.../ . ¥ ' ' • •' ' • Gttriiumv Asfe AUiedPaUMAi, Far ImmeiHtitf Admission fa /Ml one nt ffirfimn Rofnr* Signing Pad HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH | ®ie Stoc-lnfrependcnl. LXXXVIII NO. 144 18 PAGES DaU Ma^ter' t tth d poat offlce'at'Ha^rubur* 1 "* HARRISBURG, PA SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1919. on !SEWSP*PKH m S HAKiMSBUHG, E ' !,s HOME EDITION GERMANY TRIES VAINLY TO FORM CABINET FOR CRISIS; DA VID TO SOL VE PROBLEM Teutons Set on Getting Milder Pact Before Affixing Signature to the Demands Made by Entente Powers WANT IMMEDIATE ADMISSION TO WORLD LEAGUE, ERZBERGER WIRES TO FRANCE While the trend of German sentiment is declared in advices reaching the Peace Conference to be continuing strongly in favor of signing the Peace Treaty, it is becoming apparent that the Germans do not intend to make their attitude officially known without an effort to obtain modifications in the terms. In the first place they want to know definitely what they are signing and have asked the Peace Conference.if the terms of Premier Clemenceau's covering note, as regards reparations and-other phases of the treaty, may be considered as part of the document itself and binding upon all parties. Knock at League Door In addition they are reported to have asked the conference if the Allies would agree to admit Germany immediately to the League of Nations, consent to limit Germany's indemnity to 100,- 000,000,000 gold marks, and strike out the requirement for the surrender of the former Ger man emperor. The German cabinet situation is still a mixed one. It is definitely known that the Scheide man cabinet has resigned. Whether a successor to Herr Scheidemann has been chosen as yet seems doubtful, although the American delegation in Paris has received a report that Herman Mueller, Majority Socialist leader, had been selected. A Berlin dispatch dated late Friday, how ever, declared that the government at that hour had announced itself unable at present to pick a new cabinet and had decided to postpone the attempt for forty-eight hours. Ebert Likely to Stay c The advices seem to indicate that President Ebert will re tain office, at least for the time being. Mathias Erzberger, head of the German armistice commissions, seems sure of a place in the government, probably as "minister of reconstruction and ful fillment of the treaty," and he is pointed to as the likely head of the new German peace delegation. Other names than Herr Mueller's mentioned for the premiership, are those of Gustav Noske, the minister of defense and Dr. Eduard David, former president of the National Assembly. May Ask More Time It seems probable that the minis terial crisis caused by the necessity of quickly deciding upon the signing of the Allied peace terms will re sult in a request from Germany for an extension of time beyond Mon day for reaching a final decision. Dispatches from Paris would appear to indicate that under the circum stances, sueh a request would be favorably received. Francesco Nitti, former Italian minister of finance, who resigned from the cabinet last January be cause of a disagreement with Pre mier Orlando over the latter's for eign policy, has been asked to form the new Italian cabinet, it is semi officially announced. Nitti Warned France Signor Nitti is supposed to favor a compromise with the Jugo-Slavs in reference to conflicting claims to territory on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. During the last year of the war he was looked upon with some concern by France, it was re ported at the time, because of his intimat'ons that Italy might be forced to withdraw rrom the war by reason of the failure of the Allies to come to her assistance. Warships and Cruisers to Be Withdrawn From Transport Service Soon Ry Associated Press. Washington. June 21. —Battleships and cruisers now used in transport ing American soldiers from France will be withdrawn from the service by July 15. Those now in Atlantic ports will not return to France, but those overseas or enroute will com plete present trips. } WARDING OFF THE LONG DROUGHT With a bone-dry country less than ten days off, certain oppon ents to this measure are suppos ed to have taken steps to ward off the full force of the law last night. Forty quarts of liquors, chiefly whisky, including Overhott, High spire, Green River, Morely and others, are reported to have beer.- taken from the liquor store of Fred Koenig, 815 North Seventh street, last night. The value is placed at $125. Entrance to the store was gain ed by breaking out a window af ter passing through Milleisen's coal yard, adjoining the Koenig store. THE WEATHER Harrlnbnr* and Vicinity! / Fair to-night. Sunday partly 'cloudy. Not much change In tempera ture* lowest to-night about US degrees. Eastern Pennsylvania i Partly cloody to-night and Sunday. Little change In temperature. Gentle to moderate north winds. Rlveri The lower West Branch Wil rise, probably between one and two feet. The North Branch and main river will rise slightly. Other streams will fall slowly or remain near ly stationary. A stage of about 4.3 feet Is Indicated for Harrla > burg Sunday morning. CREWS SINK HUN FLEET By Associated Press• LONDON, June 21.—1t Is re ported this afternoon that ships of the German war fleet at Seapa How liave been sunk by their crews. The admiralty ban promised to make a statement this evening In this eonnectlon. The Kxrhiinge Telegraph Com pany's report, which was canceled Inter, snld that according to farm ers in the vicinity the German flag was hoisted on the German ships it Scapa Flow as the crews pre pared to sink them. THIRD ARMY NOW ACTIVE IN PLAN TO DRIVE ENEMY Troops Suddenly Galvanized Into Life Soldiers Knew in War Time | Cohirnx, June 21.—Division of the i Third Army after being away from | battlefields and war secenes for seven | months, have again been plunged in to the stirring activities which gen erally precede the actual thunder of war. An army, unperturbed by the work of the Peace Conference and thinking much of home, has sudden- I ly been galxanized into the life the i soldiers knew before the armistice ! and endowed with renewed vigor. It I is to-day moving forward toward the ! edge of the great semi-circle which ; marks the dividing line between the i occupied areas and the neutral sec i tions of Germany. | The week has been the most stir | ring one at Third Army headquarters j and among the first and second di j visions holding the east bank of the : Rhine since the Americans moved in | about six months ago. When orders were flashed from headquarters in | Coblenz to the divisions across the Rhine, ordering them to prepare to I march into the zone of concentration, the orders were transmitted to officers commanding companies and soon non commissioned officers were routing their superiors out of their billets and clubs and relaying the concen tration orders which had come from Marshal Foch. While the civilians in the small towns looked upon the military ac tivities. sometimes with bewilder ment, the soldiers rushed to finish their packing and to find their hel mets, rifles and gas masks which had been Issued previously. Next Week Is to Be Fair Except at Close By Associated Press. Washington, June 21. Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday are: North and Middle At lantic States: Fair except showers probable about end of week. Tem peratures somewhat above normal over interior after Tuesday. EBERT AWAITS NEW CABINET; STAYSJN OFFICE National Assembly May Vote Referendum For Sun day, June 29 By Associated Press. Weimar, June 31— It looks more and more os If Eduard David would be the successor, not only of Phlllpp Scheldemaan, the chanrrlor, hut of Count Von Broekdorff-Rantznu, the foreign minister. His tenure of both offices will | undoubtedly be short, hut he Is | accustomed to that, having held the position of president of the J National Assembly for a brief period, bring supplanted by j Konstantln Fchrenbneh. The cabinet met yesterday morning and gathered for an other session In the afternoon, party lender being present at the second sitting. It Is believed Germany will ask the Entente for nn extension of time limit to permit the settlement of the cabinet crisis. Berlin, June 21.—President Ebert will remain in office pending the form ation of a cabinet. The national assembly to-day may vote a referendum of the entire peo ple for Sunday, June 29, at which signature of the terms will be sub-1 mitted for ratification. It is claimed j this would result in a huge vote of approval. Opposition to Gustav Boske, minis ter of national defense, as the succes sor to Chancelor Scheidemann, is in creasing. while Dr. Mueller is on record as declining the premiership, pleading illness. There is talk of a temporary directorate of five members! to rule Germany in case President Ebert falls to from a cabinet, but this plan Is unpopular as approximating a dictatorship and is unlikely to be adopted except as an emergency meas ure. Out With Scheidemann It was stated on good authority to-day that President Ebert had de cided to stand or fail with Chancelor Scheidemann. because he felt that he must resign rather than sign the Peace Treaty. Between Herr Noske. minister of defense, and Dr. Mueller, under sec retary of war food bureau, the race for the premiership seems to be a strong one. although Mueller seems to have the advantage on account of his greater adaptability in meeting the desires of the Independents. An Independent leader said to-day it was a matter of indifference to the Independents who was chosen, [Continued on Page 7.] Commander Is Named For New State Troop Announcement was made today that C. Herbert Smith, acting captain of Troop B. stationed at Wyoming, Pa., has been appointed captain and com mander of the new Troop E. which is to be quartered in Harrisburg. Sergeant Thomas McLaughlin, of Greenaburg. has been appointed lieu tenant of the troop and Sergeant Al fred Carlon, of Wyoming, has been appointed first sergeant. Captain George F. Lumb in an nouncing the appointments praised the men all of whom are members of the original unit. Arrangements have been made to drill the new troop on a site near Lancaster before It is transferred to this city. An nouncement also was made to-day that Captain Leon S. Prlchard, act ing deputy superintendent of the de partment, has been named by the Governor aa deputy, Will You Take It With You or Have It Delivered C. O. D.? INCOME RETURNS ARE CHECKED UP BY TAX EXPERTS No Indication ofWilful Errors Given by Local Col lectors Individual income tax returns from this city are in the hands of internal revenue officials in Lancaster and the returns of corporations are in Washington where all are being carefully checked up. Scores of them have not yet been reached, it is understood. Officials in- charge of the local offices, while not informed as to the progress in checking up the re turns of this city, to-day declared that returns have been filed as large proportionally as in other districts, and that they have had no infor mation of any evasion of the law. Information* has been received that a large number of prosecutions have already been instituted in other cities of the country, chiefly In New York City, of persons and corporations which have wilfully made efforts to evade conditions of the income tax law. This condition is not believed to exist at all in this city, collectors here Say. Police Called to Stop Soldiers From Beating Each Other Over Girl $ Alarmed by screams and scuffling at 1737 North Fourth street this aft ernoon some one sent in a riot call for the police. Wesley Taggart and Robert L. Gully, were taken to police headquarters, Gully with a badly bat tered head. Both were soldiers, the police heard. They had had an al tercation over a girl in the house. The story was that while Gully was talking to the girl Taggart inter fered. Gully resented and a fight en sued. Taggart, who is charged with kicking Gully, is about 40 years old. and his accuser probably 26. Tag gart is held for a hearing. YOUNGSTERS KEEN FOR PICNIC NEXT SUMMER Thousands of School Boys and Girls Arc Immensely Pleased With Yesterday's Outing in Paxtang Park "Do you want another Telegraph picnic next year at Paxtang Park ?" The query was put in the big theater at the precise moment when a thun der clap ripped out loud and lusty, but the roar of ten thousand Harris burg school children, in and out of the arena, muffled Friend Thunder. "Yes! Yes! Yes! We want one every year." Standing on the stage in this melee of enthusiasm which almost deafened Lieutenant-Governor Beidleman as a climax of the Telegraph picnic yes terday no one could fail to know that' i this event appealed with an Intensity I 1 TOMORROW IS THE LONGEST DAY Summer starts to-morrow, June 22. The sun will rise at 4.31 a. m., according to the alma nac. This means that Harris burgers who get up according to daylight saving time will see the longest day of the year start. The sun will set at 7.32 p. m. After to-morrow the days will begin to shorten. THOMAS MORAN, LONG A SOLDIER, DIES SUDDENLY Served For Years With Na tion's Armed Forces; Was Active in Politics Thomas P. Moran, aged 50 years, died this morning at his home in Lucknow. While he had been in failing health for some time, his death was unexpected. He was about yesterday and talked to sev eral friends in this city. The sur vivors are a widow, Sarah Moran, and a sister. Mrs. Theresa King, who is at present visiting friends in Wil liamsport. The funeral will be held Tuesday and will take place from the chapel of George H. Sourbier, funeral di rector, 1310 North Third street. Mil itary mass will be celebrated at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Maclay street. The Rev. William V. Dailey, rector, will officiate. Burial will be made in Mt. Calvary Cemetery with full military honors. Excellent Military Career "Tom" Moran, as he was known, held an excellent military record. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moran, of this city. [Continued on Page 18.] characteristic of no other civic en tertainment. Traction officials esti mated that fully ten thousand per sons reached the park between the hours of 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. An only misfortune from the storm was that the giving of prizes had some defects and Mr. Stackpole announced to-day that any winners ignored will be well taken care of in the final distribution of trophies. The Spelling Bee Lieutenant Governor Beidleman fitted Into this occasion quite snugly, £ Continued on Page 3.1 j !DAUPHIN COUNTY COURT UPHELD ON HARDSCRABBLE kludge Kunkcl's Decision Af firmed by the Supreme Court on Appeal The State Supreme court to-day affirmed the decision of the Dauphin county court that the city must pay for all property on the west side of North Front street in the Hard scrabble district, erected since 1871, in the cases in which the owners ap pealed from the awards of the view ers. The case which was appealed to the Supreme court was that of A. P. Dintaman vs. the City of Harris burg, which was used as a test case. A Jury award of 814,500 damages for the properties owned by Mr. Dinta man at they were in 1871 was entered, and $6,500 were allowed as domages [Continued on Page 7.] Boys Kill Child of 7 in Robbing Him of Sandwich By Associated Press. Scranton, Pa., June 21.—While on the mountain near Blakeley, this county, looking after the family cow, Peter Knapp, 7 years, sat down to eat a sandwich. Oliver Deider, aged 10, and John Dell, aged 14, came up on him commanding him to hold up his hands. Deider pointed a revol ver at Kr.app and it was discharged as Dell took the sandwich, Knapp falling over dead. The revolver was stolen early in the week from the room of State Trooper Merrifleld at Hahon's Hotel, Olyphant, by Deider. His mother is employed there. The boys confessed their crime telling its full details to the State Police. j Father of Eight Crushed When Cars Run Wild By Associated Press. Eaaton, p a , June 21. William Dagon, brakeman, Phillipsburg, died i of injuries; William Arnold, engi neer, Easton; Lester Huston, fire man, Alpha, N. J., and George Schoole.v, milk handler, Easton, were all badly injured wherr a milk train on the Lehigh Valley railroad crash ed into runaway cars at Irvington, N. J., near Newport, last night. Arnold, Huston and Schooley are in the gen eral hospital at Elizabeth. Dagon is 40 years of age and is survived by his widow and eight children-; also eight brothers and sisters. FAKE 20 BILL There is a crook operating in Harrisburg. His game is to change 85 bills into 820 by the crude method of pasting over the "five" wherever it occurs the word I "twenty" or the figure 85, clipped ! from stage money. He has been successful in several instances, a] number of busy stores having been . victimized, J MUCH BUILDING IS NOW UNDER WAY THROUGHOUT CITY Contractors Have 141 Modern New Dwellings Started OTHER JOBS IN EVIDENCE Next Few Weeks Will See More Operations Begun Since January permits have been taken out by contractors for the erection of 141 dwellings in the city, as compared with permits for thirteen during all of 1918. The total estimated cost of build ing the houses is $591,500. This does not include permits for re modeling dwellings which are to be used for apartments or for the erec tion of new apartment houses. Two permits for new apartments were issued, one at Front and Boas streets, to cost $120,000, and an other in North Sixth street, to cost $20,000. Real estate men expressed much satisfaction because of the con struction of so many brick houses this year. So far permits have been issued for the erection of ninety four dwellings of brick, one of stone and brick, one of stone, ten of brick and stucco, twenty of frame and stucco, four of frame and stone and only eleven of frame construc tion. Ready For Use Many of these houses are about completed or nearing completion and within the next few weeks will be ready for use. Some of them [Continued on Page 17.] Gompers Again Chosen to Lead Labor Hosts By Associated Press. Atlantic City, N. J.,-#June 21. Samuel Gompers was to-day re-elect ed president of the American Feder ation of Labor, in convention here. Mr. Gompers, in a speech said the se lection was American labor's answer i to its traducers and opponents. j_H^4.^4.*uuiruinuu 4. n e§ j DIVIDED ON SIGNING TREATY 2 4* 4* 1 4* "I 4 able to the acceptance of the Peace Treaty, while the n ? . ' 50 n.' y J * j T FRENCH COAL MINERS RETURN tt < Paris—The striking coal miners returned to work # ttjj € u everywhere in France this morning owing to the adop- J * • tion by parliammt of a bin applying the eight-hour day 3 to the coal mining industry. J H CROSSES FOR TWO STATE SOLDIERS J Washington -r General Pershing has made the fol- '3 *t* 'J lowing awards, of the Distinguished Service Cross: Ser- 'J At, 4* ' 4* J *