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USE ZEPPELINS
AND PLANES IN
LONDON RAID
Germans Raid England in Early Evening, Killing and
Wounding Many; Bombs Dropped on Residential Dis
tricts in Hope of Slaughtering Civilian Population;
Fight in Air
London, Sept. 25.—The Daily Mail in an editorial
commenting on last night's air raid calls for reprisals,
saying: "The British people would vifew these
attacks with entire iridiffernce if they knew that every
one of them was followed by an attack in which twice
the weight of bombs dropped here was showered on
German towns. Let's hit the Germans; hit them
hard."
London, Sept. 25. —Fifteen persons were killed and seventy
injured in last night's air raid over London.
The Zeppelins which crossed the Yorkshire nd Lincolnshire
coasts did not penetrate inland, being driven off by gun fire.
Three women were injured.
Only two airplanes at the most penetrated the defenses of
London last night, it is reported officially.
Perfect Weather
There being perfect weather last |
night for air operations Londoners j
expected a visit from German craft j
and their expectations were fulfilled. I
Shortly after 8 o'clock guns were 1
heard firing in the suburbs and the j
metropolis has a repetition of the i
experience to which it has becomo I
accustomed.
Between 8 and 9 o'clock the noise i
of battle was heard throughout the |
city. Antiaircraft guns were being j
fired from ' numerous points and
bombs could bo heard dropping, j
Search lights played over the city
and the rocket-like bursts of shrap
nel furnished an interesting spec
tacle.
The latest reports indicate that the
Germans came in three squadrons.
The first warning was given in the
outlying districts at 7.20 o'clock and
the police announced "all clear"
about 10.20 o'clock.
Hoped to Slaughter
The purpose of the Germans ap
parently was the indiscriminate
slaughter of the civilian population.
The Germans did not attack any
points of military import, but drop-
ped their bombs, as usual, on the
residential districts, mostly upon the
dwellings of the poorer classes.
The performance in the majority
Here's an Insurance
Policy That'll Meet
Its Premiums Itself
IT WAS at the Commonwealth
Trust Company this morning.
A Hummelstown farmer was
talking. "I carry life insur
ance," he said. "I carry fire insur
ance on my house, barns ana out
buildings. 1 carry insurance on
my crops. I have firehose. On my
house and barn are lightning rods, j
There is a lightning arrester be
tween my telephone and the out
side wires. When it is cold I wear
an overcoat. When it is wet. I
wear rubber boots. W hen 1 feel
sick I call a doctor. All the time,
every day. I am insurang myself
against loss of some kind. Now I
want to insure myself against the
loss of my Government. I want
to take out a policy against pay
ing an indemnity to the Kaiser.
I want a policy that will protect
me and my children. I want some
of the bonds in the second Liberty
Loan. As an insurance venture it ;
can't be beat. The policy costs me J
nothing-—and pays me 3% or 4
per cent. It's a policy that pays
not only its own premiums, but
dividends." '
And the Hummelstown farmer
wrote a check covering his share
of Dauphin county's allotment in
the Second Liberty Loan.
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THE CIVIC CLUB'S
SECOND FLY—MEASURING DAY
SEPTEMBER 29
9 to 12.
Prizes awarded: 5 cents a pint
for ail flies.
I THE WEATHER]
.
For Hnrrlshurg and vlclnltyi Fair
to-nlKht and Wednesday*
slightly warmer Wednesday.
For Eastern Pennsylvania) Fair
to-night) Wednesday fair and
slightly warmer) gentle north
east to east winds.
lllver
The Susquehanna river and all It*
branches will fall slowly or re
main nearly stationary. A stage
a little less than B.# feet Is Indi
cated for Harrisburg Wednes
day morning.
General Conditions
The weather continues unsettled
over the southeastern portion of
the United States and light
rains have fallen In the South
Atlantic and I'.ast Uulf States,
Including Southwestern Tennes
see) light rnln was falling gen
erally aloiiK the Atlantic coast
from Hatteriis to Southern
Florida at 8 a. m.
Temperatures have risen 2 to 10
degrees over most of the coun
try from the Plains Stntea east
ward to the Atlantic coaat, ex
cept In the Ohio Valley, Vir
ginia. North Carolina and In n
few localities of limited area
where It Is slightly cooler.
Temperature! 8 a. in., 541.
Sun i Rises, 5i87 a. m.| sets, KiM
p. m.
Moon i Full moon, September 3.
ltlver Stngci 3.8 feet ahova low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, R9.
l.owest temperature, 45.
Mean temperature, 52.
Aorniul temperature, 62.
| of the playhouses proceeded without
:ii break. The second night of the
i grand opera in Drury Lane was on
j and the proigram was carried through
I to the end, only a few people leav
| ing the house.
Many in Theaters
{ In one theater where an American'
play was being presented, the au-ii
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Harrisburg Aviator Falls
1,800 Feet When Engine
of Airplane Goes Bad
One Harrisburg boy, R. M. Mace, of
1523 Swatara street, has had his first
real experience an as aviator. The
ether day at Long Island while test
ing out a new airplane the engine
went bad and flyer dropped to the
earth, a distance of 1,800 feet.
Mace is in the hospital, but will be
out in a few days. It was at first
reported that his hip was broken and
he had two fractured arms. In a let
ter received to-day by his mother,
Mrs. William Crosier, the young man
says he is not seriously injured.
That he was' badly shaken up Mace j
does not deny. Ho hopes to be flying!
again within a month. Mace was
testing one of four new airplanes.
He knew that his chances for escap
ing with his life were slim, but he
managed to keep his machine from
making a direct dive to the earth.
Two other members of his corps were
killed in similar accidents recently.
$9,815,000 Mortgage
Is Among Largest Ever
Filed in This City
A mortgage for $9,815,000, the
largest and most voluminous ever
recorded in Dauphin county, was
lodged this morning with Recorder
James E. Lentz. It is a first mort- ,
; page, given by the Susquehanna Col
: lieries Company to the Girard Trust
Company, Philadelphia, and consists
of a printed booklet of 574 pages.
It was filed against all the prop
erties owned by the collieries com
pany in Dauphin, Northumberland,
Schuylkill and Luzerne counties and
is made up of comparatively 2X9,000 j
words, or an average of about 400 j
words to a page. The transcriber
will use one large mortgage book, j
containing tiOO pages, and the re- j
corder estimates that after the mort- '
gage is entered few pages will be left 1
for other mortgages.
The entry will be typewritten and
the recorder thinks it will take a !
transcriber a whole month to copy j
and verify it. The deed indicating
the transfer of all the Susquehanna
Coal Company's land in Dauphin
county to the collieries company also
was filed to-day. This is a smaller
Instrument. It does not Indicate the
price paid for the real estate.
Murderer Who Gets
Free From Chain Gang
Is Arrested Here
Johnston Claymon, a young man
who broke away from a chain gang
in Greenwood county, Virginia, was
arrested by the police in this city
last night. Claymon is persuaded
that troubles never come singly. Ho
succeeded in eluding the officers sent
to capture him and In Harrisburg,
while employed at the Crystal Res
taurant, had the misfortune to get
drunk. Then he stole everything ot
value he could find. From his fellow
employes he took two suits of cloth
ing, two watches and a pair of shoes.
In police court this afternoon the
young man admitted the theft and
stated that his home was In Greer,
S. C. He had been convicted of mur
der in the southern state and was
serving his sentence with a chain
gang when he succeeded In making
his escape.
Alderman Landls held the young
man for his appearance In court. Au
thorities in the south will be notified
of Claymon'a detention here.
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_ . September 13,^1917.
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Pa.
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advertising campaign on PARIS GARTERS, x when we made
our. decision a few,months^ago.
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and you.should it•
We"congratulate'you upon"the effectiveness of the
Telegraph advertising and assure you that the hearty
co-operation you have given us, which in no small de
gree was responsible, for ..the our campaign -
is appreciated.
Very'truly yours,
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Advertising Manager •
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YOUNG WOMAN
TELLS PITIFUL
STORY OF LIFE
Girl Who Tried to-Kill Self
and Baby Talks at Hos
pital; Needs a Home
Mary "Walters, the young Detroit
! woman who attempted to end her
j life in the waters of the Susque
hanna, has sufficiently recovered at
the Harrisburg Hospital that she is
willing to talk a little of her past
I
life.
The story told by the pretty little
Detroit mother is an old, one one.
A sweetheart came into her life, and
she loved, not wisely, but too well.
The man betrayed Ihe girl, and in on
effort to save something of her life
from the wreck which threatened,
she placed the baby ill an institution,
and took up work in a Detroit de
partment store. Then a friend, whom
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Body of Man Found
in Wildwood Still
Remains Unidentified
The body of a man about forty-five
years of age was found standing in
the lake at Wildwood Park yester
day afternoon. Only the top of his
head was showing. It was seen by a
passerby, who immediately notified
the coroner.
The place where the man was found
is near a bridge, and it is thought
that the man was sleeping on it and
fell off. The bottom of the lake is
very muddy and it is possible that
he stuck and was unable to get out.
There are no marks on the body. It
was in the water about twelve or
fourteen hours.
The body was taken to the morgue
of Undertaker C. H. Mauk Sixth and
Kelker streets where it has remained
unidentified. The man is of medium
size, had dark hair and wore a dark
hue suit, black shirt, black shoes,
black hose and had a blue necktie in
his pocket.
Siam to Send Army
to Western Battle Front
By Associated Prtss
London, Sept. 2 s.—The Siamese
government according to a dispatch
from Bangkok to Reuter's has call
ed for volunteers who may be sent
to the western front. The volunteers,
the dispatch says, will bo command
ed by officers trained In Belgium.
A Bangkok prize court has con
demned six German steamers of a
total net tonnage of 8,021.
Soon after the entrance of Slam
Into the war on July 22, nine Austro-
German steamers aggregating 19,000
tons, were seised by the Siamese
government.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1917.
BEATS HIS FIAN
EFFORT TO GET HER MONEY
Pretty Philadelphia Orphan, Who Has Been Left Sum
of Money, Lured Here and Badly Mistreated;
Manages to Retain Her Cash
Beaten and nearly robbed by the
young man whom she expected to
marry, a pretty orphan girl from
I'hlladelphia between sobs to-day told
the story of the perfldy of her tlancee,
a Harrisburg man.
The girl was taken under the shel
tering wings of the Associated Aids
and later lodged at the Y. W. C. A.
Some months ago the young girl,
who is an orphan with no immediate
relatives, inherited a fair-sized sum
of money. Soon after she met a hand
some young man from Harrisburg.
In an effort to prove that he was
worthy of her attentions he produced
letters that were supposed o have
been written by firms in this city, and
tfhowlng that he was employed In a
responsible position by them. Within
a month the woman and the hand
some young man were engaged to be
married and at his suggestion they
were to come to Harrisburg to be
wed.
Again at his suggestion, she drew
out her money and several Liberty
bonds and made preparations to be
married. Her fiancee came for her
in a taxi.
After arriving In Harrisburg, he
engaged a room almost within hear-
BISHOP M'DOWELL
TO MAKE ADDRESS
AT CONFERENCE
Dean of Methodists to Deliver
Famous Lecture; Discuss
Sunday School Work
Large crowds are attending the
sessions of the Sunday school insti
tute in Fifth Street Methodist Epis
copal Church.
To-night Bishop McDowell, one of
the, most forceful speakers of the
present day, w4U deliver one of his
famous lectures.
An Epworth League convention,
which will open to-morrow In Grace
Methodist Episcopal Church, will
! bring many delegates to this city.
Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church was packed last night when
the Rev. William 8. Bovard, D. D.,
delivered his lecture on "The Modern
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GERMANS EXECUTE THIRTY
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, Sept. 28.—Advices
have been received from the frontier
by the Telegraaf to the effect that
about thirty residents of Ghent, Bel
glum, have been put to death In the
last three weeks on charge of es
pionage. f ~
| ing distance of the police station and
told her that within a few hours they
would be married by a minister.
He asked her to let him see the
money that she had brought with her
and she did as she was requested. Her
fiancee gave the money back to her
and then began beating her over the
head. Before he knocked her uncon
scious her screams had been heard
from the street and fearing that he
might be caught the man grabbed his
hat and ran. The young lady was
taken to the Associated Aid rooms
and later, when It was found that
she needed medical attention, was
taken to the Y. W. C. A. Her nose
was badly hurt and bleeding and her
face and neck were bruised until they
were black and blue. She was later
taken to the Harrisburg Hospital suf
fering from the shock. When she left
for her home in Philadelphia her con
fidence in mankind was badly shaken.
Se paid her hospital bill and all of
her expenses while in Harrisburg.
Her trousseau contained many
beautiful garments that she had spent
hours in embroidering.
She is still in possession of her
money and the police are searching
for the man.
CROSSES \LPS IN
700-MILE FLIGHT
TO ENGLAND
Daring Italian Aviator Flies
700 Miles in 722 Minutes,
10,500 Feet in Air
By Associated Press
London, Sept. 26.—Captain Laurlat,
one of the most daring Italian avi
ators, who has twlve been decorated
with military medals for valor, ac
companied by an observer made the
first Italy-to-England flight to-day, re
peating the feat in 1910 of the late
George Chaves In crossing the Alps.
Captain Laurlat covered 700 Eng
lish miles In 722 minutes. His ma
chine, which is A new type, started
from Turin this morning.
Captain Laurlat flew at a height of
10,500 feet. He encountered high wind,
fog banks, rainstorms and clouds on
the route, which lay over Modane and
Culoz in ■ 'Utheastern France, thence
over the French battlelines in north
ern France to Cape Grlß-Nez and
thence across the English Channel.
He brought mall to the Italian am
bassador.
On May 30 last, a British biplane
with five persons on board arrived
tn Rome direct from London, having
stopped only at Paris, Turin and Pisa
on the way.
LIQUID FIRE IS
USED IN VAIN
ON FRENCH LINE
Germans Suffer Heavy Losses
in Unsuccessful Attack
Near Verdun
By Associated Press
Paris, Sept. 25.—Liquid fire was
used by the Germans in an attack on
the French lines in the Beaumont
region north of Verdun last night.
The French, however, repulsed the as
sault with heavy losses to the Ger
mans, the war office announced to
day.
The bombardment that has been in
progress on the east bank of the
Meuse in the neighborhood of Chaume
wood was kept up by the German
guns during the night.
Pence Rumor Denied
Petrograd, Sept. 25.—Minister of
Foreign Affairs Terestchenko has is
sued the following statement:
"Rumors published recently by the
newspapers in various countries re
garding peace negotiations said to
have been initiated by certain pow
ers Bre entirely false. Equally de
void of foundation are reports attrib
uting any particular appearance to the
ccnference in Berne which has been
convoked by the so-called •alliance
for the realization of durable peace,
with which neither the Russian gov
ernment nor her allies had anything
to do."
Jewish Merchants to
Close Tomorrow; Other
Stores Open as Usual
An expression appears to have been
made here and there that all stores
in Harrisburg are to be closed to
me rrow. This was caused by an
nouncement in the newspapers yes
terday that owing to Yom Klppur, a
Jewish religious holiday, many stores
controlled by those of the Jewish
faith would be closed on that day.
All other stores will be open as usual.
Brothers in Medical
Service Reach England
(Arrived safe, England.
Wanbaughs.)
This cablegram announcing the
arrival of hlB sons in England, was
received by Linwood B. Wanbaugh,
618 North Second street, this morn
ing. The boys, Linwood W. and Ed
ward L. Wanbaugh, are with a Reg
ular Army Medical Corps, having
enlisted several months ago.
Early in July tho two brothers de
cided to enlist together. They were
first sent to Columbus from here and
later to a camp In Indiana for train
ing. Some weeks ago they were
brought east. Then suddenly their
letters home stopped. The cable was
the first word from them )n weeks
Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION
ARGENTINA IS
SURE TO BREAK
WITH GERMANY
Conservatives Scheduled to
Force Rupture With Kais
er's Government
CENSORSHIP IS RIGID
South American Country
Makes Certain Neutrality
Will Not Be Violated
By Associated Press
Buenos Aires, Sept. 25.—The
Chamber of Deputies to-day
voted in favor of a rupture with
Germany. The vote was 53 to
18.
Buenos Aires, Sept. 25.—The con
servatives, who control the chamber
of deputies, have agreed to vote to
night on a rupture with Germany.
From ,\li indications they will have
a majority of thirty votes, virtually
forcing the government to cease re
lations with Germany.
The government desires to post
pone formulation of its policy until it
receives from Ambassador Naon at
Washington translations of the 415
telegrams received or sent by the
Swedish legation here. These mes
sages were telegraphed to Dr. Naon
with instructio is to send transla-
Uons.
The government is considering Im
position of a rigid censorship of all
messages In the republic to prevent
misuse of the cables such as that
practiced by Count von Luxburg, the
dismissed German minister.
Strikers have cut the telegraph line
to Valparaiso, Chile, paralyzing di
rect cable service to the United
States.
PROMOTED TO MAJOR
Capt. Frank K. Ross, or the 18th
United States Cava/-y at Fort Etan
Allen, Vt., has bc-Cn appointed ma
jor in the Aviation Corps and order
ed to Mineola, L. 1., for duty. Major
Ross is a son of George F. Ross, of
I this city.
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jJ Concord, N. C., Sept. 25.—Th-r; defense in the (
4 of Gaston B. Means, charged with the murder of iVsrs .1 H
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4 and was taken to the Harrishu. j Hospital.
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COUNCIL MAY
MAKELONG TERM
ASH CONTRACT
Ordinance Introduced to En
ter Into Fifteen or Sixty
three-Month Pact
NEW MAYOR PRESIDES
Mr. Bowman Says Afterwards
He Is Well Pleased With
Work Accomplished
City commissioners, -"his morning
made provisions for hav*. the con
tract for the collection and dispo
sal of ashes and garbage extended
over a period of one, two, three, four
or five year 3 in a new ordinance, so
that competing Arms may bid.
The ordinance was worded so that
it conforms with the amended speci
fications made last night at a Health
Board conference.
It is understood that a firm which
is installing a reduction plant in
Reading will compete for the Har
risburg contract if the period of the
contract is made five years. The
Pennsylvania Reduction Company,
[Continued on Puge 7.]
PLAN BOND CAMPAIGN
By Associated Press
Philadelphia. Sept. 25.—The cam
paign for the second Liberty Loan,
embracing many new features, will
open here Monday. The Liberty
Bond executive committee has been
busy making plans for the cam
paign which will continue twenty
seven days.
SWISS NEED HELP
Berne, Switzerland, Monday, Sept.
24.—President Schulthess said to-day
in the National Council that 1,350,-
000 persons more than one-third of
the population of Switzerland, were
receiving bread and other food at
reduced prices through the assistance
of the authorities.