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LXXXVIII—NO. 245
271 DWELLINGS
HELP RELIEVE
HOME SHORTAGE
Many New Houses Arc in the
Course of Construction
Throughout City
LITTLE FRAME BUILDING
Outlying Districts Rapidly Be
ing Covered With Homes
and Apartments
Although there is still a serious
housing shortage in the city, Harris
hurg' has started on a record-break
ing building boom and sinpb Janu
ary of this year permits have been
issued for the construction of 271
new dwellings, costing $1,087,600 to
erect.
More than 400 permits for all
building work have been issuerf at
the office of Building Inspector
James H. Grove and the total cost
of the projects is $2,311,460, by far
the largest amount of construction
in the history of the bureau.
Brick Construction
In addition to the many houses
which have been built or are under
construction, many other properties
were remodeled and converted into
apartments, while a few new apart
ment houses were built.
Fourteen varieties of construction
of dwellings have been built during
the year, the greater number of
houses being of brick or sim : lar
fire-resisting materials. Only thir
teen frame houses have been built
at a cost of $36,900, while permits
were issued for 152 brick dwellings,
to cost $608,100, more than half the
tolal cost of all houses being erected
this year.
Xear Suburbs
Most of the home-building opera
tions are being done in outlying sec
tions of the city, particularly in the
Tenth Thirteenth and First wards.
As a result of the construction of
more homes in these districts, tlie
city is gradually stretching out and j
reaching closer to many nearby
boroughs and villages.
In addition to the permits for!
brick and frame houses, dwellings ofl
other types are being completed, I
for which the number and estimated :
cost follow:
Brick and frame, seventeen I
houses, to cost $76,000; brick and
stone, eleven, $50,000; brick and]
stucco, fifteen, $69,700; concrete!
block, three, $9,000; stone, three,,
$17,500; concrete block and stucco. I
one $3,500; frame and stucco,]
twenty, $74,500; brick and concrete,
seven, $25,000; stone and stucco, I
one, $10,000; brick and frame, one, |
$1,800; stone and frame, five, $22,- j
000; brick, concrete block and;
stone, twenty-two, $83,600.
Delegates May Sit on
Commission Regardless
of Treaty Ratification'
By Associated Press.
I'aris, Oct. 18.—The. Supreme]
Council to-day adopted a resolution |
that delegates of the great powers}
may sit on the various commissions 1
created under the German Peace j
Treaty and may vote on questions i
before these commissions, whether
or not their governments have rati
fied the Treaty.
If the United States Senate does
not object, it is stated to be prob
able that American delegates will
take the places assigned to the
United States on such commissions.
Washington Objects
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 18.—Republican
leaders declared emphatically to
duy that the Senate would not con
sent to participation by American
representatives in the League of
Nations or other international
commissions until the Peace Treaty
had been ratified by the Senate and
specific laws enacted by Congress
authorizing such representatives and
providing for their expenses.
Gen. Mangin Ordered
to Proceed to Baltic
States Immediately
By Associated Press.
Paris, Oct. 18.—General Mangin,
the French member of the Inter-
Allied Commission, to superintend
the evacuation of the Baltic states
by the troops of General Von Der
Goltz, will leave Paris immediately
for the Baltic, it was decided to
day by the Supreme Council. Briga
dier General Sherwood A. Cheney,
U. 8. A., and representatives of the
Dther great powers will follow in a
few days.
The Peace Conference has receiv
ed messages to the effect that Gen
eral Yudenitch was expected to take
Petrograd within two days. It has
no advices, however, regarding the
reports that his army had actually
entered Petrograd.
ItheweathfFJ
Harrlxbnrg and Vldnltyt Fair to
night and Sunday. Not much
change in temperature. Light
frost to-night with lowest tem
perature about 43 degrees.
Eastern Pennsylvania. Fnlr to
night and Sunday. Froxt to
night. Moderate north nlndx
becoming variable.
niveri The mail river will rise
slowly, the upper portion be
ginning to fall Sundn.v after
noon or night. All tributaries
will fall slowly or rrmaln near
ly Htntlonary. A stage of about
t4.R fret la Indicated for Harrls
burg Sunday morning.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
If\ "PAf"*T7si Daily Except Sunday. Entered as Second Class
-D.fVV_iJ_o Matter at the Post Office at Harrisburg
Hey, You Fellows Up Ahead, Wait a Minute!
SENATE HOPES
TO FINISH PEACE
TREATY TEXT
Proposal to Equalize Vote of
U. S. and Great Britain
Only Amendment
DOCUMENT BEING BEAD
Not Yet Half Through After
Many Weeks of Con
sideration
Washington. Oct. 18. Senate
I reading clerks to-day again were
faced with the prospect of continu-
I ation of the reading of the long
document in which is incorporated
the basis of peace between Germany
and the United States and Associated
powers, and the Covenant of the
League of Nations. After many
weeks, before the Scgate, the docu
ment's reading is not yet half com
pleted, but it was hoped to finish
it to-day.
Only one major proposal for ac
tual amendment of its terms now
impending, the Johnson proposal to
equalize the votes of the U. S. and
Great Britain in the League Assem
bly.
When the Senate convened to-day
there came up under the rules a
resolution by Senator Walsh, Dem
ocrat, Montana, which would give
it as the sense of the Senate that
whenever the United States be
comes a member of the League of
Nations, the "state of affairs in Ire
land and the right of its people to
self government," would be pre
sented to the League Council and
Assembly by the American repre
sentatives.
Haldeman's Rules For
Streets-Widths Adopted
Ottawa, Ont., Oct., 18.—Character
izing housing conditions and the en
vironment in which thousands are
compelled to live in the larger cities
of the American' continent as "the
great crime of the past," N..W. Ro
well, president of the privy council,
ir. welcoming the members of the
American city planning institute and
the town planning institute of Cana
da, to Ottawa for their conference,
urged upo.n them the necessity of
bringing about a "new and better so
cial order" during the present re
construction' period.
A report on ruleS for the establish
ment of street widths and their sub
division, read by B. A. Haldeman, of
Harrisburg, was adopted.
Mr. Maldeman is chief of the di
vision of city planning and municipal
engineering in the Bureau of Munici
palities, of the Statp Department of
Internal Affairs.
TO HUII.I) GARAGE *
J. H. Sheesley secured a permit
to-day to build a one-story frame
garage in Hemlock street, near Ninth
to cost $5.00.
TRAFFIC MAN IS
PROUD TO BECOME
HARRISBURGER
G. F. Crane Falls in Love
With City; Studying the
Street Car Problems ,
HMWJS .iflgP
; .y?^
C. F. CRANE.
C. F. Crane, the new superintendent
of transportation for the Harrisburg
Railways Company, said this morning
that he considered it not only a privi
lege* but an honor to become a Har
risburger, and that he could not as
yet begin to appreciate this city. Mr.
Crane arrived several weeks ago to
take-up his new duties, and will act
as assistant to the president of the
company, Frank B. Musser.
Mr. Crane lias been identified with
railroading since he was 18 years old
and is an enthusiastic worker. For
some years he was stationed at
Wilkes-Barre, and did wonderful
work in the reorganization of the rail
way lines there. After spending sev
eral years in the South, Mr. Crane
was called to assist Mr. Musser, and
came Immediately.
Mr. Crane had nothing to say fet
this time of nis duties as transporta
tion head, as he felt that he has not
been here long enough to fully grasp
the situation.
TO STRIVE FOIt PEACE
By Associated Fress.
Peking, Sunday, Oct. 12.—The
policy of his predecessor in striving
for peace, in co-operation with the
president of the republic, will be
followed by Chin Yun Peng, the new
Chinese Premier, he declared in an
intedvlew to-day. >
®je Jftatr-ftrtcpcitftrot.
HARRISBURG. PA. SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1919,
TO END STRIKES
ON RAILROADS BY
PENALIZING MEN
Senate Committee Adopts Pro
visions Seeking to Pre
vent All Disorders
AS A PEBMANENT POLICY
Government Control Would
End Thirty Days After En
actment of Measure
By Associated Press
Washington, Oct. 18. After
adopting provisions to end railroad
strikes by penalizing employes who
go on strike or others who foment
strikes, the Senate Interstate Com
merce Committee to-day completed
the draft of a bill to establish a
permanent Srailroad policy. Gov
ernment control and operation of
the roads would end thirty days
after enactment of the measure.
The bill will be reported out early
next week. It is similar to the orig
inal Cummins measure, providing
for private control and operation
of the railroads under the strict sup
ervision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and a national transpor
tation board.
The railroads would be divided
into competitive regional systems
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission empowered to' fix rates in
suring a return of 5 1-2 per cent,
upon actual value plus one-half of
one per cent, for improvements.
The plan for adjusting the
financial obligations of the Govern
ment and carriers growing out of
Government control provides that a
net balance of about $400,000,000
owing by the carriers shall be car
ried by the Government at six per
cent. Interest for at least ten years,
with new notes of the railroads as
security. The earnings made by the
Government above the guarantee to
the roads will be paid to the roads
to offset their indebtedness to the
Government.
SAYS "FRIEYD" GAVE
HIM STOLEN AUTO
A friend, whose name he had for
gotten had given him the machine,
Harry Fuller, 419 Walnut Street, told
police airthorities after he had been
arrested on the charge of stealing an
automobile belonging to Mrs. Frank
Wgher, of Camp Hill. The automobile
had been stolen from Market Square
late in the afternoon. While driving
in Market street, between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth in the early evening,
Mrs. Weber's husband and her father.
Calvin C. Seachrist, of Camp Hill,
spied the car. Driving to where the
car was parked, they nabbed Fuller.
VERDICT OF $375
The jury returned a verdict of
J375 in favor of Henry J. Gardner
in his civil action against the Key
stone Motor Car Company to recover
damages which resulted from an
auto accident'at Hummel and Mul
baw streets, in 1917,
PETROGRAD IS
TAKEN, OFFICIAL
REPORT ASSERTS
Notice Is Posted on the Paris
Stock Exchange Bulletin
Board This Afternoon
KBONSTADT IS CAPTUBED
Unconfirmed Beports Declare
Yudenitch Is Advancing
Toward Capital
By Associated Press.
Paris, Oct. 18.—The following no
tice was posted at the Stock Ex
change this afternoon;
"OFFICIAL. PETROGRAD HAS
BEEN TAKEN."
While unconfirmed reports from
Scandinavian and Finnish sources re
assert to-day the capture of Kron
stadt. and the entrance of General
Yudenitch's army into Petrograd, au
thoritative information at hand only
goes so far as to assert the capture
of Gatchina, 25 miles from Petrograd,
with indications that Krasnoe feelo
(Red village), 16 miles almost direct
ly south of Petrograd, may also have
fallen. The capture of Gatchina, ac
cording to British war office informa
tion, occurred only yesterday, al
though the Scandinavian advices had
been announcing this as a fact for
several days.
Near Krnsnala Gorka
On t.he left Esthonian troops co
operating with General Yudenitch are
just outside of Krasnaia Gorka (Red
hill) on the Gulf of Finland about
30 miles due east of Petrograd. Their
further advance toward Petrograd
seems held up by .the guns of Kron
stadt and of the Russian fleet, operat
ing under its protection. From Gut
china General Yudenitch, again, ac
cording to the British war office re
ports, holds a fairly straight north
and south line 60 miles due south t.o
Luga on the Petrograd-Pskov rail
way. ,
The island fortress Kronstadt is
evidently the key to Petrograd, and
so long as it remains in Bolshevist
hands It will be extremely difficult
t.o complete the campaign against
Petrograd by the capture of that
city. At Krasnoe Selo, the old sum
mer camp of the Russian Guard
Corp?, or even at Tsarskoe Selo
(Tsar's village) former winter resi
dence of the Russian emperors,
which is 14 miles south of Petrograd,
General YudeWtch's troops would
still be out of range of the guns of
the remaining battleships of the Bol
shevist Baltic fleet, but the imme
diate approaches to the city are com
manded by these warships, and the
line, which now rqsembles an in
verted fish hook, can with difficulty,
be straightened out and the barb
brought into Petrograd to the north
until Kronstadt falls.
Continued Menace From
Baltic Situation Makes
Conference Uneasy
By Associated Press.
Paris, Oct. 18.—The inter-allied
military commission to superintend
the evacuation of the German forces
of General Von der Goltz will leave
for the Baltic states probably within
a very few days as there is great
uneasiness in Paris over the Baltic
situation, the continued menace
from the presence of these troops in
the Baltic region, and the increas
ing possibility that Petrograd may
soon change hands and thus put alt
Northern Russia into the same un
settled state which prevails in the
Baltic provinces.
This it is feared would afford a
wonderful opportunity for a com
mander of the type of General Von
der Goltz, who has dehionstrated
unusual strength as a leader of
guerrilla warfare such as that now
common in Northern Russia and
who has surrounded himself with
fearless adventurers of a similar
character. These might possibly
show greater powers of organization
in Soviet Russia than the Russian
leaders who now are pressing on to
ward Petrograd and Moscow, and
might turn the overthrow of Bol
shevism into a decided German vic
tory.
Investigators who have recently
been in the Baltic provinces have
reported to the Peace Conference
that General Von der Goltzlindoubt
edly has plans prepared for an east
ward movement If opportunity
should offer and probably is
ready to gove Central Russia a
new government of German making.
For this reason members of the
Peace Conference are anxious that
the demobilization of the forces of
General Von der Goltz be effected
immediately lest his troops move
into Soviet Russia and greatjy com
plicate affairs should the Lenine
government be overturned.
ÜBGES USE OF
DEAD TO PBOLONG
LIFE OF LIVING
P Oct. 18.—Dr. Geor re
who claims he. can
postpone ofd age by grafting in
terstitial glands, points out in an
article in the Journal to-day that
the internal secretion of glands
such as the thyroid and supra
renal continue alive for three
hours after the death of the body
and, therefore, advocates that
bodies of young and healthy per
sons killed ip accident should
be rushed to hospitals, where pa
tients are suffering Crom curable
rqaladies. Hp says the grafting
of the glands could be grouped
and put in cold storage where
they could be kept Indefinitely.
"Unfortunately." writes Dr.
VoronoiT, "prejudices and law
now prevent this. Our shcular
customs require that our per
ishable bodies be cons'gned to
the earth, where they slowly und
uselessly are consumed."
THIRSTY BACHELORS
ENVY MARRIED MEN
Uncle Sam Declares Benedict
Gallons of Wine Each Ye
May Not Even We
Sobriety vs. matrimony.
That is the wav Uncle Sam has
matched 'em up and Ephraim
I.ederer, collector of internal rev
enue, will be the referee. The only
trouble is that Matrimony may
draw heavily on the thinning ranks
of Sobriety's rooters so that the lat
ter will go into the fight without a
man in his corner. Odds may be
posted after the following articles
for the fight have been perused.
According to Mr. Lederer's posters
no single man may make wine this
fall, no matter how his tongue rasps
in his mouth for just a "wee drop"
denied him by the prohibition laws.
But with the benedicts it is some
thing else again. Each married man
may make 200 gallons of the in
toxicating fluid. No matter how his
heart aches for his unmarried
brother, he may not let him wet
liis lips. Neither may the married
winemaker remove any of the fer
mented grape from his home, nor
yet give any to boarders nor mem
bers of his household who live under
separate roofs.
Another queer quirp of the recent
Congressional act declares that if
any man has left his wife he must
join the dry ranks of his single
brethren. Only if he lives with the
spouse he promised to support for
life may he turn toper and keep
within the law.
To keep all entries straight Mr.
Lederer has warned all winemakers
that they send him notice in the
Federal building , Philadelphia,
headquarters of this revenue district,
that the juice of the grape is be
ing fermented.
Accuses U. S. Soldiers
of Crossing Border and
Kidnaping Mexicans
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 18.—The Mexi
can consul at Presidio. Texas, has
reported to Ambassador Bonillas
two alleged invasions of Mexican ter*
ritory which he says has Involved the
kidnaping of Mexicans by American
soldiers. The consul In his report
said he had complained to the prop
er United States military authorities
and that the soldiers were arrest
ed and the Mexicans freed and their
arms, which had been taken by the
soldiers, restored to them. No com
plaint has been made or is contem
plated by the ambassador to the
American State Department it was
said at the embassy to-day, because
the incidents have been promptly
settled by the action of the military
authorities and the Mexican govern
ment does not care to create a "situ
ation" by filing a formal protest.
On one occasion the consul claim
ed, three American soldiers went
across the border to the town of San
Juan and seized a number of Mexi
cans, searched them and their houses
and carried them back into United
States territory with the arms they
found. The other occasion, the con
sul alleges, was in the town of Bar
ranca de la Luge and Mexican citi
zens seized were taken to the town
of Marfa, Texas, where they were
being "held by the soldiers when the
consul secured their release through
the military commander at Marfa.
Appeal of Wasson to
Have Name Printed on
Ballots Is Dismissed
By Associated Press.
Pittsburgh, Oct. 18.—The Supreme
Court to-day dismissed the appeal of
Common Pleas Judge Henry G.
Wasson to have his name printed on
the ballot at the November general
election as a candidate for re-elec
tion. The act of 1919, the constitu
tionality of which was questioned in
the appeal, was held to be valid in
the court's declaration- and not con
flicting with an act on the question
of a few years previous.
The Supreme Court decision was
the result of an appeal by Judge
Wasson from the Dauphin county
court decision Tuesday last, when
he was denied the right to have his
name printed on the ballot and
when mandamus proceedings filed
against the Secretary of the Com
monwealth were dismissed.
The Supreme Court's decision also
upholds Judge George Kunkel's de
cision in the Dauphin county court,
in which the constitutionality of
the act of 1919 providing for the
nonpartisan election of judges and
re-establishing the manner of ascer-,
tairring sole nominees was declared
valid. •
Belgian King and
Queen Will Not Be
Greeted by President
By Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 18. —The King
and Queen of the Belgians will not
he received by President Wilson and
Mrs. Wilson or/ their visit to Wash
ington this mcmth. They will be the
guests of Vice-President and Mrs.
Marshall instead.
Secretary Tumulty to-day issued
the following statement:
"It is much regretted that the ill
ness of the President will make It
impossible for the President and
Mrs. Wilson to receive the King and
Queen of the Belgians and the Duke
of Brabar/t as their guests.
"During the visit of Their Majes
ties His Royal Highness In
Washington, the Vice-President and
Mrs. Marshall wi 1 ret : n the pl-we
of the President nn-1 Mrs. Wilson as,
hosts for the Government of the I
United States.'
"Their Majesties and Hi 3 Royal :
Highness, during their visit to
Washington, will occupy the real-:
dence of the Third Assistant Secre- i
tary of State," j
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ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS SINGLE COPIES UfiMC ETIITTAII
NE W SPA PER IN HARRISBURG TWO CENTS rlUlTlEi CiUl 1 lUH
May Make and Drink 200
r, While the Unmarried
Their Whistles
FAIR AND COOL
Wushington, Oct. 18.—Weather
predictions for the week begin
ning Monday issued by the
Weather Bureau to-day are:
North and Middle Atlantic
States: Generally fair and cool,
frequent frosts.
"FLYING CORPS"
OF 360 WORKERS
TO CANVASS CITY
Soldiers' Memorial to Be Open
Air Best Station at Ap
proach to Bridge
An official communique from head
quarters of the Harrisburg World
War Memorial Fund this morning
announced that all preparations are
completed for the movement of the
division of canvassers who will move
in concerted action on the citizens
early Tuesday morning. The partic
ular objective of the last enveloping
movement of the war is the collec
tion of $70,000 for the erection of a
permanent memorial in honor of the
service men and women of Harris
burg.
Considerable misunderstanding as
to the nature and form of the pro
posed memorial actuated the commit
tee in charge of the campaign to is
sue a statement to clear up all mis
apprehensions on the eve of the last
canvass.
The memorial will bo placed at
Thirteenth and State streets, and will
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HAILED VICTOR
OF GREATEST AIR
ENDURANCE TEST
Lieut. B. \V. Maynard Reaches
Mineola, Ending Record-
Brcaking Flight
CROSSES NATION TWICE
Triumphs Over Difficulties ir
World's Premier Fly
ing Event
By Associated Press•
N. Y„ Oct. 18.—Lieut. Bel
vin IV. Maynard, victor in the Army';
air race across the continent and re
turn, the greatest aviaUon enduranc;
test of history, landed here at 1.5'
P. M.
Lieutenant Maynard's official land> .
ing time was 1.50.05.
Two Little Girls, With
Their Mother, Are Scanning
Skies For 'Daddy' Maynard
By Associated Press
Mineola, N. Y., Oct. 18. Two
small girls were up early here to
day to Cratch with their mother for a
little black speck expected to ap
pear on the horizon at about 1
o'clock.
The little black speck, they knew,
would loom quickly into the outlines
of a rushing airplane. And pretty
soon "Daddy" Maynard, famous now
as the "flying parson" would climb
out and give them a big hug and
kiss.
Mrs. Maynard, with the little girls,
Evelyn, five, and Rose, four, weren't
the only ones, however, waiting to
welcome Lieutenant Maynard from
the longest airplane race ever
flown. Roosevelt Field, Lieutenant
Maynard's goal, was dotted with
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