• • HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M She gtac-liiftcpeniienl. 'jM LXXXVII— No. 283 12 PAGES D *'Vtter p t s th n e d p£.t omc?' l^lurVubur, 1 " 8 HARRISBURG. PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1918. .V'TYImS.! g kss HOME EDITION ARIZONA LEADS BIG FLOTILLA OF SHIPS IN STORMY REVIEW Aeroplane Fleet Escorts Ships to Statue SNO W HIDES THE GREAT PAGEANT Sirens Shriek in Welcome For the Sea Warriors By Associated Press \rv \ork, Dec. 26.—Led by the silperdreaduauglit Arizona, ten great battleships, in command ot Admiral Henry T. Mayo—the vanguard of America's victory tleet in European waters —steamed majestically up New York harbor to-day in review before j Secretary bf the Navy Daniels and | were greeted with a tumultuous recep- j tion by harbor craft and hundreds of thousands of persons who lined the shores. The fleet reached Ambrose, channel late yesterday and rode atj anchor within sight of the city's; lights last night. The ships weighed anchor at 7.20 j o'clock to-day, and. escorted by a fleet ! of twenty-one aeroplanes, proeeeJid slowly ttp the harbor to the Statue of Liberty, where Secretary Daniels and a party of distinguished guests) • n the Presidential yacht Mayflower j reviewed the procession. The shrieks, of thousands of welcoming sirens and whistles 'were drowned by the rtittn-' derous salute of nineteen guns ffiom each battleship as it came abreast of I the Mayflower. The dreadnaughts passed up the; Hudson and anchored from Fifty-fifth! to One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street and preparations then were made for 10,(150 men to disembark for; the land parade down I'ifth avenue this afternoon. The ships welcomed home, after! eighteen months of strenuous patrols! <>f seas infested by enemy submarines! were the Pennsylvania. Arizona, | • iklahoma. Nevada, Utah, New York. | Texas. Arkansas, Wyoming and Florida. In addition to Secretary Daniels, the I reviewing party included Secretary of War Baker. Secretary of Agriculture! Houston. General Peyton C. March, | chief of staff of the United Stales! Army; Admiral Grant, of the British navy, and the senior naval attaches of! the Allied nations. Residents of every hamlet facing on New York bay last night eager- i ly awaited their opportunity of be- j ing first to salute the homecoming l armada. Every factory whistle for! miles around received a final inspec- ; tion. so that it should not fall to; speak their welcome. It was ex- : pected that not a square root of soil i on the heights of Brooklyn or Staten Island would be vacant, while great' hosts thronged both banks of the , majestic Hudson to hail the return ing ships. New York, the overseas fleet: found awaiting to greet it great bat- ! tleships of the home fleet and many swift, gaunt destroyers which ha\* ! been doing convoy and patrol duty 1 in American waters during the war. j litis home fifcct was during the ' night anchored in the Hudson. At the Statute of Liberty, to the ! west of tho main channel, was sta- • tioned the Presidential yacht May- 1 •flower, carrying Secretary Daniels. | who arrived here last night from [ Washington for the review. Abroad were other members of the cabinet, army and naval officers of high rank and other distinguished guests. Behind the Mayflower was an chored the Aztec, hearing Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, the naval com-I inittecs of Senate and House, Rear : Admiral Burrage and foreign mili tary and naval officers. In line with the Aztec were the naval press boat Zarifa and several other steamers! carrying city officials and their guests. The Arizona reached the May flower at about 10 o'clock. As each vessel passed the secretary's ship. It lired nineteen guns In Mr. Daniels' . honor. The Mayflower roared its reply. Admiral Mayo's flagship. the Pennsylvania, was preceded, besides the Arizona, by the Oklahoma, Xe- j vada and Utah. Then followed the . New York, Texas, Arkansas, Wyorn-| ing and Florida. In this order they anchored a line six miles long, i stretching from 58th to 175 th: street. The Mayflower circled the entire fleet, reviewing it at anchorage. The ; salutes were repeated and from each ! craft came the strains of the "Star j Spangled Banner," played by the ship's band. The Mayflower then anchored at j the foot of 92nd street and Secre-' tary Daniels received Admiral Mayo ! and tho commanding officers of the! various ships, who came alongside i in their launches. Meanwhile contingents from each i ship on the overseas fleet, number-' ing 10,000 men in all. debarked for! New York's tirst post war parade, i Through streets gaily decorated ! with flags and bunting, the sailors' proceeded along Broadway to 59th' street, crossed to Fifth avenue and | marched down that historic thor- j oughfare under the arch of victory' nt Madison Square. At 23rd street. ! the column turned towafid the Hud-1 son river, embarking for the vari- ' ous ships. "This evening each ship will be outlined brllljantly with strings of electric lights. Every turret, heavy gun and mast will stand out In a i blaze of light, and the name of each) vessel will bo spelled out in colors, j The flagships will carry pennents, of blue bulbs, wJth their correct ; designations in sliver ftato. , SHOW HIDES THE SHIPS ON REVIEW By Associated Press Now York, Dec. 26.—Snow fell so thickly in New York Harbor 1 this morning, the day of the i great naval review, that the war I vessels soon were hidden from ! Observers on shote. This unpro • pitlous weather came with the dawn while the fleet still tugged 1 at its anchors off the Ambrose ' Channel Lightship. The home-coming vessels came into port on one of the gloomiest < mornings of the season. As the . ships .approached quarantine, j where they paused because the ; hour of their review was not until i well on In the forenoon, occa sional flurries of snow blown on a cold northwest wind fell from clouded skies which ottered no prospect of sunshine. MESSIAH TOBE ~~ j SUNG AT GRACE CHURCH MONDAY l —_____ Musical Art Society to Give Annual Oratorio Willi Fifty Voices . The Musical Art Society, of this city,' ! will render Handel's "Messiah" Moil-' | day evening at S {/dock-In the Grace; IM. E. Church in State street. Thei ' chorus of fifty voices will be support ! od by tlie pipe orgtfn and orchestra.; ' Tlie soloists for the occasion arc; 1 propiinant singers of the city: Miss Mary Buttorff, soprano: Mrs. Frank! i lager, contralto; Stanley G. Backen stoss, baritone: William S. Yates,| tenor. and William R. Stoneslfer, or ganist. This is llie fourth annual perform ance of tlie "Messiah" by the club, und ; Professor John W. Phillips, founder of the organization and conductor, • stated to-day that it was his hope ' that this great musical work would | fleeome as familiar to tlarrisburgers. !as any well-known hymn. "This year! | of all years." said Professor Phillips. ! ! people should hear tlie 'Messiah.' I ' would like to make titis oratorio as! j well known to H&rrisburgers as tlie, ! most familiar hymns. It is, an undv-' j ing thing, and the music is as fresh j I to-day as day it was written." i In speaking of the aims and pur-! j poses of tlie Musical Art Society,' ! Professor Phillips pointed out that its! object is to bring music to all classes' ' in tlie city and to develop musical I | talent. He said: "The Musical Art! | Society was formed to develop a; ! higher standard of choral singing and' ; to bring out talent that has here-1 j tofore not had a chance. The society.' i besides, lias a number of associate I members and a growing list of hon orary memberships. My purpose in! i repeating this great oratorio each; ! year is to make it so familiar to the, I people that its rendition may become | a kind of annual pilgrimage for tini , sic lovers in the city and vicinity." i The Musical Art Society plans to. give some other big concerts this win-: ■ ter, and its rehearsals have become. full of interest to the members. Oth-! j or concerts for the winter will be an- 1 i nounced at a later date. Thousands of Peruvians Flee Out of Chile l.imn. Peru. Dec. 26.—1t it: estimated; that. 3.000 Peruvians have fled from t'hile to Pern and Bolivia during (he past month as a result of tile crisis between Chile and Peril. Kvej* steamer ij'oin he south is bringing scores of fugitives. A i's- I patch from Ho. southern l'eru, reports 1 lhat a Chilean aeroplane flew over that port on December 21. 20,000,004) J< >IN RED CROSS Washington, Dec. 26. —An enroll ment of nearly 17,"00,000 was shown iby reports front the American Red Cross Christmas rnllcall received last nigh* at Nation i! Headquar ters here. Many divisions reported .that thus far they had been able to. ! get only scattering returns from j munj chapters, and this led officials to believe that the ultimate total will i exceed 20,000,000. ADMIRAL SIMS SENDS GREETINGS TO FRIENDS ' Commander of American Fleet Pays Tribute in Interesting Letter to Yankee Seamen and Part They Played Responding to a letter of congratu ; latlon from the editor-in-chief of the ! Telegraph, who was one of his youth-' J ful associates at Orblsonia, Hunting-i • don county. Admiral William S. Sims,| writes an interesting letter, in whichj : he pays tribute to the part of the j I American Naval and Army forces' | played in the winning of the war. He| i expresses In this letter confidence in aj final adjustment that will assure the, ! peace of the world: i "U. S. Naval Forces Operating inj Kuropean Waters, U, S. S. Melville,! | Flagship. •"30 Grosvenor Gardens. "J-ondon, S. W. r. "December sth. 191 f. : ' "My Dear Mr. Stackpole: | "Your letter of November 16th, just, I received and I thank you very much.' | indeed for the kindly congratulations j I and expressions of appreciation that; < you and, through you, some of my oidj Wait Till He Gets the Real Broncho Buster on His Back |j "X 1 ll i w Ii — J WHEN I GET THROUGH j / WITH YOU, YD WON'T j V 4fox\ \ \ h<7* FEEL S'O £,OL-DURNf:D , t! < j JITNEY DRIVERS IWITHDRAWFROM INDEMNITY FUND I Public Carriers Ruled Off the Streets Plan to Operate Cars For Hire Thirty-five jitney drivers of the | jolty who hate been operating for . | many months hut must now comply ! with the Public Service Commission ! ruling which orders them off the streets unless they apply for n cer tificate of public convenience, are j withdrawing fttnrls front the city treasury. According to the amended city ordinance under which the Jltneurs ■ operated, each month they paid $5 i into tlie city treasury toward ft fund which should he used in case any i damage claims were made agulnst the driver. As each one goes out of i business and returns his .license, this fund is returned to him when he furnishes n bond equal to double ' the amount he has paid into the treasury monthly. The bond which is furnished is requited as a protec tion to the city treasurer should any damage suits be brought against a jitneur after he discontinues the business. Some of the drivers said they will take "auto for hire" licenses and expect to do a fair ! amount of business in that way. TITLES OX SCRAP HEAP Munich, Dec. 26.—Tho new Wurt ! temberg government, says a Stutt -1 gart dispatch, proposes to abolish all ' nobility titles and powers. friends of Central Pennsylvania have so thoughtfully extended to our naval forces that have been operating with those of the Allies during the distress ing war so happily terminated. "I can well understand. I assure you, the painful anxiety of those of you whose sons or relatives have been exposed to the hardships and dangers of the sea and of battle, and all my sympathy goes out to those whose drar ones have made the supreme sac rifice in the holy cause of liberty and justice; while you. I gm sure, equally appreciate the anxieties of those who have borne some measure of the re sponsibility for the conduct of our aimed forces. "The triumph of our ideals Is, as you say, an occasion for mutual re joicing. That the moral and physical courage and the admirable endurance • f the Allied nations have, with 'h? assistance of America, finally achieved such a complete victory over the pow ( Continued on Page 10,] ' ! : ' IX SEW ATTIRE fIRRHp 3^Ki>^r^gH :V---U-iS^i : '- '-£S^, - i >■■ "CHIEFY"GILNER, LONG FIGURE AT j CAPITOL, DIES I j Familiar Character Succumbs to Stomach Trouble in 69 th Year ! "Chlefy" Ullner, self-appointed 'custodian of the Pennsylvania State ! Capitol, and long a familiar figure J about the institution, died efl,rly yes jterday morning at the Harrisburg ! Hospital where he had been taken 'on the preceding ufternoon suffering' | from a severe cold and stomach trou , bio. I "Chiefy" or Patrick Gilnaugh, as |he was christened, was born In Ire land 68 years ago. and when quite |young he came to this country and ito Harrisburg. Never capable of do [Coiitiniied on Page 10.] I THE WEATHER]; For Ilnrrlntiura mid vlelnltyi Fair I nml coldrr to-nlicht, with lowest temperature about 24> drgrrrni I I Friday fair, continued cold. For Koatrrn Pennaylvsnlni Port ly cloudy and colder to-nlgbtt i Friday fair* moderate wreat I winds. j ECKINGERHAS BILLS CUT DOWN FOR SECOND TIME I (Agrees, lo Take S4OO of SI,BOOJ und Submit to Court Test I Coroner Jacob Etklnger. suichurged early this year-by County Controller; Henry W. Gougli, for amounts total- ■ ing $2,142, presented bills for more; than SI,BOO to-day to the county com- i missioners. These are the first he ! has filed since November, 1917. The commissioners decided to pay \ Coroner Eclcinger S4OO, with the un- j derstandlng that settlement of the; surcharges made agjlnst amounts he | collected prior to this 'year should be settled by court decision on a case j stated. , When Controller Gough Issued his 1917 report he included two charges against the coroner, one for about S7OO, which he claimed the coroner received during the last few years in witness fees of 25 cents each, to which lie was not entitled; and the second i account for approximately $1,400. ' made up of charges of $1.37 made j by Coroner Eeklnger for reporting | investigations. In the bills for this year Coroner! Eckinger has included again the lat ter charges for reporting Investiga tions. In paying him S4OO the county commissioners did so, they said, with tlie agreement that Coroner Ecking er will pay back the amounts he has been surcharged last year should It be decided by the court that he was .j not entitled to the money. The fees ! also would be deducted from his | bills for 1918 when final settlement i Is made for the year. ' ! County Solicitor Philip 8. Moyer, | j who Is away for a short time to rest j ' after a recent illness, will prepare ' 1 the case and present it to the court, j ;It Is understood. The facts will be j ; agreed upon anil the legal question j i argued after which an opinion will i 11 be given to decide the issue. I CITY EDITOR FINDS COMELY WIDOW FOR LONELY WIDOWER Photos to Be Exchanged Between Couples Seeking Help meets; List Still Open to Late Applicants The lonely man who appealed to I the city editor of the Telegraph for | a wife, has an answer to his appeal. A comely young widow hag decided ' to embark on the sea of matrimony 1 and sends this letter to the city edi tor tc be forwarded to the party In.' . question: "Rending your letter in the liar- j | rtaburg Telegraph, 1 have tlnally de- j j elded to answer as 1 am a widow 31 ; | years of age. Three years ago my } husband died leaving me a widow j SCORES DIE IN NEW BERLIN REVOLT OF GERMAN SAILORS; WILSON GREETED IN President Is Given Royal Welcome by British People U. S. PARTY IS GIVEN HONORS Demonstration of Great Size in British Capital London, Dec. 26.—President and Mrs. Wilson are in Bucking ham Palace this afternoon after a journey from Calais to London during which they were accorded all the honors ever given roy alty. Never lias a royal progress, except those of gr-cat national ceremonies excitcci such interest here as the hi h state visit of an American President. The drive of the short procession from tlie station to the palace wus made through streets lined with tlie i Guards Regiment in khaki. Fresh j flags hung overhead and covered the buildings, while windows, balconies, i sidewalks and open spaces were fill-1 ed with people, many of whom wore the American colors. All Kycs on Wilson First came the sovereign's escort of troops from the Household Cav alry. Then came the cji'rtages with! King George and President Wilson ] and Queen Mary. Mrs. Wilson und; Princess Mary. These were follow-1 ed by three others, which passed al-j imoßt unnoticed, as all eyes were for Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and the Royal family. The route lay through a most in teresting section of London. From | Charing Cross it ran along the north I side of Trafalgar Square, with the Nelson monument towering on the left and the National Gallery on the right, Hs gray walls almost covered by huge American and British tings. It continued along Pall Mall, turn : ing northward at St. James Place ! and up St. James street to Piccqy ! amy. People Everywhere Between Piccadilly and Bucking i ham Palace there stretched a green park which was dark with people. ! The party drove past Wellington I Arch, along the southern side of the 1 park, then Into the broad plaza be fore the palace and through the iron I gates Into the palace forecourt. Probably the most interesting part of the spectacle for the President tins the people who crowded every ! where to greet him. The day being a holiday, workingmen and women had a chance to turn out, with their j small children. They made the most of the'r opportunity and to no stra | turn of British humanity could the ! President have made a stronger ap ! peal. The interior of the grimy old I station, where King George welcom ied Mr. Wilson, was carpeted with ! red and the walls and roofs were ! hidden behind masses of flags. Welcomed at Dover I Dover, England, Dec. I Lebanon county widower, j : -5 NEUTRALS BARRED OFF PEACE BOARD By Associated I'ross Paris. Dec. 26. —Allied repre sentatives have decided that neu tral nations will not be,admitted to the peace conference, uccord- j , ing to newspapers here. Neutrals I may address their claims to bel ' llgerents. however, and any do- i ' mamls thus made will be referred I to a special body which will be | created by tho peace body. It has been decided, it is re ported, that neutruls will be uI - j lowed to participate in the del lb ' erations incident to the formation of a J.eague of Nations. PEACE CONGRESS OPENING MAY BE LATE IN JANUARY Question of Representation to L Be Discussed in I .ondon Visit of Wilson ' j By Associated Press i Paris. Dec. 26.—More than three 'weeks probably will elupse before! the general peace conference assent-, j bles. It is unlikely that any offi cial statement will be issued in the .meantime concerning the number of j governments to be represented *or (the tests to be applied to determine 'the right 07 applicants to partici- ' i pate. j Technical experts attached to the delegations of the principal powers, already have given much study to. I this subject. If negotiations to reach j Jan agreement on this point have not; jbeen undertaken already it is certain ; they will be Immediately after Pres-j lident Wilson's return from London, ■j Notwithstanding tlie indispositlbn ; •of the British government to inject! I [Continued on Page 4.] ! . J ' *s *s -i *•"* 5 * r f | J *v * j* *S 4 t' "^* : v ' * 4 4* ; I 4 4 i* j J* *f* i*j ' r w 4 * ncl * *bS b j j*-* ®!-V 1 ' "• V/ R 4* 4* j I <£! j |g T * T rer t.nm. X 5 BRINGS WOUNDED % r 2! x It 4 t R g> 1 4 r 3H 1 * i 1 4* ' &r 9 "jf* / T 1 X ■ 4* - 4* 41 • t i > T 4 i L 4 ' I ( *{• T i 4 r'i 'iom<\ ,Jg T 4 / - 'iou 41 |f tilC ♦ 4 v his 4g| ' ' j* 4* ;!* ;, MARRIAGE LICENSES ' * John Halealeh mid Marl I'orjnii, Sterltoni Juiura ', Mot Icllnn rel V nd Kanale E. Via Ornuin, Altoonat Hra K. Railar. Ken Hloom- { . lle-ld, and l.viln l„ ICranurr. Onkdnles I'nal A. Hoover mi.l Rraale K. *t" i y Grove, I'enbrooki l-'ranklln li. Ilrnnner and Mnrj- K. Kepler, Har- J, *** rlnborKi (heater C. Stetler. Philadelphia, mid Ivn I. Smith, Ken J |-L Mnrketi John n. KlukH nnd Minnie 11. liber, Mlddlrtovvnt Geore A. M> [T Herbert and Irene Ilnll. Hnrrlaburiti Million. Itlehnrdaon nnd J , ei lllunohc KVIIlla, Steelton. *T : U 4 i SHrfr-fr 'H* -fr*Hr4 l i;i i 1 * 5 Government Is Left to Face Disorder Without Troops BATTLE ABOUT ROYAL STABLES Garrison Joins With Revolutionists in Street Fighting By Associated Press London, Dec. 26.—The mutinous sailors who had been holding out in the Red Palace at Berlin have hoisted the white flag and have been allowed to leave under guard, according to advices from Berlin sent by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Amster dam, Government troops, the message adds, now oc cupy the Dalace and the royal stables. London, Dec. 26.—The Alex ander and Franzer regiments have openly joined the revolting sailors in Berlin, and it is pre ; dieted in advices sent from B'er !l in late Christmas night that ; nearly tlie entire Berlin garri i son will support them, leaving [Continued on Page 41.]