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LXXXVIII- No. 297 18 PAGES "•"i.gSTK WS, SKM.W,. 01 *" HARRISBURG, PA. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEM BER 16, 1919. °&SiSHF> mo,.* corks uahc rniTinv
- ' 9FAFEU IN llAltlllSßL'RU TWO CJ4NTS HUME EDITION
V MOTHERS WITH BABIES IN
ARMS BESEECH HEALER TO
PR A Y FOR AILING BODIES
Great Throng of Sorely Afflicted Men
and Women Jam Church Where Hope
Is Held Forth to All Who Believe
HICK SON URGES ALL THE SICK TO ORGANIZE
PRAYER CIRCLES TO CONTINUE HIS WORK
"\\ e want this mission to go on, and it must go on. It is a revival of the min
istry of healing in the church. Let us tind the Church of Christ a living church. But
it can't be a living church if it is not a healing church," James Moore Hickson, faith
healer, said this morning when he opened his second and last healing mission service in St.
Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church.
Crowds Double in Size
I he crowds to-day were more than double those of yesterday, when the mission was con
ducted for more than rive hours. Many hundreds of persons, victims of scores of diseases and
afflictions, came or were brought again to-day, and the increase in the number of children
brought for the "healing touch and the word of prayer." was an impressive sight.
More than 150 children, from babies in mothers' arms to boys and girls of school age. were
brought to Mr. Hickson, who prayed for them first. Owing to the large crowds, it was thought
at noon that the healer would be unable to see all the sick per
sons in the large church, and the clergymen assisting him began
to bring forward only those suffering front severe pain and the
more serious cases.
Prayers Must Continue
In opening his mission to-dav, Mr. Hickson made an earnest
appeal to those in the church to continue the prayer for the heal
ing touch of Christ in the bodies and souls of all unfortunates.
In part he said: "I am sorry that there is so short a mission
here. I am most grateful to you all for your sympathy and prayer.
You made the mission what it is. We, who were working here
yesterday, could feel the great wall of prayer back of us. Xone
felt tired for the power of the Holy Spirit was working with us.
The Lord is using every one of you. All have a place in the mis
sion.
He asked that any who came who
were not sick, if they felt they
should, were to make room for
any who could not get in. He told
them he was sure they came not
from curiosity, but to help in mak
ing the mission a success.
To Form Prayer Circles
Then he spoke to the persons who
cante for help, saying: "Don't bub
ble up and then bubble down again
after the mission. What is worth
having is worth holding. So many
persons say they do not understand
why God only comes to us at the
eleventh hour. It :s because so oft
en we only call or.- Him at the elev
enth hour. You should feel as anx
ious to call your minister as your
phvsician. and when you rece.vs
gifts don't forget the Giver. Make
the church, no matter which one
vou go to, your shrine. Go there to
call for help for both your body
and your soul. When you call a
physician, pray, too.
"Prayer circles are to.be formed
and some of you will get names of
suffering ones. Re a lin-k between
Christ and some suffering soul
through prayer. It is a wonderful
service. Look at all the insane asy
lums and think of the persons in
them who can't pray. Are we rnak- i
ing a wall of prayer around them
and sending a ray of light to them. :
We ought to support every great
movement with prayer, for only by |
prayer car.- it succeed. This is to
be a revival of the spirit of prayer. ,
Mission Closes
With hundreds of persons waiting j
to be visited by James Moore Hick- j
son, the faith healer, and the
Stephen's Church crowded to the
doors, the healing mission was closed j
shortly after 2 o'clock this after- ]
noon. Mr. Hickson made a prayer ■
for all the persons he could not visit j
personally, and then left to take a |
train to Pittsburgh. Almost one ,
thousand persons joined with him |
in a silent prayer lasting several ,
minutes. One colored man, who ;
laid been at the church shortly after
noon coming on a cane and a crutch, j
walked away holding both of them !
Every Pew Filled
When the mission was opened at |
10 o'clock every seat in the church
was tilled and about forty children j
and their parents were in the choir |
seats. Archdeacon William Dor- j
wart, ot' Newport, opened the service
with the Lord' prayer.
l-'rom 8.30 o'clock until after noon j
scores of persons streamed into the •
rooms at the s ear of the church, and |
then through the vestry room into j
the church auditorium. While there '
were not quite so many helpless per- |
sons who had to be carried in. many i
cante on crutches or canes, and oth- 1
e;s had to be supported by friends j
and relatives.
liCiids ItliiHl Mother
One young man entered, leading j
his blind mother: others lame from |
rheumatism, accidents and diseases, |
hobbled or limped before the healer: i
mothers brought in infants so small
that the babes were bundled up in >
heavy blankets to keep them warm, j
_ One young woman, about 25 years
A old. came in on crutches and was |
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NEW GOES ON" TRIAL
By Associated Press
l.os Angeles, Dec. 16. —Harry New, i
alleged son of United States Senator
Harry S. New. of Indiana, went on |
trial here to-day for the murder of
Miss Freda Lesser, his fiancee. His |
defense is insanity.
[THE WEATHER.!
Ilarrl*hiirg nnil Vicinity) Fair to- '
night nnH U rdnnulßp (oiillnii
ril rnld. loivcMt trmprrnlurr to- i
night nbout XO degrees.
WAGONER GIVES
UP POST WITH
ELLIOTT-FISHER
K. B. Schley Succeeds Him
as President of the Big
Corporation
FOOTHORAPIS PROMOTED
Vice-President Made Resident
Manager of Typewriter
Company
P. D. Wagoner has resigned as
I president of the Elliott-Fisher Com
| pony. He will remain here until De
cember 31. after which he will be con-
I nected with the General Motors Cor
| poration with headquarters in New
j York. Mr. Wagoner, will remain in
; the board of directors of the local ac-
I counting machine organization.
K. B. Schley, son of the late Grant
B Schley, who, in conjunction with
tile late Senator ,T. Donald Camer
on, stood back ot Elliott-Fisher Com
pany, from ics inception, will become
president.
H. A. Foothorap, vice-president and
factory manager, has been appointed
resident manager, as Mr. Schley will
continue to reside in New York.
The rapid growth of the Elliott-
Fisher Company during the sixteen
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Shoplifter Caught;
Stores Are Protected
by Plain Clothes Men
. i't. tPC !l iv f s . a shop-lifter!
* a ♦ Bowman and Pom-
In® Yesterday afternoon and
tit,™ Police station where she was
taken she confessed to her guilt pro-1
whi, n i ß num A er °f articles some of
Ik U e said she had stolen from
the Bowman store and others from l
othf-r downtown businotfa places I
She is apparently not a profen
s onal. the officers said, and so far as
I he> know this may be her first of
fence. lor the sake of her familvl
L t ..?K S ,7 e ,ue!,ted that h, ' r name b',- j
withheld from publication.
.i Tll . e . R" u 'nian store is protected hv '
the I Inkerton Detective Agencv still'
by the Harry White Offi.e"S
in plain clothes are constantiv
mingling with the crowds and it is
next t" impossible for a thief to op-i
erate without being caught. Most ofl
the stores of the city are covered in
the same manner.
"It is not that the managements ofl
the stores have any desire to spv
upon their patrons or to be unnece-'-1
sarlly harsh, but the chance for'
thefts is SO great during the holidaci
rush that they have been compelled'
to safeguard both their own wares i
and their patrons who might alsoi
suffer." said one of the officers after!
the arrest.
Contract For Erection
Camp Curtin Memorial
Let to Granite Co.
Contract for the erection of a!
memorial to mark old Camp Curtin j
was let yesterday liy Camp Curtin
Memorial Commission at a meeting
In the Camp Curtin Trust Company. ;
The contract, totaling SIO,OOO, was.
awarded to ii P.oston grunile com
pany.
The new memorial will be erected [
in Sixth street, on a plot of ground '
adjoining Camp Curt'n Memorial !
Methodist Church. Work will be 1
started within a short time.
AGAINST BILL
TO REPEAL WAR
PROHIBITION
But Member of House Com
mittee Urges "Wet Period"
Until January 16
(11VE PEOPLE A CHANCE
Baincy Wants Them to Have'
Opportunity to Lay in "Me
dicinal Supply"
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 16. —An unfa- i
j vorable report on the bill to repeal i
! the war-time prohibition law was \
ordered to-day by the House Agri- j
I culture Committee by a vote of 16 to !
I 3. Representatives John T. Rainey, j
j Democrat, Illinois, and Voight, Wis- '
| consin, and Ward, New York, Re- :
j publicans, cast the negative votes,
j Urges "Wet" l'criod
The only argument for the repeal ,
was made by Representative Rainey,
who urged a "wet" period until
January 16, when the constitutional !
"dry" amendment becomes effective, j
so that people of small means might |
lay in a stock for medicinal uses, i
and the government might get JSOO,- |
000,000 in revenue taxes.
"Since the Supreme Court has de- I
cided the war-time act is constitu- !
tional, we must submit to the in
evitable." said Mr. Rainey, "but 1
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SALOON KEEPERS MULCTED
By Associated Press
Nfirnrk, V. J., Dec, 16.—-Newark ■
saloon keepers have been mulcted of i
about $75,000 since wartime prohibi-1
t.cn went into effect by men who took |
their money with promises to pro- i
cure real "red liquor" then failed to!
deliver the goods and refused to re- j
turn the funds, the police announced j
to-day. Knowing the transactions to i
bo illegal, the saloon men were unable,
to appeal to the law for redress, it
was explained.
Mercury Sinks to 12
For Fall's Coldest Night
Harrisburg experienced the cold
est weather of the winter last night,
when the official temperature was
but twelve degrees, according to
Weatherman 13. It. Demain. This
cold wave was general throughout
this section of Pennsj lvania.
The temperature at no time yes- j
terday was above the freezing mark,
ranging below the twenty-six de
gree mark throughout the day. A
twelve-mile-an-hour wind added to '
the city's discomfort. Temperatures
to-night will not be quite as cold |
as last night. Sixteen degrees is ex
pected to be the lowest mark
reached.
HIGHLY EDUCATED THIRST TAKES
ROLLS OF BA NK NOTES TO SA TISFY
|
Those Who Cultivated It in Anticipation of Favorable
Decision Now Bemoaning Exorbitant Prices
—Rye sls a Bottle
By Associated Press .
i \ew York, Dec. 16. —Lawyers rep-
I resenting large liquor Interests in I
| Xew York intimated to-day that a 1
j civil action against the United States j
! government might be the next step j
in the fight against prohibition and!
that compensation for losses esti-1
mated at 6300,000,000 would be |
sought. The lawyers asserted that |
the decision of the Supreme Court'
virtually confiscated the liquor held i
! here.
Local banking circles will be but (
little affected by the court's decision,
it was said. large loans were out
standing on warehouse receipts earl- ;
ier in the year, but neatly all have;
been liquidated in recent months. '
The dismay with which the liqupr;
trade received the news yesterday
.increased to-day. So confident were!
Labor Has Nothing on the United States Senate
! i >gjf iP^lpfKi
1 I HOW CAN \M£-. ""L^ 1 '"TT 1 -ftftujl \
RECOGNIZE THEi* J,
YOU'LL BE SORRY IF
WORLD DOESN'T END
.'Astrologer Takes the Field
Against Astronomer Who Is
Shown to Be Wrong Be
cause Hades Will Be to Pay
After January 5
| NEW "DOPE" FURNISHED
FOR THOSE WHO WORRY
The world will not come to an end
at 4.3 3 to-morrow afternoon as
i scheduled by a professor of a west-
J ern university. No, siree! Nothing
J doing! But on January 5 Satan will
i be to pay, which is very little time
I to get the pitch hot.
At least that is the new prediction
j of Prank Theodore Allen, director of
| the Astrological Research Society,
J Washington, D. C. Mr. Allen to-day,
I sent this notice to the Harrisburg
I Telegraph. Mr. Allen takes up his
; cudgel for astrology and points out j
that the end of the world cannot I
I possibly occur to-morrow because j
that prediction was made by an as- .
[ tronomer.
But the world is only to have three;
weeks of peace, says Mr. Allen.;
Here's the latest dope. "The figure
of the heavens at the full moon oil'
January 5* as calculated for Wash
ington, prefigures—for the eastern ,
part of the country disasters to
theaters, amusements, schools and |
possibly government buildings; also J
the very strong probability of wildly!
excitable conditions affecting specu-,
lattve investments, scandals concern- •
ing members of high society, or heat- |
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i the wets that a fuvorable dQnision
I w °uld be handed down thut prepare- i
t'ons w ere complete for delivery of I
I thousands of dollars worth of liquor •
:at short notice. The dealers said !
it would now be physically Impos- i
I sible to ship the liquor in stock to i
| foreign countries before January
I®. j
The man who had been' eultivat-'•
ling a highly educated thirst in antict- i
j pat ion of resumption of the sale of.
i liquor over the bar, bemoaned to-duv'
i the probability of exorbitant piices'
i for a drink obtained "on the quiet."!
Some unofficial quotations on the
unofficial" market to-day were
champagne, $225 a case; imported!
I brandy, }l5O a case; Scotch whisky,!
$250 a case; rye wl.tsky, sls a bot
! tie and Benedictine, S3O a quart. In
dividual prices in saloons depended
J entirely upon the bartender.
SEAPLANES SPOT
SCHOOLS OF FISH
Sail Diego, Cal., Dec. 16. A
seaplane patrol to locate schools
of fish and flash the direction by
wireless to operators of the local
tißlilng fleet, was in operation to
day off this port.
The patrol, which made its first
flight yesterday consists of two
government planes which relay
reports thVough a submarine
chaser in the harbor. In fifteen
minutes pilots of planes yesterday
had reported two schools, which
provided the fishermen with a
profitable day's work.
SUGAR EMBARGO
' BILL IS BEING
j DISCUSSED TODAY
'Sky-High Prices' Threatened,
Committee Members
Arc Told
j Washington. Dec. 16.—The House
1 Interstate Commerce Committee to-
I <ia >' "as to consider a bill proposing
] an embargo on all sugar exports.
' Advocates of broad Government con
trol as well as the purchase of the
. Cuban crop, who were before the j
; agricultural committee yesterday and
which was also to meet again to- |
day, declare that "sky high prices" i
are threatened and that more pur-'
chase of the Cuban crop would only i
•aid profiteers.
For the tirst 10 months or this |
year almost a billion and one-quarter
pounds of sugar have been exported i
front this country, suid Representa
tive 1 >uDinger (Republican). Massa
chusetts, citing the equalization i
board as authority for his tigures. !
The only general opposition to the
bill was voiced yesterday by Kepre- !
sentatlve Martin (Democrat), Louis-!
iuna. who declared It wus "unneeea- !
sary" and blamed the shortage on '
congressional agitation for purchase !
of the Cuban crop, and the recent!
longshoremen's strike, which delayed
deliveries.
More Power Needed
Complete Government control of
prices and distribution of sugar Is
necessary for the protection of fam- '
Uy consumers from profiteers, ment-|
hers of Congress declared yesterday I
before the House Agriculture Cont- |
mlttee. At the suite time, George!
A. Zabriskie, president of the Sugar!
Equalization Bourd. advised the com- '
niittee that continuance of the board j
would be useless unless it were given !
control over prices and distribution.
These powers, President Zabrlskle
pointed out In a telegram to the
committee, are not included In the
pending McNary bill.
PIGGERY ODORS
! SAID NUISANCE;
i ASKS FOR RELIEF
Farmer Brings Equity Suit
; Against Collector of
I
City's Garbage
That 1-lagy brothers, city garbage
'collectors, be restrained from spread
ing garbage over their sixty-acre
| farm, northeast of the city, is ask
| ed in a bill in equity, tiled in court'
: to-day. Charles Milford Bamber- !
• ger. owner of an adjoining farm, i
i began the action. He alleges that
[ spreading the garbage on the land
| has become a nuisance.
He charges the stench from the i
i piggery has caused sickness in his'
| family, adding that the orod is
I unbearable, that spreading the!
; garbage over the land "draws'
i Hies" and that birds flock and col- !
; lect on the farm and have been i
I bothersome to him.
j It is alleged that garbage some- ;
i times is spread on land not 100 feet'
j away front Bamberger's ground and |
| that dead animals are allowed to be 1
jon the ground where they can be!
j seen from the windows of the Bam- I
j berger diningroont and kitchen.
Hyle, Frank and Lewis Hagy are |
| mentioned as defendants and the ,
: bill asks that they be permanently
; restrained front spreading the decay- !
ing garbage over the land. The court |
is asked to compel the Hagys to pay'
Bant berger any damages that he has !
suffered.
Feast of Chanukah
Observed by Hebrews
1 Chanukah. Lite feast of dedication "
known also as the "feast of lights," ;
will be begun by the Jews to-night
I rhe festival, which will continue for
i eight days, is one of gladness.
The least commemorates the re- !
; dedication of the Temple at Jen >a- !
lent in 168 B. C., after three years of i
mi Mou'T < the S - Vrians ' who set!
|up idols in It in pursuance of the I
decree of their king, Antiochus IV i
successor to Alexander the Great'
"Pl -t'i h |' S BUb . JecU hould adopt the
Polj theism of the Greeks. Led bv !
the priest, Mattathias. and after ills'
death by his son. Judas Maccabeus, '
the Jews revolted against the Sv- !
rians. After repeatedly defeating the!
Syrian armies they marched tri
umphantly into Jerusalem where the
of the Temple follow-' 1
ed.
E , i KS 22# mi, ks A\ hour
I arlt.. Dee. 16.—A burst of speed
of approximately 226 miles an hour '
was scored by Sad! Lecolnte, the
noted French aviator, in an ofhcl
ally-timed airplane test to-day Le
colnte. who holds the French record !
for height and broke the French
speed record last September, covered j
the distance of u kilometer in to- !
day's test, at an uvorage speed of
307.22.1 kilometers (about 190 <
ntiles) an hour, while during some >
seconds of his flight he reached a
speed of 364.5 kilometers (226
miles) an hour, or about three and #
three-fourth miles a minute. lS
| DA YLIGHT SA VING
ADOPTED FOR CITY
I WITHOUT DISSENT
City Commission Unanimously Approves
Measure Supported by Workers and
Employers in All Business Lines
STEELTON AND SUBURBAN
TOWNS TO FOLLOW THE LEAD
I l.)a\light saving for I larrisburg was adopted unanimously
I to-day l>y C ity Council.
I lu- city commissioner* were supported in their unanimous
action by every one of the larger employers of labor, bankers,
business men, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary and Kiwanis
\.orker> and health officials. Before the vote was passed peti
tions carrying thousands of names collected by the Harrisburg
| Telegraph were presented.
I Ins action will continue hereafter in the summer months
I the practice of keeping the clock an hour ahead during April,
1 May. June, July. August, September and October. It will keep
the city abreast with New York, Philadelphia and dozens of other
large communities.
Suburbs to Follow Example
L- Helton and other surrounding boroughs are expected to
• follow J larrisburg's lead. In Steelton Frank A. Robbins, |r.,
| general manager of the Bethlehem plant, is the principal sup
porter. Other boroughs will follow Steelton's lead so that there
; will be no trouble with the trolley service.
, Mayor Daniel L. Keistcr. who introduced the ordinance, and
other members of Council already have received the thanks of
scores 01 persons who were backing the movement.
Short speeches were made by Mayor Keister and several
I members of Council before the vote was announced. The Mayor
said that the opinion was general that the slight inconvenience
which will be experienced because of the railroad schedules would
j be more than made up by the benefits at home.
Physicianse lent their aid to the plan and informed the Com
j missioners that the health gained in the outdoors by communities
enjoying the extra hour of daylight was of great value.
1*— —* "If-"
I
PENN-HARRIS DIVIDEND '
Harrisburg. Directors of the Harrisburg Hotel '!
C< mfh n . owner of the Penn-Harris, declared a dividend '
F of 4 per cent, this afternoon on the- earnings of the first I
1 eleven lonths of the operation of the hotel. is cx- F
I pected tl it the fixed dividend will be 6 per cent, here- <
1 after, payable semi-annually. Reports showed'the most g
I >r the year in the n *
j fund vc ;rves and other fixed financial requirements. I
f HUGO SUFFERED NO HARDSHIPS '!
Eagle Pass. Fred G. Hugo,, df Eagle Pass, de-
, clap d that he "suffered no hardships and had ne reason <'
; to *npla in connection with his detention by the ]|
e that raided Musquiz a week ago. He 1
® ' • late last night. ! -
tie al end< wment property values at S2OO,- 1-
00, was announced to-day by the death of Mrs. Levi J
| Wilke ;-Barre, Pa., whose husband was p
t". • O 1 10 •. I
INEW BILL DEFINES RADICALISM
in'gton. A bill defining radicalism and de-
signed primarily, Chairman Johnson said, to force the t
Depai tent of Labor to arrest and deport ail alien mem- V
W. Wi in i |kindred organizations, was rc- E
1 ported to the Hfcuse to-day by the Immigration Commit
tee, [
P -DISCUSS MGDEIOF REPARATION
| f'aris. German and/Allied experts met here this 1
• discuss the mode of reparation to be fol- m
| lowed by the Germans in payment for the sinking of -jf,
I German warships at Scapa- Flow. The conference was a £
I j '• oui . Louchcur, French reprcsenta- , I
J 1
.. parution commission.
, OPTS 1 RADE EXTENSION REPORT ' '
V'i igtqn. The' Senate adopted to-day the con- <
ference i port on the Edge bill authorizing organization ' '
of corporations to extend credit in Europe to stimulate ] k
e. No r rd vote was taken and the mea- ' >
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MARRIAGE LICENSES f
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Karl wl!M k maka" r 'li"i!*" i""' 1 nr,,, " h •'■"brr, Klahrrvlllrl
Urn k I naa art' /, n "- —"• J
V>f n ißr-iififlin unfit m - ,