HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV — No. 197 STRIKE THREAT RENEWED AS R.R. CHIEFS CONTINUE DELIBERATIONS Situation Takes on Added Tensity as Railway Execu tives Work on Their Coun ter Proposal to President Wilson's Plan; Brother hoods Await Next Move HAVE DIFFICULTY HOLDING MEN IN Officials Decline to Concede Without Arbitration and Investigation of Its Appli cation to Railroading, but Make Some Concession on Collateral Issues I WILSON HURRIES TO CAPITOL ON STRIKE By Associated Press Washington, I). C., Aug. 26.—With negotiations for averting the threat ened railway strike practically at dead lock, President Wilson to-day suddenly went to the Capitol and conferred with administration leaders over the possi bility of legislation. The President conferred first with Democratic I.eader Kern and Chair man New-lands, of the interstate com merce committee, who, it was under stood, after a canvass of the congres sional situation, liad concluded it was feasible to get through Congress be fore adjournment as an amendment to the pending bill to increase the mem bership of the Interstate Commerce Commission some sort of an expres sion that the railways should be au thorized to make rate increases to meet higher wages and to provide some sort of machinery for arbitration for similar disputes in the future, pos sibly along the lines of the Canadian commission. When he finished conferring with Senators Kern and Xcwlands, Presi dent Wilson came to the door of liis room and said to inquirers: "I came here on certain matters of legislation. That is all I can say now." Then after making the foregoing announcement President Wilson re turned to the White House without conferring with anyone else and with out making any further explanation of his visit. Senator Xewlands stated positively that no Joint session of Con gress had been arranged. Executives Adjourn Late this afternoon the railroad ex ecutives adjourned without having fin ished their statement to President Wil son and their attitude was announced as unchanged. Just before the President went to the Capitol the brotherhood leaders, impatient at teh delay of the railroad executives in replying to the Presi dent's last proposal, declared that only the unqualified concession of the eight hour day or some action by Congress to cause the government to operate the railroads could prevent the threat ened strike. On all hands the President's visit to the capitol was taken as indicat ing that the situation had reached a crisis. Lte this afternoon the rail way executives still were working on their communication to President Wilson. Among the railway executives it was said that any plan for legislation suggested by the President would have to be considered, but that the in clination of the railway heads was to Stand solidly on their demand for arbi tration of the present dispute. By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. 26.—The threatened railway strike situation took on added tensity to-day as the railway executives continued their de liberations over the form of their counter proposal to President Wil son's plan and the brotherhood lead ers silently awaited the next move. The executives have been told that the men's leaders expect difflcultv in rstraining them after to-night. The presidents worked steadily all morning and the fore part of the afternoon carefully phrasing their statement to President Wilson, but shortly after noon had taken no final vote on it. As had been outlined unofficially. It declines to concede the eight-hour day without arbitration and investigation of its application to railroading, but makes some concession as to collateral Issues. The the executives' counter proposal will be to pass the issue back T Continued on Page 7] THE WEATHER Kor Hnrrlaburgc anil vicinity! Part ly cloudy to-night nnd Sunday) not much change In temperature. For Caittern I'ennnyl vnnln: Partly cloudy to-nljcht and Sunday; not much change In temperature! light aouth wlndn. River The Suaquehannn river and all Ita bra lichen will fall aloivly or re main nearly nta lonary. A Mime of about 3.2 feet la Indicated for Hnrrlaburg Sunday morning. General Condltlona A nllftht disturbance, now central off the cant coaat of Florida, haa cauaed general ralna along the Atlantic coaat from Hutteraa to Key Went. Showera. moatly light, nave occurred generally in the Mlanourl, Middle and Upper Mlaalaalppl nnd Upper Ohio val leya and over the greater part of the I.ake Region; alno In Xcvada nnd Southern Colorado; elnewliere the weather haa been fnlr. Temperature! 8 n. ni„ 70. Sum Rlnea, 5;27 u. m.; nets, 0:4.% p. m. Mooni New moon, Augunt 28 1212.% p. m. River Stngei 3.2 feet above low- j water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Hlgheat temperature. 84. J.ovrrnt temperature. 07. Mean temperature, 72. Normal temperature, 70. i Strike Seems Inevitable if Railroads Continue to Insist Upon Arbitration BY CARRIERS A CENTS A WEEK, SINGLE COPIES U CENTS. COPELIN DEFENDS SELF AND SHARPLY RAPS HIS CRITICS "Tired of Insinuations That He Stole From City," He Declares SHOWS FLAWS IN AUDIT Gorgas Corroborates Ex-treas urer; "Will.Demand Explana tion" When He Returns In a letter to Commissioner of finance and Accounts William L.. Gor gas, made public to-day. Captain Owen M. Copelin, former City Treasurer, who is in Texas with the Eighth In i fantry. makes his first public utter ances on the auditing of his accounts by the Pittsburgh Audit Company. Ex-Treasurer Copelin sharply re bukes those who insinuated that he was "stealing from the city" and declares when he returns to Harrisburg he will Insist upon explanations. He tells Commissioner Gorgas that he offers "no excuses for the conduct" of his office. Copelin explains that he wrote the letter as the result of newspaper stories printed on the day of the Council meet ing when City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, sponsor of the audit ordi nance, obtained the Council's order authorizing the audit ' company to make a supplemental report dealing with special details of the general audit report. When Commissioner Gorgas made public Copelin's letter to-day he said he must confirm and attest to Cope lin's explanations of the so-called am biguities in the auditors' report. Copelin explains that the city dur ing his regime received interest money [Continued on Page 7] Start Move to Save an Hour of Sunshine All Over the United States By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Aug. 26. A movement to conserve one hour of sunshine every day In the year for every man woman and child In the United States was an nounced to-day by the executive com mittee of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce with the plea that it be submitted to a referendum of the 25,- 000 business men who compose that body. The plan Is to have clocks through out the country advanced one hour, thus allowing everybody to begin the working day an hour earlier and quit an hour earlier. As all sections would be affected the system, the Chamber argues, would not interfere with time regulation as provided by the four zones of standard time. Secret Mail Service to Germany Is Uncovered New York, Aug. 26.—Charged with J smuggling jewels valued at $25,000, • Fred Uffelman, landing baggage agent |of the Norwegian-American Steam- I ship line, and Hans Edward Thomp ' son, another employe, were arraigned | here yesterday. Department of Jus | tice agents are investigating an addi tional charge that the men have been | the principals in an "underground" system of mail communication be ' tween the United States and Germany. | According to testimony at the hear | ing before Special. Ppputy Surveyor I of the Port Smyth large quantities of I mail were safely dispatched through the "underground" route from the | branch of the Deutsche Bank of Ber | tin to Copenhagen and thence to Ger- I many. Mail from Germany was re ceived in the same way. Hugo I Schmidt, a representative of (he , Deutsche Bank, admitted thatßJffel | man had acted as special malrmes ■ senger and that he had paid him SIOO. The alleged conspirators are said to ! number a dozen. The arrest of six , others, one a woman, is expected. Detective Beats Holdup Man to Draw; Kills Him Special to the Telegraph I Scranton. Aug. 26.—A man. who the ; police believe was Frank Wood of l Bethlehem, was shot and killed 12:45 ! o'clock this morning by City Detec | tlve John Cartusciello. whom the man and a companion had sought to hold up at the point of a pistol. Cartusciello shot the man by a quick draw of his gun as he was ordered to hold up his hands. He shot twice at the man's companion, but missed both times, the second highwayman escaping. The attempted holdup and shooting occurred in a • lonely spot along the Lackawanna j Bailroad tracks near the station of : that company in the central part of ! the city. PRESIDENT DEFIES SENATE Washington. Aug. 26. President Wilson has decided to keep George Rublee on the Federal Trade Commis -1 sion by making another recess ap [ polntment as soon as Congress ad ! Journs, and to renew the fight before the Senate In December for Mr. Ru blee's confirmation. Since March, 1915, Mr. Rublee lias been serving as a member of the commission without compensation, lhe Senate rejecting the nomination because the nominee was "personally obnoxious" to Senator Gal linger. RECENT REALTY SALES Isaac Hoffa, administrator, estate of Mary Frantz, 1420 Walnut street to' Justus V. Hershey, consideration sl. J. E. Hemperly & company, 1817 1 George street, to Harry D. and Armita Burd Hilton, consideration sl. | FIKST GAME Elrnira, OQBEHHBaBBBH Harrisburg, HBEHDEfaWEfiaiIMM HARRISBURG, PA.,SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1916. WHILE THE BOSS CAVORTED AT INGLENO FOLK ENJOYED LAST SATURDAY AFTERNOON OFF IN THE RIVER jfnif )M^^^BflH^n % • * «V" The annual Chamber of Commerce outing took several hundreds of the city's business men to Inglenook to-day, the last Saturday afternoon and evening closing of the summer. While "the boss" forgot dull care and "acted up" on his party, the hundreds of sales people took advantage of their last half-holiday of the season and spent the afternoon In the river basin. TWO MULES HAVE S2O BREAKFAST AT EXPENSE OF Farmer Drives Team Up to Auto Load of Expensive Wedding Decorations and the Ceremony Will Now Lack Some Decora tive Features Mules don't eat thistles and hay, always, no, indeed! If you don't believe it, ask Charles Uttley, florist, 321 Walnut street. He will tell you more about the ap petite of two mules. This morning Mr. Uttley received a large shipment of g'adlolas, asters and marigolds, and many of the flowers were to be used for floral designs for a wedding. While the auto laden with flowers stood in front of the floral shop, a BUSINESSMEN FROLIC TODAY More Than 300 Attend Annual Chamber of Commerce Out ing at Inglenook When noon hour came to-day, Har risburg's big stores closed down for the last half holiday of the season. There was a big rush on the part of merchants to wind up business to-day. Clerks, too. hustled a bit more than usual. The merchants wanted to be on time for the big outing of the Harris f Con tinned on Page 7] Find Matches in New Plant of Aetna Powder Company By Associated Press Huntingdon. Pa., Aug. 26.—The dis covery was made to-day of a quantity of matches in the finished powder plant of the Aetna Explosives Company, ten miles east of this place. Whether the matches were placed there by design or through a mistake is not known, though a strong suspi- I cion of the former means being used caused a systematic! search by the ! guards of all the orrwloi-es when it was found that four workmen or foreign extraction carried matches on their person. Three of these were Italians and one German. The four delinquents were taken before a justice of the peace 'n Mifflin county and held to ! answer at the general term of court next week. farmer drove a two-mule team close to the rear of the machine. And the way those mules ate marl golds, asters and gladiolas made Mr. Uttley's blood run cold. When he discovered what had happened S2O worth of damage had been done, but the farmer and mules were gone. "I hope they enjoyed their meal, as they mutilated the flowers so that I can not use them," said Mr. Uttley after making a few nice (?) remarks about mules and farmers in general. COUNCIL HONORS DR. J. A. FRITCHEY Pays Glowing Tribute to For mer Mayor; Will Attend Funeral Clt> Council in special session at noon to-day passed resolutions of tri bute to the memory of Dr. John A. Fritchey, three times Mayor of Har risburg, who died yesterday morning. The Commissioners decided to attend the physician s funeral In a body. Commissioner William H. L>nch in troduced a resolution, whifch was unanimously adopted, as follows: "Recognizing the omnipotent power ! of who ruleth the universe, and bowing in humble submission to His Inscrutable will, we make this formal ' expression of the private and public I loss to the citizens of this community by reason of the death of John \ I Fritchey. "Ho came from the common people i sympathized with them, and helped i them generously and unostentatiously all his life. "By industry, perseverance and nat rContinued on Page 7] Mexicans Fleeing Across Border From Smallpox and Typhus Infected Areas By Associated Press San Antonio, Texas., Aug. 26. , Reports reaching General Funston that Mexicans are crossing the border from the smallpox and typhus infected districts of Mexico *nd asking that a quarantine be put on have been re ferred to the State department. These reports refer to the danger to troops 1 in camp along the border being ox- I posed to these refugees from the State of Zacatecas, and other sections in ' southern-central Mexico where typhus I and smallpox are reported to be epl- i dem'c. Refugees are coming north to the border by the hundreds to escape mainly, it is said, from starvation. ' KIPONATOBE CLOSE TO SHORE Line of Floats to Re Anchored 50 Feet Within Second Pier; Many Entries A large entry list was reported and many details of the Kipona, the big Labor Day water carnival, worked out at a meeting of the executive com mittee last evening. The most impor tant decision reached was that to es tablish the line of decorated floats at the nearest point to the shore, allow ing just suffcient space to permit the parking of canoes and other small craft between the floats and the rope that will mark off the course. The course where the aquatic events will be held will run along the river steps on a line drawn from the first pier of the Walnut street bridge, parallel with the shore in either direc tion. This will -prevent the mix-up caused last yeaT by boats which con stantly interfered view of spectators from the bank, who 'Will ! have front row seats this year. And the arrangements of floats will be such that they can be seen even to fContinued on I'agc 7] Headquarters For G. A. R. National Camp Opened By Associated Press Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 26. First moves of a formal nature in connec tion with the 50th annual encampment of the C. A. R. which opens here next week, were made to-day with the opening of the national headquarters and several Information booths. Headquarters of the many auxiliar ies of the G. A. R. also have been opened and by Monday morning the units of the blue-clad army wil all have been marshaled and ready at the command of the commander in chief, Elias R. Monfort. Wednesday, the day of the veterans' parade, has been declared a holiday in both Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., Mayor Green, of the latter city, to-day issuing a proclamation to that effect. Both cities are decorated with flags and bunting. Has but $5 Left of $14,000,000 Fortune He Possessed Five Years Ago By Associated Press New York, Aug. 28. . Patrick Cal houn, grandson of the famous states man and prominently identified with the San Francisco street car system until a few years ago, testified in a re ceivership proceeding here that five dollars was the only tangible asset re maining of a fortune of $4,000,000 possessed by him five years ago. The proceedings became known to-day. Financial reverses following the earthquake and fire in San Francisco were responsible for his losses he as serted. Receivership proceedings were brought against Calhoun In a suit for office rent. Said Zeppelins Will Try to Burn Down London New York, Ajjg 26.—A staff cor respondent of The World, who was in Germany last January, was told this by an officer, a wearer of the Iron Cross, with whom he became friendly: "Along about September you'll see quite a few raids by Zeppelins. They may do considerable damage, but they'll only be forerunners for what is to come. •If England persists in trying to starve Germany's noncombatant popu lation, we're going to send over a fleet of eighty or a hundred Zeppelins with Incendiary bombs and burn Lon don to the ground." PLAGUE HITS COLLEGE GIRLS New York. Aug. 26.—Infantile par alysis caused the death of Miss Ella Boyd Edie, 21 years old, of Yonkers, last night. Her father Richard Edie, Is an officer in the Westchester Trust Company and treasurer of the Alex ander Smith Carpet Company. Miss Edie has been ill since Tuesday. She was home on a vacation rrom Mount I Holyoke College, where she was a [ junior. Welleslcy Girl a Victim Oloversville, N. Y., Aug. 26.—Miss' Helen Burr, a Wellcsley College stu- I dent* 17 years old, died at E'ultonville i yesterday after a few hours' Illness from infantile paralysis. i 14 PAGES $1,190,000 LOAN WILL NOT BOOST SCHOOL TAX RATE Voters Will Be Asked to Ap prove Plan For Bettering Con ditions in November ADOPT JUNIOR SYSTEM To Ruild Rig Ruilding For Girls Only and Enlarge Tech For Roys The proposed expenditure of sl,- 190,000 to provide adequate high school facilities in the city as recom mended yesterday afternoon in the report of Dr. F. E. Downes and Presi dent A. t'arson Stamm. of the city school board, to the high school com mittee. will not mean an increase in the present school taxe rate, in the opinion of city school officials. The report wt based on the survey of the school situation made by Dr. James H. Van Sickle, of Springfield, Mass. The Van Sickle report on the high school situation, recommending the erection of a new junior high school on Allison Hill, remodeling the Central high school, enlarging the Technical high school, and the Camp Curtin grade school for Junior high school use, and the building of a new high school for girls only, was adopt ed by the high school committee of [Continued on Page 7] 23 Drowned When British Naval Auxiliary Is Sunk by German Submarine By .Associated Press London, AUK. 20.—The torpe doing in the North Sea of a Brit ish naval auxiliary with the loss of 23 men. was announced offi cially to-day. Eighty-seven men were saved. The torpedoed ves sel was the armed lK>arding steamer Duke of Albany. The an nouncement says: "The British armed boarding steamer Duke of Albany was torpedoed and sunk In the North Sea on Thursday by an enemy submarine. The com mander and twenty-two men were lost. Eleven officers and seventy-six ratings were saved." a. Harrisburg.—H. J. GladhilJ, of the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A., 1 and R. R. Sheely, 1231 Fulton street, were injured this C afternoon v,hen their motorcycle skidded over the tracks at ' I 1 Twenly-nv: t md D?rry streetr, hurling them in front of an \ appro. - chint c.r'.o *.-.-uck. Cladhill sustained a fractured leg, * | and Sheely was injured about the tace. j! RINGS HIDDEN IN WASTE BASKET i T Harrisburg.—Miss Adeline Landis, 609 Kelker street, 1 I while in the dre: ;ir,g room of a downtown theater removed J f three .in..s valued at almost S2OO, and walked out forgetting I them. City detectives were called and found that the rings I 91 had been hidd: i n the bottom of a wastepapcr basket. 1 They are investigating. ; i REPULSE'EIGHTEEN SERB ATTACKS * I Sofia, Aug. 26.—After severe fighting on the Bulgarian J. right wing on the Macedonian front, the Serbians have been * J defeated with heavy losses end compelled to retire, the I was o tic? announced to-day. Eighteen consecutive attacks • J were made by the Serbians. • k f « J PRESIDENT MUST FIND MORE REVENUES ? Washington, Aug. 26. lt was learned at the capitolj I that the President told the Senators the railroad executives & had "put it up to him" to get some guarantee from 1 gress that thiy would be permitted to get more revenue to ' S meet the increase in wages. It was said no means of ac -1 complishing that end was agreed upon. RUSSIANS ADVANCE IN MOUNTAINS I Petrograd, Aug. 26. —In the foothills of the | in Galicia, the Russians have pressed back the Austrians | and made considerable advances, occupying a village, f PRUSSIAN GUARDS REPULSED BY BRITISH ' f # London, Aug. 26.—A heavy attack made by the Prus < ' sian guard against British positions at Thiepvel was re-' I pulsed by the Worcestershire and Wiltshire regiments. ; I GREEK GARRISON WIPED OUT « , Paris, Aug. 26.—The Bulgarians have captured the < \ Greek fort of Startila, after killing its commander and thel entire garrison which ofTered a spirited resistance, says a , | Saloniki dispatch. 4 I MARRIAGF LICENSES < I ton .„ Tcromc B * Bcbreu *> leaver Station, and Jennie M. Selbert, Hum—aiy, 1 '""t"' G U , "S k *°»- Sklppenabur*, and Ethel Mar Draper. Steel to*. V \\ lllium C. Crawford, Sou;h fork, and Ida B. UoUball, Center, Pa. | CITY EDrriON GERMANS LAUNCH NEW OFFENSIVE ON CHAMPAGNE LINE Charge French Positions on Scene of Hardest Fighting Last Fall BULGARS DEFEAT SERBS* Reach Greek Agean Coast; Ru ssians Making Progress in Galicia While determinedly resisting the allied advance on the Somme front in northern France, the Germans are launching strong attacks in other sec tors of the western battle line, the latest offensive movement reported be ins in the Champagne region. Near Tahure, in the Champagne, the scene of some of the hardest fight ing in the French offensive of last Sep tember, German troops last night [Continued on Page 7] N. Y. Manufacturers Employ Women to Attract Buyers White Slave Officers Find Special to the Telegraph New York, Aug. 26.—District At torney Swann announced to-day that he had assigned one of his assistants to make a special investigation of evi dence that manufacturers here are employing women to attract buyers, who come to New York from all parts of the country. The District Attorney's office has been engaged, lately in an effort to stamp out the practice of "white slavery." Mr. Swann said that he had unearthed enough facts to convince him that men who induce women to meet buy ers may be indicted as white slavers. The District Attorney's attention was called to this alleged practice among certain manufacturers by the formal complaint made by one busi ness man against onther charging him with having enticed the complainant's wife Into an evil life. WASHBURN DEFEATS CI.OTHIER Southampton, Aug. 26.—Watson M. Washburn, of New York, won the Meadow Club singles tennis champion ship hero to-day by defeating Wm. J. Clothier, of Phila., former national champion, in the final match of tha [tournament. The score was fl-3, 6-4. 6-2.
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