V/ilson Gets Views of Brotherhoods on Legislation HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 196 TEACHERS WILL GET PAY DURING SCHOOL CLOSING Superintendent Downcs Says Dixon's Orders Will Be Strictly Obeyed PASTORS CO-OPERATE Notice Sent to Parishioners of Sunday School Ruling; Movies Hit, Too ————————> Children Forbidden To Attend Movies ALL children under sixteen years are forbidden to attend moving picture shows or j other places of public amusement or entertainment in Pennsylvania from to-day until after September 18. by order of State Health Com missioner Samuel G. Dixon this afternoon. This order supplements that postponing the opening of . schools until September 18. as a precaution against the spread of infantile paralysis. All schools —private, parochial and public—in this city will remain closed i until September 18. according to the 1 orders issued by State Commissioner of Health Dixon. This order applies also to Sunday schools. Approximately more than 12.000! pupils will be affected here and city health and school officials consider the request issued by the State official to be the best safeguard against a big outbreak of the epidemic of infan- ; tile paralysis. Teachers of the public schools of the city will receive pay for the time! that the rooms are closed by the 1 orders, as State laws provide for this . in case buildings are shut because of, disease epidemics. The City School Board will decide i next Friday afternoon in regular ses- i sion whether teachers shall report for ' duty Tuesday. September 5. So far nothing definite has been decided upon, however. Dr. F. E. Downes. city I superintendent, said that the order j of the State official will be strictly i obeyed by the local authorities. Sunday Schools Affected Sunday schools are also affected by the order, and will remain closed beginning next Sunday, until Sunday. ! September 24. A number of pastors are planning to have the Wednesday evening prayer meeting topics changed to the Sunday Schoo' lesson topics' for the benefit of members of the; senior department. Market Square Presbyterian Church has already issued a notice that the Sunday School will be closed to all, departments until Sunday. September : 24, but that Sunday School lesson' topics will be used for prayer meet ing talks for members of the senior department. Consider Lost Time Public school authorities have not considered whether anything will be done later In the year to make up the lost time. Some expressed opinions that time was lost in the Spring be cause of the local measles epidemic, and that it would hardly be probable that holiday vacations would be cut down. So far Harrisburg has been im mune from serious contagion, al though several cases developed. Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer, however, urged parents again to-day to be careful and advised them not to take children to picnics or other big public gatherings. Suggests School Year Change State Health Commissioner Samuel [ConUnued on Page 9] New York Confident It Is Controlling Epidemic By Assoeiarcd Press New York, Aug. 25.—The epidemic of infantile paralysis showed another big drop to-day in the number of new cases reported and health experts ■were more confident than ever that the disease was being controlled. During the twenty-hours ended at 10 a. m., there were only 22 deaths and 94 new cases, the lowest number in a month. Yesterday there were 31 deaths and 109 new cases. WITTPENN TO RVN IN N. J. By Associated rress Trenton, N. J., Aug. 25. Otto Wittpenn, of Jersey City to-day filed a petition for the Democratic nomina tion for Governor. THE WEATHER. For HnrrlAhurg and vlclnltyt Fair to-night and Saturday; nut much change in temperature. For ttaatern I'rnnaylx nnla: Fair to night and Saturday) not much change in temperature! light aouthweat to northweat wind*. River The Susquehanna river and lt» trlhutarlea will fall alowly or re main Ktutlonar< V atnge ol f„ bou ? 3.1 feet la Indicated for Harrl«burg Saturday morning. General Conditions Sho-nera bate fallen generally In the .North Atlantic Stale* and thence wcatward along the north, ern border of the United Statea to Weatern North Dakota, and there have been ncattercd ahowera along the South Atlantic and Gulf coaata and In the Southern Rocky Mountain region. Temperature change* have been generally nmall. A general rlae °f - to 10 degree* ha* occurred in the Mlaaourl and Upper Mlaala alppl valley* and over nearly all the Lake Region, while In the Ohio. Middle Mlaaln*lpp| and Upper St. Lawrence valleya and In Northern Mew England and In a few dlatrlcts In the Southweat and Far Weat, rlnea of 4 to 14 de gree* have occurred in the laat twenty-four hour*. Temperature: 8 a. m., M. Sum Rlae*, si2<l a. M.i aeta, Os4S p. m. Moon i New moon. Auguat 28, 12:25 p. m. River Stage■ 3.1 feet abort low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Hlgheat temperature. 70. Uoweat temperature. 03. Mean temperature. 71. Normal temperature, 71. BY CARRIERS « CENTS A WEEK* SINGLE COPIES '2 CENTS. HOORAY FOR DOCTOR DIXON! NO SCHOOL 'TIL THE 18TH! TWO MORE WEEKS OF PLAY IN* SHADOW OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE The sad (?) news that Dr. Dixon has ordered all schools to remain closed until September 18 was the talk of the town to-day, but nowhere did BREMEN AGAIN REPORTED TAKEN Rritish Officer Asserts U-Boat Was Captured in Steel Net; Third Is Coming * -l Deutschland to Return By Associated Press Berlin. Aug. 25. by wireless. Preparations for another voyage of the submarine Deutschland to the United States are well under way. Freight is being received for this trip. The amount of cargo now pet-ted. the Overseas News Agency ready is larger than liad been ex says. All the members of the crew have expressed readiness to sign for the next voyage. By Associated Frcss New York. Aug. 25. The New York City News Association quotes "an officer of the British merchant mar i ine" who arrived here to-day aboard \ the White Star steamship Baltic, as I authority for the statement that the 1 German submarine Bremen has been | captured by the British and 33 of her ! crew of 35 made prisoners. The Bre men, according to the account, was captured in the Straits of Dover in a steel net on August 2. Two members of her crew lost their lives. The Bremen, is was said, while en meshed in the net, was sighted by a British patrol boat, her stern under water and her bow high above the surface. After endeavoring for a time to extricate the wreck, the patrol boat steamed away for Dover with her prisoners. According to the officer quoted the British government has maintained silence in regard to the capture as another German trans-Atlantic sub marine. the Amerika, was said to be on the way here and it was hoped to capture her also. AGED MAN BLED OF FIVE MILLIONS Unscrupulous Lawyers, Wo men of Underworld and Others Got Share of Recluse's Riches Chicago, Aug. 25. Edward W. I Morrison,the 80-year-old recluse whose vanished millions, are a subject of in vestigation before Judge Landis in the United States district court, was de- : clared to-day to have lost property : valued at $5,000,000 to a coterie of I strange characters within the last ! twenty years K. J. Houlihan, counsel for Morri son's creditors, declared that unscrup- S ulous lawyers, women and habitues of Chicago's underworld, came into the j life of the aged man, whose wealth is estimated from $3,000,000 to $8,000,- 000 to obtain his money. He was i taken on trips to other cities. Attor ney Houlihan declared, women were j brought to see him, and new charac- ] ters introduced to keep his fortune i dwindling. Search for the recluse's quaint, old [Continued on Page 6] WASHINGTON'S LETTER STOLEN By Associated Press Baltimore, Aug. 25.—The original letter of George Washington to Catho lics of the United States, which has reposed for many years in the safe i deposit vault under the Sanctuary of the Baltimore Cathedral has been stolen, according to a Catholic publi cation issued here to-day. The papers appeals to the person who now pos sesses the letter to "return it and re pent." The loss was discovered in the course of the work of indexing docu ments in the vault, which cover the history of the city and State for the i past 300 years. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1916. jthe order cause such a hum of pleased | surprise as among the youngsters on j ithe city playgrounds. Dr. Dixon ia the | most popular man in all the Juvenile j I world to-day, and no mistake. The! JITNEY MEASURE UP TO COUNCIL More Than Required Number of Voters Sign Referendum Petition Today That City Council, within twenty days, shall either the proposed new Jitney regulation ordinance or call a special election on the measure was made legally certain at 1.45 o'clock this afternoon, when the last of the required 1.T51 signers to the refer endum petition attached his signature to the paper in the presence of City Clerk Charles A. Miller. In so doing, as Assistant City Clerk Ross R. Seaman facetiously remarked, the referendum petition passed the 1 finish mark in good time. The last re quired signer was William G. Good, 239 Maclay street. By 2.45 o'clock 1,777 qualified elect ors had signed the petition. Leaders in the movement predict that before next Thursday, the last day for sign ; ins the petition, more than double the ' required number will have signed. At noon to-day only forty-three | more registered voters' signatures [Continued jn Page 8] WELSH INSURING HANDS Colorado Springs, Col., Aug. 25. I Freddie Welsh, who will defend his title against Charlie White in a twenty round bout here Labor Day, has ! opened negotiations to insure his hands for $20,000 during the traln j ing period, it was announced to-day. Figures on the cost of SIOO,OOO In- S surance against rain on Labor Day have been requested of Lloyds by Eddie Pitts, manager of the champion. NEW YORK CRIME DECREASES New York, Aug. 25.—A marked de cease in crime is shown in the report of the police department for the fiscal i year issued to-day. A comparison of the first six months of 1915 and 1916 I show serious crimes dropped from | 31,759 to 24,267; crimes of violence ! from 2.636 to 2,277, murders from 116 i to 94, and burglaries and other major I crimes from 11,931 to »,575. WILD HORSES MAIM 23 PA. TROOPERS Bitten. Kicked and Thrown by "Outlaw" Mounts at Camp Stewart i Camp Stewart, El Paso, Tex., Aug. 25.—Twenty-three troopers of the First Pennsylvania cavalry, many of them from Philadelphia, are on the ! disability list as the result of attacks : of vicious outlaw horses. None of the men are reported to ; be in a serious condition, but all are suffering from the painful nature of their injuries, whicn were sustained 1 through bites, kicks and falls. Five hundred or more horses have j been issued to the cavalry of Penn -1 sylvania at the remount stations here : and the big majority of these are , not only unbroken, but many of the animals are actual outlaws, j Three of the vicious horses killed I themselves and their riders had ! miraculous escapes, one wild animal carrying his rider over a five-foot ob struction. Then the horse struck a mulu with such force the impact j killed him. Officers of the cavalry regiment stated that none of the men sustained j injuries of a nature so serious that they would have to be sent to the , base hospital at Fort Bliss. | "Their injuries were treated in the | regimental hospital." one officer de i clared, "and most of them were able to be sent to their quarters on the disability list." Limping and bandaged men, how ever, seen in almost every troop in the regiment, belie statements that few of the men sustained serious injuries. One non-commissioned officer of a troop declared to-night that 75 per i cent, of the men of the regiment had falls from bad horses. | pair of lassies playing in the sand j in the shade of the Reily street school building, where there is a large play i ground, don't seem partcularly vexed, Snow do they? NINE INJURED IN LATEST AIR RAID . Six Zeppelins Bomb Ships, Houses and Stations; One Moves Toward London 8 Killed, 35 Hurt By Associated Press Ix>ndon, Aug. 25.—Kiglit per sons ww killed and a# injured In Zeppelin r«Ud last night, it una an nounced officially to-day. One hundred bombs were dropped. Oi>e Zeppelin reached the outskirts of London, Aug. 25. —Details o| the raid by hostile airships which crossed i the east and southeast coasts of Eng ; land between midnight and 3 o'clock , this morning as disclosed by the offi- I clal statement of the war office show I that nine persons are reported to have j been injured, some mortally. Other damage effected by the raiders is de- I clared to have been slight. The an nouncement states: "Six hostile airships raided the east and southeast coasts of England last night at intervals between midnight and 3 o'clock this morning. One air ship made her way w&stward well in land. The remainder of the fleet car ried out short inroads over the coast. The number of bombs dropped by the raiders has not yet been ascertained. Several bombs are reported to have been directed at ships at sea. The damage effected by the raid was slight. "The total casualties have not yet been reported. To date nine persons are reported injured, some fatally." Three Killed in Town on Southeast Coast of Britain By Associated Press London. Aug. 25. Three persons were killed and several injured by a [Continued on Page »] SWIFT ACTION WAS ILLEGAL Planning Commission Declares Council's O. K. Should Be Rescinded | Possibilities for far-reaching harm i to the city as a whole lie in the estab lishment o fthe precedent set by the mayor and the other members of city council when they granted Swift & Company permission to erect an over head bridge across Seventh strest are seen by those who have given the mat -1 ter consideration, further than that, lawyers skilled in municipal law said to-day that unquestionably council had no legal risht to grant the re quest of the company and that any owner of property in the vicinity of the proposed bridge is at liberty to bring action in restraint on the ground that such a structure would be a pub lic nuisance. Members of the Planning Commis i sion who opposed the bridge-, save it as their firm opinion that the action of council is illegal and should be rescinded. Mr. Hall's Statement Francis J. Hall, a member of the Planning Commission, gave out the following statmeent this morning, ex [ Continued on Page 6] THIEVES MAKE YEARLY VISIT It was just one year ago yesterday that thieves robbed the general store of the J. B. Curry estate, at Swatara station, and last night the store again was broken into and store stock, most ly shoes, worth tl4o was taken. The thieves Jimmied the front door with u pick and escaped undetected. on their visit a year ago the thieves' plun der principally was shoes. Conrad Curry, the store manager, lives next door. j NEGOTIATIONS IN RAILROAD STRIKE ALL UP IN AIR R. R. Presidents Predict Eight- Hour Day Will Never Be Conceded CONFERS WITH LEADERS Wilson Sees Brotherhood Heads; Expression of Optim ism Not So Free Washington, D. C\, Aug. 2 s.—The railway strike negotiations resolved themselves to-day. outwardly at least, into a more or less confused state. Expressions of optimism from both sides were not so free as they were yesterday and feeling heretofore gen eral among the managers that a plan to include the eight-hour day would be found was not so evident. Some of the railroad executives reverted to their prediction that it never would be conceded. President Wilson kept his Cabinet waiting an hour while he conferred with the four brotherhood heads. All parties to the conference stead fastly refused to say what was talked about. Executives Issue Statement The railroad executives conferred among themselves during the day and it was thought possible they might later go to the White House. For the executives this statement was issued: "The executives are understood to be studying the form of a communi cation to the President." Some of the more optimistic still had hopes of a final decision being reached before to-morrow night. The opinion that the eight-hour basic day will not be conceded apparently was growing as the conferences continued. The executives and managers de voted practically no time to-day to consideration of freight rate increases or settlement of future strikes, but centered on the length of working day and pay. Many executives are willing to concede an eight-hour day with the understanding that it shall not only be the maximum work day. but also the minimum: in other words, that .the present practice by which an employe | may get pay for a day and a half or [Continued From First Page] ; Hitchcock Has Plan to Check Soaring Price of News Print Paper, By Associated Press Washington, Aug. 25. Senator Hitchcock. Democrat, has prepared an amendment to the revenue bill intend ed to check the soaring prices of news print paper. He said to-day he would bring it up in the Senate when cer i tain sections of the bill were reached i for debate. Mr. Hitchcock is him ! self a newspaper publisher. Paper selling at S4O a ton and under ' would not be taxed. When the price ! passes S4O a ton a tax of $1 a ton i would prevail until $45 a ton is I reached when the tax would increase !to $o and mount up gradually until ! a tax of S4O a ton would prevail on [paper selling for more than S9O. j "My proposed amendment is design ied not so much to raise revenue," I said Mr. Hitchcock, "as it is to make ; it unprofitable for paper manufactur- J ers to charge exorbitant prices for , news print paper." Leaders Plan to Adjourn Congress Late Next Week !By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. 25.—Ad , ministration leaders in Congress were ! to-day planning adjournment next Fri : day or. Saturday. Senator Simmons, ihairman of the .finance committee, i said he believed it could he done unless S unforeseen developments arose. } Democratic Senate leaders an | nounced their intention to pass the i deficiency bill when it comes from the | House Tuesday, then pass the revenue j bill and adjourn. I "X believe efforts will be made to i bring up the immigration bill and the corrupt practices bill," said Senator i Simmons, "but I think Congress will | adjourn, nevertheless, as soon as It Is j discovered that both those measures I will provoke prolonged debate." | Republican and Democratic leaders | called absentees to have a quorum in • the House Tuesday to dispose of the i remaining business. It was stated by 1> mocratlc leaders that if a quorum I was not available by Tuesday, adjourn- I ment would not be likely until the fol lowing week. Spanish Soldiers Shoot Down Number of Citizens By Associated Press Paris. .Aug. 25.—The shooting down by soldiers of a number of citizens of Gerona. Spain, capital of the Cata lonian province of that name, is re ported by the Havas correspondent at Terpingan, on the Franco-Spanish frontier. A number of townspeople ot Gerona. returning from protesting to the civil governor against the in sultinc conduct of officers and non commissioned officers, says the dis patch. were tired upon in the Rambla, the principal promenade of the city. Two citizens were killed and eighteen wounded. General Alfau, captain-general of Barcelona, has removed the military eovernor of Gerona for leniency in his treatment of the culpable officers and pieced him under arrest, adds the dispatch. STEAMER IN DISTRESS By Associated Press Norfolk, Va„ Aug. 25. —Short of fuel and disabled the American steamer Mary Olsen, lumber laden from Cape Haytlen to this port was to-day In tow of the coast guard cut ter Tampa, southeast of Wimble Shoals. The steamer sent out distress calls last night. THROWN FROM AUTOMOBILE Edward Bentsey, aged 11, of 361 Main street, Steelton, was thrown from an automobile upon whtth he was riding in the boroush this morn ing. He sustained a fractred right arm. He was taken to tne Harrisburg b HospitaL 14 PAGES DR FRITCHEY, THRICE MAYOR, DIES IN PHILA. Former Democratic Leader of Dauphin County Succumbs in Presbyterian Hospital MADE AND UNMADE MANY Friend in Need to Thousands; Spent Later Years in Scien tific Farming * s> DR. JOHN A. FRITCHEY Dr. John A. Fritchey, of 911 North Second street, three times mayor of Harrisburg, one-time Democratic lead er of Dauphin county, prominent in medical circles, a great supporter of baseball in Harrisburg and well known as a scientific poultry and high bred stock farmer, died this morning at 2.15 o'clock in the Presbyterian hospital, Philadelphia, after a long Illness. Dr. Fritchey had been ill for more than a year and underwent numerous operations for internal troubles. Re cently he recovered sufficiently to be taken to Atlantic City, where it was hoped he would regain his strength, [Continued on Page 3] imwVlfti» w iwttw* —iftUiß STRIKE OUT STAMP TAX ON INSURANCE | Washington, Aug. 25. Democrats of the Senate I Finance Committee to-day, yielding to pro,est., from all <r■ J parts of the :ountry, struck out of the emergency revenue ; \ > >sed stamp tax on insui | proposed tax of one-half cent on each dollar 01 ; <.mium I' I luding life insurance. I J 9 ARMY BILL AGAIN READY FOR WILSON 1 I on, 25. —The army appropriation Ml, a ► ? President because of provisions in its revision I 1 t'ar \vas accepted by the House to-uav w th * | 5 1 the War Department and no\ 1 1 again to ii - ..- u 'or signature. Cnairman i-iay of the L & n ilit iry c immittee, author of the provision which dr;w the 1 . 1 veto, made no fight. I i P ATTEMPTED TEUTONIC OFFENSIVE * f Petrograd. At ~ Austro-German forces before I ' lhy ii . attempted to take the cFe. v« yester-1 ► !X day, but the war olice reports, were repulsed. Y { WOMfIN HELD FOR SHOOTING OFFICER I Macon, Ga.. Aug. 25.—Captain E. J. Spratlin : F Com-* pan;/. Fifth Infantry, National Guard of Georgia, wash sno^ to-day in front of his tent at the State moboliza-( | . lion camp near iiere. Mrs. H. C. Adams, of Atvpia. was I . : esteu on th sattements of several ouicers and men tliatj | I I she shot the militia ouicer. She ueclineu to mai.e any state mcnt. I |i RUSSIANS RETAKE MUSH « » Petrograd. Aug. 25.—The new offensive oi the Russians » in souther 11 Turkish Armenia is being get caliy. Russian troops are continuing attacks west of ; Lake Van. The recapture of Mush is announced. t WILL HOLD ROMPER DAv City health officials this afternoon said that the infan tile paralysis quarantine orders issued will not * V holding Romper Day next Friday. The High School Committee of the schoo! board mctl » this afternoon to ccns der the High School problem in the ' light of the expert report recency submitted to the body. a I CITY EDITION FRENCH RETAIN HOLD ON VILLAGE DESPITE ATTACKS Germans Arc Thrown Back From Maurepas With Heavy Loss RUSSIANS ON MOVE Resume Offensive Along En tire Turkish Front; Compel Evacuation of Bitlis Although the Germans made Sr heavy attack in the Maurepas sector, north of the Somme, the French hold on Maurepas village, complete occu pation of which by French troops was reported last night, has not been shaken, according to to-day's official bulletin from Paris. The assault de livered against Hill 121, near Maure pas, was repulsed with heavy loss to the Germans, the statement declares. Extending Offensive Intimations in press dispatches of a possible extension or the French offensive south of the Somme for a distance of thirty miles, from Estrees to I.assigny, seem further borne out by to-day's official announcement of the continuation of heavy bombard ment in that sector. The German line in the vicinity of Lassigny and Roye are being heavily shelled. Dispatches from Petrograd an nounce that the Rupn'fins have re sumed their advance along the entire Turkish front. Their armies in south ern Armenia have recently shown marked recuperative power after se vere reverses, advancing rapidly and reoccupying Mush. The evacuation of Bitlis. twelve miles southeast of Lake Van by the Turks is now reported. British Push Ahead, Too The official statement from Berlin [Continued on Page 8] TRY NEW JAY LINK PAINT Harrisburg is to have jay lines again —at least on one street corner—ac cording to Chief of Police Zeil, who announced that a new paint !ias been made for this purpose. It is guaran teed, and one gallon will be tried out i on one of the busiest corners In the [downtown district. If the paint is all that the manufacturer claims it to be. | more will probably be ordered, and the white stripes will again appear at | all of the business district street inter | sections. There will be eight stripes, each six inches wide, two running in each direction, from the house and curb line at each corner.
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