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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.
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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-
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HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916
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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
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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,"
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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
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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
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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
<U>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 |
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"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
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| 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 <on ship of l
R the Westy Hogan shooting tournament here yesterday, to- j
! day set up a new straight run mark of 233 targets, surpass- ■
ing the record of 190 established by J. Graham, of Chicago, <
! here six years ago. I
MARRIAGE LICENSES
CbnrlrM Pndrripk McKay uud Koalnn Hrglna Meek, eltyj Hoy DITMJ
ion Hack, I'enbrook, ami Leila KUhburn Urrmunall, eltyi William Rodney
city, and Ethel Gertrude Hay, Vorki Hoy Kllvrtk llavla and
RSdlth I. >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.