Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, January 23, 1919, Page 3, Image 3
BANDIT KILLS CHIEF WHO WAS TO CONFESS ACTS Death Mystifies Police Try ing to (.let "Higher Ups" of Band Mexico City, Jan. 23.—The record of crimes attributed to the supposed organization popularly known as the "gray automobile robber band" has been augmented by the killing in rnu Federal Penitentiary of Fran cisco Oviedo. Oviedo had been a prisoner for a year and a half and was accused of being one of the sub chiefs of the robber band which has operated here for two years or more. He was slain with a dagger ly a negro prisoner who was charged with nine other murders. The killing of Oviedo places an ; other obstacle in the path of the authorities who for two years have been trying to discover the supposed man or men "higher up" who direct the operations of the robber band | which uses a gray automobil,e in making their raids. Six ' men, including Oviedo were . held in the penitentiary accused of being members of the band. Sev eral weeks ago one of them, Rafael : Mercadante, is said to have offered ' to confess. Shortly afterward lie | died from an unknown cause in his i cell. Two weeks later Oviedo of- j fcred to tell what he knew and two I days afterward he was killed. Four ; others who remained in prison have ( not offered any statements to the authorities. The gray automobile, late in 1916 : and early in 1917 figured in num-j prous daring and productive raids. . Posing us agents of tlac district gov ernment and bearing forged creden- ! tials, the occupants would stop in | front of a house, enter it on, the pre- j text of searching for arms or rob-1 tiers, or with no pretext at all, take j what they fancied and drive away. 1 At the height of their career the 1 aandits, pursued by a police motor 1 car, waged a running tight with' their pursuers through t lac Pasco dc 1 a Reforma, one of the principal j highways of the city. Several deaths i resulted from the interchange of i rifle shots. Flies From London to Scotland to Make Campaign Speeches London, Jan. 23., —An example of| Lhe commercial uses to which the airplane might be devoted has been I fiven by the Chancellor of the Ex- i •hequer, Andrew Bonar Law, by wice flying from ills home in I.on ion to Scotland to malic speeches n the parliamentary campaign now mded. The Chancellor was the first statesman in England to avail him self of air transport for everyday jurposes. By travelling by airplane, ie crowded into six hours a Journey which would have consumed 24 ! lours by train. Would Divide Mexican Land Among Farmers! Mexico City, Jan. 23.—A project! 'or the division of national lands! >f Mexico among the small farmers md ranchers is expected to be pre lented by President Carranza to the! >rcsent session of the Mexican Con tress. It is proposed to organize i igricultural colonies with state sup jort and supervision in the states of] loahuila, Nuevo Leon, Chiapas and! Jhihuahua. The plan involves the j levelopment of irrigation projects' vliich already have been proposed! >y the department of development] tnd to comprise conservation of j latural resources. n'O REDUCTION IN KATES ON FREIGH'I'. SAYS HINES Washington, Jan. 22. Director! leneral Hines said to-day that pres nt indications pointed to a reduc lon of freight traffic this year, and | onsequently he did not expect any] ;reat reduction in the general level j f rates during the year. J BBp|J BRASSIERES ■Vworn in connection with W. B. x J Corsets, assure gown-fit perfection /"fl —slenderize bust-lines add the , A grace and finish at bust that the corset accomplishes below, and lit-m ; give the necessary finishing touch Ff to the "Form-Fashionable." Wj; Bolero, Bandeaux and Surplice patterns, I in filmy lace effects over silks and satins; ,-vy also delicate batistes, daintily trimmed £ with lace and embroideries; making W. B. Brassieres second only to W. B. Cor % ■ sets as form-beautifiers. mnam Mr.M ■ ASK YOUR DEALER FOR w. B. FORMU BRASSIERES. W. B. NUFORM Corsets for slender I / average figures. The low-prictd cor- I / set with high-priced qualities. W. B. im REDUSO Corsets for stout figures—re duce one to five inches and you look ten to twenty pounds lighter. Sou Exclusively in tiarnsDurg at tJown,a,. . I Day and Night School DIAL 4016 ENTER ANY TIME bell m Harrisburg'S Greatest Commercial School I BECKLEY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE 1 THE OFFICE TRAINING SCHOOL 121 MARKET STREET THURSDAY EVENING, LANCASTER HAS FARM AUTO HEAD Almost Six Thousand Cars Are Owned on the County's Farms According to state figures the farmers of Lancaster county have almost 6,000 automobiles. York is next with 3,130. Automobiles owned on farms have increased rapidly. The estimated ownership of au tomobiles by farmers for 1918 and 1917 is given in the following table. 1918 1917 Adams 1,313 750 Allegheny 2,592 1,745 Armstrong 822 658 Beaver 884 556 Bedford 1,451 907 Berks 3,477 2,086 Blair 466 410 Bradford, 2,038 1.-156 Bucks 2,227 1,806 Butler 1,878 1,421 Cambria 828 497 Cameron, 39 33 Carbon 318 299 Centre 1,095 913 Chester 2,833 1,983 Clarion 1,233 925 Clearfield, 801 5 46 Clinton 507 380 Columbia, . . .*• 1.111 833 Crawford 2,135 1,423 Cumberland 1,217 913 Dauphin 1,127 805 Delaware 857 643 Elk 322 300 Erie 1.929 1,378 Fayette, 1,031 764 Forest 55 55 Franklin 1,913 1,488 Fulton 427 313 Greene 1,313 886 Huntingdon 656 457 Indiana 1,115 713 Jefferson 538 506 Juniata 509 271 Lackawanna 541 372 Lancaster, 5,959 4,334 Lawrence 1,167 778 Lebanon 1,010 SOB Lehigh,- ... 1.384 1,1 63 Luzerne 1,158 997 Lycoming, 922 553 McKean, 425 359 Mercer, ..,..••••••• 1,686 1,348 Mifflin 447 281 Monroe 60S 491 Montgomery 1,395 1. 1 - 8 ? Montour 340 238 Northampton 1,497 1,141 Northumberland BS7 633 Perry 602 361 Philadelphia, 577 453 Pike 261 192 Potter "20 60- Schuylkill 1,351 961 Snyder 646 3C9 Somerset ••• 1,967 1,573 Sullivan, 345 217 Susquehanna 1,696 1,436 Tioga 1,641 1,109 Union '• 582 364 Venango 503 Warren 6i_7 338 Washington, 2,36 i Wayne, ''l'S <• -si Westmoreland, 2,039 1,3 i 8 Wyoming, 527 439 York 8,130 2.030 Total, 81,505 58,766 Insurance Companies in South Africa Losing Heavily Because of Flu Cape Town, Jan. 23—It is authori tatively stated hero that the epi demic of influenza in South Africa has resulted in a financial loss to the leading insurance companies of ap proximately $7,500,000. One insur ance manager said it was a startling fact that in the course of a few weeks the epidemic had cost the companies more than they had been called upon to pay for all of their war risks. Appropriates Millions For Building Roads London, Jan. 23.—Announcement is made here that the government lias set aside $50,000,000 to be used in road building and in the recon struction of bridges allowed to fall into decay during the war. It is es timated that 2,500 miles of roads will be constructed, and that the work will give employment to fully 100,000 men, many of whom will be discharged soldiers. GREAT VALUE OF STATE LIVE STOCK Horses and Other Animals Owned on Farms Worth $202,000,000 Pennsylvania's live stock owned on farms on January 1 was worth 1202,660,477.05 according to the fig ures of the bureau of statistics of the State Department of Agriculture made public to-day. Lancaster county leads in the value of Its stock on the farms with $10,508,332. York, Berks and Chester follow with stock worth between $7,000,000 and SB,- 000,000. Washington and Bradford also run high in stock values. The horses on the farms of the State number 668,583; mules 46,- 282; milch cows 913,449: other cab tie 615,261; sheep 862,243 and swine 1,120,930. There has been an increase of over 41,000 in sheep in the last year and of'over 52,500 hogs, both due to well organized movements growing out of the war. The value of these classes of live stock a year ago was' approximately $190,860,000. Th department also issued & bulle tin showing a marked increase in the nun)ber of automobiles owned on the farm, the total now being 81,505 pneumatic tired cars, which it says shows that "37 per cent, of the farmers of the State own "their own cars." The bulletin also says: "Three years ago there were 30,- i 00 farmers who owned automobiles, but their use about a farm and in going to and from market places, as well as for pleasure made them very popular and during the year of 1917 the total number of farm owners Increased to 68,766. During the past year this total climbed to 81,505, representing an increase of 39 per cent. In 3 916 fourteen per cent, of the farmers were owners, in 1917, 27 per cent., and in 1918, 3 7 per cent. The county estimates show large gains in many districts with Ivan caster county carrying off the honors with a total of 5,959 automobiles owned by farmers. Berks county shows a total of 3,47 7, and York 3,310. The total pumber of pneu matic tired automobiles licensed in Pennsylvania during 1918 was 362,- 961, showing that the farmers own ed practically 23 per cent, of the total number of automobiles owned in the State. When it is considered that there are approximately 219,- 000 farmers in the State as com pared with a total population of over eight million people the per centage of farm ownership is ex tremely large. In 1917 the total number of li censes grarited to pneumatic tired automobiles was 306,001, showing an increase in 1918 of but 56,960 automobiles, of which the farmers are estimated to have purchased 22,739 or forty per cent, of the to tal number of new automobiles reg istered during the past year. Farmers. Should Buy All Fertilizers Now Fast year the farmers of Penn sylvania sufferer great losses by not being able to get the required amount of fertilizer in time for their seeding and planting. In order that this condition may not obtain again this year, E. B. Doraett, director of the bureau of markets In the State Department of Agriculture, says that It is highly important that or ders should be sent in at once for immediate shipment. Mr. Dorsett says: "It is not a safe proposition for either the dealer or the farmer to wait until spring has arrived and then order fertilizer and expect it to arrive in time for use. No matter wheth.% the fertilizer is to be ordered through the local dealer, the Grange, Farmers' Club or any co-operative enterprise it la important that orders be placed at once. This point cannot be empha sized too strongly as delays are not only expensive, but tend to decrease crop production which will be so much needed this nc?t year| Weath er conditions and transportation fa cilities are much better now than they will be sixty days later. It will be much easier, therefore, to move goods during the next sixty days than after the rush has begun." The Bureau of Markets is ready to assist in every way possible both as to securing cars and in preventing embargoes and unnecessary delays. If any trouble is experienced, farm ers are urged to write the Bureau at Ilarrisburg, at once and steps will be taken to remove the difficulty at the earliest possible moment. Latin-American Alliance to Buy Twelve Freighters Mexico City, Jan. 23. —Twelve freighters of 4,000 tons each will be bought by the proposed Latin-Anierl can International Commercial Alli ance, if the plans announced are put into effect. The project pre sented by Jose A. Lavalle, commer cial delegate from Peru, which has been approved by the Mexican gov ernment, and which will, if approved by enough other Latin-American governments, result in the forma t tion of an international corporation to increase commerce between the countries forming the corporation, is said to be on the verge o' con summation. The Tehauntepec rail way, now completely controlled by the Mexican government, will figure as the keystone of the proposed commercial structure. Colonel Lawrence Held High By the Arabs London, Jan. 23. Colonel T. E. Lawrence of the British army who recently arrived in, London with a son of the Sheriff of Mecca to give information concerning the Arabs' aspirations for independence is characterised by some London news papers as "one of the most remark able men produced by the war." A fair haired young Englishman of 29, small ish of stature. Colonel Lawrence gave such services to the a prince. No otheremfwyaiemfw Arab cause that he was treated as I slierif and given the additional rank of emir, which is equivalent to that of prince. No other European or Christian, according to the London Dally Mail, has ever rocelved such a distinction at tho hands of the' royal family which is the senior descendant of Mohammed. WILLIS-BRYAN MEETING FREE Xo admission tickets are needed for the Willis-Bryan meeting in Chestnut Street Auditorium at 7.45 Tuesday. January 28. It is free. Spe cial tickets for the reserved seat section may be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Anti-Saloon League. 213 Dau' phln building, Harrisburg.—Adv ' " SULBHISBURG TELEGKXPEC Store Closes Regularly On Saturdays at Six BEI.U 1801—3356 UNITED PRE-INVENTOR YSA LE and Priday Bargains Suitcases and Traveling Bags Black fabricoid traveling bag; 16-inch size, fabric lined, good lock and catches. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, $3.25 Same as above in 18-inch size. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, $3.75 Black Spanish leather bag lB-inch size, leath erette lined. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, $5.25 Black traveling bag l- B size, linen lined, extra well made. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, $6.75 Traveling bag made to last and made extra full brass trimmed two inside pockets. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, SIO.OO * Suit case made of fiber; 24-inch size with straps all around; linen lined with shirt pocket. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, $3.00 Suit case of genuine leath er; tan color with brass locks and catches; lined with shirt pocket. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, $7.00 Suit case of genuine leath er; protected corners, brass trimmed and two straps all around. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, $8.75 BOWMAN'S—Basement. Silks Big clearance of short ends, or cut lengths, many choice sellers from our own stocks in addi tion to specially pur chased lots to make them all the more interesting. 2 to 6 yards enough for a waist or dress, also lin ings. All at the same price. Friday Pre-Inventory Bargains, yard, 95c BOWMAN'S—Main Floor ' Wash Goods Over 2,000 yards in remnants and cut lengths in all our best selling merchandise, *uch as: Ginghams of the best grades, percales, eider downs, figured crepes, fancy crinkles, Japanese crepes, etc. All in lengths of 2 to 8 yards. Many fine dress lengths at one special clearance price. , Friday Pre-Inventory Bargains, yard, 29c BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. Neckwear 252 pieces of neck wear consisting of col lars and sets; organdie, Georgette and pique. Friday Pre-Inventory Bargains, 50c BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. JSjoamumZ Trimmings of Fur—Coney, Nutria, Fox, Seal. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, One-half Off Five fur collars for coats. Friday, Pre- Invent >ry Bargains, One-half Off Flowers , Metal, gold, silver ar.d col ors for evening gowns. Not over two dozen in the lot. Friday, Pre- Invencury Bargains, One-half Off BOWMAN'S—Main Floor Shoes Women's grey kid laced boots with perforated tip- French heels. Friday, Pre- Inventor} Bargains, pair, $9.00 Women's fawn and grey suede laced boots. French heels. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, pair, $7.00 Women's brown kid laced aoots with cloth tops, French heels. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, pair, $6.50 Women's black patent button shoes with cloth and kid tops. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargain, pair, $1.98 Women's spat pumps, pat ent and dull calf. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, pair, $5.50 to $7.50 BOWMAN'S—Main Floor Domestic Domestics priced in five lots for Friday selling. Lot No. 1 contains about 100 yards, 27 inches un bleached muslin. While the lot lasts. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, vard mc Lot No. 2—36 inches out ing flannel in light patterns of blue and pink striped. Friday, Pre: Inventor ' Bargains, yard, 30c Lot No. ' 3—Consists of :alico in light and dark pat terns; all in useful lengths. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, yard, 15c Lot No. 4—63-inch un bleached sheeting in rem nant lengths —best quality. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, yard, 40c * Lot No. s—Single blanket in light and dark gray. Part wool of good heavy weight. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, each, $7.00 and $7.50 BOWMAN'S—Second Floor Soap Bocabelli castile soap a fine bath and toilet soap, es pecislly used for infants. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, 3 for 25c BOWMAN'S—Main Floor HARRISDURO. THURSDAY, JANUARY 33, 1010. Gloves Chamoisette gloves of 2-clasp; made by one of the largest manufacturers in the world. On account of some having slight im perfections we are not al lowed to use the name; but the name is on every pair of gloves. White, black, gray, mastic, cham pagne and khaki. Every size in every color . Friday Pre- Inventory Sale, pair, 69c BOWMAN'S—Main Floor Draperies Filet net curtains in neat designs of white, ivory and ecru. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, pair, $2.00 Scrim and Marquisite cur tains in white and ecru. One pair of a kind slightly soiled. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, One-half Price 36-inch poplin and Mul berry and light blue. Friday, Pr e - Inventory Bargains, yard, 38c Sunfast madras in the popular shades; 36 inches wide. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains yard. 69c BOWMAN'S—Fourth Floor / ♦ ♦ Crochet Cotton In pink, blue, white, Ecru, linen and l:'ac. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, ball. W*c Jewel Cloth White jewel cloth .'or cur tains, bedspreads, scarfs and table cvers —3B inches wide, and 5-inch blocks. Friday Pr e - Inventory Bargains, 89c BOWMAN'S—Second Floor Brassieres Excellent hook front mod els in brassieres; neatly trimmed with lace and em broidery. Closing out an odd lot. Friday Pre- Inventory Sale, 38c BOWMAN'S—Second Floor Dress Goods. 32-inch mohair suitings, plain and fancy. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, yard, 48c 36-inch fine twill serges and batiste —full line of colors. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, yard, 69c 40 to 54-inch serges prin cipally blue and blacks. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, One-third Off Regular Prices 36-inch American silks for foundations; half siik and cotton —all shades. Friday, Pre- Inventory Bargains, yard, 45c BOWMAN'S—Main Floor JANUARY 23, 1919. Store Closes Regularly On Saturdays at Six Tapestry Rugs Made of printed Jute car pet. Mitred corners, 9x12 ■feet. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains. $12.98 New Process Linoleum In tile and Mosaic pat terns ; cut from full rolls. Friday Pr e - Inventory Bargains, sq. yd.. 49c Table Oil Cloth A limited lot of best qual ity table oil cloth IJ4 yards wide, slightly imperfect. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, yard, 15c BOWMAN'S—Fourth Floor White Goods Khaki colored martex Turkish towels made of good heavy double terry, suitable for mechanics and railway men; size 21x42. Friday Pre-Inventory Bargains, each, 60c Mercerized table Damask —64 inches wide, closely woven and has fine satin fin ish. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, yard, 69c Mercerized Damask nap kins; size 18x18. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, dozen, $1.25 Lunch cloths—size 58x58; made of very fine satin fin ished damask. Friday Pre-Inventory Bargains, each, $1.25 Oyster white linen suit ing; 36 inches wide. Friday .Pre- Inventory Bargains, yard, 69c BOWMAN'S — Second Flour Union Suits For boys unbleached cotton ribbed of medium weight. A good garment. Friday Prc-Inventery Bargain, 69c Stockings Ladies' lisle stockings, black, white -tan. Irregulars but extm good (%es. Friday Pre-Inventory Bargains, pair, 19c Suspenders A choice assortment of men's lisle webbing sus penders with leather ends. Friday Pr e - Inventory Bargains, 29c Sweaters A lot of boys sweaters; part wool. Navy and ma roon with collars. Also a few men's sizes, 38 only. Friday Pre-Inventory Bargains, $1.69 BOWMAN'S—Main Floor House Dresses Odd sizes of house dresses, in light percale stripes, with collars. Friday, Pre-Inventory Bargains, 89c BOWMAN'S—Second Floor ... FOUNDED Waists Line of georgette crepe, and crepe de chine blouses. All the smart style collar effects, round and square also collarless. \ Dainty tucking and fancy I frills. White, flesh, gray. French blue, also dark suit shades in navy, green and brown. Friday Pre-Inventory; . Bargains, I $5.69 - i Dainty voile and batiste 1 waists with high or low ' collars, lace trimmed and fine tucks. Friday Pre-Inventory 1 Bargains sl.29 ' r i Georgette crepe and crepe de chine, also a few nets.' All good styles, in the newest collars and :uffs. Embroidery and ,ace trimmed. Friday Pre-Inventory Bargains s2.9B \ J Odds and ends of fine vofle waist in extra sizes, white only. Styled espe cially for large women. Special lot which women, sell for much more. Friday Pre-Inventory Bargains sl.B9 BOWMAN'S—Third Floor I Notion Specials , 4 Buttons all sizes, all colors. Suitable for coats, suits and dresses. Friday Pre- Inventory, Bargains, I Off Regular Price Buttons of all sizes. 3, 4 and 6 to card. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, card, 5c Odds and ends. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, each, lc Buttonhole braid of as sorted colors. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargains, yard, lc Feather stitch braid. > Friday Pre- Inventory Bargain bolt 2V 2 C Hooks and eyes. Friday Pre- Inventory Bargain, pack, lc Corset clasp. •; Friday Pre- Inventory - Bargains, pair, 5c BOWMAN'S—Main Floor •• • { Women's Coats One lot of women's coats in cheviots and velours. Belted models and neatly trimmed. Some with collars and cuffs of frill fabrics. Full and half lined. The selling price is surprisingly low when you know what the orig inal selling price was a month or two ago. Good serviceable mod els at the extraordinary, low price of $14.95 BOWMAN'S— Third Floor Drctting Sacques Lawn dressing sacques in Igiht colors; some have col lars while others are plain. Friday, -Pre- Inventory Bargains, -49 c 1 <ij BOWMAN'S—a.cond floor XI 3