Delicacy of Strike Situation Causes Suspension of Orders Moving Last of Militia to Border HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 187 RAILROADS CONSIDER PROPOSAL ACCEPTING AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY Would Accept Principle and Leaving Working Out of Application to Interstate Commerce Commission or Similar Body, Is Report After Second Conference of Managers With Wilson WANT CONCESSIONS BY EMPLOYES SO TOO HEAVY A BURDEN WILL NOT BE IMPOSED Brotherhoods Insist This Proposal Is Not New, While Re training From Showing Attitude; Leaders Go Into Conference With President Next; Cabinet Meeting Cancelled RAILROAD CONTROVERSY BRIEFLY OUTLINED Brotherhood* of conductors, eiißincera. firemen and trainmen auk for basic elKbt-hour day and time and a half for overtime. Number of men directly Involved In strike demand 100.000 Total number of men Involved 2,153,000 Number of railroad systems Involved -23 Mileage Involved —70,000 Number of railroad ear* that will be ((topped If strike IN called.. ..2,507,1)77 Hallway managers first proposed mediation. Employes declined t<> loin In request for mediation hut accepted luvltatlon from government hoard of mediation and conciliation to submit proposition to them. Mediutlon failed. Mediators proposed arbitration which was almost unanimously rejected by employe*. Representatives of both sides are In conference with President Wilson before final decision Is reached. More than 04 per cent, of the 100,000 of the employes directly In volved have voted to strike if original demands arc not granted. By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 15. After the committee of railroad managers had another conference with President Wilson early to-day it became known that proposal was under consideration bv which the railroads would accept the principle of an eight-hour day and leave the working out of its ap plication to the Interstate Commerce Commission or some body formed for the purpose. Whether this plan can be worked out will not be known until President Wilson presents it to the brotherhood leaders. The railroads are understood to be ready to concede the principle of the eight-hour day providing concessions be made by the employes so too heavy a burden will not be placed upon the railroads. The men take the stand that they principally want the eight-hour day on conditions that it shall be enforced whenever possible. The railroads are said to believe it impossible to accept the eight-liour day unless a workable system of application can be built up. Members of the managers' committee said they had no plans for the future and did not know whether they would be called to the White House again. Contend Issues Interwoven The managers took the position that the eight-hour day and the collateral Issues are inseparable and that it ■would not be practicable to accept the eight-hour day and submit the other question to arbitration. All of the issues are interwoven they contend, and must be decided together. Representatives of the brotherhoods heard of the proposal with interest but insisted however that the proposi tion was not a new one. "I knew a week ago," one of the THE WEATHER For Hnrrlshurg and vicinityi Tart ly cloudy ami slightly ivormcr to-night; Wednesday showers. For Eastern l'cnnsy Ivanin: Partly cloudy and slightly warmer to night; "Wednesday slionerai lifcbt variable winds. River The Susquehanna river and all its branches will probably remain nearly stationary to-night. Show ers in the next thirty-six hours may cause some streams to rise Wednesday. A stage of about 3.1 tect IH Indicated for Hurrlsburg Wednesday morning. General Conditions K small depression now central over Western Missouri has caus ed heavy rains in the Middle Mis sissippi nnd Loner Ohio rivers, St. I.ouis reporting 4.74 Inches In the last twenty-four hours. There has been a general rise of 2 to lo degrees in temperature enst »f the Kocky Mountains since report. Temperature: 8 a. m., <lB. Sun: Rises, 5:10 a. m.; sets, 7:03 p. m. Moon: Last quarter, August 20, 7:53 a. ra. River Stage) 3.1 feet above low wnter mark. Yesterdny's Wentber Highest temperature, 70. Lowest temperature. 58. Mean temperature, OS. Normal temperature, 73. VACATION SEASON IS AT ITS HEIGHT Rest and recreulion will not be complete unless you have all the news from home every day. Your favorite newspaper, the Harris, burg Telegraph, will lill t| lc bin. 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 cAnnmn* n cbnts a m eek. SINGLE COPIES 2 CENTS. officials said, "that the railroad man agers had such a proposition in mind." Would Go Before Board None of the brotherhood officials would commit himself on what the attitude of the employes would be to ward such a proposal but they did not appear optimistic over the likelihood of it proving acceptable. It was pointed out by the employes' representatives, however, that if such a proposition were tendered in con crete form to them they would only refer It to the general board, com posed of 600 committee chairmen now in New York. It was probable one of th.e officials said that if such a proposition were submitted to them through the Presi dent to-day that they would return to New York and place It before the general board. Tumulty Makes Statement Secretary Tumulty issued the fol lowing statement: The President spent an hour and a half this morning with the representatives of the railway management. After the confer ence he said that it was Im possible as yet to report on the results; all that he could say was that a very candid and honest discussion was in progress about a practical basis of settlement. Bend Energies For Settlement President Wilson and representa tives of railway employes and man agements bent their energies to seek ing settlement of the threatened na tion-wide railroad strike. As a sequel to the conferences of each side with the President yesterday, other meet ings were arranged for to-day and at the end of these the President hoped to be able to develop a plan for break ing the apparent deadlock between employers and employes. First this morning representatives of the managements came to the White House. Sleepy-eyed, many pre [Continued on Page 2.] DENY CREATING OF OFFICES By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 15.—The White House made public to-day a letter from Charles M. Gallowuy, acting chairman of the civil service commis sion. denying assertion of the Repub lican platform that the Democratic administration has created 30,000 offices outside the civil service law, which cost $44,000,000 a year. Mr. Galloway gave figures to combat the Republican declaration and to show that the number of outside offices is small. EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF LOAN- S' Associated Press New York. Aug. 15. Official an nouncement of a new $250,000,000 loan to Great Britain, negotiations for which have been in progress for some time, probably will be made within a few days, it is stated in financial cir cles here. ONE HELD IN SWINDLE By Associated Press Detroit, Mich., Aug. 15. One man has oeen detained by the Detroit po lice as the result of a charge made by Don McKelly, of Lafayette, Ind., that he lost $15,000 in a race horse swindle. Two other men accused by McKelly are being sought. He alleges he met the men in « local hotel and allowed them to place several small bets for him. His money and "win nings" were returned, he said. Thien, he declares, he was induced to give the men $15,000 to bet. This time, McKelly told the police, he didn't get any money back. WABASH PITTSBURGH SOLD By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Pa.. Aug. 15. The Wabash Pittsburgh terminal railroad was sold here to-day by the special master, Wm. H. McClurg, to the re organization committee of the first mortgage bondholders for $3,000,000. The road was advertised a number of times but each sale was postponed because of the lack of bidders. Re cently Judge Charles P. Orr, in the United States Circuit Court, reduced the upset price from $0,000,000 to the price at which is was finally sold. There was but one bid HARRISBURG, PA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1916. SOON YOU'LL SEE THESE POSTERS ANNOUNCING THE FIRST "KIPONA" L . nfe I = 3 >w>*am^Hi •*j%j& fP' SgELI \/i / GREATER %k 3:\*-J HARRIS BURG g I* NAVY k | TO FINISH DAM FOR LABOR DAY Work on Placing of Remaining 33 Slabs to Be Started Next Monday, Lynch Says Unless there is a sudden rise In the Susquehanna, work on the completion of the river dam at Dock street will be resumed Monday, according to City Commissioner W. H. Lynch, superin tendent of public improvements. The contract to place the remaining thirty-three slabs along the top of the dam's breast has been let to Lewis Gibbons, the foreman who had been employed by the Skene Company, the dam contractor. Work will be pushed ahead as rapid ly as possible on the obstruction as It is hoped to have it completed by Labor Day, the "big day" on the Susijuehan na. "We'll push the Job as rapidly as we [Continued on Page 7] ALDERMEN MUST TURN OVER FEES Police Magistrates to Pay Col. lections to City by Meals' Ordinance City Aldermen who conduct police court hereafter will be required to pay all the fees, etc.. collected direct ly into the city treasury instead of first deducting their own fees if an ordin ance introduced by Mayor Ezra S. [Continued on Page 7] Three Killed, Seven Hurt When Double-Header Freight Trains Collide Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 15. Three trainmen were killed, three seriously injured and four slightly hurt when two heavy freight trains, each drawn by two engines, came together in a head-on collision on the Pittsburgh and Wheeling division of the Balti more and Ohio Railroad at Vance. Pa., early to-day. All traffic was tied up for several hours. The dead are: J. W. Eustice, engineer; C. D. Hutch inson and C. R. Wright, firemen, all of Pittsburgh. After Vain Search For Wife, Virginian Attempts Suicide James L. Jackson, aged 24, Goshen, Virginia, is in the Harrishurg hospital in a critical condition, following an attempt to commit suicide last night by drinking carbolic acid, while sit ting in River Front park. The police believe that Jackson despaired because he could not find his wife. He left a note which they found, telling the story. With it was a written request that in case of acci dent his mother, Mrs. M. B. Jackson, Goshen; and Miss Jane M. Robertson, Charlottesville, Va., should be notified. The man drank the poison in view of many passersby. When Jackson fell to the ground, men in the park ran to police headquarters, and summon ed the ambulance. At the hospital physicians used the stomach pump, but do not expect Jackson to recover. CHIHUAHUA CONDITIONS GRAVE San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 15.—Official reports received by General Frederick Funston, commanding the southern de partment, confirm accounts of grave conditions in Chihuahua State, and many food riots within the last few days. These reports also confirm the execution of General Inez Salazar, noted revolutionist REGATTA TO BE CALLED "KIPONA" Greater Harrisburg Navy Se lects Indian Terln For Sus quehanna Carnival "KIPONA!" That is wh&t the annual river car nival and regatta held under the di rection of the "Greater Harrisburg Navy" is to be called and the first annual "Kipona" is scheduled for Labor Day, September 4, 1916. The permanent name was selected last evening from among half a dozen others including "Kishacoqulllas," "Harrisburg regatta," "Skipo," the In dian word for river. "Municipal Bivcr Carnival," and "Alfaretta." "Kipona," was suggested to the naming committee by Dr. Hugh Ham [Continued on Page 1] START WORK ON MIDLAND LINE Contractor Wants 200 Men to Rush Completion by December 1 Millersburg, Pa., Aug. 15. Resi dents of the upper end of Dauphin county were given further proof to day that the Midland-Pennsylvania railroad line through the Lykens val ley would be completed. Under the [Continued on Page 7] One Striker Is Arrested; Another Made Policeman One striker was arrested this morn ing charged with throwing a piece of lead pipe and striking a conductor on a Third street cur last Wednesday night, and another striker took the oath that made him a city police of ficer. Abner Yingst was the striker who was arrested by Detective Schelhas. He was held under $1,500 bail for a hearing to-morrow afternoon. This makes the tenth arrest in connection with the attack on the Third street car at Third and State streets last Wednesday night. Mayor Meals this morning admin istered the oath to Elmer E. Fry 108 llerr street, and he will report for duty to-night. Officer Fry succeeds Patrolman Lewis C. Hippie, who was murdered June 23. Spencer Palmer and Herman Long were arrested last night by the police charged with violating the jitney or dinance, and this morning a warrant was served on E. E. Fiese They were given 'hearings this afternoon Union leaders declared thut the Jitney ordinance will be fought in court, and that an Injunction is being prepared Chief of Police Zeil announced that four more informations have been made, and that additional ones will follow as soon as the police collect evidence. Fifty cars were operated by the railways company during the day, two less than the normal number. The number of special cars in the morning and evening each day is being in creased, according to officials. BURGLARS OX HTM, Burglars yesterday afternoon Jim mied open the vestibule door of the home of the Misses Florence M. English and Emmu E. English, school teachers, 1839 Whitehall street, ran sacked the house, and escaped unno ticed. The robbery was committed in broad daylight, but the police do not believe that anything except a small sum of money was taken. KAISER ON EAST FRONT IS TRYING TO STEM DEFEAT Russians Cross Zlota Lipa River, Menacing Flank of Gen. Von Bothmer ITALIANS MOVE FAST Teutons Unable to Stop Victor ious March; British Regain Trenches Emperor William is again on the eastern front where the Austro-Ger man armies are struggling desperate ly to withstand the heavy strokes of the Russians in Galicia and Volhynla. In the latter region the opposing forces apparently are at a standstill, but in Galicia the onward sweep of General Brusstloff's forces is continu ing with rapidity. The Zlota Lipa line to which the Austrians fell back after the forced evacuation of their positions along the Stripa is apparently not destined to hold for any length of time. Petro grad to-day reports the Russians crossing to the western banks of the Zlota I.ipa river at some points, thus menacing the flank of General Von Bothnier's lines elsewhere along that stream. Advance Along Whole I.ine Further south General T.etchitzky is continuing his advance below Halicz across the Bystritza Slotavina line, while to the north the Russians are moving along the upper Stripa upon [Continued on Page 8] Italian Dreadnaught Catches Fire and Blows Up; 300 Reported Drowned Paris. Aug. 15. The Italian dread naught Leonardo De Vinci caught Are and Mew up in the harbor of Taranto, Italy, and 300 of her crew were drown ed says a Turin dispatch to the Petit Journal. The date of the disaster is given only as a day in August. The fire, says the dispatch, was dis covered in the dreadnaught's kitchen and spread rapidly. The captain im mediately ordered the magazine flood ed and tried to beach the battleship, but one magazine exploded before this cofjld be done. The vessel was turned over on her side and a large number of the crew were thrown into the sea. , It is believed that the battleship can be righted and refloated. The Leonardo Da Vinci was a sister ship of the Conte Di Cavour and of the Giulio ("esare and was launched in October, 1911. Her displacement was 22,000 tons and she was 575% feet long, 9194 feet beam and carried ai total company of 957 men. Her main battery consisted of thirteen 12-inch i ! guns and her secondary battery to | stand off torpedo attack was composed of eighteen 4.7-inch guns. Her en gines were of 24,000 horsepower de signed to develop a speed of 22.5 knots. Fear Trouble Between China and Japan Is Brewing By Associated Press | Washington, Aug. 15. The attack Iby Chinese troops on the Japanese i garrison at Chengchiatun in Eastern | Mongolia, as reported from Tokio dis turbs official circles here to-day, as I (he possible forerunner of difficulties J between the powers. No details are known but the fact that Japanese reinforcements are be ing rushed there has led to the belief that Japan may intend a more vigor ous handling of disputes as to her jurisdiction in China. Carranza Lieutenant !s Shot by American Guard By Associated Press San Antonio. Aug. 15. A lieuten ant of the Carranza army was shot and killed by an American provost guard at Colonia Oublan three days ago, ac cording to a report to General Puns ton to-day by General Pershing. General Pershing said the Mexican officer became angry at a railroad brakeman and chased and fired on him. The provost guard ordered the officer to halt. The latter turned and tired at the American. The provost guard then shot and killed the lieu tenant. He was exonerated. THOUGHT CAR AFIRE When car No. 451 of the Harrisburg Railways Company left the track at | Fourth and Seneca street shortly after | noon to-dav a number of sparks were I seen by several bystanders, who thinU ! ing the car was on fire turned in a | fire alarm. Several companies re sponded. The car was in charge of J. H. Seiders and Conductor C. H. Chan nels It was soon placed on the track and continued its run. NOTIFY WILSON, SEPTEMBER 2 By Associated Press Washington. Aug. 15. —Formal noti fication to President Wilson of his nomination will take place September 2. That day was definitely selected to-day when arrangements were made for the President to go' to Long Branch, N. J., for the ceremony. The President has already completed his speech of acceptance. The notification speech will be made by Senator James. The President probably will remain at Long Branch until he leaves for Hodgcnsville, Ky.. to speak September 4 at the Lincoln ceremony. ITALIAN STEAMER SINKS By Associated Press London, Aug. 18. Lloyds reports the sinking of the 2500-ton Italian steamship Tetl, in the Mediterranean. Part of the crew was landed at Genoa. DIES FROM "FOURTH" WOL'XDS Philadelphia, Aug. 10. A live year-old girl died to-day from a bullet wound received during the Independ ence Day celebration here. Her death is the second casualty reported since July 4. SCHWAB TORE UP MILLION A YEAR SALARY CONTRACT New Owner of Stcelton Mills Quit U. S. Steel to Cairy Out His Ideal STORY OF HIS RISE Says President Eugene G.Grace Is "Fifty Times the Man I Ever Was" Charles Michael Schwab, besides be ing one of the greatest steel magnates in the world to-day, probably the largest manufacturer in this country of war munitions and having built two thriving cities and the whole sur rounding valley from a comparatively sparsely populated region and ob scurity to a veritable hive of industry and great notoriety in the world of business, has other distinctions. There is one that no other person in the uni verse shares. He is the only man who ever tore [Continued on Page 3] Day Set For Wedding Spent on Hospital Cot Lebanon, Pa., Aug 15.—Instead of; being married yesterday as he had i planned, Harold Devoe, a Reading Rail- | way employe, of Reading, is In the i Rood Samaritan Hospital suffering with I Internal Injuries and a badly battered face. Devon had just left his fiancee. Miss Stella Holtz, when he was held up by two highwaymen. When he knocked a revolver from the hands of one of them the other knocked him down and, as he lay in a semiconscious condition, the two kick ed and beat him. Rifling his pockets of $62 and his watch the highwaymen fled, but drop ped the watch in their flight. Because of Devoe'* injuries the wedding was postponed Indefinitely. NKWSIKS WANT 2-CK.NT PIECES St. Louis will prepare a petition, as soon as they know which nominees for Congress have carried the primaries, requesting the successful candidates to have the old 2-cent piece revived in our national currency. They will base their demand upon the fact that most leading newspapers have raised, or will raise their price to two cents in the near future. The newsies say that the use of 2-cent coins would ob viate many difficulties In making change.—Fourth Estate. f HELD FOR COURT I i A « tiK. 1 I he JL 5 Long, of Liverpool, charged with *| 1 running a jitney without a license was ordered to pay a fine I. a of $5 and cost-.;. 1 1 WHEAT TAKES SENSATIONAL RISE i Chicago her ® ► j sensational advance on crop damage reports to-day. De- ! ' 1 cember options forty minutes before the close had advanced * jan extreme eight cents fro;- to $1.46 per-byshel. S. • ' I temb?r, less active, rose from $1,35, where it' sold early to | ► f $1.42. I SIO,BOO STOLEN FROM SAFE- ( L 6 B. C., Aug, !.).—The theft of ' 1 s 1 * 5T a ti : opened the vaults to-day. 1 HOUSE VOTING ON NAVY PROGRAM * ' j Washington, Aug. 15.—After two houis' debate the TP House t6-day adopted all ot the naval bill agreed upon by ' ► f House and Senate conferees and proceeded to a vote on ' & the big building program and the increase in personnel, the* i only two disputed points. Their passage was predicted by l* I administration leaders. I J WILSON WILL NOT MAKE TOUR ft j Washington, Aug. 15.—After a conference to-day be- I i tween President Wilson and the members of the Demo- < } cratic campaign committee, Vance C. McCormick, chair- ! t man of the National Committee, announced that the Presi- j ► dent would make no speaking tour but probably would ac- ; I cept invitations to speak at different places. & LEADERS NOW IN CONFERENCE * * 1 Washington, Aug. 15.—Just before three o'clock the < brotherhood leaders moved to the White House to renew * * 1 their conference with the President, who it was expected i would lay the railroad managers' proposal before them. * » i < I e lUAhtUAGt. UChMSLX r Mnccmo Muro and laterlnn Slatnu, clt». 4 l-'runk AlbrlKht lluotriek, \\ llllumMori n, and Itulh Anna Uothwell ( | I jPtugtuuuun. 12 PAGES CITY EDITION SUSPEND MILITIA ORDERS BECAUSE OF R. R. TROUBLE Remaining Units Will Be Held in Camps Until Delicate Situation Improves 25,000 MEN ARE AFFECTED Troops in Event of Strike Would Guard and Operate Mail Trains , By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 15. Orders for the remaining mobilized units of the National Guard to proceed to the border have been suspended by the War Department. No official explana tion has been made, but It is known that the delicacy of the railroad strike situation has been the moving con sideration. The suspension of the orders to the troops, which would have moved some 25,000 men to the border, should not be taken as an Indication that the President's negotiations with the rail road brotherhood and railroad man agers have taken an unfavorable turn, but is a measure of caution. It was considered highly undesirable that all the remaining guardsmen should be moved to the border while there was a possibility of a railroad strike in [Continued on Page 7] I REVENUE: DILL READY FOR SENATE Washington. Aug., 15.—The revised administration revenue bill, which is expected ♦o yield $205,000,000 annually was ready to-day for submission to the Senate. It was finally approved by Senate Democrats, In caucus, last night, and amended by the finance committee. The bill probably will be reported to ' the Senate to-morrow and taken up for | consideration as soon as the goveru j ment shipping bill is disposed of. MILITIAMAN SHOT By Associated Press San Antonio, Texas, Aug 15. While quelling a disturbance among negro militiamen of the Eighth Illi nois, Private A. Clarkson, Company D, Nineteenth infantry, a member of the provost guards, was shot in the stom ach but only slightly wounded last night. He was removed to the post hospital. A number of the negroes In the vicinity of the shooting were placed under arrest.
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