German Troops Drive Back Spartacans in LicMenberg; Rout Red Foe From Public Places , * HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ®ljc Sloe-Independent. XXXVIII—* NO. 60 16 PAGES Dal £a?terTt fXf'piit oW i a'u d r, cI,M • lARRISBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1919. , a N 9 K a ^ o £S b " si c c e °N p^ 3 HOME EDITION CAMP CURTIN IS NOT A FIRETRAP, SAYS COMMITTEE Recommendations for Change in Building Arc Made by Investigators NOT OF THE BEST TAPE Defects Pointed Out by Build ers in Remodeled Continu ation High School The Camp Curtin Junior High S••! 00l building, now in the course of being remodeled, cannot be term ed a "tire trap" in any sense of the word. This announcement was made to-day following the receipts by the school board of the report of the board of three engineers who re cently investigated the building as to its safety conditions. Certain im portant recommendations are made, however, to provide greater safety for the children. The committee says "we are defi nitely of the opinion that while the school in no sense of the word is lire resistive, while numerous improve ments could be made in the struc ture to make it a better one of its type, and while there are certain | improvements which we deem neces sary to make the school safe to a very considerable degree, the build ing does not constitute, as it now stands a 'lire trap' in any sense of the word." As to Safety Included on this committee arc C. Heller, Charles A. Ilexamer and 11. \V. Forster, engineers of Phila delphia, who have given particular attention to the proper construction of school buildings. Their investi gation was made several weeks ago. following a resolution of the board passed when charges were made that the school presented conditions dan- j gerous to the lives of the occupants , in case of fire. While the consideration of the ; subject was principally from the . standpoint of safety to the occu- i pants and not that of structure, ex- ' cept secondarily, the committee said: j "Wo cannot, however, refrain from saying that it is most unfortunate ! that any community in the con- | struction of school buildings should , deviate from the best general prac- | tice which the country has estab- i lished for such buildings. While we : bpiievc that the Camp Curtin school, ' if improved as recommended here- j in, will give a very considerable de- | gree of safety to its oegygants, it is evident that this degree Ott safety would be materially Increased if the structure were a superior one." Defects Pointed Out Defects in the present division wall which stand in the way of its being a first class fire wall and con sequently a safe means for horizon tal exit between the two buildings are emphasized in the report. Specific recommendations for im provements are made as follows: That the fire wall he carried un- | broken through the attic space and j parapetted above the roof approxi mately three feet; that the arched ! spaces above the first floor and sec ond floor hall doors be filled in with concrete or brickwork: that the floor section in the fire wall be made of cement and preferubly that this incombustible sill he carried some- I Thing like six inches beyond the face | of the wall ori eueh side; arrange | pli door joists and other woodwork j so that it is not, in any sense of the ! word, in danger of spreading fire j from one side of the wall to the i other: install a section of reinforced ' concrete flooring in the first floor j and over certain sections of the base ment. Stairway Unprotoctive The unprotective stairway was said by the committee to Vie a great ' source of danger from a life safety standpoint. Relative to the stair way improvements, the committee recommended among other things that the two south and central stairs i on the second floor he enclosed in partitions extending from the floor to the ceiling and that the central basement stairs have an enclosure built extending preferably from the lloor to the second story floor. Relative to the north stairs on the first ltoor. It was recommended that the pockets created on either side of the vestibules leading into these stair towers be eliminated bv the tilling in with partitions of a sub stantial character from corridor wall and flush with the line of the doors. Technical details as to the forms of enclosure are outlined. It is recommended that additional entrances to the auditorium be plac ed at the center of each side and that a rearrangement of aisles be made in the balcony. Handrails on both sides of the stairs should be install ed, the committee says. One of the doors in the south east corner of the old building lead ing from the general shop to the in cline apparently swings against travel the committee reports, inti mating that it should bo changed. The installation of auxiliary fire boxes would be a good plan the com mittee suggests. Fire prevention is * an important matter to be consider ed, the investigators say. recom mending that in connection with the school extension there be pro vided a definite place for the storage >f all necessary material. THE WEATHER] For Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair and warmer to-night and Thursday* lowest temperature to-night about 38 degrees. Hlver The Susquehanna rlTer nnd all Its tributaries will fall slowly. A stage of about 711 feet Is ladl raled for Harrisburg Thursday morning. General Conditions An extensive nrea of high j barometer rovers the greater , part of the country east of the Mississippi river and the South west, with Its renter over Vir ginia nnd North Carolina. Pres sure has diminished decidedly over the western pnrt of the country nnd In lowest over the Aortli Pacific states. I The New Map of Europe L? | 1 \ " ° * r " s-l v B y -^t> — £"U^*" A '"\ VV *N / I Wflls ' v i (V I \ y P. \ \ ■ slov aklC :; '' *"*"C : '*H,ce Ho ^ v \rv. ! wv~- \ v \ v ' <*£& \ •-* \ W& °* • s RtM I *" , - , buchajcst "|j ,'n oJO 180 100 jeo | (ft j The new boundaries for Germany, Czech o-Slovakia Italy, Hungary and I Jugo-Slavia and the western boundaries of Poland and the Ukraine have ! been agreed upon at the Peace Conference, according to reports from i Paris. The. boundaries of the different Euporean countries are roughly shown on the map. The boundary of Germany will stop at the Rhine and at the old western frontier of Poland preceding the partition of 1772. She will acquire the purely German regions of Austria. The Rhenish republic. | which is to be created on the west bank of the Rhine, may ultimately be returned to Germany, but, even with this, she will have a territory smaller ithan that of Spain. Germany will lose, roughly speaking, 30,000 square [ miles of territory by the terms of the Allies. HENS MAY LAY EGGS FOR BAPTIST CHURCH | ' Harrisburg Clergy and Laymen Watch With Interest Out come of New Plan to Raise Funds j ■ Dauphin county's chickens soon may he laying golden eggs for the Baptist church if the hens of Ohio are religiously inclined and come up to the expectations of the Baptist clergy and laymen. This was the opinion expressed to day by Rev. Walter S. Dunlop. pas tor of Market Street Baptist Church after annonucenient had been made STATE PREPARING! TO RUSH WORK ON MEMORIAL BRIDGE Bids to Be Asked For Office i i Building Also in the Near Future j Governor Sproul and members of j the Slate Board of Public Grounds 'and' Buildings spent considerable' time to-day with Arnold \V. Brunner, architect for the Capitol Park im provements, and J. E. Greiner, en gineer for the memorial bridge, con- I tracts for the making of the j being signed. The details of the plans for the new office building and the 'memorial bridge were ordered pre pared at once and borings for the bridge piers were reported in pro gress. The plans for the office buildings 1 will be ready for bids io be asked | before long. Only one building will j be authorized for this year. Tt will : ad.ioin the south wing of the Capitol and be 280 feet long by 88 feet wide, I 'the material harmonizing with the I State House. The members of Ihe board to-j day expressed appreciation of the offer of co-operation by the commit-! tee of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce headed by Spencer C I Gilbert. The plans were discussed with I Superintendent Elmer, of the Penn- I sylvania railroad and Miss Violet! Oakley, the artist commissioned for the Supreme Court mural decora-1 tions. Internal Revenue Bureau Suggests Individuals Fill Out Own Income Blanks Washington, Mar. 12. Reports! that offices of hundreds of revenue] collectors were swamped by appli-j cants for information and advice on ■ income tax returns to-day prompted! the internal revenue bureau to sug-| gest that taxpayers prepare returns according to the best of their abil ity and file supplemental returns later if they find their first report inexact. Refunds can be claimed where due on the basis of these amended returns. SUES TRACTION" COMPANY Edward M. Young, through his! counsel, Robe.rt Stucker, to-day I brought a damage suit against the | Harrisburg Railways Company. A ! statement will be filed later, it was j announced, in which a claim will be made against the eojppany for pay-, nient of damages io Air. Young's automobile, which was wrecked in a collision with a trolley car last No-: vember, at Suyford and Fourth j streets. that th e liens of Ohio are to be put on their mettle. The 1,200 Baptists of the city, said Dr. Dunlap are watching the event with interest. The Ohio plan is this. All eggs laid during a designated week are to be given to the committee raising the $0,000,000 victory campaign. The church turning in the largest num ber of eggs is to receive a golden egg suitably inscribed. I FOLK LORE TO BE TAUGHT IN ! CITYSCHOOLS j Story Tellers League Plans to Broaden Endeavor in Elementary Grades ' j Myths, fairy tales, legends and : ! folk lore will be taught to pupils i in eleven of the city schools through | the agency of the Harrisburg Public I Library with the hearty endorse j ment of tiie School Board. Members [Continued on l'agc 2.] JERSEY SURFACE ' CAR LINES TIED UP IN 141 TOWNS i Sympathizers Hold Up Car; ; Automobiles, Vans, Wagons and Jitneys in Service By Associated Press j Newark, N. J., March 12.—Virtual !!y all the surface car lines of the j Public Service Railway Company 'which operates through 141 cities i and towns in Nothcrn Xew Jersey, i were tied up to-day by the strike of I 4,500 employes. | The first disturbance growing out) j of the strike oeeurerd here when a ; crowd of sympathizers held up a 'street car, manned by veteran em -1 ployes who had refused to strike, j pulled the trolley pole off the wire] 'and cut the rope. One woman in the j crowd fainted and was taken to the 'hospital. Police reserves were sum-' | moned but when they arrived the ! crowd had disappeared. Hundreds of private automobiles, furniture vans, brewery wagons, mo tor trucks and jitneys, were pressed into service here and in Jersey City, Paterson. Bayonne, Orange, Eliza- j beth and Plainfield to take factory; hands to the shops, clerks to stores and children to schools. The strikers j : made no effort to interfere with the ] operation of these means of convey-! ! ance. Steam roads handled enormous ' suburban business. BRIDGE RAIDING SMASHED i The Public Service Commission to- ] crashing against the railing of the i Mulberry stret bridge, snapped off j two of the lower railings and was . left banging with iwo wheels over 1 J the edge, when struck by a large truck this morning. U. S. MANAGEMENT OF RAILROADS IS SCORED BY MAYOR ■ Keistcr Says There Is No Need j fo Retrench in Local Shops j WANTS EXTRA SESSION j j Public Improvements Con-j tcniplatcd by City and Stale to Employ Many Government mahagement of rail- j roads is a failure, according to | Mayor Keister, who has explained j the stand he took last week at the | national conference of Governors J and Mayors. He revorte that the ! railway shops under direct orders ] i have cut down their working forces ' I and hours despite the great need ) of urgent repairs. Freight rates must be reduced on i I building materials, such as lumber. I I brick, cement, stone, gravel and j sand and on road-making materials, | j the Mayor adds, or building opera- j I tions will be held up with the re ] suit that work will be denied skilled j j workers and laborers. "It is my opinion," says Mr. j j Keister, "that it is the duty of the I ! President to immediately call an ex- j I tra session of Congress and keep it j working while the country is going through this reconstruction period, ' making appropriations for the pros ecution of all government contracts j for public building, wharves, docks, j 1 improvements to railroad equipment ] 1 and all public utilities. In other 11 words let the President and Con- j i gress quit playing politics to the ; ] detriment of the wage-earners and I i good government, get down to busi- ] liess, and 1 think the industrial con- !. dition which is now in worse shape l ] than ever before in the history of i the nation will be satisfactorily ' solved." The Bright Side Although the Mayor says he is pessimistic as to the present or fu ture. he says he believes that there are 2,000 idle men in the city and ' that this will he increased by a hun- 1 dred per cent. He fears that pro- ' liibition will make a thousand men J idle here. < In a more optimistic vein the i Mayor adds: i "There is no doubt that this con- ] dition will be relieved somewhat by ; improvements contemplated by the , State In its development of Capitol . Park and in the building of new ] buildings to properly house the of fices of the State government. The J City w-i!l spend $lOO,OOO on street | improvements during the coining ' summer; $23,000 on a comfort sta tion and several thousand dollars on water main extensions. We also have under consideration the build ing of a joint county and city office building and a joint contagious dis ease hospital. These projects hardly will be gotten under way until 13 20 as enabling legislation will have to be passed by our State Degislaturc in order to allow the county and city to build jointly." Thieves Get $26,000 From Vaults of Bank; Theft Discovered Today New York, March 12. Theft of, $26,000 in currency from the vaults of . the Cosmopolitan Bank, a Bronx in- | (dilution, was mad e known here to- ' day by the police. The robbery occurred sometime on I Monday night after the bank had | closed and was not discovered until yesterday. The money had been placed in the vault by the cashier. SUPERIOR COURT XKAHS CLOSE The Superior Court will conclude ' its sitting here to-morrow when opinions will be handed down. The ' Governor will dine the judges to night at the Executive Mansion. BILL TO TR ANSFER BRIDGELOANFUND; UP TO GOVERNOR Will Permit Harrisburg to'! Vote $300,000 For State Street Bridge The Eyre Senate bill providing that voters of third class cities may vote to transfer loans previously author- , ized for purposes which have been . impracticable, was passed finally in | , the House today, and now goes to the j ' Governor. < The bill will enable the people of i Harrisburg to vote at a special elec- ; tion on thirty days' notice to trans- I fer the $300,000 loan for the Walnut street bridge to the city's share of ' the Memorial Bridge in the Capitol ( Park plan. t FOUR-FOOT BOARD FENCE TO HIDE BETTY INCH'S ANKLES Prosecutor Makes Good His Threat to Prevent Defendant i From Making Display in New York Court By Associated Press New York, Mar. 12—Because Mrs. Betty Inch was too generous in the display of her ankles to Jurymen who failed a month ago to agree on a { verdict in her trial on a charge of i extortion, she found tho witness stand surrounded hy a four-foot board fence when she appeared to day In the supreme court for the second hearing of her case. Though the court and prosecutor AMERICANS WANT CUSTODY OF HUN CABLESSETTLEI) | Great Britain Not to Have Monopoly of Communica tion Over Seized Wires | SET UP WAR PRIZE CLAIM l U. S. Maintains There Should Be No Discrimination in Either Ocean By Associated Press j Paris, March 12.—Realizing the j possibility of a virtual monopoly of | cable communications by Great Brit- I ain should her claim to the. captured | German cables be sustained with the | consequent • submission of the great | foreign business interests of the j United States to alien control in this l respect, the American delegates to ! the Peace t'onfercncc are endeavor j ing to make a strong presentation of | their case before the legal authori ties to whom the subject lias been j referred. The naval experts who j first considered the question were | unable to agree and the Supreme I Council, upon motion of Secretary !of State Lansing referred to legal I experts the question of title involved.] j These experts are being pressed by j the Americans for a decision. British Cut Cables Early in the war the British cut the two German cables from Kmden to America byway of the Azores and also the cable between Mon rovia, the Libcrian capital, and Brazil. They took one end of the German-American cables to Hali fax, thereby securing another trans atlantic line for themselves. The other cable they gave to the French government, which so far lias made no attempt to utilize it, probably be •tise of the scarcity of submarine! cable material and of cable-laying! ships. The British claim that these i cables are prizes of war. They do] not intend to allow their return to I Germany or to regard them as sub-' ject to the disposition of the Peace ; Conference. The American dele-j gates, however, contend the cables! were unlawfully cut and unlawfully reconnected, because the United] States was not at war when this was] done and had an interest in them' as being one of the termini. Nor,] they claim, was there proper war-] rant for cutting of the cable between | Lberia and Brazil as both of these countries were then neutral. Americans Are Anxious There never has been any decision regarding the title to cables outside of territorial waters in time of war,] and the Americans are now ex tremely anxious that no precedent should be established that might place American business at the mercy of foreigners or prevent free communication between the United States and central Europe after the conclusion of peace. In addition to the transatlantic i cables, several German cables in the Pacific also were seized by the Brit-! . ish as prizes of war. One runs from [Continued on Page 2.J Auto Thief Cuts Through Door to Steal Machine The second automobile theft of the month was reported today to the Harrisburg police department by J. S. Mumma, 811 Green street. The car, lie says, was stolen last evening from the Carr garage. The thief cut a panel from the door, reached through the hole and opened the door. It is believed be cause of his knowledge of the locking that the person is familiar with the' 1 garage. BRITISH TROOPS REVOLT ON SHIP TO GET TO U. S. Soldiers Residents in America Rise Against Their Cap tain on Sea By Associated Press Halifax. March 12. Threats of three hundred troops of the British j army, who enlisted in the United j States, eighty-one of them American | citizens, to sink the transport Toloa l unless immediately allowed to land: and proceed to destinations in the United States by rail, were reported to th e Canadian authorities today by Captain Jackson, commander of the transport. * professed ignorance for the reason for the erection of the barrier, court I attendants recalled a statement of I the prosecutor when the first Jury; disagreed, that "Mrs. Inch must not show her ankles to the Jurors at the next trial," alse he would 'ask i the court to make her lower her dress." . I "What is It, a spite fence?" the! qoiraely Mrs. Inch inquired when | aha entered the court roof. ALLIES MUST FEED GERMANY AND PERMIT ENEMY TO TRADE WITH WORLD, SAYS LANSING World Has Reached Greatest Crisis of History and Faces Great Task in Preventing Spread of Bolshevism and Anarchy Throughout Civilization Paris, March 12. —"We have reached a crisis in the affairs of the world," said Secretary of State Robert Lansing at a banquet given last night by the Inter-Allied Press Club in honor of the American peace commissioners. *' Mr. Lansing was em phatic that the allies must feed Germany and give the Germans opportunity to sell their prod ucts in the foreign markets, if the danger of Bolshevism was to be avoided, lie painted a vivid picture of conditions in the war zone of France and pointed out that it was not through pity for Germany, but to the allies own advantage to see that anarchy was prevented in the former Ger man empire. Mr. Lansing said: ARMY HOSPITAL IN CARLISLE IS DECLARED GOOD I Commander Denies Charges of Two Wounded Men That Food Is Bad Carlisle. March 1 2. —When charges made by Philadelphia soldiers con cerning dirty dishes, poor food and undue severity in the Carlisle Mili tary Hospital, were brought to the attention of Colonel F. R. Keefer. commandant, this morning, he stated that in his opinion the food at the Carlisle hospital averages better than that of most camps and hospitals j throughout, the United States. ! Walter H. Klerney and George IT. | Wood, the two wounded soldiers who i brought the charges, are absent from jtlie hospital without leave. Colonel i Keefer said. "A good soldier will | come to his commanding officer if he has been unfairly treated." he I continued, intimating that the Phila ! delphia soldiers had not brought i their complaints to him. "As to undue severity, T believe ' investigation would show that this 'charge is erroneous. Military discip line is necessary in a military hos ipital. It is, of course impracticable ! to say to the men, 'come and go as you please." The men must undergo I certain treatment and the War Re i partment has prescribed a certain i course of training which will fit them | for civilian life. When they are al lowed to go out at night they are apt to go to a disreputable house, to use liquor or to stay out all night. This would bring discredit to the institu tion and to the service. Whenever a I man who asks for a furlough, has 1 enough money and is physically able j we try to give him his leave. But we | must have certain restraints. That is I apparent. ! "Wherever there are soldiers there j are complaints about the food. It is [not the same as home cooking, but I 'believe it averages better than that lof most army camps and hospitals I throughout the United States." i j President Hopes to Reach Paris Friday Cables Yankee Delegates ' On Bonril the I". S. S. Oeorge Wash | ington, March 12.—(8y wireless to j the Assoiated Press) —President Wll j son hopes to reach Brest in time to leave there Thursday evening for Paris, after a brief reception at the port. The President today took up j preparation?! for his peace confer ; enee labors and exchanged wireless messages with members of the Am | erican delegation in Paris, j The President plans to reach Parlß I Friday morning. He hopes a plenary session of the peace conference will be held' within a week after his ar rival in oAler to clear up some of the important questions held in abey ance during his absence.^ State Cannot Place Outside Insurance Kmerson Collins, deputy attorney I general, to-day informed the De j partment of Public Grounds and I Buildings that no outside insurance j can be lawfully placed on buildings or property which the State owns at Valley Forge. The States carried its I own insurance. I In an opioion to Commissioner of | Hanking John S. Fisher it is held | by B. J. Myers, deputy attorney gen ] eral, that a trust company may sell jto customers an undivided interest | in loans secured by bonds and mort gages. In another opinion it is held that a newspaper which only pub lishes advertisements of men seek ing employes and sale and rent ad vertisements is not an employment agency. Hershey Transit Company Applies For Merger s Application has been filed with! j the Public Service Commission for I ! the merge I* into the liershey transit | ! system operating in Dauphin, Ueb'a- ] j non and counties of the ! | Deadate and llummelstown and | ! Klizabethtown and Deodute street i ! railways. The Hershey Transit al- I l ready contains the Lebanon and I Campbellstown 'and Hummelstown 'and Campbellstown. M,\ N V 1) F.I.I\yU FXTS Many residents of the city have; failed to pay the 1918 persona i school lax. < . E. Weber, treasurer for' I the Harrisburg school distr'ct, an-j noiinced to-doy, and prosecution ma> j 'be started against them at any timoi I now. as all occupation taxes for j school purposes arc overdue after i l. I 5 Liberty is Compelling Impulse "In the infancy of our republic the sympathy and aid of France (gave the support which was needed to make individual liberty the supreme ruler of the destinies of the new-born nation. From that time forward liberty has been, and still is, the most sacred and most compelling impulse in political life in America. Our poli cies at home and abroad have been molded to that principle. No American statesman has dared to depart from it or to seek to lessen its influence over American thought. To-day, we Ameri cans are as earnest and intense in our devotion to human liberty as were our forebcarers. 1 "It was when they came to a full realization that this liberty was in danger: when they realized that] France and the great democracies | of Europe were imperilled from the j attack of an ambitions autocracy, : that the nation determined to do its part in freeing liberty and the world from autocracy. Mighty Victory Won "A mighty victory has been won. The imperial armies of the central powers have ceased to threaten. They no longer exist. Germany has suffered bitterly, is suffering bitter ly, and Germany is entitled to suffer for what she has done. She has paid a fearful penalty for the crime of plunging the world into four years of | blood and fire. To-day, starvation and want arc the portion ol' tlic Ger man people. Violence and murder stalk through the streets of their great eities. Tlic very structures of society are tottering. It is the price J* ******** ******** J**********| T !| :± I ;? -$ y X !j X X * * I til . fT T* * ? 4* * • 4 '* • t J' 4* *7 T Y X V e [ ,•£ 1 ' X J m X T ' ' >► i > * * ;4* > ► l 4 * ■ 4* f > I y J * ► JL * ® L * * X ini Herr - * ' • 5 HIEF MATCHES $3BO FROM WOMAN T V New York—ln the Public National Bank to-day a 9 f M* < <i JL id just drawn from the cashier. The police T 4 x It i jw 4* *s> 4* j* 1 5 T MEP.CY ARRIVES WITH CASUALS jdk' 4* y arrived to-d. X : virh 381 sick and wounded men, most of .jftj t * | MARRIAGE LICENSES . K. >,M,. >urrt.i.n, .nil .lan. 11 n rrl. h. r,. * * - - ~* of their own evil (loins, the just retribution of their crimes. j "We may be disposed to pity those innocent among the Germans, but ( our pity is almost dried up when wo consider what France and other na tions have had to suffer from the in vading armies of the Teutons. Ten days after 1 landed in France, in December, I made it my business to visit the battlefields of the Marne, the Aisne and the Champagne. No man could see what I saw without lK'aring n burning indignation against those responsible for such ruins and destruction, without an in tense and undying hatred for war, "France has endured unspeakabio woes with a fortitude and determi nation which excite the admiration and wonder of the world. To theso splendid troops who struggled with out flinching and with high cour age, France and the world owe a [Continued on Page 15.]
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