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KILLS SELF BY
DRINKING ACID
Howard L. Burkholdcr Found
Lying Dead Across
His Bed
After he had drained the contents
of a vial of carbolic acid, Howard
L. Burkholder. an employe of the
Central Iron and Sieel Company, was
found dead In his room, IST North
Fifteenth street, late yesterday by
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SATURDAY EVENING
Mrs. Mary Rcxroth with whom he had
been boarding. Burkholder had been
dead for some time before he was
discovered. No reason for his sui
cide has been advanced.
Mrs. Rexroth said that upj>n return
ing to her home from a shopping trip
downtown, about 4.30 o'clock yester
day afternoon, one of Burkholder's
friends called for him. Upon going
to his room to Inform him of the
friend's presence, she found Burk
holder lying across his bed.
A physician from the neighborhood
pronounced Burkholder dead. Burk
holder was 41 years old. A sister,
Mrs. Milton' Levan, of Allentown, wa i
notified of her brother's death. Last
night Burkholder's body was removed
to the Wilt undertaking parlors.
LIBERTY MOTOR
AND COL VINCENT
Packard Motor Co.'s Explana
tion of Recent Report on
Aviation
America needed nn aviation en
gine, it at the earliest possi
ble moment, and J. G. Vincent, the
engineer in charge, cut the entang
lements of red tape to get the need
ed results. That, in brief, is the
Packard Motor Company's explan
ation of the course which resulted
in Lt. ,Col. J. G. Vincent's arraign
ment In the Hughes report on the
aircraf* program.
It is pointed out that the Packard
Company had done aviation engine
development work available to the
government at the outbreak of the
war; J. G. Vincent had been in
charge of engineering on that work,
and the war need was to get a war
engine for the United States air
service and get it quickly even at
the expense of rules and routine.
The statement by Alvan Macauley,
Parkard president and general man
ager. follows:
"The papers contain extracts from,
and comments upon the report of
Judge Hughes, following his investi
gation of the aircraft situation. We
are especially concerned regarding
what ho has to say, and the com
ment concerning Lt. Col. J. G. Vin
cent.
'Judge Hughes' report, I am ad
vised, gives credit for the invention
and creation of the Liberty motor
to the Packard Motor Car Company
and to Colonel Vincent while he was
still vice president of this company,
in charge of engineering. Shortly
after the Liberty motor was created.
Mr. Vincent resigned his large salary
with this company, to accept the
position as chief engineer of the
Liberty motor, for the Government,
at a salary about one-fifth as large.
"The Liberty engine having been
created, there was no Government
organization to expediate its produc- j
tion. The crying need was for a
man capable of cutting the entangle
ments of Government red tape, cre
ated during peace times, and to get
results. Preliminary models were
ready within about a week, and a
complete ready-to-operate Liberty
motor was built, by night and day
effort, wiihin a month from the time
the- Packard received instructions
from the Government to proceed.
"The charge against Col. Vincent
is that the routine of the transac
tion was not handred in the ortho
dox Government manner. The
splendid results are admitted; the
splendid success of the Liberty motor
now known to the world. The sole
charge is a technical one. Ked tape
had to be cut and it was severed.
The accomplishment of results was
put ahead of the technical correct
ness of the method. It cost both
Col. Vincent and the Packard Motor
Car Company heavily to develop the
Liberty motor, and neither has asked
one cent of recompense for that de
velopment. The Packard Company's
patents and inventions—upon which
it had spent several hundred thous
and dollars before the declaration
of war, were expressly donated to
the Government for use during the
war, gratis. All of which Is a mat
ter of written record. Our opinion
is that if there had been more red
tape cut at Washington during the
early stages of the war preparations,
~-e would have been in shape to
win the war even earlier.
"Lieutenant Colonel Vincent .be
ing an army officer, is, under the
rules of the serf ice, precluded from
making any reply to, or denial of
the charges against him. But the
facts are perfectly clear, and as we
are not under the restraint upon him
we cannot remain silent while even
a technical charge is leveled against
him."
FIXED FOR BEATING CHILD
Wilkcs-Barrc, Pa., Nov. 16.
Welts about the body exhibited in
police court yesterday by 7-year
old Helen Baskier caused a fine of
$5 to be assessed upon Joseph An
drews. a blacksmith. Andrews ad
mitted whipping the, girl, but said
she and other children were an
noying him and interfering with his
work. .
HARJRISBURG TELEGRAPH V
KEYSTONE MEN
ADVANCE ON FOE
[Continued from First Page.]
experiences during a two weeks' bat
tle northwest of Verdun.
The letter, dated October 10, is
full of thrills and the fire of ad
venture. It follows:
k"My Dear Mother:
"Now since I have t[ie opportunity
I will tell you about the two weeks'
battle that we have been in. After
our short rest when we came out of
Flsmes, we hiked to the front, north
west of Verdun, and one dark night
we took over the trenches from the
French.
Over the Top
"The next morning we were to go
over the top. The Germans wero not
aware of the presence Qf Americans
at this point of the line, although
they did expect an attack., As wo
entered the communicating trenches
and wound our way toward the front
line, past the reserves and support
trenches. I saw for the first time how
complete everything was. • Although
the trenches had been there and
used since 1916, and were rather
weather-beaten, they illustrated to
me very clearly all the stories I had
read of the trenches, of the shell
proof dugouts, and how much easier
trench warfare is than this setni
open kind of a war that we are forc
ing on the Germans by our aggres
siveness.
"When wo arrived in the front
line we put our guns into position.
At this time there opened up one
of he most furious barrlages that I
ever heard. It seemed that all the
guns in the A. E. F. were throwing
'iron rations over to Jerry.' The bar
rage continued all night, but it did
not keep me from getting a few
winks of sleep shortly before day
break.
The Tanks Proceed
"We put over a machine gun bar
rage, and then followed the infantry
over. The tanks had preceded and
tore gaps in the barbed wire for us
to pass through. When we reached
the Boche front lines, under cover of
a smoke ifcreen, we found them de
serted. It was here that I saw what
havoc our barrage had done. The
trenches were caved in. dugouts were
closed up, in many instances en
tombing the occupants. Many Roches
were killed by the barrage, and irtany
others were cut off by the terriffic
fire and were taken prisoners.
"When we got to the Boche sec
ond line snipers and machine gun
ners started to play on us. We rest
ed between the second and third
line for the night. In the morning
we advanced again and took posi
tions at the ehge of a woods. The
infantry kept on ahead wiping out
machine gun nests and hunting
snipers who were left behind to de
lay our progress.
"It was very interesting to watch
the tanks which worked with the
doughboys. Nothing stopped them.
They went headlong over trenches,
through woods and over rough fields,
and were a great help in cleaning
out machin gun nests.
Hun Lines Damaged
"While we were at rest once I
found a big dugout that had been
caved in by a direct hit, and the
Boches who were in it had tumbled
out just a few hours previously. But
the hole was so small that they had
to leave their equipment behind, and
some of us got 'down in the dugout
and found many souvenirs in the
Heinies' packs. I got a large pistol
with*a stock attachment so th. t it
could be used as a rifle, several 'Uott
mit uns' belt buckles, and many
other ornaments from their cloth
ing.
"I was talking to a prisoner. He
was a Prussian Guard. He said that
we 'would have pitied them if we
had known how severe our artllfery
barrage was. He had been in the
German army for three years, and
said that there were only 100,000
Americans over here. He sure was
misinformed. Our aviators are try
ing to wise up these fellows by drop
ping papers. I have seen many avia
tors dump a load of papers in the
German lines.
Hot Meals Always
"The next morning we advanced
and made our eight kilos before we
met any resistance. This was in the
form of heavy machine gun fire
which came from a wooded hill, and
this hill was polluted with machine
gun nests, and It took some hard
fighting to dislodge these fellows.
We were advancing along a road
with our heavy equipment one day,
when our mess came up. We had
hot meals all through the mixup.
But this time the mail came along.
I got eight letters and I sure did
have an exciting time reading them
with a sniper taking shots every
time I put my head up too high.
We took this hill and the fighting
continued through a heavily wooded
section of hills and valleys. Every
where could be seen dead German
soldiers, and there was lots of muni
tions captured, also many field guns.
Early in the fight we captured a
complete railroad train loaded with
ammunition and several engines. The
big guns of the six-inch variety,
which were too big to get back on
the muddy road, were blown up by
the Boches. But the *775," about
three-inch, which were not dam
aged, were turned around and used
against the Bochq. In this way some
of the immense amount of captured
ammunition was used.
Fighting in Mud
"The day before we were relieved
we had quite an exciting time. Bul
lets came as close to me as I ever
want them to. I was lying in a shal
low ditch in the mud and the bullets
were knocking the dirt into my face,
and were coming from all sides. I
did not care how muddy it was when
those pills began to sing, and when
the mud meant shelter. For you
know I believe in being careful as
well as brave.
"The last night we were on the
front line with the infantry and
shipers were all around us, we could
hear them talking. These snipers
stay behind when the main body
falls back, to harass us and to try
to delay us, and they are never
taken prisoner when the 'nest' is
captured. It rained throughout the
drive, and the mud was a great
handicap to us, and probably kept us
from doing even better than we did.
This was the first time any fight
ing was done on this part of the line
since the early days of the war. Fritz
had held these hills since 1915 and
had them strongly fortified. He also
had concrete dugouts, 30 and SO feet
deep. He also had narrow gauge
railroads for conveying ammunition
and supplies, and he held these posi
tions with Prussian Guards, which
are his best troops.
"But he did not hold them long
after we got started."
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES
The South Enola Church of Ood
will be the scene of a series of in
spiring evangelistic meetings open
ing Sunday evening and continuing
each evening except Saturday. The
Rev C. D. Rlahel is pastor of the
church.
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REPUBLIC PAYS
TRIBUTETO PRESS
I. W. Dill, Local Manager, Be
lieves in Newspaper
Advertising
"I firmly believe that the news
paper, whether It Is a metropolitan
daily or local dally, is one of the
first mediums, if not the first, in
value to the national advertiser,"
says I. W. Dill of the Pen Mar Auto
Co., local distributor of Republic
Trucks. This opinion, coming from
a man intimately acquainted with
advertising in its inauguration of
an extensive advertising campaign
on the 2,000 pound Republic Special,
which is being confined to daily
newspapers exclusively.
"Newspaper advertising, to my
way of thinking, is the connecting
link between buyer and salesman,"
continues Mr. Dill. 'lt is the voice
of the product itself. What it says,
how it says it, aqd where it says it
moulds the character and reputa
tion the product enjoys in the public
mind.
"It is no longer necessary for the
manufacturer of motor trucks to
create a desire for motor equip
ment. The desire is already there.
Every, progressive business house
realizes the advantage of motorized
equipment—it is now only a ques
tion of finding the truck best suited
to the particular requirements of
his business. The prestige of the
maker, the reputation of the truck,
its economy and ability to stand up
and deliver the service day In and
day out, year in and year out—
those are the things that prospec
tive purchaser is most interested in
now. And those are the things our
newspaper advertising is driving
home, quickly and effectively.
"Take this present drive of ours
on the Republic Special. At its
price of $1295, we believe it to be
the lowest priced real 2,000 pound
truck on the market. And by real
truck I mean approved truck con
struction throughout. Not on adapt
ed passenger car —but a truck built
by truck specialists in a factory
that makes nothing but trucks. We
are sure that if a prospective buyer
will inspect this Republic Special its
unequaled value will become per
fectly obvious. That is where
newspaper comes in. It tells our
story, briefly and to the point, illus
trates the truck and urges the read
er to act promptly while we are
able to make immediate delivery and
at so low a price."
FIRE BURNS ll' HIS $2,000
Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 16. —John
Siros, a wealthy Greek, drew $2,000
out of the bank to consummate a
business transaction and took the
money home. Early yesterday morn
ing his home S.t Miller Heights, near
this city, took fire in some unknown
manner and was completely burned,
the money being consumed in the
blaze. .
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The Republic Special successfully meets the requirements of 90% of
I 8 a " truck users. And it is the lowest priced real truck of its capacity on the
1 a market. . 8
16 . . N ? t , e , these few specifications and then compare them with other
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| I | r-Four-cylinder, 3%"x5" motor of Republic original design, built
exclusively for truck requirements. i \
j | —Republic armored type radiator and cooling system that pre
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| tion and road shocks. j 3 !
—Semi-elliptic springs, alloy steel; heat treated and extra large
and strong.
—Torbensen Internal Gear Drive, delivering from 12% to 26%
more power than any other type of drive. j
—Nickel-steel gears; long lived Chrome-Nickel steel in the steer- j
mg arms and wheel spindles. Heavy pressed steel channel
, frame. Irreversible steering gear.
—Strongly built, heavily reinforced Open Express or Stake body,
built especially for the Republic Special chassis.
t If you want a truck that will prove dependable wherever you put it
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SOLF POINTS OUT
HOOVER AS YANK
TOFEEDGERMANY
Says Peril in Teuton Country
Should Speedily Be
Avoided
Berlin, Nov. 16.—1n his message to
Secretary of State Lansing. Dr. W. S.
Solf, after appealing to lilm to in
tercede with President Wilson to
j send peace delegates to The Hague
as soon as possible "in order to save
the German people from perishing
by starvation and anarchy," suggest
ed that Herbert C. Hoover, the Amer
ican Food Administrator, be assigned
to the task of assisting the German
people. This section of Dr. Self's
message reads:
"American delegates could discuss
with the plenipotentiaries of the Ger
man people the details of how the
magnanimous help of America could
save, in time, our fatherland from the
| worst. Perhaps the- matter could bo
put in the tried hands cf Mr. Hoover,
who has rendered such great ser
vices in Belgium.
"The acceptance of the oppressive
armistice conditions, the necessity of
supplying from scanty provisions the
armies that are streaming buck from
the front, the cessation of naviga
tion in the North Sea and the Baltic
by the continuance of the blockade
which Imperils our provision supply,
and the disturbed conditions in the
east make the situation in our country
daily more unbearable. The peril
I can be avoided only by the most
speedy help."
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NOVEMBER 16, 1918.
Germans Told Fleet
Needed Only Show Itself
I'orln, Nov. 16. —Admiral Sir Ross
lyn Wemyss, who was appointed to
notify the German envoys of the
navul conditions of the armistice, Is
credited by Figaro with a phrase
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which admirably reflects the
tive positions of the two fleets*
"It Is Inadmissible," the Germans
protested, "that our fleet should be
given up without hiving been
beaten."
Facing the envoys with his mono
cle, Admiral Wemyss retorted, "it
had only to come out."