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LXXXVIII— NO. 157 20 PAGES DmU fc.&?tWKit HARRISBURG. PA. TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1919. . SKSSfiffiS?" HOME EDITION
FLEET GOES OUT
TO GREET WILSON
* ON HIS RETURN
Mrs. Wilson Views Scene
From Bridge of George
Washington
TO MAKE BRIEF ADDRESS
President Given Noisy Recep
tion as Transport Moves
Up Harbor
GUNS BOOM HIS SALUTE
% Returning Soldiers Cheer and
Wave "Dinks" in
Reply
By Associated Press.
New York, July B.—Escorted by
A fleet of warships, the transport
George Washington, bringing Presi
dent Wilson home from France,
passed quarantine and moved on to
* New York harbor at 1.30 P. M.
f As the transport passed Fort
Hancock, the guns boomed a Presi
dential sulute, echoed ten minutes
later by Forts Hamilton and Wads
worth. The shrill whistles of liar
* bor craft took up the din.
The President and Mrs. Wilson
stood or. the brdge of the George
Washington as the vessel steamed
slowly up the harbor to her pier at
Hobokon, convoyed by destroyers
and welcoming craft of all descrip
tions. The rails of the transport
were lined with returning soldiers,
cheering and waving their caps.
The battleship Pennsylvania,
bearing ttve members of the Pivsl
* dent's Cabinet Daniels, Baker,
Lane, Glass and Wilson —led the
way, folowed by the Oklahoma, with
the George Washington at her Btern.
In the harbor were forty-live war
ships, headed by the flagship Penn
sylvania with Admiral Henry B.
Wilson ilbourd, assigned to join the
out-harbor escort. Vice-President
Marshall nnd members of the cabi
net were assigned to the Pennsyl
, vanla.
Children to Slug
Among the destroyers in the es
cort to meet the George Washing
ton were the Wilkes, Dowan, Kim-
berly, O'Brien, Nicholson, Wtnslow,
Ericsson, Wadsworth and Porter, all
of which were in the United States i
destroyer escort of twenty-four de- ■
stroyers for the transport on De
cember 13, last, front Queenstown !
when the President made his first :
trip to France.
On duty for the President's „r- j
rival were 1,100 policemen from the;
Jersey City and Hoboken forces and |
several thousand school children
were formed in River street to greetj
the President with "The Star!
Spangled Banner" as he leaves the
George Washington to embark for
Manhattan on a special ferryboat. j
* Immediately after the welcoming
exercises in Carnegie Hall, President!
Wilson will go to the Pennsylvania]
Station to take a special train for j
Washington.
The dreadnaught Pennsylvania'
with Vice-President and Mrs. Mar
shall, Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. I
Daniels, and other members of the
Cabinet, and a number of United
Senators and representatives aboard, j
passed through the Narrows on her ]
way to meet the transport George
Washington at 9.05 a. m.
1 Increasing Number of
Motorists at Penn-Harris
As demonstrating the increasing
popularity of the Penn-Harris it is
stated that no less than 250 automo
bile tourists were registered at the
hotel Sunday. Manager Wiggins be
lieves that the Penn-Harris Is bound
to increase in popular favor with the
motoring public as the tourists learn
of the fine appointments and excel
lent fare for which the Penn-Harriß
is already noted.
There seems to be no dull season
at the new hotel. Always something
is doing in the way of convention or
conference or social function and '
instead of the summer months being I
quiet they are likely to be quite as j
" strenuous for the good-natured man- !
ager and his assistant, Mr. Worth
ington, as the winter season. Many
Harrisburg people are finding the
Penn-Harris a tine place to meet
during vacation and family dinners
and luncheons are frequent.
Noisy Drivers Are Fined
For Opening Cutouts
Alderman DeShong continues to
impo-" heavy tines in police court
for the noisy operation of motor
cycles and automobiles. Daniel
m Christman, 1719 North Seventh
stret, was given the alternative of
paying a tine of sls or serving tlf
, teen days in jail for operating a
motorcycle with a cutout open. He
paid the fine.
Paul Rarnhart., 2147 North Fourth
street, driver for E. F. Bates, was
fined $lO for operating an automo
bile recklessly. He Is said to have
been driving the car without lights
early in the morning.
4 I THE WEATHER]
P
Hnrrlnhurg and YlHnltyi Fair to
night nnd Wednesday. Not
mueh ehnnge In temperature,
lowest to-night about OS de
grees.
Enstern Tennsylrnnlat Fair to
night and Wednesday. Hoder
at temperature. Moderate nnrth
and northenat winds
River. The Nnsqnehanna rivet, and
all Ita branches will fall slow
ly or remain atatlonary. A'stage
of aheut I H ft. la Indleated for
i Hitrrlabarg Wedneaday mum
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Burglars I Have Met
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OPEN SEASON FOR
LOCAL POLITICS
BEGINS FRIDAY
Big Hush to (let Petitions Out
Seen in City and
County
Friday will be the Hrst day can
didates may circulate petitions for
nomination it was announced at the
county commissioners' office to-day
Indications point to a rush of candi
j dates int othe tield. The petitions
must l>e filed at \that office on or
before August 20.
It is believed that the city candi
dates for Council have delayed mak
ing announcement of their inten
tion to try for nomination pending
action on the bill now before the
Governor which would repeal the
nonpartisan election of commission
ers In third-class cities.
Mayor D. L. Keister, Alderman
George A. Hoverter, City Commis
sioner E. Z. Gross and Alderman
John H. Shaner, have circulated
cards announcing their candidacy
for nomination for mayor. Other
names have been mentioned but no
definite announcement has been
made by these possible candidates.
For the county offices Harvey M.
Taylor is a candidate for recorder
of deeds; Ed. H. Fisher for register
of wills; Philip S. Moyer and Ed
ward P. Doehne for district attorney,
and Josh E. Rutherford for county
treasurer. It is understood that C.
C. Cumbler and H. M. Stine, majority
members of the board of county
commissioners, will be candidates
for nomination and re-election.
Minority lYunmissioner Wells, form
er Jury Commissioner Samuel M.
Taylor "and other Democrats are in
the tield.
City Commissioners W. H. Lynch,
S. F. Hassler and C. W. Burtnet will
seek re-election It is predicted, and
V. Grant Forrer, assistant super
intendent of parks, has announced
that he will be a candidate also, for
commissioner of parks and public
property.
Aldermen in seven wards in the
city, justices of the peace, assessors,
tax collectors, school directors,
township supervisors and other local
officials are to be elected in the
various city and county districts.
HOLD ACBTRIAN TREATY IT
Parts July B.—A decision of the
Council of Five to devote further
time to consideration of Austrian
territory questions has resulted In
the Austrian Peace Treaty being
held up after the printers had set
tho type and handed over the proofs.
The boundaries question will be
taken up to-morrow and It is stuted
that the treaty will not be ready
for presentation before the end of
the week at the eurltest OH, there
are majiy problems in this connec
tion to JU4 Hit.
PETTY THIEVES
ANNOY POLICE
BY ROBBERIES
Two More Homes Are Ran
sacked When Windows
Are Left Open
Two additional robberies were re
ported to-day in the long string of
petty thefts of the past several
weeks. The residences entered are
those of Charles Gingrich, 1158 Mul
berry street, and Mrs. Mary E.
Bricker, 1 734 North Sixth street.
At the Gingrich residence, admis
sion was gained through a rear win
dow of the kitchen that had been
left open when the family retired. A
woman's watch. $3 in cash and a
pair of blue serge trousers made up
the extent of the booty.
Entrance to the Bricker residence
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STAGE JAIL DELIVERY
By Associated Press.
Berlin, July 8, Via London.—A
mob attacked the castle and the de
tention prison at Hanover on Mon
day nnd released all the prisoners In
the buildings. The guards, it is
said, surrendered their arms without
resistance. Some fighting occurred
between the crowds and government
soldiers.
HIGHER PRICES FOR PORK IS
SAID TO BE ONLY TEMPORARY
Farmers Are Too Busy Har
vesting Crops to Put Hogs
on Markets, Sag Wholesal
ers, in Explaining Rapid In
crease of Prices of Pork
Dispatches from Chicago saying that
hog prices are still on the rise was In
terpreted by Harrlsburg wholesale mer
chants to-day as being consequential
only for the time being, the cause being
due to the fact that farmers are so busy
getting In their huge crops that they
hare no time to market the pork and
meat. Quotations on pork jumped from
$21.53 per hundredweight to $22.40 j n
one day this week, and as a reault corn
alao took a sharp Jump upward. Not
,rour.h uiuuute is noted In the price 0 f
PENROSE HERE
TO CONFER WITH
THE GOVERNOR
Senator Interested in Bills to
Be Signed and in Road
Contracts
"I'm in Harrisburg to see Governor
Sproul and other State officials on my
way to Washington," said United States
Senator Boles Penrose, who came to
Harrisburg late last night. "I had a
fine night ride to this city and will
probably be here until to-morrow. In
addition to seeing the Governor, whom
I have not seen since the Legislature
adjourned. I shall probably see Auditor
General Snyder and other officials be
fore I leave."
The Senator's rooms at the Penn-
Harris were crowded most of the day
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DENVER TIED UP
By Associated Press.
Denver. Col., July B. —A strike
completely tying up street car serv
ice in Denver became effective at 4
o'clock this morning. Employes of
the Denver Tramway Company
struck because of a wage reduction
announced by the company yester
day. Twelve hundred motormen,
conductors and shopmen are in
cluded in the strike order.
INTEREST IN U. S.
7 MEATS
Much interest has been aroused
by the announcement made at
the Quartermaster's Depot at
Marsh Hun last Saturday that the
Government had declared as sur
plus and placed on sale 18,000,-
000 pounds of meat. Lieutenant
J. R. Boyle, who Is In charge of
the surplus section, said this
morning that numerous inquiries
are being received with every
mall and that he will be ready
in a day or two to make further
announcements regarding the
bids.
beef, although retail prices In pork are
following the stock marketa
Foodstuffs. In general, show no Indi
cation to creep upward was the assur
ance here to-day, although Brazil has
practically cornered the coffee, simply
CITY READY TO
DO ITS PART IN
PARK EXTENSION
Solicitor Fox Asked to Pre
pare Necessary Legislation
For Council's Action
PLAN FOR LOAN OF $75,000
Want Warning Buoys Placed
Near River Dam to Save
Canoeists
TO FIGHT INSECT PESTS
Tentative Plans Made For Im
provement to Eager
I • Building
SUMMARY OF
COUNCIL
Resolution passed authorizing
i City Solicitor John E. Fox to
I prepare at once necessary legis-
I lation for Council to pass to
! meet provisions of the State bill
| for the erection of a bridge at
State street.
Grading lines for Taylor
Boulevard, Berkeley Place and
North Sixteenth street approved.
Lease for Fager building for
police headquarters approved.
Tentative plans for improve
ments and alterations to Fager
building approved informally by
Councilmen.
Ordinance authorizing vote on
loan of $75,000 for a sewer in the
Thirteenth ward passed on first
reading.
Ordinances .directing purchase
of auto truck and placing arc
light at Nineteenth and Rudy
streets passed finally.
Fly and mosquito eradication
plans announced by Commissioner
Hassler.
Placing of warning signs or
buoys near river dam recom
mended by Commissioner Hass
ler..
City Council was in session this
morning almost two hours disposing
of important business presented by
the commissioners for official action.
Commissioner W. H. Lynch pre
sented a report from City Engineer
M. R. Cowden giving the proposed
grade lines for Taylor Boulevard,
Berkeley Place and North Sixteenth
street, beyond Herr, which were ap
proved.
Mr. Lynch also introduced the
resolution directing City Solicitor
Fox to prepare necessary legislation
to present to Council so that the
city can comply with provisions in
the bill passed by the Legislature to
provide for the erection of the State
street bridge.
Passes Unanimously
This resolution was passed unani
mously. Mr. Lynch was authorized
in another resolution to replace an
old brick sewer in River street, just
north of Chestnut, which wrts built
many years ago when Harrisburg
was a borough, and which has caved
in and is beyond repair.
Mayor D. L. Keister asked Coun
cil to approve the lease for the Fager
building for a live-year term and the
commissioners voted unanimously In
favor of it. He also presented ten
tative plans for alterations and Im
provements to the building and the
councilmen informally approved
them. The Mayor will have the
architect make working plans at
once so that the alterations can be
started in the near future. The city
| health bureau and inspector of
weights and measures will be given
room in the Fager building. A new
structure is to be erected to be used
i as a garage and for cells for prison-
I ers.
Commissioner Lynch introduced
nn ordinance authorizing a vote on
a proposed bond issue of $75,000,
the money to be used to provide a
sewer for the Thirteenth ward, be
yond Twenty-first and Derry streets.
The measure passed first reading.
Ordinances authorizing the pur
chase of an auto truck for the high
way department, the placing of an
arc light at Nineteenth and Rudy
streets, were passed finally.
Got Water Data
Communications from the city
engineer and from Commissioner
Hassler to J. W. Ledoux, relative to
proposed changes in specifications
for relaying the water mains in State
street were read and tiled. In these
letters it is stated that the city is to
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Further Increases in Food
stuffs, Except Coffee, Now
Looked For by Jobbers, Who
Say Peas May Cost More Be
cause of Poor Weather
because Brazil, from which the bulk Is
Imported, chooses to hold back the sup
ply. Instructions to wholesale firms
here Is not to load up the retailers un
til this situation Is relieved. The mar
ket Is called "inflated" at present.
Canned goods are not likely to rise
In price, excepting for peas, which
come mostly from New Tork and Wis
consin. The damp weather has hurt
this crop and canned peas will be
scarce and higher. The season Is phe
nomenal In the history of the country
for production of all kinds, particularly
In live stock, and wholesalers predict
even prices despite,the demand for ship
ment of food abroad. i
COUNCIL TO ASK FOR
DATA AS TO COST OF
ACQUIRING NEWPARK
City Commissioners Appoint
Committee to Investigate
Offer of McKee-Graham
Estate to (five Tract Free of
Charge to Park City System
PLANNING COMMISSION
HAS TENTATIVE PLANS
Some Twenty Acres Would IJe
Added to Municipal Hold
ings With Only Cost in Im-j
proving and Maintaining
the Donated Ground
Following the action of the
School Board yesterday in de
jciding to purchase from the Mc
! Kee-Graham estate the ground
j at Sixth and Division streets in
j eluding 40 acres, Council to-day
! authorized the appointment of
a committee to determine neces
! sary development of Italian
| Park, which is to be given to the
j city free of all cost provided it
| will be improved.
The committee from Council will
| consist of Mayor Keister and Com
; missioner E. Z. Gross, who are to
! confer with City Engineer M. B.
I Cowden and the City Planning Com-
I mission and then report again to
' Council the proposed plans for de
! velopment of Italian Park, probable
I cost of the improvements and
! length of time to be allowed to com
i plete them.
Below School Site
The park tract would add about
j twenty acres to the city's large park
i system and lies just below the
i ground to be used by the school dis
j trict for high school purposes. For
many months the Planning Com
! mission members have been work
' ing on a development plan for the
district, and to-day a letter was read
to the City Commissioners from the
planning body outlining tentatively
the improvement program for Ital
ian Park.
Members of Council were present
last week at the luncheon at which
detailed information was given
about the site and the proposed de
velopment of it, which will include
both widening of streets and exten
sive park treatment. At this meet
ing the Planning Commission offi
cials explained the possibilities for
improvement to the Councilmen
and School Directors.
Congress to Work on
Reconstruction Legislation
During Extra Session
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 8. —The Sixty
sixth Congress, called in special ses
sion by President Wilson seven
weeks ago, began a new chapter
when it convened to-day after a
week's recess. Having passed all
the appropriation bills carrying
funds needed for the fiscal year,
leaders planned to begin work on
the reconstruction legislation made
necessary by the change of the
country from a war to peace basis,
while in the Senate the next few
months at least are expected to be
given over largely to consideration
of the German Peace Treaty and re
-1 lated subjects.
I The appearance beforfe the Senate
: Thursday of President Wilson to
' explain the Peace Treaty and its
j League of Nations covenant and the
Franco-American agreement, in the
opinion of senators, eclipsed all
other matters on the Senate program
for the week. No important busi
ness was on the Senate calendar to
be taken up immediately and some
! members considered it probable that
the Senate might adjourn until
Thursday soon after meeting to-day.
In the House, activity this week
will center on committee work.-ex-
I cept that legislation for enfordfhg
I prohibition probably will be called
j up for consideration on the flootj,
| Construction Work Begin*
Along Dauphin Narrows
Construction work on State High
way No. 1, in the Dauphin Nar
rows section, one of the most trav
eled roads in this sect'on of the
State, has been started and the
State Highway Department an
nounced to-day that it would be
closed to-morrow night.
Persons wishing to go to the
northern end of Dauphin county are
to take the road over Peter's Moun
tain to Halifax, while tourists com
ing into or going out of Harrisburg
to the Juniata Valley are to go by
way of the west bank of the Sus
quehanna river, from Market street
bridge through Enola and Marys
ville.
STRIKE SPREAD TO FLEET
Stockholm, July B.—The strike
declared by the Swedish Seaman's
Union, which began Saturday, is af
fecting the entire Swedish commer
cial fleet. The dispute originated in
the. refusal of ship owners to accede
to a demand for an eight-hour day
and a standard wage.
HOME FROM OVERSEAS
Samuel H. Rank, who has been
overseas with the Twelfth Company,
Third Air Service Mechanics Regi
ment, arrived here this morning
from Camp Mills. With his father,
u traveling salesman for Appleby
Bros. & Whittaker Co.. he has tone
to their home In Indiana, county-
PROGRESS MADE
ON PARK SITE
Council to-day authorized a
committee to confer with City
Engineer M. B. Cowden and the
Planning Commission on the pro
posed development, cost and'
time in which Italian Park im
provements are to be completed.
The School Board yesterday
afternoon voted unanimously to
purchase a tract of forty acres
just east of the Italiun Park site,
extending to Sixth street and
from Division to Katherine, to be
used for a high school building on
the university plan.
School Board by Unanimous
Vote Agrees to Purchase Ap
proximately Forty Acres at
$2,250 an Acre; Effort to De
lay Is Voted Down
City school directors by a unani
mous vote decided to purchase from
the McKee-Graliam estate the site
from Sixth street to Italian Park,
Division street to Katherine street,
including about 40 acres, at $2,250
an acre. This action followed the
defeat of a motion to postpone
decision. Director A. Carson Stamm
was the only director not present
at the meeting. It was stated that
he was out of the city.
After the Board had acted on the
purchase of the uptown site Director
C. E. L. Keen made a motion to
have a committee appointed, in
cluding President Robert A. Enders
and Superintendent F. 10. Downes, to
make an effort to locate sites for
school purposes in East and South
Harrisburg. Directors Keen, Harry
A. Boyer and Stamm were named as
the other members of the committee
after the motion passed.
Delay Unprofitable
The mass meeting of residents of
Allison Hill to be held Thursday eve
ning at the Mt. Pleasant fire com
pany house will take place regard
less of the decision of the Board yes
terday. Some of the directors said
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J* t LAUNCHING POSTPONED
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T* the ship named after the three counties which were
a leaders in the final Libert I -<n on ';■ >
T* postponed until July 19. Many Harrisburgers were go
w ing to Baltimore July 12 to witness the launching.
y Paris—A commission composed of four generahn
£ " ?• r Italy. England
f* Stater, has been appointed ♦<-> investigate the recent in
4 idents v Flume.
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* * ing to a report from Weimer, will be presented to-day
ils to the constitution commission of the National '
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V entire assembly.
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* J Paris Premier Lloyd George's revelation of a
hitherto unheard-of compact between himself, Preside".).
t # Wilson and Premier Clemenceau, which limits the an
l nuai cost of the Armies of Occupation to 240,000 o ,
e
i n marks (about $00,000,000) after Germany begins the die '
J # armament process, has aroused astonished Interrs'
* * the. members of the American Peace Mission. a
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J) Washington—Prohibition enforcement legislation as" #
4* framed by the Judiciary Committee was made a spetiql 'fj
"* order of business in the House to-day. by the F'uloS■ I
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$ Committee with an agreement that general debate' 'I
3 • should not exceed twolv# hnur, *
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U.S. IS ASKED
TO BACK DRIVE
ON PETROGRAD
Council of Five Approves the
Plan For Concerted At
tack on City
BOLSHEVISTS EVACUATE
Washington Hears They Are
Preparing to Leave as At
tack Becomes Imminent
ALLIES WILL GIVE AID
Give Assurance That They In
tend to See Movement
Through
Paris, Monday, July 7.—Ap'
proval of a plan for a ctoncerteq
attack upon Petrqgrad by Fin
nish troops and the forces of
the Kolchak government at
Omsk was given to-day by the
Council of Five.
A joint note has been sent the
military attaches of the Unitei
States, Great Britain, France am'
Italy at Helsinfgors instructing then
to support the Finnish governmcn.
if it decided to accede to the requca
of Admiral Kolchhak to assist him ii.
the campaign.
There is no indication that the Al.
lied and Associated Powers propos
to go further at this time in helpin
Kolchuk's plan, but their action i.
supporting the Finns is regarded a.
equivalent to assurances that the;
will see the Kalchak movement car
ried through.
Washington, July 8. —Definite In
formation that the Bolshevik authoi •
Ities are planning to evacuate Petrc
grad has been received in officir.
circles here. Decision to quit th
capital was said to have been vio
lently opposed by some elements o.
the government