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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
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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.
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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!
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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
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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
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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
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I LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS TO MEET f
g TN WASHINGTON NEXT OCTOBER X
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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
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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.