FIRST PLEAS OF GUILTY MADE IN LYNCHBURG CASE County Court in Alabama Convicts Two Men in Murder Boyminet to, Ala., July 19.—For the first time in the history of Ala bama- convictions and pleas of guilty were entered in a lynching case in which a white man was the victim of a mob yesterday when in the Baldwin county court two men were convicted of complicity in the murder and given penitentiary sen tences while twenty-eight other members of the same band entered pleas of guilty. Ten of those plead ing guilty were given fines or sen tenced to hard labor while the cases of the other eighteen will be taken up when court reconvenes Monday. The case was that of Frank Fou kal, who was shot to death in his cell in Jail, where he was being held on a charge of murder. BRITISH ttLEBRATE REIGN OF PEACE [Continued from First Page.] naval contingent of 4,000 men. Then came 1.000 men from the mercantile marine and 500 women from various war services. Makes Merry Next came Field Marshal Haig and his staff, leading five thousand Brit ish troops of every branch of the serv ice. Major General Salmond led the royal air force contingent. All the dominions had forces in line. It had been feared that Canada would not be represented because so few Ca nadian troops were left in London. At the last moment, however, a de tachment was collected and it took part. After the parade, London, which en- Joyed a special business holiday, gave Itself up to merry making. The au thorities provided four huge areas for dancing on Hyde Green and Regents Park, old-time country dances being features of the program. Elsewhere in the city military bands gave concerts and pageants and scenes from Shakespeare were given by the atrical clubs. A choir of 5,000 singers under the auspices of the League of Arts gave a feature entertainment, the singers being clad in picturesque victory coetumes. Thanksgiving Services As a preliminary to the celebration. Thanksgiving services were held in Westminster Abbey. St. Paul's cathe dral and other churches on Wednesday. Copies of a special order of services were distributed to the schools of the city for use and at a Joint meeting of London schools, 20,000 children took part in the exercises. Not only in London to-day was peace celebrated but throughout the vast do minions of the British empire. In every English city, town and ham let a peace carnival was held. Religious services, processions and sports com prised the programs. In some places, particularly seaside resorts battles cf flowers featured the day. Flares to Flame Everywhere returned heroes were honored, whether in khaki or mufti. Those who did not return from the battlefields however, were not forgotten. Prayers were offered In tribute to the fallen, and many a shrine dedicated to the memory of a dead hero bore its floral tribute. To-ntght there will blaze from hill and mountain tops the flare of fires kindled in honor of the return of peace. The navy will give a big display off the mouth of the Thames. PLEASEDWITH THE REPUBLICANS [Continued from First Page.] to-day of the prohibition enforce ment bill. One part of the bill al ready has been perfected. Dry leaders announced they would in sist upon a night session in the hope of letting the country know, through the Sunday papers, that the meas ure, with its drastic provisions, had been passed and was ready for the Senate. Daylight Repeal Fails By a vote of 203 to 177, the House late yesterday refused to submit the new agricultural bill to President Wilson with a daylight saving repeal rider attached. To do so would be merely to in vite another veto of the measure, the members decided, and many of the most ardent opponents of the extra hour of daylight fell into line behind Representative J. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia, and sup ported his amendment which struck the daylight rider from the bill. There was much jockeying and changing of positions in the House when the daylight rider on the new bill came up for debate. Strictly party lines obtained when the ques tion of a special rule to consider the rider in order came up, but later there was a scattering of the forces as the Democrats took sides with President Wilson, regardless of their feeling upon the daylight question, and declared themselves favorable to a separate bill to bring about the repeal of the law. Representative Moore, in explain ing his vote for rule said he be lieved there should be a decisive an swer on the daylight question and a debate on the matter on the floor insured the square deal for both the farmer and the city man. "Kickless" Beer Brewing Allowed, Despite Court's Ruling Against It Pittsburgh. July 19. Manufac ture and sale of beer containing less than one-half of one per cent, of alcohol will be permitted by the brewing companies of Pittsburgh, it was announced yesterday by United States District Attorney R. L. Craw ford, following receipt of informa tion from the Department of Jus tice on its stand on the question of manufacturing beer containing any percentage of alcohol. The official information not only contradicts Attorney Crawford's view on the matter of beer contain ing less than one-half of one per cent, of alcohol, but also does not concur with Federal Judge W. H. S. Thompson which was const-ued generally to interpret the act of No vember 21, 1918, as including all beer. Attorney Crawford previous ly placed a Similar construction up on the act that it was unlawful to make and sell beer of any alcoholic content whatsoever. For the first time since July 4, sa loon proprietors to-day, following the district attorney's announce ment, disposed of their beer stock containing the required alcoholic percentage without fear of Fed eral interruption and subsequent prosecution. SATURDAY EVENING, * FINAL CLAUSES IN AUSTRIAN TREATY READY BY MONDAY Ten Days Will Be Allowed Delegates For Consideration of Terms; the Council Will Require Ten Days More to Reply; Treaty Cannot Be Signed Before Aug. 10 By Associated Press*. Paris, July 19. The missing clauses of the Austrian peace treaty will almost certainly bo handed to the Austrian delegation on Monday. Ten days will be allowed the dele gates for consideration of the terms and for any representations the Austrians may desire to make. The Council will probably require ten days more in which to reply. Con sequently, the treaty can scarcely be signed before August 10. In a vote in the Chamber of Dep uties last evening, following inter pellations on the high cost of liv ing, the government was in the minority by fourteen votes. The Issue arose over the order of the day. The government ac cepted that of Deputy Renard, which implied confidence in the Final Games in City Playground Leagues Near; Standing Made Public Final games in the playground leagues of the city are to be played next week. J. K. Staples, supervisor, announced to-day. In the boys playground ball league the Boas team is leading with five wins and no defeats. Maclay is the second team with three victories and two lost games. In the girls - longball leagues Emerald is leading Section A and Paxtang is on the top in Section B. The championship game between the two sections is scheduled for next Thursday after the winners have been determined. The standing of the teams in the league follows: Boys' Playground Ball \V. L. Pet. Boas 5 0 1.000 Maclay 2 1 -667 Sycamore 3 2 .600 Reily 2 2 .500 Reservoir 1 2 .333 Emerald 1 3 .250 Twelfth 0 4 .000 Girls' Longball, Section A Emerald ."... 4 0 1.000 Boas 3 1 .750 Hamilton 2 2 .500 Maclay 1 3 .250 Penn 1 3 .250 Reily 1 3 .250 Section B Paxtang 2 0 1.000 Twelfth 3 1 .73(0 Harris 2 1 .607 Reservoir 0 2 .000 Sycamore 0 3 .000 ST. SWITHIN MAKING GOOD AS PROPHET [Continued from First Page.] of the Harrisburg "Weather Bureau, and of the Washington bureau. Continued showers to-night and Sunday, Mr. Demain says, will be Harrisburg and vicinity's portion. The Washington forecast is less cheerful for many and gives greater strength to the old legend of St. Swithin and his forty days of rain. It promises that the North. Middle and South Atlantic States, together with ohers, shall have considerable cloudiness and ocasional rains next week. It adds, as if to appease the people to some extent, the tempera ture will be normal. St. Swithin Makes Good St. Swithin has thus far made good to a large extent in Harris burg. Already, weather bureau re ports show, that the excess of rain fall in this month has been 2.31 inches, most of which has been ac cumulated since July 15, St. Swithin's Day. The July record is almost double the excess accumu lated in the other six months of the year, the total excess thus far in 1919 being only 3.70 inches. The St. Swithin legend talk is "getting the goat" of weather bu reau men. "Nothing to It: All Bunk" "Nothing to it; it's all bunk," many of them say. "The St. Swithin business." one | of them said, "is nothing but an old I saying. Is there any reason why an old legend should affect the weath er? There is just a smueh reason as a saying of mine or yours should affect it." "In 1882," this forecaster went on, "it rained on St. Swithin's day and it was practically dry the rest of the month. Only thirteen-hun dreths of an inch of rain fell— enough to wet the top of the soil." There has been enough talk about forty consecutive days to get one weather man to scientifically refute the legend. Tracing the weather records for forty years, he showed that in every instance in which it rained on St. Swithin's day, the legend failed to hold true. 240,000 INFECTED WITH BOLSHEVISM [Continued From First Page.] be punished, as it would be impos sible to obtain the punishment of military, naval and civil officials in Germany who are charged with atrocities if the former emperor is exempted. The council's appointment of Gen eral E. H. H. Allenby of the British army to the duty of adjusting differ ences between the Greek and Italian forces in Asia Minor is regarded as the best means of disposing of fric tion there, because it is believed the Turks will be impressed by the united action of the Allies. It is hoped the Greeks and Italians will withdraw behind lines which Gen eral Allenby will outline. The problem of the force of occu pation in the Rhineland province, arising from the withdrawal of a majority of the British and Ameri can troops was also considered to day. The question of principles in volved has been settled and all that remains to be decided upon is the exact number of effectives and the proportion of the force of occupa tion to be provided by each of the Allies. APPROVES 2 CENTS TRANSFER New York, July 19.—Mayor Hy lan announced to-day that he had instructed the corporation counsel of the city to start proceedings in the State courts to nullify the order of Public Service Commiasioner Nix on granting the New York Rail ways Company and the surface lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com pany the right to charge two cents for transfers. The case will be carried to the United States Supreme Court if necessary, he said. government, but the Chamber adopted by a vote of 227 to 213 a resolution presented by M. Augag neur, former minister of marine, which the government had rejected. The order of the day of M. Augag neur adopted by the Chamber was on the high cost of living. It blam ed the economic policy of the gov ernment for the situation. After the vote announcement was made In the lobby of the Cham ber of Deputies by M. Boret, food minister, that he would resign his portfolio but that he was the only member of the cabinet affected by the vote. Premier Clemenceau, however, will decide what will be the attitude of the government. The general policy of the govern ment did not come up during the debate. Wealthiest Man in National Service Who Gave Life For U. S., Worth $4,500,00 Brewster, N. Y., July 19. E. G. Stannard of Brewster, Transfer Tax Appraiser in Pulman County, it was announced yesterday, has completed his appraisal of the estate of the late Major Clarence Fahnestock, U. S. A., soldier, hunter, and clubman, which he assessed at $4,500,000. The estate yields the State of New York an inheritance tax, after all deductions are made for funeral, testamentary expenses, etc., of $242,- 575. Mr. Stannard's report was filed in Surrogate J. B. Southard's court at Carmel. The amount assessed by Mr. Stannard varies but little from the estimate of the size of the for tune made in an affidavit filed by the executors two months ago, which showed Major Fahnestock ahd about $3,480,000 of his own and also held power of appointment over another $1,000,000, which was tantamount to a life interest. Major Fahnestock is said to have been the wealthiest man in the United States service who gave his life for his country during the. war with Germany. He con tracted pneumonia and died at the front in France. His will left his 6.000-acre place in Putman Valley to his brother. Dr. Ernest Fahne stock. and his jewels to his sister, Mrs. Helen Campbell and her chil dren. The residue was divided equal ly among his brothers, Ernest and William Fahnestock: his sister, Mrs. Campbell, and a fourth went to the children of his deceased brother, Gibson Fahnestock. Among the assets of his estate was $1,500,000 of the stock of the First National Bank of New York, of which his father, the late Harris Fahnestock, who left nearly $17,- 000,000, was for years president. He also held about $300,000 each in New York Central, Central Railroad of New Jersey, and Delaware, Lack awanna & Western Railroad; $150,- 000 of Pennsylvania Railroad, and 2.600 shares of Southern Railway preferred. The value of the country home was fixed at $150,000. The assets were canvassed by Appraiser Stannard and his counsel. James E, Toner, Jr., after the affidavit was filed bv William and Ernest Fahne stock and Adrian Larkin, the exe cutors. Want to Change Second Ward Election Districts; Petition Is Circulating A petition for the appointment of a board of viewers to change the election, districts of the Second ward is being circulating in the First and Second precincts. • At present the polling place for the First precinct is located at the office of Alderman S. Brady Caveny in South Second street. The Second district polling place is the Paxton Fire Company house "about a block south of the alderman's office. In the Second precinct there is a tri angular plot bounded by Vine and Paxton streets and the Philadelphia and Reading Railway bridge in which there are 43 voters. This should be included in the First pre cinct according to the desire of some of the voters and the Second precinct should only include the ter ritoy on the east side of the Penn sylvania Railroad to Cameron street. In case the viewers recommend the change it is likely that a polling place for the Second precinct will be established on the east side of the railroad, probably near Cameron and Berryhtll streets, so that the voters need not cross the railroad as at present. The First precinct polling place then can be retained at the alderman's office or moved to the fire company house, it was said. So far 87 of 106 voters in the Second precinct, and 62 of 96 in the First, have signed the petition. It is understood more names will be secured late to-day and to-night. The petition may be presented to the court on Monday. Railroads Anxiously Awaiting Decisions Corporate railroad managers whose properties are being operated by the Railroad Administration are waiting impatiently for two import ant decisions which probably will be made within the next month. They are the settlement of the time-and one-half feature of the old Adam son law conttroversy which Presi dent Wilson left to be settled when he announced his approval of the eight-hour day for the brotherhoods in 1916, and the other is the ex tremely important question of an immediate increase in freight rates. In some quarters it is held that nothing less than a 25 per cent, in crease in rates will serve to restore railway credit to its position in 1916. Penna. Men Get Service Crosses By Associated Press. Washington, July 19. Distin guished service crosses have been awarded to twenty-four officers and men of the American Army by Gen eral Pershing, according to cable messages received by the War De partment. The list includes Ser- I geants Perry R. Shuey, 120 North Seventh street. Lebanon, Pa., and William T. Lesh, 432 Cherry street, ' Scranton, Pa., and Corporal Orie H. LaCroix, 6 Park Circle, Miiford Conn. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH PACIFIC FLEET IS ON HISTORY MAKING VOYAGE Armada Will Test For First Time Strategic Value of the Panama Canal By Associated Press. | Old Point Comfort, Vs., July 19. — > The vanguard of tho Pacific fleet I sailed from its anchorage here at j 8:30 o'clock this morning bound for | the western coast via the Panama i Canal. No unusual ceremonies i marked the departuro of the six I superdreadnaughts and 30 dostroy i ers and tenders which are leading j tho way for the naval craft now I assigned to Pacific waters. Marks an Epoch The beginning of the voyage marks an epoch in American naval history. For the first time the fleet has been divided with exactly half of its power assigned to guard the western seaboard. For the first time also the strategic value of the canal is to be fully tested when Admiral Hugh Rodman moves his armada through to Pacific waters. And for the first time Americans of the Far West are to see with their own eyes the full pomp and power of the Navy that has been their pride for years. Daybreak brought a colorful sun rise poking long crimson fingers of light past the capes to wake the ships for the eventful .hour. Ashore little groups of wet-eyed women, sailors' wives or sweet hearts, crowded the dockhead and verandas to wave Godspeed. At eight o'clock the bugles called softly from the fleet. The hurrying white figures on each wide deck were suddenly still. It was "colors" and as the strains of the distant bands rose and fell on the breeze, afloat and ashore ,men in the white of the Navy or in Army khaki stood rigidly at attention facing the bright flags flung from every staff in the gray fleet. Destroyer Leads Off Promptly at 8:30 a destroyer stole slowly out from its place in line behind the battleships. A double I string of signal flags on the New ! Mexico, where Admiral Rodman's four starred emblem flapped lazily above the hooded top of the tall cage mast, showing that the order bad been given to begin the voyage. The destroyer swung toward the sea tripping'smoothly down the channel. Another followed and then another, spaced at perfect intervals. They formed a lane toward the sea, drawn up in two columns. First to leave her anchorage, the flagship New Mexico circled slowly and swung into the water lane be tween the destroyers. On her heels came the Mississippi, looking like a sister ship with long overhanging prow. In order, the Wyoming, Arkansas, New York and Texas steamed down the moving lane, the tenders closed in behind and the whole fleet moved off across the bay to the open. Onee at sea the destroyers will form a triangle about battleship divisions which will steam in double columns inside this protection at a 12-knot gait. At sea, also, some where along the line the great dread naughts Idaho and Arizona will join the scout cruiser Birmingham, flag ship of the active Pacific destroyer force. Change in Policy The sailing of the great fleet to day marks a complete change in naval policy, a change growing out of the defeat of Germany in the great war. Not while the German fleet existed nor while German eyes were leveled covtously at the rich, undveloped resources of South and Central America could American na val strength have been divided. The composition of the Pacific fleet tells its own story. The three most nodern ships of the line !n the navy, the New Mexico, Idaho ar.d Mississippi, are headed west. The people of the western coast -.re to see for the first time ships of 'his type and size. Not since President Roosevelt sent the Atlantic fleet to gordle the globe, have the people of California, Ore gon and Washington seen in their harbors a more powerful and mod erns fighting craft than the old hero ship Oregon, long out of date and holding her place on the navy list only because of her valiant record. Beside the 30,000 ton flagship :>f the Pacific fleet the Oregon wilt be al most a pigmy, and against even the speed bf more than 17 knots which made the old ship queen of the uavy for years, Rodman's main fleet, his eight big ships, can maintain about 21 knots for hours at a time, while his destroyers can turn up 35. British and French Beat U. S. in Race to Place New Consuls in Germany Wa-shington. July 19. Though British and French consuls already have entered Germany for the pur pose of re-establishing trade rela tions with that country, the State Department here has been unable to do more than organize its own service for similar functions pending authority to send them into Ger many. This authority cannot be ob tained, in the opinion of the depart ment, until the Peace Treaty has been finally ratified. American customs laws require the certification by American consular officers of goods imported into the United States and unless means can be found for extending temporary authority of that kind to some of the American consular clerks who re mained in Germany during the war, or to the consular representatives of other powers who may undertake such certification as a matter of commodity, it is believed American trade must labor under this handi cap in the international competition until the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty. | Permits Issue For Much City Building Building permits have been issued for construction work to cost $199 705 since July 1. according to Building In spector H. Grove, as compared with $22,485, the total amount repre sented in building work during Julv, 1918. Thirty-four permits have been issued so far this month, most of them for dwellings or for remodeling prop erties to be used for apartments. A permit was issued to-day to George Russel, contractor for Marion E. Crawford, for the erection of a one story brick garage at the rear of 1614 State street, at a coat of $450. CLAIMS ' $50,000 DAMAGES Damages to the amount of $50,- 000 are claimed from the New York Central Railroad in a complaint filed by the Aldine Coal Company, which sets forth that the railroad refused to build a siding and that after the Aldine sold to the Manu- I l'actrera' Coal Co., the railroad built sidings. i r With Choir and Organist Musical Interest in the city cen ters, chiefly in the Installation of the $20,000 Austin organ in Grace Methodist Church, the installation to be completed by October 1. The old organ has been dismantled and the pipes sent to tho Austin Com pany's factory at Hartford, Conn. It is expected that musical matters at Grace Church will improve greatly with the coming of the new choirmaster and organist. During the summer months a quartet will lead the music. At Second Reformed Church to morrow evening the quartet choir will sing a setting of "My Jesus, I Love Thee." said to be one of the most tuneful of the simpler hymn anthems written in many years. With many singers out of the city the programs in choir lofts will not be elaborate tomorrow. Walter Detrlch, former leader of music at Stevens Memorial Meth- ELLIOTT-FISHER FORCES COMING i Company Will Entertain 200 at Next Week's Conven tion in City The Elliott-Fisher Company is giving over all next week to the en tertainment and instruction of some 200 of its salesmen who are coming from all parts of the country to at tend the convention. Thirty-two hours of instruction and discussion of business methods hold a prominent part on the pro gram, which include# several busi ness sessions. The keynote of the business sessions is to be: "Control of accuracy and greater quantity production in accounting." All of the visiting salesmen will have an opportunity to express their views and make suggestions as to the improvement of methods in use. Several salesmen are coming from quite at distance, notably one from New Zealand and another from Eng land. The visitors will begin to arrive from East and West to-morrow and will continue to pour into'the Penn- Harris until evening. Special ar rangements have been made to meet and welcome the guests and a mem ber of the reception committee will be on duty all day at a table in the waiting room of the Union station. Monday will include a luncheon at the new restaurant of the com pany which is about to be opened opposite the factory at Cameron und Cedar streets. The afternoon will be devoted to a trip throught the factorv and the evening to a smoker at the Penn-Harris. The business sessions will begin Tuesday morning. BRANDSTCTIONS OF WILLIAMS IRREGULAR [Continued from First Page.] to-day by Representative McFadden. Republican. Pennsylvania. Mr. McFadden asked that the committee report out his resolution providing for appointment of a special House committee to inves tigate the official conduct of the comptroller and announced that if the Investigation was not ordered, he would prefer charges on the floor of the House and ask for Mr. Wil liams' impeachment. Used Office For (Jain "Evidence that the comptroller made use of his office -for private gain is in my possession," Mr. Mc- Fadden said. "It Is very complete. It shows he was involved in a fin ancial way with purchase by the Government of the Arlington Hotel property for $4,200,000. He aided his brother-in-law in negotiating the sale and I am prepared to prove that he received part of the com mission." Mr McFadden declared he could prove also that Mr. Williams had taken part in other transactions "of a most serious nature." Mr. Mc- Fadden told Representative Pou. Democrat, North Carolina, he would "rather not" go into details of the charges before .the committee now. "I do not wish to make pub'ic any more than I have to at this time," he said. "To do- so would seriously interfere with my purpose. I have every reason to believe that incriminating evidence is being de stroyed. At the right time 1 will bring forward witnesses whose char acter will prove the soundness of information they give." Lead to Impeachment. Mr. Pou questioned the advisa bility of ordering the investigation, declaring it would "injure the dig nity of the Rules Committee" to take favorable action on every resolution of such a nature brought forward by a member of Congress who had a grievance against some public official. "On the other hand," said Rep resentative Rodenberg, Republican, Illinois, "I consider the charges so serious that they can not be ignored. If proved they would lead to the impeachment of the comptroller." The committee postponed final ac tion until Monday. Harrisburg Man Chosen Leader of Machinists At Columbus, Ohio, to-day Noah M. Jones, botlermaker, 426 Crescent street, was elected president of the Pennsylvania Railroad System Fed eration. H. A. Bixler, of New Cum berland, was elected secretary and treasurer. Thomas Davis, of Co lumbus, is first vice-president. The federation will meet next year at Newark. N. J. The new president is well known throughout Harrisburg and vicinity. He was one of the organizers of the local branch of machinists and boil ermakers and has been active in building up the membership of the organization. He is quite popular in railroad circles. His associate, Mr. Bixler, is also prominent. Another American Murdered by Mexicans Washington, July -19.—The mur der by Mexican bandit's of Peter Catron, an American citizen, July 7, near the town of Vales in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi was reported to the StSte Depart ment. President Wilson has notified Governor Robertson, of Oklahoma, that he had requested the State De partment to do everything possible in connection with the killing of John W. Correll. an American citi zen, and the attack on his wife and son by Mexicans in the Tampico oil district. odist Church, la disengaged and is taking an active part in the,affairs of the First United Brethren Sun day school. Fifth Street Methodist congrega tion is looking forward with un usual interest to the timo when the new organ, to be installed at a cost of some $9,000, will be ready for use. This congregation has consid erable music talent. Word from Prof. A. C. Kuschwa, who is in New York, is that he is deeply Interested in the post-gradu ate course he is pursuing there. He will remain away until the early part of September, it is thought. Joseph D. Brodour, organist and choirmaster at St. Patrick's Cathe- ! dral, took oart in the ceremony at i Convent of Mercy on Friday. The i music, as usual .with any of this | splendid director's work, was in ! keeping with the dignity of the oc casion. Marshal Foch Declares England Will Not Be Ready Next Time Either By Associated Press. London, July 19.—The next time England will be in the same position as the last time—"she will not be ready, and we will have to wait for her," is a statement made by Mar shal Foch, of France, to a corre spondent of the Daily Mail, which prints an interview with the com mander-in-chief of the Allied arm ies this morning. Marshal Foch, however, pays highest tribute to the British army. "The military history of the world contains no parallel to the produc tion of such an army in such a way in every respect, the British army has been superb." The Marshal is Quoted as adding: "The next war will be more than ever one of machinery-. You should have laboratories with inventors al ways at work keeping you abreast of the mechanical side of war." Railroad Men Are Held For Theft of Silk From Aitoona By Associated Press. Pater sou, N. J., July 19.—An thqny J. Craft, a Pennsylvania rail road freight train conductor, and Edward Jensen, a trackman, both of Jersey City, were arrested here yesterday, charged with complicity in the theft at Kaereney Wednes day night cf SIO,OOO worth of silk being shipped to West New York from Aitoona; Pa., by the Schwartz enbach Huber Silk Company. The arrests were made when the pair, it lis said, tried to dispose of the silk I at a local mill. Rotary Club Will Lunch at Y. M. C. A. on Monday The Harrisburg Rotary Club has given up its luncheon privileges at the Penn-Harris Hotel for Monday of the coming week and will lunch at the Y. M. C. A. in order that the Elliott-Fisher Company may have full possession of the hotel for the week. The company will bring nearly 300 people here and the meetings will be held in the ball room with luncheons in the grill i The Rotarians, rather than crowd the visitors, volunteered to go to the "Y" building for their Monday meeting. The Kiwanis Club, which lunches at the Penn-Harris every Thursday, has taken similar action and also will lunch at the Y. M. C. A. Wealthy Germans Are Fleeing Over to Denmark London, July 19.—Rich Germans are trying to escape from their country to avoid the confiscation of their property, according to a Cop enhagen dispatch to the Daily Tele graph reporting news received in Copenhagen from Schleswig. More than thirty German million aires have arrived, in the town of Soenderburg, on the Island of Alsen, Schleswig, where they hope to save their fortunes by transferring their allegiance to Denmark, It is said they have already houses and lands. Such purchase®, accord ing to a recent declaration of the Danish Government, will not in themselves make the buyers subjects of Denmark. Wilson Indorses Work of American City Bureau By Associated Press. Wtlllnmsport. Pa., July 19.—Indorse ment of the efforts of civic commer cial organizations throughout the country to capitalize the great lessons of the war has been given by Presi dent Wilson. The following message from the White House has been re ceived at the summer school of the American City Bureau, now in session at Kaglesmere: "My most cordial good wishes for the success of the summer school of the American City Bureau. "Woodrow Wilson." SIX DIE IX FIRE By Associated Press. Lone, N. Y., July 19.—Six per sons were burned to death in a fire that destroyed the home of Lee Hurteau at Massena, early to-day. The dead are: Mrs. Lee Hurteau and two chil dren, Hextorine, aged 15, and Earl, 3 years: Mrs. Ernest Amell, of Corn wall, Ont. a sister of Mr. Hurteau, and her two children, Decnel, 9, and Harold, 7. GETS HEARING TO-DAY Nan Washington was arrested last evening, charged with pulling the hair of Eisie Cornlcks in an argu ment over a man. Both live at 911 Sarah avenue. The Washington wo man will be given a hearing in po lice court during the afternoon. • $20,207.210 OVER RESERVES New York, July 19.—The actual condition of Clearing House banks and trust companies for tho .week shows that they hold $26,207,340 re serve in excess of legal requirements. This is a decrease of $6,881,060 from last week. GOVERNOR IX CHESTER Governor Sproul has gone to his home in Chester for the week end after having spent several days working on the charity apropria tion bills. He will return Monday. No action on bills was announced to-day. EXERCISE NECESSARY Doctor—What you need is more exercise. What is your occupation? Patient —I am a piano lifter. Doctor (recovering quickly) I Well—er—hereafter lift two at a I time.—Edinburgh Scostman. " ■- •"•'-T ' ' JULY 19, 1919, FORD LAWYERS SAY QUESTIONS ARE TOO BRUTAL His Counsel Objects to Treat ment; Made to Say 'Things Not in Mind' Mt. Clotm-ns, Mich., July 19.—Al though Henry Ford yesterday com pleted a week on the witness stand In his libel suit against the Chicago Dally Tribune, Elliott-Q. Stevenson, senior counsel for the defendant 1 who began questioning him last j Monday, showed no Bign of reach- I ing a conclusion. The examination of the witness I on the contents of the alleged libel ous editorial in the Tribune on June 23, 1916, headed, "Ford Is An An archist," was the important feature of the day. Alfred Ducking, senior counsel for the plaintiff, character ized the examination as "brutal" and the witness, pressed to admit the editorial charge of being an "ignorant idealist" and reminded that on previous occasions he had admitted it, remarked: "You are a good enough attorney to get me to say this or that but it would not be in my mind." "Haven't I tried to be fair with you, Mr. Ford?" "Absolutely." "I have not tried to mislead you?" "No, sir." It was here that Mr. Lucking made his charge of brutality, add ing: "You take a modest witness, Mr. Stevenson and try to pound him into saying that he is an ignorant ideal ist. It seems to me that this should be left to argument. It is not right to pound a man of Mr. Ford's type, retiring and modest. It is not right to pound a man of Mr. Ford's type, retiring and mod est. who doesn't like to appear in public, and push him into saying things against himself. He is the easiest man in the world to get to say a thing." ".Have I been pounding you, Mr. Ford?" asked Mr. Stevenson. "Mr. Lucking is talking through his hat, isn't he?" "He is talking as though you may," was the way the stenographer | caught the reply of Mr. Ford, who speaks in so low and muffled a tone that his own lawyers rarely hear him. Nearly two hours were consumed, I while Mr. Ford was excused from the stand, in reading into the record testimony of General Erasmus Wea ver in 1916 before the House Com mittee on Military Affairs. It appeared that General Weaver admitted that the guns were obsolete and outranged by modern naval guns; that the fortifications were too far apart, and that without a mobile army they could be taken by land ing parties operating from the rear. "What do you understand by a mobile army?" "A large army," replied Mr. Ford. "A large army?" "A large army, mobilized." "So that is your understanding of a mobile army?" "A large army, ready to be mobil ized." "All right, then that was what you thought a mobile army was when this advertisement was printed?" "I don't know," said the witness. Mr. Stevenson let the subject drop after explaining that a mobile army was one that could be moved quick ly. and took up the editorial. At adjournment, which was until Monday, Mr. Ford was still on the stand. Suggests Free Entry of Foodstuffs For People The food question is a vital mat- I ter, indeed a very alarming one. The I life and existence of our working i people is at stake. Something promptly must be done. Uncle Sam must save the situation. He must place his foot down firmly and stop this- fearful profiteering with the necessities of life of his people. It is time laws be enacted that will put ,a stop to this deadly ma chinery now in full motion and in creasing. There is a remedy that will alter these conditions. It is open free trade with the world, making all necessities of life duty free entry, on everything not a lux ury. This will create competition with the concerns here. . It will fill the stomachs of our workers with, good and cheap food and clothing, it will rescue them from the tyran nical grasp of the money grabbers here ,whb, candidly speaking, are bleeding the people of their life blood and are unmolested. Here is a great opportunity for the Presi dent if he will condemn, punish and prevent these profiteers becoming millionaires at the cost of our work ers' lives. Look at the markets to-day where the producers prearrange the prices to be charged between them. This kills competition among the ven dors. It is a question of "this is the price: pay it or leave it." The rem edy is to allow the entry of all these commodities of life duty free. It will create competition and these false and inflated prices will tum ble down in all directions. BRUCE GREEN. 1814 Green St., Harrisburg. Gloom in Lancaster at Losing Revenue Office Lancaster, Pa., July 19. —Business men, bankers and men of all politi cal creeds joined in raising emphatic protest against the removal of the Ninth Internal Revenue Office to Philadelphia, even the Administra tion paper hotly scoring Roper for his action. It is the biggest loss suffered by the city in many years. Interest here contend that Lancas ter, as the center of the great to bacco and cattle industries of the State, should retain the office. By its removal, banks here will lose deposits of $20,000,000. The Democratic County Commit tee forwarded a protest to Wash ington denouncing the plan and charging that "it will inconvenience the largest number of rural Federal taxpayers in the Nation."' Gloom shrouded the Federal building and plans were begun to move. Sixty men will be thrown out of employment. DAY and NIGHT SCHOOL Open All Yeai. Enter Any Time. Indlvldnal Promotion. ' BECKLEY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE 121 MAKKICT ST. J*. I Ueli 120 (Opp. Senate) Dial 4011 HALIFAX SCHOOL TAX 15 MILLS Miss Mary R. Snyder, of Me- H chanicsburg, Elected Prin cipal of Higli School Hnlirnx, Pa., July 19._ The Halifax School Board at Its meeting Monday evening fixed the school village rate at fifteen mills, an increase of two mills over last year. Miss Margaret R. Snyder, of Mochanlcsburg, was re-elected as language teacher in the high ■ school.—Mr. and Mrs, Arthur I Dodson, son, Floyd Dodson, and his i daughter. Miss Helen Dodson, all lof Valley, Nebraska, are visiting I their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. | Shumaker. They made the entire trip, a distance of 3,000 miles, by automobile.—Gilbert A. Still, of Cam den, N. J„ and Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Still and daughter, Susan Still, of Millersburg, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Still. — John Salt, of Reading, spent a few i days with his friend, John Clemoor, i on the island near town.—The Hali j lax Boy Scouts are on their annual camping trip to Benvenue Island, near Clarks Ferry.—Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Potter and children, Lee and Rae, have returned home after spending their vacation in Washington. D. C., Virginia and Maryland.—Professor and Mrs. S. C. Beitzel spent several days at Carlisle, visiting their daugh ter, Mrs. W. G. Rice, and son. John I Beitzel.—Herman H. Richter has been j elected assistant cashier of the Hali | fax National Bank to succeed Reed | F. Land is, who was promoted to the j cashiership following the resignation | of Percival S. Hill, who assumed the cashiership of the Nutley. N. J., Trust Company.—James Good and Miss Eva Kohler, of Steelton, spent Sunday /With her mother, Mrs. John Kohler. —Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sweigard. C. I. Glace, Edna Cooper and Kathryn Sweigard visited Mr. and Mrs. Fernauxo Loudermilch at the Dauphin county almshouse at Harrisburg on Sunday.—Mrs. Clyde Botts and two sons, of Williamsport, spent several days, with Henry Chubb.—Mr. and Mrs. John Walker and Mr. and Mrs. James Altland, of York, spent Sun day with the Rev. Slpe and family. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Corsnitz spent several days at Washington, D. C., visiting their son, Claude Hoffman, who is receiving treatment in a hos pital for wounds sustained in France. —Mrs. James Messner and children, of Wiconisco, spent several days with her sister, Mrs. F. E. Wolfgang.— Miss Marguerite Lebe is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Lebo, at Waynesville. Miss Lizzie Parthemore Hostess For Many Guests Union Deposit, Pa., July 19. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Parthemore and Miss Christie Parthemore of Harris burg; Mrs. J. C. Coyle and children, Mary, Wayne and Harold, of Notting ham. Chester County, were entertained by Miss Lizzie Parthemore on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Baker and son John, Jr., spent Sunday at Penbrook visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Stoner. —Leroy Brown, a U. S. sailor spent part of the week with his parents, Mr. Mrs. William Reager of Hummelstown visited Mr. and Mrs. Enos Farling on Sunday.—Miss Ella Peftley, of Hershey, visited Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peiffer on Sunday.—Miss Kathryn Ebersole after spending some time at Palmyra with her Uncle Abner Ebersole has now re turned home.—Mr. and Mrs. John Feidte, of Steelton, were the guests of Mrs. Feidts' parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Landis on Sunday.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Garret, of Harrisburg, were en tertained by Mrs. George Greiner on Sunday.—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Peiffer spent a day at Harrisburg.—Miss Edith | Shellenhamer, of Hershey, visited Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hoover on Sunday. J Mr. and Mrs. Ross W. Long and chil l dren, Warren, Areba and Dorthy, ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. William Long and son Robert, of Hummelstown, were entertained by the men's parents j Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Long on Sunday.— Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gingrich spent Monday at Lebanon attending the fun eral of Mrs. Anna Gingrich.—Elmer Groff, of Harrisburg, was a visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walmer on Sun day.—Mrs. Irwin Nye and children, of Nazareth, are spending some time with her parents Mr. and Mrs. John E. Jones.—Mr.* and Mrs. Harry S. Kelffer and daughter, Kathryn, spent Sunday at Palmyra visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Kreider.—Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Blanch, of Melletts, S. Dak., are spending some time with Mrs. Blanch's parents, Mr. I and Mrs. A. L. Landis.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swallom and children accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Straw and child, of Rockville, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Hughes on Sunday. Lancaster County Soldiers Return From War Service Elizabothtotvn. Pa., July 19. Private Walter Meckley has return ed from overseas, and i 0 the guest of his mother, Mrs. Emma Meckley. —Private Harry Leicht, who spent the past year overseas, has returned and is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Leicht in South Market street. He was a member of the 90th Division. Private Harry Swope, has returned from overseas and is the guest of his mother, Mrs. Mary Swope. Mrs. Amanda Wilhelm, spent Saturday at Lancaster. Miss Virginia Martin, was the guest of friends at Chris tiana on Sunday. Enos Borto W. Devdote visited friends here on Sat urday. Private Roy S. Wormley, who had been in Uncle Sam's ser vice for the past year has been mustered out of service on Tuesday and is at. home. He was a member of Base Hospital No. 123, and enlist ed at Lancaster, September 5, 1918. —Mrs. David Springer of Philadel phia, spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Weidman. J. R. Gross and mother were recent vis itors to Harrisburg relatives. FALLS FROM WAGON ■ Henry Payne, 1729 North Seventh street, was treated at the Harrisburg Hospital yesterday afternoon for contusions of the right hip. The injury was sustained when he fell from a wagon while working at the Army Reserve Depot at New Cum berland. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator--Ad 19
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