Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, October 07, 1919, Image 1
King Victor Emmanuel of haly Signs Royal Decree Ratifying German and Austrian Peace Treaties HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXVIH— NO. 235 16 PAGES Doi, k^; p it^Vo/or a ,'! I Sr C g ,,M HARRISBURG, PA. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1919. o!n ffi tySSKSKiKRf'" HOME EDITIOII HOPE TO END \ CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TODAY Cincinnati Team With Four Victories Stowed Away Are After Fifth Which Will Make Them World's Premier Team REUTHER AND KERR WILL PROBABLY DO THE HURLING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R. H. E. Chicago ■■■ Cincinnati OQUHBH UMU By Associated Press• Rtxllaml Field, Cincinnati, Oct. 7 •—Perfect baseball weather, with a cloudless sky, greeted the fans that journeyed to the park two hours before the beginning of the sixth game of the world's series of 1919 between the Reds and the White Sox here to-day. At noon the pavi lions were almost filled to capacity, but the bleacherites seemed slow in arriving and while the right field stands were half filled, the left field bleachers were empty. The temperature bid fair to reach eighty degrees before game time. The announcement from Chicago that Moran will work Reuther to-day leads most of the fans here to be lie', e that an additional game on "Wednesday will not be necessary al though it is remembered that Man ager Gleason of the visitors will probably use Kerr, the pitcher who SK ored the only victory over the Reds 'hat has thus fai been tallied an 1 who held them practically hitiess allowing them only three safeties. The game of yesterday was the last it. which the players shared in the proceeds and should the Reds win to-day the series will end. If the £ox win the two teams will do battle here to-morrow and should the box again win they will go back to Chicago on Thursday for the eighth game. Manager Moran stated that he had no reason to believe that anything would interfere with his pitching lleuther to-day and that he was con vinced that it would all be over to night. Manager Gleason said he would work Kerr on the mound for the "W'hite Sox and that his only hope •was that the Sox would show their true form at bat and play the kind of baseball that won the American 3-eague pennant for them. The betting today ranged from 7 to 5, to 8 to 5 with the Reds as the favorites, while one could al most name his own odds that they would win the series. The weather improved as the morning wore off and gave every indication of being ideal for base ball, although a slight chill remain ed in the air. The probable lineup for to-day's fame will be: CHICAGO CINCINNATI J Collins, rf. Rath, 2b. J7 Collins. 2b. Daubert, lb. "Weaver, 3b. Groh, 3b. Jackson, If. Roush, cf. 3'elsch, cf. Duncan, If. tjandil, lb. Kopf, ss. Risberg, ss. Neule, rf. Sehalk, c. Wingo, c. Kerr, p. Reuther, p. Umpires Evans behind the plate; Quigley at first; Nallin at sec end base; Rigler at third base. Gleason Says He Is Sick at Heart Over Way His Men Played Chicago. Oct. 7.—Manager Gleason rf the "White Sox, before leaving for Cincinnati, where the sixth game of the world's series is to be played to-day with the Reds, said he was "sick at heart" over the way his men had played the game. "I don't know what's the matter," Paid Gleason. "but I do know that something is wrong with my team. The team I had fighting in August for the pennant would have trimmed the Reds without a struggle. The hunch I have now couldn't beat a high school team. We hit something over .280 for the season in the Amer ican League pennant race. Now that's the best hitting any ball club ever did in the history of baseball. The way those .280 hitters acted against Eller, they couldn't make a place on a high school team. "I am convinced that I have the best ball club that ever was put to gether. 1 certainly have been disap pointed in it in this series. It hasn't played baseball in a single game. There is only a bare chance they can win now." MASKED MEN' IN RAID Pittsburgh. Oct. 7. —Four masked men entered the office of the Libertv Securities Company on the fourth Door of the McCance building, in the heart of the down-town district, 10-day. bound and gagged Harry Morgan, the manager, and escaped with his $1,200 diamond ring and gold watch. They overlooked several Ihousand dollars worth of Liberty Bonds. ITHE WEATHER RarrLhurg and Vicinity! Fair to night and Wrilnrmla.v, cooler to-night with lowest tempera ture about 4S degrees. Frost to night In low places. Eastern Pennsylvania! Fnlr to night ar.d Wednesday. Cooler to-night with frost in low places. Moderate northwest winds. River. The ?u*qaehannn river and all its branches will remain nearly stationary, A stage of about M (ft Is Indicated for Harris burg Wednesday morn log- FAIR AND COOL By Associated Press. Cincinnati. Oct 7. Fair but somewhat cool weather was in dicated to-day for the sixth of the World's Series championship games between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds at Redland Field. The forecast of the weather bureau for Cincinnati was fair and cool. BATHING BEACH GAINS FAVOR OVER SWIMMING POOLS River Scheme Preferred Over Proposal to Build Sep arate Pools Warren H. Manning, the expert park engineer, will come to Harris burg, October 16 and 17, Park Com missioner E. Z. Gross announced at City Council session to-day, when he will make a survey and report on providing bathing facilities for the city. Many persons in the city are fav oring the proposed plan to provide a bathing beach at the city island and more floating bathhouses for use along the river. During the win ter these can be towed to islands and securely anchored during floods. To construct a bathhouse about the size of the one which was in uses at Seneca street during the sum mer would cost about SI,OOO it is estimated. One of these accommo dates about 200 persons. Men and women who enjoy swimming and bathing each year in the river say that beaches on the islands could be provided and that the river would be a much better place to arrange for sufficient bathing facilities than by the construction of swimming pools of moderate size throughout the city. Gross' Statement Commissioner Gross made a verbal report to Council concerning investi gations he made concerning the cost, size and construction of bathing pools in other cities. At Baltimore the cost of constructing a pool, not including any equipment to accom modate about 4.000 was $31,000. About 1,500,000 gallons of water is needed daily, it is estimated, to main tain a large swimming pool. Council passed finally ordinances providing for grading Kunkel street. Seventeenth to Eighteenth, and closing small section of Greenwood and Karper streets, near Twenty third and Derry streets. Commissioner W. H. Lynch intro duced ordinances providing for the following: grading Hudson, Cale donia to Sycamore streets; grading Caledonia, Nineteenth to Hudson; constructing sewer in Paxton street. Nineteenth to Twentieth. A petition asking Council to place on the city official map an alley be tween Catherine and Naudain streets from Fifteenth to Seventeenth streets, was referred to Commis sioner Lynch who will prepare and present the necessary legislation. The majority of property owners af fected signed the petition. The alley was laid out when the houses were built along Catherine and Xaudain streets, but it is not on the official plot in the office of the city engineer. Beer Brewed in City Contains 2.75 Per Cent. There is considerable misappre hension regarding- the alcoholic con tents of beer now being sold in Har risburg. The statement has been made that the average beer now be ing disposed of in this city contains less than one-half of one per cent of alcohol instead of 2.75. One who is familiar with the manufacture of the local brew is authority for the statement that the alcoholic percent age in the Harrisburg beer runs a safe distance within the 2.75, All places where beer of the legal alcoholic strength is sold must be licensed under the Brooks high lic ense law. Bartenders who pretend to be selling beer containing less than one-half of one per cent, alco hol for the regular brew of 2.75 are declared to be deceiving their cus tomers. Those who are familiar with the now beer regulations are not im pressed with the published state ments that the beer *o!d in Harris burg is away below 2.75 per cent. It appears to be generally under stood that the beer manufacturers and dealers in this section are strict ly complying with the law as inter preted by Elihu Root, and avoiding any camouflage of any sort. While Both Their Breakfasts Are Getting Cold ' 1 AoftX \ 8 i cr>'' / /# | /it \\ >v,< J • TREE PLANTING ON ARBOR DAY URGED IN CITY Park Department Will Fur nish Saplings at Nominal Charge Tree planting in and about Harris burg, is being liberally encouraged by the city park department. Especially are officials of the department mak ing efforts that citizens plant a lib eral number of trees for shade pur poses on Arbor Day. Trees will be furnished free of charge to the city School Board, for planting in and about school prop erties, it was announced to-day by Commissioner E. Z. Gross. Other property owners of the city, will likewise benefit from the Park Department's program. They are anxious to have many more trees planted about the city, and in order to attain their end. have promised to furnish them to property owners at a nominal charge. All of the trees allotted for plant ing purposes about the city under this program, will be supplied from the city nurseries. Many kinds of shade trees are available. King of Italy Signs Royal Decree Ratifying Central Powers' Treaties Paris, Oct. 7. —King Victor Em manuel of Italy signed a royal de cree ratifying the German and Aus trian treaties yesterday, according to a Milan dispatch to the Eclair. Ratification of the German Treaty by the royal decree of the King of Italy virtually completes the steps necessary for putting into effect the pact between Germany and the Al lied powers, which was signed at Versailles on June 28 ana which stipulated it would become operative when ratified by three of the great powers. The British Parliament has already ratified the Treaty and the document now awaits only the sig nature of King George before be coming effective in Great Britain. Approval was given the convention by the French Chamber of Deputies last welk and the Senate is expected to take similar action on Friday or Saturday. The royal decree of the Italian monarch must receive ap proval from the next Parliament which will meet at Rome on De cember 1. but it is considered cer tain there will be little trouble in securing concurrence. I Will Plant a Tree To Tlie Telegraph:— You may include my name in the list to be printed of those who will plunt one or more trees on Arbor I>ay, October 21, 1910. Xame Address &fov-Mepenbeht. MANY NAMES YET TO BE 'COVERED' FOR MEMORIAL Committee Believes Money Will Come in When Plan Is Understood WHY IS A SERVICE FLAG Why did churches. employers, lodges, clubs and schools, hang out service flags during the war? To show their patriotism, and how they let their members go to war, while they kept the home fires burning. What did the people think when they saw large numbers of stars on the service flags? They thought that that employer, lodge, club, or church, was un usually patriotic, and had its .ser vice men's welfare at heart What can the churches, lodges, clubs and employers do, to show that they were sincere in display ing the service flag? Cover each star with a S2O bill, in honor of each of their soldier boys and add the money thus se cured, to the memorial fund. Then the soldiers will know that their employers and organizations were truly sincere in representing them on the service flags, and desire to show in a tangible, worthwhile way, just how sincere they are. The committee in charge of raising funds for a soldiers' memorial is find ing that it is a far, far call from cheers and flag waving, to actual sub scribing. Crowds estimated at more than 40,- 000 cheered themselves hoarse a week ago when they saw the stalwart Har risburg contingent parading in uni form. Eyes were wet, voices were tremulous, at the gallant sight, as the even columns swept by. Thousands honored the soldiers. Yesterday the last call to war duty went out from the Chamber offices to [Continued on Page .] TAKING MEN BACK By Associated Press. Yonngstotvn. 0., Oct. 7. —No change in the tieup of the Youngs town steel mills was reported to-day. Men who apply for work are being taken back by the company. Addi tional men have been made idle by the closing of limestone quarries just over the Pennsylvania line by reason of their market being cut off by the shutdown of blast furnaces here. SHORT RATIONS OF PASTRY AND CANDY FORESEEN Ice Cream Manufacturers Also May Be Forced to Cut Down Output Harrisburg may soon be forced to | forego eating her accustomed sup -1 ply of confectionery; pastry, ice j cream and other articles requiring I sugar in their manufacture. The shortage, first felt by city i people when they visited city gro ; ceries for supplies, has made itself i felt in a serious manner in the es ! tablishments producing candies, ice i cream, pastry and other articles In | this city. I No immediate relief is in sight. ; This is the word passed out by one j wholesaler to-day when he described ! the sugar situation in Harrisburg, | and most other cities as being "rot ten." This particular wholesaler ! woura be unable to sell a single j ounce of sugar, he said. Make Less Candy One of the largest candy manu ! facturing plants in the city has al | ready found it necessary to curtail i its operations to a considerable ex | tent. Its supply will last for some ! time and a fair stock is on hand, j This condition is found to prevail in | other candy-producing plants in the j city. Ice cream manufacturers, too, are feeling the shortage. Their opera tions, thus far, have not been af fected to any considerable extent as yet, but it will be necessary for them to receive supplies of sugar within a short time or reduce their operations to a great extent. | Bakers of pastries are finding j themselves seriously handicapped ! already by the shortage. In several I instances they are reported to have J cut down their production, with the | promise that unless early relief : comes, they will be compelled to re- I duce it still more. Steam Heat Schedule Is Being Examined 1 While no protests have been filed at i the Public Service Commission offices i against the proposed increase In the ! steam heat rates of the Harrisburg Light and Power Company a number j of inquiries have been made regard- I ing probedure to object to it and the new schedule has been examined by j some of the customers. The application for the increase in i rates is listed for a hearing before the Commission on October 22. The i increase, is about 10 per cent GKTS DIVORCE Newport, R. 1., Oct. 7. Sirs. Cathleen Nellson Vanderbilt was granted divorce from Reginald C. Vanderbilt after a hearing by de positions in the Superior Court to day. She was awarded custody of their 15-year-old daughter Mr. Vanderbilt did not contest the case, although represented by coun sel. Mrs Vanderbilt contended that j I her husband deserted her in 1912.! when she and her daughter were left' 'in Paris without runds. No claim fori j money settlement was made WRANGLE OVER RULES SPLITS LABOR PARLEY Delegate For Public in Indus trial Conference, Objects to Unanimous Decisions WILSON MAY APPEAR! Permanent Secretary Lane Declares He Might Be Able to Address Them By .Associated Press* Washington. Oct. 7. Disagree ment over rules proposed for the governing of the industrial confer ence called by President Wilson re sulted in the conference adjourning | suddenly to-day after Franklin K | Lane, secretary of the interior, had j been elected permanent chairman. I It will meet again at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon. As proposed by committee, the rules provided that all conclusions and decisions must be arrived at by unanimous vote of the three groups representing capital, labor and the public, while the decision of each individual group would be by a ma jority of the members of that group. The rule was attacked by John Spargo, of New York, a delegate representing the public. Mr. Spargo declared the confer- j ence might as well adjourn if the provision of the rules was adopted' whereby a- majority vote of any group was necessary before a mem- I ber of the group could introduce any I subject for discussion. Such a rule. J he asserted, hindered especially the ! public group, which was not com i posed of delegates representing a j j homogeneous interest like the labor ! group, but contained men and wom en of diverse activities. Thomas L. Chadbourne, of N'ew York, replying for the committee, declared the provision was believed necessary to obtain effective action instead of debate. Two Daily Sessions On a motion of Frederick P. Fish, of the employers' group the con j ference adjourned to allow each i group to consider the rules separate | ly, the employers voting solidly on (the motion and the public and or ganized labor groups dividing. Sev j eral delegates expressed opposition ito an adjournment at a time when | they declared the conference should ibe getting down to business. Other provisions of the rules re ported by the committee were that j the meetings be open to the public and the press and that there be two j daily sessions, from 9.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m., and from 2.30 p. m. to 5.30 p. m. It was expressly stated , that there should be no meetings on | Sunday, indicating that the confer i ence was expected to continue two weeks or more. i The rules were presented by W. |D. Mahon of the labor delegation, j chairman of the rules committee. I Lathrop Brown, former represen- I tative from New York, and Joseph iJ. Cotter, Mr. Lane's executive as ; sistant, were made permanent sec i taries. Another decision of the confer- I ence was that all the sessions should |be opened to the public and i ! press. Secretary Lane told the confer i ence the news from the White I House was that President Wib I might be able to address the dele -1 gates before they adjourned. Spirited Clash in Senate Over Fight to Pass Treaty By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 7.—Presentation of telegrams and letters which Sena tor Brandegee, Republican, Con necticut, said had been sent to one of his constituents by the League to Enforce Peace led to a spirited clash to-day in the Senate. The communications, he said, showed how the League was spend ing money in an effort to force rati fication of the Peace Treaty without amendment. Defeat of the League was de scribed as the suicide of civilization in one of the letters, which urged that "organized public opinion in every state be trained on Washing ton." A number of telegrams ask ed that the recipient telegraph his Senator and demand ratification "in a positive and conclusive manner." Acting on Promotions For Naval Officers By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 7. Permanent rank of vice admiral for Rear Ad mirals Sims, Benson and Mayo is proposed in a compromise bill or dered favorably reported to-day by the Senate naval committee. Pres ident Wilson had recommended the rank of full admiral for Sims and Benson, and this w'as provided for in the measure as it passed the House. GROSS PROPERTY SOLD The Gross estate has sold the property now occupied by the Gross drug store and other tenants at Mar ket street and River alley, 63 by 52, to the Commonwealth Trust Com pany, for a client unnamed. The Gross drugstore, founded by- Daniel W. Gross, father of City Com missioner Gross and his brothers, 1 has been located in the building i which has just changed hands for more than seventy-five years. While the name of the purchaser has not bpen disclosed it is believed that the additional froiltage on Market street i is desired by David Kaufman, whose big department store has been grad ually spreading over a large area in the .outhwest section of Market Square IN HOBNAILS, HE CLAIMS EARLDOM By Associated Press. Dawson. Y. T., Oct. 7.—Robert I.eeson, a Yukon miner, recently received a letter from his sister stating he had become heir to the title and estate of the Earl of Mill town. Leeson, carrying his bag gage ar.vl wearing a flannel shirt and hobnailed boots, started for Ireland to claim his heritage. BEST KNOWN MEN OF CITY ASK FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING Bankers, Lawyers, Business and Professional Men Join Y orkers on Petitions Daylight saving is endorsed by hundreds of the most prominent men of the city, petitions to City Council askjng for that body to per petuate the popular movement by lo cal ordinar.-ee now show. Men in all walks of life are sign ing the petitions. One petition in particular shows that bankers, businessmen and workingmer are lined up solidly for the extra hour of sunshine in the summer months, which has meant so much to all classes of city dwellers for the last two years. Bankers Favor Idea Any doubt that ban-king interests might be upset if Council listens to the pleas of the workingmen was set to rest when a petition was signed by Donald McCormick, presi dent of the Dauphin Deposit Trust Company, an<T Robert McCormick, [Continued on Page 9.] KING GEORGE SYMPATHETIC By Associated Press. London, Oct. 7.—King George who is greatly concerned over the illness of President Wilson to-day sent nis private secretary. Colonel Olive Wig ram to the American embassy to seek the latest news regarding the President's condition. Colonel Wig ram also was instructed to express His Majesty's sincere sympathy with President and Mrs. Wilson. V++*-Hr**+*++-t+*vk*** lltllllll IC t * • ' 9 ! • * tt ' * * * ! I 9 9 i * e * e * * * 4 4 : A a e J 4 11 9 ■ > ,* I * * 4, . ' i ; " ! 4 - '< VC TZ JUMPS OVER TO REDS " Q t I * L * jjj | * patch. l 1 4 .* T| pany was partly destroyed by fire of undetermined origin Ij m ■•'id two. negro v n-knvrn !■ X V X X LUTHERANS ELECT OFFICERS | 4> * JL • I of the seventy-eighth annual synod of the United Luth- | i . i i * (. • -4i * x T " MARRIAGE LICENSES 4 L>iri*ncc L. Hawakcr anil Mnrsarot l„ K. Krb. Lraon| Horry* s J a G,fv " * nd c ® r " ll M * Buhrmini, SniltbsburK, Md.) Harry R. Well* X T and May R. Snydrr, HarrUbur*. euorf. *|> 'l* "i* "i* 4*4*4* '"4* 4*4* *{4*4*4*4* 4*4* 4* 44*4*4*44 , 4-^J} PRESIDENT IS SLEEPING AND E ATING WELL Physicians in Attendance An nounce Improvement of His Condition Continues WANTS TO GO TO WORK Rut Grayson Announces He Will Keep His Patient in Bed For a Time By Associated Press• Washington. Oct. 7.—President Wilson continues to improve and he is eating nnd sleeping well, said a bulletin issued at 11.25 a. m. to-day, by Rear Admiral Grayson, the Presi dent's physician; Rear Admiral Stitt, bead of the Naval medical school here, and Or. Sterling Ruffin, of this city. The bulletin follows: White House, Oil 7, 11.25 a.m. "The President's improvement has continued. His appetite is i decidedly better and he. is slecp | ing well." Signed: Grayson Uu f fin Stitt. Will Keep Hun in Boil j Rear Admiral Grayson, the Prest ! dent's physician, will keep the Preal- I dent in bed for a time yet. despite ■Mr. Wilson's earnest desire to attend ' to official duties. Cabinet Postpones Decision on Calling Marshall to Presidency Washington. Oct. 7. The Presi dent's illness, as affecting his official duties, was discussed at a Cabinet meeting called yesterday by Secre tary of State Lansing. It was gener ally admitted a way must be found to have Vice-President Marshall act as President in case the President's condition does not permit hia assum ing hr. full duties in the next few months.