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LXXXVIII— No. 320 14 PAGES Da,I^?e c r cp a t t 8 t u unh n c d %st %&Z?ii m &I£SSSrS 1 *" HARRISBURG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1919. °*&S!rK& tS"SSSKJTSiiSl l a B " 81 two ckntT 3 HOME EDITION
HOLIDAY DRINKING
ORGIES ARE FOLLOWED
BY HUNDRED DEATHS
List of Fatalities Grows as
Reports Come in From
Over Nation
MEN AND WOMEN LOSE LIVES
AFTER TAKING WOOD ALCOHOL
Indulgence in Christmas "cheer." the main ingredient of
■which was wood alcohol, has resulted in a death list estimated to
he near a hundred in various parts of the country.
Thirty lost their lives in an orgy of drinking in Massachu
setts and Connecticut, where a saloon dispensed drinks which
proved fata!. The death list is constantly mounting higher as
reports come in from other sections of the country.
Since July 1. Chicago has sustained a casualty list of 45-
Many are lying unconscious in hospitals while four died yesterday
and last night. New York City has had nearly as many deaths.
Chicago, With 35 Dead,
Expects Many More in
New Year Celebrations
By Associated Press
< hiciiKo. Pec. 27. —Five victims of
wood alcohol poisoning are dead here,
a sixth is dying and several others
are seriously ill as a result of Christ
mas orgies.
Federal and local authorities opened
a vigorous investigation to-day to
tlx responsibility for the sale of the
poison.
"We have held inquests on twen
ty-eight or thirty bodies since July
1, ail victims of this drug," said
Peter M. Hoffman, coroner of Cook
county. "1 expect a lot more in a
few days from New Year celebra
tions."
One ordinary drink of wood alco
hol can make n man permanently
blind and sometimes kill him. Air.
Hoffman added.
Two men who sold wood alcohol
to men who died after drinking it
have been held for the grand jury
on murder charges.
A aity ordinance which would
limit sale of wood alcohol to com
mercial men alone, and remove it
from drugstores and saloons, is ex
pected to be submitted in a few
days.
Karly this afternoon the death list
for this city. Sprfnglield and Holyoke
had risen to 41. and three more per
sons seriously ill in their homes have
been reported to the police. Francis
Taylor of Springfield, died this morn
ing and the death of John L. Duffy,
which occurred about midnight was
diagnosed as due to alcohol poison
ins There were two additional Chi
copee deaths this morning.
District Attorney Ely to-day refus
ed to accept bail for Alexander Per
ry. whose bonds were placed by the
* court at SIO,OOO.
Source of Poisoned Whisky
Believed to Be in Bronx
New York. Dec. 2T.—District At
torney Martin, of Bronx county, to
day began a search for the men who
are alleged to have sold there the
"whisky" made from wood alcohol
wihch, transferred to New England,
was responsible for the deaths of
more than two score persons.
Although not yet officially notified
that Xew England officials had traced
the source of the "poison whisky" to
the Bronx, Mr. Martin immediately
laid aside all other business to attend
to the new menace.
After conferring with his staff, he
named Charles M. McLaughlin, assist
ant district attorney, to conduct the
investigation, with explicit instruc
tions "to comb the borough thor
oughly until the culprits are brought
in." He announced that Mr. McLaugh
lin would leave immediately for Hart
ford, Conn., and other New England
points "to investigate reports cfedit
ing the Bronx as being the source of
supply of this poisoned fluid."
The Health Department also foeus
sed its attention to-day on wood alco
hol poisoning. Commissioner Cope
land telegraphed the Hartford auth
orities for all clues indicating that
file fatal supply of whisky "had been
received from Xew York."
At the same time Ole Salthe, acting
director of the Bureau of Foods and
Drugs, ordered a special survey to
determine whether any restaurants or
saloons In this city were selling the
poison. Inspection foces were ordered
doubled, with special attention to the
waterfront and foreign colonies, in
these sections inspectors were di
rected to search saloons from cellar
to garret.
Attention of physicians was drawn
to-day by Dr. S. Dana Hubbard, di
rector of the Bureau of Public Health
Education to a section of the sanitary
code requiring all cases of wood alco
hol poisoning to be reported immedi
ately to the Health Department.
Heports that rryich illicit whisky I
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ITHEWEATHEPT
llarrlshnrg and Vicinity! Cloudy
to-night and Sunday, Not much
•■hnngc In temperature, lowest 1
to-nlgbt nhout frrealng.
Enatern I'fnnnj Ivanln i Cloudy to
night and snndny. probnhly
snow In north portion. Not '
much change In temperature.
Moderate south went wlndt.
Itlveri The Susquehanna river and
all Its branches will fall slowly I
or rrmnln stationary without i
material ehnnge In ler eondl- I
lions. A stage of nhout 0.5 feet
may be espretrd ut llarrlshnrg [
Sunday morning.
HARRISBURG ipl§|illSl TELEGRAPH
®je otor-l&epcn&fnt.
54 Dead With Many
More 111, Blinded and
; Dying From Poison Drink
By Associated Press
f Chicopee, Dec. 27. —The drinking
• of whisky with a wood alcohol base
. j had caused the deaths of 54 per
; sons in Connecticut valley cities to
-1 i day. The list of victims mounted
during the day with reports from
jthis city, Holyoke. Springfield and
Hartford, Conn. Others stricken by
the concoction marketed for Christ
j mas festivities were reported serious
! ly ill, blinded and dying.
The victims in this city this after
| noon numbered thirty including one
I woman in Springfield, four; Holyoke.
! seven, and Hartford, thirteen.
Of this number twenty-seven men
I and one woman belonged in Chico
i pee; . six in Holyoke and two in
' Springfield. Of the fifteen cases
'sent to Mercy Hospital, In Spring
! field, all but one have died, and it
, yvas said that the remaining one
j could live but a few hours. Acting
I Marshal A. T. Caron, of the Chico
, : pee police, expressed the belief that
I the death list in Chicopee would
' | go close to fifty before all cases had
' ; been accounted for.
I Alexander Perry, proprietor of the
I : American House, where the police
. j believed many of the victims ob
. ; tained the liquor, gave himself up
to the police to-day. He, his broth
er Charles, and William Baker, a
bartender at the hotel, were ar
raigned and charged with man
slaughter. All pleaded not guilty
and they were held in SIO,OOO
| bonds each for a hearing. Tech
; nical charges of selling liquor 11-
; legally also were placed against
i them.
Thomas Oczkyvyski, proprietor of
a saloon in Chicopee Center, also
was placed under arrest charged
with manslaughter. He has not been
arraigned.
Four Charged With Murder
The wholesale distribution of the
liquor has ben traced to Hartford,
where four men have been arrested
charged yvith murder. Charles
Perry, brother of Alex. Perry, pro
prietor of the American House of
this city, who has disappeared, and
William Baker, a bartender, are un
der arrest here, charged with man
slaughter. The hotel yvas closed
yesterday.
The police believe the liquor was
manufactured in New York and
have asked for assistance there in
the investigation.
Officers here were provided with
warrants to-day and ordered to
search all suspected places. Five of
the seven additional deaths report
ed here since yesterday were of men
who became ill in their homes and
the police believe there may be
many other oases of sickness of the
same kind not yet reported. The
seven who died early to-day were
Wilfred Ixtssonde. Adolph Charlnnd
and Joseph Ourtkle, who were taken 1
to a hospital; Joseph Levendusky
Joseph Jackus, Joseph Sebuia and a
native of Poland, not named. Med
ical Examiner Fletcher announced
that autopsies performed during the
night indicated that death had been
caused by wood alcohol.
Widely Distributed
Reports from Hartford that
wholesale shipments of the liquor
believed to have caused the deaths
had been made to many cities and
towns in this vicinity- aroused a dili
gent search of the district and led
District Attorney- Joseph B. Ely, of
Westtleld. to request the assistance i
of the State Police.
MY! HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW
SCARCE DOLLAR BILLS ARE?
Uncle Sum Doesn't Even Have Time to Launder Money, It
The proverbial filthy luere has be
et me a reality.
One and two dollar bills, worn and
torn and carrying a superabundance
o? grime. are to-day enjoying a wider
i alas, and a quicker circulation) in
Harrisburg than at any time within
memory.
The customary shipments of such
paper currency to Federal authorities
foi redemption in new bills, have been j
cut to a minimum. Uncle Sam to-day |
TRAIN SERVICE TO
SAVE DAYLIGHT
JJfiT York, Deo. 27. The Na
tional Daylight Saving Associa
tion to-day quoted D. N. Bell, gen
eral passenger agent of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, as saying:
"Inasmuch as it would be im
practicable to> provide train service
especially for commutation travel,
based on two standards of time, it
is our opinion that, from the day
light-saving plan adopted by New
York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and
other important cities, it will
necessarily follow that the standard
time of those cities shall be the
standard time in the surrounding
territory."
President Marcus M. Marks ex
pressed the opinion that all rail
roads would be guided by the ac
tion of the big cities in adopting
daylight-saving. A bill for state
wide daylight saving in New .Jer
sey will he introduced next year
in the legislature. More than 300
communities in the state have gone
on record in its favor.
Teachers Tell of Expenses
in Petition Asking For
Bonus of 20 Per Cent.
By Associated Press
llorristown, N. J„ Dec. 27.—A peti
tion from forty-five of the sixty-five
public school teachers of the city ask
, ing a bonus of twenty per cent, of
their salaries for the present year,
was handed the Board of Education
to-day by Superintendent of Schools
J. Burton Wiley.
The petition based the request on
the present cost of living conditions
and actions of boards of education in
other places. It gave a typical bud
' get made up from the expenses of
i twenty-five teachers as folloyvs:
Board. $548; clothing, one suit. S4O;
one coat, $43: two hats. SIS; two
I pair of shoes. $24; one pair rubbers.
$1; two pairs of gloves. $4; one silk
; dress, S3O; one wool dress, $32.75; two
summer dresses, S2O; one cloth skirt,
sls; one white skirt, $7.50; three
waists, $5.25; one umbrella, $2.50;
'hosiery, $6; underwear. sls; shoe re
pairing, $3; a total of $272 for cloth
ing.
Laundry, $40.#7: doctor, dentist, oc-
I culist, $57; church and charity, $46;
; carfare, $58.74; toilet articles, $6.92;
life insurance, $45.21; teachers' pen
j sion fund, $48.60; professional dues,
| etc., $5.51; daily newspapers, $11.44;
j one magazine, $3; four times to the
j ater, $6; three concerts, $2.50; lec
, tures, $3.50; twelve times to moving
pictures. $3: making a total of $1,169.
I The present average salaries is
$1,041.
Committee Named to
Prepare New Budget and
Tax Rate For Schools
Robert A. Enders, president of the
City School Board, to-day appointed
the following committee to prepare
the budget for the fiscal year, 1920-
21: A. Carson Stamm. chairman; Dr.
|C. E. L. Keen, Harry- A. Boyer, W.
Frank Witman and Franklin J. Both.
It is planned to have the budget
ready for consideration by the board
Iby April 1. Three other special com
mittees to aid in the preparation of
the budget have been suggested by
President Enders.
One of them, to consider the revi
ision of the teachers' salary schedule,
includes: Dr. Keen, chairman; Wil
liam Pavord. Cameron L Bear. Mr.
Roth and Mr. Stamm. Another com
mittee will act on salaries of janitors,
the members including: Mr. Boy
'er. chairman; Dr. Keen. Mr. Wit- j
, man. H. M. Bingaman and Mr. Roth. I
The third will consider purchasing of
supplies conferring with Purchasing,
Agent Frank C. Foose. The members i
will, be Mr. Witman, chairman; Mr. l
Pavord. Mr. Baer, Mr. Bingaman and!
Mr. Boyer.
Former Slave Dies at
Age of 128 Years
I'arkrrnburit. W. Ya., Dec. 27. |
William Peyton, a negro, one of the i
| oldest men In the United States, died!
yesterday at Little llocking. 'ohio,
j near Parkersburg, at the age of 128
years.
In his youth Peyton was a slave of'
a Virginia fumiiy by the name of I
Creel which later moved into West
Virginia. As a slave and as a free.lj
man he served this family through six!
generations, it is said. Peyton was'
in full possession of his faculties un-1
til within a few weeks of his death.
JUDUH DIK.N
By Associated Press •
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 27.—Philip'
Quigley Churchman, judge of Munlci- |
pal Court, died this morning from a 1
stroke of apoplexy following a recent l
physical breakdown. He was 55 years!
of age.
Goes So Fast From Hand to Hand
• ! freely admits there is a scarcity of
! paper money, as long suspected by the
family man. The Government is not
able to redeem the old bills with the
' regularity that it formerly did. So
a request has been circulated among
hanks of.the country asking that they
keep the bills in circulation as long
as possible.
The scarcity of paper money is com
paratively only, and is due, to the
great amount of money in circulation.
The Race With the Executioner
~~~~ ;
MILITARY ROLL
IS GROWING IN
CITY AND COUNTY
27,613 Men Enrolled on Rec
ords Taken For Adjutant
General's Department
Dauphin county's military en
| rollment for 1919 is about 1,100
| more than in 1918, according to fig-
I ures compiled at the office of the
j County Commissioners from reports
i from assessors in the various dis
; tricts. The enrollment figures for
| 1919 have been sent to the Adjutant
: General's Department.
The military roll for the entire
! county this year includes 2 7,613
names as compared with 26,496 last
year. Tn the city this year the en
rollment is 15,462 as compared with
13,826. Men between the ages of 1 8
and 43 years are Included. The list
is valued as information as to the
enrollment under draft regulations
in case of war.
The total enrollment in the city
by wards for last year and this
year follows:
1919 1918
First 800 760
Second 1919 1192
Third 232 1 15
Fourth 601 635 1
Fifth 740 692,
Sixth 800 510 j
Seventh 2093 1982,
Eighth 1176 951!
Ninth 2242 2240;
Tenth 1600 1 564!
Eleventh 1346 1373!
Twelfth 1128 1033'
Thirteenth 650 632 |
Fourteenth 135 147:
Totals 15,462 13,826!
Surgical Case Used by
Dr. Verbeke in Battle of
Waterloo Given Academy
A case of surgical instruments,
used by Dr. James C. Verbeke in car
ing for wounded soldiers of Na
poleon's armies In the- Battle of
Waterloo, was presented to the Har- '
risburg Academy of Medicine last ,
evening.
The instruments have been in the j
Verbeke family since the famous \
battle, and of recent years have been l
in the care of Marion Verbeke, as- i
sistant fire chief. Anxious that they
be preserved, he decided to present |
them to the Harrlsburg Academy and i
the formal presentation took place
last night through Dr. Hugh Hamil
ton.
Bast evening's meeting was the
monthly session of the organization
and officers were nominated for the
ensuing year. Included are:
Dr. George W. Bauder, president:
Dr. H. F. Gross, first vice-president;
Dr. George B. Davcrty, second vice- !
president: Dr. J. B. Hlleman, secre- [
tary-treasure.r; Dr. Carson Coover.
librarian: Dr. H. It. Douglas, trustee:
Dr. George H. Widder, social and
scientific committee; Dr. W. S. Rus
sell. committee on admissions.'
Dr. Coover and Dr. Baverty relat
ed some of their experiences in the
military service.
UNSETTLED WEATHER
WITH SNOWS
Washington. Dei:. 27.—Weather
predictions for tiie week begin
ning Monday. issued by the
Weather Bureau to-day, are:
North and Middle Atlantic
stutes —Unsettled with occasional
local snows and temperatures
somewhat below normal.
U.S. AND JAPAN
I NEAR PACT ON
| SIBERIAN ACTION
; Reach Common Ground Upon
Which to Base Joint
Movement
By Associated Picas
I Vladivostok. Dec. 27.—A common
! ground on which to base Joint action |
in Siberia has been reached by the i
United States and Japan, according,
to ah announcement given out here !
liy the Japanese official publicity bu- i
reau.
The announcement said:
"Genuine satisfaction is expressed!
iin influential quarters that a com-1
mon ground has been readied by-
Japan and America l'or basing joint]
action in Siberia. This is particu- ;
larly pleasing to those who have ob- j
served wth regret that Siberian poli
cies of the two countries at times |
seemed to follow divergent courses." j
George Yottey May Be
Deputy County Treasurer; '
Stroh on Prison Board!
George Yottey, 1609 Kaudaln street,!
probably will bo napied deputy county j
treasurer by Treasurer-elect Oliver C.
Bishop, it was reported to-day. Mr.
Yottey. if appointed, will lake the)
oath of office January 3, and will sue- i
cecd Deputy Treasurer Josh. K. Ruth
erford.
The court to-day appointed W. Scott
Stroh. 1725 North Sixth street, a mem
ber of the Board of Prison Inspectors
to succeed the late William B. Meetc'.i,
serving the unexpired term. The term
ends In 1921.
When the Prison Board reorganizes
in January, two members are to be
appointed, one by the, court and the
other by the County Commissioners.
It is not believed thero will be any
change in the present administration
force at tlse county prison.
St ES FOR 1,000
FOR I.OSS OF FOOT!
Counsel for Charles B. Romig to T j
day filed suit agsinst the Harrlsburg)
Railways Company for SIO,OOO dam-j
ages. It Is alleged ln the statement;
filed that Bomlg was struck by a;
street car at Fourth and Market
streets, on ihe morning f of June fi,
1918, his right leg being crushed at
the ankle.
BUILDING BOOM
FOR COMING YEAR
I IS THE FORECAST
Many Contractors Have Plans
Under Way to Provide
New Homes
Thans are under consideration now
by a number of builders and realty
men in the city, it is said, for the
erection of more residences in the
outlying districts of the city during
1920. During this year permits were
issued for hundreds of dwellings, but
It is believed that construction work
| during the coming year may exceed
this recard.
! One rejiort, which, it Is expected,
I will be confirmed next week, is that
outside interests are backing a move
| to build from 20 to 30 houses in the
■ section just north of the Fourteenth
I l W ofs rdl recently Ittld out "" building
I Is Forecast
This district may be annexed to the
city in the near future as it lies
I J 'y st north of the recently anneiea
1 l-i T. section. AncHier locality
' o, niay a PP'>' for annexation is
I the Pleasant View district, extending
I from Walnut to Herr streets and
'tte n 80 fet t l &aat of Eighteenth
; stleet eastward to Twentv-lirst
! Ihk years ago agitation in
this section lor annexation brouglit
J no results, but it was said earlier in
the week that the residents there are
anxious now to come into the city.
Work During Winter
With an increase In buifd'ing ac
tivities realty sales will boom again
next year, dealers predict. This year
many of the numerous sales in the
City were those of newly constructed
pi operties, Home contractorw und
builders disposing of the houses be
fore they were completed. l n a num
ber of instances workmen were busy
with the finishing touches on dwell
ings with families already in pos
aeFHion. . # K
The- housing shortage in'llarrisburg
is expected to bring about the same
condition next year and despite the
increased cost of building materials
plans are progressing now for great
er activity next spring. Some con
tractors securing permits to erect
houses began their work late in the
fall and during the winter months
will complete the building opera
tions. At least a score of houses be
ing finished during (the winter wtll
be ready for occupahcy probably by
April 1.
TURKEY'S DEFENSE
IS DUE NEXT WEEK |
Paris, Dec. 27. The Turkish
Grand Vialer has requested Tewflk
Pasha, head of the commission ap
pointed to prepare a defense of
Turkey's interests before the
Peace Conference, to hasten the
work of the commission because
the Turkish delegates may be sum
moned to Paris next week, accord- I
Ing to advices from Constantino
ple.
the High Commissioners in |
Constantinople of the Allies are '
reported to have hinted that peace |
with Turkey may be concluded in I
I the near future.
REVISED NAVAL
| AWARDS REPORT
TO BE ACCEPTED
i Daniels Announces Survey of
j Knight Board Will Prob
ably Stand
j ,
ADMIRALS SUSTAIN SIMSi
i
1 1 lis Charges Are Supported by j
Wilson and Mayo, Fleet
Commanders
Ry Associated Press
j a.sliington, Dec. 27. —1n revising j
the lists off naval decorations to be j
awarded officers for their services'
! during (he war, the Knight boaril.!
1 Secretary Daniels said to-day, will |
I be instructed to follow in general'
! the same policy adopted by (lie Sec-!
| rotary in revising the original lists. !
j At the same time, Mr. Daniels;
, said, tlie board would give full con- |
siderat:on to the views expressed by !
j Rear Admiral Sims and other high I
i officers wiio have objected to the |
| mar.-ner in which the decorations j
j thus far anv. mnced were awarded. '
! The Secretary added that lie |
j hoped the new recommendations of j
the board e ?u ld be approved by him
1 without The revised
i report e.-.ner will be sent to Presi-!
j dent Wilson for llnal action or acted!
| on by the Secretary on behalf of the!
; President.
Admirals Protest
! In discussing his order of last!
j night reconvening the board to re-i
| view eases already considered and j
j act upon additional recommenda-!
: iions made recently, Mr. Daniels dis
; closed that Admiral Henry R. Wil
son and Rear Admiral Henry T.
1 Mayo had written him. calling ctten-
I tion (o what tthey described as in
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I)HOWARD I'NDKIt ( AH
| I.riviNtoivn, fa., Dee. 27—Miss Flor
: er.ee Krape, 14 years old, of Center
. Hall, was drowned in Laurel Run, on
! the Seven .Mountains. An automobile
I in which she was riding, turned turtle
j and pinned her to the bottom of the
' creels. Albert Krape was driving the
j automobile.
WILSON TO OBSERVE BIRTHDAY TO-MORROW
• Washington, President Wilson will be 63 years
| old to-morrcw. His daughters,* Mrs. William G. Mc-
I Adco and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, expressed a dc-sii
week or;ten days ago-to be at the White House foflpi.ii
I holiday anniversary and they may come The Presife—vt
j is expected to spend a quiet day. Rear Admiral (i|ray
t son, the President's physician, said to-day his patent's
; progress c >tinues and that he was in good spirits.
GOVERNMENT TO GIOVE AID
Boston. Every department of the government will
co-operate in this great emergency in rounding up the
• guilty, said Thomas J. Boynton, United States district
attorney to-day, in commenting on the reports from Con
• necticut Valley cities "of approximately half a hundred
deaths believed to be due to drinking liquor with a
1 wood alcohol base.
WOULD NATIONALIZE SARRE MINTIS
1 ' Paris. A bill providing for government e eplofta
tion of the coal mines of Jho Sarre basin was introduced
into the Chamber of Deputies by Louis Lucheus, minis
ter of reconstruction, and Louis Klotz, minister of fi
nance. The mines formerly were exploited partly by the
Prussian an dpartly by the Bavarian fiscal authorities.
WANT WOOD'S NAME ON BALLOT
Lincoln. Neb. A voter's petition asking tfiat the
1 name of General Leonard Wood be placed on th? Re
publican ballot for the primaries next April 30, when
i the voters will express their preference for presidential
nominees, was filed with the Secretary of State here to
, da y*
SERVICES FOR COUSIN OF LIPTON ,
Blponifiekl, N. J. Funeral services for the Rev.
i i
William T. Lipton, a cousin of Sir Thomas Lipton, (
will be held here this aftcrnon at the Episcopal Church
of the Ascension, of which he was rector. Dr. I ipton, (
who was 56 years old died. Tuesday night in a Newark
! hospital, where he had been undergoin gorganic treat
ment .ime last summer. '
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Hownrd *. Ntrnuh. ArnUvlllr. nod Mnuri I. Wttman. M Iddlrtoirn-i
Mcholiin J. dunlin, linnkin. nul Hurt Ilolmur, Mrrltoni (jrorie I-
Seldom, IMillndrlphlu. mid I'ln olilr 11. Unmtoiirr, Ilarrinhurai n o y
Tup-pin. Harrlnlmrit. and Hilda A. Johnnlon, Hoik vlllci l.awronor |?
Oylrr nod Hva H. Wnllrr, Urllmlinriti John J. liudrr and llutb K.
I.aytun. HarrlNhurgi Samui-I CI. Knltniplvrr nod flnrn K. Ilollrnhuu ß h.
llarrlKbarm Jnmm K. Dornn und Mary C. Hyrri. Ha rrinbura 1 Samu.-II
11. Wrfp nad Mary J. Straub.Hurrinbiirft.
FRENCH DEMAND
EX-CROWN PRINCE
SHALL BE TRIED
; Frederick William on List of
Those Whose Surrender
Is Asked
| CHARGED WITH LOOTING
jCasc Against Ex-Kaiser Rests;
Ready to Take Active
Steps
loiulon. Dee. 2 7.—Frederick Wil
| liain, the former German crown
prince, will be included in the list of
. persons whose surrender for trial is
; demanded by the French, according
i to an official report of a recent meet
ing between British law officials and
Kdouard Ignace, French under sec
; retary for military justice.
| The ex-crown prince, it is said,
will bo charged with criminal of
. fenses, including looting and rob-
I bery with violence, committed in
! France.
j There appears to have been no
i further decision reached at the eon
jferenco with regard to the case of
[ former Emperor William.
! A full list of the men whose sur-
I render will be demanded has been
J completed, it was stated, and the
j steps which are to be taken to iti
! sure their surrender have been de-
Icided upon. One or two questions still
j outstanding will be submitted to
| Premiers Lloyd George and Clemen
eeau when they meet in Paris next
j month.
|
Turkeys and Chickens
Sell at Low Figures
Harrisburg folks who were forced
I to put off tlieir Christmas dinner un
i til to-morrow, and did not buy their
turkey until to-day, are telling about
i their good luck. Poultry prices
I showed a slump in local markets.
I At the start there was an incllna-
I lion on the part of farmers to ask
7.7 to SO cents a pound, but later the
figures dropped to 65 cents. One
man said lie purchased a 15-pound
"dressed" turkey early this morning
at Chestnut street and only paid 60
cents a pound.
Chickens, which sold for 55 and 60
cents a pound Wednesday, could be
had for 35 and 40 cents.