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Teutons Driven Back on All Fronts by British,
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LXXXV—
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ALLIES GAIN IN
WEST AS RUSSIANS
ADVANCE IN EAST
French Take Strong Line of
Defenses; Eaucort L'Abbaye
Taken by British
BEARING BAPAUME
Brzezany Heights Near Lcm
berg Are Taken by Russians
in New Drive
The French on the Somme front are
continuing their thrust northward on
the Pcronne-Bapaume road and have
captured a strong line of German de
fenses between Morval and the St.
Pierre Vaast wood, Paris announces
to-day.
The British, after stubborn fighting,
have managed to expel the Germans
from the town of Eaucort L'Abbaye
near the Poziercs-Bapaume road where
their drive towards Bapaume is now
within 3V6 miles of its objective. Lon
don to-day reports Eaucort L'Abbaye
entirely in British possession.
Mystery still surrounds the numbers
and movements of the Rumanian
forces which have crossed the Danube
into Bulgaria near Rahovo, In an evi
dent endeavo' to outflank the Bul
garian left wing and compel the re
treat of Field Marshal Von Macken
sen from the line south of the Con
stanza-Tchernavoda railway. Sofiia
in its current announcement, men
tions these forces as comprising "con
siderable units" but records no con
tact between them and their Bulgarian
foe.
Line Put Out of Commission
Berlin's assertion that the pontoon
bridge on which the Rumanians
crossed was destroyed is supplemented
by Sofia's statement that the bridge
was put out of commission "at the Do
brudja side" by Austrian monitors.
What disposition the Rumanians are
making to keep up the communica
tions of this force are not known.
Bucharest has not alluded to the
movement In its official statements.
On their part the Bulgarians ap
parently are either engaged in frus
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Louisville and Nashville Must 1
Answer in Political Probe j
Washington, Oct. 4. Justice Staf
ford of the District of Columbia Su- |
preine Court rendered a decision to-1
day requiring Milton H. Smith, presi- |
dent, and other officials of the Louis- ;
ville and Nashville Railroad to answer
questions propounded by the Inter- '>
state Commerce Commission regard- i
ing its political contribution.
The court held the commission has !
the right to know about such contri- i
buttons, not because of their political
nature, but because they affect ques- i
tions of the reasonableness of rates, i
and important questions of railroad !
accounting.
Mr. Smith refused several months'
ago to answer questions of Joseph W.
Folk, counsel for the commission, in I
an inquiry into the affairs of the
Louisville and Nashville, Chattanooga j
and St. Louis railroads based upon a
Senate resolution. A series of such
questions dealing with alleged politi
cal contributions was submitted, ap-!
proved by Chairman Meyer, of the
commission and unanswered by Mr.
Smith, on the advice of his counsel. I
Horse Tries to Warn Man
When Fire Starts in Barn
Reading, Pa., Oct. 4. William
Shadle, currying a horse in the barn
of George Dunkle, Sr., at Blandon yes
terday, was puzzled by the animal's
strange actions.
It was not until burning embers fell
from the loft above the stall that
Shadle noticed the barn was afire. It
was entirely destroyed, the loss being
$3,000.
Following stores will close
during day Saturday
next—open in evening.
Owing to a sacred Jewish holi,
day, the following business places
will be closed during the day Sat
urday next, October 7, until 6
o'clock and be open Saturday even
ing from 6 until 9 o'clock.
Kaufman's
C. Aronson
Lou Baum
J. S. Belsinger
B. Bloom
J. H. Brenner
P. H. Caplan Co.
Capital Optical Co.
H. C. Claster
Jos. Claster
Cohen's
J. Coplinsky
Factory Outlet Shoe Co.
S. Finkelstine
The Globe ,
Jos. Goldsmith
Goldstein's
Goodman's
B. Handler
The Hub
Kohner Co.
Chas. Krause & c
Kuhn Clothing Cc
Sol. Kuhn & Co.
Ladies' Bazaar
LaPerle Shop
The Louvre
Miller & Kades
H. Marks & Son
National Watch and Diamond Co.
New York Merchandise Co.
Robinson's Woman Shop
Rubin & Rubin
Salkins
Wm. B. Schlelsner
A. J. Simms
Stern's Shoe Store
Union Clothing Co.
Wm. Strouse & Company
Wonder Shop
Empire Clothing Co.
M. Brenner & Sons
D. SchitT
J. Gordon
Goodman's
City Loan OfTice
Hbg. Window Cleaning Co.
ICE CREAM MEN
NOT TO BLAME
FOR POOR MILK
City Health Officer Says State
Should Provide For Inspec
tion of All Dairies
16 NEW CASES TODAY
Results of Tests Made by City
Bacteriologist Given to
Public by Raunick
Results of ice cream tests made by
City Bacteriologist George R. Moffitt
lust month when the typhoid fever
epidemic first started, were made pub
lic: to-day by city health officials.
Practically all of the tests showed
the presence of cooln bacilli and Dr.
J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer,
in discussing the complete report said
that it only shows more conclusively
the need of State and city laws pro
viding farm and dairy inspection with
the grading of the milk and cream
supply of the public.
According to the health official
filthy conditions on the farms are re
sponsible for much of the disease in
the milk and cream and when the
supply is shut off from one source the
unscrupulous farmer or dairyman
ships it through another and the city
has no way to prosecute or prevent
this.
State Inspection Needed
Ice cream manufacturers, it was
said, are not entirely to blame be
cause of contaminated cream as they
do not have complete reports of the
condition of each dairy shipping milk
or cream to then). State laws pro
viding for inspections of each dairy
farm are absolutely necessary, health
officials claim.
The proposed city ordinance which
was discussed again this afternoon by
Dr. Raunick, and milk dealers, will
provide for inspection of farms and
dairies, and will be a big help in pre
venting any more epidemics as serious
as the one .now at its height in the
city, according to health authorities.
1(1 New Cases
Sixteen new cases of typhoid fever
were reported to Dr. Raunick, making
a total of 41 for the first three days
of October. Ten more patients were
admitted to the Harrisburg hospital
to-day, making a total of 55 cases un
der treatment in that institution.
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Two Hucksters Arrested
on Short-Weight Charge
J. H. Knisely and G. L. Michaels,
two hucksters, charged with giving
short weight and measure in selling a
woman two bushels of potatoes, were
arrested this morning by Officer Kautz.
They were held for a hearing this aft
ernoon. According to the story which
the woman told Chief of Police Wetzel
yesterday the men sold her two
bushels of potatoes. Investigation
showed that they weighed only 09
pounds, instead of 120 pounds re
quired by law. Chief of Police Wetzel
said that he is determined to break
up the habit of giving short weight
and measure and officers have been
instructed to arrest any hucksters or
peddlers who violate the city weights
and measures ordinances. City In
spector of Weights and Measures
Harry D. Reel and City Solicitor D.
S. Seitz appeared at the hearing this
afternoon as prosecutors.
3-MII.K-HOUR IS ISA MY COACH
SPEED LIMIT IN PENBROOK
Pcnbrook council, with an eye to
break up any speeding in the "town,
is preparing to pass on second and
third reading, an ordinance which will
regulate the speed of all vehicles, even
including the useful and ever popular
baby coach.
The provision of the ordinance re
quires that all baby coaches be kept
on the sidewalks, and must be pushed
by an adult at a speed "not exceeding
three miles an hour." If the ordinance
is passed, and the fond mothers and
fathers violate it, they may bo fined.
FOUR HURT IX RIOTS
New York, Oct. 4. Four pass
j engers on elevated trains were injured
! to-day when sympathizers with the
striking street railway men showered
the trains with bricks and stones from
rooftops. In all six elevated trains
| and three cross-town surface cars
were attacked. There were no ar
rests.
ITHEWEATHER
J For Harrisburg and vicinity: Gen
erally OKI inly to—night and
i 1 hursday, probably occnsional
I rain; not mueh change in tem
perature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania! Gener
ally eloutfy to-nifcht and Thurs
day, probably oeeanlonal rain;
modf-ratc to fresh northeast
| indn.
I River
| rhe Susquehanna river and It*
branches will fall xlowlv to
night and probably Thursday. A
I stage of about 3.0 feet In inill
| rated for Harrisburg Thursday
morning.
General Conditions
The South Atlantic disturbance In
approaching the South Carolina
const; rain Is falling along the
'•onut from Hattera* to Jackson
vllle, with fresh to Ntrong north
east wind*, the highest velocity
reported at time of observation
being thirty-two miles at
Charleston. The pressure con
tinues high over central and
north districts east of the Mis
sissippi river.
There has been a general rise of 2
to 10 degrees In temperature from
the Plains States eastward and
In the Southwest; In the Rocky
Mountains and the Northwest It
Is cooler.
Temperature! 8 a. m., 50.
Sum Rises, OiO." a. m.| sets, 5:42
p. ni.
Moon; Full moon, October 11, 2:01
a. m.
River Stngei 4.1 feet albove low
water mark.
Yesterday's Wen (her
Highest temperature, <l3.
I I/O west temperature, 44.
Normal temperature, ,">4.
I Normal temperature, 00.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1916
I NEWPORT SCHOOL CHILDREN GREET OFFICIALS)
: "
When General Manager S. C. Long, of the Pennsylvania railroad, with other prominent officials,' °reach
port yesterday they were greeted by several hundred school children. It was a big surprise for the railroad men
who were enroute east on the annual inspection tour. Th; picture shows the little folks lined along the tracks whin
with theiT C ha°ts. ° inapeCtion truins reached Newport station. General Manager Long and party waved a response
437 MEMBERS IN
2 DAYS'CAMPAIGN
Chamber of Commerce Com
mittee Hope to Bound Out
1,000 This Week
Four hundred and thirty-seven
members have come into the Chamber
of Commerce in the past two days.
This is the result of the membership
campaign started yesterday. Commit
tees were out in all parts of the city
to-day. Much of the work they did
was of a missionary nature. Blanks
and literature were left with many
men who wanted to consider the mat
ter or to talk over with partners or
directors of companies the number of
memberships they will take and a
great increase in the number of new
members is expected to-morrow. Fri
day will be the banner day of the four
and It Is confidently expected that the
Chamber will pass the thousand mark
set for it when the committeemen
began their rounds.
The first two days have given the
Chamber 37 members more than the
total of 400 which had been its high
water mark.
Generally the committees were met
in the most friendly manner. Nearly
] every refusal -was for good reason.
11 discourtesies were so few that they
stood out sharply in two instances in
i the reports of subcommittees. Cut
I "no" will not be taken for an answer.
; To-morrow other committees will call
j upon those who declined to-day, if
j they gave no good reason, and it is
j believed that few will turn down mem
bership in the Chamber once they
I have had time to think it over at
I length.
The committees, as usual, made re
ports at luncheon at the Harrisburg
Club. ex-President Henderson Gilbert
presiding.
West End Business
Section to Have New
Lights by Christmas
Before the Christmas holidays the
West End's business section—North
Third street from North to Calder—
will be attractively lighted with or
namental standards of the type sim
j ilar to those in service in North Sec
| ond street.
Council yesterday approved the
I contract for the lighting of the sec
! tion, after the Harrisburg Light and
Power company had co-operated
i with City Commissioner Bowman to
the extent of agreeing to place forty
four lights at $7,915 —the figure at
which hau originally been agreed up
ion to install thirty-six cluster stand
lards. The intention had been to ex
tend the lights from North to Verbeke
streets but the businessmen of the
West End united in a demand for an
extension of the service to Reily
street. Lack of funds prevented this,
but by the installation of the single
standards, it was possible to add an
! additional block of lighting. C. M.
; Kaltwasser, general manager of the
| company said the material is arriving
•so that the job can be started within
the next few days.
"When we make up the budget for
next year I will say this finally—pro
vision will be made for lighting Fed
eral Square with the ornamental
standards if we don't do another bit
of lighting," emphatically declared Mr.
Bowman to-day.
$155,742,333,908 Record
For N. Y. Clearing House
New York, Oct. 4. Total transac
tion of the New York Clearing House
for the year ended September 30 was
$155,7 4 2,33 3,908, breaking all previous
records, according to the annual re
port. Last year the clearings were
$96,183,554,464. Total transactions
since the organization of the Clearing
House sixty-three yars ago aggregate
nearly three trillions of dollars.
The average daily transactions for
the year amounted to $512,310,308. On
September 2, transactions reached a
total of $1,112,282,206, the largest on
record for one day.
The Clearing House Association now
is composed of twenty-nine national
banks, sixteen State banks and fifteen
trust companies. The Federal Reserve
Bank of New York and the Assistant
Treasurer of the United States also
make their exchanges at the Clearing
House, as well as twenty-one non
member banks and trust companies.
Frank A. Vanderlip, president of
the National City Bank, was re-elected
president of the association to-day,
and William Sherer, manager.
WILSON SPECIAL
GOES THROUGH
Befuses to Make Bear-End
Platform Speeches; On Way
to Omaha
President Woodrow Wilson and
party, en route to Omaha, where he
speaks to-morrow night, passed
through Harrisburg early this morn
ing. When the special train reached
this city fro Washington, D. C., at
1.25 everybody but the porters and
Secret Service men were sleeping. No
prolonged stops will be made until the
train reaches Chicago to-night.
In his party are Mrs. Wilson, Secre
tary Tumulty, Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the
White House physician, and a corps of
Secret Service men and stenographers.
Mr. Wilson remained at worl: until
late last night replying to correspond
ence.
In spite of persistent attempts on
the part of Democratic leaders to have
the President deliver a number of rear
platform speeches on the way to
Omaha, he absolutely refused to make
any such plans.
The President took the position that
he will not make a stumping tour to
aid his campaign. He passed through
several states where he has been urged
to speak, but persisted in his de
termination not to make a political
"swing."
If the President's plans are carried
out, his Omaha speech, like those to
be delivered later in Indianapolis. Chi
cago, Cincinnati and New York will
not be partisan, although all undoubt
edly will deal with subjects of a po
litical character.
First Pennsylvania Infantry
Is Now Enroute to Phila.
El Paso, Texas, Oct. 4. The First
Pennsylvania Infantry left for Phila
delphia last night, being the first of
the Pennsylvania units to be ordered
home for demobilization. The Third
Pennsylvania infantry is expected to
! follow late to-day, and the Tenth will
> probably go Thursday.
It was announced that the first bat
talion of the First Massachusetts Ar
tillery, composed of Batteries A, B
I and C, would leave for home as soon
as they had finished artillery practice
lon the range. The Rhode Island Bat
| tory will also be sent home upon the
[completion of range firing.
Troop M, of the Rhode Island Cav
■ airy Squadron here, Troop A, of the
j first Massachusetts Cavalry Squadron.
, and probably two other troops will also
,be f=';nt home at once. No time has
get teen announced for the departure
I of the Pennsylvania engineers.
To Hear Wharton Teams'
Report Friday Evening
At a smoker to be given Friday even
ing In the rooms of the Wharton Study
Club, 213 Walnut street, reports will
be received from the captains of the
six teams of Wharton students who
are campaigning for freshmen for the
coming year of the University of Penn
sylvania Wharton extension.
Prizes will bo awarded to the high
man on each team by Secretary Wen
doll P. Raine, in charge of the Harris
burr extension.
The teams are working in the rail
road shops, mills, factories and stores
throughout the city interesting book-
Keepers, bank clerks, real estate and
insurance men and so on in the work
of the university's school of accounts
and finance.
Papers in Sale, Official
Dies, Voters in Quandary
Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 4. Thousands
of prospective voters may have diffi
culty in registering Saturday. Tax
Collector B. F. Hastings died suddenly
a few weeks ago. and his safe contains
the documents for the poll tax.
No person knows the combination
of the safe and an expert must be en
gaged to open it. No arrangements
have yet been made for accepting the
poll tax.
IXniTK MAKERS OF "OLD HEN"
Winchester, Va., Oct. 4. lndic
tments were returned yesterday by the
grand jury against Dorsey Racey, his
wife, Kate Vance Fishel and Martha
E. Racey, all charged with the manu
facture and sale of an intoxicating
compound, commonly known among
"moonshiners" as "old hen." It is
said to bo the last word in causing
hair raising and fighting screes
Racey is ill of typhoid fever and Is
being nursed by his wife, so they will
not be arrested for some time.
TICKETS GOING
OUT FOR SERIES
Applications For All of 27,000
Bcserved Scats at Boston
Bcceived
Boston, Oct. 4. Distribution of
reserved seat tickets for the world's
series baseball games in this city be
tween the Brooklyn Nationals and the
Boston Americans which will open on
Saturday, began to-day. Each of the
27,000 seats available for reservation
was covered by applications, officials
of the local club said.
Almost immediately after the re
ceipts by mail this morning of the
notice of allotments, successful appli-
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Two Paxtang Homes Are
Entered by Burglars
Thieves early to-day entered the
homes of Edgar F. Martin and Jacob
A. Rose, Pdxtang, and stole provisions,
clothing and a small amount of money.
Entrance was gained by removing
screens from windows on the first
floor. Attempts to enter several other
places were reported.
This is the second time within a
month that robbers have Invaded Pax
tang, but no arrests have been made
as the town has no police protection.
A number of the residents have been
considering the appointment of a
watchman and the organization of a
vigilance committee, but no definite
action has been taken.
Shackleton to Go on New
Expedition to Rescue Ten
More Members of Party
Santiago, Chile, Oct. 4. Lieuten
ant Sir Ernest Shackleton has aband
oned the idea of sailing for England
this week from Buenos Aires, and in
stead will proceed to Australia to
command an expedition to rescue ten
members of the Shackleton party who
were left with scanty provisions on
the west side of the South Polar con
tinent.
These men were on land when their
ship, the Aurora, was caught In the
ice and carried away. They were
awaiting the arrival of Lieutenant
Shackleton, who disembarked on the
east side of the continent, but was
compelled to return to his starting
point.
Two Investigations Under
Way to Determine Wreck
Cause; 2 Dead, 60 Hurt
Cleveland, 0., Oct. 4. The death
list in last night's bridge tragedy in
which two street cars plunged thirty
feet from the West Third street
viaduct to the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad tracks remained at two to
day, but of the sixty injured it was
expected one or two would die.
Two investigations were under way
Into the disaster to-day, one in charge
of city officials to learn whether the
bridge had been unsafe and who was
responsible for its use In such case,
and the other by the Cleveland Rail
way Company with a view to deter
mining whether the city rather than
the traction company could be saddled
with the damage suits which will
grow out of the accident.
Hog Drags Chain Tied to
Boy's Neck; Lad Near Death
Altoona, Pa.. Oct. 4. Robert Mln
tel, 9, narrowly escaped being
strangled to death on the John Ross
farm, near Williamsburg, yesterday.
He looped a dog chain around his neck
just as a 300-pound hog ran through
the gate into the yard where he was
playing.
The hog became entangled In the
other end of the chain, and Mintel
was dragged around until he was near
ly dead. Farmhands released him.
THINK YOU'RE BUSY? READ THIS
Milton, Del., Oct. 4. Declaring li®
needed a rest, the Hev. Charles A
Behrinsrer, of Milton, has gone to
Crosswicks, N. J., where ho will be
come rector of Grace Episcopal
Church and of Trinity Church, at Al
lentown. In addition to being rector
of St. John's Church here, he was a
mlssioner for St. George's Chapel and
Trinity Chapel, in Indian liiver hun
dred, conducted a poultry farm, was
editor and owner of a weekly paper
and also found time to lecture.
PRY INTO AGED
HARRIS WILL FOR
I COURTHOUSE DATA
County Commissioners to Re
ceive Report on Inquiry at
Friday's Meeting
CONFER ON PROBLEM
Recent Law Permits Erection
of Joint Building if Grant
Permits It
Old deeds and grants, musty and
yellow with the passage of the
and perhaps the equally ancient and
lcce.iiliy revamped will of John Har
ris who laid cut Harrtsburg, will be
examined by County Solicitor Phil S.
Mover vithin the next few days so
that he can s-übmit a report to "he
county commissioners as to what
steps cen bi taken officially towari
the erection of a new courthouse i>nd
municipal building for Dauphin
county.
At to-day':' meeting of the county
commissioners County Solicitor Moyer
took up the problem and placed be
fore them what facts are already of
record as to the county and city's
ftatus on the subject.
Several jears ago Mr. Moyer said
the county commissioners asked for
mer Countv Solicitor Middleton to
look into the matter and at that time
the county attorney reported that no
action could be taken because of a
hitch in the Harris grant of the court
house sile as well as from a legal
standpoint.
Since then however, an act has been
placed on the statute books, which
in Mr. Moyer's opinion, will permit
the county and city to join in the
courthouse movement provided no
flaw in the project is presented by the
terms of the Harris grant.
In County Commissioner Wells'
opinion the present site was deeded
by Harris for county and municipal
buildings and just what bearing this
might have sliculd the two combine
'o erect a rcw building, is a matter
that has been raised by the action of
the September quarter sessions grand
jury in lecom.nending the erection of
another courthouse. The last recom
mendation was the third consecutive
suggestion of its kind to be presented
to the court and this permits definite
action by the authorities.
Mr. Moyer said he will look up the
old papers in the matter to-morrow
in order that he may have something
to report on tile problem at Friday's
meeting of the commissioners.
III Wil*|fr wftyw—rftywWo/jfcWM^J?
SEEK CiiT-CK TOKGI.k 3
The police department has been asked to find a check I
former who disappeared very suddenly yesterday after get- JL
ting rid of two bad checks and collecting SSO in cash. The |
name of Walter Keiner, one ot the proprietors of the Hotel
was forged to the checks. The alleged forger stopped j
at the hotel and stole a number of blank hotel checks from ¥
the back of a checkbook, lie passed one on the Wltte.v '
rr.yer Lumber Company, and another on an uptown store. ,' n
HUCKSTERS HELD FOR ■ ■
1 Harrisburg.—Two hucksters, charged with giving short
i measure, were held under $ ooft i
| by A i ,:-,irn DcShon ( <.
j . CONSIDERING BORDER PATROL ,
Y Atlantic City, N, J., Oct. 4. —Further consideration by ;
I the Mexican-American joii en to-day )L
9 to the plan of border control proposed by the Mexican mem- ' ,
I hers. It was regarded as probable General Taskcr H. j
i Bliss, assistant chief of staff of the United States army." J
WO" '• H ■ ■ •''••ore :h \r, ■, . amission in an advice
ory capacity. . 1
GENERAL TERAUCHI TO HEAD JAP CABINET \
Tokio, Oct. 4.—The emperor has requested Lieutenant ;
General Count Seiki Terauchi, former minister of war andfl J
also formerly rtsident general in Korea, to organize a cabv- I i
. net, in succession to the nunistry of Marquis Okuma. I i
- CLAIM LEOPOLD DEFEATED RUSSIANS j j
T Berlin, Oct. 4, via London. The Russians continued 1
f yesterday their heavy assault;, in the AustroGerman lines, | i
T To-day's official announcement reports the defeat of th i I
I Russians by the troops of Prince Leopold. J ,
t HOLSTEIN VICE-PRESIDENT STATE FIREMEN ' j
J Scranton, Pa., Oct. 4.—The Pennsylvania State Fire
m men to-day elected officers as follows: President, Eugene' '
I C. Bonniwell, Philadelphia; vice-presidents, H. O. Hols
-1 tein, of Harrisburg; Daniel Harris, of Catasauqua; W, J.I f
J Cronin, of Erie, and P. J. Rosar, of Scranton; financial sec
i retary, Irwin A. Hahne, of Philadelphia; recording becrr- * J
T tary-treasurer, O. T. Weaber, Allentown; chaplain, Re<\
Samuel H. Stein, oi York- , >
] MARRIAGE LICENSES , >
Crruii I.out!, l.ykciiH, and I.ottle K. Hunter, Wlconlaco.
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14 PAGES CITY EDITION
6,155 TREES IN
UPPER HALF OF
CITY BY CENSUS
Forester Gipple Completes
Count North of Market
Street
MORE MONEY NECESSARY
Need of Commission to Co
operate With Official
Revived
Demand for a shade tree commis
sion to co-operate with the City
Forester in protecting Harrisburg'3
trees, has been revived by the returns
of the first tree census completed be
tween Market and Division streets, the
river and the Pennsylvania Railroad,
In this district City Forester O. Ben
Gipple has counted jut 6,155 trees,
including Norway and silver maples,
Carolina poplar, oriental plane, Am
erican elms, red and pin oak, horse
chestnut, sycamore maple, glnko,
catalpa, white ash, white poplar,
birch, locust, sugar maple, box elder
and American and European linden.
And, except in the outlying districts
which have been plotted by the City
Planning Commission with a view to
proper grass-plot spacing for care of
shade trees, this feature of Harris
burg's natural municipal asset, sadly
(Continued on l'agc Three)
Aero Mail Service Between
Chicago and New York IsPlan
Washington. D. C.. Oct. 4.—ln less
than half the time of the fastest trains
the New York Times expects to deliver
mail from Chicago to New York. Au
thorization of an experimental service,
from October 7 to November 1. has
been granted by the Postofflce De
partment through the second assistant
postmaster general, Otto Praeger.
Victor Carlstrom, the aviator en
gaged for the experiment, expects to
leave Chicago at 6 In the morning and
arrive in New York at 4 in the after
noon, making the flight of nearly
1,000 miles in nine hours. The fastest
(rain time is about twenty hours. The
aeroplane is to carry a pouch of "reg
ular mail."
"Just as soon as aeroplane njanu
facturers turn their attention from war
to peaceful pursuits we will be ready
to discuss contracts with them," Mr.
Praeger announced.