*f * t 9 " W l ' Ji B 7 • UiIMMMfWU . - ; t lwrhsn liemtm Yw TO V<Sfcln Boroussc "".; "■'' . y' ' • • it . - • * _ - J " . . . i " , * # . r ■ feb HARRISBURG iffifpllJ TELEGRAPH Ji > . (Hie Star-Independent. N T -V-VVNTTT x T 172 1A DATTTC Dally Except Sunday. Entered as Second Clasa LXXXVII -NO. -/-J 2U i ALri-O Matter at the Host Office at Harrlsburg • CONSIDER TWO SITES FOR NEW PENNSY STATION Building Project Is Revived With Lifting of War-Time Ban on Construction MAY WIDEN THE SUBWAY Improvement Would Open Market Street to Traffic to Its Full Width PLAN FOR A BIG PLAZA Favor Is Found For Walnut Street Plot Facing New Capitol Park With the removal of government restrictions on building projects, and the proximity of the time when the management of the railroads will be turned back to the owners, di recting boards aro seriously consid ering building plans which were laid away for the duration of the war. T'rominent anions the plans now under consideration, it is said, is the project for a new Pennsylvania pas senger station, a long felt want here. It is understood that plans formu lated before the war and pigeonholed for the duration of hostilities, are being gone over and carefully re vised for dcllnite action. Two plans for the erection of a modern and imposing edifice to serve as a passenger station in place of the present Inadequate structure, are said to be under advisement by fhe railroad authorities. One looks to the widening of the Market street sub way. and the building of the new station on the Hill side of the rail road, facing Market street, just across the street from the Heading .passenger station. Favor Capitol Park Another said to be under consid eration culls for the erection of the station in the block bounded by the ruilroad, Walnut, Fifth and Market streets, facing the new Capitol Park. The completion of the plans and contemplated start on the work of building the Capitol Park extension make this latter project seem more advisable. 11 y the conditions of the first ar rangements, the Widening of the Market street subway beqojjxp/s an ■ft urgent necessity. As it long has been felt by citizens and officials general ly that the Market street subway was a bungled job, there seems to . be little doubt in the public mind that the city would co-operate, with the railroad company in making the subway as wide as Market street. Easy of Access The railroad already possesses t lie plot of ground opposite the Heading station. adjoining the Pennsy tracks. The subway would be so widened as to run directly to the station, thus giving incoming and outgoing passengers excellent transportation facilities to the cen ter of the city and to the residential sections. The Walnut street site, between. Fifth street and the ruilroad. said to be under serious consideration, seems to meet with general approval. , It Is felt that an> imposing struc ture facing the new park zone would answer Harrisburg's need better than any other contemplated struc lure. The entire block, it is under stood. is included in the develop ment plans, which would ensure ade. quate room for a plaza, extending back to Market street, and to Fifth street. The Technical High school, in Walnut facing the Park zone, is an example of the type of public buildings it is felt should be placed in Walnut street to properly Hank the beautiful park contemplated. Under the new building plans, the Technical High school will be de veloped to extend to Fifth street, thereby making a good flanking structure for the imposing station. It is commonly felt that with the advent of peace and peace time working conditions, there is no long er any necessity for postponing the erection of a passenger station that would conform to the.needs of the Capital City. The present station, which 1s difficult of access, has be come inadequate, it Is commonly conceded, and does not come up to the requirements of the rapidly growing city. Boy, Seeing Mother Swallow Poison, Takes Fatal Dose and Dies CliumhcislHirg, Pa., Dec. 12. • "Mum, If your going to die 1 am too," cried Howard Isenberg, 10- > ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Duvid Isenberg, of the western end of town. After watching his moth<- take a dose of rat poison last eveniirs the boy took a large portion of the pow der also. The mother became ill. The boy walked eight blocks try ing to get a doctor. The father, com ing from work, did all he could tor his little family and the mother and son were taken to a hospttul. The boy died this-morning, the mother is dying Khe is but 32 and had been melancholy following illness from in fluenza. * I THE WEATHER] For HnrrUburg iml vlrlnltyi Fnlr to-night nnd Friday, not much change In teniperiiturr. For Kantrrn Prnnnylvngltit (leg. rrnlll, fair to-night nnd Friday, little change In fenipcrutnrn gentle, shirting Kind*. Itlvcr The \orlh ftrnncli xtnri lim trlliu inries will fall slowly, n h>o the ' pger West Hrniirh nnd the ■lnalntn. The l.ower West llrunch nnd the mnln river will continue to rise slowly. \ ■ Inge of nhnut t.'i fret Is Imli eited for llnrrlshurg Friday r \ , ' ■ 1 , I > 1 Now That the German Socialist "Supermen" Are Governing Themselves YANKEE HEROES OF BIG DRIVES i ON HOME SHORE [i . f -! Hospital Ship Arrives With ,'MM> Wounded; Captain Stackpole in Group i By Associated Press j New York, Dee. 12. —Home on I • S stretchers or hobbling on crutches, j 396 more wounded soldiers, repre senting almost us many units of the' ' American Expeditionary Force, j ! landed on Yankee soil again to-day j [from the lAilted States hospital ship t j Mercy. The vessel reached Quaran-1 tine last night from Bordeaux and | docked this morning. | Notwithstanding mutilations, un- i healed wounds and long suffering, I there was scarcely a soldier among ! j them who did not have a cheery ! ; countenance and a tale to tell proud- j ; ly but modestly, of "how we licked ! I the Huns." I "Yes, we had a devil of a time at 1 i Belleau said Prlvute Wll- j I liard Rhodes, of the Fifth Marines, | whose home is at Hawthorne, N. J. | "It was the linest sport in the world, i i I have read about men raving about' I ; big game hunting, but that sport has i | nothing on hunting German machine I gun nests like we did in Uelloau i Wood." % Harrisburg Soldier Arrives Captain E. J. Stackpole, Jr., 110 th! Infantry, of the Harrisburg Tele- ' I graph, son of the publisher, hit in ' the groin and leg September 25 [ ! while he was leading his men on the i : Aisne. Private George W. Jones, Jr., Phil- ' I adelphia. 314 th Infantry, who in the ! fight before Verdun was hit by a PI [Continued on Page 18.] !; Plenty of Christmas Trees at Fair Prices Now Assured the City ' i i When Father Harris goes a-3hop-t j ping for his Christmas tree to furnish j ' delight for the wee tots of Harris-' 1 burg—and the big ones, too —he's go-' ing to find plenty of the spruces and ' pines and cedars on the market for ! his selection. This is the cheering' I news let loose this mortiing by Wal ler S. Schell, prominent Harrisburg seedsman. Kays the purveyor of Christmas trees: "There will be just as many trees' . coming to Harrisburg this Christmas' as ever. They will come from that same source and the prices will he| I exactly the same as last year, ,->ing-[ ing from 35c to $2.50 for the very finest trees, as far as the thousands of trees we will have next week are 'concerned. Our shipper ndvUes us' cur trees are the finest we have ever ! received. " "Tell the youngsters not to worry, j . for Santa's little woodchoppera have' ' luen very busy and tliere will he trees i for every one of them." So, cheer up. kiddles of Harrisburg! Get vour red and green and blue or naments and the tinsel rnd toys, for there'll lie a Christmas tree In your house, too. If you treut Santa Clans I '■£ ~ . > I ■ \ WILSON IN PARIS ONLY 48 HOURS j By Associated Press Paris, Dec. 12.—The length of i President Wilson's "official" .visit • In Paris has been fixed at [orty- I eight hours, according to the ' Matin. The remainder of his stay here will not be marked by any state ceremony. London, Dec. 12.—Reports that | King George contemplates a visit , to the Fnlted Slates are denied ! here, i I' CITY OPENS ITS HEART AND PURSE TO THE RED CROSS ! Patriotic Men and Women Don't Wait lo Be Solicited j Harrisburg didn't have to wait to be usked to join the Red Cross. Be ginning at 8 o'clock this morning on every one of the 403 city blocks ! men and women were going to Red j Cross headquarters on their own i block and volunteering their mem -1 bership. | The sign of volunteer headquar , ters on each block is the Red Cross ! poster bearing the word "Join" at i the top, and "nil you need is a heart i and a dollar" at the bottom. Wher ever one of these posters is displaved Harrisburg people may join the Red , Cross. They may join—but not indefi j nitely. There is n time limit on vol lunteer memberships. No volunteers . [Continued on Pngc '1,5.1 HARRISBURG S( CROIX DE GU Samuel Bloom Modestly Carri i * cording to Letters Rcceiv j Cited for bravery in aclton against the murderous Huns and proud pos ' sessor of the Croix de Guerre, Sam | Bloom, eighteen years old, after flf- I teen months' foreign service, is so i modest that he carries the emblem safely tucked away In his pocket. The - yfiuthful hero, wounded three , times while In nctiofi, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Bloom, 1314 Cowden street. ' i News of the citation and of the 1 presentation of the medal to Bloom Is told In a letter received.by James F. Mlnnaugh. '124 Race street, from his brother, Joseph Minnaugh, form erly chief clerk in the city treas urer's office, who was stationed at St. Nazalre on November 15, the date on which the letter was wrlt | ler,. He writes: ' , ' * ' ' , Ml,.i* M HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1918. WILSON'S FLEET NEARS COAST OF FRANCEJN PEACE; | Brest in Holiday Attire; Prcs-j | idcnt's Arrival Awaited by French Deputies By Associated Press Dec. J 2.—Brest has put 011 its' I holiday.attire and is eagerly awaitingl j the arrival of President Wilson to-! ! morrow. The Presidential fleet is not' ! far off the coast. J If the weather early to-morrow is' t rough, the Presidential ship inay en-j iter the sheltered roadstead towards! 110 o'clock., Otherwise the regular! M program will be carried out, the! I steamer entering the harbor about! noon and the President landing from' her at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. ! A large delegation of Socialist 1 I members of the Chamber of Deputies! I has arrived to greet President Wilson, i Cabinet ministers and officials will! j arrive to-morrow. The Place President Wilson end' . i the -Cours Dajot, along which thej . ! President will pass, are elaborately, , | beflagged. I j , l.ondon, Dec. 12.—The United States! . battle fleet wtylch is to form part of the escort of the IT. S. S. George| . Washington into Brest, left Portland , this morning. It was commanded by l t Vice-Admiral Sims, who was on oourJ t the battleship Wyomitjg. The fleeti . consisted of two buttleship divisions I under Admirals Robmnn and Itodgers! | and one destroyer division. The licet will lie met lit sea oy tliir-l . j ty destroyers from Brest. Tlie George' Washington, carrying the President! i and his party, will be met at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning ninety niilfs from Brest. DLDIER WINS ! JERRE IN FIELD] ■ J ios War Cross in Pocket, Ac- j fed Here From the Front i "I met Sam Hlooin yesterday. He; was wounded three times and lias a citation and a medul from the French. He is very modest and carries the medal In his pocket. He is only 18 years old now and has already been i over for fifteen months. | No reference was made In the let- j ter as to the condition In which Mln- ! | naugh found Bloom, but from the j i manner In which th* story Is related,' ] It has been assumed from later ref- 1 erence that he-has almost fully re-j I covered. He chllsted In Phlladel- j phla in June, 1917, and went to Camp j , Hancoek. Ga.. where he trained until i ; late that year when he sailed for 1 1 France with Company 1. 109 th Infan- j try. He was serving with this unit I when he distinguished himself. j r \ ' MOTORISTS NOT PLEASED OVER POLICE BUREAU Automobile Owners Sec No Need For Fees to Re cover Stolen Cars THE CLUB DISAPPROVES Dollar Registration Brings Forth Protest by Many Individual Owners IT MEANS A DOUBLE TAX! Vast Revenue Would Come to j New Offices Opened by Police Chiefs of State The Harrizburg Motor .Club us a I ! unit and local motorists in general ' I are entirely out of sympathy with ' ! the Clearing -House for the Hecov- j I ery of Stolen Automobiles, estab- ! | iislied in Hurrisburg .by the Penn- i j sylvan la Chiefs of Police Associa- \ ; tion; in fact they have expressed [the greatest antipathy to the new i 1 j organization. Vho vociferous outburst of dis-! approval und protest which has arisen here, is being followed too by, grumblings which forecast later; ; trouble, from cor owners in other' ; sections of Pennsylvania. The Har- , i risburg Motor Club, however, is tak- j i ing a leading pgrt In a fight against • , the new association and already has i j communicated with the Pennsylva-| i nla Motor Federation asking thut ; it post its members throughout the [slate to withhold registration in thej 1 new organization. In the event that, ] state officials fall to take this action, : one official of the Motor Club ex- j | plains, action will be taken to post I I members of the Harrlsburg Motor! Club. I.cttcrs Mailed The infant prodigy of the chiefs of police wus instituted but a short ; time ugo. I-etters, inviting car own | crs to register their autos with the association as a method of protec tion, are now being mailed out, and 'already a number of them have-been j received here In Harrlsburg. Hut j •only a small minority of owners in j j the state as a whole have as yet' I received the invitation to register! | with the association. I The letter Inviting registration is: J "As an owner of an automobile j you will be-deeply Interested In the, plan of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of [Continued on Pago 11.] , accidentally shoots foot Joseph West. Linglcstown, aged 17, shot a toe off his right foot yes-! terday when his gun accidentally dls- j i charged as he was carrying it at his I side with the muzzle pointing down wards, while shooting sparrows. An ! other toe likely will be amputated. | He wus brought to the Harrlsburg Hospital, where physicians probed I I for the bullet this morning. I JOINT OFFICE ' BUILDING MEETS I WITH APPROVAL 1 • i, j Widespread Approval (liven J ]' Plans Taken Up by Com missioners '| Widespread approval of tlie plans! j 0? officials to build a new city and | j qounty office building on the site of' ] the present courthouse wus given! : to-day by many residents of Harris- i l burg and Dauphin county, i Many persons In discussing the I ,| move of the city and county com- I missioners declared that all pre- ] limtna.v arrangements should be! i completed as soon as possible sol j that when It is finally decided to] I erect the new structure building op-j ! crations will not be delayed. ! Whether any legal questions must j [Continued on Page 18.] |. Loving! No Indeed, h Loving Was Cruel Whoever heard of a loving couple j I having marital troubles? j It doesn't seem likely that such j would he the cuse, but facts are facts, I and Prothonotary Charles E. Pass ] 1 and his deputies to-day found that - loving folke sometimes have diffleul- 1 ties, too. Counsel for Mrs. Amelia C. Lov- j' ing tiled u libel in divorce for her to- 1 j day. Mrs. Loving nllegcs her hus- 1 ! band, William E. Loving, has just 1 .j been the opposite in his treatment i of her, and because of his cruelties ' j she is compelled to seek a separation ' I decree. < j Two other similar actions were : ■ started to-day, George W. Walson • ! asking for a divorce from Alice C, ' : Walson, alleging desertion; and Eva ' ; B. from Edwin- G. Mlosser, charging * cruel und barbarous treutmcnt. i' Edwin C. Wells, Son of Commissioner, Is Dead ' County Commissioner H. C. Wells ! I received word to-day that his son,, i Edwin C. Wells, supply sergeant of I the One Hundred and Ninth Machine 'Gun Battalion, died November 18,, ' from bronchial pneumonia. He hail ' | been In active service overseas and ' ' i was wounded October 31, ommls-1 < I sloner Wells received word Movent- i I I her 2 9 of this lnjur>v i 1 Sergeant Wells had been In service t I for several years, going to Campji Hancock with the old Eighth Penn- | I svlvanta National Guards. 1 s -u' ' ' . ' - v„i,ktnu 0.N1.Y KVKNIWO ASMH'I ITKI) PIIESS SINGLE COPIKd UftMC CniTIAN NICWSPAPHH IN lit lilt ISUDHd TWO CENTS tIUIVIL E.LM I lUII MODERN BUSINESS METHODS NEEDED TO GET CHURCHES OUT OF RUT; SYNOD HEARS Huns Seek Allied Help Paris, Dec. 12.—Negotiations for the prolongation of the German armistice began to-day at Treves, Rhenish Prussia. The Matin says the German armistice delegates have requested that the Allies reinforce their troops at cer tain points in order to aid the German authorities in main taining quiet. j i The paper adds that in cases w here the German military j authorities may urge more extended occupation in central Germany, the Allies will limit the sending of troops into German territory only to the necessities of occasions which ! may arise. j 1 SOLDIERS' FAMILIES GET BELATED CHECKS 11 Activities of Home Section of Red Cross Saved Many Har- : risburg Wives and Children From Want While Money Was Held Up ' Delated checks long overdue to the dependent kin of the rnqn in the [ service arrived in large measure to- i day In Harrlsburg. In niuny instances the money come after months and \ months of delay and, came at it j moment some of the relatives said when they had given up. all hope of] ever getting It. • Meanwhile announcement was; made by the logl Hod Cross home service section that not a single rela tive of a soldier, sailor or marine ' should suffer from privation on ne- j gleet if it is ih any way possible to] aid. No actual euscs of privation cutis- ! ed by the long delay in sending checks were reported to the home ; service section of the Hed Cross in Harrlsburg because of the activity ; of the organization, but in many pther towns and cities throughout; Pennsylvania there has been much j suffering. In many cases the checks j represented three months' ullotment, , vouchers for each month being mode • out separately and being sent outl lp separate envelopes, entulllng three j times the required amount of cleri cal work."- Dependants Suffered [ The reason unsigned by officials in charge of the Washington bureau is "a new filing system hus been es tablished and we were delayed in sending out vouchers." This ex planation was contained in letters received here this morning. The officials promise that better service will be given hereuftcr. One of the reasons cited for Har risburg's being fortunate In not hav ing coses of privation caused by the delay in sending checks Is because TURKS MURDER AND PILLAGE IN WILD FLIGHT Many Christians Slaughtered in "Unheard-of Orgies"' Asia Minor New York, Dec. 12.—Turkish de j sorters are reported tp be commit i ting "unheard of orgies" and killing I many Christians In Broussa, Asia ; Minor, according to a cablegram j from Nicholas Politis, Greek mlnls- I ter of foreign affairs, received here j by Dr. John N. Metuxa, former gov i ernor of Saloniki, and made public ! lust night. 'The papers of Smyrna report," ! says the cablegram, "that in the dis i trict of Broussa numerous hands of I Turkish deserters are committing j unheard of orgies. Such bands have j looted Christian stores. Sanguinary fighting followed In which many j Christians were killed." W. P. Starkey Going to Europe on an Important Industrial Mission W. P. Starkey, general superin tendent of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company, leaves to morrow for New York, whence he will sail Monday for Scotland on an important business mission for his company, which may mean a large ly increased product at the big local, plant. Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Starkey entertained at thetr residence. Front and Kelker streets, a number of friends. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Walker, Mr. und Mrs. Hedsecker Brinser, Mr. and Mrs, John C. Orr, Mr. and Mrs.-A. H. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Dare, Mr. und Mrs. Lurkln und Mr. and Mra. H. D. Delmotte. Mr. Starkey will he accompanied ,on his trip by Thomas Edwards, chief roller, and Charles A. Bender, muster ntechunlc of the plant. 9 Years Old, She Undergoes Her Fourth Operation Nine-year-old El anbeth A. Keffor. a niece of John J. Keffer, 2238 North Fourth street, underwent un operation for the fourth time In her 1 life to-day when physicians at thej Harrisburg Hospital treated her for throat trouble. Only a few months' ago tho child was operated upon < for appendicitis. Her father died j following a similar operation. v ' [■ many of the wives of soldiers, sail- ) ' ors and marines ure newly married jnnd can return to parents' homes. I In other cities It appears there are | hundreds who are less fortunate and : these endured bitter suffering. It Is I stated. Where there ure children ' jor dependent parents the hardship • Is apparent. Further inefficiency of tlie Wash- > j Ington bureaus is cited by Washing-j ; ton correspondents in dispatches : dated this morning, in which it is ' i stated American soldiers wounded i I in France are being returned to the i i United States without having re- ' cclved uny pay for months, and are j being sent from debarkation points) j to interior points without being pro- • , vided with funds. Representative j' i Mann, Republican floor leader, read a telegram to this effect before the ; House yesterday. It is probable a ] | Congressional inquiry will be car ried on as the result of exposure' ! of facts. ;; * ; ■ —■ ■ |j .. WANTS ENtARGE;D . ,±. 1 X Washingtons—Appropriations 5 —Appropriations to provide a oavy fo J I T the United States by 1925 as large as that of any other 3T • i ■ I *f* 1 'X . X :i I X NO WAV TO '.TRY KAISER. SAYS B-RV'CE- Jpf |X " : t f ''■ a rdent;,of • IB.', I ' Jl X *tr IX' : ' y V .r /, X & ■ s 14* y fi iii • 2 4 1 in su h-ca es.' x . T I * t ? -1 .• X ' *r t >lc precautions X J i *jj II X t[Z DENIES REICHSTAG MEETING * iit Berlin—Official denial was made yesterday ri.at the: X r T 'JJo™*™" o™*™ o ™*™ considering the convening, of..the R X stag. *f § l SAVE FARMER T X c •, T-""a--o'' '-on of Jacob Dice, X . y * -roe X • ■!** A • I' -i .* • r X <" yX ' i gangrene developing.' To save his life .Jb, '' ,• j ,X VISCOUNT V'TLN£R TO.RESIGN • T -j v t y T. stands .Viscount Milner secretary of, s' v- nx A 4* T X NCRSE ENVOYS LEAVE PETROGRAD S . 2 ( v " ' •" '<•. Vtrd- X | • |4t'.grad. according to,the Aftenposten.' The newspaper re- 9E9 II pr.-- / !"<• '.! neutral countries • | IX ■< TV"""- r .wernrncnt is X |T about to scv r .hem. .' tIAKHIALt LICENSES 1 t Inrrurr It. Ucll and Ileal pr K. Shall,.llarrlabHrC. X . ItftfVr ■.... J. Pastors Cannot Live on Small Salaries, Says Speaker SHOWS WHAT CAN BE DONE Strong Indictment Is Drawn Against the - Older Ideas What practically constitutes an in dictment ami In HI the Protestaftt Church In its present inefficient n;-**iodg—the continuation of poor salaries to ministers, the reactionary methods of church officers, and the gcncrul failure of the church to mefet the crying needs of a new world, were set forth to-day in the report of the Kev. W. C. Hogg, of Williams port, on "The United Movement," at the third session of the Pennsylva : nian Synod of the Presbyterian. Church. The Rev. Mr. Hogg arraign ed church officers and dealt some hurd blows in speaking on the matter of better business methods and pas toral support in Pennsylvania. "It is not for me to tell the older leaders what to do," said Mr. Hogg in his address. "I would be untrue, however, to opportunities and lny information If I did not give some pronounced expression to what thou sands of the young people In our churches are thinking and saying. Old Methods Going i "The men and women of our slate 1 und nation huve learned to co-oper ' ate as never before in the great beneficent enterprises of our day. I They have learned to think in terms j of the nutlon's population, resources ; and millions. Let the Church now ; speuk in terms not only, of the na jtion, but of the world's need ijnd the [Continued on Page 14.]
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