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DEUTSCHLAND LIMPS
• BACK TO PORT AFTER
RAMMING INTO TUG
Five Lives Lost When Undersea Merchantman on Return
Trip to Germany Hits Conveying Vessel When It
Swings Across Her Coarse and Sends It to the Bottom
BOW PLATES BENT AND RIVETS
LOOSENED BY FORCE OF IMPACT
Submarine Is Not Seriously Damaged; Only One Is Saved
From Tug; He Said Boilers Exploded After Little
Ship Was Lifted High in Air and Nose Shoved Under
Sea by U-Boat
New London, Conn., Nov. 17.—Five lives were lost when the
German submarine Deutschland, which left port early to-day for
Bremen, rammed and sent to the bottom with its crew of five the
tug T. A. Scott, Jr., one of its two convoying tugs*. After the acci
dent the Deutschland returned to port.
The Dead
Captain John Gurney.
William A. Caton, engineer.
Kdward Stone, fireman.
Clarence B. Davison, Cook.
Eugene Duzant, deck hand.
I toilers Exploded
The collision occurred about a mile
inside the Race and according to a
member of the Deutschland's crew,
came "all in a minute." The tug. he
said, got unexpectedly in front of the
Deutschland, the distance being so
slight between them the submersible
had no chance of. avoiding the acci
dent. Her nose struck the tug near the
stern, lifting it well out of the water
and sending the Scott's nose under.
Almost immediately afterward the
boilers on the. tug exploded and the
vessel sank with all on board.
Deutschland Slightly Hurt
Captain Fred Hinsch, of the intern
ed German steamer Neckar, who was
on the tug grasped a guy rope and was
drawn down with the tug. When he
rose to the surface he managed to
grasp a life preserver which had been
thrown out by the Deutschland and
was taken on board the vessel, by
which he was brought back to New
London.
The Deutschland was not seriously
damaged. It was stated, and would
probably be ready to sail in a few days
when repairs had been made. Several
of the bow plates were bent and the
rivets loosened, but the interior of
the submarine was not damaged. The
repairs will be made by members of
the crew.
Eddy Caused Accident
An "eddy" caused the accident, ac
' cording to Captain Harry Baker, of
the tug Cassie, the other convoyer of
the submarine. The Cassie was trav
eling about half a mile astern of the
Deutschland while the Scott and the
submarine were moving about abreast.
The sea was calm, Captain Baker said,
and conditions were normal. The
Scott carried the usual lights but the
Deutschland had only her headlight
and two side lights. The tide was
running .almost full and when about
seven miles west of Race Rock they
struck an "eddy" which twisted them
about and out of control. Shortly af
terward they canie together. He
heard the crash. The night was clear,
he said, and there were no boats other
than the two tugs and the submarine
Deutschland in the vicinity, lie gave
no credence to reports that a hostile
motorboat was approaching the sub
marine at the time of the accident.
Captain Baker said that when the
collision occurred he at once headed
for the spot. On arriving there he
saw Captain Hinsch in the water and
took him on board the Cassie. Earl
ier reports had it that Hlnch had
been rescued by the Deutschland.
Hole Being Repaired
Henry G. Hilken of Baltimore, pres
ident of the Eastern Forwarding Com
pany, said that so far as he knew the
only damage the Deutschland suf
fered was a twisted stem. It was
THE WEATHER
For Harrisburg nnil vicinity: Fnlr
to-night nnil Catiinla) I not much
i*It II llK<* In temperaturei luwcnt
to-night about 311 degrees.
For Kantcrn I'eunsylvaiilat Overcast
In south and probably SIIOM 11 llr
rles in northern portion to-night;
Saturday fair; not much change
la temperature) freak south to
Meat Minds.
Iltver
The Susquehanna river and all its
brunches Mill remain nearly sta
tionary. A ktaßc of about a.7 feet
Is Indieateil for Harrisburg Satur
day niornlnv.
General Condition*
A depression, now central over the
take Region, has caused SUOM In
>\ cstrrn New York, .Northern
Michigan and In the Upper St.
Lawrence Valleyi elscMhere
throughout the territory repre
sented on the map i'alr weather
has prevailed during the last
twenty-four hours.
Temperatures have risen In all dls-
V trlets except the Missouri Valley,
the Northern Kooky Mountains,
Manitoba,. Saskatchewan and
Northern New Kngiand, where it
Is a to 16 degrees colder, but they
are still below the seasonal aver
age In eastern districts and In
iratkern districts east of the Mis
sissippi river. Killing frosts oc
curred this morning at Charles
ton, 8. C., and Jael.sonvlllei Fla.
Temperature i 8 a. m.. 30.
Hum Rises, |54 a. in.; sets, 4i4
p. m.
Mooa: Hlsea, lli4o p. m.
River Stagei 3.7 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 30.
I.owest temperature, 24.
Mean temperature, 30.
Normal temperature, 42,
learned later, however, that the under
sea boat has in her bow at least one
hole about twenty inches square. A
portable forge was taken down to the
pier and the hole is being patched up. i
Captain W. A. Pones, shore superin
tendent of the Scott company in
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Fall From Ladder Fatal
to Plumber's Apprentice
A fall from the top of a. forty-foot
ladder, late yesterday afternoon, caus
ed the death of George Deeds, aged
J 8, an apprentice employed by Harry
Lutz, a Verbeke street plumber.
Deeds, at the time of the accident,
was working on a new house being
erected at 1924 North Third street.
Attempting to descend a ladder with
tools in his hands, his foot slipped
and he fell to the cement walk below.
An examination of the ladder proved
all the rungs to be intact, so that the
fall was doubtless duo to a misstep.
Coroner Eckingcr is making an in
vestigation.
The youth was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Leeds, 207 North Fif
teenth street.
Funeral services for the youth will
be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the home, the Rev. Dr. Clay
ton A. Smuclier, pastor of Stevens Me
morial Church officiating, lie is sur
vived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Leeds, tnd two sisters, Esther
and Dorothy Deeds. Burial will bo
made at Paxtang.
I. W. W. to Divide Ashes
of Organizer Who Was Shot
Chicago. 111.. Nov. 17. The ashes of
Joseph Hilstrom, an organizer of the
Industrial Workers of the World, who
was shot for murder in Utah a vear
ago. will be distributed in tiOO parch
ment packets to the delegates of the
Industrial Workers of the World at its
tenth annual convention, which begins
her? Sunday.
William D. Hay wcod. organUer of
the Industrial Workers of the World, to
day ordered the urn containing the
ashes brought to the headquarters oi
the organization.
To Change Commercial
Into Trust Company
, Application will be made Decem
ber 11 to the Secretary of the Com
monwealth for a charter for the
Commercial Trust Company. Back
of the new company are the officials
of the Commercial Bank, 1222-1224
North Third street. William M. Har
gest is the attorney. The latter said
to-day, that the purpose Is to change
the bank Into a trust company, as
it is believed the opportunities are
better for serving the public, and do
ing a -larger business.
CODD OX BORDER ABATES
Deming, N. M„ Nov. 17. The in
tense cold which caused much suffer
ing among the soldiers of the Fourth
separate brigade on their practice
march, has greatly moderated, ac
cording to a report received here last.
It is said that no new oases of
spinal meningitis has developed ana
that the sick with the column were
improving. The brigade encamped
last night at Fay wood, N. M. and ts
expected to arrive at the Deming
j camp by Saturday noon. Military
authorities here say that the soldiers
leaving their commands because of
the cold and returning to Deming will
be treated by the military courts as
strayers instead of deserters. Many
of these men are rejoining their corn
j panics.
SOCK DARNING COI RSK
Marysville. Cal., Nov. 17.—"Teach
! boy? and girls something useful- have
'hem bring their fathers' socks to
school and tench them to darn them,"
declared Miss Daura Oak. member of
the faculty of the Chico State Normal
School. "Strincring and unstringing
beads and cutting out fnncv pictures
are an outrage against childhood."
FREDERICK PALMER ON LE WE
New York, Nov. 17.—Frederick Pal
mer, who has been representing the
Associated Pres3 with the British
army in France, arrived in New York
to-day on the steamship Nieuw Am
sterdam. He is on leave.
FIFTV-FQlin AKRIAI, FIGHTS
Paris, Nov. Fifty-four aerial en
gagements were fought by French avia
tors yesterdav in the Amiens area In
the course of this fighting Lieutenant
Guynemer. one of the combatants,
brought down his twenty-first hostile
machine, the War Office announced to
day.
NOTED PAIXTKU DIKS
Bofton. Mass., Nov. 17. John J
Kuneklnpr. the noted landscape painter'
died at his honwi, In Hyde Park distric
early to-day. He was 77 years old.
HARRISBURG., PA.,FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1916.
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News Note.—Ten of 25 officers from the city, Pennsylvania Railroad and Philadelphia and Reading Railway
police forces in a recent revolver tournament failed to hit the target at all during the shoot. The scores of the other
fifteen officers ranger from 4 to 28, with all but one of these below the 20 murk.
JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL PLAN
HERE PRAISED
Dr. Hallcck, Noted Educator,
Says Separation ol' Sexes
Gives Better Work
Dr. Reuben Post Halleck, noted
lecturer and writer and principal of
the boys' lrigh school al Louisville.
Ky., who was one of the speakers at
the county teachers' institute which
closed this morning, said that he was
highly in favor of the junior high
school system which will be used
within a short time in city school
courses in Harrisburg.
Dr. Halleck, known throughout the
country as a noted educational leader,
although unacquainted with local con
ditions. declared that from his fifteen
years experience as principal of the
high school in Kentucky he found
that boys and girls when separated in
high schools do much better work.
He commended the voters of the city
for passing the million and a quarter
loan, and said that as it will insure
adequate high school facilities, it
will mean a big advancement in pub
lic school education in Harrisburg.
Institute Ends
One of the most successful county
teachers' institutes held in recent
years ended this morning after short
business sessions. Final addresses
were made by Dr. Ernest Burnham,
of Kalamazoo. Mich., who spoke on
"Advantages of the Rural Teacher,"
and by Dr. Halleck. Both speakers
reviewed tho important points of their
other lectures to the 400 teachers of
tl\,e county. They advised the instruc
tors to always keep moving and make
improvements whenever possible in
everything done in the schoolroom.
Following the addresses the com
mittee on resolutions recommended
that the institute go 011 record fav
oring legislation to provide a teachers'
retirement fund in this State. This
resolution was adopted together with
expressions of regret 011 tho death of
Joseph E. Lytcr. president of the
Halifax school board, and Elmer
Keam, president of the Middle Fax
ton township board.
Flan Winter Meetings
Walter A. Geesey, Ilummelstown,
and S. C. Beitzel, of Halifax, were
elected auditors. The report of the
auditing committee on the 1916 funds
showed a balance of $547.54 in the
treasury. County Superintendent F.
E. Shambaugh was authorized to use
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Officer Brings Fleeing
Prisoner to Stop in Heart of
City With Shots From Gun
Charles Hockley, colored, 16 Cow
den street, tried to escape to-day
when '"unstable Malcolm Graham
was taking him Into jail, lie broke
away and ran down Court, street to
.Strawberry, and was heading fpr
Third street when' two shots from the
constable's revolver brought him to a
stop. There were a number of people
in the path of the fugitive and the
constable fired the shots into the air.
The colored man was charged with
assault and battery on Viola Johnson,
ISO 9 Current street. He was com
mitted by Alderman Fritz Kramme of
the Sixth ward.
Hospital Will Get Own
Private Ambulance Soon
Within tho next few days William
M. Condon, superintendent of the
Harrisburg hospital, will complete
plans for the purchaso of an up-to
date ambulance, authorized recently
by the board of managers of that in
stitution.
Superintendent Condon will report
to the managers who will then buy the
machine. Two years ago a Statu ap
propriation was made giving the hos
pital $2,000 to be used to purchase an
ambulance. Public subscriptions net
ted a small sum, and with other funds
will bo used to buy the car.
WILSON FORMALLY
PROCLAIMS NOV. 30
AS THANKSGIVING
In Proclamation Says "Year
Has Been Rich in Bless
ings For Us"
Washington, Nov. 17. President
Wilson to-day formally by proclama
tion designated Thursday, November
30, as Thanksgiving: day.
Here follows the President's procla
mation :
"It has long been the custom of our
people to turn in the fruitful autumn
of the year in praise and thanksgiving
to Almighty God for Ills many bless
ings and mercies to us and the na
tion.
"The year that has elapsed since wo
last observed our day of thanksgiv
ing has been rich in blessings to us as
a people, but the whole face of the
world has been darkened by war. In
the midst of our peace and happiness,
out thoughts dwell with painful dis
quiet upon the struggles and sufferings
of the nations at war and of the peo
ples upon whom war has brought dis
aster without choice or possibly of
escape on their part. We cannot think
of our own happiness without thinking
of their pitiful distress.
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil-
I son. President of the United States of
America, do appoint Thursday, the
f 30th of November, as a day of national
thanksgiving and prayer and urge and
advise the people to resort to their
several places of worship on that day
ot render thanks to Almighty God for
the blessings of peace and unbroken
| prosperity which He has bestowed
| upon our beloved country in such un
, stinted measure.
"And I also urge and suggest our
I duty in this our day of peace and
i abundance to think in deep sympathy
{ of the stricken peoples of the world on
i whom the curse and terror of war has
j so pitilessly fallen and to contribute
I out of our abundant means to the re
lief of their sufferings.
"Our people could in no better way
; show their real attitude towards the
present struggle of the nations than
|by contributing out of their abun
j dance to the relief of the suffering
! which war has brought in its train.
"In witness whereof. I have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
I of the United States to be affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington
, this 17tli day of November. In the year
iof our I.ord 191 ti, and In the year of
I independence of the United States the
! 141 st.
"WOODROW WILSON,
j "By the President.
"Robert Lansing.
"Secretary of State."
Chauncey M. Depew Tells
How to Insure Old Age at
82nd Birthday Celebration
New York. Nov. 17. A prescrip
tion to insure old age was given to 200
members of the New York Academy
of Medicine last night by Chauncey
M. Depew, railroad man and former
United States Senator, who is in his
83rd year. The rules he laid down
were :
' (Set up early in the morning no
matter how late you go to bed.
"Keep your mind serene and do not
take your business home or to the
opera or to church.
"If tobacco or drink hurt you, cut
them off.
"Don't be a mollycoddle.
"Associate with the young.
'Give liberally to charity and make
yourself enjoy it."
BLUE RIDGE HILLS AFIRE
Cumberland, Md., Nov. 17. The
Blue Ridge mountains in the vicinity
of Cumberland were on fire late last
night and the State Game's office liasJ
sent out a call for men to tight the
flAmes.
The Allegheny county tuberculosis
sanatorium was endangered for a
time, but It is thought back-firing
saved it. Men are being hired by the
State to fight the fires which are cov
ering the mountains in parallel strings.
Much valuable timber has l>een de
stroyed.
OUT AGAINST
PROVISIONS OF
RAILROAD LAW
Federation Takes Ex
ception to Clause For
bidding Strike
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 17. The
American Federation of I_Abor by a
unanimous vote to-day declared
against that provision of President
Wilson's legislative program "making
illegal any railroad strike or lockout
prior to the investigation of the merits
of the case."
The committee report, which was
adopted, recommended that the con
vention "take an uneouivocal position
againft compulsory institutions and in
favor of the maintenance of Insti
tutions and opportunities for free
dom."
The convention had before it that
section of the executive council's re
port dealing with the railroad brother
hoods' threatened strike. Referring to
the bill Introduced in Congress for
the purpose of preventing strikes and
interruptions of transportation mod
eled after the Canadian compulsory
Investigations act, the report says:
"This effort to again subject wage
earners to involuntary servitude has
aroused the determined resistance of
wage-earners generally. To their dec
larations against involuntary servitude
the proponents of the legislation have
replied that although a strike would
be made illegal under the proposed
law and strikers criminals, yet indi
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New Representatives of
County File Expenses
David J. Bechtold and Ira E. Ulsh,
Dauphin county's recently elected Re
publican representatives in the Legls
| lature from the second district have
I filed their election expense accounts
I with Protlionotary Harry F. Holler.
I Bechtold spent $184.50, SIOO of which
] was contributed to the county com
! liiittee. The remainder was paid for
advertising, etc. Ulsh spent $270.53,
,of which S2OO was the committee con
tribution.
Warren W. Wiest, treasurer of the
! Prohi ition committee also tiled his
| statement. The expenses totaled
! $58.99. Advertising was the principal
j items. ICx-Poor Director C. L. Boyer
I got $0.73 for assisting in this work.
The committee had a fund of SOO
which consisted of $lO contributions
from the Rev. W. S. Harris and W. C.
Terry, $5 each from the Ilarrlsburg
iW. C. T. U., Warren W. Wiest and
| C. L. Boyer and $23 from Dr. J. W.
j Ellenberger.
Discuss Americanization
of Styles For Spring
Chicago, Nov. 17. —• Americaniza
tion of Spring styles and fabrics for
women is the plan up for discussion
before the National Cloak, Suit and
Skirt Manufacturers' Association
which opened its annual convention
here to-day.
A Chicago member of the associa
tion said: "It seems the lines for the
coming season will be long and
straight, with skirts not as short as
hitherto and coats fitted easily about
the waist. Stitching will be much
used, in heavy loose threads, and the
shades will be the most flower-like and
delicate imaginable."
'TITTLE HOPK IX SIGHT FOR
PUBLISHERS"—NEWSPAPER DOM i
Tn a conservative and thoughtful
editorial on the news-print situation,
Newspaperdom, discussing the serious
actuation confronting the newspapers
™f the country, says "There is little
hope for publishers" as a result of the
Federal Trade Commission's probing
of conditions. News-print paper has
soared from $2 or less per hundred
iiounds to $3.50, and tn some cases
to $ and $7. and the Intimation Is
that the menace to the newspaper in
dustry is increasing as the end of the
year approaches.
Single Copy, 2 Cents CITY EDITION
PAY CITY LIGHT
BILL FROM WATER j
FUND SAYS MAYOR!
Believes Municipality Could
Well Ask Legislative Author- j
ity if Necessary
WOULD REDUCE MILEAGE
Legal Bar Raised; Would Save
$68,000 Year; Less Budget
Appropriation
Pay the city's electric light hill from
the proceeds of the Water Department.
That is Mayor E. S. Meals' sugges
tion for helping each year to cut down
Ihe municipality's tax rate.
Whether any portion of the income
from the Water Department can be
used for this purpose until after the
indebtedness of that branch of the cttv
government has been liquidated }s a
legal question, in the Mayor's opinion,
as it has been generally understood
that the money that" is earned from
Ihis source should be applied only to
the Water Department. He points,
however, to a precedent which was es
tablished during his previous adminis
tration when some $4,000 was taken
out of the water funds and applied to
the fund for building the Mulberry
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M COU.MICK OKNIKS RUMOR
Chairman Intimates 'Ho Will Not Re
in Wilson's Cabinet
New York, Nov. 17. Vance C.
! McCormick, Democratic national chair-
I man, arrived in the city yesterdav on
his way to New Haven to see the Yale
football team. Mr. McCormick is
chairman of the football committee
of Yale and is exhibiting almost as
m tic si interest in the. condition of his
college team as lie did in the recent
campaign.
He said all the details of the Demo
cratic campaign had been cleaned up
with the exception of raising the
#300,000 deficit in the treasury. He
expressed confidence that this amount
would be contributed quickly.
His attention was called to the many
reports that he would become a mem
ber of President Wilson's Cabinet after
March 4. He denied these reports with
a good-natured smile.
"My address for the next four years
will be Harrtsburg. Pa.," he laughed.
"I am going back to the simple life."
Just the same, the opinion prevails
j in political circles that Mr. McCormick
can have a Cabinet place if he desires.
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Penn State, /;• Lafayette, 0.
'wenty-five Chinese wen
i maesaei c; f by Villa bandits hear Santa Rosalia, Mex., a few
days acco. iin, Jo . />■< mho arrived here to- (
day from Durango. The bandits have recently been mak- |
ling numerous attacks on Chinese, Spaniards and Syrians,
lie said.
Washington, Nov. 17. At a special meeting of the J
l Chamber of Commerce of the United States to-day Repre- ,
. sentative Adamson, author of the eight-hour railroad law ,
and vice-chairman of the Congressional Committee about to |
I inve gi the whole >1 transportation, predicted i
ogress would not'wait for the committee's report
11 fcpeedily enact legislation to make impossible such I
1 natio.iai paralysis as was threatened a few moriths ago. I
London, Nov. 17.—The capture by the British of the i
town of Baraki, Oil the eastern end of the Macedonia front, '
is announced officially. ft
• MARRIAGE LICENSES %
.Inlni Aril no ml A una May Ko.h<nour, city. , 1
I Uriijmiiiii Franklin Mailer, city, and £lxle Xlnma Horrnrr, I'aitonta. U
ThumOH Ilell Charlea and Kleunor Mae Smith, rlty. J
TEUTONS WREST
MOUNTAIN PEAR
FROM RUMANIANS
Take 2,100 Prisoners and Dozen
Machine Guns on Mol
davian Line
BRITISH RENEW DRIVtt
Progress Farther Along AncreJ
Entente Advance on Monas
tir Is Halted
The Rumanians have suffered fur
ther reverses at the hands of General
Von Falkenhayn's invading forces, ac
cording to to-day's official announce
ment by the German War Office.
Taking a total of more than 2,100
prisoners and a dozen machine guns,
the Teutonic forces In yesterday's op
erations carried a mountain peak on
the Moldavian frontier of Rumania
east of Kedzivasarhely, penetrated a
Rumanian position in the Predeal re
gion and scored advances south of
Rothenthurm pass, the statement as
serts.
Apparently the Russians are hold
ing their own well along the northern
part of the Moldavian boundary line.
Berlin reports them withstanding the
Austro-Gennan attacks.
British Advance Further
London reports a further success by
i the British who last night renewed
j their attacks in the extension of their
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Wife Jumps From Second
Story Window During
''Little Family Quarrel"
Following a "little family quarrol"
In which she says her husband threat-
I ened her with violence, Mrs. It. W.
j Mell leaped from the second-story
window of her home, 1539 North
| Cit'th street. She was found later in
| her nightclothes sitting In a Verbeke
I street doorway. A telephone call
I brought the ambulance.
1 .Mrs. Mell was removed to the Har
! risburg hospital, where it was found
I her only injury was a sprained ankle.
! When her husband called for her
j later, she left the hospital in his com
pany on her own responsibility. They
were separated several years ago and
I only recently been reunited.