Germany's Decision as to Peace Treaty Is to Be Known by Saturday of Next Week at the Latest HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 8I)C otor-3W>cpcnsent. LXXXVIII—NO. 132 28 PAGES 15W&, SSStISJSStf.f" HARRISBURG, PA FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1919. °%SwJKKK bESSi HOME EDITION * STATE PROBE OF MINE HORROR IS STARTED TODAY Toll of Death Increases to 85, With 49 on the List of Injured FIVE MORE NEAR DEATH Manner in Which Powder Was Set Off Is Matter to Be Determined By Associated Press. Wilkes-Barre. Pa., June 6. lr r"Nestigation of the disaster at a mine of the Delaware and Hudson Company "was started to-day under the direction of State mine officials. The investiga tion starts with the certainty that seven kegs of black powder were burned and 'that they were ignited by sparks from an overhead trolley wire. The manner in which contact was made is to be determined, theories and statements varying on this point. The death list grew to 85 to-day, leaving 49 on the injured list, the con dition of many being serious. Five of them may die. The dead and the maimed were lit erally roasted by the superheated gas flames following the explosion. The tragedy occurred while the men were on their way to work. Owing to their working places being two miles from the mouth of the tunnnel the men were making the trip in a train of 14 mine cars drawn by an elec- The train had penetrated the tunnel about 200 feet when August Ruddic, orre of the survivors, states the over head trolley wire sagged and touch ing a steel powder keg formed a short circuit. In on instant there was a shower of sparks and then the powder gave way with a terrific blast and a great sheet of flame, drawn by the air current enveloped the helpless men who were huddled closely together in the cars with no possible chance to escape. Enveloped by Flames Owing to the ventilating system the smoke and flame was drawn in ward and the first intimation of the disaster to those on the surface was the shrieks of anguish of the in jured. Rescue corps were at once formed and the dead and injured were rapidly brought to the surface where the living were given first aid treatment by physicians and then rushed to the City and Mercy Hos pitals in ambulances and vehicles of all sorts, even the fire apparatus be ing used in the emergency. When the rescuers first entered the tunnel they found the dead and dying piled up in heaps in the cars and along the tunnel. Bodies of the dead were burned to a crisp and cooked flesh came off in strips from the limbs of the living. Of the dead sixty-nine were found dead in the tunnel and fourteen others suc cumbed to their injuries at the hos pitals. MoCloskey Killed Among the men killed outright by the deadly blast was James J. Mc- Closkey. a former baseball pitcher, at one time a member of the Phil adelphia National League Club. Assistant General Manager Buch anan, of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company, after investigation at the scene of the disaster gave it as his opinion that the explosion was not caused by the sagging of the overhead wire. He is of the opin ion that perhaps a steel bar or drill carried by one of the men. came in contact with the wire forming the short circuit which caused the pow der to give way. According to the company's figures 143 men and boys were being carried by the train and but seventeen escaped injury. John Connon, who was on the mo tor when the accident occurred, said: "The trip forms at the mouth of [Continued on Page 2lt.] ''Ragged Jimmy" Charged With Highway Robbery Charged with holding up and rob bing W. O. Dean, of Baltimore, in the Capitol Park Extension last night, William Johnson, alias "Rag ged Jimmy," has been taken into custody by the Harrisburg police. He will be given a hearing in police court during the aftrenoon. Dean charges that while he was passing through the extension, two colored men, one of whom he has identified as Johnson, accosted him While one held him, the other went through his pockets. Seven dollars is reported to have been taken. I THE WEATHER] F< t? Hnrrlaburg nnd vlolnltv, Partly cloudy to-night nnd Snt urday; not much change In tem perature, lowest to-night about drercpN. For Eastern Pennsylvania! Show ers this afternoon; partly cloudy to-night and Saturday, probably showers In north portion; gentle to moderate south winds. Itlver rThe Susquehanna river and all Its branches will probably remain nenrly stationary. A stage of about 4.7 feet Is Indicated for Hnrrlsburg Saturday morning. General Conditions Showers have fallen in the last twenty-four hours over most of the territory east of the Mis souri river except nlong the Im mediate Atlantic coast; also In taeorgln, the Interior of North Carolina, In Virginia and ex treme Southern Florida. There has been a general fall of 2 to 10 degrees In temperature over the northern half of the eonntry east of the Mississippi river nnd In Nebraska, and It Is a little cooler along the Pacific coast; elsewhere In the United States temperatures generally are 2 to Ifi degrees higher than on Thursday morning. Some of His Former Patrons Must Have Recommended Him PEACE BRINGING BETTER BUSINESS TO HOSIERY MILLS Moorhead Plant to Expand to Take Care of Its New Orders Orders for hosiery are exceedingly brisk, Robert W. Moorhead, manager of the Moorhead Knitting Company, announced to-day. Both export and domestic orders are being placed in large quantities and the local com pany has received its share of them, Mr. Moorhead has announced. The volume of trade just now is far in excess of the war-time volume. The trade in high price silks, es pecially, has boomed since the ces sation of hostilies, Mr. Moorhead says. Relief of the financial pressure which most families felt during the war, is advanced as a reason for the booming of trade in goods of this quality. Never before have prices been so high, the manager of the local firm pointed out. Both raw cotton and silks are selling at prices far in excess of any previous one during his connection with the trade, Mr. Moorhead says. The foreign trade of the local con cern includes shipments to all sec tions of the world with the exception of Europe, in which it is not estab lished. Mr. Moorhead places little credence that Russia is ready to place huge hosiery orders, as has been announced in Philadelphia. The fin ancial condition of the country makes him dubious as to the worth of any such trade. Plans are now being made by the local concern for the enlargement of its plant and the increasing of its facilities. Ground has already been purchased, but the plans for the erection of the proposed new /truct ure, are not well defined, he says. Colliery May Protest Assessment of 8 Cents That the Susquehanna Collieries Company will contest the valuation of eight cents a ton on marketable coal for county assessment purposes, was anticipated in county official circles to-day. W. F Sekol, the min ing engineer employed by the coun ty. estimated that amount as a fair valuation for county taxation. This afternoon representatives of the coal company and the County Commissioners met to consider the report submitted by Mr. Sekol a few days ago in which he placed the to tal value of the coal properties at approximately $2,500,000. HEIJ> ON WOMAN'S CHARGES Chnrged with striking and biting in the arm. Cora Kline. 313 Cherry street, while intoxicated. Samuel Parlum is being held by Harrißburg police au thorities. He will be given a hearing In police court during the afternoon. I He was arrested by patrolman Hicka. 1 THEIR TROUBLES NEVER CEASE By Associated Press. Versailles, June 6.—Because the servants employed at the Hotel Des Reservoirs here, where tlie German peace delegation is quar tered, have refused to accept tips from members of the delegation, the hotel management has an nounced that it has been com pelled to advance prices ten per cent, in order to increase the em ployes' wages. MAUK REFUSES TO DISCUSS CHARGES BURIAL FRAUDS Undertaker Brought to Face (iruesome Charges by Rel atives of the Dead For the alleged use of a roughbox and a pasteboard box as caskets at two funerals; for failing to embalm bodies though he charged for the same and for charging minister's fees for a funeral at which no clergyman officiated, Charles H. Mauk, Sixth and Kelker streets, has been placed under arrest at the in stance of county detectives. Mauk to-day refused to comment on the charges. Two charges of false pretense [Continued on Page 20.] SALVATION ARMY STOPS ITS OLD TAMBOURINE COLLECTION Captain Neilson Prepares to Extend His Work With Funds Collected in Recent Drive Much relieved and hopeful of great things is the Salvation Army chief of Harrisburg, Captain Neilson, who, with Mrs. Neilson has handled the affairs of this organization here during a number of years, with head quarters for the last two years in a brick building located in Verbeke street) just east of Sixth street. "With this great fund of over J15,- 000 for home service, almost exclu sively," he remarked to-day, "I will never again be compelled to make such a thing as house-to-house cam paign for funds, or to rattle the tam bourine of a Saturday night through the streets and saloons of the city." In telling something of the growth of the Army here. Captain Neilson said that the house-to-home canvass had been stopped four years ago, when he found that women were displeased at being called down, per haps from housekeeping duties, to respond to the visit of the collector. He then undertook to get the bulk of bis funds from tambourine trav ROSE SHOW IS OPENED WITH PRETTYBLOOMS Y. M. C. A. Is Ablaze With Red, White and Pink Flowers Roses, hundreds of them, all colors: blooms that are rare and costly in bas kets, vases and boxeß. to-day go to make up one of the greatest exhibitions of roses ever seen in Centra! Pennsyl vania. This is the opinion of every body who attended the opening of the second annual Rose Show, at the Har risburg Y. M. C. A. to-day. It was 2 o'clock this afternoon be fore all exhibits could be arranged for the judges. The show is on the first floor of the Y. M. C. A., building and is under the direction of the women's advisory board. This year's list is [Continued on Page 20.] Cost Two Fishermen Each $32.25 to Catch Three Bass First arrests of men for catching bass out of season were annonuced by State authorities to-day. Game Warden C. B. Baum having caused the arrests of George B. Hughes and John Schaffer for taking three bass from the Conodoguinet. The bass season does not start until July 1, and it is said that some remarks about the ability of the State sleuths to catch the men had been made. The illegal fishing cost the two men $32.25 each. elling, "and now." he related with a mightly sigh of anticipation. "I will he able to give 100 per cent, of my time to working in the crowded sec tions of the city and helping all who are down but not out." The local roganization supported itself with the tambourine, collecting at the various markets and in 'the streets and saloons. All this will now be done away with, although Captain Oeilson explained that he had helped .many a drunken man home in those tambourine days and in the tours was able to help many men and women. The present headquarters. Capt Nellson considers would make a good community center, if the executive committee contemplates such a func tion In the future. The present home does duty .as an emergency home, for women exclusively. "We are taking no men," exp'alned the Can tain, "because the Bethesda looks after them. We work in conjunction with Bethesda which Is one of the best conducted charities I ever saw." A; i HARRISBURG MAY HAVECONCERTSAT EXPENSE OF CITY Governor Signs Bill; Also the Smith Bill For Garbage Collections THE CODE IS AMENDED Third-Class Cities May Collect Ashes and Other Waste Third class cities of Pennsylva nia are authorized in an amendment to the third class city code approved to-day to make appropriations for band concerts held under city gov erntnent auspices. This bill, which was urged by representatives of various cities will enable municipal , concerts to be given. Governor Sproul to-day announced his approval of the Smith Senate bill to authorize third-class cities to appropriate money and make contracts for the collection and dis posal of garbage, ashes and other waste and refuse materials and to es tablish and maintain municipal col lection disposal systems. The bill is an amendment to the third-class city code which did not contain such authority. Senate Bills Signed The Governor also signed these Senate bills: Reorganizing the State Bureau of Standards and providing for four deputies at $2,500 each, the chief and the deputies to have authority to enter into any county or city to make inspections and require cor rection of illegal weights or meas ures. Providing that counties shall pay for recording of discharges of sol diers, sailors and marines. Providing for issuance of certifi | cates to practice to persons pre vented from taking final examina tions for State medical licenses be- | cause of entrance into military or | naval service provided they can | show qualifications. Removing protection from red j squirrels and changing the season for blackbirds so that they may be shot between August 1 and Novem ber 30. Authorizing appointment of a deputy commissioner of health at $6,500 salary. Repealing act of May 16, 1891, relative to acceptance of trusts by cemetery companies. House Bills Signed House bills approved were: Authorizing counties to appropri ate money for erection of memorials to commemorate services of sol diers, sailors and marines in the late war. the State Art Commission to approve the style and character of the memorial. Providing that in counties hav ing loss than a million population | viewers shall be paid $7.50 per day k'engaged on county business. Providing strenographers for dis trict attorneys in counties having between 150,000 and 250,000 popula l tion. Amending vaccination law so that vaccination must be shown to have been made under rules of the State Department of Health and requir ing prosecutions to be brought with in sixty days. Flynn Seeks to Find Where Radicals Were on Night of Terror By Associated Press. 'Philadelphia. June 6.—Philadel phia is to be made the headquarters for the nation-wide hunt for ter rorists who exploded bombs in this and seven other cities last Monday j night. William J. Flynn, head of a new bureau of the Department of Justice which will deal with anar chistic activities, to-day visited the headquarters of the department in the Federal building. "No arrests are in sight at this i time," said Chief Flynn. "We are working on a process of elimina ! tion. We are looking up the move- I ments of every known anarchist and s radical in the country to determine II just where they were on Monday 11 night. This task may occupy a 11 month but X believe it will lead to i something." | Six Traffic Semaphores ; Are on Way to City Six traffic semaphores ordered by the city police department last August, have been shipped from the manufacturing firm in New York . this week, it was announced by May or Keister. As soon as they are re ceived they will be located at the downtown intersections he said. The semaphores were ordered late in the summer but owing to the war the contracting firm could not get all the parts and was unable to sup ply them sooner police officials ex plained. They are to be used at the following intersections: Third and , Market. Fourth and Market, Fourth and Chestnut. Fourth and Walnut. Third and Walnut and Second and ' Walnut streets. , Flood L : editing For Dome of the Capitol. i Arrangements for the flood light > ing of the dome of the State Capitol i along the lines of that at the Na- I tional Capito' at Washington, are ■ being made by the State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings. The details of the plan will he set- I tied at a meeting to be held next > weok at which Arnold W. R'iinnr. ■ the architect, will explain l-danx for • the proposed new - ! , ing sod detntls nt . ,-n prevro' I the old nortien of Cn n<*o'^aMM|wj ■ connection with tu Park i The Memorial Bridge i will also be taken up ' emor and the ' out to start the various |Mm£: j WILSON DECLARES HIS 14 POINTS ARE IN TREATY TEUTONS MUST SIGN TO EFFECT WORLD PEACE Allied Rejoinder to Teutons May Be Out Monday ENEMY TO GET FINAL NOTICE Verdict of Beaten Nation Must Be Known June 14 Hope is expressed in Peace Conference circles in Paris that the Allied rejoinder to the Ger man counter-proposals will be ready for presentation Monday. It is understood that with this reply the Germans also will re ceive notirication that the dis cussion of the terms has been finally closed and will be given a period of not less than three days or more than live in which to accept or reject the treaty. If this plan is carried out, there fore, it seems probable that Ger many's decision will be mad£ known not later than next Sat urday, June 14. To Confer Wlrh Scheldmnn Reports from Paris indicate that immediately after receiving the Al lied reply, Count Von Brockdorft- Rantzau, chief of the German dele- Gation, will leave Versailles for Ber lin, where he will hold a final con sultation with Philip Scheidman, the German chancelor. Should Ger many decide to sign the treaty, the count will return to Versailles, but should Germany determine upon re fection of the terms, notification of that fact will be sent to the Peace Conference from Berlin. Fixed Sum for Reparations Dispatches state that the Council of Four has reached a decision to re fuse Germany's request that a fixed sum for reparations be indicated in the treaty. There seemed recently to be a well defined sentiment in the Council to accede to this request,' only Premier Clemenceau being known to object to granting that concession. Nothing is known as to the reason for the Council's refusal to name, the sum which news reports had forecast at approximately $25,- 000,000,000. Austrian peace activities, seem likely to be renewed at St. Germain , to-morrow. Dr. Karl Renner, the I head of the Austrian delegation, has I been in conference at Feldklrch with Otto Bauer. the Austrian foreign minister, and is expected to be back in St. Germain on Saturday with his five colleagues who also took part in the conferences with Dr. Bauer. Seitx Warns of Danger As reflecting Austrian official opin ion on the terms of the treaty pre sented at St. Germain last Monday. President Seitz of the Austrian Re public, Is quoted as stating that the terms could not be enforced upon the Austrian people, and that "it would be dangerous for the men who signed the treaty." Formal protests to the Peace Con ference has been made by Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau as to the alleged activities of the Allied armies of I occupation in furthering the move ment for the establishment of a Rhenish Republic. Paderenskl .Makes Protest Premier Paderewski of Poland, has made representations before the Council of Four relative to proposed changes in the frontier between Ger many and Poland. Important alter ations in the boundaries are said to be under consideration, and ef forts are being made to induce the roles to consent to a plebiscite which will determine the sovereignty of Silesia. Berlin Sends Film Copies of Treaty For Perusal of Congress By Associated Press. Paris, June 6.—lt is understood here that the Berlin government is sending photographically reproduced copies of the Peace Terms to every United States Senator and Repre sentative. The British correspondents in Paris have begun an investigation as to why their first dispatches re garding the discussion of the neces .•ary Peace Treaty changes by the Council of Four were held up for thirteen hours. The dispatches reach ed the newspapers too late for pub lication in the current issues STUDY WATER MAINS J. W. Dedoux, Philadelphia, the en gineer retained by the city to report on the best method of replacing water mains in State street, so that the new bridge can be built, conferred to-day with Commissioner S. F. Hassler. He will present a final report later, in cluding his recommendations to the city. SOI.DIERS CRASH WITH POMCE By Associated Press. Brussels, June 6.—American sol diers and the police at Antwerp P~"~~*~,ed on Wednesday n'ght. Three emen and two civilians were ided by shots that were fired lg the melee. Three American ers. one of whom was wounded, arrested. 2. -O FEARS REDS WILL GET ALLIED FOOD By Associated Press, Vienna, June 6.—Before leav ing this city for a short sojourn in the country, where he will take a rest. President Seitz said re garding the terms of peace: "They surely are only propos als. What a terrible disappoint ment America is for me! This is driving me to dispair. The terms j are also bad for the Allies, as I they mean the feeding of Bolshe- I vism, against which we are help less, especially from the Hungar- I ians, who are meeting with new I military successes. I have no power to enforce such terms upon the population of German j Austria and it will be dangerous | for the man who signs them." DORTEN'S GOING INTO OFFICE IS MARKED BY RIOT New President of Rhenish Re public Hides From Crowd; Chief in the Hospital By Associated Press. Berlin. June 6.—-Dr. Dorten, who on June 1 was named as president i of the Rhenish republic, has in stalled himself and his new cabinet in office at Wiesbaden. The efforts made to unfurl the Rjienish republic colors attracted a huge crowd, which, according to report, surged into the building and } severely beat Dr. Eckerman, minister ! of justice, and Dr. Klingenschmidt, minister of education. The latter was so severely injured that be had 1 to be taken to a hospital. President Dorten hid in the building and es • caped, it is declared. >I -y —— 1 - , 5 THREE SHIPS BRING 6,000 TROOPS ' 4 Jl®** New York—More than 6,000 returning soldiers ar- *jr *3® . • rived here to-day on the transports Santa Ana, Pannonia t 4" and Pretoria. The largest unit to land was the 144 th In- *f* 1 <4 fantry, less Company M and ordnance detachment, a *f 3 X alb " 4® total of 95 officers and 2,812 men. This regiment, be- J X longing to the 36th Division, arrived on the Pretoria 4* s jr which also brought the 72nd Infantry brigade head- s 1 • i quarters of the same division. 3 * f t £ DISCOVER BIG PRISON SHORTAGE X ■ L, _ " s Lansing, Mich.—A shortage of upward of $1,000,000 F X in the accounts of the Jackson prison has been discov- # a - ered, according to a report made by the Detroit Trust X e * K&d i "3® Company to the special session of the Michigan Legis- 1 + , X 3 4i lature. t YANKEE REFUSE FRENCH POSTERS T ] *l* Paris American officers at Coblenz, it became X I 4® V . 4* known here to-dry, have refused to display posters ad i . . vertising the Rhenish republic sent them by French of- X , 4® ficers. . *f* X WINNIPEG FEARS REIGN OF TERROR X Winnipeg—Fearing the beginning of a reign of 4* terrorism, the Winnipeg city government to-day in- j* i creased its constable force to 3,000 men, mostly return -4" ed soldiers. X 4® KING HONORS NURSES £, X ,4, Athens King Alexander to-day conferred the X 5 medal of military merit on Emily Porter, of Bridgeport, T Conn.; Clarissa Blakeslee, of Drexel Hill, Pa.; Edith X s <*• Glenn, of Bristol, Pa., and Florence Stone, of Plainfield, *§* 1 X *§ ' N. J., Red Cross nurses, for their work in fighting the X t " * typhus epidemic in Macedonia. 4 * :: * T • • ♦£ 4® T ■ + X T 4® T t _§ : | MARRIAGE LICENSES I Milton S. Brown nnd I.llllnn O. (inoonnar, HnrriohnrEi Jay C. T I j_ Hookonbcrry nnit Pauline M. U"111"II. l<nrrUhur K i Grorfr O. An -7 demon and Carrie M. Wrntbrook. Harrlxburßi ( hrotrr M. Wilt, J L Harrinhurnr, nnd Florenrr R. lirl<h, Rirw Cumberland | Harry v. "J* J Tennunt and Sylvia C. Bogrr, Harrlaburai Cyrua E. MeCabe and JL Viola M. Gotwalt, Harriablrg. I i MaiiriMiiMittirr i President Certain Treaty Does Not Violate Ideas WOULD FRANKLY ADMIT MISTAKE Executive Makes Ansnjer to Hun Proposals By Associated Press. Paris, June 6.—"1 am convinc ed that our treaty project vio lates none of my principles," President Wilson is quoted by the Matin as having said when he was made acquainted with the German counter-proposals to the Peace Treaty. Would Confess Error "If I held a contrary opinion I would not hesitate to confess It and would endeavor to correct the error. The treaty, as drawn up, however, en tirely conforms with my fourteen points." Daylight Saving Foes Shift Fight to Senate Washington, June fi.—Advocates of repeal of the daylight saving law said yesterday that their fight is to be shifted from the House to the i Senate and that they were confident I a rider can be attached to the agri cultural appropriation bill. The Senate Agricultural commit tee plans to report the appropriation bill soon with the rider attached. If the rider is approved by the Senate champions of the repeal believe it will be accepted by the House.
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