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txXXVIII No. 16 22 PAGES Dal MaUer e at tho d post Off' ce 6 a^HarrfaburK 88 " HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1919. mSmUBT' HOME EDITION
CITY'S HOUSING
POOR AND SCANT
SAYS M'FARLAND
it Least 200 More Dwellings
Needed, Says Committee
Chairman
N NEED OF FINANCES
Chamber of Commerce Plans
to Enlist Aid of Busi
nessmen
YILL SEEK LEGISLATION
lew Laws pf Little Less Im
portance Than Prohibi
tion Measure
To provide adequate homes for the
orking people of Harrisburg at least
10 more houses are needed. So
tates J. Horace McFarland, chalr
lan of \he newly-formed housing
Jinmittee pf the' Harrisburg Cham
er of Commerce. Mr. McFarland has
ist returned from Washington,
here he is engaged in important
ork. He will call a meeting of iris
>mmittee tvithfn the next week ir
vo to nut'ie i\"ans for Harrliburg's
art in the housing campaign.
"T believe that the next two months
ill see written into the laws of the
,nd items of housing legislation
nly a little less important than the
rohibition amendment." he contin
ed. Men of national prominence are
nw In the capital city laying plans
ir the housing campaign, and ho be
eves the legislation wijl come as the
mult.
Poor iinl Inadequate*
"It is well known that Harrisburg's
ousing is poor in quality and s.'iini
i quantity," said Mr. McFarland.
\s a result of the Chamber of Com
ierce housing survey last year it
as found that the city lias less than
le per cent, of unoccupied proper
es. when live per cent, is regarded
i a minimum safe margin. Yet H*r
sburg is in better shape now than
ost communities, because it has the
>st development of the builtllng and
an association system.
Money Is Needed
"There is one thing missing and
lat is the money. I hope that the
lergetic work of these experts will
isult in providing funds' for the
ousing,as they are now provided for
irmera. I hope that, we will soon
:e housing loans as well as farm
ana."
f>lr. McFarland was highly pleased
ith the selection of the committee
?hind him in the local housing.cam
\ign. "I 'have an exceptionally
long committee and know of no bet
■r band of men to work together on
lis important subject," he said,
embers of the committee announced
lis week by George S. Reinoehl,
resident of the Chamber of Com
erce, are: E. C. Cowden, E. R. lOck
irode, George E. Etter, Farley Gan
att, Ross A. Hickok. l'aul Johnson,
J,. L. Kulin, C. L. Long, Henry B.
cCormick, F. B. Musser, P. P. Wag
ler, E. Z. Wallower.
An important conference of the
ennsylvanta Housing Association
ill be held in Harrisburg on Febru
■y 11. Mr. McFarland will address
lis gathering on the need for ade
tntc housing,conditions.
ody of Fire Boss Killed
Under Big Coal Slide Is
Found by Searching Party
Willianistown, Pa.. Jan. 18.—The
lad body of Charles Barry, fireboss
the Susquehanna Coal Company
dllery here, who was buried in a
ish of coal ott Wednesday, was
ttnd last night by rescuing parties
at have been at work since the
Tie of the accident. He is survived
' his wife and six children. Charles
-Ice, of Lykcns, mine inspector,
ts badly bruised in a fall while aid
g in the search last evening.
loomy Week With
Much Rain Predicted
By .Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 18. —Weather
edietions for the week beginning
onday, issued by the Weather Bu
au to-day, are:
North and Middle Atlantic States:
jmperature near or above norntaS
id considerable cloudiness and oe
slonal rains or snows.
Dnfesses Slaying of
New York Stenographer
By Associated Press
Yon kern, N. Y., Jan. 18. While
e police of New York ' were still
arching to-day for the man who
irdered 17-year-old Elizabeth Mary
ddell, a stenographer, in the bor
gh of Queens in that city on Wed.
sday night, Patrick O'Donnell.
Irty years old, confessed in court
re to-day after ht sarrest that he
is guilty of the murder.
THE WEATHER
For Hnrrlnhnrg find vicinity i
Knln this afternoon, probnbiy •
continuing Into the nlghti
somewhat colder to-night, with
lowest tcnipernture about
freezing; Sunday fair.
For Eastern Pennsylvaniai Ilnln
this afternoon nnd to-n| K htt
somewhat colder to-night; Nun
day fair; fresh east, shifting to
strong northwest winds to
night.
HI ver
N>c Susquehanna river nnd nil
Its brunches will fnll slowly or
remain nrnrly stationary with
out much change In lee rendi
tions. A 1 Singe of about 4.7
feet Is Indicated for Hnrrlsburg
Sunday morning.
New Map of the Great American Desert
fi I J'
p' - '
COMMERCE BODY
MAPS OUT WORK
FOR NEXT YEAR
Members Join in Shaping of
Plans For Chamber's Ac
tivities For 1919
Determined upon a policy of ag
gressive activities for the accom
plishment of civic improvements
during 1919, the new administra
tion of the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce has lost no time in pre
paring plans for a number of im
portant. undertakings to be carried
through this year.
Housing, a hospital for contagious
diseases, and a soldiers' memorial
have been suggested as first among
the undertakings to receive consid
eration. The commerce body already
has taken preliminary action on
these.
But in order that every metnhpr
can express his opinion of the most
vital work to he undertaken by the
organisation, George S. Reinofehl,
president, has written , a letter to
each member, requesting his advice
on what the chamber should do.
Milny Hcplics Received
The number of replies that al
ready have been received is indica
tive of the interest in the work
of the chamber which the members
arc tjiking, officials say.
During the war, the efforts of
the businessmen's organization were
centered on the one big question
bringing thewar to an earlyend. Now
that hostilities have ceased, the
chamber officials are beginning to
give renewed consideration to the
many important local problems con
fronting them.
Each member has been asked
to express his opinons on tho
following questions:
What do you expect the Har
risburg Chamber of Commerce
to do for the promotion of
your line of business or activ
ity?
What, in ybur opinion as a
citizen, is the thing of first Im
portance to be done for the
community as a whole?
Wliaf has tho Chamber of
Commerce done that It should
not have done or that it should
have done differently?
From the answers received the
boartl of directors will compile a
program for the year's work.
Three Prisoners
Accused of Trying to
Kill Fellow Prisoner
nioomsluirg, Jan. 18. —, George
Fullmer, Jr.. Raymond Terwilliger
and Harry Stnnfleld, three Blooms-
Imrg boys and prisoners In the Co
lumbia county jail, were held under
$1,500 ball charged with attempting
tq murder Charles Hicks, a fellow
prisoner, whom they covered with a
blanket and then belabored over the
head with a largo iron hook. They
confessed their plan was to get Hicks
out of. the way so he wouldn't
"squeal" on them, as he had over
i heard their plans to escape.
NATIQN CALLED
TO PAY TRIBUTE
TO ROOSEVELT
By Associated Press
Washington. Jan. 18.—By di
rection of Secretary of War
Baker, Grosvenor B. Clarkson,
director of the Council of Na
tional Defense, to-day requested
ill state, county, community and
municipal councils of defense to
Jo everything possible to make
successful the nation-wide ar
rangements for memorial services
for Theodore Roosevelt, to be held
February 9 at the same time that
services are held by Congress.
NEW HOTEL STOCK
MAY SOON PAY
TEN PER CENT.
Penn-Harris Already Assured
of Success, Says the
Manager
That Penn-Harris Hotel stock
will be tne premier local security
in a very short time and will be a
ten per cent. Investment in five years
was the prediction of William f. Hit
drup, Jr., at an opening celebration,
dinner and smoker held In the great
ioung room of the new hotel. Mr.
Hildrup backed up his convictions by
subscribing SIO,OOO more toward
liquidating the $150,000 remaining
on the property. His initial sub
scription was for $50,000 and he
said that If he could have gotten
the money together he would have
taken the entire $150,000 himself.
This good news for the stock
holders was supported by the state
ment of Horace Lqland Wiggins,
manager of the hotel for the United
Hotels Company, who said the
house had been a success from the
moment the doors had been thrown
open and there is no doubt that it
will be a great paying enterprise,
lie said that many conventions are
already being booked that nevqr be
fore came to the city and he held
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EIGHT TIMES ON CASUALTY
LIST BUT HOME SAFE
Burnham Boy Twice Gassed and Spent Nine XVecks in
German Prison Camp
lenlntonn, Pa., Jan. 18.—Sergeant
Gordon W. Hardy Is home from the
war. He is home alive, despite the
fact that eight times his name has
been mentioned In the official cas
ualty lists.
Sevjn times he was wounded and
twice he was gassed with mustard
gas. Hhe spent nine weeks in a Ger
man prison camp and then made his
escape.
LAST DETAIL FOR
THE INAUGURAL
IS NOW READY
All Former Exercises to Be
Outdone by Splendid
Ceremonies
The finishing touches to the prep
arations for the Jnauguitil cere
monies on Tuesday are rapidly be
ing added to-day, but the committee
In charge of the arrangements ex
pects to be quite busy all day to
morrow and Monday making ready
for Tuesday's events.
That records will be shattered in
the history of Pennsylvania inaugu
rations is now indicated. More vis
itors than ever before are expected
to be in Harrisburg for the big event
and the inaugural parade is expect
ed to exceed in size £ny others Held
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AMERICAN FORCES
IN LATE ZONE OF
WAR TO BE SMALL
Total Now Listed For Demob
ilization Is 1,177,000
Soldiers
By Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 18. —American
forces in France and in the occupied
territory of Germany are to be re
duced to the minimum strength,
"eonsistent with our national obliga
tions," General March said to-day.
He added that Marshal Foch had
been informed of this policy by Gen
eral Pershing.
Less Than 30 Divisions to Stay
What strength is to be maintained
is under discussion • now by Ameri
can military officials and the allied
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Sergeant Hardy was one of the first
30,000 Americans on the firingllne
against the German army.he reports.
He served with two divisions of
Pershing's army, both of which went
through hard fighting and suffered
heavy casualties. In all *he fights
Sergeant Aardy came through. He is
only 23 years old.
Gordon Hardy is a son of Thomas
Hardy, of Burnham, near here, and <s
"veil known throughout this section.
USE OF PRISON
LABOR ON ROADS
URGED BY JURY
County Officials Commended
For Condition of Jail and
Almshouse
94 TRUE BILLS FOUND
Work of Week Concluded
With Inspection of
County Property
Commending the employment pf
prisoners in the building and repair
of roads in the county, the grand
jury at the January criminul court
sessipns, in its report to the court
.to-day, recommended that the prison
authorities should continue this
system.
j . During the last few months of
| 1918 about a score of prisoners were
employed through the State High
way Department building a road
near Spcecevllle. Others serving
sentences were at work at the coun
ty almshouse farm during the sum
mer.
The prisoner inspectors and those
in charge at the jail, and the coun
ty poor directors and almshouse of
ficials are commended for the ex
cellent conditions as found at these
institutions by the grand jurors.
President Judge George Kunkel,
when he received the report of the
grand jury, said that it was a source
of much satisfaction to the taxpayers
of the c-ounty to know that the insti
tutions where unfortunate persons
were housed were kept in sanitary
! condition and properly managed.
, Judge Kunkel also commented
! favorably tiftnn the employment of
! prisoners and for the county also.
Officials Commended
During the present sesston of
I court the jury considered 111 bills
I of indictment, of which 94 were re
turned to court and 17 ignored. •
Speaking of the poor directors
• and the prison inspectors tlie grand
I jury said. "We arc pleased to re-
J port we have visited and inspected
the county almshouse and find that
institution in good, cleun and sani
tary condition, and hereby com
ment the authorities in charge of
said institution upon its care, con
duct and management.
"We have visited and inspected
the county prison and find it also to
be in excellent condition and effi
ciently conducted. We also commend
the action of the prison authorities
for the emttloyirient of some of the
prisoners in th£ building und> re
pair of roads in the county. A con
tinuance of this practice is greatly
jto be desired and we so recom
! mend."
Heavy Sentences
| With a record of three sentences
jin the Dauphin county court and
j also said to have served time on sen
tences in Cumberland and Lancaster
county, James SavercooKwas given
from three to five years in the peni
tentiary by Judge Kunkel, when he
pleaded guilty to two charges of
breaking into the offices of the W. L.
Pike Sho? Company, llummelstown,
on November 20 and December 15,
when he stole a typewriter, adding
machine, roll top desk, chair, type
writer table and filing case, valued
at S3OO. In 1909 Savercool was sent
to the Huntingdon reformatory:
1912 to the penitentiary for 18
months to three years, and in 1917
to the county jail for five months,
T. F. Fannasy, charged with con
ducting a disorderly house at 107
Washington street, was convicted.
He will be called for sentence Jan
uary 27. Jean Martin, convicted of
being an inmate of the place, was
ordered to pay the costs of prosecu
tion and a line of $35.
A motion for a new trial will
probably be tiled for William D.
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EVERY CENT OF
BALL TICKETS TO
GOTOCHARITY
Fancy Costumes in Great De
mand For Annual Event
, at the PennXHarris
COSTUMES ARE IN
DEMAND
The widespread interest thut
is being- taken in the forthcopi-'
ing Charity Ball, to be held in
the Penn-llarris Hotel Friday
night, January 31, is indicated
by - the almost feverish activity
of men and women who pro
pose outdoing their previous cos
tuming for masquerade balls.
Not only are ingenious women
contriving their own costumes,
but large numbers o ftheni have
already got in touch with cos
tumers tn various places. As a
result the Charity Ball' will be
as colorful a picture as had ever
been staged in PePnnsylvanla.
So complete are the arrangements
for the Charity Ball to. be held at
the PennXHarris Hotel a week from
Friday night that every penny of the
several thousand dollars which will
be received from the sale of tickets
will go to the Associated Aid Socie
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TO I.IFT "XO SMOKI-XG" BAX
By .Associated l.'ress
Xexr York, Jan. 18. Abolition of
the "no smoking" sjgns in buildings
of the Young Men's Christian Associ
ation is suggested in a letter to gen
ernl secretaries sent throughout the
country to-day by Or. George J. Fish
er, head of the physical department of
the international committee.
SHAFFER SAILS
FOR HOME ON
THE LORRAINE
Dauphin Aviator Expects to
Be With Family in
Few Weeks
OUT OF FRENCH SERVICE
Boards Passenger Vessel For
America at Port of
Bordeaux
WALTER SHAFFER
Walter Shaffer, 'Dauphin flyer who
distinguished himself as a member
of the Lafayette Escadrille of the
French flying corps during the war,
and who won a Croix de Guerre for
heroic service while in action, ex
pects to be home within a short
time, he lias cabled his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles E. Shaffer.
I Shaffer set sail 011 the Atlantic
to-day from the port of Bordeaux
on the Lorraine steamer. lie was
released from a Hun prison camp
at the conclusion of the war, after
he had fallen behind the German
lines and been taken a prisoner dur
ing a raid by the French flyers. One
balloon and one Ilun aeroplane were
brought to earth by the Dauphin
! lad.
One Patient Dies and
Three Others 111 With
Influenza at Hospital
"One death due to influenza occur
red at the Harrisburg hospital this
morning and three other patients
are in a critical condition.
Mrs. Elmer Sweigert, aged 36,
Linglestown, died at 7.65 o'clock.
Her son. William, aged six, also is
at the hospital with influenza. Mrs.
Sweigert was admitted Thursday
night in a serious condition.
Three patients critically ill are:
Samuel Dougherty, aged 49, 1 952
Swatara street: his sister, aged 54,
Susan Daugherty, and Honter Car
ter, aged 18, 216 Pine stret. Dough
erty is employed in the paint shop
of the Keystone garage and Carter
is a car repairman on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
WORRIES OF WAR
PRESS HARD ON
FORMER KAISER
Looks Fifteen Years Older
Than When He Left Dis
honored Realm
Antoiongcp, Holland, Jan. 18.—
William Hohenzollern's illness, which
manifests itself principally in the
form of chills, is being aggravated
by his constant worriment, the ef
fects of which are plainly visible
in his features and his general phy
sical condition. He looks perhaps
fifteen years olddr than when he
crossed Iho frontier of Holland.
Birthday This Mouth
Although he Is only about to com
plete his sixtieth year, his birthday
coming at the end of the present
month, his appearance suggests a
man of seventy. He wears a short,
grayish beard arid a drooping mous
tache, and his hitherto firm flesh is
now sagging.
The guards around the castle are
maintaining the strictest vigilance
tn consequence of the revival of ru
mors, which, however, do not seem
to be well founded, that an attempt
might be made to kidnap t the ex
emperor. A Dutch airplane from.the
aviation camp near Utrecht occa
sionally flies in the vicinity of the
castle, and the roar of its motors
does not diminish the nervous ten
sion of the inmate.
Consumes Much Tobacco
The! ex-emperor, who had always
been accustomed to smoke a con
siderable number of clgarots, has
become a greater consumer of to
bacco than ever. As soon as one
cigaret Is finished he starts another.
His meals with his wife are of
the simplest j.ort. Water is the
only beverage nken at table, but
in the forenoon' tie drinks u small
glass of light rcfi wine and in the
evenings a hair glass before going
to bed.
PEACE FOR WHOLE
WORLD STARTS IN
FRANCE'S CAPITAL
All Delegations Hold Their Final Meetings
Prior to the Formal Session to Be
gin in Paris This Afternoon
SPEECHES AT OPENING ONLY BY
POINCARE AND CLEMENCEA U
By Associated Press
Paris, Jan. 18.—The peace |
conference was formally |
opened this afternoon with 1
a speech by President Poin- j
care.
W ith the assembling - of I
the first full session of the!
peace congress to-day the pros
pects of the notable assemblage |
of statesmen making rapid pro-j
gress with its work seem en
hanced by tlie apparent defeat |
of Bolshevsim in Germany,!
tints opening the way to the!
stabilizing of the government j
and the prospect of its being
able to send responsible repre-i
scntatives to the conference.
Point-arc Thanks Allies
President Poincare thunked the !
allied nations for their having
chosen Paris for thtlir important ]
work and praised the valor of the.!
allied armies which had preserve-'
the capital of France front the en- j
enty. The Presidents speech was j
as follows:
''Gentlemen: Fiance greets !
nnd thanks yon for having !
chosen as the seat of your la
bors the city which for morn
than four years tlic enemy lias
matlc Ills in-incipal military ob
jective and wlileli the valor of !
lite allied armies victoriously
defended against an unceasingly
renewed offensives.
Sees Homage in Meeting •
1 "Permit ine to sec in your de-
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2 AWAIT WILSON'S RETURN X
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i Chicago—Members of the committee of five appointed
j by the National Labor Congress to go to Washington to ft
€ 14
IX fctek federal intervention for Thomas J. Mooney and 2
N * War re nßillings, now serving life sentences in a Cali- &•
I el* ,f
L * foraia prison, said to-day the fulfillment of their mission Wi;
j* * ould probably depend on the time of President Wilson's
! * *
jj return from Europe. rX
ir ft
J , WILSON TO VISIT WAR TORN REGIONS ft
!▼ Pat/is—President Wijson will avail himself of the first ft
Ust Opportunity between the meetings of the peace delega- 'X
j*3* t'.ons at the French foreign office the devastated ft
U regions of France.
!4* WAR COSTS BERLIN INCONVENIENCE ft
T Berlin Berlin's inttrurban railway has been c npetle X
4* to suspend operations as a ret* V
best locomotives to the entente powers. The <lO4 now
T tn running condition, it is declared, are hardly Equate ft
to carry provisions and coal to Berlin. rT
4 GERMANY PACES DANGER FRGM ENEMIES l t
f Berlin— t the boundaries of East ft
ft from Bolshevist aggression and again:/, the Pole: many ft
ft uiu
n volunteers are joining the colors at Koenigsburg. The ▼
•ft Lokal Anrciger says the eastern frontier will be lost unless
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it Germans awake to the danger and adds that "the Poles .▼
€ HI i/J
- have fallen upon our fellow Countrymen like vandals, pro- *
* I claimed martial, law and utterly abolished the German ft
administration. [ft
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X ALLIED TROOPS IN RHENISH PRUSSIA ft -
ft Amsterdam —The commander of the neurtal zone ft
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h east of the Rhine in the region of Duisburg. ' Rhenish ft
** Prussia, announces that Allied troops will occupy th? ft
€ * harbors and landing places on the right bank of the Rhine. X
ft X
j
|| New York-—The America!! steamship President Grant X
and the battleship South Daketa arrived to-day from ft
| Brest with treeps. t<% (Imp . , X.
I MARRIAGE LICENSES ft
e| Martin \V. Corpnina, Hnrrlbiirit. and Mabrl K. Slimier. Wnd- ¥
•"■"•lrrlck l>. W. Myers, Harrlabarw. Bad Sarah -i,
y E. Braekblll, Port Royal. "r
el* *f
GERMANS MUST
PAY FOR WAR
By .Associated Press
l'nris, Jan. 18.—Marshal Koch,'
according to the Matin, will im
meiliately break off the armistice
with Germany if the conditions of
the armistice arc not fulfilled. The
Allied commander-in-chief, the
paper adds, does not believe that
the Germans exaggerate when
they cry "famine." The situation
of the populations of Austria and
Prussia, the marshal is quoted as
saying, is near the starvation
point.
Germany still possesses an
army, the mfrshal declared, but
the Allies hold the Rhine, which
constitutes a formidable strategi
r.al harrier. Marshal Koch is said
to have declared he did not be
lieve that a ltoislievik invasion
through Germany to France was
possible.
cision the liomngc of nil the na
tions that you represent towards
a country which more than oth
er has endured the sufferings of
war, of which entire provinces
have transformed into a vast
battlefield nnd have been sys
tematically laid waste by tin-in
vader, ami which has paid the
human tribute hi death.
"France has borne these enor
mous sacrifices ' although shc
lutd not the slightest responsi
bility for the frightful catastro
phe which has overwhelmed tlu
untvcrsc. And at the moment
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