ia s Officers Blame Weather For F & fight and Sinking of Vessel in Quick Time HARRISBURG gpHSgl TELEGRAPH sljc JSIor-independent. .XXXVIII— No. 50 16 PAGES DA, S A UER E ST £' P Y .T oStZ" HARRISKLIRG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1919. ,Vh£™.sbc£" b " 6 two^cTnts 3 HOME EDITION SENA TOR KNOX SEES GRAVE DANG FOR AMERICA IN LEAGUE u ormer Secretary of State Points to Covenant as Sanctioning War; Fears Second World Coalition POINTS TO FLA WS IN PROPOSED CREED FOR NATIONS; SEES PERIL Washington, March 1. — Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, former ecrctary of state, speaking to-day in the Senate, assailed the -cagttc of Nations as striking down American constitutional prin iples and proposed a new world organization which, he said, would preserve the Monroe Doctrine and save America from the csults of European intrigue and aggression." Senator Knox, who attended tho White House dinner conference last Wednesday with other members of lie Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee. said the constitution of the league as presented to the I'eace Conference "sanctions, breeds and •ommands war." oral after criticising rations clauses of the document, tsked: ((iicstlonx Feverish Vuxlety "Why tills feverish anxiety for the idoplion of this plan'.' Why this nto ng up and down the land by prop igandists urging its adoption? Wliat "•nelit is to come from such a sale >f 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 United States de ilred what lie termed a real League >f Nations to prevent war and "not nerely to build u coalition to further rade or preserve and expand terri orial possessions,*" it might be se ared through the formation of an nternational organisation comprls ng the nations of the world. Senator Knox said the constitution f such an international coalition hould primarily dec In re war an In- j ernntlonnl crime iintl stipulate flint n.v tuition engaging in It except in elf-defense lie punished by the world x an international criminal. He also, uggested that tin' constitution pro-l ide that international disputes be ecided by an international court, ac ordiiig to an international code de ning war: that no nation could suni ioii another liefore court unless lie subject under was of ommon concern to the contending [ ations and that jurisdiction of the] ourt not to extend to matters of 1 overnmenta I policy. Under such a code, the senator do- I tared, America would not, as in I vent the present plan for a League I f Nations were realized, he called pon to arbitrate "the policy involv d in the Monroe Doctrine, our con ervation policy; our immigration olicy; our right to expel aliens, our iglit to repoll invasion and tho iglit to maintain military and naval stabllshments: our right to make ecessnry fortifications of the l'ana la Canal or on our frontiers, and ur right to discriminate between na- 2 ives and foreigners in respect to. iglits of property and citizenship." | Suggests Limited Jurisdiction Among other suggestions for the , .institution, lie said it should pro idc tli,-it tlie countries of the two i emisphercs be called upon to en- | orce decrees of the international J ourt only in their respective liemis- ! bores. "A league framed on these broad j inos," he continued, "would carry ! rith it a minimum loss of our sov reignlty, would relieve us from par- , icipatlon in the broils of Europe; lould preserve the Monroe Docliine' nd would save America 'rom Ihcj esults of European intrigue and : g- | ression." In opening his address. Senator ; Cnux, said lie wished it understood i e had not secured negative eonclu- I ions in regard to the constitution of I ho proposed league through un- I riendliness or bias. Ho said he was! gainst war even to the extent of i eeing the United States make the ut- j lost sacrifices possible, but that he' .anted to feel sure that when the lYering of the United States lifid been laced upon the altar and burned. Ids country should have measure bly and proportionately advanced he cause of human liberty and hap iness. Points to Covenant Flaw* Referring to the proposed constl ution of the League of Nations, he rst criticised it for "looseness of j xpression," which lie said character- . sed it throughout and then because i uppeared to set up to operating' ntities for its enforcement, Lite "high; infracting parties" and the league tself. In this connection he said j In importance of this became appur-! Nt when it was observed that "the j igh contracting parties" did not com- 1 rise every member state in t lie eague, and that, therefore, the "bur- j en assumed by the high contracting artics, whoever they may he, possi- j ly tlie 'big live,' is crushing in its I /eight." Fenrs Second League The Senator warned especially , gainst leaving the central powers ut of tiie league, saying the inevi- j THE WEATHER For flnrrlMhurfr anil vicinity: Fnlr and colder to-niiclit, wltli lon- . **t tcmiterntiirr about 18 |e urfrai Sunday fair. For lOnwtrrn IVnnnyl vunla: Fnlr f-nlKhf and Sundays colder to ol K lit ; frenh northwcNt ulndN. VClvcr The SuKqiirhnnna river and all Jtn hrsnchrM will rlur *llffhtly to ! modoratrly, except the upper P"rtloiin of the North and Went broncho* and the Jiinlatn, whieh will heicln to fall to-nlpht or ! Sunday. A Ktap;e of about 3,2 feet Im Indicated for KlnrrlMbu Sunday morning. ? r . ; ... V |hh I SENATOR KNOX ' i table result would be "lo drive them ; ; more closely together for mutual j j self-protection, thus-making the for-j ! mation of a second League of Na- ! tions, bidding for adherence from , neutrijl states almost a certainty." | "Thus at no distant date." he con- | tinned, "we should have two great leagues of nations, and two great j I camps eacii preparing for a new and : | greater life and . death struggle." j "liven the term 'League of Na- j i tions' is a deceptive misnomer," lie! j declared, "for under this proposed I j plan the nations of the world are di- ' | vidod into three classes: I "First, signatories of tho covenant:! these are not named, hut it is as- ! sumed they will include and possibly! be confined to tiie 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 informs- | tion is given as to who those states j are, though surely they will include! t such entente powers, if any as are! , not signatories as well as certain oth- : , or states neutral in the conflict now ! ! closing; and, Refers to Outcast States | "Third, those states which are nei-| ; ther signatories nor protocol stuies, j | and which must to be admitted to the league, be prepared to give cer- 1 tain effective guarantees as to their! j intention to lie bound by their in ternational obligations. These hitter ! are outcast states and presumably [Continued on Page .] Cold Wave to Hit City Tonight . After March 'Tomes in Like a Lamb" While March arrived to-day like a ! lamb, it is not necessarily true that ]it will go out as a lion. Weather ! forecasters are the least superstitu tlous persons in the whole world | The superstition which gives great : credit to the groundhog as a weather j 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 I within tlie 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 I million-dollar hotel, was opened this I morning at G. 30 o'clock. Scores of' | people were served with breakfast! ; and by noon the place was crowded "We were amazed to find so large til crowd the first day," asserted L H Vanderslice, steward. "We had hoped to ease up the opening a wee bit but J we've been as busy as a barefooted I boy in a bumblebee's nest all the I morning." | The prices at the new restaurant are moderate and hotel officials say the food comes from the same kit chens as that served in the main dining room. 2011,<100 IDI.I-; IN llMltuv />.it Aanocialed Prcsn Berlin. March 1. Two hundred thousand persons are id'e in Berlin because of general strike, which is extending into Southern and Cen tral Germany. Railway eommunira- I tion between Berlin and Southern I Germany has been cut off com | plctely. Arousing Our Sympathies OF OOR POOR WAR PEOPLE, HEART BROKEM,HLINC-iRy I \ GrOSH f THINK -WHAT | LT MUST PARTIAL REVIVAL OF BUILDING IS SEEN INPERMITS Several Big Operations Under Way Despite High Cost of Materials ; Harrisburg's building record forj I February is an encouraging one. ac-j I cording to officials and contractors,' an,j is an Indication (hat the city is j losing no time now in starting con-1 struetion projects which had to be I delayed because of the conditionsi I brought about by the war. While the total cost of the work I to be done is far below the figure' for last February this is due to the i issuing of a permit at that time for! the construction of the big addition j to the Camp Curtin school building. I Deducting that permit from the total! amount of work started last Feb- j ruury, the balance represents only! about one-fourth of the operations started litis year during the last) month. In February. 11)18, 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 $44,530. Included in the opera-: tions now under way are several dwelling houses in Derry street, near j the eastern city line: an addition to an ice plant in Berryhill street, cost-' ing $3,000; a. warehouse in South Eighteenth to cost $5,000: shop and office building in South 1 Sevententh street, costing $2,500,! and alterations to a South Thir-I teenth street, residence, to be made at a cost of $3,000. A building permit was Issued yes- 1 terduy to David J. Ilorwitz for the construction of a three-story building j for a storeroom and apartments, on ! the south side of Cumberland street, j sixty feet west of Twelfth street, . t a cost of $5,000. PAXTANG UOAD 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 j more execrations than any other! stretch excepting tho road at High-! spire. LABOR BUREAU SECURES JOBS FOR VETERANS More Than 100 Men Placed in Good Positions by State Employment Office Positions for more than 400 men ' were secured this week by the Km- j ployment Bureau, Department of Da- J bor and Industry in the remarkably) successful campaign of the bureau to j aid In alleviating the labor situa- ! tion in Harrisburg, Jacob Dightner, I is the director of the bureau which is located at Third and North streets. During the first five days of the I week, 3SO men were placed in satis- j factory positions in Harrisburg and l immediate vicinity. No returns have been compiled for today, but the to tal is certain to be well over the 400 mark. The best records of the week were made on Thursday and Friday | on which days a total of 281 were! placed. Men, skilled in every line of human I endeavor and of every degree of capa- j bility, have been placed in positions! during the week, Director Dightner) said in speaking of the work. Some) employers have been under the lm-1 pression that the bureau exists only j to place laborers, but Mr. Dightner emphasizes tho fact that men skilled in every branch of work, inay be se- I cured through the bureau. Remarkably short timo Is neces-! sary for the bureau to succeed in [Continued on Page 2.] Kaiser , in Debt, Given Fortune by Socialists Weimar, March I.—The for mer German Emperor, it is learn ed from competent sources, re cently appealed lo the German Revolutionary Government for money. It was said in his be half that it was impossible for him to continue living upon the bounty and good will of the Dutch nobleman in whose castle he now resides. The government, after consid ering the matter, agreed to his request and instituted a detailed investigation to determine what portion of the former Emperor's supposed fortune really was his and what portion belonged to the government. Investigation show ed that the former ruler might legally claim 75.000,000 marks as his own, but the government decided to ullow 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 ! anthracite coal was announced by , local dealers this morning, effective jat once. At the same time it was predicted that the customary red tie ! tion of fifty cents a ton. uauully I scheduled for April t, will not take I place this spring. j The reduction announced to-day amounts to about thirty cents a ton !on household sizes, a dealer said, | with tiie exact amount varying j slightly, according to the size or I 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 The open winter and lack of de j mand for coal made the reduction ! possible. The fact, also, that inde ! pendent operators who under gov- I ernment fuel administration control | were allowed to charge 75 cents a | ton additional for their coal, over ! what the transportation company coal operators were allowed to charge, no longer have that advan- I tage. There has been no change in the | price of coal at the mines. The j small reduction effected to-day is [Continued on I'age 2.] only (100,000 marks to meet pres ent indebtedness and 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 fied into Holland. The Kaiser's plea of poverty is without foundation. The Tele graph has the full facts In this case. It will publish them In tile final instalment of the Private Rife of the. Kaiser which will start In the Telegraph next Tuesday. Watch for It. These and manv other unpublished facts concern ing tho Kaiser's private life will appear In these accounts from the diaries of the late Major Domo of tho 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 1,385,000; England Yields 706,700 1,301,959 OUT OF THE ARMY Second Regulars Lead in Win ning Distinguished Serv ice Crosses By Associated Press Washington. March I.—Batlle deaths during the war among all participants so far as available; statistics show, were given to-day by General March as 7,354,000. This rep- I resents only men killed in action or } died of wounds. In the list prepared by the general I staff. Hussia led with a total of 1,- | 700,000; Germany was second with j 1,000,000. and the United States lust ! with 50,000. I Approximate figures for oilier na ! tions were: ! France. 1,385,000: Austria-llun- J gary, 800,000; England, 700,700: ! Italy, 400.000; Turkey, 400,000; Itel ! gium, 102,000; Rumania, 100.000; j Bulgaria. 100,000; Serbia and Jlon i tenegro, 100,000. Demobilization of the army had re leased up to yesterday 1,301,939 of- {fleers and men. General March an- I nounced to-day. Of the total 77,542 ' were officers. Demobilization orders ; now have reached a total of 1,571,- ! 000. Regulars Win War Crosses i Of tlie total of 3,918 distinguished j service crosses awarded for gal i lantry in action to American soldiers, j General March announced to-day, GG4, or more than double the num ber given to any other division, went to the Second regulars. The first di vision of regulars came next witli three hundred crosses awarded to its j member?. The Third regulars with j 233. was third. j The 20th t New England National j 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 I then the 30th with 177. The 27th di j vision (New York National Guard) | 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 l j Mlllersburg. Pa., March I.—The I Rev. E. P. Bryan, pastor of the I Methodist Episcopal church, of this j place, ill for- only a short time, was ! found dead in bed this morning. He i \ was aged about 43 years, j The Rev. Mr. Bryan contracted a ' severe cold only two days, but his t condition was not regarded as serious i and the announcement of his death | this morning came as finite a shock j to borough people. At first he ap | peared to lie sleeping, hut later when ] his bedside was visited, it was dis r covered that he was dead. ! The Rev. Mr. Bryan came to Mil , i lersburg' a year ago, having previous ly served the Oxford .Pa., Methodist . j cliurch charge. Tie has been a mem • ber of the Philadelphia conference .. of tlie cliurcli for fifteen years. He | was a graduate of Wesylan Unlver - ] sity and of the Drew Theological I j Seminary, Madison, N. J. , j His wife and a 5-year-oUI son sur r j vive. Funeral arrangements are in • | complete. II Rains and Snows to ;i Start Coming Week; Temperature to Be Low Hi/ Associated Press Washington, March I.—Weather I predictions for the week beginning! 1 I 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 i Tuesday and again about Friday. I Temperature will be below normal ' most of the week. , i TAX STATEMENTS Ol'T ij Statements of 1919 city tax which is due now are being mailed to prop j erty owners by City Treasurer C. E. 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 (lie treasurer's office and because of the big rush to have , paid on time. Mr. Weber has allowed ; another week. I GAY FAVORS SUFFRAGE DAW | Washington, March 1. —With an I announcement to-day by Senator j Gay. of Eouisiana, Democrat, that I he would support the. new compro- I mise woman suffrage resolution l psoposed in the Senate yesterday, hope of champions of equal fran chise measure for its adoption be fore Congress adjourns were raised. WbUIJ) 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 tux clause i of the war revenue bill, it Imposed a ten per cent, tax aTtor May I on higher priced wearing apparel and many other articles. , GOETHALS RACK If) CIVIL 1,1 EE i Washington. March I.— Major ! General George W. Goethals re j turned to civil life to-day as u ro l 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. McCluin explains. Among them are the following: The lack of ability on the part of public school teach ers to inculcate into the minds of their pupils the true meaning of American princi ples and institutions. Lack of knowledge of American ideals by aliens who have come to this coun try as a refuge from their sufferings in their fiative lands. Unemployment growing out of the rapid demobilization of the military forces and the closing down of war in 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 sylvania wiUi an iron hand if any attempt is made to embroil the .State in anarchy and lawlessness, accord ing to Frank B. McCluin. former lieutenant-governor, who has been asked by Governor Sprout to become the administrative head of the Penn sylvania Commission of Public Wel fare. A bill to meet the needs of the times and establishing the commis sion will be introduced in the Leg islature Monday night. It will have the sanction of the Governor and [Continued on Page 4.] 4 GALLS' CONFERENCE * X WA SI i INGTON,rt- Minority Leader L X X issued a call for a conference of Republican set st X 4 ild 1 be ta - effort to X T* session by opposition to the Victory Loan b [• A ing seven billion dollars of new securities. jT ♦ OPPOSITION TO PALMER FADES X 4* X ; e J WASHINGTON.—The Senate judiciary >mmitt X |X to-day by unanfmous vote ordered a favorable report of ifc the nomination of A. Mitt hell Palmer, alien roper m i X ustodian, to be attorney general. Absence of Republic. X f opposition prompt confirmation by the 4 ' ' Hp ji senate. x . STOCKHOLM.—Lithuanian troops, closely pursu & ' * ng Bolshevik forces, have passed the lim St eduva, Vieves and Varena, which toww |f 4 t Lithuanian hands, according to advices reeeiv rd * * rom Kovno. X 4 ! M'ANDLESS LEADS IN BILLIARDS % ®jj CHICAGO.—Three games were scheduled to-day fw~ 4* in the National Amateur Batkline Billiard Champion K M J ships. Robert M. Lord, of Chicago, is pitted again 'L, 4 David McAndiess, Chicago; Corwin Huston, champion; |m| X will play P. P. Trump, of Pittsburgh, and Percy N. Cc U 'ins, Chicago, drew J. E. C. Morton, of Philadelphia, as ,|T-j |<t *c IT 'uh two wins Neither M X | f B ame 4 jjj WOMAN'S BODY FOUND 4 MIDDLETOWN. The body cf Mrs. Laura prirger, who disappeared several days ago, was fou:. H* I T 4 i X to-nay m the Swatara Creek.. 'A 1 4 BAN PLACED ON GRAIN SHIPMFNTS X 4 X - ""HJCAGO. The railroad administration to dty tjj* 4* b 'r' c-nts of bi|lk domestic grain t< f 1 I " MARRIAGE LICENSES y """ t X K ..h„ F. ft-.,..,. X lliimdnat Harry S, Tma and llflr M. Uahrrn, llrd l.loni Valrn- ' f 4 if" ;, fc "tr " B- Vattrr. I.anaa.lrr: Wralry A. Brndrr. ( JL **■"■ """•.'/ail. aail Anna K Carr. HprriahurKi Hrnry A. Mea- X T* aenltril and llrba Smith, Hurrla >ur. *l* ft tt 111 nni nll tni 11 mi u a 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 GUARD Food Train For Troops and Prisoners Protected by Armed Americans IJJI Associated Press LONDON', March I.—A fur ther revolutionary movement in Germany is imminent, ac cording to report reaching London through Holland to day. It is added that Chancel lor Schcldcmunn lias resigned. London. March 1. —A Reuter's re port concerning the internal demor alization of Germany and the dan gerous growth of Bolshevism de scribes the position of Germany as more precarious than it was last November. "Discontent is growing, the people arc hungry, neurasthenic and dis pirited and the government is unable to improve material conditions." this report says. "Par-sighted and well-informed men are pessimistic and apprehensive at ominous signs which show a tendency toward an archy." Spartacans Resist 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 of munitions. At Kssen the number of strikers now is estimated at 5,000. If the strike continues at Erfurt, there [Continued on Page 2.3
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