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The Washington herald., 1919-07-30
| DEAD, 3 DYING
EXPLOSION
Blast of Gasoline Torch in
Semmes' Garage Injuries
Four Others.

One man dead, three dying and four
others in the hospital is the toll taken
by the explosion of a gasoline torch
in the repair shop of the Semmes
Motor Car, Company, 613 G street
northwest, shortly before o'clock yes
terday morning.
NJ. D. Libby, s12 Sixth street north
west died at 9:45 last night at Ener-
gency Hospital. Physicians at that
institution said last night that Will
lam P. Kyle. 1904 Thirteenth street
southeast probably will die.
j. S.. Klotz, Salisbury, N. c., at
Emergency Hospital, and Eugene
Arnold, Mt, Rainier. Md, at Casualty
Hospital. are in a critical condition.
Others less severely injured are: B.
F. Bottlemey "A Eleventh street north
east: A. S. Nally, "27 L street north
east; E. E. Boyer, 217 First street
northwest, and Henry Kienle, 364 N
street southwest, all at Emergency
Hospital.
The men were working on the
third floor of the establishment
near a gasoline torch used to heat
the frames of automobiles, when
the tank. containing about five
gallons. exploded. The force of the
explosion knocked down some of
the men who were covered with
the flaming liquid.
Fire damaged automobiles under
repair and the garage itself. The
employees and building are insured.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-30
FRENCH TREATY .
GIVEN SENATE;
BIC FIGHT NEAR
Developments Follow Thick
and Fast Oh Heels of
Wilson S Message.
AMENDMENTSMULTIPLY
Conference at White House
Gives Executive Line on
How Vote Will Be Cast.

Important developments in the
Senate in connection with the peace
treaty and the league of nations
were recorded yesterday. They
were:
,1-President Wilson sent to the
Senate the proposed treaty with
France promising the aid of the
United States in the event Germany
should again attack the French
frontier
2-The Foreign Relations Com
mittee announced that public hear
ings on the peace treaty will be-
gin tomorrow morning with Ber-
nard NJ. Baruch as the first wit
ness. Mr.. Baruch was a member
of the Inter-Allied Council and one
of the financial advisers of the
American Peace Commission
3-Senator Thomas. Democrat. at
tackled the league of nations in a
Senate speech and declared it would
not prevent war
Wilson Sees Leaders,
4-Senators Hitchcock and Swan
son. administration leaders, con-
ferred with the President at the
White House and informed him
that there will be forty Senators
who will vote as a unit against
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.poiicefnen grouped there, upen the
pstifuI bundle OF rags. all covered
with fine coal dust, and upon the
man, who stood a little away from
the others, head bent, hands trem-
bling. Thomas Fitzgerald. the slayer.
Fitzgerald had confessed; had ts-
ken the police into the basement;
his shaking finger had pointed out
the spot where he had placed the
poor little body Of the girl he
liked; and had stood by while it
was uncovered. and taken from its
place between an old iron flue and
the wall.
The sun was bright. the birds
sang in the trees outside, motors
and motor buses hummed over the
slick wide drive nearby. and men
and women and children in their
Sunday best, prayer books and
rosaries in their hands, were on
their way to church.
The Wilkinson family. who live
upstairs on the third floor at ia.
were up. dreading the new day that
could bring them. they thought,
only more anxiety. more bitterness
of heart, and, in proportion. just
that much less of hope.
John . WILKINSON, the father,
was bathing.
Neither he nor his wife had slept
much. And when they. had slept
they dreamed Nightmares. The chill
dren sat about dull. sorrowful; all
save Jean. the littlest one, who
prattled as if the days had not
changed since sister Janet went
away.
that the police were downstairs. that
Janet had been found; didn't know
that Fitzgerald had confessed.
They heard the newsboys calling
Extra! Fitzgerald confesses"-and
it was only then they knew.
- In the first few moments of the
new shock of grief it was feared
that the mother would go mad,
would die.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-30
HOUSE ORDERS
ARMY FOOD TO
HOMES BY MAIL
Secretary Baker Instructed
to Distribute Vast Stores
at Once.
HOUSEWIVES PROFIT
D. c. Postoffice Prepares
to Help Step to Lower
Prices.

Washington letter-carriers with
in three days will be taking orders
from housewives for surplus army
foodstufrs at rock bottom prices.
Today Secretary of War Baker
will be handed a resolution unani-
mously passed in the House yester-
day afternoon calling upon him to
use Immediately the postoffice ma
chinery to its fullest capacity in
distributing by parcel post much
needed staples that at present are
serving no useful purpose in army
warehouses. This means that the
vast army supplies aggregating
100000 pounds OF foodstuffs will
be brought to the very front door
OF the consumer. 1t also means
that Representative NJ. Clyde Kelly
has won the most practical victory
yet recorded in the fight to down
the high cost of living.
Postmaster NJ. o. Chance, when no.
titled of the action of the House last
night, said he would Immediately lay
plans to cooperate.
Other Necessities Affected.
Volunteer and spasmodic efforts on
the part Of public-spirited citizens will
no longer be needed to get the surplus
fcodstuffs of the War Department to
consumers. From today on 1t will be
the specific duty of the Postofice ma
chlnery of the country to fill the
housewives market-basket.
Not only will opportunity be given
for the Washington consumer to get
four kinds of meat and four kinds OF
vegetables, but, in the near future.
thousands of blankets and other arti-
cles of mems wear will be declared
surplus and be distributed to the
door
All day yesterday members of the
House of Representatives conducted a
bitter fight along party lines on the
food question.
Calls on Postofficc.
When Representative Kelly saw
that his bill had no chance OF pass
ing. and even If 1t did, no immediate
action would result, he substituted
the resolution, which was carried by
a strict party vote. Later It was
found that no means of distribution
was provided. and it was here that
the telling stroke was made, when
Mr.. Kelly injected an amendment
calling upon the postoftice machinery
of the country to deliver the food
stuffs by parcel post. The vote on the
resolution was 266 to 4.
John G. McGrath. former secretary
of the Park View Citizens Associa-
ton, who has been instrumental in
securing the food for the people of
Washington. said last night that he
thought the method of distributing 1t
through the postoffices would be ex-
cellent for the rural districts.
But" he stated, It feel confident
that the community centers would be
the most efficient medium for the city
OF Washington"
The Washington herald., 1919-07-30
WILSON AND RAINEY
DISCUSS IRISH PROBLEM

Representative Rainey. Democrat,
discussed the Irish situation with
President Wilson yesterday The
conference was entirely confiden-
tiaI, Mr.. Rainey said. but there was
no mistaking the fact that he vas
very much encouraged as the result
or what the President told him.
what the President said. think
am privileged to say" Mr.. Rainey
stated. satisfied me that he knows
more about the Irish situation than
anybody else in this country. 1 feel
confident that he will handle the
matter to the eventual satisfaction
Of the Irish people and everybody
else concerned"
The Washington herald., 1919-07-30
Polk Is Reported
To Have Thrace Terms

Paris, July 29.-Frank L. Polk,
undersecretary of State, arrived here
today to succeed Lansing as head of
the American peace delegation.
Polk may have brought with him
new instructions from President VIII.
son with regard to the disposition of
it was said today, although
1t was stated on the highest author
ity that America will insist on Bull
garia's right to this territory.
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Salients Facts of
Riots and Strikes
RIOTS.

RIOTS.
known dead. 32j 500 injured.
Hospitals hlIed to overflowing.
-Four thousand troops with
nred bayonsts held ready for
action. Firemen provided with
arms.
Gov. Lowdcn appeals TO off,
cials for complete Cooperation.
Rioting spreads NIL over city.
Both white and negro rioters
use automobiles to cruise around
city, shooting indiscrimIuateIy.
Race prejudice has grown
since $4,000 negroes outgrcw
white families.
States Attorney Hoyne bInmes
/ Thompson police administration
and politics for trouble, and says
lnwiess whites and negroes have
been given police sprotectiou."
STREET CAR STRIKE.
The compromise offer of the
electric railway companies which
was rejected and the demand of
the men follows
$4,000 employees involved who
demand rs cents an hou-. s.
hour day.
Wage per day, $eI time and n
half for overtime.
Seventy per cent of runs 10 he
completed in s hours. All runs
TO be completed in fourteen
hours.
SiN-dny week.
OFFERED BY COMPAI
Sixty-fiye cents an Ia
surface IinesI 81 center
for elevated system. -
Average wngc per
S-hosr day. Time and
overtime.
Ali runs to be compst
thirteen hours for "I- sns md
fourteen for surface men-
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Crowds Fight to Purchase
Rations Doled Out as Au-
thcrities Seek Way to
Bring Relief from Acute
Shortage in District.
DAILY CONSUMPTION
EXCEEDS PRODUCTION
Barge on Way from Hudson
River Should Be Here in
Week Citizens Are
Again Urged to Be More
Conservative in Use.

Crowds fought for ice in Washing
ton yesterday.
There were 1900 tons in storage, but
this supply is being held for special
emergencies
Ice plants throughout the city were
besieged by thousands who scrambled
for the privilege of purchasing 10
cent chunk. the maximum allowed by
the ice commission.
Dozens Of delivery wagons were idle
Housekeepers were forced to throw
away their dinners when meats and
other perishabIe foodsturfs spoiled in
iceless boxes.
There was excitement about the ice
making plants. as men. women and
children fought their way to platforms
where small quantities were doled.
Crowds Line Up mt Plants
Robert F. Bradley, OF 2226 Penn
syIvania avenue southeast. motored
from Twining City to the Carry
plant on D street, between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth, to get a
supply for his family. He found
the vicinity packed by hundreds of
automobiles. wagons and pushcarts.
The cry was for ice-more Ice
Bradley said. but the men en-
gagged in passing out the chunks,
had orders to sell but 10 cents
worth to each person and the or
der was Obeyed to the letter. The
business man who came for 100
pounds and the poor man with his
dime were required to accept the
small amount or do without. The
people were in lines that extended
for more than a block"
, Similar conditions were reported
from the Hygienic Company's plant
At Thirteenth and E streets north
east. and Chapin-Sacks establish
ment at First and VI streets north
east.
10000 Tons ID. c. Surplus.
DR.. William c. Fowler. District
health office and chairman of the
Ice Conservation Committee. said
last night a surplus supply of $4,000
tons is being held.
Arrangements were made at a meet
ing of the committee yesterday to
draw on the reserve enough to ac-
commOdate sales OF IS pounds TO
each person at all distributing
points.
An American Ice Company barge.
with loo tons aboard, leaves the
Hudson River for Washington to-
night, it was announced last night.
This will be followed by barge
load of 1.r0 tons every four or hive
DAYS. The trip requires approximate
Iy a week.
One thousand tons a day is the
present output here. DR.. Fowler said
with the consumption about 1.5OO tons
Plants Run mt Capacity.
In an effort to meet the demand all
ice plants are running at capacity.
aided bv plentiful labor and material
Dr.. Fowler issued an appeal to the
city Yesterday to conserve by elm
mating ice in water or the serving
OF il with foods.
IF ice consumers exercise a res-
sonabIe econou tiuring the next four
weeks there wIn be not the slightest
danger Of an ice famine" he de-
Clared.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-30
CHICAGO MOB UNCHECKED; STRIKE ADDS TERROR
32Dead, 5OOHurt;
Torch Applied as
Race Riots Spread

Traction Strike Forces Hundreds of Thou
sands Into Vortex of Mad Struggle-Police
Head Still Refuses to. Hold Troops Held
Ready With Fixed Bayonets-Cov. Low
den on Scene-Disorder Breaks Out All
Over City.
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in the business district Two ne.
groes were killed in the business
district during the day.
Adjt Gen. Dickson urged the
troops be used.
My men are ready" he told Chief
Garrity. Crowds are gathering
dangerously and a new outbreak
may come at any moment"
Gov. Lowden's Statement.
Governor Lowden. before going into
conference with Mayor Thompson is.
sued the following statement IT. regard
to the riot situation tonight:
The troops ale ready for action
We do not know at what moment il
Will be necessary TO use them l hope
II will not be necessary. In my opin-
ion the use Of troops will rot be neces-
sary.
Il appeal to all officials for complet,
cooperation. II is my opinion that
there is no point in going into the
question who is responsible for these
race riots. They are here, ard the
thing to DO is 10 restore order. When
order is restored, then it will be time
to settle the responsibility and punish
the guilty.
Now the man thing 10 DO is C
, restore and maintain order. II VT
all keep our heads and all cooperate
We will handle the situation success
fully because a large majority Of the
people, both white and black. are law
abiding and desire To maintain order.
l.
on the job until the whole matter is
settled"
Gov. Lowden Asks Aid.
Governor Lowden called city on
Gals, welfare workers. business men
and negro leaders 70 a conference to-
! day. He told the body that the cause
I Of the race riots doe not matter.
( that they must be ended by full CO.
| operation Of all classes. He made
/ special appeal 10 business men TO aid.
saying negroes were dissatisfied with
the recognition they had received
, commercially for their war work.
statement signed by Eve negro
! leaders today laid the blame for tn,
riots on false and misleading articlef
/ in certain negro papers and the IN ad.
vice given by so-cslled leaders who
have inculcsted false ideas In the
minds Of many thoughtless colorcd
/ people pertaining TO their rights upon
I termination Of the war in Europe. re-
J gardless of education, property rights
or citizenship"
! The statement concluded with the
assertion that the substantial negro
people desired only full protection Of
/ the State and city, and punishment Of
/ lawbreakers, white or black
Twenty-Five negro ex-soIdiers today
( pstrolled a portion Of the black
I belt with white policemen. The SOL
! ciers were charged with keeping their
own people moving.
Take Refuge in Police stations.
Police stations in the negro district
are filled with injured and frtgf enco
residents OF the black belt sec sing
protection. Others were cared fer in
! city hospitals and police st fioni
farther removed from the storm en-.
her
ate militismcn were held. fully
I'D with riot ammunition In
rrnories Gov. Lowden, here tc
-. with city officials over the riot
/ and street car strike. instructed the
adjUtant general 10 rush troops 10 tho
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The Washington herald., 1919-07-30
Drink Costs Barkeep $40.

New York. July 29.-when Harry
Deed. bartender. succumbed to the
pIeadings Of mice man" and sold
=, wee nip Of liquor, he didn't know
the customer was a detective. He
discovered 1t when nned $40.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-30
War Department
Wants S45O,OOO
To PayPhone Bill

The War Department
will not be able to pay
even its telephone bill for
the next fiscal year out of
the appropriation for con-
tingent expenses carried in
the last army bill, Secre-
tary Baker wrote the
House yesterday.
He asked that the appro-
priation be increased from
. sioo, 900 to Ss5o,ooo, after
stating that the depart
ment's monthly telephone
bill was still $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-30
Ready to Smite Hungary.

London, July APPROPRIATIONS are
complete for Franco-serbian ad-
vance into Hungary If Bella Kun does
not comply with the allies demands,
it was understood here today.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-30

Chicago, July zse third night of noting no ab.ie-
ment of violence The ons h, spread of city,
and bands Of blacks wage continuous guerilla warfare
Fire had added to the reign Of Incenary bsz
frequent the negro district Fire companies responding to the
alarms fired upon and order, companies to
be furnished with Two FIRE houses rushed upon
by moba
The city with its 10000 negro population presented strange
and there hundreds of thousands of em forced by the
street strike moved with fear and apprehension At this
that would spy negro, and the
mob would gather.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-30
81 BODIES IN MoRGUE

The number of dead definitely known but the police
thrtytwo bodies in tonight Tie list
beyond counting The hospitals filed overfowns
The police report at least 500 injured
In the sections of the black belt" he appearance
white face the signal for voey of rifle and
OF Harold Rgnaden illustrate He had
mission in the South State Thiryfth district populated
wholly by He walked trap not reazin
his danger The almost deserted few negroes
HIM Suddenly there crash Of Rignade
fell with six bullet holes his body BY polio
with FIRE truck but died before reaching hospital
BOASTS OF MURDER
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CONDENSED NOVEL SERIES

You are missing the greatest newspaper
feature of years II you reading The
masterpieces Of the WORLDS literature IN The
Washington Herald
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BOASTS OF MURDER.
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THE WEATHER

Today and tomorrow-Fair. Highest
emperature yesterday, 81; lowest, 7S.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
Newspaper Printed
on Wrapping Paper

st. Louis, Dec. 22.-The East st.
Louis Daily Journal will be printed
this afternoon on light brown wrap
ping paper, according to an an
nouncement in yesterdays issue.
The publisher of the journal, Allen
T. Spivey, president OF the Illinois
Republican Editorial Association,
printed a statement in his paper
yesterday that the Sunday issue was
made possible by using borrowed
print paper at one cent n page for
the other eight pages The price of
the Sunday paper is five cents.
The Journal has obtained an op-
ton on a quantity of light brown
wrapping paper, which will be used
this afternoon unless something
happens to replensh the stock,
good fortune that is not much
hoped for. Mr.. Spivey had a con-
signment of print paper on the way
to East st. Louis and was resting
easy until he received Il telegram
that the car containing his paper
was smashed in a railroad wreck at
Tiffin, Ohio. and the paper ruined.
This afternoons issue of the
Journal, if printed on wrapping pa
per, will attract much attention ana
he in demand for souvenirs. Old
timers recall that q newspaper in
Memphis, Tenm. was printed on
wall paper during the war, and that
the Chicago Tinres issued n hand
bill the day after the great Chi
cago fire, but so far no one recalls
seeing newspaper printed on
Wrapping paper.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
Jos. H. O'Brien Will
Speak on R. r. Terminals
at the Engineers Club

Joseph II. O'Brien, engineer and
building expert of the Central Con-
struction Corporation. will deliver an
address at s o'clock this evening at
the Engineers Club on railroad ter
minals in the United States, which
may have n bearing on the proposed
changes in Harrisburg which just
engineers OF the State and the Penn
sylvaia Railroad and have not vet
been fully developed. The public
has been invited.
Mr.. O'Brien, who is n member of
the American Society of Civil Eng
neers and of the Boston Society of
Civil Engineers, has had more than
twenty-siX years experience in gen.
eral engineering and construction
work. He began his engineering
career with the Boston Terminal
Company, where he had direct
charge of the design and construc-
tion of every important feature of
the Boston Terminal, known as the
South Station. Subsequently as as
sistant engineer in charge of con-
struction he designed and supervised
the construction of important works
for the street railway system of
Providence. II. l., including the MAN.
chester Street Power House, the
Cranston Street Shops and the ELM
wood Avenue Carbarn.
He was first assistant to the term
inal engineer in the original organic
alton charged with the design of the
New York Central and Hudson River
Terminal Improvem ents in New York
City, and later had direct charge OF
the design and execution of all civil
engineering work of the Pennsyl-
rania Railroad Company's terminal
improvements in New York City, in
Guiding the station building. in con-
nection with which he co-operated
with the architects.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22

Use McNcirs Pain ExternHnator--Aa
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
Courthouse Notec

Petition WithdPaWn.-A petition To
have Mrs. Mary Heck. in jail serving
q three-month sentence after con-
viction on charge of being a COM
mon scold, released on parole. WAS
withdrawn by counsel for John y.
Heck, her husband. The woman
has served about a month. The
court intimated it would not es-
tablish q precedent by releasing a
prisoner from the Jail on parole be-
fore the expiration of the sentence.
Divorces Grantcd.-Divorce de-
crees We're granted to-day in the fol-
lowing cases: Evitsa VS.. Jordan
Engleoff, cruel and barbarous treat
ment; Leila vs. Edwin d. Crow, de-
sertion. rule for counsel fees was
allowed in the divorce action OF
julius VS.. Margaret LagYak.
Guardian Namctl.-The Steelton
Trust Company was named guardian
Of six minor children of the late
Ellis SharoslSv. Two of the children.
lillian and Harry. appeared in court
to make Their choice Of a guardian
Judgment Entrrcd. - TTpon tho
failure of rounscl for Harris and
Mox taronson tr file sipuiomentnI
aHidavit ne defence. thu court F-ant-
ed an order f0-dfv ai~cctinc iud~-
Tnent IN he enta-,a ngai-st thor, IN
fnvor of R"va,-d " Issin~qton In the
sum of 81 0o0 with 'nfnrost
Use McNeifs Pain Externlinator--Ad
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
Much Sugar Exported
Desp tc Growing Scarcity

Washington. Dec. 22.-In the face
of a growing scarcity of sugar more
than n billion ard a quarter pounds
of sugar, valued at nearly $4,000
coo, were exported from the United
States during the first o months OF
the present year, Il DepaI tment o
Commerce report issued yesterday
shows.
Exports, which went largely to the
United Kingdom and France, eX-
ceeded In quantity S39 per cent the
amount sent cut of the country dur
ing the same period last year.
While this sugar was being shipped
out of the country, American i'm
porters brought in more than eight
and a quarter billion pounds valued
ut $4S1,242,009. The imports in
creased only - per cent which in
comparison with the much larger eG-
port increase. officials We're of the
opinion. undoubtedly accounts AT
least in part Tor the difficulties the
American housewife is having in OBJ
tanning sugar from her grocer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
Lieut. H. C. Geisel Is
Given Commission

Announcement of new officers ..l
the reorganlzing Keystone Divis Oh
Of interest N this city include Cap
tan Jackson w. Painter, of Williams
port and First Lieutenant Edgar I
Ke!ser. of Sunbury, who have bee.
assigned by Major General Price e.
the Z ghth Infantry, with headquar-
ters at Harrisburg. The only Har-
risburg appointment in the recent
list was First Lieutenant Horace G
Ge!sel. 546 Maciay street, who har
been assigned 10 the Governor
Troop.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-22
HICKSON VISIT Is
EXPLAINED BN' REC"rOI.

Rev. Rollin a. Sawyer az the ST
Stephens Episcopal Church yoster-
Gay morning discussed the purposes
of the Hickson Mission and gave
some most-interesting explanations
and conclusions regarding the prayer
healer's work. Those who heard the
sermon declare il to have been the
most elucid Interpretation of the re-
lation of prayer to healing that has
been heard in Harrisburg.