c If ri • * ' i \r I in Uuboorn Resistance ot Yanks and Scots Break Down Morale of Bolshevist Army in Norlh Russht |IV HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M \ + * • ,1 # 1 • JLXXXVIII— No. 31 16 PAGES Ds " 4 ? y o.t " HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1919. Two E ffl ra HOME EDITION GERMANY IS LAND OF GRAVEYARDS AND STARVATION Terrible List of War Casual tics Never Will Be Known to the Public NO FOOD IS TO BE HAD Situation Is Alarming to Ut most Degrees, American Officer Reports NEW DISEASES APPEAR Bread Made of Unknown In gredients Causes Deaths; No Soap in Empire By Associated Press Paris, Feb. 6.—The close per sonal study he has made of con ditions in Germany has con vinced Lieutenant Colonel Searle Harris, of the United States medical reserve corps, that the German people are actually starving. He has just returned to Paris from a visit to Germany and says that whije a superficial view of the country gives the impression that the war has not hurt Germany, that country, in hig opinion, has suf fered more than any other. Studying the situation as a physi cian. Lieutenant Colonel Harris found that many persons, particu larly children, were very anemic, as they were not getting enough to eat Land of Cemeteries Germany is a land of cemeteries, ; hospitals and starvation, he said. • Xo one knows the number of casual-j ties in the war. and in his belief no j one will ever know. Colonel Harris estimates that thej casualties vary from a million and I a half to three million killed and j twice as many wounded. Colonel Searle Harris says that j the German nation is bankrupt, thej people are actually starving, aW j that "probably no one will ever know the number of casualties suffered j by Germany during the war." "There are no eggs, no milk and only half a pound of beet sugar for each person a month," he says, in giving details of the situation. "Shop girls have lost from ten to forty five pounds in weight, while every one shows a lack of vitality. I found children going to school shod with paper sandals or with cloth shoes to which wooden soles had been at tached. "Xo one knows the composition of the black, gritty bread that is being i issued in limited quantities by; ticket. Tuberculosis is increasing, and skin diseases due to lack of I nourishment and lack of soap are! prevalent. One beneficial result of! the low diet which has been en-' forced upon the German people is*' found in the fact that it. has helped | many who were overeaters. Bright's; disease has decreased and diabetes! .has disappeared. There is no more! gout in Germany, but on the other! hand, intestinal diseases have greatly, increased. These are attributed to coarse bread. Beer that is being, sold has no substance." Conditions which he had found in I Germany have led Bieut. Colonel; Harris to the opinion, he says, that' many women and children will die! or become defectives if not supplied l with food. "The German who overran t France," lie says, "should be pun-! ished and permitted to starve, butj not the women and children, i Hungry men and women do not! make good neighbors. Camp Hill Fire Laddies Take Back Their Engine The exhibition of the Camp Hill , chemical fire apparatus "to show, '"amp Hill residents how hopelessly I inadequate is the apparatus" closed | last evening, when several members j of the fire company dragged the' heavy affair back to the engine- j house. By the aid of some of the firemen ' and a kind astoist the engine was taken to a fire in I.ong street early Monday morning, but by the time the firemen and their apparatus ar rived the fire was out. No persons volunteered to take it back and it i remained on the corner of Market and Bong streets during the sue-, needing days and until last night so that the citizens might realize vvAiat position their borough would be in if a real fire were to occur and to! arouse them to demand a more ef-' ficient engine. THE WEATHER For llarriMlturit mid vicinity: Fnlr to-night "mi Friday jnt much j change In temperature* louent to-night nbout '25 decree*. For Faatern Pennny Ivnnlns Fair to-night and Friday* little change In temperature; gentle, tveat ulntlM, becoming; variable. Hlver The StiMquehunnn river and all I(M branehen tvlll fall alowty or re main nearly Mtatlonary, except local rlacM and fa IIN may occur, due to choking of chnnnclN with lee. A *tagc of about feet IN indicated for llarriMburg Friday morning;. • • GAINS MANY NEW FRIENDS I r 111 • j|jg§|g| IGjf, iMe Ih aanH 18888888 An idea of the popularity gained by Aviator Walter Shaffer through bis interesting letters from France, as published in the Harrisburg Tele graph, can be had from the manner in which the advance sale of seats is going for his appearance at the Orpheum Theater next Monday even ing, when, as the central figurh of a big patriotic gathering, he will deliver a talk "Over the Heads of the Huns." Lieutenant-Governor Beidle man will preside at the meeting and introduce the Dauphin boy, who at his own expense took flying lessons and went to France before Fncle Sam was in the war. The Liberty Singers will provide patriotic music. Shaffer's friends feel that the city should turn out a-big ccpwdaWMi testimonial to him, for, besides risking his life as a volunteer to light Ger many. Shaffer every penny of his savings to become an aviator. He took flying lessons at J1 a minute, broke one of his first machines, for which he had to pay. and later defrayed his own expenses to get to France'. LESSER NATIONS GET PEACE BOARD PLACES • " - ri Nineteen Small Belligerents Granted Nine Seats to Ten For Five Great Powers; American Supervision Proposed For Ottomans By .Associated Press % Paris. Feb. 6.—The Society of Nations commission of llio Peace Conference lias virtually cover ed one-third of its tusk, it was officially announced Ibis after noon. Agreement, the statement adds, has been reached on the principles underlying the wdmlc draft for a society of nations. At its session the commission discussed articles dealing with the motives behind the I'orrrih tion of a society, the objects which will safeguard the con stitution of its chief organs and the qualifications for member ship. Paris, Feb. 6. —Positive stsps for * reconciling differences be tween the greater and lesser nations at the peace conference, be gun yesterday, are continuing to day. In addition to winning four additional places on th ecommission on the Society of Nations, it seems probable the lesser powers will also be granted adequate representation in the executive body of the Society as well as the lgislative sections. The smaller powers are insisting on be ing given a greater voice in the so ciety. Plans under consideration are being revised to meet the situation. When the commission on the so ciety of Nations meets to-night rep resentatives of Poland, Rumania, Greece and Czecho-Slovakia will be present together with those of China, Brazil, Belgium, porUigal and Serbia and the five grear powers. President* Wilson expects to be pres ent every night this weke as lie re gards the work of framing the plan for the Society of Nations as ex tremely important. Nineteen small belligerent nations won definite recognition yesterday from the Supreme Council of the Peace Conference, which granted four additional seats on the commis sion of the Society of Nations to lesser countries. This gives the small Powers nine scats on the com mission, which will frame the plan for the Society, anil ten seats to the live great Powers, According to the decision the smaller powers of Poland, Rumania, Czecho-Slovakia and Greece will hold additional seats. This concession to lesser nations became known last night following a long session of the comrpission on the Society of Na tions, which President Wilson at tended. It was, apparently, received with satisfaction by the smaller powers, which felt their representa tion lo lie -inadequate. Bast night's session.of the commis sion lasted from 8.30 until after 11 o'clock, the chief point discussed being the constitution of tlie execu tive body of the Society of Nations. Wishing, to meet the opposition of ALLIES TO LET IMPORTS FILTER INTO FOES' LAND By dissociated Press ' Paris, Feb. 6.—A supreme Al lied blockade council has been organized to arrange for a relaxa tion of embargoes upon imports into enemy countries. Vance Mc cormick, the American member, has been chosen chairman. The other members are Bord Robert Cecil and Baron Bothermere, for Great Britain; Etienne Clementcl, Minister of Commerce, for France, and Dr. Silio Crespi, Min ister of Food, for Italy. small countries, which have resent ed their having been excluded from the executive body, ' England pro posed to-give five representatives, al together, to the five great powers and two representativesfor smaller coun tries, making the membership seven in all. Premier Orlando, of Italy, ap proved the British suggestion, saying that he considered it would give fair representation to all countries, but [Continued on Page •!.] GORGAS LEFT NO WILL TO DISPOSE OF HIS ESTATE i Letters Issued to Brother, ! Who Will Administer For tune of Former Banker | Letters of administration on the | estate of the late William Luther j Corgas, ex-city councilman, proml | nent banker, business man and mem ) ber of the Masonic order, we'e le -1 sued today by Register Ed. H. Fish- I er, to Dr. Gorge A. Gorgas, a brother. !Xo will was found. It was stated , that the personal property Is valued at about 140,000, but at present th<* j extent of the late Mr. Gorgas* real estate holdings is not known. Per -1 Tiission was granted to the adminis | trator to Hie a report of the realty 1 later B'nd then if necessary the bond which is required will be increased. PREDICTS MORE BUSINESS THAN EVER. FOR, 1919 Clothing Expert Savs Soldier Trade Alone Will Boom Textile Industry MINIMUM BY IST. OF JULY Unsettled Conditions Will Not Last Long, Says This Businessman Brilliant prospects for 1919 as a business year, especially in the men's wear and drygoods' line gen erally, are held oul by A. Schleiser, representative of the As sociated Dry Goods Dealers, who is in this city on business. Trade dur ing the will be unprecedented fo'r volume in the annals of this busi ness, is the substance of his fore- cast. , Many reasons contribute to this in Mr. Schleiser's opinion. Chief of these, however, is that the dealers, and even the ultimate consumer have been buying considerably short during the past several years, due largely to the unsettled conditions during these times. With lower prices bound to come within several months, tlie demanji before the Xew Year will break all bounds. Competition promises to be a larg er factor in this boosting of busi ness. With the greater amount of raw materials released for domestic civilian wear and with more of the factories again turning tljeir atten tion to this kind ol' trade, a larger amount of goods will bo on the mar ket. and competition in such cases always is keen. In \cod of Clothes The consumer promises to buy ex ! ceptionaly large amounts of clothing I during the year. Mr. Schleiser af | firms. Many soldiers returning again I to civilian life must be entirely new |ly outfitted. In the few instances I where they still have clothing, re- I main from their former civilian days, j they have outgrown it and it is of practically no value to them. Other civilians, some of whom expected an early call to military service when the armistice put an end to liostilites. have sparse supplies. Few are the men who have not permitted their wardrobes to become smaller than ordinary because of the high prices that had prevailed, j Many of the factories were han | dicapped during the war for the : lack of sufficient forces of labor. The j war conditions seri(*usly depleted their forces and while substitutes ! performed quite capably, the ma chinery did not turn with its former I efficiency. These conditions are now i<>eing rapidly remedied. Minimum in July 1 Trade in the men's wear and dry j goods line will continue sluggish for ! several months as yet Mr. Schleiser • believes. Unsetled conditions will ac- I count for thfs. The dealers will con j tinue to buy in small quantities for .several months and consumers will i not buy much more clothing than \ need, for immediate uje, hoping for an early drop in prices. Trices for the year 1919 are ex jpected to reach what will be almost j their minimum figure some time in i.fyily, and about that time trade in j the dry goods line is expected to be- I come quite brisk. From then until i the close of tlie year tratfe will con ; tinue with even greater vfcjor than it i died before the war, Mr. Schleiser I added. Baltimore Pastor Accepts Call From Westminster The Rev. Dr. Henry W. Miller, pastor of the Raltimord'Light Street Presbyterian Church, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the West minster Presbyterian Church, offi cials of the congregation announce. His initial sermon in his new pas torate will be delivered on Sunday March 9. i Decision to extend a call to Dr. Miller was made at a congregation al meeting several days ago. follow ing the delivery of several sermons i here by him. , His acceptance has just been received, fte wfll fin the vacancy in the local church caused ; by the death of the Rev. E. E. Cur tis during the influenza epidemic in I iafe October. EDUCATORS OPEN ANNUAL SESSION IN PENN-HARRIS Governor Sproul Scheduled to Appear Before School Directors Dr. J. George Beclit, executive secretary of the State Board of Edu cation was the principal speaker at the opening sessions of the twenty fourth annual convention of the di rectors department, Pennsylvania State Educational Association, held in the Penn-Harris hotel to-day. Dr. Becht spoke In the morning session touching upon after war conditions in Europe. Governor Sprout was scheduled to address this afternoon's session. The session was opened at 9.30 o'clock this morning with devotional exercises, the Rev. J. Bradley Mark ward. pastor of the Bethlehem Lu theran church, officiating. Robert A. Entlers, president of the Harrisburg [Continued on Page 15.] Star-infrcpcn&asL FRANK A. SMITH NOMINATED FOR STATE SENATOR Well Known' in Business and Repifblican Circles For Many Years SELECTION IS UNANIMOUS Election February 25 Is Re garded as Certain; Sproul Administration Endorsed • FRANK A. SMITH Frank A. Smith, well known busi nessman and prominent in Dauphin county and state Republican circles for years, was to-day unanimously nominated as the Republican candi date for the State Senate to till the vacancy caused by the elevation of,' Senator K. K. Beidleman to the i lieutenant governorship. The nomi- i nation was made by the executive committee, consisting of fifteen members and the officers of the county committee, meeting this morning in the headquueters of the party in the Wyeth bunding, ai>d was afterward ratified ut a largely attended meeting of the county com mittee held in the same rooms. The committee in a resolution of fered by Prothonotary Charles E. Pass expressed its pleasure in the business-like manner with which Governor Sproul and hfs associates in the new state administration have taken hold of affairs and endorsed 1 the Governor's program. A Business Platform Speaking of this resolution imme diately after the meeting Mr. Smith said that in the event of his election February t'o, which his friends re gard as assured, it would give hini much pleasure to serve under the leadership of Governor Sproul. "X am greatly pleased with what is transpiring under the Governor's guidance on Captiol Hill and throughout the state," he said, "and it is my judgment that the next four years will be remarkable in Pcnn- I sylvanla's history for ■ constructive statesmanship and for practical and progressive legislation and ac- [Continued on Page 15.] * Runs Automobile Into Building to Avoid Crash K. 1,, ttolien. Room SOS. Bcrgner Building, narrowly escaped injury this morning when in order to avoid colliding with an aitthmobile which turned intoJJ'hird street from Pine, he ran his touring car head-on into the corner of the residence at the southwest corner of Third and Pine streets. The radiator and front wheels of his ear were damaged. According to Cohen, the other automobile, which belongs to Dr. David S. Funk, 800 North Second street, who was driving, turned into Third from Pine street, going down Third toward Market. Cohen was drtving down Third, and to avoid a collision with the other machine turned quickly to the right. He ran over the curb, across the sidewalk and crashed into the building. Dr. Funk said he was going about ten miles an hour vPhen he turned into Third, and that there was enopgli room on his left for the other car to pass around him. EBERT PRESIDES AT OPENING OF WEIMAR SESSION 'Name of Herr Eichhorn, Who W as Ousted in Spartacan Uprising, Off the Rolls • By Associated Press Amsterdam, Feb. 8. Kriedrlch Lbert, the German chancellor, will open the first session of the recently "felected German National Assembly at \\elmar at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Dispatches from Berlin state tliut after the meeting of the body is thus opened the chair will be taken by the oldest member of the assembly, prob ably Herr Pfannkuch. The advices report %hat many mem bers for Alsace-Lorraine have pre sented themselves for the first sUting of the assembly. Tlie name of Herr Eichhorn, the former chief of the Berlin police de partment, who was ousted during the troubles wj|th the Spartacans, will be stricken frorti the role of membership | of the assembly, as his. whereabout is I not known He will he succeeded by : the candidate in hie district who re- I celved the next largest vote. DIRECT TAX LEVIED BY U. GREATLY INCREASED TO MEET GOVERNMENTS WAR EXPENSES Congress Agrees to Levy One Cent on Each Glass of Soda Water and Sundae; Rates on Booze Doubled; Income Features Continued; Postal Rates Are Lowered By Associated Press . .. Washington, Feb. 6.—With the submission to Congress to-day of the conferees' agreement on the long-delayed war revenue bill, the American people were pre sented their prospective Federal tax budget for 1919 and ensuing years—• something over $6,000,000,000 this veal" and $4,000,000,000, subject to the revision of future rates expected to be undertaken by the next Congress. The conference report, presented to the House by Majority Leader Kitchin with arrangements for its consideration next Friday, is regarded assured of adoption by both House arid Senate and and of approval by the President. ■ RUSS BOLSHEVIK ENVOYS TO MEET ENTENTE POWERS M. Tchitcherin Sends Word Reds Will Go lo Princes Island; Powers Arrange By Associated Press l<nndon, Feb. 6.—The Russian Soviet government, in a wireless message announcing that it is willing to begin conversations with the Entente with the ob ject of bringing about a cessa tion of military activities de clared it is willing to acknowl edge financial obligations re garding tlie creditors of Russia of Entente nationality. l.ontlun, Feb, 6. — M. Tchitcherin. the Bolshevist foreign minister of Russia, announces in a wireless dis patch picked up here that the Soviet government is willing to participate in the Prince Island conference. The message bears the date of Tuesday, and -was sent .from Moscow. ( The dispatch declares tire Soviet is re|dy "If there be oe- enter into a general agree ment with the entente powers on their undertaking not to interfere with Russian internal affairs." It then announces that the govern ment is disposed to confer on the ba sis indicated in the note from the peace conferences, at Princes Island or. elsewhere, "with all the entente powers or some of theme separately, or even with some of the Russian po litical groups at the request of the entente powers." Paris, Feb. 6—The Supreme Council on receiving the acceptance of the Russian Bolshevik government of the invitation to attend the conference on Princes islands, immediately made arrangements t6 send a joint commit tee of two representatives from each of the five great powers to meet the representatives of the Soviet Govern ment. j The wireless dispatch from the So | viet Government, accepting the invi | tation, was received by wireless last j night while the conference corhmis- I sion on a Society of Nations was iti j session. The members of the committee will be announced soon. One of the Am erican delegates will be a personal friend of President Wilson, who lias been a resident of Europe for a num ber of years, and the other will be an American newspaper editor well known in the Middle West. The original date for the meeting on the Princes Island, February 33, probably will be changed in order to give the committee time to reach the ! island. No further response from the other Russian factions has been received, and it is not known if the other fac tions, will be represented. It Is stat ed, however, that in any even the conference with the representatives of the Soviet Government will pro ceed. 'No Beer, No Work,' Slogan ! of Jersey Trade Workers; Want Lighter Beverages By Associated Press Newark, N. J., Feb. 6. A "no beer, no work" slogan was announc ed to-day by representatives of 30,- 000 building trades workers, who condemned nation-wide prohibition and voted to ask the Essex Trades i Council, comprising many, thousand union men in Newark and vicinity, to start a movement for a strike throughout the state July 1, when the temporary yar time prohibition law will be effective. The delegates favored the manu facture and sale of light wines and beer. Eggs, Broken Ones at That, Get Hearing by Interstate Commerce Body Washington, Feb. 6.—Railroad tar iff regulations which refuse to allow egg shippers to claim damages un -1 less mor e than five per cent, of the J contents of a shipping case have been ; broken, or pay for more than five i per qent., were set aside today by the Interstate • Commerce Commission. The commission ordered all eastern trunk line roads and the railroad ad ministration to establish a new sot of rules on May 1, correcting the re quirements under exiatlng rules. Everything Is Taxed Except for slightly increased War excess profits rates for 1919 and corporation income tax rates for 1920, virtually all the rates are revised in the bill passed by the Senate are approved by the conferees and remain in the final conference draft. Like the original House bill and the Senate revision, the bulk of the taxes are levied on war excess profits of corporations and ou MEXICANS GUARD YANKEE RIGHTS. SAYS FLETCHER Feeling Grows More Friendly Since Departure of Infam ous Von Eckhardt Washington. Feb. 6. —American , rights in Mexico will be amply safe-! guarded by the Mexican government.! according to Ambassador Henry T. j Fletcher, who is here from Mexico i City for conferences with State De- ! partment officials, with an optimistic view of the situation in the southern I republic. The Ambassador declared to-day [Continncd on Page 16.] x WILL FORCE GERMANY TO OBEY ARMISTICE || J PARI - FHI' SUPREME WAR COUNCIL WILL ,4 X MEET AT VERsAILLES FRIDAY TO TAKE 4 X MEASURES TO IMPOSE ON GERMANY "THE J 4 FULL WltL OF THE ALLIES," SAYS THE MATIN. 1 Mi X BECAUSE OF THE UNWILLINGNESS OF GKR- ' 4 MANY TO CARRY OUT THE ARMISTICE TERMS Of Ml X EXCEPT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. ' * i GOVERNOR VIEWS CAPITOL PLANS . 2 *T" 4 * Harrisburg—Governor Sproul and other members- of 3 € the board of public grounds and buildings heard Arnold 3 4 „ W. Brunner explain at length this afternoon plans for tl|e m 4 * building, memorial bridge and landscape developments '2 'J 4 of the Capitol Park Extension. Previous to the meeting t # the Governor went over the drawings and picttures and * P expressed himself as much impressed and very desireiib 3 4 eg* of getting the work promptly under way. The confer- kf . J ence last abcut two hours and was attended also by J.'H. •* T Grciner. the bridge designer, ■ * T '* 4* 4 '* % FIVE GREAT POWERS GET J READY TO MEET SOVIET A * jj " great allied powers are preparing to send a commission - f ten members to confer with represent*- * * • f X tives of the Russian Bolshevik government on the Princes * * " t * Islands. This action was decided upon, according to * Pans dispatches, immediately upon the receip tof a wire- less message frcm the Bolshevik government accepting * ' * * the invitation to attend the conference. The other Rua- * * * * sian factions have not yet made known their attitude, e * The Bolshevik government not only accepted the invita- ffr * * ticn to attend the ccnfercnce, but according to wireless * messages received in London, is willing to acknowledge IT e * financial obligaticns held by creditors of Entente nation- 'X 2* ality. The Soviet government also is willing to giv* *y * concessions to Allied citizens and to begin negotiations i to cease hostilities. X ▼ T IT ■ v ,T | MARRIAGE UCENSES :C | T "o'Azi'Z: &r. J T J"™' *•*!•■, and Annie Oanett, Mt. Inlom Snnnrl H. H-iokk, V JT SteeMOH, nnd Hpfli *I. Whltnn.>r. Hnrrl.hurn: Hnlpb R. Ilrovrn, L y Camp Mills, nnd Emma w. Wil.rwkl, tnlon Deposit, 'f ***•*■ * *.!■ ■!■■?■ -If ■ Olncomes, Individual and corporate. Rates of the Senate on transporta tion, beverages, cigars and tobacco, amusement admission, 'club dues, luxuries and semi-luxurle3, stamp and special taxes all substantially were adopted by the conferees, while the House rates on estates and in surance were reinstated. The principal rate increases agreed to in conference were to raise the corporation income rate for 1920 from eight per cent., as proposed by the Senate, to ten per cent, and aii increase from sixty to sixty-two per cent, in thesecond "bracket" or sid ing rate on corporation excess profits for this year. The eighty per cent, war profits tax for this year was ' adopted and, upon insistence by | House conferees, extended to 192ti. i but made applicable next .year only j upon such profits from government i war contracts. Income Tax Features In the important Income tax see :: tion, the bill retains all Senate rates. normal and surtaxes, including that 1 of twelve per cent., double existing law on corporations income of last. [Continued oil Page 16]
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