Twenty-Two Killed by Gas Explosion in Tunnel Beneath Lake Erie
HARRISBURG ifiSSlk TELEGRAPH
LXXXV — No. 170
GAS EXPLODES IN
TUBE UNDER LAKE
- ERIE; 22 KILLED
Ten Workmen Trapped by Ex
plosion in Ne\\ Water
Works Tunnel
RESCUE PARTIES CAUGHT
Life Savers, Equipped With
Gas Helmets, Rring Work
men to Surface
By Associated Press
Cleveland, July 25. Twenty-two i
men are dead and half a dozen others j
dying as the result of an explosion of j
gas in a water works tunnel five miles ,
from shore under Lake Erie late last
night.
The dead Include workmen who
were trapped in the tunnel when pas
exploded and members of two rescue
parties who attempted to save the
men first trapped.
Of the dead eleven were in
force trapped by the explosion. Xone
of these escaped. The first rescue ,
party consisted of seven men. Four;
of them perished and three were i
saved. The second rescue party com- j
prised eleven men. Six of these lost j
their lives and five escaped. The first
rescue party accomplished nothing.
The second saved one of the first re
lief expedition. No one has yet reach
ed any of the original eleven caught
in the workings. Of the eight res- i
cuers who got out alive two died later.
The others may die. Two men were
also overcome by fumes who did not
go into the tunnel. j
A third rescue party entered the
tunnel at 8.30 and brought out alive
Gustav C. Van Duzen, superintendent
of water works construction, who ,had
headed the second relief force. van
Duzen may die from his experiences.
One body was also brought out by the
third rescue party. This was a mem
ber of the second rescue crew. It had
been supposed that Van Duzen had
perished.
Lack of Apparatus Hampers
The tragic fate of the rescuers in
the first and second instances was due
to the fact that they worked without
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Rounding Up Runaway
"Lampers" in Rain Beats
Chasing Greased Pigs
When Karl Steward, secretary of
the C. Day Rudy Company, is not
establishing new records for the sale
of stained glass windows or making
after-dinner speeches before the Har
risburg Rotary Club, he loves to go
fishing. Bass p.nd salmon fairly fight
each other to «et caught when he casts
in his line, but it's different, oh, very,
verv different with lamprey eels.
Mr. Steward demonstrated this to
his own satisfaction and that of a
party of grinning friends this morning
when he stepped off a West Shore car
with an umbrella in one hand and a
bucket of fine "lampers" in the other.
A swish of the wind turned his um
brella wrong s>de out and in trying to
recover his balance Steward and the
lampreys went down together. Mr.
Steward got up in a moment. Not so
the lampreys. They reveled in their
new-found freedom.
After it was all over and the eels
were back in the can Mr. Steward con
fidentially informed a party of friends,
as he wiped his perspiring brow, that
he'd just as soon any day undertake to
capture a herd of greased pigs as to
round up a bunch of runaway
"lampers."
GOT IT? AH-H-H CHOO-O-O!
Red Xoses, Watering Ftfb nnd Sntftn
in Hay Fever Time
It's coming—Ah-h-h-h-h Choo-o-o!
In fact, it s here Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h
Choo-o-o!
Of course, it can be prevented
Ah-h-h-h Choo-o-o!—in some cases and
by taking certain Ah-h-h Choo-o-o!
—precautions, but there will still be
hundreds of Harrisburgers who will
Ah-h-h-h Choo-o-o!—get it.
City Health Officer Raunick ad
vices that wind-pollinated weeds, such
as—Ah-h-h- Choo-o-o!—the scientists
and naturalists call the Rumex crispus
and the Amaranth us spinosus or the
Xanthium strumarium—Ah-h-h- Choo
o-o! be cut down from yards and
lawns and done away with. For be it
known that one whiff of the pollen of
these weeds is sufficient to cause
Ah-h-h Choo-o-o!—a paroxysm of hay
fever lasting from three to five davs.
A dozen or more of said whiffs—
Ah-h-h-h-h Choo-o-o-o! will give
one a regular case of this midsummer
ailment.
1 THE WEATHER-
For Harrlshur* ami vicinity! Part
ly cloudy to-nlKlit and Wednes
day; warmer Wednesday.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly
cloudy to-nlKbt. showers In
southeast portion i Wednesdu>
partly cloudy, warmer In west
portion) gentle to moderate shift
ing winds, mostly south.
River
The main river will rise somewhat.
The principal tributaries will
probably remain nearly station
ary. A stage of about 4.0 feet Is
Indicated for Harrlsburg Wednes
day morning.
General Conditions
The weather continues unsettled
over the Eastern part of the
country and showers have fallen
generally in the Atlantic States
from Maine to Florida, the great
est nmounts of rainfall reported
occurring In Virginia and \orth
Carolina; Lynchburg reports 4.2H
Inches and Halelgn 2.38 inches for
the last twenty-four hours.
. Temperatures are 2 to 10 degrees
9 lower over nearly all the country
west of the Rocky Mountains and
over the western part of the
Lake Region. It Is 2 to 14 de
gress warmer In the Missouri
Volley and 2 to 8 degrees warmer
In New York State; elsewhere
temperalnre changes have been
slight and Irregular.
Temperaturei 8 a. m., 72.
Son: Rises, 4:58 a. m.; sets, 7:25
p. m.
Mooni New moon, July 20, 0:15
p. m.
River Stagei 8.8 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 88.
l.owest temperature. 72.
Mean temperature, 80.
lioraai temperature, 75.
BY f ARRIKHS 6 CESTS A WEEK.
SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS.
WET DAY BRINGS
PUBLIC DEMAND
FOR SETTLEMENT
;
Gilday Says Both Sides Owe It
to Greatest Sufferer to Arbi
trate Dispute
MAY POSTPONE PARADE
Will Man All Cars, Musser
Says, if Men Do Not Return
as "Individuals"
The heavy rain of to-day brought
to a head the public demand for a
settlement of the street car strike.
Scores of the jitneys that have
thronged the streets did not venture
from their garages and hundreds of
working people trailed wet and un
comfortable in dripping lines along
the streets to their places of employ
ment. Discomfort and discontent
were manifested everywhere. That
there should be a ground whereon the
men and the company could meet
without loss of honor or prestige to
either appeared to be the general con
sensus of opinion.
Patrick Gilday, head of the State !
Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, j
hit the nail on the head so far as j
public opinion is concerned, when he
said: "If no meeting between the
strikers and the company is possible,
then both sides owe it to the public, |
which is the greatest sufferer, to sub- i
mit their case to arbitration."
Mr. Gilday made his statement
when he learned that the Harrisburg
Railways company will not meet the
committee of the union to-morrow
mor.iing at 10 o'clock, but insists on
dea'ing with the men "as employes."
The strikers again declared this;
morning that they will insist on re- '
cognition of the union, and are willing
and have been since the strike started j
to submit to arbitration.
To Man All Cars
President Frank B. Musser, of the
Railways company said this morning
that the company has decided not to
recognize the union, and should the
men on strike not meet with hint to- i
morrow morning as employes, ar
rangements will be made instantly to |
man all cars on all lines of the com
pany and resume regular service to
all points.
Owing to the steady rain of to-day,
the parade this evening may be post
poned. Union men stated at noon |
that should it rain to-night the par
ade of the strikers, labor organizations
and sympathizers probably will be j
held on Thursday night. To-morrow
night a big mass meeting open to the
public will be held in the Technical
High school auditorium.
Operate 22 Cars
Twenty-two cars were operated
during the day on the city and su
burban lines of the company, with
service to all points except Oberlin
and Hummelstown. For the flrst
time since the strike became effective,
cars were operated on the Lingles
town line of the company.
President Musser announced this
morning that the new men now op
erating cars will remain here until the
situation is settled and that should
there be no meeting to-morrow morn
ing with the strikers "as employes of
the company" regular service will be
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Impressive Services
Mark Riley Funeral
By Associated Press
Indianapolis, July 25. The fun
eral of .Tames Whitcomb Riley was
held at his home here to-day. The
simple services were attended by rel
atives and a few of his most intimate
friends. The funeral was private, but
the placing of the boay in the vault in
Crown Hill cemetery here was public.
I.arge crowds assembled near the
vault to see the last ceremonies.
The services at the house were con
ducted by the Rev. Joseph A. Mil
burn, of Sewanee, Tenn., former pas
tor of the Second Presbyterian church
here, and a close friend of the poet
for many years. The Rev. Frederick
E. Taylor, pastor of the First Bap
tist church, assisted.
The body was placed in the vault
pending arrangements for its final
disposition. The vault was decorated
with flowers of brilliant colors which
the poet liked best. Beautiful rugs
were spread on the floor. A short
prayer at the cemetery concluded the
services.
Municipal Leaguers Will
Be Presented With Medals
Johnstown, p a ., July 24. Bronze
medallions containing the city's seal
suspended from gold pins by silk rib
bons made of the city's colors, purple
and gold, will be distributed to every
official delegate coming here for the
annual convention of the Municipal
League of Third Class Cities, next
month. Johnstown is expecting a biz
attedance, as shown by an order of 200
of these mementoes.
Mayor Louis Franke will deliver the
address of welcome at the opening ses
sion, August 29.
A tour of Johnstown, Windber and
the Quemahoning dam will be made by
automobile, with supper served at the
Laurel Ridge clubhouse, and the return
made to Johnstown via Westmont, the
visitors being brought down the incline
plane. The entertainment feature of
the closing day of the convention will
be an inspection tour through the
works of the Cambria Steel Company.
Illinois Troops Charged
With Rioting and Shirking
By Associated Press
San Antonio, Tex., July 25. The
rioting of certain members of the
Eighth Illinois Infantry, composed of
negroes, and the alleged shirking of
whole squads of the First Illinois Bri
gade on a practice march yesterday
were the topics of much comment to
dhy.
Negro Guardsmen said that slurs cast
on them by whites, both civilians and
military, led to the attack by Herbert
Henne. Some of them chased Henne in
to a saloon, where he defended hlmseli
until a provost guard of regulars arriv
ed and fired on the militiamen, slightly
wounding three of them. .
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1916.
FIRST GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN IN THE GREAT ALLIED ADVANCE |
v j
GEJgMAhfit EJRJSPMEiRS J£i E£SSA«A-fc£D..
An official photograph showing the arrival of the first German prisoners captured in the great advance, at South
ampton, England. Note the careworn expression on the faces of the men.
t V
How to Save Your Baby
From Infantile Paralysis
PRECAUTIONS to be taken by mothers to keep their baiies from the
dread ravages of infantile paralysis are set out in a TOlletin issued
to-day by the Pure Milk Society. The bulletin is as follows:
"Of the mother of every child, her mother heart will demand:
What shall I do to save my baby?
"Watch, anxious mother, for every symptom which may prove an
index to the disease; and seek medical care without an hour's delay.
"Infantile paralysis is a germ disease. The best preventative is
cleanliness. Our duty as citizens is to do all we possibly can, indi
vidually and jointly, to stamp out the causes of any epidemic as swiftly
and effectively as it can be accomplished.
"The agency of the disease is known to lurk in the breeding places
of insects, such as flies, mosquitoes, fleas, bedbugs, ticks, ants, body lice
and similar vermin. It is known also that many small animals are the
carriers of the poison in this, as in many other infections. Among them
are active carriers—cats, dogs and probably rats. Household' tf"6t6
should at all times be kept scrupulously clean and, during the preva
lence of any epidemic, should be withdrawn from the vicinity of
infants.
"Take precautions to avoid infection by maintaining conditions of
extra hygiene for all infants and other susceptible persons, keeping
their health at the highest pitch of excellence.
"The utmost vigilance must be exercised in feeding, in clothing,
in freedom from harmful excitements and exhaustion, in taking abun
dant rest and in protection from such common carriers as flies, mos
quitoes and small animals. During the entire epidemic young children
should be kept apart from others wherever It is possible.
"The Pure Milk Society is doing everything within its limited means
to prevent any epidemic among the babies of our city. In this work it
finds among other things a very great necessity for mosquito netting
and fly paper; donations of either of these articles will be highly ac
ceptable and much apreciated. Any donations or communications
relative thereto may be sent to the Pure Milk Station, Front and Boas
streets."
i J
U-BOAT CAPTAIN
READY FOR TRIP
Laughs at Warship Dangers;
Declares "Sea Is Big
-and Deep
I
By, Associated Press
Baltimore, July 25. "Circum
stances and conditions over which we i
have no control are keeping us in
Baltimore. There is no cause for
alarm from any source. At the prop
er time we will get away; there is a
time for everything."
Thus did Captain Paul Koenlg, t
commander of the German merchant
submarine Deutschland, explain hisj
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PAPER MAKERS !
AT WIT'S END
Mills Selling as Fast as They,
Manufacture, With Price
No Object
Boston, July 25. The paper trade
in New England has passed beyond all
trade conventionalities that have char
acterized it in the past. For the first
time in its history paper as a commo
dity is on the samiS trade basis as cot
ton, wool or leather on the buyers'
market. There is nothing left to spec
ulate in. Goods are taken from the
mills as fast as they are produced, vir
tually at the makers' own price, and It
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Third Brigade Wallows
in Deep Mire at Gretna
By Associated Press
Mt. Gretna, Pa., July 26. Camp!
George C. Marshall. Jr., awakened to |
the slosh of rain this morning, and
because the meadows and parade |
grounds are saturated, open order j
work by the men in the Third Brigade
N. 3. P. was temporarily abandoned.
After morning's mess the men hud
dled in tents and wished for better
weather. If the weather clears up
and the ground hardens sufficiently
the 13th regiment will take a 2 5-mlle
hike to-night. ,
BRITISH RETAIN
GROUND GAINED
Germans Place Fresh Troops
For New Attack; Fail to Re
capture Trenches
By Associated Press
The British are holding all the
I ground gained along the Somme front
i in northern France against desperate
j counter attacks by the Germans, ac
j cording to to-day's official statement
j'froip London.
Fresh troops have been pushed into
the fray on the German side and addi
tional artillery massed for the effort,
but General Sir Douglas Haig reports
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IRISH QUESTION
AGAIN CRITICAL
Home Rule Is Beaten; Make
shift Government in Charge;
Lloyd-George May Quit
By Associated Press
London, July 25. Apparently the
status of Ireland has gone steadily
from bad to worse ever since the Sinn
Fein rising on Easter Sunday, for at
present the country is in the hands
cf a temporary and makeshift gov
ernment composed of a commission
of judges assisted by Major General
Sir John Maxwell, commander of the !
British forces in Ireland, who still |
Is maintaining military control over :
most of the ordinary police functions.
There is no viceroy in the place
of Baron Wilmorne, former lord lieu- j
tenant ot Ireland, and as Premier As- |
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Architects Meet Here to
Discuss State Registration
j A proposed State law requiring the
, registration of all architects was dis
| cussed at a meeting of the Southern
i Pennsylvania Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects at the office of
M. I. Kast, 222 Market street, yester
day.
Tw;elve members of the chapter
were present from York, Lancaster
and this city. Folowing the business
session a luncheon was served at the
.Harrlsburg Club.
IS YOUR FLOAT
READY FOR NEW
NAVY'S REGATTA?
10 Big Firms Already Arrange
to Participate in Labor Day
River Parade
"GREATER HARRISBURG"
i
Girls Will Be Members, Too—
Appoint Permanent Develop
ment Committees
Ten of the leading businesshouses
of the city have already arranged to
enter decorated floats in the first big
river regatta to be held under the di
rection of the newly organized "Great
er Harri6burg Navy."
Fifty-two other firms which are
considering the matter will report
definitely before the next meeting of
the navy, Monday evening, July 31.
Scores of department store owners
and managers, civic and fraternal
bodies and other commercial com
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DISCREPANCY OF
$243 IN 11 YEARS
City Audit Shows How Errors
\ Were Made and How Differ
encefc Were Made Up
The only discrepancies in the books
and accounts of the city treasury in
nearly eleven years, total just $243.54,
according to the official audit submit
ted to City Council to-day by the Pitts
burgh Audit Company.
The period covers from April 3,
1905, to January 3, 1916, and repre
sents the tenure of office of Captain
O. M. Copelin, ex-city treasurer and
now doing duty on the Mexican bor
der.
The report goes into minute detail
of all city receipts and expenditures
and the total sum which was handled
through all those years ran into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. Inci
| dentally the auditors call attention to
the fact that the "differences" mostly
due to clerical errors in' footing of
columns of figures, etc. In these in
stances Captain Copelin made good
these amounts.
Report Is Pretty
Council listened attentively while
the huge prettily bound, leather cov
ered book of nearly sixty extra large
pages were read. Then upon motion
of City Commissioner H. F. Bowman,
the father of the plan to audit the ac
counts, the report was referred to
Council to consider In committee as a
whole. The meeting for this purpose
will be held within a few days The
auditors' bill of $2,950 will be consid
ered at that time, too.
Referring to the $243.54 shortage,
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John H. Brown, Inventor
of Wire-wound Gun Dies
Hoboken, N. J.. July 25. John H
Brown, Inventor of the segmental wire
wound gun. died yesterday at his home
In West Hoboken, at the age of 79 years
His wire-wound gun. a six-inch
weapon, was extensivelv tested by the
United States Government. It was con
structed •of segments, encased in a
tensely drawn sheathing of steel wire
Its chief asset was its ability to with
stand enormous pressure Recently Mr
Brown was constultlng engineer of the
Maxim Munitions Corporation for
which he designed a new artillery rifle.
PARALYSIS STII.L SPREADS
New York, July 25.—80 th deaths
and new cases increased In number
to-day in the epidemic or infantile !
paralysis. During the 24-hour period
ending at 10 a. m., thirty-eight chil
dren were killed by the disease and
,150 stricken. i
U. S. TO PAY BIG
SUM TO DENMARK
FOR 3 ISLANDS
Treaty Negotiated Giving
America Danish West Indies
For $25,000,000
NEEDED AS NAVY BASE
Deal Lnder Consideration
Since Civil War; Opposition
Overcome
Sfecial to the Telegraph
Copenhagen, July 25.—A treaty for |
the purchase of the Danish West In
dies by the United States has been I
negotiated between the governments
of Denmark and the United States, j
and, in the near future, is to be sub- i
mitted to the Senate and House of the
United States and to the two houses of j
the Danish I'ailiament for approval, !
according to information given to-dav
in Copenhagen by the highest official
authority.
If the treaty is ratified as It stands
< n "project" form to-day, the United
will r> a >' for the islands
i $-0,000,000, and in addition will re
| linquish to Denn-.ark the rights of the
United States in Greenland. Green
| land is a Danish possession, and the
! rights which the United States will
j abandon are merely rights of discov-
I ery. the scope of which is ill-defined.
The United States will obtain from
Denmark full possession of the islands
| of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix,
or Santa Cruz, as it is better known..
These islands lie about 50 miles off
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NAMES OMITTED YESTERDAY
Through an oversight the names of
jC. J. Crego and John Kelley, shoe
merchants, and the Harrisburg Hard
; ware Company were omitted from the
: advertisement yesterday of stores
j which have joined in the movement
I to close Saturdays at 1 o'clock during
the month of August These three
merchants were signers to the original
agreement and their names should
have appeared in the initial advertise
ment on the subject yesterday.
Since publication of the opening an
nouncement yesterday the following
| stores have signified their intention
to join in the Saturday early closing
movement: P. H. Caplan Company,
Jewelers: Dauphin Electric Supplies
Company; Rubin & Rubin, Opticians;
I Vanderloo, Tailor and Importer.
■ jryyin■—»yy M n >ryy w wfywp
TWO CHARGED WITH MURDER I
Harrisburg. .Murder is charged against both John •«
Christley and Alice Gutshall in informations sworn out to- f
day hy County Detective Walters at the police station and £
1 before Alcferman Hilton respectively. Christley shot his I
wife in a fit of jealousy: the woman drowned her small i
I child in a bathtub. Both Christley and the Gutshall woman I
<it l
are in the Harrisburg Hospital and"£lo dates for their hear- <
, ings will be fixed until their conditions are improved. (
( IRON WORKERS WALK OUT 1
Duncannon. About sixty employes of the Duncannon ]
Iroii Works went on a strike yesterday after a special Sj
officer employed by the company had made several arrests I
in an effort to break up loafing about the plant, according to 9
' General Manager Brown. The men demanded the officer's J
removal. The differences were adjusted to-day and the men 1
i are again back at worli, according to Mr. Brown.
FINE "SCAB" CRIERS %
Harrisburg. Alderman James Deshong at the police j
station, this afternoon, fined Clayton Yeagley, and Peter 4
! Montgomery, each $lO and costs on a charge of calling 1
4 I strike breakers "scabs." 1
! WILSON NOW FAVORS BIG NAVY |
Washington. Official word went to the Capitol
day that President Wilson stands behind the constructior. f
program of the naval bill as it passed the Senate,
four dreadnaughts and four battle cruisers to be built im
! mediately.
it
, WILSON WILL STAY IN WASHINGTON
j 1 Washington, July 25.—President Wilson has definite-'
ly decided to remain in Washington no matter how late
j 1 Congress is in session and will postpone notification of his®
renomination until after adjournment.
'
~ MARRIAGt LICENSES>
( Henry H. Stauffer and Minerva May KaulTman, Juniata coonty.
! Burrell Lotharian Henry Dank nn<l Sadie May Lillian Walker, city.
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CITY EDITION
12 PAGES
BISHOP KILLED
WHEN STEEL ROD
HITS LIVE WIRE
Rev. Dr. William Terry Eve
land Meets Death While on
Fishing Excursion
BORN AT HARRISBURG
Graduated at Dickinson Col
lege and Served as President
of Dickinson Seminary
Bishop William Terry Eveland, mis
sionary bishop of the Methodist Epis
copal Church to the Philippine Islands,
who had been spending his vacation
with hip wife and other relatives at
Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland
county, was killed last night while on
a fishing trip when his steel fishing rod
came in contact with a high-tension
wire of the Cumberland Street Rail
; way Company power house blown to
! the ground during a storm.
Bishop Eveland left the house yes
; terday afternoon with his fishing rod
! and when he did not return at 8
I o'clock last night searching parties
| began to scour the countryside to iind
him. Part of Mountain run, where he
! had been fishing, was dragged thi.-i
morning, but the body was discovered
| at 1,16 o'clock this afternoon near tho
power house. The high-tension wi;j
which caused the bishop's death la.'
; almost beside his body, long cold !n
death. It is believed his fishing I
i came in contact with the wire as ha
j walked homo through the dusk.
Bishop Eveland, aged 52, was born
, at Harrisburg in 1864 and graduated
at Dickinson College in 1892. He was
a trustee of Tome Institute, Port De
| posit, Md., and was president of Dick
inson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa. He
has served as pastor at York, Cham
bersburg and Bloomsburg.
Bishop Eveland is a brother-in-law
of J. Austin Brandt, of Harrisburg.
SPAXXELIi HEARING TOMORROW
By Associated Press
AlpiMp. Tex., July 25.—Reports that
' Harry™ Spannell, the hotel manager
i who recently shot and killed his wifa
and Lieutenant Colonel M. C. Butler,
of the Sixth United States cavalry,
i while the three were motoring here.
! would probably be brought, back for
a preliminary examination Wednesday
I were received here last night.