Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, June 23, 1915, Page 5, Image 5

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    OPEN IWI9TH ST.
BRIDGE BIDS JULY 21
County Commissioners Will Likely
Ask For Proposals Within Week
—Concrete Viaduct Proposed
Bids for the con
struction of the
proposed new con
crete bridge across
the Philadelphia
and Reading tracks
at Nineteenth street
may be opened by
the County Com
missioners Wed
nesrtay, July 21.
The report of the
board of viewers
i_ tha
recommending the rebuilding of the
bridge was recently endorsed by the
June quarter sessions grand jury and
approved by the coutls, and the next
step to be taken will be the prepara
tion of the specifications and the ad
vertising for bids. The structure will
he of concrete to .replace the present
steel superstructure and will boast of
a twenty-four foot highway with six
foot walks on each side.
Visit Hebrew Club for Juvenile De
tention House.—Following this after
noon's session of the County Commis
sioners the board went to Lawnton a
few miles east of Rutherford for the
purpose of looking into the old Hebrew
country club house that stands about
a quarter of a mile from the trolley
line with a view to renting that house
if possible for a temporary place of
detention for Juvenile court defend
ants.
New "Jitney" Tags Here. City
Treasurer O. M. Copelin this morning
got a new supply of 300 jitney license
tags. By noon 275 had been taken
out. '
Appoint Samuel Garman Tax Col
lector.—Samuel Garman has been ap
pointed tax collector for Reed town
ship to fill the vacancy caused by the
removal from the district of George
Cooper.
Pay City School Teachers. —Harris-
burg's city school teachers to-day were
paid some $23,000 by the City Treas
urer, representing the final pre-vaca
tion pay.
LEMBERGFAIxy BEFORE
FIERCE TEUTONIC DRIVE
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will have a far-reaching political ef
fect, as the driving out of the Russians
With Lemberg now In her hands,
Austria has reclaimed ■virtually the
whole province of Galicia. The fight
ing ir. this campaign has been of un
usual intensity, with heavy losses. The
figures of killed, wounded and cap
tured as given by Austrian, German
and Russian official dispatches run
into the hundreds of thousands.
Russia had made plans for perma
nent occupation of Galicia, bringing In
officials to set up civil administration
In the territory as fast as It was taken.
Lemberg was rechrißtened Lvov, the
old Russian-Polish name. The city has
a population of about 200,000 and
was an Important Austrian military
station. Although founded in the
thirteenth century, it is of modern
nppearance and Is known for Its Im
posing buildings. The city is pro
tected by outlying forts, although Its
defenses are much Inferior to those of
I^femysl.
Better Carry Passports
Over Canadian Boundry
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., June 23.—While
American citizens generally are ad
vised to carry passports when they go
abroad, the State Department re
iterated to-day to many inquiries that
the Canadian authorities do not re
quire passports from Americans enter
ing Canada.
"Nevertheless," the department ad
vises. "It is deemed advisable for nat
uralized American citizens going to
Canada, particularly those born in
countries now at war with Great Brit
ain, to provide themselves with pass
ports in order to be in a position to
readily establish their identity and citi
zenship, thereby avoiding possible de-'
lays and inconvenience."
Russians Claim Capture
of Austrian Prisoners
After Desperate Battle
By Associated Press
■ Petrograd. June 22, via' London,
June 23, 7.17 A. M.—Only passing
mention of the operations in the vicin
ity of Lemberg is made in an official
statement issued to-night at the Rus
sian war office. The assertion is made
that desperate attacks were repulsed
and 800 prisoners taken near Rawa
Ruska. thirty-two miles northwest of
the Galician captial.
The claim also is made by the Rus
sians that they have scored an impor
tant vcltory below Nijniff, on the
Dneister, after a stubborn battle which
has lasted since the 15th. More than
3,500 prisoners were captured and
Cossacks are said to be in pursuit of
the fleeing Austrians. Another Rus
sian success with the capture of 1,000
more prisoners is reported near the
Buckowina border.
ADVANCE GROWS DIFFICULT
By Associated Press
Verona, via Chiasso. to Paris, June
22, 7:86 p. m.—The Italian advance
on the Trentlno Alps daily is growing
more difficult owing to the formidable
lines of fortifications constructed by
the Austrians in valleys and on moun
tains, which are provided with excel
lent guns dominating all the passes.
MEXICAN* RIFLES ARE NOW
BEING USED BY AUSTRIAN'S
Milan, via Chiasso to Paris, June 23,
7:30 p. m. Several rifles captured
from Austrians bear an eagle on a
cactus leaf holding in its beak and
In Its claws a serpent. Around the
eagle is the Inscription "Republlca
Mexicana." These rifles are said to
have been ordered by Gen. Huerta
when he was president of Mexico but
remained In Austria after Huerta's
fall.
h NEW ENEMY FORCES
Rome, June 22, via Paris, June 23.
■—The following statement was Issued
to-night at the headquarters of the
Italian general staff: "Enemy activity
yesterday was confined to long range
artillery fire at several points on the
front. In the Montenero zone one of
our Alpine battalions encountered
yesterday for the first time Important
enemy forces recently arrived, prob
ably from Gallcia."
DANTIEL W. SMITH
Daniel W. Smith, aged 23, died yes
terday afternoon at his home, 1312
North Sixth street, from pneumonia.
He is survived by his wife, two broth
ers. William H„ and Sidney A. Smith,
also his mother. Mrs. J. Smith. Fu
neral services will be held from the
home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
the Rev. E. E. Curtis officiating. Tho
borlal will be made In the East Har
rlsburg cemetery.
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
EXCURSION TRAINS
ID BE OF STEEL CARS
Pennsylvania and Reading Lines
Rushing Work in Preparation
For July Seashore Rush
July excursion trains will be made
up of all steel cars. Both the Penn
sylvania and Reading railroad com
panies are rushing orders on steel
cars.
With the exception of a few locals,
the Reading is now running solid
trains of steel cars. Three trains
leave and arrive at Harrisburg daily,
made up of all steel cars, and run to
New York, Philadelphia and Atlantic
City.
Few old-time wooden passenger
cars are being used by the Pennsyl
vania railroad. At the Altoona shops
fourteen of the steel passenger cars
are ready for delivery. These cars
will be distributed eastward and west
ward. Many will be sent to Phila
delphia for seashore travel.
During July many excursions are
run from Chicago and points west of
Pittsburgh to Atla.nt.lc City and other
resorts. These excursions start during
the first week in July. Long distance
trips are made every two weeks, on
Thursdays. During the other two
weeks, excursions will be run from
Pittsburgh. The Reading will run ex
cursions every week.
Expert Higher Rates
on Western Lines
The expectation is that the Western
roads and the express companies will
get a rate increase before long. Ac
cording to the Wells Fargo Nevada
National Bank, of San Francisco, the
Interstate Commerce Commission "has
manifested a willingness to meet them
half way at least, and so far as the
attitude of the State Railway Commis
sions is concerned, it. may be said
that there has been of late much less
antagonism shown by these bodies."
Standing of the Crews
HARRISIUTRO SIDE:
Philadelphia Division —l2s crew first
to go after 3:30 p. m.: 131, 115, 128,
123, 116, 102. 106, 129, 122, 117, 121, 105,
105, 120, 118.
Engineers for 103. 104.
Firemen for 102, 115.
Conductors for 116, 119.
Flagman for 102.
Brakemen for 103. 123, 131.
Engineers up: Relsslnger. McCauley,
MUST USE 2 TAGS
ON AUTOMOBILES
Highway Commissioner Cunning
ham Lays Down the Law in Re
gard to Loaning Numbers
Automobile dealers who have been
In the habit of loaning dealers' tags
to purchasers of cars pending the ar
rival of their own tags must discon
tinue this practice. C. S. Price, man
ager of the Mount Union Motor Car
Company, appeared before State High
way Commissioner Cunningham to-day
in answer to a summons and explained
that the reason a' car bearing only one
of his license tags was seen in Hunt
ingdon on Thursday, June 17, was
because he had loaned the tag to a
purchaser. The commissioner told him
that this practice must be discontinued
and Mr. Price promised to conform
with the department's regulations.
State Highway Commissioner Cun
ningham received a delegation from
Hughesville, in Lycoming county, to
day and after having heard their re
quest for State aid in building a road
in their borough referred them to the
county commissioners of Lycoming
county so that they might agree that
their road be the first one to be built.
The application was for State aid on
State highway route 19, running
through the borough of Hughesville
for a distance of 4,000 feet. Lycom
ing county has $25,000 to its credit for
State aid work, of which SI,OOO will
be needed foi State-aid maintenance.
The delegation which called on the
commissioner was headed by Jacob
Per, burgess of Hughesville, who was
accompanied by John Buck and C. E.
Arde. members of council, and W. E.
Crawford, who acted as spokesman.
County Tax Collectors
to Serve All the City
Wards Are Named Today
County tax collectors who will serve
in each ward of the city for 1915 were
appointed to-day by the county com
missioners. In only three wards are
there changes, John Taylor having
been dropped from the list as collec
tor of the First, Harry Van Horn, in
the Third, and I. P. Miller In the
Eighth. The 1915 collectors as an
nounced to-day follow:
First ward —J. W. Sloathower, 537
South Front street.
Second —Charles E. Pass, 1441 Ber
ry hill.
Third—W. W. Wallower, 304 Chest
nut.
Fourth—Adrian S. Aker, 233 North.
Fifth—Harry D. Hilton, 1212 North
Third.
Sixth—Charles T. Jones, 260 Ver
beke.
Seventh —Harry P. Stroh, 1715
North street.
Eighth—Albert Miller, Juniper
Ninth —Melvln G. Balthaser, 96
North Seventeenth.
Tenth—Clarence A. Fisher, 612
Seneca.
' Eleventh—William Smith, 1834 Ful
ton.
Twelfth—James B. DeShong, 1601
North Third.
Thirteenth—Edwin C. Osman, 1930
Swatara.
Suffragists Want "We
the People" Stricken
From Constitution
By Associated Press
New York, June 23.—Several lead
ers of Woman Suffrage organizations
wont to Albany to-day to advocate. In
[a hearing before Louis Marshall, chair
man of the committee of the bill of
rights of the constitutional convention
that such phrases as "We the people"
be eliminated from the new State con
stitution if the women are not tp be
allowed to vot«.
Long, Seltz, McGulre, Supplee, Manley,
Albright, Kautz. Sober.
Firemen up: Krelder, Manning. Her
man. Yentzer, Spring, Packer, Everhart,
Cover, Penwell, Duvall, Blelch, Collier.
Conductor up: Rapp.
Brakemen up: Mummt. Gouse, Bua
»er, Bogner, Albright. Felker, Wlland,
Shultzberger, Ferguson, Sweigart, Bal
tozer, Allen. Brown. Jackson, Wolfe,
Kone.
Middle nivlnlon—223 crew first to go
after 1:50 p. m.: 230.
Fourteen Altoona crews to come in.
Preference: 9.
Laid off: 20, 15. 22.
Conductor for 9.
Engineers up: Havens, Hertzler.
Mamma.
Firemen up: Karstetter. Sheesley,
Zelders, Richards.
, Conductors up: Huber, Paul.
Flagmen up: Carpenter, Smith.
Brakemen up: McHenry, Reese,
Spahr, Derrick, Bell. Baker, Strouser,
Troy, Clouser, Thornton. Kauffman,
Werner, Brown. Nearhood.
Yard Crewn—
Engineers for 6, first 8, 18, third 24,
32, 38. 52.
Firemen for 16, 18, 20, 22, second 24,
30.
Engineers up:: Shaver, Landls, Hoy
ler, Beck. Harter, Blever, Blosser, Rudy,
Houser, Meals, Stahl, Swab, Crist, Har
vey, Saltsman, Kuhn. Pelton.
Firemen up: Barkey, Sheets, Balr,
Eyde, Ulsh, Bostdorf. Schlefer, Rauch,
Welgle, Lackey, Cookerley, Maeyer,
Sholter, Snell, Bartolet, Getty.
E\OI.A SIDE
Philadelphia Division—242 crew first
to go after 3:45 p. m.: 229, 219, 209, 223,
|24L 220, 205, 236, 214. 212, 2344, 207.
Engineers for 214. 234.
Firemen for 242, 209. 205. 214.
Conductors for 12. 24.
Flagmen for 9, 17.
I Brakemen for 20. 29, 33, 36.
Conductors up: Dewees, Shirk, Steln
ouer. Keller.
I Flagmen up: C'orrigan, Gehrett.
| Brakemen up: Long, Vandling, Twlgg,
I Taylor, Fair, Baker, Knight, Jacobs,
| Werts.
i Middle Division—246 crew first to go
after 1:45 p. m.: 240, 221, 226.
Ten crews laid off at Altoona.
Laid ofT: 119, 114, 101, 105, 118.
Yard Crew*—To go after 4 p .m.:
Firemen for second 126, second 124,
first 106.
Engineers up: Sweger, Smiley, Fam
ous. Rider, McCormick. Shellahamer.
Firemen up: Feass, Ewlng. G. L
Fortenbaugh, McNalley, Kingsbury, R.
H. Fortehbaugh, Harren, Gingrich,
Lutz.
THE READING
Harrlftbiirg Division—l 9 crew first to
go after 12 o'clock: 4. 15. 11, 23, 18. 9,
24. 2, 1. 14. 5. 3.
East-bound—s3 crew first to go after
10:45 a. m.: 70, 59. 54. 63, 69.
Engineers for 63, 2. 24. 102, 70, 258.
Fireman for 3.
Brakemen for 3. 5, 18, 24 ftwol, 23.
Engineers tip: Crawford. Fetrow,
Wlreman, Woland. Merkle. Wood, Mld
daugh. Barnliart, Lape, Rlchwine, Mar
tin. Fortney.
Firemen up: Zukowski, Boyer, Sulli
van. Brown, Chronlster, Bingaman,
Carl, Grumbine. Fulton.
Conductors up: Slpes, Orris. German,
Hilton. Gingher, Wolfe.
Brakemen up:: Kapp. Ely, Grimes,
Patton, Hinklo, Machamer, Epley,
Creager, Haines, Holbert, Shearer.
INDUSTRIAL BOARD
TO BEGIN HEARING
Will Act on Application For Modifi
cations of the Employment
Laws of the State
The State Industrial Board Will to
morrow begin a series of hearings on
applications for exercise of its au
thority in modifying clauses of the
employment laws. Independent tele
phone managers will ask for a rul
ing on hours in one-operator ex
changes and representatives of hotel
proprietors will present requests for
rulings on division of the day of rest
in seven for their employes. Bills
providing for changes in the employ,
ment laws did not become changes,
but the Industrial Board has powers
which can be invoked upon public
hearing.
Davis to be Named.—Horace W. Da
vis, of Sharon, prominent in borough
affairs in that community, has been
offered one of thg deputy attorney gen
eralships by Attorney General Brown.
He is expected here next week to dis
cuss the matter with Mr. Brown.
Temporary Changes.—Half a dozefc
temporary attaches of the Department
of Labor and Industry who were em
ployed under the contingent fund ap
propriations have been dismissed by
the department. Similar reductions
will likely be made in the State Library
and Museum and the Fire Marshal's
department.
Pardon Granted.— Alfred Nevin Yost,
Columbia county, one of the cases
htard yesterday by the Board of Par
dons, was to-day recommended for
pardon. He was accused of embezzling
from a building and loan association
Mallery Invited,—Otto T. Mallery,
of Philadelphia, the new member of
the State Industrial Board, has been
invited to attend the meeting of the
board to-morrow. Under the act he
must be sworn in, and it is expected
that he will be here.
Investigating Outbreak. —State health
officers are making inquiries into the
outbreak of smallpox in Kittanning
There are reports of cases in the
Vicinity.
Visited Capitol. Senator C. W.
Sones, of Williamsport. was at the
Capitol to-day in connection with State
commission affairs.
DIPLOMAS FOR 752
AT YALE EXERCISES
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rine Hospital service and discoverer
of the cure for the hookworm disease
Doctor of Divinity, Henry Sioane
Coffin, pastor of the Madison Avenue
Church. New York City; John Birney,
Dean of the Boston School of Theolo
gy.
Doctor of Letters, George Foot
Moore, professor of the Hlstorv of
Religion. Harvard University; William
Boscoe Thayer, editor of the Harvard
Graduates Magazine.
Doctor of Laws, Ralph Adams
Cram, supervising: architect of Prince
ton University; Charles Evans Hughes
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court.
The Harrisburg grads to-day were
John C. Herman and Edward J
Stackpole. Jr., with the degree of
Bachelor of Arts and Stewart A
Koser with the degree of Bachelor of
Philosophy with special honors in
biology.
Vance C. McCormick, a member of
the corporation trustee board, oc
cupied a place of honor on the plat
form as a member of the Yale cor
poration. Donald C. McCormick was
here to participate in the twenty-fifth
reunion of the class of 1890, Carl B
Ely, W. Orvllle Hickok, 111, Charles
N. Hikok. B. M. Nead, president of
Central Pennsylvania Alumni Associa
tion and other Harrisburgers were
here for the class reunions.
MAIIJ T.XMPERFI) WITH
Washington. June 23.—Postmaster
General Burleson's investigation that
mail going from the United States to
Sweden had been opened in England,
lias disclosed that mail traveling iri
the reverse direction also had been
tampered with. He efxpcots to make a
report «oon to the State department. I
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
DR. STOUGH TO LOSE
FOUR OF HIS PARTY
Mist Palmer and Mr. Patterson
Intend to Take Up Independent
Evangelistic Work
during the Summer, will go with the
Finney evangelistic party, of which
her fiance Is musical director. She
will probably take cahrge of the wo
men's work. Mr. Patterson will go
Into the evangelistic business on his
own hook. Fred Cartwrlght intends
to go with the McMinn party as direc
tor. Mr. Erwin intends to study music
at a Chicago Conservatory before en
gaging in concert work. Miss Palmer
also contemplates becoming an Inde
pendent evangelist. For nine years
she was engaged in the work in Great
Britain. The Misses Saxman, Eggles
ton and Cain, Prof. Spooner and Billy
Shannon will probably be with Dr.
Stough next season.
REIGN OF TERROR
IN MEXICO BORDER
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of at least five persons and consid
erable property loss by fire last night
in several cities of the Imperial Valley,
covering several hundred square miles,
were received here to-day_. Telephone
and telegraphic communication was
interrupted and information from the
stricken district is meager.
The greatest damage was at Calex
ico, on the Mexican border line, where
the loss of life occurred.
Early reports from there stated that
the town had been destroyed by fire,
but telephonic employes at El Centro
who talked over a wire reported that
the fires were confined to three build
ings.
Many buildings in Calexlco were
shaken down. The operators in the
telephone building fled after the first
shock, which occurred at 7.30 p. m.,
and was followed by two others, at
8.40 p. m. and 9.20 p. m.
Two shocks were reported from
Yuma, Ariz., at the same time and
San Diego and San Bernardino also
were visited by two slight shocks.
Heber, a railroad town five miles
west of El Centro, was reported de
stroyed by fire. At Imperial several
buildings were cracked and the wall
of one fell in, but no injuries resulted.
The telephone operators there also fled
from their building.
In El Centro the motion picture the
aters were emptied in a moment, men,
women and children filling the streets
while the earth was still in motion.
The first shock came at 8.05. It was
slow and prolonged. A moment later
came a short and sharp tremble. An
ensuing explosion in the warehouse of
the Delta Mercantile Company lighted
the entire countryside. A two-story
structure caved into a drug store
filled with people. All raced to the
street. Every building was disgorging
similarly. In the residence districts
cupboards and all movable furniture
was tumbled about. Slight trembles
continued most of the night.
In Mexicali a panic prevailed. Gam
blers and the women who make up a
considerable portion of the population
of the place rushed into the streets.
Piles of gold were left on gambling
tables to be rocked off and mixed up
with the debris of the buildings.
El Centro. Cal., June 23.—Late re
ports indicate that Imperial Valley
was rocked from end to end last rilght
by a series of earthquake shocks. More
than a score of persons are reported
dead. Buildings in every city in the
valley have been damaged. Calexico
suffered severely from fire. Damage
in the earthquake district is esti
mated at more than $1,000,000.
Five person sare reported dead in
Mexicali. No dead are reported from
the other valley points.
Practically all the dead were said to
be at Mexicali, the little adobe town
consisting principally of saloons, gam
bling halls and other resorts not per
mitted on the American side that lies
across the street from Calexlco.
Of Volcanic Origin
The seismic disturbances, It Is be
lieved, originated somewhere in the
old volcanoes of the Cocopah moun
tains. the granite backbone of Lower
California. To-day the cluster of little
Cities in the Imperial Valley are partly
in ruins. Buildings were rent asunder.
The roar of the quake below the
border was the first warning the people
of the valley had. That was about 8
o'clock. The first shock was the most
severe. Two others followed.
After the first shock the stricken
towns were in darkness excent for the
light furnished by blazing "buildings.
The greatest confusion reigned every
where. Ranchers and city residents
who had homes last night found them
selves to-day in open fields beside
roadways or irrigation ditches.
Revival of Old Balkan
Alliance Is Impossible
By Associated Press
Berlin. June 23, by wireless to Say
ville.-—The Overseas News Agency to
day gave out the following:
"The German minister at Sofia.
Bulgaria, who has arrived at Berlin
to confer with the foreign office con
cerning the latest proposal of the
Quadruple entente to Bulgaria, returns
soon. The press of the allied coun
tries expresses disappointment at con
ditions In the Balkans. A revival of
the Balkan alliance seems impossible
on account of the various quarrels be
tween Serbia and Bulgaria about Ma
cedonia and between Serbia and Ru
mania about the Banat terrltorv In
Southern Hungary, and between Ser
bia and Greece about Albania.
Hail and Rain Cause
Damage to Fruit and Tobacco
Special to The Telegraph
Marietta. Pa., June 23. A very
heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by
hail and sharp lightning, visited ijan
caster county yesterday afternoon and
last evening, and during the night rain
fell In torrents, washing the roads and
fields and doing considerable damage
to farm lands, especially to tobacco.
Several fine peach orchards, owned by
E. C. Bowers. In Pequa township, were
ruined. At Ephrata hall as large ah
shellbarks fell, and glass windows in
hothouses were demolished.
LUMBER STEAMERS CAPTURED
Ry Associated Press
London, June 23, B:40 a. m.—Five
Swedish steamers, lumber laden,
bound for England, were captured by
German warships in the Baltic sea
yesterday, according to a Copenhagen
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph]
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WIGFIELD PLAHBIO
REGULATE TRAFFIC
Will Place Police Officers in Front
Street to Check Traffic
Violations
F'our possi
bly five members
of the Stough Ev
angelistic party
will leave Dr.
Stough at the close
of the Reading
campaign to en
gage In the work
with other parties
next season.
Miss King, who
is to be married
The us© of Front street, Steelton'a
principal thoroughfare, as a speedway
will be checked after Saturday, when
Burgess Fred Wlgfleld will place a
number of police officers on duty at
frequent distances along the street
with orders to arrest any traffic
violators.
Last year about this time many
complaints were made of alleged reck
less driving and other violations of the
traffic regulations in this street, which
is smoothly paved and makes an ideal
place for a little auto racing. Inas
much as the borough has no traffic or
dinance, motorists fell into the habit
of doing almost as they pleased, it
was declared.
A few weeks after his effort to ob
tain from council a traffic ordinance
had failed Burgess Wigfleld took
things into his own hands, stationed
officers along the street with orders
to make arrests, and In a short time
succeeded In making the street safe
for pedestrians.
During the winter, however, the
traffic officers were removed and now
complaints are beginning again to pour
into the office of the burgess. As a
result, after next Saturday officers
again will be placed on traffic duty.
Patrolman Jones will be stationed at
Front and Mohn streets; Patrolman
Trombino at Front and Pine; Patrol
man Wynn, Front and Adams, and
Patrolman Pearson at Front and
Franklin. These officers will be on
traffic duty during the evening hours,
when the violations are said to be the
most numerous.
The burgess is also considering a
plan to place two men on day duty
instead of only one, as at present.
This plan, however, has not been fully
decided upon.
MERCHANTS WILT; BE
MOUNTED IN PARADE
The big parade on Monday, July 5,
which will be held as a part of Steel
ton's big Independence Day celebra
tion, will be led by fifty mounted mem
bers of the Merchants' Association. It
was decided at a meeting of the gen
eral committee in charge last evening
to give the businessmen the right of
line.
The committee last evening re
ported that the Red Men of the
borough would participate in the
parade and that the Kolonial Kids'
Band of Harrlsburg would be In line.
The Red Men's delegation will In
clude three tribes, one from Middle
town and two from the borough. The
list of fire companies that will be here
continues to grow.
1810 POLES IN STEEI/TON
According to a count just com
pleted by Chief of Police H. P. T.ong
naker there are 1810 poles in Steel
ton. Not all of them are in the for
eign section either, according to the
Chief. For the right to be in the
borough a license fee of twenty-five
cents for each must be paid. Bills
for this license money were sent out
by Borough Secretary Charles P.
Feidt to-day to the various electric
light, telephone and telegraph com
panies.
SCHOOL PARADE PLANS
ARE FAST MATURING
[Continued from First Page.]
JOHN BEVAN PEARSON,
Descendant of John Harris who will
lay D. A. R. wreath on Liberty Bell.
pluns were formulated for assem
bling all pupils of the public and paro
chial schools who may desire to par
ticipate.
The committee also arranged to
have three bands, one to head each di
vision. The children will gather at the
following places, according to the ar
rangement of President Harry Boyer,
of the school board:
"No. I—Children of the Lincoln,
Woodward. A Ulson, Vernon, Forney
Melrose and Webster schools will form
at Thirteenth and Derry streets, at 5
p. m., where they will be met by a
band and escorted to their position in
North Front street.
"No. 2—Children of the Camp Cur
tln, Maclay, Cameron, Hamilton, Retly
-and Calder schools will form at Sixth
and Relly streets, where they will be
met by a hand and escorted to their
position in North Front street.
"No. 3 —Scholars of the Central
JUNE 23, 1915.
Steelton Snapshots
Take Canoe Trip. Cameron Kelm,
Elmer Krout, Bernard O'Gorman and
John Morrow will take a canoe trip
from Sunbury to Steelton next Sun
day.
Storm Does Little Damage. Little
damage is reported from last eve
ning's severe storm. The town of
Bressler was without electric light for
awhile on account of the lightning
pranks.
STEELTON PERSONAM
Miss Sylvia Beldle is attending com
mencement exercises at Millersviile
Normal School.
Harold Mumma is home from La
fayette college for the summer vaca
tion.
William Smith, Jr., and family, 23 3
Locust street, are visiting relatives in
Pittsburgh.
PRANK PABIAN
Funeral services for Frank Fabian,
who died Monday, were held in St.
Mary's Catholic church this morning.
The Rev. Father Anthony Zuvlch offi
ciated and burial was made in Mt.
Calvary cemetery. Fabian was 19
years old and lived at 261 Main street.
I'MIDDLETOWA' - ■ 1
MRS. MARY C. SCHRAEDLEY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Cath
erine Schraedley, aged 73, wife of
Felix B. Schraedley, were held from
her late home in Wilson street yester
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev.
Fuller Bergstresser, pastor of the
St. Peter's Lutheran Church, offi
ciating. Burial was made in the Mid
dletown Cemetery.
EX-BURGESS WELSH BURIED
Funeral services for Jacob H.
Welsh, ex-Burgess of Middletown,
who died Monday, were held from the
home of his son, W. J. Welsh, 1411
Regina street, Harrisburg, this after
noon. Services were held at 1 o'clock
with the Rev. Dr. Clayton A. Smucker,
pastor of Steven's Memorial Methodist
church, officiating. Burial was made
in the Middletown cemetery.
WATER DESTROYS CROPS
Middletown's borough council will
inspect a gutter at High and Spruce
streets to-morrow evening. This gut
ter according to Edward Creep, who
complained to council, causes water
to overflow into his yard and destroy
crops. At Monday's meeting, council
gave a strip of land in West Main
street to the Middletown Car com
pany to make room for the new im
provements.
MIDDLETOWN NOTES
A delegation from Washington
Camp, P. O. S. of A., motored to Her
shey, where the Past Grands' Asso
ciation met Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Etter left yester
day for the Pacific Coast for a sev
eral weeks' trip.
David Mark and Miss Mable Kaylor,
both of Middletown, were married in
the office of Justice of the Peace
Smith yesterday. They will reside in
Royalton.
The Woman's Club held a picnic in
Borough Park yesterday.
Mrs. George Daily entertained the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Church of
God yesterday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Turnisen of Mt. Gretna
spent to-day with the Misses Young,
of North Union street.
J. Malsie has returned from Johns
town.
Mrs. O. C. Schaeffer left to-day for
Philadelphia where she will spend
some time.
Miss Minnie Zell has returned from
a visit in Manheim.
High, Technical High, Harris, Pax
tang, Stevens, Fager, Willard, Boas,
Verbeke, Penn, Downey, Day, Foose,
W iekersham, Lochiel, Susquehanna,
McCloskey Memorial, Cathedral, St.
Lawrence Parochial, St. Mary's Paro
chial and children of the Messiah and
Industrial Homes will form in North
Front street, right resting In Market.
At the head of the parade will be
officers of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution In an automobile, ac
company John Bevan Pearson, a
lineal descendant of John Harris,
founder of Harrisburg, whose aunt!
Miss Caroline Pearson, is vice regent
of the Harrisburg chapter. To little
Mr. Pearson will be delegated the
honor of laying the chapter's wreath
on the bell.
Final arrangements for the parade
will be made at a meeting of the com
mittee next Monday evening, in time
to report to the general committee
Tuesday evening.
Whole Town Turns Out to
See Woman's Liberty Bell
Start on Tour of State
Sayre, Pa., June 23. —Cheered on its
way by a huge and enthusiastic crowd
the Woman's Liberty Bell started
from here this morning on its State
wide tour.
Although the ceremonies accom
panying the start of the bell tour
filled less than an hour, they attracted
one of the biggest crowds ever as
sembled here. In addition to the scores
of suffragists who arrived from all
parts of the State, every man, woman
and child In town who could get
away from home, office or shop duties
hustled over to Howard Elmer Park
to see the official presentation of the
bell to the State suffragists by its
donor, Mrs. Katharine Wentworth
Ruschenberger, of Strafford, and the
start of the bell party on their 6,000
mite tour of the State.
In the party when it left here to
day were Mrs. Roessing, Miss Hannah
J. Patterson, State chairman of the
Woman Suffrage Party; Mrs. Francis
H. Hagerman, county chairman of
Bradford; Mrs. John C. Mather, chair
man of Ulster; Mrs. Robert K. Young
treasurer of the Pennsylvania Woman
Suffrage Association: Mrs. C. W
Ruschenberger; Mrs. Maxwell K.
Chapman, chairman of Bcranton; Mrs.
F. W. Taylor, chairman of Canton;
Mrs. John Rockwell, chairman of
Monroetown; MrA. Simon Rendall.
chairman of Towanda; Dr. F. J.
Kingsley, mayor of Towanda; Miss
Helen Todd, one of California's suf
frage leaders; Miss Louise Hall, speak
er and director of the bell tour, and
a number of others prominent in the
Pennsylvania suffrage campaign.
LONDON LITTLE SURPRISED
AT FALL OP LEMBERG
London, June 23, 12:10 p. m.—The
statement from Austrian headquarters
that Lemberg had fallen before the
advance of the forces of Austria and
Germany was reoeived In London
without surprise. It was known that
the Germanic allies were within
artillery range of the Gallclan capital
and capitulation was regarded as a
question only of days. Nothing h«m
been heard as yet from Petrograd, but
there Is no disposition to doubt the
accuracy of the Austrian claim.
MORGAN'S PARTNER DIES
Hartford. Conn., June 23.—James J.
Goodwin, a cousin and for years a
partner of the late J. P. Morgan, died
l\ere early to-day. He was nearly 80
years ol«"
WANT TELEGBIPH IN
THEIR NEW HOME
Old Subscriber Says It's Most
Reliable Paper in
the City
A resident of this city for more than
fifty years, Mrs. C. M. Hess. 910 North
Sixth street, has the unique honor of
being one of the oldest subscribers of.
the Harrisburg Telegraph. Her father.'
the late Richard Ferguson, came to
this city in 1860. Later he entered
the Union Army and during this time
had the Telegraph sent to his home.
Later his daughter took over the:
subscription, having the paper sent in
her name, which was almost forty-five
years ago. Every evening the news- ■
paper came to the home in North
Sixth street and Mrs. Hess paid It this
tribute: "It is the most reliable paper
in the olty."
Mr. Ferguson was a well-known Re
publican up to the time of his death
in 1904. C. M. Hess, husband of Mrs.
Hess, Is also a Republican and has
been employed at the State Capitol for
the past seven years, resigning this
year. He was one of the first men to
advocate the nomination of Martin
G. Brumbaugh as a candidate for
Governor on the Republican partv
ticket last year.
Mr. and Mrs. Hess will move to
Ephrata, Lancaster county, within the
next two weeks, and have alreadv
made arrangements to have the Tele
graph sent to their new home.
FIRE PLUG STREAM
FLOODS OUT NEGRO
["Continued from First Page]
from Patrolman Spangler a call was
sent to the police station for aid.
Rush Up Squad of Police
Captain of Police Joseph P. Thomp
son, with Sergeant Page and Patrol
men Buch and Weisman and Chauffeur
Demma. were rushed to the Fulton
street house in the patrol. En route
they met Patrolman Cope and took
him along. When the police squad
attempted to enter the Hager home a
warning came from the window on
the second floor to the officers to keep
away.
In the meantime Joe Demmy, the
chauffeur, went to the second floor of
the Blough building, opposite, and
fired two shots into the room occupied
by Hager. Hager answered with three
shots. Then the suggestion was made
to drown the fugitive out. Fire Chief
Klndler, who happened to be In the
crowd, went to the Good Will firehouse
and ordered out the hose squad and
combination hose and chemical appa
ratus.
Answers With a Shot
Sergeant Page, with Patrolmen Buch
and Weisman, took possession of the
stairway leading to the front room
barricaded by Hager. The other pa
trolmen remained on the lower floor.
Demma guarded the front door. One
final request was made to Hager to
surrender. The. answer was a shot
from Hager's revolver through the
room door, the bullet hitting the plas
ter at the head of the stairway.
Captain Thompson ordered the water
turned on from the fire plug. The
force of the stream closed the shut
ters, but one of the slats in the shutter
was broken, and through this opening
the water poured into the room. The
water was rapidly filling up the room,
very little getting out under the crack
of the door. Hager opened fire at the
men with the hose stream, but the
bullets hit the door. After a silence of
three minutes Hager called out that
ho was ready to give up.
Break Open Door
Then came the remark from Hager,
"Good-by, everybody." It was repeat
ed three times. Silence again followed
and all the officers heard were three
clicks as if an attempt was being
made to fire a revolver. Sergeant
Page called to the patrolmen to fol
low him. remarking, "I guess his am
munition is all gone; let's break open
the door."
with one push Sergeant Page broke
open the door. Patrolman Buch was
close on the sergeant's heels. Next
came Patrolman Weisman. Hager
made no resistance. "Come get me,"
he said. Sergeant Page and PatroJ
man Buch placed the nippers on Ha
gar and led him down stairs. Patrol
man Weisman gathered up the ammu
nition. On the bed was a pile of
cartridges. Nearby was the revolver.
Three empty cartridges were found
in the mber, and the three cartridges
that had missed fire. Empty shells
were scattered over the floor.
Threatens to Get Square
While the other patrolmen kept
back the mob, Hager was taken to the
patrol, Patrolman Weisman guarding
the rear. Enroute to the patrol Ha
ger kept up a continuous threat to
get square with his wife, calling her
all sorts of names. When placed in
the patrol he cooled down, and re
marked, "I have nothing to be sorry
for." To a Telegraph reporter who
rode with Hager to the police sta
tion the colored man told this story:
"I was married to that woman four
years ago. I work hard as a watch
man and trackman for the Pennsyl
vania railroad at Lucknow. I work at
night. Because I told her to quit hav
ing other men at my house, or get out,
she took a disliking to me. For the
past year my life has been a hell.
Every morning I come home I find
beer and whisky bottles all around
my house, and my wife gone. She
refused to come and get me my meals.
Says Wife Tried to Poison Him
"On several occasions when I took
her to task for her habits she told
me she would get square. She has
put poison in my food and coffee a
number of times, but it only made me
sick. I told her that I would kill her
if she did not keep men away from
my house. Then she went to Alder
man Landis and had me arrested for
surety of the peace. This morning
when I came home, it was the same
old story. I came home and no break
fast."
Hager is a frail looking fellow. He
was under the influence of liquor when
arrested this morning. He denies us
ing drugs.
Mrs.Hager denied the charges made
by her husband and said he was In
sanely Jealous.
In addition to the wife's charge,
every officer who participated in the
arrest of Hagor to-day will prefer a
charge of felonious assault and bat
tery with Intent to kill. Captain
Thompson who made Inquiries, ex
pressed as his opinion, that Hager was
a drug fiend. He said the fellow had
a bad name in the neighborhood in
which he lived.
Chemical Prices Will
Soon Drop, Is Belief
Special to Th* Tilt graph
Forest Park, Pa., June 33. A tre
mendous price revolution in the field of
medicine and chemistry, as the result of
which the American public would be re
lieved of exorbitant prices, wag pre
dicted by prominent speakers at the
opening session here yesterday morn
ing of the thirty-eighth annual con
vention of the Pennsylvania Pharma
ceutical Association.
The war In Europe and abrogation of
existing patents held in other European
countries by German manufacturers. It
was declared, was largely responsible
for the chaotic condition.
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