Allies Repulse Infantry Attacl of Bolsheviks on Vega Front; Reds Lose Heavily in Bitter lRi r HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M. ®jc JStoc-3n&c|)cn&cnt. ' LXXXVIII NO. 75 16 PAGES i! ARRISBURG, PA SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1919. OSL KS„TH=.v P sr BIN T §2S? HOME EDITION SURVEY WORK ON SUSQUEHANNA IS TO START SOON Col. J. J. Loving Confers With Congressmen Krcidcr and driest SPEED STRONGLY URGED Arniv Officers Trained in Work to Direct Engineers at Earliest Possible Date A survey of the Susquehanna river i o:n tidewater to Harrisburg. in or der to determine the navigability of the river, now is receiving the atten tion of Col. J. J. Loving, of the reg ular army, who is in charge of the United States engineer office, 309 Customs House, 13altimore. Two Pennsylvania Congressmen, W. W. driest, of Lancaster, who introduc ed the bill to authorize the survey which Congress subsequently adopt ed, and A. S. Kreider, of the Harris burg district, who lias given the mat ter considerable attention, were in consultation with Coonel Loving. Previously they had an audience with Major General Black and Brig tuiier General Taylor, of the en gineering bureau of the War Depart ment at Washington, and by direction of Major General Black, the conduct of the survy was placed in the hands of Colonel Loving, in whose district tlie Susquehanna river is located. The Pennsylvania Congressmen urged that the program for the sur vey he determined expeditiously. Colonel Loving assured the Congress men that In view of the fact that Congress had authorized the survey and the money had been appropriat ed, that the work would be proceed ed with at the earliest practicable date. The Congressmen promised to fur nish Colonel Loving without delay a large amount of information whleh had been gathered by engineers and others through many years of obser "♦ -\atlon and examination of the Sus quehanna river, which data had come into their possession through the courtesy of interested parties. General Taylor Informed the Con gressmen that the work would be performed entirely by officers of the regular army, who were educated and specially trained and hail great experience in work of this character. After the War Department has de termined whether or not it is pos sible to make the Susquehanna river navigable between the points desig nated. and at what cost, a report containing the facta and such recom mendations as are deemed proper will be made to Congress, and it will then I'e up to Congress to take fur ther notion ns is practicable. If tlw report of the engineering bureau of the War Department iR favorable, Mr. Griest and Mr. Kreider coincid ed in the opiniop that there would he little difficulty in securing furthet necessary action by Congress. Boy Scouts of America to Burn Bonfires Upon Signing of Peace Pact By Associated Press, Now York. March 29.—The sug gestion of Sir Robert Baden-Powell, head of the British Boy Scouts, that the millions of Boy Scouts throughout the world celebrate the signing of peace by a world-round i haln of bonfires, has been adopted by the Boy Scouts of America. First Half of New Week to Be Fair; Rain at Close By Associated Fress. Washington, March 29.—Weather predictions for tlie week beginning Monday, issued by the Weather Bu reau to-day are: Pair tirst hulf. unsettled and pro ithly rains latter half of week; low temperature beginning of week fol lowed by warmer by Tuesday and above normal temperature there after. Coxey Would Call Army as Protest Against Prohibition New York. March 29.—"General" Jacob Sechier Coxey, commander of the Coxey's Army of Unemployed which marched on Washington In 1894, toid the Central Federated Union at 4ts meeting last night that if need be ho would call a second "army," this time of 10 per cent of the citizens of the United States, to march to the capital In protest against national prohibition. HENRY B. MeCORMICK TO REMODEL HOME W. S. Miller, contractor for Henry M. McCormick, took out a building permtt to-day at the office of In spector James H. GGrove, for the construction of an addition to the McCormick home. 305 North Front street, to cost $lB,OOO. It is under stood the new portion of the home will be used for library purposes. THE WEATHER For llnrrlohurg and vlclnltyi Fair, continued cold to-night, with lon rat tempera tare ahout ,1.1 dr. greet Sunday fair and nnrmer. For lOaatrrn Pennsylvania; Fair to-night and Sunday; rising temperature Sunday; northwest gales diminishing to-night. Rtver The main river will rise slowly thla afternoon and to-night and begin to tall alowly Sunday or Sunday night. All branches will fall or remain nearly stationary except the lower part of the North Hrnneh, which will rlae to-night. A stage of abont U.S feet la Indicated for llarrlsburg Sunday morning. Wanted—To Exchange An Over-Supply of "Exports" With n l/ot of Ideas For New Governments, Wlio Are Dissatisfied Here— r '"L " lot " f Hovs Wll<> K '" v a Goo<l n""!? When Tl.cy See It and Are Anxious to Get Buck li™,^ ONE WHOLE HOUR TO BE STOLEN FROM CITY'S LIFE Only Confusion of Daylight Saving Will Result Be fore Midnight One hour less sleep to-morrow morning is what the daylight sav ing law means for the average Har risburger. Those who do not get up in time for church, as a rule crawl from their down couches in time for their mid-day meals and these inci dentals of life will be conducted by "clock time" rather than by actual time: so when a neighbor appears sleepier than usual to-morrow, Mr. and Mrs. Harrisburger should not wonder. At exactly two o'clock to-morrow morning the daylight saving law. which was so popular in Harrisburg and among other "clock time' work ers last year, will again become ef fective for another seven months. On the last Sunday of October the lost hour will be restored when all the clocks of the nation will be turned back sixty minutes. Many of the clocks in the Capitol already are one hour faster than the timepieces of most of us, for Joseph Pyne, the official clock winder there, has some 750 clocks to care for and he has already started to advineethe hands. Numbers of others will move watches and clocks forward to-night at ten o'clock in accordance with the proclamation of Mayor Daniel L. Keister. who makes the suggestion to avoid confusion concerning the bill because of the time when it provides for the moving ahead of the clocks. . Whistles on industrial plants will whistle and bells will sound at the time suggested by the Mayor to re mind city people of the measure. So, if husbands arrive home with their timepieces showing one hour later than "curfew" in that home early in the morning, wives shall have no cause to scold. But though some of the Capitol clocks show advanced time, the em ployes to-day did not stop working earlier than usual by thi actual time, and city bars and other establishments will not close one hour earlier as a result of the Mayor's proclamation. Everything will be conducted on the old schedule until two o'clock. Hurricane Puts Sapinero Out of Commission Oversea London, March 29.—The Ameri can steamer Sapinero was towed into Plymouth on Friday evening after having been disabled at sea in a hurricane. A part of her cargo was jettizoned to save her from foundering. 'f ' N . LETTER TO THE EDITOR ' Dear Sir: Down with Mayor Keister! He has issued a proclamation calling upon Harrisburgers to move the clocks up at 10 o'clock this eve ning, instead of 2 o'clock to-mor row morning. It is' evident that the Mayor is a married man. Has he no thought for the fel lows who are not married, and to whom Saturday night is "girl night?" Why should Adam and Eve skip an hour in each other's company? I wonder how the Mayor "gets I that way." A Saturday Night Romeo. \ , > VICTORY FROLIC PLANNED TO AID NURSERY HOME Local Talent to Represent the Kaiser and His Aids in "Hades Quartet"' Harrisburg talent will be present ed in a Victory Frolic at the Or pheum theater Saturday afternoon and evening, April 26, for the bene fit of the Nursery Home. The enter tainment promises to be one of the best ever staged in the city. Kaiser Bill, commonly known as "Bustering Bill" Hohenzollern, will | sing his swan son. The kaiser will be present at the afternoon and even ing performances, according to an nouncement made to-day. With Hohenzollern will be his son, Willie, Von Turpentine, the Pirate King, Von Windybag, the Hun gen eral and the far-famed Hades quar tet. The appearance of the Kaiser !n Harrisburg will be his first and last public appearance since the armi stice was signed, announcements say. Special music and dances presenting the allies in happy mood, will also be given. Mrs. Dutch Cleanser, in a spe- I oially written song, will tell how to clean up Harrisburg. and a chorus of scrub girls is scheduled to dem onstrate her principles. A country fiddler, a group of Irish jiggers and a winsome colleen who will sing a new song, will represent Ireland. Auld Scotland is to be represented by bonnie lassies and braw laddies. Cuba will send some of her famous dancers. Egypt will send a dark skinned dancer and a slave will be in attendance. These are some of the specialties l already scheduled for the Victory I Frolic. j YANKS OVERSEAS HEAR RANKS ARE TOGETNEWMEN Third Army Headquarters Re -1 ceives News of Pending Call For 50,000 Volunteers Coblenz, March 29. The an nouncement by the War Department of its intention to send from the United States volunteers enlisted for use in re placing members of the permanent army of occupation who desire to leave the service reached Third Army headquar ters to-day. The announcement was made by the department to allay unrest among the regular army divisions which are due for replacements and which contain a large per centage of men who volun teered for the duration of the war, and among national guardsmen who are eager to return home as soon as pos sible. A plan is also being worked out for the segregation into the regular army divisions of the army of occupation of regular officers and such other officers as desire to remain in the regular army service. The department, by this means, contemplates relieving as soon as feas ible those reserve and National Guard officers who desire to return to the United States for business or other reasons. TUGS HURRY TO AID OF STRICKEN SCHOONER Miami, Fla., March 29.—Tugs left here to-day in answer to S. O. S. calls from the schooner Francis Ely, in distress three miles off Miami. The schooner was reported drifting helpless, with a'l masts snapped, as the result of a collision with the schooner Nevascan, which also was reported in distress. NAME OF LADY NICOTINE NOT LINKED WITH BARLEYCORN'S W\ C. T. U. and Anti-Saloon League Arc Not Excited Enough Over Soothing Effects of Time-Honored Weed Devotees of Lady Nicotine in Har risburg who were visibly perturbed over reports from Chicago that the Anti-Cigaret league whose forces were dissipated by war work activi ties hud reorganized and were about to sally forth to squash and squelch the filty weed, have been unneces sarily exercised it developed to-day. Officers of the W. C. T. U., the Anti-Saloon League and the Pro hibition party who took an active part in seeing the John Barleycorn's death knell was properly sounded, announced that they have no Inten COUNCIL TO HELP MOTHERS OF 28TH TO REVIEW Mayor to Apply For Grand stand Privilege For Phila delphia Pageant TO BE GUESTS OF HONOR Women Who Wear the Gold Star to Receive First Consideration Mothers of the boys from Harris burg who will parade with the Twenty-eighth Division as part of the big home-coming reception to that unit to he given in Philadel phia late in May, may have an op portunity to view their sons swing ing down Broad street from places in the big stands to be erected in that city. Mayor D. L. Keister announced lie will communicate with Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, and the other offi cials in charge of the celebration in that city, asking what arrangements should he made here to provide H place for any mothers from Harris burg who want to go to see the pa rade. Philadelphia councils appro priated $lOO,OOO for the big recep tion, part of which will be spent for the construction of a gigantic i stand to seat the thousands of i mothers of the returning boys and ! also the mothers of the brave heroes of tlie division who died in serv ice. Mayor Keister said he will ascer tain what arrangements must he | made and if any councilmanic action i is necessary here will bring the ! question to the attention of the City ! Commissioners. it is understood i that the Philadelphia committee will j be requested to reserve places for! the Harrisburg mothers and send ! cards to this city to be given to I those entitled to view the parade j from the stands. City Council in Harrisburg at j present has no authority to make ! any appropriations for celebrations i or receptions of this kind, officials ! said. and it was suggested that \ while the Legislature is in session ' an act should be introduced and supported which would gin cities of the third class the same right t as those of the first an-i second : class in making appropriations for I such a purpose. Chamber of Commerce to Send 8 Delegates to C. of ' C. National Convention , —XUe-Llarrisburg Chamber of Com merce will bo represented at the Sev enth Annual Convention of the | Chamber of Commerce of the United : States by eight delegates, who in j response to a request made to > the I membership of the Chamber l>y the j officials, signified their willingness to I make the trip to St. Louis, where tlie j convention will take place April 29, • and 30. and May 1, and represent j the local Chamber. The delegates iare President George S. Reinoehl, J. William Bowman. C. H. Hunter, | David E. Tracy, Paul Johnston. E. J. Stackpole, John C. Motter and Sec retary Warren R. Jackson. Mr. Reinoehl will act as national councillor for the local organization. The national councillors act as ad visers to the board of directors of the United States Chamber. Every Chamber of Commerce in the coun try is represented by a national coun cillor. The delegates will give considera tion to the big national and interna tional questions of the day, and take ! appropriate action. VALOROUSYANK DIVISIONS ARE TO BE HONORED Names of Fourteen Guard and Army Organizations to Be Made Permanent i Washington, March 29.—Retention of the names of fourteen National Guard and National Army divisions, with brilliant war records, in the permanent military establishment, 'n order to preserve their traditions, was announced to-day by General March. For this purpose the twenty-one divisions proposed to be organized in the new army, fourteen will re ceive the following designation: First Division, Camp Pike. Arkan sas. Second, Camp Dodge, lowa. Third, Camp Lee, Virginia. [Continued on Page 4.] tion of joining any such campaign. So far as the local and district lead ers know no one in Pennsylvania will lend a hand to fight tobacco. There was no knowledge of a drive on cigarets at the State Prohibition headquarters, although Prohibition workers said it is a good idea. Dr. B. E. P. Prugh, State chairman, said: "The Prohibition party has no of ficial declaration to make a'ong these lines, but I, personally, would sympathize with the campaign. I think the tobacco evil is one of the great evils of the present day." GERMANY POINTS OTHER WAY TO POLAND FOR GEN. ARMY; TRUCE MAY BE BROKEN Believed in French Capital Persistence of Allies to Have Polish Troops Reach Danzig Through Hun Territory Has Led to Berlin Paper's Conclusion By Associated Press• Paris, March 29. lhe German government lias replied to the demand of the allies that Polish tioops be permitted to pass over German territory in order to reach Danzig, saying that ports of Stettin, Koenigsberg, Mctnel or Libau offer all necessary facilities for the speediest possible landing and transit of General Haller's army to Poland. "From the standpoint of railroad facili ties, the leply adds, the routes from these cities lead more speedily to the goal without entailing interruption of importations of foodstuffs to Poland." _ dispatch from Berlin states that the Lokal Anzeiger publishes the assertion that a suspen sion of the aimistice with the Enetente Allies is possible. It is regarded as probable that the An j" zeiger's statement is based on the determination of the allies to ; obtain pasage over German territory for the Polish troops to | Danzig and the purpose of the German government persistently ! to point other avenues to Danzig tor General Haller's army. RELIEF DRIVE FOR ARMENIANS BEGINS MONDAY Big Rally For Relief Cam paign Is Scheduled For Fahnestock Hall The majority of churches of Dau phin county will lie represented at a meeting to be held Monday night at 8_ o'clock in Fahnestock Hall, the Y. M. C. A. building, when plans for the coming campaign for the Armenians and Syrian relief are to be discussed. Every church in the county has been asked to send its minister and two laymen to the gath ering. In the campaign being put on for the suffering Armenians Dauphin county is asked to raise $38,000, not a largo sum of money. The committee in charge of the campaign is chairmaned by C. W. Burtnett; John Heathcote is the sec retary, and AJ. K. Thomas treasurer. Other members of the committee are Joseph Plaster, Mrs. E. J. Hockenbury, William Jennings, Mrs. Gilbert Culmerry, James F. Lentz, J. A. Affleck, David Kaufman. Ed ward Bailey. D. E. Tracy, A. Carson Stamm, E. S. Herman, W. P. Star key, Paul Johnston. W. T. Hildrup, E. Z. Wallower, Frank Neely, E. J. Stackpole, J. William Bowman, Frank H. Gregory, Mrs. Marlin E. Olmsted. Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, -Miss Anne McCormick, Mrs. A. S. Dellinger, Mrs. A], K. Thomas, Mrs. W. P. Starkey and Mrs. C. H. Hunter. The Armenian relief campaign has been put in charge of the : churches, because, as set forth in a ! letter from Chairman Burtnett and I Secretary Heathcote, "the conditions ! in Armenia and Syria to-day appeal 'to all those merciful instincts of I pity begotten in the hearts of the ; followers of the true God." | The most awful prosecutions that • have oven befallen humanity have ' been visited on the Amenians and | Syrians, Mr. Burtnett points out. j There have been many thousands of {deaths and four million people to i day are without food, while there are ' 4 00,000 orphans in the devastated j country. ; The meeting Monday night will •be open to the general public, as well as the churchmen. Captain C. K. Morse of the 4 4th Canadian Overseas Regiment will be one of the speakers Monday night. Captain Morse saw services abroad for several years. PEACE PACT FOR HUNS IS TO BE STERN AND JUST Points Calmly Framed in the Spirit of Moderation, Says High Authority | London, March 29.—Tlie efforts which the Hritish delegation at the Peace Conference is making to pro cure for the world the clearest JJOS sible peace will bear fruit in the peace treaty soon to be made pub lic, the Paris correspondent of the Westminster Gazette declares. He states on the authority of "a high-placed personage" that the con ference does not mean to violate ter ritorial rights, and that the fears on this point felt by inte'rested peo ple in Europe are quite unfounded. Pact Calmly Shaped The correspondent says that points of the treaty drawn up by Premier Lloyd George and which will serve as the basis for discussion, have been deliberately framed in a spirit of great moderation, because it is felt that the treaty must be something acceptable and desirable. "Certainly the peace will he a stern one for Germany," the corres pondent continues, "but the greatest care is being taken that it shall be just to the eyes of moderate and well informed Germans. The principle of self-determination will be rigorously kept in mind with regard to the allo cation of territories." The corres pondent quotes his informant as re marking: Mnst lie No Casus IP-lli "There must be no casus belli left to Germany, otherwise you will have blocks of people clamoring for an alliance with the fatherland." The correspondent points out. however, that Germany had deliberately cre ated a German-populated wedge on essentially Polish territory, and that Germany will have only herself to blame ff she finds her nntiona's un der Polish administration Rrftlsh influence, the correspondent asserts, is nevertheless definitely ana ved "against inflated pretensions." Copenhagen, March 29.—The full text of the German reply to allies concerning the landing of Polish troops at Danzig, shows that Germany made a point that it did not undertake to give free access to the Polish armv to West Prussia in the armistice agree men with the entente powers. The reply says: "Since the conclusion of the armistice, the entire situation in/ Posen, West Prussia and Danzig has entirely changed." Offerings YANKS ARE BEING HURRIED HOME By Associated Press. Washington, March 29.—Recent events In Hungary, General March announced to-day, have resulted in no change in the mili tary policy of .the United States, so far as tlie War Department has been advised. Return of troops from France is proceeding even faster than scheduled orig inally, he said, and nothing had occurred to interfere with this movement. Troop movements homeward during the month of March, the general said, aggregated 244,186, against an estimate previously made for the month of 200,000. 4* 4* 4* AUSTRIAN RAIL STRIKE SETTLED 4> t£ 4* j 4* been settled a report frcmi Vienna 4 4* S | 4* NOSE DIVE INTO BAY IS FATAIi X Mtz.r.l Pl.y.— OM. Crti -1.";*". Chicago, a .'. :xr' Jf , 1$ when h:s in ; i\r fe!i nree • . X !4* • i X BRITAIN WILL GET HOME FLEET J Ir ? La, London—ReuterV is authoritatively Informed |jni I * 4* home fl**er and seven foreign .squadrons btationfcd in the 4K £ j 4* 14" ' f X T .DUMP AFIRE ON HILL SECTION £. 14* Harrisbtirg—A f.re on the. dump near Nineteenth 4 "r* I ei -.trce-rs caused an alarn 1Y 4* Royal companies responded. There was no i| I? f 4* ALLIES' NOTE NOT AN ULTIMATUM A (ijjj £ Pari#, the recent note 3ent by the allies to the German X T armistice commission at Spa regarding the landing <jh w* General Haller'a Polish forces at Danzij X ji T JU the form of an ultima* • Stated by the Berlin new • •'. ■Z . *'* p * • Will insist upon the landing of General Haller's troop JL 4* 1 A X at .Danzig. T 1 t COTTON AND CARS PR FY TO FIRE <f 4* " * Sumter, S. C.—Mure than 4,500 bales of cotton X , # gether with ten or twelve freight cars on the Allan*.'. ' * Coast Line railroad were destroyed in a tire at the Sum 5* -j 4* - '.er Cotton Warehouse Company, plant here to-day. T'.u | , X is estimated at between $500,000 and $700,000. 4* - £ 4 cause of the blare was undetermined. X 4> CLEMENCEAU.RECEIVES DANIELS X X Peri . —Premier. Clemenceau to-day received Arr.eri i can Secr'-tary of the NV y P-yi -i - * . *.>>•. T j t MARRIAGE LICENSES <■ ■ X .. Klhron 1.. Hart iin<l Florence V. ItoNtdorf, llarrUhurg; Hohrrt ±' Bfttii, ( liathnm Hun, nnd Tannic K. Arnold, MyfrMotvii; *nmuel w > l.ock and SchifTman, lliirrlNhurt;. ! the ports of Stettin, Koenigsber/ , Memel or Libau, the German guf ] ernment says that "all necessary/ i | cilities for the speediest possible | landing and transit of General Hal -11 lier's army to Poland will be pro- I! vided." Approve Genua 11 Reply According to the Berlin Tageblatt I all parties in the Weimar National j Assembly, including the Independent ' Socialists, approved of the govern i ment's reply to the Entente note. The | German newspapers generally sup : port the government's position. The I Socialist V'orwaerts, for instance, • says that Hungary's reception of the 1 note recently sent to her by the Kn ! tente should have taught the Entente | powers that it is "not only inhuman i but foolish to treat defeated oppon j ents as slaves upon whom any liu i initiation can be imposed."
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