City -Wide Demand That Independence Island HARRISBURG ifljlli TELEGRAPH LXXXV — Xo. 193 CITY'S CHANCE TO TAKE OVER 'INDEPENDENCE' IS SLIPPING Island Where 4,000 People Crowded Into 'River Basin' Yesterday Afternoon Is Sought by New York Syn dicate; Present Owner Wants to Dispose of Prop erty to Devote Time to Other Business BIG DEMAND FOR MUNICIPAL CONTROL Growing Popularity of Water Front Seen Yesterday When 7,000 Took Dip Be tween Maclay Street and the Dam; Hundreds of Canoes and Boats Ply Up and Down Stream From Morning Until Night Harrisburg's opportunity to acquire j Independence Island as a municipal bathing resort seems to be slipping. accordir.fr to reports current to-day This afternoon at a conference at one i of the local banks representatives of; a New York syndicate expect to close an option for the purchase of the i island. It is said the price is between $15,000 and $20,000. E. Charles Ensminger, who with I his father. Major John T. Ensminger. ■ are present owners of Independence Island, to-day corroborated the report regarding a probable sale. He said: "I have received several good offers : within the pas? six months. After my ; price was named I heard little about j them. The New York parties, how- j ever, mean business. I cannot sav j who they are at this time, nor do I care to give the names of the repre- 1 < sentatives. "I have given my price. If they meet my demands and agree to my • < figure for a six months' option, with i the payment of a certain amount of j; the purchase prio; each year for three < years. I will close at once. I under- | stand the New York people plan to;! spend considerable money in improv- j < ing the island and intend to make it [Continued on Page B.] RAI XICK TO SPEAK At the convention of the Municipal; League of Third Class cities to be held in Johnstown next week, Dr. J. M. J. Raunick. local health officer, will read | a paper on " Garbage Collection." The convention opens at 10 o'clock Tues day morning August 29. Dr. Raunick will be the principal speaker in the, afternoon. On Thursday afternoon John Price Jackson. State Commis sioner of Labor and Industry, will ad- | dress the convention. His subject will be. "Muncipal Self-government, and Co-operation with the State." MOVING TO SI MMER CAPITAL By Astotiated Press Washington. Aug. 21. President Wilson plans to spend practically all of September and October at Shadow Lawn, the summer White House in New Jersey. Removal of office furni ture from the executive offices to the • quarters engaged for clerks at As- I, burv Park was begun to-day. Prac tically the entire office force of the White House will go. [THE WEATHER] For Harrlnhurg and vicinity: Part ly- cloudy to-night and Tuesdays c J , « n K«' 'n temperature. For Eastern l'enn»}lvanin : Part ly cloudy to-nlKht and Tuesday; I I 1£»,! aU channe in temperature! IlSlit NoullmiM Minds. —. . River The Susquehanna river and all It* branches will fall fc Jo«lv or re mJ,ln Jtatlouary. \ staue of ? f " u ! <» Indicated for HarrUburK Vueaday morning. t.encral Conditions .hi* , i'nS"n C ';., no,T tcn,r » l over the Middle Missouri \ cllev. hn» caused showers In Minnesota. t;ie Dnkotas. .Nebraska, >e» Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming, the amounts of rainfall beins uener ally small except at Huron, south Dakota, where 'IJM inches fell. . .« ! " general rise of 4 *° s rr e " „ ,n . temperature | «e»t of the Rocky Mountains. The temperature has been un usually hlch for the season oser Bion' lOUt Part ° f Lake *«- Temperature: S a. m., 74. Sun : XeW m oon, August, 2S, a « St "*T.: 3 " 1 '«*« beloir low- Mater mark. Yesterday's Weather Ulahest temperature, SO. Lowest temperature. 60. Mean temperature. 79. Xormal temperature, 72. , VACATION SEASON IS AT i ITS HEIGHT c Rest and recreation will not be s complete unless you have all the news from home every da*. Your r favorite newspaper, the Harris- r burg Telegraph, will till (lie bill 1 Phone the Circulation Department c before you lome home. The next \ issue will meet you, no matter 1 where you go. Six cents a week, postage pre- I paid. . j BY CARRIERS fl CENTS A WEEK. SINGLE C OPIES 2 CENTS. AQUA-PLANING MAY GIVE FUN DURING KIPONA f Meeting of Navy This Evening to Report Progress of the ! Various Committees , MEMBERSHIP OVER 200 , Standing, Double Paddle, and Three-Man Crew Canoe Race New Feature Rumors of the presence in Harris- ! burg of a professional expert on the ! popular Hawaiian water sport of aqua planing has started some local boys thinking and if the tentative plans of : the program committee of the Greater Harrisburg Kipona don't miscarry there will be some excellent compe tition on the day of the great carnival. Yesterday afternoon on the Susque- 1 hannn this famous sport In which the natives of Honolulu engage on the | beach at Waikiki was first introduced into Harrisburg. Men who have trav eled standing erect on a board behinl a motorboat going thirty-two miles an hour, however, are of the opinion that it would be dangerous to attempt aqua planing on the river here on account ;of the rocks. And it is doubtful if a speed boat could be obtained on short notice that would afTord any excite *inen t. The matter will be discussed : at an important meeting of the Navy it Dir.taman s at S o'clock this even j ing. A report on entries will also be made at that time. The committee is working on the aqua planing feature | and if it is at all possible an exhibition will be given. Standing Canoe Kaec New Feature An additional feature of the carni ! yal on Labor Day will be a canoe race : ; between two crews of three men each i . with Richard Rauch in command of , i one crew and Harry Lindsev captain- ' ;ng the other. The men will be re j quired to use double paddles from a < j standing position and the race prom- . 1 ises to be of an exciting variety. The membership of the Navy was | increased durins the past week by the i additional applications of fifty per | sons, making the total membership of | the association well over two hundred. Practicing for War Canoe Kaec A large number of Technical high i school students reported at Dinta j man's this afternoon for practice in , preparation for the war canoe race, one of the big events of the carnival. The large, racy Morris war canoe that, was ordered tor one of the scholastic • crews has been completed and will be shipped by the Morris people as soon ' i as the open-end car arrives that was j ordered to briusj the boat safely from ! Beazie. Maine, to this city. A. P. ; . Dintaman received a telegram to this 1 effect from the manager of the com- i pany. The Engineers Society will do its share to assure the success of the I Kipona in the work of the committee ' i that has been named to co-operate with tiie general regatta committee, with the possibility of something , special on its own responsibility. ; Frederic E. Langenheim is chairman ; of this committee. "Explosive Blood" Is New Munitions Workers' Disease Sftrial to the Telegraph Baltimore, Aug. 21.—A new disease; called explosive blood has appeared; among munition workers. John Rey ; nolds of Baltimore, employed at the, du Pont Works at Carney Point, N. J., : has been treated for the strange ; i malady in Mercy, and at the City Hos pital in Bayview. It is true that these blood explosions are not accompanied i by deafening detonations; that the patient s body is not torn asunder by \ the combustion. But the explosions; ; occur just the same. They take place only in the smallest veins. The ef- j fects are no more more disastrous. ! than to cause a rather malignant eruption on the skill of the arms and i legs. Simultaneously with this strange condition the patient becomes of a yellow complexion. However, complex the malady, the , treatment is extremely simple and rapidly effective. It consists solely of fresh air and a light diet. Camp Stewart Turned Into Lake by Storm El Paso. Tex., Aug. 21.—Torrential rains, driven by a 35-mile wind, struck El Paso and the army camp late ves terday afternon. Streets were turned into cret-ks and the canyons leading to the plains where the 40.U0U troops were encamped became rivers, i Three mess tents in Camp Cotton J were wrecked and many squad tents 1 were blown away. Camp Stewart. , j three miles north of Port Bliss, was I converted into a lake, into which' .-treams of water poured from the ad i jacent mountains. Major General Clem ent. in command of the Pennsylvania : pulsion, decided to abandon camp and I locate his division on higher ground. Tug Captain Denies He Is Waiting For Bremen Norfolk. Va., Aug. 21.—The Baltimore; • tug Hansa. which arrived in Norfolk Saturday morning, still is tied up at the * pier of a local coal company* Captain Cullison declined to see newspaper- ! men. The Hansa formerly was the Thomas ' F. Timmlns. convoy of the German sub marine Deutschland, and her presence here led to rumors that the submarine Bremen would soon arrive outside the Virginia capes. Captain Cullison de- > clared that he was in Norfolk to tow mud scows up the bay to Baltimore, and that he would sail as soon as the northeaster abated. Ideal weather ore- '' vailed. Death Drives Out of Path That Life Might Survive Chicago, Aug. 21.—Life and Death' ( w6rt fellow passengers for a brief per- ! iiod in Chicago last night. And Death drove out of its way that Life might survive. Mrs. Mildred Volensky was ill. • She miscalculated and the supreme mo ment overtook her as she was hurry ing to a hospital on a street car. The conductor halted a passing hearse. With the aid of a policeman, Mrs' 1 Volensky was placed Inside the ve hicle. alongside the casket and a few i blocks from the hospital a boy arrived I Mother and son are doing well i HARRISBURG, PA., MOXDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1916. WHO KILLED She leaned forward, and a hundred half-suppressed gasps went up as hdk lips lightly touched the forehead of her escort. THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED IN SILVER SANDALS A Detective Story of Mystery, Love and Adventure. By Clinton H. Stagg. Copyright. W. J. TVatt & Co.. InternaUonal News Service. CHAPTER I. The Amazing Kntrance The wine-born laughter softened, ceased; blatancy became solemn hush. The life and color of the big restau rant seemed chilled, as though some icy w'nd had come, unheralded, to destroy. Jewel-panoplied women lowered their eyes, only to raise them again and stare. The movements of the waiters, silent always, seemed more ghost-like than ever. The ring ing click of silver on china was stilled as diners forgot food, to watch the three persons who were entering the big dinlngroom of the Beaumonde. It was the man who attracted the eye first; it was the woman who held it. The third of the trio was merely a waiter, whose arm through the man's arm helped support him as he walked through the aisle of tables JITNEY PETITION SIGNED BY 236 UP UNTIL NOON Voters Crowd Into City Clerk's Office to Place Names on Referendum Harrlsburg's first initiative and ref erendum movement aiming to have Council amend the present jitney ordi nance opened this morning and at noon 236 registered voters had signed the petition. This is the first initiative petition to be drawn up in the State, accord ing to city officials, and more than 1,700 signatures will be needed within ten days to meet the required 10 per cent, of the city's total vote for Mayor at the last election. All morning tormer jitney drivers hauled scores of men from all secUons [Continued on Page B.] Thief Who Stole Kadaks Returns to Gettysburg Drugstore For Films Special to the Telegraph Gettysburg. Pa.. Aug. 21.—The thief who entered Huber's drug store on Thursday night and took nine kodaks, not molesting anything else, returned to the scene of his operations on Sat urday night, forcing his way through a rear door. He was evidently so much pleased with the cameras ob tained on his first visit that he decided that he would use them, and made his second visit to obtain films and de veloping materials, as this was all he took. AT/TO HITS CARRIAGE Special to the Telegraph Mifflintown, Pa., Aug. 21. Last night while George Williams and Bri son Horning were driving to their home in Slim Valley, an automobile owned and driven by Dr. W. H. Banks ran into and wrecked the bugsy throwing Mr. Horning out and severely wrenching his back and bruising him considerably. Mr. Wil liams was thrown over the dashboard and was dragged by the horses cveral yards, but was not injured. The acci dent happened about »,80 o clock on the Bute road. with a peculiar, stumbling, stiff-legged gait, that reminded one instantly of the mechanical walk of an automaton or a paralytic. At first glance, he man appeared intoxicated, until one saw that his chin was held high, and that his eyes, almost met by the gray streaked brown whiskers that came halfway down his vest, stared straight ahead of him unblinkingly. But his whole weight seemed supported by the locked arms of the waiter and the woman. It was the woman who brought the hush; the chill. Tall she was, regally erect, gowned in black satin, with a wide, silver girdle that accentuated the sheen of the silk strikingly. But the face under the snow-white hair exerted an instant spell of repellent [Continued on Page 5] WOULD PREVENT ENFORCEMENT OF JITNEY MEASURE Three Lnlicensed Jitneurs Ask Court For Injunction of Restraint Three owners of unlicensed jitneys this morning petitioned Judge Charles V. Henry, Lebanon county, temporar ily presiding in the Dauphin county ' court, asking for an injunction, to re strain Mapor E. S. Meals, Chief of Po lice J. Thomas Zeil, and other city offi cials from enforcing the jitney ordln ance, the injunction to be preliminary ' until hearing and to be perpetual i thereafter. The petitioners are C. D. : Houck. W. L. Grimes and R. H. Wolfe. Most vigorous protest against grant , ing the Injunction was made by City Solicitor D. S. SeiU. i Judge Henry continued the hear- I in* until 10 o'clock to-morrow morn ing. This afternoon City Solicitor Seitz filed a demurrer to the request for the I injunction, raising legal points which ; wi|l be argued by the attorneys at the hearing to-morrow morning. , Both local judges. Judges Kunkel land Judge McCarrell are out of the t city on their vacations and Judge : Henry is presiding here in their ab sence. The Lebanon county jurist several times announced his desire to make an early disposal of all disputed matter* surrounding the Jitrtey- ques tion. Before Judge Henry continued the hearing until to-morrow. Jesse E. B. Cunningham, announced that he ap peared informally as the legal repre sentative of the Harrisburg Railways Company and that while he was not'a party to the proceeding considered to day by the court, he probably will tuke a hand in the affair should the court grant the injunction. [Continued on Pajrc B.] RAIN BRINGS RELIEF Chicago. Aug. 21. A rainstorm, which developed in the Plains States, and is moving northeast over the Mis- ! souri valley, is bringing relief from the ' heat wave that has hung over the mid- i die west since Friday. officials of the ' government weather bureau an nounced to-day. The storm should send temperatures down in lowa, Kan sas. Nebraska and Western Missouri ty to-night and In the western lake ro- i gion by to-morrow afternoon, it was i Mia. R.R. HEADS ARE CONFIDENT STRIKE! WILL BE AVERTED Want to Accept Wilson's Plan but Also Preserve Principle of Arbitration ANOTHER CONFERENCE Brotherhood Delegates Are Acquainting Congressmen With Details of Dispute Washington, Auk. 21. The rail road presidents and their committee ;of managers worked steadilv to-day to devise some means of averting the i threatened strike which would in the main accept President Wilson's ; plan but at the same time preserve the principle of arbitration. Leaders of the railroad executives declared they were united asainst the President's plan as it stands and hoped to agree on some form of counter pro posal. The railroad presidents were con sidering under what circumstances 1 they could find a way to accept the eight-hour day basis and still conserve the principle of arbitration which has become the crux of the whole light. Western railroad presidents arriving seemed confident that a way would be found to avert the strike. No confer ence between President Wilson and railway executives is expected before to-morrow afternoon. Serious Hut Not Hopeless The men after a brief meeting to day adjourned until to-morrow await ing developments and meanwhile sent delegates to congressmen to acquaint them with the details of the contro ' vers?. 1 The situation continued, as both sides expressed it,serious but not hope less. The committee of tho 640 railway brotherhood representatives, who. al ready have accepted the President's proposal, continued to-day to mark time pending the employer's decision. President Wilson holds firmly to ar bitration as a principle in the present controversy. He has so informed [Continued on Page 3] Dying Motorman Stops Car and Saves Passengers Oliver Klinefelter, aged 32, 2225 Atlas street, a motorman of the Harrisburg Railways Company. was suddenly stricken with an attack or heart fail ure while operating a Rockville «.ar. shortly before 6 "'"'"rjSi fri' UfoJ* ' even ing Tho ambulance wIR Trummoned, but the stricken man died before reach ing the hospital. Mr. Klinefelter stop ped the car. which he was operating, just as he fell to the floor, and avoid ed any serious accident to the pas sengers. Mr. Klinefelter has been a resident of this city since February, moving here from Gettysburg. He was one of the company's biggest employes, meas uring over six feet six inches in heighth. and weighing over three hun dred pounds. Funeral services will he held at the home to-morrow morning at 1» o'clock, with the Rev. Jesse Guv Smith, pastor of the Church of Christ. I officiating. The body will be shipped i to AnnvlTle at 10.30 o'clock where fur ther services and burial will be made in the United Brethren Cemeterv. Air. Klinefelter was a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle of that 1 town. Power Cut Off, City Sweats, Frets and Fumes Businessmen in the city this after noon fumed, fretted, perspired, wait ; ed. prayed and finally climbed the long ! flights of stairs to their offices. In 'the composing rooms of newspapers, and other plants where electricity is used to run motors, the foremen were doing the same, only they didn't have j any stairs to climb. Trouble at the ! plant of the Harrisburg Light and [ Pow»r company was responsible. All direct current in the city was shut off for about ten minutes, and every electric elevator, and motor stopped, until repairs were made and the power j was again turned on. Patient Kills Doctor When He Tells Him He Will Die Special to the Telegraph Freedom, Pa., Aug. 21.—Dr. Clar ence J. Lockhart, sitting in his auto mobile, was shot dead at noon yester day. Stephen Hesler, laborer, charged with murder, was hurried to the county jail after threats of lynching had been heard. Hesler had been treated by Doctor Lockhart and had told friends he was not being cured. "If I have to die that doctor will have to die, too," he Is quoted as saying. Dr. Lockhart was returning from a call when Hesler stepped from the sidewalk of the principal street and signaled him. As the physician stopped his car Hesler fired five shots from a revolver. Four bullets entered the physician's breast, one penetrating the heart. The fifth struck the right leg at the knee, fracturing it. She Went Into Bee Nest to Don Her Bathing Suit Camden. N. .T.. Aug. 21.—Physicians at Cooper Hospital did their very best to.soothe Miss Margaret Gilhoolv. eigh ! teen, of Philadelphia, when she ap peared there yesterday. It took oodles iof lotions, for her body was covered 1 with the punctures of yellowjackets | The girl had gone to National Park ■ with friends. Tn the woods she was 1 changing her street wear for a bathing . suit, and she stepped Into a nest of the ' insects. She said it seemed to her as though a thousand jets of live steam | had been turned on, each jet with a needle, and each needle charged with tabasco sauce. She did not go in the j water. The doctors say she might for get the experience in about nine years. FIRST Al'TO RIDE AT 90; KILLED By Associated Press Salem. VR„ AUK. 21. A. W. Gar ner, of Drapersville. was 90 years old before he ventured to take a ride In an automobile-and to-day he is dead. Yesterday afternoon the car in which j he took his first ride plunged over a 60-foot embankment, turned over five ! times before It struck and killed Gar n»r and injured (our others includina >'• wife. 12 PAGES SUCCESSES ARE CLAIMED BY BOTH SIDES IN EAST Growing Activity Along 130- Mile Front in Macedonia; Greece Disquieted USE FLAMING LIQUIDS Germans Trying Hard to Re gain Fleurv; Artillery Fight ing Along Sommc The Macedonian campaign itself does not yet seem to have developed an engagement of first rate magnitude, but there is pronounced activity along the 150-mile fighting front, with suc cesses claimed by each side at various points. In Entente quarters there is said to be no apprehension felt that the plans of General Sarrail, the Entente commander, will be interferred with by the German and Bulgarian attacks on the Allied flanks. Greece, how ever, is reported to be disquieted over the advance of the Bulgarians toward Kavala. the Greek seaport east of the Allied front, and the southward move of the Bulgarians on the other flank, which resulted in the occupation of Fiorina. Use Flaming Liquids In the Verdun region, the Germans, who again lost the village of Fleury northeast of the citadel, in fighting late last week, are making deter mined efforts to regain the place. Last night the> drove against the village with strong forces. using flaming liquid to aid their attacks hut accord ing to to-day's Paris bulletin the French fire effectively stopped the as sault. Along the Somme front the artillery battle is raging violently. No infantry actions are reported by Paris, how ever, although a German counter at tack apparently is in preparation following the capture by the French of a strong fortified \vn.--d between [Contented on Page 3J FIRES AT FUGITIVE AVhen a man whom Constable Hodge had placed under arrest escaped from him last night, near Seventh and Fors ter streets, the officer fired at the fu gitive, but the fleeing man ran toward the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and got away. I.— »*tg »^lA> T WOMAN SHOT AT NEWVILLE * I C irllslc P .. Aug. 21. —Pearl Hawkins, aged 33 years, ■' 1 rifle at Newville to-day <5 I by Nccly Johnson, also colored, 34 years old; and the woman I 1 is in a serious condition. The ball struck a rib and lodged e in the abdomen. Johnson escaped and a posse is in pursuit I 1 of him. | f AGAIN CONDEMN OVERHEAD BRIDGE 'it the plea of a representative gt W of Swift & Co., the City Planning Commission, in session } | to-day, reaffirmed its decision to recommend to council » & that an ordinance granting Swift & Co. the right to build 'j 1 an overhead bridge across North Seventh street between ; L 9 two parts of its plant, be not passed. The commission also \ | 1 considered the oroposed Walnut street bridge over the ] 1 Pennsylvania railroad but adjourned without taking action.' J 561 SIGN PETITION ; ' <L »0 o'clock p total of 561 voters had signed the pcti-® i tion for the repeal of the present jitney ordinance. T HEAT PROSTRATION * t fed 25. ? it Thirteenth and State! I I treets, thi ifternoon. lie was taken to the Harrisburg ;' : Hospital in a serious condition. I ► GERMANY CALLS BOYS OF 17 Peris, Aug, 21. The Intransigeant publishes under a despatch from Lausanne to the eftect that Germany hasi ordered all youths of 17 to report immcdately to recruit ing bureaus. This in normal years would be called t J to the colors in 1919. ' ATTACK MAN IN PARK / , ► U, .i. bt-i Charged with attacking 'a man in River I : | Front Fark on Saturday night end attempting to rob > < ' R. J. Anderson and Joseph Osbourn were hold under $5.00' ' ! bail for cou tby Alderman Deshong at police court this iaftr: noon. Taylor Wallace, charged with stealing a bicycle' * was held under S3OO bail. -! MARRIAGE LICENSES f Austin Clifton ChrUtlan and EUte Field*. «ity. W calcr H. Dell and Ada buck, city. J [fl "V "V >1) W ii ii nWV ii U|pi i<i ij CITY EDITION JAPS AFTER BIG LAND CONCESSIONS IN CANAL ZONE? State Department Investigating Report That Spaniard Is Intermediary in Deal WANT 60,000 ACRES Believed Private Interests Are Seeking Plot to Establish Base For Storing Coal By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug:. 21.—Inves tigation of reports from Panama that a 60,000-acre land concession at the Atlantic end of the canal is being sought ' j a Spaniard named Fernan idez, presumably for Japanese interests was ordered to-day by Secretary Lans ing. Mr. Lansing refused to discuss the report in details but it was considered significant that the department should j commence its action. Rumors of a similar nature have been common ever i since the canal was well under way, j but it was not till several months ago that they reached a well defined out line. At that time it was commonly believed tn diplomatic circles that pri vate Japanese shipping interests were seeking land through Spanish Inter mediaries to establish a base for stor ing coal at lower rates than could be had from the American government , monopoly base. So far as known noth j ing definite came of that plan. The present reports are that Fer nandez, Havana agent for Japanese In terests. secured a SO.OOO-acre land con cession through the activity of Ramon Yaldes whose recent election to the ] presidency of Panama may possibly be disputed by the United States because of alleged frauds and coercion. Admiral Concas, of the Spanish Navy, selected by the Panama govern ment as umpire to settle the dispute with the United States over the pur chase of canal property is alleged to have given very valuable information about the canal itself. ABANDONS BAR FOR PULPIT I Chicago, Aug. 21.—The Rev. Wm. IM. Saunders has deserted the saloon business for the pulpit. The Rev. Mr. Saunders, who formerly conducted a saloon In Smithton, Pa., has been ap pointed pastor of the Avondale Pres byterian Church here. When Saunders j decided a few years ago to devote his 'life to the ministry, he closed his bar land entered the McCormick Theo logical Seminary as a student.
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