Germany's National Assembly Willßefit) Work of Ratifying Worlf Peace Treaty on ' HARRISBURG IPiPP TELEGRAPH 8l)e otac-3n&cptn&tnl. LXXXVin— NO. 154. 16 PAGES Wa.aBrt.IWMSSJ-' HARRISBURG. PA. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1919. "SSASSg ittSE&gf ' uSS&3. HOME EDITION CELEBRATION OF JULY 4 IS TO BE d SAFEANDSANE , Many Band Concerts Planned For Afternoon and Evening FIREWORKS ARE BARRED Special Religious Services to Be Held in Accordance to Custom Harrisburg is to-day getting ready to forget to-morrow the greater share of its cares and again reverent ly observe the signing of that famous ■ pact which created America a na tion, some 163 years ago. Nothing extensive is to he found In any of the preparations of Har risburg for the observance of the Declaration of Independence, but nothing of the happiness of the oc casion is to be forgotten. Plans for the day are thoroughly in accord with provisions for a "safe and sane" celebration. Fireworks Barred Fireworks and pyrotechnics with their noise and red light will be missing from to-morrow's celebra tions in this city, in sharp contrast to some of those held in the past. No street parades of Harrisburgers or, in fact, very little of show, has: been arranged for the city. Band concerts have been ar- j ranged throjugh the efforts of the I Chamber of Commerce and will | serve to furnish entertainment for: a large number of persons, while the combined show of Barnum and Bailev and Ringling Brothers, to gether with the street parade, will attract a large number of others. A few baseball games have been ar ranged, but small picnics and out ings promise to be the biggest at traction. The Concerts. The concerts will be held at the following places: Reservoir Park, 2:36 to 4:30, and 8 until 10 o'clock. Commonwealth Band. Lawn of the Home of the Friend less, Fifth and Muench streets, 2:30 until 4:30, Moose Band. „ River Park, Front and Boas streets, 8 until 10, Moose Band. Harris Park, Front and Mulberry streets. 2:30 until 4:30, and 7:15 un til 9:15, Highspire Band. Verbeke ftreet, between Cowden and Seventh, 2:30 until 4:30, and 8 until 10, Perseverance Band. Special Service A prayer meeting has been ar ranged by Market Square Presby terian Church. In 1876 the church held the first prayer meeting of the Fourth of July. This meeting has been mailed erroneously quoting the years ago the plan was broadened, and included all the neighboring churches. This plan will be fol lowed again this year. The meeting ts a 7 a. m., although notices have been mailed enoneously quoting the time as 7:30 a. m. The following program will be followed: Organ. prelude: "The Star-Spangled Banner," one verse; invocation, the Rev. S. W. Herman, D.D., leading; a hymn; the Scrip ture lesson, read by the Rev. L. S. Mudge, D. D.; a hymn; a'prayer, the Rev. Robert Bagne'l. D. D.; an ad dress of 20 minutes, by W. D. B. Ainey, LL. D.: a hymn. l "America": prayer and benediction, | the Rev. William N. Yates, P. D. Tt is expected that the members of Reformed. Salem, Zion Lutheran, Messiah Lutheran. Pine Street Pres- byterian, First Baptist, Grace Meth odist, Vine Street Methodist. Fohrth Street Church of God, Covenant Presbyterian, Immanuel Presbytc t rian, Calvary Presbyterian, Olivet Presbyterian, Westminster Presby terian, and Paxtang Presbyterian, will all be represented by members. Musical Thieves Took Records After Stealing J Phonograph From Homej Burglars who have been responsi- 1 ble for a number of petty thefts in j the city within the past several days, appear to have developed a musical • taste. Yesterday reports were re- J ceived of the theft of twenty phono- j ' graph records and to-day a report was received that a phonograph it self was stolen from Elmer C. Win geard, 1720 North Third street. Two more house-breaking cases have been reported in the South Thirteenth street section. "louses entered are those of Nelson Gleim, 1257 South Thirteenth street, and of James Morrissey, 12 67 South Thirteenth street. At the Gleim residence, entrance was gained by "jimmying" open a side window, after the screen had been cut. Drawers on the first floor had been ransacked, but only $1.50 C*"" in cash is reported to have been taken. Valuable silverware was left undisturbed. Clothing, pillows and other articles were thrown about, but no damage is reported. The k pocketbook in tfhich the money had been contained, was found in the yard of William Zerbe, 1265 South Thirteenth street. Nothing is reported to have been taken from the Morrissey residence. Admission there was gained by re moving a screen in a side window. Drawers were ransacked, but It is believed the Intruder was scared off here by a dog. # ITHEWEATHEI] Harrlshurg nnd Vicinity) Kalr, continued warm to-night and Friday. Lowest temperature to night nhout 70 degrees, , Eastern I'ennsylvnnlni Fair to night and Friday, continued warm. Gentle variable winds. Rlrert The Susquehanna river and all Its tributaries will continue to fall slowly. A stsgr of nliout a f 8.0 tret Is Indicated for Hnrris burg Friday morning. GIANT DIRIGIBLE R-34 IS CRUISING ABOVF FOG ON VOYAGE OVER ATLANTIC British Airship IsDueFriday Forenoon HALF OVER, CREW WIRES New Foundland Has Signals From Traveler GET R-34'S SIGNALS St. John's, N. F„ July 3.—The i wireless station here reports hav -1 ing heard signals last night from the British dirigible R-34, in dicating that all was well and that the dirigible was continu ing her westward journey. The position of the ship was not re ported and consequently the sta tion here has no idea how far she has progressed on her voyage. By Associated Press. London, July 3.—At 9 o'clock Greenwich time (5 o'clock New York time) the giant dirigible R-34 reported to the British air . ministry that she was continu ing in an almost due westerly course. The report from the airship said she was cruising above fog. At 6.11 this morning the dirigible was ap proximately half way over the At lantic to New Foundland. Her posi tion at 9 o'clock (Greenwich time) was 52 degrees, 50 minutes north latitude and 3 4 degrees, 30 minutes west longitude. The air ministry announced dur ing the forenoon that the dirigible was expected to reach St. John's, New Foundland, on Friday morning and Hazlehurst Field, early Satur day morning. . The British warship Renown, sta tioned in mid-Atlantic, reported at 6.15 o'clock this morning that the barometer was steady, the wind blowing about four miles an hour from the northwest. The sky was clear and visibly good and the sea was smooth. Moiituuk Point, N. Y., July 3. The American dirigible C-3, housed at the Montauk naval air station, to-day was fully fueled and ready to sail out to meet the R-34 when she nears this coast. It is expected the radio station here will be the iirst on Long Island to pick up a message from the British airship. If no word is received from her on Friday morning, officers said, the C-3 will be sent out on an ob servation flight. The American craft is equipped with wireless and could pick up the visitor and pilot her to her anchorage. Cable Tested For Use in Underground System; Poles to Come Down City Electrician Clark E. Diehl to day tested cable at Wilkes-Barre to be used in this city for underground police and fire alarm systems in Wal nut street, replacing overhead wires. It is understood that as soon as the tests are completed th? cable is to be sent to Harrisburg and will be placed in conduits at once. Mr. Diehl before leaving said he will have ar rangements made to do the under ground work with no delay. As soon as these overhead wires are replaced they will be removed from the poles. The American Telephone and Tele graph Company is rapidly complet ing connections of the new under ground system which has been placed in Walnut street, and when this Is done, the long row of tail poles and overhead wires will be taken down. This work is to be flnished in the early summer. SATURN'S CALL ON VENUS DISTURBED THE HEAVENS Really Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey Are Not SjUrs of Sufficient Glass to Light Up the Skies The configuration of heavenly bodies in the western sky seems to have attracted some attention last evening, in spite of the haze and smoke over the city. The appear ance of the three stars, accompanied by a "dry" moon, is still unex plained, unless the Victory "V" wus the right answer. Another suggestion was that the very bright star is "Big Jess" Wil lard, the smaller one closing in on him Denipsey, and the third one keeping out of their way, Ollle Pecord. Judging by the size of the stars, Jess looks like a sure winner, though the little fellow, Dempsey, may have more speed. What really happened was this. At 4 p. m. yesterday there was a very close conjunction of two U. S. to Protect France By Associated I'ress. Paris, July 3. —The texts of the agreements between France and the United States and France and Great Britain were given out by the_Foreign Office late last night. The agreement with the United States cites articles of the Peace Treaty prohibiting Germany from fortifying either the right or left bank of the Rhine or assembling forres within thirty miles east of the Rhine and provides, in case these provisions do not assure France proper sec-urity and protection, the United States is bound to come immediately to the aid of France if any unprovoked act of aggression is made against her by Germany. It is provided that the Treaty shall he submitted to the council of the League of Nations, which will deride whether to recognize it as an engagement in conformity with the League covenant and also that the Treaty shall be submitted to the United States Senate and the French Parliament for approval. "F" PICNIC CERTAIN TO BE BIG EVENT Country Home of J. William Bowman to Be Alive With Gaiety July 17, When Annual Outing Is Held Whoopee! Sixty Autos! Band! Swimming! Baseball! Volleyball! Eats! What's the big idea? Haven't you heard? The annual picnic of the Central Young Men's Christian Association is scheduled for July 17. The country home of J. William 'iowman, two miles above Dauphin, I is the place. And it's to be quite a picnic. Oh. j yes. quite! The entertainment committee of! the "Y," headed by John F. O'Neill,' has quietly been on the job getting' set for the event a month and! now plans have been about com-! pleted. Te picnickers will leave Harris burg the afternoon of the seven teenth traveling deluxe—always ex cepting of course the "Y" member:- < who own flivvers. Henderson Gilbert, heads t.hej: "stunts" committee, so no more need! be said on that particular subject!: By the way, committees have been i npolnted to take care of everythinc but treatment of ivy poison, and i here those committees are: John F. O'Neill, general chair BIG WAREHOUSE ANDGARAGEFOR MARKET STREET Selden Truck Distributors Plan Modern Structure on Busy Corner Arrangements have been com pleted for the erection of a three story brick and concrete fireproof building on the southwestern corner of Market and Cameron streets, work to be started immediately. The Selden Truck Distributors who [Continued on I'age B.] PINE STREET TO ENLARGE CHURCH AND EQUIPMENT Large Sum Will Be Expended in Bemodeling the Building By an unanimous vote the congre gation of Pine Street Presbyterian church authorized the appointment of building and finance committees V> arrange for improvements to the church and Sunday school, and sub mit reports for final approval at an [Continued on Pago 8.) planets, Venus (very brlgtt) an( j Saturn (close on the right tf Venus last evening.) On July 1 Saturn was on the left of Venus, and j n less than a day exchanged lositions. Some distance to the left if them shines out a fixed star of the first magnitude, Regulus, the Principal and brightest star in the (onstella tion Leo (the Lion.) It | H these three stars that made the (l.xpiay, Venus was 67,000,000 ttiles dis tant from the earth last ev'enine" and Saturn 923,000,000 While Saturn is moving furtlur away Venus is approaching h e earth about a million miles ad iln(1 be coming brighter. Venu> w JH b " closest to the earth Sept, mber at a distance of 28,000,00 mile* and after that date will gradually draw away. , tman; Walter E. Dietrich, FYank C. I Koose, Dr. M. V. Hazen, Harry C. j Hoffman, H. R. Leonard, E. Fred Howe, S. S. Rutherford. Ross H. Swcpe, C. Laurence Shepley, V. Mirant Forrer, A. Ramsey S. Black i Robert B. Reeves, C. L. Scott, J. w! | Bowman, A. K. Thomas, C. W. Miller I Henderson Gilbert, Frank Daven i port, Frank Covert. Special Committees , Stunts Committee Henderson 'iilbert, chairman; Dr. M. V. Hazen. | Athletic Sports C. W. Miller, physical director of Y. M. C. A., n ho will be assisted by some of his nble athletes from the business men's '."srym class." Music and Singing c. Llnford I scott. j Decorations V. Grant Forrer Frank Covert. Transportation V. Grant For rer, chairman; S. S. Rutherford. C Linford Scott. Publicity c. 'Laurence Shepley, chairman; E. Fred Rowe. I Property Ramsey Black, chair man; Paul Rexroth. Committee on "Eats"—S. S. Ruth erford. chairman, to be assisted by everybody. Reception Walter Dietrich chairman: A 1 K. Thomas, Harry Leonard, .T. William Bowman, Frank Davenport, Robert B. Reeves. THOUSANDS ARE TAKING PART IN GREAT JUBILEE Carlisle Crowded For Military Parade in Victory-Dem onstration Carlisle, July 3.—To-day found the Cumberland County Victory and Peace Celebration well under way. Thousands of visitors were in the town to-day for the big military parade which was the principal [Continued on Pago B.] PROPPED BEFORE JURYMEN, WOMAN DENIES SLAYING Nurse Gives Last Word to Twelve in Trial For Poisoning Patient By Associated Press. liaTen, Mass., July 3.—Seated within six feet of the jury box and propped in pillows, Mrs. Bessie M (Skeels) Lundgren to-day gave a last word to the jury in defending herself against the charge that she murdered her patient. Miss Flor ence W. Gay, with poison. The former nurse, pale but calm, made absolute denial that she had given Miss Gay or her brother, Albert J. Wilkins, of Bayonne, N. J., whom she is also charged with having poisoned, any medicine not pre- i scribed by a physician. "I had nothing to gain by the death of Miss Gay or my brother," she said. "I loved both." Mrs. T,undgren sought to explain the packages which she. sent from the Gay home at Andover to her ! parents' home in Bayonne as being ' of food, instead of articles of cloth ing or bric-a-brac, which the gov ernment contends she stole and to cover which larceny the prosecution charged she poisoned her patient. FORTY SHORE DEALERS HALED By Associated Press. Atlantic City, N. J., July 3. „ Forty liquor dealers were to-day served with warrants to appear this afternoon before U. S. Commission er Lewis to answer charges of vio lating the war-emergency dry law. The arrests were made by two rep resentatives of the Department of Justice. Atlantic City climbed aboard the water wagon this morn ing, at least so far as hard liquor is encerned. , NO CHEAP AUTOS FOR SALE; JOKE AND PLOT BAREE Man Offering Cars Dirt Cheaj Tells Incredible Story, Probe Discloses u.s. KEEPS GOOD ONES Others to Be Turned Back tc Firms Which Made Them; Others Sold in Bulk Automobiles. Hundreds of them. Packards , $500; Dodges, $375 Fords, any old prire. Perhaps you have met the mar who is offering automobiles dir cheap. The whole town is talkin; about him. Yesterday there was ; wide search for this bargain indl vldual, but he could not be found and thereby hangs a tale. For several days Harrisburgen have been hearing of wonderful bar gains in automobiles. It was salt several men have offered tlovevnmen automobiles at the above prices Everybody seemed to get the fever and wanted an auto. Local automo bile dealers saw their business going backward with such rare offers ard they got their heads together and investigated. Here is the answer; Jokers and Worse There have been both jokers and worse at work. This was the an nouncement made after the meeting of auto dealers at the Penn-Harris, yesterday afternoon. As far as is known, the crooks have not been successful In Harrisburg. Their game is to work the country districts; tell about the thousands of unsold cars the United States Government has on hand and offer a car worth from S7OO to $1,500 at S3OO and upward. The stipulation was that the buy er must sign a paper and pay uver anywhere from SSO to SIOO in ad-j vance, and the car would be deliv ered in a few days. Reports say that, four Cumberland county farmers, bought cars on this plan, but they never received the cars. Now for the Joker. Now For the Joker He heard that the Government had many hundred cars at Baltimore and wanted to sell. He went to a near- ( by depot and met someone '.lot .h authority who told him the report was true. Then he made further in quiries and was told that packards and Dodge cars would be sold at SSOO and $375 respectively under these conditions: Five persons In Harrisburg signed the papers. This was two weeks ago. No cars have arrived and now those who bit are getting awake to the fact that they were victims of a Joke. They are glad they did not pay over the money. At the meeting yesterday It whs stated tl.at one local dealer went to Washington and Baltimore and re ported that all good cars the United States Government needed would be kept in service. The unused ears would be taken back by the manu facturers. Cars used and needing repairs would be sold in bulk to the highest bidders. That there were no persons authorized to represent the Government in making individual sales. At the U. S. Motor Transport De partment, Washington, P. it was said that all cars in France were turned over to France. Those in the United States that had seen service will be turneif over to the post office and other departments; and that con tracts amounting to H0,000,000 had been canceled. UNEMPLOYMENT GIVES PLACE TO LABOR SCARCITY lobs For All Who Want Them Through State Employ ment Agency The reports received at the main , 1 'learing House at Harrisburg from i the offices of the State Employment ! Service throughout the State indicate ; a gradual resuniptioo °f business and ) InduatriaJ activity- Conditions of several months ago i are practically reversed, for while at that time it was difficult to find jobs for men, at the present time It is I bard to find proper men for jobs that 1 are open. The orders received within ; the past ten days show a call for all j classes of workmen, hut "lore espec ially for skilled and semi-skilled men. The Eastern Dlatiict Philadel phia and vicinity 18 i nl * lfi tent in its calls for workmen more or less skilled in various trades. Severs construc tion and railroad projects in the cen tral part of the "quire labor ers at their operations, and a dearth of miners and mine workers is antici pated in the coal regions, by reason of the fact that a large number of foreigners are expected shortly to leave for their homes in Europe. It thus happens that the aerv'ce ia able to offer a Job pract'cally to every soldier, sailor or marine who applies. The nrr,hlem with whlch the Em- Plovmen Service is confronted is not so much ahout of men for Jobs but the fact that at many places housing f ? C ''' L®" , are '"ade quate. uis aga> nßt Kood Policy to direct „ to distant towns, unless thev o be assured of obtaining houses for ' £ 'TO7 T r T C STOL EN ► 4 t Harrisburg—Captain George C. Lumb, acting super-' > '* * intendent of State Police, to-day sent word to the di- '* ► e| | t , I rectors of public safety in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh of t ■* * the thefts of quantities of dynamite at New Castle ar d t i Lewistown in the last few days and warning them ol j s 3 S sibility of men having the explosive* being abroad l State Policemen have .been endeavoring to get the trail J ' " • of the men responsible for the thefts. * * t MARRIAGE LICENSES •' * * , '''"l* E - Duncan nnil tlld|>< J. A lipoid, l.uncaater; Edmund V.* * g n,h - Hernhey, nnd Ruth V. IJ lislr, >lnrrUbur K t Robert C. Stone,fc, 4, I HterKon, SI. J., nnd tiertrudc M. Mtetmoek, Roynltoni Clarrnee L. Sl-T lriihrr K rr, < nrlUle. and Oltvr >l.l upp. l.emoynei Alvln 1,. Ktawrllrr* <■s l.lnda K. Pntton, Nteeltoiii William St. Peter* and Catharine J.k 4, ;; n * nr r- Hurrlbur*j Harry A. Mumper, Mechnnlr*bar*, and Elorener y T f- Hrrl*burm Warren L,. Knuffman. Yonkera, M. v., and ejot Wary E. Polk, Mlllerxburg. FORMER GERMAN EMPEROR IS TO BE TRIED SOON British Premier Says William Hohenzollern Will Face London Tribunal TEUTON OFFICERS, TOO Terrible Terms of Pact in Harmony With Infamous Deeds of Enemy By Associated Press. London, July 3. —The former Ger-. man emperor will soon be placed on trial. Premier Lloyd George made this announcement in the House of Commons to-day in his report on the peace negotiations. The Pre mier declared that the tribunal which would try the former em peror would sit in German officers who had committed appall ing infamies, the Premier added, would also be placed on trial. The terms of the treaty with Ger many in some respects were terrible, the Premier said, but terrible were the deeds which justified it and still more terrible would have been the consequences if Germany had suc ceeded. The German Army, the Premier said, was at present inadequate to disturb the peace of the feeblest of the neighbors of Germany. Llovd George declared that, the British delegation has taken a stand resolutely opposing any attempt to put a predominantly German popu lation under Polish rule. Handley-Page Bomber Abandons Atlantic Flight; Flies to Shore Instead By Associated Press. St. John's, N. F.. July 3 —Vice Admiral Mark Kerr announced to day that he had abandoned the pro posed trans-Atlantic flight in a Handley-Page bombing machine and that instead he would fly to Atlantic City, probably starting this after noon if the weather permits.