W r. - | r Feople of the Occupied Regions to Be Under Stricter Regulations, General Pershing FWCLMS 4 HARRISBURG !§§f|lll< TELEGRAPH 0^ 4 giflc-Independent. _ r) . r p s Dally Except Sunday. Entered as Second Class HARRISBURG. PA.! SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28. 1918. OXI xK*V s I*a i'Bu AT"V* itr'i Ml'l'l 1! " ' B ' TWO"*CENT'S d HOME EDITION ! XXXVII Xo. 285 14 PAGES Matter at the Post Office at Hsrrisburg i - - INCREASED WAGE f - SCALE APPROVED ;, RY CITY COUNCIL; SAME TAX RATE Policemen Get sls a Month j Additional, With Smaller Increases For Nearly Even- Other Bureau Employe EXPENDITURES FOR NEXT YEAR ARE $963,254 Few Provisions Made For Im provements Because Money} Is Needed For New Wage;l Millage Remains at Ten City Commissioners, in ses sion last night, completed the; budget ordinance for 1919 and will pass it on first reading on Tuesday at the regular Council session. The measure will pro vide for an expenditure of ' 5963.254.98, as compared with • 5875.553.78 for this year. Esti mated revenues for 1919 total about $966,000, the officials said. The tax rate will be fixed at ten mills again. The big in-' "crease in revenue is due to the! . advance of 55.000.000 in prop-, crty valuations. Salary increases for many of the employes and department; clerks, city fire apparatus driv er- and patrolmen, together with a number of improvement items, account for the increase of SSB,- 000 ovCr this year's total. sls More a Month • City patrolmen will he given SIS more a trionth next year. I'hey requested an increase of 525. Fire apparatus drivers' AN ill v.et an increase of SlO a • month. Every salaried employ, with but one or two exceptions, will get an increase ranging from $5 to 525 a month. No contract will be awarded for, ash collections next year, the Com missioners said, and the bureau in i charge of that work will be given' $40,000 to have the refuse re moved by hiring teams. It is be lieved a system the same as has been followed this year will be • again worked out for 1919. To Provide Semaphores Provision Is made for the pur chase ol s'x semaphores for the police, two new motorcycles to re place the ones now in use. an as sistant to the city assessor, a new office, paving of Third street when widened from Walnut street to North, paving of North Cameron street frorr Herr street to Calder,, increased amounts for resurfacing and repairing highways, paving of . the roadway at the pumping sta tion. erection of a new building for an asphab plant, blacksmith shop' [Continued on Page 2.] Snows Early in Week, Followed by Clearing, Is V/eather Forecast \\ n-hinaton, Dec. ic Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday. Issued by the Weather Bu leau to-day are: "North and Middle Atlantic Statys Occasional snows early in the week followed by generally fair weather thereafter. Temperatpreg nearly normal although probably somewhat warmer Tuesday and Wednesday. Many Floral Tributes For "Chiefy" Gilner * Funeral services for "Chiefy" Gil ner. a prominent figure around the •State •Capitol for many years, were held at St. Patrick's Cathedral at 9 o'clock this morning. Burial was made in Mt. Calvary cemetery, where the body was taken from the funeral parlors of G. H. Sourbier. 1310 North Third street. * "Chiefy" died Wednesday of the Harrisburg Hospital after a brief ill ness. He was one of the best known characters in Harrisburg for many years. He was christened Patrick Gilnaugh and was born in Ireland. State Departments paid tribute to him with beautiful floral emblems. Among these was a beautiful floral keystone With a ribbon bear the name. "Chiefy" coming from a num ber of the capitol employes. Acting as pallbearers were: A. H. Kreidler. John H. Moloney. Joseph ■ P. Connelly. C. H. Sigler, Clyde B. Shaffner. John T. Fitxpatrick. THE WEATHER, i 1 For Horrtsbar* and vicinity: Gen erally cloudy to-night and Sun day, probably occanloaal light •non | little cbnngc in tempera ture, lowest to-night nhout 25 degrees. For Knstrrn Pennsylvania: Cloudy to-night nnd Sunday, probably L n\ light, loeal snows | gentle abid ing winds. It May Take a Little While For the Old Household Pet ] to Accustom Itself to the New Baby { ' t> y RA LAv-tA r TFA j i L_l - - ae—L i PERSHING PUTS 1 BAN ON PEOPLE 1 IN BARREDZONE Householders Must Post Lists of People Residing With Them toblen*. Dec. 28.—Rules for 'the guidance of inhabitants of regions occupied by American forces were issued yesterday by General Persh ing. Except for minor and specific i regulations, the Americans have not . interfered in local affairs until now. ! Cafes have been open and theaters filled night after night. Newspapers. ' until recently, have published with out restraint such articles as they desired, while crowds promenaded the streets until mii'- and even later. The Germans have come to be ! lieve that such conditions would con i tinue, and, while there were no seri ous incidents as a result of the toler ant rule of the Americans, it was ' deemed best to check any tendency toward abiise. The regulations published are signed by General James W. McAn rContiiiujcil on Page ll.] Rotarianr. ot East to Hold Conference Here April 9 and 10 District Governor Howard C. Fry announced to-day that the eastern district conference of International Rotary Clubs will be held in Har risburg. In the Penn-Harris Hotel I April 9 and 10. the Harrisburg club ■ to be host on that occasion to repre sentatives of Rotary clubs in Penn 'vlvania. New Jersey. Delaware. Maryland and the District of Polum , ibia. , The conference will include busi , ness sessions of the members, a . luncheon for the ladies, a joint j ! luncheon, a theater party, an auto , ; mobile trip over the city and a clos ing dinner for Rotarians and their women. The Penn-Harris Hotel has been designated as the official liead , quarters and all the meetings and . functions will be held there. Ell N. Hershey. president, will shortly an nounce committees of the Harris burg club to make the arrange -1 inents. -1 Soldiers Arc Coming For Community Sing ' So much interest has been arous • j ed in the community sing to be held in the rotunda of the Capitol at 9 ■ j o'clock to-morrow evening, that ] military trucks will be provided to j carry soldiers front the New Cuni j bcrtund encampment to the street I car line tn order that they may come :to this city for the program. Sol j diers from the two camps and visit ing soldiers and sailors will be the ' guests of honor and the rotunda will : be open to all desiring to attend. LAn orchestra from the Municipal ! Band will play for the singers and j there will be several interesting fea j tures. FINAL DETAILS | MADE READY FOR HOTEL OPENING Prominent Speakers Will Ad— dress Stockholders at Big Banquet Practically all arrangements for the formal opening of the Penn- Harris Hotel on New Year's eve have! been completed and the event prom- ; , ises to be one of unusual interest.! The dinner will take place at seven o'clock and will be followed by mu sic and dancing, the large ballroom being opened for .the first time for the social feature. The'president of the Penn-Hurris Company, E. Z. Wallower, will pre i side at the dinner and introduce Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh, Mayor D. L. Keister. Frank A. Dud i ley, president of the United Hotels Company, which will manage the Penn-Harris. and the president of [fontinucd on Page 2.] 'ENTIRE FAMILY i OF SIX TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL I 1 ; j Father, Mother and Four Chil ' dren Are Victims of Influenza The entire family of Otis B. Tripp. - 2019 Wallace street, is in the Ilarrys * burg Hospital, under treatment for ' Spanish influenza. Mr. and Mrs. - Tripp are seriously ill, while the four - youngsters were reported this morn r ing to be in a favorable condition. 8 Tripp is employed as a laborer on - the Pennsylvania Railroad. With 1 him in the hospital are his wife. • Mrs. Annie Tripp, and children, Otis, -'aged 9; francis, aged 7; Bertram, - aged C, and Imildu, aged 5. MERRY WIDOW WRITES BREEZY ( LETTER TO LONELY WIDOWER a A third letter addressed to the ( 9 lonely widower who has asked the. 1 1 City Editor of the Telegraph to find i " hint a wife was received to-day. It; t 'will be forwarded along with the j e others, notwithstanding the fact that - Its writer uses a rather light tone - for so serious a matter. The widower, 1 e in seeking a bride, says he is in dead -1 ly earnest and has no desire to open I. a series of communications merdly to I 1 carry out a pleasant flirtation. ■ A I The latest letter follows: : -•'•Hello Mr. Widower — J "I saw your sad plea in the Tele- I BRETZ IN HIS ! ANSWER SAYS HE IS PERSECUTED! Recites Political Criticism in' Plea Against Disbarment Proceedings Members of the committee of the i Dauphin County Bar Association, who i pi esented a petition to the court for | a rule on Harry M. Bretx. bankrupt ; attorney, to have him show why lie should not he disbarred, met this aft-erifoon to read the answer which was filed for the lawyer late yester . j day. Oscar G. Wickersham appears j on the record as counsel for Bretx. , The committee planned to take action 1 • this afternoon and decide the next ! step in the disbarment proceedings. ,! In the answer which was filed for ! Mr. Bretx he states he has been perse ; I cuted and criticised; has been ac i j cused of heing a grafter, civic traitor . I and slacker, and also gives an ac- Ij count of his action during a school [Continued on Page 2.] NEVADA TURNED GUNS ON FLEET OF KING GEORGE Ready to Fire on Cruisers That Held Back Nation ality in North Sea By Associated Press Sow York. Dec. 28.—The thousands of visitors who daily throng the i dreadnnughts. destroyers and other naval craft at anchor In North river are finding the sailors as uncommunl cativc as their soldier brothers in arms as regards their own personal experiences on the other side. How ever. now and then a visitor Is re warded after much questioning with [Continued on Page Is.] graph and as I am a merry widow 'l thought I would answer. I "You say your wife is dead and 'you would like to have a home again. :'l don't blame you. How long is jshe dead? "My husband is dead six years. I 1 could have married more than once 'but did not see the chap I could like ■yet. If you will be truthful with me. I hate lies, and give me your I right name and address you might get a real nice letter in the near fu !ture provided you care to write this ion the 'D. T." Shall X expect an an- Iswer by Tuesday evening?" PRESIDENT TELLS LONDONERS WORLD PEACE ONLY CAN BE MAINTAINED BY OUTVOTING PEOPLE WHO WOULD WAR o Must No More Be Balance of Power to Unsettle URGES UNION TO STOP WAR Audience Rises to Cheer as He Leaves I By Associated Press Ignition. Deo. 27.—Speaking to-day j in the historic Guildhall at a cererno- ! nlous gathering of Great Britain s most distinguished statesmen, Presi- : dent Wilson reaffirmed his principle that there must no longer be a bal- , ance of power which might unsettle j ! the peace of the world, but that the ] future must produce a concert of 1 power which would preserve it. Clui-reil us He Starts to S|>eiik ! The Presidnt's reception at the Guildhall was so spontaneous and 1 hearty that it carried an unnilstaka i hie note of friendship and admira i tlon. Whn he arose to speak there was a prolonged outburst of ' handcapping and cheering, and his itulk was frequently punctured with | applause. At the conclusion of his, address the audience rose with one I accord and cheered, and it kept up t the applause and cheering as he passed out. The President was given a nota-- ble ovation on rising to begin his: speech and some of the points that won renewed applause were his trib- > Lite to the armies of the associated governments and his declaration that people throughout the world] want peace and want it immediately i not, however, by conquest but by | agreement of mind. Big Men in Party The distinguished government and other officials received by the lord mayor before the President's arrival Included Premier l.loyd George. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. I Foreign Secretary Balfour. Admiral Siims. former Premier Asqulth, An , drew Bonar l.aw. the chancellor of the exchequer and the ambassadors , of the principal allied governments. ' After President Wilson's arrival ; all were grouped o ntbe dias, the [Continued on Page 2.] GREAT PUBLIC SERVICE DONE BY COMMERCE BODY New Directors Chosen by the . Membership to Elect Officers Shortly i With a record of welfare and pa- ; triotic accomplishments during the i past year, under the leadership of' Andrew 8. Patterson, president, ; which would he hard to equal, the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce! [Continued on Page 11.] Y.M.C.A.TOHOLD OPEN HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY Program Announced For Full Day's Activity 011 Holiday —' I Following the custom of the asso- j elation in Harrisburg an open house 1 entertainment will be held at the Central Y. M. C. A. building New j Year's Day. The festivities will be 1 opened Wednesday morning with a special entertainment for boys over 'l2 years of age. This program will ' include motion pictures and a gym nastic exhibition. In the afternoon i from 2 to 6 o'clock a gymnastic ex | hibltlon will be given In the gym nasium under the supervision of Clar- I encc W. Miller, physical director. On j the first floor a program of music j will be given by ar> orchestra. In ! Fahnestock Hall a motion picture I j show will be held. In the evening a short organ re- : i cltal will be given In Fahnestock ; .Hall, to be followed by a motion pic- } i ture show and an entertainment by | Malcolm Shackleford. a New York humorist. The evening entertainment | will be complimentary to members j and guests. Admission will be by j 1 ticket only and tickets may be pro- j I cured at the "Y" office. Women to be i admitted to the afternoon and even- ; ! Ing entertainments. i PROCLAIM IRISH REPUBLIC ! Ixtndon, Dec. 28.—Posters will ap pear In every parish In Ireland to- I day t announcing that the Irish re i public has com© Into being, says Express. "GO TO HELL, "HOOVER TELLS GEKMANY'S FOOD ENVOYS YY'nsliington, Dec. 27.—F00d Administrator Ildover, in Europe arranging relief for the peoples of the war-devastated territories, lias refused in emphatic terms to discuss German food conditlonsa with Baron von der Lancken and Dr. ltletli. A message to-day from the German officials, who were prominent in the administration of Belgium, wired from Berlin to Walter Lyman Brown, director of the Commission for Relief In Belgium. j at* Rotterdam, that they had been appointed by the German govern ment to negotiate with Mr. Hoover to advise when and where he would meet them. In answer to the request for a conference, Mr. Hoover sent this mssage: "You can describe two and a half years of arrogance toward our i selves and cruelty to the Belgians in any language you may select. , and ttli the pair persona'ly to go to hell with my compliments. If 1 do have to deal with Germans, it will not be with that pnir." SHAFFER IS TREATED WELL BY BELGIANS Dauphin Avialor Tolls of First Walk Without an Enemy ! (ill aid and of Wanton Destruction of Belgian Prop erty; Civilians See That He Has Plenty to Hat j Walter Shaffer, Dauphin lad who. I served during the war with the j l French flying corps with which he | ! performed distinguished service, is ; i now enjoying some sight-seeing | about France, following his libera- • i tlon from a Hun prison camp. The j : first communication since his libera- . lion, written at Namur. Belgium, was | received yesterday by his mothei.j ! Mrs. C. E. Shaffer. Under date of November 12. he | writes to his mother from Namur: ] t Dear Mother: "To-day had iny first walk without ] ' a guard, and my uniform being quite i ' presentable as yet, I made quite a | ! hit. Was n#ld up at every corner . j by little French boys who wanted a i ! button for a souvenir. Had a won- ' ! derful time looking at all the prettv ] ' ladies, who considered it an honor to j | have me say 'BonjouV and the stores | with their display windows furnish- i ! ed me much delight, especially the j ! ones with the chocolate candy in. , "Have not been up to the Namur t j Cltadeile yet, but since 1 expect to I ! be here several days, will surely view , jail the sights since the Boche have' ! handed me over to the civil popula- i I tion now. Am looking forward to morrow to another promenade in this i .'kind city. Any soldier can get all ( , I he wants to eat, the people giving | | and pressing on him all sorts of j i] dainties. My only, fear is I'll be! .'drowned in this soup they forever i I serve. Oh for a beefsteak! "While taking a walk over the j FIREMEN TO PAY j A LAST TRIBUTE TO HEROIC DEAD Memorial Services in Honor of Four Comrades in Chest , nut Street Auditorium ' At the memorial service of the Har ; rlsburg Veteran Firemen's Association !at Chestnut Street Auditorium to- I morrow afternoon the exercises will begin at 3.30 o'clock. A big audience I is expected as special invitations have | been extended to state, county and | city officials, and to all the ministers : of the city and a general invitation 1 to the public. Seats will be provided i for several thousand people. An In- I citation lias been sent to each fire ; company in the city and their mem ber? ure requested to meet at the Veteran's Home. 523 North Third street, at 2.30 o'clock and march to , the auditorium with the members of , the association. The memorial has been arranged by a largo committee of the veterans I and is in honor of four of the mem bers who have lost their lives in the I war service. They are: Charles ! Rcvle, of the Allison Company; ; E. Houseal. Citlsen; Clarence Hlnkle . and John C. Pelffer, Good Will. ' Final arrangements for the exer- I clses were made at a meeting of the association last evening. Mayor I Daniel L, lvelster, .who Is president of the Friendship Fire Company and | a member of the veteran association, | will preside and the memorial ad dress will be made by Lieutenant- Uovernor-eleet Edward E. Beldleman, who is also a member of the veteran 1 body. Others on the program are: : The Itev. Dr. Ellis N. Kremer, of Re formed Salem Church, chaplain of ? the Friendship Fire Company: the ; Rev. Willlum V. ltalley. of Sacred j Heart Catholic Church; Augustus Wlldman, treasurer and Howard O. 1 Holsteln, secretary of t e association, iAn elaborate musical trogram has | been arranged and spulal features i are Included. | HUNS GIVE UP CARS TO ALLIES By Associated Press Paris, Dec. 28.—Armistice con ditions relative to the delivery of railroad rolling stock are being carried out satisfactorily by the Germans. In a single day 3,600 1 cars and 200 locomotives were turned over to the Allies. iL- bridge which crosses the Mouse river] to-day saw several boats which the Huns had set 011 fire, because they eould not take them away to the Fatherland. A civilian also told me that an enormous number of tons of sugar had been dumped into the liver by the Huns also to prevent its fall ing into the Allies' hands. Under date of November 21, be sa.vs: "English troops arrived last night so my captivity is really over. These troops are sending letters to Amer ica to-day, so am taking this op portunity to let you know that I am well and hearty and the only danger I am in is from over-eating. Am staying with a civilian here and treated like a king. It's a curious fact, but a prouder couple you never saw. because they have an American with them and an aviator at that." WALTER. j | @44 44444444444'X'44444444444444@ :4 ,4 !4 • - <ut* jonrs IX the workhouse here this morning by hangin? V- :eif with .£1 ■ 4 ■ i 4 4* T 4* 4 4 ? 4 PROTESTS CABLE SEIZURE 4 -4, 4 I Mew York.—Asserting there no longer is a menace to J ' "il" Cli.irlc*- E. H"'."b '-he Y'l i 4* i\ 4 JI seizure of American cables by Postmaster General Burle- iEj tL. i T I -• ' t * 1,100,000 TO LEAVE ARMY RANKS " \-t 4 "** 4 ! 4 I 4 t X armistice was signed, according to figures given to-day by 1 4 ,] 4 •• rxhnr ;d. X "t ± iIT 4 ■ ii !l? RECEIVES FREE CHURCHMEN T ' 2 London. —President Wilson to-day received a large 4' " IX ▼ I IX from the National Council of the Evangelical MS >l4 T t 4 *P" j 4 ;ion in these times of perplexity. 4 - t STOCKS FEVERISHLY ACTIVE 4 8 4 !! 4* s were {•■ 4 -4 4 " T day's brief session, the shorts again attacking at the • If opening .some of the more variable issues. *j • 1 4 cj 4 s T '■ N A TOR JONES FLYING TO NEW 4 - O YV i l.inp.ton.—Senator Jones, of Washington, started JE I ▼ for New York to-day in an Army aeropln piloted by jPr lS Lieutenant Logg. They expected to land i [burst J ;!4 . 4 e -v fjyir , ild. 4 J j • 4 CHAMPS TO PLAY OVERSEAS Mi Chicago.—A series of games in Europe after the clcs •|4 ing of the baseball season here next fall is planned for jflji| 'I? F ennan l winners in the National sind American j*_ ■ —.5 .!£ MARRIAGE LICENSES % 4l William M. Hoffman, Xtnparl, and Annlr K. (lumber, Dunrannon. 4 ' Toblaa Prltark. Mt.l.oula, and Maria Mora, HarrtabnrK. I.arlcn E. He- j ,-Jf t|iiounv., luojfiu *1 aaiM.l pua 'MpnK "V ! 4 I'lttabm-Kb, and Pinkie Wllklnca. Slrellon. John llnndra anil Ida M. I : Monrr, York, enrol F. Mark nnp Emma M. Katri>, llarrlaburg. Cloyd T |J M. Petron and Caroline M. Ilrow n, Harrlaburg. f> / ' > .... / .. .... . ' a Wilson and Party Dine With King in Splendor PRESIDENT IS ROYAL GUEST $15,000,000 Gold Plate Adorns the Table By Ais~.toted Pr*j>J l.ondon, Poc. 28. Yoaterdav x j foitt'ei'iMU'cs between President V ll son. Premier l.loyd Oeorgo and i other members of the British Cub | inet were extremely successful, ac ' cording to tno Mail, which says that the most cordial harmony of Ideals i was found to exist, "with the hap piest augury for the future relations of the United States and Ureat i Britain." The premier has rarely been so enthusiastic over the results of any conference the newspaper continues. It states that the ttrst session of the I peace conference at Paris will be gin late next week or on the Mon ; day following. ' When Mr. Wilson reached the ; palace last evening lie w'ns in con j spicuously good spirits without the slightest trace of fatigue. Those ' nearest him were, according to the | Mail, convinced the President had a ; fruitful and satisfactory day. They i believe it unquestionably laid the ! foundation for an Anglo-American Entente eordiale on all vital suli- Jcets at issue." A member of Mr. Wilson's party is quoted as saying: "The conferences were conducted in that heart-to-heart atmosphere which the President is trying to tlnd in the capitals of Europe as hest designed to enable him to give a I Continued on Page 2.]
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