r* I if V® - •• jm^w^twiMpppppiiß trench nation Plans to ReceiiwWesiaent Wusm ' Jfcb HARRISBURG t§S||i|i TELEGRAPH M \ Sl)t Slar-3nbtptn6tnl. ■ ' LXXXVII— No. 2/0 16 PAGES D "Si.5!? W&. afSnfWSSaS" HARRISBURG. PA.. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1918. ""TUSIMK, KTiV.fi.T.Mi"" HOME EDITION BERLIN FREE LANCE EXHORTS ENEMIES OF KAISER TO ARM FOR OVERTHROW OF CABINET Liebknecht Rails at Ebert and Schneidmann ADVISES MASSES TO FORM GUARDS German Capital Is Feeding 60,000 Army Idlers By Associated rrcss Berlin, Dec. 9.—Eager to make members of the Spartacus party martyrs as the result of Friday's rioting, Dr. Karl I.iebknecht .the leader of this action, lost no time fn staging a spectacular open air meeting at the Tlergarten on Satur . day night. . His call for the meeting brought forth 4,000 munition workers who had responded to the demand for a general walk out. These nfen and women marched through I'nter Den l.inden to the Tlergarten until they reached the point where the Avenue of Victory intersects the Charlotten burger Chuussee. There Dr. Lieb knecht mounted the base of one of the granite statues erected in hon or of the llohenzollerns and made an address. The semi-circle of Dr. Lieb knecht's auditors was flunked on all sides bv machine guns mounted on motor trucks. Dr. I.iebknecht ha rangued the crowd, indicting Fried ric Ebert. the premier; Philipp Scheidemann and other "kaiser So cialists' of complicity in rioting. He called upon the masses to organize Bed Guards and beat off tlie attacks of counter revolutionists. At a late hour to-night Berlin was absolutely quiet. It is estimated by the Tageblatt that the number of deserters Berlin is feeding exceeds 60.U00. Premier Ebert and his cab ™ inet held a secret session with the executive committee of the Work men's and Soldiers' Council, discus sing Friday's rioting. Over thirty mass meetings of conflicting jlarties were announced for to-day. Middletown Youths Are Charged With Joy Riding; One Shot in Free-For-All Witldletow it. Pa.. Dec. 9.—Return ing about midnight on Saturday night after it is alleged they had taken a Jovride in an automobile owned by Moffer Stordan. a grandson of C. 11. HoA'er. East Main street. Bay Brady. Carl Sinegur, Wallace Coy and Jess Cohen, four young men of town, were arrested by Constable H. B. Kurtz, and it is believed a charge of larceny will be brought against them. They were released until investigations are made. The automobile was taken from the gar age eafly on Saturday evening, it is said, and Constable Kurtz and others waited until late at night as on previous occasions the car had been taken and was returned before morn ing. When the youths returned a fight followed and Coy was shot twice, tut not seriously. Constable Kurtz was hit on the head with a brick. Two of them escaped but later were caught by the constable. Walter Shaffer Reaches Paris From Hun Prison Walter J. Shaffer, of Dauphin, who has been u prisoner in Ger many since October 3, is safe in Paris, according to a cablegram re ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Shaffer, late Saturday night. Adjutant Shaffer is a mem ber of the French Flying Corps and was awarded the Croix de Guerrq. lie wrote a series of vivid sotries of the work of an aviator for the Telegraph which attracted wide at tention. The Information that Adjutant Shaffer is safe is also contained In nn Assocated Press dispatch to the Telegraph dated Friday, December 6. I THE WEATHER For Hnrriiliurg iind vicinity: Rnln to-night mill lumiluyi not much chnngc In triupcruturr. For Flint*™ I'rnniylviinin: Itain to-night mill Turxiln) t narmrr Tuesday In north portion; nioil crnte northwest to north w Inds, becoming vnrlnlile. River The Susiinehnnmi river and all Ita branches will fnll slowly or re muln nearly stntionnry to-night. A general rnln. inillrnted for the ' watershed. niny cause some streams to rise Tuesday. A singe, slightly below four feet, is indlcnted for Ilnrrisburg Tuesday morning. General Conditions A disturbance of grent magnitude rovers the eentrnl and western portions of the United Mates, except the extreme Southwest, with Its renter over the North ern Rocky Mountains; it has caused precipitation in the Inst twenty-four hours over most of the territory west of the Itoeky | Mountain nnd In the Middle nnil , l ower Missouri. Middle nnd Up per Mississippi valleys. Includ ing Illinois. Another disturb ance tlint hns pnssed off the \nrtli Atlantic const. caused ennsed snow In Northern Michi gan nnd the Upper St. I.nwrrnce I Valley. ' MOB TEARS HUSSARS FROM HORSES; MAKES THEM MARCH WITH RED FLAG By .■lssociated Press AMSTERDAM. Doc. o.—The iiiilo]>oiulont republic of Solilcswlg llolstein soon will lie proclaimed, according; to the Wosor Zcltung, of Bremen. This new simper also stated that sanguinary encounters between Hussars returning: from the front and Bed Guards oeeurred at Brunswick on December :i. Finding a deputation of Bed Guards and members of the Soldiers and Workmen's Council drawn lip to welcome his men. the com maiulcr of the Hussars ordered that lire la- opened on the crowd. His men olteyed and the Bed Guards replied to the tire. The mob tort* the Hussars from their hows, disarmed tlicni and forced tliem to march behind the red flag Into the city. RIVERSIDE'S RELIEF FUND $6OO SHORT Seventeen Families Who Suffered Losses in Recent Cyclone Given Necessary Assistance by Committee Which Is Raising Money For the Work; Many Contribute All but $6OO of the estimated amount necessary for the relief work for sufferers from the recent tornado at Riverside has been raised, accord ing to the report of the finance com mittee for such relief work, given out to-day. in all $2,104.50 has been raised of the the estimated amount necessary for all relief work. The loss of each individual who suffered in the recent tornado was estimated by the relief committee, after it had made a thorough Investigation into nil cases. The committee reported that in a number of cases no assist ance was required, seventeen fami- ASSESSMENT ON REALTY BOOSTED BY $100,000,000 County to Heap Additional Revenues From Increased Valuations Valuations of property in the county 1 and city for county taxation will be I Increased to about $100,000,000 in the ' triennial assessment, county commis ! sioners estimated to-day from reports I which had been returned by many o, I the real estate assessors. The valu- S a Hon of taxable property for county J purposes this year totalled $75,911,- ; 35 1 so that the increase will be about ■ $2 4.000.00 U. Returns have been received from : thirty of fifty assessors in the county districts and four of fourteen in the j city wards. The increases in \ulu , ntion which have been made do not j include the advance which wii! bo | made in the assessment of coal lands. I In view of the fact that there were | few building improvements in the | county and only one or two in he city, the county officials declared I that the advances in assessments j n.ade this year are probably the fair | est ever reported and will put prop j erty valuations on a much more : equitable basis. drouth in Every District | In the 30 county districts from I which reports have been received the ' Increase in valuation of lands and I buildings totals $1,610,940. This 'does j not include returns from such large districts as Swatara township, Sus quehanna townsiiip. Hummelstown, Penbrook, First and" Third wards, Steelton: First ward, Middletown; and a large number of townships. In the four city wards for which the triennial figures have been filed the increases follow: Third. $1,224,- 790; Fourth. $397,300; Sixth. $718,960; Ninth. $1,601,385. Increases over the present assess < ment as reported In the triennial [ valuations from some of the county j districts follow: Berrvsburg, $20,709: Dauphin. $lB,- ' 905; Derry township. $83,380; Kast Hanover township, $29,795: Elizabeth \llle, $23,810; Halifax borough, $41,- 049; Halifax township, $635: Hlgh ; spire, $32,785; Jackson township, $48.- i 095: Lower Paxton township. $88,445; I Lower Swatara townsiiip, $2,680; Ly | kens borough, East ward, $17,450; j West ward, $45,125; Lykens township, $68,250. ! Middletown. Second ward. $21,194; j Third ward, $39,140; Millersburg. First i ward, $164,530; Second ward, $124,235: 1 Paxtang, $69,555; Reed township, $2,- ; 930; Royalton, Second ward, $11,105; | Rush township, $475: Steelton, Sec | ond ward. $453,770: Fourth ward, $13,- j 191; Fifth ward, $25,150; Upper Pax j ton township, 8126,433; Washington township. $ 17^765; Wayne township i $2,139; Wiconisco township, $16,355; 1 WilUamstown, East ward, $1,860. i The report of the coal land valua- I tions will be available when the com ! inlssioners meet to revise the valua i tions. These sessions lylll be held in 1 February. British Troops Hasten to Stop Rioting in Cologne Ail IA- Clin polio, Rhenish I'nissla, T>oc. 9. Fighting in Cologne be tween republican revolutionists and imperial adherents has led to the speedy dispatch of British troops there to maintain ofder, on the ap peal or the bungomaster. The British were to have occu pied Cologne formally on Sunday, but two urgent messages from that city led to valry and machine gun ners being rushed there yesterday, j I lies, however, were recommended j for relief after the* investigation. Direct Assistance in the seventeen cases reported by j the relief committee, in Which the ' families were entitled to assistance, such assistance will be given out right, and not as a loan to be paid later on. In these cases the work of I repairs and restitution for losses was | begun at once under the special di rection of the relief couniittee. In i order to raise the necessary amount, the committee found it to lie a good plan to mail letters from day to day to individuals, and while the re- I sponse reported to date lias been no ticeable, there are many more people [Continued on Page ll.] COUNCIL PLANS TO SLASH INTO BUDGET FOR 1919 All Unnecessary Items to Be Gut Down to Keep With in the Revenues ! City commissionets will meet be | fore the end of the week to start the preparation of the budget for next year, it was said in official circles to-day. Budget estimates l'rom the various departments will be received at this session and taken i up in order. Commissioner C. W. Burnett, su perintendent of accounts and finance, | has started an estimate of revenues ! which will be available for next year and also the approximate balance which will be in the treasury when the present year ends. Commissioner Burtnett said to-day he will insist that the members of Council cut all items from their ap propriation list in ease it is not thought the expenditure will be made during the coming year. This year a fund of $3,000 which was provided for an improvement at Summit street was not expended and will le re tained until next year, when the labor situation will not be so acute, it is believed. . He explained that he does not want appropriations included In the j budget and then late in the year j when the money has not been spent j for the purpose named, transfer it to I some other fund and reapproprlate ! for the same purpose the following year. Frank B. Sites Promoted to Captain and Adjutant Frank B. Sites, son of Postmaster and Mrs. Frank C. Sites. 1008 North Sixth street, has been promoted from first lieutenant to a captaincy, ac cording to word received by his par ents. No further word has been re ceived. The commission was dated October 30. just a fortnight before ] the armistice was signed. Captain j Sites has been assigned to the Sev- I enth Division Ammunition Train and j has also been made adjutant of his I regiment. The Seventh Division, ae- I cording to an announcement ntnde I by General March, is one of those as- ) signed in the army of occupation to | enter Germany. LEADS MEN THROUGH BATTLE WHEN CAPTAIN IS KILLED Lieut. Snyder Receives Copy of Citation of 107 th Infantry From Commanding General After Weeks of Fighting I Taking part in the fighting day after day until the German lines finally crumbled before the on slaughts of American doughboys and to receive the praise of Major !'General John F. O'Ryan, comman | der of the 27th New York division, , j is the experience of Lieutenant Jo . > seph F. Snyder, son of Michael Sny- I ! der, 318 South Fifteenth street. He : is a graduate of Central High, 1911, i and the Wharton school, 1917. Lieutenant Snyder, according to his latest letter home dated Novem ber C, emerged safely from battle in company of Company M, 107 th : Infantry. The captain and first lleu i tenant had given up their lives in j the last battle. Lieutenant Snyder Now For Goodness' Sake, Do Be Polite THERE'S GOING TO BE MOKE THAN ENOUGH I'OB EVERYBODY UNLESS SOMEBODY TRIES TO GRAB MORE THAN HIS SH ARE AND SPILLS IT ALL WARDWORKERS ANNOUNCED FOR RED CROSS DRIVE Services of 4.300 Women Be ing Sought in Great Organization The wheels of the huge organiza-, tion which is to cover Harrisburg; Red Cross Chapter district for mem- ! bers —both this week, during the vol-! unteer drive, und next week, during j the regularly scheduled smash—are now turning; and before Wednesday ! noon the services of approximately 4,500 women will have been secured i for Harrisburg alone, while in the I district outside the city an additional ! 2,500 workers will be on the job. Mrs. J. Bradley Markward, colonel j for the uptown district of the city, ! to-day announced the majors who' will be in charge of each ward in that district. They are; Fifth Ward —Mrs. Frank Sites, 1008 North Sixth street. Sixth Ward—Mrs. John Dapp, 1420 North Second street. Seventh Ward—Mrs. J. A. Sherger, 1809 North Sixth street. Tenth Ward —Mrs. William Strouse, 3128 North Third street. Eleventh Ward—Mrs. E. J. Stack- ■ pole, 182 5 Front street. Ward —Mrs. John Kelley, 172 2 North Second street. Fourteenth Ward—Mrs. Frank R. Oyster, 3211 Front street. Mrs. Hunter's List Mrs. C. H. Hunter is the colonel in charge of the downtown district of ' the city. Mrs. Hunter's list of ward: majors is as follows: First Ward—Mrs. <J. H. Stuart, i [Continued on Page 18.] | enlisted early in the war in the 23rd Engineers and was promoted and transferred to the New York unit in France. Tlic Citation A copy of Major General O'Ryan's citation which was given to the offi cers of the gallant 107 th, follows: "1. I write to express my admi ration and respect for the valor and endurance of the officers and men of the 107 th Infantry, so continu ously demonstrated during the past thirty days. "2. Since the great battle for the breaking of the Hindenburg line, our advance has given opportunity [Continued on I'ago 11.] i GENEVA THINKS YANKS BEST MEN By Associated Press Geneva, Dev. 9. —A mild sen sation has been taused here by the arrival from Lyons of two American sanitary tiains to take released American prisoners back. The chief of the Geneva Hod Cross said thqt since the be ginning of the war lie had seen 550 trains of prisoners of all na tionalities pass through Switzer land, but was forced to give the palm for morale and enthusiasm to the Americans. Major Senzel. of the Swiss army, said he was astonished at the dis cipline of the new American {irniy. CAPT. DOUGLAS ! TO SURVEY TRACT AT MIDDtETOWN . War Department Expected to Build Two Additional Warehouses | Captain Harrie A. Douglas, for ! nierly of the State Highway Depart |nient, now stationed with Major Wil j liani H. Gray at Delaware City, Del., on a big Government operation, has been assigned to make a suyvey of the plot at Middlctown on which the I Ordnance Depot stands. Captain i Doug as expects to come to Middle- I town for that purpose within a week. ! lie was in Harrisburg to-day making ; preparations. | While the captain was not in j lormed as to the purpose of the sur | vey, nor would he discuss the matter 1 in any way, there is a persistent re | port that at two more ware* bouses may be added to the Ordnance , Depot. The project never was cont | pleted. .Major Gray was ordered to suspend operations after several units had been built, but the plans, which call for permanent construc tion, contemplated many other struc tures. It has been evident for some time that, despite the armistice, the buildings at Middletown ore not suf ficient to meet the needs, and much j ' v aluable material must be stored j ; either on sidings or exposed to the j weather. The depot was located here j ; because of the central location of, I Harrisburg with regard to shipping I : fneilities. and as it Is to be n permn- | | nent sunp'v station there is good i ; ground for belief that more buildings j l may be added. TO HOI.I) MKMORIAf, Vfl)io-lnl -erv'r-s 1- '••••"if nf | F.ietitenant Alexander llodgers. Jr., I who died in Franc* fiefot-er I' 4 trr.\n I "tiennionl** nnd pTh l "'''"" ">"W>'l bv I three weeks of constant fighting in j St. John's Church. Washington. T,ieu- i tenant Ttodgers 's a grandson of the j late ex-Senator James D. Cameron, i PARIS PLANS TO ! ACCLAIM WILSON | IN ROYALSTYLE iPoincare to Meet President at Bois dc Bolougnc Station Saturday Morning Paris, Dec. 9.—Elaborate plans are ! being made by the French govern- I ment for the entertainment of Presi i dent Wilson. These include various Jj state dinners and official calls and - | probably a gala night at tlio opera. Will Stay at Murnt Mansion Upon his arrival at the Bois De ] Boulogne station Saturday morning I the President'will be met by Presi dent Polrtcare and other members of j the French government. He will go I immediately to the Murat mansion r | which will be his home while in Paris. i No decision has been reached as to ' | what the President will do on Sun i day, but it is probable lie will drive 1 about Paris, it Is possible other • j plans may be made before that time. | .Mr. Wilson's drive on Monday to the Hotel De Ville will be un occasion lof considerable ceremony. " Plans to Meet Colonel House As soon as possible after his ar - rival. Mr. Wilson will confer with . j Colonel K. M. House, probably at the ' Maison Blanche de Paris. Colonel ' J House has been busily engaged uuito recently and is in position to furnish f j the President with considerable In , i formation which may be of valuo In ! | | the task lying before him. j The school children uf Paris will | be out In force when the President j arrives. Thursday Is usually a school ' I holiday in Paris, as Saturday is in . j the United States. King George, of . | England and King Albert, of Bel . j glum, arrived In Paris on Thursday . ' so that the children did not have an . j extra holiday, which the arrival of ,| President Wilson will give them. Virtually all Hie mercantile cstab , llshments in Paris'hive untitled their I employes that next Saturday will be a full holiday. It is expected to be a . be a larger celebration than any be fore seen in Paris. The streets i ear , the station where the President will II arrive will be tilled with people. Ihe . Socialists are taking a great interest j In the occasion of Wilson's visit. Broken Rail Sends Pennsy Train Off Track on Night Trip to Buffalo, Philadelphia. Dec. 9.—Two day 1 | coaches and three sleeping cars of j the Pennsylvania railroad train j which left Philadelphia at 7.10 Sun- I ' j day night lor Buffalo were derailed ', two miles north of Emporium. Several passengers were slightly ' injured and were taken to the Em- • | poriuni Hospital. It, is believed by officials of the,* I railroad the accident was due to a I ' i broken rail. LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS TO SEAL ALL RECORDS Great Task Loyally Complet ed Without a Hitch to Mar the Work 4,000 SENT TO THE ARMY Gitv and. County Districts to Be Closed by War De partment Order Local draft boards will complete (heir work and seal their records to morrow by order of the State Draft Headquarters, it is the end of the local draft history, to all appear ances. After to-morrow the records of thousands of Harrisburg iind Dau phin county boys who registered to answer their country's call will be sealed and held for future refer ence by historians, war risk insur ance and pension investigators. In the last few weeks preceding the closing of draft board offices, of ficials and derks of the boards have been collecting and transmitting to the state headquarters all the data contained in the usual annual report, have completed the-examination of the 19 lo 36, and 18 classes, and ac complished the classification of these men. All papers received by the draft boards after to-morrow will be en dorsed and stamped with the date of their receipt and filed separately un til further orders from the state or national headquarters. 3,0110 Inducted After more than a year and a half, during which more than 3,000 were sent into the Army by the city and county, the six local draft "boards re linquished their duties. Their serv ices not only as agents of the na tional draft machinery, but also as mediators and advisers for the thou sands of draft registrants under their jurisdiction, were responsible for the smooth working of the draft here. There was little or no friction be tween the registrants and draft boards, and none between the local hoards and their superiors in author ity. Among those who helped materi ally in making local draft work so successful were five limited-service j men who were inducted into the Continued on I'ugc 3 |* T I ju M I • j4 J X<- :v .•C!!t ; o:. of the Katioral 9 j *s• I 5 ▼ ' the 9 ■ X v Mr 1 X *5 4 *l* t mm TJ ith City Solicitor John E. Fox concern- ' Xi ♦ provements to the !fi 4 <s *** i * lx {<L I •* x ' ♦ X ! | >m Buffalo, to Wash- -JW T ihani- t& T : 7' 4 *v x 4 T t £ I i $ X Tl-i States Hospital ship -tm' 4* v S * * * XArei n 4Q ® i * a 4 * * * ► v n *bcfor n '■•' all. i i T N rHS FOE THREATENING PRESIDENT < | • n, 'S IX toeced tQ thirty-mpnths in the penitentiary on the charge 1 k I <£ * * ;]*" against the President, in Federal cour- „ * i Tf* i 4 ' Jt:dgc Witmer. The civil case of Vic- .J K |4"tor E. Leßarre Perth Amboy, N. J., against the-Phila- |l| Nh * * I -s e ■ 'in * * |~k ;. i 7 ' 11 1 7 *r 4 • nr.- x i n* : „ X | MARRIAGE LICENSES <j| nj Jiwob Kckel and Mlanle M. Cnmphrll. Harrlxhurki Unvld l„ j* 4*"4* -)t 4*4* >• j> )H* iHH* i* i- > x CHILDREN AND WIVES OF CITY'S SOLDIERS SUFFER Scores of Families in Actual Want Because of Delay in Checks APPEAL TO BED CROSS Delay in Washington Puts Hundreds Here in Des perate Plight There are scores of families in llnrrisburg in actual want because they have not received their allot ments from the government's bureau for the payment of monthly depend ent allotments to the families of soldiers, sailors and marines. As the result of the bureau's slowness many families are being .menaced by tlie hunger and cold of the rupltlly ap proaching winter. During the past week the local lied Cross Home Service Section has been literally swamped with appeals for assistance from the families of men in the service. More than letters pleading for help were re ceived in the past week, according to Miss Helen S. Deib, of the Home Service section, Harrlsburg Chapter, American Ked Cross. It has also been learned that only one check has been received by families of drafted men who left in June amf Juty. In most cases, the wives of these soldiers were married for a short time only, and it was possible for them to live with parents. If it had not been for this, it is explain ed, they would be facing starvation, The families who are not so fortu nate, are desperately in need of money to prepare for the approach ing winter and strenuous efforts are being put forth by Red Cross of ficials to aid them. Washington dispatches bearing upon the alleged inefficiency of the bureau, state that a congressional inquiry will most probably be car ried on within the near future. ' < I KKM'H PRISONERS SHOT l'aris, Dec. 9. —Nine French prisi oners were shot by the Germans and tifteen others prisoners serious ly wounded at the prison camp ih l.angensalza, Prussian Saxony, the Spanish ambassador at Berlin re ports. The behavior of the prison ers did not in the least justify the. severity of this act of repression, it" was declured.
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