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EXTRA PAY HELD UP;
IIEIIOII MEN SORE
Want to Use Some of the Cash For
a Summer Vacation; Checks
Are Not Ready
Considerable disappointment was ex
pressed to-day by trainmen and con
ductors of the Philadelphia and Read
ing; Railway Company when they failed
to receive their checks for back pay
due on a wage increase. This was the
third day fixed for the distribution of
the extra checks. Inability to compute
the amounts due in time, was Riven as
the reason for the delay.
An estimate Axes the amount of $30,-
000 due employes in Harrisburg and
vicinity. Following a conference be
tween the Reading: officials and train
men and conductors, it was stated that
the money would be ready July 1. Then
came the announcement that July 15
was the day! Two weeks ago July 27
was fixed as the time for paying out
the extra money.
Employes of the Reading, who have
long been waiting on their money, were
arranging for summer trips and they
believe the summer will be over before
the money is forthcoming. The total
amount of extra pay to be distributed
over the Reading system is s2«»ft,ooo.
The pay ear started on its semimonthly
trip yesterday and wan here to-day.
The amount of regular pay distribut
ed to-day was $40,000.
Standing of the Crews
HARRISRI RG SIDE
Philadelphia Division l2l crew to
go first after 4 p. m.: 107. 1.4, 112. l-o,
i 23, 101, 106. 118. 116; 117.
Engineers for 103, 104.
Firemen for 101. 103, 107, 114, 118.
Conductors for 110, 112, 116, 118, 1.3.
Flagman for 101.
Brakemen for 114, 116, 122.
Engineers up: Supplee, Goodwin,
Leayman, Seitz, Dennlson, Geesey,
Bruebaker, Statler, Streeper, Kautz,
Grass, Huber, Mandenford, Crlsswell.
Firemen up: Reno, Armsberger,
Shi ve, Mvers, Wagner, Brenner, Mr-
Curdy, Laverty, Gelslnger, Barton,
Weaver, Spring, Yentzer, Kegleman,
Carr, Collins, Grove, Kochenouer, Win
ters. Lantz.
Conductors up: Ford. Ropp
Flagmen up: Clark, Bruenl.
Brakemen up: Gouse, Fergueson. Mc-
Intyre, Cox, McGlnnis. Baltozer, Brown,
Wolfe, Coleman. Riley. Dengler, Steh
inan, Knupp, Wiland, Busser, Dearolf,
Collins. „ .
middle Division —240 crew to go first
after 1 p. m.: 238, 251, 221, 233, .6.
22. 23, 16. 15.
Firemen for 22, 23.
Conductors for 26, 22. 15.
Flagman for 26.
Brakeman for 15.
Engineers up: Willis, Briggles, Mum
ma, Minnich. Magill, Webster. Moore,
Smith, Bennett, Free, Clouser.
Firemen up: Fritz. Zeiders. Cox,
Davis. Schreffler. Look. Kuntz, Reeder,
Drewett, Bornman, Buyer, Stouffer,
Pottiger. _
Conductors up: Oantt, Huber, Bas
kins. Keys, Byrnes.
Flagmen up: Preston, Smith. Bod
ley. . , ,
Brakemen up: McHenry, Wenerick,
Bolan. Plack, Schoffstall, Spahr, My
ers. Ileck, Fleck, Stahl, Werner. Kll*
gore, Reese, Bell, Frank. Troy, Baker,
Putt.
VAIII) CREWS
Engineers up: Meals. Stahl. Swab,
Silks, Crist. Harvey, Saltsman. Kuhn,
Snyder. Pelton, Landis, Brenneman,
Thomas. Rudy.
Firemen up: Lackey, Cookerley,
Maeyer. Shelter. Snell. Bartolet, Getty,
Hart. Barkey. Sheets. Bair. Eyde, Crow,
Ulsh. Bostdorf, Schiefer, Rauch,
Weigle.
Engineers for 1820, 1368.
Firemen for 90.
EXOI.A SIDE
Philadelphia Division — : 231 crew to
go first after 4.15 p. m.: 215, 204. 225.
206, 218. 251, 223. 205, 226, 245, 229. 210.
242, 2a2.
Engineers for 214. 215, 229, 231.
Firemen for 201. 210, 215, 224, 242.
252.
Conductors for 05, 15.
Flagman for 14.
Brakemen for 18, 29, 35. 45.
Conductors up: Oindle, Lingle.
Flagmen up: Brinser, Peck.
Brakemen up: Twigg. Albright,
Rice, Long. Waltman, Malseed. Shire
ling, Fair, Wolfe, Felker, Taylor, Shaff
ner.
Middle Division —23s crew to go first
after 12.15 p. m.: 217. 245. 106, 101,
107. 114, 119. 109. 111, 10 4, 102.
Engineer for 106.
Firemen for 106. 107. 114.
Conductors for 114, 109.
Flagmen for 106, 114. 119.
Brakemen for 102, 116.
READING CREWS
P., H. & P. crews after 3 a. m.: 24,
3, 8. 11, 12. 2, 14, 20. 15, 10, 17, 7.
East-hound after 6 a. m.: 58, 67, 71,
68. 59. 51. 64, 65, 70, 53.
Conductors up: Hitton. Kline, Gingh
er. German.
Engineers up: Fetrow. Typton, Mes
simore, Barnhart. Pletz, Fortjiey,
Bonawltz, Lape, Woland.
Firemen up:' Holbert. H. Moyer,
Sellers, Snader, Zukoswki, Brown, L.
Moyer. Rumbaugh.
Brakemen up: Conk. Epley, Steph
ens, Creager, Ely, Hlnkle, Painter,
Laucks, Durall, Hoover, Kapp. Smith,
Shader, Shearer, Carlin. Strain, Ens
minger, Taylor, Hartz, Resch.
MARY PICK FORD
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INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE MEN
ARE ATTENDING CONVENTION
Harrlsburg is represented at the fifth
quarterly convention of Independent
Telephone Cor-any officials, which
opened at Columbia to-day. Those from
Harrlsburg are: Cameron L. Baer. G. S.
Herbert, R. W. Miller. W. O. Albright.
Charles A. Carl and O. K. Kines. The
convention will continue to-morrow.
To-night there will he a banquet.
The last convention was held In Har
rlsburg. and it is —"bable that the next
meeting will he held in this city.
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FLY MEASURING DAY
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 1
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TUESDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG OSS&bi TELEGRAPH JULY 28. 1914.
ran urn
KILLED BT EXPRESS
Find Henry E. Harman Dying at
Switch He Had Gone to
Throw
''
HENRY K 7LU:MAX~
The body of Henry E. Harman. who
was killed last night by an express
train at Reading, Is expected this
afternoon at the home of his father,
J. B. Harman, 115 South Fourteenth
street, and the funeral will take place
Thursday at Hanover, where services
will be conducted at St. Joseph s Cath
olic church. The funeral party will
leave here to-morrow evening.
Harman was 22 years of age. He
was a brakeman on a Reading rail
road freight extra which stopped last
night at the coal dock in the Reading
yard at Reading to allow the Pottsville
express to pass. It was 8:42 when
the passenger train went by, and a
little later Harman was found life
less. From the nature of the injuries,
it is supposed death was almost in
stant.
The freight extra bound for Har
risburg from Allentown hauled by
engine No. 1525 and in charge of Con
ductor J. Bowers was held on a siding
to allow the Pottsville express leaving
this city at 8:40 o'clock to pass. Har
man went forward to throw the switch
after the express would pass, to al
low his train to proceed. When after
a long period, no signal was flashed
to the crew of the waiting freight.
Conductor Bowers investigated. He
found Harman unconscious and badly
injured, beside the switch. A shifter
rushed him to the station preparatory
to sending him to the hospital but he
died before the station was reached.
There are no known witnesses. It is
presumed that Harman waited on the
main line track for the passing of the
express and became dazed. There are
more than a dozen tracks at this point
in the Reading yard. Conductor M.
M. Coffrey and Engineer T. Ilalahan
were in charge of the express.
Investigation of the injuries to the
young man revealed, besides the se
vere internal injuries, a fracture of
the upper jaw, and two gashes in
the head, one over the right eye and
one over the right ear.
Enginctncii Ask For Time. —Media-
tion in the controversy between the
ninety-eight Western railroads and
their engineers and firemen Scored a
victory at Chicago yesterday, when
the men agreed to continue negotia
tions. July 26 had been set by the
men as the final date for conferences.
The members of the board of media
tion met yesterday with the general
managers' committee of their railroads
and were ready to confer with the
men, when they received a notice ask
ing a day's postponement to let the
enginemen consider recent proposals.
The mediation board has given up
hopes for a direct settlement and now
is directing every effort to arrange ar
bitration.
Ready For X. C. I.case. —While the
case of the minority stockholders of
teh Northern Central Railway against
the lease of the road to the Pennsyl
vania is not yet out of the courts.
Judge Knapp, before whom the hear
ing were begun about two weeks ago
in Baltimore, has decided that tho
lease could be proceeded with and ex
ecuted pending a continuance of the
plaintiffs' case. The hearings were
then adjourned until September.
Judge Knapp is now considering a
new petition Hied by the minority
stockholders, giving them the right to
make the president and directors of
the Pennsylvania Railroad defendant
parties to any further proceedings to
have the lease declared void. The
petition also includes the unusual plea
that the dissenting stockholders shall
participate in the distribution of tho
40 per cent, stock dividend, the 10
per cent, cash dividend just declared
and the accrued 8 per cent, annual
dividends to be paid on the stock divi
dend.
REBEL CIFTI TO
CALL HALT ON VILLA
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It was reported that his mission was
to impress on the Northern leader
that the TTnlted States would look
with disfavor upon another internal
disagreement among the Constitution
alists. Carothers refused to discuss
that phase of the subject. He stated
that he thought there is no dauger
of a repetition of a Carranza-Villa
quarrel.
Evidence of Parks' Death
Reaches General Funston
Vera Cruz, July 28.—Mute evidence
of the fate of Private Samuel Parks of
the 28th infantry. United States army,
who was shot to death by a Mexican
outpost in front of Vera Cruz in May,
reached Brigadier General Punston
to-day when the aluminum tag of
identification which Parks wore when
he wandered out of the American lines
was forwarded by mall from Mexico
City.
The tag and parts of his blood
stained uniform have been reposing In
the Mexican war office for many
weeks. They were sent there when
an Investigation of the killing m the
American soldier demanded by the
Washington government, was urlder
taken by the Mexican officials.
What the result of that Investigation
was of the nature of the report made
tg Witfhlnslod is no*, known berg.
CTION OF MEMORIAL SQUARE, CHAMBERSB
CAIERIES ARE
UNDER INSPECTION
Department of Labor and Industry
Looking Into Employment, Safe
ty and Sanitation
gl An inspection of
2 the canneries of
> ffik the State, with
special reference
i to ot)Bervance
I Ilk the employment
I ' laws, sanitation
L Llnfwm and safp ty appli
fe ances . has been
H started by the
P** —State Department
.aaMl of Labor and In
dustry. The inspection is being di
rected by James C. Cronln, of the
State Industrial Board, who is en
gaged in the vicinity of Philadelphia.
Every cannery has been listed and re
ports will be made on
Francis H. Bird and Horace Secrist,
of the Federal Bureau of Industrial
Relations, are at the Capitol making
an inquiry into the methods of the
Department of Labor. The employ
ment law enforcement is being
studied.
_ Studying Our Methods. —Miss L. A.
Neiswanger, field agent of the Kansas
Association for the Study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis, is making an in
quiry into the way Pennsylvania has
been combatting the white plague. She
has visited the offices and is now look
ing over sanatoria and dispensaries.
Reports oil Roads. —Highway Com
missioner Blgelow to-day received de
tailed reports of the progress of the
repair work on the State highways,
on which almost 4,000 men are now
engaged. The work is going along as
well as could be expected with the
roads in the bad condition in which
they weer found In many places much
stone has been required and some
bridges have had to be almost rebuilt.
Dr. Dixon Returns.— Dr. Samuel G.
Dixon, State Commissioner of Health,
returned to the Capitol to-day after
his vacation spent in Maine, The
Commission, who is in excellent
health, 'was warmly greeted by his
staff.
Perry Payments. Perry county
school districts figured In the payment
of school appropriations to-dav. Rlain
received $325.96 and Saville $2,160.36.
The Independent District of Cumber
land received $177.08.
Asking Improvements. —The burgess
of Lewisburg to-day asked the State
Highway Department for State aid In
the improvement of streets in that
place. Surveys will be made.
Complaint About Water. —The Pub
lic Service Commission has been re
ceiving numerous small complaints,
including several against railroads for
failure to supply water to the cars.
Cambria Visitors.— Ex-Sheriff Davis
and Mr. Thomas, of Cambria county,
were callers at the Capitol to-day.
Making Inquiry. —lnvestigator John
P. Dohoney, of the Public Service
Commission, is in Reading making in
quiries into a number of matters which
have been brought to attention of the
commission.
Payments to State. The State
Treasury received two good - sized
checks from T T ncle Sam to-day. One
was for SSO,OOO in aid of State Col
lege and the other for $6,000 for aid
of the Soldiers' Home at Krie.
I.ancoster Increase. The Storb
Snader Company, of Lancaster, has
filed notice of increase of its stock
from $200,000 to $250,000.
Powell Returns. Auditor General
Powell has returned from Camp Hea
ver at Indiana. He is adjutant of the
Tenth Infantry, which has one of the
best records of attendance of any com
mand at camp In years.
After Angelo.—Governor Tener to
day issued requisition papers on the
Governor of New York for Angelo
Gengo, wanted In Wilkes-Barre on a
charge of murder. Angelo is under
arrest In New York.
Reappointment Made. S. S.
Thompson, of Philadelphia, was to-day
reappointed a trustee of Norrlstown
State Hospital.
Now In the Fast.—The Wisconsin leg
islative commission Investigating State
forestry systems, lias gone to New
England States to make observations.
Thf members will be here next week.
Turquoise Tnsrs. —The automobile
tags for 1915 will be turquoise blue
background with cream trimmings,
according to people at the Capitol.
There will be about 125,000 of them
ordered and the contract will be let
in September.
Ready to Fight.—The optometrists
are getting ready to put up a battle
against supervision by the State Bu
reau of Medical Education and li
censure. According to statements to
day attorneys will be employed to
j make a test of the rights of the State
Bureau to enforce the act.
Preparing For Camp.—Arrange
ments are being made by the State
arsenal staff for the camp of the
First and Fourth regiments at Mt.
Gretna next month. All of the prop
erty has been returned form Sellns
grove and can be shipped to the next
camp ground in short order. The can
vas Is stored in buildings in the park
extension district during the recon
struction of the State arsenal.
Ask Permission. —The Dauphin
county commissioners have asked per
mission of the State Water Supply
Commission to build a bridge over
the Wlconlsco at Mlllersburg.
Mew Armories. —The gtate Armory
SECRET OUR DAY
WITH GUT HE
(Continued From Pago 3)
Heptasophs, Knights of Pythias.
Knights of the Golden Eagle, Knights
of Malta, Myster Circle. Order United
American Mechanics. Order United
Junior American Mechanics. Patriotic
Sons of America, Red Men.
This morning at 10 o'clock all of the
home-comers were treated to a trip
around the town in various convey
ances. The many former residents
here met In Memorial Square and were
assigned to places by George E. Miller,
who has been taking an active part in
the week's celebration.
Boy Scouts in Chambersburg are
having a busy session this week reg
istering the visitors and escorting
| them about the town. The boys, in
charge of Francis Brereton, scoutmas
ter, are stationed at the courthouse,
where they have also established an
information booth. The pages on the
registration boolts are already begin
ning to fill up fapidly and by Thurs
day, which will be the biggest day of
the week, those in charge of the booth
are preparing for a great amount of
extra work.
Thursday is Firemen's Day and fire
men from all parts of the Cumberland
Valley are expected here. Delegates
from the various companies of the
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Fire
men's Association began arriving here
to-day and they will go into annual
session to-morrow morning at 10
o'clock.
To-morrow is to be Industrial Day
and dozens of pretty floats represent
ing the various industries and business
houses in and vicinity
will be in line. The parade will be
headed by the Queen City Band and
the following manufacturers and deal
ers will have floats in line:
Manufacturers' Division Cumber
land Valley Railroad Company, T. B.
Wood's Sons, Chambersburg Engineer
ing Company, Augustus Holllnger, the
Wolf Company, Forbes Granite Works,
Aug. Wolf, Nelson Hosiery Company,
Piedmont Silk Mill Company, Hafer's
Foundry, C. C. Brown Novelty Works,
J. C. Gerbig's Soap Manufacturing
Company, James Blair's Planing Mill,
J. H. Smith & Son, Cumberland Valley
Creamery and Dairy Company, Cham
bersburg Ice and Storage Company,
Franklin Repository Printing Com
pany, Valley Spirit Publishing Com
pany, Public Opinion Company, J. G.
Shaff Electric Company, Quincy En
gine Company, Caskey's Baking Com
pany, McFerrcn Coach Factory. Cham
bersburg Trust Company, Woman's
Suffrage, J. Carl Shull, Amos Eby and
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Great Eastern Shore Band.
Dealers' Division Miller's Phar
macy, Gilbert &• Horner Drug Com
pany. Dr. Hallett, Eyster A- Snider,
("has. Over, Mac Miller, P. Nlcklas &
Sons, W. L. Forney, T. W. Zulllnger,
C. Hennlnger, W. C. Hull, Charles
Heintzelman. D. P. Mlnnick, F. Hayes
Harmon, Chambersburg Auto Com
pany, Chambersburg Plumbing Com
pany, J. B. Mish & Co., Solenberger's
hardware store, S. A. Huber & Sons,
Ed. Wolff. B. B. Holler. Schaal &
Runk Auto Company, Ed. Metz, J.
Sierer Sons, T,eiter Bros.. Charles Gil
lan, farming implements; Hoke & Eys
ter, W. H. Smith, Atlantic Refining
o>mpany, H. C. Jacobs, Baltimore
Fertilizing Company. Thomas Zulling
er, J. W. Rearlck, Sample Shoe Com
pany, J. W. Myers & Co., J. K. Pro
feres.
One of the features of the celebra
tion this week Is the decoration
scheme. Houses all over the town are
bedecked with flags and bunting and
are proving an attractive addition to
the event.
WII/80N MEETS T.\ MM A N YITES
flv Associated Press
Washington, D C., July 2S—Presi
dent Wilson to-day promised to re
ceive this afternoon Representative
Fitzgerald and other New York mem
bers of the House who want to protest
about the recognition in distribution of
patronage. It Is understood that Wil
liam McCoombs, eharman of the
Democratic national committee, has
recommended to the President that
the endorsement of at least some of
the regular Democrats from New York
cltv be accepted In filling Federal po
sitions.
nnrvKß OF THITK WAGON
THROWN OVT \ND HURT
John Palmer, who says his home is
In North Cameron street. n<-ar Cumber
land, is in the Hnrrlshurg Hospital with
a fractured right forearm. Palmer
was thrown from a wagon at Market
and Cameron streets late yesterdav. He
was on his way to Hlghsplre with a
load of produce.
The team belonged to "Cy" Pollum,
also of North Cameron street, who no
tified the nplice when the team did not
turn up lasr night. The team was found
at the Harrlsburg Transfer Company's
stahles, at Cameron and Mulberry
streets.
HRI.I) ON BOYS' COM PI, A INT
Joseph v. Russell, a well-known
amateur baseball player ami former
lanltor of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Vounsr Men's Christian Association, was
held for court this afternoon on a seri
ous charge. Testlmonv presented to
Mayor John K. Royal by four small
hoys was followed with a plea of guilty
by Russell.
Board has asked that plans be pre
pared for an administration building
for the Williamsport companies of
i the Guard and for a two-company
building tor Allen town.
111 SECLIED IT
rauonsEM
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tions" between Vienna and St. Peters
burg were still in progress.
Teh attitude of Russia was watched
carefully to-day in official circles here
and the firm belief was expressed that
Russia would enter the lits in support
of the little Slavic kingdom as soon as
fighting started in earnest.
Austrian Troops on
Way to Frontier of
Servia 2 Corps Strong
By Associated Press
Berlin, July 28.—Reports from the
[Austrian border to-day State that the
transport of the eighth and ninth Aus
trin army corps from Bosnia toward
the Servian frontier began yesterday
and there was no other traffic on the
Bohemian road except that of troop
trains.
The two corps consist of thirty-two
battalions of Infantry with a large
| number of quick firing machine guns,
i K ix regiments of cavalry, two regi
j ments of field artillery and two regi
| ments of the army service corps,
j Telegraphic communication with
Carlsbad and Marienbad was still open
to-day but only by one direct line from
the Saxon frontier. The telegraphic
service between Berlin and Vienna was
demoralized and on some lines was
completely interrupted.
The the offi
cial military weekly newspaper to
day prints a noteworthy article com
paring Austria-Hungarian and Rus
sian armies to the disadvantage of the
I latter. It says the fighting strength of
the Russian army is usually over esti
|mated and that numbers alone are not
decisive. More Important factors, it
points out, are moral, higher leader
ship and armament. The writer says
it may well be remembered that in
recent times Russia alone never de
feated any army of equal rank and
would not have hen successful in de
feating the Turks in the war of 1877
if she had not been aided by Rouma
nla. It says in conclusion that the
five new army corps reported to have
been added to the Russian army are
still nonexistent.
One of the newspapers here to-day
received a dispatch saying that Rus
sia had declared war on Austria but
declined to print it as there was no
confirmation.
PEOPLE FLEE BELGRADE
By Associated Press
Belgrade, July 27.—Many Servian
families have left the capital for the
country districts despite of the advice
authorities, while there has been a
great exodus of Austrians and Hun
garians from Belgrade and other
parts of Servia. Perfect order prevails
in the capital, the police duties hav
ing been undertaken by a corps of
volunteers composed of students. Mili
tary preparations are being carried
out with feverish activity.
GERMAN STOCKS DECLINE
Berlin, July 28. The decline of
prices on the Berlin Stock Exchange
continued as those firms which were
unable to secure the necessary funds
to carry over their engagements were
forced to unload. Vienna, where the
Bourse was closed, was said to he un
loading on Berlin, and this contributed
to increase the highly nervous state
of the market.
FRENCH MARKETS ERRATIC
London, July 28.—The demonstra
tion on the Paris and Berlin stock ex
changes was reflected by erratic move
ments of the market here. Amalga
mated Coppers dropped 2. Most Amer
iaens were easier, but there were prac
tically no buyers in any market. One
small miscellaneous stock was ham
mered.
GERMAN SHIPS MOBOLIZE
Berlin, July 28.—The German ad
miralty to-day ordered the concentra
tion of the German fleet in home wat
ers.
Germany Refuses
to Take Part in
Mediation Meeting
By Associated Press
Berlin, July 28.—The German gov
ernment to-day returned an unfavor
able reply to the Brjtish proposal for
a conference of the ambassadors in
London of the European powers In an
endeavor to bring about a settlement
of the Austro-Servlan difficulty.
In its communication Germany de
clares that it considers the suggestion
of Sir Edward Grey, the British For
eign Secretary, as well meant and In
good principle, but not feasible In
practice and impossible to carry out.
It said that it cannot be expected
that a great power having a dispute
with a smaller neighbor will submit
the matter to the decision, of a Euro
pean areopagus. Far less can it be
hoped that two great powers will sub
mit to be summoned In the role of
accused before such a tribunal.
Germany makes the counter-sugges
ktion that negotiations for peace be COD
greeupn
HUNDREDS WILL GO
ON F. ID S. PICNIC
Ticket Sale Points to Record
Crowd; Special Excursion
Trains and Cars
According to reports now coming in,
this year's record will exceed all others
In the number of people attending the
annual excursion of the Frog and
Switch Department of the Pennsylva
nia Steel Company on Saturday, Au
gust 8, at Willow Grove.
Committees in Harrisburg, Steelton,
Hlghspire and Middletown who are in
charge of selling tickets for the excur
sion say the sale this year is greater
than ever before. Special trains have
been provided over the Philadelphia
and Reading railroad for the trip.
Trains will leave the Reading station
at Harrisburg for Willow Grove at 4.20
and 4.40. Trains will leave Locust
street, Steelton, on Saturday morning
at 4 and 4.20 o'clock. Upon returning
special trains will leave Willow
for Steelton and Harrisburg in the
evening at 9.05. 9.20 and 9.40 o'clock.
A special train will leave Willow Grove
for Middletown at 10 o'clock. Ar
rangements have been made with the
Harrisburg Railways Company and the
Valley Railways Company to provide
special cars to meet these trains upon
their arrival at the Reading station at
Harrisburg.
Among the features at Willow Grove
Park on the day of August 8 will be a
band concert by Victor Herbert and
his orchestra and a baseball game be-,
tween Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
HURT IN FALL FROM WAGON
Amos Dengler. of Highspire, fell
from a wagon while crossing the cat
tracks at Cameron and Maclay streets,
Harrisburg, yesterday and sustained a
fractured left arm and leg. He was
treated at the Harrisburg Hospital.
FIREMEN TO PIiAY BAM,
The baseball team of the Citizen
Fire Company will play the Baldwin
Hose Company team in a twilight
game Friday evening.
PLAN FESTIVALS
Four ice cream and cake festivals
will be held within the next three
weeks in Steelton. Class No. 5 of the
St. Mark's Lutheran Snuday School
will hold a festival on August 7 on the
lawn of W. H. Kell. 252 South Second
street. A festival and hand concert
planned by the West Side Hose Com
pany, No. 3. will be held next Saturday
on the lawn at Conestoga and Myers
streets. St. John's Roman Catholic
Church will hold a festival August 13
on its lawn in South Second street, and
the Servian Greek Orthodox Church
will hold a festival August 15 on the
lawn at South Second street.
CHILI) DIES
Frances V. Kelley, aged 12 vears,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. kelley,
1030 South Cameron street, died yes
terday morning at the home of her
parents. Funeral services will be held
to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock from
the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church. Rurial will he made in the
Mount Calvary Cemetery.
REPAIR FURNACES
Repairs were started to-day on two
open hearth furnaces at the steel
works. Two other furnaces will be
or-ened by August 1 to replace the two
undergoing repairs.
ducted between the cabinets instead of
by a conference.
Germany, however, is prepared to
welcome any further suggestions to
localize (he conflict as far as they are
consistent with her duty to her ally.
The public in the German capital
was very nervous to-day and alarmist
rumors continued to circulate. The
run on the savings banks in which
the poorer classes deposit their money
was resumed this morning. As early
as 5 o'clock there were long lines of
depositors outside the municipal sav
ings hanks and the people Insisted on
having their money regardless of the
reassurng statements by the officials.
Vienna, July 28. Tt was semi
officially announced here to-day that
Austria-Hungary had decided to re
fuse Sir Edward Grey's proposal of an
ambassadorial conference in London.
City and Telephone Co.
Officials Confer on
Central Fire Station
Following to-day's session of Coun
cil, the City Commissioners, City Elec
trician Clark E. Diehl, City Solicitor
P. S. Seitz and fficials of the Bell
Telephone Company conferred to
gether upon the question of installing
a central fire telephone station at po
lice headquarters.
The meeting was called at the In
stance of City Commissioner M. Har
vey Taylor who recently conferred
with Shirley B. Watts, local manager,
relative to a plan for centralizing all
telephone calls for "still" fire alarms
in such a way as would permit them
to be handled entirely through the
desk officer at the lire exchange at
police headquarters.
Mr. Taylor said the meeting was in
tended to acquaint the other-council
men with the proposed plan so that
when an ordinance authorizing the in
stallation of the system would be in
troduced, the city fathers would he
thoroughly acquainted with the de
tails.
Amendment to Porch
Ordinance Is Offered
When the ordinance regulating the
building line for porches was read this
afternoon an amendment was offered
as prepared by Commissioner H. F.
Bowman which will permit the con
struction of porches in specified
streets in which porches now exist to
twenty-nine Inches beyond the present
building lines. In streets where streets
do not now extend over the building
line, the extension will not be permit
ted.
The amendment was agreed after a
careful investigation by Commissioners
Bowman, Building Inspector Grove
and Commissioner Lynch. The amend
ed measure, it Is believed, will find'
favor In the eyes of builders and!
owners alike. Incidentally it will
solve the Crescent street problem
which grew out of J. C. Costello's de
mand that the houses adjoining his
be restricted to the building lines in
accordance with the measure of 1894.
OIL, PRICES GO DOWN
Pittsburgh, July 28. Another five
cents was clipped from the price of the
principal grades of crude oil at the
opening of the market here to-day.
G. A. R. picnic at Shade Gap Sat
urday. Read advertisement on page
12. —Advertisement
SIEELION G. 11. 0. F.
IN UNION PICNIC 1
Lodges From Borough, Harrisburg
and Lebanon to Go to
Gretna
Arrangements are now complete for
a union picnic on Thursday at Mount
Gretna under the direction of the fol
lowing lodges of the Grand f'niteil
Order of Odd Fellows: Lebanon
Heights Lodge. No. 894 4, of Lebanon;
Brotherly Love Lodge, No. 89ti, Arm
stead Roman Lodge, No. 3468. of Har
risburg, and Swatara Lodge, No. 1901,
ol Steelton.
Some of the special features will be
a competitive drill, open to all patri
archies, and the ladies' auxiliary of
Steelton to Patriarchy No. 5, a prize of
$5 being awarded to the best drilled
organization; grand march by the or
der; baseball game, Steelton Cyclones
vs. Pleasant Hill. Lebanon.
Tickets can be secured from any
member of the committee, the Steelton
Store Co., Ltdi, Dr. Parson's drug store,
L>r. Marshall's drug store and Stroth
ers' poolroom. All coupon tickets must
be exchanged for regular railroad
tickets Wednesday, July 29, between
7 and 9 p. m., at Parson's drug store.
1104 North Seventh street; Marshall's
drug store, corner Boas and Cowden
streets, Harrisburg; Odd Fellows' Hall.
Steelton, and at the' residence of James
Mailberrie, 1207 Chestnut street, Leb
anon. Pa.
A train will leave Harrisburg on the
Pennsylvania railroad at 8.05 a. m.;
Steelton, 8.11; Middletown, 8.20; ar
rives at Mount Gretna at 8.55 a. m.
Returning the train leaves Mount
Gretna at 8 p. m.
Committee includes C. James Toomey,
chairman, Augustus Stewart, vice
chairman, Dr. William Marshall, sec
retary, Charles E. W. Parker, Dr.
James E. L. Oxley and Henry G. Par
son, Harrisburg; Joseph B. Butler, as
sistant secretary, Charles W. James,
corresponding secretary, John W.
Fields and John W. Steelton;
William Campbell, James Milberrle, Sr.,
treasurer, and James Milberrle, Jr.,
Lebanon.
Baldwin Hose Company
Elects Keim President
A meeting was held last evening by
the members of the Baldwin Hoso
Company and the following officers
were .elected to serve for the ensuing
yeur:
President, C. E. Keim; vice-presi
dent. John E. Shupp; treasurer, E. G.
Atticks; financial secretary, J. Clyde
Snyder; recording secretary. George W.
Enney, Jr.; trustees, William Mullen;
foreman, Theo. Vaughn; first assistant
foreman, Jess Starner; second assist
ant foreman, Wilson Mcllazel; direct
ors, George W. Enney, Jr., Horaco
Gihb, William Geistwhite, Henry
Heag.v, Lee Kuntz and Edward Kuntz.
Earnest Groom was elected a delegate*
to the state firemen's convention to
be held in October at Harrisburg.
J. W. WELSH UNDER BAIL
J. W. Welsh, of Steelton, was ar
rested last evening by Constable Gibb
on a charge of nonsupport. preferred
by his wife, Mrs. Bertha Welsh, of 834
South Second street. He was held,
under S3OO hail for a hearing before
Squire Gardner Friday evening.
784 Foot Tunnel Is
Completed by Workmen
The last shovelful of earth from tho
784 foot tunnel that is to carry a sew
er. and which was dug in connection
with the Cumberland Valley Railroad
construction work at Second, River
and Front streets, was taken out last
night when two gangs of workmen
met between River and Front streets.
An impromptu celebration followed.
For several minutes preceding the
meeting six workmen on each side
could hear the sound of the force com
ing to meet them as they burrowed in
the earth. Last Saturday the gang
working from Second street in the di
rection of the river completed its
work by running into the open tunnel
where one of the bangs that met last
night had begun. This was at River
street.
Owing to the greater amount of
shale that was encountered by the
gang working from River toward
Front street the workmen tunnelling
east from Front toward River street
covered the greater distance by sev
eral feet. Last night's meeting com
pletes one of the most interesting en
gineering operations ever undertaken
in Harrisburg. It was begun in May.
West End Marching
Club to Be Uniformed
The West End Republican Club will
meet this evening to decide on a uni
form for the marching corps that has
been formed for the Fall campaign.
The club is now 125 strong and 120
more names have been listed for mem
bership. A total of 300 members is
the ambition of those in charge. Uni
form designs of a number of bidders
will be show to-night and a large
attendance is urged so that the selec
tion may be that of a majority of the
marchers.
Hepburn May Be Chosen
For Federal Board Place
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., July 28. A.
Barton Hepburn, chairman of the
board of the Chase National Bank of
New York, was being considered to
day for a place on the Federal Reserve
Board should Paul M. Warburg finally
decline to appear before the Senate
banking committee as a preliminary
to his confirmation.
Senator Hitchcock was to return to
day from New York after a confer
ence with Mr. Warburg. President
Wilson has not decided on a man In
place of Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago.
HIBERNIANS IN SESSION
By Associated Press
Providence, R. 1., July 28.— Canada,
Ireland and all sections of the United
States were represented at the open
ling here to-day of the general con-
Iventlon of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, Boar dof Erin, The conven
tion will be in session until Thursday
night, "it was expected that a leader
of the organization in Ireland would
bring a message on Irish conditions,
•particularly with regard to the Ulster
situation.
FIUIEBAI, OF MRS. DAHL
The bodv of Mrs. Elizabeth Dahl,
who died Sunday morning at the home
of her son-in-law, G. M. Metzler, 2560
street, will he taken to
Philadelphia to-morrow afternoon by
Undertaker C. H. Mauk, where services
will be held. Burial will be made in
Oie Choi ton Hill Cemetery.