J oar dm Forced to Free Grip on Food as Federal War Against Living Brings P lts\ 1 LXXXVIII—NO. 190 18 PAGES Da % a F iZr*\ W?4t HARRISBURG, PA. THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1919. ox &S K s iSSi %a* s HOME EDITION MUNICIPAL FLYING FIELD TO PUT CITY ON ROUTE OF CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHTS Project Will Go to City Council . FIRST STEPS ARE TAKEN" A Temporary Field at Middletown Is Planned Preliminary plans looking to , ward the establishment of a municipal aviation field in order to secure for Harrisburg a place on the first transcontinental air route from New York to Seattle and San Francisco were taken to-day by a special committee appointed by Mayor Keister to consider the offer of the Gov ernment air service. The committee through the coun eilmen present instructed City So licitor John E. Fox to look into the legal proceedings necessary to , finance the project and looked most favorably upon is. Developments will come thick and fast in the next few days, the United States Army officers located here offering their services for the necessary survey and the committee will report its findings to Council early next week. Meantime Chairman William Jen nings will take steps to procure the use of the field adjoining the ord nance depot at Middletown as a , temporary landing place for the hig planes the Government proposes to send through and the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce will finance the cutting of the grass and the lo cating of a big white sign on the ground bearing the insignia P-53 which is the Government air serv ice's designation for Harrisburg. The Committee The committee was appointed yes terday at the request of the War Department, which notified him that Harrisburg has been selected as one of the stopping places of the trans continental air service that is to be established by the Government, the first advance guard of the map makers being due to arrive at the Middletown field this afternoon. But the Government requests that the city, in order to insure its future as an aviation center provide a landing place for tlte planes of suf ficient size and as level as possible, to be located near a street car line and to have ready access to gasoline and telephone service. The committee, which was called together this morning at 10.30. in the Mayor's office, consists of Wil liam Jennings, chairman and Warren J- Jackson, secretary, representing the Chamber of Commerce: Colonel Kemper and Lieut. Col. Kirkland. representing the United States Army; K. Z. Gross and Y. Grant Forrer. representing the Park Department: O. M. Btetnmets and Wm. M. Kobi son. representing the Harrisburg notary Club. C. <\ Merrill and Frank Fahnestock, representing the Ki wanis Club. After discussing the problem the committee was subdivided on maps and locations and after Col. Kirkland had looked ov-r a piece of land in the eastern section < the city the committee re-assembled at 12 30 tit the Harrisburg Club, whele City So licitor Fox, City Couni'iimen ll.iss er and Lynch, and City Clerk Ross So man met with them at luncheon. It was the una.'. Imo us opinion of the committee anil tue eouneilmen that Harrisburg should m t miss this opportunity and Mr. Fox was d-!e --* gated t> find how the problem might be leg illy met through the municipal government while Col. Kirkland of fered to have his flying officers make the necessary maps and surveys. From this data the committee will recommend a site to be purchased, and estimate the cost. It is likely that a sum will be added to the loans to be voted on this fall for the pur pose of financing the project. "If Harrisburg does not take ad vantage of this offer some other city surely will." said Col. Kirkland. "and .he air route may be diverted from this city, which in a year or two might prove as disastrous to the fu ture of Harrisburg as if it had missed the opportunity of being placed on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Aviation is still in its in fancy, and no man can tell what to morrow will bring forth. Certain it is that we shall soon be running pas- A f nger and express plant to coast." Striking Shopmen May Return to Their Jobs By Associated Press. Clticago, Aug. 14.—Several thou sand striking railway shopmen from all parts of the country met here to day to consider the question of re turning to work in accordance with President Wilson's demand. It is expected that a definite policy in re gard to the strike, which was called August 1, in defiance of the orders of the international officers of the union, will be adopted before the meeting adjourns. Local leaders urged the strikers to refuse to re turn to work, while international officials advised the men to call off *. the strike and defer until later the settlement of their demands for higher wages. HARRISBURG B§ipftft TELEGRAPH '; sbe £tar-2ni>cpcn&cftt. EXCESSIVE FOOD IN STORAGE IN SIX STATES, IS REPORT Attorney General Indieates That Sew Jersey Is One of the , States: First Conviction For Profiteering By Associated Press. < Washington, Aug. 14. —Reports of | excessive stocks of food held m i storage have been received from at least six States, Attorney General i Palmer said. He declined to be more specific, but it was indicated i that New Jersey was one of the . States. One of the most interesting de velopments was the announcement iby Attorney General Palmer that ■the tlrst Federal conviction for 1 profiteering had been obtained. Dis trict Attorney Lucey telegraphed from Binghamton, N. Y„ that a re tail grocer had been fined SSOO lor | selling sugar at fifteen cents a ' pound. No details were given and , the law under which the case was brought was not known here. "A few good cases' of profiteering in each State will settle that trou ble." Mr. Palmer remarked. In order to bring to book persons guilty of raising prices exorbitantly i ot hoarding food to advance prices, Mr. Palmer submitted to the agieul - ture committees of Congress the I draft of an amendment to the food l control act extending its provisions I to clothing and containers of foods and feeds and providing a penalty of $5,000 fine or two years' impris onment. or both for violation of the law. Chairman Haugen. of the House committee, announced that the amendment would be considered 1 immediately by a subcommittee and | that a report might be made to j morrow. It is Mr. Palmer's idea that this 1 amendment should be considered before taking up other amendments suggested by President Wilson tc extend the effective life of the food ' control act beyond the war period. Three Cabinet officers asked spe- I cial appropriations from Congress for the campaign against inflated prices. Secretary Redfield requested $410,000 for the work of the Bu -1 reau of Standards in assuring full weight and measure and of the i Bureau of Fisheries in introducing new fish foods Secretary Wilson asked for $ 4 75,000 for the employ ment of special agents and others and Mr. Palmer requested f1,000,• j 000 for the Bureau of Investigation j and for the expenses of the State food administrators assisting the Department of Justice. Another $200,000 was asked for [Continued on Page 10.] Theodore G. Calder Dies After a Long Illness; Served in Old Council Theodore G. Odder, son of the late William and Regina Greenawalt Calder. idled at two o'clock this morning. Mr. i Calder was born In this city 58 years , ago and had been a life-long resident of Harrisburg. He was for many years j int. rested In the administration of his father's landed estates and had long been president and general manager of J the City Transfer Company. He served with marked efficiency as a representa j tive of the Fourth ward for several 1 terms ir. the old City Council. Mr. Calder for a long period was j afflicted with chronic heart trouble to which he finally succumbed. Trior to . his physical disability he filled a large : and popular place In the social life of | the city, and is remembered by many old friends. Mr. Calder was a bachelor, lie and his sister. Miss Mary K. Calder! now Mrs. George P. Mains, having , made their home together until her . marriage. Fpon the removal of Dr. I and Mrs. Mains from New Tork City |to Harrisburg a few years ago. Mr. ! Calder made his home with them at j 31? North Front street. I The funeral will be held at the I Mains residence. Saturday at 2 p. m. I The services will he conducted by the i Rev. Dr. Robert Ragnefl a nc i t ) le " Rev j Dr. George Edward Reed. Mr. Calder suffered a serious impair ment of health some years ago when he went to Trinidad and from that time withdrew from all public activities. About eighteen months ago he had a severe relapse and was not expected to revore. but rallied and until two or three weeks ago was able to be about and attend to his duties at the I office of the City Transfer Company j He was taken to Atlantic City recently lin the hope of being benefited, but ; there was little improvement and he continued to fail until hope of his | recovery was practically abandoned. Reside his sister there survive sev ! eral nephews and nieces, children of , a brother and sister—the late William |J. Calder and Mrs. E. B. Mitchell, j The honorary pallbearers will be Daniel C. Herr, Casper Dull. John I Melick, John N. Speel, Edwin Green await. J. K. Greenawalt, Warwick M. Ogelsby and Richard A. Rogers of Philadelphia. ">Bers. ot I THE WEATHER] llnrrlkburg anil Vicinity: Partly cloudy ami somewhat warmer ' to-iiiglit with lowest tempera ture about <l3 degrees. Friday fair and warmer. Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy to-night. Friday fair. Warmer. Fresh northwest winds diminishing anil becoming var nble. Idler: The Susquehanna river and nil its branches will fn:i slowly. A stage of about 3.7 feet Is Indicated for Hnrrishurg j Friday uiorning. ■ Progress in Fight With Living Costs Appropriations of nearly $2,- 000,000 were asked of Congress to wage the war against hig.i • costs; $1,000,000 to pursue criir.- ; inal practices: $200,000 for anti trust prosecutions: $410,000 to j guarantee full weight and meas- j ure to buyers of food, ice, coal, etc., and $475,000 to employ nineteen experts and 200 special agents and clerks in the Depart- j ment of Labor. Governors appeal to Palmer i to force "amazing quantities" , of goods held stored in six States ! on market. State Food Administrators or dered to bare truth and use i names of hoarders. First Federal conviction for profiteering reported from Bing- j hamton. N. Y. Dealer fined foi selling sugar at fifteen cents a ' pound. Palmer sends amendments to Food Control act to Congress for extending power over other com modities. Army cuts prices in sale of stocks to meet retailers' reduc tions. i SERVICES FOR CARNEGIE PLAIN AS HIS LIFE No Eulogy and No Pallbear-! crs at Funeral of Steel Magnate By Associated Press. Lenox, Mass., Aug. 14.—The fu neral of Andrew Carnegie was held j to-day at Shadow Brook, his summer home in the Berkshires. There was no eulogy and there were ; no pallbearers. The service was as 1 simple as were the tastes and habits j of the man in life. Fully half of the ' sixty persons present were members < of the household. The others were in- j timates of the family. The ritual of the Presbyterian church was used by the officiating clergyman. Dr. William Pierson Merrill, of the I Brick rresbyterian Church. Fifth av- ' enue. New York, which the Carnegies ' attended and of which Mrs. Carnegie ■ and her daughter. Mrs. Roselle Miller. : were members. The day upon which his daughter Margaret united with this : church was declared by Mr. Carnegie to be the "happiest day of his life." j and Dr. Merrill has said that with ad- I vancir.g years Mr. Carnegie gave evi- i dence of increasing interest in the so- j ciety. Short Services At the conclusion of the service, which occupied barely twenty minutes. ; the body, accompanied by most of the 1 party, was removed in a motor car to ! Hillsdale. N. Y., where a funeral coach ! was waiting. The body reposed in a severly plain 1 casket, placed in the center of the room 1 and all but hidden in a wealth of < floral pieces. The mahogany of the i casket was covered with heavy black j broadcloth. A small name plate of j silver bore only the inscription "An- j drew Carnegie. Born at Dunfermline. Scotland. November 25. 1835. Died • Lenox. Mass.. Aug. 11. 1919." Just before 10.30 o'clock this morn- [ ing. the hour set for. the funeral those | who were to hear the last rites entered ; the room and grouped themselves about j the casket. With Mrs. Carnegie and | her daughter. Mrs. Roselle Miller, who : were in conventional mourning were the daughter's husband. Ensign Miller. Mrs. Morris Johnson, a niece of Mr. Carnegie: his nephews. Andrew and Morris Carnegie: Mrs. Carnegie's pri vate secretary, Archibald Barrow, and John Poynton, who had long served the master of Jthe house in a similar capacity. Close Friends Present Next in the circle were notable rep resentatives of those who had helped the industrial giant to make his mil lions and others who had helped the philanthropist distribute the major part of those millions for humanitarian purposes. Among these were Charles M. Schwab, once president of the Car negie Steel Company; Robert A. Franks, business adviser of the iron master for many years, treasurer of the Carnegie Corporation and of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advance ment of Teaching; the Rev. Frederick H. Lynch, who represented the Car negie Peace Foundation during the peace conference at Paris, and Oliver Ricketson. SENTENCE SINN FEINER By Associated Press. Dublin. Aug. 14. Peter Paul Gallin, member of Parliament from the west division of Cavun, who was court martialed on a charge of illegal drilling of troops and the incitation of mobs against police of ficers in connection with his activ ities as a Sinn Fein leader, has been sentenced to a year's imprison ment at hard labor. Folks Always Act That Way When They Begin to Get Well @H? IF I EVER GET WELL I WILL CERTAINLY LEAD A BETTER. LIFE . AND BE KIND AND GOOD TO everybody ! —T> e^<o, Pife TVM=/V TUEY'rSE AY THE CZIT'CAI- S7ACrE ANtiELf COULMn'r BE S VVEETEfS A i?QKI| LOT OF DOCTORS X # , , ~Z u FEEDING ME MIXK- TOAST J6\ G" \ \ / / \V.MD GRUEL ! - I JtYV I V X ft- nn WANT X XX th * I "BEEFSTEAK >XX. <X \ anb rR,E Y - XoX-;„ Uilxx VT's MEN SENATORS DECIDE j TO MAKE CALL ON PRESIDENT Foreign Relations Committee to Study Peace Treaty in White House Washington. August 14.—After a ' i two-hour discussion to-day the Sen- 1 |at Foreign Relations Committee do • i cided to notify President Wilson that it would call on him at the White j ; House, at his convenience, to discuss j : the Peace Treaty. i The committee also decided to call i i before it E. T. Williams, S. K. Horn- j I beck, and William C. Bullitt, who ro i signed as advisers to the American j Peace Commission at Paris, because. I ] it has been reported, they disagreed j ; with decisions by the conference. I ; A motion to call also Colonel House, j i General Bliss and Henry White, I American delegates to the Teaee Con- | j ference, was voted down 9 to 8, Sen- i ators McCumber, North Dakota, and ! Harding, Ohio, Republicans, voting j ; with the Democrats. ! In deciding to request a conference i with President Wilson on which there | was no committee vote, it was agreed | that all information secured from the | President should be made public. First Excursion Sees Many Off to Seashore Harrisburg folks promise to be ! i quite prominent at New Jersey. 1 i There is a reason. Beginning to- | day tickets good for sixteen days i will be sold Thursdays to Atlantic I City, Cape May, Wildwood, Wild-j I wood Crest, Anglesea, Ocean City, ! I Sea Isle City, Stone Harbor or j I Avalon. The rate will be $6.48 for' i round trip. The dates the excursions | j will run will be to-day, August 21 I and August 28. | As an evidence that Harrisburg i | appreciates good treatment upwards' ] of 200 tickets were sold before noon j to-day. Heretofore the people in ' | this city were obliged to pay $9.96 j or go to Marysville and pay $6.24. i Some took advantage of the Marys- j ville price, but there were kicks ! ! loud and long, because of the dis- j crimination against Harrisburg. Harrisborg will fare a little better. 1 ! Tickets will be sold for regular j trains leaving Harrisburg 9.25 a. m., and 12.01 P. M. To-day a special I train was run to Atlantic City leav- I ing this afternoon at 2.05, and car- ! ried many passengers. On the next | two Thursdays the special train will ' leave here at 4.05 p. m. Tickets j will be good to return on any train ' except extra fare trains, and ure also good for stop-over in Philadelphia. I SAITO TO R.ULE KOREA By Associated Press. Tokio, Monday, Aug. 11. Ad miral Saito, former minister of the navy, has been appointed Governor of Korea, according to newspapers here. There is no confirmation of I this report. • FOOD TO GO ON SALE IS SHOWN FRESH BY TEST Cans Opened at Firehouses Show Goods in Perfect Condition Harrisburg folks are anxiously awaiting the start of the sale of Gov ernment goods at the tireliouses to morrow morning. With big trucks busy all day yesterday and to-day, there is every indication that the food will be ready by 9 o'clock. The firebells will ring fifteen min utes before the sale opens, as a warning signal. The committee met with one dis appointment. No peas will be of fered for sale. Thi3 is-no fault to be charged to the committee. Lieu tenant J. R. Boyle accepted the lo cal order subject to prior orders. When the trucks reported at the Reserve Depot yesterday, notice was given that peas were all sold. All rher commodities will be here by this evening and for sale to-morrow. The committee lias arranged to see that supplies are kept up during the day. In the event any com [Continued oil Page B.] WHERE FOOD WILL BE SOLD Firehouses Friendship, No. 1, Third and Cherry streets, J. W. Rodenhaver. Hope, No. 2, Second below North street, Edward Halbert. Paxton, No. 6, Second near Vine street, DeWitt A. Fry. Good Will, No. 7, Calder and Sixth streets, Captain Richard Robinson, W. B. McNair. Mount Pleasant, No. 8, Thir teenth and Howard streets, Wil liam Hoerner. Susquehanna Hose Co., No. 9, South Cameron street, Harry F. Shees'ey. Reily Hose, No. 10, Fourth and Dauphin- streets. J. W. DeChant. Shamrock, No. 11, Fifteenth and Herr streets, Captain Leo Luttinger. Allison. No. 12, Fourteenth and Kittatinny streets, Captain George Drake, P. T. Miller. Camp Curtin, No. 13. Sixth and Reel's lane, Herman F. Hawn, J. A. Good. Royal, No. 14, Twer.-ty-flrst and Derry streets, John I'ouck. Prices 12-pound can bacon, one can to a customer, $4.25. 2-pound can roast beef, 65c. , 12-ounee can corned beef, six to a customer, per can, 30c. v • 19-ounce can corn, six cans to a customer, per can, 10c. 19-ounce car? tomatoes, six cans to a customer, per can, 10c. FLAT RETURN OF 6 PER CENT. IS NEW PLAN Warfield Schemo Would Di vide All Surplus Between Labor and Public /?;/ Associated Press Washington, Aug. 14.—The War field plan for railroad control, with provision for a flat return of six per cent, on capital invested, was presented to-day to the House In terstate Commerce Committee by i Luther M. Walter, general counsel [of the National Association of I Owners of Railroad Securities. The fundamentals of the plan in j eluding division of all surplus over ; the fixed return among employes, j the public and the road earning it, , were explained by Mr. Walter, who i declared it could be put into effect ! immediately. "The keystone of the Warfield | plan, - " the witness said, "is a con gressional direction to the Inter [ state Commerce Commission that it, shall make freight and passenger rates sufficient to pay operating ex penses, maintain railroad properties and give not less than six per cent, return upon the aggregate fair value of the property devoted to trans portation in each of the principal traffic territories." Opposes Federal Rule Mr. Walter opposed Federal in corporation, a telephone board and a secretary of transportation in the cabinet and declared that under the [Continued on Page 10.] It Pays to Mind Your Own Business, Farmer Writes to Chief of Police "Now, in conclusion, I would say that if your informant had minded his own business, I would not have to sit and write this letter and later go 3% miles to mail it. I can ill afford to spare the time, as when I get home here, there is so much for me to do, although it is only a 15-acre place." So concluded a note received by Chief of Police Wetzel to-day from a resident of Edwinna. The Chief on August 4, had politely written him to the effect that an au tomobile, bearing a license issued to him, had been standing for three days in the mountains, near Bressler. He knew it. said the man who trav els through Pennsylvania selling an automobile specialty. He stays in the open sometimes, he sarcastically told Chief Wetzel for his well-intend ed efforts, "where there is a good place to go camping und possibly fishing and at the same time out out some of the heavy hotel expenses, till my goods come." A Bressler resident had notificc Chief Wetzel that the car had been standing near that place. 15,000 MAKE MERRY IN HERS HEY GROCERS HOLD SWAY Big Park Filled to Overflowing With Food Dispensers Who Are Joined by Their Customers For Great Picnic NOT A QUIET MINUTE IS PERMITTED ON THE GROUNDS All roads to-day are leading' to Hershey. Special trains, regular trains trolley cars and automobiles were bound to Hershey Park to-day where it is estimated that close to Ip.OOO persons are taking part in the monster picnic an nually staged by the grocers of Harrisburg. The grocers are there, their clerks | are with them as are their wives, children an<i sweethearts to say noth ing of a very larger percentage of their customers who for once have given up rank as ultimate consumers to join as General Consumer with their neighbors in attacking the great stock of provisions provided for the outing. No Kml to Anything Apparently there is no end to the supply of food, the number of events and prizes, the music, the dancing or the field events. There were events for young men and old men. lean men and fat men, married men and happy men, and (quietly) fat women and thin llappers. Even the humble flivver was not forgot ten as a thrilling race is to be held later in the day for fearless drivers of a dozen machines tore around the highways for the 20 gallons of lubricating oil which will come in handy next week greasing up the delivery busses. Eleven outings have preceded to day's but none of them lud quite the pep and ginger of the one going full blust late this afternoon. u liam A. Gernert, general chairman, expressed himself as being tickled pink. He was ably assisted in run ning off the. big events by A. H. Kreidler, who presided over the ' '** * " i i* i| tw 3* *& $ X "" ll !% v * ll J S 4 * * 3* *5 4 1* Ai **? i 4 '4 T-VJ • 4 *2a J 4 4 jL e 1 J , ~ & * * X *'* * 4 ' * T t> ■n- F; T |a 4 §> f tc&a j, ' T 4s *r 4* • T. 5 I x 4s •p. jMJ X X 4 j 4 | J 4 * V a 4* ' a *f* 4 4* * 4' 4 I[* 1 1 * 1 ~ f !!I fm P 4$ "" —■ 1 a 4' MARRIAGE LICENSES e*4 K I J llllum F. lliimH himl Miiry K. /achnriiiM, McchiinlcNhurK; George w - Smith mid Catharine H. Mnteliett, Harrishuri;; JUIIUM I. "! Father M. Ilarpel, HnrrisliurKJ Amnion L. Holtx, I.fbunon and a a J,,Un "• Unre ' HnrrlNbuPß. _ ®4"?* ##4Hhf"i ee 2 ,s s , *B*Bai | program committee and by many , other aids. The party began with the baseball : game between the uptown grocers, I captained by S. A. Schreckengaust, j and the Hill team, led by W. A. ! Gernert. After several innings of j intense playing, the uptown team emerged victorious, thereby winning ; five gallons of iee cream and live eases of soft drinks: at least it is j claimed that they are soft. Immediately after the game, the t contests were begun on the ball I grounds. There was only time enough for about ten of them to bo | run off this morning, and the re.it ! were pulled off right after lunch. | While the contests were going on at ! the ball field, the Moose Band, ua i der the leadership of J. Lewis I Sprenger, was playing a concert to a hig crowd in the open pavilion. The results of the morning eon • tests, with the prizes awarded, fol , low: 100-Yard Dash for Clerks —First, M. P. liair, ?5 in gold; second, Frank Koons, can of lard; third, R. H. Fasnatht, twelve packages of to ; bacco. Dash For Girls Under Sixteen Years—First, Myra Shadle, urn ■ brella; second, Alma Shutt, six packages of Nahiscos; third, Dor othy Reeves, box of candy. Dash For Married Women—First, i Mrs. Harry Sourbier, five-pound box [Continued on Page 17.]
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