Republican, Progressive and Democratic
HARRISBURG ||S|p|t TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 131
POLITICAL LEADERS ARE BECO
THAI THERE WILL BE TWO TICKETS IN FIELD;
INDICATIONS POINT TO NOMINATION OF HUGHES
Progressive Leader Asserts "We Left the Door Open and
the Republicans Don't Seem to Be Coming in" ; Peace
Talk Being Discounted; Convention Adjourns Until 5
O'clock Harrisburg Time to Await Report of Resolu
tion Committee
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION EFFECTED;
RUMORED ROOSEVELT HAS RESERVED ROOMS
Will Address Republican Gathering if They Want Him,
T. R. Says; Depew and Uncle Joe Cannon Make
Speeches; Justice Hughes Is Gaining Strength
Rapidly; Resolutions Comittee Endorses Principle of
Woman Suffrage
Coliseum, Chicago, June 8. —At 1.31 o'clock the Republican
National Convention recessed until 4 P. M., (5 o'clock Harrisburg
time), to await the report of the Resolutions Committee which still
was working on the platform.
The convention was in session about two hours and did nothing
more than perfect its permanent organization and listen to some
speeches
Dissenting reports on the woman suffrage and Mexican planks
have been carried to the full committee by the sub-committee and
the convention was forced to wait while the committee discussed
these measures and debated adoption of a prohibition plank.
Chauncey M. Depew was called to the platform for a "minute
speech" and when he had concluded, former Speaker Cannon was
introduced, the managers trying to occupy the delegates until the
Resolutions Committee was ready.
As political leaders gathered for i
the second day's sessions of the Re
publican and Progressive National
Conventions it became more and
more apparent that there would be
two tickets in the field. Victor Mur
dock chairman of the Progressive Na
tional Committee, summed up the
■whole situation when he said to
day:
"Well, we left the door open, and
the Republicans don't seem to be com - i
lng in."
That was the Progressive leader's
reply to inquiries as to whether there
remained any prospect for harmony
nnd whether there was likely to be
appointed to-day conference commit
tees representing both parties to re
reive and pass upon peace suggestions.
Republican leaders too, discounted
the success of the peace talk, saying
that action had been delayed for so
lons that a majority of the Republi
can delegates already have decided to
proceed without regard for any third
party, and nominate Justice Hughes,
to whom the most support has been
gathered
Will Not Acrept Now
There are some among the Pro
gressives and among Roosevelt Re
publicans as well, who still believe
lhat the Colonel himself coud have
the day if he would come to Chicago.
Representative Gardner of Massa
chusetts, who was defeated for Re
publican delegate-at-large from
Massachusetts on a Roosevelt ticket,
pleaded with Progressive leaders to
bring Colonel Roosevelt on without
delay. Word came from Oyster Bay.
however, that Colonel Roosevelt had
received the telegram from Republican
Nation 1 Committeeman Jackson, of
Maryland, sent yesterday urging him
to come here in the interest of har
mony. While the Colonel announcorl
it was not his present intention to
acrept the invitation, he would make
public his reply later and he did not
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THE WEATHER
For HarrUhrug anil vlclnltyt Part
ly cloudy weather to-night nnd
Friday; pruicably occasional
moderate temperature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly
doadr to-night and Friday, with
probably occnNloital who worm; not
mueh change In tempcraturei
llffht, variable winds.
R Iver
The rainfall In the la*t twenty-four
hours hiii general In the *u«fiue
hanna ha*lu, anil sufficient to
start another rl*e In all tributary
Mtieams. The main river has eon
tinned to fall at Harrlnhiirjr. hut
trill begin to rlne nmiln tnlw af
ternoon or to-night. Only mod
erate rises will occur unlearn more
rain falls nnd the .lunlnta, Che
mung and L'pper Went liraneh
r*lll probably begin to fall to
night. The North Vlraneh. Lower
West llranch and the main river
will rise- A ntage of about K.O
feet in indicated for Harrlnhurg
Friday morning.
General Condltlonn
The Western storm hn* remained
nearly atatlonary dnrlug the ln«t
twenty-four hours. It ha* In
e reaped In magnitude nnd now
cover* the north eentrnl part of
the eountry.
Temperature: S a. m., !W.
*un: Ttlse*, 4:JHI a. m.; sets, 7*31
p. m.
Moon i Full moon, June 15, 4:R2
p. m.
River Staget .%.* feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature,
1 .awest temperature. .1(1.
Mean temperature. S7.
Normal temperature. 6^.
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CONVENTION
BY BU
Coliseum. Chicago, June 8. 10:50
A. M. (11:50 Harrlsburg time). The
floor of the Republican convention was
but a fraction filled ten minutes be
fore the hour set for convening and
there was every indication of delay
in beginning the second day's session.
11 A. M. There was no semblance
of the convention being called to
order. None of the officials were on
the platform and the delegates filed
slowly in.
11:15 A. M. The delegates were
still arriving. As the resolutions com
mittee had just gone into session
there was no disposition to hasten
matters.
11:22 A. M. Republican conven
tion called to order.
11:27 A. M. The report of the
committee on credentials was pre
sented by Senator Snioot.
11 30 A. M. Report of creden
tials was unanimously adopted.
11:30 A. M. Committee on per
manent orgainzatlon reported in favor
of making thf temporary organization
permanent. It was adopted unanim
ously.
11:33 A. M. Permanent Chair
man Harding received an ovation.
11:35 A. M. Harding thanked
convention for the honor.
11:38 A. M. Report of the com
mittee on rules was called for but a
delay asked.
11:50 A. M. Rumor became nir
| rent that Roosevelt lia<l telegraphed
to reserve rooms at a hotel here.
11:50 A. M.—The delegates from the
Philippines, Hawaii and Porto Riro
i were seated by vote of the convention.
N'oon.—After long delay C. D. War
ren .of Michigan, presented a unanimous
report of the committee on rules.
| 12:21 P. M.—The rules report was
I adopted after a brief explanation by
! Senator Warren.
! 12:24 P. M.—Chairman Harding then
[announced ex-Secretary Stimson and
, Mr. Sweet, of New York, a committee to
escort Chauneey M. Depew to the plat
form to make an address.
CollNeum—The Republican committee
on resolution*, by a vote of ]lt to 111,
derided »«> Incorporate In the plntform
a plank endowing In principle unman
*u (Tinge.
I 12:53 P. M. Depew closed at 12:53
o'clock amid great applause.
12:56—J0e Cannon called for loudly,
took the platform.
Coliseum The Republican commit
tee on resolutions voted against the in
clusion of a prohibition plank in the
platform.
1:11 P. M.—Cannon closed at 1:10
j p. m.
| 1:12 P. M.—Senator Borah was called
upon to speak.
1:15 P. M.—While Rorah was speak
j ing it was learned that the committee
|on resolutions had shout two hours'
| more work before them,
j 1 :20 P. M.—lt is stated that when
Borah concludes a recess would be
taken until 4 p. m.
1 :31 P. M.—The Republican recessed
until 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The Republican resolution* committee
adopted H plunk nfflrmlne thnt the
I'nlted *tnte* should ninhilnln perfect
neutrality,
i < ollneuni. 1:32 P. M. The Republi
can resolutions committee sent out a
rail for absentee*. This was tnken to
j pre*iiKC II reeonslderntlon of the wo.
I innn*s nufVriisc plank.
National Bank Stock
Brings Record Figure
Fifty-two shares of First National
j Bank stock were sold this morning at
; public auction on the courthouse
j steps for priors ranging from $579.50
to $582 per share. Most of the shares
went under the hammer at $5Bl. The
par value of the shares is SIOO and the
I bids received to-day were the high
| est on record since First National
| stock went to S6OO many years ago.
i The securities were sold by the
Commonwealth Trust Company in the
settling up of several estates and the
sale was one of the most largely at
tended held on the courthouse steps in
several years. Eight of the shares
were bought by Dr. A. L. Honer, Leb
anon, and the other forty-four were
| snapped up by Fred R. Dapp.
i Fifty-eight shares of Harrisburg
Light and Power Company, pre
ferred, par SSO, were sold to Drs. Car
son Coover and E. 1,. Dennlson and
P. H. Bailey, commercial manager of
the electric company, for $49 apiece.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 8. 1916.
TWO GOVERNORS AND AN EX BUSY IN CHICAGO
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GOV.FRANK B.WILLIS B crtcc GOV.MARTIN G.BRUMBAUGH
OP omiq tUQtNt N.FOSS of penmsylva.ni/>>
° OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Here are three prominent figures in Chicago, caught as they hustled for the candidates they favored. Gover
nor Frank R. Willis, of Ohio, early declared himself out of the race for the Republican nomination for President,
but he is a delegate from Ohio, and is for Senator Theodore Burton. Former Governor Foss, of Massachusetts,
is a sort of onlooker in Chicago. Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh, of Pennsylvania, is on hand with some of the
Pennsylvania delegates—those Senator Penrose did not capture—under his control. He himself is a candidate for
the nomination.
AUTO TOSSES BOY
BENEATH TROLLEY
Fourtccß - year - old George
Galles Fatally Injured at
Steelton
Struck by an automobile and tossed
directly beneath an approaching car
on the Middletown line of the Harris
burg Railways Company, at Highland
street, Steelton, this morning, George
Galles. aged 14. of 6 Chambers street,
received injuries from which he will
probably die.
Young Galles. according to wit
nesses of the accident, was riding the
tailgate of a brewery wagon going
down Front street towards Highland
street, when he dropped off and dashed
across the street towards a wagon
going the opposite direction.
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G. A. R. ENDORSES
PREPAREDNESS
Preparedness Resolution to Be
Introduced at Session This
Afternoon
Included in a list of resolutions to
| be presented at this afternoon's ses
sion of the tlftieth annual encamp
ment of the Grand Army of the Re
public, Department of Pennsylvania, is
one endorsing a program for national
defense.
The resolution was sent with a num
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Boy Hit by Auto at
Rutherford, Killed
While at play near his home,
Thomas Cieraie, aged 4. son of Jerry
' Cieraie. of Rutherford, was struck and
instantly killed by an automobile
t owned and driven by Reuben W.
' I,erch, a wholesale liquor dealer, of
Highspire.
The youngster had been running be
side the auto and rushed around In
i front of It, the fender tearing off his
j scalp. Mr. Lerch stopped the'car and
| carried the lad into his home. Mr.
: Lerch then came to the city and re
oorted to the police. He was released
pending an Investigation by Coroner
Kckinger. According to witnesses, the
child was chasing another boy on a
j bicycle at the time of the accident.
CHLQR'FORM FAILS
HE SHOOTS SELF
Unidentified Man Found With
Bullet in Heart; May Be
Philadelphian
Lying in a boxcar partly filled with
coke, standing on a Philadelphia and
Reading Railway siding at the Pax
-1 ton stieet bridge, the body of an un
| known man was found with two bul
let holes over his heart. Coroner
Eckinger decided that the man com
mitted suicide T>y shooting himself
with a 88-caliber revolver, which was
found at his side with two empty
| shells in the magazine. An empty
two-ounce bottle labeled "chloro
; form" was also found near the corpse,
i and it is believed that the man tried
] to end his life with the aesthetic first,
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PA. MAY SWING
IN FOR T. R.
Brumbaugh Delegates May Go
to Colonel on Second
Ballot
(From a Staff Correspondent)
Chicago, 111., June 8. Governor
Brumbaugh and his friends on the
Pennsylvania delegation are getting
ready to swing In for Roosevelt on
the second ballot. The Brumbaugh
partisans have given up hopes or get
ting many of the Pennsylvania dele
gates to give the Governor a compli
mentary vote on the first ballot and
the votes will be scattered among the
Go\ernor, Knox, Hughes, Roosevelt
and maybe Harding, who is being i
boosted since his speech. It is said |
that Knox will get some votes from j
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PERISHFS WHEN HOME BURNS
Kane. Pa., June B.—Edna Austin, ;
aged 15 years, daughter of A. H. Aus
tin, of Russell City, twelve miles south j
of here, was burned to death yester- i
day when tire destroyed the Austin 1
home and the home of Henry Farns- !
worth. The other occupants of the
Austin home had a narrow escape
from death.
RAP PREACHERS '
WHO RUN DEBTS
Bishop Tvree Says Such Min»
isters Are Not Fit to
Preach
Criticising: ministers in the Philadel
phia A. M. E. conference who were re
sponsible for depts to the general con
ference Church Extension Society,
Bishop Evans Tyree, in speaking to
the dcelprates at the 100 th annual ses
sion declared, "A minister who does
this is not fit to preach, no matter
how well he does preach."
He also stated that if a better report
Is not submitted at later conferences
drastic action may be taken. His ad
dress was given In the Bethel A. M. E.
church this morning at the session of
ministers of the A. M. E. church from
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ADMINISTRATION
BITTERLY SCORED
Republican Subcommittee Re
fers to "Deplorable" Condi
tions in Mexico
By Associated Press
Chicago, June 8. The subcom
mittee of the Bepublican convention
to which had been entrusted the task
of drawing up a tentative platform for
submission to the full committee on
resolutions completed its work early
to-day and adjourned to make a re
port to the full committee before the
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See Engineer Hanging
Unconscious From Cab
Passengers in an automobile at
Hummelstown noticed that William
Hamm, aged 36, of 15S South Eigh
teenth street, engineer of the freight
train which was passing, was hanging
from his window, apparently uncon
scious. The conductor heard calls from
the autoists and stopped the train.
The engine*!- was hurried to the
Harrisburg Hospital where it. was
found that he was suffering from a
concussion of the brain, and a deep
laceration of the scalp. His condition
is serious, and this afternoon lie had
not fully regained consciousness and
could not tell what had happened to
him.
T. R. TO ADDRESS
CONVENTION IF
IT DESIRES HIM
Hopes Man Who Would Place
Nation Where It Belongs
Will Be Nominated
ATTACKS PRESIDENT
"Has Rendered Most Evil Ser- I
vice Possible, He
Asserts
Oyster Bay, N. Y., June B.—Colonel
Roosevelt will come to Chicago if "the
Republican convention desires me to
address it." This he announced to
day in a reply made to the Invitation
he received last night from Senator
William R. Jackson, of Maryland, ask
ing him to come to Chicago.
The Colonel declared in his answer
that he hoped both the Republicans
and Progressives would nominate a
man who, if elected, would "place this
nation where it belongs by making It
true to itself and therefore true to all
mankind."
"President Wilson," he said, "had
rendered to this people the most evil
service that can be rendered to a great
democracy."
Differences Pale
Colonel Roosevelt declared that the
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May Arbitrate Differences
Between U. S. and Mexico
By Associated Press
Washington, June 8. Arbitration
of differences between the United
States and Mexico through an inter
j national commission to-day became a
possibility.
Diplomats, particularly those of
Central and South American republics,
were much interested in information
that administration officials are con
[ siderinp seriously proposing such a
course to General Carranza. If they
definitely decide to suggest this, it
would be sent as the United States'
answer to Carranssa's last note. Ac
ceptance would then depend on the
de facto government.
Under the treaty of 1848 between
the United States and Mexico the
presidents of the two nations might
appoint an equal number of commis
sioners to whom could be submitted
all the vexatious questions arising out
of relations between the two coun
tries the past few years.
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i quoted as saying it might be "too late" to-morrow. By a If|
j vote of 25 to 11 Raymond Robins was chosen over Hiram ! 1
I Johnson by the permanent organization committee as per- *|
> | manent chairman. The convention was called to order at I
J 3.40, Harrisburg time.
Y -A plank ion- \ \
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I to 23.
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& First reports had itnhat at least a 1 f
vers dead and forty injured. Ambulances w<
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! [uickly called and began playing streams on the flames. < r
TWO INJURED BY MOTORCYCLE I
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Mjs. Elizabeth Warner, 35 South Third street, Steelton, f |
was seriously injured while riding in the side car of a motor- [
cycle near Dauphin at noon, to-day. She was admitted to )
the Harrisburg Hospital. With her was W. A. Sellers, of ! ,
* , the same address. The latter sustained a probable fracture
■ of the arm.
< 1 Manager George Cockill and Walter Blair were here !
I to-(Jay in the interest of the New York State League project, j )
I ' It was announced late this afternoon that they were ready to ' <
I take over the Troy franchise providing the necessary sup
| I port was assured for Harrisburg. ' '
% '
| I Robert Gillett, matchmaker for the Empire Athletic ' *
Club, announced late this afternoon that Johnny Kilbai(e
, would fight in Harrisburg, July 4. providing a good man *, >
could be secured to oppose him. , 1
! MAKHiAtiK L.ICKNSKB ,
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I lllnniTfripok anil Kraut-Inn \UU<-ll<-H I.aukhull', l.anvaxteri Gnrn Wheeler
Curmli'lmtl, llulllimirc. anal M«r.v tlnrthii Mple. «•!*>■( Howard «.llmcr Holt- '
man, el»», anil HnrMet Kllr,al>elh KimlfP, Nteeltont .1. MilihlnKrr l.rivln
1 Waahliurn, \\ I*., and < ulhjirliie (iherf tliilu. rllM Kny llrahnnu Trawlli
and Anna Jane Houi'k, Slrrllnui Jncnb Miller Karper anil tirnrr
' ■*! n»iil|i J») Kl*nln«rr, olty, and Minnie Kt«a Rlegel, l.jkfn. •
riiVir Yl< 1 11 ■■ vk 11 Wi inyliM «i >Aiimo
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GREAT AUSTRIAN
FORTRESS TAKEN;
FORT VAUX FALLS
Evacuate Lutzk in Volhynian
Triangle; Several Bri
gades Captured
FRENCH ADMIT LOSS
Say Defense Is Nothing but
Ruins; Germans Announce
Sinking of Lutzow
The Austrians have evacuated
Lutzk, one of the Volhynian triangle
fortresses, according: to Information
received at the Russian embassy in
Rome, says a Central News dispatch,
from that city.
Several brigades of Austrians are
reported in the advices to have been
captured with the fortress.
It is stated that the Austrian lines
have been broken in Volhyna and
that they have been withdrawn nearly
twenty miles through the I-.utzk sec
tor.
Admit I.oss of Vaux
Paris to-day admits the loss of Fort
Vnux. northeast of Verdun, capture
of which Berlin announced 'in yester
day's official statement. The French
still hold the outskirts of the fort and
trenches on both sides of It. The
fort was abandoned, says the French
bulletin after an incessant bombard
ment for seven days had reduced it
to ruins.
Acknowledge I.utzow Sinking
l.oss of the 26,000-ton battle
I cruiser Lutzow, one of the big Ger
i nan warships which the British
| claimed to have sunk in the Jutland
sea fight last week, is now admitted
by the German admiralty, as is the loaa
of the cruiser Rostock, a cruiser of
4,900 tons.
The admitted German losses now
comprise besides the I.utzow and
Rostock the battleship Pommern, the
cruisers Wiesbaden, Killing and
Fintienlob and live torpedo craft.
The British have admitted the lois
of the battle cruisers Queen Mary,
: Indefatigable and Invincible; the
armored cruisers Warrior, Black
! Prince and Defense, and eight tor
! pedoboat destroyers. They have also
admitted that the battleship Marl
: borough was torpedoed but declared
she- was towed to port. Damage to
the dreadnought Warsplte, which the
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