Expert Urges New Girls' High School, Anoth
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 185
GREAT STRIKE IS
IN BALANCE AS
MEDIATION FAILS
Board Makes Effort to Induce
Brotherhoods to Arbitradte;
Decision Tomorrow
WILSON LAST CHANCE
If He Fails to Bring Sides To
gether Nation-Wide Strike
Will Be Called
By Associated Press
New York, Aug. 12.—Whether a
ration-wide railroad strike is to be
called or prevented still hung in the
balance to-day after the United States
Board of Mediation and Conciiation,
announcing that mediation had failed,
made an effort to induce the railroad
brotherhoods to arbitrate their differ
ences with the railroad manaers.
The brotherhoods, after discussing
an arbitration proposal made to them
by the board under the Xew lands act,
adjourned without reaching a decision.
They announced that an answer would
be given to-morrow morning at an
other meeting of the chiefs and dele
ates of the brotherhoods.
Want Specific Decision
A. B. Garretscn. head of the con
ductors' brotherhood, said after the
meeting that in proposing arbitration
the members of the mediation board
had not informed the men whether
the railroad managers had any spe
cific questions to arbitrate and that
they would propose that the media
tors obtain from the managers a more
definite propositicn. He indicated that
the arbitration proposal was a gen
eral one and that the men were with
holding decision to learn if the rail
roads cared to be specific.
"We arrived at no decision to-day,"
said Mr. Garretron.
"The men will meet to-morrow
morning at 10 o'clock with the media
tors and unless we find that the me
diators are in a position to state defi
nitely that the railroads will agree to
arbitrate there can be no further
progress in the matter."
Mr. Garretson described as "prema
ture" a statement made by a delegate
who left the meeting before it ad
journed that the men had rejected
the arbitration proposal and voted to
lay the situation before President
Wilson. He, said, however, that the
statement of the men was still opposed
to arbitration, opposition to which they
have taken on the ground that previous
arbitrations have proved unfavorable.
The fact, however, that the men
delayed their decision on the matter
gave rise to the hope that they might
finally recede from their attitude. The
railroad managers reiterated, today,
their determination to fight for the
arbitration principle.. which, they said.
If they gave up would mean that they
were forever afterward at the mercy
of their employes.
Upon the decision of the employes
as to whether this form of arbitration
will be accepted depends the-question
of calling a nation-wide strike lies in
en appeal to President Wilson to use
his good offices in a last effort to bring
the disputants together.
Opposed Enlargement
Announcement of the failure of me
diation was made by Martin A. Knapp,
a member of the mediation board,
after a conference of the mediators
with the brotherhood chiefs which
lasted more than an hour. The pre
cise terms of the new arbitration pro
posal were not made public, but the
proposal is understood to involve an
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THE WEATHER
Harrinburg and vicinity: Fair
and somen bat cooler to-night with
lowest temperature about 02 de
grees. Sunday fair with moderate
temperature.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to
night and Sunday. Somewhat cool
er to-night, moderate temperature
Sunday. Light northwest winds.
General Conditions
The depression from the North
west that was central north of the
lake region Friday morning bus
moved eastward to the .North At
lantic coast. It caused showers
mostly light, in the Ohio valley md
Tennessee and In the Atlantic States
from Massachusetts to North Caro
lina, and in the upper St. I.awrenee
valley In the last 24 hours. Show
era fell also In Florida. Alabama,
on the Texas coast, and at a few
stations In the West. It Is 2 to 10
degrees warmer In the Atlantic
States from Maine to North Carolina
and over nearly all the country
went of the Rocky Mountains. In
the lake region, the upper Missis
sippi and lower Missouri valleys a
general fall of 2 to 10 degrees has
occurred since last report.
River
The Susquehanna river and all tta
branches will fall slowly or re
main stationary. A stage of nhoui
3.15 feet la 'indicated for Harris
burg Sunday morning.
Temperature—B a. m.. 74 p. m.
Sun—Rise. 5.11 a. m.; Sets, T. 05
p. m.
Moon—Full moon, to-morrow, 7
a. m.
River Stage —3.2 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, 70.
Mean temperature, OS.
Lowest temperature. «!5.
Normal temperature, 73.
VACATION SEASON IS AT
ITS HEIGHT
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complete unless you have all the
news from home every day. Your
favorite newspaper, the Harris
burg Telegraph, will nil the bill.
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
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EXPERT SUGGESTS
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
FOR OLDER GIRLS
Accommodate All Boys With
Additional Facilities at
Technical
3 JUNIOR INSTITUTIONS
Urges Immediate Relief at Cen
tral; Cost $550,000; None
on Hill
Solution of Harrisburg's much
mooted High school problem for the
next ten years is suggested by Dr.
James H. Van Sickle, the expert em
ployed by the school board to make a
complete survey of the situation.
The recommendations follow:
\cw High school for girls of
senior age only, to front on or
near the Capitol park if possible.
Additions to Technical High
school sufficient to accommodate
all boys of senior age.
Three junior High schools for
accommodation of pupils of the
freshmen class of the High school
and of the seventh and eighth
grammar grades.
Cost of new High school in
cluding furnishings not to exceed
$300,000.
Cost of Technical High school
additions or annex not to exceed
$175,000.
New girls' High school should
be large enough to provide ac
commodations for nt least 1,000.
Addition to Technical High
school for boys should be large
enough to provide accommoda
tions for at least 800.
Such recommendations, if car
ried out, sufficient to supply
High school needs until 1925 or
perhaps a year or two longer.
The Public View
The result of the survey was em
bodied in a comprehensive report yes
terday afternoon to a special com
mittee of the board consisting of the
Rev. Dr. William N. Yates, and Di
rectors Harry A. Boyer, Harry M.
Bretz, Robert A. Enders, C. E. L.
and A. Carson Stamm. This
committee referred the report to a
special committee consisting of Presi
dent Stamm and Dr. F. E. Downes.
city superintendent, and this commit
tee will digest the findings and sub
mit them with further suggestions to
the school board at its next meeting.
In the meantime the public will have
a chance to consider the finding of
Dr. Van Sickle.. with, a view to ex
pressing its views by voting upon a
new High school loan in November.
The special committee appointed
by the board was subdivided to facil
itate the work as follows: Messrs.
Yates and Bretz as a committee on
"co-education and junior High
schools"; Messrs. Boyer and Stamm,
on "building," Messrs. Enders and
Keen, on "site" and Messrs. Yates
and Stamm on "experts."
The Experts' Finding
Dr. Van Sickle of Springfield, Mass.,
was employed to make the survey and
he was very ably assisted by Dr.
Downes, and by data collected from
the school, city and health board
offices.
The expert in presenting his report
went into comprehensive detail on the
following points:
The present need of relief for the
Central High school; accommodations
and facilities that should be provided
to meet modern and approved educa
tional ideas and demands, including
location of necessary buildings, prob
able cost of project, including fur
nishings, but not sites; probable
length of time such buildings will
meet the High school needs of the
community.
Some Historical Data
In reporting upon the High school
situation Dr. Van Sickle of course took
into consideration, the directions of
the city's growth, the traffic conditions
and the other possibilities which have
heretofore been treated in surveys by
Superintendent Snyder, the Jersey
City expert and in the Arnold re
port to the Municipal League a year
ago. Some of his data was built upon
figures that had been submitted in
these reports. Dr. Van Sickle how
ever, made a thorough inspection of
the schools of the city on his behalf
and visited all the proposed or pos
sible sites.
said he in this connec
tion. that 1 understand the nature
of the problem with which the city
is confronted in the development of its
school system."
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"FX"LI. CHEW" LAW APPEALS
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
to-day filed notice with the Public Ser
vice Commission of its intention to
appeal to the Superior Court against
the decision of the Commission in the
so-called "locked baggage car" case.
The Commission held that even though
a baggage car be locked at one end
of a division and not opened until the
other, under the requirements of the
"full crew" law a baggageman must be
employed. The company also will ap
peal from the decision requiring it to
carry the passenger coach occupied by
the crew of mail trains other than at
the rear of the trains.
MANY MEXICANS STARVING
By Associated Press
El Paso. Tex., Aug. 12.—Conditions
in Mexico City are bordering on
anarchy because of the food shortages
according to arrivals from the capitai
here to-day. The refugees, all of
whom are Mexicans, said rioters had
seized the electric lighting and power
plants outside the city and that as a
result the town had been without light
or street car service for more than a
week.
FIREBUGS SUSPECTED
The State Fire Marshal's Depart
ment to-day assigned inspectors to
investigate fires that destroyed a liv
ery stable at Brockleyville, Jefferson
county, and a house in Woodbury
township, Blair county, both of which
are reported to be of incendiary origin.
HARRISBURG, PA, SATURDAY EVENING. AUGUST 12, 1916
ITALIAN CYCLE CORPS HELPED
CORPS " ©//Vic .F/Lrf seizes.
I Jk. 1 I. V* cle ~v & , l J5 e Italian army were greatly instrumental in gaining the Italian victor
j o\er the Austrians at Gorizia. The Cycle Corps arp a most mobile force, climbing heights with bicycles on their back
I or taking advantage of the terrain where there are suitable roads.
TOLD HE WON'T
BE PUT TO DEATH
SAYS'THAT'S FINE'
Sole Comment of Farmhand
Freed of Murder Penalty
by Confession
New York, Aug. 12.—News that the ,
confession of another man would j
prove the innocence of Charles F. Stie
low, four times rescued from the elec
tric chair by legal stays, the last time
when he had said his final prayers
and was within 26 minutes of being
led to death, was taken to the con
demned man in Sing Sing late yester
day by Warden Osborne and Spencer
Miller, the Warden's deputy and sec
retary.
It was Spencer Miller who. after
months' of observation of the man.
believed Stielow's statement that he
was Innocent when the man was for
the first time—last April—within a
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Negotiations Completed
For New Great Britain
Loan of $250,000,000
By Associated Press
New York. Aug. 12. The belief
was expressed in financial circles to
day that within a fortnight official
announcement would be made that
negotiations had been completed for
a new loan to Great Britain reported
to be $250,000,000. This loan will run
for two years, according to a summary
published here to-day with interest at
five per cent., and the notes, to ma
ture in two years and to be offered
at 99.
FAIR NEXT WEEK
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 12.—Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Sunday announced to-day by the Wea
ther Bureau follows:
North and Middle Atlantic States
were: Moderate temperatures and
generally fair until near end of week
when local thundershowers are prob
able.
WILSON ATTACKS
ARE CONTINUED
Hughes Accuses Administra
tion of Irregularities in Cus
toms Service
By Associated Press
Helena, Mont., Aug. 12.—Charles E.
Hughes, continuing his attacks on the
administration for his appointments,
to-day charged Secretary McAdoo
"upon reliable information" with hav
ing replaced Henry N. Clapp, formerly
confidential secretary to John G. Car
lisle, with Daniel E. Finn, son of
"Battery Dan" Finn, a Tammany
leader, as assistant appraiser of mer
chandise at New York.
Women to War on Wilson;
Scatter Forces Through
12 Equal Suffrage States
By Associated Press
Colorado Springs. Col., Aug. 12.
National woman's party leaders, fol
lowing yesterday's action in adopting
an election policy for the coming pres
idential campaign were preparing to
day to scatter their forces throughout
twelve equal suffrage states.
In accordance with the plans agreed
upon the campaign workers were in
structed to U33 their best efforts to
prevent the re-election of President
Wilson and in states where women are
entitled to vote for members of Con
gress, to work for the defeat of
cratic candidates. The party members
are pledged to oppose the Democratic
party so long as that party neglects
to bring about the enactment of the
Susan B. Anthon> federal amendment.
Twenty-five Colorado women, for
mer Democrats, now affiliated with the
Woman's party, are awaiting a reply |
to their message last night to Presi
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THORPE AND MEALS
ARE STILL AT ODDS
Labor Meeting Scheduled For
Tonight; Jitneys Generally
Obey Orders
Strikers claimed to-day that several
men are running automobiles and
hauling passengers despite the Mayor's
orders that all jitneys without licenses
may not operate, but Chief of Police
Zeil said at noon, that although some
drivers were probably operating with
out licenses, he believes they are those
who were arrested recently and whose
cases have been appealed to court.
Forty-five cars were again operated
to-day on the Harrisburg Railways
lines. According to officials, traffic
has increased materially. Organizer
Thorpe declared that labor organiza
tions in the city hold Mayor Meals and
other city officials responsible for con
dition# that prevail at present, and de
clared that working people will not
forget their attitude.
Mayor Meals when told of Organizer
Thorpe's statement said that Mr.
Thorpe, in having the men call a strike
should havo given him a chance to
bring about a settlement before the
strike went into effect, and not after
it was called.
Organizer Thorpe again appealed to
the working people not to ride on the
cars, and was pleased when he heard
that some hundred steel workers had
paraded In Cameron street, cheering
for the striing carmen. He declared
that the Federation of intends
to tight the jitney ordinance to a fin
ish, and expressed the belief that a
large number of Jitnevs will soon be
running again. Mr. Thorpe also said
some of the strikers have applied for
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Adams County Case of
Infantile Paralysis Has
Several Unique Features
Special to the Telegraph
Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 12. Differing
from most cases, the Illness of Evelyn
Shindledecker, the 5-year-old daughter
of Charles Shindledecker,' of Fairfield,
eight miles from here, has been pro
nounced infantile paralysis, the first
in Adams county. The case differs in
that the little girl can move her one
leg while lying in bed, but cannot put
any weight upon it when standing.
Neither has she any fever nor the com
plete paralysis as in the more severe
cases.
U. S. EMPLOYES
TO LOSE PAY
Postal Clerks Serving With Na
tional Guard Cut Off Payroll;
Local Men Suffer
Three Harrisburg boys, now at the
j front, doing army service, who held
positions at the Harrisburg Post Office
I have been cut off the government pay
roll. They are:
Edward H. Anderson, a clerk, who
| is a member of the Governor's Troop;
| First Lieutenant John P. Wilbar, and
Secoijd Lieutenant James T. Long. Jr.,
of Company D Eighth regiment. They
i will get no pay while in the army be-
I cause of a Washington order Just is
sued but are assured of their positions
when they return. A dispatch from
Washington, D. C., says:
"The 3000 or more letter carriers
serving the country on the border as
members of the National Guard yes
-1 terday lost their government pay and
dropped from the rolls for the time
| being, under an order issued by the
i First Assistant Postmaster General.
I While the Administration has been
i calling upon business organizations to
] continue the pay of the men serving
; their country, the Government, be
cause of the rigidity of the law and
Congress's refusal to amend it, to-day
! forced the government employes and
I their families to live on the pay of a
private soldier—from 115 to $36 a
month, according to rank—instead of
; the salaries of from SBOO to SIOOO a
! year."
Child Turning Red and
Dying; Swallows Ribbon
Oil City. Pa.. Aug. 12. Following
tile swallowing of a piece of red ribbon
several week* ago, Marlon Holbrook, t>
years old. Is dying from internal pois
oning. The case is one of the strangest
in local medllcal records, and physicians
have so far been unable to do anything
tor the stricken child.
FAILURE TO AID
WAR STARVING IS
DISAPPOINTING
Washington Keenly Feels Un
compromising Attitude of
Belligerents
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 12. The un-!
i compromising attitude of European
1 belligerents in the negotiations
! through which the United States had
| hoped to rxtend relief work in the
| war zones is causing keen disappoint- |
I ment among officials here. Three new ,
notes on the subject were before the
Statp Department tp-dgiy but none of
tbem appeared to open any ne\V ave
nue for continuation of efforts to aid
the starving and homeless of the war
swept areas.
Great Britain and Austria, again
have declared in vigorous terms their
unwillingness to recede from the
regulations which have operated to
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Wife Seeks Husband, Whom
She Says Left Home Day
After Daughter Was Born
Unable longer to support herself
! and infant child unaided, she declares,
Mrs. John Huber, 104 South Thir
teenth street, appealed to the news
-1 papers to-day to aid in the search for
her husband, whom she asserts left
home, August 2, the day following the
birth of their tiny daughter.
The Hubers moved to Harrisburg
from Richmond, Indiana, last January.
Mr. Huber was a brakeman in the
1 yards at Steelton. The wife is gvief
stricken and is anxious to learn her
husband's whereabouts.
CAN'T REACH COAL PRICE
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 12. lnvestig
ation of complaints of high retail prices
for coal in Providence, R. 1., have led
the Federal Trade Commission to de
cide that conditions responsible are
: not of a character to be reached by
1 the commission under the law.
TRAVEL IS HEAVY
ON PENN HIGHWAY
Road Is in Fine Condition From
Philadelphia to Pittsburgh;
Set New Records
1 The number of automobile tourists
| passing through Harrlsburg, greater
this summer than ever before, haa
! been augmented since Monday by
1 scores of car owners who are "seeing
Pennsylvania first" during National
Touring Week. Hotel men and
garage owners said to-day that over
land travel has been greater this week
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Parrot Swears Until
Police Order Reform
Sfecial to the Telegraph
Reading, Pa., Aug. 12.—Police otfi
i cials have served notice on Mrs. Harry
I Jefferies, owner of a Mexican parrot
I named Pedro, that the bird must stop
] swearing at passersby. The owner of
the parrot denies that Pedro uses
swear words and a controversy has re
sulted. The woman hangs the parrot
I in the front yard of her home, next
I to the Young Women's Christian As
sociation. and, according to complain
ants, its conversation knows no limits.
"How the hell are you?" the bird is
alleged to ask folks passing. "Hot
as hell, ain't it?" is another query
credited to Pedro.
That bird gets a refined home train
ing," says Mrs. Jefferis. "He's 2 years
old, and he never gets a chance to
learn to swear All he does is sing
•00-00-00" when the girls pass. You
ought to hear him sing 'Where, O
Where, Has My Little Dog Gone?'"
ST. SEBASTIAN SUNK
London, Aug. 12. The Italian |
ateainship St. Sebastian has been sunk. I
GERMANS UNABLE
TO STOP ALLIED
DRIVE ON SOMME
Persistent Efforts Result in
Heavy Loss to Attackers;
Russians Move Ahead
CROSS KOROPICE RIVER
Advance Further Imperils Teu
ton Line; Pressing Toward
Lemberg
Persistent efforts are being made by j
the Germans to stop the allied offen- j
sivo on the Somme by counter attack- |
ing both the French and British.
Heavy attacks were delivered last;
night on the Franco-British lines but
neither was successful, according to i
the allied war offices.
The French were attacked both
north of the Somme, near Hem wood
and south of the river at La Maison
ette, the artillery stopping both at
tacks. The attack on the British took
place north of Pozieres. London de
clared it was nowhere successful and
resulted In heavy losses to the Ger
mans.
Russians Press On
In Galicia the Russians are keep
ing up their impressive drive towards
Lember from the southeast. After
taking Stanislau General Letchitsk is
pressing on toward Halicz, the im
portant railway junction to the north
on the Dniester and key position in
the Lemberg defenses.
Petrograd to-day reports the cros
sing of the Koropice river by the Rus
sians in the region north of Buczacz.
This advance still further imperils the
Strlpa line of the Teutons to the north
and Halicz to the west. South of
Stanislau the Russians are also ad
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SERVICES FOR JAMES RT.SS
Impressive funeral services for
James Russ. widely-known hotel pro
prietor in the city, were held this
morning at St. Patrick's Cathedral
when solemn high mass was cele
brated by Monsignor M. M. Hassett.
The Rev. T. B. Johnson was deacon
and the Rev. D. P. Reardon, sub
deacon. Burial was made in the Mt.
Calvary cemetery. Proprietors of the
Senate Hotel and Hotel Columbus,
closed during the funeral. Hundreds
of friends of Mr. Russ attended the
services.
|Tfr» l» N «/|fti W .'«/[fr H IH<|^W^]
C WON'T TELL MEDIATOR TERMS J
i New York, Aug. 12.—Little prospect of the railroad L
& ers informing the mediators upon what terms they 1
1 bitrate it was reported prior to the recent I
£ conference this afternoon and the belief prevailed that only
I the Offices of President Wilson could prevent a strike. |
i 18 DEAD, 40 HURT IN TROLLEY WRI «►
T Johnstown, Aug. 12. Eighteen persons were '
1 killed and about forty others more or ler.b injured at Echo, | J
# ten miles from here late this morning in a street car wreck. 1
f The injured arc being brought to Johnstown. j ,
# Eight of the injured died on their way to the hospital >
1 here. Five of them were identified.
a SEVEN INJURED IN ANOTHER RAID
I London, Aug. 12. An air raid on the British naval I
Cj port of Dover by two German seaplanes occurred this
I afternoon. An official statement says that four bombs were |
3 dropped, one officer and six men being slightly injured but 9
£ little material damage was done. "V
1 MRS. SAUERS RETAINS TENNIS TITLE
? Reservoir Paik. Mrs. Chris Sauers won the city ® ►
X nnis championship for women from Miss Ruth Starry, | '
? taking both sets by scores of 6-3. I >
i ITALIANS ADVANCING ON PLATEAU a ►
i Rome, Aug. 12.—Italian troops are advancing on the -
I Ca, 3u plateau, the war office announced to-day. The
i Austrians are still holding out on the hills east of Gorizia. 5
J EMBARK ON RHODE ISLAND l ►
1 Harrisburg. Nearly a dozen young men of Harris- 1
! burg will embark/ Monday on the United States batleship | ►
4 ■ Rhode Island for the month's civilian cruise that has been
I arranged by Uncle Sam to correspond with the prcpared
| » ness military training camp at Plattsburg and other points. ' *
The local boys include Harry L. Brickcr, John Croman,
< I William Britsch, Samuel Froelich, William Hilton, Edward' ►
Hilton, Russel Lindsay. Norman Lenker, William Fleisher
, ( and George A. Bacon. > f
? 111/lft.tilAUL ULttVbLX
1 Jamea Sim*, city, and Aiorn Weaver, Dauphin.
# I larence W. Kckard and Elva M. Strlckler, city.
I Saiuuel W. Scholner, (ioldnboro, and Hhuda Balr, city.
V Adam HaMlng* and Lucy A. Klalr, Philadelphia. *
Cr Harry J. Ylngat, Inlon Depoalt, and Delllla S. Snyder, Swatara.
Vb" w Vb" w i>ti <lbw ii iftn ii Ai iml
12 PAGES CITY EDITION
MOBOLIZATION
CAMPS CLEARED
OF GUARDSMEN
25,000 Trops. All Remaining,
Arc Ordti_ .< to Mexican
Border
NO STOP FOR RECRUITS
Units Get Command to Move
Without Waiting For Mini
mum Strength
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 2.—Twenty-ftv©
| thousand more troops were to-day
| ordered to the border by the War De
j partinent. All Kentucky, Ohio and
i Vermont troops were ordered to move
! and all departmental commanders
| were Instructed to send troops.
It was stated at the War Department
that under these orders National
Guard regiments now held at State
mobilization points would be sent to
'the border without waiting until they
! were recruited to the mobilized
I strength.
War Department officials said the
purpose of the movement was to re
| lieve the trying situation of regiments
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Fear Many Printers Will Be
Thrown Oat of Work Because
of High Cost of Paper
By Associated Press
Baltimore, Md.. Aug. 12. The
danger that thousands of printers may
be thrown out of work because of the
high cost of white paper was said to
be a serious question concerning tho
delegates to the sixty-second annual
convention of the International Typo
graphical Union which begins here
| next Monday.
! The committee on laws, through
| whose hands all new laws for sub
! mission to the convention must first
j pass has been in session for several
days considering about 100 amend.
} ments and new laws submitted by
j local unions.
115 KILLED IN BLAST
j London Aug. 12. According to a
telegram from Bucharest the number
i of persons killed in the explosion In
I the powder factory at Dudesti was
1 115. Earlier reports stated that only
20 persons had been killed.