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Ixxxvill— No. 5 18 PAGES D,lly Ma F^ c r ep JtlWct E o n fli e c r e €d at a, Hi ; r e r c .rb d ur^ a,!S HARRISBURG. PA.. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1919. HOMfc EDITION ,
RAILROADS GIVE
THEIR PLAN FOR
OPERATING LINES
Calls For Private
Ownership With Federal
Regulation
IX) ARBITRATE SCALES
literstate Commerce Body to
Be Supreme Court of
• % I
Review
S BACKED BY BIG MEN
Adequate Service at Lowest
Cost Planned by Road
Owners
By Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 9.—A conipre
lensive program for private owner
hip and management of railroads
nder strict Government regulation
vas laid before the Senate Interstate
lommerce Commission Committee
o-day by T. DeWitt Cuyler, cliair
nan of the Association of Railway
executives, representing virtually all
eading roads in the United States,
'he plan includes provision for
iierging systems, a large measure of
indication of operation, -pooling of i
utilities, and, in certain cases, of
arnings, and enforcement of ade-1
uate service tinder supervision of
Secretary of Transportation, a new!
'abinet officer, with tile Interstate'
.'omnierce Commission acting as a
uprcnte court of review of rate dis
putes.
Wage and employment disputes;
illicit could not be settled between
tnployes and management would be)
eferred to an adjustment board j
lithin the Department of Transpor-j
ation under the plan, and strikes
.nd lockouts forbidden pending in- '
estigation.
Most operating reforms effected i
luring unified management by the'
railroad Administration would be'
ontinued, but the executives object]
0 Director General McAdoo's pro
tosal for five-year extension of Gov
irnment control. Their suggestions
ire similar to the recommendations
pf the Interstate Commerce Commis
ion, presented to the Senate Com -
nittee at hearings earlier this week.
Fundamental Purpose
"The fundamental and essential
purpose to be accomplished is to
urnish the public with safe, efticient
ind adequate transportation ut the
owest cost consistent with such
ervice," said Mr. Cuyler. reading to
he coniniittee a prepared statement,
'and with due regurd to the just
nterests of the owners and employes,
.nd also adequate to the nation's
leeds even in times of great national
•mergeney or peril."
He declared that whatever plan
pr policy should be adopted, provi
ion should be made for adequate
ervice for the country's needs, for
tecessary construction with preven
ion of waste by injudicious road
milding, for consolidations when
lictated by public interest and "for
1 rate structure which will provide
tifilcient revenues and create suffi
cient credit to accomplish these pur
loses."
"To this end," said Mr. Cuyler,
'private ownership, management and
pperation of the American railways
hould, as a matter of national pol
cy, he continued.
"The power of regulation of the
nstrumentallties of interstate com
neree. as to all tilings substantially
ffecting them, including all rates,
tates and interstate, should be ex
luslvely in the hands of the national
iovernment. State commissions
hould not be interfered with by the
■'ederal act so far as necessary to
•arry out the purposes herein men
ioned.
"The Interstate Commerce Com
nission should act as a quasi-judicial
pody clothed with- authority to pass
ipon all questions concerning the
[Continued on Page 18.]
tail Earnings For 1918
1196,000,000 Short of Sum
Nations Must Pay Owners
Washington, Jan. 9. —Railroad
arnings under government opera
ion during the calendar year 1918
rill fall short about $196,000,000 of
he standard Fetum which the gov
rnment must pay the roads. This
evised estimate was submitted by
lirector General McAdoo to Senator
mith, chairman of the Interstate
iommerce Comittee, in a letter made
üblic yesterday and represents an
ddition of $60,000,000 to the esti
nate given by Mr. McAdoo in his re
ent testimony before the commit
:e.
Mr. McAdoo explained that the in
reased estimate was based on actual
ct revenue for November, which
o\v was available and which was
23.000.000 less than was anttcipat
d when he appeared before the
ommittee.
THE WEATHER
For lliirrlsburg nnd vlrlnlljp I n
srttlril, prulinbly snow flurrlr*
(bis nflrriioon anil 10-nlglit;
••older 10-nlght, witli lowrsl
lem pern lii re nbnnl 10 dricrrrn;
l-'rldii, fnlr nuil eolder with n
eolil "live.
For Hnstrrn I'eiins.elvnnlm Snow
flurries Ibis afternoon nnd to
nlKbl. eolder to-night I Frldiiy
fnlr nnd eolder, with n eold
wnvei strong southwest, shift
ing to northwest winds to-night.
Maybe Those Overseas Boys Who Are Complaining So Be- !
cause T/icy Carc'J Come Home Have Forgotten Something j
i
!
' I GUESS Te BATH f
/' ROOM PIPES ARE FfeOZfN
. j rc //^ v \>- T oo C.eohc,£. it s LEAKING [\
J J <"/ I TH R0 THE J \,7
M spy
1 I P®- wL
RETURNS FOR 1918'
INCOME TAX ARE
BEING DELAYED
Revenue Clerks Held L'p as.
* Congress Talks Long
Over Rill
Instructions in regard to the;
mcthood for making income tax re-!
turns for J919 are expected at the'
office of the Internal Tlevenue Col- j
lector in the postoffice building;
within a few days, or us soon as;
the revenue bill now before Con
gress is enacted, it was announced I
this morning.
Last year the officials in charge)
of making out the returns and col
lecting the income tax blanks, had j
received instructions at the begin-j
ning of the year to begin the work,!
as all statements had to be filed by
March 1. Later the time limit was
extended until April 1, giving the
taxpayers an additional thirty days.
With the details of the inc<yne
tax law still uncertain, it is impos
sible for the local officials to begin
the work. As soon as they receive
the instructions, and the supplies are
received, the offices in the post
office will be headquarters for all
who come under the regulations of
the act and who desire information
as to how to file their statements.
Advice and help in fdling out the
statements can be secured by the
taxpayers from the internal revenue
! officials daily.
The work here will be in charge
I of S. P. Backenstow and R. K. Mc
| Pherson, deputy internal revenue col
' leltors. 11. A. Yollmer, internal
revenue collector, is busy upon 1918
estate tax collections.
The magnitude of the work of the
internal revenue department in col
let, ting the statements on the Income
tax returns, can be realized when it
is remembered that by last year's
revenue bill, every unmarried man
whose salary was $l,OOO in 1917
came under the income tax regula
tions. and every married man whose
salary was $9,000 was included.
Roosevelt's Will to
Be Filed Shortly; Is
Brief in Its Terms
Oyster Hay, Jan. 9.—The will of
Colonel Roosevelt will be filed at
Mineola in the near future, it was
said last night by a friend of the
family. The will is said to be very
brief.
Colonel Roosevelt's fortune lias
been estimated at between $500,000
and $1,000,000, but little is definite
ly known on the subject. The Saga
more Hill estate is said to be. worth
about $150,000. according to present
values of similar properties. Since
he left the Presidency Colonel
Roosevelt's earnings with his pen j
have been very large. J
COLD WAVE TO
; ENVELOP CITY
IN FEW HOURS
Zero Weather to Arrive To- j
morrow, Preceded by
Snow Flurries
j The first zero weather of ttie sea- i
| son is expected to follow in the)
| woke of the disturbance moving
| front Manitoba, southeastward down
jllte Si. Lawrence Valley toward the
; Atlantic coast. This is the chilly
. news given out to-day by Forecas-
I ter K. R. Remain in charge of the
j liarrisburg Weather Bureau.
( Not much change in temperature
; is noticeable this afternoon, but with
j tlie approach of evening, the van
| guard of the disturbance will bring
| the cooler weather with it. The
| mercury will continue to drop
j throughout the night and will rest
I around the ten degree figure. This
is the lowest point that will be
j reached to-night. Harrisburgers,
| however, cannot build tip courage on
j this information.
But the information Mr. Remain
gives out concerning conditions to
morrow is causing city merchants to
get ready for a big rush on winter
wear. Many people have delayed
getting into real winter garments be
cause of tlie mild weather that has
thus far generally prevailed, but
their comfort in light wear is al
most at an end. Winter in all its
fury is getting ready to grip the
city firmly.
To-morrow, Mr. Remain says, the
] weather will get continually colder
as the body of the no.rtliwestern
I disturbance passes through Central
I Pennsylvania. Fair and colder will
be the weather, Mr. Remain says,
, adding that the mercury will drop
to the zero figure.
The figure will hover consistently
about tills figure and when liarris
burg awakes on Saturday morning,
i the slusli ice in the Susquehanna,
j which will increase considerably in
j volume to-morrow, is not expected
to be moving. For tlie first time of
; the season, tlie Susquehanna is ex-
I petted to be ice bound irt company
with most other streams of the
state.
The zero weather is expected lo
I continue for several days. There is
j no possibility that it will break up
■ before the week-end and there is
not assurance that it will then.
New U. S. Insurance
For Soldiers Liberal
I Washington, Jan. 9. The new
| form of life Insurance which is to bo
! offered to the returning soldiers un
! dcr the war risk insurance will be
j the most liberal ever offered In the
j world. Nearly 4,000.000 men hold
policies which can be converted. One i
feature never before Included in a |
commercial policy is added. That |
j is the, entire removal of age limit |
1 for total disability. j
THRIFT STAMPS
OF LAST ISSUE
OF FULL VALUE |
iThose Not Exchanged Before]
January 1 to Cio With i
New Bonds
Persons" possessing Thrift Stamps i
I Which they bought last year, and
j which they did not exchange for
Baby Bonds before January 1, were
I reassured this morning that their
! stamps have the same value as for
] nterly, and when they get enough to
! purchase Baby Bonds, they can be
| used with the stamps purchased (his
I yea r.
i Many persons who have 011 hand
ja few of the Thrift Stamps issued
| last year, but who did not have
j enough to buy War Savings Stamps,
; were fearful lest they would not be
| redeemed for Baby Bonds during
I litis year. Postmaster Sites declar-
I etl that there is no difference in the
j stamps of last year and 1919.
Campaign Goes On
i The cessation of hostilities does
[not mean that the sale of Thrift
| and War Savings Stamps will lag in
1 j Rauphin county, it was added to
| day.
A supply of 1919 War Savings
Stamps has arrived at the Post Of
. flcfe. They are smaller than the
slumps of 1918. and different in de
, | sign. This year's stamps bear a
. 1 picture of Franklin, and are blue,
, ] wlille last year's were green, and
[jibe design contained a portrait of
Washington.
The method of sale in 19)9 will
II he the same as last year. During
[January, a War Savings Stamp will
I cost $4.12, next month they will cost
, $4.13, and they will increase one cent
| a month throughout tlie year. They
| mature January 5, 1924, at a value
j of $O,
I Postmaster Sites has not organ
• ! ized a contest among the mail car
, riers to stimulate tlie sale of War
j Savings and Thrift Stamps. The
1 county has not underwritten a spe-
I cified amount of stamps to sell, as
, 1 it did last year, but the campaign
1 [ will be pushed with continued en
, ; ergy.
|Major General Bell
Dies of Heart Disease
fl.v Associated Press
I N'cte York, Jan. 9.—Major Genpr
]ai J. Franklin Bell, commander of
the Department of the East, died
Mast night at the Presbyterian llos
pital in this city.
His death was due to heart dis
ease. He was taken to. the hospital
i three days ago for observation but
|lt was not realized that his condi-
Itlonfsfras serious and his death came
as a complete surprise. General Bell
Iwas 63 years old, ,
BERLINREBELS AFTER BLOODY STREET
BATTLE OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT AND
EXTEND POWER, GERMAN REPORTS SAY
o
Revolution Covers
Many Parts of
the Empire
MANY KILLED
IN RIOTING
Troops Join"Reds''
in Attack on
Cabinet
By Associated Press
Paris, Jan. 9—The Ebert- j
| Scbeidemann government j
in Germany has been over-;
j turned, the Extremists hav-;
ing" gained the upper hand
j ill Berlin after sanguinary light-1
I ing, according to the latest tier- j
' man advices received here.
A new revolutionary govern-1
ment has been proclaimed, com-;
' posed of independent socialists,
j A part of the government troops j
I are reported to have gone over ■
| to the rebels, and the Spartacans ;
now hold the principal points in j
Berlin.
Spreading in Country
Civil war is spreading lo oilier
parts of Germany, the advices indi
j eate, and parts of the Rhenish prov-,
| inces and Bavaria are new reported j
1 to be involved.
i Gustav Noske, the conimander-in- j
(chief of t lie German government j
I troops, will send new forces ag&insti
j the capital in an attempt to regain
j control of it, it is reported. A des- ]
j perate reaction by the more t-onserv- j
| atlve elements is expected.
Casualties Heavy
The casualties in the Berlin fight-'
, ing are reported to have been heavy. '
; The Independent Socialists said to i
[be at the head of the new go.em
inent are Georg Ledebour, Herr Licb- j
I munn and Herr Tiek.
Lr. Karl I.tebknecht. the leader of I
(the Spartacans. is continuing his',
i activities (presumably in an effort j
I to install a government of his own'
1 choosing).
;
Troops Loyal to Ebert
(ioucrnmcnt Are Arriuiiuj
By Associated Press
\ nistrrilnm, Jan. 9.—Severe fight -
j ing, in which artillery was employed,
took place in Berlin yesterday near
the central telegraph office. The
Spartacans renewed their attempts
j to seize the Chancelor's palace, it is
' declared in Berlin dispatches to the
; Ilandelsblud, but wc re driven back
j with the loss of thirty-two killed and
[ forty-tlve wounded.
1 These figures, the. newspaper's cor-
I respondent says, uppear to be too
| small. Chaos prevails in the gov
; eminent offices.
| The government lias been concen
[ truting troops in Berlin and on
j Wednesday, the advices added, the
I*Continued on I'ago Rt.]
BUILDING BOOM
! PREDICTED FOR
ALL THIS YEAR
| Permits Already Issued Proui
j ise Increased Construc
tion in the Spring
Prospects for a building boom and
I increased activity in realty sales are
I brightening daily now, according to
! contractors and real estate dealers
|in the city, who during tlie war were
1 compelled to discontinue practically
i all proposed projects because of the
J need of men and materials for Gov
ernment work.
! While no definite announcements
■ have been made, a number of dealers
In the city have intimated that they
are planning to start building opeln
; tlons soon, possibly in the spring and
| summer months, and they are pre
[Continued on Page 13.]
Manufacturers' Council
to Elect New Officers
i The election of a chairman and five
| directors of l.ne Manufacture!s'
Council of the Harrisburg Chamber
jof Commerce will take place at a
i meeting of the council in the Cham
| ber of Commerce offices, Monday
evening at 8 o'clock. The ••ounctl
! was not organized until last summer,
bvit already has accomplished much
important work.
Besides the election, the meeting is
for the purpose of giving consider
ation to plans for the activities of
the council during the coming year,
especially to the necessary course of
action during the readjustment of in
! dustry to a normal basis. A pio-
I gram for the year's work will be
drafted.
I Arthur D. Bacon Is chairman, and
I the present directors are Robert It.
Irons, F. W. Smith, Jr.. C. M. Kalt
l wasser, R. W. Moorhe&d and Mr.
Bacon.
Seek Peace With Poland
By Associated Press
PAKIS, Jan. #.—Tlic German government ha-s opened negotiations
with the Poles, who linvc invaded tlte province of Posen, according
to the Frankfort Gazette, which sajs there are hope* that an under
standing that will end the lighting will be reachotl.
IIASL.E, Switzerland, Jan. .—An attempt lia been made at Prague
to assassinate Dr. Hurl Krninerz, the Czeeho-Sltivak premier. Eight
revolver shots were llred at hint, none of wlileh, however, took effect.
R.B.MATEERIS
DEAD AFTER A !
ILLNESS:
j ßetired Hardware Merchant!
i Dies at 3 O'clock This
Morning
i Robert Brooks Moteer, widely-j
[ known retired hardware merchant,
J died at 3 o'clock this morning at his
j home, 000 North Third street, of
\ complications due to old age. He
| was in his seventy-fourth year. He
was widely known in flnancial and
| banking circles, being especially in
j tcrested in real estate.
| Mr. Matetr had been in poor health;
| for a pcrioJ of several months, but j
I had not been confined to his bed. j
i Heath came suddenly during the'
: night. Yesterday he was nble to be
about and was on the street for a
| short while. He was apparently in
i better health than he had been for
| some time.
| Mr. Ma leer was widely known i
I throughout Harrlsfturg and conduct
; ed a retail hardware business at 1230
North Third street for twenty years.
He retired from the business twenty
five years ago, but has been active
' ever since in church and charitable i
\ and financial endeavors. He was |
i born In Shippcnsburg March 10, 1840, l
| from which place he came when he '
i began his business here.
I Mr. Matter was prominent In the
| work of the Pine Street Presbyterian
j Church, of which he was a member
| for a long period of years. He was
treasurer of the church, an elder, a
' member of the board of a
, Sunday school teacher and was active
| in all its religious activities.
| The Rev. Lewis S. Madge, pastor of
I the Pine Street church, will officate
• at the funeral services, to bo held
1 at the home Monday afternoon at 2
j o'clock. Burial will be in the Pax
tang cemetery,
j The survivors are his wife, Mrs.
I Katharine H. Matter: daughters. Mrs.
|J. . Frank Palmer, I-Inrrisburg. and
j Mrs. William B. Bennct. of Ilarris
| burg, whose husband is overseas as
, 1 a Y. M. C. A. secretary with the
' American Army: sister. Miss M. E.
I Ma tee r, of Meehanlcsburg, and two
j grandchildren.
MONEY CABLED TO
SOLDIERS ABROAD
: LOST ON THE WAY
. Burlcsonizcd Cable Compan
ies Fail to Get Much Needed
1 Relief to Men in Service
1 | Two more instances of the failure
, j of the Burlesonized cable companies
) to get relief to soldiers needing
3 1 money In France, came to light to
j day.
, | Long before Christmas Mrs. Wll
-31 liam T. Hildrup, of Harrisburg,
. ! cabled $lOO to a relative in the ser
j vice in France, with the promise
31 that he would get it immediately,
s | Up-to-date lie is still waiting on the
' I money.
. j Mrs. William J. Taylor, whose
- j husband lay at the point of death
'in a French hospital, cabled him
,$35 with which to purchase com
, forts. That was weeks ago. Since
that time he has died. The money
i; never reached him.
I $100,000,000 For the
Relief of Europeans
Must Await Its Turn
! Washington, Jan. 9. Opposition
' ! to rushing aid to Europe crystallized
to-day in the House Rules Com mi t
-1 tee. By .a vote of 5 to " the Oont
| mlttee refused to report a rule giv
i Ing privileged stains to the hill ap.
propria ting the 1100,000,000 veg nested
by President Wilson for European re
lief work. The position has ' been
taken by several Senators that (lie
Congress should know how :bo
tntney Is to be expanded; Since the
introduction of the 1,111 thorn has
been considerable criticism of the
manner In which disbursements of
I war funds have been made,
I
ALL KEYSTONE I
DIVISION MEN
TO COME HOME
I "Iron Men" Ordered to Move
Into Embarkation
Area
j The Twenty-eiKbtli. or Iron, Divi
i sion, formerly the National Guard of
Pennsylvania, is expected to be des
ignated for early return to this coun
try.
This is the opinion of Lieutenant-
Colonel Harry W. Coulter, of the one
Hundred and Tenth Infantry, for
merly the Third and Tenth Pennsyl
vania. '
Colonel Coulter reached the de
barkation hospital at Newport News,
after crossing on the transport Pus
i tores.
i i The Colonel was wounded In the
I right foot in the lighting between
j the Maine and the Aisne. Ho has re
' j covered, hut will litrip slightly. Hi
' 1 will be mustered out soon.
! That Colonel Coulter's prediction
t is likely to prove reasonably correct
is indicated by dispatches from
' Washington and from the Army of
' Occupation.
The War Department reported that
1 th.e Pennsylvania artillery regiments
[ recently had been detached from the
J I foil Division and attached to the
1 Continued on Page 18.]
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Conferences With
Premiers to Be
Held Shortly
PEACE FOR HUN
THE LAST STEP
League of Nations
Comes First in
Procedure
By Associated Press
Paris, Jan. D.—President Wilson ■
conferences with tlve premiers of
Great Britain, France and Italy,
which were to open to-Ua.v, have been
delayed and probably will not begin
before early next week.
Lloyd George is detained In Lon
don by work incident to the recon
struction of his cabinet. Premier Or
lando, of Italy, due here to-day,
probably will return to Itome, where
his presence for forty-eight hours
is necessary because of matters un
der consideration by the Italian
Parliament.
Meet To-day \\ itli Piclion
There will, however, be a meeting
to-day at the office of Stephen
Pichon. Foreign Minister. It will bo
attended by Mr. Wilson, Premier Or
lando and Japanese representatives,
but will be informal because of the
absence of Lloyd George, although
British representatives probably will
lie present it is believed important
details of procedure will be settled,
tints enabling the delegates when
Llo> d George arrives, to complete the
preliminary work rapidly and clear
i up matters lor the opening confer
ences .Monday and Tuesday.
Wilson as IT. S. Premier
The best Informed French sources
| say the conference is nothing move
1 or less than a meeting of the higher
| allied war committee. It is pointed
[Continued on Page 18.]