Peace Prospects Grow Brighter in Paris as Council of Four F s Agreements on Big Problems fc; HARRISBURG iSlllli TELEGRAPH ®he JSfAc-fln&epent>cnt. -XXXVIII— XO. 88 IS PAGES §MST2t'"SSr" 8 " HARRISBURG, PA TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1919. ftrXSIuTML 13 " gTSKjPSffra HOME EDITION WAR-WORN WORLD NEAR PEACE /IS BIG COUNCIL SOLVES ITS PROBLEMS Allied and German Envoys Are to Gather in Session to Parley on Terms of Great Treaty AGREEMENT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN REACHED UPON FRANCO-GERMAN FRONTIER QUESTION By Associated Press• PROSPKCTS of peace have suddenly become brighter as the result of agreements reached by the Council of Four at Paris, announcements of which seemed to indicate that within a short time the war-worn world will begin to return to something like normal international conditions. To Gather at Versailles April 25 On April _'s, which will be 165 days after the last gun of the great war was fired, allied and German delegates will gather at Versailles, the historic place where treaties which have re modeled empires and signaled the rise of new nations have been framed. A statement given out bv President Wilson at Paris last night indicated that the treaty with Germany would be completed in a very short time and that, in the meanwhile, the problems in- volved in the settlement of the conflicting claims of Italy and lugo-Slavia to territory on the eastern shore of the Adriatic would he given preferential consideration. It is probable that the allies of Germany will he called to Versailles almost immediately after the German delegates have received the allied terms and have passed upon them. Enemy to Pay Great Sum Germany by the terms of the treaty wil'l be called upon to pay I(X).(XX).OOO.(XXJ gold marks, which at the pre-war rate of exchange would be equivalent to $2a.820.000,000. Of this sum, there must be paid within two years an amount equal to $4,764,- 000,(XXJ and during the next thirty years twice that sum must lie turned over to the Allies. A; commission will determine when and how the remainder of the reparations! fund must be paid. Agree on Frontier Problem There seems to be an agreement on the vexing problem of the Franco- Get man frontier. It is said that the Gcrmuns will be compelled to with draw nil troops from a zone twenty live miles wide on the right bank of; thai river until the first instalment of i the indemnity is paid. \\ iiiie the work of fixing the amount of money to be paid by Ger- 1 many to tltc allied and associated ; powers has been completed, there remains a further task of apportion-' inn the indemnity funds among the a lied nations. It is indicated that France and England will receive a major portion, it being estimated tliat Sii per cent, of the total will go to them. <ut of tbe remainder the smaller powers will be given their shares, and that there will be some dissatisfaction on their parts is ex pected. Executions l.ack C'oiilirmntimi In Hungary, where a Soviet re-| public has been in power for several weeks, having been established vir tually without bloodshed, the execu tions of Archduke Joseph of Austria, Dr. Alexander Wekerle. former pre mier, and Huron Joseph Szteprenyi, minister of commerce, is reported. Confirmation is lacking. Riots Continue in Germany Riotous disorders continue in Ger many. in Bavaria, there are indica tions that the government led by Premier Hoffman, successor to Kurt Eisner, is gaining ground and that the Soviet regime, which threatened to take over complete control, may he ousted, in Berlin there have been riots and Iroops have fired on street vendors who are alleged to have been dealing in stolen goods. In the indus trial region of Westphalia, the strike continues, but no further fighting lias boon reported. India Scone of Riots A rather disquieting situation has | arisen in India, where there have been serious disorders. Lahore and Amritsar, in the northwestern corner of the peninsula, have been the scenes of riots, while at Ahmedabed, further south, mobs have burned government buildings. The situation in Egypt is reported to be in control i of the military forces commanded by General Allcnby. Benjamin M. English, Long in Railway Service, Dies After Long Illness Benjamin M. English died at 3.52 o'clock this morning at the Harris burg Hospital from a complication of diseases. He was a widely known freight conductor on the Philadel phia division of the Pennsylvania railroad and was in his sixtieth year. Mr. English resided at 1615 North Sixth street. Me was in the service of the Pennsylvania railroad since 1885. and was a member of the Ridge Avenue Methodist church, be ing active in religious and civic af fairs for many years. He was also B member of the Order of Railroad Conductors. the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, the Improved Order of Red Men. the Royal Order of Mcosc, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and of the Pennsylvania Railroad Relief. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice English, and two brothers, J. J. English and R. S. English. THE WEATHER For llnrrlshnrg nn<l vicinity! I n sctflcd weather. probably rnln to-night nnd Wednesday: not much change In tempera tn re, lowest to-night about 4,*> de grees. River The Pnstiiiehanna river and all Its hrnnehra will prnhaltly fall. \ Stnge of nhont .4 feet is Indl rnled for Hnrrlsburg Wcduea day morning. 6,000 TELEPHONE GIRLS ON STRIKE IN NEW ENGLAND Service Tied Up in East Coast States Except Con necticut 1 Boston, April 15.—A strike of more than 6,000 young women in the employ of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Providence Telephone Com pany for wage increases tied up the j telephone service to-day in the greater part of New England ex cept Connecticut. At 7 a. m. in accordance with the orders issued by the union leaders, virtually ail the night operators. reported at union headquarters for picket duty. Find Instruments Useless Front that hour telephone sub scribers found their instruments useless, as the thousands of calls that lighted up the various switch hoards went unanswered. Only chief operators remained at work, the supervisors going out with the | operators. In some of the smaller exchanges efforts were made to give some sort of service by the help of the chiefs and such other employes as could he obtained for the work, but they were able to handle only a small fraction of the business. Tic Up "Pretty Complete" At the main office of the New England company here early in the i day, it was announced that first ! reports indicated "a pretty complete 1 tic up of the system but with some local service being given in small I places." "Plans were being made," it was ! added, "for reconstruction of ser vice." Report for Picket Duty At the local exchanges, night op erators whose duties ended at 7 a. m. left the hoards without waiting for relief and reported to the union head quarters. Several hundred day op ; orators reported for picket duty out | side the exchanges while the others j attended a mass meeting. Picket tours of three hours each were established about the exchanges and at the railroad terminals.. The pickets were instructed to watch for strike breakers, but reported that none had appeared during the morn ing hours. Washington, April 13.—Holding the New England Telephone strike with out justification, the Post Office De partment to-day instructed the man ager of the company at Boston to replace the strikers or take any oth er steps necessary to maintain ser vice unimpaired. Officials said the department had expressed willingness to bargain collectively with the employes, its position on that question being "en tirely harmonious" with principles laid down by the War Labor Board. The employes, it was said, were asked to present a schedule of the wage increase desired, but refused to do so and the department ha' nothing on which to act. Governor Sproul Will Start For City Latter Part of Week, Friends Are Told Philadelphia. April 15.—Improv ing rapidly, tlovernor Sproul will leave Hot Springs, Va., for Harris burg the end of this week. Word to this effect was received to-day by friends in this city. The Governor went to Hot Springs on April 3. At that time he was suf fering from the effects of u severe attack of tousiMtis. REV. J. J. GLENN ELECTED HEAD ! OF PRESBYTERY Arrangements Made For In-. stallnlinn of New Pas tors in City The Rev. James J. Glenn, of j near Carlisle, has been elected mod- j erator of the Carlisle Presbytery of i the Presbyterian Church, at the an-1 nual sessions now being held in the First Presbyterian church, of Steel ton, the Rev. C. B. Segelken, pastor. Other officers elected are: The Rev. D. D. Camp, of Dry Run, vice-moderator: the Rev. H. H. Hall man, of Harrisburg, permanent clerk; the Rev, John D. Lindsay, of Shippensburg, reading clerk; the Rev. Harvey Klaer, of Harrisburg, reading clerk. Arrangements were made at the j morning's meeting for the installa-1 tion of the Rev. Henry W. Miller,' formerly of Baltimore, as pastor of; the Westminster Presbyterian church of Harrisburg. to-morrow evening at 1 7.15 o'clock. John L. Gamon, a. stu- 1 dent at the Princeton Theological: Seminary, was received into the! Presbytery and arrangements made! for his installation as pastor of the; Calvary Presbyterian church, liar-1 risburg, on a date to be fixed later. I During the afternoon plans will be! made also for the installation of the j Rev. S. A. Bower, formerly of Wash- i ington, as pastor of the Olivet Pres-] byterian church, of this city. At this morning's session, the! obituary and tribute of respect to tbe j Rev. Edwin E. Curtis, former pastor: of tbe Westminster Presbyterian! church, who died during the influ-j enza epidemic, was read. The report I was presented by the Rev. George I Fulton, of Meehanicshurg. Later in j the morning, Raymond D. Adams, of! Carlisle, was received as a student! for the ministry. No reports had been presented to' the Presbytery until noon. The pre-! sentation of these reports with a! largo amount of other business yet lo s be transacted, will make it necessary j for the body to continue in session I this evening. RETURNS TO LONDON By Associated Pi-ess London. April 15.—Premier Lloy.l ! George returned to London from I Paris yesterday afternoon. I Quota Fixed at $7,926,095 Harrisburg and the Harrisburg Victory Loan District, which is composed of Dauphin, Perry and Juniata counties, has been allotted a Victory Bond cpiota of $7,926,095. This is considerable less than the fourth loan quota which was $10,151,740. "And it is not going to he very hard to sell those bonds," said Chairman Donald McCormick this morning. The following table shows how the total quota is made up: Bank Section Resources Loan Quota Harrisburg City, $31,129,494 $4,669,423 Steelton 5.302,725 795,408 Balance Dauphin County, 9,175,117 1,376,256 Dauphin County total $45,607,336 $6,841,087 Perry County 4,194,736 629,210 Juniata County, 3,038,656 455,728 Grand total $52,840,728 $7,926,095 Figures for the Fourth Liberty Loan show that Perry and Juniata counties failed to subscribe their quotas—and failed "by a considerable figure. Total Fourth Liberty Loan figures are as follows: Section Quota Subscription Harrisburg City $6,133,640 $6,960,100 Steelton 805,230 1.110,400 Balance Dauphin County 1,792,620 2.175,100 Dauphin total $8,731,490 $10,245,600 Perry County 809,830 592,750 Juniata County 010,420 486! 150 Grand total $10,151,740 $11,324,500 ®be Star- Uncle Sam: Isn't It About Time You Got Over the Idea That I'm Made of Money? few MY yES ~~l I ! 1 300 WOMEN PLAN i AT NOON LUNCH IFOR HOME SURVEY j Ward Chairmen Named For Work That Begins Tomorrow i i More than throe hundred women ! have organized to conduct a sur | vey of the homes in Harrisburg ilur ! ins the next three days, announced | Mrs. Marlin E. Olmsted, chairman | of the committee from the Civic I Club of Harrisburg, which is cotl -1 ducting the work preliminary to the ] establishment here of a Homes Keg j istration Service, The survey committee and ward i chairmen outlined their working I plans for the survey at a noon luncheon meeting in the Civic t'luh. ; to-day. The meeting was attended , by Walworth Cady, tield agent of the Home Service Bureau of the United j States Housing Corporation, which I [Continued oil Page I.] nfcpcnftent. P. R. R, AND STATE ;EXPERT CONFER ON BRIDGE PLANS Conference Held Today at Of fice of State, With Super intendent Elmer Present Superintendent Elmer, of the Philadelphia division of the Penn sylvania railroad, discussed details in construction with Arnold W. Brunncr, architect, and J. E. Grein cr, of Baltimore, bridge expert, re lating to the proposed great me morial viaduct which the state, the city and the railroad will jointly construct over the railroad at State street, joining up the new Capitol park development with the Hill section. The matter of angles over the tracks was the main point at issue and it was found that the architects and the railroad will be able to get together easily on this. Rater in the day representatives of the Chamber of Commerce dis cussed with the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings, at the of fices of the board, the architects being present, some of the details having to do with the city's part in the big development program. Council Opposes Bill Permitting Corporations to Appeal to Commission Opposing a Senate bill which would permit public service corpora tions in cities, boroughs or townships to appeal from any local franchise license tax to the Public Service Commission and would give that body authority to lower the rate, Harrisburg City Council went on rec ord to-day against the measure by passing a resolution urging the de feat of the act. In the resolution it is stated that the passage of such a law would tend to limit the home rule power of cities, something which it is de sired should be broadened instead of decreased. Commissioner W. H. Rynch intro duced an ordinance authorizing the paving of York street, from Seven teenth to Eighteenth. Council's only other official action was the passage of a resolution appropriating S2OO from the general contingent fund for the various Grand Army and other war veteran organizations of the Icity, to pay part of, the expenses of the Memorial Day services. VAMttI.S DESTROY 'AWti Vandals have be> greatly ruining his lnwn within the past several days, Eno Harris, 2! II North Front street, has comnlnln.d to local police authorities. Blooms lave been Urn from the early flowers and scattered about the yard, he says, while In oili er cases bulbs themselves have bein torn from the ground. HOODLUMS DO MUCH DAMAGE TO CITY PARKS Bridges and Buildings Wreck ed During Winter Months bv Malicious Rowdies Much damage has been done to city park department property (lur ing the last few weeks by vandals, V. Grant Forrer, assistant superin tendent of parks, said to-day. The worst lawlessness in years has been found in many instances, and the damage done in every park tost the city many hundred dollars to repair. At Wildwood Park six bridges were almost ruined. Side rails were ripped off and some of the. support porting underneath removed. The ncrete fountain at the picnic grounds supplied constantly with running water from a spring has been damaged and some of the small frame buildings in the park were torn down and pulled apart. At Reservoir park approximately t.fly windows in the tennis cluo lo use have been smashed and some ol the lookers were broken open, but it is not believed anything has been stolen. At the Emerald street play ground and Twelfth street park, wir ing around the tennis courts has been torn loose, and at the latter place, about twenty-five benches were smashed and some of the heav ier pieces ol wood from the large wooden benches removed. In River Front park benches fastened to blocks were ripped from the sup ports. Rcpnlrn Mndc Necessary repairs have been com pleted and much other work is being clone in preparation for the. opening of all the parks for spring and sum mer. During the winter months all benches owned by the about 1600, were painted and almost half of them repaired. At Reservoir park sodding has been completed around the edges of the tennis courts and spring seeding and fertilizing has been finished. About fifteen of the twenty-three tennis courts in the park and playground plots will be opened probably by Sat urday. Road repairs are now being pushed and evrey parkway except the stretch lrom the southern end of the dam In Wildwood to the Elnglestown road, is open for pleasure cars. The track and baseball fields at Island park are open for use, also, but park department officials declar ed that oersons using them must not be disoiTlerly. Complaints have been received about loud cursing and oth er disorderly conduct and arrests may be made to end the disturbances. Playground equipment is being re laired and repainted and runways on the new bath house have bee i strengthened so that when the play ground season opens everything will be ready for use. CLEAN HOUSING CONDITIONS ARE SAID NECESSARY Ilurrisburg 11 MS Notorious Kx-j ample of Bat! Dwellings, Conference Told SHWAGK PLANT NEEDED Stcelton Menaced by Haw Ma terials Dumped Into Hiver Here Representative 1 lurrisburg people lin largo numbers gathered in tbe ■hall of the Mouse of Representatives j last evening to bear plans of the | generous offer of Colonel Edward I Martin, newly-appointed State Coin | missioner of Health, to make "Har | rishurg the model city of America" I from sanitary and health stanil- I points. Colonel Martin, one of the ' best-known surgeons in America 'and associated in that capacity with the University of Pennsylvania for twenty years, externalized his keen ! desire to co-operate with the capital jof the State in words and aids. The I City Council was there in a body, ! led by Mayor Ke(ster who set forth ! the fact that this progressive city • bud already spent nearly live mil ; lion dollars in working for the end ! now proposed. ! City Solicitor John K. Fox brought | an emphatic response on the part of [Continued on l'age I.] I-UESH %I'PKAI.S MADE con OI.I> rnriHiMi Flesh appeals from national lu-atl | quarters, emphasizing the villi n-cd | <■ r clothing for the civilian popula tion in war-stricken countries led I i ffieials of the llarrlsburg chapter, | American Red Cross to announce to -1 day that contributions of clothing ! will he received at the Red Cross I headquarters in the basement of the Public Library, despite •.he fact hat | the campaign period lias expired, I The clothing is to be sent to refu j gees in Armenia, Rumania, and olh ior war-torn countries, mainly in | Southern Europe. if T |g { 4* - ■ T —if -i *f* 1 t* > j "t* •4* •*** I.X . #i -£f & 4" 4 T t + *** § *j 4* ' T X *s* * T X padocia. where tl ,<§► -s *£* X cording to reports reaching thu | X *¥ -i, *§ X 1 *£■ 4* of the Third United States army, was to-day made 4 & dp f "$* *|* -if g X t JSACOLA BURNS $ 4* T 4* T -*f * * ware Sunday and the rescue of the crew by the U. S; S. A $ -if the Navy j 2 'SOVIETS ADMIT RETREAT 5 A * * •Ja Jjj region is admitted by the Russian Soviet government in X a wireless message received ,*jy J J WOMAN HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE £ * ?enu- ~|j 4* 4* '' !*P * * a license at this afternoon's session of police court ** *fc 4 WANTS SHORE CITY AS WORLD CAPITAL s * m | Trenton, N. J. Governor Edge to-day wrote to E X President Wilson at Paris urging the selection of Atlan- 4* 4* M. A, tic City as headquarters of the League of Nations. Cer : X! 4* tified copies of bills authorizing Atlantic City to float a tj 2 ond issue for the purch ite were enclosed ii X X X 4* - _ . T % MARRIAGE LICENSES ■* T -4 Itohrrt \\. Wllmm. t o|lrs<' Mlnllon, Tn„ nml K.ilKh 1,. Miller, lump Hill. COMMUNISTS IN BUDAPEST SLAY THREE LEADERS | Archduke Joseph, llaron Szte ! prenyi and Former Premier Wekcrle Are Executed ; TRAVELERS BRING WORD Berlin Newspapers Print Dis patehes of Bed Wrath Turning on Three Hi/ Associated Press London. April 13.—A Copen i hagen di'sputch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says I hat the | Acht Ulir lllatt and the Abcndeblatt. ,of Berlin, print reports received from travelers lo the effect that j communists at Budapest have ex | ecutcd Ari Jul like Joseph, Dr. Alex i ander Wekerle. former premier, and ! Baron Jcsoiih Szteprenyi, minister of commerce. The report, I lie dispatch says, has : been confirmed. Archduke Joseph of Austria is a son of Archduke Joseph Charles Louis, unci was born at Alcsuth, on August 11, 1872. During the war lie was in command of the south- I era section of the eastern battle* ' front. II was reported on April 11 ! Ihnt he and his son, Archduke ; Joseph Francis, had taken the oath : to submit unconditionally to the Mungariana National Council, which * was set up after the fall of the gov- I crnnient led by Count Michael ! Karolyi. Dr. Alexander Wekerle has for the last fifteen years been one of the . leading figures In Hungarian public i life. In IHO6 lie formed a cabinet wh'ch held office sintil April 21, j lflOH. After a brief interval*. Dr. ; Wekerle was again appointed prc [Coiitintifd on I'ngc I.] Antonio Maura to Form New Spanish Cabinet lly Associated Press I Madrid, April 15. —Antonio Maura, I who several times has held the post j of premier of Spain, has agreed to form another cabinet, to succeed I that of Count Romanones, which re 1 signed yesterday.
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