Score ot German U-Boat Commanders Face Charges of Murder, Probing Commission Points Om• • HARRXSBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXVIII — No. 45 16 PAGES . DaU £.fter e St ?h? a p"o y .t SSS?t%KS£? M HARRISBURG, P A.SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1919. - IX K * S "Wc^F 9 HOME EDITION VALUE OF DAUPHIN COUNTY'SCOAL LANDS IS ESTIMATED AT $117,000,000 BY EXPERT; MEANS ENORMOUS INCREASE IN REVENUES HIGH ASSESSMENT WILL BE MET WITH FIGHT IN COURTS County Commissioners Have Big Task Before Them in Fixing Equitable Valuation on Anthracite Fields COAL DEPOSITS ASSESSED AT BUT FEW CENTS ON THE ACRE With mining engineers just completing the compilation of necessary data showing the actual valuation of coal lands in Dauphin eoitntv, it is reported that the fields arc worth about SI 17.000,000. The present assessment including the equipment of the collieries is approximately $1,000,000. The ope-ators already have let It be known that they will tight to the end in the courts against any de cided Increase in assessments. T. Ellsworth Davies, the mining engineer from Scranton with a num ber of assistants, are rapidly com pleting their work, and next Tues day he will submit his official report to the county commissioners. Until then no official figures are available. Yesterday .Mr. Davies conferred with the commissioners for sonic time, but after the session no in formation was made public. To Fix Fair Value While the actual value of the coal lands 'may be approximated far above $100,000,000 it is known that the assessed valuations probably will not be fixed that high, as through out the entire city and county, no ground or building is assessed at its actual market value. Just what percentage of the actual value the assessed value will be, has not been decided but this will be determined by a careful study of the assess ments against other properties as entered on the books, together with figureft known to be the actual sale price of them. With this data avail able the commissioners will have little trouble in reaching a decision it was said, and as soon as Mr. Davies submits his estimates of the actual worth of the coal fields the assessments will be determined and entered on the books. Figures Arc Startling Startling figures will be given to the commissioners, it is anticipated, showing how Dauphin, like Lacka wanna and Luzerne counties, has the opportunity now to equitably assess Ihe coal fields. Kecotds on file in the •ounty commissioners' ottlce show that the average assessment of the coal lands ranges from $4.98 to 115 an acre. In other counties where similar surveys have been made of the coal leposits the assessments were rawed lo s6olt to $24,000 an acre. Another •eason advanced for a high valuntion of coal in the fields in this county, s that the federal fuel administra tion fixed a premium of foity cents idditional for eacli ton of Lykens Valley coal because of its low ash ■ontent and lack of impurities. Be 'orc coal prices were regulated it is i known fact that the Lykens Valley intliraeitc coal, commonly known as 'red ash" coal, brought from .10 •ents to $1 a ton more than other ;rados in the open iriatket. Listed As Timber Tracts An interesting feature is noted In hat the coal lands frequently are •pturneil merely as timber tracts, rhis. however, does not detract from lie value of the veins underneath. t was said, and officials anticipate he experts will have interesting data n this part of the report. Coal lands in this county are own >d by the Susquehanna Collieries 'omnany and the Philadelphia and tending Coal and lion Company. A'hile some lands are not being nined at present it is believed there ire rich deposits of coal in'them as he companies have been holding itle to the properties but paid small imounts of taxes on the various dots. Less Than 5t. 000,000 The assessed valuation of all the onl lands in the county together vith tjie equipment used at the col ieries is not more than $1,000,000. vliile the assessed value of the coal lelds alone, not Including ground and imbor land valuation for taxation, irohably is far below that mark. Taxpayers and officials believe the oal companies will bitterly oppose ny substantial increase in assess nent, even though for years they lave had the benefit of the low valu tion and small tax charges. Prepa atlons are being made for an exten ive court fight between the county nd the companies as the officials lave frequently declared they will nsist upon an equitable value of coal rinds as well as other property in the; ounty. flilk May Come Down Here One Cent Quart Milk is expected to fall one cent! quart on the local markets follow ng a similar decrease in Pliiladel iliia yesterday. Philadelphia dealers esterday agreed to sell mi'k at a >enny a quart less to the retail eus nmcrs and tlie decrease WHS passed long to tlie farmers. There has leen a glut of m<lk latelv. due fo IS" i ipn whiter and nn increase of milk ' owl due to the h'w.er which ] ••evailed in the milk market during | iie war. COyNTYTOGET BIG REVENUE IN INCREASED LEVY I Each Million Added Means i i $1,500 to Treasury; Per mits Improvements As llic tax rate for 1919 has been ! fixed by the County Commissioners, ! the coal land assessment when it is I tinally determined after the court i hearings will have no effect on the ! levy this year, but may add much j money to the county treasury. The ■ length of time required to dispose | of the appeals to the court will de j termine this question as the com i panies will not pay taxes until the I assessed valuation is determined I finally. At the present rate of four and ■ one-half mills each additional $l,- i 000.000 in assessed valuation of j county property will add $4,500 to ] the county treasury. An increase of $10,000,00p would add $45,000, of | $20,000,000 $90,000, of $50,000,000 $225,000 In taxes. That the county in the next few years will I c able to make a big reduction in the tax rate and even ; with the loiter rate provide many I thousands of dollars for road and j bridge work, together witli other j improvements, is expected. Dfticials have frequently pointed \ to tlip lack of funds for much need ed road and bridge work. Many of i tiie county bridges are antiquated ; structures, unsafe for heavy ve ; hiculur traffic such as now -passes over them. Heavily loaded trucks, larger farm wagons and steadily in i creasing traffic is adding to the j strain and the urgent need for new structures In many parts of the I county is apparent. While much is spent for repair work, such improvements as a new ; bridge east of Hummelstown cross- I ing the Swatara creek have been dc i layed because-of the high prices for labor and materials and the lack of i a sufficient fund to meet these ad vanced costs. Road work met with similar de lay tliis year with an advance in tlte assessment of other properties of about $17,000,000 only $40,000 will be spent by the county for road improvement. In fixing the 1919 rate the County Commissioners anticipated much op position on the part of the local companies to the assessment which will be fixed, and only based .the rate on the valuations as returned to them by the assessors. Next year, however, with a big increase in valuations, the rate can easily be lowered, it is believed. Other counties have taken similar action with a big increase in valua tions, as a high tax rate is no longer necessary with every property in the county equitably and fairly as sessed for tax purposes. GOVERNOR TAKES REPUBLICANS OF FIRM STAND FOR CITY HOLD RALLY LAW AND ORDER! FOR F. A. SMITH Unable to See Inconsistency in Effort to Prevent Fu ture AVorld War By Associated Press. Philadelphia, Feb. 22..—Governor William C. Sprout, orator of the University Day exercises of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, speaking to day on the life of Washington, said that it is hard to find anything in consistent with Washington's policy, as enunciated in his farewell ad dress, In the present undertakings of the country to prevent the recur rence of war. Give Idealism a Chance "Our proposed commitments with ,the other nations of the world," said Governor Sproul, "may be a radical departure from our tradit ional policies, they inay be consid ered as more ideal than practical in their terms, they may be feared as {Continued oil i-ttgc 15.] "Hold On, Boys; We May Stop Oar Foe" TEACHERS DRAFT I BILL PROVIDING WAGE INCREASES Provides For Graded Percent age Increases For Some Advocating the passage of a sal i ary increase bill for teachers which ! will be fair in the distribution of ' funds to all districts, whether in I cities, towns or rural sections, a ! committee composed of representa i tive teachers and school officials | from various parts of the state, has approved a plan raising the mini j mum salaries for teachers holding ; certain classes .of certificates, and ' a graded percentage increase for all j a per teachers, principals and super i visors. Professor W. R. Zimmerman, as ! sistant countv school superintendent, conferred early in the week with teachers appointed by the Pennsyl j vania State Kducatlonal Association, [Continued on Page 18.] Candidate For Senator Greet ed by Crowd Too Big For Courthouse Republicans of tlic cls' and conn ty held an oldjtlme political rally I last evening at the Courthouse, one ; of tliose rousing affairs that smack- : ed of early days of "Tippacanoe and ; Tyler, too." All wanting to remind | the veteran Republican of early 1 days there was a 'coon and the fa miliar torch light parade. 4 Frank A. Smith,, introduced'as the senator from, the Uaupliin district, i was the center of the jubilee and. the j spoetAieH splashed with wit and hu- | inor and many a <iuip on the poor i efforts of the Democrats to make a , campaign against him. With Chairman Harry F. Oves ■ handling the meeting, the big court room was too small for the crowd. Prothonotqry Charles E. Pass urose 1 aijd i'eeled bflPa'fuHroluinn at numesj j [Continued' oil Page 15.] 4 dip gtoc-fltsfrcpcnftcnt. Washington, Behold! Written For the Telegraph By Anna Hamilton Wood j reat father of the nation, we up (jr held ' Thru force of arms the-honor of thy name. We offer, now, supremest of all gifts. The (lag triumphant, folds untouched by shame! i It floated from the masthead, o'er the seas; It stood, deep rooted, in the soil of France; | It hung o'er many a hearthstone in our land; ! It formed a pennant for young knight .hood's lance; ' And thru it all we kept its colors clean x | To bring it back and offer it to thee; ITo tell of how It blazed the trail of peace Thru half the world, a path of victory ! Once did Napoleon's standards bear a crepe To mark the closing of thy earthly years; I Beside the tri-color Old Glory waves I To-day a solace for a country's tears! Accept, oh Washington, this gift we bring. ! The flag of flags, a stranger to defeat; j Man-mudo but By a higher power con trolled. i The banner of the Stars lies at thy feel! NAVIGABLE RIVER COMMITTEE MEETS I HERE ON MARCH 3 Prominent Men Named by Eli X. Hershey From Points All • Along the Susquehanna Eli X. llershey. president of the Harrisburg Rotary Club, to-day an nounced the inuke-up of the spe cial committee which will have charge of the movement to make the Susquehanna river navigable. The passage of the river and harbors bill by Wongress. including an item for preliminary work along the river has been a great encouragement to members of the Rotary Club and others who are back of the canaliza tion project. The lirst meeting of the commit tee will he held Monday, March 3, at the Perm-Harris Hotel, when the members of the committee will be the guests of the Rotary Club at luncheon and will afterward t'orni an organization to continue the agita tion. Major William B. Gray, whoso address before the Rotary Club brought the. plan before the public, will address the committee. Makeup of Committee The makeup of the committee as announced to-day by President Her shey is as follows: Congressmen A. S. Kreider. Ben jamin .1. Focht, William H. Grelet, A. 11. Hess, member of State Leg is'ature, I-ancaster; Robert A. Zent meyer. Water Supply Commission, Harrisburg: Major W. B. Gray, con structing engineer. Delaware: D. E. Englb, Lancaster Chumber of Com mence, l^ancaster; Max Grumbach er, president York Chamber, of Com merce, York; C. M. Fulton, presi dent York Manufacturers' Club, York; W. H. Eneas, president Mer chants and Manufacturers' organi zation, Columbia; .1. H. Osterlog, Columbia; E. Clark Cowden, en gineer, Harrisburg; E. Z. Wullowflr, Harrisburg; E. J. Stackpole, Harris burg; George S. Retnoehl, Harris burg: J. William Bowman. .Harris burg; V. Grant Forrer. IlarYisburg; Benjamin M. Nead, Harrisburg; C. 11. Moorhouse, WtlPamsport: Wil liam P. Beeber. Williamsport; Wil liam Ellis Haines. Harrisburg; D. J. Waller, Jr., Blooinsburg; Victor Bee Dodson. secretary Rotary Club, Wilkeß-Barre: W. C. Fortney. Mil ton; c. A. Emerson. Jr., Department of Publi" Hea'th: W. H. Dunkc'- lierger. Sunbuiy: Farley xGunnctt, consulting Migineer,."V lliirrisburg; Clinton H.' Bjrb'ct, Berwick. Pa.: Kdwin Charles. M'ddletown: F. G. Helm, Lancaster; H, W. Whitehead, Williamspo.fi: Lyman H. Howe, Wilkes-Barra. SPARTACANS PUT MUNICH IN STATE OF CIVIL STRIFE Slop Flight of Civilians From Cily by Occupying Mail Terminus TIIHKATKN VHNGKANCE 'Prince Joacliim, Reported Un der Arrest For Plot. Still in Capital London, ivb, 22. —Bavaria Is up-; I parentis* in the throes of another re- ; | volt, according to dispatches re ] eel veil from various . parts of lOuropo j during the past twenty-four hours ; Two of the rnbinet officers have j been shot and excitement prevails in j tlie streets of Munich, where tlie ! trouble seems to'be centered. Whether Spartacans are respon ! sible for the* shooting of the govern ! ment officials is not known early to ' day, but on Thursday they stormed J the police station and arrested the | chief of police and several other per- I sons, according to reports from Ber lin. The troubles In Munich took a still i more serious turn yesterday after j neon, according to a Copenhagen ! ulspatoh to tlie llxehange Telegraph | inpany. Church bells began ring | ng. 10.000 workmen front the sub ! urbs marched into the city and it i short time later violent iiring was [ heard, it is said. The mob is re ! ported 'to have begun plundering shops. The dispatch characterizes I ilie Conditions now prevailing in j Munich as virtually those of civil ! war. llerlln. Feb. 22. —Minister ol" Justice | Timm and Minister of Social Affairs ] Vrtterleitner, of Bavaria, were wound ! od during lite shooting which took 1 place, at the Bavarian Landtag I when Herr Auer, Bavarian minister jof the interior, was shot. Having ! fired at Herr Auer. a man sprang | among the deputies and fired further I At the same moment several shots | hots at the ministers' bench, were fired from the strangers' gal lery. Herr Auer and Herr Timm are not expected to recover from their injuries. A bullet grazed Auer's heart. The assassination of Kurt Klsner, the Bavarian premier, caused a tre mendous riot in Munich. The streets adjacent to the parllmentary build the day, and the chamber where tlie Diet was In session was Invaded by a mob. Paris, Feb. 22.—A communist revolt j broke out in Budapest on Thursday ! night, says a dispatch to tlie Matin i from Zurich, quoting a Swiss agency | message from tlie Hungarian capital. ; The revolt is under tlie leadership of I agitators who are for the most part j Germans and ltussians, tlie dispatch ; states. j The insurgents stormed the ofllces of tlie socialist newspaper Nepzava and i occupied tlie telegraph office and the ! railroad station. Count Karolyi. tlie provisional presi ■ dent', immediately called a meeting of I the cabinet. Tlie ministers sat far into i the night and decided to take all neces | sary measures to quell the outbreak, i Martial law was proclaimed. Says He Won't Arrange For His Funeral Until i After 'Flu' Carries Him Off i Clarence K. Coles, undertaker, | tvas considerably interested during ' last niglit over the report that he had died Ills telephone bell rang constantly and anxious inquirers wanted to know when he was to be , buried. By order of ltls physician j he Kept away from the telephone until this morning. When the doc ! tor had lifted the ban on his talk ' ing over the wire Mr. Coles got | busy. Naturally, he first called the ! newspapers. j "Please tell the people lam not i dead," he said in a rather husky I voice over the wire. "It seems you're all there, Mr. i Coles." said the reporter, i "You bet, and glad of it," was the 1 answer. "I don't know liow the re ! port got out, but my assistant, R. B. I Gibson, of feteelton, seems to have ! made the announcement officially, i and it is up to me to correct it," he ! explained. "I had been very sick j with grip and a few days ago was in dangerous condition, but I'm bet j ter now and decidedly 1 am not i dead," he asserted with some em ' phasis. Mr. Coles resides at Boas and • Cowden streets, and to those who I inquired as to the time of his fu | neral during the day he replied: "Well, this is Mr. Cole speaking. | and I haven't arranged for my fu neral yet." No Fuss and Feathers For George Washington, Who Quietly Rests at Home George "Washington quietly oele bruted Ills birthday ut his home In Cumberland street to-day. There 1 wan no fuss and no parade, and, us j far as George was concerned, the j bunks did not close on his account, neither did the statesmen at Wash- ' ington declaim on the greatness of| his personality, nor did the Idaho | Senator, Mr. Borah, look toward' Harrlsblirg as he said certain male- ! volent sayings concerning President' Wilson and lits l.euguc of Nations, j There is but one George Washington In Mr. Boyd's Murrlsburg directory j and he is the George whose resi-! denec is given as 1225 Cumberland! street, being located eust of the: Pennsylvania lullroad trucks.' George's celebration was u most. quiet uffuir. Indeed, lie spent the day in preparing for the shock of receiving his weekly wage, but It was his birthday, nevertheless. , DR. MARY WALKER OF TROUSER FAME DIES AT AGE OF 87 Special Ac. of Congress Per mitted Her to Dress Men's Attire WON MEDAL IN CIVIL WAR Served With (treat Valor in I nion Army in Stirring Days of the Rebellion Wntcrtown, ,\. v... fob. 22. l)r. Mar.v Walker. ugod 87 years, died at her homo on Bunker Hill, near Oswego, last night after a long illness. Site was a furgeon in the Civil War and was awarded a con gressional medal of honor. She gained considerable fame by being the only woman allowed to appear in male attire by an act of Congress. Dr. Mary K. Walk r led a pic turesque career. four years were spent on the battlefields of the Civil War. The remainder of her active life was spent in lighting for fem inine dress reform and woman's right to political suffrage, in which movements she was a pioneer. She •'"-ouently claimed to have been the first American woman to attempt to cast a ballot in u legal election. Her livelihood was earned during all these years by her private med ical pructiee and by writing. By special authorization from the Federal Congress Dr. Walker adopted male attire during the Civil War and for the half century since she had continued to wear it in civil life the only woman in the coun try who ever had her rights in this respect prescribed by Ihe National legislators. Site wore a black frock coat trousers and a high silk hat and carried a cane. Dr. Walker also was distinguished us the only woman in history who, when held us a captive in war, was exchanged as a prisoner of war for a man of equal rank in the army of the foe. She was also the first woman to be regqlurly enlisted in an army as a surgeon. Born in Oswego N. Y„ in 1832, Mi.ss Walker was a graduate doctor wlth # the, degree of M. D., at the age [Continued on Page Id.] ejU * * e * PCLEO BEAT OFF UKRAINIAN !' T* (| Paris The battle at Lemberg has b * * efcl 9 X tavas tfispacth from Crac>. • ■J* .jay.•■ rhs Ukrainians attacked continually. ** f 4 credited with the object of capturing the city b * * ', -ti arrival"of the inter-allied mission. So far ~, T Polish garrison of Lemberg has beaten off the '*, * * 4* UStTalf :n attacks. f MINISTER AUER DIE'S, OF WOUNDS | J J Copenhagen Minister of the Interic j ll Bavaria ha£ died of his wounds, according to the Munich i * I •* 4 correspondent of the Politiken. Deputy Bvi , 4 -ispacth adds, nred the shots which fatally '*, i Minister Auer and killed Deputy Oesel. Y On Boar' 'he U. S. S. George Washington. , b nt merry Thursday evening ' T ' 4* tertainment provided by blue jackets. The p t A 1 party joined all the soldiers and ship's com < . r <£ could crf.vd rt> the "old salt" theater on the 1< jj * 4* of the liner x -i !£ DANIELS GREETS WILSON BY RADI * T W^'hir.:; :r.—Secretary Daniels transn • f , phone greet'.-g to President Wib.on today by I, t the Navy Department. Hi i jjf| carried to the transport George Washington nearly 8* > ■£ miles off the Atlantic coast ' ' f i If WHEAT GUARANTEE BILL PASSES ' ► 4* i * Washington—The wheat guarantors' bill, luthoriasr , ing the Presiaent-tO use existing agencies or create ne j * f cnea to buy v?h< .t of the 1918 and 1919 crops at gov- | f > MI crnment jn< ? • i dispose, of It at market pri c, was t 7 pav'.'it b tr I". use today by a vote of 277 t R X EXCITEMENT'GROWS IN MUNICH i T Berlin E-dtemcnt is growing throughout Uunich, j. ef* sccordirg t: ir'sst advices from that city, and motor 1 * eV ' * J cars carrying red flags and placards "Revenge i 4* for Eisner? are hurrying tlafougjj .the streets. The tores jj I are closed .and the factories have shut down. W . iking- 1 I . m e,, a r„p 1 c ih ■4, • 1 lliixNi-l !•:. to.ifriyi and Flarrnre E. Comp, Enolni Harry jfc, a , ■}• Hfurf nml lllnnli' 11. liluaa, Allnonai .lay C. Van Horn and Bealah . 'l'. Hare. la:.l!nilrl|ihnitI a :.l!nilrl|ihnit Hubert I). Itlrain and Clara J, Patrick# York| I ~ I'uul altu.r and Kin ma Crook, Hnrrlaburit. L , dbiMfaiftfiHfcfci j DOCTORS ORDER CLEMENCEAU TO BE VERY QUIET French Premier Forbidden lo Speak; Receives Nobody; Is Fatigued OBJECTS TO MORPHINE Impatient lo Resume Work at the World Peace Conference Tty Associated Press Paris, Feb. 22.—Premier Clem enceau is somewhat fatigued and will receive no one to-day," said Dr. Cautra, of the medical staff attend ing the premier after the examina tion of the premier shortly afterr 9 o'clock this morning. "Ite is absolutely forbiddon to talk," Dr. Cautra added. "His tem perature is 37.1 (Centrigrade) and his pulse normal, 72." The doctorr's statement was un derstood to be a synopsis of the of ficial bulletin which at this hour* 9.30 o'clock, has not yet been issued. Alexandre Millerand, former minister of war, was one of Premier Clemen ceau's earliest visitors to-day. I "The premier," said M. Millerand ufter his visit, "is rather more tired to-day. You know ho was a naughty boy yesterday and overexerted him self. However, his condition is gen erally satisfactory." All the physicians agreed that the action of the premier's lungs should be reduced as much as possible, as movement causes the edges of the wound to rub against each other. The only way of effecting this was an in jection of morphine, which no one cared to propose to the premier, foreseeing how he would receive the suggestion. At last Dr. T.aubry volunteered, says the Petit Journal. He appealed to the premier as a "brother doctor," but M. Clemenceau sprang up, seized the physician by the shoulders and shouted. Protests TTsc of Morphine "What, what, morphine, morphine, you want to finish me. Are you in the pay of the Bolshevikl " Dr. Laubry threw u phis hands and said: "There you are. We want to give your, chest a rest and you nearly burst it."
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