[' -'•-••• -'' " - ■■ -*w^- r - w ■ ;-f 7*v\- ■ I*ls Supreme 'iVar Council in Session at Paris Determines German Army Shall Not Exceed HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH. ®K Star- independent. I.XXXVIII NO. 59 16 PAGES D " S, D p r .t I lARRISBURG* PA. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1919. ™iSWSKiffiS .I.'S'bcS" 8 " "ffifSSSF HOME EDITION CHENOWETHISA VICTIM OF HIS OWN DRUGS, SAY POLICE Former Chief of Dope Ped dlers Sells Furniture to Satisfy His Cravings cO-OPERATE WITH STATE Chief Wetzel in Conference With Bureau of Drug Control MANY AHE SUFFERERS Easy to Arrest Half Hundred More Mental and Physical Wrecks in the City Kfforts of the Harrisburg police force and of the Bureau of Drug Control of the Pennsylvania Depart ment of Health are being co-ordinat ed to discover evidence sufficient to convict the peddlers of narcotics and others responsible for the furnishing of drugs to "dope" fiends of the city and surrounding territory. The Bureau of Drug Control has a number of inspectors working throughout the State at all times, whose duties are to work with city police, especially when wholesale violations occur, such as evidence brought to light yesterday shows have existed in this territory. This procedure will be followed out in dealing with the local situation. Clicnowctll is Kx-King Uobert Ohenowetli. well known to the police and the city generally as the "King of the Dope Peddlers." has fallen a victim of his own illegal trade. To-day he is described by the police as being "down and out" and nearly a physical wreck front using his own powder. t'hencweth. said to have been one of the most flagrant violators of the Harrison anti-narcotic act. has been arrested a number of times and con- 1 victed by federal courts, but he al- j ways escaped with light penalties. Tie was last taken into custody last ] summer and since then he has suf- ' fered considerably from the "dope" , habit. He is now having difficulty to i secure a sufficient supply to ease liis body and his money supply is be- i coming short. To-day, police officials j said that he is even moving the fur niture. from his home ttr a g.cure uf-j rtcient funds to provide naro&tios forj his use. Many Peddlers Here Within the past several months, j the number of "dope" peddlers who) have been attracted to this city as 1 a new field has been unusually large , and greater complaints have been; made to the police department than usual, it was said to-day. This situa-1 tion has resulted large'v through ac- j tivities which have reduced the abil-, ity of drug addicts to secure their usual supply from druggists or phy sicians. When pressure is brought to bear on disreputable druggists and phy sicians and has caused them to limit their sale of sueh goods, a good field Is opened for the sale of narcotics and other drugs and this is what has happened in Harrisburg within the past several months, police of ficials sat - . Many Drug Addicts Drug addicts cf the cijtv are well known to the city police. Chief Wet zel says and it would be possible to -irrest at least a half hundred of them, he says. The greatest trouble in solving the drug situation here is to secure evi denco sufficient to convict the per sons who serve as a source of sup ply. The addicts themselves will not give any Information, Chief Wetzel snys. And the arrested go-between who secures the "dope" to furnish to Its users will never give informa tion that will lead to the conviction of the person who supplies it to him. Chief Wetzel says that every effort is being made to curb the evil in this city. For obvious reasons he ( ijd no tj furnish any details of the " Fair Exhibitors Ask i . Increased Appropriations A bill will shortly be In luoed Into the Legislature askin; 1 an 1 increase in appropriation State fairs from $l,OOO to s2,ouu. fore cast to this effect was made m the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania' State Association of County Fairs held at tho Bolton Hous tins after noon. An effort will be made, also, to secure legislation which will re imburse the fair associations who did not receive payments in 1916 and 1918. Fred Rasmussen, Secre tary of Agriculture, and A. B. Hess, Lancaster, were among the speakers. Officers of the association include: President. Hal. White, Indiana; vice |/ presidents, Walter R. Buckman, By berry, Philadelphia; Abner S. Dey sher, Reading; Dr. W. T. McMillan, Meyersdale; James P. Gagleson, Washington; secretary-treasurer, J. F. Seldomridge, Lancaster. THE WEATHER] for Harrtabnrg and vicinity) Fnlr to-night and Wednesday) not much change In tempernture, lowest to-night about 311 de grees. Hirer The upper portion of the main rlrer will begin to (all to-night and the lower portion Wcdnc.- dny. All tributaries will fall except the lower portion of the .North Brnnrh, which will re mnlu nearly stationary to-night. A atnge of about 7.8 feet la in dicated for llarrlaburg Wednca dny morning. g Grncral Condition* An area of high barometric prea anrc rnrera nearly nil the Unit ed htntra tbla morning, with Ita center over Oklahoma nnri weatern Texaa. The preaanrr la relatively low In the northweat . v ern border stntea. 1 J " L Did You Ever Happen to Forget to Save Out Enough For Your Return Ticket? QOME SIX NEW FILTER ! BEDS NEEDED AT i| ISLAND PLANT [ j Commissioner Hasslcr Also Asks For New Main lo North Street ) f Increased boiler capacity at pumping station. Front "and > North streets, by adding 400 horsepower boiler. Six new filter beds at the filter plant. Additional 30-inch force main j from pumping station to Fourth and North streets, so that city will have double 30-inch line from pumping station to reser | voir. These improvements to the city t water supply system are recommend- j i ed by Commissioner S. F. Hassler, t superintendent of that department, i in his annual report to City Council, presented to-day. The Recommendations "There are some improvements in I the water plant that I have had in mind for some time and 1 recom- ! mend their consideration by your: honorable body. , ! "The llrst is an increased boiler | capacity at the pumping station at ! Front and North streets, for the rea -1 son that the present boilers are old II and in the event of an accident to I [ one of them we should be seriously < hampered. There should be an ad [Continued on Page 2.] Commerce Chamber to Fight Mercantile Tax Merchant members of the Harris burg Chamber of Commerce who are Interested in th repeal of the mer cantile tax law were notified to-day that a public hearing on the bill to repeal the law. which was referred; , to the ways and means committee of the House of Representatives, 'will take place to-morrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The members were reminded that A. Millar of Harris burg, is a member of the ways and tneans committee and will urge him to use his influence to secure fa vorable action on the bill. Chambers of Commerce from all over the State will be represented at the hearing, and the Harrisburg chamber will be represented by a committee. General Retrenchment Is Ordered by the Pennsy Additional employes in the various' departments of the Pennsylvania! railroad are being laid off daily in line with the retrenchment poilcy inaugurated by the company more than a month ago. No wholesale dis charges have occurred, however, within the past several weeks. i ' < OMAHA WILL EAT BUFFALO STEAK By Associated Press, Omalia, Xeb., March 11. —Euf- | falo steak, will be on sale soon at public markets here. It will ! probably sell for around $1 a I pound, stocknlen say. j What is said to be the first herd 1 of buffalo ever offered for sale on | any open market in _the world was received by the Mutual Livestock Commission in South ; Omaha. ALL SOLDIERS AT j MIDDLETOWN TO BE DISCHARGED Six Hundred Enlisted Men to Be Replaced by Civilian Workmen | All of the 600 soldiers at the Mid j deltown aviation depot, jvho are eligible for discharge, will be re leased during the current month, it was announced by officials there to jday. The grounds and buildings will j lie placed in the care of civilian em ployes and business will be conduct ed much the same as it now is. It is understood that members of the I ordnance depot will be sent to some ) Georgia camp for demobilization. Officials at the aviation depot I were unable to confirm the report I that a school is to be located there j to train men for the air service. I FIRST STEP TAKEN v TO WIDEN STREETS Ordinance For Work on Third, Walnut and North Streets Passes First Reading in City Council Commissioner W. 11. Lynch intro duced in Council today an ordinance authorizing the widening of Walnut street, from Third to Fourth streets, as part of the Capitol Park extension improvement plan and directing him [ as superintendent of the city hlgh j way department to communicate with I the Board of Public Grounds and Huildlngs requesting them to dedi- ; cate sufficient space In the park so ' ' that the sidewalk on the north side of Walnut street can be removed, , The measure appropriates $7,000 from the city general fund to pay for the city's part of the improvement which when completed will make the roadway in Walnut street about GERMAN REBELS SLAY SOLDIERS OF GOVERNMENT , < Troops Busy Driving Sparta cans From Sections of Ber lin and Lichtcnbcrg | By Associated Press -I Berlin. March 11.—Government i troops were busy yesterday in driv ! ing Spartacan bands from various "etions of Berlin and in preparing JI a determined effort against the j Spartacan stronghold of Lichten [Continucd on Pago 7.] 'LAWMAKERS Wni ' GET NO BILL TO LET WOMEN VOTE e I Representative Ramsay Will ti Present Resolution Pro ij posing Amendment - j There will be no bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Legislature, '■ I with the consent of the forces advo e I eating women's suffrage, for Presi > dential suffrage. That statement was 1 made this morning by Representa t tive William T. Ramsay, of Delu t Continued on Page 2.] ' I forty feet wide, and the sidewalk on j the south side, sixteen feet, instead of twelve as at present. Because of the increasing traffic in Walnut street due to the comple tion of the Penn-Harris Hotel and j the many persons attending vaude ville entertainments at the Majestic | Theater Commissioner hynck decided | ! tlie widening of the street should be i hurried. At present the sidewalk j along the park Is sixteen feet wide. I ■When th e improvement is completed' this will be removed and replaced by | a similar walk in the park. The i roadway will then be widened and j {Continued ou Page 5,} A \ GOVERNOR BACK ] | ON JOB; PROGRAM FULLY IN HAND Spent Days Indoors Getting j( Bills Ready For the Legislature : IMPORTANT MEASURES I I Roads, Conservation Depart-ji mcnt, Abolition of Offices, ; Constitutional Body GLAD TO GET TO CAPITAL p | Attacked by Illness During J j Conference of Executives at Washington j Governor Sproul returned to Har- I . risburg to-day after nearly a week's i | absence during which he became j | sick while attending the conference I I or governors and mayors at Wash- j j ington, fully recovered but weak and I | under the orders of his phvsician to i! I remain quiet for the next few days, j j However, he has lost none of his! , energy and has been employing his ! days indoors to good advantage In i | forwarding the big administration! , measures that arc to make for better i i government in Pennsylvania. Good roads, with their possibili- ! ties tor giving work to thousands of | men, have lirst place in the mind j oi tlieUovernor and lie is not pausing' a minute in his plans to get the pro- ! grant in full swing at the earliest j possible moment. The Governor in an interview to- I day let it be known that he will ask i the Legislature lo name a contmis- j . sion of twenty-five to study tlie ques- 1 , tion of constitutional amendment l • and report at the next session and , ! lie outlined in brief a series of bills I covering the creation of a State Art ; Commission, the prevention of frau-. i dulent stock transactions, the aboli- ! ; tion of the State Fire Marshal's of- | fice, the construction of a bridge I over the Delaware at Philadelphia, | j tlie creation of a department of con- j ! servation and other measures which ■ I lie hopes the Legislature will enact. "I am glad to gift back to Harris burg and to get in close touch with I tilings again," said the Governor. I "in answer to the President's invi ] tatlon, I attended the conference I which he called at the White TTouse I last week and in the mtdst of it, |on Tuesday afternoon, was taken I with a rather severe attack of tonsi j litis, which kept nfe In bed in Wash ! ington until Friday and pretty com ! pleteiy housed up at my home near j Chester until to-day. 1 think I have | ronipletely shaken off the malady. | but am just a little weaker than I | like to be. Attacks of tonsilitis al j ways give me considerable concern. . because they are frequently the fore [Continued on Page 2.] ■ William M. Bates Dies After a Long Illness William M. Bates, of Bates & Co., I wholesale commission merchant and j widely known Harrlsburger, 'died, j this afternoon 'at his home, 208 Briggs stieet, from a complication of • diseases, lie was aged 56 years. Ho is survived oy his wife, a sister and his 'ao.her. Mr. Bates was well known In I Har-ishttrg. ile began his bus'ness career is an employe of the Harris - I burg Telegraph, later entering the j service of the Harrisburg Foundry ; ; and Machine Company. Ho became I afliiiated with the arm of Bust i | Vance bates, which developed in'.o :! Bate!- 8 Company, ile was pronu • j nent In civic and industrial activl ■ I ties for many years and had liun- ; | dreds of friends throughout Penn i sylvania. FORMER EMPEROR I TO BE BRANDED :j AS WORLD FIEND [{Solemn Declaration of Na tions at Peace Board Will Stamp Him Arch Criminal Tiy Associated Press , I Pari-, March 11.—It will he the ■ J fate of former Emperor William to i i be branded for all time as an arch ' . criminal by the solemn declaration j • of all the nations assembled at the j Peace Conference, to which even j his own country may be called upon to subscribe in the peace terms, ac- ' cording to the present plans of what is believed to be a majority of the commission on responsibility for the I war. Report Ready Soon The report of tnis commission will be ready within a few days and the indications are that the members arc harmonious on the main points. There are likely to be differences, | however, regarding subordinate Ger ' | man officials .although at present a majority of the commission is un . derstood to hold that they can be punished for orders given or acts I | permitted by them in violation of the M national laws of Germany or the II rules of war. . j Huch a rule would apply to the j j officer who executed Captain Fryatt,, j but not to the execution of Edith' > j Cavell who, it is pointed out, might • j have been technically guilty of es- j i j plonage. No doubt is felt as to the • i liability to punishment of a German j, officer taken prisoner of war and 11 found guilty of atrocities. j - HUNS' MILITARY POWER CRUSHED BY PEACE TERMS Germany's Great Army May I Not Exceed 100,000 Men For the Next Twelve Years FORTS TO RE DESTROYED j Imperial German Stall' Must | Re Abolished lo Comply Willi Allied Mandate MUNITIONS TO BE TAKEN; Rough Draft of Peace Treaty lo Be Ready For Wilson Before the Week's End EX-KING WILLIAM ! NEARLY DROWNED | BY HUN SAILORS j By Associated Press, GEXI6VA, March ll.—Former ; j liing William of Wurttcmbcrg j had a narrow escape from j j drowning yesterday during a j scuffle when German sailors | from Kiel seized his yacht on Like Constance for use as a fish ing bout. Disorders along the Rhine j towns not under Allied occupH- \ | tion are cunt inning. The Gor- I mail and Austrian consuls have j been withdrawn from the Lake • Constance territory because of ! the hostile attitude of the neigh boring peasants. By Associated Press, Paris, March 11. —Mili-J Itary Germany will 20 out of! I.* - 1 existence as the result of j 1 the adoption by the Supreme j Council last night of the mili-] tary terms of German disarma-j ment as they will go into the! peace treaty. These terms pro- j vide for a sweeping reduction of the German military establish ment down to one hundred thousand men, with four thousand officers, the i army to be recruited by the volun tary system for' the period of twelve years. The effect of this is to limit j Germany's military strength for the! next twelve years to one hundred) thousand men. which is fewer men than Switzerland has in her army. Other provisions in the military terms limit the arms and munitions Germany may possess to a quantity sufficient for one hundred thousand men, and all the remainder must be delivered over or destroyed. The German forts along the Rhine also must be destroyed. The imperial general staff is abolished, as the re sult of reducing the force. Knliscmcnt For 12 Years Discussion of the subject was re sumed by the Supreme Council, the basis for the debate being Marshal Foch's report on Premier Lloyd George's proposal to reduce Ger many's armed force from 200,000, as had been suggested, to 140,000, and to substitute voluntary for eompul sary service. Marchal Foch favored the chunge us the conscription plan providing for 200,000 men serving one year terms would have given Germany a trained army of two mil lion men in ten years. As against this, Mr. Lloyd George proposed to fix the enlistment term at twelve years. Marshal Foch em- I [Continued on Page 2.] POPE BENEDICT BESPEAKS QUICK PEACE WITH HUN Vatican Head Points to Grave Danger of Bolshevism Germany Paris, March 11.—It has become known that Pope Benedict has ad j dressed an appeal to the powers em j phaslzlng the urgency of the speedy j conclusion of peace with Germany. It is understood that the pontiff states : that the Vatican possesses reliable In- I formation that the situation in Ger many, socially and economically, is very grave and that he fears the spread of ' Bolshevism with such rapidity thnt it might result in the establishment of a Bolshevik state, which In furn might become allied with Bolshevik Russia. The pope is reported to have said that he feels the only way to avoid such an eventuality Is a speedy peace—a peace, he says, which will not humiliate the German people. Campaign Against Airguns and Slingshots Is Begun The llarrisburg police department to-day started a campaign to pre vent the usual number of slingshot and air gun accidents this spring. Warnings were Issued that the law will be enforced to the limit to break up the nuisance. Parents are largely responsilbel for the situation. Chief Wetzel said, | for they encouroge the children by J giving them air guns before they j realize the damage that may re- j suit. Chief Wetzel called attention to several rulings which prohibit, the | discharge of slingshots, air guns c. other devices that may be dangerous i to person or property, at any place within the city limit. * .i. h- . > - v * MEMORIAL BRIDGE IS TO BE FINEST OF KIND IN WORLD Development of Capitol Park to Be of Most Magnificent Order, Experts Explain at Commerce Luncheon GOVERNOR SPROUL AND OTHER STATE INTERESTED "We can afford, and we will afford, to erect in your city the finest structure of its kind in the world." This was Auditor General Snyder's promise to the members of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, city officials and mem bers of the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings lunching at: the Penn-Harris Motel to-day, defining the great memorial viaduct to be erected over the railroad at State street as a continuation ! qf the park development. Snyder Given Credit I Arnold W. Brunner, architect foi l the Capitol Park extension improve-j ) ments, and J. K. Griener, bridge c- j 1 | gineer, also speakers on the pro- 1 j gram, credited General Snyder with j i being the originator of the idea of', memorializing the services and sac-! | rilices of Pennsylvania soldiers and j , I sailors in the great war through thei< I medium of a great bridge and 11 agreed with him tiiatit will be the | finest and most beautiful bridge in j the world. General Snyder said Governor j Sproul and the other members of| | tlie Board of Public Grounds and! Buildings are very desirous ot' get-i ] ting tlie work started on the! i.bridge, the park developments and! I at least one office building and pre- i j dieted that it will be but a short i time before the projects will be well j under way Presented by Senator Fox j General Snyder as presented 'by ( j former Senator Joint E. Fox, who j has hud much to do with capitol leg-j j islation. he being introduced as the presiding officer by Vice-President I George Tripp. Senator Fox gave a) j historical outline of. the capitol de ) opment since the burning of thet ibid building ui ISJT, praising tlie capitol building commission for its J I work and coming down to the pres t *? •*> T i* 4* *** 4* *£ <4* 2 4* f • 4* 4* 4* * b ' * cl'ncd. ' 4* J ♦ f, MES CAMERON PACKER I J T 4 a> 4* 4 * on * |T | I i* - 1 3 -r ■ i Sh t C - ' 4 4* * ■ i j X * ! 4* '• 1 4* * 1 | BILL TO BAR "RED FLAG" GOES Itf t I 4* Harri burg—D splay of "any red flag" in any publ * j 4* * 1 T i 4 T caster. I | T X NEW BILLS IN TPE HOUSE J j 4 Harrisburg—Among the bills introduced in the I J 2 to-day were the following A prbpose I *& * x I £> Bradford; pro] ' 2 W try expenses" for ail mine .by Mr. Powell { z4r ne; giving teachers compelled to be idle during forced I J0& H g I dosing of scho -ls their salaries, by Mr. ' -e: f- 'r ' ,- a J ' ! L. A . barr IS dead 2 4 J, j - ".-I.' I ......—" .']!"■ " ; ili'T. I ijy, I | J MARRIAGE LICENSES J I Archie 1.. Hudson, SfcrHon, nnd Anna M. l'otts, Halifax. ent period in which the city and the state are co-operating to make the capitol and its surroundings, in cluding tho bridge, one ot the beau ty spots of the world. General Snyder said he is glad to contribute a share toward the erec tion of the bridge and the beautiti cation of Harrisburg. tie said his experience in public work is that It should be substantial, beautiful and beneficial. When the Board of Pub lic Grounds and Buildings proposed the development of the park and the erection of the bridge, he said, tho members called in the best thought thut could be procured to solve the problems. "Get Griener for the bridge," was the advice they receiv ed and when Air. Greiner and Air. Brunner were commissioned they were instructed to give the State the best thut could be bad in the world. After several months of work, .Mr. Snyder said, they submitted what they believed to be the best that could he produced. ' "But," said the board, according to Mr. Snyder, "couldn't you do a. little bit better for a little more money, and they agreed that they could. "Then cante Senator Sproul with other suggestions of a very prac tical and helpful order and said he: [Continued on Page 7.]
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