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LXXXVIII— No. 20 16 PAGES D#, & a ?t" e St the o^ e lt a H S a e r L ;? s n b d uS asß HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1919. on f^HAiuusßuao 13 " SI^Jb B c®3 ES HOME EDITION
JANKERS WARN
BONDHOLDERS
OF SWINDLERS
'atriots Arc Urged to Consult
Bankers Before Selling
§ Liberty Bonds
HARPERS ARE ACTIVE
'iffy Cents Highest Commis
sion Allowed on Small
Bond Sales
fOW POOR TIME TO SELL
lhanges From War to Peace
Basis Responsible For
Many Exchanges
A warning to holders of Liberty
onds to guard themselves against
re activities of sharpers and loan
larks who would filch their bonds
rom them for a pittance, was
iunded by local bankers this morn
iff.
Patriots who find themselves In
ant of money and desirous of ac
uiring cash for their bond holdings
ill lind the bankers of the city
eady and willing to offer them free
dvice on the best method of dis
osing of them at their current value,
lid Donald McCormick, chairman j
f the Ilarrisburg district of the
'hird Federal Reserve.
| Swindlers Are Busy 1
During the period of readjustment,
rhile numerous workmen are shift
lg from employment in munitions
lants to peace-time pursuits, it is
■alized that the pinch of hard times
luy bo temporarily felt. It is then
lat many will want to dispose of
leir Liberty Bonds to tide them
elves over their temporary difficul
es.
Sharks and financial jugglers are
nzing the opportunity to take ad
antago of the passing uncertainty
f the money situation, and buy up
t prices as low as possible the bonds
lat will be placed on sale by mer
enarily-einbarrassed persons, it is
arnod.
Poor Friends
Bankers affirm that Liberty Bonds
•e the best security on the market,
id to exchange them for stock and
onds of highly advertised and sen
itionally mooted enterprises of a
rivate nature, would be the height
' folly. The country is overrun with
tancial schemers who gladly accept
iberty Bonds at par value in ex
lange for their worthless stock
lares.
The common course of action fol
wed by many who find it necessary
convert bonds into cash. Is to sell j
lent at a great sacrifice to a friend ■
• acquaintance. The city's bankers I
•e ready to show patriots how to |
11 bonds at their proper value, and j
. a fair commission. The banks are
ot offering to buy all bonds offered,!
it will protect owners from swin
e.
In order that there will be no;
officering in commissions by ama
ur bond salesmen, Mr. McCormick'
sinted out that the commission is!
tty cents on each sale of less than 1
100, and for more than that, $1.25
ir SI,OOO. For selling two Liberty
onds of two issues, the salcsntun
in charge a commission of fifty
ints on a sale of SIOO or loss of
>nds of each issue.
Wherever possible, however, it is
•god that persons holding Liberty
onds keep them until they mature,
>th because that it, is the desire of
le Treasury Department and in the
id the most profitable way for the
>nd buyer.
ov. Sproul Orders Quick
Test of Telephone Rates
Uovernor Sproul to-day asked At
rnoy General Schaffer to use all of
e legal powers of the. state to sup
>rt the Public Service 'Commission
its proceedings against the new
lephone rates promulgated by the
deral authorities.
"We went over the matter to-day,"
ill tlie Governor, "and Mr. Schaf
r will exert all of the authority
the state to back up the comtnis
on in opposing these intra-state
tes."
The Governor remarked that he
d not consider the increase either
war measure or a military neccs
;y.
THE WEATHER]
llnrrlnliurK and Ylclnltyt Prob
ably ruin to-night and Friday,
nonirwlint cooler Friday. I.ev
ent temperature to-night about
45 degrees.
Lantern Pennsylvania: Probably
rain to-nigbt and Friday, low
er temperature Friday. luereas-
Ing southeast and east winds.
Hiver
The Susquchnnna river lind all Its
tributaries will probably rise
somewhat an a result of a gen
eral rain Indicated for the
watershed. A stage of nhout
4.7 feet In expected at Ilarris
burg, Friday morning.
General Conditions
Pressure Is low over n broad belt
of country extending from On
tario southward through the
■-ake region, the Ohio vnlley
nod Tennessee and the Last
Gulf states to the Gulf of Mex
ico with one center of disturb
ance over Michigan nnd anoth
er over Alabama. Cloudy weath
er prevails from the Plains
States eastward and rain has
fallen over moat of the terri
tory east of the Mississippi riv
er. except along the Immedi
ate Atlantic coast, and In the
West Gulf States. Haln con
tinues In Oregon. LIS Inches
having fallen at Portland la the
last twenty-four hours.
The "Freedom of the Seas " //as Acquired a New Meaning
CITY AND COUNTY
OFFICIALS WILL
SEEK RE-ELECTION
Many Willing to Serve as
Mayor and Member of
Council
POLITICAL POT BOILING
Large Field Expected Long
Before Time For the
Primaries
With local political campaigns
which will open early in the sum
mer for city and county offices, al
ready being discussed, the names of
a number of persons have been men
tioned as probable candidates for
the positions to be filled this fall, it
has been pretty definitely settled
that !• rank A. Smith, former county
chairman, will be nominated by the
Republican county committee for
the State Senate to succeed Lieuten
ant-Governor Beldleman.
It Is reported the Mayor, Daniel
L. Keister, will be a candidate for
nomination and election for a full
term. At present he is filling the
unexpired term of the lute Mayor
E. S. Meals, who was succeeded for
a short time by the late Mayor
Charles A. Miller, the latter having
been appointed by Council. Other
possible candidates for the position
of chief executive in the city are
George A. Hoverter, now an alder
man of the Ninth ward, and Keis
ter's opponent in a close tight in
1917; John H. Shaner, an alderman
of the Seventh ward, and E. Z.
Gross, at present city park commis
sioner.
Commissioners C. W. Burtnett.
W. H. Lynch and S. F. Hassler all
will be candidates for re-election
their friends believe, but it is antici
pated that the councilmanic offices
will attract a large number as in
former years when at least twenty
names were printed on the primary
ballots.
To Seek Itc- election
County Commissioners C. C.
Cumbler, H. M. Stine and H. C.
Wells whose terms expire next Jan
uary, also are said to be likely to
announce their intention of running
again. So far no opponents have
been mentioned for their places.
Frank B. Snavely and Fernando
Loudermilch, two of the board of
poor directors, whose terms expire
will be candidates, too, for re-elec
tion it is reported.
Ed. H. Fisher, recently named
register of wills, is frequently men
tioned by friends as the candidate
for a full term in that office, and
Deputy Treasurer Josh E. Ruther
ford has been spoken of for the
county treasurer nominee.
Arthur H. Bailey, ex-county treas
urer, and M. Harvey Taylor, ex-city
commissioner, have been suggested
to run for sheriff; while County So
licitor Philip S. Moyer, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Frank B. Wickersham
and Edward F. Doehne, another at
torney residing in the cily, are men
tioned in political gossip as candi
gates to succeed District Attorney
.Michael E. Stroup.
GERMANY SHIFTS
POWER IN PEACE
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, Jan. 23.—Supreme
:ommand of the German peace
army has been transferred from
the People's Commissioners to the
minister of war, who will be re
sponsible to the government.
The transfer was made with the
approval of the Soldiers' and
Workmen's Council, which will
still be responsible for all social
and economic regulations con
cerning the army.
Officers will in future wear a
dark blue stripe on the left sleeve.
All other distinctive marks have
been abolished. The obligation
to salute is reciprocal, but has
been abolished in the big cities.
HOOVER REPLIES
TO SENATORS IN
FOOD CRITICISM
Says He Appears in New Light
as Friend of Packer;
Reduced Profits
Paris, Jan. 23.—Herbert C. Hoov
er, the food administrator, madq a
statement to-day in reply to critic
isms of him in the United States
Senate during a recent debate.
"I apparently emerge in a new
light as the friend of the Chicago
packers," said Mr. Hoover. "At the
same time the mail brings a report
from Swift & Company blaming the
food administration for reducing
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FELTON RESIGNS
AS EMPLOYMENT
HEAD FOR STATE
Charles R, Stokes Will Be
come Federal Director of
L T . S. Employment
Edgar C. Felton, Federal director
of the United States Employment
Service for Pennsylvania, has re
signed his post, and Charles K.
Stokes, associate director of the em
ployment service in the state and
manager of the Central Bureau For
the Placement of Returning Soldiers,
will succeed him, with offices in
Philadelphia. Mr. Felton was presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany plant at Steelton before it was
taken over by the Bethlehem Steel
Company.
Mr. Felton admitted the report
yesterday, saying the reason for his
resignation will be made public to
day. Sir. Stokes, who is on a tour
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GOV. SPROUL TO
RUSH EXTENSION
OF CAPITOL PARK
Points Out Need of Adequate
Office Room For
State
RENTS PROVING COSTLY
Centralization of Common
wealth's Business Is of
Prime Importance
"One of the things we will have
to push along in state governmental
matters is provision for offices and
the grouping of them in new build
ings in the Capitol Park extension,"
said Governor William C. Sproul to
duy.
"The plans for the improvement
of the land bought are well under
way and we will have to provide
buildings for the offices. Do you real
ize that this state is paying nearly
$75,000 a year rent for offices outside
of the Capitol? I am thinking con
siderably about this assembling of
the scattered state offices in build
ings to be erected here and central
izing the place of business."
PRINCESS RENOUNCES TITLE
By Associated Press
_ Ixindon, Jan. 23, via Montreal.—
King George has consented to the
renunciation by Princess Patricia of
Connaught of both her title of prin
cess and her style of address as royal
highness on her marriage next
month to Commander Lord Alexan
der Ramsay.
THREE ARE HELD
ON ASSAULT AND
BATTERY CHARGE
Felonious Assault With Intent
to Kill Nearly Caused
Death, Charged
Three defendants were tried on
assault and battery charges in police
court thl3 afternoon. One, a woman,
was charged with felonious assault
with intent to kill. It was feared at
first her victim would die, as she in
flicted razor slashes in his throat
from the back to the front of liis
neck and from his ear across the
side of his face to his chin.
The three defendants were: Mi
chael Fisher, proprietor of the pool
room at Sixth and Forrest streets:
Eva Cole, North Seventh street, and
Eddie Sandreu.
Eva Cole is said to have attacked
Tom Green, 4 Sherman row, at his
homo when he came home drunk and
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OUTLOOK GLOOMY!
FOR THE SUMMER
SUPPLY OF ICE
Open Winter Holds Up liar-1
vest ror Coming Warm
Months
HOPE FOR COLD SPELL
No Real Cause For Alarm
Until the Middle of
February
NOT AN OUNCE IS CUT
Other States as Bad Off as
Pennsylvania, Say the
Wholesalers
The outlook for next summer's
supply of natural ice for Harrisburg
just now is exceedingly gloomy. Un
less weather conditions soon change
and the mercury soon drops nearer
the zero point, a natural ice short
age will grip the city next summer.
There is always hope, however, that
a sufficient supply of ice will be se
cured up until February .15, and
there Is no cause for real discourage
ment until that time, Harvey E. De-
Walt, manager of the United Ice
and Coal Company, believes.
Thus far not a single ounce of ice
has been harvested to relieve and
furnish comfort to Harrisburg's
■ sweltering populace next summer,
an unusual thing for this time of
year. Usuully a portion of the ice
for the summer's use has been cut
before the twentieth of January, al
though most of it is taken from the
rivers and lakes and housed after
that time,
Hope to February 15
February has been the big ice
monlh during his thirty years' ex
perience in the ice business, Mr.
DeWalt tells. If a sufficient supply
has not been cut before February
15 there is real cause for alarm, Mr.
DeWalt adds.
The cold wave that enveloped
Harrisburg several weeks ugo had
formed ice on the lakes In Leba
non, Cumberland and Dauphin coun
ties, which are the main source of
supply for the city. But in no case
did the thickness of this ice exceed
Ave inches and this is too thin for
profitable cutting, dealers affirm.
Conditions throughout the coun
try-at-large are somewhat similar to
those existing here. Only In a few
of the most northern of the New
England states and a few of those
bordering on the north section of
the Great Lake region, have suffi
cient supplies of ice been taken.
Influenza Epidemic Now
Spreads to Moose; Many
Dying in Ontario, Can.
By Associated Press
Fort William, Ont., Jan. 23.
Moose, in the Thunder Bay district,
are dying of Spanish influenza, ac
cording to information brought here
by" woodsmen and hunters. Their
tales vary In detail but conform in
the assertion that the suffering
moose seem to have the universal
symptoms of the disease. The most
common is extreme weakness.
One bushmun told of encountering
a bull moose which was in a state of
collapse, bleeding from the nose,
and so weak it was unable to run
away. Another man came across the
bodies of two moose, lying almost
side by side, which showed no signs
of wounds or external Injuries.
The woodsmen express alarm lest
the epidemic seriously deplete the
game resources of other regions.
Dinara, Flying Yankee
Flag, Seized by Italian
Forces, Officiaals Hear
By Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 23.—According
to a report made public here to-day
by the officiul information bureau of
the Kingdom of the Serbs. Croats
and Slovenes, a Serbo-Croation ves
sel, the Dinara, flying the American
flag and having a navigation license
issued by the American naval com
mander in the Adriatic, was seized
at Jelsa, January 16, by Italian
forces, who hauled down the Amcr-'
ican flag and carried off the ship
under Italian colors.
RECONSTRUCTED
STATE IS PLEA
AT FARM MEET
Agriculturists Plan to Build
Up Physical Being of
Young Men
"Reconstruct Pennsylvania," was
the uproarous slogan piped by a mul
titude of visitors interested in agri
culture to-day, as the annual con
gress assembled under authority of
the State Agricultural Department,
whizzed along in all its myriad 'ac
tivities. The biggest crowds that ever
came here wero being registered to
day when the Emerson-Brantingham
building was jammed to the gun
wales before 10 o'clock.
It was a day of vnst human inter
est in real things. The State College
annex held the center of the stage,
with Miss Mary Ruth Fisher telling
all Harrisburg and Pennsylvania
how and what they should eat if the
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CONGRESS OF PARIS
TURNS ITS EYES ON \
LEA G UE OF NA TIONS
With Russian Question Out of the Way
Supreme Council of Peace Devotes
Attention to World Bar to War
WILSON WAVES PERSONAL PRIDE
ASIDE IN PRESENTING FORMULA
Paris, Jan. 23. —Having (lis-'
posed of the Russian question
for the moment, the Supreme
Council of the peace congress
turned to-day to the establish
ment of a league of nations.
This question promises to com
mand virtually the undivided at-j
tentlon of the delegates until their |
action regarding Russia shows re
sults. As the Russian delegates arei
not expected at Princes Island until
February 15, this means that nearly!
the whole attention of the congress
will be turned to the League of
Nations until President Wilson's
departure for America.
Hope For Unanimous Finding
Out of the Russian negotiations it
is hoped that some unanimous agree
ment will be reached that will bring
representatives of that country into
further sessions at Paris. Delegates
of all the associated governments
have expressed the opinion that a
secure peace can hardly be consid
ered to have been made while Rus
sia remains on lire.
Announcement that the first plan
tor a league of nations to be consid
ered comes from Premier Lloyd
George, of Great Britain, is quite in
consonance with what has been
known in circles close to the Ameri
can delegates—that President Wil
sbn plans to have European ideas
come before the congress in advance
of his own.
Wilson Eschews Personal Pride
Mr. Wilson has told his colleagues
that he has no personal pride of au
thorship In the 4*liW for the league
and is quite ready to support some
other nation's plan, if he feels that
procedure will best serve the com
mon purpose. Both the British and
French plans probably will be dis
cussed before the President brings
out his own, which is now entirely
completed.
It is definitely settled that a large
number of American troops will go
to America with President Wilson
on the liner George Washington.
Mr. Wilson has personally given
orders that every available bit of
space on the Uner be given over to
troops and that the personnel of his
party be reduced to the minimum.
Delegation Visits Wilson
A delegation representing the
League of the Rights of Men called
on President Wilson yesterday af
ternoon. In a short address to the
delegation, Mr. Wilson said that It
was with "genuine satisfaction that
the United States came to the help
of France," and that he believed
that It was true that "the coming of
the Americans prevented a cataspro
phe that might have overwhlemed
the world."
Secretary of State Robert Lan
sing gave a dinner in honor of John
W. Davis. American ambassador to
Great Britain, this evening. Presi
dent Wilson and all officials attach
ed to the American peace mission
were present.
London, Jan. 23. —Lord Roburt
Cecil, who yesterday announced at
Paris that he had submitted to the
peace congress a draft of the British
view of the subject of the league of
nations, believes the world has not
yet reached a stage at which an ab
solutely rigid system for the preser
vation of international peace can be
set up, according to a Renter's dis
patch from the French capital.
In discussing his idea of the form
the league should take, Lord Rob-j
ert says he thinks an international
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War Gardens Will Be
Continued This Year
by Commerce Chamber
The war gardens which were so
profitable and highly successful the
last two years will be continued this
year, the agricultural committee of
the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce decided at its first meeting
to-day. Shirley B. Watts was reap
pointed to take charge as superin
tendent. Inasmuch as the shortage
of food will exist throughout the year
for months to come, it was felt that
the war gardens would serve a worth
while end again this year.
The plowing and fertilizing of the
school gardens will be in charge of
the Chamber of Commerce again.
After the plowing and fertilizing, the
school gardens will be placed under
the supervision of representatives of
the school board.
German Soldiers Out
of Russia Score Soviet
By Associated Press
Warsaw, Jan. 18.—The majority
of the German soldiers returning
from Russia, although they quarrel
among themselves, denounce Bol
shevism. Many of them declare that
as soon as they spent a few weeks
at home, they will be willing to re
turn and fight the Bolshevik! on the
eastern frontiers of Germany. They
declare, however, that they are not i
willing to fight the invaders for the I
benefit of the Poles. J
PEACE TO COME
IN EARLY JUNE
By .Associated Press
PARIS, Jan. 2;l.—The prelimi
nary peace will lie signed early In
June, at the latest, according to
the most trustworthy information,
says Marcel Rutin hi the Echo
lie Paris to-day.
TROTZKY ORDERS
PETROGRAD REDS
TO GIVE UP CITY
Bolshevik Minister of War
Tells Zinovieff to Surren
der If Attacked
By Associated Press
London, Jan. 23.—Leon Trotzky,
the Russian minister of war, has or
dered Zinovieff, the Bolshevik gov
ernor of Petrograd, to surrender
that city without a tight, if it is at
tacked by the northern Russian
to rces.
An official wireless dispatch sent
out from Berlin and picked up here
says the German armistice comniis
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TURN SALOONS
INTO CLUBS FOR
MEN, SAY WOMEN
War Workers See Chance to
Establish Community Cen
tci's in "Dry" Town
TO ASK AID OF CHURCHES
Red Cross Leaders Would
Make Use of Old Hotel
Properties
THE IDEA GAINS SUPPORT
Suitable Entertainment Sug
gested For an Evening's
Pleasure
Prominent Harrisburg women r#-
j day heartily endorsed a plan to turn
. saloons into canteens and commu-
I nity centers following the abolition
iof the liquor traffic. It was sug
gested that churches take over'some
of the saloons and convert them into
places where men may gather. Light
lunches and suppers are to be sold
and Victrolas and pianos are to pro
vide music. Literature is to be dis
tributed and it is planned to mgke
the rooms as comfortable and home
like as possible.
The idea originated after the
liquor men had made the plea that
men would have no place to go when
beer is banished.
"I think it is a fine plan," said
I Mrs. William Jennings, of the Homo
(Service Station, Harrisburg Chapter
of American Red Cross, this morn
ing. "It ought to be curried out right
here in Harrisburg. There is a need
for that sort of thing."
Would Fill City's Need
Hiss Anne HcCormick, director
of the Red Cross Woman's Bureau
for the chapter, is ulso in favor of
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TURK MDRDERI'.R ARRESTER
By Associated Press
Paris, Jan. 23.—General Kyaniit
Malmoud Pasha, who is said to have
been responsible for massacres of
Greeks and Armenians, has been ai 1 -
rested, according to a report receiv
ed here from Constantinople.