I; adroad Improvements Throughout Country Are Held Up For Want of Funds; Curiatlmenl Qrdc f HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M She £trtr-3nftft!fnhmt LXXXVIII— NO. 67 16 PAGES Dai, & a ß ueTaV S the d post oßteTSt" a%SbSr"" HARRISBURG, PA THURSDAY EVENING,'MARCH 20, 1919. s TWO E C C ENTI B HOME EDITION NEUTRALS TO MAKE KNO WN THEIR VIE If 5 OF WORLD LEAGUE Lord Robert Cecil to Preside at Session Today at Which Effort Will Be Made to Hurry Pact NA TIONS WHO REMAINED OUT OF WAR DESIRE MEMBERSHIP IN\ By Associated Press Paris, March 20. —Neutral countries of Europe, Asia and South America will be given opportunity to-day to express their views and propose amendments to the League of Nations plan. Nearby neutrals such as Holland and Switzerland have sent delegates in response to the invitation of the Supreme Council, while more distant countries will be represented by ambassadors and ministers residing in Paris. AVIII Submit lYoposals c : ——— The meeting will be held at the Hotel De Crillon, the American headqunrers, in the same room where the covenant was framed and it is purposed to continue the ses sion throughout the afternoon and evening and, if necessary, to-mor row, in order to complete all neu tral proposals and prepare them for submission to the commission on the League of Nations. Lord Robert Cecil, of Great Brit ain. will be chairman, and Premier Venizelos, of Greece; Dr. M. H. Ves nitch, of Serbia: Paul Hymans, of Belgium; Colonel E. M. House, of the t'nited States, and Leon Bour geoise, of France, will sit as mem bers of the sub-commission. The claims of neutrals will be heard, either directly or by memorandum, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, Spain, Persia Guate mala and most, of the South Amer ican neutrals having some sugges tions to make. Neutrals Seek Membership Those represented by delegates or ministers will be heard together, ac cording to present plans. The three Scandinavian countries will present virtually identical proposals, it is understood these being, in the main favorable to the league and asking that neutrals be admitted to mem bership. President in Chair President Wilson will act as chair man at the meeting of the League of Nations commission which will l>e held at 10 o'clock Saturday morn ing. when all proposed amendments nnd changes will be considered and the plan put into definite form. This will be the first meeting of the com mission since the covenant was adopted the day before Mr. Wilson left for America, and it will con sider proposals submitted at the hearing of neutrals to-morrow and also any other suggestions which have taken definite form. Monroe Doctrine to Ik* Inserted Lord Robert Cecil and Thomas W. Gregory, former United States Attorney General, are here and are among those who have sought to draft a proviso relative to the Mon roe Doctrine In such form that it. will meet the approval of legal ex perts. Marshal Foeh and other generals were called in during to-day's pro longed session of the Supreme Coun cil to give their advice as to action which should be taken in Galicia, where Ukrainian forces are besieg ing Lemberg, which is threatened from three sides. It was decided lhat a sharp warning should be sent to both sides asking for a suspen sion of hostilities. The warning will take the form of an "injunction" to the iwo armies. President Wilson dined with Col onel House last night, going over talks which the latter had during yesterday with Premiers Clemen eeau and Orlando on French boun daries and the Jugo-Slav question. The dinner was followed by a re ception in which Mr. Wilson and a number of other prominent figures at the conference participated. Vote Against Bureau The commission on international labor legislation to-day decided against the international labor bu reau, when constituted, invoking the aid of the league of Nations to enforce its decisions. This decision was mainly duo to difficulties which would be encountered in the United States, where State constitutions would require alterations before they would permit such outside in terference. President Wilson spent this fore noon in work at the Paris "white house" in preparation for another conference this afternoon with Pre miers C'lemenceau and Lloyd George. The conference will take place at Lloyd George's residence. Hun Government Evasive Negotiations between the inter allied commission and the German government's representatives at Poscn have again been interrupted at a time when a result seemed about to be reached, it is said that this was the result of the evasive attitude of the German government. Dispatches state that the German high command appears to be in open conflict with the Berlin cabinet, and will not undertake to respect an armistice between the Germans and Poles. A decision in keeping with the situation is expected to morrow. Salvador and Paraguay Out All Central and South American neutral nations except Salvador and THE WEATHER Far Harrlnbarg and vicinity. Fair la-night and Friday not much change in tempcratnrei loweat to-night abont M degrees. For Enatern Pennsylvania i Fnlr to-alght and Frldari strong northwest winds. River The upper portion of the mnln river will fall to-night nnd the lower portion Friday, All tribu taries will fall, A stage of '■ nhont TJ feet la indicated for Hnrriabnrg Friday morning. BOATS IN RACE ACROSS OCEAN WITH SOLDIERS By .Associated Press. Newport News, Va., March 20. —Bringing 659 men of the One Hundred and Fourteenth Ma chine Gun Battalion of the Thir tieth (Old Hickory) Division, the transport Princess Matoika ar rived here to-day from St. Na zaire, France. One hour later the Rijndam arrived from the same port with the One Hundred and Thirty third Field Artillery, Thirty sixth (Lone Star) Division. The ships raced across the Atlantic. Soldiers are said to have helped in the fire and engine rooms . Paraguay, which have reserved their decision, will participate in the con ference of neutral nations on the formation of a League of Nations. Suggestions for amendments to the covenant will probably be made, the smaller countries following their larger sisters in asking for revision of articles of the covenant which affect them. Joaquin Mendez, of Guatemala, has arrived here and pre sented credentials as a delegate to the conference. •laps Propose Amendment A Japanese amendment to the covcna.nt of the League of Nations providing that the contracting par ties shall agree to grant "equal and just treatment" to all aliens within their borders who are nationals of states members of the league will he submitted to the supreme council, it is learned by Route's from Ja panese sources. The standpoint of the Japanese is that all citizens of nations deemed sufficiently advanced to become members of the league should have equal rights when traveling or liv ing in foreign countries, it is said. While the Japanese delegates do not accept the view that treatment of foreigners and discriminating laws are purely matters of domestic policy they say they are content to ask from the league only a recognition of the claim of their people now liv ing in foreign countries to equal rights with other aliens. Lucerne, Switzerland, March 20. At yesterday's meeting of the Inter national Conference of Christian So cial Labor Associations, in session here a resolution strongly supporting the League of Nations was passed. There are 150 delegates including representatives of associations in Switzerland, Germany, Austria Hungary, Holland and Lithuania' Among them are members of a Lithuanian committee from Amer ica. Madrid. March 20. —Premier i: 0 - manones told the Associated Press to-day that he was a partisan or the League of Nations in the "same sense and scope as President Wil son." "Spain is ready to collabor ate with other nations to her ut most ability to establish the league and Is willing to make whatever sacrifices arc within her power to as sure its success." he added. THREE INDICTED FOR MURDER OF STEELTON MAN L our Men Held by Grand Jury lo Be Tried For His Life Bills indicting Love, alias "Nubs" Wilson, Lawrence Brown and Theo dore Martin, charged with the mur der of S. Wolfe Lacob, a Stcelton gro cer and banker, and Mike Galles, held on a charge of killing George Malilan, were returned shortly after noon to-day by the Grand Jury at the criminal court sessions. Lacob was murdered on the even ing of January 24, in his storeroom in Steelton. Later authorities ar [Continucd on Page 2.] Prof. Koch Named Acting Head of Education Professor C. D. Koch, of Philips burg, deputy superintendent of pub lic instruction, has been made act ing superintendent of an executive order and will administer the de partment of public instruction un til a successor is named to the late Dr. Nathan C. Scliaeffer. Professor Koch was formerly one of the State high school inspectors and was nam ed deputy superintendent to succeed the late A. D. Glenn last year. The Meal They Planned to Feed the Rest of the World ONE OUT OF NINE U. S. MARRIAGES ENDS IN FAILURE Only South Carolina Has Clear Slate in Matter of Divorces By ASsocialcd Press• Washington, March 20.—Approxi mately one out of every nine mar riages in the United States is termi nated by divorce, according to lig ures compiled by the Bureau of the census and made public to-day. Excluding South Carolina, where all laws permitting divorce were re pealed in 1878, the three lowest di vorce rates in 1916, for which year returns are now complete, are shown for the District of Columbia, North Carolina and New York, where the rates were 13, 31 and 22 per 100,000, respectively. The. high est rates were returned for Nevada. Montana and Oregon, which showed 607, 323 and 225, respectively. Desertion is shown by the figures to have been cause for about thirty eight per cent, of the divorces. Among other leading causes were cruelty, infidelity and failure to pro vide. TO DRAG RIVER FOR BODIES OF MISSING MEN Screams Heard on Night of Tragedy Drowned by Xoise of Engine Cross river residents are planning to drag the Susquehanna river with nets for the bodies of William Trim ble, of Ninth street. New Cumber land, and Harry Graham, of New Market, who are believed to liaje drowned while endeavoring to cross [Continued on Page 2.] Contradictory Reports on Walter W. Lower's Fate Private Walter W. Lower, 619 For rest street, a member of the 103 rd Trench Mortar Battery, 28th Divi sion, died in a German prison camp, according to advices contained tn a Washington dispatch to-day. A number of telegrams concern ing the fate of Private Lower have been received by members of his immediately family. The first stated that he was missing in action, the. second that he wus killed in action and the last, that lie died in a Held hospital. The War Department later reported a prisoner of war. Now the word comes that he died while a prisoner UKRAINE IN HANDS OF THE BOLSHEVIKI By .Associated Press. IxMidon, March 20.—Virtually all of the Ukraine now is in the hands of the Bolshevik!, accord ing to advices reaching Jjondon to-day. In heavy fighting at Nikolaiev, northeast of Odessa, the Bolsheviki lost between 5,000 and 8,000 men, but forced the French garrison, after fierce fighting, to withdraw to Odessa. KAISER'S FLIGHT IS EXPLAINED BY VON HINDENBURG Could Have Held Place Only by Bloody Civil War lljl Associated Press Berlin, March 20.—Aroused by re cent criticisms of former Emperor William regarding his flight from Germany to Holland last fall, Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has pre pared and published a defense of the ex-ruler's action. After depicting the situation as it existed in Novem ber, caused by the weakening of the army, the doubtful reliability of the forces in the field and the breaking out of the revolution at home the field marshal writes: "The peaceful return home of the emperor then became impossible. Tt could only have been carried out through the forceful employment of loyal troops, and civil war would have been added to the hostilities with the enemy. "The emperor could have betaken himself to the fighting troops in order to meet death at their head in a last attack upon the enemy, but the armistice so keenly desired by the people would thereby have been postponed and the lives of many soldiers uselessly sacrificed. The em peror finally, in agreement with his advisers and after a severe mental struggle, decided to leave the coun try, solely in the hope that he could thereby best sferve the fatherland, save Germany from further losses, distress and misery,' and restore peace and order to her." Coal Shortage Delays Surrender of Hun Fleet Berlin. March 20.—Surrender of part of the German mercantile fleet will be delayed on account of the shortuge of bunker coal. The coal shortage is due to strikes among the miners and transportation ditticul tles. ITVE OAKS DKKAII.KI) Five freight cars were derailed on the Philadelphia division of the Pennsylvania Railroad lie low Mid dletown this morning and delayed 1 rattle for several hours. No one was injured. MANY BIDS FOR ROAD BUILDING PROGRAM OPENED So Many Bidders Highway Department Has Hard Time in Handling Them So many bidders appeared for. the first opening of bids on the State's new road building program to-day that the Senate chamber hud to be used. Ordinarily the bids are open ed at the State Highway Depart ment, but owing to the crowd the Senate chamber had to be opened for the purpose. Over a dozen con tracts were offered and it is expect ed that the prices will indicate what conditions prevail in the contracting business and have an important nearirg upon future work, it will be night before all of the bids can be tabulated and awards may not he made for several days. Ex-Governor John K. Tener, who is interested in highway construc tion, was among those here for the opening of the bids. A number of contractors from other States and most of the leading firms of Penn sylvania were present. POPE BENEDICT ADDRESSES HIS ORIENT CLERGY Roman Pontiff Always Friend of Eastern Church, lie Tells Assemblage Btl Associated Press Home, March 20. —Pope Benedict received dcputalions of members of the clergy belonging to the eastern church to-day. Replying to an ad dress by Monsignor Papadetuios, head of the eastern congregation, he briefly summed up what he had been able to ( ]o to alleviate suffering caused by the war in the east. "The Roman pontiff has always been a friend of the Oriental church and has reposed great hopes in it," he said. "He has not only been a friend, but has turned with deep affection to the Orient, which has been all the more intense because of tlie uncertainty of the fate of the distant sons of the church. "1 wish these words could reach the far shores of the Orient, lnit as my voice cannot reach so fur, 1 transmit my thought to those pres ent. and trust Unit all wish that oriental cliristiantom should he united by close friendship and filial love to the apostolic see." The pope then bestowed the apos tolic blessing on all present. WILKINS, MINUS WHISKERS, BACK AT LONG BEACH Doctor, Accused of Killing Wife, Explains Why lie Went Away ON WAY TO WASHINGTON Changed His Mind and De cided Not to Worry Daughter Ily Associated Press long Bench, N. Y., March 20.—Dr. AA r alter Keenc AA'ilkins pleaded not guilty, wlicn arraigned before Jus tice of the Peace Coleman to-day on a charge of murder in the first de gree in having killed his wife at their home here, February 27. lie was remanded without bail to the Nassau county jail at Mineola. Mrs. AA'ilkins died after being struck over the head with a ham mer, and Dr. AA'ilkins told the police he and his wife had been attacked by burglars. New York, March 20. —Dr. AA'ulter K. AVilkins, who disappeared Sun day a few hours before a warrant was issued for his arrest on the charge of having murdered his wife at their summer home in Dong Beach last month, is under arrest to-day. He was taken near the Pennsylvania railroad terminal in this city lust night soon after his arrival from Baltimore. He returned voluntarily. A patrolman off duty who was waiting at the station for a train had his attention called to a man resembling Dr. Wilkins, who was purchasing a ticket for Mineola. The only difference between this man and the published pictures of the physician was the absence of "mut ton chop" whiskers. AA'lien Dr. AA'ilkins approached a telephone booth, the patrolman, knowing of the receipt of a tele gram by District Attorney AA'ceks, of Nassau county, signed with Dr. Wilkins' name, announcing his in tention to return to the city from Baltimore, slipped into the next booth and overheard a conversation which the doctor was having with some one in Mineola. Before being taken by automo bile to Long Bench, Dr. Wilkins was placed in the lineup with twen ty-five other prisoners at police headquarters and was inspected by the city's detective force. He ap peared nervous and downcast. Changes Mind on Train "T went to Baltimore Sunday night," he said, regarding his dis appearance, which caused a coun trywide search for him. "I had re ceived a message from my counsel, Mr. Friese. requesting me to go with him to District Attorney Weeks' home. Mr. Friese was agitated and I this led me to believe that some ! thing serious was at hand. He told j me certain evidence had been found that pointed to me. I thought this I over and decided to go to my daugh- I ter in AA'ashington. On the train 1 [ studied this out and decided 1 would not bring m- troubles into her home. Ko I stopped over in Baltimore and yesterday 1 decided to telephone Mr. AA'eeks and place myself in his hands." Dr. AA'ilkins refused to talk about the second wilt which was found, bequeathing much of his wife's property to him. "1 will tell Mr. Weeks everything," he said. William Elmer Made Permanent Superintendent WilMam Elmer, who has been serving as acting superintendent of the Philadelphia division since early January, has been named superin tendent. of the division as of January 1. The appointment was made by General Manager it. L. O'Donnell, with the approval of Elisha Lee, fed eral manager of the Pennsylvania Hailroad lines, east. Mr. Elmer was born on September 29, 1870, at Trenton, N. J., anil was graduated from Princeton University in 1894 with Ihe degree of electrical en gineer. He entered the Pennsylva nia Hailroad service permanently as an apprentice in the Meadows shops at Altoona. on October 1, 1896. ESCAPES POLICE WHO OPEN FIRE | WITH REVOLVERS jllarrisburg Man Gels Away From Officers in Glean, X. V. After a running battle in which revolver play figured prominently. Ross Snyder, 2219 North Second street, wanted here on the charge of forgery, made a sensational es cape from the Olean, N Y„ police to-day after having been arrested on the charge of forgery. Snyder was known in Olean as Harry McKay. Prisoner for but a few minutes, he escaped from two officers who fired six bullets at him as he fled, after ho had been arrest ed at bis lodginghouse. Matthew Gilmore, one of the two [Continued on Page 2.] Jap Alienist Is Found Guilty in First Degree; Gets Life Sentence Ity Associated Press Towson. Md„ March 20.—Dr. Norbu Ishida, Japanese alienist, to day was found guilty of lirat degree murder for the killing of Dr. George B. Wolff, an associate. Chief Jus- I tice Burke sentenced Dr. Ishida to 1 life imprisonment. GERMANY TIRES OF ITS VISITORS By Associated Press. Berlin, March 20. —Because of the great number of military and civil Entente missions which have visited Germany since No vember, the German cabinet has decided, according to the Kreuz Zeitung, that no person from an Allied country will henceforth be permitted to travel in Germany without special permission from the armistice commission. HARRISBURG MAN WAS MEMBER OF WILSON'S GUARD H. S. Bingaman One of 230 Aanks Picked For Hon orary Post Guarding President Wilson in Paris was the pleasant duty assign ed to IT. S. Bingaman. son of Mrs. Jesse ITingaman, 25 South Front street, who came back to America on the George Washington with the President and who is now at Camp Merritt. X. J. He was telling the men about it in tfie Y. M. C. A. hut at Camp Merritt several days ago. Bingaman is one of the 250 men in the Presidential Guard, made up of picked men from most of the states, and representing almost every organization in the American expeditionary lorce. His selection to serve in the Presidential Guard is no small honor. Men of the finest caliber were chosen for this cherish ed post by General Gleen of the Eighty-third Division. That the men of the Presidential [Continued on Page 2.] KAIIX, MISTAKEN Foil BAKER. REACHES PARIS Paris. March 20.—Representative Kahn, of California, landed at Brest yesterday from the United States and reached Paris to-dav. This morning's Paris newspapers erroneously announced the arrival at Brest of Secretary of War Baker, who is still in the United States. An investigation disclosed that he had probably been confused by tho correspondents with Mr. Kahn. 4♦ * v # 4 ♦?- r , e* *? 4 f V *;" 4 *r ? J • I t * 1 I 4 * *£* 4 - e * £ * 4 f rf 1 I f> <4 ♦s • 4 trio T * * T ♦* T* > * | ( T •* 4 •,, * ~ ► ROAD BIDS RECEIVED •* •J* n 8 Harrisburg—Between 150 and 200 b j § of state highway were * <4* # t X i, J BTG COTTON CROP EAST YEAR * ! T. ton 2 * * X * nnounced to-day by the cen<-i 2 * inning report, place production at 11,888,138 run- • 1 4 H equivalent.so T * exclusive cf linters. *f * ti FIGHT TO SAVE RADICALS <£ I New York— W. rP *8 partment '•§! * its from deportation. A T * i 4 f Wh.l v X * MARRIAGE UCENSES % a t'harli-N !•'. Brandt, lluinmrlilnmi. anil Mabel M. Mntimrr, Her- tl 1 Mbi-yi John C. Arnold mid (Inrn Kauta. Harrlabiirg; Janet A. Bine, 1L 4 l.ul'ortr, I ml, and Kmua M. Knitlr, Harrlaburß. t " MOVIE MAGNATES MAKE FIGHT FOR PHILADELPHIA Governor Sproul and William A. Brady Discuss Cen sorship Needs HEADQUARTERS IN CITY Auditor General Snyder and Governor Agree on Con centration of Offices Protests by attorneys and people interested in the moving picture bus iness against the order issued for the State Board of Moving Picture Cen sors from Philadelphia to Harrisburg today led to a discussion between Governor William ('. Sproul and Wil liam A. Brady as to the uplifting of the moving picture business. Mr. Brady who made a protest on behalf of the business, said Pennsyl vania had a most rigid censorship, and that the business was trying to meet the objections so that films could be produced which did not need 'cuts,' adding that offenders could be put out of business in twen ty-four hours. Governor's Ire "Why have such persons not been put out?" asked the Governor. Mr. Braidy said the business was young and that a move was afoot to put them out. expressing the hope that the time would eome when no censorship would be needed. The Governor rejoined that the day would be welcome when the bus iness was organized on that basis. The hearing was asked by Philadel phia people, the chief speakers being- Morris Wolf and J. h. Kua, who ex plained that ninet.v-flve per cent of the films in this section were handled from Philadelphia, and that valuable time would be lost in sending them here. Some they said went through [Continued on Page 15.] POLES DRIVE RED FOE OUT OF PINSK TERRITORY By Associated. Press Copenhagen. March 20.—Bolshe vik troops, under pressure of Polish forces, have been compelled to re tire and evacuate Pinsk, one hun dred miles east of Brest-Eitovsk, according to a dispatch from War saw.
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