Rioting Marks Strike of Standard Oil Company Employes at Bayonne Plant
HARRISBURG PS*!® TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 167
K MS USE
ID RESISTIVE US
GEMS CLOSE 111
Oil POLISH CIPIUL
Teuton Drive Aimed at War
saw Intended to Inflict
Crushing Blow on Czar's
Forces in East, According
to Dispatches
CONTINUED ADVANCE OF
ITALIANS IS REPORTED
Official Statements Show
Kaiser's Armies Under
Guns of Russian Forts
Nineteen Miles From Capi
tal of Poland
There Is no halt, so far as official
reports Indicate, in the Teutonic drive
aimed at Warsaw and having as a
larger motive the infliction of a crush
ing blow upon the Russian armies
The Russians, however, seem to be
showing increasing powers of resist
ance as the lines of the attacking hosts
draw closer to the Polish capital.
Latest utbciul statements showed
the Germans under the guns of the
fortress of No wo Georgievsk. the key
to Warsaw on the north and only 19
miles from the city. Further north,
the fortress of Ostrolenka fell.
In the Baltic provinces the impres
sive German advances continued. The
campaign in this latter section is in
terpreted by military observers in
capital:- of the entente allies as possi
ly tended to cut in on Russian lines of
communication and prevent a suc
cessful retreat of their armies from
the Warsaw region.
I,ess speedy, but none the less steady
is the Austro-German advance through
Southern Poland. So far as reports
show the important communication
lines in the Lublin region have not
been pierced.
Continued advances by the Italians
in the Lsonzo regloj are reported from
Hovnc. the most notable gain of
ground being on the Corao plateau.
*ht> Austrian War office, however, de
nies that the invaders arc making
progress.
Little activity of a pronounc«d sort
is reported from the lines in France
and Belgium.
There have been no official reports
for several days of the campaign in
the Dardanelles. The South Wales
coal strike has definitely ended with
the acceptance by the miners of the
settleraent agreement.
HEAVY FIGHTING IS NOW IX
PROGRESS ALONG DNIESTER
By Associated Press
Berlin, via London. July 21, 11 A. M.
—A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger
from Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina,
reports heavy fighting along the Dnies
ter river near the Bukowina-Galicia
border. The Russians brought up
heavy reinforcements and made deter
mined attempts to retake positions on
the left bank of the river which had
been captured by the Austrians. They
were supported by heavy artillery, but,
the dispatch says, these attacks gained
them nothing.
WTLL XOT EXD IX OCTOBER
By Associated Press
Berlin, July 21. via London, 11.45
A. M.—The statement attributed to
Emperor William which has appeared
In foreign newspapers that the war
would end in October is stamped by
the Tageblatt as '"a plain invention,"
The Tas-eblattt says it has learned that
competent official circles knew noth
ing of such a declaration.
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You can't keep in touch with
the doings in the baseball world
unless you have the Harrisburg
Telegraph sent to your vacation
address.
You'd feel like Jumping on
your own foot twice if you missed
a full account of the games be
ing played this week. Drop a
postal or telephone the Circula
tion Department and you will re
ceive to-day's issue.
THE WEATHER
For Harrlsburg and vicinityi Fair
to-night and Thursday) not much
change In temperature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania t Fair
weather and moderate tempera
ture to-night and Thursday)
light to moderate nortH nlnda.
M „ River
r >'orth and West branches and
•he main river will fall alovrly or
remain nearly stationary. %
stage Of about 4.6 feet la Indicated
for Harrlaburg. Thursday morn
ing. i
Genera] Condltlona
Pressure continues high over the
territory between the Rocky
mountataa and the Mlaalsslppi
river and baa Increaaed allghtlr
over the Middle Mlaalaalppl and
I-ower Ohio valleys and the west
ern portion of the Lake Region.
It has decreaaed slightly or re
»l'»r d nearly stationary In the
Middle and South Atlantic Statea.
Temperature! 8 a. m., «i 2 p. m., «n.
p : m RI *'"' 4iSS *' m ' ; 7129
Moon> Full moon, July M, 7tll
a. m.
River Stage: 4.8 feet above low
water mark.
_ Y esterd ay'a Weather
Hlgheat temperature, 76.
l owest temperature, 68.
Mean temperatare, 72.
Normal temperature. 75.
UNITED STATES HAS WORLD'S GREATEST SUBMARINE
\.. 4: ■ E>: ../ . , • • $i«M
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ITERS MPOLICE
CLWJI DEAD
Strike at Standard Oil Plant
Reaches Serious Proportions
During Day
FIFTY MEN IN HOSPITAL
Firemen Called Out to Fight Un
ruly Strikers With Streams '
of Water
New York. July 21.—Serious riot
ing during which one man. John Jlo
losky. IS years old, was killed and
nearly three score more or less se
riously injured, marked the second
day of the strike of workmen'at the
plant of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey at Bayonne. The work-!
ers. most of whom are of foreign
birth and unorganized, gathered at the j
gates of the plant at an early hour and j
[disorders, which then began, lasted |
until nearly roon. At that time the
police, assisted by deputy sheriffs and.
firemen, brought the situation under |
temporary control at least. The po
lice say several thousand persons
took part in the attack.
Of the 53 injured taken to the Bay
onne hospital, fitly are men and boys
who fought about the gates of the
plants: other three are policemen.
Inspector Cady had a horse shot from
under him and later narrowly escaped
serious injury when he was at one
time surrounded by rioters near the
firehous.e where he had gone to stop.
an attack.
Previous to the attack on the police!
a disorderly mob of several hundred |
persons gathered at the house of tire '
company Xo. 4 of the Bayonne depart- 1
ment. and smashed the windows in the I
building. The firemen attached hose,
to hydrants and prepared to defend i
themselves with streams of water, but]
the crowd withdrew. The fire chief |
said there seemed to be no reason for!
the attack except the fact that the fire J
hou»e was city property and the city, I
as was its duty, was guarding the I
Standard Oil plant.
Later fighting was resumed around'
the Standard Oil Plant and assumed j
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FEDERAL INSPECTORS
Ell FEW VIOLATIONS
Local Druggists Conform With New
Drug Law; Warnings
Unnecessary
Federal authorities here have had
little trouble with violators of the drua
law which went into effect March 1.
according to W. S. Bricker, revenue
collector in this city.
Following the statement by physi
cians that hundreds of persons in this
city used "dope" it WM at first feared
the violations would be frequent, but
so far as is known the doctors In co
operation with local hospitals and the
county poor directors, helped to cure
practically all of the cases.
In other cities in the State the Gov
ernment was compelled to take string
ent measures and a number of prose
cutions were reported. In some cases
warnings ware sent out to druggists
to take extra precautions In filling
prescriptions unless they knew that
they were given in good faith.
Warnings Unnecessary
Mr. Bricker, chief deputy United
States Revenue Collector said this
morning that so far no such warnings
had been sent out to local druggists
and that with the execption of a few
cases now being investigated, viola
tions weer few.
The cases under investigation by
specialists acording to Mr. Bricker.
are ones in which mpdicines contain
ing "dope" are being sold.
Of the many cases of "dope" fiends
treated at the county almshouse total
cures were effected by the physicians.
So far as Is known only a few deaths
resulted from the supply being shut
off, although it is believed that other
deaths were caused indirectly because
drugs could not be obtained.
Since the Federal law went into ef
fect, government Inspectors have been
in this city investigating cases, and tt
is understood that they will remain
here for some time yet. Xo serious
offenses however, have been found it
is said.
ITALIANS CONTINUE GAIXS
Rome, Tuesday, July 20, via Paris.
July 21.—Heavy fighting on the Isonzo
front north of the Gulf of Triest. re
sulting In gains for the Italian forces.
Is announced in a statement given out
to-night at the war office.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1915.
MORE WORKMEN QUIT
I AT BRIDGEPORT SHOPS
t Leaders Say There Will Be a Com
plete Shutdown by
Saturday
!
. DISORDER SEEMS IMMINENT
■ 25 Guards Reported to Have Gone
on Strike For Higher
Wages
IBy Associattd Press
Bridgeport. Conn., July 21. —Strike
! calls resulted to-day in machinists
throwing down their tools in a num
i I ber of Bridgeport shops and walking
io«t. Labor leaders claimed they had
taken 110 additional men from two
plants doing work for the Remington
11 Arms and Ammunition Company; that
! j pickets had succeeded in keeping 80
j men from work at the new plant of
ithe Remington concern; that 100 men
I on the night shift of the Union Me
j tallic Cartridge Company had gone on
j strike and that during the noon lunch
hour, hundreds of men on the day
shift quit. They estimated this fore
noon that nearly five hundred skilled
machinists were now on strike. They
reiterated their statement that there
would be a complete close down of
war munition factories by Saturday.
Disorder seemed imminent twice to
day: once at the new Remington
plant, and once outside the works of
a contractor making machine tools of
i the Remington company. Dirt wag
lons, driven two abreast, cleared
I road in front of the first named
| plant. The police, according to an
i official connected with the contratc
jing concern, dispersed strikers and
I sympathizers there after they had
Jmade a demonstration against the
i men who had remained at work.
| The labor leaders asserted that 2 5
I more guards at the Remington plant
j had gone on strike for more money
j to-day. Fifteen were said to have
• walked out yesterday.
!J. J. Keppler had not returned to
Bridgeport this forenoon. When he
( left here yesterday, he said that he
| was going to attend conferences in
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City Tennis Tournament
Begins Next Wednesday;
to File Entries by Monday
Harrisburg's annual city tennis
; championship tournament will begin
■ Wednesday. July 28, and entries will
be received at the park superintend
ent's office in the Calder building or
( by the court keeper at Reservoir up
, until 6 o'clock Monday evening, July
I 26. The postcard entry blanks can
• be had by applying at the office of
; City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor,
t the park superintendent. •
Drawings will he made Monday
evening. July 26. at a meeting of tho
, tennis committee at the offices of the
] park department.
Farmer Kneels on Barn
Floor and Commits Suicide
Special to The Telegraph
Marietta. Pa,, July 21.—Kneeling on
j the barn floor wth eyes turned toward
I Heaven, Augustus Xauman, aged 71
! years, a veteran of the Civil War wa*
, found by his aged wife, strangled to
! death. The body was still warm when
j she made the discovery, shortly after
supper last evening at their home near
; Mount Hope. Since the death of a
son, Augustus. Jr., several months ago,
the aged man has been despondent.
Deputy Coroner Witmer found that
death was due to suicide. His widow,
who is 70 years old and several chil
dren survive.
Marked Improvement in
Leo. M. Frank's Condition
By Associated Press
Milledgeviile, Ga„ July 21.—Marked
improvement in the condition of Leo
M. Frank, whose throat was cut on
Saturday night by a fellow convict at
the State prison farm here, was an
nounced to-day by physicians attend
ing him. His temperature was 100,
the lowest since Sunday, and his pulse
and respiration were practically nor
mal. The physicians said that while
he Is not yet out of danger, his re
covery now is practically certain.
. WILSON MESSAGE IX CHICAGO
By Associated Press
Chicago, 111., July 21. President
Wilson's message to the president of
the Panama-Pacific Exposition, which
is being carried from Washington to
San Francisco by relays of motor
cyclists. arrived in Chicago at 7.30
o'clock this morning twelve hours be
hind schedule. The delay waa caused
by storms and muddy roada.
BIG CELEBRATION
SEPTEMBER 23. 24. 25
Hopkins Announces Dates For
Jubilee Chamber of Com-
merce Plans
MANY FROM OTHER TOWNS
Observance Marks Com]
Long and Extensive Im
provement Campaign
Harrisburg will celebrate the com
pletion of the great public improve
ment campaign begun tifteen years ago
with a great public jubilee Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, September 23,
24 and 25. it was announced by the
Chamber of Commerce to-day.
These improvements, including miles
upon miles of streets paved, hundreds
of acres of land purchased and de
veloped for parks, the erection of a
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Hattie Dutton, Woman
Convict, Leaves Pen to
Enter State Asylum
Within three months Hattie Dutton,
the negress who was sentenced nearly
a year ago to serve from one to two
years in the eastern penitentiary for
robbing a man in her room in the
Eighth ward, would likelv ha*e been
discharged from the State's prison;
yesterday afternoon she was brought
from Philadelphia by Deputy Sheriff
William B. Hoffman and placed in the
State Insane Hospital.
Untractable, raging even to the cup
throwing, dish-smashlnvr stage in the
penitentiary, Hattie came along from
Philadelphia calmly and without giv
ing the deputy a bit of trouble.
The lunacy commission inside the
prison walls had decided that Hattie
was insane but she didn't fully realize
where she was bound until the auto
carrying the sheriff and herself rolled
into the asylum grounds. She cried
l quietly all the while the motor car was
I winding up the asylum drive.
Want Traction Co. to
Pay Third of Paving
on 19th Street Bridge
The question of what proportion of
the cost of paving the proposed new
concrete bridge across the Philadel
; phia & Reading tracks at Nineteenth
I street should be paid by the Harris-
I burg Railways Company has not yet
| been settled between the Dauphin
county commissioners and the trolley
! company and another conference was
i held this morning on the subject be
! tween the commissioners and Frank B.
; Musser. president of the traction com
j pany.
i The commissioners want the com
! pany to pay one-third of the cost of
paving the 24-foot roadway; the trac
tion company prefers to pay only for
paving between their tracks and the
usual distance outside the rails. Mr
Musser will take up the question with
the directorate.
RECEIVE ASSESSORS' RETURNS I
Connly Commissioners Will Hold Spe
cial Session To-morrow
All over Dauphin county outside of
the city to-day, the assessors sat to
register party affiliations of voters.
The settings began yesterdav.
Returns will be filed with the county
commissioners to-morrow and in order
to receive them and to settle the bills
for services with the assessors, the
county commissioners will sit in spe
cial session all day. <
This is a good photograph of G-3,
the greatest submarine in the world,
built by Simoi) Lake in his works at
Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. Lake and his
superintendent refused permission to
one who "tried to photograph the ves
sel, inssisting that some naval officers
had told them tills must not be done.
The G-3 is believed to have a steam
ing radius of 5,500 miles, that is, she is
able to cross the Atlantic and come
back without refueling. She might
have to be met at sea with oil to
bring her to port, but she would be
so near the American coast that that
would not be difficult.
Though the secrecy with which the
naval authorities are working makes
it impossible to gain full and accur
ate information about submarines
now building, the statement is made
that the G-3 is only one of eight
American submarines which are able
to cross the ocean and come back, and
ten more are to be launched very soon.
IRDSCRABBLE' VIEW
IS ftIEARI ITS END
Argument on Question of Benefits
and Damages Will Be Heard by
Condemnation Board Thursday
FINAL TESTIMONY 4N TODAY
Experts Say East Side Property
Values Will Be Increased
75 Per Cent.
>letion of
"Hardscrabble" condemnation pro
ceedings were concluded to-day by the
city so far as the testimony relative
to land values is concerned.
Argument upon the question of
benefits and damages incident to the
taking over of the properties on the
west side of Front street from Herr to
Calder will be heard next Thursday
morning. Adjournment was taken by
the board of viewers shortly after
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i BELIEVE MERCER HID
j QUdRTETDFSPOUSES
j Police Learn New Development in
Matrimonial Tangle of Famous
New York Forger
Accused of having four wives who
are the mothers of twelve children is
| the charge it is said that will be pre
; ferred against H. R. Mercer, now in
I the Western Penitentiary,
j Mercer is also being held by a de-
I tainer from Chicago, where they
i want him on a white slave charge. He
is now serving fifteen months on a
charge of false pretense. He, with
Fred Leßrun were convicted in the
Dauphin County Court last October on
a bad check .charge. Leßrun ended
I his term of six months last week, but
jis being held by detectives who have
detainers charging him with grand
! larceny in New York. Mercer is
I similarly charged. It is understood
| that requisition papers will be obtain
• ed this week for Leßrun.
| Plenty of evidence. It Is said, has
I been obtained on the bigamy charge
!to be made against Mercer. Investl
j gations revealed three wives it is said,
I and two weeks ago the authorities
I were startled when the fourth one
I turned up.
South Wales Coal Strike
Ended; Miners Agree to
Accept Terms Offered
By Associated Press
London, July 21. The South
w ales coal miners have a<-cepted the
terms agreed upon yesterday and the;
i strike Is therefore definitely at an end. 1
, Throughout the coal fields there was '
an overwhelming majority In favor of !
the settlement.
STRIKERS WILL RETCRN
By Axsocmtea Press !
New York, July 21.—The Amalga- }
mated Clothing Workers of America
who went on strike last week, have j
settled their differences with the i
American Clothing Manufacturers' '
Association and will return to work, j
according to an announcement made i
to-day.
12 PAGES
CMS. BECKER SEEKS
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
|
Plea Sent to Governor Last Night
Includes Statement of His
Version of Facts
NO DISCLOSURES OF GRAFT
I
Late Senator "Tim" Sullivan Said
to Have Had Money in Rosen
thal's Gambling House
By Associated Press
New York, July 21. Counsel for
Charles Becker awaited to-day the re
sult of Becker's appeal to Governor
Whitman to forbid his execution on |
July 28 for the murder of Herman
Rosenthal. Becker's plea sent to the |
Oovernor at Albany last night Included I
a long statement of his version of the '
facts leading up to the murder. In
this statement Becker denied com
plicity in the murder and said that
State Senator Timothy D. Sullivan,
now dead, had told Becker that he
had $12,800 Invested In Rosenthal's
gambling house and that when Rosen
thal began to make public statements
about the raids on his place, Sullivan
exacted a promise from Becker to keep
Sullivan's name out of it. Becker
said that he had kept his promise up
to the time of the making of his plea
for executive clemency.
No Graft Disclosures
Becker's statement made no dis
closures of police graft, but gave an
account of his movements on the night
of the murder.
Martin T. Manton, of Becker's
counsel, has announced that proceed
ings will be started in a day or two in
application for a new trial for Becker
on the grounds of newly discovered
evidence. The nature of the evidence
was not disclosed. It was reported
that friends of Sullivan have offered
to make affidavits substantiating in
part the story which Becker told.
W. Bourke Cock ran, one of Beck
er's attorneys, who prepared a portion
of the statement sent to the Governor,
said it had been decided to take this
action in order to avoid a delay in
first appealing to a supreme justice for
a new trial. "Becker is ready to die.
He does not ask favors of any one but
he wants to prove his innocence," Mr.
Cockran said.
ELMER W. HI RST DEAD
Rock island. 111., July 21. Elmer
W. Hurst, financier and attorney and
a leader in Democratic politics in
Illinois, died here to-day of heart dis
ease. He was 63 years old. Mr. Hurst
was the Illinois choice for vice presi
dent nt the Democratic convention at
Baltimore in 1912.
1 FILE PETITIONS AGAINST DIX " 3
\ A!! any, N. Y.; July 21.—Announcement was made here I
I to-. aly involuntary petitions in bankruptcy Jj
| : ourt at Uti I
J ->hn A. Dix, individually and t A
1 which Mr. Dix is the |
princ; . . . der.
9 ELEVEN BELIEVED DROWNED J
Li:...., 0., July 21. Reports from Kenton say th f
I eleven 1 n laborers, in the onion fields embarked *
in ;; - dto escape. 'I. J
< 9 cane.. latoc found cajsslred. ' It is feared all eleven 5
I drov, n en their craft hit a snag. I
[WARSAW HAS FALLEN |
«—ulaticn day but the latest'communica?
ticiu i.. . bc.A. i.jv., indicate tae Au-uo-Gennan rush I
tow^i.... i F capital :.„i slowed down. The Ri 9
I Continue .a lo„£ ground, but apparently the campaign has f
9 not y.c i. brought to a decisive issue. £
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t * ' MAYOR ASKS FOR TROOPS 1
. Trenton, N. J., July 21.—Mayor Pierre P. Garven, ¥
IBayonne, asked the Governor's office here to-day to send 1
troops to Eayonne. The request was not granted'and troop* «
will not be sent "unless request comes from Sheriff |
Kinkead, of Hudson county, and then only after every local %
remedy has been exhausted.
WABASH SOLD FOR $18,000,000 5
St. Louis, July 21.—The property,' franchises and other I
I rights of the Wabash Railroad, a $220,000,000 corporation, &
were sold under the hammer for $18,000,000 to the joint re- S
, organization committee of the road's creditors under fore- A
I I
closure here to-day to satisfy a $41,000,000 mortgage of (
t which the Equitable Trust Company of New York is trustee, j L
| CODY OF*HERBERT S. STONE FOUND 1 !
Quecnstown, Ireland, July 21.—The body of Herbert S.
P Stone, v\ ho was a Lusitania victim, 4ias come ashore at ' *
| Ballybu union, a small town at .the mouth of the river Shan- !
P non on the west coast of Ireland, about 150 miles from the 1 r
I point Wh e the Lusitania was sunk.
r MARRIAGE LICENSES |
Ro " r Olphln. Philadelphia. J»
I Halpb S. Powley and Flora Hay Sheibley, city. *5
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* POSTSCRIPT
GOVEIOR CHOOSES
3 PEiniS
■IK OF HOIS
I Dr. John A. Brashear, Pittsburgh;
John Wanamaker and Dr.
Russell Conwell, Philadelphia
RECOMMENDED BY EDITORS
Names Sent to Management of
Panama-Pacific Exposition
on Request
Governor Brumbaugh to-day wrote
to the officials of the Panama-Pacific
Exposition commission that he had
selected Dr. John A. Brashear, Pitts
burgh astronomer; John Wanamaker,
the Philadelphia merchant, and the
Rev. Dr. Russell H. Conwell, Phila
delphia clergyman, in the order given
as men eminently quulilied to receive
signal honor on behalf of Pennsylva
nia from the exposition. The selec
tions were made from recommenda
tions sent to the Governor from a
number of the editors of the Keystone
State.
The Governor was Invited some
time ago to select a man upon whom
the exposition could confer an honor
as eminent in the life of Pennsylvania
[Continued on Page 12.]
FRANCIS JOSEPH'S HEALTH BAD
By Associated Press
Geneva, July 21. The health of
Francis Joseph, Austrian Emperor,
again is causing grave anxiety, ac
cording to advices reaching here. He
suiters from nervous excitement, and
his mind apparently is profoundly af
fected.
59 TURKISH VESSELS SUNK
By Associated Press
London, July 21. A fleet of 59
Turkish sailing vessels, laden with war
material for the Turkish army of tho
Caucasus, has been destroyed by Rus
sian torpedoboat destroyers, according
to a dispatch from Sebastopol to
Reuter's Telegram Company.
KAPPA SIGMA ll* SESSION
By Associated Press
San Francisco, Cal., July 21. Dele
gates from many parts of the country
are here to attend the opening session
to-day of the annaul convention of the
Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Dr. J. iv
Ferguson, of New York, president of
the fraternity, will preside.