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LXXXVIII— NO. 70 iff PAGES a,*!i2!Ba4"" .lAKKISBURG. PA MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1919. "SSo SeSS* HOME EDITION
SUPREME WAR COUNCIL TO ACT QUICKLY
AS HUNGARIAN REDS SEIZE POWER AND
THREATEN TO WAGE WAR ON THE ALLIES
Teutons May
Be Behind
Alliance
PREMIERS MEET
TO QUELL REDS
Polish Troops to Be 1
Dispatched to
Danzig
By Associated Press
question of the bar-j
rier which the Peace
Conference intended to
meet against the spread of
Bolshevism into the former
Central Powers has come sharp
ly to the front as a result of the
situation in Hungary, where
Bolshevik elements have seized
the power and declared that a
state of war exists between
ilunhary and the Entente
powers.
1 'rentiers Culled to Confer
Premiers of tlie allied states -were
railed to meet in special session in
Paris at 3 o'clock this afternoon and
it was reported tnat important mil
itary differences might be taken at
the meeting: of the Supreme Council
in Hungary and Poland. Premier
I'lemenceau and Foreign Minister
I'lchon had a long conference Sun
rlay regarding Hungary and Paris
newspapers indicate that action look
ing to military movements was
taken.
Hermany May Bo Instigator
Paris newspaper writers sec the
situation as calling for military ac
tion. They express tlie belief that
Germany may be behind the move
ment for the purpose of defeating
the work of tlie Peace Conference.
Some commentators in London sec
iho Hungarian situation as partly
tlie result of the delay of the Peace
conference in bringing about pre
liminary peace.
Courier Hoes to Moscow
A report through Switzerland to
I'aris says that Karl Kautsky, an in
lopendent Socialist, lias been sent to
Moscow by Count Von Brockdorff-
Kantzau, the German foreign min
ster, to inquire into the question
it' closer relations between Ger
many and the Soviet government.
Rioting is reported to have occur
"ed in Budapest, but there is no re
iable information regarding the cn
• nte troops which have been in
Hungary for several months. Two
Krench divisions are at Budapest and
Serbian and Rumanian troops are
ivailable for use in Hungary should
heir services be needed. Tlie ex
romist element in Hungary is said to
ie in absolute control and has been
n wireless communication with
'remier Lenine at Moscow. In addi
ion it has called on the workers of
I'ljoining countries to rise against
heir governments.
Poles to Go to Danzig
It is understood in Paris, accord
ng to one report that the three Pol
sh divisions in France will be sliip
•t at once to Danzig. The allied
liroposal to use Danzig as the port
if debarkation for these troops was
>ne of the main causes for the
i leaking off by the Germans of ne
gotiations with the allied commis
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WHEN THE BOYS
COME HOME
If you have a boy or husband
in the Twenty-eighth or Seventy
ninth Divisions or other unit of
tlie Army, in the Marine Corps
or the Navy, if at home or "over
there," we want you to join the
Home Folks Victory Association
to take part in the Welcome
Home Reception and Parade that
will be held in the near future.
Benefit to defray expenses,
t'hestnut Street Auditorium. Mon
day, April 28. Fill In and mail
this coupon.
Name
Street
Sue K. Long, Secretary,
1113 North Front St.
Harrisburg, Pa.
I THE WEATHER
For lfnrrlbur£ nml vicinity: Fnlr
to-nlixht nml Tuc.sdayi not ntuHi
chtinicc In temperature: lowent
to-niplit about 3N ilcfcrcoM.
For FuMtera Peaa>lvanl i Fnlr
io-nlulit and Tuesday: not much
din aire in temperature; ffre*h #
north%\c*t winds.
Itlver
The *uquchiinnn river and all MM
triliiiturlcM will eontlaae to fall
slowly. A Mtaue of about 5.7
feet IM Indicated for lliirrl*turic
I ntvsday morning;
The Russian Excursion Into Utopia
"when Do we )
PUT ON THE \
MOTHER LEAVES |
BABY AT HOTEL
AND GOES AWAY
'
j Returns After Five Hours to '
Find Police Looking
For Her
j After leaving her five-nionth-old !
| baby girl at the St. James' Hotel :
! at 0.30 this morning while she went
to York, a woman who registered j
j fheie as Mrs. Leon Huinmei, of j
: Harrisburg, returning about 11 |
| o'clock to claim the child, did not ■
I succeed until mid-afternoon in huv- !
\ ing tlie infant returned to her by j
| the Associated Aid Society who bail
I been given custody of it.
j The woman came to tlie hotel and
' registered there last night. This j
i morning she went out for breakfast I
| tlie employes thought, and when I
i she had not returned until tlie mid- |
| die of the morning it was thought. I
! she hail deserted the child and tlie I
i Harrisburg police department was i
| notified.
! When she left the hotel this morn
' ing. she said that she expected to go
to York, but did not say anything
j about leaving the child alone. So,
! when she returned this morning she
was notified at the hotel that the
child had been turned over to the
I police and in turn been given into
I the hands of the Associated Aid j
| Society.
TO INITIATE "CEDARS"
Harrisburg Forest, No. 43, Tall
Cedars of Lebanon, will be organ
ized to-morrow evening in the
Chestnut Street Auditorium at 7.30
o'clock. Initiation ceremonies will
be conducted by members of the
i Lancaster Lodge of the organisa
tion.
A. S. PAYNE FINDS FIRST
ARBUTUS OF THE SPRING
Local Naturalist Who Specializes in Hepaticas Sets Up New
Mark For Rivals to Shoot At
A. S. Payne, 1709 Market street, is
the claimant of the honor of being
the first man i" Harrlsburg to fiml a
perfect specimen of arbutus in the
mountains north of the city. Air.
Payne returned Saturday from a long
toui- of the ranges and valleys north
of Hockville with the bloom. • To
Payne also belongs the rather di
vided honor of finding the first hepu
i
AUSTRIA GLAD
TO SEE HUNGARY
JOIN BOLSHEVISTS
By Associated Press.
Copenhagen, March 24.—The
communists of Vienna held a
meeting of sympathy with the
proletariat dictatorship in Hun
gary on Sunday morning, accord
ing to a Vienna dispatch to-day.
Tlie demonstration developed into
a manifestation against the En
tente. There was no disturbance
of tlie peace, the dispatch de
clares.
DRIVE TO CLOTHE
REFUGEES BEGUN
BY RED CROSS
No Garment Too Old For!
Thousands Left Desti
tute by the War
The Red Cross campaign for tlie col
lection of clothing for the destitute
sufferers in the allied countries of Eu
rope, and also for Palestine, began this
morning when a receiving station was
opened in the Donaldson building.
"Bundle up your bundle" is the slogan.
The rooms formerly occupied by tlie
automobile division of the State High
way Department will be used through
| the courtesy of George A. Shreiner, su
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j tica, several other local naturalists
' taking care that he did not got all
I the credit by putting in rival claims.
According to Mr./Payne this is
' the earliest tlie wild arbutus has
I been found there. He partic.ualrly
asks that southern shipped and hot
house grown flowers be eliminated.'
1 Hast year he found a perfect speci
; men April 1.
MIGHTY TRUCKS
TAKE PLACE OF
; PLEASURE CARS
Hif Auto Show Now Devoletl
to Machines Designed
FOP Industry
Tlie immensity ol' the auto truck
| activity in America is vividly illus
| trated in the magnilicent exhibit at
j the Overland ware-rooms, Twcnty
| sixth and Dcrry streets, which open
! Ed at 10 o'clock sharp, this morn- |
ing, us a continuation of the pas
senger ear show which concluded
Saturday evening with its record un- j
• preccdented lor sales and attend- j
I ance. Some of the glitter was lack- I
| ing to-day when twenty-three
, brands of trucks, representing the
! last word in American ingenuity,
] were steered in cautiously and ac
! c.irately, each taking its allotted po
! sition on the spacious floor. But,
' such is their important mission and
! so attractively were they painted
land festooned that the gay, luxuri- 1
oi s passenger car seemed trilling to
! these who want a motor for busi
j ness.
The last cars to get in were Den-
I by ti ucks, three of them, which ar
j rived after a fast trip from Detroit.
! The manager in charge breathed a
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5 to 7 Years For Thugs
Who Shot Highspire Man
I Hammond Gregory, convicted on
! a charge of shooting it. W. Lerch, a
! liquor dealer of Highspire, with tlie
, j intent to rob him, was given a peni
| tentiary sentence of front live to
i seven years by President Judge
George Ivunkel to-day. Lawrence
Brown, also convicted in this case, is
being held for trial in connection
with the Lacob murder in Steelton.
Charles C. Stroh, who with several
other men is in the river coal busi
ness here, was ordered to pay $22
a week for the support of his wife
and daughter, Helen. Mrs. Stroh
testified on the witness stand that
her husband had provided for her
until a few months ago, when ho be
! gan paying attentions to another
j woman. Stroh denied the charge and
| accused his wife of being 100 sus
! picious.
Late Saturday afternoon the jury
in the libel suit against Adeline
Knode acquitted her and divided the
costs between her and the prose
i cutrix Bertha Bretz.
Czech-Slovak
Army Sent
to Battle
MASARYK QUITS
AS PRESIDENT
Delay in Making
Peace Given As
Cause of Revolt
By Associated Press
Copenhagen. Mar. 24. A
Czecho-Slovak army has been
sent against Hungary, accord
ing to an official report re
ceived in Vienna and for
warded here.
T. G. Masaryk. the presi
• dent of Czecho-Slovakia, has
! resigned, according to a re
! port received from Berlin.
London, Mar. 24.—A Bol
i shevik army of seventy thou
sand men has crossed the
( river Dniester south of Lem
! berg, according to a Zurich
dispatch received in Paris and
forwarded by the Exchange
j Telegraph Company. The
| army is said to be command
ed by Major Georgy and to
| be composed mainly of Hun
garians and Bulgarians who
were prisoners of war in Rus
sia. 5
London, Mar. 24. The
Hungarian revolution and the
reported alliance of the new
government with the Russian
| Soviet, which is considered s
here as a grave menace to
i Europe, has given rise to new
j criticisms here of delays in
: the Peace Conference pro
• ceedings. The Globe re-fer
| ring to the situation in Hun
! Gary, says:
"That is tlie natural conse
quence ol' the tlelay of the
peace conference in making
i peace and If the delay contin
ues we will have worse conse
quences still. Making this (lis
cussion of the league covenant
before even a preliminary pence
has lieen reached simply en
courages the spread or the Bol
shevik: disease and gives our
chief enemy opisirtuiUties for
intrigues"
Berlin, March 2 4.—A special dis
patch to tlie Frelheit announces tlie
disarmament of Entente troops at
Budapest, it is unconfirmed, how
ever, anil appears questionable.
Recent events at Budapest were
not the result of the Entente note
outlining tiic new bou tdury l".
tweon Hungary anil Ruiranla,, ac
cording Hj the Vossisoho Zeitung,
wl;ich says Hie situation Hiere v.as
hopeless 1-trove t • note was iloliv
j crcd. ' "f-mmunlf-ls were unemploy
| ed and have been ignored by the
socialist ministers, according to the
I newspapers.
Mass demonstrations began last
! Wednesday, when demands were
j made that every employed person
i received live hundred crowns for re
i lief, besides payment of house rent
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Child Eats Bichloride
I of Mercury Tablet
Catherine Brbwnman, 1 -year-old
daughter of Randolph Brownman,
i 121 Dock street, is in the Harris
-1 burg Hospital, as a result of swal-
I lowing a bichloride of mercury tab
j lets on Saturday. Her condition is
I reported us being good, it is not
known how she secured tlie tablet.
BUYS NEW BAKERY
j The West Shore Bakery ,of I.c
moyne, has purchased the Wieder
• recht Bakery, of South Plum street,
! Lancaster, a Lancaster paper an
i nounces. Possession will be given
Jon April 1.
HUNDREDS SEE CONVERTS
BAPTIZED IN SUSQUEHANNA
Half Dozen Men and Women Immersed in Riling Cold
Water by Head of Gospel Mission
Hundreds of people lined the
shore of the Susquehanna, river at
the foot of verbeke street yesterday
afternoon to witness the ceremony
of baptizing a half dozen converts
of the Gospel Herald Mission So
ciety, which has its headquarters in
the hall over the Rroad street mar
kethouse. There was a sharp wind
and the water was cold.
One of the converts, a man, save
way to his emotion in the water and
MANY HOMES ARE
ENDANGERED BY i
MOUNTAIN FIRE
Ten Thousand Acres and,
Much Valuable Timber
Is Burned
HUNDREDS FIGHT FIRE
High Wind Drives Flames
Rapidly Towards Small
Town
Winds, snitching front the
southwest to the north, will
save the village of Tolnnd,
which lias ltccn threatened by
the big forest lire burning a j
several mile-wide path in the |
South mountains.- Lite latest j
theory advanced as to the i>rol>- i
able cause of the lire is that it I
was caused by lighted matches j
carelessly thrown about by
arbutus hunters.
Ten thousands acres of timber- j
land, much valuable cut lumber and j
a few outbuildings have been con-/
sumed on the South Mountains, be- j
tween Mount Holly Springs and Red j
Tank, about eight miles from Car- 1
lisle, in one of Hie fiercest fires Cen
tral Pennsylvania has known for J
years.
The lire, which started on Satur- j
day afternoon, is advancing rapidly |
over some of the best tiniberland of j
the section and tho destruction of
Tolund, a thirty-house village, occu- |
pied by employes of the Pbiladel- j
pliia clay works, and of Gardner's |
Farm, a. hamlet of six dwelling \
houses, is threatened. Fire lighters. I
to the number of almost a half- j
thousand, ure hard at work lo slay j
the advances of tlie conflagration. |
Itlazc Started Saturday
Hundreds of men have fought the i
flames almost continuously since j
Saturday afternoon when they were
first discovered. The main lire broke I
out between 1 and 2 o'clock and since |
then two smaller blazes have been |
discovered, but thus far the damage I
caused by the fires has been incon- j
sequential.
All day yesterday and until early .
this morning an army of fire fighters J
were hard at work to stop the on- ]
slaughts of the blaze. At 2 o'clock i
this morning it was believed to lie j
under control and most of tlie j
wearied men were permitted to go j
J to their homes.
Winds Stirs Flames
This morning, however, us the ;
wind freshened, the llanies not en- j
tireiy extinguished, grew, and the
smoldering embers again broke into j
flames, and a call was again issued i
for every person available to assist,
in tlie work. Fire Warden J. It.
Williams, of Pine Grove, lias been
on the scene almost continuously di
recting the men in their work and
is in active charge to-day.
The cause of the tire at this time
has not. been definitely determined.
The most plausible theory advanced
l and one that is receiving general ac
ceptance is that sparks from a pass
ing engine on the Pennsylvania Rail
road line, formerly tlie old Phila
delphia and Reading line, tired the
rapidly drying leaves and other ma
terial which cover the tiniberland.
Loss Is Heavy'
Residents of the section declare
that the ravages of this fire are
greater than any that lias occurred
within the past score of years. The
estimate that ten thousand acres had
been burned by 10.30 (his morning,
is believed lo be quite conservative,
jin this territory much valuable
j timber lias been felled and much of
i this lias already been consumed.
.D W. Sunday, of Middlesex, was
' one of tlie heaviest losers thus far.
, He has thus far been able to make
| no accurate estimate of his loss.
As yet none of tlie State timber
j land in the section has been touched
i by tlie blaze, but unless tlie Humes
| are speedily checked, it is prac
' tically certain ihat some of it will
| be reached within the next several
i Hours. One of the smaller tires is
I burning near Hunter's Run, but this
i is on timberland that was burned
over about five years ago and little
! "eal damage bus resulted, although
a considerable area lias been cov-
I ertd.
Good Will Retreats in
Good Order When Called
to See Street Accident
j Harrisburg firemen are orten call
led upon to do startling tilings but
[the tloo dWill Hose Company claims
j the belt for things unique. This
j morning a trolley car hit a delivery
! truck of th Atlantic Refining Com
pany at Sixth and Harris streets. Im
! mediately some excited spectator
summoned the fire laddies to lend a
! hand. Finding their chemical truck
! of no avail, the fire fighters retreat
jed in good order.
I Oil from the truck covered the
|.street and boys with buckets saved
i large quantities.
a reclaimed woman found the chilly
river almost too much for her
strength.
There was bright sunshine over
head, but a touch of frost in the air
clearly made the immersions less
comfortable than the spectators
thought they should be. The cere
mony occupied the geater, part of an
hour and scores of peoplex stop
ped in their walk in the River Park
to witness the baptisms.
■
CHEAPER FOOD
IS PREDICTED !
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 24.—Cheap
! er food in the near future was
predicted to-day by Chairman
Peek, of the Department of Com
merce industrial board, as a re
' suit of a conference with food
! administration officials in New
[ York.
| Mr. Peek said there had been
! general misunderstanding of a
recent statement by Mr. Hoover
thut wheat might go to $3.50 a
bushel, and added that the bil
| lion-dollar grain appropriation
was made by Congress to enable
; the public to get wheat prod
ucts at reasonable prices, as well
I as to make good the guarantee to
. the producer.
With wheat prices reasonable.
' Mr. Peek said, reasonable prices
of other products could be ex
i pected, because wheat was the
barometer of the food trade.
ASSESSMENTS IN
LOWER PAXTON
I SAID EQUITABLE
Majority Commissioners Sat
isfied of Fairness of He
turns After Hearing
j After more tliun two hours of dis
j cussion of assessments in Lower Pa
x ton township in the presence of
John K. linger, the assessor, and a
| number of property owners. County
I Commissioners C. ('. (tumbler and
! 11. M. -Stine.declared they were con
j vinced the valuations as fixed for
I the district were fair and equitable,
and passed a resolution approving
them, Commissioner 11. i'. Wells
I voting against it.
| The special session to-day was
| called as a result of the appeal from
| the assessment of the lletrick farm
j along the State highway. It had
| been reported that this farm was
j only assessed for SO,OOO, but the
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J FORMER EMPEROR GOES TO SWITZERLAND . j*
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| <Jm lldnard A. ('handler, Jr.. Ilnltlmorr, Mil., and Udllk U. Dcancy.
f Holllnu Spring*: Paul K. Sncllhiikrr, ConrniiKo towaxhlp, and I.la- "
"j *' J. Mlllrr. Kant Mound Adam 11. Krlrit and Mnry H. Ilrntwl, Har- a
JL rlxburici Harold K. Mohith, llarrl*huru , and Mary M. Thrush.
T Hlahaplrri jamm Mcl.ahold. Plxhrrvlllr, nnd Klalr V. Mlllrr, IJrlt-
<* richt I rnnr. t*. l'lin<-nl>iiußh, York county, nnd Plnn A. Hrcnnrman, M
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T-.f gy y y ■t"i | xy 11 tttttiufy"
SPORTSMEN JOIN
TO KEEP HUNTING
GROUNDS OPEN
Slate-Wide - Movement Begun
to Prevent Closing of
Mountain Lands
I BLAME FOR BIG HOLDERS*
| Would Bar Public From Ben
| efits of Streams Stocked
by the State
I A State-wide movement to prevent
I large individual landowners from
I closing woods and streams that have
i been stocked by the State to hunters
and fishermen, has been started by
the Uykens and Williams Valley
Game and Fish Protective Associa
tion, Lykens.
In a letter mailed to-day to- sports
men's associations throughout Penn
sylvania, J. Allen Barrett, secretary
of the upper-end club, calls atten
tion to growing tendencies to
close the fine hunting and ttshinft
grounds adjoining game preserves
and culls attention to the effort now
being made by a big corporation to
I close the famous Clark's Valley road
I between Dauphin and Tower City
| which runs through one of the best
: hunting and fishing places in this
section of the State.
Mr. Barrett is a sportsman who
, has taken an active part in the tight
ito prevent the closing of this big
| tract and in many other activities
■ of the big upper-end organization.
Associated with him in tlte present
I campaign is it. K. Butiington, an^
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Settlement Likely in
British R. R. Dispute
By Associated Press
Ignition, March 2 4.—-Another long
i conference was held at the Board
j of Trade yesterday in an endeavor to
| arrive sit a solution of the dispute of
(the railway men. It failed of its
object und was adjourned until to-
I day.
! it is understood that the negotia-
I lions are proceeding smoothly and
that there is a prospect of a settle
ment of the matter.