j ' i , r -• ' - ' * "■ w Jreadnmtghts Lifted Through Gatun Locks of Panama Canal Easily and Rapidly as Row Boats LXXXVIII—NO. 174 16 PAGES D * u i.'£?'?W, HARRISBURG, PA.. SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1919. B*BS<aaW~ "JSifcE' HOME EDITION FOODSTUFF PRICES HAVE WIDE RANGE IN CITY Produce Is Sold at Top Figures With Plenty at Hand Prices of fruits and vegetables in the city markets to-day reached a wider range from minimum to maximum than they had during the last few months. Whether this was due to the fear of the forestallers that they were being watched because of the ordi nance now before City Council which prohibits it and also forbids price fixing, could not be determined, but customers at the various stands were commenting on the range in the prices asked by dealers. There was evidence, however, of some price fixing, and it was pre dicted that city officials must use drastic measures to break up the practice of gouging the people by charging exorbitant prices for pro duce. Trice Fixing A city patrolman in uniform was doing his usual marketing and ask ed a woman the price of corn. It was about 5 o'clock this morning. "I haven't found out yet," she ans wered, and went out to her market wagon to bring in other produce. Other dealers in the vicinity of her stall were charging 3 3 to 4 5 cents a dozen, and when she started sell ing her price was three ears for ten cents or 35 cents a dozen. Another dealer brought a basket ful of fine home-grown tomatoes to market. Tomatoes at present are high in price. He had just placed the basket on his stand and was asked how much he wanted for them. Whether he thought a fore staller intended to buy them and then resell them at ten cents each, the price asked for some of the to matoes, he did not explain, but he said he would not sell the whole basket but intended to retail them at 25 cents a box. Tomatoes Arc High It was said that one forestaller bought two baskets of tomatoes, each containing 14 quarts, from a trucker, paying $1.75 for each one. He then resold them at 25 cents a box and charged 10 cents each for a few of the larger tomatoes. Produce growers declare, however, that the tomato crop was damaged to a great extent by the heavy rains of the last two weeks and said the prices would remain high during the entire season because of this fact. The berry supply was fairly plen tiful again and evidences of price fixing among the dealers themselves was shown when they put the ber ries on sale. In one of the markets a dealer with a large supply of huckleberries of nice size, started to sell them at 1.30 o'clock this morn ing for 20 cents a box. Fifteen mn.nutes later he told his wife to ctvirge 20 and 22 cents a box for the berries. He had been outside the market a few minutes with another farmer just before speaking to his wife. Ten miutes later the berries on that stand all were 22 cents a box, and at 7 o'clock this morning the price was 25 cents. l-'ggs -18 to 55 Eggs were on sale from 48 to 55 cents a dozen. Last Saturday prac tically all the dealers were charging [Continued on Page 10.] Son of American Is Kidnaped and Held For Ransom by Mexicans By Associated Press. Washington. July 26. Philip Thompson, 14-year-old son of John West Thompson, an American citi zen, was kidnaped from his fath er's ranch 30 miles from Mexico City, and is being held by Mexican bandits for 1,500 pesos ransom, threatening to execute him, the State Department was advised today. Urgent representations have been made to the Mexican government, it was announced. HIP IS BROKEN Slipping when she stepped off a curb, Mrs. Emma Hess, 524 Twenty fifth street, Altoona, fell and frac tured her left hip yesterday after noon. She was taken to the Harris burg Hospital, where the fracture was .reduced. —AND WENT RIGHT OUT AGAIN Evidently this traffic violator didn't like the outlook at the police station. He appeared there, as ordered to; but didn't stay. Last night the driver of a c-er fain automobile left his car uirked in Verbeke street, but in oing so disregarded trafTic regu lations. ! Patrolman Ross noticed this. , The square red card, familiar to , many traffic violators, ordering I the offender to report to the po j lice station was attached. The i offender arrived this morning, J but did not stay. His red card 1 was left in the latter tray on the j icsk of Clarence O. Backenstoss, secretary to Mayor Keister. I THE WEATHER Hnrrlnbtirg and Vicinity ■ Fnlr nnd nnrmrr to-night and San day. Lowent tinipcruture to night about 70 degrees. Eastern Pennsylvania. Fair to night nnd Sunday, warmer. Moderate south winds. Rlveri The Susqnebanna river and nil Its tributaries will eontinue to fall. A stage of about 4, feet Is Indlented for JHarrlaburg Sunday morning. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ©)t Slor-Jnscptni)fM. WIDE RANGE IN PRICES OF FOOD Developments to-day in the food situation In local markets: Prices of all produce show wider range between highest and lowest figures. Hucksters are circulating pe tition protesting against fore stalling ordinance. Forestalling and priccflxlng In evidence In all city markets again. HUCKSTERS DO NOT ENDORSE FOOD MEASURE Dealers Are Circulating Pe tition Against Proposed Forestalling Ordinance Hucksters in the city are circulat ing a petition, it is said, protesting against the passage of the forestall ing ordinance introduced in City Council last Tuesday by Commis sioner W. H. Lynch. It will likely be presented to Council next week, when the measure is called for final passage. Commissioner Lynch, who pre sented the ordinance, declared that he expected opposition from some of the persons who might be affected by the stringent provisions of the law. "I believe it will be passed with out any official opposition, however. Such legislation is bound to hurt those who have been guilty of fore stalling and price fixing. It means that they are liable to a heavy fine or imprisonment for the offenses, and rather than face either of these they do not want the measure passefi finally." Consumers Pleased Residents in the city who read the ordinance when it was published ! earlier in the week, said they were [Continued on Page 9.] Mother of 11 Mortgages Horses and Cow For Cash to Reach Dying Son New York, July 26. —Mrs. Wil liam Hammond, of Gorman, Texas, mother of eleven children, sum moned by telegraph to the bedside of her critically ill soldier son, Ruel R, Hammond, 22 years old, arrived at St. Mary's Hospital in Hobokon to-day. She mortgaged two horses and a cow to raise the money to get here and said she was paying ten per cent, interest on the loan "whicn Ruel will help pay off when he gets well." Warned of the high cost of liv ing in New Tork, Mrs. Hammond brought with her a big bag of homemade Texas bread which, she hoped, would last until her return to Gorman. Philadelphia Off Map For Landing of Mail Airplanes PlLiladclpliia, July 26.—Philadel phia has been eliminated for the present as a landing place in the air mail service between New York and Washington because of the dis tance of the aviation field from the Central postofflce in the city Postofflce officials said the service would probably be resumed in the fall when the government expects that a device for dropping mail in the center of the city will have been perfected. PLEADS FOR BIGGER ARMY Washington. July 26. Rapid re construction of the Regular Army is necessary "that we .may have regu larly organized troops in the coun try," Secretary Baker told the Senate Military Committee to-day, urging the department's request for an au thorized officer corps of 18 000 "This is important," he said '"be cause there is very little National Guard in the country." THREE HELD FOR ASSAULT Charged with an assault on Irwin M. Cassell, Jr.. 1444 Regina street. . Ir. and Mrs. David Hain and son Jacob Hain, 150 North Fifteenth street, will be given hearings before Alderman DeShong on Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. The son is held on a second charge of assault and bat tery preferred by Rose Fishel. 1444 Regina street. The three persons arc out on S3OO bail. THROW SUGAR OVERBOARD Philadelphia, July 26.—The crew of the steamship Sag Harbor had to throw overboard SIOO,OOO worth of sugar before the ship was able to reach this port to-day. It struck a reef off Cuba while bound for Puerto Padre to Philadelphia. After the sugar had been Jettisoned the ship swung clear and continued on her voyage with pumps working day and night. CLEARINGS SHOW INCREASE Washington. July 26.—The actual condition of Clearing House banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $29,609,410 re serve in excess of legal require ments. This is an increase of 13,- 402,200 from last week. Wait Hill Old Bill Gets to This One ' DAUPHIN PROUD OF SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN WAR Borough Gives Splendid Re ception to Men Who Wore Colors Dauphin, July 26. Dauphin to day closed her stores, shops and factories and is devoting the time to a wholehearted, undivided celebra tion, honoring her veterans of the I World War. Of her many sons in the service, not a single one has failed to come back. Some have been badly wounded and many have had narrow escapes from death or serious injury, as a result of the part they p[ayad in stopping and rolling the Hun back, but not a single one to-day is burled in France. Dau phin naturally is mighty happy and is showing her gratefulness and ap preciation. The town is a waving mass of pa triotic color. Flags are flying ev erywhere and bunting is draped around the columns of porches, poles and other advantageous positions. Arches of evergreen have been thrown across the main thorough fares. Proud of Veterans A parade consisting of veterans of past wars, the World War; patriotic and benevolent societies, war relief and kindred organizations were in line, many of them with floats, marked the formal opening of the two-day celebration. When, promptly at 1.30 o'clock . [Continued on Page 11.] Rival Factions at Miners' Convention Nearly Come to Blows By Associated Press. Scranton, Pa., July 26. Dels gates attending the district conven tion of United Workers here went on record unreservedly against pro hibition .in any form or manner. Resolutions presented on the sub ject declare that the war emer gency and national prohibition were principally Intended to deprive the workers of America of the means to legally secure a glass of beer af ter their day's work and closed by demanding that beer containing 2.75 per cent, alcohol by weight be ex empted from the provisions of the eighteenth amendment. During the closing hours of the afternoon session animosity between the insurgents and regulars broke out when a resolution demanding an investigation of the alleged irregularities in the recent district election was Introduced. The rival factions nearly came to blows and epithets were hurled back and forth with careless abandon. DREADNAUGHTS PASS THROUGH LOCKS EASILY Passage Proves Naval Value of Panama Canal and Gatun Locks By Associated Press. Aboard the U. S. S. New Mexico, Friday, July 25. Four dread naughts of the Pacific fleet, the New | Mexico, Arkansas, Texas and New i York, were lifted successfully | through the Gatun locks to-day. jl'his was the first attempt to negotiate 1 the waterway with a Heet of dread i naughts and to-night the warships ; lie anchored in the fresh water of | Gatun lake, 85 feet above the sea | level. The dreadnaughts will re sume their trip toward the Pacific j ocean Saturday, at which time the j Mississippi and Wyoming, now coal • ing and oiling at Colon will com ; mence the passage of the canal, i Admiral Hugh Rodman in com mand of the fleet, was pleased with the success of the first stage of the : canal trip. He said: "The flagship was lifted out of i the three locks of Gatun dam in one hour and 17 minutes. Now let us go tarpoon fishing near the dam —putting dreadnaughts through the I canal is too easy." Slide Into Locks The old battleships Georgia and j Vermont joined the fleet at Colon to-day. After the New Mexico had [Continued on Page 9.] To Carefully Guard Against Smuggling of Firearms Over Border By Associated Press. Washington, July 26.—Control over the exportation of arms and ammunitions to Mexico, vested dur ing the war in the War Trade Board, was again delegated to tiie I State Department in a proclamation ! signed by President Wilson on July i 21 and published to-day. State Department officials said the ; President's proclamation constituted no new policy. The laws with re spect to shipments would be strictly enforced, they said, by the consti tuted civil authorities assisted by the soldiers on patrol duty on the border. WINS 20-YEAH FIGHT Now York, July 26. John Arm strong Chaloner won his 20-year fight for the legal establishment of his sanity in New York State to-day when Supreme' Court Justice Ford granted his application for the dis charge of the committee of his per son and property. The decision con firms Mr. Chaloner's contention that he Is a sane and competent person. MAN FOUND DEAD BENEATH SHOWER BATH j Marvin Koons, Penbrook, Dies in Room at Univer sity Club Lying under the showerbath in the bathroom at the University Club in Market street, there was found this afternoon about 2.15 o'clock the body of a man identified by pa pers in his pockets as that of Marvin L. Koons, 2623 Butler street, Pen brook. He was about 25 years of age and was a graduate of Yale Uni versity. Heart failure is believed to have been the cause of the man's death. Koons is said by physicians to have had a weak heart and it is thought that the sudden chill occasioned by the cool water of the bath brought ; on a sudden attack. Employes suspected all was not | right about 2 o'clock this afternoon. I Having heard the water of the show erbath running for more than an hour and noticing no person enter or leave the bathroom, they decided to investigate. Door Is Locked Calls at the door were unanswered j and efforts to gain admission to the 1 room prevented by the locked door. ! Police officials were notified and j Motorcycle Officer Paui Schelhas 1 was dispatched on the case. Forcing open the door, Schelhas, i other officers and employes of the ' club found the body lying prostrate on the floor, the head and upper part of the body extending from be neath the shower. Evidence point ed to the fact that the man had been dead for more than an hour. Koons Is believed to have entered the bathroom from two to three hours before his body was found. Coroner Eckinger this afternoon said that death was due to heart failure. He ordered the body turn ed over to Hoover & Son, under takers. Bulgarian Peace Delegation Reaches Paris This Morning PARIS, July 26. The Bul garian peace delegation urrlv er at the Lyons station this morning. The delegates were received by Colonel Henry on behalf of tiie Allies and escorted to the chateau Madrid at Ncuilly. HONOR IS PAID WAR VETERANS BY UPPER END Great Parade of Returned Soldiers Witnessed by Thousands MEMORIAL IS IMPRESSIVE Exhibition of Warfare Meth ods Given by Men Who Saw Service Special to Harrisburg Telegraph. Lykens, July 26. The big Ly kens-Wiconisco celebration raßidly is drawing to a close and those who were busiest with arrangements say that it has been an unqualified suc cess, from the military memorial to the parade in honor of the returned veterans. This morning the parade was held and the soldiers who came from all parts of the valley to participate say that it couldn't have been more effi ciently conducted. Starting at 10 o'clock, the parade followed a route which took it through Lykens and Wiconisco, the streets of which were lined with shouting and cheering rel atives and friends, who have long waited to show their returning sol diers how glad they are to welcome them home. Services To-morrow I This afternoon saw several band concerts in the borough park and ! the exercises in honor of the soldiers, | when addresses of welcome and ap preciation were delivered. This even ing the big dance at the park will i practically close the celebration, al- I though there will be more concerts j and a union church service of all the churches in the vicinity to-mor j row evening in the park. | The military memorial yesterday proved to be one of the most im j pressive parts of the program. | After the singing of a few hymns | and the reading of a psalm, the Rev. Paul D. Whitman, senior chaplain of the Seventy-ninth Division, made the address of welcome. Chaplain I Whitman yvas enthusiastic in praise of our soldiers in France and told | many incidents of the splendid way in which they conducted themselves. He referred to many amusing; inci dents in congestion with their ar rival and training on French soil, which could only be appreciated by the men who were overseas. The veterans of the Civil War sat in [Continued on Pago 10.] Marriages Between German Girls and U. S. Soldiers May Not Be Permitted By Associated Press. Coblenz, Thursday, July 24.—Re ports of marriages between Amer ican soldiers and German girls have been received at headquarters from various parts of the occupied area during the last few days, but as yet no charges have been filed against any of them, as it is believed most of the marriages were due to mis understanding regarding the anti fraternization regulations. A yveek before the treaty was signed, several of the chaplains through a misunderstanding in formed the soldiers that marriages were permissible as soon as the Germans accepted the peace terms. Officers say that a number of mar riages took place before this belief was corrected by a special order from headquarters calling the atten tion to officers and men to the fact that until the United States ratified the. treaty Germany and America I technically were at war and the regulation prohibiting fraternization yvas still in force. At headquarters it is said that even after the United States rati fies the treaty marriages yvith Ger man girls will be prohibited by an army order. Senate Will Ratify League But It May Qualify Its Endorsement—Hitchcock By Associated Press. Boston, July 26.—The Senate will ratify the League of Nations cove nant yvithout amendment but may j qualify its endorsement, Senator i Hitchcock of Nebraska, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, asserted to-day, addressing infor mally a group of friends and news papermen. The Senator said he represented 46 Democrats and five or six Re publican senators who stood against i any amendment. He felt certain | ! that every amendment proposed ] | would be beaten by from six to j ; twelve votes. The only doubt about the Senate's action, in his opinion, was the question of the phraseology of the resolution of ratification | which might contain qualifying ; terms. 150,000 Thought Enough For German Occupation By Associated Press. Paris, July 26. The size of the force required "lor the occupation of the Rhineland under the Peace Treaty terms was discussed by the Supreme Council to-day. For the present, it is said, 150,000 men will be thought necessary on the left bank of the Rhine. The organization of the military expedition for the occupation of Si lesia during the taking of the ple bescite also was considered. The general understanding is that all the i Allied and associated armies should be represented. Participation of American troops, however, depends upon ratification of the Peace Treaty, it is pointed out, as in case of un favorable action there would be no longer a reason for the presence of the Americans. GOING UP! Men's wear will go up! City dealers say that in addi tion- to the fifty per cent, ad vance predicted for ready-to wear clothing during the winter, underwe.gr an d haberdashery will also show an advance. Some of the cooler weather prices predicted follow: r, Fall Pre-War Now & Winter Cotton underwear— .so SI.OO $1.50 woolen underwear— sl.oo $2.00 $2.25 Shirts — .50 up SI.OO up $1.50 up Neckties— .2s up ,50 up SI.OO up Socks .25 up .50 up .75 up BIG ADVANCES ARE PREDICTED IN MEN'S WEAR The Old Familiar Necktie Is Going .to Be Seen No More Big advances are being predicted in underwear and haberdashery during the fall and winter by city haberdashers. They will advance from 50 to 100 per cent, over the present prices, which already are 100 per cent, in excess of the prices of prewar times, the dealers say. The fifty-cent neckties and the dollar shirts are a thing of the past, the dealers say. Everything that goes to clothe a man is advancing in price and will continue to do so, it is believed. But one ray of light appears to city men and that is to be found in the fact that collars are not to increase any more. Re tailers have always had a comforta ble margin of profit on the sale of collars and even with increased costs to the dealer now, their profit is still comparatively large. Shirts Going Up Shirts are showing an abnormal advance. The common blue shirt of the workingman, before the war sold for fifty cents, but it is now double that price. Indications are [Continued on Page 10.] @*i , 4 , 4*4*4 , 4 , 4 , 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4^^4^4^4 M 4 M 4 M i , 4 , 4 M 4 , 4•® X 1 t f ■A 4 X 4 '5 f i t !i ? 4 4 |T j| I 1 1 4 4 I 4 4 f 4 i X . * * i ■ . 4 ! 4 * 1 4* * 1 ' 4 * i 14* ' 4* • 4* * i * > 4 I 4 4 |f 4,1 \t *' 14* 14 j 4* • 4 • 4 4 "4 t * 4* f T 4. 4 4 4* 4 * ; 4 • ► 4* 4 * • 4 ; • 4 " 'jr 4 MARRIAGE LICENSES % *l* iin m C # ,l "<X H ' ,r< - o ' k ■ nll Marie A. Hartlr, Hiigeratovrn, Mtf.j WII-* * X iVI. I! J,"",". 1 "? 1 """: "'l Katbryn It. Kllnr, Duncannon; *i* 4 I***l "• Cl"rk anil Mary K. Keller, llnrrlxlniret Clayton L. AI- a - 4* bright, Enoln, and Muricaret Vnniittu, Steeltnnt Kdvtard A. Wehner • X K,,11h Pl®""'. Hummelatwn| Hon nrd s. Bomgnrdner 4® i"nrr|"burg U ™" ,er ' " Albert llerarhler and Mary O. Boyd,g 4 X WILSON MIGHT GIVE VIEWS ON RESERVATIONS Indicated at White House He Is Considering Address Before Trip West WRITES TO SEN. LODGE "Mysterious" Missive Believed to Deal With Request For* Personal Documents By Associated Press. Washington, July 26. President Wilson has written a letter to Sena tor Lodge, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, dealing with a resolution recently adopted by the Senate. In making the announce ment to-day. White House officials said the letter was "not a refusal of anything." The resolution referred to In the letter was supposed to be that of the committee asking for all doeumerfts used by the American delegates at the Peace Conference. Not For Publication President Wilson's advisers said to-day that after studying the letters written by former President Taft to Chairman Hays, of the Republican National Committee, and several senators regarding reservations to the Peace Treaty, the President had concluded that Mr. Taft did not write for publication. They said the President believed Mr. Taft was making an honest effort to bring about a settlement of the League controversy and that he had no idea that what he wrote would be pub lished at this time. Some of the President's advisers let It be known to-day they depre cated the .action of some senators who have visited the White House in placing their own interpretations in statements fog publication upon what the President had said to them on the Peace Treaty and the League covenant. May Make Address It was indicated to-day that the President was considering the ad visability of making some sort of a statement regarding his views on proposed reservations to the Treaty. It was said such a statement might [Continued on Page 10.]
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers