Harrisburg telegraph., July 19, 1916, Page 5, Image 5

OF INTEREST TO THE WOMEN
A GIRL AND
A New and Vital Romance of City Life
by Virginia Terhune Van de Water
Chapter VTI.
Copyright, 1916, Star Company.
Agnes Morley had finished typing
the letters Mr. Hale had dictated to
her that morning, and she handed
them to him with a glance at the
clock. It was only twenty minutes or
five. Then it would be possible for
them to be signed by her employer in
time for him to leave the office at
five, as he had told her he intended to
do. She hoped that she had done the
work to his satisfaction.
She waited anxiously for a word
from- him, meanwhile putting to
rights the various papers that had
accumulated on her typewriter desk
and cleaning the machine so that it
would be in readiness for the morn
ing. She could go home soon her
self, for her hours were to be only
from nine to five.
She was roused from her musings
by the telephone ringing sharply.
"Answer that, please," Mr. Hale
ordered. "Say I can see nobody and
am just going out. But ask who it
is, of course."
"Hello!" said someone as Agn«s
took the receiver from its hook. "I
want to speak to Mr. Hale."
There was a buzzing sound on the
wires and this made the words so
indistinct that for a moment she did
not recognize the voice.
"Mr. Hale is just going out," she
said. "Who wants him, please?"
Then, suddenly, the buzzing ceased
and she knew who was talking.
"This is Mr. Hale's son," was the
answer. "Is Mr. Hale there?"
As in a flash the thought occurred
to her that probably the speaker had
not known her voice because of the
troublesome noise which had prevent
ed her recognizing his. Without a
word she held the telephone out
towards her employer.
"Who is it?" he asked, surprised.
"I told you to say I was going out."
HE TALKS TO PHILIP
"It is your son," she explained
softly.
"Oh, I see," the man rejoined, tak
ing the receiver from her.
She was glad that her back had
been to the window, so that he could
not see the flush that had come to
her face. She was also glad that he
did not notice that her hands trem
bled slightly as she went back to her
"Hello, Phil!" Mr. Hale called.
"What do you want?"
The girl wished that she was where
she need not listen, and yet she long
ed to hear. But she started nervously
as the next sentence.
"Yes," Mr. Hale answered a ques
tion asked him by his son. Then,
with a glance at the clock, "I can
wait for fifteen or twenty minutes.
Yes, surely—we can attend to it to
gether on the way home."
He hung up the receiver, then
turned to Agnes.
"Miss Morley, you need not wait if
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Marietta, July 19. At the annual
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of seals and records, Benjamin J.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING,
. you are ready to leave," he said. "It
is nearly five, and I have nothing
' more for you to do to-day. I find I
! shall have to remain a while longer
; than I expected. My son telephones
me he is downtown and wants me to
i attend to an errand with him on the
way home. But you may go now if
you want to."
She went toward the next room to
get her hat and coat, but paused at
the door.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Hale!" she
ventured.
"Oh—good afternoon!" he returned
absent-mindedly, then resumed the
signing of his letters.
She would have liked to linger in
the hope that he might say some
thing that would indicate whether or
not he was satisfied with her work.
But she dare not do this. In the
first place, she had no excuse for
remaining; in the second place—and
this was the more important reason
to her way of thinking—it would be
a mistake for her to allow Phil to
come upon her here before she. was
sure she could "make good," and be
fore he even suspected that she was in
his father's employ.
SHE GOES HURRIEDLY
Hastily she put on her hat and coat.
Annie Rooney managed to slip away
from her machine long enough to say
in a low tone:
"Gee. You're lucky, getting oft
before five! You've got a cinch."
Agnes smiled. "It won't be like
this every day," she reminded her.
"But I just happened to get done
early this first day."
She breathed more freely when she
was on the elevator, yet she was very
nervous as she walked through the
long corridor leading to the street.
She almost ran until she was safely
in the subway station, where she was
to take the uptown train. She had
succeeded in avoiding Philip Hale.
"But it was a close call," she mur
mured to herself.
Yet in telling her aunt of the events
of the day, she omitted to mention
I this incident. Aunt Lucy might not
understand why she dreaded meeting
Phil in his father's presence Just now.
When dinner was over, as aunt and
niece sat together in the little parlor
chatting, the lower bell rang. Miss
Morley spoke Immediately of the man
who was uppermost in her compan
ion's thoughts.
"There's the bell!" she exclaimed
"I was just wondering when Philip
Hale would be here again—and I
haven't a doubt but what that's him
now."
"Very likely," agreed Agnes, She
tried to speak calmly, yet she was
trembling with excitement.
And then, as she went forward and
leaned over the banister to greet him,
the man ascending the stairs looked
j up, and the light fell full on the pale
I face of Randolph Pickens.
I (To Be Continued)
Find Wealthy Man's
Will Written in Notebook
Lancaster, Pa., July 19. After a
long search the will of Edgar F. Ful
ton, a wealthy merchant of Fulton, was
found written on the inside corner of
a notebook which he had carried In his
pocket. It bequeathed all to his wife,
a portion of the document reading as
follows:
"Some of my will rewritten to-day; I
am likeHhe man who wrote his will on
an edge of a newspaper, the shorter
the better."
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Republican Club of 16
Jersey Counties Formed
Special to the Telegraph
Trenton, N. J., July 19. The
candidacy of Charles E. Hughes was
given a boost here yesterday after
noon, when representatives from near
lv a hundred Republican clubs
throughout the State assembled to
organize a New Jersey League of Re
publican Clubs. Sixteen of the 21
counties were represented at the meet
ing and organizations in the five
others signified in writing their in
tention of Joining the league.
Reoubllcan leaders present indicated
no alarm at the recent action of the
Progressive State Committee in re
fusing to indorse the candidacy of
Hughes. It was pointed out by State
Treasurer Read, of Camden, that the
Republican party carried the State
last year by a plurality of 37.500
without the aid of the Progressive
organization. Mr. Reed was confident
that this performance can be repeated
next Fall and probably exceeded, re
gardless of action by the Progressive
organization.
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By Associated Press
London, July 19.—Another vote of
credit will be asked for next week, the
premier informed the House of Com
mons to-day. Lt will be the eleventh
vole since the outbreak of the war and
probably will be for 300,000,000 pounds
sterling, the same amount as the last
ona. This wil lbring up the total for
the war to 2,682,000,000 pounds ster
ling.
CHRISTLEY STILL LIVES
John O Chrlstley, 333 South Thir
teenth street, who shot and killed his
wife and then shot himself, is still in
a critical condition at the Harrisburg
hospital. An inquest was held last
night on the death of Mrs. Chrlstley.
The coroner's jury placed the blame
on the husband. Future action is now
up tothe police department.
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last night.
After the meeting officers .of
the Traction Company said that
Mr. Gilday had merely listened
to what they had to say regard
ing conditions and that he had
not proposed arbitration.
Asked what would be their at
titude if he did make such a pro
posal they replied that until he
did so they had nothing to say.
They added that Mr. Gilday had
no arrangements for a further
meeting and that they did not
know his plans.
At Sixth and Cumberland streets
sympathizers hurled stones at one of
the cars and smashed several windows,
but the service was continued despite
the outbreak. Several of the cars on
the Third street line were smeared
with eggs and tomatoes and were sent
to the barns to ne cleaned, according
to officials. They were brought out
again and put on the lines.
Although nothing definite has been
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decided upon, railways officials stated
that the cars, if operated during the
evening, will be sent to the barns early.
It is not known when suburban service
will be resumed, as in a number of
places, according to reports, the tracks
have been blocked with huge piles of
stones.
Men Would Arbitrate
Company officials maintained their
position of refusing to treat with the
men to-day and the situation remained
unchanged. The carmen are willing
to arbitrate, they insist.
When the first cars appeared on the
streets shortly after 7 o'clock and the
public realized that the company in
tended to start service to-day, little
jeering of the crews was heard. At
Cameron and State streets a small
crowd gathered, but remained orderly.
At Cameron and Market streets,
where the trouble originated on Mon
day and yesterday, only a small crowd
awaited the cars-. No disorder occurred
at this point, with the exception of
jeering, until ofiicers ordered the sym
pathizers to maintain order. The noise
subsided and the men gradually dis
persed.
As the strikers made no attempt at
a demonstration this morning, only
small groups collected in the down
town streets, and everybody remained
orderly. Apparently few passengers
rode on the cars, and the strikers sent
out pickets to persuade people not to
ride. These men. gathered at the cor
ners, some of them acting as dispatch
ers for jitneys.
Position of the Officials
Officials of the Harrisburg Railways
Company said to-day that the pub
lic was not fully advised of the con
ditions which preceded the strike of
their employes. They declared that
as a result of a conference with a
committee of the employes in May
wages were increased and certain pro
visions as to better working conditions
were agreed upon. At the May con
ference, It was declared, no demands
were made nor was any serious griev
ance submitted; that there seemed to
be entire satisfaction with the sched
ule of wages.
Complaint is also made by the of
ficials that the strike wps precipitated
without any consideration whatever
for the Interests of the public; that
the first demand was presented to
President Musser last Thursday with
threats of a strike on Friday and an
actual suspension of work by a con
siderable number of employes on
Saturday night. An official made this
statement:
"If the men who have left our em
ploy had any interest in the public
they would not have stopped work
without reasonable notice. We have
never at any time refused to treat
with our men and they have been ad
vised repeatedly that any grievances
should be promptly reported , to the
management. We are not Impressed
with a union which has repeatedly
broken its contracts and agreements
elsewhere or are we cUspospd to be
guided by an association which does
not include all our employes."
"It may not be known to the pub
lic," said the same official, "that our
men have been receiving the same
compensation as other electric railway
employes in this section." It was also
intimated that the whole trouble was
the recognition of tne union.
Owe It to Union to Keep Order
There was much complaint in somt
parts of town over the inactivity of
some of the policemen who failed to
make arrests even when disorder came
directly under their notice. People
whose sympathy was with the strikers
said that in view of the repeated dec
larations of Vice-President Thorpe and
others that the strikers refrain from
disorder, every move in that direction
by strike sympathizers put the strikers
in a false position. Up to this time the
strikers have carefully kept from any
act that coula be criticised and officers
who permit disorder not only endanger
lives and property but injure the strik
ers themselves. There was a strong
demand all over the city for the pres
ervation of order at all costs.
Swears in Twenty-five Deputies
Sheriff W. W. Caldwell last evening
and this morning obtained twenty-five
deputies, who were sworn in at once to
aid in preventing rlotb. Both Sheriff
Caldwell and Chief of Police Zeil are
preparing to quell any outbreaks of
sympathizers.
The sheriff's deputies saw their first
service at Cameron and Market streets
and at the Verbeke street' market, but
had no difficulty in handling the
crowds.
Parade Plans
Thorpe, of the carmen's union, in
announcing the parade for to-morrow
night declared that further plans will
be completed to-night and to-morrow,
and that a rcute will be planned.
Every labor organization and sympa
thizer with the strikers has been in
vited to participate, but Vice-President
Thorpe said that there must be no dis
order.
Chief of Police Zeil, when asked
about the parade, said that so far as
he knew there was no city ordinance
giving any city official power to pre
vent the men from parading providing
they were orderly and did no damage.
Union leaders stated that a band will
be on hand to-morrow evening and
that the parade is to be a demon
stration showing the sentiment of the
public. Several of the strikers esti
mated with Vice-President Thorpe that
some thousands will probably be in
line.
Xo Attempt at Arbitration
The strikers also stated that no at
tempts had been made at arbitration.
Thorpe said that although Patrick Gil
day, chief of the Bureau of Mediation
and Arbitration in the State Depart
ment of and Industry, had con
ferred with him, nothing definite was
decided upon.
Mr. Gllday came here and conferred
with James A. Steese, chief clerk of
the Department of Labor and Industry,
and union men to deteimine what steps
JULY 19,1916.
could be taken to adjust the situation.
Both sides remained firm during the
day and no solution was arrived at.
The men with Thorpe as their leader
demand arbitration and the company
still maintains its stand.
Bis Mass .Meeting
A big mass meeting of tne strikers
was held again this afternoon at 2
o'clock at headquarters and it was the
lirst time since yesterday afternoon
that the men met together. The re
ports of pickets were discussed and
addresses made.
According to union officials, ten men
employed in the railways company
power plant in South Cameron street
have applied foi membership in the,
union and joined with the strikers.
Superintendent Davis said that no re
port of any men quitting at the power
plant had been made to him and no
new men were employed there.
A rumor was circulated last night
that the Valley Railways Company
men were planning to organize, but it
could not be veritied. Vice-President
Thorpe said that he had not appealed
to the 'cross-river men to join the local
organization and could say nothing
more about the report, which was
officially denied. Grievances of the
Valley's employes were settled amicably
some time ago.
Police officials believe now that or
der can be maintained, although the
railways company officials claim that
inadequate police protection is fur
nished. Motormen and conductors op
erating cars, according to officials,
claimed that police saw boys throw
ing tomatoes and eggs at the cars and
the crew, but made no attemtt to
arrest the offenders. Many of the mis
siles struck the men, they said.
Muiit Sec Offense
Chief of Police Zeil, when asked
about this, stated: "The officers were
taken from their regular posts and sta
tioned at points where trouble was
anticipated. As soon as I learned of
the trouble at the market house 1 or
dered several officers there. I was In
formed that order was restored. If
the patrolmen saw the boys throwing
things, they should have made arrests.
But the officers can not arrest any
offenders unless the person is seen by
the policeman as he is committing
the crime. If informations are made
against the violators by the motormen
or conductors, we will make arrests."
Captain Thompson, who was at the
Verbeke street market this morning,
declared that upon the arrival of the
officers the disturbance ended.
"I talked to a crowd of small boys,"
he stated, "and they dispersed after. I
warned them to stop throwing vege
tables. I spoke to another large crowd
at one of the street corners about jeer
ing at the crews, and they stopped,
also."
At Sixth and Cumberland streets i
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bricks were laid on the tracks and
several car windows were smashed.
When the police arrived the sympa
thizers had gone
Use Autos for Mall
But for jitney service suburban
towns would be cut off from com
munication with the city. Rural mails
to Paxtang. Penbrook, Progress and
Linglestown are sent from the Harris
burg Post Office in auto trucks. The
railways company holds the contract
for this work and provided this means
of delivery.
Although many trucks and automo
biles were used since early morning,
there were not enough to provide for
, the people, and hundreds were forced
to walk to work. Special trains were
run to Steelton again by the Penn
sylvania and Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway companies and numerous
trucks were operated to that place.
Jitney drivers continue to do a flour
! ishing business and traffic officers til
the downtown sections have difficulty
in keeping open the streets. No acci
dents were reported during the day.
Smash More Windows
Shortly after 1 o'clock a. group of
sympathizers blocked the tracks at
Fourth and Reily streets, it was re
ported. and the police were rushed to
the scene. The crowd had permitted
the car to pass, but smashed one of
the windows. No serious damage re
sulted.
Keeps Day Police as Reserve
Last night Chief of Police Zeil kept
the day force of officers at police head
quarters as a reserve in case of any
rioting. No trouble was reported dur
ing the evening, although one call
sent in from Cameron and Market
streets. An automobile load of officers
was rushed to the scene, but the men
were not needed. The streets were
' crowded during the evening, but no
disorder occurred at any point.
At the meeting of the union men in
their headquarters yesterday after
noon the speakers were Hugh A. Mc-
Laughlin. chairman of the union, Wil
liam Strouse, ex-Congressman Arthur
R. Rupley, John A. Parthemore one of
the strikers, and Thorpe, the general
organizer of the union and strike
leader.
Thorpe urged the men to be loyal,
and again assured them that they need
not worry about finances. He also de
clared that efforts were being made
to have the men return to work, by
visiting them at their homes, or talk
ing to their families.
The shutdown of car service at 11
o'clock yesterday morning, caused a
record number of jitneys, but only
about half of the people were taken
home in autos, it was estimated. Thou
sands walked from office and shop,
and the streets were almost Impassable
i at times because of the congestion.
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