1 Yero Weather Russian Ww FtontJ Bolshevists Withdxw From Dvma Rwem fet HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M \ ™ B||t Siar-Jnitpcnfctni. • . . ■ • ' : ' > / I.XXXVII- Xo. 261 16 PAGES "•U.gKT. WK„ SWn.-HSSSSiS"* HARRISIIURG. PA.. TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1918. ""VmWftlSt "*SS!A. l SS.ino M * "tWdBSP HOME EDITION * CHANGE IN METHOD OF ASH COLLECTION URGED BY COUNCIL Present System Is Unsatisfactory Throughout RIVERSIDE GETS WATER Mains to Be Laid at Once; Plan Quarantine Important business, pending for some time, was disposed of by Coun oil at its sessions this morning. An informal conference was held again • at 4 o'clock this afternoon to dts- ; cuss plans for ash collections In 1919, and a special meeting may be held to-morrow to pass an ordinance t on first reading to provide necessary j urles for this work. Commissioner. Hassler first pre sented a letter from \V. S. McOaleb. j of the Dauphin Consolidated Water I'ompany, with whom the officials have been conferring on the pur chase of the water lines in the re cently annexed Fourteenth ward. , Cost Pared Down The company originally asked $21,000 for the lines but after a number of meetings agreed to accept $13,500. I'ouneil unanimously agreed to buy the mains at this price and directed Dr. Hassler to start neces sary arrangements at once to take them over. He was also authoris ed to have workmen connect the Fourteenth ward lines to the city mains as soon as possible. Dr. Hassler said this will he done within a week after which arrange ments will be made for laying new mains in the ward as the present | supply system is inadequate. New i tlreplugs will be installed also, lie , said, and every wtil-htt pupi.' kto have much of the .work dcuui fore winter weather "interferes. Many Complaints Discussion of the ash situation followed the introduction of the public comfort station ordinance, j • 'onimissioner Hassler told the other' members of Council that it was necessary to act at once on the | ordinance which includes rules and ; regulations for ash collections next j year. Proposed specifications for the i 1919 contract also are to be approv- i ed, he said. The councilmen finally • agreed to meet at 4 o'clock in the , afternoon to discuss the ordinance and the specifications and a special : meeting may be,called fo to-mor row to pass the former on first read ing. . ! The commissioners then question ed Dr. Hassler about the present ■ situation and suid that they are Rett- ; ing many complaints about inade- ; quate service. Commissioner Lynch declared that ash collections every ' two weeks were causing much trou- ' ble in the city and that he did not \ know about the agreement that the i ashes were not to be removed often- ! er. Mayor Keister said he has re ceived eotuplaints also about irre gular garbage collections. Com- i [Continued on Page 14.] Senate Finance Committee Abolishes Tax on Vehicles By Associated Press Washington, Nov, 26.—1n further revision of the war revenue bill, the j Senate Finance CtinmLi-q to-day ! struck out entirely the proposed Fed- i rral license tax on use of automobiles ■ and motorcycles, which ranged from [ ten to fifty dollars annua'ly in the j House bill, according to horsepower, and from live to twenty-five dollars under the plan previously ndopted ' by th eSenate committee. Amos C. Reese Killed in Action in France Amos Cement Keeese, Company K. One Hundred and Twenty-eighth In fantry, was killed October in France ■ after being on the firing line out nine days. Private Heese resided at J? North Tenth street and was conductor in t the yards of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany prior to leaving for tile Service I with the last draft. He trained at! i'amp McArtliur, Texas. THE WEATHER For IlnrrUhurg nnil vicinity t Fair to-night, with freezing temperu ture; Wedneadny Increasing eloudiness ad slightly warmer.. ! Vnr Eastern Pennsylvania I Fair to-night Wednesday Increasing; cloudiness and slightly nnrmrr; gentle to modernte northwest winds, becoming variable. Illver The Siusquehnnnn river and all Hs branches will continue to fnll slowly. A stage of about U tret Is Indicated for Hnrrlsburg Wednesday morning. General Conditions The disturbance that wns central over the Klo Grnnde A nllej, | Monday, hns moved sonthrnst ward Into the Gnlf of Mexico) It has caused snow In the Inst twenty-four hours In %'ew ' Mexico, Oklahoma ' and West ern Texns nnd rain In the Gnlf nnd South Atlantic State*. An other dlntarbnnre has niuienred In Mnnltobn. hat ns yet If has caused no precipitation of con sequence within the field of ob servation. High pressure pre vails over the remainder of the eountry- I 0 The High Points APPOINTMENT of Augustus j 11. Haines, 24 North street, to succeed the late Patrol- 1 man \V. Meivhi Kepford. Aeeeptnnee of offer of Dauphin j Consolidated Water Company to ■ sell witter mains in Fourteenth I ward for SI3,.MML. Original priee asked was $21,000. Commissioner 8, F, Hassler authorizetl to have Fourteenth ward water Hues collected with 1 elty MA in- at once, and to make arrangements to luy new lines in annexed district. ConfeeeiK'e on ash speoiiica- I tlons and proposed ordinance called for 1 o'clock tills afternoon. ] Special meeting may lie held to morrow. ■ Commissioner- eoniplain about T present ash and garbage eollcc- J tions and direct Dr. Hassler to get j better service. Authorized quarantining houses in wlileh inlluenza cases develop, I ■ COUNCIL PASSES 'BUCK' TO MAYOR IN CITY SCANDAL Conimissioners 'Waiting' For Keister to Probe His Own Department AND HK KNOWS NOTHING No Charges to Be Brought i Against Men Asleep on Jobs "WELCOMES CLEAN CITY " , •Cb+e4'-K*ecutive Sure Harris-; burg Is as Good as Other Towns Members of City Council said to-, ! Jay that Mayor Keister was thej | only one who had authority now to i j investigate any inefficiency in the j i Police department, or cases of negli- j gence, since the Federal authorities | | visited the city and raided about j twenty places, arresting 175 persons.! The commissioners all took the l position that they could not inter-! fere with the Mayor or take any ac- I lion at present, as he has full charge j over the police department, and is' ! the one to make an., charges against j ; officers for failure to perform their i duty. Nothing to lie Done I Mayor Keister, when asked what j action he intended to take, declared he had no charges to make against i any officers on the force and knew of no inefficiency. "I think the force at present is as efficient as in any! .other ci'\ We could not have fol-' lowed the same method as used by; the Federal authorities. I welcome I anything which can be done to make j Harrisburg a cleaner, better city, but with the information the department! had we could not have raided anv' lof those places. Some of them, in ! fact, .have never been under suspi-i jcion. ■ Others we have raided and) have taken more out of them than I | the Federal officers did. The Bucket j | of Blood on one occasion was raided i by city patrolmen and fifty-four were j arrested. They were fined and soon |after returned to their old haunts. If there is anything we can do to get rid of the undesirables. I want to know what it is. We have ar- • I rested them over and over, fined I | them, put them in jail—and they! • just return to their old p'aces. No Charges "I have no charges to bring against ; any of the officers on the force. If jany one has a complaint t'o make' about negligence or inefficiency T! will investigate it personally and act accordingly." Mayor Keister's statement that he ! | did not intend to take any action or j conduct any Investigation despite the I ! fact that the Federal officials came I i here and caught in their net many! scores of people in the big raid on disorderly houses, aroused a storm : jof criticism agaipst the police de-; partment. Residents in all parts of the city; declared that the raids here furnish I conclusive evidence of negligence or inefficiency in the city police depart ment. whicli should result in an offl- ! cial investigation by the other mem- j : bers of Council If the Mayor will I ' take no action. The other eohtmis- i i sioners, • however, "pass the buck," 1 ! and say they will not Interfere with < ■ the police department. ! Commissioner W. H. Lynch said: ! i "It Is up to the Mayor to act about affairs In his department. Speaking i l'or myself, I can say that 1 ,have no ' authority to take any action. He has | charge of the police department anil : it is for him to decide what to do." ! Commissioner C, W. Burtnett ex-! ] pressed the same opinion, saying: : | "Council cannot take any action so) far as 1 can see. The Muyor is t! e ' person to bring charges against any' of the officers for not doing their! ! duty." Commissioners S. F. Hassler and I K, "/. <Jrosß made simi'ar statements) that Mayor Keister should make any; 1 investigations and prefer charges of negligence or inefficiency, then dis i charge the patrolmen for failure to )do their duty in enforcing the law ju'nd reporting any disorderly houses. i 0 < ■ 1 It'll Make a Good Start' Toward Arming Our New , International Policemen WILSON TO BE AWAY A MONTH ! ON PEACE TRIP President Hears From North-1 cliffc His Presence Is Essential By Associated Press . \\asliiiigton. Nov. 26.—About one; i month is the time President Wilson 'expects to bp in Europe for the i opening of the peace conference and i | preliminary discussions. No definite i I limit has been fiixed but it was said | authoritatively to-day that the Pres- ! ; ident plans to be back on American i ' soil within six weeks after Ills ship j | sails for the other side. It became known also to-day that j ) the Italian ambassador, Count D! i Cellere, as well as Ambassador Jus- ! serand of France and the American) peace delegation, will cross on the j ship with the President. Preparations for the President's) I trip are going forward rapidly at the; j White House. Among many messages received • ■ front England, France and Italy, I ) urging Mr. Wilson not to let unfa-! ] vorable criticisms interfere with his) j plans, is understood to be one from I i Lord Northcliffe. earnestly suggest-! | ing that all objections should be dis- | ! regarded by the President, whose | ! presence is essential. ; It was said that there was no foundation whatever-for talk of a' censorship over news of the peace! 1 conference, nnd that American news- ) paper correspondents would be j * given all facilities possible for trans- ! I mitllng their dispatches. I THREE TONS OF PEACH PITS PUT UP FOR SALE AS FUEL Not Needed Now For Gas Masks, Red Cross Seeks to Get Needed Revenue From Fruit Stones ) FOR SALE Approximately three tons of peach stones and nutshells to be used as fuel. Ap- I plication should be made to Mrs. ) Mabel Cronlse Jones. 106 Locust , ! street. Bell phone. 4214. ! Cheer up. you Harrisburgers who ! haven't been able to get the precious black lumps of anthracite to keep i >our kitchen stove a cooking and the ! furnace sizzling hot! King Coal has been dethroned and his kingdom has ) been turned into the peachstone and j nutshell republic! Democracy Rclgncth Once More | The whole thing came about through the war. The local Red Cross chapter was instructed some months ago to start collection of nut shells and fruitplts for the manufac ture of carbon to be used iu gas i > COMMUNITY SING IS PLANNED FOR THANKSGIVING 'Hundreds of Voices to Be ; Raised in Song on (ircat' Holiday , Following the plan of the Xa ! tionul Council of Women, whose 7,- ) 000,000 members have endorsed community singing in every city and (town in the United States for j Thanksgiving, members of the Com i munity Singing committee, have ar | ranged for such a celebration in 1 [ Harrisburg. The sing will he held in | the rotunda of the Capitol at 4.15 ! o'clock Thursday afternoon. The I Municipal Band will support the sing ! and selections by this organization ; will be a feature of the occasion. , Hundreds of patriotic Harrisburg ! ers are expected to turn out for the 1 event. The plan, besides having the j endorsement of the National Council ) of Women, has the unqualified sup i port and endorsement of Secretaries ! Baker, Wilson and Daniels.- Pronii ) nent citizens in New York appear on ) the committees of arrangements at | the celebration there, besides en ! dorsing the movement whole heart ) ediy. j The sing Thanksgiving Day will be i under the direction of Abner Hart | man, who will conduct the chorus. I ! The arrangements of the committee ) were completed to-day. It is desired j that alien born citizens especially be | present. The Community Singing ; committee is headed by Mrs. J. G. I Sanders, chairman. Other members j are Miss Cora Lee Snyder, Mrs. Ed | win J. Decevee, Howard Oensler, 1 Frank A. McCarrell, Alfred C. I Kushwa and Fred C. Hand. t masks. Great quantities were col lected. with J. William Bowman and ; Mrs. Mabel Cronlae Jones playing [ prominent parts In the gathering. : Yesterday there came to Mrs. Jones a telegram from the War Dcpart i ment ordering that the collection be stopped since there Is no further need for gas masks, the aynistlce having been signed. And there are three tons or more of peachatones on a railway siding at Seventh and Cur tin streets. Some bright young chap, perhaps a sufferer from the tyranny of King Coal suggested that the collection be sold to the people of Harriaburg as fuel. The Idea was seised upon and it Is now on sale. The proceeds are to go to the Red Cross to assist In caring for refugees and wounded alike. GOV. BRUMBAUGH IMADE HISTORIAN ;| AT $lO,OOO A YEAR McClain Cuts Down Expenses of State Defense Coin mission j The State Committee of Safety and Defense to-day created a war service ! bureau in the Adjutant General's ! Department for the collection of in ] formation relative to the share of j Pennsylvania and its people in the l great war and selected Governor i Martin G. Brumbaugh at a salary of 1 i ) 10,000 u year to be director. He will 1 i enter upon his duties February I. This action of the commission wns ) I taken by the votes of Auditor Gen '! eral Charles A. Snyder, who put the 1 i motion; State Treasurer H. M. Kep hart, who made the motion, and Ad ) j jutnnt General Frank D. Beary, who '] seconded ihe motion. Governor : , Brumbaugh did not vote and Lieu j tenant Frank B. McClain, declined ' ] to vote, saying that he had alreadv ' authorized an appropriation of $5."- j 009 for the joint work of the Penn ! sylvania Historical Commission and ) the Pennsylvania War History Com ; mission, both of which are headed i by Governor-elect William C. Sproul, | und would consider a vote in favor 1 of creation of the new bureau to be ! inconsistent. . | $:o,OOft l'or Work i ] The Governor stated after the i ! meeting that the commission had ; | authorized an appropriation of $30.- j 000 from the $2,000,000 fund i by the last Legislature for the work and that such clerical assistance as would be needed would be approved by ttie Defense Commission. The [Continued on Page B.] ' Senator Beidleman Is Given Ovation at Home of City Republican Club | Senator Edward E. Beidleman, ! lieutenant-governor-elect, was greet i ed by the largest attendance in years at the Harrisburg Republican Club | last night, at a banquet and recep tion given, In his honor bv the mem bers. Many of his friends who had ! not seen him since lie was elected to 1 the second highest office In the state, : congratulated him on his successful campaign and the overwhelming ma jority accorded him. 1 Kd. A. Falter, president <)f the club. had charge of the reception when It i opened and immediately called on . Prothonotary Charles E. Puss to pre , sldj during the evening. Mr. Pass • then made the opening address, wel ! coming the lieutenant-governor-elect i for the hundreds who had gathered . at the club, crowding every room. His address was followed by a short talk by Senator Beidleman who ex i pressed his deep appreciation of the . honor conferred upon him in his elec ) tlon and for their support of the Re publican party. 1 Representative-elect Albert Millar, 1 Auditor General Charles A. Snyder, ; Mayor .Daniel I- Keiater and Cltv Chairman Harry F. Oves, also were called upon to make short addresses. Following the reception a banquet was served [COMFORT STATION; IS TO GO UNDER! THE COURTHOUSE Council Takes First Step To ward Long-Delayed Building | COUNTY TO CO-OPERATE * Commissioners Agree. With Lynch, Who Introduces Ordinance | PASSES FIRST READING j i Decision as to Location Not i Final; Willing to Take Advice Members 01" City Council anil City j ! Solicitor John K. Fox will confer | j with the County Commissioners to j obtain permission to use the vacant | 1 ! space, between the courthouse anil | j Court 'street for a public comfort | | station. j An ordinance authorizing the con-j ; ference. directing Commissioner W. ] J H. Lynch to secure an architect to j I make plans for the work und au- ] thorizing advertisement for bids was', introduced in Council this morning' I by Mr. Lynch and passed tirst read | ipg. Trie building of the station has | i been delayed because of the fight j ! against building it in Market Square, j ! j Immediately after it had been read j Commissioner Lynch explained to the ' other members that in naming the j ] location for the comfort station he | [did not intend to have the com mis-I ! sinners think he believed it to be j , the best place, but that it was u , suggestion so that the ordinance | I could be presented. Other council [ men took the same position and said I that if another place is found which I will be a more suitable site, they will consider, it. Commissioner Lynch also explain ed that there is increasing need for the comfort station because of the shorter hours of the large stores and i the lack of such facilities for the public except during certain hours of the day. Other officials expressed 'fnefr approval of the move to cOn i struct the station,' Council Commissioner C. C. Cumb ' ler. when he learned of the action . ' taken by City Council, said the coun ty officials will be willing to meet the councllmen and po-operate with! j them. County Solicitor Philip 8.1 I Moyer will be requested to attend I j the joint conference when the ques- I I tion of whether the county property j I adjoining the courthouse can be used j j for the comfort station, will be de- j : cided. | A fund of s2o,ooo'was authorized: | a few years ago for the erection of i this improvement but definite action j I I has been delayed frequently. The , city commissioners after the ordi- j ' I nance passed first reading to-day, | said they had no preference in a I , ! site for the comfort station, but j > j that question could not be settled: ! unless a certain one was named. : Then if objections were raised and a better one can be obtained, a I , change will be made. ! Yankee U-Boat Chasers Start For Home; Sirens , Sound Farewell Blasts i ■ j tlneenstown, Nov. 26.—A number | i of American submarine chasers, ac- | ! companied by the parent ship Buck- J ,! Nell, left yesterday for the United j | States. ' The flotilla was given an enthu- j j siastic send-off. The harbor resound- | ! ed with the shrieks of sirens and j j crowds assembled along the water- I j way cheered us the vessels steamed I out to sea. Frank C. Bosler Found 1 Dead in His Office Carlisle, Nov. 26.—Frank C. Bos- i , ler, a local millionaire, interested ■ largely in western cattle, irrigation i and metallurgical enterprises, aged \ ts, was found dead from an apoplec | tic stroke early this morning in the , ' office building close to his residence I I on practically the same spot where . j his father, James W. Bosler, a ►, pioneer westerner, was found dead : | thirty-five yearH ago. i i Mr. Bosler, who three years ago I I married Miss Elizabeth Swank, of ; I Denver, is survived by liis wife and ! infant children, Frank C. and James j D. Bosler. Mr. Hosier was a member of the j Union , league, Philadelphia; Har- j vard Club, New York City, and many | j social organizations In the west. He j ! was president of the Diamond Cattle ) i Company, Kock Creek Conservation I i Company, both at Rock River, Wy- j , | oming; Iron Mountain Alloy Com- i | pany, Denver, Col.; Iron Mountain | 1 i Ranch Company, Bosler, Wyoming; ! ' ] Carlisle Deposit Bank and a large i stockholder in local banks. Industrial | and public utility enterprises. Penn-Harris to Open For First Time New Year's Eve j | it has been tentatively decided ' that the Penn-Harris will be formally | opened on New eYar's eve. Some ' belated equipment for the kitchen has arrived this week and the fur nishing is going ahead with renewed energy. The chefs, the head waiter,' thej steward, the head bellman, and the | maids have all been organized as to! their respective courses. The ell-| boys wi ; I wear a forest green utii. .-m j with tlic lettering "P-H", and these, ar# now being made ready. Reser- j vatlons are being made every- day , for rooms and fo i various dinners and other occasion* H LUDENDORFF GETS OUT OF GERMANY By Associated Press Copenhagen, Nov. 26.—General Ludendorff, reputed to have been long the actual directing head of Germany's military affairs, lias quit-German soil, according to the I Frankfort Gazette. It says he has left Sassnltz, Prussia, for Sweden, j His titular position in the German military system was that of first quartermaster general. 1 CITY IS TO HAVE SHARE IN MAKING 1 PARK BEAUTIFUL Commissioners to Meet State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings THE PLANS ARE SPLENDID Harrisburg's Part Is to Rear ! range Highway Lines in Capitol Zone Harrisburg city commissioners will be incited to meet with the members of the State Board of Public Grounds 1 und Buildings to discuss the city's share In the improvement of Capitol i 1 ark, tlie extension and the construe- ; tlon of the monumental bridge. This ! meeting will be held In a few weeks | so that preparation of the necessary, legislation, bills for the general as- ! sembly and ordinances for the Harris- ) burg council, can be started with a full agreement on state and muni cipal co-operation. City Solicitor Confer* City Solicitor John K. Fox met George A. Sh miner, superintendent of public grounds und buildings;! [Continued on I'ugc 14.] FMkfN KXTEit 1,11 Al-'.tl III; l(U I'nrl*. Nov. 26.—0n the French front I the troops 'continue their advance > during the course of the dav in Dux-] emburg, where they occutiied Merzig! Bellen, Heiderscheld and Lemeri, and 1 also in Lorraine, where the French I are along the river Lauter. French I cavalry lias entered Luxemburg. ffa a-.'Xfcf J g i fcll lili >t f-'TiT f?■ 9 . ■>*?. j>7 ■!?<> |>7* • tft - *.- HtTm ■f*Tr , TTi T TTTT ••• if ST/ 7 STREET BR!D\. TO EE 1 |f MEMORIAL TO MEN OF SERVICE 1 t * J HARRISBURG—THE STAT}'. BDARD OF BUILE ii X iNGc AND GROUNDS TO-DAY DECIDED TC t M . Hie BRIDGE ACROSS THE PENNSVt £ ? VANA RAILROAD COtftfRCTNQ CAPITOL f J . • ENSION WITH iiu: ALLISON HILL 9 jr DISTRICT A MEMpRIA f |Z SYLVANIA WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR. M 1 1 ?> BRIDGE TO THE SOLDIERS AM > SAILORS OF Z [| WHO SERVED FN THE GREAT jfi I WAR. THIS WAS DONE AT THE SUGGESTION OF 3 i NNER, | | AMD TH | T , f | EVERY PENNSYLVANIA SOLI >IBR AND SAILOR jS A FOCI! IS IN LUXEMBURG T 2 T T* f* 0 j i | ' ' jl . MEET TO DISCUSS STRIKE MOVE * X il T ' T of Railroad R il -Telegrapher., whose fteadqtiartei timore, | I 25 nitely to divide whether the members of the order shall >9 fqu; t:> t: ro <• unless t' r . crcar I pay and improved working conditions, r hail have, !j£ II been complied with meanwhile. X {NEWBERRY WINS 8Y.7,567 9 -rHrp, Mich.—Official tabula'! t f the vote cast 'fc ; A No-n;nbtT 5 as announced by the X shows that Lieut. Oomhiandcr Newberry, Re* £■ 4 publican, was elected United States - ator from Michi- *9 ipran• over Henry .Ford,, Democrat, by a margin of 7,567. |k The figures were: Newberry, 220,054; Fo rd, '12,487. . X 3!u ui9 r~*x 4* UiHtitit/iUL ULUV&IS % 7* hntHfkor nntl Mnrr cr-d. ! JUVENILE CRIME WAVE GROWS IN ALARMING SIZE Fifty Boys and Girls Arraign ed Before County Officials OFFENSES ARE SERIOUS I " (Petty Thievery and Truancy Plnvs Little Part in the Charges Brought I THE PARENTS AT FAULT In Many Instances Children Do Not Have Proper Attention For the second time this year ) about fifty boys and girls charged witli offenses ranging' froni felon j ious entry and lurccny to incorrigl ) bility and truancy, will be brought j before Judge S. J. M. McCarrell, presiding at juvenile court sessions lon Friday. The cases to be heard have been continued since October 11 becuuse off the epidemic of in fluenza. The increase in juvenile crime in the city and county during the year j has caused much comment in ofti ; cial circles. At the January sessions ; there were 22 children brought into : court; in March, 49, and in June, 16. Make Big Until-, j A surprising feature in the theft icases, officials said, is that the youthk are making big hutils in most in stances. instead of petty thefts. In making a study of the situation prq hatlon officers at each session make a separate report on each case. lit 1 some instances the children are without proper parental care, while In other cases association with other I boys in the neighborhood who are constantly stirring up trouble re sult in the arrest of youngsters who under other conditions would com mit no offenses. - One of (lie boys to be heard on I Friday is charged with stealing an ; automobile, valued at $5OO. Inves- I ligations show that the boy is a tru- I ant at times and causes his parents [Continued ou Page B.J
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