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BISHOP M'DEVITT
TAKES CHARGE OF
DIOCESE OF H'B'G
x% T e\v Head of Church Given
Warm Welcome at St.
Patrick's Cathedral
rTvX) PRIESTS AT BANQUET
Father Thompson, of Stcclton,
and D. E. Tracy Speak For
Clergy and Laity
The Rt. Rev. Philip R. McDevitt, re
cently consecrated bishop of the Har
risburg Diocese of the Roman Catholic
Church, to-day formally took charge
of his duties as head of the church.
The bishop was given a warm wel
come to Harrisburg by both clergy and
laity. Brief services were held at
St. Patrick's Cathedral, State street
near Second, the Rt. Rev. Mgr. M. M.
Hassett, rector, officiating.
Father J. C. Thompson, of Steelton,
welcomed the bishop on behalf of the
clergy and D. E. T racy spoke on behalf
of the laity. Father T. B. Johnson,
assistant rector at the cathedral, read
ths papal bull appointing Bishop
JffcDevitt.
This afternoon at a clerical banquet ]
and reception given in Cathedral Hall, j
N'orth street, Mgr. Hassett, who has
been administrator of the diocese since I
the death of Bishop J. W. Shanahan, i
formally turned over the business pa
pers of the church to Bishop McDevttt.
Bishop McDevitt came to Harrisburg
from Philadelphia on a special train,
arriving at 11.30. He was accom- j
panied by Bishop McCort, of Philadel- |
phia. Bishop Jones, of Porto Rico, a!
special committee representing the |
diocese, consisting of the Rev. A. F.
Koul, the Rev. A. S. Christ, the Rev. 1
James A. Huber, the Rev. J. C. Thomp
son. the Rev. James McGrath and the
Rev. T. F. Daugherty, and sixty-seven
priests from Philadelphia.
The bishop and party were met at j
the Pennsylvania Railroad station by a j
committee consisting of Mgr. M. M. '
Hassett, the Rev. A. J. McCann, the j
Rev. T. J. Grotty, the Rev. F. C. Noll,
the Rev. A. Meuwese, the Rev. J. F. I
O'Donnell and the Rev. W. F. Boyle. !
Automobiles were in waiting and the
distinguished party was conveyed to
the rectory, 212 State street.
Knights Form Court of Honor
In waiting at the rectory were mem- 1
bers of the Fourth Degree, Knights of j
Columbus, including R. J. Seitz. faith- '
ful navigator. A court of honor was
formed, through which the bishop and
party passed. After the members of !
the clergy arrayed themselves in their
vestments the line of procession was
formed.
At noon, escorted by the Knights of
Columbus, the clergy proceeded to the '
cathedral, where services were held.'
Bishop McDevitt had as his especial !
escort the Fourth Degree Knights of |
Columbus. Members of the Knights
of Columbus with presented swords i
again formed a court of honor at the j
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WeU-Known Manheim Cigar j
Manufacturer Kills Himself
Manheim, Pa.. Oct. 16.—Christian
G. Singley, a cigar manufacturer, ■
aged 55 years, committed suicide at
his home here at 6:30 this morning
by hanging himself. He tied a rope
to a rafter and stepped off a wheel
barrow. Singley is said to have been
drinking heavily for several weeks.
On April 17 last. John C. Singley. J
a son, shot his wife twice, seriously \
wounding her. and then shot and kill- 1
ed himself at Utitz. Young Singley's
wife refused to live with him and
this caused the tragedy. His wife has,
recovered from her injuries. Christian !
Singley is survived by one daughter, j
l>ena. at home. His wife died three
years ago.
Child Killed and 4 Hurt
as Blowout Upsets Auto
Lewistown, Pa.. Oct. 16.—Caroline
Kline. S years old, was instantlv killed;
Ella Kline, 13 years old, is at the local
hospital with a fractured skill, and !
"William Kiine. Jr., and Mr. and Mrs.
George Kngle were taken to the Sha- I
mokir. Hospital cut and bruised about 1
the head and probably internallv in-1
jured as the result of an automobile!
accident at Vandyke yesterday.
The car turned turtle, crushing all !
beneath it.
I
THE WEATHER
For Harrisburg and vicinity: Rain
to-night | Tursiiav generally fairs
not much change In temperature.
For Eastern Penns ylvanla: Rain
to-nlffhti Tufßday partly cloudy
In southern, rain In northern por
tions moderate south to Mouthwcst 1
winds.
River
The Susquehanna river and Its
tributaries will probably remain
about stationary. A stage of 3.4
feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg
1 uesday morning.
General Conditions
Pressure has decreased over prac
tically all the country east of the
Rocky Mountains since Saturday
morning and a disturbance of i
considerable energy U central
this morning over Northern Min
nesota. A new high pressure area
has moved In from the Pacific
ocean over the Faclflc slope.
Showers have fallen generally In
last twenty-four hours In the I
Mississippi. Ohio and Susque-
Vlmn * ,n Tennessee
and the Middle Atlantic States
and the southwestern part of
North Carolina} also In Oklahoma.
f olorado, the Interior of Texan
and In some of the Canadian
province..
Temperaturei 8 a. m.. Jit.
SUB I Rim, Bilfl p. m. ( rt, R,15 '
p. m.
Moon i I*aat quarter, October 8, B:<m
p. m.
River stavei 3.4 feet nbove lovr
rrater mark.
Ycnterday'n Weather
Hlsheat temperature, (ro.
I.onrat temperature. 37.
Mean temperature, 4S.
.Normal temperature, SO.
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MEN PROMINENT IN INSTALLATION
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I BjF'
C. OF C. TO HELP
HEALTH BOARD IN
TYPHOID CRISIS!
Eight New Cases; Charge Her
shey Creamery With Viola
tion of Orders
J. William Bowman, president of
the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
was authorized this morning by the
executive committee of that organiza
tion to appoint a special committee to
co-operate with city officials in check
ing the typhoid fever epidemic.
President Bowman will decide on a
committee probably by to-morrow.
The co-operation of the 850 members
of the Chamber will be offered to the
city authorities.
Eight new cases of typhoid were
reported over the week-end in Har
risburg—the smallest number since
the outbreak of the epidemic in
August. So far 164 cases were re
ported this month. Several more
convalescent patients were removed
from the Harrisburg hospital to the
emergency hospital at Fourth and
State streets during the day.
Creamery Comixtiiy Bororo Alderman
City health authorities to-day ap
peared against the Hershey Creamery
company at the office of Alderman
George A. Hoverter. Charges of violat
ing city food regulations and shipping
ice cream from the plant after it was
ordered closed v>y city officials, were
brought against, the company. Alder
man Hoverter will give a decision in
the case to-morrow afternoon. City
Solicitor Daniel S. Seitz appeared as
prosecutor for the city health depart
ment, and officials in that department
were called as witnesses. The maxi
mum fine is SIOO for each offense.
Third Nurse Sent
An additional nurse was to-day de
tailed to assist in nursing typhoid
fever patients at Lemoyne by State
Commissioner of Health Dixon and
three State nurses are now engaged
in the West Shore borough. More
will be detailed to nurse in rural
Dauphin county and in Northern Lan
caster. la Harrisburg State inspectors
have been going through ice cream
plants and milk depots. To-day new
cases were reported from Schuylkill
and Perry counties attributable to
Harrisburg Ice cream. One man at
Newport ate ice cream at Heading
which had been made here and de
veloped the case after he returned to
his home. Eight new cases were re
ported here to-day and others In the
county. /
71 PLANES BROUGHT DOWN
Berlin, Oct. 16. (By Wireless)
Seventy-four hostile aeroplanes, of
which 21 were French and 53 were
British, were shot down by the Ger
mans during the month of September
according to an exact list compiled by
the German military authorities, says
an Overseas News Agency statement
to-day.
READY KOR I/OAN HEARING
Plans are complete for the meeting
of the Federal farm loan board in this
city to-morrow. The meetings will be
held in the Senate caucus room and
will be presided over by Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo. The hearing
in this city will be under the direc
tion of a committee representing the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce.
TESTING "BIA'E SKY" LAWS
Washington, D. C. ( Oct. 16. Oral
arguments were begun to-day in the
Supreme Court on cases testing con
stitutionality of the Ohio "blue sky"
law. Following will b heard cases
affecting similar laws of South Dti
kola and Michigan, all enacted with
the avowed object of protecting in
vestors from buying fraudulent se
curities
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1916
HUGHES ENDING
NEBRASKA TOUR
Will Address Big Meeting at
Omaha Tonight; Declares
Against War
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 16.—Charles E.
Hughes left Lincoln at 7.3 0 a. m. to
da.\ for his second day's campaign in
Nebraska. The nominee spent Sunday
quietly here, seeing no callers, and
appeared to be refreshed by the rest.
Mr. Hughes' program to-day called
for thirty-minute stops at Hastings
and Fremont, an hour at Grand Island
find fifteen minutes at Columbus. He
is due at Omaha at 5.45 p. m. and will
speak there to-night. To-morrow he
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Explosion Mystery May
Reveal Hidden Base For
Submarines on Maine Coast
Washington, D. C., Oct. 16. The
hurried sailing of the destroyer 11c-
Dougall yesterday from Bar Harbor,
Me,, was not ordered by the Navy De
partment but is believed by officials
to have been at the command of Rear
Admiral Gleaves, commander of the
destroyer flotilla, as a part of the sur
vey he is making of the New England
coast in search of submarine or wire
less bases.
Admiral Benson, acting secretary of
the navy, said to-day it was probable
I that the McDougall had been sent to
! East Machias. Me., to investigate pub
' lished reports of an explosion there
Saturday of a secret store of high cx
i plosives.
"Tin Sickness" From Too
i Much Preserved Food Lays
Many Low in Germany
London, Oct. 16. "According to
travelers from Germany," savs the
Exchange Telegraph's Amsterdam
correspondent, a remarkable disease
is spreading in many parts of Ger
many, especially in Berlin, Hamburg,
Munich and Cologne, caused by con
tinual feeding from preserved foods.
The sickness is described as 'tin sick
ness." It is considered a serious form
of bloodpoison."
Coal in New York at $7.75
Per Ton; May Go Higher
New York, Oct. 16.—A shortage of
coal is in prospect for this city, ac
cording to the dealers, who declare
their bins are being depleted, their
shipments delayed and that the out
look for immediate or eventual relief
is poor. The shortage applies to both
hard and soft coal.
Prices to New York householders
for stove and nut coal vary from $7
to $7.75. Dealers declare that with
seasonable weather the price will reach
$8 before Thanksgiving and that $9 is
not too high to expect at Christmas.
A cold winter will send prices higher.
PHILADELPHIA MILK UP
Philadelphia, Oct. 16. Two large
distributors raised the price of mlik
from 8 cents to 9 cents a quart In this
city to-day.
MILK UP TO 9 CENTS
Pittsburgh, Oct. 16. —Milk prices are
being advanced in many of the smaller 1
titles of Western Pennsylvania. East- !
ern Ohio and West Virginia, following ;
an Increase in prices by the farmers
who market their milk In Pittsburgh.
At New Castle, Pa., milk will be
9 cents instead of 8 cents beginning
November 1.
FALSE ADS TO
BRING ARRESTS
Commerce Chamber to Prose
cute Tradesmen Who Publish
False Statements
Tradesmen who publish false and \
misleading advertisements or practice '
frauds upon customers who patronize;
their establishments will be vigorously j
prosecuted by the Harrisburg Cham- j
ber of Commerce.
The executive committee of the
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
held a meeting this morning and de- ;
cided that, hereafter any unethiea; j
practices on the above character of;
Harrisburg merchants would be:
handled without gloves.
The number of traders who may be'
addicted to false advertising or frauds
is almost too small to be noticed, but
the Chamber of Commerce believes \
that the buying public, especially the j
laboring classes, are entitled to full
protection against anyone who takes
advantage of the high reputation of i
the vast majority of Harrisburg retail j
establishments and misleads their i
customers.
In the past the Chamber of Com
merce has taken a number of pro
tective measures against such gentry
by stopping illegal auctions, unworthy
special advertising schemes and warn
ing firms not to publish false adver
tising.
From this .time on, however, the
Chamber intends to permit the courts
to deal with traders who deceive their
customers.
Discover Method of Making
Bookpaper From Hemp Hurds
Washington, D. C„ Oct. 16.—Special
ists of the Department of Agriculture
are convinced that a satisfactory qual
ity of book paper can be made from
hornp hurds, the waste stalk fragment
produced in preparing hemp fiber for
the market.
j ACCISED OF ATTEMPT
TO POISON HIS SISTER
I Williamsport, Pa.. Oct. 16. Charg
i ing her brother. Donald Strobefgh. with
| whom she made her home, and his
| housekeeper. Ruth E. Kmmett. with
threats, assault and battery and ad
ministering powdered glass in' sugar
with intent to kill her. frfiura Strobeigh
secured their arrest. Thev were taken
before Alderman Kellenl.agii and gave
bail for a h^arlnsr.
HRIjLTG OIiAV SAFE
1 New York, Oct. 16. —in a wire
less message from the Danish steam
ship Hellig Olav reecived here to-dav
by agents of the Rcandinavian-Amer
| lean line Captain Hoist, master of the
ship Hellig Olav received here to-day
I been sighted during the vovnge so far
! His message dated 8 a. m. Sunday
rend: "Have not seen any submarine
Nothing to the story."
FUNK HEADS HUGHES LEAtiIJE
! J. Clarence Funk, attorney of this
city, is announced as chairman of the
Harrisburg branch of the Hughes Na
tional College I.eague. Mr. p'unk will
direct the work in this and adjoining
counties.
.SHOOTS WIPE AND HIMSELF
Lancaster, Pa.. Oct. IS. Harry G
Smith 23 years old, shot his wife Satur
day night and then attempted suicide
He was arrested, and his victim is dvinsr
in the General Hospital. The pair sepa
rated several weeks ago after a quarrel
and the wife returned to her home in
Smith came home Paturdav
night and she flouted his attempt at
a reconciliation. He waited for her near
her home and shot her as she alighted
from a trolley c- |
SUNDAY SCHOOL
STARTS UPON ITS
SECOND CENTURY
Pageant Showing Progress of
Work Will Be Held
Tonight
i Mnrket Square Presbyterian Sabbath
j School, the first Sunday school organ
| Ued in Harrisburg and one of the
; Pioneers in Central Pennsylvania, for
irnally entered upon its second century
01 usefulness to this community yes
l era ay at notable exercises conducted
by the men and women who have given
I years to its upbuilding and with the
Meeting of other ♦•onKrepations. This
j school, formed within a block of the
church which stands at the south end
I of Market Square as a monument to
i well niffh 125 years of vigorous re
ligious effort, has priven eipht ministers
to the church and been a leader in
ttliat Bible study which is the function
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Crisis Is Reached in
Bayonne Oil Strike
Bayonne, X. J., Oct. 16.—A crisis in
the strike of about 11,000 oil workers
was reached to-day when the Tide
water Oil Company opened its doors
and Invited the strikers to return to
work. A meeting of'the three thous
and skilled workers who claimed they
were forced to join the strike against
their desire was held this morning.
The men planned to march back to
the plant of the Standard Oil Com
pany in a body in the belief that tseir
action would break the strike. An
other meeting of those who have
taken a most active part in the strike
was held to decide whether It should
be declared off. City authorities sav
the violence which has resulted in the
killing of three persons and wound
ing of a large number is ended.
IRGE SMALLER PAPERS
Washington, Oct. 16. Reduction
in the size of a Sunday newspaper as
a means of conserving the newsprint
paper supply of the country and pos
sibly preventing the suspension of
smaller newspapers was recommended
in a letter sent to-day by the Federal
Trade Commission to all the publish
ers of large Sunday newspapers in
the United States.
COMMISSIONER AIXEV SPEAKS
W. D. B. Ainey, chairman of the
Public Service Commission, delivered
the address to-day at the luncheon of
the Harrisburg Rotary Club at the
Columbus Hotel. Ho dwelt upon the
relations of the commission to the
public and went at some length into
the principles upon which the utility
law 4s based and how it works out in
practice.
•JAMES EVANS WITHDRAWS
James Evans, Progressive candi
date for Legislature in the cltv, with
drew from the ticket to-dav. Mr
Evans is a well-known telegraph
operator. He got out of the race he
says, hecause he felt the futility of
running as a Progressive nominee'this
year.
HEAR MATTEIUIORX ARGIMEXT
Argument was heard to-day on the
ejectment proceedings Instituted bv
the State Capitol ParK Extension
Commission to evict Homer Matter
from his residence, the Matterhorn
and to obtain possession of the prop
erty. The owner, in opposing the ac-1
tion filed an affidavit of defense in
which he accused the city and State
officials with conspiring with the
Pennsylvania Railroad officials to ob-1
tain ground In the extension zone, j
CITY ASKS MORE
TIME TO SOLVE
SEWAGE PROBLEM
Harrisburg Requests State's Co
operation in Seeking Dis
posal Solution
MAY USE GERMICIDE
Interceptor Outfalls Properly
Working Says Lynch; Had
Requested Conference
Harrisburg to-day officially asked
the State Health Department for an
extension of time In which to submit
temporary plans for treating sewage
emptying into the Susquehanna river.
The amount of time desired was
not specified.
Co-operation of the State's en
gineering experts on the subject was
reouested.
The city's request was made by
Commissioner \V. H. Lynch, superin
tendent of streets and public improve
ments. to whom Council on Saturday
referred Dr. Samuel <. Dixon's pre
emptory order that Harrisburg Im
mediately submit plans for treating
its sewage in view of the possible
dangers to communities below the
municipality which obtain their wa
ter supplies from the river.
Whether or not the sewage will be
treated with some kind of a germi
cide In the silt basins before the flow
enters the interceptor will be decided
upon after the city confers with the
State Health Department's experts,
according to Commissioner Lynch.
Outlets Working Properly
Harrisburg's sewers drain Into the
city interceptors except in time of
heavy rains when the over-flow carries
it directly into the river. To erect
temporary disposal plants at the sewer
outlets as suggested by Dr. Dixon
would be impossible according to Mr.
Lynch and the only place that a dis
posal plant could be built would lie
at the mouth of the Interceptors. The
commissioner inspected the outlets to
day and declared that they are all
working properly.
The city has never built such a
plant as originally proposed for Rose
bud Island, below thf present dam,
because of lack of funds.
Furthermore Commissioner Lynch
pointed out to-day the city's request
of June 17. 1915, for a conference
with Dr. Dixon, and his engineers to
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DIES FROM MURDERER'S BULLET l
Middletowri, Pa., Oct 16. Mr - Met . Light, died last
i night, at 6 o'clock from wounds inflicted by Harry V. Hippie (
P Thursday night, in an attempt to murder her. She did n
regain consciousness. No arrangements for the funeral
. i
> have been made. 1
I IGNORED AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
L Hastings, Neb, Oct. 16. Charles E. Hughes to-day
j told a crowd of farmers here that the Democratic adminis-
L tration had ignored the agricultural interests of the country ,
I in urging the enactment of the Adamson law. The nomi-
L nee in support of his contention cited a telegram from Presi- I
I dent H. N. Pope, of the Texas F
[ Wilson requesting that the farmers be permitted to submit |
| data in arbitration proceedings between th< railr >
| the brotherhoods.
P ALLIES RECOGNIZE VENIZELOS
j London, Oct. 16. The entente allies have formally '•
I recognized the provisional government of Greece in the
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PLAN ACTIVE VILLA CAMPAIGN
Atlantic City, N. J., O 'ibrera, chairman
L of the Mexican commission, placed before the American
r members of the Mexican-American joint commission to-day 1
P a statement from Ambassador-designate Arredondo con- '
| talning the assurance that his government had planned an
active campaign against V"Ula. 1
I
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
Itolirrt Terry Hrhrrllng and Bard l.rnn Stcnnrl,
Thomaa Ray Cully and Mariiaret May Krratctter, city.
12 PAGES CITY EDITION
RUMANIANS ARE
DRIVEN BACK ON
THEIR OWN SOIL
Teutonic Pressure Took Much
For Line and It Succumbs;
Making Stand at Rucaru
Thrust Now but 83 Miles From
Capital; Allies Make Fur
ther Gains Along Sommc
Teutonic pressure against the Ru
manians along the Transylvania
frontier continues unabated accord
ing to the latest official reports and
at one point at least, King Ferdin
and's forces have been driven back
well within their own territory.
This cruclai point for the Ruman
ians lies southwest of Krontadt in
the Southern reaches of the Torse
burger pass, where they are making
•i determined stand at ltucaru, some
seven miles south of the border. The
Teutonic thrust here is aimed In the
direction of Bucharest, which lies 75
miles across the Rumanian plain from
its edge at Canpuiung, ten miles
southwest of Rucaru.
Further Gains on Sommc
i On the Somme front In northern
France the entente forces are koep
! ing up their unrelenting drive,
i The French last night after having
'checked German counterattacks on
the positions won Saturday in their
j "pocketing" attempts are around
jChaulnes, south of the Soinme, resum
|ed the offensive north of the river.
: According to Taris to-day they suc
i ceeded in penetrating German posi
tions ata Sailly-Saillisel pushing up to
i the edge of the Bapaume road. Re
; newed fighting brought on by a Ger
; man counterattack was in progress
! when the official report was issued,
i The British recently have been ad
] vanclng in the vicinity of the Stuff
| redoubt and the Schwaben redoubt in
j the Thtepval region on their north
! erly flank. Last night the Germans
! made a strong attack on the new
British positions near the Schwaben
fortification. They were beaten back
with heavy losses. London declares.
Macedonia Drive Resumed
In Macedonia the entente forces
have resumed their strong offensive
south of Monastir. Sofia declares the
Bulgarians frustrated attempts on
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BUCHAREST.