. - • . * Population Flees Inland as Allied Fleets Bombard Southern Bulgarian Coast HARRISBURG gfigfiSg TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 135 PREPAREDNESS IS IMPERATIVE DUTY WILSON DECLARES Talks on Militarism, American ism, Causes of War in Europe and Peace ADDRESS AT WEST POINT Speaks to Graduates on Entire List of Subjects Discussed by Hughes By Associated Press West Point, N. Y., June 13.—Presl-' dtnt Wilson making his first address since the Presidential campaign to- ; day discussed preparedness, militar ism. Americanism, the causes of the j war in Europe, peace, the Monroe j Doctrine, divided allegiance, and the | ideals of America. He declared it is j the present imperative duty of the I'nited States to be prepared, adding • mankind Is going to know that when 1 America speaks she means what she says." The President said the United States should not be a blustering na tion, a nation with a "chip on its shoulder" but a calm nation, which will hold its hand as long as possible and strike only for victory. The President's address ran through the almost entire list of subjects dis cussed by former Justice Hughes in his telegram accepting the Republican nomination and he declared the United States is ready to join with other na- >, tions to see that the kind of justice it believes in is given. Should Set Ksample Shaking his finger emphatically the President told the graduates of the Military Academy and a large audience j that, nobody who does not put Amer- ! lea first can be tolerated. He added, j [Continued on Page 12] Elimination of Overhead Wires Assured by Council • 'ity Council this morning took a definite step toward eliminating over head poles and wires by passing finally the ordinance permitting the Cumberland Valley Telephone Com pany to lease a portion of under eiound conduits to the Western Union Telegraph Company. Assurances were given that the company will provide sufficient room to carry the city's police and fire alarm wires in Wal nut street from River to Front; that if no space is available an additional conduit will be provided. The measure reducing the company's bond from *21.000 to SIO,OOO was also passed finally. The measures had been held up for a while until the merger re striction clause was re-inserted. Commissioner E. Z. Gross, superin tendent of parks, presided at to-day's meeting in the absence of Mayor E. S. Meals and W. L. Gorgas, president snc, vice-president respectively. Messrs. Lynch and Bowman com pleted the quorum. New ordinances offered included the following: By Mr. Lynch, grading Swatara street from Twenty-first to Twenty-third; by Mr. Gross, pur chasing new automobile for fire chief at cost of SI2OO. The ordinance authorizing the building of ramps and steps along the river slopes was passed finally; coun cil agreed to permit I. W. Dill to make necessary changes of grade beneath the approach of the Mulberry street bridge to coincide with improvements to his property; approved the award by Commissioner Lynch of the con tract for supplying asphalt material t> the Atlantic Refining Company, and received and filed a request of the Motor Club of Harrishurg to ride along on the "Sociability run" June If and 20. FOCRTKEN niI,I,ION IN NATIONAL BANKS OF COI NTKY Washington, June 13. Resources of national banks in the United States < i-mtinue to increase rapidly. Their growth in the period between March 7 and May 1. Comptroller Williams an nounced last night, was $256,000,000, pushing the total up to more than fourteen biUion dollars. Deposits in the time covered increas ed $341,000,000, reaching a total of slightly more than eleven billion dol lars. Circulation decreased thirteen million dollars, although on May 1 it still was larger by forty-two millions than a year ago. Reserves showed a reduction of $127,000,000, but a net increase within the year of $38R,000.- 000. A year's increase in total re sources is given as slightly more than two and one-half billions. t 1 THE WEATHER For HarrUbnrg and vicinity: Fair to-night n nil not mueh change 111 temperat lire. For tiiiMtfru I'enitft* I vnnln: Fair to night mill mild tem perature; light and fcntle vari able winds. Hlvfr The .Junlnln and all Mtrenvn* above tin* junction will fall to-night and Wedneaday. The mnln river will remain nearly stationary to. nigh? and full Wednesday. \ Mage of about 8.0 feet I* lndle.it etl for HarrlNbnrg Wednesday morning. Temperature: 8 a. m., (14. £t«n: Riftcft, 4:3«t a. m.: net*, 7:33 p. m. Moon: Full moon, Jane 1.%, 4:12 p. m. River Stage: 8 feet above low water mark. Venterday'N Weather llichest temperature, 7.V V.owent temperature, ?S3. Mean temperature. vhat he thought was the most em phatic language he could have used on this subject in his telegram last Saturday to Chairman Harding of the Republican national convention. Lead ers at the Hughes headquarters ap parently were genuinely surprised that doubt should have remained as to the nominee's attitude on this point. Mr. Hughes, it was said, intends to meet this doubt, now that it has been raised. In a manner which he believes will dear it up and place him in a light which cannot possibly be mis understood. It will be a long cam paign and a strenuous campaign, ac cording to the present outlook at headquarters and there will be ample opportunity it is felt, between now ami November to go into details on every issue before the American peo ple. This the nominee Intends to do, headquarters leaders announced. The nominee, they said, probably vill start early on his speechmaking tours. Will Not Discuss Suffrage Indications were to-day that Mr. Hughes would remain In New York until he begins his speechmaking lours, with the exception of his con templated visit to Brown University. The procession of visitors began early in the forenoon and kept Mr. Hughes busy. Mr. Hughes was the recipient to-day of a varied assort ment of luck tokens from all parts of the country. Suffragists sought unsuccessfully during the day to interview Mr. Hughes as to his attitude toward their cause. Mr. Hughes sent out word that he would not discuss the subject [Continued on I'ago 2] Leaves Campaign and Wife With SSOO in Stolen Cash Mechanicsburg. Pa., June 13. The! subscription campaign being waged ) for the Mechantcsburg Journal by I Benjamin Hillsbury for the past five {Weeks,came to a rather abrupt end Sat urday night when Hillsbury left town |with the collections of the week's work amounting to about SSOO. The solicitor came to this town highly recommended by newspapers in isome of the larger cities of the Staie ( and had just completed a campaign' f«ir one of the Milton papers. R. H. j iThomas. Jr.. proprietor of the paper' .received a letter this morning from Hillsbury, stating that his wife was the cause of the trouble and that he, was leaving his wife and the campaign! | for parts unknown. I Announcement was made at the I Journal this afternoon that the sub scribers would be given credit for the I j money turned over to the solicitor. Flag Day to Be Observed by Elk Lodge and D. A. R. i Flag Day will be fittingly celebrated ' in Harrisburg to-morrow. The Har- ' risburg Lodge of bilks has arranged an elaborate program for Reservoir Pari- at 4:30 in the afternoon when' , V\ coda N. Garr of Uniontown, will de-1 i liver an oration on "Our Country and Ua Flag." Senator E. E. Beidlenian will give the "Elk's Tribute to the Flag;" Miss Elizabeth Z. Long will j , give patriotic recitations and the an nual tribute of affection at the Det- i wciler monument will lie another fea-! lure of the exercises. Patriotic selec- ! tions by the Commonwealth Band and ' n.usic by the assemblage will round! ( out the program. The D. A. R. will also celebrate the ; daj with an out-door flag celebration o'l the lawn adjoining the residence of t Mr. and Mrs. Herman P. Miller, 2117 North Third street at 3:30 o'clock. HOME FOR CRIPPI.ES BURNS By Associated Press j Cleveland, June 13. Rainbow Cot- j Itage. home of 200 crippled children at South Euclid, Ohio, near here, caught! lire early this morning. A general i | alarm summoned aid from Cleveland. The fire started in a frame building j35 feet from the dormitory. The in- | tense heat broke the windows and set ' the sills afire,, forcing all to flee. All I the children were carried to safety ! through the heroic efforts of ten ] nurses. ROt'TR OF CIRCI'S P A HAT)K ! ttingling Brothers' circus to-dav ob- 1 tained a permit for the big street pa- I I lade to-morrow. It follows- From I grounds at Twenty-first and Green- ' : wood streets. to Nineteenth to Mulberry Street Bridge, to Fourth to North, to Second, to Market, to Fourth land back to the grounds. MARJORIE STERRETT WILL ATTEND THE TELEGRAPH'S SCHOOL PICNIC >'?**** 4WNMMI IHMHn KB 118 mm K „ sfepkflf W : - - v ;r: LITTLE MARJORIE STERRETT Little "Battleship Girl" Will Set Off Big Fireworks Piece at Park in the Evening ' Marjorie Sterrett is coming to Har risburg! The "Battleship Girl" is actually going to visit the Capital City and give the school girls and boys who have contributed so patriotically to the cause of preparedness an opportunity to see and shake hands with and talk to the little Rirl who originated the idea of giving a dime to the cause of preparedness for the erection of a bat tleship which she stipulated should be called the "America." Marjorie is keenly interested In the school children of Harrisburg and in his letter of acceptance to the Tele graph her father declared that Mar jorie would be very glad to have the opportunity of meeting them at the Paxtang park outing on June 20. Marjorie's "Great Big Thank You" The letter closed with the following paragraph: "With Marjorie's thanks for the kind invitation, and with her further thanks to the Telegraph for what it is doing and a great big "thank ANNOUNCE ROUTE OF SCENIC TOUR Twenty Entries Already Re ceived For Motor Club First Sociability Run Twenty entries have already been received for the "Scenic Tour" of the Motor Club of Harrisburg on June 19 ( and 20 to Johnstown and return, and by the end of the week this number is expected to Vie more than doubled. For the first sociability run of the season, the Motor Club is offering its members one of the most ideal trips ever arranged by the energetic or ganization. Leaving Harrisburg on Monday morning at 6:30 o'clock the lirst day will lead to Xew Bloomfield, [Continued on Page 6] PAY EXPENSES OF 50,000 "ROOKIES" Secretary of War Baker De sires That Many Men At tend 1916 Camps The summer military training camps at Plattsburg, Fort Oglethorpe and elsewhere have been opened to thou sands who have hitherto been de barred by the failure of the govern ment to pay expenses. Legislative recognition has been granted the camps by the Army Reorganization bill, which became a law June 3. The law provides that expense of trans (Continued on Page 7) TO PL'XCH MILEAGE BOOKS < ifliuials of the Pennsylvania railroad announced to-day that on and after Thursday, June 15, passengers on the Pennsylvania railroad, who are trav eling on mileage tickets, will be requir ed to present them to the gatemen to be punched. It has not heretofore been custo mary for passengers with mileage to show them tothe gatemen, who admit ted them to trains on their simply say ing that they hold mileage, but num erous instances have occurred In which, under this arrangement, pas sengers boarded trains without any transportation. It is to eliminate this that the Pennsylvania has promulgated the new rul#. you" to the children of Harrisburg from her, 1 am Very truly yours. "T. G. STERRETT, "Marjorie's Father." The little Brooklynlte will leave New York early Tuesday morning and reach Harrisburg in time to spend the afternoon with the boys and girls at the park. She will be on the stage of the auditorium during the speeches following the free performance and in the evening will light the Ameri can flag during the singing of patriotic songs by the school children. The Telegraph wishes to state that there will be no effort at the picnic to collect money for the battleship fund, over $260 for which has already been contributed in Harrisburg. but it also wishes it to be understood that vol untary contributions from the girls and boys will lie accepted bv Marjorie as indicative of a sincere wish on their part to register themselves as believ ers in the cause of adequate prepared ness. There Is a bill now before Con l Kress to accept all battleship contribu ' tions. ROUT SURVIVING BAND OF BANDITS Thirteenth Cavalry Kills Three and Captures All Supplies; Villa's Power Shattered By Associated Press Field Headquarters. General Per shing. June 12, via Radio to Colum bus, N. M., June 13. The finishing j blow was given the largest surviving j band of Villa followers In Chihuahua !at daylight June 9 by 27 men of the j Thirteenth cavalry under Captain Otto j W. Rethorse in a dashing canyon fight I 27 miles north of Santa Clara near here. The Americans were unhurt. The Americans routed 25 bandits, 1 killing three, wounding several and [Continued on Pago 5] BRASS PAY CHECK i SAVES HIS LIFE Bullet Meant to End His Life Diverted; Tales of June Criminal Court Thrills, more or less modest, were not lacking In to-day's session of June j criminal court. Here are some of the j tales that were told: Xan Woodward tried to settle a quarrel with Margie Parker, a one tContinued on Page 2] Plaintiff Shot to Death During Courtroom Duel By Associated Press Cleveland, June 13. Fred Max | field,saloonkeeper, was under arrest at Linndale, a suburb, to-day for murder following a sensational shooting in the court room of Mavor Linn at Linn dale last night in which Peter Cozura plaintiff in a suit against Maxfleld was 1 killed. Maxfleld was on trial for assault on ' Cozura, and when the trial grew in teresting Cozura became excited, and It is claimed, by Maxfleld, reached for his gun. Max Held also drew a revol ver, officials say, and shots were fired Cozura finally falling, fatally wounded and died later. 14 PAGES GOVERNOR SENDS LETTER TO HUGHES PLEDGING SUPPORT Addresses Statement to the Public Endorsing Nominee in Strong Terms STAMM SEES VICTORY National Delegate Tells of Hughes and Predicts Clcan- Cut Contest Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh in a statement issued this afternoon de clared that he saw no reason for a third party since the nomination of Justice Charles E. Hughes and that everyone should turn In and work for his election. The Governor was en thusiastic in his praise of the Repub lican standard bearer and in addition to issuing the statement sent a letter to Mr. Hughes assuring him of his de sire to do everything possible for his election. The statement was issued soon after the Governor reached the Capitol to day. He came back to Harrisburg last evening from Philadelphia, whither he had gone direct from Chicago, and the first thing he did on reaching his [Continued on Page 12] CRKDIT MEN MEETING By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Pa.. June 13. Two thousand credit men attended the opening here to-day of II twenty-first annual meeting of the National Asso ciation of Credit .Men which will con -1 tinue for four days. Among to-day's : speakers are former Secretary of State Philander C. Knox, of Pittsburgh; Charles R. Clapp, Toledo; J. R. Paine, Memphis; I-f. G. Moore, Peoria, 111.; j J. H. Tregoe, New York; J. G. C.iss jlr.ger and Frank G. Smith. Milwaukee; j Irving L. Jones. Utica, N. Y.; E. W. | McCullough, Chicago; I. W. Irving, Sioux City and John P. Galbralth of I St. Paul. Harrisburg.—Lack of sufficient quarters prevented to- $ day's continued hearing of the Front and Second street sub- 1 way cases and the viewers postponed the meeting until 10 o'clock, Thursday, June 22. f AMERICANS KILLED IN UPRISING? ] 1 EI Paso. Tex., June 13.—A rumor was current in El IE ; Paso to-d in a j native uprising at Chihuahua City. ( > HUGE GRAIN ELEVATOR BURNS - ► | I the jeweler, Thomas Mechan and John Woolley, deaf mutes, | ! were placed on trial in June quarter sessions late this after- > noon. The men communicated with their counsel via per.. ' and tablet. Their stories were gestured from the witne ( stand by an interpreter. | k RE-ELECT HOSPITAL BOARD i : Harrisburg.—At the annual meeting of the corporat; g » contributors to the Harrisburg Hospital this afternoon ali | the old members of the Board of Directors were re-elected J > 1 and W. L. Gorgas was re-elected treasurer. I POWER OFF TEN MINUTES ' ' Trouble at the York Haven Water and Power Com l pany's plant caused a ten-minute suspension of electric serv-' ice in this citj' at 3 o'clock this afternoon until the local electric company could switch over to its own power. ® > MARRIAGE LICENSES I John R. Thompnon, «Iron loco, and Maude M. Thompxon, elt.v. 1 William Hrnr.v Horner, Ontuhoru, k}„ and Helen Mi'Clcltnnd Fair, city. Alliert K. l.lnlußer and Ida Klale Pearaon, F.lliabeth, Fa. t'urwln Robert Fortune and Sarah Ferrell. city. a I f t»eor«e B. Ullea, Jr., and Beatrice C. Hyder, Cheater. ' ' VI" WIII ni| | CITY EDITION ALLIED FLEETS ARE BOMBARDING BULGAR COAST Rain Shot on Southern Part of Country; Population Fleeing Inland RUSS IN CZERNOWITZ Capture of Austrian Crown Land of Bukowina Rumor ed; Fighting at Verdun Py Associated Fress Paris, Juno 1». A Salonlki dispatch to the Radio Agency says allied fleets are bombarding the southern Bulgarian coast from Port l.agos to Dcdcagluitch. The population is fleeing inland, the dispatch says. Petrograd, via London, June 12. A rumor is In circulation here that tlu Russians have occupied Czernowitz capital of the Austrian crown land o! Bukowina and goal of the Slav drive I at this .»a*"t of the front. [Continued on Page 5] WAGE CONFERENCE NEAR DEADLOCK By Associated Press New York. June 13. The confer ence of railroad managers and officials of railroad men's unions representing about 350,000 employes looked peri! lously near a deadlock to-day. Thi i was th ■ result of the application cf j what the men called a "yard stick" jto their domands. In this the rail way officials declared that "time pab! for under one rule is not to be paid fo under another rule or rules." Shoul<: the conferees fail to asree, the ques tion of declaring a strike may be sub mitted to the unions. PHYSICIANS MEETING By . IsJO. r,\'rr/ Press Detroit, Mich., June 13. The Am etlean .Medical Association formally opened its 67th annual conventio'i here to-day with thousands of physi cians and surgeons from all parts oi i the world In attendance. Dr. Alber" Var. Derveer of Albany, N. Y., presi dent of the association called th' opening meeting to order In a loca ■ theater this afternoon.