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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-23

fore this happened there certainly was
danger of an important Austro-uer-
man combination against Italy, and
after the experience of last year. zen
oral Cadorna could not ignore this
r;ek But now so many German dlvi.
SONS had the stuffipg knocked out Oh
them and so many more have peen
drawn from >the reserves in opposing
ms that there is not much strength
lof. for a fresh operation"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
Mayor Smiths Hearing
Adjourned Until Monday
By -isSocintcd Prcss

Philadelphia, Oct. 6.-With the
hearing of Mayor Smith and eight
codefendants on charges of conspi-
racy to commit aggravated assault
and murder in connection with the
killing of a policeman by New York
gunner on primary election day,
adjourned until Monday, attorneys
conducting the prosecution took the
opportunity toe carefully scrutinize
the testimony brought out during the
four days examination of witness
Much of this testimony has been
sensational and has caused stir in
political circles such as probably no
other similar case in the history of
the city. 1t has tended to emphasize
the bitterness that has existed for
some time between the Ware faction
of the Republican party and the fac
ton under the leadership of United
States Senator Penrose and State
Senator McNichol.
Many witnesses remain to be heard
when the hearing is resumed on
Monday. In addition to the conspi-
racy charges Mayor Smith now faces
a charge of contempt of court for
refusing to produce original reports
detectives made to him of conditions
in the Fifth ward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
American Patrol Ship
Founders in European
Waters While on Duty
BY Associated Press

Washington, Oct. 6.-An Ameri-
can patrol ship foundered in Euro
pean waters on the morning of Octo-
ber 4, while on duty.
The Navy Department has no in
formation of the cause of the loss
of the ship and has ordered an in
vestigation. There was no loss of
life.
Further information of the Incl
dent which was reported by Vice
Admiral Sims, is being asked for by
the Navy Department. There is moth
ing in the departments announce
ment to indicate the class of the
ship. Most of the American patrols
are destroyers.
The lost ship was an auxiliary,
not one of the regular Navy list and
was on mine sweeping work when
lost. The report that she foundered
Is taken here to mean she was lost
in rough weather.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
% MORE GO
FROM HERE TO
CAMP MEADE
Given Splendid Ovation by
City Before Entraining
For Maryland
OTHERS PASS THROUGH
Cumberland and Perry Quo
tas on Same Special Train
With Local Boys

Harrisburg turned out this morn
ing to do honor to the twenty-nine
young men of Dauphin county who
left on the 11.50 special train for
Camp Meade, Maryland, where they
will enter the service of United
States.
Headed by the Municipal Band,
the members of the G. A. r. and
the Harrisburg Reserves led the
young men as they marched in pa
rade through the principal streets
of the city. The streets were lined
with cheering mobs and once more
Harrisburgers proved that they were
aware of the honor due the young
men who left their homes to fight for
their country.
The parade formed in Front street
at 10 o'clock and promptly at 10.4j
Chief Marshal Thomas Numbers gave
the signal and the route of parade
was from Front to Second streets
along Second to State, TO Third, C
Market, and then to the Pennsylva-
mia railroad station where the boy;
entrained. All along the line ot
march the young men received wei
wishes. While the parade was moi
as large in numbers as the previous
one, the spirit of the occasion was
as enthusiastic, and what the pa.
rade lacked in numbers the onlook-
ers made up in cheers and wei
wishes.
Friends Say Farewell
The scene at the Pennsylvania sta
ton was pathetic. The friends of the
young men gathered in large mum.
bers to watch the train bearing theil
Offering to their country. The seri'
BUSINESS of the departure was EN-.
phasized when a gray-haired mother
clasped her son in her arms and will
a voice broken made him promise
TContinued on Page o.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
Expects Hardscrabble
Appeals to Be Thoroughly
Threshed Out in Court

City Solicitor Fox expects that the
appeal of property owners in the
Hardscrabble cases will be thorough
ly threshed out at a special sitting of
the court in December. Many of
the property owners in the section
affected have already accepted the
awards of the viewers and it is be-
lieved the whole matter will reach
Il final conclusion next spring. The
City Solicitor stated to-day that the
desire of the city was to allow far
compensation for all the properties.
The report of the viewers in the
various cases growing out of the
construction of the Cumberland
Valley. railroad viaduct in Mulberry
and Second streets will be submitted
soon. The testimony was closed and
argument made before the viewers
this week. These claims for damages
grew out of the vacation of Mulberry
street and the change of grade IN
Second street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
Grand Rush For
Wholesale Houses When
Liquor Gaugers Arrive

When the government gaugers
took up their work in this city this
morning, retail liquor dealers wasted
no time in getting in touch with the
wholesalers in an effort to Increase
depleted stocks before the new war
tax should become effective.
The gaugers visited the wholesalers
ard officially laid a tax in addI-
ton to the tax on spurious liquors
now in force, amounting TO approxi-
mately IS cents a quart on whisky.
One Harrisburg wholesaler will be
required to pay in addition to the
regular tax, $4,000 on the liquor in
stock.
In an attempt to get there first.
several retailers. who knew what
was going on, made an effort to bear
the gaugers to the wholesale houses
While many retailers were disap-
pointed, several, 1t is said, added
substantially to their stocks at the
old price.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
Peru Votes to Break Off
Relations With Germany

Lima, Peru, Oct. 6.-The Peru
Wan government probably will soon
break off diplomatic relations with
Germany. The first step was taken
yesterday when Congress by almost
unanimous vote decided in favor OF
such q course.
The Peruvian government on Sep
tember 26 instructed it's minister at
Berlin to present to the German gov
ernment a demand that satisfaction
be given within eight days for the
sinking of the Peruvian bark Lor-
ton. 1t was added that If the de-
mand was not met diplomatic rela-
tions would be broken.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
NEW WAR TAX
Is REAL TEST
OF PATRIOTISM
Your Favorite Brands of To-
bacco Going Up One and
Two Gents

Sherman's definition of war will
be heartily endorsed by the average
Harrisburger within a few days. To
gain mans favor, give him an ex-
ceptionally good dinner, says one
maxim. To make a man howl. get a
stranglehold on his pocketbook, says
another. The real test of patriotism
VIII come when you saunter into your
favorite tobacconist's Monday and
he tells you that for the term of the
war, the package of cigarets which
you have been purchasing for ten
cents will cost you twelve. King
Oscars, by the same token, will stand
you six cents each.
Some dealers, to gain your favor,
may delay the increase for a few
days, but the higher price will be in
force everywhere within short
time. The new tax law catches every
thing but pipes and smokers sup
plies. The war tax bill becomes eff
fective at once. All tobacco dealers
are compelled to pay the increased
tax on stock they have on hand. For
this reason cigarets are billed at so
cents per thousand additional to the
price now in force. Other increases
are proportionate. Dealers are being
advised by wholesale houses that all
scent and 10-cent packages of ci-
garets and tobaccos should be sold
at and II cents respectively.
Warming has been given that in no
case will the government take the
initiative in securing returns. al
though all returns will be verified.
Everybody concerned should COM
municate promptly with the nearest
revenue officer. Lancaster is head
quarters for the Ninth revenue dis
trict, of which this city is a part.
Deputy collectors are located in Har-
risburg.
Persons failing to make returns
will be designated as tax slackers,
and penalties will be enforced against
them. According to Internal Reve-
nue. Collector Roper, the following
persons must make returns to the
government:
Those Who Must Pay
"All individuals receiving incomes
of more than $1,000 year.
'All corporations. joint stock COM
panies and associations.
"All distillers, rectifiers, wholesal-
CONTINUED on Page 1871
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
GERMANS DRAW
BACK LINE TO
SAFETY POINT
British Shellfire Works Havoc
on Kaiser'S Hosts in
Flanders
By associated Press

Dy .1SSCCflfcl tTESS
British Front in France and Bel
gium, oct. 6. = At some places In
the new line esta blished by the
British attack in Flanders the Ger
mans were reported to-day TO be IN
such exposed positions that they had
pulled back their defenses q short
distance. British patrols found the
forward shell hole defenses in one
section abandoned.
The Germans suffered severely in
the British attack Thursday and n
trip along the battle front east and
northeast of Ypres showed hundreds
of bodies of German soldiers in the
debris. At many places shell craters
were filled with the dead. Here and
there were wounded, sometimes un-
der pile of corpses, which the
British stretcher bearers had not
been able to reach.
Thousands of Bodies
Along zone section of the Aus
tralian front a thousand bodies were
counted. \ little further south
there was another lot of ZOO. Some
of these had been prisoners who
were making their way back within
the British lines when they were
caught in their own barrage and
killed one officer of the Prussian
guards VINO was captured near Poly
gon wood said that British shelltire
did terrible havoc among his men.
y British airplane with an Aus
tralian as its pilot had a remarkable
experience yesterday. The pilot and
observer kept at work despite the
clouds and the rain. The Germans
fired many shells at the plane but it
continued in action. When the pilot
was finally forced to volplane down
behind his own lines, it was found
that his machine had been struck so
often that it was of no further use.
Neither the pilot nor the observer
was injured.
To-day the pilot asked that he be
allowed to go up again. His su-
perior officer, however. thought that
he had had enough excitement for
the time being and refused permis-
zion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
Cash Prizes For Essayists;
Liberty Loan Lessons For
Scholars Start Monday

On Monday the Telegraph will he
gin the publication of the short
Liberty Loan lessons which will he
taught in the city schools beginning
Wednesday of next week.
The Telegraph and others have
arranged to award prizes of $40 and
s5 to high school pupils, and $40 and
So to grade pupils who in q 200
word essay best tell what the Lib
erty Loan is, why 1t is, and what 1t
will do for the United States.
on Monday the Telegraph will
print another Liberty Loan Primer
by "Girard,' of the PHILADELPHIA
Telegraph; and this will be a great
help to pupils, who should clip it
and preserve 1t,
The publication of the lessons
starts Monday evening. The teach
ing begins Wednesday, The short
200-word essays may be submitted
at any time after October IT,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
CAR TERMINAL
ORDINANCE TO
GO TO COUNCIL
Legislation Providing For
Doubletracking Walnut
Street Ready For Action

An ordinance providing the neces-
sary franchises for the Valley Rail-
ways Company to doubletrack WAL
nut street, from the river bridge to
the proposed terminal at River street,
will be introduced in Council next
Tuesday, it was announced to-day.
1t is understood that the ordi-
nance includes provisions that the
Valley Company will abandon the
use of tracks in Walnut street. from
River to Second street. and in Sec
ond street to Market Square. When
the entire improvement scheme is
nnlshed much of the car congestion
IN the central district of the city will
be relieved. "'''
For many weeks the plans for the
"alnut street car terminal have been
considered. Finally the CITY Plan
ming Commission and NunicinaI
League, together with city officials
approved tentative idea which has
been carried out in detail and en-
oodled in the ordinance to be sub
mitted on Tuesday.
Two Tracks to Terminal
These plans will provide for two
tracks from the Walnut street bridge
to the terminal building at River
and Walnut streets. The terminal
building itself will be large enough
TO provide big loop SO that all
'cross-river cars will come into it
crossing the Walnut street pavement
on the south. side, and turning come
out again and go west in Walnut
street. Two entrances, one in Walnut
street and the other in Strawberry
street, near the Square, will be need
ed TO accommodate passengers,
single track will be retained in
Walnut street from Second. so that
the Valley and Harrisburg lines will
be intercommunicating in case ii is
desired TO send cars of the one COM
pany to points on the other line as
in cases of picnics and other similar
occurrences.
With the elimination of the car
traffic from the West Shore lines at
Second and Walnut streets and in the
Square, the Harrisburg RAILWAYS
Company officials can provide for re-
routing all cars northbound in Sec
ond street, and can do much to help
the police in solving many of the
central district traffic problems.
1t is reported that upon the COM
pletion of the Valley Company i'm
provements in Walnut street a move
may be made to make extensive
changes in connection with the Peo-
pies bridge at Walnut street, which
is now used for the 'cross-river cars.
This may result in reconstruction of
the bridge to meet the increasing
traffic on the lines.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
Awaiting Jail Term
Ex-Banker Flags Trains

Chicago, Oct. 6.-Pending a rul-
ing on his sentence to Joliet prison,
William H. Paisley, founder and head
of the defunct banking house of w.
H. Paisley & Sons. is working as a
crossing flagman for the Chicago
North Shore & Milwaukee Electric
Railway. at Oak and Cherry streets,
for wages of $50 month, it became
known yesterday.
Paisley operated three prlvat
banks on the North Side. Following
their collapse he and his two sons.
Oliver F. and James T.. were SER
fenced to the penitentiary. All are
at liberty. however. until the appel
late court rules on the appeal, which
may not be for a year. Meanwhile
the ex-banker blows a whistle and
raises a disc bearing the word
Stop" when trains are passing his
post
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
WITMAN-SCHWARZ
REORGANIZATION
PLANS COMPLETE
Carl X. Deem and S. r. Coove1
Take Over Interests of J.
Grant SchwarZ
DEAL INVOLVES $5OO,OOO
Biggest Wholesale Grocery
House Between Pittsburgh
and New York City

The Whitman -Schwarz Corporation.
with a capitalization of $5OO.OOO. has
absorbed the Whitman -Schwarz Com
pany' big wholesale grocers. it was
announced to-day.
Carl X. Deem. as president and
treasurer. and S. r. Coover. secretary
and general manager. are the con-
trolling factors in the new corpora
tion. having taken over the interests
of J. Grant Schwarz. who retires from
the business after twenty-niue wears,
during which he saw it develop from
very small beginning until to-day
it is the largest wholesale grocerv
firm between Pittsburgh and New
York City. Mr. Deem was secretary
and treasurer of the old company and
Mr.. Co"ver was general manager OF
the Harrisburg business. The dea,
is onesof the largest in recent bus
mess history of Harrisburg.
A. c. Bolts becomes cashier of the
new concern and J. Charles Forney
Continued on Page IL
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
German War Craft Sunk, Ac-
cording to Official
Statement
OTHER FIGHTS REPORTED
American Navy Has Had Nu-
merous Encounters With
U-Boats
BY associated Press

Washington, Oct. "Details
of fight between an American
destroyer in European waters
and a German submarine, in
which the submersible was de-
stroyed by depth bombs, were
announced by the Navy De-
partment to-day.
The name of the DESTROYER
and the time and place of the
engagement are withheld in the
Navy Departments announce
ment.
announcement was made in the
following statement:
The Secretary of the Navy au-
thorizes the publication of this ac-
count of an engagement between an
American destroyer and an enemy
submarine:
This is one of number of
encounters of n more or less sim
liar nature, the details of which
have been made public in this
manner as soon as possible
ga feature of interest attaches to
this engagement because il was the
occasion for a letter of appreciation
from the British admiralty which ex
pressed admiration for the efficient
and seamanlike conduct of the Of
CONTINUED ON Page ~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity; Fair
and cooler Tonight, with frost;
lowest temperature about 40 de-
grees; sunday fair. continued
cool.
For Eastern Pennsylvania Fair
and colder Tonight, with frost;
Sunday fair, continued cool; d.
minishing northwest wind.
River
The Susquehanna river and all it's
branches will fall slowly or re-
main nearly stationary. a stage
slightly above 3.4 feet is indI-
Gated for Harrisburg Sunday
morning.
Temperature; n. M, -.
suns Rises, O;OS n. mi sets, 5i3S
ID. m.
Mooni Rises, 9i40 y. m.
River Stages "a feet above low
water mark.
Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, 63.
Lowest temperature, 80.
Mean temperature, 80.
Normal temperature, IS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
[Continued on Page 15.l
OVERCOATs WAKE APPEARANCE

Overcoats were generally worn by
those who stood in the chilly October
breezes to-day and watched the pa
rade. Frost Is predicted for tonight.
with low temperature of forty de-
grees. Tomorrow Is to be fair and
continued cool
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06

and when the teams took the dia-
mond for practice it was found to be
perfect.
The White Sox are right and fit" "
said Manager Rowland before the
game. We expect to win and there
will be plenty of action. Yes, it
may be Cicotte, and possibly Faber
who will do our pitching"
Manager McGraw agreed that the
Giants were going to meet a good
ball club, but believed the final in
ming would show the New York Club
in front.
All night long a line of two or
three hundred persons, including a
few women, stood in line at the win
dows where at 10 o'clock this morn
ing the $4,000 remaining pavilion
and bleacher seats were to be sold.
DriZZle of Rain
1t was cold and most of the night
there was a drizzle of rain, pune
tuated from tine to time with a
pelting gust that penetrated TO the
marrow. Some quit, only to reappear
before dawn, but mostly they obey
ed the imperative order of the god
of baseball and stuck.
Sunrise was delayed somewhere in
the fog. Through the long hours a
ghostly line stretched its length
along the fence of Comiskey Park.
Electric lights showed dimly through
.rain-washed globes; banners hung
limp, from neighboring billboards.
The only cheerful thing in sight was
the flicker of the gas flame under
coffee boilers in a makeshift canvas
shelter across the street, although
there was some cheer, too. in the
steam and the odor which arose
from frankfurter boilers. the owners
of which did a thriving business
through the night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
MARRIAGE LICENSES

WhItmer
Mount
jackson
n. Waite E,
Moore rutherford Heights Marie
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
srEELToN MILL BURNS

L4t@L@ DIF NhIL@4l 3UfNo
4 sTEELToN-HoFFERS FLOUR MILL CAUGHT
FIRE ABOUT $50 O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON
AND AT O'CLOCK IS BURNING FIERcELY. A
GENERAL ALARM HAS BEEN SOUNDED AND
HARRISBURG COMPANIES WILL PROBABLY BE
ASKED TO HELP
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
Fire Ball Field

The groundkeepers worked all
morning upon the playing field. Gas
oline was poured over the ground
and set afire TO take up the moisture
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
Champions of National and American Leagues Meet in
Chicago For Worlds Championship; Great Crowd
Braves Cold Weather to Watch Opening Contest Of
Baseball Classic
IL 345 6 g 91O11 r HE
N. Y. UGlMM u - u = E - 8 =
Chg. WUGE = E u - 81 ka
BY Associated Press

Comiskey Park, Chicago, Oct. g.
The Chicago White Sox, pennant
winners of the American League, and
New York Giants, champion of the
National League, did battle to-day in
the first fray of that blue ribbon
event of our national pastime-the
worlds baseball series.
Some thirty odd thousand persons
saw the Giants go over the top and
assail the pale hosed warriors of the
American League on their home lot
on the south side.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
How Giants and Sox
Lineup for First Game

Indications late this afternoon
showed that the batting order for
the irst game would be rs fol-
lows:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
Great Holiday

All Chicago made holiday to-day.
Every artery that led TO Comiskey
Park pulsated with Il great crowd
fevered with excitement. Hundreds
unable to gain admission to the park
hung around the outside of the high
walls and followed the game as best
they could from the spectators who
shouted to them the progress of the
play IT was a perfect October day
and made to order for baseball. An
Indian summer sun helped bake out
the base paths made sodden by Fri
DAYS downpour. while a warm,
southerly breeze blew across the
field.
The big stands blazed with the ma
tional colors. A large section of the
stand was filled with hundreds of
mem bers of the Officers Reserve
Corps from Fort Sheridan. The usual
brass band piped its latest tunes to
entertain the gathering crowd.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-06
Build Small Fires

The reluctant gray of the morning
had not appeared when newsboys
came shouting on the scene with "all
about the worlds series" and were
relieved of their supplies in short
order. \ nearby lumber yard served
to supply fuel for innumerable small
fires over which the fanatics of the
game huddled and studied out the
stories, taking care, however, not to
leave their places in line. Amused
policemen. who found the occasion
much more to their taste than
tramping lonely beats, kept order
and settled more than one dispute
as to position. The papers helped
wonderfully to while away the hours