Eighty Men Trapped in Burning Building, Causing Death and Injury For Many HARRISBURG (gfim&l TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 142 SUITER'S MUfIDERER WILL PH PENALTY OF liW NEXT WEEK Will Not Ask For Hall'* Pardon After All; Execution in Jail Yard WAS CONVICTED LAST FALL Shot Victim in Steelton Street During Jealous Quarrel One week from to-morrow Pascal Hall will be hanged in tlie county jail yard for the murder of W. H. Slater. The expected final appeal to the court of last resort —the Board of Par dons of Pennsylvania—will, after all, not be asked to-morrow to intervene and the law's penalty will be paid by the youthful Steelton negro at the conclusion of the time limit allowed by the reprieve. Attorney W. J. Carter, counsel for Hall, announced to-day that the hoped-for evidence relative to Hall's hereditary insanity could not be dis covered in his home town among the South Carolina cotton fields and that consequently the application for a hearing before the Board of Pardons to morrow will be withdrawn. Hall was convicted last Fall of shooting Slater in the streets of Steel ton during a jealous quarrel. The date for his execution was set for May 26, but the date was stayed until June 2 4 so counsel could seek the hoped-for information. The counsel for the defense meant to ask for com mutation of the sentence to life im prisonment. The death warrant, which lias al re'ady been read to Hall, is still in Sheriff H. C. Wells' office, marked "Re prieved to June 24." This warrant will serve its intended purpose aftei And some time between 10 o'clock and noon of Wednesday. June 24, the trap will be sprung from beneath Hall's swaying body. OUTLINE FIGHT ON WHITE PLAGUE IN CITY AND COUNTY Discuss Plans For Combatting Tu berculosis at Meeting in Charities' headquarters The battle plan of the summer's fit-'lit against the white plague in Har risburg was outlined at a joint meet ing this afternoon of the Harrisburg brunch of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis and the Associated Charities. The meeting took place at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the rooms of the Associated Charities. A committee from the anti-tuberculosis society was present and also officials of the Charities. Invitations were also extended to Dr. C. R. Phillips, in charge of the State dispensary, and to Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, of the city health bureau. A representative from the Philadel phia headquarters of the Pennsyl vania Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis also is present and he 1 3 expected to advise the local workers as to effective means for the expendi ture of the money raised through the sale of Red Cross stamps last year. About $1,900 was raised last year through this means. I,t is planned to begin the summer enmpaign in earnest this year as early as possible and carry it on vigorously and as extensively as the funds permit. The possibility of a summer camp for sufferers is among other things to be discussed. Late News Bulletins Portland. Ore., June 16. —That disaster in sonic form lias overtaken the crew of the lmlloou Springfield. which lelt here Thursday with three other balloons in a race under the auspices of the National Aero dub. seemed certain to-day. Yesterday and last night a searrl over the Sandy river district[ where the balloon was reported seen at 180 Friday morning, proved fruitless. ul • Paris. June 16.—Several more buildings collapsed in various narts of 1 arls to-day owing- to subsidences of the soil caused hv vcstprllflv'a terrific storm and a number of. persons were Injured. The list of dead known to-day was officially stated to bo eight, but as more pcr-ons vvere reported missing. the search of the debris was continued Ma! cliinery was used to hasten the work. A ork. June 16.—W llliain Dentils, of the CUD vaclit Vnnttio tn !mir , '' n<ler,<l ' 8 I h' S,K i , " U n!' " S "'aster of the Cochran sloop" Differences over the handling of the Vanltle in the recent ra. es Is said to lie the cause ol the retirement of Captain Dennis London June 16.—James A. Do Rothschild's' Broadwood, a 4-vear old bred in the Inked States, to-day won the Ascot stakes tlie nrin/i pal race on the first day of the Royal Ascot second, and The Ouller, third. Twenty-four ran. 1 K as Gorham X. 11.. June 16.—1n a signed statement, Harry K. Thaw to-day denied a report that he was planning to leave the country 'The only place lam going Is to Pittsburgh," he said. "\s soon Is f Jwt permission I am going home to be with my family and look after by business Interests. I have no Intention whatever of going abroad \nv statement to that effect is fabricated." aoroaa. Any Washington, June 16.—President Wilson was hopeful to-day that the administration trust legislation program will be nasswl £> r™ gress may adjourn by the end of July. He uas of a conference to-day with Senator James, of Kentucky and Hie con K W,th ° tl,Cr Senators » nd 'he chairmen of work?^ Ked Bluff, Cal., June 16.—"Keep away from the crator" Is A warning that Is being given by W. J. Hushing, United States Forest supervisor, to the curious that are eager to view at clow mn«. cone of Mount I.assan. which last night was again sending foruf wlspa of steam and smoke. Another eruption is believed to be Imminent Wall Street. Closing—Union Paellle, 151% ; Clien ocako and 51V.: Dehlgh Valley, 137%: Northern Pad lie 01'4: Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul. 100; p. RR. !*r VoSrr. Y s r s.^ nt ™!> 1 93%! Cana<Han W S: BIG RIVER CmiVll TO Mil FISH OF CITY'S FRONT STEPS Details of Plan Suggested by Telegraph to Be Worked Out During Summer MANY WATCH IMPROVEMENTS Big Gangs Pushing Job to Com pletion ; Laying Sidewalk; Busy on Fill; Building Steps Scores and scores of interested peo ple spend hours along the River Front from Iron alley down town to Hamilton street in the north ern part of the city watching the erection of the "Front Steps of Harrisburg" and tl\e 14-foot concrete sidewalk at the foot of the slope. And everybody's wondering how soon the work will be done for when the big job is completed will come a great river carnival in which every body will participate. This suggesUon of The Telegraph has met with en thusiastic response and the details will be worked out this summer. The Stucker Brothers' Construction company started operations two or three weeks ago and the work is so well orgai 'zed in several gangs that splendid headway has been made uo to the present time. One gang is lay ing the sidewalk, fourteen feet wide, from Iron alley northward. Another gang is going ahead with the construc tion of the steps proper farther up the river. Still another sub-contractor is filling in the space between the steps and the slope, and from Oalder street to Hamilton and northward the build ing of the stringers and other concrete work is under way. With the same progress throughout the summer this great undertaking will be practically completed. Owing to the depth of thp water between South and Herr streets, along the pumping station, this stretch will be allowed to rest until the river reaches its lowest possible stage later in the summer when the contractors will rush their work at that point with all possible speed. STATE DEPARTMENT ASSISTING BANKERS, CHARGED IN SENATE U. S. Marines Kept at Nicaragua to Influence Election, Declares Senator Smith By Associated Press Washington. D. C., June 16. Charges that the United States kept its marines in Nicaragua to influence the recent presidential election, and that ths State Department has been acting in the interest of American bankers, contained in a resolution introduced to-day by Senator Smith, of Michigan, were referred to the Senate foreign re lations committee. The resolution charges that the [Continued on Page 7.] Honorary Degree Given Surgeon General Gorgai Princeton, N. J.. June 16. —The one hundred and sixty-seventh commence ment of Princeton University was held in Alexander Hall to-day. Degrees were given a class of 219. The honorary degree of doctor of science was conferred upon Surgeon j General William C. Gorgas, of the United States Army. John W. Beatty, director of Fine Arts in the Carnegie Institute at Pitts burgh; Judge Albert Constable, of Maryland, of Timothy Cole, artist, re ceived the honorary degree of master of arts, ,and the honorary degree of doctor of letters was conferred upon John Williams White, ex-professor of Greek in Harvard University. IMPRESSIVE SCENES .4S VETERANS CARRY COLORS FOR THE LAST TIME l jgJr < i m^o^Bm - yir $jH WBfey b tBK s Bfey *ijfe > iilf WHIB •,>";^ ; #-^H| • $ .- < >a m« fcffi^llßß&«>'Ma W«K M |WBB fBW«K wliiw <i* WL. wiP^wi«» gg«lt ■■ aSb. ■? • ... iJi^ SCENES DURING TRANSFER OF BATTLE FLAGS YESTERDAY An.™ tw left - BU^"' vors of Third Pennsylvania Cavalry with their battle flags. Before the flags were taken to their cases the men kissed the old relics. They are, left to right, H. G. Seaman, Harrisburg; John G. Taylor Chester; John Clark, Philadelphia; Dennis C. Mulhearn Mauch Chunk- MlUer Ca-rllsle; ° W Henderson. Thomas \\ . Greenwood, Reading, W. L. Saylor. Annville. Upper right F M Yeager. Reading (right), F. J. Wentz, LewUtown, (left), carrying flags of the First Defenders. Middle row, (right), on the home stretch; (left) W L. Sensendeffer Lancaster, (right). G. C. Boring (left), with flags of' the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Both men were with Sherman on MarkeT°Square rCh t0 Be,oW ' Clvil war vtiter ans passing through DIG PICTURES OF FLAG TRDNSFER WILL GO TO EXPOSITION State Engages Reels Made by the Telegraph; First Runs at Photoplay Friday Through the enterprise of the Tele graph, the thousands of persons who will visit the great Panama Exposi tion In San Francisco next, year will be able to view In moving picture form the Imposing ceremonies incident to the transfer of the Pennsylvania bat tle flags at the Capitol yesterday. [Continued on Page 10] Church Council Will Discuss Sunday Closing The question of what action the Civic Council of Churches will take !n connection with the proposed agita tion to enforce the Sunday closing laws so as to Include all cigar stores, small grocery stores and other places now open will be decided ot the meet ing to-night of the council. The committee will be Instructed to-night what action to t*ke in the matter. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1914. FINAL HONORS PAID IDLXIE. STEVEHISON IN SLOOMIN9TQN. 111. Former Vice-President Buried Fol lowing Impressive Services in Church By Associated I'ress Bloomington, 111., Juno If..—with business suspended and the city draped in mourning, Bloomington to day paid final honors to ex-Vice-Presl- [Continued on Page 10] OUTDOOR PLAY TONIGHT AT COLONIAL COUNTRY CLUB Perhaps no theatrical event has ever created more general interest than the production of "Robin Hood frnd His Merrie Men" in the open at rii? Colonial Country Club this evening. The Frank Lea Short company's pre sentatlon of "Pomander Walk" this afternoon has whetted the appetite of hundreds for the evening play. The clubhouse and grounds have been ef fectively decorated for the evening and many of the members will take din ner at the club this evening. The en tertainment is public and a large at tendance is certain. Cars overy ten minutes. Spectators Weep and Ap plaud as Aged Soldiers Carry Rattle Tattered Flags to Place of Honor in the New Capitol. Many notable events in the history of the Keystone State have been en acted In the park which slopes up to the beautiful west front of Pennsylva nia's Capitol, but it is doubtful if in the hundred years which have wit nessed official exercises on that spot any has occurred touching- In impres siveness the last scene in the transfer of the battle Hags to the rotunda of [Continued on Page 10.] TAKE LEAD FROM YACHT Gosport, Eng., June 16.—1t Is un derstood that Charles E. Nicholson, designer of Sir Thomas Lipton's Sham rock IV, purposed to remove about four tons of lead from the keel of the new challenger for the America's cup. lie thinks this will materially Increase the speed of the yacht. Property Owners Want Briggs Street Opened; Say Measure Will Pass An ordinance to authorize the open ing and grading of Briggs street from Second to Front was presented in Council this afternoon and passed on first reading. Property owners in the vicinity of j the proposed improvement who have been in touch with councilmen say they have found the members very favorable to the measure and deny the report that the measure is scheduled to be killed. A conference with the five members of City Council has been arranged for to-morrow afternoon, at which time the property owners will present their side of the controversy. They say that If the street is not placed on the city map and plans made for Its opening at this time, the eventual cost to the city will be much more than if It is done within the coming year. Wireless Message From Rotary Club Delegates Off Coast of Florida I William R. Essick, president of the Harrlsburg Rotary Club, this morning received a wireless message from John S. Musser, Howard C. Fry and Harry Bruaw, the club delegates to Houston, Texas, where the international conven tion of Rotary Clubs will be held. It was sent from tho steamship on which the delegates with their wives are bound South, and was as follows: "Oft Florida; greetings; safe; well. Signed, Bruaw, Musser, Fry." The message will be read at this evening's meeting of the Rotary Club at the School of Commerce, 15 South Second street. ( WATER METERS TO COST POLK LESS BY BOWMAN PLA Safety Commissioner Saves Citizens Money by New Buying System Reduction of from $3 to $13.50 in the prices of water meters to be in stalled in Harrisburg dwelling houses during the ensuing year were an nounced to-day by City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, superintendent of the department of public safety. Council this afternoon approved the plan by adopting a resolution offered [Continued on I'ugc 10] Kunkel Campaign Committee Files Its Expense Accounts The committee that had charge of the campaign of Judge George Kunkel which led up to his nomination as candidate for State Supreme Court Judge filed Its expense account this mo-rning. All told 98 lawyers and 101 business men contributed to the campaign fund, which amounted to $9,234.10, all of which was paid out for various pur poses outlined by the committee, leav ing a deficit to be made up to cover printing and advertising bills of $1,261.33. The feature of the report is the large number of individual contri butors, a total of 199, all but two of whom aro residents of Dauphin county and 90 per cent, of them people of Harrisburg. The contributions were I all small and ranged from $3 to SIOO. A summary of the Itemized account follows: Postage, $2,230.04; clerks, $672,06; advertising, $2,632.29; dissemination of information, $1,664.50; multigraphing $94; traveling, $172.46; stationery and office supplies. $294.33; printing, sl,- 445.28; miscellaneous, $26.14; total $9,234.10. Unpaid—Advertising, $141; printing $1,120.33; total, $1,261.33. Ninety-eight lawyers contributed $5,555 and 101 business men contri buted $3,679.10. CITIZENS AS CONSTABLE By Associated Press London, June 16. —As a means of circumventing the militant suffragette "arson squad" the county authorities throughout England have started the organization of volunteer civilian pa trols. whose first duty will be the protection of churches. The Volun teers are to be sworn in as special constables. They will be armed and .accompanied by dogs. 12 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT. FIUIM LODGING HOUSE COSTS LIVES OFSEVEN MEK Twenty Others Seriously Injured When 80 Were Trapped in Old Building FINANCIAL LOSS IS SMALL Scene of Wild Excitement as | Crazed Foreigners Attempted to Save Their Lives Py Associated Press Mllford, Mass., June 16. —Seven men were burned to death anil twenty seri ously injured when eighty persons were trapped In a burning Armenian lodginghouse here early to-day. The bodies were taken from the up per floors of the four and a half-story* brick and wooden building. In addi tion to the twenty men taken to the hospital suffering from burns or from injuries received in jumping from win dows, thirty sustained minor hurts. The interior of the building was burned out. The fire, the cause of which has not been determined, started in the dining hall on the ground floor of the struc ture, which was at the corner of West and Cherry streets. When the Hremen arrived flames were shooting through all four floors. Escape by the two narrow stairways was cut off and the only means of getting out of the build ing was by jumping from the windows. There was a scene of wild excitement as the crazed foreigners attempted to save their lives. Heat. Was Intense The building, erected more than fifty years ago, formerly was used as a. shoe factory and its timbers were im pregnated with oils. The heat was so intense that the firemen were unabla to enter and the only way they could aid the occupants was by spreading nets and blankets to catch them as they leaped from the windows. The victims were laborers and moulders employed at a manufactur ing plant in Hohedale. None of them had families. The building was owned by Peter Popalian. The financial loss is small* Woman Who Confessed She Killed Husband Is Released From Jail By Associated Press Charleston. W. Va., Jan. 16.—Mrs. Dollie McSurley, who recently walked into the sheriff's office and announced that two days before she had killed her husband and hid his body in thu cellar of their home, walked out of the county jail here to-day a free woman. The Kanawha county grand jury re fused to return an indictment against her. Mrs. McSurley declared she struck her husband with a hatchet after he tried to kill her. PARTY ACTION POII UQUOR By Associated Press Clinton, Mo.. June 16.—The liquor question can be settled only by the three branches of government—legis lative, judicial and executive—com bining for its solution, declared James H. Woertendyke, of Los Angeles, in an address at the national conference of leaders and workers of the Prohibntion party here to-day. Mr. Woertendyko declared the liquor question demanded political party action. THE WEATHER For Harrlnhurir nnd vicinity I Fair, Kllclitly cooler to-nl|[hti Wednes day fair, slightly nnrmrr. For Haxtern I'ennaylvanlni Fair, ronllonril cool to-nliclit; W filnn day fnlr, slightly nurmfri mod erate north nnd northeast winds. Tli<- Susquehannn river nnd all Ita tributaries will fall slowly or re in ti in stationary to-night nnd Wednesday. A Htntr of 1.(1 fret in indicated for Harrisburg W ednea dny morning. tienernl Conditions Under the Influence of the hitch pressure area from the North went, which now eovera the grenter part of the eounrtry east of the Itoeky Mountains with Ita eenter over the western part of the l<nke renlon, a further fall of 2 to 111 degrees In temperature has occurred at all but a few sta tions throughout the territory under Ita Influence. Temperaturei S n. m., 58. Nun i ItlneH, 4.110 a. m.| aeti, 7:3.1 p. m. Mount New moon, June 23, 10(33 a. m. nlver Staicet 1.7 feet above lotr water mark. Yesterday'* Weather IllfChent temperature, 7N. < l.oneNt temperature, 62, Mean temperature, 70. Normal temperature, 70. C.OING ON A VACATION» Don't forget to have the Telegraph sent you while you arc away. You will have plenty of time to digest its happenings. The cost is Just the same as when you are home. Six cents a week. A Postal addressed to the Circula tion Department will bring you the next issue. Our Private City This newspaper has enough readers each day to make up the population of a good sized city. To each of these readers we are a welcome visitor. We bring the news the people want to see. We come In an In timate companion. Naturally people turn to our advertising when they have a need to All. They have confidence in what our advertisers say—for we are in a certain sense the sponsor. Any business with a legitimate proposition to present will find a respectful, prosperous audi ence In our own private city.
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