Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, June 14, 1916, Image 1

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    HARRISBURG iSijlll TELEGRAPH
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DEMOCRATS OPEN
CONVENTION WITH
WILSON DICTATING
"Americanism and Peace, Pre
aredness and Prosperity,"
Slogan of Party
GLYNN GIVES KEYNOTE
Defends President's Foreign
Policy; Decries "Blood
and Iron"
Coliseum, St. Louis, Mo., June 14.
With the keynote of "Americanism
and Peace, Preparedness and Pros
perity," the Deniocrutic national con
vention began its first session shortly
after noon to-day with not a single
element in sight to disturb the har
monious renomination of President
Wilson and Vice-President Marshall.
When National Chairman McCombs
called the convention to order 12.000
delegates, alternates and spectators
packed the big Coliseum to the roof.
Members of the national committee,
members of President Wilson's Cabi
net and party leaders from nil over
the country had places on the plat
form. Plaster medallions of Washing
ton, Jackson, Jefferson and Cleveland
looked down upon the delegates from
the decorations, which consisted uni
formly of nothing but the American
flag. The only picture of President
Wilson in the hall hung in front of
the speakers' desk, inscribed "America
First."
Vice-President Rooms Wilt
Vice-presidential hooms wilted by
President Wilson's direct word that he
desired the renomination of Vice-
President Marshall were brought to
the convention hall, but only as favor
ite son compliment.v
When National Chairman McComhs
had called the convention to order the
next business was the reading of the
call by Secretary J. Bruce Kremer.
Ex-Goverror Klyim .of New York,
was next with the keynote speech.
Down under the speakers' stand
elirect telephone ami telegraph wires
to the AVhite House e*arricd momen
tary reports of the proceedings in the
hall. All prospect of a fight in the
convention had gone glimmering over
night with William J. Bryan's an
nouncement that he did not propose to
press certain planks before the reso
lutions committee and that he would
make campaign speeches for the
Democratic nominee.
"We have entered this hall as Demo
crats: let us deliberate as Americans."
declared Mr. Glynn in sounding the
keynote.
"It is the business of this conven
tion, representing every section of the
United States, spooking for every
racial strain in America, to send forth
a message to all the world that will
leave no room for doubt."
Reviewing President Wilson's con
duct of foreign affairs, he declared the
President had stood with Washington.
Adams and Grant, who had preserved
peace with honor.
"For vainglory or for selfish pur
pose," he declared, "others may cry
for a policy of blood and iron, but the
President has acted on the belief that
the leader of a naiion who plunges
his people into an unnecessary war.
like Pontius Pilate, vainly washes his
hands of innocent blood while the.
earth quakes and the heavens are
darkened and thousands give up the
ghost.
"If Washington v.as right, if Jeffer
son was right, if Hamilton was right,
then the President is right to-day," he
declared.
Governor Glynn's declarations upon
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DROP IX GASOLINE!
Special to the Telegraph
Washington. D. C., June 14. ln the
gasoline hearing before the Federal
Trade Commission yesterday It was pre
dicted that the the price of gasoline is
iestined to drop soon because of the
•eoent discovery of oil fields, which, it
was contended, will produce an over
production. It was brought out that
the price at the Kansas refineries had
already, within the last few weeks, fal
len from twenty-one cents to ITU.
THE WEATHER,
Forecasts till 8 p. m., Thursday—
For Hnrrlshurg ami vicinity t
Partly cloudy, probably shower H
to-night or Thursday; moderate
temperature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: Pnrtly
cloudy to-night, probably fol
lowed by showers In early niorn
ln* or on Thursday) not much
change In temperature; light,
variable winds.
River
The Susquehanna river nnd prob
ably all Its branches will fall to
night nnd Thursday. A stage of
about 0.5 feet Is Indicated for
Harrlsburg Thursday morning.
General Conditions
Pressure has decreased over aenrly
nil the country during the Inst
twenty-four hours. It Is highest
In the Northwestern States and
lowest over the extreme South
west and over Manitoba, where
small, weak depressions are lo
cated.
The temperature has risen snmc
whnt a* a majority of the sta
tions, hput In several widely sepa
rated loenlltles minus rhanxes of
2 to S degrees are reported.
Temperature i K a. m., 06.
Sun: Rises, 4:30 a. m.l sets, 7:30
p. m.
Moon i Full moon, to-morrow, 4:47
p. m.
Hlvrr Stagei 7.5 feet alio\« low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Richest temperature, 77.
l,r>™est temperature. 50.
Mean temperature. 00.
Normal temperature. 70.
Vacation Season Is Here
Rest and recreation will not be
complete unless you have all the
new* from home dally. The Har
risburg 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
Circulation Department and the I
next Issue will meet you, no mat- I
er where you are.
Si* cents a week.
I DEMOCRATIC: POLITICIANS AT
V J -
&LLIOTT W- M4JO&-
i.'nMuu«ada<M
CIRCUS ATTRACTS
MANY THOUSANDS
Old Men Become Young Again
as Big Parade Passes
Through Streets
Lawyers dropped their briefs, ste
nographers climbed out on fire es
bank,c|erks flattened their noses
dKalnst windows, telegraph poles
w'th youngsters, traffic cops
.hit thel , r whlßtles and waved
Ri n £ii',! Q® "'I st r ®° l cars were stalled. ,
Ringling Brothers circus was making
its way down-town this morning. I
Mothers by the thousands and chil
dren by the tens of thousands (at least 1
it seemed that many) stood crowding
shoulder to shoulder to see the pretty
ladies and handsome men on horse
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new device will tut
AX END TO SHIP COLLISIONS
By Associated rress
London, June 14. Announcement!
war made to-day that William Mar
coni will bring out shortly a new de
vice which should put an end to dan- I
ger of collisions between ships in !
darkness or fog. It is described as a I
simple contrivance easily installed I
which will be operated from the i
bridge of a ship.
BISHOP OF CORK IVIES
By Associated Press
Cork, Ireland, June 14. The Most i
Rev. Thomas A. O'Callaghan. Roman
Catholic bishop of Cork, died this
morning. 1
HUGHES CONFERS
ON CHAIRMANSHIP
Republican Presidential Candi
date and Leaders Discuss Na
tional Possibilities
New York, June 11.—With no defi
nite appointments in prospect during
the day, but prepared to confer with
many callers with political and per
| sonal missions, Charles E. Hughes, Re
publican candidate for President, en
tered his headquarters here shortly
before noon. He had spent the early
hours opening letters and telegrams
which arrived over night.
These have come in such volume
that he had decided it will be phys
ically impossible for him to answer the
majority of them.
The number of persons waiting to
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Consider Phila. as Terminal
of Pacific Steam-Sailing Line
| Philadelphia, June 14.—Businessmen
and manufacturers of Philadelphia anil;
nearby cities have an opportunity to |
obtain a direct shipline via the Panama j
canal to Portland, Ore., and other Pa- j
cllic ports—a transportation facility!
now lacking and in groat demand. |
The Philadelphia Bourse, represent- '
ing the business and commercial in
terests of Philadelphia and vicinity,
announce'to-day that Philadelphia Js
under favorable consideration by a
large Portland concern as the eastern
terminal of a line of 3,000-ton auxiliary
sailing vessels, which would offer reg
ularly monthly sailings from the At
lantic coast to Portland and probably j
5-an Francisco and Los Angeles through
the canal. Such a line would serve
manufacturers and merchants of this
city, Chester and Eddystone, Pa.; Cam
den, Burlington and Trenton, N. J.;
Wilmington, Del., and other industrial
centers for which Philadelphia Is the
nearest port.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1916.
WILL ABANDON
SECTION OF ROAD
Line Between Newport and
New Bloomfield Junction
to (Jo Out of Business
Special to the Telegraph
New Bloomfield, Pa., June 14.—Big
changes in the Newport and Sher
| man's Valley and the Susquehanna
1 River and Western Kailroads indicated
j in the recent announcement of Presi
dent David Grins, which will bring
J about the close of the Newport and
j Sherman's Valley road between New
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HOGESTOWN SHOW
ON AT BIG HEAD
Judges Have Difficult Time
Making Awards Among
Many Fine Specimens
I With some of the finest livestock of
| the Cumberland Valley on exhibit at
j the twelfth annual Hogestown horse
| and cattle show at Big Head \Voods,
j judges to-day had a difficult task in
j awarding the prizes for the best en
! tries In the many classes. Bach entry
was carefully examined by the experts
before a decision was given.
Many hundreds of people from near
by points collected at the grounds
i long before the arrival of the judges.
First prizes this year are blue rib
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Adler Will Spend SIO,OOO
on Market Street Property
Two new stores and three apartments
!in Market street are planned by
| Charles Adler, real estate and insurance
i broker, 1002 North Third street.
Mr. Adler announced this morning
that he is having plans drawn for re
modeling the four-story brick building
at 502-504 Market street recently pur
chased from Miss Fannie R. Kby. M. I.
Kast is the architect and the improve
ments will cost SIO,OOO, said Mr. Adler.
The first Moor will be occupied by i
two store rooms, modernly equipped,
and the three upper floors will be oc- j
cupied by six-roomed apartments. The!
structure which has a frontage In !
Market street of thirty feet and depth
of ninety-five feet will be made as
nearly fireproof as possible by addition
of steel ceilings.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE 0,000 MORE I
By Associated I'ress
Petrograd. June 14, via London.— j
In their advance upon Czernowitz, the I
capital of Bukowina, the Russians:
have occupied the village of Sniatyn
twenty miles northwest of this city! j
the war office announced to-day. In !
addition to their previous captures,
the Russians have taken twenty of
ficer b. six thousand men, six guns and
ten machine guns
FLAG DAY IS
WIDELY OBSERVED
National Emblem Hangs From
Hundreds of Homes; Orders
Celebrate
Flag Day was observed In the city
to-day with big: celebrations and the
city was decked with national colors |
jin honor of the Stars and Stripes. The
- Harrisburg Lodge of Elks and the
I Daughters of the American Revolution
presented elaborate programs and. the
chimes of the JSion Lutheran Church
played the "Star Spangled Banner," at
i noon.
| The Elks' celebration included a con
cert at 2.30 o'clock at the home by the
Commonwealth Hand. Exercises at
[Reservoir Park at 4.30 o'clock when
Wooda N. Carr, of Uniontown, gave a
patriotic address. The Daughters of
| the American Revolution gave an out
door flag celebration on the lawn ad
joining the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman P. Miller, 2117 North Third
street.
| Acting upon the appeal of President
Wilson and Mayor Meals thousands of
! flags were placed in front of many of
| the residences in the city and other
I patriotic decorations with several uni
que displays featured the silent tribute
; of the city' thousands,
i High mass was celebrated this
i morning at Sylvan Heights orphanage
(in honor of Flag Day. The Rev. Daniel
; P. Reardon officiated and also made
jan address on the meaning of Flag
Day. The program included patriotic
songs by ninety orphan girls and a
I flag raising.
SPELLING BEE TO
FEATURE OUTING
Thousands Will Attend Tele
graph's School Picnic oil
June 20
The spelling bee will be a strenuous
contest of wits and memory between
j the representatives of the eighth and
! ninth grades of the public schools at
! the outing to be given the schools next
[ Tuesday at Paxtang Park bv this
i newspaper. Professor J. J. Brehm,
j who will conduct the match, has re
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Railroads Reject Demands
of Unions; Ask Strike Vote
By Associated Press
New York, June 14.—Forced by
| W. G. Lee, president of the Brother
' hood of Trainmen, into admitting that
| the demands of the 350,000 railroad
men of the United States had been
| rejected, the railroad managers at
j the conference called here to avert a
; general strike, to-day declared It was
:up to the men to decide whether
they should continue the conference.
t The union leaders, after stating that
jthe railroad's counter proposition was
| not acceptable, decided to continue '
the conference but indicated they ex
pected It to end later to-day or to
morrow.
Labor leaders said the next step
would be to submit to the unions a!
referendum vote as to whether the
officials should be empowered to exer
cise their own judgment in calling a
strike. If that were decided in the
affirmative, another conference of the !
managers would be called.
WILSON LEADS
BIG PARADE FOR
PREPAREDNESS
75,0(K) Marchers Plead For De
fense During Flag Day Ob
servance at Washington
NATION CELEBRATES,
Parades, Speeches and Special
Exercises Feature Flag
Day
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., June 14. Led
by President Wilson carrying the
i Stars and Stripes, nearly seventy-tive
jthousand men, women and children of !
Washington march«*(l un broad Penn
sylvania avenue to-uay in a prepared
-1 ness parade arranged to emphasize
'lhe National Capital's demand for an
j adequate army and navy,
j Besides marching nimself and then |
reviewing the paradei the President (
had prepared an address on "Amer- |
j ica First" to be delivered in the aft- i
ernoon at an open-air meeting south;
1 of the White House.
j- The President, attired in white |
[trousers, blue coat and straw hat, and 1
| shouldering his flag like a musket,
i steped briskly to ma'-tial airs played
Iby the United States Marine Band. I
iHe smiled broadly and frequently
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Arrest Suspected Agents of
Gang of Auto Thieves Whose
Operations Are Worldwide
By Associated Press
San Francisco, Cal., June 14.—Four
suspected .agents of a group of auto- j
mobile thieves whose operations were j
said by the police to have been world !
wide are under arrest here to-day
while an investigation was continued
into their alleged activity in stealing
and disposing of more than 200 cars.
Many of the machines were stolen in
California and disposed of in other
states and countries as far distant aa
England and New Zealand.
The police said the men operated on
a large scale and were able to dispose
of the cars easily by rearrangement of
tires, wheels and engines. Agents of
the gang were maintained in New
York, the police asserted.
Spanish War Veterans
to Meet Here in 1917
Spanish-American war veterans in j
annual session at Pott»ville yesterday
unanimously decided to hold the con
vention In Harrisburg In 1917.
Officers elected for the year follow:
J. Swan Taylor, M. D., of Johnstown,
[department commander; Harry A. Bitt
ing, of Philadelphia, senior vice-com
jmander; Edward J. Kiefer, of Wilkes
i Barre, junior vice-commander; Joseph
'K. Weaver, of Norristown, department
I surgeon.
Firemen's Union Against
Abandoning 2 Companies
; Members of every fire company in j
the city at the regular meeting of the
j Firemen's Union held in the Citizen's 1
, enginehouse last night, decided to go'
i before Council and make a formal
protest against the abandoning of the
| Mt. Vernon and Citizen companies. i
Both of these are In the Capitol Park
i extension zone. In May at a meeting ;
of the union an appeal was made by ,
I these companies for support. Colonel '
| H. C. Demming, president of the union, ■
(conducted an investigation concerning
the removal of the present buildings oc- j
j eupied by these companies and last !
| night the union decided to aid the ;
. Citizen and Mt. Vernon members in '
j obtaining proper consideration.
Schwab Men Incorporate
Penn Mary Steel Company
The Penn Mary *iteel Company,
j South Bethlehem, Pa., with a capital
I stock of $1,000,000, has been incorpor
ated by H. S. Snyder, B. H. Jones and
W. F. Roberts, -11 of South Bethle
! hem. The directors are these three
| and H. 1... Lewis, and H. F. Shick, also
| of South Bethlehem.
I All of these men are officials of the
I Bethlehem Steel Corporation and are
j near to Charles M. Schwab, the big
'steel magnate. Mr. Snyder is vics
- in charge of all ore proper
ties; Mr. Itoberts is operating vice
president; Mr. Shick is controller and
Mr. Lewis is assistant to President E.
G. Grace.
The object of the new corporation
is set forth as being to manufacture
iron, steel or any other metal or ar
ticle of commerce in which any metal
is a constitutent part,
j Officials of the Bethlehem Steel
i Company at South Bethlehem decline
to discuss the purpose of the new
company at the present time and offi
cials of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany at Steelton refer all inquiries to
the Bethlehem offices.
NOTBI) VIRGINIAN I.AWYER TO
SPEAIt AT C. OF C. LUNCHEON
j Of more than ordinary Interest to
| both lawyers and businessmen will be
the talk to be given to-morrow at noon
by* Thomas W. Shelton, Norfolk, Va.,
whose discussion on "The Part of Com
merce in the New Judicial Era." will
feature the luncheon of the Chamber
of Commerce. Mr. Shelton, who Is
'chairman of the committee on uniform I
j judicial procedure of the American Bar j
Association, is known throughout the
' legal world. Ex-Deputy Attorney Gen- [
eral J. E. B. Cunningham will preside.
FROM PANAMA TO MEXICO
By Associated Press
New York, June 14. A number of
United States army medical officers!
'who arrived here to-day on the army i
{transport Kilpatrick from the canal j
zone, expecting to enjoy furloughs af- !
ter they came ashore, received orders'
by radio before the vessel docked, to!
report at the department of the east
headquarters at Go\ernor's Island for !
duty. A report that the officers prob- I
ably would be assigned In connection
with Mexican disturbances was con
firmed later at Governor's Island.
THE FLAG
Maxvin Richardson
flag and my flag,
And how it flies to-day.
In your land and my land.
And half the world away.
Rose-red and blood-red
Its stripes forever gleam
Snow-white and soul-white
The good forefather's dream.
Sky-blue and true-blue,
With stars to shine aright.
The gloried guidon of the day,
A shelter through the night. j
Tour flag and my flag,
And oh, how much it holds
Your land and my land
Secure within its folds!
Your heart and my heart
Beat quicker at the sight.
Sun-kissed and wind-tossed,
Red and blue and white
The one flag—the great flag,
The flag for me and you,
Glorified all else beside,
The red and white and blue.
Y'our flag and my flag.
To every star and stripe
The drums beat as hearts beat
And pipers shrilly pipe.
Y'our flag and my flag,
A blessing in the sky
Your hope and my hope.
It never hid a lie.
Home-land and far-land
And half the world around,
Old Glory hears the great salute,
And flutters to the sound.
Ml Mat »%' w/ywP
t Petrograd, June 14, via London. ln their advance ?
1 upon Czernowitz, the capital of Bukowina, the Russians f
1 have oc
I of this city, the war office announced to-day. In addition f
I o their pre have taken twenty W
1, officers, s;x thousand men, six guns and ten machine guns. S
j NO SANCTION FOR N. Y. TEAM HERE £
i 1 Up unil a late hour this afternoon Manager George 5
i | Cockill had not received President J. H. Farrell's sanction
M I of the proposed transfer of the Troy New York State League |
I ' baseball franchise to this city. F
; I GRANT ELECTRIC CHARTERS ?
; 1 Harrisburg.—Charters for elect' c lighting, companies f,
» loon b
1 for Halifax, Killinger, Berrysbu r g ai i Mifflin township. I
I REPORT ARMY BILL FAVORABLY * *
| Washington, June 14.—A favorable report was ordered I |
!" by the House Military Cc ■on the ann if
army appropriation bill, carrying $157,000,000. £
ASKS $3,750 PER FINGER A
Just $3,750 per finger was demanded of the Pennsyl- ;
vania Railroad Company by George E. Fornwalt, a former t
employe, in an action for damages filed in the Dauphin 1 ,
county courts to-day by Howard M. Bingaman and George
Russ Hull, Fornwalt's counsel. June 14, 1914, Fornwalt' '
says two of his fingers were crushed at No. 2 roundhouse
while he was oiling a drill press and he wants $7,500* »
damages. I
CIRCUS SANDWICH TOO MUCH
| Harrisburg. After eating a circus "hot doggie" sand- . ,
I 1 wich thi? afternoon, Mrs. Wayne Messersmith, 322 Fra; ' '
I lin streets, Steelton, toppled over with acute indigestion at :
3 | Fourth and Blackberry streets. She was taken to the' *
( Harrisburg Hospital.
< f FORM $500,000,000 CORPORATION • t
London, June 14. —The amalgamation of certain ship
, I ping ard colliery interests into a corporation having a nom-' >.
inal capital of 100,000,000 pounds has been completed ac
, cording to persistent rumors in business circles to-day. I J
MAKKIAUK UCEKSKS . . >
Frank KuKfne Uchr, rhllndrlpliln, anil It nth Mnltl* Fnniiacht, Ham-' '
Herbert T. Iluldentnn mid llenlnh ArmprteMer, city.
I-i*<ink H. Smfe nnd Sarnli <«nriicr. city.
Kenneth T. Illncnrd and •lennle llntluT I'auU, city.
Itiil(in T. Willter and Seville 10. ItelKel, Lykeua *
n »v%i n u.fl
CITY EDITION
12 PAGES
FATE OF LEMBERG
HANGS ON RESULT
OF HARD FIGHT
Furious Battle Raging in the
Tarnopol With the Rus
sians Slowly Winning
CZERXOW IS TOPPLING
On Eve of Falling Into Hands
of Invaders; Quiet
at Verdun
Great masses of German troops
from the line north ot the Pripet
! marshes have been sent southward to
Stiffen the Austrian forces, with the
result that the advance of the Russian
I armies, according to to-day's repot-
I from Petrograd, has slackened some
what. The most desperate Teutoi
j resistance is now being made in tin
I sector of Tarnopol, south of that citj
I and north of Buczac*. otherwise th.
| general drive onwatd is progressing
I the latest official teport annonucini
the capture of further towns in vuri
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Roosevelt Denies He !s
Seriously 111; Just: Has a Pair
IHy .■lssocmtcd Press
New York, June 14. Reports to
i day that Theodore Roosevelt wn>
seriously ill apparently proved un
founded. He has had coughing spell
recently and in a statement late to
I day regarding an attack of pain whili
! he was at a pier this morning await
1 ing the arrival of his son, Kermh
j from South America, the Colonel e.\
j plained that this coughing probabl.
had strait.ed a ligament. An X-ra>
j examination will be made probabl.
, to-night.
"One year ago," the Colonel salt'
: "I broke one of my ribs in the let
i side while riding. The horse fell an>
1 threw me. The coughing spells whle)
I have had probably strained a liga
ment it is ridiculous, but painfu
so, like King George, I arch my nec'
j and walk lightly."
j WOMAN KIIXKD IN AIR RAID
By .hsociatcd I'ress
Rome, June 14.—1t was official!'.
I announced to-day that Austrian sea
! planes raided Venice on Monday nigh'
The statement says that one womai
j was killed and four civilians injured
1 and that the property damage was
slight.