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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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