Freedom of Conntiy'sMarkets Is Threatened by Five Big Packers, Federal Board Declares HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Ait 01flr-3ni)cpcntifnt. LXXXVTII— NO. 160 24 PAGES HARRISBURG. PA. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1919. •"SUKiSKK SPSSSSSSaW siSoSi cSKS. HOME EDITION RETURN TO OPEN POLITICAL FIELD HAS GOOD EFFECT Harrisburg Will Elect Mayor and Councilmcn Without Camouflage SYSTEM FOOLED NOBODY Republicans and Democrats Alike Were Tired of Fake "Nonpartisanship" Nonpartisan elections of Mayors and Councilmen in third-class cities of Pennsylvania are a thins of the past, as Governor William C. Sprout last night signed the Willson bill repealing the nonpartisan elective feature of the Clark act of 1913. The new order of things is effective at once and on September 16 the thirty or more third class cities will nominate candidates on party tickets as they did before the Clark act became operative. The time for circulating petitions for such nominations is now here and as soon as the Governor signed the bill telegrams were sent to all county au'horities and to officials of cities an 1 ot political committees notifying them of the change in the law to the old order of things. There will be a big revival of party ac tivity in every one of the cities. Not only will Mayors and Coun cilmen be elected hereafter on a party basis instead of a nonpartisan but the City Treasurer, now elected by Council, will be elected as here tofore on party tickets. The Willson bill was presented in the House by the McKeesport mem ber on March 17 and was once de-- feated, but reconsidered after a stormy debate and sent to the Sen ate where it was promptly report ed out and passed. The bill was 'C called from the Governor but sent back again without any change. Few measures before the legislature have been more debated. Voters in Harrisburg will have an opportunity this fall to nominate and elect by party choice, the men who are to be in charge of municipal affairs. During the Jast six years under the Clark act the Mayor and city commissioners were elected on a non-partisan ticket, the term "non-partisan" serving merely as a mask, and in reality never wiping out the party affiliation of the men who were elected to office. This was particularly true in Har risburg and a glance over the coun cilmanic procedure under the "non partisan" regime of the last six years reveals page after page of evi dence of the fact. Hail Bad Kfleet The return to party election of city officials is welcomed alike by Republicans and Democrats. The chief objections to the amendment of the Clark act wiping out this bit of camouflage, for that is actually what it was, were raised by the members of the I.eague of Third Class Cities, composed almost en tirely of officials in office in the vari ous cities of the State. These men voiced their objections largely, it is said, because they knew that to re turn to the election of a Mayor and commisisoners by party choice, would make the men who were elected responsible to a party or ganisation and in many instances would cause some of them to lose their jobs. At present under the "non-parti san" form of government, the com missioners and Mayor' of any city can act independently, being respon sible to no one but themselves, and as a result municipal affairs usually drag along just to suit the conven ience of the administration. In some instances throughout this State it is very evident that the official in charge of a certain department is looking more to the next election and to making votes to secure his re election, than he is bothering about the affairs of the branches of gov ernment under him. Voters Not Fooled Voters of Harrisburg have never been fooled by the "non-partisan" [Continued on Page 17.] GERMANS SLIP IT OVER ON U. S. rtv Associated Press. Cohlcnz. Thursday, July 10.—A plot involving wholesale thefts of food, automobile tires and other troop supplies for shipment to Germany has been uncovered by Army officers here, it was learned to-day when several Germans who are alleged to have had a hund in the pluns were ar rested. Three cars of American bucon and three cars of tires and tubes, which were billed through to un ecupiud Germany as empties, were returned to Coblenz to-u. / from the edge of the bridgelieud, the military police alleging that the goods had been stolen. Offi cers say that shipments under various pretexts have been going on for weeks, und possibly months, and they estimate the loss to the Ar • ut several mil lion marks. 1 THE WEATHER, llarrUhurg unit Vlrlultri Pulr rontlnuril cool to-night >|lh low mt Irniiirratarr about ma degrees. Saturday fair with ris ing trmprruturr. Eastern I'rnns, It unlg ■ Fair to night mid Saturday, rising tem perature In north and west por tions. Moderate northwest winds hrronilnii mrlublr. Hlvrn The Susquehanna rlter and all Its bruufhr* will remain neurly stationary. A slagr of ahoul S.II fort Is ladlealrd for ilurrlshurg Saturday morning, THE CHICKEN THAT ACQUIRES A WORM— UuA< * OOLISH THINCiS) ' CM'tKENS ARE' I JSfeJfe ——• w ASN'T ANYTHING ON THE MAN WHO GETS A COUPLE OF DOLLARS AHEAD. rs*i, %\ fWMAi rootiSM ,-ri LACK OF HOUSES KEEPS CITY FROM GROWING LARGER Population Increase Stagnated Because Families Fear to Move Here Thnt the population increase of Harrisburg virtually is marking time, pending the solving ot the housing problem, was forcibly dem onstrated at the offices of the Har risburg Chamber of Commerce this morning, in a statement issued from the recently established housing bureau. No less than thirty-five families have registered with the housing secretary of the Chamber of Com merce as desirous of securing ho nes in Harrisburg, so that they can move their families to this city, liailroad workers, State officials, advertising men, and representatives of numer ous other lines o fbusincss activities, are among those who have ex pressed a desire to move to this city, and are but awaiting the location of suituble homes. These thirty-five families have a totul of 136 members, a substantial increase for the city's population When it is considered that it repre sents but a month's inquiries about the city, it was pointed out. Many of them hold responsible positions with large concerns which have lo cal establishments here. Many other families who have not gotten into touch with the Chamber are said to be similarly situated. The persons cited as desiring to live here as soon as they can find homes hail from points us far from Harrisburg as Chattanooga, Tenn.; Portland, Me.; Cleveland, Ohio; Buf falo and New York City, 1-ansing, Mich.; Boston, Baltimore, Washing ton and numerous other places. One applicant to the bureau hulls ull the way from South America. The need for immediate avullable housing quarters wus demonstrated once again this morning, when the early hours brought numerous ap plicants to the Chamber offices in unswer to an announcement made to-day, that the Sullivan Hotel is being converted into seven modern apartments, to bo available within ten days. The bureau is taking cure of numerous applicants for rooms daily, and still hua hundreds of rooms listed for Immediate occu pancy. HIHM FOItD SYNDICATE Uy AaaocUiteit Preaa. New York, July 11.—A syndicate has been formed here. It wus an nounced to-day to undertako the financing of a 676,000,000 one-year credit for the Ford Motor Company of Detroit. The funds will be used to retire 90-day promissory notes. It Is understod the llnancing is for thu purchuso of minority slock. It)It I) BOOSTS W.KiKN Mount Clemen*, July 11, lt was learned on uuthortty here to day that Henry Ford has decided to Increase the minimum wage of Ford Motor Company employes to 67 u day. It Is believed the new minimum will be put in effect soon, probably hv Auuuxt I. or thereabouts GIRL WHO FOUND SI,OOO IN BILLS KEEPS UP GOOD WORK / s Miss Berkey Glad to Have Returned Money to Poor Man; Finds Gold Fountain Pen to Keep in Practice When- a reporter called to-day on Miss Meda Berkey in the offices of the Harrisburg Gas Company to learn how it feels to pick up SI,OOO in bills in Market street, he found Miss Berkey almost too busy to talk about money. Miss Berkey was then engrossed in the examination of a fountain pen fussily decorated with gold bands that she had just picked up in Market Square. The attorney who lost the pen heard that Miss Berkey Forty Congressmen Are Waiting to Be Heard in Prohibition Debate Washington, July 11. Forty members were waiting to be heard when the House resumed considera tion of the prohibition enforcement bill to-day under agreement limiting general debate to 12 hours. Representative Moore, Republi can, Pennsylvania, starting the day's discussion with a throe-minute speech, declared the government probably would be forced to issue bonds to inake up for the loss in rev enue through prohibition. I,FAUNS OF SISTER'S DEATH IN NEWSPAPER I,earning of the death of his sis ter, Mrs. Mattie Hayden in Chicago, through a news story published in the Harrisburg Telegraph, yesterday, Richard Jones, of Wormle.vsburg, was scheduled to leave this city to day for Chicago to claim the body. A letter was received from a Chicago woman yesterduy by Chief of Police Wet-sol, in- which she told that the woman liml died on July 8 and that the body was being held in the Cook County morgue. ONE DIES IN FIRE /ft/ AaaovlateU Preaa. Edgcwutcr, N. J„ July 11.—One flrentun was injured, a barge and a dock 260 feet long were destroy ed and the main* plunt of the Corn Products Company wus endangered by tire of undetermined origin here to-duy. A large quantity of gluten and corn stored on the pier, on which the (Ire started, was destroy ed. The plarA Is one of several of the Corn Products Company at which employes are on strike. HURT ABOUT HEAD John Wullower, 371 Maclav street. Is In Ihe Harrisburg Hospital with severe lacerations of the head, suf fered yesterday In the Pennsylvania Railroad yards. Wullower, a ear repairman, WBH working beneath one of the cars, as a helper when struck by some object which Is believed lo bate been knocked loose by other M/orlt rt 4e n i had found it and graciously turned it over to the young woman. "I don't mind saying it is a jolt to find SI,OOO lying loose on the pavement," Miss Berkey confessed with a smile. "But when I found that a poor man had worked and saved for three years to accumulate the money I was glad that I was able to return it to him. I under stand "the owner of the money leaves Steelton to-day for his native land. Miss Berkey received S2O reward for her honesty. Will Discharge All Non-English Speaking Employes at Big Plant Chicago, July 11. F. M. Sayre, superintendent of the Corn Products Helming Company plant at Argo 111., declared to-day that one of the results of the strike there in which three have been killed and a score seriously wounded, would be the elimination in the future of all non- Knglish speaking employes from the plant. This will mean the dropping of the names of about 700 men and women strikers from the rolls when the plant reopens. Company officials declare the striko was caused by foreign lan guage I. W. W. agitators and they desire to prevent a repetition of the trouble. The plant is still under guard of 200 urrned deputy sheriffs and spe cial policemen. OLD POST OFFICIO TO UK HKMOUKLKI) C. W. St ray I-r, contractor for the Miller Auto Company, took out a building permit to-day for remodel ing the brick building at the north west corner of Third and Locust streets, formerly used for the Har risburg post office. The cost of im provements tu be mjuuwill be 116,000. Other permits were issued us fol lows.' YVIIIIum K. Humor, one-story brick garage, rear 140 i'axton, 1200; Oscar King, one-story frame garage, reur 630 Wlconlsco, |SO, APPKAX ANMKHNMKVr Appeals of the Susquehanna Col lieries Company from the coal land assessments ilxed by the County Commissioners upon tho recommen dation of W. K. Hekol, mining engi neer, were received to-day, it Is un derstood the commissioners will de fer action on theso appeals until those of the I'hlludolphiu and Head ing Coal and iron Compuny are heard next Monday. No changes will be made It ie predicted and the cog I companies will have 60 days after final action of th Commissioners, to appeal to the county court. AVENGING GIRL FOUR ARE SHOT IN RACE RIOT White Men Waylaid When They Penetrate Colored Sec tion of Texas Town NEGRO BELIEVED DEAD Residents Burning Homes Is Report Reaching Governor; Many Bullets Fired YOUNG WOMAN DEFAMED Colored School Teacher Pub lished Derogatory State ments About Her By Associated Press. Loiigview, Texas, July 11.—Four white men were wounded early to day when- negroes tired upon a group of whites they had waylaid in the negro section, where the whites had gone in search of a negro school teacher, accused of causing the pub lication in- a negro newspaper of statements derogatory to a young woman of this county. Austin, Texas, July 11.—One negro was killed and several white men were wounded in a clash between whites and negroes at Longview, Texas, to-day, according to messages received by Governor W. P. Hobby. More tlian a hundred, snots were fired during the fight, the message to the go\ernor said, and it was re ported that white residents were burning the negro houses. • Burn Houses There were from twelve to fifteen white nier.- in the party and they! returned the fire so long as their I ammunition lasted, after which they! withdrew. It was estimated that from fifty to seventy-five negroes were in the attacking part. With re inforcements the whites returned to the scene, but the negroes had dis persed, leavirrg no indication of casualties among their number. The whites then burned five negro resi dences. Search for two negr/> ringleaders continued to-day hut otherwise >he city was quiet. State Militia to Mobilize at Mt. Gretna Tomorrow Everything is in readiness for tho big encampment of the Pennsyl vania Reserve Militia which opens I officially with reveille to-morrow | morning. The last organizations will arrive this afternoon and to-night and take their places. Sunday will see the review to Ad jutant General Frank D. Beary and also the muster and inspection of personnnel. General Beary said this morning that in past years.it had been the custom to inspect material jat camp also, but that beginning jwith last year the custom had been I inaugurated of material inspection j being held in- the armories some j time during the year. Major Wil , liam P. Clarke, of Philadelphia, re | contly completed tho inspection for | this year. j Last evening the stoim blew down ja number of the tents which the ad- I ranee party under Major John Cool- I haugh, of Allentowr,-. had erected. I The party were hard at work irn i mediately afterward, however, and the companies coming into raup will find the place ready for them. jCity Unable to Locate Home of Smallpox Patient City health officials were unable this niornirrg to locate the residence of Rusllr.- Tomlin, the negro who went to the Harrisburg Hospital for treat ment last night, and was found to bo suffering from smallpox. Tomlin ; rode to the hospltu! on a street-car ! with a friend, whose name the au i thorittes have also, hut the rcsider.-ee of neither one is known. Tomlin has given the heulth officials sever al street addresses but they are not correet, according to Dr. J. M. J. Raunick. After un Investigation it as found he had resided in- a Mon roe street house a week ago, but left. As soon as his last place of residence is found It will be quar antined temporarily. Tomlin told physicians at the hos pital that he remained at work nt Marsh Run until yesterday although he had been 111 for three days. Burglars Get sl9l and Two Watches From Visitor Entering the first floor upurlinent at 1017 North Front street, occupied by F, Peace, of the Harrtsburg t'ocu Cola Bottling WorkH, through un unlocked window, burglars early I to-day secured Jl9l in cash un-d two gold watches. The money und one of the wutches belongs to Mr. Peace's brother, J. \V. Peace, of Nor cross, Ua.. who Is visiting in Harris burg, while the other wutch Is the property of Mr. Peace himself. I The money and the watches wore luken from the clothing of tho two men, which hud hern left in their bedroom. The IrAruder hud gullied admission through the /window to u front room and removed the clothes to it from the bedroom, which ud joins. HTRIKK tKKkI'K MANY HIIII'M Philadelphia, July ll.—Thirty-four ; ships of the United Htntes Shipping ! Hoard's Meet and privately owned - vessels Hying the Amerk-un Hag now | at tills port loading or discharging j cargoes are affected by the strike I of union firemen, oilers, water tend ers and coal passers. The strike was culled Wednesday on the whole cuast. The strikers claim two shipping itrins have accepted the union's terms. j TRADE WITH GERMANY TO BE RESUMED SOON U. S. Will Start Dealing With Huns Immediately, Polk Announces SOM E EXCEPTIONS MADE j Dyes, Chemicals and Potash j Not on List; Under Con trol of Commission i STATE OF WAR STILL ON I Commercial Relations Docs! Not Abrogate Trading With i Enemy Act By Associated Press. Washington, July 11.—Trade be- | tween the United States and Ger- j many will be resumed immediately, j Acting Secretary Polk, of the State j Department, announced to-day. Mr. Polk said blanket licenses j would be issued, *ut that dyes, j chemicals and potash would be ex- j cepted. Control over trade in these j commodities will be exercised by the reparation commission under the terms of the Peace Treaty. A for mal announcement regarding re sumption of trade relations was promised within forty-eight hours. Secretary Polk made it clear that resumption of trade relations with Germany did not abroeate the trad ing with the enemy act nor was it to be taken as meaning that the state of war was at an end. Washington, July 11.—All ar rangements for removing restric tions on trading with Germany have been completed so far as the Amer ican government is concerned, Vance McCormick, chairman of the War Trade Board, said to-day. Action by the Supreme Economic Council in session to-day at Paris, in lifting the blockade alone is awaited, Mr. McCormick added. Mr. McCormick. who returned from Paris with President Wilson, said there would be virtually com plete freedom of trade, subject to the limit of credits which Germany | might be able to establish. Dyes und certain other commodities will be excepted, however, as under the terms of the Peace Treaty trade in these, to be controlled by the repa ration commission. President Calls Upon Heads of Departments By Associated Press. Washington, July 11. President Wilson- made an unexpected call on Acting Secretary Polk to-day at the State Department. The President carried with him a number of papers and it was understood that the Mexi can question was among the first he wished to consider. The President remained in earnest conversation with Mr. Polk for more than an hour. The under-irecretary of State is to go to Paris to suc ceed Secretary I-unsing on the Amer ican peace delegation and it was said that the President had acquaint ed him with the situation there. After leaving Mr. Polk's office, the President walked down the c.orildor to the office of Secretary Daniels, where he went into conference with the head of the Navy Department. Many employes In the State-War- Navy Building, who were out for lunch, applauded the President. Beauty Who Killed Self Worried Over Husband By Associated Press. Tioiidon. July 11. The Earl of March, chief witness at the coro ner's inquest into the death of Mrs. Arthur Eliot, who was found shot dead in a barricaded room in her home Wednesday, testified to-day that Mrs. Eliot had consulted htm 1 regarding the actions of her hus- I band. Captain Arthur Eliot, a drnm ' atist and grandson of the late Earl ,of St. Germans. Mrs. Eliot, better ! known as Mrs. Mabel Louise Ather ton, was the divorced wife of Col. Thomas Atherton. The Eurl of March testified that Mrs. Eliot told him her husband was making his home with his step daughter—the daughter of his for mer wife—and that he refused to return to their hoi..e. Lost Baby Is Found With $5 in Pocket Lost for a half hour this morning three-year-old Rita Daley, daughter of Michael A. Daley, 1829 North Third atreet. was 15 richer when re covered by her mother at the Hur risburg police station. The child had been taken to the police station after a city patrolman had found her wandering übout in Market street In the vicinity of Fourth atreet. The child was unable to tell her mother where she had se cured the money, MAY COMK TO U. S. fly Associated Press. t'o|S'iiliMgi'ii, July 11.—Muxtmtllun tl-.rden, editor of Die Zukunft, of lit In, will proliubly be appointed German amhussudoi at Washington at soon us diplomatic reluttons urc restored, says the Kremdenblutt, of Hamburg. HOME IN QIIET Home, Thursday, July 10.—Pre- j cautionary military measures still continue in force in this city, but order lies been virtually established everywhere. Mur.-y shops are t till closed, hut the people are resuming work after the recent disorder*. WARN OF FOOD AND MEAT DOMINATION BY FIVE PACKERS SWIFT SAYS NO TRUTHMN REPORT By Associated Press. C'hlcaßu, July 11. Louis F. Swift, president of Swift uud Co., to-duy declared the Intent report of the Federal Trade Com mission eontnined no new fuels, and wan an evident effort to In fluence at tills time proposed rad ical legislation. Mr. Swift said* "Thlii latent report of the Fed eral Trade Commission In merely an attack upon larife and success ful Business otku nl/.ntions and should l>e reNcnted by all Ameri cans who are proud of the Indus trlal progress of the Nation. It contains nothing new and IN an outgrowth of the former dlscrcd- Itcd Ifleney ex-parte hi vest i;n tlon. Thin report so far as I am In formed contain* absolutely no ev idence of collusion among the five largest packers, and I say for Swift and Company as I save suld many times, that we have no agreement of any kind with any other packer to affect the prices of live stock meats.** _ . Kills Son-in-Law Half Hour After Wedding By Associated Press. Blue field, W. V.. July 11.—Roy Wil lard, 20, is (led to-day, murdered, the police say, by his mother-in law, Mrs. W. J. Taylor, half an hour after his wedding late yesterday. Mrs. Taylor is in jail and refuses to talk of the crime. The bride's father, sister and a ■ number of friends, who attended the ceremony, witnessed the tragedy which occurred in the home of the Rev. J. B. Simpson, . the officiating minister. According to the police, the marriage certificate was sent to the bride's mother, who had objected to the match, a few minutes after the ceremony. Armed with a revolver, Mrs. Taylor is said to have appeared on the scene and opened fire. One i of six shots pierced Willard's heart. ♦ * " " < H • T AND - s | | * 4 J tion as 43 degrees and 40 minutes north latitude and 46 degrees west longitude, the speed of the traft at that ® * ting 45 knots. * i * STRIKE TYING UP SHIPPING , , ' * prevented from sailing and ( others due to leave to-inor- i ••v . ' r. ' * R-34 IS NEAR AZORES < \ J * t , J GRATEFUL TO UNITED STATES , / ■*• : , '-T P: • ■ ' thanks to the government and Congress of the United • States for the reception given in that country to Dr. , visit there. | DIRIGIBI 1 ' 100 MILES OUT a , f: h \ * v ' | i here Up to the-time of hct report it 12 10o'clock the K-J4 [ \ 1, ! ' e, " ; • 3,027 gallons still 'n her tanks. This was take nto indicate , that 'h du t;ih|. w i ' e !r.' h u i ..1 j * { I I MARRIAGE UCENSES • RRMh A. HMMIII Had Nary 4. Ttxik, llmllMl Jm lk(t( Ml t *lr> lliil, llHltw, Federal Trade Commission Declares Control Here and Abroal Certain Unless Action Is Taken; Threat ens Freedom of Markets WIELD BIG INTEREST IN 574 LARGE FIRMS History of Growth Inter* woven With Illegal Com bination and Rebates, Is Asserted; Swift and Co. Says No Truth in Report By Associated Press. Washington, July 11. An ap proaching packer domination of all important foods in the United States and an International control of meat products with foreign companies seems a certainty unless fundamen tal action is taken to prevent it, the Federal Trade Commission declared to-day in part one of its report to President Wilson on the "extent and growth of power of the five packers in meat and other indus tries." "A fair consideration of the course the five packers have followed and the position they have already reached," said the report, "must lead to the conclusion that they threaten the freedom of the mar ket of the country's food industries and of the byproduct industries linked therewith. The meat packer control of other foods will not re quire long in developing." Declaring "the history of the packers' growth is interwoven with illegal combinations, rebates and with undisclosed control of corpora tions," the report urged the import [Continued on Pago 7.]
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