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LXXXVIII—NO. 193 16 PAGES
WILSON WARNS AGAINST DELAYING
WORLD PEACE BY U. S. FAILURE TO
RATIFY COVENANT AS IT STANDS
CHANGES BY U. S.
WILL MAKE ALLIES
RECONSIDER PACT
President Tells Foreign Relations Commit
tee Most Interpretations Suggest toHim
Plain Meaning of Instrument Itself
CAUSES OF SPIRIT OF UNREST
OVER WORLD IS DISCUSSED
By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 19. President Wilson told the Foreign
Relations Committee at the outset of his conference to-day that
he could see no "reasonable objection" to interpretations of how
the United States accepts the League of Nations provided such
interpretations did not form a part of the formal ratification it
self.
If interpretations were part of the formal ratification, he con
tented, long delays would follow as other governments would
have to "accept in effect of language of the Senate as the language
of the Treaty before ratification would be complete." Most of the
interpretitions, he said, seemed to him to suggest the "plain
meaning of the instrument itself."
Article Ten Not Doubtful
The much discussed Article Ten, the President told the
Senators, was not of doubtful interpretation when read in con
nection with the whole covenant. The council, lie said, could
only "advise" and as its action must be unanimous the affirm
ative vote of the United States would be necessary to any ques
tion affecting it.
Domestic Questions Meant in Article 16
Article 16, the President said, provides that where there is
a dispute found to be solely within the jurisdiction of one of the
parties, under international law, the League council shall so re
port and make no recommendations for its settlement. Immi
gration, tariffs and the like the President said, clearly come under
that provision.
U. S. Would Favor Complete Freedom
The President told the committee the. League council would
have "nothing whatever" to do with deciding whether the United
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SENATOR LODGE QUERIES
WILSON ON OTHER PACTS
After the President had delivered
his statement. Senator Lodge said:
"Mr. President, so far is I am per
sonally concerned—and I think I rep
resent perhaps the majority of the
committee in that respect—we have
no thought of entering upon argu
ments as to interpretations or points
of that character; but the committee
was very desirous of getting informa
tion on certain points which seem
not clear and on which they thought
information would be of value to
have in cdnsideration of the Treaty
which they, I think I may say for my
self and others, desire to hasten in
every possible way.
"Your reference to the necessity of
action leads me to ask one question.
If we have to restore peace to the
world, it is necessary, I assume, that
there should be treaties with Aus
tria, Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria.
Those treaties are ail more or less
connected with the Treaty with Ger
many. The question I should like to
ask is what the prospects are of re
ceiving those treaties for action.
This Treaty a Aloilel
The President: "I think it is very
good, sir, and so far is I can Judge
from the contents of the' dispatches
from my colleagues on the other side
of the water, the chief delay is due
to uncertainty as to what is going
to happen to this Treaty. Tills Treaty
is a model of the others. 1 saw enough
of the others before 1 left Paris to
know that they are being framed
upon the same set of principles and
that thcTreaty with Germany is the
model. I think that is the chief ele
ment of delay, sir.
Senator Lodge: "They are are not
legarded as essential to the consider
ation of this Treaty?"
The President: "They are not re
garded as such, no sir; they follow
this Treaty.
Senator Lodge: "I do not know
about the other treaties, but the
Treaty with Poland, as an example,
has been completed?
The President: "Yes, and signed but
it is dependent upon this Treaty. My
thought was to submit it upon the
action on this Treaty."
Senator Lodge then asked whether
the President could show the com
mittee the tentative League of Na
tions drafts submitted by Great
Britain, France and Italy.
The President: "1 would have sent
them to the committee with pleasure,
THE WEATHER
Harrisburg and Vlclnltyi Fair and
slightly warmer to-night nnd
Wednesday.
Eastern I'ennsylvanlnt Fair to
night and Wednesday, slightly
warmer. Gentle to moderate
variable winds.
Hlver. The Susquehanna river nnd
all Its lirnnehes will fall slowly
or reinuln nearly stationary ex
cept the lower portion of the
main river will rise slightly this
nfternoon and to-night. A stage
of übout 4.3 feet Is Indicated for
Harrisburg Wednesday morn
ing.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
©K Star-Jn&cptnJcfit.
Senator, if I had found that I had
them. I took it for granted that I
had them; but the papers that remain
in my hands remain there in a hap
hazard way. I can tell you the char
acter of the other drafts. The Brit
ish draft was the only one as I re
member that was in the form of a
definite constitution of a league. The
French and Italian drafts were in the
form of a series of propositions lay
ing, down general rules and assuming
that the commission or whatever
body made the final formulations
would build upon those principles if
they were adopted. They were prin
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Riverside Organizes
Fire Company With the
Selection of Officers
More than twenty-five residents
of the Fourteenth ward met last
evening and organized a fire com
pany to be known as Riverside Fire
Company, No. 15.
The following officers were elected
as a part of the plan for a perman
ent organization:
President, L. G. Dapp, vice-presi
dent, F. L. Morrow; recording secre
tary, C. W. Corl; financial secretary,
J. Harry Sinner; treasurer, D. E.
Zeiter; foreman, D. M. Porter; first
assistant foreman, G. • V. Griffee;
trustees, C. L. Khoades, W. P.
Loornis, E. A. Lotz. •
Committees on bylaws, charter,
publicity and location were appointed
by the president. At the next meet
ing the committee on bylaws will
have prepared the preliminary draft.
At an early date the company will
ask City Council for a charter as
part of the city fire department.
The meeting was addressed by
A. L. Patton and H. F. Oves, both
veteran firemen.
Plans were made to procure a suit
able site for a fire station and a
number of suggestions were made
which when carried out will give
the Fourteenth ward greater protec
tion against fire. The next meet
ing will be held in the Boy Scout
Hall, corner Fourth and Vaughn
streets, Monday evening.
Frick Employes Go
on Sympathetic Strike
Waynesboro, August 19.—Because
several men were laid oft yesterday
at the Frick Boiler Company due to
slackened orders, all the employes
of the Company with the exception
of a few in the foundry went out
yesterday afternoon on a sympathy
strike. This morning the men say
that those originally laid oft were
committee men from the various
unions. There was no demonstration
at all, but the union men formed at
the Frick Company and paraded with
the colors to the Tool and Machine
Company. There the union men in
that factory were called out. A mass
meeting of the town was held last
evening in a field on the outskirts of
town.
Text of Speech
By Associated Press•
Washington, Aug 19. President Wilson began his con
ference with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the
White House to-day, with an opening statement on the Peace
Treaty and the League of Nations. He said:
"Mr. Chairman: I am sincerely
glad that the committee should have
responded in this way to my intima
tion that I would like to be of serv
ice to it. I welcome the opportunity
for a frank and full interchange of
views.
"I hope, too. that this conference
will serve to expedite your consid
eration of the Treaty of Peace. I
beg that you will pardon and in
dulge me if 1 again urge that prac
tically the whole task of bringing
the country back to normal condi
tions of life nad industry waits o i
the decision of the Senate with re
gard to the terms of the peace.
Critical Problems
"I venture thus again to urge
my advice that the action of tlio
Senate with regard to the Treaty be
taken at the earliest practicable
moment because the problems with
which we are face to face in the
readjustment of our national life
are of the most pressing and critical
character, will require for their
•proper solution the most intimate
and disinterested co-operation of
all parties and all interests and
cannot be postponed without mani
fest peril to our people and to all
the national advantages we hold
most dear. May I mention a few of
the matters which cannot be han
dled with intelligence until the
GOVERNMENT MEATS
ARE IN BIG DEMAND
Hundreds Buy Bacon and Beef
at City Firehouses, Where
Volunteer Clerks Sell Food
stuffs at Low Prices to
Housewives; Balance of the
Bacon to Be Sold Saturday
CITY HAS BEST RECORD
OF ANY IN THE STATE
Government food was again in
big demand to-day. It was the sec
ond sale by the municipal food com
mittee and was contined to meats
only. The crowds were not as large
as on Friday and the sale lasted
but three hours. There are still sev
eral hundred cans of bacon on
hand.
The committee decided to give
the people every opportunity to get
this bacon and it will be placed on
sale Saturday afternoon and evening
at the Hope and Alt. Pleasant fire
houses. The price per can, 12
pounds to a can, will be $4.25. In
cluded in the sales to-day were 1,-
000 pounds of roast beef, 1,056 cans
of corned beef, and about 9,000
pounds of bacon.
Due to the fact that the parcel
post sales started to-day the com
mittee will not take up any other
proposition until after the quantity
of food allotted to Harrisburg for
sale through the Post Office, is ex
hausted. Mayor Daniel D. Keister
expressed a wish to-day that his
committee would remain intact for
several weeks, that if any oppor
tunity was presented for another
purchase of food, it would be taken
up promptly.
With the quantity of food sold
to-day Harrisburg consumers have
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DEMOCRATS TIRE
OF BUNGLING AND
BAD LEADERSHIP
Poll Workers Angered by Dic
tatorship Which Criticises
Instead of Helps
Reorganization of the local Demo
cratic organization without regard
for the long-standing McCormick
dictatorship hinted at for several
weeks was openly forecast to-day by
political workers who for years have
honestly been trying to keep the
party in Dauphin county abreast
with the times.
Failure of the Dictatorship to do
anything but criticise men and meth
ods during the little flurry of ex
citement incident to getting prim
ary petitions filed has annoyed the
real workers t*> the breaking point.
Men who are close to the rank and
.file of the party, the men who regis
ter as Democrats year after year in
the hope that their party will put
a strong ticket in the local field,
said to-day that there is nothing
but bad feeling over the way things
have been bungled and left to shift
, for themselves.
Ten days or more ago workers in
terested in getting a ticket into the
field put the matter before the Dic
tatorship. Thero was no word from
the boss until the latter part of last
week when it leaked dut generally
that the only thing to come from
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country knows the character of the
peace it is to have? 1 do so only by
a very few samples.
When There Is Xo War
"The copper mines in Montana
and Alaska, for example, are being
kept open and in operation only at
great cost and loss, in part upon
borrowed money; the zinc mines of
Missouri, Tennessee and Wisconsin
are being operated at about one
half their capacity: the lead of
Idaho, Illinois and Missouri reaches
only a portion of its former market;
there is an immediate need for cot
ton belting, and also for lubricat
ing oil which cannot be met—all
because the channels of trade are
barred by war when there is no
war. The same is true of raw cot
ton, of which the central empires
alone formerly purchased near.y
four million bales. And these are
only examples. There is hardly a
single raw material, a single impor
ttant foodstuff or a single class of
manufactured goods which is not m
the same case. Our full, normal
profitable production waits on
peace.
Industry Must Get Working
"Our military plans, of course,
wait upon it. We intelligent
ly or wisely decide how large a
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POST OFFICE SALE
TO CONTINUE
Sale of foodstuffs through the
Post Office will continue until
the supply on hand is exhausted.
Orders may be placed at the cen
tral or substations or with car
riers. Postmaster Sites warns
purchasers not to expect deliv
ery until several days have
elapsed, as much time will be
needed in makir/g up the orders.
Expected Rush at Post Office
Does Not Materialize; Car
riers Distribute Blanks From
Door to Door; Sale Expect
ed to Grow Larger
The first day of the food sale
through the local Post Office has not
been as exciting as was expected.
Up until noon very few orders had
been turned in and the Post Office
authorities are of the opinion that
the firehouse sales rather finished
off the first enthusiasm of the
buyers.
Each mail carrier as he left on
his first tour this morning carried
with him about fifty blanks, which
were delivered to those desiring
food. On their second tour at noon
the carriers were to collect these
blanks and distribute any that were
missed on the first trip.
The window at the central Post
Office which is to be open from 8
a. m. to 11 p. m., had only made
about fifty sales before noon, but as
it was anticipated that the great
number of sales would come
through the medium of the carriers,
no surprise was expressed at the
lack of business.
KRONSTADT IS
BURNING FROM
BRITISH SHELLS
Fleet Which Sinks Bolshevik
Warships Turns to Port
of Petrograd
Stockholm, Aug. 19.—The rein
forced British fleet which has been
engaged with Bolshevik war ves
sels is concentrated against Kron
stadt, the naval port of Petrograd
a Helsingfors dispatch says. Kron
stadt is burning, it is said.
The Bolshevik submarine depot
ship Viatka is reported to have
been sunk in an engagement off the
Tolbortkin lighthouse, several miies
northwest of Kropstadt.
London, Aug .19.—The Birit3li
Admiralty officially confirmed to-day
the sinking on Monday morning of
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FIND WHISKY STILLS IN P.
Birmingham, Ala., August
stills, one of which was warm from
recent operation, were raided yes
terday in the basement of the new
$1,000,000 post office now being built
here.
CREAM UP 8 CENTS
The retail price of cream has ad
vanced eight cents a quart because
of the rise of one cent a quart in
the price of milk.
FINAL RUSH TO
GET PRIMARY
PETITIONS IN
Few Surprises Arc Sprung at j
Courthouse in Closing
Hours
OPEN UNTIL 6 TONIGHT j
Many Important Places Still
to Be Filled by Can
didates
CANDIDATES WHO
HAVE FILED
Candidates who have filed on
! the Republican and Democratic
j tickets for nomination for im
! portant offices are listed below.
A. number of candidates who have
announced themselves and tvhose
j petitions were circulated, were ex
-1 pected to file during the late af
' ternoon.
■ The party tickets at an early
j hour this afternoon were:
REPUBLICAN
COUNT*
County Commissioner
(Two to be elected.)
i Charles C. Cumbler.
; Henry M. Stine.
Rororilrr of Deeds
M. Harvey Taylor.
Register of Wills
Edwin H. Fisher.
Sheriff
George W. Karmany.
| A. J. Mitchell.
District Attorney
Philip S. Moyer.
County Treasurer
Oliver C. Bishop.
Directors of the I'oor
(Three to be elected.)
Albert H. Duftan.
Jacob S. Farver.
j T. G. George.
Joseph Haines,
j John H. Lehr.
Samuel Smeltzer. * .
Frank B. Snavcly.
County Surveyor
Warren J. Daniel.
CITY
Mayor
1 George A. Hoverter.
Daniel L. Keister.
John H. Shuner.
City Councllmen
(Four to be elected.)
Charles W. Burtnett.
R. I* Dare.
Edward 'A. Gross.
Samuel F. Hassler.
William H. Lynch.
Benjamin H. Reichert.
City Controller
Harry R. Brown.
Dewitt A. Fry.
City Treasurer
Harry F. Oves.
Clarence E. Weber.
School Directors
Franklin J. Roth.
Supervisor, Second District
George W. Kautz.
DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY
Couuty Commissioner
John Jacob Bvitington.
Howard O. Ilolstein. '
Fred L. Morgenthaler.
Samuel M. Taylor.
Harry C. Wells.
Recorder
Register of Wills
I William R. Danner.
Sheriff
District Attorney
County Treasurer
George M. Weaver.
Directors of the Poor
Nisley Y. Parthmore.
County Surveyor
CITY
Mayor
William B. McNalr.
City Coiiiicilmen
Harry H. Grant.
William S. Rhoads.
George J. Shoemaker.
City Controller
G. C. Berkheimer.
City Treasurer
James G. Miles.
School Directors
i muzz •
i
Supervisor, Second District
George W. Kautz.
i Clerks i,n the office of the County
j Commissioners prepared for a big
I rush this afternoon just before the
I closing hour for receiving nominat
i ing petitions for the September
primaries. A number of candidates
on both the Republican and Demo
j cratic tickets who have announced
I that they will run tor Important
county offices had filed at an early
hour in the afternoon, and they
were expected to bring their pa
j pers to the office before 6 o'clock
I this evening. At the last hour J.
I Douglas M. Royal, son of former
Mayor John K. Royal, circulated a
| petition for District Attorney.
| The only petitions for important
; offices to be filed to-day were those
; of Oliver C. Bishop, of Oberlin, Re
j publican candidate for county treas
j urer, and William S. Rhoads, this
city. Democratic candidate for Coun
cil.
Hundreds pf petitions for district
offices in the city and county are
beihg received by the clerks and are
being filed according to districts.
The last day for withdrawing pe
titions is Thursday, August 21.
Petitions for city and county dis
trict offices follow:.
City, Republican: S. N. Rheem,
judge; H. J. Dowhower, inspector,
Eleventh ward, First precinct.
County, Republican: Swatara
township: Jacob F. Beinhauer, in
i spector, Third; Marshall J. Aungst,
commissioner. Third; Lester O.
Thompson, judge. Third; James B.
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COUNCIL PLEDGES
AID IN SECURING
AVIATION FIELD
j Big Plot at Cameron and Ma
clay Streets Is Selected
For Purpose
PASS PARK ORDINANCES
Commonwealth to Regulate
Future Building About
State Street Bridge
Official councilmanic action
to-day included:
Passage of a resolution pre
sented by Mayor Keister pledg
ing city's aid In providing Held
for airplane landing place, and
authorizing appointment of a
committee to confer with State
hospital authorities to secure
the field at the northwest cor
ner of Cameron and Maclay
streets.
Passage on first reading of
ordinance permitting Western
Union Company to lay ducts to
be used for underground cables,
j and specifying that the work
must be completed within one
year after passage of the ordi-
I nance.
Passage on first reading of
ordinance authorizing a vote on
transferring $300,000 loan for
bridge at Walnut street, as city's
j share of cost of soldiers' and
j sailors' memorial bridge at State
street.
I Final passage of ordinance
[ granting the State the right to
j occupy State street for the pro
posed memorial bridge,
i Final passage of ordinance
giving State Art Commission
authority to regulate any fur
ther building one block north
j and one block south of new
j bridge.
i Final passage of ordinances
I authorizing construction of wa
ter pipe in Berkley Place, and
grading Reel's Lane from Fifth
to Turner streets.
| Passage of resolution calling
Council meeting next Monday
so that city officials can attend
Third-Class C'ty League con
; vention in Afientown August
26, 27 and 28.
City councilmen unanimously
! passed a resolution presented by
Mayor D, L. Keister pledging the
j city's aid in securing a landing
I field for government airplanes, and
! directing the appointment of a com
i mittee to meet with the officials of
the State hospital to secure • the
| large field at the northwest corner
: of Cameron and Maclay streets, for
! that purpose.
| The special committee will in-
I elude Councilmen, members of the
| City Planning Commission and the
i committee already appointed repre
, senting the Chamber of Commerce,
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Moyer Petitions Contain
i Names of Hundreds, and 90
Per Cent, of Bar Members
Phillip S. Moyer to-day filed
I about 750 names of voters of the
| county as signers to his nominating
| petitions. This makes a total ct
! nearly 1,700 Republicans who have
' voluntered their support for di -
I trict attorney at the September pri
j mariee.
Mr. Moyer, who has for years
been a member of the Dauphin
j county bar, and for some time coun
! ty solicitor, has on his petitions the
j names of more than ninety per cent.
of the Republican attorneys as eu-
I dorsing his candidacy.
"I have been getting around over
! the county during my leisure," said
I he to-day, "and am confident that
j I will be nominated and elected by
i an overwhelmingly, large vote."
One Man Shot, Score
Injured in Fight of
Strikers and Breakers
B;/ Associated Press.
Olean, N. Y„ Aug. 19. Frank
Sagerlamb was shot in the abdo-
I men and will die and more than a
j score of others were seriously in
jured here last night in a fight be
tween striking employes of the
Western New Y'ork and Pennsylva
nia Traction Company and strike
breakers. Douglas Jennings, shot
in the right thigh, was so [>adly
mauled after being wounded that he
will probably lose his leg.
The fightstarted shortly after dark
when a number of strike breakers,
who had been brought here to take
the place of the striking carmen,
ventured outside the car barns, and
were attacked.
J. W. Rodenhaver Sells
Carlton to W. D. Free
J. W. Rodenhaver, proprietor of
the Carlton Hotel, in Market street,
yesterday sold the lease, goodwitl
and furniture of that hotel to Wai
ren D. Free, for years manager of
the old Lochiel Hotel. Mr. Free
took charge last night.
Mr. Rodenhaver was a pioneer in
the rooming hotel business in Har
risburg. He took over a rundown
establishment, remodeled it and re
furnished it on modern hotel lines
and made it one. of the best patron
ized places in the city, particularly
popular with Capitol Hill .visitors
and traveling men.
Mr. Free, the new proprietor, has
had long experience in the hotel
business and has a wide acquaint
anceship over the State. Mr. Roden
haver said to-day that he has 110
plans for the immediate future.
The hotel building is the properly
[of the Dock estate.
TROOPS
CROSSING
BORDER
Eighth Cavalry Pushes Into
Mexico After Bandits
With Rescued Birdmen
as Guides
U. S. AVIATORS ARE
ACTING AS SCOUTS
By Associated Press,
Candelaria, Texas, Aug. 19. —Troops of the Eighth
Cavalry crossed the Mexican border at 6.40 o'clock this
morning in pursuit of the bandits who held Aviators
Peterson and Davis for ransom.
Davis and Peterson accompanied the troops, acting
as guides.
Aviators are co-operating with the cavalry as scouts
to locate the bandits on the Mexican side, flying over
the Ojinaga district, south of Candelaria.
Marfa, Texas, Aug. 19. American troops of the Eighth
Cavalry, with aviators flying bombing planes acting as scouts
ahead of the columns, swept across the Mexican border early to
day as a punitive expedition in pursuit of the bandit band under
Jesus Renteria, who held the American Army aviators, Peterson
and Davis prisoners in Mexico, it was said at military headquar
ters here to-day.
Scouting Whole District
The troops are supported by an adequate communication line,
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