were
! placed on the dwellings. Students
i from the Teohnlcai High School also
| went to the district and started to
j work replactng windows and broken
I doors and repaired other places.
! Thirty carpenters most of them fur-
I nlshed by the Pennsylvania railroad
'have offered to rebuild the storm
| stricken soction and this morning
Aarted to work under the supervi
sion of Joseph W. I'offiralnlng, a local
contractor.
Bertillon Finger-Print
System Planned For City j
George Shuler, city detective, is in I
Washington, D. C., studying the Hei - j
tillon tlnger-prlnt system, and will ,
apply a modern tlnger-prlnt detecting
department to the. local force. Mr.
Shuler wns made a city detective un
der Ex-Mayor Meals. Since Joseph
Iliach left the force, the ilnger-print
department of the police force has
been allowed to languish, but' local
officials, leallxing the Importance of
the''department, decided to place He- i
tective ghuier in charge of it.
2.0(10 HOI.MFKS ARE ILL I
* t)y Asmiaatej I'rtsj I'
Wellington, N, Nov. 19.—Two j i
thousand soldier* in military camps j
are suffering from influenza, ['
MAJOR GRAY HERE
TO DISCUSS RIVER
DEEPENING PLAN
Noted Engineer to Speak at
Public Meeting in Tech
nical High School
|IT CAN EASILY BE DONE
j First Conference Held With
State Officials Regarding
Commonwealth's Part
Major William B. Gray arrived in
Harrisburg last evening from Dela
ware City, where ho is ejigaged in
superintending a big government
oo'ntract, to speak by permission of
the War Department this evening at
a public'meeting to be held in the
Technical High •school on making
the Susquehanna river navigable.
While the meeting will bo held un
der the auspices of thq Harrisburg
Rotary Club, and representatives of
the Chamber of Commerce, the state
government, the Engineers' Club,
the Klwanis Club and delegations
from Columblu and elsewhere, will
be present by special'invitation, the
public is invited. No tickets will be
required and admission will be free.
Major Gray, who has conducted
many big water way projects In re
cent years, has spent all his leisure
(luring the past few months In gath
ering data on the Susquehanna prob
lem, and is convinced that the river
can be made navigable' for seagoing
craft for miles above Harrisburg at
a cost that would not be prohibitive.
The Idea, of course, is to have tile
government, ussisted by the Com
monwealth, perhaps, do Ihe work,
while Interest in the project Is to be
aroused by a series of such meetings
as will be held this evening.
Major Gray has put his findings
into concrete form, which will be
given to the Telegraph for publica
tion following his speech to-night.
He will be followed by Chuirman
Zentmycr, of the state water supply
commission, who also has made a
careful study of the river problem.
' A preliminary conference with of
ficials of the state government was
held In the Senate Library at noon
to-day.
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<f S. Herman,; President Eli N. Hershey, of the ]|farr JL
T Rotary i President Andrew' S, Pattersop, of the ®
fi* Chamber cf.CcmmerOe and". Captain H, A. Douglas. T
AUTOMOBILE INJURES BOY
igar Mrnt/fr,,agcd II years, sxjstaiped a
|X • ', ' r.Pon today "%-h vt. as he was a X
fi''hp; ele —ir his honie. IWO ?ar'V •, rtftet/ *h'afttoniObni X
jT- ran oyer him. He was-taksn to, the H??n<burg Hospital. J'
t MARRIAGE LICENSES I
"i* Wllllaa. U. Krrkrl and Marnaret I. Mrera, HirHikWl Wll- *4
-> Ihfr nnd Henrietta B, HlrelM, Read las I Jaatea H. Sailtk A
nnd Maraaret I.ovelr, Harrlibar*.
FOOD SITUATION
TO REMAIN SAME
FOR COMING YEAR
Prices on Canned Goods Not
| Likely to Drop During
the Winter
! ./ "v
SHIPMENTS ARE BETTER
; Relief From Possible Short
ages Seen by Wholesale
Grocers
I 5
The food situation is not likely tO
I change materially with the advent of
! peace, according to the consensus of
| opinion of the city's wholesale gro
i cere.
To begin with, canned goods hard
ly will drop in price, as the govern
• mcnt hus taken over a large par.t of
! the canned goods products for a year
!to come. So fur us is known, the
| government has not cancelled any of
I its contracts.
j Forty-five per cent, of the tomat.o
I crop has been taken over by the
! government. Corn, peas and, other
j products also have been contracted
, for by the government. As canned
j products have been high in price
I and scarce In quantity for more than
| a year, their continued scarcity will
! not work unbearable hurdshtps on
| consumers. It was said.
California Hard Hit
I Nearly all California fruits will tie
j rather difficult to procure, and stilt
j prices will prevail. Heavy rains In
' California affected the lima bean
i crops, and the fruit crops were he
] low normal. However, the £overn
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May Have Incubator
For City's Smallest Baby
One of the smallest babies horn
in Harrisburg in recent years lias
been brought by the stork to the
home of L. J. McLeet. 1711 Apricot
street. Mrs. McLeet, mother of the
baby, was formerly Miss Mary Les;
cure, and is well-known here.
The advisability of constructing a.
small homemade incubator is being
considered as a means of protecting
the Infant from any change of tem
perature. The name of the baby boy
is James Robert McLeet.