Fatttre Border Raids and Depredations by Bandits Will Bring' Down A of I LXXXVIII—NO. 194 16 PAGES Da,, i a ?ur e Vt Woit oSicTat *^f ß % n u% cta '' BAKRISEOTG. PA WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1919. ON NEWSPAPER tX Ha'hiTISBMIG S 'TWO' CE NT 3 HOME EDITION , i CITY OF 125,000 ISSOUGHTBY ANNEXATIONS Addition of Nearby Boroughs Would Give Big Ad vantage MAY ANNEX BOROUGHS Plan Would Lift City Into Ranks of Second-Class Municipalities A Greater Harrisbtirg," to have a population exceeding the hundred thousand mark, is the goal at which the movement launched to-day by the direc- j tors of the Harrisburg Chamber j of Commerce, is aimed. The i movement was inaugurated at; the meeting oi the directors held in the Harrisburg Club at noon. "One hundred and twenty-five thousand residents of Harrisburg by 1920," was deemed an appropriate slogan to accompany the activities , attendant upon the movement. The i project has as its direct object, the j incorporation of immediately (ad- , jacent boroughs into the city limits, with the ultimate ptirpose of elevat ing Harrisburg to the list of second class Pennsylvania cities. Ncaring New Census The directors considered the pres- j ent time as highly opportune for the launching of the movement, in asmuch as the country is on the; eve of another national census. The Chamber officials felt that it would be highly advantageous for Harris burg and the surrounding boroughs if they could be listed among the cities whose population exceeds the hundred thousand mark. The idea was developed by the Public Affairs Committee, of which Dav|d E. Tracy, is chairman. The committee made a study of the lo cal situation and reached the con clusion that the culmination of such plans for a Greater Harrisburg. would be to the advantage of all concerned. Advantage to Suburbanites - It was stated to-day that residents of adjacent boroughs already have given consideration to the advisa bility of following the example of Riverside, which joined the city, and as a result, there is a decided senti ment among a great number of su burbanites, to cast their lot in with the capital city. The advantages to be derived from augmenting Harrisburg into a Greater Harrisburg. are numerous, it is pointed out, and would be of equal benefit to the surrounding boroughs, and to the population of the city. By passing the one hun dred thousand mark and otherwise adding to its population. Harrisburg would be in a position to derive the advantages which accrue to cities of the larger size. For the boroughs. Harrisburg's exceptional municipal advantages would prove valuable acquisitions, it was said. Further developments in the Greater Harrisburg movement are expected in the near future. Calder Estate of SIOO,OOO Goes to Mrs. Mary K. Mains The will of Theodore G. CaLer, late of the city, was probated to-day] and letters on the estate were issu'ed by Rgister Ed. H. Fisher to a sister, Mrs. Mary K. Calder Mains and the Commonwealth Trust Company as executors. The estate is valued at SIOO,OOO. Much of the personal prop erty is bequeathed to Mrs. Mains, to gether with the income, during her lifetime, from real estate. Upon her death this is to be divided, two parts going to a nephew, William Calder, IV, a son of the late William Calder; one part each to his nieces, and one part to another nephew. Georgia's Refusal to Ratify Suffrage Not Legal Atlanta. Ga„ Aug. 20.—Although both the Senate and House rejected by large majorities proposed ratifi cation of the federal woman suf frage amendment, the Georgia Leg islature is not officially on record as having disapproved the amendment the secretary of the Senate ami clerk of the House announced to day. Separate resolutions were passed by the Senate and House and neither acted on the other's resolu tion before adjournment. Only to day did it become publicly known that the Legislature had not acted legally on the amendment. Steel Delegates Are Discussing Strike Youngstown, 0., Aug. 20 Presidents of 24 International Amer ican Federation of Labor Unions which have members in the steel in dusstry are in session here to-day to decide the question of calling a na tionwide strike in that industry. The conference will canvass a strike vote already taken which union organizers assert is overwhelmingly in favor of a walkout. I THE WEATHER ] HarriKburg and Vicinity: Fair to night and Thursday, •.lightly warmer Thursday. Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to night and Thursday, slightly warmer Thursday. Gentle to mudernte variable winds. River: The North und West brnnehes and all small tribu taries will fall. The lower por tion of the ninln river will rise slightly: the upper portion will fall slowly or remain nearly stationary. A stage of about ,"i.O feet Is indicated for Harrisburg Thursday' morning. HARRISBURG WSlmB TELEGRAPH otar-3n&cpcnt>efti. First Photo of Senate Foreign Relations Committee Discussing Peace Treaty vv... I.eft to right around the table: Senator Hiram Johnson, California; Senator Warren Harding, Ohio; Senator Albert Fall. New Mexico- Sena tor 1-rank Brandegce, Connecticut; Senator McCumher, North Dakota; Senator Lodge, c-hairman, Massachusetts; Senator Hitchcock. Nebraska; Senator Swanson, Virginia, and Senator Pittman, Nevada, in session in Washington. They are discussing the League of Nations and the Peace I reaty. Underwood & Underwood STEAM HEAT COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED Increased Coal and Labor Costs Make Advance Neces sary, It Is Decided BELOW AVERAGE HERE Public Service Commission Makes Order in Harris burg Case The complaint of J. W. Roden ; haver and others, of Harrisburg, ! against the steam rates of the Har j yisburg Light'& Power Company, ! filed August 15 of last year, was j dismissed to-day by the Public Serv | ice Commission after a thorough in vestigation of the company's re j ceipts and expenditures for the steam heat branch of its business. In taken this action the Commis sion makes the following order: "That the complaint in this case be. and the same hereby is, dismissed without prejudice to the right of the I complainant to renew the same on : or after the 31st day of May, 1920. ; "And it is further ordered; That ! the respondent, the Harrisburg Light i and Power Company, file with the : Commission statements supplemental of the exhibits which have been sub mitted by it, carrying the revenue and operating expenses down to May i 31st. 1920, and to furnish complain \ ant's counsel with copies of the ! same. Other Cities Jlijhor The Commission draws attention also to the fact that, although its ; report is not predicated upon it for i the similarity of conditions under which operations have been con ducted has not been established by | evidence, that out of thirty steam i heating companies whose tariffs are jon file with this Commission but j four carry rates less than those i complained against while most of I the others are materially greater. I The average rate of twenty-seven of ] these including the four referred to is 73.6 cents per thousand pounds ;jgiile the remaining three are j18.7125. $1.04 and .65 respectively, 1 but to which must be added coal I clauses of a 30 per cent, surcharge I carried in the three tariffs. The ; Harrisburg rate is at least 13.6 cents ! less than the average. Pittsburgh, Mahonoy City, Blooms burg, Ebensburg. Coatesville, Johns town, Tyrone. Erie. Hazleton, Leb anon, Greenville. Myersdale, Nor ristown, Oxford. Clearfield, Phillips burg, Philadelphia, West Chester and vicinity, Pottsville, Renovo, Scranton, Shenandoah, Towanda and vicinity, Wayne, Windber, York, Washington and East Washington are among the towns the rates of which were used to reach the fore going average. Evidence Presented The former rate was 50 cents per thousand pounds of steam consumed, with an allowance of ten cents pet thousand for prompt payment of bills, making the rate forty cents. The new schedule was 65 cents for the first thousand pounds, sixty cents for the next 75,000 pounds, 55 cents for the next 100,000 pounds, 50 cents for excess over 200,000 pounds, with rebate of five cents per thou sand for prompt payment. The revenues received from the sale of steam under the forty-cent rate which was agreed to be reason able from May 31. 1916, to May 31, 1917, the steam heating year, was $118,130.00, while the operating ex penses of producing and distributing ,the steam for the same period was $77,412.00. leaving $40,718.00 applic able to depreciation and fair return. For the year beginning May 31, 1917, and ending May 31, 1918, the gross revenues were $128,005.00, and the expenses were $136,681.00 which produced a deficit in opera tion of $8,676.00 and, of course, left nothing whatever for fair return and depreciation. Increased costs of labor and coal entered into the testimony and find ings and after going thoroughly into the matter the advance in rates Is pronounced Justified by the circum stances. grey coming in skitkmbhh I,on<ln, August 20.—rViscount Grey, new British Ambassador to the United States, probably will sail September 3 from Southampton for New York on the Adriatic. Repeal of Daylight Saving Act Is Accomplished Over Wilson's Veto By Associated Press, Washington, Aug. 20.—Repeal of the daylight saving act was accomplished to-day when the Senate voted to sus tain the House in passing the repeal measure over Presi dent Wilson's veto. The vote was 57 to 19. The repeal of the law, which now takes its place among the very few which have been passed over a Presidential veto, becomes effective after the clocks are turned back in October. It will go down in legislative history as one of the very few measures which have twice been vetoed by a President and became a law after all by the vote of more than two-thirds in both houss of Congress. UNION WORKERS WILL MARCH IN LABOR DAY FETE Parade to Take Place in Morning of the Fall Holiday / The largest Labor Parade held In recent years in Harrisburg will take place the morning ot Labor Day, Monday, September 1. More than ten thousand men are expected to be in line, representing several score ot organizations. The parade will be led by Chiet Marshal Matthew Callen, who will have as his assistants for the divis ions Marshal Frank C. Hoffman, Marshal William B. McNair, and Marshal Frank Kenny. Nearly two dozen bands will enliven the march with their music, having been se cured from all over the neighboring counties, in addition to the regular Harrisburg organizations. Route of Parade Forming at a o'clock and moving promptly at 9.30, the parade will take the following route: Front [Continued on Page 3.] Grand Army Posts to Honor New Commander Local G. A. R. Posts are planning for a big public reception to Cap tain George W. Rhoades, Com mander of the Department of Penn sylvania, Grand Army of the Re public. That it will be some event is said to be a foregone conclusion. F. H. Hoy is chairman of the com mittee of arrangements and has been a busy man. The reception will be held in Technical High School Auditorium next Monday evening. The exer cises will start at 8 o'clock. The program will include special music, and addresses by speakers from various parts of the State. All G. A. R. comrades will appear in uniform. The committee extends an invi tation to all Grand Army comrades and comrades of all wars to be pres ent. It is understood that Lan caster and other cities will send large delegations of veterans to this reception. Captain Rhoades is one of the most popular members of the G. A. R. in Pennsylvania and also in Harrisburg. Lewistown Businessmen Are Guests of the City The Lewistown Chantber of Com merce came here to-day in force j and invaded the Penn-Harris. Fifty I cars brought the members, who ar rived in Harrisburg a little after nooii. ' At luncheon this afternoon, which was served in the grill of the Penn- Harris, George B. Tripp, vice-presi dent of the local Chamber of Com merce, spoke to the Lewistown guests. This afternoon they will bo taken about Harrisburg before starting for home. STEAMER BURNS I.ondon, Aug. 20. The British steamer Ashanti has been totally destroyed by fire at Dakar, West Africa, according to a message re ceived by Lloyds. The Ashanti left New York, Au gust 1, for Freetown and other African ports. KIPONA PAGEANT TO SHOW GROWTH OF HARRISBURG Afternoon and Evening to Be Replete With Spectacu lar Events Harrisburg's development from a little settlement of a few log cabins surrounding the trading post of John Harris to the present time will be shown by the historical pageant on the Susquehanna that will be one of the features of Harrisburg's Kipona celebration, Labor Day. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Greater Harris burg Navy in the park department offices last evening the committee in charge of this big feature reported that four choruses of nearly 100 voices each are now being drilled under the direction of Mrs. Florence Ackley Ley. of the War Camp Com munity Service, for participation i., this big display which will be the feature of the evening celebration. The pageant will require nearly fifty big river flats, which will be strung l'or half a mile above the Walnut street bridge for stage space. Fourteen separate scenes de picting important events in the de velopment of Harrisburg will be shown. Each event will be repro duced by a separate cast and every incident will be re-enacted every ten minutes during the evening so that every one of the thousands that will jam Harrisburg's front steps [Contiucd on Page 16.] Evans and Ouimet Even on First Eighteen Hoes By Associated Press. Pittsburgh, Aug. 20. Charles Evans, Jr., and Francis Ouimet were all even when they completed the first 18 holes of their 36-hole match in the second round of the National Amateur Golf Champion ship to-day at the Oakmont Country Club. Other results at the 18th hole, morning round: Robert T. Jones, Atlanta, 3 up on Robert A. Gardner, Chicago. R. E. Knepper, Sioux City, and J. B. Crookston, Stanton Heights, all even. George W. Hoffner, Bala, 4 up on Grant A. Peacock, Oakmont. W. C. Fownes, Jr., Oakmont, 3 up on C. G. Waldo. Jr., Detroit. W. J. Thompson, Mississagua. 4 up on Nelson M. Whitney, Audu bon. Davidson Herron, Oakmont, 1 up on J. N. Stearns, Jr., Nassau. J. Wood Piatt, North Hills, 3 up on Paul Tewkesbury, Aronimink. TO PAY KAISER FOR ABDICATION By Associated Press. Berlin, Tuesday, Aug. 19.—A bill has been submitted to the Prussian cabinet which provides that 170,000,000 marks shall be handed over to former Emperor William as total settlement for the civil list he lost "through forced abdication," according to a Weimar dispatch to Die Frei heit. STRIKERS ARE ARRESTED BY ! STATE POLICE Shopmen Hold Up and At tempt to Beat Nonunion Workmen GUNS TAKEN FROM THEM Former Standard Steel Car Company Employes Way lay Trolley Cars By Associated Prcs Butler, Pa., Aug. 20.—Twenty- i seven striking shopmen of the | Standard Steel Car Company's plant here were arrested this morning ■ after a fight with State police when I they held up and attempted to beat | nonunion workmen on an interur ban car, five miles from the works. The nonunion men were enrouto to the plant when the attack, slmilir to that of yesterday, in which a i score of persons were injured oc | curred. At the county jail guns j were taken from a dozen of the prisoners. More First Class Homes to Be Built in City Building permits were issued to- I day for houses and garages which j will cost more than $20,000 to com ! plete. A. E. Brough secured a permit to | build two 3-story brick dwellings at ■ the northwest corner of Zarker and | Twentieth streets, to cost 512,000; W. j C. Porr secured a permit to construct i a one-story brick garage at the rear Inf 1944 Chestnut street, cost, $1,000; j William H. Fromm to erect a two story brick house at the southwest I corner of Swatara and Seventeenth j streets, at the rear, cost, $2,000; H. W. j Black, permit to build a two and one ! half story frame and stone house, j 233 North Front street, cost $4,000; i W. H. Moody, through H. W. Black, I contractor, to build one-story brick i garages at the rear of 500-10 Wood ! bine street, at a cost of $1,500. Two Steamers Battling For Life on U. S. Shire Seattle, Wash., Aug. 20. Two Japanese steamers the Yomei Maru and the Shinbu Maru early to-day were aground on the shores of the straits of Juan de Fuca according to wireless messages received here. The Yomei was said to be in a dangerous position on Race Rocks, about 17 miles west of Victoria, B. C. The Shinbu grounded on Bentick Island. Both went ashore in a fog last night it was reported. 110 Missing From Ship Which Founders London, Aug. 20. The Japanese steamship Shijiki Maru, strucki a rock and foundered on August 15, south of Sanegashima, according to a dispatch received by Lloyds. One hundred and ten persons are re ported missing. OCCUPY THREE TOWN'S By Associated Press. London, Aug. 20.—Anti-Bolshevik forces have occupied Kherson, Nlko laef and Cherkasy, on the Dnieper river below Kiev, according to an official statement received at Soviet army headquarters. The statement adds that on the eastern front, Bol shevik forces have occupied lletsk, about forty miles southwest of Oren burg. KILL 200 PRISONERS Omsk, Tuesday, Aug. 5. Two thousand Bolshevik! and Magyars who had escaped from prison camps at Krasnoyarsk were surprised on July 30, by Siberian troops, 200 of the prisoners being killed and the rest, with the exception of 60, being surrounded and captured, according to a Czech report. The prisoners had planned to attack the prison camps from a. hill. RESERVATIONS ON LEAGUE COVENANTi WINS DEMOCRATS Four Amendments Would j Eliminate Some of Many Criticisms j; SENATORS NOT CHANGED) Knox Declines to Talk; Lodge Is Disappointed; Fall Pre sents Twenty Questions j Ry Associated Press. Washington. Aug. 20. — Tc-c | ervations on the League of Nations | covenant are embodied in a sepa- j rate resolution prepared to-day by j Senator Pittman of Nevada, a Deni- i ocratlc member of the Foreign He- , lations Committee, for introduction j in the Senate. Senator Pittman said the resolu- [ j tion was in line with the suggestion i made to the Foreign Relations Com- i ! mittee yesterday by President Wil- j | son that if reservations are to be | made they should be embodied in a | separate resolution and not in the j resolution of - ratification, which might make new negotiations neces- I sary. Has Some Support Senator Pittman said the reserva- I tions had not been submitted to the j President. They are similar to those proposed by a group of seven Re- I publican senators and deal with the ] right of withdrawal from the league, j ! Article ten. domestic questions and j | the Monroe Doctrine. | The lineup of the Senate Foreign • ! Relations Committee on the Peace j : Treaty remained unchanged after i I three and a half hours' discussion | I between the Senators and President j i Wilson of the terms of the docu- i | ment. ; The victory, if such there was. i rested with the Senators, for while ( I not a single opposition member was • I won over to the President's views, I j Mr. Wilson after hearing the Sen- I 1 ators admitted that amendments to ! | the League of Nations covenant j ! would not necessitate a resubmission j of the Peace Treaty to Germany, as | I the President and administration j • spokesmen have contended hereto- I fore. I Germany Not Member Yet j Germany is not a member of the ' j League and any t,..,nge in that por- j | tion of the Treaty it was agreed, : I would not affect the. defeated nation j i which must subscribe to the terms j ) of the covenant if in the future the defeated nations should be elected j to membership in the League. A textual amendment to the Shan i tung provision would necessitate the | return of the Treaty to Germany, it ! was pointed out, because that sec j tion is a part of the Treaty proper. Opponents of the League to-day declared that, the President's stand j upon Article X had been materially weakened as a result of the confer j ence with the committee since he : admitted that only a moral obliga ) tion exists and the terms of the ] covenant have no binding quality. ! But administration Senators de clared themselves well pleased with the day's work. Oppressively Polite But the record of the proceedings |at the White House speaks more (eloquently than Senatorial com ' | ments, in the opinion of members ' of the Foreign Relations Committee. . | Senators were extremely loathe to ! be quoted regarding their impres i sions of the meeting, aside from the j fact that there was no friction, that , there was no rigid cross-examination [Continued on Page 15.] Medals Awarded School Children For Drawings in the Antifly Contest Medals to the successful competi tors in the school children's contest for the best drawings in the anti-fly campaign ir Harrisburg wfere awarded by Commissioner of Health i Dr. Edward Martin in the Senate caucus rotm in the Capitol building this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The campaign was conducted through the Health department with Dr. William C. Miller ir. charge and i many creditable drawings were re ceived. The pen and ink sketches were judged by a committee or art experts of the Philadelphia newspa pers, consisting of George W. Webb, Ledger Art Service; J. L. Leonard, Inquirer and E. S. Edmondson, North American. The children who will'receive med als are: First prize, Mareaner ! Sirams, 1019 North S< cond street; sec ond prize, Mildred Manahan, 1019 North Second street; third prizes, Dor othy Myers, 205 Paxton street; Mablc Dettling, 528 Emerald street; Mil dred Bogar, 111 Calder street; Ida Gross, 231 Harris street and Harriet Witman, 2101 North Second street. ' First prize, eighth grade. Ruth Cless, 2468 North Sixth street. Tries to Beat the Electric Chair by Battering Brains Trenton, N. J.. Aug. 20. Dragged to the electric chair by four deputy keepers after he had tried to batter out his brains against the iron bars of his death cell, Frank LeVari, about 35 years old. together ' with Michael DePalma, of about the same a-,, and Gareno Paleri, 28 • years old, were electrocuted last • night at the State Prison here for the murder of Roman Smith, a 70- year-old farmer who lived near South River, Middlesex county, on October 11, 1917 The men were New York gangsters. LeVari, . his face and head covered with blood • moaned and cried as he was dragged i to the chair, while two priests re ! cited prayers for him. i MARK GOING DOWN !; Berlin, Tuesday, Aug. 19. —As a : result of the continued downward ; trend of the German mark, the food i controller has ordered the discon i tinuance of purchases In Holland and Dengyark, BELIEVE TROOPS IN FIRST CLASH WITH BANDITS Bullet Riddled Airplanes and Reports That Cavalry Is in Pursuit Leads to Belief That Fight Is Under Way HEAVY STORMS BREAK LINES OF EXPEDITION'S WIRES By Associated Pre si. t Murfa, Texas, Aug. 20.—Some- I where in Mexico, opposite Caniiel- | aria, Texas, American soldiers to- | day continued the pursuit begun ] yesterday of bandits who captured i and held for ransom Lieutenants j Peterson and Davis, American avia- j tors, rescued yesterday after pa>-| ment ot' $5,500 in gold to the bandit leader. Military headquarters here was without information from the puni tive er>edition, heavy storms in the mountains of Chihuahua interrupt ing communication via the field telephones of the Army. Possibility that the American sol diers already have had their first skirmish with the bandits was in dicated last night when two aviators returned to the American side With bullet holes in the planes of their machine and a report that they had been attacked by three Mexicans, one of whom they believed they killed with machine gun bullets. Another was believed to have been wounded and the third tied. First reports said the cavalry was in pur suit of the remaining bandit. Four airplanes, which arrived from Fort Bliss, near El Paso, were to aug ment the air protection of ti.e Eighth cavalry in Mexico to-day. Toll of Fight A report was received here to day from Lieutenant Estill, pilot, and Lieutenant Cooper, observer, dated Presidio, Texas, giving details of firing on their biplane by Mexi can bandits. While flying over a Mexican mountain trail, the Amer ican aviators observed three Mexi cans mounted, riding south. The plane swept down low to investi gate. The bandits opened fire with rifle, ® 44444444 4 4 444 444444444444444® 4 f ?* v 4> v ■4 s *f >4 § w 4 v e| t& 4 4* 4 4 I 1 I ;4 4 !*& 4 |4 4 i ®sj 4 i 4 L it X i I E 4I 4 !4 4 4 .4 !4 -4 i 4> 4 'f i eg* jgL- J 4 T 4 4 • 4 4. ' 4 ? 4 |t I i ± 5 .1 £ ff As 4 * # * <%* 4 ** jT t [4 4 4 *2* \ ** 4 4•■ * " X' * * *%* > 4 is F 1 S ; ctti. * * efc " ' ep , .* 4 • l At . '• X MARRIAGE LICENSES ',', *jj* Hnlph H. Uowiiinti, Hoekvlllo, and Itiifhd ThomnM, Rtvoraldei * Jnnkn Wrvajdn anil llnru Tudu nrlj. Strdtoni Irn O. .Schlegd and • r B**alo H. Strnuli, VulU-y Vlrw; trunk .s. Stum and Kthrl M. Frtit, !7 UarrlMhurKi KUnnr J. Atom and 1''IonIc Mrllr, tliddlrloivm Thorn-* • bullets puncturing the wings of the American machine. Cooper return ed the fire and saw one horse and rider fall. Later a horse was ob served standing without a rider. The third horseman dismounted and dis a ppettreU. j Reports from all troops in the ] field in Mexico indicate progress is being made in searching the moun tain canyons and passes for the bandits who held Lieutenants Peter son and Davis. It was feared the torrential rains i would obliterate trails left by the i bandits. The expeditionary force j for a time moved forward in the I face of high winds, according to j the reports. < Guide Americans The two lieutenants, H. G. Peter ! son and Paul N. Davis, for whom i ransom was demanded and who were i released early yesterday, guided the i Americans in their quest of the Mex j iean outlaws. ] With nearly six hours' start on the [Continued on Page 15.] Body of Girl Bather Is Found in River | The body of a 16-year-old girl j was taken from the river at Dun- I cannon at 12.30 this afternoon by George Crist and George Sands. | The body was attired in a bathing ] suit and the description answers that of Alice Hilton, age 16 years, who I was drowned on Sunday, while bath ing in the Juniata near McVeytown. ' The parents of Miss Hilton have | been notified and will come to Dun- I cannon this evening to Identify the body.
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