British and French in Desperate Fighting Al HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 181 STRIKE FIGURES HANDED OVER TO RAILWAY HEADS Conference Adjourns After Getting Vote Showing Men Favor Measure WILL CONSIDER RESULT 94,38 Per Cent, of Engineers and Nearly All Trainmen Give Authorization By Associated Press New Tork, Aug. 8. The four hun dred thousand railway employes of the country, engineers, conductors, fire men and trainmen, to-day through the chiefs of their four brotherhoods placed before the managers of the railroads the question as to whether the roads were willing to grant their demands for an eieht hour day and time and half pay for overtime or submit to a strike. The result of the strike vote taken among the employes during the last month was presented to the national conference committee on railroad managers and showed that an over whelming majority were In favor of authorizing the chiefs to call a strike. Give No Definite Answer The railroad managers gave no definite answer to the renewed de mands of the men to-day and it was agreed to adjourn until to-morrow to give the managers time for further discussion. A. B. Garretson. president of the Order of Railway Conductors, notified the managers that the time for parleying was over unless the roads were prepared to present a modified proposition. "If you are ready to prepare a modified proposition," said Mr. Gar retson, "we are ready to discuss it." Elisha E. Lee, for the railroads said: "I am not going to answer your questions now, in a definite form. I will take them up with the managers, together with the result of the strike ballot and all that refers to It. Whether we have a proposition will develop by our own discussion." Mr. Garretson interrupted to say: "I want you to bear in mind that your company has not once brought us anything resembling a definite proposi tion." Manocrra Want Delay- More than twenty railroad managers [Continued on Page 5] Heat-Crazed Woman Shoots From Barricaded House; Slain by Policeman Pittsburgh. Aug. 8. lda Starr. 40 years old. crazed from the heat, bar ricaded herself in the home of John Schuntz. on the North Side, last even ing. and fired several shots at the police who were trying to arrest her, and was shot through the head by Policeman Potmeyer. She died short ly afterward. Finding that the woman could only be dislodged by some one entering the building. Policeman Potmeyer volun teered to make his way into the house. Forcing one of the doors, while the crazed woman was busy keeping away the attackers on another part of the house. Potmeyer sprang into the hall in time to hear a bullet whistle by his head. Drawing his weapon, the officer took a shot in the dim light of the closed house and his bullet lodged in the woman's head. She was removed to a hospital, but died a few minutes after arriving there. THE WEATHER Harrisburg: and vicinity: Prob ably showers and thunderstorm* to-night and W rduraiiu} . Slightly cooler. Eastern Pennsylvania: Probably showers and thunderstorms to night and Wednesday, not <|utte so warm. Light southerly wluds be coming northwest. River The Susquehunna river and all Its branches will probably fall slowly or remain stationary except rises may occur in some streams as a result of local rains. A stage oi about 5.4 feet is indicated for Har risburg U ednesday morning. General Conditions Pressure has fallen generally ex cept in the upper Mississippi vullev nnd along the North Pacific coast where it has risen. Showers have fallen in northern New England, easter Xew York the upper Ohio, middle Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, the lake re gion and locally in several other districts. Koswell. Xew Mexico, re ports 5.48 inches of rain In the last 24 hours. Temperatures are 2 to 14 degrees lower in the lake region and the upper Mississippi and lower Mis souri valleys. A depression over Saskatcheu an has caused a general rise of a to 22 degrees In temper ature In the Rocky Mountains and the western Canadian provinces. Temperature—B a. m.. 7S. Sun—Rises, 5.10 a. m.j sets 7 Oft p. m. Moon—Full moon, August 13 7 a. m. River Stage—3.4 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, !>O. Lowest temperature. 70. Mean temperature, 83. Normal temperature, 74. VACATION SEASON IS AT ITS HEIGHT Rest and recreation will not be jomplete unless you have all the aews from home every day. Your favorite newspaper, the Harris burg Telegraph, will (ill the bill Plione the Circulation Department before you leave home. The next issue will meet you, no matter where you go. Six cents a week, postage pre paid. nv CARRIER'S n cEJi RS A W EEK. SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS. TWO HIGHSPIRE GIRLS DISAPPEAR FROM HOME ETHEL. LILLY MARY MAY CONRAD Although the police of nearby cities and towns have been asked to aid In the search for Mary May Conrad, aged 15. and Ethel Lilly, aged 14. the two Sirls who mysteriously disappeared from their homes in Highspire last Thurs ay, no trace of their present whereabouts has been found. Miss Conrad is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Conrad and Miss Lilly resided with her grandfather. William Colbert. CITY PLANNING COM MAKE BIG SUBURBAN SURVEYS Looking Forward to Time When Harrisburg Will Grow To ward Linglestown and Mountains With the rapid development of | Harrisburg in every direction, the work of the City Planning Commis sion grows in importance. During the present summer- there has been con- ] siderable activity along the river north of the city and some recent transfers of larcre plots indicate a future expan- J sion which requires no prophet to foresee. The work of the Planning \ '""■ommifsion will involve comprehen sive surveys of the territory, for in- '< s'ance. between Division street and the First mountain, and from the ri' er miles toward Linglestown. This survey would make possible the plac- j ing of street lines and prevent such conditions as caused a large expendi ture by the city when Eastmere was annexed to Han-isburg. Those suburban developments whkh grow like Topsy, involve diffi culties in the future which are too ser ious to contemplate with regard to the greater Harrisburg. BIG JUMP TAKEN BY N. Y. EPIDEMIC Intense Heat Causes Paralysis to Spread; Many New Cases By Associated Press Xew York, Aug. S, The intense heat and humidity wave which has gripped New York is coincident with another big increase in the epidemic of infantile paralysis. Only once since the plague got its start six weeks ago were there more deaths and new cases thar reported in to-day's Health De partment bulletin. During the 24- hour period ending at 10 a. m., 53 children died of the disease in the greater city and 183 new cases were reported. There were 28 deaths and 89 cases [Continued on Page 14] 2 DIE; MANY ILL FROM HEAT WAVE City Swelters as Temperature and Humidity Climb; In dustries Hampered Heat prostrations yesterday and to day, while not all serious, were many, according to reports. Two deaths were said to be partially due to the exces sive heat. In a large number of Har-* risburg s industrial plants employes were obliged to quit. Four men at the Harrisburg pipe bending plant had to ouit. and at the Sanitary laundry, in Walnut street near Sixteenth, four girls were overcome and medical at tention was necessary. Harry Caster, aged 45 years, 111 North Second street, died at the Har [Conttnued on Papc 5] Protecting Niagara Power Plant With Charged Wire By Associated Press Niagara Falls, Ontario. Aug. B.—A force of men In at work to-day on barb-wire entanglement designed to protect the power works in Queen Vic toria Park from possible attack by agents of the powers at war with Great Eritain. The barrier vill shut off a consid erable part of the park and will inter fere with tourist travel. It is said that the wire will be charged with elec tricity at night The entanglement is built on the lines of those used to pro tect trenches or. the battle front. A large number of munition plants depend on the power plant here for motive power. GAS DROPS A CENT By Associated Press New York, Aug. B.—A reduction of one cent a gallon for gasoline has been announced by the Standard Oil Company of New York. The new prices are 23 centi to garages and 25 cents direct to consumers. Gasoline went up one cent here in March, the last change in price prior to the pres ent reduction. MAN CRAZED BY HEAT DIVES UNDER TRAIN Sharon, Pa., Aug. 8. Supposedly crazed by heat, Joseph Cossin, 35 years old, threw himself under a Pennsyl vania passenger train at West Middle sex last evening. His body was cut in two. HARRISBURG, PA.., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST S, 1916. i Major F. M. Ott has shown a proper appreciation of conditions in provid ! ing that what is now the Linglestown I roac. running from the river drive loward Linglestown shall be sixty feet wide. Similar treatment should be given all other roads and highways north of the city, but this cannot be j done unless and until the Planning Commissiou shall have authorized the ! survey and indicated the character of : the streets and park spaces. It is inconceivable that the splendid area north of Division street shall be ruinea for all time by careless and indifferent building operations. Also, it is believed that the city must take o"'er all the river frontage from Divi sion street to Fort Hunter in order that the greatest asset of the city shall not be destroyed in that section which must eventually be part of Harrisburg. What is true of the territory north of the city is also true of that outlying ; territory east of the city and south- Iwardly toward Hummelstown. BORDER PROBLEMS GET PREFERENCE Carranza Wants Them Taken Up First; Other Questions to Follow By Associated Press Washington, Aug. B.—The Carranza government wants to take up the bor der situation first by the proposed joint international commission but Is willing that other matters should be discussed later, Eliseo Arredondo so outlined the Mexican aUitude to-day to Acting Secretary Polk who took the information to the cabinet meeting. It was indicated that State Depart ment officials were satisfied with the situation and the appointment of [ConUnued on Page 6] URGE REPEAL OF JITNEY MEASURE State Federation of Labor Backs Move; Trolley Situa tion Unchanged | With a view to starting an initiative ; and referendum movement to have another ordinance substituted for the | present jitney license treasure, offi cials of the State Federation of Labor this afternoon began circulation of a petition, which when it has 100 signers will be presented to council. The new ordinance would amend [Continued on Page 6] Five-Cent Loaf of Bread Waste; Urges Ten-Cent Size By Associated Press _ Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 8. A o-cent loaf of bread is an economic waste, in the opinion of C. N. Power of Pueblo, Col., who to-day addressed the convention here of the master bakers of the United States. He dis cussed the "ten-cent loaf and why " Efficiency, declared Mr. Power de manded the baking of ten-cent loaves rather than. the fl% - e-cent size. He estimated the cost of baking 1 000 L°, v ?? of bread cf the five-cent size is "3.00 more than the cost of baking the same flour into 500 ten-cent loaves. "The overhead charge cannot be Justified." continued Mr. Power "A baker should jegard himself as an agent of the people who use bread with the sacred responsibility of pro viding them with the most digestive and nutritious bread it is possible to make. This cannot be accomplished with a five-cent loaf." JAMES RIISS WEAKER James Russ, former proprietor of The Senate Hotel, who has been ill at his home, 604 North Third street, was re ported as growing weaker dally. His condition is critical. FTRST GAME 12 3456789 RHE Scranton, HBEHCDCDOaCiaEEB Harrisburg, riiKinriinnrflnrraßii^p Batteries I —Fox and Ilrnnnoni Helfrlck and Client. CITY PLANS TO SUPPLY ICE TO NEEDY FAMILIES Health Department Makes Hur ried Census in Congested Districts Today TO KEEP DOWN DISEASE Council Will Decide Definitely Tomorrow if Count Can Be Finished City council will meet to-morrow to discuss plans for supplying needy families in the congested districts with free ice if a hurried census now be ing made for the purpose by the bureau of health and sanitation, can be finished in time. Distribution of ice to the swelter ing families in the poorer districts was practically decided upon this morning informally by the city commissioners. The giving out of this summer necessity and the action of the health authorities in requiring a thorough cleaning up of these sections will help materially to keep down the danger of a spread of infantile paralysis. In cidentally this will be the first time in many, many moons that Harrisburg officially took a hand in relieving ice [Continued on Page 14] Senate Agrees Without Debate on Army Bill Which Carries $267,597,000 Washington, Aug. 8. Without debate the Senate to-day agreed to the conference report on the army appropriation bill carrying $267,597,- 000 for maintenance of the reorganiz ed regular army and Natonal Guard. The only criticism of the report came from Senator Clapp, of Minne sota, who protested against elimina tion of the La Follette amendment increasing the minimum age limit for enlistment from 18 to 21 years with out consent of parents or guardian. Because of this he voted against the report. The bill provides for organization of a council for national defense to co-ordinate transportation, industrial and agricultural facilities in time of stress, for relief of dependent fam ilies of so|fliers in service on the Mex ican border, and appropriates a spe cial sum of more than $13,800,000 for development of aviation in the army. The- naval bill also was in its last stages to-day, although failure of the conferees to agree on the important building and personnel provisions made necessary the less speedy method of referring Senate and House differences back to those bodies. If the House, even under administration pressure, refuses to accept the Senate provisions for building sixty-six ves sels, including eight capital ships, next year and for an enlisted strength of 7 4,000 men, it is considered probable the Senate will abandon its three-year continuing program in an effort to compromise. The House plans to vote on this measure next Tuesday or Wednesday. I'RGES HOI'SE ACCEPTAXCE By Associated Press Washington, Aug. B.—President Wil son summoned Senator Swanson and Representative Padgett, representing the Senate and House conferees on the naval bill to the White House to-day to gain information on the result of the conferences and to urge again that the House accept the Senate provisions for a larger building program and in creases in the personnel of the navy. The president was told of the failure of the conferrees yesterday to reach an agreement on these two features ! and was informed that a vote on the | conference report, would be taken in j the House next Tuesday. President Charged With Forcing Democrats to Adopt Laws Against Judgment By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. B.—Senator ' Cummins to-day charged President Wilson with forcing Democrats in the | House and Senate to adopt legislation I against their Judgment and told op ponents of the child labor bill who I contend it is unconstitutional that the presidential assumption of legislative functions was a greater menace to the constitution than the passage of any measure. "There has not been a single impor tant measure passed since 1913 in which Democratic Congressmen have not felt the heavy hand of the execu tive." said the Senator. "Those Sen ators who see an evasion of State rights and a menace to the passage of the present bill, ignore the graver vio lations of the constitution exhibited every day during this session." Senator Robinson asked Senator Cummins to be more specific in his complaints, but the Senator from lowa declared he had taken up the sub ject only because Senator Hardwick had previously asserted that President Wilson had violated his conception of the constitution in urging this legis lation. MISS MARGARET WILSON' AND BLANCHE BATES IX RUNAWAY By Associated Press Croton, N. Y., Aug. 8. Miss Mar garet Wilson, eldest daughter of the President and Blanche Bates (Mrs. George Creel), the actress, were thrown from a carriage in a runaway accident here Sunday and were bruised severely, it was learned to day. The horse bolted when a shaft broke. Miss Wilson recovered suffi ciently to return to Washington. RUSSIANS TEAR 15-MILE BREACH IN TEUTON LINE Rip Front Wide Open Below Stanislau; Cossacks Push Across Railroad NOW NEAR STANISLAU But 18 Miles From Junction; Threaten Position on Stripa; Berlin Admits Defeat The Russians have won a great vic tory south of Dniester, in Galicia, opening up a breach 15 miles wide in the Austro-German lines east and southwest of Stanislau. Following up this success, the Rus sian cavalry has pushed across the Manislau-Kolouiea railway and ac cording to l'ctrograd is pursuing the Teutons to the southwest of that line. Capture Tlumach The Russians in their drive captured the town of Tlumach which brings them within 18 miles of Stanislau, an important railway Junction on the main line to Lembcrg and about 70 miles southeast ol" the Galician capital. Berlin in to-day's official statement admits the Russian advance, announc ing the withdrawal of the Austro-Ger tuan lines on the Tlumacli-Ottynia front to previously prepared positions. Ottynia is on the main line railway 15 miles southwest of Tlumach. Capture 8500 .More Prisoners The Russian ad*ance serves still further to threaten the Teutonic posi tion along the Strlpa. to the north, al ready menaced on the left ttank by General BrussiloiVs successful opera tions along the Sercth south of Brody. The capture of more than 8500 pris oners by the Russians in the Sercth battles of August 5 and ti is an nounced. Allies Win on Somme Both at Verdun and on the Somme front in Northern France the oppos ing armies are engaged in almost con tinuous righting. The advantage at Verdun seems for the time being to rest with the Germans, while along the Somme the entente forces appear the decided gainers. Paris to-day reports the success of an operation conducted in conjunc tion with the British north of the Somme. While General Haig's forces were attacking at Guillemont, the French advanced east of Hill 139, north of Hardecourt. British Push Ahead East of Trones wood the thrust by the British carried their lines for ward at some places during the night. Nearer the river, French troops re pelled two attempts by the Germans to recapture trenches which the French took yesterday. At Verdun the Fleury-Thiaumont sector northeast of the fortress con tinues the scene of a desperate strug- I gle. The Germans made a series of I strong attacks early to-day and suc | ceeded in again gaining a footing in jthe Thiaumont work which has i changed hands several times during [Continued on Page 14] N. Y. Strike Settled; Normal Service Resumed New York, Aug. S.—Normal service of the most important surface street car lines in Manhattan and the Bronx was resumed to-uay after having been partially interrupted by strikes of mo tormen and conductors beginning | about two weeks ago and culminating i Friday night lasr in s walkout of the men employed by the New York Rail way Company. About 7,500 employes of this company and of the Third Ave nue Railway System are affected by the settlement sgreed upon yesterday by the directors and officials and the men after conferences with Mayor Mitchel. Under the terms of the agreement, the right of the employes to organize is conceded and the two cpmpanies promised to treat with committees of their employes in considering griev ances. A demand for wage increase will be discussed by committees not j later than August 30 and if they fail of agreement the controversy will be ! submitted to arbitration. . Strikes by employeb of the Second avenue, Queens and Staten Island street railway systems have not yet been adjusted, but the men believe they will be granted concessions simi j lar to those given the other lines. Phila. Strikers Hold Mass Meetings to Gain Recruits Philadelphia, Aug. 8. Leaders of the local division of the Amalgamated Association of Streec and Electric Rail way Employes, who yesterday called a strike of the motormen and conductors of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, planned to hold a series of mass meetings to-day in an effort to gain additions tc their ranks. Pickets will be placed at car barns, it was an nounced. and within twenty-four hours the strike leaders say they expect to have at least one-half of the 4,700 men out. Thomas E. Mitten, president of the transit com pan v, which operates all the lines in the city, said that less than 150 men hid answered the strike or der and that the operation of cars had not been affected in the least. He added that he has no fear that the strike will spread. Cars on all lines apparently have been running ns usual since the strike was called and there has been no dis order. WANT SSO PER POUND FOR DYES Washington. D. C., Aug. 8, —Word has come to the Department of Com merce from a hosiery manufactur in the Middle Wes' that the Eastern For warding Company, American agents for the cargo of the German sub marine Deutschland, had offered him dyestuffs at SSO a pound, or about fifty times the price before the war. The manufacturer declined the offer. TO HEAR STRIKE-BREAKER Bernard Melvin, New York City, will be given a hearing this evening before Alderman J. H. Shaner, on a charge of assault and battery. A party of five strike-breakers went into the pool room of J. G. Sheldon in Julia street. Saturday night. Daniel Porter charges Meivln with assaulting him. He was arrested and released under S2OO bail pending the hearing. WILSON R. BLOUGH WILSON OLOUGH DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS COUNTRY HOME Prominent in Garment Manu facturing Trade; Worked Up From Bottom of Ladder Wilson R. Blough, president of the Blough Manufacturing Company, Inc., and one of the city's prominent busi nessmen. died at 4 o'clock this morn ing at his country home near Dauphin from acute indigestion. He was 5 4 years old. Mr. Blough became seriously til at midnight and his condition gradually became worse until death resulted. As soon as the news of his death was re [ Continued on Page 11] ROBBERS BKAT MAX AND THROW HIM IXTO RIVER Arthur Calimer was admitted to the Harrisburg Hospital last night as a result of being attacked by three men. who robbed him of $lO and then pushed him into the river. According to Calimer, he was sitting in the River Park when the men assaulted him. At the hospital it was learned that he suffered from a fractured skull and a severe laceration on the fore head. He will likely recover. ? STRIKE MAY BE SETTLED I 1 ents that the strike of the 9 st: be continued indefinitely and the an- i I nouncement of the traction company that men will be given A 9 until to mo ow noon to return to work, there were quiet j 1 but persistent rumors about the city that terms will be I & reached between the men and the company whereby present j 1 differences will be settled, li was &aid that by these terms 1 all of the men would ' e given their old places. j DR. FRITCHEY BACK IN TOWN J Harrisburg. Dr. John A. Fritchey, ex-mayor, of this ? city, who was seriously ill for several months in the Presby- I terian Hospital, Philadelphia, has recovered and was « brought to his home in this city to-day. 1 5 DEAD; 8 HURT IN MINE BLAST 1 Wilkes-Bajre, Aug. 3. Five men are reported killed and eight injured to-day in an explosion of gas in the Wood- < ward colliery of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company at dwardsville, near here. J j ANOTHER DEATH IN PHILADELPHIA ) Philadelphia, Aug. 8. —One death and two new cases of infantile paralysis were reported here to-day, making a total 1 of 24 deaths and 94 cases since July 1. & BREMEN REPORTED SUNK Baltimore.—An International News Service dispatch £ from Berne, Switzerland, says that the Berlin Tagleblatt £ announces the submarine Bremen to have been sunk by an I accident to her machinery. This newspaper previously re- A ported the Bremen missing. The agent for the submarine | company here said he had heard nothing of the report but , ® > if published bjrtne Berlin newspaper it was doubtless true. , ADVERSE CONDITIONS CAUSE HEAVY LOSS Washington, Aug. 8. Adverse conditions, due to ' * . weather, plant disease and insects, damaged the country's j l principal farm cromps during July and resulted in a loss of f > 105,000,000 bushels in prospective wheat production, 89,- ' J 000,000 in corn and 43,000,000 bushels less of oats than pre- • J dieted by the Department uf Agriculture at the beginning ' of July, I ► MARMAGE LICENSES | Frank William Llnero and Auua Janna, Enliuut. Clarence A. Shield* and LI mm a Margaret Hummler, city. wnftwll<lLwiM<lLn ima«< mo/liml. iftjri limifl CITY EDITION 16 PAGES NAVY DISCUSSES URGENT NEED OF BATHING BEACHES Want Temporary Housing Facilities if Permanent Struc tures Be Impossible REPORT ON REGATTA "War Canoe" Committee Tells of Its Labors; Name Com mittees Tomorrow Ever-growing appreciation of the Susquehanna basin as the city's "front yard" bathing beach and the conse quent crying demand for bathhouse fa ' cllities was discussed last evening by [ the "Greater Harrisburg navy" with a i view to obtaining temporary, if not. [ permanent relief. The Navy met for the first time at the "Municipal Port," ' as the guests of George K. P.eist. That the construction of municipal I bathhouses this year is Impossible j was generally admitted but some sug i gestions for caring for the thousands ; of bathers during the remainder of I the summer were threshed out. If Council can't provid permanent bathhouses any more this year the city 1 authorities it was argued might b« [Continued on Page 11] Dying Man Appeals For Aid in Search For Wife James G. Patillo, a former resident of Harrisbur?, critically ill in the i Philadelphia Hospital, is anxious to i locate his wife, Mrs. Pearl Patillo, and | requests the Telegraph to aid in locat ing her. According to the husband. Mrs. Patillo resided in the Eighth I ward five years ago The husband went away to work and since that time | has not heard from his wife. He an earnest appeal for aid in I locating Mrs. Patillo and writes, "I am ' very low and anxious to see her soon." SAVE AX HOUR OF DAYLIGHT The Keystone Printing and Binding Company, 2 Aberdeen street, adopted a plan yesterday to "save an hour of daylight." The employes of the com pany will begin work at 6 o'clock and quit at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The schedule calls for the men to report an hour earlier than usual and lets them off an hour earlier In the after noon.
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