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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
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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 an<l
n«t winds.
River
Moderately heavy rain* continued
over the Susquehanna watershed
Friday und Friday night ami all
streams of the system have risen
since Inst report, some decidedly.
The Juniata and I pper \orth and
eat branches and their tribu
taries mill probably Siojtin to fall
this afternoon or to-night; the
Lower North and West branches
will continue to rise to-nielit and
begin to fall Sunday. The main
river will rise to-aluht and Sun
day and hegin to fall by Monday
morning. Maximum staues ap
proximately as follows are indi
cated from the reports received
this morning: Toivnnda about 13,
Wilkes-Harre about I!) and Wil
llamsport about is feet to-night
or Sunday. Sellnssrove about 13
and Harrlahtirg about 16.5 feet
Sunday.
General Conditions
The l.nkr storm Is mot lug slowly
uortlieaMtt nrd tomnril the *t.
<». I.awrenee Valley, nnd Is now
central over Northern Michigan.
It has caused continued rains
over practically nil tlie country
en*t of the M Isslsslppl river: treat
of the Mississippi fnlr wenther
has prevailed generally. \o derid
ed changes have occurred In tem
peratures.
Temperatures « a. in., flfl.
Sun: Klses. 4:3« a. n«.| seta, 7:35
p. m.
Moon: Rlncs. IM2K t». m.
Rlter Mage: Ten feet above low
water mark.
Ywterdny'i \Wnthrr
iJiulipst temperature, 7ii.
!.nue*t temperature. IM.
>l«*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.H<j ®trm. fuM.SEftv/C&
Here is the latest picture of General Pershing, commander of the United
states expedition in Mexico, whose position is menaced bv t^arra,nzistas as
we" asMllisfas. below the border. The situation between this country and
Mexico is becoming more strained.
END CONVENTION 1
WITH BIG FIGHT
Little Given Women Appeared ]
to Be in Danger of Being
Taken Away
Special to the
St. Louis. Mo., June 17. —The Dem- .
ocratic National Convention finished
its work last evening by adopting the 1
Party platform exactly as approved by
President Wilson and submitted by •
the Resolutions Committee, including
the plank on Americanism and that. !
favoring woman suffrage. but not :
until the harmony of its first three
days' sessions had been disturbed with
a row over the suffrage plank.
No voice was raised against the 1
vigorous declarations of the American
ism plank, but at one time it looked
as It the suffrage piank had been lost. !
After Senator Walsh, of Montana, had 1
told the convention that President i
Wilson himself considered it vital to c
party success, however, it was voted '
into the platform by a ballot of SBB>i '
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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<r of legal requirements. This is an increase of $21,408,440
over last week. i
i » LONG ASKS TRAINMEN TO CONTINUE LOYAL
Philadelphia, June 17. —General Manager Long of the f
J I nnsylvania Railroad to-day appealed to the 146,000 em- >
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.
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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