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DEPLORE EFFECT
ON HIGHWAYS OF
* OVERHEAD BRIDGE
Chambcr of Commerce Legal
Battle Is Being Watched
With Interest
BECALL BLOUGH GBAXT
Measure Was Passed in Febru
ary, but Never Went to
City Planners
Municipal circles ara watching, and
waiting with more than ordinary in
terest the outcome of the legal battle
that has been negun by the Chamber
of Commerce against the.recent action
of Council in granting a comporation
the right to bridge one of the city's
highways.
The result of the attack against
what is looked upoh as a new policy of
the City Commissioners, is considered
of special significance in view of the
bearing this may have on future pro
gressive development within the city
limits.
Since th eagitation was begun by the
Chamber of Commerce through a
committee of its memhers. lousiness
men and others have learned with sur
prise that Council more than six
months ago set the pace by granting
permission to the Blough Brothers
Manufacturing Company to build, not
one, but two overhead bridges across
Fulton street to connec,t £h.e piain and
annex building.
The Blough Bridge
February 15, 191 ti, City Commission
er W. H. Lynch introduced an ordin
ance permitting Blough Brothers to
bridge Fulton street at a point 90
feet south of Reily street. The meas
ure provided that "Whereas, the
Blough Manufacturing Company find
it necessary for the proper and effi
cient conduct of its business, to con
nect the buildings on either side of
Fulton street, owned by it. by two
bridges, and as apparently no harm
will be done to the city by such con
struction," that the necessary permis
sion be granted.
That measure was never sent to the
City Planning Commission for consid
eration. It was passed and approved
February 22. 1916.
Other stories are now being recalled
in municipal circles of other requests
for similar privilege which were re
fused. No official requests have been
made, or at least none appear on the
records, but it has been pointed out
that informal suggestions by prospec
tive builders were discouraged.
The Effect on the Streets
The possible effect of a general car-
rying out of the overhead bridge policy
W would offset the plan of clearing the
streets and alleys of its network pf
wires and poles, a scheme, by the way,
which is now ueing followed by the
utility companies, is causing a whole
lot of discussion.
"Now," suggested one local business
man, "the councilmen have explained
that they permitted the erection of
the Swift & Company bridge in order
to boost the business district. If this
be true of one section, it is true of
other sections. So what's to prevent
other firms in the commercial sections
of the city from presenting similar re
quests to Council. And the effect of
the plan to clear the streets and alleys
of wires and poles will be lost entire
ly."
Unfilled Tonnage of Steel
Stands at 9,680,357 Tons
By Associated Press
New York, Sept. 9.—The unfilled
orders of the United States Steel Cor
poration on August 31 stood at
9,650,357 tons, an increase of 66,765
tons, compared with those of July 31,
according to the monthly statement is
sued to-day.
The statements of the corporation
for June and July had shown a slight
decrease, while since August, 1915.
and up to the time the June figures
were given out there had been a
marked increase each month in the
unfilled orders.
STEEL REACHES 102
By Associated Press
Nc-w York. Sept. 9.—United States
Steel made the new high record of
102 on the Stock Exchange this morn
ing. an overnight gain of more than
2 points, and exceeding its previous
record by almost a point. Other in
dustrial issues were very strong, also
the coppers and leading rails, although
grangers were sluggish on yesterday's
unfavorable government crop report.
THE WEATHER,
For Harrisburg and vicinityi Fair
to-nit;lit and Sundayi moderate
i temperature.
For Hastern Pennsylvania: Fair
to-nlxht and Sunday; moderate
northwest wind*.
River
The Susquehanna river and Its
tributaries will remain nearlv
stationary. A Mage of about 3.4
feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg
Sunday morning.
General Conditions
The storm that was central over the
Upper St. I.awrence Vnllev, Fri
day morning, has passed north
eastward to the North Atlantic
eoant. It emitted thunderithowers
In the last twenty-four hours In
the Ohio Valley and Tennessee
and In the Atlantic States from
North Carolina to Maine. Scat
tered showers have occurred also
In the South Atlantic and tiuir
i States, Arizona, Colorado, Utah.
A, Idaho, Oregon and Minnesota,
and In the Western Canadian
provinces. Under the Influence
of an area of high barometer from
from the Northwest, now central
over the Take Region, tempera
tures have fallen a to 10 degree*
. over nearly nil the country east
of the Mississippi river. It is
cooler also In the Northwesi
States and In Arlxona.
Tempcraturet 8 a. m., 04.
Sum Rises, 5i40 a. m.| sets, fl:3r>
p. m.
Moon, full moon, September 11, at
3:31 p. m.
River Stagei 3.3 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weath->
Highest temperature, NO.
Lowest temperature. 08.
Mean temperature, 78.
Normal temperature, 07. .
MAY TIE UP ALL
N. Y. IN MONSTER
SYMPATHY STRIKE
Industries Employing Men Af
filiated With A. F. of L. May
Be Closed. For Day
EIGHTEEN ABBESTS MADE
Minor Disorders Feature Trol
ley Trouble; Bumors of Dyna
mite Plots Thick
New York,, Sept, .9. —Union labor
leaders of national and State promi
nence were called into New York's
transit situation to-day with the an
nouncement by local strike organizers
that within 24 hours a conference
would be held here, the outcome of
which might be a 24-hour tieup of all j
the city's industries employing men af- ,
filiated with the American Federation i
of Labor.
A telegram was sent to Samuel i
Gompers, president of the latter or- j
ganization, who is on a vacation in
Maine, asking htm to hurry here, and
the Central Federated Union an-!
nounced after an all-night meeting:
that a committee had been empowered !
to call a general sympathetic strike in
all trades if such action was considered
necessary to help the employes of the
Interborough Rapid Transit Company!
and the New York Railways Company ;
to win their fight for annulment of the j
so-called "master and servant" con- !
tracts, binding . the ipen not to ask]
wage increases for two years.
Eighteen Arrests Made
Meanwhile, it was announced on i
behalf of the Interborough that ap- j
plications would be made to the courts j
for injunctions to restrain labor lead-!
ers from interfering with men operat- j
ing the subway, surface and elevated
lines.
Police reports indicated that under- I
ground and elevated service was nor- I
mal to-day and that the situation of
the surface lines affected had consid
erably improved. Union leaders
claimed on the other hand that the
surface roads were badly, affected.
Disorders of a minor character con
tinued throughout the day and there
were eighteen arrests. Policemen
guarded all roads, examining bags and
packages carried by passengers, owing
to persistent reports of plots to dyna
mite transit property.
Refuse Coat for Traction Company
At its meeting last night the Central
Federated Union adopted a resolution
requesting Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor,
to come here and take charge of the I
situation.
John P. Riley, president of the dis
trict council of the International Long
shoremen's Association, said to-dav he
had instructed the 1,800 members of
the Tidewater Boatmen's Union not to
handle barges laden with coal for the
Interborough Rapid Transit Company's
power houses.
The order, Riley claims, which af
fects coal passers, will cripple, if not
entirely stop, the Interborough system,
which includes the subways and ele
vated roads of Manhattan and the
Bronx.
THREE MORE TYPHOID PATIENTS
Twelve Cases in Hummelstown; 31 in
Hospital Here
| Three more cases of typhoid fever
were reported in the city to-dav and
three other patients were admitted to
the Harrisburg Hospital, making a to
tal of 31 cases at that institution.
Ice cream and cream tests were
made again to-day and the additional
figures placed with other data to be
presented at the special meeting of ice
cream manufacturers and the Health
Bureau on Monday night.
The conference has been called to
consider the new ordinance regulating
the milk and cream supply coming into
this city. Twelve cases of typhoid
fever have been reported in Hummels
town and the number in other nearby
places in the county is slowly increas
ing.
SAYS SHE MARRIED IN "TRANCE"
Reading, Pa., Sept. 9. Asserting
she was f n a trance, caused by her
husband-to-be, when she went through
the ceremony at Cape May Court
House, N. J., making her the third
wife of Charles S. Mead, then of
Stone Harbor. N. J., a year ago, Lottie
Mead, of this city, brought suit for
divorce.
WASHINGTON DESERTED
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Sept. 9.—Official
Washington seemed a deserted city
to-day. Members of Congress had
Bona to their homes. President Wilson
was at Shadow Lawn, his summer
home, with the White House staff,
most diplomatic officials had not re
turned from the seashore and moun
tains where they spent the summer,
and many government officials were on
vacations. Senate and House clerks
were busy, however, clearing up the
work left by adjournment.
MAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Special to the Telegraph
York. Pa., Sept. 9. During a
storm here yesterday afternoon, Geo.
Kise, seventy-four years old, was
struck by lightning and killed. He
sought shelter In a vacant house and
his body was found several hours
later. Kise was a retired farmer and
Civil War veteran.
SHOT BY SAYRE POLICEMAN
Towanda, Pa., Sept. 9. While try
ing to escape from a police officer last
night, Jobie Johnson was shot through
the head by Officer Griswold, of the
Sayre police force. The bullet lodged
at the base of the brain, Johnson, who
was wanted for threatening police
officers, may survive the wound.
SEIZED WITH CRAMPS, DROWNS
Sharon, Pa., Sept. 9. Seized with
craps while swimming at Jones' dam,
west of here, yesterday afternoon,
William Barton, 50 years old, a brick
layer, was drowned. He came here
from Pittsburgh a short time ago.
REQUESTS STATE POLICE
Fifteen member# of the
State Police will be stationed in or
Just outside of Wilkes-Barre Monday
mornlng.ln response to a request made
by Mayor John V. Kosek, who intends
to enforce the jitney ordinance at that
time and fears trouble from sympa
thizers of the striking car men
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1916
WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY TOVR CAR
** V-, . • >c^ ; s&&'> ^
?" e . ~ *, he .£ ars i vhich . •"£ night completed a trip over the William Penn Highway. The trans-Pennsyl
ihlrtv ™rl th e re . t J! rn trl1 ? fro ? Pittsburgh to City Hall, Philadelphia, in two days, running over a route
larger towns than the westward route. The William Penn offers both routes and the longer takes in all the
trin ß 'Th'e l ri?f.^ r iXt. , th f f car . shown above and George D. Proud, Philadelphia Auto Club mapper, completed the
o K„,? d i^ nce c ° vered yesterday was from Lewistown. to Harrisburg, Heading and Pottstown to Philadelphia,
he abo\e photograph was snapped in front of the William Penn Highway quarters in the Telegraph building.
Pies thf seat with Mr. &ague aßSodatlon ' ls ln the rear seat ' and lJavili Biddle. a Philadelphia newspaperman, occu-
LAFEAN LEADING
FOR VACANCY
York Republican Chieftain
Said to Have Inside Track
For Commissionership
Congressman-at-large Daniel F. La
fean, of York, is the most prominently
mentioned man for the vacancy in the
public service commissionership
caused by the death of Samuel W.
Pennypackor. Mr. Lafean, who was
formerly Republican district congress
man from the Democratic York-
Adams district and elected as con
gressman-at-large in 1814, is a power
in Southern Pennsylvania politics. He
was aligned with the Vare-Brumbaugh
forces in the contest last Spring and
lost out for renomination. He is a
businessman of long experience,
manufacturer and banker. He is a
native of York.
Other men mentioned are James
Scarlet, of Danville, the attorney who
prosecuted the Capitol cases; ex-
Mayor Ira W. Stratton, of Reading;
ex-Lieutenant Governor John M.
Reynolds of Bedford; J. Banks Kurtz,
of Altoona; Secretary of Agriculture
Charles E. Patton and Deputy At
torney General Emerson Collins.
The Governor has not indicated any
slant toward any of the men spoken
of. It is generally believed that he
will name some one from outside of
Philadelphia as Mr. Pennypacker was
generally credited to Montgomery
county, although a Philadelphian by
long residence and associations.
Dr. Brumbaugh is expected here to
night or to-morrow and'wlll be at the
I Capitol Monday. A number of con
ferences and some appointments are
in prospect.
"Poor Little Rich Girl"
Is on Her Honeymoon;
Marries to Get Home
Special to the Telegraph
Los Angeles. Cal., Sept. 9.—Ramona
Borden, daughter or the millionaire
milkmrn, Gail Borden, is a "poor little
rich girl" no longer. She is on her
honeymoon with George S. Pnrkes, of
Anderson. Ind., wealthy banker anC po
litician, to whom she was married yes
terday.
Following many disputes over the
girl between Gail Borden and his wife,
she was placed in a sanatorium H.t
Pompton Lake, N. J. That was in 1913,
when she was just seventeen, and had
already spent much of her time away
from home because of the friction in
the family. Miss Borden stayed at the
sanatorium for a while, but tired of It
and fled in an automobile with two
women. After four dayß she was found
in Boston and restored to her father.
Then it was that she gave out her fa
mous interview, saying:
I "Daughte'rs of rich people are not
always happy. I haven't had a home
for years. What I wanted was just
a home and a mother."
Miss Borden was immediately dub
bed the "Poor Little Rich Girl."
Ten-Minute Service to
Colonial Country Club
The Harrisburg Railways Company
has completed the new switch at the
Colonial Country Club grounds and
Superintendent Felix M. Davis is now
working out the details of a new
schedule between Harrisburg and this
point. This switch will mean a series
of ten-minute cars from Market Square
to the Colonial Country Club and cer
tain twenty-minute cars every hour
The present terminus at the eastern
end of Progress will be extended to the
Colonial Country Club and all points
1 between the city and the clubhouse
will be greatly benefited by this im
portant change.
HOLD 1.710,000.000 EGGS
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Sept. 9. Two
hundred and twenty-one firms are
holding nearly five million cases of
eggs—about one hundred and fifty
three million dozens—in cold storage,
according to the latest reports to the
Department of Agriculture. Great as
the figures may. seem the official re
port shows ten per cent, less than a
month ago.
LUTHERANS ELECT
By Associated Press
Greenville, Pa., Sept. 9. —The Board
of Education of the General Council of
the Lutheran Church, representing
thirteen s.vnodical bodies, Is now in
session at Thiel College, here. These
officers have been elected: President,
the Rev. A. W. Haas, president Muh
lenberg College, Allentown, Pa.; vice
president. the Rov. F .A. Kaehler, Buf
falo, N. Y.; recording secretary, the
Rev. H. D. Spasth, Wllllamsport, Pa.;
corresponding secretary, the Rev.
Ernst H. Pfattelcher, Philadelphia;
treasurer, the Rev. F. Jacobson, Brook
lyn, N. Y.
SHATTERED GLASS CUTS MAN'S
LEG, BUT NOT HIS TROUSERS
Freak Accident Occurs in Telegraph Job Department During
Electrical Storm; Wind Fells Trees
During the electrical storm of yes
terday afternoon, Ralph Laverty, em
ployed in the job printing department
of the Telegraph, was strnck on the
right leg by a piece of flying glass
from a windowpane, which was blown
out by the wind. The glass cut'a deep
gash in Laverty's leg. but .he was un
able to find any trace of a cut in his
trousers.
MILITARY ASS'N
FORMED IN CITY
Young Men Organize Skeleton
Begiment For Purpose
of Training
If you wero to pass by tho Armory
at Second-and Fowter streets one of
these warm evenings and hear a series
of short, sharp, staccato barkings and"
again some long drawn out sounds
that might bo anything from a call
ing of trains to a cry for help from a
lost soul,you would doubtless start in
amazement. Then would come to
your ears the tramp of marching feet
[Continued on Page 12]
HUGHES FINISHES
MAINE CAMPAIGN
'Outlining His Views to Voters;
Ask Support For All G. O. P.
Candidates
Bangor, Me., Sept. 9. Charles E.
Hughes left Bangor early to-day for
this last day of campaigning in Maine,
the most strenuous he has had since
leaving Bridgchampton, N. Y., Au
gust 5.
Monday is election day in the State
and the nominee expected to devote
every minute possible to-day to out
lining his views to voters and asking
support not only for himself but for
the Republican candidates for the
House and Senate as well.
The first scheduled stop on the itin
erary was Augusta, the State capital.
Forty-five minutes after leaving Au
gusta, the Hughes special was due at
Brunswick for a thirty-minute ad
dress. At Bath, the next stop, Mr.
Hughes was allowed thirty minutes
for an address before departing for
Damariscotta for the fourth speech
of the day.
The Rockland speech to-night will
be the last Mr. Hughes will deliver in
Maine. He will leave Rockland to
night for Boston where he will spend
Sunday and then will go to Syracuse,
[Continued on Pae 11]
Crime Is Cut in Half,
Drunkness Three Quarters
Since West Va. Went Dry
Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 9.—Fred
O. Blue, state tax commissioner, in a
statement mads public here, claims
that in the two years the state pro
hibition law has been in effect there
has been a reduction of 50 per cent,
in crime and 75 per cent, in drunken
ness in West Virginia. His claims are
based on figures received in official
reports from, more than fifty munici
palities in the state, which show that
the year before the law Into effect
there were 19,567 arrests, while-during
the first year after the law was passed
this number was reduced to 9,956 and
the year following to 3,357.
SHOWERS NEXT WEEK
Washington, D. C„ Sept. 9.—Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Sunday, issued by the Weather Bureau
to-day. are: Middle Atlantic States—
Generally fair, except showers are
probable Thursday or Friday. Mod
erate temperatures, except warmer
Tuesday and Wednesday.
FIRST GAME
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Syracuse, HBnnHQQEJCIBnO
Harrisburg, QQCIEIEIEIBEIIS'SO
flATTEßlES—Harrlaburg, HeUrlck and Blair) Sj"racu*e, Rath and Konneck,
The lightning struck the chimney at
the home of Ira H. Nissley. 2514 Main
street, Penbrook. and tore a large hole
in the cellar. A large tree opposite
the rectory of the Rev. Rollin A. Sawy
er, rector of the St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church, was blown to the ground. Sev
eral signs on businesshouses were also
blown to the ground by the terrific wind
which preceded the rain.
EXPECT 6,000 AT
METHODIST MEET
Program of Great Laymen's
Convention and Begistration
Committees Announced
Methodist men of Pennsylvania aj-e
planning for one of tho biggest State
conventions in recent yea>-s, to be
held in this city November 20, 21 and
22. There are five men appointed on
each membership committee for 1,200
Churches in the State, which means
a committee of 6,000 men for regis
tration.
The program for the convention
[Continued on Page 14]
BOYS ON BORDER
PLEA FOR MOVIES
Captain Zicgler, of Company I,
Asks Dauphin County to
Raise SSO
Soldiers of the Eighth regiment
want moving picture entertainments,
just like other units at El Paso. At a
recent meeting of officers of the
Eighth regiment the question of pro
vding moving pictures was taken up
but no funds are available. An ap
peal comes from Camp Stewart to the
people of Dauphin county requesting
that a fund be raised to purchase a
machine.
Capt. Frank E. Ziegler of Company
I, Eighth Regiment, National Guard
United States, in a letter to the Tele
graph says:
"This regiment Is in need of a mov
ing picture machine for the entertain
ment of the men of the organization.
All the regular units in this vicinity
are so equipped. At a meeting of
officers to-night the matter was dis
cussed, but funds for that purpose
are not available.
"Subsequent to the meeting an offi
cer of one of tho Schuylkill companies
of our regiment stated to me that if
we would raise fifty dollars in Dau
phin county they (the Schvlkill coun
ty officers) would raise a like sum in
that county, which would cover the
cost of the machine.
"Will you place this matter before
our home people? A nightly enter
tainment of this kind will tend to
keep the men in camp. Contribu
tions sent tothe chaplain of the regi
ment, the Rev. Harry Nelson Basslcr,
will be appreciated by every member
of the two companies of infantry."
George W. Kehr Chairman
of National Loan Firms
special to the Telegraph
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 9.—George
W. Kehr. Harrisburg. head of the
Co-operative Loan Company, was
elected to-day as chairman of the Na
tional Association of Small Loan Bank
ers of the United States, which will
close its annual gathering here to
night. Dr. C. C. Mueller was re
elected national secretary. Adoption
by the various States of the Union of
an act similar to the 1915 Cox law
of Pennsylvania was urged by the con
vention. This law provides that a
maximum fee of 3 per cent, be charged
for loans under SIOO and a maximum
of 2 per cent, for loans over that
amount.
BOTH FRENCH AND
BRITISH IN NIGHT
DRIVE ON TEUTONS
Paris Claims Capture of 7,700
Prisoners This Week;
Trenches Taken
BUSS STOBM BABBIEBS
Get 500 Captives in Attack on
Mountain Heights; Ad
.vance in Bumania
Both the French and British took
the offensive on the Somme front last
night, although their operations were
confined to relatively small areas. The
French War Office reports the capture
of a small wood east of Belloy. It
says 7,700 Germans have been cap
tured since September 3 and that a
great number of German dead were
found on the field and in trenches
after the unsuccessful counterattacks
of the Germans yesterday. The at
tack of the British was made in the
vicinity of High wood where, London
announces, a trench was captured and
heavy losses were inflicted on the Ger
mans.
On the Verdun front the Germans
renewed their counterattacks but the
French War Office announces, were
beaten back.
Russ Storm Barriers
The Russians have again instituted
violent efforts to break over the moun
tain barrier which separates them
from the Hungarian plains. It is an
nounced at Petrograd that they had
stormed a series of heights in the Car
pathians south of Baranoff. taking 500
prisoners and a mountain battery. In
the direction of Halicz, in Galicia be
low Lemberg, heavy fighting con
tinues. The Russian statement says
counterattacks made by Turkish and
Teutonic forces were repulsed.
Teutons Advance 50 Mile?
Press dispatches from Berlin report
that the Bulgarians and Germans are
beating down all opposition in eastern
Rumania and have already advanced
about fifty miles north of the Bul
[Continued on Page B.]
KAJSER GOIXG TO BULGARIA
London, Sept. 9. Emperor Wil
liam plans to go to Bulgaria to confer
the Order Pour Le Merite on the Bul
gar and German commanders who
captured the Rumanian, fortress of
Turtukai, says the Exchange Tele
graph's Amsterdam correspondent.
I f
f STUBBORN FIGHTING IN GALICIA I
J Pclrograd. Sept. 9.— German and Turkish troops are (
? engaged in stubborn fighting with Russian forces in
I Galici a on the river Naraiuvka, in the direction of Halicz, •
a according to the official statement issued to-day by the ' *
J Russian War Department. A counter attack by the Turks ! ;
L and Teutons, the statement adds, was repulsed by the Rus- 1 '
1 sians. '
I • ADMITS WITHDRAWING BEFORE RUSS ►
Berlin, Sept. 9, via London. Forces of the central .
J powers in the Carpathian mountains northwest of Kapul, *
T aeys to-day's official, report issued by. the German general 1
J staff, yielded yesterday .before the presirue exerted by the | I
P Russians. !
J SERBIANS TAKE OFFENSIVE a >
P pt. 9.—The Serbians on the Macedonian front I
I too!: the c fensive hat night in the region of Lake
I The War Office announced to*-dfey that after a violent en- T
I gagement they captured a height west of the lake.""" I
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, EVANS 3 UP ON GARDNER , ►
Philadelphia, Sept. 9. rAt the end of the first 18 holes |
Evans was 3 up on Gardner in the national golf champion- ( ,
ship tourney. 1 ,
1 AUTO BANDITS KILL MAN, GET SIO,OOO * *
St. Clairsville, Ohio, Sept. 9. Automobile bandits
9 to-day held up and murdered Lee Rankin, superintendent' I
of the Florence rrinr of the Youghiogheriy Coal Company,
i while he was on his way to pay the miners. They escaped I f
with' slo,ooo. !
WILSON AT SHADOW LAWN ; |
y Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 9.—President Wilson arrived )
at the summer capital, Shadow Lawn, here to-day after an ' *
[uneventful trip by motor from Atlantic City. A small crowd j
greeted him on his arrival. The President plans to spend'
most of his time here until the election. )
| ft 4RRIACE LICENSES
I Benjamin Lefloy Knnti and Al enn Edith Bnchnian, Steflton.
| Gorman L. Shartaer, interline, and Elale Snyder, Caraonvllle. _
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14 PAGES CITY EDITION
GIRL SAYS SHE
WAS IN MACHINE
DRIVEN BY BATES
Declares He Ran Down and
Killed Local Man Racing
With Car
HE DENIES GUILT
Represented Himself to Her as
Single She Declares in
Statement
Lebanon, Pa., Sept. 9.—Miss Martha
Gross, aged 18 years, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Gross of Bismark,
six miles south of Lebanon, this after
noon made a statement to the Lebanon
News in which she declares that she
her father and mother and Clarence
Bates, of Lebanon, were in the auto
mobile which ran down and killed
George Donohue of Harrisburg on the
Horseshoe Pike near Hummelstown
late Thursday .night.
Miss Gross says the party motored
to Hummelstown and that the acci
dent occurred on the return journey
when Bates began to race with a
Hershey Transit Company trolley car.
She practically corroborated the testi
mony given the police by witnesses of
the accident. She also states that
Bates speeded away after the acci
dent.
In her statement to the News, Miss
Gross declared Bates has been calling
on her for several weeks; that he rep
resented himself as a single man and
was so accepted by both herself and
her parents; and that he posed as the
; owner of the automobile in which he
always came to Bismark. She says
j that the party stopped at two hotels
lin Hummelstown where they drank
| beer.
Bates, she has since learned, is mar
ried and is the father of two children.
Clarence Bates. of Lebanon, who
was arrested yesterday at that place,
| charged with driving the automobile
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Gettysburg to Vote on
$70,000 High School Loan
Gettysburg, Pa.. Sept. 9. The Get
tysburg school board last night passed
a resolution submitting to the voters
at the November election the question
of the bonded indebtedness
of the school district for the erection
of a new high school building to co3t
about $70,000.