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LXXXVIII — No. 17 16 PAGES Da ",s.tu? e st o? c^.t a HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1919. o>l nexvSKpkh f"S£un.™una K " "Twocffi 3
r'ENNS YL VAN IAS ATE IV GOES
INTO OFFICE UNDER BRIGHTEST OF SKIES
William C. Sproul Takes Oath as New Executive of State at Noon Today
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES ON
CAPITOL PLAZA FOLLOWED
BY A COLORFUL PAGEANT
senator Beidleman Gets Warm Reception
From His Many Friends as He Succeeds
McClain as Lieutenant-Governor;
New Cabinet Assumes Duties
BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AIDS IN MAKING THE
INAUGURAL ONE OF GREATEST IN HISTORY
DENEATH bright blue skies and a sun that smiled its welcome with more than
April* warmth, William C. Sproul was inaugurated Governor of Pennsylvania at
loon to-day, succeeding Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh. The ceremony, simple in
tself, took place on a great grandstand erected at the entrance to the Capitol grounds
at Third and State streets, amid all the pomp and ceremony of former occasions of the kind and
was characterized by cordiality, good feeling and a popular celebration marked by the jollity and
enthusiasm of a people lately released from the pursuits of war and joyfully turning again to the
ways of peace.
The day was perfect. The sun emerged early from one of the heaviest fogs in the history of
lie city and the temperature, which had lurked about the freezing point all night, rose rapid'y to
.pringtime heights. The crowds we r c on the streets early and the downtown district was lively
vith marching clubs and the blare of bands. The grandstand began to till up early and spring
mats and millinery added an unusua l note of life and color to the impressive gathering.
As the throngs gathered for the inauguration of Governor Sproul .hundreds of friends of
senator E. E. Beidleman met in the Senate Chamber to Aee the popular Dauphin countian sworn
n as Lieutenant Governor, and to present him with handsome gifts as a token of their good wiM
ind esteem. He succeeds Lieutenant Governor Frank B. McClain,
>f Lancaster. The oath was administered by his old preceptor,
ludgc S. J. M. McCarrell, of the Dauphin county bar. himself at
me time president pro tern of the Senate, an honor which I.ieute
lant Governor Beidleman hel dlast year.
The Governor's oath of office was administered by Chief
Justice J. Hay Brown, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and
lie new executive and the chief justice were surrounded by a
p-oup of ingoing and outgoing state officials.
Escort of Honor
Promptly at 11 o'clock. Senator
(filliam K. Crow, of Fayette, chair
lan of tie joint inaugural commit
ee, and the other members of the
ommittee, went to the Executive
lansion to meet the new Governor
nd escort him to the governor's of
ce in the f.cnitol. There he was
let by Governor Brumbaugh, mem
ers of the Brumbaugh cabinet,
lembers of the new Sproul cabinet
nd other state officials. At the time
f Governor Sproul's arrival, Gov
rnor Brumbaugh was busy extend
lg farewells to his friends and the
cads of departments who served
nder him.
Just before noon the Inaugural
ommittee, and 150 members of the
nion League of Philadelphia,
eaded by former Governor Edwin
. Stuart told the new governor to
le stand in front of the capitol and
TRST MAN HOME
FROM GERMANY IS
PROUD OF ARMY
icut. Col. Groninger Marched
Into Enemy Country
With Third Army
After serving in the last offensive
' the war, and then marching into
ermany with the Third American
rmy, Lieutenant Colonel Homer M.
roninger, of Port Royal, widely
Down in Harrlsburg, stopped here
'sterday while enroute to Washing
m, where he will join the General
aff.
Colonel Groninger is probably the
at officer to return to Harrisburg
ter duty with tho army of occu
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SINN FEINERS MEET
Dnhlin, Jan. 21.—The Sinn Fein as
mbly met at the Mansion House
is afternoon. Tho assembly stood
hile a declaration of independence
is read announcing the establlsh
ent of an Irish republic and de
andlng the evacuation of Ireland by
e British garrison.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Raymond E. Kutz, Carlisle, and
ma M. Shearer. Harrisburg; J. Ed
ird Sponsler and Minerva E.
■eager, Harrisburg; John Andros
nage, Williamstown, and Mary
mkunas. Tower City; Charles M.
immel and Mary EyliCr, Frack
le.
a few minuses later the ceremony]
proper was under way.
The massive grandstand was j
crowded with hundreds of members 1
of the State legislature and their j
families and distinguished guests of
the state and as the chief justice |
concluded the words of the oath, j
the hundreds in the .hands and the
thousands in the street in front of j
the stand let go a mighty cheer |
which echoed and re-echoed fori
squares.
Governor Sproul, after receiving]
the congratulations of those near,
him, immediately began the delivery I
of his inaugural address, which like- I
wise is considered as his message to j
the Legislature and which forecast- ]
ed a four years' business administra- |
tion.
I'arade Follows
Immediately following the inaug-]
ural address, the .inaugural parade, j
which had already been formed and j
had moved to a point near the
grandstand, filed past, with the new
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BRILLIANT BALIT
TO BE CLIMAX TO
THE INAUGURAL
The Governor and Lieutenant
Governor to Be Given a
Warm Reception
The brilliant inaugural ball in the
Chestnut street auditorium to-night
will be the climax of the ceremonies
which mark William C. Sproul's
auspicious advent into office as Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania. Fully three
1 thousand people will be at the ball,
which will be one of the most elab
orate ever staged at the inauguration
of a Pennsylvania Governor.
A floor committee of forty will see
that the dance program of twenty
four numbers, the grand march, and
striking tableaux are staged without
a hitch. A feature of the tableaux
will be the singing of the "Star
Spangled Banner" by Miss Helen
Greenhalgh, of the Philadelphia
Metropolitan Opera Company. Four
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MRS. I.F.BAUDY NOT INDICTED
By Associated Press
Mlneoln. N. Y., Jan. 21.—The Nas
sau county Grand Jury failed to-day
to indict Mrs. Marie Augustine Le
tißudy, who shot and killed her mil
lionaire husband, the eccentric
Jacques Lebaudy. at their home in
Westbury early this month.
BLARE OF BANDS
! KEEP THOUSANDS j
| ON PARADE LINE
Soldiers and Sailors Get Great
Ovation From the
( Crowds
Few persons prominent in Penn
sylvania affairs were absent from
i Harrisburg to-day at the inaugural >
'ceremonies of Governor Sproul at
I noon. One of the most auspicious
I days for an inauguration ever had in
Pennsylvania history, brought forth
larger crowds to witness the in
j augural ceremonies, the inaugural
j parade and the reconvening of the
I Legislature, than haye been in Har
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The Inauguration
by Bulletin
At Il.so liovfrnor-flffl William
C. Sproul with the Inaugural Com
mittee, Inlon League, and Boy Scout*
proceed from Capitol to Inaugural
stand, accompanied by vociferous ap
plnnse aad clicking of buttery of
euineraa and moving picture ma
chines.
At 12 Judge Brown administer*
the oath of office to Governor Sproul.
At 12.05 l.leutenunt-Governor E.
E. Hrldlcman pronounces William C.
Sproul Governor of the Common-
I wealth of Pennsylvania.
| At 12.07—Governor Sproul, amidst a
volley of applause, begins his Inau
gural address.
At 12.3l>—Advocation of passage of
Prohibition nmendment arouses en
thusiastic cheers.
At 12.37—Huge crowds wildly ap
plaud closing message of the address.
In which Governor Spronl pledges to
, do nil in bis power to make the state
n good place for everybody to live la.
' 12.40 Mrs. Sproul, wearing corsage
I of orchids) Miss Sproul, with corsage
of white llllca, and l.ieutcnant
3 Sproul, In left stand, rise to ac
knowledge greeting of Crowds.
, At 12.42—Governor Sproul eom
' plctes reading of his inaugural amid
, great applause.
12.44—Head of parnde, led by Cap
tain Thompson, of Hnrrlahnrg police,
> sweeps by the atand, and Old Eighth
Itegtment Bond, leudlng main body,
gets salvos of applause.
5 At 12.45 Governor Brumbaugh
- shnkes hands with Governor Sproul,
. bids farewell to his friends, bona his
wny from the stand and departs with
t friends for station.
c 12.45—Adjutant-General Frank G.
Bcnry, with other atnte officials, atepa
forward and greets new) Governor.
1 12.45—Aids in khaki and red
1 shoulder bonds, salute Governor as
- they pass stand. Brigadier Genrrnl
Charles T. Cresawell leads first divi
sion of Pennsylvania Reserve with
his mounted staff. The league Island
Naval Band makes great hit. Platoons
of sailors march by In review.
12.47—Tr00p C of Tyrone aalntes at
" atand. Men in benvy marching order
/ with overcoats, cavalry hnta. mount
. Ed, salute Governor. Followed by sol
id ranks of Prnasylvanla Deserve In
fantry, all saluting nt stand. Spee
c tatora gives this magnldeent body of
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PENROSE WILLING
COMMISSION OF 3
SPEND FOOD FUND
Wants $100,000,100 to Be Ad
ministered Under Direc
tion of President
By Associated Press
Unsiiiiicton, Jan. 21.—Discussion
by the Senate of the Administration
bill appropriating *100,000,000 for
food relief abroad neared a close to
day.
Senator I'enrose, of Pennsylvania,
said the chief opposition to this meas
ure was the lack of information rela
tive to it and the purposes of this
appropriation at the lime when re
trenchment is the slogan. He offered
an amendment providing: for a com
mission of three to administer the
appropriation under the President's
direction.
Senator Penrose said he would not
object to the measure if the appro
priation could be personally di -
i ptnsed by the President, but he did
object to putting; it Into the hands
of "unknown, irresponsible auto
crats" with no official status. He
spoke of the "airplane scandal and
the food autocracy" as an example Of
this kind of legislation.
"These abuses and evils," the Penn
sylvania Senator continued, "wore
tolerated during the war, but we are
growing rapidly, I hope, into condi
tions of peace.' Why not proceed to
the administration of the Govern
ment's affairs In a sane way?"
Senator Penrose referred to Food
Administrator Hoover as a "nonresi
dent of the United States, who could
not be compelled to return in re
sponse to subpenas of Congress,"
[Continued on Page 14.]
THE WEATHER
For Horrlabnrg anil vlcinltyi Fnir
to-night and Wednesday, with
moderate temperotnre, lowest
to-night about frecslng.
E. E. BEIDLEMAN
IS SWORN IN BY
HIS PRECEPTOR
First Dauphin County Man to
Be Elevated to High
Place
Edward E. Beidleman. first Dau
phin countian to be elected to high
state office in more -than a century,
paid a tribute to his home city and
his preceptor in the law when he
took the oath of office in the Senate
chamber just before noon to-day. It
was a ceremony that lasted but twen
ty minutes and was marked by sim
plicity. In the audience were many
life-long friends of the Senator who
.testified to their regard by covering
his Senatorial desk with flowers and
a fruit column.
Lieutenant Governor Frank R. Mc-
Clain, who retired when the Harris
burg man was inaugurated, made a
brifef address, in which he said tbat
while he retired to "serene oblivion"
of laurels won, he preferred the
chaflngs of the leather of responsi
bility. He said that retirement was
not pleasing always, but the circum
stances of the day had their com
pensations. He said ho hoped the
newspaper notices of his retirement
would not be under obituary or pub
lic improvements.
Marked by Applause
Judge S. J. M, McCarrell adminis
tered the oath after Secretary of the
Senate, W. Harry Raker, had read
the usual certificates. The people
crowding the chamber rose to their
feet when the judge took his place
on the rostrum and the conclusion of
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GOVERNOR'S FIRST TRIP
John Tress, of Harrlsburg, eleva
torman at the Capitol, had the hon
or of convoying Governor Sproul to
his office on his first trip to the Cap
itol -to-day.
MORE BOYS THAN
GIRLS BORN IN
CITY DURING WAR
Old Belief Apparently Proven
Here by Dr. Raunick's
Report
Baby boys won out in the birth
race in Harrlsburg in 101S, accord
ing to records furnished by Dr. J.'
M. J. Raunick, city health officer.
During last year there were 33 more
male lha nfemale births reported,
while in 1917 there were yB2 more
male than female births.
Professionally, of course. Dr.
Raunick has no faith in the old
adage that more boy babies are born
during wars. He simply submits the
figures as an interesting bit of in
formation along the lines of vital
statistics.
1,007 Births a Year
The total number of births last
year were 1.607, while in 1917 the
total reached 1,674. As a result of
this decrease the birth rate per thou
sand population dropped from 21.95
to 20.56. Dr. Daunlck said that this
decrease puts the death rate last
year in Harrlsburg- higher than the
birth rate —tho first time this has
occurred in years.
Births in 1918 by sexes follow:
White male, 770; colored male, 50;
[Continued on Page ft.]
MOVE TO REPEL THE SOVIET
Stockholm, Jan. 21.- —Swedish mil
itary missions from Dithuanfa and
Esthonia report favorably regarding
the sending of a volunteer military
expedition into Lithuania where the
Lithuanians ure unable to stem the
Bolshevik advance.
LIVESTOCK WORTH $8,830,204,000
Washington, Jan. 21.—Livestock
on farms and ranges of the country
on January 1 was valued at $8,830,-
204,000 in an estimate made public
to-day by the Department of Agri
culture. This is an increase of $646,-
; 006,000 over their value a year ago.
SPROUL WITHDRAWS
BRUMBA UGH
7 APPOINTMENTS
Shortly after 4 o'clock tills after- j
noon Governor Sproul recalled ull j
the appointments, except those of i
notaries public, sent to the Senate
by Governor Brumbaugh when that |
body organized. The list was return- j
ed without comment.
At the same time he notified the
Senate of his appointment of Harry
S. McDevitt as private secretary.
This appointment requires no con
firmation. He also sent to the Senate
the names of the following:
WILLIAM I. SHAFFER, Media,
to be Attorney General.
Cyrus K. Woods. Greensburg, to
be Secretary of the Commonwealth.
_
I.KWIS S. SADLER, Carlisle, to be
State Highway Commissioner.
PROF. FHKDF.RIC RASMISSKN,
dean of State College, to be Secretary
,of Agriculture.
HELP FOR RUSSIA
POSSIBLE ONLY BY
BLOW OF ENTENTE
! Intervention Is Necessary to!
Check the Itcign of
Terrorism
By Associated Press
Paris. Jan. 21. —The Russian ques
tion was again taken up by the Su
preme Council of the Peace Confer
ence when it met for to-day's session
at 10.30 o'eiv-k. There was a full
attendance of the. members of the
council for this meet, Vittorio Or
lando, the Italian premier, being
present for the first time since his
recent visit to Rome.
Harold Seavcnius, the Danish min
ister of Russia, who had been asked
to give his views on the Russian situ
ation to the council, arrived at the
foreign office as the members as
sembled and immediately went into
the conference chamber.
'Foils of Pctrograd
The minister recited his experi
' cnces in Pctrograd, where he took
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FAIR TREATMENT OF
LABOR AND CAPITAL
A SSURED B Y SPROUL
Adoption of Dry Amendment Urged by
New Governor in State Paper That
Ranks With Best Yet Written
Governor William C. Sproul's in
augural address, delivered to-day
from the big stand in front of the
Capitol, directly after he had taken
the oath of office, will go clown in
history as a great state paper,
clearly reflecting the spirit of the
time—progressive, constructive and
withal so practical in lis suggestions
and recommendations as to provide
a workable program for the legisla
tive session which is about to get
down to business.
The Governor's wide knowledge of
conditions in Pennsylvania and his
ambition to make his administration
noted for "good public administra
tion, the best of popular education,
generous, progressive, humane laws
and thorough justice, backed by an
alert, forceful and God-fearing pub
lic sentiment" were reflected In
every sentence. The address made
a deep impression upon the Immense
audience of his friends who had
gathered to hear It delivered. It
constitutes his platform and marks
the new Governor as one who means
to see to it that "tho progress made?
during the war in the direction ot
social justice must all be saved to
labor," while at the same time deal
ing generously with industry and
fairly and honestly With capital.
Tho new Governor believes the
remedy for Bolshevism lies in good
laws, well administered, and fair
treatment for. all classes of citizen
I.IKIT. t'OI.. KDWARII MARTIN,
Philadelphia, Medical Dept.,. U. S. A„
to be State Commissioner of Health.
JOHN S. FISHER, Indiana, to be
State Banking Compilssionc.
The rules of the Senate were sus
pended and that body went immedi
ately into session to confirm all of
these appointments. The men are all
in the city and they will take the
oath of office late to-day.
While the Senate was unanimous
ly confirming the nominations the
House received notification with ap
plause of the appointment of Harry
S. McDevitt as private secretary,
alter which both bodies adjourned
j until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock,
when the standing committees will
| be announced and the "dry" amend
ment resolution gotten under way.
COAL COMPANIES
FIGHT AGAINST
| NEW ASSESSMENT:
j County Commissioners Pre
pared to Prove Contcn
lion in the Courts
While county officials to-day saidi
| they could not determine yet the
I exact increase in the coal land as
| sessment which can be made when
I the report of the mining expert is
I received, they said they feel positive
, i the advance in the valuations will
I be so great that the coal companies
affected will appeal to court and it
; | will be necessary then to-prove |that
! the lands have been equitably as-
| sessed.
The county commissioners so far
I have not made any public statement
i about the valuations which may be
' I fixed, other than that the reports
j from the expert engineer are en
'icouraging and indicate that their
I contention of the low assessment of
i the coal lands was a correct one.
The importance of the proposed
>! increase, variously estimated at from
I [Continued on l'uge 9.]
ship, from the highest to the lowest.
He marks out a broad platform for
humane legislation, the improvement
of the schools, better pay for teach
ers, a more extensive highway pro
gram, and urges the Legislature to
proceed at once with the improve
ment of the Capitol Park Extension.
On this subject he said:
Plans of great artistic merit
and utility have been considered
for the improvement of the
Slate's property in Harrlsburg
and the develoDment of the Capi
tol Park. We should proceed with
this and also erect buildings in
accordance with the adopted
scheme to house the departments '
which are now scattered about
the city and over the State. This
is in line with the thought that ■
the State should set an example
In proceeding with construction
during the brief period of busi
ness uncertainty which is pos
sibly before us.
For "Dry" Amendment
Governor Sproul strongly urged
the Legislature to pass the "dry""
amendment, saying: "I hope that
prompt affirmative action may be
taken that Pennsylvania may not be
out of line with the practically unan
imous sentiment of her sister states
in this greatest and most far-reach
ing self-disciplinary measure ever
taken by any nation in all its his
tory." He also renewed his plea for,
universal suffrage.
The address in full follows;
Continued on Pace • . j