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1 JUMP FOR LIVES
WHEN FIRE BLOCKS
MEANS OF ESCAPE
Child of Eight Years Is Dropped From
Window by Parents When Bedroom
Is Enveloped in Flames
FIREMAN CALLED OUT THREE
TIMES IN ZERO TEMPERATURE
Asleep when an exploding oil stove set fire to the bedroom
of the home of Lewis Robinson, 1444 Derry street, this morn
ing at 4 o'clock, the family managed to escape, only through
hasty exits in scanty attire through second-story windows. Two
are in the hospital and the third was given treatment there.
Three fires have been reported to the city fire department
since 8.05 o'clock last night. The fire in this, instance was- con
fined to the Robinson bedrefoms.
Those in the hospital are Mrs. Lewis Robinson and her
sister, Miss Marie Jordan. Miss Jordan was seriously burned
about the face and the hands. The husband received treatment
at the institution, and his burns, together with those of his wife,
are about the hands, face and body. They are not as severe as
those of Miss lordan.
Bedroom Ablaze
With their rooms already ablaze
and with the stairway passage block
ed, Mrs. Robinson, an 8-year-old
daughter and two sisters of Mrs.
Robinson, all scantily attired, sought
the windows as a means of exit while
Robinson made futile attempts to
extinguish the flames.
Harvey A. Boyer, 14.13 Swatara
street, a Harrisburg Railways tno
torman, on the scene shortly after
the tire alarm had been sounded,
rendered valuable assistance in the
rescue of the occupants.
Drops Child and Jumps
With the heat becoming more in
tense, Mrs. Robinson sought the
front window as a means of escape
for herself. Standing at the window,
she dropped her 8-year-old daugh
ter into the arms of Boyer standing
below. Later, after her husband had
gotten out through a back window,
she jumped from the front window
and was caught by Boyer and her
husband. The Jordan girls escaped
through a back porch onto a low
outkitchen front which they were
assisted to the ground by neighbors
and spectators.
Robinson was burned in his at
tempt to extinguish the flames. TWe
blaze cut his way off and he had
been unable to reach them. Mrs.
Robinson and Miss Jordan were
burned in their attempt to escape.
Firemen arrived on the spene
shortly after the alarm and soon had
the tire, under control. The flames
were confined almost entirely to the
front room of the second floor, al
though the house, generally was
damaged to a large extent by water.
The house is owned by John Felty.
The loss will amount* to several thou
sand dollars. The Robinson family
is colored.
Auto Burns and Trolley
Car Cuts to Pieces All
Luggage Saved From Fire
Trouble camped last night on the trail
of Dr. G. A. Zimmerman, 1409 Market
street, and George W. Swelgert. who
were on their way from Hummelstown
to Harrisburg. Xot only was Dr. Zim
merman's automobile almost destroyed
by lire, but the baggage of the occu
pants of the machine was cut to pieces
by a trolley car.
Dr. Zimmerman and Mr. Sweigert had
been in Hummelstown and surrounding
territories in the interest of the cam
paign proposed for the Polyclinic Hos
pital, through which $1,90.000 is to be
raised for that institution's enlargement.
About 7.30 o'clock last evening, as
they were returning to Harrisburg, Dr.
Zimmerman's car caught (ire. The phy
sician and Mr. Sweigert removed all
the baggage, robes, medical cases and
other paraphernalia from the machine
and placed them along side the highway.
With snow and the robes they endeavor
ed to beat out the flames. They fought
tlie tire for J5 minutes and finally suc
ceeded in extinguishing It. Then a
Hummelstown car bowling merrily along
toward the city, cut to pieces all of
the bags, medical cases and other ar
ticles so carefully taken from the ma
chine.
Builds Fire to Smoke
Meat and Blaze Burns
Rear of Two Houses
Hot ashes remaining from a lire
for smoking meat in an outkitchen,
I his morning set fire to the double
frame house at 10-12 South Cameron
street, occupied by Clarence Russell
and Willis Hat bold. The outkitchen
was destroyed and the weather
boarding on the rear of tlie building
badly burned.
Mrs. Russell had smoked some meat
from a recent butchering, yesterday,
end t!iis morning had built another
lire to complete the operation. After
the fire had been started, she decided
that thfe meat had been sufficiently
smoked and extinguished it, she says.
The hot ashes remained and are he
lit ved to have set (ire to the out
kitchen.
I THE WEATHER!
(Toady weather, probably snovr
flurries to-night and Friday.
Slowly rising temperature, low
est to-night about 8 degrees..
Eastern Pennsylvania: Snow
Hurries probable (o-nlght and
Friday. Slow rise In tempern
lure. Moderate vnrlnblr winds
lieeoming east and southeast.
Hlvrri The Susquehanna river and
all Its branehes will full es
eept loeal rises are likely to
, oeeur where the ehnnnel he
roines clogged with Ice. V
stage of about .*>.o fret Is Indi
cated for Harrlsburg Friday
morning.
WANTED"
The women who are in charge
of the city's first Toy Mission to
day requested that Harrisburg
men and women who know the
names of deserving children who,
because of misfortune, may have
a cheerless Christmas, get the
names of these children to the
Toy Mission before Monday.
Receiving donations for the Toy
Mission will cease Monday. This
refers to toys. Money donations
will be received as long as they
come. Headquarters of" the Toy
Mission are at 119 South Front
street.
MERCURY AT TWO
SETS RECORD FOR
MID-DECEMBER
First Time on Record When
Zero Weather Appears So
Early in Month
The first zero weather of the win
ter to-day slowed up traffic, froze
water pipes and caused much incon
venience among many activities.
Weather a few degrees warmer is
forecast for to-night and to-morrow,
but little relief is promised by the
Federal Weather Bureau.
The mercury stood officially at
two degrees above early to-day. This
is tlie lowest ever recorded in Ilar
risburg so early in December. At
many places zero was registered and
in many unprotected points within
ten miles of the city temperatures
of four to six degrees below zero
were reported.
Cloudy weather is in prospect for
to-night and to-morrow with occa
sional snow flurries.
Trains wore from thirty minutes
to live hours late. The tieups were
mostly in the west, but it took some
trains from thirty minutes to an
hour to get to the station afer
reaching the local yards. Engine
trouble, poor fuel and congested
freight traffic were said to lie the
cause for delays. Officials said they
were doing the best possible under
existfng conditions.
The cold weather last night and
this morning made It a hard task
to keep up steam. Express business
showed a big increase, necessitat
ing more engines. Just now freight
engines are in demand because of
the rush of coal trains and express
trains had to wait.
The longest delays, it was said,
were west of Pittsburgh. Trains be
tween Altoona and Harrisburg, and
between Philadelphia and Harris
burg, lost time because of heavy
travel and freight congestions. Tt
was expected that the schedules
would all be straightened out by
this evening.
100 Families Driven
From Beds When Fire
Breaks Out in Tenement
i New York, Dec. 18. —Xew York
! to-day had its first touch of real
winter weather. The temperature
! dropped from 20 degrees above zero
at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon to
zero at 1 a, m. A stiff northwest
wind added to the discomfort. Jt
wus I lie coldest December clay here
in two years.
Firemen were called upon to fight
a number of blazes. More than 100
families were driven from their beds
to the street by a fire in an Eighth
avenue tenement. Half clad ten
ants were cared for at Knights of
Columbus headquarters. Another
blaze damaged the school of Journal-
Ism at Columbia University and some
women students in an adjoining dor
mitory rushed into the street half
dressed.
There was considerable suffering
in the poorer sections of the city.
COLI> ADD OVER STATE
Philadelphia, Dec. 18.— Unusually
cold weather for this season of the
year prevails to-day throughout
Pennsylvania. Upstate points gen
erally report zero temperatures or
below. The coldest point recorded
wus near Wllliamsport where the
thermometer registered 24 below
zero. In Philadelphia it was four
above at 7 a. m. Scranton reported
four below and Binghamton eight
below.
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MAYOR WILL GET
$3,500 UNDER NEW
SALARY SCHEDULE
Councilmen Add foOO to An
nual Pay in the 1920
Budget
| Meeting in special session late yester
| day afternoon City Council passed on
| first reading an ordinance (o increaso
I the salaries of the mayor from $3,000
j to $3,300 and of each of the four City
i Commissioners from $2,500 lo $3,000
! annually, and fixing the salary of the
City Controller at $3,000 each year.
The measure was introduced by Mayor
D. 1,. Keister. It will be' passed finally
at the regular session next Tuesday,
and will become effective ten days later,
i The new salary schedule for the coun
! cilmen becomes effective January 5,
i 1919, when the city government is re-
I organized.
Budget Xot Yet Ready
! The four City Commissioners now
j members of Council, having been re
! elected, and Mayor-elect George A.
I Hoverter will receive the increases. The
j $3,000-salary for the City Controller was
fixed by law, an amendment to the
j Clark act permitting councils of third
i class cities of the State to fix the sal-
I arios to be paid controllers, but direct
j ing the salaries must not be lower than
those paid to the members of council.
I When the Clark act, the present thlrd-
I class city government law, became cf-
I fective it fixed the minimum salaries
| for councilmen at $2,500, the maximum
I at $3,000 ; the minimum for the mayor
J at $3,000 and the maximum $3,500. and
' the salary of the controller at SSOO an
! nually. Willi the reorganization of
| municipal government in Harrisburg
! Council fixed the salaries for the Mayor
and the four City Commissioners at the
[ minimum amounts in the Clark aet.
City Councilmen met again last night
to consider the budget, completing their
study of each bureau's appropriation
requests. Additional "cuts" have been
made, but several more sessions will be
necessary before the budget ordinance
is ready to be passed.
Divorced Three Years
They Decide to Try
Married Life Again
Divorced three years ago in Illi
nois, Arthur 11. Williams, Washing
ton, and Mabel W. Williams,' Oil
City, yesterday secured a marriage
license at the county bureau in the
Recorder's office, and will rewed,
they told the clerk. A divorce de
cree, which they , showed, stated
that they were divorced April 11,
1916, on the grounds of desertion,
the decree being given in the Bu
reau county court, Ilinois.
LOSES BOTH LEGS
Harrison Zeiders, of Flusing, Ohio,
formerly of this city, and a son of W. |
W. Zeiders. who conducts a hardware I
store at 1436 Derry street, had both I
legs out off while working in the i
railroad' yards at Flushing yesterday,!
according to word received by Mr.:
Zeiders WHS going, to work:
yesterday when struck by a freight]
train. 11c bad stepped from tlio path
of u pussenger train In front of the
freight without noticing its approach. I
Grasping For the Last Straw
WHY JOE IS LOOKING
FOR JUNK DEALER
Joe Hatchett. an employe of
the Harrisburg Kngineers' Club,
is eagerly awaiting the return of
♦ 5") of his money.
Yesterday Joe started to shovel
snow from the pavements from
in front of Iho clubhouse in South
Front street. In order to pre
vent the loss of his wallet, money
and papers, he removed them
and placed them between two
bundles of old papers in the
cellar.
While Joe was busy shoveling
the. snow a junk dealer visited the
club and the housekeeper sold
the old papers, Joe's wallet and
money.
BLOOD INFUSION
FAILS TO SAVE
PEFFLEY'S LIFE
Two Desperate Efforts on the
Part of Physicians Prove
Unsuccessful
Suffering for more than three years
with pernicious anemia and e patient
of the Harrisburg Hospital since
March 8, during which time blood
had been transfused into his veins on
two occasions, Oscar B. Peffley, 3<l
years old, of 11!* South Dewberry
street, died in the Harrisburg Hospit
al this morning.
With every effort of medical science
called into play in his behalf at va
rious institutions, during the past
three years, I'effley was admitted to
the Harrisburg Hospital on March 8.
With but half the amount of blood
needed to sustain life, physicians at
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•I ,5011,000 TO GET MKI>AI,B
Washington, Dec. 18. Some •!.-
500,01)0 American soldiers and sail
ors soon are to receive the Victory
Medal —tribute of a grateful nation
to all the men in uniform who aided
in crushing Herman ambition ,to
dominate the world.
TURKEYS ARE PLENTIFUL
BUT PRICE REMAINS HIGH
Fowls Enough For Everyone's Table but Dealers Are Ask
ing Fancy Price For Choice Birds
Poultry deulers announced to-day
that prices for Christmas fowls
would approximate those of the
Thanksgiving season when turkeys
sold as high us 80 cents a pound
for a new high record.
Thuttheie is u plentiful supply of
turkeys, geese and chickens in the
surrounding country was freely ad
mitted. Prices lust Saturday for
fowls of ull kind wero cheaper In
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1919.
HITCHCOCK AND
UNDERWOODFIGHT
FOR LEADERSHIP
| Democratic Senators Sum
i nioncd to Meet Saturday
to Make Choice
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. IS. A call for
a conference of Democratic Sena
tors Saturday to select a loader to
1 succeed the late Senator Martin, of
Virginia, was issued to-day by Sen
ator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, who
is contesting with Senator Under
wood. of Alabama, for the place.
Settlement of the contest between
Senator Hitchcock, the acting Dem
ocratic leader, and chief spokesman
for the administration in the Treaty
fight, and Senator Underwood, for
! inerly Democratic leader in the
House, is the only business to come
before the conference. The outcome
of the contest was said to be in
doubt.
.Might Block Vote
Friends of Senator Underwood in
timated to-day that they might en
deavor to postpone a vote untli after
the holidays, when the full Demo
cratic membership, including Carter
Glass as successor to. Senator Mar
tin, is expected to he present. The
Alabama Senator's supporters also
were said to desire disposition of (he
Treaty before the leadership elec
tion, so that (he question of en
dorsing Senator Hitchcock's man
agement of the Treaty might not b
an issue.
Some Senators said the leadership
contest might have considerable
bearing on the immediate outcome
ofJhe Treaty controversy. Senators
Hitchcock and Underwood have dif
fered regarding future procedu. e
the former opposing and the latter
agreeing lo accept as a last alterna
tive the plan or Senator Knox, Ue
publican, Pennsylvania, to ratify the
Treaty except the heague of Na
tions covenant, which would be left
for future consideration.
It has been said at the White
House that irrespective of the out
come of the leadership contest. Sen
ator Hitchcock will continue as the
administration leader in the Treaty
the Chestnut street market than for
many weeks and large nnmbers of
chickens, ducks and guineas were on
the stalls. The supply of eggs also
was exceptionally large.
Dressed turkeys reudy for the
rousting pan now are retuiling at
65 cents u. pound for the choicest
birds. Live turkeys and geese re
cently huve been wholesaling us low
as 35 cents for turkeys. But these
are not Christmas prices, it was said.
U. S. DICKERING
WITH BIG PACKERS
FOR COMPROMISE
Government, For Concessions,
Will Withdraw Anti-
Trust Prosecution
QUIT GROCERY BUSINESS
Understood They Are Willing
to Split Firms Into Sepa
rate Entities
H'j Associated Press
Wiinhinictoii. Dec. J B.—Negotiations
between the meat packers and the
government, it became known to-day.
have been going on for some time
with the object of compromising the
anti-trust prosecution which is still
'in the stage of a Grand JuVy investi
gation.
It is understood that one of tt;e
plans considered is the withdrawal of
the packers from side lines, such as
wholesale grocery business which
various reports of the 1' ederal Trade
t'ommission have charged them witn
seeking to dominate.
Willing to Split
i The Gran*- Jury proceedings, begntl
uAp Chicago, were, interrupted by d<--
Tfsion of tlie government's attorneys
jitnd for a time there was a prospect
I of its being transferred to New York.
| Meanwhile negotiations were begun
• at whose instance it has not been dis
! closed, which it was planned would
I remove some of the causes of the
.'government's complaint. It is under
| stood t hat the packers represented
that they already hud begun with
i drawing ' from the grocery business
I and were willing to carry the plan
I still further.
| Plans also have been under coli
i sideration by some of the for
i the separation of their corporations
i into separate entities somewhat such
'as the Standard Oil and American l<>-
Ibacco Companies accepted alter the
! Supreme Court's dissolution decree.
I Attorneys for the big live packers
i were in conference again to-day Wn.ii
officials of the Department of Justice.
Meat Packers Will
Dispose of Many Side
Lines Result of Pact
By Associated Press
Chicago. Dec. 18. A dozen or
more important side line industries
of the Chicago meat packers involv
ing investments of many millions ot
dollars will be disposed of under llto
stipulated decree soon to he entered
iu (he United iStat.es Court at Wash
ington on motidn of Attorney Oon
erul Palmer. While representatives
of the paok*r to-d* dMiUMMI to
discuss the details of the decree n
--! dor which the packers in the future
i will be required to confine tlie busi
i ness activities to the production of
I meat, poultry, butter, eggs' and.
cheese, it was learned from an au
thoritative source that the outline of
i the plans had been agreed upon.
| Among the lines ot business from
I which it 4s said the packers will be
| Ordered to withdraw under tlie stipu
lated court decree are the following:
l.eather, canned fruits and vego
! tables, soap, cleansing powders, gro
| ceries, fertilizers, coal storage, fish,
refrigerator car lines, cereals, glue,
sporting goods and the control of
stockyards.
I Representatives of the packers ex
| press the view that under the pro-
I posed plan they might continue to
I manufacture soap and fertilizer, as
they are natural products of the meat
i packing industry. Some doubt was
expressed as to whether cleansing
I powders is an animal product. One
j purpose of the proposed reorganiza-
I tion, it is said, is to prevent the
| packers from engaging in the whole-
I sale grocery business.
I Swift and Company already has
! segregated its South American and
i Australian meat business, its fruit
| and vegetable canning industry and
I its manufacture of leather. Wilson
I and Company recently disposed of
} its wholesale grocery lines to a New
York firm. ,
Enough Food Rots in
N. Y. Each Year to Feed
Population a Month
New York, Dec. IS.—Enough food
| rots in the port of New York each
I year to feed the entire population of
j the city for one month, according to
I E. D. Goodsell, a local fruit dealer,
j At a food conference to-duy under
j the auspices of Columbia Univer
sity's Department of Arlculture and
I the Institute of Arts and Sciences,
I he estimated, the total loss from
| food decay in this country at $50,-
i 000,000 annually, ninety per cent of
j which, he said, could be conserved
|by proper distribution facilities.
| Mr. Goodsell favored government
I subsidy of food producers, bused on
I their increased production. In order
j to Increase the food supply through
the world.
| Mrs. Elmer Blair, former presi
[ dent of the State Federation of
I Women's Clubs, pledged the aid of
| 3,000,000 members of the General
; Federation of Women's Clubs to any
j plan advised for the satisfactory so
| lution of food problem. Six million
| school children throtihout the coun-
I try are under weight, she said, bc
| cause of malnutrition.
Peddler of Narcotics
Dies a Victim of His
Habit Forming Drugs
Charles Poindextcr, colored, Rich- '
mond, Va., believed to have been a
peddler In narcotics operating In this
city, died at the Harrisburg Hospital
last night. 15 minutes after being
admitted to the institution.
Poindexter had been taken sudden
ly sick in his room at the Corona Ho
ld in Vorbeke street. Hospital phy
sicians believed that an overdose of
narcotics wus responsible for his |
death,
roindexter. according to Informa- ]
lion in the hands of Harrisburg po
lice, came to the city several days ago !
frim Ooatesvllle. Tho body has been '
turned over to Coroner Eckinger. [
OM.Y EVENING ASSOCIATED PRESS SINGLE COPIES UGUF CniTIfUI
NEWSPAPER IX IIAHEISBLKU TWO CENTS HUMk tUI 1 lUN
*4OO A YEAR IS
ENOUGH SO HE
REFUSES RAISE
By Associated Press
Kearney, N. J., Dec. 3 B.—De
claring his position as secretary
or the local Board of Health is
worth no more than the S4OO
yearly stipend which lie now re
ceives, Alfred Anderson has de
clined to accept an increase
which the board proffered him.
Anderson, who has held the po
sition four years, says an in
crease "would be un injustice to
the townspeople, as the board
holds only twelve meetings a
year."
STRICT ECONOMY
TO RULE CUT IN
APPROPRIATIONS
Low Post Office and Navy Re
quests Only Ones to Go
Through Unscathed
Washington. Dec. 18. All gen
eral appropriations for 19:11 will lie
pared down "in accordance with
strictest economy," except the Post
Office and Xaval departments, the
estimates of which arc less than for
the present year. Majority Leader
Moiulell. Wyoming, told the House
to-day, when the first urgent de
ficiency hill of this session was
brought up. Greater reductions
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Skating Tomorrow at
Wildwood, Is Forecast
V. Grant Forrer, assistant superin
tendent of parks sent a glad smile
a< loss the face of Harrisburg this
afternoon when. he said that if the
weather man kept up the good work
of pushing the mercury down in the
old thermometer, Wildwood Park
would be ready for skating to-morrow
afternoon.
The ice on the Wildwood lake is
fairly thick now, but needs just a bit
more to make it safe. There is still
quite a bit if snow which must be
cleaned off this afternoon.
CATCHES FIRE AT STOVE
Harrisburg. The ccr r 1 tion cf Mrs. Catherine Getz,
300 River street, who wai admitted to the Harrisburg
j :ntr.l c! >rtly before i-.' '-r'Tcring with s ere burhs
-I ■ he' body, is conside d --erlous, it was said at the
1 hospital this afternoon. Mrs. Getz's dress caught fire
from a small stove near which she was standing and be
i fore the flames could be extinguished was badly burned.
, WATER BACK CAUSES FIRE ALARM.
Harrisburg. When a water back blew out of a
i ; dence in North Seven ■ -'ircet, rear H irttUton, a
fire alarm was sounded from Box 341 at Seventh and
Hamilton this afternoon at 2.35.
!
ITIOUSANDS OF JEWS : KILLED IN NEW POGROMS.
!i ' ' c" ' wuve of pograr in the
districts of Ukraine occupied by General Denikine's
forces are printed in Lemberg newspapers. They de
i * I
clare about 5,000 Jews wcr killed i none city alone.
SUGAR LEGISLATION RECEIVES SETBACK
Washington. Sugar legislation received an
other setback in the Senate to-day when advocates of
the bill to extend federal c ugar control and licensing
during 1920 were unable, because of protracted opposi
' tion debate, to bring to a vote the House amendment
broadening the powers proposed for the United States
Sugar Equalization Board.
REPARATIONS FOR SINKINGS AGAIN UP
Paris. The question of the compensation Ger
many should make for the finking of the Scapa Flow 1
fleet was again before the Supreme Codncil to-day.
MRS. BLAKE UNABLE TO TESTIFY
Athmuc City. Mrs her Miller Blake- will be
t" bie cy testily lu-night m inquest into the death
c.t fit. j-yeai-uld nun.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
, Hrundt. Hera her, nnd fluty M. Mnrbrrger, r a lnvr:i;
Churl,-* O. Mtelnert and Curolrn M. I.lndlry, HnrrlaburKi Albert K.
Koatrr and l.ali, A. Matter. V I unlaw. |
GUBERNATORIAL
! SUCCESSION IS
l| VOTED DOWN
; Municipalities and Counties
r Said to Have Need of
Wider Authority
jMOVE TO SAVE TIME
Recommendations Must Come
From Committees; Plans
For Public Hearings
The proposed' amendment to the
Constitution of Pennsylvania to make
the Governor eligible to succeed
himself was defeated in committee
of the whole of the State Constitu
tional Revision Commission to-day.
i The proposition came in the form of
! a recommendation from the com
' mittee in charge of the article rela
j tive to the executive and was at
' tacked by several members, there
being no dissenting votes on the
question of allowing the section to
remain as it now exists in the or
ganic law.
■ Judge James IT. lleed, Allegheny,
I asked George IS. Alter, chairman
i of the committee which had recom
j mended the change, for reasons and
i Mr. Alter outlined some of the
thoughts which had been expressed
on the desirability of a continuity in
the executive chair. Judge James
(Say Gordon, Philadelphia, attacked
the proposition and in the course of
his remarks said that a certain po
| liticul party had embodied prohi
j bition of a President succeeding
i himself in its national platform, but
j that when it had elected a Presi
| dent nothing further had come o£
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I TEI.KS POLICE HE
STOCK S7.> IX WEST
i Declaring that he had stolen $75
1 in Michigan on November 28, Don
i aid Baker, of St. John's. Michigan,
] has given himself up to the Ilarris
! burg police. Baker went to police
j headquarters last evening and asked
i that he be placed in custody. He
j said that while boarding at the home
| of P. J. Staub he entered the room
jof -.Miss Faye Stevens, a school
! teacher, while she was at school,
land took $75 from her purse. St.
'John's police have been notified.