4 TOWER CITY IS WELCOMING HER SOLDIERS Parade and Speechmaking Feature Upper End Celebration Tower City, Pa., Aug. 2. Tower City is to-day doing itself proud in the big welcome home demonstra tion in honor of the men and women of the community who served with every branch of the military forces during the war. Hundreds of vis itors are within the confines of the borough assisting in honoring these men. Many Floats Hundreds of persons were in line in the big patriotic street pageant, and floats of various organizations and business houses formed an in teresting spectacle. Several bands enlivened the occasion with martial and other music. The celebration will be continued late this afternoon and evening with other events. Community singing will form a pleasing part of this evening's program ,but the men who were fed up on the production of army cooks for many months are an ticipating with greater delight, the bountiful banquet arranged in their honor this pvening. Races and Athletic Contests at Sunday School Picnic New Cumberland, Pa., Aug. 2. On Thursday the Union Picnic of the New Cumberland Sunday Schools was held at Williams Grove, and an interesting series of contests took place, many valuable prizes be ing offered for the different events. The program follows. Morning: Fungo hitting, men, 9 a. m.; Parker McAffee, Joseph Up degraff. Baseball game, married and single men, 9.30 a. m. Married, McAffee, Updegraph, Hummel; single, Joseph Updegraph, Miles Rockey. Children's games, 9.30 to 11.00 a. m. Peanut hunt, boys and girls to 5, Jessie Stine and Guy Epp ley. Peanut hunt, boys and girls 6 to 8, Jessie Stine, Guy Eppley. Eating contest for boys, ages 8 to 12, 10.30, Clark Bair, Robert Par thenon. Egg race for girls 8 to IS, 11 a. m., Samuel Fisher and Paul Negley. Afternoon: Bag race, boys 12 to 16 years, 1.30 p. m., Ray Lechthaler and Frank Updegraph. Nail Driv ing contest, women, 2 p. m. R. M. Spangler and Daniel Seip. Wheel barrow contest, women, 2.30. F. N. Burns and J. Edison Good. Fifty yard dash, single women, 5 p. m. John Parthemore and Jessie Stone, 100-yard dash, men 3.30 J, Edison Good and John Kaufman. 200-yar dash, 4 p. m. Edison Good, John Kaufman. Broad jump. 4.30 p. m., Lloyd Reiff and Harvey Paden. Shoe race, fat men, 5 p. m. Henry Hum mel and R. M. Spangler. Tug-O'-War married and single men 6 to 6.30 p. m. John Parthemore, Parker Mc- Affee. Prize winners will call at Hoff's store on Monday, August 4, from 6 to 8 p. m., where they will receive prizes. $36,000 Added Annually to Traction Payroll The voluntary increase in wage 3 granted to motormen and conduc tors employed by the Harrisburg Railways Company by the board of directors late yesterday, will mean an addition to the company's pay roll of approximately $36,000, ac cording to an announcement made at the company's offices to-day. The increase was granted without a request from the men and was made by the directors in view of the mounting living costs. Under the new scale all first year men will receive forty-three cents an hour; second-year men forty-four an hour, and third-year men and men employed for a longer period, forty-five cents. Under the present scale first-year men receive forty cents an hour; second-year men forty-one cents, and third-year men forty-two cents. The increase, which is effective August 15, gives a flat increase of three cents an hour to all carmen. Scranton Electric Men to Resume Work Today By Associated Press. Scranton, Pa., Aug. 2. Follow ing an eight-hour conference between officials of the Scranton Electric Com pany, representatives of its striking employes and a committee of leading citizens it is announced that the strike which has crippled industry for a week would end to-day when the strikers ratify the agreement reached. Under the agreement firemen will get an eight-hour day and six per cent, in crease ; outside men an eight-hour day with same pay they received for nine hours and the chauffeurs an increase of $2 per week. They lose their demand for a closed shop. The State of Kentucky is the happy tmnting ground of the oil prospectors of small means, yet the outcome of his endeavors does not always make him happy. The per centage of unsuccessful tests in the State is somewhat high—about 19 per cen.—compared with the aver age for the country as a whole, which is about 16 per cent., but the oil is found at relatively shal low depths, commonly 300 to 100 feet, and the cost of drilling wells Is low. The reck outcrops in tho State are pleantiful, and the areas where the geologic conditions are most favorable to the occurrence of oil can be found easily. The most productive group of oil fields in Kentucky is in the vicinity of Irvine, Estill County, and is de scribed in Bulletin 661-D of the United States Geological Survey, De partment of the Interior, pulished In 1916. The second richest group lies in and around Allen County, more than a hundred miles south west of Irvine. The fields in Allen County are the subject, of a report by E. W. Shaw and K. F. Mather Just issued by the Geological Sur vey as Bulletin 688, and available on request from the Director. A barrel of oil obtained In Allen County was sojd in Bowling Green In 1850, but oil in Kentucky has only recently become a product of great commercial value, the pro duction in 1918 having been ten times as great as in 1915. The oil in Allen County is irregularly scat tered through the productive area, and a great many of the wells have therefore been failures, but on the whole the county appears (o be about ns rich in oil as any other county in the Stat except Estill and Lec. SATURDAY EVENING, STATE POLICE ASK MOTOR CLUBS TO AID RECOVERY OF STOLEN A UTOMOBILES Captain Lumb Warns ofjncrease of Thefts Since Armis tice; Lauds City Department For Assistance Declaring that automobile thefts have increased greatly since the signing of the armistice, Captain George F. Lumb, acting superinten dent of State Police, asks co-opera tion of members of the State motor clubs to break up the practice, in a letter to secretaries. Police Indifferent The responsibility for this, Cap tain Lumb says, lies with the "re turn of many men to the United states, who are out of employment, and who are skilled in the operation of automobiles." The police depart ments of many cities, he continued, have shown an indifference to the problem and have offered little real aid. H ? rria ? ur S P°ce department Captain Lumb says, has offei ed real assistance and has established a good record of recoveries for itself Its percentage In this respect, he adds, is considerably above that of either the Pittsburgh or Philadel phia police departments. Captain Lumb says in part: "In an endeavor to safeguard propertv or automobile owners and to make driving upon the State highways safe, we are asking all members of automobile clubs in Pennsylvania to co-operate with this Department in the following manner: Notify the nearest Troop or substation of State Police the instant you learn of a car being stolen. The men should he informed as to the time and place of stealing* the car, the name of owner, make, style, year, engine and RAILROAD NEWS BRANCH LINE TO BE ABANDONED Public Service Commission Rules on Bellefonte Central in Unusual Proposition I The Public Service Commission has granted authority to the Bellefonte Central Railroad Company to abandon a three and a half mile branch ex tending from near State College to Pine Grove Mills because the opera tion of the branch did not prove re munerative owing to competition by motor trucks and automobiles follow ing improvement of State highways Such vehicles, it is claijned by the company, have supplanted it as a common carrier and the statement is made that there is no longer public necessity for continuance of railroad service. The decision is the first of the kind in years. The point was also made that the revenues from the branch were not only insufficient to maintain it, but that the continued operation was Jeopardizing the finan cial soundness of the company. At a hearing on the protest filed by citizens fine Grove Mills, oays the decision by Chairman Ainey it developed that the line was in bad condition and that it would require several thousand dol lars to restore it. The decision also says that the passenger earnings did not exceed $38.58 in any one month in 1018, falling to $6.76 for Decem ber of that year. The gross earnings calculated to arise from the branch in 1917 were $349.71. The statement of the entire system for 1916 and 1917 shows a deficit for both years. "The duty of a railroad company to operate its road is no greater than is demanded and justified by the pub lic interest," says the decision. "Where there is not sufficient traffic to pay expenses the company'will not be required to operate the road at a loss or make needed repairs if the road is not paying expenses and the company has not the necessary funds or means of raising them." Freight Wreck Blocks Tracks of Two Railroads A broken truck was responsible for the derailment of nine loaded coal cars on the Reading Railway at Gibraltar early yesterdy and the blocking of both the Reading and Pennsylvania tracks. The tracks were badly torn up and it was nec essary to run the Pennsylvania trains over the Reading to and from Birdsboro until 7.25, when the Pennsylvania obtained use of its track again. The tracks of the two companies run close together at that place and nearly all of the cars were thrown on the tracks of the Penn sylvania. The road bed was badly torn up and it will take the entire 1 day to pick up and clear away the wreckage. Ail of the cars were loaded with anthracite, much of wKich was spilled by the upsetting of the cars. The Reading and Pennsylvania wreck crews were on the ground early, but it required six hours of the hardest kind of work to open up the Pennsylvania line and get the track in shape for the resump tion of traffic. Million-Dollar Fire in Detroit Last Night By Associated Press. Detroit, Aug. 2. The A. Wads worth Manufacturing Company's plant, covering an area of three blocks, an ad joining workmen's hotel, and the large yards of the Sibley Lumber Company were destroyed by fire last night. Po lice placed the loss at nearly $1 000 - 000. The Wadsworth Company, which nor mally employs about 1,500 men, manu factured automobile bodies. About half its employes have been on strike for several weeks. MARRIAGE: LICENSES crank W. Campbell, Pittsburgh, ana Catherine R. Sanford, Kaylor. George L. Southard. Bridgeport. Conn., and Blanch L. Enders, New Cumberland. Edward P. Hawk, Altoona. and Ethyl M. Kirk, McVeytown. Joseph Manapeli, Passnlc. N. J., and Jennie Kosina, Steelton. Ernest J. Wog, Lebanon, ad Ana Wajlant, Bteelton. LOST FINANCIAL STATES "I presume you're mighty glad the war Is over." "Well, I don' jes' know about dat," answered Mandy. "Cose I'se glad to have my Sam back home an' all dat, but I Jes know I ain't never gwine t' get money from him so regular as I did while wuz in de army an' de gov ernment wuz handlin' his financial uf , fairs."—Detroit Free Press. license numbers and any distinct ive marks or extras that will assist in identification." The location of the troops, he says are: Troop A, Grecnsburg; Troop B, Wyoming; Troop C, Pottsville; Troop D, Butler; Troop E, Lan caster. Should Aid Captain Lumb continued: "If an officer of the State Police Force stops a member of your club on the road and asks to see his driving card or engine number, the person so stopped should cheerfully comply with the request in his own interest, as you may be sure the officer is looking for a car of the make and description that ho stops, and it will only take one or two minutes to satisfy the officer as to the identity of the owner and his car, whereas i it may be possible that one of your members will have a valuable car recovered by this method. "Our officers are making every endeavor possible to safeguard your property and protect the lives of yourself and family, and they will be encouraged by a little courtesy and co-operation on the part of your members. "A car having manufacturer's number removed, altered or defaced is. under a new act, subject to seiz ure and detection, according to the circumstances, pending investiga tion. "Safeguard yourself by not pur chasing cars of this class until you are perfectly satisfied that nothing irregular shows in the sale." REPORTSFOLLOW OFFICIAL VISIT Rumors of Yard Changes Are Denied; Here to Look Over Conditions Rumors were many yesterday re garding big railroad yard improve ments in Harrisburg. Presence of railroad officials front Altoona and Philadelphia in the yards brought this gossip. It was the second time this week that R. L. O'Donnell, gen eral manager, and N. W. Smith, general superintendent of the East ern division of the Pennsy, visited Harrisburg and Enola, and inspect ed yard conditions. One rumor was an old-time story about the moving of the freight enginehouse, known as No. 2, lo Lucknow, and No. 1 enginehouse from Verbeke and Seventh streets to the vicinity of North and Sev enth streets. The visit of the offi cials to Enola, it was reported, was to plan for more tracks and exten sions to the shops and enginehouse. Officials Smile The reports brought smiles from the officials. General Superintend ent Smith said: "We would like to do many things to help us out of our troubles, but just now we have no time to think about improve ments. What we mostly desire is getting freight and passenger trams over the road without any deten tions. We are just trying to find out where the troubles start. Condi tions are improving, but there still is opportunity for more efficiency." The officials later in the day went east, and it is undestood will be in conference to-day at Washing ton, D. C., with Federal Railroad administration officials. Whether the conference will be on train cond.- tions or the wage question was not stated. J. T. Balsley Seriously 111; Was Freight Trainmaster JOHN T. BAT^T.ET^ John T. Balsley, retired train master of the Philadelphia division, is seriously ill at his home at Nar berth. He has been in poor health for some time. Reports received in I Harrisburg to-day were that his re covery was doubtful. Mr. Balsley was a resident of Harrisburg for many years. When he was retired he took up his resi dence at Narberth. He was long in service of the Pennsy, starting as an operator at Tyrone in 1867. He was assistant freight trainmaster on the Philadelphia division and latci was in full charge of freight trains on this division, which included yards in this city, Marysville and Enola. Letter Carriers of Nation to Meet in Philadelphia Plilindelpliln. August 2.—Letter car riers from all parts of the country will assemble In this city for their national convention from September 1 to 6. Richard F. Quinn, of 216 South Thirty-seventh street, this city who is chairman of the national executive board of the National Association of Letter Carriers, announced yesterday that plans for the convention are pro gressing rapidly. Visiting bands from New York, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Newark, 'and Allentown will be pres ent. These bands are composed en tirely of letter carriers. The New York band, eomposd of 89 pieces, will give a sacred concert at City Hall [Plaza on Sunday night, August 81. "ELAJRJRJSBTTRG titflSfc TETJEGRAPfI Mystery Shrouds i ? the Capsizing of a British Freighter New York, Aug. 2. Mystery still shrouded to-day the capsizing of the 3,600-ton British freighter Clan Gordon 140 miles off Cape Hatteras, in a comparatively calm sea Wednes day afternoon, with the loss of four members of her crew, one of them the wireless operator. The freighter, bound from New York to China with a cargo of case oil and wax, turned turtle in full view of passengers on board the United Fruit Company's steamship, Abangarez, on her way to this port from Jamaica. Officers of the Abangarez, which arrived here to-day with the Clan Gordon's survivors, had their atten tion attracted to the Clan Gordon by her apparent heavy list to starboard and the passenger ship had turned to make closer investigation when, with startling suddenness, the British vessel turned completely over. The crew could be seen jumping from the upturned rail into the water and lifeboats from the Abangarez were cleared away. Kaiser's "Conscience" Caused Him to Sue For Peace Oct. 27, Book Says By Associated Press. Berlin, Thursday, July 31. — The former German emperor's statoment on October 27. 1918, that he had reached an unalterable determination to sue for a separate peace within 24 hours and to demand an immediate armistice is ono of the many inter esting revelations of German war di plomacy contained in the "White Book" published at Weii|J(ar to-day. The book, which contains official doc uments relating to the negotiations from August 13, 1918, to the signing of the armistice on November 11, is issued by the Government, it is an nounced in the preface, because the people want to know the truth. The former emperor's decision to seek peace immediately, according to documents in the "White Book," he considered necessary because he be lieved the people both unabl and un willing to continue the war. The for mer German ruler's conscience was said to forbid him to permit further bloodshed. Carranza's Statement on Oil Is Protested By Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 2.—The National Association for the Protection of American Rights in Mexico, issued a statement to-day and sent a copy of it to the State Department, protest ing against statements made by Pres ident Carranza, of Mexico, in an in terview to the Associated Press. The protest follows: "The statement is the old protes tation of the Carranza government that confiscation is not intended by the constitution, decrees and proposed laws of Mexico, against which the for eign offices of the United States, Great Britain, France and Holland have protested as confiscatory. It is merely a denial that tricky legis lation depriving legal owners of oil lands honestly acquired and made val able, constitute confiscation. The at titude of the Amerir/n Government in jhis matter is sufficient refutation of the statements attributed to Pres dent Carranza. "As to his statement that the 'pe troleum companies have set out to engender ill feeling—they are doing this through the medium of some sec tions of the American press, which are "distorting facts to suit their own ends,' the association hereby asks Manuel Carpio, the official propagand ist of the Carranza government in the United States, who is thoroughly aware of all sta'i'ments made, to point out any misstatement in connection with the oil controversy published in the American press, w\iich has fallen under President Carranza's charge of unreliability." Recruiting Party to ■ Visit City Next Week A recruiting party representing the United States Ordnance Depart ment will be in Harrisburg Tuesday and Wednesday, August 5 and 6. A medical examiner and recruiting officer will be with the party. An opportunity will be given young men to enlist for service in the Ordnance Department of the United States Army. With this party there will be about 100 enlisted men. There will be 30 motor vehicles, each with a trailer carrying three-inch antiair craft guns, 28-inch searchlights, several 75 millimeter cannons, and 4 Pt.-7 cannons. There will also be trucks carrying a complete re pair shop, with material, tools, ma chines, etc., for making repairs of ordnance material. This big train will park near the city and will tour of the principal streets. The party is from Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, New Jersey and will stop at Easton, Allen town, Reading, Lebanon, Harris burg, Chambersburg and Bedford. ASSOCIATE JUDGE CANDIDATE Charles E. Welliver, of Blooms burg, to-day filed a petition to be a candidate for associate judge in Co lumbia county. BRITISH WARSHIP TO BE USED BY PRINCE OF WALES ™W""W :>:yy.mf-' •■:■*>- H.Pl.©. HENOWM. 2c; radishes, rhubarb and carrots, bunch, 5c each; watermelons, 65, 75, 90c; cantaloupes, 10, 12, 15, 20c; pears, 15®20c box; bacon, pound, 45@55c; ham, 45 @ 60c; chickens, dressed, pound, 50, 55@65c; live, 35@45c. Will Ask For Samples Several members of the local food committee have expressed their intention to get samples of food offered by the government, and compare it with products sold in Harrisburg. This plan is the re sult of many kicks yesterday be i cause of the committee's desire to j drop the projects to buy government I goods. Another plan is after the sam | pies have been examined to make a i bid to the government. One man | put it to-day in this statement, "The | government is no doubt high on I prices. The people paid for the I goods now in government ware ' houses and it is not fair to them to be asked to pay prices out of rea son. If a reasonable bid is made to the government I believe that the goods could bo purchased and sold to Harrisburg people at low prices." That Harrisburg is paying higher | prices for food than are asked in | Philadelphia, Wilmington and other cities was told by R. J. Wheeler, the councilman from Allentown. He I has been in this city investigating | the prices and finds that in hisTtome town, in a district where truck farms are not so numerous as in this vi cinity, garden products can be had at front 25 to 50 per cent, less than in Harrisburg. He purchased two tomatoes in one of the city markets for 15 cents. In Allentown toma toes are selling for two for five cents. He made other comparisons referring to the high price of let tuce in Harrisburg. Altoona is pre paring to buy a second carload lot. The Altoona Tribune prints the fol lowing: Second Far For Altoona "That a second car of food and canned goods may be ordered soon from the Army surplus supply offi cer at Baltimore, was the state ment last night by City Manager Hinkle, in discussing the popularity of the first car, which was disposed of this week. "Numerous inquiries have been made by Pennsy shopmen concern ing the placing of another order, and the Standard Refractories Company, at Claysburg, expects to take a lib eral portion of the goods secured in the second consignment. Inquiries have also been made at the city treasurer's office this week, and con siderable enthusiasm is being evin ced. "It is expected that a definite re ply about how much canned goods and other commodities wanted, will be forthcoming by Monday from the general manager of the Claysburg industry. "No difficulty was experienced by the city officials in disposing of the first consignment of bacon, canned vegetables and other pro ducts. All the goods were sold out yesterday afternoon. "The sole deficiencies in the first car were a can of tomatoes and one of corn. These were found to be due to a split seam in both cans, which caused the contents to spoil. "Mr. Hinkle declared that while the city docs not expect to continue in the retail grocery business, the second car will undoubtedly be ob tained, as long as sufficient interest is demonstrated to warrant the or der. Further announcement per taining to the arrival and disposi tion of the next consignment will be made as rapidly as details are com pleted." Presbyterians Plan Advertising Campai i Stony Brook, N: Y., Aug. 2.—Plai. for a nation-wide campaign of church advertising through nc/.vspapers w >re outlined yesterday at the New Bra Conference of the Presbyterian Church. An annual appropriation by every individual church in the United States for advertising in the local newspapers was unanimously ads - cated by the delegates. It was decided to have the Presby teries in the Middle Western States elect delgates to a New Era Confer ence to be held at Bake Geneva, Wis., September 1 or before. APPROVES NEW CONSTITUTION By Associated Press. Berlin, Aug. 2. The German National Assembly at Weimer approved the new German constitution Thursday by a vote of 262 to 75. Konstantln Fehrenbach, president of the assembly, formally declared the constitution adopted. The opposition votes came from the German National Peoples', the German Peoples' and the Indepen dent Socialist parties.