n i / n -# • *r- .• * r •• • • t ir * i ™ £ii~ or Preliminary Peace lask Before Leaving to Jowl the Yanks and King jib HARRISBURG iffilplt TELEGRAPH M \ sljc Siar-ihifrejJen&fnt. r > / LXXXVII— No. 281 14 PAGES Dal M K., -HARRISBURG, PA.. MONDAV EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1918. M ?.3RK& I WILSON GATHERING ODDS AND ENDS IN FASHIONING PEACE Concludes Means of Feeding Is Uppermost DEPENDING ON I' HOOVER'S AID Makes Plain Yanks Do Not Desire I Full Glory • by Associated Press Purls, Dec. 23.—President Wilson's conferences to-day and to-morrow w ill virtually complete the prellml-1 naries he Is expected to dispose of bo- I , fore going to England, lhey prob-1 ably will lay the principal part of the j groundwork for the actual peace con - j ferencc. Mr. Wilson considers the most' pressiiv of all problems before the Entente nations in a fair way toward - being solved the question of sup- 1 plying food to the starving peoples of literate! countries. It now seems' probable that the work will be han dled principally by the United States, through Herbert C. Hoover, American] food administrator. It has been made plain to the En tente nations that the United States has no wish to claim entire credit for' the work of relief in the minds of the people who are to be fed, and a sat isfactory understanding appears to he ; in sight. Mr. Hoover will cortfer with the President again to-day. Shipping Holds Attention Participation by the United State 3; in \arious councils that have been! handling food questions, matters of I I* shipping and the like is being grad ually wound up, as American officials are trending toward the opinion that these are proper subjects for the con sideration of a league of nations, or. at least, of preliminary o> ganizations which may precede it. Some of those who have been giv ing the subject close study and have been following the conferences with Entente representatives say they would not be surprised if the real foundation of a league of nations were to he laid in co-operative arrange ments between the United States and the Allies for handling those funda mental questions. I ( Address Attrncts Attention Mr. Wilson's address at the Sor- \ bonne on Saturday, in which he again! oetined his conception of a league of; nations, attracted closest attention I from all public men here. This is es pecially true of his statement that the war could never have occurred if the Central Powers had discussed it! for a fortnight, and certainly not if they had been forced to talk matters i over for more than a year. The President's address had re-j called that the United States, while William J. Bryan was Secretary of i State, negotiated a dozen arbitration I treaties, one of them with Great Brit-! I nin. These treaties bound their ig-| natories to discuss their controversies 1 for at least a year before proceeding to a declaration of war. Huns Refuse Brian Plan An attempt was made to negotiate such a treaty with Germany, but the Berlin government refused to enter tain it. It is also recalled the same idea was once expressed 'n a plan for preserving peace put forward by a group headed by Viscount .Tames Bryce, former British Ambassador to the United States. | There is no official authority for the ! statement that Mr. Wilson Is thinking] of the Bryan plan as one of the ele- I nients in the proposed machinery for ; preserving world peace, but his refer- ' enre to the plan In his Sorbonne speech has set men to talking. Conferences Satisfactory No announcement has seen made as, to how far the conferences between Mr. Wilson, Premier Clemencean., Premier Orlando and Foreign Minis- ■ I * ler Sonnino have gone, but French ! public men have declared that their Premier's talks with the President] were entirely satisfactory. It Is also nelieved that Mr. Wilson has made! substantial progress In his confer ences with Italian statesmen. Pershing, March and Bliss to Continue as Generals; * Honor Liggett and Bullard Washington, Dec. 23.—Bestowal of the permanent rank of general on John J. Pershing, commander of the American Forces in France; Peyton ' C. March, chief-of-staff. and Tasker 1 H. Bliss, military representative at r I w the Supreme War Council, and a permanent rank of Lieutenant Gen eral on Hunter Liggett and Robert L Bullard. commanding the First and Second armies, was asked by Secre tary Baker to-day in a letter to I ... Chairman Dent, of the House Mili tary Committee. I I THE WEATHER] For Hnrrlsburg and vlclnltyi Fair uail cooler to-night,( with low- . est temperature about AO de grees; Tuesday Increasing cloudiness. I For Eastern I'ennsylrnnln: Fair and cooler to-night, with low - creasing cloudiness; moderate north and northrnut winds. THE WILSONS SHOP IN PARIS By Associated Press Paris Dec. 23.—Although fa." ! away from the White House and j the usual forty-pound Yuletide turkey. President and Mrs. Wil- j son will enjoy something of the ' spirit of Christmas, even though ; the day is spent in the battle-zone. | i It became known to-day that Mr. | Wijson recently slipped away i ' from the Murat residence anil went on foot through the shop- j ping district, making purchases i 'j and looking about without being j recognized. Mrs. Wilson has also been i shopping alone at odd times, and j when Christmas morning comes | it is fairly certain that Santa | Claus will have visited the Presi dent's special train while en houte to Chaumont. | CITY SOLDIERS SEND GREETINGS ' FROM THE RHINE Soldiers of the Keysone Di- 1 vision Have Holiday Message j ARE MORE LIKE TOURISTS! Fighting Men Sorry They Arej Not Home For Yule tide Season \ouths front Harrisburg and t iein-1 lty in France with the Twenty-eighth .'Division, more "like tourists abroad" than soldiers now that the war is I over, ask that home folks regret not I too deeply their absence from family | circles on this day of days, made so happy only by the service that these same youths have rendered overseas. Sent home by Captain Harry Nel son Hassier. chaplain, formerly pas tor of the Second Reformed Church over the signatures of Howard s' Williams, lieutenant colonel, and C J Smith, major One Hundred I Third Ammunition Train, Twenty eighth Division, the request of the brave lads is: The Greetings The soldiers of Harrisburg and vicinity now in France send best wishes for a very merry Christmas to the folks at home. And, coupled , with these well wishes, they send | j the assurance of their own comfort j and health and prospects for a jolly | celebration of their own in camp, in billet, or on the march —wherever ! the day overtakes them. "Furthermore, they ask the folks . at home who may be inclined to regret too deeply their absence from the family circles on this day of, i days to remember that it is due to j their absence from home that Christ- I mas Day this year will be a far hap ! pier one in countless thousands of j : homes all over the world because of! their presence in France and their I I share in the events of the past year j .in the great world war. i "The fighting has ceased, but there ; is much work still to be done ere the , 'ast of the soldier boys will set saii ] ; for home, conscious of a task well done. In the meantime, then, they t ask the homefolks to realize that! their further stay here is fraught with no more danger than their daily lives at home and that the worries that brought so many sleepless! nights ami days of anxieties to the loved ones at home are things of I the past. j "It is more, then, like tourists i : abroad that the soldiers send the! 1 gay season's greetings back across! i the Atlantic. "Homecomings will soon be in I ; order, and. in the meantime, let Joy' 1 reign supreme on both sides of the! water.'.' | CHRISTMAS SEASON IS ' BUSIEST IN HISTORY; I PRICES REASONABLE I Late Buyers Taken Care of by : Busy Clerks; Mails Laden With Thousands of Parcels For Holiday Season Harrisburg is now in the midst of one of its biggest Christmas rushes. I Clerks who on Saturday worked through one of the biggest days in the city's history, were this morning •again back at their counters ready to issue countless numbers of gifts to late buyers. While thousands of delightful pres : ents were sold for every member of (the family during the closing days i of last week, the counters still ap jpeared well laden this morning. Postal employes are in the midst 'of the flood of the Incoming pack ages now. The How of gift pack ages from Harrisburg'was consider 'ably lessened to-day, but this wus counterbalanced by the receipt of hundreds of incoming bundles. Lit tle delay is occasioned in their de livery. | If France Had a P. T. Barnum She Could Soon Pay Her War Debt Off the American Tourists / GET your T.Jx.etl V , .. /K6ft6' zjyMILES OP I JKL if'tmWftM ' ' fl / RUINS IN PERFECT trust ' n fa or predion J ' r-n i - QUINN ATTORNEY ASKS PROBE INTO RAILWAYS BOOKS! i Witness Testifies Workmen's j Fares Arc Not Turned Into Company When the complaint against ser- ! j vice on Harrisburg railway lines | j filed by C. F. Quinn was taken up li by the Public Service Commission i ; this afternoon, Arthur Rupley, coun- 1 j sel for the complainant, asked the ! 1 commission for a subpena to per-1 ] mit an accountant to go over the ] j books of the railways company in \ jan effort to contirni certain of the : ; allegations to be presented. 1 Attorney Charles L. Bailey, of the J firm of Wolfe & Bailey, counsel for , i the railways company, at once asked i who it was proposed to employ for ! the purpose and stated that he i would seriously object to any but < a regular certified expert accountant ] ; going over the hooks. This matter i was then taken under consideration i by the commission. , The first witness was Charles' Sherlock, for the complainants. He j made the sensational statement that! I about one-fourth of the fares col-I 1 lected on the special cars for work- I ; men run between this city and . j Steelton were not rung up. He as- i ! serted that it was common talk ! f toil tinned on Pago 12.] Dinner With Cran i berry Sauce and Plum Pud i ding May Be Had at Low! Cost With Careful Buying t| Harrlsburgers wtU be able to eat . a good, old-fashioned Christmas din- I | ner, including roast turkey and [plum pudding, and leaving out 1 I nothing that appeals to the palate, [ for one dollar and forty-eight cents . a plate; or, if the housewife wishes I to omit such luxuries as asparagus ! tips and oyster cocktails, by earefu! | judgment she can prepare a meal . | for the family, including the turkey .! roast and "the tixin's" at the very practical cost of one dollar. This is 1 the estimate made to-day by a care ful housewife who arrived at her figures despite the high prices. The estimates were made after ■ careful and liberal calculations, from current prices at the city's markets and stores, and on the basis of a | family of four. Each menu includes a live-pound ronat turkey with bread filling and brown gravy, cranberry [Continued on Page 12.] BAVARIA SHUTS DOWN FOR COAL By Associated Press ' Munich, Dec. 23.—A1l Bavarian I industries employing more than , ten persons have been ordered to shut down from December 23 j until January 2, for the purpose ; of saving coal. The workers will I receive ninety per cent, of their ordinary wages., of which the em j ployers will collect two-thlrda from the communities In which they are located, under a' state I treasury ruling made for the pur pose of guarding industries. [ k PENNSYLVANIA HAS HAD FEW NEW CARS SINCE 1917 | Congestion of Passenger Traf-j lie No Fault of Company, It Is Explained The Pennsylvania Railroad is try-j jing to handle greatly increased pas-j ! senger traffic with an equipment that' | has not been increased much since 1917. That is the cause of the pres j ent passenger congestion, particu- I larly in the larger cities where su t burban Uavel is being delayed. It; will be only a short tipie until liar- j risburg feels the stress even more t i than it has during the holiday rush, j j Xor is this the fault of the railroad I 1 company. Owing to the war and the 1 ! inability of government control to j | improve the situation during the! ; year of conflict, it has been iinpos- \ I slble for the railroad company to 1 : get any new coaches and few new ' engines. To-day, as explaining conditions,! ' District Passenger Agent Norris 8. : ; Dongaker. of this city, received the j j following telegram from the gen- | ( ernl passenger agent of the Pennsyl- i | vania: The present volume of regu- ! lar travel exceeds by more than 00 per cent, the passenger traf fic hundled in 1917, and we are compelled to care for it with practically the same equipment. In addition 455 coaches are used daily for workmen to ship build ing and munition plants. We are also carrying outside of the regular furlough travel approxi- ' mutely 3,000 discharged soldiers every day. The Federal manager and the regional director are making every effort to procure additional equipment from other roads. There is considerable congestion which will undoubt edly be aggrevated and criti cisms of the service will neces sarily arise. KIIIORT ItKUIMK K.U'ES CRISIS By Associated Press Zurich, Dec. 23.—The libort govern ment in Berlin IB reported to be faced with another crisis through the resig nation of the minority members of the cabinet. i 30,000 GOAL IS SOUGHT IN RED CROSS CAMPAIGN Many Homes Still Lack Em blem of Mercy in Windows Some mighty interesting scenes were being staged in front of the bulletin board at the cburthouse this morning, when Harrisburg residents from various wards scanned the Red Cross map and pondered over reasons why many blocks were not in the 100 per cent, class, insofar as Bed Cross memberships are concern ed. Homes on city blocks place the Red Cross emblems in their win ; dows, and when every house In a I block has such a display then the i block is in the hundred par cent. * class. "Well," said a man from near Thirteenth and .Market streets this morning, "I know why that block is not a hundred per center. There's a doctor on It who has never displayed a Liberty Loan, Bed Cross, W. S. S„ War Work, or any other emblem anil whether he has subscribed to bonds or given to the war work 1 don't know, but I do know that he hasn't [Continued on Puge 12.] THREE ARK KILLED AS TRAIN LE A VP"! RAILS | AA'ent Newton, l'a., Dec. -'3. —Three I persons we're killed and several I others Injured when passenger train j number 66, southbound from Pltts i burgh on the Baltimore and Ohio i Railroad, was derailed near here this j morning. The locomotive and three I coaches left the track and overturned CITY EDITOR IS ASKED TO FIND SUBSCRIBER A WIFE I j Chance For Sonic Lady Who Is Lonely Offered by aHrd- Working Widower i I Warned, a wife. i It comes within the province of a j j city editor to serve humanity In i many ways, and disseminate much l I knowledge, so when a citizen from i Lebanon made his appearance at the I I office of the Harrisburg Telegraph | | this morning und asked for aid in i : his search for a wife, it was readily j grunted. The lonely person .front Lebanon j stated his needs In a letter which j ihe submitted for the approval of | | such unattached members of the; fair sex as might be desirous of! meeting an anxious swain. He; I wants theni to answer by letter, j sending communications to the j Hurrlsburg Tclegruph editorial j rooms. His letter follows: ( "Here is a chance for some lady i who Is lonely and wishes to make ! i someone happy as well as herself!, IHERR WILHELM ! TO PREACH HIS OWN SERMON Everyone but Helpless Serv- j ants Declines to Hear His Pulpit Effort ; AFRAID TO USE CHAPEL So Hall in Castle Is Outfitted F'or Ex-Ruler's Christ mas Festivities BERLIN STOPS ONE PLAN ! New Government Won't Let Court Chaplain Officiate at Ceremony By Associated Press j London. Dee. 23. —William Ho henzollern has arranged for himself a Christmas celebration after the traditional German style, as far as • the circumstances will permit, ac- ] cording to a dispatch to the Daily j Express from Amsterdam todny. I The arrangements, by the ex-eniper- ; i or's insistence, will include elaborate j I religious ceremonies on Christmas | eve. The idea of using the village I chapel for these, however, has prov ! Ed impracticable for various reasons, i one of them being the fear of pop | ular hostile demonstrations. The i service, accordingly, will be held In i the drawingroom of Amerongcn cas i tie, which will be converted Into a ] chapel. j | The ex-emperor desired to have | the court chaplain, Dr. Ernest Von i Dr.vnnder come from Berlin to i preach the sermon at the Christmas ) eve ceremony, hut the Berlin gov ! ernment, the dispatch says, has re- I fused permission for the chaplain to Igo to Holland. The service, conse quently,, will ho conducted by a Ger man missionary from Zclst. near Amerongen. but llerr Hohenzollern himself will deliver the sermon. Many friends of Count Von, Ben tinck, tho former emperor's host, .have been asked to attend the service j the dispatch adds, but have refused th e invitation. The former ruler's audience, therefore, will consist of Count Von Benttnck and his fnm- ; lly, the cx-emperor's suite and the servants of the castle. Christmas trees will be provided j as usual for the celebration. Herr ] Hohenzollern cut these down him self, with the help of two men of ' the estate. In the Amcrongen pine ! woods. The trees are now being decorated and loaded with gifts. | decora tec and loaded with gifts, j tiut the former ruler has requested that none be given him and the ex empress. The feature of the Christmas ilin . ner will be the turkey. In accord lance with Prussian family custom. ! Herr Hohenzollern will do the carv- I ing himself. There will also be a j plum pudding, mS'-j after an old . i English receipt, whicn it is supposed ] the ex-emperor's mother, Princess | Victoria, took to Germany with her j from Windsor Castle. t A "White Christmas" Is I Possible, but So Is Rain, Says City Weather Bureau j A good old-fashioned Christmas ' may be given to Harrisburg after all. ] When the townspeople crawl from I their downy couch on Christmas morn ] they may find the earth covered when I the white flakes, but weather bureau ' officials refuse to hold out any as- I surances. It may "either rain or I snow," say they. I But those people who want a white 1 Christmas take confidence when they read weather forecasts of increasing cloudiness "„th temperatures fall ing to normal." I , JUDGE FREES GLADVS WKIISTEIt I By Associated Press i Rochester, N. V.. Dec. 23.—Mrs. ■ Gladys Cannon Webster, on trial at I Geneseo for the murder of Edwin Dwycr Webster, in August, last, was fieed to-day, when, on motion of Dis trict Attorney Wheeler. Judge Thorn;)- l son dismissed the indictment. t . ' GRANT'S FLAGSHIP IX PORT I I by Associated Press • New YoiT Dec. 23.—The battle ' | ship New Mexico, flagship of Vice 'i Admiral Grant, commnndjng the 5 | American fleet in home waters, ar s I rived to-day to Join the fleet here for the naval review Thursduy. I and to forget the past. This young ! man lost his wife by death and would not some .young woman Join i hands with him and help him keep his hoir. together? He has a home of his own and has two children, | boys, aged 8 years and 5 years. He iis 35 years of age. five feet, six ! inches toll, brown hair, brown eyes, ! and light complexion. His weight is 150 pounds. He has been a good j husband and is a steady worker und provider. "He would like a lady between the ages of 25 and 35, and will not usk for beauty, us that Is only skin deep, so long as her heart is right und she will try to make him a good wife, a good housek?per and a good mother to his children. "Now ladies, here is u good cnance for some one, and when answering this letter, give a full de scription of yourself In your letter. Address 'Husband.' " PROGRAM FOR ! TREE SERVICE i s.A.t to ii.in i. ti. Concert by Municipal Band ! • illa i*. si. I Oh. Come All Ye Faithful." Prayer by Bishop Philip It. Mt- ' 1 Devltt. I Soldiers' chorus. "There's a i,oa:T, ' i Long Trail." I "Little Town of Bethlehem." ! "It Came Upon u Midnight j Clear." Prayer by the Rev. Dr. J. B. j Mark wnrd. "Keep the Home Fires Burn- j Ing." "Joy to the World." "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." I Doxology, CHRISTMAS EVE ! f CAROLS TO BE SUNG AT TREE! Program Is Ready F'or Mu- j nicipal Tree Cele bration I BUSY WITH DECORATIONS l , 1 i F.vorgroen Is Being Trimmed | With Hundreds of Elec tric Light Bulbs | With the announcement of the pro-| .gram for the Christmas Eve servi-esj lat the municipal tree in Market! j Square, all plans for the event are! complete. | A band concert by the Municipal j • Band, Frank Hlumenstein, director, I (will open the evening's program. The! | concert numbers will Include patri-j l otic and Yuletlae numbers. At 0.15] (o'clock the community singing will! j start, with Flavcl L. Wright in charge i •of this part of the program. Prayers! I will be offered by Bishop MeDevitt' j nnd the Rev. Dr. J. B. Mnrliward. A feature will lie the soldiers' chorus, j Ail men who ha\e returned from over | seas or camps in this country or who j are home on ru/lough are urged to | be present and take part. | Electricians were busy to-day : stringing vari-colored lights over rh'e j huge tree and the decoration work ' may be completed late in the after [Continued on Page 12.] J* is. l'ue ? T X *? £ ' X X !J ; " ■ 11 Tli? %'inc jfe. j " w . J ROPE MANUFACTURING CO. IS SUED J T fl 4* i ' • 4 !• X . >,v ' cs. ®jf 1 1 t X X jT f 4* **® ' * T $ 4 ome other mustc T ■s *3* 4* X 4* ' ?K- will be fittingly : k ed. wj JI SENATE GETS EARLY S f ,i 4 ''4* T •jf irli:r than usual in the hope of reac': : JL X J ya ; i ;t. X ; 4 LONDON TO GIVE WILSON ITS BESt X T London "We shall give him of our best," says th J i *? e X 1 fdi t T 'dent's visit is a heartening augury for the world at 1H T peace." X SCHOONER ASHORE ON JERSEY COAST X C kike. M. J.—An unidentified three masked schooner T 4 was ashore between Galilee and Seabright to-day ten . ng if- I:' . right t .id X. T i'oath S|i 4* T -u 4* r W: 4j ■ . •£ % MARRIAGE LICENSES f Howard M. K llnryounK, Harrlibarf, and Vloln St. Ilallrr. T -jt l.lnßlratonn. IBS NEED NURSES TO FIGHT NEW WAVE OF SPANISH GRIP Red Cross Swamped With ' Appeals For Aid From Stricken Families ! NEED SAID DESPERATE Mrs. Lyman Gilbert Calls on Women to Volunteer 1 . Their Services ONE DOZEN CALLS A DAY {Hospital Again Receiving Pa ; tients Near Death With Dread Disease ■ A call for registered and practical' | nurses to aid the Red Cross in cam | bating the increasing number of ! Spanish Influenza cases was issued I to-day by Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert! I president of the local chapter, j The need for nurses Is desperate, . Mrs. Gilbert said in explaining her ! call. As many as a dozen calls a day ! are received at the Red Cross hend | quarters and there are not enough | nurses enrolled for the work to help I cut the many sufferers. | In many homes where the mother is : ill with the disease there are no ] women about and as a result ph.v --! siclnns are said to be hampered with | their work. Numerous new eases of j influenza have been reported by local | physicians and While the disease has i not yet reached the epidemic stage. Two New Dentils / ] Two influenza patients admitted to ' llie Harrisburg Hospital Saturday 1 are reported to-day to be desperately ! 111, nnd unlikely to recover. They are I Harry Errtek, 23 years old. who lias : rooms at Thirteenth and Market streets, ami who has been employed at the Moose Club, and Knute Dime ler, aged 20 years, 101 Frances street, Steelton, who is employed at llie Harrisburg Shoe Factory. . CKDRIC COMES WITH PROOFS New York, Dec. 23.—The United States transport Ceilrlc arrived in port to-day from Liverpool carrying American troops.
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