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Supreme 'iVar Council in Session at Paris Determines German Army Shall Not Exceed
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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'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
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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
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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
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■ 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!
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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-
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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.
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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
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4 Harrisburg—Among the bills introduced in the I J
2 to-day were the following A prbpose I
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W try expenses" for ail mine .by Mr. Powell {
z4r ne; giving teachers compelled to be idle during forced I
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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:
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