Allied Powers Hasten Work of Framing Their Replyto Counter Proposals of German Government
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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-
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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
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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.
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Anna I. Mack, llummclNfoMni Jaeoh K. Sehell and Carrie Wataoni |
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McHonrj, HloomaburKi Theodore F. Hlrt/lujcrr, Philadelphia and Ruth 3'
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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.