Old-Fashioned Welcome Extended to General Pershing by Boyhood Friends in His Home tow B HARRISBURG llfSffllll TELEGRAPH fH : .. Stoc-3n&cpt nil tnt. LXXXVm Xo. ,>Ol 18 PACKS ''''yfi'Si'L oSirfiYi.'S'SiiriI*"' 1 *"' HARRISBURG, PA. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1919. ""mwmSSt "'HAiiffsiifluf** 8 cents* HOME EDITION PERSHINGS IN BIG REUNION AT OLD HOMESTEAD Warren Sits Down at Tabic Where "Daddy" I'sed to Rat When a Hoy LACLEDE'S GREAT DAY "Howdy, John," Is Greeting of Friends and Neighbors to A. E. F. Commander hy Associated. Press 'l,aelede. Mo., Dec. 23. Warren Pershing, 10 years old. sat down to; dinner to-day in the old dining room j where Daddy used to eat his Christ- ! mas and Thanksgiving turkey in ; the days when Dad was Warren's ■ age. and ordinary folks could af-. lord turkey. Along with Warren at the dinner was Daddy General John J. Pershing, and Aunt May Pershing, , and the governor of Missouri, and j Mayor Allen, of I,aclede, on whose grocery wagon Dad used to hook rides, and a few more folks. Most of them had known the General when he was Warren's age. Gen eral Pershing stepped out on the j porch of the old house where he j used to live, and addressed a few j remarks to the Linn county neigh- j hors, who gathered in the yard. ! And Aunt Susie's Pie Everybody at the dinner except > General Pershing ate as much as I he pleased, but the General saved j room for the fried, dried apple pie j that Aunt Susan Hewitt, 78 years, old, had baked for him. The visit! to Aunt Susan, who used to bake! pies for John J. Pershing, long he- I fore anybody ever dreamed he j would be a general, was an import-! ant part of the homecoming cele- ' bration of the commander-in-chief! of the A. E. F. "Howdy. John" Laclede planned a different sort of day from any the General has spent j for many years. It was a day of j shaking hands witli neighbors, and ! "howdy, John." and "John, I had a i boy over yonder; you didn't happen j to run across him, did you?" This is Laclede's historic, day. For! years to come thev will tell stor-' ies of "Johnny" Pershing's home i coming and what he said at din- j iter. At dinner a silver loving cup. bought by old friends of the General. | was given him. All Shake Hands There was a reception at the City , Hall after dinner, where everybody j who could get in had a chance to! shake the hand of the General. Then | tame the visit to Aunt Susan Hewitt, for Aunt Susan is feeble now and ! couldn't come to the celebration. | She had announced that she wanted a few minutes real visit with "Johnny" and a chance to watch his j face when he saw that fried, dried j apple pie. He used to pester her' to death 'or them when her hus- j band ran the tavern. It was hard ! to tell whirl) John Pershing liked j best. Aunt Susan says, those dried apple pies, or Captain Jacob He- | witt's stories of the Civil War. Ha- i clede is sure those yarns had some-j tiling to do with Pershing deciding' to become a soldier. While General Pershing was be ing steered by the welcoming com mittee. a committee of Laclede wo men entertained Miss May Pershing, the General's sister, and a crowd of the committee's sons pumped War ren for a little inside information about France and just how his father whipped the Kaiser. The visit to Laclede ends to-night when the General and his family will go to Lincoln, Xeb., to spend < hristmas. Tt UK VttS VSMXATKH li>j Aasuciatra Press Home. Dec. 23.—Fustapha Kamel, leader of the Turkish insurgents In Anatolia and head of the Turkish na- ! Gonalist movement in Asia Minor, has 1 been assassinated, according to a j .Smyrna dispatch to the Tempo. l CAST FOR THE PAGEANT | OF THE NATIVITY I The complete east of charac- ' ters for the pageant of the "Xu tjvity" was announced by the j Community Service Bureau of ' the Chamber of Commerce this morning. It is as follows: Joseph, Elmer H. Ley. Mary, Miss Eva Irving. Spirit of Christmas, Geraldlno ' Powell, Three Wise Men, William S. Essick, B. F. Dickinson and AVil lium 11. Patrick. Angel, Miss Etlielyn MacC'los > key. Shepherds, Wirt S. Mosser John W. German, Jr., W. 1) Bottgenbacli, E. C. Latney Alii son Skinner, T. W. Sniedlev William Patrick. Jr.. Harry I Kochenour, H. \y. Lingenfelter. William T. Dimmick. Sheep from the Bonnymead I farms. Choruses consist of Wednesday 1 club. City Choir. Camp Curtln school and Oirl Scouts. |fHEWEATHF.PI Hnrrlshorg and Vicinity, floudy and warmer to-night. lowest trmprraturr about as degrees Wednesday unsettled. a ' wree "' Eastern Pennsylvania, Cloudv to il j'" "L" r,n ** r ln west portion. Wednesday unsettled. pr,,l,„i,| v snow find colder | n cviremr ! north portion, Moderate vtarl- ! nhle windM. ~,Vr .r ' ..T hr s "*lueh!,onn elver and all its lirancltes will full aloiv- Ij or remain stallnnarv with out material chnnKes in Ice con- ' ill,lons. Tlir rlic r at Mnrrisburg I will continue icebound at n ! stage probably of about 7.5 reel 1 AIR OF SECRECY IS KEPT ABOUT DEPOT SCANDAL I Score More Arrests to Follow, Probers Report, After Secret Hearings j HOMES ARE SEARCHED I I Score of Arrests to Come in Short Time, Say I*. S. Agents . An air of secrecy was added to-, day to the probes into alleged mis-, I appropriations of Government sup-, ! plies from the Xew Cumberland I Army Reserve Depot. Closed hear-! j ings were conducted last night and' j to-day by War Department and lie-i ! partment of Justice agents in of-j I lives of United States Marshal Har-' ! vey T. Smith. ! Xo arrests, in addition to that of, I William A. Stringer, superintendent 1 of storage at the depot, will be niadej until after a check has been made 011 the supplies and hooks of the depot. | An agent of the Inspector General's) Department arrived in the city with-; jin the last twenty-four hours audi will at once start to check up the' ! hooks of the depot. Movements Are Slow I It is understood that information) .already in hands of the investigators involve almost a score of persons.' | Department of Justice and War De-j I partment agents, however, necessar ily are moving slowly in the probe | land it is not expected that any ar-1 ! rests will be made until after the' j examinations of accounts by the; j agent of the Inspector General's De-! partment. | Soldiers, officers and enlisted men. together with civilians, are under stood to he involved in the fraud. Xot alone are the persons from the Harrisburg district, hut some are in widely-scattered sections of the coun try. Two of tile four officers in charge of the Xew Cumberland post, have' been relieved of their duties, pend ing further investigation into the! situation. It would not be surpria-i ing, it was hinted to-day, if an en-! tire new corps of officers would he I in charge of the administration of the depot. j _ ltcooril.s Poorly Kept | Xo definite informntipn as to the J extent of the misappropriations, has yet. been announced by the investi gators. Records at the depot are understood to be in a bad condition and definite information may not be available for some time, it was said I to-day. It was announced to-day that sev i oral city houses had been searched, and that a considerable quantity oi i property had been recovered, i William A. Stringer, of Alinnea- I polls, Minn., superintendent of stor i age at the New Cumberland Army , Reserve Depot, who is charged witii misappropriation of vast quantitie of goods stored there, was yesterdat 'afternoon held in $2,500 bail for his i appearance at United States Districl court. i s preliminary hearing was held before United States Commis sioner John A. P. Hall in the Federal I ourtroom in the Post Office Build i .His bearing before Unite State , District Court will be held in Scran i ton on March 12. ; P. M. Kemon of the Dcpartmcni . of Justice, was the first witness call ed at yesterday's hearing. He tcsti | fied to finding a quantity of blankets | canned goods, leather jerkins ami I other equipment in the locker of I, |E. Seitz. superintendent of the de • partment of mechanical equipment I Seitz testified that these had been : git en him by Stringer and was cor roborated in this testimony by C A. Greenhill, also connected witii the | department of mechanical equin jment. Colonel C. A. Simonds, tile .next witness called, testified to the | irregularity of Stringer's acts in giv j nR away Army equipment. Xo further arrests have been made r u ' 11 is expected that other men, i both civilians and soldiers, will he - taken into custody. Judge Reserves Decision on Demand of County Treasurer For Dog Fees President Judge Oeorge Kunkel re served decision in the case brought hv County Treasurer Mark Mumma against the county for the pavment of fees for issuing dog -licenses this year. According to the statement filed by Mr. Mumma he issues about t.500 licenses in 1919 but received no addi tional pay. He asked the commis sioners to allow him ten cents for each license issued, but the commis sioners decided they could not pay It unless the court decided they should. The dog tax law makes no provisions for paying the county treasurer for issuing licenses. The case was argued to-dav In court. The urgument of the appeal by Coroner Jacob Kcklnger from a sur charge made by County Controller Henry W. dough in his annual state ment for 1917 was continued. Mr. Kcklnger was surcharged for fees which Mr. dough contended lie had no right to collect. GH AI-'TKM OV I. S. S A I.KS 11 V Associated Press I'nrlN. Sunday, Dec. 21. Eleven brokers have been arrested by officials of the Treasury following an investi gation of the scandal attending the sale of American army stocks. One broker bought fifteen ears of corned beef, cheese, olive oil and other goods, eight cars of which fount} their way to this city. This Incident happened at the Montairo. tamp, while other cases originating at Dyon. Bordeaux, Versailles and Is-Sur-Tllle are pend ing. \ 1.1.0V11 GKOKGK IiOIMi TO PARIS l.onrion. Uec. 22. —Premier I.loyd George will go to Paris next week to confer with Premier Clemence'au. it was announced to-day. The Line at the Ticket Window Is Already Several Blocks Long I ?/%* rv w. h f —■T-C -v\ nSt==j./ j II e 1 I CHRISTMAS COOKIES EXTINCT AS DOODS jSaudtnrts and Other Vuletide Confections Are Only Mem i ories Because of Shortage of Sugar Necessary to Make Time-Honored Sweets 'MINCE PIES AND PLUM PUDDINGS FILL VOID | Christmas cookies are almost as ! extinct as the dodo. So reported the I Good Housewife to-day in tones as j mournful as the lament going up ; from the gn?at army of Christmas j cookie eaters. The sandtart, the ' l'ruit cake and numberless other old ! yuletide goodies are on the skids ! along with the cookie, t The old-fashioned mince pie, pro | hibition style, and rich plum pud i dings, minus the time-honored wine j sauce, will be worked overtime to fill | the void, declares Mrs. Housewife. The shortage of sugar is said to lie responsible. Families where for; : generations Christmas cakes have ! , been a feature of the holiday season j are without them this year. What VIRGO CHARGED WITH OPERATION ON MISS TABOR 'Aged Mother Accuses Daugh ter's Husband of Causing Brutal Death By Associated Press Uwton, Mich., Dec. 23.—A signed statement accusing Joseph Virgo of | performing an illegal operation upon J Maude Tabor, has been made by | Mrs. Sarah I. Tabor. 80 years old, j mother of the brilliant linguist, : whose body was found in a trunk in ; the basement of her home here, As- I sistant Prosecutor Glenn Warner i announced this morning, j The statement, which is in direct | contradiction to the story told by i the aged woman at the inquest, cov ! ers thirty pages and was made to [Continued on Page 17.] SOVIETS SIRROUAD I'ETI.IRA By A :e.i red Press l.ondon. Dec. 23.—The troops of Gen (eral Petlura, anti-Bolshevik com ' niande; Jn the Ukraine, have been sur j rounded by Soviet forces ih the vl , cinlty of Berditchev, in the province lof Kiev, 21 miles south of Zhitomir > according to a wireless dispatch from received here to-day. TURKEY ENOUGH TO GO AROUND CHRISTMAS turkey for ev erybody at prices ranging lrom 38 to 7 5 cents a ' pound. i That is what the dealers re ported to-day. A few choice birds brought ,75 | cents dressed, or 60 cents live : weight. The downtown dealers J got 55 cents liveweight for the j most part, and many birds I brought 65 cents drawn but with I legs and feathers on. The cheap birds were brought ! in from the upper end of Cum | berland county and Perry county, 1 where turkeys sold as low us 38 ! cents liveweight or 45 cents j dressed, in some districts. But there will be plenty of birds in market to-morrow, the forecast is. little bit of the sweets could besecur. Ed generally was put to some otliei use. Youngsters generally, it was said, will have to put up with gingei cake which can be made with brown sugar and molasses. DECLARE EARLY I RATIFICATION OF ! PACT IMPOSSIBLE trench I)o Not Relieve Treaty Changes Can Re Made Refore January 1 , My Associated Press Paris, Dec. 23.—-Exchange of ruti- ] fication ot the German Peace Treaty ! before the end of the year is con- j sidered in French official circles as j impossible. This opinion was formed ! to-day when the heud of the Ger mun delegation here announced that ! lie would lie obliged to return to Berlin to consult with the govern- j ment on the latest Allied communi cation. leave For Berlin Paul Dutasta, secretary of the j Peace Conference, to-day handed Kurt oVn Lersner. head of the Ger man delegation, the Allied reply to the German note of December 15. Hcrr Von Lersner told M. Dutasta that, owing to difficulties of com munication and tlie Importance of '< the document, lie felt obliged to,' consult Berlin, adding that he would leave, with all his experts for tlie German capital to-night. Herr oVn Lersner expressed a de- 1 sire to lay emphasis 011 the fact that his leaving Paris at this time was not a rupture of negotiations. M'CLAIN TO HEAD I PRICE BOARD IN PENNSYLVANIA Sproul Selects Former Lieu tenant-Governor For Im portant Task Governor William C. Sproul will , recommend to tlie Depattment ot Justice tliat Frank U. McClain, of | Lancaster, director of the State Wel : fare Commission, be named as fair price commissioner for Pennsylva j nia. The Governor to-day discussed | the matter with Mr. McClain, who j lias been active in various matters : £• the Council of National Defense. J State Defense Commission and other bodtes since the outbreak of the j war land who was placed in charge . of the Welfare Commission's work : lust summer upon approval of the act creating the eoriimission. i The Governor said to-day that he 1 i had been considering the matter of a fair price commission for this i State ever since the conference here early in November and that ho had! discussed it with a number of quali- ! Tied men. Sonic of those men are 1 • d to have expressed doubts as to I the practical operation of the plan ! Howard Heinz, who was food admin- i strator during the war, is one of! those to whom the Governor spoke i and it is believed that he did not see ! his way clear to taking the place.! familiar With Work "Mr. McClain is familiar with the l problems of the day and also us exe- ; cutive officer of tlie Welfare Com -1 mission is in u position to lake un ' the matte,.." said the Governor, r.. i 6 . forni, ' r lieutenant governor Is probably one of the few men In the State who could undertake the pro-! position and lie will have the author him VeSted UIP ( ' omm,Msi °n behind , Governor Sproul said to-dav tliut; as far as the criticisms from Wash- i ington that have been published in ! Democratic newspapers are concern-! f, ' p Department of Justice davs I ago denied anv authority for them. 1 It has been well known here tliat the , w?\r r M° r r!l U8 !' Pc n,n 'ouch ' lo Denartnient of Justice and that t R officials have liopn aware of the study he bus been making of the situation and the problems that' confront him in the proposition. } M 'Hi: TWO WEEKS By Associated Press Barbados. Monday, Dec. 22. - The British steamer Hydaspes, 47 11 tons, front New York to Montevideo and Buenos Aires, arrived here Sat ttrday on fire and the a ld or n British warship in the harbor was asked. The vessel had heen afire since December 15, it was reported. _ The Hydaspes sailed from New York on November for Halll'uv leaving lhat port on December 7 for South Amer'ca. She was built at New Castle, JCngland in lßilii ami was formerly known as the Manchester Port. , STAGE SETTING FOR PAGEANT TO BE ELABORATE j Spirit of Christmas to Re Shown in DcU.il at Capitol PROGRAM IS COMPLETE Last Minute Rehearsals A'rc Being Held For Out Door Event The mechanical effects necessary j for 1 lie staging of the elaborate Pageant of the Xativity Christmas night at 7 o'clock on the plaza in front of the main entrance of the Capitol building constitute enough work to keep even an experienced stage manager busy, it was sa d at the offices of the Harrisburg Cham ber of Commerce where the Oom i munity Service litireau is busy ar ; ranging last-minute rehearsals and ■ details of the huge event. ; In the first place, it was pointed ! out, there must be a stage with a 'manger, a fitting setting for the little igirl who will portray the Spirit of j Christmas, a manger, a yard for the } sheep, an electric sign for the final j phase of the pageant, spotlights, and I places for the various choruses oom | prising seven hundred people. Then |in addition there are the hundred and ope smaller details of the event, the crooks for the ten shepherds, the ; wand for the Spir't o:' Christeins, the frankincense and myrrh for the ! Three Wise Men of the East, and ■many other details. Musical Program V. Grant Forrer, assistant su ! perintendent of parks, lias proved a capable stage manager, and is taking ; care of all of these details which will add so much to the pageant when it is finally presented. Numerous other civic bodies are; nartic'pating, furnishing ehoruse u .: leaders, organ'sis and music. The • Jiri Scouts, the Camp Curtin School, j the Wednesday Club, the City Choi" 1 |and the Municipal Rand will furnish! j impressive vocal and instrumental! ; music, accompanying (lie action ofl the presentation in tableaux of the' l story of the First Christmas morn j J with appropriate Christmas seloc -1 tions. ; The complete program of musical numbers is as follows: | Religious March. Municipal Band; Adeste Fidelis, quartet of trombones land n chorus; "Good King Wen-' iceslas" by tho Girl Scouts: "rt Came ; Upon the Midnight Clear," Camp 'Curtin School: "O Holy Xlglit," "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem. Hark the 'Herald Angles Sing," "Away in the 1 Manger," the combined choruses: "We Thee Kings of the Orient Are." ; "Silent Xight," "Joy to the World," i by the combined chorus. Wealthy Couple Attacked and Robbed in Rooms of Big New York Hotel /{]/ Associated Press I New York. Dec. 23.—Two burglars ; attacked Mr. and Mrs. Aloysius Brod ! erick, said to be wealthy residences of ! Dallas. Texas, in their apartment at i the Hotel Knickerbocker early to-day and escaped with $4,000 worth of ! jewelry. Two men were later arrested i in the grill room of the hotel charged with tlie theft. | The burglars pried open the door ; of the hotel apartment, struck Mr. j Broderick over the head with a ham inier, tied his wife to the bed and then j ransacked tlie room. They left by the | window climbing down the side of the {building in "human fly" fashion. The two men arrested were taken at the ; point of revolvers held by three po licemen. They offered no resistance, i Hundreds of persons at Broadway and 4 2nil street, the heart of the i theater district, saw the burglars climb down the side of the building ; from the fifth to the fourth floor j while a policeman on the street fired ;his revolver at them. The screams !of Mrs. Broderick as the burglars 1 struck her husband and started to ! bind her hands and feet aroused | scores of guests in the hotel. ! The two prisoners gave their names us Raymond Rodriguez and Adriano lle.va and their nationality as Spanish, but refused to give their addresses. Mr. Broderick was stabbed In one! hand by one of the burglars while attempting to prevent them from entering the apartment. After tlie thieves hail climbed through a win dow in the fourth floor they slipped into tlie elevator shaft and slid down tlie cable to the grillroom whore thev were caught. When searched at tlie station a diamond mesh bag, valued at $2,500; a gold watch and chain, worth $350;! a diamond slick pin. diamond cuff, links and several small pieces ofi jewelry, all identified as the propertyi of Mr. and Mrs. Broderick, were! found in their possession, the policei said. They were also equipped with ' a complete set of burglar's tools It! was asserted. Store Thieve*. Kept Under Close Watch by Special Detectives R °He Daley. of Steelton. arrested yesterday In the Bon-man department store by Plnkerton detectives to-day was said to have made the biggest haul of any of the Christmas season thieves who have been under watch by special agents. The Daley woman was held under *5OO bail for u further bearing before Alderman Hilton. The woniAn when arrested had furs, thermos bottles, gloves, jewelry and silk hosiery which she had taken from several stores. Her actions were kept under close watch by Mrs. Diggers of the Plnkerton ugcnc.v. A second woman was arrested who evidently was tempted at the moment. She was discharged after Iter husband had been informed. Bach of the larger stores to-day was closely guarded by special detectives. AND ALL BECAUSE MARY WANTED DRINK OF CONTRABAND BREW New York, Dec. 28.—Two book tnd ladder companies, three engine companies, four deputy and bat alion fire chief*, a wagon load of ,)oliee reserves and an insurance >atrol were sent dashing through he streets of the upper west side o-dny all because Mary Hechn. used 40, was thirsty and wanted a irink of contraband brew. Mary explained that she paid sr to a bootlegger for a quart of .vliisky and that he failed to pro luce it. She could not find a police nun. so she derided to ring for me, but pulled the tire alarm box *y mistake. Mary was given a drink >f water In the police station and i charge of disorderly conduct wait •edged against her. $l,OOO CHECKS FOR BACK PAY SENT TO PENNSY SHOP One Blacksmith Gels $l,lOO Bonus Covering Long Period Arrival of back pay checks for 1 ennsylvania and for Beading shop employes means additional Christmas cheer in scores of Harrisburg homes. Reasons for increased happiness conic in the announcement that sev eral of t lie checks will he for $l,OOO. Two men get that amount, one of whom is now employed in the black smith department at Lucknow shops. It is said that one other employe, of the Philadelphia Division will get $1 - 100. The back pay covers various peri ods. Some start with January 1. Oth er back pays dates from .May 1. The amounts vary from Mo up to $2OO. It has been the custom to pay out the extra pay in the instalments. Due t > the fact that a question was raised regarding the correctness of snte of the amounts, a number of employes hove not received any back pay. It is these men that wilt get the big checks. The back pay is based on the four per cent, increase with time and half time for overtime, and dou ble pay for Sundays. ■ ■—"M .ad|/w j I J iFR AMI iDICTMENT AGAINST FORMER KAISER ] t London. Law officers of the crown held a consul- f tation with French and Belgian law officers to-day with ' *• regard to the former German empcxor. It is reported j , that the conference made out a case against the former f ? German ruler and framed indictment. ' ADAMS NAMED ACTING DEPUTY * ' Harrisburg. Captain Lynn G. Adams, commander : d of the St at Police troop at Butler, was to-day appointed ' 1 acting deputy superintendent. He will become deputy ; ! on j.:r - • . K \NSA3 MINERS QUIT IN PROTEST ( , i Ran. Seventeen Kansas coal ru'ees, ' : ' i r rii rning. The miners went on strike in protest 1 •' against the action of Judge Anderson at Indianapolis Ij •f Alexander Howat,*president of the I | I K isas d strict United Mine 'Workers of America,- tp .1 F HOWATT IS RELEASED FROM JAIL . r Indianapolis. Alexander Howatt, president of the " - I Kansas district of the United Mine Workers cf America, ■ was released from the Marion county jail to-day by V I United States District Judge A. B. Anderson. Howatt I agreed to join the international officials of the mine work- * f, J ers in sending telegrams to the district executive board in I Kansas in an endeavor to have all strikes in the Kansas ' * ccni Ik*J., ended. ! I OFFICIALS RECEIVE COPIES OF SIMS' LETTER j Washington. Copies cf a letter written by Rear a J I Admiral Sims to Secretary Daniels, declining to accept v the dec rati a ided him for his services as com- | > i mander-in-chicf of American naval forces in European waters during the war have been received by a number i of naval officers in Washintgph. [ MARRIAGE LICENSES ' ! F x.dVrVkli-1.1"J*!£ r - 0a .. , :V-' V -. K,h - Hnrrlabar*. Clarn.ce 12. I (lallfc Ci..i u , H Jl.rrmel. Mil em burnt Uenrare l.ee and I . I ilv'j • - Hn,l