i wo American Soldiers Are Killed and S HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 137 VANCE M'CORMICK IS PICKED TO LEAD DEMOCRATIC FIGHT President Wilson Selects Har risburg Man as Chairman of National Committee HE SUCCEEDS McCOMBS Administration Hopes He Will Be Able to Harmonize Discordant Elements VANCE C. M'CORMICK By Associated Press Washington. June 15. Vance C.' McCormick, of Harrisburg, has been i selected by President Wilson to sue-; ceed William F. McCombs as chair- | man of the Democratic National Com- i niittee. Administration leaders in St. T.ouis were notified to-day by the Pre sic 'nt. lp Democratic quarters here it is I believed that Mr. McCormick' will be able to solidify the party and j harmonize different elements. The i President, it is said, looks upon him j at. progressive and thoroughly in har- i mony with his ideas of how the cora ine campaign should be run. The Democratic National Committee > elects its chairman, but there is no i doubt that the President's choice will j be formally ratified. Mr. McCormick has been under con- I sideration for several days, but the ' President gave attention to a large 1 group of names presented to him be- , fore deciding. Homer 6. Cummiligs, ' national committeeman from Con- ' necticut and vice-chairman of the committee: Fred li. t„ynch, national ; committeeman fron: Minnesota; John W. Davis. Solicitor General, and Sen- ! ator Saulsbury, of Delaware, all have ■ been mentioned. Secretary McAdoo and Postmaster General Burleson di;-cussed the ques tion with the President last night and officials here were in communication with St. I.ouis. In addition to the work to he car ried on by Mr. McCormick and the | committee, campaign activities will lie managed from Washington by Secre- ! tary McAdoo. Postmaster General Bur leson, Secretary Tumulty, Secretary Baker and other leaders. Vance C. McCormick was born tn Harrisburg June 19. 1872. and was mayor of Harrisburg from 19H2 to' 1905 and became prominent in State l politics through his activity for the reorganization of the - Democratic party in Pennsylvania in 1911 and was candidate for Governor in 1914. Mr.) McCormick was educated at the Har risburg • Academy. of whose trustees! be is president: Philips Andover Aca- ; demy and Yale University, of which he I is a trustee, having succeeded William j [Continued on Pa no 5] I THE WEATHER For Harrlnhurs; ntnl vicinity t L'n- HOttleil, probably shoucrw to. niuht am] KrlUnyi not much CIUIUKP in tfmpcratnre. For Hnntern IVIIIIK.VI vnnia: L»rol»- nbl.v KhotYern ami Frliln.v; not nvnoli ohnnse in temperatures modern to onwt to Mouth WIIIIIM. Itlver The SiiNqtiehnniia river nml prob ably nil itN tributnrieM will fall "lowly or remain nearly Ntntion ary. \ ntnixe of about fert K Indicated for llnrrf Mliuric Friday ' morning;. (General i ondltlonn Pre«*ure ban continued to fnli ovrr tlie entire country, except In the Knjflnnd Stnten and alone •he Immediate >llddle Atlantic enant. where It lia* rlnen. TV m point tire* nrre bleb In *ri|th ern \rlr.ona and South fnllf< nla Wednesday afternoon, the fe|»orted, HIS dee r< *cM f ncrurrhie at Pliocnlx. Uant of the Rocky j Mountain* there lia« been a jffen cral fall of '2 to 10 deerccn In temperature nlnce faat report, while west of the mountain** of 2 to S deffreeN have oc curred. empernture! H a. m.. .%«. rfuni Ttimem, 4i30 a. m.s «et«, 7:34 p. in. Mooni RINCM. 8:43 p. m. River Staee: 0:8 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather TTlehcmt temperature*, 7H. l-ow«'«t temperature. 57. Mean temperature, fl«. Normal temperature, 70. * ■— i »■' 1^ Vacation Season Is Here Rest and recreation will not be complete unless you have nil the news from home dally. The Har risburg Telegraph will flu the gap. Don't spend your precious vaca tion time trying to "get used" to strangs newspapers. Just drop a postal or call the circulation Department and the next Issue will meet you, no mat , %i .1 ore. ' '♦« ;• voek. 1 ii BY C A Hit IKK « rENTS \ WEEK. BUVftt.E COPIES 1 CENTS, TIRED DEMOCRATS WILL NAME THEIR TICKET TONIGHT Evidently Disgusted With List less Proceedings, They Decide to Clean Up CHEER WILSON'S CONDUCT Approve His Actions; Not De cided When to Adopt Platform Coliseum, St. Louis, June 15. The Democratic national convention changes its program of procedure and agreed to make nominations for Pres ident and Vice-President to-night in stead of to-morrow. The rules were amended and the convention will assemble at 9 o'clock to-night to remain in continu ous session until nominations are made. With one. demonstration after an other to-day the Democratic conven tion registered its approval of Presi dent Wilson's conduct of foreign af fairs which has kept the country at peace. When permanent Chairman James recounted the diplomatic achieve ments of the President in the negotia tions with Germany the convention launched into an 18-minute uproar of marching cheers and waving of Hags, in which William J. Bryan from his scat in the press section joined. There were calls for a speech from Bryan but it was found that he had slipped out while the demonstration was going on. Senator James appealed to the con vention to quiet down and hear the rules committee report, but his efforts were futile until he announced that Mr. Bryan had left the building and would speak in the Coliseum later. That satisfied the crowd and they heard the rules report. Nominations To-night Chairman Glasgow presented the i report of the committee on rules. It I provided among other things that no delegates shall speak more than thir ty minutes on any subject; that nomi nations for President begin at 8 p. m. ; followed immediately by nominations tor Vice-President. Senator Reed of 1 Missouri, moved to delay the session for nominations until 9 p. m. and ex plained that St. Louis businessmen | had planned entertainments for this evening which would be nullified by a night session beginning earlier than I 9 o'clock. The motive by Senator ; Reed carried and a session for noml i nations will begin at 9 p. m. to-night. The report as amended was adopt led. it was not decided whether the • platform would be presented before or after nominations. At 1.22 recess j was taken until 9 p. m. Eleven o'clock, the hour for the convention to be in order, passed with ! the Coliseum only partly filled. Very r few of the delegates were in their seats and none of the leaders had ar rived on the platform. The band en tertained the small crowd while the liules committee had a meeting to 1 talk over the proposal to proceed to nominats'.on to-night instead of to j nominations to-night instead of to | been arranged. The band played the antihyphen | song "Don't Bite the Hand That's , Feeding Vou" and a male choir sang jthe chorus. The crowd liked it and cheered. Effect Organisation ; The committee on permanent or ganization at a meeting meanwhile named Senator Ollie James of Ken tucky as permanent chairman. J. I Bruce Kremer, of Montana, pernia ! nent secretary; E. E. Britton of North [Carolina, permanent associate secre i tary; John 1. Martin, of Ct. Louis, per : manent sergeant-at-arm and recom j mended that all other temporary offi i cers of the convention be made per- I manent. William J. Bryan got his usual re ception when he took his place in the press stand. Delegates and galleries joined in cheers and applause. Bryan Applauds Senator James departed widely ; from the printed text of, his speech, ; but the sentiment he presented was substantially the same. When he re | counted the horrors of war and the President's efforts to preserve peace, : William J. Bryan, his face flushed with emotion, rose to his feet and ap ! plauded vigorously. When James recounted in implied : terms the President's diplomatic suc- I cess in negotiations with Germany the I delegates wanted to hear it again, j "Repeat it," they demanded. | James repeated his statement and jthe crowd rose up and broke loose I with cheers. Orators Will Prolong Convention With the report of the Rules Com mittee adopted, the further proceed ings of the convention were expected to be at the pleasure of the dele gales. Managers of the convention be fore it met said considerable time will be given over to well-known and popular party orators. That William !J- Bryan, who is attending the con vention as a newspaper correspond ent and is sitting among the men of ! the daily press, will be called upon for a speech, no one doubts. Mr. ! Bryan, it Is known, would respond and make a speech of support for the President and all the things Mr. Wil son stands for. The Nebraskan was quoted last night as saying that he had nothing to offer the convention ! except that which the President wanted. "His plank will be mine," Mr. Bryan was reported to have said. "I expect to go before the people in i his behalf." Then More Oratory With the program for the day car- ! lied out, the convention was expected to adjourn until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning, when the resolutions com mittee will be ready to report. With the adoption of the platform more oratory is looked for and then a re- ! cess will be declared until Friday night ■ when the presidential nomination will j be made. Subcommittee .Meets The subcommittee of the Resolu-! tion committee went into sessions to day long before the convention met and it planned to sit until its work ; was ready for the full committee. The full committee la to meet at 3 o'clock J {Continued on I'qgt- 5] HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1916. VETERANS OF PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION HOLD ANNUAL REUNION HERE TODAY HHV >»£►;. v | ... . N. W. SMITH President 3 WILLIAM PENN ROUTES URGED! Rival Perry County Claimants to Meet President Jennings at Newport New Bloomfield, Liverpool and | Newport citizens will turn out in force to-night at Newport, when advocates of three routes through Perry county will present their claims to officials oi' the William Penn Highway. Even the all-day rain will not keep the j "boosters" away from the meeting, which will be held at 7 o'clock in the Newport borough building. Repre senting the William Penn Highway will be William Jennings, president; M. H. James, secretary, and J. G. H. Ripp mann, of Millerstown, governor for Perry county. Newport citizens want the road be cause, they say. It will be shorter that way They admit that since a wash out of several years ago one section of the highway is in need of repairs. | but. they declare that with these re pairs made and the William Penn per [Continued on Page 9] Republican Nominee Is Continuing Conferences By Associated Press New York, June 15.—Charles Evans Hughes continued his conferences here to-day with Republican party leaders and to receive businessmen and politicians prominent in this city and other parts of the country. He said when he met newspapermen that he had no definite program for the day and indicated that plans for the campaign were as yet in indefinite shape. They are waiting on the meet ing of the subcommittee of the Na- I tional committee with the presidential I candidate next Monday. | William Potter, of Philadelphia, who seconded the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt at Chicago, was a visitor. SUFFRAGISTS SEE "EASY SAILING" Think It Will Re Easy to Win Since Parties Endorsed Plank Pennsylvania suffragists expect a >' comparatively easy task in convincing: • political leaders of both the Republican s and Democratic parties that they should B endorse suffrage for women when the 1917 Legislature meets, declared Mrs. j J. O. Miller, of Pittsburgh, acting State . | chairman, following the morning ses sion of the State executive board of the 1 Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Associa - ; tiots at the Statu headquarters here to- B | day. j "Now that the Republican party in I 1 national convention has put Itself on s record as favoring votes for women— each State acting for itself—and since the Democratic national convention Is - expected to go the Republicans one better by favoring a national amend ment. we believe that we will have lit tle trouble winning our cause in Penn syhania." declared Mrs. Miller. "Our big difficulty with the leaders in the ; past has been their declaration that 'their party was not for it.' and now j that this objection is met. we feel that j victory will be ours both in 1917 and ! 1919. when we come before the Legisla- I ture with our amendment, j "We will devote our energies to elect ! ing men to the Legislature who will be unqualifiedly In favor of a suffuage ' amendment, concluded Mrs. Miller. Small Tendons Snapped in Roosevelt's Side fly Associated Press New York, June 15. The X-ray 1 examination made to determine the | condition of Theodore Roosevelt, who (suffered an attack of pain in his side • ! yesterday, disclosed that several small I tendons attached to one of his ribs ' had snapped, the colonel told in - quirers to-day. He said that his phy i siclan had assured him, however, that i 5 the injury, due to his violent cough • | ing, was not serious and would heal in a few days if he remained qutet. I , Colonel Roosevelt does not expect to return to Ovster Bay until to-mor row. ■ ■ John C. Greenwav. Progressive na tional committeeman from Arizona; Robert Bass, former governor of New : j Hampshire, and E. A. Van Valken ! burc of Philadelphia, called on him } to-day. The colonel still maintains his policy of silence on the political t W. BROOKE MOORE Secretary Men Who Helped Make Big System Gather Here For Business Session and Ban- quet Tonight Veterans of the Pennsylvania Rail road who were factors in the early history of this great system are here ; to-day for the annual reunion of the Middle Division Veteran Employes As ! sociation. At the opening business session, called to order at 2 o'clock this after i noon at Chestnut Street Hall, 500 | veterans were registered. Superintendent N. W. Smith, of the Middle division, presided over the I meeting and he will be toastmaster ! at the banquet to !>e held this even ing at 6 o'clock. The other officers of ! the association are: Vice-president, fContinued on Page 7] MOTOR BANDITS STEAI, SB2OO Special to the Telegraph Chicago. June 15.—Two automobile bandits shot Herman Malow, a motor cycle policeman, to death and serious i ly wounded his companion, Policeman Thure Linde, after a spectacular hold up in a Western suburb yesterday. The bandits, driving a stolen car, had held up an automobile party, taking jew elrj and money amounting to $2200. jThty escaped. TECH KXEHCISKS TONIGHT Dr. John L Stewart, of Lehigh Uni versity, will be the speaker this even ling at the tenth annual Technical High school commencement exercises to be ) held in the school auditorium. Stu | dent speakers will be Charles S. Ger ; berich, Paul J. Strickler, Ralph Evans, Donald F. Taylor, G. Russel Lowry. MASTER BAKERS ELECT York, Pa.. June 15. A clean shop and one price we t indorsed by the Pennsylvania Assoc ation of Master ; Bakers, at the close of the eighth an nual convention here yesterday. These i officers were elected: President. Chris tian Gunzenhauser. Lancaster; vice presidents. J. A. Arnold, Reading and | W. Horace Crider, Homestead; secre tary, L. A. Kloy, Phoenixville, and treasurer, W. A. King, Wilkes-Barre. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONOIDS * ' Coliseum: 11:46 (12:46 Harrisburg i time) —Temporary Chairman Glynn ' caled the convention to order. I 12:05—Senutor James was intro duced as permanent chairman and j ' began his speech. 12:54—An eighteen-minute demon ; stration interrupted James when he recounted the President's diplomatic j victory in the negotiations with Oer- i many. 1 P. M.—Senator James finished his speech at 12:59 p.m. 1:03 —Insistent, cries for Bryan fol- i j lowed Senator James' speech. i I:l6—The rules committee present-! • ed a report recommending that nomi- 1 nations be made to-night. 1:21 —It finally was agreed to meet I ; foi nominations at 9 p. m. to-night. 1:22 The convention adjourned' ur.ti! 9 o'clock this evening. Phila. Countess Arrested After Auto Kills Man By Associated Press Philadelphia, June 15. Countess Santa Eulalia, formerly Mrs. John B. Stetson, widow of the hat manufac- ! turer. and Mrs. Imogene Potter, a ; 1 . • friend of the countess, were arrested jas material witneuaeb to-day after a I motor car owned by the countess ran ; down and killed Samuel Bailer, 20 j : years old. The countess' aged mother ; | was also in the machine, but was not laken into custody. The countess and ! I Mrs. Potter were released to appear | ; later. The chauffeur was remanded ! |to await the action of the coroner, j , Bailer was crushed as he was making ; repairs to his motorcycle. j i The automobile fatalities In this city i - i since the first of Ihe year total sixtv- 1 i one. The district attorney's office will | i 1 present the problem of reducing the j « number of deaths b;- motor vehicles to . the city councils in an effort to obtain ! ] more stringent legi.slßtion against the : t excessive speeding and reckless op eration of automobiles. A public meet- ! t ing to discuss remedial legislation iw < talao proposed, , £ GEORGE P. CHANDLER Treasurer GUEST OF HONOR TO COMPETE, TOO Marjorie Sterrett Wants to Get Into Games at Telegraph's Outing June 20 BOYS AND GIRLS ! Hero art- the picnic arrange- i nicnts l'axtang the place and next ; Tuesday the clay. You take along your lunch and ten cents for carfare. Special cars will call for you at places named below at 9:15 o'clock in the morning. You will I reach home shortly alter dark. At the park there will be eon- j tests for each school and malty in- I dividual contests witii prizes for all winners; see the following list. The theater at the park will he free and a special performance ! suitable for ctiildrcn is being ar ranged. A baud has been engaged to ren der music throughout the day. There will be speeches by Gov- j crnor Brumbaugh and other dig nitaries. Marjorie Sterrett, Uie "Battle ship Girl," will IK; present to thank { the boys and girls for contributions ' to the battleship fund. There wiii be a big set fireworks piece in the evening just as soon i as the sun goes down. Other features have also l>een arranged for the spct ial entertain ment of tlie little folks and there will not be a dull moment during the day. The coming from New York City of Marjorie Sterrett. the "battleship girl" to the Telegraph's outing for the | schools next Tuesday at Paxtang Park : lias caused considerable speculation | among the youngsters as to what the • little preparedness girl will be like. Those who saw her picture in the [Continued on Page 9] FIVE DROWN WHEN SHIP HITS ROCK Steamer With IX2 Persons on Board Hits Sugar Loaf Rock; All Take to Boats By Associated Press Eureka, Cal., June 15.—Five bodies ; have been recovered from the steamer i Bear, wrecked last night on Sugar Loaf Rock, two boatloads of survivors (Continued on Page ») Expense Account Filed by Brumbaugh Committee The statement of the Campaign Committee for a Reunited Republican j Party, as the committee in charge of I Governor Brumbaugh's national dele gate campaign was known, was tiled at • the Capitol to-day by Paul N. Purman, (the treasurer, shuwing receipts of i $8.405.26 and unpaid bills of $3,014.72, ' with $319.44 cash on hand. The contributors included Attornev ' t Jen era 1 Brown. ? 3,1 50.22: Colonel | I-otiis J. Kolb, $3,00'); Otto T. Mallerv, $500; E. M. ('. Africa, $200; John I Price Jackson. $100; John M. Reyn- I olds, $200; George Henderson, SSO; W. iS. Aaron, $200; William Lauder, $25; |W. D. B. Ainey, $300; James W. [ Leech, $44 4.40: John A. Scott, $79.50; Dr. I. B. Whitehead, SIOO, turned over I to the committee by the Governor, and j William H. Ball, secretary to the Gov ernor, $56.14. which was a refund. The expenditures were for printing, j traveling expenses for speakers and I attaches of headquarters and other ex- I penses; contributions to local commit tee campaigns as fellows: J. T. McMul ' len, Shamokin, Sf 00; Milton W. ! Shreve, $307.60; Elwood J. Turner, I Chester, $500; M. J. Gibney, Reading] $173.57; Robert M. Davis, Mount Car | mel, S2OO, and Thomas B. Evans, Dan ville. SIOO. The statement sets forth that the i following bills, charged to the Execu tive or Attorney General's depart ! ments. but belonging to the commlt ! tee were paid: Telephones. Attorney General. $177.20; Executive, $36.05; unpaid. $62.22, charged to Attorney General's department; telegraph, charged to Attorney General. $29.93. James C. Dcinlnger paid $lO6 for printing petitions and other matter used in the campaign. The unpaid bills include a number to newspapers for copies distributed for "dissemination of informaUon" and various campaigu items. 14 PAGES TWO SOLDIERS SHOT; 7 WOUNDED IN BANDIT FIGHT Mexicans Swim River and At tack Two Troops; Beaten Off With Loss DECLINES TO WITHDRAW Completed Draft of Reply to Carranza Note Before Wilson By Associated Press San Antonio. Texas, June 15.—Two American soldiers were killed early to-day in a fight with bandits near I San Ignacio, forty miles southeast of | Laredo, according to a report to Gen eral Funston. Six of the Mexicans ■ were killed in the engagement that began at 2 o'clock. It is believed a j number of Mexicans were wounded, j but they were carried away by their j comrades. Seven Americans were ; wounded. ! -Mexicans numbering about 100 at tacked Troops I and M at 2 a. m. | Their sharp attack was met with a j spirited defense and at the end of half [Continued on Page 9] Post Office Mail Clerks to Meet Here July 4-5 Plais for the fifteenth annual con vention of the Pennsylvania State Asso ciation of Post Office Mail Clerks to be held in this city July 4-5. are rapidly maturing, and officials of the local or ganization soon will have arrange ments completed. The first day of the convention will be devoted to pleasure and entertain ment of the 100 delegates who will at tend. The local clerks will take the strangers on a sight-seeing tour through the city to the parks and dif ferent attractive scenes. In the after noon a ball game is scheduled at Island Park between the local Post Office team and the Lancaster office nine. The second day. sessions will be held in the Senate caucus room, at the State Capitol, in the morning and afternoon Albert P. Goetz. of Altoona, will pre side al both sessions. The annua] banquet, to be held at the Colonial Country Club in the evening of the last day. will mark the close of the convention. Jnn i t rf<Tftin -| r^f j ~i iP L McCORTVIICK AWAITS NOTIFICATION ? I Vance C. McCormick, who is attendin estown 1 II stock show, when infoi 5 I selctcd by President Wilson to in of the National I 1 Democratic Committee, said he had not been officially noti- « | fied of that fact and wouid have no statement whatever to f \ ' on.. f A dispatch from B his afternoon says that 1 f Charles M. Schwab is mentioned as a possible purchaser of £ f e Poole Engineering and Machine Company of that city. I I Washington, June 15. —A disj atch from General Funs- L & ton late to-day said Private Miniaden of Troop M, 13th J- J American I & three. V- I • Eureka, Cal., June 15. —The first boat away from the I J wreck of the steamer Bear upset and almost all of the thirty 5 1 persons in it were drowned, according to Miss Vei I Adi Seattle, a in the 4 third boat, which also upset. Most of the thirty occu- pants of her. boat were rescued. RAILROADS REFUSE DEMANDS 1 * , New York, June 15.—The railroad managers to-day notified the heads of the four railroad brotherhoods of em-< J • ployes that they could no tmeet their demands for an eight hour day and time and a half for ever time work. They | J I proposed arbitration as a solution of their difficulties, or 1 I submission of the dispute to the Interstate Commerce Com- f | mission. This was the final answer given by the railroads I to the men after nearly two weeks of discussion in joint ® * conference with the Brotherhood heads and probably means ' that a strike vote of the employes will be taken. e * Butte, Mont., June 15.—A bomb in a package in one of ' the mail pouches being transferred from a Chicago, Bur- « » lington and Quincy train to the Oregon Shore line here to- : day exploded and wrecked the Oregon mail car. It was ad- ( > dressed to the Governor of Utah. Harrisburg. The "Progressive party" name was pre • empted to-day for the thirty-fifth Senatorial District of ' Cambric county by Albert F. Fick, L. A. Huntley, Joseph l Ketsall, D. Sherman Griffith and Charles W. Port. ' MAKKL&UK LICENSES I I Claude Phillip Brown and Joaephlae Matt, Lancaster. John RufuH Miller and Majme Ucrtrndr linu, Mlffllutovrn. L Michael Angelatr and Helen Sluimera, of Steelton. I W n \jrnm n CITY EDITION RUSS STEADILY PUSHING FORWARD TOWARD LEMBERG Close to Kovel, Where Link Be tween German and Austrian Forces Is Formed CZERNOWITZ IS ISOLATED Teutons Directing Heavy Fire on Souvillc, Key to Inner Defenses of Verdun By Associated rress In their offensive on the eastern ; front the Russians are apparently making steady headway, although still j some distance from Lemberg, their \ immediate main objective in Galicia. Last reports place them just across the border some fifty miles north of the city. Kovel, the railway junction point where the link between the German and Austrian forces on this front is formed, has been more closely ap proached by General Brussiloff's ar i mies. In Bukowlna, Czernowltz, the | capital, apparently is cut off from all | directions but the south. Bombarding Souvillc Intense artillery artivlty is reported ; on both banks of the river Meuse, on I the Verdun front. The Germans are I directing a heavy fire on Fort Souville. I northeast of the fortress, whose guns have so far lent powerful aid in balk ing the efforts of the crown prince to 1 push the French back to their inner I linf of defense. West of the river, Chattancourt, i south of Cumieres. where the Germans already have driven a wedge into the French lines, is an especial point of j attack. No infantry action has oc fContinued on Page 5] JVROR IX MURDER CASE SLEEPS AS TRIAL PROCEEDS Special to the Telegraph Reading. Pa., June 15. Records were broken here yesterday by select ing a jury to try Antonio Petrecia for murder in forty minutes. He is charged with murdering Elmer Kfn derdine. his quarry foreman, by V it ting him on the head with a club. Kendprdine's skull, badly cracked, was shown to the jury. One of t hp 1 jurors went to sleep after the trial opened and was warned that he would I h:.ve to stay awake.
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