French Forces Reported to Have Repulsed
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — Xo. 243
PA. STEEL PLANT
SOLD TO SCHWAB
FOR $49,533,00G
P. R. R. Gains $6,000,000 in
Deal Put Through in
Philadelphia
MEETING HELD YESTERDAY
President Rea Credited With
Maneuver Which Profited
His Company
Special to The Telegraph
Philadelphia, Oct. 16. Ownership
of the Pennsylvania Steel Company,
which operates the big works at Steel
ton. Pa., and the Sparrows Point Ship
yard. is to pass to the interests headed
by Charles M. Schwab at prices for the
stocks which make the properties cost
f 49,533,000.
At a speciil meeting yesterday the
board of directors of the Pennsylvania
company authorized the sale, on terms
arranged in negotiations which had
run through some days, of $17,131,900
of the total $31,310,500 stock owned
by the Pennsylvania Railroad interest
for some years. No official announce
ment of the deal Is yet made.
Sale of control of the Cambria Steel
Company through the stock market Is
approaching completion. The Donner
party will get this property at a valu
ation of over $60,000,000 for the
$45,000,000 outstanding capital stock,
so far as can be figured at this time.
It is expected that big tlnancial and
development plans will be carried out
with the Cambria Steel Company as
soon as the transfer of control Is com
pleted.
Cambria Steel Heal
Following the Pennsylvania com
pany board meeting Henry Tatnall,
financial vice-president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, went to see William
H. Donner. president of the Cambria
Steel Company, who holds an option
en a further sC.2fio shares of the
stock, to be paid for at such prices as
can be obtained from any other buyer.
In the end market quotations are
likely to tlx the price at which this
block of stock will change ownership.
Action taken more than a year ago
by Samuel Rea, president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, has worked out so
that the system of which he is head
about $6,000,000 more in the
of its bis interests In steel prop-
than would have been obtained
a year ago.
Mr. Rea made a deal which put Wil
liam H. Donner on his mettle to win
for himself a $1,000,000 accomplish
ment prize. In winning it, as he did
last month, when he got 58,2t>0 shares
ot Cambria Steel stock at SSO per
rhare. Mr. Donner first hud to create a
situation which has enabled the Penn
sylvania company to sell from its bal
ance hold of 393.822 shares of the
stock at prices which have averaged so
far close to S7O per share, It Is under
stood.
Its Increased Profit
Thus the Pennsylvania stands to
win $lO to S2O per share more for
nearly 400.000 shares of its holding
than it would gladly have taken a vear
ago for the 4 50,000 shares then
owned.
When, at the suggestion of Presi
dent Rea. the two blocks of Cambria
Steel stock were optioned to Mr. Don
ner, the market price was below par.
To the option on the second block was
tied a second condition. When he took
i* at what anyone else would pay Mr.
Donner was obligated to buy at $37
per share.for the common and be
tween SB4 and SBS per share for the
preferred all the Pennsylvania Steel
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[THE WEATHER
For Harrlfthure mid vicinity: Cien
erally cloudy to-night nnd Sun
day! not much change In tem
perature.
For Enatern I'ennnylvanla: Gen
erally cloudy to-night and Sun
day: gentle to moderate north
cant nlndH.
River
The Suaquehanna river and It*
principal branches will fall mlott
ly or remain nearly Ktutlonarr.
A wtnge of about 3.S feet In Indi
cated for Harrlshurg Sunday
morning:.
(ieneral Condition*
Pressure continues high over near
ly all the country with principal
crest over the l.akc Region.
Generally cloudy weather prrvalls
over most of the territory rep
resented on the map and' rains
have fallen In the Plains Stntes
and the Southern Rocky Mountain
rearlon.
Main has fallen also In Alabama
and locally In the Middle Atlan
tic and Southern Xew England
States.-
Temperature: 8 a. m.. AO.
Sun: Rises. <5:17 a. m.: sets, 5:25
p. m.
Moon: Full moon, October 22, 7:15
p. m.
River Stage: 3.fl feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday'a Weather
Highest tcmperatnre, "S.
Lowest temperature. 03.
Menn temperature, 70.
Normal temperature, 54.
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1 NEW SUMMER WHITEHOUSE AND ITS MASTER AND MISTRESS J
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A new summer residence has been selected for President Wilson and it is harelv nnuihi. »v, a » v,_
bride, now Mrs Norman Gait, will spend a part of their honeymoon in U. A commfttee - representative
fA w ° ftered the P . reSld r nt th< ' ÜB , e of "Shadow Lawn." at E1 bero n? N? j!| formerly occupied by
John A. McCall for the summer white house, and the President has accepted * occupied uy
the h T o h u e se n tn W w 8 C" Present Garfleldmed ° Ver,ookin * the ocean "and within a few minutes' walk of
BOWMAN SAYS HE
HASNT HALF OF
! PRIMARY VOTE
City Commissioner Candidate
Asks County Solicitor
For Opinion
! City Commissioner Harrv F. Bowman,
" superintendent of public safety, may
I question in the courts the contemplated
[action of the County Commissioners to
! place tile names of Commissioner Gor
i gas and himself at the top of the list
I of eight Councilmanic candidates under
the County Solicitor's 50 per cent, pri
-1 mary ruling.
Mr. Bowman says neither Mr. Gorgas
' nor himself should get the high places
| 'in the ticket because they have not
! obtained 50 per cent, of the ballots
cast at the primaries. Both Commis
sioner Gorgas and himself, contends
! ;V r - Bowman, should be included in the
I list of the other candidates alpha
; betically or otherwise and that they
should go before the people at the gen
| era I election on the same basis as the
( other candidates.
Commissioner Bowman has consulted
! with Colonel F. M. Ott. Countv Solicitor,
! on the subject, and the latter will like
jly hand down an opinion Mondav.
j Colonel Ott had advised the County
i Commissioners to place the names of
, Gorgas and Bowman at the top of the
ballot and the others to follow alpha
betically.
Watch Disappears at
Police Station; Turns
Up After Two Weeks
Clarence O. Backenstoss. secretary
to Mayor John K. Royal, is again
wearing his watch, chain and charm.
Two weeks ago the timepiece and ac
cessories disappeared very mysterious
ly. The missing articles came back
yesterday. Where the Jewelry has
been in the mcantims. is now be
ing worked out by every detective on
the local force.
Two weeks ago Secretary Backen
stoss placed the watch on the top of
a desk. It disappeared. Yesterday
he found his valuables in the drawer
of another desk.
More Meat Dealers Are
Told About New Ruling j
Inspectors of the State Livestock'
Sanitary Board, city food inspectors i
and Dr. J. M. J. Haunick, head of the|
department of health, to-day com
pleted their tour of the city markets,
warning meat dealers that they must
comply with the regulations of the
new meat hygiene law.
The regulations and requirements
will he explained in detail at a mass
meetin of meat dealers to
be held in the city council chamber
next Wednesday afternoon at 21
o'clock.
;SCEERAGE MEETING AT
CAMI* HILT. TO-XIGHT
A mistake in arrangements caused
the suffrage meeting which is to be
held at Fireman's hall. Camp Hill, to
night to be announced for last night.
Miss Belie Kearney, a Southern Suf
fragist who is well known in all parts
of the country for her work for the
cause and for her lectures on Chatau
iqua circuits, will be the speaker. The!
meeting will be held at 8 o'clock and
admission will bo free.
Robert L. Myers will preside at the
meeting and will introduce Miss Kear
ney. Mrs. Robert Wilson is.in charge
of the meeting.
MEDIATION* IX SIGHT
By Associated Press
Wiikes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 16. An
effort to mediate in the second strike!
of the Wilkes-Barre Railway Com-]
pany employes Is In sight to-day, Pat
rick Glldav, mediator of the State
Department of Labor and Industrv,
and James A. Steese. chief clerk to
Commissioner John Price Jack
son, who arrived In this
city late yesterday, held Informal talks
with several of the officers of the troi
leymen's union, and hoped to be able
to see the officials of the traction
company before night.
AVIATOR FAI.I.S TO DEATH
By Associated Press
Buenos Aires. Oct. 16. —Francisco
Beltraimo. while attempting to loop
the loop in an aeroplane here to-day
fell to the ground and was killed.
HARRISBURG, PA.,
ROBERT W. HOY IS
GOING TO ELMIRA
Commercial Manager of Elec
tric Company Wins Pro
motion
HELPED GIVE CITY LIGHT
Connected With Company 28
Years Prominent in
** -•> Masonic Circles
mM
ROBERT W. HOT
Robert W. Hoy. commercial man
ager of the Harrisburg Light and
Power Company, has resigned to as
sume,a similar position with the El
mira Water, Light and Power Com-
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MARKER UNVEILED
AT PENN'S CREEK
Parades and Ceremonies Mark
Last Day of Rig Celebra
tion at Selinsgrove
Special to The Telegraph
Selinsgrove. PH., Oct. 16. Selins-
RTove's one hundred and sixtieth cele
bration of the Penn's Creek Massacre,
under the auspices of the State His
torical Society and the Snyder county
organization, opened the third and
last day's program this morning: with
the blare of trumpets and the music
o* numerous hands.
A massive boulder was erected on
the site of the massacre yesterday aft
ernoon with impressive ceremonies
inner the joint auspices of the two
associations. Th«: marker is of rough
\ ermont granite and weighs three
tons. Two tablets are on its face—
one commemorating the massacre and
the other the Harris ambush. The
boulder was purchased by the cele
bration committee and the tablets were
c.onated by the State Historical Com
mission.
The famous Calhoun's band of
Northumberland furnished music at
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fIOO EMPLOYES STRIKE
By Associated Press
Wallingford. Conn., Oct 16. Act
ing in sympathy with the silver work
ers In the Merlden factories of the In
ternational Stiver Company who are
on strike for c shorter working day
with increatied wages, about six hun
dred employes in three factories of
the company here walked out to-day.
SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1915
PAUL KUNKEL
NOT COUNTED
OUT BY COURT
So Says Dr. Clark, One of
the Officials in the
Contest
Dr. W. P. Clark, presiding at a big
Republican rally in Dauphin last even
ing, took a hard fall out of Paul A.
Kunkel's ciiarge that he had been
counted out four years ago when the
Dauphin'Cbunty Court decided Michael
E. Stroup and not he had been elected
district attorney.
"As deputy prothonotary I sat
throughout the count made by the
Dauphin County Court and I know it
was a fair count and I know that it
shewed that Stroup and not Kunkel
was elected," said Dr. Clark.
Kunkel has been using the contest
cf four years ago between himself and
Stroup for the purpose of making
campaign capital for himself this year
and has implied in his literature that
the count was not fair.
Dr. Clark said that as deputy pro
thonotary he had always found Stroup
a capable proaecutor and perfectly
tain In all his dealings.
_ Mr. Stroup himself attacked the
Kunkel allegations. repeating the
declaration he made the night pre
vious in Harrisburg that Kunkel in de
ciaring he had been "counted out"
and had been "soaked for the costs"
did not injure Stroup, but did very
seriously reflect on the honesty and
integrity of the oauphtn County Court.
Mr. Stroup made a very strong reply
also to Kunkel's contention that Stroup
should not be given a second term.
"For the past thirty-one years at
least," said he. "and I know not for
how much longer, you people of Dau
phin county have been accustomed to
give your district attorneys two terms.
I have made a record In the office that
even my opponents are compelled to
commend. They have not one criti
cism to offer against it. Why, then,
should I be made an exception to the
second term precedent?"
Throe Ilig Meetings
evenings meeting at Dauphin
was one of three big gatherings, the
other two being held at Halifax and
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FRENCH REPULSE
GERMAN ATTACKS
40,000 Bulgarians in Vicinity of
Railroad Bridge Near
Valandov
Petrojrrad, Oct. 1«. 12.01 P. M
via London. 2.47 I'. >l.—Russia
regards herself in a state of war
with Bulgaria from the moment
• lie latter country attacked Scr
i Wa, to a .statement
issued to-dav by the foreign office
here. The formal declaration of
war is nwaitiue the conclusion of
an exchange of telegrams between
Russia und her allies
fl . Kh,in * '** b een in progress
!r' „ t J Lorraine .'rent, where the
■ I renoh declare thev ha •« repulsed gre
jc-ral counterattacks by tne
on trenches which French troops cap!
tured yesterday. Pap
Repulse of a stiong German attack
between the Lintte and the Schratz
. mannele, in the Vosges, also Is re
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STERX MEASIRKS IV BUIXJARIY
By .Associated Press
Milan Oct. 15, via Paris. Oct. 16 _
The Bulgarian government has been
obliged to resort to stern measures of
suppressing outbreaks of unrest
amonK the people, says a dispatch (o
the Secolo. Sofia, by way of Bucharest
Many officers of proßusslan sentiment
have been retired from the army and
It Is asserted that reprisals are begin
ning against subjects of the quad
ruple entente nations.
GENERAL VILLA
SHOT TO DEATH
DURING REVOUT?
Uprising Reported to Have Re
sulted Fatally For North
ern Leader
STORY NOT VERI FI E D
American Leaving Mexico Says
General Is Being Tried by
Court Martial
N
By Associated Press
El Paso. Texas. Oct. 16.—Ile
ports current here for twelve
hours that Genera! Franeiseo
\ Ilia, chief of the convention
forces in Mexico, ha«l been ar
rested by his own men nt Castas
Grnmles. com ietod and put to
death, could not Ik* continued
here early to-day. Messages from
General Villa in his private code
were received at Juarez at 1
o'clock Fridav afternoon.
The messages related to busi
ness with his representatives in
Juarez. The report tlmt General
Rudolfo i'ierro was dead, received
last night, came over tl»e military
wires from Ca.sas Grandcs. It
stated briefly that Fierro had been
drowned wliiK- fording a river.
By Associated Press
El Paso, Texas, Oct. 16. —A report
tliat General Francisco Villa, leader
of the northern faction in Mexico, has
been killed wai brought to El Paso
early to-day bv a Mexican who just
arrived from Casas Grandes.
According to the story. Villa was
shot in a fight when disaffection broke
out in the Villa army late yesterday.
Another report, brought by an Ameri
can passenger, st-id that on Friday
> Villa was being tried by a court-
I martial and that the trial was still in
progress when the train left Casas
Giandes.
i The Mexican who reported Villa
j shot declared that the trouble arose
| when the chief called upon one of his
comrades for a forced loan. The man
was ordered shot, the report continues,
when he refused to accede to Villa's
demand. Division in the army re
sulted, it was said, approximately
seven thousand of the nine thousand
troops revolting. In a fight that fol
lowed, the Mexican said, Villa suf
fered mortal wounds.
The Villa garrison at Juarez last
night was said to be greatly disturbed.
| The exact nature of conditions there
co«kl not be learned, as residents had
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Newspaper Blunder
Causes Many Grins
in Political Circles
! The Democratic candidates for Coun
j cil, Gorgas, Royal and Copelin. having
been "caught with the goods" in the
matter of giving campaign contribu
tions to the Democratic gangsters who
put through the so-called "fusion"
slate at the primaries, their newspaper
champion rushes to their rescue to-day
(With much blustering, but no excuses.
I The whole matter is treated as a
! good joke in local political circles. The
: Democrats were caught in their own
, little trap, the aforesaid newspaper
j champion having made the funny
) blunder of accusing the awful Repub
\ llcans of having done just what their
own little whitewashed angels were
j on record at the Courthouse as having
j done.
\ Between grins to-day politicians
. were wondering whether Democratic
.Chairman Jones is going to meet the
| requirements of the corrupt practices
! act by making public how the contribu
i tions were spent or whether he prefers
jto break the law by concealing the
uses to which the money was put. It
I Is said that not a little of the Demo
cratic Councilmen's contribution went
|to help put through the countv slate,
j which wouldn't be very pleasing to the
city candidates if they learned of It.
Military Guard For
Democratic Committee
By Associated Press
Charleston. S. C„ Oct. 16.—Military
! guard was provided to-day by order
I of Governor Manning for the meeting
j of the City Democratic Executive Com
mittee, which was broken up here yes
j terday by a shooting scrap in which
one man was killed and four injured,
j The committee was attempting to
! count the ballots of the recent Demo
, cratic municipal primary to determine
whether Mayor John P. Grace or his
. opponent had been nominated for
mayor when the shooting was begun
by an unknown person in the com
! .nittee room.
Police, deputy sheriffs and' local
[military company soon dispersed the
j c -owd, both in the building and on the
! s' reels outside, and prevented further
i d isorder.
Governor Manning then ordered
i militiamen to guard the committee
; when It resumed Its task to-day.
Man at Work Accidentally
Shot by Duck Hunter
By Associated Press
Y.'ilkes-Barre, Pa.. Oct. 16.. C. F.
iNa tie. superintendent of the Citizens
Khotilc Illuminating Company, of
!Pi tston. was accidentally shot and
I seriously wounded to-day by Anthonv
! ?ianlak(, of the same place, while
l Manlaks was shooting at wild ducks
. along the Susquehanna river at Pitts
ton.
30.000 MORE DESTITUTE
ARMENIANS 11EACH TABRIZ
By Associated Press
New York. Oct. 16. Twenty thou
sand additional destitute mountaineers
|of Eastern Turkey have reached
| Tabriz. Persia, according to a message
i received here to-day by the Presby
| terlan Board of Foreign Missions.
LABom:rts ix MIXES NEEDED
By Associated Press
Charlestown. W Va., Oct. 16.—Earl
Henry, chief of the West Virginia De
partment of Mines after a visit in the
northern part of the State said to-day
that it was impossible for the mine
operators to find a sufficient number
of men to work the mtnen to the ca
pacity demanded by orders. Mr.
Henry said that unless more labor is
found soon many other Interests will
be affected
SKIPPED? HAS
DELANO JONES
FOOLED POLICE?
Absence of Alleged Election
Crook Leads to That
Conclusion
FOUR UNDER HEAVY RAIL
NATHAN MAVriCKS
Alias "Delano Jones." Fugitive Elec
tion Officer
Opening of the ballot box and
recount in court of all the votes
cast.
Offer of Daniel W. Sohn, presi
dent of the Commercial Rank,
and one of the defeated candidates
for city council, to assist the dis
trict attorney's investigation.
Unexplained absence and prob
able flight of Delano or Delama
tix Jones, a member of the elec
tion board.
Holding for trial by court under
SSOO bail each of William M.
Jones, W. H. Young. James H.
Reed and George K. Moore, other
members of the election board to
answer charges of conspiracy and
election fraud.
These were to-day's developments in
the sensational election case that de
veloped in the second precinct of the
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WASHINGTON HEARS NOTHING OF VILLA
Washington, Oct. 16. Messages reaching the State
Department early to-day from George C. Carothers, its
special agent at Casas Grandes, made nQ mention of any
thing happening to General Villa.
INJUNCTION FOR DR. STOUGH
Lebanon, Pa., Oct. 16.—A temporary injunction was
served this afternoon on Dr. Stough, the evangelist, restrain
ing him from preaching to-morrow on "Who Killed Cy Mil
ler?" Miller was shot by his father, it is charged, aqd the
district attorney in asking for the injunction says that a ser
mon by Stough would prevent a fair trial for the accused.
The sermon was announced for to-morrow.
i
AUSTRO-GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY
Paris, Oct. 16, 4.58 P. M.—Austro-German losses in tHr
campaign against Serbia up to Thursday everf?ng, Octobti
14, were estimated at 25,000 officers and men killed and 60,-
000 wounded.
f.
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CONFERENCE IN SESSION MONDAY
Washington, Oct. 16. Favorable resporises were re
ceived from all the governments participating in the Pan
American cenference which decided to recognize General
I Carranza. Secretary Lansing has called a meeting of the
conferees next Monday to arrange the form of recognition.
BREAKS WORLD'S QUARTER-MILE RECORD
i
San Francisco, Oct. 16.—Frank Sloman.'a San Fran
cisco high school boy, broke the world's inte'rscholastic 440-
yard record in a sanctioned meet here "to-day on the Pan
ama Pacific Exposition dirt track. His time was 48 I*s
seconds, three-fifths second faster than the record held by
Ted Meredith, vhen a stu.den't at Mercersburg Academy in
1912.
FRENCH ARE REPULSED
Berlin Oct. 16, via London, 4.06 P. M.—An attempt by
the French to capture a German position east of Auberive
in the Champagne was repulsed with a loss to the French of
mor? tl'.nn 600 men in prisoners.
MARRIAGE
Toran Klobleaa anil Anna VJlk, Meelton.
Kliiior 'lfvln (iarman and Kathrr Kay McKiarvfr, Pcnbrook.
Hubert Mni*nl Hudaiia. Man* Itrlil, and Jnlla Mrhola* Booth, P«r
naaaua. \
J'lbn A. Jacob*, Mtffllntonn, and Clara Anna Wllemana, Mechanlca
hum.
14P4GES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
15 KILLED AND
MANY INJURED IN
WESTERN WRECK
Washout Throws Car in River;
Passengers Are Penned in;
Unable to Get Out
MOST DEAD DROWNED
Only Four Rodies Recovered;
• Relieved That Forty
Arc Hurt
B.v Associated Press
Kansas Ctty, Mo., Oct. 16.—At least
fifteen persons were killed and many
were injured to-da.v when motor train
No. 579 on the Union Pacific railroad
plunged down an embankment near
Randolph, Kan. A washout caused
the accident. One of the cars on the
train was submerged in Fancy creek, a
local stream, and most of the dead
were drowned.
This information came to the Union
Pacific offices in Kansas City to-day.
The train, which carried two cars,
left Manhattan early this morning for
Marysville. It carried about seventy
live passengers. A three-inch rain fell
in the vicinity yesterday. Railroad
officials said the train usually carried
many traveling men. To-day it had
as passengers when it left Manhattan
a delegation of young women school
teachers en route to the Riley county
teachers' convention, which was to
have opened at Randolph to-day.
Dr. Louis Atwood, a Topeka phy
sician. was among the killed.
Four Bodies Recovered
At noon, according to a message
from the scene, tour bodies had been
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Rear Admiral Ordered
Courtmartialed For Laxity
in Inspecting U Boats
By dissociated Press
Washington, D. C., Oct. 16. Rear
Admiral William M. Little, retired, to
day faced trial by courtmartial on
"charges involving neglect and care
less methods in the conduct of his
duties while inspector of machinery at
the Fore Kiver Shipbuilding Company.
Quincy, Mass., in connection with tha
construction of the submarine U. S. S.
K-2. He will be tried in Boston be
ginning October 18.