Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, December 30, 1919, Image 1
.. . ... v. : -• \\ ; '•• ■" • ■• . ... Scores Are Placed Under Arrest Charged With Causi.ig Many Deiths From Poison Whisky HARRISBURG ifSfplgl TELEGRAPH . otac-3n&cjit!j&enl. . ■ LXXXVIII—No. 305 14 PAGES Dai '&ae C r ep tSmce re^t. H.SurK l3 " HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1919. ox V.,w STAPKII 1 N^VIAHI USB i'h (I' * 'tWU CKNTS B HOME EDITION FACILITIES FOR SOCIAL EVENTS IN NEW ARMORY Halls to Be Provided For Civic Affairs as Well as Mili tary Drills JOINT BODY TO MEET Will Give Consideration to Plan Calling For State Co-operation Colonel M. E. Finney, chairman- of the joint armory committee of the Chamber of Commerce, has called a meeting of his committee for F'riday afternoon at 4 o'clock. At that time full consideration will be given the proposition and the outlining of a program for co-operation with the State in the erection of such an ar mory as Harrlsburg must have in or der to accommodate its important military units. As it looks now, ths city will have more military organizations within the next year than ever before in its history. It is expected that there will be two infantry companies of the line, the headquarters of the Eighth Regiment, and Colonel Fin ney's supply train, also one head quarters and one supply company, troop of cav,\lry. a battery of field artillery, a medical detachment and possibly a machine gun company and the supply company of Colonel Finney's train. Already several of the units are In process of organization and early in the new year the Harrlsburg com panies will be ready for Inspection and entrance into the new National Guard. For years the armory question has been uppermost in local military cir-i ties, but, so long as It was a de-: haHile question whether the build-1 ing would be located In the Capitol | Park area at the foot of Walnut! street and the Pennsylvania rall-j road, or elsewhere, no actual steps were taken. Now, that it is defi nitely understood that the armory: will not be erected IT* the Capitol j Park aone. Harrisburg will take the , necessary steps In co-operation with I the Commonwealth to provide ade-1 quate facilities for the accommoda- i Hon of the military forces here.! Other cities are taking similar ac-j tion and several are further along i than Ilarrlsburg. It is understood that the new ar-1 tnory will not only provide suitable I quarters for the military orasniza-1 tions, but will also meet a great need j through a spacious drill hall for so- j eial and other civic events. Also. ! it Is quite likely there will be set: apart in the front of the armory' 100 ms for the of the various' ex-service organizations, including the Ameriann Legion, the Spanish-1 American War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Grand Army! of the Republic. It has also been i suggested that there might very l properly be provided a room :n I which to store and display various! interesting souvenirs of the different 1 wars, portraits of officers and pho- j tographs of local organizations. There is great Interest in the ar mory movement and no one doubts that the city will generously co-oper ate with the State in making the building a credit to Harrisburg and a model for all other cities and towns. The old armory at Second and Forster streets has long since ceased to be large enough for the growing military family of this city and the Chamber of Commerce, through the joint committee, com posed of military officers and mem bers of the Chamber, is leading the movement for adequate facilities for our representatives in the National Guard. Altoona Newspapers to Combine in Order to Meet Rising Costs of Printing Special to the Telegraph tlfnoan. Pa.. Dec. 30.—The Altoona rimes and Tribune, two of the oldest newspapers In this part of Pennsyl \anta. will be combined under the title, the Times-Tribune and the first • ssue will be published on New Year's Day. Both are morning papers. The rising cost and scarcity of white paper, together with the tremendous Increase of every cost entering into he publication of newspapers, are tlven as the reasons. Both newspapers nave had long and prosperous careers nd the combination is the result of i conference of the owners who found Lhe only way to exist under the new -onditions would be to unite. W. H. ■hhwartz, editor of the Tribune, will ne editor of the united publications COLLECTS ALL TAX City Treasurer-elect Harry F. Oves, to-day completed the collec tion of all 19)6 tax and announced that it will not be necessary to file any liens against properties for fail ure of owners to pay taxes for that year. This is the first time in the history of the city that a treasurer lias been able to settle every account. Mr. Oves was city treasurer in 1916 and 1917. I THE WEATHER] Harrtshnrg mud Vletaltyi Fair )•- alght and probably Wednesday, Nat mark change la tempera tare. laweat ta-alght ahoat 23 degree*. Kaatern Pennsylvania! Fair ta alght and probably Wednesday. Nat mark change In tempera tare. Strang northwest winds. Riven The Susquehanna river and all Its branches will fall slats - ly ar remain statlanary with lit tle change la lee cnadltlans. * stage of it bent t! feet lee read ing. la Indicated for Harrisburg Wednesday marnlng. Why, William! Where Did You Come From? JUST DUOPI'KI) IX TO HEI.P OUT AROUND THE KITCHEN. SAVINGS AT COUNTY PRISON MAKE UP FOR REVENUE LOST WHEN LIQUOR WAS OUTLA WED Prisons Costs Are Cut Deeply When City Is "Dry" THOUSANDS TO BE RETURNED Extensive changes in the man agement of the Dauphin county prison were decided upon to-day by the Board of Prison Inspectors, all brought about by the passing of in toxicating liquor and the big de crease in the number of persons in custody for violating th law. L'pon deciding to grant all em ployes, from Warden John J. Har gest down, an increase of |lO a month beginning January 1, the in spectors decided that in the future all paid employes will furnish their own board. In the future food will be prepared in the jail only for the prisoners. This change will save the county much money, the inspectors said. In the past it had been cus tomary to permit prisoners who act ed as runners and in other similar capacity to eat with the paid em ployes. After January 1 all pris oners will be given the same meals, regardless of whether they are em ployed in doing work at the jail or not. To Buy Bread The inspectors also decided that after January 1 they will purchase bread under contract awarded after competitive bidding. The big de crease in the number of prisoners is responsible, the board finding that with an average of about seventy five inmates daily It will be chcapet to buy bread than to keep up the bakery, purchasing flour, fuel and other commodities needed to make the bread at the advancing market [ Continued on Page .] City and County Will Confer on Joint Building A conference of the board of coun ty commissioners and City Council is expected in the near future to discuss the advisability of remodel ing the present courthouse and building an addition to it, or the erection of a joint city and county building.' It is believed that after this conference some definite action may be taken and un architect will be employed to submit pluiis. W. L.' Stoddard. It waa said, associated with ft Hnrrlsburg urchltect, may be selected for this purpose. Mr. Stoddard was one of the architects of the Penn-Harris Hotel. Red Necktie Precursor of Crepe By Associated Press Reading, Pa., Dec. 30. —Officers have been working day and night following clues as to the selling of denatured alco hol for beverage purposes, and there are rumors that the man who is actually mixing the stuff and handing it to the retailers is known and that a net of evidence is being worked around him. The fact that one man who died got the stuff at the hotel of a woman who was arrested was simply a matter of chance. The goods, it is claimed, was only sold to those who wore red neckties; that that was the sign of open sesaipe as far as the cork in the bottle was concerned, and that man wore a red necktie. SEEK "WHISKY" MADE FROM TOILET WATER Physicians Warn Against Beverage Made From Denatured Alcohol, Because of Carbolic Acid Used in Manufac ture; Use Prune Juice to Secure Proper Color Concoctions made from perfumes, colognes, bay rum, dena tured and wood alcohol and used for beverages are causing more or less uneasiness among Harrisburg physicians and police, it was learned to-day. Xo evidence of a beverage made of wood alcohol has been found by either police or physicians, but the fear was expressed that deaths may occur from the drinking of other poisons. Add Prune Juice i Bootleggers and dipsomaniacs " have learned that colognes and toilet waters left stand • .ncorked will lose most of their scents. The product then is darkened by adding a little prune juice and water. Prune ! juice added to denatured alcohol i also makes a drink that resembles whisky. Druggists have joined hands with | the police in guarding the sale of j denatured alcohol and toilet prepa | rations, but a source of supply Is : said to be open to the underworld. Thg poison used to denature grain alcohol is not nearly so deadly as the alcohol made from wood pulp, but its use as a drink, physicians say. will certainly lead to illness and possibly death. Denatured alcohol Is made from ! grain und made unfit for beverage 1 purposes by adding carbolic acid or some similar poison. Men who drink It will not die as quickly as those who used wood alcohol hut the ac tion of the poison added in the manufacture is said to be none the [ less dangerous. Police Chief Wetzel to-da.v an i nounced that the city's police hara been instructed to keep a sharp ! watch for bootleggers. He also is sued a warning to drinking men not to accept beverages from people who may have concocted some deadly stuff from poisons and colored it to fool the sense of sight. James Foust. chief of the Fo6d Bureau of the State Department of Agriculture, to-day received a com munication from Deo A. Crossen, who has been detailed by the Fed eral government to .enforce the pro hibition amendment after January 16. Mr. Crossen accepts an offer made by Foust to make use of State food agents in running down the makers of illegal beverages. DEATH FOIXOWK BLINDXESS . Wast on. Pa.. Dec. SO.—John Ma latti, aged 47 years, died last, night in a local hospital from the effects of bad whisky. He became blind two hours before he died. Malatti drank with Joseph Zimmer, a local shoe merchant, who died on Sun day, some of the rum which they declared they bought 'rom Peter Caseila and wife, who are under ar rest. BOROUGHS MUST TAKE FIRST STEP ! FOR ANNEXATION Plan Is to Bring Harrisburg's i Population I'p to 125,000 ' ! THE CITY INVITES ACTION ' Final Decision Is Said to Best With Taxpayers of Each Community The campaign for a Greater liar- I risburg was given impetus to-day j with the statement issued from the: offices of the Harrisburg Chamber J of Commerce as u reminder to resi- j dents of contiguous boroughs and j territories that any action toward: incorporating such boroughs and ter- ] ritories into the limits of the city j must be initiated by their residents | themselves. The Chamber of Com-j merce is fostering a campaign td i increase the population of Harris-j burg to 125,000 through the annexa- i tion of surrounding communities. "The city of Harrisburg can only ( extend the invitation, and receive j j those boroughs which accept. It can- j not go out and bring theni in, but: I has opened wide the door for their ■ acceptance," said K. J. Stackpole,. president of the Chamber, in answer | to queries as to what progress is be- j ing made on the Greater Harrisburg | project. Many Inquiries Made A number of inquiries have been; received at the Chamber offices as: to what the city has done to increase . its boundaries and population. The Greater Harrisburg project has as i its goal the annexation of such popu- j lous and prosperous adjacent com- . munities as Steelton, Puxtang, Pen- > brook. Pleasant View and contiguous j township areas. Steelton and Paxtang are tame- [ diate by adjacent, while Penbrook, | Rockville and other nearby towns j may be annexed when the interven- i ing territories also have been , brought into the city limits, as in the j case of Riverside. Review by Courts Boroughs, such as Penbrook and ; steelton, may be annexed to the city j : when three-fifths of the taxable citi-j i zens of the borough have petitioned i their council that they desire an- 1 1 ncxation to Harrisburg, upon recetpt | i of which petition the town council j ! may pass an ordnance requesting the j j Harrisburg council to annex the bor- | lough. The Harrisburg council, may ithen annex the borough by ordi- I nance, which ordinance becomes ef- | > fective ten days after enactment un- < i less an appeal is taken. In ease of j ! such an appeal, the court investi- ; 1 gates to determine if all the steps. j have been taken in conformity with | 1 the law. When this is determined, I I annexation is accomplished. Routine For Townships In the case of a township, the peti tion of three-fifths of the taxable citizens is presented directly to the Harrisburg council. In the case of a part of a township annexation, the petition is presented directly to the Harrisburg council, along with a plot of the part of the township de siring annexation. Where a contiguous territory not exceeding one hundred acres desires annexation the majority of taxable citizens may present a signed peti tion accompanied bar a resolution of city council endorsing the petition, to the quarter sessions court request ing annexation to the city, and the court appoints three viewers to in vestigate the facts set forth in the petition, after which investigation the court grants the petition. In the agitation for a Greater Har risburg it has been pointed out that both the city and the annexed terri tories will be greatly benefited, through improvements accruing to the'territories thus joining the city, and the increased standing of the oity through its ranking with cities of larger size. But it must be borne in mind that the initiative rests with the territory to be annexed and not with the city. Reporters Locate Woman Wanted For Murder; She Will Give Herself Up By Associated Press Chicago. Dec. 30. Cecil Beatrice Vester, fur whose arrest on a charge of having murdered .1. Stanley Brown at Mount Clemens. Mich., a warrant was taken out yesterday, has been lo cated by reporters snd will surrender to Mount Clemens authorities some time to-day, the Herald and Examiner announced to-day. Mrs. Vester denied that she was implicated in the killing of Brown. The newspaper recently solved two murder mysteries. The newspapers did not reveal the whereabouts of Mrs. Vester. but said that her trail was picked up in Chi cago, and that - she was with her grandmother when found. Senator Cummins Says Railroad Agreement Will Be Reached Next Week By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 30.—Labor, rate making and regional consolidation provisions of the Esch and Cummins railroad bills, the three principal points of difference between House ! and Sejate conferences will not he reached before next week. Senator Cummins said to-day. No session will be held Thursday, New Tear's day. Car service sections of the bills we L> considered to-day with the conferees agreed on government su pervision of car distribution- to ship pers and undertaking to iron out only administrative differences. WOMEN ASK HUBBIES j TO GO TO MARKET H. C. of L. Might Get a Death- Blow, Wives Believe, if Fi-! nancial Head of the Family j Learns For Himself Just How Expensive Foods Are | SOME WIVES ARE A BIT DUBIOUS OVER THE PLAN Man Who Buys a Cabbage For Lettuce Will Hardly Go Into a Death Grapple With High Price, Hints One Woman "Husbands would need centuries, !or at least generations of training ! before they would be capable of do i ing the marketing for the family." | This is what Mrs. A. Carson | Stanim. 333 South Thirteenth street, i said when asked to comment on the dispatch from Illinois, which an • nounced that 400,000 women of that : state would attempt to lower the 1 H. C. of L, by sending their men to | market. The western women claim 1 that husbands know nothing at all [ about current expenses and need I first-hand information, so that the ] family budget may be readjusted. Men Good Buyers Mrs. William Henderson, 23 North • Front street, said that from her ob : aei vation there are more husbands ! who do the family marketing in liar | risburg than wives. Mrs. llender -1 son is of the opinion that in the j Chestnut street market at least, the ' men are in the majority and that ! they have quite as much marketing ability as the women. I Mrs. E. S. Herman. 2025 North ' Front street, said that in Broad street market there are very few men who do the family buying. Male Extravagance ! "I do not think that the men are I very good buyers," said Mrs. Her ! man, "as they are inclined to be ex ; travagant. They buy quantities of j goods which are more than needed, . and accordingly wasted. | "And there are also many men [ who don't know what to buy when j they see it. For example, I know a i certain young husband who returned | from market rejoicing in the fact l that he had brought his wife a fine i head of lettuce, and so cheap, too! - He presented it to his better half | with a flourish and was astonished Ito see her roar with laughter, lie | liad brought home a head of j cabbage!" Kittle Would Bo Gained Mrs. A. Carson Stamm thought that there was very little to be gain ed by sending the men to market and quite a bit to be lost. "Very many men go to market with a certain sum of money, and when that is spent they come home regardless of the fact that they might have bought huge quantities of stuff that will last for months, and totally neglected the immediate needs of the table. "Personally I think that the men will need years of training before they will be worth anything at all as marketers." City Officials and C. of C. Committee Discuss Plans For Comfort Station Mayor-elect George A. Hoverter, i members of Council and the Com [ mittee of Public Affairs of the Har j i isburg Chamber of Commerce, held I a conference at noon to-day in the | Harrisburg Club to consider the con struction of a public comfort station. [ A. Carson Stamni. chairman of the , committee, presided. Practically all the members and City Solicitor John K. Fox, E. J. Stackpole, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Warren it. Jackson, secretary, were present. As a result of the conference a resolution was adopted by the com mittee expressing confidence in the ability of the city officials to reach a proper conclusion with the board of county commissioners. Under a recent act the county commissioners are authorized to join with the city in the erection of a public comfort station. While there was some discussion of a site no action was taken on this question. As a result of the con ference to-day it is expected that final action will be taken in the near future to provide this much-discuss ed convenience for the city. HOVERTER RESIGNS ALDERMANIC POST Mayor-elect George A. Hoverter to-duy tendered to Governor William ('. Sprout his resignation as alder man of the Ninth ward, effective Sat urday, January 3. On Monday morning he will take the oath of office as the city's chief executive. Mr. Hoverter was re-elected to serve as alderman until January, 1922. TWO INCHES OF SNOW Almost two Inches of snow fell In the city during the morning, but by early afternoon, although the sky was still overcast the flakes stopped falling. Little change in temperature was recorded during the day. FIGURES OUT HIS DEATH TO MINUTE By Associated Press Hurncll, N. Y., Dee. 30.—Henry A. Pratt, a prominent retired businessman, called his niece to hla bedside early this morning and dictated a notice of his death for the local newspapers, giving 8.45 o'clock the hour of his death. Promptly to the minute he passed away. He was 86 years old and had been in poor health for some til /i. He had previously picked out his own coffin and arranged with the undertaker to conduct the service. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Husbands will be nskcil io I do tile buying for one week in order to familiarize them selves with the *>st of food and influence tliem to aid in offering helpful sugges tions. This is the idea put forward to-day by 400,000 women mem bers of an Illinois organization. Some Ilarrisburg women believe the plan is a good one and will give it a tryout by sending their husbands lo market to-morrow. Other wives frankly regard the head of the house as being utter ly unfit to perform this import ant mission. What do you think'.' FFRST SUIT IN LIQUOR DEATHS | AGAINST ROSE i Hartford II ole I Proprietor i Sued by Widow Whose Husband Was Victim Hartford, Conn., Dee. 30.—The [ first move in a civil action as a re ! suit of the thirteen deaths here (.from drinking poisonous "whisky" ; was taken yesterday when a suit for j damages of {25,000 was brought j against Frank Rose, one of the sa loonkeepers under arrest here 'charged with murder in connection ! with the sale of wood alcohol liquor. | The suit was filed by Mrs. Ivscnia Charkovitcli, widow of Antony j Charkovitcli, who died last Friday I from the effects of liquor alleged to have been purchased in Rose's sa | loon. The action is returnable at I the February term of the Superior i Court here. Cliicopeo. Mass., Dec. 30.—Five I men held in New Haven in connec [Continued on Page 6.] i FATAL TO PHILDELPHIA MAN Philadelphia. Andrew Wuczwski aged 43, was ! found dead to-day, after drinking a concoction believed j ;, to contain wood alcohol. TRYING TO BREAK MAIL FLYING RECORD ! Cleveland. Max Miller, Cleveland mail pilot, left ® j • here shortly after 11 o'clock with 995 pounds of mail ■ I for New York in an effort to break the non-stop airplane • (flight Cleveland-to-New York record for 3 hours and 31 minutes, I ■ NO TRACE OF ESCAPED MURDERER Wilmington. Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon not the slightest clue had been found of Lemuel Price, negro, 1 I who escaped frcm the county workhouse, where he was | awaiting execution January 9 fpr the murder of a poli S COAL OPERATORS PREPARE INFORMATION J Chicago. Coal operators of the central competitive J field, including Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Western Penn- 1 ( syh a:u.i, tc-day completed plans to gather and lay before 1 ' President Wilson's coal commission full information re- ' gard'x.g their industry. ' - .*4 'l"■ EY LEAVES FOR NEW YORK TO-NIGHT a Washington. Viscount Grey; British ambassador ; to the United States, leaves to-night for New York, ■ where, on Saturday, he will take passage for home, . 1 ' to report to his governmriat. He will not see President V, ils .n before his departure, ' | POLES HAVE ARMY ALONG RUSSIAN FRONTIER I Rome. Poland has her entire army marshalled along the Russian frontier to form a barrier against the I i f Bolshevism, according to an interview ~ .t. _ archbishop of Warsaw. I MARRIAGE LICENSES — 3 Hart A. gmnlrj, HarrUbara. and Dora Ra'r, Dltrltoai William H | Jnrdaa and Jranlr Plk, Hnrrinlinrat Martla Urn, State Ctlkat. I and Mary Parka, Clalrtoni Jamn R. MrMaaamy tad Helta Cnok.l I Harrlabars; Mamnrl S. Frarbllek aad Mary E. WHatr. Harrlabnrs. TREATY MAY GO INTO EFFECT BY JANUARY THIRD Hopes Again Raised in Su preme Council For Early Ex change of Ratifications GERMANS READY TO SIGN i Will Ratify Protocol Without Waiting For Verification of Tonnage Asked Paris. Dec. 30. —Hopes have again | been raised in Supreme Council cir j cles of an eurly exchange of ratifi ! cations of the Treaty of Versailles. | The end of the first week in January |is given now as the probable date j when the Treaty will be put into ef- I feet. j This prospect springs from the conversation held yesterday between | Paul Dutasta, general secretary of j the Peace Conference, and Baron j Kurt Von Lorsner, head of the Ger- I man mission here. It was said to i day that the chances were consider ! Ed good that the Germans would de | eide to sign the protocol notwith ' standing the subject of negotiations without waiting for verification of | the figures on harbor tonnage de ; manded as reparation for the sink i ing of the German ships at Scapa i Flow. It is explained that the Supreme ' Council will satisfy Germany's de ' motid for a more specific declaration ' on the reduction of the tonnage ask ' ed for. through affixing to the pro i toeol the text of M. Dutusta's verbal j declaration to Baron Von Leraner on j the subject. Seven Pennsy Employes join Honor Roll Tomorrow; Have Reached Age Limit ! Under the age limit rule seven em - | ployes of the Pennsylvania railroad | will end their official duties to-rnor ! row and their names go on the honor roll. Henry K. Linville, George 1.. Missimer, Edgar J. Seibert. shop men; Daniel Sornberger. shifter con ductor. and John Hiller, assistant to master carpenter, of this city; John Kobler. shifter engineer, Steelton; John Wolf, Columbia, stationery En gineer. •