Governor He ■!?s to Place Chicago Under Martial Lotmß , s Are Con <3 LXXXVIII NO. 177 14 PAGES Da % a E t?e c r ep a t t ß t u h n e d |. y o.t2t a &a S r e r c .2gur^ a "" HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1919. on, n y e^s v SI^ L o E cffis ES HOME EDITION BRUTALITY OF PRISON CAMPS UNFOLDED AT ARMY HEARING Forthcoming Testimony Will Be Even More Sensational Than Stories Told by Lieut. ''Hardboilcd" Smith RANKING OFFICERS HELD RESPONSIBLE Subordinates Declare Colonel and Major General Respon sible For Inhuman Treat ment Accorded Soldiers By Associated Press. New York, July 30.—The sub committee of the House of Rep resentatives headed by Royal C. Johnson, of South Dakota, which has been investigating cruelties practiced upon prison ers in American prison camps abroad, turned its • attention here to-day to the destruction of American Army property in France under the direction of army officers. The first incident taken up was the disposition of 100 airplanes at Colombes-les- Belles. The first witness, Paul L. Lock wood, of Stamford, Conn., formerly a lieutenant of aviation in the First pursuit group, testified that upon returning to America he met a num ber of his colleagues in Garden City who told him that the planes had been damaged and then burned. The engines were chopped out, the wit ness said his informers told him, only the gas tanks and radiators be ing saved. The planes then were thrown into a pile and burned. While the lire was in progress arm ed guards patrolled the vicinity to prevent photographs being taken, according to the witness, who esti mated that the salvaged parts were ] worth about "15 cents each." Some ! of the machines, he had been told, had been flown only 2 0 minutes. j Stories of Cruelty Yesterday the committeemen listened to stories of tales of cruelty to American soldiers while confined in prison camps tu France. Representative Royal C. Johnson, of South Dakota, inti mated that the forthcoming testi mony will be even more sensationul than the stories told by Lieutenant "Hardboiled" Smith and Sergeant Clarence E. Ball, who are serving sentences at the "castle" on Gov ernor's Island on conviction by courts-martial of cruelty to pris oners under their charge at Farm No. 2. In addition to Smith and Ball the subcommittee also heard Joseph <J. Ryszelewski and Colonel T. Q. Don aldson. Not only did they name Colonel E. P. Grimstead, of the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth In fantry, and Major General Freder ick S. Strong as being the officers responsible for conditions at Farm No. 2, but they told of generally brutal treatment accorded to pris oners in many other prisons in va rious parts of France. Educate by Beating Lieutenant Smith testified that the conditions in other prisons were worse than at Farm No. 2, where he was in charge. He denied that the men at Farm No. 2 were ever struck by the guards except in one instance. This, he testified, was when Sergeant Ball slapped a man who had misunderstood an order Ball, on the other hand, declared that Smith ordered all the sergeants under him to "educate the men" by beating them. Smith is serving an eighteen months' sentence and Ball a six months' sentence for their treat ment of prisoners. Inspector Astounded Colonel Donaldson, who as an of ficer of the Inspector General's De partment, investigated the condi tions at Farm No. 2, testified that after he had considered all the evi dence he "was absolutely astounded that such conditions had existed in the place." Colonel Donaldson outlined what he had discovered. After giving the details, he said: "There is no ques tion in my mind that terrible bru talities were practiced." As for the prisons in the Paris district, includ ing the famous Bastile,Colonel Don. aldson admitted after close ques tioning that the responsibility must k® laid a t the door of General \V. W. Harts, former commander of the troops in the Paris district. 'HURT IN YARDS T,d?, dv s' ard Yoder . of Mohrsville a Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company employe, was severely in jured in the Rutherford yards this afternoon when struck by a fall of coal from a car. He has severe back lacerations and a probable frac ture of the hip. lIHEWEATHF.fr] Ifiirrlxburg nnd Vicinity: Gener ally fnlr to-night nnd Thursday. >ot much change in tempera ture, lowest to-night about 00 deKrecN. Eastern Pennsylvania: General ly fair to-night and Thursday. No change In temperature. Gentle variable winds. Itlveri The upper portion of the vnnln rlvrr will i*lmc Nomculiat to-night and the lower portion Thursday. All tributaries will tall slowly to-night and prob ably Thursday. A stage of about 4..1 feet Is Indleated for Hnrrls burg Thursday morning. HARRISBURG tppSll TELEGRAPH sf|e otar-2n&epcn&efil. Reorganized U. S. Revenue Service i V J J / \ Cities Shown by a Circle Will Have an Office Open at All Times, So That Any Taxpayer May Secure Assistance on Income or Miscellaneous Tax Matters on Any Business Day of the Year. HARRISBURG TO BE CENTER OF REVENUE ZONE Deputy Officers to Be Sta tioned at Many of the Larger Towns PLAN PERSONAL SERVICE Closer Contact Needed Be-| cause of Income Tax Complexity Harrisburg to-day was named headquarters for one of the new J internal revenue divisions Commis- I sioner Daniel C. Roper announced , to-day. Suboffices also will be es- { tablished in Carlisle, Mechanicsburg, J Middletown, Millerstown, Steelton, I Chambersburg, Waynesboro, Leba non, Newport and Lewistown. Deputy collectors will be stationed I at each of these points. The entire internal revenue serv ice in Pennsylvania is being rear ranged. The old Ninth district of which Dauphin county was a part has been consolidated with the Phil adelphia district. Philadelphia has been selected for general headquar ters for the southeastern part of the State and clerical and accounting work will be done there in the cen tral offices. Moans Bettor Service Commissioner Roper in a state ment issued to-day declares that the new arrangement will bring the revenue service closer to the people. Division and subdivision offices will be open at all times to serve as per sonal service stations to taxpayers. This service probably will be of immense benefit to taxpayers who now are in need of advice because of the far-reaching effect of the in come tax laws. The general plan now provides for the establishment of headquar ters for the ten divisions in the fol lowing cities: Philadelphia, Har- I risburg, Lancaster, Chester. Nor ristown, Allentown, Pottsville, Al toona and York. Muny Substations A subdivision office offering the same facilities for serving taxpayers will be established at Shenandoah. In addition when this plan is un der full headway zone deputies will be stationed for the tirst week of every month in every city having over 5,000 population in the dis trict, as well as many other cities and towns which now have no rep resentative of the revenue service. The zone deputy will spend the re mainder of the month in surround ing territory, usually one or two counties. A similar extension of the reve nue service is shortly to be made in each of the Scranton and Pittsburgh districts. The reorganization of the internal revenue service in Pennsyl vania is part of a general program being carried out by Commissioner Roper to unify and expand the reve nue service so that it may more intelligently serve the growing needs of the great number of Federal tax payers. Reading Engineer Dies to Save Passengers on Speeding Express Train By Associated Press. Philadelphia, July 30.—William F. Leiby, of Port Carbon, engineer of a Reading express. speeding toward this city, sacrificed his life to save the passengers on the train to-day. The flyer, which was due at the Reading Terminal at 10.50 a. m., was derailed near Linfield, five miles below Pottstown. John J. Settlemoyer, fireman. Schuylkill Haven, died on the way to the Pottstown Hospital. He was pinned beneath the wrecked locomo tive for more than a half hour. John Ritzen, tne baggagemaster, was slightly hurt. Some forty passeng ers riding in the forward coaches were cut and bruised, but none seri ously hurt, according to latest re ports. Passengers say that but for Leiby's courage, the death list would have been high. The accident was caused by spreading rails and Leiby when he felt the rails going, Jammed on the | emergency brakes and stuck to his | post. In this way the speed of the train was slackened so that only I the locomotive, tender and the first [ two coaches left the rails. These, | however, overturned. NEGROES LEAVING CHICAGO AS RACE WAR NEARS END Despite Fresh Outbreaks, Police Satisfied With Situation—Dead List Now Totals Twenty-seven By Associated Press, Chicago, July 30.—Hundreds of negroes, many carrying per sonal possessions and some without baggage, are leaving Chicago to-day. The majority of them, chiefly in family groups, pur chased railroad tickets for Memphis and Nashville. A consider able number said they were going to Indianapolis where, they said, negroes were never disturbed. This exodus of blacks seems to be the result of the race war in the city during the week. Despite fresh outbreaks last night, city officials early to-day professed themselves satisfied with what the police were doing and several thousand State troops remained in armories. At that time the dead list totalled 27, two negroes and two whites having been killed during the even ing, and another negro having died of wounds received Monday. The injured list had been swelled by uncounted scores and several of the wounded may die. Disturbances were reported from the South Side "black belt," an Italian district on the West Side and from the near North Side. Spreads Over City , Bitter fighting between whites and negroes spread during the night to nearly all parts "of Chicago with i serious injuries to many, but the ; city authorities early to-day had not j called on State troops for aid. Gov- ! ernor Frank O. Lowden hesitated i to order the soldiers to take charge . of the city, although with the ar- j rival to-day of two more regiments, ' 8,000 men were resting on their i arms ready to quell the disturb- , ances instantly. The list of dead had reached 27 and the number of injured nearly a ; thousand since the beginning of the I race riots last Sunday. During the ! night, men slashed each other's throats, shot their enemies from ambush, ran down isolated negroes j and beat them into insensibility, and burned apd looted houss. Two More Regiments The Ninth regiment from the southern part of the State and the Tenth from Central Illinois rushed toward Chicago to-day to add their rifles and machine guns to the po tential army already here. The police strove to clear the rioters from the South Side negro quarter and early last night appar ently succeeded, only to learn that the mob spirit fled to other regions. On the North Side fighting pro ceeded for several hours, and in the residential districts known as VVoodlawn and Englewood on the far South Side tierce fighting took place. As the overworked police force dashed to those quarters, several miles from the center of the war, the smoldering flames of anarchy burst forth anew in the black belt. A patrol wagon crashed Into an au tomobile filled with men and a fight [Continued on Page 6.] Never Race Riots in Harrisburg, Declares Dr. Chas. H. Crampton "There never will be race riots | in Harrisburg," said Dr. Charles H. Crampton, well-known colored phys ician, discussing the occurrences at Chicago. "Why?" he continued, "well — "First Because of perfect un derstanding in reference to crime and its punishment by representa tives of both races. "Second—Because of the unfalter ing justice of our courts. "Third Because of the explosion of the theory of social equality which never existed. "Fourth Because of the general recognition of the fact that there exist good and bad in both races, and the good of both are combined to correct the bad." FRENCH AWAIT U. S. By Associated Press. Parts, July 30. A disposition to delay final action on ratification of the German peace treaty until the United States Senate acts on the Franco-American military treaty was indicated to-day by those in touch with the situation, to represent the majority view of the Chamber of Deputies peace treaty committee, CHICAGO CALMING DOWN By Associated Press. Chicago, July 30.—Comparative calm marked this morning's sit uation in the Chicago race war. No serious outbreaks had been reported, the sporadic fights were few and mostly between in dividuals and in only one in stance were police compelled to shoot. In that case a negro was killed while resisting search by two patrolmen. With the lull in rioting the po lice took stock. They checked the Coroner's official death list of twenty-six and said that was com plete. They also found that the list of injuries reported to them had increased to 325. The offi cial death list of twenty-six in cluded a dozen whites and four teen negroes. No women or children were dead, but scores of them have been hurt. SUMMER TYPHOID LURKS IN WATER ATMANYRESORTS Vacationists Warned Against Contracting Disease While Enjoying Annual Outings With hundreds of residents of the city about to go on vacations within the next few weeks, Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer, to-day warned them to inquire about the water supply at the resorts at which i they plan to stay for a week or more. "If you are not sure about the water supply, no matter where you go—to seashore, resort or the coun try—boil all the water used for drinking purposes. Don't take chances and come back to the city with a case of typhoid fever and suffer an illness of six to eight weeks or more," the health officer warned. Dr. Raunick has some other hints for vacationists, which, he says, will be a big factor in making them come back to their work feeling re freshed and full of vigor. The ad vice he gives follows: Don't keep late hours. Get plenty of sleep and rest while you are away. Don't do too much dancing. Exercise, but do not overexert yourself. Don't overeat, and be sure to eat the right kinds of foods for hot weather. Plenty of fruit, not too much meat nor starchy foods. If you get a chance, chop some wood: it's the best kind of exer cise. Don't drln-k water or soft drinks i that are too cold. MEN AND WOMEN OFFER BLOOD TO SAVE MAN'S LIFE Score Willing to Give Sufferer \ of Years a Chance For i Recovery MOTHER IS OVERJOYED! Woman of Eighty Sits by Herj Son's Bedside Hoping For His Cure Harrisburg's response to the ap peal of the Harrisburg Hospital for someone to submit to blood trans fusion in an effort to save the life of a man patient, has been a hearty one. Women as well as men have come forward with offers to help. Within a few hours after the ap peal was sounded this morning, more than 20 blood tests had been made on young men and women who ap peared at the institution to offer themselves as subject for transferral of blood from their veins. Many Willing to Help Personal and telephone calls were received in large numbers at the Hos pital within a short time ofter the request was made known. Many left addresses where they might be ! reached in case they were needed but fully a score of men and women appeared personally for the tests. The tests were started about 11 o'clock by Dr. H. R. Douglas, who is in charge of the laboratory. Just when the results will be determined and the selection made of the per son from whom the blood will be drawn, is somewhat indefinite, offic ials at the institution said to-day. 11l Three Years The Injection of blood from the veins of a healthy young man or wo man, alone will save the life of the man who is now lying critically ill at the institution, after having suf [Continuctl on Page 13.] V. S. SUBMARINE SINKS Wutorford, Conn., July 30. The obsolete U. S. submarine G-2, while engaged off Pleasure Beach in con ducting experiments to determine just what distance a depth bomb must descend before an explosion will take place, sank without warn ihg, resulting in the drowning of two men. DILL PROPERTY IN MULBERRY STREET IS SOLD Freidberg Brothers Take Title to Business Places and Apartmehts Property belonging to the I. W. Dill estate, at the east end of the Mulberry street bridge, yesterday passed into the hands of Jacob B. and Harry Freidberg. Charles C. Stroh, their attorney, closed tie deal. The buildings included in the transaction are the concrete service station and garage of the Republic Truck Agency, a brick apartment house with two first floor store rooms, the auto and salesrooms oc cupied by the Hagerling Motor Car Company, the building occupied by the C. A. Fair Carriage and Auto Works, all of which occupy a total frontage of 104 feet eight inches in Mulberry street and are 150 feet In depth. The new owners said to-day that they had no announcement to make at preset regarding their plans l,i connection with the property. HAMMEBBTELN NEAR DEATH By Associated I'rcss. New York, July 30. Physicians attending Oscar Hammerstein, the ater builder and grand opera pro ducer, declared to-day that his con dition is so critical they fear he can live only a few hours. Mr. Hammerstein is now in a coma and his entire right side is paralyzed. LEAKY GARBAGE PAILS MUST GO, CITY IS TOLD State Health Commissioner Astonished at Conditions Found in Harrisburg CALLS ON CITY COUNCIL Ordinance Correcting Evil Should Be Passed at Once, Says Colonel Martin Astonishment at the condition of garbage collection in this city was expressed to-day by Colonel Edward M. Martin, State health commis sioner. Absolutely filthy conditions are in evidence all over the city on account of the neglect of house holders to provide suitable recep tacles for the kitchen offal. He suggests that in the next meet ing of the City Council, which takes place Tuesday, action should be taken and an ordinance passed com pelling collection. Garbage pails standing about without covers are a dangerous menace to the city, and it is of no avail to have fly swatting contests and investigations of health conditions if no effort is made to , take care of the removal of gur | bage .The Commissioner added. Martin's Suggestions i Colonel Martin said in part: "Concerning the garbage question ' there have been many complaints I regarding its collection. Doubtless I there have been times when the col j lections have been tardy. The basic ' trouble lies in the failure on the > part of the citizens to provide prop ■ er covered receptacles for the re ception and temporary storage of the garbage until the garbage is re moved. The need of such recepta cles is obvious and the provision is fundamental for any adequate health administration. Cost Not Material "Garbage deposited in a heap, dropped in a damaged peach basket or placed in a paper box is difficult to collect nor can those charged with this duty be expected to make proper collection under such cir cumstances. There is no ordinance requiring that proper receptacles should be provided for each house hold. There was a penal clause which has been abolished. There fore the ordinance is ineffective against the only class for whom ordinances are needful. The argu ment that these receptables cost money should not obtain. This is a contribution which every citizen should make for the general good. In case of absolute poverty means for help will probably not be diffi cult to find. "The garbage can is one of the essentials to the proper health of the essentials to the propr health of the community and as in the case of other decencies and essentials the charge for obtaining seems just and reasonable. The City Council meets next Tuesday and has full power to pass ordinances in the interest of the public at large. The need for this ordinance seems both urgent and imperative, as does its strict en forcement." Poor Board Seeks Means to Compel Gas Company to Extend Mains to Almshouse Members of the Board of Poor Directors of Dauphin county to-day filed a complaint against the Har risburg Gas Company alleging that the company refuses to extend its gas mains from Derry street to thu county almshouse. The Poor Direc tors state that the gas company has refused to extend the main a dis tance of 1,100 feet to the poor farm unless the poor board pays $990 for the extension or agrees to pay S4O a month perpetually to cover the cost of the extension and strvioe. In the complaint the Poor Direc tors state that the board is a pub lic charitable institution and that they consider it unwise and inex pedient to bind their successors in office to any future payment as sug gested by the gas company througn the monthly payment agreement. They further state that the appro priation to the poor district will not justify the expenditure of $990 or any sum to pay for the extension of the gas service. They ask the Pub lic Service Commission to order the gas company to render the service asked for. Villa Names Another Rebel Head of His "Army of the East" By Associated Press. Mexico City, July 15.—Francisco Villa, from Chihuahua, has named Constantino Galvan, a rebel operat ing in Vera Cruz and Oaxaca, head of the "army of the east," according to statements credited by the capital press to Colonel Felix Rincon Gai lardo, military commander of the Cordoba-Santa Lucrecria sector of Vera Cruz. The colonel adds that Villa's let ter, containing this appointment, also instructed Galvan to wage re lentless warfare against the forces of Felix Diaz. Colombia Treaty to Be Considered in Open Session Washington, July 30.—Precedents for consideration of treaties in exe cutive session were broken iaie yes terday by the Senate in at opting a motion by Republican Reader Dodge to consider the $23,000,000 Colombian treaty in open session next Monday. FORESTALLING POINTS Salient features of the pro visions of the forestalling ordi nance, passed finally by Council, are: It Is unlawful for any person, persons, firm or corporation within the city limits to buy or contract for any provisions which are on the way to city markets, intended to be sold there. Prohibits persuading anyone having provisions for sale in markets to raise the price of the comiaodities or make any agree ment concerning price with the view of raising it. Prohibits buying or contracting to buy in any of the markets any provisions before or during mar ket hours for the purpose of re selling these provisions. Penalty provided is fine of not less than $lO or more than SIOO or thirty days' imprisonment. CONFESSES TO ROBBERY OF 3 MORE DWELLINGS Loot Recovered by Police in Booms of Colored Man Belief of Harrisburg police officials that James Bruce Martin, alias Wil lie Hoskins, arrested yesterday morn ing, was responsible for many of the recent string of petty robberies, was strengthened to-day by his confes sion to the entrance of three resi dences, two in this city and one in Steelton. Announcement of the confession on the three charges was made at noon to-day by Chief of Police Wetzel, af ter Martin had been under examina tion a considerable period of time this morning and after considerable work on the part of Chief Wetzel and Detectives Shuler and Speece. Martin, out on parole from the Western Penitentiary, was arrested yesterday by Patrolman Frank O. Jackson, while in the act of rifling the residence of William C. Fisher, 325 Maclay street, admitted that he [Continued on Page 6.] •4*4' 4* 4* 4* 4^4 , 4H^4Hl e 4^4 , 4 , 4 , 4 , 4 , 4 , 1 :o • '':" AISR Tj % I . ■ *4* 4 fcipline and appearance of the organization a? it passed !; < "ip or. i; xiy hor-,e in Jur.e t DAYLIGHT REPEALER UR TO-DAY 4 4* TJ the daylight saving law already, passed by the House, 5 X i 4 4 4 4 4 T e 1 4* * 4* T • | :^'rh'7^SJ-ISC!IAKOn> T VV.-- Rerl-.j'-rion in rank or discharge, of j 4* A • : t o-d ay by Ma jc r General Barnctt as a part cf jh o :; MARRIAGE UCENSES ' * Elmrr R. ISnrkoV, llarrlxhnrx anil Jennie I.lndenbrrK, Knolni John I*- >vart* nnil Martha K. 11. Ir >in. llnrriaburKl Harry C. Jnckxnn _J and rain Korman, ItnirlKhurit; Walter W. Snilth and l.oretto Monro ~ Hnderatown, Md.t Harry llordrr and Grnrr Zerby. MllleraburKi John o4 V. Klxhor, Swatnrn tonniiblli, and Anna M. Delmlcr, South Haven J toivnxhln. POLICE TO SEE FORESTALLING IS STOPPED IN CITY Plainclothes Men to See That Evaders of Law Arc Punished EFFECTIVE IN TEN DAYS Marketers Asked to Report Violations to Mayor's Office The Harrisburg police depart ment will extend itself to the limit to enforce the forestalling ordinance passed yesterday by City Council. Mayor Keister is authority for the statement that no efforts will be spared by the police force in the enforcement of this ordinance, who it is hoped will aid materially in i educing the cost of products sold in the city markets. Various plans are now being con sidered by Mayor Keister to pro vide for the effective enforcement of the measure. Just what plan will be finally decided on now is some what indefinite, he said to-day. People to Aid Plain clothesmen will be detailed by police officials to visit the va rious markethouscs, with instruc tions to make arrests in' every case where circumstances may warrant. This plan, which appears to be es pecially feasible, may be adopted. It is not altogether certain that this method will be used to secure the enforcement of the ordinance, how ever. Instructions will be issued to all members of the force, whether es pecially detailed on this particulat phase of work or not, to pay pat ticulur attention to violators of thi ordinance and to make explicit re ports in all such cases to police of ficials. "The marketers must report every semblance of violation to the polic. department, it the ordinance is t. be effectively enforced," he said. The greater the number of people on the lookout for violators, thj less will be the chance of any c, them escaping without punishment, the Mayor said. He intimated thu more depends on the people for th successful enforcement of the or dinance than It does on the polic. department.
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