Fight to Kill Congressional Armed Ship Waning Reaches Decisive Slage HARRISBURG gSIKb TELEGRAPH TWW NT~ C 1 RY CARRIER « CENTS A WEEK. LAAAV— JN O. J1 SINGLE COPIES a CENTS. ♦ J. V. W. REYNDERS VICE-PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF PENNSYLVANIA STEEL CO. Identified With Company Many Years and Responsi ble For Development of Great Steelton Plant WAS PIONEER IN "HARRISBURG PLAN" No Great Change to Follow His Departure; Steelton to Become Simply an Op erating Unit of Schwab System J. V. W. Rcynders, who for many years has been prominently identified with the management of the big steel plants at Steelton, announced to-day that he lias presented his resignation as vice-president and director of the Pennsylvania Steel Company. Mr. Reyndcrs' resignation caused much surprise in steel circles, as it is well known that he and President E. <l. Grace of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany which recently purchased a con trolling interest in the Pennsylvania Steel Company, are warm personal friends and that Mr. Grace was en thusiastic over the Steelton properties during his recent inspection of the works. To Remain Three .Months Mr. Rcynders will remain at Steel lon for a'period of three months at least, putting the affairs of the Penn sylvania Steel Company in shape for the formal transfer. II is not unlikely he will lie offered an important posi tion with the Bethlehem Company, al though he said to-day that his plans for the immediate future are not de- cided. He desires to be free from m responsibility for a time in order to; look carefully into several proposi-j lions that have been placed before| hint at intervals during the past few years and he may not he in a position to reach any conclusion for a consid-; erable period. (Juincy Bent tieneral Manager Quincy Bent, at present assistant to the president at the Sparrow's Point plant, has been appointed general manager of the plants at Steelton, but lie will not be a successor to Mr. Keynders, in view of the fact that the, executive offices of the Bethlehem Steel company are all located at South Bethlehem and the Steelton plants wil become simply an operating unit of the great Schwab interests. • No General Changes There will be no wholesale changes at Steelton, as the result of Mr. Heynder's resignation. He said to-day that he feels he is in a position to assure the employes of the Steelton works generally that their interests will be thoroughly safeguarded by the new owners of the property. Indeed the impression is given if any thing, the Schwab proprietorship should improve the prospects of the men actively employed about the plant in view of the enlarged activities pro posed by the new management. President Grace made a very good [Continued on Page t ] $2,000,000 Improvements For Cambria Steel Plant .lohnstown, Pa., March 7. —A. C. Dinkey, president of the Cambria Steel Company at a dinner given here last night in honor of the officers of the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, announced that $2,000,0(10 will be spent in improving the local plant. CONTINUE HKANDEIS HEARING By Associated Press Washington, March 7.—lnquiry into the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis to be a member of the Supreme Court was continued to-day by a Senate commit tee with three witnesses on hand ready to testify regarding the bank ruptcy cases. They were James T. Len nox, Abe Stein and Moses J. Stroock. THE WEATHER For HarrlnhurK nnil vicinity: Fair anil N»mc>\ lint unrmer with loweMl tempera t ure about 35 deforce*; Weclm-mlny fair and Mllgrhtly collier. For Kantern Pennsylvania: Partly cloutly to-nlnlit anil Wctliieailay; frenh nlilftliiK uliiils. River IVo material cliaiißcn arc likely to occur In river except po«- albly the Ipper Went Branch, where lilichcr temperature to il a y may melt wufflclent nnoiv to start a rlae anil perlinpn a break In the Ice. \ atajce of about 4.3 . feet In Indicated for IlarrlfihurK P Wednesday morning. General Condition* The ntorm that wn* central over lowa. Monday mornlnpr. has mot. <»d northeast ward and IM now cen tral over l<ake Huron. It baa caused rain anil NUOW In the last twenty-four hour* over the, coun try east of the Mlasouvi river. It Is 2 to 20 decrees warmer over the greater part of the Take Re gion and In the Atlantic mid C-ulf States and In the Upper Ohio Valley. Temperature fall* of 4 to 22 degrees have occurred generally elsewhere ca»t of the Kocky Mountains. Temperature: S a. m.. 241. Sun: Rises, 6:20 a. m.; nets. 0:04 p. m. Moon: First «iuarter, March It, 1:33 p. in. River Staget 4.3 feet above low- | water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 23. Lowest temperature. 10. Mean temperature. 21. formal temperature, 31. i J. V. W. REYNDERS Who to-day resigned as Vice-President and Director of the Pennsylvania Steel Company > GRACE PRAISES REYNDERS; BENT GENERAL MANAGER; TO BE NO GENERAL CHANGES PRESIDENT B. (j. GRACE, of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany, speaking over the long distance phone from the offices of the Bethlehem Steel Company, 111 Broadway, N. Y., to a representative of the Telegraph to-day, said: "Mr. Rcynders' resignation must not be considered as any reflection upon his ability or his services to the company, lie and I arc very warm personal friends ami T have a high opin ion of his ability and know full well that it was lie who made Steclton wliat il is to-day. Mr. Rcynders resigned of his own volition. He is a big man in the steel business and during our recent visit to Steclton we were much pleased ami impressed both with what he has done in a constructive way and with his conduct of Hie big enterprise. "Of course, you will understand that we will absorb com pletely the Pennsylvania Steel Company and as one of its chief executive officers, Mr. Rcynders goes with the others, hut 1 wouldn't have anybody think that there is anything but the best of good feeling between us. "Quincy Hcnt. assistant to the president at Sparrows Point, who is familiar with the Steclton plant, will become gen eral manager at Steclton, but he will not have the executive authority vested in Mr. Rcynders, as the executive offices of the Bethlehem Company are at South Bethlehem. He is at present in Steclton, conferring with Mr. Rcvnders. His ap pointment becomes effective at once, lie will be in complete charge at Steclton. "There are no other changes to announce. It is not our purpose to put new blood into the plant at Steclton. What«tvc desire to do Is to take the present organization and build for the future from tliat. There is a big opportunity ahead for advancement there. We have no desire to make any changes I'lrst of all. it is our purpose to give cver.y man at Steelton fuli and ample opportunitv to make good under the new manage ment and it is our sifc ere hoi>e that there will be not one fail ure. — ) 500 Believed Dead in Wreck of Spanish Ship; Captain Commits Suicide Rio Janeiro, March 7. —According to I the latest information, tlie number of | j deaths on the Spanish passenger j steamship Principe de Asturias, which j struck a rock and sank off Santos on | Sunday, will reach almost 500. Among i I those saved was the new American \ | consul to Santos, Charles T.radek. The vessel was en route to Buenos Ayres from Barcelona. Over 600 pas | sengers were on hoard. The catas | troplie was caused, it is said, by a : thick fog, in which the vessel struck I a rock and sank in less than five min- j utes. The newspapers of this city say j that it is reported that the commander i of the ship committed suicide at the moment of the accident. The greater I part of the officers were lost. Dapp Formally in Field For Assembly; Petitions Are Out I Friends of Jury Commissioner Ed ward Dapp, this city, formally placed him well up in the racfrfor the Re publican nomination for the Legisla ture from this district to-day by cir culating his nomination petitions. Mr. Dapp who is widely known j throughout both county and city is' especially popular among the firemen : and the railroad men of Harrishurgi and nearby towns. He admitted he will run. | PLANE SMASHES AGAINST SHIP Mobile, Ala., March 7. One of the naval hydroaeroplanes at the Mardi Gras here was hurled against the mast of n schooner anchored in the Mobile river to-day and demolish ed. The pilot, Lieut. K. O. McDon nell, of the Naval Aviation Corps, es- j caped without Injury. | BETTER DAYS COMING! After a day of snow and rain, the weatherman forecasts fair and warm er weather for to-night and to-mor row with the lowest temperature about 35 degrees. 4 HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1916. Twenty German Warships Reported to Have Left Kiel For the North Sea Associated Press Home, March s.—Twenty Ger man drcadna lights have loft Kiel, according to information received | here to-day. The foregoing dispatch was held up by the British censor for two days. Another dispatch filed in London at 3:25 o'clock this morning said that a i fleet of German warships was ob ! served Monday cruising in the North j Sea. This message was received in London from Vlieland, North Holland. Discuss Needs of City at Dinner of Real Estate Board Ilarrisburg's most urgent needs to- J day are a modern hotel and high ! school, according to tacit agreement of j the speakers who had a part in the program at the monthly dinner of the Harrisburg Real Estate Board last' evening at the Colonial Country Club, j The principal speaker was William ; H. Ball, private secretary to Governor | Brumbaugh/who talked on the work ! of the Philadelphia Real Estate Board, ' of which he is vice-president. Other speakers were J. William Bowman, C. 1 L. McColgin, the president and secre- i tary, respectively, of the Chamber of I Commerce. State Senator E. E. Beidle mun and Charles E. Covert. Within the next few days President! Herman P. Miller, of the board, will name the three or five members of the organization who will rperesent Har risburg at Ihe national convention of reel estate boards of the United States in New Orleans, March' 27-30. A let ter from national headquarters was rend by C. Vernon Rettew urging flar lisburg's real estate board to send representatives PENBROOK AND PLEASANTVIEW MIGHT COME IN j SIMULTANEOUSLY Borough Considers Joining With Township in Harris burg Movement; Council Takes No Definite Action; Question Up to Taxpayers and Voters 'HARDSCRABBLE' DATE IS POSTPONED AGAIN City Commissioners Unani mously Decide to Await Court's Action; First Steps in Bond Problem; Want Lighting Scheme Re arranged Penbrook as well-as Pleasantview | in the near future may seek annexa-! ' tioii to Harrisburg. Neither the city, township nor bor- | ! ough authorities have taken any defi- | | nit <; steps as yet toward extending the ' j corporate limits of the municipality to | include these neighboring towns, al ; though the question was discussed at j length yesterday afternoon at the in-' j formal conference of the councilmen. [ Following to-day's session of council ! Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, who first broached the matter, said that no action will probably be taken by Har- I risburg until the residents in the towns , seeking annexation act. Pleasantvicw Divided ? Pleasantview residents are more or less divided on the subject, Mr. Bow j man said; some want to come in and j others do not desire annexation. The | incorporation of Pleasantview with j Harrisburg would have to be done by I petition to the court to appoint view i ers or a commission on the question; , Penbrook's citizens would have to de- I cide the problem by vote of the people at a regular election. Until these steps i [Continued on Page 6.] BIG CHANGES IN HIGHWAY BUREAU BASED ON MERITS Commissioner Cunningham Creates Five Engineering Districts For Townships Promotions in the State Highway j Department, based oil the merit sys- | j tern, under which this department is j , operating under tho present adminis- j ! tration, were announced to-day, affect-1 j ing the engineering division and the I I bureau of township highways. In the engineering division P. M. 1 Tebbs, assistant engineer, who has i been in charge of District No. 12, with i i headquarters at Scranton, is promoted j to the post of engineer of construction. I 'with headquarters at Harrisburg, fill j ing the vacancy caused by the reslg- I nation of John T. Gephart, Jr. W. A. VanDuzer, assistant engineer, who has been in charge of District ! No. 6, with headquarters at York, is transferred to Soranton to succeed j Mr. Tebbs. The vacancy thus created in the .! York district is tilled by the appoint j ment of Charles W. Erisman, who has , been a draftsman in the bureau of township highways and who is now appointed acting assistant engineer in charge of District No. 6. All of the above promotions are effective at once. Township System Changes Tn the bureau of township highways the State has been divided into five [Continued on Page 6.] ATTACKED WITHOUT WARNING Amsterdam. March 7.—The Dutch j steamer Bandoeng was attacked by a | submarine without, warning while in | the Mediterranean Sea on its journey home from India, according to the Nieuw Kotterdamsche Courant. The Bandoeng escaped with slight damage to its lifeboats and reached Rotter dam on Sunday. MARTIN URGES WILSON By Associated Press Washington, D. C., March 7. —ln a statement to-day Senator Martin. Democrat, of New Jersey, announced his determination not to be a candi- I date for delegate-at-large to the j Democratic national convention be j cause of his decision to be a candidate ! for the Senate L succeed himself and I urged the renomination of President j Wilson. HERE GIRLS, YOU PUNCH AT THE MALE FLIRT Arkansas Judge Rules That Woman Is Justified in Breaking Her Umbrella Over Head of Man Who Threw Kisses at Her By Associated Press ! Little Rock, Ark., March 7. I woman is justified in inflicting cor poral punishment, upon a male flirt who annoys her, the State Supreme [court has ruled In alarming the $250 damages which a lower court had awarded Mrs. Nettie Trussoll, of Hot. Springs. a school teacher, against thel Memphis and Dallas and Gulf rail-1 road. According to testimony a male pas- j FIRST TEST VOTE ON ARMED SHIPS ! IN HOUSE WON BY ADMINISTRATION Vote of 256 to 160 Brings McLemore Resolution to Warn Americans Off Arm ed Ships Up For Debate With Every Prospect That It Would Be Tabled PARTY LINES ARE FORGOTTEN IN FRAY Representatives Applaud As sertion "That All the Imps of Hell Never Devised a More Infamous Lie Than That President Wants War" I By Associated Press Washington, March 7.—ln the first j test vote in the House to-day on the i j armed ship question the Administra- j ition forces won 256 to 160. j Opportunity for amending the Mc-j Lemorc resolution to warn Americans 1 off the armed ships of European bel- j ligerents was removed, and the House; I turned to debate on the resolution it j self with every indication that it, | would be tabled as President Wilson I | desires as a demonstration to foreign j nations that dissensions against his foreign policy do not represent the majority of Congress. The question to adopt the special; rule was then put. Representative! Campbell demanded the yeas and nays* and at 1.16 o'clock the roll call was | begun on the adoption of tli6 rule to j consider the warning resolution. Another Victory The rule providing-for four hours': debate on the motion to table the Mc- Lemore warning resolution was adopt-' ed by 271. to 138. With this action the administration forces put over another victory and | placed the McLemore resolution be [Continued on Page 6.] M'VEYTOWN IS BACKING WILLIAM PENN PROJECT Meeting of Highway Boosters Arouses Strong Senti ment i McVeytown, Pa., March 7.—lnter jest in the meeting of the William Penn Highway boosters in Harrisburg ion March 27 is increasing in this dls j trict daily and as the time for the gathering draws near plans are being made to send a. delegation of repre sentative citizens from this borough to the session in the Capital City. A meeting of the highway boosters in this vicinity has already been held here and another meeting is sched | uled. The borough council is ae | quainting Itself with the advantages of having the town on the route and petitions, which are being signed by scores, are in circulation in the town and the adjoining townships. Recently there was some discus sion of having the highway follow the State road from Iteedsville to Mill Creek, through the Kishacoqutllas Valley. This road woyld be reached by going from Lewistown to Iteeds ville over a toll road, which at some future time will be taken over by the State. Of course, this route would eliminate the Juniata Valley route from Lewistown to Mill Creek and in cidentally McVeytown would not find a place along the highway. The route through McVeytown would follow the old turnpike from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and it is just because there is a slight possibility of changing the [Continued on Page 7] ORPET INDICTED FOR MURDER Chicago. 111., March 7.—Will H. Or pet, University of Wisconsin student, was indicted by a Lake county grand jury cn a charge of murdering his former sweetheart, Marian Lambert The case probably will be called for trial next week. It is charged that the tragedy was the culmination of a liaison, that It was precipitated by Orpet'c transferring his affections to another woman and that he provided a violent poison which the girl swal lowed. DISCUSS SWISS CRISIS By Associated Press Berne, March 7.—The political and economic crisis in which Switzerland remains plunged through the war was the chief subject of consideration at tho opening session to-day of the Federal Chamber in National Council. I sender on a train of the defendant - railroad stood, in the center of the ■ car in which .Mrs. Tr.ussell was riding l and winked and threw kisses at licr. > Then he approached her. Mrs. Trus -1 sell broke her umbrella over his head. I The Supreme court in its opinion . handed down yesterday, rules that not, i only was Mrs. Trussell justified in her; action, but was entitled to recover! damages for the annoyance and hu miliation to which she was subjected. 14 PAGES CITY EDITION "JITNEY" COST H'B'G RAILWAYS $33,000 DURING 'ls, STATEMENT Annual Report of President Frank B. Musser Lays the Blame For Big Falling Off in Earnings to "Irregu lated" Business of Last Summer INVESTMENT INCOME WAS ALSO LOWER Gross Operating Revenue $914,936.07, Decrease of $78,992.52; Carried Mil lion and Quarter Less Pas sengers Than in 1914; No Serious Accidents. According to the annual report of ! F. B. Musser, president of the Har | risburg Railways Company, submit ted to the company's stockholders at the annual meeting in the Railway Company's building this morning, the j company's net income for the year ending December 31, 1915 was $38,- 666.92 less than the net income for | the year 1914. The jitney is held re | sponsible for the decrease. The com pany's net earnings in 1915 were $187,819.08 and in 1914 the net earn- I ings totaled $221,329.89, a decrease jfor 1915 of $33,510.81. The Income ! Irom investments during 1915 was also lower than in 1914 so with this the total net income for the year is [reduced by $38,666.92. The profits I and loss statement shows a balance on hand December 31, 1915, of $30,- 1926.70 as against $21,615.58 on hand December 31, 1914. Haul Million and Quarter Less The gross operating revenue for the year was $914,936.07, a decrease over 1914 of $78,992.55. During the year 1915 the company's cars carried *22,- j 435,553 passengers, a total of 1,225,- 748 less than the number carried in 1914. The operating expenses for the [Continued of Pag© 9] LATE U. E. APPOINTMENTS 'f York.—Appointments announced late this afternoon by I the Central I nsylvania conference of the United Evange- Aj lical Church included the following ministers to pulpits: 1 Carlisle, the Rev. I. E. Spangler; Mt. Holly, the Rev. L. E. £ Crumbling; Liverpool, the Rev. C. A-. Fray, under presid- ' | ing elder; Millersburg, the Rev. L. Dice, mission; Mifflin, jl the Rev. W. H. Lilly. * * BLOODY BATTLE AT OCOTLAN • Washington, March 7.—Ocotlan, fifteen miles south of 1 k . | Oaxaca was recaptured yesterday by Carranza troops after ; < I what was described in unofficial advices to the Mexican \ ► embassy as a "bloody Two unnamed rebel generals ! ' ,were reported killed. I > * AIR AND SEA FLEETS GROWING i j i ir, first lord of t' I > I Admiralty, state I in the House of Commons this afternoon I 1 that t ish navy had been increas A I | c outbreak of the war, while t' 1 -< • strength of the air division of the navy had grown ten fold. , i < I REYNDERS APPOINTS BENT ' f 1 Vice-President J. V. W. Reynders, late this afternoon i formally appointed Mr. Bent to the position of general ' ; manager. The executive order was as follows: ' t"llr, Quincy Bent is hertby appointed general < J manager in charge of operations of the Steelton j giUci, taking effect from this date. ! \ , "(Signed) J. V. W. REYNDERS, , ► "Vice-President." ; 1 Jerlin, March 7, via London. The war office an > * 9 notanced to-day that the village of Fresnes, in the Woevre ! * I Kutheast of Verdun, was captured this morning by Ger- ' < 1 mans. * * I Washington, March 7.—The nqmination of Newton D. | I Baker, former Mayor of Cleveland, to be Secretary of War, * ' was sent to the Senate, to-day. < Harrisburg. For injuries sustained when he was • f knock'd down by an automobile last summer, driven by , Isiati Brenner, Herman Walinsky has sued Sarah Brenner,! J I -jownrr of thr marhinr for Sfi.QQO «... , I i, MARRIAGE LICENSES ■\ I Irvln B. I niik and M«ry Urubukrr. Herahey. - | Ql II || 'IW I II »|l PI GERMANS POUND WAY TO VERDUN IN NEW DRIVE ON BOTH FLANKS Kaiser's Troops Assault and Take Town of Forges, Nine Miles Northwest of Fort ress, but Fail to Take Heights Commanding Sit uation VILLAGE OF FRESNES IN SOUTHEAST FALLS ! Hill No. 265 Also i in Terrific Onslaught While Thousands Fall; Continue Bombardment of i Le Morte Homme and Other Elevations Pi Massed forces of Germans are now . poundingsimuitaneously on both flanks Jof the French defenses of Verdun in t an effort to roll them back upon the r I fortress. : To the northwest they have battled : their way south from Forges, nine - miles from Verdun, debouching to r the east along the railroad skirting the - west bank of the Meuse and likewise - driving directly south -where a full 5 division of at least twelve thousand • men stormed hill No. 2C5 and cap '! tured it despite the decimation of its * I ranks by French artillery and ma -31 chine guns. , I To the southeast they have driven j | successfully at the village of Fresnes, 3 : twelve miles from the fortress, which . I the French have been holding tenn- I ciousl.v although the Germans already (possessed Manheulles and Champloli j on other side. Want Crest of Hills 51 The immediate purpose of the Ger r S man attack west of the Meuse is be r | lieved in Paris to be the capture of - the crest of hills from which the . French long range guns were able to l span the distance across the Meus« 31 and hamper the Germans in their at [Continued on Page (.]
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