GENERAL BOTHA,
FAMOUS BOER
LEADER IS DEAD
'South African Premier Fought
Through War Then Led
Reconstruction
/• j/ Associated Prc'i
Pretoria. Union of South Africa,
Aug. 28. —General Louis Botha Pre
mier and Minister of Agriculture of
the Vnion of South Africa, died
suddenly early to-day, following an
attack of influenza.
Louis Rotha was horn at Grey
town. Natal, in 1563, and was a
member of the first Volksraad of the
Transvaal, in which he represented
the district of Vryheid. At the be
ginning of the llocr war in 1899 he
was veldt cornet for that district.
Joining the Boer forces in Northern
Natal, he soon rose to high com
mands. He was in charge of the
Boer forces at the battle of Coier.so
and Spion Kop and following the
death of General P. J. Jotibert. he
was made Commander in Chief cf
the Transvaal Boers. After the fa I
of Pretoria he reorganised the Boers
with a view of prolonged guerilla
warfars, his forces offering steady
resistance to the British up till late
in 1901.
Bellowing the peace negotiations
between the Boers and the British.
General Botha took a leading rele
it. the period reconstruction. After
the grant of self povet anient to .he
Transvaal in 1907. General Botha
v as ca'led on to form a government.
Br cm this position no resigned in
December 1912 owi-e to dissension
i,i the cabinet, but was immediately,
asked to form a new government.
At the outkreak of the great war in
1914. General Botha took command I
of the Unior forces in Southwest
Africa, achieving a complete sue- •
ciss and compelling the German
troops in that region to surrender.
With General Jan Christian Smuts, ;
General Botha signed the Peace
Treaty with Germany on behalf of
the Union of South Africa. June IS (
last. He arrived at Capetown from
Europe on July 2S.
Withdrawal of British
Will Make the Armenians
Unprotected After Sept. 15
H : . Associat' ,1 Press.
Paris. Wednesday. \ug. 27.
Brit sh troops began leaving the
Gaucasus region on August 15 ami
will all be out of districts where
they have been protecting Armen
ians before September 13. Da
Arnold, of Providence. R. 1.. man- |
aging director of the American com- ,
mittee for relief in the Near East. '
f; id to-day upon his return to Paris
bom London. While at the Rritisn
i apital he interviewed Viscount j
T'oel. under secretary of war, who |
fold him it was impossible for the I
British to retain troops in Armenia
unless the United States should give J
assurances she would send troops
to relieve them within two or three j
months.
Mr. Arnold, who left Constanti- |
nople three weeks ago. says it is im
perative that Turkey, both Euro
pean and Asiatic, should lie policed
by foreign troops, preferably Amer- '
jean, before any actual partition of
the country takes place. He says if j
this is not done there will be whole
sale massacres.
City Withdraws a
Siding Pretest
The City of Philadelphia to-day •
withdrew before Chairman Ainey, of
the rubllc Service Commission, pro
test against the construction of a j
siding at Fifteenth street and Wash- I
ington avenue, in Philadelphia, which j
is planned to reach the Marine corps
store buildings An agreement was
reached whereby when tracks are ele
vated that the siding shall be re
moved.
Complaint was filed before the Com
mission by the Pittsburgh Taxlcab
Company against Jitney operators
running without certificates. It Is
charged that men are operating such j
cars from garages. ]
The Shamokin and Mt. Carmel
Transit Company to-day filed notice i
with the Commission that the rate I
of fare on the Locust Gap division ;
is to be advanced from 5 cents to 7
cents and on the Shamokin and Ash- j
land divisions from 6 cents 7 cents, 1
effective September 26. Another in
crease announced was by the Du
quesne Inclined Plane Company, of
Pittsburgh, which advanced single
tickets from 5 to 10 cents. The Tay
lorstown Natural Gas Company ad- ;
vaneed its rates for work at wells.
Adjutant Frank D. Beary is in
Washington on National Guard mat
ters and will meet with Governor
Sproul to-morrow at the capital.
The State fire detection bureau has ;
received word of conviction of four;
MeSherrystown boys charged with
arson. • "inspector J. H. McFarland :
worked up the case which involved a
barn fire at Hanover.
APPEALS TO RAILROADERS
lly Associated Press.
Spokane. Washington, Aug. 28. '
An appeal to railway employes of
the United States to "use their pow
erful influences so as to prevent an i
international struggle of disastrous |
consequences to both countries." j
was received here to-day at the of
fices of J. G. Luhrsen, president of i
the American Train Dispatchers' J
Association, from officials of the ;
Mexican Railway Employes' Asso- j
eiation. It was requested that the j
message he transmitted to all asso- ;
riations of railway employes in the
United States.
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KIPONA WILL BRING
MANY REAL THRILLS
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ers will plunge from the topmost
girder of the Walnut street bridge
into the Susquehanna during the
Kipona celebration.
The first dive will be taken by
Private Russell Myers, of the staff
of Base Hospital No. 31. Carlisle, the
second by Private Victor Webb, of
the local recruiting force and the
final plunge by William J. Cham
bers, 1011 Market street, who re
cently came heie from Philadelphia
where he won several cups for high
and fancy diving.
The Admiral's Staff
Uniforms were planned to-day for
members of Admiral J. Wiiliam
Bowman's staff, which will board
the flagship Kipona during Harris
hurg's big river celebration next
Monday. The ceremony of the ad
miral and his staff going aboard
ship will be one of the features of
the evening celebration.
Admiral Bowman has named the
following s'aff: E. J Staclcpole.
vice admiral: George S. Reinoelil,
Gus M. Steinmetz, L. S. Neefe, A. J.
Simms, Anton Benson, C. W. Wolf.
Thomas Kelker. J. Cox Thompson.
L. L. Ferree, Dr. Hugh Hamilton.
Colonel J. B. Kemper. Major F. C.
Mahin. Lieutenant R. C. Jacobs. C.
R. Bccklev. V. Hummel Berghaus
and George W. Rogar.
Lighting Scheme
Work on placing the lights that
will illuminate the river during Ki
pona Monday was started under the
direction of J. Cox Thompson, of
the United Electric Company, to
to-dav.
The lighting scheme included
eleven 2 4,000 oandlepower flood
lights which will lie placed on poles
through the courtesy of General
Manager G. W. Palmer, of the Har
risburg Light and Power Company.
These powerful lights will illumi
nate the floats in the big historical
pa gant.
The under water lights which
were such a big feature of the 1916
celebration, will be placed to-mor
row. This feature was originated
by Mr. Thompson, and is said by
electrical engineers to be the only
scheme of under water lighting that
has ever proved practical.
Ofliclals Named
Officials to handle the big program
of aquatic events that will feature
the afternoon Kipona celebration
next Monday, have been announced
by the executive committee of the
Greater Harrisburg Navy, under
whose auspices Kipona will be held.
The afternoon program starts at
1.30 o'clock sharp, and contestants
RAILROADMEN
BOOST LEGION
Pennsylvania Employes to
Meet Next Week For
Organization
Posts of the American Legion will
he formed here, and at other points, j
to be composed entirely of employes
' of the Pennsylvania Raiifoad Com- j
[ pany. Altoona already has an or- I
' ganization.
' Some time ago the executive com- |
j mittee of the American Lesion, ap- ,
! proached the railroad management j
with the suggestion that an Amer-
I ican Lesion Post be formed among
the employes of the railroad com
pany, who served in the armed
forces of the t'nited States during j
the great war.
This suggestion has been adopted
! and posts are now being formed at
the different points along the sys- ;
tern. A number of employes met !
here recently and application for
charter for a post has been made.
Plans are now under way for a
large meeting to be held next week
at the P. R. R. V. M. C. A.. Haris
burg, for the purpose of enrollment
of members.
Those Kligible
All persons who were employes of
the Pennsylvania P,ailroad Company
at the time of their enlistment, or i
! are now in the employ, and served
in the Army. Navy, or Marine Corps
I between April 6, 1917 and Novem
ber 11, 191S, are eligible.
This matter had its inception
1 with the executive officers of the 1
American Legion, and. therefore, is
not in competition with any other 1
! posts at points where they may
' exist. I
i
are urged to be on hand promptly. |
| The officials include:
Referee—Ray E. Stewart.
Judges—George W. P.einoehl, Gus
M. Steinmetz, L. P. Neefo, A. J.
Simms. A. Reeder Ferriday, George
W. Reily, E. S. Herman. E. J.
j Staekpole, Orville Hickok, 3d: R. A. '
. Reeves, Frank Gregory, A. S. Pat- J
i terson. George W. Bogar. C. W.
I Wolf. George K. Reist, A. P. Dinta-
I man, A. D. Bacon, the Rev. S. W.
I Herman. Francis J. Hall, D. E. \
Tracy, W. P. Starkey, W. T. Hildrup.
; Jr., E. C. Ranch. Clarence S. Shenk '
Charles W. Tittle. C. H. Jackson.
Timers — Roy D. Beeman, C. S. '
Davis, A. E. Brown, H. W. Stone. E.
! Z. Gross, William E. Bailey, Ray- ;
I mond Suydam. John S. Musser.
Starter"—J. K. Staples.
Announcers —E. A. Doepke, R. E.
Cahill, V. Hummel Brackenridge,
j Charles F. Schmidt.
Clerk of course— V. Grant Forrer. j
I Assistant clerks of course—F. M. '
' Kelker, Ira Kindler, R. Michener, |
1 W. P.. Lutz.
j Marshal —E. C. Ensminger.
Assistant marshals—W. C. Fisher, |
C. Lenten. David G. Bowman.
Official measurers—J. K. Shope !
and L. G. Baltimore.
Inspectors—J. H. Dutch. Robert j
I Jacobs, Raymond Scherick, Charles
I C. Stewart.
Official —Ralph Schraed
ley, Wellington G. Jones, Ross Hoff- !
man, Douglass M. Royal, A. S. Ham- !
mond, Charles G. Miller.
REVOLT FLARES VP AGAIN j
By Associated Press.
San Salvador, Wednesday. Aug.
27. —Although recent advices from j
official sources in Honduras report- ;
ed that the revolution had been put j
i down, a dispatch received to-day I
! from Honduran revolutionary i
i sources claims the reoccupation of I
ILa Esperanza, capital of Intihuea j
: department, by the revolutionists.
The government forces were routed I
in Trinidad, the dispatch adds. The
revolutionists also captured Santa
Barbara. Rebel forces under Gen
eral Cardona captured Caridad
HAHR.ISBTXRG TELEGRAPH
FLIER FEARED I
LOST IN LAKES
IS DISCOVERED
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Engine (locs Bad, Forcing aI
Landing in Michigan; Must
Finish Race Tonight
Ft. Associat' <1 Press.
Mount Clemens, Mich., Aug. 2S. -
! Lieutenant H. E. Sinter and Ser
! geant Strickland, believed to have
been lost in I.ake Ontario during
their flight yesterday from Buffalo
.to Toronto. in the internationa' 1
i aerial derby, are safe at Selfridge
field here. Lieutenant Thomas Gii',
commandant, announced to-da>.
Slater's mac hine developed engine :
I trouble, causing him to head for hio
! home field instead of continuing the
flight to Toronto. Slater wa3 m 1
wireless communication with Sel
ridge field throughout his llight aft
er leaving Buffalo, it was said.
Compelled to land shbrtly aftc
leaving Buffalo, the aviators made
temporary repairs to their motor.
They reached Selfridge field late in
the day.
Mill cola. Aug. 28.—Lieutenant F.
T. Honsigner, who became lost i i ;
the dark on his flight from Albanv j
and landed at Karmingdale, X. V.,
last night .arrived here at B.IS a. ;
m. to-day. He was the twelfth i
Mineola contestant to finish the j
' round trip in the International race. I
i Seven Toronto contestants have I
I completed the journey to Mineola
and return,
i All contestants for the SIO,OOO I
I prizes must finish at Mineola or '
I Toronto by midnight.
Lieutenant H. H. George left hero !
for Toronto on the return trip at
8.87 o'clock.
Lieutenant Colonel • Harold E. i
Hartney, who completed the round j
trip last night, announced to-day!
| that he would re-enter the race and i
j make another flight with a passen
ger.
Binglianiton, X. Y„ Aug. 28. —The !
! mystery of the international derby j
j airplane reported to have been
wrecked Monday has been cleared
by news received here to-day from j
Windsor, X. Y. Captain J. M. I
Footo. F. S. A., bearer of the lelltr j
from President Wilson to the Prin-ol
of Wales, was blown out of his ;
j course after leaving Albany on Mon
! day and landed near Windsor. lie
, then found that a thrust bearing in
■ his motor was so badly burned thai j
: further progress was impossible. He
! mailed the President's letter to the
! Prince at Windsor and dismantled
j this plane, shipping it back to
i Mineola last evening. He left foi
j Xew York.
Appeal oi Accused
Missionary Granted
Seoul, Korea, Tuesday. Aug. 26.
• The appeal of the Kev. Eli Miiler
! Mowry, of Mansfield, Ohio, a Pres
; byterian missionary, who was con
i victed last April of sheltering
i Korean agitators during the rcvoit
j in this country, has been granted
jby the Supreme Court. The court
I quashed the original judgment in
; the case and remanded the mis
j sionary for a new trial before the
| Court of Appeals.
Upon his conviction last April,
! the Rev. Mr. Mowry was sentenced
to six months' imprisonment at hard
i labor. This dec sion was appealed
by him to the appeal court, which
sentenced hiin to serve four months
in prison, but suspended judgment
for two yearf
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