Marshal Foch Insists That Rhine Be MiliteanJmntier For French; Object a! ■' ain War HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Mk i ®K Slnc-Jn&cpen&ent. ' AXXVIII— NO. 68 34 PAGES HARRISBURG. PA FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 21. 1919. ~WB^ J, SrBSBU!Sr "*■&% ST"? HOME EDITION ITALY GIVES NOTICE OF RETIREMENT FROM PEACE BOARD IF DENIED FIUME Action of Dele sates Stirs Paris Circles; Important Port Asked Has Been Subject of Debate WILSON AND PREMIERS EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO MOLLIFY DISSATISFIED LATINS Paris, March 21.—The Italian delegation to the Peace Conference has unanimously decided to withdraw from the Peace Conference unless Fiume is as signed to Italy contemporaneously with the conclusion of peace. As a result of the action of the Latin envoys interest is added to the work ot the commission having in charge the claims of allied nations. This turn of events was not entirely unexpected, tor it has been foreshadowed that some such move might result on the part of Italy. T lie action of the delegates is to-day the over shadowing feature of the Peace Congress and is causing considerable uneasiness among the other delegates to the Peace Conference. What the end will be is not forecast, but it is presumed that the allied premiers and Presi dent Wilson immediately will take steps to mol lity the belligerents. 1 he decision was reached at a meeting of the full delegation presided over by Premier Orlando. It was immediately com municated to the powers. Colonel E. M. House, of the American Mission, promised Preiyier Orlando to present within a few days a project con cerning the Italian-Jugo-Slav frontier which lie hopes will satis factorily settle the dispute. The decision of the Italian dele- 5 nation as reported from Paris, apparently brings to a head the i itter controversy between Italy and the new Jugo-Slav state over the dis position of land along the Adriatic formerly belonging to the Austro- Hungarian empire, which both na tionalities claim. Italy's claims originally included virtually the entire Dalmation coast, with Triest and Flume, which latter • it\ is the second principal seaport) i n the eastern side of the Adriatic. < Recent reports have been that the Italian representatives were mani- , testing a disposition to make impor tant concessions regarding the land i along the Dalmatian coast, provided 1 that the city and harbor of Fiume, remained to Italy. Jugo-Nliivs Claim Flume The Jugo-Siavs, however, have been insistent that this port be al- j lotted to them, claiming it to be es-1 sentially a Croatian city and neces- 1 sary to the new Jugo-Slav state as] affording the only feasible, suitable I outlet for her commerce. Un the other hand, Italy has shown no disposition to yield her point so far as Fiume was con i erned. Her attitude was officially stated by Premier Orlando in ad dressing the Italian Chamber of Deputies on March 1, when he de clared that, while Italy remained ' faithful to the spirit of conciliation w! ich inspired the treaty upon which Italy entered the war," that did not mean that she could "remain ' insensible to the appeal reaching her from the Italian town on the Gulf of Quarnero (Fiume)," which was "exposed to the loss of both its na tionality and independence. We doi l ot think," added the Premier, "that this is possible at the very moment: when it is wished that the world may bo redeemed from a memory of violence done to the rights of peo ples." F'cud Grow Bitter There have been several "inci- 1 dents" at Fiume and other points in the territory claimed by both Italy and Jugo-Slavia since the signing t the armistice and the feud at one! time grew so bitter that Italy estab lished a blockade and cut off food j relief imports for the Interior. This < Matter was adjusted by the Supreme Council in Paris, however, and re- j [Continued ou Page IS.] Yes, Sir; Spring Arrived at Exactly 11.59 as Scheduled by the Weather Sharpers Spring arrived in Harrisburg as ' per official schedule at exactly sixty ' seconds before noon to-day, the time ! of the vernal equinox. Unofficially, this Invigorating sea- ' son has been in Harrisburg for sev- j • ral weeks, the Weather Man hav- ; ing escorted here here at that time ; without any regard to rules and t regulations. The presence, however, j was officially announced at 11.59 a. j m. when the sun crossed the equator j and winter was banished from Har- i i isburg for a three-quarter year ! period. Conditions now are indicative of j increasing temperature, the weather •rognosticators say. adding that the ; weather will be clear. Aside from ! slight showers in the next few j days, the weather man promises a j period of sunshine and seasonable ! temperatqre. To some few persons, however, there will be doubts as to whether the season hae officially arrived, for bock beer, always one of the signs of spring commencement, is this year numbered among the missing quan tities. THE WEATHER] For llnrrioliurje and vicinityl Fair to-night and Saturday! cooler to-night, with lon'it tempera ture about 40 degree*. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night and Saturday: eooler to-night; fresh north winds. Itlver The Susquehanna river and nil Its i branches will fall slowly. A I stage of about t1.7 feet Is Indi- j catrd for Harrisburg Saturday j morning. I PRINCE MAX HAD NO FORECAST OF EMPEROR'S GOING By Associated Brest. Berlin, March 21. — In Field Marshal von Hindenburg's state ment explaining and jusifying 1 the . flight of former Emperor William there was a sharp criti -1 eism of Prince Maximilian of i Baden for publishing the fact of j the Emperor's abdication v ith- I out the latter's assent. Friends of the ex-t'hancellor already are | pointing out that the Emperor left Berlin on October 01 without ; consulting or notifying the Uhan cellor, who vainly attempted at : the last moment to induce the i Emperor to stay in Berlin and later unsuccessfully urged him to return to the capital in order : that he might form his own judg ment as to the extent of the < - isis and the advisability of abdic Ring. SALES RECORDS ARE BROKEN AT BIG AUTO SHOW .More Curs Are Sold and At tendance Is Bigger Than Ever Before "More cars sold and bigger at ] tendance than in any annual motor show in the history of Harrisburg." w;ts the message from J. Clyde My ton. on this, the fifth day of the ex , liibition at the Overland plant. Twenty-sixth and Derrv streets. • "Every dealer has done a big busi [C'ontinucd on page 10.] TEUTONS'POWER i AS WORLD FORCE IN WAR IS GONE ; Year Ago Today the Germans Poured Down on Brit ish in Picardv By Associated rress. Washington, March 21. —One year ! ago to-day the German army, at the 1 peak of its power, poured down on ! the British lines in Picardy, bent on ' winning an overwhelming victory ■before American troops should reach j the front in force. | To-day, Germany no longer exists jas a military power; her gigantic ; war machine has collapsed, and the American army she sought to avoid stands astride the Rhine, shoulder to shoulder with the Britsh and French and with all of Germany absolutely at its mercy. When the cables on March 21, 1918, brought the news of the first terrific German onslaught, Ameri can effort, officers here to-day re called was striving toward the pro duction of an army of five million men, equipped to bring victory in 1919. Within less than nine months the first and second American army had broken the very hinge of the whole enemy front with the capture' | of Sedan, while decided victories had, been won by the British and French. | It was then that, to save themselves from the ignominy of having their army captured, the German leaders forced the flight of the emperor andj Surrendered as a nation. " HUNS ANXIOUS AS TO PEACE TREATY By Associated rress. Basle, March 21.—The presi dent of the German armistice commission at Spa has presented a note to the inter-Allied dele sates asking if Germany should consider as true statements in the French and British press that the peace treaty would be I ready for the Germans as soon as I'resident Wilson approved, but that the Germans would be al lowed neither to discuss nor modify the document, according j to Berlin advices. BELGIUM'S KING AND QUEEN VISIT GEN. PERSHING Albert and Elizabeth (lo to j Chaumont; Reception For j Royalty in Franco B.v .4siociatt-d Frcss* < iiaumoni. France, March 21. ; Kins Albert and Queen Elizabeth, of ! Belgium, arrived here on Wednesday ' night for a visit to General Pershing! jat his chateau. The royal pair made i i the trip by motor car, the weather | i being unfavorable for the journey i j by airplane they had contemplated, j The king and queen were accompan- j , ied bv Colonel Tilßens. aide-de-camp i to the court, a second Belgium officer and Countess Decarmen-Chemay, ' lady-in-waiting to the queen. They , ! were met at the great entrance of i the chateua by General Pershing and I ; his personal staff, dined quietly and I passed the night in the chateau. Snow Falls Heavily Snow fell heavily here in the hills j of the upper Marne all of Wednesday i night, but this did not interfere with the reception given the Belgian roy- I alties, the following day at the Chan- ' ! mont City Hall. The little city was ! brightly decorated and the streets i [Continued on Page 10.] TWO HIGHWAYMEN GET LONG TERMS UPON CONVICTION Penitentiary Sentences Im posed on Men Who Rob- , bed Peanut Vender Pleading guilty to holding up and ] robbing Earl Challenger, chauffeur j for City Detective George Shuler, \ on the morning of February 27 ] 1 when he had taken them to Clark's ; j Ferry front this city, Joe Morgan and Roy C. Dillon, who aid they [Continued on Pago 10.] MOVIES ARE ONLY IN INFANCY, SAYS BRADY Big Producer Believes the Film Will Enter Politics and In vade the Surgeon's Operating Boom as Well as the Home - j ■J "The moving picture is some day• i going to be used in the home for . i evening entertainment Just as the • [ stereopticon once was used. It is go- , jing to be used for political purposes,: too. and even now certain politicians j have accused Mr. McAdoo of joining the screen forces in order that he 11 may use'the film for political pur •j poses in the next campaign. The Amotion picture is also going to be j used by surgeons in registering im- > j portant operations of the eye, nose, When the Housekeeper Fires the Cook and Goes Off With the Key to the Treasury Ml u V- l'/1 !|\ ' '"J i \*z: trv i i ■ —— —. ' - HT^: G* X: ; ~-, T- y-T—y TOQWS ]__ I; 1 T///' " /> HUNS STRONG AT GATES OF RUSSIA, SAYS PADEREWSKI Polish Premier Sounds Call For Stronger Bar to Ger i - , ~ mans in the East By Associated Press i Warsaw, March 21. —Germany, al- I though defeated in the west, is not vet beaten in the east, and if her I aims in that part of Europe are to 1 be frustrated and there is to be ' peace, there must be a strong Po- 1 land, Jan Ignace Paderewski, the | Premier of Poland, declared to-day. In outlining the present situation of Poland and its relation to the l , whole European question, Premier ! Paderewski said: 111111 Object in War "The importance to the peace of i Europe of a strong and united ! Poland cannot be exaggerated. Ger- ■ many made war not for honor and t j ideals, but for markets and raw ma- t terial. The war has not yet been won. Germany is ready to acknowl- ( ; edge herself beaten in the west, but : not in the east. j "The same men who organized the j present war count on reorganizing I itussia in their own interests. If j | they do so, they will have an endless j 1 supply of labor and raw material. In j j addition to wheat, they will have j i cotton from Turkestan, bil. great , ; lumber supplies from the forests of j itussia: immense coal and iron de- ' I posits, to say nothing of gold. ! platinum and other minerals. With j | these reinforcements Germany i would inevitably stamp her dotnin- I 1 ion on the whole world. Think of j j the effect on the splendid body of ! America's highly paid labor if Ger- i many trained and directed the cheap j labor of Russia and China. No one j could compete with such cheap pro- i duction. ; ear, throat and appendix, just as | now the record is used to record the | j voice of Enrico Caruso." This is the prediction made by: | William A. Brady, president of the, : National Association of the Motion • Picture Industry, noted producer of' legitimate and screen plays, in an 1 interview with a representative ot'| the Harrisburg Telegraph this morn ing at the Penn-Harris Hotel. Mr. | Brady was answering the question,: i Continued on Page 5.] J i WEALTHY WOMAN LEADS STRIKERS l.awrcncc. Mass., March 21. The striking textile workers were led in their picketing of the mill district at the opening hours to day by Mrs. Glen dower Evans, a wealthy resident of Brookline. She was on tile picket lines at 5.8(1 A. M. and headed a large crowd of strikers in a patrol of the mill gates for two hours. There were no disorders. Mrs. Evans, who is a stockholder in the Arlington mills, which are involved in the strike, said sin; would continue her active inter est in the striking employes. FRESHMEN HAVE HARD FIGHT TO DINE IN PEACE j Lebanon Valley Sophomores I Fail in Effort to Stop Annual Feast Attempts on the part of upper classmen to frurftraftj plans of the j , freshmen class of T.ebanon Valley | College for their first annual ban- j j quet at the Penn-Harrls Hotel last! night led to interference on the part j of the management of the hotel, and internecine strife on the part of the j class. It is said four freshmen were I | captured in the meelee. j It is said the upper classmen first : attempted to balk plans for the auto! j party from Annviile, the college town. : jto Harrisburg. When these plans | fai'ed the men in higher classes tried ! to keep the advance guard of the , freshmen away from entering the J ] hotel. Complaint was made to thel ( hotel authorities and it was onl;. 1y I i timely interference, that Harrisburg I missed the opportunity of seeing a j genuine free-for-all college scrap. i , The banquet was held at the I'enn l Harris. Harrisburg, last night. Of- J [Continued oil Page 10.] Spectacular Fire Destroys Building in Johnstown By Associated Press i Johnstown. Pa., March 21.—Two! ; firemen were injured, one probably | | fatally, three others were overcome j jby smoke and three families res ; cued early to-day when a spcctacu- | lar fire destroyed an apartment • i building in Walnut street. The loss ' j was estimated at $150,000. Offices i !of the American Railway Express j Company and National Baking Com- j j pany, on the first floor, were destroy ed. Fire Chief l.ogun Keller, while i attempting to rescue a man from > Ithe roof, fell, suffering internal in- I juries. He was not expected to live. ' J REVENUE BUREAU ! PLANS TO PROBE | FRAUD IN TAXES | j Investigation Into Conduct of Income Advisers Is to Be Made by Attorneys ISy Associated Press Washington, March 21. —Fraud or misrepresentation by private income tax advisers in many cities has been '! reported by revenue officers, it was ■ j learned to-day. and investigations jnre to be made by United States at torneys. Prosecutions are probable J in a number of cases. | Private tax advisers reaped a har vest last week, according to the re ! ports, during the rush of citizens to ' file their income returns. The ad- I risers opened offices and by adver. ' [ tisl riff, drew thousands of persons to . them. Revenue officials charge that I many of them were guilty of illegal j practices in leading citizens to be j lieve that their offices were branches :of the revenue collectors' organiza j tions and in aiding taxpayers in I making out false or misleading re turns. , Practice Ts Widespread Revenue bureau officials said to day their reports indicated the prac tice was widespread, although they had not yet compiled a list of cities from Which reports came, to be re ferred to the Department of Justice. Officials also explained that the erlt- J iclsm did not, refer to banks and re- I putable business institutions which j gave great aid to the revenue au thorities in spreading correct infor ! mation on the tax system. To make repetition of this condi tion impossible next year, Internal | Revenue Commissioner Roper plans j to build up an organization of thou -1 sands of volunteers to be given class j instruction on tax regulations for | dissemination to taxpayers. Neigh j borhood headquarters will be main ' tained to aid citizens ,in making out • returns, and many more centers for paying the tax will be established I than were maintained this year. Must Be Made Easy to Pay | "it must be made as easy to pay I taxes as to buy postage stamps," said ! Mr. Roper. "The congestion prevail | ing at collectors' offices this year I will have to lie eliminated." Mercuries Only Restless, Say Western Union Chiefs I By Associated Press Xcw York. March 21.—Western • Union officials professed to-day not j to regard seriously tile strike called j yesterday by 800 messengers who demand three instead of two , and ! one-half cents for each message de livered. The effect upon the com pany's service was declared to he 'negligible, and one official said: I "These youngsters simply became restless. They'll take a couple of J holidays and then they will be back." HOTEL MEN TO I KEEP BARS OPEN ; AFTER JULY 1 •Will Figlil Proliibition aiitl' War Order to Hie Last 1 Ditch | DETAILS NOT ANNOUNCED | Able Legal Talent Km ployed by Pennsylvania Lit|uor Men to Defend Booze 1 , | There will be no general Hosing 1 ,of saloons in llurrisburg July 1. it' j was learned to-day although hotel I owners were loath to discuss their j plans to light to the last ditch pro-i | liibltion and the war measure signed i ; last fall by the President which calls ; for the discontinuance of sale of in- i I toxicating liquors after that date for l ! the "duration of the war." j It was impossible this morning to j I get any responsible liotel man to I I outline what course will be taken! j here but it was admitted that the! saloonmen have talked the matter! j over in some detail. The plan appar-! | ently is to hold their organizations I | together with at least the sale of; beer until the liquor association can | test the constitutionality of the pro | hibiticn amendment. Says There Is No 141 w Mitch store was set here to-day by j the hotel men in the statement is sued by Oeorge W. Borgner, a Phila j delphia brewer, whose product ls ; 'handled liere at the better bars. Says j Mr. Bergner: j "A general impression prevails 1 that the manufacture of beer is pro- j ; hibitcd by some law. This is wholly I ian error. Xo legal definition exists, I jwherebj- the percentage is detenu- j ! itted or manufacture of beer pro . hibitcd. We could make it with ten [Continued oil Page 18.] ITAIJY GETS NEW CREDIT By Associated J'rcss Washington, March 21.—An addi-j j tional credit of $75,000,000 was given I I Italy to-day by the Treasury De- I partment, bringing the Italian loans) •up to $1,496,500,000 and the total | ! of credits to all allied nations to $B, j 1-932,410,660. > <3* v T t |4 * •J £ i i- • i <4 *f 4 ♦* .l! *** <*** 4. "J* £ 1 ; til •* i I? I i *!• ! i <=*♦ t t T 4 v m * T ,t T , t j 4 • 1f > t > * >■ * ± |4 >• * *f* '> T * ► I* ? r * * • ♦ i 'i t v -... :: -:i t * * J J BAKER RETPUE j* • Chair # € I ► 1 .lr it * * r controversy about arn 1 ' <* i t I ystem ic if. j - ( * X I ► t' l | j A 00,00 * 4* ■" —— • p ± w. :: 4| Mown Baltimore. Front s. • ► P Peter Ivkovlr nnd Marie 1,. Prn)ei, . . i . . y Mary K, Urtionlßnl, Han-inborn * DUNBAR'S SLAYER DIES IN IRONS IN ELECTRIC CHAIR # Taken to His Death Manacled and Under Heavy Guard KILLED HARRISBI'HG MAM Fought to the Last in Effort to Cheat Stale of Its Penally l-'or tlie murder of William E. ! Dunbar, formerly of this city. Gio vanni Kerrnro, paid the den in pcti ! alty at Sing Sing prison. New York.' ■ shortly before midnight. His exe ; cution was tiie first one In thirty ' years in which a convict was led to | tlie electric chair in Sing Sing prison j with liis wrists handcuffed together land with extra guards walking on \ each side of him to prevent him in : .hiring himself of trying to murder - a keeper. j Dunbar was a graduate of Central High school and a son of William 1 11. Dunbar, former stationmaster of I the Pennsylvania railroad In this | city. He was a brother-in-law of I Mercer 15. Tate, of this city. Hfs | murder occurred at Farmersville, X. ! Y., eighteen months ago. Bit Oil' Keeper's Finger Extiaordinary precautions were I taken during Fcrraro's progress I from the deathhouse through the lit- I tie green door and into the electric ! chair, because only two days ago ! lie tried to escape from tlie death- I house—and before be was subdued I be had stabbed one keeper with a ! dagger which lie had fashioned from ; a hit of metal plate, and had bit j ten off another keeper's finger. Af ter lie had been beaten into submis- I sion lie had been locked in solitary [Continued on Page 18.J PUEI.AN ASKS JAP PROBE W.i/ Associated f'rrss Washington, March 21.—At tlio ; request of Senator Phelan. of Cali- I fornia. the State Department is in | quiring into a report that Japanese j fishing interests have been granted j concessions on the west coast of j Mexico. Operations of Mexican, | American and Japanese fishermen the Mexican coast have been a ' source of controversy for years.
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