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LXXXVIII — No. 32 22 PAGES Dal £a?t x . e r'S* T.*£Z.t HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1919. HOME EDITION
TERRITORIAL TANGLES IN PEACE PROGRAM
PRECEDE FORMING OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS;
EBERT SINGS HUN SWAN SONG AT WEIMAR
Powers May Merge
to Control Acts
of the Peace
Conference
COMMITTEE SITS
TO HEAR CLAIMS
Russian Puzzle Now
Before Body
at Paris
By Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 7.—The Al
lied premiers, who will
meet this afternoon as the
Supreme-allied War Council,
probably new terms to be
imposed upon Germany- whose
tactics of obstruction and ic
c.rimination are said to have
reached a climax in a threat
made at Weimar by Chancelloi
Kbcrt that Germany wou'ld
break off negotiations With the
Allies.
The feeling in peace confer
ence circles is that the Germans
arc more and more forgetting
their position, and it is expected
that the Supreme War Council
will take measures to bring
them to a sense of the realities.
It is understood that the coun
cil will fix a brief time within
which the Germans must carry
out the conditions they have ful
filled only in part. In this re
spect it is noted that none of the
German merchant ships which
were to have been % sent to cer
tain Allied ports have yet been
handed over.
Paris, Feb. 7.— Substantially
one-half of tlic draft of the con
stitution for the Society of Na
tions has been covered by the
chief conference commission
dealing with this question it
was olliclally announced to-day.
In approving a number of addi
tional articles of the draft the _
commission reached an accord,
it is stated, on certain questions
of tlie greatest importance con
cerning the positive functions
of the league.
The acceptance of these ad
ditional articles was provisional.
The commission lias appoint
ed a general secretariat, con
sisting of M. Cluscl, Lord
Eustace Percy, of the British
foreign office, and Mr. Shcp
herdson.
Premier Venizelos, of Greece;
Premier Kramars, of Jugo
slavia; M. IJmowskl, of Poland,
and M. Diamond)', of Ruinaitlu,
sut as members of flic league of
nations commission representing
their respective nations.
William Allen White, of Kin
poriu, Kan., nnd Prof. George
Davis Hcrron have been appoint
ed the American' delegates to
the Marmora conference with
the Russian factions.
Paris, Feb. 7.—The number of
territorial conflicts now making
their appearance in peace con
ference circles is attributed in
some quarters to the prospects
of an early realization of a So
ciety of Nations plan which will in
volve the examination of all such
claims by a legal tribunal of the
society for adjudication with due
regard to the wishes and welfare of
the inhabitants of the districts in
dispute.
Combine May Rule Conference
The community of interest of some
nations in certain questions has led
to hints of co-operation between
those nations to make up a majority
in the conference. Gossip in the
corridors even mentions threats of
resistance to any decisions adverse
to those interests. The special com
mission working on the Society of
Nations plan is not moved by these
rumors, and is going about its work
quietly but rapidly.
Hears Claims Patiently
At the same time the Supreme
Council, in short daily session, con
tinues its policy of hearing patiently
[Continued on Page 10.]
I THE WEATHER.
/ Fop HnrrUburn and vicinity t Fair
to-nlKht nnd Saturdny; not
much chnnKc In temperature.
lowcNt to-night ahout 28 <Jc-
Krceffi.
For Hantcrn Pcnnnylvanln t Fair
10-nl|(ht "nd Saturday, little
chanter In temperature; moder
ate west wind, becumlnir vxiri
nlilc.
Itlver
The Susquehanna river and all Ita
branches will fall slowly except
local rlsra may occur, dnr to Ire
A singe of about 4.H frrt fa In
dicated to* lie rrtsburg Saturday
morning
Something Tells Us That We'll Never See Our Little
Arabella Again
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50,000 MEN TO BE
RELEASED FROM
PENNSY EMPLOY
Only Sixteen Crews in Local |
Yards Laid Off by the
New Order
Just how many men of the Phil- j
adelphia division in- general and i
Harrisburg in particular will be in
cluded in the order for a wholesale
layoff of 50,000 employes of the
Pennsylvania lines cast of Pitts
burgh, officials at the local offices
were unable to say this morning.
The date the number indefinitely
suspended has been rather incon- I
siderable, the officials affirm. But a
total of approximately 300 men
have been released. It will be sev
eral weeks until it will be known
exactly how many men are to go and I
before the greater number of them I
will be released.
Few railroaders from Harrisburg
have been thrown out of employ
ment as yet in the extensive re
trenchment order that is anticipat
ed. While sixteen crews in the sev
eral yards in this territory have
been taken off, the men have been
placed on the extra list, where they
[Continued on Pago 21.]
Sea Planes Drop Edict
on Monarchist Stronghold
T.ishon, Feb. 7;-—Two sea planes of J
the Portuguese republican . forces |
have dropped proclamation on:
Oporto, the monarchist stronghold,!
and returned safely to Aveiro. They'
bombarded and damaged the rail - •
way from Kspinho to Granja.
A battalion of volunteers, com
posed mostly of students and em
ployes of business houses has left
Insbon to fight the royalists in 1 lie
north. Several warships left the
capital to-day for northern waters.
All wagons and horses in Usbon are
being mobilized.
BIG HOT 18 SOI.l)
Sale of a plot of ground 180x159
feet in Green street north of Wood
bine from John E. Fox, president
of the Mechanics' Trust Company,
to William J. Sohland. realty dealer,
was made public to-day when the
deed was filed to he recorded. No
consideration was given. The city
assessed valuation of the ground is
$B,lBO.
MINIMUM SCHOOL l
YEAR OF EIGHT !
MONTHS URGED
! Governor Sproul Pledges His
Aid io State's Educa
tional Forces
j Consolidation of rural schools j
i was endorsed, the Legislature was!
requested to raise the minimum!
school term to at least eight months,
approval was given to ah amend-1
ment to the Sqhool Code providing!
for education of mentally deficient I
children and.a special appropriation!
of $10,000,000 for increase In!
I teachers salaries was backed In reso- |
lutions passed at the closing ses-1
sions of the twenty-fourth annual
convention of the Directors Depart
[Contiiiucd on Page 11.]
WHAT WILL HARRISBURG SUBSTITUTE FOR THE SALOON?
Younger Men W ill
Never Miss the In
toxicants, but Will
Take to Other
Amusements, Say
Men Who Have
Studied Problem in
Dry States
What will Harrisburg substitute
for the saloon?
With the passing of what is gen
erally termed the greatest evil civili
zation has ever known nearly at
hand this question has come to the
front in the minds of millions of per
sons throughout the country. Wheth
er supporters for or battlers against
the rum traffic, it is generally con
ceded here that not even the war it
self will have the far-reaching effects
that the prohibition is to meet with.
The substitution must bo more of
an abstract problem than the con
crete changing from one thing to an
other, it was generally agreed. Thus
the home was suggested most fre
quently as the best place for the
drinking man to spend his evenings.
Jt was pointed out that the money
! DEMOCRATS IN
OLD-TIME ROW
NOMINATE FRITZ
Holstein Works in Vain to
Name Aldingcr For
Senate
| The Democratic county commit
! tee had an old time row this
! afternoon at the Central Derno-
I cratlc Club over the nomina
| tion of a candidate for the Senate
| to oppose Frank A. Smith, who was
I yesterday unanimously chosen by
| the Republicans as their candidate.
I L. Vernon Fritz, secretary and treas
urer of the llarrlsburg Boot and
, Shoe Manufacturing Company, was
finally named. Howard Holstein
nominated Fred D. Aldingcr and
made a hard light for him but the
vote stood 28 to 10 in fuvor of Fritz
and was then made unanimous.
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WHAT?
Witli the closing of the sa
loons, probably July 1. the qucs
j tion as to what Harrisburg will
J substitute for them now is upper-
I most in the minds of thousands.
What will take the place of the
, brightly-lighted place of congre
gation frequented by thousands?
That the drinking man will
substitute the home for the ho
tel is the opinion of many. The
1 man who formerly spent his*
| evenings in front of the bar now
will stay at home with his fam
ily and the problem will solve
itself, many believe.
Younger men and youths who
have not formed the habit will
never miss the doubtful pleasure.
For these the Y. M. C. A., the
church, tli? decent club, the
I theaters and community centers
: are suggested.
The Telegraph would be glad
j to hear from any reader on the
i question.
! spent by many a man for intoxicants
I if placed with a building ard loan
I association would in a remarkably
| short time give liim a home of his
i own. The Y. M. C. A., the movies,
"Old Order Gone,"
Says Premier j
a t National
Assembly
GREETING NEW
TO DELEGATES
Pleads For Unity
and Order at
Beginning
Weimar, Feb. 7.—The old
order in Germany has gone be
yond recall and the people are
determined to rule themselves,
declared Friedrich Ebcrt, the
chancellor, calling the National
Assembly to order here yesterday
afternoon.
"We will call on the old German
spirit of Weimar," he said.
"We will be an empire of justice
and truth."
The chancellor opened the pro
ceedings of the assembly at 3.15
o'clock. He was received with ap
plause as he advanced for the cere
monial. In,opening he addressed the
assemblage as "ladies and gentle
men" —a form of address never be
fore heard in a German legislative
body. The chancellor's speech was
an earnest appeal for unity and un
tiring labor.
The assembly, 397 members of
which were present, adopted the old
standing orders of the Reichstag as
temporary rules of procedure. The
assembly will meet again to-morrow.
Basle, Feb. 7.—Chancellor Ebert
in his address to the German Na
tional Assembly at Weimar yester
day said:
"The conditions of the armistice
have been of unheard of severity
and were carried out without shame.
We warn our adversaries not to
push us too far.
"Like General Winterfeldt (who
resigned from the armistice com
mission), the whole German gov
ernment might also eventually bo
forced to renounce from collaborat
ing in the peace pourparlers and
throw upon our adversaries all the
weight of responsibility for the new
world organization.
"Confident in the promises of
President Wilson, Germany laid
down her arms, .and now we await
the peace of President Wilson, to
which we have a right."
Guilty Germans Held
to Public View to Stop
Minor Offenses of Troops
Coblonz, Feb. 7. —The names of
all Germans convicted of violations
of army regulations in territory oc
cupied by American forces are being
published in German newspapers,
together with the address of each,
the offense charged and the fine or
sentence imposed. Publicity was de
cided upon as being likely to pre
vent s an increase of minor offenses
such as selling liquor, or Imitation
liquor to soldiers.
ARRESTED AS NUISANCE
Antonio Bartello was given a
hearing in police court to-day up
on the charge of insulting women
while he was under the influence of
liquor. lie was arrested by Walter
Thompson, driver for the Washing
ton Fire Company, at Chestnut and
Second streets last night.
DUKE OF ST. MACRO DIES
By Associated Press
Madrid. Feb. 7. The Duke of"
Santo Mauro, master of the queen's
household, is dead, it is announced
here to-day.
The Home Is Most Fre
quently Mentioned as
Best Place For Drink
ing Men to Go With
the Closing of the
Rum Traffic
J the theaters, decent clubs, commun
ity centers and gymnasiums all were
i suggested. ■
Tlit Home Suggested
i The Rev. B. 11. Niebel, In a letter
] to .the Harrisburg Telegraph, writes:
j "Now that the saloon is ncaring
| the end of its history, some people
jare dismissing the question of a sub
j stitute for that dying institution. We
J suggest THE HOME as the best sub
stitute. The saloon has been the
I enemy of the homo and thousands
; of homes have been robbed of peace
; and happiness by the work of the
i saloon. Should not the first thought
jbe to restore this great loss? Why
i must we conclude that nowthe hus
band. the father or the son must
have some other rendezvous as a
substitute for the saloon? Bhall the
mother, with perhaps a flock of lit
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OWNERSHIP OF
RAILROADS IS
LABOR'S PLEA
Great Brotherhoods Recom
mend That Government
Take Over All Lines
SEEK TO SHARE PROFITS
Cheaper Financing Possible
Under Federal Plan, the
Union Men Declare
OPPOSES POLITICS RAN
Intimates Opposition Will
Cease With Leave to Partici
pate in Campaigns
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 7. Railroad
labor interests to-day proposed gov
ernmentownership and private opei -
ation by one large corporation, co
operatively organized and sharing
profits with employes as their so u
tion of the railway problem. j
Testifying before the Senate In
terstate Commerce ' Commission on
behalf of the four leading trainmen s ,
brotherhoods and othy employes
organizations, Glenn E. Plumb, of
Chicago recommended that the go
ernment acquire all railroad prop
erty at a price fairly representing
the physical valuation and
the operation to a corporation to be
■ directed jointly by e, " plo y
cers and the government. Earnings
1 would be divided equally among ero
j ployes and the government and rate ,
would automatically he reu Hf®" i
I when prolits amounted to more than
' a This P*an it was argued .would |
1 provide cheaper flnanctng.givest
j btlity of income to securlty ojvncra
i promote efficiency of
i railroad operation "from' partisan
Si
rates at a minimum, eliminate com
plications in rate schedules and pro
vide a means of making communi
ties benefiting by extensions pay for
them. The corporation would be |
subject to regulation by the
state Commerce Commission which
would retain its present regulating
'"The brotherhoods objected to the
railway executives' proposal for es
tablishing a secretary of transpor
tation, saying this would constitute
1 "regulating the people in the in
terests of capital. They also pro
tested against the railroad adminis
tration's order forbidding railway
employes from taking part in poli
tics. arguing that the solution of the
railroad problem is a political issue
and that employes are entitled to
participate.
Mr. Plumb suggested organization
of an operating corporation where
operating ability constituted its sole
capital.
President Is to Name
Commission to Adjust
After-War Price Scale
Wasliington, Feb. 7. —President
Wilson has been asked to name ■*
commission of industrial leaders and
government representatives which
will have the power to investigate
and suggetss a scale of prices for
basic commodities at which the gov
ernment will buy during the post
war period. Secretary of Commerce
Redfield announced to-day.
The step was taken after confer
ences of producers and labor repre
sentatives and government officials
who were unanimous, the secre
tary said, in recommending it.
Lieut. George Kunkel, Jr.,
Recoters From Gassing
First Lieutenant George Kunkel,
Jr., son of President Judge and Mrs.
George Kunkel, 601 North Front
street, has recovered fully from be
ing gassed in the drive in the Ar
gonne forest sector, which began
September 26 and lasted eight days.
At the time he was attached to the
Three Hundred and Eleventh Ma
chine Gun Hattalion, in charge of a
platoon of forty men. The battal
ion was assigned to assist the Three
Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment
and was located at Dead Man's Hill
during the drive.
Lieutenant Kunkel was in the
hospital for six weeks, but from re
ports received here now has been
placed in the class for active service
again by thp surgeons in charge.
STRIKE IS ENDED
By Associated Press
London, Feb. 7. — The strike of
railway workers, which threatened
to tie up England's transportation
system, is to-day cracking up with
the return of thousands of men to
their old posts. Government agen
cies believe the crisis in the labor
unrest, with which they have
wrestled during the past several
weeks, has passed.
SHORT CIRCUIT RINGS
ALARM AT BIG STORE
An alarm of fire from Box 221,
at Fourth and Market streets, at
1.45 o'clock thiß afternoon, which
.rung when a wire in the auxiliary
box at Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart
"short circuited," quickly brought
a big crowd to the vicinity. The
wire was fixed immediately.
BRISTOL WORKERS STRIKE
By Associated Brass
Philadelphia, Feb. 7.—About five
thousand iron workers employed by
the Merchant Shipbuilding Company
of Bristol, Pa., struck to-day. Prac
tically all work at the yard is tied
up as a result. An official of the
company said the strike Is part of
an effort to unionize the plant.
DUSSELDORF IN
BIG "WALKOUT"
Berlin, Feb. 7. —The whole
city of Dusseldorf lias "walked
out." Officials, clerks and other
employes in the service of rail- I
ways, posts, telegraph, telephone ;
and service lines; bankers, law- '
yers, physicians, school teachers |
and ther people engaged in pro- ■
l'essions have quit work. The 1
employes on all public service i
lines are striking in keeping I
with the threat to the executive
council of the communistic gov
ernment to call a general strike
of all Bourgeois classes if their
demands were not granted.
Theaters and restaurants are
forced to close, as they are with
out service. Big industrial plants
have shut down, as office forces
everywhere have joined in the
walkout. This unique pr?i M t is
the first of Its kind to be applied
on a big scale as a retaliation
against Spartacan terrorism.
SLAYER OF CHILD
WIFE GUILTY OF
MANSLAUGHTER
Jury Would Have Let Hus
band Off With Light
Sentence
Chumlirrsburg, p a ., Feb. 7.
After deliberating for seventeen
hours the jury in the trial of Rus
sell Potter, of Waynesboro, charged
with the murder of his girl wife,
fourteen years old, this morning
brought in a verdict of manslaughter
at 10.30 o'clock.
The tragedy which occurred on
[Continued on Page 16.]
WIFE CHARGES CRCEETY
In divorce court to-day, the case
of Edith Mullen vs. Daniel Mullen
was heard. It was alleged that the
husband treated his wife almost in
humanly, kicking her out of bed
with a ten-month-old baby and abus
ing her while she was mourning at
her mother's funeral. The couple
were married in March, 1909. The
case of Mamie Brooks vs. Nelson
Brooks was also heard.
;j NEW SCHOOL V J J
4 ' risburg—Dr. F .E. Downes, city acho< * *
<* t ►
, , idcnt, made important recommendations to ,
* * board this afternoon concerning changes m the super J*
4 n visory plan to become effective in Sfcptembcr whe ►
1 * new junior high schools are opened. tj *
4 * BRETZ DISBARRED BY COURT ! *
►
, Harrisburg—The Dauphin County Court this after- *
—U M |
e I ® oon disbarred Harry M. Bretz and filed opinion | t
taining two of the four convictions. • ►
4* * *
n JOHNSON'S EFFORT VOTED DOWN IN SENATE [
< Washington—Another effort to-day by Senator John * *
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son of California, to secure Senate consideration of his ♦ >
|l resolution favoring immediate withdrawal of American ,
3
4, from Russia ended in failure by a vote of 37 I 1 "
I* *
Paris Secretary of State Lansing In a statement i* 1
<
,ued to-day says that the government of th I ' t
* States welcomes the union of the Serbian, Croatian and * *
| t
4* Sloevnian peoples.
<4
dm ALL SEATTLE<WALKS TO WORK .
Seattle, Wash.—Seattle to-dajr started its se J jj
4> f a geenral srtike by walking to work, no attempt h * *
IX >
T been made yesterday or last to operate tht tre >
4 irs, which have been idle since the union en. i S
X icm to the barns yesterday and joined the fho * '
T other workmen who walked out yesterday. * ■
1* X
4 . CLARK'S MINERS WALK OUT X
X Butte, Mont.—The entire day shift of the IrOr i i t
T mine, owned by former United States Senator Cl ir mini- S
bering about 250 men, walked out this morning jT
m
X of he reduction cf one dollar a day in wages th.it vent .H 1 !
Tjj. into effect in the Butte district to-dav. \ju
X REDS SHELL AMERICAN POSITIONS -Jj
T Archangel—The American positions on the rivar Vaga, tjR
4* at which an infantry attack by the Bolshveiici on my 3
•jot mi
T was repulsed, were under heavy shell fire from X
shevik artillery to-day. The other sections cn the n hern T|
front were quiet 23
I MARRIAGE LICENSES |
4* ("Mite W. KkciMle and Ida Oerlarh, Altonaa. h DUI, T
gi i nil i mm >•>•♦♦♦♦ HJMiK lai
SPEED UP WORK
ON CAPITOL PARK,
SAYS GOVERNOR
Memorial Bridge and Office i
Buildings to Be Erected
at Once
IMPRESSED WITH PLAN'S
No Time Wasted; Will Ask
Legislature For Money
at Once
WILL WIDEN STREETS
Landscaping of Park Exten
sion Also to Be Undertaken
Without Delay
Pennsylvania's Legislature wilt be
; asked to make early appropriations
for starting not only the improve
| ments In Capitol Park contemplated
|in the Brunner plans, hut for the
j Memorial bridge to the soldiers and
j satlors of the Keystone state in the
war for two office buildings in the
land acquired the last four years
for extension of the park. Governor
William C. Sprout last everi
j ing announced that he approved the
comprehensive plans, but that he
' wanted to start work.
( The Governor said that he was
I impressed with the plans, and con
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Traffic Blocked When
Trolley Car Jumps Track
Traffic on the Third street and
State street lines was blocked near
ly half an hour shortly after noon
to-day when Third street car No. Sin
going cast in Third at Walnut street,
"picked the switch," the front truck
turning into Walnut toward Second,
and the rear wheels, continuing on
down Third street. Policeman Brine
and a pedestrian were knocked down
by the car as it swung across the
traffic at the corner, blocking all the
tracks. A Penbrook Square ear was
attached to the derailed Third street
car and after much work pulled it
back onto the rails.