' V . " * ." -*' V-Z\ ' K'?*-*"' '"" . . ,■ .£ . Petrograi Is Reported Taken From Russian Bolshevists by Esthoman and Finnish Forces in Drive HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 1 ®ftt Slar-ln&epcndtnl. LXXXVIII—NO. 129 18 PAGES W&. 88S"il5J5K?rf" HARRISBURG. PA. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1919. KaSSir 1 S iSSS,°<g?S. HOME EDITION BOMB FIEND IDENTIFIED BY LAUNDRY MARKS LEFT ON TATTERED CLOTHING Philadelphia Anarchists Sought as Perpetrators of Dastardly Crime Against Public Officials NATION-WIDE PLOT PROBABLY HATCHED IN PENNSYLVANIA, SECRET SERVICE MEN FIND By Associated Press. The head of the dead anarchist was found on the roof of a house more than a block away from the scene of the explosion and taken down by firemen who were searching for possible evidence. Washington, June 3. —Washington police inspectors to-day believed they had Identified the man who was blown,to pieces last night in an effort to kill Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer with a bomb, as an anarchist of Philadelphia. They also expressed the belief that the nation-wide plot against the lives of government officials and prominent businessmen, had been laid in that city. A blood-stained conductor's identification check, found in front of Mr. Palmer's residence early to-day, showed that the anarchist arrived in Washington at 10.30 o'clock last night from Philadelphia. He went directly from the Union Station to the Palmer home and only a few min utes before the explosion he was seen alighting from a street car a few blocks away, by C. S. Briggs, of Marion, S. C. Failed By Stubbing His Toe Detectives are positive that the stubbing of the anarchist's toe on a small concrete coping six feet from the front door of Attorney General Palmer's house, was solely responsible for the bombplacer himself being blown to bits instead of the house and, possibly, its occupants. The ex plosion blew out a section of the coping and dug a hole in the earth under it. The anarchist ap parently was approaching the doorway from an angle and in — darkness failed to notice the low coping. An examination of the fragments of the bombplacer indicated that he was swarthy and slender. He wore a collar of a well known make on which was a laundry mark. From this the de tectives hope to learn much. His suit apparently was black with a green stripe. He wore winter underclothing, tan lisle socks and a white shirt of poor quality with green and yellow stripes. Frag ments of papers which he apparently had been carrying in his pockets, as well as the parts of two pistols, also were found. Powerful Explosive Lieut. S. J. Magee, U. S. A., an authority on high explosives, who happened to be in the neighborhood at the time, declared his belief that the bomb had been loaded with cordite, one of the most powerful explosives known. The police would not reveal theO Identity of the man, but they felt I confident the facts they had gather ed in their investigation since last j midnight would lead quickly to the j apprehension of his associates, who . they believe also were responsible j for the May Day bomb plot in which j many irrfernal machines addressed to i government officials, members of 1 Congress and businessmen were I placed in the mails. Freaks of Explosion The anarchist apparently was of 1 Italian birth or parentage. His j scalp, found by the police at day- I light, had upon it hair that was dark I and curly. In-cluded in the heap of j battered, scorched fragments of Clothing and articles belonging to the | man was a much-thumbed Italian- J American dictionary, indicating its ) owner knew little English. By a break of the explosion, the i mart's hat remained intact. On the 1 sweat band was inscribed the name of "De Buca Brothers. Hatters. 919 ! South Eighth Street, Philadelphia." | It was at first thought that two j men had been killed, because parts . of two legs were found where they had been blown. Eater, however, the police established definitely, only one man had been killed. Plotter May Be Victim Although apparently intended to | do greater damage, the latest bomb ; explosions, from a standpoint of loss of life appeared to have been but . little more successful than those of May 1. Fatalities resulting, as re- ' ported to-day. were confined to the : plotter himself at the Palmer home !• and to New York where from one to possibly three persons were killed. In that case as here, the body or bodies were so badly scattered it was impossible to determine just how many were slain. As in the May day attempts the bomb plot last night was directed. In a majority of ■ vses, against pub lic officials in vadous cities, men who have been active in suppres- ' sion of organized lawlessness. As there was little difference in the time between the explosions with the exception of that in Washing ton, the police and government agents believe the Instruments of destruction were to be timed to ex plode at about the same hour. The fact that wearing apparel and an- j archistic literature were found at the Palmer home indicated to the police that the bomb exploded just I as the dynamiter took it from the suit case under the front entrance to the building. I Copies of the pamphlet bearing the caption, "Plain Talk," are in pos session of the police and Depart ment of Justice officials and may possibly furnish the only clue to the identity of the plotters. Printed on what likely was intended to be red paper, the pamphlets bear no [Continued cm Pago 11.] ITHEWEATHERI For Harrlsburg and vicinityi Fair, continued warm <<\-night and probably Wednesday) lowest temperature to-night about 70 degrees. For Eastern Pennsylvania i Fair, continued warm to-night and probably Wedneaday; gentle, ahtftlng winds. River The Susquehanna river and all Ita branches will fall alowly or re main stationary. A atage of about A 8 feet Is Indicated for Baxrlsburg Wedneaday moru la*. I 8 EXPLOSIONS IN BOMB PLOT By Associated Press. Washington, June 3. —Depart, ment of Justice agents and police throughout the country to-day were hunting the organized band of anarchists who last night launched what they called an at tempt to overthrow the govern n\pnt by assassinating with high bombs Government offi >Ks and prominent men. W Explosions took place in Wash ington, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Newtonvllle, Mass.; Boston, Phil adelphia, Paterson, N. J., and New York. None of the men for whom the bombs were intended was hurt, but one man, a watch man in New York, was killed, several persons were injured, buildings were wrecked, and in Washington one of the plotters himself was blown to pieces. The outrages committed last night were believed to be a sequel to the May Day bomb plot, when infernal machines were mailed to a score of prominent men over the country. REDS USE BLACK TOURING CAR IN PLOT TO MURDER Attorney General Schaffer Is Impressed With Reports In dicating Terror Outbreak By Associated Press. Philadelphia, June 3.—The auto mobile used by the men who bombed the Catholic Church was found early to-day abandoned, in Fairmount Park, the city's big pleasure ground. Eater it was learned that the car had been stolen from the street in the upper section of the city. A chemist who made an investiga tion expressed the opinion that high powered explosives were used in the bombs exploded here. The police later discovered that the suspicious printed matter found in the motor car stolen by the men who threw the bombs was merely literature issued by a reputable benelicial association of which the owner of the stolen car is a member. Police activity is now centered on the clue from Washington connect ing the man blown to pieces by his own bomb in that city with a cen tral organization in this city. .Taglelky Chance Victim Bonis Jagielky, whose residence was bombed, said to-day he believed the attack was due to a misappre hension on the part of the bombers. The police theory is that after the attack on the church the men, hur rying from the scene in an automo bile, found themselves in possession of a surplus bomb they must get. rid , {Continued on Page 2-J > VICTORIA IS INCLUDED IN MOVffiMERGER Means Some Big Changes Here; Many Theaters in New Corporation Harrisburg is represented in the 115,- 000.000 theatrical corporation organ j ized yesterday in Philadelphia. The | name of the new firm Is the Stanley . Company of America. With the new j company will come some big changes jon Market street. The company con | solidates theatrical and financial in ' terests for showing of moving pictures, j vaudeville and other amusements and ! takes in the Victoria Theater. Bocally, the new firm Is represented |by the Victoria Realty Company, of j which C. Floyd Hopkins is treasurer, , and which recently took over the Vic toria Theater and the Gilbert property i adjoining. The Gilbert property Is to be made a j part of the Victoria Theater. The Gll : bert store part of the building, three i stories in height is to be remodeled | for a business place, and to include , elevator and other facilities needed in ;an up-to-date storeroom. The rear of I the property will be torn down and i an addition to the Victoria auditorium I built. When completed the enlarged I theater will have a frontage of 85 feet, j The front will include a new entrance ' and storerooms. There will be no | changes in the offices now on the sec i ond floor fr.ont of the Victoria The- I ater. Arc Not Producers The new organization announces with emphasis that it will not enter the pro ducing field. Jules E. Mastbaum, of Philadelphia is president. Included in the merger are the Stan ley Booking Company, the Central Market Street Company, the Sablosky [Continued on Page 2.] Powers Consider Easing Yoke on Defeated Huns By Associated Press. Paris, June 3.—Two changes in the German peace terms, one terri torial and the other financial are be ing considered by the Council of Four, it became known to-day. The financial question is the possi bility of the acceptance of the German proposal to pay an indemnity of 100,- 000,000.000 marks, which would in volve dissolution of the Allied financial commission, to which the German strongly object. The second proposal Is for a plebis cite in Silesia in order to guarantee to Germany a coal supply from the Silesian mines. Local Police Keep Close Lookout For Bomb Plotters Following the bomb scares which created considerable excitement throughout the country yesterday and early to-day. Harrlsburg police have been notified to be on the look out. Suspicious characters and per sons caught loitering about resi dences or public places will be taken into custody. SABE CONFIRMED Sale of the tract of ground at the southeast corner of Cameron and State streets by Spencer C. Gilbert to the Moorhead Knitting Company, was con firmed with the filing of a deed for the •transfer of title. The plot is 241 feet long long on Cameron street, extending 188 reet west to the Paxton creek, con taining more than an acre. The con sideration was not givjpn. but revenue stamps indicated that the purchase iprice was about $30,000. Why Not Begin by Liberating the Prisoner of War? RUN OVER BY AN ENGINE, MAN ESCAPES INJURY Samuel Mehaffie Saves Life by Rolling to Middle of Track Knocked down and rolled about as an engine in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards passed over him, Samuel Mehaffie, 42 year old, of 1602 i North Fifth street, escaped without j serious injury this morning. Slight bruises and contusions made up the extent of the injury. Mehaffie, an Inspector on the Penn sylvania Railroad, was crossing sev eral tracks while about his duties and failed to notice the approach of the empty engine. Employes called to him but the noise drowned out their calls. The engine was proceeding slowly and Mehaffie had sufficient presence of mind to pull himself clear of the tracks and as near the center as possible. He was rolled slightly and suffered bruises and contusions about the right arm, the left leg and his body. He was taken to the Harris burg Hospital where his injuries were treated. Work Begins on Big Apartment House to Cost Approximately $120,000 Work on the construction of the five story apartment to be erected by C. L. hong at Front and Roas street, was begun to-day. Materials were being hauled to the site, tool sheds were built and a steam shovel started excavating for the foundation. Mr Long to-day took out the permit for the building, which will be known as the Parkway Apartment House. It Will cost $120,000 and will be 96 by 141 feet, situated on a plot 143 by 141 feet. The deed transferring title from Henry McCormick. Jr., to Mr. Long was recorded yesterday. No consid eration was Riven but stamps on the document indicated the purchase price was approximately $30,000. William C. Porr took out a permit yesterday to erect a two and one-half story brick dwelling at 1944 Chestnut Btreet, at a cost of $6,000. Other per mits issued follow: William Lyme. George Russet. contractor. frame garage, rear 1728 Market, $l5O ; Gio vanni RiSanto. two-story brick build ing, rear 1114 North Seventh, SI,OOO ; Howard Ross. F. L. Morrow, contrac tor. one-story brick garages, rear 1523- 25-27-29-31 and 1533 North Sixth, to tal cost $1,600. COATS OFF IN CAPITOL Hot weather caused members of the House of Representatives to doff their coats to-day and the business was transacted in shirt sleeves. The weather also had the affect of curtailing de bates and committee hearings. It also made members listless and several roll calls came close to the margin of no j nifirnm I GERMANS REACH OUT FOR DORTEN By Associated Press. Berlin, June 3.—The German government has issued an order for the arrest of Dr. Dorten, the president of the new Rhenish re public, the North German Ga zette announces. The government also, the news paper states, has entered protests both at Paris and at Spa, the headquarters of the armistice commission, against the behavior of the French authorities in the occupied area of the Rhineland. i HUNDREDS MARCH IN BROILING SUN TO HONOR PRIEST Five-Mile March to the Ceme tery Made as Mark of Respect With the thermometer registering more than 100 degrees in the sun, hundreds of men, women and chil dren walked in funeral procession from St. Mary's Croatian Church, and Mohn streets, Steelton, to Mount Calvary cemetery, Harris burg. In the procession were priests, men and women of the congregation, members of the six societies of which the deceased priest was a member, women of St. Ann's Society and [Continued on Page 11.] New Rules Drafted For Guidance of City's Fire Fighters by Chief Kindler New rules for the city (Ire de partment to he approved by City Council are being prepared bv Com missioner E. Z. Gross, Fire Chief J. C. Kindler and Assistant Marion Verbeke. They will probably be presented at the session next Tues day, Mr. Gross told Council mem bers to-day. The new rules will regulate the speed of the apparatus going to fires, will provide for stretching ropes to keep back crowds giving a safety committee authority to keep all per sons in citizen clothes outside the fire line. It Is planned to have physicians respond to fire alarms In their dis trict to give first-aid in emergency cases, and also to have the ambu lance respond. One of the Important regulations will prohibit tampering with the motorized apparatus and another will regulate the use of telephones As soon as the rules are completed and ready to be presented to Coun cil they will be published, city of ficials said. jPAXTANG VOTERS TO PASS ON BOND ISSUE FOR SCHOOLS Board of Control Raises Tax From Eight to Twelve Mills Erection of an additional school building to provide for the needs of Faxtang will be considered on Sat urday by Paxtang voters at a spe cial election when they will vote on a proposed bond issue of $31,000. In the event that the bond issue is favorably acted on, the directors will push the work on the erection of the new building as much as pos sible. They plan to erect a single story, three-room, brick building, which will be used in conjunction with the present two-room struc ture. Ground for the structure already has been broken. The work was started after the directors had been erroneously informed that they could borrow to seven per cent, of the to tal assessments of the district, with out a bond issue. When the impres sion was corrected, plans were made to float the bond issue and work discontinued until action could be taken. The need for additional school fa- Mties in the district were reported to-day to be urgent. More than 150 pupils must be instructed in the district with but a two-room school in which to care for them. Unless additional facilities are provided, it will be necessary to send at least seventy of them to other districts to be educated, it is said. Two of the three rooms of the pro posed new building will be neces sary for school purposes at the open ing of the fall term, officials declare. The other room would not be used at this time, but it will be only a matter of short time until it will be needed. At a session last evening the tax rate for school purposes was in creased from eight to twelve mills. In the event that the proposed bond issue passes and the school house Is built, the additional amount will provide a sufficient amount to pay the interest and to liquidate the issue within thirty years, in addi tion to paying salaries of the new teachers who will be needed. If the bond issue fails, however, it will be necessary to send at least seventy pupils to other districts and this will, in the end, be even more costly than if the new school build ing were erected. The children will be sent to Harrlsburg, Steelton. Penbrook or wherever they can be accommodated, and the additional funds provided by the increased tax rate will not cover this expense, the directors say. RETURN' OF WIRES TO PRIVATE .OWNERS GOES AHEAD TODAY j By Associated Press. Washington. .1 u r.a 3.—Favorable! report on the bill of Senator Kellogg, Republican, of Minnesota, for the im mediate return of the telephone and telegraph wires to private ownership i ■was ordered to-day by the Senate In fterstate Commerco-pomm ittee. J ALLIED EXPERTS ARE WORKING ON ANSWER TO HUNS Peace Conference Marks Time While Austrians Consider Their Treaty Terms WILSON IN CONFERENCE Bolshevik Regime in Hungary Has Failed; New Leader Is Chosen REDS LOSE PETROGRAD Esthonians and Finn Forces Reported to Have Taken Russian City With the terms of peace, ex cept a few sections, submitted to the Austrian representatives and with allied experts working jon the reply that will be made to the German counter-propo sals, the work of the Peace Con ference in Paris is for the time being, marking time. There will be no meeting of the Council of Four to-day, President Wilson conferring with American spe cialists who have the German answer in hand and with the ! other members of the American mission. Runner to Moot Cabinet Dr. Karl Renner. Austrian chan cellor and head of the peace mission of the former dual empire, is ex pected to leave Paris for Switzerland to-day. He probably will proceed as far as the Austrian frontier, where he is expected to meet members of his cabinet who will discuss with him the answer Austria will make to the Allied terms. The Austrian reply is due on June 17, but before that time Dr. Renner probably will send to the Peace Conference a num [Continued on Pago 2.] "4"! 1 r i ir l ir 4 i, 4"i"i''4' T . X T WILSON TRANSPQRT ORDERED READY T *f 4- 4 4 X President Wilson has three tiroes crossed the Atlantic, J i Wk has been oraered to be ready to sail on twelve hour*' 4? I i| 4- | '4* -t, 4- i tfa 4- J under command of Major General Walter H. Gordon. „ •| sailed this morning for New York. The Siboney and the - ■ I Orizaba, each carrying 4,000 men of the Eighty-first Di- t . T vision sailed last night for Newport New*. ! • s *' t * In t . Washington The Senate Interstate Commerce # ; X Committee, by unanimous vote to-day, ordered favorably • * T * > y eporb sat once . X vers' of the Interstate Cornmerc * [ T Commii ion\ i. % CHANGING HUN PEACE TREATY J J § ierman peace terms, one |r 1 ial, are b JC 4* became known to-day. * • 4 4* 4* 4 DETECTIVES OVERPOWER RED LEADEh* f tit * * Pittsburgh Robert Johnson, president of the j , V. organization here and intemationaly known as J * ]jl a radical agitator, was arrested after a fight with de- '| | 4k 1 agents of the Department of Justice in a 'j * j * rwntown office building this noon. fire • j* with a revolver, but was overpowered and taken to police \ \ 4 h' . ' . ' | k * ROUND UP RED SUSPECTS • * * * 4 • I. W. W. sympathizers and Bobhevik agents was begun ? gjj * J this morning by agents of the Department of Justice as £►] 1 | the result of the wrecking last midnight of five homes. ;jj p'| 4 * RESIGNS READING DIRECTORATE ,• * :4 • William H. Vanderbilt to-day re- L € & M , signed as a director of the Reading Company, which post- r * tion he assumed a year ago. Alfred H. Smith, president M i!|o * * of the New York Central; Railroad, succeeded him. '* . :i. 2 MARRIAGE LICENSES 1* „ , H " TTH . rri M Spcncrr, Cheater, and Mary E. White, MarravHlet * * 4 Fr " R. H.mmlrr and Florence J„ Smith, Watt* townahlp, Perry ► | county; Ednard R. Herman mid Elcnnor O. Deal, Harrlaburs. .. X *" ■■" •tt rll lilt MERCURY CLIMBS 4DEGREESBEYOND YESTERDAY'S HIGH City Swelters in the Hottest Weather of the Summer MORE THAN 100 IN STREET Sun Beating on Asphalt Pave ments Makes Terrific Heat GOING UP The steady climb of the ther- I mometer is shown by the read i ings for the last 36 hours. The first column shows the official j reading for to-day as taken by ; Mr. Demain on the roof of the post office building, the second shows the unofficial readings , yesterday on the recorder in ' front of the Harrisburg Dight and Power Company office m | Second street, and the third | column shows this unofficial i reading to-day': To-day Official Test. To-day S a. m. 69 63 78 9 a. m. 72 70 80 10 a. m. 80 76 84 11 a. m. 84 79 86 Noon ... 86 82 90 1 p. m. 88 86 91 2 p. m. .. 88 92 3 p. m. .. 90 4 P. m. . . 92 | With the mercury hovering offi cially at the 88 degree mark at 1 o'clock this afternoon, yesterday's high mark of 92 degrees reached at | 3.30 o'clock promises to be surpassed ' before the day is over. Yesterday": t temperature was the highest report ! Ed yet this year. The mark of 88 is four degree ! above the figure recorded at th' i same time yesterday. At 1 o'clocl to-day, the humidity ranged about the 4 9 figure while yesterday at the same time the figure was 51 degrees The humidity of the early mornini [Continued on Page 11.]
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