HARRISBURG iffiiSfill TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 198 .NEGOTIATIONS A VERTINGSTRIKEARE NOW IN LAST STAGES Either Break or Settlement Is Not Far Oft; Situation Is Viewed as Most Perilous Since Dealings Began; Ad ministration Pins Hope to Possibility of Getting Brotherhoods to Give More Time For Conferences STRIKE ORDERS BEING CIRCULATED TO AWAIT TELEGRAPHIC RELEASE Men Charge Pennsylvania With Inconsistency in Reply to Rea's Announcement That Rather Than Give Up Arbi tration Roads Preferred to Face a Strike; In case of Conflict Federal Receivership Would Operate Lines Washington, Aug. 28. President Wilson's negotiations for averting the threatened nation-wide railway strike arc in the last stage with a break or a settlement apparently not far off. With the railway executives standing firm against conceding the eight-hour dav and the brotherhood leaders still standing out against arbitrating' it, the hope of preventing a tie-up of the country's transportation systems seemed to lie with Congress. Plan For Breaking Deadlock President Wilson's plan for breaking the deadlock between the railroads and their employes, as discussed in conferences to-day was as folows: An eight-hour law for railroads to become effective at a date far enough in the future to give the railroads opportunity to prepare for it. A law patterned after the Cana dian net which creates a commis sion of investigation and prevents lockouts or strikes while an in dustrial dispute is being investi gated. This plan was discussed by the President with his party leaders in Congress as the basis for the next step after the railroad managers have formally announced their refusal to accept the plan of settlement the Pres ident previously proposed. They were expected to do this at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon at a White House confer ence. Meanwhile Congress leaders gave up hope of adjournment this week and settled down to stay here as long as necessary to provide legislation to meet the strike situation. Senator Newlands and Commission er Chambers of the Federal Mediation Board conferred to-day with Acting Attorney General Todd about the leg islation program but all denied that any legal measures for preventing a strike had been discussed. May Go Before Congress While the President has not finally given up hope of bringing about an agreement through direct negotiations he is going forward with his prepar ations for going before Congress with his plan for legislation. The President, it was said, to-day, has repeatedly shown a willingness to consent to any plan which would include the principle of the eight-hour day and has stood ready to submit to the railroad employes any plan sug gested by the executives which had a possibility of acceptance. Up to the present the railroad executives have based their objections to the Presi dent's plan on the ground that the en tire controversy should be submitted to arbitration. It was understood to-day that many proposals of different form have been presented to the railway executives through the White House but that they have all been met with the statement that the railroads stood for arbitrat ing the whole controversy. 21 Men in Charge If all the negotiations fail, and the President goes before Congress prob ably to-morrow or Wednesday, it is said he will reveal the details of all the negotiations In his address and his plan for legislation. The brotherhood heads while they waited to-day for the next move by the executives, sent President Wilson a letter explaining how the 640 repre sentatives had gone home and left 24 men In charge with authority to act. THE WEATHER For Harrinhurß "nil vicinity t Fair to-night and Tuesday; moderate temperature. For SOnstcrn Penn*vlvanla: Fnlr to nlebt and Tuesday! cooler to night In southeast portion; mod erate temperature Tuesday) light nortNuent to north winda. Hlver The Susquehanna river and lta bran eh CM will remain nearly sta tionary. A tlagr of about 3.4 feet l» Indicated for Harrinhurß Tues day morninß. General Conditions An citeiulve area of high pressure from the .Varthneat cover* most of the country east of the Rocky Mountain* with Its center over Kan»»». Shower* have occurred la the last twenty-four hours generally In the Middle and \orth Atlantic State*. the I pper St. I.awrence Valley, In the Ohio Val ley, Tenneaiee and the Interior of Georgia, and In the Middle Mlaalaalppl Valley. Oklahoma, Went Teiaa, New Mexico and In Northern California. Temperature are 2 to 18 degree* lower than on Saturday morning In the Middle Atlantic nnd New Knaland State*. the Lpper St. Lawrence Valley, the Lake Re gion, the Ohio, Middle Ml*sl*alppl and Lower Missouri valleyat tvn nearly all the reat of the country It ia allßhtiy warmer. Temperature: 8 a. m., HO. Sum Rlaea, 5:2S a. m.t sat*, 11:44 p. m. Moon 1 Xew moon, to-day, 12:25 p. m. River Stage: 3.3 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weathor Highest temperature, S4. I.owest temperature. 64. Mean temperature, 74. Normal temperature, 70. Rumania Declares War on Austria-Hungary, BY CARRIEHS « CENTS A WEEK. SINGLE COIMES 2 CENTS. At 4 o'clock this afternoon and af ter his conference with the railway executives President Wilson plans to go to the Capitol again to confer with the Democratic Steering Committee of senators to discuss the proposed legis lation. At 2.30 o'clock the sub-committee of eight executives composed of Messrs. Holden. Ripley. Willard. Smith. Atter- j bury, Harrison. Trumbull and Lovett, went to the White House to confer | with President Wilson. It was not then certain they would present the i formal reply to his plan they had pre-: pared. J Makes Statement W. G. Lee, head of the trainmen, to day issued a statement declaring that the brotherhoods had no intention of arbitrating the eight-hour day. "It seems evident." the statement said, "from press reports this morn ing that the railway companies repre sented here are determined to force a strike rather than accept the com promise settlement offered by Presi-1 dent Wilson. "The organizations refuse positively to arbitrate the questioh of an eight hour day because we now have an i eight-hour day in effect on many of the southern and southwestern roads and do not propose to arbitrate whether we shal retain something that we have had for years and that we se cured peacefully. "The railways' former claim that our request would cost a hundred mil lion dollars has been split fifty fiftv and we are reminded of the statement [Continued on Page 2.] Rumania's Declaration of War Caused Chicago Wheat to Drop Eight and Half Cents By .Associated Press Chicago. 111.. Aug. 28.—Rumania's declaration of war smashed the wheat market. Opening prices to-day showed a fall in some cases amounting to s s i cents a bushel. September delivery, which closed Saturday at 151%, started to-day at 146 to 14S>4. Other options also broke wildly. General rushes to sell took place, which were increased by the increased chances of a general railway strike in ; the United States. Before the descent of prices could he I checked losses that reached to BVfc 1 cents a bushel were shown for the principal trading months. December sold as low as 145 as compared with 154 at Saturdav's finish. Notwithstanding that the tremen dous pressure to unload holdings car ! ricd away for a while all other consid erations, the extraordinary break in j values pro\ed too tempting for buyers to resist, and the market showed the consequence in rallies of 3 cents to 3 '4 cents from the lowest level. Pear traders generally took the view that the action of Rumania was likely ! to prove a big factor in forcing a more speedy end of hostilities, or would at least tend to hurry the opening of the . Dardanelles, and so release huge Rus ; sian shipments of wheat. KANSAS CITY WHEAT DROPS By Associated Press Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 28. - Ru mania's declaration of war depressed j the local wheat market to-day, all op i tions opening lower. December open ed at $1.41*4. 6*4 cents below Satur day's close. Choose Crowded Movie For Dueling Ground, Then Fatally Shoot Each Other Pittsburg. Kansas. Aug. 28. \V. M. Reed, a white man and Virgil Cobb, a negro, are dead to-day as the result l of a revolver fight last night at ! Croweburg, a mining camp near here. The men had been enemies for a long time and they chose a crowded mov ing picture show for a battle ground. ! During the fusillade of shots which goon cleared the house of spectators, : both men were mortally wounded and ' died in a few hours. Many patrons of j the show were trampled upon In the | rush for exits, but none was seriously ; injured. It WARSHIPS AT SAX DIEGO * San Diego, Cal., Aug. 28.—Fourteen | United States war vessels are in San Diego harbor to-day, five cruisers, 1 seven destroyers, one gunboat and a transport, comprising the largest fleet ; assembled here In months. Most of Ithe vessels have recently been with drawn from Mexican waters, eight ar riving from the South yesterday. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1916. FORMER GOVERNOR PENNYPACKER DYING ,-. ■ ■/ ; .* Schwenkville, Pa.. Aug. 2S.—Ex-Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, who has been in poor health since his arm was broken last September, is critically ill at his home here from an uraemic attack and little hope is entertained for his recovery. The ex-Governor is a member of the Pennsylvania public Service Commission. WILLIAMS GROVE GRANGER PICNIC Children Barred From Exhibi tion by Ruling of State Health Department Special to the Telegraph William* Grove. Pa.. Aug. 28. —This | morning the Grangers' Picnic opened < here with a good attendance. Chil* ! dren under 16 years are prohibited trom | attending under the ruling of the State H/ilth Department. This exhibition /.nually attracts more than 150,U0U ople from all parts of the State dur ing the week. This will be "auto year" at the exhi bition, according to R. H. Thomas, Jr., general manager, firms selling cars hav ing contracted for a considerable part of the exhibition space to show their products. A full freight train was necessary to transport the displays of farm machinery to the ground, and all sorts of modern agricultural devices will be demonstrated, j In an effort to secure recruits for : the regiments of the Pennsylvania Na tional Guard now on the border, a sta tion for enlistments will be placed at ' the grove, and preparedness addresses 1 are expected to turn many young men to the army tent. This year there will also be an un -1 usually large display of animals and farm products. Political parties will have representa ! tivt-a on the ground. To-morrow will i be Democratic day, with the remainder 1 of the week divided among the Repub -1 licans. Prohibitionists. Suffragists and i Antisuffragists and the exponents of ! preparedness. Thursday will probably !be the Republican day. The State ; Highway Department and Public I Charities Association have displays on ! the ground. Movement Started to Buy } Auto For Troops on Border i A movement has been started in cities in Eastern and Central Penn sylvania from which companies of the Eighth and Fourth Beglments were sent to the border, to raise funds to I purchase a freight and baggage auto ! mobile transfer for those regiments. The auto fully equipped with sev ! eral extra tires can be purchased for S6OO. and a number of other regiments already have them in use. The Potts ville Bepublican has started the fund 'with a guarantee of SIOO, and has sent an appeal to Harrisburg, and all | other cities in this section including j Allentown, Bethlehem, Bedford, j Columbia. Carlisle, Chambersburg, I Easton. Huntingdon, Hamburg, Leb anon, Lancaster, Lewistown, Mahanoy | City, Pottsville, Pinegrove, Reading, Tamaqua and York, i The autos for the regiments are to ! be used to transport goods from the | store or railroad station, or from the ! distributing station in the camp. It lean also be used in emergency cases. ! Fort Bliss is located eight miles from j El Paso and most of the necessities I used in camp are brought from the i latter place. This city has been asked to con tribute SIOO to the fund for each company In the regiment. Companies D and I of the Eighth are from Har risburg. The appeal has been made to the Mayor in each city and to the newspapers. Ice Cream Is Causing Typhoid Says Raunick Three new cases of typhoid fever to day were reported to city health authorities, and Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer, said that he be lieves that infected ice cream is re sponsible for tha spread of the dis ease. Systematic investigations have been started to determine whether the germs are in the ice cream before It is sent to this city. Fourteen cases of typhoid have heen reported in the upper end of the county. Twelve of these are at TVilliamstown. POSTPONE TENNIS MATCHES By Associated Press Forest Hills. I>. 1., Aug. 28.—AH matches in the national lawn tennis championship tournament scheduled at the courts of the West Side Club here to-day were postponed until to morrow on account of rain. MEXICAN RAIDERS ESCAPE PURSUERS Cross River With 100 Head After Chase by Regulars and N. G. P. Special to the Telegraph El Paso, Tex., Aug. 28. —After an all night chase the Mexican bandits that invaded the United States in the Big Bend country Saturday and raided a number of American ranches, suc ceeded in making their escape. They were trailed to the river by the Sixth Cavalry, who then abandoned the hunt. The battalions of the Tenth and Second Regiments, Pennsylvania Na tional Guard, camped in the Bend, co-operated with the cavalry troops in the bandit chase. More than 100 I horses and cattle were driven into [Continued on Page 7] Army Completes Design For New Howitzer More Powerful Than Those Abroad Washington, Aug. 28. Designs for a 9.5 inch howitzer have been virtually completed and army officers believe the gun more powerful in every way than the 11-inch and the 12-inch guns of similar type now in use abroad. It will have a range of nearly ten miles. The weapon is taken from its carriage for transportation and can be taken down and drawn over virtually any road or even hard open ground, and set up again in a very short time. It is planned to create two new j heavy artillery regiments next year each to be equipped with twelve of the suns and eventually to have every army corps of two divisions supported I by a regiment of 9.5 inch howitzers. In the Fifth and Ninth regiments of artillery the army already has two heavy artillery commands, equipped with 4.7 inch rifles and six inch howitzers. The Ninth is a new regi e»" no"' in process of organization in Hawaii. Later, it is planned to •o «<liliMnnal regiments to take over the big field guns, leaving the i i i vfi and .\intn to deal exclusively . with the light howitzers. An idea of the power of the six inch howitzers can be gained from the fact that in actual test it has hurl ed a projectile through eight feet of earth, concrete and several feet of wood backing. The shell carries 20 per cent, of its weight in high ex ! plosives, making c ertain the destruc | tion of everything within many yards ' when it bursts. Steam Submarines Being Built in Europe; Discarded by U. S. Navy Year Ago By Special Correspondence Washington. Aug. 28. lnform ation has reached the Navy Department that steam submarines are under con struction in Europe closely resembling i the 25-knot boats designed by the Department a year ago. The general board disapproved the design on the ground that the physical difficulties presented by the necessity of taking down a smoxestack would ! make the boats slow to submerge and an easy prey for enemy destroyers. Full details of the steam submarines now being built abroad have not been received. It is generally understood however, that they embody many of the ideas first evolved by American navy constructors in their effort to produce a 25-knot design. MOB V. S. FOOTBAM; TEAM By Special Correspondence Stockholm, Aug. 27, via London, Aug. 28. After the AU-American Association football team playing to day at Gothenburg, had defeated the Oergrvte Sports Club, one of the best teams in Sweden, two goals to one. a furious mob attacked several of the American players and threw stones at their automobiles as they drove to their hotel. None of the Americans is reported to have been injured. TAKES SLAYER TO SQUIRE INSTEAD OF TO RAILROAD Auto Owner Who Knew of Murder Frustrates Negro's Plan For Getaway BROUGHT TO JAIL HERE Tragedy at Waltonville; Puts Bullet Through Victim's Jugular Vein After murdering William Walker, aged 25, colored, of Waltonvllle, early this morning, according to county authorities who have charged him with the crime. Cornelius Shephard. also colored, called up Joseph Ulrich. garage proprietor in Hummelstown, for an auto to make a getaway. Mr. Ulrich. however, had learned of the murder, and he brought the negro to the office of Justice of the Peace Rich ard Ernest at Hummelstown. Later Constable David Reigle brought the man to the Dauphin county jail. The shooting occurred about 1 o'clock this morning at Woltonville. following an argument. Shephard used a revolver, it is said, and the bullet entered Walker's jaw. turned and cut the jugular vein, so that he bled to death. Coroner Eckinger is investigating. The body of the mur dered man was brought to the morgue of Karmany and Son, undertakers, of Hummelst own. According to Mr. Ulrich. he received a telephone call from Shephard about | 1:30 o'clock this morning, asking the i garage manager to come to Walton ' \ille. When Ulrich arrived there Shep hard asked the auto owner to take him to the Hummelstown station of | the P. & R.. upon arriving in Hum j melstown. Ulrich took the negro to the Squire's office where he was held. Later Ulrich returned to Walton ville with Constable Reigle and found the body of Walker, lying in front of one of the shacks. A post-mortem examination was held at the morgue of Karmany and Son. undertakers. According to infor mation received by county authorities, evidence may be brought out that Shephard shot Walker while the lat ter was sitting down, and then with the aid of a companion carried the i body to the edge of a quarry hole 1 tilled with water, with the intention i of concealing it. Eleven Racing Autos Pile Up on Speedway; two Drivers Killed Special to the Telegraph Kalamazoo. Mich., Aug. 28. Two I men were killed and eight others in jured, one of them fatally, when 11 of 14 automobiles piled up at the first (turn during the 100-mile race at | Recreation Park here yesterday aft ! ernoon. The dead: Marion Arnold, mechanician, Chi cago, decapitated. Jack Peacock, driver, Brooklyn, both hips broken and head crushed; died in hospital, i Probably fatally injured: ' F. E. Marquette, Kalamazoo, me j chanlcian for Peacock, head injured i and left leg broken in three places. Unconscious. j The accident occurred when Pea | cock's ear, leading in the race, skld i ded and struck the fence at the first (turn. It was overturned and thrown I squarely across the track. Before track attendants could signal the | other drivers. 10 of the machines go : ing at a terrific rate plowed Into the i overturned car. Five of them were completely demolished, j The car driven by Andy Burt, whose . mechanician, Marion Arnold, was kill ] cd, was the first to strike that of Pea ; cock. Nine others came into the wreckage a moment later. The accident took place on the track where, in 1911, Lee Oldfield's racing car plowed through the fence and killed eight persons. Four Killed When Auto Goes Over Embankment Into Tioga River Special to the Telegraph Wellsboro Pa. Aug. 28.—Two men J and two childen lost their lives and I four other persons were Injured last night when an automobile occupied ! by Earl Sherman and family of Endi ! cott N. Y. went over an embankment | Into the Tioga river near Covington, | Pa. The dead are: Earl Sherman, 35 years, captain of fire police, Endicott; neck broken. Frank Perry, chauffeur, 32; drown ed. Two daughters of Sherman, 2% years and 5 months; both drowned. The family was on its way to Lor enton. Pa., to attend the funeral of i Mrs. Sherman's mother. Heavy rains : had fallen during the early part of the night and a dense fog had risen over the river. Perry, said to he a careful and experienced driver, but unfamiliar with the road, was unable to make a curve on the down grade on the slip pery road. The automobile went over a 12-foot embankment and turned bot tom up. Tt took 12 men to raise the car from the bodies beneath It. Mrs. Becker Is in a hospital at Blossburg. Pa., in a critical condition. She sustained a dislocated shoulder and fractured ribs. Mrs. Sherman es caped with slight injuries and was able to attend her mother's funeral. Bremen Reported Well Out to Sea by Line Director Berlin Aug. 28. The Berlin Tage blatt prints an interview with Direc tor Lohmann of the company owning the submarine Bremen In which he says the Bremen is on her way to Baltimore and that trade by means of a submarine fleet soon will be in creased materially. The Cologne Gazette says the Bre men carries a cargo of dyes. There have been manv reports con cerning the Bremen. Passengers ar riving last week from England had a report tb;it she had been captured by the British. RUMANIASIDING ALLIESDECLARESWAR ON A US TRIA-HUNGARY Moved in Accordance With Predetermined Plan, Indicated by Fact That Her Announcement Is Made on Same Day as Italy's Declarati on Against Germany; Kaiser Will Probably Wage War on Rumania Soon, Followed by Bulgaria and Turkey WILL FOLLOW PLAN OF CAMPAIGN MAPPED OUT BY HIGH COUNCIL OF ENTENTE Action Gives Allies Tremendous Strategic Advantages as Russians Can Now Swing in on Teutons From North While Other Armies Push Against Them at Saloniki; Enters War to Satisfy "National Aspirations" Berlin, Aug. 28, via London. Germany has declared war on Rumania. Berlin, Aug. 28, via London.—Rumania declared war on Austria-Hungary on Sunday evening, it is announced officially here. The announcement follows: "The Rumanian government yesterday evening declared war on Austria-Hungary. "The Federal Council has been convoked for an imme diate sitting." London, Aug. 28.—Germany probably will declare war on Rumania within twenty-four hours, after which Turkey and Bulgaria are expected to do likewise, according to a dispatch from the Hague to the Exchange Telegraph Com pany. The dispatch from the Hague says the German Federal Coun i cil met this morning on receipt of the news of Rumania's declaration i of war against Austria. The Rumanian legation in Berlin is being guarded by the police, , the advices stated, as stones were thrown through the windows of j the Italian embassy in Berlin yesterday. [Continued on Page 3] T FROLLEY RUMOR; REVIVED £ 1 - Purchase of No. 151 Walnut street, the I 1 s i I J I e£» 1 > acquire the necessary property in the <L block by Walnut, Second, Rive wberry 1 f I 1 officials of the trust and railw i i * | id att who figured in the transactions dc- | I 1 ! T no »s been made to interest the Valley Railways ' I l - * ropertU s. It is understood, however, that I [ \ •' . into the titles of the F. B. Aldinger, - 1 I ' await and the Adelaide Fox properties. ,» & AUTO BANDITS GET $4,000 | Detroit Mich., Aug. 28.—Two auto bandits attacked a L j 9 and < Micd ith Z', COO. I > I CONFESSES TO I NG MURDER , | : hiladelphia, Aug. 28. A murder mystery which has ' , I baffle : the police for nearly a week was solved to-day by the | Elli D. Frigar, 23 years old, a mechani IS J < * night while motoring through an unfrequented section of* » Fairmc . accompanied by his fiancee, Miss 1 l Syke:;, 20 yearr. old, he was held up by a gang of youn^ i! toughs. He used his revolver in self defense- and killed' ' Edward 80l nd, 23 years old, a railroad brakeman. Frigar surrendered by advice of counsel. ' » Harrisburg. Howard Baech, aged 8, was struck by an automobile and slightly hurt on the Mulberry street bridge,® ► this afternoon. . I I in hi hutche: ;hop at Second and Sayford streets at noon it caught fire. The loss was $lO. , ► V llarri.-burg.—Chief of Police J. Thomas Zeil was taken I I to the Harrisburg Hospital this morning suffering from f > e 1 —apprn.i'-.'rin —Hr j MARRIAGI LICENSES 3 Charles Erneiit Key* and Hilda Suzannt Koch, city. I | p Jerome Henjnmln llchreiiN, llcuvt-r Mntlon, and Jennie May Selbert, 1 HutniiirUlou n. • Joseph liukintus Jackson, Mitppi-unburu, und Ethel May Druke, Steel f lon. Wllliuui (.lark I rn« lord, Suutii Fork, und Ida Belle Gotiihalt, Center, | ) l-'rnnk \\ Intlirop Itcjuuldn, \cn Vork, and Mary Kathryn Jackaoa, city, j »»>i yyn m w»»n IWQ 12 PAGES CITY EDITION
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