*' ' AI HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Jtfff * ®|C olar-Independent '' -XXXVII— WILSON GOES BEFORE NEW CONGRESS WITH HIS ANNUAL MESSAGE Stands Firm in His Desire to Sit at Peace Table CHEERED ONLY BY DEMOCRATS RepublicpMS Silent When President Outlines Plan By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 2.—ln an ad-; dress to Congress In joint session to-! day President Wilson formally an-; bounced his intention to go to Paris, for the peace conference, saying tliej Allied governments have accepted I principles enunciated by him for; peace and it is his paramount duty j to be present. The President said he will be in j • lose touch by cable and wireless j and that Congress will know all j that he does on the other side. No Censorship Keferring to his announcement ! that the French and British govern-,' mcnts had removed all cable re-! strictions upon the transmission of. tews of the conference to America, • the President said he had taken over j the American cable systems on ex-j pert advice so as to make a unified j svstem available. lie expressed the hope that he j would have the co-operation of the j public and of Congress, saying j through the cables and w[sef¥ss'*Ml- j stunt counsel and advice would be j possible j Has No Suggestion •Much of the address was devoted' to the railroad problem, for which I the President said he now had no ! solution to offer. He recommend-' ed careful study by Congress, say- , ing it would be a disservice to the , country, and to the railroads to per mit a return to old conditions un-: der private management without moditlcat ions. The President declared lie stood i lead) to release the railroads from j government control whenever a sat isfactory plan of readjustment could I be worked out. Has No Program The President said be hoped to | see a formal declaration of peace; by treaty "by the time spring lias | come." No definite program of rccon-! sruction can Ik- outlined now, Mr. j Wilson said, but as soon as the armistice was signed, government control of business anil industry was leleased as far as possible. He ex- i pressed the hope that Congress I would not object to conferring upon the war trade board or some other! agency the right of fixing export priorities to assure shipment of food ' to sturving people aboard. Heavy Tax Levy As to taxation, the President en- i dorsed the plan for levying six bil lion dollars in 1919 and for notify-' ing the public in advance that the 1920 levy will be four billion dol lars. The new tliree-ycar building pro- j gram was endorsed because, the i President said, it would be unwise. to attempt, to adjust the American program to a future world policy as ! jet undetermined. Paying tribute to the people's con-I duct in the war, lie spoke particu-1 larly of the work of women and , again appealed for women suffrage; by Federal amendment. Republicans Silent Declaring he had no "private thought or purpose" in going to; France, but that he regarded it as ' his highest duty, the President; added: "1 is now my duty to play! in.v full part in making good what they (America's soldiers) offered! their life's blood to obtain." Democratic representatives orcse and applauded vociferously when the President announced his intcn-; tion of going in person to the peace conference. The Republican side was silent and so were many sena-! tors on both sides of the chamber, j Cheered by Democrats The President concluded after! speaking 42 minutes, and left the' chamber amidst applause limited to| tlie Democratic sMe. Interruptions! of the address for questions which ; had been threatened by some Me- j ► publican members of the House did I not materialize. THE WEATHER] For llnrrlNborg nml vlelnltyi Cloudy to-night nnd Tuesday, prohnhly rnln or ntiotvi lowest temperature to-night nbout free ring. For Eastern Pennsylvania! f'londy to-night and Tuesdny. probably rain or snow t warmer; light to moderate ensterly winds. Itlver The Susquehanna river nnd all Its branches will probably fall slowly or remain nearly sta tionary. A stage of nhont 4.3 feet Is Indicated for Ilnrrlsburg j Tuesday morning. !< V -3/ CC IF. 13 A m?C Daily Except Sunday. Entered as Second Class AO. iOJ iU F Matter at the Post Office at Harrisburg C . Wilson's Message Washington, Dec. 2.—The ; President spoke as follows: Gentlemw. of the Congress: The year that has elapsed since I last stood before you to fulfill my constitutional duty to give Congress front time to time, information on the state of the union has been so crowded with great events, great processes and j great results that I cannot nope to give you an adequate picture of its transactions or of the far reaehing changes which have been wrought in the life of our nation and of the world. You have yourselves witnessed these things, as I have. It is too soon j to assess them; and we who stand in the midst of tlieni and j are part of them are less quuli- < tied than men of another geiw , | oration will be to say what'they 1 mean or even what they have !' been. But some great outstand- i I ing facts are unmistakable and j constitute in a sense part of the ; public business with which it is ! • our duty to deal. To state them is to x set the stage for the legis- ' lative and executive action ! | Which must grow out of them j j and which we have yet to shape | ' and determine. An K|MM'li in History A year ago we had sent 145.- ! 19S men overseas. Since then , we have sent 1,930.513. an aver age of 102,542 each month, the l | number in fact rising in May last j to 245,951, in June to 278.760, j I in Julj' lo 307,192 and continu- j I ing to reach similar ligures in ! August and September—in Au- j gust 289,570 and in September 257,438. Xo such movement of i ; troops ever took place before j i across 3,000 miles of sea. follow- j i ed by adequate equipment and ] supplies, and carried safely ' CONGRESS PLANS TO ! SEND COMMITTEE TO PEACE CONFERENCE !'*" . . j Cummins Would Pick Four Democrats and Four Repub licans; Joint Resolution Proposes Abrogating President Wilson's Authority ' Py Associated Press Washington, Dec. 2.-—Senator Cummins, of lowa, Republican, in troduced to-day a resolution pro posing that a Senate Committee of four Democrats and four Republi cans be sent to France for the peace conference, to keep the Senate in formed on questions arising there. Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota. Republican, declared he would op pose the resolution and hoped it would be sent to tlie Foreign Affairs Committee and there killed. On motion of Senator I-litchcock, I chairman of the Foreign Relations' WIFE, ONLY ONE l WHO SAW CRIME, | NOT TO REVEAL Hardy Dickerson Arraigned in Court and Pleads Not Guilty to Murder i Charged witli having- sliol audi I killed William 1-eitzer, Hardy Dick-' j erson, colored, was arraigned before I Judge Kunkel this morning. Dick-! ! erson, it is claimed, killed Leitzer,! i also colored. May 19, at the house J ;at 1127 South Ninth street. Six of the twelve jurors were selected be- ! [Continued on Page B.] Burleson Removes Two Postal Men From Duty; Alleges They Rebelled By Associated Press New 2 ork, Dec. 2. —Postmaster I General Burleson has dismissed from ! Government service Edward Iteyn ! olds, vice-president and general | manager of the Postal Telegraph l Cable Company, and A. R. Rich [urds, general superintendent of the j company's Pacific Coast division, for alleged insubordination against 'the Government's plans to amalgamate the Postal with the Western Union Telegraph Company. Pennsylvania Railroad to Get $53,603,427.58 Yearly From the Nation By Associated Press Philadelphia, Dec. 2.—The Fed eral Control Contract was to-day ratified by the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The contract covers the Pennsylvania Railroad and the lines operated by it east of Pittsburgh. The compensation named In the contract is $53,602,427.58 per year. President Rea announced that Is suf ficient to pay all fixed charges and continue the six per cent, dividend. through extraordinary dangers of attack—dangers which were alike strange and infinitely dif ficult to guard against, in all this movement only 758 men were lost bj' enemy attacks— -630 of whom were upon a single English transport which was sunk near the Orknej' Islands. I need not tell you what la.v back of this great movement of men and material, it is not in vidious to say that back of it lay a supporting organization of the industries of the country and of all its productive activities more complete, more thorough in method and effective in re sults. more spirited and unani mous in purpose and effort than ! any other great belligerent had J ever been able to effect. We profited greatly by the experi ence of the nations which had ; alread.v been engaged for nearly j three years in the exigent and exacting business, their every re source and every executive pro ! ticiencj" taxed to the utmost. We ) were the pupils. But we learned i quickly and acted with prompt ness and a readiness of co-opera j tion that justify our great pride that we were utile to serve the I world with unparalleled energy and quick accomplishment. ITaicc For Fighting Men But it is not the physical scale ; and executive efficiency of prep aration, supply, equipment and ! despatch that I would dwell j upon, but tlie mettle and quality of the officers and men we sent \ over and of the sailors who kept j tlie seas, and the spirit of the I nation that stood behind them, i Xo soldiers or sailors ever ; proved themselves more quickly - ' [Continued on Page H.] | Committee the resolution, was re ferred to thut committee. No Discussion A joint resolution introduced b> j Representative Rodenberg, of I1H ; nois. Republican, proposes that Con gress dec'are President Wilson's I rip to Europe "constitutes an inability to discharge the powers and duty of the office of President," and that so long as lie is away from the country, the Vice-President act as President. The resolution was dropped into I the bill box without discussion on (he floor. It was referred 'o the 'Judiciary Committee. COUNTY ACCEPTS I MOTHERS' FUND PLAN OF STATE Sum to Be Distributed De pends on Decision of At torney General i The -Mothers' Assistance Fund j I law, enucted in 1915, was accepted' for Dauphin county by the county i I commissioners this morning. At the! I same time the commissioners de-' I ided to appropriate an account I I equivalent to the sum the state will j appropriate to the county. This sum may aggregutc $2.229.95 for a six months period ending July 1,1 1919, or may go even higher, to ap proximately $3.:144.93. depending on 1 a decision by the Attorney General ' who is now reviewing certain tech nicalities involved. Attorney General to Decide j Because Dauphin county decided I ; so lute as this to take up the Moth-! ers' pension plan the Attorney Gen- | : cral has been asked to say whether i the county can be given Its pro rata apportionment from the state which ' now has but a limitted amount of ! [Continued on Page B.] Alleged Drug Peddler i and Disloyalist Are to Be Tried by Federal Court The December term of federal court opened this afternoon In the Federal Building. Judge Charles B. Witmer presiding. Organization of i the session and other routine buslnesa | occupied the first day's time. A number of Important cases are I scheduled to come up at this term. Among those on the trial lists a re included those of Robert F. Cheno weth and Helen Chenoweth, charged with violation of the Harrison drug net; Dick O. Allday, Chamberpburg, charged with violation of tb* espion age act, and Dr. John C. Batcson, Scranton. charged with violation of the Harrison drug act. It Is probable the famous tiehmas ters Bank case, on the trial list for this term, will b continued until a later date because of the Illness of a witness. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1918 I And Still the Blamed Thing Doesn't Fall i | j - I , --.m '?**' 3 \4c • ' sf-@& f . Mm i | "I . ■ - —— T. J. SCHEFFER ! IS DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS Took Active Port in City's; Business For Many V* i ears ILL SINCE SEPTEMBER] I f Son of Man Who Introduced |- Color Printing in America Thomas Jefferson Sclieffer. who for thirty-five j-ears, was manager I] and owner of the store established II by liis father, Theodore F. Sclieffer. jat 21 South Second street, died at j tlie Harrisburg Hospital at 7 o'clock n tills morning at the age of 72 years.' Deuth was caused by a complication j of heart and kidney disease. He liad ■ been under treatment at the hospital i since September 27. 51 r. Sclieffer was one of the most , widely known businessmen in the city, und ulso wus known In the city 1 and Central Pennsjdvanla as a| j printer. 'j His stationery store at 21 South; , Second street long was a factor in ' 'the life of the city. During the] period when students purchased their ; own school supplies, liis store was a ' niecca of the majority of the city's j j youth. He closed out the business ! i I several years ago. , Mr. Kclieffer was born Septeni- I ber 1, 1850, the son of Theodore F. i land Louisa Jefferson, formerly Miss Oeety. of Lancaster county, who wap,* [Continued on Page 14.] TEUTONS SILENT AS YANKEEARMY ENTERS Streets of German Villages Are Almost Deserted When General Dickman's Forces Cross Into Subdued Territory; Larger Crowds at Treves By Associated Press American Army of Occupation, Dec. 2.—No demonstrations either friendly or hostile, marked the entry of Major General Hickman's army Into Germany yesterday. The frontier was crossed early in the day and by nightfall the Americans had moved forward twelve miles, reaching Had gen on the left, and Baarttolabach on the right. The Una extended j along the Sear river and through Saarbutw and Treves. vuhijpo streets Quiet The streets of the villages were almost deserted. Perhaps 85 per cent, of the population remained within their homes sad In a majority [ot rases th# hltnda were drawn.] : 1 GERMANY SORRY ONLY BECAUSE KAISER FAILED j Hy Associated Press Paris. Dec. 2.—Discussing the ; situation in Germany brought I about by the former emperor's uet of renunciation, the National Zeitung, of Basel, according to a dispatch to L'lnformation, says: "The impression is made that the Hohenzollerns were dismissed only because they failed to con quer and not because they vio lated all laws of humanity." ' "■ SHOPS FILL E D WITH SPIRIT OF HOLIDAY SEASON Early Shopping Indicates the Great Volume of Business Throughout City Stores in Harrisburg are reported to be tloing a greater volume of business during tlie prosent Christ-1 nias season than ever before in the I history of the city. Tlits information I ivas gleaned from a number of rep-' resentative merchants tills morning. , It Is apparent thut the prosperity i of the working man and the Joy oc- ' casloned over the signing of the! armistice and the immediate pros-' pects of peuce, will make the lirst j "Peace Christmas" one of unre-' strained happiness. The receipts re- : ported by merchants show a spirit i Mmoni tlu citizens in general to uot- 1 t [Continued on Page 14.] Here and there a German stood in the doorway watching the troops pass nnd occasionally groups a-nth ered at street corners, but there were no slums of either pleasure or disapproval. Larger crowds were encountered in Treves, the largest place occu pied later in the dav. but even there most of the people kept moving, maintaining always & studied air of Indifference. So far as possible the men in khaki were Ignored. Oc casionally the youngsters under six yearn of age were carried away by the excitement and displayed en-| thuslaam over the marching troops, [Oonttencd on Page 4.] i ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN HAHIIISBL'HU POLICE MAY BE GRADED BY CITY INTO TWO CLASSES • —— jGood Men, Deserving Higher Wage Scale, Would Benefit PLAN IP TO COUNCIL j Mayor Keistcr Understood to ! • Favor Idea, as Do De i partmenl Officials j Steps are under way to grade the city patrolmen according to their | ability and number of years of ser- I vice, so that efficient and faithful j policemen will be properly reward ! Ed for their work. It wus said at the j Mayor's office to-duy. I Mayor Keister, It is understood, | would be in favor of dividing the j men into two grades. He said that j he will ascertain what methods oth | er cities follow in grading their pa j trolmen, with a view to applying a | system here. Officials of the police I force, it is said, favor three grades | for the patrolmen. Officials feel that with the pa trolmen asking for $25 a month in crease in salaries, a system whereby i good, mediocre, and first rate men, j would be separated and paid accord | lng to their abilities, would solve the I question of how to secure the great- I est amount of efficiency ffrom the j force. ft is understood that a number of | the patrolmen are overpaid at $lOO a month, while others are not paid I commensurate with their ability at | the same salary. Moreover, there j is a growing feeling of dissatisfac | tion over the system which puts a man on the force at the same salary the first month as the man who has | been working a long term of years. Council, it is thought, could ar j range for the grading of the officers j without violating any of the provi- I slons of the Clark act, which gov | ern third class cities. At the present time, to receive |an increase it is necessary for a j patrolman to puss a civil service ex amination for a sergcancy. The number of sergeancies naturally Is limited, so that there Is little op portunity there for even efflglent men to better themselves, if. It Is readily recognized by oAclals of the police department, that with a graded syotem of pay, every man would strive to make himself so efficient that he would be placed in 1 a class receiving the highest com- J pensatlon. TOO COOI.I <X$ ISLAM) Members of the fllfjr at Selective ! service headquarters marked the ' breaking up of Camp Murdock on thej i island yesterday by eating a turkey dinner. Present at the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Johnston. :>!r. and! Mrs. Paul Harbaugh, Colonel J. fi. j Leroy Lafean. John J. Xagel.j Jr., Raymond' Dewees, B. V. Hastings, j Ed. Kerkert, Harry I.ow*ngard and , the Misses Bretz. I'PLOT TO RESTORE KAISER TO THRONE FOUND IN BERLIN ' Big Sums of Money. Expended For New Revolt MACKENSEN TOOK PART Old Army Officers! Were to Work j Up Sentiment l By Associated Press London, Dec. 2.—A plot lo restore | Imperialism and secure the return of ; Emperor William has been discovered ! in Berlin, according to a dispatch! ! from Amsterdam to the Express. I According to the dispatch, which j was tiled at Amsterdam on Friday, i tlie chief men behind the plot were j Field Marshal Von Ma el: onsen, Gen- ; eral Von Born and General Count ; I Slxt Von Arnim. It is said that they! Instructed the Prussian officers' corps to carry on a pro-emperor agitation. I beginning immediately after the de mobilization of the troops was com- ! pleted. l.arge sums of money are said to have been placed at the dis ; posal of the leaders by munition niak : ers. I Secret Service linn Overhears ' The plot collapsed, owing to the j fact that a secret service agent over heard a telephone conversation. Many ' arrests have been made in Berlin and ! other cities, while the government has long lists of suspects, who had planned to seize members of the pres- ! ent government. No direct evidence of William I Hohenzollern's connection with the! V- An " "" ' " ' *T" ? X 4* 1 ■'' d Judge T* if #jj> 2 'ell refui ia ltc George and Mary Hrert ▲ <4 €&♦ I- ' X r JL ': J X 1 4 T *s# X 2 X 2 -.y ever tl It. opened yesterday ;•' the & > m t J •- outlined .the nation Vop per- I*4 T X / 'f • ; J X 'I | jt i i <L U ■ il 4* T *? , j l il . *2* fi. ': -J* a- ' ' 4 • Nil i '~" t -> 1 ■ 3 ! !?• * 2 BISHOP OF IDAHO DIES jX Boise, Idaho—Right Rev. James Bowen Funsten. -1 I ' ! Ml Ijf Bt Protestant Episcopal bishop of Idaho, died sur.' a * 'lt* * a i 4* at hit home here t t 1 J :;O TENDERNESS FOR HUNS, SAYS LONG J J ■4* London—Walter Hume Long, secretary of state for 4| H '4* ■ ! § colonies, spec ■ ?* , X no anxiety Of the ground cf undue tenderness toward "ii : 4 1 Germany on the part of Great Britain and the Allies, a ' + YORK SOLDIER'' IN BRITISH HOSPITAL J I 2 Ottawa—F. Ycrh, Pa., has beer? idn\itted 3" 2" a ho'srit:'!. t!d AH. Sher, cf Easton, Pa., has • JJ 4 aunded, according to last nl jht's Canadian <>\ 4 2 casualty list. . X | X TEAMS COVER 167 MILES IN RACES * | X Madison Square Garden, New York—Thirteen of the *|j 'X■ * * X fifteen teatrv the six-day bicycle race i El 4 shortlv after bod covered 167 miles, seven laps. ' 4* at- 8■ V s ■('■■ T' P wUer b* • h • and ■ fA 2 Bcllo and Markey were one lep behind the leaders. , j fl j; MARRIAGE LICENSES \ | • I'rlrr Mold* nnrt I'litdlou* Bunk*, HarrUburac. , Jf JS J.J2 Jt-.8-J , L .g_ sSt 1 V" "* I VC ~ liii 4 % W "C* | ( I " (I "J Sl T\VO E cent" jS HOME £bITION KING ALBERT ENTERS LIEGE By Associated Press Brussels, Dec. 2.—lClng Albert find the Belgian royal family made their official entry into Liege Saturday at the head of the troops who conducted the heroic defense of thnt town in IMI4, says ! n Belgian oftlcial statement. The I King and Queen and General Le | man, the defender of Liege, were cheered enthusiastically by the ! crowds. j Almost at the same time, the statement adds, a Be'gian cavalry brigade entered Aix-ln-Chapelle, I Germany, at the request of Ger man authorities. j . ! plot has been found, it is said, but it is believed that the outline of the | plan was brought to Berlin by two | of his suite, who recently went to the I German capital for the ostensible pur i pose of taking the wife of the form i er emperor to Ainerongen, Holland. Von Iliiidculiurg Declines Lieutenant Dr. Gustav Krupp Von | Bohlen is said to have been in con- I trol of the tinancial arrangements, i Field Marshal Von Mackensen Is re j ported to have attempted to induce ! Field Marshal Von Hindcnburg to | join, but the latter refused, saying i lie Intended to retire after the de i mobilization of the army. The whole Prussian court, it Is stated, was in sympathy with the ! plotters and it Is said Prince Von Buclow and Dr. George Michaelis | former Imperial chancellor, had prom ised to help. The plan was to or- I ganize a provisional government j under Field Marshal Von Mackensen . or some other military leader and then urge William Hohenzollern to j return. nitITISH OVER THE FRONTIER London, Dec. 2.—General Plund er's advanced troops yesterday crossed i the German frontier between Beho and Eupen und advanced toward the ! Rhine, the War office announced last j night. R.v evening the troops liad | reached the general lino of Hurg, • Reuland, Bullingen and Montjole.
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