Consumers Are Urged to Purchase From Grower Who Produces the Goods, Eliminating Fore LXXXVIII—NO. 185 22 PAGES D, XWth B X offlce e at a Ha S rri2bSr laa " HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1919. WILSON READY TO DELIVER HIS COST SOLUTION Will Lay Before Congress Plans For Relief WANTS NEW LA PASSED By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 8. The House to-day adopted a resolu tion for a joint session of Con gress at 4 o'clock this afternoon to hear President Wilson's rec ommendations as to means look ing to the reduction of the high cost of living. A point of no quorum had been made by Representative Blanton, Democrat, Texas, when the chair refused to recog nize him for the introduction of a measure, but a roll call de veloped that a quorum was in attendance. Urge Repeal of Guarantee , Repeal of the government price guarantee for wheat, to enable farmers to secure higher prices, ■was urged at a special meeting to day of the Senate Agriculture Com mittee. Action by the committee was deferred-. Senator Norris, Republican, Ne braska, proposed repeal of the price guarantee and T. C. Atkeson, Wash ington, representative of the Na tional Grange, endorsed it. "That is exactly what the farmers are praying for," said he. I-aw Not Carried Out Senator Norris, Chairman Gronna and other committee members said the wheat price guarantee law has Hot been carried out. The $2.26 guarantee, they declared,was intend ed by Congress to be the minimum price with a higher price possible under the law of supply and de mand. Instead, they asserted the United States Grain Corporation had made the minimumu guarantee the maximum price for the farmer. Mr. Atkeson told the committee that the farmer would receive an average of only $1.50 per bushel for wheat this year. Mr. Atkeson testified that the [Continued on Pago 21.] Three Children Hurt When Auto Runs Wild Struck by an automobile when the driver lost control of it and ran it on the pavement, three Ober lin children were injured this morn ing. Arden Eberley, six years old, son of Charles K. Eberley, was in jured to such an extent that he was brought to the Harrisburg Hospital. The injuries are not serious how ever, consisting only of lacerations of the scalp and minor body bruises. Retail Price of Milk to Be Increased One Cent Announcement was made to-day by Harrisburg milk dealers that prices will be increased beginning next Monday to 13 cents a quart and 7 cents a pint. This will be the same price charged last winter. The dealers ex plain that the producers have in creased the wholesale rates because of increased costs. County Detective Walters to Quit Active Service James T. Walters, county detec tive for 21 years, announced to-day that he has tendered his resigna tion to District Attorney M. E. Strotjp to be effective January 1. Walters' long service has been appreciated by several District At torneys. The list of criminals he has run down has included several murderers whose crimes attracted considerable attention. WILSON'S SPEECH ON LIVING COSTS At least an abstract and pos sibly the full text of President Wilson's address before Congress late this afternoon will IK- print ed in the Xight Extra edition of the Harrisburg Telegraph. |THEWEATHF.P| Harrisburg nml Vicinity: Fair and cooler to-night with lowest teiii|ieriiturc nbout <lO degrees Saturday fair, continued cool. ' River: The Susquehanna river and all its branches will fall slowly exccpt the lower portion of the mull! river which will remain nearly stationary. \ stage of ahont 4 feet is Indicated for llurrishnrg Saturday morning. General Conditions: The center of the disturbance that was locat ed north of the Great Lukes Thursday morning tins moved eastward to the North Atlantic eonat. It Is being followed by an area of high pressure from Northwestern Canada, which has already overspread north central districts attended by fall of 2 to Id degrees In tem pera! lire In the last 24 hours over the territory coming under Its Influence. Light frost occur red In Northern Michigan thin morning. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Shopmen Ordered to Return to Their Work WILL NOT DEAL WITH STRIKERS By Associated Press. ] Washington, Aug. S.—Director j General Hines to-day awaited woid I from the unions that all the strik j ing shopmen had returned to work , before undertaking to carry out | President Wilson's instructions ty ! settle the wage controversy on its : merits. The telegraph system of the | Railroad Administration was put at I the disposal of the union officers and peremptory orders that the men should go back to their jobs went out to 500 local chairmen. Until the men have resumed work Railroad Administration officials said they would not discuss the pro cedure to be employed in adjusting the wage demands. As the shop men's reasons for wanting a twenty live per cent, increase have been considered thoroughly by the Board of Railroad Wages and Working- Conditions, which divided three to three, it was thought the evidence in that case would be put immedi ately before the Director General for a decision. Other unions have demands pending, however, whicn will necessitate the presentation of evidence and to hear this a new board may be constituted. Two Points Involved Mr. Hines is understood to con sider that two main points are in volved in the settlement of wage demands: First, how much has the cost of living increased beyond the [Continued on Pago 17.] Four Arrested For Urging Violent Measures to Overthrow Government By Associated Press. New York, Aug. 8. Charged with criminal anarchy under an old section of the penal code, four men were arrested here to-day by detec tives of the bomb squad after a raid on their apartments in the Bronx. Much anarchistic literature and a loaded revolver were found in the flat. According to the detectives, the four men, all Finns and three of them claiming to be carpenters, have distributed a large quantity of revo lutionary propaganda among foreign born workingmen in the United States. This literature urged that violent measures be used to over throw the Government. Honduran Rebels Are Defeated by Loyal Troops By Associated Press. San Salvador, Aug. B.—Honduran revolutionary forces have been de- ! feated by government troops at I Guascora, near the Salvadorean I frontier, according to dispatches re ceived here to-day. The rebels were reported to have lost heavily in killed and wounded and the government troops captured considerable quantities of war ma terial. The routed rebels took up a po sition on Salvadorean territory. The government troops were re organized and marched on the rev olutionists' new position w-ith the hope of capturing it. Looks For President in Capitol Corridor He wanted to talk to the Presi dent. So a Hungarian told State Police when encountered wandering aim lessly about the State Capitol. Told that Mr. Wilson could not be located in the city, the man did not appear to be satisfied and the police thought it wise to take him into custody. He has been turned over to the Harrisburg police, who are holding him, at least until they can secure an interpreter and find out what he really wants. HOOVER OFF OX TOUR By Associated Press. Paris, Aug. B.—Herbert Hoover chairman of the Inter-Allied Relief Organization, left last night with Brigadier General Harry H. Band holtz, for Vienna. He will be gone for about two weeks and during that time will visit virtually all the Central European capitals gating food and economic condi tions. 15,000 CIGARMAKERS OUT By Associated Press Rending, Pa., Aug. ,8. Head quarters of the State Secretary- Treasurer here to-day received re ports that about 15,000 cigarmakers and packers all over the State hav* so far quit work in answer to the demand for higher wages. This in cludes 2,000 in Reading and vicinity Some factories have closed down. BOMB HURTS FOUR By Associated Press. Madrid, Tuesday, Aug. 7. The explosion of a bomb in Barcelona injuring four persons, is reported in a dispatch from that city. The po lice are investigating the explosion which took place in the Rue de la Rambla. VJHE.N a eat cAZ>y with //e/i aas_< fw<. cA Sa)A/d/.es M£PTS -4 / Af> c,£ &PNTf FkAaiy -r/jj £ CP JAUD * $3,000 IS NEEDED TOMAKEKIPONA GREAT SUCCESS Public Urged to Send Volun tary Contributions to Sec retary of Committee The committee in charge of the Kipona celebration on Labor Day needs $3,000 with which to finance the biggest water festival ever staged in Harrisburg. The program includes a historical pageant, the most picturesque ever attempted here; boat races, a river parade, underwater electric lighting, flood lights of millions of cand.o power and a great fireworks display at the upper point of the bridge island. The public is asked to contribute the money and the appeal for vol unteer subscriptions was made to day, the money to be sent to V. Grant Forrer, secretary of the Greater Harrisburg Navy, Park Bu reau, Calder building, Harrisburg. The time is short in which to raise the money and those desiring to contribute are urged to do so at once. It is in this way that the Marti' Gras, of New Orleans, and similar festivals in other cities, are staged. The Kipona is to be a yearly event in Harrisburg, the afternoon and evening of Labor Day, one of the big holidays of the season, to be given over to it. RAID DRUG DEXS Reading, Pa., Aug. 8. A flying squadron of Federal revenue agents made a sensational raid in Read ing's underworld last night on places that harbor addicts to narcotics and dealers in these illegal drugs. No arrests were made, but a large num ber of parties were placed under surveillance. RECOMMEND A FORTUNE TELLER, HORRORS NO! So Police Department Shows Its Many-Sidedness by Quot ing the Bible For Carlisle Woman A Carlisle woman to-day asked the astonished police to recommend an A-l fortune teller so that she might get a glimpse into the future. A new side to the police department turned up unexpectedly in an an swer to the woman's request signed by Police Chief J. Edward Wetzel and carrying the marks "cob-w." The letter follows: "I was greatly surprised to receive the letter I did from a person that seems to be -so intelligent as your letter Indicates. As to fortune tell ers. I would say that we have put forth every effort to stamp out this most damnable practice, which has Wanted—A Traffic Cop TRAFFIC POLICE ' SEEK SHADE Old Sol's Intense rays of yes terday and to-day have beer* causing some discomfort to traf fic cops in this city. "Whitey" Wiesemr.nn, sta tioned at Second and Walnut streets, gave testimony to this ef fect to-day when he explained why he and Patrolman Seabold, who has been substituting at the same busy corner, had rigged up an umbrella to shield them from the rays. He says that it is merely to provide greater comfort. LIGHT COMPANY MAKES ANSWER TO CITY CHARGE General Manager Promises to Give Best Possible Service "Whatever can be done to give Harrisburg proper light service will be given attention," H. Root Palmer, vice-president and general manager of the Harrisburg Light and Power Company, declared to-day in discuss ing the charge made by Commission er S. F. Hassler, before City Council, that the light service was inadequate and should be investigated. Mr. Palmer returned to the city this morning and said he had not been in touch with the situation here for the last few days, but would make an investigation at once. He con ferred with C. K. Steinmetz, electrical [Continued on Page 17.] caused so many heart aches in homes in this as well as other communities. I. therefore, would be unable to re fer you to any person of this charac ter in Harris burg. "My advice to you would be to place more trust in your God, for I feel sure you will learn more by His teachings in one hour than you can learn in a life time from the class you are seeking. "If you have a Bible in your home, refer to II Samuel, xxii, chapter, vii verse, which says: "In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God and he did hear my voice out of His temple and my cry did enter His ears." " £for-3n&epcn&cfit. PRIMARY PLANS DISCUSSED BY REPUBLICANS Party Workers Enthusiastic Over Conditions in City and County At one of the largest summer meetings of city members of the Republican county committee, and city committeemen, together with members of the Republican Voters' League, plans for the primary elec tion campaign was outlined in short talks by prominent members of the party. It was planned to hold the meet ing in Courtroom No. 2 in the Courthouse, but before the meet ing the crowd became so great that it was necessary to have the com mitteemen come over to Courtroom No. 1, where practically all the seats were* taken by the crowd of almost 300 party workers. The hot weather failed to keep anyone away and practically every voting district in the city was rep resented by at least two commit- [Continued on Page 22.] Three Army Planes Land at Middletown, Lead Way Here For Big Squadron Three big Army de Haviland bat tle planes, the forerunners of a party of planes, trucks, etc., that will go from coast to coast on a recruiting expedition, landed at the Middletown Aviation Depot this morning after having arrived in this vicinity last evening and landed at various places. The three planes are proceeding aheud of the party, mapping out the route of travel for it, and locating vhrious places of landing. All came from the Hazlehurst Field, Long Is land, and will proceed to Seattle, Wash., and then to San Francisco, along the route which it is planned to have the big party follow. The recruiting expedition will in clude a number of Army planes, trucks, complete radio equipment, photographic apparatus and other war material. Reports That Farmers Feed Produce to Hogs Being Investigated By Associated Press Trenton, N. J., Aug. B.—Agents of the Department of Justice are in vestigating reports of the destruc tion of fish food by dealers along tho Atlantic coast in order to maintain high prices, Federal Attorney Bodtne said to-day. Reports that some farmers who cannot readily dispose of their pro duce are feeding it to swine also are being sifted, he said. ONLY EVENING ASSOCIATED PItESS SINGLE COPIES NEWSPAPER IN IIAHRISBIIIIG JWO CENTS CHE A PGO VERNMEN TFOOD TO GO ON SALE IN THE CITY NEXT WEEK, S-4VS MAYOR Buy From the Grower Direct WHEN you go to market to-morrow make sure that you avoid any forestaller who may have been able to evade the law by purchasing directly from the fanner or trucker who grows the fruit or vegetables he offers for sale. Be sure that the man from whom you buy has pro duced the articles you purchase. The forestalling ordinance is not intended to injure the grower, but to bring him and the consumer directly into touch without the profit of a middleman. Make certain that the man from whom you buy has produced the vegetables or fruit he offers for sale. BUY RIGHT AT THE MARKETS TOMORROW Avoid Forestaller and Make Your Purchases Direct From the Producer—Price Crusade Is Taking Effect in Local Market* I Farmers and truck growers have been hit by the crusade against un reasonable prices for foodstuffs in Harrisburg. One of the largest fruit and vege table dealers in the Harrisburg mar kets sold only $35.55 worth of goods of his own production at his stalls in the Verbeke Street, the Hill and the Chestnut Street markets Wednes day against $123 worth the Satur day previous. He says the prices were lower Wednesday on many lines of produce than they were on Sat urday for the reason the season was further advanced, but that customers growing fearsome of the exorbitant prices the forestallers have been charging simply declined to buy. This trucker took home with him SIOO worth of produce which he was un able to dispose of at any price. This grower is responsible for the opinion that there are no more than twenty-flve forestallers in the mar kets who have been grossly over charging. He said, "the man who should be taken in hand is not so much the farmer, the fruit grower or the trucker, but the man who runs up prices on the markets only for the purpose of making an easy living for himself without much risk. The farmer or trucker takes all the risk of production, faces the threat of crops being ruined by bad weather and assumes all of the vastly in creased costs of farming. He is the man who should be patronized by the consumer. Of course, the grower must charge more for his produce than formerly, he said. Seed Prices AUrunced I For example, fertilizer is from 25 I to 100 per cent, higher than before the war. Plows that formerly cost $10.25 are now $23.00. Pea seed bought a few years ago for $3.25 a bushel now costs $16.00. Beans are the same. All seeds are up 75 to 300 per cent, above prewar prices and labor for which farmers paid $1.50 a day now receives from $3.00 to $3.50. Bran, which cost from sls to $lB, through no fault of the farmer now brings SSO. It is tlie opinion of this farmer that the consumer could improve his condition materially if instead of buying one bunch of beets for ix anib 1" he would buy three or four, if instead of buying one head of :ab buge he bought a half dozen, if in stead of buying a quarter peck of apples he bought a bushel, if instead of buying a quarter peck of potatoes or sweet potatoes or turnips he bought a bushel. Prices are always more reasonable when purchases are made in quantity lots he said, and in most cases fruits and vegetables of the character named can be kept or preserved without loss to the buy*." and at a considerable saving in prices. Another factor that enters into the high cost of living, according to this grower, is the fact that many nouse wives do not know how to prepire palatably the cheaper vegetables. He suggests that much can be saved in the way of food bills if the house wife learns to prepare the cheaper grade vegetables and fruits in more than the ordinary way of cooking. "I wonder," he said, how many wo men in Harrisburg know that there are 200 ways in which potatoes may be prepared and that each of them makes an excellent dish? How many housewives know that there are 37 ways in which to prepare beets? it seems to me that if we go away from the high-priced meats and pre pared foods and got back to ,'resh vegetables we would be all better oif both in purse and stomach and at tl.e same time we would take a solar plexus punch at the high cost of liv ing." Market Salesmanship The farmer quoted said that sales manship entered greatly into the suc cess the forestallers have had. "For example," said he "X know a very attractive woman who contracts with me to provide her with a cer tain number of redbeets in bunches for sale on the market every Wed nesday and Saturday. These red beets I sell on my stand at live .ents a bunch. She sells hers at the same figure, but she splits up her bunches taking one of the six beets in each bunch from it, or if the beets are large, two. These she makes up into additional bunches and sells at live cents the bunch, the same price X re ceived for six beets. But she is a very comely woman, I am only a man and I'll admit that she is a better sales man than I am. r'eople pass my stand to buy the smaller bunches of her. Now this may be all very good for her, but it is mighty bad for ine and for the people as a whole and it Is this type of forestalling that the law should be directed at reaching." "Be sure," said this man "to buy your produce from a man you know has raised it. Make sure that you are not paying a price to the middle man. Don't discourage the farnn-r or the grower. Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg. Just be sure that you are purchasing from the man who produced the goods." MRS. BARRETT DIES By Associated Press Reading, Pa., Aug. B.—Mrs. Isaac Barrett, aged 71, widow of a well known confectioner, died here laic last night. She was the mother-in law of Mayor Thomas B. Smith, of Philadelphia. During her illness her daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Mayor Smith, accompanied by her husband, made numerous trips to Reading to be at her bedside. <4 *SL f f '■ * L j* §• o :: I *i * £, *£* L 4 3* * * x *j X 4 c.t X *?* ? £ X t! 5 ' ' T € ft tfL Xf ' T <E i # £ ! I f X * 31 *t* <a *i* * * 'X; x <j x ♦. f '"-' •;# ®2 X 4 SHOPMEN RETURNING TO WORK . T X x J OAD ADMINISTRATION TO-DAY sAID THA T I IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT WII C X JL •'y 4 . '® 4 1 T O WORK ON t f T X | WESTERN, ( WESTERN MARYLA' D, HOCK J i| RAILROADS AN | I PENNSYLVANIA I 9 X BURGH, ; ,Z X X DECIDE TO RECALL TROOPS FR X . 4 i V T *f* X ift c f the causes allejged for the g* ni * T 4 strike, wag annotraced this, afternoon. X J FORTY MORE TRAINS ARE CA T g CHICAGO—Forty additional passenger trains were X 4* 1 1" M ■ . X X ~I sho MARRIAGE LICENSES t t M, Vala, Plti-lairah ami Sara K. laa aI ■ RinlitamJ <■* '"* and Kxthrr M. KIIK>I, Harrlaburiti Charlrx W. XauKlc T JL 21? . I! * A< Mlebaela, Munbtr.t Henry la .Slainm. Harrlnbura. and £ •■2® J tm . r . r ' •'••nlirookt I'nul M. Albright, Itoeheater, Pa., and J e4t I'allKtibeth C. Beahler, Mnytoivni Lewl Ibbemon and Irene R. Whit-T J" man, l.jkeiu. "-it i 4. tt HOME EDITION Cured Meats to Be Sold at Cost PA Y ONLY FOR WHATSIS USED I-larrisburg will get its chance to buy Government foodstuffs at greatly reduced prices. This definite assurance was given to-day by Mayor Daniel L. Keister following an an nouncement of a new plan of sale by Lieutenant Boyle in charge of the millions of pounds of meats and canned goods now held at New Cumberland. Many Market Places The foodstuffs will be placed on sale at the tlrehouses where volun teer workers will help in the distri bution direct to the consumer. Mayor Keister called a meeting of his special committee and will take the matter of detail up with them late to-day or early to-morrow. Cured meats and some vegetables probably will be placed on sale here early next week. The sale made possible by the War Department's new plan us an nounced by Lieut. Boyle permits the city to go ahead without possi bility of loss. No Chance to Lose According to the new ruling a committee, acting with the sanction of the mayor of a municipality, may secure as much of the food stuffs as it desires without regard to the old carload order. The Gov ernment will extend credit for thirty days and give the committee the right to return all spoiled or unsold [Continued on Page 9.]
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