Death Penalty Must Be Restored in Ower jlk HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ©I )c Star-Jn&cpcn&cnt * * LXXXVI— No. 206 14 PAGES BIG CHANGES SUGGESTED IN CAR SERVICE Ten Important Recommendations and Requests For In formation Made by Public Service Commission in Letter to Harrisburg Railways Company; Co-opera tion Asked; Conferences to Follow; Steelton, Third . Street, Hill and West End Affected RAILWAYS OFFICIALS WILL CO-OPERATE FOLLOWING the receipt of the Public Service Commission's let ter containing suggestions for changes in the street railways service of Harrisburg, President Frank B. Musser told a rep resentative of the Telegraph that the company will co-operate heart ily with the State In making whatever changes can be made Im mediately looking toward the Improvement of the service and that the other points outlined will he made subject of careful study. Con ferences with the Commission will be arranged as soon as possible. "We shall depend largely for advice upon the report of Bion J. Arnold, the Chicago expert, who has been working over these prob lems for some months, and whose report we are assured will be ready In a few days," said Mr. Musser. - - ■ x The Public Service Commission in a letter to the Harrisburg Railways Company, made public to-day> makes ten suggestions and recommendations for changes in the routing and operation of street cars in the city and its suburbs whereby it is hoped much better transportation facilities may be obtained for the people of Harrisburg. These changes and requests for information in brief are as follows: General improvement of Steelton service during rush hours; development of the Nineteenth street route to Steelton; providing more cars for Steelton during rush hours; building of direct line to Steelton via Second street. The re-location of tracks in the Capitol Park Zone. Building of new line on Herr street through the subway under the railroad to serve that section of the Hill. Dpnbletracking of proposed Walnut street or State street viaduct. Speeding up of cars on lines where traffic is now impeded by congestion and too frequent stops. Roadbed &nd tracks to be made the subject of immediate examination in places and number of new cars it is proposed to purchase to be subject of report to commission. Commission seeks plan of changes contemplated in Mar ket Square and center of city wlieu Valley Railways Com irnny terminal is built. Recommends study of widening of Market street subway. Submission required of plan for general improvement of service In all parts of city. Co-operation Invited The commission asks che co-operation of the company in the improvement of its service as outlined and in the event of a favor able reply will ask the officials of the traction system for a series of "developmental conferences in the studies above enumerated." Letter In Full The letter In full follows: "Harrisburg. Pa.. Aug. 27. "Mr. Frank B. Musser, President "Harrisburg Railways Company., "Harrisburg, Pa. "Dear Sir:—For the purpose of lay ing before your company, definitely and concretely, certain matters look ing toward the Improvement of the service of the Harrisburg Hallway* Company and the greater accommoda tion of the public thereby, permit me. in behalf and under the authority of the Public Service Commission, to submit for your immediate considera tion the following looking toward changes and Improvements to your system, and as to each Item whereof the Commission desires to secure from you the specific information herein called for, and to Invite your co-op eration to the end set forth. "The commission desires you to make and sifbmlt studies, plans and estimates of cost relative to the fol lcwing suggestions: "1. A general Improvement of the Steelton service during rush hours, and with particular reference to "(H) The development of the back route to the Hill district of Harris burg, with the results of your statis tics, plans and estlmatos of cost. "(b) the building of a direct line to Steelton somewhere in the extension THE WEATHER For Hnrrlsburx and vlctnltyi Gen erally fair to-night and Wed nesday! nut much change In temperature. Far Eastern Pennsylvania! Gen erally fair to-night and Wed nesday, except probably show ers and cooler In extreme north east portlont vnrlnble winds be roiniiiK northwest. River The Susquehanna river and prob ably all Its tributaries will fall slowly. A stage of about 4.0 feet Is Indicated for HarrlsbnrK Wednesday morning. General Conditions The disturbance that was central over the Idke Superior rrKlon Monday morning, has moved eastward and Is now central over the Cpper St. I.nwrenee Valley. The barometer Is blgh over nearly all the rest of the country, except the extreme Southwest, with centers of maximum pressure, one over Southwestern Nebraska and other over the Middle Atlalntlc States and the north portion of the South Atlantic States. It la a to 10 degreea , warmer over practically all the couatry south aad east of the Ohio river and In New York State and Southern New England. Tempcraturei 8 n. m., 09. Sum Hlsesi fti2B a. m.| sets, <li4:i p. m. Mooni Fall moon, September I. River Stage: 4.0 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, K4. l.owe< temperature, 00. Mean temperature, 70. Normal temperature, 70. of Soutn Second street, which would shorten time between Steelton and Harrisburg four to five minutes and tend to relieve congestion on Market street. "(c) The providing of more cars for the Steelton service during the rush hours and necessary facilities to op erate the same. "2. Tho rerouting and running of cars both ways on North Third street. This may involve the widening of North Third street. Whatever is nec ersary to be done in working out this project to improve the service to the public along this important business thorougnfare. should be planned with out delay. "3. The relocation of tracks in the Capitol Park Extension grounds with Incidental changes and rerouting of lines extending through, or to be op erated through, this section of the city. "4. The building of a new line on (Continued On Page 7) American Destroyer Captures and Sinks Submarine, Is Report A Gulf Port. Aug. 28.—The capture and destruction of a German subma rine by an American destroyer and the k/lllng of four members of the submarine's yrew who had boarded a British steamer is reported by Wil liam Raymond Brown, an American seaman, who arrived here to-day aboard a British steamer. I According to the story told by Brown, the submarine emerged near the steamer, but soon after she came alongside the American destroyer came up and destroyed the U-boat. After the submarine was destroyed, the men who had previously gone aboard the British steamer tried to take charge of. the vessel. One of the German officers was hit on the head and killed as he was going to the engineroom and three others were killed in the fight that followed. Brown said only two Germans re mained aboard the submarine after she came alongside the steamer. The Germans who were not killed in the fight on the steamer were turned over to the destroyer as pris oners. American Housewives Asked to Keep Books to Check Nation's Diet By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 28—By keeping a weekly record of purchases and consumption of foodstuffs, American housewives are affording the Depart ment of Agriculture an opportunity to gain a romprehenslve Idea of the na tion's diet, a department bulletin an nounces to-day. Housewives are fur ' n'shing a weekly report on supplies kept on hand in family larders in , . onnectlon with the Federal emer : g*ncy food census now under way. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1917. SAYS HE RILLED WOMAN, THEN , TRIES SUICIDE Baltimore Man Mangles Self, With Penknife in Local Hotel DISPOSED OF THE GIRL Asserts Authorities Will Be After Him For Mur dering Her Ira E. Bayer, whose address Is believed to be 3122 Baker street, Wallbroolc, Baltimore, Md., was found in his bed at the Dauphin hotel this morning, terribly muti lated and almost dead from wounds which he inflicted upon his body at an early hour this morning. Attendants at the hotel believed the man to be mentally deranged, because of his repeated statements last night that ho had disposed of a girl and that the authorities would be after him to-day. After the man had been taken to the Harrisburg Hospital a man who claims to be from Greensburg came into the Dauphin Hotel and an nounced that the would-be suicide had left Greensburg with the West moreland county man's wife, and that he had with him a warrant for Bayer's arrest. The woman cannot be located, and the police are con-1 ducting a thorough investigation. I Dug Hole in Side At about 8.30 o'clock this morning i the call board at the hotel indicated I that the occupant of room 61 was ringing. An attendant went to the: room, and found Bayer lying upon I the bed in a pool of blood. The man was partly dressed. He had slashed j both wrists with a pocketknife, and I afterwards when he found that his action would apparently not end his life, had dug a great hole in his side. The man owes his life to the fact that the knife blade was short, and no vital spot was reached. He was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital, and is still living. Unless compli cations occur, it is probable that the | man will recover. Bayer was still able to talk when j found. It is not likely that he rang; for assistance. Employes of the hotel believe that he touched the call bell by accident, while tossing about in his agony. An examination of the man's ef fects revealed the fact that his name was Ira E. Bayer, and his wife and daughter reside at 3122 Baker street, Baltimore. Other correspondence indicated that the man was employed by Munn & Blackburn, manufacturing and j shipping agents, of Altoona. Among j the correspondence found'was a tes-, tlmonial from the Baltimore Sun. | saying that Bayer had been cashier ; in the Sun office for several years and had been a faithful employe. Here Two Weeks Bayer is apparently about 40 years of age, and was neatly dressed. He . came to Harrisburg about two weeks ago, and has been here since that time. Detective Hyde Spees was placed in charge of the case. Fol lowing the man's removal to the hos pital Captain of Police Thompson [Continued on Page 3] Pennsylvania Guard to Be Safe From Disease at Healthful Camp Hancock By Associated Press Camp Hancock, August, Ga., Aug. 28.—Disease, which ravaged Span ish-American War volunteers in Southern training camps, will not ; menace the Twenty-eighth Division ! of the army, formerly the National Guard of Pennsylvania. Camp Hancock to-day was pro nounced perfect from a sanitary standpoint by Colonel Henry C. Fisher, sanitary inspector general of the army. He is making an inspec tion of national guard encampments and national army cantonments in the South. "Camp Hancock is ideally sit uated." said Colonel Fisher, "and I am much impressed with it. Its sani tation features are admirable, the camp is virtually free of mosquitoes, and every precaution has been taken !to safeguard the men. It Is one I of the best camps I have ever in ! spected." Several carloads of screen doors ' and windows for the mess shacks i and other bulldlpgs have arrived and a small army of workmen Is fitting them. Each command, upon its ar rival, will engage in a "swat the fly" contest. Five Bandits Kill Two Payroll Messengers to Steal SB,IOO in Cash By Associated Press Chicago, 111., Aug. 2 8. —Two men, carrying SB,IOO, the payroll of the Winslow Brothers Iron Works, were shot to death in front of the plant to-day by five bandits, who escaped with the money in an automobile. Louis Osenberg and Barton Allen, the slain payroll messengers, were returning from a bank In an auto mobile As they stopped In front of the entrance of the Iron works a car containing tho robblrs drew up. Three of the bandits leaped from the machine and opened fire with revolvers. Osenberg and Allen fell with bullets in their heads. The ban dits fired more than twenty shots. I A score of persons witnessed the 1 killing. HAIG AND JOFFRE ARGUING -- . ' v * j VHeßlfloß m S&st S3c?' i GEN HAIG.<SEN OOFFRE AND DAVID LLOYD GEORGE. The photographer who got this picture snapped just in time to show General Haig, British commander in France, and General Joffre in ani mated argument with Premier Lloyd George. The attitude of, both gen erals Indicates they were trying very hard to convince the British prime minister of some point in connection with the war. 431 PIECES OF SKIN GRAFTED ONfiTOED MAN Twelve Railroaders Save Life of Fellow Workman by Heroically Contributing With 431 pieces of Bkin covering burns received some time ago, and grafted from twelve fellow employes of Enginehouse No. 2, Pennsylvania Railroad. John Welliver, will soon be able to leave the Harrisburg Hos pital. He resides at 1610 Fulton street, and attributes his recovery to the heroic response of his friends. On April 7. while Welliver, who is employed as an engine preparer, was attending to the fire in engine No. 4135 a bucket of oil was upset, the fluid running over his clothes. In his haste to get away Welliver brushed against a torch and was soon covered with flames. Employes rallied to his assistance but the young man was badly burn ed on the right hand and right leg. He was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital where he has been making a hard fight for his life. Several weeks ago announcement was given that his recovery could only be made a certainty with the grafting of skin on the burned parts of his body. 200 Volunteer Foreman William H. H. Bickley issued a call for volunteers. There was a hearty response, more than 200 offering their skin. Only a dozen were picked, F. E. Steck. N. Y. Feg ley, P. C. Hepperle, J. B. Welliver, H. C. Wire, J. J. Mumma, J. A. Howard, B. F. Kelly. C. H. Tennant. T. E. Hoffman, W. H. Piatt and W. D. Nead. From these employes 431 pieces of skin were taken. One plucky boy while the skin was being taken from I his arm, asked the surgeon how many pieces had been cut off. The answer was "57." "Makoj it three more and an even 60," said the em ploye. Since the grafting Welliver has been recovering rapidly and will soon be able to go to his homo. GERMANS SHORT SCHOOI.ROOKS Amsterdam, Aug. 28.—The supply of schoolbooks in Germany will soon be exhausted, according to the Vos sische Zeltung. Publishers of school hcoks have been notified they may. use what stocks of paper they have on hand, but they will not be allowed I any more paper for books. STEA M SHO VELM PIPE PROBLEM WORRIES "SONS" Over at the site of the new Penn- Harrls Hotel this morning John New ton and Edmund James, two lead ing lights of the Sons of Rest, had un argument which almost termi nated in blows. The two unofficial inspectors quarreled over the total footage of nipe which will have been plumbed Into the hotel by the plumb ers when the Job Is finished. Compared with the pipe problem the question of how to remove the steam shovel was easy. The Sons of Rest to-day covered the margins of i,very old newspaper they could find with pipe figures. They bothered tho contractor and demanded to look at the blueprints so often that the boss finally told them he'd have theni booby-hatched If they plagued him again. Pipes going Into the new hotel Include: Those for hot water, cold water, O.U.A.M.MAY REVISE RITUAL AT CONVENTION Committee, It Is Believed, J Will Recommend Sweeping j Changes; 100 Delegates The seventy-first annual session of the national council of the Order of United American Mechanics is being held here to-day. The sessions are being held In the G. A. R. Hall, 26 North Third street, and some radical changes in the policy of the order may be expected as a result of the sessions now in progress. Last evening a reception was held for the delegates and their wives. About one hundred representatives are here from many states. The order has councils as far west as Indiana and as far south as Ken tucky. The membership is about 30,000. Wields Great Influence Althougfl the membership of this order is not large compared with that of several secret orders, the Order of United American' Mechanics has wielded an immense Influence in this country ever since the organization of the order. August 8. 1845. The cardinal principles are contained In the words honesty, Industry and so [Continued oh Pago I.] Widow Gives Her Seven Sons to Allied Armies; Serve {Jnder Many Flags By Associated Press Hoboken, N. J., Aug. 28—With seven sons in the service of the allies, Mrs. William J. Tisdall, a widow whose father fought <n :he Napoleonic wars and whose husband served in the English armv, said to-day she was proud that each one of her sons was lighting alrainst Germany. The self sacrifices of the mother so Impressed another man. Samuel Tarento, who boarded with Mrs. Tisdall, that he en listed in the Italian army. Of the sons, Henry and Mark are serving In the British army, Edward is with the Canadians, Victor is in England with the Scots Canadians; 'J'ravers is a member of the Eleventh regiment of engineers in the Ameri can Army and John and William are strvlng under the American flag. Ice water, steam, sewage, electric wiring, heat, gas. , . The question that bothered the Sons of Rest was this: If so many thousand feet of piping go into each floor of the hotel, and there are ten or twelve floors and a couple of cellars, how many miles of pipe will there be altogether? This would be easily solved If the piping was tho same on every floor. Naturally there be more In the cellar and subcellar than on other floors. There was where Newton and James fell out. Their readings of the blueprints differed. The con tractors refuned to aid them. Hence the war of words. | "Let me see your figures," sug gested a reporter. "Go 'way, boy," sneered Newton. "What do you know about machin ery ?" # There may be a call for the Red Crosu very tihortly. DELEGATES HEAR OF STRIDES MADE BY HARRISBURG Officials at Convention of Third Class City League Told of Improvements CONSIDER NEW LAWS Former Mayor of Reading Urges Close. Consideration of Recent Legislation City officials from all parts of the stato arrived here to-day for the eighteenth annual convention of the League of Third Class Cities, which opened in the Technical high school this morning. Fourteen cities were represented at the opening session and delegates were expected during the afternoon from at least ten more municipalities. City Solicitor John E. Fox gave the address of welcome following a short prayer by the Rev. Dr. Ellis N. Kremer, of Reformed Salem Church. In his talk Solicitor Fox gave a brief review of the big developments and Improvements in Harrisburg dur- j ing the last fifteen years and told the delegates the city was one be longing not only to its residents, but to every other city, as it Is the capi tal of the state. During his address he mentioned the three deaths which have occurred in Harrisburg's City Council and the difficulty which con fronted the Commissioners in filling the places. He closed with a refer ence to the patriotism of Harrlsburg in furnishing enough regular army and national guard volunteers so that no men were called from here on the j (lrst draft. Consider legislation Ira W. Stratton, ex-mayor of Read- I ing, and vice-president of the league, I responded to the address and called I the attention of the delegates to the importance of considering legislation just enacted and new laws which are to be presented next year. He paid a tribute to the late Commissioner! Harry F. Bowman and Mayors E. S. j Meals and Charles A. Miller, stating ! the league will certainly miss these I members. A committee of three will l\e ap- | appointed probably, to-morrow, to ; draw up resolutions of regret in memory of Mayor Miller, as he was ' treasurer of the league. Other com- j (Continued On Page 7) Bethlehem Steel Gives Outline of Corporation's New Financial Plan By Associated Press New York, Aug. 28.—Bethlehem Steel Corporation's new financial plan was announced here to-day, the i chief feature of which is that hold ers of old and new stock will have the right to subscribe at par to $30,000,000 of 8 per cent, cumulative preferred stock. These shares will be convertible Into common stock, class B at slls a share. The new issue has been under written by a banking syndicate. The plan will be represented for ratifi -1 cation at a stockholders' special I meeting September 14. In giving reasons for the new fi ! nancial plan, Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of directors of Bethlehem Steel, said the en trance of this country Into the war "has produced such abnormal con ditions that the corporation is now confronted with the necessity of rais ing a very substantial additional amoun tof capital in order to continue its construction .program and pro vide for requirements of greatly in creased business resulting from the war." He said that although this year's earnings have surpassed estimates, "a very large part we intended to ex pend on improvements this year and next must be used for payments of excess profits taxes and other war taxes." Government orders, he said, also entail an Increase of about $15,00#,- 1 000 in the construction program, while Increased cost of labor and material "calls for an unexpected in crease in working capital, especially in connection with government work." The increase of the corpora tion's orders "to an amount in ex cess of $300,00*,000 as compared with $193,500,000 at the beginning of the year," is also mentioned as a factor. Little Girl Aids in Rescuing Mother and 4 Woman From River A double tragedy was narit>wly ' averted at Aqueduct, when Mrs. John P. Gallagher, 23 North Seven teenth street, and Mrs. J. L. L. Kuhi., 2112 North Third street, Har rlsburg, who are members of a house party, got beyond their depth while bathing in the Juniata river. While enjoying the bathing af forded at Aqueduct, the ladles dropped into a hole thirty feet deep, known locally as one of the death traps of the Juniata. They calfed for assistance, and Thelma, the twelve year-old daughter of Mrs. Kuhn, came to their rescue. The girl kept her head and succeeded in keeping the women above water, but in turn I became exhausted. William Smith, the family chauf feur, happened to be near, and brought the party to the shore in a boat. U. S. Soldiers to Study French in Training Camps New York, Aug. 28.—1n accordance with-Instruction of the War Depart ment, 75.000 copies of an English- French phrase book prepared by the National Security League have been ordered shipped to national army and national guard camps. The books are Intended for Instruction of soldiers going to France. Single Copy. 2 Cents HOME EDITION RUSSIAN ARMY NEEDS HAND OF IRON TO RULE Situation at Front Said to Be Seriobs by Commander-in- Chief Korniloff, Who Asks That He Be Given Author ity to Restore Death Penalty For Punishment of Men Who Murder Their Own Officers; Men Demoralized Petrcgrad, Aug. 28.—Russian infantry left its trenches before an enemy attack in the Boyant region and is retiring eastward, the war office an nounces. The retirement was occasioned by the be ginning of an offensive in the region east of Czerno witz, Bukowina, yesterday by the Germans and Aus trians. The troops retreated without waiting tor the ;t*tack on their trenches, which were occupied by the enemy. Soldiers Shoot Down Officers and Retreat Without Giving Battle By Associated Press Moscow, Monday, Aug. 27.—The second general sitting of the national conference was held this afternoon.! General Kornlloff. the commander in-chief, entered the hall in company with Premier Kerensky. His ap pearance was the signal for a pro longed and enthusiastic ovation. All the delegates cheered for Russia, the government and the army. Premier Kerensky then introduced General KornilofT, saying the govern ment had thought it necessary to in vite the commander-in-chief to lay before the conference the situation at the front and in the army. Gen eral Kornlloff said the death pen alty, restoration of which he had asked, together with other measures, constitutes only a small part of what was necessary in an army stricken [Continued on Page 4] BPITiSH AGAIN ADVANCE T w London. Aug. 28.—As the rcsrult of a British attack ©ft X the Flanders front yesterday the British lines have been T V advanced along a front of more than 2,000 yards astride i the St. Julien-Poeloapelle road. *F BERLIN BELITTLES BRITISH GAINS Berlin. Aug. 28.—Via London—The British made only A insignificant gains northeast of Frezenberg in their V $* attacks on the Flanders front yestertlay, army head- jl quarters announced to-day. jr CHILD CRUSHED BY MOTORTRUCK |> Harrisburg—Luke Wilson, 329 Front street, little Jy stepson of Ralph Lehr, an employe of the Bethlehem Steel <• Company, was run over and instantly killed by an auto truck-owned by A. A Stewart, coal merchant, late this *§• afternoon. The child was terribly crushed and mangled. jj H rr bur.,- -Bi is for completing work cn the Post T Office building re scheduled to be oncned late this after- 4f £> noon ct the office of. the supervising architect. X . Wa hington. J; • * SAVED IN AIR BATTLE J Somewhere on the French Front, Aug. 28.— Lieutenant A Raoul Lufberry, of the Lafayette escadrille saved his i colleague in a patrol flight, Sergeant Robert Sourbiran, ▼ of South Boston, from probable death to-day when JL Soubiran v.: suddenly attacked by four German ma- jx chines of the Albatross type while he was Hying at a <i low altitude The German machines were over Soubiran Y attempting tc 'down him, when Lufberry, seeing his ion - plight, tkrted at the enemy aviators, scat- X. terin them and ITALIANS ADVANCE FARTHER . £ Rome Aug. yt i :r .iy on the Bainaizza plateau, on the front ncrt'n of Gori. a. the war office i.n'nounccs. The Austrian? made X violent counterattack . but faiksJ to recover positions taken by the Italians. •! T | + I jj MARRIAGE t George Jncob Miller and Carrie May SkafTner, Wleoalaeo tovrnsblpi George Kolchlch and Julia Mokaah, Steelton. f British Advance Along Front of 2,000 Yards and Beat Off Attack London, AUK. 28.—As the result of a British attack on the Flanders front yesterday the British lines have been advanced along a front of more than 2,000 yards astride the St. Ju® lien-Poeloapelle road, the war office announced to-day. German attempts last night to drive back the British from their positions in the Inverness copse on the Ypres-Menin road were frus trated and prisoners were taken from the attacking forces. ARTIIiTiKRY FIRE HEAVY Paris, Aug. 28.—The French offi cial report on the progress of hos tilities given out this afternoon re fers to artillery activity on the Cali fornie plateau and says that French troops penetrated German trenches at Butte de Souain and took some prisoners near Arraeourt. There was considerable artillery activity on the Verdun front.
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