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LXXXVII— Xo. 255 14 PAGES U "U.M WAS.. SKSr.rHSWJ&S"" HARRISItURG. PA.. MONDAY EVENING, % NOVI£MBER 18, 1918. "VtAttßSi .HOME EDITION
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PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY IN RIVERSIDE
WHERE CYCLONE PLAYS QUEER PRANKS
SCORES OF HOMES
WRECKEDBYHIGH
MIDNIGHT WINDS
Many Have Narrow Escape
From Death When Homes
Are Crushed In
STORM FOLLOWS NARROW PATH
ACROSS THE FOURTEENTH WARD
Debris Scattered For Many Blocks In
Terrific Storm That Providently
Permits Families to Escape
Commissioner C. W. Burtnett has been named as
chairman of a relief committee by Mayor Keister to take
charge of relief work in Riverside. The other members
of the committee are R. Ross Seaman. Mercer B. Tate.
Lockwood B. Worden and Thomas Burns They spent
the afternoon in the storm swept area to determine im
mediate measures to help families whose homes were
wrecked. Every effort will be made to get contractors at
work at once to make reoairs to dwelliigs which have
not been ruined.
Scores of dwellings in Riverside, the recently annexed Four
teenth ward of the city, were either ruined or badly wrecked,
by a storm that swept over the city shortly before midnight last
night. The damage may exceed ?.~0,000.
One large frame house in North Sixth street, was completely
overturned and crashed U.' ugh the side, of an adjoining prop
erty; another double house was lifted off its foundation and
dropped into the cellar with the floor of the second story about
a foot above the street level. A small frame bungalow was
stripped to the first story; garages and outbuildings swept away,
roofs torn off and carried hundreds of yards, porches ripped loose
and chimneys sent crashing into adjoining houses, by the cyclone.
The path of the terrific gale was only Vout 200 feet in width,
but everything in that space from Second street, between Edward
and Lewis streets, diagonally northeast of the Pennsylvania rail
road tracks resembled a small village in France after a heavy
artillery bombardment.
Storm Plays Many Tricks
Many freakish Pricks were noticeable. The roof of a double
brick dwelling was split in half. One half was carried over to
the railroad and the other only slightly damaged. A garage roof
and sides went crashing to the ground hut the automobile was
only -lightly damaged and the floor moved out of pls|.' under it.
Few of the persons in the district carry cyclone insurance and
the damage to their houses and furniture will be a total loss.
To-day furniture trucks and automobiles were loaded with furni
ture being removed from the wrecked homes.
Child Narrowly Escapes Death
So far as could be learned everyone in the storm swept area'
escaped any serious injury. Mrs. I). E. Lucas. 203 Lewis street,!
was cut and bruised but is not in a serious condition. Her young!
daughter had Just left her bedroom and entered her mother's!
room when a quarter of a ton of brick plaster and heavy timber,
crashed through the roof of the daughter's room.
Charles Dunlap. 3212 North Sixth street, and his wife and son,
had probably the most miraculous escape of any. Mr. Dunlap!
was standing at the window in the middle room on the secondl
floor of his home when the wind ground the dwelling from its
foundation and sent it crashing m its side against the house
of William Conrad, 3208 North Sixth street. Mr. Dunlap was
hurled through the gap torn in the Conrad fesidenee and fell on
the floor in the midd'ic room on the firkt story. The Conrads
rushed to him and found that he was uninjured. Mrs. Dunlap
and her young son were hurled int oa corner in the front room up
stairs when the hnnse was overturned. They managed to free
themselves from the mass of furniture and bed-clothing, crawled
to the side window and stepped through it to the ground.
Freight Cars Badly Damaged
In the Pennsylvania railroad yards in the path of the* storm
freight cars were unroofed and coal and other articles being
shipped were scattered hundreds of feet. No employes were
hurt.
The storm swept over the city following a day of showers,
It came in from the river from the west, crossed front street with
very little damage and descended in cyclonic fury at the corner
of Second and Lewis street, tearing and grinding buildings, poles,!
trees and wires into a mass then scattered the wreckage oyer a|
stretch of five blocks.
Wind Lasts But Few Minutes
At its height the storm only lasted a few minutes, but high!
winds continued for an hour and a torrent of raiu flooded every-1
tiling making all rescue work difficult. City police and firemen]
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Relief Fund Started For Riverside
SCORES of people In Riverside who can ill afford the loss have
been either rendered homeless or have suflfeVed severe damage
to household effects by the terrific storm of last night. Their |
neighbors to-day notified the Telegraph, that many propose to raise ,
a fund for their relief. The contents of many houses were soaked !
and ruined by the rain that accompanied the cyclonic wind, and there
is very little cyclone insurance cn nny of the buildings of the Turnl- !
• re. The Telegraph will head the relief fund with a contribution of
fifty dollars. Who will be next?
Substantial Dwellings Crumbled Like Houses
of Cards Before Worst Windstorm in Years
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES DUX
LAP, and iheir son. residing ;
at 3210 North Sixth street.]
narrowly escaped death when the >
terrific wind overturned their house ;
und sent it crashing against the one
occupied by the family of William;
Conrad, 3208 North Aixth street. The ;
Dunlap dwelling is shown above.
The families of A. W. Harrow and ]
M. K. Daman resided in these houses. ■
3203-3207 North Fourth street, lower;
picture, which were lifted from thotr
foundations and dropped into the
cellar. The second story now is al- ;
most on a level with tiia streets and
the rides of the houses have been'
bulged out in the crash. Hanging
on the wires in frcat of these houses,
is a large strip of tin ripped from ]
the roof of a house west of fourth ;
street.
AMERICAN ARMY
OF OCCUPATION
MOVES FORWARD
Yankees Make New Friends
on Advance to the
Rhine
VILLAGERS ARE ALARMED
Germans Had Told Residents
of Lorraine That U. S.
Was New Foe
fl.v Associated Press
With the American Army in Ixir
raine, N'Ov. 18.—Early this rfiorn
ing the American advance toward
the Rhine was resumed and another
big step on the toad 'oward the
heart of Germany taKen. Yester
day's advance went without a hitch.
The roads over which the Ameri
cans marched were frozen during
the greater part of the day.
Villages and towns along the
route looked peaceful, except for
some .* hich had been scarred by
explosions of aerial bombs. The
people were nearly all moved out
by the Germans. In ,ome cases less
than fifty persons remain in a vil
lage.
The people generally were quite
timid when the Americans .iado
their appearance. Thsy remained
in their houses until assured that
the Americans were not another
form of enemy. The Germans had
told them that this would >e the
case. Once assured that the Amer
icana were friends, the welcome
given by the villagers was some
times hysterical in its earnestness.
Willi flic American Army North
east of Verdun, Nov. 18.—Two six
teen-inch cannon which were turned
over to the Americans at Splncourt
on Saturday were guns used by tho
Germnns to shell the Verdun re
gion. Forty-two guns of various
calibers wero turned over. Tho slx
tcen-lnch guns were token apart by
the Germans Into three sections,
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DI TCH I.A MIHTIt t M Til COI.OKS
Amsterdam, Nov. 18. The Dutch
Volunteer Lundatrum, consisting of
in .n who offered their services In
1814. but who were not obliged to un
dertake military duties, have been
tailed to the colore,
OTTO APPOINTED MINISTER
I oiieiihttgen, Nov. IV—Dr. Otto has
been appointed Austrian Foreign Min
ister, according to a dispatch receiv
ed hera J
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STATE'S HEROES '
TO PARADE IN
PHILADELPHIA
Veterans of Keystone and Lib
erty Division to Get
Great Ovation
Harrisburg's plans to give its
heroes a tremendous ovation when :
they get home from the front was'
I given an impetus to-day when it be- :
j came known that the War Depart-j
i mcnt is planning to send back the ■
.Keystone (28th) and Liberty (79th),
i divisions as units.
J According to General March's
, plans the Keystone division, the old i
! Pennsylvania National Guard which :
covered itself with immortal glory I
jin the desperate battling with Per- I
shing's First Americun Army is to'
j bo sent to Camp Dix or Camp Meade !
1 for demobilization. It is the hope 1
I of the War Department that the en
: tire division of 45,000 men may pa
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Five Persons Killed in
Fight With Mob Bent j
on Lynching Prisoner
By Associated Press J
Wlastnn-Knlem, N. C., Nov'. 18.— ;
j Tho rtcnth toll In the riot here last
Ipiglit which followed efforts of a
| mob to olerm the city Jail and lynch 1
• a negro prisoner, had been Increased ;
at midnight to live—a girl spec- j
tstor. n city fireman and three ne
groes. Tho police believe that a do- \
tailed search will show at least seven
persons, end possibly more were j
1 killed.
I Upward of a score of persons are
j believed to have been Injured, five |
ior six of Ihem seriously. They are |
1 mostly white persons and include j
| two numbers of the home guard. ■
i wldch was called out when the mob
[ made its second VIB.I to the jail after !
| shooting a negro and accidentally J
] wounding a white prisoner lu the
j afternoon.
! 1
EMPRESS REACHES
HOLLAND IN PLANE j
i
i
• By Associated Press
Amsterdam. Nov. 18.—The for
mer German empress has arrived j
I in Holland, making the trip by
airplane, according to the Zeve- i
naar correspondent.
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CONSERVATION OF!
FOOD NECESSARY,
M'CORMICK RULES
H. R. Simonetti Fined SIOO
For Operating With
out License
i !
j That the advent of peace will not
i relieve grocers, restaurant proprle
| tors, and others affected by the fed
, eral food administration's regulations
i of a strict observance of the regula
tions. was evidenced this morning
j when H. Ft. Simonetti. who conducts
| a commission merchant's business at I
' 105 South Second street, was ordered I
I by Donald McCormlck, county food |
! administrator, to pay a line of SIOO 1
| lor operating without a federal 11-
; cense. The money waa devoted to the !
i Red Cross.
Federal Licenses Necessary
According to information received
the federal licensing of food estah- j
lis'iments lias become even muro i
■ str.ct. All millers of corn, ouls, liar- I
j ley and rice under 75 barrels, or any. !
ono operating general storage ware- j
house, manufacturing establishments !
, or d.stribution agencies of vegetables '
; or edible fats and oils, must he li- j
j censed. Th s Is in udditlun to the ;
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WIFE SI ES MOTHKN-IN-L,AU i
1 *ostoii, Nov. IS.—Charging that her'
I motbi r-in-luw lias diverted the affee-j
1 tloris of her husband. 20-yesr-old Mrs.]
'Doris li,. Thompson, wife of Dwlgiit;
J I>. Thompson, has begun suit for siu.-
; 1100 against his mother. Mrs. Marion,
| B. Thompson, of Winchester. - All arc
j socially prominent
FINAL EFFORT
TO PUTCOUNTY
| 'OVER THE TOP'
I United War Work Fund
i Grows as Drive Ncars
the End
With more than ten thousand dol
' lars over the quota subscribed, Paul
Johnston, chairman of the city com
j inittee to-day said that Hnrrisbnrg
j-will raise its total in the United War
! Work cumpaign to $200,000 during
the three additional days ullotted to
] the campaign.
j E. S. Gerberich, county chairman.
! said that Dauphin county will as
suredly raise its $50,000 quota. Re
iterating that the county was two
weeks late in getting started owing
to a miscalculation in the organi/.j-
I tion, he said that when every dis-
I trict has been thoroughly can
' vasscd it will lie found that Dauphin
will have subscribed its quota.
The homes canvass will continue
during the remaining three days of
the campaign with unabated energy,
it was said. Every house is to con
tribute to the United War Work
j fund before the canvassers will con-
I sidei* their work accomplished. The
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II THE WEATHER,
|
IlnrriKliurtc iiihl Vicinity: In
, Nvillfdi probably rnlu thi* nf
• Uraooii. ttniai and colder to
, Tueadtiy fnir iyi.l colder.
| EiiNtrrn Pennaylvuiiia s it it In mul
colilrr (o-ii!kli(. TucNdny fair,
cylder. Err*ii to Mtron* 4011th
virnt W'UIIM NIIUUIIX to nortli
wcat by TorMiay.
Illver
The * iijmi lie hit ruin river unci all
ha branelien will ri*e except the
upper portion** of the main trill- •
tattrfCsa wll probably foil Turn
day, I)efldel riaeM of Me vera I
feet are Indicated for the \orth j
and Went brancbeM. A Mtay.p of
UIMIUI -I.N leef in Indicate*! for
j llarrinbtira. Taendny, ulth a
| wteddlly riia* liter nil day
• Tuts tiny.
PIPE BENDING
COMPANY LOSES
SHELL CONTRACT
Considerable Deduction in the
Working Force Forecast
nt the Plant
PLAN FOR PEACE WORK
Rig Shops Busy Nearly Four
Years on Munitions
For Allies
The arrlslnirg Pipe Ind Pipe Mend
ing Company, which has been turn
ing out hundreds of thousands of
shells for the United Stales and Al
lied governments since the begin
ning of the war, received word from
j Washington this morning caneeil
. ing an important shell contract
| placed with the company a month
ago.
It was expected to run the plant
lat full capacity until next July but
j the cancellation will make neces-
Isary a considerable reduction of the
I toree employed there.
Other contracts will keep the eom
. pany busy until next .March and
j officials now are proceeding with
plans tor the transformation of the
plant for Ihe manufacture of ether
produeas, as tt has hern making
munitions almost exclusively since
1914.
MUKTXSKV IN IIIVGAItY
rnpentingrn. Nov. ! B'.—The Herman
field marshal vnn Markensen. who has
been operating In Rumania, arrived
Saturday in Itpbrecoltn. Hungary,
wttli 2.o(in of his troops, according to
a dispatch from Vienna. The troops
were disarmed and started toward
Germany.
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\%* TRAIN KILLS FIVE, INJURES JTHR|ME *■*
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IX Canton —Fiye persons vert killed and three seriously
jt injured here late last night when a Pennsylvania pas- jKH
+ '.sender train struck an automobile carrying nine pas
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At New York—The government's great gas mask plarit j ■
alt t 0n
Lrr.p Island City will finish work on orders in hand lit
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II Wrthin ten Ferrer ?nt?tiYe *' inn, of Illinois, Re- JJ' ' I
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GERMANY FACES
ENORMOUS DEBT
AS WAR'S PRICE
Citizens to Be Forced to Yield
Bonds in Payment of
Taxes
MANY HELD IN AMERICA
i Obligation of Empire is 35,-
000,000,000; 18 Billion Ow-
I ing by the United States
| Washington, Nov. 18.—Study of
i Germany"!! financial situation has
| been undertaken by government
| agencies here with a view to throw
! iiig light on the ability of the Ger
| man nation to pay big sums as repa
-1 ration for devastation of invaded
'countries. Unofficial reports indicate
j that Germany's national debt, rep
resented mainly by war bonds held
! within the empire, now is nearly
1 $35,000,000, or more than two-fifths
i of the estimated national wealth of
; eighty billions.
Staggering Debt Faces Huns
Although there has been no offl
j cial announcement or intimation of
, the aggregate amount which the Al
lies will expect Germany to pay. it is
; certain to run into billions of dollars,
j Necessarily, the terms of payment
i must accord with Germany's' ability
to pay. This ability will he meas
ured by the nation's power to revive
her peace time industries and trade
i and to tax this for state purposes.
II Financial observers here say some
11 claims for restoration and restitu-
11 tlon set forth by interests in a few
•1 Allied nations are extavagant, be
-11 cause they ae beyond Germany's
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