First at Series of Meetings to Be Held by Bull Moose Over Nation Is in Session Here LXXXVIII—NO. 176 16PAC.ES D, "fc557?. , %552T!. , &S SS&f"HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1919. -"VMKBS s !?wS E cfi?S ES HOME EDITION TOLL IN CHICAGO RIOTS MOUNTS TO 24 AS MORE DIE Presence of 4,000 Militia Fails to Stop Clashes Between Negroes and Whites; Shots Exchanged Freely PITCHED BATTLES ARE STAGED IN STREETS AND BOULEVARDS Vicious Race Fight Breaks Out Among Prisoners in the County Jail; Incendiaries Fire Houses By Associated Press. Chicago, July 29.—The police list of riot fatalities rose to 24 at 10.30 A. M., when Thomas Joshua, negro, was killed by a de tective who fired into a crowd of rioters on the South Side and "when B. F. Hardy, negro, died at a hospital. Joseph Powers, white, a street car conductor, was shot and killed soon after daylight in the stockyards section. William Henderson, a negro, was arrested on suspicion in connection with the killing. One unidentified negro was killed and two negroes were wounded at Wabash and Adams streets, the heart of the down town district, in rioting which was renewed shortly after 7 o'clock this morning. Racial disorders spread to the North Side of the city to-day where a number of negroes were threatened and chased. Very few negroes live in that section of the city. A vicious race fight broke out in the county jail shortly after 11 o'clock. The whites outnumber the blacks by 20 to 1, and the guards were swept aside when they tried to stop the trouble at its start. 4,000 ARMED TROOPS ARE HELPING QUELL CLASHES Four thousand soldiers with full j ■war equipment stood ready to-day i to quell the race rioting between | negroes and whites that during two | nights of terror in the South Side . black belt cost the lives of at least I twenty men, including one negro . policeman and the injury of hun- 1 dreds of others, many seriously and i probably a dozen fatally. Four Soldiers Injured Four of the injured are soldiers. The police and the coroner have j been unable to make a complete | check of the casualties but reports j showed 19 killed last night, twelve whites and seven negroes. A hundred thousand negroes and an equal number of whites either fought in the streets and alleys or cowered in their homes while shots \ were tired, mounted police galloped along the boulevards, patrol wagons j dashed through the streets with ! prisoners and wounded women and ! children screamed as men fought I with cudgels, knives and fists. When the rioting, which started ■ Sunday night with the stoning and j drowning of a negro who had drift- j ed on a raft into the water of a < beach used by whites, broke out afresh last night. Mayor Thompson asked Governor Lowden for troops. The governor who was on his way to Lincoln, Neb., turned back at Burlington, lowa, and Acting Gover nor Oglesby gave Adjutant General Dickson orders to mobilize neces- | sary soldiers. By midnight four regiments were in armories on the South Side, but by that time the police had cleared the streets for the night and began collecting the dead and Injured and rounding up looters. Old Grievance The rioting Sunday night aroused hundreds of persons who had long ■ grieved at the rapid influx of ne- j groes, who have spread over a | large territory formerly constitut- 1 ing a fine residential quarter of the j South Side. Property had decreased j in value and whites had migrated ' to other parts of the city by thou sands, but many others had clung to their homes while the streets and j one of the largo parks became thronged with negroes. Last night many whites and negroes armed themselves and went out seeking enemies. As soon as darkness fell the fighting in various forms became Fight Pitched Battle In some cases, negroes in automo biles dashed through the streets fir ing at any whites encountered. In other cases whites attacked the buildings occupied by negroes, shooting through windows and doors, while the inmates fired back from barricades. Bands of both races marched through the street i and, meeting, fought until the pave ment was covered with dead and wounded. Many individual fights, hand-to hand struggles with knives and ra zors added to the casualties. Men and women were dragged from street cars until the company stop ped running them through the af fected area. In one instance a band of whites passing a mansion in Grand Boulevard and resenting the occupancy of the place by negroes, was fired on from the house. Incendiaries Appear As the night wore on and the bands of terrorists were broken up by the policemen, looters and in cendiaries appeared. Several houses were fired, and one was burned. A I THE WEATHER. IlnrriHliurK nnd Vicinity! Fnir nnd eooicr to-night with low cut temperature nbonl )lfi de gree*. Wedneadny fnir with moderate temperature. EnMern IVnnx? Ivnnla: Folr to night and \VedneNdny, cooler to-night. Moderate northwest ; w 1..-—M. j HARRISBURG lipePlßslil TELEGRA.PH ©K S>irtr-3nt>cpcnt)rfit. I number of stores were broken open 1 | and sacked. Toward daylight the less aggres- j sive having been driven to cover, worn out with fighting or jailed, a I j number of white rioters invaded the ; j downtown quarter, beat negroes i found in the street and dragged | | cowering porters from all night j restaurants and hotels to the streets, ! I flogging them unmercifully. | Among those injured during the night were three members of the j | Seventh Regiment who were beset I j by ngroes while on their way to j I their armory. Corporal W. T. Riggs j was shot in the back; Charles T. j , Williams was shot in the side and ; J. N. Rinkus was slashd with a razor. Major Fred Haynes was found probably fatally beaten, presumably by negroes. An automobile con ; tainlng Adjutant General Dickson [Continued on Page B.] RURATSCHOOLS UNABLE TO FIND GOOD TEACHERS Increase in Salary Apparently Not Sufficient Inducement to Bring in New Talent At least forty teachers are need ed for rural schools in the county, I Professor W. R. Zimmerman, assist j ant county superintendent, an nounced. Although the war has ended and : the Governor has approved the teachers' salary increase bill, the ! teacher shortage for the country ; schools is Just as serious a problem : as ever. Professor Zimmerman do | clared. This is due entirely to the inadequate salaries provided by law, he believds. Bettor Salaries "Even though there is a fair in crease in salaries for the rural teacher, it must be remembered that she has probably the most dif ficult ask of any instructor. She 's usually in a one-roomed building, ; some of them still being heated in 1 the winter by stoves in the school j rooms. She must be able to teach successfully all the elementary sub ! jects for both the primary and m -1 termediate grades and at times has | pupils in each grade," Mr. Zimmer -1 man said. "These are only a few of the ro [ Continued on- Page B.] Community Sing to Be Held in Reservoir Park at 8 This Evening An attractive program has been i arranged by officials of the War | Camp Community Service for the community sing in Reservoir Park this evening at 8 o'clock. American folk songs will be featured. The program follows: "America," "Welcome Them Back i to Their Homes." 'Oh, How I Hate to | Get up in the Morning," 'Goodbye, | France," "Battle Hymn of Republic," I "Old Black Joe," 'Steal Away," "Old j Folks at Home," "Swing Low, Sweet ; Chariot," 'Carry Me Back to Old I Virglnny," "Good Morning, Mr. Zip- Zip-Zip." Dear Old Pal of Mine," "Per i feet Day." "Till We Meet Again." "Long, Long Trail," "Star Spangled Banner." Accompanist Miss Mildred Rudy. Cornetist Municipal Band. Director for W. C. C. S., Mrs. Flor ence Ley. Wilson Pleads For Ratification of Franco-American Treaty in His Message to U. S. Senate By Associated Press. Washington, July 29.—President Wilson's message to the Senate to-day accompany ing the Franco-American Treaty, follows: "Gentlemen of the Senate: "I take pleasure in laying: before you a Treaty with the republic of France, the object of which is to secure that republic of the immediate aid of the United States of America in case of any ur.-provoked movement of aggression against her on the part of Germany. I earnestly hope that the Treaty will meet with your cordial approval and will receive an early ratification at your hands, along- with the Treaty of Peace with Germany. "Now that you have had an opportunity to exam ine the great document I presented to you two weeks ago, it seems opportune to lay before you this Treaty, which is meant to be in effect a part of it. To Help France "It was signed on the same day with the Treaty of Peace and is intended as a temporary supple ment to it. It is believed that the Treaty of Peace with Germany itself provides adequate protection to France against aggression from her recent enemy on the east, but the years immediately ahead of us contain many incalculable possibilities. The cove nant of the League of Nations provides for military action for the protection of its members only upon advice of the Council of the League—advice given, it is to be presumed, only upon deliberation and acted upon by each of the governments of the member states only if its own Judgment Justifies such action. The object of the special Treaty with France, which 1 now submit to you, is to provide for immediate military assistance to France by the United States ir- case of any unprovoked movement of aggression against her by Germany without waiter- r or the advice of the Council of the League of " that such action will be taken. It is to be ngement, not independent of the Leagrue ol but under it. In Force Until Danger Passes "It is, therefore, expressly provided that this Treaty shall be made the subject of consideration at the same time with the Treaty of Peace with Ger many; that this special arrangement shall receive the approval of the Council of the League, and that GALLEY WEST GO 16 DWELLINGS AS BIG TRUCK HITS Frame Row Knocked Out of Plumb in Queer Accident A heavy truck nearly wrecked a whole row of frame houses in Gran ite street, when a big machine crashed against the corner house at Granite and Logan and pushed the entire row of 16 dwellings out of plumb. While the storm was at its height yesterday, and the thunder rolled continuously, Mrs. Charles Favinger, who resides at 321 Granite street, on the corner of Logan, was on the sec ond floor rearranging some furni ture. Looking out of the window she saw a truck of the Pennsylvania Milk Products Company bearing rap idly down Logan street. A second later there was a tremendous crash and Mrs. Favinger was tossed across the room by the shock which rocked the whole building. She ran down stairs and going out the back way. discovered the truck wrapped around the corner of her home. Then she took inventory of the damage. The house had been bodily shifted more than eight inches on its foun dations, the weatherboarding was all shifted and strained at odd angles, the front windows and door were jammed so tightly that they could not be opened, the plaster was crack ed in innumerable places, the piano was thrown half way across ' the front room and nearly overturned, but strangely enough not a single pane of glass was broken. No win dow in the entire row was broken. Mrs. Lizzie Hitner, an old woman of 74 years who has been an invalid for over two years was thrown out of bed by the shock and sustained a badly bruised arm. She is living with the family of George Durbrow, at 323 Granite street. The houses of Andrew Johnson, Miss Mary Meek, Jacob Boyd, Mrs. May Harris, George Kochenauer, and numerous others adjoining the favinger home were pushed all out of joint by the violent thrust of the truck. Here and there loose weatherboarding, windows at an angle, broken front steps, and loose shutters testify to the force with which the machine must have struck the house. Sixteen houses away, Mrs. Albert Cohen, at 339 Granite street, felt the shock and thought it lightning strik ing next door. Mrs. Cohen has been ill in bed and was very nervous af ter the accident. It will take a great amount of work to get the block back into line, as every house has something the mat ter with it, from 321, which was the one moved eight inches, to the last house, which stands at an angle slightly different from that of 24 hours ago. Plans American Tour For Austrian Composers Vienna, July 29.—Oscar Strauss, the Viennese light opera composer, Is organizing a tour of the United States for himself and a number of Austrian composers, among them Franz Lehar and Emmerich Kal man. and singers. It Is the purpose of Strauss to begin the tour next spring, if passports are obtainable. "We want to conduct our own' operas and show the people of the United States that we have culture here worth preserving, despite the war's ravages." said Strauss to-day. this special provision for the safety of France shall remain in force only until, upon- the application of one of the parties to it, the Council of the League, acting, if necessary, by a majority vote, shall agree that the provisions of the covenant of the League afford her sufficient protection. Nothing Can Fay Debt "I was moved to sign this Treaty by considera tion's which will, X hope, seem as persuasive and as irresistible to you as they seemed to me. We are bound to France by ties of friendship which we have always regarded and shall always regard as peculiarly sacred. She assisted us to win our free dom as a nation. It is seriously to be doubted whether we could have won it without her gallant and timely aid. We have recently had the privi lege of assisting in driving enemies, who were also enemies of the world, from her soil; but that does not pay our debt to her. Nothlr.-g can pay such a debt. She now desires that we should promise to lend our great force to keep her safe against the power she has had most reason to fear. Another great nation volunteers the same promise. It is one of the fine reversals of history that that other na tion should be the very power from whom France fought to set us free. A new day has dawned. Old antagonisms are forgotten. The common cause of freedom and enlightenment has created a new com radeship and a new perception of what it is wise and necessary for great nations to do to free the world of intolerable fear. Two governments who wish to be members of the League of Nations ask leave of the Council of the League to be permitted to go to the assistance of a friend whose situation has been found to be one of peculiar peril, without waiting the advice of the League to act. "It is by taking such pledges as this that we prove ourselves faithful to the utmost to the high obliga tions of gratitude and tested friendship. Such an act as this seems to me one of the proofs that we are a people that sees the true heart of duty and prefers honor to its own separate course of peace. "WOODROW WILSON. "The White House, July 29, 1919." NEGRO'S ARREST MAY SOLVE MANY CITY ROBBERIES Arrested at Gun's Point Dur ing Early Morning Robbery With the arrest early to-day of a colored man, giving the name of Willie Hoskins, the responsibility for the long string of petty robber ies in this city may finally be solved, Harrisburg police officials believe. Hoskins was taken into custody this morning by Patrolman Jackson, after he had been surprised while in the act of rifling the residence of William C. Fisher, 325 Maclay street. The address of the man is somewhat uncertain, although he claims Adams street, Steelton, as is home. Hoskins had gained admission to the Fisher residence through an un locked window, which he raised. Pass ing along on his beat soon after Hos kins must have gained admission, Patrolman Jackson noticed the open window and saw the man moving about in a suspicious manner on the inside. Covering him with his re volver, Jackson placed him under ar rest. Hoskins was taken to the Dauphin county jail shortly after his arrest, and was kept there until this morn ing. He was taken to the police headquarters, where officials and detectives have been endeavoring to secure information that will lead to the solution of the responsibility for the other robberies. Police are not inclined to put much faith in the statement of [Continued on Page B.] Seven Officers in Navy Court-Martialed For Irregularities Washington, July 29. Four of ficers and three petty officers of the Navy have been convicted by court martial on charges in connection with the enrollment, promotion and assignment to duty of reservists in the third naval district at New York, the Navy Department an nounced to-day. Besides Lieut. Benjamin S. Davis, whose conviction previously had been announced, the men are: En signs Paul Beck, Oscar F. Berger and Robert H. Spahn, all naval reservists, and Chief Boatswain Lloyd C. Casey; Chief Boatswain's Mate, Frederick L. Jones and Chief Yeoman, Henry S. Jacobs. FAMINE IN CENTS NOW CAUSE FOR MUCH ALARM Eight Million Coppers Behind With Demand For Pennies Steadily Increasing Throughout City and Nation Penny hoarders of Harrisburg are going to have a bad time for awhile, and will not be able to go into their favorite indoor sport with as much abandon as formerly. At least so say the banks of the city, and they ought to know. it seems that the war tax on lux uries, such as shoes and sodas, is causing the formerly despised penny to assume a new and much more important role than heretofore. The stamping machines of the mints are producing 3,000,000 of these little coins daily, but so far are still about eight million coopers behind time. BULL MOOSERS TO SEEK CONTROL OF G. 0. P. IN STATE To Set Up Candidates For Delegates to National Re publican Convention Former Washington party men who follow the standard of Gifford Pinchot to-day planned a new State wide organization inside the Repub lican party at a conference of about eight persons held in the Penn- Harris to-day at the call of the former national forester. While the announced purpose is to set up candidates for Republican national delegates who will make the crusade outlined by Mr. Pinchot to wrest control of the next national convention from what he termed "reactionaries" the thoroughness with which the organization was or dained created some impression that Sir. Pinchot harbors senatorial as pirations. Mr. Pinchot bitterly as sailed President Wilson several times. Militants Absent The conference was not attended by the militant figures who made the battle for Roosevelt in 1912. Men like Flinn, Von Valkenburg, Walters, Robins and others were ab sent. It was Pinchpt's own confer ence. He was the moving spirit in [Continued on Page 15.] Big Sums to Be Spent For Improvements to Mine To pay for improvements to be made to the mines of the Susque hanna Collieries Company in Wil liams and Wiconisco townships, the mortgage of $9,000,000 against that firm has been increased to $11,900,000, according to M. E. Stroup, local counsel for the coal company. The new mortgage was filed yesterday. It is entered as a lien against all the land owned by the company both in this and ad jacent counties. It is understood copies of the mortgage are to bo recorded in other counties. The improvements which are planned for the mines in this coun ty include the driving of a tunnel at Big Lick to replace the open ings in use at Lykens and Williams town, thus affording one main en trance to the mine. Mr. Stroup said that these changes are being made in order to reduce the cost of min ing so that the holdings in Dauphin county can be worked at a profit, instead of a loss. William Jennings, of the Com monwealth Trust Company, said to day that they are having a very busy time keeping the public well supplied with pennies. Due to their close proximity to the Philadelphia Mint, there has never been any dif ficulty in getting sufficient coppers for the needs of Harrisburg and there seems to be no possibility of the city ever being shy of cents. Meanwhile, the baby's bank and the beggar's cup must go unreward ed; at least this is the supposition. For the war tax is ever with. us. SPECIAL TREATY WITH FRANCE IS TRANSMITTED TO SENATE OF U. S. Wilson, in Written Address, Urges Ratification of Pledge to Aid Republic in Case of German Attack DIFFERENT THAN ONE SIGNED BY ENGLAND U. S. Would Be Bound to Come 'lmmediately,' While Great Britain Signed 'Con sent' to Assist French By Associated Press. Washington, July 29. President Wilson to-day transmitted to the Senate the special treaty with France by which the United States pledges itself to come immediately to the aid of that republic in the event of an unprovoked attack by Germany, and asked for its early ratification "along with the treaty with Germany." Submission of the treaty came af ter sharp criticism by Senate Re publicans, who for several days had openly charged on the Senate floor that in failing to present the draft of the pact along with the treaty of Versailles, the President had violated one of the articles of the document. The President did not follow his us ual custom of presenting the treaty in person. He sent it to the capitol by special messenger along with a message explaining its object. Bound "Immediately" The Franco-American treaty is almost identical with one signed be tween Great Britain and France. One difference between the texts as made public by the French Foreign Office to which attention has been called is that the United States pledges itself to go "immediately" to the assistance of France while Great Britain "consents" to assist that country. The President told the Senate the purpose of the treaty was to provide assistance for France in case of un provoked aggression by Germany without waiting for the advice of the council of the League of Na tions that such action should be taken, and explained that it was to be an arrangement "not independent of the League of Nations, but under It." "The covenant of the League of Nations," the President said, "pro vides for military action for the pro tection of its members only upon the advice of the council of the league advice given, it is to be presumed, only upon deliberation and acted upon by each of the gov ernments of the member states only if its own judgment justifies such action." Moved by Friendship Pointing out that the treaty "shall receive the approval of the council of the league," the President said it would remain in force "only until, upon the application of one of the parties to it, the council of the league, acting, if necessary, by a majority vote, shall agree that the provisions of the covenant of the league afford her (France) sufficient protection." Mr. Wilson said he was moved to sign the treaty by the ties of friend ship binding the two countries and the assistance France gave America in its struggle for independence. Without this assistance, the Presi dent said, it was seriously to be doubted whether America could have won its independence and added: "Nothing can pay such a debt." Colombian Treaty Is Favorably Reported by Foreign Committee By Associated Press. Washington, July 25. Favor able report in treaty with Colombia was ordered to-day by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with out a dissenting vote. A motion to reduce from $25,000,000 to $15,- 000,000 the amount payable to Co lombia for the partition of Panama was defeated 12 to 2. The treaty, pending since 1914, will be taken up immediately by the Senate, which probably will con sider it in open session. Its ratifica tion was expected within a few days with a vote to-day regarded as possible. The clause suggesting that the United States express regret for the "events from which the present sit uation on the Isthmus of Panama resulted." was eliminated by the committee. This section was strong ly opposed by Senate Republicans and was the cause of the long de lay in action on the treaty. This and other minor changes in the treaty are understood tfi have been ac cepted by Colombia. D. A. Rothenberger, Member of House, Dies By Associated Press. Rending, Pa., July 29.—Daniel A. Rothenberger, aged 61. serving his fourth term as a legislator at Har risburg in the House, which recently adjourned, died at his home in Oley last night. He was unable to be present during the last two months of the session owing to illness. OFFERS $25,000 FOR VILLA El Paso, Texas, July 29.—Gov ernor Andres Ortz, of the State of Chihuahua, has offered a reward of $25,000 gold for the capture, dead or alive, of Francisco Villa, accord ing to a Mexico merchant, who was here to-day from Chihuahua i City. He said the offer appeared j in an advertisement in one of the Chihuahua City newspaper* FORESTALLING IS MADE PUNISHABLE BY COUNCIL'S ACT CO-OPERATION IN BUYING OFFERED TO LOWER COSTS Lse of Schoolhouscs as Distri bution Centers Suggested as a Saving Organization of an association for co-operative buying and co-operative distribution of food supplies is sug gested by J. Horace McFarland, president of the American Civic Association, who calls attention to the success of this plan in other parts of the country. Use the schoolhouses for dis tributing centers and government trucks for delivering the produce to these places are details of this pro posed plan. That this would cause a reduction in the price of food and would afford the city a better and higher grade supply is the pre diction made by Mr. McFarland. There are still those in the city who hope to see the Mayor's committee put the smoked meats now at New Cumberland on sale in this man ner. Another reason for the high prices he said is the uncontrolled desire of many buyers who purchase food re gardless of the price rather than do i without. By purchasing only neces sities instead of recklessly spend ing money the situation would soon change he said Mr. McFarland's Plan 1 Mr. McFarland's statement fol ! lows; "No one seems to have drawn at ! tention in Harrisburg to the possi i bilities of co-operative buying in ; eliminating profiteering and in se ! curing better qualities of goods for I the same money. j "In Washington, for example, several buying centers have been j established, usually in schoolhouses I which are placed in charge of a j capable person who arranges to [Continued on Page B.] I 4 $ 4 A> 4 I <g ;4 |4 T S 4* i JL ■T .4* 7 4 <g 4 x '. .* ""• '- after tU *-: %r* •r--?b-vJ.-- -; t J COMPLETE HEARINGS ON NOMINATION 4 T S. Willhtrs as Comptroller of Currency virtually, were '■ X X ■Jj Pennsylvania appear before the committee to air his 4 cJ | HARDBOILED SMITH PASSES BUCK UP T New York Responsibility cruel treatment of •p X placed squarely upon the shoulders of Major General ' T P, S. Strong and Colonel E, P. Grimstead by Lieutenant 4 J to-day before a subcommittee of the House of Repre-. * ?Z MARRIAGE LICENSES 5 E**l<* M. llendrmon and Uracc A. iirlnklry, Hnntlnprdon; Mate .Tonro mid I.iacie Carney, Hnrrlahurui Tyson Mnrtln, Harriabanc, n. r>, and .Mar.v K. Hrlsay, Hum nc!Movtii, R. l. j; Wlllliun E. Dwk and A lie* A. Tnrbrt. Girn Hock; Joseph Rarrak, Camp Hill, and Vlole <"* knolu) Hay'W. Rohnrr nnd Miiruorot O .Hoffman, Kllxabeth vU,r - : Ordinance Is Passed After Discussion of an Hour DESIGNED TO AID CONSUMER After a discus|!on for more than an hour -with a truck farmer from York county, a city grocer and a representative of organized labor. City Council passed unanimously this morning the ordinance prohibit ing forestalling and price-fixing in city markets. The probable effect of the meas ure on the supply of produce coming to the city markets was pointed to by Commissioner C. W. Burtnett, who said it may diminish the amount of food being brought by them for sale, but he assured the other members of Council he would do anything to help solve the prob lem of the high cost of living. Three Make Protest L. E. Hartman, a grower residing near Yocumtown, who has had a stand at the Verbeke street market for the last twenty-five years; H. L. McLaughlin, of the Central Labor Union, and William H. Uhler, a grocer in North Sixth street, were i the only three persons to appear j before Council for a hearing on the [ ordinance. The petition which ! hucksters were said to be circulat \ ing was not presented. Members of City Council declared that they believed the measure would help in meeting the forestall ing situation here and is a step for ward in bringing down prices. They said if the ordinance is shown to bo impractical it can either be amend ed, repealed or a new one prepar ed which will be satisfactory. The Farmer's Side When Mr. Hartman was asked for a suggestion which would give his [Continued on Page 15.]
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