German SailorsSinh More Warships at Kim and . Wilheh: •'*v | ® LXXXVIII NO. 145 14 PAGEs TS&.t HARRISBURG. PA MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1919. ox k^Jp • BiSSS c <gE3. HOME EDITION POWERS REFUSE TO GRANT TEUTONS LONGER TIME AND GERMANY ACCEPTS UNRESERVEDLY FRENCH FOREIGN OFFICE REVEALS GERMAN ANSWER Text of Teuton Reply Not Disclosed at 3.45 This Afternoon by Entente WEIMAR DISPATCH FILED BEFORE ENEMY PETITION By Associated Press . Paris, June 23. —The German government at Wei mar has formally communicated its willingness to sign the peace terms unconditionally, it was announced by the French Foreign Office this afternoon. The time given for the Germans to make answer expires at 6.49 o'clock this evening. The German answer regarding the Peace 1 reaty was re ceived by the Peace Conference during the afternoon. Its con tents had not been disclosed up to 3.45 o'clock, shortly after which time the French Foreign Oftice made public the announcement of Germany's official action in Accepting the Treaty without reservations. The actual time for affixing the signatures of the proper Ger man officials to the Treaty has not been fixed, but it is generally understood that the signatures will be attached not later than Wednesday. The demand of the powers was that Germany by 6.49 o'clock this evening should either accept or reject the peace terms. In the event of the rejection of the pact the Allied Armies under command of Field Marshal Foch, the Allied commander, were to begin their invasion of Germany at once. It was officially-announced in Weimar yesterday afternoon that Germany would sign the Treaty of Peace and a dispatch from Paris this morning stated that the German answer regarding the Treaty had been received by the Peace Conference, but that up until 3.45 o'clock this afternoon its contents had not been revealed. It may be that the Weimar dispatch carrying the official an nouncement that Germany would sign was filed before an exten sion of time was refused by the Council of Three. Apparently, the dispatch referred to the decision of the German government to sign the Treaty with reservations, of which it gave notice to the Allied Powers and which the latter rejected. Additional Time Refused Paris advices this morning show that the Germans made an appeal for an additional forty-eight hours to make known their decision re garding the signing of the Treaty without any reservations. It would thus appear that at the hour the Weimar announcement was made Germany had not yet officially noti fied the Peace Conference that she would sign the Treaty and accept Berlin, June 23. Germany will sign the Peace Treaty of the Allied and Associated Pow ers. The national assembly by vote of 237 to 138 has decided to sign it. The assembly also voted con fidence in the new government of Herr Bauer 236 to 89. Sixty eight members abstained from voting. On the question of signing the Treaty, five members of the as sembly abstained from voting. Before the vote of confidence was taken, Herr Bauer, the new Pre mier. declared the government would sign the Treaty, but without acknowledging the responsibility of the German people for the war and without accepting the obligations contained in articles 227 to 230 in the Treaty relating to the trial of the former Emperor and the extra dition of other German personages. In announcing the decision of the government to sign the Peace terms. Premier Bauer said before the National Assembly to-day: "The Allies and associated pow ers cannot expect the Ggrman peo ple to agree from inner conviction to a peace instrument, whereby, without the populations being con sulted, living members are severed from the German empire, German sovereignty permanently violated and unbearable economic and finan cial burdens imposed upon the Ger man people." Coming to the question of sign ing the Treaty or not, Herr Bauer said: "The imperial government only too well understands that it faces the enemy's terms. Exalted tndig i nation carries away individuals and the community and tries to find THE WEATHER Hnrrlsburg and Vicinity i Fair and warmer to-night and Tues day. Eastern Pennsylvania I Fair, warmer to-night and Tnesday. Gentle east and aoutheant winds. River—The main river will riar slightly. All tributaries will fall slowly. A stage of nbout 4.1 feet Is Indteated for Harrlsburg Tuesday morning. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ®f)t Star-lnfrcpcntlcnt.. , all its terms. It is probable, how ever. that the answer received by the Peace Conference accepts the Treaty and gives assurance that Germany will sign. A belated dispatch from Weimar give* the information that Dr. Dan iel Von Haimhausen. a member of the German peace delegation, who was asked to conduct the peace ar rangements at Versailles, has noti fied the government he will not sign the Allied terms. !vent, but if on assuming my heavy office I may make a request it is this, do not allow the question of j acceptance or rejection to become a | party matter. Do not misjudge the I advocates of rejection as chauvin ists, pursuing selfish aims, or the > advocates of acceptance under dire 1 necessity as cowards or weaklings, ! void of the national sense of jus tice. "On both sides are weighty reso ! lutions which no responsible man | can overlook. A decision must be I taken. The time for reflection is past The hour for action has ar rived. and in it each of you bears a responsibility." No Further Changes Paris, June 23.—The Council of Four has definitely rejected the Ger man suggestion that further altera tions be made in the Peace Treaty. The Council received four notes from the Germans, which are sup posed to have been prepared in ad vance and were held to await ad vices from Weimar on the result of , the meeting of the assembly. Presi -1 dent Wilson went at once to the j residence of Premier Floyd George, i where the Council took up consid- I oration of the notes. One of these, from the new Oer ; man government, declared that Ger- I many was ready to sign peace if the clauses making Germany responsible for the war and calling for the trial of the former Kmperor were elim inated. Holds Two Sessions The Council of Four remained in session until 8 o'clock in the even ing, and then adjourned for dinner, j The Council met again at !> o'clock and after brief further consideration | took its decision to reject the Ger i man request. The German government has appointed Dr. Hantel Von Haim ! hausen, of the peace delegation, to conduct the peace arrangements at Versailles. It is understood tllat the Allies in sist on absolutely unconditional ac ceptance of the terms, failing which, the armies will begin to advance Monday evening. I Belgian Rulers Are to Visit U. S. in September Brnsaela, June 23.—Before Presi den Wilson left Belgium. It was an nounced to-day. King Albert and Queen Elizabeth accepted his invi tation to visit the United States. The Belgian rulers prohobly will go to the United States in September. FAMILY SAYS HE CUT THROAT IN TRYING TO SHAVE Windpipe Almost Severed With Slash Across His Neck SUICIDE IS SUSPECTED Planned "He Could Save Lots of Money" in Barber Bills With his windpipe almost severed by the slash of a razor. David Levine, pro prietor of a small store at 1315 William street, is in the llarrisburg Hospital in a serious condition. Members of the family say that the cutting: was ac cidental and was done while Mr. Levine was shaving, but Harrisburg Hospital attaches are inclined to believe it was an attempt at suicide. Levine had just returned from a visit with relatives during which time he had learned to shave himself, members of the family say to-day. He had de termined to henceforth perform this duty himself instead of going to a barbershop, because he "could save lots of money," members of the family to-day quoted him as saying. He had shaved himself without ac cident yesterday, but this morning his body was found prostrate in the bath room according to members of the fam ily. The hospital was notified and he was sent there for treatment. Levine was in bed, asleep, when his wife arose to get breakfast, according to the story Jfeld by her this morning. With the meal prepared, she called him to eat but received no answer. When she investigated, she found his body on the floor of the bathroom, she says. Liquor Men in Dilemma Over License Problems Liquor licensees who "pay fees to the State i n the hope of being able to sell after July first will do so at their own risk," states Deputy Attor ney General William M. Hargest In an opinion rendered to-day to Audi tor General Charles S. Snyder who inquired whether the State should receive from the treasurer of Phila delphia fees for sale of liquor after July 1 and whether if such fees are received whether they can be re funded. Mr. Hargest aso holds 'that there is now no authority for return of fees so paid in event that the Fed eral laws and regulations remain un changed. County Assesses Coal Lands For $2,300,000 Adopting officially the recommenda tion of W. F. Sekol, mining engineer, that unmined marketable coal in the lands owned by the Susquehanna Col lieries company should be assessed at 8 cents a ton, the county commissioners formally passed a resolution fixing the valuation at that figure, and setting July 7 to hear the appeal of the cor poration. hile the commissioners a week ago decided to accept Mr. Sekol's recommendation which fixed the total coal assessment at more than $2,300,000 no official action was taken until to-day. ft is understood the valuations of the properties of the Philadelphia and Read ing Coal and Iron Company will be con sidered next. POI.K (iIITS NEW OFFIC E Washington, June 23. Frank L. Polk, of New York, counselor of the State Department, and now Acting Secretary of State, was nominated to-day by President Wilson to be under-secretary of State, a new of fice created under the 1920 legisla tive. executive and judicial appropri ation bill passed by the last Con gres. MOTOR CLUB ENJOYS OUTING IN COUNTRY Sports and Amusements Enliven the Day; Fifty Valuable Prizes Awarded to Winners of Events; Concerts and Dancing Arranged Over in Cumberland county at the quiet park at Boiling Springs hun dreds of members and friends of the Motor Club of Harrisburg turn ed the place into a big scene of fes tivities to-day at the picnic of the club. Everything in the park was free to the members as the club had reserved the whole place. It was needed, too, for the clear weather brought out a record at tendance. A secret running time was fixed for the trip from the city to the park and when the last machine checked in this afternoon the judges got busy and expected to know the winner by early evening. Scores of other contests were staged, includ ing baseball games, boating, track events, quoits, swimming, dancing and even fishing. Band concerts were arranged also. The committee arranging for the picnic included Frank P. Daven port. Boyd M. Ogelsby and J. S. Lowengard. Valuable prizes donated WOMAN'S HAND MAKES IT "JUST LIKE HOME" Miss Watts and Miss Laurie Make Easy the Lonesome Lot of Doughboy and Gob Zoe Beckley, a member of the staff of the New York Evening World, has written for that paper the following interesting story o{ two fine canteen girls—one of llarrisburg and the other of Bellefonte, both of whom were stopped in their return to France and pressed into service in New York. Here's the storv. "Am I being kidded, or is it a fact that two women have set up house keeping in this here place? What — it's true? And there's tea tables and wicker chairs with liowered stuff on 'em, and fancy writing desks and lamps and magazines and a vase of pinks and everything? Say! Drag me to it, will you? 1 haven't talked to a regular girl for eleven months. And say—would she sew a button on, do you think?" He stood in the doorway of the West Side "Y" in 57th Street, and he was an angular, weather-tanned doughboy, fresh out of camp, who had been nineteen months in France. The man at the information desk, grinning at Buddy's eagerness, point ed to a corner of the lobby. "Over there," he said, "where you see the piano and the gob snoozing in the easy chair. Go right in. The girls will do the rest." In five jumps he reached the open door. Big Sister Bertha Laurie and Big Sister Marion Watts, in their overseas uniforms with the rainbow on the sleeve, were pouring tea and C. OF C. TO HOLD ANNUAL PICNC ON AUGUST 14 Committee Headed by Mercer B. Tate Is Making Ar rangements The annual picnic of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce will be held August 14, it was announced at the office of the Chamber this morning. It . was not stated where the picnic will take place, and this part of the ar rangements will be withheld as a sur prise until a later date. The success of the June Joy Jaunt, held at the Colonial Country Club last Friday afternoon, was so great that the four hundred or more members of the Chamber who were there, are ex pressing considerable pleasure at the an nouncement that the annual picnic will be held in the near future. A highly capable committee will have charge of the picnic. It has been prom ised that in spite of the great expecta tions which last Friday's picnic has aroused, the coming event will in no respect fall short of expectations. Al ready tentative plans for lively enter tainment are taking shape, and it goes without saying, say Chamber members, that the lunch and supper will be equally as good as those which have featured past events staged by the Chamber. The name of the picnic grounds will not be the only element of surprise that will enter Into the day, it Is said. Some modes of entertainment which will be devised, are calculated to add greatly to the "pep" and "ginger" of the affair. Complete details qf the plans will be announced later, it is promised. The committee in charge follows: Mercer B. Tate, George N. Barnes, S. J. Brady, M. W. Fager and B. M. Ogelsby. % by scores of firms were given to the winners in the various events held at the park. Things started to liven up about noon at the park and from then un til in the evening the crowds enpoyed a continuous round of merriment. Comic races were staged and while a dozen or more contestants hobbled around tied together or doing some other antics hundreds stood by and laughed and cheered. Frank Horting, chairman of the prize committee, had firty valuable prizes to award In the events, and the contestants all said it was hard work to win them. That they de served the nwards everyone who saw the various races and other events agreed. Quito a large crowd preferred to listen to some lively marches, catchy popular airs and other mel odies furtiidied In abundance at the band concerts, while nianv more crowded into the dancing pavilion for entertainment. passing crackers. The doughboy stood and stared. "Well," he gasped, "if this don't beat h . I mean, ain't it just H-O-M-E! I guess it took the war to show the 'Y' it couldn't get along without the women!" In two shakes of a lamb's tail he was inside, stowing away the refresh ments with his coat off while Big Sister Laurie was sewing a button on his Happing flannel cufT. He was right about the war teach ing the Y. M. C. A. that it needed the feminine touch. For years the West Side Branch has been worry ing along with something missing; it didn't know what. It had its classes and its gym and its dormi tories and its restaurant and its easy chairs and its this and that and the other. But there was something the matter somewhere. Nobody realized it was because there wasn't a woman about the place. The Executive i Secretary, E. Graham Wilson, and some of the others were suddenly j inspired from heaven. Miss Laurio [Continued on Page 13.] SCOUTS OPEN SUMMER CAMP AT MT. HOLLY Youngsters to Get First Hand Training in Woodcraft and Nature Study Camp Hacoboscam, the camp of Harrisburg Council, Boy Scouts of America, located near Mount Holly Springs, opened to-day and scores of Scouts throughout the city are planning to spend part of their sum mer vacation at the camp. The camp will be under the general di rection of Professor J. F. Hess, of the Tech High faculty. More than a score left at noon and many more are to follow Wednesday. Scoutcraft and swimming will be under the direction of Assistant | Scoutmaster J. Carvel Sparrow, and I one of the most important features j of camp, the mess, will be taken care I of by two experienced camp cooks. Professor 11. A. Surface, of Mechan ■ icsburg, has promised to visit camp j at least one day a week in the in ] terest of nature study. He is known as one of the best nature men in the country and his ability to teach boys is well known. An instructor in astronomy and an Army officer to handle signaling are also promised, so that every phase of scouting will be taken care of. Every day the Scouts will spend about two hours in regular school, and for the Scout who wants to, there will be an op portunity given to advance one step in Scouting while he stays in camp. Members of the court of honor will visit camp at regular intervals to give examinations in merit badges j and first class. The program nlso i includes a field day every week with substantial prizes for the winners. The State Board of Health has taken camp under its supervision and is going to look out for camp sanitation and the camp water sup ply. Some of the features of camp will be the erection of signaling towers on the mountains adjoining the gap. Hammond Rocks, some mile and a half to the west will be the location of one tower, and Kel ler Hill, the location of the other on the east. Drawings have been made for a diving tower to be erected at the swimming hole. This will have diving elevations at the surface, six feet up. and twelve feet up. A num ber of diving boards have already beenr installed. Every precaution has been taken to insure the safety and health of every scout in camp. The cost of camp is small—ninety cents per day, $6 per week. $8.50 for ten days. This includes transportation. Highwayman Knocks Him Down and Then Rifles His Pockets, He Tells Police Attacked and knocked 'unconscious by a thug at the corner of Reily and Front streets on Saturday evening, Wil liam Schlayer. 123 Sayford street, re ports that he was robbed of $5 in cash and a gold watch valued at approxi mately S3O. Schlayer. an employe of the Harris burg Polyclinic Hospital, had gone to the hospital about eleven o'clock on the night of the holdup, in order to see that the doors and windows were closed. Completing his work, he started to walk south in Front street toward his home. When passing the corner of Reily and Front streets, a man Jumped i from the phadow of a tree and struck j him over the head. The force of the 1 blow rendered Schlayer unconscious and ! his pockets were rifled, he says. I FIRST ROAD BOND ISSUE OF STATE BRINGS PREMIUM Premium of $423,540 Offered) on Twelve Million Dollars, Submitted Bids Show AWARD TO COME LATER < Heavy Oversubscription Is Of fered For Securities Pay ing I' 4 Per Cent. Pennsylvania's first offering of ! State bonds in a generation, amount- i ing to $12,000,000 of the $50,000,000 j load bond issue authorized by the voters of the State last November, was heavily oversubscribe! when bids were opened at the olTice of the Governor to-day. The bonds pay four and a quarter per cent, and tweutv-one bids were received, sev eral of them for the white let. The highest bid was at the rate of 103.52916, or a premium of $423,540, made by Liberty National Bank, Hal | sey, Stewart and Co., New York, Fra zier and Co., Biddle and Co., Phila delphia; Holmes, Bulltley and War drop, Pittsburgh. ( Owing to the absence of Governor Sproul, Auditor General Snyder, who presided, announced that he and State Treasurer Kephart would meet with the Governor as soon as he ar rived and would likely make an award to-day. "The bids we have received to-day are very gratifying and I am de lighted at the offers made. The issue has been heavily oversubscribed," said Mr. Snyder. "As soon as possi ble we will make an award. This is the first time in many years that Pennsylvania has offered bonds and its securities are going to be in de mand. The bids received were tabulated for the inspection of the Governor. Four Band Concerts Are Arranged For July 4 At least four band concerts, and pos sibly eight, will feature the city's ob servance of the .Fourth of July, it was announced at the offices of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce this morning. Harry Boyer, chairman of the band committee of the Chamber, has made arrangements for concerts in dif ferent parts of the city, and is negotiat ing with other bands for additional con certs. The Commonwealth and Municipal Bands have been engaged for afternoon and evening concerts, according to this morning's announcement. The Com monwealth will render an afternoon and evening concert in River Park at Front and Locust streets, and the Municipal Band at Reservoir Park, both afternoon and evening. MRS. AGNES BUCKINGHAM Mrs. Agnes Ann Buckingham, aged eighty-nine years, died last night at her home, 1532 Green street. The survivors are a husband and one daughter, Mrs. Edward M. Sing er; two grand children, Mrs. Roy G. Cox and Mrs. J. B. DeShcng, and four great grandchildren. Charles Merritt Singer, a flu victim of last October was a grandson for whom she never ceased to mourn, and since which time Mrs. Buckingham has failed in health rapidly. The funeral will take place Wed nesday afternoon at. three o'clock. In the absence of the Rev. H. R. Bender, pastoi; of Sixth street M. E. church, the services will be in charge of the Rev. Robert Bagnell, pastor of Grace Methodist church. Mrs. Buckingham was a member of the Ridge Avenue church for many years and active in the work until her health failed. Mrs. Buckingham was the daughter of Thamsen and John- Marshall, of Red Lion, York county, early Quaker settlers at that place. Mrs. Buckingham was the fifth generation to Christopher Wagenseil, who was one of the 465 German, Dutch and French inhabitants residing in Phila delphia county prior to 1734. He and his family are buried In the old graveyard at Trappe. ROTARY CLUB DINKS The value of the extermination of breeding places as a method of re ducing the number of flies in the city to a minimum, was impressed on members of the Harrisburg Ro tary Club at its noonday ltmcheon- in the Penn-Harris Hotel to-day, by Dr. J. B. Harshu, of the State' D epartment of Education. LONE CRUSADE ON GAMBLING Newport, Pa., June 23.—New port needs an overhauling alon;j some lines, according to Charles E. Byers, 310 Mulberry street, and he proposes at once to take steps to give It to the borough. I He says he believes there is con- | siderablo gambling and the use | of punchboards, illegally, In the borough, and he has offered, a re- ! ward of $25 to nny persons who ! will produce evidence sufficient i to convict any person o" wrong- i doing along these lin-~. Byers says he is particularly Interested in keeping boys from getting the ! gambling lust. ; 47 KILLED AND 160 INJURED By Associated Press. FvansviUe, Minn., June 23. Forty-seven persons are known to be dead, 160 are injured and in emergency hospitals and property valued at $6,000,000 is destroyed as a result of the tor nado which swept through Fer gus Falls late yesterday. Relief work is under way, with plenty of doctors and nurses on hand. The death list may reach sixty when the ruins of the Grand Ho tel have been thoroughly searched, as it is known many bodies are still beneath the pile. MARRIED LIFE MOVED RAPIDLY FOR THIS YOUTH Boy of lb \Ved, Separated and Arrested in Seventy- Seven Days Married February 7, 1911, deserted April 17. 1914, and arrested by Ills wife for nonsupport April 23 were three of the events in the matri monial career of Robert, E. Houser, who testified to-day before Judge S. J. Jr. McCarrell in a divorce action against his wife, Jetta I. Houser. Mr. Houser said he was 16 years old when he was married. When his wife left him April 17. 1911, he went to her home in Woodbine street and asked her to come back to him. She refused, he told the court, and April 20 and 22 he again went to her and [Continued on Pago 13.] ® 444 44*4*44' 4 4 4*4 4444444444444444® $ x 14 WIRES DOWN ROADS IMPASSABLE *9 T l<* 4 4 $ 4 early to-day of the damage caused by the tornado'. Doth T % 4 X 4* *** | uslncss Kctio* of the town, | 4 *r 4 }• • T"Y ro >J 4 : X 4 j ■ 4 - 4 4 if 4 ' ' "-" J t . A 4 4 4 - i I 1 4 4 4 4 *' roots * • 4 ;• 4 > 4 LABOR FEDERATION DESIRES 44-IIOUR WEEK %P. • 4 . i A . . v , - . ■ 4 r > 4 to-day went on record in favor of a 44-hour week for labs * * 4 * a 4 ' -?•<•* - > 4 a 2 -•• ' <; ' - . 4 £ 4 T •/ T* CTT-M T '/ A 'V "" *. * n 4 * • <4# 4 >■ 4 It A * e? > x # , 2 A ( ! .U? ' Osr G I ' * Harrisburg— A chorus of 1,000 voices will take part j* * \* ' 4 1 huisday evening at 7.30 in the big celebration to be held £ *[J in Island Fark when the colored people of the city and * * * Stcelton hold their first public jubilee. The War Camp. j| l| .■ J | J | < 4 | Community Service is aiding the directors of the,chorus .* * 4 A number of old-time hymns will be on the progi,, j, „ 4 5 ► 4 *► 4 > ' t MARRIAGE LICENSES >' 4 £ Harry L. C'rlut, HarrUburu;. and MHry V. Wpw, Pkfladtlplilai, Hurry C. MeNamarn, ClevelnaU, anal KVangellne M. Hrvwi, Harria-" 4) burjei Wl'llam K, Brownlnn nnd .1 aillti It. flruhakrr. Nov Cumberland!ll t~ .lama-* I. I'loiiKh nnd Alary A. Kh|r, Wla-onlna-aag William C. Klllrk nnil I llllnn Jl. Weaver. \orth );l<-ml<l<-g Kohert M. I.afever, Hernhey,* * nnal JMelln I. Wert. llaanuaieiiatairn; Jnmc* M. Fnrreli and Margareta ' SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS HE MAKES ESCAPE Youth Flees From Infirmary at the County Alms house POLICE ARE NOTIFIED Removed From Jail Because of Critical Illness With Tuberculosis I,eft ungarded in an infirmary at the Dauphin county almshouse where he had been sent because of his condition from tuberculosis, Joe Contradico, who had been sentenced to six months in the Dauphin County prison, escaped last evening. Members of the city police force and police ottlcials of nearby cities have been notified to be on the lookout lor the man. Contradico was sentenced to serve six months in the county prison by Dauphin County court on a larceny charge several months ago. He was suffering at that time with tuberculosis. I Ills condition became gradually worse | during his imprisonment, and it was ' fourd necessary to remove him to the I infirmary at the almshouse last Thurs | day. j Contradico was last seen between I seven and eight o'clock last evening. I but his disappearance was not discovered |by ottlcials until this morning. ' Contradico, a Mexican, is said to j have teen about nineteen years old. He I is described as having dark hair, weigh j iny about 520 pounds and as being five 1' feet, five inches in height. His neck is ladly swollen and is open on the left side.
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