6
PERSHING GIVES
ORDER THAT 79TH
COME HOME SOON
Division Containing Many
Ccn tra 1 Pc n nsylva nians
Soon to Sail For U. S.
P.y Associated, Press ~
Washington. April 21.—A1l organ
izations of the 79th division (Pennsyl
vania. Maryland and District of Co
lumbia'). have been assigned lo early
convoy, General Pershing notitied
the War Department to-day. Also as
signed. the message said, are head
ouarters and headquarters troop of
the Second Field Army and the Sixth
Army Corps.
Other units assigned to early con
voy to-day included the Gosth En
gineers service battalion; 301 st Field
Signal Battalion: Evacuation Ambu
lance Company No. 68.
Hundreds of Central Pennsylvania
soldiers are in the 79th, the division
perhaps containing more Keystone
State boys than any other overseas
lighting unit. The announcement of
General Pershing, now first made to
the War Department, has anxiously
been awaited by Central Pennsylva
nia parents of the soldier boys.
American-Rumanian
Chamber of Commerce
Formed in New York
• To assist American business inter
ests in the development of important
opportunities in connection with the
reconstruction of Rumanian indus
trial and commercial life the Amerl-.
can-Rumanian Chamber of Com- |
merce has been formed with head-J
quarters at the Woolworth Building; i
New York City.
This new organization will have
for its purpose, the stimulating und
fostering of direct commercial and
friendly relationships between Ru
mania and the United States and its
work will be carried on under the
direct supervision of a special Ad*
ministrative Committee made up of
prominent American business inter
ests which have already operated in
the Roumanian Held, together with
official representatives of the Ru
manian Government now in the Unit
ed States.
E. C. Porter will act as Executive
Secretary of the American-Ruman
ian Chamber of Commerce.
The work of the Administrative
Committee will be carried on under
the general supervision of a Board cf
Directors.
Rare Wild Flowers Are
Found in Park Hike
A number of rare wild flowers
were found by the Harrisburg Na
tural History Society of Wildwood
Park on Saturday afternoon during
I heir flicld excursion. The Marsh
Marigold, which is rare in many
sections, finds the marshy part of
the park particularly adapated to its
growth. Another interesting flower
found was the Wood Auemone or
wind flower. Aeording to one poeti
cal Greek tradition, Anemos, the
wind, employes these delicate little
star-like namesakes as. heralds of
Ills coming in early spring. Pliny
declares that only the wind could
open anemones. Another legend
states that they spring from the
tears dropped upon the ground by
Venus, weeping over the death of
her lover, Adonis. The more com
mon. but no less beautiful Rue
Anemone was found in large num
bers. A few hepaticas and blood
roots were still in evidence. At some
points a large area of golden cory
dalis adjoining another of ground
ivy, formed a beautiful contrast of
blue and gold. A great many birds
were seen, Wildwood Park being a
favorite resort for the birds, among
them the cardinal, the brown
thrasher and the mourning dove at
tracted particular attention. Next
Saturday afternoon the society will
go to Perdix, where a colony of
trillium, covering several acres, is
now in bloom. The party will leave
the Pennsylvania station at 1.30.
Trained Men Leaving State
to Find Better Places
l'hilii<li'l|ihin. April 21.—Philadel-
phia is losing its skilled mechanics be
cause the city has not awakened to re
construction problems, according to for
mer I.leutenant Governor Frank B.
McClain.
Mr. McClaln is director of the State
Employment Service and executive di
rector of the Pennsylvania Commission
of Public Safety and efense. He said
yesterday that men are being taken to
other states because the State Employ
ment Service cannot care for them in
Pennsylvania. He cited the case of one
man who came from Akron. 0., looking
for 700 carpenters. The State Employ
ment service has had to turn away from
fifteen to twenty such artisans daily be
cause places could not be found for
litem.
The former lieutenant governor also
said that "a full stomach is the best
antidote for Bolshevism," and that re
turned soldiers for this reason. If for
no other should be given their old jobs.
"I want to give this word of warning."
said Mr. McClain, "to persons planning
building operations: Act now, put your
homo labor to work, and keep that labor
here, where its family ties have rooted
it. Remember a working man can't eat
futures.
"In the last two weeks the State Em
ployment service has found jobs for
1.007 discharged soldiers, sailors and
marines.
BEG AN SERVICES EARLY
Special Easter services in Epworth
"Methodist ('hurch yesterday were
started with a sunrise praver and
praise service, after which usual
morning services were held. At the
morning services the sermon was
delivered by the Rev. Homer Knox
and baptismal services were held. In
the evening an entertainment was
given by the Sunday school. Sick
and shut-in members of the church
were each presented with potted
I>lant3.
HIT IIY AUTO
James Dietz, Front and Molin
streets, Steelton, was treated at the
Harrisburg Hospital yesterday for
injuries suffered when struck by an
automobile near Reily and Marion
streets. His nose and back are In
jured. John Eagle, 1228 Adlor
street, suffered severe hip injuries
when struck by an automobile near
Cumberland and Seventh streets on
Saturday evening.
YORK HAVEN PEOPLE WEI)
York Haven, Pa., April 21.—Annie
K. Ort and William H. Writer, both
of York Haven, were married re
cently by the Rev. J. H. Schmitt at
the United Brethren parsonage.
MONDAY EVENING,
Wounded Yanks Entertained Royally by Knights of Columbus
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Convalescent soldiers from the Carlisle hospital were entertained Saturday by the Knights of Columbus at their hall, North and Church streets. The war
veterans were brought to the city in two ambulances with Dr. Carl A. Albert in charge. Luncheon and supper were served to the boys and when thev returned to
the hospital in the evening an Easter program was presented for them.
Included in the group were men from the hirst, J bird, I welfth, Tw'entv-cighth, Thirty-second and Seventy-ninth Divisions. Some of the soldiers have been
wounded a number of times in battle, one of them, Joseph Franks, suffering "eleven wounds.
During the luncheon comedy skits and 'songs were features. Secretary McLaughlin and his assistants at the hall \vcre the hosts.
; - —Photo by Roshon.
ITALIAN ISSUE
OVER ADRIATIC
BECOMES ACUTE
Council of Four Holds Sun
day Session to Discuss
Subject
By Associated Press
Paris, April 21.—The Italian issue
over the Adriatic has reached an
acute stage, where a decision one
way or the other, cannot longer be
deferred, and a decision either way
is fraught with serious conse
quences.
Despite the Easter calm, which
brought vast crowds to tlie churches
and boulevards, the Council of Four
continued its sessions at the "White
House'beginning at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning. The Italian Pre
mier, Vittorio Orlando, and the Ital
ian foreign minister, Baron Son
nino, were both present, and made it
known that the opening of the Ital
ian Parliament on Wednesday has
necessitated their leaving Paris to
day with definite knowledge of what
is going to be done.
Baron Sonnino continued to oc
cupy the extreme position, insisting
upon the integral fulfillment of the
secret treaty of London, giving to
Italy the entire Dalmatian coast and
islands, end also claiming the city
of Fin me without internationaliza
tion or division with the Jugo-Slavs.
Army Behind Orlando
Premier Orlando was, rather more
conciliating, though a telegram
which he had received from the
heads of the Italian army declared
that the entire army was behind
him in upholding Italy's aspirations.
Captain Tozzi, of Premier Orlando's
staff, said the telegram was in effect
an ultimatium and disclosed how
universal and deep-rooted was the
Italian determination to secure ade
quate protection on the eastern
Adriatic coasl. He added that if
tiese rights were not recognized
Italy would undoubtedly adopt its
own course, without reference to the
conference, and occupy the regions
to which she considered herself en
titled.
President Wilson's position was
said to be equally determined
against any recognition of the secret
treaty of London. Reports of a com
promise on the basis of the Italians
getting the Italian quarters of
Flume, and the Jugo-Slavs getting
their districts, were not confirmed,
as it was said that this was the
plan put forward to the Italians but
not accepted. But early reports in
dicated that the session might be
prolonged through ttie day in an ef
fort to reach a middle ground.
Protection For France
Tlie extent of the guarantee which
the United States and (treat Britain
have given to the French as security
against renewed German attacks
continues to he the foremost topic
in the French press. The French
representatives maintain that the
guarantee takes the form of an alli
ance. The Matin says:
"This alliance has already been
drawn in the form of a very brief
text stipulating that the three pow
ers will give each other mutual sup
port if Germany attacks us again.
The signature of the stipulation will
occur at the same time as the sign
ing of the treaty."
The American officials withhold
all comment on these reports. It is
known, however, that a number of
proposals have been brought for
ward designed to give a more
prompt and more effective guarantee
of military assistance to the French
than the League of Nations affords.
But none of these proposals had
been accepted up ' to forty-eight
hours ago.
President Wilson's contention has
been that the league was enough
guarantee, in line with his speech
before a plenary session of the con
ference when he said: "That is a
definite guarantee of peace; it is a
definite guarantee by the world
against aggression; it is a definite
guarantee against the thing which
has just brought civilization to the
verge of ruin."
plan to Receive Huns
The final plans for receiving the
German delegates at Versailles and
for delivering the treaty provide for
complete secrecy, although an offi
cial communication will be issued
after the treaty has actually been
delivered announcing this fact. Ex
cept for this, everything will be be
hind rigidly guarded doors, with
military forces occupying gll the
surrounding precincts.
According to the terms Marshal
Foch is said to have received from
the Secretariat General of the con
ference, the German plenipotenti
aries are to be treated as enemies
until the treaty is signed, and any
communication with them will be
subject to prosecution before a court
martial on the charge of dealing
with the enemy. The purpose of
this is said to be to prevent Ver
sailles from being used as a base
for widespread enemy propaganda,
but the rigors <jf this surveillance
will probably wear off after the first
few days.
Invitations to Dance
For Miss Ruth Payne
Mr. and Mrs. Frank, Payne, Front
and Muench streets, have issued in
vitations for a dance in the Penn-
Harris on Thursday evening. May 1,
for their daughter. Miss Ruth
Payne. The dance will be preceded
by a small dinner and an orchestra
will play the latest music, as well as
: many of the old favorites
How Chinamen Harness
Oysters tcrProduce Pearls
Chicago, Scarcity of pearls
and the increasing demand for
these delicately tveoutiful gems have
revived an ancient Chinese industry
—that of harnessing oysters and 1
making them work to produce
pearls.
Li Hung Chang, when Chinese
ambassador to the United States,
said that the Chinese have forgot
ten more than the rest of the world
knows. And it is well known that
the manufacture of pearls by work
men who know no union, is more
than 700 years' old and in the land
of Confucius.
Though sometimes called "artifi
cial" pearls, the expression is en
tirely wrong, because the pearls thus
produced by the almond eyed celes
tials are entirely natural in struc
ture, ftiaterial and method of con- |
struction. The Chinaman merely
bosses the job.
Long before Christopher Colum- I
bus discovered America, the Chinese
had learned the origin and structure '
of pearls, and it is entirely possible;
that some of the jewels pawned by
Queen Isabella to finance Columbus,
came from "far Cathay," from pa- |
tient oysters working under tli<y di- .
reetion of Chinamen.
When a grain of sand, or a hard
foreign body aeeidently enters the
shell ,of an oyster, the indignant
bivalve proceeds to cover it with
multitudinous layers of protective
excretion which in due time becomes
a pearl.
The Chinaman merely inserts this
hard substance, and then ligurative
ly says: "Work, ye divils, work."
Sometimes it is a grain of flinty
sand, sometimes a tiny piece of very
hard bone, and even minute globules
of brass are occasionally used to
form the basis of the dainty gem
that results.
Large, healthy oysters are thus
"treated," then placed in shallow
ponds connected by canals with the
ocean. They are regularly fed, and
needless to say, they never run'
away nor do they demand an eight
hour day.
Rumanians Bless Flags
at Religious Service
A new Rumanian and American
Hag, the lirst Hags of the Muresiana
Rumanian Beneficial Society, were
blessed in St. Paul's Episcopal church
to-day with elaborate services. The
Rev. Luzar German, of New York
City, a Greek Orthodox priest, was
in charge of the blessing of the Hag.
At the conclusion of 'these cere
monies, a parade of members of the
society, numbering almost three
hundred, was held through the prin
cipal streets of the city. The Steelton
Bulgarian Balkan band and the
Youngstown, Ohio, Rumanian band,
furnished music for the procession.
After passing over the principal
streets, of the city, the parade moved
to the Armory at Second and Forster
streets, where it disbanded and a
dance started, wjtlch will continue
until late to-night. Membeis of the
order who recently returned from
France, were at the meeting in the
Armory and gave short talks. John
Siufana, of Alliance, Ohio, general
secretary of the grand lodge, is in
attendance at the ceremonies. Peter
D. Petriea is president of the local
branch. {
Prepare to Try Dry
Enforcement in Nation
Washington, April 21.—The De
partment of Justice is not averse to
accepting the functions of enforcing
the wartime prohibition measure
when it goes into effect, July 1, it
was learned to-day. Consequently,
it is expected, a proposal that the en
forcement be intrusted to this agency
will lie submitted to President Wil
son on his return from Europe, and
that he will be urged to take this
action under authority of the Over
man act, which permits him to
transfer duties from one government
department to another.
Attorney General Palmer has not
stated officially he will welcome the
additional duties of enforcing pro
hibition, but it is said his advisers
in the Department of Justice have
told him the cessation of war work
has left a number of secret agents
available and that they could take
on easily the liquor enforcement
function.
Convalescent Soldiers
Discharged at Carlisle
Carlisle, Pa.. April 21.—Among
the enlisted overseas convalescents
who have just been discharged from
United States General Hospital No
31. here are the following: Russell
E. Challenger, Harrisburg, Ralph
lloft'nißn, Harrisburg; John 11. My
ers, Harrisburg; Eugene Bess,
Pottsville: Grover C. Strausser',
Mount Carmel; John F. Carri
Schuylkill Haven: Sampson Koch,
Pottsville; Harry M. Webberj
Schuylkill Haven; Ralph 13. Haws
ler, Reading; Aaron 11. Dinger,
York; Charles W. Byerly, Eli'za
bethville:
IMPROVES AFTEK
DRINKING ACID
Mrs. Sara Hay Bretz, 30 years
old. of Penbroolc, who attempted
suicide on Saturday night by drink
ing a bottle of carbolic aoid, is to
day in an improved condition at the
Harrisburg Hospital, to which she
was taken after her attemp. to take
her life. A quarrel with her hus
band is alleged to have been re
sponsible for her act
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
\r \
PENROSE FLAYS
U. S. CONTROL OF
TELEGRAPH LINES
j Government control of tele
i graphs and telephones, now that
j the war emergency is over, was
| raked by Senator Boies Penrose
i here to-.day in a remark upon the
I effort of the United States au
thorities to prevent the State
j from enforcing the decision of
• President Judge George Kunkel,
j of the Dauphin county court, in
! the suit instituted by Attorney
■ General W. I. Schaffer at the in
j stance of the Governor.
"I am indeed glad that Judge
• Kunkel saw his way clear to de
j eide the case the way he did. It
I seems to me to be an excellent
I decision," said l)e. "It's time, for
j tha. States to assert themselves,
| to insist upon their jurisdiction
in some internal matters and to
slot) being run from Washington.
Stales rights and sovereignty are
' involved in these matters."
: When some one suggested that
what he said sounded like Demo
cratic doctrine, the Senator
laughed and said: "Yes, I'm for
a good many Democrtie things
that some of my Democratic
friends have forgotten, State's
rights and economy, for in
stance."
V ——
'WHOLE OF PEACE
PACT NOT READY
[Continued from First Page.]
eers of the Tyrolean Alps complain
that Italy wants to swallow up their
country, which was part of the for
med Austrian empire and furnished
the former Emperor Charles' army
with one of its crack regiments, the
Tyrolese sharpshooters.
Berlin, April 21.—The cabinet de
voted less than half an hour to the
formulation of its answer to the
Entente's invitation to Versailles for
the purpose of receiving a draft of
i the peace terms. A feeling of gloom
j prevails in official circles. The Asso
i dated Press is told there aro no
| illusions as to obtaining any mitiga
j tion in the dictatorial peace await-
I Ing Germany.
Action Comes as Surprise
I The procedure of the Council of
(Four cante as a surprise, notwith-
I standing the fact that the news for
j the last week foreshadowed it. It
! is interpreted in cabinet circles and
at the foreign office as 1 nal proof
that the Entente is disinclined forth
with to enter into negotiations based
on President Wilson's "fourteen
points" and that the te-ms await
ing Germany are cut and dried.
'j'he German emissaries will mere
ly have instructions to carry the
peace document back to Berlin. T'te
question whether the present gov
ernment will assume the responsibil
ity of accepting or rejecting the
terms, or whether it will present
them for a national refciendum, is
a matter of conjecture.
Any but Wilson Peace Unpopular
Official opinion, so far as adduc
ed, was opposed to the declaration of
a referendum and in favor of a per
emptory declination of peace terms
based on any other proposition than
Mr. Wilson's platform, as the present
temper of the German workingmen
is anticapitalistlc and anticapitalistlc
and the bourgeoisie is in full accord
with the proletariat.
The present government, it has
been learned, is not flirting with the
idea of a plebiscite, as it would much
rather negotiate peace ar.d set the
country to work. But it ! s also con
scious that a peace settlement In
which Germany has not had a voice
would precipitate a storm of national
resentment which no cabinet could
weather.
The communication from the En
tente powers was received here last
Friday and the German answer was
wired back Saturday afternoon.
Philip Scheidemann the chancellor,
culled in representatives of the Ger
man press at 6 o'clock Saturday eve
ning and informed them of the gov
ernment's action.
Danzig. April 21.—The German
people's council for West Prussia has
sent a declaration to the imperial
state authorities stating that under
no circumstances will the Germans
of West Prussia, agree to the re
ported plans of the entente to in
ternationalize the lower Vistula, or
make Danzig an<\ its vicinity a free
state, or place it under Polish sov
ereignty. It is declared that West
Prussia, with Danzig, must not be
divided from the German empire.
LOVELESS PRAYER FREED
Untontown, April 21.—That there
is "'nothing in a name" is proved
wrong by a divorce case in which A.
Loveless Prayer, of Oliver No. 1,
near here, was grafited freedom from
Esther Prayer. According to the
testimony the prayers of the Prayers
were answered too extensively, as
children became so numerous in the
family that. Mrs. Prayer decided to
emigrate, and nothing has been
heard from her since she wrote her
husband these words from West Vir
ginia: "I'm nover coming back."
ATTF.HBI'IIY STILT, ON DUTY
Philadelphia, April 21. Brigadier
General W. W. Atterbury, commander
of the railroad transportation corps of
the American Expeditionary Forces,
who was expected to return home this
month, will be detained in France un
til summer, says a letter received by
Mrs. Atterbury. This postponement
was on orders of General Pershing,
the letter said, though it gave no de
tails
LAND VALUES
SHOW INCREASE
| Bankers Interested in Report
of lowa Department
of Agriculture
| Chicago, —lnrrease of 5 per pent in
lowa land values during the war,
| as Indicated by a report of the lowa
| Department of Agriculture is inter-
I esting bankers who predict unmixed
| national prosperity during the reCon-
I struction period, unaffected by any
! depression whieh some business men
i were inclined to expect.
| "Twenty-five years ago when r was
! a young man in lowa," said Arthur
I Reynolds, president of the Continental
and Commercial Trust and Savings
bank, "land was worth $25 and $35
■an acre. It had stood at that figure
! for ten years. With increased popu
• lation, it rose to S4O and SBO an acre,
i To-day it is worth S3OO. An old friend
| of mine who bought 640 acres in lowa
• thirty years ago for $25 an acre, re
cently refused $335 an aere for it.
| "lowa farmers are growing wealthy
|by borrowing money. That sounds
! like a paradox. It is true. They deal
lin food. Their markets are perennial,
j They have no last year's goods on
the shelf. Both their, land and the
products of their land have increased
enormously in value in the last few
years.
j "Say an lowa farmer bought 100
i acres at $25 an acre twenty-five years
I ago. His farm cost him $25,000.
I Banks loan from 40 to 50 per cent
lon farm values. Assuming he bor
| rowed 40 per cent, he was able to
i buy another 100 acres for $15,000 and
a mortgage of SIO,OOO. His corn
then brought 15 to 25 cents a bushel.
Value of land and crops steadily in
creased. What did he do when his
land was worth SSO an acre?
Upper End Men Ready
to Push Victory Loan
Across on Schedule
KlizalM'thvillc, Pa., April 21.—The
following members of his committee
were announced to-day by P. W. CI.
Haker, chairman of the Victory Lib
erty Loan campaign lor Ellzabclh
jville and surrounding country:
M. A. Miller, Harvey Lehman, 11.
If. Ilassinger, L. C. BufHngton, I. T.
Bufllngton, C. Elmer Culp, John A.
Boyer, Isaiah Daniel, C. T. Romberg
er, C. E. Deibler, H. M. Miller, War
ren Swab, R. L. Weaver, H. If. Col
lins, C. F. Eby, Peter E. Stine, D. M.
Stine, Otto E. Enders, A. E. Grove,
F. P. Margerum, Dr. W. L. Steven
son, D. A. Andre, J. E. Lentz, A. M.
i Romberger, M. E. Stroup, J. H.
I Fawber, Elizahethville: W. L. Gaug
ler, Harvey E. Lubold, Loyalton;
Charles H. Parmer, Eltzabethville:
John A. Fawber, Halifax, R. D.; W.
F. Forney. Fisherville; Charles E.
Woland, W. A. Feldt, Isaiah Swab,
Nathaniel Swab, Elizabethviße; M.
D. Bonawitz. Millersburg, R. D.;
Homer C. Leaker, Elizabethvijle:
Homer S. Shadlc, Millersburg, R, D.;
H. G. Foster, J. Harry Deibler, the
j ReV. George Seid'e, the Rev. Pi P.
Huyett, J. Harper SchrefTler. Daniel
[Lower, Berrysburg; Fred Koppen-
I haver. John A. Barman, Elizabeth
[ ville, R. D.
"World Suicide," Talt
Says, if League Fails
Kansas City, April 21. Something
"equivalent to world suicide," and
that within ten or twentv years, will
be the result unless the league-of
nations plan is adopted, declared ex-
President Taft in an address in Con
vention Hall here.
"If we do have another war," de
clared the speaker, "it will be as
much worse than the war just clos
ing as this war was worse than its
predecessors. In ten years or twentv
years, wjjth the inevitable competition
in armament which will follow in
the absence of a League of Nations,
there will be a repetition of the con
ditions which led to this war, and the
increased destructiveness of the next
v.'ar will bring about something
equivalent to world suicide."
GIVE POTTED PLANTS
More than 100 potted plants and
flowers were donated to the inmates
of the county almshouse by the
Ridge Avenue Methodist. Market
Square Presbyterian and St. Steph
en's Episcopal Churches and by Mrs.
A. Carson Stamm and Mrs. 11. B.
McCormick.
PERSHING AWARDS MEDALS
By Associated Press
Washington, April 21.—General
Pershing to-day informed the War
Department that he had awarded
distinguished service medals to Ma
jor Charles L. Joly and First Lieu
tenants William J. Schmltt, Paul
Chapln and Carroll B". Reece, for
j "exceptionally meritorious and dis
| tinguished services, while serving
j with the expeditionary forces."
I LOAN STARTS WITH RUSH
By Associated Press
New York, April 21.—Victory Lib
erty Loan subscriptions started with
a rush in the Secorfd Federal Reserve
district on the opening day. Pledges
up to noon in New York City alone
were approaching the $100,000,000
mark.
- RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA
Mr. and Mrs. A. Carson Stamm,
and the Misses Maude and Katherine
Stamm, have returned after a visit
in Los Angeles and .other parts of
California, stopping with friends in
Wichita. Kas., on their return trip.
PHONE WORKERS
WIN STRIKE IN
NEWJENGLAND
Both Men and Women Get
Increase; Return to
Work Today
tlONton, April 21.—Tlie agree
ment of striking telephone op
erator* with official* of the w
England Telephone anil Tele
# graph Company, and the Provi
dence Telephone Company yes
terday, wits ratified at a tnass
meeting of the strikers to-day,
ttitd nil union member* were or
dered to report for work at their
switchboard* at :t o'clock this
nf ternoon,
Boston, Xprll 21. —The telephone
| strike that has crippled New Eng
land service since last Tuesday was
settled yesterday at a conference of
[strikers and company officials, ac
cording to a formal announcement
by the company.
j "An understanding has been reach
[ ed," taid the announcement, "by
wliith telephone employes will re
i turn to. work and the service will be
restored pending detailed consider
jation of wage schedules.
Later Miss Julia S. O'Connor, pres
ident of the Telephone Operators"
, Department, confirmed the an
nouncement of the company.
| "The, final settlement," "she said,
"has been reached and it is the best
ever put over for the operators. The
operators will return to work this
morning and service will be restor
ed as soon as possible."
Np formal announcement of the
wage scale which was agreed upon
was made, 'hut strike leaders said
that the operators would receive sl3
a week after seven years' service and
that the award would be retroactive
to January 1. The present maximum
pay is sls and the operators de
manded $22.
The award to (lie men workers
was said to be fifty cents a day ad
vance for those in the metropolitan
district and 62 1-2 cents a day for
others. The men asked for an in
crease of $1.40 per day.
Wil'iam R. Driver, Jr.. general
manager of the New York England
Telephone and Telegraph Company
and the Providence Telephone Com
pany and representatives of the New
England joint council of telephone
workers issued the following state
ment:
"A satisfactory settlement has
been reached. The employes will re
turn to work at once. Just and rea
sonable recommendations for in
creased wages have been made by
General Manager Driver and ap
proved by Mr. Koons. In arriving at
tliis understanding consideration
was given to the fact that no in
creases had been mad? to the oper
ators sineo December, 1917, Thill
details have not been worked out.
but will be within a few days and
then made public."
Standard. Bearers Society
Entertains at Ridge Avenue
An entertainment of war experi
ences and music will be held to
morrow evening at 8 o'clock in tlie
Ridge Avenue Methodist Church un
der the direction of the Standard
Rearers Missionary Society of the
church. The principal feature of
the program jvill be a lecture by
Captain James T. Long, of this city,
who was for thirteen years with tlie
National Guard and who lias seen
service In Moxic.o and France. He
was commissioned before he went
to Mexico, went to France as sec
ond lieutenant, came back as second
lieutenant and has been promoted
twice since his return. In Ffance
he was in the second Battle of the
Marne, Chateau-Thierry and up to
the Veslc river, and he will tell his
experiences at those places.
The program for tho evening is as
follows:
Solo, Mrs. Charles Cornelius; solo,
Mrs. B. F. Derrick; address, Captain
James T. Long; solo, Mrs. Charles
Cornelius; solo, Mrs. B. F. Derrick;
a portrayal of the average Standard
Bearer, by the society.
The proceeds of this entertain
ment will be used for the Isabella
Thoburn Woman's College, of 'lndia,
and to buy clothing for French or
phans.
Securities Bring Low
Prices at Auction
Securities belonging to the estate
of Lauretta R. I-.oh, deceased, J. C.
Eckles, of Carlisle, executor, were
sold at the courthouse as follows:
SI,OOO Altoona and Logan Valley
Electric Railway Company, coupon
4 1-2 per cent, bonds, due 1933, 53;
SI,OOO Wilkes-Barre, Dallas and
Harvey's Lake Railway Jjonds, Ist.
mortgage, due 1928, 85; SI,OOO
Evansviile Electric Railways Com
pany, Ist mortgage 4 per cent,
bonds, due 1921, 81 1-2; $2,000
North and West Branch Telephone
Company, Ist mortgage bonds, due
1931, 50c. The $5,000 Elmira Water,
Light and Railroad Company, Ist
mortagage 5 per cent, bonds, due
1956, after being bid up to 79 1-4,
wore withdrawn as wede remaining
securities listed for sale
APRIL 21, 1919. """*
CIVIC CLUB IN
ANNUALSESSION
Organization Closes One of
the Busiest Years in Its
History
The annual meeting of the Civic
Club is being held at the Clubhouse
this afternoon. Officers for the en
suing year will be elected late this
afternoon and Dr. J. George Recht!
Is scheduled to speak on "Americans- I
zation." An interesting program has !
been prepared.
The colorful story of how the
Civic Club of llarrisburg threw open
its doors to soldiers, sailors and
marines during the past year, turn
ing the classic structure into a
Hostess House; how the members
were instrumental in cheering their
soldier guests, and how the club has
aided materially in civic and welfare
work in Harrisburg during- the past
year, is narrated in the report of
Mrs. William Henderson, president,
which has just been made public.
The report is a seven-page type
written digest of the activities dur
ing the past year. In opening, Mrs.
Henderson says:
"The report of 1918-1919 means
the work of two distinct activities
—the usual work of the Civic Club
and the special work of the Civic
Club's Hostess House.
"Certain days stand out promi
nently in the Civil Club's year and
one in particular, never *to be for
gotten, was Tuesday, May 14, 1918,
when our clubhouse had the honor
of entertaining for a day one hun
dred of the celebrated "Blue Devils
of France." An heroic band of
French soldiers, scarred with many
wounds and covered with medals,
but gay, cheerful and wholesome,
marched into the Civic Club's yard
early in the morning and ware
made to feel it was their house for
the day. They used part of
it. The porches and lawn were filled
with them and cots were placed un
der the trees for the sick and tired.
Two meals were served in the as
sembly room and postal cards with
photographs of the Civil Clubhouse
were given to each soldier.
"Another interesting afternoon
was June 22 when the Comtesse
Madeleine de Bryas, a brilliant
speaker, sent by the federal gov
ernment, delivered an address. Tea
was served and an opportunity to
meet, the speaker given.
"The completion of the work of the
tablet committee and the placing of
the beautiful memorial tablets on
the house are most important events
in the annals of the Civic Club. The
tablet committee appointed by the
president, June 12, 1916, consisted
of: Miss Eleanor Shnnk, chairman;
Mies Weirman, Mrs. John W. Reily,
Miss Pearson, Mrs. Harvey Smith,
Mrs. William Henderson."
The report of Miss Shunk, the
chairman of this committee, is
quoted and she, with the members
of her committee, is praised for
! splendid work.
"Our interest has continued in the
J outdoor schools and in the schools
for deficient children. We feel that
the milk and crackers given each
day in the ungraded schools does
untold good. The future citizenship
f our race depends upon the health
of the children of to-day. Every
child should have a quart of milk
a day. I wish we could increase the
number of schools in which we give
milk. It is neither sensible, eco
nomical or profitable to have under
nourished children in a community.
"We are interested in the men
tal hygiene clinics, which are doing
much for the deficient people of our
city, and in all anti-tuberulosis .work
in tiie city and county. We have sent
five barrels of warm clothing to
Mont Alto Sanatorium for the use
of Harrisburg patients.
"We have co-operated with the
Red Cross in every way possible.
Our clubhouse has been at their
service at all times. We have been
especially interested in the public
health undertaken by the National
Red Cross; in the rehabilitation of
wounded soldiers and in the Junior
Red Cross in the schools and in
their Tag Day, May 4, when more
than $4,000 was ra'sed for the Red
Cross. Wo financed the prizes for
that day.
"The fly swatting contests were
a great success, Mrs. Solomon Hiney
chairman. Thirteen bushels of dead
fiies were measured and paid for
and prizes given."
The total membership of the club
is now 593. During the past year
six members passed on. These were:
Mrs. J. Frank Ritter. Mrs. William
W. Jennings, Mrs. J. 15. B. Cunning
ham, Miss Anna Margaret Miller,
Airs. John E. Garner, Charles A.
; Kunkel.
Reports of the various departments
include:
The Municipal Depart meat
Miss Rachel Pollock, chairman, re
ports: Every effort that was possi
ble has been made to bring about
an appointment of a police matron
this year, but it has not been suc
cessful. The need of a matron 'a
apparent and the Civic Club feels it
should have a voice in the selecting
A
Yes , our dignified Charge Account Plan is winning I
tlie hearty approval and making hundreds of friends
for us. '
' r"
It stands to reason that a plan like ours
which permits you to clothe yourself or family in
Spring s latest garments without hemg obliged to
dig down deep and pay cash, is the logical way to
clothe yourself. Remember, you can come in here
all hy yourself and open an account—-you need
no one to introduce ycu.
J JU&tftftSUttifNgCfc
| 36 N. Second St., Corner Walnut
of the oandidatc. The jail has been
visited each week by Miss Pollock
and patches given to the women to
make quilts.
Complaints were brought to the
department that the curfew ordnance
was not being enfprced. The May
or's office reported that they were
doing all they could.
Educational Department
Airs. Alvin I. Miller, chairman, re
ports: This year the work of this
dqpa.ltment has been handicapped
by the ban closing the schools for
six weeks on account of the influ
enza epidemic. Milk and
have been given to the children in I
the ungraded schools each day. A
marked Improvement is seen in their
physical condition. The activities of
these special schools are weaving
rugs, caning chairs, wood-working,
basketry, brush making, sewing,
knitting and gardening. Victrola
and records have been sent to the
Downey School.
Outdoor Department
Alias Buehler, chairman, reports:
The outdoor department of the Civic
Club has very little to report for 1918.
Owing to the building of the out
door school. Fifth and Seneca streets,
the usual school garden was Impos
sible.
The Iloatexs llouae
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors, August 12, 1918, at the tU
quest of Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, the
Club House was offered as a hostess
house to be opened Saturdays anil
Sundays of each week for the en
tertainment of the soldiers. In a
short time it was found wise to op
en it every day in the week, which
was done.
The president and Mrs. Gilbert were
authorized to select a committee to
have charge of the matter and to
get the plan under way as soon as
I practicable. An advisory board of
I the hostess house was,formed: Mrs.
| Edward F. Dunlap, chairman, Mrs.
William Henderson, treasurer; Airs.
Lyman D. Gilbert, Mrs. William Jen
nings, Mrs. John W. Reily, Aliss Anno
McCormlclc, Mrs. Francis l-lall, Airs.
Aliley Jones, Airs. Walter Spofford.
It was decided to have a dance
I every Saturday night and a supper
i at 7 o'clock every Sunday night fol
lowed by an informal entertainment.
We were ready by August 31 and
have extended a glad hand and a
warm welcome to the soldiers from
Aliddletown, Alarsh Run, Camp Colt,
Gettysburg, and tq the soldiers and
sailors passing through Harrisburg
ever since. We have averaged one
hundred men a week, the largest be
ing Thanksgiving week, when we en
tertained. 270. One hundred and fifty
men to dinner on Thanksgiving eve
ning, followed by an entertainment
by the hostess house girls. The
next largest was Christmas night,
when 100 men had supper with us.
the Rotary Club giving a fine enter
tainment afterward. Alany foreign
born soldiers were among our Christ
mas guests.
The response\ in money and every
thing needed for the hostess house
lias been most spontaneous and gen
erous. The co-operation with the
Canteen of the Red Cross fine.
We especially wish to thank the
| young girls who so willingly came
I Week after week to dance with the
soldiers and help entertain them. To
I the canteen who served the supper to
the boys twice every week. To ev
eryone who has helped to make 1110
hostess house the success it cer
tainly has been.
Photographs of the outside of t lie
hostess house and various interior
views have been sent to Washington dr
to be used in the pictorial record of
the war.
The career of the Civic Club as a
hostess house is over the first day
of April. There is no longer a n<*-
cessity for it as the soldiers have
been discharged from our nearby
camps. We will now turn the club
I house over to the house committee
! for repairs.
Concluding her reports, Mrs. Hen
derson says:
"As a club we are keenly interest-
I ed in Pennsylvania child labor laws,
'in all child welfare. W r e have heard
muel} on Americanization and are
eager to help.
"The better housing of our peopie
gives us great concern and with this
in view we will co-operate witli t lit*
Chamber of Commerce in having 1
Pnited States Home Registration Bu
reau established in Harrisburg. Our
part will be a house-to-house survey
j as to conditions with Airs. Alarlin 1..
Olmsted as chairman of Housing Su"-
i vey."
EMI'LOYMEXT SI"N'DAY
Harrisburg ministers are urged in
sermons next Sunday to speak
in behalf of the employment of the
returning soldiers in a proclamation
issued by Mayor Daniel L. Kcister.
| The Alayor's proclamation was is
sued following out the suggestion of
the United States employment secvieo
of the Federal Department of Labor,
CONFECTIONERS TO MEET
A meeting of the Pennsylvania Con
fectioners' Association will open in the
Penn-Harris hotel, Thursday night and
continue Friday. Important matters
will be discussed.