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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 160
BIG ORDERS START i
C. I. &S. ON NEW |
ERA OF PROSPERITY 1
Central Iron and Steel to Make
Steel Plates For Cars
and Battleships
PLANT RUNNING FULL TIME
May Be Necessary to Put on More
Men; Expect to Land More
Work Soon
With the landing of an order for
7,000 tons of pressed, plates for steel
ears from the American Car and Foun
dry Company, of Berwick, and for
about 4,000 tons of universal plates for
the new battleship California, the Cen
tral Iron and Steel Company is enter
ing an era of prosperity which bids
fair to continue indefinitely.
The 7,000 tons of pressed steel plates
will be sufficient to cover about 2.100
cars, which is half of an order being
turned out by the American company
for the Russian government. It is be
lieved the local firm will get the re
mainder of the pressed plate order.
Worth Brothers, contractors, of
Coatesville, placed the order for the
universal plates, which will be used
on the battleship California, now be
ing built. They are extra heavy and
will be made with drilled edges. Other
work along the same lines is expected.
For the last several weeks the Cen
tral Iron atjd Steel Company has been
running full time. While no increases
in the working force have been made
recently, if orders continue rolling in
as fast as they have during the last
few weeks additional workmen will be
put on.
New Battery of Open
Hearths and Rail Mill
Operating at Steelton
For the first time since the new bat
tery of open hearths was placed in
service at the Steelton plant of the
Pennsylvania Company the entire eight
furnaces were in operation to-day. A
lumber of good-sized orders recently
JBtooked has caused the big increase in
production.
At the same time the new rail mill
was placed in operation on double
turn. This department is busy on a
large order of girder rails for the
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Business at the frog shop depart
ment of the Steelton plan* Is also pick
ing up. This department recently ob
tained an order to build new frogs for
the Philadelphia yards of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company.
Minnehaha Sails From
Halifax; Portions of
Bombs Found by Crew
By Associated Press
Halifax, N. S„ July 12.—The Atlan
tic transport Liner Minnehaha which
put in here after the explosion and
fire on board last Wednesday, sailed
for London last night. All of the
smoldering freight had been removed
and the fire completely extinguished.
Officers of the steamer declined to
state whether their examination of -the
forward hold yielded evidence to show
that the explosion was caused by a
bomb. It was learned that while re
moving .the damaged cargo, stevedores
found several pieces of copper wire
and other materials which it was said,
were not part of the cargo. Members
of the crew said that some of the
material resembled coils such as are
used in time bombs.
The emptying of the forward part of
the vessel disclosed that the explosion
had occurred on the Orlop deck, near
the center of the steamer and not in
the No. 3 hold as at first thought.
Uncle Sam's man will stop
every day with 'news from Home,
If you will call the Circulation
Department on the phone.
Never mind letters, they're time
takers.
You can't afford to spend any
of your precious vacation time
"getting used" to strange news
papers.
That's why right now
you'll order the Harrisburg Tele
graph sent to your vacation ad
dress.
THE WEATHER
< For Harrlsburg and vicinity: Tart
ly cloudy weather to-night ami
jfc Tuesday; probably showers; not
v much change In temperature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania! Partly
cloudy to-night and Tuesday;
probably showers; continued
warm; light to moderate variable
winds.
River
The Snsquehannn river and Its
principal tributaries will probably
continue to fall steadily. A stage
of about 6.5 feet la Indicated for
Harrlsburg Tuesday morning.
General Condition*
Pressure Is relatively high over the
southeastern part of the country
and along the North Pacific coast.
A alight depression over Men
.leracy and Eastern New York has
cauaed light to moderately heavy
showers throughout the territory
under Its Influence.
Temperature! N a. m., IK.
Sun; Rises. 4:-t« a. m.j sets, 7i34
p. in.
Moons New moon, 4iHI p. m.
Hlver Stage: 8.0 feet above low
water mark.
_ Yesterday'* Weather
Highest temperature, TB.
Lowest temperature. «3.
Mean temperature, IN).
Normal temperature, V 4. ,
COMFORT STATIONS
BADLY NEEDED IN
RIVER FRONT PARK
Commissioner Bowman Willing to
Provide Facilities on North
Side of Pumping Station
DEPT. HAS THE MONEY
Places Needed For Convenience of-
Public South of Market and
Mulberry Street
Now that the river improvements
are rapidly nearing completion and
people are using the parks and walks
from one end of the city to the other
more than ever before in the history of
the city, the question of public com
fort facilities is giving officials much
thought. The officials are being urged
by most people to provide adequate
facilities at different points and it la
evident that something will have to
be done without delay.
City Commissioner Bowman, who as
supervisor of the pumping station at
North street, said to-day that he will
be more than willing to erect a suit
able public comfort station on the
north side of the building. The sta
tion could be practically covered from
view by shrubbery, and would in no
way interfere with the appearance of
the park plaza or the pumping station
requirements.
When the big river interceptor was
installed a sewer was laid from the
interceptor to a point, near the pump
ing station and the cost of public com
fort facilities near the water house
would not exceed a few hundred dol
lars.
Commissioner Bowman has said
frequently that such facilities at the
pumping station are not adequate to
provide accommodation for the pub
lic, having been designed for the em
ploycsgpnly, but he finds the situation
so serious that he feels disposed, to
respond to the public demand at this
point providing some legal means may
be found for the expenditure of the
necessary funds. His department is
in a prosperous condition and it would
be an easy matter to furnish the
facilities needed, if a proper way can
be found for authorizing him to do
so.
Similar facilities should likewise be
provided at some point south of the
Market street bridge and perhaps also
immediately south of the Cumberland
Valley bridge. These facilities need
not he expensive, but should be
adequate and unobtrusive. As one
prominent citizen remarked to-day. it
is quite as important to provide public
comfort stations for the people as it
is to prepare the parks for their use
and pleasure.
TEUTONIC A! ROSS
ARMIES DEADLOCKED
Continued Fighting Along Front
Extending For Distance of
30 Miles
Teutonic and Russian armies arc in j
an apparent deadlock south of Lublic
where the northward sweep of the
Austro-(»crmans was halted last week.
Pctrograd reports continued fighting
along the front extending from Josc
l'ow on the Vistula to Byehawa, ap
proximately SO miles to the eastward.
The Austrlans have again become
aggressive here, according to the Rus
sian statement, but their attacks were
repulsed.
Inofficial dispatches from Austrian
headquarters contain the statement
that the Teutonic forces lialted north
of lvrasitik because the object of the
campaign against Lcmberg had been
attained with the capture of that city
and the establishment of strong de
fensive positions to tlie north and
east.
Several successes along the Austro-
Itallan front are reported by Italian
army headquarters, In the districts
where the Italian forces arc engaged
in the effort to clear the road to
Trieste. Counter attacks by the
Austrlans in the (Isonzo Valley have
been repulsed, It Is declared. The
Turkish casualties were only one ldlled
and two wounded, It is declared, and
the warship was hit <and forced to
withdraw.
Harry K. Thaw Hopeful
That He Will Soon Be
Given His Freedom
By Associated Press
New York, July 12.—Harry K.
Thaw was hopeful when the hearing
In litg sanity trial was resumed to
day that It would be finished by Wed
nesday night. He seemed confident
that the Jury would return a verdict
that he is sane and looked forward
to his release before the end of the
week.
The reading of testimony previously
given by Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was
yet to be completed. Afterward the
State's counsel had planned to call
their alienists. Dr. Austin Flint,' and
Dr. Raymond Kieb, superintendent of
Matteawan and two or three others.
Their testimony was expected to end
evidence for the State. Rebuttal evi
dence for Thaw will follow.
Mrs. Mary Copely Thaw, the prison
er's mother, is said to have made ar
rangements to take Harry to her home
In Pittsburgh in the event of a favor
able decision, to remain there for a 1
few days hefore going to the Exposi
tion at San FranclHco.
CONVENTION NKARS END
By Associated Press
Chicago. July 12. —Concluding ses
sions of the fifth world's convention
of the Christian Bndeaivor Societies
were held to-day. To-night a big
"purpose meeting" will briny the con
vention to an end.
HARRISBURG, PA,. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1915.
CAPTAIN ZIEGLER OF COMPANY I, THE "NON-COMS" OF
COMPANY D, AND "ROOKIES" WHO GOT THEIRS AT GRETNA
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The scene* above snapped at the Mount Gretiia National Guard encampmefit by the Telegraph's photographer
show some-of the lads from Harrisburg. Captain Frank E. Ziegler, of Company T, signalling orders to his men, Is seen
with arms outstretched. The group picture shows the noncommissioned officers of Company rf. The other interesting bit
of photography shows how the guardsmen Initiate the "rookies" to the pleasures and displeasures of camp life.
The noncommissioned men of Company D, seen in the group, include: Left to light, front row—Corporal J. Russel,
Corporsl F. [). Stlffer, Corporal C. "W. Gerdes, Corpora! C. A. Burtnctt, Corporal C. I'errington. Rack row—Sergeant J.
T. Long, Quarter Master Sergeant Richard DeHart, Sergeant J. N. Schuchman, Sergeant H. W, Heagy, Artificer H. M.
Keller, Sergeant H. Shickley.
Bice ICED BEER
TO MAYOR ROYAL
Refrigerator to Keep It in, Too;
Whole String of Folks Crazy
to See His Honor
"Here's a refrigerator for you," said
Charles Johnson, well-known huck
ster of the city, as he, with the aid of
a jitney driver, carried a medium
sized ice-cooler into the police sta
tion.
Not satisfied with bringing in the
icebox, he went out and returned in
a few minutes with some refreshments
which he brought In a basket covered
with paper.
The refreshments proved to be sev
eral bottles of real, good Iced beer, ac
cording to the officers who confiscated
it owing to the donor's condition at
the time.
Charlie then decided he wanted to
see the mayor to make a presentation
speech, but Mayor Royal when told
who his visitor was, slipped out a side
door leaving Johnson to talk to the
force. The refrigerator is being held
by the police until Charlie's mind
clears.
Just what was the cause of the
rush of visitors on Saturday'to see the
mayor the local police are not sure.
A woman, thought to be demented,
first came in just to look at his honor
the mayor. Later another Woman
whom the officers said was demented,
came in and raised a disturbance, and
finally Johnson brought his little
token in for the cops.
CITY NOW MAKING
ITS OWN ASPHALT
New Municipal Repair Plant Began
Operation For First Time To
day Under Expert's Eye
Harrisburpr's new municipal asphalt
repair plant was operated for the flrßt
time to-day under the eye of R. V.
Greenousrh, the representative of the
Cleveland firm which put up the plant.
For a day or two the machinery will
be tested out and by Wednesday or
Thursday at the latest the mixers will
he turning out material that will be
used.for the repair of HarrlsburK's
streets, according to City Commissioner
W. H. Lynch, superintendent of streets
and. public improvements.
The first street to receive attention
will be Second street from the ap
proach of the new subway northward
to th®'Square. Market street, Chest
nut and the other streets in the busi
ness district will receive attention in
order.
GREEN APPLE CRAMPS
STOPS RUNAWAY BOY
Harrisburg Youngster Picked Up in
Agony by New Bloom
field Police
Physically exhausted and suffering
from severe cramps caused physicians
believe by green apples which he ate
to a t ppease his hunger, John E. Dun
levy, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
James E. Dunlevy, 1014 South Ninth
street, of this city who ran away
from home last Thursday afternoon,
was found writhing In agony in an al
ley at New Bloomfield, Pa., late Sat
urday afternoon.
Physicians worked for more than an
hour before they could revive the lad.
Then he was so nearly exhausted that
he could not eat. The doctors finally
succeeded in feeding nim some light
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Fought Several Hundred
Snakes on Rockville
» Mountains, He Said
Thomas Reily, aged 54, after telling
Harrisburg Hospital physicians a
thrilling story about a fight with sev
eral hundred snakes in the Rockville
mountains, was asked to lie down in
the dispensary. The doctors then ap
plied a stomach pump to the man,
extracting a large amount of whisky.
NO CHAIRMAN WILL
BE NAMED JUST NOW
Governor Will Let Board Work Out
Its Problems Before
Acting
Governor Brumbaugh will not name
a chairman for the workmen's com
pensation board for some time to come,
and he plans to take his time regard
ing other appointments.
"I Intend to let the new board's mem
bers work out their problems before
naming a chairman," said he to-day.
"The board will be railed here one of
these days for discussion of the act and
will then take up its preparations for
the administration of the compensation
act."
The Governor will likely name the
Secretary of Agriculture within a week.
The name of the new offlcer will be
first communicated to the new commis
sion when It meets here on Friday and
an official announcement will follow in
a short time.
No announcement of a chairman of
the Public Service Commission is to be
made for the present. Commissioner
Ainey, the acting chairman, to-day held
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Jill TERM UD SI!
FINE FOB "JIM"
John M. Knell Gets Three Months
For Operating Jitney in
Drunken Condition
We can't wait until someone Is
seriously injured by one who vio
lates the law in driving a motor
vehicle while intoxicated. Then
it will be too late. The surer way
to protect those who ride as well
as those who walk in the streets
from the violators of the law is to
Impose the penalty of the law.
President Judge George Kunkel
thus indicated the attitude of the Dau
phin county court on the subject of
intoxicated automobile drivers when
he imposed a fine of SIOO and costs
and a jail sentence of three months
upon John M. Knell, a jitney opera
tor.
Knell while intoxicated drove a
number of men beyond Rockvllle a
week ago. State Highway Commis
sioner Cunningham revoked his li
cense a few days later. Judge Kunkel
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Add Fifty Men to Take
Care of War Horses
Hinton, W. Va„ July 12.—Fifty
men were to-day added to the force
required to handle the war horses
fed and watered here on their way
from the West to the seaboard. The
horses are brought in over the Chesa
peake and Ohio railroad, fully 200,000
of these having been handled since the
European war began, according to the
officers in charge. Veterinarians of the
French and English armies are at the
piers, and examine every horse before
it Is sent to Newport News. To-day
440 sick horses were isolated.
River Expected to Fall
to Normal in Few Days
Canoeists and persons fond of swim
ming have many a kind word for the
weather man who predicts that within
the next two or three days the river
will be back to its usual summer
stage. '
Heavy rains last week caused the
Susquehanna to break all records for
July at this point going up to almost
thirteen feet. It began to fall yester
day and is expected to drop to 6:5 by
8 o'clock to-morrow morning. No rise
is looked for again unless another
heavy showpr becomes general over
the watershed.
New Pennsy Station at
Elizabethtown Opened
The new Pennsylvania station at
Elizabethtown was informally opened
by the Pennsylvania Railroad com
pany to-day.
It is built of brownstone with a red
'tile roof and Is somewhat larger than
the one it replaced.
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'LANSING AT WORK ON
NEW NOTETO BERLIN
Intimated That There Will Be No
Surrender of American
Rights
PRESIDENT MAY RETURN
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Von Bernstorff to Call at State
Department to Learn Attitude
of United States
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., July 12.—Work
was begun to-day by Secretary Lansing
on the draft of a note to be sent to i
the German government expressing
the attitude which the United States!
will take toward Germany's submarine'
warfare as it affects the rights o{i
neutrals. When it is completed there I
will be a consultation between Secre
tary Lansing and President Wilson,
who will decide the policy to be
pursued.
No intimation is obtainable as yet as
to the course which the American gov
ernment will follow, but there is every
indication In official quarters that the
relations between Germany and the
United States have become so strained
as to make it necessary to weigh care
fully the phraseology of the next com
munication and to measure fully the
responsibility and consequences which
may be required by its contents.
That there is to he no surrender of
American rights in the new note is
practically certain, according to the
view taken by officials thus far, and it
Is also assured that the German pro
posals for the immunity of American
passenger ships not carrying contra
hand will be rejected. Just what steps
will he taken by the United States as a
result of Germany's failure to disavow
the sinking of the Lusttania Is most
uncertain. It is this Issue—the loss of
IOC American lives, for which Ger
many has disclaimed rdesponstbility—
that has brought the situation to a
grave and critical point.
Wilson May Return
It had been that Secretary
Tensing would go to Cornish, X. H.,
for a conference with the President as
soon as the note had been carefully
examined here and the secretary had
prepared a draft of the reply. It may
be, however, that the President will
decide to return to Washington instead
and some announcement on the sub
ject was believed to be likely later in
the day.
Count von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador here, will call on Secre
tarj Lansing In a day or two to learn
formally the attitude of the United
States toward the German reply.
? ;ne from Buffalo this after 1
I noon in seventh. Zirnmermu:. T*
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I and Menson walked. Mowe doubled, scoring Witter and i'
£ Mensor.
J Buffalo 1 0000 100 o—2 9 ■ »
1 Harrisburg 00000030 x—3 8 2!®
;ries—Fullenwider and Onslow; Schacht and Heck- k
I inger. 1
J LEBANON MEN WANT POLICE ' ;
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I be sent to Lebanon county to keep soldiers . j
f Cover- '
I . ave a detail , '
» - ;nt it once because it was alleged that , soldiers had been ] j
ne distance fror I f
I jutant General Stewart < 1
he can have the provost marshal look into the matter | >
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Mt. Gretna, Pa., July 12.—The feature of the camp o
, the First, Third and Fourth Brigades, National Guard o ' *
Pennsylvania, to-day is the arrival of Governor Brumbaugh j
commander-in-chief of the National Guard of this State, whe * ►
reaches here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The party made the !
1 trip from Harrisburg by automobile. . £
I Uniontown, Pa., July 12.—Josiah V. Tnompson, whose '
I affairs were placed in the hands of receivers when the First ! J
m National Bank of Uniontown, of which he was president, 1
; was closed last January, owned 141,413 acres of coal lands, | >
1
, valued at $65,367,785, according to the report of the.apprais- , \
eri ! in court he:c tr day. t
Harrisburg. Dr. J. George Becht, who was offered »
" the vice-presidency of Lafayette College, is meeting with the .
State Board of Education this afternoon. He will likely re- • ,
I main here as secretary of the board. >
More than forty jitneys, of all sizes, shapes and hups ' *
I crowded with passengers paraded over many of the princi
pal streets of the city to-day. The demonstration was held ® '
' under the auspices of the Harrisburg Jitney Club.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
I Franrlaaek *»m»u«rn and Pauline Kraanoalceaka, elltr.
hew!* B. l.lndrmuth, Carthage, N. V., and Mary EHaabeth Detwcller,. |
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AUTHORITIES SEARCH
FOR MAN WHO PLACED
BOMBS ON STEAMERS
Wireless Calls Flashed to Howtk
Head and Baron Napier by
Navy Department
SIGNS HIS LETTER "PEARCE"
Writer Declares Intention of Kill
ing J. P. Morgan and British
• Ambassador
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., July 12.—Navy
! Department officials to-day awaited
| responses from the steamships Howth
Head and Baron Napier, laden with
mules for the British army and now
off the South Atlantic coast, to a warn
ing wirelessed to them to watch out
for bombs in their holds. Both ves
sels sailed from New Orleans July 9,
the Howth Head for Dublin and Bel
fast via Norfolk and the Baron Napier
direct for Avonmouth.
The warning was flashed out broad
coast over the sea from the Arlington
wireless station last night following
the receipt by Secretary Daniels of a
telegram from a New Orleans news
paper stating that a letter to that
paper from a person who signed him
self as "Pearce" indicated that ex
plosives had been placed aboard the
two vessels.
The writer of the letter also declared
his intention of killing J. P. Morgan
and Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British
ambassador, and completing the work
of Eric Muenter. who committed sui
cide recently after wounding Mr. Mor
gan, and with Whom, he says, he had
formed a partnership in an effort to
keep the United States out of the Euro
pean war. The letter also warned per
sons who had friends or relatives
aboard the Howth Head and the Baron
Napier to watch for reports from those
vessels.
The Howth Head is not equipped
with wireless, but ought to reach Nor
folk by to-morrow at the latest, when
she likely will make reponse. Even if
the radio message was not picked up
directly by the Baron Napier, somei
other nearby vessel might have relayed
it. It was believed here that response;!
may be caught up to-day by some of
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