Pan-American Diplomats Confer on Form of Recognition to Be Tendered Carranza HARRISBURG &M6S TELEGRAPH LXXXIV — No. 244 DEMOCRATS IN WRANGLE j OVER BANNER: —i Central Club Roosts Fritchey; All Other Candidates Ignored HOT FIGHT IS BREWING Bosses Accused of Favoritism; Threats Are Freely Made At the next meeting: of the Central Democratic Club several of the Dem ocratic candidates are preparing to make charges that they have been deserted by the bosses who control that organization. * The word has gone out that C. Al bert Fritchey must he given the sup port of tile Democratic club at all odds, and so bold have become the Fritchey supporters in that organiza tion that they have Hung across Mar ket street, from the clubhouse to the Senate hotel a big banner bearing the inscription: FOR COUNTY RECORDER, C. AI. BERT FRITCHEY. Only Frltchey's name Is mentioned. Every otner one of the Democratic candidates is Ignored. The banner appeared for -the first time to-day and there was immediate ly a howl of protect from the candi dates who ure left out In the cold. Preparations were at once started to compel the club either to take down that banner or replace It with ono bearing the names of all the Democra tic candidates. At the clubhouse nobody would ac cept responsibility for the banner. It had been put up "under orders" It was said. Irate nominees for the other offices have long entertained suspicion that they were being sold out by the fu sion bosses in favor of Danner and Eh.v, the especial favorites of Vlce count.v Chairman Rubendall. but they thought that Fritchey was also among those who were to lie given the "go- | by" at the hands of the Democratic fusion gang. They cannot bring themselves to be lieve even yet that the Democratic Losses are really for Fritchey, Some them look upon the banner as mere ly another clever Fritchey trick, but all of them admit that they are very much at sea and the bosses and the club management are being blamed indiscriminately, "Why one might think that Albert Fritchey is the only Democrat on the ticket to Judge by that banner," said ' an angry candidate this morning. "A I lot of good It does to be a loyal Dem- ! ocrat. for years when a man who until a couple of years ago admitted he was a Republican can step in and get the support of the bosses, who are wil ling to let the other real Democrats go down to defeat If they only can land a Job for h.m, It certainly does pay to be a turncoat in this county." Republicans also are wondering Just how Fritchey managed to pull the bannar over on his fellow Democrats. It Is Hhown In Republican circles that the McCormlek faction of the Demo crats Is only lukewarm for Fritchey, fearing that hie election would give his brother, Dr. Fritchey, a fresh toe hold on Democratic Influence by which he could boost himself back Into the Democratic boss-ship, th« McCormlek faction having worked for years to unhorse fritchey In Dauphin county. On the other hand It Is known that the management of the Central club Is not very friendly toward the Mc- Cormlek faction because of certain facts concerning the serving of liquor in the clubhouse, At all event* the banner Incident has beoti a bomb In the camp of the Democratic gang which will have to be explained to the satifaction of the Democratic candidates. Harrisburger Honored by Pa.-German Society Reading, fa., Oct. I*.—The Penn sylvania-German Society at Its twen ty-fifth annual meeting held In this city to-day elected the following ofll ct rs: President, George T. Ettinger, Allentown; first vice president. Col. H. C. Trexler, Allentown: second vice president, Frank H. Read ing: secretary. Dr. Daniel W, Nead, Reading: treasurer, J, TC. Hurnett Buckingham, Philadelphia. Executive committee: H, Winslow Fegley, Read ing; the Rev. Jno, Baer fitoudt, North ampton: George A, Oorgns, Harrls burg: the Itev, Theodore E. Pchmauk. T.ebanon; Ulysses S. Koons, Philadel phia: Julius F, Baches, Philadelphia; the Rev. 1... Kryder Ipvans, Pottstown; Charles R. Roberts, Allentown: Naa toan 11. Keyser, Philadelphia; William K. T. Sahm, Philadelphia: Benjamin F. Faekenthal, Jr., Rlegelsvllle: A. S. Schropp, T,ebanon: Porter W, Shinier, Easton, and Albert C. Rau, Allentown. HAS APPENDICITIS Miss Harbara Horehler, 235 Rrlggs street, was operated upon yesterday at the Hnrrlsbtirg hospital for appendi citis. «$4- Co>tWK<a ,, | MORE THAN 1,200 j WEST END FOLKS ' OBJECT TO HOTEL Eleventh Ward Residents l*p in Arms Against "National" Transfer HOLD HEARING FRIDAY Residential Section, Many Chil dren, Proximity to School and Firehouse Are Reasons More than 1,200 residents of the Eleventh ward hove protested to the Dauphin County Courts against the proposed transfer of the National Ho tel liquor license to 1802 North Fourth street. The hearing on the petition to trans-, fer the privilege had been fixed for 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, but at the request of counsel this morning President Judge Ktinkel permitted a postponement to 10 o'clock Friday morning. Frederick W. Ebel, proprietor of the National Hotel, is compelled to move his business because of the rapid ex tension of the Capitol Park zone. The National stands at Fourth and State streets. Three petitions have been filed against the location of the licensed place in the Eleventh ward, one con taining 104 names, another with 114 names and an unusually large one with 1,014 signatures, a total of 1,232 protesting voices In addition to objecting to the trans fer on the grounds that the location or the hotel in the Eleventh ward is unnecessary and that it is detrimental to the public good, the remonstrants further protest because the "section in question is purely residential, con taining many homes and many chil dren," and that the proposed location i= In too near proximity to the "Reily Hose firehouse and the Cameron school building." On several occasions during the last >ear or two Eighth ward hotels have tried unsuccessflly to locate their busi ness in either the Eleventh or Twelfth wards. French Steamship Sunk by German Submarine; 71 Persons Reported Dead By Associated Press Paris. Oct. 18.—Seventy-one per-I sons lost their lives when the French steamship Admiral Hamelin was tor pedoed and sunk by a submarine, a' dispatch to the Havas Agency from I Marseilles, which brings this news' does not specify whether the victims were passengers or members of the crew. A Paris dispatch sent early Sunday morning said that the steamer Ispa han had arrived at Marseilles from Madagascar having on board Captain Ouibert and the crew of the steamship Admiral Hamelin which was recently sunk by a submarine. It is not stated when and how the steamer was sunk. Auto Hits Little Girl; Her Condition Serious Struck by an automobile at Cam eron and Magnolia streets while on her way to the T<ochiel open-air school this morning, Elizabeth Kohr, 14-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kohr, 33 North Twelfth street, is In the Harrisburg hospital suffering from serious injuries. The girl had left home onlv a short time before to got to schooi, getting off the street car at Cameron and Magnolia streets. As she walked across the street the machine, driven by M . A\ . Davis, 115 Pine street, struck her. The accident was unavoidable it is said. • The girl was rushed to the Harrls byrg hospital where physicians found that she had a probable fracture of the skull, a puncture in the side, and severe bruises and contusions of the body. Her condition is critical. DISCUSSES FOOD COST By Associated Press Paris, Oct. 18.—"The situation is se r ms but not alarming," said Louis J Ma Ivy, the French minister of the in terior to a representative of the Matin in discussh g the growing cost of liv ing. "It would be an illusion," ho con tinued, "to pretend to bring back prices to the normal, but by concen trated efforts on essential articles of food the government. c?n enable Pari sians to obtain food at prices which never will be prohibitive. [THE WEATHER For Harrlaburg and vicinity: Gen ernllj cloudy to-night mid Tues day, probably ralni warmer to. night. For Fastern Pennaylvnr.la: linnet, tied to-night and Tuesday, prob ably ralni warmer to-night: gentle to moderate southeast to aouth winds. River The Xortli and Went braiiehea TV||| probably fall. The main river i will rise. A stage of about 4.N feet IN Indiented for Hnrrlshurg Tuesday morning. General Conditions Pressure hna dlmlnlahetl over near, ly all the country during the laat | forty-elgjit hours. A dlntiirh j nnee of inodernte energy In cen tral over Wisconsin. Temperature changes hnve been Ir regular. It la warmer than on Saturday morning in the l.altc Region and generally- warmer In northwestern and sonthweatern districts and (.lightly cooler In the Gulf, Middle and South At lantic State*. Temperaturet S a. m., Sfl. Sunt Rises, <1:111 a. m,t sets, r»2J p. m. Moon: Full moon. October 23, 7:1» I a. m. River StHgr: 3.8 feet above Inn. water mark. Ye*terday'a Weather Highest temperature, 111. l.o**eat teiupcrnture. .111. Metin temperature, HI!. Xorauil temperature, 54- HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1915. TELEGRAPH AND CIVIC CLUB GARDEN PRIZES AWARDED WHAT FLOWERS DID FOR ONE BACK YARD. PLANS COMPLETE FOR CELEBRATION West Fairview Firemen Ar ranging For Biggest Affair in Town's History Special to The Telegraph West Fairview, Pa.. Oct. 18.—For mer residents of West Fairview, who are returning for the three-day cele bration, Thursday, Friday and Satur day. have many interesting events in ' store for them. The Old Home cele- | i bration is being held in connection I with the dedicatory exercises at the I new home of the Good Wijll Fire i j Company, No. 1. During the three j I c'.ays there will be parades, band con-j certs, bazars and social functions and ] the visitors will be taken to the points] of historic interest about the borough, i l During the celebration no persons ] will be more interested in the program lof events than Mrs. Mary Louisa [Continued on Page 10.] First Lot of Shrapnel Made by New Machines at Penna. Steel Plant i The tirst shrapnel to be manufac tured at Steelton was made at the new i forge shop of the Pennsylvania Steel 'Company to-day. Only the rough eas (ing was turned out as no provisions have yet been made for finishing the | shell. I The cases were punched from steel (rounds made at the local plant by one ,of the big hydraulic presses, the ift jstallation of which was completed i yesterday. One of the big motors !' which will be used to furnish power in this shop was tested out yesterday. At the pesent time, it is believed, no (effort will be made to "turn" the ! shells, but they will be shipped in the rought to other plants. Whether or not the Steelton concern has any or ders for shrapnel could not be learn ed to-day. The new forge she)) was built.i on the site of the old No. 2 I blooming mill. i Pennsylvania Steel Co. Transfer Will Likely Be Made Next Wednesday Special to The Telegraph Philadephia. Oct. 18.—Actual trans fer of the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany to Charles M. Schwab will be made next Wednesday, according to reliable information received yester day. On this day directors of the ' i Heading Company and the Reading I Iron Company will meet and formally I approve the action of E. T. Stotesbury tin arranging the terms of sale. Then, it is said, they will affix the "rubber stamp" tothe contract whereby the Pennsylvania Steel stock held by the ' Heading Iron Company will pas to the | Bethlehem Interests for $">,085,000. ■ With the acquisition o fthe Pennsyl vania Steel tlie Bethlehem Steel Cor poration now becomes the greatest in dependent steel concern in the coun try, second in output only to the Unit ed States Steel Corporation, its pro duction will aggregate more than 2,- 000,000 tons of pig iron annually and its ore properties, already large, will be tremendously increased through the addition of the Cuban ore lands which come with the Pennsylvania. Tese ohres are extremely valuable in the manufacture of certain grades of j steclfi on account of the high per centage of nickel contents. I The Pennsylvania. Steel Company, it lis understood, will be operated indc | pendently as in the past. On this basis thero probably will be no di i rect merger of the two properties, • which will relieve the Bethlehem ! from arranging the intricate matters | of converting or guaranteeing the var | ious bond obligations o fthe company. iThc vigorous Schwab management) will be int -oduced in the operation of the accjuired property, it is said, and | the several plants will be used in a ! supplementary capacity to. the Beth -1 lehein organization. RtIXAWAV MARKS l,o\(i DASH Frightened when the harness broke, a hig bay horse from the Ober livery stables tore loose from a wagon driven ] by Clair Wolf at Twenty-first and Herr | streets this morning and ran to the j river before he was stopped, Wolf es- uninjured. j Civic Club Names Winners in Yard, Porch, Window Box and Children's Contest; Bethany Chapel Wins $lO Another Important step in the "Wake Harrisburg Beautiful" project was consummated this morning when the Telegraph and Civic Club prizes in the flower garden contests were awarded. Prizes aggregating nearly $l5O were distributed. The Telegrapn's prizes of SIOO was distributed among housewives who had the best yards, porches and win dow boxes during the summer. Ten dollars went to Bethany Chapel for its! floral decorations. The awards were made by the Civic Club. More than a score of youngsters shared in the Civic Club's prizes in the Children's competition. They were furnished the seeds by the Civic Club and excellent showings were made by the youthful gardeners. Telegraph Prize Winners Prize winners in the Telegraph con test are: i Porches First, Mrs. Charles R. [ Henery, 2045 Derry street; second, Mrs. J. C. Michael, 550 Camp street; third. Margaret C. Foulk, 2039 Penn street. Window boxes First, Mrs. Vera [Continued on Page 10.] Will Locate Relatives of Jews in America in War Zone of Europe New York, Oct. 18.—Charged with relatives of Jewish residents of Amer ica in the' various war zones of Eu rope, lsidor llershtield, a lawyer of this city, will leave for Europe on Thursday. Mr. Hershfield will act as representative of Jewish societies in cluding the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America. It was announced here that the State Department at Washington was given its approval of Mr. 1 lershfleld's trip :an<l it has been sanctioned by diplo matic representatives here of the countries he will visit. ; In addition to work of relief Mr. 1 Hershfield will undertake a study of jI he conditions of the Jews In Europe .and will endeavor to spread a knowl- I edge of American immigration laws | with a view to discouraging the com jing to this country of those who would I be excluded. It is estimated here that. 1,500,000 I Jews have been driven from their homes in Europe and (he Hebrew so cieties have received thousands of let ters from all parts of the. United States from persons who arc anxious to locate relatives a'broad. German Torpedoboat Cut in Two by Steam Ferry By Associated Press London, Oct. 8, 4:15 a. in.—A large German torpedolioat was run down and cut in two by a German steam ferry which left Trelleliorg, Sweden nt B o'eloek Friday night with all lights out. says a Renter dispatch from Malmo. Sweden. Only live of the tor |H-dolK»at's erew of 45 were saved. November 4 Set For the Full Crew Cases Chairman W. D. B. Ainey, of the Public Service Commission, to-day an nounced that ho had fixed Thursday, November 4, as the date for hearing all of the complaints made against the railroads of the Slate on the ground that the fuil crew act is not being en forced. The hearing will embrace complaints made be'ore the former commission and will go into the various matters complained of as far as set forth in specific complaints. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen's cases will be taken up at that time. ARCHBISHOP FUtfliY VESTED By Associated Prfss San Wanclsco, Oct. 18.—Archbishop Edward J. Hanna. of the Roman Catholic diocese of San Francisco, was fully vested to-day with all the pow ers of the high office to which he re cently was elevated. At services at St Mary's Cathedral yesterday, the Pallium was conferred on him, mark ing the final step of his installation. DIPLOMATS AGAIN CONFER ON MEXICO U. S. and Other Countries to Accord Recognition by Presenting Note By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Oct. 18.—Deter mination of the form in which recog nition of the Carranza Government in Mexico shall be extended was the ob ject of a conference here to-day of i the Pan-American diplomats. The conference had been called by Secre tary Lansing und meeting with him were the diplomatic representatives here of Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Bo livia, Uruguay and Guatemala. Recognition by countries having diplomatic representatives in Mexico, it was believed, would take the form of 4. renewal of relations in an oftl dnt Thb United States and other countries now without represen tation in Mexico City were to accord recognition by presenting a note to General Carranza through Eliseo Ar redondo, his representative here. A statement on conditions in Mex ico, based upon a report from Gen eral Alvaro Obregon and given out by Eliseo Arreclondo, declared that the only organized opposition to the Car ranza Government was confined to portions of the States of Sonora and ("hihuahua, adding that an expedition had been sent to Sonora to assist constitutionalist forces there in smash ing the Maytorena army. The state ment also announces the surrender of many former Villista officers. Victory For Women in Jersey Is Predicted; Election Tomorrow By Associated Press Newark, N. ,T., Oct. 18.—The fir:it j great eastern fight on the far-flung I battle line of woman suffrage is to | day only 24 hours away. At six o'clock to-morrow morning the polls throughout the Slate of New Jersey will be thrown open to determine at a special election whether "votes for women" banners will be planted vic toriously thereafter upon the Atlantic seaboard. Two weeks from to-morrow the three other eastern States of New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts likewise will decide whether they will join their twelve western sister States in giving women the ballot. President Wilson's declaration for suffrage, reinforced by a thorough and vigorous campaign waged by organ izations and workers is expected by suffrage leaders to carry the <lav for woman suffrage in his home State of New Jersey. Their victory is sure and by a comfortable margin, they state. Japanese Planning to Raise Pacific Rates By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Oct. 18. With the transfer this week of the steamship Persia, of the Pacific Mail Line, to the Toyo Kisin Kaisha, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has ceased to be a factor in transportation on the Pacific Ocean and Japan suceeds to the control of freight, rates to the Orient. Consul-General Anderson at Hong Kong, announces In a report to the State Department that the Jap anese Government, by means of its subsidy dominates all freight rates and has ordered aigeneral advance of rates on cargoes from the Puget Sound ports to the East. Rates from Japan to the United States will continue as they are. In this way Japan Apparently In tends to make use of absolute control of traffic between this country and Japan, China and the Far East. STRUMJTSA OCCUPIED By Associated Press London. Oct. 18, 5:10 a. m. Strumitsa in Bulgaria has been oc cupied by the allied armies of Great Britain, France and Serbia, according to official advices from Salonlkl, tele graphed by the Reuter correspondent | at Athens. ALLIES CAPTURE 1 BULGARIAN TOWN Nish-Saloniki Line at VranjoJ Near Border, Reported Severed FRENCH STEAMER SUNK! I Austrian Submarine Said to Be Responsible For Loss of 71 Lives A rapid thrust at Bulgaria by allied j troops in conjunction with Serbian forces has resulted in the capture or the Bulgarian town of Strumitsa, 50 miles north of Saloniki, according to \ Athens advices. The Bulgarians were advancing in the Strumitsa sector in an effort to reach and cut the Nish-Saloniki rail road line which Is barely 12 miles over the border from Bulgaria at this point, and thus stop the sending: north j of allied reinforcements. According to a special dispatch to I Paris newspapers from Saloniki ru- j mors are current there that the Bul garians have already cut the Nish- Saloniki line at Vranje. about 20 miles west of the Bulgarian border. Following up their blockade of the Bulgarian coast, operations by land and sea against Bulgaria along the Aegean shores are to be prosecuted by the entente allies including Itaiy, an Athens dispatch states. Two-thirds of the Serbian army Is said in Athens advices to have been sent against the Bulgarians, while the remaining third is resisting Field Marshal Von Mackensen's big army In the North. A dispatch from T-a Panne, Bel gium, says a German attempt to break the Belgian lines on the Yser front Saturday and Sunday night was foiled by the Belgians. The German effort, preceded by a fierce bombardment, was launched at a point known as 'death's highway" in the Dlxmude re gion. Belgian artillery broke up the advancing columns. Seventy-one lives were lost when the French steamer Admiral Hamelln was sunk by a submarine last week in the Mediterranean, a Paris dis patch states. Thirty-three survivors have been landed at Marseilles. The submarine is said to have been an Austrian vessel. LAMBERT LIABILITIES $400,000 Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 18.—The assignment of Paul Lam best and Company, strock brokers of this city, with many offices throughout the country and Canada was announced to-day. Herbert B. Butterfield, an attorney, was named as assignee. The liabilities are reported to range between $400,000 and $500,000. * Paris, Oct. 18.—The Marseilles correspondent of the Petit Journal telegraphs that the mailboat Eugene Pereire has arrived there with 33 members of the crew of the French steamship Admiral Hamclin, which was sunk by a subma rine. A previous report from the Havas correspondent saiu that seventy-one persons on board the steamer lost their lives. PATTON SWORN IN Charles E. Patton, of Clinton county, late this afternoon took the oath of office as Secretary of Agriculture under Governor Brumbaugh. The oath was administered by Deputy Scretary of the Commonwealth Fred Godcharies. Muscow, Idaho, Oct. 18.—Floyd Gilbert, captain of the Grangeville high school football team died at a hospital here to-day from a broken neck sustained in a game at Nez perce Saturday. Washington, Oct. 18.—James K. Dawes, 70 years old, statistician of the leventh Census, a partner in the founding of the Easton, Pa., Free Press, and many years postmaster at Easton, died here Sunday. The body will be taken to Easton to-morrow. New York, Oct. 18.—Count Von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, announced to-day that an official communi cation from Berlin stated German submarines had recently sunk twenty-three vessels, including four transports of the allies, in the Mediterranean. Brownsville, Tex., Oct. 18. —The first firing across the Rio Grande ip more than three weeks occurred at 4 o'clock Sunday morning near the Mercedes pumping plant, thirty five miles above here, when Mexicans fired from thirty-five to forty shots. The American soldiers returned the fire but no one was hurt. MARRIAGE LICENSES Itohrrt Hall C'ral«r. \>w Rrljfliton. and Mae Miller* City* " ICrtgar Claude Keener, Artfuiore, and Irene Brandt* Mlddletown* 14 POSTSCRIPT— FINAL LEARNS TO FORGE NAME OF DR. BY HOSPITAL SLIPS Orderly Charged With Getting Money Under Signature of Dr. Gross CHECK CASHED TWICE Cleverly Executed, Only One Letter Being Defective, Say Police Charged with forcing the name of .Dr. H. F. Gross, 1412 North Sixth J street, on a check for S2O, in August, Lawrence Lillis, was arrested this morning and held under SSOO bail for a hearing l>y Alderman A. M. Landis of the Sixth Ward. Lillis, it is said, is a Rood imitator ,of handwriting, particularly signa j tures. He was employed as an orderly in the Polyclinic Hospital until about two months ago when, it is alleged,- | the check was forged, j Before that time he had been work ing there for a year, and almost daily i handled the records, and admissio.i ! cards, signed by the physicians on ilia j hospital staff. Here, the police oe j lieve, he practiced copying Dr. Gross' I signature until he mastered it. Then j he forged the check, it is alleged, j The check is dated August 28, 1915 land was cashed to D. Hhoads, it | grocer at Second and Oaljler streets, I according to the authorities. Mr. I Rhoads later presenting it at a local ! bank wheer it again passed without | question, it is said. The alleged fraud was not discovered until Dr. Gross looked over Ills ac count. A warrant was sworn out, but Lillis could not at tirst be located, on I Saturday night, the authorities heard 1 that Lillis was in the city and this morning he was arrested by Constable Bertron A. Weills. | When Lillis was brought beforo Alderman Landis he confessed that ho had committed the crime and wus I committed to jail in default of SSOO I bail for a hearing, which was held this i afternoon. Lillis was held for court or. the charge. When asked why he had forged the check, Lillis said tha' he was having hard luck and needed the money.
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