IflTGllf EXTOA-iWent Takes Farewell of Mahd; PMuJJ (Mb HARRISBU RG -TELEGRAPH Ak \ . &tje £tar-3ni>cpcn&cnt. _ , , TT ■*- .007 OA U \f"I7C Daily Except Sunday. Entered as Second Class LXXXVII PMO. —O/ -U -t Autb Matter at the l'ost Ofllco at Hurrlsburg BOLSHEVIK HYSTERIA LEADS TO THROWING OF SHRAPNEL BOMBS; ' CIRCULARS SHOW SOVIET TREND PRESIDENT TAKES LEAVE OF ENGLAND; ROYALTY BIDS HIM ADIEU AT VICTORIA STATION By Associated Press l.oiulot>, Dee. 31.—President and Mrs. Wilson left Victoria station at 9.18 o'clock this morning on a special train en route to France. King George and Queen Mary and the Duke of Connnuglit accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wilson to the station. Pre mier Lloyd George was on the plat form and saw the President and his wife depart. The Scots Guards form ed the guard of honor and the band of the Irish Guards played. Among those who were at the sta tion to see Mr. and Mrs. 'Wilson off were General Sir William R. Robert son, Vlce-Admiral W. S. Sims, John W. Davis, the American Ambassa dor, and Lady Reading. Mrs. Wilson chatted with Queen Mary and shook hands with all present as the train pulled out, the King and Queen waving their handkerchiefs and the band playing as It left the station. Crowds Line Streets It was a dark and rainy morning, but crowds lined the streets front Ruckinghum Pnlace to the station and eheoYed as the procession passed. Air. Wilson und King George In spected the Guard while the band played the "Star Spangled Banner." President and Airs. Wilson bade faro well to King George. Queen Alary and Princess Mary in tiie waiting room and then took their leave of Pre [Continued on Pago Id.] Raunick Urges a New K*nd oii Resolutions Something new in the lino of New Year's resolutions, something that will do much to give you a right start on that successful year which you desire during the 805 days of 1919, are embodied in the suggestion of Dr. J. Al. J. Raunick, city health officer, that all Harrlsburgers era [Continued on Pago 3.] G. S. REINOEHL HEADS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Widely - Known Businessman Succeeds A. S. Patterson us President George S, Relnoehl, manager of the Harrlsburg dhlslon of the Bell Telephone Company, unanimously was elected president of the Harrls burg Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of the board of directors In the Chamber offices yesterday. Other officers for 1919 are: George B. Tritt, vice-president; William 11. [Continued oil Page B.] Manning Goes Over Tract at Italian Parle Soon to Be Added to City Systeem Warren* H. Manning, park plan ning expert, who has outlined the city's great parkway development program, spent of the duy iri the city making plans for the "pro posed Italian Park lmp-ovement. During the morning Mr. Manning, together with E. Clark Cowden, en ' inter of the Cu/'Plnnning Commis sion, and V. Grant Korrer, assistant park superintendent, went to the site of the park, wli'iu is now tilled with u line wulety of tree and much shrubben. The water In the lowest part of the park stretch, coming from springs, is frozen over and store 01 youngsters, enjoying a holi day vacation, were skating. Late Cars to Accommodate Celebrators of New Year in order to accommodate Its patrons who wish to attend Watch Night ser vices to-night and those who desire to see the New Year come In. the Har risburg Hallways Company will run carH on the city and .Steelton lines to night until 1 a. m. For an hour after midnight ears on the North Second street, River <ide andd Kescrvoir lines will be run every twelve minutes; and on Third s.reet. Fourth and Sixth streets. Hill. Steelton. Progress. Ber ryhlll and Race and Vine streets, every fifteen minutes, the last cars leaving the Squarte at 1 o'clock. Tlte last cars will leave Market Square for I-lnglestown at 11 p. m.; Hummelstown, 11:30 p. m.: Middle town. 12 m.; Oberltn, 11:10 p| m., and liockville, 11 p. m. Of course, ser vice will bo maintained all night as usual on the Third street and Ruther ford lines. THE WEATHER For Harrlsburg and vlclnltyi Italn nnd warmer to-night with low rat temperature about 40 de arreai Wednesday rain, colder by afternoon. '1919 TO BE USHERED : IN WITH SONG AND RELIGIOUS SERVICE f 5 j Religious Programs Planned | i For Coming of New Year; Thanks For Blessings of! Passed Year Will Be Given I Nineteen hundred and nineteen will I be born ut 12 o'clock to-night when ' the clocks of the city chime ihe hour j [\ of midnight. To watch out the old ! I year and to ring in the new, many | congregations wiil meet in churches 1 of the city in accordance with an old * , custom. i j To-night's services will be of | praise and thanksgiving for the j ' blessings of. the past year. Peace and i jits attendant happiness will be the 1 ! themes of many addresses. If At the Fourth Street Church of . !God Watch Night services will be: ! opened at 9.30 o'clock to-night. Dur- i I ing the lirst hour Lawson S. Lav- j ! erty will conduct a live Christian En- | i deavor meeting. This will be a joint j meeting of the Senior and Inter- i mediate Societies. At 10.30 o'clock! II there will be a baptismal service con- I ducted by ihe pastor, the Rev. AV. N. j , Yates. From 11.30 to 11.55 the serv-j ice will be one of consecration. Many Programs The annual Watch Night service in ! Park Street United Evangelical 1 Church will begin to-night with a! spirited song service. Brief addresses 1 | will be given and Bishop U. F. Swen- j I gel will speak on "What Is Essential j [Continued on Pago 10.} Men Who Made Possible Building of the City's Greatest Hostelry S, HERH E.J. SmCKPOLE A.C.STAHW The officers of the Penn-Harrls Hotel Company are: E. Z. Wa'lower, preeldent: William T. Hlldrup Jr., vice-president; Warwick M. 'Ogels by, secretary and treasurer; the others whose pictures apppear above are directors. YANKS WITHOUT FUNDS PRESENT LARGE PROBLEM Stranded Soldiers Cannot Get Help From Bed Cross I'nlcss Deserving The presence here of large num ; hers of discharged soldiers without ; funds' or any means of getting to j their homes is causing Red Cross i officials and other public welfare ; agencies considerable anxiety. Numbers of the soldiers relax from the stern discipline of army life when i they arc discharged, and, coming to i Harrisbuig on their way home, avail | themselves of the opportunity to "celebrate." "Ihe condition is preva [ lent to a more or less extent all over ! the country where discharged sol j diers are returning from the army : camps, but in Harrlsburg unusually I large numbers of drifting soldiers ! are reported to be without funds and niia 1)1 e to reach their homes. ! The problem of caring for the sol ' diers who land here without ade ! quate resources Is declared to be ! reaching considerable proportions, j The Red Cross headquarters receive numerous calls, und the.Chamber of [Continued on Page B.] i NARRISBURC,. PA.. TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 31, 1918. "*.RHS. tfTOKSWr" "WcSSSF* BURLESON PUTS WAGES OF WIRE WORKERS AHEAD 10 Per Cent. Raise For Older Employes; 5 For the Newcomers Washington, Dec. 31.—Increased wages, effective to-morrow, for em ployes of all departments of tele graph systems under government control except employes at non functional offices and messengers, were announced to-day by Postmas ter General Burleson. Employes in service more than a year and a half get an increase of 10 per cent, and those employed less than a year und a half 5 per cent. Percentages in increases will not apply to premium rates or premium earnings and are to be based on salaries in effect to-day. The Or [Continued on Pago 18.] Youngsters by the Hundred Eat at Rotary Club Dinner The big dinner at the Penn-Harris Hotel to-night will have nothing, absolutely nothing, on the Rotary Rig Brother dinner held at noon to day in Chestnut street hall for the hoys and girls of Harrisburg wliora Santa Cause missed In bis rounds ou Christmas Day. The big tables were spread for 400 guests and 426 showed up. But [Continued on Pago B.] Alien Sections Termed Menace to U. S. Welfare Haphazard methods of judging abilities of students and placing them in grades according to the re sults obtained from these uncertain methods, were severely scored this morning by Dr. 8. A. Courtis, expert in educational measurements, of De troit, Mich., in his talk before the [Continued on Page B.] Wreck Home of Supreme Court Justice; Damage Resi dence of Police Chief By Associated Press Philadelphia, Dec. 31.—Shrapnel shel s loaded with nitroglycerine or T. N. T„ were exploded late last night at the homes of three men prominent In public life. There was considerable destruction of property but fortunately no one was killed. Announcement of an arrest was made this afternoon by Superinten dent Mills, who declined to make -known his name or tell where he was arrested. "This man is probably responsi ble for the explosions," said Mills. I was given a tip about one hour after the explosion. We have fol lower his actions for the past six months and they have been suspi cious. This man has been connect ed actively with Holshevlsm and I. W. W. We will not let any lawyers see the prisoner and wc will not permit his relatives to approach him." A fourth bomb, a "dub" which' failed to explode, is said to have been found by a policeman, one of several .groups dispatched to the homes of prominent citizens after the explosions to search for bombs. The man under arrest is said to have been the leader of a workmen's revolutionary club in the mill dis trict of Philadelphia-. lie is also said to have been active as an untl draft agitator and an ally of a cli que that has opposed law and or der. Some of his associates are said to be at present serving terms rang ing front live to twenty years for anti-draft activities. The houses attacked were those of Justice Robert Von Moschzisker, of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Ernest T. Trigg, president of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, and William R. Mills, acting super intendent of police. Eight houses ad joining these residences were dam aged by the explosions. The three homes are in widely sepurated sec tions of the city. The first bomb was that of Mr. Trigg, which is in the extreme western section of the city. Here the bomb was exploded at 10.46 p. in. Ten minutes later the home of Mr. Mills, nearly three miles distant, was attacked and [Continued on Page •*).] PENN-HARRIS, ON OPENING, MEETS WITH APPROVAL OF ENTIRE CITY Magnificent New Structure Fills Great Demand of Pub lie For Hostelry in Keeping With Keystone Capitol I STOCKHOLDERS TO HOLD BANQUET THIS EVENING Public Inspection of Great Hotel Scheduled For To morrow Afternoon, When It Will Be Wide Open THE FIRST DAY The new PentGHarrls Hotei ! opened to-day with scores of J guests. The opening banquet of stock | holders and directors will be held I to-night, with city and state dig l nitarles in attendance. The han- I quet will be followed by a dance. The hotel will be open for pub- I lie Inspection to-morrow between | 3 and 5 o'clock. I Banquets, dinners . lunchco:.i. ! formal and Informal gatherings j in abundance are booked for the i next six weeks. The big hotel will be ready to i serve all comers to the limit of I capacity when the first session of | the Legislature is held next Tues day. — By ALLEN SANGREE j Tell the World that Harrisburg ■ has a hotel! The Penn-Harris was cracked ! open today with a mighty roar which i must have rattled the bones of brave old John Harris, whose name figures in the hotel title, and who would surely have chortled to see the great desideratum accomplished. We are on the map; you bet! Harrisburg is alive! The Chamber of Commerce is primarily respon sible. Who, next? We refuse to say. It was a popular move, the whole (Commonwealth demanded it. it got It. Watch Harrisburg grow from now on. The fact was dominant that no matter how big the city, a beautiful and substantial hotel does more to put It and keep it on the map, than any other one activity. Witness the Waldorf-Astoria, which under the 1 capable management of a Boldt, is now as well known as Gotham it self. In similar manner the Belle i vue-Stratford has helped to make j Philadelphia It was this basic fact which even tually stirred the progressive men of Harrisburg to build the Penn- Harris, a hostelry so marked in every efficiency that in time It will be a household word wherever St. Dunstan, patron of all travelers, sets his foot. Like the warp and woof of an immortal volume its consum mation was leisurely, persistently, developed, and like the masterpiece of a great novelist. It had Truth for its foundation. , A Home For Everybody Every effort manifested In com pleting this magnificent structure which opens today has its separate story, here and there a glint of hu man interest, such as the historic golf game, when E. Z. Wallower was suddenly whirled inlo the work, uud so Intimate will this hotel be to Harrisburgers that generations to come will tell the story of how honest men so ably contributed to set the Capital of Pennsylvania on a pinnacle. For it is the aim of the management to make it a borne, and not a place for the wealthy. Educators First The Penn-Harris in reality did not wait until to-day for opening, but last night took care of 160 guests attending the convention of - the Pennsylvania Educational Associa tion. These "folks, therefore, had the distinction of being the first to oc cupy the luxurious Penn-Harris apartments. To-day nearly all the officials of the United Hotels Com-, pany gathered here to take part In the actual opening activities. Among them were President Dudley and his charming wife. The program In cludes the big dinner to-night be ginning at 7 o'clock, with to-mor row set for tho public to Inspect the great hostelry. At least one cafe will ho open for entertaining. No event Is schedu'od foi to-morrow night, hut on Thursday night Is the Vio tory ball. At noon to-day the educational delegates had luncheon In the grill room and a great number of dinners have been arranged for, so that the schedule is practically flllod up to February 22. Of tho legislators arriving on Sunday for the opening session next day. 175 have asked for reservations at the Penn-Harrts. and the hotel wfTl toem with activities during In- ; auguration period. Perhaps the keynote was struck by Benator Boles Penrose when he wired the editor of the Telegraph: "I fully recognize what a desirable and Important public Improvement the Penn-Harris promises; not only for Harrisburg, but for the people of! the state." State? Geo Whiz! We appeal to the whole wide world. Why, we are going to have a malt re d'hotel! Look j him over. Ha was on the Job to- ! day, when hundreds were asking for reservations. If any one thinks this hotel Is npt going to be a success, he should have been on the scene yes terday. Hundreds were asking for The hotel only has 250 not all were ready for on Pane lfl.l J LATE NEWS § 14* X;-. ( ' 5 f |T f ' > ' IJL ' W\ | ; Sg 2 r.wxy - ' j 1 ▼ # [ f JflSii f lense at ,he 4 X ro ; X| 5 ' f ! x k i ! i i [f T ryt X x IX j jj* x Li, 1 * "?* § ' s 2 X 4 4 ! X x | T ? ? 4 4 |* 4* 4 jj* 4* X'" X ■ Xy X " l 4 ' * X " X * utfoi 'except employes at jWJfi- ' MB] * X * * 4 ' • X • v 4* - ; s I f X 1 X : *' X T , X JrII 4* | x ?.. ®j i" X x X' J T r,ct,-FS .K| *j • *il X . y " 4 • | •- or\ of the Gir 4 X . MAT>k IN BOMB OUTRAGE •£ I X T T ' n j 4 ♦. X TvAiere I;e' -• a f 4* X -• i ' 4 - • 4 4from the fact that - 4 X X ▼in chaVge said'thr -e, was ho bwilding afire. rg - —•— ' ■ (4* ± KARUAGE LICENSES 1 X Cheater 11. Hvuat, Trenton, K. J„ naid Kathrra B. Vaa Ilrke. 'A 1 Banbaryi Halpb Uavldaoa and Bertha Miller, 11 arris harm Jacob X ▼ Hellenbaeh, I'ottstewn. and Ma'dureta Rerber. ttetllwt Corporal 4 Aaron S. Beck and Hertude M. Hell, Harrtabarm laaac A. 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