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Ixxxvill— No. 21 20 PAGES HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1919. Ny HOME EDITION
00D COSTS ARE
ARIABLE, TABLE
FOR YEAR SHOWS
any Staples Have Mounted
Since January, 1918,
Grocers Report
)FFEE BIG OFFENDER
liter and Ejjgs at Last Strike
the Downward
Course
The great American dollar repre
lta far less actual-valuo this year
in it did in 1918 at this time, a
neral survey of local market con
ions to-day shows. Never in re
lt years has a wage payer's money
iresented so little to him, dollar
■ dollar, as it does at this time.
Food prices as a whole are con
erably higher than they have
?n in many years. Clothing, coal
d other necessary * articles show
-responding increases within the
st twelve months, but it is the
td increases that pinches the
rage American more than any
ter.
■kmie few articles of food show
ureases in price to-day, but they
iresent the smaller bulk of a per
i's diet. The chief articles of sus
tance show big jumps during the
-iod and raise the general average
it appreciably.
Meats Ascending
Comparing item by item, the re
l prices of mid-January, 1918, and
twelve months later, one finds
•eals and cereal products every
ere showing no in'crease, and in
st of the sections east of the
=sissippi a commendable drop is
ticeable. Root crop vegetables
>w no increase, retailers figures
iw, although they show no ten
icy to drop.
dents of all kinds have ascended
ibably more quickly and faster
in have any of the other articles
diet. Pork, beef artd lamb are
.V selling at figures which have
: been scaled for many years. The
np on all of these meats during
i year ending to-day has averag
from 'five to eight cents a pound,
:ompilation of figures of retail
at dealers' figures in Harrisburg
day, show.
I'rices Sow Stationary
These figures have been standing
some months, their spectacular
ensions having been made early
1918. No promise of an early
cension from the heights at
ich they now stand, can be fore
t.
Sealers are unanimous in their
nion that the figures will remain
proximately the same for.the next
ir. Then it is believed that a drop
the prices wi!4 come. Just now
enormous supply of meat of all
ids are. being shipped to the war
asted countries of Europe and
ir starving populace.
The production of livestock in the
ited States during the past year
i seldom been surpassed, but the
irmous demands for government
and for foreign shipment rapidly
illowed up a great portion of this
ge production. Yards in the tiig
ck exchanging centers are teeni
with activity. The slaughter
records are enormous, but not
il the foreign markets are sallat
sonie months hence, can a re
gion of the prices in domestic
rkets be expected.
Sutter has been another stellar
ltor, figures of a central district
cer make plain. Prices of this
imodity are from fourteen to
mty-flve per cent, higher than
y were twelve months previous,
I this following the recent re
:tion in price of the product,
amery prints have jumped from
to 60 cents per sixteen ounces,
sh butter shows an increase of
cents, selling at 62 cents in the
n market to-day.
Iggs have not made much change
hin the past year, although they
I are considerable of a luxury*,
sh eggs are selling at 65 cents
lay as compared with 75 cents
lve months ago, but they are
le scarce and do not fill a large
:e in many persons diets. Stor
eggs which are eaten quite
jely and which are used almost
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:ob W. Stouffer Is
)ead at 75; Attended
Verbeke Street Market
acob W. Stouffer, a retired farm
died at the home of f his daugh-
Mrs. Lizzie Fetrow, EbCrly's
Is, yesterday. He was 75 years old
had been a farmer all his life,
attended the Verbeke street mar.
for many years. A son died on
ember 21 at White Hill. Be
s the daughter with whom he
le his home, he Is survived by two
s, David Stouffer, an employe of
Valley Traction Company, White
, and James Stouffer, of New
nberiand, employed by the Cen-
Iron and Steel Company. Fu
ll services will bo held at the
le on Sunday afternoon at 1
DCk with further services at the
irch of God at Eberly's Mills,
lai will be at Eberjy's Mills. •
HE WEATHER]
>r Harrlsbnrg and vicinity)' Fair
and colder to-night, with low
eat temperature about 25 de
grees I Saturday fair.
► r Eastern Pennsylvania) Pair
to-night and Saturday) colder
to-night, cold wave la northeaat
portion) northwest galea di
minishing.
General Condlttoaa
storm of great violence la now
passing seaward olf the New
England coast. It Is attended
by fresh to moderate gnle*
■ long the Atlantic coast from
Hatteras northward, and over
the eastern portion-of the Great
Lakes. The highest velocity
reported at 8 a. ra. was 44 ml Irs
rrom the northwest at New .
kork City-
Not So Goldarned Easy as It Looked
1
PLAN ABOLITION
OF 4 DANGEROUS
GRADE CROSSINGS
Public Service Commissioner
Pilling Confers With
County Officials
Rilling, of the Public Serv
ice Commission, conferred to-day
with the Dauphin County Commis
sioners on plans for the abolition of
grade crossings along the Philadel
phia and Reading railway main line
at Swatara Station.
Months ago the County Commis
sioners, Public Service officials and
State Highway Department represent
atives discussed the plan to eliminate
three grade crossings at Swatara Sta
tion by' constructing two subways.
The Dauphin officials suggested In
stead the construction of a new road
way on tho south side of the railroad
to replace the highway on the north
side.
A later plan wai mad?, which, if
It is adopted, will make possible the
abolition of four grade crossings, the
three at Swatara Station and one
near Brownatone, by constructing
two subways, one near Brownstone
and one at Swatara Station, contin
uing the road on the north side of
the railway line.
Other plans have been suggested
also, and in order to reach a definite
decision it is likely a conference of
state and county officials will be
called .soon. It was explained that
the Public Service Commission has the
power to assess the county,* town
ships and the railroad company for
the cost of the improvements, the
state to pay a part of the cost, not
to exceed twenty-five per cent.
One Year's Changes in the
Food Prices of Harrisburg
Jan. 24, Jan. 24,
1918. 1919.
Navy (Pea) Beans ISc 12e
tlray (Marrow) Beans 12c 10c
Lima Beans 18c 15c
White Beans 18c 15c
Creamery Butter ' 59c 87c
Creamery Prints 56c 70c
Fresh Prints .. 62c 82c
Tub. storage 64c 65c
Cornmeal (bulk) J.. Kc " 5c
Fresh Egg* 70c 65c
Storage Kggs 53c 60c
Winter Flour (12 lbs.) ~ 69c ' 75c
Spring Flour (12 lbs.) . Bflc 90c
Pure lard 32c 28c
Compound Lard 2oc 36c
Potatoes, Pennsylvania No. 1. .",.$1.75-82.00 $2.00
Qraulated Sugar 9c-10c 9c-10c
Ham. lb. (piece) 54c 60c ,
Ham, lb. (whole) 40c 45c 1
Beef, Sirloin Steak .* 50c 55c
Beef. Round Steak 40c 46c
Beef. Chuck Steak .- 33c 36c
Lamb. Leg ; 40c 45c
l.amb Chops 56c 60c
Limb, Shoulder 37c 40c
Lamb, Stewing / 27c 30c
Bacon '. 5 3c 60c
Pork Chops '. 40c-43c. 45c-50c
Pork, Roast 40c > 45c
Pork, Side ..30c 36c
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WILSON TO HEAD
WORLD LEAGUE?
Paris, Jan. 24 (Havas). —Pres-
ident Wilson is likely to be
offered the presidency of the
commission of the League of
Nations, the Echo de Paris says
to-day.
By the commission of the
League of Nations is probably
meant the pefmanent executive
body for the conduct of the pro
posed league's affairs.
RECURRENCE OF
INFLUENZA IS NOT
AT DANGER POINT
More Cases of Pneumonia Are
to Be Expected During
the Winter
While physicians in the c-ity are
reporting new cases of influenza,
Dr. J. M. J.. Raunlck, city health
officer, said he does not look for
another epidemic similar to the one
of last fall.
Health Officer Raunick urfed
every one to observe the same pre
cautions as formerly to gukrd
against colds and* pneumonia, and
said: "We expect slight recurrences
of infuenza and reports of pneu
monia cases during the remainder
of the winter, but there is no cause
for alarm and the situation cer
tainly is not serious. Physicians are
reporting these new cases at times,
but there are no indications now of
any outbreak. Every one should
remember and observe the rules we
have given about care of the body,
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LYNCH WILL ASK
$50,000 LOAN TO
PAVE HIGHWAYS
Council Fears Two Special
Elections Will Be
Necessary
.Commissioner W. H. Lynch, su
perintendent of the city highway
department, said to-day he is plan
ning to introduce in council an ordi
nance authorizing a vote on a bond
issue of $50,000 to be used in pay
ment for paving street intersections
and in front of non-assessable prop
perty.
Aicording to Mr. Lynch the loan
vote would not be taken probably
until in November at the general
election whin a mayor and" four
councilmen are to be chosen by the
taxpayers. At present the city has
no fund to pay for paving street in
tersections, or in front of non-as
sessible property such as churches
or schools. As a result when new
•paving work is to be done the
amount or this par tof the improve
ment must be met by an appropria
tion from the city general fund.
Special Klcction
At present a number of roadways
should be paved Commissioner
Lynch said, and if the loan is auth-
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GREAT VESSELS
BEAR SOLDIERS
FROM WAR ZONE
Battleships, Liners and Trans
ports Bring Fighters to
New York Port
New York, Jan. 24.— : More than
3,700 American troops arrived here
to-day on five vessels—the battle
ships Louisiana and New Hamp
shire, in service as transports; the
French line steamship Chicago, the
American transport Goentoer and
the American steamship Accomac.
Ship Changes Course
The battleship Connecticut, which
sailed from France, January 20 with
one thousand troops, reported to
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FIRE IN CHIMNEY
When the board placed on the tdp
of the chimney at the home of Law
rence Hall, 214 Nectarine street, to
keep the rain out and prevent a down
draft, caught Are early this mornlgg
sparks were blown in every direc
tion, pausing considerable alarm In
the neighborhood, and an alarm was
turned in.. letter. In answering a
call to Twenty-Arst street, where- a
chimney Are caused slight damage,
the Royal Fire Company apparatus
stuck in the mud. No damage Was
done.
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TfROTZKY, TRAPPED IN ,
!CAPTIVE OF THE ESTHONIANS;
1., LITHUANIANS ROUT THE REDS
Bolshevik Envoys
Are Ordered Out
\
of Stockholm
AFRICAN MINERS
SPURN THE REDS
Strike Fiasco Is
Lesson For the
Dark Toilers
Crushing the
Reds
* By .Issotioted Press %
Trotzky. Bolshevist leader, has
liegn trapped in Narva nnd taken
prisoner by the Ksthonlan forces,
according to dispatches received .
nt Basle from labatt. ■
Advices from I.ibnu state that
Finnish troops have intervened
in northern Esthonia and I.ivo
nia. driving the Bolshevists out
of tJie country.
Near Koszcdary. between Kov
no ami Yilna, Lithuanian troops
have defeated the Bolslicviki,
the rcliel casualties be ins heavy.
They have lost 6,500 men in
prisoners.
*
A dispatch fiom Stockholm
says the (Swedish government has
sent an ultimatum to the Bol
shevik legation there, demand
ing its departure from Stockholm
by January 25 at the latest.
Natives of the Rand, the rich
gold-mining region of the Union
of South Africa, will have noth
ing to do with the Bolshevists,
the strike "fiasco last June having
caused the natives to- lose eonfl
dence in the International So
cialists.
Basle, Jan. 24.—Leon Trotzky,
the Bolshevist 'minister of war
and marine, did not escape from
Narva after the defeat of the
Bolshevists by the Esthonians,
but was taken prisoher, accord
ing to dispatches received here
from Libau.
Advices from the same source
state that, owing to the inter
vention of Finnish troops in
Northern Esthonia and Livonia,
fhe country has been completely
cleared of Bolshevist forces.
Paris, Jan. -24—Lithuanian troops
have defeated the Bolsheviki near
Koszedary. about midway 'between
Kovno and Vilna. according to re
ports from Kovno received to-day.
The casualties of the Bolsheviki
were heavy and they are reported
to have lost 6,500 men in prisoners.
The Lithuanians are said to be ad
vancing to\vard Vilna. The losses
of the Lithuanians are declared to
have been slight.
Stockholm, Jan. 24.—The Swed
ish government has sent an ulti
matum to the Bolshevik legation
here, demanding its departure from
Sweden by January 25 ut the latest,
according to the Politlken.
The Russian Bolshevik govern
ment threatens to *keep in jail Swiss
citizens in Russia until the Swiss
government ratifies the appointment
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17-YEAR LOCUSTS
TO SWARM OVER
FIELDS THIS YEAR
One of Worst Broods in His
tory Scheduled to Make
Its Appearance
The most interesting insect in the
world, the periodical: cicada, is go
ing to be seen, perhaps in very large
numbers, during the coming spring
and early summer in Dauphin coun
ty and over large regions of the
United Stutes where this brood has
not appeared before for seventeen
years and over other regions where
another brood appeared thirteen
years ago. This is the insect com
monly referred to as the "17-year lo
cust,' a name that is Incorrect in at
least two particulars. It is not a
locust at all, that name being prop
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President Wilson's
Aunt Dies at Denver
Denver, Jan. 24. —Mrs. Helen Sill
! Woodrow. aunt of President Wil
son, died late last night at the home
of hfer daughter. She was 77 years
old. Mrs. Woodrow was the sister
of eGneral .Joshua Sill, after whom
Fort Sill, 0k1a.,-waa named.
Mad Dogs!
RON DON, Jail. 21.—Paul MllukofT. former foreign minister of
Russia, who is in Ixnidon, was surprised when told that the Allies
had invited the Bolshevists of Russia to a conference. He said:
"The Bolshevists are in no wise representative of the Russian people.
They arc robbers und cutthroats; mad dogs who wish to bite others
so that all may be mad."
lie said the only way to settle the Russiun problem was to over
throw the Boalievlst rule there, which he declared is simply ter
rorism and "hateful to the majority of Russians," He also stated
that if the Allies would supply guns and munitions, patriotic Rus
sians would overthrow Bolshevist tyranny." *
HOTEL OWNERS
HAVE HOPES FOR
A YEAR'S GRACE
Believe War Order Will Re
Revoked Before First
of July
APPLYING FOR LICENSES
Attorney For Liquor Interests
Unable to Give Clients
Any Aid
Additional liquor license applica
tions arc being filed daily at the of
fice of Prothonotary Charles E. Pass,
as the last day to present the peti
tions is next Wednesday. Applica
tions will be heard in court February
19.
Attorneys of the county bar who
are filing licenses for the present
holders, said they anticipated the
government "bone dry" order effec
tive July 1-, may be revoked, which
would mean that the saloons could
remain open until next January
when the federal prohibition amend
ment becomes operative.
Dry forces, however, take the op
posite view, and believe the govern
ment order for July 1 will not be
changed, and as a result if liquor li
censes are taken out by all the pres
ent holders in the city and county,
they would only be of value from
March 1 to July 1. I
Lawyers who have been discussing
the situation, predicted that some of
the holders of licenses until March
1 of this year probably will not ap
ply again because of the uncertainty
about the order for Jtfly 1. Some of
them, it was although they be
lieve they will be compelled to close
their doors at that time, anticipate
sufficient business to warrant the ex
pediture of a few hundred dollars for
a license which may be good only
four months instead of a year.
One of the applications for licenses
was filed for the Mansion House,
Middletown. At present this bar is
closed, although licensed, because
it is within one-half mile of govern
ment depots. The closing order is
sued %y federal authorities has not
been revoked yet.
Applications have also been filed
for the Folgeb Inn, Dauphin; Bol
ton House, Harrisburg; Eagle Hotel,
Linglestown; National Hotel - , Hum
melstown; Hotel Acri, 404 Chestnut
street; Hotel Verbeke, 314 Verbeke
street; Central House, Wiconisco;
Hotel Wallace, 1200 Wallace street;
Florence House, Steelton; P. R. R.
Hotel, 1237 North Seventh street;
Maple Grove Hotel, Sixth and Ma
clay streets.
CITY JOBS OPEN
Applications will be received until
February 3, by R. Ross Seaman,
clerk of the civil service board, from
persons seeking appointment as as
sistant draftsman and transitman,
and as stenographer, in the city en
gineer's office. The latter position is
open to women, the former to men.
Datps for examinations 'will be an
nounced later.
SISTERS, FAGGED
IN WAR SERVICE,
LEAP OFF LINER
Bed Cross Workers, Gladys
and Dorothy Cromwell
Seek Rest in River
Bordeaux, Jan. 24. —Misses Gladys
and Dorothy Cromwell, sisters, of
New York, leaped from the rail of
the French steamer La Touralne as
the steamer was In the Garonne
river bound for New York to-day.
Both were drowned, the bodies not
being recovered. v
Both the young women belonged
| to the American Red Cross and were
I .returning home. A letter found in
their stateroom and addressed to the
commanding officer of their Red
Cross unit, informed him of their
intention "to end it all."
The Misses Cromwell are said to
have belonged to a prominent New
York family..They had spent much
time at the front and friends said
they had complained of being tired
physically and mentally.
Now York, Jan. 24.—The dispatch
from Bordeaux telling of the suicide
of the Misses Gladys and Dorothy
Cromwell created a sensation in so
ciety circles in this city. They were
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MONARCHY' IS
PROCLAIMED BY
THE PORTUGUESE
Greater Part of Lisbon Garri
son Joins Revolutions,
Says Report
ROYALISTS ARE STRONG j
Ex-King Manuel in London'
Awaits Expected Call to
the Throne 1
I
By Associated Press
Madrid, Jan. 24.—The monarchy I
has been proclaimed in Lisbon, the I
Portuguese capital, according to a J
telegram received here from Va- j
lcnca, on the Portuguese border.
A ingn, Spain.—The greater part
of the Lisbon garrison has gone over
to the monarchists, according to re
ports on the progress of the Portu
guese rcvolutiofi received in Vigo
from Coimbra, in noVthern Portugal,
and other localities. The wireless
station near Lisbon is said to be in
Royalist hands.
Government troops under Colonel
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'Mt' U-l-i
JS GERMANY FACES BIG WAGE UPHEAVAL Jf
jj I Amsterdam—Matters; have reached such a pitch in *r
Berlii itL
fc>
* * ,as >■ u:-,e he.* e< n i and
- 2 a k jjr declares £•
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danger all Germany. 2
* X
4 FO'fNI) DEAD IN BED A
X Id, and sep- 4>
"|* rated from risbure with hei X
4 T
daughter, was found dead in bed here this morning. ,*F
J FORMER KING STILL IN LONDON
$t London—The widely circulated rumor that former
JL A
~r* it to land on Portu- J
ef danuel !#►
* was still in London to-day. X
X WANTS ALL YANKS BROUGHT HOME '£
4* just returned X
nK 'X
4 * rom ■ * ,J*
y* the refUrn L
g that can be the immcdia X
X 1 men and .4*
4* meqpbers of the National Guard. X
T VARDAMAN HEARS OF GOAL PRICES T
lt • Poltsville—"The operator who can produce more
X cheaply than bis competitor is justified in exacting greater X
T profits," said a witness at. the Senatorial probe into coal T
* conditions here to-day. Senator Vardaman, of Missis- [|
X ippt, shook his S c..d and. raid: "Thcit syems to be the
jr yf man the f>
T KNOX FAVORS-FAMINE RELIEF 4-
4* ed the $lOO,OOO, X
OOO European food bill t. day, i 1 >,> hi*-: belief that jjft
some of the money was to be used to feed the Russian w
X Bolshevists. Senator Knox spoite in support of the bill. A
I MARRIAGE LICENSES f
T Samuel Roberta and Marjr M. Eeklon, Harrinbarg. MM 1L 7
i *3*Petermaa oat Kmaaa E. Kltamlller, l.emojnr. I>aul D. LeltMl/Kllag- T
Afratoita, and Helen E. Hainan, Hebe. CHftda D. Hollla aad Berth* A
[ jr IS. Clear?, D. C.
WORLD MESSAGE
WARNS AGAINST
MIGHT OF ARMS
Allied and Associated Power#
Decide to Send Wireless
Around the Earth
FOCH HEADS COMMISSION
Supreme Council Wants the
Strength of Occupation
Forces Determined
Paris, Jan. 24.—"The al
lied and associated powers
to-day agreed to send a
wireless message through
out the world warning all
concerned that parties using
armed force to gain pos
session of territory, the
claims to which the Peace
Conference would be asked
to determine, would "seri
ously prejudice the calims
of those who used such
force."
Paris, Jan. 24. The
Supreme Council of the
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Mrs. Mary L. Graupner
Buys Big Property
Job J. Conklin, trustee of the Sigler
Piano Player Company's property,
the firm having gone into bankruptcy
January 30 last year, sold to Mrs,
Mary L. Graupner the thi'ee-story
brick factory and the site on which
it is erected at Carlisle and Derry
streets, along the manufacturers' sid
ing of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway Company, for 322,000. The
plot of ground is irregular in slse.
with dimensions of 90x150x115x135
feet. The building is 51x110 feet. It
is reported Mrs. Graupner held a large
amount of the company's stock.
' Player piano actions are manufac
tured at the plant.
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