' , * . .... y. I. City to Hon ml Christr Wnce Despite lndiffer< of Offi HARRISBURG WmSB TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 286 14 PAGES SWEENEY RAPS BAKERS' PLAN TO RAISE PRICE State Scaler Declares They Are Getting All That's Coming to Them WANTS STANDARD LOAF Reel Declares It's "Just an Attempt to Gouge the Public" James Sweeney, State chief of standards, who has supervision over weights and measures to-day declared that the bakers of Pennsylvania were getting all they are entitled without further reducing the size of the loaf or raising the price, as is proposed by the State Bakers' Association, which met here a few days ago. Mr. Sweeney weighed three loaves at his office in the Capitol and found that each weighed 11 ounces, including the wrappers. The loaves were bought from different firms and the chief makes some sharp comment upon the similarity of the weight. Mr. Sweeney is the man who has been urging that the Legislature pass a law establishing a standard weight for a loaf of bread. He has been making a series of quiet investiga tions throughout the State and de clared to-day that the bakers ought not to cut loaves or boost prices. The chief's comments were as fol lows: "The Bakers' Association, in con vention assembled at Harrisburg. Thursday, December 7, recommended that the 5-cent loaf of bread should be advanced to C cents a loaf, giving as a reason that the advanced cost of flour, and also the advanced cost of other materials that enter into the making of bread, make it necessary Uiat the cost of a 5-cent loaf of bread should be increased to 6 cents. "Every sane person realizes that with the advanced coast of flour and other materials the bakers cannot make a loaf of bread the same size and sell it for the same price as they did prior to the advanced cost of the making of bread brought about by the abnormal conditions now existing in this country. Prior to this ad vanced cost of flour and other ma terials used in the making of bread the consumers generally received 16 [Continued on Page 12] Military Training in Schools Is Opposed by Churches of Christ Council St. Louis, Dec. 9. Opposition to military training in the public schools is embodied in a resolution submit ted to-day to the Federal Council of Churches of Christ by the commis sion on peace and arbitration. The commission also urged the Am erican government to invite European belligerents to state the basis upon which they would be willing to begin peace negotiations. "Christians," the report concludes, "must clear away misconceptions and fallacies and falsehoods. There is only one Christian way of conquering hate and that is by love." The anti-Japanese campaign in America is characterized as "a cause for shame and solicitude." in the re port of the commission on relations with Japan presented to the Federal Council of Churches of Christ to-day. TWO DIE IN EXPLOSION Allentown, Pa.. Dec. 9. David Foster, aged 17; Steve Bartol, 35, of Seipel's Station and John F. Rati, 30, of Greenawalts, were instantly killed in an explosion in a dryerhouse of the Penn Trojan Powder Company at Iron Bridge, shortly before S o'clock this morning. POWDER FLARE BI'RNS SEVEN Emporium. Pa.. Dec. 9. —Seven men were Injured, three thought to be fatally, .yesterday afternoon when the drying building of the Aetna Explosive Company was blown to atoms by a flare-up of 50,000 pounds of powder which was stored in the building. THE DAY IX CONGRESS Washington. D. C.. Dec. 9.—Senate— No session. Meets at noon Monday. Joint interstate commerce committee i resumed consideration of railroad prob- i lenis. Senator Chamberlain conferred with ' officials of the Universal Military Training League on plans to expedite consideration of universal training bill House—Met at noon. Adjourned at 12.14 p. m. until noon ' Monday as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Representative ' Tribble, of Georgia. ! ——— i THE WEATHER] i———— For Hnrrlnburg find vicinity: Part ly cloudy nnd much colder to uixht, with loiveMt temperature I about W deKreext Sunday fair and 1 colder. For Enitfrn Prnnnyh nnln! Partly rlnmlv and much colder to-nliiht, probably udoh In norihnnt por tion! Sunday fulr. much colder; strong louthnfit to nrm wind*. River The Suxqurhannn river and nil It* branches will full nlowly or re main nearly Mtatlonary. A Mtaxe of about 4.3 feet In Indicated for HarrlNburK Sunday morning. General fondltlonn The center of the dlMturbanee from the Went that wax over the I.nkc Superior reelon. Friday morning, hax remained nearly Mtatlonary. while the hiKh prea'- Nure area from went of the Rocky | Moantnlnx hax moved rapidly Hoiitheaxtward to the Went Gulf I conxi. Rain hax fallen Kenerally over the roxtern half or the coun try, except alone the Immediate Vtlantlc const, where It had not yet besun at H n. m. to-day. There hax been n Kenernl fall of 2 to .TO degrees In the temperatve from the Plains States eastward, except In the Middle nnd South Atlantic States, where It Is 2 to 1-1 degrees warmer. Temperature 8 a. m., 42. Sum Rlsrs, 7iltl a. m.j seta, 4:30 p. m. Moon: Rises, K p. m. River Staacei 4.2 feet above low water murk. Yesterday's Weather Richest temperature, fid. Lowest temperature. 3ft. Mean temperaure. 48. Normal temperature, 34. PITY THE POOR BAKER ! AItfTWJ EVER dOIN tCOMWON SCULL\°tJ\ll — _ _ J 1 |g_ begone! ' XHNU OATS AND GASOLENE; a hmiruwnr , av ARt $0 HIGH THE BAKERS MIGHT \sJFk-- % S IX UOuKLlv STPPFT DELIVER dOODS IN THIS MANNED V JNY PEOPLE PASsiNir^T < r Tapjjr little thinking that a small f m mi \ ( W/i mm AT fiet ®S Tht wsr watch MAD SHOULDER FROM BPEAO. <tarvin(. CLOSE * mm . Krffi SAYS HE TOOK GIRL TO HOTEL TO ADVISE HER Benjamin Gougler Denies the Charge of Enticing Pretty 13-Year-Old Girl EMPLOYED AS HIS MAID Declares He Took Fatherly In terest in Her Welfare; Mother Called Policeman When Benjamin T. Gougler. a well known Pennsylvania railroad conduc tor. hurried intoa Market street hotel with pretty 13-year-old Josephine Crawford, Highspire, he did so solely for the purpose of giving her "some fatherly advice"—he explained at po lice headquarters. That little three-word statement of Gougler's was emphasized and cor roborated by witnesses for the State to-day during the trial of Gougler on a charge of enticing the childish Jo sephine. The mother of the little, the po liceman who arrested him. Superin tendent of Detectives Windsor, who was present at Gougler's hearing at police court and Alderman J. B. De Shong, the committing magistrate, testified as to Gougler's explanation when he was apprehended in the act of registering for a room in company with the girl. Nor could Gougler on the stand in his own defense shake that testimonv very perceptibly: time and again Dis trict Attorney Michael E. Stroup on rigid cross-examination failed to get a response to his questions. Once or twice Additional Law Judge McCar rell had to quietly urge the prisoner to answer. Girl Was Gougler's Maid In brief Gougler is charged with, having employed the Crawford girl as' maid. She remained a week in the [Continued on Page 10] J VOTE COUNT ENDED AT THE CAPITOL Interesting Comparisons Be- Lloyd- George Organization tween the Highest and Lowest Will Meet Popular Demand Electors in the State For Government | Count of the vote cast for presidential electors in Pennsylvania was completed! at the department of the secretary of the commonwealth and the results will be certified to the governor, who will [ issue the customary proclamations on I electors, State officers, justice of the supreme court and congressmen. The votes show the highest and low est on each ticket to have been: Republican. David B. Oliver, 703,734; Joseph H. Hall, 70::.678. Democrat. S. S. Pels, 521,784; George Ellis. 520.834. Socialist, G. Herbert Ekins, 42,637; | A. Eberle. 42,502. Prohibition. H. \V. Brown, 28,525- ! F. t. Whittlesey. 28,418. Industrialist. Thomas E. North. 417; F. Knotek, 392. In -aeh case the first elector led the ! list. The lowest elector was not the j last on the list, however, except In one ! Instance. The votes were close In the cases of 1 the Socialists and Industrialists. The votes of all congressmen except In, 32nd district where a contest has been inaugurated, have been certified. ; The closest contests were in the 25th, I 30th and 32nd. FLARE BURNS MAX Wilmington. Del., Dec. 9. in an ! xplosion at the plant of the Artillery * use Company in this city yesterday ! Raymond Jordan, of Richardson Park.! was severely burned. lie will ■- cover HA.RRISBURG, PA..SATURDAV EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1916 FEAR GERMANS INTEND TO ATTACK ALLIES IN GREECE Believe Important Sections of Yon Mackensen's Army Will Move There From Bumania GHEEK CBISIS ACUTE Constantine Hostile to Entente; Bumanians Lose Prisoners in Bout The situation in Greece is not only . again of decided political interest but i potentially of marked military im ! port, in connection with the supposed • purpose of the central powers to turn . important sections of Field Marshal . Von Mackensen's huge army In Ru mania upon the entente's Saloniki 1 j army. , Correspondents in Greece report a i persistently hostile attitude by King Constantine and the Greek royalists toward the entente and declare ef- j forts are being made to gather a 1 strong army in the Larissa region for an attack upon the entente forces ' from the rear, simultaneously with at-I tacks by the Teutonic allies from the ' i north. Decisive Action T'rgcd British military writers call atten- j I tion to these contingencies and deci-' sive action with regard to Greece is urged in the interest of sound strategy and the safety of the entente i forces in Macedonia. 70,000 Prisoners Now More than 70,000 prisoners have been taken by the Teutonic invaders I on Rumania since December 1, when! ; the final drive leading up to the cap- I ture of Bucharest was begun. Berlin I announced these figures to-day and ! reported also the capture in the same ! period of 184 cannon, 120 machine [Continued on Page 7] NEW CABINET TO BE NONPARTISAN London, Dec. 9. Lloyd George's cabinet will be nonpartisan and will meet the popular demand for a busi- I ness government. It will not bo a ! coalition cabinet in the sense of As quith's administration because Mr. As luith had the co-operation of all par ties, even including, practically, the Irish Nationalists. The Liberal meeting at the Reform club yesterday decided that the old ■ Liberal leaders will constitute an op position party in the House of Com mons, although the opposition will be [Continued on Pajtc 12] Agile Acrobats Save Many From Fire; Twenty Injured New York, Dec. 9. Acrobats agile in trapeze work and climbing adapted their profession to the work of rescuing fellow lodgers when their theatrical boardlnghouae In West • Forty-fourth street was wrecked by (Ire to-day. According to witnesses ' some of the tenants were saved by i methods rivaling vaudeville and circus i performances. ! About twenty persons were Injured, | two of whom were women, were i severely burned and may die. On ! Washington's birthday of thU year five [ persons were burned to death In a fire [in the same building. j FEDERAL PROBE OF HIGH LIVING COST IS ORDERED Attorney General Directs In vestigations to Begin in New York and Detroit SMALLEB CITIES NEXT Kansas City, Cleveland and Other Shipping Centers Later On Washington, Dec. 9. Federal grand jury Investigations into the high cost of living were ordered to-day by Attorney General Gregory to begin at once in New York and in Detroit next I week. Similar investigations in Cleveland, Kansas City, St. Louis, Minneapolis and other points are under considera tion. Frank M. Swacker, an assistant at torney general for the government in the New Haven case, will be asked to take charge of the New York in vestigation. Widespread Combinations Reports to the Department of Jus [Continncd on Page 10] RID $(10,000 FOR JOHNSON Boston, Dec. 9. The Boston Am ericans will bid $60,000 for the serv ices of Walter Johnson, crack pitcher of the Washington club, if he is on the market, President Harry Frazee, of the local club, stated to-day. His statement was made in connection with a report that the Cleveland team was prepared to bid $50,000 to ob tain Johnson. DIPLOMACY ENDS ON DEPORTATIONS \\ ith Publication of American Protest, State Department Be sources Are Exhausted Washington, D. C.. Dec. 9.—With pub lication of the American protest to Ger many on the deportation of Belgians, State Department officials disclosed to day, the United States government has exhausted Its means of diplomacy and has laid the case before American public opinion from which it will expect to [Continued on Page 12] Destruction by Fire Threatens Penna. Town Third Time in Eight Years Centralia, Pa., Dec. 9. For the third time in eight years, Centralia was threatened with destruction by fire last night when five houses were burned to the ground. Fire com panies from Ashland and Mount Car mel had to be summoned. Vacant lots on each side of the five houses in Center street prevented the flames from spreading. The exploding of a lamp. In a house occupied by one of the foreign families caused the Are. Lack of water pres sure prevented the firemen from doing effective work. The body of Bobert Brltt. who died to-day, was removed from one of the houses that was in danger. AUTO THIEF GETS JESSE HEDRICK'S CAR IN PHILA. Leaves It Only Few Minutes to Say Good-by to Several of His Friends ON HIS WAY TO CUBA Planned to Ship Machine by Boat; His Loss Is $5,500 Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 9. Leav ing his $5,500 automobile at Thir teenth and Walnut streets for a few minutes last evening while he went to bid good-by to a friend, Jesse Hed rick, of Harrisburg. returned to find that motor thieves had made oft with it. Hedrick was driving the car to New York, where he expects to ship it to an estate in Cuba, where he will spend the winter. The theft of the car was immediate ly reported to the Detective Bureau and all districts were •> jtified to inter cept the thieves if powble. Detective Doyle was also put ou the case with instructions to spare no effort in try ing to get the car in time for the manufacturer to make his boat in New York to-day. Hedrick told the detec tive that he had stepped into the Ritz- Carlton Hotel and had not been gone more than five minutes It is believed it will be easy for the police to trace the car, because it was specially built for Hedrick and has many parts which are lacking in the usual high-priced car. Mr. Hedrick is a former select coun cilman and is well known in political circles here. He is known pretty widely in hotel circles, too, and con ducted hostelries at one time in York and Hagerstown. The ex-councilman has been prominent in the racing world also and for several years he has been an active turfman. Mr. Hedrick lives at 312 Chestnut street. "SHOE FACTORY CAPITOL" SOLD Building Leased by State After Fire of 1897 to House Departments Pennsylvania's "Shoe Factory Capi tol, as the old Bay Shoe Manufac turing Company's building on State street near the Pennsylvania railroad is known, was sold for the material it contains to-day by the State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings and will make way for Capitol Park extension. This building was leased by the State immediately after the fire which de stroyed the original State Capitol in 1897 to house the Departments of Ag [Continued on Page 12] GEN\ WOOD PREDICTS WAR Soldier I'rgcs Pre pa redness to Be Ready for Conflict New York. Dec. 9. "War is com ing as sure as God Is in heaven and the sun shines in the sky," declared Major-Gen. Leonard Wood last night in an address at a dinner of the New York Alumni Association of the Wor cester Polytechnic Institute. After making this prediction Major- Gen. Wood appealed for measures of preparedness. "Give our American boys a sporting chance,' he said. "Don't let them be food for powder. If we prepare our selves against any possible foreign In vasion and get out of this state of un preparedness we may never need to use the gun on our shoulder. We are now wholly unprepared, and there Is not a war office in Europe that does not know It." MUNICIPAL TREE ASSURED THROUGH ROTARY ACTIVITY Chamber of Commerce and Jo vian League Pledge Their Co-operation COMMITTEE OF SIX Haste Now Necessary Because of Indifference of City Authorities Despite the indifference of the citv authorities, Harrisburg is to have a •Municipal Christmas Tree this year. Following the action of the Rotary Club on Tuesday night. President Howard i". Fry and members of the public affairs committee of that organ ization called upon the Harrisburg chamber of Commerce and the Jovian League, made up of the elec trical dealers and contractors of the city an.l received pledges of co-opera tion trom both. The Jovians have ap pointed a committee and have tender ed their services in whatever capacity necessary and the Chamber of Com merce will take rtnal action on Tues day, when the executive committee will meet to appropriate monev for expenses. The Harrisburg Light and Power Company has offered to co-operate and its services will be given at cost. The Rotary club has received and accepted the tender of the Municipal band to p J. a ?. °1. that occasion and the offer or the Moorhead Chorus of 60 voices to sing Christmas carols. It is likely that the final arrangements will be IV ,®t. y committee of six, two from the Chamber of Commerce, two from the Rotary club and two from the Jovian League. President David E. Tracy, of the Chamber of Commerce, is much interested in the success of the movement. ~ Ha ®* e w ' nl b e necessary following the Chamber's meeting on Tuesday in order that the proper tree may lie procured and the work of bringing it *9 _ city and setting it up com pleted in time for the celebration. IMPORTATION OF I>RI\T PAPER IS FORBIDDEN UY FRANCE Paris, Dec. 9. The government' has decided to prohibit the importa ton of printing paper, according to a semi-ofneial announcement. The ob- Z C iL°fy the s l ep 18 ,wo fold - to Help ♦ ? ® xc^ an d to encourage the French paper industry. 1 --yn ri T GERMAN WARSHIP SLIPS BLOCKADE i c SHI 1 ," ! ' ' 4 1 I VESSEL WAS HELD UP AND EXAMINED IN THE < 1 ! NTMAN, THE CAPTAIN SAID ON HIS < ■ ! C; j I . | Harrisbtirg—Oliver P. Hazard, York, superintendent of 4 , ■ State Commissioner Wolfe this afternoon and hi d , t j a charge of non-support of two sons. The suit was brought Washington, D. C-, under a Federal - c t te Sofia E. Hazard* a former wife from whom Hazard says he . j * 9 City < 1 MARKET NEAR DEI 1 New York, Dec. 9.—A renewal of heavy general liquid < * citement verging upon demoralization in the cotton market i j Jtween sale and before there was any j .juse in the decline March contracts had sold at $18.50, or 75 points under last I ! night's close, and the general list was fully sl4 a bale below j the i t records. , RUSSIAN ATTACK FUTILE j ■ Berlin, Dec. 9.—By Wireless.—A futile attack by the ( Russians on the German lines in thfe vicinity of Lake < I Narocz, on the Russian front, is reported in to day's official statement regarding operations in .this war area. i UNf LLI ') ORDERS SHOW INCREASE New York, Dec. 9.—Unfilled orders of thc'TXnited States ! , Steel Corporation for the month ending November 30, last, ; were 11 ,$53,542 tons, an increase of 1.043,282 tons over the t preceding month. This establishes a new record for un- I * '' ' 'H- i the co! ;uira*ion. '' MARRIAGE I-•. • . ' J | Karl Allen IVagnrr Uerlrude Winifred Troy, elly. Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT PRICES OF FOOD STUFFS SHARPLY SLUMP IN CITY k6f? s Drop Off Two to Five Cents 11 Dozen; Butter Sells Low as 35 Cents DROP is GENERAL! Indications That Christinas 1 urkeys Will Be Cheaper This Year Prices of foodstuffs slumped of? sharply on the city markets this morning and nobody was able to ox* plain Just why. Eggs dropped off from two ot fiva cents a dozen, butter sold as low as thirty-five cents and very best grade of country butter brought no more than forty cents, which was live cents less than a week ago. The drop was general, applying to chickens, beef, bananas, oranges, apples, potatoes, and turkeys, all vary ing from one to three or five cents lower per item. Good celery could be bought at five cents for similar stalks that cost six and eight cents as late as Wednesday. The decline was attributed by many to the quiet but very effective boy cott waged by many Harrtsburg housewives who have not been buy ing articles on which attempts have been made to take what have been re garded as unfair profits. 1' aimers and dealers who discussed the situation to-day also talked of turkey possibilities the'next few weeks It was generally conceded that it will not do to attempt any such holdups as were tried in vain at Thanksgiving. A large number of live birds were taken home then by reason of the re fusal of patrons of the markets to pay unreasonable prices. The cutting down of the raffling games by Chief of Police Wetzel has been another helpful influence, with the result that there are more domestic turkeys on the farms now than for several years and large Southern shipments are promised. Indications are that Christ mas turkeys will be cheaper this year than last. FOUR STEAMERS SUNK London, Dec. 9. Lloyds reports the sinking of the British steamship Sigurd and of the British steamships Avristan, Conch and Tanfleld.
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