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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
Silk Stockings

Silk Stockings work g+ Tsief 2fd I Black or white are the proper sha cOlors most in demand this spring.
 Some remarkably at Interest 'ra''h'e S'ocAlngs are Ill for you black with white clock
 inos .nd ,,bi4o III Candle Liz es in rhym
 "Aesop's Fla are $2.OO to $35O ed Very satisfactory lines "Fairy Ta in black and white, from Love all 'n
 found i
 $100up
 "The PIaytil For children and infants vorite rhym Little Bop
 From, Tom 1lgS' very nlce quahCy' Son. 75, 85 cts $1.OO and S1.25 ..Baa! Baai Cashmere stockings. One hundred all sizes, 59 cts a pair Birds and Socks for children, boy wou plain co1ors with fancy There are woven tops, of birds, tn 35, 39, 50 and 59 cts and haunts.
 Main floor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15
U)e D D Read co <sEahiaheof 1851
 Store closes daily at o'clock
Store closes daily at 6 o'clock

These graceful Wraps and Capes in Wool comed by all women because they are so prac- tical. For the one-piece dress of taffeta, satin or crepe they are ideal. For the summer frock of voile or organdie nothing could be better be- cause they slip on without mussing the dress Interesting models now in stock.
 Models with vestees, be1ted panels scarf collar and full shoulders
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-04-15

Second floor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
SHOES TO REMAIN
HIGH IN PRICE
FOR THREE YEARS
Retailer Hopes to See Break
Come Before Time Set
by Manufacturer

Shoe prices will not drop for two
or three years.
This is the opinion expressed to-
day by Robert E. Cahill, general
manager of the Harrisburg Shoe
Manufacturing Company.
Leathers will continue high and
shoes will naturally remain at a high
figure for some time, Mr.. Cahill said.
His statement was made in answer
to the newspaper dispatch from
Boston to the effect that leather
dealers and shoe manufacturers, in
an investigation into the high cost
shoe prices would drop, probably
within a year.
Disagree on Points
Mr.. Cahill emphatically does not
agree with their statement. Prices
will go still higher than they now
are, according to him. Statesmen are
already getting on the road with
their spring stock and prices for
these will be approximately one
third higher than they now are, he
says.
Some city dealers. are not so pes
simistic as to the outlook, as is Mr..
Cahill. One dealer said that he
looked for the apex of shoe prices
10 De TeaCneu next spring. Inc
prices, according to his opinion, will
remain about the same figure until
fall when a drop will come, accord
ing to his belief.
No Break in Sight
The break in leather and shoe
prices is not definitely in sight, ac-
cording to this dealer. Dealers will
order approximately 10 per cent. of
their spring and summer stock within
the next few weeks and any break,
if it were to come, would reduce
the price of shoes but slightly. A
break in the leather market this fall,
the dealer said, would cause a slight
drop in spring and summer sales of
next summer, with a more decided
drop in the fall stock. He is not
too optimistic however, that a break
will come before fall.
Local dealers said they were un-
able to give an explanation of the
trade journal advertisement which
told of high grade shoes for sale to
export trade at prices so per cent
lower than wholesale prices at home
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
SEES DANGER OF
MALNUTRITION

Malnutrition will be the effect
of the continued high cost of liv-
ing, DR.. j. NJ. j. Raunick, city
health officer, warned to-day in
discussing the soaring prices of
necessary table commodities.
Defective development, espe-
cially among babies and children,
and tuberculosis are results of in
sufficient and improper food, the
health official said. Failure of
families to have proper foods will
be due to the high cost of sup
plies, unless something is done to
bring down the prices soon, he
predicted.
Essential foods, such as milk,
butter, eggs, bread, sugar and
common vegetables, are being
used less each day, because of the
prevailing high prices. These are
the foods needed most, DR.. Rau-
nick said, and when they are de-
MED any person because of pro-
hibitive prices the situation from
a public health NEwpoint be-
comes more serious.
I'VE must do everything we
can to prevent any outbreak of
a serious infectious disease" DR..
Raunick SAID. These break out
and spread quickly among the un-
dernourished."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
FOILED BY BANK
TELLER, ROBBER
SHOOTS HIMSELF
Hold-Up Man Turns Pistol on
Self After Firing at Wash
ington Bank Employe
S150,000 WAS DEMANDED
Show Is Made of Counting Out
Money, Then Drop Behind
Counter Brings Safety
By Associated Press.

Washington, Aug. ia holdup
man, entering the banking room of
the Munsey Trust Company in the
heart of Pennsylvania avenue sec
ton to-day, pointed two pistols st
a teller, demanded $150,OOO and
then after firing one shot at a clerk,
turned pistol on himself. He shot
himself in the jaw and was taken
to a hospital.
Two money orders issued at De-
fiance and Toledo, Ohio, were found
in the holdup mans clothing.
When he demanded the money, the
teller first making n show of count
ing bills, then dropped behind his
counter as the robber fired n bullet
that pierced the coat of a clerk
nearby. The bullet the robber Ill
tended for himself went through his
jaw and then shattered a plate glass
window. The scene of the attempt
ed robbery was within 500 feet Uf
police headquarters.
Lots of Money in Capital
The man told the police his name
was John +. Fetzer, of 116 East
street, Defiance, Ohio, and that his
uncle, Charles r. Fetzer, at the
same address, could tell why he
couldn't get ahead" The man is
mechanic, "a years old. He came
here to-day from New York.
The man told the police he picked
out Washington because he under
stood there were plenty of money IN
the capital and that a holdup was
easy. The hospital physicians said
he probably would recover. He said
he previously had been in a De-
troit Hospital suffering from all
electric shock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
Cured Meats to Be
Sold by City Are
Freshly Packed

Government food will be placed on
sale in Harrisburg Friday morning.
Equal quantities will be placed at
each of the eleven fire houses. The
sales will start at o'clock. Fifteen
minutes before the sale the fire bells
will ring. The location of the fire
houses and the chairmen in charge
include the following:
Friendship No. /. Third and Cherry
streets, j. w. Rodenhaver.
Hope, No. 2, Second below North
street, Edward Halbert.
Paxton, No. 6, Second near Vine
street, Dewitt A. Fry.
Good VIII, No. Z, Calder and Sixth
streets. Captain Richard Robinson,
and w. r. McNair, 311 Cumberland
street.
Mount Pleasant, No. s, Thirteenth
and Howard streets. William Hoer-
ner.
Susquehanna Hose Company No. 8,
South Cameron street, Harry f.
Sheesley.
Reilly Hose, No. 10, Fourth and
Dauphin streets. J. w. DeChant.
Shamrock. No. IL, Fifteenth and
Herr street, ]. C. Orr, Leo Luttinger.
Allison. No. ~. Fourteenth and Kit
tatinny streets. Captain George
Drake. and ]. A. Good, PALS Jeffer-
son street.
Royal, No. IA, Twenty-first and Der
ry streets. John Houck.
Camp Curtin, No. 13.- Sixth and
Ross streets, Herman H. Hahn.
To Name Assistants
Each chairman will name as many
assistants as he needs. At a meeting
yesterday afternoon the various de-
tails were threshed out and instruc-
tions given. Goods will be delivered
to-day and tomorrow. The ar
rangement at each fire house will be
made to accommodate purchasers.
There must be no rusninE. Each ar
ticle offered for sale will be in charge
of two or more statesmen. Cash must
be paid promptly on each purchase.
The general committee will make
hourly trips over the city and aid in
any way their services may be needed.
The goods will remain on sale until
all have been sold.
The committee recommends these
goods to the people of Harrisburg
The prices are lower than asked in
other cities. There will be no goods
exchanged. Buyers must bring bas-
kets or express wagons If they con-
template purchasing the limit permit
ted each purchaser. The goods are
on sale through the efforts of the
municipal authorities and will be sold
to consumers only.
Purchases Limited
The prices mentioned above will
prevail. Each purchaser will be
limited to six cans each of the vege-
tables, six cans of corned beef, ano
one can of bacon. There will be nc
deliveries. Each can of bacon will
weight IL pounds net and will be sold
at S4.25 per can. This bacon is in
three of four pieces and is wrapped
and after the can is opened may be
kept for a long time, the same as any
other bacon.
The corned beef will be sold in cans
of IL ounces each and is this years
packing, the same as the bacon and
roast beef. the vegetables will be in
l9-ounce cans, known as family size
and will include peas, corn and to-
matoes. All canned goods are OF
standard brands and labeled, except
the roast beef which is stamped on
the can.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
KNOCKS OWN
SUGAR PRICE

Uniontown, Pa, Aug. 13.-A
local dealer in an advertisemen
on the front page of a newspaper
places sugar on the market at Is
cents a pound and scores the
price as outrageous. The adver-
tisement reads:
''It takes the joy out of life
and sweetness from the sugar to
announce a price of Is cents a
pound. We have 5000 pounds
to distribute at this price. The
sugar cost us a little over IA
cents. Our books are open to
you. You may see where we
bought 1t, so you may know that
the profit we are making does not
even justify the handling. We
regret the necessity of being
forced to sell sugar at such an
outrageous price"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
Donald Mccormick Calls
Together Food Committee

Donald Mccormick, county food
administrator has received a tele-
gram from Howard Heinz, State
food administrator, asking him to
form a fair price committee in the
county to look into the food propo-
sition here.
Mr.. Mccormick has accordingly
called together a committee, the per-
sonnel of which has not yet been
made public and this committee met
this afternoon at two o'clock at the
Offices of the Chamber of Commerce.
The only information Mr.. McCor-
mick would Vouchsafe was that his
committee would be composed of a
retail grocer, a retail merchant, a
retail producer, n housewife of this
city. wholesaler and a newspaper
man.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
Growers Forced to
Take Home Much
of Produce

Farmers and truck growers to-
day were frankly disappointed over
conditions in the local markets. De-
mands for produce fell off so much
great quantities of fresh green
goods, vegetables and fruits re-
mained on the stalls after the mar
kets closed.
Much of this will spoil, the farm
ers said. Many of them said they
have neither the time nor the
means of wholesaling it. Some of it
cannot be held until Saturdays mar
ket.
Prices averaged the same this
morning as in the markets of last
Saturday. Tomatoes, however, were
cheaper because of the advance in
the season.
Ordinance Observed
City officials who visited the mar
kethouses to see that the new anti
forestalling ordinance was not vio-
lated, declared that the measure was
working smoothly. There was no
evidence of price-tiXing, it was said.
Several of the larger growers de-
clared that the recent campaign
carried on throughout tn city is
having a bad effect. Consumers are
afraid of being cheated and refuse
to pay honest prices, according to
their version of the situation. They
are of the opinion that conditions
such as prevail will tend to raise
rather than decrease prices in the
end.
The following prices were quoted
as the average for first class pro-
duce:
Celery, 10 cents; cabbage, 3 to
10 cents; tomatoes, 10 cents a quar-
ter, 60 cents a basket; beets, cents
a bunch; carrots, cents or three
for 10; parsley, five cents or three
for ten; potatoes, 1S cents a quar-
ter or 35 cents a half; peaches, Is,
20 and 25 cents quarter; rs cents.
81, $1.25 a basket; apples, Is and
25 cents a quarter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
Police Recover Auto
Stolen From DR.. Hassler

Charged with stealing the auto
mobile of City Commissioner S. f.
Hassler, yesterday, a youth giving
his name as Watson Taber, of this
city, was arrested early this morn
ing at Hagerstown, Md. Police have
no knowledge of such a person and
the name is not in the city directory.
Taber, who told Hagerstown of
ficials that he is eighteen years old,
Will be brought to this city some
time to-day. He will be given a
nearing in police court tomorrow
afternoon.
The Hassler car was taken from
Island Park last evening during the
progress of the big pageant of the
War Camp Community Service
there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
ECONOMY ALREADY is
STRETCHED TO LIMIT
Honest Dealing and Fair Adjustment of Prices Urged by
Housewives Only Means to Keep Cost of Living
Within the Bounds of Reason

Harrisburg women declared futil
Di- ector julius II. Barnes, that the
housewives of our country go back
to the wartime habits of economy
in an effort to reduce the high cost
of living. They claim that there is
sufficient food in this country if only
the officials will force the hoarders
to put it on the market at reasonable
prices.
Many who read the request this
morning were indignant and declar-
ed that something should be done
Immediately. AS one housewife put
it: 1T would seem that we have
sacrificed enough during the war,
without allowing food profiteers to
keep the food from the markets un-
til it rots, in order to boost up the
price. One or two criminal prose-
cutions would be excellent things to
teach some of them a lesson
II can see no reason why we
should go back to our close econ
omy," said Mrs. Herman Astrich,
this morning, "since 1 do not think
that there are many people to-day
who are not keeping about as close
to the line as they can anyway. 1t
does not seem right to me that
families should do without those
things of which they were deprived
during the war; the food hoarders
are the only ones to profit from
that. They will only continue to
hold their food a little longer i'll
order to get a little better price
from it. The recent announcement
that thousands of pounds of food
which had boone rotten from long
storage had been thrown away ought
to be enough to rouse the officials
to action"
Mrs. Herman p. Miller expressed
the same sentiments and felt that
there was no call for the request
of the wheat director. "Our people
are being quite as economical as it
is possible to be-" said Mrs. Miller,
and we should not be asked to
make further @Scrifices. If the Gov
ernment will only take action against
these men who are making intoler-
able the food conditions by continu-
ing to hoard it away when there is
crying need for it, the situation
would be considerably alleviated.
These expression sum up the opinion
or many other women. It was said
that some extravaganza can be
found, but that recklessness is by
no means the rule.
Dispatches from Philadelphia in
dicate that much the same response
has been made in that city to the
demand of the wheat director, and
it is not expected that Mr. Barnes
request is going to be very extensive
ly compiled with.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
Public Opinion Forces
Local Excursion Rate

Beginning tomorrow and con-
tinuing until the last Thursday of
this month, excursion tickets from
Harrisburg to Atlantic City will be
sold for $6.4S, return trip. This is
more than SO under the former rate
which was attacked in the news
columns of the Harrisburg Tele-
graph as being unfair. Heretofore
surrounding towns had the benefit
of the cheap 16-day excursion. The
new order was promulgated to-day
by the Federal Railway Administra-
ton,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
Rioters and Deputies
Battle in Strike Clash

Peoria, ILL.,. Aug. 13. - Rioting
occurred at the plant of the Key
stone Steel and Wire Company to-
day when strikers with deputy sher-
ifs guarding the plant. More than
score of shots were exchanged and
lit was said two strike breakers were
wounded.
The fighting started when strikers
attempted. to prevent strike break
ers, said ohave been imported from
Chicago and Pohnstown, P, from
going to work. Eight hundred Key
stone employees have been out OH
strike for six weeks, demanding u
closed shop.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
FARMERS ARE UNABLE TO
SELL FRESH VEGETABLES;
BELLS TO SIGNAL SALE
PRICES AND RULES
OF FOOD SALE

This food IS recommended by
the Mayors committee and will
include meats of this years pack
ing. The terms follow:
All goods on cash and carry
system.
No purchases will be wrapped.
Have change ready.
No goods will be reserved.
No telephone orders will be
permitted.
Goods must be moved prompt
ly by purchasers.
No goods exchanged.
Firebells will ring fifteen min
utes before sale starts.
Goods will be on sale at fire.
houses, and prices will be:
Food Prices
12-pouEd can bacon, one can
to customer, $4.25.
2-pound can roast beef, Csc.
12-ounce can corned beef, six
to a customer, per can, soc.
19-ounce can corn, six cans to
a customer, per can, 10c.
19-ounce can tomatoes, six cans
to customer, per can, 10c.
19-ounce can peas, six cars to
a customer, per can, 10c.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
THE WEATHER

Harrisburg and Vicinity, Show
ers this afternoon and probnbIy
ly tonight and Thursday, MOI
much change in Temperature.
lowest tonight about 90 de-
greeS.
Eastern Pennsylvania, Showers
probably tonight and Thurs
day. Strong northeast winds,
Rivers The Susquehanna river md
all its tributaries will probably
rise somewhat as result Of
showers over the watershed.
stage of about 40 ft. is indicate
for Harrisburg Thursday morn
ing.
General Conditions; 1t Is 2 to 1s
degrees cooler In the Missouri
Valley and over the Rocky
Mountain region while over the
northern part of the country
enst of the mississippi river
there has been n general rise of
to 10 degrees in temperature,
elsewhere in the United tntes
temperature changes have been
slight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
COMMITTEE WILL
SPEED UP ACTION
ON PEACE TREATY
Foreign Relations Will Begin
Consideration of Possible
Amendments

Washington, Aug. 13.-At a stormy
session to-day the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee agreed to expedite
consideration of the Peace Treaty.
ing Democrat of the committee, was
the consideration of possible amend
ments will begin tomorrow.
Senator Hitchcock. Nebraska, rank
ing Democrat of the Committee. was
understood to have told the committee
that unless there was early commit
tee action an attempt might be made
to force a vote on the Treaty in the
Senate.
Chairman Lodge and others were
understood to have expressed assent
to the proposal to nasten the com
mittee's consideration, but Senator
Fall, Republican, New Mexico, was
CONTINUED on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
$4,000 Dozen Eggs
Held by Profteers Are
Seized by u. S. Officials

Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 13. -
Eighty-four thousand dozen eggs,
stored with the Atlantic Ice and
sacred with the Atlantic Ice and
Coal corporation here for the ac-
count of Norris and Company, Chi
cago, were seized to-day by the
cago, were siezed to-day by the
United States District Attorney.
Seizure was made under libel pro-
ceedings in the Federal court, which
charged that the eggs were unlaw-
fully stored for the purpose of un-
reasonably increasing prices.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
Harlem Division Is
Still Out on Strike

New York, Aug. 13. - While other
locals of the Federation of Railway
shopmen have returned to work,
members in the locals of the Harlem
division of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad were
still on strike to-day, and, accord
ing to railroad officials showed no
disposition to return.
No changes were announced in
the curtailed schedule of trains
running into the Grand Central
terminal from New England points.
Reports from Boston indicated that
the men will act finally as a body
and that there could be no general
return to work before Saturday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
Predict Shopmen's Strike
Will Be Quieted Down
Within Another Week
By Associated Press.

Chicago, Aug. 13. - Calling off
of the Federated Railway Shopmen's
strike in the Atlanta, Ga, district,
caused railroad officials to-day to
predict that the entire rail system of
the country would be operating at
normal within a week.
Reports from various parts of the
country to-day showed that strik-
ing shopmen were returning to
work pending settlement of their
wage demands. In the Chicago dis
trict, however, there was no break
in the ranks of the strikers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
ARMY FOODS
TAKE DROP

Dy .ISSOCidtCu IfcSS.
Washington, Aug. 13.-To meet
reductions recently made by re-
tailers, new scale of prices for
surplus foodstuffs was put into
effect to-day by the War Depart
ment. Roast beef was reduced
from $2.13 to S1.9O per six-pound
can; bacon, from 35 to 81 cents
per pound, and number three cans
of beans from II to 9 cents.
Prices on other items were re-
duced in proportion.
The Secretary of War" said
the announcement, has approved
the policy of revising War De-
partment quotations from time to
time to keep these prices below
those charged by retailers for
similar commodities"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
REBELS SCORE VICTORY
By Associated Press.

MnnnGun, Nicaragua, August 13. -
Honduran government forces, ac-
cording to reports received here, have
been defeated at Pedro Galitos, near
the Nicoraguan frontier, by revolu-
tionists under command of General
Rafael Lopez Gutierrez. The revolu-
tionists captured prisoners and arms.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF

'g hooOItutc" Z 1905
Cincinnati, o., Aug. 13.-Charles
Gruencr. AZ years old, gardener,
shot and killed his wife, Flora
probably fatally wounded his step
son, Noble Thieman, %. and then
shot and killed himself at the home
of his wife here to-day. Mrs.
Gruener had entered suit for di-
vorce and this is believed to have
been the cause of the tragedy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
HOOVER IN WARSAW

Paris, Aug. 13.-Herbert Hoover,
chairman of the Inter-Allied Relief
Organization. arrived in Warsaw
yesterday from Prague, according
to advices received here to-day. He
will leave Warsaw for Vienna on
Sunday night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
ITALIANS LEAVE MURMANSK
nsf

Rome, Aug. 13.-(Havas)-T
italian troops attached to the Allied
expeditionary force in Northern
Russia left Murmansk on August Q.
The Italian military commission ac-
companied the troops.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-13
American Steamer Is
Sinking as the Result of
Striking Mine Off Thames
Bu Associated Press.

Dover, England, Aug. 13.-The
American steamer Englewood struck
a mine off the Thames river at 7.30
o'clock this morning and sent out
a wireless message for help. The
steamer however, is in no immedi-
ate danger of sinking and tugs are
standing by. The Englewood is
making for the Thames under her
own steam. If she takes on more
water she probably will be beached
at Sheerness.
The Englewood, steamer OF g.
139 tons, left New York on July so
for Rotterdam. She was built Oh
Staten Island in 1918 for the United
State Shipping Board.
Black Deep is off the mouth OF
the Thames river and is about
twenty miles east of south end.