HOD GOES
BUCK TO THE CAMP
Dr. Brumbaugh Greatly Interested
in the Way the Soldiers Are
Working in the Field
Governor Brumbaugh, who came
back to the city last night from Camp
Schall, at Mount Gretna, to keep some :
Important appointments and to clear i
up business matters, returned to the j
encampment of the national guards- j
men and will remain there until Thurs
day night of Friday morning.
The Governor said that he had en-
Joyed his first day at an encampment ■
and looked forward to the next two
days with the soldiers. He was much
interested in the inspection work and 1
the sanitary care.
During the morning the Governor
had a number of callers, among them
Judge John W. Kephart, of the Su
perior Court; Senator Franklin Martin,
Cumberland; Representatives W. L. |
Adams, Luzerne, and C. A. Shaffer, i
Columbia; Dr. Adolph Koenig, of the 1
State Medical Bureau, and other
prominent men.
Commissioner John Price Jackson
was in consultation with the Governor
to-day regarding the organization of
bureaus In his department. It is stated
that the new workmen's compensation
bureau will not be called for organ
ization for some time to come.
The three men named to the com
pensation board have sent the Gov
ernor their acceptances. As the ap
pointments were purely personal ones,
the Governor is much gratified at
their cordial acceptances and offers to
do all in their power to make the
administration of the law a success.
Governor Brumbaugh to-day named
J R. Eichinger as justice for New |
Cumberland. He tills a vacancy. Rav
b. Shipp. of Sunbury, was appointed a
notary public.
State Will Carry Own
Fire insurance Now
The first steps toward creation" of I
the new State fire insurance fund. !
whereby the State will carry its own |:
fire insurance, were taken by the State i
Sirking Fund Commission to-day when '
i'. ordered transferred to the new State >'
fire Insurance fund $175,000.
This amount is the sum in the sink- <
Ing fund over and above the bonded ; <
dtbt and is the nucleus of the State .
fire insurance fund which it to re- !
ceive other items of state revenue until i
it reaches $1,000,000. <
It will save the State thousands of i
dollars a year now spent for fire
insurance.
REFUSES TO DISCUSS HOLDUP 1
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. July 13. The i
British Ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring- <
Rice, to-day refused to discuss the at- i
tempt to hold up his automobile nearji
Glen Cove. L. 1., on the night J. P. <
Morgan was shot by Frank Holt, but!]
at the British embassy accounts of the j i
affair were substantially confirmed. 1 ]
OIL OX FIRE ! i
The Relly chemical apparatus was t
called to Sayford and James streets i
last night when oil leaking from an 1
automobile caught fire. The services i
of the firemen were not needed. j
XAGIC STREET PICXIO JULY 17 ]
The annual picnic of the Nagle
Street Church of God Sunday School
will be held at Williams Grove Sat
utday, July 17. The trains will leave
Harrisburg at 7.45 and 11.53 a. m.
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TUESDAY EVENING.
PETITION READING TO
ABOLISH DEATH TRAPS
[ Continued from first Page.]
i Murray, "and the other will be sent
1 to the Reading Railway Company."
HummeUtown Long
Sought For Safety
I The borough council of Hummels
! town last evening addressed a letter
j to the Harrisburg Telegraph setting
j forth its position clearly on the matter
j 01 grade crossings in that borough and
! showing that the council has en-
I deavored for a long time to better con
ditions there. For many years back
i councilmen and borough officials have
| been trying to have the Railroad Com
j mission place watchmen at their cross
ings and last Fall made an unsuccess
ful petition to the Public Service Coxrt
mission to have the most dangerous
| err ssing removed to a safer point.
Rased upon misinformation, the
Telegraph put the town council in a
false light in this respect. To show
their side of the case. Burgess T. M.
Murray and ex-Sheriff H. Wells Buser,
accompanied by Borough Clerk C. H.
Miller and Councilmen D. C. Rhoads,
Joseph Burkholder. James Yontz, Geo
A. Zeller, Samuel B. Zerfoss, W. F.
Shoemaker and members of the coro
ner's jury*whlch investigated the re
cent accident In the borough, came to
this city this afternoon. The minute
books, which they brought with them,
show that at intervals of every few
months for many years, thirty-two
times within the memory of the pres
ent council, the borough has petitioned
the railroad company to take some
action looking toward the protection
of the people. They have asked for
watchmen, safety gates and subways,
and at times were led to the belief
that relief was near, but nothing was
done aside from putting on one davlight
watchman until the order of the Pub
lic Service Commission put a watch
man at the crossing after the tragedy
of July 5. The letter follows:
"Hummelstown. Pa.. Julv 12.
"To Editor of the Telegraph:
"We beg leave to call your attention
to the numerous inaccuracies in the
Telegraph of July 10, 191 S. under the
heading of 'Grade Crossing Relief.'
"Nearly the entire editorial is un- !
fair and unjust, and a reader can nr
rive at but one of two conclusions, j
either the Borough Officials of Hum- !
melstown have been criminally negli- 1
gent, or the representative of the I
Public Service Commission who gave
out the Information on which the 1
editorial was based maligned the citi
zens of this borough, and for fear j
that a few readers might come to the'
former conclusion, we will endeavor
to state the facts as they are.
"An examination of the minutes of
the Borough Council, as well as the!
correspondence with the Philadelphia
Reading Railway Company, will
show that the Council made frequent j
efforts to have the Railway Company
either place watchmen or safety gate's
at the railroad crossings in this!
borough.
"Now as to the matter of a petition '
for a crossing before the Public Serv- j
Ice Commission. A narrow road'
about fifteen feet in width, known as
the Round Top Road, crosses the rail
road in a cut. This is a very dangerous
crossing, and the borough authorities
requested the Public Service Commts-I
sion to grant them authoritv to aban-j
don this crossing and in lieu thereof:
have a crossing on Water street. This'
street is forty feet wide and is on ai
level with Second street. This is the ■
opinion of the citizens pf Huramels-'
town would make a very much better
and safer crossing, than the one on l
the Round Top Road, the Public Serv- [
ice Commission thought differentlv.
We trust that you will give this com
munication the same publicity in vour
paper .as was given to the editorial. '
'Respectfully submitted by the i
Borough Council of Hummelstown
D. C. RHOADS.
JOS. BURKHOLDER, j
JAMES YOT'TZ.
GEO. A. ZELLER,
SAM'L B. ZERFOSS,
WM. F. SHOEMAKER."!
SMALLEST DONKEY IN THE WORLD BROUGHT HERE
BY SPORTSMAN WHO NEVER KILLED AN ANIMAL
„ _ MINNEHAHA SMALLEST DONKEY IN THE WORLD
.„„,; v . »°rk.—The Bronx Park Zoo is the proud possessor of the smallest
Mann e r y t Worl , d .' h , rou P ht here by Hugh H. Tyrwhitt-Drake. of Cob Tree
huMr o one i En f land ' who ai?" delivered to the Zoo. a lioness, a reed
birds of P uinac< J. two dyk dyks, some small mammals, two giant
£« Paradise and a collection of birds of prey.
3 L l ll le « on Jf*y 18 bl l t twenty-nine inches high and is now with foal.
h „%lf/S»/orS!S!Slfu»* ' """ „ Z< ,„. Bhr h „
hundreds of wild animals and owns the largest private menagerie in the world.
President Is Stronger
Than Party in U. S.
Washington, D. C., July 13.—Presi
dent Wilson is much stronger poli
tically with the people of the United
j States than is his party. He is stronger
than he -was six months ago, due gen
erally to his treatment of the Euro
pean situation, particularly the Lusi
j tania incident,
! Whether or not this popularity is of
! a kind that can be turned to political
account in the election in 1916, is un
certain. depending largely upon future
; developments in the foreign relations
|of the United States. The President's
economic and domestic policies and his
; Mexican record are unpopular.
These conclusions are based upon
i letters received in response to inquiries
sent out by The New York Suns
Washington bureau to more than 500
I political friends and acquaintances
{throughout the country.
WIMON STUDIES SITUATION
By Associated Press
Cornish. N. H., .Tuly 13 —President
i Wilson devoted his attention to-day to
a detailed study of the situation grow
ing out of the receipt of the latest
, German note on submarine warfare.
I After a game of fcolf with Dr. Cary T.
; Grayson, of a course near here, he
I retired to his study with the official
I text of the note before him.
HARRISBITRG frfSßfr TELEGRAPH
French Losfe Cemetery
and Trenches at Souchez
By Associated Press
Taris. July 13. The loss of the
Souchez cemetery and adjacent
trenches by the French which was in
dicated In the French official state
ment of yesterday while regrettable
does not affect the principal defenses
in the region according to French
military writers. It is a warning.
[ however, says Colonel Rousset in the
Petit Parisian, that will not be
neglected.
STUDYING TYPHUS FEVER TO
PREVENT ITS SPREAD
In an attempt to discover more ef
fective methods of treatment the
health authorities of the United States
are making a careful study of typhus
fever, which is now ravaging the ar
mies of Europe, says the July Popular
Mechanics Magazine. One of the cur
ious features of this study is a wax
model, over a foot long, of the insect
that transmits the disease. This model
is a marvel of mechanical and tech
nical skill and is about one million
times the size of the living Insect. It
is made from microscopic measure
ments of the original. More than a
year was spent in its construction, the
cost of the completed model being
close to one thousand dollars.
Armenian Survivors Say
They Were Kicked Off
Submarine by Germans
By Associated Press
Newport News, Va.. July 18.—The
British steamer Victorian arrived here
to-day with four negro muleteers, sur
vivors of the British mule ship Ar
menian, sunk by a German submarine
June 2 8 with the loss of more than a
score of lives.
The negroes asserted that when they
attempted t(r scramble aboard the sub
marine they were kicked oft bv the
German sailor#, who laughed at them.
Joseph Austin Holmes
Dies at Denver, Colo.
By Associated Press
Denver, Col., July 13.—Joseph Aus
tin Holmes, director of the Federal
Bureau of Mines at Washington and a
widely known geologist, died at his
home here early to : day of tuberculosis.
Dr. Holmes had been in poor health
for several months. He came to Den
ver about four months ago with his
family in the hope of regaining
strength, but grew steadily weaker.
Dr. Holmes was 65 years old and a
native of South Carolina. He had been
director of the Bureau of Mines since
its creation by Congress in 1910. Pre
viously he had been chief of the
technological branch of the United
States Geological Survey in charge of
investigation of mine accidents. His
service of the federal government be
gan in 1904, when he was nlaeed in
charge of the United States Geological
Survey laboratories for testing fuels
and structural materials at St. Louis
and later at Pittsburgh.
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C„ July IS.—Dr. Jo
seph A. Holmes was regarded by his
associates in the government service
as the father of the Bureau of alines,
I which, by a campaign of education
and experiment, has largely reduced
the death tolls among the underground
workers. He also was accredited with
making "safety first" a national move
ment. He took it for the slogan of tha i
mine bureau s wortt and it spread to
all phases in industrial activity.
REMEDY FOR CHICK F N FLE AS
Make a 5 per cent, solution of a
good commercial disinfectant, and
thoroughly spray the ground and all
woodwork where the chickens lay
around in the day time. Soak every
thing good and plenty. If you prefer,
you can make a good Insecticide by
mixing together two tablespoons lard,
one-half pint crude carbolic acid, and
one gallon kerosene (coal oil). Melt
the lard and dissolve it in the kero
sene. Add the carbolic aeld and mix
thoroughly. Spray as previously ad
vised.
Buy a dime s worth of 33 per cent,
mercurial ointment. Verv slightly
grease the sides of the chick's head
and under its beak where the fleas are
attached. One application is sufficient
Lse this poisonous ointment sparingly
on small chicks as too much will kill
them through absorption of the mer
cury.
The mature fowls should be greased
at the same time, as they are un
doubtedly affected. If thev are lousv
?V H1 ;u rub a ,itlle oi the ointment
V"?er the_ vent, covering a piece of
flesh the size of a silver quarter. This
is a positive cure for lice, advises
Frank C. Hare, in Farm and Home.
MBKRTV BELL AT SPOKANE
By Associated Press I
Spokane, Wash., July 13. Thou
sands of persons viewed the Liberty
Bell during its four-hour stay here
to-day. Patriotic exercises were held
Governor Lister was one of the
speakers.
JULY 13, 1915.
TOO BUSY TO TAKE
SUMMER VACATION
{Continned from Fta*t Page.]
Mr. Lynch, "there's no possibility
about It. And If you didn't know that
you should know. You're one of the
bondsmen."
„ "You're opposed to the closing of
the gap in the wall at Market atreet,"
declared Mr. Taylor; "I believe that's
the purpose of this resolution."
Both the Mayor and Mr. Gorgas
denied that they were oppoaed to the
Improvement.
Not Enough Money
Commissioners Lynch and Taylor
then specifically pointed out that there
lsn t enough money in the Board of
I u ,P Uc Works fund now to pay off the
full amount of the Opperm&n award
because SB,OOO or more of the sum
?I r ; Gor * as Kave as a balance is
withheld by the terms of the contract
as the 15 per cent, estimate for com
pletion of the job. On the other hand,
there would be enough to pay for the
completion of all the improvement,
including the closing of the gap, with
the funds in hand.
The city is responsible for any and
all of the improvement It doea," added
Mr. Lynch with evident relevance to
the disposition of the arbitrators'
award later. "The city is responsible
and it will have to pay the bills."
Yes, that's true," admitted Mr.
ibf" the city ' of course > Is respon-
During the discussion between Mr.
Gorges and Mr. Lynch as to the lat
t,eor(?®vltlent i&norance of the fact that
58.000 of the board of public works'
lund was really owing the Stucker
Brothers Company, Mr. Gorgas rather
heatedly inquired:
Do you mean to say the books of
the superintendent of finance are not
kept properly?"
I <jon t charge that," promptly re
turned Mr. Lynch, "but you've said
you don t know about this SB,OOO that
•J ,^ ins withheld and I've said that
V*„ th J s ros °hitlon goes over for a week
I II have a statement here of the con
dition of the funds of the board."
The resolution was laid over.
Council took preliminary steps In
cident to acquiring the almshouse
tract for the completion of the
< ameron parkway when Commissioner
aylor introduced an ordinance auth
orizing the appointment of viewers for
condemnation proceedings. Mr. Lynch
offered a measure transferring monev
received for making "cuts" and other
, re P nlr work on the streets to
the city s general paving repair fund.
The Gorgas ordinance requiring hold
ers of city improvement bonds to pro
duce a certificate of ownership to en
able the treasurer to locate the own
ers in order to file the statement of
exempted State taxes was passed
finally.
Bellevae Park Residents
Petition City Council to
Pave Streets in District
Bellevue Park residents want paved
streets in that section of Harrlsburg
ard they are willing to pay for the im
provement themselves. City Council
got official Information to that effect
this afternoon when ordinances were
introduced authorizing the paving of
Chestnut street from Twenty-first to
the eastern city limits, Twenty-first
street from Market to Hillside road
and Hillside road. Twenty-first to Holly
street, and Holly street from Hillside
road to the entrance to Bellevue.
By the terms of these petitions the
street will be paved to a width of
twenty-three feet with bituminous
concrete and guttered and the entire
expense will be borne by the citizens
whose homes abutt on these highways.
Commissioner Lynch offered an
other ordinance providing for the pav
ing ol' Zarker street from Eighteenth
to Nineteenth. This section, like the
Bellevue streets, will be paved before
winter sets in, according to Mr. Lynch.
HOME MAKING 1
GERMAN TRENCHES
Troops Line Banks With Willow
in Basketwork Effect;
Build Chimneys
I T&rnow, Austrian Gallcla, Jun® 28.,
—Basketwork with willow twigs has
been dignified with a place In the
science of fortification and the art of
"homemaking In the trenches." The
Austrian and German troops, who, for
eleven weeks, lay in trenches along
the west bunk of the Dunajec river,
facing the Russians on the other side,
were largely "landsturm" men from
the Tyrol, Bohemia, and Westphalia.i
and nowhere in Europe has the As
sociated Press correspondent seen any
thing to equal or even approach in
comfort and decorative effect the
winter homes which these soldiers
built along the bank of the river.
The position which they took did
not at first view seem very favorable
for a comfortable trench life. It be
ing along a dyke of clay In a low
lying river valley, but the willows
which grew in profusion nearby af
forded material to more than make
good all deficiencies. Trenches and
the dug-out shelters of the men were
first of all lined with basketwork to
prevent caving-in and contact with the
sticky clay. Then the men seemed
to have vied with eaoh other In mak
ing new comforts from the slender
osiers. Nearly every shelter-hut had
chairs and tables of basketwork. Many >
of them had chimneys of willow en
cased In clay. Summer houses of
various shapes and designs were built
back of the lines later, the most com
mon type being made of four long
boughs bent toge.ther in a sort of
tepee, with a roof of basketwork
woven in. On the top of the dyke
were the loopholes from which the
defenders fired at the Russians on the
other bank. Eaoh man had excavated
for himself a niche, man-high, roofed
and lined with osiers, from which he
could attend to the principal taak of
a soldier in full comfort and se
curity.
Sod was cut and brought from a
distance and the outside of the housef
and the slope of the dyke were care
fully sodded with the loving care of
a good lawn artist. With the coming
of Spring, gardens had evervwhero
been laid out, each shelter-hut having
at least one, with a decorative border
of stone or sod before the door.
When the correspondent visited the
scene the basketware homes were
empty. Polish peasants were turning
over the straw l n the beds, searching
for money or trinkets, which might
have been lost, or were earning awav
the doors, -windows and furniture,
while the soldiers who had built
them were miles to the eastward ln
CIOKO pursuit of the retreating 1 Rus-
TEXTILE MILLS TO CLOSE /
By Associated Press
New Bedford, Mass., Julv 13.—Every
textile mill in this city p'robably will
be shut down during the first -week of
August as a result of a vote taken bv
the textile council last night, when
officers of the council announced that
the manufacturers" association had re
fuf-ed to grant a request that the op
eratives be given a week's vacation. '
ALLIES ADVANCE 200 YARDS
Paris, July 13.—The Athens corre
spondent of L'lnformatlon informs
his paper he haa received from Mytll
ene news to the effect that after an
other serious battle on the G&llipoll
peninsula the allies' right wing has
advanced 200 yards and that the bom
bardment of the inner Dardaneliej
forts continue.
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