: ■ ■ 1 ® f • '■ Germans Heavily Reinforced Unsuccessfully Try to Smash Through British Lines HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 159 GAIN OF 15,000 REPO BY STATE C. E. JUNIOR CONVENTION OPENS Annual Reports Submitted at Session in Chestnut Street Hall, Show AU Depart ments Growing Steadily; Delegates Meet in Various Churches For Discussion of Various Phases of Work SECTIONAL MEETING DURING MORNING Leaders of Many Lines of Christian Thought and Activity Address Workers; Registration Now Close to 4,000 C Christian Endeavor in Pennsylvania has had a. steady and remarkable growth the last two years, ac cording to the report of H. B. Macrory, of Pittsburgh, state secre tary of the Fennsylvania Christian Endeavor Union, made at the morning session of the State convention in Chestnut Street Auditorium this morn ing. Reviewing the work of the State union since 1914, the secretary says: "In spite of the faithful effort of our officers we lost ground during the period we were without an active field worker and we have learned that to hold our own and make progress it can only be bj efficient field work. We now carry on our books upward of 2,t>50 young ptople'u societies, with probably .',300 actually working and dependable. The Junior and inter mediate departments will be reported by their superintendents. , "Progress ha? been made during the term just closed. Many new unions and societies have been added and the field is one of almost unlimited possi bilities. "Since the Uniontown convention eight county unions have been organ ized or reorganized where no work had been done lor a considerable time. They are Somerset, York, Lackawanna,, Juniata, Lawrence, Fulton, Clearfield and Bedford counties. Also nineteen local unions, viz: Tyrone and Bell wood, Blair county; Fourth and Sev enth districts, Butler county; Nanti coke and Hazleton, Luzerne county; Ashland and Pine Grove, Schuylkill county; Greensburg and New Kensing ton, Westmoreland county; North Cambria, Cambria county; Chainbers burg. Franklin county; Greenville, Mercer county; Burnham, Mifflin coun ty; East Sullivan, Sullivan county; Ten Mile, Washington county; Oil City, Ve nango county; West Greene, Greene county; North Sharpsburg, Allegheny county. "Four hundred and eight new or reorganized societies have been re ported—242 young peoples', 4 8 inter mediate and US junior. No unions have been lost during the period of this report, and only a few societies disbanded. Cards have been removed of societies we have carried but which were inactive for years. The increase of membership through new societies would probably reach 15,000 and fully 10,000 more hava come into our ranks to fill the vacancies made by large numbers who have entered other de partments of the church and those who have gone out for other causes. It has been found from 10 to 20 per cent, of our members go out each year and are replaced by new material. It would appear, then, by a very conserv ative estimate, we have not less than 25,000 new comrades in the ranks since our last convention. Few realize the task of training such an army of recruits." Secretary Macrory reported that 20 denominations are now represented in the State union, the Presbyterians leading with 795 societies and the Lu therans second with 315. The other denominations are: United Evan [Conthiucd on Pace 1] THE WEATHER For Harrlshurg and vicinity: Fair, continued norm to-night mid Thursday. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair, continued warm to-night anil Thursdays moderate south and southwest winds. River The Susquehanna river and all Its tributaries will fall slowly or re main stationary. A of about 4.2 feet Is Indicated for Harris- Irnrg Thursday morning. General Conditions A nlde trough of relatively low pressure extends from Texns and New Mexico iiorthrnstwnrd Into the St. I,a« rence Ynlley, separat ing tAO areas of hlull pressure, one centrnl over the South Atlan tic States, the other over the Ttocky Mountains. It Is 4 to 10 degrees cooler eener ally in the Northern Plains States, the Ilocky Mountains and 111 the t nnadinn provinces, Al liertn and British Columbia. Temperature: S a. m. Tfl. Moon: Full moon, July 14, f1:33 p. in. Hl*er Stage: 4.4 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather Highest temperature. SS. I.owest temperature. 7-. Menu temperature. Ml. Normal temperature, 74. Hi At the Seashore or up In the mountains, no matter where you go to spend your vacation, the Harrtaburg Telegraph will be sure to reach you every day. Your vacation will not be complete un less your favorite newspaper spends the time with you. Drop a postal or call the Clrcu. BY CARRIERS 0 CENTS A WEEK. SIfOLE COPIES 2 CENTS. ENDEAVORERS PROMINENT IN TODAY'S SESSION ; ' " :■ * r j H. K. BRAODON Chairman State Finance Committee of Pittsburgh « i ,< . < ' «&,* . l| L. WALTER LUTZ State Vice-President, former U. B. ri , _ . „ , Pastor of West Falrview, now of Oeneral Secretary Ohio State Union Chambersburg of Columbus, Ohio DRAG RIVER FOR 2 DROWNED MEN John H. Paine and E. J. Fuhr man, Railroad Men, Vic tims of Upset Rivermen continued to drag the Susquehanna to-day along the dam near the West Shore where two men were drowned shortly before noon yes terday. Until a late hour this after noon the bodies were not recovered. The two men are believed to be John H. Paine, engineer on the Phila delphia and Reading Railway, of 1843 Park street, and E. J. Fuhrman, his fireman, rooming at 1255 Mulberry street, who went fishing yesterday morning. At a late hour to-day they had not returned. Mr. Paine is about 40 years old. Last night he was called but had not re turned to go out on his run. His fam ily includes his wife and four children. [Continue*! on Page 5] WILDWOOD LAKE TO HAVE RIVAL Old Ice Dam at Paxtang to Be Extended For Boating, Skat ing and Swimming Wildwood lake is due to have a rival as a city boating, skating, fishing and i possibly swimming pond, if the park department's plans for the future of the old Paxtang ice dam along the new parkway drive can be material ized. The dam which skirts the recently opened drive north of Derry street had been used for years and years as an ice dam by Moyer brothers. Many a swimmer, young and not so young, took a chance in its cooling waters of a summer's day; scores of folks have skated there. And now the park officials plan to raise the height of the breast of the obstruction in such a way as to push the water several hundred feet further up the tiny valley, so that the low swampy ground may be covered. The scheme is similar to what had been tried successfully In Wildwood lake and If the park department can find the funds this summer, the job may be completed before Fall. At present to the north of the lake the ground Is marshy and Is an excellent breeding place for cat-o'-nlne-tails and mosquitoes. By raising the breast of the dam the park authorities expect to kill several birds with the same stone as It were—cover the low, marshy stretch of ground, and at the same time provide additional boating and skating facilities —within nickel carfare of the city. J HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1916. mmm BBSH KjfflH w v * MISS GRACE D. REIMER State Missionary Superintendent, Eas ton REV. STANLEY B. VANDERSALL WIFE MURDERER EXPECTED TO DIE John O. Christley Puts Bullet in Own Brain After Slay ing Woman John O. Christley, aged 44, a rail way postal clerk, 353 South Thirteenth street, who shot and killed his wife, Annie, aged 35. yesterday afternoon, and then sent a bullet into his own head, is in the Harrlsburff Hospital in a critical condition, according to the physicians, who have small hopes foi his recovery. City and county authorities will not act until Christley recovers or dies. Coroner Eckinger to-day stated that should Christley recover, an inquest will be held and action taken follow ing ths finding of the jury. In case of Christley's death no inquest will be necessary, he said. The shooting occurred at 5:15 [Continued on Page 3] SCHWAB TO SPEND $15,000,000 HERE Charles M. Schwab Following Inspection Trip Tells of Expansion Following an inspection of the re cently acquired plant, of the Pennsyl vania Steel Company at Steelton, yes terday, Charles M. Schwab, chair man of the board of directors of the Bethlehem Steel Company announced at Harrisburg last evening that ex penditures for improvements at Steel ton would amount to about $15,000,000 [Continued on Page 3] To Raise Regiment of Fiery Red-Headed Men Uniontown, Pa., July 12. —Announce- ment was made last .light by Chaun cey D. Harader, of Uniontown, and Harold H. Baer, of Brownsville, that they have taken steps toward the formation of a volunteer regiment of soldiers in the Twenty-third Congres sional district to be composed exclu sively of red-headed men. Both Harader and Baer are "red heads" and they have sent word to every town in the district that persons desiring to recruit in the regiment must be able to pass the United States Army regulations and possess good heads of red hair. The two men have written to the War Department at Washington ask ing for official sanction for their novel scheme. GERMANS DENT BRITISH LINES IN HARD DRIVES Gain Foothold at Mametz and Trones Woods With Aid of Strong Reinforcements TAKE VERDUN BATTERY Shell-Riddled Damloup Cap tured; Austrians Are Pushed Back by Italians German resistance to the British offensive along the Somme front took ; tha form last night of strong counter j attacks which at two points made dents in the new lines established by General Sir Douglas Haig's army. Heavily reinforced the Germans made a deteremined drive at the British front. According to the British i official account of the fighting all the attacks were futile except those di rected at Mametz and Trones woods in the Montauban sector of the British right when some ground was gained by the German columns. The French have not resumed their ; offensive in the Somme region, Parisl reporting that the night tnere passed in quiet. Capture Verdun Battery There has been notable activity de veloped in the Verdun sector. The Crown Prince's troops after their suc cess of yesterday in Fumln Wood and at the Damloup battery wnere they gained a footing struck at the French in the vicinity of eDad Man Hill, west of the Meuse. The attacks there were repulsed. To the east of the Meuse the French report having reoccupied some of the i ground lost in the Fumin wood region, j They also drove the Germans out of tienches near Reillon, in Lorraine, where a footing had been gained, and curried out further successful sur prise operations in the Champagne. Austrians Pushed Back The Italian offensive has been i pushed recently not only in the ! Trentino where the Austrians have beer, driven back long distances from their furthest points of advance, but; along the Isonzo where Gorizia is the objective. In the face of this latter j movement the Austrians, according to 1 an unconfirmed report through Paris, are said to have evacuated Tolmino about twenty miles north of Gorizia. German harrying of- the English coast was continued last night with the bombardment by a submarine of Seaham Harbour, a small collier port on the North Sea near Sunderland. One woman was killed but no dam age of consequence was inflicted, ac cording to the British official an nouncement. Berlin announces a raid by two German aeroplanes on the English channel port of Calais M»nday night, [Continued on Page 9] Elks Partake of Crab Feast After Electing By Associated Press I Baltimore. Md., July 12. An excur j sion to Love Point, on Chesapeake Bay, I to partake of a crab feast there, was i the big event on the program of enter tainment for the visiting Elks and their ladies here for the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of the order. Five steamboats were chartered to accom i modate the thousands that thronged the piers early in the morning. The Grand Lodge delegates continued their business session, but planned to clear up the day's schedule in time to take the last boat for the scene of the 1 festivities. Offleer* Elected ; Edward O. Rightor, of New Orleans, i was yesterday elected Grand Exalted ! Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective l Order of Elks over Lloyd Maxwell, or 1 Marshalltown, lowa. The contest was l declared by old-timers among the dele ' gates to have been the hottest in the history of the organization. Boston was I selected for next year's convention, j The other officers elected follow: Esteemed leading knight, Morris O'Dell, Camden, N. J. I Esteemed loyal knight, E. R. Inger | soil, Seattle, Wash. | Esteemed lecturing knight, James M. I Shanley. Oakland, Cal. Grand secretary, Fred C. Robinson. Dubuque, la Grand treasurer, Charles A. White, Chicago. Grand tyler, Oliver Black, Oklahoma City. Grand trustee, George Locke, Rogers. Ark. Sixth Goes in Swimming as in Garden of Eden Sharon, Pa., July 12.—Stoneboro, a (summer resort located on Sandy Lake, I was afflicted with blindness for an hour j yesterday. The Sixth Regiment passed through j Stoneboro en route to the southern | border. The train was due for an j hour's layover. Advance word was | that the soldiers loved their ablutions, ; but lacked the bathing suits. The town I authorities were called upon. They i couldn't find enough "one-pieces," so i they rang the fire bell, and when the j natives and summer boarders assem bled explained that the soldiers wanted to bathe. It was thereupon decreed that for the time the soldiers were in town all the fair sex should secret themselves— and there was to be no peeping. "O, my love, won't you please pull down the curtains," sang the soldiers as they detrained. Xot a blind opened. The boys made for the sandy beach and soon were disporting themselves in the water. CLAIM Gltl KN TRUST FCXD Baltimore. Mu., July -12.—A part of Mrs. Hetty Green's fortune may be dis- I tributed among twenty-five persons in I this city if a claim they are preparing ito make can be established. It is 'alleged that $1,500,000 was left in trust to Mrs. Green many years ago by her aunt, Sylvia Ann Howland. The earnings were to be used by Mrs. Green during her lifetime and at her death the original fund was to revert to the heirs of the children of Gideon How land. a New England capitalist, who was born in Dartmouth, Mass., in 1734, and who died in 1823. The local heirs represent the sixth generation removed from Gideon How land, although some are of a generation closer than the sixth. They Include Mrs. Virginia Valiant, Miss Annie Cul lum, Mrs. Naomi Peddlcord, Mrs. James Spring, a temporary resident of Norfolk, Va., and the Rev. Lu a Thirlkeld. U-BOAT ENTITLED TO ALL PRIVILEGES OF MERCHANTMEN Deutschland Preparing to Re turn With Cargo of Nickel and Rubber OTHER LINER COMING Will Bring Chemicals and Medicines Here; Take Essen tial Foodstuffs Back By Associated Press Baltimore. Md„ July 12.—Feeling secure in their belief that the State Department at Washington will sus tain the findings of the Treasury and Navy officials that the Deutschland is a merchant ship and therefore entitled to all the privileges due to a belliger ent-owned freighter, under interna tional law, the agents of the super submersible to-day went ahead with their plans for disposing of the ves sel's cargo and preparations for the return voyage. It is known that the Deutschland will take aboard a cargo of rubber and nickel, and her captain, in his declara tion to the local customs officers said he expected to sail "within ten days." Already there is discussion concern ing the return cargoes, for other un derwater liners which are expected to follow the Deutschland to American [Continued on Page 5] First Penna. Cavalry Arrives at EI Paso El Paso, -Texas, July 12. —Pennsyl- vania's crack First Cavalry Regiment, composed of wealthy Philadelphians and the famous Governor's Troop, of I Harrisburg, $-rived here late vester- I day. SECOND SECTION' OF TRAIN CARRYING TROOPERS ARRIVES Philadelphia, July 12. An inter esting tslegram deceived by Major John C. Groome, head of the State Police, yesterday from Captain J. Franklin McFadden, commanding the second section of the cavalry regi mental train taking the Philadelphia troops to the border, would indicate that they are now in El Paso. The telegram follows: Liberal, Kan., July 10, 1916. Arrived here 4 p. m. Monday Every one on train well and troops exceedingly comfortable. Weather pleasant, nights cool. Railroad officials doing all they can. No complaints of any kind. Two stops for exercise to-day. Due El Paso Tuesday morning. THREE WARSHIPS AT VERA CRUZ By Associated Press Vera Cruz, July 12.—The United States warships Nebraska, Chester and Salem, with the transport Hancock i and the collier Vulcan, were lying out j : ide the harbor of Vera Cruz last | night. The Hancock is expected to leave here soon for the United States i with refugees. ' Street Rules For Bathing May Be Much Modified Atlantic City, N. J., July 12.—N0 | more will there be one code of ethics for the outside of the Boardwalk and another for th? inside. The famous mackintosn law. compelling bathers , to wear outer garments to and from ! the beach, is to be repealed. , Director of Public Safety Sooy an nounced that the old ordinance would | have to go. In future the human form ! will lie as conspicuously displayed I along the avenues as on the beach, j The bathing girl may sally forth in all I her loveliness. September Morn Bath Leads to Reformatory ! Uniontown. Pa.. July 12. Miss \ Leona Franks, of Masontown, was • brought into court before Judge J. Q. I S r an Swearingen yesterday. | "She is charged with open lewdness, I your Honor," said District Attorney ; Morrow. j "What have you to say?" asked the Judge. "I ,lust went in swimming without a bathing suit," the nretty miss smiled J tip at the judge. She is not over six teen years old and told the court that i she just couldn't resist the temptation jto bathe in the Yougliiogheny river at | Connellsvllle, Ivherc she wont last Sun day to spend the day. She had no i bathing suit with her, and to the amazement of hundreds of spectators I and hathers she dived from a high i rock and came up on the beach a la | September Morn Judge Van Swearingen, who a month ago committed a hlack Septem ! ber Morn to jail, directed that Miss i Franks be committed to the Pennsyl vania Training School at Morganzn. j ENTERTAIN CAVALRY OFFICERS | Colonel John P. Wood and the offi cers of <he First Pennsylvania Cavalry, ! States National Guard, includ ing Cantain George C. Jack. Lieuten ant Fdwin A. Nicodemus and Lieuten ant George W. H. Roberts, of the Gov ernor's Troon, iwn Troon C. First Cav filrv, were rovnllv entertained by Mo ber'v Lodge of Elks. No. 336. at Mo berly. Mo. All members of the troon are renorted in excellent health and have had a pleasant journey. HOTTEST DAY OF YEAR Hottest day this year! So announced the weather man at 1 o'clock this afternoon after a climb to the top of the Federal building, where the official thermometer regis tered 91 degrees. The former record was set July 8. when 90 degrees was reached. The warm weather will con- I tlnue. The record for July is 101 degrees. k lt was made on July 8, 1898, KEYSTONE STATE FAIR PROJECT IS FULLY EXPLAINED Speakers From This and Other States Outline Plans to Chamber of Commerce A. P. SANDLEB Democratic Candidate for Governor in Ohio and Agricultural Authority- Tells of State Fair Possibilities Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce officers and other prominent citizens met at luncheon at the Har risburg Club yesterday officers of rhe Keystone State Fair and In dustrial Exposition Company and a number of distinguished visitors who came to discuss with tiicrn the ad vantages of a State fair for Harris burg. Much enthusiasm was display ed by the speakers in behalf of the new enterprise, which is now In pro cess of development near Harrisburg, nn<? at Its conclusion It was decided that a committee from the Chamber of Commerce should keep in touch with the officers of the company so as to be appraised of the progress of the work. W. J. Stewart, originator [Continued on Page 3] Baltimore, Md., July 12.—Standing in his shirt sleeves j and talking with that entire abandon that has made him one -1 of the most Democratic big men in America, Charles M. 15 i I Schwab, the steel magnate, announced to-day that the Beth- | i lehem Steel Company is planning to spend between thirty J million and forty million dollars in improving the proper- I i ties of the old Maryland Steel Company, at Sparrow's Point, Jg T but which is now known as the Maryland plant of the parent f i company. Mr. Schwab said, "We are going to spend be- \ ? tween $30,000,000 and $40,000,000. It is our purpose to J I make the Maryland department the largest ship-building i plant in the United States. Wc have already begun work '• J on the tin plate plant We are also planning to build four f a more blast furnaces." J MEXICAN REPORT BLAMES BOYD J i Dallas, Tex., July 12.—1n the Mexican official repoi t•> J of the Car.izal fight, published in El Pueblo, an official j 1 organ, Lieutenant' Colonel Genovevo Rivas places the i > i blame for the engagement upon Captain Charles T. Boyd. > RAILROAD AIDS FAMILIES Philadelphia, July 12.-*-The directors of the Pennsyl-' > vania Railroad Company to-day set aside SIOO,OOO to be used for the relief of the families or other dependents of em-1 J ployes who have enlisted in the army or navy through the National Guard or otherwise and who have been called intO| > ! active service. i J WOULD FEED MEXICANS r ► Washington, July 12.—A bill to appropriate $2,000,000 for relief of destitute Mexicans by providing them with food f » | and clothing to be expended by the War Department un- j i der the direction of the Secretary of State, was introduced 9 I T to-day by Representative Rr.ndall, of California. 1 i i 9 LASSAN PEAK IN ERUPTION ? | Redding, Cal., July 12.—Lassan Peak is again in erup- j ITT tion. A great column of smoke and powdered ashes is*SJ I hovering over the mountain at an altitude of ten thousand ' I feet according to reports received to-day. I ► , MARRIAGE LICENSES ~ Kdnnrd Wealey Kennedy and Orange Butler, city. Charles Hortlng McGonan and Myrtle Gertrude Bon»n!I, MUleratonn. D "A YW" Vtf-ir Vtir II Vljf II ni\fljni II nfljn tl ri 14 PAGES CITY EDITION MOVE PA. TROOPS TO MEET BANDITS RAIDING NORTH Two Battalions of Infantry From First and Second Regi ments Go to Big Bend District LOOT AMERICAN MINE Outlaws Arc Believed to Be De tachment of Villa Band Scattered at Jiminez By Associated Press El Paso, Tex., July 12.—Two bat : talions of Pennsylvania Infantry, one j of the Second regiment and one of the | Tenth, broke camp here to-day and I prepared to entrain for Marathon. Texas. It was announced at militarj headquarters that the State troops had been ordered to reinforce the border patro". in the Big Bend district. The orders followed closely reports from the district that Mexican bandits had raided the Lamula mine, an American property about 100 miles south of the border and that resi dents along the frontier near Boquil las, Texas, feared the outlaws werf moving north. Belief was expressed in military circles that it was this i band that General Carranza referred to with the intention of attacking the American border. Mexican authorities In Juarc/, said to-day that they were without infor mation concerning the band but as sumed if the reports of the raiding ot the mine are correct it was done b\ one of the detachments of the Villi. [Continued on Page 6] UARRISBCRG SHRIXER PROSTRATED BY HEA' Special to the Telegraph Buffalo, N. V., July 12.—Edward Snyder, aged 46. Shriner from Harris burg. while watching Shriners parad< shortly after noon Tuesday was pros trated by excessive heat and was hui rieci to the Buffalo Emergency Hos i pital. His condition is not consider t-d serious and he will be able to leav the hospital Thursday unless he sul tors a relapse. TOLMIN EVACUATED Paris, July 12.—According to a dis patch to the Journal from the Italian front, the Austrians appear to ha\" evacuated Tolmin. The correspond • ent says that the activity of the Aus trians in that region is felt less an' 1 less.
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