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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16

mans he took several men and crept
off to the right while his sergeant
with several others crept off to the
left.
THE Germans couldn't hear us
for the noise and they couldn't see
us for the darkness" said Captain
McCreath, 80 we crept up on their
flanks until within thirty yards and
then let loose with hand grenades.
That ended the Germans. We then
went on and cleaned out tn town. 1t
was very simple"
The Last Big Offensive
In the big offensive of July IA,
when the Germans made their last
and unsuccessful attempt to break
through at the Marne Captain Nc
Creath fought beside Lieut.. Dowdell,
son of Ralph w. Dowdell, a Rotarian,
who sat across the table from the
captain as he spoke.
The 39th Infantry, of which Cap
tain McCreath's company was a part,
went into this action with 5000
men and 120 officers and came out
with 100 men and 16 officers. Many
or the casualties were of soldiers
gassed or wounded who will be back
in the service shortly, the captain
said. He described how the Ger
mans for eight hours poured upon
the Americans an artillery fire, the
heaviest known in the war. and then
crossed the Marne under heavy fire
ana floated down the stream on pom
toons, sweeping either bank with
machlne guns as they came. The
trench gunners were driven from
their cannon and American artillery
men rushed in and took them over.
That night the field hospitals were
filled to overflowing and the wounded
were being piled into the headquar-
ters dugout when big shell
smashed in the end. The debris had
hardly been cleared away when
along came another and crushed in
the other end. But in the face of
terrible flow of gas through the
apartment and the frightful suffer-
ing of the wounded that resulted
there was perfect calm," said Cap
TIN McCreath. Everybody stuck, to
his post and the fighting continued
until the 18th when we threw the
Germans back across and took up the
chase all the way to the Vesle.''
Where he left his regiment getting
ready to go back for reorganization
and rest when he was summoned
back to the United States to help
train troops for overseas service.
Captain McCreath received a rous-
ing reception at the hands of the
Rotarians. Next Monday at luncS.
con DIR. Robert Bagnell, pastor of
Grace Methodist Church, Just home
from france, will address the Ro-
tarians.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
WRECK ON P.&R.
HOLDS UP TROOP
TRAIN IN CITY
Local Chapter of Red Cross
Gives Breakfast to the
Entrained Men

Traffic on the east and west-bound
tracks of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway lines here was
blocked for a couple of hours when
three loaded coalcars were derailed
at 9.46 O'Clock this morning.
The w:ecK Dccu.-ed n the liar
risburg scaIo Office near Nineteenth
street. No ono Vas injured.
A troop train bearing 500 soldiers
was held up 81 couple of he tss Nhi' c
the wreekage was cleared away
The westbound track was cleared
by IL o'clock. fhe track for east
bound traffic vas reopened shortly
after noon. Tran No. q, bound east.
was delayed an hour.
1t is til ought the dcrailment of
the three cars VAS caused when n
diawhead on one o! them dropped
ahG threw il off tho track.
There were part of Il heavily
loaded train being pulled eust at
about 94o. Tie ds N - Wi. nu!o'nt
io about SFGG. 9ho train WAS a
double-header.
When the soldiers learned they
would be indefinitely delayed they
communicated with the local chap
ter of the American Red Cross Un-
der the direction of Mrs. Francis j.
Hall, chairman of the canteen de-
partment, a hot breakfast was served
to them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
SIMPLE" SAYS
CAPT. McCREATH
[Continued from First Pagc.l

ordered as first lieutenant, that be-
ing before his promotion, to take a
detail of troops. go down the road
through a railroad cut a mile or
two and clear the Germans out of
cellars and dugouts in a small town.
He was informed that all the Ger
man machine guns had been cleared
from that locality and he would have
no trouble. But half mile along
the road two machine gun nests sud-
denly opened fire on his force and
he and his men took refuge. flat
on their stomachs, behind railroad
embankment. AS dawn approached
and there was no apparent chance of
escape and the Germans kept up
firing, he determined upon a ruse.
Laving the bulk of his detail with
extra ammunitions to keep up a fire
in the general direction of the Ger
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
BY associated Press
.,, c.. &c MI, .

by .1SSOCidECd ffcSS
Philadelphia, Sept. 16. - Wheat -
10 2, soft. red. $2.22.
Bran The market Is steady: sof.
winter, per ton. s46.50047.00; spring.
T." ton. $II 00D45.0o.
Corn - The mark ct is easier; No. 2
yellow, as to grade and location
$1.70@1.S5; No. 3, yellow. .$1.S001. 80
Oats The market is steady;
No. 2. white, new, 79QScc; No. 8
white, 77h @7Sc.
Butter = The market is higher
western, creamery, extra, 55c; uear-
by prints, 60@62c.
Eggs-Market firm; Pennsylvania,
and other nearby firsts. free cases.
s1440@1470 per case; do. current re-
ceipts. free cases. s13.S0@14.10 per
case; western. extras, firsts. free cases
S14.40@14.70 per case: do, firsts, free
cases. S13.S0014.10; fancy. selected
pa"Eed 536DhNc per dozen.
Cheese - The market Is firm
New York anu Wisconsin. tull milk.
27@2Sc.
Refined Sugars - Market steady;
powdered. S.45c: extra fine. granulat-
ed 7.25c.
Live Poultry Market firm
fowls, S4@S6c; young. softmeatet
roosters 2IW27c; young, STACEY roost-
ers. 26m27c: old roosters. 26@27c
spring chickens. not leghorns, 34@S6c
leghorns. S1@3Sc; ducks. Peking
spring, 32@34c; do. old. so q 32c; Indiar
Runners, 2S@3Oc; spring ducks, Long
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16

CONTINUED from First Pagc.l
pioneer work on the subject in
America.
Mr.. Veiller's acquaintance with
study of the industrial housing prob
lem, especially in its relation to war
time industries. His most important
contribution toward the solution of
which is the Government Standards
for Permanent Industrial Housing
Developments" drafted by him and
formally adopted by the Bureau of
Industrial Housing and Transporta-
uon OF the Labor Department, to
govern construction in federal hous-
ing developments.
Long Actively Engaged
Recently Mr.. WELLER has contribut-
ed to the Architectural Record a
series of articles analyzing industrial
housing. developments in America,
and an enlightening discussion of
after the war housing problems
Mr.. Veiller's acquaintance with
the various phases of the housing
problem comes from first hand eX-
perience. He has been engaged ac-
lively in the work for more than
twenty years. having been largely in
Strumental in the organization of
the Tenement House Department of
New York City, of which he was first
deputy commissioner.
1t was he who drafted the tene-
ment house law under which New
York has achieved her leadership in
the field of housing reform. 1t was
his cooperation with the Real Estate
Board and the Civic and Commerce
Association of Minneapolis which aid
ed in placing on the statute books of
Minnesota within the past year,
housing law which will enable Min
neapolis in the future to deal much
more effectively with her housing
problems.
Until very recently Mr.. WELLER was
director of the tenement house COM
mittee of the Charity Organization
Society of New York City, in which
capacity he had served for nineteen
years. In 1910 when the National
Housing Association was organized,
he was appointed secretary, the office
he still holds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16

[Continued from First Page
engine room and the stokehold
fact which is taken to rule out
any possibility that the ship
struck mine.
The thrush of water was tre-
mendous. One engineer was
swept into the tunnel from the
engine room and drowned.
One boat was swamped, an
other was damaged because the
falls became fouled and another
was swept back against the liner
by a wave and smashed by the
propeller.
Henry Burton, minister of rail-
ways of the Union of South
Africa, joined with other SUR
vivors in praising the devotion
to duty and the self sacrifice of
the officers of the ship and the
men of the naval vessels which
rushed to the rescue.
London, Sept. 1.-THE 7,9SS-ton
liner, Galway Castle. carrying nearly
1000 persons, including hundreds of
women and children. was torpedoed
and sunk by a German U-boat last
Friday with consequences replete
with all the horrors of the Lusitania
crime. The Galway Castle was on
the last lap of her journey from South
Africa and was approaching the Eng
lish southwest coast.
No estimate of the loss of life is
obtainable at this cabling. but many
overwhelmingly women and chill
dred, it is feared-and thirty-four of
the liners crew were lost.
The missing from the torpedoed
Galway Castle number 1S9. They
include 12O passengers, SO naval and
military officers and men, and 80 of
the crew
Women and Children Lost
Ninety third-class passengers lost
were without exception women and
children. Two passengers who have
been landed lost all members of their
families.
Among the passengers was Henry
Burton, minister of railways and har-
bors and of finance, of the Union of
South Africa. He was saved. DR..
Buntine, another passenger, is among
the missing.
The liners master, Captain Dyer.
stuck to the bridge to the last. With
him n handful of the members of
the crew who refused to leave their
captain, made desperate but futile
efforts to save the vessel. The cap
tain and these men escaped in the
tick of time and have reached port
Many Perished
Helpless women and children strug-
gled for hours in the rough sea hold
ing on to wreckage or RATS. Many
of these perished it is feared. Hum
dreds of others foated in open boats
until picked UP by British patrol
craft.
One lifeboat was smashed by the
liners propeller.
The Galway Castle belonged to the
Union-Castle Mail Steamship Com
pany. She hailed from London, 1
where she was built in 1911 by Har-
land and Wlok, Limited.
The liner carried twenty first-class.
ten second-class and ninety third
class passengers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
TOMORROW ANNIVERSARY
OF U. $. CONSTITUTION

Tomorrow will be the anniver-
sary of the adoption of>the Constitu-
ton of the United States.
Mayor Daniel l.. Keister has re-
ceived a request from the Pennsyl-
vania Society, Sons of the American
Revolution, to appeal to residents
of the city to observe the day. While
no formal program has been arrang-
ed, the Mayor said that the flag
should be displayed all over the city,
and in the schools, a short time
should be devoted to giving a brief
account of the birth of the Consti-
tuition and it's Anal adoption.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

|
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment To articl,
nine, section eight OF the Constitu.
tion of Pennsylvania
| Section l. Be IL resolved by tn,
Senate and House of Representative.
following amendment to the Consti.
tuition of Pennsylvania be. and the
| same Is hereby, proposed, in accord.
| ance with the eighteenth article
That article nine, section eight. be
amended to read as follows:
| Section 8. The debt of any county
| city, borough. township, school dis
| trlct, or other municipality or incor-
porated district, except as provided
herein, and in section fifteen of this
article, shall never exceed seven (O
per centum upon the assessed value OF
the taxable property therein, but the
debt of the city of Philadelphia may
be increased in such amount that the
| total city debt of said city shall not
exceed ten per centum 1O) upon the
assessed value of the taxable prop
erty. therein. nor shall any such mu-
nicipality or district incur any new
debt, or increase its Indebtedness to
ali amount exceeding two (2) per
centum upon such assessed valuation
of property, without the consent of
the electors thereof at public cleo
tion in such manner as shall be pro-
vided by law. In ascertaining the
borrowing capacity of the city of
Philadelphia. at any time, there shall
be deducted from such debt so much
oil the debt of said city as shall have
been incurred, or is about to be in
Cured, and the proceeds thereof ex-
pended, or about to be expended, up
on any public Improvement, or in the
construction. purchase, or condemna-
tion of any public utility. or part
thereof, or facility therefor. IL such
public Improvement or public utility.
or part thereof, whether separately or
in connection with any other public
Improvement or public utility, or part
thereof, may reasonably be expected
to yield revenue in excess of operat-
ing expenses sufficient to pay the in
terest and sinking fund charges there
on. The method of determining such
amount, SO to be deducted. may be
prescribed by the General Assembly.
In incurring Indebtedness for any
purpose the city of Philadelphia may
issue it's obligations maturing not
later than fifty (50) years from the
date thereof, with provision for a
sinking-fun sufficient to retire said
obligations at maturity. the payment
to such sinking fund to be in equal
or graded annual or other periodical
instalments. Where any inde ebtedness
shall be or shall have been incurred
by said city of Philadelphia for the
purpose OF the construction or inn
provements of public works or utili-
ties of any character. from which in
come or revenue liz to be derived by
said city. or for the reclamation of
land to be used in the construction of
wharves or docks owned or to be
owned by said city, such obligations
may be in an amount sufficient to pro-
vide for. and may include the amount
Of the interest and sinking fund
charges accruing and which may lac-
crue thereon throughout the period
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
LEGAL NOTICES

ing capacity of the said city of Phila-
! delphia, at any time. there shall be ex-
cluded from the calculation and de-
Quoted from such debt SO much of the
debt of said city as shall have been
incurred, and the proceeds thereof in
vested, in any public improvements
| OF any character which shall be yield
ing to the said city an annual current
net revenue. The amount of such de-
duction shall be ascertained by capi-
| talizing the annual net revenue from
such Improvement during the year
Immediately preceding the time of
such ascertainment; and such capitali-
zation shall be estimated by ascer-
! tanning the principal amount which
would yield such annual, current net
revenue. at the average rate of in
| terest. and sinking fund charges pay
able upon the indebtedness Incurred
by said city for such purposes, up to
the time OF such aScertainment- The
| method of determining such amount,
so to be deducted, may be prescribed
| by the General. Assembly. In incurr-,
| Ing debtedness for any purpose the
city OF Philadelphia may Issue its OBJ
legations maturing not later than
fifty (50) years from the date there
of. with provision for sinking-fund
sufficient to retire said obligations at
maturity, the payment to such sink
ing fund to be in equal or graded an
nual or other periodical instalments.
Where any. indebtedness shall be or
shall have been incurred by said city
construction or Improvement of pub
lie works of any character from which
income or revenue is to be derived by
said city. or for the reclamation of
land to be used in the construction of
| wharves or docks owned or to be own
ed by said city, such obligations may
be in an amount sufficient to provide
for, and may include the amount of.
the interest and sinking-fund charges
accruing and which may accr:.e there
on throughout the period of construc-
| tion, and until the expiration of one,
year after the completion of the work
for which said Indebtedness shall have
been incurred; and said city shall not
be required to levy a tax to paw said
interest and sinking-fun charges
az required by section ten, article nine
of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
until the expiration of said period OF
one year after the completion of said
work.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
CYRUS E. WOODS.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
. Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION


An amendment to section one NJ
Iicle nine OF the Constitution Of
PennsylVania, relating to taxation
Section l. Be 1t resolved by The
of The Commonwealth of Pennsviva,n,eIss ,I
In General Assembly met, and IL nis is.
| hereby enacted by the authoritv aS S
the same. That the following amend.
monwealth of Pennsylvania he NOns oS
the same Is hereby, proposed. in ao ac1
cordance with the provisions Of fba
eighteenth article thereof inc
That section one of article n,.
which reads as follows: hine'
All taxes shall be uniform uno.
tne tri.e same class of subjects. within the
levying, the tax, and shall be Ieviayy
ana collected under the general ivieo
put the General Assembly NAV
general laws. exempt from taxatioH
poses. actual places of H reiiePpor Pur.
worship. places of burial not used oos os.
held Tor private or corporate proft
ana institutions of purely public char
ity; be amended so as to read as
All taxes shall oe uniform. upon ,h.
serTitoeia seme riasS ,iits of subjects within the
levying, the tax. and shall be Ievieyy
and collected under general laws aS9
the subjects of taxation NAV he ciaso
slfed Tor the purpose of laying grad
eo or progressive taxes; but the san-
eral Assembly may, by general Is e,s
exempt from taxation public propartS
used for public purposes, actual nGeceys
OF religious worship. places of bnrjei
not used or held for private or cos
porate profit. and institutions Of nnrs-
ly public charity. Puie-
Section 2. Said proposed amen6-
ment shall be submitted to the n,,au
fed electors of the State, at tbe ga,
eral election to be held on the Tnas
day. next following the first Mondsv
of November in the year nineteen hun,
dred and nineteen. for the purpose Of
deciding upon the approval and rsttet-
cation or the rejection of said amend-
ment. Said election shall be onanad
held, and closed upon said eiection
day, at the places and within tbn
hours at and within which said eIano
tion is directed to be opened. held. and
closed, and in accordance with tbe
provisions of the laws of Pennsylvaoo
MIA governing elections. and amend
ments thereto Such amendment sbsiI
be printed upon the ballots IL The
form and manner prescribed by fhe
election laws of Pennsylvania, and
shall. in all respects conform to the
requirement of such laws.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
CYRUS e. WOODS.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
LEGAL NOTICES

dred and eighteen. for the purpose of
deciding upon the approval and rati-
fication or the rejection of said
amendment. Said election shall be
opened. held, and closed upon said
election day, at the places and within
the hours at and within which said
election Is directed to be opened, held,
and closed, and in accordance with the
provisions OF the laws of Pennsylva-
mia governing elections, and amend
ments thereto. Such amendment shall
be. printed upon the ballots in the
form and manner prescribed by the
election laws of Pennsylvania, and
shall in all respects conform to the
requirement of such laws.
true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 1.
CYRUS e. WOODS,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
Boy Scouts Make Fine
Showing in War Stamps

New York. Sept. 16.-Boy scouts Of
America have sold more than ST.
100000 worth of War Savings Stamps
it was announced to-day at head
quarters of the organization here.
Sales of individual scouts average
$11. while 2.471 "ace medals" have
been issued to boys who disposed of
$3.50 of these "baby bonds"
Edward Hodgson. of McKeesport,
Pa. who turned in $42,596. heads the
national list of scout stamp sales
men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
Number Two.

Joint RESOLUTION
ouo,osinn an amendment to section
s;Yteen of article three of the Con-
s+it,Ition of the Commonwealth of
pennsylvania in accordance with
the provisions of the eighteenth
Section /. Be it enacted by the
conote and House of Representatives
the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
vi io in General Assembly met, end II
is hereby enacted by the authority of
,ba same, That the following is pro-
.Insad as an amendment to the Consti-
ptot;on Of the Commonwealth of Penn
ssuvivania. in accordance with the pro-
vysions of the eighteenth article
'hTTbat section sixteen of article three.
,,,hich reads as follows:
"Saction 16. No money shall be paid
out Of the treasury. except upon ap-
nronriations made by law. and on war
pranf drawn by the proper officers in
nursuance thereof" be, and the same
is hereby, amended so that the same
sbail read as follows:
Section 16. No money shall be paid
out Of the State treasury. except in
accordance with the provisions OF an
act of Assembly specifying the amount
and purpose of the expenditure, and
limiting the time in which said ap-
nropriation shall be expended. All
pubIic money shall be paid by the
State Treasurer on warrant drawn by
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
CHICAGO CATTLE

Dy TSSUtIuIrU ITcSS
Chicago, Sept. 16. = GU. s: Bureau
of Markets). Hogs Receipts.
others slow; big packers doing little;
top. $2O.95; butchers. $20.30@ 20.S5;
light, $20.65 q 20.95; packing. $19.6O@
20.20; rough, S1S.75 @19.50; pigs, good
and choice, $1S.75@19.40.
Cattle - Receipts, 10000; best ma
tive steers strong to Csc higher,
ned record. $3.50; others and butch
ers' cattle and calves slow and lower.
Sheep - Receipts. 41.000; opened
steady ain fat classes; western lambs
sold up to $500; feeders slow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16

of construction, and until the expira-
tion of one year after the completion
OF the work for which said indebted
ness shall have been incurred: and
said city shall not be required to lew
a tax to pay said interest and sink
ing-fund charges as required by sec
tion of Pennsylvania, until the exnirs-
ton of said period of one year after
the completion of said work.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 3. '''A
CYRUS e. WOODS.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
ENGINE BREAKS AXLE

A fast passenger train. which ar
rives at Middletown at S:45 p. m,
going west, broke an axle at the
Union street subway, last evening.
and tied up traffic for some time. An
other engine was procured from Har-
risburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
TAFT GOES TO WASHINGTON
BY associated Press

New York, Sept. 16.-william H.
Taft, president of the League to En-
force Peace, to-day called a special
meeting of the league to be held here
tonight TO discuss the Austrian peace
proposals. Mr.. Taft is Fastening
here from Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16
CONTRACT APPROVED

The contract between the city of
Harrisburg and the Suburban Drain
age Company, which owns the sewer
system in the Fourteenth ward, was
approved by the Public Service Com
mission to day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-16

wage scale. The men are expected to
go back to work tomorrow.
Pottsville, Pa, Sept 16.--All the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company collieries in the Shen-
andoah and MahanoyN regions are
closed by strike this morning. The
men are demanding an increase in
wages. This action was decided upon
at meeting of the mine locals held
Sunday. About $4,000 miners are af-
fected
Reading, Pa, Sept. 16.-In parts
of the Schuylkill region north of
Broad Mountain, few of the mines of
the Reading Coal and Iron Company
are in operation. All of the mines
south of Broad Mountain are in oper-
alton. These include those in the
Lykens Valley. fremont, Miners
vile and Schuylkill Valley districts.
The men say the shutdown is due
to the failure of Fuel Administrator
Garfield to adjust their pay differ
enees.