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LXXXVIII— NO. 81 16 PAGES -..iIiSMBBOTfi.. PA SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1919. 81 S#£ c£&| 3 HOME EDITION
GOLFERS PROTEST j
USE OF LINKS AS!
AIRSHIP LANDING;
Club Officers Say Beautiful
Course Would Be Buined
by Crowd of People
LOSS WOULD BK HEAVY
Would Take Years to Get the;
Greens Back in Form.
Say Players
Golf players of Harrisburg to-day j
are up in arms against the plan to
permit the aviator who will fly a big
dirigible airship here during the com- j
ing Victory Loan campaign to land
his craft on the splendid golf course
in Reservoir Park.
The course which has been de- ,
veloped into one of the best in the j
state after years of work and care |
would be ruined by the thousands of j
persons who would tramp down the j
grass and tear up the greens.
.1. Herbert Thomas, president of the j
Harrisburg Park Golf Club .and the j
Rev. Dr. Ellis X. Kremer, pastor of
Reformed Salem Church and vice
president of the organization, this i
afternoon issued statements railing
on the city to make other arrange
ments for the flight. Resolutions
will be drawn up by the Executive
Committee. It is suggested that in
view of the many sites much more
accessible to the public could be
found, where no damage would te
sult.
I.oss Would Be Great
City Commissioner E. Z. Gross to- |
day would not agree to close the |
park to the balloon. He had not tak- ,
en tip the matter with the players.
President Thomas in discussing the
situation said: "1 certainly am op
posed to this move. The Park Com
mission has spent hundreds of dol
lars and many hou-s of time in mak- !
ing these links almost perfest. It is ;
easy to see that the landing of the j
±>alloon would bring hundreds of |
in cars and afoot. They 1
would trample down the grass and ;
the tracks of "the cars would not be;
erased for many years.
"The golf greens of Reservoir ,
Park are among the show spots of j
Harrisburg. Bear in mind that these'
greens represent years of labor, and |
that it will be impossible to replace
them. When golf links are being j
constructed it is not a question tf j
money and labor, hut of year*." j
Dr. I* renter Protests
Dr. Kremer's protest was just as '
positive and certain as that of Mr. j
Thomas. Said the minister who is ;
a true devotee of the game and the [
out-of-doors:
"Much money has been spent to
keep the Vurse in excellent eondi- |
tion and eve, the large crowds stroll- j
ing over it on Sunday cause damage, j
I am sure that if the balloon lands '
there the result will be that hun- ;
dreds of dollars will have to be spent
to I ut the greens in condition agtin. !
I want to join the president in his !
protest."
Other golfers are of the opinion ;
that the committee on arrangements J
did not realize the possibility of j
damage in picking the golf course
for the exhibition. Commissioner ;
Gross will be acquainted next week j
with conditions and be asked to
close the park for that purpose. The '
golfers were unanimous in saying j
that there are numerous other sites j
open for the purpose.
"King" Cole Stops Over in
City on His Third Jaunt
Around the Busy World
I
Samuel H. Cole, more popularly
known as "King" Cole, the United
States Army newsboy, is spending
the weekend in Harrisburg on his
third trip around the globe. "King's"
native heath is York.
The globe trotter is a newsboy and
proud of it. He carries a huge book,
bigger than the family Rlble, chock- '
t'ul of letters and testimonials from j
famous men and women throughout;
the world.
He severely criticises those who j
condone Bolshevism and calls for the |
aid of all true Americans, in a state- I
mcnt written fcr the Telegraph, to j
stamp out the peril to civilization.
Rainbow Division Not to
Parade in Capital as Unit,
March Advises Pershing |
Washington, April s. —The war de- j
partment has decided definitely that
it will be impracticable to parade
the Forty-recond (Rainbow) Divis
ion in Washington as a complete or
ganization. General March announced
today. General Pershing has been
so advised. The division will be :
MArought back to Camp i.loade and
each unit of the division I
will be sent to its home camp for tie- j
mobilization. Regiments and small
er units will be paraded in the prin
cipal cities of their home states if
this can be arranged.
1 THE WEATHERI
For Tlorrlsborg and vicinity) Fair
to-night) Sanday generally fair
and somewhat warmer.
For Eastern Pennsylvania)
Cloudy to-nlghti tanday gea
erally fair and somewhat
warmer) gentle to moderate
north winds, becoming vari
able.
River
The North Branch will rontlnne
to rise slowly. The upper por
tion of the moln river will be
gin to rise to-night nud ron
tlnne to rise Sunday. The Junl
ntn and the Wrat Branch will
fall alowly or remain nearly
stationary. A atage of about
•V 2 feet la Indicated for Harrla
bnrg Sunday morning.
After the Bolshevists Get All the Property Equally Divided
Wouldn't It Be Nice If They'd Even Up the Brains?
MORE POLES TO
COME DOWN IN
CENTER OF CITY
Underground System Also to
Free Capitol Park Dis-
Irict of Wires
Telephone and telegraph compa
nies in the city have completed plans
for doing much underground work
during the coming months and when
this is completed will remove many
of the overhead poles and wires,
both in the business and residential
districts.
The city and the Harrisburg Light
and Power Company also have made
arrangements for laying cables in
conduits and the removal of some
of the overhead lines used for light
ing, fire and police alarm systems.
The light company within the next
few weeks, according to City Elec
trician Clark K. Diehl, will have
cable • stretched in underground
ducts in parts of the downtown sec
tion and will take down overhead
lines as soon as the underground
work is completed.
I'lnor Wires Underground
The city recently placed an or
der for 2.500 feet of cable which
will extend the present underground
fire and police systems in North
Courth street to Briggs and Cow
den streets, so that many of the
poles and wires in the Capitol Park
extension zone can be removed.
Plans for even more extensive
work have been completed by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company. Mr. Diehl said, which will
provide for an underground system
in Walnut street, from the Susque
hanna river to the eartern city line,
more than eighteen blocks. Ducts
for part of this extension are being
laid now in Walnut street.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company also is arranging to re
move its overhead system extending
through the business district and
east in Derry street. All of this
work probably will be completed
in the near future. Mr. Diehl said,
and hundreds of poles will come
down when the cables are connect
ed to replace the overhead wiring.
BERLIN AUTHORITIES PROVIDE
WAY TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD
By Associated Press.
Berlin, April 5. —The city authori
ties have unanimously adopted a So
cialist resolution providing for the
distribution of incoming food sup
plies from the Flntcnte nations un
dcre the central authorities.
This action will exclude middle
men. prevent profiteering and enable
the poorer classes to obtain food.
FIRE DESTROYS FACTORY
EnMon, Pa.. April s.—Fire early
today destroyed the three atoly fac
tory of the Blue Mountain Shirt Com
pany. Bangor, entailing n loss of $50.-
000 and throwing 200 people out of
work. Max Hyman and Son, of New
York, own the company, and the
building was leased from llarry S.
Offerman, Bangor.
GRAYSON CABLES
TUMULTY WILSON
IS BETTER TODAY
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 5. —Presi-
dent Wilson was reported "bet
ter" in a message received to-day
at the White House from Rear
Admiral Grayson. The message,
addressed to Secretary Tumulty,
said:
"President is better this morn
ing, but confined to bed. Mo
cause for worry."
Paris, April s.—President Wil
son slept until 9 o'clock this
morning, and no bulletin was is
sued by Rear Admiral Grayson,
his physician. Although he did
not get to sleep until late In the
evening, it was announced this
morning that he had passed a
satisfactory night.
When the President awoke it
was announced that he was bet
ter. He might sit up later in the
day, it was said, and, with Sun
day's rest intervening, it was be
lieved he might possibly attend
Monday's meeting of the Council
of Four.
It was planned to have the
Council of Four meet at the
Paris "white house" for its fore-'
noon session to-day.
VALOR OF YANKS
IS SOLE TOPIC OF
NURSES TALK
Miss Anna Fellows Has Noth
ing to Say of Her Experi
ences Back of the Lines
Fresh from the battlefront. Miss
Anna N. Fellows, a member of the
Episcopal Hospital unit attached to
the American Expeditionary Forces,
arrived in Camp Hill this week, where
she is spending a thirty-day furlough
with her mother. Following her fur
lough she plans to be transferred to
the marine service.
Miss Fellows is modest as to her
experiences overseas. "I hate pub
licity," said this dauntless little nurse
In whose ears the guns of the Allies
are still re-echoing. She would tell
nothing of her experiences under
shellfire, nor of any perils through
which she had gone. Her story was
of the brave American men whom she
aided. She praised their courage un
der fire and spoke highly of their
conduct in the hospitals. .
The nurse began her work in
France in Paris, when she arrived
overseas sixteen months ago. She
was later transferred to Base Hos
pital No. 34, where she met ueveral'
Harri^burgers.
ISPROUL VETOES
BILL BOOSTING
ELECTION PAY
i Governor Says Increased Cost
j Would Not Improve Serv
ice of the Boards
: "There is no higher public duty
! than service upon the election boards
iof the State." declares Governor
; William <\ Sprout in his message
I vetoing the Einstein Senate bill pro
viding for an increase of pay of elec
i tion'"officers from $5 to $7 a day.
. The Governor remarks that "it has
' only been a few years since the pay
! of these public servants was increas
ed to $5 which seems like an ade
i quate sum for the present. The ques
tion of the compensation should not
; affect the character of that service or
of the citizens offering themselves
,to perform these duties. I do not
i believe that an increase such as is
proposed would bring any improve
i mcnt in the service. It would, how.
■ ever, impose an added expense of
I many thousands of dollars upon the
! counties of the State at the general
■ elections and the primary elections.
Many of the counties have serious
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Rain at Start, Then
! in Middle of New Week;
Wanner at Beginning
By Associated Press.
! Washington. April s.—Weather
j predictions for the week beginning
I Monday issued by the weather bu
; reau to-day, are:
| North and Middle Atlantic States:
i Rain Sunday or Monday, except
: probably fair south of Pennsylva-
I nia. Rain again about the middle
jof the week, otherwise fair indi
] cated. Temperature somewhat
S above normal first half of week,
I nearly normal thereafter.
BREAKS DOWN DOOR TO
GET INTO BOROUGH GAOL
Furiosity Easily Satisfied, Say Prisoners Who See Curious
One Walk In and Walk Right Out Again
Two prisoners at the borough
lockup in Steelton were the only
witnesses of an attempt to break
into the place about noon yesterday.
No one was in the police station at
the time and the officials in the
rooms on the second floor of the
building heard nothing, bu\ investi
gation showed that some one broke
into the Jail.
Police are endeavoring to locate
the offender, who instead of follow
ing the usual bent, that of attempt
ing to escupe from custody, instead
tried to break into the lockup. Some
FRANCE, FEARING RUIN, DEMANDS
THA T GERMAN Y PAY HER WA R COS T;
ITALIANS UNBENDING AS TO FIUME
Airplane Engines Aplenty
By Associated Press
Washington. April 5. —Production of Liberty-12 airplane engines
for the Army .reached a total of 20,478, final deliveries hav ing been
made by the manufacturers during the week ending March 21. A
statement issued to-day by the War Department shows deliveries by
the manufacturers on war contracts as follows:
Packard Motor Oar Company, 6,500 engines; Lincoln Motor Com
pany. 6,500; F'ord Motor Company, 3.950; General Motors Company,
2.525; Nordyke-Marnion Company, 1,000,
The statement says contracts for additional airplane engines and
engine spare parts of a value of $266,961,771 had been canceled.
The total value of air service material contracts canceled up to
March 22 was $500,000,000.
TROTZKY SENDS RED
FLEET AGAINST FOES
Bolshevik Minister of War and Marine Threatens Crews ]
With Death if Command Is Not Obeyed: England Looks
For Developments in Murmansk Region
London, April s.—Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik minister of
war and marine, has ordered the Russian Baltic fleet to put to sea j
and attack the Allies, threatening to have all the crews shot if |
they disobey the order, says the Mail.
I-ondon, April s.—lmportant de
velopments on the Murmansk front
in Northern Russia may be expected
in a few days owing tc a threatened
defection of Finnish troops, accord
ing to the Mail. It is said that it was
to meet this danger that American
detachments were sent on two Amer
ican cruisers, which will reach Mur
mansk early next week.
President Wilson is reported to
have ordered the sailors of the two
cruisers to land with the troops, if
necessary. British relief forces have
gone on board of two especially con-
Y. M.€. A. BOYS
WORKERS LOOK
FOR CAMP SITE
Trips Will Be Made to Vari
ous Places Near City and
Report on April 14
Preparations for the Y. M. C. A.
boys' camp next summer were out
lined at a meeting of the Boys'
Work committee at the Penn-Harris
Hotel at noon to-day. A commit
tee wa3 appointed to inspect several
sites and report at another meet
ing to be held on the evening of
April 14.
It is desired to procure a perma
nent site if possible this summer, so
that it may be purchased or leased
and necessary buildings erected. A
place within easy striking distance
of the city, but far enough away
from town to prevent boys going
back and forward easily and some
miles from a town, with water for
swimming and boating, healthful
surroundings and good drinking
water is the ambition of the com
mittee.
The committee also heard a report
from Arch Dinsmore, boys work di
rector, on the work of the boys'
clubs of Reading, and Chairman J.
William Bowman will arrange for a
trip to that city later in the sea
son to get ideas for the inaugura
tion of similar work in Harrisburg
in the near future.
Mr. Dinsmore reported that the
indications are for a big enrollment
lor camp the coming summer, it be
ing the hope of the committee to
open with two weeks for boys over
15, followed by a fortnight for boys
from 12 to 15 and winding up with
a five-day period for boys from 10 to
12.
Transport America in
With Shelton and Troops
By Associated Press.
Boston, April s.—The transport
America from Brest with 7,200 sol
diers, arrived in the harbor at noon
to-day. She brought with other
troops the headquarters of the Fifty
first infantry brigade with Briga
dier General George H. Shelton.
of the officers, it is said, are even
wondering whether the person who
entered the jail by force may have
been conscience stricken and wanted
to give himself up to the authorities,
hut could not do so when there were
no officers in the place.
According to the two inmates who
were in cells, shortly after noon the
big door crashed! open and a burly
foieigner walked in, looked about
and then left again.
Borough officials arranged to have
a new door and frame put in and be
lieve now that no one can cither
break in or o-ut of the room.
structed ice-breaking transports with
which they expect to got through the
ice two weeks earlier than they could|
on any other type of vessel.
The situation in Southern Russia
has recently beccmo distinctly worse
from the* allied viewpoint, mainly
owing to 11 shortage of food, accord
ing to dispatches to the press asso
ciation. It is not feared that military
reasons will compel the allies to
evacuate Odessa, but there is a pos
sibility. it is said, that the city will
become so short of food that it will
not be able to support an occupying
force.
BANDITS CORRAL
BANK FORCE; GET
$3,000 AND BONDS
Cashier's Aim Is Poor and the
Thieves Make Escape in
Automobile ,
By Associated Press.
Randolph. N. Y.. April 5. The
state bank of Randolph was robbed
by live men soon after the doors
were opened to-day. The robbers ob
tained $3,000 in rash and several
thousand dollars worth of Ribcrty
Ronds.
The men drove up in front of the
bank in an automobile. Three en
tered the building, two standing on
the sidewark between the bank door
and the automobile, holding off all
citizens who chanced to come that
way.
Take .Money in Sight
Two of the trio in the bank herd
ed the clerks into a corner with
threats to shoot them while the third
went into the cashier's cage and
took all the money in sight.
As the three thieves were leaving
the building, J. A. Crowley, cashier,
opened tire with a revolver through
a glass partition. His aim was poor
and all live of the thieves entered
their machine and sped away, ex
changing sholS again with Crowley
as they passed the windows of the
bank on a side street.
The highwaymen's automobile
broke down near Kennedy, a short
distance from here. One of the
men was captured, but the other
four took to the woods and at noon
were still at large.
Cleveland. Ohio, April s.—Three
armed auto bandits to-day held up
and robbed the paymaster of the
Cleveland Neckwear Company of
$1,500 and escaped.
Messages of Sympathy
For Wilson Sent to Capitol;
Complete Rest Probable
By Associated Press.
Washington. April 5. —There was
no indication in Admiral Grayson's
message to-day whether President
Wilson was being consulted again
on matters under discussion at the
Peace Conference. It is believed
here, however. Dr. Grayson will in
sist on the patient being given com
plete rest for the present at least.
A large number of messages ex
pressing sympathy for the Presi
dent's illness and hope for his
speedy recovery have been received
by Secretary Tumulty.
MEXICO TO TAKE lit*
PETROLEIi.II I'RODI.IvM
Mexico City. April 5. Pet-oleum
problems win be taken no by the ex
tr ordinary session of Uii Mexican
Congress, which will convene on
May 1, according to a statement made
by President Carranza to-day to
newspaper correspondents aboard his
special train enroute from the Quere
taro to Mexico City.
YANKS OUT OF ITAI.Y
By Associated Press.
Genoa. April s.—The last conting
ent of American troops in Italy left
here to-day on the Italian steam
ship Dante Altghieri. Military and
civilian authorities bade the Ameri
cans farewell. Italian troops accom
panied the Americana to the dock.
England and America Are
| in Accord With Desire
of French Delegates
LATIN CHIEFTAIN S/4YS PEACE
DELEGATES MUST OBEY PEOPLE
Paris, April 5. France
cannot yield on the ques
tion of obtaining adequate
reparation from Germany tlie
Matin declares in an editorial
to-dav, dealing with the Peace
Conference situation regarding
the French claims.
"On all territorial questions a
satisfactory agreement i< being
reached," the Matin says, "but con
cerning the reparation question there
is still a gap between what we are
offered and what we justly demand.
The French government will be un
yielding on thjs matter. It cannot
sign a treaty which will mean the
bankruptcy of France."
In leading up to this declaration
the Matin notes that the French,
British and American people are
still displaying the same friendly
feelings as heretofore for each other.
"President Wilson and Premier
l.'oyd-George are of the same heart
as regards France," the newspaper
continues. "Nevertheless, different
viewpoints exist as to essential mat
ters as by reason of the impossibil
ity of making the vanquished pay
their debts without imposing sacri
fices upon them.
Franco Replies to Fears
"Those who dream of peace by
conciliation fear that asked to pay
her debts Germany will protest and
cherish plans for revenge. France
replies that her people will be bank-
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f Washington—One hundred wa J k
.yo's Atlantic fleet, which h= 1 *
W Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are t
:w York to remain from April 15 to 30 J j
•f 1 to sea for manoeuvres along the Atlantic coast and exer-
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1 Washington—Declaring that the Archangel situ ition „ „
W- from a military viiw was Well In hand, General March £ "j
I to-dav said it was "incredible that the Allied force there E 5
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T can Ke driven into the sea by anybody." He announced ?
jat the War' Department's plan was to have the Ameri- ■ a
5 can fori cs out of that portion of Russia by the 2
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4 Union O. llrlKXn. Mlddltlonn, and Ada I'. Parkn, F.nolat " *
r C harlrn A. Cordon and Mnry J. Ilodac, Hrrnhrj I I karln B. Ackrr r k
T 1 nnd lluth 1,. Troulmnn, ScMpnrt.
I rupt ii she does not obtain her due.
I The fear must be not so much the
| enemy's resentment but what France
I will suy if she is given to ruin."
Ashed if the Italians would leave
; the Peace Conference is denied Fi
. uiue, Sulvatore Wurzilal, former min.
ister without portfolio in the Italian
J Cabinet and one of the Italian peace
I delegates, said yesterday:
"No decision has been reached as
yet, but it is obvious the Italian
delegates feci they must follow the
will of the Italian people."
Hecalls Austria's Collapse
He recalled that after the col
lapse of Austria and before the entry
of Italian troops into the city of
Flume, that city had appointed a
I national council composed of three
i hundred of its most prominent citi
■ zens. This counsel, he said, had
i called upon the public, to decide what
i form of government was desired, the.
; answer heing a pblebiscitc in favor
j of annexation to Italy.
t>n Wednesday, he said, the na
tional council of Flume had unani
mously passed a law by which the
city took the Italian llag as the ban
ner of I he city.
friml'ot ■ Ask Commission
llaron Sonnino, the Italian foreign
minister, received a dispatch to-day
: from Stefan liadio, leader of the
peasants' party in Croatia, asking
j that a commission from the entente
powers he sent to Croatia to ascer
tain the tibntimcnt of the people
there regarding their future. The
dispatch declares that the Croations
do not consider the Serbians their
liberators, not having an understand
ing of the Croatian people.