10 BUILD TWO GIANT LINERS Designed to Cross the Atlantic in Four Days SHIPPING BOARD'S NEW PLAN They Will Make 30 Knots And WHI Be Equipped For Use As Com- merce Destroyers In Event Of War. Washington—Two gigantic ocean Hners, larger than any ships now afloat, and designed to cross the At Jlantic in four days, are to be built by the Shipping Board. They will be 1,000 feet long and of 30 knots speed, and will be equipped for use as com- merce destroyers in the event of war. Announcement was made by the board that plans for the ships had been completed and that work on them would be started in the near future. It is proposed to provide a special terminal for them at Ford Pond Bay, Lond Island, and it may be that two similar liners will be constructed later. The ships, which are to be built under the supervision of the Navy Department, will be 50 feet longer than the famous Leviathan, now the largest boat afloat, and will have a gross tonnage of 55,000. © Their draft will be 35 feet, depth 74 feet, beam 102 feet and accommodations will be provided for 1,000 saloon passengers, 800 second-class cabin passengers and 1,200 steerage passengers. and men, and the ships will be of the oil-burning type, with a cruising radius of 7.000 miles, which will enable them to complete a round trip on the At lantic without loading They will be driven by four propellers, on which will be thrown the strength of 110,000 horsepower, In order that the converted into commerce in time of war, gun implacements will be built on the decks and the after fuel vessels may of transforming it into a landing and launching space for seaplanes. Construction of a terminal Pond Bay, Montauk Point at Fort will repre. miles, the distance being 2.878 miles as compared with New York City. Another advantage Pond Bay, the in announcement said, in New York harbor. tank Point to New York so as to care by the new liners, Other improvements necessary at Montauk Point will be seawalls and a customs house and immigration station, as well as wharves and ware houses. Next to the Leviathan, the largest ship now afloat is the 51,969 gross tons, which iz now used | PE LL Apt 1 2) ’ ml Co bons MARRIED MEN BY REGIMENTS an—— Regulars Returning to America With French Wives TWENTY THOUSAND STRONG To Enable The Soldier To Take Care Of His New Re sponsibilities—Emergency Enlistments. Washington. composed largely, Special regiments, if not entirely, of the War Department's policy, regard. ing the disposition of regulars who are returning to this country with French wives. Orders have been sent to commanding officers tion points transfer such their wives to either Fort Oglethorpe, Fort Ethan Allen, Vit. Fort Va., when they belong the to Madison Barracks, Y. in the case of infanirymen. Tentatively selected as the units which are to become the F. F. V. (Father of Families Veterans) of the military establishment are the Third Cavalary at Forts Myer and Ethan Allen, the Sixth Cavalry at Fort Ogle. thorpe, Ga., and an infantry regiment, to be named, at the New York post. The regimental commander in each instance has been instructed to provide facilities which will enable the to take care of his new re. sponsibilities. Official estimates are that 20.000 soldiers married {foreign A majority of these men were enlistments, however, and of debarka- to men and or io and brides. it is believed three regiments will be sufficient accommodate the regu | larg. Enlisted men in the staff corps! to § | ultimately will be turned over to Great Britain. knots. i tons. were formulated at a meeting of naval constructors and private builders, and to Secrétary Daniels that the construc. W. Taylor, Construction, as chairman: Homer L. Ferguson, president of the pany; Joseph W. Powell, president of the Fore River Shipbuilding Company: N. A. Neeland president of the New York Shipbuilding Company: H. G. Mull president of the Cramp Ship building Company, and W. F. Gibbs, of the International Mercantile Marine, BOOMERANG FOR HUNS. Must Deliver Stock To France For Animals Taken Away. Paris.—Germany will have to sur render to France 500 stallions, 3.000 fillies, 90,000 milch cows, 100,000 sheep and 10,000 goats, according to a report made before the French Peace Com- mission, sitting under the presidency of Rene Viviani by M. Dubois, econo mic expert for the commission, in com- menting on the peace treaty clauses. Two hundred stallions, 5,000 mares, 5,000 fillies, 50,000 cows and 40.000 heifers also are to go to Belgium from Germany. The deliveries are to be made monthly during a period of three months until completed. nv——— 800 SLAIN IN RIOTS IN EGYPT. Announcement Made Of Allenby Re port To House Of Commons. London. — Eight hundred natives were killed and 1,600 wounded during the recent disturbances in Egypt, ac cording to dispatches from Gen. E. Allonby, Cecil Harmsworth, under secretary of the Foreign Office, made this announcement in the House of ton temporarily and will be distributed i from that point to specially selected billets. PRISONERS STILL ON STRIKE. & Action May Delay Consideration Of Amnesty Claims. Washington. — Authority of the Gov: ernment will be fully maintained at' barracks, where 2.000 prisoners are on strike, Secretary Baker said. Mr. Baker expressed re the men would result in delay in con- of many claims for The demands of the strikers, reports to the War Department said, include a petition to the President asking gen- mediate return to Leavenworth of two other institution and improved sani tary conditions, YANKS AGAIN IN TOUCH. Column Cut Off In Russia Is Heard From, Viadivostok.~~A communication was re-established with the American mil itary column in the Suchan district after more than a week's interruption. The American troops, which had been clearing out the bands of Bolshevists in the Suchan Valley, suffered two men killed and 11 wounded during =a week's skirmishing. Word from the American detach. ments came when the American eruls er Albany and the British cruiser Carlisle, convojing supplies, entered America Bay, £0 miles southeast of here, and found that the American troops had seached there after their trip down the valley. a ris dio NEW HIGH RECORD FOR HOGS. Decrease In Stockyard Arrivals Re ported Responsible. Chicago.~The basis for the cost of lard, bacon and pork rose to a new record here. Live hogs were selling at $23.25 a hundred weight, as against $23 the day béfore. Decrease in the number of arrivals of hogs is the rea. son given for the new record-breaking advance of prices. ORY ENFORCENEN BILL PASSES HOUSE Vote of 287 to 100 Opponents Of The Legislation De- clare It Is Drastic Enough To invite A Presidential Veto, Wash forcement Opposing & passed by the The vote Repre The bill, d it presidential ton prohibition en ascribed by members to in finally as drastic enough vile velo, was House, taken sentative Was by igo (Democrat Missouri) to the bill had Nearly Wan recommit defeated, 285 to been 251 136, House $0 muct Repu . v ¥ rey} ¥ oa every memboer « the Tr atic i ana NE ndance ere was noise dur that b permitted to The vote apn was 2h: 10 g the nounced yolin present floor Only in the galleries The fore the House for more now gi the managers of the measure pect it li be whole on when measure, had been be than a week, but House do not ex as a ¢5 to Senate, wii aocepted 3 there Delay In The Senate. The House b for the by will be substituted now being framed Judiciary Committee, Senate leaders were doubtful ther the bill could be brought be the Senate until the German had been disposed of, ii measure the Senate whe fore treaty The prohibition enforcement bill as Alter January 26, 1920: law to have liquor in his possession, shall report quantity to the commissioners «. enue, (This applies cians, etc.) After February 1, 1820 The possession of any liquor other the ta chemists, physi be prima facie evidence that it is be ing kept for sale or otherwise in vio lation of the jaw, It will not be required, however, to report, and it will not be illegal to have in one's possession liquor in a private dwelling while the same is occupied and used by the possessor as his private dwelling, and the liquor is used for personal consumption by the owner, his family or his guests, The possessor of such liguors, how" ever, bears the burden of proof that the liquor was acquired and is pos sessed lawfully. Intoxicating liquor is defined as a beverage containing more than one. half per cent. of alcohol. Any house, boat, vehicle, or other place where liquor is manufactured or sold, Is declared a nuisance, No person shall manufacture, sell barter, give away, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish or receive any intoxicating liguors. Liquor for non-beverage purposes, and wine for sacramental use may be sold under specified regulations. Denatured alcohol, mmed.cinal prep arations (including patent medicines) unfit for beverage purposes, toilet ar ticles, flavoring extracts and vinegar are exempted. Registered physicians are author ized to issue prescriptions under strict regulations for the use of liquor in cases where it may be considered nec essary as » medicine, Liquor advertisements of all kinds are prohibited, Bale, manufacture or distribution of compounds intended for use in the un. lawful manufacture of liguor is pro hibited, together with sale or publica tion of recipes for home manufacture, $ PA. bani NATION'S CAPITAL Five Killed and Many Wounded in Race Rioting GIRLS SLAY DETECTIVES City Terrorized And Baker And March Make Tour To Lay Plans For Suppression Of Uprising. Washington.-—-Five are known to have died and a score of persons were wounded as a result of the almost in numerable race clashes here, Martial law for the whole District of Columbia may be declared, as the presence of two troops of cavalrymen and several hundred Marines and provost guards proved unequal to the task of preventing the outbreaks, which spread to the downtown sec tions of the city. While the rioting was at its height parties of negroes in automobiles rode up and down the street firing indis criminately into the erowds. Secre- tary of War Baker and General March, Staff of the Army, made tour of the city and it is generally he Heved martial Jaw will be declared. Two of the dead were members of 3 Harry Wils was shol by who second # Negroes one of the detectives, Negress, from the near southeast Opens res and streets DOETrens he gar the Second Anot from ner a house ACross al first was holding the other detective during wn afterward Thompson wounded the clash and Only uit of the one arrest made as a res k, negress who fired the first was wounded Fires One { in the hips into Street Car. "oo the Ero men killed an negro's fire pumping bullets him over the a rifle butt Another was victim was a shot in the of th heart Pennsylvania aven and a ie street, within stone's thie Immediately before this a negro rid on a motorcycle i's machine at once by from opened fire crowd. The a group of and ers whether the Marine was shot by fleecing negro or one of by rioters sold but sailors by his co vost guards and arrested Ciubbed To Death. to death by Cars Provost ware guards stationed avenue automobile negroes, who The return load of fire passed hitting any of but one shot hit a negro bystander The fighting at midnight had re largely to fighting between small groups, and in one of these en- counters a marine was roported to Although service taken part in the early TROOPS FIRE ON SOCIALISTS. Independents Form In Berlin, But Are Dispersed. Berlin Independent Socialists at tempted to form a gathering in the Lust Garten. The troops fired in the air and thea point blank into the crowd wounding two men and a wom- an. The crowd then broke up. The incident was the cause of sensational reports throughout the city but order was maintained. ROT TO SP ASA SIS ANSELL TO CONTINUE FIGHT. Will Keep Up Campaign For Revised Court-Martial System. ‘Washington. —The resignation of Col. Samuel T. Ansell, former Acting Judge-Advocate General of the Army. was accepted by Secretary Baker. will continue his fight for a radical revision of the army court-martial system, COAL PROPAGANADA CHARGED. AA AS AIS Effort To Scare People Into Buying, Says Congressman, Washington. Bituminous coal op erators are conducting “a nation-wide propaganda to frighten the people into buying coal at the present prices” Representative Huddleston, Democrat, of Alabama, declared before the Honse Rules Committee, which is con gressional investigation of the coal situation, Lack of domestic demand for coal, he sald, was due to “exior tionate” prices. PENNSYLVANIA | i STATE ITEMS | Nianntle~Harold Clemmer, eight years old, fell from the hay loft in the barn of his grandfather, Henry Frey of this place, sustaining injuries to his brain, Easton —Samuel Plaskey, place, was reprimanded by Mayor Neven for maintaining a nuisance in his home by keeping chickens in the purior, New Bloomfield. —Although pros fore are held out, the scarcity of pub iis school teschers In Perry county is more acute than ever before, New Castle~~About eighty tents have been pitched In the city park in an ocak grove, where a free Methodist campmeecting of the New Ca trict is now in progress, The campers are beating the high cost of living at least for lodging is being provide at twenty-five a ut thirty-five cents, Uniontown. —One stables houses gtle dis. cents night and house and and two remoy two were condemned ordered sadelled or ed as tof a D. i resul wo we inspec John léywers, stale marshal » will shortly resume work ington Co Her st hostital ~ : aif vi fl Allentown % More than 1000 pupils in forced ni the schools here will be go on half time when begins bec Ons, Lansford.—A heen driven through tl tween here and Haute the Pant Valley Water company for its large mains, which formerly ran through the raliroad tunnel, but, as this tunnel was often filled with gas, it was extremely dangerous to make repairs to the pipe Parryvilie. Twenty-three New sey Central freight cars were ti he next jerm nse of the lack oy Yaa 4 MMM EA mile Ig tunnel y ryt noun ia o by Jer. wreck day when an axle of one of the cars broke. All trains were despatched over Lehigh Valley railroad be tween Bethlehem and Packerton. Reading swimming in river at Kissinger's Locks, near here, found a body of & fully developed baby girl Reading Edward Z. Scholl chitegt here, has heen awarded the contract for plans for a $300,000 Ligh building at Yamaqua. Reading —Irvin F. Lessig sued the Reading Transit and Light company for $40,000 damages as result ing struck by a trolley car. Hazletog.-~This town will revive its Hallowe'en mummers’ parade, discon- tinned during the war, Altoona. Falling info a tub of water here, Annie Schrathmaer, sixteen months’ old, was drowned. Hazletou.~-The fourteenth child, a daughter, has been born to Mr. and Mrs, Walter Heckler, and all are liv. ing. Kulpmont,—Unless the Shamokin and Mount Carmel Transit company pays itz poll tax to this borough and resumes operation of its cars, idle a month through the strike, its tracks through the borough will be torn up by order of the council, Altoona. Rev, George N, Lauffer, pastor of the Sieelton Lutheran church, has received a call to the pas torate of the Second Lutheran church here, Brownsville~Thrown from a bicy ele when the handiebars broke, Dun. can Sinclair, Jr, aged fifteen, of this place, was badly injured Reading ~~Voters here are to have a chance at the fall election to vote for Improving the water system of the city, at a cost of £500,000, Danville~The Thomas Beaver Free Library, of this place, will be com- pelied to close its doors unless some financial assistance Is received. Reading.~-8ince July 1 there have been but four arrests for drunken. the Boys the shoul York Mrs. Annan Bisker, of Yoe, thiz county, has received the medal of honor eonferred on her son, Corporal { Noel Bisker, who died in France from wounds received in action, Harrisburg The public service com. mission ruled that it did not have Jurisdiction to pass upon a crossing of {a tram road operated by a local enal companyfor its own use and a public highway. The line is held to be not a public service line and the matter is | one for township supervisors, Marysville~~Rev, Robert Heim, of Loysville, recently discharged from the army service after serving for many months as a chaplain, part of the time overseas, has been elected pastor of the Blain Reformed church charge. Connellsville —~Found barely consel. ous, with a bullet wound in his chest, Fred Cortil, of Trotter, lived just long enough after being removed to the hospital to make a statement in which he accused two masked men of the shooting, York. —District Attorney C. W. A. tochow, the York county chairman for fun of Salvation Army, has received a check for £1515 from the York Manufacturing | pany, which represents tions of the home service the com- the contrib: the mect and BHICs ployes of the company. The heir ap lisa p. their ving trocu third found ti if Pay i p at Ma o 3 F wom vixen, od EE) sire suspected | Johnson fell from a brid Warren. — Burgess irg ter had members of «¢ | rested for permitting th #1 48 “ue ne hi utomobiles with. SOM. them off with a eir a | to stand on the public streets, | out lighis, and after they were moned before bh reprimand, Uniontown. the going over a transom of a local = and a bag their possession, Stanley im let Caught In act of ore having containing loo: in i inley Marker and Alfred fificen and sixteen years old, respectively, were arrested Jalinson, and are sald by the police to have con- | fessed to several recent robberies Connellsville ~When Jerome Fears of Fairchance, insisted that he was held up and robbed of $200 in Liberty bonds by a‘woman, he was Imcked up until the investigation conld be made. Chambershurg. The Chambershurg school board, at a speciak session, ef. fected a reorganization by electing W. Ralph Appenszeller, secretary: Van T. {| Paviman, treasurer, and John W. Hoke, attorney. Edward 8. Hoke re- mains president of the board, Shamokin.—~Benjamin Hirsch, a lo cal business man, is in receipt of a | most appealing letter from his aged | parents in Russia, in which they ap- peal to him for aid, declaring that (Bey are without the necessities of life. East Mauch Chunk.—~A swimming pool club has been organized here and a pool will be constructed near the atnletic park, providing privilege is given by the water company. Gibraltar—Andrew P. Smorey sued the director general of raliroads for 827.825 for the loss of one leg and injury to the other when his autome. bile was struck by a Pennsylvania rallroad train near here, New Cumberland. Citizens here are | making extensive preparations for = victory and peace celebration, so be held within a short time, Warren—Company M. P. BR. M., re crulted to fall strengih, with platoons made up from Warren and Bradford, Brownsville, — Charged with the murder of George Gats, ‘at Simpson, June 14, Joseph Tensel, of Simpson, was arrested here and lodged in the Fayette county Jail, Marietta. Michael A. Riley, a farm. ness here, and they were on the first wo dry days 4 JiSIng neat here, was badly gored by,
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