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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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'.XXXVIII- NO. 57 16 PAGES Da, is.u, c r e St lIARRISBURG. PA. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1919. .V S HABmsu C H" KSS 6 WcS 3 HOME EDITION
28TH DIVISION
LOST 14,417 MEN
IN WAR'S BATTLES
!•• >n Division Leads Guard
and National Army in
Overseas Losses
1 ,'500,000 YANKS IN FIGHTS
Total Casualties, According to
Revised Reports, Reach
240,197 Soldiers
RAINBOW HEROES 12,252
Figures Show 1,361,528 Dis
charged From Service to
Date, March Says
71 y Associated, Press
WiLshinston, March B.—American
troops actually participated in en
gagements against the enemy num
bered 1,390,000 men. General March
announced the figures to-day, show
ing that 1,100,000 comprised divis
ional troops and divisional replace
ments; 240,000 corps and army
troops, and 50,000 service or supply
troops.
Total Casualties 210,1117
Battle casualties of the American
army in France as shown by revised
divisional records announced to-day
by General March, lotaled 240,197.
These included killed In action,
wounded, missing in action, and
prisoners. There probably will bo
some slight further revision as final
reports are received.
The Second Regular Division
showed the greatest losses in the
revised list vith 24,429. The First
Division came next with 23,973. The
2Sth (Pennsylvania), led National
Guard and National Army divisions,
being fourth in the list with 14,417.
The 32nd (Michigan and Wisconsin)
was liftli with 14,268.
Rainbow's IJOSS, 12,252
In the new list the 42nd Division
( Rainbow) reported a total of battle
casualties of 12,252, the 77th (New
York Metropolitan National Army),
9,423; the 2fith (New England), 8,-
955; the 17th (New York), 7,940;
the 30th (Tennessee, North Carolina,
South Carolina), 6.593.
Demobilisation reports made pub
lic to-day by General March show
ed 1,361,528 officers and men dis
charged to date, while the number
ordered released reached 1,-
613,500.
352,831 Yanks llo'hv*
l*p to March 3, departures of sol
diers from France numbered 419,555,
Of whom 354,824 bad landed in the
United States up to yesterday.
Hospital records from the ex
peditionary forces, General March
said, showed 81,231 patients on Feb
ruary 20, a reduction from 112,217
when the- armistice was signed.
A reduction in the number of
demobilised camps from thirty-three '
to twenty-three was announced to- I
day, the purpose being to enable the j
War Department to release thou-1
sands of men who, under the original i
plan, would have been held at the j
ten national camps as demobiliza
tion personnel.
To Abandon 13 Camps
Thirteen of the original thirty-1
three camps designated as demobili- I
zation centers will be abandoned, j
Three new camps, Fort Bliss, Ogle
thorpe and D. A. Russell, have been
added, bringing the total to twenty
three.
Army to Be 509,90!)
General March announced to-day
that the army would not be reduced
under any circumstances below the
figure mentioned in the reorganiza
tion bill which failed in Congress,
a total of 509,909 officers and men.
He said this total would be main
tained until some law was passed
providing for a permanent force
which would "permit the military
necessities of the United States to
be handled."
The statement was made in con
nection with tlie information that
General Pershing had been author
ized to resume enlistments for the
Regular Army. Men now overseas
vbo desire to enlist in the regular
establishment, General March said,
will be accepted and assigned to
regular organizations in the Army :
of Occupation, releasing other men
to be discharged.
Tile 79(1i Division
The battle casualties figures now
announced include In the totals
wounded, which were not included
in the tables of major casualties re
cently made public by the War De
partment. In the list of divisional
totals the 29th (Now Jersey, Dela
ware, Virginia, Maryland, District of
f'oljimbia), stands nineteenth with
5,972; the 80th (Virginia, West Vir
ginia, Western Pennsylvania) is
twenty-first with 6,l33;'and the 79th
• Pennsylvania, Eastern Maryland
District of Columbia), is twenty
third, with 3,223.
HIT BV DItAFT OF CAIIS
William Sliarr, aged 34, 412 Ham
ilton street, sustained injuries to bis
left arm in the Marysville yards ves
terday when a draft of cars which
he had uncoupled Jolted back into
place, rrusliing the arm. It was
necessary to amputate it at the hos
pital to-day.
THE WEATHER
For Ilnrrlshurg and vicinityi Itnfn
into to-night and on Sundnyj
slightly warmer to-night, with
lowest temperature nhout 31 de
_ green.
For Eastern Pennsylvania! Ituln
In south, rain or snow In north
portion late to-night nnd on
Sunday! somewhat warmer In
north and west portions to
night! Increasing northeast and
rust winds,
lllver
The Susriurliiiiiiiii river nnd nil lis
branches will prohuhly full
slowly or remain nearly sta
tionary to-night. All streams or
the system are likely lo rise,
beginning Sunday, as u result
or n general rain. A sluge of
about •"•<1 reet Is Indicated for
llurrlshurg Sunday morning.
Probably Ireland Wants to Be "Recognized" Before
It's Too Late
j
LIEUTENANT BOAS
DECORATED WITH
U. S. WAR CROSS
jHarrisburg Officer Cited For
Extraordinary Heroism in
Three-Day Battle
Official announcement was made
! to-day by the commander-in-chief
; of the American army in the name
I of the President of the United States
| that the Distinguished Service Cross
j has been awarded to First l.ieutcn
; ant Ross If. Boas, son of C. Ross
I Boas, 115 State street, prominent
i jeweler.
| It appears that Lieutenant Boas
! commanded two platoons of Yankee
i engineers as infantry in the middle
j of July when the German drive was
I sweeping everything before it. For
! three days the Harrisburg officer,
' although wounded, directed the de-
I fense of the brigade's flank and held
1 his line even after two-thirds of his
| men had been lost in the terrible
I machine gun and artillery fire.
I Lieutenant Boas was trained at
1 one of the iirst officers camps and
got to France in 1917 with an engi
i neering unit. He is widely known in
i the city. The commander-in-chief's
i citation of the Harrisburg officer
follows:
' "First Lieutenant Ross H. Boas,
First Engineers. For extraordinary
heroism in action near Soissons,
! France, July 19, 1918. After being
' wounded Lieutenant Boas continued
I to lead two platoons of engineers,
I acting as infantry in the protection
of the flank of the brigade, for three
! days, exposed to terrific machine
gun and artillery fire throughout the
attack, during which time more than
two-thirds or his detachment were
lost."
Commerce Body Endorses
Coming Automobile Show
The board of directors of the Har
risburg Chamber of Comerce lias
given its unqualified approval of the
Harrisburg auto show to be held in
Harrisburg, March 15 to 26. The
directors went on record as of the
opinion that the enterprise is deserv
ing of the support of every citlzon
of the community.
The directors feci that the auto
mobile business has developed to
such an extent in Harrisburg that
the show will serve a timely purpose
in giving local citizens a chance to
inform themselves on the extent or
the business here.
BRITISH CONTROL CASPIAN SEA j
lly Associated Press
l*ondou, March B.—Naval forces'
under British command now domi
nate. the situation in the Caspian
sea, according to official Information
secured by Reuters Limited.
DR. R. McHURSH
NEW ASSISTANT
HEALTH OFFICER
COUNTY ENGAGES
COUNSEL TO AID
IN COAL CASES
Solicitor Moyer lo Be Aided in
Fighting Appeal by Experi
enced Scranton Attorney
County Commissioners conferred
to-duy with 11. C. Reynolds, an at
torney from Scranton, whom they
may decide t.o retain to assist Coun
ty Solicitor Philip S. Moyer, in the
light to increase the coal land as
sessments in this county to $117,-"
000,000.
Mr. Reynolds, In 1916, was se
cured by Lackawanna county to as
sist the County Solicitor in an as
sessment fight there with the result
that the coal land valuations were
boosted from $10,500 too $24,000 an
acre. A decision will be reached
early next week by the commission
ers on the employment of Mr. Reyn
olds.
Edward Mlnnich, assessor in
Wiconisco township, was authorized
yesterday to make accessary changes
In the size of plots held by the
coal company in that district. The
commissioners now will have the
new valuations of the coal lands as
furnished by T. Ellsworth Davles
entered and notices will then be
sent to the two coal companies.
ARMY OFFICER
IS NAMED FOR
HEALTH POST
Former Soldier Succeeds Dr.
Ritzinan, Who Retires lo
Private Practice
Appointment of Dr. Robert McG.
Hursh, 2.14 State street, as assistant
city health officer, to succeed Dr.
A. Z. Ritzman, resigned, will be sub
mitted to City Council for confirma
tion probably at the regular meeting
on Tuesday. Members of the City
Health Bureau received his applica
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FOUR BOYS AND
A GIRL CHARGED
WITHROBBERY
Police Say 22 Dozen Eggs
Were Recovered From
Their Homes
Four boys whoso ages range be
tween 14 and 19 years, and one 14-
ycar-old girl, were arraigned in po
live court to-day on the charge of
breaking into the grocery store of
M. B. Gross, Seventh and Sayford
streets, last night and stealing 22
dozen of eggs. Fifteen dozen were
recovered.
According to the police, three of
tho boys are juvenile?;. They are
James Jackson, Hickory street;
Charles Brunner and Walter Stlnney,
Monroe street. Kdward Brown, aged
19, the fourth boy, lives in Fulton
street. The girl, Isabell Bank, lives
at 1406 Current street, according to
tlie police.
They were arrested this morning,
and the eggs were recovered at their
homes, police say. It is said that
they broke a window of the store.
MISS MARGUERITE CLARK
IS AT THE PENN-HARRIS
But So Is George Washington, Maude Adduius, Virginia '
Pearson and Many Other Noted Celebrities
Miss Marguerite Clark is now at
the cashier's desk in the Penn-Harris
hotel.
Among other celebrated names on
tbe payroll of the new million dol
lar hostelry aro those of Alaudo
Addams, George Washington, Vir
GREAT STORAGE
HOUSE IS PLAN
OF ICE MAKERS
Building to Hold 6,000 Tons!
Started Yesterday by the
United Company
THE NATURAL CROP FAILS |
City Not to Suffer During the
Coming Summer; Plenty
to Be Made
AMMONIA SUPPLY AMPLE:
In Months of April, May and!
June Heated Season Sup- :
ply Will Be Made
The constructon of a huge ice i
house with a 6,000-ton capacity, in I
which to store artificial ice to fur- j
nish Harrisburg's needs during the ;
coming summer, was started by the j
United Tee and Coal Company yes- ■
terday, according to the announce- !
ment of Harvey E, DeWalt, general j
manager, to-day.
To Hurry Construction
The construction of the building I
will be hurried so that artificial ice 1
can be stored here in abundance !
when warm weather sets in. In- i
eluded among other arrangements
made by the company to prevent an
ice famine during the coming sum
mer are contracts with Reading,
Chambersburg and Hagerstown ice
plants to turn out their products as
fast as possible I'or local consump
tion. The United lee and Coal j
Company will buy and store the ice
thus manufactured in huge quail- j
tities.
In addition, the ice plants of the |
United Ice and Coal Company, at I
Hebanon and in this city will be I
working to their full capacity in '
anticipation of the warm months to j
come.
No Natural Supply
The natural ice crop was a com- J
plete failure. Praeticully none was i
harvested by the local company,
while Mr. DeWalt predicted that it, t
would be impossible to buy a pound '
of natural ice from outside points, i
as all over the country the natural i
ice supply failed.
Nobody will suffer because of the
lack of natural ice, Mr. DeWalt said.
The artificial ice to be made and
stored by bis company will suppli
ng loenl needs, ~h waki. Joe manu
factured by the contracting ice
plants and by the company's plants,
will be stored during April, May and
.lune, to supply the July, August and
September demands.
The supply of ammonia, fortunate
ly, is not limited this year as it was
last, and the artificial plants are
not handicapped to that extent in
turning out their products.
Rain Is to Usher in Week;
| Temperature Near Normal
7?iy Associated Press
Washington, March B. Weather
I predictions for the week beginning
Monday issued by the Weather Bu
reau to-day are:
North and Middle Atlantic States;
Rain, followed by clearing Monday,
will be followed by fair until Thurs
day or Friday when rains are prob
able. Temperature average near
normal,
Spartacans Prisoners
to Get Death Sentence
l.ondon, March B.—A great num
ber of Spartacans were taken pris
oners in tlie fighting in the.center of
Berlin yesterday and will bo sen
tenced (o death, according to an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from
('openhagen.
POLICE RECOVER
$49,000 STOLEN
BY FIVE YOUTHS
Bug Containing the Securities
Found in Subway Station;
Bonds in Paint Shop
New York, March B.—Five youths,
ranging in ago from sixteen to
twenty, are under arrest to-day
charged with assault and robbery
following the daring holdup yes
terday in the financial district of
Milton Strohm. a broker's messen
ger, of Liberty Bonds and other
securities valued at $61,000. The
prisoners, three of whom are broth
ers and all messengers for brokerage
houses, the police say, were asso
ciated in the robbery. Strohm was
struck on the head and badly in
jured.
Following the arrests the police
found the hag- containing tho se
curities in a subway station, and
the $4 9,000 worth of Liberty Bonds,
they say. were found under the Hour
of a paint shop owned by Edward
Andreas' father.
glnla Pearson, Amiie Hart, (who
may be a relative or William 6.),
Those were some of the names a
Telegraph reporter found on the list
of employes of the hotel this morn
ing. There now are more than 2UO
employes on the pay i oil.
Men Who Will Direct Great
Park Improvements
ARNOLD W. B RUN NEK,
FAMOUS EXPERTS TO
TELE OF PARK PLANS
Arnold W. Brunner and J.E. Greiner, of Nation-Wide Repu
tation, Will Give Public Detailed Description of How
Great Project AVill Improve the City
j A large number of reservations al
| ready have been made by members
| of the liarrisburg Chamber of Com
-1 merce who are desirous of hearing
I Arnold W. Brunner and J. E. Grei
ner, designers of Harrisburg's pro-
I posed Capitol Park improvements,
i outline their plans at the luncheon
j meeting of the Chamber in the
! Penn-Harris Hotel Tuesday at noon.
I As this will lie the first occasion
ion which the two architects have
) made public explanations of the pro
i Ject, the meeting will be one of the
j most important of the year for the
Chamber members. Both men will
illustrate their addresses with maps
unit specifications.
Dr. Greiner is a bridge engineer
of wide experience. His record in
cludes five years as bridge drafts
man at the Edgerrjoor and Keystone
Bridge Works; two years as inspec
tor of bridges in shops and mills
and fields; seven years as design ng
bridge engineer for the pViiladelphia
Bridge Works and Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad: fourteen years as en
-1 I gineer of bridges and buildings and
assistant chief engineer, Baltimore
I and Ohio railroad, and eleven years
| as a consulting engineer,
j Among his most important accom
] plishmonts were the bridge crossing
j the Ohio river at Parkersburg, 4,235
[ feet long; the bridge across the Ohio
| river at Benwood, 4,385 feet long;
i the bridge .across the Susquehanna
. i at Havre de Grace, 6,108 feet long;
, j anil the bridge across the Potomac
' | river at Harper's Ferry, 882 feet
! long. These were built while ho
was designing engineer, engineer of
i bridges and buildings, and assistant
' I chief engineer of the Baltimore and
I Ohio railroad.
', ! Since engaging in private prac-
I tice as an independent consulting
I bridge engineer in 1908, he has been
j retained us consulting engineer in
| the construction of important
| bridges for the following corpora
!! tions: '
i Kentucky and Indiana Terminal
I Railroad Company; Norfolk and
! Southern Railroad Company; Erie
I Railroad Company; Carolina,
Clinchlleid and Ohio Railroad Com
pany; Peoria and Pekin Union Rail
road Company, Chicago and Oak
Park Elevated Railroad Company;
R. C. HALDEMAN
TO BE HEAD OF
CITY MOTOR CLUB
State Highway Commissioner
Sadler Elected an Honorary
Member of Organization
Richard C. Haldeman was last
evening nominated to servo as presi
dent of the Marrisbnrg Motor Club
j at the regular meeting of the ooa.td
jof governois of the organization ;n
j t lie club rooms. Other officers nom
inated were:
| First vice-president, 11. IT. Ilefkin;
I second vice-president. L. Ir. Lamb;
| third vice-president, John 11. Shopp;
| board of governors to serve three
years, Frank B. Wickersham, E. G.
lrvin, Robert L. Myers: board of gov
erns to serve unexpired term, It.
Clay Ryan.
Lewis, S. Sadler, State Highway
Commissioner, was elected an hon
orary member of the organization 111
appreciation of the. work lie had
! dono to improve the highways of the
j State.
I Officers for the year ui he clecied
at the annual meeU.ig which wni be
I held on Thursday, Apiil 17. Mem
bers of the organization can muke
nominations in addition to those
made by the board or governors, it
has been announced.
Letters wore reuu from several
supervisors in Cumberland county
who have signified their intention lo
make repairs on t-oadn in their town
ships. This matter was luken up at.
a meeting held n month ago and will
be fo'lowed up until the roads com
plained of urc pill in better condi
tion. s
wVL . iniitar"'- lis
.1. K. GREINEK
Bake Superior and Tshpeming Rail
road Company; Richmond, Freder
icksburg and Potomac Railroad
Company; City of Baltimore, Md.;
Wilmington, Del:; Norfolk, Conn.;
State of Pennsylvania; Maryland
State Road Commission; Tennessee
River Bridge Commission, Norfolk-
Berkley Bridge Corporation; Strut
ford Bridge Commission.
He is a full member of the Amer
ican Society of Civil Engineers, serv
ing as a director for throe years;
American Institute of Consulting
Engineers, of which be was a mem
ber of the board of governors for
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BERLIN'S LABOR
FEDERATION HAS
SETTLED STRIKE
New Constitution Is to Recog
nize Soldiers and Work
men's Councils
RADICAL STEP IS TAKEN
A Movement (living Toilers
Fundamental Basis Not
Favored by Entente
BACK TO TASKS TO DAN
Heretofore Rejected, Authori
ties at Last Yield to
Demand
Berlin, March 8. —The genera)
strike in Berlin was to be called
off last night. The labor federa
tion at a meeting early last
evening recommended that the
workmen return to work to-day.
The terms laid before the strikers
yesterday afternoon are said to pro
vide for the recognition of tlie Sol
diers' and Workmen's Councils by
the new constitution. This is looked
upon as a most radical step. It has
been urged heretofore, but has been
rejected. The Entente Allies do not
favor it.
I/Ondon, March B.—Describing the
fighting in llerlin on Thursday
night, a dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company from Copen
hagen says that during the whole
night there were heavy detonations
of cannon and explosions in the dis
trict where fighting was taking
I place.
Flame throwers and trench weap
j ons of all kinds were employed in
I the struggle, which was particularly
violent around the police headquar
ters, which the Spartacans made
desperate efforts to capture.
Date in the evening government
troops under General von Luettwitz.
reported to number 50,000, entered
Heriin and surrounded a great part
of the center of the city, it is said.