ouncii Passes Emergency Measures to Prevent further Spread of Typhoid Fever Epidemic
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HARRISBURG SfiSsgk TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— Xo. 239
COUNCIL PASSES
DRASTIC MEASURE
TO STOP TYPHOID
Commissioners in Extraordin
ary Session Enact New-
Regulations
CAN STOP SALES AT ONCE
Fifteen New Cases Reported
Today, Running October
Total to 156
4 I
"ity Council in extraordinary scs-'
sion this afternoon adopted drastic
emergency health regulations to pre
vent the sale of contaminated ice
cream, milk, or cream within the;
limits of Harrisburg.
The measure was adopted at the ;
suggestion of the Bureau of Health |
to help combat the typhoid fever epi
demic which is raging throughout the
city and county.
The rule as adopted this afternoon i
provides:
That no ice cream, milk, crram
or oUier product manufactured
therefrom, which contains colon
ltaciUi. or more than 500,000 bac
teria per cubic centimeter, may be
sold within the city limits.
That manufacturers, dairymen
or venders shall wafo instantly
to frunir.lt patrons with their pro
ducts, up"n th™ order of Ue health
oflu-er.
That a fine of SIOO he imposed
for each and every violation of
these regulations and that failure
to pay tine and costs subjects the
offender to thirty days' imprison
ment in the l>auphin county jail.
Council in S|Ktial Session
Council was called to meet at 2.50
o'clock when City Commissioner Har
ry F. Bowman. Superintendent of
Public Safety of which the Bureau of j
Health is a part, offered the regula- j
tion.
The emergency regulation was adopt -'
ed in special session of the Bureau of
Health last evening and was adopted
without charge by the councilmen.
Other regulations concerning the;
health and safety of the city will be j
adopted in the near future it is under-1
stood.
l*p until early this afternoon little
change was indicated in the typhoid
situation insofar as the reports of new
cases is concerned. Fifteen ctses
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Brother Denies Stories
of Girl's Suicide; Knows
of No Reason For Act
Regarding stories published of tn>.-
suicide of Miss Ruth I* Garrett, of ;n
Hamilton street, yesterday. Harrv
Garrett to-day said:
•There is no truth in the report as
given out in several quarters vsterda> ,
that my sister was twice engaged and
that her death was due to an over
wrougnt condition as a result. We have
been familiar with our sister's life from
her babyhood. She has had no secrets
from us. We regret very much that
any such rumors should have be<-n •••>-
culated We know of no reason why
she should have desired to die. sn*-
had always led an exemplary. Christian
life. As to her brother, i red. Garrett,
he never told anybody the things at
tributed to him."
High Winds Blow Over
Middletown Standpipe
Middletowr. Pa., Oct 14. Hieh
winds tore off fifty feet of the borough
standpipe early this morning. The
broken portions of pipe fell onto the
roof of the home of Mrs. Eva Keener,
crrsjtlng it, and then rolled into the
mill race. No one was injured.
The rush of water awakened Mrs.
Keener and her uncle, Joseph Steh
man. Electric wires were also torn
loose and caused a fire alarm. The
pipe was originally HO feet in height.
It has stood for many years.
>1 \RCH 86 MILES IN 13 I>AYS
El Paso. Texas. Oct. 14. —Soaked by
heavy rains. 15,000 National Guard
troops of the Tenth Provisional Di
vision marched into the city yesterday
after a "hike'" of eighty-six miles,
which required thirteen days. General
Charles G. Morton, commanding the
division, reviewed the troops. The
practice march was to Crucez,
N. M. The Fifth Massachusetts Regi
ment left here yesterday for home.
The Ninth Massachusetts Infantry will
follow.
THEWEATHER.
For Harri.burg and virlnltyi Fair
to-night ami probably Sunday;
warmer Sunday.
For Kantern l*rnnylvania: Fair
to-Blght and protnbly Sumla) ;
warmer Sunday) moderate khlft
lag wind*, becoming outbrrly.
River
The Saaqnebanna river and Ha
tributaries will remain nearly
Btationary. A mage of about :t.
feet la Indicated for llarriaburg
Ma aday moraine.
General C onditions
1 he storm that was central over the
northern part of the Ijike Keglon.
I-'rldaj morning, has moved rap-
Idly eastward with increasing rn
erg?, and Is now central over the
4 anadian maratlme prov laces. Tt
caused rain in the last twenty
four hours generally from the
I-ake Region anil I pper Ohio
' alley eaatwnrd to the \tlantie
const. The high pressure area
from the Hoes) Mountains has
averspread the greater part of
tfce eastern half off the country,
with ita center over the Ohio
galley. A new disturbance from
\%ratern t'anada is mating south
eastward apparently with in
creasing strength, and Is now
eentral over Manitoba, luteal raias
have eaatlaued in the Southwest.
There has been a general fall of 2
to 30 degrees In temperature over
nearly all the eastern half of the
country.
Temperature: S a. si., 4|,
Sua: Rises, 11:14 a. m.; sets, ,%.28
p. m.
Moon: l.ast quarter. October la,
NHiit p. m.
River Stage: 3.4 feet above low
water mark.
1 eaterday'a Weather
Highest temperature, 33.
<weat temperature. K.
Mean temperature, K3.
.Normal temperature,
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SEE THINGS LIKE THIS. J®s TOuW LUCK.
ARCHITECTS ARE
KEEN TO PLAN NEW
$1,000,000 HOTEL
Guarantees Offered For Lease;
List of Those Who Have
Subscribed For Stock
Architects from all over the country,
one of them so confident in the busi
ness possibilites of the project that he
offers to take all his commissions in
stock, are competing for the privilege
of designing Harrisburg's new million
dollar hotel. Harrisburg architects
are also seeking the work and have
given much study to the problem.
One hotel concern, with hostelries in
many of the large cities, has offered
to lease the new hotel, guaranteeing a
six per cent, return on the building
investment, and another has offered
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SUBMARINE WAS ~
PURSUING SHIP
Bovic Passengers Sighted
U-Boat While It Was
Chasing Dane
New York. Oct 14. When the
White Star freighter Bovic sighted a
eastward bound submarine in the
Atlantic yesterday morning, she was
apparently in pursuit of a Danish
passenger ship, the llellig Olav, ac
cording to observers on the de-'k of the
Bovic which arrived here to-day.
The nationality of the submarine
wits not identified. The Bovic, in fear
of attack because of being a freight
ship, put on full speed and headed di
rectly west. At the time she passed
out of the sight of the other two ves
sels the Danish boat still seemed to be
endeavoring to escape from the sub
marine. The weather was clear and
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Wilson Addressing Pa.
Delegation at Shadow Lawn
lx>ng Branch. N. J.. Oct. 14. Pres- .
j ident Wilson planned to discuss politi-•
, 'al conditions in this section, particu
| larly in Pennsylvania, in a speech toj
|be delivered late this afternoon be- j
fore a delegation coming here to-day
from Pennsylvania.
The visiting delegation will come on
. eight special trains accompanied by
1 seven bands. A. Mitchell Palmer. Na
tional ('ommitteeman from Pennsyl
| vania. who arrived here last night.
said four thousand persons from his ;
j State would be here.
AMI.HICAN FLYER WOINDED
Paris. Oct. 1 4.—Norman Prince, of
[ Boston, sergeant-major in the Franco-
American aviation corns, who was
I decorated for distinguished services
last week, has been wounded. Both
Prince's legs are broken, but his con
ditton is reported satisfactory.
i Norman Prince Is a Harvard grad
uate who gave up a law practice in
i Chicago to volunteer for service with
I the Allies. He was decorated in Oc
tober, 1915. for destroying a German
war plane. Ills machine was shot
down In an aerial battle over Verdun
! last June, but he escaped without ,
injury, and was reported recently to,
have brought down two German aero- i
i DUIW in
HARRISBURG, PA.. SATURDAY EVEXIXG, OCTOBEk 14. 1916.
PROTEST BUILDING!
OF BIG RAILWAY
BY AMERICANS!
Japan and Russia Enter Objec
tions Against Concessions For
Roads in China
Peking. Oct. 14. Japan and Rus
sia entered protests to-day against
concessions for railway and canal
construction in China which have
been granted to Americans.
Prince Nicholas Koudaeheff, the
Russian minister to China, lodged a
protest at the Chinese Foreign Office
against the proposed American rail
road from Feng-Cheng. Shansi pro
vince. to 1-anchow-Fu, in Kansu
province, alleging that the Chinese
minister in Petrograd promised verb
ally 18 years ago that Russia should
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COMMEND HUGHES
LUSITANIA TALK
Gets Many Messages Congratu
lating Him on Stand; in
Nebraska Today
Kalis City. Neb., Oct. 14. Charles
E. Hughes to-day made his first ap
pearance In Nebraska as a Presidential
candidate. He expects to spend three
days in the State, to-day and Monday
campaigning and to-morrow resting
at Lincoln.
Mr. Hughes" program called for live
speeches to-day, the first here in the
forenoon. The nominee spent only
half an hour here. His next stop is at
Beatrice, where he will remain an
hour. A half-hour stop at Fairbury,
a fifteen-minute talk at York at 6
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Masonic Home Hospital
Presented to Grand Lodge
Elizabethtown. Oct. 14. lnteres
ting and impressive exercises were
held to-day in connection with the
presentation of the Philadelphia Free
Masons' hospital building to the
Orand Lodge. The hospital is locat
ed 1100 feet west of Grand Lodge
Hall.
The presentation ceremonies took
place at high noon to-day. Past
Grand Muster J. H?nry Williams, of
Philadelphia, Judge of the Superior
Court, made the presentation speech.
The building was accepted by Grand
Master Louis A. Watres. Addresses
were made by other prominent
Masons.
The Philadelphia party numbering
264 arrived here on a special train
at 11.10 this morning and returned
at 4.10 this afternoon. The commit
tee in charge of presentation arrange
ments consisted of three members
from each lodge In Philadelphia, and
represent 25,000 people. Past Grand
Master Williams in chairman.
PHII.A. NEWSPAPERS GO fP
Newsdealers of the city who have
been selling Philadelphia Sunday
newspapers have been notified that be
ginning to-morrow the price will be
six cents. This does not affect New-
York papers, but !t Is rumored the
prices of these may also go up. High
cost of white paper is the causa.
CITY IS ONE OF
NATION LEADERS j
FOR NEW HOUSES
American Contractor Ranks '
Harrisburg Second Among 111
Cities in September
Harrisburg ranked second among
113 of the leading municipalities of! 1
! the United States in percentage of in- I,
crease in building operations for Sep
tember as compared to the same
; month of 1915. according to official
report fo.- the past month just re- !
■ celved by the city bureau of building
| inspection from the American Con
\ tractor.
I The leader was Iloboken, N. J.,
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LOOK AT SLOPES
AS YOU WALK
Suggested That River Park
Strollers Glanfe at Gulleys
and Rubbish
To-morrow Is likely to be another de
lightful October day and thousands of
people will walk along the River Front.
... as b " en that interested
citizens, who enjoy this exceptional
promenade, might for the occasion
constitute themselves a general coinnm
tee of inspection to determine the great
need of placing the slope between the
upper and lower walks in permanent
and attractive shape.
Gullets will be seen at close Inter
vals along the entire front, great stones
scattered along the granolithic walk in
viting mischievous boys to destrov the
concrete steps, rubbish from the floods
or last Spring covering the granolithic
walk, water running over the walk im
mediately north of the pumping station,
and other evidences of neglect and In
difference.
City Commissioner Bowman has given
a . 'in l * illustration of how the slope
should be treated in the riprapping of
the slope immediately south of the plaza
wall at the pumping station. He has
also constructed at this point a walk
along the slope that is convenient and
substantial. Most people are wondering
why it should be so difficult to put the
entire terrace in permanent shape by
riprapping and heavy planting of
shrubbery.
So the >ingestion that to-morrow the
people who will walk along the lower
and upper walks should be the eves of
the community and let the Department
of Parks know how they feel about it.
tDVOCATKK NKWHPAPKH ADS
\Vcrners*il!e. Pa., Oct. 14.—Giving
newspapers real news about hooks was
offered as the remedy for public in
difference as to libraries bv Henry F.
Marx, of Fnston. in an Address at the
Keystone State Librarians' convention
at Wernersville yesterday. "News
pppers are your best friends, but don't
ad\< rtiie unless you put real punch In
your ads," he said.
STEEL OX Vl' GRADE
Pittsburgh. Pa.. Oct. 14. Sharp
advances In the pig iron market here
are taken to indicate that when
Superior iron ore prices are announced
for 1917 they, too. will show Increases.
These things, steel authorities declare,
prosage still higher prices for finished
steel products after the turn of the
year. Sales of Bessemer pig iron were;
announced to-ilay nt *24 a ton, or {1
a ton over prices which prevailed ear
lier in the week. Four weeks ago
Bessemer pig was selling at s2l a|
luu. J
MARKET SQUARE
j SUNDAY SCHOOL
100 YEARS OLD
Two-Dav Celebration of Cen-i
tennial Planned; Former
Pastors to Speak
One of the most interesting Sun
day school anniversaries in the State
will begin to-morrow morning when
the Market Square Presbyterian
school will open its centennial cele
bration.
This will commemorate the'organ
izution of the tirst school in this city,
, and also one of the first of its kind
in the country. One hundred years
ago at the home of Mrs. John Wright,
13 South Third street, the first meet
ing was held, and the school was nun
sectarian. Only a short .time before,
j according to accurate Sunday school
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EMERGENCY STILL
EXISTS ON BORDER
President in Letter Declares
Withdrawal Would Be Fol
lowed by Aggressions
N - Y - ° ct - H.—Presi
dent Wilson in a letter to Governor
j > hitman. of New York, sent October 9
and made public here to-dav, declared
that the emergency which caused the
sending of the militia to the Mexican
i border "unhappily still exists." He j
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German Potato Crop Fails,
Forbid Sales For Seeding
Amsterdam, Oct. 14. President'
Von Batocki, of the food regulation j
board, admitted in the reichstag that :
the potato harvest in Germany had
been disappointing, according to the
Kolnische Volks-Zeltung. stilting that j
the shortage was due to a lack of seed 1
potatoes left over from last year.
U. S. Experts Urge Use
of Potatoes in Bread
Washington, Oct. 14. More gen
eral use of potatoes in making bread !
Is recommended by the baking spe- I
cialists of the department of agri
culture. Bread containing boiled and'
mashed potatoes was found during
experiments just concluded to he just
as nutritious as ordinary bread and
to have the quality of remaining fresh
longer.
MOTORCYCLIST HURT
I Riding on the rear of a motorcycle, !
James Brown, of Rockville. sustained 1
fractures of the left arm and leg, when >
, the machine crashed into an automo-!
! bile at Front and Macla.v streets this
| morning. County Commissioner!
Harry C. Wells, who was passing in
another auto brought Brown to the
Harrishurg Hospital. His condition is
not serious.
HUM) WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH
Reading. Pa.. Oct. 14.—Blind and
helpless, Mrs. I-avlna Schaffer, 82 years
old, upset a lamp in her bedroom yes
terday and was burned to death before i
her daughter, Mrs. Howard ShtiltK, and I
~ndiiuiiLUtßr could rescue bar, j
EXTRY! EXTRY!
SLEEPY SLEUTHS
RECOVER "LOOT"
Stolen (ioods Sought Four Days!
Found Under Lock and Key
in Hospital Safe
MEAN, LOW-DOWN TRICK
"Defective" Bureau's 0o t
Trouble Enough "Yuh-
I'ndersland Me"
This here bein' a detective's some
thin' tierce. —yuh understand me!
Some guilty cuss went and played
| a mean, low-down trick on the "De
fective" Bureau. Whatdayuhtlilnkof
thut! Ami with all the goshdurned
trouhle thiit them there robbers are
causing "Wily Will" Windsor, better
i known mayhap as "Yuh-l'nder-Sland-
ME-Windsor, Superintendent of
I Sleepy Sleuths!
! With 113 robberies to worry him—
I yuh-understand-MK—Mr. Guilty Cuss
I grave Wily Will's Sleepy Sleuths four
days of chasing around to solve what
looked like the 114 th game lost in the
■ local burglary championship.
And then, blamed it' the "loot"
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Wed on Friday, the 13th,
Pair Do Not Fear Hoodoo
! Chester. Pa.. Oct. 14.—"Friday, the
j 13th. had no terrors for Miss Kdith
j I'. Gulden and Merman J. Brown, of
;>his city. They went to Baltimore and
j were married Friday, October 13.
' .They became acquainted with each
i other just thirteen months ago. The
; meeting took place on the 13th of the
month, thirteen weeks ago on July 13,
\ Brown asked Miss Gulden's hand in
; marriage. The couple left for Balti
more last night on the 11:47 train, or
i Just 13 minutes to .12 o'clock.
MAX RNnS lira IN HOSPITAL
I Johnstown. Pa., Oct. 14.—Joseph
Jtihasz, whose back was broken by a
! fall of coal in the mine of the Cambria
j Steel Company in 1901 and who had
been a patient In the Cambria Hospital
(since that time, committed suicide in
the hospital by slashing his throat with
a razor.
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STATE ORDERS CITY DI 1 " ' j
Harrisburp—Council this afternoon referred to the City >
i ' k
Do
pr.
• - n • - • ' 'n• • ; '
erei p< >rs by noon Monday, Octobei ' 5 Thi
i ervation from Commissioner W. H. Lynch 1 i
that the "State finds in baa •• > . w ■ '■■> hi ••;••• it ■ '
I upon some one ele 5
31 r * :• had Nea -kro ■>. ;.:n- V
j nof time to prepare its plans but the i[
i
i lets but into the interceptorr.. Mr. Lyn< j |
above the city the raw sewage goes in,t< j
ner Dixon's order was based on the typhoid situsl (
■er The new regulations passed ! un
' l [
■ uraday mommg. Council also decided t< I J
•■!" and to employ a volunteei tv
• needy homes for instruction purposed. 1 i
>
I KING FERDINAND TO TAKE COMMAND I j
Bucharest, Oct., 14. By Wireless —King
, Rumania, it was announced to-day will pci , t
• I
C■■ Russian : < . •-: • ■■ \ n ; nivc ;
Rumania. A mission of French officers which v I [
elude General Berthelot, a .well-known .-..ditary strategist, '<
>h< • to Bucharest , |
DISCUSS SCHOOL LOAN CAMPAIGN
h school loan in Novembei wer
• '.'in . ' *
; •• tte< of rrtrtnber* of the Charr.bc; of Commet ce, Muni- !
i al League and Rotary Club. The committee de< ' *
r.o ' steps however, but adjourned to take up the
MARRIAGE LICENSES ~
I iieurKf Kokrr Stfln, I'almerton, ao<l Quecnle \ Ivlan Coble, Lykena,
IIUMKnIIm Mots and I Inrrnrr 1 trenn, c|l}, |
ft Franela Herbrrt liobrrtMon, I'lttMlturiib. and !H yrm Lea Porter, cltj.
I Jcibn Kluiih tlendrleka and Kdna Irene llow, elt*.
1 Martin Serneank and Siaude Mae Shcpley, l'onrll*H Valley. g
CITY EDITION
18 PAGES
GERMANS RENEW
FURIOUS STRUGGLE
ON SOMME RIVER
! Counterattack Violently, but
Fail to Make Gains Against
the French
ALLIES ARE ADVANCING
Fake Points on Malassisc
Ridge; Bulgarians Mass Along
Macedonia Railroad
t The struggle in the Somme region
i of Northern France renewed violently
i. with the heavy Anglo-French attack
jof Thursday which Berlin declares
j achieved virtually no success, is be-
I | ins kept up by the Germans tliem
, ■ selves. Last night tljcy counter at
■ j tacked strongly the French line south
;j of the Somme, reoccupylng part of
| Ablaincourt and neighboring trenches.
. | Paris, asserts, however, that u French
; | attack which Immediately followed
• resulted in the recapture of all the
t ground.
; I Bulgarians Massing
j There has also been further fighting
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LI.AVKS $250 IX \VII,I,
FOR "MF.MORY BANQUET"
New York. Oct. 14.—Philip Gold
! man. a cap manufacturer, who died
recently, left a will expressing his ob
jection to any display of mourning by
i his friends and relatives and directing
thai "all signs and symbols of mourn
j ing be dispensed with."
The testator said: "I desire that
j $2 50 be expended in some fitting occa
sion end at some time after my burial
! for which shall be gathered my rela
tives and friends, such as a dinner or
1 banquet, and my wish is that they
j should spend a cheerful evening in
j their recollection of me, as I do not
| regard mourning as desirable or sen
: sible."
X. V. JOI KNAI, PIUCE KAlSttn
New York. Oct. 14. The price of the
i New York Evening Journal in Philadel
| pliia. Baltimore. Washington and in
' other cities outside the metropolitan
'one will be two cents a copy beginning
! next Monday. This fact became known
' yesterday when newsdealers in Phlla
-1 delphia and other places received notice
of the increase In price. The livening
.Journal has been selling at one cent a
I copy in the places named.