NEWS OF STEELTON INTEREST KEEN IN PLAYGROUNDS League Standings Change as Rivalry Increases; Season Nearing Close With the closing of Steelton's first playgrounds season less than a month —way, interest in the various league contests is increasing rapidly and some exciting games have been fought out within the past week. The standing of the leagues follow: Senior Baseball W. L. Pet. West Side 4 0 1.000 Cottage Hill 3 1 .750 Hygienic 1 2 .333 Fothergill 1 2 .333 Lawn 0 2 .000 East End 0 1 .000 Junior Baseball W. L. Pet. Cottage Hill 3 0 1.000 Fothergill 3 1 .750 West Side 1 1 .500 Layn 1 3 .000 Hygienic 0 3 .000 Senior VoUeybaU W. L. Pet. West Side 5 1 .833 Cottage Hill 5 1 .533 Cottage Hill 4 2 .666 Hygienic 3 3 .500 Lawn 2 5 .2 85 Fothergill 2 5 .285 Junior Volleyhall W. L. Pet Cottage Hill 5 1 .533 West Side 4 2 .666 Fothergill 3 4 .428 Hygienic • ••• - 4 -333 Lawn 2 5 .255 Senior Neweomb W. L. Pet. Hygienic 5 0 1.000 Lawn 3 3 .500 West Side 2 4 .333 Fothergill 1 3 .250 Junior Neweomb W. L. Pet. Hygienic 4 1 .800 Fothergill 3 2 .600 West Side 2 4 .333 Lawn 2 4 .333 AcUviUes For the Week Monday. August 7, Afternoon —New- comb, Hygienic Fothergill. Junior baseball. Lawn and Cottage Hill. Be ginning of playground tetherball tour-. naments. Tuesday. August 8. Afternoon —Vol-1 leyball. West Side at Fothergill. Wednesday, August 9, Afternoon Interplayground kit-tlying contest on Cottage Hill. Track meet at Hygienic. Thursday. August 10, Afternoon Senior baseball. Lawn and Fothergill. Beginning of tennis tournament at Cottage Hill. Friday, August 11, Afternoon —ln terplayground track meet at Cottage Hill. The winners of the Quoit Tourna ments held on each ground during the past week are as follows: Fothergill Seniors. William Daily; juniors. John Marinjak; mid gets. Frank Pease. West Side Seniors, Timothy Sulli- i van; juniors, Joshua Shambaugh; midgets. Edward Volkus. Hygienic Seniors. Adam Lytle: juniors. Richard Brown; midgets. Williams. . Cottage Hill Seniors, Dominico Count; juniors, Fred. Weigfield; mid gets. Mike Belmont. Lawn Seniors, Robert Nebinger; juniors. Victor Burk; midget, Brinton Tuptanaskl. The finals to determine the Inter playground Champion will be plaved off on Romper Day, as will the finals of the tennis and tetherball tourna ments. . HIGHSPIRE LADIES' AID MEETS. The Ladies' Aid Society of the United Brethren Church held a meet ing in the church on Monday evening. MISSION WORKERS' MEET. The Woman's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church had a business meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles Householder, Roop street, | Tuesday evening. HIGHSPIRE PERSONALS. Miss Esther Shannon, of Quincy, spnt last Saturday and Sunday in town the guest of Miss Josephine Ma thias. Second and Commerce streets. : Mrs. Charles Pisle and children, Earl and Ethel, of Easton, who have been visiting the former's brother. H. R. Durborow and family, returned to their home on Wednesday. Miss Anna Mumma, or East Second street, is spending a week at Han over, York county, with her friend. Miss Naomi Weisman. Mrs. Roy Baer, of Ephrata, is in town visiting her father, E. R. Mohler and family. The Rev. F. R. Rhoad and H. J.! Roop. of Roop street, are spending ten days at the Mt. Gretna camp meeting. OUTING FOR CHILDREN. The Ladies' Aid Society of St. Peter's Lutheran Church gave the in fant department of the Sunday school an outing at Reservoir Park, on i Tuesday afternoon. August 1. GIVES WATERMELON PARTY. The Aseph playground committee gave an entertainment and water melon party at the home of O. S. I Buser, Mumma and Jury streets, on | Thursday evening. August S. A silver ' offering was taken for the benefit of I the playground. HIGHSPIRE CHURCHES. There will be no preaching services In the United Brethren Church on Sunday. Sunday school at 9:30 A. M. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 P. M. St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Rev. Ernest Pee. pastor. Sunday school at 9:30 A. M. Preaching service at 10:45 A. M. Too Late For Classification j Legal Notices PUBLIC SALE NOTICE is hereby given that on the twenty-eighth day of August. 1916, the following personal property, to wit- One Maxwell Commercial Automobile which has been consigned by F. J. My ers, the same thereof to J. D. Ferry for repairs, will be sold at public sale for the purpose of discharging and satisfy ing the lien for repairs thereof, to gether with the cost of sale and ad vertisement. LEGALITE GLASS 26% Mope Light—No Glare—lt docs what the laws say a "legal light" should do. Xo accidents—no sor row. MOTOR SUPPLY CO., 109 Market Street SATURDAY EVENING, STEELTON CHURCHES. Centenary United Brethren—The Rev. A. K. Wler. pastor, will preach at 10:45 A. M.. on "Studies in Epistle of James,V and at 7:30 P. M. on "The Nightless Land." Sunday schooi, 9:30 A. M.; Christian Endeavor, 6:30 P.M. Main Street Church of God—The Rev. G. W. Getz, pastor, will address the Sunday school at 9:15 A. M., preach at 10:30 A. M. on "Israels Song of Assurance." and at 7:30 P. M. on "A Name to Live, but Dead." Junior Christian Endeavor. 6 P. M.; Senior Christian Society. 6:so P. M. First Methodist—The Rev. W. C. Sanderson, pastor, will preach at 1.0:30 A. M. and at 7:30 P. M., both sub jects. "The Blessings of John." Sun day school, 9:30 A. 2a.: Epworth League. 6:30 P. M. St. Mark's Lutheran—No services to-morrow except Sunday school at 10 A. M. Trinity German Lutheran—The Rev. C. F. Tiemann, pastor, will preach at 11 A. M. Sunday school, 10 A. M. First Reformed With the excep tion of Sunday school at the usual I hour, 9.45 a. m., there will be no ser i vice here to-morrow. Grace United Evangelical Sunday ! school. 9.15 a. m., Professor J. A. Sprenkle will deliver his lecture, "Our i Nation's Peril." Child Dies. Svlvta Funk, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Parsons Funk, 510 Myers street, died yesterday. Funeral services were held this after noon. Burial was made in Baldwin cemetery. Temperance Workers to Meet. The W. C. T. U. will meet at the home of Mrs. E. Roden, 649 North Second street, Monday evening at 7.45 o'clock. AUTO HITS BOY When he failed to heed his brother's advice not to attempt to cross North Front street, at Angle avenue, this morning, Joseph Slovinac, aged 5. was run down and struck by a jitney driven by Frank Tazak. The boy was taken to the ortlce of a local physician and later to the Harrisburg Hospital where it was found he had sustained a fracture of the left leg and internal injuries. The boy is a son *of Mr. and Mrs. John Slovinac, Main street. Annie Stewart Held.—Following a hearing before Squire Frank A. Stees last evening Annie Stewart, colored, was ht!d on a charge of cutting Mary Smith, also colored, at a party the other evening. Assist Strikers.—At a meeting last evening members of Paxtang Hook and Ladder Company, No. 2. passed resolutions endorsing the stand of the striking employes of the Harrisburg Railways Company. A contribution of $lO was also made to the strike fund. Plumber Is Injured.—Brayton U. Dunn. 22 Adams street, a plumber, sustained bruises about the head and body when he plunged twelve feet from a porch, while working at 649 North Second street yesterday. Tent in Place.—Arrangements for the big block party to be given next week under the auspices of St. James' Catholic Church have been about completed. A large tent has been erected in North Second street, above Conestoga street, where a circus will hold forth. The party will last for three days, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. AGED COUPLE WALKS FAR. An aged couple, who walked from Frederick City to Baltimore, are enroute to Harrisburg. It is probable that the Associated Charities at Bal timore will send them to this city, where it is said they have friends. EARLY CLOSING IS SUCCESSFUL [Continued From First Page] movement for an earlier start next year. Shoppers entered heartily into the new closing project because of its hu manitarian aspect. Many who visited the stores early to-day complimented the clerks on their good luck and re ferred to the warm temperature to day as a further argument why all stores should be closed. Promptly at 1 o'clock blinds went down, and the clerks, after arranging the stock, left hurriedly. Some took advantage of the half holiday and a Sunday to follow, and went to cool pleasure resorts. Others will rest at home. Many talked about automobile trips. One merchant said, "this new closing idea will bring happiness to many businessmen and an army of clerks." All merchants made satisfactory re ports on last night's business. In some stores the buyers were so many that the closing hour was delaved from 15 to 30 minutes. One Market street merchant said he had more business last night than on the Sat urday nearest this date one year ago Another reported a big day and ex pressed a hope that all merchants would keep their window shades down, at least on the first night. He was ready to sign up for next year after his business last night and to day and was quite enthusiastic. The clothing and hat merchants while not reporting large sales, were satisfied and believe the people will become thoroughly acquainted with the stores now closing, and buy Fridav night One general opinion prevailed among those who closed to-day, that nothing be lost by observing Saturday half holiday during August. HOLD SCHEDULES IN NEW YORK STRIKE [Continued From First Page] B. Fitzgerald would be In charge of the strike. Strike Gains Headway As the day wore on, however, it ap pears that the strike was gaining head wa >- J Inspector Schmidtberger re ported that in many cases cars that had started from the barns in the early morning were withdrawn before the noon hour aijd at that time those on the New York Railways Company's lines had been reduced to 467. The strike, however, threatened to spread to lines in Staten Island, where the police reported that 9;< per cent, of the employes of the Richmond Light and Power Company had joined the union and presented demands to the com pany's officials. Phila. Trolleymen Await Answer to Demand For an Increase in Wages Philadelphia, Aug. 6.—Members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes were to-day waiting for a reply from the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company to the demand for an increase in wages and better working conditions. President Mitten has failed to reply to other communications sent him by the association, he claiming that the organization represents only a small percentage of the employes of the company. The company has a co operative agreement with Its men. Leaders of the Amalgamated Asso ciation said they would call a strike of motormen and conductors in the event the compaav ignored its de mand. LEAGUE HEAD IS GUEST OF CLUB President J. H. Farrell Says Many Nice Things About Local Team President J. H. Farrell. of tho New York State League, was a welcome spectator at to-day's double-header with Wilkes-Barre. He arrived in Har risburg last night and is here to fix up affairs with the Barons, and to see what Harrisburg looks like. He had many nice things to say about this city and the pace set by the Islanders. In speaking about league affairs president Farrell said: "The stories about quitting are all bosh. The league is going nicely now. Harrisburg is setting a pace that is helping the game. Winning games get tho patrons going. Harrisburg will be a great attraction in all cities from now until the close of the sea son, and it looks as if the attendance would get a big boost in every city. The team is playing the class of ball that will win in any league. Harris burg has a fast bunch, equal to any on the circuit. W likes-liarre Is All Right. President Farrell said that the Wilkes-Barre affairs had been adjusted satisfactorily and that the game would go better under the new management. Mike Donlin was expected here to-day to take over the Barons. Among the spectators at the game yesterday were Harry Sparrow, sec retary of the New York Americans, and Larry Sutton, coach for the De troit Americans. Both were enthusi astic in their praises for the good work by the locals". President George Cockill was told that he would get players farmed out next season, and that anything possible would be done to boost the game in Harrisburg. It was Sutton who helped Harrisburg land Mills. Harrisburg will wind up the home series with three games next week with Scranton, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. They jump to Bingham ton on Thursday and will return after a week's trip for another series. MEXICAN REPLY IS UNSATISFACTORY [Continued From First Page] that the note was Intended to cover that possibility, although it does not mention the suggestion except by in ference. American Imprisoned. Whether that will be regarded as sufficient to warrant proceeding with the negotiations by naming the Amer ican commissioners and without fur ther correspondence will be determ ined by President Wilson. The State Department has renewed its Representations over the impris onment in Mexico City of H. A. Dunn, an American electrician, charged with having sold dynamite to Zapata bandits. The Department also had made in quiries as to the charges against a Mr. Fulton, Canadian manager of the Electric Light and Power Company in Mexico City, who has Been thrown into prison, according to reports to the British Embassy here. Guardsmen May Go Into Reserve at End of 3 Years Washington, D. C., Aug. 5. Na tional guardsmen now in Federal serv ice who complete their required three years of active service will be trans ferred to the national guard reserve of their respective states or territories unless they desirs to continue with the colors for the full six years of their en listment. and it furloughed to the re serve will be sent home at the expense of the government. This announce ment was made by the War Depart ment to-day. In computing enlistments on the new basis full allowance will be made for time already served under superseded enlistment contracts. Men discharged from guard regi ments on the border for physical dis ability or other cause will be mustered out at their sta'e mobilization points. The government will pay transporta tion charges to the state camps, what ever they may be. COL. FINNEY WANTS 500 MORE MEN [Continued From First Page] anticipate no difficulty in filling up the quota, but it was necessary to let it be known that these men were to be sent to the border as soon as their period of training was ended at Mount Gretna. Both mustering officers will be found at the armory between 9 o'clock in the morning and .5 in the evening and it is expected that some evenings will bo set apart should it be found more convenient for those who desire to enlist. The fund for the relief of the fami lies of the soldiers now at the border, contributions to which have been ac knowledged through the Telegraph, amounts to about S3OO, which has been transferred to tne ladles of the Pre paredness Association of this city. This money is available for the needy de pendents of *o!diers of this section and it is hoped that the fund may be still further increased by public sub scription. When it appeared that the men would not be sent into Mexico after their journey to the border, pub lic interest in the subscription to this fund subsided, but it is apparent that whether there be war or irot, the de pendents will he In need Just the same. All contributions may be made through this newspaper and will be promptly acknowledged. One of the contributors, a young woman, sub scribed $5 a month for the relief. Al ready some need has been reported and not a single dependent of any soldier now in the field should suffer. RAYMOND ROBINS WILL BACK HUGHES [Continued From First Page] gram which wilL reach the White House to-day said in r>art: "According to our platform national women suffrage is decidedly the most important issue before tne country, and our unceasing opposition is pledged to all who oppose it. In the week that is left berore our con ference meets, you can still secure the submission of a national suffrage amendment by Congress to the States. *'As the representatives of con stantly increasing numbers of women voters throughout the suffrage States, who are prepared to place the politi cal freedom of women berore the in terests of any national political party, we earnestly ask you to secure the immediate submission of the Susan B. Anthony amendment." Hughes' Declaration For Suffrage Blow to Wilson Washington, D C.. Aujr. 5 —The loss by President Wilson of all the States .where womea vote is predicted by Re- HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH CAPTURE SECOND LINE OF GERMAN DEFENSE thousands of men, whether in stuffy ' dugouts, in the first line trenches with j the sun blazing on thetr steel hel | mets. bringing water up to the thirsty 1 fighters under fire, or with the trans | ports, welcomed the break in the heat ; wave temporary, altnough it brought no rain to lay the dust. The ground | in the region of the grand offensive |is backed by the scorching weather i and any idea that gun fire brings rain !is dispelled as far as this army is ; concerned. The artillery duel con- I tinues day and night. Brussels Refuses to Pay $6,250,000 Fine to Germans; Serious Crisis Expected I London, Aug. 5. The city of Brussels has refused to pay the fine of ; 5.000.000 marks. ($6,250,000) imposed iby the Germans in consequence of the demonstration wnich took place on July 21, the national fete day, says a dispatch from The Hague to the Exchange Telegraph Company. A serious crisis is expected. Acting Burgomaster Lemonnler, the dispatch adds, has sent a letter to General von Bissing. the German Gov ernor of Belgium, flatly declining to pay the fine. He says it was imposed on the public because of its patriotic sentiment and therefore is illegal and | inadmissible. ! The director of the Belgian National i Bank of Antwerp has been deported I by the German authorities, says a dis patch to the same company from The | Hague, "because of his refusal to pay them 400.000,000 francs ($80,000,000) in exchange for a mere paper receipt." British Are Holding Turks in Great Battle Raging Along Front of Eight Miles London. Aug. s.—British positions near Romani, east of Port Said, are being attacked by 14,000 Turks, ac cording to an official statement issued by the war office. The Turks are at tacking along a front of seven to eight miles, the statement says, and have so far been repulsed. The text of the British official an nouncement says: "The following has been received from the general officer commanding in chief of Egypt: " 'Since midnight of August 3-4 Turks, whose strength is estimated at 14.000, have been attacking our po sition near Romani, east of Port Said, on a front of seven to eight miles. " 'The position at dusk on the 4th of August was that tneir attacks had made no impression on our fortified position, while on the southern flank the fighting also was going in our favor and between 400 and 500 pris oners had been captured there. " 'Ships of the royal navy rendered valuable service from the bay of Tina. " 'Fighting rlill was in progress when this report was dispatched. The temperature during the day reached 100 degrees in the shade'." An official statement issued by tl\e Turkish war office on Friday stated that Turkish ah men had attacked with machine guns British positions about twenty-five miles east of the Suez canal. Romani is a village near the coast of the Mediterranean and about twenty-two miles to the east of the Suez canal. It iw about ten miles north west of Katia, where several engage ments recently have been fought be tween the British and Turks. Kaiser Discards Uniform and Helps Reap Harvest Berlin, Aug. 5. The Kaiser is spending a brief holiday in personally helping to reap Germany's bountiful harvest. He is not only setting a patriotic example, but keeping him self in good physical trim. Healthy, tanned and divested of field gray and high orders, the Kaiser .is toiling whole afternoons in the heat of the sun and yielding the imperial scythe in rye field with the muscular ex pertness of a peasant. Public interest once more has turn ed from the English offensive to the harvest, which is considered of far greater importance to the outcome of the war. The badly needed hot weather at last has set in and prom ises to continue. As a result the crop reports pouring in from all parts of Germany continue increasingly opti mistic. Bumper crops of rye, barley and oats are being confidently pre dicted. Germans Claim Heavy Loss in Last Zeppelin Raid Amsterdam, Aug. 5 (via London).— The following semiofficial statement, supplementing the German official ver sion of the Zeppelin air raid on the eastern and southeastern coasts of England on the night of August 2, has been published here: "At Harwich the naval force in the harbor was twice attacked and the dock and railways works were abun dantly bombarded. "In the county of Norfolk indus trial buildings and searchlight in stallations at Ncrwich were success fully attacked. Then bombs were dropped on Lowestoft, where a num ber of fires broks out in factories. "British seaplanes which attacked the airships were forced to retreat." Gains Are Being Held by French Despite Attacks Paris, Aug. s.—The battle continues to rage north of Verdun with some thing of the old fury ard generally to publicans as a result of the stand taken by Charles E. Hughes in favor of an amendment to the Constitution to per mit nation-%vide woman suffrage. Now that Mr. Hughes' announcement In support of universal suffrage for wo men has had a chance to be mulled over by the political campaign man agers of both parties, conclusions are being drawn by both Democrats and Republicans widely different from one another. In the first place, the Democrats who have been hesitating to go a step fur ther toward woman suffrage than they have already gone, do not believe that the Hughes declaration will take from they any Democratic votes in any State where such a loss will count. The South, which is solidly Democratic, of course will not feel the Hughes an nouncement one way or another, and, In the States where women vote for Presidential electors. Democrats say that the possibilities are that they would go Republican anyhow, to a largo extent. Both Sides Convinced Another strong sentiment among the Democrats is the foundation rock feel ing that the President's declaration that the suffrage matter should be set tled by each State will appeal to all Democrats who have the States rights theory at heart Among the Republicans a belief Is growing that the Hughes indorsement of suffrage In the decisive manner in which it wai made will absolutely clinch the States of Colorado, Idaho, California, Nevada and Montana. The other States where women will vote In the Presidential election are Wyoming:, Utah. Washington, ltansas. Arliona, Oregon and Illinois, Th« ahABCM ara, according u TUMMMH [Continued From First Page] the advantage of the French. The de fenders, after beating off repeated counter attacks by the Germans, again took the offensive and once more re captured the greater part of the vil lage of Fleury and the celebrated Thiaumont work. The success at Thiaumont is looked upon as more important as evidence of the energy of the French infantry than as a military achievement. The work is so swept by the artillery of either sid? as to be of little use to the pos sessors. French officers point to the fact that the efforts of the Germans are now re stricted to the Fleury-Thiaumont sec tion as an evidence of the growing weakness of the invader's forces in the Meuse region. The French have suc- I oeeded in clearing the approaches to jth Souville and Tavannes forts, which at one time seemed to be seriously threatened, and are back within a mile of Fort Douaumont. where the most terrific fighting of the German offen sive took place. The fighting continued well into the night. The Germans delivered further counter attacks, but according to the latest advances the Franch were hold ing their own. French Are Masters of Strip One by Three Miles as Result of Verdun Drive London, Aug. s.—Joffre's men are masters to-day of a blood-stained strip of ground three miles long and about a mile deep just north of Verdun, which they have won from the Ger mans in one of the most hotly fought and bloody battles of the long struggle on Lhe Meuse. At the close of four days of their new offensive they have conquered ground which it took the crown prince's army over four weeks to wrest from them. The chief points In the ground won are the ruins of the town of Fleury, the Fort of Thiaumont and the ridge in the Wood of Vacherauville. •Crown Prince Desperate Desperate German counter attacks are still being made as they have been ever since the places were lost. Again and again th crown prince has thrown forward masses of his best troops to regain the ground for which Germany has paid such a staggering price. But the new assaults were in vain. Losses Terrific The losses on both sides have been terrific, but the French insist that the Germans have suffered more severely than themselves. While they were the ones who took the offensive, th Ger man counter attacks have been fre quent and furious and regiment after regiment has withered away under the French guns and rifles. In the territory captured, too, the effects of the French shells have been seen in piles of dead and dying, while the onslaughts have made escape for the defenders of many of the posts impossible, and the French have cap tured 2,175 unwounded prisoners. The fact that the Germans' guns have been less effective is shown in the French feat of bringing eighty prisoners back with them when they retreated the first time from Thiau mont. All France Rejoices The success oi the drive has caused the greatest rejoicing throunhout France, even more than did the vic tories along tho Somme. Verdun has long been a magic name to the French people, and though during the height of the German attack!; there the na tion had steeled itself to endure the loss without flinching If the town should fall, the knowledge that the danger is over and that the iron grip of the Hohenzollerns is being loosened has caused a joy which can only be exceeded by the final victory. In London, too. the French success is hailed with delight. The capture of Fleury is the first fruit of the new French offensive and is a proof of a strength and a vitality in her armies which had hardly been hoped for by the people at large, however well the high command knew the facts. It has been accepted that France has done her share in holding the line till the British could prepare and Britain has accented as hers the task of turning the Germans out. The fact that France is still able to bring such magnificent strength to the task is accepted as evi dence that it n.ay not be so long nor so costly as had been expected. Officers' Casualty Lists Show Cost of Great Drive London, Aug. s.—Officers' casualty lists for two weeks, from July 1 to 15, show the severity of the fighting since the great offensive began on the west ern front, the British at my in the fort night losing SSO officers killed, 1,764 wounded and 290 missing—a total of 2,634. This makes a total loss of British officers since the beginning of the war 9,577 killed, 20,220 wounded and 2,261 missing, a total of 32,055. The Percentage of killed to wounded is smaller during the fortnight to 1 to 3 against 1 to 2 previously. In the last two weeks of July the British army lost 4,450 officers in killed, wounded and missing. Relations Between Bulgaria and Rumania Strained By Associated Press Amsterdam, Holland, Aug. 5 (via London). —On drawing the attention of the Bulgarian government to recent incidents on the Bulgarian-Rumanian frontier, such as the recent attempt of Bulgarian soldiers to seize a Rumanian island in the Danube, the Rumanian foreign minister, according to a semi official telegram received here to-day from Bucharest, said the incidents were "too frequent and not in accord ance with the good relations between the two countries." and Republicans alike, that there will be a merry batt,le among the women of Illinois and a merry battle among the men for the women's votes in that State. Votes for women is something of a novelty in Illinois, while in Wy oming. where womnii have voted for a long time, there is not so much of an issue on the suffrage question. It lis a matter of course there. Hughes' Decision Pleasing Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, author of the resolution in the House embodying the suffrage Ideaß which Judge Hughes has indorsed, discussed the general situation. He said: "In addition to the direct effect the Hughes announcement will have, I be lieve it will have this collateral effect: "That the decisive manner in Judge Hughes" indorsement will be pleasing. There has been so much vacillation on the suffrage matter and other matters that I believe many people will be glad to see a clean-cut announcement." STEELTOX PERSON ALS Mrs. Elmira Detweiler has been call ed to New York City by the serious ill ness of her brother, Henry Prowell. J. W. Campbell, of Midland, visited the steel plant yesterday. J. P. Schlessman and daughter, Miss Ruth, returned from a visit to rela tives in Chambersburg and Shippens burg to-day. Mrs. Gertrudo Brandt and son, Law rence, South Front street, are in At lantic Cltyi W. F, Darby left yestsrday to join M» famlUc At SulMflWti AUGUST 5, 1916. TO MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT TO END STRIKE [Continued From First Page] difficulties between themselves and their employes. He desires that Mr. Gilday, if he finds that such a settlement cannot De ar rived at by mediation or other means at hand, shall offer, in his behalf, the machinery for arbitra tion as is made possible by the laws of the Commonwealth for such cases. Mr. Gilday has been unable to be here by reason of important duties he has had to perform in line with his office in Bradford. Pa. I have requested him. however, to be here not later than Monday for the purpose of transmitting the Governor's mes sage and using such endeavors as may be available. I have written the Railways Company also that I expected Mr. Gilday to wait upon them, for the purpose named above, on Monday, and enclose a copy of that letter with this. Tours faithfully, JOHN PRICE JACKSON. Ijcttcr to Mr. Musscr. This letter was sent by Commis sioner Jackson: My dear President Musser: The Governor of the Common wealth, on Thursday, asked me to have our Mr. Patrick Gilday, the chief of the Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration of this Depart ment, call upon you for the pur pose of presenting his, the Gov ernor's request, that you take every means to amicably and quickly settle the differences be tween yourselves and your em ployes, and if less formal methods are not effective, he requests you to use the machinery of arbitra tion made possible by the laws of the Commonwealth. He begs you to understand that he desires that all facilities at his command, as Chief Executive of the Common wealth. are at the disposal ot yourselves and your employes for settling such differences as may exist between you. I have written a representative of your employes to the same effect, and enclose a copy of that letter with this. Yours faithfully, JOHN PRICE JACKSON. Thorpe Wants Mayor to Lock Up Officials 'Till Settlement Is Reached When the committee of trolleymen headed by Vice-President J. J. Thorpe called upon Mayor E. S. Meals this morning to present the gigantic jitney petition Mr. Thorpe said he asked the city's executive to "lock up the offi cials of the traction company and the committee from the strikers' union together and keep them locked up until the contraversy was settled." "But," said Thorpe, "the Mayor said such a thing couldn't be done in Pennsylvania. It has been done in Pittsburgh, however, aim it has been done in Chicago, in several towns in South Carolina and in other places. "We got little encouragement from the Mayor on the jitnpy proposition." continued Mr. Thorpe. "He said that a petition meant little, that one could get a petition to hang a man. We asked him to use his eorts to bring about an amicable settlement of this con troversy and showed that the same request had been signea oy thousands of Harrisburg folks, including many businessmen. If he couldn't use his good offices toward effecting a settle ment we asked him—as the petition set forth—not to restrict the jitneys. But as I said we got little encour agement. "Furthermore," continued the labor leader, "we asked the Mayor to give Alderman James B. Deshong a vaca tion. We think he has been too dras tic with the working man and we asked that inasmuch as his month had expired and that he is to be given another month because of bis attitude toward the laboring man, that some one else be put in his place. The Mayor told us that it didn't matter who was put in, that he would listen to the District Attorney." Then, I said, "declared Mr. Thorpe > " ,, the Dis trict Attorney's office evidently dic tates the Police Department opera- Uons. In a further statement dealing with "The Railways Company's yarns," Mr. Thorpe issued the following: "The funny stuff the Harrisburg Railways Company is publishing in the papers is highly amusing to any one with half a thought in his or her head. "He announces the fact that the men now employed on the cars are Harrisburg citizens and not strike breakers. The fact is, the imported strike-breaker, who came here to break the strike of the carmen, is not a bit more despisable than the fellows who remained on the job as company suckers to break the strike that came about because of the bad treatment to them as well as to the strikers, And more despisable still are the men who, after throwing down the gauge of bat tle to the company, slipped back to work like 'the thief in the night.' Not withstanding all the arguments of Mr. Musser, a strike-breaker is a strike breaker, and, consequently, a dis reputable character, whether he be a Harrisburg citizen or a citizen of New York, or New Jersey. It is the act that stigmatizes the man and not the locality from which he comes. "We are given the same old story about the man from afar belonging to an 'alien organization,' who came to Harrisburg to disturb the peace of the company that rtgards its employes as less than human, treats them with insolence and cruelty. Of course, the New Jersey strike-breakers are not men from an 'alien organization.' No, no. They are gentlemen, so long as they do the dirty work of the com pany by trying to starve 'citizens of Harrisburg' intD subjection to a com bination of profit-hunting employers, who care neither for public accommo dation nor justice so long as pockets can be filled by the neglect of both. The best evidence of the unpopularity of the company and its stockholders is seen in the empty cars patrolling our streets like lost souls on the way to damnation. "We are not told of the intolerable treatment extended to 'Harrisburg citi zens' before tho strike. Not a word about bringing disease on the men for lack of comfort stations, so rapidly supplied when public attention was called to the negligence of the com pany in this respect. Not a word about suspending a man from employment because he stayed off a day, beside the bedside of a sick wife, by the doctor's orders. Oh, no! This is all to be for gotten now. Not a word about the devilish slave-driving practices that have prevailed. The company is now a paragon of virtue, its cars now being operated by 'Harrisburg strike-break ers." What a glorious boast! 'Harris burg citizens' as Harrisburg 'strike breakers!' Milk and honey for them, to-day. When the strike is over the company will bring them, too. down to the same miserable conditions as prevailed beforo the strike. "Just now the incompetent Musser is managerially sick and we all re member that ' "When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, Wh*n th« dtvil w*.» wall, devil a jnoalt KM h»'«" 3 NO ARRESTS MADE IN JITNEY SUITS Alderman Householder Says Warrants Have Not Been Issued At a hearing before Aldermen House holder, of the Tenth ward, the case ot' the licensed jitneys against the un licensed Jitneys, no warrants for the arrest o. any of the owners was is sued, and the Alderman decided to hold the case over pending the advice of Mayor Meals in regards to the suit. South Carolina's Federation of La bor will adopt resolutions pledging en dorsement and support 01' Harrisburg's striking trolleymen when the State body meets August 14 at Greenville, S. C., according to J. P. Graham to day. Organizer Graham is a repre sentative of the Amalgamated Asso ciation of Traction and Electric Kail way employes and says ne has been about the country on missions similar to that which brought him to Harris burg. The Wilmington Central Labor Union, Tuesday of last week, unani mously endorsed the local trolleymen by pledging "moral and financial" support. Graham was one of the speakers who presented the cause of the local trolleymen. The national organizer declared to day that he considered the chances for a victory for the trolleymen as assured. "The situation here, so far as the strikers are concerned couldn't be better. And it is getUng better every day," said he. Reports ami Denials. The presentation to Mayor Meals of the gigantic petition relative to tha Jitneys was probably the one big fea ture of to-day's developments in tha trolleymen's strike. The trolleymen declare that five of the strikers who had originally deserted their ranks to re-enter the traction company's employ, have gone back to the union, other similar applications, say the union men, are under consideration. The Harrisburg Railways officials say they know of but one employe who has returned to the ranks of the strik ers. One new man returned to work to-day, Felix M. Davis, superintendent of transportation, said. "People are riding in the cars again." declared Mr. Davis. "We've had the same number of cars In ser vice to-day as yesterday, and by next week we'll be in shape to run more. These will be manned to a large ex tent by the new men whom we are now breaking into service. None of tho cars now are being run by any men except our own old employes or by new men whom we have .trained. Tho few strike-breakers that we still em ploy are being held at the car barns." While the carmen's strike is hold ing the attention of the labor unions the proposed organization of the trades' council is going ahead, accord ing to State Federation of Labor officers. Within a day or two W. E. William son, national representative of the Machinists' Union, is expected here from Allentown. J. E. Roach, the American Federation of Labor repre sentative, left yesterday for his home, but expects to return Monday. Eman uel Jacobs, the journeyman tailors' or ganizer, will remain here for a few days, he said, as he has had assur ances that a union is desired here. There are 200 or 300 tailors in Har risburg, Jacobs said. At the mass meeting held at Sixth and Maclay streets last evening some hundreds of people heard Hugh L. McLaughlin, J. J. Thorpe, Emanuel Jacobs and C. F. Quinn, of the State Federation of Labor, discuss the trol ! leymen's strike. i At Sixth and North streets yester day some oiie soaped the rails, Arid a couple of cars were held up for a while. Small boys were blamed. Meals Says He'll Consider Giant Petition Relative to the Jitneys The giant petition asking the city authorities not to interfere with the jitneys during the carmen's strike will likely be mounted on a reel according to Mayor E. S. Meals to-day. "The petition is a huge one and I'll want to look It over," said the city's executive. Now then in order to do this I'll probably have to mount It on a reel. It can be handled better that way. "I can't do much," said Mayor E. S. Meals to-day when asked about the jitney petition, "to my mind the com mittee is making a mistake. I told Thorpe he ought to keep quiet, as he is stirring up trouble for himself. The jitneys were put on only for an ac commodation, and they are now fall ing to give the people the service." 7,000 Names on Petition The petition was presented to Mayor Meals by J. J. Thorpe, vice-president of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes. Mr. Thorpe was accompanied by the committee _of strikers. The petition contained 7,000 names. In discussing the paper Mayor Meals said: "The people who are handling tha jitneys do not deserve consideration. They disobey instructions, fail to give the people accommodation, arid run when they see fit. A petition does not mean anything. The people -who sign ed their names did so to please tho men with the petition. Tired of Jitney Operation "I am getting tired of the way they run the jitneys. I have instructed tha chief of police to keep them on the move. They cannot stand along Mar ket street. What would we do if there was a tire in the business section. Jit neys cannot stand along the curb. I'll have the chief attend to this at once and if the patrolmen do not attend to their duties and do as ordered they are liable to lose their jobs. "I'll drive them all off the streets. They do not appreciate what has been done. I told Thorpe he ought to at tend to his own business in this jitney matter. The tirst thing we know there will be an order from the State to permit only those having a license to run. Something They Didn't Want "The strikers are asking for some* thing they did not want when they were employed by the Harrisburg Railways Company. When the jitneys started they came to me and asked that they be taken off because It hurt the traction business and would mean a loss of jobs for them. Now they want the Jitneys to run. I permitted them to run as an accommodation. When they fail to accommodate they must stop. Now they send In a petl* tlon to have the jitneys keep going." Constipation^ Biliousness-Headache j Dr. Chase's Liver Tablets Make the liver active, bowels regular, without pain or griping, relieve aick headache ana that bloated feeling after eating, purify the blood and clear the complexion. Large box, enough to last a month, 25c. Dr. Chaae Co., 224 N. 10th St, Philadelphia, Pa. 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