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LXXXVIII— NO. 56 24 PAGES Dft,^ a ?te c rTt ?h U e n<l p a o y ß t W''BJSKf 1 — HARRISBURG. PA FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1919. .V'SiSSM*" WSf HOME EDITION
BURNED BODIES
OF RAILROAD MEN
ARE RECOVERED
Three Victims of the Double
Freight Wreck Incinerated
in Flames
ESTIMATE LOSS AT $200,000
Probe Into Cause of Catastro
phe Gotten Under Way
by Officials
FLORA IS BADLY HURT
Danger Signal Not Seen by
Engineman Blinded by
Searchlight
PENNSY TRACKS
ARE BLOCKED BY
ANOTHER WRECK
Fifteen freight cars were in
volved in a freight wreck near
t'oatesvillc this morning when a
journal 011 one of the ears was
broken. All four tracks were
completely blocked. No persons
were Injured.
The train, an castbound one,
left Ilarrisburg last night, in
charge of a local crew. When
the smashup came, wreck crews
from tills city. Columbia, Phila
delphia and other sections in the
territory were sent to the scene.
All tracks were blocked until
alHiut 1) o'clock tills morning.
Passenger ami fast freight trains,
however, were run to their des
tinations by tlie several cutoffs
around Coatesvillc.
Only a few indistinguishable por
tions were found of the bodies of
William Gingrich, Ilarrisburg, nnd S.
B. Donache and Clyde Campbell,
Enola, three of the four men who
were killed in the triple freight
wreck at Heaton 011 the Trenton cut- ■
off of the Pennsylvania railroad early
yesterday morning, when the wreck
age was cleared away.
The body of A. TNWa'.trnan, the
Enola brakeman, the'fiiiirth man
killed, was recovered Hfefore the
tlames reached it. The other three
were crushed to death when the
crash came and the bodies almost
completely inctnarated.
Joint Hearing
At a joint hearing in the local
passenger station to-day John I*.
Dolioney, investigator of accidents
lor the Public Service Commission,
and officials of the Pennsylvania
passenger station sought to fix the
blame for the wreck.
Kemaining members of the crews
who were able to be out of the hos
pital were called to testify. Accord
ing to authoritative information re
ceived late in the afternoon, it was
learned that Engineer Gaeckler tes
tified that he could not see the train
ahead of him because of being
blinded by the headlight of a west
bound train.
Flagman Blamed
The flagman of the train which 1
had stopped for water testified that
he had gone back the distance of
twenty-five or thirty car lengths. lie
admitted, however, that he had not
set up a fusee or had set caps.
His testimony is said to have been
refuted by other witnesses. It was
charged, it was learned after the
hearing, that the flagman had not
gone back more than ten or fifteen
ear lepgths.
The condition of William W. F.'oia,
the Enola conductor who narrowly
escaped death, is reported as serious
from the Abington Ho-ji'val, In which
he is now located. In addition to the
fractures of bot'i legs and 0110 arm,
he is suffering with I.urns rbont the
face, head and body D. H. Miller,
the Enola flagman of the second
train, in addition to Ms fractured leg,
has severe burns, internal injuries
a.rd cuts, but will live.
Rumor Disproved
Several rumors have been current
that a fifth man was missing. Offi
cials at the local offices of the Phila
delphia division, however, absolutely
deny any truth to such reports.
The causes of the wreck have not
been officially declared and probably
will not be until after an inquiry is
held. Investigations have already
been started by Coroner William
Neville, of Montgomery countv. the
Pennsylvania railroad, the Public
Service Commission and the Inter
state Commission.
According to A. E. Gaeckler, 2467
Reel street, engineer of the train
which ran into the first freight train,
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DANIELS SEES PROSPERITY
Washington, March 7.—Postmas
ter General Burleson to-day declar
ed that increasing postal revenues,
'one of the most accurate barome
ters of present business conditions,"
forecast a period of pronounced in
dustrial prosperity.
theweatheS
For Hnrrlahurft nnd vlelnitri
Partly cloudy to-night and Sat
urday! not much change In
temperature, lowest to-night
about SO degrcea.
For Eastern Pennsylvania! Part
ly eloudy to-night and Satur
day! not much change In tem
perature) gentle to moderate
coat vrlads.
Ilvr
The Suaquehnnna river and all Ita
hranchea will fall slowly or re
main nearly atatlonary, except
the lower portion of the North
Branch, will rtae allghtly thla
afternoon and to-night. A atage
•f about 5.8 feet la Indicated for
Harrlaburg Saturday morning.
There's No Telling How Far-Reaching the Effects of
This War Are Going to Be
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THIEVES EASILY
DISPOSE OF LOOT
POLICECHARGE
Many Fences Make It Easy
For Petty Thieves to
'Work
Police authorities have begun
measures which they hope will
break up petty larceny in the city
by eradicating means of disposing of
stolen goods.
The theft of merchandise from
stores and business houses is on the
increase, police believe, because
thieves have ready means to dispose
of their loot. A number of second
hand clothing and junk dealers are
said by police to be lax, in making
Inquiries as to the origin of the
goods which they purchase from dis
reputable looking characters.
Alderman DeShong, officiating at
police court during Mayor Keister's
absence from the city, has started
the crusado against "fences" for
stolen goods. D. Cooper was repri
manded in police court yesterday
for having bought from Charles
White, Clarence Jones and Clarence
Smith, 300 pounds of brass stolen
from Abrams' junk shop in North
Seventh street. At yesterday's ses
sion, Alderman DeShong charged
that Cooper should have been ar
raigned for receiving stolen goods.
The first active step against the
alleged traffic was taken to-day
when information was brought
against Ourtiss Fry, who conducts
a second-hand store near Cumber-
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More Than 3,000 Children
Enrolled to Fight Disease
More than 3,000 children 4n Steel
ton. Hershey, Hummelstown. Paxtang,
Dauphin, Halifax and Royalton have
been enrolled by the Anti-Tuberculo
sis Society, of Harrisburg and vicin
ity, In the Modern Health Crusade
Movement, according' to tho report
for the period beginning February 1
and ending March 6. made by Ri'ch
ardctta Gibson, executive secretary,
to-day. .
The work is largely contlned to the
grammar and primary grades, but
three of these towns have carried the
movement into their high schools.
Sixty manuals, 6,028 chore cards for
the students to record their dailv
health habits: 3,014 certificates, fl'o
Knighthood charts, and 260 question
charts were given to the teachers to
carry on the movement.
Thirty health talks were given In
the public schools. 78 anti-spitting
cards were distributed in public
places. Of. "Common Sense in Health"
pamphlets were distributed to teach
ers and parents, and 109 names of men
rejected by the draft boards because
of tuberculsosis, were sent to the
State Dispensary for investigation, i
MUST BE NO HASTE
FORMING LEAGUE
By Associated Press.
Boston, March 7. —The position
of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge on
the proposed League of Nations
and its constitution was outlined
in a signed statement made pub
lic here to-day.
"My desire," Senator I.odge
i said, "is simply to have the con
stitution for a League, proposed
by the commission of the Peace
Conference, thoroughly and care
fully discussed and considered.
If it will not bear discussion, it
is not fit for adoption. If it is
what it ought to be, discussion
will only strengthen it. There
must be no haste and no rash
ness in determining the most mo
mentous question ever presented,
to the people of the United States
or to the world,"
NEW MINISTER
TO PREACH AT
WESTMINSTER
Rev. Henry W. Miller Arrives
at Parsonage From Balti
more Charge
Announcement was made to-day
that the Rev. Ilenry W. Miller, re
cently elected pastor of Westminster
Presbyterian Church, has arrived in
Harrisburg with his family and will
preach his first sermon Sunday. Mr.
Miller succeeded the late Rev. Ed
win E. Curtis, who died of influenza
last fall.
Rev. Mr. Miller comes here from
the Light Street Presbyterian Church
of Baltimore, and was accounted one
of Maryland's popular ministers. lie
is a graduate of Franklin and Mar
shall College and of Princeton Semi
nary. During his college days he
was prominent as a football star
and also held the record for the
high jump.
Subjects for the first sermon Mr.
Miller will preach to-day were an
nounced for' the morning service,
"The Nature and Mission of the
Church," for the evening, "The One
Foundation."
Mr. and Mrs. Miller are making
their home at the parsonage with
their two children. The Carlisle
Presbytery will install the new pas
tor the Beeond week of April dur
ing its session in Steelton.
LAST MALE OF
! HARRIS FAMILY
DIES ATB4 YEARS
Philip S. Harris Was Direct
Descendant of City's
Founder
i t\ ord was received here to-day of the
death at White Bear Lake, Minn., of
; rhilip S. Harris, the last male descend
ant of John Harris, the founder of Ilar
risburg. Mr. Harris was a brother of
Miss Sallie Harris, 117 South Front
street, and a direct descendant of tlio
first John Harris who emigrated from
1 orkshire to Philadelphia soon 'after
William Penn had established himsmclf
on the banks of the Susquehanna where
this city now stands just 200 years ago.
Mr. Harris, who spent his younger
days in this city, was eighty-four years
old. He had been a resident of St. Paul
for many years and was prominently
connected with one of the northwestern
railroads. In addition to Aliss Hrfrris
lie Is survived by his widow, who for
merly resided in Philadelphia, and by a
sister, Mrs. Charles Wilson, of Phila
delphia.
On liis mother's side Mr. Harris ivas
descended from Bishop Latimer. ■ the
English churchman, who was burned at
tlie stake near Baliol College, Oxford, in
the reign of Queen Hary.
COLORED HEROES, HOME
PROM FRONT, WELCOMED
Men Who Saw Much Service Overseas Get Warm Greeting
From Home Folks; Mothers and Sweethearts Almost
Sweep Yanks Off Their Feet
Harrisburg had its first chance
last night to welcome home a unit
of its fighting forces and right royal
ly did the city turn out to greet the
dusky warriors who went out a year
and more ago when Uncle Sam was
calling for men to defend the flag.
While the whole city Joined In
greeting the returned soldiers with
the steel helmets and battle line
accoutrements It really was the day
of the colored resident. And well
did the colored man, woman and
child cheer th e members of their
race who left their homes, trained
hard and long and finally took the
field in France to join the great num
ber of negroes who helped strike
terror Into the hearts of the enemy
of their nation.
Walt for Hours
An hour before the colored boys
leached the Pennsylvania Station a
great throng had gathered there to,
AUG. WILDMAN,
CONTRACTOR AND
BUILDER, DIES
Long Prominent in Business
and Political Circles of
the City
TWICE IN LEGISLATURE
Served in Both Branches of
the Old Dual Munici
pal Council
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AUGUSTUS WILDMAN
Augustus Wltdman, prominent city
contractor, former member of the
Legislature, former councilman and
one of the best known citizens of
Ilarrisburg, died at noon to-day
from pneumonia following a week's
illness. He resided at 2206 North
Third street.
Air. Wildman was the best known
builder in the ctty. tie built many
of the most prominent structures
and homes in Harrisburg, including
tlie Masonic Temple and other
buildings. He finished the addition to
the Post Office building here and at
tlie time of his death was engaged
011 the construction of the Thomas
A. Edison Junior High.school build
ing. He also built the Donaldson
apartment building. Much of the
credit lor building up the Tenth
ward was his.
Born in Germany in 18J6, Mr.
Wildman was brought to this coun
try when six years old. He was edu
cated in the public schools. In 1885
he moved froni Gettysburg to Ilar
risburg. While in this city lie learn
ed the barber trade, and 111 189.1
engaged in the contracting and
building business which- he follow
ed successfully until tlie time of his
death. He served us a member of
tlie Common Council from 1904-06
and 1908-10. 'He was also a mem
ber of the Select Council from 1910-
U, resigning from this position to
take his seat in tlie House of Rep
resentatives in 1912. He was re
elected to the House in November,
1914, and served on a nuirtber of Im
portant committees. While In Jhe
Legislature he was given charge of
'considerable third class city legisla
tion. Chief among these was a bill
for home rule in third class cities,
giving to these cities a greater pleas
ure of authority, which he spon
sored in a. speech in which he pre
dicted greater power of government
for these cities.
AH. Wildman played a prominent
part in city politics for many years,
fie was ex-president of the West
End Republican Club anl also a
member of the Harrisburg Republican
Club. He also held the position of
treasurer of the Harrisburg Vet
eran Volunteer Firemen's Associa
tion and was ex-president of tlie
Camp Curtin Fire Company.
Surviving htm are his wife, three
sons, Augustus, Jr., Lee and'Dewey,
and a daughter. Marguerite. Funeral
arrangements have not yet been
made.
FORMER EMPEROR KARL
TO LIVE ALONG DANUBE
By .Associated Pres..
Basic, March 7.—Colonel Summer
hayes has left Vienna for Switzer
land with a son of former Emperor
Charles, who Is ill, according to dis
patches received here. It is said
that the former EmperotMs expected
to take up liis residence soon at Per
senberg Castle, on the Danube, his
birthplace.
greet them. Almost overwhelmed by
the crowd were the rfiothers, wives
and sweethearts who were anxiously
waiting a chance to pick out their
kin from the ranks of the homecom
era.
"There they are" was the cry tha'.
brought the crowd from side to sidg
when the train from Baltimore finally
pulled into the station. And then it
was discovered that thq, plaza about
the rear of the station where the
soldiers lined up wag" much to sm<ll
to accommodate even a small part
of the hundreds who wanted to grab
the dusky doughboys and sometime
artillerymen to their hearts.
Streets are Crowded
Only ono thing marred the welcome
and that was the lack of arrange
ments to keer. the streets clear when
the lin e moved out Market street.
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GERMANY DECLINES TO GIVE UP
SHIPS UNLESS FOOD SUPPLY IS
ASSURED BY ENTENTE NATIONS
Conference at Spa
Comes to an End
Suddenly Today
HUNS ASK FOR
GREAT SUPPLY
By Associated Press
LONDON, March 7.—The ne
gotiations at Spu relating to the
shipping question have liecn
temporarily broken off, accord
ing to n German wireless mes
sage reccvied here to-day. The
Allies, the message says, do
muiulcd that all the remain
ing German merchant ships
lie handed over unconditionally,
without being willing to under
take the obligation of supply
ing Germany with foodstuffs.
The German delegates, it Is add
ed, received instructions front
their government that the ques
tion of shipping, finance and
food supply must bo flealt with
* only as a whole. The German
message continues:
"The quctiou of handing over
the inert liantllo fleet can only
arise if adequutc food supplies,
say 2,500,000 tons of foodstuffs,
are assured Germany until the
new harvest. The entente could
not agree to this.
"As the instructions of both
sides did not go beyond this, a
French delegate proposed that
negotiations lie broken off,
whereupon the two special dele
gates left Spa."
When the allied commission went
to Spa it. was believed that the re
lease of the ships was merely a ques
tion of days. It was proposed to
the Germans that in return for the
use of the ships, a rental be paid,
this to be entered to their credit
against their food account.
The Germans, -however, replied
that tills would be inadequate and
thut there must be a guarantee of a
steady, uninterrupted supply of food.
No country was in a position to sup
ply tills food under the German con
ditions, so the question of credit re-
I mains unsettled.
Berlin, March 7.—A Danzig dis
patch reports the arrival there of
the first food ship since the raising
of the Baltic blockade. It carries a
cargo of vegetables from Holland,
consigned to Danzig by Dutch mer
chants.
The dispatch states that the Amer
ican food commission at Danzig has
recommended to the Entente Pow
ers that permission be granted for
the importation of Danish and Nor
wegian herring on account of the
precarious food situation in Ger
many.
I The American commission is re
ported to have allowed the city of
Danzig live hundred tons of lard
and bacon in acknowledgement of the
services rendered by German au
thorities in the transmission of food
consignments to Poland.
Berlin, March 7. "The present
unrest, terror and crime are diseases
of the social body which it is unable
to resist because it has become
weakened through privation and loss
of blood," says the North German
Gazette. "The German people can
recuperate only when it receives its
raw products that will permit it to
work, and food in order that it may
live.
Blames Conditions on Foe
"Our enemies are denying us both.
Their attitude is the real cause of
the present crisis apd the prevalent
criminal activity. In view of these
events, they should realize it is con
trary to the international law of hu
manity to permit a fallen foe to lie
helpless on the ground They should
not overlook the fact that the suc
cessive weakening of Germany also
reduces its resisting powers against
Bolshevism and that it is a danger
ous thing to be a neighbor to a
house in which the plague is rag
i ing."
| The governing board of the So
j eiety of Physicians and Surgeons has
, sharply condemned the strike in
Germany on the ground that it is
gravely jeopardizing public health
through the stoppage of all trans
portation and telephone service, as
! well as public utilities. Sanitary
i crews engaged in 'checking the spot
ted and typhus fevers declares they
are unable to do their work because
of the strike.
Rail Men Stay at Work
The Vorwaerts, the Socialist organ,
reports that railway employes refuse
to walk out, declaring t.ie strike
wholly the work of "irresponsible
political wirepullers" and that inter
ruption of steam traffic would fur
ther aggravate prevailing economic
conditions. The clerical und station
forces in the Berlin district have an
nounced that they are Stan ling back
of the present government.
Big Realty Transfer at
Sixth and Verbeke Sts., 1
May Forecast Building
Sale of the properties at the north
-1 east corner of Sixth and Verbeke
streets, taking in the larger part of
the block from Sixth to Mayflower,
and Verbeke to Sayford streets, to
Eli Goldstein, has been announced
jby S. A. Green, the owner of the
properties. Mr. Greene recently pur
chased the buildings through the
Commonwealth Trust Company act
ing for Elizabeth, George B. and
Elizabeth Scott Kunkle. No con
sideration has been announced,
it Is said that Mr. Goldstein, who
controls stores In this city, Lebunon,
Sunbury and Berwick, may erect a
department store on the corner, and
storerooms In North Sixth street,
with the upper floors of the new
buildings constructed for apartment
purposes, ,
GERMANS DESIRE
FOOD IN RETURN
FOR THEIR SHIPS
By .Associated Press.
PARIS, March 7.—Germany
lias refused the proposition for
the use of her merchant ships by
the Allies, made to licr delegates
at Spa, the armistice commission's
headquarters.
The countorproposltioi! Is made
by the Germans that they will re
lease the German shipping de
sired In return for a definite as
surance that enough focal will lie
sent into Germany to enable the
government to withstand the Bol
shevik movement.
ARMY AND NAVAL
EXPERTS CANNOT
AGREE ON PEACE
British and French Premiers
Meet With Wilson's Dele
gate to Adjust Question
By .Associated Press.
Paris, March 7.—Premier Lloyd
George, Premier Clemenceau and
Colonel E. M. House conferred for
an hour before the meeting of the
Supreme Council to-day in an effort
to try to iron out the differences of
the three nations over the military,
naval and economic questions con
nected with the preliminary peace
terms.
Army and Navy experts of the
I several countries, it is said, have
been unable to agree on the terms.
Persian Envoy Dines Lansings
Mirza Ali-Kuli Khan, Persian
J Charge d'Affaires at Washington,
gave a dinner last evening- in honor
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Berlin dispatch to the Mail," sent from there Wednesday J
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4mar, t end to-day. 5
X BERLIN CUT OFF BY SPARTACANS J
jr Copenhagen—police headquarters .in Berlin, whicl ,*!
4* has been besieged by the Spartacans fdr two days, was ,4
>3* cut off from all communicattons with other government 'J
<|* forces "in the German capital late Thursday when the 3
jp Spart cans the telephone vires, arc- ? ling a Vk- '3
fgrar Light pcrs-ni were ilc.i 3
b'er • f gln'r;; there Thursday. 4
f IST ONLY FOUR UIU-.'S 3
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X STRAUSS TO RETURN TO ENGLAND 3
X Washington—Rear-Admiral Joseph Strauss will 3
yso n return. : England to co-operate with the British na <*
'"' r f removing the North Sea barrage.' 3
j ;KS V ILL PAY LAST PENNY OF DEBT .4
4 Coblcnz—All indebtedness contracted by Americans : |
1 within the cceupied territories of Germany will he paid 3
' immediate!'j o that *."hen the Americans evrnjualh '£■
start homeward not one penny will be owing to civilians 3
, MONTENEGRO COMMISSION ON WAY 3
' t>. p commission sent by the American ftp
MARRIAGE LICENSES M nto J
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V li.Hl rf. 'J**" Buobnr, Allc K hen>. nnd l.urutln Munmok, WIS- A
IT* L I I" EmmijgfP antl niormri' n. Mffhtnor, Writ "T
5 J*. ?' P"J ,d "• J"cobi. llnrrlNhunt, nnd Idn L. Sunrnr, Sieel
..." Wllllnmntow n, and Kvn \. Hunter, WlesnUcOi *L
I erry J. boy, Che, tor, nnd .llle M. FoMer, Hnrrlitbcrft.
Rapidly Nearing
Crisis, Says
Lansdowne
PARMOOR SEES
WIDE DISASTER
By Associated Press
London, March 7.—Discussing tht
food situalion in Central Europe ill
the House of Lords to-day Marquis
Lansdowne asked how long the pro
cess of "turning the screw" was to
continue. lie said he regarded the
position of Central Europe "with dis
may." "We seem to be rapidly ap
proaching a catastroplis which may
prove "the most disastrous in the his
tory of the world," he declared.
"If the blockade is not relaxed."
said Baron Parmour, "famine -will
seize the peoples of Central Europe,
and that would be the most fearful
crime in history.
The Earl of Crawford, chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster, reply
ing for the government, said thgt
the problem is in the hands of the
supreme economic council at Paris,
which has taken steps to send food
to Germany.
"The tonnage demanded from Ger
many by the Allies has not been
forthcoming, however," he said,
"and this is significant."
He made no attempt to explain,
the failure of Germany to turn over
the ships asked for, but said he hop
ed that "within a few weeks meas
ures will be taken to stave off the
impending disaster."
RECALLS EARLY TRAGEDY
Richmond, Mo., March 7. —Horace
G. Devlin, died in St. Joseph. Ha
was one of the first engineers on tha
old railway which is now the St. Jo
seph branch of the Santa Fe.
Devlin died a bachelor. It is said
ho never married because his fiance,
forty years ago, was run over and
killed by his train on the Pattsburs
bridge, her severed head falling
j through the trestle to the ravine be<
How before Devlin's eyes.