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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
fILXXXVIII no. 89 18 PAGES om™'"HARRISBURG,J?A. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 16, 1919. "*S£wwsßS siTSSk'Spim HOME EDITION
TEUTONS FIRST
TO KNOW TERMS
IN WORLD PEACE
Kxni'l Demands of Treaty to
Be Held Back bv tlic
Allies
LLOYD (IKORIIK DEFENDS
Council of Four With Balfour
Sitting Debates Adriatic
Question
DETAILS of the procedure
to lie observed at the his
toric meeting of allied and
(ierinan representatives at \ cr
sailles a week from I'riday are
being worked out by the allied
delegations to the Peace Con
ference. It is improbable that
the world will not know the ex
act demands of the associated
governments until after the 1 eu
tons have been formaly ap
prised of the price of peace.
Second Plenary Se-sion I.tkely
It seems, however that not only all
I he allied governments, but the gov
ernments or those countries whiclt
severed relations with Germany but
did not enter the war, will be in
formed as to the detai's of the pro
posed treaty. For this purpose, it is
likely that a second plenary session
of the peace conference will be held
before April 25.
Walt on l.loyd George
All England is awaiting with in
tense interest the address which
Premier David l.loyd George will
make in the Mouse of Commons to
day. Mr. Floyd George has been un
der lire from political opponents for
some time, and tbe Nortbeliffc pub
lications have been especially vigor
ous in their attacks on his reported
activities at Paris, and lie is expect
ed to reply to his critics.
W ill Outline Work
it is improbable, however, that he
will do more than outline in most
general terms the work that has been
done by the Peace Conference, there
being, it is said, a tac.it understand
ing between Floyd George. President
Wilson and Premiers Clemenceau
and Orlando, that no details are to
he made public at present. Tbe fact
that tbe British premier has decided
to open the debate in the House of
Commons, however, would appear to
indicate his readiness to defend his
work at Paris, and his defense may
bring out some significant state
ments.
Debates \driatic Question
Tbe Council of Four, in which
Arthur J. Balfour. British secretary
of stute for foreign affairs, has tem
porarily taken the place of Premier
Floyd George, is at present de
voting itself to efforts to settle the
controversy between Ita'y and Jugo
S'avia relative to the eastern shore
of the Adriatic. In addition, it is de
clared in a semi-official French news
agency dispatch, that the Schleswig-
Holstein problem, in which Denmark
and Germany are at odds, has been
adjusted by the arrangement of a
referendum to tbe people of the
province.
Violent Fighting in Munich
Violent fighting has occurred at
Munich, between German govern
ment and Soviet troops, the latter
seeming to have won at least a
temporary victory. It is probable,
however, that the battle will be re
newed, the government forces hav
ing been reinforced. Anarchy is said
to reign in the city. Government
troops, also, have been engaged in
quite serious encounters at Magde
burg, where radical elements which
have been in control for the last few
days are reported to have been de
feated. Igtbor troubles are still pre
valent throughout Western Ger
many.
Rumanians Driven by Reds
Rumanian forces in Bessambia
have been forced to retire before
Russian Soviet troops and, further
north, the army of Simon I'etlura,
the peasant leader of the F'kraine,
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Accident on New Year's
Night, 1915, Unavoidable,
Civil Court Jury Says
In a verdict returned by a civil
court jury this morning, the jurors
decided that the auto-trolley collision
at Front and Walnut streets on the
night of January 1, 1913, "was un
avoidable and we exonerate the de
fendant" —the VallGy Railways Com
pany, which was sued by Mrs. Cora
Maugan whose daughter was fatally
injured in the crash.
The peculiar verdict would have
been more appropriate in criminal
court and it made Judge George
Kunkel smile. lie wanted to know
just what the jurors meant. They
said they meant to decide in favor
of the trolley company. The verdict
was made to read that way.
THE WEATHER
For Hnrrisburg nml vicinity:
Itnlu to-night| lowest tempera
ture about 4.1 degrees; Thurs
day partly cloudy and colder.
For F.nntern Pennsylvania: Main
to-night: slightly warmer In
enst portion: Thursdny unset
tled. prnhssly loenl rnlns; eolder
In west portion: fresh to strong
snuthenst to south winds, shift
ing to southwest Thursdny.
111%'er
The mnln river will continue to
foil slowly to-night and proh
nhly Thursdny. \ll tributaries
will rise somewhnt or remain
nenrly stntlonary. except the
lower portion of the \wrth
Branch, which will prnliablv
continue to fnlf to-night. \
stage of nhout 11.2 feet Is indl
eated for Hnrrl.xburij; Thursday
morning.
Now If Somebody Would Only Invent Something to Do to
the Clock so We Could Get a Little Sleep!
WHAT'S THE EXTRA, HOUR. OF DAYLIGHT TOR "
IF • N " OTSO ' SYOU CAN ACCOMPLISH MORE?
JOW7CE AND LIGHT \MMEN YOU GET HOME
' rJA ( NOXN HERE ARE THE. SUGS AND BROOivu —''
OH WELL! BUT YOU KNOW SY IGLCHTS |-rs ~ 1
„ [ ■' ONLY A LITTLE PAST ELEVRE!
I
—-i % y JTWT .I^IE
LEAVE RUSSIAN
PEOPLE ALONE, IS
TOLSTOY'S ADVICE
Must Work Out Their Own
Problems With Help
From Allies
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ILLYA TOLSTOY
"Leave tlie Russian people alone;
feed them; help the nation; co
operate with her in ideas of kind
ness and love; work with her in the
principles uttered by Christ Jesus,
and Russia will become the great
est Republic on earth."
A man of 51} years, lying: in his
bed at the Penn-Harris. a man with
eyes of vision, bearded, robust, inteli
gent, in brief, Illya Tolstoy, second
son of Russia's most famous writer
and moralist, gave the following in
terview to-day to a representative of
the Harrisburg Telegraph; gave it
from his profoundest feelings; from
his conclusions made by personal
observation.
Mr. Tolstoy was having his break
fast in his room at the Penn-Harris,
hot, strong coffee and poached eggs,
and by his side was a pack of de
licious Russian cigarets which
smacked of the steppes and the wide
areas of that mighty country. Listen
to his straight-from-the-lieart talk
on the situation and condition of
Russia to-day.
To-night he will speak in the
Chestnut street auditorium at a
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SOLEMN WEEK IN
CITY'S CHURCHES
BEING OBSERVED
Memorial Services For Sol- J
tlicrs tind Challenge For
Victory Loan
Solemn and impressive services in |
virtually every Christian Church of j
the city are being held this week in
observance of Holy Week. In many I
sermons the subject of Christ's Pas- I
sion in its various phases is being
presented, while Jews are celebrat- j
ing the Feast of the Passover in syn- !
agogues and temples.
For probably the first time in the ;
history of this nation, memorial ser- j
vices for the soldier and sailor dead i
are being held in connection with !
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Burleson Wants Phone
Operators to File Schedule
By Associated Press
Washington, April 16.—After con- '
ferring with Postmaster General ■
Burleson, Secretary Tumulty to-day
telegraphed the New England tele'- j
phone strikers, suggesting that they i
file their application for a new wage !
scale with the general manager of j
the New England Telephone Com- |
pany and return to work immediate
ly "so that the public may not be
further subjected to embarrassment
or inconvenience."
EBERT LETS OUT BITTER WAIL
AGAINST SEVERE TRUCE TERMS
Says Consequences of Blockade Must Best Upon Shoulders
of Allies; Lauds Sacrifices of German Peoples; Ad
dresses Kational Assembly at Easter's Approach
By Associated. Press
Copenhagen, April 16. —According
to a dispatch from Weimar, Presi
dent Eberl, of Germany, has address
ed the following Easter message to
the National Assembly:
"The National Assembly, as the
competent representative of the Ger
man people, expressed unanimously
on April 10 the expectation that the
government would agree only to a
peace based on understanding and
reconciliation and would reject any
treaty which would sacrifice the
Star-In&cpen&cnt.
DISPOSAL PLANT
FOR CITY MEETS
WITH APPROVAL
' Councilmen Discuss Sanitary
Measures Advocated by
Health Commissioner
Advisability of constructing a
| large sewage disposal plant in this
■ city, one of the sanitary measures
| urged by Colonel Edward Martin,
; State Commissioner of Health, has
been discussed in councilmanic cir
! oles, the plan meeting with the ap
i proval of all the commissioners,
i The cost of the project, which would
I probably be many thousands of
I dollars, may be prohibitive at this
time, some of the officials said, in
j view of the many other big im
i provement expenditures which are
I contemplated for the immediate fu
) ture.
Dr. Samuel F. Hassler, Superin
i tendent of the Department of Public
Safety, explained that the plan for
a disposal plant in Harrisburg is
i not a new one, and that for some
j time it has been commended but
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Gibson Is Named U. S.
Minister to Poland.
| Paris, April 16.—Hugh S. Gibson,
secretary to the American Embassy
in Paris, has been appointed as the
first minister of the United States to
Poland.
present and future of the German
people arid the world.
Welcomes Pronouncement
"I welcome this pronouncement as
a declaration of the inflexible will of
the German people, that the coming
peace shall be a peace of lasting
understanding and conciliation
among the nations, and that it must
thus give Germany the possibility of
permanently observing the principle
of understanding and conciliation.
"The National Assembly and the
government are working with devo
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J. MILEY JONES,
LONG-TIME BANK
OFFICIAL, DEAD
Prominent in Masonic Circles!
and Active, in Y. M. C. A. i
Work; Aged 62 Years
J. Milcy Jones, teller of tlie First!
National Rank, prominent in j
Masonic circles and active in Y. M.
C. A. work, son of the late Joshua l
W. Jones and Mary .Milev Jones, of,
this city, died at the I larrisburg j
Hospital this morning after an ill
ness of several months, aged 62!
years.
Funeral services will lie held at I
his home, 109 South street. Good
Friday afternoon ut 2 o'clock, wi hi
the Rev. Dr. Fewis S. Mudge. pas-1
lot of the Pine Street Prenbyteiian
Church, officiating. Burial will be
made in tiie Harrisburg cemctcy. 1
Mr. Jones, who had a wMc
tiCquaintanc-H throughout Central
Pennsylvania, was born in Harris
burg May 2d, 1857, living here till
Lis life. He entered State College
at the unusual age of 12 years, be
ing one of the youngest students
ever enrolled there, and after
finishing at State went to Fa fay
ettc College, where he was gradu
ated with the class of 1 878. lie was
a member of the Zeta Phi frater
nity. Immediately after leaving
college, Mr. Jones went to work in
tbe First National Rank, holding
various positions as bonding clerk
and teller there until the lime of his
death.
Mr. Jones was closely identified
with the Pine Street Presbyterian
Church as a trustee for many years
and as treasurer of the junior de
partment of tiie Sunday school since
1885. Deeply interested in local
Y. M. O. A. work, be was a mem
ber of the boa"i, of directors for
many years, using his influence
always for tbe betterment of boys.
Mr. Jones was .1 •rominent Mason
and a member of Perseverance j
Chapter, No. 21, Royal Arch
Masons; Harrisburg Council No. 7,
Royal and Select Master Masons: 1
Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11,
Knights Templar; Harrisburg Con-]
sistory, Scottish Rite Masons.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. ■
Nellie E. Ferch Jones; one son,
Kenneth Miley Jones, of Lebanon; j
three brothers. Robert Ross Jones, j
"William D. Jones and John Paul
Jones, of this city. He was a man
of modest, retiring disposition, but
greatly. jjeloved by Ujpse who knew
him best.
Transports to Operate in
and Out of New York if
Whole Navy Is Required
liy Associated Press
Washington, April 16. Trans
ports will be operated in and out of
New York harbor "if it requires the
[entire United States Navy," it was
stated officially to-day in connection
[ with plans of harbor workers to
| start a strike to-morrow with the
j announced intention of tying up
| traffic completely.
No Yankees Around
When Reds Kill Japs
Py Associated Press■
Washington, April 16.—1t was
I learned authoritatively to-day that
there were no American troops in
1 the vicinity when a Japanese unit in
j Siberia was wiped out recently by
j Russians, as reported in dispatches
I from Tokio and Vladivostok.
JOHN FULTON IS
APOSTLE OF HOPE
TO THE HOPELESS
Rotary Club Amazed by What
It Finds at Place Where
Men Arc Made Over
If ever you find yourself down
and out, friendless, homeless, job
, less, penniless and desperate, go see
John Fulton, he'll give you a fresh
I start.
| Ask any member of the Harris
! burg Rotary Club if that is not true.
"John's Place" is what some
facetious member of Ihe club
; dubbed the home over which Fulton
presides.
But instead of the "cup" that
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Rev. H. W. Miller Will
Be Installed Tonight
at Westminster Church
Installation of the Rev. Henry
W. Miller as pastor of the West
minster Presbyterian Church will
take jlaee at 7.45 o'clock this even
ing. The sermon will he delivered
by Dr. George Edward Hawes, pas
tor of the Market Square Presbyter
ian Church. The Rev. Henry A.
Grubb, Baltimore, will deliver the
charge to the pastor, and the Rev.
George Fulton, Mechanicsburg, will
give the charge to the people. The
installation prayer will be offered
by the Rev. H. .Everett Hallman,
pastor of the Immanuel Presbyter
ian Church.
The, Rev. J. E. Gehinan will be or
dained and installed as pastor of the
Calvary Presbyterian Church June
2. it was announced to-day. A spe
cial session of the Carlisle Presby
tery will be held at 7.30 o'clock in
the evening, to be followed by the in
stallation services. The Rev. Mr.
Gehman is now a student in Prince
ton Seminary and will be graduated
in May. He was licensed at the ses
sion of tlvc Presbytery held in Stecl
ton yesterday, .
PEACE PATHS STILL FULL
OF PERILS, LLOYD GEORGE
TELLS HOUSE OF COMMONS
[VALEDICTORY HONORS
WON BY HORACE SELIG
iFor First Time in Years Boy Takes First Honors at Central
High School; Miss Fvelvn Keitel Salulatorian; Prin
cipal Severance Beads List From the Bottom
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HORACE SKFIG,
Valedictorian
For the first time in years, a boy
! heads the S'enjor class of the Oen
! Iral High School, according to an
-1 nouncement made yesterday after
j noon by Prof. Walter E. Severance,
| principal of (he school. The vale
;; dictorian is Horace Selig, 920 North !
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: Sixteenth street. j
The names of the honor students
in the class of 1919, which Is to be
graduated in June, as announced by
Professor Severance, include:
Horace Selig, 920 North Sixteenth;
Evelyn Keitel, 2035 Nor!lt Fourth;
Rosabel Quann, 525 Brown: Mildred
Donmoyer, 2531 North Sixth; Mary
Garland, 1915 North Sixth: Virginia
Downes, 1811 North Second; Feme
Stanford, 2025 Green; ltuth Fang
don, 1312 Kittutlnny; Charlotte Fer
guson, 1510 Briggs; Helen Burris;
172014 North Fifth; Hazel Collier,
2020 North Third; Violet Hollinger,
1232 Mulberry; Elinor Smith, 313
Broad; ICatherine Huzen, 1905
Green; Marion Manbeck, 1943 North
Sixth; Margaret Banks, 428 Hamil
ton; Joseph Magill, 538 Seneca;
Merle Smith, 237 North Fifteenth.
In announcing the honor awards
Prof. Severance created no little
excitement when he read the last
name on the list first and continued
VICTORY BONDS
AT SSO ANSWER
TO FALSE STORY
Chairman Patterson Denies
Report That Smallest Sub
scription Must Bo SSOO
Some one with nothing to do lias
started a story that no subscriptions
to the Victory Eoan will be taken
under SSOO.
"That story is ridiculous," said
Chairman Andrew S. Patterson, of
the Harrisburg district, Victory
campaign, to-day. "As a matter of
fact, it is probable that folks who
buy over SIO,OOO worth of Victory
Bonds may not get all they want to
buy, because the issue is limited to
$4,500,000,000, and the big buyers
will be disappointed. But it is safe
to assume that all under the SIO,OOO
buyers will get what they want.
"The persons spreading the story
that no subscriptions will be taken
under SSOO are, in plain words, talk
ing through their hats. Subscrip
tions will be taken as usual—from
SSO up."
New Medals Arrive
Mercer B. Tate, of the campaign
committee, to-day received from na
tional headquarters five sample
medals made from German cannon.
These medals are to be given to Lib
erty Loan workers. They are inter
esting souvenirs in more ways than
one.
While the offer of two SSO Liberty
Bonds to school pupils of Dauphin,
Perry and Juniata counties was not
made until yesterday, Miss Katha
ryn Smith, of the contest commit
tee, Penn-Harris Hotel, to-day re
ceived a nrimber of essays by mail.
It was the original thought that all
these essays should be submitted to
the teachers in the various rooms.
The offer of SSO for a 250-word
essay means that the winner of the
contest will 'be paid at the rate of
20 cents a word.
.Governor William C. Sproul has
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EVKFYN li KIT EI,
Salulatorian
up tiie roll until he read the name
of the valedictorian last of all.
There is special significance in the
awards this year since next year's
class will contain the last of the boy
students of Central High.
Officials at the school offices
were unable to give an exact, date for
the commencement exercises this
! year. It is probable they will take
[place either June 17 or 18.
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Pleads That
Critics Be
Silenced
CONFERENCE IS
HISTORY MAKER
Bolshevism Is on
Wane in Russia,
He Assures
7?;/ Associated Press
LONDON, April 16.
i The Allied representa
tives in Paris have arrived ;
at a complete understand
j ing on the great funda
mental questions that
j would effect peace with
: Germany, Premier Lloyd
George declared in ad
dressing the House of
! Commons to-day. The
Allies had formulated
their demands, and he
hoped that by the end of
next week they would be
j presented.
The Premier vigorous-
I ly attacked those who had
>| "attempted to sow dis
sension, distrust and sus-
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