GENERAL MARCH
SEES BIG BLOW
IN HUN DELAY
Germans Preparing Forces
and Filling Up Losses
For Next Move
By Associated Press
Washington, July 6.—The present
delay of the Germans in pressing at
tacks in France means only that
they are preparing new and heavy
Mows, General March, chief of staff,
iiid to-day in his weekly conference
with newspapermen.
"It is perfectly evident," hi said,
"that this delay is preparatory to a
heavy assault in force by the Ger
man high command. The present
condition of affairs does not mean
anything but that they are reor
ganizing their troops, filling up toss
i s. and preparing to try it again.
" With reference to the American
program, we have embarked a mil
lion men and now we arc going af
ter the second million."
Another indication of the pressure
under which the American program
is being rushed to meet the Ger
man menace came from the Provost
Marsha: General's office to-day when
orders were issued to local boards to
speed up physical examination of
the new class one, men and have
them ready for call in August.
Statements of the draft program
made public In Congress indicated
tin- purpose of calling out at least
800,ttOU men during August, though
itlisi quent calls during the year
were not expected to exceed one
half of that figure monthly. The
order's sent out to-day, however,
coupled with the statement by the
chief of staff indicate that hopes are
entertained at the War Department
1 hat the present rate of moving
troops to Europe can be subsequent
ly maintained for several months, j
Fleet Workers Will Be
Liable to Draft Under
New War Dept. Order
A revision ofthe orders regarding
the status of Emergency Fleet Cor
poration workmen is expected by lo
cal draft officials from Provost Mar
shal-General Crowder. The "E. F. C."
degree is the exemption from mili
tary service granted employes of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. Local
draft officials state such men are
classified the same as other regis
trants, but their questionnaires are
tlien laid aside and they are not
called in the successive draft calls,
rcgaidless of order number or classi
fication.
A number of men in Harrisburg
are affected by the revision of rules
concerning the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration workmen. It is pointed out
that men employed in shipyards are
not the only employes of the Emer
gency Shipping Corporation. Many
employes in the plants engaged on
Government contracts in this city and
vicinity are exempted with the "E. F.
C." degree.
The revision of rules is expected to
reduce the number of registrants
"E. F. C." degrees. It is ex-
that during the first rush of
classification many men employed on
Emergency Fleet Corporation con
tracts throughout the various plants
are not engaged at essential branches
of the work. These men will lose the
degree. None of the essential men
will be withdrawn, it Is said, but the
••E. F. C." degree, it is known, will
no longer be permitted to shield non
essential workmen from military
service.
County Board No. 2 has twenty
iflen hoiding the "E. F. C." degree,
"lily a few of these are in Class 1
t'nd some are in Class 5. it was said
this niorinng. These men are not
called for service according to their
order numbers, but are classified in
case the "E. F. C." degree is an
nulled.
City Board No. 3, which gave all
the men 3-H classification as essen
tial workmen, lias thirty-five men on
its lists. The other two city boards
have about twenty men each.
President Calls Advisers
to Confer on Intervention
in Siberia; Allies Urgent
Wa.-hiiiglon. July 6.—President
Wilson called into conference to-day
Secretaries Lansing. Baker and Dan
iels and Admiral Benson, chief of
operations of the Navy. There was
no statement of the purpose, but a
report spread that the conference
had to do with the Russian situation.
It is known that the President has
heen earnestly urged by representa
tives of the allies during the past
week to approve American and al
lied military intervention in Siberia,
and that the subject has been given
renewed serious consideration.
General March, cliief-of-staff of
the Army, joined in the conference
soon after two naval officers appear
ed at the White House carrying a
large map of Russia.
Miss Wynn to
Visit Camp Colt
Miss Bessie Wynn, who has been
appearing before Majestic audiences
this week, will go to Camp Colt,
Gettysburg* to-morrow, where, in
the Y. M. C. A. tents, she will sing
and talk on her experiences in war
torn France for the benefit of the
Tank Corps men located at the Get
tysburg camp.
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! Arrives in France With
the Keystone Division j
CORPORAL D. D. SWAVELT
| Corporal David D. Swavely, with
i Headquarters Company, One Hundred
j and Twelfth Infantry, has arrived in
| France, advices to his father, Hiram
| Swavely, say. Young Swavely enlist-
I ed in April, 1917, and had been in
j training at Camp Hancock, Ga. His
father is an engineer on the Queen
of the Valley express train of the
Philadelphia and Reading railway.
Deaths and Funerals
JACOB ARMSTRONG
Jacob Armstrong, 21, died this
morning at the Harrisburg Hospital.
Funeral services will be held Tues
day afternoon at (2 o'clock at the
home of his sister, 1420 William
street. The Rev. W. Tolliver, pastor
| uf the Zion Baptist Church, will of
i riciate and burial will be in the Lin
j coin Cemetery.
MRS. FRED C. HAND
Mrs. Jane E. Hand, wife of Fred
iC. Hand, of Seranton, died at 2 i
| o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
I state Hospital in that city, where'
! she had been since undergoing an i
! operation two months ago. During j
I the past two weeks her condition
| was so critical that hope of her re
covery was abandoned. She had been
unconscious for several clays. Death
came with her husband and chil
dien at her bedside.
Mrs. Hand was the daughter of
' the late William and Mary Goucher,
!of Philadelphia. She was married ]
j to Mr. Hand twenty-nine years ago,)
the ceremony taking place in the I
| Quaker City. Since that time they j
. made their home in Seranton. Al- j
though Mr. Hand has been for years j
connected with the Department of
Labor and Industry and prominent
in Harrisburg musical circles.
The Seranton Republican says:
"Mrs. Hand was a woman of lovely
character, intensely devoted to her
home life. In her death her hus-
I band and children have suffered a
great loss. She is survived by her 1
I husband and the Following children: i
j Mrs. J. Elmer Williams: Chauneey
JC. Hand and Roland R. Hand, H. T.
1 Van Riper, of Seattle, Wash.: also
Iby two sisters, Mrs. E. A. Niven.
ot Nanticoke, and Miss Emily Gou
cher, of Philadelphia; and by two
! brothers. Grant L. and Charles E.
i Goucher, of Los Angeles, Cal."
Funeral services were held this
| afternoon at 2.30 o'clock.
BATTLE LULL~"
FORECASTS FIGHTING
[Continued from First Page.]
! operations, but the belief is held by
j some military observers that he
| might surprise the German com
| mand by striking in forces at a vital
! point. His man power is increasing
j and his artillery and aerial forces
| predominate over the same services
ion the enemy side. In the ;>ast
i week British airmen alone Have &c
--: counted for 195 German machines,
while 52 of their own failed to re
| tur*.
Fighting activity on the Italian
front is becoming more general but
is noi very severe at any one point.
Near the mouth of the Piave the
Italians have gained ground further
! and teken 400 more prisoners. Bc-
I tweet the Brenta and the Piave. oil
the mountain front, the Italians have
I made a slight advance and repulsed
; enemy efforts. Austrian attacks on
the Asiago plateau, west of the
| Brenta were broken up by the Ital
! ian*.
AUSTRIA ADMITS REVERS
Vienna, July G.—The battle at the
! mouth of the Piave river, on the
! Italian front, continued yesterday,
I the Austrian war office announced
to-day. Austrian advance forces
j were pressed back to their main
body by the Italians.
GEN. CROWDER .
DECLINES STARS
OF HIGHER RANK
Modestly Asks That Draft
Boards Be Given
Becognition
Washington, July 6.—Declining
promotion in recognition of work
well done, because he believed other
I persona deserved as much credit as
himself. General Crowder, provost
marshal, has astounded Washington
by his modesty and lack of self
seeking. " Upon his request Senate
and House conferees yesterday
dropped from the Army bill a pro
vision for his promotion to the rank
of lieutenant general.
Senate and House conferees have
reached a complete agreement on
I the twelve-billion-dollar Army ap
| propriation bill.
] "To the draft boards," said Gen
eral Crowder, "must go the chief
credit for success of the draft by
means of superb teamwork," and
while deprecating official recogni
tion of his own work, he proposed
that some public and emphatic rec
ognition be granted to the draft
boards for "the enormous sacrifices"
they have made.
The conferees decided to grant
more pay to Army nurses and higher
tank to medical officers. The bill as
it now reads provides for two major
generals and two brigadier generals
for each division of the Regular
Army and one major general and
two brigadier generals for each divi
sion of the National Army.
Secretary of War Baker's plan for
the formation of a Pan-American
army, to be composed of soldiers of
lull the Latin-American countries
that have allied themselves with the
United States in the war with Ger
many, and to be trained with Ameri
can troops in the cantonments in
this country and brigaded with them
in France, was finally dropped from
the bill. Despite Mr. Baker's re
quest. the War Department, through
the general staff, has requested that
the plan be eliminated from the bill,
according to Senator Chamberlain,
of Oregon.
Receives Useful Gifts
Before Leaving For Camp
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CLARENCE DUKES
Among the many useful gifts re
ceived by Clarence Dukes, 119 King
street, before his departure for Camp
I Lee, Va., was a handsome wrist
watch. presented by Lou Baum.
| Dukes received a large number of
i gifts. He. has many friends here.
MAYOR MITCHEL
KILLED IN AIR
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j from San Diego. Cal., about three
] weeks ago and Mrs. Mitchel was at
j Gerstner Field this morning, but did
1 not witness the accident,
j Mrs. Mitchel will accompany the
; body to New York to-night.
New York, July 6.—John Purroy
Mitchel, killed in an aviation acci
i dent to-day. became a flyer for the
j army after having been defeated last
; fail for re-election as Mayor of New
j York. He had served one term as the
I chief executive of the country's big
] gest city, the youngest mayor ever
'elected to that office. On July 19,
next, he would have been 39 years
I old.
1 Major Mitchel went into the Army
service with previous military train
ing, having taken the course at
Plattsburg while he was mayor. Upon
joining the Aviation Corps he was
transferred to San Diego. Cal., where
after successfully covering the cadet
] training, he became a full-fledged
flyer. He frequently was mentioned
! as having shown unusual daring.
Was Anti-Tnmmany
Mr. Mitchel, running on a fusion
anti-Tammany ticket, easily defeated
Edward E. McCall for mayor in 1913.
He took that office at the age of 34.
and was credited during the four
year term by many even not his
partisans with having administered
affairs as one of the city's most suc
cessful mayors. He was attacked,
I however, by John F. Hylan, who de
! feated him for mayor last fall, for
I alleged extravagance in financial ex
penditures and unnecessary innova
tions particularly in the employment
of experts from other cities to assist
in the administration of some de
partments, notably that of educa
tion.
There was one attempt on Mltchel's
life when a man named Mahoney
fired a shot at him nea rthe City Hall
four months after his inauguration.
Willing to Serve
Toward the close of his mayor
alty term Major Mitchel frequently
expressed reluctance to accept a re
nomination. saying: he preferred to
enter his country's service. This
sentiment was reflected in a conver
sation with Frank L. Dowling, then
president of the Board of Aldewnen,
who to-day quoted Mitchel as say
ing:
"If I 11p. it doesn't matter when
or how. A man could not die more
gloriously tlian for Ills country."
The flags of the city have been
half-masted by order of Mayor
Hylan. He announced steps would
be taken by the city "to pay every
respect to the late mayor."
When the body of Mayor Mitchel
arrives here it iH planned to place
it. attired in the uniform he served
his country, Jn a corridor in the City
Hall. A public funeral similar to
that which was accorded Mayor Gay
nor will be held, with the addi
tional solemnity of military atmoß
nhere. •
HAIUUSBURG GiSi& TELEGRAPH
j Major John Purroy Mitchell
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City Gets Ready
Big Y.M.C.A.
$16,000 Is Needed to Continue Much-Valued Work During
Coming Year; Pledges to Be Sought by Committee
To secure funds to carry on the
work of the Central Y. M. C. A. with j
a higher degree of efficiency, a com-1
rnittee of fory-five premonent Har- ]
risburgers, with William T. Hildrup j
as general chairman, on Tuesday j
morning will start a four-day drive!
to secure $16,000 for the organiza-j
tion. Ten thousand dollars has al- '
ready ben promised for this fund. ;
Final plans for the campaign
drive, whic hwill close at Friday
noon, will be made at a luncheon of j
the forty-five committemen in the j
Y. M. C. A. on Monday evening at i
C o'clock.
Money Madly Needed
Seven thousand dollars of the fund j
is desired by the directors of the or
ganisation to pay off the long-stand- j
irig debt of $7,000. The remaining i
$9,000 will be devoted to covering
the expenses of the organization for j
the ensuing year and the expenses of
i taking some improvements to bene-j
fit the Y. M. C. A. and its building. I
The campaign will be directed by 1
a finance committee of five members, 1
of which William T. Hildred is the
chairman. The other members of;
this committee are W. P. Starkey, i
J. William Boxvman. Edwin S. Her
man and E. Z. Wallower. In addi- 1
tion. five teams of eight men each
will canvass the city
Eight thousand dollars, one-half
of the total desired, has already i
been subscribed by the five members!
of the finance committee on condi- j
tion that the remainder be raised by
Harrisburg citizens. Hildrup and
J tarkey have each subscribed $2,500 ;
of this amount while the other three i
members will pay SI,OOO each. In j
addition to this, $2,000 has already'
been subscribed by Harrisburg citi- |
zens, so that Harrisburg has but to |
"uijscribe an additional sfi,ooo' to .
fill the quota.
Need Not Pay at Once
Secretary Reeves this afternoon [
emphasized the fact that subscrip- :
tions to this fund need not be paid j
at once, but at any time during the j
calendar year. To emphasize the I
need of improvements and additions'
IRON TRADE REVIEW TELLS
OF HARRISBURG MAN'S WORK
Francis ./. Hall Plays Important Part in Production of Steel
Badly Needed For Uncle Sam's Ship Production
Importance of the services in the
distribution of .steel, Francis J. Hall,
vice-president of the Central Iron &
Steel Company, is told in an article
in the Iron Trade Keview of this
week's issue. The article in part
follows:
"Francis J- Hall was the man se
lected to represent the manufactur
ers of the steel plates on the Ameri
can Iron and Steel Institute's sub
committee on steel distribution.
When the extent of the country's ef
fort to establish adequate shipping
to meet war times is considered the
great importance of the services be
ing rendered by Mr. Hall may be
accurately measured.
"Troop ships, merchant ships, sub
marines and submarine destroyers
are included in the term 'shipping.'
Another large Held is the intense
present demand for plate by the rail
road car-building industry. Plates
likewise are needed .largely in the
construction of the famous 'ca'terpil
lar' tanks, which again have figured
prominently in the war dispatches
for many essential purposes. Mr.
Hall's responsibilities and activities
in seeing that all these demands are
filled consequently have been varied
and numerous, since his task is that
of locating orders for all Govern
ment plate needs.
"He is one of James B. Bonner's
right-hand men at Washington. Mr.
Bonner Is vice-chairman of the
committee of which James A. Farrell
serves as. chairman. Mr. Hall is
constantly on the job, visiting plate
mills throughout the "country. To
day, as a result, he is regarded as
one of the country's best Informed
men on the plate situation. As vice
president of the Central Iron and
I Steel Company. Harrisburg, Mr. Hall
to the local institution. Secretary
iKeeves to-day told how yesterday a
total of twenty-two men were unable
( to secure accommodaions in the
| dormitories, while on an average of]
j six and seven men are turned away j
! each day.
First reports of results in the
I drive will be heard at a noonday
' luncheon of the committeemen at
j the Y. M. C. A. Final reports will
j be given on Friday.
$200,000 U Pledged
in Thrift Stamp Sale
With reports from twenty-three of
j the thirty-nine county districts in,
| County Chairman Frank C. Sites re
' ports a total of $200,000 pledged in
| last week's War Savings Stamps
| drive for pledges, with the possible
total for all districts estimated at
i .♦TiO.OOO. The missing districts are
iiTl*farming districts. Harrisburg's ex
i act figures have not been definitely
| ascertained, but officials estimate
them at between $12,000 and $20,000.
1 A new system of campaigning is
being introduced throughout the coun
ty by Assistant County Chairman
' Heathcote. His plan is that of the
! War Savings Society idea and he has
organized approximately twenty so
' cieties in the city and as many more
in the county. Each society has for
j its sole purpose the sale of stamps
on a weekly or monthly basis. Of
| fleers of the societies collect the pay
i ments from members and thus save
I the county organization much detail
I work. They are are proving a suc
■ cess wherever organized.
SIO,OOO Boar Called
Greatest Duroc Born
KiinMim 'ly. I!. A. Tjong has
I added to his pure-bred stock at Eong-
I view Farm a SIO,OOO boar. Jack's Orion
I King IT. bred by Tra Jackson, Tlppe
! canoe City, Ohio.
| mils boar is the greatest Duroc
! ever bred by Mr. Jackson, its sire,
I Orion Cherry King, having put twenty
I champions and grand champions in
j the shows of lfllfi and 1917, while its
dam. Jack's King Eady, has been a
• producer of the same kind.
little thought he was being fitted for
one of the big war-time jobs.
"He became affiliated with that
company on December 1, 1902, and
through successive promotions he
linully became its vice-president.
l'"or a while he served as general
sales agent.
"While it is not an official state
ment, it is generally conceded that
Mr. Hall's findings on the plate situ
ation had much to do with the elim
ination of Chicago as a basing point
for that product, just ordered by
the President, if not also in shapes
and bars. Mr. Hall has attended
practically all of the price-fixing
conferences between the producers
and war industries board and was
"resent at the latest, which was held
Friday, June 21.
"Mr. Bonner leaves plate matters
in Mr. Hall's hands and the latter
is given practically a free rein in
this work. Mr. Hall's duties keep
him constantly in touch with the
war program and since plates come
in for a large measure of considera
tion. he sits in on tonnage questions
ufTecting plates at the steel section.
"He is a native of Harrisburg.
having beeij born there April 1,
1878. He has been greatly interested
in civic affairs, is manager of that
city's hospital and is a trustee of
its board of trade. He is a member
of the Harrisburg Club, the Coun
try Club of Harrisburg, the Ivy
Club of Princeton, of which he Is a
graduate, and the Masonic frater
nity. He also is u member of the
American Tron and Steel Institute.
"When the Harrisburg company
was organized in 1853 its output of
Plates was 1,000 tons. Thas hasstead
ily Increased until now the annual
tonnage is about 200.000 This will
.""TrA'Ciae thic roe."
YANKEE FLYERS
WIN THRILLING
SKY BATTLE
Figlit Against, Odds of 15 to 8;
Send Two to
Earth
With the American Army in
Franco, July 6.—American
—Lieutenants Carlisle Rhodes, of
Terre Haute, Ind.; S. P. Thompson,
Honeoye Falls, N. Y.; Waldo N.
Heinrichs, of Granville, Ohio, and
John Mitchell, of Manchester, Mass.,
engaged in a thrilling ailf battle
northwest of Chateau Thierry yes
terday morning. One German ma
chine was shot down during the
combat .and it Is believed that Lieu
tenant Heinrichs was the American
who sent the enemy airplane to
earth.
The four American aviators were
patrolling the lines five or six kilo
meters Inside the German front when
they encountered six enemy ma
chines. The battle began at an alti
tude of 4,200 meters and continued
ur\til the machines had dropped
down to 2,200 meters from the earth.
The combat lasted for twenty min
utes.
An hour later eight American ma
chines engaged in a battle with fif
teen enemy airplanes at a height of
4,700 meters. The combat swayed
backward and forward over the Ger
man and American lines near Chat
eau Thierry. The German machines
were higher thart the Americans, but
the latter maneuvered their airplanes
admirably in the light. Suddenly one
of the enemy airplanes dived toward
the earth and went spinning down
ward, being chased down by two of
the Americans, Lieutenants Ralph
A. O'Neill, of Nogales, Ariz., and J.
C. Raible, of New York.
It is believed that the German air-1
plane was out of control during its
plunge.
Paris, July 6.—Two American
aviators were killed yesterday when
the machines in which they were
flying at a low altitude fell to the
ground in flames. The airmen were
Lieutenant William Dudley Robbens
and Second Lieutenant John Wil
ford, of the American Army. The
bodies of the aviators were burned.
Washington, July 6.—Thomas Mac-
Millan Weddell, an aviation pilot,
and Edward Charles Kneip, an ob
server, were killad in an aviation ac
cident in France, July 1, the Navy
Department announced yesterday.
Weddell lived at Pensdale, Jll., and
Kneip at 168 East End avenue, New
York City.
U. S. Plans Building of
40,000 Ton Battleships
By Associated Press
WiiNlitnKton. July 6.—Two of the
40,000-ton battleships authorized by
Congress will be constructed at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Secretary Dan
iels, it was learned to-day, has ap
proved the building of ways at that
j yard for this purpose.
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Arrives Over There With
the Keystone Division
flMWp*' aMtUnm'nf
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GEORGE WEITZEL
Word has been received by friends
announcing the safe arrival in France
of George Weitzel. He is a former
member of the Governor's Troop and
has a large number of friends here.
Austrian Dead 50,000;
Total Losses, 250,000
Washington. July 6. Austrian
losses in the recent unsuccessful of
fensive against Italy and during the
Italian counter offensive are esti
mated at between 200,000 and 250,-
000, including at least 50,000 killed,
in an official dispatch to-day from
Home, based upon testimony of nu
merous prisoners. The message says
the Austrians persist In beating the
ground about positions captured by
the Italians with a strong but inef
fectual artillery fire. It adds:
"Seven Italians, who escaped cap
tivity, state that the Austrians force
a majority of the war prisoners to
work on the second line under our
fire."
Hun Pact With Rumania
Stirs Socialist, Cohn,
to Bitter Arraignment
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, July 6.—A bitter at
tack on the German peace with
Rumania and militarism was made in
the debate in the Reichstag Thursday
by Dr. Cohn, Independent Socialist,
according to the Rhelnlsche West
falische Zeitung of Essen.
"We reject the Rumanian treaty,"
he said, "hike the Ukrainian treaty
it will not produce a real peace. The
Rumanian Jews still lack rights.
This treaty is nothing but bartering
for petroleum and railways.
"The treaty is nothing but dis
guised, perhaps undisguised, rob
bery—"
Here the president called upon Dr.
Cohn to observe moderation in his
remarks. After further criticism Dr.
Cohn exclaimed:
"Unless militarism is overcome
we cannot obtain a lasting peace."
FATEFUL HOUR IN
WAR IMMINENT AS
HUNS STAY DRIVE
Bonar Law Tells Diners Help
of United States After
Russia Was Vital '■
By Associated Press
Ivondon, July 6.—The coming Ger
man blow will not be less dangerous
because of the time employed in pre
paring for it, but It is comforting to
know the men responsible for the
command of the allied armies are
confident of the result. Andrew
Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, declared last night at a
dinner to the delegates of the par
liamentary commercial conference.
Hopes Decisive Hun Failure
''lt is impossible to foresee the
future," he said, "but I do believe
the fateful hour of this war Is upon
us and if In another three months
our enemies have won no strategic
object, then their campaign will
have failed and It will, I hope, be
a decisive failure."
The Germans possessed the most
perfect military machine that ever
existed, but, the Chancellor said,
he believed that when the history
of the war was written it would be
seen Gefmany had made greater
military mistakes than any other
power. He instanced the submarine
warfare which had brought the Unit
ed States into the war. He doubted
whether Germany would get as
much out of Russia as she expected.
Wherever the German soldier had
planted his foot the name of Ger
many was loathed for generations.
The Chancellor spoke gratefully
of American help and alluded to the
wonderful organization In sending
American troops across the Atlan
tic. The Germans, he said, could
now weigh the advantages and dis
advantages of their submarine cam
paign through them.
Russia in Delirium
Mr. Bonar /Law said he trembled
to think what would have been the
position of the allies after Russia
\vent out of the war but for the
help of the United States. He had
not despaired of Russia, who was
like a patient in a delirium. It was
impossible from hour to hour to tell
what the future might bring there.
"I -see no immediate -hope of
peace. There is no road to It, I fear,
except the rugged road through vic
tory. It will be fatal to the world
and fatal to the Germans themselves
if they are not taught the lesson
that war does not pay."
KILLED IX WRECK
Youngs town, Ohio, July 6.—One
man killed was the toll of a rail
road accident at 6 o'clock this morn
ing when Barnum and Bailey circus
train No. 2 crashed Into the rear end
of Erie Railroad New York-Chicago
i Limited, at Girard, four miles west
of here. The man killed was Thomas
Kooney, 25, of Murpliysboro, Tenn.,
a hostler. Kooney was thrown be
tween two cars by the impact.
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