11 111 British jake Stzong Gcrtnon Positions in Second Phase of Great Offensive HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— Xo. 161 ENDEA VORERS TO ON CIGARET; T LOCAL OPTIO C. E. Convention Sends Greet ing to Members With Mili tia on Mexican Border With Prayers For Their Safety; Thank Harrisburg For Splendid Entertain ment FRONT LINE SOCIETIES GIVEN CERTIFICATES General Public Will Be Per mitted to Attend "Decision Night" Meeting in Chest nut Street Auditoriam; Sectional Meetings Engage WorkersThroughoat Morn ing; Great Plea For Mil lion New Members by Bos ton Speaker r \ CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION BVI.LETINS The "white parade" postponed yesterday because of the thunder storm is scheduled (or this after noon at 4 o'clock. The convention picture will he taken at the Cap itol. Junior Endeavorers are picnick ing this afternoon at Paxtang Park. The general public will be ad mitted to this evening's meeting at Chestnut Street Hall at 7:45 o'clock when Dr. J. Wilbur Chap man. the great evangelist, will preach. Officers for the next two years win be named to-night. One thousand delegates have registered for to-morrow's ex cursion to Gettysburg battlefield. e Resolutions were pass ed by the State Christian Endeavor Convention this morning including greetings to members in the State militia called to the Mexican border, endorsements of the cam paign for a million new members, and a pledge to work for a "Saloonless Nation in 1920" and the furtherance of the local option cause in Pennsylvania. The convention also went on record as being "irrevocably op posed to cigarets" and urges such agitation and education as "will lead to a complete discontinuance of their use." Pledges were also made to work for world peace. The last day of the great Christian Endeavor convention dawned this morning with the delegates just a little bit tired but still alive with de sire to get every last bit of information and inspiration which It would be pos sible for them to get. Members of the big delegations who had spent hours in preparing special uniforms and banners fo rthe parade yesterday oast "doubtful glances at the sky. But hope dies hard with the Endeavorers [Continued on Page 17] THE WEATHER For Harrinbure and vicinity: Tart ly cloudy to-night and Saturday; not much clianee in temperature. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Part ly cloudy to-night and Saturday; moderate winds becoming north east. River Xo Important changes are likely to occur in river stufces. The Went Branch will rise slightly: other tributaries and the main river will probably fall slon ly or re naiu nearly stationary. A stage of about 4.0 feet is indicated for Harriiburg Saturday morning. General Conditions The depression that was off the South Atlantic coast, Thursday morning, proved to be a storm o'f considerable Intensity, hut sippnr ently of smnll diameter. It is now central near C harleston, S. C.. where the wind was forty two miles per hour, with rnln: n maximum wind velocity of sixty miles an hour occurred at Charleston last night. It Is 2 to fl degrees cooler than on Thursday morning generally over the northern half of the countrv, from the I'nclflc to the Atlantic ocean; elsewhere temperature changes generally were slight, with a higher tendency. Temperature: S a. m., 74. Sun: Rises, 4:47 a. m.; sets, 7:33 p. m. Moon: Full moon, July 14, f1:33 p. m. River Stage: 3.9 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, M. Lowest temperature. 72. Mean temperature. S3, Xormal temperature, 74. Getting used to strange newspapers is like breaking in a pair of new shoes—mighty uncomfortable. Order the Harris burg Telegraph mailed to your vacation address If you would enjoy real comfort. Six cents a week will bring the Telegraph to you no mat , ter where you are. BY CARRIERS (I CENTS A NVEEK. SINGLE COPIES 2 CBIYTS. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS HEAR BIG MEN AT CONVENTION TODAY ■ j A. J. SHARTLE Boston Endeavor Leader Who Deliv ered the Address of the Afternoon. EPIDEMIC TAKES HEAVIER TOLL! 162 New Cases, 31 Deaths in Last Twenty-four Hours From Infantile Paralysis By Associated Press New York. July 14. A marked: increase in both the number of new ctses and deaths in the infantile para lysis epidemic during the last 24 hours war shown to-day in the report of the Health Department. During the, YT hour period ending at 10 a. m. to-; day there were 162 new cases, while SI. children died from the disease in the five boroughs of New York. Brooklyn had the greatest number o: new cases in a single day since the epidemic began on June 26. There [ConUnued on Page 2] j FIND BODY CUT APART BY SHARK Boy Found Near Where He Disappeared; Many Monsters Killed; Penned in Nets By Associated Press . Xew York. July 14.—At almost low tide to-day the body of Lester Still well was found in Matawan creek about 200 feet from the spot where he disappeared Wednesday after being attacked by a shark. The body had been bitten nearly in two above the waist line. Shark hunting or fishing has be [Continued on Page 6] TRAIN SPRAYED WITH BULLETS Four Passengers on Broadway Limited Shot by Man in Ohio Woods ■By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Pa., July 14.—1t became known here from official reports re ceived by the Pennsylvania company that four passengers on the Chicago- New York train known as the Broad way Limited, had been wounded by shots fired at the train near Bucyrus, Ohio, last night. The wounded: R. J. Ward. Pittsburgh. H. P. Gillette. Philadelphia. Keifer Newman, Xew Orleans. Bertha- Gosweiler, Xew Orleans. The passengers were sitting on the observation platform of the last car when a man fired a shotgun as the train passed. Two shots were fired, and the scattering missiles struck the injured passengers on the legs. A physician boarded the train at Lima, Ohio, and after dressing the wounds said none of the injured was in danger. BRITISH Sinr FIXED By Associated Press Manila, July 14. The collector of customs has Imposed a fine of 50,- 000 pesos on the British steamship Chinese Prince. A bond was filed pending an appeal. The Chinese Prince, Xew York for Penang and other eastern ports, was seized July 11 as she was about to sail from Manila for Vladivostok and a fine of 1,000,000 pesos imposed be cause 2,000 packages consigned to Manila were missing. The collector granted a hearing resulting In a re duction of the fine, j HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 14. 1916. V- ' ' . K<~! DR. J. WILBCR CHAPMAN Jamaica. N. Y. t One of the Leading American Evangelists Who Will Preach This Evening, "Decision Night." SMALL CYCLONE HITS COLUMBIA Lace Mill and Susquehanna Iron Works Greatly Dam aged by Storm Special to the Telegraph Columbia, Pa., July 14. A heavy storm, with cyclonic winds, passed over Columbia and this section of Lan caster county late yesterday afternoon, doing great damage to buildings and crops. The Columbia Lace Mill, lo cated in the lower section of town, was unroofed and a side wall blown down while the hands were at work. Only one man was hurt. The damage may amount to $50,000. The pipe mills of the Susquehanna Rolling Mi'.l Company was damaged to the extent of $30,000. Many of the buildings were unroofed and ma chinery put out of commission. A stack at the gas plant was blown [Continued on Page 6] U-BOAT PEACEFUL MERCHANT CRAFT U. S. Holds Deutschland En titled to All Privileges; Allied Warships in Wait By Associated Press Washington, July 14. An advis ory report on the status of the Ger man submarine Deutschland submit ted to Acting Secretary Polk to-day i by the government neutrality board is j understood to hold that the vessel is I a peaceful merchant craft and en i titled to all privileges as such. Indications now are that the State [Continued on Page 15] CLARKE TOGET~ HUGHES PLACE Ohio Judge Nominated to Fill Vacancy in Supreme Court by President Wilson > By Associated Press Washington. D. C., July 14. J. H. ! Clarke, United States district Judge 1 at Cleveland. Ohio, was nominated by President Wilson to-day as an asso ciate Justice of the Supreme Court to : -succeed ex-Justice Hughes, the Repub lican nominee for the presidency. I The new justice. John Hessin Clarke, . [Continued on Page 2] TWO DBOtt Ji AT WILLIAM SPORT Special to the Telegraph Wiliamsport, Pa.. July 14—Joseph Keller. 14 years old, drowned in the Susquehanna river yesterday. His I younger brother, unable to swim, stood lon the bank and watched him go to his death. The boys were told by their father to keep away from the river. John Creamer, 12 years, son of War ren E. Creamer, a Pennsylvania rail road official, lost his life while swim ming in Lycoming creek yesterday af ; ternoon. He was attacked bv cramps I while in deep water. Craig Smith, a boy friend who went to his rescue, was pulled under by the boy and nearly drowned. A brother of Creamer. Fran cis E. Creamer, a high school stu dent. Is with Battery D. First Penn sylvania Artillery, on the Mexican bor j der. CHILD KILLED BY LIGHTNING Special to the Telegraph Allentown, Pa., July 14.— Llllie, 6- j year-old daughter of Robert Fenster maker, tenant on the farm of former ' Mayor Charles O. Hunslcker. of this city, was Instantly killed late yesterday when during a thunderstorm she sought shelter under a large oak tree near her home and was struck by Ugh tain*, HEAVY DAMAGE CAUSED IN SOUTH BY HURRICANE Coast Resorts in South Caro lina and Georgia Suffer; Three Lives Lost U. S. SHIPS SINKING Naval Collier in Distress; Charleston Inundated; Wires Are All Down By Associated Press Atlanta. Ga_, July 14.—Charleston, S. C., was cut off from wire communi cation to-day as a result of the hurri cane that struck the Georgia and South Carolina coasts last night, send ing the wind to a maximum of sixty four miles an hour, claiming three lives and doing damagt- to resorts and cities. Reports from Charleston indicate that two lives were lost there; that the water front was inundated by high tides and that damage had been done [Continued on Page 2] Charleroi Man Is on Elks' Board of Trustees By Associated Press Baltimore, July 14. John J. Faulkner, of East St. Louis, 111., was elected chairman of the board of trus tees of the Grand Lodge of Elks at the organization meeting last night. Mr Faulkner succeeds Col. Cary L. Applegate, of Owensboro, Ky., who retired from the board. Other officers named by the board for the coming year are: Vice-Chair- j n.an, George D. Locke, of Rogers. Ark.; Secretary. Calvin L. Kingsley, of Waterloo, Iowa; Approving Member, J. E. Masters, of Charleroi, Pa.: Home Members. Samuel V. Perrott, In i dianapolis. Find Horned Giants Buried in Indian Mound in Valley of Susquehanna 700 Yrs. Special to the Telegraph Binghamton, X. Y.. July 14.—Prof. A B. Skinner, of the American In dian Museum; Prof. W. K. Morehead, of Phillips Andover Academy, and Dr. George Donohue, Pennsylvania State historian, who have been conducting j a research party along the valley of the Susquehanna, have uncovered an Indian mound at Tioga point, on the I upper portion of Queen Esther' 6 flats, 1 on the Murray farm, a short distance from Sayre. In the mound were found the bones of 68 men which are be lieved to have been buried 700 years aRo. The average height of these men, when the skeletons were assembled, j was seven feet, while many were 1 much taller. Further evidence of I their gigantic size was found in large j stone axes in the grave. On some of ' the skulls, two inches above the per ! fectly-formed foreheads, were pro tuberances of bone evidently horns that had been there since birth. Members of the expedition say that lc le the first discovery of its kind on record. The skull and a few bones found In one grave were shipped to i the American Indian Museum. I FIRE CHASES ROYALTY By Associated Press London, July 14. The Royal Chateau at Tatai, Greece, occupied as thi summer residence of King Con \ slHßtlne, has been destroyed by fire, i says a Reuter dispatch from Athens. 'lhe king. Queen Sophie and members of the royal family, escaped and took j refuge with Prince Nicholas at his I home in Kephisia. The fire started In the- forest near the chateau and spread to that building and to the adjoining ! barracks of the rural police which were destroyed. Several lives, Includ | ln» those of officers, were lost In the | turning of the barracks. MOOX MAY TTRX GREEX Partial Eclipse Will Be Responsible 1 for New Color To-night | With a par'lal eclipse of the moon visible for several hours tp-night, Har risburgers may have an opportunity to observe for themselves a "green" moon, according to Professor Eric Doollttle, instructor of astronomy at I the University of Pennsylvania. The shadow thrown about the moon ] will be too thin to obscure the light and since diluted moonshine Is green, the satellite may turn a grassy shade I some time during the eclipse. The I color of the moon, according to Pro fessor Doollttle. will vary from a cop j per color to deep red. but some time during the night It may really turn . green. The eclipse will start at 19 minutes 18 seconds after 10 o'clock land will continue until 12 minutes 30 | seconds after 1 o'clock. ECLIPSE AT 10.10.03 By Associated Press Washington, July 14. An eclipse of the moon, visible throughout the , United States, will begin at 10.19.03 o'clock, Eastern time, to-night, and continues until the moon leaves the shadow of the earth at 1.13.05 o'clock, Saturday morning. When the passing of the shadown is half finished at 11.- 45.09 p. m. four-fifths of the moon's surface will be covered. HOUSE PASSES WATER BILL By Associated Press j Washington, July 14. The general dam bill amended from the form in I which It passed the Senate, regulating water power development in naviga ble stream, was passed by the House j to-day, 51 to 17. Thp bill which pro vides for a system of leases, under gov. ernment regulation of rates and prac- I tlces is designed to induce investment ! of private capital in the development I of water power. FALLS FROM C. V. BRIDGE Plunging thirty feet from the Cum berland Valley Railroad bridge across ! the Susquehanna shortly after noon, W. A. Ford, of Camp Hill, a rigger, sustained injuries to the left arm and THE NEW BISHOP ■ - v v k "' Jtk Bfc Photo By Outekunst. THE NEW BISHOP OF HARRISBURG The Rt. Rev. Mgr. Philip R McDevitt, for the past seevnteen years superin tendent of parochial schools in Phila delphia, has been appointed bishop of the Harrisburg diocese, succeeding the late Bishop Shanahan. Word of the appointment came from Rome yester day. NEW BISHOP 31 YEARS A PRIEST Announcement of His Eleva tion Made Day Following 58th Birthday Monsignor Philip R. McDevitt. su- j perintendent of the parochial schools of Philadelphia, whose appointment j as Bishop of the Harrisburg diocese j iof the Catholic Church, was an nounced yesterday, will probably come to this city to take charge of his duties about September 1. Since the death of Bishop J. W. Shanahan, the Rt. Rev. M. M. Has sett has been acting as head of the diocese, and he will have charge, it was announced to-day until the newly appoint4»d Bishop arrives. Monsignor McDevitt has followed the footsteps of the late Bishop Shana ! han who was also elevated while in I charge of the Philadelphia parish j schools. | The new Bishop will be the fourth i to head the Harrisburg diocese which includes the counties of Dauphin. | Lebanon, Lancaster, Adams, York, Juniata. Perry, Cumberland, Franklin. Mifflin, Snyder, Northumberland, j Union, Montour and Columbia. The 1 territory is an area of more than 8,000 square miles. There are 105 secular priests, and fifty-one priests of re ligious orders, with seventy-two | churches having resident priests. The cliocese also Includes twelve missions. There are 350 religious women con nected with the diocese, including nov | ices and postulants. Forty-three parishes have parochial schools, with more than 10,000 pupils, I and there are 220 children in three or : phanages. The entire Catholic popui i latlon is 63,000 and there are twq. I Catholic hospitals in the diocese. | Monsignor McDevitt's elevation was | announced on the day following his fifty-eighth birthday, and the day be fore his completion of 31 years In the i priesthood. At Philadelphia the ap i pointment was received at the ] archepiscopal residence and through : out the city with surprise and pleos- i ure - j! ORPKT CASK XEARS FTXD By Associated Press Waukeegan, 111., July 14. The final plea for the acquittal of William H. Orpet on the charge of murdering Marion Lambert was resumed by James H. Wilkerson his senior coun sel at the opening of court to-day. Mr. Wilkerson is expected to finish before j the day ends and will be followed by I David R. Joslyn, special prosecutor aiding State's Attorney Dady, who j will make the State's final plea. At the conclusion of Mr. Joslyn's argu- I nient the court will give its instruc j tion* to the jury. It is expected that the case will be In the jury's hands by to-morrow night. PA. YOI'TH KILLED IX PHILIPPIXES Special to the Telegraph Mauch Chunk, Pa.. July 14.—David Kulick, of Nesquehoning, received a message from the Navy Department, stating that his son, Peter Kulick, a United States marine, had been killed in the Philippine Islands last Sunday by a bandit. The message states that his body was embalmed and would be ship.- ped to Nesquehoning. The young man was in the service about a year. $4,000 LOSS BY FTRE Fire caused, it is beliieved, by short circuited wires, caused more than $4,000 damage to the Benitz buildtng. Short and Walnut streets, yesterday afternoon before it was extinguished. Water damaged the stock of Meyer Gross' srrocery store on the first floor. Fire i#ief Kindler is investigating the fire. The loss Is partly covered by In surance, and most of the damage was done to the property of F. C. Benitz. The building was purchased recently 1 | by the State for park extension pur poses. EXPEDITE NAVAL BILL By Associated Prass Washington, July 14. The Sen ate resumed debate to-day on "the Naval Appropriation bill with leaders determined to expedite its considera tion. It was plain there would he no : purtisan opposition and an indication I that the Senate is in sympathy with increases written in by the naval committee was seen in the unopposed 1 adoption of an amendment increasing 1 the navy's enlisted strength to 68,700 1 men. The present strength Is 64,000, i BRITISH RESU DRIVE BY TAKING GERMAN DEFENSES Capture Strong Positions of Longueval, Bazentin-Le- Grand and the Trones Woods in Attack Which Starts Before Dawn; Still Pushing Forward; Break Through Over Front of 5,000 Yards SECOND PHASE OF GREAT ALLIED OFFENSIVE SUCCESSFUL AS FIRST Have Already Brought Right Wing on Par With French Left and Are Thrusting Salient Between Peronne and Bapaame, French and British Objectives Respectively Renewing their great offensive in Northern France at day break to-day the British broke into the German second line in th. Somme region along a four-mile front. This offensive was still in full swing when the British offici: ' statement was issued shortly before noon in London. The village of Longueval and Bazcntin-Le-Grand, were unofficially reporte captured, as were the recapture of Trones wood and a gain of groun east of Contalmaison. The force of the drive apparently was exerted chiefly to thj northeast in a push toward the British objective of Bapaume alon . the southerly flank of the curving German line in the Montauba;. region. Longueval lies \]/ 2 miles northeast of Montauban and i approximately six miles from Bapaume on the main road betwec that city and Maricourt, while Bazentin-Le-Grand lies slightly t the west. Germans Active at Verdun In the Verdun region the Germans have so far not followed u their bombardment of the fort Souville region by further infantr assaults. Heavy artillery fire in this sector is being continued German activity was noted north of the Aisne where attempted [Continued on Page 15] 5 ? I Harrisburg.— Norman S. Koons, aged 23, and Mile Cassel, aged 23, both of Linglestown, were seriously in ( jured this afternoon when their automobile was struck by a ' ' trolley car at Fourth and Emerald streets. The machine was running rapidly up the Emerald street incknc as the 1 > Third street trolley approached in Fourth street. In the | ' i crash the automobile was almost demolished. The men tsf ' were taken to the hospital in a passing machine. Koons is f ! suffering from severely lacerated head, arms and body 4k < 1 i k 4 * bruises; Cassel has lacerations about the arms and body. CLARK TO WITHDRAW L 5 J. Vernon Clark, Washington party candidate for State ' , I Treasurer, announced that he would withdraw at once. This C gave Harmon M. Kephart, Republican candidate, a cinch. * * | HUGHES WILL OPEN CAMPAIGN IN DETROIT J' :I Bridgehampton, N. Y„ July 14.— Charles E. Hughes > J will open his campaign with a speech in Detroit, on August | I 7. He will then go to Chicago and St. Paul or Minneapolis £ t for speeches. t j MONSTER METEOR THROWS SMOKE AND GASES f 1 6 Hot Springs, Ark.. July 14.— A meteor, the unburicd J j J part of which is as large as a five-room house, fell last night f ] ion a farm twenty miles west of Hot Springs. Farmers to day were afraid to approach it because of gases and smoke f I Jk BRITISH SMASHING FORWARD f British Front in France, July 14, via London. The f f British have now taken both Bazentin-Le-Petit and Bazen < 1 tin-Le-Grand, as well as Longueval. The struggle is con- % ! tinuing in the wood beyond Longueval and on the high \ 9 points of the ridge. »; , New York, July 14. —Vance C. McCormick, National f < I Democratic chairman, returned to-day from Chicago for a £ hurried conference with party leaders here. Mr. McCor- I mick will see President Wilson in Washington to-morrow. > Rome, July 14. The summit of Castellette in the | ( Tofana region has been blown up Hy the Italians, the en- c I tire Austrian £orcc there being buried in the wreckage, the I ! war effice announced to-day. i ;» ' ; MARRIAGE UCENSES . G«or Be Stewart and Annie Ford, Meclton. k - -a 20 PAGES CITY EDITION
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