davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
Scientist Says He Has
Perfect Underground Phone
Special to the Telegraph

San Francisco, Cal, July Is. = DR..
II. B. Barringer Cox announced here
that he had perfected a subterranean
wireless telephone and that, incident
ally, he had discovered a new law of
physics, namely, that electrical energy
can be transmitted over a single CON
ductor.
For the last five months DR.. Cox has
been working at Los Olives, Cal, with
the United States forest service in an
effort to perfect a system of wireless
signals for forest fires. 1t was while
so engaged, he said, that he discovered
the possibilities of transmitting the
human voice through the ground. He
will leave in few days for Wash
ington.
The equipment consists of an
ordinary telephone transmItter con-
nected with a battery and a special
instrument, which is DR.. Cox's secret,
and then with ground wire. At the
receiving station, Eve or fifty miles
away, is a similar equipment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
Try Magnesia For
Stomach Trouble
1t Neutralizes Stomach AcIdity.
vents Food Fermentation


Doubtless, if you are a sufferer from
indigestion, you have already tried pep
sin, bismuth, soda charcoal, drugs and
various digestive aids and you know
these things will not cure your trouble
in some cases do not even give re-
lief.
But before giving up hope and de-
Gliding you are a chronic dyspeptic just
try the effect of little magnesia-not
the ordinary carbonate, citrate, oxide
or milk but the pure bIsurated mag
nesia which you can obtain from prac-
tically any druggist in either powdered
or tablet form. Take a teaspoonful of
the. powder or two compressed tablets
with little water after your next meal
and see what q difference this makes
1t will instantly neutralize the danger
Gus, harmful acid in your stomach
which now causes your food to ferment
and sour, making gas, wind, fiatulence.
heartburn and the bloated or heavy
lumpy feeling that seems to follow
most everything you eat.
You will find that, provided you take
a little bisurated magnesia Immediate
ly after a meal, you can eat almost
anything and enjoy it without any dan
ger of pain or discomfort to follow and
moreover the continued use of the
bisurated magnesia cannot injure
the stomach in any way so long as there
are any symptoms of acid indigestion.
advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
CITY EMPLOYEES
CASE COMING UP
Important Compensation Mat
ter Will Be Heard in Phil
adelphia Tomorrow

Every city employe in the State of
Pennsylvania is vitality affected by an
appeal to be heard by the Workmen' s
Compensation Board at Philadelphia
tomorrow. The appeal. which has
been taken by the city of Reading
from a decision of Referee Houck, of
the second district, sets forth that the
act is unconstitutional.
in that it deprives municipalities of the
right to an election of trial by jury,
guaranteed by the constitution.
The case arose over an injury to
Daniel ]. Smith February 4, 1916,
while acting as a patrolman for the
city of Reading. He slipped and fell
on the sidewalk, and lesion of the
heart led to gangrene. After an oper-
alton he died on May 81. Referee
Houck awarded compensation of $3.-
O9s.S5 to the decedent's wife and chill
dren From this decision the city ap-
pealed on the ground that such gov
ernmental agencies as municipalities
were entitled to trial by jury.
The decision in the first agricultural
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
WANTS SINGLE
MEN ON BORDER
Overworked Mail Clerk Would
Limit Number of Sweethearts
of Soldier Boys

P. S.-From what 1 observe by
the papers, you folks in Pennsyl-
vania are preparing to send 10000
more men down here. Dan. for
the love of Mike, tell them to pick
out the single men who have no
relatives. and if they MUST have
sweethearts, let the limit be ONE.
Don't under any circumstances let
them become possessed of any
more fountain pens.
That little postscript tackled onto a
letter to Daniel Barr. of the local Post
Office. from his chum, M. ]. Preston
president of Branch Ar. United Ma.
tional Association of Post Office Clerks,
in Ell Faso, Texas. deals with another
side of the unpleasantness with Mex
ico-as an overworked mail clerk finds
it. In addition to the regular mail
to the city of 10000 the post office has
to handle the mail for 80, 600 troops.
The letter was written under date
of July IA, some time before all the
pennsylvania troops had reached the
Border. At the time he was trying to
get the mail for the Seventh (Penn-
sylvania) Division ready for delivery.
Troop trains at the rate of four per
day unload their thousands of men,
dSCOTOlHB 10 MT. preston. Eli PaSO.
however. is pretty well accustomed to
the military scenes. "The boys are
arriving here in good shape" he
writes. "and they are fast getting ac-
customed to tho ways and the climate.
They could not have found a more
disagreeable or more healthy place to
put them. Hot days, cold nights.
cactus, sand, thorns, mesquit sage
brush, sand feas, rattlesnakes, horn
toads-they're all here with Similar
nice little things that go with our
West Texas country.
Nothing doing so far as Mexico is
concerned. We've seen so much scrap-
ping and killing, or rather SO much
of 1t has been going on along the Bor-
der, that we are used to it. You could
not land bet OF ten to one that there
will be a war. We've had a pretty fair
round of entertainment here for a wear
or more. What with Pancho Villa 8
raids close around town, the local Mex
leans and soldiers pulling off fights in
the streets. and the occasional tfffs
between the guardsmen and the regu-
lars, we manage to keep amused And
when all this mess gets mixed up with
a few COW punchers and some booze
it's real sweet place"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
Heed the Warning
If You Have a Cough 1!

The deep-seated cough that does not
yield to ordinary treatment may lead
to distressing pulmonary troubles.
Or it may bring on a chronic bron-
chial affection. Many persons now in
capacitated might have avoided such
disastrous results by timely care and
efficient medical treatment
Among the latter Eckman's Altera-
tive has an enviable record. 1t is a
lime-bearing preparation which is
easily assimilated in most instances.
Where used in connection with nour-
ishing food and proper living, it has
given widespread relief.
Its freedom from poisonous or
habit-forming drugs of any nature
whatsoever renders it safe to try. And
its content of calcium gives it tonic
value.
At your druggists.
Ecl1man Laboratory, Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
PAVING ORDINANCE PASSED

Penbrook, Pa, July Is. - At a spe-
cial session of borough council last
evening the ordinance providing for
the paving of part of Main street was
passed on second and third reading.
Clark Cowden borough engineer, was
instructed to make plans for the work,
which will be started in three weeks
The borough will raise money for its
share of the Improvement through a
bond issue and residents and the Har-
risburg Railways Company will pay
the remainder of the expense.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
COMPLETING SHOE FACTORY
Special to the TslsRTobh

Halifax Pa, July Is. - The new
shoe factory building being erected by
A. H. Prenzel and company at the
rear of the Prenzel lot on Third street,
is nearing completion and will soon be
ready for occupancy. Already some
of the machinery has been installed
and more will follow soon. The firm
will shortly begin turning out samples
of high grade children's shoes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
MRS. B. F. GARMAN DIES

Mechanicsburg, Pa, July Is. -
Mrs. Alice A. Garman, wife of Benja-
mir F. Garman, of Mechanicsburg,
Pa, died at the Harrisburg hospital
yesterday. Services will be held at
the home on Thursday morning at
9.30 o'clock and at Young's Church,
Perry county at 2 p. m. Services will
be conducted by the Rev. Mr. Garnes
of Trindle Spring Lutheran Church.
Two daughters. Mrs. z. c. Weirick and
Mrs. G. w. Lentz, of Enola; two step
daughters, Misses Mae and Jessie Gar
man of Mechanicsburg, survive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
WILL SELL RAILROAD

Sunbury, Pa, July IS. = Announce-
ment was made to-day that stock
holders of the Winfield and New Ber-
lin Railroad Company will sell the
property to the highest bidder. The
tracks follow a guley and thousands
of dollars have been lost due to wash
outs and heavy storms in recent years.
Shamokin capitalists own the prop
erty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
WILSON NOTIFICATION AUGUST 5

Washington, July IS, - August fifth
was tentatively fixed upon as the date
for the formal notification of the re-
nomination of President Wilson. at
conferences to-day between the
President, Vance C. Mccormick, chair
man of the Democratic National Com
nIittee, Postmaster General Burleson
and Secretary MeAdoo. The notifica-
ton ceremonies will be held in the
dents summer home in New Jersey.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
SHARKS KILL FISHING

Tampa, Fla, July IS. - The W. D.
Cash, schooner of the local fishing
fleet, returned to port to-day because
fishing, the captain said, is made i'm
possible for schools of huge sharks.
The sharks take fish that are hooked
before they can be brought into tho
boat.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
WILL APPEAL TO RULER

Washington, July IS. - Personal
letters probably will be sent by Presi-
dent Wilson to the King of England.
the President of France, the Emperor
of Germany and the Emperor of Rus
sia, urging them to allow food to be
sent from the United States to the
people of Poland. The Presi-
dent has asked the State Department
to advise him as to the most desirable
way to proceed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-18
ASK FOR BATTLEsHIP sooREs

washington, July IS. = Detailed
scores made by the Atlantic battleship
fleet in it's 1916 target and battle prac-
tice were asked of Secretary Daniels
to-day in a resolution by Senator
Lodge unanimously adopted by the
Sepate.
The secretary recently submitted
a general report on the fleet marks
manship which rated the ships as
excellent" good "unsatisfactory. ;"
etc, but gave no scores.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-31
BI ACK LIST
CONDEMNED.
NEUTRALITY FLEET TO
PROTECT DEUTSCHLAND

Washington. July 3o.--Notwith-
standing the decision of the State De-
partment that the United States can
not convoy the Deutschland to the
three mile limit when she makes her
dash. the Navy Department lie pre-
pared to give full protection to the
submarine.
1t developed tonight that the cruis-
er North Carolina and the destroyer
fleet sent outside the capes for ''neu-
trality duty" were given definite in
structions to guide their operations.
The captain of the North Carolina
has been instructed TO report his "ob-
servations." AS understood here these
instructions are designed to prevent
any firing by allied patrols on the
Deutschland within the three mile
limit. II the Deutschland is over
hauled by the British cruisers out
side American territorial waters and
within the range of observation OF
the neutrality patrol the American
commander will report for the infor-
nation of the government how the
Deutschland was treated.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-31
N|NETY-fIVE DEATHS
OF HEAT IN CHICAGO
Prostrations Estimated at 10000
Die I'm Milwaukee; o
In st. Louis.

Chicago. July 3o.-The death deal
ing heat wave sweeping the Middle
West reached It's climax today. In
Chicago the official weather bureau
thermometer reached the high mark
OF 1o2 degrees: at Clarendon Beach,
the most frequented OF the municipal
bathing beaches. the official high"
was 112.
One hundred and two deaths had
been reported to the coroners office
at 9 O'Clock This does not include
deaths OF sixty babies or deaths OF
persons attended by private physi-
clans.
Prostrations were only vaguely es-
timated One figure. based on incom-
plete police reports. placed the num-
Der at 1000.
Only once before In Chicago's his
tory has today's heat record been ex-
ceeded. That was on July 81, 1901.
when the Official temperature was 1903.
Chicago was not alone in its SUI
fering. Wisconsin reported twenty
seven deaths, OF which twenty-five
were in Milwaukee. Reports from
Illinois cities outside OF Chicago give
an estimated total of about forty
while in Indiana the State
totals amounted to nearly nifty.
st. Louis reported nine additional
deaths today. making fifteen since
Friday. In the past month the mer-
curry has dropped below the 30 mark
on only six days.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-31
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
SPREAD MORE RAPID

New York, July so.-The spread Of
the infantile paralysis epidemic to-
day was greater than any other pre-
's1ous Sunday.
The steady increase in Manhattan
IL being maintained. The number of
deaths today was but thirteen. which
shows "A decided decrease over Satur-
day. when fatalities reAched A.
The Health Department today re-
ported las new cases In Greater New
York, as against lis cases o nthe pre-
yious Sundays, The continued hot
weather during the past week Ia said
to have caused the great number of
cases.
The total number Of cases has now
reached 3.733. and there have been
sic deaths, Manhattan figures today
showed six fesg cases than on Eatur-
day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-31
.LEHIGH VALLEY LAYS
BLAME ON BARGE At
DOCK AGAINST ORDERS
Rail "ay Company Loses 13 Ware
hos, SIX Piers and IS Loaded
Cars.
FIR. BURNED FOR HOUR
BEFORE EXPLOSION CAME,
Forty Thousand Tons of Sugar,
Valued at S3,5OO,OOO, Known To BE
Lost-Explosivcs In Only Two De-
stroycd l.. v. Cars.

New York July 3o.--The Lehigh
Valley Railroad issued the following
statement:
Thirteen brick storage warehouses
out of the twenty-four owned and
operated by the Storage Company and
leased to the Lehigh Valley Railroad
were destroyed
Several others OF the brick ware
houses were badly damaged and some
minor damage was done to the Lehigh
Valleys grain elevator. In addition,
as far as is known, eightyfve loaded
cars were destroyed,
According to the evidence obtained
by officials of the railroad company,
the fire started at 1905 this morning in
a barge belonging to an Independent
towing company which had been
moored alongside the railroad COM
pany's docks expressly against orders.
First Explosion On Barge.
M. T. Henley, night general yard
master for the New York Division of
the Lehigh Valley, was on the pier
when the fire started. He SAYS the
explosion which occurred at 2:0S was
on the barge where the fire started.
Mr. Henley's first thought was TO
>
from the danger zone He says that
when he reached the end Of the pier
the barge was burning fiercely all over
and the fire was beginning to COM
municate itself to some other cars
nearest the barge.
TWO long cuts of eaEs-~were sue
cessfuly removed from the danger
zone before the rapidly spreading fire
engulfed TIE balance
$3.500.O00 In Sugar Lost
AS yet il has not been definitely
determined Just what the. money loss
will be. Some forty thousand tons OF
raw sugar aggregating in value s3.-
100000, is known TO be lost, but 1t Is
believed that the other contents of the
warehouses destroyed will greatly In
crease this amount .~
There were no explosives stored in
the warehouses, and In only two of the
cars destroyed. These were loaded
with shrapnel which would not have
been a source of danger but for the
outside fire
The scene Of the explosion and fire
Is in no way adjacent to the main
passenger and freight terminals of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad at either New
York or Jersey City and the mishap
will not interfere in any way with the
operation of business.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-31
STATEN ISLAND FOLKS
THOUGHTIT EARTHQUAKE

New York, July ao.--Panic and
damage to the extent of between $780,
GOO and $4,000 were Staten Islands
share of the explosion at Black Tom
The heaviest part of the blast and
recotl were felt on Staten Island
Buildings rocked and glass was
smashed on all sides. Panic resulted
in many sections. the frightened resi-
dends believing and earthquake hal
occurred
All day great piles of wreckage
passed down the bay. a sharp look
out was kept in the belief that bodies
of pen thrown into the water might
drift out TO sea. None had been found
at a late hour tonight
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-31
PTOMAINE POISONING
KILLS ]. T. COLEMAN

Lcnchnurg. Va. July SOL Tins
ley Coleman, aged Atty nine, died late
last night at hts summer home In
Bedford County. following an attack
OF ptonnaine poisoning two months
ago, His death had been expected
for several days. He was senior
mem ber of the Arm of Coleman. Eas-
lay and Coleman and was one OF the
leading lawyers OF Virginia.
He was division counsel for the
Southern Railway and legal advisor
OF the Lynchburg Traction and Light
Company. He was for "A considerable
time president of the Board OF At
dermen OF Lynchhurg.
His wife and the following children
survive: II. N. J. Tinsley. Jr.. R c..
NJ, l., and Paul Coleman and Misses
laura and Maury Coleman, Lynch
burg. Mrs Claude Smith. Newark,
n. j., and Mrs. Isaac r. Adams. City
Point,
Burial will be here Monday after
noon.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-31
IMMIGRANTS HURLED
FROM BEDS BY BLAST
200 From Ellis Island Hospital
Caught With Others In
Shrapncl Rain.

New York. July 3o.--Nowhere did
the great blast cause such a wild
panic as on ELLIS Island. where more
than TOO immigrants. 200 of them
patients in the islands hospitals,
we're hurled out Of their cots, falling
on top of each other. The shrieks
of women and children fairly rivaned
with the continuous boom Of bursting
shrapnel that followed the first big
explosion for six hours Scores of
immigrants were stricken unconscious
and some OF the hospital patients to-
night were reported to be In a pre-
carious condition.
The damage done on the island is
estimated at $4,000. the immigration
building suffering most The big AVE.
story structure was shaken from its
to the roof and every win
dow was smashed. To the immigrants
II seemed that the building had been
lifted out of its foundation and
dropped back again. While women
and children ran about like mad.
shriekins and ringing their hands, the
men. too stunned to scream. lay wild
eyed wherever the original blast had
hurled them.
The two hundred hospital patients
were taken along with the others to
the lawn to be transferred from the
island. They were caught In q rain
OF shrapnel and unexploded shells,
pieces of iron. bricks and glass splin-
ters. None were killed and those In
3ured will recover. though serious con-
sequences are feared from the shocks
suffered by some Of the sick,
A. about nifty patients were led out
OF the hospital = biasing barge ground
cd near the main wall A shower Of
shrapnel followed. Hardly had tho
patients taken refuge in the building.
the barge exploded. hurting most Of
the patients into wIId pali-msIl. All
eAortss 10 calm. sAe tmmieraatu, tailed
Thsy helisvsA ~ 49, thaA foiiewaa
A1am sSsn U1saoa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-31
CANADIAN FOREST FIRE
CLAIMS MORE THAN $50
Four OF Five Towns Reported at To-
ronto As Wiped Out By
Flames.

Toronto. Ont. July 3o.-More than
$50 lives have been lost In furious
forest fires which are sweeping the
northern sections Of the province. &C
cording to information received here
tonight. Four or Ave towns are re-
ported wiped out while others have
been baSiy damaged. A relief train Is
en- the way to the stricken section
bearing physicians. medical aid. food
and shelter tents. while coffins have
been sent forward for the dead.
Cochran. a town of 100 people. has
been wiped out, occQrding to news
reaching here, while Timmons and
Matheson, smaller places also, have
been destroyed.
At Nushka station more than ATTY
bodies have been found. II IL said.
Iriquois Falls. and other towns also.
are reported prey to the flames.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-31
ISLE Of WIGHT LEADS
IN SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
Reports At Association Show There
Are 1905 Pupils On Va
rious Rolls.

Sunolk, Va, July so.-Foilowing the
spiendfd meeting OF the Isle of Wight
county Sunday School Association yes
teroay. the following figures regarding
the status of the Sunday School In
Isle OF Wight have been given out.
There are twenty-nine Sunday Schools
In Isle OF Wight, eleven Baptist, six
Christian, one Episcopal. ten Metho-
dist. one Union.
In these schools there are thirteen
home departments, eighteen cr1di1
rolls, twenty-nine organized classea
with a membership of 7sa, ana stx
teacher training classes. There are
1906 enrolled in the Sunday Schools
Isle Of Wight County has a white
population of 7,4l6. IS per cent ars
in the Sunday Schools-this il the
best percentage in the State There
are 4.ol6 church members In Isle Of
Wight County. and - per cent OF
them are members Of the Sunday
School.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-31
DAMAGE BY EXPLOSION
TO STATUE Of LIBERTY
ESTIMATED At MILLION
Bedloe's Island Bore Brunt of Shock
When Munitions
Exploded
DOOR WEIGHING TON is
BLOWN OFF HINGES
Burning Barge Buries Nose in Island
and Flying Shrapnel Destroys
observation-disclosures and Children
Safe.

New York, July 3o.-Great havoc
was wrought on Bedloe's Island.
Damage to the Statue of Liberty has
been variously estimated at from
100000 TO 100000 The latter is
the guess OF Captain Clifton. in
charge of Liberty Island. The exact
injury cannot be ascertained until ex-
perts have made a careful examina-
tion of the pedestal and base OF the
statue.
Bedloes Island. almost on a direct
line with Black Tom, bore the brunt
of the shock. A warehouse recently
completed there is practically in ruins.
The first thought of the officers. and
men who comprise the little army
post was for Miss Liberty" Through
an avalanche of dirt and pieces of
flying shrapnel a detail OF three men
with a noncommissioned officer ran
TO the statue after the first blast.
They found IL badly damaged.
The light on the statue, however,
burned steadily. not pickering when
the successive blasts ratified the monu-
ment 10 its foundation.
Every window in the pedestal is
broken. but a cursory examination
failed TO reveal any extensive damage
TO the structure A little curio shop
tue SldluS was IouHu " nave
been completely demolished. 500 or
more statuettes littering the bottom
OF the staircase.
The main door heavy iron affair,
weighing nearly a ton. was blown
completely off It's hinges and a few
rods away both doors In the powder
magazine were carried away.
Burning Barge Heads for Statue.
The promenade. on which stands
the little circle of buildings forming
Fort Wood. as IL Is designated in
army lists. is dented with holes OF
various sizes, showing where the far
flung missiles have buried themselves.
One burning barge singled out a
building on Bedtoe's Island for its
exclusive attention. The bursting
shrapnel from this barge completed
the destruction wrought by the first
explosions.
Captain Clifton. who occupied the
first house in the row. with his wife.
his daughter, Elizabe eleven years
old. and small son. was aroused by
the explosion.
II knew what II was" he said.
having experienced the San Francisco
earthquake.
Rushing into the bedroom occupied
by the children Captain Clifton took
them in his arms. Followed by his
wife, he made his way to the parade
ground.
On his way OF: he ordered the