~.'r" - r r ■ • „ _ ■ . ; - ■ ■ . _ . ✓ 4 .-'/\S ' ."& "t 4 " 1 Jdfc fPVt S Mm ewCj% ' _, _)k n a<* a u. 1> . wWr*' ' JfJr •'"' Vji '- -• Jt"'**" ' --*•§■ •& • -H 9 ■ ■• • ... M._M. j| _. .. , . .." , ■' M 9 % ' *" ' * * HvV*- ' £ 1 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH otor-3n&ejitn&enl. 1% LXXXVIII— NO. 137 22 PAGES D *"is?SYtKJt^Sr, HARRISBURG, PA FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1919. OH k ss £& T ,ME* ss HOME EDITION HOUSE MEMBERS " UNDER ARREST HURRYJO CITY i Hilarious Welcome Given to Men Who Return to Their Neglected Work "WE'RE HERE," THEY SING Vote Not to Punish Them selves; Rills Are Taken Up on Third Reading Members of the House of Repre - Bentatives, hastening to Harrisburg • from many counties of the Slate in response to mandatory calls from Speaker Spangler, in exercise of , high legislative authority, because of lack of a quorum yesterday, made a. record of 141 men present when j the roll was read to-day. Proceed ings against members absent with out leave yesterday were postponed indefinitely immediately after the roll was called and the House with the necessary two-thirds of the members present at once began to clear a calendar of 252 appropria tion bills on third reading. Great Pun For .Members Much hilarity marked the session. Between midnight and daylight dozens of men came to Harrisburg, many of them unable to secure ho tel accommodations. During the morning the representatives gath ered at the Capitol and for an hour before 10, the time set to call the roll, the big hall resounded with greetings for men caught in the call of the House. At times members sang, the favorite being "We're Here Because We're Here." W. T. Ramsey, the floor leader, was a target for many inquiries as to why he "played hookey" yesterday. Patriotic Prayer Prayer for divine blessings on the observance of Flag Day to-morrow opened the first Friday session held by the House in years. Chaplain Feldman made it an occasion for expression of patriotic sentiment and reference to the victorious close of the war. Before the roll could be called Mr. Sowers, Philadelphia, asked that it be noted that he was present yesterday. The Speaker re plied that he was so recorded. The calling of the roll was fol lowed with close attention by peo ple from various offices in the Capi tol and considerable jibing of mem bers who had come in late by their i colleagues. The Allegheny coun tians came in for much twitting. 141 Present As soon as the Speaker announced 141 of the 206 members constituting the present House had answered. Mr. Wallace, Lawrence, moved that proceedings against members in con tempt for being absent without leave and brought here on orders be "postponed for the present." There were many "noes,'.' but Speaker Spangler declared the mo tion carried, whereupon .Mr. Stadt lander, Allegheny, demanded a di vision. The Chair refused. Efforts to obtain leaves of absence for D. I. Miller, Dauphin, and Hoff man, Lancaster, were objected to, but granted Mr. Dilsheimer, Phila delphia, because of illness, and Mr. Ruddy, Lackawanna, owing to sick ness in his family. Attacks Newsp a lM. , rs Mr. Dunn, Philadelphia, then be gan an attack on a newspaper ' ar ticle, but members began to jeer to him and finally Mr. Flynn, Elk, de clared that Mr. Dunn was not speak ing on a matter of privilege and said: "If members pay attention to everything printed in newspapers we could not do anything elsewhere." The House applauded him and Mr. Dunn sat down with the remark ( that if members agreed with Mr. j Flynn he would submit. Mr. Ramsey then said- that a j large number of members had as- i sumed it to be their privilege to I go home but that they were back again and he therefoVe moved a sitting until p. m. It was agreed to. lark of Interest When the House had gotten underl way, Mr. Palmer, Schuylkill, camel in having arrived from Pottsvlllc by| automobile and was seized by Messrs. I Milnor and Wells, Philadelphia, and taken before the sergeant-at-arms. The passage of the appropriation [Continued on Page 21.] Sixteen-Inch Shell Is Placed on Exhibition i i A monster sixteen-inch shell, such j as were used so effectively by the I American forces in the storming of the St. Mihiel sector, has been re ceived at the Harrisburg.Recruiting Station. Placed on the pavement in front of the offices of the station, the huge projectile is attracting considerable attention to-day. To shoot such a shell as is be ing exhibited, costs approximately $1,930, officers at the station esti mated this morning. The shell it self costs approximately S7OO, while the powder adds S2BO to the cost and the fuse $l5O more. Added to this is SBOO for the depreciation on the huge guns. The total cost of such a gun is $200,000, and hut 200 shots can be fired from it. i The firing weight of the enor mous shell is 2,400 pounds. The projectile itself weighs approxi mately 2,100 pounds, while the pow der weighs an additional 300 pounds. THE WEATHER] Harrisburg and vicinity! Fair and slightly wanner to-night and Saturday. Lowest tem perature to-night about fi de grees. Eastern Pennsylvana: Fair to night and SaruTMny, gllghtly warmer. Gentle, shirting winds. RIVER The iSnsqoehannn river nnd Its tributaries wll eontlnne to fnll slowly. A stage of about 4.2 feet 1s Indicated for Harrisburg Satnrday morning. Returning the Borrowed Lawn Mower / \ MUCH QBL<gED^ VETERANS OF WAR ORGANIZING FOR AMERICAN LEGION Returned Soldiers Apply For Charter in Grand Army of the Future Returned officers and soldiers in Harrisbnrg and Camp Hill have be come active in the formation of lo cal posts of the American Region, which will be the Grand Army of the future. Applications for char ters authorizing the establishment of posts, one in Harrisburg, the other in Camp Hill, are in the hands of George F. Tyler, State chairman with headquarters in Philadelphia, and early approval is expected. Following the caucus held at St. Louis in May, posts have sprung into being all over the country. Fif teen names are required on the original application, for no post may be formed having less than 15 mem bers. A limited number of men are authorized to establish posts in each county, and these men, comprising the executive committee for Dau phin county, are Paul Gilbert, Mark T. Milnor, and Edward J. Stackpole, Jr. All members who enroll in any post prior to September 25, 1919, the date of the national State can tonment to be held in this city, will be considered as charter members of that particular post. The dues are 50 cents up to the time of the national convention in Minneapolis to be held November 10 to 12. 1919. To Take in Memljors Persons eligible to membership in the American Legion are those who have been in the military or naval service of the United States [Continued on Page I".] Youthful Heir to Millions Killed When Car Turns Over Near State College By Associated Press. Bellefonte, Pa.,* June 13.—Walter Winton, son of the late W. W. Win ton, of Scranton, who came here this week to attend the closing ex ercises at the Bellefonte Academy, was instantly killed early to-day when his automobile upset while rounding a sharp curve on the road at State College. Winton was a student at the Academy, but was called home three weeks ago on account of the death of his father, who was known as the "diamond king" of Scranton! He came back this week in a big motor car to attend commencement and started on a trip to State Col lege with six other students. In at tempting to take the curve at high speed the car upset and Winton was killed. Two were slightly in jured and the others escaped. Winton was twenty years old and would have come into possession of two million dollars on his twenty flrst birthday HOLD TWO ALIENS IN TERROR PLOT By Associated Press. Philadelphia, .June. 13.—Paul Olsen and John Wintol, bomb suspects, each 2 7 years old, were held withoutybail to-day. Detec tive Mahoney presented as evi dence a bag containing 125 steel jacketed dumdum cartridges, maps and street guides of Phila delphia, Camden, New York, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. in which bombs were exploded re cently; a quantity of radical lit erature and two phials of sus picious liquid. The men are un naturalized aliens. KOLCHAK WOULD CRUSH REDS IN FREEING RUSSIA Dictator Plans to Call Elec tions For Assembly When Soviet Reign Ends Paris, June 13.—Admiral Kolchak, head of the all-Russian Government at Omsk, in his reply to the first let ter from the Allied and associated powers, which resulted in a second letter promising him Allied support, declared he did not propose to re tain power longer than required by the interests of the country. He re affirmed his intention to call elec tions for the constituent assembly [Continued on Page 21,] DON'T BELIEVE IN FRIDAY THE 13TH! BETTER LOOK OUT No One Wants to Walk Under a Ladder Even With a De ceased Rabbit's Foot Jinx Day; look out; watch your step; Friday, the 13 th. But who cares! Well, some do. Nobody walked un der the two ladders near Market and Third streets, and at leaHt forty rabbit feet were being carried, for John Barr, who decimated these tun nies last fall, had saved up all :lie feet and gave them out last night to guests at the wedding of Fred :.fon ohan, elevator man in the Capitol Building. These Mophlca seemed to do the trick, but only for a while. Tt was related also that a man tried to scoot over Market street bridge without tjaylng toll when a black cat shot past his car and so threw the fear of the law into him that he BRITISH PLANE MAY NOT START ACROSS TODAY Vickers-VimyMachine Springs Axle of Wheels When Landing at St. Johns By Associated, Press. St. Johns, N. F., June 13. —The Vickers-Vimy machine may not start on Its transatlantic flight until to-morrow.*ln landing last night the axle of the wheels was sprung and this may delay the flight of the big machine, which was to have hopped off on its long aerial journey be tween 3 and 4 o'clock this after noon, in competition for the $50,000 London Daily Mail prize. The start of the Handley-Page machine, which made a successful trial flight over the water to-day, is expected to be made on Sunday. The Handl'ey-Pagc entry postponed its projected trial flight from yes terday until this morning because of fog. Strenuous efforts are being made to get the plane ready imme diately for her transoceanic race, but it was said early to-day she probably will not start before Sun day. Climbs 5,000 Feet Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, navigator, yesterday made a second trial flight with the Vickers-Vimy plane, which they declared was thoroughly suc cessful. The big plane was in the air forty minutes, climbing to a height of 5,000 feet and flying at a speed of 120 miles an hour. Her engines worked perfectly and her transmitting Instruments sent wire less messages to both shore sta tions and ships in port. gave up half a buck and forgot the change. A sad story came from a Market Street hostelry where a customer tried to get 13 per cent, of alcohol over the bar. He drank two bottles of beer which furnished him over live per cent, alcohol, then tried to round up with ale. containing eight per cent. Nobody could decide what the total was, but a policeman told him to "move on." Dozens of sad tales oozed Into George Hary's cigar store, but Mr. Harry was cold and unsympathetic. "I don't believe in superstitions,'' said he, scowling at a Penn-Harrts guest who came from Westmoreland county, wearing a deceased rabbit's foot for a bouquet. BELL COMPANY RATES INCREASE BY 20 PER CENT. Old Contracts Do Not Hold With Injunction Dis solved STATE TO STUDY MATTER Company Points to Increased Cost of Labor and Supplies Telephone rentals in Pennsylva nia will be advanced 20 per cent, on Monday by the Bell Telephone Com pany. Thousands of subscribers will bear the increased costs. Subscribers holding contracts un der the present rates will find them useless against the increased charge. Company officials hold that rates ap proved by the government while wires are under Federal control take precedence over old rates irrespec tive of written agreements. Attorney General Schaffer said to- ! day in discussing the advance: "If the injunction which restrained j the increase in rates has been dis- ! solved in obedience to a decision of j the Supreme Court of the United j States, there seems little action that | 1 can take. I appeared at the hear- j ing for the increase of rates in ob- ] jection to it. On my return to Har- j risburg on Monday I shall study the ! matter thoroughly, and see if there ! is any possible action I can take." Subscribers entitled to a limited number of calls will pay six cents each for extra calls instead of five. The five-cent call is gone except in places where the nickel-in-the-slot telephones are operated. The company has issued a state ment showing how the increased cost of labor and supplies makes the" increase imperative. Mexico Offers to Aid Natives in U. S. Who Are Now Out of Work Mexico City, June 13.—Among the methods adopted by the Mexican government to aid Mexican labor ers in the United States who have suffered. during the reconstruction period following the ending of the war, is one by the Department of Agriculture to allot small plots of land in Lower California to those who wish to return to their home land from north of the Rio Grande. By this means it is hoped to re patriate thousands of Mexicans and also to populate and render produc- I tive the millions of acres of land in Lower California which the gov ernment has taken over from the former concessionaries for not carrying out their obligations. Requests from more than three hundred Mexican families now re siding in El Paso, Texas, that they be allowed to return to Mexico to engage in farming, have been re ceived by the Department of Agri culture here and intimation is giv en that the federal government in the near future will provide for their repatriation. $30,000 Fire Threatens to Wipe Out York County Town Early in Morning By Associated Press. York, Pa., June 13.—Emigsville, a town of about 400 inhabitants, four miles north of this city, was threat ened with destruction by fire at 5 o'clock this morrring. | Brillinger and Swartz's general | store and warehouse was burned to the ground, but the flames were pre vented from spreading to nearby dwellings by York firemen who were rushed to the town- under orders of Mayor Hughentaugler. The damage is approximately $30,000. Origin of fire unknown. Telegraph Wires Appear Normal, Despite Strike Chicago, June 13.—Despite claims of union officials that 18,000 telegraph operators were idle to-day and that the tie-up would be complete by Monday, commercial telegraph busi ness, particularly between the larger cities, is being handled on practically a normal basis, according to reports to the commercial companies here to j day. OfTicers of the Commercial Tele graphers' Union of America, which called the strike to enforce demands that the workers be permitted to organize, "bargain collectively and obtain adequate wages," were elated o\er an announcement from St. Louis that union railroad telegraphers were ordered to discontinue handling com mercial business after 6 a. m. Sat urday. Whether the railroad operators will be called out on sympathetic strike will depend upon developments of the next few days, it was stated. U. B. Church Steeple ✓ Is to Be Reslated Workmen are busy preparing for the reslating of the steeple of the First United Brethren Church, Boas and Susquehanna streets, of which Dr. W. E. Daugherty is pastor. M. H. Gettys, contractor, started the work of building the scaffolding from the ground yesterday and it is expected that the actual reslating work will start on Monday. CHARGED BY PATROLMAN Elmer Howard, 916 Sarah street, is scheduled for a hearing in police court this afternoon on a charge of interference with a 6lty patrol man. Howard is alleged to have in terfered with Patrolman Ixiwry last evening when the latter was called to 916 Sarah street to compel two girls to vacate a room there. TEUTON CABINET NOT BIG ENOUGH TO MEET CRISIS Citizens of Greater Berlin De cide to Strike; Airmen to Drop Information INDUSTRIES .TO CEASE Prussian Minister of War At tends Council Meeting at German Capital GERMANS HIT AT "VIOLENT PEACE" By Associated Press. Weimar, June 13.—Resolutions expressing indignation at the "peace of violence," which makes Germany's future "impossible," have been adopted by the Major ity Socialist party at its conven tion. The resolutions declare the peace terms are not in con formity with President Wilson's fourteen points. International Socialists are called on by the party to protest against "the rnbst unheard-of peace of modern history." It is demanded that the Gprman re public be admitted immediately to the League of Nations. The party demands that the home government make a re lentless investigation of all who were responsible for the outbreak and conduct of the war. Berlin, June 13. A secret session of the citizens' council of Greater Berlin yesterday de clared in favor of a citizens' strike, according to Die Freiheit. Leading manufacturers, mer chants, professional men and Colonel lteinhardt, the Prussian minister of war, were present . The chairman of the meeting is quoted as declaring that a strike was necessary because the present government was incapable of re deeming Germany from chaos. Plans to Prop Leaflets It was planned, according to the newspaper, to have airplanes dis tribute leaflets announcing when the strike would begin. All the food in dustries, including the bakeries, would cease work, according to the plan, this leading to civil war, which, it was held, would help the bour gcosie attain political power. Utmost Severity Urged Some of the manufacturers and commercial interests, Die Freiheit declares, advocated the utmost se verity, "as the only means of over coming the laboring classes." The citizens will be armed. Colonel lteinhardt is reported to have said the troops would be entirely on their side. Col. E. V. Sumner Is Killed in Accident Lieutenant Colonel E. V. Sumner, Jr., widely known in this city, was killed in a motorcycle accident in France on June 3, according to in formation received in this country yesterday by relatives. Lieutenant Colonel Sumner resided in the city for a period of approximately tiftoen years, having been a son of )3riga dier General E. V. Sumner. Lieuten ant Colonel Sumner, at the time ct his death, was commwder of the t v iaton depot at Romorantin, France. Lieutenant Colonel Sumner was born at Fort Niobrara, Neb., October 7, 1884. His grandfather. Major Gen eral E. V. Sumner, served in the Mex ican and Civil Wars. Lieutenant Col onel Sumner was graduated from West Point in 1908, and assigned to the Second Cavalry, serving with that regiment in the Philippines and in this country until he was detached for the air service in the full of 1917. Upon this transfer he was promoted to major. On his' arrival in France in April, 1918, Lieutenant Colonel Sumner was assigned to the command of the de pot at Romorantin, the largest air service plant of the American Expe ditionary forces. At one time he had under'him 300 officers and more than 15,000 men. His work there in an administrative capacity attracted considerable attention and won him the commendation of General Persh ing. He was awarded 'he Distingu ished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor Medal. Lieutenant Colonel Sumner leaves his wife and two children, the j younget ,a son, who was born after his departflre for France. Odd Fellows to Hold Annual Memorial Service Memorial services under the aus pices of the twelve local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fell lows will be held Sunday night in Reformed Salem Church. Third and Chestnut streets. Vhe program will open at 7.30. | The sermon will be preached by | Captain Harry Nelson llassler, chap lain of the Twenty-eighth Division, a member of the Order of Otffi Fel lows, and former pastor of the Sec ond Reformed Church. The members of the various lodges in Harrisburg will meet at 7 o'clock sharp at the Hall of State Capitol Lodge I. O. O. F., 306 North Second street, and will proceed In "a body to the church. These services will lie in commem crution of deceased members who died during the year ending June 1, 1919. Included among those who died are a number of young men who paid the high price of tneir devotion to their country by sacrificing their Uvea in Franco. GERMAN PEACE PACT WILL BE REWRITTEN AS WORLD DOCUMENT Copies Received in This Country to Be Obsolete After Text Undergoes Change at Allied Peace Conference in Paris BRITISH UNDERTAKE TO HAVE ALLIES GUIDE HUN PROGRESS By Associated Press• At its meeting last night the Council of Four reached an agree ment in principle on the admission of Germany to the League of Nations. The drafting of the details has been left to Andre Tardieu, who completed the work to-day. The delivery of the Allied reply to the Germans will be made by messenger and without ceremony. The five-day limit allowed the Germans will be supplemented by another three-day period, which is specified for denouncing the armistice. The reply to the German counter proposals will be printed in French and English at the nationq.l printing works and will cover about 50 pages. It is expected It will be published in full after It has been handed to the Germans. Berlin Reflects Sentiment Latest American diplomatic in formation from Berlin indicates an increasing probability of the Treaty being signed if a plebiscite in Silesia is granted and admission to the League of Nations is promised. Conference informaUon, however, is derived iurgely from opponents of the existing government and is not highly reliable. Military reports from Berlin, on the other hand, re flect the French viewpoint that sig nature of the terms is improbable. Oppose Signing Pact Monarchist and conservative forces are described as developing increas ing strength with the improvement in the, discipline and numbers of volunteer troops, who are said to give only surface allegiance to the present government and whose lead ers oppose the signature of the / f t n f '• ► T f II T *' T * * T * * i * T * ► T '• * II t :: 4 " 4 l T * ? r i T i * * * * 4 * - i £ 4 f 4 • 4* s * * eH • ' t 4 X T * ► I i: 4 • r ;• ► t <tU t X * X ;► X * * r t X % \ I % -rj; | MARRIAGE LICENSES I X Ralph S. Hesser and Margaret R. Rover, Harrlabnrg. Ralph K.I ' T Honck and Kathryn G. Williams, York. James F. Thompson, Steelton, t •Hand Rebn M. Melnsler, Mlddletown. Frank J. Horse} and Anna R. JL Frits, Benton. Pnul A. Simpktn* nnd Nancy 1,. Hunnah, Mlddletown. e O. Scchrlst nnd t'leo M. Parmer, Hnrrlshurg. Stewart 11. Swab,., |n Ellaabethvllle, and'Wenlthn M. Bnfflngton, Grata. * * Treaty unless Important changes in principle are accorded. Paris, June 13. The British have made an eleventh-hour at tempt to reopen the question of 1 reparations. They have submitted proposals introducing into the func tions of the reparations committee the principle of control of raw materials, etc., furnished Germany, enabling the commission to control . Germany's economic development i during the period it operates. The British effort has not met with a sympathetic reception by the ■ reparations commission, to which it was referred. It seems improbable that the proposals will be accepted, but they constitute one of the causes of the delay of the reply to the Germans, which it was rumored to-day probably would not be pre sented until Monday. To Rewrite Peace Treaty The Peace Treaty with Germany ; will be entirely rewritten and re printed for the incorporation tex ' tually of the explanations and clar i ifications contained in the Allied re [Continuod on Page 21.]
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