mi service For Former President Roosevelt Held at Oyster Bay; Vice-Presidem fieri? ilk HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH \ .. ' . Bi)t £iar-3nicptnbtnl. • * LXXXVIII— No. 418 PAGES D, %.m%" , ;t 5 ,r. d K.. HARRISBURG. PA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, jAXUARV 8, 1919. "'•■•J.488B8& OtVaBSHT" "?ScK a HOME EDITION BRETZ ALLEGED TO BE MENTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE Insanity Is Alleged in Court by Convicted Attorney's Counsel WITNESSES ARE CALLED Petition in Lunacy Is Prepar ed by Members of His Family , PROCEEDINGS HAL T E*D Disbarment Charges Held I p Until Lunacy Charges Are Disposed Of Alleging that from information he has received from the family the mental condition of Harry M. Bretz, bankrupt attorney, is such that he tannnot be present ltf court to de fend or to aid in defending himself, Oscar G. Wlckershum, his counsel, succeeded in having the disbar ment proceedings against the lawyer continued until this afternoon when witnesses are to be called to show these facts. Hearing of testimony to prove the charges made by the committee of tiie Dauphin County Bar Association in the petition to disbar Mr. Brett! was to have started ut 10 o'clock this morning. When President Judge Kunkel asked if the respondent— Bretz —was in court >lr. Wickersham announced Mr. Bretz could not he present, but that he. as counsel for the attorney, was willing to go on with the hearing, although his client : was not "able physically to be in j court and so mentally deranged that it would not do- any good to have hint here." Insanity Alleged Mr. Wickersham also stated to the court that lfe had u petition signed l>y Mrs. S>arah A. Bretz, asking for a commission in, lunacy, to examine ' Mr. Hretz and determine itis sanity, but said he did not want to present it at the time because ot' the pro- j ceedings pending before the court. I .ater Mr. Wickersham read the pe- j lition but did not submit it when: i lie court continued the hearing un til this ufternoon and directed him to call witnesses to show Bretz's men tal condition. Judge Kunkel said that the hear ing would not be held if it was shown that tlte defendant in the case was! not of sound mind and for that rea son could not assist In preparing his i defense, should his counsel ask to , have such action taken. No motion l to that effect was made, however. To Call Witnesses William M. I lain, Arthur li. Hull and John Fox Weiss, three of. the live ! members of the Bar Association com mittee who presented the disbar- ! inent petition, conferred together for a few minutes and finally Mr# Main said to the court that the committee did not want to lake any udvuntuge of the defendant or prevent calling i witnesses to show his mental condi tion. Me stated, too, that the com- inittee would lie satisfied with a cer tificate or statement from a reputable physician. Mr. Wickersham when asked whom he would call as witnesses and how soon he could get them replied that Mrs. Bretz. two daughters, a min-1 ister. physician and another mem- ! ber of the liar who is well acquaint ed witli Mr. Bretz. probably would l>e sent to the witness stand. Proceedings Continued After a short argument between Mr. Weiss and Mr. Wickersham the latter finally agreed to call witnesses at the afternoon court session and Judge Kutikei said that if necessary these should be sunpoenaed. Pending a decision as to Bretz's • ondition the disbarment proceed- , logs were continued, but tlie wit nesses to be called by the Bar As-i soeiation committee were directed to 1 attend the session this afternoon. j Wife Testifies Mrs. Sarah A. Bretz, wife of the! attorney, was the first witness called. ' She said that since last September ! his demeanor had undergone a| marked change: that frequently he : displayed fits of temper, and on or- ' casions follows her about their home: asking whether he may do anything for her. She was of the impression :hat he does not consider he lias done anything wrong. At times, she said I his manner is almost childish. Five New Cases of Spanish i Influenza Develop at the Children's Industrial Home I- ive new cases of influenza were 'ound to-day at the Children's In- i lustrial lloine. Xlnteentli and Swa ara streets, and there are now 45 ; lO.VS and girls suffering from the liseaso, only one of whom is in a 1 icrious condition, however. Some of : lie youngsters are recovering and iave been placed in a convalescent ! vard. Nurses are needed at tlie institu ion to care for the sick children : rho are in need of attention con tantty. Two physicians are in at- ' endance and two more doctors are i vailable in case of an emergency, t was said. Blankets and other necessary sup- ■ lies were secured from the State I irscr.nl. Harrisburg Hospital and 1 'ity Health Bureau after an appeal ras made yesterday. City officials i avc offered to the home the use of II the equipment which was pur- ' hascd when the emergency hospital ' •as opened during the recent Inilu- ! nza epidemic in the city. NATION HALTS IN ITS TASKS AS ROOSEVELT IS LAID TO REST IN SIMPLE FASHION HE HAD DESIRED Widow Bids Good- Bye to Body at Home FAMILY MOURNS IN LIVING ROOM I I .i Children Witness Burial of Their Famous Parent By Associated Tress Oyster Bay, X. A*.. Jan. 8. I —ln the simple fashion lie desired, funeral services , were held to-day for Colo nel Theodore Roosevelt, i twenty-sixth president ot the j United States, first at the Roose j volt home, then in Christ Epis i copal Church. The church serv i ice was concluded in eighteen , minutes. Meanwhile tlie Ameri can people in many cities paused in their tasks while the last ; words were being said in the | village church which the former president attended. The body was committed to earth at 1.43 p. m„ in a family cemetery 1 plot overlooking Long Island Sound. ; The body was carried into the church shortly before I o'clock and the simple funeral service was imme ■ dlately begun. Sixty persons attend !ed the service at the home, where the rector of Christ Church read the Ninety-first Psalin -and offered prayer. storm Gives Way to Sunshine The morning's snowstorm had given away to brilliant sunshine as the automobile cortege started from ; Sagamore Hill to the church. , The church service, beginning at ' 12.D0 o'clock, was concluded 111 eighteen minutes. The Episcopal | ritual was followed, and the only. mention of tlie ex-president's name was when the rector spoke the word "Theodore" in the final prtlyer. Casket Draped in I lag The ••asltet was borne to the altar rail by porters. Draped in an Amer ican fag, it was covered also with two battleflags of the Dough Rider regiment, upon which rested a large wreath of acacias tied with the yel low ribbon of the cavalry. Those flowers, the only tribute nqar the' casket, were front tile colonel s com- , rades of the famous unit of Spanish- 1 American War days. .Major Wood Among Mourners During the morning a number of friends anil associates of the former president in recent and earlier years j called at Sagamore Hill and talked with members of the family. Among I them, it was reported, was Major General Leonard Wood, intimate friend of the Colonel and his seniorl in command with the Rough Riders' in the Spanish-American War. A large wreath of pink and white! carnations was received from Presi-1 dent Wilson. The first of two special trains bringing to Oyster Bay the nation's: representatives to the funeral serv- j ices of former President Roosevelt. I • 'embers of the diplomatic corps at) •'.ishington and intimate friends ar i iced here at 12.19 p. m. to-day. On the train were Vice-President Thomas It. Marshall, personally rep resenting President Wilson: Secre tary Lane. General Peyton C. Mu* chief of staff of the United States Army; Vice Admiral Gleaves, of the Navy, a delegation of United States Senators and Representatives and members of the diplomatic corps in Washington, and a number of state legislative leaders, both Republicans and Democrats. Admiral Winslow and Governoi Smith, of New York state, and Mayor Hylan. of New j York City, came in automobiles. ! Oyster Hay. Jan. B.—Except for two sons, absent as soldiers in their country's service overseas, the fam ily of Theodore Roosevelt, twenty sixth President of the United States.•! gathered in the living room at Saga- j more itill shortly before noon to day for the llrst of a trinity of sint- t pie services—at home, church and I graveside—with which the body of ! the noted American will ye laid to rest as a private citizen of this Long Island village. Widow Remains in Home Mrs. Roosevelt, sharing in the Col-' onel's antipathy to funeral ceremony, decided not to attend the church ■ services nor to Join the profession to the cemetery. It was announced that she would bid good-by to the -body of her husband in the house where they lived for many years, while her chil dren. who grew to manhood and womanhood in the atmosphere of the old homestead, would sec all that is mortal of their famous father com- | initted to earth in the family plot 1 topping the highest hill in Young's! Memorial Cemetery, u\ eriooking I.ong Island Sound. Home Service One of Prayer The home service, one of prayer i alone, was to last hardly more than five minutes, according !o the Rev i George E. Talmage, rector of Christ Episeopu! Church, the Roosevelt family church, while the ritual before tlie'eltar was expected to l>e' con-I eluded within fifteen or twenty mill utes after the casket was brought into the edifice. The element of sim- ICoutinueii on Page is.J | Isn't That Going to Make It Kind-a Hard For the Director l J ; * WAY TO LASTING PEACE OCCUPIES WILSON'S STUDY Will Confer With World Pre miers in Paris During the Week By .JssOiiatcif t'ress Paris. Jan. B.—Secretary of State Lansing, Colonel E. M. House and j Lord Robert Cecil, who has made j the subject of the league of nations u special study on behalf of the Brit- j ish government, held a long confer ence to-day regarding the details to be worked out in forming a league. Their conference followed consuita [C'oiitiiiued on Page . ] Automobile Burns on Maclay Street Dump The delivery truck of the Dayton Cycle Company. 912 North Third street, was partially destroyed short, ly after noon when flames which are thought to have been ignited in gas oline leaking from the tank, swept over the entire machine as it was unloading refuse at the . Maclay street dump. An alarm was sent in from Box 45. at Seventh and Maclay streets, and district companies play ed their streams on the burning truck soon after. John Stall was driving the truck for the Cycle j Company. SMOOTH ICE DRAWS HUNDREDS TO SKATING ON CITY LAKES Splendid Sport Afforded Youth and Age Although Crimson Pennon Does Not Fly "Steve Hrodie took a chance!" That's the situation of many a I thousand skater to-day In Harris- | burg. V. Grant Porter does not ■ feel Justified in Hinging out the red j flag at Wildwood because the ice is ; not a foot thick, but the Park De- , partment holds no brief against 1 skaters who take tile chance of bust- . ing through Friend ice. The result was that the spacious lake was alive to-day with merry folks who relish this splendid sport and up to noon, , no one had had mishap. The Paxtang pond was under the same regime and the Twelfth street pool hrfd a big attendance. The Park Department wants to see skating popular. but also aims to have uo j DRY HONOR ROLL I Nineteen states have ratified J the national prohibition amend- I ment, as follows: ' Mississippi Massachusetts I Virginia Arizona : Kentucky fleorgia ! South Carolina Louisiana North Dakota Florida Maryland Michigan Montana Ohio Texas Colorado Delaware Oklahoma South Dakota Seventeen more states are . needed. The Legislature in nine teen dry states which have not | ratified meet this month. ; AMERICANS WIN TRIBUTE FROM ! MARSHAL HAIG British Commander Tells How the. German Army Was Crushed to Bits By Associated Press ■ .ondo 11. Jan. B.—Field .Marshal Sir Douglas Halg, whose report on op erations from the end of April until the end of hostilities was made pub lic here last night, pays a high trib j ute to .Marshal Foch, commander-in ! chief of the Allied armies, and al [Continued on Paifc 9.] tragedies, and the red Hag will not I be hoisted until the ice is good and [ solid. Days of real sport, as the car i toonist draws thent, were materiul , ized to-day when hundreds of young sters and many other folks brlghten ! Ed up their weapons and hied to the . various pools. There was the old timer, too. with the letter S; the back-skater who could bend over like the Germans Hsking for mercy: ! , and the dear sweet thing who gat e ' her escort an awful battle to hold j her up. All hands wore hoping the cold j weather would continue so that the I'ark Department would be justi- i 1 tied in raising the crimson pennion. j SNOW MAY LAY ON PAVEMENTS BUT 24 HOURS Property-Owners to Be Fined One Dollar For Failure to Clean Sidewalks j The police department will en -1 force the ordinance which makes the ! failure of a property owner to clean the snow off his sidewalk within | twenty-four hours after the cessa tion of a snow fall, punishable with j a $1 fine, and $1 additional for each ■ day thereafter that the walk is not ! cleared. Chief Wetzel declared that twen | ty-four hours is sufficient time to i remote the snow, lie is in favor of Jan even more drastic tine, he said, ' and will enforce the present ordi • napce. j The health bureau's regulation ' forbidding the throwing of salt on j icy and snow-covered sidewalks also ! will be stringently enforced. It is i said that diphtheria, typhoid and itilluenza germs lurk in the salt and I aid in the spread of those diseases J when spread broadcast. The chief declared that the pres | ent sidewalk ordinance regulating I the clearing away of snow uccumu- J lations, is shaky with old age, and | sadly out of place. He declared a | new ordinance should be enacted j to take its place. The ordinance was signed by J Mayor Boas, way back in 1873, and has never been replaced with mod ern legislation. It declares that for I failure to clean their sidewalks with j in twenty-four hours after a snow i fall, property owners shall be fined i "one dollar for each lot not exceed- J ing twenty-six feet and three Inch es, for each day snow remains on the , pavement." The chief declared that the great est trouble is to get property own ers of vacant lots, especially owners i who reside outside the citv nnd own property here, to take proper steps to keep their walks clean. Ade : quate measures will be taken against such property owners, he said. i Bolshevik Troops Close in on City of Vilna By ,'tisociatcd Press WHI'SIIW. Monday, Jan. 6.—Two ! regiments of Bolshevik troops are ■ closing in on Vilna .the capital of Jidthuanhi on three sides. The force i is said to be well armed and less jthan twelve miles from the city. Agents of the Kusslan government I have established headquarters at 1 Kovno, Grodno and Brest-Utovak, YANKEE MOVIE . j OPERATORSSNAP BERLIN REVOLT Hundreds Are Killed During Street Fights in Ger man Capital HINDENBURG ARRIVES Government Masses Its Troops j Outside City For an Emergency BEADY FOB BIG BATTLE Provisional Cabinet Appar i cnlly Has Upper Hand in Fighting By Associated Tress London, Jan. B.—Several hun dred persons have been killed in the fighting in Berlin, according i to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company, but up till 2 o'clock this morning ' no details of conditions there had 1 been received. The government j seems, at least provisionally, to be : master of ti.e situation. Early Tuesday morning the Ber ; lin government massed troops out side the city. These troops aro ready | to enter, it is said, in the dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Com pany. Iliiidcnburg Tlicro Field Marshal von liindenburg is reported to have arrived in Berlin. Street lighting lias been parllcu j larly sanguinary, it is said, owing to ' the fact that the Spartacus element 1 element has plenty of weapons taken from the munition factories at | Spandau. While the machine guns j were firing and bombs were drop ping .moving picture operators were j busily recording the scenes enacted ' in the streets. Yanks Take Mo\ ies It was announced recently that' the American army had sent mov-1 in* picture operators to Berlin. The dislocation of the telegraph i service has resulted in receipt here I of only meager and scattered reports of what has been happening in Ber-' lin, but all the dispatches agree that! severe street fighting occurred on Tuesday. The first encounters between the; government and the Spartacan forces j occurred 011 Sunday in front of the Kaiserhof Hotel, when one person: was killed and eight others were ■ wounded. According to an eyewit ness, some of the troops turned against the government and others refused to obey the government's orders to recapture headquarters of the Wolff Bureau, the semi-official news agency. On the other hand, a Marine division is stated to he sup porting the government. The Spartacans refused all offers of the government to negotiate and were attacking the foreign office, the chancellor's palace and other of the ministries on Monday when eight een persons are reported to have been killed. The Spartacans. at the latest re ports. were holding the royal stables and the police headquarters where Police Chic Eichhorn, over whose tenure of office the latest trouble arose, had gathered large quantities of arms, while other Spartacan sup porters were supplied with arms and munitions captured when they seized the arsenals and munition depots at ' bpandau. j General Grocner, who was re cently dismissed by the government 1 for alleged cofnpllcity in a royalist i plot, is said to have offered to occu ; the capital with forty reliable divi j sions. Spartacan Forces Massed For Attack on Cabinet Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 7. —A Spar ! lacan delegation tu-duy endeavored | to confer with the government, but i was notified that the government | members could not discuss any mat : ters until all public and private i buildings now occupied by the coun : ter-revolutionists had been vacated. | At this hour 11.45 a. m. Spartacan | forces are being massed at several ' places where weapons and armored ] motor cars have been concentrated. : In Wllhelmstrasse the government j forces are awaiting an attack. | • Government troops have been : posted ori top of the Brandenburg gate and adjoining buildings with I machine guns. The troops in the I government buildings have been j equipped with flame throwers. [Berlin Cabinet Decides to j L'se Force to Down Revolt Copenhagen, Jan. 8. —Decision to i use all military forces to end Spar i tacan agitations was reached at a council of war held In Berlin by the ' Central Council of Soldiers' and i Workmen last night, according to a ! Berlin dispatch reaching this city by | the way of Frankfort. Gustave Xoske was appointed com | mander in chief of the government 1 troops which were brought to tho ! center of the city and concentrated near the chancellor's palace. THE WEATHER] Far Harrlsburg and vlrlnliri Probably anon or rnla to-night and Tharsdi) l not murh i-hunge In tfmprrittnrr, lowest to-night about freeslng. For Fnatrrn Pennsylvanlai Prob ably niiow or rnln to-night nnd Thiirsdnyt not murh ebnnge In temperaturei fresh, shifting winds, becoming southeast and lutaealpg. 1 i TROTZKY-LENINE DUO DISRUPTED 1 Hy Associated Press Copenhagen. Jan. B.—Nikolai t-enlne. the Bolshevist premier of 1 Russia, hus been arrested ut tiie command of Leon Trotzky. minis ter of war und marine, who has i made himself dictator, according ' to a Moscow dispatch to the Goth- 1 en burg. Sweden. Gazette. Trotzky was prompted to make ' tiie arrest because of a difference j of opinion with Lonine concern ing Bolshevik reforms, the dis- i patch states. Lentne desired to j effect a coalition with the Men shevllti. of Moderates, while Trot- ! zky wished to continue the reign i of Red Terror. i — i MOTOR DEALERS ANNOUNCEDATE FOR AUTO SHOW Ninth Annual Event to Be Hold Week of March 13 in ] Overland Service Station 30,000 FT. FOR EXHIBITORS Prosperous Year Seen For Pleasure and Busi ness Cars With the announcement this morn ing of the date and place for the holding of the Ninth Annual Auto mobile Show of the Harrisburg Mo tor Dealers' Association, it became apparent that the exhibit for 1919 will exceed all previous affairs of the kind held here. The show will be held in tlie Over land Service Station, at Twenty sixth and Derry streets, during the week of March 1D to 22. It is likely that the entire forty-four members of the association will reserve space for exhibits and strive to make the show memorable in local automobile annals. Itiggcr Than liver "The 1919 automobile show really opens the year's motor season," said J. Clyde Myton. this morning. "The show will be bigger this year than [Continued on Page 9.] i" "iHrkirirto -4. f s: oWashington. £ *f* PENNSY ANNUAL RENTAL $53,603,437 j 4i Washington—An annual rental of $53,603,437 is pro- ? X vided in the government contract with the Pennsyl- X 4 oqnci T* J, ailroad administration. *A 4* PS COMING HOME f -J. * i. # 4t -ie *4* •it *r • -n f rc-H : $ 3 Jn-i X *y T -|j i was renounced to-day. *j X FIGHT FOR POWER IN VILNA J 'Warsaw—Fighting for the possession of Vilna h? JP i i INAUGURAL PARADE PLANS £ -j, r the in- Jf T :c 4* 4* X *3* X e : .c T X Mar- w r i V.nJ fjL 4* • route. The route will be out Mar- ,y "2* 4* tor., ) Sec- <f 4* T . iiet Square, the new governor reviewing it fro;,, a stand at Third and State streets. *• •1? ' 11 4 BIG LEAGUE STARTS SEASON APRIL 23 *. T Cincinnati—The National League will formally open " * its seascn on April 23 in Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati *• I--J* * and Chicago. The announcement,was made "here to-day *|* by President John H,cydler, #£ the National Lfcague. * | J TAFT AT ROOSEVELT FUNERAL J! Oyster Bay—Former President Taft attended the fl ' funeral of Colonel Roosevelt here to-day. • ► X * 4* f . J t MARRIAGE LICENSES ' 4 lirorgr K. Irnln and llnlh Hoover, llnrriahurg; Vivian Rtefea t® * 4) ardoo and Klennor Uarruu, siccllon. > 'fr'i 1 'I I ■! *■ i i I'ft |A PART OF FAMOUS IRON DIVISION IS ORDERED HOME Two Artillery Regiments Arc Detached From the Army of Occupation ARE NOW WITH THE 91ST Men Who Served the Field Guns Back of Pennsylvania I'nil Now in Dunkirk MANY HARRISBURG MEN Several Members of Old Gov-' ! ernor's Troop With Re turning Organizations Semiofficial advices received to day from Washington Indicate that part of tlie famous Keystone divi sion soon will arrive home. The 107 th and 108 th Field Ar | tillery which backed lip the doughty j Pennsylvania infantrymen in their sweep through many a mile of en i emy lines has been transferred to | the 31st division us has been'desig- I natcd for early convoy to tlie United t States. Uefore the transfer the two i regiments were attached to the I Army of Occupation. Quite a number of Harrisbu rg soldiers are connected with the nr i tillery regiments, some of the old ■ Governor's Troop going into tiial j branch of tlie service when the eav lulr.v was disbanded. I Tlie lirst intimation that any unit of the Keystone or Iron division, as it was dubbed by the-French, was i to cofne home was received in the 'city this week in several letters ami 1 cablegrams from Dunkirk. It. was | said that tlie regiments had been | sent back into Belgium with the i Army of Occupation, but later was I ordered back to the coast. MINK SINKS SHIP; 8 MISSING I Paris, Jan. B.—The dredger Onu j dan was sunk on the morning of De ' cember 19 off Smyrna, Asia Minor, j by a mine, according to announcg j ment made by the French Minister j of Marine. Eleven sailors were savad i while twenty-seven are missing.
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