Three Zeppelins Fly Over East Coast HARRISBURG tfSjgllg TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 174 STRIKERS PLAN FOR MASS MEETING; > 47 CARS OPERATE President Musser Says Ten Strikers Have Applied For Old Positions ORGANIZERS SUMMONED Unions to Be Extended; Trac tion Company Says Its Posi tion Is "Final" A statement by Vice-President Thorpe, of the car men's union, that the strike will be maintained and other branches of labor organized here, and the assertion of President Frank B. Musser, of the Harrisburg Railways company that 4 6 cars are in operation on all of its lines to-day, were the only developments of the street car strike situation this morn ing. Another car was added this afternoon. Ten strikers have applied for their old positions with the Harrisburg Railways company, according to President Musser, and have been ac cepted. Eight of these men, he said, at noon were operating cars: Two more applications have been received from strikers, the official went on to say, and are being considered. Union men said this morning that if they cannot get a meeting now with Mr. Musser. they would take steps to start a labor movement in the city, and organize all branches of working people. Vice-President Thorpe said he had wired to the American Federation of Labor head quarters this morning and that labor organizers are to be sent here. Mass Meeting; To-night. Plans have been made by the strikers to have a big mass meeting !n Market Square this evening at 8 o'clock, and several addresses will be made setting forth the side of the union car men. President Musser announced at noon that forty-six cars are in opera tion on all of the lines of the com pany, and that schedules are being maintained. One more car was sent out this afternoon, making the total forty-seven. Fifty-two cars are op erated on all of the lines under normal conditions, officials explained, and stated that all of the cars will probably be running next week. Eight of the ten strikers who have been given positions were operating cars this morning, Mr. Musser went on to say, and the other two probably will be sent out later in the day. Arrangements have been started to keep most of the cars oil the lines this evening. The same number as were on to-day will be sent out to morrow, officials announced. Chief of Police J. T. Zeii. this morn lnr all officers to arrest on si*"" ' .Htney drivers, wherner licensed o' who violate trairtn Ordinances, si "that numerous complaints have beVti received at police headquarters. Company's Statement. In a statement issued through the advertising columns of the newspa pers, President Musser declares to-dav that the decision of the company is final, and that the company "is not bluffing." In the statement, it is said that 165 former employes left the service of the company and from [Continued on Page 3] Senate Urges Clemency For Sir Roger Casement Washington, July 29. By a vote of 46 to 19 the Senate to-day adopted a resolution requesting President Wilson to transmit to the British government an expression of hope that it would exercise clemency in the treatment of Irish political prisoners. This will include Sir Roger Casement. MINE FIRE RAGES Hazleton. Pa., July 9. Kire is rag ing in the Ebervale mines of the G. B. Markle company. Water lines have been run into the slope and a big force of men is fighting the flames. THE WEATHER. For Harrlshurg and vicinity: Fair and warmer to-night and Sun day. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair warmer to-night and Sunday gentle to moderate east to soutii winds. River The Susquehanna river and all its branches will continue to fall. A stage ot about 4.S feet is Indicat ed for Harrlsburg, Sunday morn ing. General Conditions Increasing air pressure over the .\ortlieastem part of the Inited States with easterly winds, has caused a further decrease of a to 10 degrees in temperature ■ long and near the Atlantic eoast from .New England to Florida. The hot wave continues over nearly nil the territory lying be tween the Missouri and Ohio rivers with further rises of a to 0 degrees in temperature In the last twenty-four hours. Temperature! S a. m., AO. Sun: Iltscs, 5 u. in.; sets, 7:22 p. m. Moon: New moon, to-night at Hits River Stage: 3.3 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, SO. I.onest temperature. 73. Mean temperature, 7«. Normal temperature, 75. Getting used to strange newspapers is like breaking in a pair of new shoes—mighty uncomfortahle. Order the Harrisliurg Telegraph mailed to your vacation address if you would enjoy real comfort. Six rents a week will bring the Telegraph to you no mat ter where you are. nv rARniERS 0 CENTS A WEEK. SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS. ALL NEWSPAPERS PRINTING INDUSTRY MENACED BY WORLD-WIDE PAPER FAMINE The paper famine has reached a point where it is seriously menacing the newspapers of the country and the printing business as a whole. The American Review of Reviews, com menting on the situation says: "A commodity even so indirectly re lated to the demands of war as pa per is showing the prevailing ten dencies to such a degree as seriously to embarrass publishers. The higher price of paper stock and the dif ficulty in obtaining it at all in Eng land was a chief factor in the dis continuance in March of the London Daily Standard, after a career of 60 years, for a considerable portion of which it was the most important or gan of the middle classes in England. "In America the demand for paper has been increasing for six months, as a result of general business ac tivity. At the same time supplies used in its manufacture have been decreased by war conditions, and in some cases have almost been cut off. "The supply of old rags is affected by the cutting off of the importa tions from the European peasantry and by the demand for the making of guncotton. The chemicals used in bleaching the paper produced by sul phuric acid and alum are being de voured by the manufacturers of ex plosives, while importations of lute have fatten off until the price is doubled. An embargo has been plac ed on shipments of wood pulp from .Norway and Sweden, while Canada stopped access to her vast resources some time ago. . Newspapers Hard Hit The newspaper publisher is, in nf-fn' fu I ? it b - v war conditions in t r»L°J her Uem ; s of supplies besides the basic one of paper stock. Vir tually everything going into the manu facture of a daily newspaper has in creased in price from 10 to 50 per cent—inks, owing to the advance in c ,™' of ac "i s ancl dyes, from 300 to 3000 per cent; type, owing to the ZEPPELINS RAID ENGLISH TOWNS Flv Over East Coast Villages; Drop Bombs on Bailroads; No Casualties By Associated Press London, July 29 ; Three Zeppelin dirigible balloons participated in the raid early this morning on the east coast of England, it was officially an nounced this afternoon. There were no casualties. Details of the Zeppelin raid on the east coast are still lacking. An un official dispatch however, says that a German airship- proceeded inland for a short distance and dropped two bombs at the side of a railway. The Zeppelin then proceeded to an adjoining village where eight bombs were dropped. The missiles fell in fields and roads where no damage was done. The Zeppelin cruised about for twenty minutes and then went off in a northerly direction towards the coast. neuter's correspondent at Amster dam reports that a Zeppelin l'lew over Sluiskil, on the Dutch-Belgian border, going in a northeasterly direc tion. it was fired upon by Dutch guards. This is the first German airship [Continued on Page 9] JAP PREMIER TO RETIRE By Associated Press Tokio, Japan, July 29. Japanese newspapers insistently forecast the re tirement of Marquis Okuma from the premiership and the organization of a new Japanese ministry, probably pre sided over by Lieutenant-General Count Teruuchi, the governor-general of Kore a. GRAMM HOTEL IS SOLD FOR $14,000 Famous Subway Hostelry of Canal Days, Bought by Brewing Co. The "Subway Hotel," the old hos telry on North Seventh street near the subway, whose popularity dates way back to the days when the Pennsyl vania canal was a real highway of commerce through Pennsylvania, has been sold to the Lancaster Realty Com pany, representing the Reicker Brew ing Company, fcr $14,000. The property was owned by John A. Gramin, one of Harrisburg's well known Pennsylvania Germans, and for years and years the inn was known as "Gramin's Tavern." The crews of many a canal boat paused for refresh ment in the days when the whistle of the giant class H6 locomotives and the [Continued on Page 14] Strike-breakers Operate Cars on New York Lines New York, July 29. —Several hun dred professional strike-breakers many imported from other cities, were sent out on cars in the Bronx to-day by the Union Railroad company in a determined effort to resume a normal running schedule. Two hundred of the 1200 employes of the Third avenue railway and its cross town lines in Manhattan borough of this city are reported to have gone on strike at 10 o'clock this morning. Labor leaders said the remainder of the Third avenue carmen were expect ed to walk out late to-day. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 29, 1916. higher cost of lead, tin and antimony | —even the rubber and felt blankets I wrapped around the press rollers add I their quota to the increased cost-of i living of the daily." >'o Hope of Relief 1 Through an important bulletin Just 1 issued by a prominent concern which manufacturers and distributes all grades of paper it is learned that the ; causes of the present famine and in i creasing cost of paper are such as to ! indicate no change for the better in the near future. This bulletin states that a large proportion of bleached and unbleached sulphite and ground ! wood pulp used In the manufacture of ; paper has come from Europe- that the ; amount from the Central Empires has been entirely stopped while the | pulp from Norway and Sweden has i been materially decreased. What is now being received is costing double | its former value. Dyes, chemicals and paper ma chinery and every other article which goes into the manufacture of paper j has increased anywhere from twice | to ten times the price paid a year ago. | Labor has increased twenty-five to ! fifty per cent. It is not believed there ] will be any chango until after the I European war and then months will • elapse before prices can be readjusted. ; The bulletin expresses the opinion that I the paper mills will never be able to go back on the old schedules and for i that reason former prices will not obtain. As showing one or the causes of the high cost of print paper, which is seriously menacing the newspaper in dustry, it is pointed out that the im portation of sulphite which averaged about 380,000 tons annually before the war has dropped during the present year from 28,880 tons in January to 3.952 tons in May. Prices Going Up All over the country newspapers are advancing prices. The Milwau kee Free Press, a morning newspaper yesterday announces an advance from 1 to 2 cents in the price of the paper for street sales. It attributes the ad vance to the greatly increased cost of print paper. The changed price will be effective August 7. MAN MISSING; WIFE GONE NOW Broken-Hearted Mother Seeks Her Boy and His Deserted Helpmate NELSON LEROY MELL Heartbroken and critically ill, wor rying about the mysterious disappear ance on . T une 25 of son, Nelson Leroy Mell, 210 Chestnut street, this city, Mrs. Alfred Mell, who lives on [Continued on Page 2] 120 BANDITS ARE KILLED IN CLASH Carranza Commander Asserts Villista Band Is Scattered With Losses By Associated Press Mexico City, July 29. General Ja cinto Trevino reported yesterday that forces of Villa and killed 120 bandits, gordo. Chihuahua, encountered the forces of Villa and killed 10 bandits, including General Pablo Salinas. In addition many men were made prison er. They were executed immediately. The War department also reported to-day that General Plank, engaged in a light with Villa's men in Teyehua, killing thirty of them. Plaza Ocampo, in Tamaulipas, which has been held by Villa bandits, is re ported to have been captured by the constitutionalist forces, who killed fifty of the bandits. U S. Agrees to Arbitrate With Carranza Government Washington. July 29. General Carranza was Informed last night in a note handed to his ambassador here that the Washington government is prepared to submit to a joint interna tional commission the task of seeking a solution of border problems. The proposal of the de facto govern ment for a commission is accepted, however, with the suggestion that the powers of the commissioners be en larged beyond the limits proposed in the Mexican note to July 12. Agreement to this suggestion is ex pected, and it was stated officially to-night that the American members would be appointed and the commis sion be assembled at Some point in the Vnited States at an early date i WAR CANOES TO RACE FOR HIGH SCHOOLHONORS? Plan Triangular Championship For Steelton, Tech and Cen tral on Labor Day PLAN REGATTA PROGRAM Committee Appointed to Se cure Craft; Details of Big Parade Three great "war" canoe loads of husky athletes of the Central, Tech nical and Steelton high schools will race on Labor Day for the triangular championship of the Susquehanna if present plans don't go awry. Preliminary steps to assure this fea ture as the crowning event of the big regatta and water carnival to be held under the direction of the "Greater Harrisburg navy" were taken to-day with the announcement of a committee to make the necessary arrangements. The committee consists of H. O. Dib ble, Dr. C. K. Fager and Charles S. Davis, principals respectively of the local and Steelton high schools and E. C. Ensminger, A. P. Dintaman, Hay Steward and George W. Bogar. Tlic First Event If the proposed race can be ar ranged it will be the first of its kind ever held on the river. From twelve to twenty men will comprise the crews, the number to be determined upon later when definite information has been secured as to whether the big boats can be obtained. The committee will get in touch at ; once with the various manufacturing i firms with a view to leasing three craft . if possible. Should this be arranged I the boats will be brought here a few I days ahead of time in order that the j [Continued on Page 14] Labor Wants Early Peace; is With Railroad Unions Sfecial to the Telegraph ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. July 29. Federated labor organizations of the world are to be invited to join with the Anurican Federation and the French "Federation to dema.ua repre sentation in the peace council after the war in Europe, with the object of having written into any peace treaties the "rights of humanity," clearly and unmistakably. President Jouhaus, of the French Republic's unionized workers, who is het Calvin lilt*bard Stuner, Lemoyne, und Ue»»le Catherine Bner, York. •« VI II Vli nun CITY EDITION 16 PAGES ALLIES PREPARE jANOTHER ADVANCE I IN SOMME REGION Make Thrusts at German Posi tions to Clear Ground For Continuing Push RUSSIANS AGAIN VICTORS Drive Towards Lemberg Cap turing Many Prisoners; Teu tonic Lines in Peril While the British and French in the West are making thrusts here and there against the German front in the Somnie region, clearing the ground for an attempted further advance, op erations promising speedier import ant results are proceeding on the eastern front. In Southern Volhynla the Russians are pressing their drive against Lem berg, capital of Galicia, their ad vance being greatly facilitated by the capture of Brody on the Dubno-Lem berg railroad announced last night. The Teutonic lines farther north are imperiled by this move and the core [Continued on Page 9] As Murderer Prepares to Start For Death Chair, Judge Stays Execution By Associated Press i Ossining, N. Y., July 29. —A3 I Charles F. Stielow was about to start I for the electric chair at the State prison this morning the prison author ! ities received word by telephone that Supreme Court Justice Charles L. Muir i had granted a stay of execution until ! 11 o'clock to-night. Stielow is condemned to die for the 1 murder of Charles Phelps, a farmer ! and his housekeeper, Margaret tWol j cott, at Medina, N. Y., in July, 1915. ; Justice Guy said that so many papers t had been submitted to him during the j night in defense of Stielow that he ' did not have time to examine them i before the hour set for the execu tion. Stielow's friends contend that men tally he is scarcely the equal of a seven-year-old child. They asserted also that an alleged confession was wrung from him by third degrea methods. Governor Whitman declined to intervene.