ir • t i l a i V i i ww ' n . , ~. j German National Assembly Scheduled to Choose Hun * ssion at 1,7 * HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ' ; (tjeStoc-Sttbepcnbcnt. • . LXXXVIII— No. 34 14 PAGES al Matter'at Office"'at" Harrisburg 8 "* HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1919. °" L ,WftKK& mSBBUGT* "WJcSSfiB" HOME EDITION DARING THIEVES BLOW OPEN SAFE AND STEAL $3OO N. Freidberg, H. A. Gable and William Plack Stores Vic tims of Robbery VICTIMS SCORE POLICE Allege Robberies Are Result of Lack of Protection Fur nished by Department FINGER PRINTS ARE MADE Merchants Circulate Petition Demanding Better Service From Police I A series of robberies that cul minated last night in the blow ing open of the safe of the N. Freidberg Wholesale establish ment at 126 South Second street, has roused business men of the neighborhood to make an em phatic protest against what they call the lack of police protec tion afforded by the Harrisburg police department. The hardware store of H. A. Gable, 113 South Second street, and the jewelry store of William Plack, 23 South Second street, are other victims of the thieves. Gable's have been entered twice within a week and Freidberg's three times within a short period. Break Windows Kntrance to Plack's and Freid berg's was gained last night by means of breaking in the plate glass doors with bricks. At Friedberg's where the safe was blown open, $3OO in jewelry was stolen, but. at Plack's the appearance of a workman from the railroad freight station frighten ed the alleged burglars be fore they gained entrance through the hole they smashed in the win dow. Gable's store was entered the night before by means of a back way, af ter the thieves had climbed a fence. Some small change from the cash register was stolen, and the cash register smashed. Some padlocks and screw drivers also were stolen. A few days before, entrance was gained by means of a key apparently stolen from the store during the day time. Merchants Indignant The South Second street merchants are indignant that the police ap- j parently pay no attention to them, and afford them no protection. "I haven's seen a policeman since ! I've been here," declared Harry Freidberg, one of the proprietors. "They're supposed to pass every hour, but I never see them." It was hinted that the merchants would circulate a petition demand ing better service. A night watch man employed by the tenants of tho neighborhood did not sec the thieves. Take Finger Prints 7.The watches stolen at Freidberg's were kept in the safe over night. They are premiums offered by the wholesale confectioners, and alto gether were valued at $3OO, Mr. Freidberg said. The heavy door of the Bate was standing open, and the thin inner door was locked. Strewn about the floor near the safe were ten half burned matches, while powder marks were apparent along the steel door. The lock was not unfastened, but had torn out of fas tening by the explosion. The safe is in the office on the second floor, fronting wide open windows, but apparently the burglars were not disturbed. Mr. Freidberg declared the money is banked every night, or the loss would have been greater. A short while ago thieves gained entrance byway of a transom in the rear, and as a consequence all windows except the front ones have been barred. City detectives put on the case took finger prints and are endeavor ing to locate the stolen articles. Architects Would Have Men of Craft Licensed Twenty-one members of the South ern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Institute of Architects were in attendance at a meeting held at the Fenn-Harris Hotel yesterday aft ernoon. William F. Bannister, secre tary of the New York State Board of r.xaminers, talked on a proposed hill to be introduced in the Legislature urging examination and registration of architects in the same wav as lawyers and doctors. Tho bill was ap proved by the meeting. The visitors were entertained at dinner following the meeting hv Mil ler I. Kast, president of the chapter. THE WEATHER For Hanisburg and vicinity! Fnlr nnd warmer to-night, with low est trmperntarc about 25 de gree*) Wednesday unsettled nnd warmer, probably light rain or *now._ For Eastern Pennsylvania) Fnlr nnd warmer to-night) Wrdnen dny unsettled and warmer, probably local rains or snows) modcrnte winds, becoming southerly. t niver , The Susquehanna river and all Its branches will fnll slowly or re main nearly stntlonary without much change In lee eondltlon*. A stnge of about 4.1 feet Is In dicated for Hnrrlsburg Wednes day morning. Which, of Course, Makes Everything All Right Again OPINIONS DIFFER AS TO VALUE OF PENNSYLVANIA'S BLUE LAWS Father Carey Would Permit Concerts if Harmless Amuse ments Did Not Inter fere With Church Services MAYOR SUPPORTS PRIEST'S POSITION Theater Men and Band Leaders Do Not Agree With Stand Taken by Harrisburg Ministerial Associa tion Sentiment in Harrisburg to-day is much divided on the question of "open" or "closed" Sundays raised by the introduction into the Leg islature by, Representative William F. Rofke, of Philadelphia, of House Bill No. 94 as an amendment, to the old "Blue Laws" of 1794. A stand entirely opposite from that taken by the Harrisburg Min isterium in a series of resolutions passed yesterday, condemning Rep resentative Rorke's amendment, have, been taken by many city peo ple. The amendment would permit Sunday orchestral concerts, lec tures, movie shows "and other en tertainments of an educational char acter." All these would be legal ized by the measures, which also contains the prohibition that there shall be "no raising or lowering of the curtain, no appearance of any person In costume and no moving or changing of scenery or furniture upon such stage or platform." Blue IJUVS Antiquated A' revision of these laws, which they term "antiquated," meets with the general approval of those who have taken this side of the ques tion. Greater liberality in the ob servance of the Sabbath is generally favored by the advocates of a re vision, although they are unanimous that any entertainments permitted should not interfere with regular church services. The measure, however, has met with not the least approval among the clergymen who are affiliated with the Harrisburg Minlsterlum. Their stand as announced in their scathing resolutions of yesterday, protesting against the particular re vision provided in Representative Rorke's measure, is finding special commendation among a consider able percentage of the members of their church. Severely arraigning the promoters of the measure, the clergymen's resolutions characterize their product as "unpatriotic" and "un-Christian," while declaring that "Sunday Is necessary to the preser vation of the home." "Such laws," [Continued on Page 6.J What the Blue Laws of 1794 Prohibit on Sunday The sale of ice cream, soda water, soft drinks, etc., except in the case of licensed hotels and eating houses, and then not Indiscrimi nately. The offering for sale of milk by the glass. The vending of Sunday newspapers. A baker to keep open his place of business for the sale of his wares. The sale of liquor and other vinous drinks, together with cigars and tobacco of all kinds. A barber to keep open his shop to shave and to dress the hair of customers. In general, for a person to work for hire except in the case of necessity and charity. There may be no hunting or fishing. That railroad and canal companies shall not be required to operate their trains or boats. Judicial interpretation has since classed such operation as a necessity. FATHER GIVEN WEEPING CHILD BY COURT ORDER; Little Girl Cries to Mother— "Don't Leave Me, Mamma" Nicholas DeSantis, who started habeas corpus proceedings yester day against his wife to compel her to give up their five-year-old daugh ter Teresa, was given the custody of the child by court order to-day. Sobbing and calling 'don't leave me mamma," the child was taken from the courlroom together with parents who do not live to gether. A deputy sheriff escorted the two and other friends to the Court street! entrance. Outside the courthouse ' when the child was taken by her father her sobbing attracted a num ber of persons who were passing. Finally the child was quieted and walked away with her father, the mother and grandmother following them. DeSantis alleged that his wife, Sindy DeSantis, was not properly caring for the child and had de serted him. The court after hear ing witnesses for both the father and the mother, directed that the father should have the care of the little girl. BKIJFAST STRIKKBS AGREE Belfast. Feb. 11.—The strikers of Belfast have agreed to a bal lot on the question of a settlement of j the strike. Pending the balloting the city resumed its normal activ ities to-day. The street car service was resumed and the electric power current started"up again. It is anticipated that the ballot will show a big majority for a settle ment on the Unes proposed. FORESTALLING IN LOCAL MARKETS AGAIN ATTACKED Council Urged to Slop Per nicious Practice by Proper Ordinances Urging Council to pass an ordi nance which will stop forestalling in the city markets, George B. Neb inger. City Inspector of Weights and Measures, In his annua! report for 1918, submitted to-day. asks for prompt action on the part of the Commissioners. He calls atention to the ordinances in effect In Lancaster and York which are enforced satisfactorily, and in speaking of forestalling says: "It makes it almost impossible for the consumers to get the benefits [Continued on Page 12.J HERE'S A GOOD JOB FOR ANY ' MAN WHO CAN QUALIFY FOR IT Anyone Assured a Comfortable Stipend Who /Can Make Good With This York County Fartner Who Advertises To each and every Harrlsburg man who possesses the necessary qualification an excellent position to day was offered y a well-known York county man. The stipend was not made public but from the nature of the work it is understood that the remunera tion certainly will be commensurate with the time and effort. Payment, however, will not be made to persons merely seeking easy jobs as the POLICE SUBDUE VIOLENT ENEMY ALIEN OUTBREAK Use Clubs Freely on Deck of I Immigration Boat at Ho- ! boken Today WOMAN IN GAY COLORS Men Disheveled and Defiant; One Strikes Officer; In cites Disorder SOLDIERS GALLED UPON "To Hell With America," the Cry as Vessel Leaves For Ellis Island New York, Feb. 11. —Fifty-four radicals—alien-born anarchists, In dustrial Workers of the World and others—arrived at Hoboken to-day on a train from the West en route to I the Ellis Island immigration sta tion, where they are to bo detained until arrangements can be complet ed for their deportation. As* the second group of men was led from the train to the boat on which trans ferral was made to Ellis Island, three cheers for the Bolshevik! were given and three more for the I. W. W. When all of the flfty-three men and one woman had reached the decks of the immigration boat, the police ordered the I. W. W. mem bers to separate themselves from the others and move to one end of the vessel. One I. W. W. member objected and struck a policeman. Others of the I. W. W. closed in, the police came to the rescue of the man attacked, and not until clubs had been used freely and effective ly were the I. W. W. members sub dued. Another version of this disturb ance was tliat one of tlie fifty-three men had throughout the jouvney from the West been a marked man among his fellows, "suspected of be ing not a radical, but a Government agent in disguise." A strange scene was presented as the arrivals stepped from the train shortly after dawn at the close of their long railroad journey. Many of them wore flaming red ties. The woman had on a fur coat and a black sailor hat. The men had been playing cards most of 'he night and showed the want of sleep and were unshaven. Canvas carpetbags of the kind immigrants carry were in cluded in an odd assortment of bag gage, with here and there a shiny, new suit case. Some of the men wore no hats, one had set a panama rakishly back from his forehead. The temperature was not mild, and many of the radicals shivered for lack of overcoats. Before the boat left Hoboken for Ellis Island the iihmigration authori ties called on the United States army for aid. A lieutenant and twenty soldiers boarded the vessel. The army offi cers warned the radicals that he and his men had come aboard to preserve order and that they were prepared to use their weapons If necessary. The boat then swung out Into the Hudson, carrying more 1 guards, inspectors and soldiers than I there were radicals. | The soldiers carried small arms | and werfe instructed by the immi- I gration agents to "shoot to kill if I necessary." j As the boat left the pier the radi cals became noisy. Three cheers for the Bolshoviki were given. The red flag and the I. W. W. also were cheered. Then the prisoners chant ed in unison: "To hell with Amer ica." MORE ALIENS TO BE DEPORTED AS PRECAUTION STEP Another Carload Will Soon Leave Chicago, Federal Officers Declare Chicago, Feb. 11.—A clean-up to rid the country of aliens with crim inal records or who are regarded as a menace to the nation Is under way by Federal officials, government officers declare. Within a few days another car load of undesirables will leave Chi cago for an Atlantic port to be shipped back to the countries whence they came. Immigration officials made this known last night as the 54 aliens hurried through Chicago Sunday en route to Europe under heavy guard were nearing New York. qualifications demanded by the em ployer while simple are direct and to the point and above all else must be fulfilled. In order to get quick results the Harrlsburg Telegraph to-day was asked to publish the following ad vertisement which is sel/-explana tory: Wanted—Man who understands how to locate and lift buried money. Address Lock Mox No. 272, Red Idoii, Pa. JAPAN THREA TENS TO WAGE WAR ON CHINA IF ISLANDS ARE WITHHELp KING GEORGE PLEADS FOR PEOPLE Ixmdon, Feb. 11.—King George in his speech from the throne to the Houses of Parliament to-day urged the legislative bodies to act resolutely in stamping out poverty, diminishing unemployment and improving the health of the nation. In concluding, tho King said: "We shall not achieve this end by undue tenderness toward acknowledged abuses and it must necessarily be retarded by violence, even disturbance. We shall succeed only by patient and untiring resolution in carrying through the legislation and administrative action which is required. It is that resolute action that I ask you to support. . WILSON IS TO LEAVE FRENCH CITY FRIDAY President Means to Return to Peace Table by March 15; Comes Only to Act on Laws Passed by Congress; Plans Disclose Brief Stay at Capital By Press. C Paris, Feb. 11. President Wilson is expert Martha Washington. With him will sail units of the American Army of Occupation, which have IKTII ordered home for de mobilization. Paris, Feb. 11. —Evidence of President Wilson's in tention not to abandon the Peace Conference upon the ratification of the Society of Nations plan is found in the disclosure to-day that he plans to return from Washington by March 15. This involves so brief a stay at Washington as to per miJi only the signing df bills during the closing hours of Congress. It is understood that Mr. Wilson intends to give personal attention in Paris to the work of the Supreme Executive Council, which promises to be the most Important feature of the Peace Conference after the dis posal of the Society of Nations. Interesting developments in the work of the conference are expected to-day. The draft of the plan for a Society of Nations will be before the commission on a society for Its second reading, and it probably will be prepared for action by a plenary session late in the week. Committee to Soltlc Claims The Supreme War Council, al though hearing the claims of Bel gium delegates in support of the should be protected until on the same footing as Germany, is ex pected lo refer this matter to an economic committee. The Supreme Economic Council, which is about to be organized, is expfeted to consider French and Bel gian proposals that Essen and other German industrial towns should be occupied to prevent the manufac ture of munitions and arms. This question bears on the ability of Ger many to pay heavy indemnitis through products of industry, and the American view is that the sup pression of Germany's munition pro duction can be as well assured by a system of authorized inspection by entente agents, This would permit German industries to continue with safety to the allies. > i The French and Belgian plea that PIPE MILL LAYS OFF HUNDREDS IN SHELL PLANT Working Forces to Be Re duced to a Seventh of War-Time Numbers Additional reductions in the forces of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company within the past several, days have raised the total number of employes dismissed during the past week to approxi mately 400 men, William T. Htldrup, Jr., Secretary-treasurer and general manager of the company, told today. The size of the force will be gradu ally reduced to about one-seventh, the number employed during the war. Further big reductions are expect ed between now and April 1, approx imately 600 men being*slated to be laid oft until that time as further i contracts of the corporation expire. The size of the working force is be ing diminished dally, and will so con tinue until the normal size of the force is peached. A big cut in the working force at the establishment is expected with in the next fortnight, Mr. Hlldreup says, as a projectile contract on which the forces are now working, nears completion. The preliminary stage ot the work has been finished and men employed In departments performing this work have already beqn .laid off. As tl\e remainder of the work nears completion, men per forming the final stages In the prep aration of the projectiles, will have "to go, * they should be permitted to recoup their enormous losses by the de struction of their industrial plants through the stoppage of German in dustries until France and Belgium have been rehabilitated is met by the American view, which is shared by the British, that such losses should be reimbursed by cash ln demnitites from Germany within a reasonable time. The Supreme Eco nomic Council can regulate the dis tribution of raw materials between countries so as to insure France and Belgium of a proper advantage over Germany and prevent the latter from gaining tho world's markets. Yanks to Conic Home Soon Once divested of . Its economic features, arrangements for an ex tension of the military armistice can be quickly completed. It is be lieved certain that American troops will not be employed as garrisons in the Rhine country longer than Is necessary for military purposes, or to insure the carrying out of the [Continued on Page 12.] C* * 1 | STEAMER CALLS FOR HELP * * I J Halifax, N. S. -Calls for help from the American * * tank steamer Cnmmunipaw were picked up here. The J ** * * hei assistance. The Communipaw sailed from New w 4 * /ork, 1 n irv 2 for Genoa. .* * ** > < * it I 4 i e „ -Jerome passed a night of appreHe J * * vying a day fo turmoil precipitated by a 75 c it cu- ► * i i e „ md copper miners ai | 4 * the Jerome district yesterday. Early to-day * * t l * ji | officials said the strike called yesterday at a mass meet- * * tug held on tiie outskirts of the town had not material- ij * # council was standing by its do ' * , \ to keep the members of the Interna ♦ ? * J nion of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers at their place , ' j ider protest pending the arrival of federal me <£ Hywell bavies, reported on his way from Washington. i i | KING LAUDS AMERICAN REPUBLIC T i tm € ft t has given men great T' 4 * .f ti $■ X 4 * proof cf the good will which all sections of mj p< pie feel toward the great republic of the west and an earnest wi understanding with which, I trust, the X 4* ther in the future." * | jJ NAVAI PROGRAM SEEN IN BILL j* ton — Legislation for a new three-year 1 15 * ing program was voted in order as a part of the annua! * ' 4* * i X naval appropriation bill to-day by the House, which. i jf opted 205 to 148- a special rule to restore provision *j .•I Stricken out yesterday oh pointy of order by Republican . : load r Mann. * ' 4 GERMANS ADOPT CONSTITUTION > 4 < <|i Weimar- T*ho Gorman National Assembly Ha , j b the pr< visi- nnl cnstituti iv with little ameiKii'tkint. The • i.ati n.il president will be elected Tuesday. t X —, ± MAIUUAGE LICENSES 4 Robert Jonea Goldle M. Snalh, HarrlabarK) Floyd J, Hi- 1 1 Vrraelta R. Horklna, Knolai Harvey C. Shook and Dar- a , otby M. Wtldera, Stecltoa. Peking Government Appeals to Peace Conference For Assistance JAPS DEMAND HUN COLONIES Delegates Robbed of Papers on Way to French Capitol By Associated Press Paris, Feb. 11.—Japan lias re- I iterated her intention to hold tliu Marshall and Caroline Islands in the Pacific, which she took from Germany during the war, as well as to insist upon the execution of her agreement reached in Septem ber last with China regarding Shantung. A formal statement to this effect by Japanese representa tives has been made public here. It is not considered that the China-Japanese controversy or Ja pan's claims regarding the Pacific Islands are likely to delay the So ciety of Nations project. It seems probable, however, that these mat ters will be considered later by that organization. Considerable space is being given the China-Japanese fContinued on Page 12.]