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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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'
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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-
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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
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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.