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Mechanics Speed Work of Overhauling and Refueling Dirigible For Ear Return to British Isle
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LXXXVIII NO. 156 16 PAGES S&tPitZZStir?" HARRISBURG, PA. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1919. ""liU.V&'SR IFSEItSSSJSr* ' HOME EDITION
VIOLENT WIND
RIPS DIRIGIBLE
FROM MOORING
Big Hole Torn in Gas Bag
When Girder Breaks;
Men Seize Ropes
SPEEDING OVERHAULING
Sways Violently in Breeze;
Hope to Start Return Trip
Tomorrow
EXPECT FAVORABLE DAY
Plan to Get Under Way Early
in Morning; Will Fly
Over Bostot
By Associated Press.
Mlncola, July 7.—The R-34 was
torn from her mooring rope this
morning by a violent gust of wind. '
The cross girder to which the rope i
was attached broke under the strain, j
ripping a hole six feet by three feet j
in the gas bag. The giant dirigible J
was saved from being blown away
by 300 men who seized ropes hang
ing from her sides and held her
down with great difficulty.
Major Scott announced definitely
at noon that the K-34 would start
on its return journey at 5 o'clock
to-morrow morning, flying over Bos- !
ton. The R-34 will not circle New ;
York before turning east he said. !
The commander of the U-34 based ■
his announcement of the starting j
hour on the assumption that the i
wind, which at the time was blowing I
between 20 and 25 miles an hour, j
would die down later in the day and j
so permit the refuelling of the dirig- :
ible.
"We will cruise over Boston," he !
said, "and then follow the trans-At- |
lantic trade route. We are selecting j
that course because there wo will |
find the most favorable western i
wind. We had considered making j
our start at 8 o'clock but we have |
advanced the time because the earl- j
ier we get away the lower the tern- |
ture and the lower the tempera- !
lure the greater amount of petrol ;
we can load. We can put in 4.500 j
gallons, which will give us nothing j
to play about with, but we do not
expect to play about, as the wind |
will be favorable."
To My Over Wilson
The following wireless message !
was delivered to General Charlton I
to-day from the British Air Ministry.
"Please convey following message
to the United States Naval authori
ties: 'Air council desires to express
their most cordial and grateful
thanks for the co-operation and as
sistance of the United States Navy
tendered to His Majesty's airship
R-34.' "
The message was forwarded to
Secretary Daniels at Washington.
Major Scott announced later that
an effort would be made to shape the
R-34's course so that it would pass
oved the George Y/ashington, which
is bringing President Wilson home.
Sweeps Men Kroin Earth
The breeze stiffened as the sun
rose and the American Army balloon
mechanics had all they could do to
hold the mammoth airship. As she
swayed in the wind the clinging men
were swept off their feet in relays.
The officers in charge of the dirig
ible ordered the work of overhaul
ing rushed in order that she could
start on her return voyage at the
earliest possible moment in view of
the danger to which she was ex
posed. This is the first time the ,
super-Zeppelin has been moored in
the open air, always having been an
chored previously in an aerodrome
with adequate windshields.
Bag Sways Violently
In spite of all possible haste the
dirigible's engineers believe it will
only be with exceptional luck that
the airship can start at the sched
uled hour of eight o'clock to-mor
row morning. They consider it im
perative that her engines be over
hauled thoroughly first, and the vio
lent swaying of the huge gas bag
renders this work slow and difficult.
Immediately after the accident
Major Scott climbed into the for
ward gondola and inspected the
damage. He announced later that
the rip in the gas bag could easily
be mended. One explanation of the
parting of the mooring rope by the
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C. of C. Committee to
Pass on Rail Problems
Problems rising from the present
railroad situation will be considered
at the first meeting of the refer
endum committee of the Harrishurg
Chamber of Commerce, to be Jield at
7.30 o'clock to-night. In the Cham
ber offices. The referendum com
mtttee. of which D. E. Tracy is
chairman, was appointed last week
for the purpose of voting upon a
series of proposals for remedial rail,
road legislation which has been sent
out to the more than 1,100 local
chambers of commerce making up
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States.
I THE WEATHER
Harrtnhurg and Vlrlnttyi Fair to
night and Tuesday with mod
erate temperature, lentil trm
perature to-night about TO de
grees.
Eastern Pennsylvania! Fair to
nlght and Tuesday. Moderate
temperature, allghtly cooler la
southeast portloa to-night. Mod
erate oartheaat wlads.
Riven The Narth branch and the
lawer portlan of the West
branch will rise slightly. Other
streams at the system will (nil
slowly ar remain nearly ata
tlonury. A stage af abaat * T
feel Is iadlrated far Harrishurg
Tuesday morning.
How a Popular A utomobile Road Looks to the Farmer
the Morning After a Holiday
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THREE KILLED,
300 IMPRISONED
IN MINE CAVE
Seven Others Injured; Rescu
ers Dig For Hour
and Half
By Associated Press.
Fayette City, Pa.. July 7.—Three
men wer killed and seven others in
jured in a cave-in at the entrance of
the O'Neil mine of the Pittsburgh
Coal Company here at 8 o'clock this
morning. More than 300 miners,
who had entered the mine, were im
prisoned an hour and a half while
the debris was being removed. Sev
eral of the injured, it was said, may
die.
The Dead—Walter Stanel, 35, of
Fayette City; John Benson, 30, of
Pittsburgh: Paul Lincoln, 28, of
Fayette City.
Practically all of the men, with
the exception of the ten victims, had
entered the mine to start work. The
rock and dirt near the entrance fell
without warning, catching the ten
men as they were boarding a car.
Others outside the mine, hearing
the crash, rushed to their aid, but
it was an hour and a half before
they were dug out and 300 men al
ready in the mine liberated.
Two Die When Auto
Is Crushed by Car
By Associated Press.
Sharon. Pa., July 7.—Two persons
were killed and two others injured
when an automobile in which they
were riding was struck by a Youngs
town-Sharon interurban car at stop
46. five miles west of here, last
night. All were members of one
family. The dead:
Fred Ryser, 60, of Hubbard, Ohio;
Miss Florence Ryser, 30.
The four members of the family
were on their way to visit relatives
here when their machine was struck
by the car which they failed to see
In time to avert the accident. The
automobile was hurled tw.nty
yards by the Impact, burying its oc
cupants beneath it.
Dies in Free-For-All Over
Who Shall Lead Band
AmMdfe, Pa., July T. —One man
was killed and another seriously
wounded In a fight among twenty
members of an Italian hand here
lat nighl. Twelve of the partici
pants were arrested by State police.
The dead: Nick Joy. 4*. of Am.
bridge, shot through the heart.
The fight, acrord'ng to the police,
followed an argument over who
ahould lead the band, which was to
give a concert at Sixth and Qlen
wood streets.
WOMEN ARE TOO
MUCH TROUBLE
"A woman is too much trouble,
anyhow," is what Mrs. Florence
M. Evans told President Judge
George Kunkel her husband,
Harry' A. Evans, had said to her
before deserting her. The Evans
divorce action was the first one
called for hearing this morning
of the thirty-eight continued
cases from the week of June 23.
Mrs. Evans also told the court
her husband gambled and fre
quently came home intoxicated.
The second case called was that
of Annie Laurie vs. William D.
Pindar.
MAJORITY FAVOR
PARK SITE FOR
SCHOOL CENTER
Practically No Opposition to
Acceptance of Big Italian
Park Tract
City school directors mot late
this afternoon to rc-clcct the
administrative officials an d
clerks in tin* school hoard nf
th-cs. It Is understood final ac
tion may he taken on the pur
chase of the site at Sixth ami
Division streets, to l>c used for
high school purposes.
Increasing interest in the City
Planning Commission's proposition
for the location of the new high
school building on the plateau be
tween Third and Sixth streets
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PERMITS ISSUED FOR
MANY NEW BUILDINGS
Block of Ten Dwellings Included in Day's Program; Sev
eral Big Busi ness Places
Permit* for the erection of build
ings to cost $126,800 were Issued to
day at the office of Building Inspec
tor James H. Qrove. Four of the
permits were taken out by Harold
A. Hippie, as contractor and owner,
for the construction of a large
b.ick building at Cameron and Mar.
kit streets, a two-story brick, three
t"y atone and stucco and ten oth
er iwo-atory brick dwellings, all to
cost , 1110,800.
The building at the southwest
corner ot Cameron and Market
streets will oe a three-story brick
and eoncrete structure costing Itt,.
000 and will be used by the Selden
Truck Distributors. The stone and
OVERLAND CO.
BUILD ON SITE
OF BOLL BROS.
!Bcd and Mattress Manufac
turers Not Yet Ready to
Announce Plans
I It was announced at the main
! office of the Overland Automobile
| Company in this city that the branch
office and service station at Twenty
sixth and Derry street has been pur
chased by the Century Rubber com
pany and will he taken over by that
concern about December 1.
The Overland Company, It is un
derstood, will build a large new
building on the ground occupied at
present by the 801 l Brothers Manu
facturing Company. Plans of the
801 l Company have not as yet been
announced, but it is assumed that
they will build in some other loca
tion. ' Work has been planned to
begin on the new building for the
Overland Company at the expira
tion of the lease on the 801 l prop
erty in October.
$3,000,000 More Goes
Into Cambria Plant
.Johnstown. Pa., July 7. —Addition-
al appropriations of $3,000,000 for
housing and repair of plants of the
Cambria Steel Company have been
authorized by the board of directors
of the Midvale Steel and Ordnance
Company, according to an announce
ment made by President A. A. Corey,
of the Cambria Company. The latest !
appropriations, coming on top of the
$11,000,000 budget drawn up at the
last meeting of the directors means
that the Cambria steel plant will ho
in shape to compete successfully
with any steel plant In the country.
stucco dwelling will he built on the
east side of Front street, north of
Seneca street at u coat of SIO,OOO,
tine two-etory brick dwelling of a
senuhungalow type will be erected
on the south side of Market street,
west of Twenty-second street, coal
ing $7, 500, und the ten two-stuiy
brick houses will he erected begin
nlng at the northwest corner of
Derry end Twenty-seventh Hticcis
The est'mate coet of these dwellings
Is ssl,ooo
A permit was Issued to Hun Hoc.
don to erect a three-story briuk
house on the west side of Noit/i
Seventh street, north of Delaware,
at a cost of $5,000,
BOOZE PROBLEM
SERIOUS ENOUGH
TO FIGHT OVER
Prohibition Leader Is Fear
ful of Results of Beer
Sales
SAYS BEER IS AN OUTLAW
Hotclmcn Flayed by Temper
ance Forces For Selling
2y 4 Per Cent.
Dealers who have sold beer con
taining two and three-fourths per
cent, alcohol since last Monday vio
late the spirit of the wartime pro
hibition measure, if not the letter of
the measure, Dr. B. E. E. Prugh,
chairman of the State Prohibition
committee, said to-day.
The measure. Dr. Prugh says, has
practically the same aims as the
eighteenth amendment to the Con
stitution. The spirit of both, ac
cording to his interpretation, is to
forbid the sale of beverages con
taining more than one-half of one
per cent, alcohol.
Prugh Disappointed
In a letter to Pennsylvania Pro
hibitionists, issued by Dr. Prugh, he
expresses a spirit of disappointment
in the manner in which the measure
has been enforced. He says;
"July 1 which was to be the ad
vent of war prohibition has come
and reports from all over the land
show us the real lawlessness of 'the
legalized outlaw," as the liquor traf
fic has long been called. The way
in which the traffic has been defying
the law, and the way in which it
has been able to subject some of the.
courts of the land into the doing of
its bidding, and the way even out*
President has been led to lend him
self to seeking the perpetuation of
its nefarious life ought to be enough
to show any thinking man the neces
sity of Its death. Never before in
the history of our country has any
body of men been seen to be so high
handed in their doings and so utter
ly unwilling to submit to law since
antibellum days, when the slavery
question produced very little results.
Wc do not want another Civil War
but if wc do not liave a taste of it in
some parts of our land those who
arc_in authority will have to awake
to a sense, of their obligations to en
force the law. Too long has the
spirit which would obey only such
laws as are pleusing been allowed to
exist, and too often have those who
have sworn to obey and enforce the
law been permitted to consider their
oath of office as only a formal thing
without any binding force. We need
a revival of the righteousness in our
land which respects both the
and obedience to law."
Brewers Shameless
Little change in conditions about
Harrlsburg are noticed by Dr. Prugh.
In his statement, he says:
In this city the drinking places
have seemed to be open as usual
and the beer trucks seem to be run
ning as usual, exchanging full bar
rels for empties. This Is the story
that comes from all directions al
most. Let us hope that our splen
did Attorney General will not find
himself too handicapped by the
courts and those higher up to do
what we know he would like to do.
And let us hope that our Congress
will speedily do what It ought to have
done long ago, enact an effective en
forcement law."
Harrisburg brewers and saloon
keepers are watching with con
siderable interest and concern, the
progress of the strike of union bar
keepers in Philadelphia, because the
men themselves "do not care to
subject themselves to the danger of
prosecution. Fear that a similar
strike will spread to this and other
cities throughout Pennsylvania has
been expressed by a number of bar
proprietors.
Bartenders Fearful
The decision of the Philadelphia
bartenders was not due primarily to
any opposition to the brewers, J.
J. McElroy. president of the Phila
delphia Bartenders' Union, explain
ed to-day. "We believe 2.75 per
cent, beer is regarded by the De
partment of Justice as intoxicating
and although no arrests are being
made yet. It is illegal to sell it. We
do not care to subject ourselves to
this danger," he said.
A bartenders strike, closing most
of the two or three hundred Haloonn
who are risking prosecution, It is ex
pected by members of the union, will
go a long way toward producing the
"bone dry period" which the retail
ers. distillers, wine growers and ho
telkcepers think will arouse enough
protest to influence the President to
declare an early and complete end
to "war-time prohibition." Several
Harrishurg hotelmen also have ad
vanced the Idea that all saloons
close. They are of the opinion that
their former patrons will write to
Congress if they "suffer" under
bone dryness.
Y. M. C. A. Gets Ready
For Annual Encampment
The second annual Y. M. C. A.
camp for Harrisburg boys will be
held at Big Pond, located several
miles from Oraythorne station on
the Rhlppenshurg spur of the Cum
berland Valley Railroad. It is plan
ned to run the camp two weeks for
boys over twelve years of age, and
then If there is sufficient demand to
carry on a week longer especially for
hoys from ten to twelve. The third
week would have older boys from
the tlrat part of the camp as tent
leaders and assistants to A. H. Dins
more, the camp director, and C. W.
Miller, the athletic director.
IIOTM ANKI.KS Kit U TI IIKII
When he slipped from a railroad
car in the Marysvllle preference
freight yards of the Pennsylvania
Fiuilroad early to-day, John Corbln,
2* years old. of 321 Hamilton street,
suffered fractures of both ankle*. He
was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital
for treatmr.nL
TAKING STEPS
• TO DRAG KAISER
BEFORE COURT
Declares Allied Powers Are
Planning His Early
Extradition
HOUSE OF COMMONS TOLD
No Official Communications
Exchanged With Dutch
Government However
By Associated Press.
London, July 7.—"The Allies have
not yet made any official representa
tions to the Dutch government re
garding the extradition of the form
er German emperor, but necessary
steps are being taken in the matter,"
Andrew Bonar Law, government
spokesman, declared in the House of
Commons today.
Mr. Bonar Law's statement was
made in reply to a question of a
member.
In reply to a further question as
to whether any unofficial communi
cation had been sent to the Dutch
government. Mr. Bonar Law said:
"I would rather not say."
Another member then asked:
"Is the spokesman for the govern
ment aware that nobody particular
ly wants the ex-Kaiser to be brought
here?"
This question was received with
cheers.
Custody of Twin Girls
Sought by Grandparents
in Habeas Corpus Action
Judge S. J. M. McCarrell to-day
heard testimony in the habeas
corpus action brought by Jacob R.
Eichinger, New Cumberland, to se
cure the custody yf his twin grand
children, two 5-year-old girls, whose
mother placed them in the Sylvan
Heights Orphanage. Samuel Eich
inger, father of the children, de
| serted his wife, but for many
I months, it was said in court, she
lived with the children at a home
in New Cumberland provided for
her by her father-in-law. About
five weeks ago, because of a contro
versy, she left and took the chil
dren, later placing them in the
I home, it is alleged. The grandpar
ents declare that they are able to
provide for the girls and they should
not be kept in an orphanage. It
was expected that the case would be
heard by late this afternoon. The
court may reserve decision.
Mother Seeks News of
Missing Soldier Son
Anxious to learn the whereabouts
| of her son, Corporal Gilbert Martin
: Hess, 12th Regular Cavalry, who mys
teriously disappeared while stationed
| at Columbus, N. M„ last September,
I Mrs. C. W. Dillon, of this city, is in
| Altoona, canvassing among former
soldiers according to an Altoona dis
patch to-day. Corporal Hess had
! been wounded in a border engage-
I ment, but later wrote to his mother
I that he had been discharged and was
j returning home. Since then nothing
has been heard from him. Another
I son of Mrs. Dillon died in an evacu
j ation hospital in France after having
i been wounded at Belleau Wood on
! June 7.
Lemon Appointed
Township Engineer
! Charles S. Demon, of Hollidays
burg, for years a division engineer
of the State Highway Department,
, has been appointed engineer for the
bureau of township highways, accord
ing to announcement from the State
Highway Department to-day. H. R.
Motntt. an assistant engineer, has
been named to succeed him In charge,
of the Blair, Cambria, Somerset. Bed
ford district.
Highway Commissioner Sadler has
detailed representatives of his de
partment to go to the State line to
morrow to meet the army truck train
which will pass through this State
this week on its way to the Pacific
Coast. The train will spend the night
at (.ettysburg and go over the Lin
coln highway to the Ohio line.
Moderate Temperatures
to Continue Another Day
That moderate temperatures will
continue to-day und to-morrow was
the good news held ofit to-day to
Harrisburg people, by Weather
Korecuster E. R. Demain. In some
other sections of the State, the tem
peruture will drop even lower.
The temperuture of yesterday was
considerably lower than It has been
since the last of June. With
101 degrees as the high water mark
for Saturday, the temperature drop
ped late In the day and yesterday,
following several thunderstorms.
Kaufman's Clean Sweep
Sale Will Open Tomorrow
The Kaufman Underselling Rtores !
were closed ull day to-day In order !
to get stocks in readiness for the !
semiannual clean sweep sale which
opens to-morrow morning. Clerks
were busy throughout the day re
arranging and repricing merchan
d'se in ull departments. Two pages
of this paper are devoted to the
event, with full particulars regard
ing Items and prices. The broom
will be featured in this sale as here
tofore.
EXPOSES SECRET
GOVERNMENT OF U.S.
CREATED BY WILSON
" Big Business" Befriended at Incalculable
Expense, Says Congressional Committee;
Peristently Ignored Laws of Land
SOLDIERS DIED OF PNEUMONIA
FOR LACK OF PROPER CLOTHING
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 7.—Charges that the President organized
the Council of National Defense before war was declared in ab
solute violation of law, and thereby created a "secret government
of the United States," which formulated war legislation, dictated
policies the country was to pursue, and befriended "big business,"
were made to-day by Chairman Graham, of the Special House
C ommittee investigating War Department expenditures.
Minutes of the council were read
to the committee by Dr. Graham,
together with a report ii tvhich he
asserted the council assumed such
broad powers that Major General
Goethals. former chief of the pur
chase, storage and traffic division of
the War Department, defied it; cab
inet members protested against its
activities and Judge Gary, president
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, accused it of operating in
"flagrant violation of law."
Mr. Graham declared the Presi
dent created the "secret govern
ment" by ignoring and reversing the
intent of Congress in authorizing
the establishment of a council of
national defense in August, 1916, As
authorized by Congress, he said, the
council was to be composed of six
members of the cabinet who were
to be the real executives and seven
civilians to be selected by the Presi
dent who were to act in a purely
advisory capacity. Instead of doing
this, Afr. Graham asserted, the
President made the advisory com
mission the real executives, "cloth
ing them with unprecedented and
almost illimitable powers."
Worked Behind Doors
"Behind closed doors, weeks and
even months before war was de
clared," he said, "these seven men
designed practically every war meas
ure which Congress subsequently en
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WANT THEIR MONEY BACK J
Harrisburg—Petitions have been filed in court for y
* refunding part of the 1918 liquor Hcepses paid by James |
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lliam Trotter of Boston, representing the • #t
1 Natmnal Equal Rights League, sent to-day-to Sir Eric T', ,ij
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tarv I a sing as head of the American Peace Mission.
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• CENTRAL AMERICA TO HAVE OWN LEAGUE Bj j |
, San Salvador—The Saivadorian government has sent fr •
1 a npte to the , o femments of Guatemala, Honduras and w. tj
i Nicaragua proposing mutual friendly action with refer X i i
* establishment of peace in thefr sister republic jy
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t n. njumln W, Klrhrlbrrarr. LtKtrH. and Um M. EtllWri T
While Hill. YJ
acted. They devised the entire sys
tem of purchasing war supplies,
planned a press censorship, designed
a system of food control and se
lected Herbert Hoover as its di
rector and even determined on the
daylight saving scheme.
"Conceived within the law, but
brought into existence in absolute
violation of law, it is not surprising
to find that this secret government
of the United States itself persist
ently ignored and even violated the
law; that it allowed interested
parties to ttx the prices of war sup
plica: that it put the people of the
country to incalculable unnecessary
expense and carried things with a
liigli hand."
Gen. Goethals to the Rescue
Mr. Graham declared that when
Major General Goethals was called
"at the eleventh hour to rescue the
War Department from the public
obliquy which was fast settling upor
it as a result of the methods ant
incapacity of the commission, hi
repudiated and practically defied
it."
"Our soldiers were actually dying
of pneumonia in the camps because
of lack of proper clothing and
blankets," Mr. Graham said, "and
General Goethals assumed the du
ties of quartermaster general on
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