A Billion Dollars Is Yet to Be Raised by Nation In Victory Bond Drive; Buy lilcA c ma jMlalic Sun HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXVIII— NO. 110 16 PAGES Matter P at the Post Office at Harrlsburg HARRISBURG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1919. XiXiZZES&T" JSSU&Ei, HOME EDITION GERMANS WRITHE UNDER HARD TERMS OF PEACE PACT;COUNTER PROPOSA LS PL A NNED BY R ULERS Proclamation by President Ebert Advises Teutons of Demands; Says Acceptance of Treaty Terms Is to Bring About Enslavement of Enemy Labor Throughout Country FIUME PROBLEM NOT YET SETTLED AND CHINA INSISTS UPON WRITTEN GUARANTEE IN PACT By Associated Press. Germany, protesting that the terms of peace made known at Versailles on Wednesday arc "unbearable" and "impracticable" will make a counter proposal for "a peace of right on the basis of a lasting peace of the nations." Thus says a proclamation to the German people issued on Friday at Berlin by President Ebert. It appeals to the people to stand together and "save itself by its own actions." Huns Want Verbal Discussion During the day the government wired its delegates at Versailles to demand verbal discus sions of the peace terms, the plan announced by Premier Clemenceau on Wednesday being that only written communications would be received from the enemy representatives. President Wil son* is represented in Paris dispatches as believing there will be no reply front the Germans for about a week. The German national assembly has been called to meet 111 Berlin on Monday of next week, and at that time formal consideration of the peace terms prob ably will begin. Preparing People For Details The proclamation issued yesterday and statements from lead ing figures of German public life indicate that an effort is being made to prepare the people for the details of the terms. Advices from Paris indicate that a definite settlement of the question raised by Italy and Jugo-Slavia over the disposition of Fiume has not been reached. It is said the plan adopted for the government of the Sarre region which for fifteen years prior to a plebescite will be administered by a commission under the auspices of the League of Nations is being considered by the Council of Four in the case of biume. Flume Problem Unsettled An unofficial announcement madei earlier this week stated that Italy, was to be made mandatory for Fiume until 1925, after which time; the city was to become a part of the i kingdom of Italy. More recent dis- j patches have declared, however, that j objections had been raised to thisi program. . Chancellor Renner, of Germtot- Austria. will be one of the delegates from that nation to go to Saint Ger main, near Paris, to receive the treaty between the Allies and his country. In an address Thursday he indicated in accepting his nomi nation as a delegate that he had given up hope for a union of Ger many and German-Austria. China Seeks Written Guarantee ' It is understood in Paris that the| Chinese delegates to the Conference will refuse to sign the treaty of peace if they do not receive from the Council of Three a written en gagement that Japan will restore the Shantung peninsula and Kiao-Chau 10 China. The Council of Three is asked for this document because of the fact that the agreement with Japan was reached after Premier Orlando had left Paris. Will Transmit I/otter Dispatches from Paris state that President Wilson in submitting to the United States Senate the pro posed undertaking with Prance by which this country would send troops to Prance if that country* is attacked by Germany will merely submit the letter he wrote to Pre'fn ier Clemenceau on the subject. Whether a treaty is ultimately framed will depend upon the action taken by the Senate on the proposal Berlin, May 10. —via Copenhagen. —German.* s reply to the terms of peace presented at Versailles on Wednesday, will be a proposal "tor a peace or right on the basis of a lasting peace of the nations," ac cording to a proclamation to the German people issued here by Presi dent Ebert. The proclamation Ays the treaty would deliver German labor to for eign capitalism for the indignity of wage s avery and permanently fetter the young German republic. it closes with an appeal to the German people "to stand together, knowing no parties," and to "pre serve with the government mutual trust in the path of duty in the be lief of the triumph of reason and right." Text of the l*roclaniation The text of the proclamation fol lows: "The first reply of the Allies to the sincere desire for peace on the part of our starving peo ple was the laying down of the uncommonly hard armistice conditions. The German people, having laid down its arms, hon estly observed all the obligations of the armistice, hard as they were. Notwithstanding this our opponents for six months have continued the war by main taining the blockade. The Ger man people bore all these bur dens. trusting in the promise (Continued on Page 2) THE WEATHER For Harrlftborjc and vicinity* Probably rain to-niKht and Sun day* continued cool, lowest tem perature to-night about 48 de icrrca. For Fastem Pennsylvania: Main, probably to-nlfrht and Sunday* continued cool; freah cast winds. River A substantlnl rise will occur in the Susquehanna river and nil Its tributaries nnd particularly In the West Branch, where the river at Wllllamsport will rise nbout ten feet as a result of the rain that has already fallen. A Ntaxc of about o.r feet Is indi cated for Harrishursr Sunday morninl, with a maximum stave of hrtneen 7 and 8 feet Mon day momlnK and hljcher if the rnln cont'nuca heavy over the watershed. NO FUSION WITH GERMANY, WAILS AUSTRIAN CHIEF Renner Says People Must Suf fer For Misdeeds of Their Rulers By .4 ssoriated Press. Vienna. May 10.—The death knell of old Austria was sounded in par liament this afternoon when Chan celor Renner, n accepting the nom ination as a peace delegate to go to St. Germain, said he relinquished all hopes for a fusion with Germany. His speech was made while the im pression caused by the Allies' terms to Germany was still strong. The feeling In the chamber was. accord i ing to one speaker, that "it would be madness to unite with a nation subject to such measures." "The Austrian people must suffer for the misdeeds of their rulers," the Chancelor said. "We never want , ed the war and we were not guilty of bringing it ahout. I will do my best to secure better terms for our selves." The address was delivered within a stone's throw of the foreign office in Ball Platz. where the first ma chinery of the war was set in mo > tion nearly five years ago and moved many of the Chancelor's hearers to 1 tears. A few Socialists demanded that no delegates be sent, but there was no attempt at revolt or Bol shevism. Showers Are Probable in Middle of Week; Otherwise Fair Skies Washington. May 10. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday: Showers are probable in the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic States by the middle of the week; otherwise fair. Temperature near nor mal. He Saved 3,700 Lincoln Pennies to Buy a Bond William H. Bankes strolled into j i the Camp Curtin Trust Company j ! yesterday and laid before President Robert A. Enders 3.700 Lincoln i • pennies. He had been saving every penny ! j he got in change for the purpose of buying a Liberty Bond. "Didn't quite reach the mark and j | wanted to take advantage of the j good investment the Victory Bonds ' j offer," said he. "so here is the rest j in bills to make up $50." Mr. Enders spent the next half I I hour counting pennies. BOYS FIND SOLDIER'S Etjl IP.E\T I N PARK j Police have been notified of the ! ' finding of a gas mask, a helmet and 1 a coat in Reservoir Park by four j | boys, Robert Bushman. Miles Reed. ! j Warren Forney and Theodore Kline, j i The gas mask bears the name of W. j M. Faust, a member of Company G. I One Hundred and Eleventh Regiment, j [ and a list of battles in which he J i fought. The One Hundredth and | ! Eleventh Regiment is a Pittsburgh | | Regiment and is believed to have j j gone through Harrisburg on a troop j train Wednesday. NUDE AX MAN SCARES TOWN | Ijcraysvilio, Pa.. May JO.—lra j Arnold. 50 years old. caused great ' commotion here yesterday when lie j ran through the streets stripped j naked and waving an ax. He was ! I captured and disarmed by Game j Warden Vanorman, in a stretch of i | woods nearby. ' WILSON HAS NOT CHANGED POLICY TOWARDS FIUME Paris Dispatches Indicate the; President Will Discuss Ne gotiations With Congress [ AVasliiogton, May 10. Reports : I from Paris that President Wilson j | had committed himself to a pro- ! posal to settle the Fiume dispute by I giving that port to Italy after 1023, j were said in dispatches to the White House to-day to be "absolutely fic tion." It appeared from to-day's advices ] that the President had not deviated I in the slightest from his original i | stand in opposition to Italy's claim I ! to this Adriatic port. I Other dispatches from Paris said , ; the President would personally ad- | i dress Congress and "discuss the | I whole subject matter" of the Paris i j negotiations immediately after his I j return to the United States. It is : I understood that the President is be- | ling urged by his advisers to make i i a speaking tour over the country ' j after he addresses Congress. . session to-day of the Academy of \ j Moral and Political Sciences, of ■ I which he was elected a foreign as- I ■| sociate last year, said that the United \ ■ States came into the war in the i i cause of liberty. "Whenever we see the cause of 1 ! liberty imperiled." the President! ; added, "we are ready to cast our lot I | in common with the lot of those whose liberty is threatened. That is : the spirit of the people of the Unit- I ! ed States." Two Million Men Are Out of Yankee Army; Rush on From France Washington. May 10.—Demobili zation of the war army has passed the two million mark. General March chief of staff, announced to-day, and the number of troops returned from France now exceeds one mil lion. Official estimates of the general staff show that a continuation of the present rate of transporting troops from France will result in the re duction by August 1 of the American force in France and Germany to 225.924 officers and men. including combat and service of supply troops, marine detachments and the navy personnel attached to the army. FESTIVAL POSTPONED The festival scheduled to be held at Race and Paxton streets this eve ning by the Speece A. C., has been postponed until Monday and Tues day nights, it was announced this morning. FIMt BOND PRICES New York. May 10.—Final Liberty Bond prices to-day were: 3'js, 98.68; tirst 4s. 95.80: second 4s. 94.00; first 4<4s, 95.80; second 4Hs, 93.98; third 41/4s, 95.18; fourth 4Vis, 93.96. CARNATIONS FOR MOTHER'S DAY PLENTIFUL BUT COSTLY If Father Is to Have a Celebration the Daisy Will He (iood Enough, Is Suggestion j "You know, I'm kind o' glad that the woman who invented Mother's Day was not able to also start a ' Father's Day. too; the price of car nations sure does sting, just think, j3O cents for one white carnation and j $3.00 for a dozen! Three years ago, j I gave my mother, God bless her, a j firm bunch of one dozen and they only cost me $2, but that was "be | fore the war." j The good-natured man who enter i ed a Harrisburg florists's shop to-day ! for the sole object of paying tribute to his mother made a point of asking I the florist just why the white car nation was ever chosen as an em blem to "mother' 'and why it cost jso much, and he was very promptly I informed: J "The I'nited States government I and the wicked German nation are l responsible. Uncle Sam had to cut down the coal one-half to do hisi otar-3ii&c}Jcn&cnt. Playing Both Ends Against the Middle ( I K APPEAL TO YfcU TO UPHOLD THE SACRED GtrARANTEES OF THE CONSTITUTION" THE —_ UNITED THE RIGHT OF SURE? wh*T TOWER'S FLYING CREW STARTS ON ITS SECOND LEG Leading American Machine Passes Austria Lake and Ship Harbor By Associated Press• Halifax. May 10.—The Amer ican naval plane XC-3. forced by propeller trouble to return here after cruising tifty miles on tile (light to Trepassey. X. made a fresh start at 12.35 p. m. Halifax. May 10.—Two of the three giant American naval hyrdoairplanes commissioned to attempt a trans-At lantic flight, the NC-1, and the XC-3, took the air to-day on the second leg of their cruise from Rockaway Beach, X. Y„ to Trepassey, X'. F., where they are expected to start next week for Portugal with a stop at the Azores. The XC-1 under command of Lieut. Commander P. X. L. Bellinger, set out for sea at 8.44 a. m.. followed at 9.07 o'clock by the XC-3, carrying Commander John Towers, chief of the expedition. The start was made under an al [Continucd on Page 12.] part in tlic war; ho also made labor : scarce, and many florists had to go I out of business. It takes a full year to develop the white carnation; much • labor is involved. The little plants ' are put out in the field in August; j brought to the hothouse where heat i and labor are needed to develop j them. The Ilower reaches its prime in February and March." "Does anybody raise the white carnation in this neighborhood?"] timidly asked the customer. "No," replied the florist. "The big I establishments of New Jersey and about Philadelphia supply this neigh borhood, and before coal was shut off and labor waxed so expensive it j was possible to supply the white ' carnation for as low as $2 per dozen. I Never again, and if some one is go- 1 Ing to start a Father's Day he, or she, should select the daisy, which is | not so much of a luxury as the white j carnation. . | ' l' j BOND SALE IS OPEN UNTIL 12 While this is the last day of j I the Victory Loan campaign, it | was announced to-day by Donald j j McCormick, chairman, that all | subscriptions given to Boy Scouts ' or mailed before 12 o'clock to night will be accepted. The announcement was made since hanks are closed for the ' Saturday half-holiday and many j last-minute subscribers desire to purchase bonds. AMERICA AGAIN GOES OVER TOP IN LOAN DRIVE Treasury Officials Certain He ports Not Officially Received Carry Nation Beyond Quota Hy Associated Press. ' Washington. May 10.—Al- I though there were no oHietal predictions or estimates, there ' were many indications to-dny that the Victory Liberty l.oan has passed "over the top" if it has not aetmdly been oversub scribcd. Washington, May 10.—Official J subscriptions to the Victory Liberty j | Loan shortly before noon to-day ap- ■ jproximated $3,500,000,000. A state- ! I ment by the Treasury said: "Reports | of unreported subscriptions indlcat- j j ed that the country's total was great- , ' ly above the official showing." Up to a late hour to-night banks | will accept subscriptions and then they will take ten days to report their sales. The degree of success ! will not be known definitely until j j some time after May 20 when each | bank is required to render an ac- I counting with the Federal Reserve! ; Bank of the district. The nation started its final day's j drive with $3,314,870,000 already i pledged and clinched with initial ! payments of subscribers. Al an early hour telegrams began to reach na tional loan headquarters In the I Treasury telling of new millions. All subscriptions of SIO,OOO or lens will be taken In full, oven If the | loan total is oversubscribed. In this case, however, subscriptions of more 1 Ithan that amount are liable to be pared down to keep the accepted i sum to approximately $4,500,000,040. ji ANOTHER NURSE | : IS ADDED TO THE i VISITING FORCE Association Able to Take on New Work With New Funds Sufficient funds to warrant the j employment of an additional nurse i have been secured as a result of! the recent campaign, it was an- | nounced by the Visiting Nurse Asso | ciation to-day. The nurse was bad ! ly needed to meet increased require | ments, it was said by officers. , I Contributions are still being re j reived by the association and every 11 dollar that can be raised in this way will add to the efficiency of this most useful and charitable organization. The management of the associa tion is grateful to the public of Har risburg for its contributions thus far and expressed its thanks in the fol lowing statement issued to-day: "It is much pleasanter to express I appreciation than to appeal for help. So it is with great satisfaction that | the Visiting Nurse Association of ■ Harrisburg takes this opportunity to thank most heartily all those who : responded so generously to this call i i for funds. . The many splendid let ■ ters received have been no small in spiration to the management for fur- I ther endeavor on its part to make this much-needed nursing service ( more efficient and better able to j reach ali who call upon it for assist ; ance." ! Me thank you for the money and contributions are still coming in | —and for your support. With this encouragement and help we will strive to become all that can be desired for Harrisburg." Edge Will Give Up Governorship May 17, Trenton, X. J., May 10.—Governor i ; hdKP announced today that he would i resign next Saturday. May 17. prcpar- | ; atory to taking his seat as a fnited 1 States senator the following Monday. | William X. Runyon. of I'lalnfte.ld. pros- j ident of the State Senate, it is said. 1 will be sworn in as acting governor! the same day Mr Bdge files his resig- i n: thin with the Secretory of State. | H A I I-'. Kt'CCKKIIS SCOTT />';/ Associated Press. Cait'lt l>'x. \". .r.. May 10.- -Major Genera! Hugh L. Scott, who had , been in charge of the great a "my * mobilization camp hero since Dp-, 'cember, 1918. was to-day succeeded i" jhy General Harry C. Hale. Both | * generals were guests at a reception ;and banquet at Big Whistle Inn. i i i ■ MEN GET GOOD JOBS THROUGH | LABOR BUREAU Many Soldiers (let Places in Many Lines ol' In dustry CAN'T WORK AND REST Mistake to Apply For Jobs Not Mentally Qualified ! lo Fill That the labor situation in the United States and in l'ennsyl-; vania with regard to employ ment of soldiers, civilians and i women as well, is daily improv ing. is the belief of Jacob Light- j ! ner, head of the Department of! I Labor and Industry Employ-1 itnent Bureau. To back his belief | I he assorts in a report made pub-i lie this morning, that thirty-j i eight soldiers coming within the | the jurisdiction of the llarrishurg bu reau have returned to the jobs llvy! held before tlie war. Twenty-four re-. turned soldiers found positions without j the help of the bureau and there are | only nine who wish positions. The re- j port is for the past week only. In the entire State, the number apply-j ins; for employment is 1.178 during the; week. Of this number 960 received po- j [Continued on I'uge 12.] Two Damage Suits Grow Out of Fatal Accident Two damage suits brought against the I larrislinrg Railways Company because of the accident January 24, ! I til 8, when two persons were killed land nineteen others injured when a | street ear collided with a large sleigh {near Paxtang. have been settled it I was announced to-day. Moth actions had been listed for ' trial next week. The. plaintiffs were | Amnion C. Hits, father of Beta M. j MiB 16, and David W. 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Ilannlran. llnrrUhura. BIG INCREASE IN SCHOOL TAX IS FORECAST Levy For Coming Fiscal Year May Be Boosted Con siderably FACING DEFICIT OF ,$60,000 Higher Salaries and Increased Cost of Labor and Materials Action on the school district budget for the 1919-1920 season will probably be taken at a spe cial meeting of the Board of Di rectors to be held on Monday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Every member has been urged to be present at this session when the. budget committee will present its report. Unless the directors raise the city school tax rate from IDS to 18 or 13Va mill", an increase of 3 or 2'j mills, a deficit of $1 15,000 will exist when the school year ends in June. 1020, according to officials of the board. Big increases in costs due to ad ditions to the teaching force, increas ed wages, higher cost for labor and repairs, and additional sinking fund and interest charges because of re [Continued on I'agc 12.] Cleanup of the City to Be Completed Tod? y Teams and men employed during . tbe clean-up drive this week were . expected to complete llie work by this evening according to if. K. , Sheesley, superintendent of the bu reau of ash and garbage inspection. | although weather conditions may | cause a slight delay and necessitate I finishing the work Monday morning, j As soon as the clean-up is over tit regular collection forces will begin ' the fifteen-day schedule which ha. 1 been followed since April 1.
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