HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 134
HUGHES ALLIANCE
REVIVED TO HELP
G.O. P. CANDIDATE
Old Independent Organization
in New York Reforms After
Nominee's Visit
CONFERS WITH LEADERS
Plans Started For Campaign;
Personal Headquarters to
Re Opened
By Associated Press
New York, June 12. The first or
ganized political move in the further
ance of the campaign fo rthe electin
of Charles E. Hughes was announced
to-day upon the arrival of the
Republican candidate here from
Washington. It was the revival of the
Hughes alliance, an organization of
Republicans, Democrats and indepen
dent voters which came into existence
during the second campaign of Mr.
Hughes for Governor of New york
1908. The announcement was made
by Travis H. Whitney, public service
commissioner, one or the first to meet
Mr. Hughes on his arrival on an early
morning train.
Mr. Whitney accompanied the pres
idential candidate to the Hotel Astor
where Mr. Hughes established his
headquarters. He said the same men
.who were identified with the Hughes
alliance had decided -o toeeiher
to work In New York St-UP for the
election of a candidate probably under
the name of the Hughes nonpartisan
league. The organization, he said
would establish headquarters here and
co-operate with the regular Republi
can organization. He added that his
organization planned to provide Mr.
Hughes with personal headquarters
for his visits to Now York.
Wickcrsham Calls
There was a procession of local Re
publicans and Mr. Hughes spent the;
forenoon in receiving them.
Efforts to read significance into a,
cons ultation here between Wicker-1
sham that his visit had any signifi-1
'■nuce at all.
While Mr. Wickersham's conference
with the candidate, which was held I
soon after Mr. Hughes' arrival here j
from Washington, deeply interested;
politicians, nothing was allowed to
leak out as to the nature of their dis- !
f-ussion. Mr. Wickersham Insisted ,
that his visit was purely a personal
one and had nothing to do with poli
tics.
No T. R. Mission
"I have no expectation of seeing
Colonel Roosevelt, and no mission to [
sop him," said Mr. Wickersham after !
emerging from a 35-miniite talk with i
Mr. Hughes. "You entirely mistake |
ih" object of my visit. T have had no
political relations with Mr. Hughes on I
'his occasion. T am heartily and en-1
thnsiastioalty supporting him, ofi
cruise. I think that the Progressives!
will give him their support and 1 do:
col expect Colonel Roosevelt to head (
n third ticket. Rut that Is only guess j
work on niv part."
Others of ninny who called upon Mr.
Hushes during the forenoon included
Henry \V. T«f. brother of the former
President. United States Senator H. F.
of Rhode Island, and William
Cary Saucer, former assistant secre
tary of war under Roosevelt.
Later newspapermen sent In to Mr.
Hujshes a request for a statement as
to his position "in regard to the
virtual indorsement of the German -
American Alliance." The written
reply, brought back by one of his
advisers, was:
'Mr. Hutches sees no reason at this
time t" add to his telegrams to the
convention."
Th' hearer of the message pointed
01 t I'iat Hi" telegram had announced
Mr Hughes' stand for "thorough-go
ing Americanism."
Inity Supremely Clear
Mr. Hughes received newspapermen
during the forenoon but declined to
discuss his plans. He was asked how
it felt to "be drafted for the biggest
job in the world "
"I can only say," he replied, "there
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I THE WEATHER
For Harrlshurg nnd vicinity! Prob
ably fair to-night and Tnesdayi
not much change in temperature.
For Eastern I'eiinnyH nnln: i prob
ably fair to-night and Tuesdays
not much rhariKe In temperature)
light variable winds.
Itiver
Important changes will occur In
river conditions, * stage of nhout
T.<* feet Is Indicated for Harris
rlsburg Tuesday morning.
Showers have fallen In the last
twenty-four hour* In the Atlantic
States, along the enstern border
of the Great l.akes. In Tennessee,
the Mississippi Valley, over a con
siderable portion of the Plains
States nnd In the Hocky Moun
tains.
The weather continues cool for the
season over nearly all the coun
try nnd temperatures have fallen
2 to 12 degrees generally iu the
Rooky Mountain region since Sat
trday morning. It Is 4 to 16 de
trees narmrr than on Sntnrdn.v
morning In New England nnd In
the Lower Ohio and Upper Mls
slppl valleys.
Temperature! R a. m.. 54.
Sttn:i Rises, 4i3fl a. m.| seta, 7i33
p. m.
Muoni Fnll moon, June IK, 4:42
P. m.
River Stagei 8.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, »>7.
Lowell temperature, (VS.
Mean temperature. Hi,
.Normal temperature, «».
Vacation Season Is Here
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news from home daily. The Har
rlshurg Telegraph will fill the gap.
Don't spend your precious vaca
tion time trying to "get used" to
strange newspapers.
Just drop a postal or call the
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j < .i are.
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Republican Candidate Confers With Political Leaders of Couniiy
BY CARRIER « CENTS A WICK.
IINOI.E COPIES 2 CENTS.
CENTRAL JUNIORS AND SENIORS EAT 3,600
I V >
More than 200 members of the Junior and Senior classes of the Cen-tral High School buried the hatchet of the little fuss on Friday and Journey
ed to Hershey for a big outing Saturday, the Juniors acting as hosts to the Seniors.
Dancing, band concerts, baseball games, contests and everything possible for a good time had been arranged for, even to the providing of 3 600
sandwiches for the hungry students' lunch. Several tired Juniors told about that on Friday afternoon, after prepalring the lunch baskets
The Junior boys won the baseball game from the Seniors during the afternoon, and in the evening a band concert and vaudeville exhibition
ended the outing. The students left in the morning at 8:30, returning at 10:16 o'clock In the evening.
One of the fun provoking events of the day was the announcement that several boys had baked some of the cakes, but the students declared
that they noticed no difference and by a -unanimous vote declared that all of the cakes passed the test. Two buckets of olives and nickels two
bunches of bananas, potato chips and cakes were Included on the menu. . .
MANY CHANGES IN 1
A. M. E. DISTRICTS
Philadelphia Conference Closes
Sessions; Meet in West
Pliila. Next Year
Important changes almost un
equalled in the history of the Phila-
I delphia African Methodist Episcopal
conference, were announced at noon
to-day by Bishop Evans Tyree, presid
ing at the closing centennial session
in the Bethel church.
Two changes in presiding elders and
many more in pastoral appointments
surprised even the older ministers in
the four big districts. The Rev. U. G.
keeper was returned to the Bethel
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Boyd's 1916 Directory
Gives 93,167 Population
Boyd's 1916 Directory of Harrisburg
was issued this afternoon and dis
tributed among the business houses
of the city.
The estimated population of the
directory circuit not including Steel
ton, is 93,167, an increase of 2767
over the total for 191 5. Alvin B. Boyd,
announced that several new features
had been added to the directory this
year, including a list of businessmen
in the nearby towns.
More than 6,500 new names were
ac'ded, and 5,488 were erased. Re
movals and alterations totalled 1 1,093,
making the total number of changes
2?.176. The name Miller is again the
ruling one with eleven pages to its
ciedit. Smith follows a close second
with almost ten pages. Four pages
arc filled with Snyders, beginning with
Abraham and ending with William.
The first name is Elmer E. Abbott,
and the last Raymond I. Zwiebel.
HOBS BROTHKR WHO GAVE
HER MONEY FOR ( i.OTHKS
After her brother, John H. Huston,
a soldier in the United States Army,
visited her while on his furlough, at
16 Cowden street, and gave her $lO to
buy clothing, Emma Cook ley, accord
ing to the police robbed him of $22
while he slept. The woman was ar
rested late in the afternoon after the
man had reported his loss.
MINE SINKS SWEDE STEAMER
By Associated Press
London, June 12.—A Renter dis
patch from Malmo, Sweden, says that
the Swedish steamer Emmy has been
destroyed by a mine ofT Falsterho.
The dispatch says that one of the
cerw was killed by the explosion and
four others were drowned.
The Emmy was a vessel of 496 tons
built in 1872.
BECOMES ASSISTANT ENGINEER
Theodore E. Welles, of this city,
formerly connected with the State
Health Department, has become iden
tified as assistant engineer with the
firm of Farley Gannett, consulting en- 1
gineer. He will be on water and sew
age work.
si'icmrc attempt si ccus*
Mrs. Annie Kllinger, aged 65, of 658
('alder street, who drank ammonia
more than a week ago with the inten
tion to commit suicide, according to
the police, died this morning In the
Harrisburg Hospital from uremic pois- i
onlng. |
HARRISBURG, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1916.
ZAPATA TO MARCH
ON MEXICO CITY
Reported Encamped Within 30
Miles of Capital With Well
Equipped Force
By Associated Press
New York, June 12.—Zapata, con
sidered by Mexicans as the most for
midable factional leader now oppos
ing the Carranza government, is en
camped with a large body of well
equipped men within thirty miles of
Mexico City nnd an attack on the cap
, !tal is expected at any time, according
i to Howard L. Francis, an engineer, re
j cently connected with the Mexico City
Tramway Company, who arrived here
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RAILROADS OFFER
MEN COMPROMISE
Will Grant Eight-Hour Day
and Overtime if Compensa
tion Rule Is Wiped Out
fly Associated Press
New York, June 12. —The confer
ence between the representatives of
the railroads of the United States and
their 350,000 employes called to avert
a threatened general strike, came to
a sudden halt shortly after resuming
sessions here to-day when the rail
roads submitted a counter proposition
to the demands of the men. The work
ers have asked for an day,
time and a half for overtime 4ndthe
continuation of the existing rules
calling for double compensation for
different classes of services during the
same working day.
The conference adjourned until later
in the day when the railroads will
make reply to what is considered the
ultimatum of tho men, declining to
consider the railroad's proposition, de
scribed as the "yardstick" method of
compensation.
Must Put in Full Time
The railroad's answer to the men's
demands was a tentative offer of com
promise, granting the eight-hour day
and overtime, providing the double
compensation rule is wiped out. In
other words, the railroads maintain
that if the men desire a shortened
workday they must put in the full
time in whatever class of service they
ar* assigned. Under exising rules, an
engineer on a 100-mile run—usually
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GIVES GRAMMAR MEET TOTALS
D. D. Hammelbaugh, secretary of
the city school board, and official
scorer at the recent grammar school
track meet announced the following
totals as official this afteinoon. Three
bf the schools winning places in the
junior relay race disqualified because
of Illegal entries, forfeiting their
points. The readjusted totals are:
Cameron 26 1-5: Uncoln 25 Va; For- '
ney 24 3-5: Maclay 1" 1-5; Camp Cur-1
tin, 1h; Melrose, 13; Shlmmell 13; i
Webster 10; Hamilton 5 % and Relly,'
«ne.
W.M.-REAMNG
MERGER SOON?
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Passes
Through City on Inspection
of Western Maryland
j Harrisburg is interested in the
, rumors in railroad circles that the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway,
shortly will join issues with the West
ern Maryland in an effort to bring
about shorter routes between the west
and New York, Philadelphia and Bal
timore. Jfhn D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
who is said to be strongly identified
with the Philadelphia and Reading
| Railway, passed through Harrisburg
last night enroute to I'ittsburgh where
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OVES RE-ELECTED
BY REPUBLICANS
City Chairman For Eighth
Consecutive Time; Hughes
Heartily Endorsed
In accepting the chairmanship of
! the city Republican committee for the
I eighth consecutive term Saturday
| evening City Treasurer Harry F. Oves
: voiced on behalf ot Republicans of
Harrisburg heartiest approval of the
action of the Republican national con
vention in naming Charles Evans
Hughos for the presidential candidacy
j Resolutions offered by Charles E.
1 Pass enthusiastically endorsed the na
tional, State and local tickets. An in
teresting talk was given by State Sen
ator E. -E. Beldleman, who predicted
j an overwhelming Republican victory
I this year.
! In addition to the selection of Mr.
j Oves as chairman and treasurer of the
| committee, other officers were chosen,
las follows: E. M. Householder. Fifth
I ward. vice-chairman; J. Herbert
; Thomas, Fourth ward, secretary.
Forty-six of the fifty-four delegates
of the city attended and between sixty
and seventy precinct committemen sat
j in as spectators.
This Good Samaritan Uses
Club Instead of Ointment
! Robbed of two five dollar bills by
Ewing Cross, colored. James Calahan,
of Waynesboro, foreman at the Luck
j new forges, turned to a companion,
Charles Franklin, for advice. Franklin
'said that he would take Calaman to
'an alderman, but according to the
(police. Franklin steered Calaman to
i River Front park near Locust street,
knocked him senseless and took tHe i
remainder of the money. When
Calaman recovered he reported the!
laftalr to the detectives and soon after
Cross, alias, "Texas" was arrested by
Officers Carson, Wieseman and Owens, i
Enter officers Lyme, Wieseman, Car-!
son. Bueh, Gardner and Detective 1
Shuler arrested Franklin and Charles!
Turner, colored, believed to have been !
a witness of the assault on Calaman. J
The three were held for a hearing to
day. It Is alleged that Franklin gave I
Turner some of the money he took
Calaman. 1
'N. Y. LEAGUE
! GAME THURSDAY
George Cockill Promises to
Give Harrisburg Heal '!
Baseball
Baseball Thursday at Island Park, j
j Harrisburg vs. Syracuse, New York
i State l.eague.
Manager George Cockill came here
to-day and corroborated the an
i nouncement made Saturday that he
had purchased the Troy franchise.,
j The opening game will be played
| Thursday afternoon. Weather per
■ mitting, it promises to be "some open-,
i ing."
The deal with Lew Wachter, of the
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Wanted 2 Years, He Walks
Daily With Town Constable
| How Samuel W. Horst, Shope's
; Church. West Hanover township,
traveled to and from work daily in
company with "the town constable' for
| more than two years while police au
thorities were eagerly search ng for
i him In various parts of the State on
j charges of fales pretense, was ex- 1
plained to the Dauphin" county court
at the opening of June quarter sessions
to-dav when counsel for Horst asked
that he be released on bail Tor trial in
September. The bond was fixed at 1
SI,OOO.
Horst was charged with fleecing a ]
couple of farmers of S3OO on a sale '
lof stork in a "fake." company which
he represented to be located In the i
I western part of the State. The deals
were made in June. 191 3. Horst was a '
j traveling salesman. He was arrested '
| to-day.
Asphalt Playgrounds Is
Plan of Supervisor Staples
Plav hours in the streets two or
j three evenings n week under the su- •
j pervlslon of the municipal plav-,
ground authorities will be inaugurated 1
as a part of Harrisburg's recreation
system this summer if plans suggested !
by John K. Staples, playground su- i
pervißor, can he worked out.
Furthermore, hurdygurdies may he I
pressed into service for the purpose !
Mr. Staples' plan Is to have sections!
of asphalt streets roped off for an !
hour or so each evening in the dis
tricts where playgrounds are more or
| less widely separated. Under compe
tent instructors, the children may be i
permitted to gather and receive in- I
I structions in childhood games and folk 1
, dancing. Several Ylctrolns will be 1
I needed.
I ~s " "e n; i sor Slap'™ to-day Inspected
I all the playgrounds to determine what I
| equipment will be needed. j
j PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSIONER
By .Associated Press
Norfolk. Ya.. June 12.—The new
superdreadnaught Pennsylvania came i
to the Norfolk navy yard to-day from 1
! her builders at Newport News and was !
| commissioned In thf United States
Navy with Captain H. B. Wilson com-I
| mandlng. Next week she will go to
I Philadelphia to receive a silver service '
, With her twelve 14-lncli rifles, four
21-Inch torpedo tubes and twenty-two
! 5-Inch guns, the Pennsylvania is con- !
sidered by American experts the most '
powerful warship afloat. She displaces I
32,000 tons, is fiOS feet long and made' 1
slightly more than 21 knots an hour
«n her speed trials. j *
14 PAGES
DEMOCRATS ARE
FINISHING PLANS
FOR CONVENTION
National Committee Selects
Former Gov. Glynn to De
liver Keynote Speech
McCOMBS IS RETIRED
Chairman Given Demonstra
tion; Delegates Pouring
Into St. Louis
St. I,ouis, Mo., June 12.—Prelimi
naries to the Democratic national con
vention practically were completed to
day with the meeting of the national
committee, which selected ex-Gov
ernor Glynn, of New York, as tem
porary chairman to deliver the key
note speech, chose temporary officers
and disposed of contests.
retirement of Chairman Wil
liam F. McComhs brought about a re
markable demonstration In the com
mittee, which gave cheers and a vote
of thanks to him. A* the committee
men cheered the delegates In the hotel
lobby joined in the demonstration.
Replying to the tribute of the com
mitteemen. Chairman McCombs said:
"I cannot say how deeply touched I
am and I leave you with great regret
and will always cherish the memory of
th<> pleasant associations I have had
with you."
Chairman Edward Goltra, of the
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PHYSICIANS OF WORM) MEET
By Associated Press
Detroit. Mich.. June 12. —Thou-
sands of physicians and surgeons from
the United States, Canada and foreign
countries were present here to-day at
the opening of the American Medical
Association's sixty-seventh annual
meeting. The convention will close
Saturday. The official program which
comprises many business sessions,
i linics, addresses and demonstrations
is balanced by an elaborate series of
entertainments.
TO FEED BKMSI.WS A DAY
By Associated Press
San Francisco. June 12.—California
is to feed the stricken Relgians and
the war victims in Northern France
for one day if plans announced here
to-day are carried through. Cali
fornia -iroducts valued at $70,000 will
be required and committees have been
appointed throughout the State to
make the collection.
Philadelphia, June 12.—Miss Molla Bjurstdet, the ten
nis marvel, easily defeated Mrs. Edward Raymond, of New j
(
York, in the challenge round of the women's national lawn '
nnis tournament this afternoon, thus ca
j tional singles title for the second consecutive year. Score—
-6-0; 6-1.
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MAYOR MEALS IMPROVING
iHarrisburg. —Mayor E. S. Meals, who suffered a relapse |
yesterday from a recent illness, was much better this after
noon according to his physicians.
ROOSEVELT HAS NOTHING TO SAY
Oyster Bay, N. Y., J'.ir.e 12.—Colonel Theodore Roose- j
velt remained secluded at his home on Sagamore Hill to- 1
day except for a two-hour horseback ride which he took |
this afternoon with Mrs Roosevelt. A newspaperman asked I
1i ' .. to say in regard to the political situation, i
"Nothing at all, sir," he replied, "nothing of any kind." <
BULL MOOSE COMMITTEE AT SEA a
Chicago, June 12. —Raymond Robins, chairman of the j
Progressive National - Convention, and Harold Ickes, Pro- J
gressive National Committeeman for Illinois will leave to
morrow or Wednesday for Oyster Bay to talk over the
party situation with Colonel Roosevelt. Mr. Ickes said the J
bi e was "all at sea" when it met Satur- I
int statement issued to-day Robins and I
igressives to await patiently the meeting I
lmittee, June 26, J
ERS KILLED OR CAPTURED ,
June 12.—Three of the band of Mexi
:d in the raid on the T. A. Coleman ranch
ee more captured according to a report '
lembers of the band have been captured f
'ILL REPRESENT WILSON
me 12.—Secretary of War Baker will be T
personal representative at the Demo- |
onvention. U
MAItKIAGE LIC&NSKB J
Hen and Mary Ann Foiartr, rtty.
Mlnak.v, city. 1
'renin Krlierrn Fuehrer, Heading,
and Eva Lira Blllott, city. J
1* V|»ri iiiWini^i
CITY EDITION
TEUTONS UNABLE
TO STOP POWERFUL
RUSSIAN ADVANCE
Drive Forward Along 250 Mile
Front Toward Czcrnowitz;
Have 110,0(H) Prisoners
CAPITAL UNDER FIRE
Germans Sending All Available
Sparc Forces; Repelled With
Losses at Verdun
The Aust ro-Hungarian front in
Bukowina has been smashed by the
siedge hammer Mows of the Russian
offensive and Russian troops are
moving upon Czernowitz, the capital,
according to Pctrograd dispatches.
With'about 1 10.000 prisoners in their
; hands, the Russians continue to ad
vance along the ?50-mlle lino between
I the Pripet marshes and the Ressarbain
frontier. At no point have the
I Austro-Hungarians and Germans been
(able to check the Russian drive.
Vienna concedes the withdrawal of
Austrian troops in Northeastern
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Fast Train Plows Into
200 Workmen; Two Killed
By Associated Press
Cleveland. June 1 2.—A west
bound New York Central passengrr
i train running more than two hours
I late in a fog. ran into a crowd of
nearly 200 workmen waiting on the
tracks here for a worktrain to-day
killed two, seriously injured three and
bruised a score.
rnoniMi GAS RISK
fly Associated Prtss
Washington, D. June 12. —Tn-
quiry into the advance in the price of
gasoline was begun to-day by the Fed
eral Trade Commission with repre
sentatives of the principal oil produc
ing concerns on hand ready to testify.
NORWEGIAN SINK
t By Associated Press
Muiden, Netherlands. June 12, via
f-ondon.—Fifteen members of the
crew of the Norwegian steamer Bur,
1,924 tons, have been landed here.
They report that their ship was sunk
I by either a mine or a torpedo.