Brotherhood Representatives Growing Impatient Over Delay in Strike Negotiations • * HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV — No. 194 FIVE ROBBERIES IN ONE BLOCK ON ALLISON HILL 42 Attempts to Enter Homes in ® Few Months and No Arrests Made SYSTEMATIC RAID Thieves Take Provisions, Vic trola, Jewelry and Many Other Odds and Ends Five additional robberies in one block on Allison Hill committed some time during the early morning, are being investigated by the City Detec tive Bureau. So far at least forty-two thefts, or attempts to enter homes have been reported in the city in the last few months, but the police and detectives are unable to cope with the situation and no arrests have been made. Last night the burglars confined their work to the houses on the west side of Regina street, between Six teenth and Seventeenth streets. At one home they made one of the most systematic raids known in recent po ;!5 e . records. The goods stolen at the s?nn f ?w es is va lued at more than and the araouni would probably ♦ifo» » i en K f eater . b "t tor the fact I™*=, the ~ obber s were scared awa>, but returned. Detective Paul G. Schelhas who htiiv ♦ c J, ose to the places entered, is thf , to " dai ' wi *h other members of an °ther effort to get ♦hi ■> wl " lead to the arrest of tne persons who have been entering numerous homes in the city. emenng ifiin of Will 'am Mooney. on\ street, provisions, eggs and sugi" were taken. The home of r)e . rr ' 1612 Regina street, Vic records were stolen. En wfnrt^K- WaS , ga L ned through the front Inn™ #i burglars raided the nrnviti/f floor. A small necklace, other articles were m' . Derr at noon to-day was P.f™. ® ive u complete list, but estimated that his loss was probablv SIOO. Everything on the first floor was ransacked. ,i he . hom e of William Meikles, r, Regina street, some of the fam ily were sleeping on the first floor, and frightened the thieves away. Later according to reports in the neighbor hood, two railroaders attempted to stop the robbers, who drew revolvers and escaped. The other two places entered were the homes of Primo Lippi, 1622 Re gina street, and John Davis, 1628 Re gina street. So far nothing has been reported missing at these two houses. FIRE DESTROYS LUNA PARK By Associated Press Scranton, Aug. 23.—Luna Park, a pleasure resort on the outskirts of this city, was practically destroyed by fire of unknown origin early to day. The fire originated in the dance hall and before being subdued had destroyed the dance hall, roller coaster and the chute and several other build ings. Houses in the neighborhood were threatened for a while and the loss will run into the thousands. Harvey R. Long, manager of the Harrisburg Poster Advertising Com pany, 2 Xorth Fifth street, and for many years identified with local thea ters. for three years was manager of Luna Park. GERMAN STEAMER CAPTI Rfen By Associate J Press Stockholm. Aug. 23.—The capture of the German steamer Desterro, of 2,543 tons, with a cargo of iron ore, off Hernosan. Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia, is officially announced. She was taken into Rtiumo, Finland. THE WEATHER For Harrlshurg and vicinity! Thun d(T»lii)\vor» this afternoon or to night. cooler; Thursday (air and cooler. For Eaulcrn Pennsylvania: Scatter ed shower* and thundershowers this afternoon or to-night, cooler; Thursday fair. cooler; light northwest to north winds. River The Susquelinnnn river and nil Its branches will probably continue to fall slowl.v or remain nearly stationary, except rises may oc cur In some streams as a result of heavy local showers. A stage of about 3.1! feet Ik Indicated for Harrisburg Thursday morning. General Conditions The depression tbnt was central over the l.nke Superior Region on Tuesday morning, has inoven eastward to the Ipper St. I.aw rence Valley. Jt has caused scat tered showers In the Ohio Valley, Southern Michigan, Western >ew York. Western Pennsylvania and In the Upper St. Lawrence Val ley. A general fall of 2 to 18 degrees In temperature has occurred east of the Mississippi river and In Southwest districts east of the Rocky Mountains, except In the South Atlantic anil Fast Gulf Val ley, where It Is slightly warmer. Temperature; A a. in.. 7ft. Sun: Rises, 5:24 a. m.; seta, 11:51 p, m. Moon i \ew moon, August 28, 12:25 p. m. River Stage; 3.1 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 1)6. lowest temperature, 72. Mean temperature, 84. formal temperuture, 71. VACATION' SEASOV IS AT ITS HEIGHT Rest and recreation will not be complete unlesa you have all the news from home every day. Your favorite newspaper, the Harris burse Telegraph, will till the bill. Phone the Circulation Department before >on leave home. The next issue will meet you, no matter where you *o. Six cents u week, postage pre paid. DY CARRIERS « CENTS A WEEK. SINGLE COPIES a CENTS. WARRING POWERS NOW STRIVE FOR AID OF RUMANIA Military and Political Situation in Balkans Is of Over shadowing Interest RUSSIANS DRIVE FORWARD British Gain in West; Italians Remain Passive; Big Forces in Macedonia Political developments in the Bal kans overshadow Interest for the mo ment even the important military op erations in progress there, but to-day's dispatches throw little new light on the situation from either a political or military standpoint. In connection with the attitude of Rumania the course of the Russian 1 campaign in Bukowina close to the Rumanian frontier Is being closely watched. The latest advices from Teutonic sources, nowever, declare that the Russians are being held up by the Teutonic resistance, not only j in the Carpathian fl .ghtlng, but along I the entire tront to the north in Gall-' cia and Volhynla. With Russian and Italian troops i added to the French. British and Ser- | bian forces already in the field, the i allies have a formidable array of fight- j ing men on the Macedonian front. So ; far, however, its strength has not be manded immediate action unless the roads accept the President's plan, but' the leader succeeded in adjourning; it before any vote could be taken on I any of the various proposals. They said afterward that while the pres sure for immediate action came from a minority it was strong. The leaders said they believed the majority would be willing to give the President a j little more time. Some of the men urged that most | of them go home leaving the brother hood heads with authority to call a strike if the railroads do not accept j the President's plan. The meeting adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Fre quently shouts and applause were heard a block away from the hall. ! "It is our belief," one of the encountering oft the Isle of Wight a German submarine | , which fired ten or twelve shots at her without warning, it is declared, some shells striking very close to her but in- ' flicting no damage. a > t ' RAILROAD HEADS MAY GRANT 8-HOUR DAY 1 Washington, Aug. 23. There are many indications | I i ® that the railroad presidents are considering the eight-hour | day on condition that some definite assurance be given them t ; i that future disputes will he arbitrated. EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA < Eureka, Cal., 23.—The most violent earthquake felt here j since April, 19C. Francisco was destroyed, I , t rock tl ■: ity and northern Humboldt county at 6.55 this J < | morni There was no material damage. A WILLIAM H. CORKLE DIES e ' il Karrisbiirg.—William H. Corklc, assistant station- ' * master of the Pennsylvania Railroad here, died this morn < ' ing at his home, 31 North Seventeenth street. Mr. ! has been .11 and unable to attend his regular duties since ! ' I I July of last year. Funeral services will be held from the I > < ( house Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. 1 J* TO DEFER SCHOOL OPENING ( Harrisburg.—State Commissioner of Health Dixon will ® ► late to-day discuss with A. D. Glenn, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, the proposition of deferring opening'f * of the schools of the State until late in September or early ' ' in October because of infantile paralysis. It is likely thatj ► < • it will be arranged. To-day over forty new cases were re- i ; ported from throughout the State. , I Harrisburg.—After completing a thorough*investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the - ; 5-month-old sen of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shaffer, of Edge-' ' m'ont, near here, Coroner Jacob Eckinger and County De ,'t tective James Walters found that the causes were natural. 1 » | . . I CITY EDITION here to control the meetings a day or two longer, but the discontent is spreading rapidly." While the railroad executives con tinued deliberations on what form of counter proposal they shall make to President Wilson, the President con ferred with Senator Newlands and Representative Adamson, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee in Congress, about the bill to increase the membership of the Interstate Commerce Commission by two. Sena tor > T ewlands afterward announced he would push his bill immediately. The development was taken to indi cate a movement for sending the in vestigation features of the President's plan to the commission. Possibility of passing an eight-hour law for railroads was discussed among several congressional leaders, but no definite program was evolved and it was understood no action would be taken unless the President's efforts failed. Three railroad presidents reported to the committee which is trying to [Continued on Page 5] N. Y. Tenement Collapses; One Dead; 6 Missing By Associated Press New York, Aug. 23. Six men are missing, one is dead, several are dying in hospitals and a dozen others were injured to-day as the result of the collapse of a flve-story brick tenement tri"*o i urse of construction In the Bronx.