Official Figures Place Staggering Cost of Biropean War at $179,000,000,000; Britain Pays Most
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I.XXXVIII- No. 39 16 PAGES D * ,, S,?.7K; a K., HARRISBURG. PA. SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1919. •"SWSSBB fSaKWS EM Wffl 1 HOME EDITION
WILSONS START ON
VOYAGE HOMEWARD;
TO LAND AT BOSTON
Transport George Washington Starts on
Trip to United States From Brest
at 11.15 O'clock Today
DEPARTURE FROM PARIS MADE
IN DRIVING RAIN AT NIGHT
By Associated Press
Brest, Feb. 15. —President Wilson left on his return to the
united States on board the U. S. S. George Washington shortly
after 11 o'clock this morning. The George Washington weighed
anchor at 11.15 o'clock.
The President arrived at Bresi
went direct to the dock, where h
which took him and his party to
Received by Naval Chief
The President was received at the*
Brest arsenal by Admiral Moreau,
of the French army. General Hel
mick, the military commander of
Brest. Charles M. Swab, and civil
officials. There was no ceremony
except for handshaking and a sa
lute of 21 guns which thundered
forth as the President embarked on
the gunboat.
From the railroad siding to the
dock were drawn up a battalion of
American soldiers, and a French
marine band played the "Star Span
gled Banner" as the gunboat left
its moorings. All the ships in the
harbor displayed the American flag
and all traffic was suspended while
the President's party was transfer
red to the George Washington,
l'rcncli lTovlde Naval Escort
A French naval, escort consisting
of the cruiser Conde and several tor
pedoboats acted as a guard of honor
for the George Washington. This
escort, with the American battleship
New Mexico, will escort the Presi
dent out to sea and then return. The
New Mexico was accompanied by
four American torpedoboats. Georges
l.eygues. the French minister of ma
rine and Andre Tardieu. French high
commissioner to the t'nited States,
accompanied the President on board
the George Washington to bid hint
good-by.
Franklin 1). Koosevelt. American ,
assistant secretary of the navy, ar
rived in Brest shortly before the '
President boarded the George Wash
ington, and was taken aboard the ,
liner on special naval craft. The i
weather was misty and cloudy with
a moderate temperature.
When the President alighted from
the train he was smiling. He shook
hands with Admiral Moreau, Gen
eral Helmick, Admiral Ilalstead and
Mr. Schwab. The President talked
for a few minutes with Mr. Schwab.
Mrs. Wilson smiled as she followed
the President and received from a
M. l.eygues a handsome bouquet of
flowers. M.s. Josephine Lewis, of
Cincinnati, presented the President
with a bonquet of violets which he i
accepted with a bow.
\\ sit cs to Crowds
After exchanging greetings, the
President stood on the gunboat and
waved to the crowds on the dock
and those assembled on the em
bankments high above the quay.
The mistiness of the weather hid the
gunboat from sight soon after it
left the dock, but the President con
tinued to wave his hat and smile as
the boat headed toward the George
Washington. The President was ac
companied on board the gunboat by
Ambassador and Madame Jusserand
and by Representatives Helvering.
White and Norton, who have been in
France for several months. David
It. Francis, the American ambassa
dor to Russia, and his son and
daughter also were members of the
party.
The President spent just fifteen
minutes at the quay. He passed
along the line of those assembled to
greet him and shook hands with
each one. Reaching the end of the
line, he descended the stairs to the
deck of the gunboat and then as
sisted Mrs. Wilson to descend.
Sea Calm at Start
On the arrival of the presidential
party on board the George Wash
ington there was little formality ex
cept for handshaking with M. Ley
gues and M. Tarlieu, the orders be
ing for the George Washington to
get under way as soon as the party
and its baggage had been received.
The sea was calm as the gunboat
made its way to the George Wash
ington.
Grateful for Hospitality
In a farewell message to the
French people before leaving Brest
to-day. President Wilson said he
had been received and treated as a
friend as he had most desired to be
treated. He added that he would
be happy to return to France to as
sist in completing the just settle
ments of the Peace Conference. The
President's statement reads:
"I cannot leave France without
expressing my profound sense of the
great hospitality of the French peo
ple and the French government.
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THE WEATHER
For Ilarrlsburg and vicinity)
Snow this afternoon and to
night; Sunday fairs roldrr to
night and Sundnyt loncat tem
perature to-night about 30 de
gree*.
For Knntrrn Pennsylvania) Snow
In north and west; snow or rain
In southwest portion to-night)
colder) Sunday colder and fnlr,
rteept light snow in north por
tion) west and northwest winds
becoming fresh to strong.
, Stiver
The main river and the lower por
tions of the North and West
branches will rise) the Jnnlntu
and the upper portions of the
North and West brnnhrs will
,hU or
to-night. The lee in the tkr
mung river, at Corning, has
TH V t. "."'l °f "hoot
4.3 In Indicated to p Harrtn
burg Sunday morning.
from Paris at 10.30 o'clock and
: embarked on a French gunboat
the George Washington.
WARNS ENTENTE
AGAINST UNJUST
TERMS OF PEACE
By Associated Press
Weimar, Feb. 13. Philipp
Scheidemann, the Chancellor in
the new German government,
showed himself able to handle
conflicting demonstrations in the
new National Assembly with no
sign of being intimidated hy thd
wildest opposition. No speaker
since the meeting of tlio Nation
al Assembly was opened has been
so outspoken toward his oppon
ents. One of the incidents of Ills
speech was Ilia reference to Aus
tria's desire to Join Ocniany. Ho
sain
"We desire no reluctant ad
herents. and by the same token
nobody wishing to join us should
be prevented." There was almost
a threat in his warning: "The
Entente is able to force any kind
of peace on Germany, but if it is
an unjust peace, seventy piillion
people in their hearts will never
forgive or forget."
WORLD'S MONEY
AND TRADE BIG
PEACE PROBLEMS
Financial and Economic Re
lations Torn by War Are
(letting Attention
SUPREME BODY ACTIVE
Includes the Ablest Minds of
America and Europe in
* Membership
By Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 15.—With the subject
of the League of Nations now out
of the way for some time to come,
the biggest problem before the
Peace Conference at present is be
lieved to be the readjustment of
the world's financial and economic
relations, which have been torn to
pieces by more than four vears of
war.
Three different organizations have
been created to deal with these sub
jects. and they have been so hard
at work while the conference has
been struggling with the central
idea of the League of Nations that
already some of their conclusions
are ready for considerations as soon
as the conference is willing to re
ceive the reports, although the last
body created in this connection dates
back only to February 8.
Work of Great Importance
This body is the supreme economic
council. and its work is of the great
est immediate importance. It has
been charged temporarily, during
the armistice period, to handle only
such pressing questions as the dis
position to be made by shipping; the
abatement of the blockade, which
has been holding back not only the
enemy's industry but that of' neu
trals: the distribution of raw ma
terials, and, finally, those financial
questions that require instant at
tention.
This council, which includes in its
membership some of the ablest fi
nancial and business minds of Amer
ice and Europe, has been supplant
ing the military officials who had
been dealing with the same subjects.
The Supreme War Council caused
the economic council to be created
because it was felt that these ques
tions should be dealt with on the
safe and sound lines of civilian ex
perience.
Expert Financiers at Hand
Of more permanent value is ex
pected to be the work of two other
organizations created by the Peace
Conference. These are the econo
mic drafting commission and the
financial drafting commission. They
also include in their membership
distinguished financiers from all the
Entente countries. The economic
drafting commission already has its
report before the Peace Conferenc
awaiting action by that body. It
has undertaken to make practical
application of the third of Presi
dent Wilson's fourteen points, name
ly that declaring for the removal as
far as possible of all economic bar
riers and the establishment of an
equality of trade conditions among
all of the nations consenting to the
peace and associating themselves for
its maintenance.
The problem involves the right of
nations to discriminate between
friends and foes in their trade rela
tions and the property of continu
ing the many special trade treaties
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' M •
WHISKY PILLS
ON BOOTLEGGERS !
PUZZLE POLICEj
A Pollet. a Bottle and Water
Onlv Needs Savs Encr
getic Salesman
Tnternal revenue officials . and;
I heads of the local police department
are very much perturbed to-day
over the question involved in the'
sale of ""whisky" and '"beer" tab
i lets. The problem is whether the
, sale of such tablets is controlled by
the internal revenue laws, the
Brooks high license measure, or oth-;
or legislative enactments whose pur- j
pose is to control the sale of alco-;
1' holic beverages.
"A pill is not a beverage." says the i
energetic salesman who handled a
; few here this week "to see how
1 they'd go." "But 'booze is booze,"
; say the authorities.
With prohibition promised the
country on July 1, the question is of
; considerable weight and the decision
i | as to the control of the sale prom
' ises to have important bearing on
| the happiness of many Harrisburg
• ; ers. If the sale is permitted, Har
j risburgers may experience little real
'hardship by what is a "threatening
: j menace" to many of them, according!
I to some of their effusive outbursts ]
j on the matter.
1 [ As explained by the promoter of
the sales of these little "joy-givers," j
j the substitute will produce a quite
| "satisfactory feeling." The sales
j man put one of his pellets in a bot
| tie, corked it up and shook it well.
I Whatever the result was, it .looked
, ! and tasted like a miserable grade of
' \ poor whisky.
The beer tablet is an old one and
j was extensively advertised before the
i | Government stopped them. Local
! revenue men are ef the opinion that
j | their sale will be prohibited by laws
[ I with teeth in them.
Baker Says Best Minds
Wrestle With Question
of Yanks in Russia
Washington, Feb. 15.—Detroit clt
\ izens, headed by Representative Dor-
I emus of Michigan, who appealed to
, Secretary Baker today to withdraw
, American troepi from Xortnerp Rus
. sii, were told that the best military
i minds were dealing with thy quea
. ! tion of reinforcing the expedition, if
:! netci.wry, that there was no danger
1 | of the force being cut off from rglief,
• I and that the question of withdrawal
i could be worked out only in agree
i . men: with the associated powers.
CARGO CAHRIER'I/AIJiCHEI)
Wilmington, Del., Feb. 15.—- The
\ 4,300 ton steel cargo carrier Rock
Island, was launced at 11.45 at the
, Pusey and Jones shipyard here to
day. This is the eighth of a Govern- '
ment order of fourteen boats. The \
! Rock Island is 315 feet long forty
, I four feet , beam and twenty-five feet i
deep. Mrs. H. CJulmby Layman, of j
waa the sponsor, .
gtac-3nftepcnftfttl.
Mis sent
SUMAKO, JAPAN'S
GREAT ACTRESS,
TAKES HER LIFE
By Associated Press
Tokio. Feb. 15.—A sensation
was created in Tokio when it be
came known that Sumako, who
had been regarded as Japan's
greatest actress, had committed
suicide on the last day of the
new year holidays. The day and
hour of her death marked exact
ly two months from the death of
Professor Shimamura, of Waseda
University, who had given tip all
—his wife, children, friends and
his chair in the university—for
love of the brilliant actress.
Sumako had appeared as us
ual the night before at the Yura
kuza Theater. It is said she
hanged herself with a scarlet silk
sash.
HIGHER SALARIES
FORTECAHERSIS
GIVEN BOOST
County Directors Approve l
Draft of Bill to Go Be
fore Legislature . j
Resolutions advocating a liberal
. increase in the state appropriation
i for teachers' salaries, favoring bills 1
i to pay expenses qf directors attend
' ing state and county association ses
j sions, and advocating a law provid
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BRETZ RESIGNS !
DIRECTORSHIP IN
i SCHOOL BOARD
j Former Vice President Severs;
His Last Connection in
Public Life
Harry At. Bretz, disbarred attor
ney. now serving a sentence in the
I county jail on a charge of cmbezzlc
i ment, has resigned as a city school
i director. The resignation, dated
,| February 11, was received this
, morning by Secretary D. D. Hammel
j baugli. It reads:
"I herewith tender my resigna
, tion as a member of the Board ,of
i Directors of the Harrisburg school
district, effective at once."
The resignation will be submitted
at the Board meeting next Friday
afternoon for action. A successor
may be named at> that time. Mr.
Bretz during much of the time that,
he was under bail for court trial
attended practically every School
Board meeting or other sessions in j
which directors were present. Un-J
til December, at the annual election i
of officers, he was vice-president of!
Board,
SUSPECT FACES
FINGER PRINTS
ON SAFE DOOR
jMan Hold For Robbery Says
Ho Found Candy in
Alloy
j The Bertillon finger print system
, is expected to play a large part in
determining the guilt or innocence
j of William Knisely, aged 24, arrest
| ed at a Washington street rooming
, house by George Shuler. city detec
| tive, on the charge of breaking into
; the wholesale confectionery estab
! lishment of N. Friedberg, 126 South
| Second street, and rifling the safe
j for fifteen gold watches valued at
j S3OO, besides taking a number of
I boxes of candy.
Knisely was arrested through the
j story of the robbery as recounted
> in the newspapers, which declared
I that the candy was missing. The
! proprietor of the boardinghouse in
I which he had been staying for only
i two days, saw a quantity of candy
| in his room, informed the police anil
I the arrest was made.
Knisely admitted hiding the candy
1 at the rear of 304 River street, but
| said he had previously found it. He
j denied breaking into the store. De
j tective Shuler has developed some
' finger prints on pieces of the glass
| broken out of the door of the store,
, through which entrance was gained
! and hopes to prove the guilt of his
■ prisoner with tbem.
According to the police, the pa
! trolman on duty in Market Square
saw Knisely a few minutes before
the door of the Prack jewelry store.
23 South Second street, was broken
in, and has identified him as the
same man.
WAVE OF CRIME
HAS BIG CITY'S
POLICE ACTIVE
Four Holdups and Two Bur
glaries in Gotham Added
to Felonies
By Associated Press.
Xcw York, Feb. 15.—Four holdups
and two safe burglaries were added
to-day to tlie growing list of crimes
which have kept the police of this
city busy recently. Following upon
the daylight robbery of the United
States Shipping Board paymaster
yesterday of $12,000 and the raid of
two robbers on a Madison avenue
jewelry store, a Brooklyn drug
store and a saloon held up by
robbers during the early morning
hours to-day and several hundred
dollars in cash taken.
Two pedestrians were beaten and
robbed.
Burglars also operated during the
night below the famous Fulton street
' deadline for crooks" and jimmied |
the front door of a Broadway totiuc
cocJst, robbing bis cash regUter.
MILK PRICES ARE |
DUE TO TUMBLE,!
SAY DEALERS
Market Nearly (Hutted Willi j
Oversupply, According
lo Retailers
j DEMAND IS LESSENED j
__
Tons of Skimmed Milk Is'
Poured in Sewers by
Manufacturers
AFFECTS BUTTER COSTSj
Reduction in Charge Would
Mean Greater Consump
tion by Public
.Milk prices in Harrisburg are due
to take u tumble soon as a result of
the llrst surplus of milk in Harris
burg for several years, milk ilea lets
believe. Producers are receiving
continually growing quantities of!
milk from their cows for shipment!
here and the product is now becorn- j
ins a glut on the market, they say. j
Just how soon a drop in the prices
may be natlcipated it cannot he said,
but city dealers feel certain that a'
reduction may be expected within a [
short time. Altoona is preparing for:
lowered prices before the end of this:
month and it is an accepted rule I
that llarrisburg milk prices tumble
much earlier than they do in the
Mountain City, one dealer told to
day.
Demand Is Doss
The greatly lessened demand for]
condensed milk is held to be respon-j
sible for some of the surplus among
milk dealers, fill X. Hershey, of]
the Hershey Creamery Company re-'
] ports that there is but slight de-;
tnand for this product at this time,
either for domestic or foreign;
trade. Much skim milk lias been
utilized here for such manufacture,!
but with the falling off of the de
mand, one dealer is said to be daily!
running five tons of skim milk down
the sewers.
The lowered prices, it is believed,
will do much lo eliminate the sur
plus product, for with milk retail
ing at tliriteen and fourteen cents
per quart, the amount consumed.in
Harrisburg and the surrounding
territory, has been greatly reduced.
Butter, too, will likely be affected
by the milk surplus. Already
starting to fall in price, other big
declines may be expected soon, was
the belief to-day. "With present
prices prevallnig, consumers are
using the substitutes, and not until
still further lowered prices come cfn
the amount consumed be expected to
be increased, dealers affirm.
Greet Mrs. Roosevelt
on Arrival in France
Havre, Feb. 15.—Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt arrived here yesterday on
the French steamer La Lorraine. She
was met by Lieutenant Verdier, of
the stag of Andre Tardieu, French
high commissioner to the United
States, who placed at her disposal
on behalf of the French government
all civil *md military facilities for
visiting the grave of her son, Lieu
tenant Quentin Roosevelt.
After visiting the grave, Mrs.
Roosevelt will go to Italy to visit her
sister. Miss Emily Carew. Mrs.
Roosevelt was quite tired after a
stormy voyage.
ARMY DISCHARGES GROW
Wosliington. Feb. 15. —Army dis
charges in demobilization in the
United States had reached a total
yesterday of 1,174,545 officers and
men and the total number assigned
for demobilization was 1,501,000. Of
those discharged, 71,235 were offi
cers.
TWO YANKS WOUNDED
London, Feb. 15. —In a shooting
affray between American naval men
and negroes in Cardiff, two of the
Americans were wounded, according
to a dispatch to the Evening News
from Cardiff.
MOORISH I'RIXCE AFIRE
London, Feb. 15.—The British
steamship Moorish Prince, of 6,000
tons, is afire and making for the
Azores Islands, according to a re
port received by Llqpds to-day.
SEEK MILLION OF
DOLLARS TO AID
STATE MOTHERS
Much Legislation Proposed at
Closing Session of the
Welfare Conference
Proposed legislation providing a
Mothers' Assistance Fund of $1,000,-
000 was endorsed by speakers at a
morning session of the State Confer
ence on Social Welfare held in the
Pertn-Harris Hotel this morning, it
is proposed to introduce a bill to this
effect in the State legislature. It
will provide a fund for the aid of
mothers who have dependent chil
dren on their hands and who need
assistance because their husbands
have died In the influenza epidemic
and at other times..
Cheny C. Jones, director of the
Pennsylvania Division. American
Red t'ross, was the chairman of the
meeeting. He spoke on "Home Serv
ice Practice." Miss Mary F. Boguc,
state supervisor of the Mothers' As
sistance Fund, Harrisburg, spoke.
John v ates, general secretary of the
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SWALLOWTAILS !
HAVE NO PLACE
AT RECEPTION!
LieuU'imnl - Governor Beitllc- ;
man to Welcome Legisla- !
tors in City's Behalf
| PROGRAM IS "VARIKD"
L, „ i
t.ol. (.overt Prepares Many!
J "Stunts" For Chamber of
Commerce Reception
sSSHIH
1 W r /
C. K. COVERT
| •
| Orders for "swallowtail suits" to
t be left at home and the "glad hand"
; brought around have been issued to
| the members of the Harrisburg
i Chamber of Commerce by Colonel
Charles E. Covert, chairman of the
j committee of .the Chamber in charge
I of the reception to be given at the
Penn-Harris next Tuesday night to
the state officials and members of
the Legislature. The reception has
been a biennial affair for more than
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f SQUADRON AT CHERBOURG J,
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| A r hrrb urg. France—A Brazilian squadron consisting \P
V
IX OF THE cruiser Bahia and four destroyers arrived here fror- <J
# PUl'sniouth, England. The squadron will remain here J5;
<J until February 25, and then will join interallied -squadrons
3t ' V
2 - 1 UI " *
T DEMOBILIZATION FIGURES S'HOV/ INCREASE J
14* Washington —Army discharges in demobilization in 'JJFCH
|X in the United States had reached a total yesterday of X
1,174,545 officers and men and the total number assigned .♦
a for demobilization was $1,501,000. Of those discharged *
X 71,235 were officers. I
X ORIZABA DUE FEBRUARY 24' 3
V Washington--The transport Orizaba is due at Hew X
X York about February 24. the War Department announce ? J
|T to-day, with ten casual companies; headquarters o' *' A
X £•
IV 162 nd field artillery bri; ade • headquarter; V
lEH supply company, and bate \ A. H, C, D, '
X the 334 th field artillery. T
jV If
| J STEAMER MOORISH PRINCE AFIRE J'
4* London —The British steamship Moorish Prince, of
*Jf
0y 6,000 tons, is afire and making for the Azores Islands, ac
T 'cording to a renort received by Lloyd's to-day.
2 HOUSE TAKES WILSON'S PLACE 'jjjj
X Paris —Colonel E. M, House is to take the place of OJ
X *'
President Wilson when the Supreme Councjl reassemble;, •
if? " I'
V at 3 o'clock. The Russian ituation is set for con- ' ¥ t
V eration. „.
V CUBANS TO INVITE CROWDER
4* Havana, Luba—Gencial E. H. Crowder, prove J*
X niaishai general ,4 the United States army, will be "
X viteu uy iht Cuban government to come to Cuba >
4 assist in an-advisory capacity in the re-formation of ti J *
X country's eelction law, it was announced to-day ►
T ITALY PLANS AMNESTY DECREE */
T I *
V Rome—On the occasion of the proclamation of tin 4 ►
V *
f constn uvion of the Society ol Nations, King VIT to. F.m. ;i
T 1 military and politi ! ! *
i v
i+ —.
t MARRIAGE LICENSES ,
At * *
X Alfred C. S. Wnutk, Sn Cnmbc-rlaad. nml Aaaa 11. Dkklr, i ,
T* HnrrUburk! Kulwh S. (>atr tind l-'dnn A. M. l.lrkrf, Summrrdalr;
X Trank H. Krltta, iHlllrmburß, and I.lllian f, I'rrkln*, Wllllatna- * *
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PLAIN HAUSFRAU
IS FIRST WOMAN
OF NEW GERMANY
Wife of New President Is Ac
customed to Performing
Her Household Duties
NOW LIVES IN PALACE
Shift From Splendor of the
Hohenzollern Dynasty
Worries Some
PROTEST AGAINST 'SHOW'
Only Daughter of Chief Ex
ecutive Recently Clerked
in Berlin Shops
Brrlln, Feb. 13.—The mistress of
the German presidential residence is
a comely, slender "hausfrau," who
up to the present has always attend
ed to her own household duties,
done the family cooking and has
even been her own dressmaker.
Frau I-uise Kbert, wife of the pres
ident of the new German republic,
was born forty-five years ago in a
workingman's home In Bremen. She
views her new social environment
with resignation.
"I know we must be prepared for
attacks from the right and the left,"
she said to-day in discussing the
new position in which the Ebert
family finds itself. "Those coming
from the left probably will be the
worst. They will charge us with at
tempting to extricate ourselves from
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Fehrenbach Chosen
President of German
National Asembly
I.omlon, Feb. 15. —Konstantine Feh
renbach. centrist, former president
of the German Reichstag, has been
elected president of the German Na
tional Assembly, according to a
Reuter's dispatch from Basle, quot
ing Wetmer advices.