WILLIAM PENN
WAY DEFINED
Illuminated Markers to Light
Road; Deputy Governors
Named
With representatives of the Automo
bile Club of Philadelphia, the Phila
delphia Chamber of Commerce, and
other organizations present the board
of governors of the William Penn
highway yesterday met at the Belle
vue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia,
and. among other things, definitely de
> termined the road routing from Potts
town to City Hall, Philadelphia. From
Fairmount Park, at the Green street
entrance, the Penn highway will tra
verse the $15,000,000 parkway con
templated by the city. Until that
parkway is completed the highway
will use Spring Garden street from the
park to Broad; thence on Broad to
City Hall.
Illuminated Markers
Markers visible at night will feature
the William Penn highway, inasmuch
as a highly phosphorescent substance
will be used in the gold paint which
will outline the keystone and letters
"Wm. Penn H." on a field of blue. No
roadway in the country has employed
markers visible at night, the William
Penn being the pioneer.
Member National Body
Following action taken yesterday
by the board, the William Penn be
comes associated with the National
Highways association, of which Gen.
Coleman Dupont is chairman of the
board of councilors.
Announcement was made that Au
gust 15, next. Francis X. O'Brien,
South Yarmouth, Mass., will begin a
956-mile walk over the William Penn
and Pike's Peak highways, from Phil
adelphia to Chicago, to arouse further
interest in good roads everywhere. He
will leave City Hall, Philadelphia, at
8 o'clock, August 15, going thence to
Norristown, Pottstown, Reading. Ann
vllle to Harrisburg. He will reach this
city Monday, August 21, and will be at
the State Capitol at 10 o'clock.
Deputy Governors Named
Deputy road governors were named
at yesterday's meeting. There is one
from each county along the highway,
with full power to act in place of the
governor during the latter's absence or
illness. These governors are as fol
lows:
Fred. K. Sheesley, Johnstown, Cam
bria county; Charles M. Smith, Mifflin
county; H. W. Wickersham, Juniata
county; W. H. Dorwart, Perry county;
C. M. Lingle, Indiana county; E. E. C.
Glbbs. Huntingdon county; Robert
McCormick, Harrisburg; William 11c-
Clurg Donley, Pittsburgh, and Rich
ard Beaston, Blair county.
Tour in the Fall
Tentative plans were discussed for
a tour from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia
early in October, when it is planned to
start a number of enthusiasts from
Pittsburgh and pick up more tourists
as each town is reached, so that when
Philadelphia is sighted there will be a
string of 150 or 200 automobiles. It is
planned, further, to have Governor
Brumbaugh and Highway Commis
sioner Black lead the procession of
cars across "Pennsylvania's sreatest
market road and scenic route."
The board of governors completed
laying out v the route as follows: From
Pottstown to Xorristown over State
highway route Xo. 146; from Xorris
town to City Line, route Xo. 145. On
City Line to Stenton avenue, to Gordon
lane, to Bethlehem pike, to Chestnut
Hjll avenue, to Seminole avenue, to
Willow Grove avenue, to Huron street,
to Mel-maid lane, to McCallum street,
to Lincoln drive in Fairmount Park;
River drive to the Green street en
trance. to the Park, the Parkway to
I Spring Garden street. Broad street to
City Hall.
All other sections of the highway
have been routed. It will connect with
the Pike's Peak highway at the Ohio
State line, and follow the Steubenville
pike into Pittsburgh, and from Pitts
burgh through Wilkinsburg, Xew
Alexandria to Blairsville, to Armagh
and Johnstown. Thence it goes to
Ebensburg. to Altoona over the Alle
ghenies. to Huntingdon, through the
valley of the Juniata river to Lewis
town, over the Lewistown Xarrows
road along the Susquehanna river,
through Millerstown to Harrisburg, to
Lebanon, Reading and Pottstown.
In addition there will be two exten
sions of the William Penn highwav
which will make it the most desirable
road in the State. It will connect at
two points with the Lincoln highway,
the southern through route across the
state, and will have extensions from
Harrisburg through Gettvsburg to
Washington. D. C„ and from Reading
through Allentown and Easton to
New York city.
The loute has macadam, concrete or
brick roads except for about fifty
miles of well-kept dirt roads that the
State highway department is turning
. s into permanent roadbeds as rapidly as
possible. Two new stretches of the
• highway route have been Improved
this summer. In Cambria county a
stretch of road is being built to make
the eighteen miles between Johnstown
a ? d .. Et, ej} sbur S a complete improved
road. The stretch between Hunting
don and Mill Creek, in the Juniata
valley, is also being improved.
Those attending yesterday's meetine
r r % W -T, L -/ la^ k ' Philadelphia; Dr
Joseph D. Findley, Altoona H M
Minker, Reading: William Jennings."
wu"\nf r «V S f nator William Man
beck. Mifflin; James Macklin MrVev
• to-Wn; E. M. C. Africa, Huntingdon -
Graff Blairsville; S. H.' Jackson Murl
Da\id Barry, Johnstown; Frank \i
: raysville; J. G. H. Rippman, Millers-
m W «' To ' D ? nahe >"' Pittsburgh,
M. H. James, the secretary.
JAMES MACKLIN VISITOR
Mackii n. of McVeytown, one
01 tne county governors of the Wil
liam Penn Highway, was a Harrisburg
visitor to-day. Mr. Macklin called
upon E. J. Stackpole and also spent
some time with officials of the State
Highway Department He was on his
way home from Philadelphia where
bnarrt t n I f (^ d JUIY meeti «K Of the
board of governors.
DETECTIVE IX \YIRE-T\PPlvc
INVESTIGATION SHOOTS* ELF
a de^ecth-e^attached" to~he h " w^|!tap'
attwrfpted
hitaself through the breast Kennel
was a witness in the John Doe irinnh-i
which has been investigating lry
that Catholic Priests conspi n r! d C^r^ s
Struct justice during the recen?
vestigation into charitable hXtftutinn;
and during which the police tanned
the wires of certain clergymen. pped
\ ARREST GIANT
Roscoe Miller, colored, who is six
feet six inches tall, tried to start rt-m,
le the Eighth ward last £i|h t £
was arrested at Cowden and Black
berry streets. oiacK
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Ahwaya bears J
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
RAILROAD NEWS
PLAN NEW BRIDGE
AT WRIGHTSVILLE
Delay to President Rea at
Grade Crossing Is Said to
Be Factor
Rumors that a new bridge will be
bulit across the Susquehanna river be
tween Wrightsville and Columbia are
again in circulation. Officials of the
Baltimore division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad say there- is no official in
formation about this improvement, but
admit that it nas been talked of.
Last Friday President Samuel Rea.
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, en route
from Wrightsville to Columbia, was
held up at the grade crossing because
of a breakdown of an engine. He was
traveling in an auto and it is reported
was not pleased with conditions.
While waiting for the crossing to be
cleared he looked over the bridge.
Railroad men thought his inspection
and delay might bring about a new
bridge. A dispatch from York says:
Report Plans tinder Way
"Plans for the erection of a new
bridge across the Susquehanna river
between Columbia and Wrightsville, to
be exclusively tor vehicles and pedes
trian travel, are being considered by
officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, it has been learned by York
railroad officials. The plan to erect a
roadway on the top of the present
structure, it is understood, has been
set aside, as to do this would cost
nearly as much as to e»ect a new
structure. It was also thought that an
overhead roadway would be unsafe. It
is said that the plans for the new
bridge are now in the hands of the
Highway Department at Harrisburg.
The proposed bridge will connect with
the Lancaster county shore at a point
between Walnut street and the present
bridge.
Daily Detentions
"The almost daily detention suffered
by the auto traveling public at the
Columbia end of the bridge by Penn
sylvania Railroad trains blocking the
crossings was brought most forcibly to
the attention of President Samuel Rea,
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, last Fri
day morning, vhen he and a party
of fric-nds, tra\cling In an automobile,
were held up for almost an hour. The
delay was caused when the driving rod
of a 'lollypop' engine, one of the larg
est in the company's service, dropped
to the ground while passing through
the borough.
"While the autoists were waiting for
the low grade crossing to be opened
president Rea got out of the car and
walked to one of the lowered gates at
the Bridge street crossing and, leaning
on the arm of the gate, took a survey
of the surroundings. Railroad Officer
Duersmith. not recognizing the presi
dent of the company, regarded the
leaning on the gate as an act of tres
pass and. walking up to the gentle
man. requested him to remove his arm,
as he might get injured. Mr. Rea
smiled, did as requested, and again
walked around. He later revealed his
identity to the train dispatcher. The
detention at tha crossings on the Co
lumbia side of the bridge has fre
quently been brought to the attention
of the railroad officials."
P. R R. BRANCH EARNINGS '
The June report of the Maryland
and Pennsylvania Railroad shows
gross earnings of $36,933, a decrease
of $669 as compared with those for
June, 1915. Operating expenses
amounted to $30,148, a gain of $2,789,
with net at $6,785, a decrease of
$3,459. For the six months ended
June 30 gross was $327,303 and net
$65,391, a gal nof $8,497.
FRIENDSHIP CLIB MEETING
The first summer meeting of the
Friendship and Co-operation Club for
Railroad Men will be held to-morrow
■night at Eagles' Hall, Sixth and Cum
berland streets. President William H.
Drake announces an interesting pro
gram and is anxious for a large attend
ance. Plans will be discussed for the
Fall and winter sessions. It is under
stood there will be an outing of the
club in the near future.
Railroad Notes
George F. Fite. Pennsylvania Rail
road clerk, who has been on special
duty resumed his duties at York to-lay.
Extensive track and station improve
ments are being made by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad at Hanover Junction.
A movement is on among local Penn
sylvania Railroad shopmen to have Sat
urday declared a holiday during Au
gust and part of September. Altoona
shopmen are moving in the same direc
tion.
The new fifty-ton Wreck train, to be
used on the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway, has arrived in Reading and
will be put in service next week.
President Samuel Rea, of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, with Mrs. Rea and
daughter, are on an automobile trip
through Southern Pennsylvania. They
were at York yesterday.
P. L. Overman, freight auditor of the
Western Maryland, at Baltimore, >ld.,
has been appointed auditor of freight
and passenger accounts.
O. V. McQuiikin. storekeener for the
Baltimore and Ohio at Glenwood, has
been appointed district storekeeper, vice
L. H. Tutweiler, transferred to the ac
counting department.
The Pennsylvania has ordered 2,300
tons of bridge steel for twenty-one
spans from tne American Bridge Com-
Fany and 1,200 tons for seventeen spans
rom the Pennsylvania Steel Company.
HARRISBI'RG SIDE
Philadelphia Dlvlalon —l22 crew first
to go after 2 p. m.: 113, 120, 124, 101,
115, 110, 128, 114, 125, 107, 118, 111, 117.
Engineers for 110, 128.
Firemen for 101, 105, 111, 113, 115.
Flagmen for 101, 109, 111.
Brakemen for 101. 115, 124, 125.
Engineers up: W. C. Albright,' Bald
win, J. H. Gable, Layman, Sellers, Ten
nant, Hubler, Brubaker, May, Wenrick,
Yeater, Newcomer, Martin, Sober,
Geesey, Hogentogler, Black, Baer,
Wolfe, Gable, Smith. Speas. Gray.
Firemen up: Achey, Neuhauser. Hartz,
Newman, C. C. Everhart, . Xaylor, Jack
son, Arney. Eckman, Welsh, Zoll, Bow
ersox, Swartz, Hayes.
Conductor up: Fraelich.
Flagmen up: Xophsker, Umholtz,
Hartman.
Brakemen up: Gillett, G. H. Mumma,
Enaers, Boyd.
Middle Division —2l4 crew first to go
after 1 p. m.: 225, 243, 239, 29, 16, 15, 27,
20, 22. 23.
Engineer for 23.
Firemen for 16. 27.
Brakeman for 16.
Engineers up: Kauffman, Tettemer,
Steele. Willis, Albright, Shirk. Baker,
Harris, Bowers. Hummer. Briggles,
Dorman.
Firemen up: Colyer, Reeder, Bruker,
Belsel. Kohr, Forsythe, Hoffman, Stlf
fler.
Conductor up: Fagan.
Yard Crews—
Engineers for first 8. 28. Extra.
Firemen for 2, second 8, second 22,
36. Extra
Engineers up: Harllng;
dis. Beiver, Malaby, Snyder. Loy, Leiby,
Fells, McMorrig, Runkle, Wise, Watts.
Firemen up: Pensyl. Waltz, Hall.
Brady, Snyder, Desch, Graham, Fry,
Dougherty, Eyde. Ewing, Hltz, Pellter,
Snell. Jr., Fleishor, Blottenberger,
Burger.
ENOLA SIDE
Philadelphia Dlvlalon —23B crew first
to go after 2 p. m.: 216, 239, 227, 204,
229. 220, 202, 208, 230.
Engineers for 202. 208, 220.
Firem%n for 204. 216.
Conductors for 208. 29.
Brakemen for 208, 229, 239.
Conductors up. Llbhart, Murlatt, Lo
gan, Layman, Thomas, Flickinger.
ANNOUNCE ROADS
APPROPRIATIONS
Pennsylvania to Get $230,644
For Federal Highways
Development
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., July 26.—Appor
tionment among the states of the first
year's appropriation of $5,000,000 cax
ried by the new good roads act was
announced to-day by the Department
of Agriculture, which has certified the
figures to the Treasury Department
and state officials
To be entitled to its share each
state must provide an amount equal
to that put up by the Federal govern
ment. Texas gets the largest share,
$291,927; New York second, $250,720,
and Pennsylvania third. $230,644.
Before making the division Secre
tary Houston deducted 3 per cent., or
$150,000, set aside by the act for ad
ministration.- Then the $4,850,000 was
allotted to the states on the basis of
one-third respectively In the ratio of
area, population and rural delivery and
star mail routes.
The first instalment is for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1917. For the
four succeeding years the following
amounts, to be apportioned in the
same manner, as authorized: 1918,
$10,000,000; 1919, $15,000,000; 1920,
$20,000,000; 1921, $25,000,000.
In addition $1,000,000 is appro
priated each year for ten years for
the development of rural roads in the
national forests.
Lieutenants From Eighth
Now With General Pershing
Lieutenants of the Pennsylvania
Guar dat El Paso have been assigned
to special duty with General Pershing.
A dispatch from El Paso says:
"Every one of the more than 12,000
officers and men here from Pennsylva
nia is preparing for movement into
Mexico.
"After to-day the entire line of com
munication between Columbus, N. M.,
and General Pershing's base at Colonia
Dublan will be undei the supervision
of the lieutenants of the Pennsylvania
Guard.
"The ten lieutenants named by Major-
General Clement for the all-important
work of keeping Pershing and his
12,000 men supplied with food, water,
ammunition and other supplies and
to see that the line of communication
is not broken arc:
J. Mervine Shinkel, First; Charles D.
Shaw, Jr., Second; John M. Rose,
Third; Daniel S. Gessang, Fourth;
Walter Etlinger, Sixth; Jesse Webb,
Eighth; Charles H. Chambers. Eighth;
David M. Garrison, Tenth; Merrill B.
Naftzger. Sixteenth, and James A. Cos
tello, Eighteenth.
WHEN COST OF LIVING WAS LOW
Special to the Telegraph
Georgetown, Del., July 26.—Living
was low in 1835, according to the ac
count book kept by Jacob Reeding,
who conducted a store at Stephen's.
Coffee sold for 18 cents. Butter
brought 12 cents a pound and eggs
were 8 cents a dozen. Cigars could
be bought for 20 cents per 100. Calico
and muslin sold for 30 cents a yard.
The book was found in the attic of an
old house in Georgetown.
ELEVEN DEAD STILL IN TUBE
By Associated Press
Cleveland, July 26. Rescue forces
went to water works Crib Xo. 5, out in
Lake Erie this forenoon in hopes of
being able some time to-day to pene
trate the remote and wrecked por
tion of the death tunnel where the
bodies of the unrecovered dead of
Monday night's disaster still remain.
Water works officials stated to-day
that they believe there are eleven
bodies still in tunnel instead of
twelve as previously estimated.
"WHITE WINGS" STRIKE
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, July 26.—Eight hundred
and fifty street sweepers, teamsters,
park laborers and chauffeurs, employes
of the city, who have been organized
into a local union of the American
Federation of Labor, struck to-day for
an increase in wages and the abolition
of white uniforms for sweepers. Their
statement to the public says they now
receive an average of $2.40 for an
eight-hour day and work only 206
days in the year. They want an in
crease of 5 cents an hour.
SENATE WILL RATIFY TREATY
By Associated Press
Washington, July 26. Chairman
Stone, of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee told President Wilson to
day he anticipated no difficulty in hav
ing the Senate ratify promptly the
treaty now being negotiated by the
United States with Denmark for the
purchase of the anish West Indies for
$25,000,000. It is understood that the
treaty will be signed in a few days.
FLOODS ALONG SCHUYLKILL
By Associated Press
Reading, Pa., July 26. As a re
sult of cloudbursts in the coal re
gions and three inches of rain which
fell here during last night and 5 %
inches last Friday night, the Schuyl
kill river is on the rampage. It is
now eight feet above normal. The
local weather bureau predicts it will
go much higher. Considerable appre
hension prevails among the people liv
ing in the lowlands along the entire
Schuylkill river.
GARMENT WORKERS REFUSE
TO RATIFY STRIKE AGREEMENT
By Associated Press
Xew York, July 26. The garment
workers refused to ratify the
agreement entered into by their "lead
ers with the Garment Manufacturers'
Association and were ordered back on
strike by Benjamin Schlesinger, presi
dent o fthe workers union.
ATVYORD PLEADS NOT GUILTY
By Associated Press
Boston, July 26. Dr. Ellendage O.
Atwood was arraigned to-day on a
charge of murdering Dr. W. A. Harris
pleaded not guilty and was held with
out bail to await the action by the
grand jury.
RUSSIANS DRIYE RACK TEUTONS
By Associated Press
Petrograd, July 26.—The Russians
are continuing their successful drive
in South Volhynia pressing 'back to
Teutonic forces near the Slonevka
river, a branch of the Styr, which the
Russians are crossing, the War Office
announced to-day. Great losses have
been on the retiring hostile
forces!
Brakemen up; Elchelberger, Hoops.
Shuae.
Middle Division—246 crew first to tu
after 1:30 p. m.: 288, 283, 237, 242. 245
227. 221. 105. 104. 118. 10«, 119, 117% 101.
Firemen for 104, 118,
Flagmen for 113, 117,
Bi akenien for 104, 113, 119 (two),
*ur«l Cre«—To go after 4 p. m.;
Engineers for first 108, second 124.
122 third 126, third 124.
Firemen for 122, 134, third 124, 112,
second 102.
Engineers up: Branyon, Bretz, Reese,
Troup, Anthony, Rider, Hill, Boyer,
Firemen up: tellers, Moyer, Blckhart,
Kline, Linn, L. C. Hall, Hinkle, Brown,
[Elchelberger, C. H. Hall, Wilhelw
TIARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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BELL—I»OI—UXITED HARRISBLRG. WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 11110. , FOUNDED IS7»
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In a Sale of Men's Suits There's a
World of Difference Where the
Kirschbaum Label Is Attached
We are holding out to men and young men two important features not to be found
elsewhere in the city.
The Largest Saving C
Kirschbaum Clothes
The first can be readily seen in the reduction placed \
upon every suit in our stock (tropicals excepted). y» K
The Kirschbaum label represents the most of every
thing that goes into men's clothing—all wool materials, /714!H / /
linen lining and highest grade of workmanship—and these /, 1 !Nfc/ / I
facts are borne out by the Kirschbaum national reputation. V vfs* *"lk *
Men's Suits Reduced One-Fourth \ ]
Kirschbaum and Other Makes I & \ f
$25 Suits, . . . $18.75 j *
S2O Suits, .. . $15.00 I T
sls Suits, .. . $11.25 8 A J
$9.90 Suits,. . $ 7.25 |Tj
Young Men's Suits ij 11
Reduced One-Third \\
Kirschbaum and Other Makes 1 J
$lB Suits, . . . $12.00 1
sls Suits, ... SIO.OO L L;™- '
$12.50 Suits, . $ 8.35-
$ 9.90 Suits, . $ 6.60
Full range of sizes. Men 5 Straw Hats, One-Third Off
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Deaths and Funerals
MRS. KATHERIXE FORNEY
Mrs. Katherine B. Adams Forney,
wife of Charles Forney, of South Mid
dleton township, Cumberland county,
died last night after a brief illness, j
Besides her husband, the survivors are
two sons, J. G. and Charles, Jr.; two
daughters, Mrs. Clyde Herr and Mrs.
Norris Moore, at home, and one sister,
Miss Emily Adams, 121 Pine street,
Harrisburg. Funeral services will be
held Friday evening at 6:30 at the!
home near Carlisle. Burial will take
place Saturday morning in the Har
risburg Cemetery. Mrs. Forney, be
fore her marriage, was a teacher in
the Harrisburg public schools. Fol
lowing a short residence at Lebanon, j
where Mr. Forney was engaged in the
iron manufacturing business. Mr. and
Mrs. Forney removed to a farm near,
Carlisle where they resided ever since.;
FI.YERAL OF HARRIS COHEN
Funeral services for Harris Cohen, '
who died at St. Lo*is, Monday morn
ing, were held this afternoon at the
home of the grandson. Charles Good
man, 408 North street. The Rev. Charles
J. Freund. of Ohev Sholem Temple, of
ficiated. Burial was made in the Jewish
Cemetery, near Shoop's Church.
The body of Mr. Cohen was brought
from St. Louis by Undertakers Hoover
& Son. and reached Harrisburg this
morning, at 9:35. Accompanying thu |
body were Mrs. Theodore Samuelß and j
Mrs. Julian Samuels, granddaughters, |
at whose home in St. Louis, Mr. Cohen
died, and Charles Goodman, a grand- '
son.
The pallbearers were: E. R. Samuels
and Theodore Samuels, of St. Louis; A.
C. Claster, Charles Goodman, Samuel
Friedman and Otto Buxbaum, Harris
burg.
CHILD DII3S
Charles C. Zeller, infant son of Mr. j
and Mrs. Charles C. Zeller, died yester
day at the home of his parents. 1814
Wood street. Funeral services were
held this afternoon, at 2 o'clock, the !
Rev. E. A. Pyles. pastor of the Fifth
Street Methodist Church, officiating, j
Burial was made In the East Harris
burg Cemetery.
BRITISH STEAMER BUXK
By Associated Press
London, July 26. An Algiers dis
patch to Lloyds says that the British
steamer Olive has been Bunk, Her
crew waa saved.
The Olive was a «teamer of 9396
ions. Her recent movements have not
been reported,
ONLY 100.000 PRISONERS!
By Associated Prtss
London, July 29. —An official state
ment issued by the Austrian general
staff says that only 100,000 soldiers
were taken prisoners by the Russians
during their present offensive, accord- I
ing to a Budapest dispatch to the
Morning Post, The statement brands
as untrue the claim of the Russians
kthat they took 266,000 prisoners, <
CITY CAN BORROW
$1,504,031.11
Copelin Handled $11,000,000
With Only Slight Cleri
cal Errors
Considerable gratification was ex
pressed in municipal circles to-day
over the fact that the recent audit of
the City Treasury covering a period
i of eleven years had developed so little
; that might be criticised. Most of the
matters referred to were simply
j clerical errors which Involved small
| amounts and it is stated that ex-City
Treasurer Copelin had explained when
he left with the Eighth Regiment for
the Mexican border that he would be
glad to make good any shortages thati
might appear from mistakes of book
keeping. These deficits were shown
by the auditing company to have re
sulted principally from clerical mis
takes.
During the period of eleven years
almost $11,000,000 was received and
j almost as much paid out. Some rec
j ornmendations as to in book- i
keeping methods were made and it is
also suggested that any apparent dif
-1 ference in the receipts or the city
from present daily balances might be
accounted for in the fact that the
former City Treasurer paid from cur-
S rent funds certain public improve
i ment charges pending issue of bonds,
l thus saving the city more than would
have accrued from interest on dally
| balances.
It was recommended by the auditors
that some change might be made in
the method of applying the payment
I of the Water Department in behalf of
the city's interest account so that that
! department is given ful credit. It is
suggested this be done through the
annual budget.
An Interesting fact brought out by
the audit is that the net borrowing
capacity of the city at the present
time Is $1,504,031.11. The sinking
funds on the various public improve
ment loans have been maintained and
the city's financial condition la regard
ed as excellent.
SHACKLETON REACHES ICE
By Associated Press
Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic,
July 26, ■— According to a message re
ceived here to-day Lieutenant Sir
Ernest Shackleton, the British Antarc
tic explorer, has reached the Ice
fields in his effort to rescue the 22 men
left on Elephant Island last April
I when his expedition returned from the
ifiouth Polar zone. .
JULY 26, 1916.
Resent Presence of Allied
Cruisers in Neutral Waters
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C.. July 26. —Offi-
cials here besides regarding the visit j
of an unidentified British cruiser into
the lower Chesapeake at a time when
one German underwater liner is about
to start back to Germany, and an- i
other is reported about to arrive, as j
very unusual, are inclined to resent'
such an incursion into American wa
ters. There is no doubt that if the al- I
lied cruisers waiting for the German
j submersibles off the Virginia capes |
I made it a practice to come within the
three-mile limit the question would be
taken up officially.
So far as is known the incident at i
Norfolk is the first since the beginning
of the war in which an allied cruiser
has come Into an American port.
SIX EXECUTED FOR TREASON
By Associated Press
London, July 26. Six civilians
have been executed by the Germans j
at Ghent charged with "war treason," I
according to a Reuters Amsterdam
I dispatch quoting the Telegraaf.
The dispatch also says that the Ger
mans have removed 7,000 men, 2,000
women and 150 pupils of the Turgot |
Institute from Roubaix, presumably I
for agricultural work in Germany.
i BARRED FROM ENGLAND
By Associated Press
London. July 26. S. S. McClure,
the American publisher, who was de
tained for some time by the British
authorities on his arrival at Liverpool
on the American liner Philadelphia,
must return to the United States Sat
-1 urday on board the same vessel in the
meanwhile sojourning at an unnamed
i watering place Inland for his health,
according to a statement made by gov
ernment officials to-day.
EARLY REPLY ON MAILS
l By Associated Press
London, July 26.—Replying to the
i request of Walter Hlnes Page, the
' I American ambassador, for expedition
'! of the answer to the American note
: regarding the detention of malls by
' British censors, the British foreign
office to-day said that the reply would
bo sent to the United States as soon,
as possible, but that Great Britain still ,
was conferring on the subject with the j
French government. I
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Judge Schaeffer Orator at
Masonic Ceremony at
Elizabethtown
Special to the Telegraph
' Elizabethtown, Pa., July 26. Judge
I Harry a. Schaeffer, of the Berks County
' Orphans' Court, was the principal
speaker this afternoon at the dedica
tion of the Berks County building, lo
cated on the Masonic Home grounds.
Judge Schaeffer spoke on "Our Home."
The exercises were attended by several
i hundred Masons, who came from Read-
I ing by special train; grand lodge of
ficers from Philadelphia, and prominent
Masons-from other cities throughout
Pennsylvania.
I Hill, of Reading, and Grand Master
Louis A. Watres, ex-Lieutenant Gover
; nor of Pennsylvania, were also speakers.
The program included vocal and instru
mental musical selections, and singing
i by the boys and girls of the orphanage
and the Masonic choir. The Rev. Lee
H. Erdman officiated as grand chaplain
| during the ceremonirs. The dedicatory
| exercises followed a procession, which
i took place at noon.
Railroads Place Another
Embargo on Light Freight
By Associated Press
New Haven, Conn., July 2«. An
embargo will be placed by the New
Haven Railroad after midnight to-day
upon all carload and less than carload
freight coming to the lines of the com
pany and those of the Central New
England Railroad trom connecting
rail and steamship lines via Harlem
river and Maybrook, N. Y., except on
perishable freight and livestock,
freight for the United States govern
ment, news print paper, materials for
the two companies, freight in com
mon for the Boston and Albany, Bos
ton and :*aine, Central Vermont and
New York Central roads, and freight
originating on the Ontario and West
lem lines. The embargo will be raised
I next Wednesday at midnight.
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