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LXXX Yin— No. 205 18 PAGES o?K*2t B H%2&r£ ,a " HARRISBURG. PA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1919. stat \!l b ™?.. oLSimo 1 " SI ¥WO E CENTB E3
SEEK DEATH OF
PEACE TREATY, ;
HITCHCOCK SAYS
Declares Real Purpose of
v ight Is Its Death, Which
Means Suicide to U. S.
SAYS COURSE IS FOLLYj
America Would Be Alone,
Declares Floor Leader For
President Wilson
By Associated Press
Washington, Sept. 3. —Fresi-
dent Wilson, in a final confer- |
ence to-day with Senator Hitch- j
cock, of Nebraska, before his j
departure on his speech-making ;
tour to the Pacific coast, ex-1
pressed confidence that the j
Treaty finally would be ratified
without amendments or "de
structive" reservations.
The President told Senator
Hitchcock that in all his ad-1
dresses during his trip, he ex
pected to emphasize that delay
in ratification was obstructive
of legislation on the cost of liv
ing, the railroad question, and
All reconstruction problems.
Senator Hitchcock, who is!
the leading spokesman for the ;
administration in the 1 rcaty |
fight in the Senate, told the j
President he was positive all i
amendments to the I rcaty |
would be defeated. The Presi- j
dent, the Senator said express-1
ed satisfaction with what he be-1
lieved was a "clean-cut issue" j
aver amendments.
Washington, Sept. 3. Declaring t
the real purpose of the Foreign Re- :
lations Committee majority in I
amending the Peace Treaty was to j
kill the Treaty entirely and that
such a course would be suicidal to
the United States, Senator Hitch
cock, of Nebraska, Democratic
leader, asserted in a Senate speech
to-day that the majority of the
Senators never would accept any of
the committee changes.
The Treaty opponents, he said,
"crawl on the ground with a mic
roscope searching for pitfalls" in the
League of Nations and overlook sub
stantial benefits which the Treaty
would bring the nation. The pro
posal of Senator Knox, Republican,
Pennsylvania, that the Treaty be
rejected and a separate peace made
with Germany was characterized by
the speaker as a "mixture of pol
tronory and folly."
Would Japs Submit?
"By a vote of nine to eight," said
Senator Hitchcock, "the committee
on Foreign Relations is to bring
squarely before the Senate the ques
tion of defeating the pending Treaty.
Suppose the Senate should vote in
favor of the Shantung amendment
or any other? What would happen?
"Either the President would re
fuse to go further with the Treaty
or he would submit the amendment
to the nations associated with the
United States. Does anyone believe
they would accept it? Does anyone
believe that Great Britain, who has
already ratified the Treaty and is
also under a pledge to Japan with
regard to Shantung, would accept the
Shantung amendment? Does any
one think that France, also under
a pledge to Japan, would ratify this
ijiange? Does anyone suppose that
Japan herself would submit to this
humiliation before the eyes of the
world?
U. S. Plane Flying Over
Mexico When Attacked
Laredo, Tex., Sept. 3. Mexican
Federal soldiers made the attack
yesterday upon an American Army
airplane fired upon near here while
on border patrol duty, but the ma
chine was within Mexican territory
at the time, according to Mexican
Consul Garcia, of Laredo.
The firing was "unwarranted," the
consul said, and was done in the
absence of the detachment's com
mander, and the ease has been re
ported to the superior authorities for
instructions in IV-gard to punish
ment of those guilty.
THE WEATHER
Murri*lurjf and Vicinity'} Fair to
il I a lit it nil ThurMdii.v. .Not much
CHHIIKC In tcnipcruturc, lovicat
10-night about 58 degree*.
STATE'S POSTMASTERS
ARE IN SESSION HERE
I Frank C. Sites Welcomes 150
Visitors to Harrisburg For
Their Eighth Annual Con
vention; Discuss Many Prob
lems of Postal Service
X
i CABINET OFFICERS TO
ADDRESS DELEGATES
The eighth annual convention of
j the Pennsylvania Postmasters' As
sociation opened this morning in the
j ballroom of the Penn-llarris Hotel .
at 11 o'clock. About 150 postmas- |
j ters representing all parts of the J
j State were present.
The program this morning be- !
' gan with the introduction of the j
j Rev. Robert Bagnell, pastor of j
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. ,
i who pronounced the invocation.
1 Postmaster Frank C. Sites, of this
city, who is treasurer of the Na
tional Association of Postmasters,
was in charge. After the invocation
by Dr. Bagnell, Mr. Sites delivered
I his address of welcome to the visit
| ing postmasters.
Mr. Sites' Address
Mr. Sites mentioned the frequent
ly augmented duties of the postmas
ter in these days, and said that the
last straw for him was when on his
return from Washington some weeks
ago he discovered that he had been
deputized to look after a German
I alien female who had been paroled
I to him; this in addition to his du
i tics as .administrator of the alien
| enemy act, collector of internal
j revenue, banker for the Treasury
Department, and retail grocer! He
j was not complaining about these
| additional burdens, said Mr. Sites,
j but only referred to them as a part
' of the many duties which the post
j masters have assumed and which
every postmaster of the State had to
undertake. He particularly urged
I his guests to attend inspection night
j at the local post office this evening,
j Mi. Sites was followed by Mayor
i Keister, who gave the address of
! welcome for the city. The Mayor
| said in part: 'I learned of this op-
I portunity to address you gentlemen
I with the greatest of pleasure, and
I wish to extend the hand of fel
[ lowship to you this morning and
| welcome you to the gates of Har
j risburg. As you all know. Harris-
I burg is gradually becoming the ideal
i convention city of the State and
| really of this eastern part of the
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Thirteen Arrested For
Prohibition Violations in
Raids on Road Houses
By /tssociz! id Press.
I'atcrson, N. J., Sept. 3.—Depart
ment of Justice agents raided eight
roadhouses in Passic county early
to-day and arrested thirteen per
sons on charges of selling liquor in
! violation of the wartime prohibl
| tion law.
All were arraigned before United
. states Commissioner Feeney and re
leased on bail, the proprietors being
1 held in SI,OOO bail each and the
1 employes in SSOO bail each.
TO VOTE AGAINST
TREATY OF PEACE
Paris. Sept. 3. Deputy Franklin
! Bouillon, the 14U\ orator in the de
' bate in the Chamber of Deputies
I on ratification of the Gorman Peace
Treaty, declared to-day that he
would vote against the Treaty. Dep
-1 uty Franklin-Bouillon irf the first
, member of the Chamber to make
. known his determination to vote ad
versely on the document.
MAN WHO KEPT HIS WORD
DIES BY HIS OWN HAND
Soldier Went Back to German Prison Camp After Gaining
Permission to Visit His Dying Mother
Moulins, France, Sept. 3.—Raoul
Doridot, a soldier of the Great War
who committed suicide the other
day, was the hero of a strange ad
venture. ,
Made prisoner early in the war
and sent to Germany, he learned
during the winter of 1915 that his
mother was dangerously ill. lie sent
a letter to the then Emperor Wil
liam asking to be permitted to piu
ceed to hc.r deathbed. Well dis
posed that day, perhaps, the Em
peror granted the request, but with
the proviso thut Doridot give his
word of honor to return to the
camp, once the object of his jouiucy
was isccomplished. Arriving at
Liesancon, he was held by the
AT 131, ADMITS HE'S
GETTING OLD
By Associated Press.
Lexington, K>\, Sept. 3.—John
Shell, said to be the oldest living
man in the L' lited States, to-day
celebrated the 131 st anniversary
of his birth here. The aged
mountaineer celebrated his birth
day by taking his first automo
bile ride. He told friends that
this is the first birthday on which
he did not work, and said he was
anxious to get back to his farm,
on which he said there is a mort
gage.
Shell told newspapermen that
I he does not expect to live to see
| another birthday. "I'm getting
i old now," was his explanation.
[ He came from Leslie county to
attend a fair.
LAST DAY TO BE
ASSESSED FOR
FALL ELECTIONS
Up to Individual Voter to Sec
That His Name Is on
the List
Voters of the city have their last
opportunity to-day to be assessed so
that they can pay county tax and
vote at the coming elections.
Assessors in the various wards will
sit at their homes until 8 o'clock i
this evening to assess any one whose
name has not been included on the
books. It was explained that it is
the duty of the voter and not the
registrar to see that he is assessed
I for county taxution.
I Any voters who are assessed to-day
I and pay their taxes before Septem
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WELCOME HOME
IS PLANNED FOR
CITY'S VETERANS
Commerce Chamber Takes Up
Big Jubilee to Embrace
Suburban Towns
Harrisburg's veterans of the
Great War will be accorded an offi
cial welcome-home celebration on
Thursday, September 25, it was an
nounced following a meeting of the
board of directors of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce to-day.
The directors authorized George
S. Reinoehl, president of the organi
zation, to appoint a committee of
citizens to go into the plans for the
proposed jubilation. This commit
tee will be announced within a very
few days, as soon us the personnel
has been completed.
The celebration will be held on
the Island Park, it was decided, and
the city park department has grant
[Contlmicd on Page 9.]
French authorities who were sus
picious because of the unprecedent
ed occurrence of a private being re
leased on parole by the Germans.
While he was detained at Besancon
his mother died.
The voyage to Moullns being now
without object, Doridot, true to nis
word, returned to Germany and
presented himself at the camp.
"1 never expected to see you
again," said the commandant.
"The word of a French soldier
is worth more than a scrap of pa
per," responded Doridot.
Since his return to France after
the.armistice he had been brooding
over the death of his mother, and
a few days ago shot himself through
the heart. i
BIG REPUBLICAN !
REGISTRATION IS
REPORTED IN CITY
Trend of Public Opinion Is
Shown by Party Enroll
ment of Voters
The big Republican registration !
of yesterday was the talk of the I
town to-day in political circles. It ;
was a repetition of what occurred I
on the iirst registration day and j
indicated strongly the trend of pub- j
lie opinion in this section of the
State, it being freely predicted that ,
the Republican vote in November !
will be the largest ever cast in an ]
"off year," while the Democratic
outlook is correspondingly dismal.
This, political forecasters say, is due
to two causes; first, dissatisfaction j
with the local management of i
Democratic affairs, the so-called ]
leaders having deserted ihe organi- ;
zation in its distress, and secondly, I
the complete satisfaction of the
men under the present Republican
administration. Not a word of criti
cism has been heard with respect
to any of the county offices or the
officials in charge and as the county
is strongly Republican and even
[Continued oil Page 9.]
Price Fixing Killed
by Big Senate Vote
Py Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 3.—An amend
ment to the land leasing bill, which j
would have authorized the Presi- j
dent to fix and control the prices ot I
coal, oil and other products deriv- j
ed from government land leased un- j
der the measure, was rejected to- ]
day by the Senate, 48 to 10. It was
offered by Senator LaFollette, Re
publican. Wipconsin, and met strong
opposition tTom western Senator-.
MOB KILLS NEGRO
Pine Bluff. Ark.. Sept. S. Flin
ton Briggs, aged 26. a discharged
negro soldier, was shot and killed by j
a mob of 30 rren, three miles south j
of Star City, Ark.. Monday afternoon, I
according to reports received here)
I to-day. He was accused of having!
insulted a young vhite woman.
SOVIETS WHO
ARE SURROUNDED
SUE FOR PEACE
Kiev Is Partially Occupied by
Victorious Anti-Bolshc
viki Forces
By Associated Press.
| Berne, Sept. 3. The Russian j
| Bolsheviki have proposed peace ne- '
| gotiatiefns, following the rout ot
! their forces, which are surrounded,
j according to an official announce
! ment received here.
The foregoing dispatch, while it]
does not refer to any particular dis
trict in Russia, probably has refer
| ence to the Lithuanian front, where i
I the Bolsheviki were said on Tuesday
| to be surrounded and to be offering
j to make peace.
Fighting in Kiev
Ixmdon, Sept. 3. Anti-Bolshevik
forces occupied the southern out
skirts of Kiev to-day according to
' a wireless dispatch sent out by the
Soviet headquarters in Moscow and
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Fatalities From Use
of Denatured Alcohol
Cause Stringent Measures
Washington, Sept. 3.—Continued re
ports -f numerous fatalities resulting
from the uso of denatured alcohol for
btvorngu purposes and as an external
application led tfle internal revenue
bureau to. take further steps to-day to
stop such use.
Besides instructing collectors to use
every means to make known to the
public the danger. Commissioner Rop
er Issued an order requiring that la
bels hereafter must contain a state
ment setting forth the ojf.ict effects of
'alcohol upon the human system.
NEW HEADS OF
SALVATION ARMY
Ensign and Mrs. A. C. Libby are
back from France. They prom
inent in Salvation Army! work
abroad. To-night at the Salvation
Army Hull in Verbeko street. En
sign and Mrs. Libby will hold a wel
come service. They have mtich that
is interesting to tell. These workers
were formerly located at Meudville
and succeed Captain and Mrs. Neil
sen in Harrlsburg.
FAT LADY AND
WILD MAN FROM
BORNEO STRIKE
lly .4ssociaico Press.
Windsor, Maine, Sept. 3.
The actors' strike has spread to i
the midways of the country fairs, j
A "fat lady" appearing in a |
nearby fair lust week, demanded ]
more pay and, upon being re
fused. went to her home in Con- |
necticut saying she would stay |
there until the showman met her j
terms. To-day Joseph Rufegiero, '
announced by a barker at the
Windsor Fair as u "wild man
from Borneo" was in court. "I ]
can't be a wild man for nothing,"
he told the judge after saying
he had asked for more money j
before leaving the show. "Folks |
throw peanuts and apples and ]
chewing gum at me and I won't
stand it unless my pay is raised."
The charges against him were j
adjusted and he left for his home j
in Boston.
EXPLORER IS
DRIFTING IN ICE !
LOCKED SHIP
Amundsen on Dash to North'
Pole Is Believed Floating
North of Siberia
Seattle, Sept. 3. —Bound for the
North Pole, Roald Amundsen, Nor
wegian discoverer of the South
Pole, is at present drifting in his j
ice locked scnooner, the Maud,
somewhere north of western Siberia, |
according to beliefs held by the i
Seattle Norwegian vice-consulate |
and Vilhajalmur Stefansson, Can- |
adian Artie explorer.
In planning the trip, the explorer i
said he expected, after reaching the ■
pole, to return either to Grant Land, j
west of Greenland or Melville Is- |
land, which lies in the Arctic Ocean
north of Canada. Should he reach I
Melville Island he probably would ■
journey by sea to Nome, Alaska or I
overland to Dawson, Yukon terri
tory.
Two airplanes, it is believed,
formed part of the Maud's equip
ment when she left Norway last
fall and sailed through the White
Sea bound for the icy north. The
final dash to the pole may be made
in one of the planes. Amundsen, it
is believed, may also fly back to
civilization in one of the machines.
No Word in Year
Nothing has been heard from
1 Amundsen since September 1. 1918;
i At that time the Maud was reported
i taking oil for her motors at Dixson
| Island, a White Sea point. After
taking the oil she sailed northeast
I into the rapidly freezing waters of
I the Arctic Ocean.
j From White Sea, Amundsen ex
! pected to drift eust with the ice to
' the New Siberian islands, whic# lie
lin the Arctic off Siberia. At the
New Siherian Islands, it was be
t lieved, the drift would carry the
I boat toward, if not across, the pole,
i Amundsen intended to use the air
| planes if he found the drift would
I not carry him across the "top of
I the earth."
| Amundsen in a degree followed
the footsteps of his countryman,
! Fridtjof Nansen, in 1895-96. Nan
i sen in the Fram started on a drift
across the pole but left his boat
! and tr'ed unsuccessfully to reach
the goal on foot. I-ater the Fram
I drifted as close to the pole as Nan
sen got.
Expects Scientific Data
The Maud carries wireless send
ing apparatus hut no receiving in
struments. Amundsen said he would
I not install the receiving apparatus
because he did not want to be wor-
I ried by news from the outside
I world.
I The Norwegian government this
summer arranged to establish sev
eral food depots on Grant Land, from
Cape Columbus to Robinson chan
nel, for the use of Amundsen in
ease he comes out by his eastern
route. >
If he comes toward the west and
strikes Melville Island he will find
himself on familiar, ground fbr he
passed near Melville Island when
he discovered the Northwest Pass
age in 1903-06.
Amundsen expects to obtain
scientific data at the pole. He will
take soundings, observe the ocean
drifts, study the tee conditions and
bring back full reports.
STEEIjWOR K KRS TO
DISCUSS CAMPAIGN
By AlSOcUi'cl l'rs.'.
Washington, Sept. 3. —"Defensive
action" In the controversy between
j the steelworkers and the United
States Steel Corporation will be di
i cussed at a meeting here to-morrow
I of the special committee of the steei
; workers' council. Frank: Morrison,
i secretary of the American Federa
tion of Labor, was advised to-day
of tho calling of the meeting by Sec
retary Foster, of the committee.
Wm. B. MEETCH, LONG
PROMINENT, IS DEAD
Was For Years Republican
Leader and Widely-Known
Hunter of Big Game
LOVER OF OUTDOOR LIFE
Although 75 Years Old at Time
of Death Joined Reserves
at Outbreak of War .
William B. Meetch, for years one
of the prominent figures In the Re
publican politics of Dauphin county, .
big game hunter and student of j
Susquehanna Valley history, died j
to-day at his residence, 1620 North j
Second street, after an illness of two j
months, aged 75 years. Mr. Meetcb's j
friends were not generally aware j
that his condition was so serious, j
and the news of his death was a j
surprise to many. Numerous ms- |
sages of condolence were received |
by members of his family.
Born on a farm in Halifax town- ]
ship, the son of Joseph and Al.ce j
Buchanan Meetch. he worked on his j
father's farm and became a teacher
in the district where he was edu- j
cated. At an early age he went to
1 Williamstown and became principal
of the schools of that borough, ser\- |
| ing for nine years. Having learned j
the trade of a carpenter he went !
into the service of the coal com- j
panies operating in the Lykens Val- I
ley and had charge of timber work .
In tile collieries. From mining lie 1
went into lumbering and in ihe
days when extensive timber cutting
operations were conducted in Dull- j
| phin, Perry, Northumberland and |
other up-river counties he was a--
| tive in rafting. For several years j
i Mr. Meetch was in this business and
I laid the foundation of his wide ac
i quaintnnce among the people of tie
| Susquehanna Valley.
Civil War Veteran
In the Civil War Mr. Meetch en-
I listed in the One Hundred and
I Ninety-second Pennsylvania Infan
try, serving as a member of Coin
j pany H until the close of the war.
j He resumed his lumbering opera-
I tions after the war and became
DAYLIGHT-SAVING
PETITIONS
DAYLIGHT saving petitions
Whl C h the H&rrisburg
I Telegraph was asked to
prepare for the great number of
Harrisburg tolks who want an
extra hour of sunshine luring
the summer months now are
ready for distribution.
The petitions ure directed to
members of Council and hall up
on the City Commissioners ti
pass a daylight saving measure
for the months of May, June, j
July, August and September.
These petitions may be circu
lated by baseball players, ama
teur gardeners, golfers, fishermen
and all others who have bene
fited by the extra hour of day
light. Any man or woman who
desires to stave off darkness next
summer may secure one of the
petitions or sign one in the busi
ness office of this newspaper.
SHOT BY BURGLAR
Conncaut. 0., Sept. 3. —G. Morton
Brown, wealthy banker and real
estate dealer was shot probably fa
tally early to-day by a burglar whom
he discovered in his home. Special
Sheriff's pos;s with bloodhounds
are searching for the intruder.
SQUASH SUFFRAGE AGAIN
Montgomery. Ala., Sept. 3.—For a
second time the State Senate re
fused yesterday-to ratify tho Federal
woman suffrage constitution.il
amendment. A motion to ratify was
defended 18 to 13, after a debate of
two hours.
THE ONLY DEMOCRAT, NOT
MUCH! SAYS FRIEND WIFE
So Lonely Voter Gets on the Band Wagon When Registrar
Marks Him Republican to Keep Peace in the Family
One Democrat would have regis
tered yesterday in the First precinct
of the Second ward, but his wife
wouldn't let him. So the election
board gravely chalked 'cm all up as
Republicans.
This much-married voter felt like
a hero when he fouAd that he was
the only Democrat to register. He
told his friends, and they extended
their sympathy. Everybody was Re
publican. Then this voter went
home and told his wife and there
was a change In spirit.
"Can I change my party affilla
LONG ACTIVE
IN PUBLIC LIFE
agl 'Vip.r
rf> 5 yjafjF'
-
WILLIAM B. MEETCH
promlnent-ln affairs at Millersburg. .
11l ISBO he was elected register of j
wills of Dauphin county, lining the ;
ofllce until 188 G. From that time on j
Mr. Meeteh began to figure largely !
in politics. He was named as j
member of the Board of Prison In- j
spectors nnd became a member of
the county mid State Republican I
committees. 1% was chosen us war- J
den of the prison in the late nine
t es and it was under his administra- '
tion that the building was remod- •
eled.
Had Many Friemls
Few men in Central Pennsylvania '
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AUSTRIANS AND I
NOT RULERS GET
BLAME FOR WAR
Allies in "Covering Note" to
Treaty Text Fix Re
sponsibility
Paris, Sept. 3. —Chancellor Karl
Renner. head of the Austrian Peace
Delegration. left last night for Vi
enna with the peace treaty, which
was handed to the Austrtans to-day.
He indicated that he would prob
ably ask for an extension of time,
as the Austrian General Assembly
would meet on Saturday and Sun
day to discuss the terms.
The Supreme Council, it is an
nounced, will extend the time, if
Austria so requests.
The treaty was presented to the
Austrian delegates by Paul Dutasta,
general secretary of the Peace Con
ference. He also handed them the
j Allied reply to the Austrian cour.-
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LIBERTY BOXD PRICES
Hy Aseocitiictl I'rcxs.
New York. Sept. 3.—Final prices
on L'berty Bonds to-day:
3 Vis. 99.98; tirst 4s. 94.54; second
4s. 92.84; first 494 5 . 94.56; second
4 '4 s, 92.94; third 4145, 94.90; fourth
, 4 14, 93.32: Victory 3%5, 99.50;
Victory 4 94 s, 99.56.
lion," queried the lone voter after
a snappy session with friend wife.
"You can change anything," was the
answer. "Well, pat me on the list
as a Republican. My wife advised
me to get in out of the wet," and
she is right. I hute to be alone."
With these femurks he made 'the
necessary affidavit, and he is now a
Republican.
Since the change in the precincts
of the Second ward the registration
promises to show an increase. Vot
ers will no longer be required to
walk nearly a mile to register and
vote.
TIGHT HOLDING
IN DANCES TABOO,
SAYS CITY CENSOR
Police Matron Rules Against
the "Shimmic, the Wrig
gle and the Wiggle"
Vulgarity is not to be permitted in
the dances staged in this city. Th s
is the ultimatum of Mrs. Edith B.
Eergstresser, police matron, one of
whose duties is that ot visiting the
city dance halls to see that they are
properly conducted.
The matter of tight holding at
dances, especially, comes in for the
condemnation of Mrs. Bergstresscr
and It is along this linu that she will
direct her most vigorous efforts. She
has given her approval to the promises
to enforce the advice of dancing mas
ters to the effect that there must be
at least one or two inches betw'een
the dancers. That is close enough
for all gracefulness, she says.
"Shlmnile" Not For Us
The "shlmmie" is absolutely tabooed
in Harrisburg, according to the police
matron. There have been few at
tempts to stage any exhibitions' of in
In the city and none will be permitted
if vigilance will result in eliminating
them, It Is promised. Among the
other more vulgar practices in dancing
| to be barred are:
j Girl's arm clutched around the
man's neck; her head resting on hia
shoulder; the wriggle; the wiggle
. the squirm : "exaggerated jazz."
The New Rules
| The accepted forms of dancing, as
j set forth by their Harrisburg censor,
: are: One-step, fox-trot, with simple
; tango step added, and the waltz. The
"position" of both parties is radically
; different. The girl's arm no more will
I cprve closely around the man's collar;
lit must rest lightly on his shoulder
' and very "lightly" at that. His hand
' must not slip down to her waist. Such
• is the advice which Harrisburg danc
j ers must follow, if they wish to con
: duct themselves properly at dance
j halls in the city limits.
Complaint of Improper dances tn
| Harrisburg have not been especialb
I numerous; most of the dance halls
' are conducted In a highly respectable
' manner, Mrs. Bergstresser claims.
|
Honduran Rebels Are
Scattered After Fighting
in Which Many D!c
j San Salvador, Republic of Salvu
i dor, Tuesday, Sept. 2. Honduran
I government troops under command
!of General Flores have completely I
; defeated and scattered revolutionary
; forces numbering 1,500 men led by
Gen. Lopez Gulterrez, acording 'to
an official statement issued at Tegu-
I cigulpa. The rebels. It is stated, woro
! well armed and equipped, but after ft
I sanguinary combat In which many
I were killed and wounded, fled In all
| directions. The statement declares
j that the rebels do not hold a.iy
towns whatever in the districts af-
I fected by the revolt.
Erecting Garage and
Warehouse to Cost $60,000
I Erection of a two-story building
| for the Wltman-Schwarz company,
j to be located In Walnut street, wilt
I be put In charge of the Central Con
; structlon Corporation, it was an
| nounced to-day.
| The structure will be of brick and
! concrete, 26 by 84 feet, and will
: cost about $20,000. A building pcr
| mit for the work was secured to-day.
; Charles E. Covert secured a per
j mit for the erection of a one-story
brick and concrete building to be
II used for a garage. The strucluie
I will be erected by the Central Con-,
: structlon Corporation.
! The building is to be located on 1
j the west side of South Cameron
; street. 200 feet south of Mulben y
j street. It will be 185 by 142 feet,
and will cost $60,000.
Registration Records in •
Philadelphia Broken
Philadelphia, Sept. 3.—Registra
tion records were again broken yes
terday when 98,385 voters wont to
the polls. This Is 21,510 more than
registered on the second day in
1915, for the last previous mayoralty
contest.
The total registration for the first
■ two days stands at 285.550. The
third day usually brings out a larger ,
11 enrollment of voters than the sec
ond. Should this prove true next
Saturday Philadelphia will have
nearly 400.000 voted in November.
i STOREKEEPER CHARGED
WITH FORESTALLING
Louis Foster who conducts a store
1 at Fourth and Muench streets, wacfl
> I irrested at Vnrbeke Market this^l
morning on a charge of forestalling.
' He gave bail for a hearing before ■
the Mayor. It -will probably be held ■
to-morrow.