Relations With Mexico Near Breaking Point as.Result of Detention of U. S. Aviators For Ransom 1
LXXXVIII—NO. 192 16 PAGES SSU, Xrtt'&SSSSf HARRISBURG. PA. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1919. O!, SWBSB£ iJ"BSBSS I SBf M 6, ¥Sfe E cS% ES HOME EDITION
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CHILD OF SLUMS
TO BE GIVEN A
DECENT CHANCE
Prizes to Be Given Mothers
Whose Children Show
Improvement
TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Health and Sanitation to Be
Considered by the
Committee
FOR BETTER MEN
AND WOMEN
Development of children whose
homes are In the poorer sections
uf the city is contemplated by a
committee of citizens interested I
in the work.
Mothers will be educated by
means of contests, lectures and
welfare centers as to the lK'st ;
methods of caring for their chil
dren.
The children themselves, where
tlicy are old enough to under*
stand, will lie given a chance to j
better conditions for themselves.
Men and women interested in
the movement plan to extend
work in future with the idea of
wiping out the slum districts of
the city.
To give every child in Harrisburg I
a chance to grow up into a normal j
man or woman, regardless of its pres
ent surroundings, the Child Welfare ]
Committee organized from among \
the 17 public welfare organizations j
of Harrisburg as a result of the 1
Chamber of Commerce movement to
carry out the project of making Har
risburg a model city from the stand
point of health and sanitation, inaug
urated by the State Health Depart
ment, this morning announced plans
for the future which embrace a wide
range of activities.
Chief among these plans are those j
for contests to bring about a direct j
improvement in the health of chil-!
dren born in congested districts and j
an improvement of the sanitation of |
homes located In these regions. At [
|vch of the three child welfare een-j
tors established by the women's com
mittee, the children between the ages |
of two and six who report for medical |
aid and advice, will be divided into j
groups according to their ages, and j
four prizes awarded at each center, j
one to each group, for the children i
reporting the greater number of J
times, and four other prizes for the !
children showing the greatest im- !
provement. The contests will last I
three months, ending Thanksgiving, j
Several Projeet*
Another projeet now under way is [
to provide healthful outdoor enter- j
tainmont for the residents of these
sections of the city, and to furnish '
this, the committee in co-operation I
with the City Park Department and
War Camp Community service, is ar- j
ranging for a barge ride on the river, i
for the mothers and children who re-j
port at the centers. Mrs. Joseph ;
Xachman is chairman of the special
committee arianging for this event, i
which will be held the last week of
August.
A summary of the activities of the |
general child welfare committee is
given here:
Established thre temporary wel
fare centers, to be changed about
January first into two permanent cen
ters for the dissemination of health ;
and sanitation advice and medical as- i
sistance to mothers and children, j
They are located at present at 1213 j
North Cameron stre?t, and at the Pax- ;
ton and Foose school buildings, with!
capable physicians in charge.
Pure Milk
Brought a.>,ut material improve-!
rr.ent of housing conditions in squalid ,
neighborhoods, where investigation i
by the survey committee which es- '
tablished the health centers, disclosed 1
unsanitary conditions. This was done
with the co-operation of the city j
health authorities.
Provided for the distribution of j
pure milk, through the health centers, j
to children in need of proper nourish
ment.
Gave to mothers advice on the care :
of their children, and helpful sugges- !
tions for the care of children under
weight.
All of the service rendered at the !
centers is free, and mothers have
been urged to bring their children !
there to be weighed and examined.
A campaign committee is now en
gaged in the projeet of raising $4,-
000 for the work, working under the
direction of David Kaufman, chair
men of the Finance Clmmittee.
FEAR FOR GOEIATII
Parts, Aug. 18. Anxiety is felt
here over the non-arrival of the
giant airplane Goliath at Dakar. The
plane was last reported at 3.30 a. m., J
Saturday passing above Porte Tinnel
500 miles from Dakar. At that time
the machine had accomplished the
worst part of the journey from Ba
gador to Dakar, having crossed the
Sahara.
1 THE WEATHEP"]
Hurrleliurg and Vicinity; Unset
tled weather, probably showers
to-night and Tursduy. Not much
change In temperature.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Showers
probiibly to-night nnd Tuesday.
Moderate variable winds.
River; The mnin river and Its
principal trlhutnries will prob
ably fall or remain nearly stn- \
tionary except the lower por
tions of the North nnd West
branches, which will rise some
what this afternoon and to
night. A stage of about 4.0 feet
I* Indicated for Harrisburg
Tuesday morning.
HARRISBURG fSlglii TELEGRAPH
®be SHar-MtptnhM.
WAR MUST RESULT FROM
SHANTUNG PROVISION IS
BELIEF OF U. S EXPERTS
China Has Lost Out
Through Following
American Advice
REFERENCE IN
BLISS LETTERS?
American Writer Is
Witness Before
Senate Body
By Associated Pre.-1.
Washington, Aug. 18.— It was the
! unanimous opinion of American tx-
I perts on far eastern aff ars at Ver
i sailles that war must result from
| the Peace Treaty provision giving
- Japan control in the Chinese prov-
I ince of Shantung, the Senate For
| eign Relations Committee was told
j to-day by Thomas F. Millard, an
| American writer who was attached
j to the Chinese peace delegation.
Concluding a detailed story of the
! Shantung negotiations, which ho
| said came directly from delegates to
j the conference. Mr. Millard said:
"In my opinion, if a marplot had
j set out deliberately to put China in
an embarrassing position, the out-
I come could not have been more un
; fortunate. China has lost out en
| tirely on her Shantung claim. By
reason of advice given her by the
| United States she did not raise at
i all other questions in which she was j
interested. And by reason of her j
refusal to sign the Treaty under !
these circumstances she is com- I
pletely isolated.
"When Prof. E. T. Williams, for !
years head of the State Department |
Division of Far Eastern Affairs, j
heard of the Shantung agreement, |
he said: 'This means war,' and ev- !
1 cry American expert there felt the
j same way. I have heard, but do not j
; know whether it is true, that Gen- i
! eral Bliss' letter to the President on
i the subject contained a statement j
i to the same effect."
Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska- j
1 the administration Senate leader, |
| has issued a statement declaring j
! conditions throughout the country
j demanded that the treaty be
j brought out of the Foreign Rela
j tions Committee promptly and rati
| fled.
For five weeks, Senator Hitch-
I cock said, the treaty had been "in
| cold storage" ill a committee con
; trolled by its enemies. Action of
| it should be the first step, he as
i serted. in dealing with the high cost
j of living.
During the week the outstanding
i feature of which is to be the White
| House conference to-morrow be
tween President Wilson and the
' committee, Senator Hitchcock is ex
j pected to make a Senate speech '
j urging that the treaty be brou-ht to I
! a vote and voicing opposition to any I
I amendments.
Reservations "Embarrassing"
Each of the fifteen Republican I
| senators, whose insistence upon the I
i adoption of reservations at their j
! conferences with the President, re
! suited in the opening of negotiations I
I for a compromise, and the Demo- |
■ cratic leaders of the Senate who
have frequently discussed the Sen
| ate situation with the President,
j have taken word back to the Capi
! tol that the President would regard
; any reservations as "embarrassing."
i The group of mild reservationists
| on the Republican side are declar
j ing that these second-hand state
; fnents from the President indicate
j that he is willing to accept reserva- j
I tions if he has to in order to get the |
treaty through the Senate. The
I radical opponents of the treaty re
; gard the absence of a positive state-
I ment from the White House oppos
' ing any reservations as a change of
' attitude on the President's part.
Both factions among the Republi
| can senators will take advantage of
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Judge Not So Certain
That Booze Is Not to Be
Had by Underground Means
Judge C. V. Henry, who was spe
| eially presiding when Joseph Ver
bos and Jacob Blazina, Steelton,
j were on trial charged with furnish
ing liquor to minors and selling \
' without license, about a year ago. I
! to-day sentenced the men to pay a j
| fine of SSOO and^osts.
I Last week. Judge Henry, in a
i brief opinion refused them a new
1 trial and to-day Assistant District
I Attorney Robert T. Fox, called them
I for sentence. Judge Henry first or
| dered them to pay a fine of SIOO
and each serve 30 days in jail, but
I about half an hour after they had
j been taken to prison their attorneys
| appeared before the court and pe
; titioned to have the jail sentence
irevoked because of the changed
conditions in the country' since
' | July 1.
i Judge Henry sent for the defend
j ants, both of whom are well known
j in Steelton, and told them that the
i only reason he would consider re
| moving the imprisonment sentence
I was because of the prohibition order
now in effect.
When counsel for Verbos and
| Blazina suggested that there was no
1 danger now that they would violate
j the law again, Judge Henry replied:
; "There is just as much danger now
jas before. W e can't assume that
j they can't get liquor. There seems
j to he some in the country yet."
j The defendants had been charged
with selling checks at a dunce given
in Steelton, which entitled the pur
chaser to buy beer, and also with
selling these checks to minors.
I
First Pathfinder Plane Held Here
by Mist and Rain
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) Top, Lieut. Leggett leaving i
! coast flight. Bottom "Zoo Mary" M
| Fleet of U. S. Airplanes. Underw
Unless the weather clears by this J
! afternoon the two planes which are
: the advance guard of the transcon- !
| tinental flight, will not take off from j
j the Middietown Field to-day.
The three planes which landed at
j Lebanon on Saturday will likewise
! continue their trip to Columbus,
| Ohio, if the weather permits. The
j route of the Army avions from Har
' risburg, is to be via Altoona and
j Pittsburgh. A squadron of planes
i from a western field left Thursday
I to fly to Columbus, and act as escort i
AMBLER GIVES
HIMSELF UP ON !
LOOTING CHARGE
; Former Insurance Commis
i sioncr Arrested on Charges
of Conspiracy
Philadelphia, Aug. 18. Charles'
! A. Ambler, of Abington, Pa., near |
here, was arrested to-day, charged j
I with having conspired with Ralph j
I T. Moyer, cashier of the wrecked j
North Penn Bank, and others to loot i
the bank.
Ambler spent the weekend at his ;
seaside cottage. He came here for j
the purpose of submitting to arrest, I
the warrant having been issued on i
Saturday.
Faces Six Charges
The warrant contained six charges, j
It was served on Ambler at the of- !
fiee of his brother, Harry S. Ambler, j
Jr., an attorney. After a hearing
before a magistrate Ambler was i
held in $15,u00 bail for a further'
hearing on September 2. Politics. |
according to his brother, is involved !
in the arrest.
The bank was closed on July IS,
I by order of the State Banking Com- j
missioner. John S. Fisher. Imme
diately afterward Moyer. the cashier,
was arrested and since then two
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! EX-KAISER BUYS DUTCH ESTATE
Utrecht, Holland, Aug. 17.—Former
Emperor William, who has been liv
ing at Amerongen since his arrival
in Holland, has purchased the estate
and house of Doom, at the village of
Doom, near Utrenht, according to
the Dagblad. The estate was bought
I from Baroness de Beaufort. It is
about five miles north of Amerongen
| in the direction of Utrecht.
I
ROBBERS BLOW OPEN
SAFE TO GET $l5O
Elizabothtown Station Visited in Night by Thieves, Who Use
Dynamite to Blast Way to Money
The Pennsylvania Railroad sta
tion at Elizabethtown was entered
sometime between midnight and
daybreak this morning and the safe
dynamited, the thieves getting away
with between SIOO and $l5O in
cash. Nothing else was reported
missing.
According to C. L. McLaughlin,
the station agent, the work was evi
dently that of amateurs. Entering
the station byway of the waiting j
room window, the robbers forced I
the door of the ticket office and
then proceeded to demolish the safe
i n first of the Planes to start coast to j
lonkey Mascot of the Pathfinder i
vood & Underwood.
1 for the planes from Hazelhurst
Field.
Nine planes in all will make the
j trip from coast to coast. One of
! them is engaged in making photo
■ graphs of the Lincoln Highway and
the rest are taking part in plotting
out the aerial route across country. I
Lieutenants Leggett and Gunther,
with the other pilot, Lt. G. T. Wise,
are anxious to pull out and get
away on their journey. The rain
held the start up yesterday and
I again this morning.
FLYING FIELD
ENDORSED BY
ROTARY CLUB
Businessmen Go on Record as j
Favoring Aid by City
to Aviation
! The Harrisburg Rotary Club went
lon record to-day as heartily en-
I dorsing the lease or purchase by
j the city of land suitable for an avi-
I ation field. The passage of a resolu-
I tion was presented by Colonel James
| B. Kemper who urged City Council
j to take measures to procure the field
i to make Harrisburg a stopping point
jon the first transcontinental air i
' route. It was preceded by a '
1 thorough discussion of the subject j
iby Col. Kemper, a member of
j the Committee appointed by the
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Contracts Let by County
For Building of Bridges
Contracts for building new con
j crete bridges across the Paxtori
creek at Shaonis and Sycamore
streets, in Harrisburg, were awarded j
to-day by the County Commissioners '
to M. L. Grossman, and for erecting j
a bridge across Fishing creek, in '
Middle Paxton township to Whit- !
taker and Deal, the lowest bidders I
for the work.
Mr. Grossman bid $3,978.25 for !
constructing the bridge at Shaonis j
street, and $6,975.20 for the one at j
Sycamore street, while the other |
firm bid $9,369 for the one in Middle )
Paxton township.
Five sets of bids were received
varying in price according to the !
different specifications prepared by
the county engineer.
by blowing it up. No one is sus
pected and as yet the police have
been unable to discover clues left
by the thieves.
Mr. McLaughlin is at a loss to
know the motive of the robbery at
this time. As the amount of loot
shows, there was comparatively
little money in the station at the
time and very little else of any
value. If the thieves had entered
| at a time when the safe was full of
money for the pay of the men in
! that district or for some other rea-
I son, the robbery would have been
i easier to understand, the station
agent saad. The getaway, however,
was very well planned and no traces
were left.
FORTY BILLION
POUNDSCOST OF
WAR TO BRITISH
Premier Tells Commons
tional Debt Has Soared to
7,700,000,000 Pounds
SOUNDS TRADE WARNING
The Growing Adverse Balance
Causes Lloyd George to
Plead For Exports
By Associated Press.
London, Aug. 18.—The war cost
forty billion pounds, Premier Lloyd
George declared in his speech in
the House of Commons to-day on
the financial and industrial situa
tion. Most of this sum was spent
for purposes of destruction.
The premier asserted that the
changing front war to peace condi
tions would take just as long as
the change front peace to war. The
first outstanding fact of the present
situation was the alarming adverse
trade balance.
The import restrictions which will
terminate September 1, the premier
continued, had given British manu
facturers an opportunity of making
and dealing in goods which other
wise would have been hurried here
from foreign countries.
The national debt, the premier
declared, has grown from 6 41,000,-
000 pounds to 7,800,000,000 pounds
sterling.
The premier said that before the
war imports had exceeded exports
from the United St>fes by 150,000,-
000 pounds. Receipts from foreign
investments at present were down
to 100,000,000 pounds. while Great
Britain has to pay back an adverse
trade balance of 800,000,000 pounds.
Labor conditions in the United
Kingdom, he added, had improved.
Of the 3,600.000 men demobilized,
only 350.000 have not been absorbed
in industries.
Pensions cost the government
100,000,000 pounds yearly. Private
expenditure in the aggregate, he
said, was more formidable than |
meeting the increase in expenditure I
One way of meeting the increase in
expenditure was to increase produc
| tion, but the output is less in every- \
J thing except agriculture.
He declared that if the country 1
continues in the way in which it is
i going, the adverse trade balance j
j would reach 1.000,000.000 pounds, !
compared to 150,000,000 pounds be- |
fore the war.
"We cannot prosper," Mr. Lloyd
George said, "we cannot even exist
without recovering and maintaining
our trade. We must bring up the
trade balance, adding to our ex- |
ports and lessening our imports."
Prince Is Given Royal
Salute When He Debarks
at Halifax For Tour
Halifax, N". S., Aug. 18. —Welcom-<
I ed by a royal salute from the citadel,!
| the Prince of Wales, who arrived!
i here yesterday from St. John, N. 8., I
| debarked from the battle cruiser!
( Renown this morning to be formally!
I received by a guard of honor from I
I the royal Canadian garrison artillery I
| Addresses from the government of j
| the province and from the city of :
I Halifax were presented to the Princa !
lat exercises in the provision build-
I ing.
He made brief replies of accept
jance and then with his official party
i began a tour of the gaily decorated
i city. He was loudly cheered. After
I visiting the section devasted by the
I great explosion in 1917, the Prince
called at the military hospital and
later inspected organizations of
British veterans, the cadets and boyj
scouts.
The Prince while in Canada will j
live on a train for nearly two!
j months. There will, of course, be 1
| frequent social events, but most of!
! his time will be spent in traveling. I
so that for practical purposes the i
j train will be his permanent head-j
i quarters.
This special train is now being,
assembled by the Canadian Pacific!
Railway, and with the exception ofj
two cars the train will consist of;
! ordinary cars. The exceptions are;
j two private cars, the "Killarney," j
I belonging to Lord Shaughnessy, and
! the "Cromarty" belonging to Com-
Imander J. K. L. Ross. The Prince
i will personally occupy the "Kil-
I larney."
| The Prince wil' travel on the spe
! cial train from Quebec to the coast
iand back again to Ottawa, stopping
iat all Important towns and cities,
j and his journey will take upwards |
]of seventy days, and cover 8,800
| miles.
Soviets Driven From
Odessa; Entire Ukraine
and Kiev Evacuated
London, Aug. 18. —The Bolshe
viki have been driven from Odessa,
the most important port on the
Black Sea, by the populace of the |
city, according to reports received
by the British war office.
It is reported also that the Soviet
forces are evacupating Kiev and
the entire Ukraine.
Odessa was the last important city
along the Black sea held by the Bol
shevik!. The reported loss of the
city and the evacuation of Kiev and
the Ukraine, if correct, takes from
Bolsheviki control the most import
ant agricultural territory of Euro
pean Russia. Since its evacuation
by the Allies Odessa has been held
by the Soviet, except for a brief
period when rebels gained control.
Reports last week were that the
forces of General Denikine were i
pressing in toward Odessa from two
sides.
In the region west of Kiev, the
Ukrainians under General Petlura
have been advancing steadily to
ward the Ukrainian capitai.
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POST OFFICE SALE 1
OF FOODSTUFFS TO
BEGIN TO-MORROW
I Order Lists May Be Given to-
Carriers or Turned in at
Special Window Opened by
Mr. Sites;* Delivery Will
Take Several Davs
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
ARE ON NEW U. S. LIST
Final.arrangement were made by
Postmaster Sites for the taking of
orders and distribution of surplus
army food at a meeting of employes
this afternoon. Orders will start to- j
morrow morning. A special win
dow will be opened for the pur
pose and all letter carriers will be
provided with order blanks for dis
tribution to their patrons.
Persons submitting orders will be
required to submit two forms prop
erly completed and all orders must
be accompanied by the full amount
of cash. Letter carriers will have
the blanks on all trips and the spe
cial window will bo open from 8
a. m. until 11 p. m.
Get Blanks From Candors
Persons ordering from letter car
riers should secure the order blanks
and complete them for the carrier
on a later trip as time will not per
mit him to wait until patrons com
plete their orders. They should also
have exact change ready. The dis
ribution of this food through the
parcel post is a big task and orders
may not be delivered for a full week j
after they are placed. Prompt dis- j
tribution will be made immediate
ly upon receipt of the food from the
government storage depot. Persons
desiring to avail themselves of this
low cost should place their orders
early as the supply as limited and
will be exhausted early. Only the
| foods mentioned in the above list
I will be available.
Keep Postmasters Busy
Parcel post sale of the vast sur-
I plus supply of foodstuffs which the
j War Department is putting on the
1 market was inaugurated to-day with
| every postmaster in the country fur
i nished with a price list from which
j the consumer may order. Indivi
i duals will order directly from their
postmasters who in turn will base
his requisitions upon the War De
partment on the volume of food
stuffs ordered.
For each of the seventy articles
of foods offered, the price list shows
the price per can or indivi
dual unit as well as the price per
I case or larger container. The gross
weight of each package also is
I shown in order that the purchaser
j may compute the price he will have
j to pay by adding the parcel post
! rate from the nearest distributing
J point. The foodstuffs have been
i distributed in each of the thirteen
! War Department subsistence dis
! tricts in proportion to population,
I the prices quoted being f. o. b. stor
i age points in these districts.
Girl of 16 Drowns When
Party of Bathers Step
Into Seven-Foot Hole
By Associated Press.
McVeytown, Aug. 18.—Rivermen
! are having a hard time in search
| ing for the body of Miss Mildred j
• Alice Hilton, 16, who was drowned |
j yesterday while bathing at Brown's |
\ Cottage one and a half miles west!
jof this borough. Rains have caused
| the Juniata to rise seven feet since
the accident.
Miss Holten. who was the daugh
| ter of Floyd Holten was wading on
; a sandbar with Margaret Flesch,
Madeline Eshelman, and Theo and
| Hazel Cunningham. The girls step-
I ped into a 7-foot hole. Mrs. Robert
j Cunningham who was entertaining
{the girls rescued the first two after
! Miss Flesch had gone under the i
j water several times. Her two I
! daughters swam to safety but Miss
! Holten drowned.
Baker Calls Attention
to Disturbed State of
World in Army Plea
By Associated Press.
Washington, Aug. 18.—Calling at
tention to the "disturbed state of
the world at preent," Secretary
j Baker told a Senate military sub
committee to-day that he would not '
be doing his part unless he urged
upon Congress to provide for an
army that "would represent the
strength of the United Sates." The
committee is considering the War
Department plan for a standing
army of 576,000 men and universal
military training.
Mr. Baker said the nation's mili
tary policy must be modified as a
result of the experiences gained in
i this war, not only in the organiza-
I tion of the War Department, but
also in the organization of the army I
so as to bring about greater co-ordi
nation.
Silk Mil! Reduces
Hours to Nine a Day
It was announced this morning
that the Harrisburg Silk Mills will
go on shorter time—9 hours a day. j
G. F. Koster, manager, in an- j
nouncing the nine-hour day begin- |
ning immediately, informed the em- !
ployes of a ten per cent, increase j
for all piece workers and the same !
pay for all time workers that they '
| formerly got for longer hours. This j
makes a total increase of wages j
from the beginning of the war to i
the present date of about 60 per !
cent. This increase as in all for-j
mer instances, has been granted vol- j
by the firm.
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DELIVERED AT THE
DOOR A
Bacon, 12-lb. can $4.33 !
Corned beef. No. 1 can ....30Vie |
Corned beef, No. 2 can 58c I
Corned beef. 6-lb. can . .$l.B2Vz i_
Roast beef. No. 1 can . ...30V40 'I
Roast beef. No. 2 can 66c
Roast beef, 6-lb. can $1.98 i
Corned beef hash, 1-lb. can,
23 '/4 c j >
Corned beef hash, 2-lb. can, 40c j 1
Baked beans, No. 1 can . ...sVie |
Raked beans, No. 2 can 9c |
Baker beans, No. 3 can ....12c 1
Stringless beans. No. 2 can. llVic ,
Sweet corn. No. 2 can 12c
Dried beans, 100-lb. bags, $7.54 j
Cherries, small can 24c
Issue flour, 100-pound bags, $7.05 i
Black pepper, >4-lb. can ....10c > f
Tomatoes, No. 10 can 42c
Rice, 100-lb. bag $7.79 i
Green peas. No. 2 can 12c j
Vegetable soup, No. 1 can ...9c j
More Bacon, Roast Beef and j
Corned Beef to Be Sold at j
Firchouses Tomorrow to I
Care For Demands of Those j
Who Failed to Get Supply I ]
Last Week
Harrisburg will have another food j
sale to-morrow. Many buyers were !
disappointed last week when they],
found the supply exhausted. More |
so when those who bought told of
the high quality of food sold. Every- !
body who bought was satisfied. To- j
morrow the city will get meats only, i
Other food will be offered later, af- !
ter the committee has made an in
vestigation and knows what may be '
purchased in Philadelphia and I
brought to this city for sale at re- !
duced prices. |
The food sale to-morrow will in- 1
elude 12-pound cans of bacon. They
will be sold at $4.25 per can. One i
can to each customer. This bacon ]
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tOleiiaidc, nnd Kllen K. Strode, Cump Hill; lnul Hippie and Mury K. A,
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burn; Italph W, Sebourn, Fort llllnn, Tcxnn, mid Helen K. Parkin*,
J, IlarrlnburKi Clinton I.erne, Mldilletou n, nnd Mnry C. (ilpe. Dirty; 1
f Paul E. I.enkrr, tliirrlnhllru, nnd Edith K. Iliiner. Brennleri Pnul *1"
<- Ivnl Klit nnd Pnullne A. Purridy, HarrUliurKl Chnrlea H. H, Welkel,
Hetlilelicni, nnd Dorothy J. Chubbuek, Harrlaburtr.
DETENTION OF
AVIATORS FOR
RANSOM MAKES
PROBLEM ACUTE
Washington Believes Break Is
Near as Result of Bandits'
Demand For $15,000
IMMEDIATE ACTION
MUST BE TAKES
Notes From Army Fliers anc
Robbers Say Money Must
Be Forthcoming
By Associated Press.
Washington, August IS—The Amer*
ican embassy at Mexico City was in
structed to-day by the State Depart
ment tc immediately call upon the
Mexican government for quick ac
tion to effect the release of Lieuten
ants Paul Davis and Harold O. Peter
son, American Army aviators, who
were captured by Mexican bandits
near Canuelaria, Texas, while patroll
ing the border and who are threaten
ed "with death unless $15,000 ransom is
paid to-day.
The State Department's announce
ment s: id "the instructions pointed
out the seriousness with which the
United States Government views this
rituation, and called for immediate
adequate action."
Will I'ny Rnnsom
The American consul at Juarez also
was instructed to take all possible
steps with the Mexican authorities
there to secure release ard protection
•of the officers.
State Department officials said the
ransom demanded would be paid as
soon as information could be had as
to where and to whom the money was
to be delivered. It has not been de
cided whether the United States
would furnish the sum and charge it
against the Carranza government or
call upon the Mexican government to
pay it direct.
It was regarded as imperative
that some action be taken at once
I as the demands of the bandits re
] quired that the ransom be paid to-
I day. There was considerable specu
lation as to whether the money
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