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oilier Storstad Held to Blame For Em
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 163
6 KILLED. THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS LOST IN
LAST NIGHT'S STORM
Inch and a Quarter of Rain Falls
Here; Picnic Parties Stranded;
Cars Held-up
3 DROWNED IN CLOUDBURST
Crops Damaged; Barns Burned;
Wires Down; Hundreds of
Birds Killed
Rain that fell in sheets, while light
ning struck close to earth, was Har
risburg's shnre lasw night of a storm
general in Centrnl Pennsylvania that
caused loss of life and great property
damage In sections near here.
Several trees blown down and slight
injuries to properties and the striking
of a chimney at the home of John E.
Dare, Nineteenth and Regina streets,
was the extent of the storm's damage
here aside from the usual effects on
tiojley, teegrapli and telephone lines.
The lightning played close over the
city, but the crash at the Dare home,
where the whole front of the chimney
was smashed in. is the only one re
ported. There were no tires.
Six Persons Killed
But up around Scranton and in the
lower anthracite regions the storm was
much more severe. Six persons killed
and property damage estimated at
hundreds of thousands was the toll in
the Lebanon Valley and the hard coal
regions.
Three were drowned in Scranton in
a flood that followed a cloudburst; one
man was killed by lightning at Wilkes-
Barre, and two met death at Leb
anon. one when he stepped on a live
wire, the other when hit by lightning.
Two washouts on the Moosic Lake
line marooned 800 excursionists. Two
hundred miners were caught at Arch
bald. near Scranton. when a dam burst
and flooded the workings. All escaped
after wading in water up to their
shoulders.
1.21 Inches of Rain Foil
The rain began at 9 o'clock and
lasted nearly an hour. And after in
■ termlttent showers during the greater
part of the night 1.21 inches had
fallen.
Yesterday was the first mercantile
half-holiday and there were scores of
picnics and excursions, including the
big Moorhead Knitting Company trip
to Hershey and the Bowman depart
ment store picnic at Good Hope Mill,
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Woman Planned Murder
and Suicide 18 Months
Ago, Attorney Declares
By Associated Press
Portland, Ore., July 11. Mrs. Eloise
Nelms-l>cnnis. who disappeared after
writing her mother in Atlanta, Ga., that
she had killed her sister and intended
to kill slier brother, talked about such
a plan with Victor E. Innes, former as
sistant I'nited states district attorney
of Nevada, as long as a year and a half
ago, Innes said here to-dav.
He asserted that she told him on one
occasion she had tried to shoot her
self but when the revolver missed fire
three times "she rather lost her nerve."
Innes was her council in a success
ful suit for divorce which she brought
in Reno eighteen months ago. He is
now a resident of this city.
Surgeons Provide Man
With an Iron Backbone
Special to The Telegraph
Binghamton, N. Y„ Julv 11 As
the result of one of the niost remark
able surgical operations here. Frank
Harrington, aged 59. of Vestal, near
here. Will hereafter be known as the
man with iron backbone. A steel tube
jointed to make it as nearly as pos
sible like the vertebrae of the spinal
column, replaces twenty of the verte
brae, which were crushed by a fall
from a scafTold.
R.YTFS ARK HEI.n UNJUST
By Associated Press
■Washington. D. C., July 11. Class
rates on freight from Minneapolis aria
St. Paul to points as far as fiOo miles
distant on the transcontinental line of
the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
ail way in North and South Dakota
were pronounced unjust and unrea
sonable to-day bv the Interstate Com
merce Commission. '
Late News Bulletins
ENGLAND WINS AT TENNIS
Wimbledon. Kiir.. July ll.—FiiKlnnil won the first singles match
from France in their round started to-day in the competition for the
I>»ight P. f>avls International lawn tennis trophy, T. M. Mavrogordato
beating Max Germot by o—l, 7—5, ft—7.
GERMAN POET DIES
Rerlln. .Inly 11.—Prof. Julius Rodenberg, the German poet and
author, died here to-day in his 81th year.
BIG BUSINESS AT WHITE HOUSE
Washington, July ll.—President Wilson will continue next week
the conferences with business men. A group of men of large Interests
from Kansas City, Mo.. Is to be received at the White House, probably
Wednesday. In the delegation are Charles S. Kelg, R. A. I-ong and J
W. White.
MRS. CARMAN GOES OVER EVIDENCE
Mineola. X. Y., July 11.—Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, locked
up in the Nassau county jail here c harged with the murder of Mrs.
Louise Railey, was engaged to-day In going over the testimony given
at the coroner's Inquest, with her attorney, George M. Ijevy. She was
much more cheerful, having completely recovered from the collapse she
suffered the morning after her arrest.
URGE CONFIRMATIONS
Washington. July 11.—Teh-gmns and letters favoring the confirma
tion of Paul M. Warburg, of New York, and Thomas I>. Jones, of Chi
cago. as members or the Federal Reserve Board, piled in on senators
of the Ranking Commit tee'to-day from all sections of the country. Manv
caine from individual and others from organizations.
WALL CONTRACTORS
TO FILL ALL GAPS
BELOW MACLIT ST.
Pending Outcome of Interceptor
Question Work Northward
Will Not Be Rushed
$68,000 STILL ON HAND
Bond Issue of $132,000 Remain
ing May Be Floated This
Fall
Before work is begun on the con
struction of the river wall north of
Maclay street, the unfinished stretches
between that point and Iron alley on
the south, will likely be completed by
Strucker Brothers Construction Com
i pany, the contractors.
| The Board of Public Works, It is
! understood, have withheld the lines
and stakes for the continuance of the
, work on the wall above Maclay street
[tending the outcome of the contro
versy now being arbitrated between
:the city and the William Opperman
I Company, the river front interceptor
contractor,. over the sum charged for
I "extras" on the big drain.
I'ntil this question is settled the city
| will not know definitely just how much
| will he available for the completion of
'the whole river wall job and the Pax
! ton creek improvement of the sum
voted for in 1910 for the purpose.
And it is understood that Stucker
! Brothers who are now rushing work
' with much speed on tli# wall, will take
advantage of the fact that continuance
above Maclay street will be impos
sible, and will finish as much of the
improvement to Maclay street as pos
sible.
Money \vailable
Approximately $68,000 dollars is
j now available for the continuance of
jthe creek and the river wall work,
| from the sum raised by issuing the
last portion of the 1910 improvement
bonds, of thifc loaa, however. $132,-
000 remain and it may be necessary
in October to float these bonds in or
der to provide for the completion of
j the wall and creek jobs,
i Some of this sum. however, is in
j question pending the outcome of the
interceptor, controversy, for the
I amount that city will have to pay to
i the Opperman company—should the
I latter win out —will have to he paid
i for this loan. Just how much this
will reduce the $132,000 cannot be de-
I«
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NEW BATTLESHIP
! WILL USE TURBINE
| ENGINES H OIL
Nevada, Sister Ship of Oklahoma,
Launched at Quincy, Mass.,
Today
By Associated Press
Quincy, Mass.. July 11.—Turbine
j engines and oil fuel will furnish the
1 motive power of the 27,500-ton battle
ship Nevada launched at the yards of I
the Fore River Shipbuilding Company
to-day. This latest addition to the
I'nited States navy is a sister ship of
the Oklahoma, launched at Camden,
|X. J., last March. It is expected that
she will-be placed in commission next
January. The Nevada has a length
over all of 583 feet, beam 95 feet and
mean draft of 28% feet and her es
timated speed is 20% knots an hour.
Arizona and Pennsylvania
Largest Ever Constructed
By Associated Press
Washington, July 11. —Battleship
No. 39, christened the Orizona by Sec
i retary Daniels and her sister ship, the
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HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING,- JULY 11, 1914,
COLLIER STORSTAD
HELD TO BLAME FOR
EMPRESS DISASTER
t
Findings of Wreck Commission
Were Handed Down Today
in Quebec
CHANGE OF COURSE CAUSE
Was Ordered by Third Officer
Without Orders From First,
Who Was in Charge
By Associated Press ■
Quebec, July 11.—The collier Stor
stad Is held to blame for the Empress
of Ireland disaster. In the findings of
the wreck commission, handed down
to-day. The commission holds that
the disaster was due to the Storstad's
change of course ordered by the third
officer without instructions from the
first officer, who was In charge of the
collier at the time.
The Empress was sunk in the
St. Lawrence on May 29 with a loss
of more than 1,000 lives.
The. inquiry into the disaster was be
gun in Quebec on June 16 by a com
mission composed of Lord Mersey, for
merly presiding Justice of the British
admiralty court; Sir. Adojpho Routhier,
of Quebec, and Thief Justice McLeod,
of New Brunswick. The commission
ers were assisted In their work by
Commander F. W. Caborne, of the
British royal naval reserve; Professor
John Welsh, of New Castle, England;
Captain Oemere, of the Dominion
wreck commission, and Engineer Com
mander Howe, of the Canadian naval
ser'ice. Commander Caborne and
Professor Welsh were nominated by
the British Board of Trade. Lord
Mersey also presided over the Inquiry
into the Titanic disaster.
The collier's third officer found re
sponsible was Fred Titftenes. He was
on the bridge when the crash occurred.
*"We regret." says the finding, "to
have to impute blame to anyone in
connection with this lamentable dis
aster and we should not do so If we
felt that any reasonable alternative
was left to us. We can, however, come
to no other conclusion than that IVJr.
Tuftenes .was wrflfig anVl 'negligent In
altering hts' course in fog, as he
undoubtedly did, and that he was
wrong and negligent in keeping 1 the
navigation of the vessel in his own
hands and in failing to call the captatn
when he saw the fog coming on.
Burglars Couldn't Get
Safe Open Containing
One Thousand Dollars
■\Vhile last night's storm raged bur
glars worked on the small safe at the
Woolworth five and ten cent store,
404-40S Market street.
They left empty-handed and in the
safe which the burglars battered up
and put out of commission, but which
they could not force open, was SI,OOO
in cash. This represented part of yes
terday's receipts and cash in pay en
velopes to be distributed to-day.
The burglars got a'way by way of the
Gaugler picture gallery and through a
yard in the rear of Dlener's jewelry
store. Their trip from the Woolworth
store to Strawherry street was traced
by marks of rubber heels on newly
painted roofs. Paint marks were also
found in the hallway at the photo
gallery.
After breaking off the handle of the
safe door, drilling three holes around
AIRSHIP RACE FROM j
LONDON TO PARIS IS
WON BY AMERICAN
Walter L. Brock Is Victor in Flight
Lasting Over Seven
Hours
London, July 11. The aeroplane
race from Hendon to Paris and back
to-day was won by Walter L«. Rrork,
the American airman, who recently
carried off the aerial derby round Lon
don and the I/ondon-to-Manchester air
race, "
Brock arrived at the Hendon aero
drome. outside London, at 48 minutes
past 4 o'clock, having taken exactly
three hours and a half to fly from
the Rue aerodrome, outside Paris* As
his flying time on the outward journey
from Hendon to Paris was 3 hours 33
minutes, the total duration of his
1 double journey was 7 hours 3 minutes,
but this is unofficial.
On his arrival Brock received a great
welcome from the huge crowd assem
bled in thf aerodrome. He has be
come very popular in England since
his arrival here from Chicago two
years ago.
Brock's official time was 7 hours 3
minutes 6 sdconds. The distance in a
direct line is 502 miles.
WILL LIVE WITH I*HISO\F,HS
By Associated Press
New York. July 11.—Commissioner
of Corrections Katherlne B. Davis, to
day decided th«t she would live among
the prisoners on Blackwell's Island, un
til order was r"stor«>d She accordingly
moved her office temporarily to the
Island, where, she said, she would re
main while there was any possibility
of a repetition of the recent outbreak.
PSYCHOLOGICALLY SPEAKING
sppakinc mill is in full operation, working day and nlgW. The workman in the pirture
is p<nxte>lflgfcalty.employed every day i" the week, drawing his psychological pay envelope every Saturday night.
He it'pnyitfg-M* r®"' dents with psychological money and his family is At home eating psychological sandwiches.
the combination, the burglars feasted
on rakes and sweetmeats. They then
went to the second floor of the store,
climbed out of a window to an adjoin
ing roof and entered the Gaugler pho
tograph studio, next to the Woolworth
store.
At the picture place the burglars
cut two call bell wires, which, it is
believed, they mistook for burglar
alarm wires. Next they loosened the
latch on the door leading from the
Gougler office to the hallway leading
to Market street. The burglars did
not go out in Market street, however,
but returned to the picture gallery and
climbed out of another window to a
small roof. Here they found a ladder,
which let them down to the yard in
the rear of the Diener jewerly store.
The yard leads to Strawberry street,
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KIUT WILL
Bi REBEL LEADERS
FROM PRESIDENCY
Carranza, Villa and Angeles Not
Eligible to Head Mexican
Government
fly Associated Press
Torreon, Mex., July 11.—At the con
ference between Carranza and Villa
representatives here, the plan of
Guadalupe, under which the present
revolution has been operating, was
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Distillers Ready to
Reduce 1914 Output
By Associated Press
Louisville, Ky., July 11.—More than
half the distillers of Kentucky, ac
cording to information made public
yesterday, have agreed to join in a
movement that will reduce the 1914
output 20,000,000 gallons, on account
of large stocks of over-production
during the past five years. Ohio, In
diana and Illinois distillers also are
said to be takirig like steps. Distillers
are pointing oul that decreased de
mand Is not responsible for the pro
posed curtailment. They say statistics
show consumptloh of whisky has In
creased from 20 r 060,000 gallons to
35.000,000 gallons in the last fotfr
years and thjrt In the same time pro
duction has "Tumped from 20,000,000
gallons to 46,000.000 gallons. "The
Idea," said one distiller, "is to let the j
demand catch up with the produc
tion.;'
HG IS VERY
FORME CITY, SAYS
COMMERCIAL VISITOR
Public and Corporations Improve
ments Give Work to Hundreds
Otherwise Idle Men
"Harrisburg is one of the most for
tunate cities in the country," said a
well-known traveling man In town to
day after a tour of the East and Cen
tral West.
"You have in a large measure es
caped the Wilson slump that has sent
business to the bow-wows almost
everywhere I have gone. I attribute
this to the extensive public and cor
poration improvements now under
way here and in Steelton. This work
has given employment to hundreds of
men who would be idle otherwise and
In want."
While other cities have suffered fn
tensel.v in this respect, Harrisburg has
managed to keep most pf its labor at
least partly employed. It Is true that
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Pretty Striker Will Not
Suffer Because of Act
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, July 11.—A 17-year-old
girl striker, whose action in waving
an American flag in front of the col
umn of Pennsylvania Constabulary
when they entered the strike zone in
East Pittsburgh ten days ago nearly
led to disorder, will be among those
to return to work at the electric plant
Monday and she will go to a better
position. Captain ly. <4. Adams, com
manding the Constabulary, so admired
the determination of the girl that be
fore leaving the district jlesterday he
went to the company officials and ob
tained a pledge from them that the
girl would not suffer because of her
act. The officials, it is said, also prom
ised to promote the girl, whose name
has been withheld.
Lightning Hits Lawn
Mower Held by Woman;
She Loses Her Hearing
Lightning struck a lawn mower that
Mrs. Frank Handschuh, 1713 North
Third street, was holding In the yard
of her home last evening, and Mrs.
Handschuh was knocked unconscious.
Her hearing was lost until noon to
day, l»ut Is gradually returning. Two
physicians succeeded In restoring her
to consciousness after working a long
time, and she will recdver.
BARK BITRNS
Special to The Telegraph
New Bloomfleld, Pa., Jul lly.—Last
evening about 8 o'clock the large barn
on the farm of George Eckerd, three
miles south of this place, was struck J
by lightning and burned to the ground
with all Its contents.
14 PAGES. * POSTSCRIPT.
MELVILLE E. KUIS.
NOTED Fin ID
MUD IMIDEID
Ulcerated Tooth Proves Fatal to
Railroad Magnate at Hot
Springs, Va.
By Associnted Press
Hot Springs, Va., July 11.—Melville
E. Ingalls, financier and railroad man,
died here early to-da>; of heart failure.
Mr. Ingalls hud been at his summer
home here for some time. Members
of the family and friends says he had
been gradually declining for months,
but his illness had been more marked
during the last few weeks.
Three days ago he suffered from an
ulcered tooth and the shook of treat
ment was fatal. He became uncon
scious soon afterward and was only
roused once or twice before he died,
fine of his sons, Melville E. Ingalls,
Jr., summoned hurriedly-from New
York, arrived at the death lied and
was recognized by his father once dur
ing the last hotrrs. Mrs. Ingalls, the
widow, and a daughter, Miss Gladys,
also were at the bedside when death
came.
George.B' Markle, Son
of Pioneer Coal Man,
Is Dead in Hazleton
*
Hazleton, Pa„ July 11.—George B.
Markle, of this city, son of the late
Geor'P B. Markle. Sr., a pioneer an
thacite coal operator and brother of
John and Alvnn Markle, who are en
gaged in the same business, died early
to-day at the State Hospital, where he
had been a patient for three weeks.
He was a graduate of Lafayette Col
lege class of 1878 and a member of the
Theta Delta Chi Fraternity. He was
associated in the firm of G. B. Merkle
Company, coal producers and was
prominently connected with the Hazle
ton Board of Trade and other local
organizations. He was a leading Pro
gressive and was actively identified
with the party in this section of the
State.
Burning of Mill Throws
Hundreds Out of Work
Hagorstown, Md., July 11.—The
Antletam knitting mills, the second
large industry destroyed by lightning
in this city in a month, was burned
! to the ground during a terrific thun
der storm which swept this section
of the Cumberland Valley early this
morning. The lo#s is $75,000, partly
covered by insurance.
Several weeks ago the large Wind
sor knitting mills was destroyed by
Are caused by lightning about the
same hour of night. As a result of
the two fires, four hundred men and
women are thrown out of employ
ment. William Wingert, treasurer of
the Antletam knitting mill, with sev
eral firemen, were nearly suffocated
by smoked while trying to save effects
from the office. Several large barns |
were burned in the valley north ofl
here. J
NINE BALLOONS 10
SAIL IN NATIONAL
' ELIMINATION RACE
Contest Will Determine Third
American Entrant in Inter
national Race
GAS SPECIALLY PREPARED
"Goodyear," Piloted by Preston,
of Akron, Will Be Last to Be
Given Release
By Associated Press
Rt. Louis, Mo., July 11.—Nine bal
loons will sail from here late this af
ternoon in the national elimination
rare to determine the thlrri American
entrant for the international rai-e
that will start from Kansas City next
October. The international race Is
for the Jaines Gordon Bennett cup
find each competing: country is en
title to three entrants.
The tlrst two American entrants
are the men who got first and second
place In the last international race
rs. 11. Upson, of Kansas City, and H.
E. Honeywell of St. l.ouis. The third
entrant will be the aeronaut who
makes the longest flight in an air Una
in the race to-day.
Specially prepared gas is to ha
pumped into the balloons. Bach bal
loon has a cnpacity of 80,000 cuhia
feet and the aeronauts will sail equip
ped for a long flight. The record for
American flights was made In 1910 hy
Allen R. Hawley, who flew from St.
l.ouis to Lake Trhotogama, Quebec, a
distance of 1,172.9 miles. The world's
record was made hy Maurice Renaims
of France, in the international raca
of 1912. He flew 1,354 miles.
The order In which the balloons will
sail was determined by lot yesterday
afternoon, the coveted last place go
ing to the balloon "Goodyear" to be
piloted by R. A. D. Preston, of Akron,
Ohio.
Order of Release
Following is the order in which the
hags will be released at intervals of
five minutes, the first one starting at
5 o'clock:
I—"Hoosier,"1 —"Hoosier," pilot Warren Rasor,
Rrookvllle, Ohio; aide, Herbert Rasor,
son of pilot.
2—"America III," pilot, Dr. Jerome
Kingsbury, New York; aide, Clarence
Wynne. Philadelphia.
3—"San Francisco 191R," pilot. E.
S. Cole, St. Louis; aide, R. E. Emer
son, Springfield, Mo.
4—"Uncle Sam," pilot, Paul J. Mc-
Cullou; h, St. Louis; aide, William H.
Thrcfts, St. Louis.
s—"Miss Sofia," pilot, .William Ass
mann, St. Louis; no aide.
B—"Aero Club of St. Louis," pilot,
John Berry. St. Louis; aide, Alhert von
Hoffman, Jr., St. Louis.
7—"Kansas City III," pilot, John
Watts, Kansas City; aide, W. F. Corn
stock, Kansas City.
S—"Pennsylvania," pilot, Arthur T.
Atherholt, Philadelphia; aide, Phillip
I Sharpies, Philadelphia.
9—"Goodyear," pilot, R. A. D. Pres
ton, Akron, Ohio; aide, M. D. Trem
biin, Akron.
I THE WEATHER
For Ifarrlsburg and vicinityi Un
*cttlcd weather, probably *ho Tv
er* to-night ortSuiiday; not much
cbanKc in tempo rat lire.
For ICa*tern IVnnwylvan In: Partly
cloudy to-night and Sunday; not
much change in temperature!
light to moderate variable winds.
River
The lower portion of the North
II ranch will rl*e thin afternoon
and to-night and begin to fall
Sunday. The upper portion of
the main river will rise jiilghtly
to-night and continue to rise Sun
day. \ wtagc of about 1.7 feet la
Indicated for llarrlshurg; Sunday
morning, where the total rine
from heavy rain* In the Susque
hanna basin during the last
twenty-four hours will be about
one foot by Monday morning;.
General Conditions
Sho%vers occurred In the Middle,
Sonrth Atlantic nnd Gulf States*
the heaviest rain* falling: along;
the Middle Gulf coast and In the
Susquehanna Valley.
Temperature: S a. m., SO.
Sum Itlses, 1:1(1 a. in.; sets, 7J35
p. m.
Mount Itlses. 10:02 p. m.
Illver Stagei 1,4 feet above low
water murk.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, SO.
hotvent temperature. 00.
Mean temperature, 78,
Normal temperature, 74.
MARRIAGE MCFNSBS
Rima Papovtc and Zena Zaurzs, city.
Joseph (Jutman and Teresa Howarth,
Steelton.
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Who Is Getting
The Money?
This IN directed to the eye of
local retailers.
When nationally made products
are advertised In the columns of
the Telegraph a demand la cre
ated right here.
It is anions people who are
either your customers or would
like to be.
The dealers who are alert to
let the public know they have
these Roods, who display them
in their windows, who advertise
the fact bring this business their
way. ,
Arid more important than mak
ing sales Is the (act, that thesa
dealers are also making; custom
ers.
They are adding to their asset
of good will.
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