Germans to Be Apprised of Demands in Peace Treaty by Saturday of Next Week; Flay Ask Questions HARRISBURG Sfijlfli TELEGRAPH She Slier-Independent. LX XXVIII— NO. 01 28 PAGES "•"kW, HARRISBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1919. ""SiWSSSSg HOME EDITION KEYSTONE MEN DEPICTED GOING INTO ACTION W.ir Department Has Secured Official Pictures of 28th Division SERIES OPEN TO PUBLIC Publication of Fighting Scenes Is Begun by the Telegraph Through the courtesy of Colonel J. B. Kemper, of the local Army re cruiting station, the Telegraph be gins to-day the publication of a series of photographs depicting the activities of the Twenty-eighth Di vision in the thick of the fighting during the last days of the war. The photographs, while illustra tive of modes of fighting which will l>c of interest to all readers, are of peculiar interest to the people of Central Pennsylvania, since they show boys from this section, sta tioned on the tiring line, talcing an active part in the final drive which resulted in victory for the Allied forces. The first of this series of photo graphs is presented in to-day's issue of this paper, it depicts American troops of the Twenty-eighth Divi sion entering a town shortly after the evacuation of the Germans. Ac cording to the official reports ac companying the picture, it was taken at Beau St. Gcrmatne, France, July 24 of last year. It is believed that there will he many hoys from this section recog nized by their friends. The photographs have been com piled by the Pictorial Section, His torical Branch, War Plans Division, of the General Staff, War Depart ment. Boston's Mayor Calls on Burleson to Urge Settlement of Strike ft 7 Associated Press Washington. April IS.—Mayor I'elors, of Boston, discussed the New Ung'and telephone strike situation for nearly an hour to-day with Post master General Burleson. Then he wont to the White House to see Sec retary. Tumulty. It was expected that Mr. Burleson would communicate with officials at Boston while Mr. Peters was at the ICxeentive Mansion and that the sec ond conference might result in some working basis on which 1 lie two sides in (lie strike could get together to effect a settlement. Mr. Peters said lie had presented the schedule of demands of the work ers to the Postmaster General and sc'erai suggestions from the stand point of Ilie public. He declared the Postmaster General was impressed with the gravity of the situation. "Tlie situation certainly does not look any worse," lie said. Three Men Missing Result of Crash of Steamer and Tug H >/ Associated Press Now York, April IS. —The home coming joy of 1,362 American Iroops on the steamer Saxonia was washed yesterday when the soldiers, clustered cheering at the rail, saw the naval tug Freehold sent to the bottom of the Hudson river by a blow from the Saxonia's propeller, as she was working to warp the big liner into her pier. A muster of the Freehold's crew last night showed three men miss ing. Rescued members of the crew said that they saw Barry |,ana •ban, chief machinist's mate, sink af ter a short struggle. It was thought possible that the other two men un accounted for had been picked up by small boats and taken ashore. Park Golf Club to Open Summer Season Tomorrow The Harrisburg Park Golf Club to morrow noon will open its regular course for the summer with the green greatly improved by the winter rest. Robert Fiiirbairu, the club's pro fessional. said to-day that the greens are in splendid shape. Under his di rection tlie third and eighth holes have been lengthened again adding consider able distance to the course and making it more difficult. The cluli expects its most prosperous year this summer. III,HAN CM n MATS IIAIvFI) Ml \H Hundreds of members of the Harris burg Republican Club enjoyed a big cupper at tlie headquarters, 26 North Second street, last night. Baked shad with a half a dozen other courses were .nerved. Music was furnished during the /evenini by Hie Municipal Band. WEST SHORE \ For llnrrisliurg and vicinity! Fair to-night, probably light frost; lowest temperature about Its degrees; Saturday fair nail slightly warmer. For Castcrn Pennsylvania: Fair to-night, probably light frost; Saturday fair and slightly warmer In north nail norlliw'rst portions; gentle west winds be coming larinhle Saturday. River The main rlier will rise slowly this afternoon nod to-iilghl nail begin to fall slowly Saturday. \ll branches will full slowly tie remain ivory stationary. \ stage or about ll,s feet is' indi cated for Harrisburg Snturduy morning. Penna. Troops at Front Shown by Photos This etching shows troops of the Twcnty-eiglith T)ivision, most of them members of Ilie old Pennsylvania National Guard, entering the town of Beau St. Germnine, In France, shortly after its evacuation by the Ger mans on July 24 of last year. It is the first of a series of Government photographs made at the front of the Twenty-eighth Division and procured for publication in the Harrisburg Telegraph through the courtesy of Colonel James B. Kemper, in command of the Harrisburg recruiting district, himself formerly lieutenant colonel of the old Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. The Twenty-eighth Division made such a wonderful repu tation for itself that any Pennsylvania man who goes to France in the new army now being recruited and sent across will find himself welcome among the Frenchmen, who remember Chateau-Thierry and the events that followed. The Keystone Division, which is now at Brest on its way home, is one of the famous lighting units of the Army. Other pictures of the Twenty-eighth will follow. WOMAN LABOR WINS DEMAND FOR OLD JOBS Thirty-Eight Men Arc Re leased From Pennsylva nia Railroad Thirty-eight men. sonic of them j returned soldiers and some married j men with families, are without their i positions on the Pennsylvania Hail- j road and an equal number of wom en, recently discharged, are again 011 the company payroll. The change was made this week • when orders were received from the ; railroad administration in Washing ton ordering the reinstatement of thirty-eight women who were laid off when the soldiers returned and during the recent railroad retrench- i inent without regard to seniority I rights. The women, who were employed ] as laborers, store attendants, clerks ! and in other similar positions, all ! lost their positions within the past I several months. When they protest- i ed that this was not in accordance j with their seniority rights, they were i told that they would have to make! way for returning soldiers and oilier! men released from war work, it is j said. The women were supported in their protest, it is asserted, by a j woman connected with Hie Women's | Service Section of the Railroad Ad- | ministration at Washington. Railroad officials explain that the j addition of the number of women, | automatically makas it. necessary j to drop thirty-eight other employes, | in order not to exceed the allotment j for any one department. While the i officials admit that the women were I correct us regard their seniority | rights, they fett that the work could | lie performed more efficiently by the I men who had replaced them. The majority of the women, how ever, took the other view, claiming that their rights were violated. Sev eral notable exceptions of women declining reinstatement in such i cases were noted, however. United States Gives New Credit to Allies; Total Now $9,138,829,000 /,*!/ Associated Press Washington. April IS.—The Treas ,i \ to-day announced the establish ment of new credits for Allies as follows: Great Britain. $100,000,000: Ru mania, $."1,000,000, and Serbia $268,- 000. This raised the total loans of all Ihe Allies to $0,188,829,000. of which $4,236,000,000 has gone to Great ! Britain: $20,000,000 to Rumania j and $27,268,000 to Serbia. Wife Thinks It's All Right to Wed in Another State Altoona, Pa., April 18.—Mrs. Mil-! dred Mussel man went to Cumber-1 land, Md.. on April 1 and was mar-j tied to Kdwurd S. Wilson, of Al toona. Now she is defendant In a; bigamy charge. Husbands Ncs. 1 and 2 were both present at the hearing before a mag-! istrate. Mrs. Musselnian said she! thought a second marriage in an other state with another man would be legal. She was held for court, j Husband and wife hud been living j apart. Rev. M. 0. Pierce Is Called by N. Y. Church Hy . Is.iociatcd I'rcs.u X. Y., Anril 18. —The con- j irrcffntion of the Hapttnt Church in; Ken 111 ore. X. Y. t expended a call to j the I lev. Millard o. IMercc, llarriH- i hu I*a„ last night to become pas <or or that congregation. The Key Mi. IMercc is now pastor of the Tab ernacle Baptist Church, Harrisburg. " The Lord Is My Shepherd She Read The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. A little old woman in North Fourth street was reading from Hie Bible last night. The family has prayers in the evening—one of the few remaining families in Harrisburg which observes the old custom. There was the little old woman, her daughter-in-law, three of the lattcr's children, and a neighbor. A lamp burned 011 a table in the corner: and 111 front of the lamp was a frame containing the portrait of a soldier. He itiaketh we to lie. down in preen pastures: He leadcth we be side the still waters. Had the night been one of two years ago there would have been another per son in the group—the little old woman's son. But the boy enlisted months ago. last November; and since March of 1918 he has been in France. He was in a number of big battles: and 011 the mantlepicce over the gas log there is a German helmet, sickly green in color —except for the dark brown spot on the inside, near a nasty hole. He rrstoreth 111.1/ sont; He leadeth we in the paths 0/ righteousness for his name's sake. As the old woman read the Twenty third Psalm her daughter-in-law sud denly caught her breath. The little old woman hesitated, hut only for an in stant. The neighbor woman and the children gazed at the woman who had sighed. The children were curious. The woman from the next house smiled and nodded her head in a reassuring manner. Tll the adjoin ing liolf of the double house someone suddenly had began playing the piano. But the little old woman continued to read. I'm, though I trail; ll(roiiyh the valley of the shad dote of death / trill fear no evil; for Thou art with we; thy rod and thy staff they cow fort me. Thou preparest 0 table before me in the presence of mine, enemies; Thott anointest tttt) head with oil; my cup .runneth over. One of the children grew drowsy, and her head fell on her breast. The daughter-in-law stared at the rug. her hands clasped. The room was quiet, except for the sing-song voice of the little old woman. Then suddenly there was a ring at the door. A messenger boy was there. The daughter-in-law took the yellow envelope. Her hand shook so that she could hardly open It. She read the message. "Frank is 011 the Chicago," she said. "He lands April 21." The little old woman let the book fall into her lap. A twenty-year-old picture of a little boy dropped to the floor— the picture and four Diberty Bonds. Surely goodness attil ntcrcy shall follow me all the days of my life; ontl I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Palmer Asked to Give Opinion as to Move to Reduce Cotton Acreage V\ nxhlngton, April 18.— Attorney General Palmer has been asked by Secretary Houston of the Department of Agriculture for an opinion as to the legality of the movement among Southern planters to reduce acreage with the purpose of holding up cot ton prices. T1101.1.11V ME!V GET RAISE Ilaaleton. Pa.. April 18.—The Be high Traction Company, operating street car lines in this city and to the sur rounding towns. to-day voluntarily granted its motormen and conductors a wage advance of two cents an hour ef fective May t. After that date the rates will lie 36. 37 and 38 cents an hour respectively, for first, second and third year men. BODY OF DEAD MAN FOUND IN GAS-FILLED ROOM Jacob Bcntzel, Groceryman alii Elkwood, Believed to Have | Committed Suicide _• I, New Cumberland, April I!>. j: Jacol) Bcntzel. aged about GO years, j who kept a grocery store at the cor ner of Ninth and Bridge streets,! Klkwood, was found dead in his room over the store, with the gas jel open. Mr. Bcntzel occupied .a sleep-; ing room on the second floor and the l balance of the dwelling was used by 1 Boy Mowery and family. Lawrence Pettrow, a contractor,) had some work to do for Mr. Bent'-! zel at Middletown, and this morning l be went to see him in reference to it.; He found the store closed and Mr. j Bcntzel not around, lie called Mr. i Mowery and together they went to) the second floor and looking through j the keyhole saw the man in hed with, the blankets drawn up over his head) and the room tilled with gas. Coroner, Deardorff was summoned and will | investigate the death. Mr. Bcntzel and his wife have! been separated for about a year, the latter, living at Ilarrishurg. Some time ago Mr. Bcntzel had it molun-j chol.v spell and recently appeared to l be suffering front the same trouble. Besides his wife he is also survived by four children. John, of Palmyra: I Daniel, of New Cumberland, who) lives only a few doors away front tliej father's home: Jacob, a member of, the Machine Hun Company of lite; 112 th Regiment. 28tli Division in! franco, and Catharine, living vith; an aunt tit Philadelphia. Coroner Deardorff has been noti-j tied and will investigate lite death. Life Prisoners Beat Guard to Death With Brass Fire Hose Nozzle! Hy Associated Prcsa Albany, X. Y., April 18.—Charles j Ounther, a guard at Dannemora i Prison, was murdered last night by two convicted murderers who were i attempting to escape it was learned | here to-day. Tlte guard was beaten to death I with the brass nozzle of a fire hose, ' hut his slayers were overpowered by other guards before they could get away. The two prisoners. 800 Jankowski i and Walter T.evanski, were advanced j tubercular cases and were confined ! in the prison tubercular hospital. , where the attack on Huntlier took i place. Both were serving life sen- ! tences. Eichhorn Tries to Get Away by Airplane, but Is Taken by Soldiers Hjj Associated Press London. April 18.—Herr Kichhorn, the former Spartacan police chief in j Berlin, lias been arrested by German! government troops tit Brunswick, an! Kxcliange Telegraph dispatch from I Copenhagen says. When the troops took Brunswick, I Kichhorn tried to escape by airplane. I but the machine was forced to land' and the fugitive was captured by the soldiers. CO AI, CONFKRKNCB A D.IOI ItM-ll) | Because of the time required lo cor- I rect acreage measurements of coal lands j owned hy the Susquehanna Collieries. company, the county commissioners i yesterday afternoon continued the aes- j sion until Monday afternoon when it is ' hoped that the county's engineer and 1 the coal company representative can I complete the work. After this meeting, the engineers will hold a Joint con- 1 ference In an effort to agree on tlte I amount of unmlned coal In the ground. GERMAN TROOPS SEIZE LIBAU IN DRIVE AGAINST LETTS; BRITISH PREMIER BACK AT PEACE TABLE Strong Force Overpowers Enemies ARREST CHIEF OF INTERIOR Premier Ull man's j Protest Sent to i Danish City Ky Associated Press Copenhagen, April 18.—German and Baltic-German troops have for cibly seized I.ibau and overthrown j the Bettisli provisional government, | according lo advice received by the ! Lettish press bureau here, i Lettish reserve troops in Libau 1 were surprised Wednesday by strong German forces which overpowered I the Letts and disarmed and interned j them. Later the Germans arrested the Lettish minister of the interior jand several officials, it is said. The surprise was possible, accord ; ing to report, because of tlie fact I that Lettish troops had been sent to jthc front, while Baltic-German de i tacliments had been brought back to ! Libau. The city is now held and pu i trolled by the Germans, Premier Filters Protest Premier Ullman has protested to ] General Von Dergoltz, commander t of the German troops in Letvia, and ! the latter lias expressed his aston j ishment over the incident. The Letts j accuse the Germans of constantly I hindering them from mobilizing .against the Bolsheviki, which, it is I said, accounts for the fact that Riga !is still in the hands of tlie Soviet forces. A telegram was sent Wednesday i evening by Premier Uliman to the Lettish representative in Denmark, reporting the seizure of Libau and tadding that lie, himself, is safe and I collaborating with the British mis sion and British warships in the liar | bor. The telegram stated that tlie I Germans had occupied the premier's j department and seized Hie papers | there, it was added that the Germans ; demand that one-third of the niem i hers in a new ministry, which they [insist shall be formed, sha'l lie Ger | mans. The telegram concludes: "Wo will aeecde lo nothing." | Twenty-Eighth Division to Leave Le Mans Soon j Word was received at the Adju- I taiH Gemeral's ofllec to-day mat I cablegrams from France were that ] the Twenty-eighth Division would leave Le Mans to-morrow for Brest, I the port of embarkation, for Amer i icq FIRE DESTROYS |ACTIVITY AMONG BIGWASHERYAT I BUILDERS SHOWS A LYKENS MINES Incendiary Origin Suspected,; With Loss liunning Into Thousands of Dollars li.vkons, April 18.—Fire at about 3 o'clock this morning destroyed the washer.v of the Susquehanna Col lieries Company, near here. No es timate ol' the loss could bo given by IX ,V. Randall, superintendent, but it is said to run into the thousands of dollars. The cause of the lire is not known, but there is an impression current that it was of incendiary origin, I since workmen who left the build ing at :i.30 o'clock yesterday after noon found everything in satisfac tory condition, according to their statements. The bla/.c was discovered in the early hours of the morning. More than tiOO scantily-clad ' residents of l.ykons thronged to the scene and attempted lo extinguish the flames, i but their efforts were fruitless, since! the building was literally saturated j with oil. It is explained that thej huge masses of machinery were! filled with oil and that, since the; building has been in use since 1902, j it has been impregnated with oils. I The washery was used for wash-1 ing and preparing for market coal from the culm bank. It was erected in 1902 and the height was prob ably 150 feet. When it. was swept by the flames the sight was most spectacular and thousands of peo ple thronged throughout the valley, when they learned there was no way to help, watched the flames. CRANK MARK CJSKCH ENVOY Washington, April 18. —Selection of Richard Crane, private secretary to Secretary Lansing since 1915, to be first American minister to the new re public of Czecho-Slovakia, was an nounced by the State Department to- | day by Acting Secretary Folk. Ukrainians Slay Many Jews By Associated Press Paris, April 18.—Detachments of the command of General Petlura, the Ukrainian peasant leader, have been carrying out excesses against the Jews in Galicia. according to information reaching the Polish national committee here. At llusiatyn and Fastov, it is de clared. 2,500 Jews were ki'led and wounded. At Papniarka 250 arc said to have been killed. The Ukrainians are said lo have pillaged the Jewish shops at Jav oroff, northwest of Bern berg, and to have committed similar excesses at Czortkoff, west, of Husiatyn, and at Bowaczna. COMMUNISTS COMPEL REDS TO HOLD FAST Bolsheviki Evacuate Bolshie Ozerki; Driven Out By Shells of Russo-Allied Artillery; Soviets Reported to Be Without the Necessary Provisions By Associated Press . Archangel. April 18.—The 801-j Sheviki have evacuated the town of Bolsliie Ozerki, according to peasants: who fled to the Allied lines yesterday. Tlie enemy was evidently driven out by the constant shelling to which the Russo-Allied artillery lias been subjecting the town during the lrst two weeks, finally making it unten able. Tlie Bolsheviki are reported to have established po. itions in the woods nearby. Itcils Wanted Out of Figlit Tills bombardment, together with a shortage of supplies due to tlie thawing roads leading south from Bo'shic Ozerki, is seriously impair ing the morale of die Bolsheviki, who are reported lo be without re serve provisions. The peasants re ported that tlie troops wanted to leave tlie front but that the Com munist officers were holding them in place with machine guns posted along the road in the rear. Tlie enemy's guns from near Rol shie Ozerki shelled the Russo-Allied positions last evening for twenty minutes without causing any casual ties. The other sectors are generally quiet. Berlin. April 18. The German i national government is considering .seriously the sending of government \troops or, at least, German general staff officers to aid in the relief of j Munich from tlie communist forces, 'although neither Ilie Bavarian nor | German governments wisli to cause • such an invasion of state rights if it ; can he avoided. Peasants Still Loyal I The bulk of the Bavarian peasants, j it is reported, are still loyal to the | government of Premier Hoffmann, i The peasants' association has issued a declaration asserting that tlie de vastation of the country, the plund ering of houses and barns and the murdering of peasants by Commun ist bands have become intolerable. Munich, it is said, affected only ; slightly as yet by the action'of Ilie peasants in cutting off food sup plies. It is declared that there is enough food in the city to feed Ilie inhabitants for one week, but tlie communists have seized all tlie sup plies and can live comfortably for HEALTHY GROWTH April Is Fur Above Average Set For This Time Last Year liarrisburg's building record so sjfar this month is far above the total .[for all of April, 1918, and according . j to contractors is an indication that . | construction work may soon he re ! sumcd here on a much larger scale. ,! During this month 31 permits have i liecn issued for operations to cost {5102,275, including almost u score of j dwelling houses. In April, 19IS, the j work which was started cost $18,925, ■ j one of the lowest records in (ho city. Since January 1, this year, per mits have lieen issued ut the ofiice of Building Inspector James If. ' Grove, for 108 operations, including more than fifty dwelling houses, and ! representing a total cost of $365,440 i for construction work. Builders who ' | had been delaying operations for a year or more because of the war I started work, and others who have ■ projects under consideration are ex j pected to complete plans for them in , j the near future. Cairo's Public Service Paralyzed by Strikes; Cabinet Gives Warning By Associated Press* I niro, Kgypt, April 18.—The city is outwardly calm, although a majority ; of the public services are paralyzed by the strikes which are extending . rather than abating. 1 The cabinet has issued a fresh warning admonishing the strikers to resume work. The brevity of the warning and its firm tone seem to 1 imply that the patience of the author ities has reached its limit. Meanwhile, sympathizers with the movement hold nightly meetings in the mosques. The nationalities are said to be strongly in favor of an I unyielding attitude. BOLSHEVIKS IN VIENNA STORM A PUBLIC BUILDING By Associated Press• Vienna, April IS. — Bolshevik sympathizers this morning at tempted to storm the Austrian Parliament bui ding, but were soon dispersed with a few wounded. The city generally is quiet. The attempt caused no special ex citement in the city. It was the tirst Bolshevik outbreak here since last November. a long while if they do not feed the non -Com m unists. Gandorffer, a leader of a small section of the peasants who n went over the Communists, lias been ar rested by the Hoffmann government. #44444444 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 444444444444444 ft X •*• T WANTS STATE TO OPERATE PHONES 4 T 4 4 Boston—Governor Coolidge to-day asked Postmas- M."- . ter General Burleson whether he objected to the State s *s* •* taking over the operation of the telephone system dur- £* ing the disability of the Government to furnish service in New England. <s Zl WILSON FULLY RECOVERED V Washington Satisfactory progress at the Peace *£> Conference was reported again to-day in advices to the JT White House from Paris. It also was stated that Rear # Admiral Grayson had reported the President entirely re- £ 4 covered from his recent illness. 4* *r -4 JAP TROOPS ORDERED TO KOREA San Francisco Two division of Japanese troops 4 have been ordered to Korea to suppress revolutionary *§* <4* . . .. , , . 4 uprising, according to a cablegram received here to-day #s T* by the Japanese American, a newspaper, from a Tokio 4 agent. Another cablegram to the paper from Fusan, T Korea, byway of Tokio, said that 6,000 Japanese troops 4 L> g and 400 gendarmes had landed at that place. 4 CONDITIONS CRITICAL IN RUSSIA 4 Paris—Letters exchanged between the Council of T* Four and the committee in charge of sending supplies 4 to the Russians indicate that conditions in Russia arc j* critical. 4 *r Zl WARNS PEOPLE AGAINST GOMPERS *s Mineral Wells, Texas—Representative Thomas L. !£* Blanton, of Abilene, Texas, speaking last night at the X 4 convention of the United States Good Roads Associa- X 4 tion, declared that the people of the country must 4 4 awaken to the danger that impends to their liberty be- V 4 cause of the attitude of Samuel Gompers, president of 4 the American Federation of Labor. 4 DENOUNCES LABOR FEDERATION *** Chicago—Denunciation of the American Federa- V 4 tion of Labor as the power that dominates the govern -4 ment at Washington was the feature of a speech here 4 last night by John H. Kirby, of Houston, Texas, presi- 4 X dent of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associa- 4 tion. "There is a privileged class and a ruling class 4 4 within our country to-day, the class that takes the brand *t 4* of the union label instead of the great seal of the state, 4 4 and is dictated to by the American Federation of Labor 4 J that maintains a lobby in Washington that hound those X not amenable to its dictates." 4 X 4 j 4 2 MARRIAGE LICENSES $ "J."?. "• Hummrlnwii. nn<l Amy K. finihli. Pnlm.vrm 4 ± srss r f @ 444444444 4 4444444 44444444444S Italians Aroused As to Fiume ORLANDO MAY BE SUMMONED J apart Will Bring Kiaochau Up to) Peace Board I!H Associated Press \\ Ifli the return of Ifavid Muyil fioorgo, Hie Hritish pre mier, from Ills visit liome for liis House of Commons address tlie Con 11 ei I of I'our, comprising tlie llritisli. I ivnch and Italian pre miers and President Wilson, re sumed its deliberations to-day. The Dig four met In the "Paris White. House." Conflicting claims to the city of Plume and the Dalmatian coast which have been laid before the Peace Conference in Paris by Italy and Jugo-Slavia will probably be brought to a decision soon, if ef forts to be exerted by the Italian delegation bear fruit. Public Sentiment Aroused This controversy, one of the most troublesome to be considered by I the conference, has aroused public | sentiment in Italy and when the Ital ! ian parliament meets on April 24 ! Premier Orlando probably will be | asked for a report on the subject. Hence he is said especially to desire [ a settlement before that date. Con [Continued on Page 23.]
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