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HARRISBURG mWmm TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 187
7 KILLED, ONE FA TALL Y
INJURED WHEN
FLYER HITS TRACKMEN
Keystone Express, Going 50
Miles an Hour, Hit Work
men; Caught Like Rats in
Trap Between Trains;
Harrisburg Crew Run
ning; Three of Dead
Americans; Four Foreign
ers
TWO OF BODIES ARE
HURLED FIFTY FEET
Part of "Floating Gang" Or
dered Out Early to Make
Repairs; Evidently Did
Not Hear Foreman's
Whistle; Bits of Flesh,
Particles of Clothing and
- Shoes Taken From Bloody
Pilot Here
Keystone Express, eastbound,
due in Harrisburg at 8.38 this
morning, ploughed into a gang of
track repairmen one mile east of
Mount Union at 6.23 this morn
ing. Seven trackmen were in
stantly killed. Another was fatal
ly injured.
Forty-five trackmen from Hunting
don, under Foreman Harry B. Mills,
were at work on the tracks a mile
west of Mount Union, according to a
Huntingdon dispatch. They were
Btandinsr between two passing trains
when a third, the fast express, bore
down on the middle track, catching
them like rata in a trap.
A heavy fog which hung low over
the tracks at the time Is believed to
have prevented the engineer, J. H.
Trout, of the Mehring Apartments,
Sixth and Cumberland streets, this
city, from seeing the predicament of
the workmen in time to appJy the
emergency brakes.
The dead trackmen are:
Ralph A. Rittenhouse, 21 years
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Vacation season is at its height.
Rest and recreation will not be
complete unless you have all the
news from home daily.
Your favorite newspaper, The
Harrisburg Telegraph, will fill the
gap.
The cost is the same as when
you are home, six cents a week.
Call The Circulation Depart
ment or drop a postal.
ITHE WEATHER
For Harrinburg and vlclnltn Fair
to-night and Saturday) not much
change in temperature.
For Eastern Pennsylvaniai Fair
to-night and Saturdays gentle
west winds.
River
The Susquehanna river and It*
principal tributaries will
fall slowly. A stage of about
8.0 feet fa Indicated for Harrls
-4L urg, Saturday morning.
General Conditions
The pressure has Increased and Is
now relatively high over the
southeastern part of the country.
The disturbance from the South
west thnt was central over South
ern Michigan, Thursday morning,
has continued to more slowly
northeastward and la now central
near Georgian bay. It has caused
showers In the last twenty-four
hours generally over the terri
tory south and eaat of the Great
Lakes.
It Is twelve degrees cooler In north
ern »w England and in the ex
treme Northwest. Elsewhere tem
perature changes have been
slight.
Temperature i 8 o. m., 72.
St"*' nises, Bilß a. M.i sets, 7iO!S
p. m.
-Itixust IT, OilT p. m.
River Stage ■ 5.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 74.
I.owest temperature, 97.
Mean temperature, TO.
Normal temperature, 78.
1 NAVAL OFFICERS GOING TO VERA CRUZ
Jf i3Bs, ~
1 I I ; . jmS Hu^uS
Admubxl. .^NmSS
Walter "V Captain
>i«?x,EyvM- cooper
Washington, D. C., Aug. 13.—Orders have been sent to the battleships
Louisiana and TCew Hampshire, at Newport, R. 1., to steam at once for Vera
Cruz in response to a rable from Commander Luke McXamee, senior Ameri
can naval officer stationed there. He reported that he feared serious anti
foreign demonstrations as the situation in Mexico becomes more critical.
Rear Admiral Walter McLean is in command of the fourth division of the
North Atlantic fleet, of which the Louisiana is flagship, and Captain George
F. Cooper is captain of the same ship. i
DEALER FINED SIN |
FOR SELLING BHD MILK
City Health Department Hails Pen
brook Dairyman Before
Alderman
Charged with selling milk and cream !
below the legal standard, Charles A. j
Hoak, dairyman of Penbrook, with
many customers in this city, was fined
one hundred dollars and costs at a
hearing before Alderman Hoverter
this morning.
The prosecution, instigated by Dr.
J. M. J. Raanick, city health officer.
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10 GET SENTIMENT ON
NONPARTISAN BOARD
Republican City Committee Creates
Committee of Three to Canvass
For School Board Proposal
At a meeting of the city committee i
of the Republican party last night K |
resolution was passed calling for the '
appointment of a committee of three
to canvass the city in an effort to as
certain popular opinion concerning the
proposal to put a nonpartisan ticket
for the School Board into the field this
Fall.
At the meeting last night City Chair
man Oves read the letter of Demo
cratic City Chairman Morganthaler
making the proposal that the Repub
lican, Democratic and Washington
parties each put up one man for the
board so that there would be no con
tests. Mr. Oves also read his reply,
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GERMANS RELEASE
AMERICAN STEAMER
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Aug. 13.—The
American oil steamer Wico, taken by
German warships to Swinemunde, has
been released and facilities have been
given for repairs to damage when the
ship was being brought Into port by
the German prire crew. Her cargo
also was released.
TO GET HOT
Temperature Rising Throughout the
United State*
More hot weather for Harrlshurg, is
the best the local weather man prom
ises for to-morrow. The rain is about
all down for the present. Indica
tions point to at least one more day
of dry weather.
To-day's map shows the tempera
ture on the rise throughout the United
States. Harrisburg may not get much
change before to-morrow, but it looks
like a hot Saturday.
HARRISBURG, PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1915
89-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
FIRST RIDE IN AN AUTOMODILE
Hummelstown Age 3 Folk Guests of Lodgemen of Town on Trip to
Hershey Park
An automobile outing for the aged,
shut-ins, and children of Hummels
town, last evening, under the direction
of Derry Council, No. 40, Junior Order
United American Mechanics, afforded
Mrs. Shetlow, 89 years old, of Hum
melstown, her first opportunity to ride
in an automobile.
Mrs. Shetlow, however, was not the
only a&ed guest of the lodgemen, who
had her first ride in a "buzz-wagon."
There were quite a number of both
men and women who got their first
rides, who have seen 70 years and
more.
Twenty-nine automobiles assembled
6 Killed in Zeppelin
Raid on East England;
One Raider Damaged
IvoiHlon, Aug. 13, p. m.—Official an
nouncement was made to-day on an
airship raid last night on the cant
coast of England.
Six persons were killed. One
Zeppelin, the aiuiounoemcnt says,
probably was damaged, but escaped.
The official announcement says that
six persons were killed, twenty-three
were injured and fourteen houses
were damaged seriously by bombs.
Russia Wants to Create
Market For Lace Here
By Associated Press
San Francisco, Aug. 13. Russia
is seeking to create a market In the
United States for Russian koustar or |
lace, handwork of the peasants, with]
a view to providing employment for
her maimed and crippled soldiers, ac
cording to an announcement made to
day by Theodore Kryshtofovlch, spe
cial commissioner from Russia to the
United States who has arrived here
from Petrograd, via Japan.
Warden Osborne Loses
Case Against McDonald
Ossining, N. Y., Aug. 13. A Jury
at 1:50 o'clock this morning found
Patrick McDonald, agent of John B.
Riley, State Superintendent of Prisons,
not guilty on a charge of assault pre
ferred by Thomas Mott Osborne, war
den of Sing Sing prisoii.
The case is the outcome or an en
counter between the men when Mc-
Donald was sent to Sing Sing prison
on July 30 and obtained possession of
some of the prison papers. Warden
Osborne overtook McDonald after a
struggle in which he alleges McDonald
assaulted him.
OHIj men got increase
By Associated Press
! Raton Rouge, La., Aug. 18. Me
chanics and laborers employed by the
Standard Oil Compo4y at its refinery
here will be granted a ten per cent
wage increase effective September let,
it waa announced to-day. About 1800
men are affected.
HARD COAL PRICES
MAY BE REDUCED
Sweeping Cots in Freight Rates
Should Bring Lower
Prices
LOCAL DEALERS NOT SURE
Possibility of Mine Trouble Next
April Has Coalmen
Worried
Washington. D. C.. Aug. 13.—Ulti
mate reductions in hard coal prices
v. ere seen to-day by dealers who have
kept in close touch with anthracite
production in the Interstate Commerce
Commission's decision making sweep
lug cuts in freight rates on the prod
uct. They explained that the decision
was expected to put independents on
the same footing as companies con
trolled by the hard coal carrying roads.
The decision affects freight rates on
anthracite coal from the Pennsylvania
coal fields. Generally lower rates
called reasonable are prescribed and
the roads required to establish through
routes and publish through rates to be
paid by all shippers.
The reductions ordered amount to
15 cents a ton on shipments of the
so-called prepared sizes, such as stove,
chestnut and egg coal, frorri the mines
to tidewater, and 10 cents a ton on
the small sizes of coal. These rates
will now be $1.45 and 51.35 a ton.
Cuts to Interior points range all the
the way from 15 to 80 cents a ton.
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Body of Drowned Boy
Recovered Here Today
The body of 5-year-old Richard
Filer, who was drowned near Clark's
Ferry Dam Wednesday evening, was
recovered opposite this city shortly be
fore noon to-day.
Two boys, Wilbur Meek, 300 Forster
street, and Ray Houseal, 407 Forster
street, who were out boating, dis
covered the body floating down stream
near the Island, opposite South street.
They brought the body to tne shore
and notified Coroner Jacob Ecklnger.
The body was identified by a blue
shirt and dark trousers, worn when
he was drowned.
On instructions from Coroner Eck
lnger the body was turned over to
Undertaker S. S. Speese. It will be
shipped to Clark's Ferry this eve
ning.
at the Hummelstown park at 7 o'clock
and headed by Homer Hummel Strick
ler, pace-maker, proceeded to Her
shey, through the Hershey Park sys
tem and back to Hummelstown Park
by 8.30 where special exercises were
held. R. W. Strunk presided at these
exercises, and addresses were made
by Harry M. Horst, Paul M. Hummel
and Paul A. Strlckler. The Hummels
town Band furnished the music, and in
spite of the damp evening a large
number of citizens of the town gath
ered at the park. About two hundred
and twenty-five persons, of wfyom a
large portion were children, enjoyed
the outing.
Irate Father Shoots
the District Attorney
of Forest County
Warren, Pa., Aug. 13.—Marion
Carringer, district attorney of Forest
county, was shot and probably fatally
Injured In his office at Tionesta to-day.
Bereno Schectino, charged with firing
the shots, was overpowered after he
had menaced a crowd of citizens and
police with his revolver. Threats of
lynching were made, but the police
succeeded in landing the man in Jail
unharmed.
Carringer was taken to the Tionesta
Hospital where it was said he prob
ably would die.
Several shots were fired through the
closed door of Carrlnger's office and
one took effect in the official's left
lung and the others in his back.
Schectino, whose 15-year-old daugh
ter figured in a sensational case here
a year ago. accused the district attor
ney of neglect of duty In connection
with the case.
ITALIAN' VOLCANOES ACTIVE
By Associated Press
Rome, Aug. 13, via Paris. The
great volcanoes of Southern Italy,
which have been disturbed during the
last few days, are becoming lncreas
j ingly active.
400 WORKMEN QUIT
By Associated Press
Hopewell, Va., Aug. 13.—Four hun
dred electrical workers at the Dupont
Powder plant here walked out yester
day. It was said they demand a wage
increase and also objected to employ
ment of nonunion men. It was said
last night that the carpenters, brick
leyers and steam fitters may go out to
day.
11-CENT STAMP ISSUED
Washington. IX C„ Aug. 13. An
eleven-cent stamp, the first of this de
nomination to he issued, was author
ized by Postmaster General Burleson,
1o meet the parcel post demand.
The now stamp is dark green and
bears the profile head of Benjamin
Franklin.
REAL PRINCESS IT
RESERVOIR AUG. 27
You'll See Her in Open Air Playlet
on Annual Romper
Day
MISS JOYCE IN TITLE ROLE
MISS- EVELYN JOYCE
Pretty Instructor at Reservoir Who
Will Fill Title Role.
Romper Day, that auspicious day of
days for the thousands of Harrishurg's
playground kids, will be observed at
Reservoir, Friday, August 27, and in
fixing the date. Playground Supervisor
George W. Hill to-day announced
the unique method by which some 500
or more small men and women will
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200 Harrisburgers Went
to Exposition in 2 Months
Harrisburg is contributing liberally
to the Panama-Pacific Exposition
crowds. A. E. Buchanan, Division
Passenger Agent fo rthe Pennsylvania
Railroad, is booking exposition visitors
every day.'
During June and July, 200 through
tickets were sold from Harrisburg to
San Francisco. August sales to date
include the names of 2 4 Harrisburg
ers.
H. W. COUCH TO BE
CANDIDATE AGAIN
Will Follow Movement of Fellow
Officers Who Are in Doubt as
to the 4-Year Term
County Controller Henry W. Gough
declared to-day that he will file a
petition for the Republican nomination
for that same office again ana will be
a candidate this Fall.
The controller reached this decision
as a result of the conference con
trollers and solicitors of several other
counties who met In his office yester-
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THOMAS B. SMITH TO
BE COMMISSIONER
Philadelphia's Former Postmaster
and Rumored Mayoralty Candi
date Is Appointed
Governor Brumbaugh has taken
Thomas B. Smith, former postmaster
of Philadelphia and former member of
the House of Representatives, out of
the running for the Republican mayor
alty nomination and made him a
public service commissioner. Mr.
Smith last night announced in Phila
delphia that he had accepted the ap
pointment, the first Intimation any
body had that he had even been con
sidered by the Governor. Mr. Smith
gets the place Edgar R. Kiess de
clined.
It is understood that Mr. Smith will
come here within a few days to take
the oath of office and assume his share
of the burdens which are upon the
commissioners in the way of un
decided cases and hearings. He Is
well known to quite a rew people here,
having served in the legislature and
been in Harrisburg for gatherings of
various kinds.
One of the odd things about the
Smith appointment is that up until
noon today there had been no record
of it In any of the departments. No
one seemed to know anything about
it and the correspondence as made
public in Philadelphia last night was
accepted as final. The Governor's
office force had nothing to say. The
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DIME TICKET WORTH »S,IOO
Church Picnic Purchase Brings Youth
ful Owner High Prhs
Special to The Telegraph
Ambridge, Pa., Aug. 13.—During the
orphans' picnic of Allegheny county,
held at Kenny wood Park, July 15 and
l<i, a ticket costing 10 cents and call
ing for ten shares of Bethlehem Steel
company stock was won by Thomas
McCroy, a 2-year-old boy. The stock
I was given to the picnic by James J.
I Miilvihlll, a Pittsburgh brewer. ,
A few days ago the stock certificate
was sold In this city to a banker for
$3,100 at the rate of $3lO a share.
I The money was to-day placed on in-
UerMt in th« boy's nam*
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APPEAL MAY REACH
MEXICOTOMORROW;
State Official Completing Ar
rangements For Forwarding
It Within 24 Hours
SIGNED BY SEVEN DIPLOMATS
Authorities Take Measures to Sup
press Lawlessness Along
Border
By Associated Pren
Washington, Aug. 13.—State officials
to-day were completing arrangements.
for the dispatch of the Pan-American ;
appeal to the Mexican factional lead-1
era calling upon them to end Mexico's
civil strife and assemble a peace con-1
ference. The communication, signed I
by Secretary Lansing and six Pan-1
American diplomats and approved by j
President Wilson probably will go for
ward late to-day or to-morrow. It will
be addressed to Mexican public offi
cials and military leaders.
The delay in forwarding the appeal
is due to the fact that officials want
it to have the widest publicity
throughout Mexico and to that end are
determined, if possible, to see that no
one to whom it should be sent Is
omitted from a list that is being pre
pared.
Prominent Texans Take
Up Border Situation
By Associated Press
Brownsville, Texas. Aug. 13.—Al
though few depredations on the part
of the bands of Mexican raiders were
reported here in the last 2 4 hours, au
thorities in the lower Rio Grande vol
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PAYS TRIBUTE TO RUSSIANS
By Associated Press
London. Aug. 13. Reviewing the
situation in Russia the military cor
respondent of the Times first pays an
enthusiastic tribute to tne masterly
retreat of the Russian armies. He said
the stand made by the wings protect
ing the army falling back from War
saw was magnificent and undoubtedly
was entirely successful as the Warsaw
army now Is assured of ample time to
fall back to a prepared position.
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REAR ADMIRAL McGOWAN DEAD >
Washington, Aug. 13. —Rear Admiral John McGowan, J
suddenly to-day ■ >
Twilight Park, New York, where he was spending the 1
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ALDERMAN SUES CITY I
Alderman Charles P. Walter's long ago avowed inte" t »
1 tion to sue tHe city to recover what he claims is due him on "
his five-year street repair contract was begun late this aft 1 ;
i noon when Attorneys Stranahan and Hargest and Hargest : ! i
filed a suit in assumpsit against the municipality for Mr. < 1
, Walter. I | |
McCREATH WON'T DEFEND TITLE { »
....
( William ("Billy") McCreath announced this afternoon , i
not defend his title as tennis champion of liar- j »
risburg this year. The annual summer tourney was won by ;
1 ! J
Lercf} Li; tne failure to defend his title j y
givet it to the tourney winner by default. McCreath won
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CONFERENCE ON FULL CREW J '*
Members of the Legislative Committee of the Brother- j |
hood of Railroad Trainmen and the Public Service Commis- j ir
i
sioners are in conference this afternoon regarding steps to , .
enforce the full crew law. . j |/
' GERMANS CAPTURE SIEDLCE
Berlin, Aug 13, via London, 4.45 P. M.—The Polish city J
i of Siedlce, fifty-five miles southeast of Warsaw, has been ' ,
captured by the Germans. Announcement to this effect was I
i made to-day at army headquarters. ' *
NEW HAITIEN OUTBREAK j
Washington, Aug. 13. New uprisings by the Bobo ®»i
and Zamor factions have broken out at Cape Haitien and j
have forced Rear Admiral Caperton to establish military I |
1 rule in the city. i J
Washington, Aug. 13. President Wilson personally t >|
1 took up the situation. on the Mexican border to-day with ;
Acting Secretary Breckenridge of the War Department and >
i gave directions that sufficient troops be held for any emer- ' ,
gencies.
" MARRIAGE LICENSES
noifj- Mateo and Julia SchTrar*. I.jrlcena. "j" I
Alfred F. Friea, Steeltoa, anil Ethel Francea Hntrheaon, city. I j
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SAFE WITHDRAWAL
OF RUSS BED
Resistance by Wings of Grand
Duke's Army Lends Some
Encouragement
AUSTRIAN FORCES REPULSED
Three Persons, Including One Wo
man, Drowned When Steamer
Is Sunk
l atest reports from the war ofHc-es
of the belligerents Rive rise to the be
lief in the capitals of the entente al
lies that the safe withdrawal of the
jninin parts of Kussinn forces from the
| "Warsaw salient is assured through the
I stout resistance which is being offered
by the wings of the Grand Duke Nich
olas' army.
j The Italian war office reports the*
complete repulse by Alpine troops of
I simultaneous attacks by the Austrian*
i through two mountain passes 10,000
feet or more high in the Furva valley
zone. Xo movements of Importance
j elsewhere are mentioned. The most
recent Austrian statement reports the
repulse of Italian attacks on the Do
lierdo plateau and near Zagora.
The sinking of the British steamer
.Inconn, a 3,0110 ton vessel: two other
British craft, thf steamers Osprey and
i Summerm-lii, and the Norwegian
j steamer Aura, presumably through at
tacks by German submarines, is an
nounced. Three persons. including
i one woman, were drowned.
Representations Made
by Allies Are Doomed
By Associated Press
I Amsterdam, Aug. 13, via London.—
| Representations made by the entente
j powers can be regarded as doomed to
I failure. declares the Frankfurter
| Zeitung, in discussing the Balkan
j situation.
Regarding the same subject, the
Vossische Zeitung says:
"The agreement between Bulgaria
and Turkey now is so complete that it
| cannot be disturbed. The active
fabrication of notes mjddenly begun
by the entente Is more intended to
throw sand In the eyes of the world as
the entente powers know only too well
how the situation stands regarding
Bulgaria. They know also that tha
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