8 P °CAL FAMILY §NAME LINKED IN -MYSTERY SUICIDE Fahnestock, Millionaire Clubman, Often Visited Dead Woman The name of Major Clarence Fah nestock, of a Harrisburg family, widely known throughout Central territory, is connect ed in dispatches from New York city, mentioning an attach , yfcient between the officer and Miss Azeele Packwood, the comely Flor- Ida woman, who was found dead last Sunday on the Palisades, near New • York City. 7 Major Fahnestock was a million aire son of the late Harris Fahne stock. multimillionaire hanker, fthd heavy contributor to the Central Y. ). M. C. A., the hall of which lias been named Fahnestock Hall in his Jionor. The dead officer was a her of the exclusive Union Club of k New York City. . It has not been determined wheth er or not there was an actual en gagement, but the romance of the v officer, who was also a physician, al- ' V though attached to the fighting of the service, and Miss Packwood. was told by Mrs. Jeanne 2185 Broadway, New York ijaty. who until 1918 was Miss Pack- . ■efxvcod's neighbor for more than three I^years. A Frequent Visitor Mrs. Cazeaux said she personally knew Major Fahnestock long before -.-fee entered the army, and that she met him in the vestibule of the apartment house when he was visit ing Miss Packwood. The French woman also said that Major Fahne p stock had been a frequent visitor at , Miss Packwood's home. She had een his car before the door many times. Miss Packwood confided to - Mrs. Cazeaux her regard for the i* Major. ■ * "As soon as the Palisades suicide H JS:is identified as Miss Packwood and j the newspapers quoted her as say ing to her friends that the death of her husband, who was a major over- i seas, had caused her to want to kill herself, the great friendship be tween the two at once flashed into my mind." Mrs. Cazeaux said. "I remembered at once that Mr. j Fahnestock was a physician and 'that I had read in the news- 1 I, pers that he had died in the army j " '-Nvhile in France. The newspapers : relating the story of Miss Pack- I *' wood's death also said she had re- ' . - ceived the telegram telling her of the major, her husband's death, in t. tho first part of October, which co-l ''fticided exactly with the date of Ma- ! Fahnestock's death from pneu f' ynonia in Paris. "Miss Packwood lived in the , apartment below me for almost I three years. She left here some i i time in 1916. I got to know her quite well. She i told me she was > ;born South and her parents lived . "*at Tampa, Fla. She said that she ! towas not married, and the reason she did not live home was because she j not get along very well with I some of her .peofile. "The way I learned of her ro- ! pßowers-jj For All Occasions Floral Decorations Wedding Flowers Party Flowers ■* r Funeral Flowers i | L LOCUST ST. AT SECOND J( 5 About My o Twice •a - Twelvemonth • Sale Announcement m f 0 Again my advertising man urges me to I | mount the rostrum. Here's an extract from • a letter I urote him January 17th. He sug " gests that I publish it so that you can 0 grasp the reason this tuice-in-a-twelve n month event. Q "/ am very anxious for you to come over - a here, not only for the talk that you will • give us, but also in reference to my adver- U tising. You know, I haven't had the big Q sale yet and it is very near the end of the 1 season. I would like very much if you • could arrange to come up here to decide v about a grand big sale. I want this sale to 0 l )e such that people will look forward to ' Q - it every six months. In other words, I „ I want to let people know that no matter if - V I do buy ivonderful merchandise, I am U not conceited enough to keep merchandise 0 f rom one season to another, until some ** A good angels come in and buy it. I don't L.. • want any last season stock hanging around P" " to put a damper on me, when Igo to buy 0 for the next season. It only gives me the Q 'willies'." K 0 My sale announcement will be found on " page 6 of this paper. i jL , j}(prik 'jfiirdSired at]s 210 /, * • * - f- *• *■ 4 *• - 4 • . << V •• t*. -Jm.% '% • if, • %v. >*Vw • •* *. , . m-. r •* ' * I '•■!'* FRIDAY EVENING, • • Hajmusbttug TELEGRAPH JANUARY 31,. 1919. j mance with Major Fahnestock was quite accidental. I had also met him through friends. One evening j as X was leaving the apartment house | he drove up to the door in his car. j I was astonished, because I thought ; he was calling upon me. and 1 did | not know him very well. An Embarrassing Moment ! "He looked a trifle embarrassed, as j I asked why ho was visiting me. He ; answered that he just wanted to know if I still lived there. Then he : left in his machine. I happened to ! look tip and I saw Miss Packwood ! standing at the front window watch -1 ing him. "The next time I talked with her j I asked her if she knew Major Fah i nestoclc, and she replied that she j did. Then 1 learned that they were ; Arm friends and were, candidly, very fond of one another. 1 saw Major Fahnestock call, oh. a great many times. Whether they have been mar- I ried since I do not know, but it would not surprise me. At the time "lie visited Miss Packwood here he j lived at the Union Club, for she told me so. "I remember that all the time he was visiting her, although he was a physician he was not practicing medicine There is no doubt in my mind that the major mentioned is Major Fahnestock. I have not heard from or seen Miss Packwood since she moved from here. I did not even have her address." Other Stories Confirm Iter's Mrs. Cazeaux's story coincides with the known statements and actions of Miss Packwood before she committed suicide. She told Mrs. Bradford Ells worth. n I-ieutenant in the Red Cross Motor Corps, that "her husband" had died in France in Oetotber of pneu monia and the lie was a major, but she did not mention his name. it is a matter of official record that Major Fahnestock died in Paris in October. Hugh Cameron, superintendent of the apartment house at 25 East 48th street, where Miss Packwood lived, told that he handed her the telegram announcing some one's death. This he said was during the first part of October. Tlie name of "Major Kenton," men tioned in dispatches from Tampa. Flu., was first obtained from Miss Adelaide E. BajlJiss of 11 East 66th street. Captain of the Red Cross Mo tor Corps, had written to George H. Packwood In answer to a request from him for information concerning his daughter. He said that he had not heard from her for a long time. Miss liayliss at lier home yester day declared she had never stated, as quoted in the Florida dispatches, that she knew Miss Packwood's hus band was a major. "All that I knew was very little." Miss Bayliss said. "1 had heard very Vaguely that Miss Packwood had married a man named Fetation. 1 did not know who or what he was. in fact the information was very vague. 1 don't even remember where it came from. I believe it was Just a bit of gossip that 1 heard around the rooms of the motor corps. I do not know whether lie was a soldier, marine or a civilian.'" Xot Mentioned In Ills Will Whether Miss Packwood was mar ried here or abroad remains a mys tery. There is no hint from liny quarter that she had been married to Clarence Fahnestock. On January 20 his will was admitted to probate in Carmel. Putnam county. N. V.. by Sur rogate Bennett Southard. There was no mention of a wife. His estate, valued at fa.OCO.OOO, was left to Mrs. Helen Campbell, a married sister. William Fahnestock, a brother, and the children of Gibson Fahnestock. another brother The War l>epartment in Washing ton could find no trace of any Major Fenton yesterday who had died abroad or here. There were several Major Fentons in the army, but all were reported alive. Colonel Sorlev, Commander of Camp Merritt, which has been, nahied as the'camp from which Major Fenton sailed, said posi tively that no major by that name had ever been a casual there. It was understood that the Major Fenton supposed to be the woman's husband had been back and forth from France several times. If this was true and he went to Camp Merritt. there would be a record of his name in the per sonnel office Added interest was given last night to Miss Packwood's statement that siie had been married secretly, for the reason that Major Helen Bastedo, head of the Motor Corps of America, said Miss Packwood once had been a member of her organization and had requested a leave of absence to get married. Miss Packwood, according to Major Bastedo, Joined the organ f t ■ n at its formation. She resigned h it Mrs. Bradford Ells worth did, both joining the American Hotel Is Said to Be Unsanitary; Protest Transfer of License Wright-svillc. Pa., Jan. 30. Wrlghtsvllle borough board of health will file a protest with Judge Warner, protesting nguinst the transferring of the license of the Wilson Hotel; this place, from the present landlord. H. C. Kel er, who was only recently re granted the license, to Steven Wilson, of Hallam. the owner of the place, until Wilson complies with the demands of the health authorities to plnce the hotel in a more healthful condition. Cer tain unsanitary conditions are said to exist about the hotel and the landlord has previously been asked by the health authorities to make the necessary healthful changes. This, up to the present time, has not been done, it is said. The matter has been paced in the hands of the bor ough solicitor. Major Was Honker's Son Major Kahnestock's father was Harris Fahnestock, vice-president of the First National Bank of New York City. He was born in New York forty-five years ago and was at Har vard for two years before entering the College of Physicians and Sur geons. from which he was graduated in 1 yt'o. He was on the house staff of the Presbyterian Hospital and later specialized in ear diseases. He married Miss Marguerite Saw yer. daughter of Arthur \Y. Sawyer, of Boston. They, were divorced, and Mrs. Fahnestock married James Nor man Hill, Jr.. in London in August, 1912. James N. Hill is a son of the James J Hill, once president of the Northern Pacific Itaiiroad. The major was well known as a big game hunter, and after his di vorce lived at the Union Club. He made many trips to Africa and Alas ka on hunting expeditions. He was at one time an officer in the 7th Regiment. When war threat ened lie was one of the pioneer mem bers at Plattsburg When lie decided to go to war, despite his surgical training, he preferred to join the fighting forces. He received a com mission as major, and was assigned to the 301 st Infantry, with which unit he went overseas News of his death was cabled hero from France about October 9. It was briefly staled he had died oi pneu monia contracted ut the front. He was buried with military honors. PLAN FOR CLOSE CO-OPERATION OF HOME AND SCHOOL Parents and Teachers Urge Establishment of Parent- Teaehere Club Plans for the establishment of a paront-teachers association in every school in the state, to promote a spirit of co-operation between the teacher and the home, were pre sented at a meeting of the Pennsyl vania Congress of Mothers and the Parent-Teachers Association held in the Penn-Harris Hotel yesterday. The session is continuing this afternoon, Mrs. E. E. Kiernan, Somerset, presi dent of the Mothers Congress, is presiding. The associations, in pushing the co-operative movement, are follow ing the request of National Com missioner of Education P. P. Cjax ton. They have adopted the ulogar., "A parent-teachers association in every home." Presentation of certain legislation to promote their object is now being considered by the bodies. This has not yet been definitely determined upon. It is stated that there are now. approximately 150 parent teacher associations in the state. The aim is to establish an associa tion in every township in the stato. Among the other enterprises un dertaken by the Mothers Congress is that of Americanization. Tnrot'gh the kindergarten it is planned to bring the Americanization to for dign-born mothers. OXE REMONSTRANCE FILED IX FRAXKUX COURTS CHambersburg, Pa., Jan. 31. Only one remonstrance against the granting of a liquor license in Franklin county, has been filed in the office of the county prothonotary here. It is against the hotel at Fort Loudon owned by Daniel Ba'et* and contains the names of about 100 signers. • • Denmark Sends Woman Diplomat to Washington MISS GERDA ANDERSEN - Denmark has gent a woman to take a diplomatic post at Washington. She ip Miss Gerda Andersen, who has ar rived in this country to take up the duties of the second secretary of the Danish legation. She previously held a similar post In Petrograd. .sJt, PERSONAL—SOCIAL - URGED FOR STATE REGENT D. A. R. i * *~ ' MRS. ANNE K. rSRIESBACH foi-= Ir # c ' osin & hours of the Pennsylvania stale conference, daugh nevt C American Revolution, suggestions for officers to be elected , r Prominent among them is the nomination of J,,,". f nn K - Hnesbach, of Lewisburg for state regent. Mrs. Dries „.c"ls, vl( ;? stu, ° ''e&ent and prior to this held the office of state see- ItnlLJ three years. She was regent for a time of the Shikelemo 18 u , lne " lbe r of various state and county committees for w ork. She has been identified for many years with church ci\ ic work and has a wide acquaintance throughout the state. CHRISTEN SON AT "CRESTNEST" Service Conducted by Priest of Greek Orthodox Church GEORGE COLIVIRAS, JR. Guests from Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and New York City attended the christening of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Coliviras, which took jflace yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at their home, Crestnest, Camp Hill. The service Was conducted by a priest of the Greek Orthodox Church, of Philadelphia, with C- 8. Diamond, of Baltimore, Md., acting as god father, aijd naming the child, George Coliviras, Jr. The christening took place in the drawing room, beautifully decorated in white, roses and narcissus pre dominating,' with tall palms and smilax - forming an effective back ground fpr the altar service. The same color scheme was car ried out in the dining room, where dinner was served. White roses and narcissus with tall silver and white candlesticks' were used on the tables. BANQUET AT PENN-HAIUUS The Joint banquet of Capital City Chapter No. 146, and Areme Chap ter No. 192, Order of Eastern Star, will be held at the Penn-Harrts on the evening of February 26. The committee, which is making every effort to have this banquet "a memorable event, includes the fol lowing: Mrs. Elizabeth Clar't, Mrs. Sue P. Kehr, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Sheaffer, Mrs. Emma H. Smyser, Miss Mabel S. Stites. Mrs. Menrietta Evans, Mrs. Viola S. Shantz, C. E. Chamberlain, John O. Love and Harry Evans. HARRIS Resturant WHEN YOU ARE DOWNTOWN Sfop at our new restaurant and enjoy a 'real home-cooked meal. Tables reserved for Ladies and Gentlemen. Prompt and courteous attention is our policy. Opp. Mulberry St Bridge 4th and Chestnut Sta. *■ ■ - | Mrs. Margaret Lowery has re turned to her home, 1005 North In d street, after a visit with her daughter at Mifflintown. Miss Ernia Snyder and Miss Kath erine Fitzmillc, of Reading, are visitftig Miss Caroline Snyder, of Riverside. -^^Stork [A/i announcements unner this head ing must be accompanied by name ,ij assure accuracy.] Mr. and Mrs. John l". O'Neil, of Paxtang, announce the birth of a daughter, Barabar Louise O'Neil, Wednesday, January 15. Mrs. O'Neil was Miss Lichtenthaler, daughter of the late Dr. H. C. Lichtenthaler, of Lock Haven. Mr. and Mrs. George McCurdy, 1610 Derry street, announce the birth of a son. Robert Robinson McCurdy, Wednesday, January 29. Mrs. Mc- Curdy was Miss Kathleen Robinson before her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Haas, R. D. Xo. 5, Harrisburg, announce the birth of a son, Paul Arthur .Haas, Wednesday, January 29. Mrs. ilufks was Miss Dorothy Snyder before her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Asher L. Michener, 747 South Twenty-lirst street, an nounce the birth of a son, Charles Edwin Keene Michener, Sunday, January 26, 1919. FUNERAL FLOWERS* . SPECIAL,! Beautiful Spray. $3.00 Keeney's Flower Shops 14 A. JO S'f. 137 N. riIO.VT ST IlnrrlsburK Sterlion Once in a while you hear a person say they don't like this or that kind of bread. That's bee xuse they try every kind but the right kind. If you get the right kind to start with you won't have any complaints to make as time goes on. If you want to eliminate all bread troubles there is one thing for you to do—eat You can get it atall grocers and you'll know it for it is wrapped in a sanitary moisture proof wax paper. Sold At All Grocers We do not deliver to houses direct from the bakery Schmidt's Bakery 13th and Walnut Streets ■ k 1 York Countians Plant Gardens' llallam. Pa . Jan. 29.—Although* the season for gardening is still some time off, several residents in this section of tlid country liavo started to till the Vsoii and are planting onions and peas. Tho spring-like weather has brought about the gardening. Tho soil appears somewhat damp for successful gardening. I GliANtiE TO MEET. Liverpool, Pa. Jan. 31.—A grange 1 will meet on Wednesday, Ifobruary 5. at the home of W. E. Hebel. At tiiis meeting "How to Lower the lligh Cost of Living" will be dis cussed by Mrs. George W. Crow Mrs. W. E. Hebel and Miss Myra Farncr will givo a piano duet and i Mrs. J. W. Spicher a recitation. HIES AT ROCHESTER Liverpool,' Pa.. Jun. 31.—A Wes ley Hoiliday, a native of Liverpool, | died at the home of his father, John : U. Hoiliday, in Rochester, N. Y., on Monday of pneumonia He is sur- I vivd by a wife, throe daughters, a ■ father and one sister. Witmer, Bair and Witmer Walnut, Near Second I Sale of Win ler Garments at Reduced Prices to Clean Up Effectually Coats, Muffs, Neckpieces, Fur Sets and about 20 Suits. Waists buyer just returned from a 3-day very successful trip to New York. Waists now on sale, more Saturd \y morning. Suit buyer will return to-day—loo New Spring Suits now on sale, more will be here. Evening Gowns—New this New spring dresses ill taffeta crepe de chine month. Pastel shades and black, an<l crepe meteor - navy, black, green, taupe 4191 * 4HK9 Gift and' Hague blue, tailored models and dressier All AY/ i to _ models with georgette sleeves. Specially All Wool Jersey Dresses, priced at $15.75, $18.75 to $27.50. $22.50 to $39.50 excellent I New spring foulard dresses, some combined Values. with georgette; styles that sell on sight, Serge Dresses—majority blue, $32.50, $33.50 to $49.50 a. i QC , r- n Better dresses of all kinds, one of a kind. to • $49.50 to $79.50 Balance of Winter Coat Stock at Reduced Prices Black plush coats, full length. Salts plush, All wool velour coats, unlined, sizes 16 to lined in black coat serge. $27.50 value. 38; brown and green, $17.50 value. $13.75 $19.75 $35 velour coats; plum, brown and green; $45 velour coats, full lined, black fur col ftill lined. Special, $28.00 lar. Special $36.00 New Spring Blouses at Special Prices Tailored crepe de chine, Wash satin shirt with French batiste blouse; with tucked.vest, in flesh georgette vest, in flesh and Buster Brown collar. Spe and white $4.50 white. Special $5.50 cial $2.25 Wash Stitin in tailored Tailored models in heavy Georgette blouses, plain model in flesh and white; crepe de chine; all black. or emb., in flesh, white, all sizes, $4.95 Special $5.50 bisque and gray, ....$4.95 Witmer, Bair and Witmer Walnut IsT*. Special Friday Sale of Women's High Quality Shoes i \ * 40 Pi,i r .-■* 1 ~ Women's ZwOq Hint nob) .j up to *~ 71 ..".(> go . iTV n sole to tSB /% V - morrow r km Jv ■* $-".95 Samples, oilil nlxon, Ends, of i.otA. ! •a© @r©@nß> ®og §ASK YOUR FRIENDS | 9 During the 25 years I have practiced optometry I have pleased thousands of patients residing in Harrisburg and surround ing towns. No doubt many of these patrons are your friends. I am pleased to give them as references. Eyesight Specialist 20 NORTH TIURI) STREET I @flg>
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