■ r 7- *. ;^7?r^.T .- • - ViV^ • -%u.#ui^n Thirtieth Division : ," " Baftfe Zone, Soon- .1 r * F For tht *>•• _ f HARRISBURG ijSpllli TELEGRAPH \ ®!jc JB9ar-3n&c|>Cß&fnt. ' LXXXVII Xo/263 20 PAGES ••'S.iSrS .. SKW-HSSSaS"" HARRISBURG. PA.. FRIDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 29, 1918. "V.A .VWS..ST HOME EDITION COUNCIL HAS A HARD TASK TO PREPARE BUDGET Opposition to Increase in Tax ation Makes Itself Manifest SEEDS OF CITY ARE MANY Taxpayers Want Mayor Keis ter to Investigate His Police Force That council will make every pos sible effort to keep the 1919 budget low enough that no Increase will be necessary in the tax rate, which Is now ten mills, was the opinion ex pressed in official circles to-day. The first meeting of the commissioners to prepare the appropriation ordi nance Tor next year, will ho held in a week or two. One member bf council declared openly he will oppose any increase In taxation. "With an increase in the valuation of taxable property of at least $8,000,000 I do not think It will he necessary," he said. "I Will cer tainly advocate cutting all items ex cept those absolutely necessary for repairs and maintenance, to keep the rate at 10 mills." On Anxious Scat The commissioners this year will have a number of big expense Items to meet, officials said, and some of them are looking forward to the budget sessions with increasing anxiety. One of the first increases anti cipated is the Bureau of Ash and Garbage Inspection. Bids will be opened soon for the ash collection contract next year under new speci fications which call for weekly col lections in the residential sections during the winter, and semi-weekly removal of rubbish from hotels, res taurants and apartment houses. Of ficials said the bid for this work will be much higher than $40,000, the amount set aside for eleven months of 19IS. In addition to the big sum for ash collection $2 4,000 will be needed for the garbage con tract. This year the ash bureau budget was s>>6,ooo of which $02,000 is being expended for collection work and the balance for inspectors and office expenses. Want An Investigation With the city police asking for a $25 increase a month in salaries, the councilmen will have another ad vance of at least $20,000 to add to the "proposed expenditures for that department. That there Will be a se rious objection raised to this salary increase unless Mayor Keiste- statts "i loaning house" at headquarters and getting rid of officers who are inefficient or neglected their duty In the vice clean-up. was indicated dur ing the last few days, as residents all over the city are incensed' at the lax methods of the department. "If council considers granting an increase of $25 a month to the pa trolmen. they should demand that the men on the force are fit for their posts," one taxpayer declared to-day. "If Mayor Keister refuses to investi gate conditions, then it is plainly the duty of the commissioners to de mand that hetake action. At present the entire force is under suspicion, because it is evident that some few of the men are not doing their duty." Paving Is Big Item As the number'of paved streets going out of guarantee is gradually increasing with the result that the highway department . must make more repairs each year, officials look for an advance in the estimates of that bureau. It was said that next > ear it may be necessary to repave such stretches of highway as Market street, from the Square to Front street, portions of Front street and other roadways which are almost [Continued on Pago 18.J 15 STATES GO DRY FLORIDA is the fifteenth state to ratify the national pro hibition amendment both branches of the legislature having approved the measure Wednes day. the house voting 61 to 1 and the senate 25 to 2. Florida is a dry state, the people having voted for state-wide prohibition at the last election. The amendment has now been approved by the'following states, Texas. Kentucky. Delaware, Mary land. Massachusetts and Louisiana being wet: . State — Ratified 1. Mississippi Jan. 8 2. Virginia j an . n 3. Kentucky j an . 14 4. South Carolina .... Jan. 23 5. North Dakota Jan. 26 6. Maryland Feb. 13 7. Montana Feb. 19 8. Texas Mar! 4 9. Delaware Mar. 18 10. South Dakota Mar. 20 lt % Massachusetts Apr. "2 12. Arizona May 24 13. Georgia June 26 14. Igiuisiana Aug. 8 13. Florida Nov. 27 Twenty-eight other states. 22 being dry. are regarded as sure to ratify, making a total of 43, where only 36 are needed. The issue is likely to be settled early in 1919 es 33 state legislatures meet in January. THE WEATHER For Harrisburg and vicinity, Fair nnil raider to-night, with In, Test temperature about 40 degree*. For Eastern l'rnnsr Imnlai Fair and eolder to-night t Saturday fnlri fresh went to northneat w lad*. River The *osqurhanna river nnd nil Ha tributaries will fall slowly or remain nearly stntlonnry. A Stage of aboat 4..1 fret Is Indl rntated for Harrisburg Satur day mora lug. 77te Disconnected Telephone ZT/ \ I ' \(y y ; thev VTN. *- r '' l . c _y >jy MEN CRIPPLED IN U.S. SERVICE TO GET PLACES Means of Making Wounded Soldiers Self-Supporting to Be Discussed The rehabilitation of woundeil sol ! diers so that they may be self-sup porting will be discussed at a joint meeting, of the Harrisburg Chamber ' : of Commerce, Rotary Club and Ki- i wanis Club, arranged by the commerce | chairman, and Daniel I* • Kelster, 1 Reconstruction Committee of the Home Service Division of the Har- ! j lisburg chapter of the American Red ! ; Cross, of which Henry McCormick is ! chairman, and Daniel L. Keister, i • mayor, is vice-chairman. The meeting will be held in the I Board of Trade building at noon, Fri : day. December 13. It will take the place of the Chamber of Commerce j I luncheon meeting for that week. PROMINENT SPKAKEHI H. R. Heydon. of New York, chief | of tt ? department of education of the ! Red Cross Institute for Crippled and j Disabled soldiers, and Michael J. | j Dowling, of Olivia. Minnesota, will ; be the speakers. 1 The speakers and discussion will be for the purpose of demonstrating 1 what has been done for the rehabill- I : tation of the war's wounded soldiers. ' what should be done to enable them , ! to enter fields where they can earn a livelihood, and what the local com- ! ' munity can do to aid in .the work of J I fitting them for life. PRACTICAL LESSON Mr. Heydon. as national head of the i work of reconstruction, is perhaps ! best able of all authorities on the [Continued on i'age 2.] 1,300 Christmas Parcels Sent From City to Boys With Pershing's Armies | A total of 1.471 persons in Harris ! burg have received Christmas car -1 tons from the Red Crosa with which to send Christmas parcels to boys < overseas. Approximately 1,300 of i these cartons have been returned, filled with Christmas gladness and ! have been sent on their ways across I the ocean. These facts were made ; | public this morning as up-to-the-1 minute figures by the special com- : | mlttee of the local Red Cross chap- [ ; ter. at their headquarters. 120 Mar- > j ket street, next to the Hotel Senate, j The time limit for sending parcels, i to the boya will be closed to-morrow and It is necessary' tor those who' , have received the labels from the' I boys, to hasten their packages If they j I are to be received by Christmas, It ! was explained. A flood of senders 1 1 kept the workers working at top j speed through the entire day and it i is expected that last-minute send-j ers will keep pouring In all day to-1 morrow and probably in the evening as well i — t AUSTRIAN TOLL FOUR MILLIONS By Associated Press London, Nov. 29.—Austria- ' Hungary lost four million S killed and wounded during the war, according to an Ex- ; j change Telegraph dispatch ' from Copenhagen. Eight hundred thousand men were killed, including 17,000 officers. FORMER EMPRESS JOINS HOLLAND EXILE i Goes Frojn Maarsbergen to Anierongen by Automobile; Wife of Envoy Greets j London, Nov. 29. —The former j German empress arrived by train Thursday at Maarsbergen, Holland, and went by automobile to Amer longen, where the former emperor Is (staying, according to a Rotterdam ! dispatch to the Daily Mirror. The former empress seemed in > high spirits. She was met at the station by the wife of the German i I minister at The Hague. The former' 'emperor was not at the station and only a few villagers were about. An j automobile load of baggage was taken to the castle, but twenty large trunks were left at the station. Y. M. C. A. ,*KKTl\fi invited. On Sunday afternoon there will be I a gospel nieeting with special talks j I' and music. The hour for the meet- 1 ing has been fixed at 3.30 o'clock. HARRISBURG MAN WILL GOTO FRANCE WITH PEACE MIS ION Hvman Goldstein Told by State Department to Be Ready to Accompany Presidential Party on Important Trip i, Harrisburg will be represented in the presidential peace party at the peace conference- by Hyman Gold -1 stein, son of Harris Goldstein, 326 j Relly street. This statement !s prac tically certain as the result of a notification received by his father I to-day. Goldstein was advised lost week : by the State Department to prepare j for the trip.. No further official order hus been received by him us jto the time of leaving, but he Is MAJOR GLASPEY, ! ON PERSHING'S | STAFF, DIES Harrisburg Man Who Sailed With Commander Is Pneu monia Victim Word was received this morning that Major Rexford M Glaspey died of pneumonia on November 6. Major ; Glaspey was commissioned first lieu • tenant on May 27, 1917, and sailed for France with General Pershing j and his staff. He was later ap j pointed a captain, continuing with i the unit, and, owing to his unusual ! merits as a soldier, he was made a j major. j Major Glaspey was formerly a rcs i ident of New Jersey, where he re ; eelved his early education. He grad : uated from the University of Pcnn sylvan la in 1911 in the Engineering department, und entered the employ of the Bell Telephone Company as a student engineer on September 11, 1911, at Philadelphia. He was trans ferred to Harrisburg as a student en gineer on June 10, 1912, and was promoted to division transmission engineer on July 28, 1913, which po sition he held up to the time he entered the service. Major Glaspey married Miss Mary G. Graber, a daughter of Dr. L. K. : Graber, 901 North Second street. Son of Commissioner Wells Is Wounded in Action Edwin C. Wells, a son of Countv j Commissioner and Kx-Sheriff H. C. Wells, was seriously injured in France. Octotber 31, while in action. He was a supply sergeant in the loth Machine Gun Battalion at the time his last letter was written on Septem ber 1, but since then his parents heard that he had been made an or derly to tbe major of his battalion. Sergeant Wells went to Camp Han- J cock with the old Kighth Pennsyl vania Guard and is now in his sixth year of service. making a'l arrangements to go at a i moment's notice. The fortunate young man has been j a valuable and trusted employe ofi the State Department for a little | more than six years. Starting on a : low round of the ladder, he hns worked himself to a high position. He Is not a'lowed to divulge the na ture of his work with the presiden tial party and has asked that further details be kept Becret until they are officially announced. PENNSY'S LABOR NEEDS CANNOT BE MET IN CITY Railroad Imports Men Here From Other Cities to Keep Lines in Operation MANY PLACES ARE OPEN Jobs Ready For Hundreds Who Have Worked in Munitions Plants Despite the slowing down of mu- j nitions plants resulting in a ten- , dency for many persons working in shops carrying government eonlrnets to seek new employment, there is such a great demand for labor in the city at the present time that the ] shortage is not being adequately 1 met. The Pennsylvania Railroad 1 alone is making more demands for labor than it can secure. An official of the Philadelphia division said to-day that in seeking employes in various cities and towns in Eastern Pennsylvania, the great labor shortage was brought forcibly to his attention. The Pennsylvania Company in this city hus not been in the habit (luring the war period of drawing upon other towns for la bor. It has been compelled to do so recently, however, and attempts to secure help were made in many towns, among them Pnrkesburg, Lebanon, Downingtown und Coates ville. Shortage Is Felt At Coutosville the labor shortage is being felt so much that an at- ' tempt has been made to import held from Baltimore. One concern nlone in Coatesville needs 300 odd men to keep moving. A large con- 1 eern in Lebunon told the official that they were short 250 men and that there was a very scarce possibility of securing employes there. Even with munition contracts can celled there seems to be very little | relief for the labor situation. This was found in towns where labor was largely dependent upon government contracts. Companies carrying such contracts have in some instances . gone over to peace work or are j making preparations to do this, and' the possibilities of a real shortage in labor is troubling officials more [Continued on -Page 2.J Memorial Bridge Given High Praise by Officials; Would Honor Fighting Men The proposed memorial bridge ! across the railrOad at State street, | upon which will be engraved tlie S names of every Pennsylvania soldier, ! to-day met with tlie approval of City Solicitor John E. Fox, who said: i "I feel that the memorial bridge j would be a very appropriate way of showing our gratitude to the soldiers : and sailors of Pennsylvania. The project undoubtedly should be car . ried through." Andrew S. Patterson, president of j the Harrisburg Chamber of Com j merce, was highly enthusiastic over 1 the plan. "There should be a state memorial," ihe said, "and 1 think a memorial I bridge at State street would be very ' fitting. The fact that It would be ! right at the state's eapitol should ! recommend it." MI sr KKKII itoo.uoo.iioo tViiablngton, Nov. 29 A cam paign to brinK home to the American people the need for food conservation, so that 300.000,000 hungry people in Kurope and the near east may he fed, will be conducted next week by the Food Administration. On .Sunday a message will be read in the churches all over the country. Kaeh day of the week will lie set aside for a special feature of the campaign. INCREASED FARE ! NOT CONSIDERED BY RAILWAYS CO. [Officials Say Board of Direc tors Has Not Considered Any Increase 1 Officials of the Jlariisburg Kail ' ways Company, when interviewed in their offices this morning, disclaimed i all knowledge of the report that an ! increase to seven cents in all their railway fares is contemplated. They declared they did not know ' who the director is who was "quoted" as considering an increase a matter ,of the near future. They said that i while it may be the opinion of any I one of the board of directors that 'the increase is necessary or justlfla | lile. still no action has been taken at ! any meeting of the board. It was snkr in the rumor which 'quoted a director as prophesying an i increase, that the on'y alternative to raising the fares to seven' cents would be to eliminate service on the I.lnglestown. Oberlin, Kockvillc and other suburban lines. Company offl cinls have contended for some time that these lines at times are operated at n loss, but nothing has been done that looks toward their elimination. The waiting station in Market Square, it has been announced, will be closed after midnight each night, as It is considered unnecessary to keep It open after that hour. It is reported that numerous passengers, who must travel late at night, find the closing of the waiting station In convenient with the advent of cold weather. Frank FS. Musscr. presi dent of the company, has dec'nredi that the station will be kept open twenty-four hours daily If It Is found [ to be a real neeessiey. •LAX DISCIPLINE 1 IS BLAMED FOR j JUVENILE CRIME Bad Companions Also Help Lead Children Into Evil Way PARENTS ARE CARELESS Many Boys Are Heard on Crimes of a Serious Character Lack of discipline in the home and 1 bad companions arc largely respon- j siblsible for the increase in Juvenile crime, county officials suid to-day. ' during the session of court at which about forty boys and girls were be ing heard, many of them on charges of Incorrigibility or larceny. "Parents arc too lax in their deal ings with their children," one offi cial suid. "The boys and girls know i his and soon take advantage of it. \ Tliev associate with other children in whose homes the same conditions exist and son they are doing'things w hie It result in their arrest, and sometimes it is neeessaiy to send them to reform schools. I believe too, that the need for het;i brought about by the demand for. war ma terials. uiid the employment of boys, may have bad something to do with the present sit lation, as usually the ones woo quit school because they don't like to attend, are the ones >vhe should be under .lust the dis cipline they get in school. But let the parents oo their part and much of lite irei.l It* will end. Many of tile children after they are made to teal u>.o the „e Sous conrequences which a.ay loiiow if they continue to vie late the law, reform and we never hem of them after their probation pi-nod ends." Four of iht boys wo were cnurgd with breaking into a storage Indu ing a' Nineteenth an 1 Mi nude, streets. Mealing ricartridges and | spark plugs, wora released on p.irr.'c A number of the b ys charged with breaking "ito a she., near NtuGi iait Market streets, taking some .oi-, were put or; probati and thr >e .•)' i the small children were discharged. | "Honor thy father and thy moth er," was the advice given one boy brought before Judge S. J. M. Mc | Currell on a charge of stealing ar I a .wmo'J'lc." Do you know the "I 'd {Commandments'" the. bo> wus ask | cd. He told the ocit he did net. I JMIPN .mice M "ai'ci. kindly but j emphatically told him he should ! learn them, and be sure to obey > them, particularly the one which ! •'•'d him to honor and obey his par ! ents Evidence ;;)• en in 'Mr: ease show ed that •ilc'er boys h.> ! I.oo*. partly the cause of the trouble, and it was 1 intimated that at the time he took the uuto other boys told him to 0 > so, i intending to go with him for a joy ; ride but later refusing to go. The youth said he had never driven a cur | before !• ,'t had seen others operating ttutos He took the one hi stole to jSl.uM.ry and lef* it the'x when tin. i k.'Soiibe was all. Park Drives Are Closed Because of Bad Weather Because of the inclement weather conditions Park Department officials have decided to close a number of tlie driveways for the fall and winter. Assistant Superintendent V. Grant Forrer announced to-day that the driveway from the southern end of the lake In Wild wood, north to the Llnglestown road; Cameron parkway, the "ravine" road from Derry street to Reservoir Park and all the roadways in Reservoir, except the one to Dak Knob, were closed to-day. The drtve way in Wildwood, from Maclay street to the southern end of the lake, nnd the road from Derry street to the eustern entrance to Cameron Parkway will remain open. Mr. Forrer said. KEPT DAUGHTER LOCKED IN ROOM SINCE SPRING Girl of 19 Is Removed From Home Where She Was Se verely Disciplined Beoause she was incorrigible and bad been too severely punished by her parents who kept her locked in a room on the second floor of her home at 2249 Jefferson street, county au thorities are arranging now to have Ida Belle Yocum, aged 19. daughter of William M. Yocum. removed A special investigator sent to the home by tlie county poor hoard, re ported to-day that the girl had been the summer, and it is believed had locked in the room since early in been neglected by her parents who kept her confined the entire time. The ease had been reported to the Poor Board hut no action wus taken at the time \: they will aoandon ■ .b.s disguise, co.ti.•!! I that the io>o-l lution is a faiii't"! and begin a corn-1 ter revolution. Agents of these officers, it is dc elu'ed, are furthering litis plot by spreading anti-British propugundu lit, Holland with the object of em hit- j tertfig the Dutch against the Allies. ; liOitdoit, Nov. 29.- Tito I.iber.it paily in Baden has issued a prscla-! r.iutici: demanding r complete breach with Berlin, according to tin | Exchange Telegraph d'sputch f.om ' Copenhagen. f ■ $ j 4* ■■ T'l I f -* ' f X 2 * . t fnr-,is -The Cr : ~ -t ndnwm --.V retire -he 1* I f X> • f "** 1 1* T IX 4 t- A, ' 4 [X nent if \ - that he must leave 1 IX ' * 4 ■ 4* 4* iX t ! ? T X RT- \ K ■ • A t.F.'SS T•! ! I 4- : ■* 4* |4 ~..m ifes H (4 ' is J |4 * 4 4* 4* 4* 4" , 4 M jf, •' 4 | ( 4 * | I* 4- . 14 i 4* * t j * A X f ' ' j "i I? 4* - ' X iX ' lf " ' XSm l 4 ■ : i - • I M !* |* Si * 12. w. i X X X' ' I Si im !A - Ttii-se 4*j| ;4 §* I ' *3* 4 1 X•' : * ' Ray- 4N^B i* *• ' *r 4* It Xi + >rfi [+< Premier .Lloyd 'lM| 7 # 2' ' T • Ml 4- : X t MARRIAGE LICENSES . T i 4* Hyrnnn nnd Kdythe I'oanrr. Wnaklndna, U. C. Mi 4 4< H TT h t T T t Ti TTTTTTTT.TTTII t ALLIES DEMAND KAISER'S HEAD By Associated Press LONDON, Nov. 21).—Actual pro cedure to Ito followed in demand ing surrender ol' the former Uer mor of Germany to the Allies will he dispensed in IxHldott, according to the Dally Express. Premier tiemeiieean. of Erat tee, will arrive here Sunday Willi Marshal l'oclt. The British and French govern ments. Lite newspaper adds, liuvc reached a decision rcgnrdlng tltelr right to make the ileinnitd on Hol land. 9 Higher Postal Rates to Go, Senate Finance Committee Concludes Washington, Nov. 29. —Repeal of ] the Increased postal rates was ap i proved to-day by the Senate finance I committee. Amendments to the war I revenue bill were adopted to abolish • the zone increase on second class rates, with a proviso that the rate shall be one nnd one-half cents per , pound beyond a two hundred mile j radius, and also for repeal of the j extra cent per ounce postage on ; letters. The change in second class posf ! age. under the committee's amend- ' ment, would become effective upon i enactment of the bill, while that rc- I during first class postage rutcs would be effective July 1 next.