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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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.