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
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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
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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
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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. Cassel, father
.of Anna Margaret Cassel, both of
I Hummelstown. Both girls were in
ijured in the accident.
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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
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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.