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LYNCHED ALIEN
WANTED HIS BODY
WRAPPED IN FLAG
Mand Who Led Mob Testifies
at the Inquest in
Illinois
By Asscciated Press
Colli nsville, 111., April 11.—The in
quiry into the hanging of Robert P.
, Prager by a mob here last Friday
niorning probably will be concluded
to-night by Coroner Roy A. Low. De
velopments at the inquest thus far,
which has been secret, are said to
indicate that at least one participant
in the hanging has confessed.
Joseph Riegel, 28 years old, a Col
linsville miner and honorably-dis
charged United States soldier, is said
to have told the coroner's jury yes
terday he was the leader of the mob.
that he and another man dragged
i'rager from the basement of the city
hall and that although he did not
pull the rope that hanged the man,
he looked on. He asserted the dying
>vlsh of Prager was that he be buried
in the American Hag. Thts was com
plied with when Prager was buried
:it St. Louis while Riegel was testi
fying before the coroner's Jury.
Prager was hoisted into the air by
boys from twelve to sixteen years
old, Riegel is said to have testitled.
lie is declared to have said that
Prager denied that he was a spy, or
that he had hoarded powder with
the purpose of blowing up the Mary
vllle mine. Riegel. it is said, paid a
tribute to Prager's bravery, declaring
that the latter never shed a tear
when he kissed the flag, and that he
did not beg for mercy. ,
Riegel made a confession early
yesterday to n St. Louis newspaper
man, and persons present at the in
quest asserted last night that'Riegel
bad reiterated before the tury every
detail mentioned In his statement to
the reporter.
Itioscl Joined the Crowd
According to Riegel's alleged state
ment to the newspaper man, he said
he was in a Collinsville saloon, at
10.15 o'clock Thursday night, when
a policeman came in and ordered the
ulace closed, explaining that a crowd
had collected around the jail and a
disturbance was feared. Leaving the
saloon, he found the criwd.
"The Mayor came out and made a
speech and tried to 'get us to go
away," the confession said. "He de
clared the man was pone. I asked
whether he would allow a United
Slates Army man to go in and see,
end, I showed him my army dis
charee papers.
"He told me to come on in. which
I did, and the crowd followed. If we
had found the man in the cell we
would not have bothered him. but it
made us angry to feel that the po
lice had sneaked him away. We went
outside, surrounded the place and
decided to look again.
"Another man and I went into the
cellar and found Prager hiding in a
pile of tiles. He came out and we
grabbed him by each arm and led
him out."
Forced to Kiss the Flag
Riegel said that en route to the
scene of the hanging several persons
were met in automobiles and Prager
was forced to sing and kiss the flag
r or them. At the tree, members of
'he mob questioned Prager for twen
ty minutes regarding his alleged pro
rtermanism.
"We asked him if he was a Ger
man spy and if he had tried to blow
up the Maryville mine and why he
did not keep his date at Edwartjs
ville with Mose Johnson. He denied
he was a spy and that he had hoard
ed powder, but made no answer
about not keeping his date. If he
had kept that date we never would
have bothered him."
This date was with a district lead
er of the mine workers' union rela
tive to Prager's admission to the
union. j
Riegel's story then proceeds:
"Somebody tied the rope around
Prager's neck and several boys from
twelve to sixteen years old pulled
liim up. His hands were not tied and
lie grabbed at the rope. They let him
lown, and we said: 'N'ow.'are you
4oing to tell whether anybody is
mixed up with you?' We told him
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THURSDAY EVENING, - HARRISBURG TELEGRXPH APRIL 11, 1918
Lynched For Disloyalty
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ROBEET P. PKAEGER.
Robert P. Praeger was taken in
charge by a mob at Collinsville, 111.,
the other day and hanged to a tree
outside the town. He was charged
with having made disloyal remarks
in an address at a meeting of miners.
Illinois authorities are investigating
in an effort to identify the lynchers.
we were going to kill him if he did
not tell everything.
Refused to Name Partners
"He said his parents were living
and that he wanted to write to them.
He also said he had three partners,
but refused to tell their names.
"All the time the crowd kept get
ting more excited and angry. Some
one shouted: "Well, if he won't
come in with anything string him
up.' A boy produced a handkerchief
and his hands were tied. I might
have been the man who did the ty
ing. I was drunk, and because I
had been in the Army the crowd
made me the big man in the affair,
and I guess I was sort of puffed up
over that.
"Just as we were about to string
him up Prager said: 'All right, boys.
Go ahead and kill me, but wrap me
in the Hag when you bury me.'
"Then they pulled the rope. I
merely looked on, but I know a num
ber of persons whose hands were
on the rope.
"He was the bravest man I ever
saw in my life. He never shed a tear
except when he kissed the flag, and
he did not once beg for mercy."
Belgian Patrols Raid
Enemy Camps; Bring
Prisoners on Reiarn
Pilris, Wednesday, April 10.— A
Belgian official statement issued to
night reads:
"During the nights of April 8-P
and 9-10 our patrols made several
raids into enemy advance works, es
pecially ' near Lombaertzyde, St.
Georges, Dixmude and Zevecote. Sev
eral prisoners were brought back to
our lines. Similar enemy attempts
against certain advance posts in the
region of Merckem and west of Hou
tholst were without result. Along
the coast the two artilleries have
been very active, employing a lcrge
number of gas shells.
German Squadron Lands
Force in Finnish Lovisa;
Transports Near Capital
London, April 11.—A German
squadron with several transports is
reported to have arrived at Lovisa,
midway between Helsingfors and Vi
borg. Finland, according to a Router
dispatch from Petrograd. The
squadron came from the direction of
Reval and a small force was said
1 to have landed and occupied Lovisa.
STEELTON NEWS ITEMS
BONUS HELPFUL
TO EMPLOYES
Schwab Declares System Re
sponsible For Good Show
ing of Plants
The bonus system is responsible
for the unusual efforts of all em
ployes of the plants of the Bethle
hem Steel Company, including the
Steelton plant, to aid the govern
ment, Charles M. Schwab, chairman
of the board of directors, declares.
Effects of the bonus system are
evident at the local plant, all em
ployes working hard to increase xheir
daily wage through this method. The
bonus system which is used in ni iny
departments of the local plant has
without a doubt stimulated the pro
duction of the local plant, in the
opinion of officials of the local plant.
Mr. Schwab talking after the an
nual meeting of the directors of the
company held at Newark, N. J., re
cently declared that the company's
output "is showing a splendid im
provement, as compared with the
previous earlier months in the year,
owing to the improvement in trans
portation facilities."
"Steel plants are now running at
80 per cent, capacity, compared with
only 50 per cent, in January," said
Mr. Schwab. "Our shipbuilding de
partments are running at 100 per
cent, capacity. Practically all our .
plants are working for the United
States government and the allies."
E. G. Grace, president of the cor
poration, presided over the .nect
ing, at the opening of which about
twenty-five stockholders were pres
ent. Mr. Schwab did not address the
stockholders. He told reporters that
the bonus plan had stimulated pro
duction.
He said the bonus system was re- 11
sponsible for the unusual efforts of ; :
all employes of the plant to aid the,
government. He declared that j
though transportation facilities were j.
improving, he could not say the same
of labor. In 1917 $3,913,838.07, or!
six per cent, of the total earnings, j
was paid in bonuses.
FIRST AID COURSE
Women of the borough desiring to
take a course in first aid are urged
to register. Officers of the chapter
thts morning issued the following
statement:
"Every woman In Steelton desir
ous of taking a course either in First
Aid or in Elementary Hygiene and
Home Care of the Sick, each course j
consisting of ten lessons. Is urged to j
register at the Red Cross headquar- '
ters at once as classes are now be- I
ing organized.
FOREIGNER WAS NOT ROBBED
Chief of Police Grove declared j
this morning that Sanchlo Sanchez, i
of Lemoyne. who it is alleged was
struck on the head and robbed of I
$250 in Steelton on Tuesday night,;
fell down the steps of a West Side i
hotel and was not attacked. The I
chief said that Sanchez did not have |
any money with him.
TO AMPUTATE LEG
Fred Morris, colored, 63 Frederick i
street, Steelton, will have his leg i
amputated at the Harrisburg Hos- \
pital as soon as he recovers from
the shock he sustained in an acci
dent at the steel plant, last night. :
Besides the injuries to his leg, he j
was injured internally.
CLASS MEETING
Class No. 4, of .the Grace United j
Evangelical' Sunday school, taught
by the Rev. J. K. Hoffman, pastor,
will meet this evening at the home !
of Mrs. Glattacker, 417 Lincoln !
street. The weekly rehearsal of the i
church choir Will be held Friday ;
evening in the church at 8.15 o'clock. 1
J. C. DOUGLASS DIES
i J. Calvin Douglass, aged 68, died i
yesterday morning at the home of I
his daughter, Mrs. Charles Bricker,'
246 South Second street. Death was
caused lty apoplexy. Surviving him
are his wife and four children.
FORMER RESIDENT DIES
Joseph H. Gore, a former resident 1
well known here, died yesterday j
morning at 10.45 o'clock at Detroit. I
Mich. He is survived by four daugh- :
ters, Katherine, Georgia/ Gertrude
Gore, and Mrs. Mary Shepherd.
ST. JOHN'S CHOIR
The weekly rehearsal of the St. ;
John's Lutheran choir will be held
in the church this evening at 7.45 ;
o'clock.
DEVIL IS KAISER'S
GOD, DECLARES TUT
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Carbondulc, 111. —In an address ;
William Howard Taft, former Presi- j
dent, declared the United States to j
be fighting "the German people, led !
by William Hohenzollern," adding :
that "Germany has mistaken the
devil for God."
Mr. Taft was addressing a conven- '
tion of the Southern Illinois Teach-!
ers' Association.
Roosevelt Nephew Would
Force All Idlers to Work
wMS
Senator Theodore Douglas Robin
son, member of the New York State
Senate and nephew of Golonel Roose
velt, has introduced a bHI to require
all idlers, rich and poor, to go to
wcrk. He Insists the fact that a
man has enough money to malnttin
hirr self without work is not suffi
cient, and that in these war times he
must do enough to pay his way.
Adam Masters Saves
Girl From Drowning
Adam Masters, the flfteen-year-old
son of Night Sergeant Valentine
Masters of the borough police force,
yesterday heroically saved a small
girl from drowning in the canal in
the vicinity of Booser's creek in
South Front street. "The child was
chasing an umbrella, which had
been blown from her hands, and
tumbled into the canal. Young Mast
ers who was passing the place at
the time, heard the cries of some
of the girl friends and ran to the
canal and rescued the girl after
she had sunk the second time. The
little girl was taken to her home
on the West Side and resustitated
after much difficulty.
Meeting of Loan Workers
Will Be Held Tomorrow
Frank A. Robbins, Jr., chairman
of the Third Liberty Loan drive in
Steelton has called a meeting of the
borough's prominent businessmen to
be held in his office to-morrow af
ternoon at 3 o'clock. At this meet
ing preliminary plans for the drive
to be held April 21 to 27 will be
made. Letters were sent out to busl;
nessmen this morning requesting
their presence.
CHARLES ROBERTS LEAVES
Charles A. H. Roberts, an em
ploye of the local post office for fif
teen years, selected by the Post Of
fice Department for foreign postal
service, left this afternoon for Wash
ington to take up preliminary train
ing. Mr. Roberts is the second em
ploye to be taken for foreign service
from the local office in less than a
year.
SCHOOL BUILDING CIjOSED
Sessions at lite Fothergill school
building were suspended this morn
ing when a Oase of diphtheria was
discovered in the building. The build
ing will be properly fumigated. Allen
Drawbaugh is principal of the build
ing.
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Too Many Adams, Eve
Quits Chicago Eden
Cfclcaso. —Eve Unanlwich, gypsy
bride, is bewailing the loss to-day of
$3,600 and also complains there were
too many Adams in her' Garden of
Eden. She asks the police to arrest
four of the family that lived in her
paradise. Also a Mary Adams is
wanted.
Eve married George Adams, she
said, according to the gypsy custom.
All this takes, she said, is a fierce
glance and if ft goes home that is all
there .is to the ceremony. George
had a wife, Mary, but it did not make
much difference, it seems. Evo went
to live with George and Mary. Three
other Adams came around and every
thing seemed lovely.
Then Eve caught Mary looking into
her bag containing $3,500 . That was
at night. In the morning when she
rwoke all the Adams and Mary and
the $3,500 were gone.
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Minneapolis. —One thousand hidden
dollars which James Purdy, postmas
ter, believes were not originally sup
posed to be recovered until spring,
went into the Treasury o" the United
States recently. This amount was
invested by a workman in the post
office. The man approached the
Thrift Stamp window and by point
ing to a stock of stamps indicated he
wanted to buy some. "Where's your
money?" asked the clerk. The man
tcok off two ponderous shoes and
brought forth SI,OOO in bills. Clerks
who witnessed the procedure said
there was certain conclusive evidence
that the money had been stowed
away many months. He got the
stamps.
THEFT OF 85 CENTS IS
COSTLY TO COUNTY
Clinton, 111.—Prosecution of a man
alleged to have stolen a piece of
lumber valued at 85 cents has cost
DeWltt county more than a hundred
dollars and the case is undecided.
The case is that of Huge vs. Querfield
A jury failed to agree and the case has
been postponed for second trial.
Hughes charges Querfield with tak
ing the lumber from a line fence to
make a grape arbor.
U.S. TO GUARD
TRADE AT BASE
ON THE AZORES
Guns Landing at Funchal in
Preparation For Establish
ment of Station
By Associated Press
Washington, April 11.—For the
protection of tho Atlantic trade
routes to southern Europe, the Unit
ed States, with the consent of Port
ugal, has established a naval base
at Funeral, on the Azores Islands.
Guns have been landed to begin
fortification of the station, which
in addition to being used as a naval
base for American submarines, de
stroyer and other small craft, also
will serve as an important homing
station for American airplanes, a
number of which already have been
assembled there.
Negotiations in Progress
Negotiations now are in progress
between the State Department and
the Portuguese government to insure
full co-operation between American
naval forces and the local authori
ties of Portugal on the islands for
the adequate defense of the station.
This action-will simplify tho task of
protecting the great trade routes, not
only to southern Europe and tho
Mediterranean, but also returning
traffic to South America and South
ern Gulf ports In the United States.
Portugal not only was willing to
enter the arrangement but was eager
to see it perfected that her own lines
of communication to her colonial
possessions would be covered. The
value of the new station as a base
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