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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.