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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.
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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
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LONDON TO GIVE WILSON ITS BESt X
T London "We shall give him of our best," says th J
i *? e X
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'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
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% 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.