Wilson Invites Railroad Presidents of Country to Confer With Him on Threatened Strike
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 189
WILSON SENDS
URGENT CALL TO
R.R. PRESIDENTS
FOR CONFERENCE
President of Principal Rail
roads of Country Called to
Washington as Strike Situ
ation Grows More Serious;
Managers Refuse Finally
to Concede Eight-Hour
Day
BROTHERHOODS ARE
IN RECEPTIVE MOOD
Willing to Arbitrate Some
Questions, but Hold Firm
on Others; Old Sore Over
Right of Seventy-Five
More Lines to Enter Nego
tiations Shows Signs of
Opening
Washington, Aug. 17.—President
Wilson to-day invited the presidents
of the principal railroads of the coun
try to come to Washington immedi
ately to confer with him on the threat
ened railroad strike. Pending their
arrival he does not Dlan to see the
committee of managers here, with
whom he has been meeting.
The President sent tne following
telegram to the .leaning railroad
presidents:
Discussion of the matters in
volved in the threatened railroad
strike has been a point wliich
makes it highly desirable that I
should personally eonfer with you
at the earliest possible moment,
and with the presidents of any
other railways affected, who may
be immediately accessible. Hope
you can make it convenient to
come to Washington at once.
Refuse Kight Hour Day
The President's action in asking for
the conference with railroad presi
dents' themselves is interpreted as
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TRY TO BURN DOCK
By Associated Press
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 17. Two at
tempts were made last night and this
morning to blow up the wharf of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
Prompt action by firemen, none union
dock workers and the police prevent
ed serious loss. The police are work
ing on the theory that the men who
set the bomb believed the structure on
the wharf was used as sleeping quart
ers by nonunion dock workers em
ployed on the pier.
MORE I.,I.\ERS COMING
London, Aug. 17.—Two new Ger
man submarines of vfery large size will
leave shortly for America, according
to a Central News dispatch from The
Hague. It is said the submarines
have made trial trips oft Helgoland.
GERMAN STEAMER SUNK
By Associated Press
London, Aug. 17.—The sinking of
the German steamship Weser, of
Hamburg, 1,028 tons gross, by a sub
marine a fortnight ago, is reported in
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen. The crew was saved.
THE WEATHER,
For Harrlnburg and vicinityi Fnlr
to-night nnd Fridays nut much
cli>l tilte In temperature.
For 13uatern l'ennny Ivnnln i ticn
ernlly fair to-night and Fridayi
not much change In temperature)
light north wind* becoming varl
able.
Klver
The Susquehanna river and all Its
trlhutaricK will fall slowly or re
main nenrl.v stationary. A stage
of ahout 3.0 feet IN Indicated for
Harrlsburg Friday morning.
General Conditions
FreMure has Increased over prae*
tlcally all the territory rcprescnt
eU on the map since last report,
except Idaho, Nevadn and Mon
tana, where the center of a weak
diaturhance la located.
Showers have occurred along anil
near the Atlantic coast from
Pennsylvania and New Jersey
southward to and Including .North
Carolinn and Fast Tennessee.
There has been a general fall of 3
to 10 degrees In temperature
along the Middle Atlantic coaat
and In Northern New Kugland. In
the centrnl valleys and the l.nke
(legion a general rise of 2 to 8 de
grees has occurred.
Temperature! 8 a. m.. «8.
Sum Risen, 5i12 a. m.| acta, 7ion
p. in.
Moon: Last quarter, August 20,
7 :B3 a. m.
River Stage! Three feet above
low-water mark.
Yesterday'* Weather
Hlghent temperature, so.
I.owest temperature, 02.
Mean temperature, 71.
Normal temperature, 72.
VACATION' SEASON IS AT
ITS HEIGHT
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complete unless you have all tlie
news from home every duy. Your
favorite newspaper, tlie Harrls
burg Telegraph, will fll! the bill.
Phone the Circulation Department
before you leave home. The next
Issue will meet you, no matter
where you go.
Six cents u week, postage pre
paid.
BY CAttnißß* fl CEVrS A WEEK,
SINGLE COPIES 2 CE\TS.
"REAL CAMPIN"* AT MCCORMICK'S ISLAND! WHAT?
lH>wr' v . " _____
Here is a group of the boys who are enjoying a week of "real campin'"
at McCormick's Island under the supervision of City Park Department officials.
Below are some of the youngsteis taking their dally swim In the river. James
K. Sourbiei, who is In charge of the camp, is caretaker of the boys, when they
are in the water. To-day boys from Maclay, Emerald, Reily, Sycamore and
Harris playgrounds, and seventeen from Steelton were taken to the camp.
WILL NOT OPEN
PAXTANG PARR
Too Late in Season Says Davis;
Traffic 65 Per Cent. Nor
mal Is Claim
Superintendent Felix M. Davis of
the Harrisburg Railways Company
said this morning that the receipts
of the company have become 65 per
cent, of normal, during the present
week, a large part of the deficit, how
ever, being laid to the fact that the
Paxtang Park traffic income has been
cut off.
Mr. Davis said the park will not be
reopened this season. "We could only
draw crowds for about two more
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Threatening Letters With
Crepe Enclosed Are Sent
by Striking Miners
By Associated Press
Virginia, Minn., Aug. 17.—Mine op
erators on the Iron Range where a
strike is In progress complained to the
authorities to-day against repeated
threats from representatives of the
Industrial Workers of the World to
destroy the operators and their prop
erty. The operators charged that in
asmuch as the threats have been sent
by mall they involve violation of Fed
eral laws.
Many threatening letters also have
ben received by loyal employes, some
enclosing a small piece of black crepe.
This, the letters pointed out, was only
a sample of what would be hanging
on the recipient's door unless he
stopped work.
Renewal of Recent N. Y„
Trolley Strike Threatens
New York, Aug. 17. A conference
to-day between Frank Hedley, general
manager of the New York Railways
Company and a committee of commis
sion leaders and employes failed to
bring their differences which threaten
a renewal of the recent strike any
nearer a settlement. Two thousand
employes of the New York Railways
Company voted last night to quit
work if their grievances were not ad
justed. Before going on strike, how
ever, they voted to call upon Mayor
Mitchel and the chairman of the
down State Public Service Commission
to use their influence to induce the
officials of the company to put Into
effect agreements which were made
as a result of the strike early this
month.
Members of street car men's union
have voted to sustain the committee
in conference with Mr. Hedley to-day
in insisting upon recognition of the
union, reinstatement of union men
discharged, it is alleged because of
their union activities, and for the right
to meet officials of the company to
request higher wages and better work
ing conditions. William R. Fitzgerald,
general organizer of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric Rail
way Employes, says that If the union
calls a strike on the surface car lines
the men employed on the elevated and
subway routes In Manhattan also will
be called out.
TO NAME COMMISSION SOON
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 17. Secretary
Lansing to-day assured Eliseo Arre
dondo, Mexican Ambassador-Desig
nate, that the American members of
the Mexico commission to discuss
border disputes would be appointed
very soon and explained that the oe
lay was caused by President Wilson's
occupation with the threatened strike.
There Is no indication of progress
toward fixing the meeting place of
the commission.
HARRISBURG, PA... THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1916.
Corporal Faces Murder For |
Killing Guardsman Who
Protected Mexican Girl
By Associated Press
Brownsville, Tex., Aug. 17. Cor
poral Carl Dunches, assigned to the
quartermaster corps of the United
States Army, faced charges in the
Cameron county court, to-day of mur
der and assault to murder in connec
tion with the killing last night of
Corporal James Clement, C Company,
Second Virginia Infantry and the
wounding of Senorita Sofia Valdes.
Clement's home was in Warronton,
Va. He was killed, it is charged when
he sought to protect the Mexican girl
from Dunches' advances.
Dunches then attempted to kill
himself, it is said, '»it only succeeded
in inflicting a flesh wound.
Dog Could Not Stop Train
and Tiny Child Is Killed
Flagtown, N. J., Aug. 17.—Two
year-old Mary, the youngest daughter
of George E. Williamson, with her pet
dog, strayed away from her home last
evening and toddled to the tracks of
the New Jersey Central railroad. The
Flemington express rounded a curve.
Mary gazed at it with great blue eyes.
Her dog took a stand in front of her
and barked and growled frantically at
I the on-rushing locomotive.
Engineer William Garlty applied the
emergency brakes, but could not stop
In time. The child was flung aside
and died a few minutes later In the
train on the way to Neshanic. The
dog was killed.
Nip Counterfeit Plot Before
Any Bogus Money Is Made
New York, Aug. 17. A conspiracy
to manufacture and circulate $1,000,-
000 of counterfeit silver certificates
and United States Treasury notes was
frustrated here yesterday by William
J. Flynn, chief, of the Government
Secret Service and several of his as
sistants.
Eight arrests were made, after raids
on a house at Grant City, Staten
Island, and some In East Ninth street,
this city. A complete counterfeiting
outfit was found, consisting of photo
graphic aparatus, lithographic presses,
electrotyping and etching tools, paper
and colored inks. An Illicit wine and
liquor-blending plant also was un
earthed. Two of the men taken In
custody were operating this plant, It
was alleged.
GAS TAKES THIRD DROP
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 17. Retail
prices of gasoline here have been cut
two cents per gallon within the last
four days. To-day dealers clipped off
another cent from the selling price.
The first cut came last Friday. To
day's price is 23 cents per gailon.
PAGE TO SEE PRESIDENT
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 17. Ambassa
dor Page, home from London for a
brief stay, diacussed pending negotia
tions between the United States and
Great Britain with Secretary Lansing
to-day and later arrangements were
made for him to see President Wilson.
The blacklist, restraints on commerce
and Interferences with malls are the
principal subjects in controversy be
tween the two governments. Ambas
sador Sharp Is on his way home from
Paris, but officials deny that there Is
any connection between the visits of
the two ambassadors.
EIGHT DEATHS IN ARMY
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Aug. 17. Eight
deaths from sickness among the regu
lar and National Guard troops on the
border during the week ending
August 12, are disclosed In statistics
made public to-day at the War De
partment. Medical officers regard the
death rate as exceptionally low since
It covers a total force of approximately
110,000 In field camps.
NAVY EMBLEM ON
"KIPONA" MEDALS
Carnival Committee Wires
Jewelry Firm to Make
Enameled Design
Gold, silver and bronze medals
bearing in facsimile the keystone em
blem of the "Greater Harrisburg
Navy" enameled in blue and yellow,
were decided upon last evening as the
first, second and third prizes in all the
races of the first annual "Kipona" to
be held on the Susquehanna Labor
Day, September 4.
The executive committee of the
Navy which is arranging details of the
carnival decided upon the type after
framing the program and to-day Sec
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NAVY BILL
FOR PRESIDENT
Disputed Items Cleared; Phila.
Gets Battleship Construc
tion Yard
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 17. —As the
Naval bill finally was perfected to
day the Pacific Coast won its fight for
a big battleship construction yard at
Puget Spund but lost the appropria
tion for a submarine and torpedoboat
base on Columbia River. The latter
was dropped out pending the report
of a commission. Battleship construc
tion yards were also provided for
Boston, Philadelphia and Norfolk.
xho $500,000 items for deepening
the channel to the New York Navy
Yard so as to float the greatest war
ships at any tide was dropped out of
the bill despite urgent requests by
President Wilson that it be retained.
All the disputed Items now are
cleared up and the bill with the big
building program, already perfected,
the greatest in the history of the
United States, is ready for the presi
dent s signature.
Halt Mother Who Breaks
Paralysis Quarantine
and Comes to Penna.
or ' < State officials to-day no
tified the Pennsylvania Health De
partment by telegram that Mrs. Glenn
hhaw, with two boys and a girl, the
girl a victim of infantile paralysis, had
broken quarantine at Hudson, N Y
and came over the State line into
Pennsylvania by automobile. The tele
gram located the family at the home
of Mrs. Althea Hall, in Factoryville
and Dr. B. F. Royer, chief medicai
inspector, at once ordered that the
house be placed under strict quar
antine.
Eleven new cases of infantile paral
ysis were reported in this State to
day, first cases in Coatesville, Hughes
town, Landsdowne, Newvllle, Bear
Run and South Waverly; second cases
in Lancaster and Norristown, and two
additional cases in Scranton and one
in Bristol.
ATTACK STRIKERS'" HOMES
By Associated Press
Bridgeport, Conn., Conn., Aug. 17.
Attachments were placed on about a
dozen homes of striking molders bv
manufacturing molders of the Bridge
port Manufacturing Association to.
day in an action alleging $50,000 dam
ages by reason of a strike of emploves
and the picketing of the plants. The
actual plaintiffs In the action are the
Pequonnock Foundry, the J. A. Tay
lor Company and the Monumental
Bronze Company. The suit is based
upon the decision of the Danbury
Hatters' case.
STEAL TENTS FROM CHURCH
Canvas (ionc Wlion St. .Matthew's
Boys Look For It
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church is
not the fold where thieves do not
break in and steal. In April the girls
of the church, who have a little or
ganization, admitted some new mem
bers and the ceremonies called for
the use of tents. The total cost of
the equipment was about $35, ad after
it was used it was packed away care
fully in the basement. Recently the
boyq of the church decided to hold a
camp and use the tents. When they
came for the canvas it was gone.
The tents had been stolen during
the Spring months. No clue to the
thieves has been found.
CROSSED WIRE RINGS ALARM
A crossed wire In box 1,3 at Race
and Paxton streets caused a false
alarm to be turned in this morning.
Several companies from the lower end
responded tothe alarm.
MRS. KEINER IS
WILLING TO LET
BYGONES BE, ETC.
Woman Paroled From Insane
Hospital Seeks Reconcilia
tion With Husband
SHE GOES TO SUNBURY
Lunacy Commission Did Not
Meet Her Before Adjudging
Her Insane Members Admit
Mrs. Walter T. Keiner, who yester
day was released on parole from the
Insane hospital at Carlisle, was in Har
risburg to-day seeking a reconciliation
with her husband. This was first veri
fied by her husband who is one of the
proprietors of Hotel Plaza, and later
by an attorney on whim Mrs. Keiner
called this morning. The husband
said:
Mrs. Keiner called me up by tele
phone last night and asked for a con
lerence. She said she was sorry for
what had occurred and wanted to
come back and live with me. 1 told
her that If she had anything to say, it
would have to be told to my attorney.
I was then told by Mrs. Keiner that
she was coming to Harrisburg ami to
me.
"X told her she should not come
here. Following pleas from krg.
Keiner to allow her to go to Philadel
phia, which 1 denied, 1 suggested that
she go to her relatives at Sunbury. The
conversation ended with a statement
that Mrs. Keiner would be in Harris
burg to-day on her way to Sunbury.
1 again refused to see her."
"I do not wish to commit myself at
this time as to future actions, but I
want to say that a full and complete
account ot all money spent out of
Mrs. Keiner's income will pe presented
to the court at the proper time, and I
will request that 1 be discharged from
further duties as guaruian. It was
through a request from the bank at
Sunbury that I took cnarge of the
money for Mrs. Keiner. uther action
may follow as soon as Mrs. Keiner is
released from parole by the court and
adjudged sane."
The attorney corroborated what i
Mr. Keiner said, and told of Mrs. i
Keiner's presence in Harrisburg for'
the purpose of taking up with heri
husband. She told the attorney that
Mr. Keiner had been good to her, and I
that she wanted to go back and live I
with him. Mrs. Keiner made the ap
pointment with the attorney last night
but came to Harrisburg earlier than
was expected, and it is believed left
here for Sunbury about noon.
Attorney J. H. Reiff, one of the
members of the lunacy commission,
said to-day when called by telephone
that he could not recall whether Mrs.
Keiner had a representative at the
hearing but was positive that a legal
notice had been served upon her to be
present or have a representative. He
added, "I talked to Mrs. Keiner a
number of times and gave as my
i opinion that she was not of sound
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Money For Many if
They Get in Touch
With Gen. Stewart
Scores of men who left the service
of the National Guard during the
mobilization period at Mt. Gretna
have not returned the identification
cards sent out by the Adjutant General
and are holding up the pay of whole
companies. Some of the cards have
been returned for better address, al
though the names and street numbers
given by the men to the company
commanders have been used in send
ing out the cards.
Fourteen such are missing in the
Eighth Regiment, only Companies C,
Ear.d G having been paid in full. In
Company I a man giving his name as
William Smith, Selinsgrove, cannot be
found and his name will be erased
from the roll and the other men of
the company paid. In Company D
cards have been returned for better
addresses as follows: Henry Martin
Keller, who gave his home as 1424
Susquehanna street, Harrisburg; Harry
Ehler, 217 South street, Harrisburg'
Edward Renz, 1212 Tenth street, Har
risburg, and Adjutant General Stew
art is anxious to get into touch with
them.
13,000 Penna. Miners Out
on Strike Because 500 Men
Are Not Union Members
By .Associated Press
Shamokin. Pa.. Aug. 17.—Between
12,000 and 13,000 members of the
United Mine Workers' organization,
engaged principally at collieries oper
ated. by the Susquehanna Coal Com
pany and the Philadelphia and Read
ing Coal and Iron Company betweeen
here and Mt. Carmel, went on strike
to-day to compel all employes to be
come members of the union. It is es
timated that at least 500 miners are
not affiliated with the organization.
A sub-committee at each of the af
fected collieries will endeavor by next
Saturday to induce all unorganized
men to join the union. At the latter
date the committees will confer with
a general committee to determine on
the further conduct of the tie-up,
which has not yet affected a majority
of the individual operations.
LIEI'T. COL BEAUMONT DIES
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Aug. 17.—Lieu
tenant Colonel E. B. Beaumont, U. S.
A., retired died at his summer home;
at Harvey's Lake, near here to-day. He
was 79 years old. Colonel Beaumont
was a West Point graduate. He had
a notable record for bravery and
heroism In Indian fighting and in the
Civil War.
PYTHIANS T< l MEET AT LEBANON
Wilkes-Harre, Pa.. Aug. 16.—Henry
Jones, of Plymouth, was elected grand
inner guard at the convention here of
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania,
Knights of Pythias; William Sylvester
Pittsburgh, was re-elected grand outer
guard for the fourth time. Lebanon
was chosen as the 1917 convention
city. The convention closes to-day
Willi the Installation of officers.
HARRISBURGER IN
ONE-MAN PARADE
AT WASHINGTON
"Major" Kirk of Civil War and
Indian Fighting Fame
Celebrates
AS SPECIAL PERMI
PICTURE OF "THE PARADE"
(By International News Service)
Washington, D. C., Aug. 17.—Ser
geant John Kirk, U. S. A., retired, held
a one-man parade In Pennsylvania
Avenue here to-day In memory of the
time he marched off to light the
"Rebels" of the South. Sergeant
Kirk walked from the Capitol to
Fourteenth street, more than a mile.
He wore his Grand Army uniform and
carried in his pocket a special police
permit to "parade."
Fifty-four years ago Sergeant Kirk,
then fifteen years old, joined the 130 th
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1 BRITISH PUSH LINES AHEAD ' f
I London, Aug. 17. The British have made another j |
1 advance on the Somme front. Official announcement was
| made to-daj that the line has been pushed for vard west ;
f and southwest of Guillemont. • ►
I <!
C WILSON MEETING 640 BROTHERHOOD M ;
J Washington, Aug. 17.—The 640 members of the Ge:; , i
a ood Committee were in secret meeting a little j.
1 more than an hour and then they marched in a body to the
£ White House. The d« >t and the men, many of *
I them stripping oft' their coats, took the shady side of r
i Pennsy! • nue. They made quite a column as they * ?
I marched along to the Treasury where they .>ssembled in
J military order and then proceeded to the White House h'
Tj where the> wen to the east room. They j lanned to meet !
I .. soon . ftei seeing the President. < [
f
I KNEW ROBBERS WHO COT $32,000
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 17. The Detroit News to-day fc
1 printed lent by Miss Jessie Noltic, a local steno- [
s grapher, declaring that the robbers who looted the pay car | ►
J of the Burroughs Adding Machine Company of $32,000 or
J more, on August 4, hid the cash in local rooming houses j
T and escaped with their loot last Saturday. Miss Noltic ! v.
? said she knew one of the alleged bandits. : |
J WIDOW OF IRISH PATRIOT DIES ( j>'
& New York, Aug. 17.—Mrs. Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, I
1 \v idow of the Irish patriot and journalist died at her home >
m here to-day o; heart disease. She was 70 years old. Last |
I Sunday Mrs. Rossa visited to home at St. Geovgc, Statcn §|
i Island, where her husband died in June, 1913. It was ' I
1 thought by members of her family that memories occasion-
Icd by the visit may have brought on her final illlness. 1 1
T ACTIVE MARKET REGISTERS GAINS ] %
f New York, Aug. 17.—Aside for reactionary tendencies* I
9•■ ' |
V in rails, due to labor conditions to-day's active market [<
I registered further gains. I [
| MARRIAGE LICENSES
I Stephen Morton Buckley and l£inll)' Norma FunllUgtr, Wllllamsport. | I
18 PAGES CITY EDITION
ALLIES UNITE
THEIR IMPORTANT
GAINS ON SOMME
Artillery Active Along Three-
Mile Front Where Trenches
Were Taken
DRIVING ON PERONNE
Russians Continue Offensive
Despite Stiffened Resistance;
Fighting in Balkans
After scoring important Rains along;
a front of nearly three miles In the
Somme region both north and south
of the river, the French are busily con
solidating the newly won ground, mak
ing preparations for the expected Ger
man counter stroke.
No such attack developed last night
but the Paris bulletin to-day reports
intense artillery activity north of Mau
repas where the French yesterday, in
conjunction with the British, effected
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U. S. Pays $2,920,000,000
of Debt Since War Started
New York, Aug. 17.—Nearly half
the $6,500,000 of world Indebtedness
which the American people owed
when the European war began has
been liquidated in the two years since.
Such, at least, is the estimate made
to-day by leading bankers here, who
have inside sources of information as
to what has taken place.
This estimate cotints as a debt re
duction the offsetting credits which
this country has extended to the world
during the period, including the $250,-
000,000 new British credit which was
publicly offered to-day.
When the war began this country
owed the world on open accounts $40,-
000,000, and the financial powers
strained to protect international set
tlements. Exports did the work.
TO MOVE YALE BATTERIES?
By Associated Press
Stroudsburg, Pa., Aug. 17. While
1 nothing can be learned officially, the
i impression prevails at the Tobyhanna,
| Pa., artillery camp of instruction that
! the Yale batteries now being put
j through their military paces here will,
within ten days, be ordered to the
Mexican border for service.
There are now in camp 1,050 men
and officers, including six Yale batter
ies, Battery A of Maryland and Bat
tery C of New Jersey.