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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-06
RUTGERS TRIM
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New Brunswick College Blank
Brickley's Sailors Team-by
400 Score; Gardner Stars

Rutgers s. A. T. G. football team
easily defeated Charley Brickley's Ma
val Transport gridders on Nelson field
al New Brunswick, N. j., yesterday.
infantry's line, seasoned by the hard
victories In previous games this
year ripped great holes in the sail
ors' left wing, through which Kull,
Gardner and Summerhill made long
gains.
The Rutgers first string back, KEEL
ley. Baker and Francke, were out
Kull, ably filled the left halfback po-
sition, while French marshalled the
team with great skill. Gardner ac-
counted for twenty-five points. with
three touchdowns and -four goals after
touchdown.
Charley Brickley did not run with
the ball as often as he did when a
large III adorned his chest. although
he directed his team with ability and
displayed flashes of stellar playing.
Winners Score Quickly.
The Naval team kicked off. Kull
received the ball and rushed it back
behind splendid interference to his
opponents t~hirty-fiye yard line. AL
f%ve-yard line. French then ent
Gardner over for the first touchdown.
Gardner kicked the goal.
Brickley received the next kickoff
and ran thirty yards before Mount
dropped him.. The seaman failed to
make their ten yards in four downs.
When Rutgers started off with the
ball. they were penalized five yards.
Kull regained this and made the first
down. Summerhill rushed the pig
skin down the field and Kull went
over for the touchdown.
In the second quarter, O'Boyle re-
ceived the kickoff from Feitner and
ran back fifty yards. Upon failing to
gain with line plunging, the trans
port men kicked TO French. Rutgers
forced them to the three-yard line,
where they held for two downs under
the urging of gigantic Paul Robeson.
smashed across the line
again. carrying the whole naval
eleven before him.
Double Pass Successful.
Flannery received the next kick-off.
When the naval lads had been held
three times, O'Boyle punted fifty
yards. The ball went offside, Sum-
MERRILL then punted back. After a
forward pass by the sailors had been
incompleted. French intercepted a
pass from the throwing arm of Brick
ley and made a long run. Summer
hill made the touchdown.
George Sanford. coach of Lieuten-
ant Torpey's doughboys. sent Baker
In toward the end of the fourth quar-
ter to try the new double pass. He
threw the ball to Robson, wenty
feet behind it at Feitner. The play
netted a long gain.
The lineup:
II .Yfnarc (Hn ~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
mt. UNION PLANT
LOSS ESTIMATED
AT NEAR $75O,OOO
Half Million Pounds of Gun
Cotton Burned in Mu-
nitions Plant

Mt. Union, Pa, July 3.-The big
gest fire in the history of the town
began yesterday morning at 8.45
and ragged until 1850 before the
large force of men got it under con-
troll, when the Aetna Explosive plant
was threatened with total destruc-
ton.
Seven buildings were destroyed,
however, only three were large
buildings, but some of the most i'm
portant at the plant those being the
boaling tub, beater and poacher
house building which also will cost
approximately $125.00O to erect and
with the loss of machinery and
nearly 100000 pounds of gun cotton
in the finishing process at the time
will mount the loss of the company
to over $750,000 was the statement
of one of the officials.
However, this will not be nearly
the final loss as it will require some
time to build the buildings and prob
ably three months before much of
the machinery can be replaced and
will necessarily keep a number of
high salaried men either idle or do
ing labor of the unskilled nature.
The cause of the fire was unknown
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03

at late hour to-day. When asked
as to the probability of it being set
on fire by enemies no information
could be obtained; however lit was
claimed by employees that several
suspicious characters were being
carefully watched in Mount Union
for some time. In fact several ar
rests were made here in the last
month and the officers are now keep
ing a much closer watch on sus-
poets, and several employees of the
plant were discharged several weeks
ago for unpatriotic remarks.
One of the most remarkable things
was the fact that the fire was put
out without the loss of life. Several
remarkable escapes were made how
ever, by the employees who escaped
through the windows just in time
to escape from being burned to
death.
Firemen worked until exhausted
to keep the flames from spreading
to thousands of pounds of high ex-
plosives, which if caught would have
wrecked the entire plant and caused
loss of many lives.
The plant now employs 1000 men
and plans are started and material
on hand for the doubling of the
capacity of the plant.
Officials of the company say that
this will not cause any delay in the
enlargement of the plant, but that
the work will probably be speeded
up so as to enable the company to
supply the large contract which this
plant is supposed to furnish.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
BIG TN. T. PLANT
Is BLOWN UP AT
SPLIT ROCK, N. Y.
45 Killed and so Injured at
the Huge Semet-Solvay
Establishment
BY Associated Press

Syracuse, N. Y, July 3.-At least
forty-five persons were killed and
fifty injured and the huge plant of
the Semet-Solvay Company at Split
Rock, near here, practically wreck
ed by two explosions of trinitro-
turour. at $40 last night.
Terrific conclusions from the ex-
plosions of the powerful war powder
rocked large business buildings in
the center of this city, smashed plate
glass windows and created a panic
in the residential portions of the
town.
The explosions followed a fire
which had raced beyond control and
spread to the "T. N. IT, watts. Two
of these "let go" burying many work
ers under the debris and scattered
the flames to adjoining buildings. AT
a late hour the flames were burning
fiercely and there was danger of
more explosions. Volunteer firemen
were powerless to stay the progress
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03

of the flames. Aid was sent from
Syracuse but at midnight the water
system broke down.
Many Workmen in Peril
A shift of 500 workmen was in the
plant when the fire, the origin of
which has not been ascertained,
broke o.. The workers made efforts
to subdue the flames and later, In
speeding to safety, were caught III
the first of the two explosions. Men
were hurled in all directions. Two
who were caught between burning
buildings, We're blown through a
wall. Still alive when picked up,
there was not shred of clothing on
their bodies.
The second big explosion followed
fifteen minutes after the first and
the combined force of the two blasts
crumpled buildings in the vicinity.
The homes of workmen across the
road from the plant collapsed and
burning timbers were blown to the
roofs of buildings across the railroad
tracks which divide the plant in
half.
Workmen and their families fed
across fields in confusion.
A telephone message from Split
Rock brought the first word of the
accident to the city. 1t reached po-
lice headquarters in the form of a
request for all the ambulances and
all the policemen who could be
spared. The shock of the explosion,
a few minutes earlier, had tied up
all the phone lines, causing a delay
before the ambulances were on the
way.
Both fire and explosions, accord
ing to wOrkmen who escaDed with
out injury, were confined to the east
side of the plant, which is made up
of about fifteen buildings, including
the offices and laboratories.
At midnight the flames had eaten
into the picric acid plants and were
making slow headway toward the
giant tanks of oleum.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
NEW OFFICIAL
INSPECTS LINES
General Superintendent n.
w. Smith Here on
Way East

General superintendent N. w.
Smith of the middle division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad took up his
new duties yesterday. He is now
on his first inspection trip. Cen
eral superintendent Smith reached
Harrisburg early yesterday and spent
the day on the Schuylkill Valley
division He will remain in the east
to-day.
At Pottsville his inspection party
met Regional Lirector c. II. Mark
ham and Federal Manager Elisha
Lee. 1t is understood that the many
improvements provided for by the
railroad war board will be taken
up at once. 1t is said there will be
some big work on the Middle and
Philadelphia divisions.
New Telegraph Wires
Linemen are now running the nee
essary wires to provide four sections
of the train wire on the Middle
division between Altoona and Marys-
Vile. This wire is used for the is
sue of orders and other business nee
essary to the movement of trains by
telegraph and telephone and is
operated at present in three sections
with cuts at west end of Hunting
don yards, Lewistown Junction and
the new cuts will be placed at Ty-
rome Forges, Mill Creek and Mifflin.
The additional section has been
made necessary by the increased
traffic incident to war conditions and
the relief of crews under the hours
of service laws.
On the Philadelphia division it is
said there will be additional tracks
provided, and the plans for improve
ments include increased yard facil-
tiles at Columbia, Marietta, Steel
ton, and at the three United States
depots, Aviation, Ordnance and
Quartermaster, the latter at Marsh
Run.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
New Cumberland Soldier
Loses Eyesight in France

New Cumberland, July 3.-Charles
Hale, son of Mrs. Nettie Hale, of
Fifth street, has been badly injured
and is in hospital. He has lost the.
sight of one eve and the other is in
Jured so badly that it is feared he
viii lose it,. The cause is not stated
in the letter. Mrs. Hale is widow.
Her son, Charles, is 22 years old
and has been in the service of the
United States for four years. He is
a member of the Ordnance Depar.s
ment of the Fifteenth Field Artillery,
American Expeditionary Forces, and
was stationed at Fort Totten. Nzw
York, before he sailed for France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
THE FOURTH AT ENoLA

Enola, July 3.-Extensive arrange
ments have been made for the OBJ
servance of the Fourth of July here
tomorrow and the exercises will all
be completed in time to allow the
participants and witnesses to go to
Harrisburg to witness the big pa
triotic events of that city. Arrange
ments have been made here by the
Rev. c. d. Rishel and the Rev. IL.
M. Buck.
Before the procession starts, a
brief prayer will be offered, national
airs will be sung and one of the pas
tors will reach President Wilson's
message. The procession will move
off to the Adam street public school.
and thence to Beal avenue and State
road, at bith of which places pa
triotic selections will be sung. Prof.
cambridge will have charge of the
singing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
Clerks Working Out New
Shopmen's Wage Schedule

The new schedule of rates to be
paid the shopmen of the Reading
Railway Company have been re-
ceived from Washington, D. C. AS
result the clerks are working over
time on the new payrolls. The new
rates will be paid for the last half
of June. The back pay for January,
February, March, April. May and the
first half of June will be paid as
quickly as the calculations can be
made. The machinists get So cents
an hour fiat. The men at the loco
motive shop are now working sixty
hours a week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
RED CROSS WORKERS MEEr

New Cumberland, Pa, July a.
Twenty members of the Red Cross
were present at meeting yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Lew Palmer. Miss
Helen Mcfarland and Miss Helen
Fair, of Harrisburg. were here in
structing the workers. Mrs. Palmer
spoke on THE Model Workroom."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
Announce Wage Increase
For Pennsy Watchmen

Pennsylvania track watchmen
have received notice that Director
General of Railroads w. C. Nc
Adoo has granted an additional in
crease in wages. Wages of watch
men will be increased from S65.15
to $77.SO per month and at the same
time the section laborers were in
creased from $2.65 to $2.s5 for ten
hours work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03

Reading shifting crews at Reading
have been put on eight hours. three
crews working each day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
Railroad Notes

w. d. Bowers. special duty en-
gineer. is instructing new enginemen
on the Middle division.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03

SERVICES AT SLATE HILL
Shiremanstown, Pa, July 3.-Spe-
cial services will be held in the Slate
Hill Mennonite Church, Thursday
evening, July 4, at 7.30 o'clock. The
public is cordially invited.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03

General Superintendent w. H. Kef-
fer, of the Reading. was in Tama-
qua yesterday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03

Discipline bulletin No. SIT issued
from the Office of Superintendent N.
w. Smith of the Middle division for
the week just ended shows that nine
teen employees were reprimanded,
twenty-one more were suspended
from one day to one week for viola
tions of the rules and regulations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
Standing Of the Crews
HARRISBURG SIDE

FhiIaueiphfa DIVISION - The 126
crew first to go after 1 o'clock: 127,
1872, 12S. 1873. 131.
Engineers for 1913, 131, 1872, 1913.
Fireman for 12S.
Brakeman for 1872.
Engineers up: Anderson, Downs,
Klineyoung, Ream, Gunderman, Ten
ny, Schlegelmilch, Rennard.
Middle DivislOn-The 243 crew first
to go after 100 o'clock: 81, 81, 10,
26, 10. SO. 20. 23S.
Engineers for 81, 10.
Firemen for 26. 10, 23S. SO. 20.
Flagman for 26.
Brakemen for 10, IS, SO.
Engineers up: Swigart, Titler,
Brink, Martz, E. r. Snyder.
Firemen up: Paul. Barnett, Pow
ell, Markell, Hiltner, Ulsh, Delaney.
Brakemen up: Linn, Mckee. Shell
ley, Wingart. Walker, Beers, George,
Rhoades, Gum. Sterner, Fenicle.
Yard BOard-Engineer for 1-14C.
Firemen for 1C, &C, 1-7C, LILAC,
2-14C, 23C.
Engineers up: Bostdorf, schiefer,
Rauch, Weigle, Lackey, Cookerly,
Maeyer, Sholter, Smell. Bartolet, Get
ty. Barkey, Sheets, Bair.
Firemen up: Kell, Smith, Nichol,
Miller, Wright, Vert, Soles, Rupley,
Shoemaker, Stahl, BARLEY, Frysinger,
McKeever, Wengel.
ENOLA SIDE
Philadelphia Division - The 227
crew first to go after lis o'clock:
241, 236.
Engineer for 227.
Fireman for 227.
Conductor for 241.
Brakeman for 227.
Brakemen up: Gutschall, Harmon.
Middle DivisiOn-The 101 crew first
Ill. 306, 227
Engineer for Ill.
Fireman for 101.
Conductor for 102.
Flagman for Ill.
Brakemen for 102, 107, III.
Yard BOard-Engineers for Sd 129,
extra 11S.
Fireman for extra 11S.
Engineers up: Zeiders. Hanlon.
Fortenbaugh, Brown, Bruaw. Potter.
Heron, Lutz. Feass, McNally, Bair.
Firemen up: Felix, Miller, Garlin,
Baker, Price. Cristorero, Huber,
Noite, Steffee, Weaver, Martin.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT
Middle Observation-Disclosures up: G.
G. Keiser, d. Keane, o. L. Miller, j.
J. Kelley, ]. A. SPOTS, j. II. Haines,
$. II. Alexander. D. S. Riley, ]. Grim
mel. H. Il. Martin, r. NJ. Crane, w. C.
Graham, r. Il. Crum.
Firemen up: c. L. Dunn, e. j.
Sheesley, ]. c. Kerber, s. r. Mearkle,
S. II. Wright, r. A. Arnold, p. E.
Gross, G. B. Huss, S. H. zeiders, ]. 1.
Fritz, E. Z. Ross.
Engineer for 8.
Firemen for PA21. 8, 81, is.
Philadelphia Division - Engineers
up: B. f. Lippi, C. C. Gibbons, w. s.
Lindley. r. B. Welch, C. r. Osmond.
Firemen up: L. L. Everhart, w. f.
Aulthouse, M. G. Shaffner, F. L.
Floyd.
Flremen for Pcs. 20. 80. No Phila-
delphia 'crcws here.
THE READING
The "a crew first to go after 12.45
o'clock: 5s. 20. 22, 10, 65. So, 73, 10,
-. So, SO, IL, 81, ~, s.
Engineers for 5S, 73, ~, 20.
Firemen for IS, ~, s. 12. 1s, 20, 21,
Conductors for 5s. 5, Z, 10.
Flagmen for So. rs, 12. "a.
Brakemen for So. SO, 65. 72. 73. /.
IL, .12, 21.
Engineers up: Kaufman. Meyer,
Chronister.s Downower, Little, Barn
hart, Minnich. Wiseman. aA
Firemen up: Bender. Farmer.
Yeagy. Snyder. Seasholtz, Cline,
Kohnlien. Hitler, Morrison. Hurley,
Baker.
Flagmen up: Grady, Lukens, Bru-
baker. Hahn, Weiley.
Brakemen up: Roger. Siler, spire.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03

The volume of trade on the Read
ing Railway continues very heavy.
On Saturday and Sunday the COM
pany handled on the Reading and
Harrisburg divisions 36,494 cars. OF
this number, 2,502 were anthracite.
Considerable came to Reading dur
ing the past forty-eight hours.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03

II. P. Weile, for many years city
ticket agent of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Reading. and who has
been assisting in the organization
of the consolidated ticket offices at
Philadelphia during the past several
weeks. has been appointed chief
clerk to A. c. Weile. district repre-
sentative of the passenger depart
ment, located at Reading.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
THE READING

The "a crew first to go after 12.45
o'clock; 6s, 20. 22. 15, e5. SO. 7a, 10,
-. So, SO, IL, 21, ~. s.
Engineers for 5s. 7S, IL, 90.
Firemen for IS, ~, s. 12. 1s, 20, 21.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-03
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT
Firemen for PA21. 3, 81, is.
Philadelphia Division Engineers

up: B. F. Lippl, C. C. Gibbons, w. s.
Lindley. r. B. Welch, C. r. Osmond
Firemen up: L. e. Everhart, w. E.
Aulthouse, M. G. .Shaffner, F. L.
Floyd.
Flremen for P2s. 20. 80. No Phila-
delphia screws here.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20
(By The Associated Press)

German forces holding the vital sector of the battle front
between the Aisne and the Disc rivers hurled back
10 mile front this morning by the French according reports
reaching London is said that the French have penetrated
the enemy positions to depth of two miles
This attack which is continuation of the assault made
northwest of scissors Sunday night said to endanger the
whole German position in scissors and the Asne It is added
that the French probably will be followed by German
retirement from scissors to the Chemin des Danes.
No details Of the fighting available far but
of two miles in this sector would to the
both along the Asne and before Noyon serious
on from which only immediate retreat would be possible
Officials dispatches also say significant local successes have
been achieved by the French from the Disc norhwad to well
past Roye The line, it is traced in dispatches be
very the important town Lassgny which the
French have been fighting for the last week
The Germans hold Roye also to be weakened by
the progress of the French north and south of the
would appear that Roy virtually surrounded three
Sides
Allied pressure against the German lines from Scissors
norhward to the Somme and in the Flanders sector continues
Just northwest of scissors the French have occupied the
village of Vassens, which is the eastern bank of small
that flows into the Disc river at Morsa town to the
southeast which captured by the French yesterday.
Farther north in the mountainous region between Lasgny
and Dresncourt reciprocal artillery firing reported
this region that the French debouched from Thescour forest
Yesterday captured the village of Pmrez the Disc above
Ribecourt.
In the old Picardy battle field the Germans have been
launching repeated counter attacks against the British line in
region southeast of Chilly which is north of Roye These
assaults were repused by the British
old salient being rapidly flattened by the Ger
man retirement the extreme westerly positions held by
Continued Page Two)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20
AMERICANS TAKE SO
PRUSS|AN PRISONERS
Capture Remnant of Ma
chine Gun Company With
out Firing a Shot.
HAD AGREED TO
THEIR SURRENDER
Company Had Been in Front
Lines Less Than a Month
One Man Reported.

With the American Army on
the Vesle Front, Aug. 20-(By
the Associated Press - Sixty
Prussians have been taken
prisoner by the Americans near
Fismette, north Of Fismes,
without either side firing a
shot.
The Prussians were machine
gunners and all that remained
Of a company that had been in
line less than a month.
American detachments went out a
few nights ago, the location of the
machine gun positions having been re-
ported by a prisoner. According to
the Americans, the Prussians were
waiting to be taken prisoners. The in
telligence officer who questioned the
Prussians said nearly all had agreed
to surrender if the slightest opportun-
ity arose.
The Americans who took the pris-
oners do not claim any credit for the
capture, declaring the Prussians vir-
tually deserted their posts.
A German prisoner taken On Sum
day told an intelligence officer that he
believed that if the line gets back to
Germany proper the fighting spirit of
the German soldiers will be greatly
stimulated.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20
ARE Retired
POLICEMEN IN
ON The RAISE?
Action of Council Last
Night Brings Up Question
for Commissioners.
OUSTED MEN WONDER
WHERE THEY GET OFF
Figure That Cost Living Is
Equally High for Them
AS Others.

Police officials are in somewhat OF
a quandary today over the rs per cent.
increase in pay which they will receive
after September 1, as to whether it
will include the men on the retired
list or not. Many are of the opinion
that it only includes the active mem
bers of the force but the general be-
lief is that the retired men will have
their allowances raised automatical-
ly.
All this morning officials at police
headquarters were kept busy answer
ing queries about the matter, but up
to noon they apparently had no defin-
ite ruling and those making inquiries
were referred to the commissioners
who were as elusive as ever, some of
them being reported out of town.
One retired man stated he believed
it was intended not to include them IL
the raise of pay and pointed out that
it was just as expensive for them to
live as it is for an active member. The
retired men are only getting half pay
and as a rule are either too old or
too feeble to get other employment
when they are retired from the active
force.
The high cost of living has made it
very hard for number of those men
to get along, but with the twenty
five per cent. increase their lot will
be easier.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20
ECC COAL MORE
EASILY OBTAINED
THAN stove Size

The local Fuel Board has urged the
dealers to increase their weekly deliv-
cries and are satisfied that during the
last three weeks that deliveries have
been much larger and are still likely
to increase if users of coal can ar
range to use egg coal in place Of stove
as outlined in letter received from the
local Dealers Association as follows:
LAS the deliveries of many dealers
are at this time being curtailed on ac-
count of not having stove coal, We
think that it would be advisable to,
through the newspapers, notify the
public that where they have orders
placed for stove coal, and the dealer
is unable to deliver it, that they take
egg coal in its place. as We feel sure
that there will not be a sufficient ton
mage of stove size to take care of the
applications.
I'VE further feel if people would do
this that they will be serving their
own best interests.
Very truly yours----
BRIDGEPORT COAL DEALERS
ASSOCIATION
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20

Supporting the recent protest of
Samuel Gompers, Mr.. Morrison de-
clared the provision inserted by the
Senate committee authorizing with
drawal of deferred classification from
men absent from work without cause
was an attack on the loyalty of Amer
lean workmen and "a consumption of
labor in covert way" which would
be resented in every corner of the
country. He suggested that special
interests were secretly pressing anti
labor legislation.
After discussing problems of edu-
eating drafted youths, with DIR. S. R.
Mann of the War Departments COM
mittee on education, the committee
closed its hearings and began work
on the bill 1t probably will be re-
ported in few days for immediate
consideration in the House. The SEN
ate will take up the measure Thurs
day.