HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV — No. 173 STRIKERS GIVE THEIR SIDE TO COUNCIL; SEEK ARBITRATION Commissioners Will Endeavor to Have Another Confer ence With President Mus ser in Effort to Arrange Settlement Program; Trol leymen's Grievance Com mittee "Very Reasonable" Says Lynch COMPANY RE-EMPLOYS 2 STRIKERS, IT ANNOUNCES Men Have Old Standing and Will Receive 2 Cents an Hour Increase Officials State; Union Leaders Say They Know of No Men Go ing Back to Work; Rail ways Head Issues State ment President Frank B. Musser of the Harrisburg Railways Company will again meet the City Commissioners this afternoon at Council's request to further discuss the trolley strike aitu- | ation. Council officially heard the trolley men's side of the strike this morning- Late yesterday afternoon President Musser met the Commissioners and gave the company's viewpoint of the controversy. The net result of these two confer ences was a request that Mr. Musser again meet Council to see if some plan of arbitration cannot be agreed upon. Mr. Musser consented to meet the Councilmen and a meeting has been arranged for 4 o'clock this after noon Mayor E. S Meals presided at this morning's meeting of the commission ers which was held behind closed doors. Commissioners E. Z. Gross. W. H. Lynch and H. F. Bowman attended as the city's representatives while the strikers were represented by a com mittee headed by Hugh L.McLaughlin. chairman of the trolleymen's union grievance committee. "Various points under discussion were given us yesterday afternoon by a committee from the union," said Commissioner Lynch to-day in discus sing this morning's conference, "but our meeting with Mr. McLaughlin and his committee was the flrst opportun ity we've had to officially hear the strikers' story. Will "Confer With Musser "What we will endeavor to do is to confer with President Musser in the hope of getting his consent to arbitra tion. That's what the striking men want. Of course they desire to be rec ognized as a body to the extent that they Aiay be given a chance to submit an arbitration agreement. We will make a strenuous effort to confer with Mr. Musser on this point this after noon and inform him of the results of to-day's conference. "The strikers' committee was very reasonable. The strikers, according to Mr. McLaughlin, will be willing to mingle with the other men on the cars and help to operate them pend ing the settlement of the difficulties by arbitration. "What we as city councilmen want to do is to get the two parties together. We're going to make every effort to do so." "Wa» Mr. Thorpe preesnt at to-day's conference?" Mr. Lynch was asked. "No. I don't know that he was ex pected to be. As I understood it the meeting was to be with the committee from the strikers." "What transpired at yesterday's con ference with Mr. Musser?" Musser's Position "Well, I think t"he gist of that is contained in to-day's papers. The president seemed to think there is nothing to arbitrate,'' said Mr. Lynch. "He dwelt particularly on the method of striking. The men quit," he pointed out, "without warning; that they had voted on the question and went out as soon as the vote had been taken." "Did the commissioners to-day pre sent this viewpoint to Mr. McLaugh lin's committee?" he was asked. "Oh, yes. But he has his side of the story, too. The men, he explained had been endeavoring fruitlessly to get interview with the head of the com pany for several days prior to the tak ing of the vote." "Did Mr. McLaughlin's committee make any request as tcwhether or not the striking men be taken back?" [Continued on Page 4] THE WEATHER- For HarrisliuiK an<l vicinityi Part ly cloutl; tu-ulght and Saturday! slightly Marnier Saturday. For Eaitrru Pciiiia.vlvaiilu: Partly cloudy to-night and Saturdays slightly warmer Saturday; gentle to moderate northeast to east winds. General Conditions Pressure has increased over the Ohio Valley and from the Great Lakes eastward to the Atlantic s const and over the Pacific slope. A slight depression lias appeared over Ylrsiuin. It has caused light to modeiate showers in the Middle Ohio \ alley nud In Ten nessee and Southwestern Vir ginia and scattered slinner* in Eastern Pennsylvania and East ern Jfew \ ork. Under the inliiicnce or easterly winds temperatures are 2 to A de grees lower over practicallv all the territory east of the Lake Region. Temperatures continue high with a rising tendency be tween the Rook) Mountains and the Mississippi river. Temperatnre i 8 a. m.. 74. Sunt Rises, 6 a. ra.; seta. 7i22 p. m. Moon: Xew moon, to-mi.rrow, U:ls a. m. River Stsget 6.2 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 98. l.owest temperature, 01. Mean temperature, 82. A orwal temperature, 75, '■ ' ——' — ~ —— Striking Trolleymen Planning Long D BY CARRIERS « CENTS A WEEK. SINGLE COPIES 2 CEN'TS. HARRISBURG GAVE STARVING BELGIANS; ITS OWN CHILDREN To the Editor of the Harrisburg Tdigraph; I am appealing to the people of Harrisburg, through your paper, to see if it is not possible to get more money to help the families that have been left here by the men who have gone to the front. Upon investigation this morning, 1 found three families very much in need of help; one, a mother, about sixty years of age, who makes on an average of fifty cents a day by taking piece work home. Her son, nineteen years of age, was the breadwinner of the family, and has gone to the front with Company D. She has two other children to support on this small amount. Another case of two young women who have tried to make expenses less by giving up their little homes and renting txvo upstairs rooms. They have had no money of any description since the breadwinners of the family left on June 22nd. There teas a small savings account and that is what they are living on, together with a small amount derived from washing, which they are taking in to do— women who were never called upon before to do work like this, but are trying to be as brave as possible, with four little children. One of the women told me she would gladly go out to work, but she has a child nine months old whom she is nursing, and, of course, this would make it impossible for her to do that. These are only a couple of instances of a great many that are turn ing up each day. Many people have said to me "Why did these men go to the front and leave their families depending upsn charity f" and I am enclosing you a copy of a telegram received from Major-General Wood which wag sent to the different commands, and which will explain to you, if you read it carefully, why the men are not returning to their families at once. These men have put country before their families, and I think the people of Harrisburg should be patriotic enough to relieve them a little bit, and I cannot understand the lack of interest. I have been advised by the Adjutant General's Department that the reason why the state of Pennsylvania has not paid the men for their time in camp is because it is the duty of the Federal Government to do so. I wish you, through your paper, would make another appeal for help. lam sure it will reach the people of Harrisburg, because there is great evidence of the need of money. MARY F. RYDER, Chairman, Pennsylvania Women's Division, National Preparedness. Red Cross. NOTE —The Telegraph has received S3OO and has turned the money over to this fund. It will be glad to acknowledge all sub scriptions. CLARK ACT AND CONDEMNE EDITORS OF STATE Changes in Third Class City Commission Form of Govern ment Law by Next Session of Legislature Are Indicated by Experiences of Many Cities; Failure in Some Towns; Success in Others, but Many Weak Points Have Been De veloped; Politics Despite N onpartisan Provisions IS the commission form of govern-! ment a success or failure? Many of the prominent editors of Pennsylvania have given their views to | the Telegraph on this subject and the great diversity of opinion represents public sentiment on the question. The Telegraph this evening presents these views for the benefit of all who are making a study of the problem in cities of the third class. This im portant change in the government of so many of the cities of Pennsylvania j has now been In force long enough to < afford an opportunity for study o£ the j new scheme of administration. It is | believed the symposium here presented i will be of particular interest to all the | cities now under the commission ar- ; rangement. It is almost certain that some changes in the Clark act will be made at the next session of the Legislature and it is entirely probable that some of these matters will be considered at the convention of the representatives of Third Class cities at Johnstown next month. Many weaknesses of the commission plan have developed, and whether the scheme is abolished entirely or simply amended to overcome its defects will SENATE PASSES | BIG ARMY BILL Increased More Than $130,000,- 000 Since Acted on Favorably in House Special to the Teleerafh Washington, July 28. lncreased b> $131,666,091 since it passed the House, the army appropriation bill, j carrying a total of 5313.970.507, was passed in the Senate yesterday. It is $16,628,568 smaller than it was when [Continued on Pago .S] 14-Month-01d Baby Drowns in Washtub of Water Mechanicsburg. July 28. Stanley- Parks Wenger, 14-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence S. Wenger of Grantham, was drowned in a tub of water yesterday morning. The moth er, who had left the baby on the porch to put weekly wast on a line, on her ! return found the child hanging oxer the *lde of the tub, the head partially submerged and life extinct. The fu neral will take place Sunday. Burial will be made at Chambersburg. Mr. Wenger is postmaster at Grant ham and proprietor of a large general store at that place, { HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1916. depend entirely upon the co-operation of the several cities concerned at the next session of the Legislature. Perhaps the most serious objection to the law is its log-rolling feature and the effort of each commissioner to get for his own department something at the expense of the city-at-large. So far as the nonpartisan feature of the new scheme is concerned it has not proved a great success. It seems to be a three-to-two game everywhere. Denver discarded the commission form of government a few months ago and in place of five commissioners, vested with both executive and legis lative powers, elected a mayor as the directing head ot its municipal affairs, and a separate legislative branch! which is also elected. Under the new Denver plan some features of the com mission form are retained, but Robert W. Speer, the mayor who has done so much for Denver, is the directing and efficient, head of the administration. Perhaps one of the most emphatic ob jections to the Clark act is that the mayor has lost his proper place in the management of citv affairs. Under the commission government in Denver the perpetuation of evils which It was opected to abolish was a distinct disappointment. There was an absolute failure to eliminate the political machine so-called. Now the mayor is directly responsible and the [Continued on Page 16.] U. s. FARM LOAN BOARD LAUNCHED Names of the Four Members, Including Philadelphian, » Sent to Senate Washington, July 28. President Wilson sent to the Senate yesterday the names of George W. Norris, of Philadelphia; Charles E. Lobdelli of Great Bend, Kansas; William S. A. Smith, of Sioux City, lowa, and Her ber Quick, of Berkeley Springs, W. [Continued on Page 8] 3 Shot When I. W. W. Mob Battles With Workmen Redfield, S, C., July 28. ln a pis tol battle yesterday between 300 mem bers of the Industrial Workers of the World and 200 "independents" organ ized in opposition to the I. W. W three of the former were wounded one of them seriously. About 150 shots were exchanged. A force of 150 deputies dispersed the fighters and drove them from the town. Harvest hands outside the I. W W organizations have declared war upon the organization and these were the aggressors In the fight, PLACES FOUND ON BORDER FOR MEN NOW AT GRETNA Guardsmen of 9th and 13th Regiments, Third Brigade, May See Service GO TO HOMES TOMORROW Stewart Outlines Plans For Equipping Ninth as Artillery By Special Correspondence Mt. Gretna, Pa., July 28.—A place in the seventh division of the National GuarC of the United States made up of Pennsylvania trooDS has at last been found for the men in Camp Armstrong and it is probable that guardsmen of the Ninth and Thir teenth regiments of the Third brigade will be on border patrol among their comrades of the other Pennsylvania regiments. The Ninth regiment of Wilkes-Barre will be turned Into the second Penn sylvania field artillery and its num bers Increased at least by 400. The 13th regiment of Scranton will be known as the third artillery ajid it will also recruit. Both will go to their homes to-morrow. Adjutant General Stewart said that both would return to Mt. Gretna shortly. To Absorb Battalion Thj separate battalion will also be absorbed. Companies K from Sunbury and F from Danville being united into one company and taking the place of a company at El Paso that will join the engineering company of the Fourth infantry. Companies D and C of the separate battalion will return In a week to be physically examined and mustered into government service. They will then aid in training the rookies as they come into the summer camp. According to General Stewart, the Ninth regiment or the Second artil lery. as it will be known, will consist of six batteries of 126 men each and will be divided into two battalions. They will use three-inch field guns. The 13th or the Third artillery will have six batteries or three battalions composed of two batteries each. It will be armed with four and seven tenth-inch howitzers. "We may not be able to get the full war strength, although we will try for that. But we have to get full peace strength before we go on duty," said General Stewart. Touching on the subject of prob able demotions, General Stewart said: "I can tell very little about that. It may be probable that some officers will not pass the physical examination. You can see for yourself though that ae an Infantry regiment has twelve captains and an artillery only six, something along the line of elimina tion must happen." "ICE TEA" FOR PRISONERS LEADS TO ARREST Carlisle, Pa., July 28. Bringing liquor in the guise of "Ice tea" to the Cumberland county jail proved costly to Lloyd Turner of this place. He was arrested and held for court on the charge. Turner had friends in jail and during the recent hot days brought them consignments of the "tea" daily. Officials became sus picious and began an investigation which resulted in his arrest. SIZZLERS AHEAD; RELIEF IS BRIEF Bunches of Heat Just Waiting Their Chance to Creep Into Central Penna. Due to a cool wave which moved northward from the coast of Virginia last night and was still moving to-day, Harrisburg received temporary relief from the hot wave from the west. But on the outskirts of this cool atmosphere bunches of heat are wait ing to move in. It will be warmer to morrow and according to local weather forecasts Sunday is likely to be a scorcher. The cool wave from the South re duced the humidity and brought a drop of from two to four degrees In the temperature. Yesterday was the hottest day of the summer. The high est tempsrature was 93.4. An Associated Press dispatch from Chicago to-day says: "Illinois and neighboring States found no relief to-day from the un usual heat wave and there was a prob ability that the records of 100 de grees yesterday might even be hroken. "In Chicago the downtown street thermometers at 2 o'clock this morn ing stood at 89 degrees, higner by sev (Continued on Page 18.) 3 Gangs Try to Recover Bodies of Gas Victims By Associated Press Cleveland. July 28. While three gangs of fifteen men each, working in three-hour shifts, continued to-day to make repairs which will facilitate ex cavating the cave-in in the water works tunnel to recover the bodies of nine* buried workmen killed in Mon day night's explosion, the investigation into the horror begun by the city yes terday continued. Tunnel workers to-day sent a com mittee to Karrell to demand greater safety and increased wages for work men when the tunnel construction job is resumed. SPANN'EMi AT EL PASO AGAIN By Associated Press Elpaso, Texas, July 28. Harry Spannell. following his preliminary examination at Alpine yesterday on the charge of mu"dering his wife and Lieutenant Colonel M. C B-jtler. Wat returned to El Paso last night where he was placed in jail for safe keeping. Again Spannell and his deputies man aged to keep their movements here secret. , BREMEN CAPTURED IN HALIFAX, SAYS NEW YORK REPORT Overdue U-Boat Said to Have Been Nabbed by British Patrolling Squadron SISTEB TO DEUTSCHLAND High Official Writes That Sub marine "Is Being Well Cared For" Halifax, July 28. Nothing is known here of the Bremen story further than the report from New York. New York, July 28. —Another cir cumstantial report regarding the whereabouts of the German merchant submarine Bremen, long expected at some American uort, Is that the ship has been captured by British patrolling squadrons and is to-day tied up in the northwest arm in the harbor of Hali fax. N. S. The report of the capture, which is published here to-day. is given in a letter said to have been written by the secretary of a high Canadian official to a business man of this city. The letter is declared to have been mailed from Buffalo, N. Y., two days ago, and therefore could not have been sub jected to the scrutiny of the Canadian censor. The letter was written in confidence, it is stated, but the information it contained was divulged by the re cipient to a friend in the course of an argument as to whether or not the Bremen could pass through the British barrier. The letter says: "You seem In New York to be wor ried about the Bremen. There is really no cause for worry, for at the present time she is tied up In what we call the northwest arm in the harbor of Halifax and is being well taken care of." Telegrams of inquiry sent to Ottawa and Halifax ha- e not as yet brought any confirmation of the reported cap ture of the merchant submarine. The Bremen, the second unit of Ger many's jropose.l merchant submarine fleet, has been due for some days in an i American port. Private information was to the effect that she had been ordered to mako New York, harbor if possible, but in the event that this was not feasible she was to go to any other American port that presented a favor able opportunity for entrance. Impor tant mail for bankers here and prob ably for the merchant submarine Deutschland was said to be aboard. The long delay of the submarine Deutschland. now at Baltimore, in leaving for home is said in some quar ters to have bern due to the fact that she was waiting for further instruc tions contained in the Bremen's mail budget. PORTLAND HEARS IT, TOO Portland, Maine, July 28. —A tele gram saying the Germaji underwater merchantman Bremen had been cap tured and was being to*ed into Hali fax was received in this city to-day from a Canadian source which was be lieved to be. reliable. DENIED BY AUTHORITIES Ottawa, July 28.—The naval de partment denied to-day that there is any foundation for the* story published in New York that the German sub marine Bremen has been captured and taken into Halifax. EXECUTE CAPTAIN OF MERCHANTMAN Germans Kill Commander Who Attempted to Ram Attack ing U-Boat By Associated Press Berlin, July 2>; (by wireless). —Cap- tain Charles Fryatt, of the Great East ' c-rn Railway steamship Brussels, which | vessel was captured by German de i ntroyers last month and taken into Zeebrufe-ge. has been executed by shoot ; ing after trial by a German court martial. The death sentence was , passed upon Captain Fryatt because of | his alleged action in attempting pre viously to ram a German submarine. British to Retaliate Washington, July 28. Germany's I execution of Captain Charfes Fryatt, master of the British steamship Brus sels for an alleged attempt to ram a submarine, is regarded in allied quar (Con tinned on Page 18.) Posse Meets Fugitives; One Dead; Two Wounded By Associated Press Laurel, Del., July 28. —Four negroes who were wantod by Maryland au thorities for the murder of a negro at Vienna, Md„ last night, were traced to this town this morning. In a run ning fight one of the negroes, Jim i Pride, a notorious "roadster," was wounded and captured. Another sur rendered. , Two other members of the gang es caped and were vigorously followed by a sheriff and posse. One was drowned in attempting to swim Laurel river, but the other surrendered after being shot in the arm. RUSSELL REFUSED PASSPORT London, July 28. Bertrand Rus sell. who recently was fined for Issuing pamphlets criticising the manner In which the government treated con scientious objections to military ser vice and who later was deprived of his lectureship at Cambridge University, has been refused a passport to visit America He had been invited to lec ture at Harvard University. Russell's wife was formerly Miss Alls Smith, of Philadelphia. NO APPEAL FOR CASEMENT London, July 28. When the court of criminal appeal met to-day to hear "a possible application" in behalf of Roger Casement, who was sentenced to death for treason in connection with the recent Dublin uprising, It was found that the defense had abandoned any contemplated action. , City's Oldest Man Dies k. v / M^^Bm • ■ r~ Joseph Montgomery, who would have been 100 years old on his next birthday, which was near at hand, died at the home of his son-in-law, Harry Fleming, 410 Cameron street, late yesterday. Death was due to old age. He was the oldest man in the city. Mr. Montgomery was a retired printer and sign painter. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Last January Mr. Montgomery was carried from his home by firemen when it was destroyed by fire. He is survived by four children, Mrs. Harry Fleming, Mrs. Frank Stewart and Peter, all of Harrisburg, and Charles Montgomery, of Philadelphia. Funeral services will be held in the Reformed Salem Church Monday morning at 10 o'clock, with the Rev. Dr. Ellis X. Krenier officiating. Burial will be made in the Harrisburg Ceme tery. Committee of Famed Medical Men to Join Paralysis Fight New York. July 28.—The city health authorities and Mayor Mitchel con ferred to-day in regard to the compo sition of a list of fifteen or twenty prominent physicians who will be in vited to come to Xew York from dif ferent parts of the country and join the battle against infantile paralysis. The visiting physicians will receive all their expenses, and the board of esti mates yesterday unanimously voted $3,000 for this purpose. X HOLD THREE UNDER HEAVY BAIL *? J Alderman James DeShong sitting as committing magis- «• 1 trate at the police station, this afternoon, held three persons « for court, each on a charge malicious injury to railroads, f | E. S. Marshall plead guilty to placing bricks on the street & 9 car tracks in front of a street car. His bail was fixed I 1 $1,500; Thomas Walker, who threw an egg at a car, fur- L & nished SBOO, and Ross Green who ran his automobile across 1 1 a track in front of a car and would not move it, put up $1,500 , i bail. Glenn Montgomery charged with inciting to riot was discharged. ( j ? CONFER ON NAVAL BILL 1 Washington, July 28.—House and Senate conferees « ' ? named to find an agreement on the naval bill held their < J first meeting to-day. President Wilson is standing firmly j i & for the measure as it passed the Senate, carrying big in -1 creases over the House bill, and providing for a definite < , s three years building policy. House Democrats have told J him some within their own ranks oppose the increases. < f DIXON WARNS OF QUACKS J , T Harrisburg.—ln a bulletin on the infantile paralysis * J outbreak issued by the State Health Department late to- ! < ' day Dr. Dixon says: "There is no medicine that will pre- < • ! vent or cure it. Avoid patent medicines for it—they do < j » harm. Call in your family physician if you get sick; he will ( i i ' not tell you he has a remedy that is a sure cure, and any one ' I who does, lies. Long attentive treatment will in many cases j bring the child back to health." I J j CAPTURE 500 MEXICANS , ► * * Mexico City, July 27, via Laredo, July 28.—Five hun- ; I dred Villistas have been captured in Zacatecas by General j l Plank, according to reports received here by the govern- 1 ' ( ment. All were given amnesty. <* ' ' MUSSER WILL MEET COUNCIL ( , Harrisburg.—President Musser said shortly before 31 [ o'clock that he intended to meet City Council at 4 o'clock. < M "**** ' ("* i MARRIAGE L '! I Mike Carnic and Annie Frdeulch, Steeltoa. 5 Adam Stotmar, Jr., and Frances Powoikonlti, Steelton. > "VI ii A "A ii A'wifl CITY EDITION 20 PAGES DELVILLEWOOD TAKEN BY HAIG IN THE FIERCEST FIGHT OF WAR British Troops Capture Im portant Position Despite Desperate Attempts of Germans to Retain Foot hold; Famous Brande burgers Driven Out in Final Onset of Infantry RUSSIAN ADVANCE STILL PROGRESSES Hammering at Austrian Line; in Alonevka Region; Enveloping Movement Threatens to Compel Eva cuation of Brody and Fa cilitate Advance on Lem berg; Verdun Battle Still Rages Desperate efforts by the German* to retain a foothold in Delville wood on the Somme front have failed ae i cording to the London War Offico which to-day announces that the en tire wood is in British possession. Tho Importance which the Germans at tached to this position is indicated by the British statement that it was de ! fended by the famous Br&ndenburgers who were driven out in the final onset by General Haig's forces. , Delville wood, immediately adjoins I Longueval, a portion of which wa i ; shown by last night's official state ment from London to be still in Ger man possession. The success of thi- British announced to-day is expected greatly to facilitate their efforts to clinch their hold on Longueval an«. advance along the road to Bapaumt [Continued on Pace 15]
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