Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-06

the former and 95 degrees on the
latter.
With Harrisburg oozing perspira-
ton to-da as she has seldom oozed it
before, little prospect for early relief
is held out by weather bureau heads.
Fair and continued warmer" their
forecasts read. No break is in sight.
The first death of the year. due to
excessive heat was reported this
morning. Frustrated by the heat.
Charles r. Bowen died at his home,
1S43 Market street For a mum Der
of years he was employed in the
offices of the Pennsylvania Fire Mar
shall, but during the past two years
has been confined almost entirely to
the house.
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. George C.
Bowen. of this city, and one sister,
Mrs. r. IS. Derrickson. of Hyatts-
vile, Md. Funeral services will be
day afternoon, conducted by the
Rev. George Edward Hawes, of the
Market Square Presbyterian Church.
The body will be taken on that even
ing TO Wellsboro where burial will
be made on the following morning.
Much Suffering
Several slight prostrations were
reported late yesterday. Thus far
to-day no prostrations have been re-
ported, Harrisburgers being rather
careful to-day not to overeXert
themselves.
Suffering throughout Harrisburg
last evening was very intense. Every
ice cream parlor and soda fountain
did a land office" business. At an
! early hour last evening many of
them reported that they were en-
tirely out of ice cream and that their
soft drink supplies were seriously de-
pleted. Some of them even reported
that they could serve no drinks.
Poorer sections of the city suffered
much last evening. Their ice sup
plies. never large at the best, were
! quickly exhausted. No substitutes
were available to aid in relieving the
suffering.
The uncommon heat was respon-
sible for a decidedly uncommon
sight in Harrisburg. 1t was estimated
| that 500 persons lined up between
the hours of 8 and last evening at
| different spots along Front street,
most of them motorists and made
their way into the water.
Husbands. mothers and children
| f1ocked to the shores of the Susque-
| hanna. painting, perspiring madly,
! hankering to be cooled off in the
| ripping water. In some instances the
| bathers dressed at home and motor
cd down to the shore with rain coats
which they left in the car, then
skipped down the bank and into the
refreshing watere Others were in
such a mad rush to cool off that they
shifted from street clothes to bathing
togs in the motor car.
Old timers of Harrisburg never
saw such a universal plunge as last
evenings and the chances were that
| tonight the public would be even
more greedy to take advantage OF
what accommodations are furnished
| for swimming. The crowds extended
| far up along the river drive, even
above McCormick's Island, and down
as far as Hardscrabble. Seneca street
was the most popular spot and in
stead of a few children utilizing the
park department float, hundreds OF
adults swarmed over the spot and
pushed out into the deeper water
| WnlCn is cream anu lllllueS lle StOiiy
bottom.
The utter indifference of City
Council to furnish the population
with any swimming facilities was ot
course the topic of vast ridicule. III
costs 1865 just for car fare to and
from Atlantic City" said one man
Let us get up a popular subscrip.
! ton and build a fine swimming poo
| here. We can do it on the money we
would save travelling to Atlantic
City or Hershey for a plunge"