J. Hill, Railroad Builder and Capitalist Dies After Short Illness
HARRISBURG fg§M& TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 122
SONS OF ITALY
ASSURE WILSON
THEY ARE LOYAL
State Convention Sends Resolu
tions to President and
Victor Emanuel
ORDER GROWING FAST
Reaffirm Their Loyalty and At
tachment to Country of
Their Adoption
Loyalty to the United States was
expressed in a message to-day to j
President Woodrow Wilson by dele- j
gates in attendance at the fourth an
nual convention of the Sons of Italy, j
Sessions opened in Chestnut Street j
Hall this morning. Before proceeding I
with business Grand Master A. Joseph |
D 1 Silvestro, of Philadelphia, pre- !
sented the following telegrams, all of j
which were adopted and sent:
Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States:
The order Sons of Italy in
America, in annual State conven
tion assembled, send hearty greet
;ngs to the first citizen of the land
.md reaffirm their loyalty and at
tachment to their country of
adoption and to its institutions.
His Majesty A'ictor Emanuel 111,
King of Italy:
Fourth convention of the Sons
of Italy discussing the interests of
the Italian immigrants, directs its
most devout thought to your Ma
jesty, sincerely wishing that the
future fortunes of the Fatherland
may be such as its just aspirations
require.
Royal Italian Ambassador,
Washington, D. C.:
Sons of Italy, meeting in fourth
annual convention, send greetings
to the representative of the royal
government, asking that lie inter
pret their attachment to the dis
tant Fatherland.
The delegates. numbering 200, ;
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Vote Down Motion to Send
Water Bill Back to Committee
Washington. D. C.. May 29. A
motion to send the $43,000,000 rivers:
and harbors bill back to committee
with instructions to substitute a bill,
providing a lump sum of $20,000,000 |
was rejected by the Senate to-day;
40 to 27.
The Senate then adopted as an
amendment Senator Newland's pro
posal for the creation of a river
regulation commission consisting of
the secretaries of war, interior, agri
culture and commerce and chairmen
of two Senate and two House com
mittees to insure co-operation with
the army engineers and other gov
ernment bureaus in investigating
watfrway improvement. The amend
ment would appropriate $500,000 for
the commission's expense.
Chairman Clarke of the Commerce
Committee said he saw no objection
to It as it might furnish a basis in
the conference for working out a new
method of dealing with river and har
bor appropriations that would, put an
end to an ever recurrent criticism of
the present system.
Senator Kenyon's motion to substi
tute for the bill a resolution_ author
izing an appropriation of $25,000,000
tor continuing work on all existing
projects,' the distribution to be left to
the army engineers and the secretary
o." war, was defeated 34 to 24. Denio
cratr who voted for the substitute
were Ashurst, Gore, Hlisting. Lane,
Pomerene, Shafroth, Taggart, Thomas,
Thompson and Tillman.
AGAKNST SHIPPING RILL
Washington. May 29. Winthrop
L. Marvin and Edward E. Blodgett,
representing the Boston Chamber of
Commerce, appeared before a Senate
committee to-day to oppose the gov
ernment ownership and operation
features of the shipping hill which al
ready has passed the House. They
said they recognized the existence of
a crisis in the shipping business of the
country and approved in the main
the provision for a shipping bill but
declared the Boston Chamber was op
posed to government participation in
the shipping in the business funda
mentally.
THE WEATHER
For Harrisburg and vicinity* L'nset
tied weather till* afternoon, to
night and Tueaday, probably
tliundcrshowers; not much change
in temperature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: t'linettlert
to-night aud Tuesday, prol>al»ly
thundershow crs; gentle to mod
erate shifting winds.
Ulver
The lower portion of the >'ortli aud
prohnhl? the lower portion of the
Went Ilrancli will rise somewhat,
other streams of the system will
probably full slowly or remain
nearly stationary. A stage of
about 4.8 feet is Indicated for
Harrisburg Tuesday morning.
Temperature: H a. m., 70.
Sun: Rimes, 4:80 a. m.; nets, 7)25
p. m.
Moon: New moon. May 31, 2:37
a. m.
River Stage: Five feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, S7.
Lowest temperature. HO.
>ienn temperature, 74.
Normal temperature, fifl.
Have the Harrisburg
Telegraph Follow You
If you are leaving the city, If
only for a day, do not fail to
have the Harrisburg Telegraph
follow you. It is the only way
you can keep Informed about
home afTalrs.
The Telegraph mailed to any
address in the United States or
Canada la the same as when de
livered to your home, six cents a
week. Address may be changed
as often as desired.
BY CARRIER (I CENTS A WEEK.
BINOI.E COPIES a CENTS.
MEMORIAL DAY
PARADETOSTART
AT 1:30 O'CLOCK
City Will Observe General
Holiday; Stores and Offices
to Close
SUBURBS CELEBRATE
Grand Army Men Will Be Aid
ed by Sons and Spanish
Veterans
Plans for Harrisburg's widespread
; observance of Memorial Day tomorrow
j were completed this afternoon.
At 1.30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
the parade of the veterans and other
soldiery will leave Front and Market
■ streets for the march to the Harris
j burg cemetery where the tribute to the
dead heroes will be paid.
The whole city Including all business
[and manufacturing establishments,
iFederal, State, county and city offices
will observe a holiday. A pretty fea
ture of the day will be the placing of
a floral wreath at the base of the State
street soldiers' and sailors' monument
by Technical high school boys. All
day to-day a committee of veterans sat
at the postrooms and received dona
tions of flowers for the graves of the
dead soldiers.
The usual exodus of holiday celebra
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President's Peace Talk
Is Lauded by Diplomats
Washington, D. C., May 29.—1n
diplomatic and official circles to-day
President Wilson's peace speech Sat
urday night was widely discussed.
The feeling quite generally expressed
was that the President by this utter
ance has measurably advanced the
prospect of peace between the nations
now at war, and given a great for
ward impetus to the cause of peace
in general. Particular interest was
shown in his outline of the course
the United States would take "if it
should ever be our privilege to suggest
or initiate a movement for peace
among the nations now at war."
In German circles a tremendous in
terest was shown in the President's
"peace creed." The disposition was
to accept his references to a guaran
tee of the "security of the highway
of the seas for the common and un
hindered use of all the nations of the
world as applying to the British long
distance blockade of German ports.
Entente diplomats were not inclined
to comment on President Wilson's
hints.
Members of Congress were loud In
sounding the praises of the President
for the sentiments he expressed.
The President believes the Ameri
can Government should work along
these lines:
"First—To secure a settlement with
regard to their own Immediate inter
ests as the belligerents may agree
upon.
"Second —A universal association of
nations to maintain the security of the
highway of the seas for the common
and unhindered use of the nations of
i the world, and prevent any war being
| begun either contrary to treaty eove-
I nants or without warning and full sub
mission of causes to the opinion of
I the world—a virtual guarantee of ter
ritorial integrity and political inde
i pendence."
LONDON PAPKKS COMMENT
ON WILSON'S TALK OF PEACE
By Associated Press
London, Mayg 29. "lrresponsible
peace talk received its quietus from
Sir Edward Grey last week, but no
doubt President Wilson's speech be
j lore the League to Enforce Peace will
I revive the discussion in certain quar
ters," says the Liverpool Post. "Its
definiteness in certain particulars is
arresting, but perhaps to many of his
own countrymen the air of definiteness
which the President gives to some of
his phrases may seem elusive.
; The Post argues that the entente
j allies are fighting for virtually the
1 same object for which President Wll
! son proposes a league of nations.
The Manchester Guardian says this
plan of the President is almost as old
as the first formulation of the ideal
of organized peace, but that it never
before in any part of the world has
i commanded the support accorded it
! in America to-day.
E. St. Elmo Lewis Is
Rotary Club Speaker
E. St. Elmo Lewis, one of the noted
sales and advertising experts of the
! country, addressed the Hurrisburg
Rotary Club at its noon luncheon to
day on "The New Salesmanship." Mr.
Lewis is a national figure and the
! Rotarlans were delighted to have op
portunity of hearing him. His ad
dress was largely along lines of inter
est chiefly to men employing salesmen
but he laid emphasis as well upon the
! necessity of preparing for the "great
| drive" that European nations will
make on American trade at the con
| elusion of the European war by
"building a bridge, over the precipice
wo see ahead, instead of a hospital
iat the bottom."
Captain Kemper, of the United
States Army, responded to a toast to
the "Nation's Dead." in observance of
! Decoration Day and the members re
sponded to the Telegraph's call for
i contributions of flowers to the Grand
Army for use in the celebration to
morrow by donating $lO for the pur
pose.
Next week the Rotarians will lunch
at the Columbus Hotel In a room set
! apart for them.
E. Fred Rowe was chairman of the
meeting and it was through his good
j offices that Mr. Lewis appeared before
| the club.
NEW l.OSifi RANGES RECORD
San Diego. r- a i„ May 29.—What was
claimed to-day as a new record for ac
curate and rapid tire long range shoot
ing was established by gun crews of
the cruiser San Diego at Elementary
practice o(T this port Saturday night
The official number of hits will not be
known until the target screens are ex
amined by the umpires, but it is re
ported the six-inch gun crew scored
twenty-nine hit* in forty shots, while
the men behind the three-Inch bat
teries achieved fifteen hits in twenty
seven shots. The firing range was 2400
yards.
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HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1916.
JAMES J. HILL,
CAPITALIST AND
BUILDER, DIES
Railroad Magnate Dies at St.
Paul, Minn., Home; Uncon
scious Twelve Hours
ROSE FROM THE RANKS
Started Life as Clerk; Develop
ed Northwest; Supported
Belgians
St. Paul, Minn., May 29. —James J.
Hill, railroad builder, capitalist and
most widely known figure of the
Northwest, died at his Summit avenue
residence at 9.30 o'clock this morn
ing as the result of an infection due
to bowel trouble.
Mr. Hill was unconscious for nearly
twelve hours before he died. Dr. Her
bert M. Biggs and Dr. Stanley Seager,
together with members of the Hill
family, were at the bedside when the
end came.
Failed Rapidly
After the relapse late yesterday,
the aged financier failed rapidly. All
the members of his family were at
the bedside with the exception of
Mrs. M. Beard, of New York, a daugh
ter. She is expected to arrive to
night. James N. Hill, of New York
ond Mrs. Samuel Hill of Washington,
arrived early to-day.
"My father slept most of the night,"
Louis W. Hill said.
Finally at 9:45 a .m., M. R. Brown,
Mr. Hill's confidential secretary, came
out and said to the newspaper re
porters:
"Mr. Hill died quietly at 9:30 a. m."
One of the first to leave the house
was John J. Toomey, Mr. Hill's con
fidential business agent, and associate
for years. He was quickly followed
by Ralph Budd, assistant to Louis Hill,
president of the Great Northern Rail
road, and one of the younger mem
bers of Mr. Hill's railroad family.
Ureal Man Clone
L. W. Hill left the house with the
Kev. Thomas J. Gibbons, vicar gen
eral of the St. Paul archdiocese, and
George MacPherson, intimate friend
of the family. Grief showed plainly
oti the face of the elder Hill's suc
cessor.
Archibishop John Ireland, com
menting on Mr. Hill's death said:
"What can I say that the whole
country is not saying? A great man
has-, gone from earthly life. Not only
a man of rarest talent of mind, a
genius, but also one who has put his
wonderous talent to the service of
fellowmen, whose whole career was
marked with strict integrity and
highest sense of honor.
"I must say in simplest truth that
he loved and respected religion, and
held the Christian faith to be the su
preme principle of human righteous
ness and human life."
James Jerome Hill, railroad presi
dent. was born near Guelph, Welling
ton county, Ontario, Canada, Septem
ber 16, 1838, son of James and Anne
(Dunbar) Hill, of Irish and Scotch
descent. From his seventh to his fif
teenth year he attended Kockwood
Academy, a Quaker school. The death
of his father in 1853 prevented his
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Commissioners Consider
Audit of County Books
An audit of the hooks of the County
Treasury 'for the twelve or fourteen
years prior to the election of County
Controller H. W. Gough.is being con
sidered by the County Commissioners.
The commissioners declared to-day
that no official steps have been taken
as yet toward directing an audit, al
though if such a course be determined
upon the accounting will not be made
hefore Fall. An audit similar to that
now being conducted by the city au
thorities Is said to be contemplated.
The period in question will cover
the time devoted to the construction of
the Dauphin county prison.
G. U. 0. of Odd Fellows to
Hold Big Field Day Here
More than five hundred members of
the Grand I'nited < >rder of« Odd Fel
lows will arrive in the city this even
ing and early -to-morrow morning for
the field day exercises and sessions of
the Third Regiment, Patriarch Divi
sion, to be held in Chestnut Street
Hall.
The meeting will open this evening
with a big reception in the hall. To
morrow a competitive drill will feature
the session, together with a street pa
rade in the afternoon immediately fol
lowing the parade of the Civil War
veterans. The sessions will close to
morrow evening.
DIAMOND IX TIIK ROUGH?
.lainos Atticks, Laborer, On Pins and
Needles as to (Quitting
All this may or may not he a story
of a diamond in the rough. Anyway,
until a well-known city jeweler gives
James Atticks, laborer for D. M.
Rlcker, some sort of a report as to the
character and quality of his "find" Sat
urday in a vacant lot in Paxtang, At
ticks figures he'll he more or less
restless.
He's not sure whether he found a
pretty little chunk of limestone quartz
-—or a nice big yellow diamond.
Atticks is helping to excavate for a
couple of houses for Mr. Ricker and
on Saturday he unearthed the hit of
gleaming stone. Someone suggested
the diamond possibilities and the ob
servation so fussed Atticks that he
caught the next car in to a local
jeweler's.
Presidential Booms of
Hughes and Du Pont Start
By Associated Press
Chicago, May 29. —Two Additional
booms of candidates for the Republi
can nomination for President were
brought to Chicago to-day. They were
those of Charles Kvans Hughes, of
New York, and Coleman DuPont, of
Delaware.
Frank H. Hitchcock, accompanied
by William L. Ward, former Republi
can national committeeman, from
New York, launched the preconven
tion campaign in the interest of Jus
tice Hughes.
l' JAMES I.HILL, RAILROAD MAGNATE, IS
J
1 H I
JAMES J. HILL
CAPITOL PEOPLE
ARE SHIVERING
Fears That Official Axes May
Swing on Attaches Before
the Sun Sets Today
No further dismissals of attaches of
the State government occurred to-day,
but the uneasiness which has prevailed
on Capitol Hill over the reports that
the State administration has received
reports alleging failure of men con
nected with the departments to lend a
hand to the Brumbaugh candidacy
was Increased rather than lessened by
the fact that few officials came back
to Harrisburg after week-end trips.
Chief Clerk W. B. Kay. of the Audi
tor General's department, when asked
if any more clerks had been given
"pink slips" replied: "None to-day. I
do not know when there will be any
more. Get it out of your head that
the dismissals in our department have
anything to do with the rest of the
government, our matters were with
out consultation with any other de
partments and were culminations of
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MM PRODUCTS
CO. WILL BUILD
Center of Distribution of Milk
From More Than 2,1)00
Farms
Another structure that will add con
siderable to the building aggregation
of the year is a modern dairy plant to
be erected by the Pennsylvania Milk
Products company. Work on this
building will begin in August, and
plans are now being drawn for a build
ing 60x100, four stories high, including
the basement. The structure will face
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Hershey Gets Banner For
Sale of Red Cross Seals
The red silk banner which lias been
awarded to Hershey for the best
record in the sale of stamps for the
American Red Cross Association has
been received by John Yates, secre
tary of the Associated Aid Societies.
Although the figures on the Christmas
feal have not as yet come In from
Honolulu and other outlying points,
Hershey holds the record in Class 2
with a score of 29.04 seals per cpita,
a record of which the little town is
Justly proud. Dr. Phillip P. Jacobs,
one of the prominent committeemen,
lias declared that Hershey's record is
tie best (hat has been made under the
United States flag. Dr. Jacobs is
likewise executive secretary of the
association. •
OP Friday of this week the execu
tive committee of the Associated Aid
Societies and a number of the mem
bers will visit Hershey by automobile
for the presentation of the banner.
CHILD DRINKS ACID
Special to the Tdcgrafh
Dauphin, Pa., May 29. About 8
o'clock this morning May, the two
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas Sticeo. an Italian family, got
a bottle of crude carbolic acid and
while playing in the old canal bed
near her home drank some of the
content: - . She was badly burned about
the face anil mouth, and her condition
is critical. Dr. A. C. Coble gave the
child immediate attention and be
liives she will live.
MORE THI NDKRSTOKMB COMING
More thunderstorms similar to the
one which visited Harrishurg suddenly
yesterday afternoon are forecast for
this week by the United States
Weather Bureau. Wind, rain, hall,
thunder and lightning were combined
and following the storm the mercury
tumbled from 87 degrees to normal.
The hail cut many plants and flowers
and the lightning struck in several
places, but caused little damage.
NO ACTION ON RL.AKSLEE
Washington, May 29. No action
V.MS taken to-day by the Senate Post
Office Committee on Assistant Post
master General Blakslee's declaration
that the committee in amending thej
postal bill had surrendered to the
railroads. Chairman Bankhead said
L the committee would meet to-morrow. J
DEATH VERDICT
SATISFIES WAITE
Says He Wants No Appeal;
Seeks Quick Punishment;
Took Chance and Lost
New York, May 29.— Dr. Arthur j
Warren Waite, who was convicted on
Saturday of the murder of his million- .
aire father-in-law, John E. Peck, of
Grand Rapids, was as cheerful as ever j
in the Tombs yesterday, and showed;
no signs of his nerve weakening. He
issued a declaration that he wishes no
I appeal in his behalf.
"I am satisfied with the verdict," he
said, "and don't want any appeal made
by Walter R. Deuel (Waite's chief
counsel) or any one else. lam willing
to take the punishment for my ill i
deeds, and the quicker that punish-,
' ment comes the better."
Took Clinncc ami Lost.
One prisoner said to him:
"Doc, I'm awfully sorry to see a
young fellow like you have to go."
"Why, don't give me any sympa
thy," said Waite. "Lots of others have
jhad to go the same way in the prime
!of life. The law demands a life for a
life. I took a chance and lost."
OBJECT TO TYPE
OF SLOPING WALK
State Water Supply Commis
sion to Investigate Muench
Street Construction
Inspection of the newly-constructed
ramp or sloping walk from the
upper park to the River Wall at
Muench street will be made within
j a few days in order that a report upon
| the character of the job may be suh
j mitted to the State Water Supply
I Commission at its meeting Thursdav,
i June 8.
The ramp has Just been rip
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Eight Jurors Sworn in on
Third Week of Orpet Trial
Waukegan, Ills., May 29.—At the
opening to-day of the third week of
the trial of \V. H. Orpet for the murder
or Marion Lambert, eight jurors had
been sworn and one man had been ten
tatively accepted.
Since the trial began, 736 men have
been examined for jury duty and fifty
| more were summoned to-day.
FIRE DAMAGKS 810 PI,*XT
1 Vancouver, B. C., May 29.—Fire early
to-day partially destroyed the million
dollar plant of the New England Fish
j Company and the Alberta-Pacific Grain
S6O0 V oOo r ' The lOS 3 iS eßtlmale d at
CITY s.\n> TO HAVE GOOD
CHANCES IN N. Y. LEAGUE
j George Cockill, manager of the
erstwhile Harrisburg baseball club
, was in town for a short while to-day
j and announced that matters were in
i tavorable shape for Harrisburg as re
! gards the New York State League,
! with whose representatives he con
ferred yesterday. Report comes like
wise from York that a number of
, capitalists aire behind the proposition
, down there, and although it is im
possible to state anything definite as
yet, Mr. Cockill declared that the
prospects of Harrisburg finding a berth
in the New York State League looked
very good.
HIT BY AUTO
John Workman, 1C26 State street,
was struck by an automobile this aft
ernoon at Progress, sustaining con
cussion of the brain and bruises of
the body. He was taken to the Har
risburg Hospital in serious condition.
AVTO HITS TWO WOMEN
Two women struck by an automo
i bile Saturday eevning, at Fourth and
j Market streets, were badly Injured
! They were Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, aged 4S
and Mrs. Gertrude Berkelser, both of'
j 1225 Fulton street. John L Rushev
1 driver of the machine said that the ac
j cident was unavoidable because he had '
| been given the signal to proceed bv !
; the traffic officer, and the two womeii I
i stepped In front of the machine. Mrs
; Hill sustained fractures of several
I tiones In her foot, and Mrs. Rerkheiser
, a fractured* right arm. Botli were
1 t&kan to the Harrisburg i
MENDEZ ARRIVES
IN THIS COUNTRY
WITHOUT NOTE
Special Agent of Carranza De
clares He Is Here Merely
on Vacation
EXPECTED MISSIVE LOST
Officials Unable to Account For
Nonarrival; Find Villa
Guns in Cave
Wellington, May 29. Manuel
Mendez, an attache of General Car
ranza's foreign office, arrived here to
day and conferred with Eliseo Arren
dondo, the Mexican ambassador, but
denied that he brought a note as had
been expected or that he brought any
instructions from his chief. He de
clared he was merely In the United
States on a vacation.
Mr. Arredondo and other Mexican
officials professed to be puzzled. It
has been reported from Mexico City
and the border that a special mes
senger was bringing a new communi
cation from General Carranza. No
indication of its contents had been
given but it generally has been as
sumed by American officials that the
expected note probably renewed the
demand for the withdrawal of Amer
ican forces or made a protest against
I the second punitive expedition led by
Colonel Sibley and Major Langhorne
which has, however, returned to Am
erican territory. At the Mexican em
bassy it was said that if a note was
forthcoming it probably would be
brought by some other messenger.
Representations are about to be
made to the State Department for re
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I.OCAL IT. S. MARINE
GETS HURRY ORDERS
Grover C. Bowers, brother of J. A.
j Bowers, 120 Broad street, Harrisburg,
lis with the expeditionary force of U. S.
.Marines now headed for Santo Domin
jgo on board the U. 8. S. Salem, for the
protection of the American Legation
! there during the current revolt against
I President Jimines.
When insurrection breaks out any
where to the south of West or
North of Venezuela, the U. S. Marines
are always first on the spot. Young
Bowers enlisted in the United States
Marine Corps at its Pittsburgh recruit
ing station on September 23, 1914.
I VISITS SONS OF ITALY I
rngh this afternoon visited the sessior 1
n Chestnut Street Hall and compli 1
on the good work they are doing for L?
an citizenship. He said he has a most I
ilian immigrant as a result of his work \y
ldren of Philadelphia vyhen he was an
\ educator there. P. Magaro thanked the Governor for his I.J
j I address. ?|
!' COAST GUARD CUTTER RUNS AGROUND <5
New London, Conn., May 29.—Coast Guard cutters An- f
droscoggin and Itasca left this port this morning to go to Jh
the assistance of coast guard cutter Mohawk which grounded 1
near Montauk Point early to-day. I
CASUALTIES IN RAIDS ON ENGLAND, 2165 I
«■ £
Lond n, May 29.—Tn the stacks or. the British Isles I
I. •. fron sea and air during the war, 2166 persons have [
' been killed or wounded. The number of deaths is 550.
IP
J i LATE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS 1
, Harrisburg.—Late primary expense accounts filed to- | J
<1 day included the following: Senator E. E. Beidleman, , [/d
I $267.67; J. B. Swartz, Legislature, $701.53; A. L. Etter, ( |
Republican State Committee, SIOO. Senator Beidleman, ; |
£ Mr. Swartz and Mr. Etter contributed SIOO, SSOO and SIOO
| respectively to the Candidates' Committee Campaign. j
, NAME RESIDENT PHYSICIAN / « \
Harrisburg.—C. J. Prickett, of Fairmont, W. Va.. and a; ®
', graduate of Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, ap- f J
* pointed resident physician at the Harrisburg Hospital by I
I the Board of Managers in session this afternoon, effective t
J * July 1.
CONVICT BANK ROBBER
j i Washington, Pa., May 29.—Thomas H. Talbot, who ' *
; was alleged to have robbed the First National Bank of ;
, Houston, Pa., of $16,000, the first week in April, was to-day >
convicted in court here of felonious entry, larceny and re- ! '
\, ceiving stolen goods. Sentence was deferred pending an ap-1 >
plication for a new trial. !
;, tUAKtUAiib UCtNdLZ 1 '
Dnnlrl Aaron (irlb, Bachmanrtllr. and Sarah Elarnhonr, Lawn, Pa.
VW" ii Vt" |
CITY EDITION
14 PAGES
ITALIANS FIGHT
DESPERATELY TO
HOLD AUSTRIANS
Drive in Southern Tyrol Con
tinues; Fortified Districts
Taken
GERMANS ARE REPULSED
Unable to Gain at Verdun;
25,000 Bulgarians on
Greek Soil
The Austrian drive against the Ital
ians in the southern Tyrol continues
to progress in the region of Arsiero,
southeast of Rovereto where General
("adorna's forces arefightingdesperate
ly to prevent their foe from breaking
through and gaining the route to the
Venetian provinces.
Vienna reports the capture of forti
fied field works at Cornowo.west of A-r
slero, and an important position in the
fortified field works at Cornowo, west
of Arsiero, and an important position
in the fortified district of Asiago,
northeast of Arsiero.
Germans Repulsed
The Germans have renewed their ac
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roil/TRY FIELD MEETING
A b' * field meeting was held this
afternoon at the Beaufort farms by
the Central Pennsylvania Poultry As
sociation and the State Department of
Agriculture. W. Theodore Wittman,
poultry adviser for the State Depart-
I ment, gave an Interesting address,
j speaking particularly on breeding,
incubation and feeding. Automobiles
1 nift the Rockvllle cars at the Lingles
lown road and conveyed the persons
attending the meeting to the farms. E.
P. Mitchell, proprietor opened the
place for inspection during the after
: noon.
NO DANGER OP STRIKE
by .J.ssociatcd I'rcss
New York, May 29. The possi
bility of a strike of commercial tele
graphers on the eve of the Republican
Nctional Convention at Chicago wai
i virtually dismissed to-day by S. J.
Konenkamp, president of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union which
i opened its eighth biennial convention
here. Mr. Konenkamp declared "the
necessity of reports from all delegate.!
1 would forestall immediate action on
such demands as the ten per cent, in
crease in wages and the eight-houJ
' day."