Sen^eWMsM^a^^^r^^atior^^eac^^ea^m^roposedDra^^fLeagMofNat^^ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH (Uje Stac-Inbcpcn&enl. • LXXXYIII— NO. 163 16 PAGES Da,l LSSr' p .\ WL'&SVtir?"' HARRISBURG. PA. TUESDAY EVENING, JULY IS, 1919. W H£SSSS tFSBSSSv'Sr* ' Binqi3D c WS£b HOME EDITION CITY SQUIRMS IN GRIP OF , HIGH PRICES FOR FOOD IN HOPE COST MAY LESSEN Offer Is Made of Money to Help Fight CASE IN WHICH BLAME IS FIXED Boost in Price of Bread Is Chief Home Topic Harrisburg continued to twist and squirm in the grip of high food prices to-day with little prospect of relief. Housewives who went forth to buy provender in the hope that the cost of living had lessened and that henceforth they might apply some of their funds in other necessary directions returned to their homes disappointed. The prices hud not decreased, nor was there prospect that they might within the next few days. Through-, out the city the boost in the cost of bread' was the chief topic of discus sion at the family board. It was said that some of the baking concerns that had announced the raise had felt the result of the increase in a loss of business. Will Loan Money to City Out at 30 Evergreen street the food prices got under the hide of W. E. Wisehart, a practical citizen who said he had 51,900 ill cash and Liberty bonds that he would gladly loan the city without cost to the municipality in order to help "down the food barons." Mr. Wisehart said he was certain there were many other people in the city who would be glad to advance money toward a fund that would bring relief to the poor people. Mr. Wisehart said: "I went to a meat market on Saturday and bought a box of berries for 20 cents. 1 went back for another box and found the meat dealer had sold out at 20 cents. I went to the Hill market and paid a farmer who raised the berries 30 cents for a box of the identical kind of berries I had bought for 20 cents." Blames Gouge on Farmer This experience of the Evergreen street man clearly put the increase up to the farmer. Patrons of the Broad street market recall that people who go early to the market and ask prices often are told that the prices for the day ha*, e not been determined ttupon. "If we can get relief only for a short time." said Mr. Wisehart, "It will be worth while to assist the [Continued on Page 15.] BREWERS LOSE FIRST ROUND OF NEAR BEER FIGHT Court Overrules Demurrers of Liquor Interests to Charges of Prohibition Violations fly Associated Pyrss. Pittsburgh, p a ., July 15. —The government won Its first point to day in its tight against the sale ot beer containing two and three fourtlis per cent, alcohol when Judge W. H. S. Thompson, In United States District Qourt, overruled de murrers of officers and directors of * the Pittsburgh and Independent Brewing Companies to charges of violation of the war-time prohibition law. Each of the defendants, nine teen in all, was held in $l,OOO ball for the November term of court. Judge Thompson's decision fol lowed arguments by counsel repre senting the eleven officials of the Pittsburgh Brewing Company in support of their demurrers to charges in a test suit brought by United States Attorney R. L. Craw ford. charging violation of the dry act by sale of beer containing morn h than one half of one per cent, of i alcohol to a local saloon keeper. Judge Thompson said his ruling spoiled also to demurrers tiled this morning by eight directors of the Independent Brewing Company to r similar suit started on Saturday. Counsel for the brewers, In tiling demurrers, had asked that the suits be dismissed because, it whb charged the government's suits were based upon tinsufflcient law as no where In the informations was It said the beer alleged to have been sold was Intoxicating. Attorneys for the government maintained, how ever, that the sule of beer contain ing more than one-half of one per cent, alcohol constituted a violation of the war-time prohibition law. THE WEATHER Harriabgrg and Vlelnltyi Thiin dersbnwers this afternoon er to night. Wednesday fnlr, Not murh ehsnae In temperature, lowest to-night about U de •' grera DIRIGIBLES TO BE OCEAN CARRIERS By Associated Press. New York, July 15.—A Zeppe lin freight and passenger trans- Atlantic service, to start "about October 18," between New York and Hamburg, with Boston, Chi cago, Berlin and Dusseldorf as ports of call, is announced in ad vertisements in German language newspapers and one American paper published here. Hans Khars, an importer, who inserted the advertisements, said that he had been designated by an American banker to act as agent for an overseas dirigible freight and passenger servce to be financed by American, British and German capital. Bookings for freight shipments and passengers would he received after September 18. Mr. Khars said, adding that a tentative plan of $9l per ton had been set as the trans-Atlantic freight rate, about $3O more than the per-ton rate by water. He said he had no idea as yet as to In w many passengers could be carried. CITY TO SELL ARMY FOODS AT 1 REDUCED COSTS Muyor Is Determined to Cut Prices; Colonel Schell Heads Distribution Committee Harrisburg's Mayor, Daniel L. Kiester, to-day started a movement to cut the high cost of living when he named Lieutenant Colonel Ed ward H. Schell chairman of the com mittee to take up plans for buying the surplus stock of foodstuffs at the United States Reserve Depot at New Cumberland. Colonel Schell will have the privilege of naming his own committee. It is understood there are enough volunteers to guar antee financing the proposition. Mayor Kiester said: "I am not going to stop here, there is no reason for the high prices asked for foodstuffs. I in tend to get to the bottom and fipd out just where the profiteering starts. I know one thing. High prices in the markets are due most ly to forestalling and I am going to make every effort to stop that prac tice. Forestallers have been a menace for a long time. It has al ways been a hobby with me to get after those dealers who buy early in market and put up the price, forcing the farmers to raise their prices. Our markets should and will be regulated if I am able to carry out my plans. 1 shall let the people know just what I am doing to help [Continued on Page 5.] OH! OH!! MILADY!!! Rrhlgc|iort, Conn., July 15.—A general strike of the corset work ers of the United States was de cided on at a meeting of the ex ecutive committee of the Interna tional Corset Workers' Union this morning, and Miss Fannie Cohen, vice-president of the Internation al Garment Workers' Union, left immediately for New York to ob tain the authorization of that body for the strike. Ira Ornburn, secretary of the Connecticut' State Federation of Labor, announced this morning that the corset workers and af filiated organizations will expend $250,000 to win the. strike. There are 10,000 corset workers In Connecticut. A strike would affect the interests of over 20,000 persons it is said. The workers demand a 44-hour week, a closed shop, fifty per cent, increase in pay, and no charge for materials used in the work. The workers met at 11 o'clock this morning and were addressed by Miss Nellie Chase, president of the local union of Corset Workers. CHILDREN IN POOR DISTRICTS TO BE HELPED Allied Civic Bodies Afireo to Htiise Money For Better Health Conditions Such distressing conditions have been unearthed among the children of the poorer districts of Harrisburg as the result of u survey under the direction of the Allied Civic Bodies of Harrisburg and representatives of the State Health Department that it ha* been derided to rulse money with which to establish two health centers and to follow up cases that have tieen brought to the attention of the authoritleM where expert su pervision is necessary. The fund to be raised will lie used also to help fight the fly nuisance and for the furtherance of Colonel Martin's program to make Hurris iCouUtiucd an I'age 2,] State Bureau May Inquire Into Boost SITUATION IS WATCHED HERE Officials Are Ready to Give Their Assistance Food prices and conditions in Harrisburg may be among the first to be studied by the State Bureau of Markets when it is reorganized by Secretary of Agriculture Fred Kasmussen about the first of Au gust, the situation in the State capital, where provision prices have been sky rocketing with little renson, having been under observation by State offi cials to inquire into cost of production, handling and final placing before the consumer and as hundreds of people connected with the State government are among the sufferers together with the residents of the Harrisburg district there will be a sympathetic touch to the inquiry. State Officials Take Notice The upward trend of produce prices in Harrisburg, which is In the midst of a large truck farming section, h - been attracting attention not only of State officials, but "of farmers th ,n>- selves, many of whom have been c m plaining that they are not getting any thing like what is being charged to the consumers. In the event that conditions here be come much worse Stute officials will stand ready to co-operate with the Bu reau of Merchants or any special com mittee of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce or a committee named by the Mayor to probe the cause of the price gouging in Harrisburg. Frofessor J. G. Sanders, director of the bureau of plant industry in the State Department of Agriculture .will leave to-morrow for Europe to make an intensive study of the potato blight and methods being used to check it for the Federal and State governments. The expense will he borne by the Federal board in charge of horticultural inves tigations. Professor Sanders has been working with Federal officials in the campaign against the blight In the lower anthracite field, where inspec tions were made recently by British scientists, and he will visit England. Scotland and Ireland potato growing districts and possibly go to the con tinent. The blight has caused loss of thousands of dollars worth of potatoes in Pennsylvania and experiments are now being made with a potato that will be immune. He will take with him results of, the work in Luzerne, Schuyl kill and other counties. USES RENTED ROOM AS BASE OF OPERATIONS Clever Swindler Moves in and Within Few Hours Moves Out; Clothing Missed I.ess than two hours after be had rented a room from Mrs. J. Reed, 609 North Front street, a clever swindler left the residence with i four suits of clothes belonging to I another roomer, while his landlady j was answering a call at tae door, I The police have been notified. | The man is reported to have gone |to the Reed's residence, represented ' himself as an employe of the Cum- I berlund Valley Telephone Company, i and to have made u deposit on u i room, according to the Information furnished by Mrs. Reed to Detective Hyde Speece, of the city police force. He was shown to the room and there started to unpack two suit cases and a handbag which ho car ried with htm. Uitcr the landlady was culled to the door and Within a short time the niuii came down stairs with his suitcases and hand bag, und said that be was going for the remainder of his clothing. Mrs. Reed became suspicious when he failed to return within u reason able time and her examination showed the four suits to tie missing All were the property of A It' Hitchcock, employed by the State Workmen's Insurunce Fund. All of the clothing is too Urge for the thief, who is described as helm? of medium build. Police officials to-day held out a warning to all proprietors of board ing hodses to be on their guard in renting their rooms. A lurge num ber of them have been called by tele phone from police headquarters. JUDGE MITCHELL FILER ills PETITION As CANDIDATE Judge H. Walton Mitchell, of the Allegheny county orphans court re cently appointed, to-day filed his pe. tltlon to be a candidate Judge Mitchell called upon the Governor while here. Nominating petitions were alao filed by T. ('. Joneg county court, Allegheny; Lawrence Fulls. Lewletown, associate lodge, Mifflin, and Jamea K. Freed, I'eiin's Creek, associate Judge, binder. John Barleycorn's Body Lies a Mouldering in the Grave, But His Soul Goes Marching On PAYDAY ON HILL BUT NO CHECKS DRAWN $44,500,000 Appropriation Bill Not Signed, So Employes Wait; Governor Considers Cuts This was payday on Capitol Hill, hut there were no cheeks passed | around the departments and bureaus i owing to the fact that the Governor j had not been able to complete his consideration of the general appro- | bill carrying the record- breaking i figure of $44.500,000. It Is expected that the Governor will finish work to-morrow or next day when the flood of checks which make up the State payroll will ho turned loose. Kverythlng Is In read iness for the payment of thousands , of dollars as soon as the bill is signed ! and certified. The Governor began sending for heads of departments of the State government as soon as ho reached ARREST ITALIAN AS HE PLACES BOMB AT HOUSE Police Find Two Cylindrical Machines Similar lo Those Used in June Outrages Hy Associated rrrss. I'arrdl, Pa., July 15.—Carrying two cylindrical bomba, which the police say are similar to thoan used by terrorists In their outrages In eight cities lust June, an Itultun who gave his nunm as Ralph Itiiotolo, 33, of Youngslown, 0,, was arrested here this morning In the act of placing one of the tnfcrnul ma chines In tho rear of the home of Joseph Cunteloup, a wealthy fruit merchant. He was placed In Jail and Federal authorities notlAed. ' Watch Ills Downfall Ruotolo's arrest tollnved his re quest of u pedestrian for a mtlcn. The man noticed the Its.lan ■ arriud two suspicious looking packages un der his arm and notlAed the police Chief of Police McCartney anil two offleera found Huotolo In lbs rear of the C'anteloup home In Ihe art, they say, of placing one of the hoiuba under the structure, Th" Italian was captured after a struggle with the officers. The bombs wele taken to to the police station, where tt was said, s ii esph'slvs expert has Imi summoned to esamlne litem. KKNATtIItH HKRK T4MI.W Henators W. K. Urow, Fayette, Ft. J. Baldwin, Delaware, and W H Nuson, Kile, were among Capitol visitors to-day. Harrlsburg last evening and expla nations and elucidations are the or der of the day. The Governor was In touch with every chief and asked not only what was the least possible he could get along on, but where cuts could he made without impairing efficiency. The Governor, In the language of one chief, "seemed to be making a study of the whole scheme of Stuto government." The bill, which is the greatest In size and In sum carried of any ever passed by a Legislature, has been studied by people in the Governor's office and the results of their work are being supplemented by the Gov ernor's own personal Inquiries. CITY'S CAVALRY TROOP MEETS TO REORGANIZE UNIT Committors Ntunod to Boost Membership mid Inquire For Armory For Body Dctlnltn steps toward Ihe reor ganization of the Governor's Troop were taken at a meeting held at the Pennsylvania Railroad Men's V. M. C\ A. lust night. There wore Afty tlve former members of the troop present. Lieutenant t'hurlrg A. Kline presided. The meeting prtmurtly wus held lo discuss the most effective method of bringing Ihe troop hack to Its position us a distinctive unit. To this end a paper was signed signify ing the Intention of Ihoae present to effect reorganization provided con ditions prove Natlsfitclory. Fred G. Lyter was chosen secretm-v and Hoherl I'owen treasurer, II wus de termined to uppo nl committees on memheishlp and the securing of an armory, and tho following persons were named: •>n Membership Hoherl I'owen, chairman; Wilson Kirkputilrk, llenry t'ocklln, Lloyd Pike, John Hhitde, Ntanlev Mhilpp, On Armory Bussell Challenger, chairman; Bolieit i'owen, Guy X.eigler. llenry f'neklln and Wilson Klrkpatrlck The seutUneul of the men asssm tded clearlv was In favor of reor van'sutlnn ami further steps toward that end will he taken ul a meeting to be held nl the Hope tire houae en July 3, The meiutiois preaenl Included former members Of the Governor's Troop of Cavalry which left tiers In tteptemher, 16IT, fur Camp Han cock, Utt. , COUNCIL AWARDS PAVINCi BIDS AT TODAY'S SESSION Kightcon Sections of Streets Are to Me Improved at Once; Central Company Gets Job At one of the longest sessions In months City Commissioners dis posed of much Important huslnesx at the Council meeting to-day, act ing Anally on soma questions which have been pending for weeks. Upon the recommendation of Commissioner W. 11. Lynch con tracts for pacing elghleent sections of city streets with sheet asphalt and placing granite curbing were awarded the Central Construction Corporation at bids ranging from $3.32 to $3,311 a square ymd for pav ing and sl.t!o to $1.63 a foot for curbing. Commissioner Lynch said the bids were lower than soma received In cither cities. Because the bids were [Continued on Pago IS.] Seven Hurt When One Car Hurls Another Into Fence Near Hummelstown Seven persons were more or lees seriously Injured Inst evening when an automobile in which they were riding was struck In the rear by an other high-powered car, proceeding at a high rate of speed and hurled through a fence at Beaver school house, on Ihe road between Hum melstown and this city. George I nine, of Caiuphellstown, owner of the car In which Ihe In jured persons were riding, was drlv. lug It at the time. The other car Is owned and operated by an Kllza bethtown resident. Holier! Sleek, of Hockersvllle, Is reported to have been severely In jured about the head and to-day Is reported In a serious condition. Peter Painter, of Cumpbellstown, Is suffering with a badly fractured right arm and Injured hip. The other Ave persons who were riding In the car at the time of the uccldent are badlv bruised, scratch ed or cut. The other car proceeded on Its wuy without stopping No persons In II ure believed to have been hurt. Early Morning Fire at 1414 North Third Causes Slight Damage When a Areplace at 1414 North Third sliest caught lire this morn ing damage lo Ills extent of up proximatelv SM) resulted The Are or, in icd ahold Ills O'clock Ibis morning and lbs ularm was turned In from box 31 al the corner of Third urid Belly streets. Walter Hellers lives In the property, which Is owned by Walter Kyis, Green street SECRET PLEDGES OF JAPANESE ARE SEVERELY SCORED Senator Norris Produces Dip lomatic Correspondence on Shantung BLACK SPOT IN TREATY Ratification Means Pledge to Give American Lives and Blood if Necessary PLOTTED RUIN OF CHINA Urged Her to Come in War as Ally and at Same Time Planned to Destroy Her By Associated Press. Washington, July Is.— A charge that Japun secretly secured pledges from Great Britain, France, Italy and Russia early in 1917 that in the peace settlement, Shantung peninsu la should, for certain considerations, he turned over to the Tokio govern ment, was made in the Senate to-day hy Senator Norris, Republican, of Ne braska, who produced what ho de clared to be copies of diplomatic cor respondence embodying the promises of Great Britain and France. Those pledges, the Nebraska Senator de clared, fully explafned the pressure which resulted in Shantung's trans fer to Japan under the Versailles Treaty, whose ratification by the Senate, would write "the blackest page In the nation's history." British to Get Islands Great Britain's Influence In the matter, he charged, was secured by Japan's support of British claims to Pacific Islands south of the Equator, while France's aid was purchased by a promise of the Tokio government to help draw China Into the war t.o that German ships In Chinese har bors would be available for carrying troops and provisions to France. "On the 27th day of March, 1916," said Senator Norris, "the Japanese minister of foreign affairs at Tokio, approached the British ambassador located at that place, with a view of bringing about an agreement witli [Continued on Page B.] '! TGHTNING STRIKES CROWDED CAR; |J ' I ' * J !! I • . [| f • * * 11 I, ICAL STORM THIS AFTEI ]| ' 1 HOFFMAN,- 50, MOTORMAN, WAS I <► 4 i BURNED WHEN THE LIGHTNING. WHICH J J JJ * * * | AND EX I • WOM ** J! DREN WERE TRAMPLED IN A >ANI( HTCH < -* * \ 4 c , 4 . 'T.■ .->{ Fi ■ • , eta 4 L tncc Several wcek> ago, to-night received a vote oi con- • f ' **• J 257 to 111. J X 1 W,: t'.U '• X H x T 6 • | £ clei - n, in in addreta yeaterday that h J* T t --re f f to last thetn twenty yean., had not tnnagret f ita i X the House. ► X NO LETUP IN PROHIBITION FIGHT !* f X I* • ■ -With indication! there wc l* - r., t > " l '<* vrrt , * M| | I r. khad • l