TW ~. ~, . 4 ..u a,..,, June Freshets Cause Washouts, Floods, Wrecks and Heavy Property Loss HARRISBURG iSlJfel TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 139 ANY TROOP MOVE BUT NORTH WILL SIGNAL ATTACK Warning Will Not Change Gen. Pershing's Determination to Deal With Bandits POLICY STAYS THE SAME No New Orders Have (tone Out •o Guardsmen, Although They Are to Be Ready fly Associated Press Washington. Jurje 17. Warning from Mexican commanders that any movement of American troops except in retirement toward the border would precipitate hostilities, will not change tue purpose of the t'nited States gov ernment to keep its expedition in Northern Mexico, or prevent General Pershing from taking any steps neces sary to insure the safety of his own columns, and deal with bandits threat ening the border. No advance further south is contemplated, and it is not believed here the Oarranza forces are planning an immediate attack upon the present American forces. The War Department to-day was without advices from General Persh ing regarding the warning said to have been sent him by General Trevino. the Oarranza commander at Chihuahua, but General Funston re ported the substance of a telephone conversation he had with General Bell at El Paso who stated it as a fact that such a warning had been given. As he has no direct com munication with General Pershing it is assumed he was told of the warn iiiK by Mexican officials in Juarez or El Paso. This is not regarded as confirmation of Chihuahua City press dispatches saying the warning had been given on orders from Carranza himself. A direct report from General Pershing was awaited. Policy Unchanged Secretary Lansing said to-day the policy.of the I'nited States was un changed. He added that the State Department's reply to General Car rrnza's belligerent note demanding the withdrawal of the American forces j.tobably would not go forward to-day. it is awaiting possible additions cov ering the San Ignacio fight and also authentic information as to General Trevino's reported ultimatum. There were no indications at the de partment that steps were being taken to strengthen the border forces with additional national guardsmen. While [Continued on Paw 1] Thirty-Nine Missing From British Destroyer Sunk By Associated Press London, June IT.—The British de stroyer Eden has been sunk. Thirty one members of the crew were saved. Three officers are missing. The Eden was sunk in the English channel last night after a collision. This announcement was made this af ternoon by the official news bureau. The lCden displaced 555 tons and car ried .1 complement of TO. She was feet long. THE WEATHER. Kor Hnrrixhuric and \lclnltyi Proh nlil.v fair to-night and »umlu>, without much change iu tempera ture. For Kanterii IVnn»>H ania: Prob ably fair to-uight and Sunday) not much rhanut- In temperature; liuht to moderate itouthwest anl«*an temperature. *l4. Normal temperature, 70. Just a Reminder Before you start on your vaca tion, don't forget to order the Haf risburg Telegraph mailed to your vacation address. You will want to know what's doing—you don't want to come back ignorant of everything worth while that's hap pened during your absence. Drop a postal or call the Circu lation Department. BY CARRIER « CE>T« A WEEK. IINRI.G COPIES 2 CENTS, U. S. COMMANDER IN MEXICO MENACED BY BOTH CARRANZISTAS AND VILLISTAS GEM FERSHJ.Hi ' to 18114. The. entire platform then ' was adopted without roll call. As it went into the platform the ' suffrage plank stands: "We favor the extension of the i franchise to the women of this coun- < try . State by State, on the -same term 9 1 as to the men." The real fight when Governor Ferguson, of Texas, who headed the minority report against the adminis- \ tiation plank, was given thirty minutes , in which to present it. i The plan offered by the minority i was: i "The Democratic party always has I stood for the sovereignty of the sev- ' eral States in the control and regula- J (Continued on Pagt; IS.) LEAGUE GAMES START MONDAY Utica Opening Attraction at Island Park; Lew Ritter in the Line-up President J. H. Farrell, of the New ' York State League, came across last i night with the announcement that | Troy would be trar.sierrert to Harris- I burg. Utica will op.-n the season here ; Monday. The "Utes" have been going ! a fast clip since Low Ritter. the Har ! risburg catcher, returned to the line-up. Manager George Cocklll and Walter [Continued on Page 12] GRADS AS 'ULLMAN* CONDUCTORS Princeton, N. J.. June 17.—Many members of the senior class in Prince ton University and some of these just graduated will serve during the sum mer a* Pullman car conductors. More | than forty students and graduates ap plied for positions when a representa. tive of the company came here seek ing men. Several were rejected be cause they were less than 23 years [old. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1916. FREE PEANUTS AT BIG SCHOOL PICNIC Many Prizes For Contests, Free Show, Speeches and Music The program of events for the school outing to be given at Paxtang Park on Tuesday. June 20. under the auspices of the Telegraph, is, in brief, as follows: At 3.15 a. m. cars will leave the various points of the city, to be an nounced Monday evening, traverse the main highways of the city, picking up passengers, and proceed directly to the [Continued on Paso 5] Pi.A.\ TO STANDARDIZE BITIMIMOIS CO AI, nni'STRY Pittsburgh. Pa.. June 17.—Plans for developing a system of standardization fnr the bituminous coal industry of the United States were discussed at a con ference here yesterday between 125 coal operators from Western Pennsyl vania. Ohio and West Virginia, and Chairman Edward Hurley, of the Fed eral Trade Commission and D. H. Mor row. special agent. The operators were asked to suggest means of se curing Information for a thorough study of the bituminous coal situation and to criticise the text of a tentative draft of questions to be circulated throughout the country. GREEK RI.OCKADE COXTIXI'ED Athens. June 16.—The demand of the entente allies nations on Greece It was learned here to-day, are being con siderably strengthened and extended as a result of the antientente demonstra tions which brok* out In Athens last Monday. The demands were readv for 5. r if" nt .1 tior !,, t0 i hP Greek government n hen the disorders occurred but the note probably will not be delivered un til next week. Meanwhile the entire blockade against Greek ports is con tinuing in full force. P. R. R. ASKS MEN TO STAY LOYAL Issues Appeal to 146.000 Train men Calling For Volunteers in Event of Strike By Associated Press Philadelphia, June 17. General Manager S. C. Loner, of the Pennsyl vania Railroad, to-day appealed to the 146,000 employes of the company's lines east of Pittsburgh asking for the continuance of their loyaltv and call ing for volunteers to maintain the service in the event of a trainmen's strike. The appeal reads: "To the Employes of the Pennsyl [ Continued on Paice 4] ROOSEVELT HAS PLEURISY New York, June 17.—Theodore Roosevelt passed a romfortable night coughing a little but not violently and to-day his voice was stronger and he hoped to return to his Oyster Bay home in the afternoon. The Colonel, his physicians announced last night has sufTered a slight attack of pleu risy. They considered his condition satisfactory. REPUBLICANS IN HARMONY RALLY ENDORSE TICKET Wm. H. Horner Re-elected County Chairman; All Old Officers Again Chosen RINGIN G RESOLUTIONS Senator Beidleman, E. J. Stack pole and Candidates Address County Committee Adopting: by a unanimous vote ringing resolutions pledging their sup j port to the national. State and coun | ty tickets and approving most heartily | the platform adopted by the Chicago j convention, the Republican county I committee in annual session to-day re-elected William H. Horner county i chairman and all of the old officers and entered upon one of the most hsrmonious and enthusiastic cam paigns in Its long history. Speakers and ! committeemen alike all predicted a ! sweeping victory in Harrisburg and jthe county with majorities for all Re i publican candidates ranging from | 5,000 to 7,500 and over. Practically the entire membership !of the committee elected at the May primaries was in attendance at the meeing which was held in the party i headquarters in the Wyeth building. I The three rooms were scarcely large | encugh to accommodate the crowd. ! The retiring chairman, William H. Horner, called the meeting to order and on motion of William S. Tunis. ! John H. Lehr, one of the upper end leaders, was made temporary chair man and Al. S. Cooper of Harrisburg, temporary secretary. Mr. Lehr in a brief address outlined • at th esame time give proper service, tlve of the attitude of businessmen to ward the Republican party at this [Continued on Pnsre 4] Joke Wire of Son's Death Is Likely to Kill Mother York, Pa.. June IT. A report in tended as a joke, sent as a teleg'am to the mother of George L. Lawrence, superintendent of the Wutheimer ci gar box factory, at Dallastown, to the ! effect that he had dropped dead, is i likely to cause her death. When the word was received, the woman, who has heart trouble, faint ed. Efforts have been made to revive | her without avail. Her condition is I critical. COMPLETE PLANS FOR RIVER SLOPE Engineer Farley Gannett Con fers With Park Officials on Ramp Scheme Finishing touches to the new plans for the treatment of the river front slopes between Hardscrabble and Maclay street were added this morn ing by engineers of the city park de partment following a conference over the drawings with Farley Gannett, one of the leading consulting engineers and a former chief engineer for the State Water Supply Commission, who [Continued on Page -I] HUGHES PREPARES FOR HIS CAMPAIGN Is Rack at Washington Getting Ready to Move Family; Politicians Call - By Associated frets Washington, D. C., June 17.—r-1 Charles E. Hughes, Republican presi- j dential candidate, who returned to his home here last night from New York, i spent most of to-day making prepara- j tlons for moving his family to a sum- j [Continued on Page I] CTVIC CUB'S ACTION j The action of the hoard of directors ! of the Harrishurg Civic Club in session ! this- morning at the home of the presi : dent, Mrs. William Henderson, North Fiont street, is: "It is moved that the chairman of the alteration committee be authorized to accept W. W. John- | 'sons pdeliminary statement concern-' ing the new club house at Front and j I North streets, and ask him to present blueprints, specifications and estimates as early as possible." STOI,E WOMAN'S PIK'KETBOOK Mrs. John Cromer, of Dillaburg, re ported to the police this afternoon that ! while at her stand, in the Verbeke btreet Market, this morning, a pocket book containing $65.30. which she had i laid on the stand, was stolen. The purse also contained a check for 115 67 i payable to John W. Cromer. i MOTOR CLUB Rl'X POSTPONED Owing to the impassable condition of the roads as a result of the recent rains, it has been deemed advisable to | postponed the Johnstown sociability j : run of the Motor Club of Harrisburg j from Monday. June 19, to Tuesday and i Wednesday, June £7-28. Announce- j ment to this effect was made this i ! morning by J. Clyde Myton, secretary ' the Motor Club STRONG RUSSIAN DRIVE CONTINUES ON WHOLE FRONT Czar's Forces Take Aggressive i in Volhynia, Galicia and Bukowina 170,000 MEN CAPTURED Steadily Advance Against Aus trian Armies; Germans Shell GfcW A A Russian Commander There are no signs of a halt in the powerful Russian offensive in Vol hynia. Galicia and Bukowina. The latest Austrian official statement tells of a Russian check here and there, notably the defeat of cavalry force south of the Dniester in Galicia and the stopping of Russian efforts to cross the Stokhod and the Stury in Vol | hynia. The Russians however re i maining on the aggressive, attacking all along the Volhynian front and ' [Continued on Pace 11] COLLINS LIKELY TO GET NEW PLACE Deputy Attorney General Men tioned For the Public Ser vice Counselship Deputy Attorney General Emerson Collins, of Will'i'amsport, who pre sented the name of Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh as a candidate for the presidential nomination at Chicago, last week, is likely to be appointed cour-cl of the Public Service Com mission if the appointment is not given to a Philadelphia!!. The posi tion of counsel has been vacant since June 1. when William X. Trinkle, counsel since the passage of the act of 1913, left the State service having [Continued on Page 1] SAYS COURTHOUSE "IS A DISGRACE" June Quarter Sessions Grand Jury Recommends Erection of New Structure Dauphin county's grand jury at the | conclusion of June quarter sessions to- I day recommended the erection as soon as possible of a modern, up-to-date 1 courthouse for tho accommodation of ; "court, county and city officials." The present structure was characterized j as h "disgrace to the county." In accepting the report of the grand Jurors, President Judge Kunkel ex plained that similar recommendations ! had been made by other grand bjdies, ! but that no definite action had been taken. The report not only found fault with the present inadequacy - f the accom modations, but deplored the lack of linancial attention that has been paid lo the courthouse. "The fact that the courtrooms are on the first floor was criticised, the , danger to public records by fire point [Contlnued on Pago 3] 2,600 Patients Treated at Hospital During Last Year Almost 2.600 patients were admitted 5° '?. e . Harrisburg Hospital from June 191». to May 31. 1916. according to statistics Issued at that Institution this i*l1 rn ' n,T ' This Is an increase of about 100 over the total for 1915. The num ,er of patients treated in dispensarv ; during the year was 7.415, and the total number of patients cared for during | tho year were 10,105. There were 229 deaths, of which 49 cases were hopeless | when admitted. Total number of pa- I tlents admitted for treatment in the I various departments follow: Surgical : 1_56l • medical. 567: eye, ear. nose and throat, 559. A large majority of these | cases resulted In cures. ! WANT riRPKW RXPORf ED Members of the Harrishurg Women's rhristinn Temperance Union, in month-! l.v session yesterday, prepared a com ! munlcation to be presented to Mayor : ■ K. S. Menls, asking that the curfew or- i dlnance he enforced, and that a sign l' ;h<. sounde.l vain children of the) time when they must return to their 1 I homes. 18 PAGES JUNE FRESH CAUSE LOSS OF LIFEANDMONEY Two Wrecks From Landslides and Washouts; Tuscarora Valley Railroad Engine Plunges into Creek, Killing Fireman and Fatally Injuring Engineer; East bound Passenger on Middle Division Hit by Slide Near Spruce Creek Tunnel, Derailing Locomotive and One Car, but None Are Hurt WORST SUMMER FLOOD SINCE RECORD BREAKER OF 1889; DUE TO RECENT RAINS Tracks Under 6 Feet of Water at Lock Haven, Making Trains Into Harrisburg From North 8 to 10 Hours Late; Heavy Crop Damage Along Susquehanna Wa tershed; Many Creeks Out of Their Banks; Juniata and West Branch on Rampage; Mt. Holly Dam Breaks Cities, towns, farmland, railroads and manufacturing plants located in the Susquehanna watershed are suffering the worst flood since the memorable freshet of 1889 when the river at Harrisburg went to 27.1 feet. The Susquehanna is expected to reach 17 or 18 feet here to morrow. The Juniata and West Branch are now out of their banks. The railroads arc suffering the most perhaps although the lo;s in crops is expected to be exceedingly heavy. On the Tuscarora Valley Railroad at West Waterford, 19 miles southwest of Tort Royal this morning, a train plunged into Tusca rora Creek, killing the fireman and fatally injuring the engineer. The flood water of the creek had weakened an abutment of a bridge. Express Train No. 18. bound for Harrisburg from Altoona on the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad was struck by a landslide last night near Spruce Creek tunnel. Xo <>ne was injured although the engine and an express car were derailed. On the Renovo Division washouts at Lock Haven are making trains into Harrisburg from eight to ten hours' ljt* from north western Pennsylvania. At Mt. Holly Springs the Yellow Breeches ci- ee k broke out a section of a big dam. This creek and the Conodojminet are out of their banks at many places. (Continued on Page 18.) 5 LAWRKNCEVILLK UNDER WATER U , —.£ i ■ rg. Lawrenceville, Tioga county, popu- ? tation about 600, was indundated by three feet of water | t broke ove; Burgess H. B. 5 Rusling appealed to Dr. amucl G. Dixon, State Health Com- f j | y telephone fo Iff and health officers have beer, rushed to the scene. No lives i'- , were lo >t, but the entire gas supply has been cut off. A ( *.NK STATEMENTS SHOW BIG RESERVE T New York, June 17.—The statement of the actual con- L ' dition of Clearing House banks and trust companies for J j ,the week shows that they hold $93,681,740 reserve in excess t ' I ** ployes of the company's lines east of Pittsburgh asking for J •T the continuance of their loyalty and calling for volunteers to t maintain the service in the event of a strike. j i MRS. ASTOR ENGAGED | Harrisburg.—lt is reported here that Mrs. Astor, widow L < | of John Jacob Astor, lost on the Titanic, is engaged to T marry William K. Dick, vice-president of a Manufactur- 1 , ipany of Brooklyn. 1 1 l GERMAN STEAMERS REPORTED TORPEDOED T ( Copenhagen, June 17.—Two large German steamships \ were torpedoed in the Baltic last evening, according to \ t Swedish fishermen who say they saw the vessels sink after JL ' a violent cannonading. T McCORMICK NOTIFIED < ' Harrisburg. Vance C. McCormick this afternoon re- C ceived the following wire from St. Louis, notifying him of 1 i » s election as chairman of the Democratic national commit- tee: 'I take pleasure in notifying you that by a unanimous i j I vote you were elected chairman, and the committee adjourn- ► 0 1 cd subject to your call. Homer S. Cummings, Vice-Chair- ' < , man." I > , ( .UAIiKLAGK UCKNSKS , > Julius Edwin Underwood, rittnhnrffk, and Jeaale Arabella Dowdell. , city. i I William Irvln Reed, I'almertoa. nnd Marie Sturker, city. 11l Icy Hetrlek and l.eali »}, I'tketown. < John Hull Montgomery and Vera Ellsabetk Ounkle, city. a > C Anton Bloa IVelwl, Jr., nnd Anna Rminißartner, elty. , > CITY EDITION