China Rejects Proposal For Postponement
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 256
TAYLOR CHALLENGES DUNKLE
TELLS TRUE STORY OF FIRE APPARATUS BIDS
Dnnkle Offered Same Appara
tus to Williamsport at
Lower Prices Than He Bid
in Harrisburg; Most of His
Parts Made by Workmen
of Other Cities; Morton
Apparatus Now in Use
Much Repaired
WANTS FRIEND AT
COURT, IS CHARGE
Wants Taylor Defeated in
Hope That Gross, Closely
Identified With Company,
Would Be in Office When
$60,000 Is Spent For More
Apparatus For City
After challenging Samuel F. Dunkle,
president of the Morton Truck and
Tractor company, to meet him in open
debate in the. court house to-night, so
that the people ot' Harrisburg may
know the true story concerning the
recent purchase of fire apparatus for
the city, and being refused by Mr.
Dunkle, M. Harvey Taylor, commis
sioner of parks and public property,
to-day made a statement for publica
tion in which the following were the
high points:
l>unklc is the president of the
Morton Tractor company, an<l
therefore his statements must be
considered in the light of those
of «n unsuccessful and disgruntled
bidder.
Repeated repairs have been re
quired for .Morton apparatus now
in use by the city.
It was Mr. Taylor's desire to set
for the city five pieces of appara
tus for the §IB,OOO at his disposal.
And this he would not have been
able to do if he had accepted
Dunklc's hid.
At the same time Mr. Dunkle
was offering his combination
wagon to tlie city of Harrisburg,
at $4,000, he was offering it to
at 8:5900 with freight
paid to Williamsport; this not in
cluding the expense of a demon
strator. which if counted in would
bring his price in Williamsport
down to about $3700 for the same
machine he asked the city of Har
risburg to buy for $4,000.
Morton, Dunklc's manager, as
sured Mr, Taylor in conversation
at the park board office, that his
company would be willing to sell
their standard combination wag
ons to the city at $3400 each, but
when it came to bidding the price
was run up to $4,000, presumably
thinking that Mr. Taylor would be
forced into accepting the bid ow
ing to it l>eing a home company.
The real reason for Dunklc's
libelous attack, says Taylor, is
that he wants to sec K. 55. Gross
elected to council, along with the
other Democratic candidates, for
the reason that Gross is closely
identified with the Morton com
pany, and about $60,000 is to he
spent for fire apparatus within the
next two years. Shrewd Mr. Dun
kle naturally would like to have
n friend at court."
Mr. Taylor's Statement
Mr. Taylor's formal reply to Mr.
Dunkle's article in The Patriot of this
morning is as follows:
"The attack upon me by Samuel F.
Dunkle, president of the Morton Truck
and Tractor Company, In The Patriot
of this morning is a misrepresentation
of the facts in the case, presented in
a cowardly manner as a last minute
argument which he hoped I would not
be able to answer.
"As soon as Dunkle's attack came
to my attention, T issued the follow
ing challenge to him. which he was
afraid to accept:
Harrisburg. Pa.,
November 1, 1915.
Mr. S. f. Dunkle.
Harrisburg. Pa.
Dear Sir:-
I have just read in the "Patriot"
a statement, said to have been
made by you, relative to the pur
chase of apparatus for the Har
risburg Fire Department. Vou
have wilfully misrepresented the
'd are absolutely unfair in
>our— statements, and I therefore
challenge you to a iiersonal debate
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THE WEATHER
Harrisburg and vicinity* Fair
nn«l Nnmfwliat warmer tn-nlKht
Tofsdnv fair nml HHKIIIIV cooler.
Knstcrn Pennsylvania i Partly
cloudy to-night and TUMJRT,
allKlitly cooler Tuesday. Fresh
southwest to went wlnda.
RIVER
The SuMqtiehauna river and all
It* tributaries will fall alowly ex
cent the lower portion of the main
river, which will remain nenrly sta
tionary. A stage of about 3.7 feet
Is Indicated for Harrisburg Toes
day morning.
GRNERAI, CONDITIONS
Pressure Is low over the north
ern half of the country east of the
Rocky Mountains with center of
depression north of Minnesota, It
Is high over the South Atlantic and
east Gulf States and west of the
Rocky Mountains.
The only precipitation that haa
occurred In the I'nlted States In
the last 24 hours f II In the form
of n light rain In Oregon.
Temperatures are 2 to de
gree* higher than on Saturday
morning over nearly all the terri
tory eaat of the Missouri and Mis
sissippi rivers.
Temperature! K a. m.. 48.
Sum Rises, 6.34 a. m. aeta, K. 03
p. m.
Mooni .New moon, November 7,
2.52 a. m.
River Stage: 3.S feet above loir
water mark.
VKSTFRDAY'S WKATHER
Highest temperature. <l3.
I, n west temperature. 42.
Mean tempers lure, f!2.
Normal temperature, 48. ; |
KIND OF TRACTOR MORTON COMPANY WANTED TO SELL THE CITY J
This is the type of tractor—not the Morton design, for there is no picture of that in existence, which the Morton Company wanted to sell the city,
M. Harvey Taylor, City Commissioner, said to-day. As shown, it is simply a motor truck with a hook and ladder wagon hurig on the rear. This type is
not satisfactory and never has been a success, he said.
I Taylor's Challenge to Dunkle |
Harrisburg, Pa., November 1, 1915. «jj
Mr. S. F. Dunkle,
Harrisburg, Pa. >|§
Dear Sir— s|S
I have just read in the "Patriot" a statement, said to §2
have been made by you, relative to the purchase of apparatus Q3
for the Harrisburg Fire Department. You have wilfully mis
represented the facts and are absolutely unfair in your state
ments, and I therefore challenge you to a personal debate of
this question in the Courthouse this evening at eight o'clock
so that the people of Harrisburg may judge who was right.
(p.; Kindly send your answer to this challenge by the mes- §§
fig senger delivering it, so that proper arrangements can be Si
made to secure the use of the hall. gg
Yours truly, Sg
M M. HARVEY TAYLOR. m
SEE CALIFORNIA
BY TRAVELOGUE
To Tour "Golden" State To
night; Exposition Pictures
Big Feature
California and its wonderful fair
are to be brought to Harrisburg to
night.
Harrisburg people are to tour the
length of the "golden" State« midst
the flowers and sunshine: they are to
look upon the mighty grandeur of the
Yosemite; they are to see for a dime
what tourists from all parts of the
United States have spent hundreds of
dollars to see this summer the
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Severe Earthquake Is
Believed to Have Occurred
at Some Point in Japan
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Nov. I.—A series
of severe earth shocks were recorded
;by the Georgetown University's seis
! mograph here early to-day which
lasted for about three hours.
The first shock was felt at 2:49 a.
m. The main phase of all the shocks
was felt at 3:24 o'clock, the tremors
dying away at 5:21. The disturbance
is roughly estimated to have been
about four thousand miles from
Washington.
The record indicated that the earth
quake was an exceptionally severe
one. The Rev. Francis A. Tondorf,
the seismological observer, said tlie
shocks must have heen disastrous
judging from the indications on the
peculiar record. He thought the
quake probably was centered In
Northeastern Siberia or Japan where
shocks varying intensity are of al
most dally occurrence.
SBO,OOO Synagogue to
Be Built in This City
One of the largest Jewish syna
gogues in Pennsylvania, outside of
Philadelphia, will soon be erected In
Harrisburg. It will cost not less thin
SBO,OOO. Work will start within a
year. This announcement was made
yesterday afternoon, following a
meeting of members of Kesher
Israel congregation, Fourth and
State streets, at which it was decided
to unite with Chlsuk Emuna congrega
tion, whose synagogue Is at Filbert
and North streets.
For several months efforts have
been made to bring these two congre
gations together in one body. The
Chlsuk Emuna members sometime
ago acted favorably on the proposi
tion. Twice the Kesher Israel mem
bers voted against it. Yesterday a ma
jority voted in favor of one congrega
tion.
FALL OF VELES CONFIRMED
By Associated Press
Paris. Ncv. I.—The re-taking of
Veles, Serbia, by Bulgarian troops, has
been officially confirmed, according to
a Havas dispatch from Athens filed
yesterday.
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1915.
BULGARS CONTINUE
PURSUIT OF SERBS
French Advance Post on Var
dar Attack, but Enemy Was
Forced to Retire
The Bulgarian war office reported
to-day a continuation of the pursuit
of the Serbians along the whole front.
Considerable progress has been made
in the direction of Nish. Repulse of a
Serbian counterattack in the upper
Morga region is claimed.
Bulgarian troops attacked a French
advance post on the Vardar, near
Krivolakin, Southern Serbia, but were
obliged to retire after sustaining heavy
losses, a Saioniki dispatch states.
According to an Athens dispatch to
a Paris news agency, the recapture of
Veles. in Southern Serbia, by the Bul
garians has been officially confirmed.
Turkish reservists who had been
engaged on the Gallipoli pensinula
have been sent to Bulgaria, Thrace,
according to a report from Constan
tinople.
Greek military circles, Athens ad
vices state, believe that while the po
sition of the Serbian army is difficult,
it is not desperate. The campaign is
developing as expected by the Greek
experts, with the Bulgarians trying to
cut off the Seriiian northern army,
which is endeavoring to retreat in
good order to its new line of defense.
Relations between Greece and Bul
garia continue friendly, it is reported
by a Bucharest • correspondent, who
points to the sticcess of a Greek com
mission in negotiations for the pur
chase from Bugaria of wheat which is
to be exported by way of the Deldeag
hatch railroad to Saioniki.
A Milan newspaper has received
word from Bucharest that two-thirds
of the generals on the Rumanian
headquarters staff at a meeting for
discussion of the country's military
policy declared in favor of entering
the war on the side of the entente
allies.
Heavy fighting in the vicinity of
Butte de Tahure, in the Champagne
district in France, the position taken
by the Germans in their latest drive,
has not resulted in any material
change in the relative positions of the
contending forces, the Paris war office
stated to-day.
8 WARRANTS TO DATE;
1000 WERE PROMISED
With the issuing to-day of a war
rant for Charles R. Miller, first pre
cinct of the Third ward, charged with
making false affidavit in declaring he
could not understand his ballot and
therefore needed assistance, the eighth
arrest in the much-heralded sensa
tional "crusade" of tho "law and order
league." John P. Guyer, secretary, was
predicted by Alderman A. M. Landis.
Newspaper reporters quoted Guyer as
variously fixing the number or would
be arrests at 1000, 600 and 300.
Hearings will be held by Alderman
Landls at 7 o'clock to-night and
among the witnesses subpenaed are
M. Harvey Taylor, a city commis
sioner. and Harry A. Foothorap, su
perintendent of the Elliott-Fisher
typewriter works.
KING GEORGE IS IMPROVING
By .Associated Press
London. Nov. 1, Noon.—The condi
tion of King George, who was Injured
Thursday by a fall from his horse,
continues to improve.
BATTLE IN BALTIC REPORTED
By Associated Press
Stockholm, via London, Nov. I.
The Dagblad says a battle took place
between three German torpedoboata
and a British submarine south of Ny
nas Saturday, the submarine finally
diving uninjured, while no Injury was
Inflicted on the torpedoboata
GOT MORE THAN
THEIR SHARES OF
THE PUBLIC PIE
Democrats Declare Royal and
Copelin Want to Keep Roth
Feet in Trough
Why Mayor John K. Royal and
City Treasurer O. M. Copelin who,
during the last fifteen odd years, are
said to have received something more
than SIOO,OOO in public office fees and
salaries, should want to "draw down"
another SIO,OOO between them for the
next two years as City Commissioners,
is a cause of considerable wailing and
gnashing of teeth among many Demo
crats.
Both the Mayor and city treasurer
have done very well at the public
crib for several years and are said to
have received in excess of SIOO,OOO.
Allpwing deductions for salaries of
clerks, etc., both "John" and "Owen"
have had more than their share, is
the wail of the rank and file.
How liojmi "t;ot His"
Mr. Royal has worked the taxpay
ers as prothonotary, city treasurer,
collector of school taxes, member of
the board of tax revision, and as
mayor. Always during that time he
was a "stanch Democrat."
Nevertheless, he's now willing, nay,
eager to serve the "dear peepul" for
another two years as councilman—at
$2,500 a year. Incidentally he'll be
"nonpartisan" to earn this salary,
now.
Mr. Copelin as a city official also
did well. As treasurer and as col
t lector of school taxes hosts of Demo
crats declare he got more than a
generous share of the public "pie"—
even though lie is willing now to be
"nonpartisan" like "John" to get the
job.
Ever since Mayor Royal backed and
filled over the mayoralty situation,
many and many a loyal old Democrat
has been mighty peevish; Royal's de
lay in announcing his intentions—he
was holding off to see if the courts
would allow it—prevented the naming
of a candidate whom the party be
lieve might have won and thus boost
the party prestige and redeem the
"lost cause" of 1914. Mr. Royal held
off until too late and then decided
he'd like to serve the people again in
Council —at $2,500 a year.
Mr. Copelin hasn't been unsellish,
either, wail the Democrats. And it
isn't fair, they say, for "Max" to in
sist upon another whack at a public
job—especially a two-year term at
$2,500 a year.
"If they've made these public office
jobs a trough," observed one old
party man bitterly, "there's no rea
son why 'John' or 'Max' should try
I to get both feet in it and want to
! keep 'em in for another two years—
at $2,500 a year!"
Hence the loud cries in the trenches
\ of the Democrats.
| IRA HOGG IS REAL NAME
Puzzled Lieutenant, but Speeder Is
Finally Correctly Hooked
Special to The Telegraph
Baltimore, Md., Nov. I.—"What's
your name?" asked Lieutenant Casey,
of the Northern police station, when
a man was brought to the book for
speeding.
"Ura Hogg," >vas the answer.
"Who's a hog?" asked the lieuten
ant.
"Why, I'm a Hogg—Ura Hogg,"
came the answer.
"Your name is what I want," said
the lieutenant.
"That's what I have been giving
you all the time," was the aliswer.
"My name is Ura Hogg, capital U-r-a,
capital l-t-o-double-g."
"Oh! I ,gct you," exclaimed the
lieutenant.
CAR MOVEMENT RECORD
ON PEN'NSY BROKEN
Freight traffic for October on the
Middle division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, brought a new record Tor
car movement. During the month a
total of 204.893 cars were moved. The
previous record was in 1912, when a
total of 203,000 cars were moved.
Included in the record movement
were 123,105 loaded cars and 81,783
empty cars. To handle these cars 2,-
825 trains were necessary.
STOUGH LOSES SUIT
Special to The Telegraph
Lebanon. Pa.. Nov. I.—The Rev. Dr.
Henry W. Stough, evangelist, has lost
his fight in the Lebanon county court
for dismissal of the injunction pro-;
cured by District Attorney Paul O. i
Adams restraining him from deliver-1
ing In the pulpit an address on "Who I
Killed Cy Miller?" J
TRACY, HEAD OF
BIG PIPE PLANT,
BOOSTS MR. LYNCH
Former President of Public
Works Roard Declares For
Commissioner
City Commissioner William H.
Lynch, superintendent of streets and
public improvements, is being strongly
supported for re-election to City Coun
cil by many of the most prominent
businessmen of the city. These in
clude former members of the several
boards and commissions which
achieved so much in the development
of the Harrisburg program of public
improvement.
Among the letters which have been
received by Mr. Lynch is one from D.
E. Tracy, president of the Harrisburg
Pipe and Pipe Bending Company and
formerly president of the Board of
Public Works, who has been an active,
energetic and public-spirited leader in
all the movements for the betterment
of the city. Mr. Tracy's letter follows:
October 20, 1015.
Sir. \V. H. Lynch, Su|>erintcndcnt
of Streets and Public Improve
ments Harrisburg, Pa.:
My Dear Sir—l am in receipt of
your card or the 38th asking my
vote for City Councilman at the
<-online: election. lam pleased to
assure you not only of my vote,
but also of my support on that
occasion for the following reason:
Having served over eight years
as a member of the Hoard of Pub
lic Works. I am more lirmi.v con
vinced than ever that the man
agement of city alTairs should be
a strictly business proposition,
carried out upon the same prin
ciples as are applied to the man
agement of any well-regulated
private corporation. With this
idea always in mind, the Hoard
of Public, Works secured for the
• city good work at the lowest cost.
'Having been associated with you
for about one year in your present
capacity as director of this work.
I know how well you supported
the board in its desire to accom
plish results.
The experience gained by you
during the past two years is an
asset to the city, and as a strictly
business proposition should not be
lost sight of by the voter. A cor
poration never dismisses a faith
ful employe with years of experi
ence to take on one without ex
perience in their particular line
no matter how good the personal
character and reputation of the
applicant may he. Applying this
rule to city management, the
voter should take into consid
eration so valuable an asset
toward which he mas a con
tributor and vote for the man of
experience who has proved him
self capable.
Wishing you success, I am,
Very truly yours,
D. E. TRACY.
BLANCHE WALSH IS 1 DEAD
Famous Actress Has Relapse After
Operation In Cleveland Hospital
Special to The Telegraph
Cleveland. 0., Nov. I.—Blanche
Walsh, the actress, died Inst night in
a hospital where she was taken two
weeks ago for an illness which re
quired an operation. Miss Walsh's re
fusal to disappoint an audience caused
a relapse, from which she died.
CHILI) DRINKS ACID
While playing at her home this
morning, Catherine Kegelman. aged a.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William C.
Kegelman, found a bottle of carbolic
acid, and drank it. She was rushed
to the Harrisburg hospital in a jitney,
where every effort was made to save
her Ijfe. Her condition is serious ac
cording to physicians at the institu
tion.
i; telegraph": I
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CHASED RABBITS
! ON SUNDAY; GAME
; WARDEN GETS TM
Three Harrisburg Men Rounded :
Up For Violating Sab
bath Law
FIRST ARRESTS OF KIND
Two Carsonville Men Caught
Walking Fields With
Guns Are Fined
Harry Frank, William Frank and |
C. M. Hoffer, all of this city, were
rounded up by State Game Warden C.
B. Baum yesterday afternoon while
chasing rabbits in fields outside of the
city limits contrary to the new act
of the Legislature, which prohibits
the training of dogs and chasing of
game as well as hunting on Sunday. |
The arrests are the first of the kind
to be made in this vicinity, although j
, the act has been enforced in other
I counties where gunners had been
! j making a practice of training their
1 1 dogs by chasing rabbits and other
! game on Sunday. The act was de
i signed to give game one day's rest on
1 Sunday and many organizations have
; | backed it up. The three men arrested
were fined $25 each.
Warden Baum also arrested David
Snyder and Frank Bordner, of Car
sonville, on charges of hunting on
Sunday. They were arrested with guns
in their hands notwithstanding it was
the Sabbath. They also paid $25 fines.
The State game authorities propose
to enforce the new act forbidding
trailing of game on Sunday with vigor.
REVIVAL BEGINS IX YORK
Special to The Telegraph
York, Pa., Nov. I.—With 3 3 congre
gations in the city co-operating, the
Rev. Dr. William E. Beiderwolf be
■ gan a six-weeks' evangelistic campaign
; here yesterday.
i FAVOR QUADRUPLE ENTENTE
By Associated Press
Milan, Oct. 31, via Paris, Nov. I.
At a meeting of the Rumanian head
quarters' staff held to discuss the mili
tary policy of that country, says the
' Corriere Delia Sera's Bucharest cor
respondent, two-thirds of the generals
declared in favor of entering the war
on the side of the quadruple entente.
General Averescu, former minister of
war, was the chief advocate of inter
vention.
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slights i "hen nati\ 1 j
itrol. Rear Admiral Caperton reported ( j
i-d«y that quid
WILSON WEDDI'r-. IN DECEMBER 1
ally announced to- ' |
if President Wil- ■
"near the close ■
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I WARRANT CHARGES LIBEL
Search for William H. Myers, 170 Green street, an '
employe of the Post Office and the W Democ.
candidate for assessor of the Twelfth Ward, was being '
made late this afternoon by ) have a Warrant
for Myers' 2 rer t: charge c' c bel. The chai*.
M' was preferred by famed B. Deshong
J C IN BO! ' GS 1
# is place was
# shot in the body and legs this morning when a companion
t fired at a rabbit while he was in direct line.
) MAN HIT BY JITNEY MAY DIE '
/ et, retired cor
t tractor, hit by a jitney in Front- street this afternoon, is in
# ternajly injured and may die, announced Or. F. W. Coovcr
# iate this afternoor.,
9 New York, Nov. I.—Bethlehem Steel Common, which
C stands at the tor of the list of so-ca!! brides of Wall (
ft street for appreciation in m own nearly 75 g
K points to 450 to- « /
| MARRIAGE J
1 "• Boyd I.antz and Kthel M. HUcfclnnd, New Cumberland. (
■ Ororiie 1„ Drpcw, Mifflin, and Carrie I>. Delbler, Harrlnbur*. «
& Harry K. Ketrow nod Fragen V. HolMeln, city. P
1 John M. Drrr, city, and Pauline V. Klnard, Mcchanlraburf, K
■ Anthony J. Mlkn and Anna Fox, Steelton. S
Alaaae Fetretr and Merl T. Taleff, Mteelton. £
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SHOWS REASON OF
POOR BOARD YELP
FOR SB,OOO AID
Great Quantity of Meat Goes
Bad For Lack of Proper
Curing
BURIED IN BARNYARD
Hundreds of Cabbage Heads
Let Spoil by Democratic
Dittos
Millersburg, Pa.; Nov. I.—At one of
the largest Republican rallies ever
held in this place, Senator E. E. Bei
dleman on Saturday evening made an
expose of the methods of the Demo
cratic poor board that has set the
whole upper end of the county talk
ing.
"Aside from the fact that this
board has already spent all of its ap
propriation for the year and has had
to come to the county commissioners
for SB,OOO, which will in itself not be
enough, I have it from reliable author
ity that a large quantity of hams,
shoulders and sides of bacon were al
lowed to spoil at the almshouse, be
cause of lack of care in curing them,
i Some of the meat was buried in the
I barnyard, others of it in a deserted
limekiln and more was fed to chick
ens. I am also reliably informed that
some hundreds of bushels of turnips
! rotted und hundreds of heads of cab
-1 bage spoiled because of lack of care
lin packing them. Is this the economy
I of which we have heard so much?'
"And, in addition. County Controller
Gough had on his desk for some
J weeks poor board warrants signed by
John P. Guyer, the clerk, because they
were drawn for money that was not
!to (he credit of the board. If Guyer
J had been a little more interested in
! keeping the books of his office anil
I looking after Its duties and a little
less with outside affairs, perhaps this
might not have occurred."
The meeting here was presided over
by Harry M. Fairchilds, and addressee
were made by the candidates.