Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, July 09, 1919, Image 1
pppr- 1 ■■ f '/then Declares Jt " A JitsiPeace Which Will Safeguard the World HARRISBURG WmSm TELEGRAPH LXXXVIII— No! 158 16 PAGES Di tt p it HARRISBURG, PA WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1919. . "gffiSßS ifS3£SBJ3r m ' 33Sd c <£SS. HOME EDITION IMPOSING SHAFT TO BE ERECTED ' FOR MEMORIAL Granite and Steel to .Honor Men Who Served in Great War MINIMUM COST IS $30,000 Chamber of Commerce and City Council Arc Work ing Together City Council yesterday afternoon unanimously approved a plan sug gested by Arnold W. Brunner. the noted architect in charge of the Capitol Park developments, and rec ommended by a committee of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce for a memorial to Harrisburg and Dauphin county soldiers, sailors and marines to be erected at the eastern approach of the proposed memorial bridge at State and Thirteenth streets. The memorial plaza and park treatment will extend from Thir teenth in State, almost to Fifteenth street, and will cost a minimum of $50,000, which the Chamber pro poses to finance by means of public subscriptions. The committee has been at work on suggestions for a memorial for many months and at last put the matter up to Mr. Brun ner, who suggested the type which : the committee and council have ap proved. Of Enduring Granite The base of the memorial will be j of granite, as being more lasting j than marble, and will be circular in ! form with a seat running around the back to accommodate those who may desire to rest after a trip over the proposed bridge or to view the j Capitol Park extension development, which will lie in panoramic form before the eye of the observer from j that altitude. Around the rear of this seat will be carved the names j of famous battles in the war with i Germany in which Pennsylvania troops participated. In the center will be a huge bronze base, of dignified ornamental j design, on which will be the proper j inscriptions. This base will be sur- j mounted by a steel flagpole, sixty eight feet high, from which will I constantly fly a huge American flag. In the rear the present grassplot will be transformed into a beauti ful little formal park with stone benches, attractive shrubbery ar tistically arranged, ending in a stone pillar in the rear. This will be near ly two blocks in length. Designed by Brunner The whole idea was developed by Mr. Brunner and is his suggestion as the most appropriate way in which the city can Join with the State in adding a local memorial in conjunction with the great memorial bridge to be erected by the State. He pointed out that it would be par ticularly fitting in view of the fact that the granite shaft to Jhe mem ory of Civil War veterans is erected at the western extremity of the' Ca pitol development in State street, giv ing the Commonwealth's bridge and pylons the center and the city and county World War memorial the eastern end. The proposed design, it is also noted by the architect, will add a finishing touch to the j Capitol Park improvements and give the Allison Hill district a de velopment in keeping with the fine* residential district developed there. Governor Approves Governor Sproul and the members of the State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings were first shown the sketches and details of the plan and they most heartily ap- I proved. The Governor intimated I that he felt it only proper that the ! city and county memo.rial should be | located near the State memorial and I in conjunction with the wonderful Civic Center which the Common wealth is spending so much to ere- | ate for Harrisburg. Members of the City Planning Commission to whom the plan was submitted to-day heartily approved The Chamber's committee in mak-' ing public the sketches and outlin ing the plan, desired to make clear that it has been acting merely as a clearing house for suggestions and that the recommendation which it makes to the city is not its own thought but the result of careful study by Mr. Brunner, who is one of the noted architects of the coun try. The committee feels that it has been fortunate in procuring his services in view of the importance of making anything the city may do along the line of beautificat'on to harmonize with the State's Capitol Park plans. Paul Johnston, chair man; David E. Tracy, J. William Bowman and Spencer C. Gilbert constituting the Chamber's commit tee, have held many meetings and htave considered many plans but be lieve by far the hest Is that here with presented. The beauty of the designed cannot be gathered from a small picture and in order that the people of the city may form a fair and unbiased opinion of what is proposed a large sketch of the de sign In water color and detailed drawnings of the various parts will be placed on display In a downtown window within the next few days. „ I THE WEATHER] Hnrrixhtirg and Vicinity! Pnrtlr With rising temperature. |., H . est to-night about HM degrees. Knstern Pennsylvania. Partly cloudy to-night nnd Thursday somen hut nurmer. Moderate """'h nd southwest ntn<ls. Hireri The Kasi|uchannn river and ■II Its lirnnehes nIII full slowly or rrmsln nrarly stationary. | stfage of about .Id feet Is Indi cated for Harrisburg Thursday morning. View of Splendid' Memorial to Be Erected at 13th and State THIEVES SECURE SILVER THROUGH OPEN WINDOW Four Quarts of Unreplaceablc Liquors Also Are Taken Silverware, highly prized and of considerable value, as well as a number of other articles, were taken from the home of H. J. Wil liams, 1717 State street, by rob bers last evening, it was reported to the Harrisburg police department to-day. The exact value of the arti cles taken from the Williams resi dence could not be stated. Included among the silverware taken were one-half dozen knives and forks in a folder; two dozen tea spoons, one-half dozen large table spoons, one-half dozen soup spoons, four dozen bouillon spoons, one-half dozen forks, four dozeh af ter-dinner spoons, two dozen odd spoons, bearing the names of dif ferent towns and dates together with one dozen fruit knives. Some of the spoons bear initials. A large basket was taken from the pantry in which the silverware was found, presumably to carry it and the other articles taken away. In addition were four quarte of vari ous liquors, including sloe gin, port wine and blackberry brandy, and one dozen bananas were taken. Entrance to the Williams resi dence was gained through an un locked pantry window on the first floor. The window is "never lock ed," it was reported to the police to-day. In practically every robbery in the long string reported to police offi cials within the past several weeks, entrance has been gained through unlocked windows of the first floor. Little if any noise is made in this manner and the intruders are able to work entirely undisturbed, police authorities say. Articles of minor value have been taken by intruders in the other cases, and this is the first time that the booty has been of any considerable value. Ten dollars in cash, two $5 bills, were stolen from the rooms of Mrs. Ella Haupt, 430 South Thirteenth street, early this morning. En trance to the rooms of Mrs. Haupt, located on the second floor, was gained through an unlocked window after climbing a pair of steps lead ing from the rear yard. The money was in a pocket of one of Mrs. Haupt's dresses in a clothes closet. Efforts were made during the night to batter open the safe of B. Abrams & Son, Junk dealers, 824 North Seventh street. After break ing into the warehouse of the es tablishment, the intruders passed into the office and broke off the combination knob" of the safe by means of a huge sledge hammer. Nothing was taken. Tailor Disappears as Does $135 in Cash Taken From Store's Cash Drawer Overconfidence in human nature ■cost Louis Haum, tailor, of 5 North Fourth street, >135 when Will Jer vlek, alias Will Harris, an employe of but several weeks, disappeared with that amount In cash. A Greek, who has been in Harrlsburg two weeks and known only as "Mike," is missing and is believed to have gone with Jervlck. Jervick, whose home is in Dallas, Tex., cume to this city several weeks ago from Baltimore and secured employment with Baum. Since then he had so worked himself into the confidence of Baum that he had been given the key to open the store and had been taken to Baum's home to board. This morning when Baum wqjit to the store he found the cash register rifled and the en tire contents tuken. Jervick was known In Harrisburg as Will Hnrrls, under which name he had been employed. Mr. Baum had discovered that Harris was an assumed name several days ago, but made no investigation U. S. WILL TEST BEER SALES By Associated Press, Pittsburgh, July 9.—The Gov ernment's 'drive against the sale of beer containing 2% per cent, alcohol was launched here to day, when United States Attorney R. L. Crawford filed a suit against the Pittsburgh Brewing Company, one of the city's larg est breweries, in the United States District Court this noon, charging violation of the war time prohibition law. Twelve of ficials of the company were named in the information. PACKARD MOTOR COMPANY PLANS BIG WAREROOM Work on Plant to Go Up in South Cameron Street to Start Next Week The Packard Motor Car Company of Philadelphia, announced to-day through the manager of their local branch, Robert Harrington, that work would be started in about a week on the big new building to be erected by them in Cameron street below Mulberry. According to Mr. Harrington, who gave out the statement this morning, the new building will be the largest in Harrisburg given over exclusively to the sale and service of one car. The construction will be of stone, concrete and tapestry brick, with a front of 185 feet and a depth of 145 feet. This will allow approximately 30,000 feet of floor space. The in terior of the show room, which will take up the entire front half of the structure, will be In white with dark finishings. The show room itself will be one of the largest and most complete of its kind in Harrisburg. With a capacity of nine cars and trucks, [Continued on Page Bk] Charged Second Time With Selling Narcotics Charged with peddling liahit forming drugs, William Claybourne, colored, long suspected by the Har risburg police authorities, was ar rested last night by Patrolmen Ro mich and Keys in Court street. Clay bourne is said to have a large amount of narcotics when taken in to custody and still more of it was found in the yard of 40 South Court street. Claybourne was arrested several weeks ago, charged with peddling narcotics, but at that time he was released for want of evidenoe. Sev eral witnesses testified that they had bought what had been supposed to he narcotics from him, hut one testi fied that what he had purchased did not produce the feeling ordinar ily produced by narcotics. GOING TO THE NEXT WORLD? NOT MUCH! ONLY TO MARKET And Woman Decides She Wants to Walk When Polite Po lice Offer to Carry Her on •Stretcher "What you got me on heah to'?" demanded a "dying" colored woman this morning when Captain Thomp son and several members of the Hurrtsburg police force endeavored to place her on a stretcher in a Denbrook street car. "I s gon' to market an' l's gon' to walk," she argued with the Cap tain, as he vainly endeavored to per- GOVERNOR PUTS HIS SIGNATURE TO MANY BILLS Regulation of Containers For Farm Products Approved by Sproul Authority for the bureau of mar kets of the State Department of Ag riculture to fix standards for con tainers of fruits and vegetables and other farm products and to prescribe rules lor grading of produce is con ferred by the bill reorganizing the bureau which was announced to-day as approved by Governor Sproul. The standards are to be set in conjunc tion with the bureau of standards of the Department of Internal Affairs and power to enforce the regulations is given. A number of the powers conferred by the act of 1917 are again conferred, including power to gather statistics, investigation of market costs, delays, charges and practices and to assist in organiza tion of public markets and co-oper ative associations. The new law also makes a number of definitions. The Governor also announced the approval of the bill providing for the regulation of bakeries under direc tion of the Department of Labor and Industry, which will have a wide ef fect. . One of the provisions is that t least 200 cubic feet of fresh air per minute will be admitted to that part of the bakery where per sons are employed with certain regu lations according to number of em ployed. Bakeries, where changes are required will have until July 1, 1920, to complete alterations. The de partment is to make regulations and to require all baking establishments to take out certificates. Notice of change of ownership > of an estab lishment must be given within ten days to the Department. Authority for investigations and for revocation of certificates for violations of regu lation's or failure to comply is given. The Governor has also approved the bill permitting fox hunting in Chester and Montgomery counties This is done by an act which amends the Delaware county law of 1913 so as to extend it to the two counties. Other bills announced as approved include: Enabling County Commissioners to abolish election districts in which less than 10 qualified electors reside, after giving notice and holding a hearing. Right of appeal to cour is given. Recreation Centers Three Senate bills affecting cities were approved by Governor Sproul to-day, becoming effective imme diately. One empowers second and third class cities, boroughs and counties to acquire and operate playgrounds gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools and indoor recreation centers authority being given for school districts to join with them. Pro-j vision is made for bond issues for such purposes or to levy taxes not to exceed two mills. Cities or bor oughs may unite in such enterprises and share the costs. Control may be vested in any existing body or in a [Continued on Page B.] Buade her that she was "dying'' and that she ought go to the hospital. Captain Thompson nnd several members of the police force had answered a hurry call in the am bulance, when a phone call cunie that a woman was dying In the Penbrook car, in Market Square. "I was just sleeping, but I thanks you all the same," she told the po licemen as she clambered off the car and started for the Chestnut Street Market YOUNG KING OF FINANCE MAKES ENGLAND MARVEL Buys $20,000,000 Worth of Linen Over Heads of Bel fast Manufacturers STARTED WITH ONLY SSOO His Deal Will Affect Markets of Entire World; Bought at Government Sale ily Associated Press. Ijoihloii, July 9.—Leonard J. Mar tin, a young English business man who deals in agricultural machinery, has bougnt tor iu,uvu,uuu nom tnu Brit lsli govoriuiiejlt about 4U,UUU,- uuu yarns ot linen winch was in tended lor liiuiviug unpianea. lie knew nothing uoout linen, but bought lor speculation. To-day his name and picture are! featured in every Brit.sh paper and editorial writers are pointing out that the enterprising young man doesn't have to go to new countries to find golden business opportunities. Martin is 37 years oid unu began his career, he says, with a capital of i about SSOO. | "1 bought over the heads of every , body else," he said in discussing tiie big deal, "simply by offering a higher price than anybody else would pay. This is a one-man deal. 1 am fascinated by the possibilities of the thing. I have never seen a propo sition with so much scope in the markets of the world." Will Make Five Million The stock of material Martin now controls represents three years' nor mal supply. He is reckoning on a | j profit of about $5,000,000. Of that j 'amount $2,000',000 would go to the I | British Treasury in excess profits > and another $_1,250,000 in super; j tax. | The linen hasbeen for sale by thej i government since January, under an offer to sell to the general public in 80-yard lengths and 100-yard bales, but only SI,OOO worth of it had been purchased. "Belfast people," said Martin, "imagined they had the stuff be tween their two fingers. A large part of this linen was actually manu factured after the armistice, be cause the Belfast mill owners re fused to allow their contracts to be canceled. "They went on making linen by millions of yards at 40 to 75 cents a yard. Then they offered the gov ernment seven cents a yard to take it back. Their price later went up to about 25 cents a yard, and it was still hoped in view of the monopoly to sell it to the public at three shill ings. They could have re-equipped all | the mills in Ulster out of the prof its. t have got the linen at about double the final Belfast offer.' Tree Census to Be Taken Up Again by City After a Lapse of Several Years Work on the completion of the ! tree census in the city, started a j few years ago and discontinued I during the time that to forester ! was employed, will he atarted in a j few days by City Forester Louis G. | Baltimore. About half the work I has been done. Districts which are to be surveyed include the Four- I teenth ward, the section east of North Seventh street and the Alli son Hill district. Mr. Baltimore during the last, few weeks has been busy directing the trimming and care of elm trees in North Front street from Calder to Division street. Together with V. Grant Forrer, Assistant Superintend ent. of Parks, he is working out a tree-planting plan for the entire city, according to streets. Efforts will be made, it is under stood, to have a tree-planting cam paign in the fall. Many Inquiries about the care of trees are being received, and some complaints have been investigated also. Upon in specting a number of trees in the city, Mr. Baltimore said that he found them to be suffering from scale, hut so far it has caused no great damage. Trees in the city j parks probably will be sprayed next I spring to prevent any damage to them from scale. | City Officials to Confer on Italian Park Plans Monday, Mayor Decides Mayor Keister said to-day he will call a meeting of the City Planning Commission. City Engineer M. B. Cowden and Commissioner E. Z. Gross for next Monday to discuss the proposed development of Italian Park provided that date will be con venient for the various officials who are to be present at the conference. Mayor Keister said that he under stood the members of City Council preferred to have a definite estimate of the cost of the improvement in the park section, the time which would be allowed to complete the w'ork, and Just what the Planning Commission desires to have done. Proposed pluns for the Itulian Park Improvement provide for widening Green street through that district. extending North Third street to connect with Third street in the Riverside section and laying out new streets. It is proposed also to remove much of the growth in the swamp In the woodland and convert it into a large lake. HIP BROKEN IN FALL Absolom Hetsey, of Hummolstown, a concrete mixer employed by the ilershey Chocolate Vonipuny. Her. hcy, is in the Harrisburg llospitul with u broken left hip. The uccl dent occurred about a new building which is being erected by the Her shey company. Hetsey wus thrown into a concrete pit when a board on which he was standing broke, , WILSON FINDS MASS OF WORK AWAITING HIM IN WASHINGTON Official Business Piled Up : After an Absence of Four Months, and Speaking Tour Must Be Delayed For Week GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT PEACE PACT By Associated Press. Washintgon, July 9.—President Wilson returned to his desk to-day after an absence of four months at the Peace Conference, to find such a mass of official business that it probably will he two weeks before he can start on his tour of the coun try, speaking for the Peace Treaty and the Dengue of Nations. Plans for the trip have not yet been completed, but it was said at the White House that the Fresidoiit would so time his schedule a* t* reach the Pacific coast at the time of the arrival there of the newly created Pacific fleet. Three big Army trucks loaded j with trunks and boxes arrived at j the White House before the offices were opened. The boxes contained I official papers and documents relat- | ing to the peace negotiations. A | large staff of clerks Immediately set | to work to put the documents in ; order. Heady to Speak President Wilson was represented as being ready to place himself at the disposal of the Senate Foreign I Relations Committee or other com mittees of Congress to answer any 1 questions concerning the Peace | Treaty and the League of Nations, ! which he will present to the Senate ] to-morrow in person. The President remained in bed late to-day, resting after his trip t home. Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray- I son, his'personal physician, said the President is in splendid health. Going to his office shortly before 11 o'clock, the President summoned Secretary Tumulty and they spent some time mapping out a program of work. Most pressing of the many matters before the President were the annual appropriation bills re cently passed by Congress. In con sidering the agricultural bill, the Executive had before him many requests that he veto the measure because of the order repealing the davlight saving law. The President remained steadily at work for several hours and was not interrupted. At noon it was said that none of the bills before him had i been signed. It was expected, how- I ever, thai his signature would he at tached to a number of them before the end of the day. Penrose Talks on the Legislation United States Senator Boies Pen rose, who spent last evening discuss- I Ing legislation with Governor Sproul i at the Executive mansion looks for I the prompt approval of the Datx- I Brady bills and the naming of a new j registration commission for Phila- I deiphia within a day or so. The Senator, who remained at the I Executive Mansion until very late last night, said that he had gone I over legislative matters with the Governor and that he was going to | Washington later in the day to take I up his senatorial duties. While here Senator Penrose saw most of the heads of departments of the State government and spent considerable time talking with Au ditor General Charles A. Snyder, who will have many appointments to | make under the bills which it is i expected the Governor will approve | as part of the revenue raising pro gram. The Senator also saw a num ber of visitors this morning and reiterated his satisfaction with the work of the Legislature. INSPECT BRIDGE Commissioners from Dauphin county with Lancaster county offi cials inspected inter-county bridges in Conewago and Londonderry town ships, meeting this afternoon at Fal mouth for the tour along the line between the two counties. The Dau phin county officials also referred plans for building a bridge near Millersburg on the road to Berrys burg, to C. M. Hershey, county' en gineer, for approval. ITALY SETTLES DOWN By A ssociated Press. Paris, July 9.—(Havas)—Dis patches from Rome report a con tinued improvement In the situa tion ill most of the Italian cities where disorders incident to the high cost of living have been oc curring. An exception is noted in the case of Pari, on the Adriatic, where a general strike has been proclaimed. GIRLS TO GO TO CAMP Girls from the Reservoir, Emerald, Maclay and Reily playgrounds who will go to the camp at McCormtck's island, which will open to-morrow morning, will meet, at the various playgrounds at 9 o'clock, to be trans ported to the camp, J. K. Staples, su pervisor, unnounced to-day. TO EXAMINE TEACHERS Examinations of teachers for county schools will be held on Fri day and Saturday at the office of County Superintendent F. E. Sham baugh In the courthouse and in the Lykehs High School. REGISTRARS NAMED Registrars appointed by the coun ty commissioners to-day were: John A. Snyder, for Ninth ward,- Fourth precinct; George P. Tillotson, Fourth ward, First precinct. HOG REACHES NEW TOP Chicago, July 9.—Hog pries to day reached another new top record, 122.70 a hundredweight, an Increase of ten cents over yeaterday'B rec ord. ~| | PEACE TERMS ARE ACCEPTED By Associated Press, Paris, July 9.—The German j National Assembly in Weimar has [ passed the resolution ratifying ] the Peace Treaty, according to I advices received here to-day. The resolution reads: "The Peace Treaty signed on J June 2S, 1919, us well sis the j protocol annexed and special I agreements on military occupa- j tion of the Rhineland are hereby | ratified. This law becomes effec- J tive from the date of its promul- j gation." Patriot Company Departs From Combination Rate Policy For Advertising City commissioners and merchants throughtout the city were somewhat surprised at the bids submitted yes terday by the Patriot Company for city advertising at the councilmanic meeting. Separate bids were sub mitted for the morning and evening publications permitting the choice of either paper at half the combin ation rate charged for publication in both papers. This is a radical departure from the Patriot Company's generally un derstood rule of requiring adver tisers to pay a combination rate cov ering publication in both morning and evening editions, and refusing to give them the option of using either one or the other edition at a single rate. THAW i;?'tradition hearing 4 Harrisburg—-On the ground that they had inf 4 4, * : *r 4 4 >l* *f ■ ' Si * 4 4 < i assault upon Fred Gump, a Kansas City schoolboy, t - 3 ,; * J day asked Attorney Genera! Schaffer for a hearin 4 prove that he is sane and ought to stand trial. Jamc * J Gordon appeared for Thaw and said he is confined 4 * * Philadelphia institution from which he has been T e , n court order. 4 I I GERMAN' ASSEMBLY VOTES FOR PEACE j| 4 * Weimar—The resolution ratifying the Peace T £. was adopted by the German National Asser .bh • 4 e , a f 'tf of 208 to 115 • A Hazleton—John Duguits was instantly killed 4 1 fall of rock, at the Bcaverbropk Mines of the C. T 4 eb chi „ > X 4 i 4 , R-34 TO SAIL TO-MORROW 4 * I 4 * * crnoon by Major G X * • her commander. He experts to get away, he said, J 4 4 POLK TO SUCCEED LANSING # 4 Washington •*- Fank L. Polk, under Secretary 'X' * * State,' will succeed Secretary Lansing as head p? 1 .4 1 Ameri in peace delegation at Paris, it was said to-day 4 ;; 2 * * v ■. 4 I I WOULD KEEP PRESIDENT AT" HOME J * * lington—The President of the United Stab .4 during his term of 4 * to perform the duties of hie the ,4' except at Washington, under a bill Introduced to-d X g I 1 , Campbell, of Kansas, chairman 0 J * * House Rules Committee. 4 : • MARRIAGE LICENSES JL Itulnh E. At-krr, Mllleratnwn, anil Delia I. Hurler. McCreai Wll. 3* * llam J. Adair, Orvlllr, nnil Helen 10. brri, l.nnenateri Harry Clouarr, ™ •S* llurrlahuru. R. D. 2, and Sylvln H. Mi.nr, HorkvHlet Henry H. Kim- Mr f? mermnn anil Vloln R. Krey, l.nnennteri llayea W. Brar, Harrlabury, T T und Florence M. Wnrfleld, Middletown. ENGLISH BEAUTY MURDERED AFTER STORMY CAREER Member of Nobility Is Found in Her Home Dead From Effects of Bullet SHE CREATES SENSATION Mixed Up in Several Breach of Promise and Slander Suits During Life Ry Associated Press. London, July 9. Mrs. Arthur Kliot, better known as Mrs. Mabel Louise Atherton, divorced wife of I Colonel Thomas Atherton, was I found shot this morning in her home in London, according to the Evening I Standard this afternoon. Mrs. Eliot, who was a sister ot | Sir Aubrey Dean-Paul, some years | ago sued Raron C'hurstone, then John Reginald Yarde-Buller, for I breach of promise. The case creat jed considerable sensation at the time. Last April she married Cap tain Arthur Eliot, a dramatist, grandson of the late Earl of St. Germans. Mrs. Eliot was Mabel Louise, the third daughter of Sir Edward Dean- Paul. She was married to Colonel Thomas Atherton in 1892. Her hus band divorced her in 1907, naming John Reginald Yarde-Buller, now Baron Churstone as co-respondent. Mrs. Atherton then sued Mr. Yarde- Buller for breach of promise and won her case. In 1909 Mrs. Atherton, who was a noted beauty in English society, war one of the four principals in th'i sensational Stirling divorce case ir I Edinburgh. John A. Stirling, laird I of Kippendaire, sued his wife, for j merly Miss Clara E. Taylor, an I American actress and known in so ciety in New Jersey and Washing ton. Mr. Stirling named Ix>rd North land as co-respondent. Mrs. Stirlint filed a cross suit naming Mrs. Ather ton. The case, which occupied th Scottish court for several months was decided in favor of the hus band. Mrs. Atherton in 1911 brought suit for Blunder against her sister in-law, Lady Aubrey Dean-Paul and was granted damages in the sum of one farthing.