I - -'' '■' '"■ <P^ Si HARRISBURG (dsfpftl TELEGRAPH H = ,_ ®bt ■ LXXXVIII No. 301 18 PAGES D ' l, J, I S:.r& E oK'S.X clu ' HARRISBURG, PA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBE 24, 1919. '&?** B,^ 0 E S :i HOME EDITION CONGRESS PROBE TO FOLLOW CLASH ON WAR AWARDS Might Result From Contro versy Between Admiral Sims and Daniels REPORTS ARE REQUESTED Senate Gets List From Secre tary of Navy; House to Ask For It liy Associated Press Washington. Dec. 24.—Congres sional investigation, it was Indicated to-day. might result from the con troversy between Admiral Sims and Secretary Daniels over the awards of Distinguished Service Medals in the Navy. The report of the awards of the decorations has been transmitted to the Senate Naval Committee by Sec retary Daniels at the request of Chairman Page. Representative Lufkin, Republican, Massachusetts, member of the House Naval Com mittee, said he would ask the House to call for a similar report. The issue which had been smoul dering in inner naval circles, came out Into the open with the publica tion of a letter written by Admiral Sims to Secretary Daniels, in which he declined to accept his Distin guished Service Medal unless the list of awards were revised to include those recommended by him to re ceive the second highest naval dec oration. Six of Nineteen In his letter, Admiral Sims said I that of the nineteen officers recom mended by him for the Distinguish ed Service Medal only six received it. He declared that a commanding officer present was more qualified to judge the relative merits of officers entitled to reward, that a board's award system could not be fair and that officers in important adminis trative posts on shore occupied rel atively more responsible positions ; than those serving at sea. Daniel's Decision Secretary Daniels in his report to ; the committee said the entire con- I troversy revolved around the ques tion of which class of service— shore or sea —was more important. He expressed the opinion that only shore duty of the highest Impor tance should be recognized equally with positions of grave danger In the active war zone. He declared that under the law and by author ity of the President it was the Sec retary of the Navy's duty to make the final decision. Tn response to Admiral Sims' statement that the commanding of ficers of ships sunk by enemy sub marine should not receive decora tions. Secretary Daniels said that in his opinion the Distinguished Serv ice Medal should be awarded to those officers in command of ships of the Navy which were sunk by submarine attack and whose con duct was meritorious. Dr. Rhoads, Noted Physician, Found Dead by His Grandson /;.i/ Associated Press Boycrtowii, Pa., Dec. 24.—Dr. Thomas J. B. Rhoades, for many years a leading physician of this sec tion. was found dead in lied to-day by his grandson, Collier Rhoads, a. University of Pennsylvania'student who had returned home for the hol idays. l)r. Rhoads, who was eighty-two years old. was the father of Colonel' Thomas 1-. Rhoads. who was chief surgeon of the first army of the | American forces in France and is j now chief surgeon at Camp Dix. N. J. j TAKE PASSENGERS FROM SHIP* Norfolk, Dec. 24.—Efforts of a fleet of tugs to float the stranded I ' >ld Dominion liner Madison proving j unsuccessful, the passengers were taken off the ship to-day and | brought to Norfolk. The Madison j went aground on Craney Island last i l ight during n dense fog and is cm-! bedded In five feet of mud. REDS SCORE ANOTHER WIN l,ondnn, Dec. 24.—The Boisheviki captured fifteen guns, one thousand horses and 300 men after defeating the forces of General Mamontoff and General ChelnokofC in the regiton of Staroniensk, according to wireless dispatch received from Moscow to day. The dispatch adds: '"Over a thousand Cossacks were killed, in cluding General Chelnokoff." YOUR NEWSBOY In observance of a long-estab- j lished custom every city newsboy j who sells the Telegrapn will be. furnished his copies free of charge > to-day. Tour favorite boy who has stuck to his corner rain or slime throughout the year, will be wait- ' ing.for you to-day. The regular street-sale price of the Telegraph is 2* cents, but to-day—that's up to you. BIRTH OF CHRISTIANITY TO BE DEPICTED BY LARGE CAST SPECIALLY COSTUMED V - -' -'' - - .5 - .'S - - : - THE EIGHT SHEPHERDS FINAL TOUCHES BEING PUT TO CHRISTMAS PAGEANT PROGRAM Cast of 750 to Give Wonderful ; Presentation of the Christ mas Story on Capitol Plaza;' Many Civic Bodies Join in j Yuletide Event STAGE IS SET FOR THE OPEN AIR PERFORMANCE | The stage is being set, the partict- j pants are ready, details and arrange- : ments are completed, for Harris- S burg's elaborate Christmas Day ob servance, the presentation of the I Pageant of the Nativity by a cast, j 750 persons. V. Grant Forrer, assistant, super- I intendent of parks, is completing i mechanical arrangements, includ- j ins the setting up of the stage, the ] manger, and the runway for the I shepherds and wise men. Frank E. j j Hoffman. State electrician, is putting ! j the finishing touches to the electrical ! i illumination which will enhance the i j program. Final dress rehearsals of j the main participants were held last I evening, and everything is reported ' satisfactory and in shipshape at i the Community Service Bureau of | the Harrisbtirg Chamber of Com- | merce, which is in charge of the ! j event. Scheduled Eur 7 O'clock Indications are that the Christmas j Pageant will be as much a part of j this year's observance of Christinas j , as Santa Claus, Christmas trees, tur- I key dinners anil presents usually! j are. Thousands are preparing to I i throng to the plaza of the Capitol j i to witness the event, which lias at- j j traded widespread attention, i The pageant will begin promptly at 7 o'clock, and will be a fitting cul- I initiation for "the day of days." It I ! will bear out the real significance I and religious meaning of the great holiday, and will carry a message "of, great joy" at a time when the Christ- ! ■ nuts Day is just drawing to a close. | Numerous civic bodies and wel fare organizations have responded to j tile Chamber's request for co-opera tion, and it is to this co-operation ' that a large measure of the success! of the Christmas pageant arrange-! j ments is attributed by the Cham- 1 ber officials. Elaborate Program The program is elaborate, includ- ! ing both instrumental and vocal mu- i sic, for the accompaniment of the j pageant. Which will depict the com- ' ing of the King. As of old, the Three ' Wise Men will follow the beckoning beams of the Star of Bethlehem to •' the lowly manger, and there make] obeisance to the new-born Saviour, j [Continued on Page I I.] DR. RAG NEE I. TO SPEAK At the regular Suniluy afternoon j men's meeting at the Y. M. C\ A. on ' December 28 the Rev. Dr. Robert! Bagnell, pastor of Grace Methodist I Church, will speak on "The Annual j Alibi." Robert C. Smith, baritone j soloist of Zton Lutheran Church, w;ll j sing. Program For Pageant to Be Given in Open Religious march, by the Municipal Band, which volunteered its serv ices for the pageant. "Adeste Fidelis," trombone quartet. Two verses of same by a chorus. "Good King Wenceslas," by the Girl Scouts' Chorus, under the direc tion of Mrs. Charles C. Stroh; accompanied by Miss Mildred Rudy. "it Came Upon the Midnight Clear," by tlie City Choir of 150 voices led by Mr. Ley. "Under tlie Stars," chorus of 150 voices front the Camp Curtin school, led by Miss Mildred Conklin. J "O Holy Night," by Ilie City Choir and Wednesday Club, with Mrs. Roy G. Cox as soloist. Entrance of Mary and Joseph to the manger, haloed by a floodlight. "Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem:" "Hark, the Herald Angels Sir.-g" and "Away In the Manger,' by the combined choruses. ! Entrance of the Three Wise Men of the East. "We Three Kings of the Orient Are," by the choruses, j "Silent Night," by the choruses. Religious march, by the Municipal Band. . ————————— TOYS ENOUGH TO FILL ALL WANTS OF CHILDREN Not One Youngster Will Be Forgotten by Helpers of Santa Clans With the dawn of to-morrow— | Christmas Day, J9l9—there will be nearly two thousand youngsters of | Harrlsburg who wilt give a good ; ileal of thanks to the Santa Clnus of the Marrisburg Chapter, American i lied Cross; the Home Service Sec- J tion. For the Toy Mission has been . founded and bids fair to become an [ annual institution. Through the medium of the mail, names of little fellows who would ; spend a disappointed Christmas Day J i if some one didn't help out, were I listed by Mrs. H. E. Lucas, of the I 1 Home Service Station. There were about 1,800 in ail. And then came j the appeal for toyH. Nothing Is Missing At 119 South Front street, the j headquarters of the Red Cross has > closely resembled a toy store for I the past two weeks. Dolls, big, lit- | tie and medltimf express wagons, ' books, air Tides, more books, more I dolls, toys beggaring description, ! {Continued on I'ogc ll.] j BUND GIRL WHO SOUGHT HICKSON ! CAN SEE AGAIN j Victim of Infantile Paralysis Causes Sensation as She Walks Alone j. I.nnenster. Pa.. Dee. 21.—1.11 tie Ag ,nea Serloek, after having her eyes , | bandaged for years because she was unable to bear the pain ot uglit. pru-- , ticully blind und lielpless, is aide to , see, her sight having been restored through the agency of the Jumes I Moore Hickson healing mission in St. ■ Stephen s Church, Harriaburg. I Accompanied by her grandfather, j George who gave an at - [Continued on I'uge I I.] NEWSPRINT HEED I P Ottawa. Dec. 24.—Seven carloads of newsprint papet' consigned to } American publishers from the mills j of the Fort Frances Pulp and Paper | Company were stopped in transit by order of Robert A. Pringle, paper j controller. Mr. Pringle, explained j that all export shipments from the i j company would be stopped until It I i had complied with his orders to fur- j ! nish paper to Western Canada pub- | | Ushers, who, he has been told, will j j be forced to suspend publication un ■ less a supply is forthcoming before the end of the week. ! $2,703,095 IN BUILDING WORK IS NEW RECORD Total of 18,'5 Permits Were Issued This Year, the Reports Show J VALUATIONS GOING UP Big Increases Are Shown in J enth, Thirteenth and First Wards Building operations in Harrisburg during 19lit reached a new high mark, permits being issued this year ! 'or the construction of new proper ties and remodeling work costing ! $2,703,095. I Two years ago building work, passed the $2,000,000 mark by a small margin and about eight years 1 ago it went over that figure, but more than half a million less thai* the total for this year. During the twelve months 483 per-] mits were issued, the majority of l these for the erection of dwellings, j A remarkable feature of the 1919; building record for the year is the' fact that permits were issued for the; construction of about 300 dwellings. ] practically all of which have been! built or are now under construction. ] Most of this work was done in tliej outlying districts of the city with j the result that valuations have beer.- considerably increased In the Tenth, ; Thirteenth and First. Wards. The i increased assessment of properties! improved or built during 1919 was! about $670,000, while next year all : buildings not yet completed will be i added to the assessment lists. In view of the fact that in 1918 i building was practically at a stand- I still in Harrisburg, contractors and I really men arc expressing favorable ! comments on the reaction which j placed the city in a class with the | leading municipalities of the coun-1 ] try for a sharp! recovery and re-, ; sumption of construction activity af- j j ter the lapse during the war when ! ! only essential structures were j j erected. October Biggest Month The it-umber of permits issued each j I month this year and the estimated] I cost of the building work follows | (January 13 $32,0001 February 25 14,530 i March 29 186,190| April 04 136,870 j May 02 173,2751 June 41 450.850 ] July 56 4 28,035 | August 00 186,9151 September 43 276,150 October 07 488,400 j November 32 172,200 j I December (to date) 16 97,680 j | Totals 483 $2,703,0951 Retail Price of Coal Bosted to Make Up For Wage Increase : lly Associated Press Chicago, Dec. 24. —Coal coaaum- ; ! era to-day were tn receipt of an- j | nouncements from several fuel com- ! : panics notifying them of an increase j ! in the retail price of between thirty ] l to thirty-five cents -a ton on all coal j mined since settlement of the recent i bituminous miners' strike to make ( up for the fourteen per cent, wage : ! increase the workers gained. "This does not mean no coal will j j be sold tit tlie government price," | ] one dealer said, "but the Garfield I i order is not retroactive on contracts I ! executed before it was issued and all j contracts contain a clause providing j j for the passing along of any in- > I crease in mining cost. Those wlto ] | have no contracts for coal will get ] i it at the government price. j "However, most operators have 1 I their entire output sold under con- , i tract, so that price increase will be ' ] pretty general." Returned Soldier Kills j Sweetheart. Then Commits Suicide, Alter Quarrel Up Associated Press Frcdoidn, X. Y., Dec. "4.—Joseph • j Huels, II recently returned soldier. | : to-dny shot and killed Miss Eleanor j I Carroll. 10 years old. und committed j I suicide. Ilnels and Miss Carroll liud r | been sweethearts for several year! I They had a quarrel two weeks ago j and efforts of friends had failed to j bring about, a reconciliation. This morning Ilnels went to Miss! Carroll's house, shot hpr while she j sat at the breakfast table, and im- I mediately afterward turned the | weapon upon himself. No Telegraph Tomorrow The Telegraph will not be Issued to-morrow, t'hrlstmns Day, hv long established precedent being observed ! as a holiday that the men nnd women i who make the paper may hnve opper- | tiinlty to properly celebrate the an nlveraary. PEACE ON EARTH,GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN, AGAIN SOUNDS OLD-TIME YU LET IDE SPIRIT Holiday Fowls High in Price Turkeys dressed, 85 eents Ducks dressed, (ill to <:.*> a pound. cents a pound. Turkeys live. 48 to 65 eents Dueks, live, 50 to 55 eeuts a pound. a pound. Geese dressed 55 to 115 Potatoes, 20 eeuts quarter eeuts a pound. peek. Geese live. 10 to 50 cents Potatoes, sweet. 10 anil 12 a iHtuitd. ' eents a box. Chickens dressed, sft and Cranberries, 20 cents a 55 cents a pound. quart. Chickens live, 35 to 15 la-ttuee, 8 to 15 cents a cents a pound. head. Guineas dressed. 30 to 35 Celery, 5 to 10 cents a cents a.pound. buucli. PRICE OF TURKEYS ! BREAK ALL RECORDS Average Between 80 and 90 Cents a Found; Many Marked Up Above if'2o Each; Geese Are High Tons of poultry, other Christians t | food necessities in abundance and ! j buyers by the thousands, featured i | the locul markets to-day. With the i | largest supply on hand in the his- j J tory of Harrisburg, there will be j j many dinners to-morrow without I ! turkey or other poultry. At prices ; quoted this morning it will cost a ; large sum to have an old-time j Christmas dinner. At Chestnut street market turkey - j buyers puid as high as ninety-four ' cents a pound if they bought I without paying by the pound. The | I average price for dressed turkeys at, j market was eighty-five cents a' j pound. At the Broad street market prices I were about the same as I hose asked i j downtown, but its was the case 011 j the day before Thanksgiving, many I buyers refused to pay the figures j I quoted. Sopie buyers found a j j chance to save in buying poultry by j j live weight. Afnny Buy Boasts Butchers reported a harvest. They | expected the H. O. J<. would again ; Ihe in evidence and lowered the j I prices of meats from two to five j cents it pound. They went home j I happy as there will be many dinners I to-morrow with roust pork and roust i 1 beef. Other Christmas dinner es- [ I sentiais were plentiful and renson ! aide in price. Fruits. with the ex j ceptions of grapes, were in demand, i I Grapes sold for fifty cents it pound. | j the highest price asked this year ;in the local markets. I Pinned on one turkey at Chest- j j nut street market was a piece of i paper on which the price marked 1 j was $23.30. There were many fur- ; | Vevs marked S2O. and many from ! | $lO tip. It was a small turkey] that could lie Pad for $0 to $3. ! ■ Chickens were slightly higher than I ; for Thanksgiving, and ducks and i ( geee showed a slight. increase, j I Guineas again were the cheapest : I fowls. Down to 75 Cents There were the usual interesting ! incidents at the markets. At Broad | street some buyers kioked about, the ! ] prices in emphatic terms. One care- i I fill observer watched for fluctuations j 1 in prices. Tie found one woman who ' | purchnscd several fowls from a ! neighbor and then boosted the ! j prices fifty cents. I From the opening of the markets t i'l> (o 9 o'clock there were few changes in prices not'eeable. At 9 ! o'clock at Chestnut street market j some turkeys dropped to seventy-; five cents a pound; and chickens to; forty-five and fifty cents a pound. ] From fifty to seventy-five cents was j out from the prices of ducks and ' geese. Indications wore that there j would be a still further drop before the close of market or about noon However, buyers are few near the 1 FAIIt AND COLD FOR CHRISTMAS Christmas Day will be fair ac cording to the weather forecast made at the government weather bureau in this city to-day. Mr. ■ Demain promised real Christmas Weuther. Fair and colder weather will follow the snow to-night. j with the lowest temperature 15 degrees above zero. [THE WEATHER,! Ilnrrlsburg nntl Ylelnityi Fair nn<l I ' colder to-night with Innml temperature about 15 degrees. Thursday fair, continued co'd. Bnstcrn Pennsylvania! I.lghi anoiv j j (his afternoon nnd to-night, 1 colder to-night. Thuraday fair. 1 . colder In east portion. Strong : \ northwest winds. 1 j Iliveri The Snaquchanna river and 1 " all Its branches will fall slowly j • or remain olatlonary without j much change In lee conditions. i 1 At HnrriNburg the river will re- j 1 main frozen and probably ata- I • tlonnry at a stage of about lit 7.8 feet. ( k ,j close of market and It is said to be difficult to sell out at any price. The local markets never presented it more attractive appearance than to-day. Tlie Christmas greens, stalls ladened with fruits and other tilings good to eat, gave many buyers a satisfactory feeling, as it was pos sible to ciit on Christmas day even if turkey and other fowls are elim inated. CONFERS ON I'llME By Associated Press Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 2 3.—General Bndoglio, Italian chief of staff, ar rived here this morning from Filmic and talked with Premier Nittl and King Victor Emmanuel. Later the Premier had a long interview with the King and then called a meeting of the council of ministers, which for three hours discussed the Fiume situation and also international questions in connection with the ap proaching _ visit of Signor Nitti to Paris. Tt is believed ihe Flume and Adriatic questions will reach a defi nite solution at I lie Paris confer ence. 1 ? VEXPORTATION OF ARMS TO MEXICO REVOKED* I WASHINGTON. REVOCATION EFFECTIVE W J JANUARY 1, OF ALE LICENSES ISSUED BY "THE W | /AR TRADE BOARD PRIOR TO LAST SEPTEM- * fBI> 30, FOR THE EXPORTATION OF ARMS % AND MUNITIONS OF WAR TO MEXICO WAS S * ANNOUNCED TO-DAY BY THE STATE DEPART- .£ # MENT. 'ft i INDICTED FOR SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY 1 II Winnipeg, Man. R. B. Russell, charged with se- S : tious conspiracy in connection with the general strike * :ff n Winnipeg last May, to-day was found guilty by a S V /en counts in the indictment returned A W OFFICERS ARRESTED * HARRlSßUßG—Lieutenant Benjamin WoUson, X y together with several other officexs, at the New Cum- i fberland Army Reserve Depot, are reported to have bee® arrested to-day in connection with the alleged misappro , jjjj: iui army supplies from the Depot. jP 1 I i I I MARRIAGE LICENSES Jor Grller and Jrnnotte Kmnntt, llnrrlsbura: Charles C. Rmu-l '3 W lllluniKnort, unit Sara 11. I\iw IT. Sunbnry) Mnrrr 1,, Felffrr ■■lilr Kiln Henahnw. Hnrrlabur K i Thlllp 11. Anderson nnd I.llllnn M. Dlcf • llnriinhurKl l.nuls H. Miiohnmrt- nnd l.nnrn It. Itoedlaarr. Wlronlaooi* t hnrlen Wilbelm. Northumberland. and < hnrlottr F. March, Hunhury <*?< Harry O. Iliegrl nnd l.aurn A. liauii. Sunburyi William Gentrr and# I'.niina lvlllliiu. 1> rones Juhn (i. Shrrli. IV ■■ I, rook, nnd Carrie |.' A Itousli. I'erry county) Clair IS. Wltcbey and Mary F. Hall. Han-la'.'* burnt l.cltov K. Itebrcr anil Bertha M. Butts. HlddK-totvn; (irorrr H 'M' I ottrlic.-r -and Mary A. Hrrnm. llm rlslMiru; Wl llnm H. Nelson, Mid-# land, and \lb<-rtn (. Crosby, llarrlaburK; William O. Dressier rlsbarß. and Frances H. Kurt*. 1,1 veriwoli Fmmrtt V. Cumbler anrirfft Christmas Season Welcomed With New Fervor SERVICES IN ALL CHURCHES Years and years ago in a little manger in the peaceful town of j Bethlehem in far off Judea. there was horn a jChild, come to earth I from Heaven that He might later i give I lis life as a sacrifice to save a • lost people. To-morrow the Christian world {will once more observe the anniver sary of the birth of Christ with pray- I er, song and rejoicing. I No story ever told has the same { appeal, the same message of love i as that of the coming of the Christ Child to earth. Over and over, again and again, it has been told through the ages .from generation I to generation, and it has never grown ; old. Three Wise Men First | Shepherds of the East, and three wise men were the litst to know and ■the first to worship Him after His ! birth. Eater Twelve Apostles spread ! His mission on earth broadcast until ! to-day .more than nineteen centuries ; later, it is known in every land. No king hns ever had the horn | age paid to him such as is to-day [ given to the Christ. Everywhere temples have been built to which millions of persons go to praise and i worship Him. Voices everywhere I sing the hymn of praise, "Joy to the 1 world, the t-ord is come." To-morrow mothers will gather to I them their children to tell the won derful story; ministers will speak in ; thousands of churches proclaiming | Him King of Kings and Eord of j Lords; great choirs and organs will i sound in sweet toned harmonies the | countless work of music conceived ; and written to speak of His glory. , This will be the Christmas of to ! day. I Dinner will be furnished to a num i [Continued on l'age I".]
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