Allied Powers Hasten Work of Framing Their Replyto Counter Proposals of German Government HARRISBURG l|Sl§& TELEGRAPH Star-Inkptnitfnl. LXXXVIII—NO. 133 20 PAGES SSBrt.lfciSSS^ 1 ™ HARRISBURG. PA. SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 7. 1919. ""SJKKSK tPSStESSff" siSGI& c COKI HOME EDITIOI GERMAN PEACE TREATY IS TO " BE HELD SECRET UNTIL HUNS PUT NAME TO OFFICIAL TEXT Senate Is Not to Know in Advance of Approval AMERICANS AT BOARD REFUSE Allied Powers in French Capital Active Today Paris, June 7.—The Ameri can delegation to the Peace Conference is apparently firm in its decision not to authorize the publication of the German peace treaty until it is signed and not even to communicate the official text in its present form to the United States Senate. Washington, June 7.—Adminis tration officials believe President Wilson's reply to the Senate resolu tion asking for the peace treaty with Germany will be that it is not com patible with the public interest to furnish the text at this time. This belief was strengthened by dispatches to-day from Paris 6ay. ing the American peace delegation apparently is firm in its decision not to authorize publication of the treaty until it is signed. There is every evidence that the leading figures of the Peace Confer ence in Paris are endeavoring to hasten the delivery of the Allied re ply to Germany's counter-proposals to the terms of peace. According to advices, the Council of Four has in structed all commissions working on the reply to complete their reports by Monday. If this order is car ried out, the reply probably will be framed early in the week and imme diately presented to the enemy dele gation. Paris reports indicate a growing sentiment in the Council of Four that alterations must be made in the Treaty, but in what particulars the terms will be modified is not yet in dicated. Premier Lloyd George is at tending meetings of the British com mission studying the reparation phase of the Treaty. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the German peace mission, left Versailles last night for Ger many. It is reported from Paris that he is expected to return Sun day. French official circles are said to expect the Germans to refuse to sign the terms, and it is pointed out that, as delay would favor the Ger mans, there is necessity for haste in bringing exchanges between the Al lies and the enemy to a close. A more hopeful sentiment is said to be apparent in Berlin. Orlando Demands Settlement The Italian claims to territory on the eastern shore of the Adriatic are also causing some uneasiness in Peace Conference circles. The Ital ian Parliament will meet June 18, and Premier < . lando is demanding that a settlement be reached by that time. Dispatches from Paris indi cate that the deadlock over the sit uation regarding Fiume and the Dal matian coast is still causing concern, and that efforts to reach an agree ment have been futile. Admiral Kolchak's forces operat ing in European Russia are, it l is ad mitted, checked by the Bolsheviki. Winston Spencer Churchill, British War Secretary, declared yesterday that no attempt had been made to encourage extravagant hopes regard ing operations in Russia. Hungarian Rods Drive Hungarian Bolshevik forces con tinue to advance against Czech troops between Budapest and Vien na. They are reported to have crossed the Danube at Gram and to be. menacing Pressburg. French generals are said to be in command of the Czech army there. • St. Germain, June 7.—Dr. Karl Renner, the Austrian Chancellor and head of his nation's delegation to the Peace Congress, arrived here to-day after his visit to Feldkirch, where he had been in conference with Austrian government repre sentatives from Vienna. Dr. Renner was accompanied by Richard Schul ler and Herr Sternbalk, technical counselors of the delegation. American Gunboat Arrives at Archangel By Associated Press. Archangel, June 7. —The Ameri can gunboat Sacramento arrived in Archangel Thursday, accompanied by a freight steamer with a cargo of American seed and grain, which will relieve the serious shortage. Eagle boats which started with 4. the Sacramento have not been able to negotiate the ice Og.es in the White sea. There May Be a Few, but They're Married Altoona, Pa., June 7.—Two young Wtlkes-Barre schoolmarms commis sioned Mayor Charles E. Rhodes, of Altoona. to find them two "perfect men" —socially, morally and finan cially—-but he has not been able to deliver the goods. "There may be some," his honor said, "but evidently they're all mar ried." Pershing Looking Homeward Paris, June 7. —General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, will come home early next month if by that time the probability of a renewal of war with Ger many is removed. It is expected that with the signing of the German Peace Treaty General Pershing will start for the United States without delay. Secretary of War Baker, to whom General Pershing confided his plans, is quoted in the American capital as saying: "General Pershing told me not to expect him before July 1," and then quickly added: "That is, of course, if nothing happens—and there is nothing very sure about it, either." AMERICAN FORCES IN RUSSIA ON WAY HOME General March Announces the Whole of Original Arch angel Expedition Will Have Sailed For Home Within Two Weeks U. S. LOSSES FIXED AT 26 OFFICERS AND 526 MEN General March also announced of ficially that all of the original Arch angel expedition will have sailed for home within two weeks. Companies E, G, I, M, and the machine gun company of the 339 th Infantry now are enroute for Brest, having sailed from Archangel June 3. Archangel, June 7. The total casualties of the American force in DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN ROSE STRONGLY URGED Judges Have Hard Time Se lecting Winners at Sec ond Annual Show "A Rose For Every Home and a Bush For Every Garden." This is the motto of the American Rose So ciety organized twelve years ago. Hundreds in attendance last night at the second Rose Show at the Y. M. C. A., were urged to follow this motto and make America as promi nent in rose growing as other coun tries. J. Horace McFarland was the speaker. Mr. McFarland, who has been prominently identified with the American Rose Society since its in ception, lectured last night on "America Rose Growing,"-based on the motto referred to above and if followed, in the opinion of Mr. Mc- Farland, would popularize rose- [Continued on Page 15.] _ 4-Year-Old Boy Seriously Hurt When Hit by Truck Struck by an automobile while playing in the street this morning, Charles Shambaugh, four years old, of 1913 Wood stret. is in the Har risburg Hospital with suspected in ternal injuries. The child is said to have run in front of the approaching automo bile, a mail truck of the Harrisburg Post Office. T. A. Cleckner, an em ploye of the local postal department, was driving the machine. Liberty Loan Medals Are Awarded to Campaigners Pennsylvania railroad men who helped sell bonds in each of the Liberty Loan drives have received medals from the United States Treasury as a token of appreciation for their services. It is understood that similar medals will be award ed all men who worked in all of the Liberty Loan drives. The face of the medal, which is the size of a half-dollar, bears on the face a replica in bas-relief of the Treasury building at Washing ton and an eagle in flight. The re verse side bears this inscription: AWARDED By the United States Treasury De partment For Patriotic Service in Behalf of Liberty Loans MADE FROM CAPTURED GERMAN CANNON First Arrest Made For Violation of Bathing Rules It cost Paul McGlaughlin, 2018 North Seventh street, $3.75 for vio lating rules at the city bathhouse at Seneca street. This is the first arrest of the kind, but others will follow if rules are not obeyel. V. Grant Forrer. assistant superintend ent of Parks said to-day that the young folks at the bathhouses must and will be protected. According to the testimony given this morning before Alderman Landls of the Sixth ward. McGlaughlin was splashing the children yesterday nnd annoying them in other ways. When told to stop he used profane and abusive language. His arrest followed. Al derman Landls gave McGlaughlin the alternative of paying the fine or go ing to Jail for five days. He paid the fine. 50,000 RECRUITS FOR OVERSEAS By Associated Press• Washington, June 7. Fifty thousand recruits for the Army of Occupation have been ob tained, General March, chief of staff, announced to-day. He said incomplete reports showed 48,023 men enrolled. Three-year enlist ments continue to predominate over the one-year. Northern Russia to date have been 20 officers and 526 men. An official announcement to-day v divides the casualties as follows: Killed in ac tion or died of wounds, 5 officers, 99 men; missing in action, no officers, 35 men; died of disease or accident, 3 officers, 77 men, wounded, 12 offi- I cers, 325 men. COMMISSIONS ON PEACE TREATY TO REPORTMONDAY Members of Conference Show Evidence of Impa tience By Associated Press. Paris, June 7. —Positive instruc tions were issued to-day by the Council of Four to all commissions working on the reply to the German counter-proposals to complete their reports by Monday. There are many evidences of im patience among the prominent mem bers of the Peace Conference. Prem ier Lloyd George, because of a divi sion of opinion and differences among the British experts working on reparations, is acting as his own [Continual on Page 15.] Campaign Against the Mosquito Is Planned by State Health Department Elaborate plans ; J demonstrate how effectively modern methods can be used to rid town and country of the mosquito pest are being built up on the Crow bill now pending in the Senate to authorize the State Depart ment of Health to determine what are mosquito-breeding places and to order abatement, it is understood that one of the communities where this work would be undertaken would be Harrisburg as part of the scheme of Col. Edward Martin, the State Commissioner of Health, to make the State capital a model in sani tation and health. The terms of the bill would en able the health authorities to locate mosquito places, as General Gorgas did at Panama, and thus provide for joint steps for abatement. In case of plague spots being found in cities, boroughs or first-class townships, the municipality and the properties di rectly benefited would bear the cost, but, if outside such divisions, the cost would be borne by the county and the properties getting the bene fits. Authority is given to go as far as to order drainage of swamps, in which work the State would pay a I third. There k, also a provision that I any place can undertake extermina tion of the mosquito on its own accord, the State being given power of supervision to prevent waste. The idea of Col. Martin is to make whatever work is undertaken 'through the bill of an educational nature. Miss Violet Oakley Instructs Capitol Guards Miss Violet Oakley, the artist who painted the mural decorations in the executive reception room and the Senate chamber, while here to-day arranging for the placing of the last two paintings in the Senate ser ies, had a meeting of the Capitol guides and gave them information as to the themes of the paintings. Several times Miss Oakley on visits to the Capitol corrected the inter pretations made by the guides. The Senate paintings will be placed after the close of the legislative ses sion and details of the series for the supreme court chamber will then be arranged. Tt js probable that the members of the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings and the new State Art Commission, when appoint ed, will meet with Miaa Oakley to dis cuss the new series. Cheer Up! REMEMBER WHEN MOST ANY KIND OF A HI EL WOULD STALL THE ENGINE? WHICH REMINDS FS THAT IN SPITE OF THE LOAD WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE GETTING OUT TO WAI.K CP THE HILL LATELY CLUB WOMEN ORGANIZE NEW STATE BODY Harrisburg Woman Honored With First Vice-Pres idency With seventy-flve delegates rep resenting women's clubs of all sec tions of the State in attendance, the Pennsylvania branch of the National Federation of Business and Profes sional Women's! Clubs, was organ ized to-day in the Y. W. C. A. au ditorium. A constitution was adopted and temporary officers were elected. The officers follow: President. Mrs. Margaret Stew art Gray, of Pittsburgh; first vice president, Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jonee, Harrisburg; second vice-president, Mrs. Catherine G. Brooks, of Phil adelphia; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Mabel M. Millet, Harrisburg; recording secretary, Mrs. Catherine Emmett, Philadelphia; treasurer, Miss Clara G. Hendricks, Chester. These officers will serve until the national convention, which will be held in St. Louis June 14-18. Per manent officers will \be elected at a meeting of Pennsylvania delegates which will be held after this ses- I sion. Delegates to the convention will be named during the late aft ernoon. Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, of this city, was the principal speaker at this morning's session. She em phasized in her talk the value of federation, the strength of co-opera tion and traced the history of wom en's clubs. At the conclusion of the meeting this afternoon tea was served to the delegates under the auspices of the local Y. W. C. A. and the committee in charge of arrangements. Later an auto tour to Dauphin and through the city's parks was held. Arrangements for these events were in charge of Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, chairman of the general com mittee in charge of arrangements; Miss Ella M. St'tt, general chair man of the Y. W. C. A., and Mrs. Clara Wolfe. First Road Loan Issued, $12,000,000 In following out the pion outlined recentlv by Governor Sproul the State authorities haveasked for bids for $12,000,000 worth of four and a half per cent, road bonds. Next year $l3 - 000,000 wll he sold. The bids for the bonds are to be opened Monday, June 23, settlement to be made July 1. The Issues will be $2,000,000 flve year, and the' same amounts of ten fifteen, twenty, twenty-live and thir ty-year bonds. ! FIND AUSTRIAN CAPTAIN TRAITOR By Associated Press* Paris, June 7.—Captain Funck, of the Austrian army, has been tried and sentenced to death as a spy by a secret court-martial here. It appears that Captuin Funck was in Paris before the war began and remained in the I city throughout the hostilities, und it was alleged at the trial that he made the enemy acquainted with | information regarding air raids • and long-distance shelling of ] Paris. : " peciflc accusation upon , h,ct > he was convicted was ! ee°rning nl the nB h lnf °™ ion con! r ' nng 'j]® bombardments bv Gothas and Berthas to the Ger ! man m " itar >- attache at Madrid Milk, Cream and Ice Cream Report Shows Product to Be in Good Shape tes l !ld k 'd Cr ? m an^e 'ream samples os ed during May by the city bac teriologist show that a large nia wh ch w thC dea, * r * P™dui which wen, up to thG c|ty Bta according to Health Officer J M j Ratinick. Of the milk samples only 5 of 40 colon bacilli or disease germs, i., contained percentages of gas an d 6 contained more bacteria than allowed by city standards. Only two were below the butter fat re quirement. Thirteen of the 36 cream samples buUer fat or this total 15 were taken jn liglU of S thc K the f °? d '"actors and franl ° ! samples contained only wan per 6ent - b utter rut. while the requirement for cream is 18 per cent. Only three of the 14 ice cream samples which were tested contained disease germs, but nine contained more than 500,000 bacteria, the high est amount allowed. liEfi SLASHED IN "PLAY" "We were only playing," Allen Brown, 510 Brown street, explained when he was taken to the Harris burg Hospital last evening with ai severe cut in the calf of the leg. The' cutting took place in a poolroom at Cowden and Boas streets. Brown refuses to tell with whom he was "fooling" when injured. HOl'R OK SERVICE CHANGED Announcement was made to-day that the Children's Day exercises to morrow mo.rnlng will be held at 10.16 a'clock instead of at 11 o'clock In Zion Lutheran Church. MINERS MOURNED AS HOSTS CROWD THEIR dURCHES Wilkes-Barrc's Period of Sor row Starts With Burial of Explosion Victims By Associated Presto. Wilkes-Hnrrc, Pa., June 7—Wllkes- Barre's period of deep mourning started to-day when the first of the Pt victims of the Baltimore tunnel accident were laid to rest. Young and old, poor and rich paid tribute to many of the men who met terri ble deaths from flame and white damp on Thursday. Thirty bodies were laid to rest in various parts of the city. Church Filled to Overflowing Karly to-day eight bodies were taken to Holy Saviour Church. East End. The church was filled to over flowing and on the outside were hun dreds more. A requiem high mass was celebrated by the Rev. J. F. Mc- Cabe, who on Thursday went into the tunnel and ministered to the in jured and dying and who later stood at the mouth of the tunnel and gave absolution to every man leaving the mine. Refutes Trolley Theory j Seward Button, chief of the mine department, continued his investiga tion of the disaster to-day. Button dees not accept the theory that elec tric sparks caused the disaster. He is satisfied that the trolley was loose but he does not believe It came in contact with the powder or the cars He hints that sparks from a match, pipe or naked lamp dropping in a powder keg probably caused the powder to ignite. Charter Revisers Oppose Governor af.*\ ov J' rn ° r Sprout's announcement that he will not sign the much dis cussed Philadelphia charter bill which has held up the whole legisla tive session. In its present form has stirred up the chorter revlonlsts who declare that they will stand by tha bill. Tliey expect Senator Penrose to come here Monday. The chief trouble seems to be on the size of the council. The amended bill ealln for 27. The Governor wants 21. The ' charter revlonlsts say that the council was placed nt' 27 mcmhers at the suggestion of Attofney General Schaffer. The charter revlonlsts are coming here on Mondoy In force and will stay until they see the Governor about the bill. The bill Is scheduled to be taken up Monday evening. CITY MAY BUY EQUIPMENT TO REMOVE ASHES Sheesley to Put Matter Before Council at Its Next Meeting CONCERTS NOT ASSURED Up to Burtnett to Find Money! For Bands in Public Parks Council may be aSked at the meet ing on Tuesday morning to provide funds fo r the purchase of some teams of horses so that- the city can com plete the organization of a municipal collection force, S. F. Hassler, chief of the bureau, said to-day. "Now that Governor Sproul has signed the bill permitting third class cities to conduct their own asli col lection department, the city can par cliase teams and do all (he work tvitlfout hiring horses and wagons. "At present we have our own forces working, but pay for the wagons and carts in use. t am making esti mates now of the cost of complete equipment. The members of Coun cil can decide whether they want new wagons or used ones. If funds are not available to buy all the equipment this year, part o? It could be purchased now and the balance later. Thirty Morses "About 15 wagons will be needed during the winter months, and about two carts, together with approxi mately "0 horses. Stable facilities must be found also and the cos; of feed and care of the horses must be considered." Othet members of Council slid they fayoret. the purchase of equipment so tii.ot municipal collection of ashes [Continued on Pago 15.] New Week to Be Fair; Temperature Near Normal Washington, June 7. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday, June 9, issued by the Weather Bureau to-day, are: North and Middle Atlantic States: Generally fair with nearly normal temperature. A 1 I MJ|[ 1 i T TO GET AWAY X 4* *f" eft <j {• 4* H* 4 4* J'r 4 X | i 4* 2' j M K .; J X tl> 4 32 f 4 f Ml T POLISH TROOPS SLAY MANY JEWS 4 4* Hi X 4i 4j 4 I X x * * X * * < £ * 3 it i ' * 3 2 * p * * ' *" ' ' *F 4 * * possible. The Council o{ Four met ijf 4 Ti „ Moderation of * f Ge: *r ? -S $ MARRIAGE LICENSES l X Jame* C. Rennfniser, Mt. I'nlon, niu| Xrllf M. Hnivn, Ffuntlncdon; J . I>n vlil Knplnn nnd line F. ClompiJM, llarrl*hiirftt Edward C. Trothf V T n,,f " ttle HI. Sutton. F' 1 ton; .John ni rmum. Elißahrthtown, and J, €M Anna Ni Rudolph, Stceltpnt Hurry S., IlertihciNel, HarriNbura. nnd Helen M, Flltrrfl, Mlildiefoo n: w Robert*. Pottnville, and Mary A *T Wlldermuth, Nehti.vlklfl Haven; John \\. Seltr.inger, Palmyra nnil I Anna I. Mack, llummclNfoMni Jaeoh K. Sehell and Carrie Wataoni | X Harrlabiirin Wllllnm E. Knight. Iloan Mountain, Trim., and Anna J. mm McHonrj, HloomaburKi Theodore F. Hlrt/lujcrr, Philadelphia and Ruth 3' <4r# A. Bowman, MLHernburff. , J BUILDING WORK IN CITY RETAINS ITS HIGH PACE Bcal Estate Transactions Also Continue to Make Becords DERBY BLOCK IS SOLD Shamokin Man Buys Valuable Property on Allison Hill Real estate transactions and build ing activities in the city are con tinuing in record breaking size ac cording to Assessor James C. Thomp son, who said to-day that the pres ent year has seen an unprecedented sale of properties and big construc tion developments considering the price of materials. Since January 1, of this year, sales of properties in the city have prac tically doubled those, of last year, both in number and assessed valu ation. [ One of the latest sales to be reoort | ed is the transfer of the Derry Block. t Fourteenth and Derry streets, by | John C. Eckels. Carlisle, through John C. Nissley, to Samuel Latt, of Shamokin. The block is 107 by 179, by 95, by 127 feet, extending from the line of the Olivet Presbyterian Church property on Derry street, to Fourteenth to Kittatinny, lo the line of the church property. A large storage house, an apart ment house, and nine dwellings are included in the transaction. The I property was owned by a number of | persons and was sold by a committee [Continued on Page 15.] Flights to Be Resumed by Middletown Aviators Flights by Middletown aviators •will be resumed within a short time, it was announced at the flying field of the Middletown depot to-day. The plane in which previous flights had been made, was damaged in a flight ntar Dauphin several weeks ago, and since then no flights have been made. ! Another plane Is being rigged up and will be ready for use within a short time.
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