Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, November 12, 1919, Page 4, Image 4

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WILD CAREER
IN ALMSHOUSE
Former Millionaire, Who Was
Swindler, Now a Broken
frown "Old Man"
Danville, N. Y., Nov. 12.—Alonzo
J. 'Vlhiiteman, former millionaire,
State senator of Minnesota and
mayor of Duluth, whose business and
political reverses more than 25 years
ago led to his entry upon a swindling
career which made him known to
the police of the entire country, has
come back to his old home town,
Danville, a broken-down "old man"
of 58, to end his days in the county
almshouse. Although sentenced to
prison terms aggregating fifty years,
he has served only two sentences, a
brief one in Chicago and one of five
years in this state.
After graduating from college and
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WEDNESDAY EVENING
a law school In New York State, he
went west to work In a bank and
look after his father's lumber Inter
ests in Minnesota. Successful In poli
tics in 1888 ho made one of the
speeches seconding the nomination
of Grover Cleveland for the presi
dency.
Whtteman was a candidate for
Congress in Minnesota but was de
feated. He then went to Chicago and
in 1890 bought a seat on the Board I
of Trade where speculation in wheat
and lumber cost him his fortune.
Then Whiteman turned to the race
tracks where he forged a check on
a bookmaker and counterfeited pool
tickets, the first steps in what was
to prove a long career of crime.
Up to Neck in Quicksand,
Is Rescued by Police
New York, Nov. 12. Sunk to his
neck in quicksand near Borden and
Betts avenues, Long Island City,
early yesterday, Alexander Bolough,
4 8 years old, of Lorain, 0., was res
cued by Patrolman Prazelt, Thomas
Graham and Wilbur Nulenburg, two
cemetery guards, after long and con
tinued desperate efforts.
It was 2 a. m. when the patrol
man heard cries issuing from the
swampland in that neighborhood.
He started to Investigate and sank
to his knees. Ho blew his whistle.
Graham and Nulenburg ran up and
helped the policeman to make his
way to firm ground. The three then
found a leaky rowboat and paddled
around the swampland for almost
two hours before they found Bo
lough.
In attempting to get him out,
Prazek lost his balance and fell into
the sand. Disregarding his own dan
ger, the patrolman had the two men
in the boat hand him a rope which
he tied under Bolough's arms.
Prazek, with the assistance of his
two companions, got back into the
boat and they pulled Bolough to
safety.
Kemf^Balsam
WillStopthatCouch
GUARANTEED
SEE BOLSHEVIKS
LOSE IN RUSSIA
BY DECEMBER 1
British Military Experts Look
For Definite End of Rus
sian Campaign
London, Nov. 12. —British military
experts believe the Russian Bolshe
vik! cannot withstand the onslaughts
of their enemies longer than two
months and that something definite
is likely to happen in i the Russian
campaign by December 1.
It is pointed out that the Bolshev
iki have employed German tactics in
moving men from one front to an
other with more or less success but
that recently each success has beon
a little less marked than the previous
one and that it is reasonable to sup
pose that such tactics in the end must
break down unless one enemy is com
pletely subdued. When the Bol
shcvlki centered against Kolchak
some months ago and drove him
back 700 miles, their southern front
was left weak whereupon General
Denikine started his advance which
has resulted in clearing up South
Russia.
The Bolsheviki have withdrawn
many men from the Kolchak front,
giving the Admiral a chance to ad
vance. In the meantime the west
ern front has become a menace to
Bolshevism. The British experts be
lieve peace was broached to the Bal
tic states because the Bolsheviki real
ized they no longer could hold back
their enemies on three sidis and
maintain the force in northern Rus
sia also.
Soldier Who Sold Paris
Subways and Hospitals to
French Held as Gunman
• Philadelphia, Nov. 12. Inter
nationally known as the man who
sold the Paris subways to Parisians
and who left a trail of swindled
Frenchmen mourning their loss of
thousands of francs, Irwin Bender
was arrested as an alleged gunman
in this city yesterday.
Bender's presence in this city, too,
reveals that he has escaped from
Leavenworth, where he was sen
tenced for twenty-eight years, after
he was captured in Paris through
the duplicity of his inamorata, said
to be a major's wife with whom he
eloped to Spain.
Bender, who gave the name of
Harry Thomas was arrested with Joe
Gans, They were taken into cus-,
tody when Policeman Fred Clarke, i
formerly a sergeant in the provost'
guard in Paris, recognized Bender
as the man who had startled France
and the entire A. E. F. through his
spectacular swindles of trusting
Frenchmen.
Infatuated Pair Take
Poison in Suicide Pact
Philadelphia, Nov. 12. An In
fatuation, puzzling to the police and
friends of the persons concerned, led
ai man and a woman to take poison
while together in the Rittenhouse
hotel, yesterday.
Both the man and woman are mar
ried and had comfortable homes. The,
woman is mother of two attractive
little daughters. The man is father
of a boy and girl. Relatives and
friends had heard of no develop
ments in their domestic lives to give
hint of such a denouement.
The couple were Anthony J.
Peters, 25, of 3418 North Twentieth
street, and Mrs. O. R. Triest, 28, who
roomed on Fifty-third near Market
street, but gave the police her hus
band's address at 5105 Warrington
street. They registered at the hotel
late Monday night as Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Patterson, of New York city.
President Out of Bed
First Time in Six Weeks
Washington, Nov. 12. President
Wilson was permitted to sit up for
an hour late yesterday, the first time
he has gotten out of bed since he
returned from his interrupted
Western tour, six weeks ago.
The President was placed in a
wheelchair and was wheeled slowly
around the top floor of the White
House.
Eat Buckwheats-
Yes, You Can
Or Any Other Kind of Food Set
Before You. But You Need a
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet to
Help the Stomach Move
It Along.
Hot biscuits, buckwheat, rich cake
and many other tempting foods are
Give More Knjoyment
- "I f,,r Ircnkfan Than
■ Anything Hl*,, since
I Discovered Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets."
j declared to be wholesome, digestible
and nourishing under normal stom
ach conditions.
Many people, however, once got the
notion they couldn't eat such things
and have grown in prejudice us a
consequence. They have denied them
selves almost everything except milk
and water.
But you will find here and there
one of this kind eating onions, cu
cumbers. melons and other such ter
rors r the dyspeptic because he has
found that by merely giving the
stomach a little assistance there are
no after effects from such Indulgence
There is avoidance of gussiness, no
sour risings, no water brash, you
don't taste "em hours after.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets 'are for
both those who suffer after eating
and for those who starve, for fear of
suffering. They relieve the distress
of indigestion and they also serve
to assist the stomach to prevent in
digestion.
Bating should be one of our chief
enjoyments. It is really the moat at
tractive of social gatherings, and It
Is worth our while to realize that we
may Indulge freely by exercising the
precautionary measure of aiding the
digestive process. Thus you may
eat your hot biscuits, buckwheats,
rich cake, onions, mince pie, sausage
and so on provided you take a Stu
art's Dyspepsia Tablet afterwards
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AABBIBBDRG TELEQRjtfH
Will Meet Tomorrow x j
at Clearfield to Carry
Out Recall of Strike
Johnstown, Pa., Nov. 12. —Officers
and executive board members of dis
trict No. 2, United Mine "Workers,
will meet at Clearfield headquarters
to-morrow for a general discussion
of plans for carrying out the revoca
tion of the strike order. David Ir
vine, an organizer, said District
President John Brophy will have re
j turned home by that time,
i Local organizers say the Federal
order does not apply to strikes in
the Johnstown district, including that
of Cambria Steel Company mines and
others which have not been operat
ing under union agreements. These
strikes developed as part of the steel
strike, and not through the action of
November 1.
| Expect Warm Fight
in Election of Regent
of Pennsylvania D.A.R.
Pittsburgh, Nov. 12. A lively
fight for office is expected to be a
feature on Thursday for the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution of
this State, five hundred of whom
are meeting at the William Penn
. Hotel in their twenty-third annual
convention. At that time the elec
tion for regent will take place. Two
candidates have sprung up for the
place Mrs. Edwin E. Sparks, wife
of the presjdent of State College,
and Mrs. Anne K. Dreisbach, of
Lewisburg. Neither has been actu
ally placed in the field for the place
now held by Mrs. Anthony Wayne
Cook, but it was said that the nom
inations will include only these two
I contenders.
Miss Beatrice Mac Cue
Pleases With Concert
Miss Beatrice Mac Cue, contralto,
of New York City, gave a song re
cital last evening in Stevens Me
morial M. E. Church. She is a sing
er of splendid attainments; with a
glorious voice of sympathetic quarity,
and great compass. She is evidently
an apostle of American musio for
her entire program was made up
of compositions of Americans, with
the exception of two numbers, and
these fitted in beautifully with the
balance of the program.
Some of the notably fine numbers
were: Ah, Love, But a Day," by Gil
jberte; "The Avia" from LaGioconda;
"A Spirit Flower;" "Sea Dreams."
by Metcalf; a fine new setting of "In
Flanders Fields," by Jules Jordan,
and "Robin, Robin, Sing Me a Song,"
by Spross.
Miss Mac Cue was obliged to add
two evtras and these Included "The
Star," by Rogers, and "If You Have
a Sweetheart," by Hawley. All
these were rendered with fine in
terpretative power and artistic skill.
She has an abundance of vitality in
her singing and a very charming
personality. Miss Ruth S. Kaybiil
played very fine accompaniments.
Miss Margaretta Kennedy, cellist,
has never appeared to better ad
vantage than she did in thi sconcert.
She secured a fine, sononous, warm,
tone from her instrument, which she
handles with technical skill of a
high order. Miss Alda Kennedy
played efficient accompaniments for
her sister. John Whitman, violin
ist, was the other assisting artist,
and he demonstrated his fine music
ianship and violinistic ability to a
very high degree. He has a good
bowing arm and secures a wander
fully smooth, rich, sustained tone.
This was especially nottcable in the
Ave Mavia. His technical skill was
apparent in the "Hejre Kati" which
he played with fite and verse. Miss
Betty Cooll niayed excellent ac
companiments.
MAX ROBERTSON
Alden R. Meek Dies
of Typhoid Fever
Taken ill in Pittsburgh a month
ago, Alden Rhodes Meek, of Bel
mont, Mass., Supply Manager of the
New England district for the West
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company, died of typhoid fever yes
terday afternoon at the home of his
mother, Mrs. N. R. Smith, 218 South
Thirteenth street.
Mr. Meek was 33 years old, grad
uate in the class of 1905 at Central
High School, and 1909 at State Col
lege. He was a member of Theta
XI and Phi Kappa Phi. During the
war he was supervisor of the West
inghouse interests in Washington,
D. C., having been connected for
some time with this company. He
was a member of the American So
ciety for Mechanical Engineers.
Funeral services to We held to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the South Thirteenth street resi
dence, the Rev. Dr. Clayton A.
Smucker officiating, will be private.
Mr. Meek is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Gertrude Morrison Meek, of
Belmont. Mass., his mother, Mrs. N.
R. Meek, a sister, Josephine Meek
and two brothers, Raymond and
Charles Meek.
Deaths and Funerals
MRS. MARY ANNE G RUBER
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Ann Gruber, aged 76 years, who
died yesterday at her home, 422
Briggs street, will be held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home
of her son, Lewis H. Tyson, 406
Briggs street. Burial will be made
in East Harrisburg Cemetery. Mrs.
Gruber is survived by three children
Fred Tyson, of Akron; Louis Tyson,
and Mrs. Mary Tyson Fitting, of this
city. Ulysses Gruber, of Palmyra
| and Mrs. E. T. Esterline, of Phila
• delphla are surviving stepchildren.
MISS LIZZIE A, STRICKKR
I Funeral services for Miss Lizzie
iA. Strieker, 82 years old, who died
j yesterday at the home of her niece,
I Miss Emma Foster, 2337 ' Canby
I street, Pcnbrook, will be held Fri
! day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
| Penbrook home, the Rev. William
I Moses, pastor of Vine Street Metho
dist Church, officiating. Burial will
be made in the Harrisburg cemetery.
Miss Strieker is survived by her
niece and a nephew, James Walter,
Dauphin county detective.
MRS. KATIE M. KENTON
The funeral of Mrs. Katie M.
Fenton, who died on Monday even
ing at her home, 1408 North Sixth
j street, will be held from her late
residence this evening at 7.30 o'clock,
! the Rev. Dr. William F. Hauck, of
ficiating. The Hawkins estate will
take the body to Sunbury to-morrow
morning for burial. Mrs. Fenton,
who was the wife of Samuel M. Fen
ton, is survived by her husband,
four sons, and six daughters.
AMOS SMITH
- Funeral arrangements have not
yet been announced for Amos Smith,
a retired farmer formerly living
near New Bloomfleld, who died Inst
night at the home of his nephew,
Edward Smith, 1309 Berryhlll street.
Mr. Smith was at one time a prom
inent member of the New Bloom
fleld Methodist Church.
BIG HARVESTS ON
FARMS OF STATE
Federal Agents Report Enor
mous Yield of Staple
Foodstuffs
Q. L. Morgan, field agent of the
Federal Bureau of Crop Estimates,
issues the following report on crop
conditions in Pennsylvania.
Corn—Pennsylvania has harvested
the largest corn crop In the history
of the State. The yield is estimated (
at forty-seven bushels per acre and
total production 72,668,000 bushels,
us compared with 62,400,000 bushels
1918 final estimate, and 58,369,000
bushels, the average production for
the past ten years. The quality of
this year's crop is exceptionally high
excepting in those localities affected
by the wet weather.
Buckwheat —Conditions were fa
vorable for buckwheat. The crop is
the largest since 1912. The yield is
estimated at twenty-three bushels
per acre and the total production
6,164,000 bushels as compared with
5,850,000 bushels Inst year.
Potatoes—The yield of this sea
son's crop was the best for the past
four years and the total production
is about 6,000,000 bushels above
the average. The yield is estimated
at 100 bushels per acre and the
total production 28,700,000 bushels.
Sweet Potatoes—The yield is es
timated at 138 bushels per acre and
the total production 138,000 bushels
as compared with 120,000 bushels
last year.
Tobacco—The tobacco crop in
Lancaster and York counties suffer
ed considerably from adverse weath
er conditions, insect damage and
rust. The yield per acre is estimated
at 1,320 pounds and total produc
tion 54,120,000 pounds as compared
with 64,752,000 pounds last year and
57,266,000 pounds, the average pro
duction for the past ten years.
Clover Seed —The yield is esti
mated at 1.4 bushels per acre and
the total production. 10,500 bushels
as compared with 16,000 bushels last
year.
Apples—The total production of
apples is estimated at 7,9971,600
bushels. The commercial crop is es
timated at 769,000 barrels as com
pared with 1,116,000 barrels in 1918
or a decrease of thirty-two per cent.
Woman Acquitted
of Murdering Her
17-Year-Old-Daughter
Stays Landing, N. J., Nov. 12.
Mrs. Hannah Ootthold, of Philadel
phia,, charged with the murder of
her 17-year-old daughter, Mildred,
in her room at an Atlantic City hotel
on August 2, last, was found not
guilty by a jury in the circuit court
here yesterday. The defense was in
sanity at the time the aqt was com
mitted and Judge Black instructed
the jury not to bring in a verdict of
first degree murder.
Mrs. Gotthold on the witness
stand denied all recollection of the
act.
Calder Files a Bill
to Reorganize Guard
Washington, Nov. 12. Senator
Calder, of New York, introduced a
bill yesterday for the reorganization
of the National Guard, which pro
vides for a strength in each state by
the ratio of 1,000 enlisted men for
each representative in Congress.
A three-year term of enlistment
and establishment of a National
Guard department in the War De
partment.
The bill was referred to the Sen
ate Military Affairs Committee and
will be taken up for consideration
in connection with the peace-time
army program.
Cured
His Piles
Now 88 Years Old, But Works At
Trade of Rlncksmith and Feels
Younger Since PUes
Arc Gone.
The oldest active blacksmith in
Michigan is still pounding his an
vil in the town of Homer—thanks
to my internal method for treating
piles.
Mr. Jacob I.yon, Homer, Mich.
I wish that you could hear him
tali of his many experiences with
ointments, salves, dilators, etc., be
fore he tried my method. Here is a
letter Just received from hlin:
Mr. V.. R. Page, Marshall, Mich.
Dear Sir: I want you to know
what your treatment has done for
me. 1 had suffered with piles for
many years and used suppositories
and all kinds of treatments, but
never got relief until I tried yours.
Am now completely cured. Although
I am 88 years old, and the oldest
active blacksmith In Michigan, I
feel yenrs younger since the piles
have left mc. I will surely recom
mend It to all I know who suffer
this way. You can use my letter
any way you wish and I hope It will
lead others to try this wonderful
remedy.
Yours truly,
J. L. LYON.
There are thousands of atHicted
people suffering with piles who have
never yet tried the one sensible way
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Don't be cut. Don't waste money
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healing of Piles.
No matter whether your ease is of
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No matter where you live—no mat
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Hints Millions Lost by
U. S. in Closing War
Contracts in House
i
Washington, Nov. 12. Repre
sentative Graham, Republican, Il
linois, chairman of a House War In
vestigating subcommittee, yester
day introduced a resolution request
ing Secretary Baker to have a re
view made of the settlements of war
contracts with eight corporations i
ajid, if It discloses any irregulurl- 1
ties in the settlement, to begin pro
ceedings "to recover sums of money
duo the Government."
i In the opinion of the committee,
said a report also submitted by Mr.
Graham, the Government may huvo
a right to recover "millions of dol
lars."
Moose of Columbia at
' Banquet For Service Men
Columbia. Pa., Nov. 12.—Chlckles i
Rock Lodge, No. 307, Loyal Order
of Moose, last night honored the
service men of their lodge at a ban
quet and dance in Keystone Hall.
Burgess W. M. D'Millcr was toast
master. Addresses were given by
Lieutenant Colonel C. N. Berntheliel,
Major W. S. Detwiler and Reginald
Wright Kauffman. John F. Sload
sang a solo and William H. Tobin,
of Philadelphia, past dictator of
Lodge No. 54, delivered the address
when the service flag was demob
olized. The lodge, through Past
Dictator William F. Yohe, dlstriz
uted Moose War Veterans' souvenirs
to the service men.
BELGIANS •LAND
Brest, Nov. 12.—King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, who
arrived in the transport George
Washington from the United States
yesterday afternoon were not able
to land from hte steamer until this
morning. The George Washnigton
was forced to stand outside the roads
all night because of bad weather.
ELEVEN CARS DERAILED
Carlisle. Pa., Nov. 12.—A serious
freight wreck occurred on the Phila
delphia and Reading Railway yester
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NOVEMBER 12, 1919.
day morning below Red Tank.
Eleven cars were derailed and 900
ties splintered. The wrecked train
STECKLEY'S j
DISTINCTIVE FOOTWEAR
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Dress and Street Wear
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i and shapes arc superb for style,
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j Uptown Away From High Expenses.
was cast bound and was a through
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gine and crew.