Artillery Battering German Entanglements Down For Attack by Allies HARRISBURG liiSfߧ TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 160 STATE C. E. SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT WORK; CON VENTION IN PHILADELPHIA Work Dane in Developing Christian, Citizenship, in Prisons, Missions and Other Fields Related at Sectional Conferences JUNIORS PARTICATE IN BIG PAGEANT Rewards Given at Rally; Dr. Shaw Delivers Address at Over/low Meeting in Market Square Church; Prof. Rodeheaver Enter tains Delegates For Hour eThe next Pennsylvania State Christian Endeavor convention will be held in Philadelphia in 1918, the State executive committee to-day decided. The committee decided to accept pressing invitations from the Phila delphia Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Thomas B. Smith and the Philadelphia C. E. Union. A big boost was given Philadelphia's chances this morning when the Chamber of Commerce of that city sent an enormous number of small American flag pins with the in scription "Meet Me in Philadelphia in 191SC' This was a busy day for the 4,000 delegates who are attending the great Christian Endeavor gathering. Throughout the morning sectional meetings were held in which various phases of Endeavor work were dis cussed by State superintendents and other leaders. In Chestnut Street Auditorium this afternoon a big Junior and Interme diate rally was held, while the bigger folk gathered in Market Square .Pres byterian Church to hear L>r. William Shaw ot' Boston talk on vitalization of the Endeavor work throughout the State. Great "White Parade" At 4 o'clock this afternoon a great "white parade" is scheduled to be held by the Endeavorers, all of whom will be cressed in white garments. The parade is to start from Chestnut Street Auditorium, the Juniors leading, while the Seniors fall in behind in Sec ond street. The route will be from Market Square to Front street up Front street to State street, State to Capitol where the convention picture will be taken. Governor Brumbaugh was scheduled to speak if he returned home from Maine in time. "Missionary Night" will be observed this evening with a special address by Dr. William T. Ellis, of Swarthmore, the noted Sunday school and Endeavor leader who each week writes a review of the Sunday school lesson and Chris tian Endeavor topic for the Harris burg Telegraph and other newspapers throughout the country. At 5 o'clock this afternoon the Rev. Stanley B. Vandersail, of Ohio, will address the "expert Endeavor ban quet" at Harris Street United Evangel ical Church. During the morning session of the Christian Endeavor convention sec tional conferences which began yes terday were continued Because the Rev. W. Ralph Hall, of Philadelphia, was called from the city, the 'Rev. E. F. Armentrout, of Pine street church led the conference on the educational work of Endeavor. A large attendance greeted the Rev. F. W. Tonikins, of Philadelphia, for his second conference on the "School [Continued tin Pa&e 9] THE WEATHER For HarrinburK and vicinity! tien erally fair to-niKht anil Friday; not much diaiiKc in temperature. For Eaatern I'cniinylvauia: Partly cloudy to-niKht ami Friday, not quite «o warm In north portion to-nluLt and In cant portion Fri day! Bcntlc to moderate nhiftiiic wind* becoming north and north west. River The Susquehanna river and itn prin cipal branches will continue to fail slowly or remain stationary, except the North Branch, which will probably rlae slightly. A stage of about 3.0 feet is Indi cated for Harrtsburg Friday morning. General Conditions Showers continued in the F.ast tialf States and extended north ward Into the l.ower Ohio and Middle Mississippi \ alleys. 4.D2 Inches of rain fell at I.oulsville In the Inst twenty-four hours, and it was ruining there at time of observation this morning. Warm weuthcr continues through out the country with no impor tant changes in the temperature In the last twenty-four hours. Temperatures of 100 degrees and over occurred M'ednesdar after noon In portions of California, Nevada and Idaho. Temperatures 8 a. m„ 78. Sun: Rises. 4i4T a. m.s sets, 7iS4 p. m. Moon: Full moon, July 15, H:33 p. nt. River Stage: 4.1 feet above low water mark. Yesterdaj's Weather Highest temperature, 1(3. Lowest temperature. 74. Mean temperature, S4. Normal temperature, 7-4. US At the Seashore or up In the mountains, no matter where you go to spend your vacation, the Harri&burg 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 fl CENTS A WEEK. SIFGLR COPIES 2 CENTS. ( NOTED C. E. MEN bHf ' WILLIAM T. ELLIS Swarthmore, Who Will Make Principal Addreas To-night HUGHES WILL BE j NOTIFIED JULY 31 Formal Ceremonies to Be Held in Carnegie Hall; Bull Moose Invited By Associated Press New York, July 13. The official notification ceremony of the nomina tion of Charles E. Hughes will be held j in New York on Monday, July 31, at 8 |p. m. at Carnegie Hall, it was an- i | nounced to-day. Chairman Harding of the committee on notification said that in addition to invitations being sent to members I of the Republican National Committee delegates and alternates to the j Chicago convention the Progressive National Committee and prominent Progressives would be invited. He | said both Col. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft j would be sent invitations. The notification announcement fol- Contlnued on Pace 3 SHACKI.ETOX TO RESCIE London. July 13.—Sir Ernest Shackle-! ton cables from Punta Arenas, Chile, as follows: j "I leave here to-day on another at i tempt to rescue my comrades maroon- I ed on Elephant Island. The British j I Association of Magallones has gener- I I ously provided and equipped for me the 1 | 70-ton wooden schooner Emma. We: are being towed as far south as pos sible by a steamer lent by the Chilian I government. CARGO OF GERMAN U-BOAT UNLOADED Bise Shows Deutschland Not as Large as First Beported; Only 250 Feet Long By Associated Press Baltimore, Md., July 13.—Unloading ' of the cargo of the supersubmarine ! Deutschland was completed early to day and the shin's rise revealed that | the estimates ot her size have been exaggerated. Instead of being more j than 300 feet long and 30 feet wide, her length is not more than 250 feet ! and her width is iess than 25 feet. Her overall draft, figured FUbmerged, shows | that she needs at least 32 feet for com : nlete submergence. Through all the feverish activity of [Continued on Page 7] INFANTRY QUIET I IN SOMME REGION Artillery Active Along Line of Allied Offensive; Germans Turn Russ By Associated' Press. London, July 13. Fighting con- j I tinues at various point* along the bat- | tie front in the region of the river Somme, in France, but there has been I no change in the situation on any part! of the British line, says an official 1 statement issued by the British war! department thi3 afternoon. Attempts J | of the Germans to raid trenches west j [Continued on Page 7] AGRICUI-TURE B/LL PASSES Washington, July 13. The annual agricultural bill, carrying approxi mately 524.000.000, was passed by the I Senate in virtually the same form as | passed by the House. It contains pro j visions for Federal grain inspection ; and licensing of grain warehouses and i levies a tax of 2 cents a pound on cot- Jton sold for future delivery. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1916. mm DR. WM. SHAW I Who Addressed Afternoon Session SHUNT SHARK THAT FATALLY CUT TWO Man and Boy Victims; Another Lad Mangled; Fourth Is Beported Killed By Associah 'ress Matawan, N. J., Jlily 13. H 'n- j dreds of armed men in rowboats iid ■ 1 launches were hunting to-day for ttye | ! man-eating shark that yesterday ktll- j , ed a boy and a man and dangerously I injured another youth in Matawan j | creek and caused a reign of terror all j along the New Jersey coast. It was reported to-day that another man, named Baldwin, was attacked and killed by a shark at Keyport, N. i J., at the mouth of the creek. The body of Lester Still well, 12 i years old, has not been recovered and i it is believed the shark devoured the i lad. W. Stanley Fisher, 24 years old, who was attacked by the shark when he tried to rescue the Stillwell boy, died upon reaching the shore. Joseph Ralph Dunn, 10 years old, ] was in a precarious condition in a 1 New Brunswick hospital to-day where 1 it was said the injuries he received from the shark might prove fatal. Suspend Beach Bathing The scare that has been felt along the New Jersey shore mainly in sum- I mer resorts since the first shark raid I on bathers has suspended all beach [Continued on Page 9] EIGHTH EXPECTED AT EL PASO TODAY Regiment Containing Harris burg Companies Last of Pa. Division to Arrive Special to the Telegraph El Paso July 13. Bringing the strength oi the Pennsylvania division bote up to fourteen thousand officers c-nd men, the remainder of the Fourth Brigade, which includes the Eighth Regiment is expected to arrive here to-day. The Sixth Infantry landed yester day. On the first section of the train carrying the last detachment from Pennsylvania are the Regimental band of Carlisle; Co. A, York; Co. B, Tamaqua; Co. C, Chambersburg and Co. D, Harrlsburg. The greatest hardship confronting Continued on PaKe 3 ASK RAKING OF MEXICAN EMB ARGO Treasury Department Wants Restoration of Normal Movement ! Washington, July 13. Authority 1 from the State Department to permit j restoration to normal of movement | into Mexico of ail commodities except! | munitions of war was asked to-day by] j the Treasury Department, i Shipments of clothing and food al | ready are being passed freely. Vir-1 tually a complete embargo against ex j ports into Mexico was Imposed with- Con tin ued on Page 3 Four Believed Dead, Three Hurt in DuPont Explosion By Associated Press Haskell. X, J., July 13.—Four work men are reported to have been killed and three injured In an explosion which wrecked one of the mills of the I Du Pont smokeless powder plant near here. Buildings several miles away were | shaken by the concussion and windows i and crockery broken. Telephone com munication was cut off, j ORGANIZE RIVER "NAVY" AT MASS MEETING MONDAY Acquatic Sports Committee Adopts Resolutions; Asks Council For SI,OOO PLAN WATER CARNIVAL Everybody Invited to Session at Dintaman Pavilion; For Permanent Development AHOY! MR. BOATMAN Monday, July 17, at 7.50 p. m.; A. P. Dintaman's boat pavilion; all canoeists, motorboat men and others Interested in the permanent Improvement of the Susquehanna "basin" o:j.i in planning Harris burg's v JtV carnival for 1916. Ererybou/! Time and place for efleeting perma nent organization of Harriaburg's great river "navy" wore fixed last evening at a meeting of the commwee on aquatic sports appointed by th» /Park Depart ment at the suggestion of the City Planning George W. j Reily, member of the ■ommlssion and chairman of the cornfl\ittee, will call the great gathering of tver sportsmen to order. W Resolutions calling Attention to the po-sibilitles of the "lasin" and the nc 1 of improvement and develop mf.it were adopted fof presentation to City Council next Tuesday. At next [Continual on Page 12] AdßGnistaption Gets [~'.ord Japanese Seek • u the Philippine Islands jK'ashington, D. C., July 13.—The | government, it became k* >wn here, has included within the p-'fview of its imperial ambition the a fluisitlon of the Philippine islands. Japanese diplomacy is now being | clrected with a view, not only to ex- : tending control over China, but to the j creation of conditions favoring the j acquisition of the Philippines. Cer- i tain disclosures here indicate that con siderations of this character actuated Japan In part at least In negotiating with Russia an agreement under which Japan will have a free hand, so far as Russia is concerned, in carry ing out its designs in the Far East. It does not appear at this time that Japan contemplates a forcible seizure of the Philippines from the United States. So far as the present dis closures go, the island empire is bent upon a peaceful acquisition of the Archipelago and is willing to bide its time until events In the Far East make possible the realization of the ambition. Secret reports made to the admin istration by officials in the Philippines indicate that Japan has entertained hope, not entirely dissipated, of ob taining possession of the islands in the event of their liberation by the United Stutes. Even then the islands would not be forcibly seized, but would be subjected to an extension of Japanese influence similar to the procedure followed by Tokio in the case of Manchuria and now of the remainder of China. Five Killed, One Missing, Thirty Hurt When Ammonia Explodes, Wrecking House By .issociatitd Press New York, July IS. Five persons i were killed, one is missing and at least [ thirty others were injured, many seriously, to-day when an ammonia tank in a Brooklyn butcher shop ex ploded, completely wrecking a four j story brick building. | So terrific was the. bias- that scarce •ly a brick in the building was left ; standing on another and. the victims were crushed under tons of debris. A. passing trolley car escaped the avalanche of bricks but a dozen pas sengers aboard were injured, some by I shock and others by flying glass and debris. The known dead are: Martin Schmidt, owner of the butcher shop, two clerks, the cashier who was a woman, and a delivery aoy. A girl ! whoso father says was on her way to j the store and who cannot be found, is | believed also to have perished. ; The police fear that others, passers- I by, may have been burled under the ■ falllni; walls which crashed down [ upon the sidewalk and street. Fletcher May Head American Commission Washington. L>. C., July 14.—Infor -1 mal negotiations for settlement of bor- I rler disputes betwea# the United States and the de facto government of Mex ico are "progressing favorably," Act ing Secretary Polk said after his sec ond conference with Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador designate. The subject discussed to-day Is said to have been the selection of commis ; sioners to represent the respective I governments. Henry P. Fletcher, 1 American ambassador designate to j Mexico, was present during the inter i view. He may head the American | commissioners. Immediate organization of an exten sive national guard recruiting service ! was authorized by the War Department to bring regiments on border duty up to full war strength of about 160,000 men. With nearly 50,000 regulars on border duty, the government would then have 210,000 men or more en gaged in protjgttgg the Une, , LESS NEW CASES BUT MORE DEATHS IN N. Y. EPIDEMIC Twenty-Four Children Die From Paralysis; Plague Attacks 117 1,557 CHILDREN STRICKEN Mortality Rate of More Than Twenty Per Cent. Since Epidemic Started New York, July 13. A slight de crease in the number of new cases' and a marked increase in the number. of deaths during the last 24 hours in the epidemic of infantile paralysis was shown in the daily bulletin issued by tho Department of Health at noon to day. During the 24 hours preceding 10' o'clock this morning 24 children died | from the plague and there were 117' new cases in the greater city. Since the beginning of the epidemic j on June 26, 1,557 children have been j stricken with the disease and there j hove been 311 deaths or a mortality | rate of more than 20 per cent. FEARS EPIDEMIC WILI, SPREAD By Associated Press Watertown, N. Y„ July 13. Dr. { H. L. K. Shaw, head of the division | of Child Hygiene, New York State; Health Department, said to-day he feared that the epidemic of infantile paralysis in New York State would grow more serious. "T do not wish to be an alarmist," said Dr. Shaw, "but in all past epi demics the disease has become more virulent as the summer progresses. August and September are the worst months, the high mark being reached . in September usually." Dr. Shaw spoke at a meeting of the Jefferson j County Medical Society at Alexandria' Bay. . TRYING TO STOP SPREAD By Associated Press New York. July 13. New York Health officers said to-day that they j were doing their best to prevent the j spread of infantile paralysis from this city to other communities. Residents of infected districts here have been warned that they will encounter stern measures if they leave the city. Out of-town health authorities have been j asked to report any persons arriving I from infected areas in New York City, j The New Jersey State Health De- j partment last night reported the to- j tal number of cases in the State as ] sixty, with 11 new cases for the day. Chimney Struck by Bolt of Lightning Falls on Shack Killing Three; Six Injured By Associated Press Buffalo, X. V., July 13.—Three men j were killed, six men were seriously j injured and several were reported missing as the result of the collapse to-day of one of the main buildings at the planl of the Seniet-Solvay Com pany on the Niagara river road two j miles from the Buffalo city line. The building went down just as a storm broke over the river and it was said by some of the workmen that lightning struck a tall chimney, caus ing it to collapse. The men killed had ; taken refuge from the storm in a | small frame building, which was I buried under tons of bricks and other ; debris. Rural Mail Carrier's Car Is Burned Up on Road Special to the Telegraph j Mechanicsburc. Pa., July 13.—While on his return trip to the post office ! here this morning the automobile of ' J. H. Kuhns, of route No. 2. caught i fire from some unexplained cause when ho was several miles from town. Mr. Kuhns jumped from the car and | saved the mail, but his machine was • destroyed. George B. Hoover, of route No. 1, brought Mr. Kuhns and the mail j io the town office. Congress Is Investigating Cause of Print Paper Rise Washington, D. C., July 13.—Con gressman Aaron S. Kreider, at the request of the Pennsylvania Associated Dallies, has introduced a resolution in the House instructing the committee on" the judiciary to investigate the i steady and unprecedented rise in the price of paper, to ascertain the reasons therefor, and whether any law of the United States has been violated by anyone in connection therewith, and report to the House its findings and conclusions at an early date. The Federal Trade Commission has already started its examination of the I news print paper situation.. Tt is be j lieved many newsnapers will be forced to suspend unless the conditions i quickly change. Crew of 23 on Steamer Reported to Be Sinking By Associated Press New York. July 13. Richard A. Wright, a member of the Arm of Sloan Danenhower & Company, owners of thf steamer Ramos, reported disabled and sinking 310 miles northwest of Watling's Island yesterday, said to day that the Ramos was commanded by Captain Harry McQoldrlcK, of Brooklyn, and had a crew of 23 men. The vessel was chartered by a Phila delphia coal company. Mr. Wright] said the Ramos carried freight only, i No information as to the fate of the 1 : Ramos other than that distress signals 1 from her were picked up by the I steamer Van Hogendorp and that the i Ramos could not be found at the posi tion she ha« given, has been received by the owners. FULL CREW LAW INTERPRETED IN FOUR DECISIONS Baggagemen Required Even on Through Pullman Trains WIDER PLATFORMS, TOO Mail Car Opinion Important; Combination Car Can't Be Counted as Two The Pennsylvania railroad is held : to have violated the "full crew" law of June 19, 1911, in not providing a baggageman on a train of ten cars running between Pittsburgh and] North Philadelphia by the Public Ser-! vice Commission in the first list of de-! eisions handed down in the ten com plaints filed against railroads of the State on the ground that they disre garded various sections of the act. The decision in this case is one of four an nounced to-day and is regarded as a [Continued on Page 4] Elks March in Big Parade to Music of 35 Bands By .Associated Press Baltimore, July 13. The big event of the Grand Lodge reunion of Elks was the street parade to-day in which many thousands of members of the order from all over the United States marched to the music of 35 bands. Grand Esquire Robert J. Lawler, of Niagara Falls, was the chief marshal. Floats and spectacular designs abounded in the demonstration. Final sessions of the Grand Lodge will be held late this afternoon, after which there will be a band concert and Elks drill teams will engage in com petition. "CALL OF THE WILD" Special to the Telegraph Plain. Pa., July 13.—At the farm of Frank Rohm, in Jackson township, a mother partridge was killed by a mower in a grass field, the eggs, which she was hatching were taken to the barn and placed under a hen. She had a nice flock of peepy birds and mothered them as though they were her real chicks. But in wandering around the farm buildings the young partridges were induced away to the fields by a Bob White. T s a a New York, July 13.—A monster shark whose stomach jf J contained part of a human body was killed at Keyport, | £ N. J., to-day, according to information received at the 1 Weather Bureau here from the observer at Long Beach, J? i N. J. The shark, weighing 300 pounds and eleven feet i'» J long, was killed near the mouth of Matawan Creek, N. J., l* J and is undoubtedly the same fish which yesterday invaded gk | the creek and killed two persons the Weather Bureau's in- I I formant reported. I C SEABOARD INFESTED WITH SHARKS £ I New York, July 13.—The waters of the Atlantic sea- I & board arc infested with sharks. While hundreds of armed ? 1 men in motorboats were patrolling the New Jersey coast | C to-day in earch of the man-eating monsters which have 1 caused the death of four bathers the British boat, Sir f J George Somers arrived from Bermuda with a score of £ | sharks the crew had caught in the gulf stream during their 1 f 12 days' voyage to this port. The last was caught off the A New Jersey coast day before yesterday. ff 1 T '■ S NO "BOOZE" AT GRETNA CAMP * ► J Harrisburg.—The formal order announcing the encamp- ; C ment of the Third Brigade at Mt. Gretna from July 22 to 29 I J 1 was issued from the Adjutant General's Department to-day 1 3 and declares that "the use or sale in camp of intoxicating or | ► malt liquors is prohibited-" The order adds "the fullest co- « ► operation on the part of all officers is expected in the en- 1 , forcement of this camp regulation. t ► * CARRANZISTAS READY TO JOIN VILLA : , , San Antonio July 13.—Information indicating that the ( » * Carranza garrison of 700 at Ojinaga, opposite Presidio, J ! Texas, wouid join any considerable body of Villa's men i j • moving northward instead of resisting them, was received ' * , at General Funston's headquarters to-day. « , ANOTHER CASE IN PENNSYLVANIA « Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July 13. The second case of in- fantile paralysis was discovered in this section to-day when i the case of Jennie Oten, three years old, of Swoyersville, > 9 near here, was reported to the health authorities. I MARRIAGE UCENSES Janira Bruce o'Hriau, Cuba, and Mary Genevieve Itragau, city, j William luae Thomas and Mary Hall, city. wit 12 PAGES CITY EDITION MGR. M'DEVITT NAMED BISHOP OF HARRISBURG Announcement of Appoint ment Received Here From Rome Today NOTED PHILADELPHIAN Superintendent of Parish Schools, and Prominent Edu- . cator and Lecturer Special to the Telegraph Philadelphia, July 13.—Mgr. Philip. R. McDevitt, superintendent of parish schools for the archdiocese of Phila-' delphia and widely known as a Cath-' ! ollc churchman, lecturer and educator has been appointed bishop of Harris i burg by Pope Benedict to succeed the late Bishop Shanuhan. The announce ment of the appointment was received here from Rome to-day. The date o: his consecration has not been an nounced in this city, but it probabl; will take place this month, with Arch bishop Prendergast officiating. Mgr. McDevitt was born In the northeastern section of this city or July 12, 1858. He is the son of th< late Richard and Mary A. McDevitt He graduated from Co' lege, in the class of 1877, and afte ! attending the seminary of St. Charlc; j Borromeo, at Overbrook, was ordainet. I to the priesthood in 1885. His first appointment was as a:. [Continued on Pa«e 7] M'OORMICK IX CHICAGO Chicago, July 13.—Branch nations campaign headquarters will be opene in Chicago, and in all probability o the Pacific coast, Vance McCormicl. chairman of the Democratic national committee, announced here. The Chi i rago headquarters will be opened Au • ■ gust 1. "I am working on the selet • lion of the campaign committee," Mr. ! McCormick said, "and expect to hav~ it ready in a few davs. When (bat ha been announced wo will decide wh will be in charge of the Middle We: and Western branch headquarters." TWO BOYS DROWN AT RKADIM Reading, Pa., July 13.—John Ro mano, 13 years old, and Unberte Dif antis, 9 years old, were drowned in th > Angelica dam yesterday afternoor The Rev. Ralph Mautone, pastor o the Italian Methodist Church of th Saviour, took a party of the boys o. his Bunday school for a fishing trip.
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