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    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'
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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
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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.
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|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
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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
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.
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.]