2 NORTH BRANCH RATES ATTACKED Numerous Complaints at Cap-j itol; Western Union Raises ~T. a Protest on \\ ires Complaint that the new rates of | fare on the North Branch Transit; Company, operating in Bloomsburgj and vicinity and now In the hands of A. W. Day as receiver are forty per cent, of an advance and bur-, ilensome, wns tiled with the Public Service Commission to-day by rcsi- j dents of Uloonisburg. Espy and Al media. Governor Brumbaugh to-day an- j nounced the reappointment of Mrs. | Samuel Semple, Titusville, as a member of the State Industrial t Board on which slit has served fori the last live years. Commutation of the death sen tence of Luther Knox, Armstrong, to ; life imprisonment was announced j to-dav, a report having been made to the effect that the murderer is I insane. , . Chief Clerk B. \V. Hemming of the Adjutant General's office, was called to Tremont to-day by the serious illness of his wife. Mrs. Demmlng s brother died at the Hodgson resi dence in that place a few days ago and she remained with her tatliei who is ill. Mrs. Demming has been taken sick. MUST NC MORE BE BALANCE OF POWER! I continued front 11ml I'-nn'-l lord mayor In the center and U''evi dent Wilson on his right, next to the Duke of Connaught. The Koyal Ar tlllory Band In the gallery American airs, ushering President, Wilson In with the "Star Spangled Banner." Wants New Order During his speech the President declared he had fouglit to do away with the old order and establish a new one. The old order, he said, had for its center tho "unstahlo thins called the balance of pow'er. deter- , mined by competitive interests, "jealous watchfulness'' and "an an tagonism of interests.' ; The men who have fought the war, said the President, "have been men from free nations who were de-j tcrmtned that this sort of thing, should end now and forever. The suggestion for a concert of] power to replace the balance of power,' he remarked, now was com-j in- from every quarter and from everv sort of mind. The concert to come, the President declared, must , not lie a balance of power, or one \ powerful group of nations set oB . I against another, but "a single. whelming. powerful group tif nations w liicli -ha! be the trustees or the peace of the world." her to Peace Is Guarantee The minds of the leaders of the British government, he found, the President said, were moving along in the same lines as his own. and their thought has been that the key to pence is the guarantee of it and not 'lie items of it. The items of it. he added, would be worthless unless a concert of power stood lo back them, j No such potent union of purpose ever has been seen in the world be fore the President said, as tnatj which now demands a concert of power to preserve the world s peace. * Whereas it has been the thought of ■0" "Closeted students and academic men . ho now found the practical minds of, the world determined to get it. Foundation Laid For 1 eaec "I am particularly happy that the ground has been cleared and the foundation laid." continued the President, "because we already have accepted the same body principles. Those principles are clearly and deltnitely enough started to tnake their application a matter which should afford no fundamental dif ficulty. .... ■ "The peoples of the world. the President declared, "want peace and want it now, not merely by the con quest of arms but by agreement of mind." Such an achievement, tha President characterized as "this great, may 1 not say, iinal entei prise of humanity." There had been just a ntnt that the President's address would be the kev to the conferences he has been holding with British statesmen, and the address as it was delivered to-day was interpreted in American quarters as confirming the previous intimations that these conferences had been very satisfactory from the President's viewpoint. Peace Must Be Guaranteed At the outset of liis address Pres ident Wilson declared he did not fancy that the welcome of Paris and London to him was purely personal. , but rather that the voices of the peo ple were expressing not only emo tions of gratification that the fight ing bad ceased, but also their con ception that the peace to be made must be a guarantee thatthe war ■ could not be repeated. "It now rests upon others to see that those lives were not lost in vain," the President added. The President concluded his ad dress amid a great demonstration, and then proceeded to the luncheon at the Mansion House with the lord mayor. The text of the President's speech follows; Acknowledges Great Honor "Mr. Lord Mayor: We have come upon times when ceremonies like this have a new significance which most impresses me as I stand here. : The address which I have Just heard is most generously and graciously ; conceived and the dollghtful accent of sincerity in it seems like a part k. of that voice of council which now is everywhere to be heard. 1 feel that ■ a distinguished honor has been con- \ ferred upon me by this reception. ■ and I beg to assure you, sir. and your \ associates of my very profound ap- ' preciation, but I know that I am only part of what I may call a great body of circumstances. "I do not believe that it was fancy on my part that I heard in the voice of welcome uttered in the streets of this great city and in the streets of Paris something more than a personal welcome. It seemed to me that I heard the vioce of one people speaking to another people, and it was a voice in which one could distinguish a singular combi nation of emotion. There wns surely there tlio deep gratefulness that the fighting was over. There was the pride that the fighting had had such Day and Night School DIAL 4016 ENTER ANY TIME KK,LM,B Harrisburg's Greatest Commercial School BECKLEY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE THE OFFICE TRAINING SCHOOI 121 MARKET STREET SATURDAY EVENING. | a culmination. There was that sort I of gratitude thatthe nations engag 'ed had produced such men as the 1 soldiers of Great Brltnln and of the ; United States and of France and of j Italy—men whose prowess and ' achievements they t had witnessed I jwith rising admiration as they j I moved from culmination to culmi | nation. "But therq/was something more j in it, the consciousness that the busi- • ness Is not yet done, the conscious ness that it now rests upon others j ! to see that those lives were not lost ' I in vain. Quotes French leader "1 have not yet been to the actual i battlefield, but I have been with j 1 many of the men who have fought i ' the battles and th'e other day 1 had , i the pleasure of being present at a 1 ! session of the French Academy when j | they admitted Marshal Joffre to their ; I membership. That sturdy, serene j | soldier stood and uttered, not the j i words of triumph, but the simple • j words of affection for his soldiers j , and the conviction which he summed j ■up in a sentence, which I will not ' I try accurately to quote, but l-epro- | ; ciucy in its spirit. It was that France 1 j must always remember that the j ! small and the weak could never live j ! free in the world unless the strong ■ ! and the great always put their povv- j ' er and their strength in the service | ' of right. "That is the afterthought the j thought that something must be j done now: not only to make the just ; settlements—that of course —but to | : sec that the settlements remained j , and were observed and that honor | j and justice prevails in the world. | And as I have conversed with the j soldiers 1 have been more and more | ' aware that they fought for some- j I thing that not ail of them had de- j . fined, but which all of them reoog- | ! uized the moment you stated it to • ! them. Tlioy fought to do away with j i an old order and to establish a new j one nnd the center nnd chnracteris- j tic of the old order was that unstable | ■ thing which we used to call the j •balance of power," a thing In which 1 the balance wns determined by the I 1 sword which was thrown in on the ! ' one side or the other, a balance i which was determined by the un- j j stable equilibrium of competitive , ! antagonism of interests which, j though it was generally latent, al- j ways was deep seated. Call Kor Powerful Peace Arm "The men who have fought in this > war have been tlie men from the free | nations who are determined that j | that sore of thing should end now j ! and forever. It is very interesting to , | me to observe how from every quar- , : ter, from every sort of mind, from ! every concert of counsel there j I the suggestion that there must now i ' be not a balance of power, not one j | powerful group of nations set up | I against another, liut a single over ; whelming, powerful group of na ' tlons who shall I>e tho trustees of the , pence of the world. "It ha sheen delightful in my con ferences with the leaders of your government to find how our minds moved along exactly in the same line and how our thought always was that the .key to the peace was the guarantee of the peace, not the Items of it; that the items should be worth less unless here stood back of them a permanent concert of power for ihcir maintenance. That is the most 'reassuring thing that has ever hap pened in the world. "When this war began the thought lof a League of Nations was indul gently considered as the interesting thought of closeted students. It was • thought of as one of those things tha it was rigli to characterize by a name which, as a university man. I always have resented. I was said :to be academic, as if that in itself were a condemnation—something that men could think about but never get. Now we find the practical lead ing minds of the world determined to get it. Sees No Difficulty Ahead "No such sudden and potent union of purpose ever has been witnessed in the world before. Do you wonder, therefore, gentlemen, that in com mon with those who represent you I am eager to get at the business and write the sentences down? And that I am particularly happy tluit the ground is cleared and the founda tions ln!<l—for we already have ac- . ceptcd the same body of principles. Thise principles arc clearly and defi nitely enough stated to make their appllcation a matter which should ulfoid no fundamental difficulty. "And hack of us is that Impera tive yearning of the world to have all disturbing questions quieted, to linve all threats against pence si lenced. to have just men everywhere i-oine together for a eommoir object. Tlie peoples of the world want peace and they want it now. not merely liy conquest of arms but by agreement of mind. t "It was this incomparably great object that brought me overseas. It; never has before been deemed ex- : eusable for a President of the United States to leave the territory of the United States, but I know that It I have lie support of the Judgment' of niycolleagues in the government of the United States in saying that it was my paramount duty to turn away even from the imperative tasks at home to lend such counsel nnd aid as I could to this great, may I not say final, enterprise of humanity." As the President, with Mrs. Wil son, left the Guilhall after his ad dress tlie crowd oulside took up the cheers tha thad been echoing within the building. The President smiled dolightedlyy and rose and bowed re peatedly. This is President's Day in London. The two first chapters of President i Wilson's English visit have been de voted to meetings and functions with ; royal and political personages of the government circle. The scene shifts I to-day to the somber old precincts iof the Guildhall and the Mansion House, set in the midst of the finan | cial and commercial precincts, which ' are the heart of Britain's strength. City Welcomes Wilson In the Guildhall, an address of I welcome was presented to the Presi. ! dent on behalf of the city In the j presence of a company of more than : a thousand representatives of the ; government and of finance and of ■ commerce. Afterwards the Presi dent was entertained at luncheon by tlie Lord Mayor and the Corporation of the city—a function which wa-j attended by three hundred guests, i with the business element predomi | nating. Of American Presidents, Grant j and Roosevelt, after their respective I administrations, have received hon '•ors at the Guiidliall, while the elo quence of a long line of American i diploi. ts—such men as John Hay, Thomas W. Bayard, Joseph H. t i Choate, Whltelaw Reld and the late Ambassador Puge, has been heard ; in tho Mansion House. A number of , European rulers and statesmen have . been entertained in both places. Event Has Double Interest To-day's event in the city had a , double interest through the appear ance there of the tlrst American ' President to come during the term of j his office and u general belief that , the would make a pronouncement of ; political and International import- j ance. The procession had the same fea tures as that on the occasion of the | President's entrance into London, j There was the same escort of House- : hold cavalry outriders in scarlet liv ery, but there were only three semi- , state landaus instead of live us bit- . fore. The guard of honor from the fa- | mous Ancient Artillery Company was drawn up before the Guildhall, where the Duke of Connuught was the first important guest to arrive. The Presidential party was received < at tho entrance by the lord mayor, ! Sir Horace Marshall, the lady may- | orcss, and the sheriff and members | of the reception committee. City Ping Flouts The Guildhall yard was trans- j formed into a gorgeous bower of | pennants and tings of the associated governments, among which the Stars I and Stripes predominated. Front the ■ spire lloated the great white and red ! flag of the city of London. The daughter of the lord mayor | presented Mrs. Wilson with a bou-! quct as she arrived, and the Presi- | dent Inspected the Guard of Honor. : The procession then formed and j passed into the Guildhall- It made a i tine show of color, with the crimson | and black gold of tho city officials regalia. First came the city marshals and the under sheriffs and the mem- j hers of the Commons on the rocep- ! tion committee. Sir HarVy Hepburn, j the chairman of the committee, the town clerk, the sheriffs, the ulder- j men. the recorder and the Presi dent's suite. The President was j ushered into the ancient banquet j hall, already crowded with guests. High up on the walls hung tho I cherished battle banners of the fa- , mous London regiments, and below , them at intervals there were draped ; for the occasion the tings of the ' United States and of Knglnnd. Receives League Delegates President Wilson, at the American | embassy, to-day received a delega tion from the League of Nations lUnioif. It was headed Niy Viscount Grey, former Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and it included the Arch bishop of Canterbury and Viscount Bryce, former British Ambassador, to the United States. The President in addressing the 1 delegation said: "Gentlemen. 1 am very much com plimented that you should cotne in person to present this address and I have been delighted and stimulated to find the growing and prevailing interest in'the subject of the League of Nations, not only a growing inter est, merely, but a growing purpose, which 1 am sure will prevail, and it,, is delightful that members of the government which brought this na tion into tlie war because of the' moral obligations based upon a treaty , should be among those who have; brought me this paper, because on j the other side of the water we have i greatly admired the motives and sub- : scribed to the principle* which actu-j ated the government of Great Britain ; in obeying that moral dictate. "You have shown what we must j organize, namely, that same force j and sense of obligation; and unless' we organize it the thing that we do i now will not stand. "I feel that so strongly that it isl particularly cheering to know just j how strong and imperative the idea lias become. I thank you very much, i indeed. It has been a privilege to see ' you personally. _ "I was Just saying to Lord Grey that we hud indirect knowledge of each other and that I am glad to! identify him. I feel as if 1 had met I him long ago, and I had the pleasure ' of matching minds with Mr. Asquith ! yesterday." Dr. Theo F. Herman, Noted Theologian, to Speak Here Tomorrow The Rev. Dr. Theodore F. Herman, i of will occupy the pulpit; of the Second Reformed Church, Ver- 1 beke and Green streets, to-morrow j morning, at 10:30, and In the evening, J at 7:30. Dr. Herman is well-known in I Harrlsburg. being a professor in the j Reformed Theological- Seminary at I Lancaster, and a speaker of note In • the Reformed Church. Arrangements for Dr. Herman's ! coming were completed late last even- i ing and the congregation at once I made arrangements to accommodate ' the many strangers who will desire to i hear hini. Central Democrats Elect Officers For Coming Year afillEi F. L. MORGANTHALER Officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Central Democratic Club held in the.clubrooms, last even ing. The officers who will serve for the following year are as follows: Frederick L. Morganthaler. presi dent: Robert N. Bernheisel, vice presi dent; Howard W. Jones, treasurer; Jam<>s G. Miles, secretary; J. Edward Lutz, financial secretary. The mem bership committee elected consists of I E. M. Wlnemiller, K. K, Young, and I George Marshal. Those elected on the house committee aro Roy Hatfield, 1 Joseph Lescure. William Crlsman, John K. Probst, Charles Moeslaln. ! Joseph L. Orsinger, and Oscar J. Uo gun. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ; MASTER DEAD jGeroge (irccnabouiu, Pennsy Employe For 40 Years, Dies of Pneumonia George Qreennbuuni, for many years a ynrdmaster in the Pennsyl vania Railroad in this city, well known among railroad men in this territory, died on Thursday in the Harrisburg Hospital from pneu monia resulting from an attack of !influenza, aged 74. One of the best known railroaders in tills territory, |Mr. Greenubaum served the Pcnn isylvanla Railroad for forty years be j fore he was retired four years ago. jHe has served since then as a park guard. Since his retirement, Mr. Greena- Ibauni made his home with Charles jZelgler, 2 294 North Sixth street, lie | was a member of various Masonic iorders and of the Odd Fellows and | Rod Men lodges. Pallbearers will .be selected from these organizations, j The body is being prepared for jKelker street, the body may be jburial by Undertaker C. H. Mauk, lin whose funeral chapel, at Sixth and j viewed from 7 to 9 o'clock on Mon day evening. It will be taken to Starner on Tuesday morning where | burial will he made. Two brothers ■ and one son survive. Philadelphia Division Retires Four Employes j I After serving the Pennsylvania {Railroad for terms varying from twenty-two years to forty-nine years and six months, four Philadelphia di vision employes will he retired from! active service on January 1. Only; lone Harrisburg man, Anson Stine, Is! | included on the list. Of the four men to lie retired, ■ three of them are retiring on the ! age limit of 70 years. They are: j James Gallagher, of Royaiton, floating gang foreman, thirty-one j jcars and nine months service: An- I son Stine, of Harrisburg, laborer in the Harrisburg shops, twentv-two years service; John H. Downs, of Co- ; ilumbia, 405 Walnut street, Colum- ' jbia, assistant road foreman of en-, nines, forty-nine years and three ■ months service. Samuel S. Flora, of 1451 West . i ourth street, West Philadel-! phiu, is being retired after serving the railroad for a period of forty- I eight years and six months at the! ability ycars on account of dis-! Official Confirmation Is Received of Death oi : Ensign L. R. Smucker j < 'onfirmation has been received bv ' I ins parents, of the death of En"-! ; sign Leroy. Dundee Smucker, son of! the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Clavton A ! i Smucker. of 1311 Vernon ' street! | ] First intimation of his death was! received one week ago in a cable ! mot condolence from the senior I officer and crew of the submarine ■ chaser on which Ensign Smucker served, to his parents. Official confirmation tells that the death occurred in the naval hospital at Plymouth, England, from pneu i monia, developing from influenza, j His death occurred only a few days after his admission to the institution ! land only a short time after he had) | written a cheerful letter, in which j !he told of having a severe cold, I which was received by his parents on ' ! Christmas eve. Ensign Smucker was 21 years old 1 and was born at Chicago. He was ! j a graduate of Central High school ; and before his enlistment had been ■ |in attendance at Syracuse Unlver-| j sity. After his enlistment in the; | Naval Reserves, he was stationed at | | Norfolk, Ga., and early in Noveni ' her entered the Reserve Officers I I Training school at Jamestown. Early i :in March he was commissioned a j warrant officer and immediately af ■ ter he became 21 years old he re j ceived his commission as an ensign, i He was placed in command of the I Submarine Chaser No. 221 with • which he was serving at the time of j ; his death. Dr. Smucker lias wired the War | i Department asking that the body be 1 j prepared for burial in this country, j i The funeral will take place here, j i Ensign Smucker is survived by his: 1 parents and one sister, Miss Lucille ! ! Smucker, at home. Dr. and Mrs. Smucker, who were | spending Christmas with relatives, i at Salem, Ohio, returned home last i j night. Ensign Smtrcker had intend- ' ( ed taking up the study of medicine j after the war. County Court Hands Down Important Opinions That the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Conipny had secured the right to increase its capital stock before Ulie state law was passed fixing a bonus to be paid in such cases, and thatthe company therefore was not liable to the Btate for such a bonus was the ruling made by President Judge George Kunkel in an action brought by the 1 Commonwealth ugainst the corpora tion. Judge S. J. M. McCarrell in the suit brought against F. J- Mitterleh ner, charging him with a violation of the cold storage act, alleged to have been committeed in April, 1914, ruled that the verdict of the Jury convicting him would not be set asjde and stating that the District Attorney may move for judgment. It was charged that Mr. Mittcrlch ner while In the employ of a pack ing company, used meat which had been stored for a period longer than four months to make frankfurters. Judge McCarrell in another case ✓lerruled exceptions to two reports of auditors of accounts of the re ceiver for the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Compnay of Crawford county. Lloyd George Wins i British Elections London, Dec. 28.—A1l indications at r three o'clock this afternoon were that Premier Ltoyd George and hie . government would have an over whelming majority in the new House ; of Commoni, The prime mlnleter 1 and leader of the coalition govern ment haa been re-elected to hie aeat I in parliament from Carnarvon, Wales, i Herbert H, Aaqulth, former premier . and leader of the Liberal party, haa 1 been defeated for hie seat in the Houee of Commoni, from the Eaet division of Fife, Scotland , ODDS AND ENDS ! PLEASE MANY Two Acts and Nineteen Scenes! Chockful of Enter tainment "Odds and Ends of 1918," u two-act j musical revue, featuring many clever i novelties, was presented at the Or pheum Theater last night, and runs I this afternoon and to-night. The com- ' pany Is on n par with the host musical ' comedy and gives a first-dusk enter- i talnincni. The offering last night was one of the best productiona of its i kind. This is made possible by the : good singing and dancing, the Judlei- \ ous acting, and the excellent scenery and costumes. High lights in tile performance are the singing and acting of Miss Friel and Mr. M'oolf, Madeline Vcttle, tlie dancing violinist, and Miss Goldsmith In the "Dance of the Siren," together with the work of the choruses and female quartets. The two acts are divided into nine teen scenes, and each act is preceded by u prologue. The ilrst act savors of the Southland cotton fields, levees, watermelon, and ends "in the lamd of Minstrelsy." Some excellent scenery is carried for this part of the per formance, no less than four or five particularly line sets being used. The first part ends with a thirty-minute minstrel show, which is filled with go.-d singing, dancing and new jokes. The second act takes the audience into the field of musical comedy and popular song, featuring the Army and. the Navy. Sets of a very high order are used in this acj, also. Throughout the entire performance the variety of songs and subjects is captivating. Almost anything and everything worth while is used as a subject for the entertainment of the audience, from telephones to sea nymphs, and from Chinatown to Ku rope. Nothing Is lost for the want of . a plot, for, as the announcer says in l the prologue of the first aet, plots in i musical comedies are going out of fashion and are no longer felt to he a necessity. For its novelty, as well as for the good company presenting the performance, "Odds und Knds of 1918" is very murli worth seeing. INCREASED WAGE SCALE APPROVED [Continued from First I'uge.] ! and storage purposes for the high- I way department, extensions In the j Fourteenth ward water system, new ' arc, standard and large candlepower lights, underground extensions so 1 that wires can he removed In Cap ] itol J'afk extension and other ; smaller improvement items. No ' provision is ipade for any new im | provenients In the city park system, 1 the Increase for that department to ! taling nhout $3,000, most of which will lie needed for maintenance and ; labor costs. New Police Salaries I In the police department'the to • tn 1 appropriation for next year is i $121,460. a: compared with $105.- | 765 for this year. Increases in sal ' aries follow: Chief of police, front $2,000 to $2,160; captain, $1,700 to ; lieutenant, $1,500 to : $t,640; four sergeants, each $1,320 to $1,500: four detectives, each ! $1,200 to $1,500; secretary to May- I or. $1,500 to $1,620; sixty-two po j lice officer:., from $1,200 to $1,380, | each, sls a month increase, SSS,- I 560; two chauffeurs. $1,200 to j $1,380; record clerk. $1,200 to $1,500; police matron. $960; mes senger and janitor, $960 to $1,200. Other items which were increases or additions to the budget follow: Ttent of office, $1,380 to $2,000; telephones. $325 to $450; insurance, $290; two new motorcycles, $650; six semaphores, $360. In the buieati of law the sulary of the Assistant City Solicitor was | increased from SI,BOO to $1,980, j while the item for court costs was | reduced from $2,500 to SI,OOO. The i total for next year is $6,827.68; this | year, $7,817.30. One Reduction The salary of the city clerk was j not changed but he is allowed S2OO ; annually as secretary of the civil ■ service board, making his total sal lary $2,300 instead of $2,100. Other i increases in this part of the budget I are: Salury of stenographer, S9OO to $1,080; cleaning office and Coun cil chamber, SIBO to $240; totul next year, $4,148.50; this year, $3,708.50. In the bureau of weights and measures the total was reduced from $2,752 to $2,632; bureau of printing increased from $4,600 to $5,600; ac counts and finance. Increased from $4,520 to $4,720, of which a salary j increase of $l5O for the clerk and | SSO Is added for rent; bureau of j finance. S6OO, unchanged; city treas j ury, $6,832, $5 more than this year; I license taxes, $1,380 instead of sl,- i 200 for salary of officer, i In the city assessor's department ! there is a reduction from $8,115 to I $5,959 and a new office of assistant | assessor is created, paying an annual ! salary of SI,BOO. The assessor's sal > ary is increased to $2,300 from $2,- i 100, and the clerk, $1,320 to $1,400, For Park Improvements The appropriation for the bureau of miscellaneous expenses is reduc ed from $172,587.62 to $170,302.67. Thls-part of the buclget is set aside for interest charges and sinking fund payments on improvement loans. The appropriation to the Polyclinic Hospital was increased from SSOO to SI,OOO, and for workmen's com pensuion from $5,000 to $5,500. The highway department budget will be increased from $172,146 to $209,817, tlie advance being caused largely by the Third street paving improvement and the increasing cost of repairs and resurfacing. Items which are increased or new follow: Rent of office, S3OO to $375; repairs to asphalt streets, from $22,500 to $25,000: resurfacing, $17,500 to $20.- 000; grading earth streets, $6,500 to $8,000; cost of sweeping streets, $70,000 to $72,000; repairs to inter cepting sewers. $3,000 to $4,000; cleaning inlets, $4,500 to J®- 5 ® 0 ' re " pairs to brick streets, $4,00!9 to 5.- 000; auto maintenance, S7OO to SBOO. Third street paving from Norl b t0 Walnut streets when street Is widen ed $22,500; paving intersections in North Cameron street, from Herr to Calder. $3,000; new brick building for asphalt plant, blacksmith shop and storage. $5,000; paving road way at pumping station, $ 2 -® o ®' The city engineers department hudget Is to be advanced from $12,- 189 to $14,706 for salary Increases and rant as follows: First assistant. SL6OO to $1,980; chief draftsman it 650 to $1,860; assistant, $1;415 to $1710; levelman, $1,056 to ll26 I radman, S6OO to $890; .tnorapher $792 to $900: registry clerk $1,200 to $1 880! rent. SBOO to SB6O. HUght Increases The water department salary In creases and advances for• cort of m f ln^ n n , n oart of the budget from • 108 640 to $129,730, The pumping SJS ,?,SStonMw"*u ance of the increase largely for the* employes, which will bu the fourth ■ one for them tn eighteen months. In the heulth department increas es follow: Salury health oiilcer, $2.- 100 to $2,300; assistant, SI,OOO to $1,140; clerk, $720 to $900; sanitary, officers, $1,200 to $1,380 each. The sularics of the assistant ash inspectors is increased from $1,200 to $1,380 euchTund $40,000 is al lowed again for nsh removal. No contract will be let hut the bureau will be directed to hire teams und huve the work done. In the food, building and plumbing inspection bureuus there are slight changes, with increased salaries for the otflciuls, and an additional SIBO [ for the clerk to the building inspec- • .'of New Street Lights Street lighting costs raise the bud get from $68,833 to $70,331 and pro vide for (en new arc lights, two new standards at Fourth and Chestnut ■ streets, and six new lights for the Fourteenth ward. A new police reg ister, underground extensions and battery renewal costs, and salary in creases for the city electrician and his assistants bring the lire and po lice alarm telegraph bureau total from $8,786 to $9,985. An increase of $lO a month for' each of twenty-nine fire apparatus drivers; increases for the fire chief and assistant, painting of roofs and woodwork, and removal of stables, raised the fire department total from $48,563 to $55,00. A salary increase of SIBO annually for the city me chanician and provision for a new truck advances this department total from $1,770 to $2,950. in the park department appropria- ] ' tion there is an increase from $42,- 088 this year to $45,228 for next 'year, including a salary Increase for i the assistant superintendent and [slight raises for maintenance. Im i portant improvement items for this ! department were cut. The planning | commission budget changed from $2,516 to $2,534 because of an in | crease in'office rent. WILSON DINES WITH . KING IN SPLENDOR [Continued from First Page.] | calm and cogent exposition of his i views on cardinal issues. Mr. Wilson i encountered a good deal of the I White House environment in Down ] ing street and so felt very much at , home." Speaking at the state dinner in Buckingham Palace, last night. President Wilson declared that, after conferring with the leaders of the ! British government, he was glad to say that he had the same concep tions that they had of the signlfi- I eance and scope of the peace set- I tlement. "It will be our high privilege," he j said, "not only to apply the moral I judgment of the world to the par ticular settlements which we shall ! attempt, but also to organize the moral force of the world to preserve i those settlements." Regal Setting for Banquet No more regal setting ever had j been arranged in Buckingham Pal ace than that which greeted Presi [ dent Wilson and Mrs. Wilson when j they were escorted Into the banquet j hall for the precedent-breaking (state dinner. Every royal formality | which had attended epochal ocea j sions ut the palace for 200 or 300 I years, was carried out before and' ' during the banquet. President Wll ! son with Queen Mary led the pro | cession into the dining hall, preced ed by officials of the palace, splen ! didly costumed, bearing wands and j walking backward and making obeisance to the guests. The scene was one of splendor. In the dining saloon was a great collec ; lion of solid gold plate and huge [ gold ornaments, valued at $15,000,- 1 000. These had been brought from ' the vaults for the occasion. One of ' three buffets contained pieces of j plate too large or otherwise too cum j bercome for use. These included : one piece of great size taken from i the wreck of the Spanish Armada. Immediately behind the President i and the queen came King George | and Mrs. Wilson. They were foliow- I ed by members of the royal family. At the head of the tuble twelve j persons were seated, with King ' George in the middle. President j Wilson sat at the king's right and Mrs. Wilson on his left. To the right ! of President Wilson was Queen Mary I and then the French ambassador, j Princess Christian, the Spanish ain - ! bassador and Princess Patricia, ' daughter of the Duke of Connaught. [At Mrs. Wilson's left sat Princess Mary, the Italian ambassador, | Princess Beatrice and the Japanese . ambassador, in the order named, j The American ambassador, John W. I Davis, had the first place at a side | rectangular table on President Wil | sgaji right. President Replies to King j Replying to the King's address. President Wilson said:, j "I am deeply complimented by the gracious words which you have ut tered. The welcome which you ha've j given me and Mrs. Wilson has been so warm, so natural, so evidently ,from the heart, that we have been ■ more than pleased. We have been [touched by it, \nd 1 believe that I [correctly Interpret that welcome as | THE WAR HAS TAUGHT l)S | i to save and to serve.Dont waste i i food or fuel .When you eat wheat be i 1 sure it is the whole wheat It is all Food | I Shredded Wheat I is the whole wheat nothing wasted I 1 nothing thrown away.Readycook 1 1 ed,ready-to~eat. Saves foel,saves | i food,saves health.lbr any meal I I with milk or cream or fruits. I DECEMBER 28. 1018. r embodying not only your own goner ,ous spirit toward us personally, but ulso as expressing for yourself and tho great nation over which you pre side lliut nunc feeling for my peo- I pie, for the people of the United i States. I "For you and 1, sir—l temporarily! —embody the spirit of. two great na tions, and whatever strength I have and whatever authority, 1 possess it only so long und so far as I express the spirit and purpose of the Amer ican people. | "Every influence that the Ameri can people have over the affairs of the world is measured by tnelr sym- ] pulhy with the uspirutions of free j men everywhere. i "America does love freedom, anil | I believe that slie loves freedom un- 1 selfishly. BuT If she does not she will j not and catinot help the influence to j which she justly aspires. , Conceptions Are lit Accord "I have had the privilege, sir, of conferring with the leaders of your own government and with the I spokesmen of the governments of! France and of Italy, and 1 ant glad j to say thnt I have the same eoncep- i lions that tlicy have of the signifi cance and scope of tiie duly on which ! we have met. "We have used great words; all j of us have used the great words. ; 'right' anil 'justice,' and now we ure to prove whether or not we utuler stand these words, and how they are to be applied to the particular set-! tlements which must conclude this war. "And we must not only understand them, but we must have the courage! to act upon our understanding. ! "Let after I have uttered the word ' 'courage' it comes Jnto my mind that it would take more courage to resist I the great moral tide now running in the world than to yield to it, than to obey It. v II Conscious of Grout Brotherhood I "There is a great tide running In the hearts of men. The hearts of - men have never beaten so singular-' jly in unison before. Men have never I tiefore been so conscious of their j : brotherhood. Men have never before realized how little i difference there .was between right and justice in one latitude and in another, under one j 'sovereignty and under another, j "And It will be our high prbiiege,! sir.T not only to apply the morul' judgment of the world to the partlc- i ular settlements which we shull at-' lempt, butAUso to organize the moral •force of the world to preserve thosq. settlements, to steady the forces or, mankind and to make the right and i the justice to which great nations like our own have devoted them- i selves, the predominant and coft-1 trolling force of the world. | "There is something inspiring in' knowing that this is the errand that we have come on. Nothing less than ( this would have justified me in leav-' ,ing tlie important tasks which fall ; upon me upon the other side of the 'sea nothing but the consciousness .that nothing else compares with this , 'in dignity and importance. , | "Therefore it is the more delight tful to find myself In the company :of a body of men united in ideal and purpose and to feel that 1 aru privileged to unite my thoughts with I yours in carrying forward these .standards which we are so proud to j hold so high and to defend, ; ; "May I not, sir, with a feeling of j profound sincerfty and friendship and sympathy propes your health : and sympathy propose vour health ,!prosperity of Great Britain?" j BRETZ DECLARES* • HE IS PERSECUTED [Continued from First I'ngc.} i board controversy when he changed • , his vote for a president for one term. ' I ln answer to some of the charges • | of misappropriation of money paid to i i.hlm to be used in making payments f on mortgages Mr. Bretz states that C | the claims have heen filed against ■ | his estate now in the bankruptcy. In I ] four of the cases he makes no ex - i i planatton other than tljat he was not : the attorney for the parties who t j state he acted for them. ' : The hardware store and stock of ■ Bretz Brothers was disposed of at public sale to-day at the office of ' 1 John, T. Olmsted, referee, Walter It. ! ; Sohn purchased the stock for $9,300 |C and the store property for $27,100 for ■ | a client whose name he would not ! disclose at the sale. J. K. Kipp had ' 1 arranged to purchase the property ■ j at private sale for $9,200 for stock, ' and $23,200 for the building, but cred ■ ltors protested and asked for a pub • j lie sale. Bids were raised SIOO at a 1 I time. . | Bethlehem Steel Seeks Lebanon Ore Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 28. The Beth lehem Steel Company intends to In crease by millions of dollars Its Iron , ' and railroad, holdings in Lebanon 1 county by the outright purchase of , ■ the Coleman and Freeman fumily in ' ■ terests. Two years ago the Bethle ' j hem Company purchased the American s Iron and Steel Manufacturing Com i pany, Pennsylvania Steel Company r ' and l^ackawanna Iron and Steel Com . pany Interests hero, also taking over ! the I.ackawanna Company's twenty [ year lease of-the Coleman and Free ' I man Interests, which it now uims ti 31 acquire by purchase. DEATH DAILY IN ' , TYRONE BOROUGH Seventy-Seven Fatal Cases of Influenza From October 1 to December 20 Tyrone. Pa., Deo. 28.—Influenza la about curbed in Tyrone, but that it was ravaging in its extent is attest ed by the fuct that from October 1 to December 20, there were a total of seventy-seven dtaths in the bor ough, which is at the rate of about one each day. This for a population of about 8,000, makes the death rate for 10IS very high, probably the highest in the towns' history. Harry A. Huntsman, who just returned to s his home from the Student's Army Training Corps at Dickinson College. Carlisle, was made health officer and il was due to his attention to the duties of the position that enabled • (ho authorities to keep a close tab on ' the situation.—The West' Virginia Pulp and Paper Company of Ty rone, made glad their 000 employes this week when they handed out bonuses to them, ranking from s"> to {SO per man.—James IJergstrrs ser, of Pittsburgh, is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J., P. Franciscus.— John Nason, Jr., a student In the Massa- I chusetts Institute of Technology, at Hoston, Is home for the holiday sea [ son.- Perseverance Band to Play at Meeting ot Forum ♦ The Perservance Hand will render ; a number of sacred selections at the meeting of the People's Forum to he i held In Wesley A. M. IS. church to i morrow afternoon.. The meeting will open at 3 o'clock. I The ltev. Mr. liollts, of Pittsburgh, i u presiding elder of the A. M K ; church will be the speaker. MAY LOSE SIGHT OP EVE William Danner, J513 Wallace street, aged lit. Is In the Harrisburg i Hospital facing tire prospect of los ' ln H_, tlle aae ot his right eye, as the I result of a mishap at the Central i Iron and Steel Company, where he is Imployed, shortly after midnight. | A steel plate over Which he was t „ working split and a fragment flew i Into the eye. J A MEN c. THOMPSON .•i?™!- 8 , C ' Thompson, ill years old, J 1830 Pulton street, died in the Ilar | risburg Hospital this morning from |4<ldney trouble. Funeral services will ' he held from his late home on Tues d>', afternoon, at 1:30 o'clock. Burial i will be made in the Hast Harrisburg i Cemetery. His wife. Mrs. Blanche j Thompson, four daughters, four hrotli j ers and two sisters survive. I , V. M. C. A. SERVICE The lecture on "The Land of the . Christmas Story," by tlie Kev. II W ! A. Hanson, scheduled for to-morrow I afternoon as a part of the men's mass | meeting in Fahnestock Hall, has been I postponed until next week, it was an nounced this morning. A strong speaker will be sec'urcda for to-mor i r ° w 8 meeting and a special musical j attraction will be present. TO REPEAT MUSIC i Because the program of Christmas | music, presented In St. Patrick's Ca thedral Christmas morning was re | ceived enthusiastically, it will be re | Peated at the morning mass at 10:30 to-morrow. The choir at the eathe | dral is under the direction of Profes aor L*oiii D. Brodeur. FINAL DETAILS FOR PENN-HARRIS f [Coiitiiincd from First Page.] the Chamber of Commerce, who will extend the greetings of that body. Owing to important public duties other distinguished speakers who have been Invited, including Gover nor-elect Sproul and United States Senators Penrose and Knox, may not be able to be present. It is designed to make the even ing one of pleasure for all present tjnd as It is an occasion for the stockholders and their guests it promises to be delightful in every j way. Two orchestras will furnish V | music and dancing will follow the J dinner and the brief speaking pro -1 gram. During the last two or three weeks | every effort has been made to force j to completion the few unfinished feu- I tures of the great building and a j surprise is in store for all who have not yet had the pleasure of a peek ipside. Already many reservations ! have been made by individuals ami associations and the winter promises'* to be a continuous round of dinners, i receptions and dances at the Penn- I Harris. Manager Wiggins and his assist ant, Mr. rice, have been engaged al most day and night making the final ] arrangements for the opening and | their large experience in such af j fairs has contributed Pmuch to the | program announced for the evening. Acceptances of those invited were. ' expected to-day and requests for as- I signmnt of tables for individuals and their guests have been complied i with so far as possible. A public 1 inspection of the hotel has been an onounced for New Year's Day—Wed nesday-—from 3 to 5 o'clock.
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