erman i wops Drwe Soviets Away From Libaa; Death Stalks in Perm Until Gaida Captures City HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH' M ' SMac-Snbcpcnbenl. VWVTTT \'n 14 PAPPQ Dally Except Sunday. Entered as Second Clasa AAAViii i\o. -CO 14 XVVUiiO Matter at the Post Office at Harrlsburg rUSTED POLICE PLAN TO LAY BARE ALLEGED INEFFICIENCY AND GRAFT IN Ilisconduct in Office, Blackmail g.nd the Selling of Protection to Criminals Charged by Patrolman Magnelli Who Is to Go Before the City Council rA YOR REFUSES TO ORDER PROBE ALTHOUGH NASTY RUMORS LONG HAVE SHAKEN FORCE Repeating his sweeping charges of graft and alleged misconduct on the part of her members of the police force, Theodore A. Magnelli, 112 South Second street, ho last night was asked to resign from the force by Mayor Keister following the scoverv that he had accepted 30 cents reward for the return of a strayed horse a ■ar ago. declared his intention of lighting the Mayor in an effort to retain his position. Edward Schmehl, 81 Disbrow street' who also was asked to resign on the same charge, has re sed to resign, and will make a strenuous effort to retain his place in the department. To Bring Sweeping Charges Magnelli stated that it council dismisses him from the force at the Mayor's request- he will bring t eeping charges against particular members of the force. Graft, misconduct in office, blackmail, id protective of vice by various members of the force were included in the list of misdemeanors id by Magnelli to have been committed bV officials and members of the department. Magnelli has promised to show how friends of the heads of the police department have had oney refunded following police court hearings when they were forced to pay fines. He* said he d his friends on the force will show from the police court ; cords that such practices have taken'place. Rumors Long Passed About Rumors to the effect that graft, flagrant misconduct in office d on duty, and partiality, including the refunding of fines, have en passed about for the past year, but have never been sub tntially charged. Considerable interest in the activities of the ficials and workers within the offices of the police department s been aroused by the deposed patrolman's charges. Magnelli declared to-day he is backed by many members of the lice force in his contention that he was unjustly punished, and at his dismissal is unwarranted. Mayor Is Satisfied Mayor Keister declared that there is no hidden reason or ulterior Dtive back of the dismissals. Although that the case of alleged ift occurred almost a year ago, lie d It was not brought to his atten n until last week. Magnelli charges the Mayor tvfth litical motives and said that his luested resignation came only a v days after he declared to Mayor ister that he would not support n in another election. Says It's Politics 'The Mayor's playing politics," de red the policeman, "He's getting idy for the next election." dagnelli was emphatic in his state ;nt that his case was unjustly atcd. 'Everybody on the force should fired for graft if I grafted when :ook thirty cents reward for re ning that lost horse," he said, radically every man on the force j taken a reward under the same cumstances. 'Because I admitted taking the rty cents, I got tired," he added, terly, "The Mayor's only doing it try to re-elect himself. He can't I haven's been doing my duty. Direct Charges The detectives tipped oft houses ill-repute before they were raid- They surely got something for for every time we made a raid inmates were gone. The Federal ernment had to make a raid li ly. because the department was aid. The detectives were hang up In those houses. The detectives have been drunk duty. Some of them are drink all the time. Uniformed men •e been on th# carpet for drink , but they never got tired. Be ,se they were friends of the yor's. they were let go. "The Mayor's Gang" Another man was on the carpet indecent assault on a young girl, was left off because the Mayor's g was back of him." "harges similar to these, and iging definite cases to light, are miBed by Magnelli and his friends t week. luestioned concerning the spe : charges mentioned by Magnelli. Mayor said that these men have n reprimanded for drinking. He lared he considered a reprimand icient punishment for their cases, disclaimed all knowledge of the tors that detectives hang around •th Seventh street houses. He i ed for a specific instance and ; 1 he didn't believe it when in- | ned of Magnelli's charge against! -articular one of the detectives. Cites Specific Instances le asked for a specific instance of sctives or department heads tip s' off disorderly houses prior to •aid. He was furnished Mag i's assertion made this morning t the house of Mollie Crum, South rd street, was a notable example. i Mayor declared the house had er been raided. layor Keister declared that in opinion the force is good, and will not bring charges against one until he is informed of defi [Continued on Page 12.] HE WEATHER] >r Harrlsborg and vlelnltyi Fair to-night nnd probably Wednes- 1 dan not mueh rhnnsr In trrn peratare, lowest to-alght about ! 35 degrees. >r Eastern Pennsylvania ■ Fair to-night and probably Mrdaes dayt moderate temperaturei gentle to moderate south to west winds. Itlver ir Susquehanna river nnd all Its branches will fsll slowly. V stage of about 5.4 fret is Indi- I rated for Harrtsburg Wednes day morning. ,3, STATEMENT BY MAYOR KEISTER "I considered these two men as good friends as I had t on the force. There was no i political reason back of my request for their resignation. Anyone who says I have not ' punished other officers against whom charges of misconduct '. f were brought, lies. This is absolutely the first case of 1 graft I have had brought to my attention. I do not con ,i sider the size of the amount ;j has anything to do with the seriousness of the offense, and the Clark Act especially stipulates that discovery of graft on the part of a police official should be followed by dismissal." i : DESERTED 21 TIMES IN FIVE | YEARS, SAYS WIFE ■ First Offense Three Days After Ceremony, Woman I Tells Court | " He deserted me twenty-one limes j i in the five years we were married." I Mrs. I„lllie GeSage, 44. 1329- How-! i ard street, told Judge S. J. M. McCar-' I rell in court room No. 2. testifying! |in a nonsupport action against her' i husband. Cornelius P. GeSage i GeSage was discharged from Army service because of tuberculosis, he I said. He produced a discharge set j ting forth these facts and stated he J received a pension of $3O a month j from the Government. Judge McCar j rell ordered him to pay .Mrs. GeSage | $lO a month. [ While on the witness stand Mrs. | j GeSage told one of the most unusual! marital tales heard in the Dauphin' J county courts lit many months. She ! said that five years ago. when she was to marry him. she gave him $25 on the day of the wedding so that j they could go to Hagerstown. Deserted First Week "He wanted to get married there i and I gave him the money to go. be- I cause he had none. Three days after we were married he deserted me and went to I'niontown. Soon I received - a telegram from a Salvation Army I worker telling me he was sick and [Continued on Page 12.1 , German Reds Are in Power at Wilhelmshaven; ' to Courtmartial Opponents] Copenhagen. Jan. 28.—Spartacan! forces have overturned the govern-' nient in Wilhelmshaven, Germany,! and occupied the banks and public' j buildings. They have ordered the j court martial of their opponents, i Railway traffic to and from Wilhelm- shaven lias been stopped. ' ' ?l t? M AGNELLI'S AFFIDAVIT State of Pennsylvania. County of Dauphin, City of Harrisburg. 1 Personally appeared before me, an alderman in and for the county aforesaid, Theo ' dore A. Magnelli, 112 South Second street, and did affirm , to the best of his knowledge J | and belief, the following: If taking thirty cents for returning to its owner some thing that was lost, is cause for dismissal, then nearly every member of the depart ment should be dismissed upon the same grounds as I was. Theodore A. Magnelli. Sworn and Subscribed to this 28th day of January. 1919. Signed, Edward J. Hilton, Alderman. EVERYBODY JOINS j IN MAKING DRIVE A GREAT SUCCESS Junior Red Cross, Silk Min Girls, Motor Dealers Give Generously For Children The Junior Red Cross, made up 1 of the school boys and girls of Ilar ; risburg, has given $lOO to the Ro | tary Club's fund of $5,000 for the I j Children's Industrial Home and Nur- I sery Home. The little folks gathered "this money together to meet just • such emergencies as now face the j two homes and those at the head of! ] the movement are especially pleased | that some of the money contributed ' by the boys and girls of the city goes to the children of their own neigh i borhood. Money is coming in fast to-day for [Continued on Page 12.J STRIKES THROW 200,000 OUT OF WORKOVERSEAS Half of Toilers Away From i Shops Are in Belfast; Lights Bring on Attacks By Associated Press Ixnidon, Jan. 28.—1t is estimated] i lhat nearly 200.000 men and women ! I are idle in the United Kingdom and i i Ireland because of strikes in various I trades, creating one of the most se ] rious situations industrially that the | country has had to face in many years. Half of the strikers are in Belfast, where the strike movement is continuing to spread. The city of Belfast by night is in [Continued on Page 12.] ! TRANSPORTS BRINGING 6,000 t Washington, Jan. 28. —Tp big I transports, the Adriatic and Sibony, ] are due at New York Saturday with about 6,000 men aboard. The Ad riatic brings Companies E, F, G and H of the 329 th Infantry, and the 322 nd and 324 th machine, gun bat talions and headquarters of the 165 th Infantry Brigade, all of the 83rd division. Other units of the 32 9th Infantry, are returning on an ! other vessel. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28. 1919 HOUSE WILL PASS TOY'RESOLUTION ON NEXT TUESDAY National Amendment Report ! Ed by Committee With Fa- j vorable Recommendation NO DISSENTING VOTES Senate Swamped by Great j Mass of Petitions; Out look Is Very Bright • . The prohibition amendment will I likely pass the House of Represen tatives of Pennsylvania next week. | The joint resolution proposing rati fication of the amendment was af firmatively recommended by the j House law and order committee this i morning after a hearing, there be ; ing no votes in opposition. Half an J I hour later Mr. Showalter. Union, re- | | ported it to the House. ! To-morrow it will be on first read- i ; ing. Monday on second reudtng, like- j i ly a special order and on third read- j j ing Tuesday, when it will have right ] of way. Petitions Presented j Containing the names of nearly '2 5,000 of the Comnioow-ealth's eiti- j i zens, petitions for the ratification of 1 the National Dry Amendment, by ! the Pennsylvania Legislature, were j presented in the Senate this ntorn i ing by half a score of senators, j The papers, which threatened to I swamp the desk of Chief Clerk Gal | lagher were referred to the comniit -1 tee on law and order by Lieutenant j Governor Beidleman. Senators pre | senting the papers included Burr, I Turner, Herron, Craig, Beidleman. \ Snyder, McConnell. Tompkins, and I Haldeman. Many also appeared in the House. For the first time in the memory iof many, an open meeting of the f Law and Order Committee of the House of Representatives was held this morning and the Vickerman ' resolution calling for ratification of ! the national prohibition amendment was favorably reported to the House. Even the representatives on the I committee who favored the liquor j interest voted in favor of reporting ; the bill unanimously. William T. ; Ramsey, of Delaware county, dis sented from allowing reporters in i the meeting while the vote was be- I ing taken but Representative John i W. Vickerman, of Allegheny county, j leader of the "drys," insisted that 'this be done and the vote stood 9 to I 6 in favor of Vickerman's attitude. | It has been customary in past ses sions to have hearings on bills open ! to all but the meeting became execu ! tive when the vote was taken. Mr. j Vickerman wanted everything done ;at this morning's meeting thrown ; wide open and while Mr. Ramsey i said this was not according to custom j and made an argument along that j line, the vote showed a straight "dry" and "wet" tinge and was car j ried in that light. When Chairman B. F. Bungard put the motion of Representative l Sigmund I. Gans to the committee j that the Vickerman resolution be re | ported favorably, it was seconded by Daniel Helt, of Northumberland county and carried unanimously. The bill was ordered given into the hands of Chairman Bungard to be reported to the Hohse. Mr. Ramsey said that this question was [Continued on Page 12.] More Pennsylvanians Are Released From Hun Prison Camps Washington. Jan. 28.—American 1 | soldiers released from German prison camps and # returned to France, an- I nounced yesterday by the War De- I partment, include these Pennsyl- I vanians: I Lieutenant John J. Mclllvaine, Ben Avon: Joseph Scarlata, Pittsburgh: j August F. Meier, Hazelton: Michael t V. Lacey, Philadelphia: Clair S. Rog j ers. Wyalusing; William R. Renner, | Danville: Howard Muller, Williams i port; Frank E. Beatty, Fairchance;! j William J. Becker, St, Clair; Harry j Svitak, Philadelphia; Rlchrad J. j Keenan, Jeannette; Ernest F. Watt, I Warren: Antonio Heleniak, Philadel ! phia, and Arthur E. Boyer, Phlladel l phia. D.A.R.WELCOMED TO THE CITY BY LOCAL CHAPTER Governor and Mrs. Sproul to Receive Delegates This Evening The twenty-second state confer ence of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution was officially opened at a little after 10 o'clock this morn ing by Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, the State Regent, who called the meeting to order. Mrs. James G. Sanders, Harrlsburg, led the singing of "America," and the Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawes, pastor of the Market Square Presbyterian Church, of this city, pronounced the Invoca tion. The beautiful D. A. R. salute to the flag was given. The words of this eloquent tribute are: X pledge allegiance to my flag and to the Republic for which It stands: One nation, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. • Miss Cora Lee Snyder, Regent of the Harrlsburg Chapter, brought greetings from the hostess organi zation and Introduced Mayor Daniel L. Keister, of Harrlsburg. Mayor Keister welcomed the delegates and [Continued on P*ge I?,] j DEATH BUSY IN PERM AS GAIDA CAPTURES CITY Conditions Terrible Under] Bolshevist Rule; Infants Die in Serbian City TORTURE FOR PRISONERS Bolshevists Shoot Inmates of Jails to Make Room For Others GERMAN TROOPS TO DRIVE POLES By Associated Press Paris, Jan. 28. —Two full corps | of German troops have been as- | sembled by the general staff to j march against the Poles, and i eight troop-trains are passing I through Frankfort-on-the-Oder daily, according to a Zurich dis patch to the Journal, quoting the Press of Baden-Baden. By Associated Press ■ , Omsk. Central Siberia, Jan. 28. — Death stalked the streets of Perm until the city was captured by Gen eral Guida, according to the orticlal report o# an investigator who has j ust returned from the Ural front. So terrible Jvvere conditions under the Bolshevist regime that the friglu ed people of Perm have not yet re covered. It is said that the few ped estrians encountered there were emaciated, with livid lips and a con stant nervous trembling of the head' and hands. There are no children less than a year old in Perm, all hav ing died, says •the. report, which adds that in three months the whole pop ulation would probably have per ished. Shoot Persons to Make Room The report states 'that the Bolshe vists regarded all bourgeois inhab itants of the city even those ruined and dying, as outside the law. When the jail was overcrowded, the in mates who had been imprisoned were shot to make room for the new comers, it is declared. There are well authenticated cases of torture, according to Uie report, which says some -of the i>ndemned were compelled to dig their own graves and rehearsals of executions were staged during the hours before the doomed people were put to death. Men were plunged into water until nearly drowned and were then re vived so that their torture could con tinue. while some prisoners were buried alive and others were muti lated, the report states. Women were forced to dig trenches, were often flogged and sometimes even killed, it is said. Peasants were forbidden last June to take provisions into the city. Some people liid supplies, but these were found and seized by the Bol shevist, who spread terror through out the whole region near Perm. Bryan and Willis to Address Big Temperance Rally This Evening William Jennings* Bryan, former secretary of state, and ex-Governor Frank B. Willis, of Ohio, will speak at a huge mass meeting to be held in the Chestnut Street Auditorium this evening. The meeting will be a victory jubilee in celebration of the complete victories of the tem perance forces over their wet foes. Governor Willis will speak on "Winning the War." Mr. Bryan is well known as a temperance orator. His subject will be "Prohibition and Ratification." The meeting is under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League. It will open at 7.45 o'clock. There is no charge for admission and no tickets are required except for reserved seats. MAHAXOY CITY EDITOR DIES Mahunoy City, Pa., Jan. 28. Thomas C. O'Connor, editor of the .Mahanoy City Record for twenty years, died here yesterday from a complication of diseases. He was postmaster from 1894 to 1898. WHOLE FLOOR OF PENN-HARRISFOR CHARITY BALL Demand For Dinners Almost Swamp Hotel Man agement The Penn-Harris Hotel this morn ing made the request that the hun dreds of Harrisburgers who attend the Charity Ball Friday night enter the hotel through the Walnut street entrance. 'This is necessary," said Manager ™ iKKins, "because of the congestion which would naturally result were automobiles and other vehicles to use both Walnut and Third streets. By using only Walnut street this congestion will be avoided. "We have arranged & turn over to the ball the entire lounge and the second floor of the hotel, on which [Continued on I*ago 12.] ORDERS NARVA RETAKEN By Associated I'ress Stockholm. Jan. 28. Premier according to a report from Reval, has ordered the Bolshevik troops to retake the town of Narva from the Esthonians within a week, to- sack the town and to kill all the boprfceoise. , *♦ i i ■ * ONLY EVEXI.VO ASSOCIATED PRESS SIN QLB COPIES I I/tUP PniTIAV NEWSPAPER IN HAKKISDURQ TWO CENTS JtlUMb LUIIIUIN AMERICAN ENVOYS TO POLAND IN PEACE PROGRAM Wilson Plan to Internationalize the German Colonies Meets With the Approval of Allied Delegates GOMPERS MISTRUSTS SINCERITY OF THE BERNE LABOR MEETING Paris. Jan. 28.—Before the Supreme Council of the Peace Conference met to-day nt 11 o'oloek what had threatened to t>e a eontliet over the represen tation of some of the smaller powers oil some of the Imisir taut committees had been en tirely cleared away by the unan imous action of the spokesmen of the small nations them selves and the peace negotia tions in general are continuing to move forward. Paris, Jan. 28.—Progress is mak ing toward world peace and a solu tion of the problems that must be settled ]>efore a preliminary treaty is presented for the approval of the whole world powers. To-day the American members of the commis sion created by the Peace Confer ence to visit Poland were named. They are: MAJOR GENERAL FRANCIS J.. KERNAN, for the Army. PROF. ROBERT H. LORD, of Harvard University, the American Peace Commission's expert on Rus sia and Poland. It is expected that the Commis sion will leave for Poland next week. "President Wilson appears to have put forward a general scheme which may be termed the interna tionalization of Germany's late pos sessions," says the Paris correspond ent, writing to the London Mail. League to Guide Colonies "This plan is not exactly defined," writes the correspondent, "but in principle It would make it man datory for the various powers to ad minister the colonies subject to the control of the League of Nations." It is said in laindon that Great Britain's delegates do not object to such procedure respecting the colo nies In Afrfca, although other na tions, notably the French and Por tuguese, do not acquiesce, and the Union of South Africa definitely claims German Southwest Africa. As regards the Pacific, Australia claims New Guinea and the Bis marck Archipelago: New Zealand claims Samoa, and Japan desires the Marshalls and Carolines. Japan also suggests an equatorial declima tion between British and Japanese influence in the Pacific. The Mail correspondent refers to the Angle-Japanese "secret" treaty of 1915 which assigned the Marshalls and Carolines to Japan, and adds: "Such possession would be very distasteful to the United States and American political opinion is that if President Wilson agrees to this mot e his power will be seriously im paired. It suggested that from this comes his earnest demand for the internationalization of all Pacific colonies." Gompers Mistrusts Berne Meeting Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who is in Paris to discuss the organiza tion of an international labot; con gress with French, Belgian and English syndicalists, has declared to France Libre that he would not yet say whether American delegates will attend the labor and socialist conference at Berne. life declared that first of all he wished to know what organizations will be repre sented; whether these organizations are real labor organizations, and whether the Berne conference is not part of a direct German propaganda plan. Regarding the attitude of the American labor party toward Ger many, Gompers said: "'Before we are willing to engage ourselves to anything, the German people must have a better concep- TWO BIG ENTERTAINMENTS SCHEDULED BY Y. M. C. A. Two big open-house entertainments will be held in the Central Y. M. C. A. building on the last two nights of this week. The first will be an entertain ment for the men employed by the local Pomeroy & Stewart store. At least eighty men are expected to be present. The second entertainment will be held Saturday evening, when men from the plant of the Central Iron and Steel Cgmpany will be enter tained. President R. H. Irons, of the steel company, has appointed a committee of men, which met with Secretary Robert B. Reeves, of the "V," this afternoon to formulate plans for the event. PERSHING TO SPEED TROOPS By Associated Press ParU, Jan. 28.—General Pershing reports that by April he will be dis patching American troops homeward from. France at the rate of 390,000 monthly. This appears to be con sidered as rapidly as his forces can be safely demobilized without add ing to the difficulties of unemploy ment. .: I BAN ON NEAR BEERS REMOVED By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 28. The I Food Administration announced j to-day that President Wilson had | signed a proclamation in Paris i on January 23, removing restric- j tlons on the manufacture of BO- I called near beers. • " t—M tion of international duties and co operation." Tardlcu Against Censorship Captain Andre Tardieu, French high commissioner to the United States and a French delegate to the Peace Conference, in his speech yes terday at a luncheon to members of the foreign press, repeuted lite pledge given by the French govern ment that no censorship of foreign cables would be exercised by France and the promise that every reason able facility would be given foreign newspapers during the conference. On the first point, according to the official report of the captain's speech, his words were: "After rapidity of transmission your second need is freedom. Thit) liberty which you have from the French point of view is total, abso lute and unreserved. What you write will be transmitted Just as you write it." Red Drive Fails Against Americans and British Archangel, Jan. 28. —Bolsheviki forces failed in an attempt on Sun day midnight to drive American am! British troops from their positions at Tulgas on the Dvtna river, southeast of Archangel. Earlier the cnenty had bomburded the positions with artillery. COUNCIL TO HELP HONOR MEMORY OF ROOSEVELT City Council to-day informed C. E. Landis, chairman of the com mittee arranging for the Roosevelt memorial service, that its members will take part in the Exercises. T GIRARD COLLEGE BOYS HERE •£ 4* Harrisburg—A large delegation of' Gfrard College buys" X visiting the capito! and atter I jT 4* sessions. I* 'J T NON-PARTISAN REPEALER REPORTED • 4* wl 4 X 4* to-day reported out affiri II to repeal the A Non-Partisan Judicial Act. X X MACHINISTS ORGANIZE J X onvention In Z £ T GA.R. H, j-<;ay rganized at te organization T e| ; endorsed the | governmnet ownership cf railroads. . X X WITHHOLD SRETZ DECISION 4 I X lirg—Representatives of the Dauphin County tK s* _ ? g Bar Association and counsel for Harry M. Bretz this X X -iterncon arguec! the-rule against the attorney to show 4* T <*t X 4* :Ca rell reserved their decision. M X X HALL HEADS COMMISSION I 4 . i ]• Hall, this city, was elected J 5 *eJ T chr ■ - to locate a state home t X g to-day when Lewis S. Sadlci * J