Foriy Amy Transcontinental Aviators Are " Taking Off " on Trail Blazed Across the Country LXXXVIII- NO. 240 18 PAGES D *%sUKtWf^®^t". l !sSa™ u " HARRISBURG. PA. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1919. "'AtSStSSi XVJilS&jaf c'SffiP HOME EDITION LOG OF SMITH SHOWS HE LEADS FLYINGPARSON Arrives at Mineola Thirty Minutes Below Time May nard Went Across VERIFICATION IS NEEDED Official Computation Neces sary Before Claim Is Up held; Return Trip Soon By Associated Press Mineola, N. Y., Oct. 13.—Captain Lowell H. Smith, third east-bound aviator to complete the transconti nental flight, arrived here at 10.50.42. According to the record in Cap tain Smith's log book he has beaten Lieutenant Maynard in the trans continental race. Captain Smith's figures show that he flew from San Francisco to Mineola in 24 hours, 3 0 minutes flying time against Lieuten ant Maynard's 24 hours, 59 minutes and 48 1-2 seconds from Mineola io San Francisco. Captain Smith's claim to be the victor will have to lie officially verified before a decision is made. Four fliers wlio entered at San Francisco, started the day to-day with good prospects of reaching Min eola by night, while five of the west bound fliers were within a day's flight, barring accidents, of San Francisco. Those expected at Mineola during the day were Captain Lowell H. Smith, who spent Sunday at tlie Ro chester, N. Y., control; Lieutenant K S. Worthington, who held over at Cleveland; Lieutenant H. E. Queens at Bryan, 0., and Major J. C. I*. Bar thol, at Chicago. \t ithin Striking Distance Westbound fliers within striking distance of the goal were Captain H. C. Drayton, at Lovelock, New; Lieu tenant I. S. Webster and Captain J. O. Donaldson at ISalduro, Utah, and Captain Harry Smith and Lieutenant Earlc M. Manzelman at Green River. Major Spatz and Lieutenant Kiel, the eastbound fliers who landed here Saturday within 20 seconds of each other after a nip and tuck race across tilt, continent which Major Spatz is 11 ported unofficially to have won by the remarkably narrow margin of 31' seconds in a 2.701 mile race, were j working on their weather beaten ■ planes to-day in an effort to get the m j ready for the return trip within 9U! lu.urs maximum tirr.c allowed by the air service between arrival at a ter minus control and departure on the return flight. It was said that their machines would require elab irate overhan'.'ng and the fitting of new wings, the old wings having been rendered unsafe by buffeting of wind, rain and snow which they encounter" d on the flight east. Reports received here from San Francisco, were to the effect that Lieutenant Maynard, the "flying par son," who finished first would start the return flight on Tuesday. Major Spatz and Lieutenant Kiel did not be lieve they could ti- ready to start vest before Wednesdav. Speed King I'nrsun Lieutenant W .B. Maynard late Sat t rday established his reputation as speed king of the Army Air Service by checking in at San Francisco, the finishing point of the transcorifin;nt al air race, at 1.12.07 o'clock (Pacific coast time) in the afternoon. His to. tal time in the air for the 2,701 flight is estimated as 24 hours, 58 minutes, 55 Vs seconds. Figures Two Miles a Minute Spatz's and Kiel's flying time had not been computed last night. Spatz [Continued on Page 10.] "Cap," Hard Worker and a Friend of Children, Dies in His Harness "Cap" died to-day. After years of faithful service in the city park and tire departments, he died "in harness" at the Market street entrance to Reservoir Park. "Cap" was only a horse, but he was the most reliable and safest one used by the park department, V. Grant Forrer said to-day. He has been used at Reservoir Park for more than eight years pulling a large lawn mower during the sum- 1 mer and for hauling purposes in the winter. On Romper Day he was as busy as the busiest person in the park. When he was driven near children they were never in danger and could run about in safety. Before he was sent to Reservoir v Park he was in used in the fire department drawing ' one of the large pieces of apparatus. ■ Columbus Day Quietly Celebrated in City Columbus Day In Harrisburg re ceived no special recognition outside of the closing of the banks and State offices. Members of Harrisburg Council Knights, of Columbus attend ed services yesterday, but there was no special observance. On Wednes day a large ' umber of lo.;;,l Knights will go to Philadelphia to participate Air a big event there. Some went to lhiladelphia and other cities to-day where theje will be special exercises. 1 THE WEATHER] Harrisburg and Vicinity. Partly eluudy to-night and Tuesday with slowly rising tempera ture. Eastern Pennsylvania t Partly etoudy to-night and Tuesday. Slowly rising temperature. Moderate north shifting to east winds. Rivers The main river will rise slightly. All tributaries will fall slowly or remain station ary except the lower part of the West branch, which will rise somewhnt this afternoon anil to-night. A stage of about Ik.*! feet Is Indicated for Harrls , bnrg Tuesday morning. ■ • tgr HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Slar-3n6cpcnsfht. Flying Parson and His Steelton Assistant f' r"* i ■'.■2-. v'Awmi-.gmv' ~ vy—? —••••;■. - /. • SERGEANT W. E. KLINE (LEFT) AND LIEUT. B. W. MAYNARD William E. Kline, who resided in this city and Steelton before enter ins Army service, is mechanician for Lieutenant B. W. Maynard, "the fly ins person," who won first place in the record-breaking transcontinental flight. Kline sent a message to his wife in Steelton yesterday announcing his safe arrival, lie came to Harrisburg ire 1902 and became an' employe at the Steelton plant. In 1917 he entered the service and soon qualified as an expert mechanician, advancing to the highest noncommissioned office in the air service. The dog is Trixie, Maynard's captured German police dog. MORE OFFICE ROOM PLANNED FOR TELEGRAPH i Permits Taken Out For Rc i modeling and For New Ohev Sliolom Temple Building permits were issued to day to the Central Construction Cor poration for tlie erection of the new Ohev fcffiolom Temple, at Front and Seneca streets, and for important changes in the Telegraph building in Federal Square. The temple will be a stone struc ture, one-story in height, and will be 40x52 feet. It will cost approxi mately $55,000. The changes in the Telegraph building will provide largely in creased office space, approximating forty offices of modern design, sin gle and en "suite. This space has been made available for office uses by the removal of several of the operating departments of The Tele graph Printing Company to the Bowman building at State and Cam eron streets, where approximately 60,000 square feet makes the en larged program of the printing de partments possible almost immedi ately. To Cost $25,000 The Central Construction Corpora tion began work on the conversion of the space in the present building into offices to-day, and it is expect ed that the additional offices will be ready for tenants, some of whom have already made leases, before the first of the year. The estimated cost of the changes in the Telegraph building is $25,- 000. Edwin G. Bachman. with Charles W. Frkim as contractor, secured a permit to erect a one-and-one-half story brick and frame dwelling at 547 Wiconisco street, at a cost of $4,000. C. W. Strayer, contractor for the ciy school district, was given a per mit to build an addition to the con tinuation school in Forster street at a cost of $l,OOO. Deny Germans Are Supporting Bolshevism By Associated Prrss Berlin, Saturday, Oct. 11.—An of ficial statement is published denying formally the allegation in the Let tish appeal to the Entente that Ger man troops in the Baltic provinces have done everything possible to support Bolshevism and have at tacked the Letts from the rear. The German rejoinder declares that this statement is contrary to the truth and is an abhorrent measure of agi tation against Germany. Germany has not broken the peace, it is declared, but on the con trary has done everything to en force the terms of peace in the case of misled troops in a portion of the Baltic provinces. RUSHING AID By Associated Press Paris. Oct. 13.—Important troop movements are occurring in the di rection of Riga, according to a tele gram received here from Basel. Esthonian troops are said to have left Segewold for Riga, thirty miles distant, and Lettish reinforcements and other Esthonian detachments are reported to be en route to Libau on board a transport for the pur pose of joining Lettish forces which have been landed there from British vessels. CANVASS OF CITY FOR MEMORIAL FUND SUGGESTED ! Contribution of Any Size Ac ceptable, Committee Of ficially Announces ' WILL THIS BE NECESSARY? Here is an excerpt from a let ter received this morning by Don j aid McCormick, chairman of the j committee having charge of the collection of the funds with which a memorial to the city's soldiers and sailors will be erected: "1 am interested in the me ■ morial But 1 fear you arc making it hard for citizens to hold up their end! 1 believe [ many of us are too busy, or too I thoughtless, to come to Chamber i of Commerce rooms to subscribe, j Why cannot a campaign be con ' ducted, similar to other carn j palgns of the last two years? Why not call upon the men who ! 'put over' the Fifth or Victory I Liberty Loan campaign? Then : when these men come to us we ' can pay our money without trou ble. Think this over." Mr. McCormick this morning was wondering whether a cain i pnign of the sort mentioned will really be necessary. An erroneous idea which seems to prevail among a certain percentage of the city's population was dispell ed this morning when the committee in charge of the naemorial fund | announced that subscriptions for any i amount will be received. "What we mean is this," Chalr ! man McCormick announced. "We j will take subscriptions for 50 cents |of $5OO. We will lump the small | sums as fast as $2O is reached, that j sum will be credited to the name of I some soldier or sailor. Suppose there ! are seven' 50-cent subscriptions, I seven $1 subscriptions, one for $1.50, | lour 25-cent ones, one for $5, and one for $2. These total $2O, and the i amount will be credited to some I soldier or sailor, whose name will j be withdrawn from the general list. "It seems to have been the idea that only $2O subscriptions are want ! ed. What we started out to do, to | get the money needed, was to get 1 $2O subscriptions for each man or j woman in service, but that did not [Continued on Page 10.] MICE AND MEN AND TRAPS BRING A TALE OF A TAIL The Story's a Short One, but So's the Caudal Appendage, but All the Facts Fit In Deny street near Twenty-fifth, there has been an epidemic of mice. Thereby hangs a tale, about a tail. The mice became so bold and de structive that a war council was held Everybody in the neighbor hood purchased traps. The slaugh ter began. Mice grew scarce, but there was one little fellow whose capture two certain residents desired verv much. CONDITION OF WILSON REMAINS MUCH THE SAME Physicians Announce His Or-; gans Are Functioning Normally " NEW REPORTS RESENTED Take Exception to Statements That He Could Not At tend to Duties By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 13. President Wilson's condition remains much ; the same as for the last several days j and his organs are functioning > normally, said a bulletin issued to- ■ day by his physicians. The bulletin follows: "While House, , i Oct. 13. Dili). 12.15 I*. M. "The President's condition remains iniieli the same as for the |Kist several days. His tern- . perature, with the exception of one day, pulse and respiration j rate, heart action and blood pressure are normal and have been so since the onset of his ! illness. His kidneys are func tioning normally. (Signed) "GRAYSON*. "RUFFIN, "STCTT." Resent Reports White House officials resented publication of reports that the Presi dent's condition was sucli that he could not attend to his official duties should matters of importance arise. "The President could sign bills to-day it they were placed before him, but we are not putting them before him," one official said. Those close to the President said they had every confidence that he would re gain his health, although he must continue to obey his physicians' or ders to remain in bed for "an ex tensive period," and resign himself to tlie utmost quietude and relaxa tion. Able Now to Work There is no reason why legislation now ready for the President's action should not be placed befone him, Secretary Tumulty said, but decision as to this rests with Rear Admiral Grayson, his personal physician. Bills now ready for executive action include the prohibition enforcement measure and the amendments to the food contfol act punishing profiteer ing and hoarding. A discussion of whether President Wilson is well enough to properly perform the duties of the presidency developed at an executive session of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee to-day when action was sought on a resolution requesting certain information regarding Chinese-Japanese relations. A vote on the resolution and sev eral other measures relating to for eign affairs was postponed indetin | Continued on Pago 10.] Man Gone 14 Years and Woman Missing 20 Years to Be Declared Dead Two petitions for letters for ad ministration on estates of persons believed to be dead were presented to President Judge George Kunkel. Both applications will be heurd De cember 15. Mrs. Mattie Pennell, through her George L. Reed, presented the first petition, stating that her husband, John H. Pennell, has been missing for more than fourteen years and that he owns a one-sixth interest in a property in Green street. Mr. Pennell has not been heard from since he left the city. In the other case Victor Brad i dock, counsel for four surviving sis | tors of Elizabeth Keefe, also be | lieved to be dead because she has not been heard from for twenty I years, presented the application for J letters of administration. Miss Keefe ; was a daughter of the late Mr. and I Mr*. Richard Keefe. Three of her ! sisters renounced the right to take j out letters on the estate and Mar garet C. Keefe, another sister, pre sented the petition. The estate con sists of a one-sixth interest in a 1 property at Nagle and Showers ! streets. Reservations Going Fast For Loan Luncheon Friday Rudolph K. Spicer, chairman of the Rotary Club committee in charge of the luncheon to be held at the Penn-Harris Friday noon, when Lieutenant-Governor E. E. Beidle man and Warren H. Manning, the park expert, will discuss various municipal loans to be voted on in November, announces that reserva tions are going rapidly. He urges that those who desire seats lose no time in sending their cards, as the hotel management cannot take last minute reservations and the seating capacity of the ballroom is limited. Members of the Chamber of Com merce and Kiwanis Club have been invited. One morning one man held up his mouse trap to the view of a neigh bor, showing only the tail of a mouse. "This is the best that 1 can do," he said. Then came another conference and everybody was re quested to g.ve notice when the tailless mouse was captured. Notice came Saturday. A neighbor several doors away caught the mouse that tit the tail. Now everything is quiet. Cause and Cure of Living's High Cost Washington, Oct. 13.—The United States Gouncil of National Defense, composed of the Secretaries, of War, Navy, Interior, Agri culture, Commerce and Labor, has made a careful investigation of the high cost of living problem and finds: FAULTS FOI'XD i SUGGESTED REMEDIES That the nation's produc- ! To Produce more goods and tive powers have not been I to produce them in propor fully utilized since the armis- ! tion to the people's needs, tiee. j To stamp out profiteering j and prevent hoarding. That too few goods, not- ! To enforce vigorously laws ably the necessities of life, i and enact such further laws have been produced, and that as are necessary to prevent even some of these goods i nd punish profiteering and have been withheld from the : hoarding. market, and, therefore from ! To bring about better co the people. 1 operation and methods in dis- , i tributing and marketing That the high cost of liv- goods, ing is due in part to unavoid- j To keep producer and con able war waste and increase \ sumer informed as to what money and credit. j goods are needed and as to ! what supplies are available, That there has been and is so that production may an considerable pri fiteering, in- ticipate the country's de tentional and unintentional. 1 ntands. Goods, and rrot money, are the means of life. Better standards of living are impossible without producing more goods. Man can not consume what is not produced. Our common duty now, fully as much as during the war, is to work and save. OPTOMETRISTS OF STATE OPEN BIG CONVENTION HERE Many Interesting Optical Dis plays Shown at the Penn- Harris Headquarters V ' j : , . . ' I ' x MMm £ SB jfßßl WF* jtßr JtBKHm J. H. FLANAGAN, President of State Optical Society ! The Pennsylvania State Optical So ciety formally opened its annual con j vontion in the Penn-Harris Hotel this morning. Mayor Daniel L. Keister delivered the address of welcome. All day yesterday there was a steady stream of optometrists from the State entering Harrisburg. but even though the registration book at its time of closing last night showed that almost 200 delegates had arrived, it was reckoned from advance infor mation that only about one half of them had arrived. Every indication points to the fact that Harrisburg will have the largest State Optical convention over held. There are a number of very fine display booths on the second floor of the Penn-Harris for the conventon, practically every big jobber and manufacturer in the east, showing [Continued on Page <>.] Two Automobiles Stolen From Same Garage Are Found Badly Damaged Two automobiles were stolen from a local garage yesterday and later found abandoned. The same man is believed to be responsible for both thefts. The first car,, the property of Miss K. M. Edwards, of Pittsburgh, was taken from the garage early in the day and abandoned at Cameron and Berryhill streets. The machine was ditched there after being struck by a Harrisburg Railways ear. It was badly damaged. The second 'machine was the prop erty of J. C. Soutter, of Soutter's twenty-five-cent store. It was stolen from the same garage later in the day. It was abandoned between Heckton and Dauphin badly dam aged, after having been driven into a telegraph pole. Many to Plant Trees in City on Arbor Day Applications arc being received daily by City Forester Louis G. Bal timore for permits to plant trees on Arbor Day, October 24. It is be lieved that at least 100 trees will be planted on city streets on that day, according to the street planting plan announced by Mr. Baltimore. Within the next few days the City Forester will' announce a list of trees, shrubbery arid hardy flowers suitable for planting on lawns. He will furnish information to anyone about the planting and care of trees and shrubbery on private property. A definite program for the memor ial tree planting exercises in Reser voir Park on' Arbor Day will be completed probably this week. More than 100 white pines will be planted in a large grove in the purk. CONFESSION OF JEWEL ROBBERY GOT FROM YOUTH Roy of Seventeen Said to Havej Committed Several Other Crimes After a thrilling chase in Howard street this morning. Wesley Jones, 17 years old, of 163 2 Derry street, was arrested by Patrolman button. Jones is charged with breaking into and robbing the jewelry store oil F. E. Commings, 14 North Fourth j street, last Tuesday; with stealing| the automobile of Kuhn Brothers,! Holly and Carlisle streets last week, i and with the robbery of the home of G. W. Brinton, 1508 Market street, during the summer. He is said to have admitted the Commings rob bery and the theft of the Kuhn's automobile. Jones is now in the Dauphin county jail while police are collect ing further evidence against him. His hearing will be held within the next several days. Suspected by Police Jones had been suspected of hav ing committed the Commings rob bery and patrolmen had been in structed to take Jones into custody if they encountered him. This morn ing Dutton encountered him and gave chase. Throwing off the over coat be was wearing. .Tones took flight but was soon run down. The I overcoat, containing a loaded re-j volver. was later recovered by Motorcycle Officer George Fettrow. Tn the Commings robbery. Jones is! said to have taken an automobile from the garage of the Oliver Chill el Plow Company, Fourteenth and Howard streets, and to have return ed it there afterwards. He rode in the automobile to the store, threw a brick through the window and made away with $4OO worth of jewelry. Tlte following morning he is reported to have told boys in Reservoir Park that he had heard that there was some jewelry thrown away in the park and to have assisted them in hunting for it. Two days after this robbery, on last Thursday evening he is said to jhave gone to New York in the auto mobile stolen from the Kuhn garage, [according to his alleged statement to-day. This automobile is report ed to have been abandoned there. Jones has been in the bands of the police on larceny charges on & number of previous occasions. Four weeks previous to the Com-! mings robbery, another burglary,! similar in every respect, took place at the store of Max Reiter and Com pany, just two doors away, at 18 North Fourth street. At this time Jewelry worth $3OO was taken. The responsibility for this robbery has! not been fixed. France Decrees Affairs of Nation on Peace Basis, ■ Ending State of Siege Paris, Oct. 13. —Decrees published in the Journal Officiele this morn ing place the interior affairs of France on a peace basis, ending the state of siege, lifting the censor ship and transferring jurisdiction over police affairs from the army to prefectures. To end the state of war with Ger many it is still necessary to deposit in the foreign office a text of the Treaty signed by President Poin eare, wbich will be filed with the ratification document signed by President Ebert of Germany, which is already in hand. To this will be added the ratification documents signed by the kings of England and ?tnly. A document will then be drawn up setting forth the fact of the deposit of the document, and this will be followed by the pub lication of the text of the Treaty in the Journal Ofticiele. At that time, the Treaty will go into effect. The exchange of ratifications will occur at the foreign office without ceremony in the presence of ambas sadors of England and Italy and Kurt Von Eesner, Germany's repre sentative, Stephen Pinchon, foreign minister, will represent France. The British and Italian ratifications have not yet been received, but are ex pected at any moment, and It is hoped the formalities may be con cluded rapidly. Two sheets will be added to the Treaty when it is tiled, the first setting forth that renresentatives of the powers have taken cogn'zance of the Treaty, and the second bear ing the signatures and seals of the j representatives. The document con- i taining the minutes of the meeting | will be filed with the Treaty. HOLD GERMANS FOR SAFETY OF BALTIC BOARD OF CONTROL Allies in Note Concerning Situation Declare There Are Delays and 111 Will ■ ••j Associated Press Paris, Oct. 13. —The note of the Allies to Germany concerning the Baltic situation declares that there are delays and ill will, in spite of the remonstrances of the Allies In the evacuation of the Baltic prov inces. it do"s not admit of the rea sons put forth by Germany for the delay. Then,'saying that the situation in Lettoniu hits been aggravated by the attacks of the German troops, the Allies announce that it is their in tention to keep up in their entirety the coercive measures announced September 27 as long as the evacua tion is to be continued and to assist in the execution of these measures. The note accepts the proposal made by Germany to send a control commission to the Baltic. A prompt reply to the note is asked for. It is stated in the note that Germany will be held responsible for any acts of hospitality against representatives of the Allies. Text of Note Following is the text in part of the note sent to lite German government by the Allied and associated powers regarding the evacuation of the Bal tic provinces: "The Allied and associated gov ernments note the formally express ed pretensions of the German gov ernment—note of October 3—to un dertake and to pursue in a most energetic manner the withdrawal of its troops front the Baltic regions and Lithuania. * "It is difficult not to believe that their long delay has been designed, calculated as it was to lead to the very results which the German gov ernment now affect to deplore. It seems indeed impossible otherwise to explain their refusal to recall Genet al Yon Der Goltz, who has been their official instrument in creating the present situation in open defiance of the representations 14* WIN THEIR STRTRE *l* i |? t J' ' T! ° a [ *'"' e c '' - r ' c[ ' ff| |X dona' -' - n trolley car plan. X T *1" Ml IX 8 . • / . I X • UOnal,st ? urkl!h goveAmtnt, recently set up Aa X j !i x 1 x * I 1 1 r ' nt. I 2 4* ANOTHER PLANE IN RACE CRASHES * * • Hh -J* J : t X T * > -5e ' T ! * 4* " . * 4* WANT TO RAISE LOAN IN AMERICA *1 T * * K • lo?n of 2,000,000 pounds sterling in America for the IL" ; X State of Queensland were made in the legislative assent- *k ,• IJ* bly here on Friday but the State Treasurer subsequently J X cfused either to confirm 6r deny the rumor. * p J* FISHMAN TO APPEAL FINE *• y Harrisburg. Sam Fishman. was fined $5O or' 30 days |X this afternoon on a disorderly practice charge. Tlie case i* *l* JT will be appealed. He was later tried on violating a traf -4 fic ordinance and fined $25. | MARRIAGE LICENSES I \\ *„dell Hrnrdck and Julln Kovata. Strrltong Hnrry E. Farina . Amelia Vance, Stecltom George D. I.rnker and Sftnnle 1. Ddbler.a* 4ns MlllerNburK. 'T VON DER GOLTZ ATTACKING RIGA Holsingfors, Oct. 13.—Riga has suffered considerable damage from the bombardment of the German-Russian troops, especial ly in the district near the rail road. The enemy's attempts to cross the bridge, reports from Reval say, were repelled. Many civilians were killed or wounded by bombs dropped on the town. Paris, Oct. 13.—Dispatches an nouncing that the forces under General von der Goltz are now actually attacking the suburbs of Riga lend special interest to the Peace Conference's r.-ote of Octo ber 10 to Germany, declaring that the Allied and Associated governments will hold Germany fully responsible for the action of von Der Goitz in the Baltic prov inces and will maintain coercive measures until evacuation begins. N'o decision has yet been taken by the Conference as to the mem bership of the commission the Al lied and Associated powers agree to send to supervise the withdrawal of von Der Goltz. 1 of the Allied and associated govern ments. • "UnJess some very much more satisfactory explanations of those matters than those hitherto afford ed are given by the German govern ment. Ihe Allied and associated gov ernments cannot admit the conten tion that the German government have, as they iassert, continually made the most energetic efforts to withdraw the German troops from the Baltic states."
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