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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV — No. 184
MEDIATORS NO
NEARER SOLUTION
OF R. R. TROUBLE
Dispute Deadlocked; Brother
hoods Hold Firm; Managers
Want Arbitration
LOOK TO PRESIDENT
Board Will Ask Wilson to In
tervene; Delay in Negotia
tions Asked
By Associated Press
New York, Aug. 11. After de
liberating the greater part of the night
Commissioners William A. Chambers,
Martin A. Knapp and G. W. Hanger,
of the United States Board of Me
diation and Conciliation, were to-day
no nearer a solution of the deadlock
in the dispute between the four rail
road brotherhoods of the country and
their employers than they were yester
day. The efforts of the mediators to
avert a nation-wide strike were vir
tually at a halt, due to the fact. It was
reported, that the railroads refuse to
grant any concsrsion other than arbi
tration, while the men persist In their
tlrm stand for the unequivocal grant
ing of their demands for an eight-hour
day and time ami a half overtime.
Look to President
A formal request for a twenty-four
hour delay in the negotiations was
made by the Federal board to the
union men to-day when they as
sembled to receive the mediators and
it was reported that the board, unless
there was an unexpected change In the
situation in that time, was prepared to
suggest to President Wilson that he
intervene.
Mr. Hanger, who asked for the de
lay, took pains to point out, however,
that no particular significance should
Vie attached to the sudden change in
their plans.
"It must be remembered," he said,
"that the question at issue involves
hundreds of railroads p.nd thousands
of men and th 3 mediators cannot ar
rive at a judicious conclusion as to the
merits in the case until they have thor
oughly assimilated the situation.
• Like Dynamite
Mr. Hanger added that the board
expected to continue its deliberations
to-day and might reach a decision by
evening as to tbe time of the next
meeting with one or the other side in
the dispute.
''We do not intend," said W. S.
Stone, chief of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, "to wait very
long on the mediators. The tempera
ment of the men is such that they
would not have waited a minute if we
had not persuaded them to give the
mediators a chance. Personally, I do
not care to carry the strike vote around
in my pocket for any extended period.
It is like a stick of dynamite."
Since its organization in 1913,
through an act of Congress, and up to
September 20, 1915, the board has sat
in forty-seven controversies between
railroads and their employes. In every
instance the" board has succeeded in
securing an ultimate adjustment of
the differences, thirty-nine cases hav
ing been setled by mediation alone and
eight, by arbitration.
One report current to-day was that
the railroad managers were ready to
propose a different form of arbitration
than that provided for under the
New-lands act which the brotherhoods
object to. This was that instead of
six arbitrators —two appointed by
each side and four or six neutral,
making a total membership of twelve
or fourteen. This would make it pos
sible also for each of the four brother
hoods to have an arbitrator on the
board.
THE WEATHER
Harrtsburg and vicinity: Cloudy
this nftcrnoon,probably tboncra to
nlicht and Saturday, wurmer to
nlglit
Eastern Pennsylvania: Probably
•lmwtr# to-night and Saturday,
warmer to-night. Light southeast
Hindi.
River
The Susquehanna river and all Its
branches will probably full slowly
or remain nearly stationary except
local risen may occur In some
streams as a result of shower* in
tbe next 3(1 hours.. A slate of about
3.- feet Is Indicated for llarrlshurg
Saturday morning.
General Conditions
The disturbance from the North
nest that was central over Manito
ba Thursday morninK, is moving
eastward with decreasing strength
and is now central north of the
Lake region. In connection with a
strong high pressure area from the
Northwest, now central over west
ern North Dakota, It has caused
general showers iu the lake region
and scattered showers In the Plains
States.
I'nder the Influence of high pres
sure la the Northwest temperatures
hnve fallen 1 to 10 degrees in the
Missouri and upper Mississippi val
ley.
Temperature—B a. m., (10.
Sun—Rises, 5.13 a. M.i seta, 7.00
p. m.
Moo'n—Full moon Sunday, 7 a. m.
River Stage—3.2 feet above low
nnler mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, SI.
I.owest temperature. Art.
Mean temperature, 74.
Normal temperature, 73.
VACATION SEASON IS AT
ITS HEIGHT
Rest and recreation will not be
complete unless you have all the
news from home every tlay. Your
favorite newspaper, the Harris
burg Telegraph, will fill the hill.
Phone 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* « CEVrs A. WEEK.
SINGLE COPIES S CENTS.
STATE EXTENDS
QUARANTINE TO
EVERY BORDER
All Points Where Railroads
Enter Commonwealth Are
Now Being Watched
GYPSIES TURNED BACK
Situation in Philadelphia Be
coming Alarming; N. Y. Epi
demic Shows Decline
Pennsylvania's quarantine for infan
tile paralysis was to-day extended to
all borders of the State. Medical offi
cers and inspectors to-day began duty
at points where railroads cross the
State from all parts of New York,
Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland,
the quarantine against New Jersey,
New York and Delaware having been
previously instituted in the east and
southeast. If conditions demand the
quarantine will be made more strin
gent and highways patrolled.
Reports were received at the De
partment of Health to-day that a band
of thirty gypsies from Rochester, half
of them under sixteen years of age,
had been turned back at the New York
State line, having endeavored to enter
the State in Erie county. Another
band which tried to enter the State
near Belvidere were turned back into
New Jersey. The latter band traveled
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Rescue Parties Carry
Relief to Thousands Made
Homeless by Cloudburst
By Associated Press
Huntington, W. V., Aug. 11.—Res
cue parties proceeded far into the i
mountain districts to-day carrying re- |
lief to thousands of homeless people i
in Cabin creek valley which was j
swept by a flood Wednesday, causing |
a loss of more than sixty lives and i
property damage reaching into the |
millions. Progress was slow as many
bridges have been washed out and the
roads are blocked by slides.
Score sof men have begun cleaning
up the debrie to prevent an epidemic
and to open the roads through the
valley so that supplies can be trans
ported to stricken towns.
J. W. Hartless, of this city, who was
at Eskdale Wednesday morning when
the cloudburst swept Cabin creek val
ley, is the first eye witness to reach
Huntington from the flooded district.
According to his story at 8:30 o'clock
in the morning Cabin creek started
rising at the rate of eight feet an
hour and continued until the creek
reached from mountain to mountain.
Houses floated down stream at the
rate of one a minute. He watched al
most all of Eskdale swept away.
Whole families rushed for the hillside,
but some never reached safety. One
could hear women praying on all
sides. Scores are missing and are be
lieved to be dead.
j Another battalion of the Second
; West Virginia infantry, was to-day or
dered from Camp Kanawha to the
i Cabin creek country to help the bat
'talion sent yesterday in relief work.
! Thirty-five identified bodies have
been recovered in the valley and the
; search is being pushed in the upper
i reaches where is wds believed for a
I time there had been no loss of life.
Food and clothing is being hurried
j from supply bases established by the
i military. Volunteers from Charleston
I and other cities are aiding in the
I work.
Flood Damage in Southern
Floods Is $4,500,000
By Associated Press
Charleston. S. C.. Aug. 11.—Flood
damage to railroads, bridges, roads,
crops and other property throughout
the Santee and Pee Dee river systems,
has been conservatively estimated at
$4,500,000 by Richard H. Sullivan,
section director of the Weather
Bureau at Columbia.
Mr. Sullivan, who issued a lengthy
report of the floods which early in July
extended through five States said the
total property damage in South Caro
lina alone amounted to $2,000,000.
Movable property valued at $400,-
000 was saved through Weather
Bureau warnings. The floods in South
Carolina affected 350,000 acres of
crops, the total damage to which prob-:
ably never will be known.
Failure of Publishers to
Send Answers Delaying
News Print Paper Probe
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 11.—The Federal
Trade Commission to-day announced
that its investigation into the price of
news print paper is being delayed to
some extent by failure of newspaper
publishers to send in answers to the
commission's questions as promptly as
it expected.
"Reports have been received," said
the commission in a statement, "to
the effect that some publishers are
hesitating to answer the commission's
inquiries fearing that their complaints
will reach the paper manufacturers
and they will have their supplies cut
off. The commission has assured all
such publishers that the communica
tions' would be treated as confidential
when requested and therefore they
need not have the least hesitation in
furnishing the commission with all
the information in their possession."
A large force of agents is now in
vestigating the records of news print
manufacturers, jobbers and others and
Information collected is being com
piled in Washington as fast as it is re
ceived."
HIGH SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETS
Recently Completed Survey of Xcw
Building Situation Considered
Survey of the city's high school
problem as compiled from the data*
collected by the expert employed by
the school bqard was considered
further this afternoon at a special
meeting of the committee appointed
for the purpose.
HARRISBURG, PA.., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1916.
ADAMS COUNTY FRUIT GROWERS INSPECT FERTILE ORCHARDS
ENORMOUS FRUIT
CROP PREDICTED
BY BIG GROWERS
Annual Inspection of Adams
County Association Reveals
Fine Prospects
SHIPMENT IS PROBLEM
Apple, Peach and Plum Trees
Will Soon Bow Under
Ripening Weight
By a Staff Correspondent
Biglerville, Pa., 11.—An in
crease of at least 10 per cent, over the
output of 1915 from the big fruit or
chards in Adams county is predicted
by growers in that section after the
third annual automobile run of the
Fruit Growers Association of Adams
County of sixty-four miles through
sixty-seven of the large commercial
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SPELL-BINDING
TRIP BY WILSON
Will Cross Continent After
McCormick Goes Over
Plans
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 11. President
Wilson practically has decided to make
a speaking trip across the continent.
No details of the tour have been ar
ranged but it was understood to-day
that his itinerary will be worked out
within the next few weeks.
The President's advisers have been
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Turkey Refuses Permission
to U. S. to Relieve Starving
Condition of Syrians
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 11. —Turkey has
refused to grant the request of the
United States that a neutral committee
be permitted to undertake relief work
in Syria where thousands of native
Christians are reported to be starving.
Charge Miller, of Constantinople, in
a cablegram received at the State De- 1
i partment to-day said the- Turkish gov
ernment had informed him relief op
erations in Syria were considered un
necessary because crops there were
better than anywhere else in the em
pire. He added that although he was
told the decision was final he had not
dropped the subject but would con
tinue to press for favorable action.
On July 5 the department instructed
Charge Miller to call attention to the
fact that there had been no action
in this matter and to say to the Turk
ish Foreign Office that continued fail
ure to heed the request would put se
vere strain on the relations between
the United States and Turkey.
Conductor Henry E. Meek Is
Hurt; in Lebanon Hospital
Henry E. Meek, aged 29, 1419
Regina street, conductor on the Har
risburg division of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway was caught and
rolled between two trains at Lebanon
this morning. He was taken to the
Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. His
condition this afternoon was report
ed as favorable.
Conductor Meek was easthound with
a fast freight train that stopped at
Lebanon and was exanimlng the air
brakes when a westoound train
caught him. His right arm was dis
located at the shoulder and the left
arm fractured in two places.
TO TRAIN TEACHERS
At a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Pennsylvania Federation
of Labor yesterday in the Common
wealth Trust Building, it was decided
to raise a fund of $25,000, to defray
the expenses of men and women, with
trade experience, to become teachers,
at the continuation schools. The
scholarships will be awarded by com
petitive examinations.
PRESIDENT KING BETTER
Arthur King, president of the Mid
dletown Car Company, who is ill at
his home in Mlddletown, is reported
improved by his physician. He has
been connected with the car works
since 1879, when the-company was still
small. Mr. King is the father of Mrs.
Belle K. Kunkel, wife of Paul A. Kun
kel, lawyer of this city.
SOLDIER KILLED BY TRAIN*
By Associated Press
Scranton, Pa.. Aug. 11. Charles
Schooloy. of Company C, Ninth Field
Artillery, was struck at West Plttston
to-day by a Lackawanna train. Both
legs were cut oft and he dl«d later in
the Plttston Hotplta'
These pictures were snapped by the Telegraph's staff photographer
on the lawn in front of the home of E. C. Tyson, the "Fruit King," at
Floradale, Adams county, while the big party of orchardmen rested and had
a little lunch yesterday. In the upper etching the entire party which
made the sixty-four mile automobile trip is shown. The lower etching
shows one of the tables spread, as only Adams county women can, lor the
tired and dusty excursionists.
PROTECTION FOR
FARMERS URGED
—— ■ * ',j , V«(i|
Hughes Believes in Trusting
Friends of Tariff With
Its Enactment
By Associated Press
Fargo, N. D., Aug. 11. —Charles E.
Hughes, Republican nominee for
President, left Fargo early to-day on
a revised schedule that will enable
him to deliver an evening address at
Billings, Mont., to-night.
The ride across the North Dakota
plains to the Montana line is to be
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Wireless Operators Believe
They Communicated With
Bremen; Withhold Identity
By Associated Press
New York, Aug. 11.—Wireless ob
servers at shore stations near New-
York were puzzled early to-day by
signals received from an unidentified
vessel apparently somwhere off Sandy
Hook which was calling the Telefun
ken wireless station in this city. The
fact that the stranger refused to dis
close the identity of the vessel led
some of the wireless operators to be
lieve they were at last in communica
tion with the long-expected German
submarine Bremen.
While in communication with the
shore stations a few hours earlier the
strange vessel reported herself as a
'collier and the operator signed his
calls "D. B. U." which is the private
wireless signal of the North German
Lloyd steamer Breslau, last reported
as tied up in New Orleans for the per
iod of the war.
300,000 Forced to Go
Milkless Through Strike
By Associated Press
Cleveland, Ohio, Aug.. 11.—As a re
sult of a strike of milk wagon drivers
of the Telling-l.iellevernon Company,
largest milk dealers in the city, 300,000
Clevelanders were without their usual
•supply to-day.
Drivers for the Schneider Becker
Dairy Company, second largest in the
city, which cares for 150,000 persons,
are expected to .strike to-day.
The milk companies, without oppo
sition from strikers, delivered milk to
hospitals and babies' dispensaries to
day, but the dispensaries were unable
to secure a supply early and not
enough to meet demands upon them.
Common Fleas Judge H. G. Powell
at noon was to conduct a hearing on
un injunction granted late last night to
restrain strikers from interfering with
Telling employes who are under con
tract.
New York Railways Men
Want 4 Cents an Hour More
By Associated Press
New York, Aug. 11. A draft of
demands to be made upon the New
York Railways Company by its organ
ized motormen and conductors had
been drawn up and will be submitted
probably within a few days. It calls
for a sweeping revision of operating
schedules, shorter and more uniform
working hours and a wage scale of
30 to 3 3 cents an hour. The men now
are paid 26 to 30 cents an hour.
GASOLINE GOES DOWN
The price of gasoline was reduced a
cent a gallon yesterday by a number
of local retail dealers. The present
price la 24 cents. < J
ALL UNLICENSED
JITNEYS QUIT
i • tfc vjir mri «. ■ .-.n'lai'ini'-*.
Police Report NQ Drivers At
tempt to Evade Mayor's Or
der Banning Busses
Despite the claims of a number of
jitney drivers, who have been oper
ating without licenses, that they would
continue to carry passengers free of
charge, by accepting tips, city police
reported at noon to-day that no jit
neys were being run without licenses.
No new licenses were taken out al
though several applications were re-
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Gun Cotton Blast at
Du Pont Kills Three
By Associated Press
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 11. An
explosion which blew out a receiving
cylinder on a rehydrating press at the
Du Pont Powder Company's plant at
Carney's Point, N. J., this morning
killed three men and injured two.
The dead are Ellwood Robinson,
aged 50, of 369 Pearl street. Bridge
ton, N. J., Ellwood Grlscom, aged 51,
of Linden street, Salem. N. J., Herbert
Mcllvaine, aged 35, of 36 Clayton
Road, Wilmington.
The injured are John Smith, aged
23, of 1912 Bouvier street, Philadel
phia; George Plumsteel, aged 36, of
2245 North Lawrence street, Philadel
phia.
Robinson was operating the ma
chine. which was running with forty
pounds of gun cotton in It. Mcllvaine
was feeding it when the explosion oc
curred.
Cause, a Mystery
The press was blown to pieces and
flying bits of steel were hurled in all
directions. One pieco struck Griscom,
who was eating his lunch In another
building 25 or 30 feet away and killed
him. Another flying piece of steel
struck Plumsteel, Tplio was in another
building and fractured his jaw.
Smith, who was standing in the
doorway of the No. 1 plant was blown
clean throusrh the doorway and nar
rowly escaped with his life. He has
lacerations of the legs and arms and
was removed to his boardinghouse at
Penn's Grove. Plumsteel, who is mar
ried and has one child, is in the Dela
ware hospital, this city
The cause of the explosion Is
shrouded in mystery. It occurred
about 3:25 o'clock this morning. The
building was badly damaged.
Western Union Boys Will
Soon Carry Telegrams Only
By Associated Press
New York. Aug. 11. The West
ern Union Telegraph Company noti
fied its customers to-day that its na
tional distribution service for the de
livery of packages will be transferred
to another corporation on September
1. and thereafter its messengers will
collect and deliver telegrams only.
A shortage of boys to act as mes
sengers has necessitated the change.
MRS. WILSON* SUES CUSTOMER
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C., Aug. 11.—Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, wife of the Presi
dent. is plaintiff in a suit filed this
afternoon In the District of Columbia
municipal court to recover S3O. The
court record shows the suit filed in the
name of "Edith B. Wilson, trading as
Oalt & Brother." W. B. Hopkins is
the defendant and the S3O is for mer
chandise he is declared to have pur
chased. Mrs. Wilson is the owner of
Oalt A- Brother s jewelry store, which
was left her bv her first husband, Nor
man Gait.
WOMEN APPEAL
FOR MORE FUNDS
TO AID SOLDIERS
Families of Many on Border
Are in Destitute Cir
cumstances
HOW ONE HOME SUFFERS
Preparedness League Describes
Struggles of Lonely Wife to
Keep Wolf From Door
Contributions of clothing, food and
money are solicited by the committee
of the Harrisburg Woman's Prepared
ness division having in charge the care
of soldiers' families during their duty
in the term in the federal service. All
those who have clothing for children,
from babies up to fourteen years, are
requested to call or telephone Mrs.
Mary F. Ryder, 3 215 North Front
street, who is the chairman.
"We have been making daily in
vestigations of cases that have come
to our notice," said Mrs. Ryder to
day, "and we have found some in
stances of sore distress. The condi
tions In the homes of some of the men
at the front are pitiable in the ex
treme. Helpless wom«u are making
a gallant eftort to get along without
their bread-winners, but the results
would bring tears to your eyes if you
saw them. We have expended the
little money given us and we simply
must have more. I cannot believe
that Harrisburg people will sit idly by
and see women and children ot sol
diers protecting our frontier hungry
and in want."
A Derry street woman, herself in
poor circumstances, hi*» written Mrs.
James Mersereau, one of the officials
of the Division, asking aid for her
daughter and little children, who have
been forced from their home by in
ability to pay rent, while a physician's
bill of $25 and a big grocery bill re
main unpaid. The meager pay of the
soldier is not sufficient even to keep
them in food, "it seems hard," she
writes, "that they had to give up all
their furniture ior which they had
paid almost the full amount due, and
were getting along so nicely."
In another case ejectment proceed
ings are being taken against a soldier's
family and the mother and children
.will be set out in the street if she is
not cared for.
"We simply must have some money
for these poor people," said Mrs. Ryder
to-day. "The cases I have cited are
only examples. There are many
others."
J ROB HOUSE IN VIEW OF MEN I
I g. While 25 men were working in front of A
& th< of Mrs. Miry A.
1 ye terdaji thief pried open ihe front window leading from L
9f the porch, entered the house and got away with $2.00 in j
I cash. Mrs. Cashmen was attending the grocers' picnic at I
1 Hershey. The home of Dennis Barrick, 10 South Seven- f
| teenth street, was also entered yesterday. I
j ENDERS' VERDICT SET ASIDE 4
* Harrishur:,. The verdict awarding Elmer C. Enders I
1 $125 for injuries sustained in falling down an elevator shaft k
J • at the almshouse was set aside by President Judge Kunkel I
1 in handed down this afternoon. He held that A
j I the Directors of the Poor was a charitable organization and |
j exempt from liabilities of this kind. I
i ITALIANS OCCUPY ENTIRE PLATEAU J
Rome, Aug. 11, via London, 7.45 P. M.—The Italians F
i have occ le entire Doberdo plateau, the War Office * >
J announced to-day. f
( ALLIES START DRIVE' IN BALKANS
Y Paris, Aug. 11, 1.50 P. M.—An attack by Anglo-French ' '
I forces on the Bulgarians at Doirain forty miles northeast
5 1 of Saloniki, is reported in a Havas dispatch from Saloniki. 9
I The allies occupied the Doirain railway station and a neigh- f
a boring hill. m
J TEN PER CENT. NET PROFIT TAX ON SHELLS f
I Washington, Aug. 11.—A ten per cent, net profit tax
T on manufacturers of munitions of war was agreed upon to- '
t day by Democrats of the Senate Finance Committee as a • J
? substitute for the munitions taxes proposed in the House !
f revenue bill. I >
J STAMM AND DOWNS TO STUDY REPORT ( ,
M Harrisburg.—President A. Carson Stamm and Super- ' ;
I intendent F. E. Downer; were to-day appointed a special
i committee of the School Board to study the expert's report 1 '
■ on Harrisburg's need for a new High School and submit
J* recommendations. >
1 - «!
> OJAKIUAUI. ULC/VJLj
f William DeckarU siuckc), Mi«l(lleto«n, and Margaret Lnvlna Kilns, i
3 Itoyalton. I ,
W" MAi ■■ AI M<n
12 PAGES CITY EDITION
OUTER DEFENSES
OF LEMBERG ARE
NOW THREATENED
With Rapid Strides Russians
Force Way Along Dniester
Toward Stronghold
ITALIANS SPREAD THRUST
In Fan-Like Formation Move
Toward Triest; Allies Ad
vancing in West
The Russian drive toward
from the south has caused what* ap
parently is a serious break in tile Teu
tonic lines along and near the Dnies
ter. in the Stanislau region.
Berlin to-day admits that the su
perior strength of the Russian forces
has compelled an Austro-German re
treat at points in the Monasterzyskai
and the Bystritza river regions anil
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Italians Are Clearing
Way to Open Advance on
Stronghold of Trieste
By Associated Press
Lonaon, Aug. 11. —The Italians
sweeping through the trenches have
cut in the lsonzo line, are are clear
ing the way for an advance on Trieste.
The troops of the Duke of Aosta are
moving forward in two columns.
While one is pushing along the
railroad running east from Gorizia,
striving to control the whole of the
Gorlzian plain, the other is driving
the Austrians from the Carso plateau.
HOTELS TO lIOXOR RUSS
Announcement was made to-day by
Arthur Hollis. proprietor, that the
Senate Hotel would close to-morrow
morning during the funeral of James
I Russ a former owner. Mr. Hollis who
| at one time was identified with sev
! eral large hotels in Philadelphia was
a close friend of Mr. Russ. Hotel
Columbus will also close.
STRIKE A BIG OIL, WEUi
Sfecial to the Telegraph
Ridgway. Pa., Aug. 11.—The largest
oil well in Elk county and one of the
largest in northwestern Pennsylvania
was struck late yesterday on the Jones
lease at Glen Hazel. The oil is flow
ing at the rate of 50 barrels a day.