6
GERMANS SINK
HOSPITAL SHIP;
130 LIVES LOST
Seven Americans Landed in
England After Torpedoing
of Transport Warilda
A British Port, Aug. 6.—The tor
pedoing early Saturday morning of
the Brßitish ship Warilda was one of
the most harrowing disasters in the
history of submarine warfare. The
number of dead is variously esti
mated from 105 to 130 and upward
and includes several women nurses.
The ship carried six hundred sick
and wounded. Among them were
seven Americans, two officers and
five enlisted men, all of whom have
been accounted for except one
private.
There were aboard 89 nurses and
members of the Voluntary Aid De
partment, and the crew comprised
About 200 men.
More than 650 survivors, brought
here shortly after six o'clock, were
given first aid treatment, food and
clothing. The patients were placed
aboard special trains, which had
been waiting to receive them and
sent to hospitals in various parts of
the country.
The torpedo struck the afterpart
of the engine room, killing the third
Engineer and two other members of
the engine room force. The dynamo
was destroyed, plunging the vessel
'.nto darkness. Just over the dynamo
Was the ward room, which contained
more than 100 patients. Most of
Ihese ware killed outright by the ex
plosion and the others, many of
whom had been freshly injured by
the torpedo, found themselves
trapped. It was Impossible for out-
Bide aid to reach them and all, ex
cept a few who jumped overboard
and were picked up, perished. This]
part of the ship, quickly settled and
water flooded the ward room,
drowning the men caged there.
Struggle In Darkness
Stories of the fearful struggle in
the darkness to rescue the helpless
Invalids are told by survivors. The:
ship remained afloat more than two!
hours, but for a great part of the!
time continued under headway be-1
• sause the engines could not be
stopped. This condition greatly
hampered the rescue work and in
•addition tljree or four boats were
smashed' while being lowered,
throwing their occupants into the
eea.
All the soldier patients and the
nurses testify to the heroic efforts
of officers and crew. Notwithstand
ing the excitement and confusion, I
which were increased by the inky!
darkness, the crew under the mas-1
terly direction of the officers went|
coolly an dmethodically abou tthel
J Packers' Profits 1
I —Large or Small §
Packers' profits look big—
When the Federal Trade Commission
reports that four of them earned
$140,000,000 during the three war years.
Packers' profits look small— I
When.it is explained that this profit was
earned on total sales of over four and a
half billion dollars —or only about three
cents on each dollar of sales.
This is the relation between profits and sales:
Profits | hree cents on each dollar of sales.
I Sales jj|
ij If no packer profits had been earned, ||
you could have bought your meat at only
a fraction of a cent per pound cheaper!
J Packers' profits on meats and animal ji
products have been limited by the Food
Administration since November 1, 1917.
j Swift & Company, U. S. A. I
Karrisburg Local Branch, Seventh & North Streets
1 }■ ; , :
TUESDAY EVENING,
difficult task of bringing the sick
and wounded up on deck. As many
as could be handled in this manner
were placed in slings and lowered
to the escorting destroyers which,
by wonderful seamanship in the
rough water, managed to work in
close enough to the sinking ship to
take off men by lowering ropes.
The morale of the wounded, lying
on deck waiting to be taken off, is
described by members of the crew
as "too fine for words." They never
complained and they never urged
the rescuers to hurry.
The less seriously disabled as
sisted their more unfortunate mates
to go first. Women were placed in
the first boats lowered, notwith
standing their protests that they
should not precede the patients. One
boat, containing six women, was
thfown against another Just before
touching the wafer and upset. Three
women from capsized craft were
picked up bv another small boat,
along with five wounded British sol
diers all of whom hae, managed to
keep afloat although each had an
arm in a sling.
The Warilda had been in the
channel service two years, and this
was her first grossing jom France
in which she did not carry a num
ber of German wounded prisoners.
Members ot the crew remarked over
this fact and some expressed the
opinion that it was of sinister sig
nificance.
Steward's Unusual Escape
T. K. Redman, one of the stew
ards, had an unusual escape. He
had been placed with the six women
in the first boat and when the rope
broke he seized another lino and
clambered hand over hand to the
top. There he managed to swing
in from the end of the davit to the
rail where a ' wounded "Tommy"
awaiting rescue, seized the steward's
hand and aided him to clamber
aboard. This man described how
one woman, becoming entangled in
the ropes as she was being placed
in the boat, was caught between the
boat and the side of the ship. She
was frightfully injured by the
pressure and begged to be released,
but -no aid was possible. The small
boat finally went adrift and the
woman fell into the sea and was
drowned.
Eat More Beans or
Lose 120,000 Bushels
nn?*u w y°, rk ' Augr - •—There are 120,-
000 bushels of last year's beans in the
New York market which are in dan
ger of RoinK to waste unless they are
consumed before the 1018 crop comes
in. In the hope of saving them the
reaeral Food Hoard issued a call yes
terday for a "bean drive" to besrin
at once.
"Just as the consuming public came
to the rescue during the spring and
early summer to save the surplus po
tatoes." the board said, "so a similar
patriotic use of beans is requested.
Patriotic housewives are urged to
liave a bean dinner or bean supper at
least one day a week as a means of
using' up the present surplus. One
reason for the existing surplus is a
falling off in the consumption of
bfans during the past few months. |
RAILROAD
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
FOR ALLENGINES
Pennsy Are Nom
Receiving New Equipment;
Some Objections
Klectric lights will be Installed on
all locomotives on the Pennsy. This
is an order from Director General
McAdoo. Recent experiments on the
main line have proven satisfactory.
The work of installing the new lights
wai started last week.
The work has been necessarily
slow at the beginning and only four
or live engines have been equipped,
but from this time on it will go more
rapidly and the time is not far dis
tant when the oil-burning lights will
be a thing of the past, as far as the
Pennsy is concerned.
The electric current for the head
lights is generated by a dynamo
driven by a stcaje turbine. with
which each engine must be equipped
and the installation of this equip
ment takes time. The company has
not as yet adopted a standard dynamo
and none will be adopted until the
experimental stage has passed. The
one that proves the most satisfactory
all around will be adopted by the
company.
Brotherhood Plan
The movement for electric head
lights had its inception with the en
gineers, who. through their brother
hood, secured the passage of legisla
tion in various states. The fact that
there is no uniformity about the
plans has made it somewhat difficult
for the railroad to carry out their
plans. The distance at which an ob
ject like a man can be seen on the
track ahead of an engine varies in
the statutory requirements of tfe dif
ferent states, i
As a matter of fact, the distance
that an object can bo discerned varies
with the same light, according to
weather conditions, and also with the
seasons. It makes a vast difference
whether it is raining or foggy,
whether there is snow on the ground
or not, or whether or not the foliage
is out. all of which are factors de
termining the distance a light is ef
fective.
Some Objections
Experts say that the electric head
light is not the best kind of a light
for a foggy atmosphere. Fog is water,
though the drops are very minute,
but nevertheless, an electric light
will reflect from water, back into a
man's eyes, and blind him.
Only the general use of the elec
tric headlight will determine its su
periority over the oil burners, though
they doubtless have advantages that
make them the coming thing, not
only for the Pennsy. but for the rail
roads throughout the country.
Their installation on all the loco
motives of the Pennsy will, it is said,
be an expensive proposition. No es
timate of the cost per locomotive
could be hazarded by local officials,
but the cost of equipping all the en
gines will run into the millions be
fore the work is completed.
HAICRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Railroad Notes
Pay week on the Pennsy started to
day.
Nelson Anthony, baggageman at
the Pennsylvania Railroad Station,
has passed a successful examination
for war service.
Extensive repairs and Improvements
are beins made on the Schuylkill Di
vision of the Pennsy.
The new yards of the Reading at
Bethlehem are completed. General
Superintendent TV. H. Keffer was at
Bethlehem yesterday watching opera
tions.
Two carloads of material for the
Ordnance Depot warehouse have been
delivered.
Standing of the Crews
II ARRIS BURG SIDE
Philadelphia Division The 106
crew first to go after 4 o'clock: 107,
US, 126, 101, 114.
Engineers for 106, 118.
Firemen for 118, 114.
Conductors for 118, 126.
Flagman" for 107.
Brakemen for 106 (2), 118, 101, 114.
Engineers up: Sendle, Brown,
Shocker. Dolhy. Anderson, Karr,
Frickman.
Firemen up: Webb, Taylor, Stauf
fer, Inswiler, Mace. Painter.
Conductor up: Shark.
Brakemen up: Funk, KaufTman,
Funk.
Middle Division —The 33 crew first
to go after 1 o'clock: 27, 19, 18, 238,
34.
Engineers for
Firemen for 18, 34.
Engineers up: Titter. KaufTman,
Nissley, O. W. Snyder, Blizzard, Lef
fard, Rathfon.
Firemen up: Switzer Haskins, Mor
ris, Benson.
Conductors up: Leonard, Hoffnagle,
Klotz.
Brakemen up: Rhea, Barton, Leon
ard, Linn, Shelley, Dare, Wengart.
Yard Board —Engineers for 3, 7,
2, 15.
Engineers up: Lackey, Cookerly.
Firemen for 1, 6-7, 12, 26.
Firemen up: King, Bell, Swope,
Shealfer, Fryslnger, Rein, Brown,
Beard, Garverick, Kell, Nicol.
JKNOI.A SIDE
Philadelphia Division —The 220 crew
first to go after 1.45 o'clock: 223,
242, 234, 248, 202, 251, 240.
Engineers for 220, 202.
Firemen for 220, 223, 242, 234, 202,
240.
Conductors for 20, 42, 48.
Brakemen for 20, 23, 42, 48.
Brakemen up: Bordner, Bower.
Middle Division—The 103 crew first
to go after 2.15 o'clock: 106, 101, 308,
123, 125.
Firemen for 103, 125.
Brakeman for 123.
Yard Hoard —Engineers for 145, Ist
128, 3d IK, Ist 129. 2nd 132, 137, 140,
Ist 104, 2nd 104, 118.
Firemen for 4th 126, Ist 129, 4th
129, 140, Ist 102, 118.
Engineers up: Fortenbaugh, Brown,
Potter. Hanlen, McNally, Quigley,
Ewing, Zeiders, Caff, Fenicle.
Firemen up: Martin, Weaver, W. F.
Ready, Steften, Danner, Lutz, Caff,
Price* Bitting.
PASSENGER SERVICE
Philadelphia Division Engineers
up: Hall, Welsh, Gllluma, Lingley.
Firemen up: Spring, Cook.
Middle Division Engineers up:
Keane, Alexander, Crane, Crimmel,
Robley, Graham, Miller.
Firemen up:Zeiders, Arnold, Sheatz,
Ross, Fletcher, Gross, Kelly, Sheesley.
THE READING
The 70 crew first to go after 11.45
o'clock: 14. 7, 6, 56, 9. 63, 1, 73. 72, 55,
23, 12, 61. 62, 64.
Engineers for 63, 64, 1, 6, 12.
Firemen for 55, 63, 64, 72, 73, 9.
14, 25.
Conductors for 63. 64, 73, 6, 9, 25.
Flagmen for 64, 25.
Brakemen fdr 55, 56, 64, 72, 73, 7,
9. 26.
Engineers up: Griffith, Beecher,
Hunsicker, Hollonbaugh.
Firemen up: Sennet, Bechtel, Kohn
leln, Yeingst, Kline, Tanner, Miller.
Conductors up: Barbour, Fessler.
Hetriek, Helabaun, Hall, Baddorf,
McCullough.
Flagmen up: Sourbeer, Ensmlnger,
Gardner, Filbert, Beshore, Parmer,
McLaughlin.
Brakemen up: Burtnett, McCabe,
Koons, Fry, Royer, Fauber.
Red Cross Auxiliaries
Doing Work For Nation's
Soldiers During Summer
The first results of the new system
of bookkeeping and accounting of the
Harrisburg chapter, American Red
Cross were revealed when the first
monthly report of the auxiliaries of
the local chapter, was released for
publication this morning. The New
Cumberland auxiliary leads in the
production for the month with a total
of 1,491 articles produced.
The report, listing the auxiliaries
and the number of articles produced
by each during the month, follows:
Stevens Memorial, 179; W. C. T. U.,
84; Market Square, 678; Camp Cur
tin, 602; St. Paul's, 499; First Bap
tist, 209; Grace Methodist, 358; Im
manuel, 232; Fifth Street Methodist,
77; Wickersham, 182; Evangelical, 38;
Lutheran, 756; State Hospital, 374;
National War Aid, 718; St. Andrew's,
335; Pine Street Presbyterian, 874;
Catholic Women, 279; Shimmel Com
munity, 22; St. Stephen's, 1,135; Mt.
Pleasant Press, 87; Temple Sister
hood, 865; Calvary. 105; York Room
No. 1, 813; Work Room No. 2, 517;
Paxtang, 744 ; Duncannon, 727; Mll
- 430; Hershcy, 620; Hummels
town, 670; Newport. 82; Halifax, 460;
Nfew Cumberland, 1,491; Lykens, 162;
New Bloomfield, 219; Dauphin, 477;
AVllliamstown, 229; Linglestown, 120,
West Falrview, 111; Pillow, 26;
Wormleysburg, 168; Blaln, 642;
Marysville, 55; Lemoyne, 18; New
German town, 10; Loysvllle, 887; Mll
lerstown, 1,163; Eberly's Mills, 9; Har
risburg Silk Mills, 16; P. R. R. War
Relief, 232; Unknown, 76; Mrs. W. I,
Shreiner, 38; O. F. Club, 1; Girls'
friendly Club, 3; Miss Rutherford's
School, 6; Harrisburg Walking Club,
6; Knitting Department, 786. Total,
21,437,
CHARGED WITH >III.K THEFT
Frank Caruso, aged 19, Elmer Fox,
aged 18 and Frank McCurlc, aged 15,
were arrested by Patrolmen Parsons,
Dutton and Hoffman last night on the,
charge of stealing seven quarts of
, milk from the grocery store at the
corner of Race and Paxton streets.
•Poll-ce say that they broke the bottles
and smeared the milk over the river
walk. -
HURT IN FALL
James Keys, 524 Cumberland street,
a driver for Doehne's Brewery, is In
the Harrisburg Hospital with lacer
ations of the face as the result of a
fall down the steps of a hotel at
Third and Verbeke streets. He was
•carrying a keg of beer down the steps
when he slipped and fell, with the
keg landing on top of him.
ASSETS OF THE
BRETZESONFILE
WITH REFEREE
Total Liabilities $11,469.31
Holdings, $20,030.90; Trus
tee to Be Named
Harry M. Bretz to-day filed with
John T. Olmsted, referee in bank
ruptcy, the schedules of assets and
liabilities of Bretz Brothers, hard
ware dealers, of which he is a mem
ber, and also individual assets and"
liabilities of his brother, William R.
Bretz, another firm member. His
own schedule and that of the third
member of the firm, Charles 12.
Bretz, is to be filed late to-day or to
morrow.
The schedules of the firm show
that there are approximately 130
creditors; $10,503.64 unsecured
clairng, and $965.67 due on notes
from the partnership, making the
total liabilities $11,469.31. Estimat
ed value of the store stock Is placed
at $15,000; SSOO for fixtures, $l5O
for a delivery auto; $356.26 from
proceeds of business since bank
ruptcy proceedings started; $3,990.38
in collectable bills, total assets, $20,-
030.90.
Store Stock in Question
The accounts of William R. Bretz
show liabilities of $5,100, as he ap
peared as a joint maker on three
notes for that amount. His assets
are estimated at $5,600; S6OO as the
undivided one-seventh interest in the
Bretz farm in Cumberland county,
and $5,000 as a one-third interest
in the stock of the hardware store.
Mr. Olmsted said he questioned
whether that amount could be al
lowed as probably much of the store
.stock would be needed to meet debts
of the 'partnership. Insurance total
ling $12,000 is carried on the hard
ware stock.
It was said that a trustee would
probably f.rst be named for the part
nership accounts, and that another
one would be elected for each of
the individual members, the same
trustee probably being named for
each personal estate.
First Meetinjj in Two Weeks
Mr. Olmsted announced that no
tices to the various creditors would
not be sent out until all the .sched
ules are filed. The first meeting will
probably be called in two weeks.
No exemptions under state laws
are nsked for any of the property
and it was said that the firm mem
bers in their personal accounts will
include all their personal property
holdings, including farm equipment
and stock on the homestead farm in
Cumberland county.
Of the large number of Judgments
entered against Harry M. Bretz only
$5,100 worth are liens against his
property for full value as they were
entered four months or more before
bankruptcy proceedings started.
Admiral Von Capelle to
Quit as Minister of Marine
Zurich, Switzerland, Aug 6.—Ad
miral Von Caipello, German minister
of marine, wi3l resign shlrtly, accord
ing to Berlin dispatches to the Stutt
gart Tageblate, the Munich Zeltung
and the Augsburg Zeitung.
Admiral Von Capello succeeded Ad
miral Von Tirpitz as German minister
of marine in March, 1916. His report
ed resignation may have some con
nection with the retirement of Ad
miral Holtzendorff, head of the naval
general staff, announced on August
2. Several days before hiß announc
ed retiremen Von Holtzendorff had
apologized for the failure of German
submarines to sink transports.
DOCTORS ARE
BOOSTING IT
Still the good work goes on, soon
there will not be any more tired,
nervous people in our city.
This is caused largely by the wide
spread use of Phosphated Iron, the
new tonic and nerve bracer that has
sprung into instant popularity with
the medical world.
Phosphated Iron will help any
run-down, nervous condition almost
immediately. It will put fresh iron
in the blood, the phosphates taking
hold of the nerve centers and bracing
them up. You will eat better, sleep
better and get up in the morning
feeling like doing things; you will
feel, the old-time Vim and snap v of
youth surging through your veins;
you will tackle the day's work with
confidence and a smile.
Science has taught us that when
wo have enough Iron and Phos
phorous in the blood and nerves we
are healthy; that almost all condi
tions of ill health and nervousness
are due to the lack of Iron or Phos
phorous. Phosphated Iron rarely
fails to supply the needed amount
of both. >
Use Phosphated Iron one week
and you will forget you were ever
nervous, tired out and run down,
you can feel it taking hold.
Special Notice —To insure physi
cians and their patients receiving
the genuine Phosphated Iron we
have put up in capsules only, so
do not allow dealers to substitute
pills or tablets; insist on the ginuine,
in capsules only. For sale in Har
risburg ify George A. Gorgas, 16
North Third Street, P. R. R. Satlon.
A DAGGER
IN THE BACK
That's the woman's dread when she
gets up in the morning to start the
day's work. Oh! how my back aches."
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules
taken to-day ease the backache of to
morrow —taken every day ends the
backache for all time. Don't delay.
What's the use of suffering? Begin
taking GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil
Capsules to-day and be relieved to
morrow. Take three or four jwery
day and be permanently free from
wrenching, distressing back pain. But
be sure to get GOLD MEDAL Since
1696 GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil has
been the National Remedy of Holland,
the Government of the Netherlands
having granted a special charter au
•horlzlng its preparation and sale.
The housewife of Holland would al
most as soon be without bread as she
would without her "Real Dutch
Drops," as she quaintly calls GOLD
MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This
is the one reason why you will find
the women and children of Holland
so sturdy and robUßt.
GOLD MEDAL are the pure, original
Haarlem Oil Capsules Imported direct
from the laboratories in Haarlem,
Holland. But be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL. Look for the name pn every
box. Sold by reliable druggists in
sealed packages, three sizes. Money
refunded if they do not help you. Ac
cept. only the GOLD MEDAL. All
others are imitations.
PREMIUMS CAN
PAYEXPENSES
Insurance Fund Ruling Made
Today; Coal Dredges Under
State Inspection Now
Expenses of administration of the
Stat6 Insurance Fund may bo met
from revenue derived from premiums
i'.lnoa January 1, 1918, if the appro
priation made by the Legislature is
exhausted according to an opinion
rendered to-day by the attorney
general's department. After July 1
next the fund must be entirely ad
ministered out of the money paid as
premiums, according to Deputy At
torney General Hargest.
Inspection of boilers on steam
dredges taking coal from the navi
gable streams of Pennsylvania is out
side the scope of the authority of
the Department of Labor and In
dustry because such dredges have
the status of other steam vessels
navigating the streams of the state
holds Deputy Attorney General
Emerson Collins. Mr. Collins sug
gests to Acting Commissioner L. K..
Palmer that his department should
render any assistance desired by the
federal government to secure due
inspection of such dredges and to
bring to knowledge of United States
]> The New Store
WM. STROUSE
Final August Sale
We've Taken 200 Men's
Suits Right Off Our R
They were $25, S2B, S3O, $35
Y° ur the Entire
I fflj r ° Men's Suits, sizes,
Men's Regular sizes 34 to 44
|||| Men's Stout Suits up to
H M The Young Men's Suits comprise
.s yJH flannels, worsteds, homespuns, gab-
Jljkj|jy* ardines, etc. —the finest of this sea
' WJlfl <£ j The Men's Suits comprise con
f servative styles in worsteds, cassi
meres, serge, homepuns and unfin
— - ished worsteds.
This is the final clearance of our stocks and we've spared no efforts in
arranging this sale so that it will not only adjust our stocks quickly for
the incoming goods but it will afford those who share in it the biggest
opportunity to save money that has been seen in Harrisburg for many
a day.
You hear and read a lot about advancing prices and wonderful savings
opportunities. Not all savings are alike.' It will open your eyes as to
clothing opportunities when you see the fine suits we've taken from our
regular stocks for this -sale. '
Still a Few More of Those
Extra Fine Palm Beach Suits,
Involving Values to sls. $8.95
and Sizes up to 50 Stout o==
iriiiiirnrm tit i rmrirri n i ~ irwrrrrT^ririiniirTrriiiiinn i tiii
The Specialty Store For Men and Boys, 310 Market St'
T _ * •
AUGUST 6, 1918. ' ~
authorities dredges which are escap
ing inspection.
In another opinion it is held that
the State Fire Insurance Fund
covers the damage done by a boiler
explosion at the State Lunatic Hos
pital. •
pital here, which was not followed
by a fire.
Attorney General Brown has held
that the creation of a medical offi
cers reserve in the State Department
of Health does not transfer "the
health functions and activities of
the state to any other authority or
in any way delegate to any other
authority the power by law vested in
them," and the Health Department
has no power to enter into a program
that would bind the state. Em
ployes of the state can individually
enter the federal service or they
may bedrafted but the state cannot
send them into such service. Once
entering such service they would
pass under the jurisdiction of the
United States.
PRADINO TROMiEY WARES RISE
Reading, Pa.. Aug. 6. The Read
ing Transit Company to-day announc
ed an increase in the wages of its mo-
As Age Advances the Liver Requires
_f occasional s) ; ght stimulation. CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS correct CONSTIPATION.
im Genuine
Colorless or Pale Faces ; ,^L T d!^irwb!'cVt^l^r t c^.■^; n b h t f4df T Carter's Iron Pffls
tormen and conductors, comprising
Reading:, Norrlstown, Roxborough,
Lebanon and connecting' lines, from 34
to 38 cents an hour, to be effective at
once and to 40 cents on September 1.
Over 6QO men are affected. The com
pany gives notice that It Is preparing
to ask for another Increase In fares
fom six to seven cents in Heading and
Lebanon. The fares on the remainder
of the system have been increased to
eight cents.
If He Drinks
Give Him TESCUM i
POWDERS Secretly
Any mother, wife or sister can
stop the Drink Habit, if she wants
to do so. Thousands of women are
happy today because they gave their
husbands, sons or brothers "Tescum
Powers." The powders are taste
loss and harmless and can be given
in either liquid or solid food.
You take no risk as Tescum Pow
ders are sold under a steel-bound
money-refund guarantee by J. Nel
son Clark at SI.OO per box, or six
boxes for $5.00.