When You Think of the Pennsylvania Boys a iJk Ja) Home From War Bay a Victory Bona V HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH V She Slor-Inbtptnbtnl. LXXXVIII— NO. 100 IS PAGES D '^£SVX d K,,SSKTJ,''SSSSSS,?""HARRISBURG, PA. TUESDAY EYEXIXG. APRIL 29. 1919. "iiMSSSSS SPSSSt!SUSS M HOME EDITION JAPAN PRESSES ITS CLAIMS FOR KIAO CHAU ON WILSON; BIG THREE HEARS BELGIANS President Said to Oppose Petition of Japanese MAY PROTEST AS IN FIUME Italian Delegates Are Return to ] Peace Table By Associated Press. j Paris, April 2°. — Before the meeting of the Council of Three this morning President Wilson received Baron Makino. head of the Japanese mission, and Yis-i count Chinda. his colleague. Presumably the question of; Kiao Chau was under discus sion. Baron Makino and \ is-' count Chinda remained with the Council throughout its session which was protracted. 1 heir conference with President \\ il >on lasted nearly an hour. It was said in peace circles to-day that President Wilson s stand against the Japanese proposi tion would be as emphatic as was his pronouncement to Pre mier Orlando in the Piume mat ter. The council at the beginning of its session received a committee front ihe Belgian cabinet and Rave it a hearitiß regarding the question or indemnities. The staßO is rapidly being set for the i ual phase of the peace negotia tions. Yesterdays plenary session of, t lie Peace Conference stamped its I approval on the covenant of the* l,caguo of Nations, while to-day Germany's plenipotentiaries ate cx ju-t ted to arrive at Versailles to join the members of the mission al ready there. Some points in the peace treaty' in bo presented the Germans are as, \ct unsettled, but it is considered probable that the cause? involved will shortly be ready for incorpora- J lion in the document, so that the' completed treaty will be ready for, ihe enemy delegates by the week's Italian Delegates to R turn i Italy was not represented at the plenary session yesterday, but dis patches front Home indicate" the' probability that her delegates will return to Paris after a brief period. The Italian parliament will meet to-day and it is expected thai Pre mier Orlando will at once appear and lay before it the situation which j arose at Paris when President Wil-, son made his public statement rela-; tivc to Piume and the Dalmatian, coast. Action by the parliament, which ! will he, in effect, a mandate to the Orlando ministry, will be requested, j there being an effort to secure a; unanimous vote on the resolution i demanding that Italy's claim? on the I eastern coast of the Adriatic he ' recognized If this is done, it i prob able that Premier Orlando and his colleagues will immediately reap- ! pear at Par'--. Italy Ha- Nut Withdrawn Advices from Home state that the semi-olfic'al view of the situation , there is that Italy has not definitely withdrawn from the Peace Confer ence. but has merely suspended' participation. If the vote of the Italian parliament is favorable to the position taken by Premier Or lando. it is probable that the diplo matic battle will he resumed in 1 Paris. There is. apparently, no thought for the present at least, to annex Flume to Italy by parliamentary action, it being planned to demand -tion on the part of the conference. The national council of Piume. however, has. according to report, handed over all the powers of the state and municipality to a repre sentative of Italy there. Troop- Encircle Munich German government troops arc i slowly encircling Munich, which is] held by Soviet forces, but it is prob able that it will be several days be- i fore a general attack on the city is launched. Gustav Noske, the Ger man minister of defense, is in com mand of all the government troops. Bavarian and Wurttemberg forces being placed under his control. Rumanian? Drive Rial? Rumanian attacks against the So viet army of Hungary are making progress according to reports which state that Hela Run. the head of the Hungarian Bolsheviki. has admit ted the troops under his command are being defeated. Hundreds of people are being arrested at Buda pest and are being held as hostages by the Bolsheviki. who threaten wholesale executions if the Rumani ans continue to advance. The withdrawal of American forces of most of the front lines in North ern Russia is reported. It is said they will leave the country as soon as practicable. THE WEATHER ———_| , For llarrlubnrg; and vicinity: Fair nml cooler fo-nlcht. poMMlhlv liKht front; lowcnt temperature ii ho lit JS dcfcrcen; Wcdncnriay partly cloudy. For Fawtern IVnnayl vanin: Fair, cooler to-night, ponntlily light f front; Wednesday partly cloudy; gentle to moderate north and nortlirrent wind*. Lodge and Curtis Urge Silence on League Creed I By .Isscciated Press Washington. April 20.- Telegrams wore sent to all Republican Senators to-da.v by Senator Lodge. of Massachusetts, floor leader, and senator Curtis, ot" Kansas, whip, asking that public expressions of opinion upon the League of Nations covenant be withheld until a Republitan conference could decide on what attitude should be | adopted. The tnessace follows; "We suggest that Republican Senators reserve final expressions of opinion respecting the amended League covenant until after it j has been carefully studied and there has been an opportunity for conference." It was understood that no date has been fixed for the conference. — - I FEW ARE LEFT OF OLD NATIONAL GUARD UNIT "Wo C.ul Hell Out of Them." i Says "Old Two Yards" Shan non. Who Led Fighting Pcnnsylvanians to Victory After Victory on Bloody Battlefields of France The Hnu-c to-day concurred in the resolution for a legisla tive committee to arrange for the General Assembly to attend the parade of the Twenty eiglitli Division at Philadelphia and for an inquiry into charge of neglect of Allegheny county soldiers. Adjutant General Iteary trill leave to-night for Camp Div to discuss arrangements for tlto parade with General Hngli L. Scott. New York. Apr'! IT—Niucty-one officer? and 2,78tl men of the old j National Guard of Pennsylvania ar-! rived here to-day on the steamship Kroonland from St. Nazaire. They comprise the One Hundred and Kleventh Infantry's field and staff. , Headquarters First and Third Bat talions. medical detachment.?, ma ' chine gun company and Companies F. G. H. I. K. I, and M—-sixty-three i officers and I.SSS men: the One i Hundred and Ninth Machine Gun Battalion's headquarters. medical I detachments and Companies A to D. ■ inclusive—fifteen officers anil 702 J men: the Twenty-eighth Military Police Company, three officers and I ISO men. and a headquarters dc- I tach.ment of ten officers and ten men of the Twenty-eighth Division, of which all these units are a part. "AA'e cut hell out of them:" It took only those six words for '"olonet E. P. Shannon, of the One , Hundred and E'eventh Infantry, to I describe the work of the Twenty | eighth (Iron) Division in France. With 1.174 of his men he arrived on the transport Minnesotan at Pier | 7 in Bush Terminal. South Brooklyn, yesterday. And it didn't take much of an : observer to find the truth of Colonel i Shannon's remark. On every side as 1 the men debarked were to be seen i Distinguished Service Crosses. Croix, de Guerre and other war decora tions. "Colonel Two Yard-" Colonel Shannon could not say; too much about his men. He isn't J "Colonel Shannon" to them, how-1 ever, except on dress parade. "Old Two Yards" Is his pet name. ' And why.' Ask one of his dough boys. Here's what they'll tell you: "Why. simply because he was al-1 ways within two yards of the very, , front of the line. The rear guard 1 I never saw much of 'Two-Yard' Shannon. He was alwas too far in ! advance for that. He was a light-1 ing colonel. There was no regi mental headquarters In t lie rear of the line that would hold him when the battle was on. He was with us. i every man. And there is not a man, among us that would not go to hell. and back for 'Old Two A'ards.' " But the regiment that Colonel! [Continued <o> Page l".] AMERICANS ON RUSSIAN FRONTS ARE WITHDRAWN Replaced hv Russian Troops Schooled For the Work By A ssociatcd Press Archangel. April 29.—The Ameri can troops are gradually being with drawn from the front lines, prepara tory to their departure when the harbor opens. As far as possible they are being replaced by new Rus sian troops, who arc being schooled at the front by American and British officers and noncommissioned otfi- I cers. ; There are at present no Americans on the Pinega or Kadish-Sredmak renga fronts, and the process of re [ lief is under way on the railroad. The Dvina and Vaga columns. 1 however, still have some Americans. ' "ODD COLONEL TWO YARDS" Transport With Two-Thirtls of 112 th Infantry May Ar rive in Philadelphia To- 1 night. Says Wireless Mes sage By i.ssoriated Philadelphia. April 2?.—'The trans port Pocahontas, bringing two thirds of the One Hundred and Twelfth Infantry, Twenty-eighth Di vision, may arrive here to-night. A radio message to this effect was received shortly before noon by Col. ' Graham Parker. assistant superin tendent of water transportation. I'. S. A , at this point. The Transport Mercury, which has ! aboard Major General Charles H. Muir. commander of the Twenty eighth Division, may arrive here to morrow. or Thursday. Iler schedule ' i calls for her to dock here Sunday. News of both vessels was picked up to-day by the navy radio station j here Messages coming through *o relatives and friends of the men i aboard said the vessels are expected to reach the Delaware Breakwater ! to-mnrrow evening and dock Thurs day. GOVERNOR AT CAPITOL Governor William C. bprotil came 1 back to the Capitol to-day after an i absence of almost three weeks In I A'irginia. The Governoc appeared 'in good spirits and was cordially welcomed by people in the depart ments. He immediately had a I meeting with a number of chairmen of committees of the two houses and discussed the legislative situation. j lll.IT!> DEATH* l> ARM* Umhlnitlnn. \pril 2!'.—An official i report from the surgeon general, is sued by the War Department to-day | gives the total number of deaths re i ported in the army during the war i to date as 111,179. WORLD'S BIGGEST HOTEL PLANNED BY M. S. HERSHEYi "Chocolate King" to Erect; 2,400-Room Building in Atlantic City That M. S. Hershey, the "choeo- j 1 late king." is to erect a mammoth ! j 2,400-room hotel at Albany avenue ! and the beach, is reported from ! Atlantic City. The structure will j occupy three city blocks and will ! ; be the largest hotel in the world. | it is said. McKim. Mead and White, ! architects. New York, have drawn | the plans. Estimates have been ' asked and stock in the company is ; being subscribed. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Corpora tion has had plans drawn by Hor- 1 ace Trumbauer. architect, Pliiladel- I pliia, for a 600-room house at Ilii- j nois avenue and the beach, the old | Windsor 3ite. The Du Ponte are be hind a third project, proposing to erect a great hotel at Virginia ave , nue and the beach, just opposite the ■ Steel Pier. Looks as Though the Next War Was Going to Be Between the United States and Mr. Burleson ! fSv oo ( Cr . /^ 1 i S \\ /sC \ , '-♦ - S - <rp r ;"' ... ,i%-; -V" •..•.., s^|-' l ~:, ,> l^SgT^Jl pueu&z e y ' r flTT^'^? '"/ ; ' I > . ,* I l PURSE IS OPENED WIDE TO UNCLE SAM FOR LOAN Million and a Quarter Sub scribed on Opening Day WORKERS ARE PLEASED Industries Contribute Large Sum to Last of Lib erty Loans Harrisburg's total of Victory Loan purchases up to noon to-day was sl.- 270.900. Of this amount $679,150 came from the industrial section and $591,750 from the homes. Andrew S. Patterson, chairman of the i'ity campaign, was elated over the results which exceeded all ex pectations. The fourth Division, J. P. McCullough. commander, won the honors with a total of $221,400 in sales. Results, as announced up to noon to-day, are: First I>l\i—7<>ii ( Robert McCormick i M. Harvey Taylor $30,900 J. A. Brandt 29.550 W. J. Evert 2,100 W. S. Essick 14,500 George N. Barnes 19.700 11. M. Stine 10.750 Total $107,500 [Continued on Page 12.] Dr. Seibert Left No Will to Dispose of $450,000 Letters of administration on the estate of Dr. W. H. Seibert, who died on Sunday at his home in Steelton, were issued late yesterday afternoon to the Steelton Trust Company by Register of Wills Ed. 11. Fisher. Dr. Seibert left no will. The entire estate has been valued at $450,000. of which SIOO,OOO is in vested in real estate and the other in personal property such as stocks and bonds. It was said by officials of the band that the personal property valuation may be found to be much greater than now estimated, in which case the amount of the bond which has been filed will be increased. No Signs of Compromise on Union Painters' Strike "We have heard no word from the j Master Painters' Association." said i President 11. C. Kutz, of the Painters., Decorators and Paporhangors Union, No. 4 41. this morning, discussing do-! volopmonts in the organization strike j for an increase in wages from 50: onts to 62' i cents an hour. Some of the painters have accepted: offers to go to Philadelphia, others are leaving to procure employment In other cities. i BATHING BEACH LOAN OF $40,000 I BEFORE COUNCIL Mayor Roister Asks For Ap proval of Loan For River i Mayor Keister introduced an ordi-: nance in Council this morning au-l , thonging that tile voters of the city; should be given an opportunity to! decide whether $4 0,000 should lie' loaned to pay for providing bathing beaches, bath and boathouscs for ; the city. The measure passed first; 1 reading and will not lie called for! final passage until during the sum- i ' mer, it is understood, so that the! loan vote can be held at tHe same! time as the general election in No-! .! vember. Commissioner Lynch introduced! ' an ordinance authorizing the con struction of a twelve-inch sewer in Penn street from Edward street to Catherine street, in tHe Fourteenth ; ward, and another 1 i $3,000 to puv for repairs to the ] bridge over Spring creek in South Cumeron street. I Clarence I>. Bishop, 1631 North' | Second street, was appointed reg-| ; istry clerk in the office of City '! Engineer M. B. Cowden, effective) ; May 1. Bishop was recently re j leased from the Army, having •served with the First Replacement! ! Engineers. lie had the highest] percentage on the civil service eligi ■ ble list. The commissioners passed finally! the ordinance directing tHe paving, i of Turner street from Seneca street! to Schuylkill street. Would Take Size Limit off Trout and List Perch as Food Fish ! Announcement that the size limit j ) would be taken off trout and perch made j j a food fish instead of a game fish by ; i amendments to be made to the fish ; i code in the Senate was made in the ' ( House to-day by Mr. Powell, Luzerne, ! I during consideration of the "special ; devices" bill amending the code. ! The scope of the bill, he said, would | • include everything except spears, and I ' allow the Commissioner of Fisheries to : i issue special licenses. The bill passed. I The House also passed the bill in- j ; creasing salaries of certain clerks In the i office of the Philadelphia recorder of i j deeds. SIX DWELLINGS SOI.D Six two-and-one-half-stor.v brick | bouses owned by tHe Capital City . (Construction Company haveibeeti! : sold to S. ft. Mingle and F. C. Hort- | ( ing. The properties are built in pairs | I and arc located at 1201-03-05-07-09-' ! 11 North Fourteenth stret. on plots I J 20x100 feet. The consideration given j in the deed filed yesterday was i _ $23,500. J WIRE LINES ARE TO BE RETURNED WILSON ADVISES I President Cables While House i Approving Request of Burleson CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE Cable Licenses, Too, Are to Be Given Back to Private Owners Washington, April 29.—Pres ident Wjlson has approved ' Postmaster General Burleson's '! recommendation that telegraph j and telephone systems be returned jto llieir owners upon the enactment of legislation deemed necessary, and that the American cables licenses be ; restored to their owners forthwith. The President's approval was an nounced in a cablegram to-day to the White House. Mr. Burleson j stated yesterday that he hoped to .effect the return of the cables by May 10. Pulls Fire Alarm to See if It Worked; It Did! An error on the part of an em ; ploye of the Central iron and Steel : Company was responsible for the | turning in of a false tire alarm from ! Box 442 at Front and Dock streets j this morning. The Central Iron and Steel Com- I pany, with a private fire alarm sys ! tent, has been having trouble with ' its wires and this morning sent an I employe out to pull a fire alarm on j the company system in order to lo i cate the difficulty. By mistake, the .city fire alarm box was pulled. j "Danny" Coogan to Help Sproul Regain Strength "Danny" Coogan, some years ago I catcher on the nasebull team of the ! University of Pennsylvania, will be ; Governor Sproul's physical director I for a time. The college athlete ar : rived here last night and will take | the Governor in hand. He will take ! a walk and a rubdown each morn | ing and have systematic exercise as I well as rest. The Governor may also j take up golf. MANY PAY TAXES (- Clerks in the office of City Treas • urer C. 10. Weber are receiving hun | dreds of payments of city tax for i 1919 as the one per cent, abatement ! oi. this assessment only remains in ' effect until the end of this month. | Yesterday $30,000 in city taxes were paid into the treasury by property [ owners. SIX DARING AIRMEN CUT CAPERS OVER STREETS OF CITY Military Men Fly So Low That Breeze of Their Machines Is Felt by Men Standing on Roofs of Buildings LOCAL MEN GO UP FOR SHORT "RIDES" THROUGH THE CLOUDS The most spectacular aerial exhi liition over witnessed in llarrisburg was gi veil to-day during a jivitrlit> burst of enthusiasm incident to the launching of tlie Victory loaii. All morning tlie city was nlivo to tlie great treat in airshi|> evolutions which had been staged by tlie Vic tory Loan committee, w lio were favored with splendid co-operation from the Eedetal government which appreciates the notable records made by llarrisburg in responding to the government's reqnests. Major Gilkenson. in charge of dy ers at the big camp on l.ong Island came across handsomely by sending six of the Inst flyers in the I'. S. service, who reached Middletown aviation plant about. 12.Ill), after Hying low over the city's roofs. The tocsin for Harrlsburg was sounded by the courthouse bell, two taps, and almost instantly the tire house bells took it up and llarris burg tumbled front its business life. Stores, cafes, nearly everything sus pended business at the ringing call to look aloft. The speed of these "cloud busters" was demonstrated hi their quick appearance from S'ork. whence the race started, llardly had the echo of llarrisburg bells died out when Steelton saw the bevy of airspeeders coming in view. A mighty salvo of greeting swept up from the earth and must liuvc caught the car of the flyers, two of whom were in each machine. Wins Silver t up There was a distinct spur to the' contest, for a llarrisburg jeweler, I*. H. t'aplan. had "placed in the window of the Victory Loan head quarters, in the old Gilbert store headquarters, a beautiful silver cup, set on an ebony base, with delicate T * T 2* T $ 4* § 4 4 ®? £ 4® <-4 &> 4 4^ $ 4* ^ 4 v At *p 4 <4® 4 * T "** A* t t £ St f t ~?* 1 , M I <4* *** T *&* I $ $ I T £ f $ i X + t t + X * 4® t t i ± * <* 4> <4* 4® I | X ' t M) A 4 * ? x 4* *; 4 *?• *3* *f® "?♦ *l® 4 *f f of *& T *f I LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS TO MEET f g TN WASHINGTON NEXT OCTOBER X |j P.ii • i'tun!!v decided that '"■' J 4* ■.. " ' : - ■■'•■■' ■■• ■ ; ■.' .t-c ■■■ -' ' ; ■ V,' V | t MARRIAGE LICENSES " ? P ? 1 at •?• p4a William I*. Smith, ''hlltlrrn-*, Tcibb, qnd Mnraaret Em llatim- . , * dirtner. >orth Port, l„ I.) Ilnnlrl ||. hrlatrr "ml Era K. Hrrrold, * 4t llnrrlahurafl liaytnond K. Matter. I.tkma, iintl Mary H. StoneronH. 5 Klahrrvlllr; llay A. W Ineard, Knolu, iiml Myrtle l„ Dunn. Menporti * it llenjnmln Horrell, lllfchMpirr. nml Ml llrel 11. <bcmn*v c Ifnrrlsluirc; .lo*eph W. H.vnn nnil Betty M. <;cteh<*||. llnrrlnhnrKi Iwrnrt *. Hur- { wit*. liOt'k llnven, nnrl Clnrn l.ipinnn, Ifnrrlwhur c . arms and tracery: truly a stimulus J for an ambitious flyer. When the courthouse rang out , its two sharp alarms it caught Hie city bent oyer the dinner table, but , everything went (lying. The clang of | li rebel Is did the rest, and a whole | i :ly rushed out to see the classic ; i tiding of tin race which started at York. The winner swung over the Telegraph building only a few feet I igher than the roof and headed for i the Capitol. Turning the Capitol dome at less than 200 feet from the j ground the alrraeers shot down to .Middletown: hopped into antes anil ■ rushed Imck to Chestnut Street | Auditorium where the Liberty Loan . workers were already at lunch. Lieutenant Governor Kehllenian , had been asked to make the preseti [Continued on I'.ago 12.1 Fickle Weather Upsets Plans of Ocean Flyers to Start Trip Today 1 St. John-. N. I'.. April 20.—Early ; morning plans to start the trans- Atlantic airplane race to-day were j upset by Now Fottndland's fickle ; weather. Although midocean condi tions were reported favorable, black clouds gathered off shore during the forenoon and soon u heavy rain be gan to fall. There was no indication 'of a letup. Early reports received here were that weather conditions over the ocean were favorable, and Captain I'red P. Kaynham, British aviator, and Harry llawker, liis Aus 'tralian rival, each had his bclong ! ings packed and the wings of his machine preened for flight toward ' Europe.
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