Concerted Action For Wage Increase Pla HARRISBURG SfiSlik TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 26 RAILROADERS AND MINERS PLANNING COMBINED ACTION Labor Leaders Say Move Is Under Way to Bring Increas ed Wage Demands Jointly 750,000 MEN ARE AFFECTED Trainmen, Engincmen and Firemen Heads Approve of Move By Associated Press New York, Feb. 7.—Labor leaders 1 here say that a movement is under way to bring about concerted action of members of the four great unions of | railway employes and of the union of mine workers in their demands for increased wages or shorter working days. It is stated that if this plan j were put Into effect it would bring about combined action by 750,000 men ; and affect the mining fields of Penn sylvania, Colorado and the South. The movement is said to have the approval of W S. Carter, president of Hie Brotherhood of locomotive Fire men and Enginemen, and of W. G. l-.ee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Representatives of the railroad unions are said to have been sent lo Mobile to confer with the United Mine Workers of America, who are gathering there for a conference with the operators to-morrow. lr is reported here that John P. White, president of the United Mine Workers, has disapproved the pro posed coalition. Members of the local brotherhoods learned of this proposition to-day. Any action that will be taken will be a part of the meetings next Sunday. Trainmen were of the opinion that if President William G, Dee authorized a vote on this question, it would come. They would not commit themselves as to what the probable result would be. Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen were not inclined to talk on the sub ject until the question reached the local lodges from headquarters. Partial Victory Now Predicted by Miners Special to the Telegraph lla'/.leton. Pa.. Feb. 7. —"There will be no strike in the anthracite coal Held. "The miners will be granted a wage Increase, but it may not be 20 per cent. "On the other demands of the men, compromises will be reached after ex- j 1 ended negotiations in New York be iween committees of the union and tlio operators. "The chances are that the price of fuel will be advanced after April 1. "Each side will fight hard for .its contention, and at times the outlook may be critical, but there won't be any break." These arc the deductions reached by an expert in the Lehigh field after the people have had a chance lo recover from the shock they got when it was ! announced from New York last week that all the- demands of miners had been rejected, when, in fact, they had merely issued the first of a series of statements to the public explaining their position. Saves Settler From Band of Indians Fifty Years Ago; j Now Bequeathed Fortune By Associated Press Kokomo, Ind„ Feb. 7.—John W. Royer, 70 years old, has received a no tice from an attorney at Independence, Kan., that he has Inherited a large farm and thousands of dollars' worth of stock from the estate of a wealthy i Kansas farmer. John Westfail, who died ten years ago. When a young man seeking adven ture in the West fifty years ago Boyer I sin prised and. single handed, drove away a band of Indians attacking the home of Westfail, then a poverty stricken settler, saving Westfail. his wife and children. I THE WEATHER For tlarrlxburg nn<l vicinity: Fair ii ml -r to-night niul Tuemlny, Mlth a colli nave; limcKl tcni m-rnturc to-night nliout 10 de- Itree*. For Kiixtorn Penn«ylvnnln: Fnlrniiil • older to-night nml Thomiliij >v lth 11 I'olil wave; moderate wexterly Baled. Illver Tlie >iiMi|iiehniuiH river nml all |t« trlhutnrlcN will full alowly or re mnln npnrl.v Ntatlonnrv, rxi'cpt the upper portion of t'hr North llrnni-11. which will rlne Nllghtlv to-night. A Htage of nbout feet IN Indicated for llnrrliihnr K Tiicmlay morning. Ice villi la. creaae rapidly to-night In the tributaries and the Htreanm are likely to hecomr Icebound In many plaeen within the ne*t lorty-elglit houra. tienernl C'oiiilltlonn Tile lake stornt liiim moved to the I iiper St. I.awernee Valley. It him caused light to nioderatelv heavy Known generally north of the Ohio river nnd In the I'pper tliaalulppl nnd l.ower MU.sourl . \ nlleya nnd light rain* In the At lantic and tiulf State* In the laat lnenty-f«ur hour*. V eold, high preaaure area, eentrnl over the Mlnaourl Valley, la following the atnrm, attended by a eold wave. Temperatitrei S a. m., 38. Sum Rlaea, 7iOS a. in.; aetft, 5:30 , p. m. Jlcwn: Klrat quarter, Febrnarv Jo. I ,'»2O p. in. River Stagei 5.7 feet above low water mark. Veaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 42. I.oweat temperature, 27. Hcnn temperature, 34. Aiirual temperature, 2U. « i SAW MURDERER GRIND HEEL ON VICTIM'S FACE District Attorney Gets Bloody Story From Trembling Witness FEARED SAME FATE Nikolo Kotur Swore He' Would Finish Man Who Told of Crime When Mike Novokovic climbed tremblingly* to bed that memorable December night Joso Backie was murdered in Steelton's foreign colony, ' this was the last thing he saw from I the top of the stairway, j At the bottom of the flight lay the ' quivering figure of Backie. Over him, drawn knife in hand, stood Nikolo Kotur. As the fascinated witness i watched, Backic feebly tried to raise his arm. Kotur deliberately stepped upon the fallen head and ground his boot-heel into the upturned face. That was only part of the confession Novokovic this morning reluctantly made to County Detectives James T. Walters in the Dauphin county prison. It was just what District Attorney Michael E. Stroup wanted to untangle a few threads of evidence with which lie hopes on Wednesday to send Kotur to the electric chair. .\l tlie Foot of the Stairs Novokovic added some other start ling details of that winter night, which has materially strengthened the State's case. As Novokov'c crawled into bed his room-niate noticed that he was shak ing as if with a fever; Novokovic didn't even undress but quickly buried his face in the covers. Mike admit ted this in bis confession to-day. | Before the pair had gone to sleep [Continued on I'age 7. ] Attempt to "Jimmy" Open Lock of Door of City Treasury ? What is believed to have been an attempt to "jimmy" an entrance to the city treasury was discovered this morning by City Treasurer Harry F. Oves. The treasurer's office was formerly used as the grand jury room and when the city look the quarters the old en trance from the rear of the Courthouse was left open. The door through this narrow passageway has always been locked with a Yale lock, to which only | the treasurer has the key. It is gen erally used as a private entrance for i this official. This lock was loose this i morning. Reported Kitchener Will Leave War Office, Giving Robertson Sole Charge By Assonated Press London. Feb. 7. —Changes of great importance in the direction of the war I arc contemplated, says the Daily Sketch. II asserts Karl Kitchener probably will leave the war ollicc. Tlie Sketch also says Sir William Robertson, now chief of staff, pres ently will take over active direction ol' the war without interference except from the cabinet as whole anil that a civilian of real ability for organization . will become secretary for war. In event that Earl Kitchener leaves : the war office, the Sketch says that he will undertake work of an important character elsewhere. Ministers Favor Merging of Benevolent Societies Methodist ministers in the city, after j a discussion this morning at the Min isterial Association meeting, favored the consolidation of the benevolent so i eieties of the Methodist Episcopal Church, including tlie Sunday school, : church extension, home and foreign mission work. It is believed that at the general conference of the Meth odist Church in Syracuse this Spring action will be taken on this subject. The Rev. J. V. Adams, of New Cum : berland. read a paper on the "Con solidation of Benevolences." Dr. J. A. Kynett. of Philadelphia, also spoke on this subject. He is general secretary of church extension work in the Meth odist Church. Brief plans of the lay men's missionary conference to be held 1 in Grace Methodist Church, March IS, 13 and 14. were announced by Frank B. Everett, executive secretary of the movement. The Rev. S. S. Games spoke this | afternoon at the Lutheran ministerial I meeting on "The Gary School Method" | and explained the system being used j in religious instruction in the schools | at. Gary, Ind. HIT BY CAR William Harrington w' <i says lie lives in Pittsburgh, was admitted to the Harrisburg Hospital last evening, suf fering from a fractured elbow and two fractured ribs. He told the hospital physician that he was struck by n trolley car at Second and Chestnut streets. Sr.HKH SI.Y HURT IN I''\l,l, Joseph O'Leary. 3 Hummel street, tripped and fell this afternoon at the Bolton House. He was picked up un conscious and rushed to the Harrisburg Hospitals, where physicians found him suffering from concussion of the brain ; and minor scalp injuries. NEW CONSTABLES' FORMS i New forms for constables' subpenas were adopted for service to-day by the county commissioners. These in clude space for setting out the num ber of miles traveled by the officer and j1 he place to which he journeyed to make the arrest. DR. I RITCIIEY IMPROVING I Dr. John A. Krltchey, former mayor of Harrisburg, who has been In thfe Presbyterian Hospital. Philadelphia, for five weeks, was none the worse to day, as a result of a second operation performed Saturday. It was said that Dr. Frltchey passed a comfortable inlght j HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1916 { SMOKING RUINS OF HISTORIC CANADIAN PARLIAMENT HOUSE I V J ML/z/vs OF*' ~ /NTL.r.cj~r This picture was taken the morning ater the fire had destroyed the interior of the historic Parliament ' I House in Ottawa,, and shows the ice-coated ruins of the building, in which six lives were lost CAMBRIA STEEL IS TAKEN OVER BY MIDVALE CO. i Deal Follows Collapse ol' Cam | bria - Youngstown - Lacka wanna Merger Scheme * [ BIG FLURY IN STREET Stock Transfers Break All Records Since Reading Deal in 1893 By Associated Press Philadelphia. Feb. 7.—Control of I the Cambria Steel company, one of the \ largest of the independent steel eon [cerns has been purchased by the Mid jvale Steel and Ordnance company, of ! Philadelphia. Announcement to the effect was made to-day by W. H. Donner, presi dent of the Cambria company. Financiers here and in New York learned with surprise that negotia tions for the consolidation of the Cam bria Steel company, the Lackawanna Steel company and the' Youngstown Sheet and Tube company into a $200,- 000,000 corporation had suddenly been called off at a time when an official an nouncement of the merger together [Continued on Page 7. ] Notre Dame Students Chase t Conductor and Motorman From Car, Then Fire It South Bend, Ind., Feb. 7. Notre C Dame students last night in a demon t si rat ion against the street car com i pany destroyed one of the company's i cars by tire after forcing the motor man and conductor to leave their < posts and return to the city. The trouble started Thursday when ( a conductor, locked in his car as a prank, threatened several students with a switch hook and was soundly trounced by one of he crowd. Later extra men from the 'ar company had an encounter with students and sev -5 eral injuries resulted. To-night 150 students came to the city and paraded through the street car station, later . boarding the last car, which they [ fired. ' Skeleton Found Astride 1 Goat in College Room . Special to the Telegraph ■ j Wooster, Ohio. Feb. 7.—A skeleton stolen from the office of Dr. H. N. - Mater was found in the Y. M. C. A. • room at Wooster College, astride a i goat which had been taken from the curio room. The prank is believed to be the j work of a group of students. Wellesley Girls to Make Plea For Sunday Beaus Special to the Telegraph I Boston. Mass., Feb. 7. —Wellesley J College girls have declared war on a number of rules that govern their conduct on Sundays, and are prepared |to go into the next meeting of the Student Government Association and ; ! fight to have them abolished. ; Three rules which the girls say i must be done away with are those l that prohibit them from having men ' callers on Sunday afternoons, that : close Dakc Waban on Sunday and prevent them from skating in the winter and boating in the Spring, and the order which forbids them to travel to and from Wellesley on Sun | days. Says There Are Too Many "Low Brows" in College < Hy Associated Press ' Stanford University, <'al„ Feb. 7. In Stanford University circles to-day : there was a lively discussion of an ad -1 dress made to tlip students last night 1 by Chancellor David Starr Jordan who said: "There are too many, "low brows' in college." A "low brow" he explained was only one degree removed from a , "rough neck." The "low brow" was too practical .iust as the "high brow" j was not practical enough. I Dr. Jordan's subject was "A Man"' and he told his hearers it was a good | thing to leuru to be in tiie minority, j ALL DEMANDS OF I U.S. PRACTICALLY | MET BY GERMANY Agrees That Reprisals Must Not Be D irected Against Any but Enemies 'IN PLACE OF "ILLEGAL" Also Suggests in Lusitania Case 1 I'. S. Co-operation Toward Freedom of Seas By Associated I'rcss I Washington, Feb. 7.—Germany has! agreed that reprisals must not be di , rected against any other than enemy subjects. ' This expression is offered by Ger-' many to take the place of the phrase I containing the word Illegal which was ! incorporated In the draft of the Lusi tania agreement now unfler oonsldera ; tion. It also became known that Ger- I many expresses the hope that it may j have the opportunity to co-operate! ! with the United States in some action j ' looking toward the freedom of the soas before the end of the war. This [ statement is taken in high diplomatic circles to imply that the Berlin gov t eminent sees no occasion to await | the cessation of hostilities before set tling that issue. -, Furthermore, the German govern ■ 111 ont refers to the British blockade of 3 S Germany as being inhuman, calls at * | tention to the fact that neutral vessels r j have been affected by the efforts of I the British government to starve j 1 1 Germany, and puts forth the conten-! I tier, that the German retaliation in i s the war zone abound the British Isles j ■' is justified by the actions of Great I r, [Continued on Pajc 12.] i Cold Wave Sweeping in on Thirty-Mile Gale; Ten Above Predicted | A 30-mile-an-hour gale this after-1 [ noon was the forerunner of a cold wave which will hit Harrisburg to night, according to the forecast at the j United States Weather Bureau. The l i j wind is expected to last until late! • this evening. •j The thermometer started on a! I I steady drop at 11 o'clock. At 8 o'clock ! 3 j this morning the mercury stood at 138 degrees, remained unchanged for j 1 several hours and then dropped to | ]2B degrees at 1 o'clock in the after-! noon. The temperature will drop to 110 above to-night, according to the I forecast. Lose Your False Teeth? Police May Have 'Em Found—One set of false teeth on I steps of the New Idea Spreader i Company, Seventh and Kelker streets. 1 j Owner may have same by calling at . police headquarters and Identifying j ' \ property. An unknown man, or rather one, I who refused to give his name to the ; police, came to headquarters this! I I morning and turned over the set of |; false teeth which he had found. 1 Captain Joseph P. Thompson is wait ' ing for some one to claim the set. | "SUPPOSE I'LL BREAK MY NECK" j j And tlie Skater Did Five Minutes I .titer !' Boston. Mass., Feb. 7.—At Loudß Pond. South Weymouth, yesterday aft ernoon, William L. Griffin, aged 30, put on his skates for the first time in ; several years, remarking, "I suppose J I'll break my neck." Five minutes! later he fell and broke his neck, dying almost instantly. CATCH MILK THIEF Charged with stealing milk from doorsteps, Charles Smith was arrested Saturday night, by Officer Dickey. January 25. his companion. Frnest ! Lavender, was arrested on the same charge, but Smith escaped. Laven- | ! der was held under S3OO ball for , court. Smith will be Riven a hear- . jing before Alderman Nicholas. j; SALONIKI ATTACK IMMINENT FROM ALL INDICATIONS Teutons Are Concentrating on Greek Frontier; Moving Artillery From Nisli RUMANIA IS MOBILIZING Collecting Troops Along Aus tro-German Line; Franco- Belgian Front Active While recent reports of the actual ! opening of an offensive movement by j the Teutonic allies against Saloniki ap pear to have been premature, the' cables continue to bring accounts of various troop movements held In mili tary quarters to indicate that such an 1 offensive is probably not far distant. | Athens dispatches to-day tell of con -1 tinued concentration of German, Aus- i trian and Bulgarian forces on the ! Greek frontier, together with the! transfer of heavy artillery southward from Nish. With such a movement In the Bal- I kans in prospect, the reports that come | out of Rumania comnfand Increasing interest. Advices from ail sources de clare that the friction between Ru mania and the central powers has in | creased and that Rumania, supposedly in view of the reported threatening ! attitude of Germany and Austria, has collected forces close to the Austro- Hungarian frontier. Offensive in West There is a paucity of news of active operations in any of the war fields, probably:for the good reason that few important movements are now actually in progress. The chief capitals of the entente allies .however, appear to be impressed with the idea that an impor- I tant offensive is shortly to be begun by j the Germans in the west. The belief | is prompted largely by the military | movements noted along the Franeo | Belgian front In recent days, consid | ered to presage something out of the [Continued on Page 7. ] Father at 96, He Calls Twenty-Fourth Woodrow 1 Cincinnati. Ohio. Feb. 7.—At the age of ninety-six, "Uncle" Bob Bates lof Whitesburg, Letcher county, Ky., the father of three families, has an other new member of the household, a boy, he has named Woodrow, hi , honor of President Wilson. The , youngster arrived last week. "Uncle" Bob has been married three j times, and has nine children as a re | suit of his first union, eight by his ! second wife and seven by his third and present wife. Harrisburg Gas Sup't. Goes to Syracuse, N. Y. Charles M. Cole, Jr., for the past six years connected with the Harris burg Gas Company as superintendent, has been transferred to a responsible position with the Syracuse Lighting Company, of Syracuse, N. V. Mr. Cole came to Harrisburg In 1910, having been transferred here from the Wyandotte Gas Company, Kansas City. Mo., where he held a similar position. During their resi j dence in Harrisburg Mr. and Mrs. Cole ; have formed a larete circle of friends. Alfred I. Phillips, formerly eon- I nected with the gas department of the Syracuse Lighting Company, will suc ceed Mr. Cole as superintendent, and with Mrs. Phillips will arrive in Har risburg during the week, taking up j their residence at 1602 Green street. i "NOTHING BUT HARMONY," DECLARES POLICE CHIEF According to Chief of Police J. Thomas Zeil nothing but harmony i exists in the police department under the new administration. In speak ing of the report that there wag no i organization between the various de partments, Chief Zeil declared that there was no truth to the rumor, and went on to say that he was well sat isfied with the situation. FAMILY NEAR SUFFOCATION Mr. and Mrs. Clarence S. Seibert, ! 239 Crescent street, and their three j small children were partly overcome by gas early yesterday morning. Mrs. | Seibert was awakened when she heard one or the children coughing. She I called her husband, who summoned Dr. G, iL Wldder. j 14 PAGES CITY EDITION AEROPLANE OVER PIPE MILL STORY WATCHMAN TELLS Haiti Early Morning Visit lo Cily, Coming Oul oi' llic Southeast HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH After Poising Near Same Spot, For Several Minutes, Speeds Away Again j Harrisburg was paid an early morn ing visit Saturday by someone in an • aeroplane, according to William Kama, • i 1706 Briggs street, night watchman in I Mlie residential district between State,' i Herr, Sixteenth and Eighteenth streets. Mr. Earns said that he heard the ! whirr of the motor In the sky for at j least five minutes, but could not see ' anything because of the clouds and the j city street lights. I am positive that, the motor was | that of an aeroplane and not an auto j mobile. The sound first was dim and J came from the southeast, but the ma l chine must have been a great, distance from the earth. For several minutes the sound came from the same place, | right over the central part of the city," i Mr. Earns said. Mr. Earns went on to explain that the 'plane seemed to be circling over the manufacturing and business sec ] tion, including the Pennsylvania Rall j road yards, the pipe and pipe bending I works, Hickok's, and so on. Judging from the direction of the! , sound as it grew dimmer, the sky vis- j | itor went into the southeast again, ac- I I cording to Mr. Earns. DI'RRY CHURCH PASTOR TO BE MARKET SQI ARI: ASSISTANT i The Rev. George Snavely Rentz. pas | tor of the Derry Presbyterian Church, | at Derry Church, has resigned to be-! ! come assistant pastor of Market Square | Presbyterian Church, this city. The ! Rev. Mr. Rentz has been pastor of the 1 Derry Church for several years and I will come to this city as the assistant j of the Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawes on March I. ii>rnr no>r «>rxr r»r»f■ i n I TERRIFIC ARTILLERY FIRE 1 # Berlin, Feb. 7, via London.—Artillery engagements of m ■ terrific intensity have been in progress in the sector be- % J tween La Bassee canal and Arras in Northern France and \ m soutli of the River Somrne, Germany army headquarters % g announced to-day. J I COLONEL HEPBURN IS DEAD * # da, IOYPE, Feb. 7.—Colonel William P. Hapburn, % J former member of Congress from this district, died, here J i i to-day after a long illness. ■ # ACCUSE BREWERS OF FRAUD J M Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 7.—United States internal revenue ) # officers are reported to be ready to prove that since the cor- f # poration income tax law became efFective liquor corpor- J ■ W ationr; have deliberately evaded payment to the government • I J of taxes that would run into millions of dollars. S !UGLY WORDS MAY COST $2,000 I Harrisburg. Suit for $2,000 damages was filed this M afternoon by Anna Proanovic against Alois Kucar. Anna 1 declares Alois accused her of being too intimate with men 3 other than her husband. Both are Steelton residents. 2 LUSITANIA CASE "PRACTICALLY SETTLED" J Washington, Feb. 7. —Chairman Stone, of the .Senate C Foreign Relations Committee, said to-day after confeiences C with administration officials that it was his impassion that C the Lusitania case was "practically sctled." He did not go \ into details. f m REGULARS DEFEAT CHINESE REBELS C Peking, Feb. 17.—The government to-day announced % that i; r oops hed recaptured. Pingshan, northeast of Siu-Fu, % in the southern part of Sze-Chuen province, and that ; a gen- % eral attack upon the rebels at Siu-Fu is imminent. ■ ; El Paso, Tex., Feb. 7.—General Francisco Villa with a aboui 25 men is on the defensive in Nidos Canyou of the » Sailta Clara ranch, according to official advices received at 11, military headquarters in Tuarz to-dia-r. ml MARRIAGE C William K. Snyder. Walton, nud Helm M. Wert, Kliznlicthvllle* Joneph MHIUT and Ullr.alietb Wag:uer, city. K "SHALL MEET YOU IN HEAVEN" PENS | ELOPING HUSBAND New Benton Man, Believed to Have Fled With Pretty Girl Half His Age WRITES, "KEEP MY MONEY" ,Tells Wife lo Sell Property and' to Forgive Him; Letter Posted Here wm "I have not been true to you for a year. Sell our property nod keep the money. Forgive hit fnr wliat I unt doing mill some clay I sltall meet you in Heaven." : This, according to neighbors, is tho substance of a letter received by Mrs. |P. J. Lutz. of New Benton, front her | husband who disappeared from his) I home Friday. | At the same time, tne police say, pretty Mary Frantz, 20 years old, bclio of the little hamlet and pride of aged Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Frantz. her adopted parents. also disappeared. The town gossip naturally lias con nected the two disappearances. Never lias there been such a sensa tion In the little hamlet that overlooks the fusquelianna back of Steelton. Mr. Lutz Is near the two-score mark in years, and one of the town's most sub stantial citizens. He is a moulder in the Frog Shop department of the Pennsylvania Steel company and until' the first of the year was superinten dent of the Methodist Sunday school at New Benton. His wife is nearly prostrated with shame aiul grief, the neighbors say, and the foster-parents of the Franta girl take the gossip much to heart. Friends have applied to the local po ! lice to trace the missing pair, believing: I that they are now in this city, inas much as the letter said to be received I by Mrs. Lutz, bore the local postmark. 195 Workmen Perish in Armament Factory Flare Milan. via Paris. Feb. 7. .V Bucharest dispatch to the Seeolo says tlmt in (lie explosion or the Hkoila armament factory in Armenia. ll»."i | workmen perished. Tliree building* I were blown up. the dispatch says, in ; I eluding the one in which the famous 12-inch hydraulic ennnon were made.
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