» . - • :.. * ' \ ' ?p- ■ firmed Men Moid Up and Rob Freight f? vice in HARRISBURG liWSi TELEGRAPH LXXXIV — No. 245 <r* EIGHT COUNCIL NOMINEES TO BE ON SAME FOOTING Ott Advises Printing of All City Commission Candidates Alphabetically PRIMARY NOT COUNTED Court's Decision on Huselton Satisfies County Solici tor r SHEESLEY ON TICKET ? ' The eltj nonpartisan ballot ma? con (MIII the name of Harry K. Shrcalry ns nfll a* that of E«r« >». « MrnU. ( olonel F. M. l>tt. County Solicitor, declared late thi* afternoon that he hits not determined definitely «i* to what he will advise the County Com mi anion em to-morrow relative to the printing of the name* of candidates for Mayor, hut that thus far Tie la unable to figure how the required fifty per cent, elauae can he arrived at. J Harrisburg's eight candidates for Council will be arranged in alphabeti cal order on the nonpartisan ballot for the November election regardless of the fifty per cent, clause. Col. F. M. Ott, county solicitor, de clared to-day that he will so advise the county commissioners in preparing the tickets for the printers. He notified Clerk Lebo to this effect this after noon. By this revised decision the names will appear or. the ballot thus: Harry F. Bowman. Owen M. Copolin. William 1., (iorgas. Kdward Z. Gross. William H. Lynch. John K. Royal. Charles C. Stcinor. M. Harvey Taylor. From this group the electors of Har risburg will be expected to select the four commissioners, who with the mayor, will serve as City Council. Based on Kunkol Decision Col. Ott announced his decision to -day following a careful perusal of (Lj'resident Judge Kunkel's decision on the Huselton Superior court judgeship [Continned on Page ll] "Who Do You Think You Are?" Boy Yells at President Wilson Princeton. N. J., Oct. 19.—President Wilson came to his legal residence here to-day and voted for woman suf frage. In common with other electors ot his home State, he went to the polls to cast his ballot on a constitutional amendment submitted to the people by the legislature. The President arrived here shortly after noon. It took him only a few seconds to cast his ballot. He wrote a large "Tes" in the space opposite the suffrage amendment. On his way to the station a boy driv ing a grocery wagon almost ran over the President. "Who do you think you are?" shouted the grocery boy as the crowd bore down on his wagon. Then he saw the President almost under hU horse's feet and pulled away. The President smiled and the crowd laughed. [THE WEATHER For Harrlfthurit and vicinity t Un settled, prohahl> rain thla after noon and to-night; cooler to night; \\ edneaday partly cloudy. For Eaatern I'ennij Ivania: Loral raina to-night s cooler in north and west portlona: Wednesday partly cloudy: gentle to moderate aouth and southwest wlnda. River The Jnnlata and Weat Branch will rlae. The North Branch will prohahly continue to fall. The main river will remain nearly atatloaary. \ stage of about 4.« feet la indicated for Harrlahurf; Wednesday morning General Conditions The area of low preaaure that waa central over Wisconsin. Monday morning, baa paaaed off north eastward. A pronounced depres sion from the Far Northwest has moved to Manitoba, causing a de cided decrease in pressure over the greater part of the western half of the country. Rain has fallen generally In the Lake Re gion. the I pper Susquehanna Yalley* Potomac Valley, the Ohio Y alley. Temperature: S a. m., rtJ. .Sun: Rises, 6:20 a. m.; sejs, .1:20 p. m. Moon: Full moon, October 23, 7*15 p. m. River Stage: 4.« feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, #l4. Lowest temperature. M. Mean temperature, .*>©. Normal temperature, 53. *Q[t, v. ;; Coming' ALL 6 SUPERIOR COURT NAMES TO i GO ON BALLOT! Court Hands Down Three Opinions Interpreting 50 Per Cent. Clause I ROSSITKR, ERIE, LOSES j Four Candidates Must Re 1 Printed in Philadelphia Judgeship Case The Dauphin County Court to-day handed down three opinions inter preting the 50 pet cent, clause of the, nonr-artisan judicial act goverriing the* riifht of candidates to the sole place' i n the ballot. i In the appeal from the opinion of I Attorney General Brown by Stephen H. Huselton. who asks that the names of all six -andi.'.ates for the Superior I Court be placed on the ballot, the (court decides in favor of the plaintiff, | and if necessary to enforce this opinion j : says a "writ of peremptory manda-1 | mus will be issued." Under the Attor- . ney General's interpretation of the j j law only the names of Head, Orlady : |cnd Williams would have been printed. I In the case of Uriah P. Rossiter. of j ! Erie, who asks that his name be placed 1 j on the ticket as the sole nominee for I ! judge in that district, the court holds ' that he has not received the required number of ballots and therefore is not entitled to be the only candidate. The j costs are placed on Rossiter. I In the appeal of Frederick S. Drake I | from the opinion of the Attorney Gen leral giving Joseph P. Rogers, candl-1 | date for Judge in Common Pleas Court i No. 2, Philadelphia, right to sole place ! ;on the ticket, the court decides in' ! favor of Drake. The four candidates > | receiving the highest number of votes! •at the primaries must be printed on ! the ballot. Certifying Candidates ! The Dauphin County Court having j decided that the names of all six can-, j didates for the Superior Court should 1 j so op the ballot because none of them | received the majority of votes neces sar\ to make him a sole nominee, the ! Secretary of the Commonwealth to ! uav began certifying the nominations land the form of the ballot to the com lir.issioners of the various counties of | the State. To-day is the last day fori certifying and the names of the six : .candidates in alphabetical order are I fceinsr sent out. 1 In the nominations for Court No. 2,1 ! Philadelphia, the court held that no '-ar.dldate received enough votes to j constitute him sole nominee and the names of Frederick S. Drake. Joseph P. Rogers. Michael J. Ryan and H. N. \\ essels will be certified. In the Erie county case the court held that Uriah P. Rossiter was not to be considered sole nominee and the names of Mr Rossiter and Joseph M. Force will be certified. Premier Asquith 111; Needs Complete Rest By Associated Press j London. Oct. 19, 1.02 p. m.—Pre- Imier Asquith has suddenly become ill. His state of health will require with drawal from public activities, at least ! tor a few days. j Shortly before 1 o'clock the follow-1 . ing bulletin was issued at Downing' I street: I "The Prime Minister is suffering , from an attack of gastro-intestlnal ca tarrh which will necessitate a few davsl | of complete rest." , Earlier in the day Mr. Asquith at-1 i tended meetings of the war committee j and the cabinet, both of them held in j his official residence. Rotarians and Guests Will Meet at Library ! The Harrisburg Rotarv club will [meet this evening at the Harrisburg Public Library. Miss Eaton, the .librarian, will deliver an address, as j will Dr. F. E. 'Downes. cltv superin tendent of schools. and there will be ar informal inspection of the librarv | building. The members will have j their wives and friends as guests and ! refreshments will be served at the | close of the evening. 525.000.000 OF BRITISH GOLI) \RRI\ ES HERE By Associated Press j New York. Oct. 19.—The latest ship ment of gold from England to the i nlted States, said to be larger than any of the previous consignments, ar rived here to-day and was placed in the assay office. The gold is said to consist chiefly of British sovereigns and to be worth approximately $25,000,000. It was ilearned that the coins will be melted | into the bullion bars and credited to i the British government by the Morgan | firm. , VETERAN COMMITS SUICIDE Gettysburg. Pa.. Oct. 19. Driven Into despondency. It is supposed by ill health, Frederick Master, a Civil War i veteran and well-known figure in the ! lower end of Adams county, committed j suicide by hanging himself in the gar . ret at the home of his sister. Mrs Bar bara Shorb at East Berlin Sunday morning. GREEKS DISPLAY INTEREST I Paris. Oct. 19, 10:25 a. m. A ; Havas agency dispatch from Athens dated Monday quotes the govern mental newspaper Neonasty as saying that the Greek government is follow ing with the greatest interest the development of military operations on the Serbo-Bulgarian frontier in prox mity to Greek territory. REINFORCEMENTS POURING IN By Associated Press Athens, Oct. 19. via Paris, 5:40 P. i M.— British and French troops con | tinue to disembark at Saloniki. 1 The number of thesf troops is so | large that it is impossible to forward i them all promptly by rail to Serbia. I Some of the troops are making forced ; marched across Greek territory in the i direction of Serbia HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1915 J Secretary Daniels Watched Keel of Largest Fighting Vessel Being Laid —— ■ _ LMJtl<ZJ<a£L OF CAUFOKHiA. The picture shows Secretary of Navy Daniels watching the laying of the keel of the California, the largest fighting vessel in the world, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The California will cost $15,000,000 and will be run by electricity, furnished by dynainosi driven by oil engines. . BULGARS TAKE NISH AND CHECK ALLIED ADVANCE Cut Railroad Lines. Preventing Reinforcements From Reach- ing Serbians Bulgarian trops have captured the Serbian town of Vranya on the Nish- S&loniki railroad line, it was announc ed by German army headquarters to day. Cutting of this line means the stoppage of a rapid advance of allied reinforcements for the Serbians from Saloniki. Vranya is is about 50 miles south of Nish, where the arrival of French and British troops to aid the struggling Serbian army in the north has been anxiously awaited. Berlin also announces the capture by the Austrians of the town Obreno vatz on the Save front of the Serbian war theater and a further advance of [Continued on Paste 11] SWEDISH STEAMER TAKES By Associated Press Gefle. Sweden, Oct. 19, via London, 12:05 p. m. The Xordlandsposten states that the Swedish legation at Petrograd has informed the Foreign office at Stockholm that the Swedish steamer Nike has been captured by a British submarine. WEST FAIRVIEW WILL DECORATE i Residents Planning to Display Colors on Homes During Big Celebration Special to The Telegraph West Kairview, Pa., Oct. 19.—Final plans for the hi* celebration and the dedication of the new home of the Good Will Fire Company, No. 1, are rapidly being Rotten into shape and by the time the affair opens on Thursday night the committees on arrangements will be able to take a much-neaded lest. The beginning of the big event will be a bazar and band concert in the hall of the new flrehouse. The fair will continue for three nights and all of the tables and prettily decorated booths will be in charge of women who have taken a keen interest in the Good Will's home. During the course of the three days, too, a committee [Continued on Pa#c 11] Gave Up $150,000 a Year to Leave Ford Company By Associated Press Detroit, Mich., Oct. 19. James Couzens. former vice president and general manager of the Ford Motor Company, was paid a salary of $150.- 000 a year by the company at the time of his resignation. He is said to be worth $40,000,000. In 1890 Mr. Couzens was a freight car checker, receiving S4O a month. He went with the Ford Company when it was first organized in 1901. He '.a now devoting his entire time to the local street car question and Is lec turing in the interest of municipal ownership, which will be voted upon November 2. The directors of the Ford Motor Motor Company of Canada have de clared a cash dividend of 50 per cent, or $500,000 on the capitalization of $1,000,000 payable to stockholders of record October 13. The company has paid two 10 per cent, dividends this year, so that the distribution will make $700,000 received by the stock holders thus far In 1915. There are about 100 stockholders, Henry Ford L ho.ldlng the majority control. SIX ARMED MEN ROB TWO TRAINS Auto Loaded With Packages; Taken by Bandits in New York State ELECTRICIAN SURPRISED I Sheriff's Posses Trace Gang as Far as Hackensack, N. J., Says Dispatch By Associated Press New York, Oct. 19.—Six armed men j held up and robbed two freight trains , and attempted to rob an American ex press train on the West Shore Rail j road at the entrance to a tunnel be- I tween Congers and Haverstruw, N. Y., early to-day. After loading an autu . mobile with packages taken from the I two freight trains the bandits es caped. Arriving at the mouth of the tunnel. | in the automobile, the robbers tamper l ed with the wires controlling a signal and caused the light to show red. This halted the first freight train and as it stopped the hold up men appeared be side the locomotive and covered . the engineer and fireman with revolvers. Tiiey then ripped open severat freight [Continued on I'age 11] j BANDITS HOLD UP AND ROB TRAIN Three Men Are Dead, Another I Fatally Wounded and Four I J Others Are Hurt By Associated Press Brownsville, Tex., Oct. 19.—In spired l.y race hatred as well as de sire for loot twenty Mexicans who | claimed to be followers of Luis de ia i Rosa, leader of the so-called Texas i -evolution, held up and robbed a j train war Olmito. seven miles north ;of here late last night. As a result j three men .are dead, another is prob | ably fatally wounded and four others ' are seriously hurt. The bandits are | believed to have escaped into Mexico. The scene of the robbery was three I miles from the Rio Grande. The fContinued on Page 11] Timber Owners to Plan Fire Patrol With City Forester | Fifteen or more of the larger own ers of timberland In the mountains ' around the city have been Invited to i attend the meeting with City Forester i Harry .T. Mueller this evening to dis , cuss the organization'of the first For- I est Fire Protective Patrol Association, j The meeting will be held in the of | fices of City Commissioner M. Harvey i Taylor, superintendent of parks and public property, and it is expected : that officers will be elected and plans i made to organize a patrol along tines which will make it possible for the I new body to obtain State aid. The co-operation of nearly sixty of the Boy Scouts of the city was ob talned last evening by Forester Muel- II ler who addressed a meeting of the youngsters on the subject at Messiah Lutheran Church. j ACTIVITY IS INCREASED By Associated Press , Rome, Oct. 18, via Paris, Oct. 19. The statement regarding the progress I of hostilities issued by the Italian war | office to-night says: "Along the Tyrol 1 frontier the activity of troops on both sides is increased and is supported by Intense artillery" fire. BIG MAJORITIES FOR REPUBLICANS ARE ASSURED Three Rousing Meetings at En haut, Penbrook and Horstick's In three rousing meetings in various | parts of the county last evening the > Republican candidates were greeted by j unusually large audiences and the as- I surance was Riven them everywhere j that the districts visited will give big \ majorities at tha November elections j for the whole Republican ticket. The ! meetings were the largest in years in j the respective districts and those who | attended more than ordinarily respon- t sive and friendly. At Enhaut the meeting was held in the firehouse and Squire A. W. Kllen berger presided and the Oberlin band fContinued on I'age 11] TRY TO OFFSET GERMANS By Associated Press Milan, via Paris, Oct. 9. The i correspondent of the Secolo at 1 Bucharest telegraphs that the Ser- ] bians are striving to occupy Widin to . prevent the Germans from establishing) communication with the Bulgarians by the Lom-Palanaka route. The Serbian army is seeking to envelope the Bul garian troops operating in the direc tion of the Timok river. BOOM CITY FOR C. E. CONVENTION Endeavorers Working Hard to Bring 1916 Session Here; Banquet Tonight Christian Endeavorers representing the State. Dauphin county and Har- j risburg Christian Endeavor unions are i holding sessions in this city to-day. j The state executive committee and I representatives of the Harrisburg C. I E. union held a joint meeting in Pine | Street Presbyterian Church lecture' room this afternoon. Plans designed : to bring the State C. E. convention to be held in this city next year were • discussed. A banquet will be held at 6.15 S o'clock in the First Baptist Church, j corner Second and Pine streets. Many ; delegates and pastors are expected to j attend. State officers and prominent Endeavorers will speak. A big mass meeting will be held in i fContinued oil Page 11] Victory Is Claimed by Both Sides in New Jersey By Associated Press Newark, N. J., Oct. 19.—An ideal | j autumn day throughout the State' j brought voters to the polls in unex pected numbers to-day to cast their | ballots on the proposed constitutional; ; amendment to give women the vote. Leaders of workers for and against i the suffrage amendment were both I claiming victory early this afternoon. The count will begin in cities of-morel than 6,000 inhabitants at 7 o'clock. t IN HARRISBURG TOMGHT Second Annual Pure Food Show Chestnut Street Auditorium. Oranlzation of forest patrol, nark ! offices in Calrter building. Banquet of State, county and city ! Christian Endeavor T'nlon delegates ' First Baptist Church, Second and Pine ' streets, 6:15 o'clock. Christian Endeavor mass meeting In Fourth Street Church of God. at 8 ; o'clock. Rotary Club Indies' night at Harris- I burg Public Library. Meeting of Newsboys at 304 North ! Second street. Meeting of Harrisburg Branch Na tional Association for Advancement of I Colored People, Wesley A. M. E Church. MRS. HARRIS BURG HAS GREAT TIME AT FOOD EXHIBIT Richness and Splendor of' Booths at First Amaze Her; Things tio Better Afterward 4,000 ATTEND OPENING 1 Second Annual Pure Food Show Promises to Eclipse All Previous Ones Betw<en tnree and four thousand persons took advantage of the oppor tunity offered by the second annual Pure Food show to gain a more inti mate knowledge of articles used In everyday life and viewed and tasted samples of the manufacturers' wares at I'hestnut street auditorium, last night. The attendance at this the first night of the second annual show broke all records. Old Mrs. Harris Burg, j who "covered" the story for the Tele igraph had considerable trouble wend jing her way through the crowds. But | she got through, and here is her j quaintly expressed version of the ex hibition: H.v Mrs. Harris Burs | Last night at 7 by the old town clock, I made it a point to be on hand ;for the formal opening of as complete ja Pure Food Exhibition as could be [Continued on Page 3.] MACKEREL VISIT GERMANY By Associated Press Berlin, Oct. 19. The fact that mackerel are visiting German waters In such unprecedented numbers this autumn is due to great shoals of sprat, which are eagerly sought by the mackerel as food. The sprat, a small fish about sis inches In length, is itself caught and smoked for the German market in huge quantities: hence the visit of the sprat and mackerel is proving a double blessing to the German people. STEAMSHIP AIJEPHO SUNK By .4ssociateJ Press London, Oct. 18, 5:28 p. m. (De layed in Transmission)— The steam ship Alepho of the Wilson Line has been sunk. Reports reaching here to day say that the crew was saved. PIONEER PLAINSMAN DEAD Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 19,—Joseph G. McCoy, pioneer plainsman-, who laid out the famous cattle trail from the State i of Texas to Abilene, Kansas, died here to-day after a two months illness. He contributed much to the development of the southwest before the building of railroads. I SIX KILLED IN WRECK O ahoma City, Okla., Oct. 19.—Six persons are dead, 1 two f lly. injured and about eight others badly hurt as the I result of a headon collision early to-day between a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific southbound train and a northbound frci ir train, twelve miles south o f Chickasaw. • BRITISH TORPEDO TWO BOATS Stockholm, Sweden, via London, Oct. 1.9, 3.22 P Ivi The German steamers, Pernambuco of 4788 tons, and the 1 Soederhamn of 1499 tons, were torpedoed last night by a Briti iui ;*rine off Oxeloesund, along the Baltic coast of 1 Sweden. The Pernambuco sank. The Soederhamn was ' ke t ; flc'it by her cargo of wood. Both vessels were bou" , d for Germany. The Pernambuco carried a cargo of iron ore. BETHLEHEM TOUCHES SSOO New York Oct. 19.—Bethlehem Steel touches SSOO per share on the Stock Exchange to-day. Its low price of the year was 46! 4 made on January 2. In 1914 it sold as low as l 29 l /z and in 1913 at 25. 1 NEW CRUISERS TO BE FAST Washington, Oct. 19. General charactristics of the super battle cruisers for the new navy building program ap proved by the General Board, contemplate ships nearly eight hundred feet long, between ninety and one hundred feet in beam and with six turbine driven propellers to make minimum speed of thirty-five knots an hour. Even the new fleet of scout cruisers will not equal the battle cruisers in speed. The former will be designed to maintain for long periods a speed of 25 knots. All of the new destroyers will make over thirty knots an hour. ' New Haven, Conn., Oct. 19. Augustus J. Dußois, for years professor of civil engineering in the Sheffield Scien tific School, Yale, died suddenly of. heart failure. He was born at Newton Falls, Mass. 66 years ago. MARRIAGE LICENSES Donald D. Krlfer anil Hrrtlm Hllaabrth Nd arrrll, rfty. Aat»l Savfjalc, and Mary Heft*, Knhiiut. I.randrr Aahur; Urove and ldella Christiana Vo(t, Steeltoa. 14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL BEIDLEMAN HITS UNFAIR ATTACKS ON THE FIREMEN Senator Says Fire Underwriters Talk About Inefficiency Is All Bosh POINTS TO SMALL LOSS City Electrician Says Changes in Fire Alarm System Are Coming Unceasing efforts to atop what ha termed the unfair attacks on the effi ciency of the Harrisburg Volunteer Fire Department, by representatives of the National Fire Underwriters' Association was lust night urged by State Senator Edward E. Beidieman. tie was one of the speakers at the dedication of the new house of tlio Royal Fire Company No. 14 at Twen ty-tirst and Derry streets. Senator Beidleman's talk was brief. He congratulated the Uoyal members on their new home and said the at tacks on the local department wcro without reason. He added: "This city has a low tire loss, and there is no reason why the people should not have a lower rate of in surance. Figures complied by the Na tional Board of Fire Underwriters show small losses in Harrlshurg. "The newspapers should give less publicity to the attacks on the efti- IContinued on Page 14.] Italy Has Declared War on Bulgarians By Associated I'ress Home. \ia I<omloii, Oct. 19. 11:12 a. in.—ltaly lms declared war on Bul garia, according to an announcement bj the Stcfani News Agency. WII.SON GOES TO JERSEY By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Oct. 19.—Presi dent Wilson left, at 8 a. m. to-day for Princeton, N. J., where he will vota in favor of the proposed amendment to the State constitution providing equal suffrage. He will return tq Washington to-night.
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