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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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."