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Registration of Deeds
of City Property Begins
Registration of deeds of all city
properties in the city, showing the
present owners, has been started,
City Engineer M. B. Cowden an
nounced. A few months ago, when
council first passed an ordinance au
thorizing this work, it was decided
to register deeds showing trannsfers
made after April 1. Since then,
however, the necessary office equip
ment and registration books and
blanks have been purchased and the
task of registering all other deeds
dated prior to April 1 has been
started. Each ward will be called
for in turn, Mr. Cowden said. The
Fourteenth ward property owners
were the first ones to be asked to
bring in deeds for registration and
this work is now going on. To date
more than 1,000 deeds have been pre
sented, stamped and the descriptions
or the property and the names of
the present owner and former own
er all entered on the record.
Mr. Cowden said the system used
in Harrisburg is probably as com
plete as any in use in the state, and
when the work is finished will fur
nish the City Assessor and City
Treasurer with an accurate record
of the present owners of all prop
erty in Harrisburg, whether im
proved or vacant lots.
Persistent French-Canadian
Gets Into King's Army
"I am going to get over there if
I have to swim," said Arthur Anctif
a strapping young French-Canadian,
heaved a great sigh of relief and con
tentment. Twice has Anctil, who is
a native of Quebec, tried to enlist
with the British and Canadian re
cruiting mission and both times he
has been rejected but at last he has
managed to get by the doctors and
has donned the khaki of his native
land. He is going overseas with the
Canadian Engineers as a skilled
mechanic.
That a persistent man always,
wins has been ably demonstrated by 1
Anctil. Owing to slight curvature,
of the spine the medical officers
would not pass him for the Infant-j
ry and on two occasions Anctil
away sorrowfully but not disheart
ened. He visited one of the Mis-|
sion depots regularly and each timej
he pleaded for a chance to go and,
fight. '
Infantry, his chosen branch of the
service was closed to him, but hej
was told that he would probably be'
accepted for the engineers owing;
to his being a skilled engineer. He (
tried and his joy was passed by the,
doctors.
"I was going to get over there j
if 1 had to swim," said Anctil. "But|
1 would like to have gone as an In-:
fantryman. However I have read',
.several times that the American j
engineers had been given opport-|
unities to throw down their working |
tools and get busy with the guns, |
and probably the same opportuni
ty will come to me. I hope it will
because I am anxious to kill a few
Huns.
Kerensky Hid in Moscow
Under Noses of Bolsheviki
Furls, July 5. Alexander K. Ker- j
er.skv the former Russian Premier, |
yesterday said that between Novem
ber 1917. when his government fell,
and May. 1918 he was in hiding in
various cities of Central Russia. At
first he was in Petrograd and later in
Moscow and did not leave Moscow un
til May 25. The Russian leader said
that at all times he was in contact
with political leaders of the parties
opposed to the Bolshevik regime.
FRIDAY EVENING, HAHRISBURG & TELEGRAPH IULY 5, 191?.
CONSTRUCTING COTES FOR OUR WINGED MESSENGERS
J'-.. ..' " "" J
BTJIVfINS PJGEON COTTBS. <£>Ca*-*nrmrr w *c
American engineers In France building: an underground cote for the carrier pigeons attached to their
regiment.
Crew Deprived of Water
by German Submarine
London. —Typical brutality was
displayed by the Germans in sinking
the Glasgow steamship Ellaston in
the Atlantic recently.
The vessel, which was laden with
coal, was shelled by a U-boat for
three and a half hours. The British
captain returned the fire until the
ammunition was spent, and then
abandoned the vessel, which was
boarded by the submarine's crew
and sunk with bombs. The master
was taken prisoner.
The drinking water in the port
lifeboat was destroyed by the Ger
mans, who also removed the mast,
sails, and all the oars except two,
leaving the British sailors to find
lTind as best they could. The star
board boat was allowed to* get away
unmolested and was picked up by
a schooner when near Las Palmas.
The crew of the port lifeboat, aft
er great hardship, also succeeded in
.making Las Palmas nine days after
abandoning the Ellaston.
WANTS TO KNOW IF
UK WAS BORN HERE
C. W. Townson. of the United
States Navy, lias written to Mayor
Keister asking him to locate, if pos
sible, any relatives in the city. Mr.
Townson in his letter says he has not
heard from a relative for eighteen
years, and the last time he received
word was from Harrisburg where he
thinks his mother lived for years,
and where he believes he was born.
Townson's address is care the First
Regiment, Pelham Bay, New York.
U. S. N. R. F.
DRAFT MEN* REJECTED
Liverpool. July s.—Out of the last
draft of Perry county's quota of
forty-one recently sent to Camp Lee,
John Trimmer and J. E. Zeliers, both
of Liverpool, were rejected physi-
Hog Starts Fusilade
in Illinois Garage
Danville, 111.—The efficiency of a
combination of bulldog, alarm bell
and trap gun for preventing auto
thefts has been demonstrated, but
the combination almost resulted in
a riot. Henry Millman, truck gar
i dener, has lost two motorcars. When
the third was purchased by him a
few weeks ago, he rigged up a trap
gun, later adding an alarm bell and
tying a vicious bulldog in his garage.
Shortly after midnight, the,other
r.ight, some one attempted to force
an entrance. Simultaneously with
the sounding of the alarm bell, the
trap gun was discharged. The dog
started to bark. Henry fired an
other gun from his bedroom win
dow. Neighbors also fired several
shots. Police, notified by other
neighbors, hustled out in a motorcar
with the reserves, believing a riot
was in progress. Even at that the
burglar was a hog, which had rooted
under the door and sprung the elec
trical trap.
Couple Forfeit Savings of
Lifetime to Government
San Francisco— I The savings of a
| littunie ai u sailor and his wife have
j been seized by federal officials be-
I cause the couple did not know of
[ President Wilson's order forbidding
the taking of gold out of the coun-
I try.
Because Mrs. Ricardo Rodriguez
feared banks, she persuaded her hus
band to carry their entire fortune.
$1,855, with him on a trip to Central
America. The officers found it and
itook possession. Because of the na
ture of the case, permission is to be
,"t Secretary JlcAdoo to return
1 the money.
Tickers in Trenches
Give U. S. Boys the News
New York— News tickers In the
trenches are the latest thing for the
American soldiers In France. Every
trench is linked up with General
Pershing's headquarters and his
headquarters and his quarters are in
instant touch with Paris, London,
Rome and the rest of the world.
Wonders that American electricians
have worked are mentioned in a
private dispatch just received in this
country which states:
"All of America's achievements in
France during its first year abroad
! have not been told by a long shot.
Our electricians who enrolled as
Signal Corps men knocked European
electricians silly with their efficiency,
i "The moment a trench is begun
that moment its wiring for telephone
service is begun. Pershing's head
quarters is connected with each
! American general's headquarters by
a printing telegraph like the news
• tickers so that the general orders
are wired and delivered in plain
English in page form over a circuit
that cannot be tapped or listened
in on.
"General Pershing's headquarters
has the Western Union multiplic sys
tem operating to London, to Brest
1 and to Italy, so that he is in imme
j diate touch with Washington and
j Italy. Lots of other facilities have
I been provided. The American camp
j Is up-to-date and ahead of it."
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL RESIGNS
Marietta, Pa., July s.—Professor J.
W. Bucher, for a number of years su
pervising principal of the Marietta
public schools, and who was re
elected for the coming tetrm, has re
signed. to accept the principalship of
the Red Lion schools, at a higher sal
ary and more months of schoolwork.
His successor will be Miss Esther
Mueller, of Lancaster, who was first
aslstant theh past two years.
PLEASING BILL
AT THE MAJESTIC
Continuous Vaudeville Enter
tainment to Accommodate
Holiday Crowds
Continuous vaudeville was offered
at the Majestic Theater yesterday to
accommodate the holiday crowds. A
pleasing bill is offered for the week
end with Miss Bessie Wynn retained
as the star. Miss Wynn has just re
turned from the war zone and Is such
a pleasing entertainer that the man
agement will be sure to please the
patrons by having her stay the entire
week.
Bill Strothern. "Bill," the human
spider, gave his best vaudeville
"stunt" at the Penn-Harris Hotel earlv
in the afternoon. His pictures of
other famous climbs are interesting.
I.unc and Plant. A bit of non
sense now and then—these two start
the comedy end of the program and
have good songs.
"A Regular Kindness Man." This
sketch is presented well, but the plot
is an old one, but not too old for
good comedy results.
llesMle Wynn. Miss Wynn has an
entirely new program with good pa
triotic numbers, all of them sure to
please.
The Treemans. Tumbling, hand
springs and similar feats with clown
falls for comedy, feature the closing
offering.
MAX ROBERTSON.
London Telegraph Sends
Greeting to American Press
The following Is a message from
Lord Burnham, the proprietor, and
Sir John LeSage, editor, of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph, to the editors
and staffs of American newspapers
on the "momentous anniversary of
your great national festival:.'
The editor and members of the
staff of the London Daily Telegraph
desire to send to the American press
fraternal greetings of thorough cor
diality and friendship. There could
be no better opportunity for such an
interchange of sincere sympathy
than is afforded by Independence
Day, which all members of the
Anglo-Saxon race on both sides of
the Atlantic can now celebrate in
common, owing to our complete ac
cord in aim and interest.
In real communion of spirit, with
unfeigned and whole-hearted sin
cerity, we welcome America's par
ticipation in war and recall with
gratitude all that she has done ma
terially, as well as ideally, to help
the cause of the Entente Powers.
We are grateful to America for her
inspiring help and unfailing sym
pathy, for the clear-voiced leader
ship of her president and above all
for her championship of those high
principles which can best stjcure
the new era of freedom and justice.
English and American pournalists
can clasp hands as friends and
brothers in arms and devote all their
energies, not only to securing those
liberties which we both hold to be
the birthright of self-governing com
munities, but to the establishment
on the broad basis of mutual re
spect and self-respect of a lating
league of friendship between Wash
ington and London.
TWO KILLKD IX AUTO CRASH
(tmikrrtonn, Pa., July s.—Two per
sons were killed and five others seri
ously injured in a triple automobile
and trolley accident several hundred
feet below Headman's tollgaet near
here, yesterday.
MUSEj^MENTsjfjf
MAJESTIC
""vl? , Hu man Spider" and Other
High Class Vaudeville.
j COLONIAL.
To-day—"The Whip."
Saturday only—Viola Dana In "The
Only Road."
Monday and Tuesday Mae Marsh in
"All Woman."
REGENT
To-day Wallace Keid in "The Fire
fly of France." and Charlie Chaplin
in "A Night Out."
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Gorge M. Cohan in "Hit-the-Trail
Holliday."
Thursday and Friday Pauline Fred
erick in "Her Final Reckoning."
VICTORIA
To-day and to-morrow Tom Mix in
"Ace High," and Pathe Government
War Films. Also, added attraction,
Marie Dressier in "Fired."
First three days of next -week
Theda Bara in "Under the Yoke."
PAXTANG PARK THEATER
Musical Comedy.
"The Human Spider." who scaled
the walls of the new Peon-Harris
Hotel building
'•The Humnn Spider" yesterday, is
and Vaudeville featured at the
Majestic Theat
ter. Wilmer and Vincent announced
that if The Spider did what he claim
ed he could do, in going to the roof
of the new hotel via the outside
route, he would deserve a vaudeville
booking, and now that The Spider
has made good/ he is in vaudeville.
He gives a very interesting talk on
climbing, along with some pictures
of his work in other cities. During
the latter three days of this week,
Bessie Wynn is singing a new set of
songs, having changed her act com
pletely from the first half of the
week. She is still the talk of the
town, not only through her very good
work at the Majestic, but through
her excellent talks that she has given
outside on topics connected with the
war. The other acts on the bill are
all good comedy numbers.
That "The Firefly of France," star
ring Wallace Reld and Ann Little,
should have
Hreny of France" scored so heav
at the Regent ily on the pre
miere presenta
:L on °X that photoplay in this city at
the Regent Theater yesterday, is
quite understandable. First, the pic
ture, because of the spirit of patriot
ism which animates It, is one of the
best seen here in many weeks, and
second, these two stars never appear
ed in more congenial roles, as the fre
quent manifestations of the large au
dience amply testified.
To-morrow—A double progTam is
scheduled. Margarita Fisher will ap
pear in "The Primitive Woman," and
Charlie Chaplin will be seen in "A
| Night Out." "The Primitive Woman"
I COLONIAL
THE WHIP
I A Screen Version of the Famous
] Play. Story of the Race Track.
I ____
SATURDAY ONLY
WINSOME
VIOLA DANA
IN A MEXICAN STORY
The Only Road
is based on the idea that even a young
old fogy of a college professor has to
give up whe he matches wits against
that scintillating product of the
American finishing school, whose type
is so cleverly portrayed by Miss
Fisher.
This is the last opportunity to see
'The Whip," showing at the Colonial
Theater for the last
"The Whip" at times to-day. It is
the Colonial a story of the race-
track, and of the in
trigue revolving around the famous
raceshorse. The Whip. Big race
scenes, wonderful hunting scenes, the
best train wreck, and most thrilling
automobile accident ever seen in pic
tures, and a powerful and attention
riveting story makes this the world's
biggest screen play.
Saturday only, winsome Viola Dana
In "The Only Road," will be the spec
ial attraction at the Colonial Theater,
story of a rich youth who went west
to make good and brought back a
bride of surprising ancestry.
Tom Mix, master cowboy and sterl
ing screen, star, will be seen at the
Victoria Theater to-
Tom Mix In day and to-motrow in
"Ace High" "Ace High." This is
a stirring story of the
Canadian Northwest, and has as a
background that wild, beautiful coun
try, and in It are those rugged men,
both bad and good, of that sparsely
inhabited land. And. remember,
when those men are good, they are
very good, and when they are bad,
they are awful. There Is a remark
ably interesting plot that portrays a
thrilling and entrancing story.
The large crowds at Paxtang Park
seem to thorougly enjoy the Harry P.
Krivit Company In their
Paxtang latest musical comedy
Park success, "I'm Cured."
Theater After A. Seymour Brown,
comedian, song writer
and Broadway star, gets to work, the
Victoria Theater
TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
TOM MIX in
"ACE HIGH"
A Stirring Story of the Gold Flclda
Alao Pnthe Government War
I'llln* and
MARIE DRESSLER in
"FIRED"
Monday, Tnenday and Wednesday
THEDA BARA in
"UNDER THE YOKE"
VICTORIA PRICKSi
10 and 15 Cent* and War Tax.'
MAJESTIC
THE HOI'SH OK VAI'DEVII.I.E
Five Clamy Act*, Including THE
MAN WHO SCALED THE PENN
HAKHIS YESTERDAY,
Bill Strot
"The Human Spider"
See him ut the Majentlc and he
will tell you how It In done.
Bessie
The Lady Dainty of Songs
Will be here the remainder of the
week with a complete change of
Monta.
audience forgets ail troubles and
starts in to enjoy life. "I'm Cured" is
proclaimed the very best bet In th
amusement line in town, and the big.
open air theater at Paxtang is one of
the most comfortable playhouses In
the state when the weather starts in
to get real hot.
REGENTTHEATER
FINAL SHOWING
WALLACE REID
—IN—
"The Firefly of France"
TO-MORROW i
MARGARITA FISHER '
—IN—
"The Primitive Woman"
AND
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
"A NIGHT OUT"
ADMISSION i
10c and 15c IMun War Tax
PAXTANG PARK
THEATER
Matinee and Night
Harry P. Krivits Musical
Comedy Company
IX
I'M CURED *
WITH
A. Seymour Brown
REGENT THEATER
Monday, Tuesday and Wednenday
George M. Cohan
In hlt own fnnioti* play
"Hitthe-Trail Holliday"
An Artcrnft Picture.
This picture will "brighten the
corner where you are." The bar
tender hero who "never touched n
drop In his life" Riven you n
Kllnipse of "Billy" Sunday's liicth
oda.
THURSDAY nnd FRIDAY
Pauline Frederick
'Her Final Reckoning'
The croaaed Kwortln one fifth t
inK for the honor of n woman, the
other fighting; for her, body and
MOUI.
SATURDAY
William Russell
—lN—
'Hearts or Diamonds'
ADMISSION:
10c nnd 15c and War Tax
COME TO
PARKWAY,