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' LXXXVII— No. 286 12 PAGES Da^^^':trK a t^^at a HARRISBURG, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1918. ,WSr tt B,N cW HOME EDITION
* AMERICA WILL LISTEN ONLY TO
VOICE OF HUMANITY FOR WORLD
PEACE, PRESIDENT MAKES PLAIN
Wilson Refers ' o
Combination in
Defeating War
MUST TAKE IN
4 ALL NATIONS
Common Devotion
to the Right
Only Way
By Associated Press
Manchester, Eng., Dec. 30. —Anier- I
♦ lea is not interested in European
politics, but she. is interested in n
partnership of right between A inert- .
ea and Europe, declared President ,
Wilson in receiving the freedom of
the city of Manchester at the Free
Trade itall here to-day. America is
not interested in the peace of Europe
but in the peace of the world, ho
added.
Wants World Combination
"If the fiitnie had nothing for |
us hut a new attempt to keep |
I lie world at the right poise by
a balance of power." the Presi
dent said, "the United Slates
would take no interest in it,
liccausc she will join no combl- J
* nation of power which is not a
combination of us all."
There was a feeling of cordial fra- ;
ternlty and friendship between ;
America and Great Britain, declared |
Ihe President, which was based on i
the principle of friendship ami pa- I
t riot ism that led men to give more j
than was demanded. The partner- j
' ship of interests which hud attempt*
ji ed the government of the world had |
f broken down, he said, as Interest did j
not bind men together but separnt- |
ed them. Common devotion to the i
right was llie. only thing, ho intstcd, i
i that could bind men together. I
• Voice of Humanity Culls
In the settlement which Is Just ;
ahead something more difficult than i
was ever attempted before hud to lie |
accomplished—a genuine concert of !
mind and purpose, the President 1
said, but a keen international eon- j
eclentlousness would make It easy, j
There is a great, voice of humanity ;
abroad in the world "which lie who |
cannot hear is deaf." ho added. - I
"We an l not oIH-ying the man- I
date of parties or polities," the
President continued, "we are
obeying the mandate of hu
manity." If the world is to re- j
main a body of friends, lie said, ,
then' must lie an easy ai d eon*
stunt method of conference so
that troubles could lie taken i
when they were little and not I
allowed to grow until they were
hig.
Would Be Friends of Mankind
"I wish we could, for the
who'c world, enter league and
covenant and declare ourselves
the friends of mankind," the
President added.
The President said ho was not i
hopeful that the indlvitluul items of
8 tHe settlement which was about to :
be attempted would be altogether '
satisfactory.
."One only has to apply ills mind," \
he continued, "to any one of the j
questions of boundary, of altered '
sovereignty, of racial aspiration to
do something more than conjecture
this. Thero is no man. no body of
men who knows just how they ought
to lie settled; and yet if we are to
make satisfactory settlements we
must sec to it that they are render- '
I'd more and more satisfactory by :
subsequent adjustment which is !
made possible. W'e must provide the |
machinery for readjustments in or- i
der that we may have the machinery
of good will and friendship."
Christmas Tree Program
Tomorrow Evening Begins
/ With Band Concert at: 7 ,
The municipal Christinas tree i
program, which was postponed from ,
Christmas eve, on account of incle- ,
ment weather, will be held to-nior- |
row evening. The first number will ,
lie a band concert under the tree In j
Market Square beginning at 7 and
continuing until 7.30, after which
the program as previously announc
ed will lie carried out, as follows: |
Concert by Municipal Band.
. oh, Come All Ye Faithful."
Prayer by Bishop Philip H. Mc- j
1 ievitt.
, Soldiers' chorus, "There's a Bong, t
/ I,ong Trail."
f "it Came Upon a Midnight Clear." ,
I "Bittie Town of Bethlehem."
Prayer by the Rev. Dr. J. B. •
k Mark ward.
%, "Keep the Home Fires Burning."!
"Joy to the World."
"Hark the lleruld Angels Sing." !
Doxology.
THE WEATHER]
I'or llnrrlntiuric nnil vlclaltyi I'nlr
mid continued cold to-night,
ltli Inivrot trmpcrnturc olioul
gll dcgrccHi Tucodny InrrciiNing
cloudtncMN mid warmer, proil
nlily rain or inoir.
For Eastern Pennsylvania! Fair
to-nlghtt 'i'neadn.v Inireiihliiic
clondlnCKN and wnrmer, prob
nlily ruin or >non la north and
, HMI portion*! gentle to mod- j 1
I crate winds, becoming xoulb.
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The Long Lost Cousins
1 , |
BY~ "j -
: 'N' HOW'S UNCLS SAMi HOWS THE OL' ' H
'N' AUNT LIB ? KINO. ANYWAY ?j /\\ j f M
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ROTARY CLUB
FIRST TO DINE
IN PENN-HARRIS
jE. S. Herman Reviews Work!
of Year Before Busi
nessmen
i The Harrisburg Kotary Club!
procured ]3O subscriptions for stock
In the new Penn-Harris hotel and
members of the club purchased more
than $lOO,OOO worth of. the stock.
Ed. S. Herman told the members of
that organization at to-day's lunch
con in the Penn-Harris. the first
meal to be served in the new hostelry.
; Mr. Herman reviewed tlie work of
the club for the past year at length
[and brought out the fact that its;
activities have been directed very
largely along altruistic lines, the llo
tartans having given of their time'
and effort very generously for com-,
munity and war service. Mr. Herman
said that to his mind this was re-'
sponsible for the remarkable success'
or the club —that It had set an ex- i
amplo by working for others rather
than for self, and that imbued with
the same spirit the club should be
come even a greater influence for 1
good In the community than it had '
been in the past. He reported at j
some length on the various actlvi- !
ties of the orguntzatlonyiot in a self- !
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lenadoies, Bound For
Br<*t, Strands no Rocks;
No Troops on Transport
By .4 ssociatcJ Press
I'limiiiii, Dee, 30.—The American!
'transport Tenadores. which left New
York for Brest on December IS, was
strnnded on the rocks near the'
Isle d'Veu, In the Bay of Biscay, on'
Saturday, Advices, state that those,
on bonrd are being rescued. No
troops were on board.
George S. Reinoeh! May
Head Commerce Chamber i
The newly-sleeted directors of the 1
Hurrlsliurg Chamber of Commerce t
met In tip, offices of the Chamber '
at 4 o'clock this afternoon for the t
purpose of electing officers for 1919. i
George M. Helnoi'hl was prominently
mentioned thin morning as the prob- i
able choice for president, succeeding ;
A. A. Patterson.
EDUCATION OF
i WOUNDED YANKS
| TO BE PLANNED
Educators Here From All
Parts of Slate For Annual
Convention
i Prominent educational workers
from all sections of this and many '
other states are gathering in Har- '
rlsburg to-day for the sixty-ninth I
annual session of the Pennsylvania |
State Educational Association, the!
tii'st sessions of which are sched-1
tiled for 2 o'clock this afternoon. !
Hundreds of educational workers'
and interested persons will be in at- I
tendance at Hie sessions and many 1
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!J. K. BOWMAN'S AUTO
STOLEN SECOND TIME
The Ford touring car of J. K. 1
'Bowman, 805 North Second street,'
; was stolen from the place in Market j
street where he parked it Satur
day night, and thus far the efforts |
' of the police department to locate it 1
! have been fruitless.
It is the second time tlie machine!
j was stolen within a month. The last
time Joe Smith took it ond was nr
! rested December 1. it bears Penn
j sylvanla license number 371.581
and manufacturer's number 1,849,-
! 965. • !
WIDOW WITH ONE CHILD
ASKS FOR AN INTERVIEW
"Widower Told to Ask Conductor on Humnielstown Line to
Hut Hint Off ut Peiffer's Lane
A lonely widow, desirous of n Bood
home. Is the latest lady to have her
heartstrings touched by the earnest
appeal of the widower who soußht '
the uld of the City Editor to tlnd a
'nice younß widow to become his
helpmate, i
This youiiß widow, who has "one <
little girl. a nice child," desires 'hat
the prospective bridegroom come to 1
visit her ut his earliest convenience
that details may be satisfactorily ur- >
runxed. in part, she writes,
"1 saw an inquiry In the paper for i
a wife, and 1 thought I would drop i
you a few lines, 1 am a widow .nirl 1
I would UKe to have a good hoine. I
JOHN J. HARGEST
IS NEW WARDEN OF
COUNTY'S PRISON
Named at Annual Reorganiza
tion Meeting of Inspect
ors Today
[ Jojin J. Hargest, Sr., member of
J the Board of Prison Inspectors, was
I appointed wurden of the county jail,
to succeed William A. Mcllhenny, ef
| fective January 1. The Board of in
; spectors met to-day for the annual
| reorganization. Mr. Hargest will
1 resign at once so that lie can begin
♦ Ids duties on Wednesday. His place
| will be filled by appointment by the
; County Commissioners.
| lrvin E. Deppen was elected clerk
and storekeeper, and Mrs. Deppen,
matron, to succeed Mrs. Mcllhenny.
1 Bane S. Hart was re-elected presi-
I dent of the Board of Inspectors and
jA. B. Ettcr secretary. All other em
i ployes at the prison were retained.
Mr. Mcllhenny said to-day he was
no\ an applicant for reappointment
and had no plans for the immediate
future. He has been warden for
three years.
J have one liltle g.rl. She is a nice
child, so- If you want a nice lady,
why please come to see me and then
we can |alk It over. That would be
the best. If you come to see me,
pleuse tuke the Hummelstown car
and tell the conductor to leave you
off at Peiller'H lane. There ask for
, and there you will
find me, for 3 am staying there.
Please let me know for I am rjulic
anxious."
(Matrimonial Agency Note—The
name of the person for 'whom in
quiry Is to be made Is being held but 1
will be furnished by the City Editor i
to the widower), ,
MUMMERS AGREE !
NOT TO PARADE
j NEW YEAR'S DAYj
Annual Pageant Abandoned
For Want of Prizes For
the Marchers
| BIG CROWDS EXPECTED;
| Streets to Have Holiday Ap-j
pearancc on Eve of
Holiday
Without its mummers' pageant.;
Harrrisburg will feel as if New
(Year's Day, 1919, is not a holiday. |
; Walter L, Montgomery, chairman!
; of the tlnancial committee for the;
| mummers, said to-day for the soe-
I ond time in many years there will!
! be no general shooters' parade to;
; welcome the year next Wednesday.
| The Chamber of Commerce decided |
| this year not to appropriate any.
| money for the purpose and the!
j clubs will not march unless prizes
jure offered. Of course..the city will!
j have other celebrations, flagraising. j
| open house at Y. M. C. A., exercises
! in the churches, the distribution of
good cheer by charitable organiza-j
j tions and the paying of New Year
! visits, but the celebration which has
j made this city known far and wide
l as a carnival city will be sadly
j missed.
Big Crowds K\|>cctcd
| But the "shooters" are' not to be
kept entirely out of sight, says Mr.
Montgomery. It will take more
j than lack of appropriation, liow-j
ever, to prevent the New Year front
! being greeted by the crowds on thej
(streets, in lac theaters and in the|
j churches. New Year's Five is likely!
j 10 witness the same old scenes o'fj
j riotous revelry as of yore, probably!
j intensified this year because peace j
j has come upon the world. When j
i the old year of war and triumph;
| bows its exit at midnight to-morrow.
night and the new year of peace'
! and reconstruction makes its ap-j
| pearance, it is likely that whistles!
! will blow, bells will ring, thousands i
j upon thousands will shout, blow)
I horns and whirl rattles as of yore, j
( New Year's Day is a religious!
holiday as well, in the churches!
the New Year is greeted with prayer!
and song. All over the city watch
services will be held Tuesday night,
with hundreds gathered in tho
churches, prayerfully awaiting the
hour of midnight, when they may
greet the New Year with solemn
promises of righteous living.
I Like Christmas, New Year's will
) he observed in the homes, asylums
and hospitals of the city as a festi
val of joy. There will lie special
exercises everywhere and lavish dis
tribution of charity.
' Seek Names of All Men
Who Died in U. S. Service
j Mrs. Meade D. Detweiler, regis- j
j trar for the National War Aid —i
I Daughters of 1917, to-day issued the!
| following notice in an effort to pro- |
| cure the names of all men of-Har-j
I risburg and vicinity who died in the !
I national service during the great 1
j wur: I
"The National War Aid—Duugh- ;
;ters of 1917, wish to make a com-'
plete list of the men residing in liar
r j risburg and surrounding towns, who
' (have given their lives in the present,
; wprld war.
II "A war deatli record blank will be!
i printed in all tho newspapers of
I the city January 2, 3 and 4 and
j answers to questions contains there- .
j on will furnish the death notice of i
- ! those soldiers and sailors who have j
i given their lives for their country, i
! When this war death record blank
; appears'in the newspapers relatives
of every man who has died are urg
ed to clip it out, till in the informu
fltion desired and forward it at once
Ito Mrs. Meade D. Detweiler, 21
" North Front slreet. The list must
1, | be completed by January 18, 1919.
' i "By doing so they will be lionor
• i ( ing the men who so nobly sustained
the reputation of the city in the
great war."
HOUSING NEEDS
1 NOT BETTERED BY I
COMING OF PEACE
1 .J. Hoi-ace McFarlanri Draws
Lesson Learned by Other •
t (aties Experiences
| Rome time prior to tlie signing of
Itlie armistice, J. Horace McFarland, |
, (well known in llarrisburg, went to'
; Washington to become nn) of lite 1
j Commissioners on Living Conditions
r j of War Workers in the Department!
jof Labor, wirich commission, It Is'
understood, Is to lie continued, serv- '
| ing an it does on extremely impor- j
lant purpose In looking ufter wrongs,
' : and difficulties in connection with;
1 tho efficiency of workers t,he country i
over.
In the operation of the Commls-j
' slon on Living Conditions, Mr. Mc-;
s ! Farlnnd was assigned the subjects :
•j of housing ami health. He was seen
1 this week while at home in the j
>, Christmas vacation, and called at- i
• tention strongly to certain peculiarly,
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1 t IiniSTMAS TKKB llt.V/.CS
An alarm turned In from Box 312,!
Fourth sad Hamilton street c this
afternoon at 12.10 .o'clock called the
fire department to a blaze ut 1805 |
■ North Fourth street. A Christmas:
.! tree had caught tire, but whs quickly;
'! extinguished. Very little damage re- ■
[ suited.
FRANCE STANDS WITH
GREAT BRITAIN UPON
FREEDOMOFTHESEAS
—' 9
French Premier in
Statement Says
Wilson Knows
READY TO GET
OUT AS PILOT
Deputies Stand by
Leader; Vote to I
Sustain Him
__
fly Associated rrcss
I Paris, Dee. 30.—1n addressing the
t Chamber of Deputies last night, Pre-
I mler Clemenceau made 11 plain that
| It was his Intention to support Great I
Britain in the peace negotiations on '
j the question of the freedom of the '
| seas, and he declared that his atti- |
| tiide in this matter was approved by !
i President Wilson.
The Premier told the Chamber, if
pilots were to be changed, that now !
was the time to change, but the Dep- !
uties gave him a vote of confidence j
by 380 to 134. Premier Clemenceau j
explained the peace situation as it !
concerned France, Great Britain and !
the United States, and his explana- |
tions appeared fully to satisfy ail ex- |
j oept the Unified Socialists, who re- I
| peatodly interrupted him in a man- I
i ner which President Deschanel char-I
i acterized as "Indecent."
j Premier Clemenceau said his con-
I versations with President Wilson
! had' been profitable, although, ho
( added: •
j "I should not be telling the truth
I if I said I had always been in agree- ,
i ment with him oil all points."
j fn summing up his argument for
i full confidence and the exercise of
j patience by the Chamber, the Pre- (
j inier declared:
Shuns Rostrum
"There will be claims to be set |
j forth and others whicli will have to |
jbe given up. If 1 mounted the ros- I
! trum td elaborate (he subject, 1 j
would be the worst Premier in Eu
rope. That does not mean we are
not working hard to prepare a line j
of action for the peace congress."
The Premier earlier had expressed I
the belief in the efficiency of the 1
old system of alliances called "The
balance of power," but Indicated j
that he was not opposed to a league I
of nations. Such a league, he said,
might be organized at about the time
the treaty of peace was completed.
The morning newspapers, except
the Unified Socialists and some rad
-1 ical organs, generally approve the
Premier's speech.
It is understood that its text will
: be telegraphed to President Wilson.
| The Chamber completed Its eonsid-
I eration of the budget at 9 o'clock
! this morning, passing it by an over
| whelming majority after twenty-four
; hours of virtually continuous slt
j ting. The Deputies will meet again
i at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning to dis
: cuss the revision of the electoral lists
; preparatory to a general election.
Premier Clemenceau was yesterday
given a vote of confidence, 380 to
134, in the Chamber of Deputies aft
er a stormy debate during which the
'war aims of France were outlined
•by Stephen Pichon, foreign minister
and tho Premier had indicated his
adherence to the "old system of alli
ances called 'the balance of power.' "
| The premier indicated that the
j formation of a league of nations
! might bo carried out coincidentally
' with the drufting of the treaty of
peace. M. Renuudel, Socialist,
brought about this statement by ex
pressing his regret that the Allies
had decided not to organize the lea
gue until after peace has been de
clared.
"Nothing of the sort." was the
answer of M: Clemenceau.
s "Whether this chamber gives me
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HUNS'SMALLEST
! FLYER DEFEATED
ROOSEVELT'SSON
j Didn't Know Until His Com
mander Told Him Adver
sary Was Quentin
I
With tho American Army of Occn
pntion. Dee. 30. —Christian Donhau
j set-, a youthful Herman aviator, who
| claims to have - defeated Lieutenant
Quentin Roosevelt, son of Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, in the light In
, the air in the region of Chamery,
i which resulted in the death of young
| Rocsevelt, told the correspondent
; that the day following the combat
i his commander informed him the
I American he had downed was Roose
i velt. Immediately afterward Ger
j man aviators began arranging the
: detnils for the funeral of Lieutenant'
! Roosevelt. . j
Donbauscr Is, only twenty-three
1 years of age. and Is the smallest or
the German aviators, weighing only
j ninety-four pounds. Soon after the
war began he entered the service
us an observer. He began pursuit j
j flying July 1 ond between thut time!
! and the day the armistice was sign
ed he had to his credit thirty planes j
J downed.
Although still In the German army!
Donhauser, whose home Is Hum - j
! burg, is planning a trip to thej
j United States. Furthermore ho says]
he hopes eventually to take out!
American citizenship papers and
Join the American avtation forces.]
GERMANY TO PAY
WAR LOSSES OF
CIVIL POPULATION
Berlin, Dec. 30. The question I 1
of indemnities iias been settled !
\ between Germany, the United
Stales and the Allies, and Ger- j
man delegates signed the nrmis- I
j ties on i ondition that thero !
| should no restrictions to indem- !
! nities, according to Mathias Era- [
j berger, specking here to-day.
War damages and war costs, lie j
I said, ir ust ho borne by each na- j
i tion itscif, unless expressly men- i
j Honed in the notes which were
j exchanged, Germany being obliged i
j to indemnify districts she occu- i
i pied in France and Belgium and j
I to pay all losses inflicted upon i
i the civilian populations.
! A FOUNTAIN'S A j
; FOUNTAIN FOR
ALL OF THAT
j Hut the Park Department Pre-,
fers Those Hidden in
Warehouses
j At last tlie mystery is solved. !
) For months llurrlsburgers have
been wondering what became of Hie'
fountain erected in honor of Conrad
Welser and Shikeilim.v, a noted In->
dian chief, standing in River Front |
park just opposite the Dauphin |
County Historical Society, a gift to i
the oil;. from the late William A.I
Kelker.
It was removed from the park in!
May, this year, and since that time j
there has been but one • statement'
1 i
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BOLSHEVIKI TAKE VILXA
London, Dec. 30.-—Vilna has been
captured by Bolshevist forces, ac
cording to a Copenhagen.dispatch to
I the Mall, quoting I'etrogrud deports.
I
•Ja . T ifiod r#> a' i *v. tut **"
|4, ' '* r L,oy<i Geor g e and the coalition ,
I -y the general ~ fIH
14* 4*
II believed a new .jj
U .:ier y ]
4* Iffl
IT * '
X WILSON-GOES TO ITALY WEDNESDAY I
j *7*
.j + 'esident Wilson will leave Paris for Italy *N9
X th( Wednesday night. Definite arrangements to .21
f er, announced to-day. *
X • *l*
▼ DANIELS URGES GREATER •§* i
' + +
•"?* £
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i -j* c
' I tliree-year building program. 9
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if 1
i I Iners in, the Dusseldi 9
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♦.Oil by mobs in Frankfort, Germany, and the authorities
! e
, V Troops in the city refused
I I .
•j. TO DEPQRT ENEMY ALIENS , *.
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+ 4,000 encny alier. temcd in the United States ffl|H
. ' to Cqngress soon by the Depart* ... 9H
iI ■ " * : r] - flfl
; L' MANY LIBERTY BONDS OFFERED £ |
'lt Nov Y T 'Pert- Ponds v-re offered in JT I
l+enor-01 i c - : ' "" •!->.- ■ - ' i-d.-v-, the J,
jt further liquidation prelimin-
It a • ' cf aim al income accounts. jj
J $ f
T - Pail road telegraphers and station J9|H
*J* ' vtslj
tj*
j X ' a Catcher 1 . J|!
MARRIAGE UCENSES \
: -j< ■ Kaplan, I'hllndrlphla. and Anna B. Cipli, IlarrlabnrKt * ,
■ I boniKK < . Kpkrrt and lOdnn C. l..rnn. Hnrrlnharp, n. lt.t Claude
• lllller, Hnrrinbura, anil Hnttlr D. Wltairr, Dover, Pn.l f'hnrlr* A-. * *
I w Kr, Mtprlton. and Vernn M. Hnh.v, llnrrixharK i Alhrrt T. l.evtlx a
I j and Olive At. WhuMlmnsrlli. \A llllnnaatonnt John Shiver, Irwin, and
|m. Blvetn C. Wood. Month Carolina. |
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LOCAL FOOD
BOARD QUITS
WAR SERVICE
Donald McCorniick Expresses
Pleasure at City's Hearty
('o-operalion
THE OFFICES ARE CLOSED
Slate Administration Asks Or
ganization to Re Prepared
For Emergency
The Dauphin County Food Adminis
' tration, ufter a year of active sorv
■ii this morning ended its activities.
J Ah n part of the county's war gov
j eminent, it luis passed out of exist-
I oimo. '
! Donald McCormlck, president of tlie
i Duupliin Deposit and Trust. Company,
| was food administrator. Associated
| with hiin as iiis assistants at various
.time were J. Clyde My ton, John J'.
! 'leypr, and Frank l„ Cook. Mr. Cook
! at present is the first assistant to Mr.
! MmCarmick.
I The food administration office in
l the Chamber of Commerce rooms in j
' tile Dauphin building was closed to- *
I day, and the clerks were released.
I Mr. Mcf'ormiek ami Mr. Cook were or- 1
. dared In Howard Heinz, state food •)
I administrator, to hold themselves in
j readiness for future contingencies.
1.11 sf of t'rlcp l.lstn
j The computation of fair food prices,
I lno last function of the food admin- j
istrnlion which remained in rffeef •
] after the war. ceased to-day. Com- i
' petition, however, will serve to pre- i
vent profiteering where grocers are
;so inclined, was Mr. McCormiok"s
i confident prediction. Most grocers,
however, have not charged as much
for commodities as the food admin
istration allowed.
The tail - food prices were made up mm
; l>> Mr. Cook, in co-operation with a
I'epresentat.lV) committee of whole
' sale and retail, charge, and cusii and
i curry grocers. The lists showed the
wholesale and retail prices charged
, by the grocers, and were made up us
I a guide to householders.
McCormtek I'leascl .
Announcing the suspension of f, od
I administration activities, Mr. McCor
• mivU said:
"The food administrator and his
assistants take this occasion to <x
, press their appreciation of the spirit
| in which the people iu genorut have'
followed out our instructions, and in
which the stores have observed prices
us published In the papers.
"It has been wonderful the way the
people have done what has been re
uuested of them by the government.'*