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LXXXVII— No. 276- 18 PAGES B t u h n o d &s, HARRISBURG, PA.. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1918. . HOME EDITION
' EBERT CANNOT SEE
PATH TO DOOM FOR
HIS FORMER. CHIEF
Children Demand
Place in New I
Government
MAKES PLEA
FOR PEOPLE
' English Squadron
Fires on the
Bolsheviki
By Associated Press
I.omlon, Dec. 17. —Friedrich Eb
•rt, Socialist premier of Germany,
, declared in an interview yesterday
tliat he did not know of any legal
method by which William Hohen
zollern's surrender could be forced.
, "I cannot think of any provision
In law upon which the former em
peror would have to be given up,"
he said. 'But that is not a question
whih closely concerns us. We have
separated ourselves from him, and
now desire only that guilt for the
outbreak of the war should be finally
fixed in order that he may be ex
posed, once for all."
As to his view of the future, Ebert
■aid: "I am optimistic, but you must
remember that our influence upon
• the course of events is limited. Wo
cannot create bread for the Ger
man people.
"If the nation is allowed to starve
then the inevitable wil lfollow. That
a tuition can be brought to a despe
rate pass and burst through all re
straints has been shown by the ex
periences of the past year.
"Our old system came to the
i ground as a result of Prussian events
which it, itself, provoked. It is poor
consolation, however, that in faU
ing, one drags one's enemy to the
ground. To us any other solution
would bo preferable."
Boys and Girls
Demand "Their llighls"
Berlin, Dec. 17.—Several hundred
t boys and girls paraded through the
streets of the city yesterday on their
way to the Keichstag building, where I
the Soldiers' and Workmen's Con
gress is being held. They demanded,
among other things, votes for per
sons eighteen years of age, the
abolition of corporal punishment in!
schools and the participation by chil- j
dren in the administration of the!
, government and schools. The march- j
ers carried red flags and incendiary
placards.
A seventeen-year-old lad made an |
address warning the executive com-)
mittee of "terrible consequences" I
if the juvenile program was not car
ried out. The chairman of the exe
cutive committee declared his sym
pathy with the children's demands.
latter the procession gathered in
the square in front of the Keich
stag building, where youthful ora- j
tors demanded the removal of Pre- ;
niier Ebert and Phliipp Scheidemann
\ from otflee, opposed the convening
of the national assembly and threat
ened a juvenile strike throughout
Germany if their demands were not
immediately accepted.
Turkish Positions
Bombarded by Allies
Athens, Dec. 17. —The situation in
Smyrna is extremely critical, accord
ing to newspaper dispatches from
Mltylene. Young Turk officials have
posted- armed bands at various
places about the town and these
have been bombarded by the Allied
fleets.
German Troops Fire
on Helpless Prisoners
* Zurich. Dec. 17.—(Havas) —Ger-
man soldiers at Cracow are reported
to have fired upon Russian prison
ers who refused to work, killing six
and wounding seven, according to
the Stuttgart Tageblatt. It is stat
ed that the incident occurred since
the signing of the armistice between
the Allies and Germany.
English Fleet Fires
on Bolshevist Positions
Stockholm, Dec .17. —An English I
squadron has bombarded Bolshevist j
. positions along the southern ooast
of the gulf of Finland, according to j
• an oltlcial statement issued from the j
Eslhonian urmy headquarters. 80l- j
tdievlst forces huve been repulsed, j
according to the report.
* ITHE WEATHER]
For lliirrlalmrK nnd vicinity t Fiilr \ |
to-iilstht anil WcdncMdayJ little
chantfc In temperature; loweNt
to-iiif{ltt about Irt'fzlnn.
For FaNtern I'eniiMylvunia t Fair I
to-ulßht and Wednesday; no i
ehaime In temperatures fresh
and Ntronis northeaMt and north
ninth.
l
Hlver 1
The mnln river nlll continue to 1
rise nlowly thin afternoon and i
to-nljcht nnd Wisin to fall Wed- |
nesdny. All hranehew will fall
nlowly or remain nearly Mtntlon
nry. A ntiiwe of about 5.H feet I* 1
# Indicated for llnrrlnburK; Wed- '
nesdny morning;. j
0
j PUNISHMENT IS
DEMANDED FOR
WAR'S GUILTY
London, Dec. 17. —Responsibil-
ity for punishing the former Ger
j man emperor and other high Ger
! man officials for crimes commit
ted during the war must rest with
1 governments and not with jurists, j
according to the Marquis of
| Crewe, former secretary of state
I fog the colonies. He writes:
"The atrocities in Belgium, the
ill-treatment of prisoners and ttie j
executions of Captain Fryatt and ]
Miss Edith Caveif are acts that
can be brought home to the indi- ,
vldual persons concerned, and !
punishment can be inflicted by |
tribunals. When, however, we go j
beyond these persons, responst- I
bility is altered.
"The former German emperor !
• and the higher German poiiti- i
cians must be surrendered first
and then punished by executive !
acts. 'For tills procedure there
are most ample precedents.
"These criminals can be put
away where they will have no
I further chance of bringing mis
chief on the world or they can
be executed."
i
PLACES TO BE
FOUND FOR THE
RETURNED YANK!
Businessmen Asked to Look■
After Soldiers Who Served
During the World War
COMMITTEE IS NAMED
Chamber of Commerce to
Canvass All Emplxw-ers
to Gain Support
Preliminary steps to place dis
charged soldiers at profitable em
ployment were taken to-day by the
executive committee of the Manu
facturers' Council of the Harhisburg!
Chamber of Commerce. It is pian- |
lied to secure tor every sbldier who I
went from Harrisburg and vicinity
! a position at least as good as the
! one he left when lie entered the ser
vice.
At a conference between the exe-1
cutive committee, Jacob Lightner i
director of the State Employment
: Bureau, and representative of the!
| United States Employment Bureau, i
i and Warren R. Jackson, secretary of!
| the Chamber of Commerce, plans!
I were formulated for the work of I
placing the soldiers. The plans will
! be carried out at once,
j Every businessman employing ten
or more persons in his establish- I
inent will be requested by letter to I
inform the executive committee how !
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Sterling Bakery to
Be Managed by Member
of Noted Baking Firm
Tlie former Schmidt bakery iji'
Eighteenth street II be renamed
the Sterling Bakery and will lie man- !
aged by Churies Gunzenhauser, now |
of Lancaster, who will remove his ]
family to this city and take Charge!
January 6. The plant will be thor
oughly renovated and new machin
ery installed.
Mr. Gunzenhauser is a member
of the famous Gunzenhauser Baking
Company, of Lancaster, where his
family have been engaged in the
bpsiness for many years, the sons
following- their father in the indus- I
try. The Gunzenhauser Company
took over the Schmidt plant in
Eighteenth street last week. "It is
onr purpose to maintain the same
high standards here that huve made
our bakery famous In Lancaster
county," said Mr. Gunzenhauser to
day. "We shall be out In January
with as line a loaf of bread as it is
possible to make." The Gunzen
hauser plant in Lancaster is said to
be the gnest between Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh.
ASH COLLECTION CONTRACT
HELD UP BY CITY COUNCIL
UNTIL BUDGET IS PREPARED
Paving and Water Mains Considered by Commissioners; Dr.
Hassler Authorized to Take Over Water System in New
Fourteenth Ward; Unanimous For Wide Street
Action on awarding a contract for |
the collection of ashes and rubbish
next year wus postponed by council- j
men to-day until the 1919 budget is
completed and the total expenses'
for all city departments have been |
estimated. |
Commissioner S. F. Hassler at the j
session of Council submitted the bid ;
received from Btees, Simonetti Com-1
pany for the collection work. The |
firm asks $6,500 for each of the six I
winter months when weekly collect .
tions are to be made, and $9,500, for |
each of the other months when semi-,
mn;~tpollections are required by i
the specifications. After the pro
posal was read he suggested no de- 1
I
i ~
Anything But Repentant • ,
;| R
| j j
g! ' * I i —— ..
$244 IN LIBERTY
! BONDS FOR EACH
, PERSON IN CITY
jMprc Than Eighteen Million
Dollars Held Here
in Loans
For every man, woman and child
in Harrisburg. there is $244 in Lib-'
[ ert.v Bonds. In other words if the
j bond holdings were evenly dis- 1
| tributed each person, figuring the
] city's population at 75,000 would
} have s6t invested in each issue.
Hnrrisburgers own a total of
; $18,300,050 worth of Liberty Bonds
]of the tour issues. The figures were
j announced at the headquarters of I
i the Hard-burg district of the Lib*
j erty Loan this morning.
In Steeiton an equally patriotic]
! record for the purchase of bonds
| was mado. In the small town, a
I total of $3,406,750 was salted away.|
Over Every Time
Both Harrisburg and Steeiton'
! greatly oversubscribed all of their
quotas. The four quotas in Harris
burg were first $2,000,000; second,
$4,000,000, third, $3,500,000; and
fourtli $6,000,000. The total over
subscription was $2,800,050.
The amounts raised in the four
loan 3 we." as follows: First,
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MORE TROUBLE IN SPAIN
Madrid, Dec. 17. —Premier Roman
ones, after a cabinet meeting called
to consider serious outbreaks in
'Catalonia, hap issued a note declaring
that the King had been asked to sign
a decree suspending Parliament.
CHOOSE FINLAND REGENT
HelninuforM, Dec. 17.—The Finnish
Diet has elected General Munncrheim
regent of Finland.
cision should be made now but ac-1
tion should not be delayed any long- I
er than necessary to prepare the ap- I
propriation ordinance.
Final arrangements to take over;
the water main system in the Four-I
teenth ward are providfil in an ordi- .
nance introduced by Commissioner j
Hassler. The measure authorizes the j
payment of $13,500 to the Dauphin]
Consolidated Water Company for the i
lines in the ward. Dr. Hassled an- 1
.nounced city water would be fur- i
nlshed to residents there after Jan- I
uary 1. '•
Another ordinance which he pre
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I
1 LONG PROMINENT
HERE AS DENTIST
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; DR. W. H. PAINTER,
LONG A DENTIST OF
CITY, DIES TODAY
i Had Big Practice Before He
Retired, Several Years
Ago
Dr. William H. Painter, aged (15
years, retired dentist, who has been
prominent in the city for many
years, died early this morning at his j
home, 2311 North Fifth street, after
a brief illness. Funeral services will
be held Friday afternoon at 1.30
] o'clock. The Rev. Dr. S. W. Herman,
pastor of the Zion Lutheran church,
will conduct the service. Burial will
be in the Paxtangc Cemetery.
Graduating front the Pennsylva
nia Dental School in 1881, Dr. Pain-!
ter Itegan his practice in Harrisburg j
shortly after leaving school. During i
his many years of service hero he i
won a large circle of friends by h's |
great personal charm and his re- ]
markable professional talent, lie re
tired front active service eight years j
ago after a long and successful j
career. 1 . '
Dr. Painter is survived by his wife,,!
| Mrs. Harriet Painter nd two daugh- i
| ters, Mrs. James D. Rhoads and Miss 1
! Sara Painter. He was widely known ;
| throughout Harrisburg and Dauphin i
i county and wus a leading figure in j
,the community since his practice was I
j opened here.
j UEI.RU !M CONSULATE* REOPEN I
Washington, Dec. 17.—The United
! States consulates at Antwerp, Bel- i
i glum, lias been re-opened with Horny |
I Morgan, formerly consul at Hani* !
! burg. In charge. The State Depart- j
ment also announced to-day that i
other consulates in Belgium are be-|
lag re-opened.
CITY KEEPS A
j TIGHT GRIP ON
DOLLAR BILLS
! Loyal Women Workers An-
I gerqd by Apathy Shown
in Drive
Harrisburg is not coming tip to
] what Washington nnd Philadelphia
j headquarters expected of It in the
Red Cross Christmas drive for nem
j hers-
I A panic seized 'the many hundreds
| of women workers this morning when
| it became known that for two days'
i volunteering and for one day's solid
! tation the city had only 11,000 mem
,j bers to show, while Steeiton, much
i smaller than Marvisburg, has nearly
; halt' that many members,
i The women workers, grasping the
j fact immecAately that the honor of
] that portion of the human family is
! endangered because the men veil
I everlastingly crow if the women
| workers do not go over the top, de
j clared on starting out to-day that
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I NEED 200.000 MEN FOR NAVY
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 17. —Two hun-
I died thousand men must be recruit
] ed for the navy next year to take the
| places of men enlisted for the war
1 who wilt be demobilized.
PLANS MATURING
FOR RIVER SURVEY
CONFERENCE HERE
j President Hershey Appoint
ing Committeemen; Mnjor
Gray Writes of Cost
Eli N. Hershey, president of the
Harrisburg Rotary Club, is rapidly
completing the makeup of the com- !
mittoe wlitch will Inaugurate the cam- j
! palgn for a survey of the Susque- ;
| hanna river valley with a view of
! having the stream made nnvigable.
j It is expected that a meeting will
lie held In Harrisburg about the mid
j die of January at which tlni,c tho pro
ject will bo discussed and plant
! made for getting the preliminaries
| under way.
Major William B. Gray, who is I
responsible for starting the move- j
j rr.ent, has continued to make a study '
| i f the costs of the survey and con-I
I eludes that it can he completed in ai' |
jits details for about 11.200,000. In
a letter written to tho Telegraph j
[Continued on Page Iff.]
REVOLT BREAKS IN BULGARIA!
y Associated Press *
' Amsterdam, Dec. 17. —A revolu-i
' tion bus broken out In Bulgaria, uc. j
! cording to Information received by j
I tho Lokal Anzeiger from Bulgaria
i byway of Hungary. i
PRESIDENT MOVES ABOUT IN
PARIS PREPARING TO SPEAK
FREELY AT PEACE SESSIONS
• New Pretender Rises j
By Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 17.—At a monarchist meeting in Vienna
yesterday which was attended by a iiumlicr of generals, Archduke
i .Maximilian, brother of former Emperor Charles, \\as nominated as
i the successor to the crown. The Socialists, a dispatch from Vienna
adds, intend to take sharp measures against the monarchists.
COPENHAGEN, Dee. 17.—Field Marshal von Mackcnsen, com
mander of the German forces in Rumania, has been interned by the
Hungarian government, according to the A/. Est of Budapest. The
Hungarian government Is reported to have Informed the German
leader that his Internment was demanded by the Allies.
G lier dispatches received here from Hungary saj that the Ruma
nians have disarmed ahd Interned the rear guard of Field .Marshal
von Maekensen's forces.
SOLDIERS FROM CAMPS
j GET BACK TO OLD LIFE
j Scores Take Places Without Waiting to Don Mufti Dis- ;
j carded During War; Hundreds to Be Home in Time
For Their Christmas Dinners
Hundreds of boys from Harrisburg j
and suburban towns have already re- j
turned to their homes after receiving j
their discharges from army camps. ,
The number is expected to grow
steadily. The announcement by the j
War Department that more than 15.- |
000 soldiers are being discharged j
dally, and that this number will prob- ,
ably be doubled in the near future, j
promises to bring many of tile boys ,
to their home firesides tor Christmas, j
The demobilization from camps,
cantonments and training schools, j
has brought the khaki uniforms on ;
the streets of the city in great num- !
hers. Many of the large stores and
some of the smaller shops have taken
on a martini atmosphere* by the ap
pearance of uniformed men behind
counters. As one customer remarked,
she was "so glad of the/opportunity
to buy something from that nice
soldier."
But the boys in khalsi are to be
seen elsewhere than in the shops.
Almost every lino of business now
lias one or more of its returned boys
who have slipped back into their old
jqbs and are again helping the wheels
of Industry and commerce to keep
limning. The colleges are turning
cut their companies of the Students
Army Training Corps, and virtually
Soldier's Mother Has
1 Received No Pay Since
July 1; Needs Money
Reports continue to ho received of
j neglect of soldiers' dependants by
careless officials at Washington, 'i lie
latest ts from Mrs. llcster McGuir •,
Jof 1430 Green street. Mrs. McUuire
| writes the Telegraph as follows:
I "My son, Samuel G. O'Neil, Eleven
; Hundred and Third, Aero Squad, en
i listed in May, 1917, and was sent to
! France in August of that year. Be
i fore leaving lie made me an allot- |
I ir.ent of S2O a mon >ii, later insuring,'
i his life for SIO,OOO, \lllich left aim no
! spending money whatsoever. I told
j him then to allot me sls and let the 1
| Government give ine $lO, a mother's j
j allowance. The new arrangement!
I was made July 1 of this your and I
! since that time I have received notli-!
j ing. 1 have received no money fori
j July, August, September, October or
j December, making a total of $l5O now I
'due me. Bad I known that I would]
] have been' treated in tills way, Xi
! would have broken up my home, l]
i cannot buy coal and if my son is sent]
home soon I cannot give him a rcali
welcome."
The Telegraph has undertaken to
lay this case before the proper au-1
thoritles at Washington, hoping to re-|
eeive /rome explanation for the delay]
that will be helpful to the scores ofi
others who are in the same difficulty.
Mrs. MoGuire says that she has writ- i
ten repeatedly, but has deceived r.oj
answer id her complaints.
[TWO HARRISBURG
OFFICERS FIRST
INTOLUXEMBURG
Capt. Murray and Lieut. Dow
dell, Promoted, Lead 38th
Regiment Across Border
Captain Robinson Murray, form
erly advertising manager for the
. Rlliott-Flsher Company, this city,
and First Lieutenant Marc P. Dow
dell, son of Ralph W. Dowdell, also
or llnrrisburg, were the first Ameri
can infuntry officers to cross the line
with the American army of occupa
tion into Luxembourg on their way
to Germany.
This news arrived this mornihg
in a leter from Lieutenant Dowdell
to his father, the first received since
hostilities ceased, and which also
brought the announcement that
Lieutenant Murray had been made '
•a captain and that Lieutenant Dow- -
dell had succeeded him as first lieu
tenant. Roth are members of the '
38th Infantry, which saw very hard
fighting in the closing days of the „
war and whle his now "occupying
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ROLF RKNIRYtTION ACCEPTED
llerne, Dec. 17.—A dispatch recelv- e
ed here frcyn Berlin says the reslg- r
nation of Dr. W. S. Suit as Imperial
secretary of fbrolgn uffalrs has boen *
accepted. {j
- all will he able to cat their Christ- '
mas dinners at home. With the spirit'
of/free giving, the spirit of Christ-|
mas, this year is mingled the spirit
of the army, but not that of milltar- I
hm—the presence of the khaki uni- |
form at this season of the year re- •
minds one only of Democracy anil the j
better things worth living for.
Clothing Dealers to •
Remain Open Evenings
Downtown clothing and haberdash
ery dealers at a meeting yesterday j
nfternoot decided to keep their]
stores open evenings beginning to-;
morrow evening, every night until]
Christmas. It was explained that;
the trade Is so heavy it cannot be
handled satisfactorily during the
usual hours and that in order to
accommodate everybody the exten
sion is necessary.
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■£..] THIRTEEN MISSING FIRE I
4 Winnipeg, Man.—Advices received here to-day tell of i
4, T
4 it coach on a Canadian ♦
r Pacific train which left here at 9.10 p; ni/yesferday cn IE
<& *V
T
7co*eh . re missing. JL
T
F YANKEE! H
£ I ' Italisn -■• iwy here *ta<-that the re- Z'
▼ port from effect that an.Ai n squad* Ji
X ron had arrived at Pola was unfounded, *jr
W f QUIT RIFLE MAKING AT EDDYSTONE £
*J Philadelphia—Production of rifles at the Eddystone Jl.
X plant of the M,idvale Steel and Ordnance Company will
T ate on January 11, affecting approximately 10,000 em- Jff'
4* ployees. 2 •
I POLES LOYAL TO ENTENTE POWERS |
4* Havas—The Polish government is preparing to adhere 3>
X completely to the Entente alliance. 4
4 T
! -i 4
4
Harrisburg—A meeting of the Federation Churcheft I
Xof Pennsylvania is being held in Zion Lutheran Church x:
X to-day. It is probable as a result that a loca lFederatior f
r *£
▼ will be organized here. Prominent members of the clergy JT
▼ 1
*|tand laymen of the city aty interested m the movement. Jf
X (3 T
XThey will meet at ah evening dinner this cening to con- &
V&der the organization of a local body. |,
Z LANSING MEETS DELEGATES 4
% Hjj
. *>/gri9—Secretary of State Lansing was in conference y
xS \sterday wi-.h members of the American peace delega- X
4* tion in an effort to organize the working force. X
T
> (X
J MAIL PLANES REACH CLEVELAND ▼
V Cleveland —Two mail planes which will begin a reg- X
•3* |£)
Jb ular service to-morrow morning between Cleveland and X
X Chicago, arrived rfere to-day at 11.30 a. m. The machines, x
Zip charge of Pilots Eversole and Davison left Bellefonte, . 2
H2
X Pa., at 9.10 a. m. • ▼
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* MAKKI/HJL UUNSES 4
_i aiii<llun 'tuu.O AV • Htfjlla putt 'uuo,Nj|Sui'i 5*
<; non.u 'X '*K '""'•U >1 UJ|*W i-uii . M j|, uqo,- lu/li *F
-J* -Jl".'! ' anjuK puo 'ajni(N|j.ni]{ 'qaqo,, 4aA| IO £*
&• •£*
Finds Conference
! Cannot Commence
Until January.
PLAIN WORDS
ON PROGRAM
Wilson Seeks to
Work Out His
Own Method
By Associated Press
I Paris, Dec. 17.—After the confer-
I ences he has hud in Paris and the
I personal examination ho has made
j into the situation here, President
I Wilson lias come to understand fully
why the peace conference cannot get
under way before the first of the
year. The mere physical proposition
of getting the American mission to
the conference settled in its officers
I is a tremendous job.
! Socks Minds of Compatriots
, President Wilson's visit to the
, American troops at the front and
i his review of them in Paris will be
j out of the way by the first of the year
! Meanwhile the Informal conferences
j which mean so much in laying the
J ground work for the task before the
j peace conference, will continue. The
1 President is seeking to get acquaint
, ed with the men with whom he is to
! deal so that he may discuss with the
! greatest freedom the problems
arising and develop the value of the
j personal equation.
Plain Things to Bo Snid
From the President's viewpoint, it
j is indicated, there are plain things
i to lie said and he wants to say them
, and avoid antagonisms because,
j despite all the points to be cleared
1 up and the wide divergence of opin
ion which have been expressed as
representing public opinion in Eng
land and France, he is confident that
an acceptable agreement will be
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