HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 158 10 PAGES POLICE LOOK FOR FRESH OUTBREAK IN RACE RIOT National Guardsmen Patrol City Wrecked by Butchery and Incendiarism 250 MAY BE DEAD 21 Bodies Found With Possi bility of Scores Being I " Buried in Ruins East St. Louis, Ills., July 3. Although surface indications were that the orgy of butchery and incendiarism which cost many lives here last night and laid whole blocks in ruins, had spent its force; Adjutant Gen eral Frank S. Dickson, of Illi nois, said to-day that he feared there might be more trouble to night and discussed with Mayor Mollman the advisability of call ing for more troops. The companies of guardsmen who were on the ground last night, the Adjutant General ex plained were numerically inade quate tc cover the wide territory covered by the riots. He feared that even the additional com panies which arrived later bring ing the total number of guards men here to 1,500, would not be enough to establish authority. Estimates of the number of dead varied widely, from a score to two hundred and fifty. At C.30 o'clock this morning twenty four bodies had been recovered, in cluding three whites. Seventy-four wounded negroes were found. Estimates of the bodies supposed to lie under the acres of ashes and smouldering- debris where fires con sumes scores of negro shacks and houses last night run into the hun dreds. The city was quiet this morning. Saloons were still closed. Sleepy-eyed guardsmen with marks of fire-fight ing still on their khaki patrolled the streets and guarded bridges and sa loon doors. Otherwise the city ap peared normal. There were broken windows here and there, other wreck age. and the breeze carried the acrid smell of watersoaked embers. Xegroc* in Hiding Negroes driven from their homes huddled here and there, seemingly anxious to keep out of sight. Five hundred of them, men, women and children, spent the night at the city jail. Two men were still asleep in on bathtub when the sun rose, and an other was lumbering noisily, his chin on his chest, but otherwise bolt up [Continued on Pasc No Paper To-Morrow In accordance with a time honored custom there will lie 110 editions or the HAKIIIs. BI.'RG TkLKGRAI'U |,uh l'shed to-morrow, Independ ence Day. TELEGRAPH ANOTHER BIG BEAT THE HARRISBURG TELE GRAPH was tne only news paper in the Central Penn sylvania field last evening to pub lish full details concerning the rioting at East St. Louis, which has developed into the most .sen sational news item of the day. This is the second big news beat the TELEGRAPH has scored in the past week. The TELE GRAPH is the only newspaper in the Central Pennsylvania field having an Associated Press fran chise. The TELEGRAPH prints the news first. Others follow. Read the TELEGRAPH. *- ' ' THE WEATHER] For Harrisburg and viclnltyl Fair to-night and Wednesday, sllglit lj cooler to-night. For Eastern Pennsylvaniai Fair to-night, slightly cooler In north and west portions) Ueilnmdn} (air: gentle went and northvveM winds. River The lower portion of the ninln river will fall slowly to-night and begin to rise Wednesday; the upper portion will rise to night and Wednesday and hegln to fall aliout Wednesday night. All other streams of the system will fall or remain nearly sta tionary, except the lower .North Branch, which will continue to rise to-night. A stage of about 5.' feet Is indicated for Harris burg Wednesday morning. Temperature! 8 a. m., TO deg-ves. Sun: Rises, 4:35 n. M.i sets, 7:31 p. m. River Stage: 5,5 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, RB. l.owest temnerature, 00. Mean temperature, 78. Normal temperature, 74. QUAINT FOLK DANCES PLANNED ON ROMPER DAY Great Patriotic Pageant Show ing Steps of Each Country to Be Given 1,000 TO TAKE PART Children From All Sections of City Will Be Trained to Participate Romper Day exercises this year will be featured by a great patriotic pageant, giving the folk dances of all the allied nations, and concluding with those of the United States, ac cording to plans announced to-day by i Playground Supervisor Earl C. Ford I and park department officials. While no definite program has been worked out, the training for this big event will start at once, Mr. Ford satd, and every effort will be made to have about one thousand children partici pate in the pageant, the first of Its kind to be held in the city. Folk dancing classes'will be organ ized at each of the city playgrounds, with Miss Lillian Kamsky, of 218 Hamilton street, as instructor. Miss Kamsky is a graduate of the Central High School and a student of the Sar gent School, Cambridge, Mass. Dance of Allien Special attention will be paid to the folk dances of France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Serbia, Rus sia, Belgium and Japan, so that the demonstration will be practically com plete at the exercises late in August. The program will close with dances arranged to "Yankee Doodle," "Dixie" and other patriotic airs. The remainder of the Romper Day program will include the usual games and contests, and championship fights between the various playground teams. Camp to Open The regular camp at McCormick's Island will be opened next Thursday, j July 12, when the girls from Sycamore j and Lincoln playgrounds will be taken I there. Swimming classes will be started as soon as the river stage is low enough, | Supervisor Ford announced. Classes j will be organized on each of the play ground*, the youngsters having cer ! tain days for instruction. The longball league for girls and tiie playground ball league for boys | will open next Monday. A schedule ■ is being arranged now. ! At the cooking school in Reservoir Talk, Miss Anna Bender, who is in | charge, is enrolling young women em | ployed in the stores and other down town places, for a night class. Civil Service Board to Examine Applicants For Police Force Named j City Council this morning appoint ; ed the following on the civil service board to conduct examinations of ap-. | plicants for the city police force, in j compliance with the Act of Legisla ture which was signed recently. Mercer H. Tate, 218 North Second street, prominent businessman and Democratic party leader, two-year term. Tieree lietten, 266 Briggs street, professor at Tech High School in charge of civil government and history classes, three-year term. Ilr. Thoiiinw E. Bowman, 1541 State street, prominent physician in city, four-year term. The appointments were unanimous and had been approved by Mayor Mil ler before they were presented to Council. The duties of the board will include tiie examination of all persons who are to be considered; keeping lists of those who have passed; furnishing certified names to the mayor when a vacancy occurs, and determining upon dismissals. The law requires that one member of the board must be a physi cian and another an educator; the third is not specified. All serve with out compensation. The appointments were recommend ed by Commissioner Lynch after the new law was read. Reissue of Hardscrabble Bonds Ordered by Council A reissue of bonds to property holders in the Hardscrabble district was ordered this morning in a reso lution passed by city council. It Is understood that this was made necessary because counsel for some of the propertyholders objected to bonds which were signed by Acting Mayor William L. Gorgas, before Mayor Miller had been appointed by council. The new bonds will be signed by ! R. Ross Seaman, as city clerk .and by Mayor Miller, as the city's chief executive, to overcome this objec tion. As soon as the bonds are issued j the court will be asked to fix a date for a special hearing of the appeals trom the viewers' awards. RESCUE FISHERMAN Employes of the Central Iron and Steel Company this morning gave valuable aid to a fisherman whose boat had overturned and gone under near the South Harrisburg dam. When the boat capsized the young man started to swim to the shore. He became almost exhausted. His i struggles were noticed by the em ployes and they went to his assist ance. The names of the fisherman and those of his rescuers were not given. % HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1917. LIBERTY! . _ EMPHASIZES NEED OF REPAIRS TO CITY RESERVOIR Commissioner Dunklc Tells Council of Conditions; Fire Hose Contracts Approved Need of extensive repairs at the city pumping station and at the res ervoir in Reservoir Park was re ported to Council this morning by Commissioner Samuel F. Dunklc, superintendent of the water depart ment, in a report on the investiga tion of conditions over the system. Early action on the report was re quested by Mr. Dunkle. Other action by Council included the approval of firehose contracts awards by Commissioner Gross; fil ing of a protest by the Firemen's Union against parking in some of the downtown streets, and authoriz ing the purchase of ten hose driers for the fire department. The serious condition existing at the pumping station and reservoir demand immediate attention, Com missioner Dunkle declared. Greater Capacity Needed "Additional reservoir capacity, an other pumping unit and larger mains to the reservoir are necessi ties and have been for many months. The large pump we are using now has a capacity of 12,000,- 000 gallons and running 11,000,000 gallons daily. The other day the Cen tral Iron and Steel Company used 4,000,000 gallons in twenty-four hours, running down the reservoir supply. If that company and the railroad both need a big supply at the same time, the city cannot pos sibly serve them, and it may be necessary to limit the amount used by residents of the city. The growth of the city, together with industrial prosperity is undoubtedly the cause of these conditions," the official ex plained. General repairs recommended for [Continued on Page 8] Records For Fines and Arrests Broken by Police During Quarter Chief of Police J. Edward Wetzel submitted his quarterly report from the department of City Council this morning. The report covers the months of April, May and June, and includes the financial and statistical report of the bureau. The report shows, for office fines and forfeitures, alderman fines and costs, court costs and miscellaneous, $2,709.98 was collected. The sum for April was $1,308.46; May, $601.50; June, $800.02. During the quarter 765 arrests were made. Of this number 520 v.-ero white males. thirty-three white females, 171 colored males and forty-one colored females. Four hundred and seventy-three wagon calls were answered, as well as eighty-eight ambulance summons. In the arrests by officers, city or dinance violations and disorderly practice were in the lead. Of the former, 233 arrests were made.while of the latter 398. Seven deserters from the United States Army were taken, one attempt at suicide was made, thirty charges of larceny, two for selling heroin, and two ar rests for United States authorities were other arrests. IDEAL WEATHEIt PItOMISED Everybody be happy. No i*ain to morrow. Cooler to-night and ideal weather for July 4. This Is tiie fore cast sent out to-day from the local weather bureau. ffhe Star- 'Jfnftcpm&ent WE have kept the day with the beat of drums For nearly seven score years, With the waving of flags and marching feet— But with hearts devoid of fears. We have paid our homage to heroes dead With our tears and cheers, and then We have drifted back, in our self-content, To our every-dav life again. But the day dawns now with the beat of drums And we stand with uncovered head, \\ hile the tears and the cheers which choke us so Are for OUR OWN boys instead! Oh. it's easy to talk of the years gone by, The valor our forefathers had, But the drips blood when we meet the eye And the courage of our own lad! Ihe Fourth of July! The grand old Fourth ! God grant it may ever be so That America's troops shall never forget however, wherever they go! Come, cheers for the living! Keep tears for th. ! AN ho taught us what freedom can mean, Till we face this day that wonder-thrill Of forces and powers unseen. —ANNA HAMILTON WOOD, Written For the TELEGRAPH. Guardsmen Invited to Attend Independence Day Prayer Meeting To-morrow morning at 8 o'clock there will be held in Messiah Lu theran Church, Sixth and Forster streets, a special morning service of prayer for the country in the pres ent crisis. • The Rev.H. W. A.Hanson, pastor of the church, will deliver an address and will have charge of the service. The members of the local companies of the National Guard of Pennsylva nia have been especiaNy invited to ♦he service, and a cordial invitation is extended to the public to be pres ent. The service will be but forty-f.ve minutes in length. PUZZLE: HOW'LL T THE STEAM SHOVEL Great mysteries and seemingly un fathomable problems daily confront the members of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Sons of Rest who congregate at the two openings in the fence around the excavation for the new Hotel Penn-Harris. The Sons of Rest yesterday came bang-up against a query more perplexing than any of its predecessors: How are they going to bring that there steam-shovel out of the cel lar? Scores of the Sons of Rest to-day gathered in groups and pondered this ponderous problem. It's this way: The steam-shovel started in the southeast corner of what is to be the hotel cellar. It is fudging its way around the lot. The farther it goes the deeper it gets. Consequently about the time it gets clear around a couple of times it will be down so deep that—you under France's Cup of Joy Full at News of Russ Victory and Aid From America By Associated Press Paris, July 3.—The Russian offen sive shares with the American army in France the honors of the day in the French newspapers. The splen did news from General Brussiloff's headquarters, coming on the heels of the arrival of the American van- Kuar'd, fills France's cup of joy to overflowing. The temporary wave of despondency and impatience which found an outward manifestation In two dozen interpellations of the gov ernment In the Chamber of Deputies stand, don't you? Why", certainly! If the shovel digs down thirty feet all around how'll they get it out? That is what is troubling the Sons of Rest. 4The groups to-day discuss ed the problem from every angle. One man thought they'd put up a large gin-pole and let the shovel hoist itself out. Still others were sure that a framework trestle will be built and the shovel run to the surface over it. Another man, who was promptly hooted down, declared the shovel would be kept permanent ly in the cellar and used as a pump or motor or something. The Sons of Rest to-day tendered a vote of thanks to the contractors for permitting two openings to re main in the fence around the new cellar. It was the unanimous opin ion at the morning session that this action reflected credit on the afore said contractors. FOURTH WILL BE OBSERVED WITH DEEP DEVOTION Flagraisings, Picnics and Ath letic Events to Feature Celebration NEW SIGNIFICANCE Courthouse Flagraising Only Formal Observance in the City Independence Day in Harrisburg will not be observed with a big, hilarious celebration, but there will bo flagraisings and quiet patriotic demonstrations of loyalty to the flag and country. While the day will be a holiday, with all business places closed, yet the significance of the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence at this time when the United States has entered a war for world independence, will bo marked to a great degree. Numerous picnics . and outings, athletic events, concerts and trips have been planned for the day, but patriotic exercises have been ar ranged for practically all of these. City Kiot of Flags The city, already decorated with many hundreds of flags, will be a riot of national colors to-morrow as many more flags, not only of the [Continued on Page 3] Paris Streets Strewn With Flowers in Path of U. S. Soldiers Sent to Capital By Associated Press Paris, July 3.—A battalion of Amer ican troops arrived in Paris this morning to parade on July 4. The Americans were greeted by wildly enthusiastic crowds which packed the streets through which they marched to Neuilly barracks, where they aVe quartered. Officers are being enter tained at the military club. The Americans arrived at the Aus terlitz station at 7.40 o'clock, having been thirty-six hours on the way from j the French port at which they de- | barked. The soldiers were greeted j by representatives of the French and American armies. The French Red Cross provided refreshments and the j American lied Cross and Young Men's ! Christian Association also sent rep- j rcsentatives to greet them. Headed by their own band, the sol- ! diers, carrying their rifles and field : packs,' fell in and marched oft to the j barracks. The crowds waved Araer- j isan and French flags. Hundreds of | Americans were in the throng at the j station. As the troops swung through j the streets, French girls, pinned bou quets and American flags on the sol diers' breasts. Flowers were scat tered along the route. The band played "Yankle Doodle," "Dixie," "Marching Through Georgia," and otl er American airs. French soldiers on i leave grasped the hands of the Amer icans and marched beside them. Several times groups of shopgirls 1 on their way to work slipped through the police lines and kissed the sol diers, to their great embarrassment. Now and then an American voice would be heard calling "hello boys", "welcome to Paris" or "good luck.'' When the regimental colors were car ried past the men bared their heads. The Americans were greatly surprised to see a number of children kneel in the street as the flag was carried by. They were orphans from an institu tion in the neighborhood. Ammunition Supply Unit Is Rapidly Reaching Full Quota of Men The Ammunition Supply Company now being organized in Harrisburg is rapidly filling to its full quota of men and because of the high tide of patriotic feeling among Harrisburg men but little difficulty will be ex perienced in reaching full strength. There are few cities the size of Har risburg that are making better show ing in the number of men offering their services to the country than is being done in this city. The main requirements of recruits for the Ammunition Supply Com pany are that the applicant be be tween the age of 18 and 40 years, of good moral character and ability to drive a nrotorcar. The appeal of "going with your friends" is making a hit with local men who are anxious to make the new motortruck com pany purely a Harrisburg unit. Those wishing to enroll in the company may obtain full informa tion by applying to H. A. Souders, at the office of the HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH. Four Americans Win War Cross on French Front By Associated Press Paris, July 3. —Four ambulance drivers of the American field service were decorated with the war cross by General Gourand at a review of the troops at the front. They were •Benjamin F. Butler and John M. Grierson, Jr., of New York; Brown lee B. Gould, Toledo, and H. Wyn koop Rubinkam, Chicago. They weee cited in army orders for courage and devotion in taking away the wound ed during the recent bombarment. FLOUR DROPS AGAIN Chicago, July 3.—A further drop In the price of flour was announced here to-day, when family brands of spring wheat flour were cut $1 to $2 a barrel. This is $5.80 a barrel below the high point In May. • Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION RUSSIA HITS GERMAN LINE GREAT BLOW Berlin Admits Heavy Reverses at Hands of Victorious Army of Reorganized Democracy; 6,000 More Teutons Fall Prisoners; Army Well Supplied With Artillery; French Hold Firm Under Persistent Attacks by the Crown Prince's Army Berlin, July 3 via London. Russian troops have broken forward across the heights on the west bank of the Stripa in Galicia and succeeded in extending north ward the gap they made in the Teuton lines the previous day, army headquarters announced to-ddy. The great offensive of the regenerated Russian army initiated under the leadership of Minister of War Kerensky in person, is being successfully pushed. Advices to the Russian government declare it is developing "in an absolutely favorable manner." The success of the initial thrust in the new drive by General Brussiloft" in Galicia was beyond question. Costly as it probablj was to the Russian personnel, the taking of more than 10,000 pris oners by the attacking army in the comparatively narrow sector affected shows how disastrous it must have been to the enemy. Keep Up Advance There remained the question of whether the drive could be kept up with sufficient force to reap the lull advantage of the victory. While this question does not yet seem to have been definitely decided, the indica tions to-day are admittedly encour aging. Ground has been sained be yond the line of the original attack and the Russians are advancing in the direction of Zlochoff. Beyond this, to-day's Russian official state ment shows further heavy loss in flicted upon the Austro-Gcrman i itTi IliTi ilili ititi ilili itil I ititi itlli itili i liti iTiti ititi itifii ititi ititi ftlti ititi ititi ititi ititi ititi ititi ititi ititi fl m m FIRES AND RIO'TING BREAK ili in ili • 5t5 3TERS IN THREE NE 0 (SB AT NOON, WERE FANNED R' H HIGH WIND AND SPREAD RAPIDLY, GETTIN< I HAVE HURRIED TO THE SCENE WHERE RIOI v. \ o• Iv. s>o ,OjU, by the legislature which adjourned Friday, run betwee $85,500,000 and $25,050,000. The revenue in sight.i:; aboi $82,000,000. TROLLEY COMPANY WAS WARNED P gg washout which caused Sunday afternoon's trolley wrec ■ in the Niagara gorge was given before the car with i< SI '.he >w admitted. sis SIX MORE TRUCK COMPANIES = 1 Harrisburg. lt is possible that when the six true 9 8 ' || companies are formed for the National Guard that si || aditional companies will be authorized. 0 GAITHER SECRETARY ■ ■ || Harrisburg. Walter H. Gaither, secretary to Jot || K. Te v - 'or.: Governor, has been chosen as e*eonb II II get jf the Dauphin county public safety comrmtte II ! Gi. V. • DROWNED IN RIVER ' II R* ' •4.urg„.Ju]y .1 This morning the.br.'iv jj| Lewis Seal, aged 'i2 years was found in the Susquehani ffi river by W. A, Hunter. Seal was last seen alivi *,Hort |j| after dinner yesterday. 1 I Ip ft| | MARRIAGE sis Homer Ross Dunuthsn, Klndluy, Ohio, and Grace Webster ■ Grove, Enhauti Charles Bankus and Emma E. Franks, York; John 3: Water* HcMahon and Sarali Logue, Altoonat Steve Smith and ili Catherine Joaephlne Glblm, Harrlsbnrgi William Carter, Harrls sls brg, and Annie Carpenter, Edgewoodt Harry Raatclc Behrena, U. iff 8. Army, and Marie Elisabeth McCalley, Harrlsbnrgi John Wilson =l= and Jennie Estes, Harrisburg. forces, including the capture of some 6,000 additional prisoners and twen ty-one guns. Zlochoff, towards which the Rus sians are pressing, is almost directly east of Lemberg and slightly mor'o than thirty-five miles distant from it. It lies on the important railway lifie from Tarnopol to Krasne, at which latter point it links up with the Broady-Lemberg railway line. It is slightly west of a north and south line running through the important [Continued on Page 8]
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