Field Marshal Hindenburg Tells teuton President He Directed Gerr ix P HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH olar-2n&cp£n&cnl. LXXXVIII NO. 155 IS PAGES RAjmSMJRG, PA. SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1919. "iiLRRSS HOM£ EJJJTJON R-34 CALLS FOR HELP WHEN NEAR AMERICAN COAST .British Dirigible, in Distress, Asks Yankee Destroyer to Take Her in Tow SIGNALS "PRETTY LOUD" .Halifax Advises Airship Was Between That Place and Canso This Forenoon By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, July 5. Almost out of fuel after her long run from East Fortune, Scotland, the British dirigible R-34 asked the Navy Depart ment this afternoon whether destroyers were being sent to her assistance. The message was received at 1.50 P. M., and when sent the R-34 still was over Nova Scotia. The message follows: "Signals strong. Position 45.21 north, 64.00 west. Course southwest true. Run ning out of fuel after flight from Britain. Please tell me if your destroyers are com ing. (Signed.) "Commanding Officer R-34." MINEOLA, July 5. The R-34 will arrive at Roosevelt Field Sunday morning, re cording to a wireless message from Major Scott, her com mander, received to-day by Lieut.-Col. Lucas, who repre sends the British admiralty in making arrangements for her reception. Boston, July s.—The R-34 is in distress and has asked for an American destroyer to take her: in tow. At 9.30 this morning I the radio station at the Boston , navy yard reported signals from the R-34 "coming in pretty i loud." The position of the | dirigible was not given. The messages at that hour, it was i said, indicated that all was well with the blimp. Halifax, N. S., July 5. The ad miralty station here was informed by wireless at 10:30 o'clock this morning (local time) that the R-34 was between Halifax and Canso. Her exact position was not given. The dirigible had reported "all \ well." Canso is about 150 miles j northeast of here. Admiralty officials here believed at noop today that the R-34 was picking her way slowly in a dense fog off the Nova Scotia coast. The visibility was reported to be low as three miles in the immediate vicinity of this port. Washington. July 5. —American de- ! stroyers were ordered to-day to pro- ! ceed toward the bay of Fundy, to J lend any required assistance, to the t British dirigible R-34. which reported that she was fighting a headwind | over Nova Scotia with her fuel sup- i ply getting low. The destroyers will put out from j Boston, with orders to establish radio i communication with the dirigible as ! quickly as possible and also to keep > [Continued on Page 17.] Child Bitten Four Times by Copperhead Bitten four times by a copperhead : snake while picking berries yester- ' day, Ruth Hoover, eleven-year-old daughter* of Howard Brenner, of ! Middletown, is under medical care to-day. The girl, whose home is near the I Middletown Aviation Depot, was picking berries in the brush be- j tween the Susquehanna river and the Aviation Depot, when bitten by the snake. GERMAN PARTY WANTS THRONE SET UP AGAIN London. July s.—The German > Conservative party has Issued a j proclamation signed by Ernest von Heydebrand, the party's leader in the Reichstag, stating ! that the party "declares war on ; the government and intends to use its whole strongth to re establish the monarchy," accord- I ing to a Copenhagen dispatch to | the Exchange Telegraph Com- i pany. THE WEATHER] Hnrrliahurg and vicinity. Probably thunder showers this nftcrnoon nnd to-night or on Sunday. Slightly cooler to-night and Snndny. Eastern Pcnnsylvnnin: l.ocal thunder showers probably to night or Sunday, somewhat low er temperature. Gentle to mod erate rnrlnhlc winds, mostly ly southwest. WHY IS IT? OPEM DAY AND MIGHT EVERY VILLAGE HAS A STEAM-HEATED, EI REPROOF. SANITARY GARAGE TO ITT THE TOURIST'S CAR IN AT FIFTY CENTS A NIGHT — AND LOOK WHERE THE TOURISTS THEMSELVES HAVE TO ITT IT*—AT $l.OO A HEAD AND CP. $1,372,814 IS THE VALUE PLACED ON BIG COAL TRACT P. and R. Holdings in County Assessed by Sekol Greatly Beneath Davies' Figures W. F. Sekol, mining engineer ! hired by the county upon the death iof the [ate T. Ellsworth Davies, to ! continue investigations and report | valuations of coal lands in Dauphin I county, reported to the Commis sioners to-day that the tracts own ed by the Philadelphia and Heading: I Coal and Iron Company should be | valued at $1,372,814. Mr. Davies had.' | estimated these lands to be worth -$30,883,500. Mr. Sekol explained to the counl ty officials that he had based his val uations of the coal lands at certain rates per acre, varying according to the width of the coal area which be gins at the Lebanon county line and [Continued on Page 17.] Clayton Miller's Auto Demolished and Burned An automobile owned by Clayton , Miller, of New Cumberland, was wrecked and burned along Cameron street, near the Cameron parkway ; entrance to-day. Clayton was com- ! ing north in Cameron street when a southbound automobile cut across ! to enter the parkway and ran into ! him. A car driven by a Steelton ! man also coming north ran into the wreck and Miller's car. which was badly battered, caught fire and was burned. • Mrs. Miller was bruised and cut about the head. Edith Milder, their daughtcr, was slightly injured. Dr. Dickinson treated them and they were able to go to their home ler's car was the only one of the three seriously damaged. Two Tons of Chemicals to Prevent Fly Breeding; Almost two tons of lime and j borax have been distributed ' throughout the city by the Health : Bureau, to be used in stables to • prevent the breeding of flies. There | are about, eighty stab'es in the city, I Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health I officer, said, and more lime and | borax will be needed to complete | the work. OPENS WAY TO WORLD LIBERTY By Associated Press. On Board the U. S. S. George Washington, July 5. "This is the most tremendous Fourth of July ever imagined, for we have opened its franchise to the whole world," said President Wil son in a stirring speech to sol diers and sailprs massed on the deck of the Presidential steamer yesterday afternoon. The men gave Mr. Wilson three cheers as he appeared among them and began his address by greeting them as "my fellow citi zens." It was a striking picture, with several thousand khaki clad doughboys and blue-jackcted sailors crowding the decks, life boats and riggings. BRITISH BOMBER AND KERR'S MEN DOWN IN STREET Handlcv-Pnge Biplane Fails in Trip Along Coast to Atlantic City By Associated Press. Halifax, N. S., July 5. The ,giant ! Handley-Page biplane Atlantic, un- j der the command of Vlce-Admira] 1 Kerr, which left Harbor Grace, X. F„ ' yesterday, enroute to New York, and ; Atlantic City, landed in the streets | [Continued on Pago 13.] "HEY, RUBE!" IS CRY WITH SHOW PEOPLE IN FROLIC Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Brothers Artists Celebrate July 4th at Penn-Harris; Fake Arrest Gives the Affair Plenty of Excitement For a Little While "Hey, Rube," the old erly of circus people when attacked by rowdies. It is as old as the circus itself, and last night the ancient summons was heard resounding in the ballroom of the Penn-Harrls, for it was there that the Barntim, Bailey-Ringling circus folk held their annual July Fourth dance and banquet. Immediately after lights went out at the big tent, all the stars swept JACK DEMPSEY PROVES POPULAR HERO OF RING Weak-Toned Bell and Quit ting Champion Cause of Much Controversy By Associated Press. Toledo, Ohio. July 5. —Though a new heavyweight champion has been j crowned in Jack Dempsey, contro versy still rages over the sensational defeat of Jess Willard here yester day. So many unusual angles deve loped during the nine minutes of ' fistie bombardment that scarcely two spectators saw the scene the same. The uncertainty regarding the situa tion at the end of the first round, when Dempsey loft, the ring believ ing that he had won with a knock out. and the payment of such wagers as hinged on when Wi'lard was stop ! ped, furnished unlimited material | for argument. Fo weak was the sound of the | gong and so great the uproar about | the ring, that Referee Peeord failed |to hear the bell and continued to 1 count over Willard as he seat on the ring floor near a neutral corner, although Timekeeper Barbour order ed the clang when Pecord's arm was falling for the seventh time. The referee notified Dempsey that he had won. and the Salt Lake City pugilist' ! was well on his way to his dressing j I room before his manager overtook j j him and told him that he. was in idanger of being disqualified on a, technicality for leaving the ring. Wins in Thin! | The question of which round I Dempsey won his new title in was [Continued on Pago 17.] Into thp city fast as possible 4nd af ter a buffet lunch took possession of the ballroom. "Hey. Rube!" was the shout and Messrs. Wiggins and Wor thington put over a real kidding when they directed the house detec tive Null, formerly with the State Police, to stage an arrest for shimmy dancing on the part of little Lilly j j [Continued on Page 13.] SWELTERING HEAT IS THE CAUSE FOR MUCH SUFFERING Mercury Hovers Near Century Mark For Hours at a Time . MUST SAVE ICE SUPPLY Showers Late in Day to Cool Sun-Baked City, Fore caster Promises CITY DRAWS ON SURPLUS ICE Harrlsburg Is using 400 tons of ice more daily than is being manufactured in the city's arti ficial plants, Harvey E. Dewalt, manager of the United Ice & Coal Company, said to-day. No ice can be purchased anywhere and in consequence the supply that has been stored up for August use is being drawn on. Under such conditions, it is extremely important that householders con serve the ice supply as much as possible, so as to minimize the danger of an ice shortage later in the summer, Mr. Dewalt says. The temperature reported at. 1 o'clock by the Harrisburg Weather Bureau was 93 de grees, the same as was record ed yesterday at 1 o'clock. The humidity, however, was ten degrees higher to-day than yes terday, the figures being 42 and 32. After, sweltering through heat ap proaching the century mark for sev eral days, Harrisburg is promised j relief from the intense rays of Old | Sol to-day. Weather Forecaster E. j R. Deniain gives the highly pleasing ] news that showers this afternoon or j evening will act to reduce the tern- ! perature. The mercury in Harrisburg yes- ! terduy touched the hundred mark, 1 according to the report issued from | the * bureau to-day. Three i other reported an equal tern- i perature, but none reported the thermometer to have climbed high er. Boston, Philadelphia and Wash ington were the other three cities to report the highest temperatures No prostrations have been reported here. City Parks Popular City parks, especially those hor dering tlio Susquehanna river, are proving to he exceptionally popular places to the sweltering people to [Continuod on Page 17.] Twenty-One Sections of Streets Are to Be Paved Bids for paving twenty-one see tions of Hty streets with sheet as phalt and two others with bitumin ous eonerete will be opened by City Commissioner W. H. Lynch at noon Monday. The longest stretch of roadway to be permanently im proved is North Cameron street, from Herr street, to C a lder. Many smaller streets, both on Allison Hill and in the uptown district, are to be paved. THIRTY-EIGHT DIVORCE CASES Thirty-eight divorce cases will be heard next week by the court, hav ing been continued from the week of June 23. when eighty-nine cases had' been listed. The court will hear also the habeas corpus pro ceeding brought by Jacob R. Eich inger against Helen Eiehinger and the Sylvan Heights Orphanage to secure the custody of his two grandchildren, Minnie Marguerite Eiehinger and Susan Dorothy Eieh inger, 5-year-old twins. BETTER TIMES COMING, SAY BUSINESSMEN Few Industrial Plants in Vi cinity Not Taking on Men Everything would seem to point to an increase in business activity in this city and vicinity, and a wave of prosperity period is on the way. Such is the belief of prominent business men of Harrisburg who were ques tioned to-day as to their opinion of the Federal Reserve Board's state ments. which give some very opti mistic data. George W. Reily, vice-president of the Harrisburg Trust Company, said that in the last month there has been [Continued on Pugo 17.] Captain Neilson Will Be Transferred to New Command After Six Years Captain and Mrs. Meyer Neilson, who have been in charge of the Sal vation Army headquarters in Har risburg for more than six years, received word to-day from head quarters in Philadelphia that July 13 would mark the end of their service in Harrisburg. Both the Captain and Mrs. Neilson made no effort to conceal their surprise at the unexpected command, of which they received no intimation. "Headquarters have not told us where we are to be located." told Mrs. Neilson. "and in the Army you obey; you do not ask questions." "Go Trees" Prove Popular UP-TOWN SCHOOL SITE IS FAVORED BY BIG MAJORITY Public Sentiment Is Rapidly Crystallizing in Favor of the Hoffman Woods I -ocation Public sentiment is rapidly crys tallizing in favor of the purchase of the Italian Park-Hoffman's Woods site for the new high school. The proposal has been surprisingly free from adverse criticism. The desir ability of the location from every standpoint appears to be generally understood and real estate men agree that the price asked is con siderably below the market value if the plot were sold as a whole and less than fifty per cent, of the price that could be realized if the land were broken up into building lots and sold in that way. The only objection that has been raised is that the location is not as central as some persons would like, but it is pointed out by the school authorities that little attention is being paid to this factor in the erection of high schools. It is now generally recognized that it is far more important to have schools lo cated in healthful surroundings, with plenty of light and air, oppor tunity for growth and proper street car connections always keeping within the one-fare zone —than it is to have the buildings in the closely built-up sections, where property values are very high and where it is almost impossible to provide for future growth and development. The Forster street building is a sam ple of this kind of high school and the best school thought in the coun try is getting away from that style of structure as rapidly as possible, ft is also pointed out that wherever the new high school is located a large number of the students will have to ride at least one way each day. so that, whether it is at Hoff man's Woods or elsewhere, matters litt'e from this standpoint. The Hoffman's Woods location also is [Continued on Pago 17.] WILSON WILL ADDRESS SENATE NEXT THURSDAY The George Washington Ex pected to Dock at Ho boken Tuesday S.V Associated Press. Hohoken. July, s.—Joseph P. Tu multy, secretary to President Wilson announced here to-day that accord ing to the present program, Mr. Wil son will address the Senate on Thurs nay. A wireless message received here to-day from the transport George Washington, bearing President Wil son. said the vessel would reach Am brose channel lightship at noon Tues day at noon and dock at Hoboken about 3 p. rn. The President has approved the pro gram of his reception on Tuesday. He Will land at Hoboken at 2.30 o'clock cross the ferry to Manhattan and pro ceed by automobile to Carnegie Hall where formal welcoming ceremonies will be held. The President plans to make a brief address in reply to the welcome of Governor Smith and Mayor Hylan. but the understanding at the White House is that he will not touch on the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations. After the exercises at Car negie Hall he will start for Wash ington on a' special train, arriving late Tuesday night. White House officials have not been advised of the President's plans after he arrives here. He expects, after addressing the Senate on Thurs day ' }.° mahe a "swing around the circle speaking on the Treaty and the League. TRAFFIC IS WELL HANDLED WITH NEW SEMAPHORES Old Opposition Disappears When Streets Clear Rapidly It seems to be the prevailing opin ion among the traffic officers that the new semaphore signals at the in [Continued on Page 13.] &k%<WrHHHrHrHHri i 3 IJ jj IS jjj 1 *|* u A 4* - i €s 3 £ d jf ef H • 3 T 2 M s *| *£ j 2* 3 <-* J *s* oh '<• i. ,4 4* ' 4 Jj e 4® J T • i t :j 2 j T _ I*l !J fl n ejns M 4* 3 *r .1 " Hj * 3 - ♦ -. \ - ■ ja * * <1 '* fl ' * ,4 , „ j • y a ** H * 1 a * * w i ij I ! ; r 'j •'■ craft. h'J ± MARRIAGE LICENSES ' - Wi:ilm H. Fnrr and France* M. Nelson, l'nttemon, N, J. j Levi 5 I ®- Moyer and Ida J. Menarl, I elinnonj Robert H. Shaffer and Mar- | e jtsret E. MrMenna, Franklin; St. Claude Jackson. Coateavllle, and J Dalar C. Williams, HarrishiirKj Rnfua B. I lnxlr, Mannda Hill, and 1 l_ Palmyrnj Arthur McK. Yetter and Minnie U Klpp. f e Mtllerotown. J ' ' ' j 18,000,000 POUNDS OF CANNED MEATS, PLACED ON SALE I nited States Asks For Bids on Bacon and Beef IN LOTS OF 30,000 POUNDS Purchasers Must Bid on Not Less Than Carload Lots Millions of pounds of meats are tr, be placed on sale at once at the Now Cumberland government ware- . bouse, according to an announce ment made to-day. Responsible parties were asked by Lieutenant J. R. Boyle to submit informal bids for the products which will be held in minimum quantities of carload lots of 30,000 pounds. Stocks on Hand The stocks on hand are made up of the following articles: Bacon 8,000,000 pounds, packed in tins of 12 wounds each, six cans to the case. Roast beef, one pound to \tn, and 1,683,692 tins. Roast beef, two pounds to a tin, and 455,780 tins. Roast beef, six pounds to a tin, and 171,832 tins. Corned beef, twelve ounces to a tin, and 2,525,847 tins. Corned beef, one pound to a tin, and 66,140 tins. Corned beef, twenty ounces to a tin. and 875,540 tins. Corned beef hash, two pounds to a tin. and 114,760 tins. Corned beef hash, one pound to a tin, and 37,456 tins. Below Market Cost Lieutenant Boyle made it plain [Continued on Page 13.] Peace Treaty For Austrians to Be Delayed Few Days By Associated Press. Paris, July s.—Presentation of the completed Peace Treaty to the Aus trian delegats will suffer a few days' delay, as the drafting of the docu ment has not yet been finished. La i I.iberte says. The clauses concern ing Italy remain to be inserted.
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