Entrance of Turkey Into War May Sqla/jsly Affect England's Trade Route: HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIII No. 258 ♦Four Hundred Dollars Per Life Price McCormick Paid For Workmen Killed Forced by Union Into Small Payment to Widows and Fam ilies of Miners Killed in Mine He Was Operating in Cambria County; Machinery Was Defective How Vance C. McCormick tried first to dodge all responsibility for the deaths of five workmen killed In a mine in Cambria county which he con trolled, and how finally, when press tire was brought to bear on him, he finally agreed to settle for the insigni ficant sum of S4OO for each life lost, is told in a letter made public to-day from the pen of Patrick Gllday, presi dent of the United Mine Workers of District No. 2. The letter was written in response to a reuest made by M. B. Isenberg, of Huntingdon, Pa., and shows how sincerely a friend of labor the Demo cratic candidate for Governor is. The correspondence in full follows: Brotherhood of Railroad Train men, Juniata No. 498. October 8, 1914. Sir. Patrick Gllday. Dear Sir: Please give me Mr. BRUMBAUGH'S If BIG MTIM SHUT TO VERY ED Dauphin County Turns Out Great Crowds to Meet the Next Governor Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh's tour of the lower end of Dauphin county yes terday was one continuous ovation. Never in the history of the district have people turned out in such num bers to greet a candidate, and never have they been so enthusiastic in their reception or promises of support. The little town of Shellsville is a very good example of the manner in •which Dr. Brumbaugh's coming was received by the people. Residents of that place and Grantville got together and organized an automobile corps to go out and greet the campaigners. In eight big cars, gaily decorated with flags and bunting, and bearing such banners as "Brumbaugh is Good Enough for Us," "Welcome, Brum baugh" and "McCormick —NIT." they journeyed over to Union Deposit and met Dr. Brumbaugh. From there they escorted him all the way to Shells ville and Grantville. Everj' house in Shellsville. regardless of the politics of the resident, was decorated in the flags and bunting as elaborately as though for the Fourth of July or an Old Home Week celebration. Every body in that town, down to the last voter, is for Brumbaugh and they turned out en masse to shake hands [Continued on Page 11] THE WEATHER For llarrlahurft and vicinity: Fair find somewhat cooler to-night, Mith loweat temperature about 3X| Saturday* fair. For Kaatern Pennsylvania: Fair, Mllichtly cooler to-nljclit; Satur day fair; moderate went wind*. River The main river will remain nearly Mtntlonnry to-nl»ht and Saturday, except at llarrl*burn, where It will probably continue to rlae slowly. (■eneral Condition The dlaturhance from Ontario that was central over the Great Lake* Thursday morning, la moving down the St. Lawrence Valley. It has caused light rain In the last twenty-four hours over the east ern part of the Lake region and the I pper Ohio Valley, and •thence eastward Into New York and Pennsylvania and to the Xetv Kngland coaat. It Is slightly cooler over a broad belt of country extending from the Cinlf Statea northward through the Mlnsiaslppl and Ohio valleya and *the Lake region. Temperature: H a. m., 38. Sun: Rises, 6:31 a. m.; aeta, si(>7 p. m. Moon: Full moon, November «, <1:49 p. m. River Stage: 1.0 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather Highest temperature, 82. Lowest temperature, 38. Mean -temperature, 45. Normal temperature, 48. * \ Kept Living Cost At Lower Level Standard advertised food products have won enviable dis tinction during the recent gen eral advance in prices. Other things skyrocketted and these nationally known articles almost to an Item remained at normal figures. Where raises were made they only came after prices of raw materials had reached such fig ures as to be compelling. It was a tribute to the fact that the manufacturer who builds up a good name through advertising Is going to protect it even to the curtailment of his own profits. Advertised products become standards of quality and price. They are successful because they perform a public, service. The advertising columns of the newspapers are the guides to these well-known food prod ucts. McCormick's record on Sonman Coal Company case, on account compensation act. Yours truly, (Signed) M. B. ISENBERG, 829 Washington St., Huntingdon, Penna. Mr. Glldav's reply is as follows: Oct. 12, 1914. Mr. M. B. Isenberg, 827 Washing ton St., Huntingdon, Pa. Dear Sir and Brother: I have yours of the Bth Inst., asking for information concerning Mr. Mc- Cormick's record on the Sonman Coal Company case. Mr. McCormick was operating the Sonman shaft, near Portage, Pa. The company Is known as the Sonman Coal Mining Com pany. Mr. McCormick at this [Continued on Page 8] HUNDREDS (TIE! REPUBEICI RILEY IDIBIG MILL TOWN Steelton Expected to Give Repub lican Ticket Heads at Least Six Hundred Majority What the Democratic tariff tinker- | ings and free-trade theories have done i to Steelton was brought out by sev- ] eral prominent speakers at a rally of the Republican voters in the Standard Theater, Steelton.dast evening. It was the biggest gathering of rep- I resentative voters in Steelton during I the present campaign or any other | campaign there for years back. Even a cold, drizzling mist which later turned into a steady rain failed to dampen the ardor of the voters and every seat in the thetaer was occupied. Men crowded into the aisles and stood lining the rear and sides throughout the entire meeting. W. F. Darby, a Steelton attorney and president of the school board, pre sided and introduced the speakers. In calling the meeting to order Mr. Darby spoke for a few minutes about con ditions in the big steel town. "Fellow townsmen." he said, "we here in Steelton are watching with interest the carrying into effect of a big program of improvements at the Pennsylvania Steel Works. Despite what we are being told by the Demo cratic organ in Harrisburg, we here in Steelton know that the money for these improvements was laid aside [Continued on Page 11] AMERICAN WARSHIPT LIKELY TO REMAIN IN TURKISH WATERS North Carolina and Tennessee Are There Now and Will Prob ably Be Kept There By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. Oct. 30. —Tur- key's entrance into the war, though not unexpected, has caused a sensation in official circles here because of the probable far-reaching effect of this ac tion. The probability that the Balkan states may be drawn into the conflict, thereby cutting off a vast quantity of food supplies which, it had been ex pected, would go to the maintenance of the northern European countries during the war, has brought home to officials here a realization of the close and intense Interests of the United States in the latest development. The result of Turkey's action as viewed by the military experts from a technical point of view will be to greatly embarrass Russia at the outset. Since the outbreak of the European war dispatches from Ambassador Mor [Continued on Page 17] Open Hospital For Obstetrical Cases Ilarrisluirg's newest private hos pital, "Home For the Cure of the Sick," will be opened Monday morn ing, at 1210 North Third street. The institution has been equipped for ma ternity cases. The work will be under the direc tion of Miss Sara E. Backenstoe and Miss Frances R. Lee. DR. SWALLOW WILL PRESIDE Camp Hill, Pa., Oct. 30.—The Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow will preside at a Prohibition meeting at the Courthouse at Carlisle this evening, when the prin cipal address will be made by the Rev. W. J. Edleman, pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Church, at Leba non, candidate for Congress on the Prohibition ticket. PLAN FOR PARADE Plans for entering the Mummers' New Year parade will be discussed at a meeting of the Keystone Motorcycle Club to-night. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, OC TOBER 30, 1914. A ROD IN PICKLE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TWINS 0- , -rifrr■' ■■ ■i, *| MTR OF PENNA- Y. W. G. A. IS NEAR ITS GOAL OF 1,000, SAY LATE REPORTS Fewer Than Fifty to Be Procured Before Mark Is Reached; 1,200 Likely With one more day left for work in the membership campaign of the Young Women's Christian Association, according to the reports this after noon, there ara less than fifty new members to be procured to reach the goal set of 1,000. The women workers on the various committees have been doing splendid work throughout the week and a large [Continued on Page 1"] BRICK CM II STEELTI TO QUIT BUSK JAN, 1 Closes Plant This Morning; 45 Men Thrown Out of Employ ment ; Can't Get Clay The Steelton and Harrisburg Brick Company, one of the oldest manu facturing concerns in Steelton, closed its plant this morning and announced that it would go out of business about January 1. The company's plant is located above Franklin street, between the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and tho old Pennsylvania canal. Forty-flve men were employed here in the manu- I facture of a high grade red brick, i These men are all thrown out of em ployment. I The reason assigned for the liquida ] tlon is that the supply of clay, exca- I vated on a farm below Highspire, has i become exhausted. The company j still has a large stock of bricks on I hand and will go out of business just |as soon as these are sold. The com- I pany also conducts a large haul- I ing business, employing j horses. This branch of the business ! will be continued for some time. Organized in 1896, the Steelton and Harrisburg Brick Company succeeded the Steelton Brick Company, one of the oldest brickmaking plants in the county. At one time the company op erated four plants: one at Ninth and Belly streets, one at Seventeenth and Herr streets, one at Nineteenth and Derry streets, Harrisburg, and the plant In Steelton. The local plant is the last to be closed and the company will now liquidate. Judge Kunkel Endorsed by Italian Society At a meeting of the Italian Society of the Abruzzi-Molise, held last even ing, the organization unanimously en dorsed the candidacy of Judge Kun kel for the Supreme Court. The meeting was attended by all the mem bers of this society, and speeches were made by prominent members of the order, Giovanni Dl Santi presided. f Important to Voters J jpP : \ JUDGE GEORGE KUNKEL To vote n full ticket at least three cross marks will be necessary. One oroNs mark In the Party Square. • One cross mark for Judge of the Supreme Court. One eroMM mark for Judge of the Superior Court. There are two candidates for Judge of -the Supreme Court. The names appear at the top of the second column of the official ballot. You can vote for only one. A cro«» mnrk lu a Party Square Is a vote for Party candidates only and Is not a vote for Judge. In addition you must make a crows mark after -the name of the Judge for whom you desire to vote. Vote for Judge Kunkel and mark your ballot this wayi GEORGE KUNKEL | X i TEACHERS OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO CONFER AT MARKET SQUARE Organizers Will Instruct Workers How to Interest Converts in Study of Bible One of the largest gatherings of Sunday school teachers ever held tn this city will be held to-night In tho Market Square Church under the di rection of the local Stough committee. Notices have been sent to every Sun day school teacher in each of the forty-odd co-operating churches to at tend, and the indications are that the big church auditorium will be packed when the meeting opens at 7.45 o'clock. The speakers of the evening [Continued on Page 4] Insure Big TabernAcle For SIO,OOO Against Fire Insurance to theamount of 110,000 was taken out to-day by the local Stough executive committee for the tabernacle I Are protection, roltrles were taken out j in various companies. i WILL NOT CONSTRUCT GRANOLITHIC WALL WALK UNTIL SPRING Wharf at Market Street Bungle; Slope Dressing Can Be Continued Tt Is probable that the granolithic sidewalk along the river wall from a point immediately south of the Wal nut street bridge to Maclay street will not be constructed until next Spring. Owing to the tilling in behind the wall there is some fear that it might be unwise to construct this walk owing to the danger of depressions follow ing settlement of the new-made ground. It is believed, however, that the river at high stage and the winter rains will so pack the place between the slope and the wall that a better job will be made next year. This walk can be constructed within a month or six weeks after the work shall have been resumed, and meanwhile the grading of the slope and the planting can go forward without interruption. All the filling that is necessary will be made at once, so that the space for the walk will be in proper condi tion next year. What will be done regarding the high embankment in front of the pumping station has not yet been de termined, but unless some sort of a concrete wall is placed at that point it is almost certain to be a constant nuisance owing ,to the swift current at the high stages of the river. Market Street Wharf a Bungle There is great disappointment among all who have been watching the prog ress of the improvement over the un sightly break in the steps at the Mar ket street bridge. This coal wharf seems to have been entirely unneces sary, inasmuch as there is a similar wharf at Paxton street, a short dis tance below. It is regarded as the most serious bungle in the whole un dertaking. Compliments Police Chief For Way He Handled Convention Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison to-day received a letter from B. B. Grant, chief of police of Salt Lake City, com plimenting him on his good work dur ing the recent firemen's celebration. Chief of Police Grant refers to the law which provides for locking up of pickpockets for ninety days on general principles, and says "it is the only kind of law to keep pickpockets out of a city." A similar law will be adopted at Salt Lake City. City School District Now Caring For Teeth of 10,000 Youngsters The school board announced this morning that the new dental clinic which was recently installed is now in use and that the 10,000 students I from the public schools are having their teeth taken care of. At present there are four night schools in operation, three for grown up colored persons and one for for eigners. RECEPTION TO POTENTATE I I Zembo Temple of the Mystic Shrine j will give a ceremonial session and re-. ception in honor of Frederick R. | i Smith, the imperial potentate, at the i Chestnut street ajudltorium Saturday j 1 evening 1 , November 7. Turkey Opens War on Russia by Bombarding Ports and Sinking Ships i Action of Ottoman Government May Cause Additional Troubles in Balkans; Greece May Soon Enter Strug gle; Little News Filters Through Regarding Prog- I ress of Battle in Flanders; Censorship Becomes More Rigid; Baron Fisher Succeeds Prince Louis as First Lord of Admiralty fi Interest in the battles raging in the east and west of Europe, where decisive results arc still to be attained, to-day was momen tarily overshadowed by Turkey's entrance into the great war through her inauguration of hostilities against Russia. London and Washington agree that this development probably will have slight effect 011 land operations but will manifest itself chiefly by sea and give the allied ilects in the Mediterranean and adjacent waters some busy days or weeks Aside from this, the most interesting phase of Turkey's action is its probable effect on the delicate Balkan situation and next, what Greece will do. Should Greece enter the great arena of war two ex patriated American battleships, the old Mississippi and Idaho, recent ly sold to her, may be heard from. \\ hat effect Turkey's entrance into the war, now a conflict of ten nations, will have 011 the uncounted millions of Moslems in j Africa and Asia is a matter of conjecture. It was made known to-day, that, in addition to sinking two steamers in the Black Sea and bombarding the city of Theodosia, in the Crimea, Turkish warships had entered the port of Odessa, sunk a Russian gunboat and damaged a French liner. Although 110 formal declaration of war is reported, the Russian embassador at Constantinople has been withdrawn. Little news filtered through to-day from the scene of the great battle in Flanders, and indications were that the censorship had become still more rigid. The French official statement, while opti mism iu tone, was general in terms and contained nothing to indi cate that decided advantages had been won by either side, ad it was inferred that the deadly struggle was y6t to run its course. GERMAN SACRIFICE IN VAIN The enormous sacrifices made by the Germans to force a pass age of the Yscr river are said by the French war office to have been in vain. The German forces who maintained their hard-won place to the south of the Yser, notwithstanding the heavy cost in life are now said to have withdrawn. What the shot and shrapnel could not accomplish has been achieved by another device, the Belgians hav ing flooded the lower valley of the river. The French official statement indicates that it has again fallen to the lot of the British troops to bear the brunt of battle. Their presence along the line from Ypres to Dixmude is revealed in the statement, which says that violent German attacks in this vicinity were beaten back and that the British and French were able to push forward. At points north of La Basse, just south of the Belgian border, the British forces are credited with having repulsed superior forces, and to have won back territory. Germany states officially that reports of a raid of German troops into Angola, West Africa, is a "flat lie" designed to justify Portu gal's entrance into the European war on the side of the allies. The German statement is disputed by what are represented as official advices from Louvrence Marques, East Africa, stating that a party of German cavalry had crossed the border of Angola, and that three were killed by the Portuguese. The heavy mortality among the high officers is emphasized by the report from Paris that twenty-one French officers have been pro moted to the rank of general. Eight of these are to fill the places made vacant by death in battle. Admiral Lord Fisher, according to London advices, is to suc ceed the Austrian born prince Louis of Battenberg, who resigned yesterday. DIRECTOR OF MINT QUITS Washington, Oct. 30. —George E. Roberts, of Fort Dodge, lowa, director of the: Mint, has resigned.. It WU:J announced at the Treasury Department to-day that the resignation would be effective when accepted by President Wilson. Mr. Roberts is a Republican but it was stated at the Treasury his resignation was ei irely voluntarily and woiild be accepted with regret. | RAID OF GERMANS DENIED Berlin, Oct. 30, (By Wireles:-: —The alleged raid of Ger man trbops into Angola, West Africa, ,'s declared officially to-day to be a "flat life forged in order tc justify Portugal'.; participation in the European war. AMBASSADOR IS WITHDRAWN London, Oct. 30, 1.17 P. M.—The Russian ambassador at. Constantinople has been withdrawn, according to official announcement made here tb-day, and in consequence of. the Turkish attacks on Russian ports instructions have been sent Russian consuls in Turkey to leave the country. - MARRIAGE LICENSES Archibald C. Clauaer and Rath Kloch, Heading. Walter Zfl(l«r, Went Falrvlerr, and Mirmt Zimmerman, cftTt Albert King and Mrs. Annie Plum, Pleaaant View. 18 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT
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