Geneva, Switzerland , /s Chosen as Seat of League of Nations by World Peace Conference
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UNDER PRESSURE
BY WILSON PEACE
MAKES PROGRESS
Message Received at Whiti
House Gives Assuring News
% From the French Capital
GENEVA SEAT OF LEAGUE
Berlin Quotes Hun Minister a?
Opposing Any but the
Wilson Pact
WANTS BLOCKADE ENDED
Says Opponents Cannot at the
f Same Time Dismember Ger
many and Collect Resources
Paris. April 11. Geneva
Switzerland, has been chosen as
the seat of the League of Na
tions. according to announce
ment here.
Tile Pence Conference lins
readied an agreement on all
questions concerning peace with
taermaiiy. reparations, inilemni
: lies, anil the frontiers of the
Khine and Poland. according to
an interview in the Petit Jour
nal with the private secretary
of Premier Lloyd George. Cer
tain details remain and. it is
added, they will be settled in
two or three days.
At last night's meeting of the
commission on a League of Nations,
ten sections of the covenant were
considered and passed. The Japa
nese amendment was not rca.-h'd
and the actual text of the section
exempting the Monroe Doctrine
from the provisions of the covenant
of the League of Nations is not yet
available.
Ameriaan commissioners stated,
however, that the doctrine was defi
nitely named in the provision guaran
teeing that it will not be affected by
the terms of the covenant. Another
iupet.it* will be held to-niglit, when
it is hoped that the work will be
completed.
Wilson Offers Amendments
The adoption of the section ex
empting the Monroe Doctrine was
the only real exemption made during
the mectiu last night. President Wil
son offered the amendment and made
a plea for it, saying that he believed
the doctrine was protected under
the terms of the covenant as they
stood, but, because of the demands
for specific exemption, he felt it im
perative that the amendment
should be added. There was some
adverse argument, hut the amend
ment was adopted without prolonged
opposition.
Germany Will Accept
No Peace Other Than One
Based on Wilson Points
Berlin, April 11. —Count von
BrockdorfF - Rantzau. foreign
minister, speaking before the
national assembly at Weimar to
day, said Germany would not
sign a peace treat}- which devi
ated in any essential from Presi
dent Wilson's fourteen points.
Promise Opponents Clean Sheet
"The financial demands to be
made in the peace treaty are obvi
ousiy causing as much difficulty to
c.r opponents as those regarding
territory," the Foreign Minister said.
"It is impossible to solve the ques
tion oi financial claims without ne
gotiaiing with our experts at the
con'erence table. We will give a
< '-ear account of our opponents rel
ative -o their-demands and our abil
ity tc pay."
"Our opponents," continued the
minister, "cannot dismember and
paralyze Germany and at the same
time extract from the resources of
the country the enormous sums they
expect from them. For that purpose
we require the release, industrially
and agriculturally, of the important
west, which, contrary to the armis
tice terms, is cut off from the rest of
Germany.
Want Blockades Raised
"We need to have the blockades
speedily raised and we require the
importation of foodstuffs on condi
tions which will make their purchase
possible.
"All the states which participated
in this war find themselves in the
4- same distress and hardly a nation
is not disappointed by a peace that
is a terrible danger because of the
encouragement given by it to dis
ruptive forces."
THE WEATHER
For llnrrlshnrg and virility: Main
unci roldrr to-nlxht, with I o ir
on! t*mprraturr about 42 dc
itrrrMt Saturday roldrr arid
prolinhly fair.
For Fatrrn IVnnnj Ivania: liain I
nniJ roldrr Saturday
roldrr and probably fair* frvnh
Mttitfb\irnt to Wft windfi.
Itlvrr
Thr main Hvor will rl*r Nlonly
to-niftht and probably Satur- |
day. All brnnrhrM 111 proh
nl'> rl*r Homrnhnt n* n rr.nult
of thr Krnrrnl rain Indlrntrd for
tb *fiM|urhnnna watrr*hril
vif Itln Ciir nrvt twrnty-fnur
bourn. \ miner of about 11.2 frrt
l t'\ prrted at llarrlnbtirK Sat
urday morning.
—
Looks as Though We Might Have to Give Uncle Along With'Em
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INSURE' 1
) BUT HOt*?)
; shucks! LET'S j
C*NE THE 3IAMED
THINGS BACK j " *
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| NAME W.H.GERMAN TO
DIRECT SCOUT WORK
s i
t Now Commissioner For Years Has Been Devotee of ()ut-ol- '
Door Work and Has First-Hand Knowledge of
- 1 . I
the Woods and Mountains
®
The election of William H. Ger
man as scout commissioner, the
highest post of the organization, was
announced to-day following a meet- j
ing of the executive committee. Mr.
! German will assume charge of his
j new duties at once.
As Scout Commissioner Mr. Ger- j
man is the ranking commissioned j
I officer in the local scout council. He
. will he responsible for all individual
' | scout troop inspections of the Harris- J
' burg district and will direct to a
: j large extent the activities of the
| boys in civic movement.
Mr. German for years has been a
• devotee to the out of doors and has
spent much time in camping and
traveling in the woods. He has
tramped through the Canadian for
ests and has a first hand knowledge
, of nature that can be used by his
• new charges.
Members of the executive com
mittee who were the guests of J.
William Bowman, president of the
council, when Mr. German's election
was announced were: Dr. Charles B.
, I Fager. Jr., David E. Tracy, William
Jennings. Samuel P. Ebv. Hender
son Gilbert, Herman P. Miller, John
, S. Musser, George S. Reinoehl and J.
Frederik Virgin, scout executive.
TROOPS KILL 25
IN DUSSELDORF'S
REBEL UPRISING
■ Spartacans Flee After Clash
in Street; City in Total
Darkness
Copciiliagcn. April 11.—In a new :
; Spartacan outbreak at Dusseldorf
; rhursday, twenty-five persons were j
i killed and twenty-five wounded ,
when government troops used ma- j
chine (tuns on Spartacan demonstra
j tors, the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin
' says.
A crowd of several thousand as- |
, scntbled before Spartacan head- !
I quarters in Dusßeidorf Thursday aft- I
ernoon. The police ordered the '
crowd to disperse, whereupon there |
was some shooting. While soldiers !
I were being brought up, the crowd i
| erected barricades in the streets. '
j After the lighting, in which the !
| casualties were sustained, the Spar- j
■ tacans fled.
Dusseldorf. the newspaper adds, !
! was in complete darkness last night, |
the gas and electric works having'
ceased operations. Trains and street
cars stopped running. The strike
in Brunswick is reported to be gen
eral and the railway station there
. is closed. (
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WILLIAM H. GERMAN
BRING YOUR BEAU
TO CHURCH, SAYS
PASTOR TO GIRLS 1
Young Women Urged to Take)
j Sweethearts With Them
For Sunday Service
"Bring your sweetheart to
I churchl''
I This is the call Dr. Clayton Albert
j Smucker, pastor of the Stevens
i Memorial Methodist Church, sent
i out to-day for "Sweetheart Night"
to be observed in the live Methodist
I Church Sunday evening. He calls
i upon women, married and unmar
! ried, to bring their sweethearts, old
i and young, to this special service.
Special features have been ar
i ranged for the "Sweetheart" cele
j bration. Dr. Smucker will preach
on "Ruth—Love in the Barle.vfleld."
I A vocal solo, probably a love song.
! will be presented.
STUDY BUILDING CODE
The t'hamber of Commerce spe
i cinl committee to consider the form
ulation of a new building code is
meeting in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms this afternoon. The
meeting was scheduled to start at 3
o'clock. I
'AUCTION BRINGS
UP RECEIPTS AT j
| RUMMAGE SALE;
' . ~
!Gaudy or Somber. Household!
Articles Are in Great
Demand
i
i The big feature of the Rummage ;
| Sale for the benefit of Harrisburg!
| Hospital to-day was an auction be
ginning at 12 o'clock with C. Fry, |
; auctioneer, and many hundreds
I crpwding the big apartment with as
t many outside who could not get j
| in. A squad of police were necessary
j to maintain semblance of order, anil i
they were very busy. The offerings ,
j w ere most tempting, leading off with
I a $lOO palm contributed by Uttiey, !
i the florist. A valuable, much pedl
j greed Airedale terrier, front famous
kennels, the gift of Miss Annette I
; Bailey, had all the dog fanciers bid
[Coiitiniicd on Pag,. 2;j.]
; Commissioner Martin to
Outline His Policies
I Col. Edward Martin, Comrnia- [
| sioner of Health, to-day announced j
| that the policy of his department in j
! regard to co-operation with munici
| palities in efforts to improve health 1
conditions would he outlined Mon- j
day night at the State-city confer- I
! ence arranged with city officials and j
| representatives of welfare orguni- '
zations of Harrisburg. It is the idea >
of the Commissioner to have Hat- I
i risburg made a model city for the
; rest of the State in certain lines and
j he will call upon the state capital ;
| to work out betterments.
In addition to heads of divisions !
and bureaus of the department. Dr. ;
j Thomas S. Blair will discuss nar
cotic control: Dr. Leon S. Gans the!
genitro-urinary work of the depart- '
ment, and Dr. Louis A. Klein, dean
of the veterinary department of the
University of Pennsylvania, will
speak on the relation of a city to
j its milk'supply.
j i
TASTE OF LONG DROUGHT
IS GIVEN BY "DRY" SPELL
Supply of Draught Beer Virtually Exhausted at the l,ocal
Breweries; Now Dependen: on Outside Shipments
liarrisburg is undergoing a little i
I "dry" spell which is only a little
forerunner of the long drought that
is to come.
The secret is out and so is the
draught beer, according to the busy j
bartenders who are drearily ex- j
plaining that appeals for a glass of'
beer cannot be met. "Take a bottle,
there is still a little of that left,"
say the barkeeps to the thirsty.
It appears that the demand for
beer has been so heavy during the
last several months that virtually the
'cpcm
HUMAN ELEMENT
IN BUSINESS IS
SAID NECESSARY
Lactones Must Re Arranged'
For Convenience of Em
ployes. Rotarians Told
j LEMMINGS IS NOMINATED
Lancaster Man Wins Nomina
tion ;\s District Governor
of Rotary Clubs
A RECORD ATTENDANCE
Lessons of the War in Hand-!
ling Men Applied to Every
day Conditions at Home
"Know thyself!"
"Rut the human elevent into
business!"
" Take autocracy out of your
business!"
I'hese rules were given Ro
tarians in their conference in Fuline-
Ktnck Hail at this morning's session,
by Roturiun Edwin S. Herman, of the
Harrisburg Rotary Club, in an ad- i
dress on "Relations Between Em- |
ployer and Employe."
During the business session Ralph
W. Gumming*, of Lancaster, was |
unanimously nominated for Distriet !
Governor. He will be elected at the i
International Convention to be held
j in Salt Lake City.
Mr. Herman said in part:
"The world lias advanced a eon- j
tur.v or more during the past four;
years In all tilings exrept time, and ,
we are Itere to-day to discuss one
phase of this unexpected but welcome '
advance.
"War, like fire. Is a devastating
agency, but also like (ire it is a puri- ''
fying force if properly directed. How j
many times we look upon a eonflag- i
ration as a great disaster, only to |
[Continued on Pago 27.]
Daily Organ Recitals
and Vocal Solos to Mark
Holy Week at Y.M.C.A.
Daily organ recitals, solos by welt -1
known singers and ten-minute talks,
by prominent clergymen of the city j
[will lie included on tlie program of
lloly Week services to be held un-|
ider the auspices of the Central Y. i
jM. C. A. beginning Monday. The j
i services will open at 12.15 each day I
land continue until 12.45. The sched-j
j ulo of speakers is:
Monday, Bishop James H. Darling-'
ton, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of!
li'i ntrul Pennsylvania. Subject "Ideal
izing the Real Through Christ."
1 Tuesday, the Rev. Joseph A. Lyter,
| pastor Derry Street United Brethren
I church. Subject, "Hecklers Discom-
Iforted."
Wednesday, the Rev. George Ed
-1 ward Hawes, pastor Market Square
1 Presbyterian church. Subject, "The
[ inner I'irele."
! Thursday, the Rev. Robert Hagnell.
pastor Grace Methodist church. Sub-
Ijcct. "Christ in Gethseniene."
Friday, the Rev. Henry \V. A.
Hanson, pastor Messiah Lutheran
(church. Subject. "The Shame and
'Guilt of the Cross."
Saturday, the Rev. Ellis N. Krent
er. pastor Reformed Salem church.
'Subject. "Christ's Descent Into'
j Hades."
MUNICH'S REBEL
COUNCIL THROWS
JAIL DOORS OPEN
Student Leads Bank Commis
sion Into Trouble; Deposi
tors Arc Excited
By Associated Press.
Berlin, April 11.—The Munich rev- :
olution cqnueil has ordered the im
mediate release of all prisoners of,
war in Bavaria. The order frees
thousands of Russian prisoners, in
cluding the Russian communist Axel- '
rod.
The council which has been in '■
charge of the Munich banks has been ;
getting into trouble through decrees j
issued by its leader, a twenty-four- [
year old student named Foller. The :
council had ordered that the wages j
of all persons be continued to be paid |
in full. It also closed the banks,
causing excitement among the de- |
posltors who were unable to with
draw their money.
entire supply of beer stored by the j
local breweries has been exhausted, j
Several of the larger breweries now ;
are supplying bottled stuff in small |
quantities.
Frantic telegrams have been sent ;
it is said by local dealers to the big S
breweries out of town to rush ship- I
ments here. The hotels that han- !
died these beers exclusively before
are able to get a supply from the I
big cities while others who handled
the local beers have been promised '
part of the next shipment due to- I
morrow, it is said
$l6O A YEAR IS ADDED TO
WAGE SCALE OE EACH TRAIN
SERVICE MAN ON RAILROADS
J
Director Hines Has
Added $65,000,000
Annual to Rate
DEMANDS OF
MEN ARE MET
Ity .Ltfociatcd Tress*
Washington, April 11—Wage
j advances aggregating $65,000,- ]
000 were ordered to-day by Di-j
rector General Hines for 400,-i
000 railroad engineers, firemen,!
trainmen and conductors in both j
passenger and freight service —j
members of the "big four" ra.il- j
way brotherhoods—retroactive :
since January 1, 1919.
The brotherhood demand for time
and a half pay for overtime was
granted only for mon engaged in
j yard service, and for the others i
i this question was referred to the j
Railroad Administration's Board of i
; adjustment number one, already I
; created for consideration of disputes i
' relating to railway trainmen or en- :
i ginemen.
| 81(10 More Yearly Tor Kacll Toiler
I The Increases were arranged ac
cording to a contemplated schedule,
1 one of the aims of which was to
' restore the wage relationship cxist-
I ing before the railroads increase in
wages last year. The average ad
vance in pay per man per year will
he about SI CO.
This action practically completed
i the war cycle of wage increases
i granted railroad men since the gov- j
1 ernment took over management of i
| the roads fifteen months ago. Only j
la few minor requests for more pay |
! remain to ho acted upon.
Billion More a Year
Including to-day's order the ag- ;
i gregate pay increases allowed by the
railroad administration to the two
[million railroad employes is at the
rate of $822,81 1,000 a year, more
1 than $4OO average per man. Thus
the total payroll of America's rail
roads is raised nearly to three bil
' | lion dollars a year from the basis of
' approximately two billion dollars
| un January 1. 1918, when the roads
; passed into the government's hands,
j The $65,000,000 added to the pu.v
-' S rolls of members of the "big four"
■ brotherhoods brings the total grant
: ed this class of employes in the last
three years to approximately $275,-
■ 'OOO,OOO or approximately $690 per
'[man. This takes into consideration
.; the $140,000,000 estimated as the
1 brotherhood's share of the general
wage increase last year and $70,-
[! 000,000 estimated as the fruit for
. these men from the Adumson act
which established a basis 8-hour day
I but did not put into effect the
[' brotherhood's pleas for time and a
[ half for overtime.
! j Back pay for work since January
j 1 will be given the brotherhood men
•'as soon as railway paymasters can
■j work out the amount due. This may
; take a month or even more to com
• j plete.
' j In announcing the increase, Di-
I \ rector General Hines explained that
j the same principles were followed
• I as applied by the railroad ndminis
• tration during the war. These prin
[Continued on Pago 23.]
WANTED TO GIVE
A GOVERNORSHIP
[j IN TROLLEY DEAL
Now York Senator Testifies
He Was Offered Place
For Support
111/ Associated Press.
Albany, X. Y„ April Xl.—Testify
ing before the judiciary committee
of the Senate to-day. Senator George
F. Thompson, of Niagara, said that
i Richard IX. Hurke, of New York,
itold him that if lie would assist in
; the passuse of the Carson-Martin
! increased trolley fare bill he could
j become governor of the state and
I that the traction interests would
| raise in his behalf a campaign fund
amounting to $500,000.
I Senator Thompson also told of
dining subsequently with former
Governor Charles S. Whitman at the
j St. Kegis Hotel, New York City at
] Mr. Whitman's invitation. He said
f that the former governor told him
j he had been requested to talk with
[ him by Theodore P. Shouts of the i
' Interborough Company.
| Mr. Whitman, he testified, told him \
| he thought he was muking a mis
j take in not supporting the Carson-
I Martin bill, as it might give him a
I chance to be governor.
! Now York, April 11.—Charles S. j
j Whitman, former governor of New I
I York, denied here to-day that he i
: mentioned to State Senator George j
j F. Thompson the subject of the gov- j
I ernorship, in a conversation the two j
j men had at the St. Regis Hotel in ,
• this city, as testified to-day by the !
,-senator at the Senate judiciary com- j
• mittee hearing at Albany.
! "I did have lunch with Senator ;
: Thompson some two weeks ago at j
j the Hotel St. Regis." Mr. Whitman |
! said. "The rest of his statement is j
not true. I never mentioned the
subject of the governorship with
1 Senator Thompson or anybody else." I
Cf" x
What New Wage Scale
Means to Harrisburg
Harrisburg railroad men will
get a little less than it million
dollars more a year us a result
of the big in cease in wages to
day authorized by the Federal
Railway Administration.
It is estimated that in die Har
risburg district there are 4.000
employes of the Pennsylvania
railroad and 1,400 of the Phila
delphia and Reading.
The now scale means that each
man will get slou more a year,
or a total of $864,000 each year,
j according to rough estimates. j
CHIEF OF MINERS
THREATENS HINES;
SAYS HE'S UNFAIR
Lewis Predicts "Drastic Ae
j. lion by Organization if
Policy Doesn't Lhangc
' Pittsburgh, Pa., April 11. —Jolin
jL. Lewis, acting president of the
|1 lilted Mine. Workers of America,
y ho tor Hie past two days has been
inspecting mining conditions in the
j Pittsburgh district, said in a .state
ment published hero to-day that the
miners' organization would l>o
: obliged to take "drastic action" un
less there is a change of policy on
I the part of Dircci'or General Hines.
Alleges Breach of faith
llincs' actions, he asserted, indi
cate that he is determined not to
11 ting of railroad coal contracts, giv-
I keep his promises relative to the let
i ing full publicity to such contracts
and guaranteeing a fair profit to
! operators.
' "Since I have been in Pittsburgh,"
' declared Mr. Lewis, "I have learned
I that he is making contracts for coal
I during April. The custom has been
[ j to contract for coal for six months'
I supplies." This means, said Mr.
: i Leewis, that the Director General
| will arrange to get coal during Mai
ler less than he paid in April.
• IX X
T TROOPS SLAY 25; WOUND LIKE NUMBER
4, Copenhagen—ln a new Spartacan outbreak at DUE
; | *i f seldorf yesterday 25 persons were killed and 25 wounded
•| 4* when government troops used machine guns on Sparta
;j ,L can demonstrators, the Lokal Amzeiger of Berlin says.
! I "* FREES WAR PRISONERS IN BAVARIA
tjT Berlin—The Munich revolutionary council has order- 4'
, ed of the immediate release of all prisoners of war in *?*
i; 4 Bavaria. The orders frees thousands of Russian prison
.i 4* ers, including the Russian communist Axelrod.
!:]£ COMMUNISTS DISPERSE MUNICH BODY X
■ Copenhagen—The Council of People's Mandatories, X
-j 4 which has been in control at Munich, has been dispersed
t by the communists, who have formed a communist
' i* government there, according to the Frankenische Tags- 4*
-1 "J* port of Nuremberg.
Copenhagen—The revolutionary movement in Bavaria
i has spread to Baden, and agitators are working in Karls-
; ruhe, Mannheim and other large towns, according to a X
i Karlsruhe dispatch to the Acht Uhr Blatt, of Berlin. X
j j HUN DELEGATES TO BE SUMMONED
I Paris—The German delegates will be summoned to X
\y Versailles v/ithin two or three weeks. Lloyd George X
is quoted as saying that if the Allies agree as well at X
'] T P resen l as during the war the achievements of the Peace L
| Conference will be lasting and numerous dangers, in- &
; eluding Bolshevism, will be averted. X
j-JN BRICKLAYER HEADS MUNICH'S COUNCIL 4*
Copenhagen Herr Klatz, a bricklayer, has been
I chosen president of the communist council in Munich. ♦
, y Five workmen and five soldiers comprise the new body. +
]£ ALLIES RAID BOLSHEVIK POSITION £
j Archangel—American and Russian forces yesterday X
|4 afternoon raided the Bolshevik position about Bolshie 4®
| -J, Ozerki, taking nine prisoners and two machine guns and
j destroying a blockhouse, *s
|j NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR SUCCEEDS PIEZ X
f Washington—Commonder J. L. Ackerson, a naval 4*
constructor, detailed for duty with the Shipping Board, *
, has been appointed president of the Emergency Fleet 4*
I -4 Corporation to succeed Charles Piez, whose resignation *s*
bcomcs effective May 1. JL
j*f t REV. W. H. DALLMAN GOES TO WAVERLY
|T Harrisburg—The Rev. Walter H. Dallman, formerly 4*
4, pastor of the Market Street Baptist Church, now stated >
supply for the Central Baptist Church of Steelton, and a
4, former secretary of the City Ministerium, has received ,2
; and accepted a call to the First Baptist Church of tZ,
| Waverly, N. Y. X
CHURCH EXPELS "WET" MEMBERS T
•y Mahanoy City, Pa. Because they are connected with
jp the saloon business or have signed liquor license ap- 4
j, plications, St. Paul's Reformed Church consistory has 4
; . expelled a half dozen members from the church mem- 4
| X bcrship. i
| MARRIAGE LICENSES |
j jf* c liarlm Flrkra and UartturrMr C. Ilrunn<T, Harrlnbnrff. *s®
More Than 5000 Men
to Reap Benefits
of New Scale
BACK PA Y TO
GO TO MANY
|i Almost one million dollars in
I increased wages will he paid to
engineers, firemen, trainmen,
| brake •men and flagmen and con
| due tors of the. llarrisburg dis
j trict under the provisions of the
I huge wage increase ordered for
! this branch of. railroad employes
jby Director (ieneral 1 lines, it
i was said in this city to-day.
Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia
i ami Reading Railroad men to the
number of a,loo will benctit by the
miasuro of Director 1 lines which is
j n irouctlvc. With the average ad
vance in wages per year per man
, amounting to about $l6O, approxi
mately $864,000 will bo paid to the
men in increased wages.
in addition to this amount, the re
troactive clause of lite order will net
| local employes approximately $241,-
i 000 in wages for duties already per
formed. Employes laid off under the
provisions of the big retrenchment
order, of which there are believed to
be folly 1,000 in lids section, too.
will henelii by lite cctrocactive
elite e Many hundreds of dollars
will be paid to those employes re
moved trout the active list since
, January 1. it is said.
I > r the total numbers of employes
affected, approximately 4,000 are oh
. the Pennsylvania Railroad, living in
, I Harri&burg, Enola, Marysvillc and
I ether surrounding communities.
II They, include all engineers, liremen,
1 brahemen, llagmen and conductors,
| both passenger and freight, on the
1 Cumberland Valley, Philadelphia,
| M'ddle and Wiliiamsport divisions.
The remaining 1,100 men are em
ployed on the Philadelphia nnd
I Reading Railway and live in this
[Continued on Page 2.".]