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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
Paxtang Park to Open
on Thursday; New Policy
lnaugurated For Theater

Paxtang Park will be opened for
the summer season on Thursday and
a force of men is busy to-day clean
ing up the grounds and getting
everything in shape for the year.
The park theater will, as in for
mer years, be one of the big attrac-
tions this season. Matinees will be
held on holidays only, but every
evening during the week, except
Sunday, there will be two perform
ances. The shows will begin at 7.15
and continue until $50. There will
be no reserved seats The new
price shows a reduction over the
prices charged last season. Memoir
ial Day being a holiday. there will
be n matinee.
Hundreds of persons have strolled
through the big park during the
past few days, not being content to
await the official opening.
Aside from the theater, there will
be dozen other amusement places
in the park, including the Flying
horse" the whip, figure eight. box
ball alleys, etc, and all of these
places are the scenes of much .activ-
lty at present, preparatory to the
opening. Bathing and boating in
the lake again will be featured
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
MOUNTAINEERS
SHOOT UP POSSE:
KILL l; HURT 2
Draft Evaders Flee After Bat
tie With Party in
Search For Them
By Associated Press.

Whitesburg, KY, May 26.-A. P.
Hurt United States Deputy Collec-
tor of Internal Revenue. was shot
and killed and two members of his
posse were wounded near Pond Gap
on the Virginia Kentucky border
yesterday while attempting to ar
rest twelve mountaineers, accused of
evading the selective service law. A
trail of blood left in the wake of
the fleeing mountain men indicated
that one or more of them had been
wounded.
Previous attempts of the author
tiles to arrest the alleged draft
evaders had failed and Hurt, 1t was
said, was detached from the revenue
service in Virginia and assigned to
the task with five assistants. The
party while pursuing its way
through the mountains stumbled
upon the men they sought and at
a distance of thirty feet was swept
with fusillade of bullets. Hurt and
two of his men fell. The remaining
three men returned the fire and the
mountaineers fled
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26

course by an amount which, though
small, is easily measurable by as
economical instruments. A ray just
grazing the suns edge should be
displaced about two seconds of arc,
the effect being less in proportion
as the distance of the ray from the
suns center becomes greater. The
suns presence should make the
stars about it spread out, appar-
entity, and later, when the sun moves
on, GONE back to their accustomed
places.
1t is merely necessary to photo
graph the stars surrounding the
sun during total eclipse and by care
ful measurement determine whether
they have been displaced according
to the theory or not. At many
eclpses there are no stars close to
the sun of sufficient brightness for
ihs purpose. and the interval of
'otality is generally too short to
record photographical1y the faint
stars which are there.
AT the present eclipse conditions
are unusually favorable, as the sun
Will be in rich field of rather bright
stars, In the conspicuous Hyades
cluster. in the constellation Taurus
(the BulD and at some stations a
hve-minute exposure should be DOS
sible, as compared with two min
utes or less at many eclipses. IL
good places are secured. then q. few
weeks time allowed for their mea-
surement and reduction should tell
the story to waiting scientists all
over the world n. ". ~ Jr.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
GOVERNMENT
WILL EDUCATE
REGULAR ARMY
Service With Colors Will In
clude Schooling For All
Soldiers

Paris, May 26.-A great new edu-
cational force in the shape of the
American regular army will come
into being in the United States in
the near future if the present plans
of government officials. army Off
GERS and prominent civilian .educa-
tors are realized.
Briefly, il is proposed to make
Uncle Sans standing army a huge
university in which the young men
of the country will receive not only
physical and military training, but
will be given opportunities TO ac-
qulre academic and vocational learn
ing which might be beyond their
reach in civil life. The old days
of virtual wastage of time which
represented almost blank pages in
the life diary of the soldier will be
a thing of the past. Instead of being
turned back into civil life in a more
helpless state than when he entered
the navy he will be equipped to wage
n vigorous fight for his place in the
sun of the business or professional
world.
The possibilities of this plan have
been demonstrated in the wonderful
work done during the past few
months by the Educational Commits
sion in the American EXpeditionary
Force in France. Since the signing
of the armistice something like 45O.-
600 American soldiers have been : p
preciably benefited by the army
schools, which have been put within
the reach of every man and which
have provided facilities to study
almost every conceivable subject.
from farming to philosophy.
Few of the army educators in
France realized at the outset how
great a work they were starting. The
avidity with which the enlisted man
and his officer have seized upon the
proffered opportunities has astound-
ed them.
With this object lesson before it,
the army has been inspired to carry
on this work at home in the stand
ing forces. The project assumes, it
is understood, that the standing
army of the future will be a COM
paratively large one, and that there
may be a short period of compulsory
training for the youths of the coun-
try. although the scheme is not de-
pendent upon the compulsory future.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
In the Realm of Nature
Timely Articles Furnished by the Harrisburg Natural
History Society

An important total eclipse of the
sun will occur May 20, visible in
South America, the Atlantic ocean
and Africe. While not visible at all
from our latitude, this eclipse, whose
greatest duration of minutes so sec
onds is not far from the greatest
possible length of solar eclipse,
is of especial Importance because
1t will permit a crucial test to be
made of the so-called Einstein
theory of relativity, now in the fore
front of scientific interest and dis
cussion.
This theory asserts that though
we be moving through the ether of
space it is utterly impossible to de-
tect this by any experiment what
ever; only the relative motion of
material bodies can be so discov-
cred. The theory has some striking
consequences for instance, body
contracts in the direction of it's mo-
tion in an amount which is de-
pendent upon the velocity of the
body compared with that of light,
which travels 1S6.330 miles per Sec
ond. A man walking eastward has
therefore less bulk than when he
walks westward. And a yardstick
is longer when 1t lies north and
south than when lying east and
west The difference in both cases
is minute but is certainly present,
If the theory be true.
Another consequence of the
theory Is that a ray of light pass
ing close to massive body like the
sun viii be detected out OF its
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
MEMORIALD DAY
SERVICE PLAN OF
YANkS in FRANCE
Will Decorate Graves of TO-
900 Comrades Who
Died in War

Lyons. France, May 26.-The
graves of seventy thousand Amer
lean soldiers who died in France
will be decorated next Friday under
the auspices of the three quarters of
a million forces OF the United States
still in France.
General Pershing, the comman-
der-in- chief, has issued a bulletin
stating that all American soldiers
shall participate in the Memorial
Day exercises, President Wilson will
speak at the services in the Amer
lean cemetery at Suresnes, near
Paris, where Ambassador Wallace
will preside over the exercises.
At Romagne, near the Argonne,
where the Americans suffered their
heaviest losses. General Pershing
will speak in the afternoon. At
Thiaucourt, where many of the
heroes who fell at st. Mihiel are
buried, Major General Ely will pre-
side. General Pershing will deliver
an address in the morning at Dun
Sur Meuse.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
Courthouse Notes

Letters on Estatc.-Letters of ad-
ministration on the estate of Sarah
j. Potteiger. late of Wayne town
ship, were issued to-day by Regis
ter Ed. H. Fisher to Curtis C. Pot
teiger, a son.
Wants Order Reduced. - Claim
ing that his monthly earnings at
present are $45 and that he cannot
meet the court order directing him
to pay for the support of his wife
and two minor children S45 a month,
Charles j. Orren petitioned the
court to-day for a rule on his wife
to show why the maintenance order
should not be reduced.
Guardians Named. The Me-
chanics Trust Company to-day was
appointed by the court as guardian
for Leta NJ, minor daughter of Am
mon c. Hitz, late of Hummelstown,
and the Commercial Trust Company
was named guardian for May VOL
fensberger. grandchild of Louisiana
Wagner, late of Lower PatXon town.
ship.
Auditor Appointed. - W. Harry
Musser was appointed by the court
as auditor of the estate of Henry
Welker, late of Jefferson township.
Permits Issued. = Building per-
mits were issued to-day to George
W. Toomey, James H. Lynch, con-
tractor. for the construction of a
two-story garage at the rear of 1917
North Sixth street, for $500, and
to Mr.. Lynch to construct a similar
garage at the rear of 1919 North
Sixth. at a cost of $500.
Postpone Hearing. - Hearing of
further evidence in the appeal Of
the coal companies from the assess
ments fixed by the county, was post
poned until Wednesday by the
county commissioners.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
GERMANY ADMITS
BELGIAN RIGHTS
WERE VIOLATED
Declares All Powers Were
Responsible For
the War

Paris, May 26.-Count Won Brock
dorfr- Rantzau's thirteenth note to
the Allied Council was delivered yes
terday morning. 1t is rejoinder to
the Councils reply to the German
note regarding responsibilities,
Count Won Brockdorff-R -Rantzau
insists that Germany's only respon-
sibility is for the violation of Bel
gian neutrality, which it is ready
to make reparation for, and declares
that all the powers were responsible
for the war and that the material
damage done was the work of the
Allied armies, as well as the Ger
mans.
Premier Clemenceau's reply to the
two German notes on the proposed
western boundaries of Germany,
which was made public last night,
denies Count Won Brockdorff- Rant
Zau's assertion that German terri
tories are the subject of shifting
from one sovereignty to another
like pawns in a game.
NJ. Clemenceau points out that the
desire is that the inhabitants of
the territories in question shall be
taken into consideration. the only
exception being that part of Prus-
sian Moresnet inhabited by only five
hundred persons. which is trans
ferred to Belgium as partial repara-
ton for the destruction of Belgian
forests by the Germans.
Berlin, Saturday, May 24.-"The
cabinet and Count Won Brockdorff-
Rantzau are in full accord with re-
spect to the general outline and the
specific proposals and counterpro-
posals which will make up the Ger
man reply" according to an official
statement made to-day after the
return of Philip Schneidemann.
Matthias Erzberger and Count Won
Bernstorff from Spa. DIR. Bernhard
Dernburg remains in Spa.
The German answer will be ready
Tuesday, as the only work that is
incomplete is the coordination of
the text and the technical produc-
ton of the document, which prob
ably will be typewritten.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
KNIGHTS TAKE UP
ROUTINE BUSINESS
[Contlnued from First Page. ]
Mayor Daniel L. Keister. Supreme
President Raiman responded.
Committees Named

Committees Named
The following committees were
named atyesterday's session: Creden-
tial, Jacob Lonsdorf, Branch As;
Jacob Knorr, Branch 2; e. NJ. Wey,
Branch 244; Charles Struno, Branch
80, and James S. Blaum, Branch IS;
press, John e. Loibl, Branch 8 :;
Charles j. Jacgle, Branch 8; Will
liam Kahler. Branch 49,. William
A. Bcinersmaun, Branch 8, and E. ].
Kreidler, Branch 16S.
Following the business session the
delegates escorted the Right Rev.
Philip r. McDevitt, Bishop of Har-
risburg, and the clergy, to st. Fran
els Church, the cadets acting as
guards of honor. Here a solemn high
mass was celebrated by the Rev.
James r. Murphy rector of st.
Francis Church. assisted by the Rev.
]. H. Weber as deacon; the Rev.
Father O'Reagan as subdeacon and
the Rev. Francis y. Feeser.
master of ceremonies. The Right
Rev. Bishop McDevitt addressed the
body on the necessity of Catholic
active work for the welfare of the
country. Charles ]. Jacgle.' knight
of st, Gregory, was present in the
sanctuary. The special honor was
bestowed upon him by the late Pope
Plus Y. Mr. Jacgle was clad in the
full regalia of his order
Visit Capitol
Recommendation for the Great ton
of the offices of six honorary vice
presidents was made by John r
Glockner. of Pittsburgh. chairman
of the laws and constitution commit
tee. The session was concluded by
an address by Herman Spiegel, of
South Bethlehem. president of the
Pennsylvania Catholic Stats Ver-
band. He urged that each represen-
tative of the Knights of st. George
attend the annual convention and
silver jubilee of the Stats Verband.
which will be held at Allentown.
August 31-September 2. Solemn
vespers were held in st. Patrick's
Cathedral last evening after which
the knights visited the Capitol in a
body.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
W. G. "Biny" Wilson,
Former City Patrolman
and Hotelman, Is Dead

w. G. Billy" Wilson, aged 60, ex-
city patrolman and one of the or
ganizers of the Harrisburg RepubIi-
can Club with the late David Stock
ton, the late Mayor f. S. Meale. and
others, died on Saturday faternoon at
his home in Lewisberry, York coun-
ty, where he was proprietor of a
hotel
Mr.. Wilson was a city police officr
er during the administration of the
late Mayor John f. Patterson. serving
from 1896 to 1899. He entered the
hotel business at ely after leaving
the city. and later had charge of a
hotel at York Haven.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon at l o'clock at the
home. Burial will be made at New
cumberland. His wife and a brother,
Charles Wilson. county detective IN
Adams county, survive. Mr. Wilson
was born in Adams county.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
Wife Blames Failing Health
on Husband Bewitching Her

Reading. Pa. May 26.-Alleging
that her husband, George w. Bickel.
tried "hexerei" on her. with the re-
suit that she lost her health. Mrs.
Sarah Bickel made an application TO
Judge George w. Wagner for a sup
port order in court here. He was di-
rected to pay her 81 a week.
Bickel would not share the same
table or bed with his wife, she testi-
fed, and used the spells in the sew
enth book of Moses, so-called. to get
the Spirits after her. The seventh
book of Moses is the official inside
dope for wizards and witches in
Berks county, and contains a lot of
weird receipts to accomplish results
~, on orauIt uaDDar
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
Insane Patient Throws
Nurse Down Embankment; 4;
Smashes Glass Window
Bu Associated Press.

Reading, Pa. May 26.-Imagining
that murderer was following him
and escaping from a hospital at 2
o'clock this morning, George w.
Wise, so, an insane patient, threw a
nurse down high embankment in
City Park. opposite the hospital and
then smashed in the plate glass win
dow at the home of S. S. Schweriner,
a merchant. facing the park.
Entering the Schweriner's bed
room. Wise nearly frightened the
merchant and his wife out of their
senses and fought like a fiend with
policemen summoned by the wound
ed nurse.
The latter was Miss Nellie Coll,
night attendant in Wise's ward
Three officers and a physician were
cut, scratched and bitten in getting
the man back to the hospital and
strapping him down to bed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
IS Wounded Soldiers
Entertained at Church

Thirty-five wounded soldiers from
the Carlisle Hospital were entertain
ed on Saturday afternoon by the
Young Ladies' Missionary Society Of
the Messiah Lutheran Church. The
men were in charge of Captain Leon
ard.
Tables were tastefully decorated
with blue corn flowers. and butter
cups, The menu was highly pleasing
to the men after their army Chow"
strawberry shortcake with whipped
cream and other delicacies OF the
season were served Games were en-
Joyed afterward until the time came
for the departure of the men for Car
lisle. when each was presented with
a pound box of chocolates This is
the second time that the Messiah so
cial hall has been use for the enter
tainment OF the Carlisle men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
Wilson Cables Glass
to Mail Checks Owing
Dependents of Troops
BIZ Associated press

Washington, May 26.-Payments
OF past due and current allotments
to families of soldiers and sailors and
dependents of Civil War veterans.
will be made by the War Risk Insur-
ance Bureau without waiting for the
formal signing of the urgent def
-cieney-bill by President Wilson.
Authority to send the checks for
ward without moments delay"
was cabled to Secretary Glass by
President Wilson after the President
had been informed that the s45.-
100000 deficiency measure had been
passed by Congress. The bill now is
on its way to Paris where it will be
signed by the President.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
Willard Is to Leave
Today For Bout Scene
BIZ Associated Press.

Toledo, May 26.-Jess Willard is
due to leave Los Angeles to-day for
Toledo to begin training for his
championship battle with Jack
Dempsey here July 4.
Willard has been doing prelimin-
ary work on the coast and, accord
ing to word received by Tex Rick
ard, promoter of the contest. believes
he will only need about four weeks
of intensive training to get himself
into prize condition for a gruelling
contest with the challenger. He
has engaged Charley Miller and
Jack Hempel, coast heavyweights, as
his sparring partners.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
c. Howard Lloyd to Draw
Plans For New School

c. Howard Lloyd has been retained
as architect to sumbit detailed plans
and specifications for the new public
school building to be erected in West
Fairview by the School District of
that borough, replacing the one re
Gently destroyed by fire. The now
structure will be two-story Bald
ing. containing eight recitation rrCms
and up-to-todate school equipment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
REV. c. *. INIBRIE
ACCEPTS NEW CALI,

The Rev. Charles X. Imbrle, we'll
known in this city, who recently re-
turned from overseas where he serv-
ed as chaplain with the 26th Di-
vision, has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the Presbyterian church
of Penn Yam. \. Y. He will take UP
his new duties within a short time.
The Rev. Mr.. Imbrie resigned the
pastorate of the Presbyterian church
at Lancaster, \. Y, to enter the
United States service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
LIEUT.. JOHNSTON PROMOTED

Word has been received here of tho
promotion of Second Lieutenant AL
fred Johnston Three Hundred and
Sixteenth Infantry. Seventy-ninth
Division, to the rank of first lieuten-
ant. He is now on the way home and
is expected to land at Newport News
Thursday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
Harbord Quits Supply
Service of Force Overseas
Bu Associatcd Press

Paris. May 26. Major General
James G. Harbord. head of the SER
vice of supply of the American Ex-
peditionary Forces. has been reliev-
ed of his duties in this connection
and was detailed as chief of staff of
the expeditionary forces. Brigadier
General James w. McAndrews. the
present chief of staff, goes to wash
ington, to become chief of the war
college.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
GROCERS TO CLOSE
STORES ON FRIDAY

Announcements have been issued
by the Harrisburg Retail Grocers'
Association to the effect that mem
bers wiz keep open their stores this
week on Thursday, but that they will
be closed all day on Friday, Mem
orial Day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
STEGER

Talking machines play any make of
disc records without using extra at
tachments. Come in and hear them
demonstrated.
Yohn Bros,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
HELD AS TRAFFIC. vIoLATOR

Max Woehle, Paxtang, and T. Yosel-
witz, Steelton. will be given hearings
in police court during the afternoon
or charge of violation of traffic or
dinances.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
BROWNS WHILE SWIMMING

York, Pa, May 20. - George
Ftshel. 19 years old, of York, was
drowned while bathing in Emig's
Mill dam in the Big Conewago creek,
yesterday afternoon when seized by
cramps. The body was recovered
more than an hour later.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
WITH ENTERTAINMENT

Oscar Wright. charged with mis-
approprlating money received for
articles he sold for L. Simonetti. a
commission merchant. Is being held
by Harrisburg police. His case will
be heard In police court to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
BRIEFS FROM THE
BIG NEWS EVENTS
By Associated Press

Hazlcton.-The Hazleton shaft
colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company was tied up to-day by a
strike of laborerJ who demanded a
wage readjustment. About 75O
worklnen are idle.
New York.-The steamship La
Touraine, from Havre, brought 465
troops, comprising the 306th, 697th,
fOsth ond 711th motor transport
companies complete, and casuals
discharged or on furlough.
Rome.-Gabriele D'Annunzlo. the
poet aviator. resigned his post as
lieutenant colonel in the Italian
Army after the general in command
OF the flying corps had ordered his
immediate return to camp.
New York.-Turkey is one of the
least debt-burdened countries in
Europe, and If one of the Allied ma
tons accepts a mandate for Con-
stantinople, its tasks will be finan-
c-ally easy, according to a statement
issued here.
New York.-Mills of the Interna-
tional Paper Company in several
States, which had been closed
throughout the greater part of the
month through a strike of the en-
ployes for increased wages, resumed
operation to-day.
New YOrk.-Several medal wear
ers were among the men of the first
battalion, Three Hundred and Elev-
enth lnfantry-New Jersey and
western New York troops of the
Seventy eighth Division who came
ashore to-day from the Otsego
Denver, Col.-The Northern Bap-
tist convention to-day unanimously
selected Buffalo. n. Y, as the meet
ing place for the 1920 convention of
the church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26

Denver, Col.-The Northern Bap.
tist convention to-day unanimously
selected Buffalo. n. Y, as the meet
ing place for the 1920 convention of
the church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26

Use McNeil's Cold Tablets = Adv
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-26
SALVATION ARMY
DRIVE CONTINUES

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