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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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<i
This evening at 7 o'clock a big
meeting will be held at the P. R. R.
V. M. C. A. for girls and boys. The
subject (Illustrated! will be "Our
j Navy." All school children have been j
> 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 <p-cordlng to J. William
Bay las. the chief clerk, because the
fattier of the girl ia financially able to
properly care for her. When the ac
tual condition of affairs was learned
and the authorities investigated the
reports of how strongly she WHS be
ing disciplined it was decided to have
her removed.
Deaths Far Exceed Birthi
in Berlin During the War
fly Associated Press
Berlin, Nov. 29. The vital sta
: tistlrs of Berlin disclose the almost
catastrophic effect of the war's priva
tion on the people of Berlin.
The excess of births over deaths In
1913 was 12,766. In 1916 there was
an excess of death over births of 4,-
440 and there were 13,397 more deaths
than births In 1917. The figures do
not include the soldiers who died at
the front or in hospitals. The total
number of deaths in 1917 was 7,900
inore than the pervious year, despite
the fact that Berlin's population had
decreased 70,000,
FORMER EMPEROR TO
RECLAIM HUN CROWN
WHLN RIOT
Revolution in Germany Managed by
Officers Disguised as Workmen Ha
rangue Crowds; Encourage
Revolution.
MAY RETURN TO BERLIN
WHEN ORDER IS RESTORED
Hy Associated Press
IJOIUIOII, NOV. 29.—The former I
German Emperor contemplates an i
early return to Germany to reclaim
his throne, according to news re-j
eeivetl in London through a neutral |
source of high standing, says the j
Daily Mail.
Tito newspaper adds that the revo- j
Union in Germany is being managed I
by officers of the German high com- (
mnnd with a view to eventually caus- j
ing its collapse and the triumphant j
return of the former emperor to
Berlin. .Some of these officers in'
civilian clothes have been recognized
in the streets Df Berlin. Many of
them are repot - , .d to be dressed as !
workmen.
• Thc-se officers harangue the crowds
as comrades toil in every way en-:
courage the revolutionary move- i
n.enf. It is addol, however, that if j
opportunity oii.' j>\: 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.
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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.