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LXXXVTTI—NO... 117 14 PAuEs Da,l S'ta?^at offl^at l^^ n g UMW HARRISBURG, PA MONDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1919. os !ilw?£2ra£ SIKGUBCOPIIS HOME EDITION
REPUBLICANS
IN CONTROL AS
CONGRESS MEETS
Economy in Government and
Reduction of Taxes Aro
Keynotes of Session
DEMOCRATS IN BACK SEAT
Lose Majorities in House and
Senate Held Since
1911 Session
WASTE IS TO BE PROBED
Whole Conduct of War Sub
ject For Investigation;
Constructive Program
By Associated Press.
Washington, May 19. —
The "reconstruction" Con
gress, assembled in extra
ordinary session to-day un
der the call issued by Presi
dent Wilson from Paris
May 7. marks the return to
power of the Republicans and
loss by the Democrats of con
trol over the national legis
lative body. Organization of
both the Senate and House by
the new majority was to-day's
principal business..
The work before the Con
gress, the 66th of the American
republic, is passage before July
1 of the seven regular annual
appropriation bills which fail
ed in the filibuster last March.
After that will come consideration
of the Peace Treaty and covenant of
the League of Nations, and railroad,
shipping, revenue, woman suffrage,
prohibition, Army and Navy and
. much other legislation. Many in
vestigations, particularly into war
activities, also are expected.
Republicans Control
The Republicans to-day for the
first time since 1911, had majorities
in both branches of Congress as a
result of Congressional elections last
November. In the House they have
a margin of two score votes, but in
the Senate their majority is only
two, raising questions, in view of
factional and other differences, of
future action.
With President Wilson a Demo
crat. the change in the political com
plexion of Congress presented a sit
uation similar to that during the last
two years of former President Taft's
administration, when there was a
Democratic House and to President
Cleveland's administration, in which
there was a Republican Congress.
The Senate assembling to-day had
4 9 Republicans and 4 7 Democrats.
The new House roll lists 238 Repub
icans, 189 Democrats, 2 Indepen
dents, 1 Prohibitionist, 1 Socialist
and 4 vacancies, all in Democratic
districts —a total of 435. The House
division gives the Republicans a ma
jority of 4fi over the Democrats and
49 over ail combined opposition.
Republican action promises, how
ever, to be restrained by President
Wilson's veto power, as a two-thirds
vote is necessary to override a veto.
Co-operation between administration
officials and the Republicans is ex
pected upon uncontested matters.
Precedents Established
Assembling of the new Congress
was marked by the establishment of
more precedents. It was the first
time that Congress had convened
with a President in Europe, and his
opening message cabled from for
eign soil. The President's message
was not to be sent to Congress until
to-morrow, and it probably will
make no reference to the Peace
Treaty, as Mr. Wilson expects to ap
pear personally to present the treaty
next month. The President's ab
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More of 28th Division
Will Arrive Home Today
Additional Harrisburg men of the
Keystone Division are expected to
arrive In this city as civilians during
the late afternoon or early evening,
advices from Camp Dix. N. J_ indi
cate. These men are members of the
divisional headquarters troop and
detachment, the discharge of which
was started yesterday morning.
It is alrriost impossible to tell how
many men may arrive in the city dur
ing the afternoon. All of the men
of the troop and detachment desiring
to be discharged and to come home
at this time, are having that privi
lege accorded them, and it ts difficult
to say exactly how many of them
■ are availing themselves of the op
portunity, Captain Henry M. Gross,
a member of the divisional staff at
his home tn this city, says.
Camp Dfx advices are to the effect
that the men were scheduled to leave
there at noon. They are expected to
travel on regular trains.
Currency Comptroller
Is Charged in Court
Charges that John Sketton Williams
comptroller of the currency harassed
and persecuted the First National
Bank of Canton, by calling upon the.n
for numerous special reports, ( which
it was a hardship to produce, are
brought by the banking Institutivn,
scheduled to bo argued In Federal
Court this afternoon.
Congressman Louis T. McFadden,
who has been opposing Williams on
the floor of Congress, is president of
the bßnk. it is said that Williams
called "of the special report< ,n <r
d< r lo hi log about the financial ;uin
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The New Housekeeper
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MRS.J.E.KUNKEL,
MEMBER OF OLD
FAMILY, DIES
Was Active in Church and
Charitable Work For
Generations
Mrs. Elizabeth Crain Kunkel,
widow of John C. Kunkel, for years
one of the most prominent attorneys
of Central Pennsylvania, died this
morning at her residence. 17 South
Front street, aged more than eighty
years. Mrs. Kunkel had been ill
since January.
Mrs. Kunkel was a native of Har
risburg, born only a few doors from
the home she occupied for many
years and where she died to-day.
She was the daughter of Dr. Wil
liam Wilson Rutherford, a member
of the Rutherford family which set
tled in this county before the
French and Indian war. Her father
was for years a leading physician of
this community and a man of great
ability. Her mother was Eleanor
Reed Crain, a member of the Crain
family of Cumberland county, which
gave officers to Washington's army.
John C. Kunkel, to whom Mrs.
Kunkel was married shortly before
the Civil War, was a descendant of
John Christian Kunkel, head of the
Kunkel family In this section of the
State, who came to America in 1766
and whose eon, Christian Kunkel,
founded the family in Harrisburg
in 1786. Mr. Kunkel served in the
Legislature in 1844, 1845 and 1850.
In 1851 he was elected Senator from
Dauphin county and was chosen as
speaker. He was elected to the
Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Con
gresses from this district and served
with distinction, declining re-elec
tion. He retired in 1858 and de
voted himself to the practice of law.
becoming one of the most noted
members of the profession in this
part of the State. He died in 1870.
Mrs. Kunkel was u woman of
great charity and served for years
as president of the board of man
agers of the Home for the Friend
less which her family had been in
strumental in startfng and much in
terested in and a liberal contributor
to the Civic Club. Y. W. C. A.. Red
Cross and other institutions of her
native city. Mrs. Kunkel was vi
tally interested In prohibition and
woman suffrage. From her girlhood
she was active in Market Square
Presbyterian Church and for years
was a teacher in its Sunday school,
a generous supporter of all chnrch
works.
When the Harrishurg Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution was organized Mrs. Kunkel
was one of the charter members and
at her death was a vice-regent. She
was a charter member of the Col
onial Dames and of the Daughters
of 1812, and also one of the mem
bers of the Dauphin County His
torical Societv In whose researches
she took much interest.
Mrs. Kunkel is survived by one
grandson. John C. Kunkel. 3d, her
son. John C. Kunkel, Jr., having
d'ed a few years ago.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.
BIG DRIVE FOR THE
SALVATION ARMY
GETS UNDER WAY
Mayor Krister Tells How Or
ganization Has Aided
Harrisburg
HOW TO MAKE
DOUGHNUTS
The executive committee of
the Salvation Army Home Serv
ice campaign which starts to-day
appeal to all Harrisburg women
for co-operation in furnishing
doughnuts. Every woman who
has the ability to make a real,
honest-to - goodness doughnut
should contribute, and have her
supply at the local headquarters,
the old Gilbert store, 219 Mar
ket street, any time from Tues
day noon to Thursday noon. The
big public sales of doughnuts will
take place Wednesday from 10
a. m. to 9 p. m.r Thursday, from
10 a. m. to 5 p. m.; Friday, from
10 a. m. to 9j). m. The receipt
for the Pershing doughnut which,
however, does not need to be
followed accurately, calls for 5
cups of flour, 2 ccrps of sugar, 5
teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
1 teaspoonfui of salt, two eggs,
1 \ cups of milk, one tablespoon
ful of lard. Knead, shape, drop
into mad hot lard. A Liberty
Bond is offered t.o the woman
who produces the most.
This wfTl be doughnut and Salva
tion Army week in Harrisburg, with
the delicious "crullers" mostly in
evidence Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday. The executive committee,
under Captain H. M. Stitie, had the
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HAVE YOU GOT A GIRL OR
SEED POTATOES? HERE'S NEWS
Medium to Give Inside Inform ation to the Perplexed at
Willa-Villa on Many Dark Points
Some of the mystery lis beliig- strip
ped from the "doings'" planned for the
pagoda now being built in the heart
of the three willows at Wllla-Vllla,
Liemoyne, where, Thursday afternoon
and evening a Skylark is to be held
for the benefit of the Pure Milk So
ciety's summer fund.
"Please say," said the executive
committee this morning "that a me
dium is being brought here from New
York, who will disclose mysteries of
the past and future to all who wish
to know the proper phase of the.
©je otar-3n&cpcitbcnl.
HARDSCRABBLE
PARK APPEAL IS
IN LAST COURT
Harrisburg City Appeal Ar
gued Before Supreme Court
During This Morning
The proceedings tn the condemna
tion of that portion of the rfver front
of Harrisburg between Herr and
Calder streets, known as Hardscrab
ble, and desired to complete the
improvements along the banks of the
Susquehanna which have made Har
risburg famous, were argued in the
court of last resort in Pennsylvania
this morning. It was the second case
to he heard by- the Supreme Court
at the opening of its annual May sit
ting and was soon concluded. The
justices asked few questions and it is
believed that the decision will come
later In the year.
The whole proposition ts one of
payment for the buildings erected
on the river side of Front street for
the three blocks. The right of thd
city to acquire by purchase or con
demnation is not involved, the ques
tion being whether the owners of the
houses are entitled to be paid for the
buildings they erected on the bank
of the river when it was generally
understood that the bank was re
served for ultimate public improve
ment. The City of Harrisburg ap
pealed from the decision of the Dau
phin county court which allowed
compensation for buildings in the |
Dintaman case, this being made the
test.
City Solicitor John E. Fox argued
the case for the city and George R.
Harnett and 8.. F„ Nead for the ap
pellee..
moon in which to plturt potatoes or
propose."
The medium's" range It will bo ob~
served, is a wide ana
During the supper hour singers
will enterrtalh; and a particular fea
ture will be the appearance of .Miss
Jean Raaiuh, who, with a quartet
choruH, will sihg- "Salvation Lassie of
Mine."
Mhoh interest is bein* taken* in
the promised appearance of Miss
(Continned on Pace l) J
HAWKER NEARING IRISH COAST IN
FLIGHT ACROSS OCEAN IN PLANE;
NC-3 HEADS FOR PONT A DELGADA
Sentinels on
Coast Keep
Up Watch
LONDON WAITS
HIS ARRIVAL
!
Aviator Was Still
Out of Sight at 4
This Afternoon
By Associated Press.
LONDON, May 19.
The manager of the Sop
with Airplane Company
received a report at 5
o'clock this afternoon
that Aviator Hawker was
150 miles off Ireland at
4 P. M. to-day.
The Air Ministry an
nounced shortly after 5
o'clock that it had no con
firmation of the report
that Hawker was off Ire
land at 4 o'clock this aft
ernoon.
London, May 19.— Naval
and military outlooks on the
western coast of Ireland re
ported at 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon that they had seen
no sign of Harry G. Hawk
er, the Australian flyer,
attempting the flight over the
Atlantic in a Sopwith airplane.
According to an unofficial re
port received bv the Navy here.
Hawker in his airplane had been
i sighted off the coast of Ireland,
j 500 Miles Off Irish Coast
The Sdpwith Airplane Com
! pany has received a report that
i Hawker was 500 miles off the
Irish coast at 3 p. m.
London anxiously awaited news of
the aviator during the day, but up
to 4 o'clock this afternoon there was
no official confirmation of the report
he had been sighted off Ireland.
St. Johns, N. F„ May 19.—A report
was received here at noon to-day
i (10.30 a. m. New York time), that
i Harry G. Hawker's Sopwith biplane
! had been sighted off the Irish coast.
! Rajmham Sends Congratulations
There was great rejoicing by his
associates here and Frederick P.
Raynham, his rival, whose trans-
Atlantic start, came to grief here yes
terday, immediately cabled con
gratulations.
•New York. May 19.—Harry G.
Hawker is an Australian, 27 years
old. He began his career as a me
chanic and rose to the rank of a fly
er under tutelage of Sopwith, one of
the earliest Rritish airmen.
He first came into prominence on
October 24, 1912, when, flying a
Ropwith biplane, designed after the
pattern of the Wrights, he estab
lished the then British record of
8 hours and 23 minutes for a dura
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Smoky City Stranger
Loses Even His Shoes
Even his shoes were taken from
him, a Pittsburgh stranger told De
tective C#rson, when found sitting
on a park bench along the River
Front, in relating a tale of his being
robbed by several men.
His watch was gone, his purse
was missing and little of any value
was left in his pocket, Detective Car
son found in the search. Then he
got busy and secured a pair of shoes
for the unfortunate Pittsburgher
who started on his way back to the
Smoky City.
Medio, Who Slew Fellow
Countryman, Pays Penalty j
By Axmciatcd Pros.
Bellefbnte,, Pa., May 19.—Patsy
Medio, alias Patsy Mita. of Fayette
county, was electrocuted at the
Roekview penitentiary to-day for
the murder at Dawson. Pa., a year
ago, of a fellow countryman in a
drunken brawl. No one claiming the
body. Medio was buried in the
penitentiary cemetery.
MAT SDK STATE
By Associated Press.
Washington, May 19.—The Su
preme Court to-day granted the!
States of Ohio and Pennsylvania
permission to institute original pro
ceedings against the flate of "West
Virginia, to contest the validity of a
State statute restricting the trans
portation of natural gas from that
State into those * adjoining. J
Fight Naval Battle
By Associated Press
Holslngfors, May 19.—British warships engaged the Russian Bol
shevik fleet in a thtrty-flye-minute tight in the Gulf of Finland Hun
day. The Bolshevlki fled lo Kronstadt after one of their vessels had
been sunk and another stranded.
Warsaw, May 19.—The Ukrainian offensive on the Prusy-Kamlen
opol line, north and east of Lemborg, has been repulsed by the Poles
with heavy losses to the attackers, an official statement issued by
the Polish War Office to-day says. North of Kulikoff, north of Rom
berg, the Poles have made a considerable advance and they also
have gained a victory on the Voth.vnian front near Zolkieff, north
west of Kulikoff.
GERMANY WILL NOT
SIGN, EBERT ASSERTS
Teuton President, Addressing Sunday Demonstration, De
elarcs Peace Pact Will Not Be Accepted; Allies Cease
Efforts to Feed Russia, Due to Reds' Activities
Declarations that Germany!
will not acquiesce in the de- j
mauds made upon her by the;
Peace Treaty continue to come
from high sources in the Ger
man government. President
Ebert is quoted to-day in Ber
lin dispatches as having reiter
ated at a Sunday demonstra
tion in Berlin that the peace;
terms never would be signed by j
Germany.
Meanwhile the uncertainty that
had prevailed over the statue of
Count Von Rrockdorft-Rantzau,
head of the German peace mission,
has been solved. The count, who
left Paris Saturday for Spa to meet
government representatives from
Berlin and who, it was reported,
might not return because of differ
ences in the delegation over Ger
many's peace policy, ia, : hack in Ver
sailles. He returned' there this
morning, as likewise did Herr
Landsberg and Herr Giesberts, two
other members of the mtssion who
went to Berlin last week for con
sultations. Their return makes the
personnnel of the German delega
tion at Versailles again complete.
Council of Four Has New Nob;
Germany's note in relation to' the
status of her religious missions in
foreign lands was taken up by the
Council of Four at its meeting this
morning. This note was handed to
M. Clemenccau. president of the
Peace Conference, yesterday morn
ing, but the details of its proposals
have not been made public.
The Council also planned to con
sider matters relative to Bulgaria
and Turkey at its meeting to-day.
The delegates of those two nations
ptjobably will be called to Paris soon
after the Allies present their peace
terms to Austrian and Hungarian
representative®.
Austrian Treaty Delayed
The terms of peace will probably
not be presented to the Austrian
delegation until next week. It was
annonnced a few days ago that the
treaty would be ready for submis
sion on Wednesday but. as Hungary
has not yet sent any delegation, it
seems likely that some delay may be
necessary. The presentation of
credentials by the Anstrians occurs
at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Allies End Food Effort
Dispatches from Paris indicate
that the Allies will make no further
effort to provide food for the Rus
sian people, as a result of the re
fusal of M. Tchitcherin, the Bolshe
vik foreign minister of Russia, to
meet, the allied conditions, which
stipulated that the Bolshevtki would
cease making war on countries ad
jacent t.6 Russia.
Polish Premier Expected
Premier Paderewski. of Poland, Is
expected to arrive in Paris on
Thursday. The crtsis which has de
veloped in his country, it is be
lieved in Peace Conference circles,
ran be adjusted so that M. Paderew
ski will retain office as premier. A
dispatch from Paris says he may
ask that Poland be released from
promises made relative to hostili
ties with the Ukraine. A truce was
recently arranged between Poland
and the Ukraine, but recent reports
have declared that Simon Petlura,
the Ukrainian peasant leader, has
gone over to the Bolshevlki.
$132,500 AWAITS
AVIATOR HAWKER
Here are the prizes which
await the first British-made air
plane to cross the Atlantic oeo.nn:
London Daily Mail EO.AOO
Mrs. Victoria W. Martin. 5,000
Antoinette engine owners 00,000
Autocar Magazine ...... 2,500
Aero Club of America.... 10,000
Laurence B. Phillips .. . 5,000
Total .$ LI 2,6 00
THE WEATHER]
For Hsrrlsl>ur K and vicinity!
Increasing cloudiness probably
followed by showers to-night
nml Tursdny. Xot much change
In temperature, lowest to-night
about .IS degrees
Rlveri The mnlu river will rise
slowly this afternoon nn(l to
night nail probably will begin
to fall slowly Tuesday. Alttrlbu
turics will probnlily fall some
what except some of the smaller
streams, which may arise as a
result of the showers Indicated
far the Susguehsnna Watershed
in the next 8H hours.
HUNS SHOUT OUT
AGAINST ALLIES
By Associated Press.
Paris, May 19.—Describing ic
cent demonstrations before the
Adlon Hotel in Berlin, a dispatch
lo the Temps from the German
c-upiial says the crowd shouted
"Down with France, England,
America, Ciemenceuu, Foch and
Wilson."
It says that the shouts against
Wilson seemed to indicate that lie
is particularly reviled by the Ger
man populace, public opinion "not
pardoning him for interpreting
the fourteen points at variance
with the German interpretation
of them."
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Crew Are
Found
Navy's Officers.
Certain Chief
Is Located
DRIVEN AWAY
BY SEA WIND
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May
19.—The lost naval sea
plane NC-3, commanded
by Commander J. H.
Towers, lost in mid-ocean
since 5.15 Saturday
morning, was to-day re
ported to the Navy De
partment proceeding to
ward Ponta Dalgada un
der her own power seven
miles from land.
This message was re
ceived at the Navy De
partment early this after
noon from Rear Admiral
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