- ■ V* ;; . *" ****** - ' • •'•' J British and French in Renewal of Somme Drive Capture Extensive German Worfe HARRISBURG &M 63& TELEGRAPH T V W \T "71 A DY CARRIERS 0 CENTS A WEEK. LaAA V i\o. zi-t SINGL.E COriES 2 CENTS. MOVEMENT FOR HOTEL IS SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED Million Dollar Hostelry Will Rise on Ashes of Old Grand Opera House as Another Monument to Enterprise and Loyalty of Harrisburg Businessmen; Atmosphere of Jubilation Keynote of Dinner; Telegraph Asked to Invite Suggestions For Suitable Name $505,000 ALREADY IS SUBSCRIBED At Least $200,000 More Will Soon Be Secured; Direc tors Elected and Authoriz ed to Secure Charter; War wick M. Ogelsby Chosen Treasurer and E. L. McCol gin Secretary of "Harris burg Hotel Company" It was a cheerful and optimistic and | public-spirited group of representative citizens who broke bread together at the Harrisburg Club last night and launched the million-dollar hotel which will rise on the ashes of the old J Opera House as another monument to j the enterprise and loyalty of Harris- ! burg. These prominent men, representa tive of the best energy of the com- ; munlly, were the guests of E. Z. Wal lower, chairman of the special com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce which had made the preliminary can vass and rendered possible the final steps in the organization of the hotel company. There was a distinct atmos phere of jubilation surrounding the dinner. All present felt that a great thing had been accomplished for Har risburg. After a thorough discussion of the matter thos'e present, representing the first subscribers to the fund of a mil lion dollars, were organized as a meet ing of stockholders, with the president of the Chamber of Commerce, J. Wil liam Bowman, in the chair. As the host of the evening Mr. Wallower out lined the plans and told the story of how he came to be interested in the hotel proposition here. He believed it was a civic duty, and as a successful businessman himself he also im pressed upon those present his own conviction that It was likewise to be a business* success. All the speeches were in happy vein and many a pleasant little incident was related of the "persistenous" ef forts of the committee to filch from the pockets of the local people suf ficient funds to provide the big hostelry that is now assured. Throughout the evening nere was crystallized the one THE WEATHER For Harrisburg and virlnltyl Froh ablj- abowrra thin afternoon; fair and much cooler t-iiight U nU Saturday. For Eastern Pennsylvania: show er* thin afternoon; fnir nnd much cooler to-nlKht and Saturday fresh nttt winds. River The Susquehanna river and Ita branches will rise. The moat de cided rises will occur In the North Branch and the main river. A atage of abont 6.0 feet la Indi cated for HarrlMburg and about 0.0 feet for Wlikes-llarre, Satur day morning. General Conditions A disturbance from the Northwest, now central over the L'pprr st. Lawrence Valley, ha* caused general showers In the last twenty-four hours from the Luke Region eastward to the Atlan tic ocean and south and east ot the Ohio river, the heaviest rains occurring In the Susquehanna Valley. Scattered showers fell along the northern border of the Great Lakes and In the Cpper Mississippi Valley. The strong, high pressure area from the Northwest has continued to move southeastward and ban over spread the most of the territory east of the Rocky mountains, ex cept the Lake Region and the Atlantic States. Temperature i 8 a. m., 0(1. Sunt Rises, 5i4S a. m.; aets, SilA p. m. Moon i Last Quarter, September, 10, 12i35 a. m. River Stage ■ 8.5 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, S3. Lowest temperature, 67. Mean temperature, TIL Normal temperature, 80. TYPE OF HARRISBVRG'S NEW HOTEL AND TWO O 'SSSSSSSSESSSS^SESSSS^SS^SESSS Wm SH - m pBjBaWWMBBBraO£<^. .o, mm& . .v. bhil J. WILLIAM BOWMAN President of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce Which Is Back of the New Hotel Movement List of Subscribers to New Hotel During the dinner, Mr. Wallower announced that the subscriptions up to last evening and the amounts subscribed by each for the new million-dollar hotel were as fol lows: SSO,OOO—E. Z. Wallower. W. T. Hildrup. Jr. and D. E. Tracy. $25,000 —E. S. Herman. H. Gil bert & Son, E. J. Stackpole, W. P. Starkey and Edward Bailey. $20,000 —C. A. and Samuel Kun kel (SIO,OOO each), Donald, Robert, Vance C., Henry B. and Anne Mc- Cormick ($20,000 for five), A. S. Kreider and Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart. $15,000 —J. H. Troup and Bow man & Co. $10,00(1 —William Jennings, Chas. E. Covert, Romberger Bros, and A. Carson Stamm. ss,ooo—Dr. R. H. Moffitt, C. W. Burtnett. Doutrich & Co., Johnston & Co., Frank Payne. S. S. Pomeroy, J. Grant Schwarz, E. S. Gerberich, John E. Fox, Est. John Oenslager. $3,000 —David Kaufman, Charles S. 801 l and Frank J. Hall. $2,500 —George W. Reily. $2,000 —George A. Gorgas and Christian L. Long. sl,soo—Dr. W. S. Hurlock. SI,OO0 —Geo. A. Shreiner, W. B. McCaleb, Robert A. Enders, Tau sig's Sons, Dr. J. W. Ellenberger, Casper Dull, Daniel Dull, A. H. and Lescure. Snavely & Co. thought that at last a great need of the city was to be supplied through the co-operation of our citizens. One speaker after another emphasized the importance of the shoulder-to-shoulder movement which had materialized in so many creditable things being done for the welfare and improvement of the city, and that the climax of these efforts was now to be a modern hotel. $505,000 Subscribed During the evening a resolution was passed requesting the Telegraph to in vite suggestions for a name for the hotel and the columns of this news paper will be open to all such sugges tions for the benefit of the directors in the final selection of an appropriate name. Mr. Wallower as chairman of the committee reported that up to the | present time a total of $505,000 had ' been subscribed, but that it was ex ! pected at least $200,000 more would ! be secured when the community re ' sponded as he believed it would re ; spond. These directors were regularly elected and authorized to secure a charter and proceed with all the neces sary matters in the erection of the hotel and providing for its manage | ment: E. Z. Wallower, J. William Bowman, David E. Tracy, E. J. Stackpole, Sr., W. T. Hildrup, Jr., William Jennings, A. Carson Stamm. E. S. Herman, Henderson Gilbert, Edward Bailey, Samuel Kunkel. Warwick M. Ogelsby was elected treasurer, and the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, E. L. McCol gin. secretary of the corporation, which will be known as the Harris burg Hotel Company. Mr. Tracy Suggest* Slogan Those who attended the dinner last night were E. Z. Wallower, J. William Bowman, Henderson Gilbert, Con gressman A. S. Kreider,Donald McCor mick, Edward Bailey. W. T. Hildrup, Jr., E. J. Stackpole. Sr.. Charles A. 1 Kunkel, C. L. Long, Frank Payne, Wil i liam B. McCaleb, Herman and Edw. Tauslg, Charles S. 8011, Dr. W. Spry Hurlock, Penrose C. Romberger. Isaac H. Doutrich. Edwin S. Herman, David Kaufman. William H. Bennethum. Sr., S. S. Pomeroy, William P. Starkey, Harry H. Bowman, John E. Fox, Dr. John Oenslager, Henry B. McCormlck, Paul Johnston, William Jennings, A. Carson Stamm, J. E. B. Cunningham, Robert Troup, Francts J. Hall, T. P. McCubbln, Dr. J. Wesley Ellenberger and Frank M. Eastman. A pleasant incident of the meeting was the reading of a letter from one of the best boosters of Harrisburg who has had a prominent place in all the Improvement campaigns, and who served with honor as a member of the Board of Public Works. This gen tleman David E. Tracy, now on an au tomobile tour, wrote Mr. Wallower in response to his invitation to be present at the dinner, saying: "I regret very much that my ab sence from the city will interfere as I consider a new hotel the one thing needed to round out the improvement plans which Harrisburg has accom- C, Continued on Page 11] i HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916 , ' ~ " . k ' Cut above of Dayton's new Hotel Miami gives you some idea of the type Hostelry which will be erected on ashes of the old Grand Opera House. It, w be every bit as fine and possibly even more magnificent. - " " BRITISH DRIVE GERMANS BACK ALMOST 2 MILES Resume Somme Drive Along Six-Mile Front; Still Go ing Ahead The British resumed the offensive to-day in a powerful attack north of the Somme in northern France. Ac cording to London they have driven back the German lines from about a mile and a quarter to nearly a mile and three-quarters at some places, in an assault along: a six-mile front. The line of the attack extended from Bouleaux wood northwest of Combles. to a point north of the Albert-Ba paume road, which runs through Po zieres. As a preliminary to to-day's ex tended offensive movement, General Haig's forces last night attacked and captured German trenches along a front of more than half a mile south east of Thiepval. The combined as [ Continued on Page 13] BIGGAINSIN ADULT CLASSES Sabbath School Convention Hears of Increases in Vari ous Departments Big gains In the adult Bible class work of Dauphin county Sunday schools featured the report of H. H. Hoy, superintendent of secondary and adult department work in the county. In 118 of the 227 Sunday schools in the county, there have been organized 372 adult Bible classes, with 15,471 members. This represents 25 per cent, of the total Sunday school en rollment of the county. The report was given this morning at the sessions of the annual Dau phin County Sabbath School conven tion. W. D. Reel made an address on "The Organized Adult Bible Classes," [Continued on Page 13] Dimmer Ordinance in Effect Tonight Harrisburg's new ordinance prohfbit ing the use of glaring headlights on automobiles, goes into effect this even ing. No motor vehicle operated through the city streets will be permitted to use any light that will blind or confuse pedestrians or drivers of other cars. Dimmers must be provided so that the light is deflected to the roadwav. Members of the Motor Club of Harrts burg received notices to-day from J. Clyde Myton, secretary of the organiza tion, calling their attention to tne new measure. TOO MUCH GOLD New York, Sept. 15.—The congestion of the local assay office resulting from the Ir.pouring of more than $50,000,000 In gold in the last ten days has neces sitated the deposit of 110,000,000 In i the Philadelphia mint. , BARRIERS IN WAY OF PLAN FOR BIG BORDER PATROL Stable Government Must Be Established Before Joint Force Can Be Maintained New London. Conn., Sept. 15. Practical obstacles have arisen in the consideration by the American-Mexi can joint commission here on neutral suggestions for the pacification of the border which make it seem improb able at this time that any agreement can be formulated without prolong ed discussion. Major General Task er H. Bliss, assistant chief of staff of the army was before the commis sion to-day to point out objections that can bi raised to many of the proposals, Including that of an inter national constabulary to relieve the military forces of both countries of the border patrol work they are now doing. The commission held only a brief [Continued on Page 10] LIKE HARRISBURG OF YE OLDEN DAY Five Minutes of Village Dark ness to Precede Wednesday's Fall Opening Curtain For five whole minutes next Wed nesday evening the moon and the stars only will have the right of way for street lighting purposes in Harris [Continuod on Page IS] Deny Report That Hershey Was to Deed Over Farms The report that M. S. Hershey, the 'Chocolate King," will formally trans fer most of his property .as a perma nent foundation for the Hershev Indus trial School, was declared incorrect and unauthentic In a statement Issued at Hershey to-day. The report included a probable plan that all of the property owned by Mr. Hershey, except his residence, chocolate factory, trust company and transit company, will be transferred; the total acreage to reach 10,000, with an ap proximate valuation of $2,000,000. The following statement was sent to th*> Telegraph: "The report is incorrect and un authorized. No moneys have been dis cussed and no plan has been fixed. As a matter of management a closer or ganization of various interests here i being made, but the work will not be completed for some time. The change of system will put the enterprise, wltn exceptions of present corporations, in to two main groups, the factory and its departments being one, and the Her shey Industrial School and certain farm and town interests being the other. What will grow out of this rearrange ment when completed, remains to o determined, but so far there has been no conclusion, because the work of or ganization is still going on. Mr. Hei • shey h< s always said he woula strenghe the Industrial School, and he clded several months ago to add an- i , ether unit of twenty boys." E. Z. WALLOWER Chairman Chamber of Commerce Special Hotel Committee What Shall the Hotel Be Named? During the dinner at the Harris burg Club at which Uie million-dol lar hotel project was successfully launched, William T. Hildrup, Jr., made a motion Uiat was promptly adopted that the Telegraph lx re quested to invite suggestions for an appropriate name for the new hotel. These suggestions will be received and referred to the board of direc tors to guide, them in the final choice of a name. Mr. Hildrup has been one of the strong lioosters for the new hotel and he believes the people of the city wfli be greatly interested in helping to select a popular name. Already anion# the suggestions is the "Susquehanna," the "John Harris," "The Fenn"' and ••Tho Harrisburg." Bark With 200 Cannery Hands Is Reported in Breakers Off Point Pedro San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 15.—The Alaska packers bark Star of Chile, en route from Bristol bay, Alaska, with the season's catch of salmon for San Francisco, was reported last night to be in the breakers off Point Pedro, twenty-five miles south of the Golden Gate. On board the vessel over 200 cannery hands are thought to be re turning to this port. News of the bark's danger was brought here by fishermen, who said that the vessel appeared to be in great danger of being swept on the rocks, but that a dense fog closed in and hid her from view. Deep sea going tugs were sent from San Francisco to the vessel's assist ance. When last seen the Star of Chile was three-quarters of a mile off shore and her crew was signaling for help. Whole Week Will Be Set Aside to Wage War on English Sparrow | New York, Sept. 15.—The League | of American Sportsmen, whose object is the preservation of birds and wild animals, is preparing to issue a procla mation declaring war on the English sparrow and setting aside a week for waging it, possibly in April or May of next year. 428 Are Removed From Burning Steamer at Sea Marshafield, Ore., Sept. 15.—The Pa cific Coast Steamship Company's liner Congress swung on her anchor chain at the entrance to Coos bay to-day a black and burned-out hulk as the re sult of the fire which caused her to raco for this port last night. Every one of the 253 passengers on board and the crew of 175 were landed safely last night by the dredge Colonel P. S. Michle. Merger of Public Service Corporations Considered Shippensburg, Pa., Sept 15.—Con solidation of the Chambersburg. Green castle and Waynesboro Street Railway Company, Waynesboro Electric Light and Power Company, Waynesboro Gas Company. Carlisle and Shippensburg Street Railway Company, Shippens burg Gas Company, Shippensburg Water Company and the electric light and power companies of Guilford, Quincy. Washington and Antrim town ships, in Franklin county, is again un der consideration. This time it is a Haltimore firm by the name of Ham bleton & Co. who are considering the purchase, through H. B. McNulty, of Chambersburg. SELECTING ARMOR PLANT SITE Washington, D. C., Sept. 15.—The Navy Department to-day faced the task of choosing from among the 125 cities and rural districts offered as sites for the new $11,000,000 govern ment f.rmor plant, one which will best serve the Navy's needs and be most secure from attack in time of war. MORE HII T, ROBBERIES Thieves last night, probably the same ones who made a raid on Wed nesday evening, again visited on the north side of Allison Hill. At the home of John Sullivan, 716 North Eighteenth street, glassware was taken. Attempts to enter the same places that were robbed on Wednes day, were reported this morning to the police. No arrests have been made. NEARLY 5 INCHES OF RAIN DURING ELECTRIC STORM; All Records Since Flood of 1889 Broken; 4.90 Official Figure ; CITY IN DARKNESS | Barn South of Enola Destroy ed; Streams Expected to Ap proach Flood Stage All rainfall records for one day, I since the Johnstown flood in 18S9, were broken during the night when the heaviest electrical and rainstorm of recent yenrs, broke over the city. The storm broke at 8:20 o'clock , last night, witn vivid lightning flashes, ! rolling thunder and a downpour of | rain. At 8 o'clock this morning 4.90 I inches had fallen, breaking all records | since May 31 and June 1, 18S9, the first year that the weather bureau I opened. The entire electric lighting system | |of the city, was put out of service,! trolley cars were damaged, streets and | [Continued on Page B.] "Murderous Mary" Who Recently Killed Her Eighth Man Pays Death Penalty Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 15. Co n-1 demned of having forfeited her right j to live under the laws of Tennessee, j "Murderous Mary," the big female ele i phant, heading the quintet with Clark's | Shows, was to-day put to death at , Erwin, Tenn., the State authorities re quiring it. ] Having none of the quick poisons at j hand, the showmen chose to hang the | beast. A derrick car or the Caroline, |Clinchfield and Ohio Kallway was used. Heavy chains were looped I about the elephant's neck and the steam-operated crane lifted the mas sive form into the air. The animal j | struggled for quite a while before J death finally resulted from strangula tion. j The showmen are said to have ad 'mitted that Mary had slain her eighth i man, her last victim being Walter j Eldridge, a Virginian, who was trampled to death at Kingsport, Tenn., ]on Tuesday night. The elephant was valued at SB,OOO. I | BOY CHARGED WITH ALTOONA MURDER Chicago, Sept. 15.—Walter Wendt, 19 veais old, of '! l Altoorsa, Pa., under arrest here to-day, is otte of three men, 1 I the police say, who shot Michael McGlnely, a policeman to j death in Altoona, in October, 1915. Wendt was arrested 1 lon suspicion. . PRESIDENT TO GO TO SISTER'S EEDSIDE ' | Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 15.—President Wilson re- j . ceived word to-day that his sister, Mrs. Armic E. Howe, i I who is ill at New London, Conn., was sinking rapidly. ( Tentative plans were made immediately for his departure i 'for 1\ ! l?.i J Jay. 'ln case M: ~ t;• - 'lies it was stated, the President probably will go to South Carolina J I for the funer. 1. j WILSON'S SISTER GROWING WEAKER •Ij p New London, Conn., Sept. 15.—Mrs. Howe, President 1 | Wi l ; -vely e. ovvin* euker. j 3 "Mis ;iOW ■. IOW- 1 I int weaker fc. the laat twelve hours." - j > 6 | BRITISH BREAK GERMAN THIRD LINE 1 I , . If-.- The British in the < Tcr.r.iw along J r the Sotnrne have broken the German third line of defense 1 I and have taken the.village of Flers, two miles north of j P Ginchy, according to reports received by Reuter's Tele- 1 I gram Company to-day. British forces are also reported toyi ■ have gained the outskirts of Martinpuich, a mile and a half 1 I ea;!' ii ■. i t-. the report:, add. i I GERMAN PRINCE KILLED j I Berlin, Sept 15, via London.—Prince Frederick William ] [ of Hesse has been killed at Kara Orman, it was officially j | announced by the war office to-day in its report on oper- j I atior: on the Ba!kan front. j P MAKES NEW WORLD'S TARGET RECORD 1 Atl.int , <-i'-ty, N. J.. Sept. 15. R. Dou,;! . Morgan, of j r Washir.gt< . 7 *. C., who von the amateur dt d I a rtolilcr, eltyi Thomax Hurry Irnln, Jr., l.oTr Pnxton, and Irene Pram-ca M!t, l.lnsleotonn| Fred .Shlve, I-lkelotvn, and Suaan Prlellla Stence, cltyi Barnett (.urtvltm and Hae t'larU-e MarHhnll, eltyi Janiea WU-i Hum Leach. ( arllale, and Loulu St. Clulr Uakey, \ Irslnla. ' 18 PAGES CITY EDITION O.R.C. OUTLINES / LEGISLATION IT WILL FIGHT FOR Favor Old Age Pensions, Limit* ing Length of Trains, and Changes in Election Laws 1 BATTLE FOR FULL CREWS Announce Long List of Bills They Will Oppose Tooth and Nail in House In a scries of resolutions the Penn sylvan ia State Legislative Board of the Order of Railway Conductors in con ference in this city yesterday, an nounced the legislation which they will favor and which they will oppos® at the coming session of the Legislar -ture. One resolution states that the order ; approves of and will put forth efforts | to the maintain the full crew law, i semimonthly pay, workmen's compen i sation, child labor law, mothers' pen j slon law, and the woman's hours of | service act. i Another resolution states that "all honorable means" will be used to have laws passed by the next Legislature providing old age pensions for the old and infirm; to limit the length of trains; an antiblacl-list law; an amend ment of the election laws that will permit any citizen who may be caused to be away from his voting place on election day the right to register his vote upon returning: the holding of a State Constitutional convention on a non-partisan basis; and directs the or der's legislative representative to worlc co-operatively and harmoniously with other labor organizations in further ing labor legislation. A third resolution disapproves of the enactment of a compulsory arbi tration law, an attachment of wages (garnishee) bill and the increasing of the State constabulary or the increas ing of their salary or the "amending of existing laws that carry with then a greater privilege than that for which they were intended." Messages of praise were sent tQ President Woodrow Wilson expressing appreciation for his support in settlln.% the eight-hour question, and to A. B. Garretson, National president of the O. R. C. for his part in settlement of the threatened railroad strike. Chairman S. R. Tarner of Pittsburgh • was re-elected to that position by the i board. John A. Kisher of Pittsburgh , was renamed secretary and E. A. i Johnson of Stroudsburg was chosen vice-chairman.