INSURANCE FUNDS TO BUILD HOMES Part of Big Life Assets Will Go Toward Relieving Shortage New York, Dec. 5. —Life insur ance funds having always been "sensitive to the great needs of the hour," there is every expectation that part of the more than $6,529,- 000,000 assets of American com panies will be used to relieve the housing shortage in this country, said Frederick H. Ecker. Vice-pre sident of the Metropolitan Life In surance Company, in an address be fore the Association of Life Insur ance Presidents, here to-day. "The scarcity of accommodations," said the speaker, "and the very great rise in rentals seem to have stimul ated the demand for single family dwellings and there are more people now than ever before seeking the opportunity of owning homes. The apparent misfortune of not. being able to rent may convert us into a nation of home-owner. It may well be that such a fundamental and extensive change will go far to ward meeting and solving the so cial unrest of the present day. Noth ing makes for law and order like having a stake in the things pro tected by settled political condi tions." Real estate mortgages on city and suburban property at the beginning of 1919, said Mr. Kcker, totalled J 1,050,000,000, a large number of ■which were on dwelling and depart ment houses. This sum, Mr. Eeker said, would have been much larger had not the demands of the war ne cessitated the life insurance compan ies buying <000.000,000 of Liberty Bonds und maintaining a constant flow of money to finance agricultural development. FRESH SUPPLY OF ARMY CLOTHING Our buyer has just returned from New York with a very large assortment of Army goods, including— Raincoats Broad-brim Felt Hats Overcoats Overseas Caps Munson-last Shoes Heavy and Medium Un- Woolen Breeches and ou^ erw . e ? r .. r oats Sheepskin Vests T .. , T . Gloves, Socks and Leg- Leather Vests gings 5 Army Shirts Woolen Blankets Sweaters Corduroy Vests E. ALPER 425 Broad Street THE GLOBE All Christmas Checks Cashed Cheerfully THE GLOBE MANY A MAN— HAS HELD OFF BUYING HIS SUIT HE ?^ ERCOAT FOR VARIOUS Can \ou possibly imagine his astonishment and delight when, upon examining his, (we can't say stocking, it might exaggerate) Christmas packages—J 0 and behold, a handsome Suit or an elegant Overcoat from THE GLOBE. g How can I buy it, you ask* Very easiiv, we say. Our expert salesforce will give you the bene fit of their many years' experience and in nine cases out of ten will fit him perfectly. Then, too, any suit or overcoat you may buy is subject to exchange after Christmas and may also be altered to n'lease the recipient, WITHOUT CHARGE. How can you invest a sum ranging from $25 to $75 to better advantage? HERE ARE MANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS FOR USEFUL GIFTS House Coats I-ur Collars I-ur Caps Holeproof Hose Bath Robes Patrick Mackinaws Sweaters Umb'-el'as Lounge Robes Full Dress Attire Silk Shirts Gloves Raincoats Fancy Vests Silk Hose Traveling Bags THE GLOBE . • • , . , - -- , ™••vr FRIDAY EVENING, BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 5, 1919. "America, the land of plenty is ex periencing to-day a famine in dwel ling places for its people," said Mr. Kekcr. "An acute housing problem of amazing proportion has grown up at home while we have been dis cussing and thinking mainly of re construction and restoration for de vastated areas of Europe. The ac tual cost of building construction, taken as a whole, has increased from TO to 300 per cent higher than be fore the war and are still rising." The speaker referred to the in come tax as constituting a direct fac tor affecting the supply of mortgage money. Payment to the tax collector of from 40 to 60 per cent of in come from interest, he said, was a strong incentive to change invest ments to those which were not tax able, and this resulted in the calling of many loans, an enhancement of reality values and an increase in rents. "Despite the increase in the pur chase of Government Bonds between 1916 and 1918 and an increase of $150,000,000 in farm loans during that period. Mr. Eekt r said, life in surance companies had increased their mortgages on real estate, other than farms, more than $52,000,000." In conclusion, Mr. Ecker said, that permanent relief awaited "the get ting back to peace conditions." One could not escape the conviction, he declared, that the Federal taxes were fundamentally "an obstruction" to the early achievements of this re sult. Roy Nevin Hawbecker Weds Anna May Gillan Clrecnciifitle, Pa.. Dec. s.—The mar riage of Miss Anna Mary Gillan and Roy Xevin Hawbaker was solemnized last evening at the home of the ' bride's parents here. The Rev. Dr. j Irvin \V. Hendricks officiated. She was attended by her sister. Miss! Sarah. as maid of honor. Ijimont j Frieze, of Waynesboro, was best i man, and little Thelma Holland, of j Mifflin. Pa., and Joseph Roulette. Hagerstown, ribbon bearers. THINK TURKEY CAN BE MADE WEALTHY THROUGH PROPER ENTERPRISE Constantinople, Dec. s.—Turkey • is rarely pictured as a country of ! business possibilities but rather as the traditional home of graft, po- | lilies, massacres, and veiled women, j Yet. according to Americans of ; some vision who have long been here ; or others who have come since the i close of the war, something may be done with the Turk and a lot with : ltis country in the way of agricul- j tural development, in exploiting marble deposits on the Sea of Mar- i mora, coal on the shores of the j Black Sea and in the Heraklee basin, j and copper at Arghana, Madon and j in the interior mountains between j Diabekhr and Kharput. There has been a vast quantity of I misinformation circulated about the I value of Turkish concessions and j membert of the American mission I headed by General Harbord came to j the conclusion that Turkey's great- I est wealth lies in her unirrigated, I treeless soil, that it would be pos- ! sible to make her wealthy if she j had honest government, irrigation, j and her mountains and plains cov- | ered with quick-growing cotton- I wood. General Harbord. an expert j agricultural observer, believes that j the American cottonwood would change the gaunt face of Turkey's i mountains and valleys. llcr Position Good. . Turkey's greatest value, however, lies in her geographical position, and it is believed that anyone operating on a large scale from Smyrna and Constantinople, in particular, will have three avenues for trade ex tension, one to the Balkans, one along the Bagdad railway, which the British now control and are invest ing in heavily, pushing its line be yond Bagdad to the oil fields of Mesopotamia, and on to the Indian Ocean; and a third avenue into the Black Sea countries including south Russia and the rich Caucasus. G. Bie Ravndal, American Com missioner and Consul-General in < onstantinople, who has served in Turkey for some twenty years, is impressed with American oppor tunities in the Near East. He says that no matter how the Turkish question be solved by the Peace Conference, the result is certain to afford sufficient freedom and sta bility for the economic development which has been so long arrested and which now is on the eve of obeying its momentum. He urges American business men to "be up and doing" so that the new American merchant marine may prove not to have been built in vain. Mr. Ravndal also urges American shipping interests to consult American consuls and the Ameriian Chamber of Commerce for the Levant in picking agents for their steamship lines. IT. S. Trade Increases Mr. Ravndal said to The Associ ated Press: American trade figures In Con stantinople are climbing up. In the three months ending September 30, 1919, exports from this citv to America amounted to $2,950 000 as against $1,300,000 for the June quarter. These are considerably In excess of pre-war figures but bv far the greater increase is In imports to Constantinople from America. The balance of trade is now overwhelm! ingly in favor of' America while before the war it was adverse muLl preTa '" n S economic con ditions it were better for both coun tries if the trade balance could be reversed and exchange equalized For that purpose America must send men out here to explore nat 11 resources which still remain in Tak™w 6 silk '% ° f exp loitatlom rake uw silk for an example. Mont Lebanon, Brusa, Asia Minor, Caucasia and Central Asia can pro duce enough raw silk to render the American silk manufacturing indus try independent of Yokohama. But this can only be achieved by Ameri cans establishing themselves in the Near East just as Americans have done in the matter of licorice root and cigaret tobacco. "Fortunately we now have num erous American merchantmen plying in the Levant trade, und the es tablishment of American banks in the commercial centers of the Near East is only a question of weeks or months. The American commercial outlook in the Levant and the Balkans is indeed bright. Hub of Near East "Constantinople may be termed the hub of the Near East. The tributary territory of this ancient city which for centuries was the clearing house of the world's civili zation, is constantly expanding espe cially towards the Caucasus and South Russia and the countries of the Danube. Under a stable .and just government, Constantinople will regain much of its past glory. It is the main door to Asia to which, it is claimed, the twentieth century belongs. "What is principally wanted out here to insure American commercial ascendency is American capital to be used in the development of natural resources aaid for purposes of recon struction. "In the Federal Reserve Act and the Vebb-Pomerene Act means have been provided for an adequate ex tension of American foreign trade, one authorizing American banks abroad and the other affording proper trade organization. Except in the matter of our navigation laws, it is not legislation which now is wanted as much as vision and cour age among our manufacturers and merchants. "Our leaders of industry never had a finer chance to show their mettle than at present. South Russia calls them to immediate ac tion appealing to their foresight as no other country appealed before. Trans-Caucasia challenges their wis dom. Asia Minor summons them to show their spirit. Of these sug gested operations, Constantinople is the unquestioned base. "This is no time for dawdling. Let us be up and doing and help to win peace and prosperity for our selves and others as we helped our selves and others so splendidly in the war." Calls Soviet Foe of Trade Unionism New York, Dec. s.—Lieutenant A. W. Kliefoth, ho was Assistant Military Attache of the United States, in Rus sia declared in an adress on "The Rus sion Struggle for Democracy" before the Women's Department of the Na tional Civic Federation that the Bol sheviki were foes of legitimate trade unions, and that if the Soviet form of Government were introduced in the United States the first labor leader to be killed would be Samuel Gompers. Under the Soviet system, he added, all industry theoreticaly belongs to the Communist Party, and the production of labor belongs to the State. Thus. Sovietism and unionism, as the latter is known in this country, are utterly incomparable. With the introduction of Leninism, the speaker said, the labor movement, as such, would cease to exist and with it its leaders. 50,000 POUNDS OF EELS CAUGHT State's First Reports on Eel Baskets Show Rig Quan tities of Fish Taken P 01 " 80 ' 18 taking j '! 1; ' [l''"' , |! <>r have been taken trom the streams of the State tills year. This Is the first time such in formatlon has ever been gathered and the reports on the other six classes of devices will show some thing as to what is tuken out. The reports have to be sworn to, and while there have been complaints that game fish taken or speared have been retnined, it is believed that the sworn statements give a pretty fair idea of the catches. Mifflin county seems to be the chief eel-catching county because the reports show 4.000 pounds taken, 800 being reported by one man in a single night. The eel catches were reported by holders of licenses for tish baskets or eel racks, two-thirds of whom have filed their statements. About half of the returns of holders of licenses for spears and gigs are in hand and they are held at the de partment to show catches of 30.000 pounds of suckers, carp, mullet and other food tish. In all, about 20,000 permits for special devices were issued, and yet in some counties people do not seem to have been aware that such a law was in effect. The law became ef fective after the fishing season was well under way. Bradford county took out the largest number of spe cial licenses. Commissioner of Fisheries X. R. Buller expects to issue about 50,000 permits next year. They will cover tish baskets, eel racks, outlines, fyke and dip nets, burr hooks and snare and loop devices. Permits for all but the latter two expired with Oc tober. The law requires the permit to be returned with a report of the total catches within two weeks. Railway and other cases presented to the Public Service Commission this week will be considered by the Commission in executive session next week. Owing to the numerous argu ments and hearings scheduled for this week no executive session was held. Activity in oil and gas operations in Pennsylvania and in the State at large is being reflected in, the rec ords of the State Department, where almost every day notices of increase of capital are being filed by con cerns engaged in such lines of pro duction, while numerous companies operating in other states are regis tering for the right to do business in Pennsylvania. State tax coses involving questions arising in the settlement of the Com monwealth's revenue from corpora tions will be argued in the Dauphin county court on December 11, ac cording to arrangements just com pleted. The court will hear argu ment at the same time on the cases arising out of the procedure under the new escheat laws. This action will involve many thousands of dol lars of unclaimed bank deposits. Over 1,650 school districts of the State, most of them rural sections, have been sent their shares of the appropriation for the schools. Oyer $3,000,000 has been distributed and over a million dollars more will be sent out before Christmas. The lar ger districts will be taken care of later on. Pennsylvania public utilities arc rapidly financing their programs for developments, according to an analy sis of certificates of notification filed with the Public Service Commission by Chairman W. D. B. Ainey. Mr. Ainey says that during November the value of such certificates in cluded $5,923,400 of bonds and $5,- 785,4 00 of additional stock. This is one of the largest sums represented in such notices and is held to indi cate a revival. The Cleveland Cliffs Coal Company has filed notice of increase of its stock from $5,000 to $1,000,000 and an issue of $650,000 of bonds. The company was recently chartered. Public Service Wins After Two Long Years Two years ago the Public Service Commission made an order for aboli tion of the grade crossing at Mount Dallas on the Lincoln highway in Bedford county, and it was biterly fought by the Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad and finally carried to the superior court. The Commission held that the crossing should be abolished for pub lic safety on a much-traveled high way and stood by its findings. The railroad failed to prosecute the case In the superior court and the Com mission order stands. The Superior Court, however, re versed an order of the Public Serv ice Commission in a controversy over the Conemaugh River bridge be tween Franklin and East Cone maugh. The borough of Franklin closed the bridge for repairs to which East Conemaugh objected and car ried the case to the Public Service Commission, whose order caused the appeal. Judge Linn's opinion holds that, contrary to the contention of Frank lin borough,, the case comes within the Jurisdiction of the Commission. The court ordered the record re turned to the Commission with in structions to proceed according to law unless the complaint is sooner satisfied. Firemen Have Plan to Raise Memorial Fund Fourteen Are companies of this city have already pledged SIOO apiece to ward the SIO,OOO memorial shaft which will be erected in Reservoir Park on commemoration of the Harrisburg fire men who were in the World War. The Veteran 'Firemen's Association has likewise contributed SIOO. Each of tha three thousand firemen of the city will likewise contribute one dollar each, thus raising the sum to SSOOO. Bazars and excursions have been planned to raise the additional amount. The general committee plans to have a marker on the shaft Inscribed with the names of the volunteer firemen who went Into the service. 300 War Criminals Demanded by Paris Paris, Dec. 5. —The list of persons responsible for war crimes whom Germany must give up contains more than 300 names, it is learned. The Peace Conference has not de- | tided whether they will be tried as a body or sv LETTLAND GETS RED CROSS AID American Relief Unit Pene trates Into Country of Political Turmoil New York. Dec. 5 —Lettland, a country of political turmoil und bloodshed, lias finally been pene trated by American relief workers, who for the first time' in five years, have been able to bring succor to the starving thousands in this North Russian country. Although severe fighting is still going on among racial and political groups in Lettland, American Relief Admlnlstrat'on agents recently pene trated Into the country and or | ganizod relief work. Two hundred SOUTTER'S 25 CENT DEPARTMENT STORE Buy Here No! Alone Because Prices Are Lower. But Because Qualities Are Better Xmas Stocking With JK Desirable Gifts rzzr ■I *ll mL JulWr Imnnlnp a rent Wg C'ltrlMtmn* Stocking;, bulging TilllmlVn fir II myr ovrp with Hn ntuny ChrlMtmnM glftM—gif'.M of every IjrflJL ' 1| Tr [Jf 11111 l RMiir description, for every member of the family anil /jfjl lijfe|y| |ii Jim 11 nllyir you will have Nome lilen of what thin big store la W II tlpr when it cornea to buying prcacnta for your family S * wl Y OP ' rlen d*. Kvery department la juat full of lie- __ |l jjj lUjr alrable glfta that arc aure to be appreciated by the gj Sf (I r peraou to whom they are given. And they are all % Jl priced nt lower-than-claewhere prieea. V*jS| i I I THESE ARE SOME OF THE MANY I ' fIWIC A r t Needlework Miscellaneous ■ iweet Grass Baskets Conibjml Brush Sets || Laundry lings XovelUcs nnd Mirrors t | OK ( Ww I.amp Shades xr /~i j. J . -*—: X mas Candies T°ilet A rticles There will lie lots of eaiuly for iIUT M Trays largest departments and we Kf jj VCJ m Buffers j have candy of every description j Jfo m Soaps and Toilet Waters and of the very best quality. Boxes Mens Furnishings ji^^i n f e ™ ear Mm ien's Ciiion Suits Neckwear I jj ! Hnndherrhipfc Holiday Neckwear In all the rAp | f !ii llllllllllllßilll WW fyU/lUatl Lfftcf O latest styles for boys and men. fer >ll!l I I I !• m A large and up-to-date assort- I i;| '" f All S'lk Handkerchiefs ment from which to choose. 1 [if m Ladies' Handkerchiefs ■ . _ _ _ jLJRjXm I f Men's Handkerelilefs cphffhj f.n/l/jc Rg&t i| jf " A Handkerchiefs fyUUaCIWIU UUUUd , |f|Mi 'j* ,f*f Work Handkerchiefs for Men ( la- wire MWWP U Ready-To-Wear toasting Pans MI Middy Blouses Jardinieres I MUlinery k J||ljk The newest shapes and best i {"lose ' qualities in women's misses' Mon>s lluse | J eliildrenjs trimmed and tin- Sjlk Hosc XV Ut VCFy nM,nC * Hose "o^overy occasion. \ Toys-Dolls-Games Stationery \ji j I A 1 | j Plan White Box Stationery jM\ jl II 11 Santa Clans has brought his ! Fancy Stationery Hyjffll 1 j|! I| IV. workshop right to this store— 1 Children's Stationery Myfaf I |j j I toys, dolls, games for all the j Christmas Seals BjyCl| ' ilii' II r children. It is an easy matter j Christinas Cards [|| * to choose lust what you want Booklets a rd S!| for tlie kiddies here. I Calendars jf !? #>l p Jewelry J)ry Goods Rooks 'I v >, \ Wi& Cuff I .inks. Silk Poplin War Books , [ t Scarf Pins Silk Messaline Fairy Talcs janii- <tA |jl Brooelies Crepe do Chine Rhymes |||jSi\ . z.y Beauty Plus Georgette Crepe Boys' Books 'm Asli Trays Taffeta Girls' Books ill jglMly Tie Clasps Xlatlras Nursery Books A 1 I 1 Bracelets Ginghams Fiction MA |X gW Match Safes Voiles Travel Hat Pins Nainsook Paint Books A MWw ft J t j.atlies' Gloves Satin and TnlTeta Ribbons Hid Gloves Wash Ribbons JBW|! It li*[L± 1 Wool Gloves l'lftid Rililvms R 1" m ['J | fffj/ B Wttsliable Gloves Jacquanl Ribbons | SOUTTER'S ■l2 t"v ll Cent Department Store Where Every Day Is Bargain Day 215 Market St. Opposite Coorthouse thcnrand franca, given by the Joint Distribution Committee, which dis burses funrls of the American Jew ish Relief Committee and ailed re- I! lief agencies, was divided between 1 ; the Lettish cities of Riga and I,thuu, j for the relief of 38,000 destitute I Jews. Of this money Riga was given .100,000 francs, it having over 30,- I uOO starving Jews to provide for. | Over 45,000 Jews throughout Rett j land are absolutely dependent upon liutside relief if they are to survive j the terrible Baltic winter, accord ing to reports received by the Amcri ' can Jewish Relief Committee, j The Hoover organization, In an | nouncing that it had been able to i extend relief work to Rettland, re j ported that due to difficulties in 1 j reaching it and to overnight politt i cal changes, it has been practically I cut off from the world. Having re ceived no outside aid since world hostilities commenced, the abject misery of the is terrible, the committee reports. Contributions of American Jewish Relief agencies, through the Joint Distribution Committee, to the Chlt drcn'-s Relief Bureau of the Ameri can Relief Administration, have just been augmented by a gift of J50,- 000 for the relief of starving chil dren of Hungary. Recently the Joint Distribution Committee turned over a half million dollars to the clothing fund of the Children's Re lief Bureau, which dispenses relief to children, irrespective of their race or creed. New Mexico Is Also For Wood EI Paso, Dec. s.—Gen. Leonard Wood's boom for the Presidency has spread to New Mexico, says Major William H. H. Llewellyn of Bits Cru ces, who announces that the dole gates from New Mexico to the Re publican National Convention will b for him. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator —Ad 23
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