r • ' .. -< x V . if? V : •W*' • - '' .f' .-. * • Terriiic Gales Sweep Along Atlantic Seaboard Endangering Shipping HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH T A'XXIV— No. 272 MURDERER SHOT DESPITE PLEAS FOR CLEMENCY Joseph Hillstrom Goes to Death Regardless of President Wilson's Bequest FAC E S FIR l 5? G S Q U A D Utah Governor Gels Message Protecting That Man Was Innocent By Associated Press Salt Lake City, U&»h, Nov. I&. Joseph Hillstrorti, condemned ( mur derer, whose case attracted attention throughout the countrs' and prompted the intercession of President Wilson, the Swedish, minister to the United States and the American Federation of Labor, was put to death by a firing squad in the State Prison here at 7.4J a. m. to-day. His death \wts instan taneous. Nervous Collapse Although self-possessed when be faced his executioners, Hillstrom had a sensational nervous collapse just previously, he tied the door of his • ell with strips torn from his blankets and fought the guards fiercely with the handle of a broom he had snatch ed from an attendant in the corridor. This outburst was unexpected. Hill strom retired cafcnly last night. He remained apparently in ' sleep until eaiily this morning. About 4 o'clock he arose and began to shake the cell door, shrieking as if in a nightmare. The noise reached the outside guards, who turned in a general alarm. All the prison officers rushed in. The prison physician tried with suc cess to quiet the man. It was de cided not to interfere with him until necessary and he was not disturbed until the time arrived to take him to the scene of the execution. When the guards arrived for this purpose Hill strom attacked them savagely with the broom handle, which he had broken in two. leaving a sharp point on one piece. Deputy Warden A C. Ure received a slight wound in the arm from I-HH strom's weapon. Hillstrom fought un til Sheriff J. S. Corloss, for whom he had previously manifested high re gard, arrived and appealed to him. "Can't Blame n Man" "Joe, this is'all nonsense," said Cor less "What do you mean. Voul promised to die like a man." Hillstrom hesitated a moment and! then yielded. 'Well. I'm through,"] he said, "but you can't blame a man for fighting for his ijfe." The blanket strips he had tied to the door were then cut. he was blind folded and let to the place of execution supported by two guards. Fie asked i whether any of his friends were in the firing squad and .kept saying he was innocent and would die like a man. His voice was clear but low. He was «»ulckly adjusted to the death chair and the attendants drew aside. Hillstrom's final words were "Fire, let her go" uttered a moment before the rifles cracked. Hillstrom was convicted of the mur der of John (5. Morrison, a grocer, and his son Arllng. Under Utah law he was allowed to choose between .shoot ing and hanging. Hfspl.e l>onlod President Wilson twice appealed for further respite for Hillstrom. ' The President's second request, made yes terday. was denied by Governor Spry, as it was not based on any new facts. Attorneys for Hillstrom immediately isked the Governor to grant a ten day respite. Members of the Pardon Hoard held a hurried conference and decided not to interfere with the exe cution. It was reported at that time that Hillstrom wes weak and showing signs of breaking down under the strain. At 6 o'clock this morning Governor Spry and the members of the Board of Pardons received telegrams from Seattle, Wash., saying that William Kufcky, of that city, had sworn to affi davits saying that he was with Hill strom all of the night on which the Morrison murders were committed and that Hillstrom wag innocent. A similar messuge, it was stated, had been sent to President Wilson. CAPTURE S,(MM) HKBBS By Associated Press Berlin, Nov. 19.—(8y Wireless to Sayvllle)—The capture of 5,000 Ser bians was announced by the War Office to-day. THE WEATHER For Harrlabnrg «nd vicinity: Fair ■ nil raider to-night, with lowest temperature about <0 degrees i Saturday partly clondy and colder. For Kaater% Pennsylvania: Fair to-night, except rain In nortb ra*t portion, colder) Saturday partly cloudy and colder) fresh west winds. River The Susqnehsnaa river and Its prin cipal branches will rise slightly or remain nearly stationary. A stage of about 3.W feet Is Indi cated for Harriaburg Saturday morning. General Conditions The storm that nai central over Missouri, Thursday morning, has moved northeastward with greatly Increased energy. It now covers practically all thr eastern hslf of the country, escept Xew Rngland. with Its center over I.she Michigan. It baa cansed rsln generally cast of the Mis sissippi river, except In the !Vew Knalmd States, amounts exceed ing sn Inch octurrlnjc over the lower portion of the I-ske Re alon. In the Lower Ohio Vklley. Temperature i 8 a. m„ U Sun) Rises, fttßft m . la., sets, 4i4« p. m. Moon) Fall 'moan, November at, I'.'iM p. m. Riser Stage) 3.7 fee* above law water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, IS. l.owest temperature, 27. Mesa temperature, W. • Normal temperature, 41. HIGH GALES AND RAINSTORM ALL ALONG THE COAST "Most Unusual Storm in Many Years" Says Weather Bureau LITTLE DAMAGE HERE Shipping Endangered and Tele graphic Communications Cut; Ship Aground ———————V SIOO,OOO Storm Loss at Uniontown l uioiitoun, Pa., Nov. I».—Prop er l\ damage estimated in excess of SIOO,OOO was ilone by a sixty-mile Kale which swept Fayette county last night and during the early hours of to-day. Telegraph and telephone lines were prostrated. House.- were unroofed and barns blown down. John Douglass was killed at Blairsville. *■ * New York, Nov. 19. —High gales ac companied by rains swept over New Tork, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New England States to-day, seri ously interfering with telegraphic J communication in many places and j endangering slopping along the coast. Conditions in these states, termed "the most unusual in many years,'' by the Weather Bureau, were created by a heavy storm moving in a north westerly direction up the coast, and another storm of almost equal inten sity moving east and slightly north from the Ohio valley. The Weather Bureau thought the two storms would meet over the New England States or the Great Lakeß. _ As these two storms moved toward New England a low pressure area ex tending from Southern Pennsylvania to Maine was created early to-day. At New York city the wind at- 8 a. m. had a velocity of between sixty and sixty-five miles an hour. Similar heavy winds were reported from various points over the low pressure area. Heavy gales raged over the Atlantic from Jacksonville, Ela., to Eastport, Maine, but storm warnings had been displayed since late yesterday, and with the exception of the Norwegian bark Killena, which was driven aground" near Brunswick." Oa„ it was thought coastwise shipping had taken refuge before the storm had reached its maximum. One or two westbound transatlantic liners were reported to have encountered the gales off the coast. Heavy storm conditions were also reported to prevail to-day over parts of Illinois and Indiana, virtuallv all of Ohio and well into Michigan. While the rainfall at most points was com paratively light, the velocity of tlio wind was in ail cases high. TAKE OFT' CREW I .ewes, Del.. Nov. 19.—The crew of the schooner P. A. Allen, which went aground on the rocks of the Reedy Island Jetty, were taken off the craft by the tug Lizzie Crawford and will be landed at Delaware City this after noon. * SEVERE GALE AT READING tiy Associated .Press Reading, Pa., Nov. 19. The gale which swept through the Schuylkill and Lebanon valleys early today was the severest in some years. The wind traveled at the rate of forty miles an hour and over an Inch of rain fell. Minor damage was done all along its path. Many trees were blown down. NO nA>I.\GE HERE Ousts of wind accompanied by show ers of rain early this morning did not result In any serious damage in the city or vicinity. The wind did not exceed a velocity of twenty-flve mile* an hour, while the rainfall was less than half an inch. No property dam age or traffic trouble was reported this morning after the storm. Crying Need For New High School Finds Committee Vhe crying need of a new High school to accommodate the overflow which Is taxing the present building to the utmost, in becoming more and more apparent, according to the com mittee representing the Rotary Club, composud of Professor E. J. Decevee, chairman. C. C. Herman, the Rev. S. Wintield Herman and John W. Phil lips. This committee visited Central High school on an investigation tour yesterday, and are unanimous in their opinion that the matter of the erec tion of a new High school should he taken before the people at. the earliest opportunity. MORE ELECTION ARRESTS By Associated Press Pittsburgh. Nov. 19.—Twenty more election officers concerned in the charges brought by the grand Jury after its Investigation of last Septem ber's primary election were arrested this morning, and, like the twenty-five taken to the office of District Attornev Jackson last night, gave bail for a hearing. It was said that no less than nine election boards were directly in volved in the city, while a number In borough* and townsldns of Allegheny county were to be proceeded against later. EXPLAINS KNIGHT MOTOR At a meeting of the Engineers' So ciety of Pennsylvania held In the so ciety's home at Front and Chestnut the Willys-Overland Automobile Com streets last evening Henry H. Hower. of pany, of Toledo, explained the rami fications of the Knight type sleeve valve motor before a large body of members. TO TOtTR WEATHER BUREAU Members of the Ilarrlsburg Natural History Association and others inter ested In the work of the Weather Bureau will byola Uni versity: Dr. Howard Cnislett, dean of [the Hahnemann Medical College; Dr. I». A. K. Steel, denn of physiology at the College of I'hysir lans and Surgeons of the University of Illinois; Dr. Henry F. Lewis, obstetrician of Cook County Hospital, and Dr. LaUdwtg Hektoen. professor of pathology in Ihe Rush | Medical College of the University of | Chicago. • When the result of the autopsy per formed by Dr. Reinhardt was read to the jury it revealed that the Bollinger Infant had coine into the world Buf fering the following malformations and defects: There was paralysis on the left side from head to foot. On the right side the outer ear was formed, but it lacked the drum, and the child wouid have been deaf. There was no ear on tho left side. On Mie right side there was no neck, the skin growing from the cheek to the shoulderblade. There were curvature of the spine and hemorrhage of the spinal canal. Of tho last trouble—hemorrhage of the spine—a score of pliyeicians said it would have caused complete paraly sis and would have resulted in death even had there been no other trouble. Four Women Overcome by Gas Fumes in Church Four women from Camp Hill and Washington Heights narrowly escaped being overcome by gas this morning while preparing for the annual bazaar and chicken supper given by the Trin ity Lutheran Church, of Camp Hill They were: Mrs. Charles H. Rlshop, of Washington Heights; Mrs. U. G. Frv, Mrs. Robert llaldetnun and Mrs. W. 11. Kendall, of Camp Hill. A number of tlie women were making preparations for the bazaar whioh will be held this evenlr.g In the Camp Hill tire engine house. They were working in the basement at the time, and did not notiee the strong odor of gas which was escaping from a leak in the pipes Soon the four women became sick, and dlzey, and the other who were busy at the time thought they were suffering from an attack of acut<* indigestion UI V, C " ! 2? ton ' ot c ' a ™P "fil wa* called in. The women soon regained full consciousness after tliev were taken upstairs liv the fresh alar. GIRL MISSING Emma McElhenney. 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. McElhen ney. of Etlhaut, is missing from her. home. The girl told her father Tues day morning that she was going to Harrisburg to visit friends. Tho Harris burg and Steelton police departments have been .notified to be on the look out for the girl. BIG NEW REALTY DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SHORE Big Farm of McCormick Estate Marked Out Into Building Lots Another big real estate development is promised for the West Shore. According to an announcement made this morning by Donald McCormic*. president of the Dauphin Deposit Trust Company, the completion of the engineers' work a few days ago mark ed the passing of one of the big farms of the James McCormick estate. The farm, which contains 100 acres of ground, Is located just south of the border of Lemoyne and extends south ward, on both sides of the New Cum berland car line, for a distance of 1,000 feet. The tract, has been cut up into lialf-acrrf building plots by the engineers and will bo sold. Each lot, on each side of the car track, will have a frontage of about 100 feet. New streets have been laid out on the tract and on these, too, many of the lots will face. The plot extends from a point close to the river to a line 800 feet west of the car line. The passing of this farm will bring New Cumberland and Lemoyne closer together and when the new tract is built up there will 'be only one farm which will separate Lemoyne from the northern end of Elkwood, which ad joins New Cumberanld. There are. similar conditions existing at a num ber of other points along the West Shore and with the passing of a few more years of continued progress, there appears to be a likelihood of the West Shore becoming one great town. Continuous construction of new homes in the vicinity of Washington Heights has practically joined that community to Between Washington Heights and Camp Hill Is a very short distance, and accord ing to plans it will not he long be fore farms in that section will he cut up Into lots for building purposes. Submarine Shells Ship After it Stops While Crew Jeers at Victims Naples, Nov. I®, 10.10 P. M.— (De luyod In Transmission). The official re|>ort of the investiga tion into tlic sinking of the Italian steamship Anconu by a submarine off the Tuuisiau coast on November 7, was sent to Thomas Nelson Page, the American ambassador at Rome to night. Tlie investigation reached the conclusion that the submarine tired a shell against the wireless apparatus aboard the Ancona without any warn ing. The captain brought the vessel immediately to a halt. Tlte submarine Itavlng hoisted the Austrian flag the investigators found, the Anconu jcas about to hoist the Italian ensign, but the flag reached only halfway up the mast when the submarine launched a torpedo which struck the steamer amJd«iips. The captain of the Ancona, the ac count y says ordored the lifeboats low ered but while tlds was being done the submarine continued llriug against tlte steamer's boats. Some of the boats were pierced by sluils obliging the survivors to use their clothe* to stop ap the holes. In the meanwhile, ft is alleged, those on l>oard the sub marine jeered at their victims. Kill Every Tenth Indian When Troops Refuse to March on Sacred City Berlin. Nov. l» (by wireless to Sa.v ville). —The British advance against Hacdml has l>een checked south of Knt. in Mesopotamia, hy a mutirfy of Indian troops. WIKI refused to inareh farther a«ain*t Bagdad because of the presence in llmt city of objects sacred lo theft rcllgkm, according to n Frank fiirtlier XeltuiiK' dispatch from Con stantinople. the Overseas News Agency says. "The British executed every tenth Indian soldier of several battalions," ; the rilspateh says, "but the Indians 1 openly refused to march aKainst Snl- l man l*ak and Ranlail. where several ! tioly images arc burled." STRONG PLEA FOR PROTECTION MADE BY A. S. KREIDER i Urges Tariff Commission to Provide Correct Tariff Information DECRIES "N E W S T Y L E S" Says "the Latest" is Demanded 1 in Shoes Just as in Women's Hals Before the Boston Boot and Shoe Club, last evening Congressman Aaron S. Kreider, of this legislative district, made a strong plea for a protective tariff and decried the efforts of certain shoe dealers to manufacture "latest styles" In order to make business. Mr. Kreider is president of the National I Boot, and Shoe Manufacturers' Asso : elation. | "To those of you who are making shoes," he said, "and 1 may add, sell-! ing them, I can perhaps best express my feelings when I say 'you have my sympathy'; not because of lack of vol ume of business, but rather because (Continued on Page 21. Woman Novelist Takes Poison When Judgment Is Pronounced by Court By Associated Press London, Nov. 19.—"My lord, I told you you were trying a woman for her life: 1 have taken enough poison to kill five people." was the dramatic ex clamation made by the well-known novelist, Miss Annesley Kenealy, as she threw upon the floor a bottle the con tents of which she had just swallowed on hearing the court pronounce judg ment against her. * Miss Keneaiy immediately collapsed and was carried to the emergency ward of the courthouse. she was removed to the hospital, where the doctors believe she has a chance to re cover. Her suit, which has been be fore the court for some days, was a claim for damages against a whole sale book distributing firm for alleged false and malicious statements de famatory of her book. FIRE DOWN" TOWN CAUSES EXCITEMENT Fire in an awning at the Central iiuok Store this after noon created much excitement for a short 1 ne. It caused by a lighted cigar thrown from an upstairs wlndcrtr and was easily extinguished. All the central companies answered the alarm which was from box 2Z I, Fourth and Market- ' SAYS v STATUE IS WORTH $30,000 Charles Henry Hart, famous art critic, this afternoon told the Dauphin county court in the $*25,000 assumpsit euit of the artist, Guiseppe Donato, against M. S. Hershey, the "Chocolate King," for the "Dance of Eternal' Spring" foun tain, tha't "such a work of art" could not be produced for les** than $30,000. FOUND DEAD IN BED Halifax, Pa., Nov. 19—Last night Mrs. George Wil bert, township, near here, he is survived by her husband fcnd five children. Jr* ■ a . fx --f *■ Saloniki, Nov. 18, via Paris, Nov. 19, 4 P.,.M. —Fiejd Marshal Earl Kitchener, the British Secretary of War, to day conferred with General Sarrail, commander-in-chief, toi the French army of the Orient, and left immediately with out debarking. Lewes, Del., Nov. 19.—Although the storm coast is severe no casualties have been reported in the vicin ity of the Delaware capes. The observer at Reedy Isifcnc reports that a schooner, believed to be the F. A. Allen from Philadelphia to Calais Me., is agrouitd on the rocks of ttye jetty and in a bad position. A number of small craft sank in the vicinity of Fort Delaware. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Nov. 19.—Anthony Adams, Aged nine >ears, shot himself in the hcSad a' his home here to day and died a half hour later. He was imitating a char acter he had seen recently in a motion picture. The body of the boy was accidentally found by the mother fifteen minutes after the shooting. The child was shot in the tack about a month ago while he and his brother were "actrfcg" in the yard in the rear of their home. • MARRIAGE LICENSES ! /f ' -M 1 lfl«rr,r C. *rhoff*