Eager Buyers, Seeking to Cut Cost of Living by Buying Cheap Government For ,<; i ousc 1 HARRISBURG TELEG RAPH I LXXXVIII— NO. 191 22_BAillS ""'i^S'l',lK'S., omU'it"° r '£Sirf"" HARRISBURG. PA. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1919. "SJSSS SISS,S !S "?fe E cgS5P HOME EDITION THREE CARLOADS OF FOOD SOLD IN CITY FIREHOUSES Great Throngs Eager to Purchase U . S. Meat and Canned Foods at Bargain Prices; Little Is Left at Noon BACON AND CORN GREATLY IN DEMAND BY HOUSEWIVES —arrisburg folks cleaned up threeC carloads of Government foodstuffs in short order to-day. From 9 o'clock until noon there was a con tinuous rush at each of the eleven firehouses. One hour after the sale started three of the flrehouse chair men reported that all bacon and roast beef had been sold, and by noon orrly one flrehouse had roast beef on hand. Mayor Daniel L. Keister, with Lieutenant Colonel Edward H. Schell, chairman; R. Ross Seaman, secretary and treasurer, and mem bers of the committee, made a tour of the firehouses this morning. This afternoon a second visit was made and arrangements mad J to handle any surplus food at a central place to accommodate buyers who were unable to make purchases this morn ing. The amount of goods sold in Har risburg is far in excess of that sold at Williamsport, Erie, Altoona and Wilmington. The total amount of each commodity bought by Harris burg people included 13,200 cans each of corn and tomatoes, 7,200 car.w corned beef, 600 12-pound cans! of bacon and 600 two-pound cans of ! roast beef. The committee will meet to-morrow or Monday and ; take up plans for further sales. Parcel Post Sale While the Government is offering j by parcel post food commodities at I low prices, including delivery at the . door of each purchaser. Mayor j Daniel L. Keister stated to-day that j he believed there were some foods i not on the parcl post list that could j be purchased in Philadelphia, and ; that inquiries would be made and, j if satisfactory arrangements were J possible, the people of Harrisburg: would be notified. No member of the committee j doubted that the people of Harris-1 burg would buy the goods offered, j but there was a belief that the sale j in Harrisburg would continue for j several days. Indications are there I will be a complete sell out before j this evening. Unsold food will be I left at the firehouses until the com mittee decides upon a central loca tion for the sale of surplus stock. Demand Is Great The trip of the committee was . made between 9.30 and 11. At the j Hope flrehouse Edward Halbert, the , chairman, reported that he was half sold out at 10 a. m. One hour later he had several cases of tomatoes and corned beef on hand. Later he went to the Paxton flrehouse where corn was plentiful and secured an additional supply. This was sold be fore noon. Mr. Halbert had a big crowd of volunteer salesmen assist ing. The Reily salesmen reported no meats on hand at 10.15 a. m. J. W. DeChant, the chairman, said he had a big rush from the start. The big ■ demand was for bacon and roast beef. Corn was a ready seller. To matoes were slow sellers but the majority of the buyers took the limit, six cans. At the Gamp Curtin headquarters Herman F. Hahn and J. A. Good were half sold out when the commit tee called. All bacon had been sold and roast beef was selling rapidly. P.uyers were anxious to get more than the limit on canned goods, but the rule was adhered to. A busy place was the Good Will flrehouse where Richard Robinson [Continued on Page 11.] State Police Quell Strike Riots at Plant of Standard Steel Co. Butler, Pa., Aug. 15. A troop of State Police arrived here this forenoon and was placed on guard at the plant of the Standard Steel Car Company, which was the scene of rioting early to-day between sev- I eral thousand striking shopmen and 1 500 nonunion workers. The strikers attacked the nonunion men with clubs as they were about to enter the plant. A dozen persons were injured and the situation soon got beyond the control of the police and the deputies who were on guard at the plant where the strike has been in progress ten days and the con stabulary was summoned to prevent further trouble. Upon the arrival of the State £ Police, the strikers withdrew from the zone surrounding the plant but , feeling was said to be running high Up to noon, however, there had been no new outbreak. I THE WEATHER] Harrisburg anil Vicinity i Partly cloudy and slightly warmer to night with lowest temperature about 68 degrees. Snturday un settled, probably showers and thunderstorms. Eastern Pennsylvania! Partly cloudy and slightly warmer to night. Saturday unsettled, prob ably local showers and thun derstorms. Gentle to moderate tnrlnhle winds. River. The Susquehanna river and all Its branches will continue to k, '"'l slowly. A stage of about 3.11 feet Is Indicated for Hurrlsburg Saturday morning. DELIVERED AT THE DOOR Bacon, 12-lb. can, $1.33 Corned Reef, No. 1 can, 30V£c. Corned Reef, No. 2 can, 58c. Corned Reef, 6-lb. can, $1.8214. Roast Beef, No. 1 can, 30 14c. Roast Beef, No. 2 can, 66c Roast Beef, 6-lb. can, $1.98. Corned Beef Hash, 1-lb. can, 23<40. Corned Beef Hash, 2-lb. can, 10c. Raked Beans, No. 1 can, 54c. Raked Beans, No. 2 car?, 9c. Baked Beans, No. 3 can, 12c. Stringless Beans, No. 2 can 11 !4 c. Sweet Corn, No. 2 can, 12c. Dried Beans, 100-lb. bags, $7.54 Cherries, small cans, 24c. Issue Flour, 100-pound bags, $7.05. Rlack Pepper, Vs -lb. can, 10c. Rice, 100-lb. bag, $7.79 Green Peas, No. 2 can, 12c. Vegetable Soup, No. 1 can, 9c. Tomatoes, No. 10 can, 42c. Government Food to Be Sold by Post Office, Beginning Next Tuesday Sale of government foodstuffs I through the Post Office will begin I next Tuesday. Postmaster Frank C. I Sites announced to-day. Everything i sold to-day in the firehouses will be 1 placed on sale by the government as | well as some additional articles. Prices will be slightly lower than j those charged by the Mayor's com mittee but the parcel post charges ! will run them up to a slightly high er figure. Counting the delivery ! charges the prices asked will be | considerably lower than those in re i tail shops. Order blanks may be secured j from post carriers or from the post j office. Money must accompany each order. The goods are said to be as I good as those offered locally to-day. Mr. Sites has issued the following ' statement and price list: j "Blank order forms containing a list of all the foodstuffs to be sold through the parcel post can be ob tained Tuesday morning from all letter carriers and at the Post Office and all stations. All orders must he made up by the purchaser and a duplicate retained on which the person accepting the order will re ceipt for the cash which accompan ies the order. Orders will be filled so long as the supply lasts and will be given attention in the order re ceived. The cost per can as shown by the price list includes the parcel post delivery charges. Orders will be taken from purchasers with the understanding that any supplies which cannot he furnished will be stricken from the order and their cash value returned. "As each post office is limited to a certain amount of surplus supplies it is anticipated that the allotment will be exhausted very early. House wives who place their order next week must not expect delivery of the food on the following day. The orders must be sorted at the Post Office and then forwarded to the Zone Supply Officer at Philadelphia the food then sent back to the Post Office in hulk cases and broken up and distributed to the carriers for delivery. Several weeks may elapse before the entire process is cleaned up." German Soldiers Accused of Crimes Are Beginning to Arrive at Lille Ry Associated Press. Paris. Thursday, Aug. 14.—Ger man soldiers accused of crimes in formally occupied regions are be ginning to arrive at Lille, according to dispatches from that city to La Liberie. The men are boing incar cerated in the citadel where thev will be held until tried. Among those who have arrived are Lieutenant Dinder, accused of swindling and robbery in connec tion with the requisitioning of sup plies and Lieutenant Schmitz, ac cused of stealing silver plate. Two others have been arrested at Stras bourg and are awaiting transfer while warrants have been issued against others, among whom is General Von Zolne,, who is alleged to have ordered the deportation of young men and women from Lille. RIVERSIDE WANTS FIRE APPARATUS Residents of the Fourteenth ward will attend a mass meeting next Mon day evening in the Boy Scout head quarters at Fourth and Vaughn streets, to discuss plans for organ izing a fire company in the ward. At present the nearest fire company with a piece of apparatus is the Camp Curtin Company, in North Sixth street at Reel's Lane. Recently new water mains were laid in the ward and ten more fire hydrants were pro vided by the city. Crowd Eager to Get Foodstuffs at Bargains MAYOR KEISTER AND HIS COMMIT TEE ON THE JOB EARLY WHOLESALE FARM PRODUCE MARKET IS RECOMMENDED No Place Left Where Food-, stuffs May Be Sold to Shoppers Establishment of a wholesale farm ! produce market in Harrisburg was j recommended by S. S. Pomeroy, | grocer, to Chief of Police Wetzel to- j day. Mr. Pomeroy's suggestion fol- j lowed an order from some down- : town policeman to farmers who had ! brought loads of fruit and veg etables to town, that they must not park their wagons for any period of , time along the downtown streets. It j has been the custom of many farm- j ers to bring their produce to town ■ every morning, selling to the res- j taurant keepers and downtown gio-j cers. Mr. Pomeroy said this morn ing that he had noted the police officers ordering these farmers to vacate. The growers then brought their wagons into Market Square, where a dozen or more were parked ! along the curb in the midst or crowded traffic. They had small time in which to dispose of their wares and the grocers had little time in which to buy. It has been suggested that a wholesale market be established for the benefit of those who come to Harrisburg every day with fruit and vegetables for the local grocery | stores. It was pointed out that this would tend to increase production and could be so arranged that it would not interfere with the anti forestalling ordinance on the city markets. Those interested said that it might be easily arranged that no I wholesaling should be allowed dur ing a given number of hours before the retail markets open and during market hours. Just what action the city authorities will take in the matter has not been announced. Find Mutinous Crew of Whisky-Laden Boat in Mid Ocean Dead Drunk [ By Associated l'rcss. London, Aug. 15.—A wireless dis-i patch received at Queenstown from j the British tank steamer War Khan ! says that the tanker picked up an other steamer in midocean, finding the crew drunk, the captain in capacitated from injuries-and some of the other officers in irons. The crew of the War Khan arrested the mutinous crew and supplied enough men to take the steamer to Brest, where it was bound. Special dispatches from Queens town say that the ship on which the mut.ny occurred was the"Amer ican steamer Marisya." They add that the negro stokers on board mu tinied and imprisoned the officers The ship carried several thousand casks of whisky. The crew of the War Khan, it is said, found the fires out and the steamer drifting. ftljc otar-2n&cpensefit. Swift Action Taken in High Costs Fight Butter worth $50,000 is seized at Chicago; 284,180 pounds coftee seized at St. Louis; enor mous supplies of cheese, eggs, butter and coffee are spotted at New York. All members of House are hastily summoned to Washing ton to enact H. C. L. legislation Monday. Palmer urgent in request for new laws to get gougers before Senate Committee. Some Sena tors doubt necessity of additional powers. Agricultural Department asks $600,000 to maintain public ac quaintance with prices and. stocks in storage; Philadelphia selected for one service bureau. Prosecution of dealers selling above "fair price" lists prom ised by Attorney General. Sugar dealers retailing for over eleven cents a pound sought by Federal agents. Production Pressing Need, Declares Wilson, Vetoing Daylight Saving Repeal By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 15. Presi dent Wilson to-day vetoed the bill repealing the daylight saving law. Declaring the pressing need of the country was for production by in dustry, the President said he had been obliged to balance one set of disadvantages against another and decide which was the most serious for the country. The President said he returned the bill without his approval with "the utmost reluctance" because he real ized "the very considerable and in some respects very serious incon veniences to which the daylight sav ing law subjects the farmers of the country." The President's message was sent to Speaker Gillett, but when an ef fort was made to present it to the House, Representative Blanton, | Democrat, Texas, made a point of no quorum and the House adjourned •without the message being read. This was the second time the I President had vetoed repeal of the law by which the clocks are set for ' ward an hour on the last Sunday in March and turned back an hour the last Sunday in October. The first veto was several weeks ago, the re peal being attached as a rider to the annual agricultural appropria tion bill. White Hous.£ officials and members of Congress could not recall to-day a previous instance of a President having twice vetoed the same bill. Kfforts to pass the agricultural meas ure over the veto failed in the House and then the separate House repeal bill then pending was pussed by the Senate. Leaders in Congress doubt that the two-thirds vote neces sary to pass the repeal measure over the President's head can be obtained. EXTEND STEADY HAND TO ROADS, JOHNSTON ASKS Advisory Counsel Tells Com mittee He Supports the Warfiold Plan Washington, Aug. 15. lf Con gress proposes to build a founda tion for American prosperity it must extend a steadying hand to the rail roads, Forney Johnston, of the ad visory counsel for the National As sociation of Owners of Railroad Se curities, told the House Interstate Commerce Committee to-day. "If Congress does not take cour ageous and constructive action now," said Mr. Johnston, appearing in be half of the Warfield six per cent, return plan, "the progress of a gen eration toward a well regulated sys tem ot privately owned and oper ated railway transportation will be destroyed and the sixty-sixth Con gress will have forced Government ownership under considerations and with results which the future alone can assay." Mr. Johnston contended the secur ity owners association had presented the only process that would avoid "this fatal and irrevocable step." Pointing out that in 1916, ninety one railroads, operating more than eighty thousand miles had paid no dividends whatever, he declared American railroads had been kept in a bread line before the doors of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion since 1910, and that relief by the commission had been denied or grudgingly and sparingly dealt out because certain roads in each region were thought to be affluent. Vast Mileage Choked "Yet before the committees of Congress and in every case brought before the commission to advance rates," the witness said, "a vast mile age of American railways has been choked off with the assertion that average statistics show average pros perity. In all of these cases the commission has been actuated to deny general relief be-cause certain roads were prosperous and the com mission was unwilling to add to their prosperity even to save the large number of roads which were receiv ing admittedly inadequate revenue." It was to meet this situatton, he told the committee that the War- Held plan would direct the commis sion to fix rates so that the roads could earn a minimum guaranteed return of six per cent, upon capital invested with division of all surplus over that figure among employes the public and the earning road. ANTITRI ST INDICTMENT By Associated Press. Cleveland, August 15.—A secret in dictment charging violation of the Valentine antitrust law, was re turned to-day by the special Cuya hoga county grand Jury investigating Cleveland food conditions against, against William K. Bigulow, Harry J! Bigalow and Albert C. Blair, officials of the Consolidated Fruit Auction Company of this sity, WOMAN JUMPS TO DEATH IN VIEW OF WORKMEN Caught by Line Workers as She Floated Down the River FAILED IN FIRST EFFORT Police Sock Identity of Most Spectacular Suicide in Recent Years Her dress pinned against her body, a woman of apparently 65 years, and as yet unidentified, com mitted suicide about 10.20 o'clock this morning, when she jumped thirty-five feet from the railing on the side of the Walnut street bridge into the Susquehanna river. She was practically dead when pulled from the water. A score of persons watched the suicide and join*ed in the effort to save the woman. Caught by spectators as she was floating beneath the Market street bridge after being in the water about fifteen minutes, she was drawn by a rope onto the bridge. First-aid efforts by physicians, coupled with their efforts with the Harrisburg Hospital pulmotor when it reached the scene of the occur rence, proved futile. A large quan tity of water was drained from her lungs without result. Failed First Time Gatekeepers at the eastern end of | the Walnut street bridge reported; that she had paid her toll and walked out on the bridKe Just a few min utes before they heard her cries, j uttered just a few seconds after she j hit the water. It was on her second attempt to throw herself over the railing that j she was successful according to a J story told by linemen of the Amer- j ican Telephone and Telegraph Com- j pany. According to their story, the > woman, after starting on the right side of the bridge, crossed to the left side when she was between- the , second and third piers and climbed 1 on the railing. Attempting to bal- j ance herself with the aid of a stick which she carried, she slipped back when she reached the rail next to the top. Linemen called to her, but she again climbed on the railing, poised for an instant at the top and then threw herself over into the water. Several cries for help were uttered by her soon after striking the water, despite the deliberateness of her attempt. Cast Out Rope Working on the top of the bridge, i the linemen of the American Telc [ phone and Telegraph Company hur ried towards the floor of the bridge immediately after the woman's lirst attempt but were unable to prevent her second successful effort. Itcal [ izing this, they grabbed the heavy, long ropes with which they were working and hastened to the point from which she threw herself into the waters. Ropes were cast to her, but were lof insufficient length and no effort ; was made to reach them by the j drowning woman. Several members I of the party were dispatched in ef forts to get a boat to attempt to save the woman while others hastened toward the Market Street Bridge. Comes to Surface Struggling in apparent attempts to save herself, the woman is re ported to have come to the surface ! several times, hut when halfway be | tween the two bridges, she sank be- I neath the surface and floated 1 down stream. | Noticing the woman floating rap | idly toward the bridge, the four | linemen and others who had hastily I gathered in the meantime, prepara | tions were hastily made to lower one ! of' the persons from the Market j street bridge to the water, to grasp j the woman as she passed beneath ! the bridge. i Warren Anderson, 237 Prune street, a bricklayer, who was sit ting in the park along the river front at the time of the event, at once volunteered himself and after removing his shoes, was speedily lowered, with the heavy rope en , circling the chest by the four line men who had hastened from the upper bridge. These men were Charles Goodling, Brooks Reeder, Peter Jeckell and Paul Gadreau. Caught at Market Street Floating beneath the surface of the water, the body was grasped by Anderson, who speedily fastened the rope about it and gave the signal for the men to pull it up, while he [Continued on Page H.] Stenographic Reports to Be Made of Conference on Treaty of Peace By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 15. Steno graphic records will be made of the conference between President Wil son and the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee at the White House Tuesday for discussion of the peace trekty. Chairman Lodge was so in formed in a letter from the Presi dent, made public to-day. The President said he would have a stenographer present in order that the committee might have "a full and trustworthy record of what is said" and suggested that the com mittee also have a stenographer present. It was understood that the official transcript would be made public. ROUND UP TROOPS By Associated Press. Copenhagen, Aug. 15. —The mili tary command at Budapest has or dered the rounding up of the dis persed troops of the Communist government, who have taken to wooded sections of Hungary in small parties, according to advices receiv ed- here from Budapest BLOCK ACTION ON MEANS TO REDUCE COST OF LIVING State Agricultural Committee Halts Amendments to Food Control Act Suggested by A ttorney Journal GRONNA HOPES FOR FINAL ACTION TUESDAY AT LATEST Washington, Aug. 15.—Ac tion on amendments to the food control act suggested by At torney General Palmer as a means of reducing the high cost of living was blocked in the Senate Agriculture Committee to-day. Chairman Gronna hopes the committee will act finally Tuesday. Absent members of the House were ordered liist night to return 10 Washington at once, when it be came apparent that the Agriculture Committee would report out llw new legislation tlvs week. Republi can Leader Mondell and Minority Leader Clark declared tliey were determined to have a quorum pres ent Monday. Indications of the real punch be hind the government's campaign to reduce the high cost of living are being given in unmistakable fashion in many cities. Foodstuffs Seized While Attorney General Palmer was telling the Senate Agricultuio Committee that he Intended to pros ecute every dealer guilty of selling at higher prices than those listed by the fair price committees of each county, word came from Chicago, St. Louis and Birmingham of seiz ures of great quantities of foodstuffs by Federal officials, who recently were instructed to proceed under the food control act to stop hoard ing. In Chicago. 1,282 tubs of but ter, worth $50,000, were seized, m St. Louis 284,150 pounds of coffee, which has ben showing rapid a.l- e * * #>"*> e! 9 i ® 9 efo £ J. i I <** 4> £s ' * !! > i * '' <s* > 4 4,8 J x * * X < 1 x *• * *f * 4 * * 4 X £ 4 It t *4 *T <Ml L ; *" efc ► T § :: I o 1$ MARRIAGE LICENSES \ [ "V Ororne J|. Murphy anil Uelieeen J. linker, DIIUkurK; Urban HJ.* ■-'• I'Xlrrlioir anil Caroline >l. Fry. Ilnrri*ljiir K ! Jumn L. Hltchena. Jr.., . - anil Ethel M. Cnrrleo, linUlmore. * * j * t • vancos in price, and in Birmingham one hundred barrels of sugar. Mr. Palmer told the Senate com mittee that he believed the great mapority of farmers and food deal ers were not profiteering, but that the suggested amendment to the food control act extending it to clothing and providing a criminal penalty of $5,000 fine or two years imprisonment, or both, was neces sary to make effective the campaign against those who are dishonestly gouging the public. There was a di vision of opinion among the Sena tors as to the advisability of the leg [Continued on Page 11.] Firemen to Inspect Warehouses in Search For Hoarded Foodstuffs By Associated Press. Xcw York, Aug. 15. Inspection of all cold storage and other ware houses in New York by firemen for the purpose of discovering hoarded food supplies was ordered to-day by Mayor Hylan in a letter to Fire Commissioner Brennan. The order ostensibly for a "fire inspection" of the buildings which is to be started immediately, carries with it a suggestion by the Mayor that the firemen ascertain at the same time the quantities of "butter, eggs, meat, sugar and other food stuffs stored and obtain any other information in regard to the hoard ing of necessaries of life to the end that the State or Federal authori ties may be aided in prosecuting offenders."
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