HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 1 XXXVTTT MO 1"?1 OC\ "PAriTTQ Daily Except Sunday. Entered as Second Class V 111 INU. 1.31 ZU IT /YLxliO Matter at the Post Office at Harrisburg 78 MINERS ARE KILLED IN EXPLOSION OFPO WDER SET OFF AS TROLLEY BREAKS Workmen Are Blown to Pieces When Trolley Wire Breaks and a Dozen Kegs of Explosives Are Set Off WILKES-BARRE REGION THROWN INTO HORROR BY NEXT GREATEST TRAGEDY IN ITS HISTORY By Associated Press. ' Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June s.—Seventy-eight men lost their lives in the Baltimore No. 2 tunnel of the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company ex plosion and fire to-day and thirty-one were injured, according to a list given out by the company officials at noon to-day. Forty-one bodies have been identified and thirty-seven remain unidentified. The company's injured list is not complete and it is certain the xiumber of injured will reach about forty. Sparks Ignite Powder More than 100 mine workers were riding to their work crowded into what is known as a "trip" of mine cars, drawn by a motor. The rear car carried twelve kegs of black powder used for blasting loose the coal in the chambers. When the train had gone about 200 feet from the entrance the trolley wire snapped. The sparks it emitted touched off the powder. There was a roar and in an instant every man and boy on the train was either dead or dying. Mangled bodies were found everywhere by the rescue crews which rushed into the mine. Fire fighters, working frantically, soon succeeded in subduing the flames which followed the blast. Those who had not already succumbed were so badly burned that in nearly every case death was a matter of only a short time. Carelessness and violation of mine laws of the State caused most drastic provisions of the anthracite mine code is the section men on a car or train which carries explosives. Yet the train of' little cars conveying its freight of miners had attached to its rear a car of a dozen kegs of powder. Investigation will be made to disclose whether the men or the company is responsible for this violation of the law. The accident occurred shortly before 7 o'clock. A train of empty cars was sent to the mouth of the tunnel to take the men into the chambers. One hundred men piled into the cars, which was drawn by an electric motor. Near the end of the train was a car of black powder. When 200 feet in the tunnel, the 9 trolley wire broke and fell. Sparks | ignited the powder and instantly I there was an explosion that sent the | bodies of men flying in all direc- i tions. Many Burned to Crisp Flames caused the greater loss of life, many of the bodies being burned to a crisp. Other men who were burned and were trying to reach safety died of suffocation. When rescuers reached the tunnel, dead and dying were scattered ev erywhere. The injured were rapidly removed and sent to hospitals as quickly as-ambulances could be pro vided, and then dead were brought out and placed in tiers on the green. Hospitals quickly tilled and morgues were tilled to overflowing. . Company employes state that theie is a "pull" of 186,000 cubic feet of air per minute in the tunnel and that the air pulled in the flames from the powder directly over the men. Along the sie of the tunnel there is a creek, and at the flash of the flames some men who were walking along the side of the trip of the cars, drop ped into the water an dsaved their lives. Several employes state that it was not the force of the explosion that killed the men but that flames and lack of air caused all the fatalities. All admit that the accident was the result of a violation of the law, but they state that miners are accustom ed to these violations. Soldiers' Fathers Victims East End last night was the scene of great gaiety. That sec.lon of the city welcomed home boys from the Three Hundred and Eleventh Field Ai'"-"v,. Hands were out, flags wei ... .1,,' red Are burned, people laughed and shouted. Within twelve hours all was changed. The fathers of some of thj soldiers were among the dead. Bodies Beyond Recognition Identification of the bodies is al most impossible. Many of tiiem charred beyond recognition. The limbs of some, the heads of others, THE WEATHER] For llHrrUburic and vicinity: .\ot much change in temperature lowest to-night about 70 de grees. For Eastern Pennsylvania t Part ly clouily to-night and Friday; little change In temperature; gentle to moderate south and southwest wind*. River The Suaquehanna river and al Its tributaries will continue to fall slowly. A stage of about 4,rt feet I* Indicated for Harrlsbnrg Friday morning. General Conditions The weak depression In the West hn* remained nearly stationary during the last twenty-four hours with little change In en ergy; It has caused scattered showers In Nebraska. South Da kota and over the western part of the Lake Region. Showers fell also In Northern Florida. Georgia, the Carolina*, Ken tucky and Southwestern Vir ginia, the greatest amount of rainfall reported, 1.08 Inches, occurring at Augusta, Ga„ where rain was falling at time of observation this morning; elsewhere In the United States the westher has been fair. Temperature changes hare been somewhat Irregular, but not de- * elded. Increased air movement 1 la some sections makes the heat L. somewhat less oppressive. Carelessness Leads to Horror 1 SURVIVOR TELLS OF SEETHING FIRE ABOUT MINERS By Associated Press. Wilkcs-Barre, June 6.—Thomas Dougherty, a miner, one of the survivors of the mine horror, was thrown out of a car by the blast and saved himself by jumping into a ditch. He said: "We were riding along about fifty feet in the tunnel. There was a blinding flash. I was thrown from the car. I saw the water and I hurled myself into it. Bod ies were all about. Some were i dead, others were dying. The flames were terrific. They were a'l about. We were in a veritable hell. No man could possibly hope to escape with his life unless he got in the water, buried his face and rolled over and over as C did." are missing. At 9.3 0 A. M. it was said between 75 and ICI were killed or had died of injuries. The death list is rapidly growing. As the bodies were removed from the mine, living and dead, they were piled on the green about the colliery. Many of the injured lived but a short time. Children Flee in Fright Hundreds of women, men and children gathered about the tunnel. As they lifted the blankets from the bodies women fainted, men lost their nerve and children ran away in fright. The bodies of scores were removed to the morgues, where the work of identification is being car ried on with little success. The death list was made large by the flames and the sulphur fumes which filled the tunnel. The fire did not last long, but It was long enough to make a heavy death toll. Many of the men were killed outright, parts of bodies being found in the wreckage of life and property. Rescuers Play on Flames Rescuers got into the mine with hose and played streams of water on the flames. While they were do ing this the cries of the dying and the injured were heard above the roar of the flames. To-day's catastrophe is next to the greatest this section L the anthra cite coal fields has seen. Law Is Violated To-day's accident is a direct result of violation of the law. Permission was given the men to ride to their place of work and a special train was provided for that purpose. On these cars special seats were built and the train was in daily use. It is a violation of the mine law to carry powder on a train. The law is specific that powder and other ex plosives must be transported alone. There Wi.e a dozen kegs of powder in one of the rear cars, all u which were exploded. Mine officials and State officials were on the scene promptly, but their efforts were directed solely to the work of rescue. There were enough men to meet all needs for the work inside the mine, but the chief trouble during the early hours was in getting nurses, doctors and supplies. PLAN ALUMNI REUNION The alumni reunion of St. Xavier Academy, Latrobe, will be held on. commencement day, June 18, he great loss of life. One of the forbidding the transportation of CHEERING HORDES OF SCHOOL BOYS AT TRACKMEET Two Hundred Youthful Ath letes Take Part in Contests I fhT hi i?i t ! ay is one of the neatest in the history of Harrisburg athletic ] doings, those activities which are | making the children of the city ro- I '" 8 „, "."1 P re P a' ing the youngsters to resolutely carry the burden of the ! naiton s progress. | Fourteen of Harrisburg's gram j mar schools were to send at least ! Lr°the U r ( i r< ' d , tr ° nSr b ° ya to c °mP p te wM i? J a schoo > track meet. Z h ' CH .M S D f came a Paramont fea ture of the civic life, and the joyous :^?f P , e H tS made a dynam ° whtca | the city. 6Very " 00k and cranny of K bb r ly a " er fto °n every one of the schools gathered its pupils at the \afious buildings, with banners flyin and cheer leaders shouting their brisk oiders. The march to the field began nue or a " d many a broad ave nue of the metropolis echoed with [Continued on Page 3.] Measles Epidemic Is Waning, Says Raunick About 90 cases of measles have been reported to the city since June 1 by physicians, but the epidemic is dei reusing now Dr. J. M. J. Raunick city health officer, said, Warni nifbn u" , ha,f - a essions in the public schools will help in stopping the spread of the disease, health of ?non bellev - Since March about the cif ?>, 6 been reported in i k ? ra P' d spread of the epidemic being due. Dr. Raunick sald ' 1? the thou Kbtlessnesß on the part of parents who would permit boys and girls in their homes to go to school, although one child was suffering from the disease- Bad weather conditions last month also was responsible for much of the sickness. Fifty Members of Bar Association on Outing About fifty members of the Dau phin county Bar Association to gether with county officials spent the afternoon at Inglenook where the annual outing and picnic of the or ganization was held. They will re turn to the city to-night by automo bile. The attorneys and officials left shortly after 11 o'clock this morning and immediately after they arrived held a short business session. Picnic lunch followed, and then the after noon- program opened. A baseball game, golf putting and approaching contests, swimming and other sports were enjoyed. To-night a dinner will be served. S. S. Rutherford is the caterer. BATHHOUSE OPENS The public bathhouse at Seneca street along the river was opened to-day by the city park department with Lifeguards Minnich and Beasor in charge. On Monday the bath house at the island will be opened for the summer season. MUST CHANGE BILL AGAIN According to what has been heard at the Capitol to-day Governor Sproul is not satisfied with some of the amendments to the Philadelphia charter bill and further amend ments will be made next week in the House. HARRISBURG, PA. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1919. •""■■wwiKw AN HA'W&bubo" AUSTRIANSHOLD PACT TERMS ARE DEATH SENTENCE Grand Council Adopts Bauer Conclusion of Treaty; Officials Meet Renner' GERMANY'S PRICE NAMED Wilson and Premiers Dispos ed to Fix $25,000,000,000 as Sum to Be Demanded By Associated Press. ■ Austria's attitude towards the peace terms presented her rep resentatives at St. Germain on Monday has not been officially made known to the Allies. Ad vices from Vienna, however, carry reports of official dissatis faction with their provisions and a chorus of newspaper disap probation. There are indica tions, nevertheless that the peo ple as a whole are somewhat lethargic. Completion of the Austrian treaty, several clauses of which were miss ing in Monday's presentation, is not likely to occur this week, although the Peace Conference leaders are giving daily attention to the matter. The missing clauses, it is stated, are likely to be transmitted to the Aus trian representatives by note, as they become complete. Seek to Help Germany Modifications in the terms of peace with Germany seem to be approach ing definite form, according to ad vices from Paris. These alterations, it is said, are planned primarily not to make the terms lighter for the Germans, but to render them easier of execution. Apparently President Wilson, Pre mier Lloyd George and Premier Clemenceau are disposed to fix a definite sum of approximately $25,- 000,000,000 as the amount of in demnity Germany will be called upon to pay, and It seems possible that the first instalment of about $5,000,000,- 000 may not have to be paid for within two years, as now stipulated, but within four years. league Entrance Denied The terms relative to Silesia and Sarra regions, too, may be altered. There seems, however, to be a gen eral agreement that Germany will not be permitted to enter the League of Nations at once. Premier Or lando is standing aloof from these discussions as Italy's interest is not so much in the German as in the Austrian treaty. The establishment of the Rhenish republic-by the people of the Rhine land provinces of Germany is not ilooked upon seriously in American circles at the Peace Conference, it is said. It is pointed out that no promi nent men in the Rhineland are I identified with the movement and I there is some doubt as to the spon- I taneity of tj)e demand for a repub- I lie. Dispatches from German sources, j declare that French authorities have taken a prominent role in the set ting up of the new government. Transport Ready to Bring Wilson President Wilson is likely to go to Brussels next week on his long de ferred visit to Belgium, but the spe cific dates mentioned in Brussels dis patches are characterized in Paris as inaccurate. There is as yet rro inti mation as to the date he plans to sail for America, although his ship, the George Washington, has been or dered to be ready to steam for the I United States on twelve hours' no tice any time after midnight to night. Jugo-Slav forces which are invad ing the province of Carlnthia. are reported to be advancing, the village of Volkermarkt, northeast of Kla genfurt, capital of Carinjhia, having been evacuated by the Austrian troops defending it. Reds Still Hold Petrograd The reported capture of Petrograd, which was announced early this week in a telegram from Vardoe to Copenhagen, seems to be without foundation. Esthonian forces are quite a distance west of the former Russian capital and are being sub jected to heavy attacks by the Bol sheviki over a wide front. Weather So Warm He Forgets His Coat and $l5O in Liberty Bonds The oppressive heat and his lack of memory combined to cause George Colovtras, Boas and Green street, the loss of $l5O in Liberty Bonds, and other valuable papers yesterday afternoon. In e'fforts to secure relief from the blazing sun. Coloviras went to the park along the river front dur ing the afternoon and stripped off his coat and hung it on a park bench as soon as he arrived there. The cooling breezes from the river soon brought relief to him and he determined to go to Island Park where a number of games were In progress to witness them. Watching the lads for some time, he went to his home for supper and only on his arrival there, when questioned by his wife, did he realize that he did not have his coat with him. He hastened to the park bench where he had hung his coat, but it was no longer where he had left it. The police have been notified. WIRE STRIKE STILL ON By Associated Press. Atlanta, Ga., June s.—Both sides remained outwardly determined to day in the strike here of Western Union and Bell Telephone Com pany employes, the telegraph com pany having announced that it would not re-employ those of its force who went out yesterday in sympathy with the telephone opera tors. They're Wearing 'Em Higher ijHp*; % fls mmmm raj pr I jSt R | " Hb a "Wea-rtruJ 'env Jriiglv*** t*v IWas /r*ri. % They're wearing them higher in Paris this Summer, as the accompany ing photograph shows. (Incidentally, late dispatches acclaim new advocates to the ultra-edict of the fashion makers of "nothing below the knee but the shoe.") All of which means that not. even the war has been able to sober the frenzied devotees of that expensive, if tickle, vogue known as style. GREAT OUTINGS ARE ARRANGED FOR JUNE Harrisburg Telegraph to Give Picnic to School Children of City With Prizes For Scores of Contestants; an Annual Event to Be Resumed The war is over! America is rap idly coming back to harmony and honest enjoyment of the good things in life, and so it is that the Harris burg Telegraph believes the present year an admirable one to hold the great picnic, which last entertained young folks of the city three years ago. The rollicking, lively event has been set for Friday, June 20, at the suggestion* of Dr. F. K. Downcs, su perintendent of schools, and the place is Paxtang Park, Immediately when the Telegraph determined to provide a real holiday of this unique kind the Harrisburg Railways Company offered to co-op erate and to-day announced that the theatrical show for the day will be gauged carefully for a program es pecially fitted for young folk. The shades of Paxtang Park will ring [Continued oil Pago 3.] FRESH BREEZES BRING RELIEF IN HOT WAVE Mercury Hovers Under 80 Un til Middle of After noon ! SOME RELIEF j Official temperatures to-day are : averaging considerably lower than those through which Har risburg sweltered yesterday. I They follow: Tues. Wed. To-day j Ba. m 69 73 69 9 a. m 72 79 70 I 10 a. m 80 84 70 j 11 a. m 84 86 72 I ' Noon 86 8 7 75 1 p. m 87.5 89 78 | 3.30 p. m. . . 96 Lower temperature to-day brought | relief to Harrisburg after four days lof unreasonably hot weather, in I'whlch the June heat records of the city were threatened. With the thermometer registering from four to ten degrees lower to day than yesterday, little complaint is being heard In any section of the city. Slight breezes are aiding still further to the comfort of Harris burg. The temperature is expected to continue to run low throughout the afternoon, but it is not expected to drop below the 70-degree mark to night. the low mark of the past sev eral days. Not much change is in sight, Forecaster p. R. Demain says. Petlura's Troops Capture Railway Centers For Reds Borne, June s.—Troops of the j army of General Simon Petlura, the i anti-Bolshevik leader in the j Ukraine, have captured the railway centers of Proskurov and Berdi cheff, in the Western Ukraine. Thte announcement is made by the Ukrainian press bureau. Chamber of Commerce to Hold Its Annual Frolic at the Colonial Country Club, When New Members Will Be Introduced The entire membership of the Har risburg Chamber of Commerce will mobilize the afternoon of June 20 at 4 o'clock and move en masse upon the Colonial Country Club in a de termined assault upon Gloom, and with the intention of shattering all previous records for good-fellowship and novel entertainment. The occasion is being arranged as a fitting reception to the new mem bers of the organization who have been signed up during the present year. "The June Joy Jaunt" is the official title that has been selected for the joy-fest, and those who know predict that the name is only a sug gestion of the good time that will accrue to all who take the "jaunt." Flavel L. Wright, who, as chair man of the membership committee of the Chamber, managed the activities [Continued on Page 3.] RESIGNS FROM TECH FACULTY TO ENTERBUSINESS Prof. George W. Hill, Jr., • Buys Two Second Street Properties Prof. George W. Hill, Jr., for ten years an instructor of mathematics at Technical High school, to-day announced his retirement from the school faculty to enter the automo bile inudstry. Mr. Hill will become general manuger of the Goodyear Tire Service Company and Penn Motor Company, to be located at 211 and 213 North Second street. Associated in business with Mr. Hill is another Tech tutor, Prof. E. S. Wolf, who has successfully repre | sented the Goodyear Tire Service Company in Harrisburg the past year. I Mr. Hill has purchased the Sec ond street properties from Alfred Snavely. These properties will be improved for auto purposes. It is planned to demolish the building at 211 and replace it with a modern automobile showroom and connected The razing of these buildings re moves old landmarks from Harris burg. They were occupied about the time of the Civil War by Christian Snavely as a residence and carpet store. Profs. Hill and Wolf were class mates at Gettysburg College, grad uating in 1906. Mr. Wolf taught in the Hanover High school for two years and then came to Tech, where he has been very popular. Mr. Wolf has Introduced surveying into the Tech curriculum. Most of the city's war gardens were laid out under his direction. Because of the scarcity of teachers. Mr. Wolf will continue to teach another year. "Bed" Hill after .graduating Trom Gettysburg worked a,,t Steelton until j ♦he fall "t 1908. Then nt the invita tion of D-. Fager. Hill succeeded Harrv Lnnfz ns teacher of mathe matics. and coach of the football team. He coached the Tech eleven until 1910 and was successful as L track, tutor until this season, ' I ' ." SENATORS HOTLY DEBATE LEAK IN TREATYCHANNEL Hitchcock Declares Accusing Statements "Monstrous Charge" DEFENDS THE PRESIDENT Massachusetts Leader Denies Imputing Improper Mo tive to Wilson By Associated Press. Washington, June s.—The leak in diplomatic channels thrdugh which it has been charged copies of the published peace treaty with Ger many reached certain interests in New York was the subject of an other stormy debate to-dav in the Senate. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, ranking Democrat of the Foreign Relations committee, in calling up his resolution for a Senate investi gation of all facts in the case, de clared the statements of Senators I.odge, of Massachusetts, and Borah, of Idaho, Republican members of the committee, regarding the pres ence of copies in New York, con stituted a "monstrous charge." Both Senators Reply If this charge had been made in the interests of the public, he said, and not merely in order to attack the treaty, the Senators making it would have demanded Senatorial investigation. The speech drew re plies both from Mr. Lodge and Mr. Borah. A declaration by the Nebraska Senator that Senators Lodge and Borah had "insinuated broadly that the President permitted copies to go to business concerns in New York City," brought Mr. Lodge at once to his feet. "I said nothing whatever about financial interests," asserted the Massachusetts Senator. "It is possible," replied Mr. Hitch cock, "that there may be some dif ference between the positions of the two Senators in that respect. They concurred, however, in their attack. CAMP CIJRTIX APPROPRIATION The Senate appropriations com mittee has reported out the Camp Curtin appropriation bill with $20,- 000 for the memorial. | LONDON WATCHES ITS MONEY X London—All London is carefully scanning its tTeas i *T §' ury notes thetc days, following an announcement by Scot- •£ T land Yard of a Bolshevist conspiracy to fill the country jjl |4 with counterfeit-money. The police declare they have T the situation well in hand, artd express the' belief that the *l' jp ■ ' ay ; < ■ | RIOT LEADER ARRESTED t f Berlin—A special dispatch from Munich announces , 4j> that Ernest Toller, student leader in the recent com- A;j X ""-unist-insurrection there, has been arrested. \ J CHICAGO BRINGS STATE TROOPS * X New York—Casual companies numbering 1,060 of- ,-• * ficers and men arrived here to-day on the transport Chi- *!' X cago. They, included soldiers from Pennsylvania. * T Washington Award of the distinguished service g, £ cross, General Pershing, notified the War Department . J to-day, has been made to Privates Howard V. Brunner. 7" •P Bethlehem, Pa„ and James Smeck, Reading, Pa., and Al- * X bert J. Plassmeyer (deceased 1 !, Zelienople. Pa. .j CHIHAUHAU CITY FALLS TO VILLAISTS I ] , Paso, .Ox a*—La Patria, leading Mexican news- jf| * paper published here, issued an extra to-day saying J , i ils Villa and Angele H * * inly two hours of fighting last Sunday. It is said J ■ X ilia executed eight men on taking possession of the city ♦ j * COLOVIRAS GETS BONDS BACK J Harrisburg—The coat left by George Coloviras in X the park along the river front yesterday afternoon, was lized by a friend who took it when he could not fin X < * JL the owner. It was returned to Coloviras with $l5O in ' * Liberty Bonds and papers this afternoon. ! I AUTOPSY' FAILS TO DISCLOSE IDENTITY # 4 I . Berlin—An autopsy on the body of a woman found in * the Landwehr canal cm June 1 has failed to establish that W , # ' it was that of Rosa Luxemburg, who was killed early in 'X i * the present by a mob. The condition of the body |jf ,[J precluded definite identification. X • if 4 ; : : ,T t MARRIAGE LICENSES 7 Baiph A. Haln and Jennie K. Snnrtc, l.onrr Paxton Mwiwkin X T John 1,, f.ood and Bealah M. I,rnl, Ilnrrlhur K i Michael 8. Mlrhola T 4l "> Mnr> A. Selnrh. Mteeltoni Brace K. Mllch nnd Bertha L Imbach, *f p Mnrtlnbarß, \V. Vi. COP?E3 HOME EDITION ] MORE THAN MILE OF CITY STREETS WILL BE PAVED Sixteen Sections of Highway Scheduled For Im provement LYNCH TO ASK FOR BIDS Loan of $50,000 Is Needed to Take Care of Non Assess able Intersections Ordinances passed by City Counci , J during the last few months authoriz . 1 the paving of more than a mile o streets in the city. Commissioner 'W H. Lynch said to-day he will ad verjise soon for' bids for this work, which will improve sixteer sections of unpaved highways in th city. The total length of the paving t-> be dor.e is approximately 6,176 fee or almost 1.17 miles, according 1 . figures given at the office of Cit Engineer M. B. Cowden. The totr ■ estimated cost of this work is $54 500, most of which will be assesse against abutting property owners i ■ ■ has been done when other stfeet im provements were made. On of the most important roat ways to be paved will be North Carr eron street, from Herr to Calder, distance of 1.130 feet. This wil' cost about $20,000, of which amour' the city will pay for paving strer intersections, Council having pro vtded an appropriation this year fc " the work. The other highways which are 1 be paved with sheet asphalt, togethf with the length and estimated eo>' are: Oak, from Seventh to Ellz. heth streets, 340 feet, $2,100. Oxforf from Sixth to Jefferson, 740 feet, $" 400. Sprague, from Brensinger .t > Turner, 340 feet, $2,000; Brenstngc from Woodbine to Forrest, 200 fee' $1,200; Emerald, from Jefferson t > * Seventh, 300, $3,400; Bailey, fro" i Twelfth to Messiah Home, 108 fee $1,000; Brensinger, Emerald to Ct; • tin, 240 feet, $1,200. Helen, frr Nineteenth to David, 275 feet, $1,60 David. Park to Whitehall, 206 fe sl,3oo; Kunkel, Sixteenth to Seve teenth, 370 feet, $2,200. Hon.. [Continued on Page 19.]
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