nwmw* 1 ■ " I • 11. I - - - .... > <■ w en Yak in Mourning for Major John PurroyMitchel, Mayor Notion's jfe HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ®K Star- Jn&epcnbciit Or I LXXXVII— No. 150 16 PAGES NEW YORK BOWS IN SORROW FOR ITS DEAD FLIER Citizens Raise Hats as Cor tege Passes; Airmen to Drop Flowers "DIED A HERO'S DEATH" Widow Comforted by Mes sages of Condolence From World Leaders New York, July 9.—The body of John Purroy Mitchel, atmy aviator killed in Louisiana, while flying m training for service in France, was brought home to-day to a city which mourns in memory of him. Its for mer mayor. A great throng of citi zens stood silently in the corridors of the Pennsylvania station as the casket was borne from the train. Under police escort, and accompan-1 ied by men who were his intimate j friends in life, the body was removed j to the home of the mayor's mother, j Mrs. James Mitchel, in West 162 nd' .street. There it will remain until taken to-morrow to the City Hall. I Mrs. John Purroy Mitchel accom-j panied her husband's body on the' journey to New York, but she and! the military escort were on the second section of the train and did j not reach home until an hour after j the body had arrived at Mrs. James j Mitchel's home. Crowds Remove Hats As the cortage passed through j Broadway and-other thoroughfare-si the American flags visible through I the glass panels of the hearse con-! veyed to pedestrians the significance i of the procession. Passersby paused' at the curb and removed their hats. I Awaiting Mrs. John Purroy Mit-j rhel upon her arrival was a telegram' of sympathy from William G. Mc-j Adoo, secretary of the treasury, and Airs. McAdoo. "It must comfort you," their mes-| ••■age read, "to know that he died a' hero's death. No man can have a' nobler epitaph than that he gave his I life for his country." Among the many tributes which will make the funeral of Mayor Mit- j chel probably the greatest demon-1 Htration ever offered by the citizen.-- < r of this city to the memory of one of! tier sons will be paid by three squad rons of American aviators from the Hempstead field. The aviators.! twenty in number will drop roses 011 the coffin of the former mayor as it j passes up Fifth avenue from Cityi Hall to St. Patrick's Cathedral Thurs-j day afternoon. Mody to Lie in State The opportunity of the public to! honor the dead officer will come to-j morrow and Thursday while the flag-' draped coffin lies in state in the ro-' tunda of City Hall. With the arrival of Major Mit chel's body here to-day from the Louisiana flying field where he wasi killed on Saturday the city went into! official mourning. i'ronl T. B. O'Connor, M. P., on I behalf of himself and and his col-! leagues, Richard ITazelton. who was l a member of an Irish Com mission! which visited New York when Major Mitehel was mayor, came a cable gram saying all men and women of Irish blood were deeply shocked at! the aviator's tragic end. John Dillon, the Irish parliamen-i [Continued on Page 13.) Urges Use of Any Kind of Coal That May Be Had; Serious Shortage Probable ' 'oal dealers are having their trou- I bles. One man prominent in the j trade said to-day: "My advice is to set your coal I anil in any size or grade. There is i bound to he a shortage. Already the river coal production is slowing ! down, the operators having reduced j their activities by reason of the ex haustion of the beds. Thousands of tons of river coal have been stored and great quantities have been shipped to Canada and even over seas'. "Consumers are also installing grates for use of the river product and many arc purchasing jvood and in other ways preparing for an in evitable lack of fuel next winter." t- ' 1 WAR HAS LEVELLED * WHOLE TOWNS IN ! FRANCE AND ITALY j &W WAR STAMPS WILL SAVE US a j ■- ' THE WEATHF.R] i For Hnrrlsbnrg mid vU-iuitvi Fair to-nlKht anil \Vednesduy; not inui'h change In temperature. For Kiistern I'eiin* Ivnnin: Fair to-night nnil Wednesday; gentle to niodernte northnot winds. River The Susquehnnnu river nnd all It* lirniirlim will continue to fall j slowly. A stage of nboat 3.7fi feet I* Inillenteil for Hurrlsburg Wrdnrsdur morning. Gcnerul Conditions Pressure Is lowest this morning over the St. I.awrenee Valley, where n illstarb H nee of modrr nte energy Is eentrul. Tempernturei S n. m.. 58. Muni Rises, si3lt it. ni.| sets, Si2l 1 p. m. Mooni First quarter, July 1. River Stage 1 8 a. m., a.B fret nliove low-water mark. Yesterdny's Weather Highest temperature, T'J. ' , l.owest temperature, .">7. Mean tempernture, (14. Annual temperature, 71. I] Watchful Waiting TO DIM LIGHTS AND CUT USE OF ALL ELEVATORS I Fuel Administration Gives Drastic Orders For Con servation of Coal The lightless night order, sched uled to go into effect to-morrow, will be enforced here as soon as it is received by the Dauphin County Fuel Administration. The regulations will make Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights lightless. The. edn-t of Dr. Harry Garfield, United States Fuel Administrator, has not b§en received by Boss A. Hickok. county fuel administrator. The lightless nights will not begin here until it is received. It is likely that they will begin next Monday, if the order is not received here before Thursday. Details of the order are not known here, as they are embodied in the federal edict which has not been received. How theaters, motion pic ture houses, amusement parks and similar places will be effected by the rule remains to be seen. Special concessions were allowed theaters on the lightless nights of last winter. As an imperative measure to con serve fuel during the summer for next winter. William Potter, Fuel Administrator for Pennsylvania, is sued the following statement: Elevators Host rioted It is imperative that the use of elevators lie restricted during three summer months to conserve fuel for next winter. Therefore the fuel ad ministration issues the following to go into effect July 15: First: In office buildings where there are five passenger elevators eliminate one; where, there are ten passenger elevators eliminate two. Second—All passenger elevators to be shut down at 6.30 p. m., to start [Continued on Pa#e 18.] Single Taxers Name McCauley For Governor; Put Up State Ticket By Associated Press Philadelphia. July 9.—State candi dates of the Single Tax party were agreed upon here last night at a! meeting of the Single Tax state com mittee. Robert C. McCauley, of Philadelphfa, the party's nominee for United States senator against Sena tor Knox two years ago, will run for governor. The other state candi dates include: William R. McKnight, Reinerton. Schuylkill county, lieutenant gov ernor: Jerome C. Reis. Philadelphia, secretary of internal affairs; A. Lewis Ryan, Ardmore, Delaware county; Calvin B. Power. Fayette City, Fay ette county, and Oliver McKnight, and John W. Dix, Philadelphia, for congressmen-at-large. KI'KHHIASS QUITS I nrrnr, July 9.—The Muenchener Zeitung announces that the German Koroign Secretary, Richard von Kuehlmwnn, has resigned. J SINGLES COPY ■£ CENTS PLANS OF STATE STREET VIADUCT ARE DISCUSSED Bridge Experts Here io Go Over Site With State Officials Inspections and conferences in rfe- j gard to the proposed monumental j bridge which is to stretch from I Capitol park extension to the brow | of Allison Hill as a part of the joint j scheme of state and municipal iin- ! provement were held t-day by Su-1 perintendent George A. Shreiner, ofj the State Department of Public i Buildings and Grounds and Engi-' neers Invin, 'of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Perring. of the Greiner Bridge Company, of Baltimore. I The bridge expert, who represents! J. E. Greiner, who made the pre- j li mi nary study and also outlined the' Walnut street bridge project, which ! is to be merged in the greater State j street viaduct, spent the morning going over the ground and then met! Auditor General Snyder and State Treasurer Kephart at the meeting of the state board. He later dis-1 cussed the project with the railroad ' engineer. Thursday the bridge and railroad ! engineers and Mr. Shreiner will go! to New York to consult with Arnold j W. Brunner, the architect for the capitol park, and some of the de tails will be worked out and reported ' to the state authorities. Members of the board are anxious for a joint conference with the city officials as the proposition is now getting to a definite point. INSPECT MISS PENN CAPITOL AND CLIMB STEEPLE Crew Works High Above Pavements on Pine Street Church to Remove Acorn; Cathedral Comes Next After scaling the statue of Miss Penn on the top of the State Capitol and inspecting the lady's makeup, two daredevil workers of "Steeple Jack" Hassler's Philadelphia crew of workmen who specialize on work far above Mother Earth, are to-day removing the seven-foot acorn from the top of the Pine Street Presby terian Church. Yesterday "Steeple Jack" himself and these two workmen, George Kirkpatrick and Harry Hagln, went to the top of the statue to examine its condition and to discover whether the lives of pedestrians below was endangered by a possible fall. After examining "Miss Penn" and all her appurtenances and finding them in a satisfactory condition, the three "high" workers performed several stunts there before coming back to tho earth on which mortals tread. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1918. HERSHEY CAFE IS CLOSED FOR FOOD VIOLATION Men Who Lie About Sugar Cards to Lose License During War The Hcrshey Cafe Is closed for a period of two weeks for failing to observe the orders of the Federal Food Administration. Donald Mc- Cormick, food administrator for Dauphin county, closed the cafe to day after an investigation disclosed that the service was not in keeping [Continued on Page 13.] Trolley Companies Ready With Skip-Stop Schedules Ross H. Hickok, county fuel ad ministrator, E. L. Cole, conservation expert of the State Fuel Administra tion, Frank B. Musser, president of the Harrisburg Railways Company, and William H. Bishop, president of the Valley Railways Company, con ferred ut 4 o'clock this afternoon on the skip-stop street car schedules which must go into effect Monday, July 15. The fuel administration has directed that street car companies must limit their cars to eight stops per mile in the business portion of the city, six in the residential and four stops in the suburban sections I Mr. Musser of the Harrisburg Railways Company, said this morn- 1 ing that he has worked out the schedule of stops and will be ready to enforce them by Monday. The 1 schedule of stops will be published! within a few days. T he two members of the crew, aft er removing the acorn from the top ot the eighty-foot steeple of the P'ne , stre et Church, the base of which is approximately one hundred feet above the ground, will make other repairs about the steeple. It will be entirely restated and the small windows and other woodwork in it will be repainted. They expect to spend three days at this work. The two men scaled the steeple by means of the lightning rod which runs to its top, carrying with them ropes by means of which they drew a ladder and other necessary ap paratus to the top after them. After completing the work on the Pine Street Church. Klrkpatrlek and Hagln will go to St. Patricks Cathedral where they will make re pairs on high portions of this build ing. FRENCH HIT ENEMY ANOTHER HARD BLOW AMERICA'S PEACE SAID <IDEAL' BY GERMAN WRITER Time Ripe For Discussion of Peace, Says Political Editor of the Vossiche Zeitung, Who Favors Disarmament METHOD FOR GETTING TOGETHER IS PROBLEM By Associated Press Copenhagen, Jply 9.—Writing in the Yossische Zeitung, of Berlin,; George Bernhard, political editor,] says: "The time now is ripe openly toi discuss peace conditions. Having re-! gard to the ideal peace conditions laid down by President Wilson unani mity on the matter undoubtedly could easily be reached if a method i of discussing peace terms could only | be agreed upon." Bernhard says Germany and her allies would undoubtedly accept rea sonable disarmament proposals. ; President Wilson's demands for I gelf-government by small nations, TUNIS ELECTED TO SANITARY JOB BY 4 TOI VOTE School Board Must Pay Full Rates For Its Water Supply By a vote of 4 to 1 Council to-day confirmed the appointment of Charles 11. Tunis, 440 North street,-as city sanitary officer to succeed the late David H. Ellinger, Commissioner Lynch voting against him after mak ing a charge that Tunis, formerly employed in his department, at tempted to disorganize the highway forces by persuading other employes to leave. Council also passed a resolution di recting City Solicitor John E. Fox to report on what provisions can be made in connection with furnishing water to the Fourteenth ward, some of the Commissioners declaring the present supply is inadequate for fire protection. An opinion was received from City j Solicitor Fox in connection with the i water charges against the Harris- J burg school district, in which he j ruled that the charges for water are i not taxes and, therefore, no exemp- I tion can be granted. He also warned j against adopting a special rate by stating that others may appeal to the | courts for similar leniency. When the roll call was made for the confirmation of the Tunis ap pointment Commissioner Burtnett, the first one called, said he did not feel that he could vote for a man whom he knew nothing about, but when Commissioner Hassler said he would vouch for Mr. Tunis' personal habits j and reputation. Commissioner Burt | nett agreed to vote for him. Com missioner Gross said he would take the same position as Mr. Burtnett. I Mayor Keister and Commissioner I Hassler voted their approval without I making any statements. Commis j sionef Lynch voted "no." 'l'o Confer Friday I A conference of the Commissioners | will be held on Friday evening to ; discuss the new city assessments, ; which have been made by City As i sessor James C. Thompson. While | the work is not completed, enough 'progress has been made to permit Council to make a preliminary study iof the new figures. Bids for print j ing and binding for the year will be tabulated and gone over at that I meeting. Contracts will be awarded next week. The Aughinbaugh Press and The Telegraph Printing Company were the only bidders. Action on the traffic ordinance was again postponed, Mayor Keister an nouncing he will call it up next week. The ordinance will also be considered at the conference on Friday evening. The Commissioners also ordered the payment of bills for lumber for the grandstand in Market Square. Bids for city advertising for 1918 were received, the contracts being awarded to the Harrisburg Telegraph and the Patriot. The Harrisburg Gas Company was given a contract to furnish gas for the city fire depart ment houses. Alleged Highwaymen Are Said to Be Wanderers Police say that James Oakley and Brownie Smith, alleged highwaymen, who came all the way from Cincin nati, are hoboes. The men are charg ed with assaulting Nolan Brown, 720 North Seventh street, after a demand for his money or his life netted no results. They knocked him to the pavement, went through his pock ets, and found nothing. . They aro in Jail. Mike Daulton and Thomas Agnew ■were also In jail on the charge of larceny from the person. The men were arrested while going the interesting process of trying to rob each other in broad daylight, in Market Square. One man hud $2.40 and the other had $2.65. They were botb druuk. CONTRACTS FOR 92 TRANSPORTS By Associated Press Belfast, Ireland, July 9—Work man, Clai'k and Company, local shipbuilders, have achieved a world's record in completing an 8,000-ton standard ship in fifteen days after she was launched." Washington. July 9.—Chairman Hurley, after a visit to the White House to-day. announced that the Shipping Board had let con tracts for ninety-two army trans ports. After the war the trans ports will be put into the passen ger-carrying trade. the writer says, would be favorably received but the central powers would insist upon knowing the atti tude of England regarding Ireland. Negotiations the writer adds, should take place directly between the belli gerents respecting frontier regula tions. AUTO CORPS MAY CARRY WORD OF BATTLE VICTIMS (.iris \\ illing to Aid Govern ment Rreak Sad News to Heroes' Families It is probable that news of the | death of a soldier in France will I be broken in Harrisburg by motor messengers of the Red Cross here after. Members of the service In several large cities have already been drafted for the duty, and it is expected that members of the Har risburg corps will be asked to per form the same duty. "X haven't heard anything official about it, but the Motor Messengers, I am sure, will be mighty glad to help the government in this way," I was the comment to-day of Mrs. S. F. Dunkle, captain of the local Mo tor Messengers. It is probable that the matter will be brought before the next monthly meeting of the lo cai corps and action will be taken. The plan is to do away with the cold, formal telegram from the War Department," announcing the death of a soldier. The Motor Messenger, clad in the regulation Red Cross garb of Oxford gray, will break the sad news. Motor Messengers in other cities who have been drafted for this service are New York, Chicago, At lanta. Buffalo. New Orleans and Philadelphia. Local messengers when they heard of the order said: "We are glad of this new order. It is something that lies very near our hearts. We feel so deeply for the sorrowing folks and we want with all our hearts to do everything we can to help. You know there are many times when you are in need of a friend. Some of the mothers and sisters are well provided for, physi cally and financially. But even then I believe they will be comforted if the message comes from a soft voiced, feeling woman." The regulation khaki of the Motor Messengers will not be worn in the performance of this sad task, it was said, but instead the Oxford gray will be worn. . Typhoon Lays Waste Guam, Pacific Isle; People Destitute By Associated Press Washington, July 9.—The Island of Guam was devastated by a ty phoon on July 6, Captain Roy Smith, Governor of the island, and com mandant of the naval station, report ed to the Navy Department. He said half the inhabitants are desti tute, crops have been destroyed and much material damage done. Steps have been taken to feed the desti tute. Daylight Auto Bandits Rob Cashier of $4,400 New York, July 9.—ln a daylight holdup Harry Brian, cashier of the White Automobile Company, was robbed yesterday of 14,400 as he drew up in hie automobile before his office at crowded Park avenue and Forty-Beventh street. Three men Jerked open his car, clapped revolvers to his head an<J de manded the cash. Brian put up a fight, but was knocked senseless. Jumping swiftly in a stolen car. the robbers made off with the booty. RED CROSS SHIPS as.ooo ARTICLES TO HEADQUARTERS Twenty-eight cases of supplies for the boys in the camps and trenches were shipped by the local chapter, American Red Cross, a report made public to-day, says. A total of 3 r,,-1 050 articles was contained iu thai CUJjCtL OM.Y EVENING ASSOCIATED IMIHSS NEWSI'AI'EK IN It AKICISUUHU Poilus Advance a Mile Into the German Positions and Take Prisoners SUCCESS OF YESTERDAY IS INCREASED BY NEW ADVANCE Nibbling Tactics of the Allies Serve to Strengthen Lines; Big Guns Active on British Front. 1' rench troops hit the German lines a smashing blow early to-day in the area almost north of Paris, where the Geri)ians were stopped after five days of lighting in their thrust toward the capital in the last and least successful of all their 1918 offensives, about a month ago. The attack was delivered along a 2%-mile front and at some points General Petain's troops pushed into the enemy positions for the distance ct' a mile. Two farms were captured and a counterattack which was de livered against one of them was re pulsed. About 450 prisoners were taken. Take High Ground The area chosen for the blow was just south of the .Matz river region, northwest of the Compeigne forest, on the front between Montdidier and the Oise. The point of the German wedge projected here in ® 'HrHr & <4# * 4 * X 891.000,000 BUSHELS OF WHEAT S v <■ X IS HARVEST PROSPECT FOR 1918 4* | V. .■ hingtOrf—A reduction of 40,000,000 bushels in the X 4 P' pective .wheat harvest was shown to-day in the Dc- jy T P artment cf Agriculture July forecast, which is 891,000.000 m bu3 hets, compared with 931,000,000 bushels forecast in X J* June. Deterioration during June reduced the prospective T v 'int(.r wheat crop by 30,000,000 bushels and the spring J whc.t cr-p by 10,000,000 bushels. The corn harvest prom- f ises tp.be the largest on reccrd with- a # total of 3,160,- X . T 000,000 bushels Xs forecast for the first time this season WOI f hy I,u ' government. The acreage is nearly .'five per cent, m X n planted last year, the total being 113,835,000 3S JR M* T •' c i $ . SUGAR FAMINE IS AVERTED T Washington—Definite assurances that there is no dan -4 sugar famine were given by th* food adminis- X V j: tration to-day and the food situation generally was de- Tf Ju ciarca to bt- better than at any time since America 1111- jT> X ' *** y < feeding of the allied world. JL r jT ITALIANS TAKE FIERI-AND 1300. |4> Rome —The allied offensive in Albania is continuing, the war office announced to-day. New progress has been : the left wing, 011 the Adriatic coast, the lanu £ forces being assisted by British monitors. The Italian .r- I jr ■ ifarftry captured the town of Fieri and took important 4? 4* he M,. than 1300 p.. -cnci wore taken mi the •T advance. 4 100 DEAD IN WRECK X <g s ■ ihville, Tcnn.—One bundled persons, most of them A *** T llc: '' ' behoved ha <■ 1 o■ l the! live- in a head-on 'A 'IP $ ■: c r! t day bctv • a two passes ;er trains on iX .y . , jr tl:< . ' ie Chattanooga and St. Lou;-, railway, seven ** '♦#* $ mile -"bt oi Nashville. Nashville hospitals an-, crowded I*2, X W-!i the injured who number more than eighty. As the *** T cn < -heer., and firemen of both trains' were killed, the cause L of the collision may never be known. One of the trains 'X 4 is said to have disregarded orders! Among the injured *~r passe, rj is A. C. Musser, of Octavia, Pa. In one car X every enc was killed. Their still in wreckage, jv | T ■ ■'■■■ I r— -± $ MAKHIAGL ULtNSES £ <4s Frank A. Frounfrlter, Cnmp Hill, nnd Mudeljn 11. Bonden, U'il- R 808 1 l)u vIO A. IHcKaddfn und Mubcl I, I*a tills, Harrl>barg. HOME EDITION By Associated Press the neighborhood of Antheuil, and it was just to the west of this town, astride the Compeigne road, that the French drove in, taking valuable high ground on both sides of the highway The attacking forces were assist ed by tanks in their drive. Appar ently all the terrain gained has been maintained Intact. Artillery Fighting Heavy There has been considerable artil lery fighting and raiding along this front in the past few days, but tliis morning's was the llrst infantry operation of note that has occurred there since the Germans' June of fensive was crushed on the Mat/., largely through the effective coun terattack delivered on the third day of the offensive along the line tii the northwest of Antheuil. towards Montdidier. The new advance will serve still further to protect the important railway junction of Estrees-St. Denis [Continued 011 I'ngc 6.1
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