Finish the Busy Week fyy Buying Victory Bonds; YouU Enjoy Yom 11 - Mort V HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH V LXXXVIH— NO. 104 18 PAGES HARRISBURG. PA. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1919. "'^KBuVi'r"" BINOSecoSKS HOME EDITION YANKS SHOW HOW UNCLE SAM USED BIG GUNS IN WAR Grant 12-Inch Gun on Camou flaged Truck Draws Many Spectators ALL WORKING FOR LOAN Women Who Buy Bonds Are Given Places of Honor Beside Guns DEMONSTRATION GIVEN Enough High Explosives in Cars to Wreck Bail way Station BIG SEARCHLIGHT TO PLAY ON CITY The huge searchlight with the artillery train brought here to help advertise the Victory l>oan and now standing on the Market street siding will be taken to Res ervoir Park this evening. This will play its beams over the city during the night. So powerful is the ray from the light that it may be seen for a distance of twenty-two miles. Thousands of people last night and this morning viewed the huge guns and other cpuipment brought to Harrisburg on Victory Artillery Train, parked on the Market street siding of the Pennsylvania Railroad, opposite the Reading station. Ad* ditional thousands will witness ex hibitions scheduled for this after noon. The exhibitions take place at 5.30. continuing to 4.30. and at 6.30, continuing until 8.30. It was thought likely that another exhibition might, be staged to-morrow, but at noon to-day it seemed likely this is not possible, inasmuch lU3 the siding is required for tlie War Trophy Train •which reaches Harrisburg to-mor row afternoon. Mrs. c. 11. Sutlers is to be com missioned a gunnerette this after noon or this evening. Any other Harrisburg woman who wishes a similar commission has only to do what Mrs. i-'nucrs will do —buy a l.iborty bond at the artillery train. Any Woman who buys a bond will be commissioned a gunnerette and will immediately become part of the battery. The heavy work of loading the giant twelve-inch gun will be done by the artillerymen, but the bond buyer will pull the lanvard and tire the shot. This will not be a "regular" shot, inasmuch as 337 pounds of explosives are re quired for such shots —and the de tonation would break every pane of glass in the city. How Huns Work The commissioning of gunnerettes will occur after Captain W. E. Star buck has explained the operation ot the two large guns—the long one and the mortar. Prior" to Captain Starbuck's speech a regulation drill will be performed. The artillery train reached Har risburg at 8.35 last night. A crowd [Continued on Page 2.] Rain, Then Fair Skies and Warmer Is Forecast For New Week's Weather ft;/ Asxoviatcd Press. Washington. May 3. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday are: Threatening weather and rains at the beginning, followed by generally fairer thereafter. Tem perature higher Monday, normal un til Wednesday and below normal thereafter. Frosts are probable the latter half of the week in North Atlantic States and elevated regions of the Middle Atlantic States. Final Planr Drawn For Clean-Up and Fix-Up Week Final plans are being made to day for the "Clean-up and Fix-up" campaign which is scheduled to open on Monday and continue throughout the week. While but a week has been officially set aside, the depart ment is planning to extend the cam paign throughout the summer. Dr. John M. J. Haunick. city health offi cer. says. It has been announced that the Boy Scouts, under the direction of Scout Executive Virgin, will canvass the city next week to furnish per sonal notice to householders of the campaign. OI.DFST (ONSTAIIbi: Ql ITS Amos Kreiser. 84 years old, of East Hanover township, and prob ably the oldest constable in the coun ty, has resigned on account of phy sical disabilities. Electors of the township will ask the court to ap point Michael R. Belleman, it was learned to-day. THE WEATHER For Hlirrishurg nml vicinity: Cloudy to-night, probably fol lowed by rain in the enrly morning mid on K'ordnx not nuicli change In temperature, lowest to-night about 30 de grees. For Easier,, I'ennsyl van in: Cloudy to-night, prohnhly fol lowed by rain In early marnlng and on Sunday; moderate tem perature; gentle, variable wind*, becoming fresh southeast. Itlver The Susquehanna r'vor and all Its brntiehes will fall slowly or re main ncnrlv stationary. A stage of about 4 tl feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg Sunday morning. Men of 112 th Pass in Final Review Before Commander at Camp Dix; First Photographs of Officers and Enlisted Men ITALY YIELDING AND MAY RETURN TO PEACE TABLE French "Cold but Correct" :it Versailles; Pact May Be Signed June 1 By Affnociatcd Press. Paris, May 3. —The Italian situa tion took a more favorable turn to day. The indications were that some arrangement would be made for Italy to be represented when the peace treaty was presented to the Germans next week. Allies "Cold But Correct" In a German wireless dispatch picked up in Paris the first meeting of the German delegates witli repre sentatives of the Allies is described at length. The attitude of the French officials is characterized as •'cold but correct." Tiie message declares that the French and British press treat the arrival of the Germans as u matter of minor importance and adds that, according to the Dutch papers, the America'n press has displayed a sim ilar indifference.. June 1 is given as the probable date of the signing of the treaty. Territorial status Settled The territorial status of Germany as definitely settled by the Council of Three yesterday, says Marcel Butin in the Echo De Paris will, in the view of the Council protect the general security of Europe. The chapter in which these decisions arc incorporat ed, he adds, put an effectual veto on the "drang nacli osten" movement I which the Germans desire to pursue, prevents an alliance with the Rusnian 'Bolsheviki and forbids the incorpo ration in Germany of German-Aus tria. Americans Oppose Plan ! Authoritative disapproval of a plan jthat has been advanced for tlie re habilitation of European financial credit was expressed to-day by the financial members of the American (delegation. It was made known defl i liitely that the United States would [ not be a party to any joint action having for its purpose the restoration of German business. Workman Wh : rled! to His Death by Belt I Caught in a belt used to operate the machine shop of the Middletown Car Co.. Harvey Good. 20 years old. an employe of the company, was so badly injured this morning at 11.30 o'clock that he died within a short t.ime. Good was about his duties at the time of the accident and got too near the belt, operated by a high-powered motor. Be was whirled about and so badly injured that his death resulted within n short, time after he was re leased. .Good is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Good, of Swatara Hill; three brothers and two sisters, i OLD EIGHTH EXPECTED TO BE HOME BY MONDAY OR TUESDAY Harrisburg Boys Anxious For News of Home Town, and Ask of Preparations Being Made to Greet Them When They Get in; Expected to Arrive in City Late Monday (By Staff Correspondent.) CAMP 1)IX, Wright.s town, X. •1., May 3. The first of the Harrisburg men of the Keystone I>i vision who returned home from Prance this week on the transports Mercury and Poca hontas. may lie expected home late Monday or early Tuesday. Ilcmohili/ation is not proceeding as last as hud lieen expected and there is no possibility that they will get home Sunday or early Monday as had been expected. TllC tilth Regiment is clean ing up to-day and it will lie sent home first* Colonel Itiekards is endeavoring to send the men of the Il2tli home together. Colo nel Finney may be kept at camp for some time so Cnptuin Jenk ins probably will bring the men to Ilarrisburg. Camp lllx. N. J.. May 3.—Harris burg's heroes in I lie One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, and they are scattered throughout the whole or ganization, to-day were expected to reach home early next week, possi bly on Monday. Demobilization of the One Hnu dredth and Twelfth started to-day at the big New Jersey Camp. Colonel Rickards said he will make every possible effort to get tile last of the men away by Monday, and if this is accomplished, Harrisburg folks can [Continued on Page 12.] EXACTING MOTOR TEST TO BEGIN AT 6 TONIGHT Mayor Kcister Will Remove Gear Lever and Seal Transmission To-nght's the night! Sharply at six o'clock, .Mayor Keistcr will re move the gear lever in the standardly equipped model 90 Overland, seal the transmission, and this remarkable lit tle ear, driven by Carl Hanson of the Overland-llarrlsburg Company, will be on its way in the seven-day non stop high-gear record breaking drive. The start will be made from in front of the Telegraph Building wheh will be the control station dur ing the contest that is being made by the Overland-llarrlsburg Company to break the world's seven-day non stop record. Four-hour tricks be tween the four drivers. Carl Han [.Continued on Page 2.] i sbc Stoc-Mtepcn&ent. ASKS SHOPS TO CLOSE WHEN OLD EIGHTH ARRIVES Because of the uncertainty of the tirtie of the arrival of the Har risburg men of the Keystone Di vision in this city, no holiday will be declared, Mayor Keister an nounces. Notice of the depar ture of the men from Camp Dix, N. J., will likely lie received about live hours before their ar rival here. So the Mayor asks that all industrial and business establishments, that can, close down two hours after the ringing of the bells and blowing of whis tles to announce the departure of the men, in order that employes may take the next three hours to get ready to aid in receiving the returned veterans. GREAT CROWD TO GREET RETURNING MEN OF THE 112 TH Parade Arrangements Being Perfected by Home Folks Victory Association Fire alarms sounded from four to six hours in advance, will bring the news to waiting Harrisburg that the big homecoming celebration will be [Continued on Page 12.] NORTHERN CHINA IS TURNED OVER TO JAP EMPIRE California Senator Says Mil lions Have Been Delivered Into Bondage Paris, May 3.—ln declaring its dis appointment with the decision of the Council of Three, regarding Kiao Chan, the Chinese delegation to the Peace Conference in its statement to day raid that the decision gives Jap an practical control of Northern China. Washington. May 3. Senator Johnson, of California, Republican, In a statement to-day charged that President Wilson had reversed his stand upon secret treaties In the Fiume dispute and had surrendered without thj "semblance of a contest" to Japan in the controversy over the disposition of Shantung by which he said millions of Chinese were deliv ered into bondage. , Many a Heroic Deed Perform ed by Local Boys Who Fought the Hun Off His Feet; "Dutch" Bernheiscl Shows Qualities For Lead ership in Heat of Battle Camp Dix, N. J„ May 3.—Sergeant | Arthur U Fitzgerald, ti'.i North Seven teenth street, Harrisburg. one of the ! popular non-coms of Company I, is t "solid" with the hoys in his platoon, I and they aren't slow in letting one [ know about "Fitz" and his work in i fighting the boche. I At Lacht-ne Tondee during the flght j ing "Fitz" saw a comrade fall wound | ed. lie was a member of Company M ; and unknown to the Harrisburg boy, who starteil out to tiring him back for first aid. After unsuccessful attempts I Fitzgerald finally reached lite wounded i man and started hack. Shortly after j ward a stary bullet killed the rescued private. Fitzgerald was wounded in J the foot during one of the offensives, l but he's.Just as active as ever around j the camp now. At another time for i three nights "Fitz" went back under ! heavy artillery fire and brought up ra j !ions for the boys In the company. | Albert It. Garman, Butler street, Pen j brook is one of the older men in the company. He is a f warm friend of First Lieutenant Charles W. Thomas as the two enlisted together j In the National Guard in 1901 and re | enlisted in 1917. When the Guard went I to Hancock it was too much for Gar man and he started after his fellow soldiers and became a member of the organization again. Sergeant Archie McAllister, 272 l'ef fer street, lmd a visitor yesterday when his brother, J. Carson McAllister, just I discharged as an ensign in the I*. S. 1 N'. H. F. came to Dix to see him. It [Continued on Page 12.] SOLDIERS TURN I THEIR S6O INTO | VICTORY BONDS Total Beaches $1,575,000,000; Treasury Renews Appeal For Intensive Canvass By Asnoviated Press. \ Washington, May 3 —Total sub ; scriptlons to the Victory Liberty j Loan to-day passed $1,575,000,000. The Treasury to-day renewed its ap ! peal to loan organizations to perfect : their salesmanship plans for house -1 to-housc canvasses next week, the ! last week of the campaign. Reports to the Army Victory Loan : ofllce from demobilization camps in dicate that many men as they are discharged from service are invest- , ing their S6O bonus checks in Lib- ; erty notes, says a statement issued ' by the War Department. In former loans the Army has subscribed to j more than $205,000,000 in bonds, j said the statement, and although the j personnel has been reduced by half, j MERCHANTS HAVE HARD TIME TO KEEP TAX ROOKS Interpretation of New "Lux ury Levy" Made by the Revenue Department "Tt takes tlio clerk longer to pre pare your bill than to serve you." j So comments one soda fountain] customer relative to the service re ceived at Harrisburg so'da fountains and ice cream parlors as a result of the new "luxury" tax, which becamo effective on Thursday. Much extra bookkeeping has been occasioned for proprietors of such establishments and some Harrisburg businessmen and their agents are nearly wild with the complicated mass of fig ures that they arc compelled to compile. It docs not suffice for the vendor to present his tax in a lump sum; it is necessary that statements be prepared showing the sum collected for each class of taxable articles. Daily records must lie kept showing separately the amount received for each class of taxable transactions (grouped according to the amount of sale) and the tax paid thereon. Daily records must be kept and tiled with a duplicate of the monthly re turns at the places of business. Separate receptacles must be pro vided, a ruling of the Internal lievenue Department provides, in case the proprietor does not use an adequate cash register or check sys tem from which daily and monthly returns must be compiled. One compartment must be provided for holding the different amounts of tax collected, in order to facilitate the compilation of the daily and monthly records of tax collection. The Act Kxplaincd Section 630 of the internal reve nue law, as explained in an interpre tation of the law made public to day, carries the regulation for the tax. It provides for the payment of one cent for each ten cents or frac tion thereof of the amount paid for drinks, soda, sundaes, ice cream, etc., at the fountain or the parlor, when they arc sold for consumption in or in proximity to the place of business. The whole amount of the total purchase price is taxable. ( When the price is paid at one time, though in payment for several articles which are the subject of a single transaction, the total price is the unit for computing the tax. For example, if you invite a friend into a soda fountain and each order a fifteen-cent drink, you will pay a tax of three cents on the total of thirty cents, rather than g tax of four cents, or two cents on* each of them. If, however, after paying for an article, the customer orders a [Continued on Pago 12.] Child Welfare to Be Considered at Conference I At ;i meeting in tile Hoard of Trade | building- this evening at 7.'30 o'clock preliminary plans will be considered ! for the formation of a Child's Wel ! fare Society in this city. I Colonel Edward Martin, State I Commissioner of Health, will pre- I side. Talks will be given and aid furnished in the formation of the society by Miss Sally Lucas Jean, of New York, a child welfare work er and Dr. Dorothy Childs, superin tendent of the Child Welfare Board of the State Department of Health. Lieutenant "Jack" H. Atkinson, re cently returned from France after being wounded twice, will speak on his experiences. Community sing ing will feature the program. An urgent request has been issued that members of the Civic Club, of the Visiting Nurses' Association and health officials be in attendance, since the meeting is being arranged under the auspices of these asso ciations. The meeting is open to all Harrisburg people and parents, espe cially are urged to attend, in an an nouncement issued by Dr. John M. J. Kaunick, city health officer. FINNISH ARMY HAS SEIZED PETROGRAD IN DRIVE ON REDS Treaty Is to Be Handed Envoys of Germany Next Week; Pact May Be Signed and Peace Come June I PRESSURE BEING MADE UPON ITALY TO SURRENDER FIUME By Associated Press, Petrograd, the former Russian capital which has been in the hands of the Bolsheviki ever since the Red revolution in 1917, is believed to have been captured by the Finnish army which has been advancing from the frontier. The Bolsheviki were recently reported to be evacuating the city. This pronounced reverse for the Bolsheviki arms is uie nusc nolablc development reported from the anti-Bolshevik righting fronts. Ilavarian government troops have entered Munich, but reports appear to show that the Soviet forces still hold some parts of the city. • A rather indefinite report from Condon states that a Russian Mol slieviki army is "marching on Hun gary" following the arrangement of a convention with the Ukrainians. Whether this means that the I'kralniuns arc permit! ng the I Sol - sheviki to Join the Hungarian Reds again. ,t the Rumanians has not de veloped. Tieaty Nearly lini-liod t\ith tin* work of framing the peace treaty seemingly almost com pleted except for some secondary matters, the Allied and German del egations at Paris are wa ting for the formal presentation of the doc ument early next week final de cisions on several ptoldems which must lie written into the terms of peace were reached by the Council of Throe yesterday. Mils' Yiolil Cables Germany must give up licr cable s\ stems, according to reports, but the Allies will not incorporate in the treaty Hie plan for the future disposition of ttiis property. The cables will merely remain in the 4 4> 5 TWO. KILLED IN PLANE ACCIDENT % 4* Panama—Major-P. M. Clark, of California irid *s # L <4 *f <4 ' J*"* *■ 4* >r> "J* ,2, i T > ?; 4 ■ • •A *v* ! T ;o" ~7* *£* e| ■ V%> 4* 4- I ? X CYRIL DU FOR KILLED J w £ x X I 4* 4- JL ire: ■■ •■, >-;f,jr <-u::--/• t; dr . X | „ <f f FLYERS FAIL HO START OCEAN TRIP T 4 noor-i 0> ;■•„:• ("red r • t. '■ • T •?4# *fr A aviator, s x i • r'. ->.- •! 4 Atlantic X PRINCES SHOT AS HOSTAGES £ 2J Hrrb the hostr.ges to h, • • .Jt £ in Munich by the communists before they were over- y X powered were Prince Albert of Thurin and Taxis". Prince. 'X f Von Wiede, Privy Counc 4 X fe*' or n Von Stuck !? J DELAYED TRANSPORT ARRIVES J 4* Boston—The transport Canandaigua with 1.345 so!- !<f *& <L diers and two civilians arrived here to-day front Bor- 'X X de.au*. i'r-.m •, ntt.-r repeated delays due to hreken gear. 4 * WILL MEET GERMAN DELEGATES TOMORROW ;X X I ••• credential' committee ov l'~j--e. T - •' ■- • • - 4 | MARRIAGE LICENSES | Mlko Stlrrlxonlc and Vornon Xernclt, StooHont John Tonko t vlr nnd Mnr>- KndonJ. Storltnn; Snmnrl 11. YatON and ICdlth K. Ilay J llarrlNhurici l.niircn.-r U. I.nnil. Philadelphia. nnd Ilolrn K. Ilnnin- ** *%*""• llnrrlaliiirKi Kim or K. Korltr* nnd Annn H. Mrlaiinhlin, Hnr- ,i 444 44- 4 44444DH44® hands of the five groat powers until an agreement is reached as to what will !>e done with* them. This la virtually the ranie plan said to have been adopted in dealing with the warhips which Germany has sur rendered. Chinese Issue Statement Objections over some decisions of tlie Council of Three are heard at Paris, tlie Chinese delegation issuing a statement to the effect that the action of the Council merely "sub. stitutod Japan for Germany in Shantung, and gave Japan ad ditional control of railroads in Southern Manchuria." Belgium, too, is disposed to object to tlie conclu sions of tlie Council, it being report ed that the Belgians will not obtain rights they demanded over the con trol of I lie .Scheldt river or terri torial concessions in the Dutch prov ince of IJmburg and in German Maesticht. Italian Situation Unsettled The Italian situation is still un settled. hut the American aim French ambassadors at Home arc trying to reach an understanding with Premier Orlando. Measures have been taken to prevent further attacks on President Wilson by the Italian press and by persons en gaged in demonstrations.
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