I Ten High Schools Gather on Island Meef HARRISBURG t|iltßg> TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 115 ONE VOTE EACH FOR "THEO" AND "WOOD" IS CAST Prohibitionists in City Indicate Choice For President Familiarly FINISH COUNT TONIGHT Official Computers Busy Until Midnight on City Figures Dauphin county's official count of the Spring primary vote will likely be finished by late this afternoon or early evening. The County Commissioners, their clerical forces and the staff of com puters worked until close to midnight last night in order to complete the vity figures; work on the county returns was resumed at an early hour this morning. By noon to-day the totals on the nonpartisan count for the city had been tabulated and the returns show that Just 5,747 in the city voted for Supreme court candidates. Not all of that number. Incidentally, cast their ballots for either Emory A. Walling or Charles Palmer. Thirty-five remem bered President Judge George Runnel for the place. There were other choices for the Supreme bench, too. Yates for the Bench The Rev. William N. Yates, school director, arc! a candidate for tlie Wash ington nomination for State Senator, sot two votes for the Supreme Judiciary and "Sergeant" Harry C. Ross, the tailor, is the choice of at least one voter for the State's highest tribunal. One vote was cast for each of the fol lowing also: Fred Wieseman. Harry A. Roat, Jr., T. K. Van Dyke, J. Eby Painter. A. C. Allen. M. E. Yates, George B. Kunkel, Clarence Fisher and Charles Llebaii. Palmer easily defeated Wnllint; in [Continned on Page IST Justice Hughes Has Clear Majority in Oregon Election Portland, Ohio, May 20. Justice Charles K. Hughes had a clear ma jority for the Republican presidential nomination in yesterday's preferential primary, according to the count early to-day. Senator A. B. Cummins of Towa. is second, and Theodore E. Bur ton is third in the contest for the Re publican nomination. The Progressives nominated Colonel Roosevelt who also received many votes for the Republican nomination. . President Wilson -was unopposed on Mhe Democratic ticket. The three Re publican Congressmen were renomi nated. ' TO BCTI,D THREE TANKERS By Associated Priss San Francisco, May 20. The Union Iron Works here, it was an nounced to-day has signed contracts for the construction of three tank steamers to cost approximately $4,- riOO.OOO for the Pan-American Petro leum Transport Company of New York and I he was astonished to find a pretty little calf had arriv ed. At the woodshed he, found a whole nest of little bird dog pups and on re turning to his room was astonished to find that his wife had presented him with a bouncing baby boy In his ab sence. 800 Marines Are Ordered to Join Santo Domingo Force Special to the Telegraph Washington. May 20.—Three hundred marines at Norfolk and between four hundred and Ave hundred in Haiti were ordered last night to Si.nto Domingo to reinforce the American force policing the little republic. E> ! Those at Norfolk will go on the crul -3 | ser Tennessee, now at New York. The 'cruiser Salem, at Boston, also was or - | dered to Santo Domingo and will take about twenty-five marines from the Boston station. Woman Burns While Crippled Husband Watches j Enveloped in flames when a bottle of i liquid stove polish exploded, Mrs. Eliza beth Chrixsinger, aged 34, of Bressler, j was terribly burned yesterday after ; noon. I The polish caught fire while Mrs. Chrissinger was blackening a stove at the homo of Mrs. John Fortenhaugh. a i neighbor. In a few seconds she was a living torch. Neighbors tore the burn | ing clothes from her body and summon ed medical aid. The woman was taken to her home where It was found that fully half the surface of her body was burned. It was Just a few days ago that the woman's husband, Kdward Chrissinger, sustained a painful Injury to his left foot. He sat unable to aid his wlfo. TAKES STRYCHNINE A man who gave his name as P. O. Foy®, 1705 Park avenue, New York, entered the American Rescue Mission Ist night and was seized with convul sions caused by strychnine poisoning l ufler an attempt at suicide, according to the police. Foye was rushed to the I larrisburg hospital and is expected to recover. He would not tell the physi cians to-day why he had taken the poison. Earlier in the evening he dic tated u letter to one of the mission workers giving the names of people in New York, to notify in case of any ac > ident. Investigation, however, show- j k cd thai these were ials% , HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 20. 1916. TECHNICAL HIGH, THIS CITY, FAVORITE §Bl§Egj|Ei, * b f H| 'Sigh R JIHp jjlj Tfc THE TECH SQUAD Dooked upon as winners in Tenth Annual State Meet to-day. i The Tech athletes are: Back row, left to right —Coach Hill, Harris, Martin, Miller, Haelinlln, Koons, McKay, Gippl I t.bner. Coach Pett. Middle row, left to right—Mell, Moltz, Shirk, Demming, captain; Sutch, McFarland Davies," McGani r ront row—Seabourn, Lloyd, Beck, Gastrock, Boyer, Evans. BAKER LEADS THE FIELD IN PERRY Vote For Harrisburger For Delegate-at-large Far Ahead of Anyone Else The first official return of the pri mary election on Tuesday was tiled to day in the o.fflce of the secretary of the commonwealth by Perry county, no others having been received when the department closed at noon. The Perry returns show the follow ing vote for Republican dolegates-at large: Aaron, 494; Acheson, 442; Al corn, 4 35; Armstrong, 6 23; Babcock, 586; Baker, 659; Brumbaugh, 463; Bumbaugh, 326; Burke, 391; Clement, 431; Klverson, 583; Gillespie. 560; Johnson. 555; Kendrlck, 346; Dewis. [Continued on Rage 13] Military Coast Patrols to Be Supplied by Trucks By Associated Press Columbus, X. May 20. Mill- Mary patrols pr ng the American frontier from <•;u 1 r of Mexico to •the Pacific oci a i ;'.re to be supplied, j where railway transportation is diff icult, by means of motor truck trains | similar to those which have been used |by the expeditionary command in | Mexico, according to apparently au thentic information here to-day. Two I quartermaster captains, who have j been commanding expeditionary trains ! 'eft to-day, one for San Antonio and j'he other for Marathon, to arrange {transportation systems along the Texas border. Bids also have been asked on 100 new trucks to be put into . immediate service. TREVINO AT CHIHUAHUA By Associated Press I Chihuahua City, Mex.. May 19. General Jacinto Trevino, in supreme command of the troops situated to wipe out the bandits of Chihuahua and ICoahulla, arrived hero to-dav. Gen- I eral Trevino said he would not occupy j towns until after the American troop's ; vacate, so as to avoid all possible chance of friction. He has established [headquarters here. Debs Declares Roosevelt Will Be Named by G. 0. P. Kansas City. Mo.. May 20.—Eugene V. Debs, four times Socialist candidate for President, foreshadowed the elec tion of Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency; foreshadowed, rather than predicted. He was not averse to pre dicting Roosevelt's nomination, now | evi r. "Roosevelt will be named by the Re ; publican onvention beyond the 'shadow of a doubt," Mr. Debs said to ; day, "and by an overwhelming ma jority. At the election he will receive the votes of a tremendous number of workingmen." U-18 SANK SUSSEX Washington. D. C., May 20. l nformation received by the State De partment from Entente ally sources and made.known for the first, time to j day is that the German submarine J U-18, commanded by Lieutenant Otto j Steinbrink, was the submersible which ! destroyed the channel liner Sussex and brought tli» crisis between the United ! j States and Germany to a climax. Am- ' bassador Gerard has not replied to the j State Department's inquiry regarding the nature of the punishment imposed I upon the commander as promised by j Germany. Another Inquiry may be made. FIND MISSING BOY After a warrant had been sworn out 1 for the arrest of John C. McCu'ler, 1 charging him with kidnaping 9-year- I old Lawreftce Renner from his home iin Bressler, yesterday, the hoy was found playing within a stone's throw of his home. The lad declared that j he had been with McCuller for only a short time and that at no time had he been far away from the house. The parents notified Squire Frank A. Stees, i who had issued the warrant for McCul ler's arrest, and the paper was with drawn. Detective I. N. Durnbaugh, ■ who was working on the case, is in- RerJalß vUases of the affair. Ten Teams With 162 Athle tes Competing; New Rec ords Expected From Sev eral Men; Reading Hopes to Take Second Place I i New track and school records were expected to-day In the tenth annual, j Pennsylvania tnterscholastic meet, | held at Cith Athletic Field, Island i Park. While only ten high schools, with 182 athletes, were represented, keen j competition was looked tor, because • the majority of the participants in to- j day's contests have figured in previous; j scholastic contests this season. The schools entered to-day, include, i Central. Tech, Steelton, Reading, : York, Williamsport, Altoona, Millers- I burg. Rllzabethvilla and Columbia. This is Ave schools loss than last year, j The decrease is said to be due to the delay in getting notices to all the high 'schools in the State, and to the fact that many high schools have not ,loin-, ed the Pennsylvania Interscholastic j TContinued on Page #] Many Special Taxes Will Be Eliminated From Measure By Associated Press Washington, May 20. —Administra- tion leaders in framing the new < emergency revenue law which they | hope lo have effective July 1, plan to eliminate the special taxes on docu , ments, telegrams, telephone messages, 1 negotiable instruments, perfumeries,! and cosmetics, the special tax on to . bacco, bankers and brokers, theaters I and other places of amusements. With the elimination of these fea- I tures the leaders estimate the law ; still will bring $17,000,000 between July and January, when it would ex pire by limitation. The special taxes on beer, wines, | etc., would be retained. Pipe Work Officials Deny Plant Will Close Officials of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works denied reports to--lay that the plant would be closed down for three or four weeks in June | for repairs, and that the plant would | be operated on Decoration Day and I the Fourth of July, if the men will report for work. The officials stated that a large ; number of orders are on hand to be I filled as soon as possible. The plant |ls one of the best equipped in the i State and about a year ago made ad j ditions and improvements which in creased their producing capacity in | a number of departments. Lizard, Porcupine and Bear Part of Suffrage Parade Zoo By Associated Press Chicago, May 20. Animal mascots ' it was announced to-day will form a unique part of the woman's suffrage parade here on June 7. California , suffragists started the move by pro-1 curing a tame grizzly bear. Illinois i followed by adopting an elephant,! Wyoming a buffalo, Colorado a moun tain goat, Utah a porcupine, Idaho a black hear, Oregon, a cinnamon bear, Washington an eagle, Arizona a liz ! ard. Kansas a pig, Montana, a moun- I tain lion and Nevada a mustang. Estimate Returns on Income Tax at $120,000,000 By Associated Press Washington, May 20. Returns from the income tax for the coming fiscal year are estimated at approxi mately $120,000,000 in revised figures being compiled by the Treasury De partment. The exact amount within a few thousand dollars, probably will be known within the next few days. The expected return of $120,000,000 is $35,000,000 or over 40 per cent, more than officials estimated when Congress convened. Individuals are expected lo pay ap proximately $02,000,000 and corpora-! tions $57,500,000. The $120,000,000, estimate Includes omissions for pre-1, vious years due to mistake or attempts! to evade payment ALL NEW BISHOPS ARE NOW ELECTED Methodists Start Balloting For Three Missionary Bishops; Change Ritual By Associated Press Saratoga Springs, X. v.. May 20. With the election of seven new bishops of the Methodist Kplseopal Church com pleted the general conference to-day begun* balloting for three missionary bishops. Missionary bishops have all the pow ers of a bishop or general superin tendent in the countries to which they are assigned, but possess no episcopal authority in the United States. In ad dition to the missionary bishops the conference will also soon begin ballot ing for secretaries ot th< hoards rContinued on Page 9] Wilson Addresses Monster Meeting in North Carolina By Associated Press Charlotte, N. C„ May 20.—President Wilson to-day addressed a crowd esti mated at more than 100,000 gathered here for the one hundred and forty first anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ ence. He was introduced by CJrover Craig, of North Carolina, who spoke of the President as one of the greatest lead ers the nation has ever seen. The President began speaking at 12:30 o'clock. "Republican Leaders Are Looking Backward," Wilson By Associated Press i Salisbury, N. May 20. President Wilson, addressing a large crowd at the railroad station here to-day as lie i passed through on his way to Char lotte. attacked leaders of the Uepubli i can party as men who are "looking ; backward." Members of the Presi dent's party declared he was referring i to the tight led by Senator Gallinger, defeating the nomination of George Rnblee to the Federal Trade Commis j sion. I "There are very serious things to be I done nowadays." said the President, "and it is a satisfaction to be associat ed with men who know how serious these are and with what spirit they 'must be approached; because whether we will or not. we are at the beginning ,of a new age for the world, and America will have to play a very great part in that new age. And we will have to be very sure not to encour : age or to give countenance to the men j who are trying to hold us back. "There are some men, I do not believe j they represent the great rank and file I of the Republican party, but the men i who now control the Republican party j are looking backward, not forward, i They do not know the problem of the new day and whenever I, for example, ! try to show my sympathies for the for ward-looking men of their own arty by nominating men of that sort, they at once try to block the progress. They have no sympathy with the forward looking men of their own party. Now, | 1 am for forward-looking men, not oackward-looking men." Shipping Bill in Original Form Passed by House By Associated Prest Washington, May 20.—The admtnls i ration shipping bill designed to up build the merchant marine and i strengthen the navy, passed the House | to-day by a vote of 211 and 161, vlrtual ily in the form it was Introduced. Re | publicans voting for the bill Included i Miller and Farr, Pennsylvania. ! The bill proposes to appropriate $50,- 000,000 to be raised by Panama bonds i for the purchase, charter or lease of | ships by the government. These ships I would be sold or leased to private capi j tal as rapidly as possible, with the government reserving the right to call I them back into service as naval aux iliaries. The operation of such vessels as the government was unable to lease or sell would not extend beyond live years after the close of the Kuropean war. A shipping board of Ave mem bers, empowered to prevent rate dis crimination and unfair practices by all ships plying American waters, fix max imum rates, would be created. The bill now goes to the Senate. FINII WOMAN ASPHYXIATED Special to the Telegraph Reading, Pa.. May 20.—Believed to have fallen against a valve of her stove during an attack of heart dis ease, Miss Sallie Forney, 68 years old was found asphyxiated in her home vesterday. Her home was In a part of the Gettysburg battlefield and during the battle her family refused to leave Her father, a noncombatant. was strucK by a shell and killed. Her mother; died of shock soon after. For many vears Miss Forney lived alone in Read- In*. ' . OVERTURES ARE TAKEN UP BEHIND CLOSED DOORS! Presbyterians Are Urged to Wage Crusade Against Divorce Evil NO SUNDAY STUDYING College and Seminaries to Have, No Recitations Monday Mornings By Associated Press , Atlantic City, N. J.. May 2 0. —The important overtures relating to Union Theological Seminary and the New Y#rk Presbytery, presented at yester day's session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, meeting here, were considered to-day behind closed doors by the committee, of which ex-Moderator J. Ross Steven- [ son, of Princeton, N. J., is the chair man. As the assembly adjourned at : noon until Monday ,a report from this j committee cannot be made until next i week. The New York Synod to-day pre sented an overture urging members of the church as citizens to work in every ; state for the enactment of such lawd as shall invalidate any contract of re marriage of parties forbidden by law ; or decree of a court to remarry It was referred to a committee. Take Vp Sabbath Desecration The report of the committee on Sab- i bath observance was considered by the ' assembly. Modern inventions, such as [Continued on Page 13] Delegates to Be Asked For Preparedness Stand By Associated Press Minneapolis. May 20. Delegates attending the Northern Baptists con vention here will be asked to go on record regarding national prepared ness, it was announced to-day. A resolution on the issue is under con sideration by tlie resolution commit tee. Reports read to-day of various committees covering activities for one year showed marked progress in all branches of endeavor. Proposals for broadening the work being carried on by the woman's Am erican Baptist Foreign Mission So ciety were considered at a meeting of that body. Speakers predicted bet ter results during the present year as , a result of deeper study of questions facing the society. DEPUTY COLLECTOR BRICKER LEAVES TOWN ? Harrisburg.—lt was learned this afternoon that Deputy f Revenue Collector William S. Bricker, of this city, has sent * his resignation to Revenue Collector Davis of the Ninth | District at Lancaster, to take effect at cncc. Chester Bricker, 4? son of the deputy collector, this afternoon said that his 1 father left the city last night after writing a note to the effect A that he was going to a retreat in the counry to regain his J health. The son declared that on learning that his father I had left the city suddenly, he, this morning went to the reve- T 1 nue office in the Trustee building ind there with United 1 % States revenue officers from Lancaster went over his fath- T 1 er's accounts and that up until late this afternoon no dir.- f * ©rcpancies had been found. Revenue Inspector Collier, of » I Wasl ington, with Warren Van Dyke, of the Lancast< | 1 revenue office, are examining the books. Mr. Van Dyke sa ' * I | that this is merely one of Mr. Colter's periodical visi's. : ' 1! weeks ago Mr. Bricker suffered a nervous break- a | I | not return. » WINNERS IN TRACK MEET ON ISLAND Harrisburg.—Half mile, won by Sellers, Steelton; sec ! ond, Strickler, Columbia; third, Edmonds, Reading; fourth, ' * I® Perrin, Central; fifth, M. Miller, Millersburg. Time, 2.06, I tieing former record. • > j • 440-yard dash—Demming, Tech; second, Sellers, Steel- ton; Hall, Central; Edmonds, Reading; Hendrickson, York, ■ f 1 and Gipple, Tech. & Shot put—First, Harris, Tech; second, McKay, Tech; 1 ' third, Avery, Steelton; fourth, Stover, Reading; fifth, Houtz, 1 | t Central. Distance, 39 feet 2% inches. Tech now leads by * * nine points. 0 • l! GENERAL WOOD IN PRESIDENTIAL FIELD Wood are said to be planning to present his name to the 1 1 Republican National Convention as a compromise candidate | > i 9 for president. They believe if there is a prolonged deadlock in the balloting for a choice he may have a chance to win. ( i MARRIAGE LICENSES < ItOftfirlo Statin and Itapcla Mnrkaro. Steelton. Antonio t arlcclll, Knola, nnd l.enthlnln linr.a, Summerdale. tirnnt l-ent* anil Kettle Entelln ItenKnn, city. I Thomaa Graham, Philadelphia, and Loulaa Yeoman* Boyd, city. CITY EDITION 16 PAGES SEEK MISCREANTS CALLING FIREMEN j ON FALSE ALARMS Bellevue Park Association Of fers -$25 Reward For Arrest and Conviction SIX SUMMONS IN MONTH ( Annoys Citizens in Many Sec tions and Costs Depart ment Nearly SSOO i Residents In every section of the city, volunteer firemen and depart ment officials are up in arms against the unknown person or persons send ing In false (Ire alarms late at night. Two more alarms were sent In about midnight last night, and so far this month the firemen have beer ; called out six times on "fool's errands" as one of them put It to-day. The loss and damage done to equipment be | cause of the six false alarms will rotal | almost SSOO, according to Fire Chief j John C. Kindle.r. who has already en listed the police to make every effort I to arrest the guilty persons. A reward of $25 has been offered I by J. Horace McFarland, in behalf of the Bellevue Park Association, for ! the arrest and conviction of the parties who have been causing the trouble. Dissatisfaction and resont , ment was heard all over the city to day because of the two calls last night, j the apparatus arousing many people who had gone to bed. McFarland Statement Mr. McFarland said to-day: | "The response to the false alarm \ from Box 48, at Twenty-first and j Chestnut streets, about 11:45 lasi rContinued on Page 11] Mrs. Schwab to Complete Stadium at Lehigh Univ. South !V May 20.—Ac cording to anm 'viceinent yesterday. Mrs. Charles M. Schwab, wife of the president of the Betlil"hcin Steel Cor poration. lias presented Nehlgli Univer sity with tiie entire north side of tin Taylor Stadium, thus completing tin stadium as a whole. The work of concreting the different sections will be started soon after eom- so as to finish the entire I north side before the opening of th< II university in autumn. The gift carrie- I with it a donation of not less than $20,- 000.