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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
HARRISBURG
LEADING STATE
IN NEW BUILDING
Report For June Show an In
crease of 1869 Per Cent.
Over 1918

Harrisburg's building record for
June was the best of any city in
Pennsylvania reporting an increase
in construction. AS compared with
June, 1918 in this city the amount
of work started last month was 1869
per cent. greater than for the same
period a year ago. This was the
largest percentage gain in the en-
tire State. Last month IL permits
were issued in Harrisburg for work
costing $480,S50 as compared with
21 permits for S2S,S00 in June, 1918.
According to the American Con-
tractor, compiling building figures
for last month. only IL of 1853 cities
in the country reported a loss in
building operations, and these de-
creases were small. Three of the
IL cities were in Pennsylvania, AL
lentown, Erie and Wilkes Barre.
The building review by the Amer
lean Contractor follows in part:
Rapid increase in volume of
building operations during the first
six months of 1919 as indicated by
building permits issued in repre-
sentative cities of the United States
is outstanding proof that the con-
struction industry is surging into
real action.
The first of the year was quite
naturally lean. Building had been
almost completely paralyzed by war
time restrictions. In January 152
cities reported only S23,S69,215 es-
timated value of permits issued. This
was decrease from the first month
of 1918, which from the same cities
showed $27,291.21S estimated value
of permits issued.
The average value for permits is
sued in June, 1919. is $3,375. This
value compares very favorably with
average values of June permits for
previous years which are as follows:
June. 1918, $2.2S0. June, 1917, So
900; June. 1916, $500; June 1915,
$4,000. The assumption gained from
this comparison is that repair work
and jobs of minor importance are
not in undue proportion. The aver
age value of permits issued in Nav
was only $4,000 and in January only
$1,700."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
DAYLIGHT LAW
IS SUSTAINED
BY PRESIDENT
Wilson Believes It's Recall
Would Mean Economic
Loss to Nation
RESULT OF MUCH STUDY
Measure Mapped Out by Com
potent Businessmen, Fa-
miliar With Conditions
By Associated Press.

Washington, July 12.-PresideEt
Wilson to-day vetoed the agricul-
tural bill because of its provision
repeating the daylight saving law.
The President vetoed also the
sundry civil bill.
The President explained that he
vetoed the sundry civil measure
because of certain items of the
bill which seem to be likely to be of
the most serious consequence.
Regarding the agricultural bill
the President sent the following
communication to the House of Rep
resentatives:
II take the liberty of returning
IT. r. 1857. An act making appro-
priations for the Department OF AZ
riculture for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1920.' without my signature.
II realize, of course, the grave in
convenience which may arise from
the postponement of the legislation
Mt this time, but feel obliged to
withhold my signature because OF
the clause which provides that al
and after o'clock a. m. on sun
dav. October 90, 1919, next. the act
entitled "An act to save daylight ane
10 provide standard time for thf
United States" approved March ~
1918. he, and the same hereby Il
repealed
Would Mean Loss
"I believe that the repeal OF inc
act referred to would be of very
great Inconvenience to the country.
and think that 1 am justified IL
saying that it would constitute some
thing more than an incorNeniencef
1t would involve a serious economit
loss. The act of March 10. 1918, tf
save daylight resulted not only
from a careful study of industrial
conditions by competent men ia
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
japanese Herd Koreans Into Churches, Shoot
Into Mass and Burn Houses of Worship !;
Majority of Victims Men; Women and Chill
dren Left to Starve to Death.
REFINED WOMEN MADE TO SUFFER
MANY HUMILIATING CRUELTIES
Exposed to Public Gaze; Children Beaten With
Whips; Flesh Scared With Hot Irons; Victims
Who Faint Revived and Made to Undergo
New Tortures.
By Associated Press

New York July IA report of alleged Japanese atrocities
Korea made public to-day the headquarters of the Pres
byterian church in America 1t result of investigations by
Korea the Presbyterian church the United
States following the imprisonment of of its missionaries
by the Japanese authorities The information from Korea was
by such that escaped the
Hundreds of Koreans who had proesed Christianity said
have been driven by Japanese gndarme the point byo
nets into churches there to be fired they hudded
terror and later perish flames the places of worship
the torch Most of these victims is narrated
Surviving and children left in destituon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
City's Expenditures Are
Less Than the Receipts

Expenditures by city departments
during June totaled $69,947.19. ac-
cording to the monthly report of
City Treasurer C. Il. Weber. Re-
ceipts were SS4,S57.05; balance. June
/. $469,562.31; balance, July l, $751;
472.17
A check for s9.6S2.9s. the city's
share of liquor licenses for 1919.
which have been paid by dealers in
monthly instalments, was received
at the city treasurer's office, from
County Treasurer Mark Mumma.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
Hundred Girls Taking
Part in Big Swim

More than 100 city girls are par
ticipating in the War Camp Com
munity Service swim which is be-
ing held this afternoon on the beach
at the Island with Miss Mary Black,
city instructor. in charge. a general
invitation has been issued to all wo-
men of the city. Steelton and other
nearby communities.
This is the first of a series of
"swims" that will be held through
out the summer under the auspices
of the War Camp Community Service.
Miss Helen Hawes is in charge of the
organization work
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
HUN BLOCKADE
LIFTED TODAY
By Associated Press.

Paris, July Ia The Council
of Five to-day raised the block
ade against Germany.
The Council, after receiving the
report of the legal experts de-
claring the official document no.
tifying the Council of ratification
of the Treaty by Germany to be
in due form, decided to raise the
blockade.
So far as the action of the
Council concerns France, the
measure will be effective only
after publication in the Journal
Officiel of a decree annulling the
preceding DEGREES regarding the
blockade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
R-34 NEARS HOME AS
GALE HITS COAST
Rn lissocinted Prcas.


London. July f2.-Bccausc of
adverse weather conditions In
Scotland, the dirigiblc R-3f,
which was Oft the coast of IRE
land to-day, has been advised by
the air ministry to land at Pull
ham, Norfolk. Tho airship Is
expected there before noon sum
day.
a big gale Is reported blow
ing over Scotland and the strong
wind, Ii Is said, would make
dangerous the entrance of the
R-3f into her shed at East For
tune. There is Il diriglble shed
at pulham.
I'uIham, Norfolk. England.
July 12.-Thc weather was too
unfnvornblc to-day Ia permit
the dirigibIc R-33 To go out to
meet meet the R-3l, ms was
intended, and to escort the At
lantic flyer home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12

H. H. Underwood. a missionary
living in Seoul, was quoted in the
Toxic Advertiser of April %, 1919,
according to report, regarding a
visit he made to Pal Tan, a market
town near Buwon. A fortnight be-
fore, Japanese troops, he said he
was told. burned thirty-siX of the
forty houses in the village of Cha
yammi, two miles from Pal Tan. be-
cause the inhabitants were Chris
tians. Mr.. Underwood said he was
told also that the victims had not
figured in any rioting or shouted for
Korean independence. Pal Tan, he
said he was informed. escaped both
fire and sword because there are
no Christians there"
Preliminary police examinations
of Koreans suspected of completely
in the revolutionary movement are
said in the reports of the investiga-
tors to include every human re-
finement in brutality" men being
beaten to death and women sub
jected to nearly every possible form
of shameful treatment.
Milder punishment, it is said, in
cluded ninety blows rained upon the
prisoners body with a bamboo rod
and many boot kicks, at the end of
which the victim, if he survived,
was sent almost lifeless to a hos
pital.
Scars Body With Irons
One such victim, "a slender, tim
id, Christian youth" 19 years old,
employed by shoemaker, was ar
rested with a wealthy Korean, both
charged with circulating the Inde-
pendent News, a revolutionary pub
lication. The boy, it is said was
tortured and hovered between life
and death in a hospital for more
than a month before he was sent
to prison. For six hours he had
been ''grilled" by Japanese gen.
darmes, after which the inquisitors
applied rings above the youths
elbows until the upper body was
greatly distorted (the usual prepa-
ration for beating), whereupon
blows and kicks were administered
until the victim fell, fainting, to the
floor" He was revived at inter-
walls by cold water dashed upon his
naked body, and the punishment
repeated.
The narrator of this alleged cpl
sode, who says he afterwards WIS.,
tied the victim at the hospital, de-
clares he saw "one of the four
wounds, each five inches long, on
the youths thigh, which had been
scared with a red-hot iron" A
wound in the abdomen, it is report
ed, appeared to have been made by
a bayonet. The victims hands
were swollen almost twice their nat
ural size. The prisoner told his
benefactor that he pleaded with his
tormentors to kill him.
Humiliatc Women
A signed statement by an Amer
lean resident of Korea, dated April
%, 1919, said that the examination
of women who have been arrested
for their activity i'm the independ-
ence movement is the most dis
graceful and humiliating possible.
Korean and Chinese women" he
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
THE WEATHER

Harrtaburg and Vicinity. Showers
and thundeFstorms probably to-
night and Sunday, Slightly
warmer tonight with lowest
temperature about 90 degrees.
Eastern PeHnsyIvanIa. Showers
and thunderntoFms probably to-
night and sunday. Somewhat
warmer Tonight. Moderate
south and southwest Winds.
River. The susauehanna river aud
nlI it's branches will probably
remain nearly stationary except
heavy showers may cause loeat
Flsen in sanae Of the streams OF
tha system. a stage Of about 81
feet IL Indicated for Harrisburg
sunday morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
TWO DIE IN AIR CRASH
RaI ApancinIcd n..Cna

Little Rock. Ark, July 12.-Lieu-
tenant II. !. Lenihan. of San Fran
cisco, and Chaplain r. III. O'Dowd.
of Brooklyn, n. Y. assistant camp
morale officer at Camp Pike. were
instantly killed to-day when a plane
piloted by Lieutenant Lenihan was
struck by another machine from
Eberts Field. The second machine
also fell. but its occupants were not
injured.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
MORE PERMITS ISSUED

Building permits were issued to-
day TO r. l.. Morrow, contractor for
Harry Stroup, 10 erect a two and
one-half story brick and stucco
house at the northwest corner OF
Eighteenth and Rever streets, at a
cost OF $4,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
INCREASED CLEARANCEs
BIZ Associated Press.

New York. July 1.-THE actual
condition OF clearing house banks
and trust companies for the week
shows that they hold $33,0ss,27O
reserve in excess of legal require
ments. This is an increase of s26,-
654.670 from last week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
Occasional Showers
Predicted For Week
I'm .Associated PreRa.

Washington, July 12. - Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are:
North and Middle Atlantic States
Mostly fair but with occasional
local showers and thunderstorms
and normal temperatures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
ARRESTED FOR
MURDER IN '87
BY Associated Press.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, July
12.-John Shorn, of this city,
Is under arrest to-day, charged
with the murder of Evan Will
how In saloon Mt Poca, Put
nam county, In 1887.
Shorn was arrested last night
on u warrant sworn out by the
son of the dead man, who rec
oSnizcd him after thirty-two
years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
SWAT THE FLY

The Civic Club Fly Contest.
now under way. is open to all.
In addition to prize awards, five
cents a pint will be paid by the
club.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Il
g. Bricker Dauphtn
hura Edward
kenHi Clifton e. H.. MiniamAport.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-12

.. rvvr,--y r4yyr rrpT,rN prop v5TTry
. RAILING poor I'M pHrA rrpr :
! KILLED AND AT LEAST FOURTEEN OTHERS !
: WE'RE INJURED NV "a BLAsE THAT DESTROY
= ED THE TIVE-s STORY WAREHOUSE OF ThCOB !
) POTASH AND BROTHERS IN THE NORTHEAST =
SECTION or THE CITY SHORTLY AFTER NOON :
: TODAY rasg 2 gr
. rHE VICTIMS WERE PLUNGED INTO FLAMES !
! vffrN THF WALLS AND ROOF. COLLAPSED =
: WITHOUT WARNING. ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE !
: .FrFFtrFv WERE. CARRIED DOWN IN THE
: AEA-.'o-ll. - LL9i'lo A5a'>11. .oI L :
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Humilintc Womcn

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30

equalized under the cents advance
I approach this matter Mr.
Hines said. in his report. with the
clearest conviction that the railroads
must be conducted now and for all
time in the future in such a way as
to give to railroad employees an ade
quate compensation and a liberal
share in the returns from railroad
operation. This is not only justly due
to the employees who make possible
the rendition of the service, but it is
obviously in the interest OF good SER
vice. 1t is true now and Will be true
to continually increasing extent in
the future that state of content
ment On the part Of ,ilroad labor
will! be Indispensable to efficient
railroad service and this content
ment cannot exist unless the evidence
Of fair treatment is so clear that it
will carry conviction to the railroad
employees themselves.
In addition to the four cents an
hour increase for most of the shop
all freight car repairmcn receive six
tv-seven cents IN hour. instead Of
sixty-tiree cents for steel car repair
ers and fifty-eight cents for wooden
car repairers. and that car inspect
ors should receive sixty-seven cents
instead Of fifty-eisht cents. with the
exception in both classes that the in
crease for men employed at outlying
points. where the work is not contin
uoJS. shall be four cents an hour.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
Railroad President Says That
Rates Are insufficient to Pay
Operating Expenses
EQUIPMENT is IN A
RUN DOWN CONDITION
When Roads Are Returned to
Private Ownership Many Ad-
justments to Be Made

Washington, Aug. 25.-A z25 per
cent increase in railroad rates mus
follow return of the railroads to pri-
vate ownership, Howard Elliott, pres
ident of the Northern Pacific Rail
road, told the house interstate COM
merce committee today. This esti-
mate, he added, was made on the as
sumption that there would be no more
wage increase or advances in mater
ial costs.
would 25 Per cent rease solve
the problem for the We country ?'|
asked Representative Sims. Democrat,
of Tennessee.
"I think it would responded Mr..
Elliott, adding that he preferred the
rate increase to the continued pay
ment of the government guaranteed
compensation. New England roads, he
asserted, were in bad shape and were
not earning the government guaran-
teed compensation.
Asked if a Is per cent increase of
rates would hamper business or in
crease the cost of living, Mr.. Elliott
replied that the effect, in his opinion,
had been exaggerated, but he did not
want 10 give the impression that it
would have no effect on living cost
generally.
In advocating wage legislation, Mr..
Elliott said, "let the wives of the
men vote on the strike: they are the
most affected The great majority
OF railroad employees, he said, did not
want to strike, and he urged some
legislation for the adjustment OF dis
putes. He suggested that labor unions
be required to incorporate and file re-
pcrts, like business corporations, and
that employees be compelled to serve
notice before quitting work.
Alba 3. Johnson Of Philadelphia,
former president of the Baldwin Loco
motive Works, urged the preserva-
ton Of the interstate commerce COM
mission as judicial body. He ap-
peared before the committee as
spokesman of the railway business as
sociation, an organization Of manu-
facturers of railway supplies.
Mr.. Johnson advocated creation of
a federal transportation board to
certify to the commission the amount
of revenue necessary in the public
interest He predicted that if au>
thority over the amount of revenue
were left to the commission, it would
bring on government ownership III
ten years, if not in five.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
COUNTRY SHOULD
GET. PREP AIRED

Washington. Aug. 25.-In View OF
the wage demands made by railroad
employees the government should take
steps to prepare for a nationwide
strike of these employees without
waiting until the transportation sys-
TENS actually arc tied up. the senate
was told today by Senator Thomas.
Democrat. of Colorado
Il hope" he said. the government
Of the United States. representing all
the reople. whose mission it is to en-
force the laws. will not wait until TINS
calamity is announced and becomes
general. bat will take steps to anti
cipate ii by providing for the opera
tor of trains over the railways OF
the country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
SHIP STRIKES ROCK


Halifax, N. S., Aug. 25.-The Royal
Mail Packet Company's steamer Chau-
diere has gone ashore at Bermuda,
according to messages received here.
The steamer struck a rock. She sail
ed from here last Friday with nearly
100 passengers for Barbados and
Demerara. The Chaudicre registers
$500 tons.
While navigating the narrow pas
sage known as Two Rock passa ge"
to the port of Bermuda today, the,
steamer struck a rock, tearing a hole
in her starboard side. Considerable
water entered number one hold, but
the steamer reached her dock safely.
She will be unable to continue her
VOYAGE
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
CARNEGIEpS WILL
Estate Estimated to Be Worth
Thirty Millions

New York, Aug. 2S.-Andrew Car
nagie's viii was made public today.
The estimated value Of the estate is
between twenty-five and thirty mill
lion. All works of art and real es
tate arc left to his widow Annunities
of ten thousand dollars are bequeath-
ed to former President Taft and Pre-
n1ier Lloyd George. Annunities of
five thousand are left to Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and Mrs. Thomas j.
Preston, widows of former presidents.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
TO ESTIMATE ON
STATE HIGHWAY
Bids For Construction of Mayes.
vile Road Will Be Called
For

Chairman McLaurin of the County
Board of Commissioners states that
the estimate for the road to be built
via Mayesville to the Lee county line
will be given out by the State High
way Commission within the next few
days Bids will then be called for in
order to get the road started. Mr.
McLaurin states that nearly all nee
essary rights Of way have been Sc
cured.
On next Tuesday the board will hold
a meeting at which plans will be dis
cussed.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
Military Force Called uut to
Prevent Renewal Of Blody
Rioting
FOUR ARE KILLED AND
THIRTEEN WERE INJURED
Traction Company Strike Reach
es a Serious Stage in North
Carolina City

Charlotte. Aug. 23.-State troops
and deputies patrolled the principal
streets today TO prevent Il renewal Of
the rioting il connection with the
street car strike which resulted III
the death Of four men and injury to
thirteen last night. Additional mill
tary is ordered here. No effort has
been made to resume operation of
the cars which have been tied up for
two weeks.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
VAR RENEWED
IN BALKANS
Serbians and Montenegrins
Are Fighting Over Pro-
posed Union
MONTENL uRINS HAVE
CUT THE RAILROAD
Reinforcements Obtained By
Serbians But Do Not Put
Down Revolution

London, Aug. 2S.-Montepegrins
have. cut the railway between virpa
zar and Antinavari on the coast. The
Scrbians are receiving reinforcements
but are not meeting with much sue
ccs:; in putting down the revolu sien,
reports Indicate The Montenegrin
spirit IS reported thoroughly aroused
against the proposed union with
Serbia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
NEGROES THREAT
EN- GOVERNMENT
Demand Made on Congress For
Guarantee of Racial
Equality

Washington. Aug. 2S.-A delega-
ton cf negroes asking for an amend
ment to the peace treaty guaran-
teeing racial equality, told the senate
foreign relations committee today that
serious trouble might be expected un-
less the negro is Given better treat
ment in the United States. The kind of
trouble they threaten was not spcci-
fed. nor was any particular section
mentioned.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
TO MAKE TOUR
OF THE COUNTRY
President Wilson Will Speak in
the Interest of the Peace
Treaty
WILL LEAVE WASHING
TON NEXT WEDNESDAY
Presidential Party viii Include
Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Grayson
and Secretary Tumulty

Washington. Aug. .2s.-President
Wilson will leave Washington next
Wednesday on speech making tour
in the interest of the peace treaty
delivering the first address next THurs-
day at Columbus. He will be &C
companied by Mrs. Wilson. Admiral
Grayson, the White House paysi-
clan, Secretary Tumulty and a corps
of secretaries and stenographers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
ANTI SALOON
LEAGUE MEETING
Great Conference to Be Held in
Chicago

Westervile, Aug. 26.-Ernest Cher
ryton,, secretary Of the Anti-Saloon
League, announced a conference Of
all State leagues at Chicago on Sep
tember 18th to take steps for the en-
fcrcement of the prohibition low ana
to make plans to extend the campaign
to other countries.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30

Washington, Aug. 27.-Secretary
ity to spend eight million dollars Of
the funds already appropriated for
construction work at various camps.
including Camp Benning, Ca. and
Camp Bragg, NC
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
Recommends Refrigerator Cars
Be Operated By Govern
) ment Monopoly
PACKERS TO BE PUT
OUT OF BUSINESS
Railroads Will Be Licensed to
Own and Operate Cars After
! Government Acquisition

Washington. Aug. 26.-1n a special
report to President Wilson the fed
eral trade commission recommended
that the operation of refrigerator cars
be made a government monopoly. The
report recommends the property be
acquired by the government and the
railroads be licensed to own and op-
crate them.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
TO ESTABLISH
FOOD STORES
Retail Stores to Be Established
to Sell Army Supplies

Washington, aug. 26.-Retail stores
for the sale of army foodstuqs are 10
tie established September 25th, it
was announced today The stores will
fill mail orders and be continued in
definitely as a part Of the government
campaign against high cost of living.
1t is understood fourteen supply cit
les are planned. Prices are to be
fixed to avoid discrimination.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-30
RIOTS RAMPANT
IN PITTSBURG
Thousand Extra Policemen Are
Sworn in to Keep Peace

Pittsburgh. Aug. ga thousand
extra policemen have been sworn in
as the result of the trolley strike and
the following riots in which a score
of persons were injured. The trans
portation system is tied up.