Resignation of Zaimis Ministry Believed Preliminary to Entrance of Greece in War HARRISBURG ®IISI TELEGRAPH T VVV\7 "\T~ on BY CARRIERS <1 CENTS A WEEK LAAAV JNO. SIXGLE CUPIES S CENTS. PLEA TO SETTLE N. Y. STRIKE IS * FLATLY REJECTED Interborough Rapid Transit tnd Railways Co. Decline to Confer With Unions DYNAMITE IN SUBWAY High Powered Explosive in Station; Few Cars Run; Ex treme Congestion iCew York, Sept. 13. The Inter borough Rapid Transit and the New York Railways Company formally re jected to-day the Public Service Com mission's recommendation for a strike settlement made yesterday. The two companies, controlling the subway, elevated and green car surface lines, declined to hold further conferences with representatives of the union and announced that it is their intention to continue to operate their lines on the present basis. The rejection, presented by Richard R. Rogers, general counsel to the two companies, read: "The Interborough Rapid Transit Company respectfully represents 'to the commission that it cannot arbitrate its rights to enter Into agreements with 10,306 of its employes out of a total of 11,800 when the employes who have signed are content with those agreements and are endeavoring to carry them out in good faith." The agreements referred to are the "master and servant" contracts which bind the men not to ask for wage in creases or betterment In working con ditions ior two years. The distribu tion of the contracts among the Interborough and green car employes forced the strike, union leaders claim. Find Dynamite Brooklyn detectives, it was disclosed to-day. are investigating a reported plot to damage property of the Inter borough with an explosive. A pack age four Inches by three inches in dimension was found by a track walker near the borough hall subway station in Brooklyn late last night. It contained, accrding to the Bureau of Combustibles, dynamite of the power ful kind generally used in undersea operations. Officials regarded the ex plosive as so dangerous that they threw It into the East river. But few surface cars were operated to-day and passengers were forced to use the subways and elevated roads. Although traction officials claim more trains than normal are in operation, congestion at express sta- [ Continued on Page 7] Hearings on Site For U. S. * Armor Plant Under Way Washington. Sept. 13. Hearings on the question of a site for the pro posed government armor plate fac tory were begun before Secretary Daniels and other Navy Department officials to-day. Representatives of Chambers of Commerce and other or ganizations urged the advantages of their respective cities. Briefs, plans, photographs and other data were submitted for invest igation to the Naval General Board which must finally approve the site. The proposed armor plant was pro vided for in the recent naval appro priation at a cost not to exceed sll.- 000,000. Among those seeking the plant are New Castle, Chestre, Pittsburgh, Phila delphia. Oil City, Slatington, Berwick, uSnbury, Allentown, Bridgeport, Erie, Coatesville, Columbia, Girard. Sandy Lake, Scottdale, New Cumberland. Emerald and Carnegie, Pa., Provi dence, R. 1., WeilsJjurg, Wheeling and Huntington. W. Va., Richmond and Norfolk, Va., Birmingham, Ala., and many other southern cities. RAII/ROAD MAKES BIG GAIN'S Washington, D. C., Sept. 13.—Net revenues from operations of $1,176,- 804,001 for the year ending June 30, compared with $850,402,433 during 1915, for all railroads having revenues of $1,000,000 a year or over are shown to-day in the Interstate Commerce Commission's report. The net revenue per mile was $5,134 for the current year, compared with $3,763 for last year. 1 DEAD, 16 HURT, IN CAVE-IN Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. 13.—One man was fatally injured and sixteen others hurt when the roof of a water tunnel being dug under the floor of Lake Erie caved In early to-day. It was in an other section of the same tunnel that nineteen men were killed by a gas ex plosion several weeks ago. THE WEATHER For Harrisburg nd vicinity* Fair to-night anil Thursday) not much change lit trmperiturr. For Kuntern Pcnnsylvanlai Over cast to-night and Thursday) not mueh change in temperature) light, variable winds. River The Susquehanna river and Ita tributaries will remain nearly stationary. A stage of about 3.23 feet la Indicated for Harrisburg Thursday morning. General Conditions A disturbance from the South seas, now central near the Florida peninsula, hns caused rain In the South Atlantic States, heavv over a part of Southern Florida, "show ers have occurred In the West Gulf States, the Middle and I'pper Mississippi Valley, over the north and west portions of the l.nke Region and In some places In the Plains States and In the Western Canadian provinces. Temperatures have risen 2 to 10 de grees In the Atlantic States, ex cept Southern Florida, and 2 to 14 degrees In the Rocky Moun tain region. In the Mississippi Valley and generally throughout the Plains States and In Alberta and Rrltlsh Columbia It la 2 to IS degrees cooler. Temperature) 8 a. m., AO. Sum Rlaes, 5:43 a. m.j sets, Otlv P. m. ,' Moon i Rises, oisO p. m. River Stagei 3.3 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 75. I.owest temperature, 40. Mean temperature, 02. Normal temperature, 00. FRENCH CLINCH HOLD ON ROADS INTO PERONNE Continue Rapid Thrust and Win Bouchavesne Along Somme GREECE SOON TO ENTER Resignation of Zaimis Cabinet Believed Preliminary Move Instead of resting on the ground won in yesterday's great attack north of the Somme the French continued their thrust last night, capturing the village of Bouchavesnes, and a wood ed area nearby. Bouchavesnes lies east of the Bap aume-Peronne road, cut In yesterday's drive and Its capture with adjacent territory apparently clinches French possession of thlf main highway to Peronne. Combles is now cut off from the ! south and In a dangerous salient, j while General Foch is in a favor able position for a stroke from the north at Peronne, which appears seriously threatened by the new j French advance, one of the most 1m- ' portant made In any single operation , since the Somme offensive began. | The British, who hold the lines i northwest of Combles, are maintain- 1 ing a firm grip on Ginchy but as yet apparently have made no attempt to j [Continued on Page 5] American Commissioners Securing Military Advice on Patrol For Border New London, Conn., Sept. 13.—With : the arrival here to-day of Major-Gen- i eral Bliss, from Washington, American 1 members of the joint international commission proposed to take up again ' the question of devising an adequate system of policing for the Mexican boundary. It was laid aside tempo rarily by tho commission In order that the American members might secure ■ military advice on certain points. The conferences have taken up, while awaiting General Bliss, outlines | of economic and physical conditions in Mexico. In presenting the latter re view yesterday Luis Cabrera, head of the Mexican commission, drew atten- : tion to the progress that the Carranza government had made. In January, 1915, he said, the Carranza forces con- ! trolled only a fringe of states along 1 the gulf coast and a few ports on the west. The remainder of the country was in the hands of Villa and Zapata | and their followers. Since General ; Carranza to-day faces only scattered : outlaw bands and there Is nothing ap proaching organized military oppo sition to his rule throughout the coun | try, his representatives apparently feel justified in predicting that complete i order soon will be established. I . GEnMAX SPY IX TOWxr Colonel Hemming Say* One Tried to Learn fiovernment Secrets in His Laboratory I Colohel Henry C. Demming, chemist, of 15-17 North Third street, this morn i insr stated that he was approached by ] a German spy who sought employment |ln his laboratory as chemist. This is I the Colonel's story: "A man, who said he was a Bavarian chemist in nGea or work, sought em ployment at my laboratory, saying that l he had only fifteen cents in the world. As everybody knows I have about com i pleted a system of eliminating the j poisonous gases from submarines for : the United States Government. His ac tions seemed suspicious to me and after ; an investigation, which showed he was well supplied with money. I let hitu | out." The supposed spy only got a look into the laboratory, the Colonel said. How a Mechanical Error Gave Credit to the A. P. Tn the handling of a newspaper from day to day there are .many internal troubles, especially In the editorial and mechanical departments. In this lite we are all prone to err and in a news paper plant the proneness is multiplied by the multiplicy of opportunities. Only a dav or two ago there was inadvert ently printed upon the first page of the Telegraph under the credit line "By the Associated Press." a partisan political story which did not come from the great news association at all. It did come, however, just like much other matter, from an entirely different source, and in the making up of the page the linotype credit lines "By the Associated Press" and "Special to the Telegraph," were mixed in the rush of the mechanical department. Thus It was that a purely partisan story was credited, through error, to the Asso ciated Press, which is absolutely non partisan. instead of a special contribu tion to the news of the day. The story had to do with the alleged controver sies in the Democratic national com-* mittee. Quebec Span Fall Due to Failure of Lifting Girder Quebec, Sept. 13.—Loss of life in the collapse of the center span of the Que bec bridge into the St.Lawrence river is now placed at twelve. The St. Law rence Company. Limited, announced that examination indicated the span was lost through the failure of the lifting girder on which too great a weight had been put. Preparations now arc under way to replace the center span as soon as practicable. BRIDGE CO. ACCEPTS RI.AME Ottawa, Ont., Sent. 13. The St. Lawrence Bridge Company has noti fied the Canadian government that it accepts full responsibility for the fall of the Quebec bridge span and gave notice that it would undertake to re place the span and complete the bridge as soon as possible. With steel scarce it is believed it will take two years to construct a new span. PUSH WORK ON NARROWS McManus and Co , the Arm which has the contract for the rebuilding or thu stretch of the William Penn highway between the Clark's Ferry bridge anu Speeoeville and also the subway under the Northern Central tracks at Speece ville, are pushing the preliminary work. Already shacks for the construction force have been erected and It is ex pected the work will be pushed to com pletion as raDldly as possible. The canal bed will be partially filled so an to provide a highway along the old tow path at the edge of the river. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1916. SCHOOL YELLING OF QUALITY NOT QUANTITY, ORDER City Superintendent Says It's Necessary Because of In fantile Paralysis HAVE TO CHOP CHEEBS Must Make Up Time Lost in Delayed Opening of Schools; Sessions Saturdays? When Central and Tech high school students go li for chapel celebrations of victory on basketball floor, gridiron or track during the coming year, qual ity, not quantity must govern the spon taneity of enthusiasm. Prolonged cheering, prolonged speeches—all must be tabooed; crisp snappy speeches, equally crisp, barky cheers are all that will be allowed. Reduction of the length of the school terms by nearly a month in ac cordance with the State health depart ment's decree on the Infantile paraly sis situation is responsible; the new celebration ruling for local high schools Is merely a scheme to save time. Snturdny Schools? Whether or not the month which has been clipped from the school year will [Continued on Page 7] Trainer Pounded to Death by Elephant Before Thousands Klngsport, Tenn., Sept. 13. Wal ter Eldridge, 23 years old. was pound ed to death against the ground by an elephant of which he was assistant trainer, before thousands of persons here late yesterday. Apparently without cause the ele phant, which Eldridge was leading to water following a circus performance, became infuriated and seizing the vic tim in his trunk began pounding him furiously against the ground and end-1 ing his life by stamping him. The I crowd of spectators became excited and a general stampede ensued, sev eral women fainting. Shots fired into the animal's body only Increased his fury. The animal was gotten under con trol only after his regular trainer ar j rived. Neighbors Thought Swaying Scarecrow Was Suicide Fon du Lac. Wis., Sept. 13.—Neigh- 1 • bors of Albert Engel commented on the realistic scarecrow he had erected iin his cornfield. They wanted to find I out what he had used to rig up the dummy and congratulate him on his skill. But when they called at tho house Engel was not at home. His , family said he had not been there for j a couple of days. I The next morning Peter Raul, while I passing the Engel place, stopped to in ! spect the supposed scarecrow and found it was the body of the farmer j himself. He must have been hanging ! in the tree at least a day and a night and a score of neighbors on foot and automobile parties had passed without ! realizing the "scarecrow" had been a j human body. Engel had hanged himself without I taking his hat off, and the wide brim , concealed his features. Episcopal Church May Ban Marriage of Divorced Persons Chicago, Sept. 13. —.Marriage be tween parties divorced Tor any cause, either of whom has a husband or wife living, will not be. permitted hereafter in the Protestant Episcopal Church, if a new cannon recommended by the committee on marriage and divorce is adopted by the general commission at St. Louis October 11, according to an nouncement to-day. The committee is composed of five bishops, five priests and five laymen. American Eagle Easily Disposes of Champion Cock Peking, Sept. 13.—After trimming the feathers and otherwise disguising their mascot eagle, the United States marines attached to the American legation here recently succeeded In matching their bird of freedom to fight a previously undefeated cock which was the. pride of the Chinese spbrting element. Upon being placed In the pit the eagle went to sleep. The cock, full of pepper, bravely handed his adversary two blows. This was too much for the marine mascot. He awoke from his dream of the snow-capped Sierras and deliberately pulled the chicken's head off. The sea-soldiers anticipate no fur ther challenge. Sounded Like Cussing When Mr. Damm Met Mr. Tuhell La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 6. —Clerks in the Wisconsin-Minnesota Light and Power Company offices sat up with a startled and shocked expression when a stranger walked (up to a desk in the office. It sounded like an out burst of profanity, but it was just a salesman introducing himself to a member of the company's staff. The salesman was G. A. Tuhell, sell er of account books. The man he met was S. Damm, chief clerk. AUTO HITS LITTLE GIRL Elinor Foose, aged 10, daughter of John Foose, was run down in front of her home, Twenty-Fourth and Derry streets, last night by an auto mobile driven by R. W. Glase, fore man of the Ensminger Lumber com pany. The girl sustained a fractured skull and is in the Harrisburg hospital in a serious condition. Glase was held by the city police and gave bail for a hearing after the results of the child's injuries are determined. STRAUS COMPLETES NEW OPERA Berlin, Sept. 13. By Wireless Richard Straus, the composer, has completed the score of his new opera, entitled "The Woman Without a Shado<v." MEN PROMINENT \ ■ , V*W saMraßMHßafch. l ,k, .aJA POSTMASTER FRED E. OBLET West Newton Postmaster, Who is Sec retary of the Postmasters' Association FAVOR LAW TO MAKE CORONER BE PHYSICIAN Sealers Urge Adoption of Weight System For Dry Measure Now in Use | WOULD WATCH PEDDLERS • Postmasters Discuss Penny Postage, Post Office Economy and Postal Savings The conventions of the Pennsyl ' vanla Association of Sealers of Weights and Measures, the State Cor oners' Association and the Pennsyl vania Postmasters' Association were continued throughout to-day. The Sealers discussed their work with relation to hucksters and ped dlers, county inspection and its bene [ Continued on Page 5] MRS. SHUMBERGER SERIOUSLY HURT Major Lehman's Arm Broken When Auto Truck Turns Over on Road Near Mt. Gretna Lebanon, Pa., Sept. 13.—A serious accident occurred last evening on the Cold Spring road .just outside of Mount Gretna when a large auto truck loaded with officers and their wives and friends from the recruiting camp was turned on its side while ascending a steep hi'.l with a sharp turn. The engine of the truck stalled and the big machine started backward down the liill. The chauffeur, finding he could not stop it. ran the rear wheel into the bank and the truck turned over on Its side, throwing the occu pants out. In the party were Major John C. Shumberger and Mrs. Shurn- [Continued on Page 7] BEAR CUB TRIPS DOWN MOUNTAIN TO DRINK AT DAUPHIN SPRING Think It's Youngster of Big 'Un That Attacked Lumber Jack on Little Mountain Last Fall Dauphin, Pa., Sept. 13. All the old bear yarns that could be remem bered were spun again last evening, and once more Dauphin experienced thrills. Why? Because yesterday aft ernoon another real live bear was seen. Truly It was only a cub, but nevertheless—a bear. The cub was discovered by Thomas Oarman of Brooklyn and Howard B. Hummel, of Philadelphia, two boys who are visiting relatives here. The boys had gone up the Kittatinny moun tain to a spring several hundred yards above the home of Charles E. Shaffer. Just as they reached the spring they saw a black bear cub jump back from the water, where it had been drinking and run up the mountain. The boys, too surprised VILLA IS GIRDLED BY THREE FORCES Two Carranza Commands and American Expedition Have Him Bottled Up Again Chihuahua City, Mex., Sept. 13. With the troops of General Huerta Vargas posted along the line of the Mexican Central Railway ready to head off any attempt of the' Villa troops to escape In that direction, Gen. Cavazos pushing northeast with his command from Namlquipa and the American expeditionary force forming the third section of the circle. Gen. Trevlno states here that Villa is now in a position from which It will be ex tremely difficult to escape. The American expedition has forces at San Buena Ventura and carmen on the lookout for the bandits. San Buena Ventura is on the main wagon road to the Central Railway and gives the Americans the control of the only easy exit of Villa from his present position Into Northwest Chihuahua. POSTMASTER FRANK C. SITES Chairman Entertainment Committee of Postmasters' Convention HARRT A. BOTER Dauphin County Inspector of Weights and M ensures Who Address ed State Sealers 527 MORE VOTERS AT COUNTY POLLS Assessment Outside of City Shows Wonderful Gain For Presidential Year Just 527 more electors qualified In the county outside of the city to vote at the presidential election this year, according to the reports of the assess ments completed to-day by the clerks of the County Commissioners' office. There are 19,095 electors on the books as compared to 18.568 in 1915. In two districts the figures are the same, in forty-one districts there were gains and in the remaining twenty-eight dis tricts there was a slight falling off in the enrollment. The Second precinct of the Second ward, Steelton, regis tered the greatest gain; 202 names were added to the list there. In the [Continued cn Page 7] to attempt to catch It and fearing the mother bear, came down the mountain to get a gun. Returning to the spring they searched for the bear, but could not find It. The tracks It had made at the spring, however, were very plain, and as a result—all the occu pants of the "Hill" slept last night with one eye open, and many a shiver when they thought of "Mamma and Papa Bruin." Whether-this cub Is related to the bear who attacked a lumberjack on Little Mountain last winter. Is not known, but it is believed that it be longs to the same family, who have a habit of turning up at Marysvllle and then swimming across the river to Dauphin and disappearing into the mountain. NORTHERN TIER GREETS GOVERNOR Dr. Brumbaugh Says Guards men Should Be Returned to State Kane, Pa., Sept. 13. Governor Brumbaugh and his big party passed through the fertile valleys and wooded sections of Clearfield and Elk counties this morning and this afternoon after visiting the McKean county seat will cut across the nothern tier for Wells boro where the stop for the night will be made. To-morrow the party will come down the Susquehanna val ley. The warmth of the reception at Clearfield last night was displayed again this morning when hundreds of people lined the street* this morning when the Governor started north. The speeches made by the G6vernor last night stirred up the people and this morning he received some expressions iContinued on Pace 4] STREET CABARET TO FEATURE BIG FALL OPENING Window Display Contest Will Be Open to Every Store in the City OPENS NEXT WEDNESDAY Merchants Arc Straining Every Nerve to Outdo the Other Fellow * Going to the big show? But of course you are! Everybody in town will just naturally drift down town next Wednesday evening, Sep tember 20. What's the idea? Why haven't you heard? It's to be the rising of the curtain on the big Fall opening of all j Harrisburg's stores, big and little, now j being arranged by the Chamber of Commerce. Some opening it'll be, too, just lay j your money on that. Every merchant | l in town is straining every nerve to > outdo his competitor in window dis continued on Page -I] $30,000 Is Raised in Juniata District For Aged Ministers' Pensions Philadelphia, Sept. 13. An nouncement was made to-day at the Philadelphia headquarters of the Board of Conference Claimants of the Methodist Episcopal Church, that I $30,000 had been raised in the Juniata district of the Central Pennsylvania Conference where an intensive cam paign is being made to raise $400,000 for aged preachers. A telegram re ceived here to-day from Huntingdon, Pa., states that $25,000 was given by one prominent layman and that a businessman of Huntingdon had con tributed SI,OOO. The Central Penn sylvania campaign in In charge of Dr. C. W. Karns. The board through Its Philadel phia headquarters is making a cam paign to raise $1,250,000 for pensions for preachers in the Philadelphia, Wyoming, New Jersey, Delaware con ferences and the Porto Rico mission. This campaign is in charge of Bishop Berry, Dr. J. B. Hlngeley and John T. B. Smith, of Chicago, and Dr. J. C. D. Hanna, Philadelphia. P KUNKEL UPHOLDS COLD STORAGE LAW T I Harrisburg.—ln a brief opinion handed down by the L 1 President Judge Kunkel of the Dauphin county court, the 1 equity proceeding brought by a number of cold storage, I market and warehouse companies against the State Dairy and Food Commissioner to test the constitutionality of the I ' eold stcrage and warehouse act of 1913, the constitutional- \ > ity of tha law is upheld. The court pointed out that the: ' , proper way to bring the matter to the courts attention I | would have been on an appeal from penalties imposed for I 3 violations. . ' DENIES SHE'S-SPOOK Harrisburj. Litt! Ldna Rohrbach, aged 9, according L ■ Ito police officials, denied this afternoon that she'had made a j confession that she was the "spook" that caused the mys- J fterious noises at the house in 136 Indian alley. 9 COLORADO NOMINATES REPUBLICAN { ! Denver, Sept. 13.—0n the face of returns received to- day George A. Carlson, governor of Colorado was nomin- I •ted by the Republicans in yesterday's primary as a candi- ! date to succeed himself. ' ( t (?. O. P. CANDIDATES LEADING ' ; Seattle, Wash., Sept. 13.—With returns coming in alow- I ly to-day from yesterday's primary election, the outcome in ' the contests for the Republican nomination for United ' States senator and governor still were in doubt, although* Miles Poindexter, incumbent was leading for the senatorial ; P:sj I nomination, and former Governor Henry Mcßridge was' > alien ' in the r--;e for the nomination for governor. ' . , HUGHES WELL PLEASED WITH TOUR i Nrtv'York, Sept. 13.-—After fc series of conferences with ! Republican and Progressive leaders upon his return here | > to-dr.y [rorr •>, •;'residential campaign trip which took him | into thirty-five States, Charles E. Hughes planned to leave > 9fl lale In the afternoon for summer home in Bridgehamp- 1 . ton, L. 1., to rc:nain until his departure Sunday night or H Monday morning on his second speech-making tour. Dil-' ' | I cussing the tour just ended, the candidate said at his head- / quarteis here to-day; "We had a most successful trio. 1 ! IH ARRIAIEIJCENSES Jemmt Bluer Andrr> anil AUcc Irene Slump, city. ■ STlvnltr Brooks and Edna Johnaton, Stcellon. 12 PAGES CITY EDITION HUGHES' ELECTION BELIEVED ASSURED BY BIG VICTORY Bepublicans Foresee Also Con trol of Both Houses of Congress T. B. SAYS FINE, FINE Hughes Sees United Party in Beturns; First Tour Ended Washington, D. C.. Sept. 13.—Repub lican control of the House and Senate, as well as the election of Charles E. Hughes as President, seems to be as sured by tho election in Maine. Control of the House has been fully expected by the Republican leaders, but the manner in which Senator Johnson, ihe present Democratic incumbent from M.iine, was defeated now leads to the belief that the Senate likewise will be captured. Republican leaders are greatly pleas ed and encouraged over the results in Maine. In several particulars the outcome la peculiarly satisfactory to Republican chiefs. Reanoits For Gratification First of all, they ssy, it demonstrates that the Republicans and the Progres sives have reunited and is symptomatic of what will occur in Novemher. In the next place, the Republican leaders here who have been keeping in close touch with the Maine conditions, feared they would be unable to elect [Continued on Pago 4] Pennsylvania Heading Atlantic Fleet For Drill Grounds; Records Made Norfolk, Va.. Sept. 13. Headed by the superdreadnaught Pennsylvania, flagship of Admiral Mayo,the nine ves sels of the battleship division of the Atlantic fleet put to sea yesterday for the southern drill grounds to resume target practice. According to reports in naval circles the superdreadnaughts Pennsylvania and Oklahoma in the firing last week at the wreck of the San Marcos off Tangier Island, established new world records at twenty thousand yards, but no official figures could be secured. The Pennsylvania is said to have led in hits with her 14-inch guns at this distance. The Oklahoma made tho best record at 18,000 yards.
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