Derby Day Draws Thousands to Race Tracks at Epsom Downs; Royalty For Great Event
HARRISBURG -TELEGRAPH
\ sljc £far-3ni>epcn&fnt.
LXXXVIII— NO. 130 18 PAGES HARRISBURG, PA WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1919. °"K£2ESSS singi^ c COWEB HOME EDITION
FRENCH PREMIER
OPPOSES MILDER
TERMS OF PEACE
Wilson's Effort at Paris Board
to Establish Principle
of Reply Eails
MAY ANSWER TOMORROW
Last Word of Teutons Proba
bly Not Yet Delivered
to Allied Powers
WAR GUILT IS DENIED
Economic Council I ndertakes
Plans to Meet Food Prob
lem After Harvest
By Associated Press.
Paris, June 4.—A report has
reached Peace Conference cir
cles that Gustav Noske, the
German minister of defense,
recently made a tour of the
German coast defenses and di
rected the personnel to be pre- ,
pared for emergencies.
Vienna, June 4—The Austrian
government has decided unani
mously that the peace terms J
presented at St. Germain on I
Monday are acceptable, the
Neues Abendblatt says.
Paris, June 4. The atmos
phere in Peace Conference cir
cles was full of speculation to
day as to possible modifications
in several clauses of the treaty
with Germany, but nothing
tangible is expected to develop
until the outcome of the joint
meetings of allied experts be
comes known. It is expected
that some of these meetings will
be held to-morrow.
At the meeting of the Council of j
Four this afternoon. President Wil
son made another effort to bring ;
about an agreement as to the print- j
ciple of the reply to the German
counter-proposals, but the meeting |
ended without an agreement.
It is understood that Premier Cle- j
menceau maintains a firm attitude
against any revision of the treaty.
There is reason to believe, accord
ing to advices from Paris, that the i
Council of Four will reach a decision j
by Thursday as to the reply that;
will be made to the German counter
proposals to the terms of peace. Al
lied experts now are at work on the
reply, and meetings are being held
in Paris to-day for the purpose of
drafting memoranda to be submitted]
to the Council of Four. It is prob- <
able that this work is well under [
way.
Premier Clemenceau is understood l
to maintain firmly that there can be ■
no important changes in the clauses;
of the treaty to which the Germans 1
have entered their strongest objec- j
tions. There are indications, how- j
ever, of a strong undercurrent oi j
sentiment to meet the German offer
of a definite sum of 100,000,000,-1
000 marks indemnity instead of the '
indeterminate sum that might be de- \
manded under the terms as pre- I
sented. It "also seems possible that i
the clauses of the pact relating to '
Silesia may be modified so that Ger
many would be able to receive sup-1
plies of grain, coal and other coin- ;
modities in spite of the transfer to;
Poland of sovereignty over that re- j
gion.
Ijist Word Not Said
That the Germans have not said!
their last word in objecting to]
phases of the treaty is indicated by
a memorandum which has been •
drafted at Versailles by German ex- !
perts. who seek to refute Allied i
charges as to the guilt of Germany |
for the war. This memorandum will,
it is said, be presented as a reply to 1
the report made by the inter-a'lied
commission on responsibility for the'
conflict.
The Supreme Economic Council]
has appointed a committee to study
a plan for the liquidation of the]
world's food control and to devise!
plans to meet the problems that will I
arise after the coming harvest. Dis- {
patches from Paris state that after;
the signing of the Peace Treaty the '
United States cannot legally partici- ]
pate in the control of food supplies]
and Herbert C. Hoover, the chiar-i
man of the interallied food comnus- ]
sion. Is said to believe that the busi-i
ness can be handled through regular
channels.
MASONS TO COMMEMORATE
SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY
Harrisburg Lodge No. 629, Free
and Accepted Masons, will com
memorate the sixteenth anniversary j
of the lodge at the Masonic Temple
Friday evening. An interesting re
union of the members and their '
guests is anticipated.
THE WEATHER]
For Harrlshnrg and vicinity: Fair,
continued warm to-night and
Thursday) lowest temperature
to-night about 70 degrees.
For Eastern Pennsylvanln i Fair,
continued warm to-night and
Thuraday; gentle shifting winds.
River
The Susquehnnua river nnd all its
branches will fall alowly or re
main stationary. A stage of
abont 4.0 feet la Indicated for
1 Hurrlaburg Thursday morning.
■
The Picnic Season Is With Us Again
Hi,
<a 4 qM I
PESTS MAY RUIN
DAUPHIN CROPS,
SAYS NIESLEY
Farmers Arc Warned Against
Rapidly Increasing Num
ber of Parasites
Serious results to farm crops in
Dauphin county were forecast to
day by County Farm Agent H. G.
Niesely unless farmers at once take
steps to prevent the breeding of sev
eral pests which have already ap
peared in the country in large num
bers.
The Unreasonably hot weather
will favor the rapid multiplication
of the pests, he said. That potato
pests especially are quite numerous,
Mr. Niesley has found in his visits
throughout the county within the
past several days, and a serious out
break will result unless the farmers
are particularly careful, he warns.
Quick Action Needed
The potato flee beetle has appear
ed in potato patches in various sec
tions of the county and the condi
tion is really alarming, according to
Mr. Niesley. Little danger resulted
in the county from the beetle last
year, but they sem to have gained
considerable headway already this'
year. The beetle eats the leaves of
the plants away and stunts their
growth. There is no saitsfaetory
remedy, but Bordeaux mixtures acts
as a depellant, the county agent
says.
The green aphis,, or plant lice,
whiosh ruined numerous potato
patches throughout the county last
year, are appearing in large num- ]
hers this year. Timely application
of "Black leaf forty." or nicotine sul
hate. with a high power spray
pump, will have good effects.
Slight danger will result from 1
the appearance of the seventeen- j
year locust in this county, Mr. Nies
ley believes. At yet there has been
no damage and whatever does re
sult will be slight, he says. Some
trees will lose ends of branches in
which the female deposits lier eggs,
but the damage will be .neonse
quential, in his opinion.
Woman Says Man Tried
to Put Powder in Beer
Robert Johnson, who claims Balti
more as his home, was ordered out of
the city to-day, after he had been ar
rested on complaint of a North Seventh
street woman, who claimed that he was
a "dope" peddler.
The woman claimed Johnson tried to
use a hypodermic syringe on her and
had made efforts to put "white powders"
in beer which he had bought for her.
OVERCOME BY GAS
Paul Nauss, 729 South Nineteenth
street, a a Harrisburg Railways em
ploye, was treated at the Harrisburg
Hospital last night, after being over
come by gas at his home. Hlr condi
tion Is reported to be favorable.
DERBY DAY BACK
TO LURE LONDON
TO EPSOM DOWNS
Thousands Camp Near Race
Course During Night; Roy
alty Rides to Tracks
By Associated Press.
London, June 4.—Grand Pa
| rade won the Derby, run at Ep
som Downs to-day. Buchan was
second and Paper Money third.
1 hirteen horses ran.
Derby day, the world's greatest
popular sporting event, has return
ed after leaving a blank on the Brit
ish calendar for four years; and early
this morning the population of Lon
don began a progress toward Epsom
Downs comparable with the migra
tion of the tribes of Israel.
If to-day's Victory Derby, as it
is called, reaches the high water
mark, there will he 200,000 within
right of the race track. The people
are traveling in trains, buses, four
in-hands, delivery wagons, donkey
carts, or horseback, afoot ar.-d by
airplane. Aviators have booked one
hundred passengers who are going
to Epsom Downs, although the ma
chines are forbidden to fly within
two miles of the course. Thousands
camped last night near the race
course in tents and caterers have
stored tons of provisions there, their
supplies including more than 100,-
000 bottles of beer.
Royalty Rides to Tracks
The spectacle at the race course
lacked nothing of the prewar color
to-day and had a strong tinge of
khaki. King George, Queen Mary,
[Continued on Page 9.]
COUNSEL NAMED FOR
ALLEGED MURDERERS
The court appointed James H
Hatz as counsel for Theodore Mart
in and William 11. Earnest as coun
sel for Lawrence Brown, two defend
ants who are to be tried on murder
charges at the criminal court ses
sions next week.
THEY DON'T FIT COMPLAIN THE
COPPERS WITH PRICKLY HEAT
So the Heavy Winter Uniforms Continue to Serve the City's
Finest as Fireless Cookers
Harrisburg's finest have not yet
donned their new summer uniforms and
for the best reason in the world—They
don't fit; that is, with one exception,
they don't. Henry Buch, complaint
clerk, has no complaint to make of
his new regalia. He Is satisfied, but
there is something radically wrong with
the uniforms sent here for the remain
der of the force. Either the man who
took the measurements, the tailor who
cut them to measure, or the other tail
COAL SHORTAGE
NEXT WINTER IF
BUYERS DELAY
Head of City Coal Exchange
Sounds Warning to
Consumers
A warning that Harrisburg faces
a possible coal shortage more seri
ious than that of 18 months ago was
sounded to-day by Walter L. Mont
gomery, president of the Harrisburg
Ccal Exchange whose membership is
approximately 95 per cent, of thf
coal dealers in the city and surround
ing territory.
The Exchange, headed by President
Montgomery, pointed to the produc
tion decrease of 50,000,000 tons from
January 1 to May 10, as compared a
year ago, declared there are grave
dangers of a labor shortage, and
ingcd that consumers place their or
ders now and thus set the idle mines
in full swing again.
"A situation alive with, possibili
ties of the gravest consequences con
fronts the consumers of coal with
respect to their supply for the com
ing fall and winter," says the state
ment. "The Exchange regards the
prospect with such misgiving that it
would be remiss in Its plain duty If
[Continued on Page .]
Boy Who Gets Out of
School on Forged Letter
Is Arrested by Father
George Keys, 14-year-old son of
Charles E. Keys, will he given a hear
ing in police court during the after
noon on a charge of incorrigibility pre
ferred by his father. The youth threat
ened to hit the father with a bottle this
morning.
He returned to this city several days
ago. after having been at a school for
'colored children at Coatesville. His
release was secured by the use of a
forged letter in which it was stated
that his mother was critically ill and
that he was wanted at home without
delay.
ors who assembled the garments slip
ped. Therefore, until the uniforms fit
the policemen they will continue to ap
pear in their heavy winter outfits. anV
body to the contrary notwithstanding,
for pray who would admire a cop in
111-fltiing clothes.
This Is about the season of the year
when the police of the Capital City
start to wear their summer togs, but war
and rumor of peace, parades, and other
disquieting elements probably have
combined to cause the tailor's error.
PALMER SUMMONS
ABLEST SLEUTHS
TO END ANARCHY
Efforts of Ronik Throwers to
Kill Public Officials Stirs
Justice Department
FLYNN TO HEAD RUREAU
Already Has Dangerous Rad
icals Placed Under Surveil
lance Through Nation
MAKER OF ROMBS NAMED
j Cleveland Man Given as Man
ufacturer of Explosives
Used by Terrorists
Washington, June 4.—That efforts
of anarchists to create a reign of
terror through destruction of life and
property, which had Its climax in
attempts on lives of prominent men
in eight cities Monday night, not
only failed, but resulted in action by
organized government that is ex
pected to wipe out the
themselves, was evident here to-day.
Flynn Placed in Charge
Following public announcement
last night by Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer that the purposes
of the Department of Justice are
the same now as they were before,
which was in turn followed by a
statement telling of the creation of
a new bureau by the department,
with William J. Flynn at its head
and which will ha\ e as its para
mount duty the crushing of the anti
i government movement in this coun-
I try, agents of the Federal Govern
| ment throughout the country and
I detective forces in this and scores
of other cities to-day renewed with
vigor their efforts to run down those
responsible for the bomb explosions.
Chief Flynn. himself regarded as
the foremost authority in the coun
try on anarchists and their activi
ties, already has caused persons
known as dangerous radicals to be
put under surveillance by agents of
the Department of Justice in prac
tically every city the Reds are
known to frequent.
Buildings Under Gunrd
There were at> developments
over night to change the views of
the police and special agents here
that the explosion of the bomb at
Attorney General Palmer's home,
which wrecked the front of that
residence, badly damaged those ad
joining and killed the perpetrator,
was the work of one man. This
man, an Italian, the police say, ar
rived here from Philadelphia a lit
[ Con tinned on Page 4.]
Realty Sales Continue
to Break Records For
Number and For Value
Real estate sold in the city durirrg
May was valued at almost twice the
amount for the same month in the
previous year. Assessor James C.
Thompson reported. During last
month there were 336 property
transfers, the valuation totaling sl,-
: 054,475, while in May, 1918. there
] were 205 sales with a/i assessed valu
j ation of $590,659.
Sir.-ce January 1 there were 1,339
j recorded transfers, the realty being
(valued at $3,750,710, as compared
with 788 sales and a valuation of
| $1,981,902 for the first five months of
11918. No account is to be had of
sales made on the instalment plan.
I Sales since January 1, according
Ito wards follow:
Assessed
Ward. No. Valuations.
First 50 $52,173
Second 137 226.300
(Third 31 689,320
'Fourth 42 255,675
| Fifth 74 194,730
Sixth 55 113,130
(Seventh 124 210,155
Eighth 83 179,090
Ninth 207 637,535
Tenth 1 89 452,680
Eleventh 138 270,170
Twelfth 80 183.820
Thirteenth 114 259,880
Fourteenth 15 26,050
'
1.339 $3,750,710
Public Bathhouse to
Open on River Tomorrow
The public bathhouse at Seneca,
street will be opened to-morrow with
attendants in charge. V. Grant Foy
rer. assistant park superintendent,
said to-day. The big boat will be
towed to Seneca street to-morrow
morning and will be opened at once.
Next Monday the Island Park bath
house will be opened, Mr. Forrer
said.
J. K. Staples, playground super
visor for the 1919 season, will arrive
in the city next Monday. Plans for
opening the play plots will tie com
pleted during the week so that the
opening can take place June 19. the
day after public schools close for the
summer vacation.
Bar Members to Hold
Annual Outing Tomorrow
At least sixty members of the
Dauphin County Bar Association will
leave the city to-morrow morning
at 11 o'clock for the annual outing
and picnic at Inglefiook, going in
automobiles. The quarterly busi
ri-ess meeting will he held as soon as
the members arrive at Inglenook af
ter which luncheon will he served.
In the afternoon games and other
sports will be enjoyed. Dinner will
be served in the evening to close the
day's program. John F'ox Weiss. W.
Harry Musser and William M. Har
gest are on- the committee of ar
rangements.
BLOODED BULL
WINS PRIZE
LB
NOBBY BOY
Nobby Boy, a 3-month-old French
bull pup, the property of Mrs. Wil
liam M. Houtz, of this city, won first
prize at a recent exhibition of the
Kensington Kennel Club, of Phila
delphia. This was the first exhibi
tion In which he has been shown.
VARE FORCES
LOSE FIRST TEST
ON CHARTER BILL
]Hot Fight Over Leaving Phila
delphia Changes Up
to Voters
|
|THE SPEAKER IS UPHELD
j Holds Proposed Referendum
| Unconstitutional; Members
j. Are Impatient
i Opponents of the Philadelphia
Charter Bill as amended by the char
ter revisionists, lost In the first test
of strength in the House of Repre
sentatives to-day. when the members
of the lower branch of the legisla
ture, by a vote of 124 to 31, sustained
Speaker Robert S. Spangler in his
ruling that an amendment to incor
porate a referendum on the charter
was unconstitutional. The aniend
j inent was sponsored by the Vare ele
ment, but only three men outside of
Philadelphia voted with them.
The Speaker defended his ruling on
the floor in a vigorous speech, and
was given an ovation, which was re
newed when the vote was announced.
The charter bill came up for sec
ond reading, and Mr. Glass,' Phila
delphia, moved insertion of an
amendment that the charter should
not be effective until approved by
the voters of the city at the Novem
ber election. Mr. Ramsey, Delaware,
at once raised the point of order that
it was unconstitutional because the
Legislature could not under the pres
ent constitution, delegate its power
| to the people of any municipality.
Messrs. Glass. Dilsheimer, Wells, Cox
I and other Philadeiphians, and Mr.
j Phillips, Clearfield, defended the
! amendment us providing for home
i rule.
The Speaker upheld Mr. Ramsey
! and Mr. Cox took an appeal from his
i ruling to the House. Mr. Ditrich,
! Allegheny, was called to the chair.
] Mr. Glass argued in favor of the
1 amendment citing authorities and
! Mr. HefFerman. Philadelphia, said the
I Speaker had been humiliated. Mr.
| Cox denied this. The Speaker then
| tcok the iloor and defended his rul
' irg, saying thesame point had been
' raised in 1913 when he had charge
| of third class city legislation, and
giving authorities for his stand. Mr.
Davis, Indiana, demanded to know
why the amendment came in at this
late day. and urged that the Speaker
be sustained.
Speaker Applauded
The vote followed, and when an
nounced. tiie Speaker was given ap
plause. The members voting with
the Vare men were Home, Cambria,
Scheaffer, Schuylkill, and Marcus,
Allegheny.
The fight on the bill was then
abandoned and it passed second
reading without much attention be
ing paid to it. Mr. Ramsey then had
it made a special order for third
reading on Monday night at 10.30
o'clock.
John R. K. Scott said no further
fight would be made until Monday
night.
Many Soldiers Get
Jobs Through State's
Free Employment Bureau
Harrisburg figures well in the
May report of Jacob Lightner, chief
of the Pennsylvania State Employ
ment Service. During the month
300 soldiers in I tils city applied for
positions. A total of 218 soldiers
received positions.
In the civilian class fifty-eight ap
plied in this city; ninety-five em
ployers asked for help, and thirty
seven were sent to pos'.tions. A total
of forty-three received positions. At
the Harrisburg office 341 women
applied for positions. The number
asked for by employers was 390,
and 307 persons were sent to po- i
sitions. A total of 271 women re
ceived positions. During the month
the total for the State- was:
Persons applying for positions:
Soldiers, 5 924: civilians. 17,303; j
women. 1,604. Total. 24,891,
Persons asked for by employers:
Soldiers. 6.R44: civilians, 24,301 ;
women, i,943. Total. 33.088.
Persons sent to positions: Sol
diers, 5 048; c vil'ans 9,192: wom
en. 1.526. Total. 15,766.
Persons receiving positions: Sol
diers, 4,848; civilians. 8,868; wom
en, 1,421. Total. 15,134.
JUNE WEATHER
RECORDS FALL
IN HEAT WAVE
Mercury Climbs Steadily to
New High Marks in
Discomfort
jNO RELIEF IS IN SIGHT
j Sun's Ravs Nearly Unbear
able Where There Is
No Shade
Still Climbing!
. New June heat records are
I promised to-day in the heat wave
j which has been gripping the city
| for the last four days. The oftcial
| temperatures as taken by the local
j weather bureau on top of the
I post offce building, and on the
I recording instrument In front of
! the Harrisburg Light and Power
; Company's offices follow:
(Official) (Unofficial)
Vest. To-day Vest. To-day
,j 8 a. m. ...69 73 78 78
9 a. m. ...72 79 80 85
10 a. m....80 S4 84 86
11 a. m...,84 86 86 88
Noon .. ~S6 87 90 90
1 p. m....87.5 89 91 91
- P. 11l
3 p. 11l
3.3.0 p. ni 96
• | New June heat records in Harris
| burg may be set before the sun sets
i this evening. The temperature at
j noon was ranging one and a-half de
jgrees above the mark at the same
| time yesterday. The same ratio
maintained throughout the after
noon will mean- a new June heat
mark in this city. To-day's tempera
ture at 1 o'clock was S9 degrees
while the record yesterday was 87.5.
! The hottest June day recorded in
I this city since the establishment of
the Harrisburg Weather Bureau was
| on June 30, 1901, when the mercury
climbed to the 97.4 degree mark. The
hot period now grasping Harrisburg
is the most intense of any durir.-g the
early part of the month.
No Relief in Sight
No relief is visible. Forecaster E.
[Continued on Page 9.]
| 11.1.1.1.1 i-U.IJJJ B
4 m
§ / • • -•• • ■ • • "< '4
i t t
I 4 %
1 ' *§
f f
t • -r ur - X
j r s*
I errors or.'v .
! X EAGLES TO MEET HERE NEXT YEAR 1
$ Scranton, Pa-—Next year's convention of the Fta-
It ternal Order of Eagles of Pennsylvania will be held in *l
| X Harrisburg. Thomas J. Trainor, of Wllkes-Barre, was -A
4 elated president of the State organization to-day. 4*
X KEYMEN JOIN SOUTHERN STRIKE X
X Atlanta, Ga.—Union telegraphers employed by the
ft Western Union Telegraph Company Atlanta went on iHg
- -day in sympathy with the telephone operators o: X
T the Southern Bell and Atlanta Telephone Companies, nfi
! <4 w ' • X
if" •• %
t ' '"■ A-vic:- T ' :■ i su' 8}
1 v> ' ■ ncnt [<S
t the Capitol to-dav
X when the. Philadelphia charter'bill was gotten out of the mi:
A way for the week- Governor Sproul is standing by the jlp
administration bill and employers are urging that changes at
fbe made. Members of the Senate opposed to the admin- Cij
istration measure are predicting it will have trouble in its jtjj
pre' ent form. -jj
WRECK ON PENNSY
Harrisburg—Passengd' trains arriving in (this city 'jj
j * on the Middle division were from two to three hours lafe £§[
to-day as a r burg this !fj
4 n morning. Fifteci j£j.
* * tracks blocked for sonic Hm< W
JJ SUFFRAGE BEFORE SENATI iT
Washington—With advocates of the measure con- Wt%
J* rr.
vvj- * * Jk *j
-ft su-., iu-mi. non.il amer.'imcn rsolution ' -.'ken
f I
y* licorcc r. K linger, \Vllllnm1o n. and Kathryn M. Machamrr, X
4 t Wlranlwot John 11. SlfKle. Mnrrl-liurß. und F.thrl M. Grrrne, De- y
; I l 01l I Oacor .V Walborn and Sam C. ItnfYrnabrrgrr, Harrlaburg. A
DAUPHIN COAL
LAND NOT WORTH
FABULOUS SUM
Mining Engineer Finds First
Estimates Were Greatly
Exaggerated
MILLIONS LOPPED OFF
Value of Susquehanna Mines
Now Fixed at More Than
Two Million
VISION OF RICHES FAILS
Assessment Probably Will Not
Be Much Higher Than
Heretofore
That marketable coal in thft
land in Williams and Wiconisco
townships owned by the Sus
quehanna Collieries Company
totals about 29,256,347 tons and
is worth about eight cents a ton
for assessment valuation making
the total value $2,341,507.76 is
the opinion expressed by W. F.
Sekol, mining engineer, in a
written report to the county
commissioners to-day. This is a
reduction of $84,000,000 of the
! sensational estimate made by
| the late T. Ellsworth Davies.
| The present valuation of the coal
I properties is about SBOO,OOO. With
the addition of values of buildings
and other property owned by the
company the assessment will prob
ably reach about $2,600,000, coun-
I ty officials said.
Davies' Mistake
Ir.- his report Mr. Sekol gives ex
amples of the differences between
the actual amount of coal found in
the ground, and the amount which
the late T. Ellsworth Davies esti
mated was there which could be
mined and marketed. Mr. Davle3
had fixed the value of these coal
I lands at $86,000,000. Mr. Sekol,
[Continued on Page 4.]