Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, May 27, 1919, Image 1

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■ NO - 124 22 PAGES nLSrarat HARRISBURG, PA. TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 27,1919. 5Sa c JBSSI. HOME EDITION
CONFIDENT SEAPLANE WILL REACH GOAL
BEFORE DARK, #iL4D CflW FLY FROM
AZORES FOR LISBON EARLY THIS MORNING
NC-4 Starts
Amid Loud
Cheering
FEW CLOUDS IN
AZORES REGION
Destroyers Indicate
Route For Flyers
Over Atlantic
By Associated Press.
Ponta Delgada, May 27.
(With Commander A. C. Read
confident that he would reach
the coast of Portugal before
darkness to-night, thus achiev
ing the coveted honor of mak
ing the first trans-Atlantic
flight, U. S. seaplane NC-4
started for Lisbon at 10.18
o'clock this morning.
Aboard Before Sunrise
The crew of the seaplane, which
was the same as that which made
the memorable flight from New
Foundland to the Azores, boarded
the plane an hour before sunrise,
but it was not until several hours
later that the giant machine taxied
outside the breakwater, headed to
windward and rose gracefully into
the air. She circled the harbor and
then headed for her destination
amid cheers from the sailors and
soldiers who lined the decks of the
ships in the harbor and the crowds
on the piers, together with the
shrieks of whistles from all the
steam craft within sight.
Disappears in Eastern Sky
The din of the salute was kept up
for several moments, the plane
meanwhile speeding on her way and
slowly disappearing in the bright
eastern sky.
The weather was almost perfect
this morning, with the warm spring
sun shining brightly on the waters
of the bay. There were but few
clouds in the sky and only a slight
northwest wind was blowing, which
was favorable to the flyers. Weather
experts predicted that the plane
might encounter cloudy weather and
possibly occasional rain squalls mid
way of the course, but this was not
expected to interfere with her prog
ress.
Lieutenant Commander Head in
tends to remain in Lisbon over
night and start for Plymouth, Eng
land, to-morrow morning, weather
permitting.
Destroyers Along Course
The course between here and Por
tugal is marked by fourteen Amer
ican destroyers, stretched out along
the route to guide the fliers and,
if necessary, give them assistance.
The getaway of the NC-4, which
WAS set for an early hour, was de
layed by trouble with the fourth en
gine of the plane.
M. G. Baker Purchases
Dock Property in Second
Street; May Remodel
M. G. Baker, 1005 North Second
street, has purchased the three
story brick dwelling at 1001 North
Second street, owned by the Gillard
Dock estate, it was announced to
day. No consideration has been
given. The city assessment is ap
proximately $8,2 00.
Plans are being made, it is un
derstood, to remodel the property,
and it may be decided to convert it
into an apartment house. The prop
erty fronts twenty-five feet in North
Second street, at the corner of
Boas, extending in depth 121 feet.
The building is 25x81 feet.
Shriners to Initiate
Big Class Into Temple
One of the biggest sessions in the
history of Zembo Temple is planned
by local Shriners to-morrow night.
It will be a welcome home cere
monial session. In addition to a big
reception to the members who re
cently returned from abroad, a
class numbering between 400 and
500 will be admitted. C. E. Covert,
potentate, will head the big parade
in the evening, starting at 7 o'clock.
In line will be old and new mem
bers, soldiers and visiting Shriners.
Music will be furnished by the
Zembo Temple band, and as usual
the Zembo Patrol will be a promi
nent feature.
36 Killed and 106 Hurt
in Teschen Mine Blowup
By Associated Press.
Prague, May 27.—Thirty-six min
ers were killed and 106 Injured in
an explosion yesterday in the Mor
adska-Ostrawa mine, in the district
of Teschen. Explosives are used in
the mine to loosen the coal.
; THE WEATHER]
For Harrinbnrg and vicinity, Gen
erally fnlr to-night nnd Wed
nesday; not much change In
temperature, lowest to-night
about (Ml degrees.
For Eastern Pennsylvania) Gen
erally fnlr to-night and Wed
nesday; mild temperature;
gentle, variable winds.
Routes of History Making Flight
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The chart above shows the route taken to-day by Commander Read from the Azores to Portugal in his
effort to cross the Atlantic. Far north of Read's course is shown that taken by Harry Hawker, the brave Aus
tralian, who covered considerably more than half of his flight to Ireland. The insert shows Lieutenant Roget's
-remarkable flight on Saturday of 1,350 miles from Paris to Morocco.
JUNIOR O.U. A. M.
i AWAITS REPORT
ON INSURANCE
Deaths in War Drain on Re
serve Fund; Local Mem
bers Arc Affected
Members of the Junior O. U. A. M.,
in Harrisburg and vicinity may lose
part of their insurance obtained through
the Funeral Benefit Association, which
was operated under the laws of Mary
land. The future of this class of bene
fits depends entirely on the decision of
the Insurance Commissioner of the
State of Maryland, according to a state
ment to-day by local officers
At a Tecent National convention of
the order held in Baltimore, it was an
nounced that funds in the Funeral Bene
fit Association were growing short be
cause of the heavy drainage due to the
war. It was feared at that time, ac
cording to reports, that the association
might become insolvent, and the State
Insurance Commissioner of Maryland
started an investigation. On the result
of this investigation will depend the out
come.
These benefits while affecting many
hundred members in this locality who
have paid premiums into the association
each week, are entirely separate from
the benefits provided by the local lodges
and State organization. It is said, that
in the event of the Maryland authorities
declaring the Funeral Benefit Asso
ciation insolvent and appointing a re
ceiver. local lodges may have to in
crease the weekly dues or decrease the
benefits. How much local members will
lose in the Maryland Association is not
stated.
The benefits in case of death were
in many instances $250 for each mem
ber. Some local lodges are paying that
amount along with weekly benefits for
sickness. These will not be affected, tt
is understood that each member paid
17 cents weekly into the Funeral Bene
fit Association in addition to dues to the
local lodges. How much of this they will
get back depends, it is said, on the
decision of the Maryand Insurance
Commissioner. General affiliated or
■ ganizations are said to be affected.
Col. Berntheizel Greets
Old Friends on Return
Lieutenant Colonel Cleon N. Bern
theizel. recently returned from
France, with Mrs. Berntheizel, of Co
lumbia, were guests Monday and
Tuesday of Mr .and Mrs. J. N. Hos
tetter, 2117 North Second street. The
Colonel, who is an ex-member of the
House of Representatives, spent a
short time last evening calling on
some of the members and ex-mem
bers of that body.
Colonel Berntheizel was formerly
district attorney of Lancaster county,
and when war was declared enlisted
at once and went overseas, where he
was in the thick of battle. He was
with the famous Twenty-eighth
("Iron Division") when they turned
the tide of the Germans. The Colonel
is in the best of health and is glad to
bo once more in the old Keystone
State.
Tax Levy to Be Decided
by School Board Today
City school directors met in spe
cial session late this afternoon to fix
the tax rate for the 1919-1920 school
year. It was said before the meeting
that there would be opposition to a
motion to raise the rate from 111-2
to 13 1-2 mills, one of the directors
declaring that by only raising the
rate one mill now and maintaining
the same rate next year, the present
deficit can be wiped out if economy
is practiced for the next year or
two. Other officials, however, declar
ed they preferred to wipe out all out
standing debts and would likely
favor a two-mill increase so that by
next June the district would have no
deficiency charge to include in an
other budget, j
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Who Is Carrying the American Flag
Over the Ocean in a History
making Flight.
BIG TRANSPORTS
BEAR HOME MEN
OF 79THDIVISION
Pennsylvania Fighting Men to
Reach Camp by Sat
urday
Hundreds of Harrisburgers and
Dauphin county boys and other Cen
tral Pennsylvanians are included
among the thousands of men of the
Seventy-ninth Division who are ar
riving daily in this country after
months of service overseas.
With the exception of a few cas
uals, the complete division is expect
ed to be back in the United States
by Saturday. Thousands of the men
are still on the high seas bound for
home ports.
Harrisburgers, Central Pennsyl
vanians and other State men, will be
sent to Camp Dix, N. J., to a large
extent for demobilization, it is un
derstood. Men from Delaware, Mary
land, New Jersey and Virginia are
also included in the division and
many of these will be demobilized
at other camps.
Hundreds of men from this vicin
ity were included in the 314 th In
fantry, the crack regiment of the
division, which landed at New York
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BEER IS "TEMPERANCE" DRINK
BREWERS TELL THE THIRSTY
"Tell Your Congressman" All About It, Urge Makers of the
Alleged "N car-Beer"
Huge quantities of the alleged
"near-beer" brewed since Elihu
Root's advice set tho big brewers
of the country to fighting in the
courts, war-time prohibition rulings
are being put in the market here
across many of the local bars.
"Nonlntoxlcat'.ng, contains two
and three-fourths per cent, alcohol."
is blazoned across all the bottles con
taining the beverage.
THIEVES ENTER
TWO BUSINESS
PLACER IN NIGHT
Traction Company Office and
Uptown Store Robbed,
Police Learn
Two complaints were received to
day by the Harrlsburg police and
are being investigated. Only a
trifling amount of booty was se
cured.
W. B. Rodenhaver, who conducts
a small ptore at 552 Curtin street,
reports the theft of S2B in caeh from
a cash register in his store. It is
believed that the door was left un
locked and that some person fa
miliar with conditions entered. The
money was secreted in the rear part
of a cash register.
The Harrisburg Traction Company
office in Market Square wa the sec
ond place entered. A rear window
was forced open and entrance made
through it. The office was ran
sacked but nothing was taken.
Colonel Thompson, Hero
of 110 th Regiment, to
Address State Senate
The State Senate will honQr Colo
nel Joseph H. Thompson, former
member of that body and well
known In Harrisburg and in mili
tary circles throughout the State, by
holding a special session to-night at
8 o'clock in order to hear the Colo
nel tell of the experiences of the
Twenty-eighth Division in* France.
Colonel Thompson has a great
story. He came home as comman
der of the famous One Hundred and
Tenth Regiment of the Keystone Di
vision, formerly the old "Fighting
Tenth," which covered itself with
glory in the Philippine campaign
and which lived up to its best tradi
tions when it stopped the Hun in
his drive for Paris last year and
sent him hulling back toward the
Rhine. Colonel Thompson was bat
talion commander during the light
ing and was promoted after the
armistice to be colonel and placed
in command of the regiment. He
was awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross for gallantry in action
and is a great favorite with the men
of the regiment, who recognize his
fighting qualities.
Borah's Motion to Oust
Penrose Fails in Senate;
Fight Declared at End
By Associated Press.
Washington. May 27.—Repub
lican Senators, meeting to-day in
open conference, reasserted their
approval of the selections for stand
ing committees made by the Com
mittee on Committees. A motion by
Senator Borah, of Idaho, a leading
spokesman for the Progressive
group, to supplant Senator Penrose,
of Pennsylvania, as chairman of the
Finance Committee, was voted down,
24 to 8.
Drinkers are regaled to more or
less extent on the labels according
to the feelings of the particular
brewer. Some samples stop at the
"noniptoxicating" period while
others go on urging that every one
write to Congressmen and Senators
and protest against prohibition.
"Tell your Congressman this is a
TEMPERANCE drink." urges on*
maker of a popular brew.
Jackson Tells
of Favoring
Beginning
DUE OVERSEAS
BEFORE DARK
Progress of Plane
Reported Fine in
Washington
Washington, May 27. The
American naval seaplane NC-4,
with Lieutenant Commander
Albert Gushing Rfcad in charge,'
was well on the way across the
Atlantic Ocean to Lisbon, Por
tugal, at 10 o'clock this morning,
having at that hour covered
more than 300 miles of the 800-mile
course to the European side of the
ocean. Each report to the Navy De
partment up until that time had indi
cated that the seaplane was having lit
tle difficulty in maintaining top speed
in its journey, and confidence was ex
pressed that Lisbon would he reached
in the early afternoon without accident.
The message telling of the start of the
fliers simply reported the successful
starting of the flight, later messages,
however, reported the progress of the
seaplane.
Flying 65 Knots 'Hourly
The Navy Department computed the
time of the NC-4 start at 6.18 a. m.
Washington time. The plane passed
the Thompson at 7.13 a. m. Washing
ton time. showing that Lieutenant
Commander Read made the first lap of
his voyage in less than an hour, his
speed in excess of 65 knots. At that
rate, which will be accelerade as the
consumption of gasoline by the motor
reduces the load of the plnne, the NC-4
should reach Lisbon around 1 o'clock
Washington time this afternoon.
The following report on weather con
ditions over the NC-4's course was
transmitted by Admiral Jackson:
Weather Reported flood
"Flying conditions from Ponta Del
gada to Lisbon very good. To-day
fair weather, southwesterly winds, mod
erate to fresh, at flying altitude pre
vail over entire course with barometer
rising slowly. Weather clear. Wind
nearly west. Favorable flying condi
tions should continue over Wednes
day."
The NC-4 passed station ship No.
1, the destroyer Thompson, between
sixty and seventy miles eas tof Ponta
Delgada. at 11.13 Greenwich time. Ad
miral Jackson reported to the Navy e
partment. The Thompson is the first
of the fourteen destroyer marking
the 800-mile course to Lisbon.
Station ship No. 2, fifty miles fur
ther eastward, reported the NC-4 had
passed at 11.38 Greenwich time 17.38
a. m. Washington time), Rear Admiral
Jackson reported.
The NC-4 passed station ship No. 4,
approximately 200 miles out of Ponta
Delgada at 12.54 Greenwich time (8.54
a. m. Washington time). The report
from station ship No. 4 showed that the
big seaplane over the first quarter of
the trip to Lisbon was averaging more
than 70 knots an hour.
Station ship No. 5. more than 250
miles east of Ponta Delgada, reported
the NC-4 had passed at 13.35 Green
wich time (9.35 a. m. Washington
time).
Station 6 was passed by the NC-4 at
2.05 o'clock p. m. Greenwich time
(10.05 a. m. New York time). When
she passed station ship No. 6 the NC-4
apparently had covered more than 300
miles in two hundred and twenty-seven
minutes, the exact distance depending
upon the position of the station ships
at the time the plane passde. The
average speed was in excess of 80
knots an hour.
350 Miles Out at 10.10
Station ship No. 7, approximately
350 miles from the starting point,
was passed by the NC-4 at 3.40 p.
m. Greenwich time (10.40 o'clock
New York time.)
The NC-4 passed station ship No.
8 more than half way to Lisbon at
15.16 Greenwich time (12.16 p. m.
Washington time.)
Passes Station No. O
The NC-4 passed station 9 ap
proximately 450 miles from Ponta
Delgada at 4.18 p. m., Greenwich
time (12.18 p. nt. }s*ew York time.)
The seaplane made the 450-mile
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Alderman Kramme Asks
Youngsters to Come to
Him on Fourth of July |
"No fireworks this year the police
say. All the same the youngsters in
this ward aren't going to miss" a
good time on the Fourth of July, no
sir. not if I can help it."
So says Alderman Fritz Kramme,
who does his legal business at 44 3
Verbeke street, and uses his spare
time thinking up a new way to
amuse the boys and girls in the
neighborhood. Every year the
alderman plays "Bunny," at EaStcr,
and "Uncle Sam" on the Fourth to
hundreds of youngsters.
To-day he announces he has just
placed an order for 50,000 spark
lers and a big lot of balloons, jo be
given to the boys and girls on the
Fourth. "We'll have a safe celebra
tion," the magistrate said. ''But
you will mlas something if you
don't see that crowd of kids when
they get thoee sparklers and bal
loons."
G. A. R. GLAD TO
GETSUPPORT OF
YOUNG VETERANS
Hundreds of the Boys Who j
Fought Against Germany
to Aid the Old Men
TO PARADE ON FRIDAY j
Civil War Survivors Ask That
Day Be Given Over to
Soldiers
With hundreds of youths who
last year were fighting with the Hun
on the fields of France or were get
ting ready to cross the Atlantic for
that purpose, back in their homes
and taking a part in the ceremonies.
Memorial Day this year will be quite
different from any previous one.
But the veterans of the Civil War,
as usual, will be the leading figures
in the celebrations. They will be
largely in charge of the preparations
and in very few instances will they
give over any of the work to young
er hands.
The observance this year will be,
to a large extent, much as ordinary.
A parade will be held, as usual,
after which various delegations of
veterans will go to the several ceme
teries in this city and vicinity and
fire salutes over the graves of dead
soldiers.
Day For Soldiers
Noah A. Walmer, a private in the
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh
Volunteers, which fought at Fred
ericksburg and Chancellorsville with
the Second Corps, under General
Hancock, expressed ' his thoughts to
day and the thoughts of G. A. R.
men in general when he said that
this approaching Memorial Day
should be marked with solemnity
and more than the usual amount of
participation.
"It is rather inexplainable," he
related, "that when the Harrisburg
troops came back from the Civil
War this day of tribute to the sol
diers who gave up life for the cause
was rather overdone. As I recall,
the G. A. R. was organized in ISU6,
at the suggestion of General Logan,
and May 30 was set for the one day
to decorate graves of soldiers. In
the course of several years our cero
mony here became a species of
frolic, for it was taken part in by all
secret fraternities and clubs. On
one occasion, the Harrisburg ceme
tery was too small to hold the
boisterous crowd. It was for this
reason we cut out so, many unit par
ticipants and limited the pageant to
military companies. The sacred
function had lost its meaning and
significance, and all G. A. R. men
hope that this year those sentiments
will be observed.
The Post's Request
"There is a point which we have
talked over at post headquarters
which the Harrisburg public should
also give heed to. This day was es
tablished for the decorating of sol
diers' graves exclusively, and now it
has become an occasion for whole
sale decoration, so it is now a fact
that many a humble and perhaps
unnamed soldier is remembered by
one little flower, while graves of ci
vilians are abundantly decorated.
Out in our cemetery is a plot of
graves, some of which are unidenti
fied. We G. A. R. men always put
all our tributes on these spots, while
the public neglects them."
Veteran Walmer then went on to
narrate how very slowly the Civil War
veterans fell in with the grave decorat
ing idea, but as they waxed older the
meaning became more gnd more vivid,
and they realized htat to keep these
memories of American heroism fresh,
this Memorial Day was the greatest
function.
"The boys who fought in this last
war are somewhat spoiled," he com
mented when another Civil War vet
eran related how a returned soldier
from France said he would square ac
counts with Uncle Sam for a check
of S2OO. "The Civil War boys were
mighty glad to get their pay; and
would like to see these young men im
bibe our feeling and join with us to
take care of decorating graves. There
are very few of us left and it would
be sad indeed to think that the custom
of Memorial Day should die out. Men
who fought in our Civil War believe
these returned men will be making a
grievous mistake if they do not unite
in one great body, a unit like the
G. A. R. The lesson of the Spanish I
War, whose veterans established two
different associations, neither of which
now get the publicity due them, should
convince that one great band should
include all that fought and p.ll that
were in service, no matter what their
employment.
"This is a great mistake to discrim
inate. I know a boy who put in 16
months of hard work at a camp, but
did not get over, although that was his
life's ambition. When he came home
here the other day he sneaked in the
back'gate and. after taking off his uni
form. hid it in the stable. He was
afraid that he would be jeered for not
getting in action. Another friend of
mine, a lawyer, failed to get over be
cause he developed such skill in train
ing men at camp that Uncle Sam would
not let him over for the action.
"The G. A. R. did not discriminate
and it will go into history as a loyal
unit which stuck' together until the
last man died. The same should be
the attitude of this new organization;
every man with honorable discharge
should he welcome to join. It may be
uphill work developing this body of
millions, but that is the right and logi
cal course. As years pass every man
who took part in any way will realize
more and more the significance and he
will be glad to be assured that when
he lies under the sod his fellow-cttlzens
will remember his sacrifice Decoration
Day.
LIEUT. BR.\SKI/MANN
REPORTED WOUNDED
Lieutenant John Heath Braselmann,
442 South Thirteenth street, is men
tioned In to-day's casualty lists as be
ing a Lightly wounded*
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JAPAN JOINS
IN A PLAN TO
AID KOLCHAK
By Associated Press,
Paris, May 27.— r The Council of
Four and Jupan have offered
Admiral Kolchak, head of the
Omsk government, money and
supplies to maintain the All-
Russian government, provided ho
promises to hold elections for a
constituent assembly us soon as
he reaches Moscow, or, if condi
tions are too disturbed to hold
elections, to reconvoke the for
mer constituent assembly.
MOTHERS ARE
WARNED AGAINST
FAKE
Soldiers' Dependants Asked
to Surrender "Over-Pay"
to Stranger
Captain Henry M. Stine to-day no
tilled the War Department that he be
lieves an impostor is at work in Harris
burg endeavoring to mulct the depen
dants of soldiers of allotments of pay
made by the Government. He has had
news of one mother of a soldier who
borrowed more than S7O which she
gave to a man who represented Jiimself
as a Government agent and demanded
from her money which lie said was
"over-pay."
This morning came Mrs. Norene
Monyer, of 1936 Chestnut street, mother
of Lee Wert Monyer, who was killed
last fall in France, with the story that
this fellow had visited her at her home
yesterday and had demanded that she
pay over to him a sum of money which
he said was "over-pay" given her by
mistake after her son's death. Mrs.
Monyer was greatly disturbed because
she realized that she had received al
lotments of pay after her son's death,
but she declined to comply because the
Government still owes her for pay due
her son in France up to the time of
his death and for compensation due her
as a result of his death. All she re
ceived has been her insurance. Ho she
laid her ease before Captain' Stine to
day, with the complaint that the man
who had visited her had been insolent
and had inquired further into her per
sonal affairs than he had any business
to do. Captain Stine warns all soldiers'
dependants against paying over money
to anybody representing himself as a
Government agent.
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GERMANY READY
WITH REPLY TO
PEACEDEMANDS
Teuton Foreign Minister Is to \
Hand Answer to Allies
Tomorrow
DISPATCH SHOWS BREAK
Sharp Division of Sentiment
Said to Prevail Among
Delegates
By Associated. Press.
Germany's counter proposals to
the peace terms of the Allies will he
completed by to-night and will be
presented to the Peace Conference
by Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau,
chief of the German peace mission,
to-morrow, according to Paris ad
vices.
Reply to Be Elaborate
The reply of the enemy represent
atives is expected to be very elab
orate and voluminous. The fact
that the Peace Conference has been
informed by the German delegation
that no further extension of time is
to be asked would seem to indicate
that the documents to be turned
over to-morrow will be, Germany's
last word before taking a definite
attitude toward the terms of peace.
Dispatches seem to reflect quite a
sharp division of sentiment among
the Germans as to whether the
treaty should be signed.
Reparations Puzzle Peacemakers
It was announced last week that
the terms to be presented to Austria
would be considered at a plenary
session of the Peace Conference to
be held to-day. Since that time,
however, delays have been occa
sioned by the difficulty of framing
the section of the treaty dealing
with reparations.
A portion of the terms, however,
may be ready for presentation be
fore the end of the present week.
Reports lack Confirmation
While there have been rumors
that the all-Russian government at
Omsk, headed by Admiral Kolchak,
is to receive recognition from the
Allies, there has as yet been no con
firmation of the reports. It is indi
cated that certain guarantees are
demanded as a condition to the rec
i ognition of the Omsk regime.