BerUn Authorities Warn Populace Against Demonstration Toward Foreigners in Jinn Capital HARRISBURG 'lljjife. TELEGRAPH I sfft otar-Independent. LX XXVIII— NO. 115 24 PAGES iSbiXTur?*" HARRISBURG, PA FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1919. £'S^ESi;\& E " .£S2 c 'ow A'ork, May 16. An income tax and penalty suit against the : Commercial Cable Company was brought by the government to-day In [the Fjderal court here. , Coming Home at Last C S a* at T* - . TWO HARRISBURG OFFICERS GIVEN U. S. WAR CROSS Major Fleming and Captain Stackpole Honored by American Army Two well-known young Harrisburg officers have been awarded the Dis tinguished Service Cross Major i Samuel W. Fleming, Jr. and Captain j Edward J. Stackpole, Jr. News of 1 their recognition for gallantry in ! action was received last night. Major Fleming, who is serving with the 315 th Infantry of the 79th (Liberty) Division is probably now |on his way home from France. He was cited last December for signal I bravery and recently received the i emblem of Distinguished Service. The 79th Division was trained at Camp Meade and is largely com posed of men from Central Penn- I sylvania. Major Fleming's official | citation has not yet been made avail ! able for publication, i Captain Stackpole, .who is now I undergoing further treatment for | wounds at the Government base hos- I pital near Rah way. New Jersey, alter having greeted his comrades in j Philadelphia yesterday, - served at Camp Hancock as divisional officer , in charge of bayonet practice and v.hen the division was ordered to France was placed in command of Company M, 110 th Infantry, a regi ' ment which served with great dis tinction throughout the hard fighting I for several months last year. His ; award of the Distinguished Service j Cross is based upon the following ; citation: "In action near Amelieux, France, August 24, 1918. Directed to advance ! to a new position, he led his men forward with great gallantry, al i though painfully wounded in the i back and leg by shell fragments. He | remained on c)uty with his men, in spiring them by his courage and ' coolness to hold a difficult position against a terrific twenty-four-hour attack by the enemy." Captain Stackpole was recom mended for the service cross by the officers of the 110 th one of whom. Lieut. Colonel Edward Martin, in command of the regiment at the time, says: "During the first heavy engagement in which the regiment took part at Courmont, July 28. 29 and 30, Captain Stackpole distin guished himself by his conspicuous bravery and his thorough grasp of the tactical situation. 1 had so much confidence in his ability that I as signed him the duty of organizing the west half of the ground captured by our regiment to resist thp coun ter-attack. which duty he performed with marked success." Further Colonel Martin savs the Harrisburg officer led his company under heavy machine gun and artil lery fire on the Vesle river and while painfully wounded refused to leave the field until his mission was ac complished "after several hours of the hardest and most dangeroun fighting." It was the intention of tlie regimental commander, he says, to recommend Captain Stackpole for (Continued oil Page 4.] SUFFICIENT ICE IN PROSPECT TO j AVOID FAMINE Little Prospect of Serious ; Shortage; Prices to Be Same as Last Summer ; There are no indications of a ! scarcity of ice in Harrisburg during | the coming summer, despite the fact ; that local dealers have not harvest- ' j ed very much ice during the season ! ! just past. Prices during the coming summer ■ I will range around the same figures ■ I as in last July and August, Harvey I E. Dewalt, manager of the United ■ j Ice and Coal Company, said this • ! morning. These prices will be prob j aby sixty cents a hundred pounds | j for ice delivered on wagon. "Jitney" J j stations will sell the product at a j : figure around forty cents a hundred | pounds. The situation in Harrisburg will : j he relieved by shipments of approx- j I imately 9,000 tons of ice during , j the coining summer. In addition, i ! the product of the huge new plant j | which will probably be opened next j | week, will help to bear through the ■ I summer. The cool spring also has j j done much to conserve the supply j j on hand. j The new Ice plant will probably | I be completed by Monday when the ; manufacture of ice will begin. It is j said 110 tons of ice can be produced j j every day. Mont Alto Sanatorium Contracts Are Awarded The following contracts have been ' j awarded by Colonel Edward Martin, i State commissioner of health, for j wor kat the Mont Alto Sanatorium. , Construction of concrete roof on reservoir—W. G. Fritz Company, i ! Inc., Newark, N. J. —$4,650. Extensions to water supply sys- i tem —W. M. Anderson, 600 Schuyl- ; kill avenue. Philadelphia— l $51,750. ! Construction and repair of roads— Bester-I.ong Company, Hagerstown, | Md.—576,000. I Reinforced concrete coal storage bin—Specialty Engineering Com pany, Allegheny and Trenton ave nues .Philadelphia—slß,soo. Extensions to sewage treatment plant—Simpton & Brown. 90 West street ,Neiv York City—s22,ooo. JERSEY GOVERNOR RESIGNS By tsftH-iatei t'rns. Trenton, N. J.. May 16.—Govern or Walter E. Edge resigned to-day as Governor of New Jersey to take' his seat as the State's Junior United, States Senator. William N. Runyan, j president of the Senate, was sworn in as acting governor. 1 WELCOME HOME IS PLANNED FOR RETURNING MEN j Demonstrations Being Ar ranged When Units Ar rive in City Welcoming demonstrations are j now being arranged in honor of the undischarged Keystone Division who paraded in Philadelphia yester day, the members of the old Gov ! ernor's Trocp and others will land I in Philadelphia this evening aboard ' the transport Peerless after being de j layed for several days, and other i Harrisburg rnen of overseas experi ence. Plans are in charge of the I Home Folks' Victory Association, j which staged the demonstation in : honor of the men of the 112 th In fantry and others who arrived last ' week. That the next contingent of re j turned Harrisburg men may he ex i pected to reach home within the next five days, is the information . from Camp Dix, N. J. This con jtlngent may likely include practical | !y every Keyslone Division man who i reached the city prior to to-day and iin physical condition for discharge. ! The War Department has issued an ! nouncements to the effect that j everything possible will be done to ] facilitate the holding of demonstra j tions in honor of the men. They will ! discharge the men by units in order ; to aid the committees in their ar ' rangements. Plans do not provide for an ex- I tensive demonstration in honor of | the men, but merely such an affair ! that will enable Father Harris and J bis people to indicate the strong | feeling they have for the men. A ! short parade will be provided, ln i eluding few non-military persons, | with the city people lining the , streets to give an ovation to tlie men. Following the arrival of the first. ; contingent, will come the men of | the 108 th Field Artillery, including i practically the entire Governor's | Troop of the old Pennsylvania Na- I tional Guard and other men from this vicinity who arrived in Phila ■ delphia aboard the Peerless to-day. ! The men have been sent to Camp i Dix, N. J.. where they will receive ia final' delonSing treatment. Paper j wot;k, necessary for the discharge of ! these men, will be delayed until practically every man of the 28th now in camp has been discharged. Arrangements for the honoring of the men on their return home, pro vide for a reception Reveral days ■ after their arrival in addition to the 1 demonstration arranged for them when they leave the tra'ns here. Men of the 79th Division, Pcnn . Fvlvania National Armv division, will likewise he hono-ed when they reach heme. The fir-t iinl's of the orcm i-rlnn nrf . e n G-r. ocean bound for home, having taken transport! veterday. The War Department has an nounced that the transport Virgin ian sailed from Saint Nazaire on last (Continued ou Pace 4) NEW METHODS OF EDUCATION SAID COSTLY New Junior High Schools Will Be Expensive to Operate FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN A. Carson Stamni Unable to Say What Future Tax Rates Will Re Giving a comprehensive statement of the financial situation in the Har risburg school district and claiming that the war, teachers' salary in creases and the two junior high schools are the three big factors causing the bulk of the increase in the 1919-1920 school budget, A Car son Stamni, a city school director and member of the budget committee, reviewed the expenditures of the Inst few years and spoke of conditions which may confront the Board in the next few years. Mr. Stanrm made tiie statement to a representative of the Harrls burg Telegraph when asked about the present budget and the reasons for the big increase in proposed ex penditures. He told of the big changes in public educational meth ods, the many special activities which have been started in the lust few years, and declared that because of these changing methods and theories it would be difficult to make any prediction .about the amount o' money which may lie needed in the next year or two to continue the city school system. ilis statement follows: "First off. the school district is to be congratulated that for the first [Continued on Page 18.] C. C. Cumbler Arrested on Speeding Charge County Commissioner C. C. Cumb ler, of Highsplre, was arrested by Harrisburg police yesterday charged with speeding on Cameron street. Claude Beano, 338 Hamilton street, charged with driving his auto-mobile with muffler open on Cameron street, will be given a hearing in police court during the afternoon. © -I- 4* *2* 4* © prv* i' *•> |! MUTR AND STAFF LEAVE FOP DIX T Philadelphia—Major Grnera! Charles H. Mtar arid I X - < ■■■ *■; -': ■b x i J Pusey announced before leaving that the men who pa- ▼ X rded in this city yesterday will -be demobilized within a i | X few days, f I * i X 3AT BREST * |T| Brest—The maritime prefect reviewed the Eightieth * * * !4* '' ' T •S* T i i, • V * V TT r-"'v ; T * 9 IX i 4 J" ' I ! 4 * * I? WANT MOONEY TO HAVE RETRIAL 1 ■ t • j T Harrisburg—The Pennsylvania Federation of La- k 3 ! 8^ 4 g the Ame | ! A* M Tof rto see* - new trial tor Thomas J. Moonejr. Af , > i 4 H v * * £ :: I RAL. PRICE MUSTERED OUT J I 4* Pri t. f * 'X * l.y 11 X - - o [£ 4 * * :i 1 READY TO "HOP OFF" FOR THE AZORES } i ▼ Trepassey, N. F. —Crews of the three American 'J ) X trans Atlantic seaplanes were preparing at 3-50 jP. K * * IX -k time) b>r the start of their trip I i T* i § to the Azores. Weather reports were favorable and it *. 12, he planes would cast off from their ' I MARRIAGE LICENSES " John H. Jcttcr and Martha Colston. Strrltoa. * TOWERS TO LEAD HIS SEA FLIERS ACROSS AT 3 P.M. Weather Best Yet Reorlcd and Planes Are Ready to "Hop Off" HURRYING NC-4 ALONG British Aviators Not Yet Ready to Attempt Trans- Atlantic Flight Hv .Ifsocialtd Pres.'. TropuvMj. N. F„ May 16.—Witt* the weather along the route to the Azores the best yet reported, the American Navy seaplanes NC-1 and NC-3 will attempt to start the trans- Atlantic flight at about 3 o'clock this t afternoon New Foundland time <1:30 P. M. New York time), Commander ; Towers announced this forenoon. Meantime repairs were being rushed on the NC-4, which arrived I last cioning from Halifax, and if they are completed in time, she will hop off with her sister planes. If not l.ieut. Commander Head's flier I will follow as soon as possible. [ itousli Weather Outside llarbor Rough weather outside Trepassey 1 harbor, which drenched the aviators with an icy spray, caused them to | abandon the plan to "\op off" for the Azores yesterday afternoon, ao | cording to Commander John 11. Towers, chief of the expedition. Also, Commander Towers explained, : just as the two seaplanes were re turning to make another rush into' i the stiff westerly wind, tlie NC-4 | arrived and lie decided to postpo. [Continued on Page 18.] Chinese Cabinet Wants ito Quit; President Refuses to Accept Resignations Paris, May 16.—The Chinese Calii- I net has resigned, but the President lias refused to accept the resigns - ! iion, according to a telegram from Peking to the Peace Conference. I The peace conference at Shanghai ! between representatives of Northern { and Southern China, the telegram adds, lias broken up.