Lzecho Slo ks Cut Off German Bohemia FFoinTeuton Control, jwtd Arm II % HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M \ Ok oiac-3niepro&tnt. ' 4 sr >/ YXXVII- No. 280 16 PAGES o *"i.f,V,'SilSS'Ki,taSSnrHSaSftg" HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1918. ""kKHHg, &Wi3&J!gr m '"A'cfflf" HOME EDITION f NIGHT CLASSES WORK TO OPEN IN COMMERCIAL AT HIGH SCHOOL Free Evening Instruction in Business Methods to Begin at Central First Week in January OTHER CLASSES WILL FOLLOW IN SHORT TIME Project to Be Developed on Large Scale Within Next Few Years, Officials An nounce Free commercial classes three evenings each week will be held in the Central High School be ginning Monday evening, Janu ary 6, Professor J. H. Bickley. supervisor of special activities of the Harrisburg school district, announced to-day. The classes will be held from 7.30 to 9.30 o'clock each Monday, Tuesday arid Thursday evening in the com mercial department of the Central High School. Subjects which will be taught will be typwrittng, stenog raphy, business English and book keeping. The rooms at Central are fully equipped Professor Bickley said, offering splendid opportunity to everyone who actually intends to get a good business education. Registration nights will be next Thursday and Friday evenings at the school from 7 to 9 o'clock. Pro lessor Bickley urged that everyone who intends to enroll should regis ter on those nights so that he will know how large the classes will be and how many instructors will be needed. "It is important that those who will take the free course register next week. There will be no delay then on Monday night. January 6, when the school opens." Professor Bickley said. "With the increasing need for trained men and women in the business world who should have a knowledge of the subjects which u . will he taught, the opportunity which * is now offered is a big one. Anyone who wants additional information may cull to see me at 1425 North Third street. It is planned to charge j a nominal enrollment fee, but only for the purpose of inducing regular attendance. If those enrolled are picaent, sny at 75 per cent, of the sessions, the enrollment fee will be returned." Dr. F. 13. Downcs. city superintend ent of schools, heartily approves the commercial instruction class work to he conducted at the evening ses sions. This branch of special school activity was included in the outline of possible developments in the pub lic school system which were sub mitted to the board of directors re cently by Professor Bickley. According to officials the start of the commercial classes in the even ing is the Itrst stop toward an ex tensive night school program which will bo developed to a large degree in the next year or two. The Ameri canization work which Is now being conducted successfully with an en rollment of scores of foreign-born residents, is another branch which is attracting much attention in the city. Foreign Competition to Bring Down Price of Xmas Turkeys in Harrisburg Foreign competition is expected to bring down the price of Christmas turkeys in Hurrishurg, it was pre dicted to-day. At least two carloads of birds are on their way to the city and this will have the effect of cutting prices down to 35 cents and less, live weight. Here and there to-day on the local markets birds might be had for that figure. Sixty cents a pound was asked by ninny farmers for dressed birds but it was said that with prices turning sharply downward for live birds many dressed fowls would be left on the hands of their owners if the steep prices continued. This is what happened nt Thanksgiving time when dealers persisted in trying to get from sixty to seventy cents a pound for dressed birds. No Trace of Woman Who j Disappeared From Home Mrs. llose Grand. 438 Cumberland street, who disappeared from her home two days ago while suffering temporary insanity brought on by j sickness, has not been located by the ; police or the relatives and friends who have been conducting a search for her. Police had the river from Steelton to McCormick's Island searched, but found no trace of the woman. It is feared she took her life. > This morning a farmer from Heck ton reported that a woman answer- | ing Mrs. Grand's description was seen wandering in the vicinity north of Dauphin, and going toward Heck ton. Mr. Grand has offered a re ward of $25 for information lead ing to the discovery of his wife. THE WEATHER!] For Harrisburg nnd vlelnltyi Itnln to-night nnd Sunilnyi nnrmtr to-night, lth lowest temprrn ture nbout 4ft degrees. For Enstern Pennsylvania! Italn i Inte to-night nnd on Knnrinyi 1 liarmer Sunday In east portion) ! modrrate southeast to south i winds. , The Wonderful Stories of Oz • , 1 Will Appear in the Harrisburg 1 / Telegraph Every Saturday Eve- 1 I ning Beginning Today r This is the most important // announcement ever made to / the children of Harrisburg. T) They all know Oz, or have T heard of that wonderful J l an d, and now every child in <* \ Harrisburg may have Tip, \ * scarecrow Jack. Scarecrow, the Tin ) Woodman, the Woggle-Bug , \ s&*'. Imyj' Gump f° r playmates I V, every Saturday for the If Harrisburg Telegraph has I 00DmN J ust arranged for the ex | - elusive newspaper appear- v 4\/fii§§£- ance the marvelous J u stories by L. Frank r I & th e - v start today | GERMAN ARMY STRONGER THAN EVER, PLANNED j Women, to Serve as Auxiliar ies of Hindenburg's New Guard ! ALL DETAILS ARE SECRET l Teuton Officers Mum on the Plans of Proposed Organization Hy Associated Press London, Dec. 21.—The Ger [ man government has accepted [ Field Marshal Von Hinden burg's plan to form a People's I Guard, or National Army, ac | cording to a Copenhagen dis ! patch to the Daily Mail. It is I said that the German army un der this plan will be stronger than ever. All officers have re ceived instructions to keep the details secret. Women will be employed for auxiliary services. Baltic Comes Into Port With Troops; War Workers Home By Associated Press New York, Dec. 21.—Bringing home 2,042 officers and men of tho American Expeditionary Forces, the British steamship Baltic, of the White Star Line, passed Sandy Hook at 9.40 a. m. to-day. The Army transport Metapan, with thirty-seven officers and twelve en listed men discharged from the American Expeditionary Forces and hound for their homes, docked here to-day. The vessel sailed from Pauillac, France. The Cunard liner Walmer Castle, with several hundred passengers, in cluding many Bed Cross, Y. M. C. A. and Knights of Columbus workers, also came into port. Commander of Rainbow Division Gets Ryan's Place as Air Chief By Associated Press Washington, Deo. 21.—Appoint ment of Major-General Charles T. Menoher, who commanded the For ty-second (Kalnbow) Division In! France, as director of ftlr service, succeeding John D. Ityan, was an nounced to-day by General March. VIENNA ASKS THE ALLIES TO SEND ARMY TO CAPITAL Paris, Dec. 21.—Zurich newspapers to-day printed a Vienna dispatch carrying the report that the Austrian government, "in order to avoid fresh disturbances," had asked the Allied authorities to occuDy the Austro-Hun garian capita 1 . The sending of British and Amer ican troops for this purpose was requested. FREE INSURANCE GIVEN EMPLOYES AT TIN MILLS Lalancc-Grosjcan Company lo Pay Death Benefit Up to SI,OOO The announcement was made by the Lalance-Grosjean Manufactur ing Company to the 250 or more of its employes congregated In front of the mill office at Jefferson and Division streets, at 10 o'clock this morning, that the directors have ar ranged to insure the lives of nil em ployes for the benefit of their faml [Continued on Page B.] Rainy and Warm If- the Christmas Weather Guess fly Associated Press Washington, Dec. 21.—Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday issued by the Weather Bu reau to-dyy are: North and Middle Atlantic States: Rainy and warm weather Monday and rain again nbout the middle of the week, with temperatures falling to normal. Probably fair closing days of the week. TECH BOYS VOTE TELEGRAPH BEST PAPER IN HARRISBURG "Who's Who" in High School Decided by Ballot, With Pop- ular Boys Running Close For Honors If anyone is In doubt as to "Who's Who" at the Technical high school, one look at the Chrlstmus Issue of the Tech Tatler will put you right on the subject. Twenty-five most important questions have been voted on by the 900 members of the school, and so matters are settled for an other year. The Harrlshurg Tele- SENATOR LODGE SCENTS DANGER IN HAZY PEACE Republican Leader Points to Five Wilson Points That May Divide Allies SCORES THE PRESIDENT Says Responsibility of Treaty Ratifying Body Is Great as Wilson's fly Associated Press Washington, Dec. 21.—Five of President Wilson's fourteen princi ples of peace were held up in the Senate to-day by Senator Lodge, the Republican leader, as questions which might lead to division among the natiohs which have conquered Germany and which certainly should be postponed until after the pc.ice conference. They are the first four and the last of the points enunciated by the President in his speech of January 8, 1918, and relate to secret diplomacy, freedom of the seas, eco nomic barriers, reduction of aima ments and the league of nations. Senate's Frankness Reviewed The Senator delivered a prepared address on the problems of the peace conference, in which he spoke of the heavy responsibility of the Sen ate in the work of making peace, recalled that no treaty can become binding upon tlie United States' con sent. and declared that untoward re sults could tie avoided only if tho Senate expresse itself frankly in advance. > "While I think it a grave mistake." he said, "on the part of the Presi dent to ignore the Senate, because our ultimate responsibility In making the peace i s quite equal to his own, I have no fault to find with his note appointing Senators as delegntes to the pence conference. There is no obligation whatever upon hint to make such appointments. Situation Is Grave "In the present situation, which is grave beyond comparison, I think it is of vast importance that those con cerned in the actual negotiations ol [Continued on Pago 9 ] Kraph wus again voted the best Harrisburg newspaper. "Beans" won out as the most popular "eats" served by Caterer Rutherford. "Silent .Will Hoerner" has the dual role of being the best-known fellow,us well as the biggest "kldder" at Tech. Here is the entire list, us seen [Continued on Pace IB.] PRELIMINARY PEACE CONFERENCE IS POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY: PRESIDENT TOMEETLLO YD GEORGE PAY INCREASE WILL BE TAKEN OFF HUNDREDS OF RAILWAY SHOPMEN Mistake Made by Administration Means That Harris burg Railroad Employes Must Give Back Money Advanced to Them, A 1 most 4800 shopmen employed by the Pennsylvania and j Philadelphia and Reading Railroads in the Harrisburg district j will suffer a reduction of wages and be obliged to refund some of j the money paid to them in increased salaries as a result of the J misinterpretation or misapplication of rulings by the Railroad j Wage .Commission. This number of men representing the number who had been J engaged on piece work, received big advances in wages since the I government took over the railroads of the country through the i misinterpretation of the ruling. 'They are found in all shops of | the several railroads in this section, including those in Harrisburg, ! Mac' Jay Street, Lucknow, Enola, Marysville and Rutherford. 87 Per Cent. Hit by Mistake Eighty-seven .per cent, of ail shop ■ men of the several railroad systems I in the Allegheny region are believed jto have been overpaid $2,500,000 i during the time tlie railroads have j been under Government control. Just what amount ot' this money lias j been paid to the 4,800 men repre senting the eighty-seven per cent, of the 5,500 shopmen employed in the i Harrisburg section cannot be said now. No definite figures are avail ; able, either, as to the probable ; amount of reduction of wages that ; the employes will bear. | That the employes.had been over | paid through a misapplication or | misinterpretation of the rulings of ' the Railroad Wage Commission, con i sistlng of Secretary of the Interior Lane and William R. Wilcox, became known yesterday, when an inquiry was started by the direction of Fed eral railroad authorities into the subject, with the aim of correcting the matter and saving the Govern jment and the railroads tho overpaid I wages. It is .not known who is re j sponsible for the fixing of the wage scale which gave the shop workmen j the wages to which they were not | entitled under the rulings of the Spe jcial commission. The matter is sur | rounded with the greatest secrecy, ! but in Washington it was admitted I that the overpay to tlie enormous i amount existed. The Government is J | expected to look io Elisha Lee, of Lithe Pennsylvania railroad, and C. H. MORE RED CROSS ! BUTTONS APPEAR ! IN CITY STREETS i Crowds Scan Returns Shown 011 Courthouse Bul letin Board With 22,000 members already en rolled in the Christmas drive. Red Cross headquarters this morning' an nounced thnt the campaign will close, positively and absolutely Monday right. In the meantime the hundreds of workers are making an eleventh hour elTort to round up the many thousands of Hnrrlsburg and other residents of the chnpter district who, with the war apparently over, have decided that they are "off" war work. Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall, who was in Xew Cumberland last, night on the way to Carlisle, made a special plea to people of this chapter district, urging them to join the Red Cross during the present drive if only as a token of appreciation of what the Red Cross has done. This was "button" day in the Red Cross showdown. There were more buttons in evidence on the streets than at any other time during the drive. To-morrow is "window em blem" day, and it is urged that all I Red Cross members put the Red Cross poster in the window, so that the Sunday prrmenaders may know definitely who's who In the Red Cross. Plan Bulletin Ilonrd The bulletin board on the court- I house plaza attracted much interest | this morning. On this board blocks [Continued 011 Page 15.j Germans Fail in Bulk of Shipping For the Allier. By .4 ssociatcd Press Paris, Dec, 21. —Instead of the 2,- | 500,000 tons of .shipping demanded j of Germany by the Allies to carry i out the provisioning of that country, ! as mentioned in the armistice, the German authorities will be able to collect only 2,000,000 tons, accord ing to German advices byway of Geneva. Two Men Charged With Robbing Till Herbert Derry nnd James Hester, arrested lust night on the charge of, larceny, were given a hearing In po lice court this afternoon. They ure charged with stealing S2O from be hind the counter of the restaurant conducted by Mrs. June Clancy, at 512 Market street, when they order ed a meal there. | Markhani. regional Fedeu-al direc tor, to devise a means to save the j Government the overpay and at the j same time to convince the men of tlie error and to reduce tlie wages in , tho future so aqi to make up for i those overpaid without causing labor ; disorders. Two .Millions at Stake The ruling under which tlie shop men were overpaid wus Ruling No. [ 27, tinder the provisions of which ! the shopmen In 1917 were given an, increase in wages over those paid in I 1915. The increase in tlie case of the | men paid by the day ranged from ten to thirty per cent., with consid- ; erution taken of the wage advances : made between December, 1915, on j the basis of which the advances were j j made, and 1917, when the ruling was i handed down. At the same time, an i increase was ordered for men on [ piece work, equal to the increase, I granted the per diem men. | It is tlie latter ruling which has I beep misinterpreted or misapplied | and has caused the trouble, mis takes having been made In the per centages which has caused the over payment ?n wages of more than $2,- ( 500,000 in the period of more than i a year since . the Government has j had control of tho railroads. | This same misinterpretation has I been made in all of the railroad sys tems in the Allegheny region, which are under the direction of (3. H. Markham, whose offices are in Phil adelphia. GERMANS STRIP ; POLES IN LAST DAYS OF POWER j Two Billions of Dollars Rc ; quired lo Repair Damage Done by the Huns By Associated Press Warsaw. Dec. 21.—Poland was j stripped of all materials and ma chinery during the German oefcupa tion which ended on November 11. On that day a few thousand soldiers of the Polish Legion, aided by the population of Warsaw, disarmed j more than 20,000 German soldiers j who had planned a revolt against their own officers. J All food and all telephone wires i were removed by the Germans. All I industrial plans were robbed and I dismantled, with the result that Po land will have a hard job to start in ! again. | Discussing the economic situation in Poland, Stanisliiu Larlowski di rector of the Commercial Rank of Warsaw, said to-day: Damage Is Groat "It will talte nearly two billion dollars to repair the damage done during tli 0 Germun occupation and to put us on our feet properly and !to develop our great natural re- I sources. Our oil products return j 500,000,000 marks annually and wo | ar e rich in coal and salt mines, pot- I ash, forests and agricultural prod | ucts. "At the present time the economic I situation is confused because Itus- I siun rubles, Austrian crowns and [ German murks arc in circulation. ! The marks are on heritage of the | German occupation. Must Have Sound Government I "First, we must establish a sound i government which will have the | conlldencc of th e outside world. | When such a government is cstab j Ilßhed we will put out foreign loans I for the purpose of buying materials ! and starting up factories. It is even \ necessary for us to secure loans in I order to buy clothes, also machinery and locomotives. Everything In the country must be rebuilt along new lines. "The Germans transported home all the machinery from the indus trial city of Kallcz and thon set lire to th e city. This was one of their great crimes In 1914. They did this although no battle was fought there. They drove out tiie people by bomb ing the city and. then robbed It methodically. "The Germane also requisitioned all the factories and machinery in Lodz, which is the Polish Manches ter, with its vast cotton and woolen mills. During their . entire occupa tion they continued to loot Lods. Even last September they carried away all the iron plates and floor- Ings from the factories. Versailles Tribunal Must Be Made Up of Servants of World, Says WilsOn FRANK CO-OPERATION NEEDED TO INSURE A LASTING PEACE PARIS, Dec. 21.—The pre- ; limmiii'.v peace conference at Versailles has In-en postponed unfit tlie beginning of February JII the earliest, says Marcel llut tln. editor of tlie Echo tie Paris. This postponement is due, lie says, to changes in plans hc ciitise of Pres.dent Wilson's visit to England and the reconstruc tion of (lie British cabinet, which will occupy Premier I.loyd George as soon as the result of the elections is announced on Dcccmlier 28. Preliminary exchanges, which were to begin in Paris to-day, aeeoiding lo original plans, also have been deferred. Paris. Dec. 21.—1t has been set tled that President Wilson will hold eonferenees with Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Minister Bal four. When he leaves Paris for Chaumont, President Wilson prob ably will not return until he comes back for the opening of tlie peace conference Ills movements in France will lie entirely in charge of the Army, which will take him from Americun headquarters to one of' tlie channel ports. Progress Making Toward Peace The members of tlie American mission continued their work yes terday, disposing of much material, which must be arranged before the actual sessions begin. They feel, they declare, that good progress has been made. Friday was crowded with official conferences and visitors and in making final preparations to pro- ®irHr "k HM* & 4"4 m 4HHHH* l! *f • x 4| 2[* *b 'i* T •4 *t , j,- <# iHp d"-v J 4 4 f <4* * *** jP royal ?cn>. -S 7 2 •a* i* 4. 4* 4# 4* v |j£ *3* ' '"5 4* ? ± T i*r ▼ I ' y re- 9 J HUNS CHOOSE MEETING PI Iz, 4* X Munich—Dr. Luppe, mayor of Frankfort -n thc-Mam, JT 4 4 h ( 7 J* ¥ 1 *3 i y 310 American of ■'■?.■ e 4 4 December lt. 0 <• - thind; L "3* - iIP „ „ 324 : • <"•' 1 t V * hi 1 ' *t" ' * 4* £> * J ... : -■■ ■■ _ _ _ jfc :: £ MARRIAGE LICENSES I . J . J °2°." "I I**" 1 **" ,u,d Mukn Villtlc, Steel ton, Raymond H. Horn and 4* , # Aid In delta, Helm. Pn.| Karl D. Krow and Wllhrimlnn Beige I. Har- t. S elabfriri John A. McMutlen. Harrlaburg, nnd Margaret J. flicker- T T* M,d 4 , 'J°r r "' ,rvrl " >1- SbIPP "'• M"ry H. Taylor. Hairlaburgi 4- 4, JV J. Shilling, Unlatowa, uud Mary K. Smith, Yenuertonn, J, , * H. Packer, Penbrook. and l.ydln M, Snyder, Hnrriahnri T 4l Leßay t. flhntt and darnh I. l.ebo. Hallfnxi Wi11i,,,., H. timber nnd jL ~nil Bell, Dauphlnt Ueerie Slten nnd Violet llaller, Perry county t Pnul lion era nnd Leah L. Miller, Harrlaburg. "p* WILSON SAYS: The Congress of Vienna was a I congress of "bosses." Their own interests were above the interests of the people. Versailles mußt be a meeting pluce of tlie servants of the people. i There is no master mind that can settle the problems of to-day. If there is anybody who thinks lie knows what is in the minds of all peoples, that man Is a fool. it is essential for the future peace of tho world that there should be the frankest co-operation and most generous undqrstand- I Ing between the two English speuking democracies. I am confident the big council will tie able to reach a just and reasonable solution of the problems presented to them. /' • eecd to American headquarters and ; thence to England immediately aft er Christmas. Mrs. Wilson went about Paris for tlie first time yesterday unaccompa nied by tlie President. With Admiral Cary T. Grayson, the President's j personal physician, Mrs. Wilson vis ited the hospital for blind soldiers i organized by Winifred Holt, of New York; Announcement of the details of ; the President's trip to England was i not made during the day, as had 1 [Continued on Page 15.]