Wilson Charged With Distributing Propaganda to Bring About Armed Intervention in Mexico T YYYVTTT \Tn ?n? 9J. Dally Except Sunday. Entered as Second Class LAAA \ ill l>tj. \J~ - ' -L AvjEdj Matter at the Post Office at Harrlsburg SEPARATE PACT WITH GERMANY, KNOX URGES IN TREATY ATTACK Present Arrangement Cannot Be Enforced and Paves Way For Centuries of Bood Let ting, He Declares WANTS U. S. NOT TO BE A PARTY No Reason Why Nation Should Project Itself Into Dangers of Situation, Republican Senator Insists By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 29. Declar ing that the Peace Treaty cannot be enforced, but will lay ihe founda tion "for centuries of blood-letting," Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, a Kepublican member of the Foreign Relations Committee, and former Secretary of State, told the Senate to-day that the United States should decline to become a party to the settlement effected at Versailles and should negotiate a separate peace with Germany. In its "hard and cruel" terms, he asserted, the Treaty imposes on Germany penalties \\_hlch violate in ternational law and engender strife. He declared there was no reason why the United States should project itself into the dangers of such a sit uation. U. S. Must Decline "The more I consider this Treaty," he said, "the more I am convinced the only safe way for us to deal with it is to decline to be a party to it at ail. "I think we should renounce in favor of Germany any and all claims for indemnity because of the war, and see that she gets credit for what we renounce. We ought to re nounce all participation or mem bership in commissions, committees, boards or otherwise provided for in the Treaty in aid of its execution to which by its terms we are parties. [Continued on Page B.] Fearing "Frameup" Maurer Absolves Himself of All ! Responsibility For Baggage By Associated Press. Heading, Pa., Aug. 29. "I ab solve myself of all responsibility for my baggage and what is found in it," said James H. Maurer, chairman of the Old Age Pension Commission of Pennsylvania, who was taken off a steamer sailing for Europe last Tues day by Federal agents, "If the State Department intends to prove a case against me by trickery, I want to disclaim responsibility for any thing that may be found in my bag gage and 1 want the public to know it in advance." Maurer returned home late last night from his headquarters in Har risburg and was interviewed here to-day. "My last letter to an I. W. W. man was to Big "Bill" Haywood live years ago," he said. He greatly fears that some one will "plant" something against him in his bag gage, which is now half way across the Atlantic. News from Washington to-day is to the effect that until Governor Sprout oflicially protests to the De partment of State, Secretary Lan sing will make no explanation as to why Maurer was prevented from go ing to Europe. Returned Soldier Falls to His Death Under Draft of Cars in P. and R. Yard Falling under a draft of car 3 while riding them over the hump in the Rutherford yards early this morning, Harry It. Gates, 526 For rest street, a returned soldier, was instantly k'lled. His body was badly mangled. He was a brakeman. Gates had returned here in March after serving overseas nearly a year with an artillery battery. He was 28 years of age and. made bis home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Kost. Funerai services will be held at his home Monday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock, the Rev. A. M. Stamets, pastor of Augsburg Lutheran Church, oilici ating. Burial will be made at New Kingston. Bolsheviki Take Two More Towns in Attack By Associated Press. London, Aug. 29.—The towns of Kupiansk, sixty-one miles east, southeast of Kharkov, and Pavlovsk, on the Don river, ninety miles south, southeast of Voronezh, have been captured by the Bolsheviki, accord ing to a statement issued by the Russian Soviet government to-day. The text follows: "The towns of Kupiansk and Pavlovsk have been captured. Fol lowing the capture of Pskov we ad vanced ten miles." I THE WEATHER] lfnrrlfthurK nnil Vicinity: Fnlr to niirhtt Saturday unsettled. Slightly wnrmfr to-night and SiUurilny, lowest temperature to-night about M degrees. Eastern Pennsylvania: Fnlr to niftlit; Saturday unsettled. Slightly warmer. River. The main river will remain nearly atatlonary. All trihu tarleH will fall. A atage of about 3.H feet la Indicated for llarria burg Saturday morning. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Why River Is Popular ■* ... .. Here are just a few of the reasons why Kipona, Harrisburg's big water carnival, Monday, will be one of the biggest affairs of its kind in the country. In the upper photograph are shown a bevy of bathing girls from George K. Heist's boathouse practicing for one of their events. The lower photograph shows the girl life-saving crew at the Heist float, with several of the pretty swimmers in the background. KIPONA FIREWORKS TO BE SPECTACULAR Evening Events "Will Surpass Anything of Kind Ever Before Shown on Susquehanna River Arrangements for the fireworks display that will be a feature of the evening celebrations during Kipona Monday, have been completed ond the display is expected to reach Harris hurg to-day. Felix M. Davis, who is in charge of this part of the program, declares that Kipona fireworks will be the most spectacular pyrotechnic display shown in Harrishurg. The evening display will last an hour and twenty minutes and this does not include the big exhibition of fiares and rockets to be set off by Col. J. B. Kemper's recruiting force. Mr. Davis announces that the exhi bition to be given by the committee includes a program of 78 separate dis- FORESTALLING IS NOT ELIMINATED, SAYS CITY SEALER I New Ordinance Helps Mate rially in Bringing Down Prices i j Forestalling in the city markets ! has fallen off to a remarkable de ; gree within the past several weeks, j Likewise, have the prices of produce i dropped. ' The antiforestalling ordinance I passed by Council several weeks I ago, is held to he solely responsible by George B. Nebinger, sealer of weights and measures, who is au ' thority for the statement of less i forestalling and lower prices, i By no means has forestalling been jent'iely eliminated. Mr. Nebinger i says Various methods have been I MICCC sfully tried in a number of, j instances to circumvent the p.-ovi ! sions of the ordinance. Officials ! have been powerless to reach these ! offenders of the spirit of the meas j tire, he says. j In few instances have there been i open violations of the law. On the I first day on which the measure was ' effective, two arrests vece made. , One cf these men was discharged ; whin it shown that there was no I intention on his part to violate the ! law. Since this first day, there have • been no arrests for violations of the j measures, although police officials | have maintained a sharp lookout. A sharp drop in prices has re sulted since the ordinance became effective, and sole responsibility for I this is given to the measure by Mr. \ Nebinger. Other conditions might I have entered Into the question and | tended to lower prices. Mr. Nelnn | fjor does not. however, believe that I prices in the city markets would ! have fallen had it not been for the I ordinance. # i Dr. George H. Ashley Coming Here Monday Dr. George H. Ashley, the newly ! appointed State geologist of Penn sylvania. will arrive in Hurrisbnrg j next Monday and it is expected that I his family will soon follow him to j this city. Dr. Ashley is A distin guished geologist and has been iden | tiffed with the government at Wash j ingtoYi for several years, having exe | cuted some important commissions jas a coal expert. plays consisting of rockets, bombs, water falls, girondolas flash curtains and spinning wheels. Big Aerial llomb.s Several of the big aerial bombs will explode ten times before reaching the ground and will change colors following each explosion. The eve ning display will start at 8.45 o'clock: The afternoon display of daylight fireworks will include 12 big bombs that will shoot out animals and va rious other floating designs. The following instructions to contestants have been issued: "Officials and contestants for swim mining races shall report to the clerk [Continued on Page B.] C. E. SOCIETIES THRONG HERSHEY FOR OUTING Annual Picnic Draws Hun dreds of Church People to Park Bright and early this morning a committee on transportation and baskets arrived at Hershey Park to set the many tables for the big delegations of Endeavorers from Berks, Lebanon, Cumberland and Dauphin counties which came streaming in at all hours to spend the day at the big "something doing" picnic. Chairman Walter S. Cass, of the city, and his assistants, including G. L. Stiles, of West Fuirview, had all of the tables arranged in per fect order so that the societies and various grpups of societies and Sun day Schools knew where to unpack their baskets of eats. Each society and Sunday School registered in ad vance and there was no struggle in securing places, due to shortage of material. However, there was much jollification and everybody present was happy and forgot all about high cost of living. The fun really be gan very early due to the fact that the committee on stunts and games had something of interest in con- [Continued on Pago 18.] 5,000 Voters Turn Out on First Registration Day Party workers estimate that more than 5,000 voters registered in the city on the first of the three days for enrollment. In practically every district tlie enrollment was heavier than is usual on the first registration day, officials in the precincts reported. Xo re turns will be made to the county commissioners until September 15, when all the books will be sent in! The next two registration days are September 2 and September 13. From reports from about half of the city districts the Republican en rollment was heavy while on the Democratic side thero wns a de crease in the total registration as compared with former years. S(jc ofar-3n&cprnt>eftt. HARRISBURG. PA. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1919 FIRE INSURANCE RATES TO COME DOWN 10 PER CENT Surcharge Made Since 1917 to Be Taken Off Next Monday LARGELY WAR MEASURE State Insurance Department j Makes Announcement of Important Ruling The Insurance Department of Penn- | sylvania announces that the 10 per: cent, advance or surcharges which I has been in effect on fire insurance premiums, as a national war-time in- i crease, since November 21, 1917, will i be abrogated on all new business 1 written on and after September 1. Several weeks ago the Department was informally notified by represen tatives of the Surcharge Committee of the National Board of Fire Underwrit- 1 ers that as soon as all members of the Surcharge Committee could be as- 1 sembled the Committee would recom - mend to the National Board the abro gation of the surcharge. The sur charge Committee met and voluntar ily made such recommendation to the National Board, which at once noti fied all rating bureaus and associa tions and rate makers that the sur charges would be abated on policies written on and after September 1, 1919. The Department announces that policies issued in this State by all companies, whether or not members of rating bureaus or associations, will be free from the 10 per cent surcharge on and after September 1. j Governors Offer Their Aid to Washington in Fight Against High Costs Washington, Aug. 29. Governors of seven states came to Washing ton to-day as a committee from the National Conference of Governors to 1 offer state co-operation to the Fed eral government in the campaign to reduce the cost of living. They went into conference immediately with At torney General Palmer to discuss the best methods to be pursued in the hunt for profiteers and hoarders. Later the governors were to confer with President Wilson at the White House. Governor Sproul, of Pennsyl vania, is a member of the delegation. After the governors had offered the full service of the state machinery to assist the Federal government, At | torney General Palmer outlined to j them what was desired in the way lof co-operation. It is understood that the state governors are prepared to make constant reports of food condi tions in their communities. which would enable Federal authorities to determine whether or not hoarding was being practiced, and to otherwise co-operate with the Federal officials. A program of action will not be for mulated by the governors until after they see the President. Governor Comments on North Penn Case Governor Sproul on his arrival at Philadelphia front the West ex pressed gratification over the un raveling of the tangled skein of the North Penn bank. He again com mented on the fact that this bank fiasco was one of the unfortunate legacies inherited by his administra tion from the former regime. Chief Cortelyou said yesterday that he ex pected startling revelations at the hearing of Charles A. Ambler, former Insurance Commissioner, which will take place next Tuesday morning. Captain Ross Boas Will Arrive Saturday CAPT. ROSS H. BOAS Captain Ross H. Boas, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Boas. West State Btrcet, will arrive at New York to morrow. His parents received a wireless message from him to-day, stating that he was on board the Orizaba. Mrs. Boas and her daugh ter, Mrs. Robert A. 8011, left for New York this afternoon and Mr, Boas hopes to join them to-night. Captain Boas won distinguished honors on the fighting front and was awarded the D. S. C.. for brav ery. He is in command of Company B, First United States Engineers, First Division. He sailed for France in August, 1917, and has recently been with the Army of Occupation on the Rhine. He saw much hard fighting on the Marne and in the Ar gonne. going over the top repeated ly with his unit as infantry. He es caped with a slight leg wound. Captain Boas, before entering the service, was employed in the metal lurgical business in Utah and Nica raugua and is a graduate of Lafay ette college DAYLIGHT SAVING IS ENDORSED BY! LEAGUE OF CITIES Only Three of Seventeen Third Class Municipalities Vote Against Sunshine Hour KEISTER POINTS THE WAY Congress Is Asked to Re-enact Popular Measure Repealed For Minority's Benefit WANT EXTRA HOUR OF SUNSHINE UNEXPECTED delay in get- j ting out petitions to he , circulated throughout the. i city calling on Mayor Daniel L. j | Keister and members of Council i to approve daylight saving has I I been experienced. ! The petitions will be ready for i ; signing next week. Workmen : and businessmen of Steelton to- j I day joined wholeheartedly in the ! movement and petitions were ! prepared there for circulation. ! Men who have been disappoint i ed because of Congress' action in taking an hour of daylight out of their lives are mightily pleased with the action taken by the League of Third Class Cities in asking Congress to pass another j I daylight-saving law. J Residents of the city to-day I approved the action of the | League of Third Class Cities in I passing the resolution introduc ed at the sessions of that organi zation by Mayor Daniel L. Keis ter, petitioning Congress to re enact the daylight saving law which was repealed recently. Only three of the seventeen j third-class cities which were represented did not favor the resolution and when called upon to defend it Mayor Keister told of the thousands of residents in this city who are in favor of the daylight saving plan. Eleven Approve Representatives from eleven cities approved the resolution and those from three other communities wore not present when the vote was -ailed. 1 The three cities voting aguinst the j resolution were small ones. Harrishurg officials who attenh.d j the sessions of the league returned to I the city last evening. According to I members of Council, two important | subjects of papers whicli were read j and widely discussed were those cn home rule for third class cities, and equitable assessments. Urges Home Itulo Clinton Rogers Woodruff, secretary of the National Municipal League and editor of the National Municipal Jour nal, spoke on the home rule question. He recommended legislation which would give third class cities wider powers so that they would not be hampered in civic development .is un der present State laws. Better classification of cities ac cording to size so that the larger ones would not be so restricted was one of the points favored by Mr. Woodruff. He suggested that cities should only come under the control of the State largely in financial af fairs, so that no municipality would become bankrupt. - 1 Order 25,000 Copies So important was this paper con sidered that the League voted to have 25,000 copies of it printed at once for general distribution throughout the State. More copies may be added if needed. Attention was called to recent legis lation authorizing a vote on amend ment to the Constitution, which when finally approved, will give third class cities more control over their own affairs. This act must be approved again by the next Legislature and then will be submitted to the voters for final approval. Lawson Purdy, president of the Na tional Municipal league, was the speaker on equitable, assessments. He was at one time director of assess ments in New York City. He recom mended plotting cities, showing each tract of ground, its size, ground as sessment and building assessment if any improvements have been made. To Plan Tonight For Illuminated Boat Parade Final plans for the illuminated boat parade that will feature the evening celebration during Kipona, next Monday, will be matfe at a general meeting of the Greater Har risburg Navy at George K. Reist's floating boathouse. South street wharf, to-night. A general invita tion has been extended all canoeists in Harrisburg and surrounding towns to attend. W. R. Lutz, chairman of the spe cial committee in charge of this event, announces that the parade will form at Independence Island promptly at 8 o'clock, moving fif teen minutes later to Reily street. Heavy Bombardment Near Kronstadt Heard By Associated Press. London, Aug. 29.—A heavy bom bardment lasting two hours was heard in Viborg, Finland, on August 27, in the direction of Kronstadt, the Boisheviki naval base near Pet rogrnd, says a Helsingfors message to-day. It is believed British naval and air forces were engaged. The British admiralty had receiv ed no advices regarding the reported bombardment INTERVENTION IN MEXICO IS i BEING PLANNED Representative Charges Wil son With Flooding Coun- i try With Propaganda ARMY BILL IS ATTACKED Nation Need Not Fear Such a Force Will Be Raised in Peace Time, He Says Washington, August 29.—Represen j tative Frank W. Mondell, Kepublican [ leader of the House, charged that the j I Administration was responsible for i | a propaganda for intervention in Mex ico and that every effort was being I j made by the Administration to create j ' sentiment in this country to justify ! | war with Mexico. This sensational attack upon the | Administration came during the dis- | j cussion of a bill late yesterday to ] j increase the officers in the regular j I army from 11,750 to 16,000. Speaking | as the Republican leader, Mr. Mondell | ; not only declared that the Adminis- j | tration was responsible for newspa- i j per articles intended to lay the | groundwork for intervention, but he j asserted that the Republican party , would not approve a permanent mill- ! tary policy that would cost more than a billion dollars a year to run. The direct assertion that the Ad- ! ministration was directing a propa- i gandu favorable to Mexican interven- ! | tion came like a flash in the course j of a rather desultory discussion of the j pending bill. Mr. Mondell started off by criticising the I'resident for giv- ' ing his support to the plan opposed ; by the War Department for an army ; of 500,000 soldiers. Exceeds Expense Before War "Why such an army?" asked Mr. Mondell, "at this time, when we are | told that wars are to cease and peace j I is to reign throughout the world • ! an establishment which on the basis j jof the estimates made by the War j I Department itself would cost more ! annually to run than it cost to run the ; '■ nation and pay all of its bills for all ] of its departments under a Republl- j can administration before the war. "But the nation need not fear that I the majority will permit such an army to be raised during peace j times," added Mr. Mondell. "The gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. yuinn. referred to the budding propaganda in behalf of an enor mous military establishment," con tinued Mondell. "We have not yet reached the yellow peril end of it yet to which the gentleman referred, but the Mexican side of the propaganda is well under way. "After eight years of 'watchful waiting' and miserable intermeddling during which American lives and property have not been safe for a moment anywhere in Mexico, the ad ministration is now giving out a care fully prepared program of interven tion." Pumping Station to Blaze With Light For Kipona Myriad varicolored lights will il luminate the pumping station at Front and North streets as a fea ture of the Kipona decoration. This statement was authorized by Dr. S. F. Hassler, superintendent of public safety, this morning on his return from the Allentown convention of the League of Third-class cities. At the meeting of the executive committee of the Greater Harrisburg Navy, this week, a resolution was adopted requesting Commissioner Hassler to provide electrical deco ration of the pump/ag station, but owing to his absence from the city the special representative of the committee could not take up the matter with the head of the Water Department until to-day. "1 shall certainly be glad to co operate with the Navy committee," said Dr. Hassler, "and will at once get into touch with the electricians." One of the features proposed was the festooning of colored globes along the cornice of the old pumping station as well as over the front of the main building. Dr. Hassler is giving the matter his personal at tention. Dump Four Hundred Barrels of Beer in Gutter Chicago, Aug. 29. Four hun dred barrels of 2.75 per cent, beer manufactured by the Schlltz Brew ing Company, of Milwaukee, before the wartime prohibition became ef fective, was dumped into the gut ters of a street by Otto B. Fugrst, United States revenue inspector, to enable the company to recover $2,400 in taxes previously paid the Govern ment. Officials of the brewery recently called the attention of the revenue collector to the fact that after hav ing paid the tax of $6 a barrel on the beer they were prevented by law from selling it. They were told that the tax would be refunded if the beer was destroyed. Men and women who attempted to salvage some of the beer, were driven away by Government officers. Fire Threatens Heart of Sharon's Business District By Associated Press. Sharon, Pa., Aug. 29.—Fire, which for a time threatened to sweep the entire business section, destroyed five buildings and damaged several others here this morning. The loss is est'mated at a quarter of a mil lion dollars. The blaze of undetermined origin broke out in a three-story building in Fast State street, occupied by Wt'llls & Farley, contractors, and spread to ndjoin'ng structures. Other buildings burned were occu pied by C. H. Yeager & Company, dry goods, the Sharon College of Commerce, Ftve-and-Ten-Cent store and D. S. Kennedy, tailor. OM.Y EVEMMi ASSOCIATEI) IMIESS SINGLE COPIES UAMC CHITIOM KEWSI'AI'EII IN IIAHKISBUKQ TWO CENTS rHJItIEi LiVl 1 iUII HIS HEAD STOPS A ! SLEDGEHAMMER Hit on the head with a sledge j hammer which a fellow employe : was wildly wielding, James Car- j penter, a car repairman ir.- the j j Marysville yards of the Pennsyl vania railroad, was injured so bad'y to-day that he was brought to the Harrishurg Hospital. Car- ' j penter was holding a chisel, I I which was to have received the blow Carpenter got on the head, j Carpenter's condition is not : 1 serious. The two men were eut -1 ting bolts when the accident oc curred. ——— MAYOR TO KEEP ALDERMEN IN POLICE COURT j Kcistcr Says Ho Regards Mat- I tor as Being Closed For All Time j He has not exceeded his autlior | ity in having Alderman James B. j DeShong conduct the city police : court, Mayor Daniel L. Keister said | to-day. ! He is given full power to have an ; alderman hold this court by the : Clark act, under which the commis j sion form of government operates in ! Harrishurg, Mayor Keister says. He | has no desire to discuss the matter further at this time. The question was reopened sev ; i eral days ago in the Wilson case, • when Alderman DeShong maintain : ed that he had caused an arrest for | alleged disorderly conduct because 1 of his position as city committing j magistrate. It was brought out at that time that Mayor Keister dis- I continued holding police cdurt more j than three months ago. Since then I several aid* rman, including De ! Shong, have been presiding. Pro i test has been made against the prac- I tice because of the great cost. POLES TI'U.V DOWN SOVIETS i Warsaw. Aug. 29. The Polish Foreign Minister has decided to send representatives to ull the Russian Governments except the Soviet Gov | ernment at Moscow, it was an- II nounced to-day. ® iriHrlrlrHt it ir it 4 k^4444HHHH*4 s 4^HHHH s €' * • g. 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It is understood that, j in addition to questions of a general i character regarding the disposition | of surplus stocks, General Pershing i will be asked about attacks made ! on the Germans by some American | troops the day after the armistice | was signed and some other features | relative to military operations, i The committee yesterday inquired into the burning of $l,000,m)0 ! worth of aviation stock at '"oloni ' bey-la-Belle and the destruction of ! motor vehicles at Romart'u. of i which the French have complained | officially. There seems to be a difference of appreciation between French and ! American officials as to the vulu • T I the material broken up at Item . - i tin. It was generally console 1 1 worthless by American Army olii j cers, while the French placd a cei | tain value on it as Junk. The com- I mittee has obtained evidence indi cating that the aviation stock burn |ed at Colombey-la-Belle, however, [Continued on Page !>.] MASTKHPIKCK STOI.DN Ily Associated Press. I Bologna, Italy, Thursday, Aug. 2S. I —Fr. Francia's masterpiece, "The i Madonna and Child." dating back to the fifteenth century, has been stolen from the Academia di Belle Art'., a colored photograph of the picture having been substituted m the frame in order to conceal tho theft.
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