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.XXXVII- No. 271 18 PAGES B iML. ILARKISBURG, PA.. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1918. M NfKES3S iPEttE&vVS™ "^cSS?." 3 ' HOME EDITION
** DEMAND FOR CITY
HALL GROWS AS
PATIENCE DIES
Cily and County Should Join
in Erection of Decent
Building
VALUABLE TIME WASTED
Records Exposed to Loss by
Eire in Rickety Old
Courthouse
For years without number the
people of Dauphin county and its
chief city have waited with such
patience as they could muster for
tiie time when their officials might j
lie gathered under one roof for the !
efficient and satisfactory conduct of '
the municipal and county business.
One proposition after another look-,
ing to the erection of a city hall has j
fallen by the wayside, only to be
revived at more or less frequent in- j
tervals without anything definite i
happening. So long as the people 1
allow the present unsatisfactory con- j
ditions to continue nothing is likely
to be done, but with the demand for !
prompt action in all public under
takings from the President down,
we may expect something more con- 1
crete along this line.
When a taxpayer starts out now ;
days in Jlarrisburg to consult with,
any official of the city or county he 1
is not sure whether his family will
evei see hini again. Ho does up one;
flight of stairs to be advised when :
be reaches the top Hint the otliciul
be seeks is on another floor and j
when be has climbed the stairs once
more- he is advised that tlie official
is occupying quarters on the first'
floor, which lie had left some minu
tes before. Concluding his business
with the particular official whom lie
finally meets he is advised that an
other olHoinl whose approval is nee- 1
essary for the matter in hand oc- I
en pies quarters in a building in an- i
other part of the city. And so lie '
goes throughout the hours of his
pilgiimage His time and patience;
have been exhausted before 1 lie close >
of the day and it is frequently nee- !
essary for him to resume the round j
on the second or third day.
But this is not all. Officials, whose |
duties require them to consult each J
other are compelled to waste the 1
time of the city or county in tramp- |
I ,og about from one place to another
in similar fashion. And worse than j
all else the courts of the county are |
conducted in noisy, ill-ventilated and 1
dark rooms 011 the street tloor. In- ;
stead of tlie quiet and air and light .
of the upper floors they are com-j
pelted to submit to tlie interruptions |
and the hindrances associated with 1
the present inadequate quarters of I
an antiquated courthouse.
Also it is no secret that the most 1
valuable 1 eoords of tlie city are |
absolutely unprotected from fire.
itecords which never could be re- |
stored might be wiped out. in an
hour. if tho people of the city |
[Continued 011 Page I I.]
British Transport in
Port With Americans;
Has Stormy Trip Over
Bv Associated Press
New York. Dec. 10. —Bringing 2,-;
450 American soldiers, the British J
transport Empress of Britain arrived '
here to-day after story passage j
across the Atlantic. Among the j
troops were 403 wounded, including!
ten officers.
Boston, Dec. 10.—The White Star!
liner t'unopic, the ilrst vessel to come
10 this port with returning troops,
reported by wireless to-day that she
would reach quarantine about 8
o'clock to-niglit.
She has on board about 2,0001
troops, mostly members of aviation
units, which were training in Eng-1
land when hostilities ceased. The \
steamer is expected to dock at
t'harlestown at 8 o'clock to-morrow
morning and trains will be waiting!
to take the men to Camp Devens for!
demobilisation.
Last of Yankees in
Hun Camps to Leave
by End of Week
By Associated Press
Berlin, Monday, Dec. 9. —Twenty-
six hundred American prisoners of
war interned at Camp Kastatt. left!
there yesterday and to-duy for Switz
erland. Two hundred other Ameri-i
cans who have been scattered in va-i
Hous camps in Germany are leaving
Germany byway of Holland and
Denmark.
It is expected that the last of
i lie Americans will be out of Ger-i
man camps by the middle of this
. week.
—————
TO CONFER OX SITE I'OK
A COMFORT STATION
Councilman, City Solicitor John E.
Fox, City Engineer M. B. Cowden
and the county commissioners will
hold a conference to-morrow inorn-
I ing at 11 o'clock to discuss whether
the public comfort station to be
erected by the city may be placed
just west of the Courthouse in the
space between the building and the
curbing in North Court street.
THE WEATHER]
For llnrrlnlinrK nml vlrloltyi Gen
erally cloudy to-night and I
Wednesday, probably rain or I
anon I not mueb change In tern- 1
lieratare, lowest to-night about i
freezing.
For Eastern Prnnsy Ivnnln i Cloudy I
to-night nnd Wednesday, prob
ably rnln or snow; moderate
Mori lirast winds.
"Just Before Christmas They're as Good as They Can Be"
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fvERE ST] all 0
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COUNCIL MOVES
TO WIDEN THIRD
i STREET AT PARK!
'City Commissioners Take the,"
First Step in Extension
Project
TO REMOVE SIDEWALK!
i
(lost of Improvement to Be,
Carried in Budget For
Xew Year
First action by the city toward!
j co-operating in the Capitol Park e.\-|
; tension and other improvements)
■
plans included with tlie park de- j
, veiopment was taken officially in i
council to-day when Commissioner!
W. H. I.ynch introduced an ordinance'
! providing for the widening of North j
Third street, from Walnut to North j
streets. j
The treasure was approved on
i first reading und will be called for
; llnal passage next week. It provides
j for widening the sidewalk on the
i west side of Third street, from Lo
[Continued on I'ngc 10.]
Wounded Harrisburgers
Believed on Way Home
I That many 1-larrisburg Yanks who j
i have been wounded in France and'
' are not in lit condition to light, in j
addition to a number of units not j
included in the army of occupation, j
, have left their old locations in France i
'and are on their way -buck to the!
States, Is evidenced by the number!
of letters addressed to Jlarrisburg ;
' youths in the United States service, i
(that have been returned to the local!
postoffice. During the past week aj J
number of them have been received ;
here after being sent to France. This i
is regarded as evidence that many j
Jlarrisburg wounded men and many j
others have started or arc übout to i
start on their homeward journey. !
Trout Rise at Flies in
December, Mr. Buller Says
"For the first time in my life I
saw trout rise to flies in December,"
said State Fish Commissioner N, li.
Buller to-duy. "I was superintending
the placing of trout in streams near
! Boiling Springs yesterday when 1 no
! lieed large numbers of flies over the
| water, like one sees in springtime,
i Suddenly the water began to boll and i
I big trout jumped In true spring fash- !
I lon at the flies which ventured too i
near. I never knew of trout to go
j sfter files at this lime of year, prob- j
ably because it is rare to find flics!*
| about at this season.' j
COBLENZ UNDER
YANKEE RULE
by Associated Press
, foblcii/., Dec. 8 (Sunday).—
i 'oblenz to-night is under the
I comp'ete military control of the
i Americans, with the municipal
■ authorities co-operating.
i ~
RED CROSS NOW
READY FOR BIG
WINTER DRIVE
Workers Named For Every
Ward in City; Enroll
ments Coming In
That the organization which is to
put over Harrisburg's campaign for
Bed Cross members is a capable
one is evidenced by the announce
to-day of the personnel of the ma
chine which will handle the drive
in the "Hill" district, under the di
rection of Mrs. Gilbert L. C'utmerry,
colonel for that division. Mrs. Clil
merry's workers are us follows:
Second Ward- —-Mrs. Clayton A.
Smucker, major; Mrs. E. J. Hocken
burg, 2120 Chestnut street, captain
.Second precinct: Miss Norma Bar
ker, 33 Evergreen street, captain
Third precinct; Mrs. I. C. Scatter
good, 354 South Thirteenth street,
captain Fourth precinct; Miss Ma
tilda Hitter, 253 Hummel street;
captain Fifth precinct: Mrs. J. M.
Ensminger, 1813 Derry street, cap
tain Sixth precinct The First pre
cinct ot the Second ward is in the
district of Col. Mrs. C. H. Hunter.
[Continued on Page 10.J
BATTLING YANK TO BRING
FRENCHJ3RIDE BACK HOME
Sergeant Robert J. Miller, of Marysvllle, Is One Soldier Who
Forgot Charms of American Girls While in France
MurvNYlllr, Ps„ Dec. 10. One
Marysvllle youth, at least, is number
ed among the many Yank soldiers
who will not return to tire states to
Itnd girls to make their wives, now
that the war is over, but will bring
along a bonnie, woe French lass as
their bride. He Is Robert James Mil
ler. former Marysvllle athlete, a sor-.
geant in Motor Truck Company 105. ;
who has found a daughter of that
war-torn country to his liking and
married Iter.
Mademoiselle Suzanne Cauvalle, ft
Soissons, Is the brid \ the wedding
announcements, bit recently received
here by friends, tell. The happy event j
took place at Challans, August 37.
the announcement Informs.
The text of tho announcement re- !
telved here Is:
Madame Meuve Sauvalle, de Su't-
ISALOON MEN
BLAMED FOR
BOOTLEGGING
-jPolice Again Ask Hok'lkccp- i
crs to Stop Soiling Whisky
in Bottles
i "BOTTLE TRADE" FLAYED I
v Mayor Again Culls on Liquor j
[jl Dealers to Sell Only
in Glasses
Bootlegging to men in uniform j
has become so widely prevalent in '
Hurrisburg, that municipal authori-!
lies to-day took to task delinquent!
hotelmen who sell liquor over their !
i -burs in half pints and quarts to per
sons whose obvious intentions are
j to sell it to soldiers at get-rich-quick
prices.
| Many bootleggers when arrested i
prove to be walking barrooms, with i
| half pints and quarts bulging from I
i every pocket. On Saturday evenings '
lit is common for tlie police to con- ;
j fiscaie two or three gallons of |
j whisky from bootleggers,
j Hotelmen were put on their honor !
I several months ago when the Unit-!
led States Department ot' Justice j
| asked them to übstuin from selling j
I liquor to be carried out of their bar- !
[Continued on I'agc 16.]
Tit F.lO COMMITTEE TO MEET i
I Members of the committee ap-i
| pointed by Mayor Keister to ararnge I
; for a municipal Christmas tree c e lc-]
bration this year will meet this eve- i
Ining at 8 o'clock, to make prelimi-!
nary pons.
I
i sons a l'honneor 0" vosis fairo parti
i duo marriage do Mademoiselle Su
i j ssanne Sauvallo. in lille, avee -Monsieur .
' j Robert James Mlllne, sergeant :iu\
armees amerlcnhiyts en Froace,
"Monsieur Rob art James Miller, ser- ;
grant aux arunes ano rleaiin s en |
France, a I'll jano ir ile vous faire
.j part de son marriage avee Mudenioi- 1
selle Suzanne Sauvnlio, de Solsmiis.
| >"Kt vous prleiit d'asslsler a la !
Benediction N'l I'luW vitl leur seta'
donnee l e Je nil. 2H Aotil 191 S. s \\ I
I heures M, rao de la Fontaine, dial- !
; Inns, par le i'asoti*, en leur ue.rue' e.
"Challnns 'W.ileM, n Vint i
j 1018."
Sergeant Miller enlisted hern aui- i
lng tlto spring of 10H and bofore the!
entrance of this country Int • the'
world '(millet, hail been atuiloiu d In.,
a California camp.
!C. P. ROGERS IS
KILLED BY AUTO
NEAR HIS HOME
I Deputy Auditor General Dies
in Hospital Soon After
the Accident
jHE WAS WIDELY KNOWN
Hun Down by Former Mem- j
her of Legislature as lie Was
j Entering Another Machine ;
) C'hauneey P. Rogers, a special
] deputy In the department of the I
j Auditor General of Pennsylvania, <
J was killed this morning when an j
| automobile struck him ns he wits,
' getting into another automobile to!
i drive to his office in the State Cap- j
J Itol. lie was 48 years of age.
i The accident occurred shortly be
i fore 8 o'clock, in the road near his
j home, just east of Meelianicsburg.
Death occurred at 9.4 0 Vclock in
! the Harrisburg Hospital, where he
| was brought In an automobile.
I Calvin Cook, of Dillsbitrg, and P.;
I M. Myers, of Wellsburg, were in the!
• automobile which struck Mr. Rogers, j
j They followed him to the hospital.
and remained there until his death.!
[The coroners of Dauphin and Cum-I
berland counties were notified of the'
'■ death, and likely will decide to-day I
! upon the date and place for tlio in-,
j quest. Mr. t'ook was a member of]
j the recent Legislature.
Concussion of the Bin in,
! Concussion of the brain caused tho
; death. Mr. Rogers was not con-i
scions from the time of the acci-l
(dent until liis death, while hospital
physicians and nurses were lighting ■
I to save his life.
Mr. Rogers was standing in the!
road, waiting to get into the auto- i
| mobile which was to take him to hisi
[office In Harrisburg. according to his I
'custom. Mr. Cook and Mr. Myers, j
'in a small automobile, were driving!
'toward llarrlsburg, hack df the I
f larger automobile for which Mr.
Rogers was waiting.
According to their statement, the
| large automobile turned to the side
; of the road, slowing lis pace slightly,
INo one in the machine, however,
i he'd out his hand to signify that the
(driver premeditated stopping. The.
I occupants of the auto in the rear'
j did not observe Mr. Rogers waiting |
| in the road.
Turned Too Late
| To their surprise, Messrs. Cook and i
i Myers state, the large automobile j
stopped.* Tt was too late for them to!
! stop back of him. they said, so tlieyj
! pulled to the sido of the road to |
; pass Mm. As they did so Mr. Rog
ers, who was opening the door to get j
i into the large automobile, was i
i struck.
The wheel of tho automobl'e{
'struck Mr. Rogers in the logs, buck]
of the knees, wrapping his body with |
great force, back over the engine
; hood. Concussion of the brain re-'
suited from the force of the blow, j
The automobile did not puss over the !
body.
l>ics in Hospital
Air. Rogers was picked lip and;
' placed in the automobile and taken i
!to tlte hospital. There death oc-j
! curred slightly utorc than an hour;
I later.
! Mrs. Rogers, the wife of the.
! injured man, was at the hospital at j
the time of her husband's death.
[Continued on Pago ft.]
SCHWAB PLANS !
| TO PUT PLANTS j
ON PEACE BASIS
j Stool King Resigns I*. S. Post
to Look After Business j
Interests
! That the Kteelton plant of tlte Beth- j
j lehein Steel Company, long engaged ■
| in the manufacture of war products ]
j may readjust Itself and be brought ,
j back to a peace basis without un- '
necessary delay, is given to-day as ]
j one of the reasons for the resignation j
i of Charles M. Schwab as director j
i general of the national shipping or- j
j gsnizatton.
j Tlte Steelton plant, together with j
I practically all other branches of 'he
! great steel corporation. had been
j engaged almost entirely on war
I work fon tho past several years, I
[ especially since the entrance of the
■ United States into tlie conflict. So
• with tho cancellation of contracts of
[Continued on Pago 10.]
Regulations Governing
the Sale of Foodstuffs
During War Abrogated
ltegua, tions restricting dlstribu- |
Hon of fresh fruits, vcgetuliles and]
I potatoes have been repealed accord- t
| ing to the announcement of the Dan-j
I phln county food ndminiHtintion tills
morning. The order, one of the most,
I far-reaching after-war measures yet |
: promulgated was received from j
j Washington and Is effective at once.
! The rule applying, among other
'things, to minimum carload ship- '
I mcnts of thctse commodities, is re I
I pea ed. All. restrictions prohibiting,
•he hoarding of fresh vegetables and ;
[fruits, or cancelling contracts of l
such goods In transit, the shipment
' of goods below contract requirements,
.and the unreasonable refusal to uc
j cept shipments by consignees, uro
abrogated.
Other phases of these regulations
1 were notification of the condition of
these commodities upon arrival; un- <
reasonable refuse to udjust < la'ms; i
terms lo be agreed expressed In every !
contract unless otherwise agreed, t
and other regulations j]
FORMER KAISER ATTEMPTS TO
KILL HIMSELF AFTER MENTAL
STRUGGLE IN HOLLAND EXILE
I
Wilson Declines to i
Visit Huns on
Trip Abroad
■NOTRUE YANKEE
WOULD, HE SA YS\
j
Years of Repentance
I Needed to Merit
Recognition
Py Associated Press
Paris, Dec. 10. —According to a
wireless dispatch from the L'. S. S. j
I George Washington says Marcel \
i 11utiii in the Kcho de Paris, Presi
i dent Wilson has been informed that.
; Premier Kbert and Foreign Secre-;
' tary liaase, of tlte Berlin govern- !
j ment, and Premier Eisner, of Ba- <
variu, were qbout to make un effort '
!to get him io visit Germany. Tlte
: President is ciuoted as having made 1
| thU reply:
"Only by long years of repent- ;
| anec can Germany atone for her ;
j crimes and show sincerity. No true ;
American could tliink of visiting '
Germany unless forced to do so by
! strictly ollicial obligations,
"That is to say I decline in ad- j
j vanee to consider any suggestion of
j the kind.*'
Germany Musi Pag
For All Damage Done
Cambridge, Kngland, Dee. 10.-- j
The establishment of a league of;
nations will not result In tlte de- (
velopnient of a world in whiclt no
wars will occur, armaments will be
i unnecessary and reason supplant
; violence, in the opinion of Sir Eric
I Geddes, first lord of the admiralty,
i expressed in an address here last
] night. Under the most favorable
; conditions, he declared, it was to be
| expected that a police force would
!be required. On the sea, he added,
; the British navy had performed that ,
i function faithfully and impartially,
! preventing the free nations front be
[ ing crushed by Germany. He re
jgarded it as inconceivable that the
; supremacy of the British navy would
{ ever be surrendered.
| The first lord expressed lite belief i
j that Germany should lie made lo |
i refund the full cost of the war and !
1 pay for all the damage she had J
] done by sea und land, to the utter- j
; most farthing.
"Freedom of Seas"
Is Perplexing Problem
; London, Dec. 10. One of ihe
j gravest problems at the peace con
' fcrence will be based on what is
| meant by "freedom of the seas" and
j what concessions Great Britain Is
i [Continued on Page o.]
'OWN YOUR OWN
j HOME' CAMPAIGN
I TO BEGIN ANEW
Realty Men Plan to Better!
i Housing Conditions For
Workingmcn
At the monthly meeting of the'
! Harrisburg Real Estate Board, held j
i in Ihe Chamber of Commerce rooms i
, lust night, important matters were 1
i taken up including tlte appointment
] of committees for Ihe year, Ihe ques- ;
j lion of permanent headquarters'for j
j the board, and a booster meeting to j
I be held In the near future.
In outlining the work df Ihe :
| board for the coming year, Presi
[Continued on I'ngc 10.]
Hearing on Increased
Fare Is Postponed
Until Next Tuesday
The light against fare increases
by the Harrisburg railways wus de
layed this morning, when the. hear
- ing before the Public Service dotn
| mission, was continued until 10 a.
I in., next Tuesday, due to the illness
of Charles L. Bailey, Jr., counsel
for the traction company.
Arthur S. Rupley, attorney for
Charles K. Quinn, whose protest
against the proposed increases I
brought the case before the com- !
mission, complained that he had not !
yet received a copy of the valuation i
of the property of the traction com- {
pany, compiled by Its counsel. This
was ordered. He announced, in addi- '
tion, that he will present a petition ;
asking that an auditor, to lie em
ployed ti> those who are fighting |
the case, be privileged to make an j
examination of the corporation's
books.
Wilson Wires Marshall, to j
Preside at Cabinet Session j
Py Associated Pre.'
Washington, Dee. 10.—A" -Presl- ' ■
den' Marshall was asked l>> Presi
dent Wilson in a wireless message
tn-ilii) to preside at Hie usual Tucs--'
day cabinet meeting at the White .
House 1'
i| !
NEW REVOLTS
SPREADS FAST
j By Associated Press
\ Copenhagen, Dec. 10. —A conn- i
i ter revolutionary movement is in !
j full swing at J'otsdam, says a ]
I Berlin dispatch to the National i
j Tidende.
I/ondon, Dee. 10.—Prince Henry
| .if Prussia, brother of the former
i Jerman emperor, lias proclaimed
the establishment of a Royalist ]
: party In Germany, according to
reports from Holland.
i
j ;
AMERICAN ARMY
OF OCCUPATION
| REACHES RHINE
;French and Yankee Forces!
j Take Over Aix-le-Chupelle
From the Belgians
Washington. Dec 10. —The Ameri
j can army of occupation marching
| into Germany has reached the Rhine.
! General Pershing, under date ( of last
; night, reported: "The American
(Third Army, continuing its advunce
into Germany, to-day reached lite
Rhine from Rolandscck to Brohl,
'and at nightfall was on the general
I Hue, Rolnndseck-Bi olil, Wussenaeh
! MunstermaifelU-Rhcitiboilen."
j Co'ogno, Dec. 10. -French and
, American troops have officially en
! tered Aix-le-Cbapeile and taken
[over tiie occupation of that German
j city front the Belgians. Allied flags
! were flown in the Fiederick William
I Place, where the Allied generals as
! sembled to take the salute of the
J troops.
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WASHINGTON—The jailing of seven additional jfi|
T and 2
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men wr i .i. ■■ W.:r Oeparim'-nt'. Six jjjj 3
Ij£ . 4nd 'he other a day later.
L Mr
the Urtited Stock Yards, Chicago, until Thu ||
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t MARRIAGE LICENSES
At Wrlliiiulou l.ul't-fr mill llrlrn June (axil mini, MlildlrtotTn( T
; llHHwrll I'lkr mill lli'rtir K. Shoomitn. Illirrixliurui Thrndorr linn- •
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Itlit Hell Smith, Aatvpnrtt John <•. I'ubt nnd lOlltiilirlli '/.ohnrr, Y
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Member of Retinue
Prevents and
Is Wounded
SPA INDICTS
NETHERLANDS
Has Evidence That
Holland General
Met Kaiser
By Associated Press
'J l.nndun. Dec. 10.—William Hoh-
I enzoilern, the former German em
! peror, hits attempted to commit sui
j cido, following mental depression,
] according to the J.elpzic Tageblatt,
| which is quoted in a Copenhagen
i dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
j Company. A member of the former
emperor's retinue who prevented
1 j llerr llohenzollern from carrying
' out his intention, received a wound,
[it is said.
Kaiser Prepares For Defense
,! William Hohenzollcrn, the former
, | German emperor, has had several
I interviews at Ainerongen with two
1 ; German experts on international law
| with whom he discussed his personal
: position, according to an Amster
| dam dispatch to tho Express. These
experts arrived and left Amerongen
I in a rather mysterious manner,
i It i: understood, accordiing to tho
' I dispatoh that Harr llohenzollern is
i, writing bis autobiography and a his
, ' tory of bis reign. He will explain
ills attitude before and during the
' I war, it is said. The book is intended
i | for publication or if its author is
■ tried before an international trib
al unal, may be read as a part of his.
defense.