New Agreement Understood to Provide HARRISBURG ifSlfßll TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 101 WESTINGHOUSE PRESIDENT TO niscuss PEACE WITH STRIKERS E. M. Herr Will See Commit tee Representing 15,000 Workers, Tomorrow; Fed eral and State Mediators Continue Efforts to Bring Company .and Men To gether MANY STATE TROOPS SPEEDILY BRING ORDER Patrolling Turtle Creek Val ley; More Pressed Steel Car Employes Go Out; Girls Duck Fellow Worker When She Refuses to Quit; Funeral of Victims of Mob Violence Held Without In cident By Associated Press Pittsburgh, May 4. E. M. H-arr, j president of the Westinghouse Electric j and Manufacturing Company, whose plants are closed because of a striko of 15,000 workers for an eight-hour day,] told a committee of strikers to-day that he would be unable to discuss a settlement with them until to-morrow. Federal and State officials are en deavoring to bring ihe company and the men together. While almost a thousand State troops were on duty in the Turtle Creek Valley and conditions about the closed plants were quiet, unrejst was manifested in other parts of Allegheny county. Seven hundred Pressed Steel Car Company employes joined the 2.000 already out and the police were guarding the factory of the McKinney Manufacturing Company, on the North Side, where girl-strikers attacked those who refused to join their strike :md ducked one of them in a horse trough, i Funerals of Victims At McKees Rocks about 200 workers returned to their places in the Pitts burgh and Eake Erie Railroad shops, j The funerals of Michael Havrilka and John Vargo. killed in Ihe Brad dock riot Tuesday, were held to-day without incident. All the wounded in the Braddock Hospital were said to be Improving. They will be taken to jail as soon as they can be moved. Mediation Committer A meeting of the general conference committee, composed of twenty strik ers selected at a mass meeting yes [Continued on Pace 13] Militiamen on Strike Duty Will Be Ordered to Give Two Band Concerts Daily Reports received at the State Capitol up to an early ho.ir this aft ernoon from General A. J. Logan in command of the National Guardsmen on duty in Allegheny county were to the effect that all was quiet and that arrangements were being made to have the bands attached to the militia give two concerts a day at their quar ters. This coupled with the reports of the really cordial treatment given to the Governor's Troop and the other cavalry are taken to mean that things are in good shape. Word came here to-day that the manufacturing companies would not attempt to operate plants with strike breakers and that their chiefs were bring urged lo listen to mediation offers. The State is represented by- Patrick Gilday and James A. Steese, of the department of labor and in dustry. who have with them attaches of the department specially detailed, and men from the United States De partment of Labor. The Erie Railroad has given notice that its employes called out on military service by the State will be given leave of absence for the time with pay and regular vacations be sides. MAYOR MEALS ILl> Mayor E. S. Meals is quite ill at his home. Third and North streets. He was stricken with heart trouble last night and for several hours was in a critical condition. He was slightly Improved to-day. THE WEATHER THK W EATHER HnrrNliurg anil ilclultyi Fnlr to night Hml Friday, nnrintr Friday. Lonpßt tempernlure to-ulght iiliout .10 ile*rer». Knxlcrn Pennaylvanlat Partly Cloudy to-night. Friday fair nod narmrr. Modern!)- n 111 da, moatly westerly and »outh weaterly. Itlver The "uNqueliiiniin rl\er nod all lla trlliutarlm will tail alowly or remain nearly atntlonnr.v. \ alnue of ahout 5.5 feet la Indicated lor Hnrrlaliurg Friday morning. General Condition* The dlaturhnnee that lvnn central over the lower Ohio valley Wed nesday morning haa moved rapidly northeantnnrd lo the northern New England eoaat. It eanaed nhonrri In the laat 'J4 hour* generally eant of the >lla*laalppl river except In the tonth Atlantic States. It la 2 to 12 degreea cooler In the Suaquehanna. Ohio and loner Ml«- alaalppl valleya and In Tenneaaee. Temperature M a. m.. M. Suni Rtaea, .".(Ml a. m.t aeta, 7.03 p. m. Mooni Ft rat quarter. May 10, 3.47 n. m. River Mtagei J.S feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Hlgheat temperature, 00. I.oweat temperature. 55. Mean temperature, 03. Mean temperature, 57. BY CARRIER (t CENTS * HKEK. SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS. GOVERNOR'S TROOP AT WESTINGHOUSE ELECT jjfL **** wtt W Sj ijUMI *\~- EL i ■*--. g--'~' -j-" —* y jll. k fj| __b. The picture alcove allows the Governor's Troop In Mi* Westinghouse Electric A Manufacturing Company's Plant, East Pittsburgh. In the fore ground Colonel J. P. Wood, of the First Pennsylvania Cavalry and Captain George C. Jack of the Troop are seen conferring. Bfclow at tlie right are the troop members removing their equipment to their quarters in the Westinghouse plant. On the left is a "close-up" view of Colonel Wood and Captain Jack. AGREE ON CLARK FERRY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS State and Railroad Officials Decide on Widening of Road at Conference GRADE CROSSING TO GO To Provide 35-Foot Right of Way; to Put Retaining Wall in Condition State Highway route, Number 1. leading north from Harrisburg is to be widened and straightened between Speeceville and Clark's Kerry and the danaerous grade crossing, just north of Speeceville station, is to be elimi nated by an under-grade crossing to be built at that place. This and several other details regarding the questions in dispute between the Pennsylvania Railroad company and the State Highway Department were settled yesterday at a conference held at the State Highway Department be tween the railroad officials and those of the State Highway Department. In brief, the agreement, which was suggested by Chief Engineer Uhler, [Continued on Page 11.] Expect Final Vote on New Wage Scale Under Consideration, Today Pottsville, May 4. It was the Ben- i era! sentiment of the delegates to the' tri-dlstrict convention of the United I Mine workers lhat to-day would mark' the close of the deliberations and a final vote would lie taken on the new wane scale under consideration. The officers seem confident that the agreement would he ratified by a safe majority. The ninth district is ex pected to vole almost unanimously for the agreement while an almost equal j division of districts 1 and 7 )«• pre dicted. Lorimer, Acquitted of Embezzlement, to Make Good Chicago. May 4.—William Lorimer, former United States Senator, who last night was acquitted of charges of embezzlement and conspiracy to de fraud in connection with the failure iof the l.a Salle Street Trust and Skv i ings Hank while he was president of the institution said he would start out j to-day to accumulate money, with | which to reimburse depositors who lost by the failure. The case had been on trial for 79 days in the Superior Court of Cook county and was given to the jury last! night. After more than six hours'' deliberation the jury rendered its ver | diet shortly alter midnight. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1916. C. OF C. HEARS MAINTENANCE OF PRICE ARGUMENT Chamber Will Vote on Ques tion After Hearing Speakers on Both Sides IMPORTANT TO MERCHANT Regulations Is Standardization Says One; Business, War Declares Other To supply members of the Harris burg Chamber of Commerce with first-hand information before the Chamber goes on record as to whether or not it favors federal legislation to permit manufacturers, to determine the price re-sales, Charles H. Ingersoll a no Nicholas W. Hacker, botn of New York, discussed price main tenance from opposite viewpoints be j fore a membership meeting in ! Fahr.estock hall last evening. Roth men were eloquent speakers and went deep into the fundamentals of merchandising in an effort to show just what effect will be caused from the passage of a federal act to permit manufacturers of trade-marked [Continued on Page 8] Phila. Man to Become ! Transportation Head of Penna. Steel Plant Announcement was made to-day of the % resignation of Charles A. Kord, superintendent of transportation, at the Steelton plant of the Bethlehem' Steel Company. Mr. Ford has been in charge of all matters pertaining to transportation facilities at. the Steel ton plant for the past 8 years. His resignation will become effective Mon day. May 8. Mr. Kord will be succeeded by J. H. Mac Donald of Philadelphia. Mr. Mac- j Donald is now connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Philadelphia. He will assume his new duties Monday. Roosevelt's Reception at Trinidad Eclipsed That of McAdoo; British Regretful Washington, l>. C., May 4. —Colonel Roosevelt's reception al Trinidad dur um his recent West Indian trip quite eclipsed that arranged for Secretary McAdoo. who came along a little later, so the British ambassador, Sir Cecil | Spring-Rice, personally paid a visit to! President Wilson to-day and expressed ; regret that through a misunderstand ing among local officials the Secretary of the Treasury had not been received with ceremony appropriate to his po sition. Hi FRENCH CONTINUE COUNTER DRIVES BEFORE VERDUN Make Big Gains and Consoli date Positions Taken in Pre vious Efforts BIG GUNS ROARING Artillery Active West of Meuse; More Russians Landed in ' France The French are continuing their counter-offensive movement near Dead Man's Hill, in the Verdun region. Fol lowing their capture of German posi tions northwest of the heinht. an nounced last night, they continued their advance during the night, be sides consolidating the positions al ready taken, according to this after noon's official bulletin. No other notable infantry engage [Continued on Page 11] Samuel Couffer, Big Man in Steelton Business Circles, Dead, Aged 78 After a lingering illness from a complication of diseases, Samuel I Couffer, Sr., one of Steelton's most prominent and wealthy citizens, died at his home, 256. North Front street, at 9 o'clock last evening. He was 78 i yearn old. 1 Mr. .Couffer was director of the Steelton' Trust Company ana Steelton i National Bank: charter member and trustee of the Citizen Fire Company; member of the firm of Coulter & Sulzberger, coal dealers, until April 1; former proprietor of the Couffer House, now the Hotel Keim, the old est hotel in Steelton; Incorporator and president of the Steelton Mutual Fire Insurance Company, until recently; former burgess of the borough; for mer operator of a number of canal boats on the old Pennsylvania Canal and proprietor of the Steelton Stock ing Manufacturing Company until April 1. Mr. Couffer was born in 1838 near Highspire and lived in'Steelton all his life. He was actively identified with the borough and was one of the first men interested in paving Front street, Steelton's first municipal improve ment. He was one of the incorpora tors ,and president of the Steelton Light and Power Company until it was absorbed by the Harrisburg com pany. He also owned the first moving picture theater in the borough. He j was a member of a number of j fraternal organizations. He is survived by two sons, Samuel S., and Charles, both of the borough. Funeral services will be held Satur day afternoon at his late home but other arrangements are Incomplete. MAYOR TALKS OF MEANS TO SOLVE TRAFFIC PROBLEM Airs Views on Front St. Tracks, Jitneys, and New Grade of Second Street COAL CART QUESTION, TOO Will Take Up Some Remedial Measures With Commis sioner Lynch Harrisburg's more serious traffic problems and the various moans ot solving ttvem were interestingly dis j cussed to-day by Mayor Ezra S. Meals. ; That the Capital City's position as a | pivotal traffic point of the State is ;;en > crally recognized was indicated yes- ! ; terday at the annual session of tnej ; Pennsylvania Association of Police | Chiefs at Williamsport, when J.Thomas j Ztil, head of the local department, was 'appointed a member ot the committee to draft plans for standardizing traffic | regulations in municipalities. While the city expects to do Its share ' toward formulating traffic rules throughout the State, it has its own domestic problems, in Mayor Meals' [Continued on Pa go 3] Impeached President of Dominican Declares the Capital in State of Seige Santo Domingo. Dominican Repub- I lie. May 4.—General Juan I. Jiminez, j president of the republic, who was impeached by the chamber of deputies on May 2, has declared the capital in a state of siege and by decree has re moved the seat of government to San j Geronimo. a suburb of Santo Dmniimo. The secretary of the interior to-day j notified the senate, by which, the law j provides, the president shall be tried ; j within forty-eight hours after tm- ! I peachment. that the capital is in a j ! state of rebellion and that President : I Jiminez is unable to appear for trial, j The city is quiet. U. S. May Land Marines and Sailors to Keep Order Washington, D. C., May 4.—Rear ■ Admiral Caperton, commanding the American naval forces in Dominican i waters, is under hroad instructions to use whatever force is necessary to; maintain the constitutional govern-j ment In the Dominican republic. TKNXESSKE IS BACK Newport News, Va., May 4.—The, cruiser Tennessee with Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and party aboard, arrived in Hampton Roads to-d«£. ( GERMAN REPLY IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TODAY Ambassador Gerard Says He Expects Answer to Note on U-Boat Warfare Soon NO INDICATION OF TENOR Dispatch Is Brief; Kaiser Hopes Answer Will Be Received Favorably By Associated Press Washington, D. C., May 4. —Secre- tary announced to-day that a dispatch from Ambassador Gerard, dated yesterday, said the ambassador expected to receive to-day the German reply to the American note demanding immediate abandonment of her prac tices of submarine warfare. Secretary Lansing said he was wlth out any information whatsoever of the conference Ambassador Gerard had with Emperor William at grand head quarters. The dispatch. Secretary Lansing said, was very brief and con tained no indication of the tenor of the German reply. News dispatches from Berlin have indicated the Ger- [ Con tinned on Page 11] Holds Stabbed Child Until Life Blood Leaves, Then Slashes Her Own Throat Ansonia. Conn., May 4. Believing that the child she adopted more than eight years ago was to be taken away from her. Mrs. Augusta Holzwig stab bed the child yesterdav and held her in her arms until she bled to death and then cut her own throat with a razor. Twenty : eight Dead, Many Wounded in German Riots London. May 4. Many persons were killed or wounded In May Day riots in Berlin and elsewhere in Ger many, according to dispatches from Amsterdam and Geneva. The Central News correspondent at Geneva says that in the Berlin riots 25 persons were killed and 200 wounded, and that during food riots at Leipsic the police killed three per sons and wounded 70. VOTE SA T ,E OF PENNSYLVANIA STEEL f Philadelphia, May 4.—By an overwhelming vote stock- * holders of the Pennsylvania Steel Company of New Jersey | authorized sale of the concern to Bethlehem Steel Com- * pany fur $32,000,000. The decision to sell was made not- f 'i withstanding that Judge Rellstab in United States District it k " ; Court at Trenton handed down a decision restraining dis- S 1 solution and ordering officers and directors to appear at \ j • Newark, N. J. next Monday to show cause why the company t i should be dissolved. L ' I I TO CHARTER NEW TRUST COMPANY I £ Harriburg.—lncorporation papers are now being circu- ? lated by men interested in the Sixth Street Bank for the 1 . chartering in the near future of the Camp Curtin Trust Company. Those interested include Lewis Balser, J. 11. I I » Kreamer, Dr. George L. Brown, Fulmer J. Reif, John Lap- Iff , 1 pley, Robert A. Enders, W. Scott Stroh and G. B. Galbraith. • > i :' ■ ! , AMERICAN IN IRISH REVOLT London, May 4. —James M. Sullivan, of New , former American minister to Santo Domingo, has been 1 4 arrested in Dublin on the charge of complicity in the Irish ! rebellion. ' ! CLEAN-UP MAY 15-29 1 Harrisburg.—Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, City Health Officer, ' ! announced this afternoon that arrangements are being com* f , pleted for the annual "Spring clean-up weeks," to be held May 15 to 29. L Harrisburg.—lnjunction proceedings to restrain the au- ditor general from enforcing the 1915 Escheat Act were '•> begun this afternoon in the Dauphin county court by the '•/ Columbia National Bank and the Union Trust Company of ' i Pittsburgh. • ► Harrisburg.—After several days' controversy the Dau- 1 ' , phin county court late to-day began testimony on the ob * jections to the Democratic Senatorial petition of Dr. W. N. i > ! Yates. The objectors contended they hadn't a chance to g > ? thoroughly inspect the petition. ! ] MARRIAGE UCENSES .» I William Syhfiter I'arker nnd Mary Kmma (.ohlcn Smith, rffjr. J Harvey Halfnujder, (. hamberaliurg, and ICrillh Sprenkle, M a)nevlioro. CITY EDITION 16 PAGES ADMINISTRATION READY TO ADOPT MAIN POINTS OF NEW AGREEMENT Pact Made at Conference Provides For Co-operation of American Troops and Carranza Soldiers in Clear ing Northern Mexico of Bandits; Allowed Use of Railroads NO TIME IS SET FOR WITHDRAWAL Understood Columns Will Quit Country as Soon as There Are Definite Indica tions That Border Towns Are No Longer in Danger From Raids; President and Baker Review Situation B.V Associated I'rcs.t Washington, D. C., May 4. The j American government is ready to ac cept in its main points the agreement for the future pursuit of Villa and his bandits drawn up by General Obregon. the Carranza minister of war, and | General Scott, representing the United States. This was decided at a cqnfer enee to-day between President Wilson anil Secretary Baker. Formal announcement of the po sition of the American government will (Continued on I'agc ") Zeppelins Drop Hundred Bombs; 36 Casualties May 4.—The Zeppelin air raid on the northeast coast of Eng land and southeast coast of Scotland Tuesday night resulted in 36 casualties. This announcement was made official ly. One hundred bombs were drop ped.
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