Allies Repulse Infantry Attacl of Bolsheviks on Vega Front; Reds Lose Heavily in Bitter lRi r
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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.
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La, London—ReuterV is authoritatively Informed
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home fl**er and seven foreign .squadrons btationfcd in the 4K
£
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T .DUMP AFIRE ON HILL SECTION £.
14* Harrisbtirg—A f.re on the. dump near Nineteenth
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4* ALLIES' NOTE NOT AN ULTIMATUM
A
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£ Pari#, the recent note 3ent by the allies to the German
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T armistice commission at Spa regarding the landing <jh
w* General Haller'a Polish forces at Danzij X
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JU the form of an ultima* • Stated by the Berlin new • •'.
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* • Will insist upon the landing of General Haller's troop JL
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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*
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- '.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
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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."