Harrisburg telegraph., July 24, 1916, Image 1

French Aviator Hies Over Berlin but Re "7o
HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 169
STRIKERS TO SEE
THAT JITNEYS DO
NOT OVERCHARGE
Committee of Union Considers
Measures For Relief of
Public
MAYOR TAKES A HAND
Orders Patrolmen to Arrest
Drivers Who Make Unjust
Fare Demands
A committee from the street car
union is to-day considering measures
for the relief of the public from un
just charges of jitney drivers, the
over-crowding of cars and other mat
ters of the kind complained of. At
the same time that this information
was given to a reporter It was said
the union does not despair of an early
settlement of the strike arse that the
situation to the minds of Chairman
Hugh L. McLaughlin and Vice-Presi
dent Thorpe is nearer a solution than
is apparent on the surface.
The union leaders say they would
like to have the names of all persons
over-charging for jitneys and will en
deavor to protect the public in this
respect. Most of the jitneys are fair,
they believe.
Mayor E. S. Meals issued orders this
morning to Chief of Police J. T. Zeil
to Instruct all of the officers to arrest
jitney drivers who are overcharging
their passengers. An appeal has also
been issued to the passengers who are
overcharged to obtain the license
number of the jitney and report it to
the Chief of Police so that the author
ities can prosecute the owner or
driver of the car.
Arrests to Be Made
Mayor Meals stated emphatically
that overcharging will not be toler
ated He stated that arrests will be
made and fines imposed if the pas
sengers co-operate with the police and
report the license number of the jit
ney so that prosecutions can be
started.
The Mayor explained that because
of the trolleynven's strike he has per
mitted jitneurs to operate autos with
out furnishing the bond and taking
out the license required by ordinance,
but declared that the fares must be
five cents to all points reached by trol
ley cars for that sum.
Vice-President Thorpe, with other
union leaders, this afternoon asked the
passengers of Jitneys when over
charged to report the license number
of the automobile to P. H. Irwin. 527
South Sixteenth street, secretary of the
local division.
Strikers also announced that their
pickets reported that people were be
ing paid by the railways company to
ride on the cars and that the alleged
strike-breakers continue to break
standing rules of the company. New
badges will oe received this evening
for the union men and will be dis
tributed.
At the regular meeting at head
quarters. 26 Xorth Third street, this
afternoon a business sesion was held
and an address made by James H.
Maurer. president of the Pennsylvania
State Federation of Labor.
Two cars crashed together at 6.30
o'clock this morning at Fourth and
Market streets, but no one was injured.
Issues Statement
The Union's committee this after
noon issued the following statement:
The striking carmen appreciate the
aid the jitney service is rendering
them in caring l'or the traveling pub
lic and are earnestly working to se
cure them patronage, but many com
plaints are made that certain drivers
are overcharging passengers which
Mill eventually militate against the
jitneys.
Anv one so overcharged will do us a
favor by securing the license number
ajid name of the driver if possible
and make a brief statement of the
time and place and together with
their own name and address send it
to SECRETARY, CARMEN UXIOX,
527 South Sixteenth street, Harris
burg, Pa.
Strikers Would Arbitrate
The strike situation to-day remained
unchanged. The strikers offer to
arbitrate and demand recognition of
the union and the Harrisburg Rail
ways company officials state that
there is nothing to arbitrate and that
they will not recognize the union.
Twenty-two cars were sent out by
the company on city ana suburban
lines to-day, and service was resumed
to all points except Oberlin, Lingies
towr and Hummelstown.
Disorder Ends
Determined efforts on the part of
city -police and sheriff deputies has
practically ended all disorder and with
few exceptions no trouble was reporl
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THE WEATHER
For Harrlsburg anil vicinity! Gen
erally fair to-night .mil Tuesday;
not much chniige in temperat lire.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: Gen
erally fair to-nlKht ami Tuesduyt
gentle east to south nlnilt.
River
The Susquehanna river and all Ita
tributaries mil probably remain
nearly Htationary. .V stage of
about 3.7 feet IN Indicated for
HarrlihurK Tuesday morning;.
General Conditions
Pressure I* uniform and slightly
above normal over nearly all the
eastern hnlf of the country. It haw
decreased west of the Rocky
Mountains since last report, but
continues relatively high along
the .North Pacific coast. It ha*
Increased decidedly over New
England.
Showers have fallen In New Eng
land and in the South Atlantic
and East Gulf States and there
"ere scattered showers in the
Middle Atlantic States.
It Is somen hat cooler in Xew Eng
land and In \\ estern Canada and
In the northern tier of Statea
from Minnesota to Montana.
Temperature: 8 a m., 78.
Sun: Rises, 4:57 a. M.i; aeta. 7:26
p. m.
Moon: New moon, July 20, 0:15
p. m.
River Stage: 3.9 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday'a Weather
Highest temperature, no,
l.owest temperature. 70.
Mean temperature, 80.
Normal temperature, 75.
BV CARRIERS « CENTS A WEEK.
SINC.I.E COPIES 2 CE>TS.
FRENCH AVIATOR,
OVER BERLIN, BUT
HURLS NO BOMBS
Drops Proclamations Saying
"We Will Not Kill Innocent
Women and Children
CAPTURED IN POLAND
Flies All Night Through Dark-!
ness; Covers 807 Miles;
Spark Plugs Fail
By Associated Press
Paris, July 24. Lieutenant Mar-
Ichal of the French aviation corps, last
month left French soil and flew over
the German capital upon which he
j dropped proclamations and then con
j tinued his flight intending to land
within the Russian lines. He was
' forced to descend, however, in Po
land and was taken prisoner by the
Germans.
j The proclamations dropped by Lieu
tenant Marchal on Berlin stated that
though'it was possible, the aviator re
frained from bombing the open town
and "thus kill the women and inno
, cent children."
Lieutenant Marchal made a circuit
ous flight of about SO* miles, most of
which he traveled in darkness.
The official communication given
out to-day telling of Aviator Marchal's
achievement said:
"On June 20 at 9.30 o'clock in the
evening, Sub-Lieutenant Marchal as
cended at Nancy on board a Nieuport
monoplane of a special type, taking
with him a supply of fuel sufficient to
last 14 hours. His mission was to cross
Germany at a low altitude in order to
drop proclamations on the capital,
Berlin, and then to descend in Russia,
j "This audacious flight was accom
| plished point by point and after flying
! all night Lieutenant Marchal was com
pelled to descend at 8.30 in the morn
ing of June 21 near Chelm. Russian
i Poland, at least 100 kilometres (62
! miles) from the Russian lines. He
■ was made prisoner.
| "The proclamation which Lieuten
ant Marchal dropped on Berlin began
■with the words:
Could Bombard Capital
I '' 'We could bombard the open town
of Berlin and thus will the women and
; innocent children but we are content
i to throw only the following proclama
tion,' etc.
j "Lieutenant Marchal -was interned
at Salrerbach whence he forwarded to
| France a postal card giving these de
tails:
" 'I was made prisoner at 8 o'clock
on the morning of the 21st at Chelm.
The Austrian officers did not believe
! that I had accomplished my task but
| the proof later arrived and they were
obliged to bow to the reality.
" 'lt was the failure of the spark
! plugs which stopped me and I descend
ed to change two of the plugs and to
start the motor again. Unfortunately |
iit would have been necessary to
change two more plugs and at this,
I moment I was taken prisoner. Tou ,
! may judge of my chagrin.'
J "Aviator Marchal in the course of'
his journey covered in continuous j
flight a distance of about 1,300 kilo
metres (SOT miles), most of which he
traveled during the night."
England's Partial Reply
to Trade Interference
Note Is Not Satisfactory
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C-, July 24. Great
Britain's partial reply to the American
note protesting against interference
with neutral mails is regarded by of
ficials as unsatisfactory, principally be
cause it deals with specific cases In
stead of the principles involved. Of
ficials infer from the communication
that Great Britain is determined to up
hold her attitude which the I'niteci
i States regards as unwarranted and
I without authority in international law.
j Acting Secretary Polk said he would
| cable Ambassador Page, acknowledging
receipt of the British communication
1 and repeating the request for an early
I reply to the last American note. He
said the memorandum would be given
! out for publication later in the day. It
now is before President Wilson.
Nine Auto Owners Held
For Traffic Violations
Nine automobile owners have been
i ordered to appear at police headquar
| ters to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock
| to answer charges of driving around
I overtaken vehicles in the Market street
subway late Saturday and yesterday.
Chief of Police Zeil stated this morn
ing that this will not be tolerated, as
it is a flagrant \iolation of city traffic
rules, and has ordered all officers to
watch for violators and a.-rest them.
On Saturday Alderman James B. De
j shong. committing magistrate at police
hearings this month, fined three vio
j lators $25 for similar offenses. It was
i announced by Chief of Police Zeil that
Alderman Deshong will be in charge
j of hearings during the month of Au
gust also. Several other traffic vio
l lators charged with speeding were
given hearings this afternoon.
E. Wickline, 1209 Mulberry street,
a driver for the Peiffer Line, charged
with obstructing traffic in Market
street this morning, was arrested by
city detectives. He was given a hear
ing this afternoon before Alderman
Deshong.
WHY XOT DO IT HERE!
Everyone Muni Stand W hen "Star-
Spangled Bnnnrr" Im Played in
Baltimore
! Baltimore, \ld., July 24. Policemen
to-day began distribution of copies of
1 a municipal ordinance providing that
"musicians, performers or other persons
i shall stand while playing, singing or
! rendering "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner' " Any person violating the pro
visions of the ordinance "shall be guilty
| of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined not more than $100."
Distribution was made to all thea
ters. moving picture halls, restaurants
I and cafes, and to officers of all musical
unions or branches in Baltimore.
TROOPERS' HEALTH IS FIXE
' Washington. D C.. July 24. Major
General Bliss advised the War Depari
i ment to-day that he had completed in
spections of the Missouri. New Hamp
shire and Maine infantry camped a?
Laredo, Texas, and found health condi
tins excellent, less than 1 per cent, ot
the command being in the hospital, and
yio serious cases reported. <
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1916.
"DOG DAYS" MUSTN'T BE BAD AT THAT
ON THE RIVER WITH TWO SUCH BEAUTIES
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Just a grllmpse at a pair of the many hundreds of bathing grirls who kept
cool in the Susquehanna yesterday.
REX, WILDWOOD'S
FLIGHTY BACHELOR MARRIED NOW
Giant Crane Quiets Breath of Scandal Over Unexplained Ab
sence by Going to Housekeeping
Xo longer do Wildwood Lake folks |
worry about the frequent absences of
Rex. the giant crane.
That there was SOME reason was a
foregone conclusion, but Just what it
was didn't develop until yesterday
when Rex. after a week's departure, ,
flew over the trees again and settled
upon the bosom of the lake. With j
him flew the "reason." Plump, grace- i
ful and prettily feathered, SHE stay- j
ed proudly and with a more or less 1
proprietary air, beside Rex. Once or ,
twice the pair rose to fly about the 1
lake together and with them flew '
rumors, thick and rast.
Many a story and near-story has I
been printed about this long-legged
fellow Rex. So far as could be learn
ed he was a bachelor and a confirmed
one. Many a comely wild duck, swan,
etc., wasted their prettiest blandish
ments upon Rex. At ever increasing i
intervals, however, Rex suddenly left |
the lake for parts unknown. His last j
stay was longer than usual. And 1
SENATE NOW HAS
DEFENSE BILLS
Debate on Army Act Resumed
Today; Joint Conferences
Before Week Ends
By Associated Press
■Washington, July 24. The Na
tional Defense program will occupy
the Senate most of this week. De
bate on the army bill, resumed to
day, is expected to last for several
days and before the week is over Sen
ate and House conferees will meet in
a struggle over a building program
for the navy.
Efforts will be made to get final
action on both army and navy con
ference reports early In August. Ad
journment is set for August 19, but
insistence of child labor legislation
may alter the plan.
ALLIED WARSHIP
AWAITS U-BOATS
Cruising Around Outside Capes
in Path of Deutschland or
of Overdue Bremen
By Associated Press
Xorfolk, Va., July 24. Only one
of the allied warships patrolling the
Virginia Capes awaiting for the Ger
man underwater liner Deutsciiland or
her sister ship Bremen, was in sight
early to-day and she was cruising Tar
out to sea.
Seafaring men who had been ex
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No Trial For Casement
Before House of Lords
London, July 24.—The Manchester
Guardian says that the attorney gen
eral has formally refused to grant a
certificate to enable Sir Roger Case
ment to appeal to the House of Lords
against his sentence of death.
Sir Frederick E. Smith, the attor
ney general, has intimated to Roger
Casement's solicitors that he is unable
to grant his flat which would enable
Casement's appeal against the death
sentence passed on him for high trea
son in connection with the Dublin re
bellion to be carried to the House of
Lords.
20 DROWN WHEN BO\TS COLLIDE
Copenhagen, via London, July 24.
Twenty persons were drowned when
two ferryboats collided with each other
on the Spree, near Berlin, on Sunday,
according to the Politiken. One of the
boats was sunk.
I when the feathered feminine portion
lof Wildwood saw the lake's most
eligible catch chummily wing his way
home with a stranger, a breath of
scandal followed. But Wildwood's
folks decided to wait awhile; if the
feathered companion that accompan
i ied Rex was a lady, well and good;
■ f she were just the sort of a "mere
i person" at which decent feathered
i people could well turn up their
| beaks, so be it.
Then Rex and his companion hush
jed the breath of scandal. After they
| had fished and lunched together, both
flew to opposite parts of the lake,
i Soon they returned to a common
! meetingplace, each carrying a reed
or stick. So the feathered folk of
Wildwood breathed more freely,
preened and got ready to call. If Rex
should suddenly leave the Lake again
on extended unexplalnable absences,
j it would not be for his friends, but
: for "her" to worry. Rex's visits were
| a mystery no longer, he had been
I married.
SEEK THROWER OF RILEY'S BODY IS
BOMB KILLING SIX LYING IN STATE
San Francisco Aroused; Death
List of Preparedness
Marchers Grows
By Associated Press
San Francisco. Cal., July 24.—Under
the pressure of public sentiment which
has been aroused over the bomb ex
plosion that marked Saturday's pre
paredness parade here, the authorities
to-day are working with determination
to apprehend the perpetrator of the
deed. To the death list of six it is
expected two and probably more of
the forty-four injured will be added,
five of the victims being in a critical
condition.
by Mayor Rolph, who has of
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TELEGRAPH IS
READ ON BORDER
|
Captain Bretz Tells How Glad
Men Are to Get Home
< News
In a letter to the president and
editor-in-chief of the Telegraph re
ceived to-day. Captain John T. Bretz,
of Company D, Eighth regiment, N. G.
U. S., says the Harrisburg soldiers are
in good shape on the border. The let
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DISALLOWS RATE INCREASE
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C., July 24.—Pro
posed increases in freight rates on cot
ton piece goods from New England
mills 'to New York. Delaware and
Pennsylvania points were disallowed
to-day by the Interstate Commerce
! Commission.
DITCH STEAMER STRIKES MINE
The Hague. July 24.—The Dutch
steamship Maas has been sunk near
the North Hinder Light as the result
of striking a mine. Ten members of
the crew were drowned.
VOTING IN MAINE
Portland. Me., July 24. Democrats
and Republicans of Maine went to the
foils to-day to select candidates for
'nited States Senator to succeed the
late Senator Edwin C. Burleigh. A spec
ial election will be held on September
11. the day of the State election
The only Democratic candidate in the
field was Kenneth C. M. Sills, dean of
Bowdoin College. Congressman Frank
E. Guernsey and former Governor Bert
M. Fernald sought the Republican nomi
nation.
1,000 SPLASH A
DEMAND FOR CITY
BATHING BEACHES
1
Proposed River "Navy" to Echo
Request Voiced by Scores
of Sunday Bathers
MAY NAME COMMITTEE
Every Island Rivaled Sands of,
Seashores; Boatmen to
Report
More than 1,000 perspiring? folks j
who didn't care to spend the time nor
money for a saltwater dip, enjoyed
themselves yesterday in the natural
sand beaches of the Susquehanna
"basin" with all the zest of an August
Sunday crowd at Atlantic City.
Independence Island, and the other j
rocks and islands, large and small. !
which dot the river opposite the city, |
were the "ports of call" for scores of |
folks all day, old folks, young folks j
and children.
The big crowd splashed and dove;
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Wife Says Husband Spent
One Dine on Her in Year
Special to the Telegraph
Springfield, Mo., July 24.—Alleging
; her husband expended only 10 cents
i on her during their year of married
, life and was cold, neglectful and
! stingy, Mrs. Ellen Boston has filed suit
for a divorce from T. Y. Boston, a
farmer of Cass township. She is 72
years old and Boston 75. They were
married June 13. 1915.
A contract was entered into by
which the estate of each was not to be
affected in any way by the marriage.
Mrs. Boston alleges her husband car
ried out his part of the contract to the
letter and also refused to provide her
j with the common necessities of life.
| HVGF, MIMTTOX ORDERS
; More Tlian $453,92-1,000 Spent Here
Since Beginning of War
Special to the Telegraph
; Washington. D. C., July 24.—Fig
ures compiled by the Department of
Commerce showing that the American
! exportation of ammunition and fire
| arms since the beginning of the Euro-
I pean war has been in excess of $453,-
' 924.011. For the three years prior to
| the war the exportation amounted to
$2,379,206.
I The figures cover the period of Au
' gust. 1, 1914. through Slay of the pres
ent year. The figures for June have
1 not yet been made available.
The tremendous increase in exports,
of course, are not confined to ammuni
; tion and firearms. Other items which
' must be classed as war material, such
as ho.-ses, automobiles for service at
the front, army clothing, venisons and
food, barbed wire or entanglement,
j copper, brass and steel, copper for
\ making gun cotton and a thousand
and one other articles to be used in
| military operations.
1 Escorted to Capitol bv Platoon
I
of Police; Nation Pays
Him Tribute
By Associated Press
Indianapolis, July 24. Flags all
over Indianapolis and in many other
citie6 of the State were at half mast
to-day in memory of James Whitcomb
Riley who died suddenly Saturday
night. v The body will lie in state from
3 to 9 o'clock this evening.
The capitol was draped to indicate
the general mourning all over the
State. The place the body will lie is
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CITY TREASURY"
AUDIT COMPLETE
Council Tomorrow to Get Pitts
burgh Co. Report Covering
10-Year Period
The long-talked-about, much-printed
of audit of the books and accounts
| of the City Treasurer for'the ten-year
I period prior to January I, 1916, has
been finally completed by the Pitts
burgh Audit Company and will be
submitted to-morrow morning to
Council.
Following the read'ng of the rather
voluminous report, the papers will be
referred to Council for consideration
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ASKS NEW VOTE OF CREDIT
By Associated Press
London. July 24.—Premier Asquith
to-day asked the House of Commons
for a vote of credit of £450,000,000.
This vote is the largest asked by the
government since the beginning of the
war and will bring the total voted this
year to £1,050,000,000 and the total
since the beginning of the war to
£2,832.000,000 (approximately $14,-
160,000.000).
NEW LAWS FOR FOREIGNERS?
By Associated Press
New York. July 24. Radical
changes in the laws governing for
eigners doing business in Mexico are
about to be made by General Carranza
in a series of decrees which later will
be included in a new constitution, ac
cording to recent arrivals from Mexico i
i City,
BRITISH CLOSE IN
ON NOZIERES;
ALONG LEFT FLANK
Town Has Been Made Strongly Fortified Post, but English
Now Hold Large Portion; Repulse Teutonic Counter
Attacks; Heavy Fighting Follows Calm
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN RIGA REGION
PUSHES VON HINDENBURG BACK 12 MILES
Bad Weather Still Hampers Operations Along French
Front; in Somme District Cessation of Activities Is
Noted; British Light Sea Forces Drive German De
stroyer Squadron to Flight
,
London to-day reports new and important advantages gained
i by the British in their fight for Pozieres, the present local point' of
their attack in the Somme region.
Despite a stubborn German defense of the town, which has
jbeen turned into a strongly fortified post, a large portion of it is now
in British hands. The place is considered a great tactical import
ance as blocking an advance of the liritish lines toward Haupaume
along the roads on both sides of I'oureaux wood, to the east.
The heavy righting of yesterday was. where at one point Field Marshal vo l
Hindenburg's forces are reported l i
followed by comparative calm at night, | have been driven back 12 miles. The
. . . .. _ , ; Russians are said now to bo eonsoli
but. besides the successes at Pozieres. dating the Kround Ka ined in this of-
General Douglas Haig reports gains of a tS]nyTuFeSron*' Ch eXtC " dS
ground near Highwood and in the vi- Petrograd officially reports Russian
advance guards within fifteen miles of
einity of Guillemont, on the British the Turkish fortress of Erzingan. upon
I which Grand Duke Nicholas' armie.i
left flank. The repulse of German | arc stcadilv advancing
co " n t er ' l,tack s between Highwood Engagements between German tor
,.\nd (lUillemont is reported. pedo craft and n British force of sma'l
Paris announces the continuance of < vesse j 8 j n North Sea are told of
weather along the lrench front 111 i n }l Hritish admiralty statement. In i
I the Somme region ami a cessation tor ( running with six German destroy
the time being of active operations e rs repeated hits are declared to havo
there. been secured by the British. One of
Special dispatches from Petrograd; the British vessels was hit and two
emphasize the importance of the Rus-
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:HLAND S WIRELESS SEALED J
uly 24.—The Deutschland's wireless equip- I
1 to-day by a government radio inspector, f
rfoenig entered his arrival at the custom f
:-.th instant he was informed by customs 9
ie stayed in port more than trwo weeks his I
:>e sealed. The two weeks' limit expired e
.TIONAL GUARD CALLED FALSELY !)
. Charges that the National Guard was $
can border under false pretenses were made £
msend to-day during debate on the army 1
11. He urged that the military forces not i
ought to be sent home.
$lO TO YELL "SCAB"
At a hearing in the police court this af- { '
Alderman DeShong, Oscar James, Jess '
bert Green and Frank Olphin were fined * *
lich amounted to $4.84 for calling the mem ;
i | i bers of a street car crew "scabs," Saturday morning. < l
iMAY REQUISITION GERMAN BOATS ,
Rio Janeiro, July 24.—The question of requisitioning
German ships in Brazilian ports will shortly be taken up ,
by the Brazilian Congress. There are thirty-eight German '
ships and four Austrian in Brazilian ports.
EXCHANGE SHOTS ACROSS BORDER ?
If
El Paso, July 24.—Exchange of shots occurred last ',
night at a point on the Rio Grande below El Paso where
the outposts of the Ninth Massachusetts infantry are sta- ' *
tioned but without any casualties, according to the official
, report of the incident received by General Bell. The men ►
on guard said that a party on the Mexican side of the '
1 it. It was at this spot, known as the "island" that a few !
I shots were exchanged last week. p
< I Houghton, Mich., July 24.—James W. Pryor, 35 years ' '
old, his wife and two children and the child of C. E. West
t I cott, all of Houghton, were drowned in Portage Lake mid- ' '
night when their motorboat collided with another. West
(cot and his wife were saved. I *,
MARRIAGE UCENSES k
Henry H. Stpufler and Minerva May Kauffman, Juniata county. j
llurrril I.otfaarlan Henry Ilunk and Sadie May Lllllaa Walker, pity. JL
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