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LXXXVIII— NO. 102 22 PAGES Da "^i^^ t omcrut^rVisSur^ 3 " H-\MSSKORG., PA. THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1919. u :ss HOME EDITION
TEUTONS APPEAR
AT PEACE BOARD
FOR FIRST TIME
Committee From Allies and;
United States to Inspect
Hun Credentials
IOIJR FIXED AT .1 O'CLOCK
Adriatic Question Now Onlyi
Highly Important One
Still Unsettled
COUNCIL MEETS AGAIN |
(fatter of Captured German j
Cables Minor Issue Under
Discussion Today
liy Associated I'rrss.
VERSAILLES, May
1. The first official ;
•meeting between Allied j
representatives and the j
German peace delegates ;
will take place at 3 o'clock |
this afternoon. A com
mittee from the Allies j
and the United States j
will receive the German j
credentials at that time.
Hy Associated Vress.
Paris, May 1. —The opinion pre-j
.ails in Peace Conference circles
hat the peace preliminaries will he j
-omntunicuted to the Hermans <>n |
Monday afternoon.
When tlie Council of Three met |
his morning various lessor details:
if tin- peace treaty were taken up. j
imong them the question ot captured j
lerinan cables. With the Kiao
'halt prolilem disposed of, the Adri- :
itic question is the only highly itn- :
;iortant matter remaining unsettled, j
To-dav had been scl for the hand- j
ng over hy ttie Hermans of their j
rcdentials to a commission for ex-,
i ruination. Uispatchps tiled direct I
rom Versailles last tiight made it I
ippcar prolmble that til's presenta- j
ion would bo postpohod until h ri, .
lay, but later advices sho\y that. I
Ihe meeting will take place during ,
o-day. The qualifications of the,,
nemy's representativejs to speak for
Havuria now are being looked into. ,
Tlie Chlnese-Japdnesc dispute ;
ever Kiao Chau and the adjoining .
Shantung province territory lues,
been settled by tlie council of Three >
if (lie Peace Conference. Announce- !
inent is made that the former tier- !
man holdings are to be given with- j
jilt reserve to Japan, which was ;
engaged to hand (lie Chantiing 1
peninsula back to China, with rela- 1
lions between China and Japan and
the future .integrity of China to be
under the control of the League oi i
Nations.
All Hot man r glits in Chantung
are to lie held by Japan. The Kiao |
Chau railway will te guarded by,
special police forces composed ofy
< Miinese wldcli will lie trained by
Japanese officers selected liy the di
rectors of t lie railroad and appoint- :
ed by the Chinese government. All
Japanese military forces are to be
withdrawn from the province as
soon as possible.
Japs (let Strategic Itaso
Japan is given the right to estab
lish a settlement at Tsingtao, a city I
on the extremity of the point of i
land which juts southward from tlie !
Shantung peninsula and forms the
eastern short of Kiao Chau bay. tlie
strategic base seisoil by tlie Germans j
in the bar Mast following tlie lioxer j
rebellion in China.
'Although China is said by the!
Peking dispatch to be demanding
the absolute return to her of Shan- '
lung province, and Kiao Cliau, it j
is considered 'improbable that the j
Council of Three will reconsider its l
decision.
Italy Seems Conciliatory
Ileports front Paris and Rome
seem to indicate a disposition on the
part of both the Council of Three \
and the Italiun government to reach !
some sort of understanding as to the j
Kiume question that will lermlt the:
Italian delegations lo return to the j
conference without loss of dignity. ;
Conversations between Premier Or-j
lando anil Thomas Nelson Page. :
American ambassador, took place j
yesterday at Rome, Mr. Page later j
reporting to President Wilson.
There are reports that tlie Soviet 1
regime al Munich lias been over- j
thrown, tit her dispatches state that !
the German government troops are
still some distance away front the ,
city, although closing in on the ,
Soviet forces.
'■HUNK GUARDS" ItKSIGX
St. Augustine, Fla., May 1 The I
home guards of St. John's county,!
ordered by Governor Catts to pro-j
tect the four alleged murderers of|
UMrs. Willy Goens, during their trial
which starts soon at Lake City, Fla.,
have refused to obey the Governor's l
orders and have tendered their res- (
Ignations. In compliance with in-.
struetions the sheriff has subpe-1
naed men to form a provisional I
State militia company.
i
THE WEATHER I!
I
For llnrrlr.H nil vicinity: Itain
thin aft'" IIHI probably to
nlft'liti to-nlKlit, with
lovc*t ur* about ."4 tie- !
grroMt I jiartly clouly.
For Kaart* r , aiiNylvaniai Lailn
HIIM afteruoon an<| to-night,
WnrmfP (••nlxhtl Friday part
ly cloudy: InrroiiMlng Mouth and
Miiiitlivtt WIIMIM,
Blvcr
The gent . ii| rain not* falHag | n
tlie SiiMi|tielirtniiu tvatcralicd oIH
probablv CIIUMC a Mllglii to
moderate rl*e In al ntreaniM of
the SiiMf|iiebnnnn river MyMteni.
A stage of about ft. I feot is n- {
dlentrd for Harrlsbtirg Friday
morning.
Fighting Men of the Old Eighth Are Given
Tremendous Greeting When Transports Dock
HBHI iw i ff 1 %/ jki
! Units of tiie Keystone Division
j Are Sent to Camp Dix Im
mediately After Arrival in
Philadelphia; Vietors of
Many llard-Koughl Battles
(ilad to Be Back in America j
special to tin* Telegraph
CAM I* l)IX, X. •!.. .May I.— j
Tin* Pennsylvania soldiers of the
'2Bth Division vlio arrived here
last night arose this morning
happy and cheerful despite a i
eoltl, dri/./liug rain lliat ( hilled
i tiie marrow in the bone and
I changed the spring; landscape to |
a dreary. Xovemher-like aspect.
"When do we go home?" is the 1
prevailing question in camp to
day, and it Is the frank expres
sion of the luiys that they would i
rather go home soon than re
nin.n here for two or three |
weeks in order to have a divi
sional parade. The Ilarrislnirg !
hoys are all in good humor and
line fettle. Quite a few of their
friends arrived in camp to-day j
to greet them. The men are busy
I with preparations for muster \
J out.
Philadelphia, May I.—Homo once
more, Pennsylvania's own Keystone!
! hoys—the Iron Division —started i
; merrily for Camp Dix. N. J., late
! yesterday afternoon after the most,
i joyous reception it is possible fori
i fellow-men to give returning hcroesj
| after months of service in battle for,
the rights of humanity.
! These heroes who have their j
names emblazoned in American his-j
■ tory as the victors at Argon no For- j
lest, the Vesle Kiver and at Fismette,l
'steamed into port at Philadelphia j
|on tlie transports Mercury and Po-i
! cahontas, and before nightfall were
'.aboard trains for the big Ue-i
mobilization camp.
llarrislntrg'crs Welcomed
| Harrtsburg's heroes of the 112 th,
| Companies D and 1, of the old!
Eighth National Guard regiments.!
1 were there, together with many other,
i boys from Central Pennsylvania,
'towns, and the welcome they rceeiv
eVl when they reached good old "U.
:S. A.." will be with them whenever j
; they look back to their many months
; of service, serving always as a re-j
membrancc that the folks at'homei
i kneft- of their struggles, appreciated
'their sacrifices, and in turning out to ;
i greet them l'clt I hat they had their,
'!duty now to make these khaki clad!
11boys know how welcome they were'
,| to the shores of their homeland. ,
'j The two big transports each bring-1
[ ing about .",000 men and officers, l
I practically all of them of the 281 li. i
| almost raced to the dock at Snyder j
avenue, where the boys disembark-!
jed. Both ships were far ahead of!
schedule and all the well laid plans!
|of the Philadelphia committee toj
I make the homecoming the most:
| eventful affair possible, seemed to j
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Thursday Half Holiday
Begun by Many Shops
I Grocers, barbers and shoe repair- I
j men of the city to-day began their
; summer schedule of half-holidays
every Thursday afternoon for em
ployes. j
The half-holidays of the grocers i
began to-day in the uptown and Hill i
: districts. Grocers in the downtown |
district said they will probably close i
I their stores beginning next Thura
jday uftcrnoon. 1
The Mercury Steaming Into Fort
COL. FINNEY'S OWN |
STORY OF THE 28TH
Commander of the Old Eighth Regiment Tells of Work
Accomplished and Battles Won by Brave
Pennsylvanians in France
A chronological record of the Keystone Division from the time I
of its sailing from Camp Upton, X. Y., May 6, 1917, until after
tlie signing of the armistice, has been prepared by Colonel Maurice
K. Finney, of the Keystone Division and former commander of
the old Eighth Regiment. The information, taken from his own
records and those of the Keystone Division, as sent to his wife,
are being published in the Harrisburg Telegraph in two instal
ments. The lirst instalment is appended.
May 6—Left Camp Upton, N. V„
in command of One Hundred and
Third Headquarters Trains and M.
f*. and embarked on Cunard S. S.
Acqultania, at 9 p. m.
May 7—Sailed 8.06 a. m. passing
Nantucket Shoals in tlie evening.
Our boat being one of the biggest
and fastest had no escort. One Hun
dred and Twelfth Infantry on board.
We had boat drills, target practice,
and were met May 18th by convoy
of tree American Torpedo-boat de
stroyers, and later the eame day.i
PENROSE GIVES I
SUPPORT TO BIG j
ROAD PROGRAM
Governor Sprout's Compre
hensive Plans Meet With
Mueli Favor
The Sproul plan for establishing j
a great highway system in Penn- J
sylvania on the basis of the greatest!
good to the greatest number and j
without regard to polities, was heart- !
tly endorsed here to-day by United j
States Senator Boies Penrose, who j
a'so voiced the thought that tlio|
L'nited States Government ought to I
reimburse Pennsylvania for the seri-!
ous damage done to its highways by|
army trucks in moving across the'
State to the seaboard during the war. j
Senator Penrose said that every-1
one knew that for years the "crying |
need' of Pennsylvania was for better]
roads and lie predicted that the ]
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All Packages in City's
Post Office Being Held
No suspicious packages were j
found in the Harrisburg Post office!
this morning by employes who are
searching for bombs as the result
of the discovery of seventeen destruc
tive machines in the mails in New
York City. Charles H. Hoffman, su
perintendent of mails, said this >
morning that all packages destined
for State departments, State officials
and employes and members of tho
House and Senate are being held up
and examined.
two more destroyers joined tlie con
voy We passed Holyhead at 7 a. m.
May 14th. Irish sea like a mirror.
Pilot came on board at 11 a. m. We
crawled up the Mersey and an
chored at 12.43, docking at 3.45 p.
m., at Liverpool, England. We un
loaded and entrained at 9.58 same
day for Southampton via Midland It.
R, With exeeption of stops for cof
fee and water we ran through that
night to our destination, arriving
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MAY DAY PASSES
QUIETLY; POLICE
HALT PARADERS
Slate Officers Break Un Two
i , ,
Small Processions of Radi
cals in Indiana County
j Details of State Police broke up
| two May Day parades of foreign
! radicals In Indiana county, arrested
j the ringleaders and dispersed the
I marchers. One parade started at
j Yankeetown, near Homer City, with
j 150 in line, and the other at Water
! town, nearby, with forty men in
j line. Both were headed by leaders
j carrying red flags. The police took
I from the men arrested three revol
! vers, and three sticks of dynamite.
The State Police had been sent
I to Indiana county at the request
! of the local authorities there, who
J feared that the American-born sec
j tion of the population would make
, good a threat to "shoot up" the for
! eign-born radicals if they appeared
j to-day with red flags. The inten
-1 tion of the radicals was to march
1 from town to town, gathering mem
j bers as they went. Acting on tele
' graphic orders from Captain George
| F. Dumb, head of the State Police,
! the officers broke up the parades
j before they could get under way.
"The whole State is quiet," said
Captain Dumb at noon in response
to a question as to the extent oi May!
Day disturbances, "and, so far as
;wc can find, there is no threat of
serious disturbance. Our men broke
hp the parades in Indiana county
before they got far, took away the
rod flags, arrested the loaders and
dispersed the marches"
I
Harrisburg Men Not Anxious !
to Remain in Camp to En
ter Big Parade Scheduled
For Philadelphia; Cry Is to
(let Home to Mothers and
Families
fiv Asiufiatcd I'ITSS.
I'll I I.ADKI.I'II l.\, May I.—
| Prospects arc diminishing for
a parade of tlic entire 28Ui
Div.sioa, composed almost
I wholly of Pennsylvania. troops,
; iirronllnic to Ollfeials hero. <
eral >1 aiii* arrived at Camp IMx
to-day lait did not see (ieneral
Seott on the subject of a pa
rade.
If the proposed parade of the Key
stone Division means that the men
must remain in camp eight or ten
days longer, Harrisburg overseas
veterans ure not the least bit anx
ious for it. In the event that it
| will necessitate a delay of but two
jor three days more in camp, they
| will be satisfied to parade. Other re
j turned members of the famous old
j unit of Pennsylvania's Guardsmen
join the Harrisburg men in this sen
timent. according to feeling ex
pressed by the men in their arrival
in America.
"If this parade business is gaing
to mjike the boys stay in camp eight
or ten days longer, they aren't a bit
keen about it." This is the emphat
ic manner in which Major A. San
derson Detweiler, of Columbia, for
mer divisional adjutant says in
speaking of the plans for the great
divisional pageant in Philadelphia.
"But if it can be gotten all over
with a delay of two or three days,
they'd just as lief show the home
folks their division, although, to tell
I- the truth, they're pretty well fed up
on this parude stuff," Major Det
weiler said. "I believe they'd raise
t \;try hell if you • told them they
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Hospital Train Will
Be in Harrisburg For
One Hour Tomorrow
I:
An Army hospital train, hearing 161
j wounded soldiers and their attend
t arits, us well as tour wounded soldiers
!|On litters, will be in Harrisburg for
j one hour to-morrow afternoon. Vis
; itors will be welcome.
,j The railroad officials here received
iword of the train to-day. It will leave
11 New York at 10 o'clock to-morow and
| arrive here between " and I o'clock
j to-morrow afternoon. It will be placed
■ on a truck at Cnion Station for one
hour, during which time the station
■ I gates will ire open and Harrisburg
t| people will be welcome to visit the
.:lrain and meet the soldiers. The War
jDepantment is anxious that the men
i be entertained enroute and the public
. |la invited to visit the train.
Series of Concerts to
Be Given at Reservoir
•J Nine or ten hand concerts will
i be given in Reservoir Park ill's sum
' | tner it was announced to-day. The
, | first of these concerts will be given
i; the first Thursday the big depart-'i
! ment stores are closed. The duto for
the closing has not yel been deter-j
. mined.
The first concert will be given un- i
,'der the auspices of I. K. Rob.nson. '
• The second will he given by J. H.
| Troup the next Thursday and the
following Thursday uptown mer
chants will he the donors. The
fourth concert will be given by tho
Municipal Band and others will fol
t'. . J
SIOO,OOO WAS TO
HAVE BEEN GIVEN
STEELTON WOMAN
Dr. \V. If. Seibert Started Be
quest to Friend's Daughter, ;
but Death Interfered
MADE KNOWN HIS PLANS
Witnesses Called in to Testify:
to (Genuineness of the
Document
STOPPED IN HIS DES'UE
Physician Said He Would
Complete Legacy Within
Short Time
1 >r. \V. 11. Seibert. of Stoolton. loft
tin unsigned iintl unfinished will in
wliirh lie gave SIOO,OOO to the daugh
ter of a hoylioocl Steelton friend, tie
cording to inforunition received by
Register of Wills Fisher to-day. It {
is understood that 1 *r. Seibert re
j vealed ids iilans to several persons
; present when be began to draw up
: the will.
! A search of several days failed to
! locate the will. The report to Ueg
i ister Fisher started I lie search anew.
| The witnesses, it is said, know the
j contents the paper coiwuins and ob
! served where Dr. Seibert. secreted it.
j They volunteered to bell) 'bid it. Kven
! if the will does not bear Dr. Scibert's
i signature the Register said that it
! one exists and is proved to he in the
physician's own handwriting, it
probably will be allowed to stand.
The Register would not reveal (be
names of the willies es. neither
i would be give the name of the girl
I who is to receive the SIOO.OOII be
tpiest. It is leu rued Dr. Seibert
I started to write the will several
| weeks ago in the presence of the wit
| aesses, lint stopped before lie bad
I finished it, saying be would complete ,
! it in a week or so and that they then
| should be present. Before that was |
I done the doctor took ill with pneu- (
! monia and died.
i This afternoon another report to
| the Register was fluff the Seibert
(estate is worth between SOOO,OOO and
$700,000 instead of only SI."0.000.
Fisher said it probably will lake att
i appraisement to determine I lie exact
I value. Tito $450,000 value was
given a few days ago when the St eel
! ton Trust Company was appointed
j to administer the estate.
Brave Engineer? Got
! Praise From Colonel;
Wounds Did Not Stop
I \nt t ork. May I.—Colonel F*red
■ crick A. Snyder. of Philadelphia.
J commander of the One Hundred ami
| Third Engineers, who arrived here
on the Finland yesterday and <!•-
I .harked to-day, aharncterized bis
| troops as a "most wonderful buneb
jat men." He declared "they did
[everything asked of them and more,
(too. Our hardest task was to keep
! the wounded from going into action
again, and they almost had to be
i'dead cases' before they would keep
j out."
New "Luxury" Tax Makes
Confusion at Soda Bars
The new luxury taxes on wearing
' apparel, household goods, soda
fountain drinks, ice cream, proprie
tary medicines, toilet dainties and
various other articles became effec
tive to-day. Among the articles to
be taxed are: Carpets and rugs, pic
ture frames, traveling bags, purses,
shopping bags, umbrellas, sun shades,
smoking jackets, waistcoat sold
separately front suit, all varieties of
shoes, silk stockings, neck ties, pa
jamas, nightgowns, petticoats, kimo
nos.
Statements made in a morning
newspaper to the effect that malted
milk drinks with egg, and similar
concoctions are to be classed as food
and therefore are untaxable, have
created much confusion among pa
trons of soda fountains. It was ex
plained by internal revenue collec
tors that nil drinks served at foun
tains, whether food or "luxury" are
I taxable. Most of the soda water
dispensers added the tax to their
products, so the man who wanted
a "lemon plain" had to pay six cents
instead of five cents.
Now Allow Hotels Extra
Charge For Phone Calls
Washington, May I—Under a mod
ified post office department order, ho
tels, clubs anil apartment houses
ilnow are permitted to charge more
' than live cents for telephone calls
from rooms, provided there is ample
exchange service in the building at
! which rates on outgoing calls do not
exceed Ave cents.
r'ostoffice officials explained to
day that the contention that such
establishments should have some
revenue on extension installations
had been accepted by the depart
ment as valid.
Rev. M. 0. Peirce Is
Called to Frankford
j The Rev. Millard Osniore Peiroc.
ppstor of the Tabernacle Baptist
Church, has accepted a call to the:
j pulpit of the Frankford Baptist
Church, he announced to-day. The
Frankford Church is one of the
strongest In the Baptist denomina
tion.
During the three years of liis pas
torate here the Bov. Mr. I'eircc
made many friends.
CITY SHIRKS ITS
DUTY AS VICTORY
LOAN FALLS FLAT
Campaign Must Be Continued Another
Week If Harrisburg Is Not to Be
Disgraced by Total Failure
SOLICITOR IS CHASED FROM
LAUNDRY WITH AN ICE PICK
Uarrisburg' l.us Fallen down in i
the Victory Liberty Loan drive.
Short $1,253,518 in .subscriptions
which the committee hud hoped to
secure until noon to-day, ofllcials
have announced that the drive lo
raise the city quota will he pro
longed until next Tuesday.
1 larrishurgr alone of the sections
of the district lias, failed lo raise
its quota. I larrishiH'K, the city that
has subscribed and oversubscribed
its quota in tlie four previous Lib
erty Loan drives, in the United
War Work drives, in the V. M. C. A.
campaign, the l\. of <\ campaign
and in every previous war cam
paign has fallen and fallen with a
thud. This fact was driven home
at a noonday luncheon of the com
mitteemen in the Chestnut Street
A uditorium.
Slacking!
With hundreds of her men home
from overseas and many more on'
the high seas hound for home port,!
Uarrislmrg. alone of the llurrisburg
district, has failed to pay the price',
aukrd of her. For tin lirst lime,
flic e!ty has failed to respond with
in tire time asked by her commit
teemen ami it lias hecn necessary to
prolong the campaign.
Total figures for tlie city to-day I
showed that tlie drive for s4,(hilt,-j
IIS produced but a total of $3,415,-|
900. The homo section responded
-particularly well with a total ofj
! $2.01)9,850 in bonds, hut the Indus-'
trial section slipped, and slipped
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Shameful!
T pillllSlll IKi SOI.IHKRS hit
| J cciiiin;; in mo from I'l'imco
fit tollllis,
I iai i-Klim k pet pie art* "iulilns
down" on llii'lr Virtury l.can
•inula.
I'or (lit l lii'-t Unit* si not* tlic war
la-Kail. llaiTisliiirK' will not a'o
ovt-r (In- top in a war ilrivi*, un
less tilt- lieople respond inimcdi
ately ami buy bonds as tliey
should.
What do you think llarrisliiu-ff
soldiers will think of lliirrislim-K'
home folks if they conic baek and
lini.l that we have not been patri
ot ie enough to buy our share of
tile Vietory HOIMIS?
Uon't you believe they will
lliink us a pretty elieap let'.'
Well, that's what they will think,
and they will think right.
t hard. Its total subscriptions
I amounted to a bare $1,316,050.
i To-day's report and the total fol
! low:
Thursday. Total.
India-trial . ..$ 51X,750 $1,316,050
Home 1,007.150 2.0!l,850
Total $ 1,535,900 $3,4 15,1100
I to].oris re-reived to-day were the
host of the eanipalKn, hut were not
: sufficient in minihor to send the city
| across with its quota. I lest sub
j scriptions for the day were received
I from the First Division, Robert Me
j Cormie.U eoniniandinK.
Total sales reported to-day show
[Continued on I*agc 17.]