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LXXXVIU- NO. 206 20 PAGES D *"i.'Br? : WKi. SSSIUKSJ,?*" HAXRJSBURG. PA. THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1919. "BJiSSB f3S c .',f2 , . 1 a.,1.'i."' HOME EDITION
ONE OF EVERY TEN
• HOUSES IN CITY
SOLD SINCE JAN. 1
* Value of Transferred Realty
Totals Ten Per Cent, of
Assessed Valuation
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
No Letup in Boom Experi
enced During Summer
Months
t One-tenth of the properties in
Harrisburg were sold since
January 1, according to As
sessor James C. Thompson, and
the assessed valuation of the
buildings and ground which
were transferred is almost 10
per cent of the assessment of
the entire city for taxation.
This record of real estate
sales in the city has no equal,
Mr. Thompson declared.
Throughout the summer the
transfers continued in almost
the same number as during the
spring months when there is
always a realty boom.
In the third ward properties which
changed hands are valued at $1,199.-
150 and in the ninth ward, the valua
tion of those which were sold totals
$554,545.
Sales Almost Doubled
Since January 1, this year, sales
have been almost double those dur
ing the first eight months of 1918.
Of approximately 19,000 properties in
the city 2,188 were rold during this
years. These arc assessed for taxa
tion at $6,214,935. The city assessed
valuation is about $62,000,000.
Last month there wire 303 trans
fers and the assessed valuation of the
properties was $956,i"20, while in
August. 1918, there were only 110
sales and the valuation totalled $3.-
118.872.
Sales In the various wards since
January 1 follow:
Assessed
Ward Number Valuation
First 99 $104,765
Second 240 461,425
Third 56 1,190,150
Fourth 6S 433.36.>
Fifth 122 385.470
Sixth 84 184.200
Seventh '217 355,755
Kighth 161 365.405
Ninth 285 854,545
T. nth 312 714.735
Eleventh 205 408.340
Twelfth 11l 313.740
Thirteenth 199 394.660
Fourteenth 29 47.980
Totals 2188 $6,214,935
Bomb Hurled at
Egyptian Premier Fails
to Injure Him
London, Sept. 4. —A bomb was
thrown at Hussein Uushdi Pasha,
premier of Egypt, at Alexandria on
Tuesday, according to an Alexandria
dispatch received here. The bomb
, was concealed in a basket of grapes,
' but did not injure the premier. The
assailant was a theological student.
Demonstrations were held by
Egyptian nationalists in Cairo and
Alexandria on Saturday and Sunday,
according to reports received on
Wednesday the cause of the demon
strations being, it is alleged, the re
ceipt of u telegram from said Pasha
Zagloul, head of the Egyptian na
tionalist <1( putation in Paris, stating
that the Foreign Relations Commit
tee of the United States Senate had
declared Egypt should be indepen
dent. There were quite serious in
cidents at Cairo, several persons be
ing injured when mounted police
dispersed crowds. The attempt
against the life of the Egyptian
premier probably was one of the
result of the disorders in the two
cities.
More New Dwellings
Will Go Up in the City;
Building Boom Continues
Harold A. Hippie, contractor, secured
a building permit to-day to erect six
two-story houses at thr northwest cor
ner of Fourth and Woodbine streets,
at a cost of $24,000.
Mr. Hippie also took out a permit
as contractor for Howard J. Williams,
to build a two-story brick garage at
127-29-31 South Cameron street, to
cost $12,000.
Since September 1 permits have been
issued at the office of Building Inspec
tor James H. Grove for construction
work which will cost more than $120,-
000 to complete. Other permits Issued
to-day follow: Edward It. Carmany.
Charles W. Fraim, contractor, one and
one-half story brick dwelling, 509 Wico
nisco street, $4500 ; J. p. Lighty,
George Itussol, contractor, one story
brick and stucco garage rear 1916 Mar
ket, S7OO ; J. D. Grayblll, Mr. Itussel,
contractor, one story brick and stucco
garage, rear 1914 Market, SSOO.
" I THE WEATHER"
HnrrUlinrg and Vicinity i Partly
cloudy to-night and Friday. Not
much change In temperature,
lowest to-night about *lO de
grees.
eastern Pennsylvnnlai Partly
cloudy to-night and Frlduy.
I Ittle change In temperature.
Gentle winds, mostly northwest.
nivrri The Susquehanna river mid
nil Its branches will probably
full slowly or remain nearly
stntlnnury. A stage of about
a.nr. feet Is Indicated for Har
risburg Friday morning.
Summer Time Arguments
~ T~T a y* t HAVE SEEN THE LAiT
lb- dfi
"WAR. LI ATMINC, OP TI4E PAST. -
THE tMSCOVEJUr OF IRQN HAS <ZT^)
MADE A FURTHER, / ,
Resort TO arms-*®-- 0 - — u - r >-
_ _ impossible'. "i jd
WAR is no LONCiER. Possible. H
( owing to the introduction Of- 4T - ,-vnrvn I 0
( GUN Ponder-ETC. etc- (\ b I a l
Asfeh
CIVILISATION HAS NOVJ J7 |1 ft
. _ advanced to such a -57/ v Hi f!
POINT THAT WE WILL
NEVER. AGAIN SUBMIT L."" y.
s . So GREAT a HORROR. H 111
. WAR / / OF <■. •ukiai^'v.
GAINERS OF G.O. P. j
NOMINATIONS TO
BE EASY WINNERS
l i
Only Perfunctory Contests Be
ing Waged by Democratic
Nominees
Reports from all over the county'
| indicate that a nomination on thei
1 Republican ticket for county otlice j
! this fall will be equivalent to an j
| election. The county never was so!
I strongly Republican as at present, j
and there is no enthusiasm whatso
! ever in the Democratic camp, except
| in the race for county commissioner,
where the one minority place to be j
filled has attracted five candidates, j
On the Republican side also there
are live aspirants but it is assured!
that two of these will be elected,'
leaving the Democrats to fight it out:
for the third vacancy. Dr. Henry
M. Stine and Charles C. Cumbler,
the two Republican commissioners,
and former Sheriff Harry C. Wells,
the Democratic commissioner, are
all out for re-nomination and ex
press confidence of winning, although
j some of the Democratic aspirants
are making Wells' life miserable by
j imitating the personal campaigning
that in all his fights has been a big
factor in his success. Dr. Stine's
friends say he will have back of him
■ the solid soldier vote, for notwith-l
| standing that he was far beyond I
j draft age he volunteered at the out-i
| set of the war with Germany and !
I was in command of a company of'
; pioneers made up large'y of crack
Pennsylvania troops reorganized
from the old Chambersburg National
Guard Company, and was on the
verge of leaving for France when
serious Illness due to the over-exer
tion of training took him to the point
of death and he was invalided home.
He has been active in Red Cross,
Liberty Loan nnd all manner of war
work and has been a progressive
member of the commission. He and
Mr. Cumbler, his colleague, have
had a large part in the re-assess-
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Striking Actors to Hold
Benefit For Children Whose
Parents Died Together
Chicago, Sept. 4.—Striking actors
engaged in the benefit performance
at the auditorium this week an
nounced to-day that next Sunday's
afternoon proceeds should be donat
ed to the three orphaned Tanner
children, whose parents were killed
by a train at Hubbard woods on
Monday evening.
Mrs. Tanner's foot caught while
crossing the tracks and her husband
William Fitch Tanner, unable to
save her from a fast train, died with
her clasped in his arms.
PETITIONS ARE
BEING SIGNED
First of the Daylight Saving
petitions c-allin-g on City Council
to take appropriate action to save
an hour of sunshine next sum
mer for the great majority of
men and women who favor the
present system were signed to
day. It must be remembered
that if those interested in the
movement fail to aid in the cir
culation of the petitions, the
campaign must fail. Petitions
may be had at the Telegraph of
fice.
FAMILY COURTS
TO MEET MENACE
OF DIVORCE EVIL
Chief Justice Urges Their Es
tablishment to Receive
Social Evidence
By Associated Press.
Boston Sept. 4. The establish
ment of "family courts" to meet the
menace of the family regulation
presented by the divorce evil was
recommended by Chief Justice
Charles W. Hoffman, of the Court
of Domestic Relations at Cincin
nati, Ohio, in an address last night
before the American Institute of
Criminal Law and Criminology, in
session here in connection with the
annual meeting of the American
Bar Association.
"Marriage as an institution is en
dangered in America to-day through
the divorce evil and the only way
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COMMUNISTS BAR LA WYERS,
DOCTORS FROM "REVOLT' BUT
IGNORE BEGGARMAN, THIEF
Prohibit Rent, Interest or "Profit" Receivers, Too; Nu Room
Even For Poor Editor
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Sept. 4.—Despite the
plea of Hose Pastor Stokes, the com
munist party has -put into its plat
form a provision that no one re
ceiving money from rent, interest
or "profit" can belong. Not only
Mrs. Stokes, but William Bross
Lloyd, who signed the appeal bonds
which released a number of con
victed I. W. W. members from Leav
enworth penitentiary recently, is
barred from fellowship. The com
munist party members, radical So
cialists who left the national So
ONE BOARD TO
FIX BOTH W AGES
AND R.R. RATES
Underwood Declares Public
Requires Establishment of
Governmental Commission
By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 4.—Establish
ment of a governmental commission
or board with powers to fix both
railroad wage scales and transporta
tion rates was advocated in the Sen
ale to-day by Senator Underwood,
of Alabama, a Democratic member
of the Interstate Commerce Commit
tee.
Without disclosing whether lie fa
vored the Interstate Commerce Com
mission as the proposed tribunal, or
discussing the Cummins bill's plan
to prohibit strikes and lockouts of
employes, Senator, Underwood said
the interests of the public, of capital
and of railroad employes require
such a plan. It is clearly within the
right of Congress, he declared, to
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"BANJO KING" DIES
By Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 4.—Edward C.
Pohson, affectionately known along the
White Way as "Hobby," old-time min
strel and "banjo king," died here last
night at the age of 61 years. "Dobby"
won the world's banjo championship
in 1893 and played in Broadway music
halls when there were no theaters north
of Fourteenth street.
DIES SAVING OTHERS
By ASM dated Press.
Jamestown, N. Y., Sept. 4. John
Peterson. 80 years old, was burned to
death at Riverside, near here, this
morning, after having aroused all
others in the household and assisted in
their escape, when his house was de
stroyed.
cialist convention now in session
here, to organize along more "pro
nounced" lines, also decided that
doctors, lawyers and editors can
have no part in the "coming revo
lution."
The communist labor party, also
an off shot from the National So
cialist convention also adopted a
program. It plans propaganda for
a "new republic" based on that of
Russia, with the shop and factory
us the all-important unit.
Bach of the conventions is being
watched by agents of the Depart
ment of Justice.
SHOPMEN ASK
WAGE BOARD TO
ADJUST PAY
Representatives Demand Re
vision in Accordance With
Principles Laid Down
LOWEST PAID ON ROAD
Contend Their Pay Is Far Be
j low Others; Overwhelming
Vote For Strike
By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 4.—Represen
tatives of the 600,000 members of the
United Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way and Railroad Shop Laborers
asked the railroad wage board to
day to adjust their wages in accord
ance with the principle laid down by
President Wilson in approving ad- j
justments last week for the railroad
shopmen.
The board was told that the men
adhered to the President's decision
that there should be no general in
crease of wages while government
agencies were actively seeking to re
turn economic conditions to pormul,
but that they felt the inequalities
in the pay existing as between the
employes of different railroad sys
tems should be corrected. Mainte
nance of way men and shop labor
ers, the spokesman said, received
the lowest rates of pay of any class
of employes in the railroad service.'
Decision to ask for an adjustment
of their wages at this time was j
reached by the men recently through !
a secret ballot. It was announced;
i that the question of a general wage j
I increase would be considered at tl.o!
I annual convention of the Brother- j
hood at Detroit September 8.
Shopmen Vote For Strike
if Demands Are Refused
Detroit, Sept. 4.—The strike refer- j
endum of the United Brotherhood of'
Maintenance of Way Employes and I
shop laborers, completed Wednesday,
shows that 3 25,000 members favor'
a walkout unless their demands for
a wage increase of approximately $1
a day per man are granted, brother
j hood officials announced to-day. Five
j thousand voted against a strike.
, Union officials expressed confidence,
| however, that an agreement will be
i reached with the railroad adminis
tration without resorting to a strike.
Spiritualist Receives
Message From Carnegie
For Senator Overman
Washington, Sept. 4.—Charles A.
| Pike, No. 19 East Fourteenth street,
\ New York city, has received a ccm
j munication from Andrew Carnegie
I for Senator Overman. The mos
j sage comes from the spiritual
• world.
j "In a letter addressed to Senator
| Overman at Salisbury, his North
I Carolina home, Mr. Pike says:
I "I have just received a message
! from Andrew Carnegie. I think it
•is for you. He save me the name
i 'Senator Avani.ui, but I think it ,s
I Overman, spelled wrong. Here is
! the message: '4OB North 160 street,
| at O M F 0142 N. 6 N 58 May 30,
J 1919. A low price on f> now.'
> "If you understand this kindly
| let me know at once. Other mes
■ sages of minor importance receiv
ed."
Senator Overman wrote Mr. Pike
I that he did not understand the Car
( negie message, but asked him to
send the others. He told him that
if he had anything from Mr. Car
negie for him ho would like to have
it. Mr. Overman had a cas lal ac-
I quaintance with Mr. Carnegie, Ho
| was not an intimate friend.
Tiny Baby Carried to
Grave in Airplane
Toronto, Sept. 4.—What is be
lieved to have been the first air
! plane funeral ever held occurred
I hero when a tiny coffln, bearing the
I body of Leonard Allen, a live
: months' old baby, was conveyed to
! Mount Pleasant Cemetery in a plane
piloted by Harry Smith, formerly of
the Royal Air Force. The "flying
j hearse" was closely followed by a
i second plune bearing assistants of
| the undertaker.
i The two planes, after a flight ovei
I the city, circled Mount Pleasant at
jan altitude of 4,000 feet, the
! "hearse" landing lightly near the
cemetery and the other piano land
ing with a nose dive a few feet
away.
Plans for the unique funeral were
carefully guarded, and only friends
of the bereaved parents and a few
persons who happened to be in the
vicinity witnessed it.
Martin to Plead Guilty
to Six Burglary Charges
James Martin, charged with felon-
entry and larceny and burglary
in six different cases, will plead
guilty in court next Monday, it was
announced by District Attornsy
Michael E. Stroup to-day.
Other pleas of guilty follow:
Cecil Overton, two charges, larceny;
Thomas Hall, unlawful possession
of drugs; William G. Hand, William
Carter, Howard W. Shoemaker.
George W. Krvali, Abrani Wolfe,
William Sourbeer and Michael Bar
bush, all nonsupport.
FIND HUNDRED OF BODIES
I/ondon, Sept. 4.—Several hun
dred bbdies which were hidden in
Budapest have been discovered by
Rumanian troops in that city, ac
cording to a Basle dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company.
REAL PURPOSE TO
REPORT TO PEOPLE
WILSON DECLARES
In Opening Speech of His Nation-Wide
Tour, President Says Not to Establish
League Would Be Unfaithful to
Those Who Died
ONLY THING THAT CAN PREVENT
RECURRENCE OF CATASTROPHE
By Associated Press,
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 4. President Wilson, opening his
country-wide speaking tour for the Peace Treaty, declared in an
address here to-day that his purpose was to "go out and report to
my fellow countrymen."
"The only people 1 owe any report," said the President, "are
j-ou and the other citizens of the United States."
The President said it also seen:
he should make such a report bee
about the Treaty and was unabl
what the Treaty contained.
Applause Greets Remarks
Escorted by a battalion of State
troops and city officials. President
Wilson was driven through the City
to Memorial Hall immediately on
his arrival here. On reaching the
hall at 11.30 o'clock the President
received an ovation. The audience
sang "Dixie" and thentStourst into
cheers.
* The President's remarks were in
terrupted from time to time with
applause. Every seat in the hall waa
tilled and many persons were com
pelled to stand, lining the walls.
Glad to Get Out
Mr. Wilson began by saying that
he had "chafed at the confinement
of Washington" and was glad to |
get out to make his report to the
people. *
In the first place, the President
said, the Treaty undertook to punish
Germany, but there was no thought
of overwhelmingly crushing any
great people.
Restraint had been exercised, he
said, and there was provision for
making the reparation no greater
than Germany could pay.
Astonished at Statements
Mr. Wilson said he had been "as
tonished" at statements made about
the Treaty and was convinced many
of them were innde by meil who
had not read it or else had failed |
to comprehend its meaning.
The League of Nations, the Presi
dent declared, was formed in full
ment of the promise that the United
States was lighting this war to "end
business of that sort" forever. Not
to establish the League, he said,
would he "unfaithful" to those wno
had died.
Defines American Position
"If we do not do this thing," he
| declared, "we have neglected the
| central covenant we promised oil'-
I people. The League of Nations is
; the only thing that can prevent the
i recurrence of this catastrophe."
Besides this, the President con
. tinned, the Treaty "tears away" the
I chains of oppression and gave small
! nationalities the right to live their
I own lives.
| "That," he said, "was the Amert-
I can position and I was glad to tight
| for it."
Italy, the President continued,
I had presented to the conference "
| contrary proposal in her request for
j Fiume.
Rights Europe's Wrong
Though there were only scattered
j Italian settlements there, he de
i clared, Italy wanted Fiume for
I strategic and military purposes. If
I there were a League of Nations, lie
asserted, Italy Would not need that
foothold.
"I'd rather have everybody on rr.y
j side," he continued, "than be armed
to the teeth."
Referring to criticism that the
Treaty violated American traditions,
t Mr. Wilson said he was proud that
he, too, belonged to the "old revo
lutionary school" and that he was
following the purpose of the vision
which the fathers had seen.
"This Treaty is an attempt to
right the wrongs of Europe," said
the President, "and in my humble
opinion it is a measurable success."
To Hold Labor Meeting
He used the word "measurable,"
he added, because racial lines were
not always distinct and could not be
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Overseas Veterans
Enter State Police
I
Veterans of the United States regu- ,
lar infantry, cavalry and artillery of I
the Marine corps and air service, ma
chine gun battalions and other units
of the Army during the war are num
bered among the 20 men enlisted for
the State Police force. Everyone of |
the new men has a military record, j
one man having also served in the
British army during tile war. Some
of the men spent four years in the
army. u
The men enlisted include Ralph Bay
lor, Mooresburg; Harry W. Hare, In
diana; David J. Kerr. McKyes Rocks;
William Nelson, Racine; George G.
Sharps, West Pittston and Frederic
F. Thompson. Ridgway, who go to
the Butler troop; Grant Allen, Powell;.
Russel L. Argenbright, South Moun
tain; J. P. Banks, Wilmington; Wil
liam M. Cameron, Philadelphia; Ar
thur R. Fox, Frederick, Md.; Bernard
F. Gill, Phillipsburg; Harry T. Girvin,
Malvern; Edwin C. Griffith, Adams-I
town; Fred L. Kendall, Pine Grove:
Stanley B. Klopp, Freeland; William
M. Lewis, Palo Alto; Timothy C. Mc-
Carthy. Westboro; John T. McNaily,
Philadelphia; Churles R. Parker, Ta
cony; Charles p. Santee, Allentown;
John T. Sheffield, Philadelphia, who
was a second lieutenont of marines
and Paul S. Worcester, Camp Hill, a
signal corps veteran.
led "increasingly necessary" that
:ause he had read many speeches
le to gather from them much of
FINAL ACTION
ON PEACE PACT
BELIEVED NEAR
Republican Leaders Plan to
Report Ratification With
Reservations
v iciatvd Press
Washington. Sept. 4.—Final ac
tion on tlie Peace Treaty by tlic
Senate Foreign Relations Commil
tee late to-day was planned by Re
publican leaders. It was proposed
that a resolution of ratification, ia-
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| MARRIAGE LICENSES
•I* Simon unci Alloc Ilutner, \\ Illlun.ntovrnj Daniel Har
<4* rlon and Minnie Dhylm. Harrlwhurjct John A. H. Lowrr, Cleve, Vl
< and Mubel C. Johnnon, Hitrrlaburjci Hurry K. Murtla, Steelton, and J.
T Blanche J. Hummel, I'roirrcM*} Homer W. Miller, WormleyaburK, and T
en Kliaabeth W. Mmallng, \>w Cumberland} John E, Petera and Mar- Vn
J guret L. Mumtelman, Harriaburar. t
SPROUL CALLS
CONFERENCE TO
REDUCE COSTS
Improvement of Marketing
Conditions to Be Studied
by the State
GOVERNOR ACTS AT ONCE
Co-operation Between Depart
ments of State May Bring
Better Results
Improvement of marketing condi
tions as a means of cutting down
the high cost of living and further
plans for co-operation between de
partments of the State Government
and the State Welfare Commission
which succeeded the State "War
Board" will be considered at a con
ference to be held in this city prob
ably within the next ten days. It is
possible that some reduction of State
activities in regard to employment
bureaus now that there are reports
generally of more places than men
and women to till them may also lie
taken up.
Governor William C. Sproul, who
came back to the Capitol to-day
after attending the conference of
Governors and other meetings, said
that he contemplated calling the
Commission soon and that with it
would meet Dr. Thomas E. Eiiw
the few Superintendent of Public
Instruction; Secretary of Agriculture
Frederick Rasmussen and Commis
sioner of Labor and Industry IJ.
Connelley. "We will have an inter
change of views and discuss the mar
keting situation especially," said the
Governor.
I)R. HUMMER DIKS
Gloucester, N. J., Sept. 4.—The
Rev. Paul V. Kummer, pastor of
Bethany Lutheran Church, died to
day. He had been unconscious since
Sunday when he was stricken with
apoplexy after preaching at the
church at Williamstown, N. J. lie
was fifty years old. Dr. Kummer
formerly was pastor of a church in
State College, Pa. His wife and
three sons recently came here front'
that town.