Iquilania's Officers Blame Weather For Rammjngj£Jieighter and Sinking of Vessel in Quick Time HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH st)t s!ar-3itfcpcndrol. .XXXVIII— No. 50 16 PAGES Matter at the Post Office at Harrlstufrg' 1 * 33 HARRISBURG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1919. V NE\VSPAPKH 111 N\NMSBCNL2 KS ' 6I ?WO E CENTS 3 HOME EDITION I SEN A TOR KNOX SEES GRAVE DANGER FOR AMERICA IN LEAGUE 7 ormer Secretary of State Points to Covenant as Sanctioning War; Fears Second World Coalition } OINTS TO FLA WS IN PROPOSED CREED FOR NATIONS; SEES PERIL Washington, March I. Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, former ccretary of state, speaking To-day in the Senate, assailed the -eague of Nations as striking down American constitutional prin iples and proposed a new world organization which, lie said, would preserve the Monroe Doctrine and save America from the esults of European intrigue and aggression." Senator Knox, who attended the tVhite House dinner conference last Wednesday with other members of he Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee, said the constitution of the league as presented to the Peace Conference "sanctions, breeds and •ommunds war," and after criticising iai lous clauses of the document, isked: tlllrntionx Feverish \nxlety "Why this feverish anxiety for the idoption of tills plan? Why this ruc iig up and down the land by prop igandists urging its adoption? Wliat jenefit Is to come from such a sale if the country as is urged upon us? Who are the beneficiaries of this be rayal of our people?" The Pennsylvania Senator said that f the people of the I'nited States de dred what he termed a real League if Nations to prevent war and "not no rely to build a coalition to further rade or preserve and expand terri orlal possessions,'" it might lie se ■iire<l through tlie formation of an nternational organization compris ng tlie nations of tlie world. Senator Knox said tlie constitution f such an international coalition I hould primarily declare war an In ernntionnl crime anil stipulate that ny nation engaging in it except in elf-defense he punished by the world x an international criminal. He also | uggested that the constitution pro- j ide that international disputes be j ecided by an international court, ac ording to an international code de- ' ning war; that no nation could sum- ! ion another before tTtacourt unless j he subject under was of j omtnon concern to the contending j tations and that jurisdiction of the ourt not to extend to matters of ;ovornmental policy. Under such a code, the senator de lated, America would not, as in vent the present plan for a League f Nations were realized, be called pon to arbitrate "the policy involv d in the Monroe Doctrine, our'con ervation policy; our immigration lolicy; our right to expel aliens, our iglit to repoll invasion and the iglit to maintain military and naval stablishments; our right to make lecessary fortifications of the Bana na Canal or on our frontiers, and ur riglil to discriminate between na- j Ives and foreigners in respect to i iglits of property and citizenship." j Suggests Limited Jurisdiction Among other suggestions for th , ■institution, he said it should pro- | ide that the countries of the two rmisplieres he called upon to en orce decrees of the international ourt only in their respective hemis ilieres. "A league framed on these broad ines," lie continued, "would carry i-ith it a minimum loss of our sov- [ reignity, would relieve us from par- ■ icipatlon ill the liroils of Europe;; ,'ould preserve tlie Monroe Doctrine nd would save America *roin the esults of European intrigue and : g ression." In opening his address, Senator j Cnox, said lie wished it understood i io had not secured negative conclu ions in regard to the constitution of ho proposed league througii lin- I rlendliness or bias. He said he was ; gainst war even to the extent of eeing the United States make the ut lost sacrifices possible, but that he ranted to feel sure that when the lYerlng of the United States lifid been laced upon the altar and burned, his country should have measure bly and proportionately advanced he cause of human liberty and hap iness. Points to Covenant Flaws Referring to the proposed consti ution of the League of Nations, he irst criticised it for "looseness of xpression," which lie said character zed it throughout and then because I appeared to set up to operating ntlties for its enforcement, the "high ontractlng parties" anil the league Iself. In this connection he said lie importance of this became appar nt when it was observed that "the igh contracting parties" did not coin rise every member state in the (■ague, and that, therefore, the "bur en assumed by the high contracting >artlos, whoever they may he, possi dy the "big five,' is crushing in its relght." Fenr* Second League Tlie Senator warned especially gainst leaving the central powers ut of tlie league, saying the lnevi- THE WEATHER For flctrrlMburjr and vicinity: Fnlr and colder to-nltcht. with low cut temperature about 18 d*- KrecM| Sunday fnlr. For lCnatcrn PcnnMylvunlnr Fnlr tw-nlKht and Sunday: colder to night; frcKti north went w indM. Itl%*er The SiiMquclinnna river and ail Itn ItrcnchcM will rl*c Mllfchtly to modcrntcly. eieept the upper portlonM of the North nnil Weat branehea and the Juniata, which will lieicln to full to-nlicht or Sunday. A of about 3.2 ■eet la Indicated for Sunday morning. - i .- j - • ,< ;• 0 L ■ i ■* A& ffM Itllftfl SENATOR KNOX j table result would be "to drive them . | more closely together for mutual j | self-protection, thus-making the for-| j mation of a second League of Na -1 tions, bidding for adherence from ; neutrql states almost a certainty." ; "Thus at no distant date," he eon- j tinned, "we should have two great ! leagues of nations, and two great 1 J camps eacli preparing for a new and ! I greater life and . death struggle." 1 j "liven the term •League of Na- j I tions' is a deceptive misnomer," he ! | declared, "for under this proposed j plan the nations of tlie world are di- j vided into three classes: "First, signatories of the covenant;! these are not named,, hut it is as ! sumed they will include and possibly be confined to the five great Entente powers—that is to say, the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan and the United States. "Second, states not signatory, hut ! named in the protocol. No informa tion is given as to who these states i are, though surely they will include j ! such entente powers, if any as are , ! n °t signatories as well as certain oth- ! . er states neutral in the conflict now ' j closing; and, Refers to Outcnxt State* I "Third, those states which are nei- j ther signatories nor protocol states, j and which must to be admitted to the league, be prepared to give eet- I tain effective guarantees as to their intention to be bound by their in ternational obligations. These latter are outcast slates and presumably [Continued on I'ase .] Cold Wave to Hit City Tonight After March 'Tomes in Like a Lamb" While March arrived to-day like a I lamb, it is not necessarily true that |it will go out as U lion. Weather forecasters are the least superstitu tious persons in the whole world. The superstition which gives great credit to the groundhog as a weather prophet has all been shot to pieces this year anyhow. A cold wave is now central over Mississippi and surrounding states. Is moving eastward and may strike Harrisburg. The temperature is scheduled to drop sharply to-night, but this weather is expected to pre vail only temporarily. Yesterday's warm and spring like weather completed a month that has been uniformly of moder ate temperature. Only twice before within the past fifteen years lias February had such warm tempera ture. Penn-Harris Coffee Room Opens For First Time The Penn-Harris coffee room, the latest adjunct to Harrisburg's new million-dollar hotel, was opened this morning at 6.30 o'clock. Scores of people were served with breakfast and by noon the place was crowded. "We were amazed to find so large a crowd the (irst day," asserted 1,, jr Vanderslice, steward. "We had liopeii to ease up the opening a wee bit, but we've been as busy as a barefooted boy in a bumblebee's nest all the morning." The prices at the new restaurant are moderate and hotel officials say tlie food comes from (he same kit chens as that served in the main dining room. 20(1,(100 IDLE IN BKKLix Bj) Associated Press Rerlln. March 1. Two hundred 1 thousand persons are id'e in Berlin because of general strike, which is extending into Southern and f'en ! tral Germany. Railway communica j tion between Berlin and Southern Germany has been cut off com | pletely. Arousing Our Sympathies IVUNK OF OUR POOR WARN^Ry N I ,HDMOjRY, " IN * { GOSH! THINK VtmT PARTIAL REVIVAL OF BUILDING IS SEEN INPERMITS Several Big Operations Under j Way Despite High Cost of Materials Harrisburg's building record for] February is an encouraging one, ac-j cording to officials and contractors, ] and is an Indication that the city is losing no time now in starting con-1 struction projects which had to be delayed because of the conditions brought about by the war. While the total cost of the work! to lie done is far below the figure J for last February this is due to thej issuing of a permit at that time fori the construction of the big addition I to the Camp Curlin school building.! Deducting that permit from the total: amount of work started last Feb- j ruary, the balance represents only! about one-fourth of the operations] started this year during the lastj month. • In February. 1918. there were four] permits issued for the construction of buildings costing $181,900. Of this total $170,000 was for the school building improvement, leav ing a balance of $11,900 represent ed in three projects, one a garage costing SS,OOO. This year during February there! were twenty-five permits issued and ' the operations when completed will ; cost $14,530. Included in the opera tions now under way are several dwelling houses in Derry street, near the eastern city line; an addition to tin ice plant in Berryhlll street, cost ing $3,000; a. warehouse in South Eighteenth to cost $5,000; shop and office building in South Sevententh street, costing $2,500. and alterations to a South Thir teenth street residence, to lie made at a cost of $3,000. A building permit was issued yes terday to David J. Horwltz for the construction of a three-story building for a storeroom and apartments, on the south side of Cumberland street, sixty feet west of Twelfth street, at a cost of $5,000. PAXTANG ltOAl) NEXT TO BE PUT IN SHAPE Paxtang borough is next on the list for highway improvement after Camp Hill and Highspire. It Is ex pected that the uncomfortable stretch of road between the city limits and Paxtang avenue will be placed in first class shape. It has been one of the worst pieces of road in this section and has called down more execrations than any other stretch excepting tho road at High spire. I LABOR BUREAU SECURES JOBS FOR VETERANS | More Than 100 Men Placed in Good Positions by Stale Employment Office j Positions for more tlian 400 men | ] were secured this week by the Em- j ; ployment Bureau, Department of Da-1 , bor and Industry in the remarkably | | successful campaign of the bureau to aid in alleviating the labor sit.ua- i ! tion in Harrisburg, Jacob Dightner, j lis the director of the bureau which] j Is located at Third and North streets. During the first five days of the I | week, CBO men were placed in satis- j factory positions in llarrlsburg and i immediate vicinity. No returns have 1 | been compiled for today, but the to-I > tal is certain to be well over the 4UO j mark. The best records of the week j | were made on Thursday and Friday 1 'on which days a total of 281 were! I placed. .| Hen, skilled in every line of human | endeavor ami of every degree of capa- i i bility, have been placed in positions • during the week, Director Dightner j Bald in speaking of the work. Some I employers have been under the im-1 presslon that the bureau exists only j to place laborers, but Mr. Dightner emphasizes the fact that men skilled in every branch of work, may be se l cured through the bureau. Remarkably short tlmo Is neees j sary for the bureau to succeed in [Continued on Page 2.] Kaiser, in Debt, Given Fortune by Socialists j Weimar, March 1. —The for .! mer German Emperor, it is iearn -1 j ed from competent sources, re 'j cently appealed 1o the German 1 : Revolutionary Government for ; j money. It was said in his be j half that it was impossible for i htm to continue living upon the 1 bounty and good will of the Dutch ,! nobleman in whose castle ho now •! resides. The government, after consid '; cring the matter, agreed to his request and Instituted a detailed I ■ 1 investigation to determine what i >j portion of the former Emperor's supposed fortune really was his and what portion belonged to the i . government. Investigation show l cd that the former ruler might i; legally claim 75.000,000 marks as his own, but the government j decided to allow him temporarily WINTER MILDNESS CAUSE OF A DROP IN PRICES OF COAL | Reduction of Thirty Cents a Ton, Effective'at Once; No Change at Mines A slight reduction in the price of j.anthracite coal was announced by , local dealers this morning, effective |at once. At the same time it was j predicted that the customary reduc ! tion of fifty cents a ion, usually I scheduled for April 1, will not take I place this spring. 1 Tlie reduction announced to-day amounts to about thirty cents a ton !on household sizes, a dealer said, I with tlie exact amount varying j slightly, according to the size or ; kind of coal in question. The price | will be figured by the dealers on the | operating margin of $2.65, allowed i by the Dauphin county fuel adminis tration by one of its rulings made ' last year. .Mild Winter Cause j The open winter and lack of de- I mancl for coui made the reduction possible. The fact, also, that inde- I pendent operators who under gov- I eminent fuel administration control were allowed to charge 75 cents a I ton additional for their coal, over ! what tlie transportation company eoa! operators were allowed to charge, no longer have that advan tage. There has hecn no change in tlie price of coal at the mines. The small reduction effected to-day is [Continued on I'agc 2.] only 600,000 marks to meet pres ent indebtedness ana future ex penses. The correspondent's informant, in calling attention to this de velopment, declared it put an end to rumors that tho former Em peror had been able to take large sums of money with htm when he tied into Holland. The Kaiser's plea of poverty Is without foundation. The Tele graph has the full fncts In tills case. It will publish them in the I final instalment of the Private T-ifo of the Kaiser which will start In the Telegraph next. Tuesday. Watch for it. These and many other unpublished facts concern ing tho Kaiser's private life will appear in these accounts from the diaries of the late Major Domo of the Hohenzollorn household. 7,354,000 LIVES GO OUT IN WAR STARTED BY HUN Russia Pays Heaviest Toll With 1,700,000; America Smallest Loser GERMANS LOSE 1,600,001 France Third With 1,385,600; England Yields 706,700 1,301,959 OUT OF THE ARMY Second Regulars Lead in Win ning Distinguished Serv ice Crosses liy Associated Press | Washington. March 1. —Battle deaths during the war among all i participants so far as available | statistics show, were given to-day by General March as 7,354,000. This rep resents only men killed in action or j died of wounds. In the list prepared by the general I staff, Kussia led with a total ot 1,-1 700,000; Germany was second witnj I t,000,000. and the United States lustj I with 50,000. ! Approximate figures for other na j tions were; I J France, 1.385,000; Austria-Hun-; gary, 800.000; England, 700.700;; 'ltaly, 400.000; Turkey, 400,000; Bel-; i glum, 102.000; Rumania, 100.000; j Bulgaria, 100.000; Serbia and Jlon- I tenegro, 100,000. Demobilization of the army had re housed up to yesterday 1,301,959 of ! liuers and men. General March an | nounced to-day. Of the total 77,542 ' were officers. Demobilisation orders ! now have reached a total of 1,571,- ' 000. Regulars Win War Crosses | Of the total of 3.BiS distinguished j service crosses awarded for gal i lan try in action to American soldiers, j General March announced to-day, 004, or more than double the num ber given to any other division, went, to the Second regulars. The tiust di vision of regulars came next with three hundred crosses awarded to its The Third regulars with 233, was third. The 20th t New England National Guard), the fourth in the list with 229, led all National Guard and Na tional Army divisions. The 42d > (Rainbow) came next with 205. and (then the 30th with 177. The 27th di | vision (New York National Guard) j now on the high seas returning home, received 139. The 77th (also a New | York division), received 126. Rev. E. P. Bryan Found - Dead in Bed After Short Illness With Influenza i Mlllcrsburg. Pa., March 1. —The I Rev. E. P. Bryan, pastor of the | Methodist Episcopal church, of this | place, ill for- only a short time, was I found dead in bed this morning. He ! was aged about 45 years. The Rev. Mr. Bryan contracted a I severe cold only two days, but his ! condition was not regarded as serious i and the announcement of his death j this morning came as finite a shock I to borough people. At first he ap peared to he sleeping, but later when | his bedside was visited, it was flis ; covered that he was dead. ! The Rev. Mr. Bryan came to Mil i lcrsburg a year ago, having prevlous -1 ly served the Oxford .Pa., Methodist | church charge. He has been a mem ! ber of Ihe Philadelphia conference ,of the church for fifteen years. He j was a graduate of Wesylan Univer i sity and of the Drew Theological j Seminary. Madison, N. J. His wife and a 5-year-old son sur | vlve. Funeral arrangements are in | complete. I Rains and Snows to Start Coming Week; Temperature to Be Low B.i/ Associated Press Washington, March I.—Weather predictions for the week beginning (Monday, issued by the Weather Bu ! reau to-day, are: North and Middle j Atlantic States; Disturbances attend ed by rains and snows Monday or Tuesday and again about Friday. I Temperature will be below normal ' most of the week. i _ TAX STATEMENTS OUT j Statements of 1919 city tax which : is due now are being mailed to prop [ ert.v owners by City Treasurer C. F. j Weber. All abatement of one per cent, is allowed until May 1 for all j city taxes paid before that time. Yes ■ terday 850 persons paid occupation J taxes at the treasurer's office and j because of the big rush to have j paid on time. Mr. Weber has allowed another week. i GAY FAVORS SUFFRAGE LAW | Washington, March 1. —With an I announcement to-day by Senator | Gay, of Louisiana, Democrat, that | he would support the new compro- I mise woman suffrage resolution i proposed In the Senate yesterday, hope of champions of equal fran chise measure for Its adoption bo fore Congress adjourns were raised. ! WOULD ABOLISH LUXURY TAX By Associated Press I Washington. March I.—The ; House to-day passed, and sent to the ! Senate the resolution providing for j the repeal of the luxury tax clause iof the war revenue bill. It Imposed a ten per cent, tax arter May I ; on higher priced wearing uppurel and many other articles. j GOKTHALS BACK TO CIVIL LIFE Washington. March I.—Major ; General George W. Goethats re ■ turned to civil life to-day as a rc | tired officer of the army. ANARCHY TO BE PUT DOWN HERE WITH EDUCATION Welfare Commission to See That Bolshevism Is Stamped Out in Pennsylvania THE GOVERNOR IS ACTIVE Legislature to Pass Needed Statute Within Next Thirty Days Many difficulties must be over come by the new commission which is to fight Bolshevism. Mr. i McClain explains. Among them are (he following: The lack of ability on the | Part of public school teach- j ors to inculcate into the i minds of their pupils the true meaning of American princi- i pies and institutions. Lack of knowledge of j American ideuls by aliens ] who have come to this coun- j try us a refuge from their I sufferings in their flative | i lands. Unemployment growing out \ | of the rapid demobilization of the military forces and ; the closing down of war in- I dustries. The aggressive campaign of the Bolshevists through ! out the country. The apathy of the nation ! at large to the danger which now confronts it. because of Bolshevist and other radical propaganda. Bolshevism will be met in Penn isyivania with an iron hand if any ] attempt is made to embroil the State I in anarchy and lawlessness, accord | ing to Prank B. McClain, former i lieutenant-governor, who has been !asked by Governor Sproul to become the administrative head of the Penn sylvania Commission of Public AVel- I fare. A bill to meet the needs of the I times and establishing the commis sion will be introduced in the Leg islature Monday night. It will have the sanction of the Governor and [Continncd on Page 4.] 4 :alls conference of ;J WASH I NGTONVr M inority I,ea<ier Lod t X T ■ : ' •'?' Republic X | :k this evening to ce fs* id be t&k : effort to :$ session .by opposition to the Victory Loan w 4# ing seven billion dollars of new securities. T * OPPOSITION TO PALMER FADES X ; e j WASHINGTON,—The Senate judiciary committee ® V. to-day by unanimous vote ordered a favorable report c *r AM | Jh the nomination of A. Mite hell Palmer, alien propert |<j T custodian, to be attorney general. Absence of Republican -J'/j X -opposition foreshadfciwed prompt confirmation by the JJP.'d fi i *r* 4 ■ ■ natt. £ [J ,m| JaJ STOCKHOLM.—Lithuanian troops, closely pursu <e |L X ing Bolshevik forces, have passed the line of Schaulen. . L Sjcduva, Vieves and Varena, which towns are in X Lithuanian hands, according to adt T fO n >•!••:.>.< no. .J . X M'ANDLESS LEADS IN BrLLIARDS X ®f* CHICAGO.—Three games were scheduled to-day iT | in the National Amateur Balkline Billiard Champion fa* ships. Robert M. Lord, of Chicago, is pitted against David McAndJess, Chicago: Corwin Huston, champiot *T : X will play P. P. Trump, of Pittsburgh, and Percy N Co!- Xjf lins, Chicago, drew J. E. C. Morton, of Philadelphia, .T • <1 ' pp .nent. In the two days' play to date McAndlcssdead . '3 \ T .' ith two wins Neither Morton nor Trnmp has vet wor, X game. ▼ 4j WOMAN'S BODY FOUND ,* | MIDDLETOWN. ~~ The body ci Mi Laura . X Springer, who disappeared several days ago, •• is four,' ."J" I X .nr I to-day m the Swatara Creek, U, ! 4* i 4 BAN PLACED ON GRAIN SHIPMENTS !X X fT X '"HJCAGO. The railroad administration to-day >jr *r <s h tints of bulk domestic grain to | 1 $ " NlAmAGtlftmES ' br madc by I i T . nri Kathrr F. 4.1.1*,, X |T Hanitif Harry . Tynmu nnri lilfflc H. (.ohcrn, Red I,Ion; Valen- t F ew A. Klcfciifr and ICmntn Vatter, Lanoaitcri Wfaley A. Beadier, t New Haven, Conn., and Anna K Care. Hnrrfnhurin Henry A. Men* X* aenkell nnd Hebn Smith, Harris mr*. y ' / '*" , J', v. - . E 4." . ' , *Ji GERMANY SHOWS SIGNS OF ANARCHY IN WIDE UNREST Discontent Spreads in Teuton Realm; Well-informed Turn Pessimists REDS GIVE UP MUNITIONS Spartacan Leaders Escape From Dusseldorf as Troops Take Possession YANKS INCREASE GUARB ■Food Train For Troops and Prisoners Protected by Armed Americans JJp Associated Press LONDON', March I.—A ful*. i thor revolutionary movement j In Germany is imminent, uc ! lording to a report reaching | liontion through Holland to day. It Is added tluit Clianeel j lor Sehcldcmaim lias resigned. ! London, March I. —A Reuter's re -1 port concerning the internal demor alization of Germany and the dan gerous growth of Bolshevism de scribes tlio position of Germany as more precarious than it was last November. "Discontent is growing, the people are hungry, neurasthenic and dis pirited and the government is unable to improve material conditions," this report says. "Far-sighted and well-informed men are pessimistic and apprehensive at ominous signs which show a tendency toward an archy." Spartacans Itesist Feebly Spartacan forces offered very feeble resistance to government troops when the latter took Ham berne on Thursday, and gave up two (cannon, 3,000 rifles and a quantity 1 of munitions. At Kssen the number of strikers now is estimated at 5.000. If the strike continues at Erfurt, there i [Continued on Page 2.]
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