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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.