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Stale Police Paltol Flood Area in Erie, to Prevent Looting and Disorder
HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No.- 181
♦CITY WATER FRONT
WILL BE MADE GAY
BY CARNIVAL FLOATS
Decorated Line of Merchants'
Boats to Be Anchored Along
River Wall During Celebration
LIKE A THAMES REGATTA?
Tentative Program Outlined For
Big Canoe Parade and Aqua
tic Sports—Prizes
Harrisburg's "front steps" should
bear some resemblance to the Thames
during an Oxford-Cambridge boat re
gatta if the tentative plans of the
committee arranging the big water car
nival Friday, September 24, can be
worked out.
The picture will present this differ
ence, perhaps—many of the prettily
decorated floats that will be anchored
alcng the shore will be provided for
by the merchants of the city.
The scheme of providing decorated
floats by the merchants, which may be |
anchored along the steps throughout j
the day's carnival program, was prac- ]
tically decided upon at last night's ]
meeting of the committee and Robert i
W. Hoy and George W. Bogar were i
named as a committee to work out the I
details with the merchants of Harris- j
burg. If this suggestion can be carried
through successfully the thousands of
spectators who will crowd the water
front may see the various events from
the gaily decorated watercraft.
The Kvening Parade
In the evening the long line of floats
will be towed to the upper end of the'
city to take a place in the line of the
water procession that is to be one of
the closing features of the program.
While a big part of the river parade
will be comprised of these floats, the
purpose for which the big three-day
celebration is to be held will be Illus
trated by a couple of special boats pre
pared for the purpose If arrangements
can be made. These will be decorated
in such a way as to show the progress
of Harrisburg's public improvement
development since 1902.
The tentative program as outlined
by the committee! last evening is as fol
lows:
The Races
v, 100-yard swimming races.
220-yard swimming races.
Tilting contest.
Tub and umbrella races.
Roiyboat races.
Canoe races (free for all).
Canoe race (for girls or girls and
Ooys).
Motorboat races.
Subcommittees Appointed
In the evening there will be a deco
rated canoe and boat race, led down
the river by a float and a band. Before
the finish line is reached an elaborate
fireworks display will be provided on
the upper end of Hargest's Island.
Subcommittees were named last
night as follows:
Merchants' floats, Messrs. Hoy and
Bogar.
Canoe and rowboat races, Gilbert M.
o\es and Ira Kindler.
Decorated boat parade, Thomas M.
Kelker and Harry ("Mayor") Berrier.
Another meeting of the committee
will be held next Thursday evening.
GENERAL TRACY NEAR END
New York, Aug. 6.—General Ben
jamin F. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy
when Benjamin Harrison was Presi
dent, was at death's door to-day, it
was said, sustained alone by his vigor
ous vitality. For nine days General
Tracy, who is 84 years old, has lain
unconscious and without nourishment
In any form-
After your swim In the ocean,
you will be ready for a quiet rest.
Then is when you will want your
favorite paper, so that you may
know what is going on at home.
Going on your vacation and read
ing strange newspapers is like
breaking in a pair of new shoes.
Enjoy reading comfort by hav
ing the Harrisburg Telegraph
mailed to your vacation address.
THE WEATHER]
For Harrfubarg and vicinity i Un
settled weather to-night and Sat
urdays not much change in tem
perature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania t Vnnet
tled to-night and Saturday! prob
ably showers In north portion)
moderate northeast to eaat winds.
Hirer
The lower Weat Branch and the
t'pper North Branch will rtae this
afternoon, and to-night and prob
ably begin to fall Saturday. The
lower North Branch will fall
slowly this afternoon and to
-1 night and begin to rlae Saturday, i
The main river will rise slightly
A or remain nearly stationary to
m night and Saturday. A stag* of
about 7.3 feet la Indicated for
Harrisburg Saturday morning. I
Heavy rains last night over the I
upper portion of the North j
Branch started a rapid rise at '
Towanda. There has not yet i
been sufflclent rain to cause flood
stages.
General Conditions
The weather continues unsettled In
the Lake Region, the Upper Ohio
Valley and the Middle Atlantic and
New England States and showers
have fallen over most of this ter
ritory In the laat twenty-four
hours, being heaviest over the
Saaquehannn waterahed.
Temperature I 8 a. m.. 2 p. m., 73.
Bum ninesi SiOS a. m.s sets, 7i13
p. m.
Mooni New moon, August 10, 5:52
a. m.
niver Stare t 9.fl feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
ntghewt temperature, 83.
Lowest temperature. US.
Mean temperature, 75.
Normal temperature, T4
FEAR DEAD ANIMALS
MAY BECOME MENACE
IN FLOODED SECTION
'State Health Officials at Erie Are
j Using Every Means to Prevent
Outbreak of Disease
STATE POLICE PATROL AREA
Newspaper Reporter Shoots Man
Alleged to Have Been Seen
Looting House
Erie, Pa., Aug. 6.—Troopers of the
i State Constabulary patrolled the flood
I section to-day, enforcing strictly the
| regulations of the Pennsylvania Health
authorities and the Erie City Council,
while increased forces of workers, in
[ their search for bodies, went further
into the great masses of wreckage.
I piled along Mill Creek by Tuesday
1 night's flood.
i Sensational rumors of looting dur
! ing the night kept the police busy, and
! early to-day it became known that
Guy Fowler, a reporter on the Erie
Dispatch, had shot a man who was
alleged to have been seen taking
articles from a house that had been
abandoned by Its occupants. The man
was later taken to the Hamat Hos
pital where it was said he had been
shot in the shoulder, but that his con
dition was not serious. Other reports
of looting were that a citizen had shot
a man in Twelfth street, but the police
declared they had been unable to find
the wounded man. An order to the
constabulary and the police was to
"suppress looting with a stern hand,
and that all suspected persons were to
be taken to police headquarters with
out delay."
Three hundred additional workmen
were placed in the streets with the
coming of dawn, and tne piles of
demolished buildings were attacked
vigorously under the direction of en
gineers who have volunteered their
services to the city. It was expected
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Rushes Commissary
Car to Stricken Erie
An all-steel commissary car, for
service at Erie, was completed at
Lucknow shops of the Pennsylvania
Railroad yesterday. Following an In
spection by the Philadelphia division
officials, the car was sent to Erie last
night.
The car is equipped with stoves, re
frigerators, tables and cupboards. It
will be used as a big kitcnen. Food
will be supplied for the Pennsylvania
Railroad employes working In the
Hooded district at Erie.
At the office of Superintendent Wm.
B. McCaleb, of the Philadelphia di
vision, it was said the car was ordered
for service at Erie. Mr. McCaleb
could not say whether flood sufferers
would be supplied from this car, or
employes only. The car will be in
charge of men from the Erie division
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The car, which was formerly a bag
gage car, is sixty feet in fength, and
can be stocked with a large supply of
food. It will be placed on a siding at
Erie near the flooded district. The
car was not stocked in this city, but it
is understood a supply or vegetables,
meats and other foods were placed on
the car at Willlamsport.
Susquehanna Valley
Suffers Most From Rain
No hope of relief from the unusual
brand of weather whsch has settled
over the eastern half of the country
Monday is offered in the daily fore
cast of the local weather bureau.
While rain fell over all the Middle At
lantic, New England, and the Lake
States, the Susquehanna Valley suffer
ed worst.
The crest of the high water is ex
pected to reach here to-morrow
morning on a stage of seven and three
tenth feet. The lower east branch and
the upper north branch were still ris
ing this afternoon. This morning at
8 o'clock the river had reached a 7.1
foot stage and was rising four-tenths
of a foot an hour. There is an excess
of rainfall since the first of the month
of nearly an inch and a half and for
the year of nearly four inches.
KRIE FLOOD NOT CAUSED
BY BREAKING OF DAM
The great flood damage wrought by
the storm of Tuesday evening in Erie
by Mill Creek has been conclusively
shown not to have been caused by the
breaking of the Glenwood dam, as has
been reported. Theodore E. Seelye,
of the firm of Farley Gannett, con
sulting engineers, who is making an
investigation for the Engineering Rec
ord, of New York, reported in a tele
gram, received to-day, that the dam is
only six feet high, and "had no effect
whatever upon the flood, and was not
even entirely breached." The tele
gram adds that "water Is still going
over the spillway."
A section of the earthen portion of
the structure was washed off of the
top, but this cut is less than three
feet deep.
ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.
CONCERT AT RESERVOIR
To-night's concert at Reservoir
will be given by the Commonwealth
Band under the supervision of the
Harrisburg Light and Power Com
pany. The program which will be
gin at 8 and last until 10 o'clock
has been prepared by Conductor
Fred W. Weber as follows:
March—"Are Vou the O'Reilly?"—
Emmett
Overture "Morning, Noon and
Night".—Suppe
Intermezzo—"Eleanor" Deppen
Selection "Only Girl" Herbert I
Waltz—"Ever or Never" Wal- !
deteufel
Medley, Overture—"Grand Slam"— '
Wltmark
Opus lol—"Humoresque"—Dvorak
Love Spell "Oharme D'Armour"
—Kendell
Descriptive— "Village Life In Olden
Times"
March—"The Four Jacks" —Losh
"Star Spangled Banner."
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1915
I WRECKED HOUSE IN ERIE
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WteECKEO HOUSE IN ERIE.
The picture shows a house completely demolished by the cloudburst and flood In Erie, Pa., where twent;
seven persons are known to have perished. A militiaman is seen on guard in front of the ruins. The loss is est
mated at over $3,000,000.
RAGING STORM HITS
in COITY
Heavy Losses to Corn and To
bacco Crops; Marietta
Streets Flooded
BIG WASH-OUTS REPORTED
Lightning Damages Ten Quarry
ville Properties; Coleman
ville Dam Breaks
Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 6.—Lancaster
city and county was visited by a heavy
rainstorm last evening, the second
which resembled a cloudburst in two
days and all the country roads were
badly washed, making them almost
impassable. Farmers suffered consid
erable damage by having their crops
washed out of the fields and the fruit
was beaten from the trees. At Quar
rysville lightning struck the homes of
David W. Herr and John Canan and
badly damaged ten properties.
At Colemanville a large dam was
washed away and the water covered
the tracks of the York Furnace rail
way, tying up traffic- on that road.
|On the Columbia and Port Deposit
railroad a landslide occurred at Buz
zards Rock, near Safe Harbor, and a
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Prominent Russian to
Talk Before Businessmen
| The Chamber of Commerce has ex
tended an invitation to Alexander
Behr, representative of Russian-
American Chamber of Commerce in
Petrograd, Russia, who will visit
America In the early Fall, to visit Har
risburg.
At present suclT typical Harrisburg
concerns as the Elliot-Fisher Com
pany, he Morton Motor Truck Com
pany, the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe
Bending Works, the steel companies
and other Harrisburg district concerns
have or had Russian orders on their
! books.
WISE CMVELL
FOR COUNTY PUIS!
State Board of Charities Represen
tatives Here on Tour of Seven
teen Eastern Counties
Judge Isaac Johnson, of Media, and
Bromley Wharton, of Philadelphia,
stopped here to-day on a tour of in
stitutions under supervision of the
State Board of Charities In eastern
Pennsylvania. They have covered sev
enteen counties, visiting the . homes
and smaller hospitals and prisons' in
fourteen counties, including Lehigh,
Northampton, Luzerne and counties
in the Juniata and Susquehanna val
leyf- as far west as Juniata county.
The tour is the first to be made in
several years and is giving the mem
bers of the board first-hand infor
mation. It is planned to extend the
tour to other parts of the State later
In the year.
The prison and almshouse In Dau
phin, Cumberland, Franklin, Perry
and other counties in this part of the
St&te were visited this week by Assist
ant General Agent W. E. McGary and
Mrs. E. V. Middleton, special Inspector.
The prison here was gone through
from top to bottom, some time being
spent in it, and Warden Caldwell was
complimented on Its condition.
POOR OLD BULL MOOSE
DISCUSS PARTY'S FUTURE
By Associated Press
Albary, N. Y., Aug. 6.—Up-state
Progressives, most of them county I
chairmen, met here to-day to discuss :
the future of the party, particularly us |
to putting candidates in the field at I
the Fall election. It was expected that i
between forty and fifty leaders from I
various parts of the state would attend
the m««ttn*», including G«org» w. I
Parkin*, of Naw York.
'DUMPS' THE DUE OF
MANY BOROUGH ROADS
Pettifogging and Technical En-
I tanglements Halts Progress
at Many Places
PREVENTS NEEDED WORK
Penbrook, Paxtang and Camp Hill
Highways in Very Bad
Condition
Borough pettifogging, the raising of
| technical, legal and sentimental objec
tions to the spirit of improvement, bids
fair to prevent much being done this
year to remove from some of tHe
smaller municipalities about Harris
burg the bad' conditions in streets
which are parts of the great State
villain highway system. It has been
said by people who travel about Penn
sylvania that they cai, always tell
when they enter a borough. The
answer is "bumps."
People who have taken trips on the
highways that radiate from Harris
burg like the spokes of * w\ieel, lead
ing ultimately to all corners of the
Commonwealth, have often wondered
that the spirit that lias given the
capital such a magnificent system of
paved streets did not reach out and
stir come of the boroughs to doing
likewise, if for nothing more than
their own comfort, welrare and safety,
jto say nothing of the traveling public.
But whenever any such project has
arisen, even with the wealthy State
standing ready to give aid and the
traction companies willing to pay their
share, there has bobbed up the man
with a spoke to put in the wheel of
progress.
Legal Obstacles in Way
Penbrook is just now struggling
with some legal obstacles which may
for a while block the long desired im
provement of Main street. The State
and traction company have not only
offered to bear most of the cost, but
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APPEAL ID BE MADE
TO MEXICAN FACTIOUS
——— •
Conference Between Lansing and
Pan-American Diplomats in
Capital Resumed
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 6.—The confer
ence between Secretary Lansing and
six Pan-American diplomats whose
co-operation was sought by President
Wilson in his plan to restore peace in
Mexico was continued to-day.
No announcement of the conclusions
of the series of conferences begun yes
terday is looked for until a program
has been perfected. The conferees de
cline to discuss the proceedings as the
conferences- were declared , Informal
and confidential.
Whatever plan of action is agreed
upon will be submitted to all of the
P.' n-Amerlcan nations for approval,
although It Is understood they already
have pledged support to concerted ac
tion.
It Is considered likely that one of
the first results of the ••onference will
be a final appeal to all the Mexican
factional leaders to accommodate
their differences and restore peace.
This probably will be sent in a few
days and will be intended especially
for the Carranza element which ail
along has declined to participate in a
peace conference.
The message to General Carranza
will ask that he lay down his arms
and join with his adversaries in set
ting up a government United
State will recognize. It wllf Insist that
he answer within a stipulated time.
| The character of the final plans
i for restoration of tfe&ce depends large
ly on Carranzas response. General
Villa and other Mexican leaders have
I Indicated a willingness to participate
la ft peace conference.
'GERMANS ENDEAVOR
i 10 ENCIRCLE RUSS
Grand Duke Nicholas* Forces Re
tire Across Vistula After
Destroying Bridges
NEW GOVERNOR FOR POLAND
Plans For Grand Entry Into War
saw and Other Details to Be
Arranged Sunday
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 6, 12.06 P. M.—With
the great Russian fortresses of War
saw and Ivangorod captured and the
fall of Riga, the capital of the Baltic
provinces, imminent, the Austro-Ger
man onslaught has reached its high
tide in the East and the next step will
be the German emperor's triumphant
entry into the Polish capital. That
event Is likely soon ,o be followed by
the pronouncement of a united and
somiautonomous Poland, embracing
not only the territory wrested from
the Russians, but the crown land of
Gallcla.
Meantime the Russian armies are
fighting their way backward toward
Russia proper, inflicting blows on the
invaders wherever possible, trying to
force them off the railways running
north and south, In order that the
ends of the German nippers may not
meet and in closing bring disaster to
Russian arms. .
The position of the army of Grand
Duke Nicholas now is a matter of
solicitude, as the occupation of War
saw is believed to be a prelude to a
greater purpose, that of enveloping
the retreating forces.
Petrograd reports show the grand
duke has retired to the right bank of
the Vistula both at Warsaw and Ivan
gorod, destroying the bridges at both
points and contesting the German ad
vance across the river.
Quick Action Impossible
Pack of the t-etiring Russians is the
vast morass of Central Poland, with
few railways and primitive roads,
making virtually impossible a quick
movement of guns and supplies; while
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GIRL STUBBED 111
BECK WILE ASLEEP
Katie Kowich, of South Ninth
Street Mysteriously At
tacked
Katie Kowich, aged 19 years, 903
South Ninth street, was mysteriously
| stabbel in the neck early this morn
ling while asleep in her bed. The girl
!is employed at the Cigar factory In
Race street. She was awakened about
4 o'clock with a choking sensation.
Blood was running down her neck.
The girl called her sister and the
wound, which was not very deep, was
dressed. Later the girl went to the
Harrisburg Hospital. Surgeons who
examined the wound says it was made
with a knife, which narrowly escaped
the Jugular vein.'
The police department was notified.
Detective Joseph Ibach made an in
vestigation, but could not find any
clue as to the girl's assailant. No
window was found open. The gtrl
cannot tell how it happened, nor re
call seeing any person in the room.
Getting Schools Ready
For Opening Sept 6
Practically all arrangements for the
opening of the city schools on Tues
day, September 7, have been com
pleted.
Minor repairs to the various build
ings have been finished, the usual sup
ply of coal placed In the cellars of
each and new books and other sup
plies distributed.
While the annual fchool census has
not been completed, indications point
to an enrollment that will «xaa«d »tl
former records by many hundreds.
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LANDSLIDE SENDS 6
FREIGHT CARS INTO
RIVER; 3 MEN HURT
Enola Freight Crew Has Narrow Escape at Cresswell;
Engine and 8 "Loadeds" Derailed; Heavy Rains
Washed 20 Tons of Dirt to Tracks
Engineer Statler in Baltimore Hospital; Total Loss Esti
mated at $15,000; Wreck Crew Clears Track at 10
O'clock This Morning
Three Harrlsburgers, members of 1
an Enola freight crew, were badly in- <
.lured last ntght when an eastbound i
freight engine hit a landslide near
Cresswell, on the Maryland Division of :
the Pennsylvania railroad. The en
gine and eight cars were derailed, i
Six loaded cars toppled over the em- i
bankment into the river. The en
gine was turned completely around, i
facing the river, but did not topple -
over. The injured are:
William E. Statler, engineer, 280
Herr street. Collarbone broken
Sent to the Mercy Hospital at Balti
more.
John H. Horning, conductor, 608
Dauphin street. Right leg cut and
bruised. Lacerations on the head and
arms. Sent to his home.
Harry Woods, brakeman, 308 Kel
ker street. Injured on the legs. Cuts
on head and face. Sent to his home.
Cresswell Is five miles south of Col
umbia. The eastbound freight, drawn
Jby engine No. 33, reached that sta
Wanderlust Seizes Boy;
Sees World as Far as
Reading With $5
Seized, he said, with tne wanderlust,
Paul B. Weaver, aged 15, of 1721 Hun
ter street, sold a new 530 bicycle foi
ls and started to see the world Wed
nesday night. He returned home to
day at noon.
The lad told his mother that he
could not resist the call and reached
Heading where his funds started to
dwindle at such a rapid rate that he
thought it advisable to return home.
BRUM E BOOSTERS TO MEF/T
Residents of the Hill who are advo
cating a new bridge across the railroad
at Walnut street will hold a meeting In
Schwab's Hall. Thirteenth and Market
streets, this evening.
DR. WARPIELD NEW WILSON COLLEGE HEAD
Dr. , Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, P. H. D., D. D., ant
L. L. D.; former president of Lafayette College, was to-da)
elected president of Wilson College, Chambersburg, by th
Board of Trustees at a meeting in the Commonwealth Hotel
Dr. Warfield succeeds Dr. Anna McCaig who resigned seven,
months ago. Justice John Stewart of the Supreme Court c
Pennsylvania was chairman of the committee who recom
mended the election of Dr. Warfield. Dr. Warfield has been
practicing law in Los Angeles, Cal.
FLORIDA MOB LYNCHES NEGRO
Trilby, Fla., Aug. 6.—A mob attacked the jail at Dade
City late last night, overpowered the jailor and lynched
Will Leach, a negro charged with attacking a white girl
MEXICAN OUTLAWS RAID U. S. VILLAGE
Brownsville, Tex., Aug: 6. Mexican outlaws to-day
raided the village of Sebastian, thirty-seven miles north of
here, killing a man and a woman. United States cavalry
men from licrlingcn, twelve miles distant, have gone to
Sebastian.
BRITISH STEAMSHIP SUNK
Queenstown, Aug. 6, 4.32 P. M.—The British steamship
Midland Queen, which sailed from Sydney, C. 8., July 21,
for Glasgow, was sunk on Tuesday last. The crew of twenty
two and the chief officer's wife and child were rescued after
being seventy-two hours in an open boat.
TWO BOYS DROWNED SHOOTING DAM
Hanover, Pa., Aug. 6.—When their canoe overturned as
they were shooting the-breast of the Walthon dam in the
Conewago, four miles east of New Oxford, this morning
Robert Gitt and William Smuck, sons of prominent residents
of this place were drowned. Robert Gerhart, the third mem
ber of the party, who were returning from a camping trip
thought the water was too high and walked around the dam.
Reading, Pa., Aug. 6.—At Shanesville, Berks county.
Earl D. Reppert, aged six years, fell into a creek to-day am
drowned.
New York, Aug. 6.—General BenjaminF; Tracy* whe
was President Harrison's Secretary of the Wavy, died c
paralysis to-day.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
roul Salads 7 Favorite, Wtrnlanban, and Edith Vena Stone, attr.
John FraaldSn Gracfl, Lrkena, and Mabel Amelia Otau, city,
John H. Bubb and Ada M. Beach ler, MldAlrtown.
Lewie LH Weata and Marx lailtk Kiaaer, PUUbura,
tion about 11 o'clock. The landslidl
was 300 yards east of the station,
about 20 tons of earth had fallen ovei
the tracks. Into tills pile of dirt and
stone the engine crashed.
Engineer Statler jumped when the
engine turned, striking his shoulder
against a rock. Conductor Horning
was en route to the engine when the
accident occurred. He was thrown
off when one of the cars turned over
the embankment. Brakeman Woods
was injured in a similar manner.
As soon as wreck crews arrived
from Columbia, Engineer Statler was
sent to Baltimore. The other injured
trainmen were sent home. The cars
which went over the embankment
were loaded with general merchan
dise . The river is not very deep at
this point, and while much of the mer
chandise was damaged, the total loss
to the railroad company, it is said, will
not reach more than $ 15,000 accord
ing to an estimate given to-day. The
tracks were cleared by o'clock this
morning and traffic resumed.
Girls Quit McCormick's
Island Camp; Miss Little i
> Leaves; Boys There Now !
Another successful municipal summer
- camp for the girls of the city was closed
>' on McCormick's Island yesterday, when
Miss Ruth Little, the girls' instructor,
who came on here from the Sargent
. Girls' camp. In New Hampshire, left
? for Philadelphia.
1 Simultaneously with the departure of
0 the girls the boys went into camp,
e Twenty-two boys comprised the first
group to go under canvas on the
island.
Bathing at the Seneca street bath
house has been forbidden by the Pt.-k
Department because of the high water.
. The order applies particularly to the
* girls, who have been accustomed to
get swimming instruction there, but the
™ recent rains have swelled the stream
1 to such a point as to make it unsafu
for the small ladies to take a chance.