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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13

Berlin, June Is. = A secret
session of the citizens council
of Greater Berlin yesterday de-
clared in favor of citizens
strike, according to Die Freiheit.
Leading manufacturers, mer-
chants, professional men and
Colonel Reinhardt, the Prussian
minister of war, were present
The chairman of the meeting is
quoted as declaring that strike
was necessary because the present
government was incapable of re-
deeming Germany from chaos.
Plans to Drop Leaflets
1t was planned, according to the
newspaper, to have airplanes dis
tribute leaflets announcing when the
strike would begin. All the food in
dustries, including the bakeries,
would cease work, according to the
plan, this leading to civil war, which,
it was held, would help the bour-
geosie attain political power.
Utmost Severity Urged
Some of the manufacturers and
commercial interests, Die Freiheit
declares, advocated the utmost Sc
verify, "as the only means of over
coming the laboring classes" The
citizens will be armed. Colone,
Reinhardt is reported to have said
the troops would be entirely on theil
side
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
VETERANS OF WAR
ORGANIZING FOR
AMERICANLEGION
Returned Soldiers Apply For
Charter in Grand Army
of the Future

Returned officers and soldiers in
Harrisburg and Camp Hill have be-
come active in the formation of To-
cal posts of the American Legion,
which will be the Grand Army of
the future. Applications for char
ters authorizing the establishment of
posts, one in Harrisburg. the other
in Camp Hill, are in the hands of
George F. Tyler, State chairman
with headquarters in Philadelphia,
and early approval is expected.
Following the caucus held at ST.
Louis in May, posts have sprung into
being all over the country. F'if-
teen names are required on the
original application. for no post may
be formed having less than 5 men,
bers. A limited number of men are
authorized to establish posts in each
county, and these men. comprising
the executive committee for Dau-
phin county. are Paul Gilbert, Mark
T. Minor, and Edward j. Stackpole,
Jr. All members who enroll in any
post prior to September 25, 1919,
the date of the national State can
tonment to be held in this city, will
be considered as charter members
of that particular post. The dues
are so cents up to the time of the
national convention in Minneapolis,
to be held November 10 to IL, 1919.
To Take in Members
Persons eligible to membership
in the American Legion are those
who have been in the military or
naval service of the United States
TContinued on Page III
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
Col. E. V. Sumner Is
Killed in Accident

Lieutenant Colonel Z. V. Sumner,
Jr., widely known in this city, was
killed in a motorcycle accident in
France on June 8, according to in
formation received in this country
yesterday by relatives. Lieutenant
Colonel Sumner resided in the city
for a period of approximately fifteen
years, having been n son of ]3riga-
dier General L. V. Sumner. Liedten
ant Colonel Sumner, at the time Cf
his death. was commander If the iv-
iaton depot at Romorantin, France.
Lieutenant Colonel Sumner was
born at Fort Niobrara, Neb.. October
Z, 1884. His grandfather, Major Cen
eral e. V. Sumner, served in the Mex
lean and Civil Wars Lieutenant Col
onel Sumner was graduated from
West Point in 1908, and assigned to
the Second Cavalry, serving with that
regiment in the Philippines and in
this country until he was detached
for the air service in the fall of 1917.
Upon this transfer he was promoted
to major.
On his arrival in France in April,
1918. Lieutenant Colonel Sumner was
assigned to the command of the de-
pot at Romorantin, the largest air
service plant of the American EXpe-
ditionary Horces. At one time he
had under him 800 officers and more
than $1,000 men. His work there in
an administrative capacity attracted
considerable attention and won him
the communication of General Persh-
ing. He was awarded 'he Distingu-
ished Service Medal and the French
Legion of Honor Medal.
Lieutenant Colonel Summer leaves
his wife and two children. the
younget "a son, who was born after
his departure for France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13

The reply to the German counter
proposals will be printed in French
and English at the national printing
works and will cover about so pages.
1t is expected it will be published in
full after it has been handed to the
Germans.
Berlin Reflects Sentiment
Latest American diplomatic in
formation from Berlin indicates an
increasing probability of the Treaty
being signed if a plebiscite in Silesia
is granted and admission to the
League of Nations is promised.
Conference information, however.
is derived largely from opponents of
the existing government and is not
highly reliable. Military reports
from Berlin, on the other hand, re-
fleet the French viewpoint that sig
nature of the terms is improbable.
Oppose Signing Pact
Monarchist and conservative forces
are described as developing increas-
ing strength with the improvement
in the. discipline and numbers of
volunteer troops, who are said to
give only surface allegiance to the
present government and whose lead
ers oppose the signature of the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
Sixteen-Inch Shell Is
Placed on Exhibition

A monster sixteen-inch shell. such
as were used so effectively by the
American forces in the storming of
the st. Mihiel sector, has been re-
ceived at the Harrisburg. Recruiting
Station. Placed on the pavement in
front of the offices of the station,
the huge projectile is attracting
considerable attention to-day.
To shoot such a shell as is be-
ing exhibited, costs approximately
$3.50. officers at the station esti-
mated this morning. The shell it.
self costs approximately 800. while
the powder adds $3.50 TO the cost
and the fuse $3.50 more. Added to
this is $500 for the depreciation on
the huge guns. The total cost of
such a gun is 100000. and but 200
shots can be fired from it.
The firing weight of the enor-
nous shell is 2,400 pounds. The
projectile itself weighs approxi-
matcly 2,1e0 pounds. while the pow
der weighs an additional 800
pounds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
Telegraph Wires Appear
Normal, Despite Strike

Chicago. June 13.-Despite claims
of union officials that $4,000 telegraph
operators were idle to-day and that
the tie-up would be complete by
Monday, commercial telegraph busi-
ness. particularly between the larger
cities. is being handled on practically
a normal basis, according to reports
to the commercial companies here to-
day.
Officers of the Commercial Tele-
graphers' Union of America, which
called the strike to enforce demands
that the workers be permitted to
organize, bargain collectively and
obtain adequate wages" were elated
over an announcement from ST. Louis
that union railroad telegraphers were
ordered to discontinue handling com
mercial business after a. m. Sat-
urday.
Whether the railroad operators will
be called out on sympathetic strike
will depend upon developments of the
next few days. it was stated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
ODD Fellows to Hold
Annual Memorial Service

Memorial services under the aus
pices of the twelve local lodges of
the Independent Order of Odd Fell
lows will be held Sunday night in
Reformed Salem Church. Third and
Chestnut streets. The program Will
open at 1880.
The sermon will be preached by
Captain Harry Nelson Bassler, chap
lain of the Twenty eighth Division,
a member of the order Of Odd Fell
lows. and former pastor of the Sec
ond Reformed Church.
The members of the various lodges
in Harrisburg will meet at O'Clock
sharp at the Hall OF State Capitol
Lodge I. o. o. F., 800 North Second
street, and will proceed in a body
to the church.
These services will be in comment
Grafton of deceased members who
died during the year ending June l,
1918. Included among those who
died are number of young men who
paid the high price of their devotion
to their country by sacrificing their
lives in Franco.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
Youthful Heir to Millions
Killed When Car Turns
Over Near State College

Bellefonte, Pa June 13.-Walter
Winton, son of the late w. w. Win
ton. of Scranton, who came here
this week to attend the closing ex-
ercises at the Bellefopte Academy,
was instantly killed early to-day
when his automobile upset while
rounding a sharp curve on the road
at State College.
Winton was a student at the
Academy, but was called home
three weeks ago on account of the
death of his father, who was known
as the diamond king" of Scranton.
He came back this week in a big
motor car to attend commencement
and started on a trip to State Col
lege with six other students. In at
tempting to take the curve at high
speed the car upset and Winton
was killed. Two were slightly in
jured and the others escaped.
Winton was twenty years old and.
would have, come into possession of
two million dollars on his twenty
first birthday
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
Treaty unless important changes in
principle are accorded.

Treaty unless important changes in
principle are accorded.
Paris, June 13. - The British
have made an eleventh hour at
tempt to reopen the question of
reparations. They have submitted
proposals introducing into the func-
tions of the reparations committee
the principle of control of raw
materials, etc, furnished Germany,
enabling the commission to control
Germany's economic development
during the period it operates.
The British effort has not met
with a sympathetic reception by the
reparations commission, to which it
was referred. 1t seems improbable
that the proposals will be accepted,
but they constitute one of the
causes of the delay of the reply to
the Germans, which it was rumored
to-day probably would not be pre-
sented until Monday.
To Rewrite Peace Treaty
The Peace Treaty with Germany
will be entirely rewritten and re-
printed for the Incorporation tex
tually of the explanations and clar-
ifications contained in the Allied re-
[Continued on Page 21.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
DON'T BELIEVE IN FRIDAY
THE 18TH! BETTER LOOK OUT
No One Wants TO Walk Under Ladder Even With De-
ceased Rabbits Foot

Jinx Day; look out; watch your
step; Friday, the 18th. But who
cares!
Well, some do. Nobody walked un-
der the two ladders near Market and
Third streets. and at least forty
rabbit feet were being carried, for
John Barr, who decimated these tun-
nies last fall. had saved up all The
feet and gave them out last night to
guests at the wedding of Fred Iton-
ohan, elevator man in the Capitol
Building These tophics seemed to
do the trick but only for a while.
II was related also that man tried
to scoot over Market street bridge
without paying toll when a black
cat shot past his ear and so threw
the fear of the law into him that he
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
TEUTON CABINET
NOT BIG ENOUGH
TO MEET CRISIS
Citizens of Greater Berlin De-
eide to Strike; Airmen to
Drop Information
INDUSTRIES TO CEASE
Prussian Minister of War At
tends Council Meeting at
German Capital
INDUSTRIES TO CEASE
GERMANS HIT AT
"VIOLENT PEACE"
BY Associated Press.

Weimar, June 13.-Resolutions
expressing indignation at the
peace of violence" which makes
Germany's future impossible"
have been adopted by the Major
ity Socialist party at it's conven-
ton. The resolutions declare
the peace terms are not in con-
formity with President Wilson's
fourteen points.
international Socialists are
called on by the party to protest
against the most unheard-of
peace of modern history" 1t is
demanded that the German re-
public be admitted Immediately
to the League of Nations.
The party demands that the
home government make a re-
lentless investigation of all who
were responsible for the outbreak
and conduct of the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
KOLCHAK WOULD
CRUSH REDS IN
FREEING RUSSIA
Dictator Plans to Call Elec-
tions For Assembly When
Soviet Reign Ends

Paris, June 13.-Admiral Kolchak,
head of the all-Russian Government
at Omsk. in his reply to the first let
ter from the Allied and associated
powers. which resulted in cecund
letter promising him Allied support,
declared he did not propose to re-
tain power longer than required by
the interests of the country. He re-
affirmed his intention to call cleo
tions for the constituent assembly
CONTINUED on Page 21.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
$4,000 Fire Threatens to
Wipe Out York County
Town Early in Morning
BIZ AaRocintad Press.

York. Pa, June 13.-Emigsville, a.
town of about 400 inhabitants, four
miles north of this city. was threat
ened with destruction by fire at 5
o'clock this morning.
Brillinger and SwartZ's general
store and warehouse was burned to
the ground, but the flames were pre-
vented from spreading to nearby
dwellings by York firemen who were
rushed to the towr under orders of
Mayor Hughentaugler. The damage
is approximately $4,000 Origin of
fire unknown.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13

gave up half buck and forgot the
change.
A sad story came from Market
Street hostelry where customer
tried to get 13 per cent. of alcohol
over the bar. He drank two bottles
of beer which furnished him over
five per cent. alcohol, then tried to
round up with ale, containing eight
per cent. Nobody could decide what
the total was, but a policeman told
him to "move on"
Dozens of sad tales oozed into
George Hary's cigar store, but Mr..
Harry was cold and unsympathetic.
Il don't believe in superstitions. y
said he. scowling at Penn Harris
guest who came from Westmoreland
county. wearing a deceased rabbits
foot for bouquet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
HOLD TWO ALIENS
IN TERROR PLOT
By Associated Press.

Philadelphia, June. 13.-Paul
Olsen and John Wintol, bomb
suspects, each 27 years old, were
held without bail to-day. Detec-
tive Mahoney presented as evil
dence a bag containing 125 steel
jacketed dumdum cartridges,
maps and street guides of Phila-
delphia, Camden, New York,
Cleveland and Pittsburgh, in
which bombs were exploded re-
Gently; a quantity of radical lit
erature and two phials of sus-
picious liquid. The men are un-
naturalized aliens.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
THE WEATHER

Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair
ana slightly warmer tO-nirht
and Saturday. Lowest tenn
perature Tonight about GO de-
ErtFs.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-
night and Saturday, aIirhtIv
warmer. Gentle, shifting winds.
RIVER
The lSusquehannn river and its
tributaries viii continue to fnII
slowly. A stage of about AZ
feet IL indicated for Harrisburg
Saturday morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
U. B. Church Steeple
IS to Be Reslated

Workmen are busy preparing for
the reslating of the steeple of the
First United Brethren Church, Boas
and Susquehanna streets, of which
DR.. w. E. Daugherty is pastor.
M. III. Gettys. contractor, started
the work of building the scaffolding
from the ground yesterday and it is
expected that the actual reslating
work will start on Monday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
CHARGED BY PATRoLMAN

Elmer Howard, ZIG Sarah street,
is scheduled for a hearing in police
court this afternoon on a charge
of interference with a city patrol
man. Howard is alleged to have in
terfered with Patrolman Lowry last
evening when the latter was called
to 916 Sarah street to compel two
girls to vacate a room there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-13
PEACE PACT
WILL BE REWRITTEN
AS WORLDDOCUMENT
Copies Received in This Country to Be
Obsolete After Text Undergoes Change
at Allied Peace Conference in Paris
UNDERTAKE TO HAVE
ALLIES GUIDE HUN PROGRESS
By associated Press.

At its meeting last night the Council of Four reached
principle the admission of Germany the League of
Nations The drafting of the details has been left Andre
Tardieu who completed the work to-day The delivery of the
Allied reply the Germans will be made by messenger and
without ceremony The veday limit allowed the Germans will
supplemented by another eeday period which specified
for dehouncng the armistice.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-20
WOMAN SOLD FOR $500,
NOW REPORTED STOLEN

Augusta, Aug. 19.-Augusta Fed
eral officials admit that information
has been filed with them of the sale
of a young woman to man here for
$4,000, but VIII III = ave ~ ffarne OF ue=.
tails pending the investigation they
have instituted. 1t seems that the
story is that a Gypsy sold the young
woman, the purchaser taking the girl
as his common law wife, paying the
price named. Later the salesman
stole back the girl, and buyer has
now gone to the officers in an effort
to secure either the girl or the pur-
chase money.
The man who filed the information
says that there are at least 100 So
called Gypsies in the United States
who are engaged in thi spractice of
selling girls, then to steal them back
again.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-20
BENNETT TO HEAD
BANK DEPARTMENT
Governor Dorsey Appoint Camilla
Man as Head of States New
Banking Organization.

Atlanta, Aug, Ex-Governor Dorsey
yesterday announced the appointment
of r. R. Bennett, of Camilla, Ga, sup
erintendent of banks and executive
head of the new state department of
banking, the act creating which re-
ceived executive approval Saturday.
Mr. Bennett is an experienced bank
er of between forty and fifty years of
age and has for some time been presi-
dent of the Bank of Camilla. That
he enjoys the complete confidence of
the bankers of the state is proven by
the fact that he was for some time
chairman of the Georgia Bankers as
ISOLATION. 1t is believed that the ap-
pointment will not only meet the APP
prevail of the bankers but of the pa
irons of the banks as we'll
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-20
"HILL BILLIE" STATE COMES
WITH 100000 BUSHELS
GEORGIA NEXT IN YIELD
Hundred Million Bushels in
Whole Country, Gain Of
Fourteen Million Bushels

Washington, Aug 20.-Alabama is
leading again this year in the prOduc-
ton of sweet potatoes, and the crop
promises to be five million bushels
over last year, with total of nine
teen million, nine hundred and TWEEN
ty thousand, according to the Depart
ment OF Agriculture, which forecasts
August first conditions.
Georgia is second with the pros.
poets of twelve million, five hundred
and twelve thousand, which is over
half million over last year
The country's total crop will be 1t
hundred million, four hundred and
fifty-six thousand, which is fourteen
million bushels over last year
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-20
STRAHAN CAN SERVE AS
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER

Atlanta, Ga. Aug 2O-Professor
'harIes NJ. Strahan, of the state uni
versity, can serve as highway COM
missioner of Georgia, his office not
being technically state office" but
Samuel Y Austin, of LaGrange. who
is on the governors staff, will have
70 resign before he can qualify, ac-
cording to the opinion given Cover
nor Dorsey yesterday by Attorney
General CIiffard Walker
The governor is very anxious for
the Southwest Georgia attorney to
be a member of the first commission
and will probably ask him to resign
from the staff so that he can accept
the higher position.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-20

Maria, Texas, Aug. 20.-Somewhere
in Ma xico opposite Candelaria Ameri
can bIdiers today continued the pur-
suit SSssgun yesterday of the bandits
who captured and held for ransom
Lieutenants Peterson and Davis.
Military headquarters here are with
out information from the punitive eX-
petition. Heavy storms IN the noun
tains of Chihuahua are interruptiur
communication with the field tele'
phones of the army.
The possibility that the American
soldiers already have had their first
skirwish with the bandits was indi-
Gated last night when two aviators re-
turned to the American side with bull
let holes in the planes OF their ma
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-20
MORE EVIDENCE
ON CHINESE CLAIM
JOHN c. FURGUSoN BEFORE SEN
ATE COMMITTEE.

Washington, Aug. 20.-China re-
CARDS American acceptance of the
Shantung provision peace treaty as a
deviation from the American policy
Of friendly cooperation" toward the
Chinese government, the Senate For
eign Relations Committee was told by
John c. Furguson, an American, and
official adviser to the Chinese presi-
dent.
Furguson said, while not speaking
officially for the Chinese government,
he based his statement on intimate
knowledge of Chinese official opinion.
lie said China's case at the peace
conference was based on the unani-
nous opinion of some of the ablost
International lawyers of France, Rus
STA, Belgium and Holland.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-20
PRICE FIXING IS
OPPOSED BY
AT. GEN. PALMER
FAR TOO DRASTIC POWER TO
WO' Id DELAY PROCEDURE
Food Legislation Would Be
Lost In Opposition In
Congressional Fight.
WO' Id DELAY PROCEDURE

Washington, Aug. 20.-Proposed
amendments to the food control act
which would authorize the President
to fix the wholesale and retail prices
of certain commodities, were strongly
opposed by Attorney General Palmer
appearing before the House Agricul
tural Committee to urge the speedy
enactment of additional laws to help
reduce living cost.
He declared that such executive
power would be too drastic and would
provoke so much debate in Congress
as to delay the passage of other
amendments suggested by the Depart
ment of Justice.
Armed with an anti-profiteering law,
the Department could obtain specific
indictments in various cities which
would make unnecessary far reach
ing fight against high prices" Mr..
Palmer said.
Tie American Red Cross conducts
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-20
COTTON LAST ON
NEED OF MOISTURE
FAR DIFFERENT STORY TO TELL
FOR 1919.

Washington. Aug, 20.-The losses
of cotton from deficient moisture were
heavier during nineteen eighteen than
any of the last ten years, reaching
seventy-one pounds per acre, accord
ing to the Department of Agriculture.
The losses by insect pests was less
than any year since nineteen twelve,
the total amounting to twenty-three
and half pounds to the acre.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-20
FOUR SEPARATE
CHARGES CO me
FROM DEMOCRAT
RESERVATIONS IN LINE WITH
WILSON'S PLANS
SIMILAR TO REPUBLICANS
Not Offered to Be Included
In Ratification Resolu-
ton.
SIMILAR TO REPUBLICANS

Washington, Aug. 20.--Four reser-
vations on the League of Nations cove
nant, embodied in separate resOlu-
ton, were prepared today by Senator
Pittman, of Nevada, Democratic mem.
Der of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee, for introduction in the Senate.
Senator Pittman said the resolution
was in line with the suggestion made
yesterday by President Wilson that
if reservations are to be made they
should be embodied in separate
resolution and not in the resolution OF
ratification which might make new
negotiations necessary. t
Senator Pittman said the reserva-
lions had not been submitted to the
President. They are similar to those
proposed by a group of seven Repub-
lican senator's. They deal with the
right of withdrawal from the League.
article ten, domestic questions, ana
the Monroe Doctrine.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-08-20
HINES WORKING
FOR RAIL WAGE
SOLUTION TODAY
HAS PLAN FOR MEETING ALL,
DEMANDS
ANNOUNCEMENT TO COME
Demands From Other
Unions Dealing With All
Rail Labor.
ANNOUNCEMENT TO COME

Washington. Aug. 20.-Director Gen
eral Hines and representatives of the
six railway shopcrafts began discuss
ions of the shipments wage demands
which recently caused strikes in many
parts of the country.
1t was said that Director Hines is
working on a plan for handling these
and similar demands from other un-
ions affecting virtually all the rail.
road employees. Details are expected
to be announced in few days.