Chicago Voters Call William Hale Thompson, Republican, to First Office For Second Term HARRISBURG lfSfji||l TELEGRAPH M ®ic Slar- Independent. I.XXXVIII NO. 78 18 PAGES oAKttISBURC. PA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1919. SINGLE COPIES HOME EDITION SMOKE NUISANCE AND HOUSING TO BE INVESTIGATED Conimittees Named by Cham ber of Commerce lo Take I ]> Important Work Ml ('II COMPLAINT HEARD Met •lings Scheduled to Map Out Definite Plan of Action in City Plans for the abatement of tliei smoke nuisance, of which great com plaint has been heard within the! past several weeks, and the prepara tion of a new building code, are to be considered by two special Cliambei of Commerce committees, just ap- ' pointed by President George S. Reinoelil. The one committee will'thoroughly study the smoko conditions as they ■ exist in the city and recommend j some plan to overcome them. The; other will make a minute study ofj the building' code as it now exists' with an idea of preparng a new one.} Three Otlier Committees These two committees, together | witli three other special committees > appointed by President Keinoehl, i will meet within a short time when i they will map out a definite campaign ' of action. Of the other three com- : mittces, one will cheek up the re-1 suits of the poliee survey made by: the bureau of municipal research of ! New York in 131" at the expense oil the Chamber; another will eherk up the results of the school survey made recently at the expense of the Chant- j her of Commerce, and a third will| consider community singing. All e,f these mutters are outlined I in the Ohaniber's program of work' for the year, and officials of the! t'hamber consider these matters of paramount importance to the city. The Appointments The following are the members of i the committees: On the abatement of the smoke nuisance: C. 1.. Si-olt, chairman; I>. \V. <'ox. P. G. Dienor. W. 1,. Forry, .Harry lxiwengard. Dr. John R. Me- Alisier. d. S. Aleck, R. \Y. Moorliead, !H. (Itoss. To consider the preparation of a! new l uilding ■•ode: Augustus l.utz,' < haii man; s. \v. R u ir, K. G. Faline- i Slock. Jr.. M. ! Kast. H. A. Kelker. I • Howard l.loyd. Herman P. Miller,} •I. .1, Nungesser. J. 11. Patten. George! A. Shrelner. To i heck results of police survey: : l:. W. Howdell. chairman; Wi'liam H. K; inesl, 1". G. Faruubarson, Mil-! Mam Itufus McFord. John T. Olrn-j sted. I'o check results of school survey; i Frank i'. Sites, chairman: Arthur D.' Rucon. Arthur K. Rrown, Clark E.' Hiehl. William S. EsstcU. Community singing: John Fox! Weiss, chairman; R. E. Cahill, F. E.' Hownes. William Jennings, Dr. Oroll 1 Keller. E. R. Mitchell. Al. K. Tliom-1 as. J. H. Troup, Frank Wallis, Don-i aid Met'oriniek. EARM PRUT TREES NOT IMtIAtIKU HA FREEZING 1 believed to have boon entirely un-i Buds on Dauphin county trees are ; harmed by the cold weather of tliei past few days. Farm agent H. G. I Xiesley reports that an examination ' late yesterday failed to reveal any! frozen buds. The weather of last i night, lie says, was not severe -nough I to cause any harm and the wind aid ed considerably in preventing in- ! RUMMAGE SALE IS MOVED There was some tall scurrying this morning on the part of' the women having charge of t lie rummage sale to be held next week for the benefit of the Har risburg Hospital. The old postoffice building suddenly became not available. The women were panic stricken. They thought of the Gilbert building in Market street. But that had been loaned to tire Victory Loan people. How ever, the Victory Loan folks said that nothing should be permitted to stand in the way of the Hos pital's rummage sale, and so they agreed to allow the rummage sale to come in. Consequently. instead of being held in the old postoffioe next week, the rummage sale will he in the room in Market street next to the Victoria Theater former ly occupied by Gilbert's hard ware store. THE WEATHER for llnrHslinrg ami vicinity < Fair 10-nlght niul Thursday, with rising temperature! lowest tem perature to-night about S de urcm. Tor Knntorn IVIHINJ Ivnnln: Fair ("•night and Thurndny, nlovvly ri*lnu temperature: gentle Mind* becoming mouth. River The SuMquehnnna river nnd nil it* ■tranche* will fall HIOM I y or re main nearly Mtationary. A Ntago of nliout .•. feet I* Indlented for llnrrlftburit Thursday morning. General Condition* Tliere hn* been a general rise of - low tlfKWfn in temperature from the Plnln* state* eu*t*nrd to the Atlantic oeean. except In Florida, Xew Knclnnil, l'a*tern Pennsylvania. lllMtrlct of t- Icinbln and Virginia. where It U •j to 10 degrem colder: From the Plain* State* ue*twarri to •he Pacific oeean temperature change* have been nomewhnt Ir regular, but not Important. You Can't Blame Japan For Feeling It an Insult I - 0 -• I BERLIN GAMBLES MADLY IN STREET AFTER ARMISTICE ! Police Claim They Legally Arc L liable to Stop the Games ,of Chance | Berlin. April 2.—Gambling has so i increased since the armistice that the wildest opportunity and license are net sufficient to satisfy the pas i sion of the residents of Berlin who ! have taken to playing games of . chance, even roulette, in the open j streets in certain sections of tho city. ] The police claim they are unable | legally to prevent gaming clubs from j operating as long as the weak mem i bership regulations are observed. It |is a fact, however, that, the polico J cannot stop games in the public I streets. A few weeks ago it was common j for the police to make eight or ten | arrests daily. but this form of | gambling lias increased by leaps and ; bounds until certain streets are lined j with tables edge to edge. The bets | have been increasing gradually in size until men and women, appar i ently of the poorer classes and often "workjess" and drawing government , support, wager 25 marks at a time. i The police occasionally come on the scene, whereupon the gamblers 'disappear onlv to reappear instantly when the officers have gone. The scene is enlivened frequently by bet ; ters. who, after losing, snatch money I from the table and dash through I the crowd to the wails of the cheated ; gamester. Corn Prices Soar Due to Wheat Scarcity; "Wet" Vote Felt, Too I Chicago. April 2.—Corn made an j extraordinary jump in price to-day, i amounting in some cases to six cents j .i lushel. < "(Ticial announcement that : v.- neat scarcity was acute that wheat •iiid Pour from the United States |to neutral' countries had been i j : "!'-prcd, was chiefly reported. | Airtoiy for the liquor interests ! in ti.e Chicago municipal election ' | was also an important, factor. The ' I steepest advance was in corn for September delivery. a rise to ' $1.38 1-2 as against $1.32 1-2 at the i close on Monday. Traders took the view that corn ! products would be much more in | dema.,d for export in place of wheat and Hour. It was a popular opin ion aiso that rye and barely would I be largely bought on the chance that j the result of the Chicago election ! would he interpreted as a referen dum on prohibition, and that with ' a pence treaty signed before July' l._ Prohibition would not be per- ; tn'tte.l to take effect. JMM'I VI.ISTH I.OSIt IX WISCONSIN Milwaukee. Wis., April 2.—Social- ' Ists in Mflwaukeet county where de- ! feated in the judicial contests yester day by majorities ranging from 2,402 | to 13,000. In the State a number of I cities voted from dry to wet. J.C.BURKHOLDER DIES AFTER 49 YEARS ON ROAD Was Oldest Baggageinaster on Pennsy in Point of Service ! • WSF Hr T J. C. BL'RKHOLDER Jacob C. Burkholder, one of the! oldest and best known railroaders of! this territory and the oldest bag-1 gagemaster of the Middle division! in the point of service, died last evening at his home, 1101 1-2 Cap-1 ital street, after 49 years continuous service with the Pennsylvania rail-; road. Mr. Burkholder was in his 64th I year, having been born in Franklin! county, on September 22. 1855. He! was widely known in Masonic circles. Mr. Burkholder's death was due' [Continued on Page B.] BULLET RIDDLED COAT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR "TIGER" Clemenceau Certain He Will Not Get New Clothes While Present High Prices Prevail; to Mend Assassin's Holes Paris, April I.—"While clothes are so expensive I am not going to indulge in the luxury of a new overcoat just because a fool shot n few holes in my old coat." Premier Clemenceau is re ported to have said. The "Tiger's" jacket and overcoat, both showing bullet holes, were pieces of evidence that had to IK; produced at the trial of his would-be murderer. Hmtle Cotton. M. Clemenceau, however, happened to be particularly fond of those garments, and he asked M. Ignace. Under Secretary of State for War. to let him have them hack quick Iv. M Ignace replied In tones of gentle rc- CHICAGO TURNS ON SOCIALISTS; THOMPSON WINS Republican Candidate For Mayoralty Successful by 17,600 Plurality Chicago, April. 2.—Complete re turns to-day from yesterday's mu nicipal election showed that William Tiale Thompson (Republican) was j re-elected Mayor for a term of four j years by a plurality of 17,600 over! j Robert M. Sweitzer, (Democrat) his nearest competitor, and that the city • voted "wet" by a majority of 247,- i ! 228. Four other Mayoralty candidates 1 j were m the field: Maclay Hoyne, I . (Independent Democrat): John Fitz- 1 j Patrick (Labor); John M. Collins I J (Socialist), and Adolph S. Carm I .(Socialist Labor). The total vote for Mayor was 658.061 out of a reg- ' | istration of 792,000. At the Mayor . alty election four years ago, Thomp- ! son defeated Sweitzer by more than i 141,000 votes. Socialists ls>se Tight | The aldermanic returns show the j elimination of Socialists from the | city council, every candidate of the | party in the thirty-one wards in I ! which that party presented candi dates being decisively beaten. In the new council the Democrats will j [Continued on Page B.] Aviators Will Resume Flights in Short Time i While no flights have beon made I by officers at the Middletown Avia- j j tion Depot within the past several i | days, they will be resumed within ; a short time. Heavy wind storms of.' the past seeral days have been part- i ly responsible for this. In addition, the officers have not had sufficient ! which have followed the replacement ! time to make flights while conditions i of soldiers with civilians, are read- i justing themselves. I proof that the articles were in the hands of the justicary. and that, under the rules, it would he quite impossible to part with them until the cas was past tiie appeal staere. Then J|. < "le menceau. wlio is an enemy of red tape dl<l what in French is described as an •efficacious act." the nature df which is r.ot specified, but may be surmised Mis Karments came back tlie same day The French arc a thrifty race." and are expert clothes menders. The bullet holes aan be "stopped" so as to defy detection anil the coat will lie as jood us ever. That is M. Clctncnccau's opinion. BELL COMPANY IS RESTRAINED FROM ADVANCING RATES Judge Kunkel Holds President and Burleson Acted With out Legal Authority OVKR-RKACHKD POWERS Way Was Open to Increase Schedules Without Violat ing Pennsylvania Laws The Commonwealth of Pennsyl-! ; vania won its second round to-day ' in the injunction proceedings to pre vent Postmaster tleneral Burleson, j I acting as the Federal operating agent ; Jof the Bell Telephone Company,! } from raising telephone rutes in this l State, Judge Kunkel, of the. Dan- j j phin county courts, handing down an ! ! opinion in which he continues until ; ! a final hearing has been held the pre liminary injunction granted against' ! the Bell company at the preliminary j hearing. I The case is reckoned as one of the i most important ever listed in the j | courts of Pennsylvania. It involves! j the right of Federal authorities to i i over-ride State statutes in the mat- ] jcr of fixing public service rates. By ; ! the opinion handed down to-day the ; i Bell Company is restrained from put- j ! ting into effect the telephone sched- i | ules promulgated by llr. Burleson I and which the Bell company was \ ordered to put into effect, in viola- I tion of the laws of Pennsylvania with regard to change in rate sched- ' ules. "Beyond Scope of Powers" Judge Kunkel goes into the case j 1 at length and it is his opinion that i • "neither the President nor the Post -1 master tleneral was acting officially in changing the rates and tolls, lint | that they acted beyond the scope of I . their powers." 1 Tlie court reviews the conditions . leading up to the change of rates. J i quoting the resolution under which I ! the telephone lines were taken oVer las a war emergency by tlie govern- ' j nient and holds that the Common- I wealth's contention that this resold- j j tion did not contemplate rate fhang- | ies is well taken. There is no at tempt to deny the power of the. i President to operate the lines for war | purposes, hut Judge Kunkel says: "The rates he charges others whom he may permit the use of the lines while under Ills control would seem I to have no real relation whatsoever j i to his use of the system for all prop- j tor war purposes. Hence it would I I appear that his attempt lo change : tlie rales and enforce rates which ! j are not approved by tlie State au thorities is wholly outside his power. J . if this he true in so doing lie Is not ! j engaged In an • official act but is j | acting beyond bis powers. In this 1 I ease an injunction interferring with | j him from so acting would not S amount to an Interference with him ' jas an official oi: with his official ' | action and therefore would not be | against the Federal government.! I Where (he authority to do the act j complained of is challenged the suit !is not against tlie United States ! ! (Philadelphia Company vs. Stlmson, | 223 U..S. 605 U. 8. vs. Bee, 106 U. ' jS. 196). if he be acting outside i i his power he ought not to lie per- ' | mitted to seek refuge behind (he ' office which he occupies and is ad | ministering." Must Kliow Reasons ! Further tlie court says: "When j he attempts to use the defendant's lines and it does not appear that it is I for a war purpose but on the oon i trary appears to lie for a. purpose i having no apparent or direct relation ito the prosecution of the war, it i i must be shown, we take it, that lie j I is using it for a lawfully and consti- i I rational end. The necessity out of ; j which his power arises does not ap [Continued on Page B.] ' SOVIET FOES IN PETROGRAD RISE IN REVOLUTION Serious Strike of Railway Men Prompted, by Mensheviki; Frankfor': Riots London, April 2.—Reports that a; revolution against the Soviet govern- I mcnt has broken out in Petrograd are ' supported by an official Russian wire- | less despatch received here which says i there is a serious strike of railway men I in the Petrograd region. The strike, it | is said, was prompted by the Menslie- i vikl and the social revolutionaries. i Irani, fort-oii-tlic-Main. April 2. Rioting broke out here again yesterday afternoon. The mob plundered the pro- j vision stores. All the available military forces were rushed to the scene. As j this dispatch was sent the fighting was | continuing. Demonstrators searchingj the chief burgomaster's house discovered i large stores of meats, eggs and flour.] Three hundred persons accused of plan- i dering shops have been arrested. Dis- | orders due to the shortage of foodstuffs' have been recently intensified by a re- I duction of the potato ration from five to three pounds. Paris. April 2.—A dispatch front Zurich states that In the riots at Frank fort on .Monday eleven persons were killed and twenty-five wounded. The police have made 400 arrests in con nection with the disorders. It Is said. ) In the Ruhr basin the number of] strikers is estimated at 13,000. There I have been riots In Wurttemberg. Ac- 1 ■urdlng to reports. IXAIil.i: TO VISIT 1)1151 l\ Dublin. April 2. -The Lord Mayor lias received a message from Presi dent Wilson, expressing regret that the constant pressure of engage ments lius prevented hint front nr •epting the Lord Mayor's invitation lo visit Dublin und receive this free- I lom of the city. COUNCIL OF FOUR CONFERS ON DISPOSITION OF RHINE VALLEY; GERMANY SUMMONS ITS CHIEFS I New Developments Result in Call For Leaders to Gather BUDAPEST NOW SEEKS PEACE Germany's Money Experts Nearer 1 Meeting Place i Zurich, Switzerland. April 2. I —ln view of fresh negotiations over the Danzig question, the I German cabinet has decided to j gather the chiefs of all parties Jof the National Assembly at ' Berlin to-morrow to reach an | agreement as to the policy that is to be followed, according to an announcement by the Gcr ! man propaganda service. I'nrln. April Reports received j from Budapest 'by tin* American i peace .delegation indicate that the j new rulers of Hungary are giving | assurances that they are anxious for peace on all fronts and that the new i army they are creating is directed to i ward the maintenance of order and j not for purposes of aggression. ! The new Hungarian officials are j attempting to draw a distinction be tween Communism, which they say ' they are trying to practice, and Bolshevism. They declare they are j not copying the Russian program, hut | arc forming distinctly different poli | cies. ! The German tlnttneial commission j has arrived at f'onte Sainte Maxanoc, i about lifteen miles southwest of ! i'ompicgna. The members of the j commission motored to the Chateau j IMessis Villetts, where they will stay, j Access to the Chateau is strictly for | bidden. Guards are mounted at all j its entrances. Leviathan Brings Great i Company of Troops From War Zone; 12,059 Arrive New York, 'April 2.—With 10.23S ! troops of the 85th Division, former | National Army, the steamship Levia than arrived here to-day from Brest, j There were small detachments of 37th and 91st Division troops, and I 77 officers ami 1,044 men, sick or | wounded, together with a few eas -1 uals and nursed. General William jC. ltivers. commanding the 160tli Field Artillery brigade, 85th Divi sion, returned. The Leviathan j brought altogether 12,059 troops. SHUT IX ST HI l\B RIOT j Dover. X. J., April 2.—Strikers and j workers at the plant of the Wharton , Steel Company her- flushed to-day. ! One man was shot in the leg. The 1 victim was one of a crowd of tlrik lers and sympathizers who had at tempted to prevent workers from entering the plant. GUNMAN, WHO TERRIFIED N.Y., BACK FROM WAR Fought So Bravely His Offi cers Ask Citizenship Be Restored to Him tump Upton, X. Y., April 2. j "Monk" Eastman, gunman, notori . ous leader of gangsters who once i terrified New York's East Side, is | now Private William Delaney, vet jeran, hack from France with an en j viable war record. To-day he was I honorably discharged from the 106 th j Infantry and a few days later there i will be forwarded to Governor Smith I a petition signed by ltis command ing oflicers, asking that, lie Do re stored to citizenship. | "Monk's" life history is the story of a "comeback." in the old days !he was gn opium addict, burglar, j creature of the slums with ever a I "gun" on ltis hip. In 1917 he fin ished a term for burglary and in October, of that year enlisted, no questions asked. When the 27th Division took its ! place in Flanders "Monk" was there, j \\ lien the gallant New Yorkers swept forward against the llindcnburg line i —and cracked it—"Monk" was In ' the lirst wave. When comrades fell and stretcher hearers were needed I Monk" volunteered. When car- \ ried to a British hospital wounded in the head while leading a bomb ing squad into the face or machine guns. "Monk" escaped to mount once more the llring step. These and ninny more are lliei feels recounted in the petition sign- | od ty ''olonel Franklin W. Ward, of the 106 th. by Major .1. Scott But ton and by Captain Janes G. Con- i roy and Lieutenant Joseph A. Kor- ! rigan, "Monk's immediate superiors,! who fought by his side on foreign soil. ! RED DRIVE E;NDS IN GERMAN AUSTRIA By Associated Press. Paris, April 2. M. Allize, for mer French Minister to Holland, has been sent on a special mis sion to Vienna. Reports received by the French Foreign Office are that the Rolshevik movement in German Austria lias been unsuc eessful. The railroad strike at Vienna was ended after a few hours and the insurrection which started at Graz has been put down. Reassuring reports from Hun gary have also been received by the French authorities, and offi cials now believe that It will lie possible to resume diplomatic re lations witli Hungary soon. BRAVE WIFE OF JAILER ATTACKS ! HIS ASSAILANTS 1 Seven Shots Fired at Missis sippi Keeper Fail in Poor Light i Hotlly Springs. Miss., April 2. } Attracted to the county jail here j last night by the sounds of shots, j Mrs. W. I!. Jeffries, wife of the jail- i or. found her husband under lire ofj two prisoners seeking to escape. Site i secured Jeffries' revolver from the J office mid. firing between the bars j in the jail door, fatally wounded one ! of the men, a negro, and drove ttie I other, white, to his cell, where ho sent a bullet into his brain. Jeffries had entered the jail to lock the prisoners in their veils, closing the door behind him. The two prisoners, each armed, confront ed him and demanded their release. Although unarmed. he refused, r Seven shots were tired at him, but I owing to the dim light the aim ofj the prisoners was poor and none of i the bullets took effect. li* 3 I 2 1* * .>3 T 4 , i 4 4* *•< .1 *|l *s* 2 <b 3 i 1 -]• -.n • ■ -• ■ • • J •', J. HalL 4 ~y j 4* a 4" -. 3 f era! , ,*§ X 3 i I 4 X m 2 9 T |h 4* 9 •it J PUBJLIC PROCLAIMED IN BELGRADE ,4 riP II 4 w Tig >-Sla\according to a wireless dispatch fi on .3 4 M T ■ >. 3 4 tal of Serbia and Jiigo-Slayia. ,4 |X FINNISH GOVERNMENT RESIGNS 3 If* Copenhagen—The Finnish government has resigned 9 % in consequence of Its defeat at the recent elections, it is JP red in r- dispatch received to-day from ITelri 9 It 8 4* f9 it tation carried on by Independent Socialists and Sparti- 2 i* cides, who are succeeding in their efforts to induce ;H T make increasingly impossible demands. 2 Milwaukee, Wis.—Socialists in Milwaukee county S >vere defeated in the judicial contests yesterday by ma- V t i > ties ranging from 2,402 to 13,100. In the state a num. 9 t MARRIAGE LICENSES T • ■nrr ninl Itnth Murrlx. llnrrUbura; (.r orßr || t J <?* * . \ nnn Tlornej, \l(oon<ti Samuel l\ JohnMnn nnd Mnr.v •I 8 -£* -V I, f r . rl "* Hnrrlburri Alvnh 13. NmHli, ICHe. nnd *nry M. filler, T llnrrlnbnrn. . T "WHh 4*4* 3!* i' 3S* . President Meets With Premiers to Talk About Reparation NO FORTS ON RHINE BANKS Powers of Entente Partially Lift Blockade ■r ■ Paris, April 2. C onsidcra | tion of the question of rcpara | lions and the disposition of the I Rhine valley was continued by ■ the council of four, comprising | President Wilson and the prem iers of France, Great Britain 'and Italy, when the session of | the council was resumed to iday. It is understood to be i probable that at least three j more days will be occupied with 1 these subjects. No Garrisons Along Kbine j An agreement on ;.t least one point , seems to have been reached in the ! Peace Conference discussions, ac j cording to the Temps. Germany is I not to be permitted to keep garri .son::, formications or war factories not only on ttie. left bunk of the Rhine, lull also along a strip of at least thirty miles on the right bank. Blockade l'artially liaised II has been decided to raise the blockade of Roland, Ksthonia, Ger- Ifman Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Czeclio-Slovakia and territories oc cupied by Rumania apd Serbia. [Continued on Rage B.]
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