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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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