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JOB OF DOeCRTCHER
REMAINS 111 FAMILY
Pearson Succeeds Brother Who
Left Suddenly After Pal
Was Arrested
John Sylvester Pearson was to-day
appointed Steelton's official dogcatch
er by Burgess Fred Wlgfleld.
John S. Pearson is a brother of Wal
ter Pearson, who for years has rid
the borough of its homeless hounds.
Walter left Steelton rather suddenly,
recently, following the arrest of his
friend "Sharkey" Robinson for the al
leged theft of several barrels of flour
from a boxcar on the Reading Rail
road siding.
The disappointment of the police
authorities was the delight of the
borough's friendless canines. This
pleasure on the part of the four-footed
creatures was short-lived for the bur
gess at once appointed Raymond M.
Gross to the lucrative office of dog
catcher.
In the two days that Gross per
formed his official duties he "snatch
ed" seventeen dogs, was bitten on the
hand once and was chased by an irate
foreign woman with a butcher knife.
Even though prosperity knocked at
the door of the house of Gross, Ray
mond couldn't stand such strenous
and thrilling employment. So he quit.
So again the house or Pearson lays
claim to the borough's lucrative office
of dogcatcher.
Big Steel Men Visit
Sparrows Point Plant
Special to The Telegraph
Baltimore, Md.. July 24.—Thorough
Inspection of the Maryland Steel Works
at Sparrows Point by ten representa
tives of big steel concerns, including
several from different branches of the
Carnegie plants, has caused consid
erable speculation here as to the ob
ject. An important deal is believed to
Hf» on hand. One of the company's
officials said:
"These men are only operators, and
they have not authority to talk for
their companies. There is not a chance
that they would discuss the steel sit
uation with you."
Asked the object of the inspection
trip of the steel men. the official said:
"I presume they are here for Ideas.
The heads of our departments at times
make such trips."
The wheels of Industry are running
nt the plant now as never before.
Nearly 8,000 men are employed in the
marine department and others are en
gaged as fast as they apply. Scores of
new men were employed to-day.
BURY MRS. CAIiMAN
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine
Caiman were held from her late home,
828 North Second street, this after
noon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. A. K.
"Wler, pastor of the Centenary United
Brethren Church, officiated and burial
was made In Baldwin Cemetery.
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SATURDAY EVENING,
STEELTON CHURCHES
First Reformed—The Rev. Charles
A. Huyette. Sunday school and morn
ing service, 10. "The True and the
False;" 7.30, "The Parable of the
Leaven, or How the Kingdom Grows;"
Christian Endeavor, 6.45.
Central Baptist The Rev. H. D.
Germer. 10.45, "God's Temple;" 7.30,
"A Mustard Seed;" Sunday school,
9.30.
Main Street Church of God—The
Rev. G. W. Getz. 10.30, "The Trumpet
Call of Missions;" 7.30, missionary pro
gram by Woman's Missionary Society;
Sunday school, 9.15; Junior Christian
Endeavor, 6; senior Christian En
deavor. 6. SO.
St. John's Lutheran —The Rev. G.
N. Lauffer. 10.45, "The Eternal God
is Thy Dwelling Place," and 7.80;
Sunday school, 9.80; Intermediate
Christian Endeavor, 6.30.
Grace United Evangelical—The Rev.
J. M. Shoop. 10.30 and 7.30; Sun
day school, 9.15; Christian Endeavor,
6.45
Centenary United Brethren The
Rev. A. K. Wier. 10.45, "Light at
Eventide;" 7.30, "Otherworldllness;"
Sunday school, 9.80; Christian En
deavor, 6.30.
St. Mark's Lutheran—The Rev. W.
B. Smith. 11. "The Blessedness of
Believers:" 7.30, "Seeing the Face of
Jesus;" Sunday school. 10; Christian
Endeavor, 6.45.
First Presbyterian—The Rev. C. B.
Segelken. 11. "The Good Will of a
Lifetime;" 7.30, "The Sin of Unbe
lief;" Sunday school, 9.45; Christian
Endeavor. 6.30.
Main Street Church of God—The
Rev. G. AV. Getz. Sunday school, 9.15;
10.30, "The Trumpet Call of Missions;"
7.30, a missionary program by the
Woman's Missionary Society; junior
Christian Endeavor, 6; senior Chris
tian Endeavor. 6.30.
East Steelton Church of God—The
Rev. E. J. Huggins. Praise service,
9.30; Sunday school, 2;; junior Chris
tian Endeavor. 6; senior Christian
Endeavor, 6.30; preaching. 7.30, at
which time Joy, a. native of India, will
deliver an address on his country and
conditions; special music.
Steelton Snapshots
Koontz Wins.—M. O. Koontz yester
day was awarded the gold match given
by the Triangle Club to raise a fund
for charity.
Doyle Visits Here.—Hugh Doyle, a
Philadelphia newspaper cartoonist,
with Mrs. Doyle and Miss Hensel, are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Lipp, 424 North Front street.
Infants Picnic.—The infant depart
ment of St. John's Lutheran Sunday
School held a picnic at Reservoir Park
to-day. In special cars the youngsters
were taken to the park by a com
mittee of women from the church.
Car and Auto Crash.—An automo
bile driven by William Smith, Pine
street, collided with a trolley car at
Second and Hofter streets yesterday
afternoon. Although there were six
passengers In the machine, no one was
injured.
Laying Sidewalk.—H. A. Kelker Is
laying 750 feet of sidewalk in Pine
street north of Reading street, a re
cently opened residential section.
HIGHSPIRF. CHURCHES
United Brethren—The Rev. H. F.
Rhoad. 10.45, "Balaam;" Sunday
school. 9.30; Christian Endeavor, 7.30;
open-air services In Market Square at
6.80.
TEACHERS Till FOR
CONTINtIIITION IRK
Special Schools Are Now Being
Conducted; Great Task and
Many Problems
According to re
's. \\ ? //J P° rts that have
A\\ been received in
f Jeorge Becht, secre-%
tnr >' the State
fgjiaftiMlJ Hoard of Education
WJpngSQV; 335 teachers are
I JSftfMWSISw now receiving in
r galHffillnlV structlon in the
% special schools for
Bg—' the training of
teachers of the
educational extension schools. Fifty
four are enrolled at Pittsburgh, 94 at
Philadelphia, 114 at Scranton, 13 at
Altoona and 60 at Reading.
The problem that will confront
these teachers is one of the most dif
ficult known to educators and special
pains will be taken to fit them to suc
cessfully cope with it. They will be
required to take hold of children be
tween the ages of 14 and 16, many of
whom have left the regular courses of
instruction because they have lost in
terest and reawaken in them a de
sire for education.
The underlying idea of the extension
schools is to make all the instruction as
practical as possible and at the same
time teach the children to think for
themselves. To that end it is neces
sary to teach the teachers how to ap
jply ordinary pedagogical principles to
the special schools which they will
conduct during the coming winter.
For instance when the subject is
geography special industrial geogra
phy will be taught and the pupils will
be told not only where the raw ma
terials In use in the shop where they
work come from, but how they get
from the place of origin to the place
where they come under the personal
observation of the pupils. But the
matter will not be permitted to drop
there, for the finished product will be
traced to the consumer and the use
he makes of it will be made clear to
the mind of the youthful student.
The same principles will be carried
out even In the Instruction on such
dry subjects as arithmetic and writing.
In arithmetic all the problems will be
adopted to the particular Industry In
which the extension school is main
tained and in addition there will be
courses in simple industrial bookkeep
ing.
In the spelling lessons special stress
will be placed upon trade names and
words that are In constant use in the
Industries and the English exercises
will consist of the writing of compo
sitions on vocational subjects.
Those who are to be teachers of
such subjects must, of course, first
study them themselves and in addi
tion they must become thoroughly
grounded in the pedagogy of the sub
jects, the theories as to the best ways
in which the extension schools may
be carried on. Something is known
along this line but to a certain extent
for some time to come all the work
In the school for the teachers will be
experimental. In time it is hoped that
a corps of highly efficient specialists
in this kind of educational work will
be developed.
There are three teachers at each of
the special schools. W. C. Ash, who
is principal of the Philadelphia
school, has not yet reported the names
of his two assistants, hut the princi
pals of the other schools and their
staffs are as follows: Reading, W. E.
Hackett, principal, P. N. Schaeffer, J.
E. Sandt; Scranton, J. H. Fuller, prin
cipal. F. M. Dunseith, W. L. Hall;
Altoona, C. D. Koch, principal, W. P.
Loomls, A. B. Miller; Pittsburgh, John
Thompson, principal, C. C. Johnson.
It was contemplated in the original
plans of Secretary Becht to open one
of the schools for teachers at Erie, but
so few applied at that point that those
who did were recommended to apply
at Pittsburgh.
Qii inn Promoted. Joseph P.
Quinn.of York, who has been a factory
inspector for a number of years has
been made a superintendent of inspec
tors. Another appointment announced
at the offices of the Department of La
bor and Industry, to-day Is that of
Matthew Frederic, of Tyrone, to a fac
tory inspectorship.
Bids For Muncy Home. Among
the bidders for work on the adminis
tration building and the cottages for
the industrial homo for women to be
erected at Muncy was the. Dauphin
Electric Company which bid $14,544
on the electrical work. Bids on the
construction ranged from $153,000 to
$173,000.
New Clerk. Miss Catherine Corn
stock, of Meclmnicsburg, has been ap
pointed to a position as clerk In the
Department of Labor and Industry.
HUNDREDS PERISH WHEN
LAKE STEAMER CAPSIZES
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dock nenr Clark street bridge loaded
with passengers," said Gndory. "We
were to leave In twenty minutes mill
the upper deck and cabins were
crowded with passengers. There were
hundrdes of women and children. I
estimate that tli.ere were between two
and three thousand on the boat at the
time of the accident. I was standing
on the lower deck near the gangplank
watching the people come aboard.
Suddenly I noticed the boat list
toward the center of the river. It
rolled slightly at first and then seemed
to stop. Then It started to roll again.
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I became alarmed and shouted to the
crowd to keep still. Apparently a ma
jority of the passengers were on one
side of the boat and this had over
weighted it and caused It to list. Sud
denly the liawsers which held the boat
to the dock snapped and the officers
pulled the gangplank in and refused
to allow any more on the boat.
"At this time everybody was panic
stricken, women screamed and men
tried to Quiet them. I attempted to
reach an upper deck, but could not be
cause of the crowd and excitement,
and ran back to the port side where
the gangway bad been. The boat then
slowly drifted away from the dock,
rolling as it slipped into midstream,
and a moment later It had turned over
on its side. I climbed over on the side
of the boat and stayed there until I
was taken off by life savers. Many of
the passengers leaped into the river
as die boat went over. Scores of
others were caught in the cabins and
drowned. When the small boats began
coming out to us I worked with other
survivors in taking the passengers out
of the water and cutting holes in tho
cabins to remove bodies."
Captain Gives Details
Captain Harry Petersen, 57 yenrs
old, of Benton Harbor. Mich., who
was in command of the boat, said:
"I was on the bridge and was about
ready to pull out when I noticed the \
beat begin to list. I shouted orders
to open the gangways nearest the
dock and give the people a chance to
get out. The boat continued to roll
and shortly afterward tho hawsers
hioke and the steamer turned over on :
its side and was drifting toward the |
middle of the river. When she went
over I Jumped and held on to the upper
side. It all happened in two minutes.
The cause Is a mystery to me. I have
sailed the lakes for twenty-five years
and previous to that sailed on salt
water twelve years, and this is the first
serious accident I ever had. I do not
know how it happened."
Chief Steward Albert Wycoff said:
"I was in the lunchroom on the
main deck when I noticed the boat
beginning to list. Dishes fell out of
the rack and a scene of wild excite
ment followed. I shouted for the
people to save themselves. A moment
later I Jumped into the water and
managed to rescue three women."
William Barrett, a deckhand, said:
"I was 011 the main' deck at the
stern line ready to cast it off when the
boat started to list. I shouted warn
ings to the passengers around me and
tried to let go the hawser. When the
boat went over T climbed on the upper
side and helped get a number of pas
sengers into boats. It all happened
in a few minutes."
7.000 Tickets Distributed
Tlte steamer Eastland was filled to
capacity and hundreds were turned to
other boats, according to S. G. Hall,
one of the Western Electric picnickers.
He estimated that seven thousand
tickets had been distributed to the
employes and that more than 2,500
were crowded on the Eastland.
"I got to the dock," said Hall, "and
was told to go to the other boats, as
the Eastland was already too crowded.
There were fifteen or twenty people
behind me and more coming fast.
"I was told that 7,000 tickets had
been distributed among the company's
employes and that there were to be
six boatloads. The only boats that I
heard were to be useil. however, were
the Eastland and the Theodore Roose
velt.
"I had scarcely gone ten feet toward
the Roosevelt when the Eastland be
gan to list. Hundreds ran to the rail
and many climbed over its sides as it
turned over. All were thrown into the
water."
Mother of Three Lost
Mrs. Paulina Vantak, the mother of
three children. was among the
drowned. Her children were believed
to have been lost.
Henry Vantak, the woman's hus
band, was pulled out of the water.
"I could not believe the boat was
turning over," Vantak said. "About a
dozen of the 15Q persons on the upper
decks jumped. The rest were thrown
into the river.;
"T did not see my children nor my
wife after the boat turned. They
were carried into the river with the
crowd. Someone grabbed me around
the neck and kept pulling me. It was
a woman and I could not see her."
Policeman Henry H. Seshr, one of
the first to go to the rescue, gave a
vivid description of the accident.
"I saw scores of men and women,
many of them holding children, plunge
Into the water. I Jumped into a row
boat and pulled out to the drowning.
I think I got about fifty ashore.
'The fire boat and tugs hurried to
the scene and picked up more than a
hundred people.
"We grabbed those nearest us first.
At one time I had four women in the
boat with me. Others I aided by drag
ging them from the water onto the
docks."
Pulmotors in Service
Pulmotors were rushed to the scene
in an attempt to revive victims drag
ged from the water.
The North Clark street bridge was
choked with persons on their way ;o
work when the accident occurred.
Friends and relattves of manv who
were going on the excursion lined this
bridge railing waiting for the boat to
depart.
Captain Charles Carland of the
! United States Life Saving Station at
! the mouth of the river hurried with
I his crew to the scene and aided in
i the rescue, as did dozens of tugs and
I other river craft.
The first body recovered was Identl-
I fled as that of Mrs. Peter Kommer.
I Her two sons were believed to be lost.
|Her husband was saved.
Firemen chopped a hole in the side
of the cabin and recovered the body
of Mrs. Kommer.
Private motor cars and wagons were
pressed Into service In transporting
the injured to hospitals. The police
wire called to the scene from a score
of outlying stations.
Police drove the thousands of per
sons who crowded the Clark and Wells
street bridges from the structures for
fear that they would collapse.
1 Eyewitnesses said that the boat
turned gradually and that when It be
gan to tip the crowd rushed and slid
toward the side that had settled in
the water. The big stnnmer, weighed
i by the rush of Its passengers, turned
clear over on its side.
Lysle Goyatte, 1953 South avenue,
Chicago, said:
"My wife and I had just entered
the boat and were in the crowd on the
main deck near the gangway. Then
I heard some one shout 'Get back' and
we were pushed over to one side. A
moment later the boat started to list.
We were all panic stricken and could
do nothing. I lifted my wife in my
arms and crawled out of an opening
on the upper side of the boat as it
slowly went over."
Five Steamers Chartered
W. K. Greenabaum, manager of
the Indiana Transportation Company,
who is in charge of the excursion,
said:
"We had chartered five steamers for
the excursion of the Western Electric
Company's employes to Michigan City,
Ind., to-day. We had the steamers
Eastland, Petoskey, Theodore Roose
velt, Racine and Maywood.
"The Eastland was the first boat to
load and the docks were crowded with
passengers who were to be taken on
the other boats nearby. One United
States steamboat inspector and two
assistants watched the Eastland load.
They stood at the gangplank and
counted the passengers as they went
aboard. Their report shows that there
were 2.500 passengers on the Eastland,
Its full capacity under the United
States Steamboat Regulations. I have
no idea how the accident occurred."
Was Speedy Vessel
The steamer Eastland was built' Jn
1903 and owned by the Eastland Navi
gation Company of Cleveland, O. It
was 265 feet long by 38 feet wide and
had a draft of 23 feet with a net ton
nage of 1,218. It was brought to Chi
cago In 1904 and was used in the ex
cursion business to South Haven,
Michigan, for several years. Later it
was taken to Cleveland and placed in
the excursion service there. This
Spring the boat was remodeled. It
was then brought to Chicago and put
on the run to St. Joseph, Michigan.
It had a steel hull and was known as
one of the fastest excursion boats of
the Great Lakes. It had a speed of
21 miles an hour.
The Eastland nearly met with a
similar accident eight years ago when
in commission between Chicago and
South Haven, Mich. The boat,
crowded with passengers, listed badly
in the South Haven harbor when the
water ballast was being taken aboard.
Officers of the ship drove the passen
gers to the other side of the vessel and
probably averted a disaster.
Scenes similar to those that followed
the Iroquois Theater disaster In 1903,
cast gloom over the city.
Along South Water street, Chicago's
produce center, commission firms
practically suspended business and
threw open the doors of their estab
lishments as temporary morgues and
hospitals.
Blankets For Dead
All the big downtown department
stores hurried truckloads of blankets
to cover the dead and the drenched
women and children who were hud
dled in groups.
Six government inspectors were
working on the docks when the East
land turned over. They were in charge
of Inspector R. H. McCurry.
"Two inspectors were assigned to
the Eastland," McCurry said, "to see
that the boat was not overcrowded.
The ship had taken on all that she
would hold and two inspectors turned
many others away. She was ready to
sail when the accident occurred.
"The sinking of the ship came to
me like a streak of lightning. It all
happened so suddenly."
Believes 1,000 Perished
First Deputy Superintendent of Po
lice Schuettler said:
"Two hundred and fifty bodies have
been recovered and I believe that one
thousand in all perished. I believe
the other bodies will be recovered
when the inner compartments of the
boat are reached. We are recovering"
bodies rapidly and the list of dead is
growing fast.
"My estimate of one thousand dead
is based on information I got from a
purser on the boat who had a narrow
escape."
Grand Jury to Investigate
Grand Jury investigation was fore
casted when Walter K. Greenabaum,
general manager of the Indiana Trans
portation Company, which chartered
the Eastland for the outing, was sum
moned to the State Attorney's office
and questioned by State's Attorney
Hoyne.
At 11 o'clock the police reported
that 500 bodies had been recovered.
Reports from various places on the
river said that more bodies were being
taken from the water.
John Morey, Western Electric Com
pany employe, was one of the rescued.
"I was on the upper deck," said
Morey, "when the boat began to list.
1 caught hold of the rail and held on
as the boat went over ou its side.
"A loose chair swung around and
struck me on the forehead but I man
aged to keep my hold on the rail until
1 was helped to land. There were
more than 1500 on my side of the
boat at the time and many of them
have been drowned."
George Haber said:
"I was standing on a pier 100 feet
away when the boat began to turn
over. Some of the men on the boat
were loosening some of the ropes. I
noticed one heavy cable still fast to
the stern. Then the boat began turn
ing.
"It was seven or eight minutes In
turning over on its side."
Boy Rescued by Hair
George Michael was tnrown into the
river and grasped the hair of a boy
and swam to the pier with him.
"I was standing at the rail when
the boat began to tip and caught hold
of Frank Corney, my companion. We
went under twice and when I came
up the second time there was a boy
at the side of me. I though it was
Frank. I grabbed him and swam
ashore, but it was a strange boy."
"Nine girls and I were in a state
room having a little party of our own
and all of a sudden we felt the boat
going over," said Miss Lottie Ander
son, a survivor.
"We all fell into a heap. The
screams of the women In the other
staterooms were maddening. I fell
Into the water and did not see my sis
ter or any one of the eight others after
that."
Joe Brozak was saved because his
coat caught on a nail. "I was with
a party of four and they were all
drowned," said Brozak. "My coat
caught on a nail when the boat went
over and I was held above the
water."
Among those rescued was W. J.
Plamondon, an electrical engineer and
cousin of Charles A. Plamondon, who
with his wife lost his life in the
Lusltanla disaster.
Resuscitation Attempted
When firemen chopped and forced
their way through the side of the hull
of the overturned boat they found
bodies piled on one another like so
many boxes of merchandise. They be
gan taking them out and placing them
on the tug Racine which stood along
side. There they were placed on
stretchers and carried ashore.
As fast as bodies were taken on the
wharfs they were carried to the
steamer Theodore Roosevelt, or Into
nearby buildings or the stretchers were
set down on the streets where scores
of physicians and volunteer resccuers
began attempts at resuscitation.
Priests Summoned
Fifty Catholic priests summoned
hurriedly from various churches
reached the scene of the disaster short
ly after ten o'clock.
Some of the priests went aboard the
steamer Theodore Roosevelt which
was turned into a temporary morgue.
JULY 24, 1915.
but most of them devoted their at
tention to the dying and Injured.
There were 72 men in the crew of
the Eastland and all of them were re
ported to have escaped by swimming
to the wharf.
The last annual Inspection of the
Kastland was made In St. Joseph,
Mich., May 7, 1915. Steamboat in
spectors from Detroit, which Is the
center: of that Government district,
made the inspection, on July 6 a
dry dock examination of the boat's
hull was made by Captain Ira B.
Mansfield and William Nicholas, local
steamboat inspectors.
Bodies were removed to downtown
morgues in wagon loads where cloth
ing of the victims was examined in
an attempt to identify them. Sixty
per cent, of the dead were women, a
deputy coroner said.
Faces of the women bore the ap
pearance of a desperate struggle for
l*fe. Some were scratched and claw
ed, their clothing torn and their faces
bruised.
INVESTIGATION ORDERED
By Associated Press
Washington, July 24.—Acting Sec
retary Sweet of the Department of
Commerce, ordered the steamboat In
spection service to investigate the
Chicago disaster to determine whether
there was any defect of construction
or inspection of the steamer Eastland.
Federal Inspectors will be sent from
other points to supplement the force
at Chicago If necessary.
SAYS STATE GUARD
IS MARKING TIME
[Continued I'rom First Page.]
ever devised for national guard use.
It inspires the officers and through
them the men, to greater effort In en
deavor to secure the highest ratings
In the regiment, or In the guard at
largt—a result highly beneficial both
to the organization immediately af
fected and to the service in gen
eral.
Unsatisfactory Attendance
The outstanding feature of the re
port is the complaint which is made
about the attendance which Is stated
to bo far from satisfactory. In this
connection Colonel Sweeney says the
company commanders are either car
rying men on the rolls who have
ceased to be members of the guard
in order that the minimum enlist
ment of their organization may be
shown or they are lax In discipline.
The State property In the hands of
the guard, the company papers and
books and other conditions are re
ported to be In satisfactory condition,
but the inspecting officers note that
there was shown no increase In effi
ciency. This was especially true of
the infantry arm.
Colonel John P. Wood, who was in
charge of the first Inspection of the
cavalry units since they became a
regimental organization expressed
satisfaction with the conditions he
found but notes that most of the troops
are without adequate accommodation
for the proper care of public property
and urges that provision be made for
more mounted drills In all of the
troops.
WILSON WANTS REPORT
ON NATION'S DEFENSE
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dency of the military arms of the
Government.
The statement follows:
"The President lias been con
sidering every phase of the mat
ter of national defense ami intends
immediately on his return to
Washington to confer with the
Secretary of War and the Secre
tary of tho Navy, his purposo be
ing to procure information oi\
which he can formulate a sane,
reasonable and practical program
of national defense."
Although notliing was stated ofll
clally concerning the purpose of the
Government, it was hinted officially
that with the dispatch of the emphatic
note to Germany, the President had
decided to hasten the reports and
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
eI " " Deeds and Clerk of
I' * Young '~j|
I establishing themselves in business should not over- P
J- look the fact that the service of a strong financial insti- |
C tution is of vital importance to their success. | j
The fact that you transact your financial affairs with
; this company will give you prestige among successful
men. You will at ali times have at your disposal the .
advice of its officers and every service and accommo- j
j i '• dation in keeping with conservative methods.
| i We invite small as well as large accounts.
recommendations being prepared by
the War and Navy Departments for
the regular sessions of Congress so
that all necessary information might
be available if emergency arose.
Ready to Map Out Plans
As yet there are no intimations that
the President lias fixed any definite
time for submitting trio program of
national defense to Congress, but bis
purpose is said to be to map out com
prehensive plans, so that no time will
be lost should he decide to call a spe
cial session.
The delicacy of the international af
fairs brought these facts to light and
officials admitted to-day that for tho
next few weeks the question of na
tional defense will be a foremost one.
The President hopes to lay foundations
for a jicrmanciit national policy parti
cularly for the army. Details of a
reserve system being planned are with
held hut it is said the aim of the gen
eral staff is to create a reserve army of
at least 500,000 men and possibly
more.
In the navy work is proceeding
steadily on the perfection of the sub
marine and the aeroplane. Attention
has been concentrated on putting tho
navy on an equality with the most
efficient.
OPEN BIDS FOR NEW
CITY PARK DRIVEWAY
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lng to Reservoir, $7,990.
S. W. Shoemaker & Son, $18,971
(bid not considered because un
accompanied by certified check, as
required by specifications).
Commissioner Taylor, it Is under
stood, will award the contract to the
Central Construction and Supply Com
pany: the low bidder, and will ask
Council on Tuesday to approve the
award. •
To Rnsb Work
The specifications require the com
pletion of the work seventy-five days
after the Job Is begun and the start
must be made three days after the
successful bidder is notified of the
award. This means that the new
driveway will be finished before Fall.
Motor and other pleasure vehicles may
then travel from Cameron street to
Reservoir Park over a roadway twenty
feet wide.
Bids were asked for on two sections,
contractors having been permitted to
submit their proposals for either or
both of the two sections.
Stucker Brothers put in two pro
posals, one for $17,810 with the under
standing that a passable roadway
should be completed within thirty
days; the other at $15,810 called for
the completion of the Job In the tlm»
required by the specifications.
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RIFLES AND BAYONETS
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rested and charged with placing heavy
Iron pipes on the tracks of the Lehigh
Valley railroad at the entrance to the
oil plant. Desultory shots were fired
by the guards about the plant at In
tervals during the night but there was
no concerted outbreak. Governor
Fielder still hesitated to call out the
troops despite Sheriff Klnkead's fre
quent appeals for a guard of soldiers
around the plant.
Federal mediators endeavored again
to-day to compose the differences be
tween the company and the strikers.
RICHTKR—HAVERSTICK
Clarence M. Richter and Miss Mabel
A. Haverstlck, were ma; i led this
morning by the Rev. Amos M. Sta
mets, pastor of the Augsburg Lutheran
Church, at the parsonage.
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