RAINBOW MEN
START FOR HOME
New York City's Famous 69th
is Among the
Units
Coblenz, April 7.—Two more train
loads of happy, smiling soldiers of
the 42d (Rainbow) Division started
Saturday afternoon for home byway
of Brest. The soldiers composed the
D>sth Infantry Regiment. New York
City's famous 69th Division head-
Quarters and attached units left this
morning.
There were cheers, but no tears,
as the trains pulled out. The sol
diers were in the highest spirits as
they waved farewell to their com
rades who are to follow within the
next few days. German civilians
stood in the background, but gave
no indication of their feelings. In
the railroad yards near Remangen,
where the soldiers of the Rainbow
Division boarded the trains for Brest,
there are a number of soldiers from
the fourth (regular) division who
are scheduled to stay on the Rhine
until the job is done. They looked
on with grim faces to-day as the
trains pulled out.
Major General Flagler, the com
mander of the Rainbow Division, left
Ahrweiler several weeks ago and is
expected to land in Boston next
week, to make preparations for the
landing of his troops. It is not
known here where the various units
of the division will disembark, both
New York and Boston being men
tioned.
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' MONDAY EVENING, 1
EARLY PEACE IS
NOW APPARENT
Much of the Uncertainty
Seems to Have Been
Dispelled
Parts. April 7. —The confident
. | statement of Premier Lloyd George that
I the peace treaty will be concluded by
I Raster, is supported by predictions re
| peatedly made by less prominent mem
, hers of the peace conference and dis
pelled much of the hopelessness and
uncertainty in which many important
problems of the conference seemed to
i j have been enshrouded.
Even the announcements of serious
J Bolshevik troubles in Bavaria and the
j danger of a break with Italy over the
| Adriatic problem, apparently did not af
i feet the optimism of the leaders of the
; British. French and American delega
| tions.
Agree on Reparations
| The Council of Four on Saturday
j reached an agreement on the principles
|of the indemnities and reparations to
be paid by Germany and examination
jof the details will begin immediately.
the newspapers say. It is not believed
i there will be any disagreement as to
! details, and it is indicated that the
I text of the financial terms will be
' finished during the week.
| The Echo De Paris says that com-
I promises were effected on all debatable
| points regarding the sum to be paid at
i once by Germany and the payments in
1 the future. Against the opposition of
! the French government, it was agreed.
! the paper says, to distribute the future
payments over a term of thirty years.
, The payments for the next few years
I were fixed.
Franco and Belgium First
I The Journal says there are judica
tions that the rights of France and Bel
gium to prior consideration in the pay
ments by Germany have been recog
nized. The first German payment, it
says, will l>e 25.000.000.000 francs, of
which five billion will go to pay for
raw materials to insure the resumption
of German economic life. France will
get ten billion francs and Belgium five
billion of the first payment. The rest
! of the indemnity, the paper says, will
! run over a period of thirjy-five years.
I Plans for continued occupation of the
j left bank of the Rhine have been aban
' doned and the allies will depend upon
| an economic blockade as the means of
pressure on Germany. Final agreement
lon the Rhine and Sarre/Valley ques-
I tions will he reached before the end of
the week, it is added.
i Inct eased optimism in diplomatic cirl
- eles is noted by the press, while in edi
-1 torials the newspapers express satisfac-
I tion over the progress made on the
j question of reparation and Indemnity. It
j is pointed out that each day of delay in
i reaching a final agreement adds to the
! losses of France.
The favorable solution of the Danzig
question is commented upon in compli
mentary terms. The moral and politi-
I cal advantages of thfc agreement are cm
' phasized by the papers.
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WILL EXPAND
SANITORIA
State Health Authority Out
lines What the Common
wealth Proposes to Do
Major John D. McLean, assistant
commissioner of health of Pennsyl
vania and who has been placed in
charge of the State's tuberculosis
work, has issued this statement in
regard to the plans of the Depart
ment of Health for expanding the
work.
"The control of Tuberculosis in
Pennsylvania was considered of such
grave importance by Dr. Samuel G.
Dixon, the first Commissioner of
Health, that he asked a separate
and distinct appropriation from the
.Legislature. The people of Penn
sylvania as represented by the House
of Representatives and the State
Senate, appreciating Dr. Dixon's
point of view conceded his request
and an amount of money was set
aside as a lump sum to be used in
the best manner possible. The tirst
work done was the establishment
of a sanatorium at Mont Alto, later
one at Cresson and another at Ham
burg. Going hand in hand with this
was the locating throughout the
State of a number of dispensaries
for the education and care and
treatment of our citizens suffering
with this disease.
"The present administration real
izing the value of <he enormous
work done by Dr. Dixon has. without
hesitancy. <|ecided that this should
be carried on to a still greater de
gree and greater efficiency. Plans
and specifications have, therefore,
been drawn for replacements, alter
ations and improvements at the
three institutions. The approximate
amount to be expended at Mont Alto
is three hundred thousand dollars.
At Hamburg, one thousand dollars
and at Cresson one hundred thous
and dollars. We find from plans al
ready of record that Dr. Dixon had
arranged for the installation of an
electric lighting plant at Mont Alto,
therefore, this will be done. Also
the installation of a new heating
plant at the hospital is absolutely
necessary: and, because, of the dif
ficulty of maintaining perma
nent help at the institution, small
cotlages for married help will be
built. Also the construction of a
building for the housing of female
help and the thing which is con
sidered most important is the in
stallation of a community house
where lectures. moving pictures
and other amusements can be had
for the patients, as well as the
sanatoria staff. The difficulty jn
the past has been in finding a suit
able place in which to take ad
vantage of the offers of entertain
ment received from lecturers and
other national repute. A commun
ity house is needed for all three
institutions.
"It lias bean found on investi
gation that protection from the
high winds at Hamburg will be ne
cessary. Because of the excellent
construction of the buildings at this
place a wind break probably five
or six feet high will provide for a
very excellent soloria. The sun
beating down on this roof on a
wintery day is a very important
part of the treatment of all the
patients and is a very welcome
thing to them.
"The value of the care of young
children predisposed to or infected
by tuberculosis is to receive para
mount consideration. This will call
for the erection of an openair
school house at Mont Alto and
some alterations to the one already
built at Cresson.
"The funds for the maintenance
of the three sanatoria are provided
for in a bill introduced in the
House of Representatives by Rep
resentative McCaig, Chairman of
the Appropriation Committee on
March 4, 1919 and by Senator Daix
a similar bill in the upper cham
ber.
Poland Seeks to Put
Big Electrical Plans
in Operation
X*w York. April 7.—To develop
her railroads and Industries, Toland is
Beeking to put into effect plans for
"electrification" worked out "many
years previous to the war" but blocked
by "the economic policy of Russia, Ger
many and Austria." according to a
statement issued here by the executive
council of Polish societies in the
United States.
In this statement. American capital
ists are urged to construct large plants
in the coal, oil and water power dis
tricts to transmit electric power to vari
ous industrial centers. They also are
asked to establish factories for manu
facture of standard electrical machin
ery and supplies.
Dates Announced For
Sunday School Sessions
Announcement to-day by the
Pennsylvania State Sabbath School
Association of the tentative sched
ule of county Sunday School con
ventions for the coming year in
cludes that of Dauphin county to be.
held in Harrisburg- June 12 and 13.
Other county conventions as an
nounced by W. G. Landes, general
secretary*, ace: April 29 and 30.
Monroe. Stroudsburg: April 30 and
May 1, Northampton, Bethlehem;
May 8 and 9, Lehigh, Allentown;
May 12 and 13. Snyder. Beavertown;
May 14 and 15. Perry, Tckesburg;
j May 15 and 16, Juniata, Port Royal;
i May 17, Lackawanna, Clark Sum
mit; May 20 and 21, Fulton. Mc-
Connellsburg: May 21 and 22, Cum
berland, Shippensburg; May 22,
Berks, Boyertown; May 22 and 23.
Montgomery, Norristown; May 2 7
and 28, Tioga, Tioga; June 3 and 4,
Bedford. Hyndman; June 4 and 5,
Somerset, Confluence; June 4 and 5,
Crawford. Meadville: June 4 and 5,
Lawrence, East Brook: June 4 and
5, Centre. Bellefonte: .Tune 4 and 5,
Greene, Waynesburg; June 5 and 6,
Mercer, Grove City; June 5 and 6.
Washington, Washington: June 5
and 6, Erie, Northeast; June 5 and
6. Cambria, Johnstown; June 10 and
11, Jefferson, Rig Run; June 11 and
12, Blair, Hollidaysburg; June 11
and 12. Armstrong, Dayton: June 12
and 13. Huntingdon, Huntingdon;
June 12 and 13, Dauphin. Harris
burg: June 17 and 18. Columbia,
Numidia; June 19 and 20, Venango,
Pleasantville; June 24 and 25, Mr-
Kean. Mt. Jewott: June 24 and 25,
Bradford, Wyalusing; June 25 and
26, Elk, Wilcox; June 25 and 26,
Wyoming, Mehoopany; June 25 and
26, Carbon, Paimerton; June 26 and
27, Warren, North Warren.
Spartacan Revolt
Collapses, Is Report
Stuttgart, April 7.—lt was official
ly announced last night that the
government had the strike situation
oompeltely in hand and that the
general strike of the Spartacans had
collapsed. It was added that most of
the strike leaders were arrested on
Thursday. J
HARRISBTTRG TELEGRAPH
LIQUOR FALLS IN
WESTMORELAND
Interesting Story of How the
Court Refused Licenses
This Year
This interesting story of the way
Westmoreland county went "dry" is
told in a story front Greensburg:
•' 'Bone Dry.' This summarizes
what will be the condition of AVest
moreland county from May 1. 1919.
as a result of a session of the License
Court Saturday. ' The license hear
ing had been held on March 24. and
a week ago to-day a session of court
was held for the purpose of handing
down the decisions. It was an
nounced at that time by President
Judge McConnell, that a conference
between himself and Judge Daniel J.
Snyder had not yet been held and
court was adjourned until Saturday
to give the judges a better oppor
tunity to go over the matter.
"When court convened the room
was filled with attorneys, license ap
plicants and dry workers. Immedi
ately the attorneys representing the
brewers and distillers severally arose
and withdrew the application of
their clients.
"Fresident Judge McConnell then
began the delivery of a lengthy ju
dicial opinion. He began by saying
that the rcsu'ts which had been ar
rived at by the court had been the
same in all cases. He did not need
to say more to let the persons in
the courtroom know that all appli
cants had been refused.
"The judge continued by saying
that where there were two judges
on the bench in a county, it was
necessary that both concur and that
such concurrence had not been ob
tained in any case. He said that no
conference lasting over ten minutes
had been held between himself and
Judge Snyder, and at that time the
individual applications had not been
discussed, but simply the general
proposition of whether or not lic
enses should be granted at all. He
said he understood that the other
member of the court had taken the
position of refusing all applicants
because of the ratification of the
constitutional amendment, the act
of Congress prohibiting the sale of
liquors for beverage purposes after
June 30. 1919. until the termination
of the war. and thereafter until de
mobilization. and public sentiment,
as reflected by the recent election of
Governor Sproul and a dry Legis
lature. He then took up these mat
ters in detail and discussed them.
Judge McConnell said, as for him
self. he was willing to follow the law
and that the Brooks law had yet not
been repealed.
"He said Congress had fixed the
time for the enforcement c.f the
prohibition amendment a year in
advance to give the liquor men an
oportunity 'to set their houses in
order.' The judge cited numerous
authorities to sustain his position
and remarked that by the present
action of the court, some hotels,
which had had liquor licenses since
stage coach days, would he without
the privilege to sell liquors. He
further said that is was just as il
legal for a judge to refuse all lic
enses as to grant them all and that
no self-respecting judge can do
otherwise than follow the law and
retain a clear conscience.
"Judge Snyder then began read
ing his opinion. He said that tinder
Brooks' law, a license must be
granted for one year and in view of
the fact that the prohibition amend
ment would go into effect next Jan
uary. the court could not legally
grant a license without trangressing
the organic, law of tho land. He
further said that the sale of intoxi
cants was an intolerable evil; was
not necessary for the accommoda
tion of tho traveling public and
must be eradicated."
Briggs Cartoons Will
Be Used as Subjects
For Motion. Pictures
An announcement of interest to
the motion picture world Is the
forming of a corporation known as
Briggs Pictures, Incorporated, to
produce in motion picture form the
cartoons made famous by Briggs,
the cartoonist of the New York
Tribune.
The company has opened offices
at 30 East Forty-Second Street. The
Tlianhauscr studio will be used for
production. Clare A. Briggs is pres
ident and the company is financed
by a "Wall Street syndicate.
The first of the cartoons to be
filmed is "The Days of Real Sport,"
which will he made into one-reel
comedies. Briggs' cartoons are now
appearing in 125 of the largest
newspapers in the United States,
including the Harrisburg Telegraph,
and he has a country-wide reputa
tion.
The comedies will not animated
cartoons. Thov will be enacted by
real actors and for the most part,
children will play the principal
roles. No releasing arrangements
have been made as yet although two
of the larger companies have made
offers.
Briggs has the happy faculty of
making his comedy human and it
is the intention of the company to
transfer the human atmosphere to
the screen. At first the picture will
he but one reel in length. Later
they will be developed into two
reelers. Briggs is a Western prod
uct, having been born in Baraboo,
Wisconsin, for a number of years
he was cartoonist of the Chicago
Tribune and entered the New York
field five years ago.
Brotherhood Heads
Called to Washington
By Associated Press.
Cleveland, April 7.—The three
executives of the Brotherhoods of
Railroad Employes located here,
Warren S. Stone, of the engineers,
W. G. Lee, of the trainmen and
Timothy Shea, of the firemen, left
last night for Washington, at the
request of Director General Hines,
for a final conference to-day on the
proposed war scale for railroad em
ployes.
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BRETZ TELLS OF
BTH'S FIGHTERS
Captain of Company D of
This City Gives Talk on
War Work in France
How National Guardsmen from
Harrisburg, York, Carlisle and other
places In territory of the old Eighth
Regiment of the National Guard of
Pennsylvania were trained to tight
in gas masks and how they behaved
under their first shelling near tho
Marne, was told on Saturday night
at the Court House by Captain John
T. Bretz. of this city, who com
manded Company D, and had some
interesting times in France. The
captain is now at Carlisle hospital.
The meeting was held for members
of the Harrisburg Reserves, whom
the captain helped train before go
ing to Camp Hancock, and was
attended by reserves, officers and
men of the Reserve Militia and vct-
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V 215 Market Street, Opposite Courthouse
erans of Foreign Wars. William
Jennings presided.
Captain Bretz's recital was very
interesting as he followed the
Eighth's career from the time it left
Harrisburg until the Germans be
gan to fall back before the 112 th
comprised in great part of Eighth
Regiment men. Captain E. J. Stack
pole, Jr., an officer in the 110 th
Regiment, was present as a guest
of the reserves.
The talk was marked by that
modesty which characterizes all re
turned officers, but that the Eighth
bad stirring times In which Captain
Bretz took part was evident. He
paid a splendid tribute to the cool
ness of tho men under tire and of
their uncomplaining endurance of
hardships. One time the regiment
I moved out of a town by daybreak
; and took trucks, which landed them
| near the fighting zone. They had
nothing to cat until after midnight
and for three days each man had to
cook his own meat and potatoes,
the meat being carved oft by the
men's own knives from the big
pieces issued.
Rater Captain Bretz was put in
charge of the railroad men nt Bor
deaux, where his experience in that
line helped iron out some bad situa-
APRIL 7, 1919.
tions. He told how a railroad classi
fication yard as big as the Harris
burg yards of the Pennsylvania, was
laid out and built in six months and
made one of the main supports of
the American army. The French
said it could not he done in four
years, but methods that built Enola |
yards were used and Baldwin en- |
gines were using Its ninety-two miles 1
of tracks in just half a year.
The captain's story of the French 1
trolley lines was amusing, in Bor
deaux no one is allowed to stand in !
the car, but tho platforms where |
the women "motormen" and con
ductresses are stationed can be
packed as full as possible and no
orders issued. The fare is about
two cents and if any one gives more
than half a franc he is "bawled out."
The captain said that once he tend
ered a franc and was scolded and
given a collection of French, Eng
lish, American, Spanish and Portu
gese coins. "I don't know whether
I was short changed or not" said
he with a laugh, "but as most of tho
money was copper or nickel I got
weight, all right. Just to show tho
cosmopolitan character of the place
during the war, 1 found one day
without any effort to collect I had
money from seventeen countries,
eluding some British colonies."
The work of the railroad battal-'
ions was highly praised.
INSURANCE HEAD PIES
Mnmaroneck, N. Y., April 7. —<
John It. Hegeman, president of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
died at his home at Orlenta Point yester
day, after an illness of two years. Hs
was 74 years old.
Women who are losing t
weight and energy—who
look pale and feel languid—,
need the healthful effects of
Beecbatn's
Pills
-1 Urirtt Sale of Anr Medicine in
I Sold everywhere. In boxes* 10a 25c.
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