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New-York tribune., 1918-05-03
Will Build so Barges for
Neu England Coal Trade

WASHINGTON, May 2.-The Ship
ping Board to-day authorized CON
struction. of fifty additional 3,500-ton
wooden .barges for the New England
coal trade. These vessels will be con-
structed in wooden shipyards along the
North Atlantic seaboard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
Disbarment Proceedings
Brought Against Bretz

Charges of misconduct as an at
torney were made against Harry NJ
Bretz, bankrupt lawyer. in court
to-day when disbarment proceedings
were started against him. The order
made against him requires an answer
within ten days giving reasons why
he should not be disbarred.
Recently the board of censors of
the Dauphin County Bar Association
reported their Investigations in a
number of cases of alleged embezzle-
ments. There are reviewed In the
petition as presented to the
court by William NJ. Hahn,
John Fox Weiss, Arthur II. Hull,
Charles C. Stroh and John r. Geyer.
Mr.. Hahn read the lengthy paper, in
which misconduct is charged.
In twelve of these cases it Is al
legged he received amounts ranging
from 500 to s2.S00 to be used in pay
ments on mortgages or to satisfy
mortgages. but in each instance he
retained the money and has not paid
1t to the persons holding the liens
against properties. The total amount
which he has received not including
some interest which is not estimated
is $15,674. In one case 1t Is charged
he was given the authority to satisfy
a mortgage by the person holding 1t,
that he received the money, marked
the mortgage satisfied but never paid
the fund to the holder. In another
case 1t is alleged he received $500
and interest and held 1t for many
months but finally paid the money
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
Fires at 1890 A. M.
Annoys Mechanicsburg

Mcchanicsburg. Dec. ia fire in
the office formerly occupied by the
II. +. Moore Coal Company, in Arch
street, near the Cumberland Valley
Railroad tracks, which occurred last
night about 1890 o'clock, is being
closely connected with other fires in
this place which occurred under sim
liar circumstances, and the belief is
general that the chain of fires were
OF incendiary origin.
The fire last night, following close
ly upon the one which occurred last
Wednesday night, was apparently set
from the outside, it is said, and when
firemen broke into the one-story
building formerly occupied as an Of
flee and situated near some large
frame sheds, a strong odor of kero-
sene was apparent. Although the
building was burning briskly at the
time of its discovery, the fire was dis
covered in time and very little dam
age resulted.
Last nights fire is hardly more
than 100 feet from the blaze, sup
posed to have been incendiary, which
destroyed the stable of the Singiser
Grocery Company, and scorched sew
eral adjoining buildings late last
summer. That fire also began about
1890 o'clock and the evidence was
strong that it had been begun by a
firebrand, it is stated.
The other in the chain of fires
which is to-day occupying the at
tention of citizens here, occurred last
Wednesday, and was staged under
most favorable circumstances for q
large confagration. A stable used for
storage purposes by the Harnish Au-
tomobile Company was blazing di-
rectly across a narrow alley from the
garage. The heat from the burning
building was so intense that the win
dow sashes in the garage were on
fire. The stable was also located near
a large frame building, used for
storage purposes. 1t was only be-
cause of the wet, weather at the
time of the fire that more damage
was not done.
1t is believed here that the Bor-
ough Council will make an investiga-
ton in the near future as to the cir
cumstances of the fires. Much appre-
hension is being experienced by mer-
chants of the town for their ware
houses and storage buildings. It is
rumored that an investigation is al
ready under way by the town off,
sSasis.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
TEUTON TROOPS
SPURN SOLDIER
COUNCIL CHIEF
Cheer When Metz Governor
Signals; Show Disdain
.,. For Molkenbuhr

Berlin, Dec. 16.-Soldiers of the
Fifth Infantry Regiment of the
Guards division who entered Berlin
on Saturday administered direct
snub to Herr Molkenbuhr, chairman
of the Soldiers section of the Work
mems and Soldiers Executive Coun-
Gil. 1t is difficult to find any other
Interpretation than that the troops
from the front have little respect for
he Berlin Soldiers Council.
The assembled troops were ad-
dressed by Lieutenant General Lea
.quis, former Governor of Metz, who
closed with a cheer for the father
land in which the troops joined vo-
ciferously. Molkenbuhr then mount
ed the tribune and began reading a
speech, whereupon the regiment sta
toned directly in front of the stand
shouldered arms and started to-
wards the Brandenburg gate with its
band playing.
Other regiments followed, passing
within twenty feet of where Molken-
buhr still was making valiant effort
to finish his speech. When he brought
his address to an end the square was
half empty and his voice was drown
ed by the sound of marching feet and
martial music with an occasional
hoot.
This is not the first incident indi-
eating that soldiers from the front do
not think highly of the council which
includes few men direct from the
firing line.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
SteeHOn NeUS
HAS
A CLOSE CALL
Bullet From Negroes Revolver
GraZeS Detective Durn-
baugh's Head

When Detective Durnbaugh at
tempted to arrest John d. Washing
ton, colored. yesterday noon there re-
suited a fight for the heavy revolver
the negro carried. In the tussle the
negro pulled the trigger. The bullet
passed close enough to the detectives
head to graz ethe skin. The detective,
howver, secuted the weapon and land
ed his man safely in jail.
About half past twelve yesterday,
Durnbaugh was called to Adams
street by Henry Taylor. who had been
chased away from a house in Adams
street by Washington, who was
charged to be shooting things up
about the place. Durnbaugh found
the negro at Front and Adams
streets. The fight resulted when he
attempted to arrest him.
Washington comes from Kentucky
according to his registration card,
and has been in Steelton but for a
short time. He was committed to
Jail pending a hearing.
Durnbaugh also arrested Thomas
Ross, colored, for participation in a
holdup on the West Side early this
month. in which George Krasovic was
shot in the leg. \ warrant had been
issued for his arrest for some time,
but he could not be located until last
Friday. when his whereabouts were
discovered by Durnbaugh. He was
committed to Jail awaiting a trial.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
Mrs. Rachel NJ. Peters
Dies at Hershey Home

Hershey, Dec. 16. - Mrs. Rachael
Nancy Peters, wife of Stacey E.
Peters. and daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hamilton d. Kaufman, of Dallas
town, died at her home in Choco-
late avenue. yesterday afteInoon at
S.15 o'clock from the effects of bron-
chiaI pneumonia following influenza,
having taken sick December 6.
Mrs. Peters was born July .. 1888,
at Dallastown. Pa. She graduated
from the Dallastown High school in
1901. of which class her husband was
also q member. She also was grad
uated from the Lebanon Valley Col
lege in 1905. She taught school in
Dallastown for a period of five years
and was married August 10, 1slO.
to Stacey Z. Peters, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William II. Peters, her hus-
band being a graduate of the Get
tysburg College in 1908.
After her marriage she had lived
in Downingtown for five years where
Mr.. Peters was principal of the High
school, and later supervising prin-
cipal during a period of seven years,
moving TO Hershey in 1915 where
Mr.. Peters is now supervising prin-
cipal. While living in Downingtown,
Mrs. Peters was a student OF china
and watercolor painting and ceramic
arts in Philadelphia for two years.
She was q member of the Lutheran
church at Dallastown, and was also
an active member of the Lutheran
church and its auXiliaries at Her.
shey.
She is survived by her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Hamilton kaun-
man, Mr.. Kaufman being promi-
nent cigar manufacturer in Dallas
town, one brother Artus. a gradu-
ate of the Lebanon Valley College
and formerly principal OF the Fawn
Grove and Warriors Mark Htgh
school. n teacher in Red Lion High
school, and at present a teacher or
science in Columbia High school, one
sister. Belle c., wife of Norman E.
CARRIER, county farm agent or Bucks
county, residing at Doylestown. Her
sister is u graduate of West Ches-
ter state Normal school and taught
in the public schools of York eoun-
tv and later in the public schools
at Doylestown.
The body will be taken to York
on the PENNSYLVANIA railroad, arriv-
ing at 1925 Tuesday morning, and
removed TO Dallastown to the home
of William H. Peters. The funeral
services will be held at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at the resi-
dence of her husbands parents. The
services will be conducted by the
Rev. S. L. Hench, pastor of Christ
Lutheran Church of Dallastown.
The Rev. r. r. Butterwick. pastor
of the United Brethren Church. of
Hershey, will assist. Burial will be
made in the Union Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
B and c. Relief Association
Pays Its Annual Dividends

The Beneficial Association of the
bridge and construction department:
of the local steel plant will to-day
distribute dividends amounting TO
$1,000. The dividends will this year
amount to $500 per member in good
standing. There are about 500 such
members. During the year the re-
ceipts of the association totaled
SS.274.2S. 1t paid out in sick and ac-
cident benefits S1.s21.75, and in death
claims S1.425.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year: President W.
J. Collier; president, Claude W.
kunkle: recording secretary, George
w. Neff; financial secretary, William
+. Nye; treasurer. Ivan L. Hoffmeis-
ter; trustees. William f. Nye. II. G.
Page: E. J. Ziegler; T. w. Miller, j.
II. Albert, Stanley Becker, Russell
Bauchmoyer. c. w. Kunkle. Irwin NJ.
Fernsler. Samuel b. Curran and Jo-
seph X. Grass.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
RUSSIA HLOST IF
ALLIES ABANDON
STRICKEN NATION
Grand Duchess AnaStasie Says
Germany Made Great Blum
der in Entering the War

Geneva, Dec. 16.-Germany made
a great blunder in entering the war
and should admit that she was in
the wrong, declared the Grand
Duchess Anastasie, of Mecklinburg-
Schwerin. mother of the, former
German crown princess in an inter
view yesterday. The grand duchess,
who is a Russian and a cousin of
the late Russian emperor, came here
at the outbreak of the war and now
is about to go to the Rivera for her
health. She had many relatives
fighting against each other on all
frouts.
The correspondent was the first
| newspaperman she had talked with
since the beginning of the war. Re-
| plying to a question about the
| former emperor and the former
crown prince, she said pathetically:
There is splendid maxim in
your language: Don't hit a man
when he is down Let us observe this
principle, this sporting principle
during our conservation"
| Asked why she had left Germany
as soon as that county began mill
| tary operations, she replied:
II could not remain in a country
which had declared war on my own
| country-Russia. This war came as
a great surprise to me and my son,
| (Frederick Franz w, grand duke OF
! Mecklenburg-Schwe who abdi-
Gated several weeks ago., although
we were in constant touch with the
! royal families of Germany, Russia
and Denmark. 1t has been said that
not more than twenty persons in
| Germany understood what a cruel
mistake it was going to be. | was
one of them. However, as 1 never
meddled in politics and never intend
to, was not able to interfere.
But / continue to think that
! Germany made a great blunder in
entering this terrible struggle, not
| only from a humane point of view,
! but also for political and CONNER
cial reasons as her commerce was
! prosperous. Now she has lost all
Germany should recreate a political
| financial and artistic nation by open
| ly admitting:
I'VE acted wrongly; we are
sorry.'"
The grand duchess said she had
I no news from her daughter, the
/ former crown princess, since Sep
tember, except through a letter from
her eldest daughter. the Queen OF
! Denmark, saying both of them were
well. She made an appeal for help
| for the country of her birth, saying:
eff the Allies abandon Russia
Russia is lost. The Allies do not seem
to understand the situation clearly
About 7S per cent. of the Russians
have respect for only two things
God and the czar. The peasants now
say: We have no car, whom shall
we obey?'
ut will take the population fifty
years to understand the meaning OF
the words republic and president
The Russian people want some one
to worship because it is their old
custom, their religion and their
lives. Let the Allies take note and
help poor Russia before it is toe
late"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
Steam Heat Rate
Case Postponed

The hearing in the complaints
against the steam heat rates of the
Harrisburg Light and Power Com
pany, was continued to-day from this
week to December 81.
Efforts were under way late to-day
to continue the Harrisburg Railways
hearing set for tomorrow, but
chances are that 1t may go on.
The Public Service Commission me-
this afternoon with the Union Trac-
tlon Company complaint up for argu-
ment on the demurrer.
Joseph J. Behan. of 0s33 Woodland
avenue, Philadelphia. has filed a COM
plant with the Public Service Com
mission against the "sklpstop" plan
of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company, on Woodland avenue line.
He alleges inconvenience.
Ralph Il. Smith was to-day OppOInt-
ed a member. of the Pittsburgh reg
istratipn board to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of W. L. McCul-
lagh.
Charles X. BressIer, of Lock Haven,
has been appointed captain of Com
pany K. Second Infantry. Reserve
Militia.
Governor BrumbauRh, who In to
speak at Annapolis tomorrow, will
address the Westmoreland County
Teachers Institute at Greensburg on
Thursday. II t+
DR.. John ID. Mclean, OF PhiIadeI-
phia. is now picked in that city to
be assistant commissioner of health
under DR. Edward Martin, who has
accented the commi missionership.
sts4e frreasurer II. Nj. Keuharf
who has been III In Philadelphia, Is
reported slightly improved.
Standardized MsriOw aHd Repre-
sentative Spangler, of York, have
both announced intention to present
prohibition amendment ratification
resolutions early in the new session.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
Hunters Joke Leads
to Loss Of Limb; Leg /.
Amputated Above Knee

Chambcrsburg, Dec. s16. = John
Foreman, who lives near Edenville,
not far from the famous Parnell
Knob. and Harry Stoner, neigh
bor. went hunting in Bear Valley,
across the mountain from their
homes. Jokingly, Foreman. the
father of a large family. crawled
back of a bush while Stoner was
eating lunch. He gave out several
turkey calls. Stoner, not Knowing
bia whereabouts, got his gun and
hIazed into the bush from which
the call came. The bullet hit Fore
man above the right knee, shatter-
ing the bone. The injured man was
brought to the hospital here and
surgeons found 1t necessary to am
putate the limb in order to save
his life. For several terms he had
been a county auditor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
SAYS HE WROTE
LETTER TO MAKE
WIFE JEALOUS
Undertaken Tells Court He
Hoped to Get Better
Treatment

III persuaded me to leave our
horNe and then applied for divorce
after left" Mrs. NJ. Ola Coles testi-
fled on the witness stand to-day be-
fore Judges George Kunkel and 5. j..
NJ. McCarrell. in the suit against her
husband, Clarence E. Coles, an un-
dertaker, for maintenance for her
self and n fourteen-month-old child.
Mrs. Coles declared her husband
asked her to leave and even called
the taxi for her, saying it would be
better If she would go away for n
short time until some difficulty he
explained about TO her, could be
overcome.
During the hearing of the case
two letters were introduced as eVi-
dence, one supposed to have been
written TO Mr. Coles by a woman
signing herself Violet" and one
from him to violet" both contain
ing many endearing terms. The lat,
ter, Mrs. Coles said, she found in ms
coat pocket before ii was mailed, the
former in his desk in the envelope in
which il was received.
When Judge Kunkel asked Mr..
Coles who Violet was, he replied "A
friend of the family, invited to the
house by his wife" Counsel for Mrs.
Coles then asked him whether "Nio-
let" was invited to leave also by his
wife. but he said he did not know.
In explaining about the letter he
had written TO Violet" he said he
intended his wife TO find it so that
she would be jealous and would treat
him better. He told the Court the
first marital storm started two weeks
afsr the wedding, and that on one
occasion she hit him over the head
with a hairbrush. He was ordered to
pay his wife $40 week.
Samuel G. Goetz, defendant in
nonsupport action, was discharged
upon payment of the costs when 1t
was stated to the Court that his
wife. the prosecutriX, had died re-
Gently. Rose Andrews and Arthur
Weber. two other defendants, called
for sentence on a quasi criminal
charge. were ordered to pay S25 fine
and costs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
FREDERICK c. KLAISs
SUCCIMBS TO PNEUMONIA

of Steelton died YESTERDAY morning
OF pneumonia at his home 149 South
Front street. He was 76 years of
age and lived in Steelton for the past
thlrty-tive years. Up to the time of
frog shop of the local steel plant, and
was a prominent member of the Pax
tang Tribe of Red Men and Carthage
Lodge. knights of Pythias. He was
a member of st. Johns Lutheran
Church. He leaves five children,
George Klaiss. of Easton: Mrs. T.
Park Brehm, of Oberlin; Mrs. Sara
Clause and Mrs. p. J. Croll. of Steel
ton, and Abner w. Klaiss, of New
Cumberland.
Funeral services will be held at
his late residence by the Rev. George
\. Lauffer Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock and burial will be made in
the Baldwin cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
STEELTON PERSONALS

Lieutenant Abraham Shelly was
yesterday visiting friends and rela-
tives in the borough. He is located
at Camp Dix.
Corporal @. T. Shutter spent Sun
day at his home here. He is sta
toned at Camp Humphries.
risburg street. is visiting her son,
David Powell. at Hartford, Conn.
Captain Harry Weaver, of Camp
Hancock, is spending a few days at
his home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
When Itching Stops

There Is one safe dependable treat,
ment that relieves itching torture and
skin irritation almost instantly and
that cleanSeS and soothes the skin,
Ask anydruggist for 35c or 81 bottle
of Eemo and apply 1t as directed, Soon
you will find that irritations, pimples,
blackheads, eczema. blotches. ringworm
and similar skin troubles will disappear.
A little Eemo, the penetrating, salts.
flying liquid, Is all that Is needed, for 1t
banishes most skin eruptions, makes
the skin soft, smooth and healthy
Tho z. w. Rose Co., Cleveland, q.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
Major Ezra B. Whitman
to Speak to Engineers

Major Ezra B. Whitman will lecture
in the clubrooms of the Engineers
Society of Pennsylvania this evening.
his subject being Camp Life" His
address will touch principally upon
the work of the engineer in the camp
and the practical work in regard to
utilities and engineering problms.
Major Whitman is In charge of
utilities and engineering problems.
henefit of those interested In this
subject who are not members of the
Engineers Society. the meeting will
be open to all men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
KING'S.CAVALRY
SPREADS OUT IN
RHINE BLOCKADE
New Military Governor Estab-
fishes Headquarters Near
Cologne Cathedral

Cologne, Dec. 16,-British cavalry
for the first time crossed the Rhine
as the vanguard for the army of
occupation on Thursday. 4 thousand
llhakl-cla horsemen, with full bat
tie equipment. pushed over the river
from Cologne and Bonn and went
eastward to establish the semi -circu-
lar line which is being swung about
these two cities to a depth of thirty
kilometers. One division of Eng
lish horsemen, with artillery and
armored cars, was sent out from
Cologne. while Canadian cavalry was
operating through Bonn.
Friday a considerable body of in
fantry arrived for the formal occu-
patton. General Ferguson. the new
military governor, has established
headquarters in offices near the
cathedral.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
INTERSTATE JOB
MUST BE PROVED
Important Decision in Regard
to Crossing Watchmen
in Pennsylvania "a

The state compensation board Co.
day announced an award of CONS
pensation to the widow of Pasouai
III Donate. Conshohocken, killed
Whlle acting as q crossing. watch
man Tor the Reading, refusing to
entertain the company's contention
.Ilat ne was engaged in furtherins
interstate commerce when killed.
we hoid, says the decision. which
WIN nave far-reaching effect, that
this watchman while in tho course
OF his employment met his death
while tagging train whose char
acter has not been disclosed by tes-
tmony. We believe that the mere
fact that he was so engaged does not
render him an employe engaged in
an interstate activity"
when n claimant at the Jnau-
thoriZed request of q fellow en-
ploye attempted to interfere in q
personal quarrel between two fellow
employees he took himself out of the
course of his employment and was
not furthering the interests of the
employer is the ruling made in
Hollister VS.. Colonial Colliery Com
pany, Natalie. The claimant was
hit by hammer when he picked I'D
another hammer to frighten men
engaged in a fight. 1t is held that
there is no claim for compensation
because the man was hit as a re-
suit of animosity and not in the
course of employment.
In Shalter VS.. keystone Vehicle
Company. Reading, compensation is
refused because the decedent died
from complication of influenza
and not from injuries.
A new hearing is awarded in Full
lerton VS.. Gehron, Williamsport, in
order to determine whether poi
sonous germ entered an abrasion of
the skin or not. The board says
there is no similarity between this
case AID that of one in which an
thraX is count. The appeal is dis
missed in Subschuck VS.. Blossburg
Coal Company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
France Names ENJOYS
to Peace Conference;
Foch to Sit at Table

Paris. Dec. 16.-The Echo De
Paris says that the French dele
gates to the peace conference will be
Premier Clemenceau. Marshal Foch,
Foreign Minister Pichon, and Leon
bourgeois, former premier. 1t adds
that Captain Andre Tardieu, head
of the general commission for
Franco American war matters,
probably will be named.
Use McNeiTs Cold Tablets. - ADV.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
SAYS ROY THOMAS IS AIIvE

A letter dated November 12, writ
ten by George Wren. of the One Hun
dred and Twelfth Sanitary Corps. in
France, mentions the name of Roy
Thomas and says he Is alive and
well. Thomas is a former resident
of Steelton, and was reported dead
a few months ago. The casualty
lists had first given Thomas name as
missing and later his name appeared
as having been killed in action. Both
casualty lists were dated prior to
November IL, the date Of Wren's let
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-16
Learned Bulgarian Speaks
to His Countrymen Here

The Bulgarians of Steelton last
night heard a splendid lecture on the
position of Bulgaria at the peace ta-
BILE by Nandal Sugaron. Sugarof
was born at Monastir and was
member of the field artillery at Camp
Zachary Taylor. Kentucky. He is
graduate of Syracuse University and
took up a special course in political
science and economy in Harvard.
Sugaroff's talk was of a high char
his countrymen who heard him.