00,000 Yankee Troops, Including 28th Division, Ordered Home or on Way Over Before July Ist
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■ LXXXVIII- No. 47 16 PAGES ?H. nfl Po 7 .t HARRISBURG, PA.TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1919. WCW HOME EDITIOK
GOOD ROADS AND
BRIDGES TO COME
WITH NEW TAXES
Increased Assessment on Coal
Lands to Mean Much to
County
PERMITS IMPROVEMENTS
Dauphin to Get Needed Work
Done Without Cost to
Taxpayers
MEANS LARGE REVENUES
Rest County Highway and
Bridges in State Would
Be the Result
The host county anil township
roads in Pennsylvania and lots of
Until.
Reconstruction of county
bridges tiiat ought to lie replaced
by modern structures.
Erection of joint courthouse
and city hall, in conjunction with
the city of Harrisburg.
These and other public improve
ments will be made possible by the
increased assessment of coal lands in
the upper end of the county.
The county commissioners are be
ing highly praised for their part
in providing money with which to
make Dauphin one of the foremost
counties in the state with regard
to its roads and other civic, develop
ments.
Money For Highways
The county and township roads
are admittedly in need of attention.
This is no fault of anybody in par
ticular. but has been due to the fact
that there was no money to be had
for a comprehensive road building
program without greatly increasing
the tax rate. It is figured that the
commissioners, without the necessity
of advancing the tax rate one penny,
will b e able, with State aid. to give
the farmers of the county a road
system equal to any in Pennsylvania.
The western counties' have set aside
*12,000,000 for road purposes during
the coming four years, in addition
to the State appropriations but with-;
out this additional coal land assess- I
ment money Dauphin county would
not have been able to join the list,
of progressive counties in the great
est road building program in the,
history of this or any other state. |
As an indication of how the coal land]
tax can be made to benefit the cont-t
munitv, it is pointed out that a J
stretch of 26 miles of the llnest kind
of township highway has been con- |
structed just outside of Scranton with .
revenues procured entirely from coal
land assessments.
Xcod of Improvement
There are roads in Dauphin county
that are impassable at times and in
rightful condition four months each
rear. ,
Those who have been studying the
needs of Dauphin county say that the .
roads and bridges are foremost con- ;
siderations in the minds of the far
mers and doubtless will receive early
action at the hands of the commis-1
sioners. once it is found just how
much money will be realized from
ihe reassessments. But there are
other matters to be considered, too,
and one of them is the county's
share in a joint couithouse and city
hall. This is in line with Governor!
Sprout's 'recommendation and has
the hearty support of a majority of
people who have to attend court
here. The present old building is;
no longer fit for use. The jury rooms!
are unsanitary and the public records
are in danger of fire. Deeds and
all manner of legal instruments are
on file there that would cause the
property owners much embarrass
ment loss if they were
lestroyed. The courthouse has been
pronounced a firetrap by those who
have inspected it.
Xow Is the Time
Whether th ecounty rebuilds the;
i.ourthouse or not. the city of Har- j
risburg rhust shortly erect a city hall!
ind the county commissioners believe j
ihey will be able to save money for;
the taxpayers by joining with the j
•ity in construction of a building that |
will be ample for the county's needs!
for the next century and at a cost |
much lower than if a courthouse i
ilone were built.
Another matter that is under con-1
lideration and soon must be acted;
upon is the building of a hospital I
Tor contagious disease treatment. It
s figured that this can be accom
plished with the coal land money
ind that the good roads program, j
;he courthouse, new bridges and the;
proposed hospital all can be erected '
without the addition of even a half- j
mill to the present tax rate.
Military Airplanes fly
High Over the City
Several additional flights were
made over Harrisburg last evening
and this morning to test out air
planes located at the aviation depot
at Middletown. Major B. Decker
drove the planes in both flights,
une passenger accompanied him on
each flight.
I THE WEATHERI
For liarrlsliurg nnil vicinity: Ilain
to-night and probably YVednra
ilnyi coldrr Wednesday! Thurs
day much colder and probably i
fnlri lowest temperature to
night about W degrees,
Klvcr
The Susquehanna river nnd lla
mnln tributaries will rise some
what or remain nearly station
ary to-night. All tributaries 1
and probably the main river will
likely rlae somewhat Wednes
day as a result of the general
rise Indicated for the watershed
vvltbln the nril thirty-six hours. I
V singe of ahout 4.5 feet Is ex- j
peetcd at Harrisburg Wednesday
morning.
Not Pleased at the Advance
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TOO MANY CARS
TO EXHIBIT AT
ONE AUTO SHOW
Motor Dealers Plan to Show
Trucks and Tractors
Separately
The Motor Dealers' Association
of Harrisburgr will stage two auto
moble shows, instead of one, as was
originally planned.
Motor dealers here are so anxious
to exhibit and so many requests for
space have been made to J. Clyde
Mvton, manager of the show, that it
was decided at the meeting of the
association last night, at which
; George O. McFarland, president,
presided, to have two shows.
During the week of March 15 to
22, the dealers will stage an exhi
bition of passenger cars. The fol
lowing Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, the exhibition hall will be
turned over to motor truck and
tractor dealers. Throughout both
shows the accessory dealers will
have exhibits on the north side of
the building. The shows will be In
the Overland warehouse. Twenty
sixth and Derry streets.
Thirty-three exhibitors already
have made application for space, for
the exhibition of twenty-one pleas
ure cars and twenty-one trucks and
tractors. Twenty-eight thousand
square feet of space would have
been required to stage both shows at
once and there is but 19,000 square
feet available after the accessory
dealers have been allotted their res.
ervations.
That rhotor dealers are anxious to
exhibit is evidenced by the fact that
several dealers not in the associa
tion have requested the privilege of
reserving space and placing cars on
exhibit. At another meeting Wed
nesday, the question of allowing out
side exhibitors in the show will be
discussed.
The motor dealers already have
decided to ask dealers not in the
association who handle tractors to
get in on the show. At the meet
ing Wednesday, the space for the
exhibitors will be allotted.
Automobiles, trucks and tractors
will not be the only exhibits at the
show. Announcement was made to
day that an army tank and airplane
will be secured from the War De
partment and shown during the ten
days of the show.
BUI to Purchase Caoe Cod
Canal at Ten Millions of
Dollars Favorably Reported
By Associated Press
Washington. Feb. 25.—A favor
able report was ordered to-day hy
the Senate commerce committee on
the b'il Introduced vr.stf.rdav hy Sen
ator Fletcher, of Florida, authoriz
ing governmep 1 acquisition and
operation of the Cnpp Cod canal at
a cost not to exceed $10,000,000.
TROOPS OF 28TH
TO ARRIVE HOME
BEFORE JUNE 1
McAndrews Gives Orders For
Demobilization of Keystone
Boys With Other Yanks
By Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 25. Nearly 500,000
men of the American Expeditionary
Force will, before July 1. either
have returned to the United States
or be homeward bound, according to
the plans of the general staff an
nounced in a general order by Briga
dier General James W. McAndrew,
chief of staff, to-day. The 27th, Bth
and 91st divisions will sail in March:
the 26th, 77th, 82nd, 35th and 42nd
in April; the 32nd. 28ih. 33rd, 80th
and 88th in May and the 89th, 90,
29th and 79th in June.
German shipping, which now be
comes available, will be used 1n the
repatriation of the troops. The or
der of precedence of their return
is based on the order of their arri
val.' The only exceptions to this
ruling will be wlieh the advisability
of rail and sea transportation, the
relative location to ports or the con
trolling military situation makes the
exception necessary.
Troops in the service of supply
and labor troops will be returned
In the order which their servires can
be spared and so far as possible in
the order of their arrival in France.
Washington, Feb. 25.—Announce
ment by General Pershing's chief of
staff that eighteen Rational Guard
and National Army divisions were
scheduled to sail from France be
fore July 1, apparently confirms re
ports which have been current here
that the expeditionary forces were to
be reduced to a total strength of
three hundred thousand by the end
of the current fiscaf year.
Calculations in the various war
department bureaus, it is said, have
been based upon three hundred
thousand strength in figuring on the
muintainence of the army abroad
after July 1.
The announcement from France
indicates that in addition to the
seven regular divisions now in
France and into which presumably
men desiring to remain temporarily
are being transferred, the American
forces after July will include the
78th and 81st National Army and
one other division.
This would give a nine division
strength for the combat forces and
allow one division for employment
as a depot unit.
While the statement from Paris
named only eighteen divisions all
others now in France except the
seven regular and fourteen National
Guard and National Army divisions
already are on priarlty for early re
turn or have been skeletonized and
are returning as casuals.
811.1.V EBNEH KIM.EI)
Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 23.—8i11y
Ebner, formerly a professional base
ball umpire, was killed by a freight
train here last night. He was a brake
man and fell under the train. Ebner
officiated In the Southern, Eastern,
New York State and Ohio and Penn
sylvania Leagues.
FRANK A. SMITH
ELECTED FOR
SEAT IN SENATE
Threatening Weather Helps
to Keep Down Size
of Vote
Voters of both major political par
ties went to tho polls to-day to reg
ister their will in the special election
held for Senator to succeed Lieu
tenant-Governor Edward E. Beidle
nian, whose elevation to the second
office within the gift of the people
of Pennsylvania made a vacancy in
the upper branch of the State Lss
islature.
The weather wasn't as pleasant as
that of yesterday when the first
voters made their way to the ballot
ing places, but it wasn't disagreeable
to the point of discomfort. The sun
wasn't shining wli*n the first free
men cast their votes. Clouds ob
scured the orb which shone brightly
all of yesterday and there was a raw
ness in the air that made one think
of the groundhog and of the possi
bility of another instalment of win
ter blasts.
Workers of both parties Were out
early, the friends of Frank A. Smith,
the Republican candidate, necessar
ily predominating. A purpose, well
defined, of making the result decis-
I\e was apparent in the earnestness
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Thieves Take Family Wash
Off Clothesline After Dark
Housewives, heed the latest trick
of petty thievery, and next week be
sure to get the family wash ofr the
?J n the bark >' a rd before dark.
; About 9 o'clock last, evening some
one entered the yard at the home or
Professor W. R. Zimmerman, as,
sistunt county school superintend
ent. 182, North street, and also an
other yard at the rear of a State
street dwelling, and stole the fam
ilies clothes on the lines. Neither
the wash nor the thief has been
found.
Are You in FaVor of
Dafylight Saving?
ARE you in favor of Daylight Saving'.'
Did the longer days of last summer give you time to work
in your garden?
Did the long, light evenings enable you to have more time in rec
reation with your family, going fishing or playing games?
If so, write Congressman A. S. Kreider, Senator Philander C. Knox
and Senator Boies Penrose and tell them that you do not want the
Davjight Saving law repealed.
A lot of western farmers are endeavoring to have Congress kill
the law. It happens that the farmer can regulate his working day
by the sun, and does so. But townspeople must obey the whistle,
and, unless all whistles ure regulated by law, jve shall go back to
the old-fashioned, unsatisfactory short day and lose the advantages
we have gained.
Address your letters to Congressional Office Building, Washing
ton. D. O.
Write to-night.
gtoc-flnftcptnftfnt
REBEL CHIEF IN
BAVARIA KILLED
RESISTING LAW
Armed Spartacans Prevent
Holding of Municipal Elec
tions in Dusseldorf
EISNER'S PLACE IS FILLED
Reds Entrench Themselves
Against Government
Troops
WORKMEN ORDERED OUT
Stale of Siege Proclaimed at
Wattenschcid; Soldiers
Arrive on Scene
By Associated Press
Copenhagen, Feb. 25.
Herr Scheid has 4 been
named Bavarian premier
in succession to Kurt Eis
ner, who was assassinated
last week. Herr Segitz, a
majority Socialist, has been
appointed Bavarian minis
ter of the interior, succeed
ing Herr Auer, who was
shot at Munich at the dis
orders there, according to
Munich dispatches to the
Politiken.
Berlin, Feb. 25. Herr Kuldzen
nek, Spartacan leader in the Bot
trop district, in Westphalia, has been
killed while resisting arrest by gov
ernment troops. He had attempted
to incite mobs to further rioting
there, it is alleged.
The Gerstenberg division, which
restored order in Bremen, has arriv
ed in the Bottrop district and will be
reinforced hy an army corps Which
has been stationed at Wilhelmsha
ven.
Spartacan forces have prevented
municipal elections from being held
at Dusseldorf. Armed bands on
Saturday demanded from some elec
tion presidents the lists of voters,
as a result of which action elections
could not be held in those areas.
Other Spartacan bands, arnjed with
rifles and hand grenades, appeared
at most of the polling booths on Sun
day evening and seized ballot boxes
and lists of voters, which were burn
ed or tlirown into the Rhine. Live
ly fighting is reported in some elec
tion precincts.
Borne, Feb. 25.—Dusseldorf has
been surrounded by Spartacan bands
which have entrenched themselves
to prevent government troops from
entering the city, which is com
pletely isolated from the rest of the
country. At Oberhausen. six miles
northwest of Essen, Spartacans are
reported to have seized the bank
deposits and to have extinguished
factory fires. Majority Socialists
have ordered workmen not to try to
continue their labors, this step be
ing taken to prevent disorders, but
severat volleys are reported to have
been heard there last night. Gov
ernment troops are being awaited
there.
A state of siege has been proclaim
ed at Wattenseheid, in Westphalia,
where government troops have ar
rived.
Basic, Feb. 25.—A telegram from
Karlsruhe reports that serious fight
ing continues at Mannheim, with
varying success for the possession of
the "newspaper Volkstimme. As every
thing is quiet in Baden, with the ex
ception of Mannheim, the stute of
siege has been raised. Six persons ar
rested on suspicion of being connect
ed with disorders at Mannheim have
been released on demand of the
Soldiers' Council of Karlsruhe.
BOROUGHS FACE
CRITICAL TIME,
DELEGATES SAY
Wonder Is That They Are Not
Worse Governed, Con
vention Hears
The eighth annual convention of
the Association of Pennsylvania Bor
oughs is being h"ld in the ballroom
of the Penn-Harris Hotel to-day and
to-morrow. '
The morning was taken up with or
ganization of the convention anil reg
istration of delegates. This after
noon discussion of the various prob
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SENATE RATIFIES
"DRY" AMENDMENT
BY BIG MAJORITY
Pennsylvania Joins the Long List of
States Lined Up Against Booze;
Vote Is 29 Ayes to 16 Nays
TREMENDOUS POWER OF LIQUOR
RING IS CRUSHED FOR ALL TIME
The Senate of Pennsylvania to-day completed the ratification
of the prohibition amendment to the constitution of the United
States by adopting the \ ickerman resolution by 2 ( > to 16. The
House adopted the resolution earlier in the month by 110 to 93.
The Secretary of the Commonwealth will officially notify the
United States authorities of the approval of the amendment by
the Legislature of the Keystone State, which is the forty-lifth of
the commonwealths to give its sanction to the legal procedure for
a "dry"' nation. Enough states ratified the amendment some time
ago to make it affective but Pennsylvania now joins the proces
sion.
The proceedings ending Ihe domi
nation of the general assembly by
liquor interests which have wielded
a tremendous sway for many years
were brief. It was all over in u quar
ter of an hour, and the result had
barely been announced when the
joyful notes of the church bells of
Harrisburg ringing in celebration of
the great moral victory began to
echo through the Capitol.
Although the result wus a fore
gone conclusion there was a tense
ness about the proceedings because
last night rumors began to be heard
that the liquor lobby was going to
make its last tight to prevent action
to-day. There was more truth than
poetry in the stories because tlie
liquor people bad an idea that they
could block things and by exerting
pressure prevent ratification. As it
was they came within three of hold
ing down the favorable vote. The
Senators, however, felt public senti
ment and knowing iiow strongly
•Governor William C. Sproul desired
tlie ratification of the amendment
Ihey stood fast. Senator E. H. Yare.
the potential Philadelphia leader,
came to the city last night from
Florida and when he announced that
lie was going to vote "dry" to-day
the liquor people knew in the lan
guage of one spectator that "their
parade had passed."
The ratification is a victory for
Governor Sproul and the people who
have fought for years for a "dry"
Pennsylvania.
; The following Senators voted for
■ ratification: Baldwin. Barnes. Barr,
Beales, Campbell, Craig, Davis, Don
ahue, Eyre. GraetT, Gray, iterron,
Homsher. Jones, I .el by, Marlow,
Martin, McConnell, J. 'S. Miller,
Summerfield .T. Miller, Xason, Pat
ton, Pliipps, Snyder, Sones, Turner,
Vare, Weaver, Woodward.
Those Against were: Boyd. Crow,
Daix, Einstein, Hackett, Haldeman,
Leslie, McNichol, Markle, Murdoch,
Salus, Sassaman, Shantz, Tompkins.
Wliitten, Buckman.
Liquor bills that will be fought
are the ones that were said to-day
to be ready for introduction for light
wines and beers. The liquor people
want those articles sold after de
fining the percentage of alcohol they
shall contain. At Washington the
enforcement acts, in process of prep
aration. show that one-half per cent,
of alcohol will be permitted. That,
to a drinking man, "will take all the
joy out of life and song out of beer."
• The Pennsylvania liquor men want
a much stronger percentage and in
! that they will run against the na
■ tional program. This is future lcg
' islation, but is being drawn for
; presentation here.
Wi tlx flit a Hilcli
The resolution, which was the
I last bill on the calendar, was reach,
ed at 11.05 o'clock.
The audience, numbering several
POLICE STATION
MAY BE MOVED
TO NEW QUARTERS
Lack of City Hall Is Cause of
Much Expense and In
convenience
With the recent sale of the build
ing in Mrakct street* part of which
is used by the police department for
headquarters and for the Mayor's
office, it is likely that it will be nec
essary to remove this part of the
city's government to other quarters
by the end of the year, Mayor Dan
iel J,. Keister said to-day at an in
formal discussion with other com
missioners following the regular
council meeting.
The Mayor explained that the
present owner of the building noti
fied him that while the police de
partment would not be asked to va
cate he would appreciate the re
moval so that 'alterations could be
made to the building.
Councilman said that efforts will
be made to find a suitable place in
the central part of the city for po
lice headquarters, and if necessary
a- whole building may be leased and
other city offices moved temporarily
to save rents pending the comple
tion of plans for a joint city and
county office building.
With the removal of the police
department it will lie necessary also
to move the fire alarm Bystem to
other quarters and the commis
sioners now are speaking about the
construction of a fireproof building
to be used fqr that purpose and also
as a central fire station.
hundred, had up until this time
taken little Interest in the proceed
ings. Suddenly, as Lieutenant-Gov
ernor E. E. Beidlenian announced
that the next bill for consideration
was the joint resolution ratifying
the national prohibition amend
ment, the steady hum of conversa
tion was hushed and an air of
strained interest succeeded.
it had been expected that an ef
fort would be made to delay the
pussuge of tlie measure for at least
a week, but the bill was brought to
a vote without a Miitch and with
no debating.
Senator Vare made a statement
immediately before the vote, in
which he said that he intended to
cote for the measure, not because
he was opposed to the use of liquor,
moderately, but because the measure
under consideration was already a
law.
Senator Snyder, Blair, a "dry,"
who had prepared a speech in ruse
the "wets" attempted to debate,
filed the statement instcud of de
livering it on t lie floor, after it
was evident that no effort would be
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& $ 4
4 SUNDAY, MARCH 2, POLISH DAY iy
m Harrisburg.—ln an interview this aftemflfon T T
IT nor Sprr ul suggests that Sunday, March 2/be semisidi
ias Polish Dry in Pennsylvania, Trdting the haVdshijpi
|4 that country has undergone and the need for cfutstwaid
X at this time. /
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EXTRA SESSION NOT DETERMINED UPON >j
•f 1 Washington.—An extra session of Congress will nt>t X
j $
LL be decided upon until after President Wilson has made a ,T
j*f* complete survey 6f the legislative situation. The titij|, *
ijL if one is called, will depend on the amount of business,. ¥
|x transacted by Congress before March 1. **
iT MARAUDERS IMPRISON MINERS NEAR'ESSEN
14* Amsterdam.—A band of marauders in the vicinitjidpi ,* *
i ■ ■ ,* *
eb Essen has destroyed the airshaft and other outlets qif a |>
|| coal mine and imprisoned 600 miners who were at wor: £■*
X 3 flr
X a t the time It will be impossible to release the miners, 'fc
* *
(• for a fortnight. The ex-plosive magazine of the mine also L w
einf ' I
was pillaged by the band. * ®
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J WILSON DESIRES TO M.EET GOVERNORS \ ;
f Washington.—Plans for an address by President [* >
T 1 i* *
L Wilson before a joint session of Congress are expected
T to take shape in a day or two. It- was learned to-day £ *
4 that President Wilson is very anxioub to meet the Gov- *
4* * >
cm emors of the states for the purpose of discussing the , „
T* labor situation before he returns to Europe. jj *
X HARRISBURG MAN ARRESTED FOR THEFT J I
% •* *
Erie.—Samuel Thumma, of Harrisburg, was arrest i
yed last night charged with the theft of a package contain *
j ing SBOO. Thumma 16 said to have a wife and three [*
X children and a "common law" wife here. Thumma was j, j
jr shot in the leg after a fight with the police. It is al .* *
4 leged he was discharged as an express messenger re u J
cently, and got on the car containing the money b>y fj] *
HK representing that he had been reemployed. I*
| WILSON-SIGNS FOOD BILL (
Washington.—President Wilscn to-day~ signed the * *
X Ml r Mdi- P 5100.000.Q00 fv fo-d relief in Europe and' > ►
I ,he urgtncy 11
y John K. Brady and Mary C Hilar. I,roltUni| RU-hard W. X
CM Jieblaitor and Flora K. Cravrr, Hurrlabtirin Alexander Payton and
C L l.nura 1,. NcFarland, Baltimore. H a
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WILSON STARTS
BIG VOLUME OF
TAXES ON MOVE
President Signs War Revenue
Bill to Raise Six Billions
Aboard Train
BACK AT DESK TOD At
Provisions of Measure Which
Become Effective in the
Nation Immediately
LUXURIES GIVE BIG SUMS
April 1 Will Witness Begin
ning of New Levies; Law
to Help War Cost
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 23. —President
Wilson arrived in Washington at 5
o'clock this morning from Boston
where he landed yesterday from the
transport George Washington. Be
cause of the early hour he and Mrs.
Wilson remained on their special
train some time before going to the
White House.
Xo Formal Reception
j At the request of the President
there was no formal reception ut the
station, but a large crowd was on
hand when Mr. and Mrs. Wilson left
their private cor and walked through
I the station to awaiting automobiles.
President Wilson left the train at
5.40 o'clock and drove to the White
'House. Passing through the station
! with a brisk step Mr. Wilson found
| a cheering early morning crowd ot'
I travelers awaiting him. He acknowl
edged the applause by lifting his hat
; and smiling. Many scores of soldiers
| In the crowd stood rigidly at atten
| tion as the commander-in-chief
1 passed by.
On reaching his desk the Presi
' dent, brlskty set to work on matters
I requiring his attention which had
I been accumulating since he left Paris,
I ten days ago. The more important
1 legislation awaiting his signature, in
cluding the six billion dollar war
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