MIDDLE WEST
MEN IN PORT
Haverford Brings Troops
Home From Liverpool
and Brest
/Philadelphia, May 19.—Soldiers j
from the middle west made up the
bulk of the 2,145 troops who ar-;
rived here yesterday on the Ameri- j
can line steamer, Haverford, from |
Liverpool and Brest.
The units on board were the 107 th j
engineers, including one battalion of
National Guardsmen from Milwau- I
kee and one from northern Michi- i
Ban; Camp Hospital unit No. 40, j
comprising 160 men from Illinois;
107 th engineer train, hailing from j
Michigan; two motor transport com- !
panies, Nos. 701 and 702, of the sup
ply service in France, two companies j
of casuals made up of men from j
many states, numbers 1019 and 833, j
and nine nurses from Liverpool hos- I
pitals.
The Haverford, which passed in !
the Delaware capes Saturday, lay j
down the Delaware all night and
reached her dock here at 9 a. m.
Sunday. The Red Cross, the Salva- ,
tion Army and a good sized crowd |
was on hand to welcome the soldiers. |
As the Haverford slowly approached J
the pier all aboard stood silent as a j
municipal band played "Home, Sweet 1
Home," and then there was a riot of j
noise when the bandsmen switched
to "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here." ]
The crowd ashore cheered and the
men aboard cheered back and the j
enthusiasm kept up until the units
debarked and entrained for Camp |
Dix, N. J., where they arrived this
afternoon. The men were served ;
with coffee, ice cream and cake be- |
fore they left for camp.
The 107 th engineers saw service
with the army of occupation in Ger- j
many, and the camp hospital unit
was stationed for a year in the j
American camp at Liverpool.
Twenty-six men on the Haverford ;
wore the Croix de Guerre and two of I
them had both the Croix de Guerre
and the Distinguished Service Cross j
pinned on them. These two were ]
Lieutenant George W. Coolman, of j
Glidden, Mich., and Sergeant William :
Hartman. of Milwaukee.
Colonel L. H. Collan. of Provi- j
dence, R. 1., was in command of the !
I 07th engineers. Lieutenant Colonel
ntis headed the camp hospital unit, j
Two Pennsylvanians were among |
Ihe officers—Captain Frank Hatton,
of Chester, and Captain D. J. Hawk,
Pottsville. Lieutenant A. X. Rohr, a |
officer, wore the Red Keystone ;
of the 28th division, but he was from j
New York and was a member of the j
111 th infantry as a replacement.
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MONDAY EVENING,
NEAR EAST NOW
RIPE FOR CHOLERA
Typhus Epidemic in Rumania
Has Been Put Down,
However
Budapest, May 19.—Tho typhus
epidemic which has claimed tens of
thousands of lives in Rumania In the
last two and ah aif years is still
smouldering but American Red Cross
physicians who are watching the
sporudio outbreaks believe that the
disease has "burned itself out."
Their greatest worries now are the
dangerous outbreaks of smallpox and
isloated causes of cholera.
The Xear East to-day, according to
American, British and French physi
cians who have completed their
surveys, is ripe for an outbreak of
cholera and the plague. Under
nourishment, famine and the strain
of war upon the civilian and military
population has undermined the
health of the nations of the Bal
kans.
The past winter was a terrible
one. Refugees are returning to their
homes to find them heaps of ruins.
They are without everything. If it
were not for the American Food
Mission and the shiploads of food
being brought into Rumania and
under the auspices of the American
Red Cross, Rumania to-day would
be a nation of starving people.
Local Rumanian physicians are
fighting hard in co-operation with
American doctors to confine the
smallpox and cholera cases to cer
tain districts. In one hospital Amer
ican docetors found nine children
dead from smallpox. The nurses
working day and night to attend to
the living cases had no time to re
move the dead children from their
beds.
The Red Cross is fighting the
smallpox epidemic particularly in
the Dobrudja region. Medical sup
plies and units, one doctor and two
nurses are sent by a special Red
Cross food boat which plies up and
down the Danube to the river towns
whence they travel inland to the
centers where the disease is making
the greatest inroads.
WHERE WIVES ARE CHEAP
I What is the market in wives? It
jis said that among the Ainus the
1 price of one is a hear ham. The
| Kaffir figure varies from four to
' eight oxen, according to the compe
i tition for the particular bride.
| A score of cartridges buys a wife
| in Uganda, and the Australian black
j gives the weight of his better half
j in butter, while the Tartars in Turk
i estan get as many wives as they
| want at the rate of a box of matches
! each.
In Wales wives are given away—
' they are paid for afterward, mostly
|in weekly installments. —From the
Cardiff Western Mail.
PRINT NEWS OF
LATIN AMERICA
IS WISH OF POLK
He Declares Newspapers Can
Help Countries Understand
Eaeh Other Better
Washington, May 19.—That peace
will be largely strengthened on the
Western hemisphere by an extensive
interchange of thought among the
j peoples of the various countries was
j the burden of a statement by Acting
I Secretary of State Frank L. Polk
I to-day in urging that the newspapers
!of the United States devote more
1 attention to news of the Latin
! Americans countries. Mr. Polk said
|he hoped the American newspapers
! would take this means of educating
; the people of the United States to
! better understand and appreciate the
I importance and greatness of our
| South and Central America and
j pointed out that by lending their
; aid to the furtherance of this educa
j tion, the newspapers would be t'ul
| tilling a public duty to the Govcrn-
I ment.
"The more we know of the other
countries of North and South Amer
-1 ica," said Mr. Polk to-day, "the less
; likelihood there is of misunderstand-
I ings. The nations of the world are
j becoming more and more indepen
dent daily with the increased effic
j iency of transportation and ccmmun
j ication facilities. Exchange of news
I results inevitably in better relations
land a fuller comprehension of the
| efforts that are being made by the
I different countries to solve the prob
j lems of civilization. Improved ccm
| mercial relations are accompanied
;by better cultural relations.
I "One result of the European war
i lias been to show the United States
I how completely our interests lie in
| this hemisphere. With peace re
| stored, our interest in European af
i fairs will be more theoretical than
i real, but we have and must have
.closer relations with our neighbors
'in Central and South America. The
i people of Latin America are intensely
i interested In the United States, The
, newspapers of Central and South
j America print a great deal of news
| about this country. It would he of
I incalculable benefit if the newspa
! pers of the United States would pay
I more attention to news regarding
I Latin America and in a very short
time, these newspapers could cdu
| eate the people to seek further in
i formation and more news about our
j neighbors to the South."
: RED TERROR IX PERM
I Omsk, May 19.—During the Bol
| shevist rule, in the Perm district
alone, the Red Guards executed
I three bishops. 63 priests, six deacons
and 44 monks.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH!
LINDSLEY QUITS
THE TREASURY
Too Much "Red Tape" For
Director of War Risk
Insurance
Washington, May 19. —Henry D.
Lindsley unnounccs his resignation
as director of the treasury's bureau
of war risk insurance, declaring that
excessive "red tape" and ponderous
supervision of the treasury over
minor routine matters made suc
cessful 'administration impossible.
The resignation was dated Satur
day to take effect to-day, and had
been requested three days ago by
Secretary Glass following Director
Lindsley's suggestion more than a
month ago that unless he were given
wider authority he would retire. j
Secretary Glass issued a formal
statement last night categorically
denying the charges of Director
Lindsley and criticising the director
for failure "to observe the ordinary
official amenities."
Director Lindsley, whose home is
Dallas, Texas, and who was head of
the army's war risk section in
France with the rank of colonel, to
day made public correspondence be
tween himself and Secretary Glass,
telling liis story of what he said was
serious interference on the part of
the treasury with matters of appoint
ment of even minor clerks, salaries
of employes and other expenditures,
administrative details within the bu
reau. and publicity regarding allot
ments, allowances, compensation and
soldiers' insurance.
Volume ot Sermons by
the Rev. J. Ritchie Smith
There has just been issued from
the Westminister Press at Philadel
phia, a volume of sermons by the
Rev. Dr. J. Ritchie Smith, former
pastor of the Market Square Pres
byterian Church and now professor
of homiletics at Princeton Theologi
cal Seminary. The title of the vol
ume is "The Wall and tho Gates."
It is dedicated to the distinguished
preacher's wife, who is well known
among Harrisburg people.
His friends in this city and wher
ever he is known will be glad to
learn that there has been preserved
in permanent form this selection of
sermons by an able interpreter of
the Word. Among some of the ser
mons in additions to "The Wall and
the Gates." are the "The Immortal
Dead," "The Divided Waters," "The
Inevitable Past." True and False Re
ligion," "Death and Life," "Con
tentment," "Illusions" and "The
Thoughts of Love."
The price of this volume is $1.50
postpaid, the publishers being the
Presbyterian Board of Publication,'
Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia-
MORGENTHAU
SEES NEW WAR
Former Ambassador to Tur
key Predicts Outbreak
in Fifteen Years
Coblcnz, Friday, May 16.—Henry
Morgenthau, the former American
ambassador to Turkey, addressing an
assembly of soldiers here last night,
predicted that the United States
would again bo involved in war
within fifteen or twenty years. He
said that at present the world was
only enjoying a suspension of hos
tilities.
Mr. Morgenthau's address was on
"the peace conference and its prob
lems."
"Do not go home and tell the peo
ple the war is over," he said. "We
have got to prepare for a greater
conflict, a greater sacrifice, a greater
responsibility. The younger men of
America may yet have to tight." The
former ambassador, who came to
Coblenz from Paris, declared that
many of the delegates to the peace
conference would leave Paris dis
satisfied and that this would bring
on other misunderstandings.
"The manifold and conflicting de
mands of all the nations at the con
ference," he went on, "are impossible
of fulfillment. The nations are going
to have further quarrels and dis
putes and I believe that within fif
teen or twenty years America will be
called upon to save the world."
Mr. Morgentha i urged the return
ing Americans to enlighten the peo
ple at home regarding tho extreme
difficulties of a permanent peace in
Europe.
Lansing Sisters
Get Bronze Medal
Paris. May 19.—The Official Jour
nal prints the tirst list of names of
those whom the new decoration "The
Medal of French gratitude" has been
conferred. Miss Emma S. Lansing
and Miss Katherine T. Lansing, sis
ters of the American Secretary of
State, are mentioned among those
receiving the Bronze Medal, because
of the courage displayed by the two
while conducting canteen work
sometimes under bomb rdment, at
Epernay.
Recipients of the silver-gilt medal
of first-class number twenty-five, and
the first names are: King of Spain,
Queen of Great Britain'and Ireland,
Queen Alexandra. Prince Arthur of
Connaught, Princess Christian, and
Princess Louise, whose qualifications
are not mentioned. The others in
clude Madame Cosmo de la Torriente
and Madame Doltz, both of Havana,
identified with sending Cuban prod
ucts to the French Red Cross.
REVENUE NOW
GREATPROBLEM;
Rural Members Want Ques-j
tion Settled and a Date Set I
For Final Adjournment i
Settlement of the problem of how '
much money cun be appropriated by i
tho Legislature this year will prob
ably be made this week when prom- j
inent emp'oyers, manufacturers and ;
others come here for the hearingb
on tho compensation and other bills
which arc to be the center of inter- j
est. In spite of statements that there
will be a tax on capital invested In
manufacturing, it is declared to
night about the Capitol that it is
not decided upon and Auditor Gen
eral Charles A. Snyder holds to the
opinion that if he is given additional
authority, he can so increase rev
enues by means of collections that
new taxes would be unnecessary.
Final estimates on the revenue in
s'ght with and without the authority
sought by the Auditor General, will
be submitted this week and Gover
nor William C. Sproul is expected
to make some announcement. All
preparations have been made to re
vise the appropriation list and to
reduce the bill carrying funds to
conduct the State government, the
college appropriations and the list
of charities and other objects.
Another question which will be
determined will be what sum to
allot to the State Welfare Commis
sion, the teachers' retirement fund
and the extension of forest reserves.
State government items will also
have to be pruned. Some of the
rural members are commencing to
be insistent about their appropria
tions and what sums are going to
be given for various public proposi-
I rtic-nsj. whose continuance depends
in a great measure upon what can
be spared.
Up-State members are also show
ing signs of restiveness at the proc
pacts of the session being prolonged
until deep in June and there is a
plan to have the Legislative League,
which meets Tuesday, issue a state
ment'to the effect that the date of
final adjournment, should be set. Tt
is probable that a new resolution to
fix a date will appear to-night. The
one, calling for May 29, was
"canned" in the rules committee.
The situation is growing much like
what it was in the latter part of
the session of 1913, when resolutions
to adjourn finally appeared in the
House once a week and leaders were
finally forced to fix a date the last
'week in June.
| What will probably bo the final
i big hearings of the legislative ses
j sion of 1919 w'" lake place on
| Tuesday when ' lie Philadelphia
charter revision bills will be dis-
I cussed before the House committee
lon municipal corporations and the
! proposed changes to the Si. tie coin
i sensation code will uc submitted
for comment by lite Senate commit
tee on judiciary special.
I Tlic Philadelphia charter hearings
will be attended by many prominent
Philadelphians and Governor Wil
liam C. Sproul and Attorney General
William I. Scliaffer will probably be
present. Amendments to the bills
will be proposed. It is probable
that the bills will be reported to the
House not many days after the hear
ing.
Objections will be made to the
compensation changes by employers
from various sections of the State.
Both branches of the Legislature
will meet at 9 o'clock to-night.
The bulk of the Senate calendar is
third reading bills and includes the
Vickerman mothers' pension meas
uro. Cox bill increasing penalties
for removing manufacturers' num
bers and other distinguishing marks
from automobiles and regulating
sales of second-hand cars and sev
eral proposed constitutional amend
ments. The resolution offering $3,000
reward for arrest and conviction of
persons sending • infernal machines
or threatening letters through the
mails, is on second reading, having
passed the House.
Three liquor bills form a special
order for the House commencing at
10 o'clock to-night. They are the
Vickerman and Fox prohibition en
forcement and Ramsey alcoholic
content bills. The bills increasing
salaries of legislators which would
affect those elected in 1920 is on
the postponed calendar, having been
amended. There are sixty-three
bil's cn second reading and many
bills on postponed calendars. The
bread by weight bill is among those
on third reading.
Building Associations
Report an increased
Demand For Loans
Washington, May 19.—T0 obtain
information regarding the present
condition of building and loan asso
ciations in all parts of the country
and to ascertain the sentiment in re
gard to the establishment of Federal
Home Loan Banks, tho United
States Department of Labor recent
ly sent out a questionnaire, the re
turns from which contain valuable
information on t he building situa
tion.
According to the questionnaire re
turns, 63 per cent, of the associa
tions are now being offered more
business than at this period of last
year. Many of the reports show in
creases- of from ten to fifteen hun
dred per cent over 1918 in the vol
ume of business.
Forty per cent, of the associa
tions report that ordinary receipts
are insufficient to supply tho de- *
mands for desirable loans. One- |
half or more of the associations in
the States of Connecticut, Michi- '
gan, Nevada, New Jersey, North ;
Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania ;
and Wisconsin are reported to be -
thus hampered. Tho opposition to
the proposed Federal Home Loan
Bank measure, which is designed to
enable building and loan associations
to realize on their long-time mort- •
gages and thus to meet increased
demands for loans, is comparatively
slight, less than 10 per cent, of the
associations queried having opposed
the plan, many of the-adverse opin
ions having been accompanied by the
admission that the exact object of
the Federal Home Loan Banks was
not understood.
ROOSTER ATK IH6 KERNELS
A storekeeper at Montgomery City
has sprung a new one in the guess- '
ing game. He took a big rooster 1
and. after letting him fast for a day, 1
put him in his show window with a
large pan of corn, the kerne's -of
which hod been cohnted.
He ofTere'd a prize to the persons
guessing nearest the number of
grains the rooster would eat In twen
ty minutes. The rboster had a rav
enous appetite and for five mln-'es
It looked an if there would not be a
single kernel left.
But by the time the twenty min
utes had elapsed, he had curled up
in a corner. He had succeeded in
putting away 486 grains. A woman,
whose guess was 488, got the prize.
MAY 19, 1919,
Campaign Director Ward
Predicts Centenary Success
lialtlmon-, May 19.—Charles Sum
ner Ward, of New York, national
campaign director of the Methodist
Kplscopal Centenary campaign, ad
dressing a large gathering of Balti
more clergymen and laymen, de
clared that a survey of the entire
Announcement!
On Wednesday
We Will Hold a
Tremendous Sale
of Screen Doors
rjl We Purchased From I
M WITMANBROS.
.j| Wholesale Distributors
i North 10th St., Harrisburg, Pa
Their entire surplus stock of
486 SCREEN DOORS
jn Assorted Sizes
At far less than prevailing wholesale prices
"THE CONTINENTAL BRAND"
Entire purchase will go on sale in our
BARGAIN BASEMENT
WEDNESDAY
See Announcement with full details and
Prices in This Paper Tomorrow
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More Cancelled Orders
More Surplus Stocks
ARE ARRIVING DAILY
The Express Strike in New York Delayed
Many Shipments which Are •*
Now Arriving
This Week's Special Sales
A Big Sale of Women's and Misses' Capes
A Big Sale of Children's Shoes
Dates and Full Details Will Be Announced
in Our Advertisements
WATCH FOR THEM
jWSStSG
country shows that Metohdism with
in ten days will go "over the top"
with subscriptions totaling $105,-
000,000 for extended educational en
deavors and for war reconstruction
work.
The meeting called by the Rev.
Don 8. Colt, superintendent of the
Baltimore district churches, brought
together more than a hundred men
who have assumed leadership in the
Centenary campaign.
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