France-British Forces on Somme Are Prep HARRISBUKG ifllSllgl TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 221 RATIFYING VOTE • CALLING GREAT GENERAL STRIKE Labor Chiefs Have Asked All Union Wage-Earners to Stay at Home S T A R T S WEDNESDAY 750,000 Men and Women Af fected ;Want Trolleymen Recognized New York, Sept. 23. Trade unions in this city and West Chester county to-day began to vote on the question of ratifying the action of eighty dele gates who yesterday called for a "gen eral suspension of work" next Wed nesday morning. The labor chiefs ap pealed to all union wage earners to stay at home until the traction com panies make it possible for them to ride in the street cars without offense to their union allegiance. It is asserted that no such action heretofore has been taken by the trade unions of this country nor has a strike involving so many trades ever been called. Its maximum effect would call from work 750,000 men and women. Leaders of the movement refrain from calling it a sympathetic strike. They declare that many of the unions already have voted to ratify their rec ommendation and that any union man who does not quit work Wednesday will be denounced as a traitor. To what estent they expect the unions to respond to the suspension call was not disclosed. It is pointed out that Wednesday is the beginning of an important Jewish holiday when many workers ordinarily would stay at home. The call for a cessation of work is based on the grievance that men of union affiliations cannot ride to their employment except in cars manned by nonunion conductors or motormen and under the protection of the po lice. Holds Her Dead Baby With a Broken Arm Bowmanstown, Pa., Sept. 23. Charles Simpson, a loektender for the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company at Hazard, saved Mrs. Rebecca Knop penberger and her twelve-year-old son from drowning in the canal. Mrs. Knoppenberger, her son and a two-month-old baby were crossing the bridge at the Hazard lock when their horse took fright and backed over the bridge Into the canal, which is twelve feet deep. Simpson brought Mrs. Knoppenberger to the shore with her baby in her arm and again plunged into the canal for the boy, who was resuscitated after an hour's hard work. On examining the baby the mother found it was dead in her arms, its neck having been broken when the carriage fell from the bridge. Mrs. Knoppenberger also found that the arm with which she held the child was broken, but she had not relaxed her hold on the little one for a mo ment- She is in the Palmerton hos pital and is in a critical condition. The horse freed itself from the carriage and swam ashore. Demands Pound of Flesh and Is Held For Grand Jury Vineland. N. J., Sept. 23. A. Pi tel was held for the grand jury after a hearing by Justice of the Peace M. Florentino, on a charge of climbing on the fish wagon of Jacob Lazaroff and threatening to tear Lazaroff's skin off if he did not pay a debt of sl4 Lazaroff was represented bv a lawyer who made the following plea: "Imagine the anxiety of my client who, if an automobile party had not come along, might have had his skin torn off and the hide sold to pay the debt, and he left to die clothesless, skinless, horseless, wagonless and fish less in the road. LINCOLN'S GRANDDAUGHTER WEDS London, Sept. 23. Gertrude Aimes Lincoln, of Los Angeles, Cal., was married at Hellingly, near Eastbourne to-day to Lieut. Arthur Lett Haines, of the Royal Field Artillery. Local newspapers say she is a granddaugh ter of Abraham Lincoln. [THE WEATHER, For Harrlabtirß nud vicinity: Fair tu-nicbt ujiu *undu>s fcomcvvliiit cooler to-night. For Eastern Penuaylvania: Fair to-night and Sunday; somewhat cooler to-niubt; gentle to moder ate west wind*. lliver Tlie Susquehanna river nnd It* branchex will riae slightly or re main nearly atationar.v. A Matte of about 8.(1 feet I* Indlca.ed to, HarrLsburK Sunday morning. _. . General Conditions The l.ake disturbance 1h moving Mlowlj- eastward with decreasing energy and la now central near ♦.eorglan bay. It has caused Hhonera In the lawt twenty-four hours generally from the western border of the Great l-ake, east- Jl'.T.. °.\ evl Fnglund and In the Middle Atlantic .Mutes, the Ohio \ alley and Tennessee and In tue Interior of North Carolina! else where fair Heather has prevailed throughout the territory pictured <ii. the map, except in Nevuda and scattered *ho>veri. There has been a general fall or a to 18 degrees In temperature In the Great Central Valleys, over the greater part of the Lake He g-ion and the Pacific slope and In the Western Caiadian provinces. Along the Immediate Atlantic coast. In the Rocky Mountains and along tL* Guir coast tem peratures are slightly higher than on 1< riday morning. Temperature: 8 u. m., 58. Sun: Klses, 5:83 a. m.| sets, 0:03 p. m. River Stage I Three feet above low water mark. Moon i New moon. September 27. 2:34 a. ni. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 77. Lowest temperature, 55. Mean temperature. <l. Normal temperature. U3 BY CARRIERS 0 TEXTS A WEEK. SINULE COPIES 2 CENTS. ALLIES PREPARE TO CLOSE THEIR GRIP ON COMBLES Important Town on Albert- Pcrrone Railroad Is Vir tually in Pocket AIRMEN ARE ACTIVE 59Combats Over Somme Lines; French Aviator Flies to Rhine, Dropping Roinbs Apparently the Franco - British forces on the Somme are preparing to close their grip on Combles, the important town on the Albert-Peronne Railroad, six miles northwest of Peronne, which has been virtually pocketed by the allies in their recent operations. Last night the French War Office reported the capture of a small forti fied position and some trench sections close to Combles and to-day it an nounces the French patrols have penetrated still nearer the edge of the town, bringing back prisoners. Raid ing operations such as these are commonly precludes to more compre hensive and forceful movements. On the French front south of the Somme the artillery is active, prob ably in preparation for further as saults. 50 Aerial Fights Airmen on both the British and French section of the line have been busy. Yesterday French aviators took part In 56 aerial engagements, in which four German machines were shot down. British naval aeroplanes have raid ed important German aviation sta tions in Belgium, inflicting notable damage upon the aerodrome at St. Denis Westrem according to the Brit ish official report. A French aviator has visited the Rhine region and dropped bombs in the Palatinate and also at Mannheim, where Paris reports large fires and several explosions were caused. Greek Situation Complex The Greek situation continues com plex. A belated Athens dispatch re ports that definite proposals have been made to the entente acceptance which will insure the entry of Greece into the war. Former Premier Venlzelos is quoted as declaring that if the gov ernment controlled by the court party does not act, the nation itself must de fend its own interests. The revolutionary fever is reported spreading but a mutiny on one of the ships of the Greek navy, the armored cruiser AverofT, is declared to have been quelled. Seek to Recover Possession of Baby Taken From Them to Hospital For Plague Victims New Tork, Sept. 23.—Mr. and Mrs. Anton Anderson, of Jamaica, Long Island, engaged counsel to-day to re cover possession of their son, Robert, 19 months old, who was taken from their home yesterday by police and health department employes to the Queensboro Hospital for Contagious Disease, as a victim of infantile pa ralysis. Agents of the health department and policemen had besieged the An derson home for thirty-six hours be fore they were able to obtain admis sion." Mrs. Anderson has declared that her family physician informed her that the child was suffering only from lameness after an attack of ma laria and she declined to allow him to be taken away. Yesterday, she in advertently left the door open and a policeman entered. Mrs. Anderson said he declared he had a warrant for the child's removal. She then sur rendered and carried the child to the ambulance. Although the Anderson home has been under quarantine for several days, the family physician said Robert has no trace of infantile pa ralysis. Another British Steamer Seized by Germans Berlin, Sept. 23, by Wireless. The capture by the German sea forces of the British steamship Colchester on Tuesday night was reported to-day by the Overseas News Agency. The Colchester was taken to Zeebrugge, Belgium. This is the third time the Germans have announced the capture of Brit ish steamships engaged in traffic be tween England and the continent. On June 16 the steamship Brussels was captured by German destroyers and taken with her passengers into Zee brugge. The Brussels' captain, Charles Fryatt, was put to death on the charge that he had attempted to ram the German submarine. In July the British steamship Lestris, from Liverpool, was seized by German warships not far from the English coast. PRTNZ HFN Dlini TAKEN London, Sept. 23. The steamer Prinz Hendrik, which left London last night for Flushing, has been taken by the Germans to Zeebrugge, Belgium, says a Reuter dispatch from the Hague to-day. Two steamers named Prinz Hendrik, both of Dutch nationality are listed in marine records, one being a vessel of 1,968 tons gross and the other a steamer of 1,24 4 tons. FRENCHMAN FLIES TO RHINE Paris, Sept. 23. Plying nearly 100 miles beyond the German border, Flight Warrant Officer Baron last night bombarded the important works at Ludwigshafen, in the Palatinate on the Rhine and at Mannheim, across the river from Ludwigshafen. The official report of to-day says the bombardment caused a large tire and several explosions at Mannheim. SOON FOLLOWS SON Dublin, Sept. 23, via London.—A. J. Kettle, a veteran Nationalist, died to day, less than a week after receiving news that his son, Lieut. Thomas M. Kettle, professor of economics in the , National University, had been killed tin action. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1916. - : RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES 1 . J ROBERT O. CONANT GORDON J. PLATT FRED P. SCHLICHTER HUGHES CAPTURES MIDDLE WEST Makes Six Addresses; Voice Is Hoarse; Assails Extravagance of the Democrats South Bend, Ind., Sept. 23.—Charles; E. Hughes to-day closed the second week of his Middle Western campaign trip. He left South Bend at 8.45 j o'clock to fill a program that called for six short speeches and an address to-night at Indianapolis. Mr. Hughos spent the night here. His voice, which ! became very hoarse during the stren- j uous trip of yesterday, still was in bad 1 condition. The chiel speech of the day will be I delivered at Gary, where the nominee 1 will spend more than two hours, leav [ Continued on Pape 7] TWO KILLED IN AUTO CRASH j New York, Sept. 23.—1n an auto- i mobile acident in the Bronx to-day j Alois Hannak, 30 years old, buyer for ; a cloak and suit house in San Fran- ' Cisco, and Edward F. Rohn, 33, a' policeman, were killed. The machine j in which they and four companions I were riding struck a telegraph pole, j skidded and crashed into a tree. I Hannak's skull was fractured. The j other four men, including Morris I Reich of San Francisco, were not in-! jured. f \l SUBSCRIBERS TO NEW HOTEL Following is a list of subscribers to the new hotel for Har risburg, complete to date except for stock pledged to members of the Rotarv Club committee, which will not be reported be fore next week: , SSO.OOO—E. Z. Wallower, W. S. Schleisner. Hildrup, Jr. and D. E. Tracey. S2.ooo—George A. Gorgas, C. S. $25,000 —E. J. Stackpole, E. S. L °ng, Frank Wltman. Herman, H. Gilbert & Son, W. P. sl,soo—Dr. W. S. Hurlock. T.-.i ... r >„i i Sil.oo0 —George A. Shreiner, W. i 5' vr-ifJor ni™. B - McCaleb, Robert A. Enders, Stewart ' ' TaUal * & Son ' Dr ' J ' W " Ellen e. -on nil ' x T Merger, Casper Dull, Daniel Dull, fclo.OOO—Bowman & Co. and J. A H Bailey. Lescure, Snavely & oinnnn „. . . 0 Co., E. G. Hoover, John A. Rose, slo,ooo .A. Kunkel, Samuel E G roSßi Miss Caroline Pearson, Kunkel, Wm. Jennings, Chas. L. Miss Mary Harris Pearson, F. B. overt, Romberger Bros., A. Car- Musser, Elmer E. Lawton, Harry SO c- i i T-. Kelley and Walter Montgomery. So,ooo—Robt. McCormlck, Don- ssoo Dr. Croll Keller. A. C. aid McCormlck, Anne McCormlck, Mea d, Charles Cttley, J. L. Berg (\ . Burtnett, Doutrich & Co., streamer, T. T. Wierman, C. E. Ra.ir Paul Johnston, Frank Payne. S. S. & S on, the Rev. James F. Bullitt Pomeroy, Dr. R. H. Moffett, J. and J. E. Slothower. Grant Schwam, E. S. Gerberich. s3oo—Fred S. Lack. John E. Fox, Est. John Oenslager. $250 —R. A. Fairlamb and C. C. $3,000 —David Kaufman, Chas. Cranford. S. Ball, Frank J. Hall. s2oo—Rudolph Spicer and Mrs. s2.soo—Vance C. McCormick, Rudolph Spicer. Henry B. McCormick, Geo. W. SIOO —W. W. Stanford and Reily, Samuel P. Eby, W. B. Charles Adler. J IS FALL HERE? ALMANACS SAY YES BUT FORECASTER DEMAIN SA YS NO Days and Nights Not Equal Until September 26 in This Lati tude Points Out Weather Bureau Head Something has gone wrong with the almanacs. To-day was fixed as the official opening day of the autumn season. Four different almanacs give this schedule. The time fixed for the passing out of summer was 4 o'clock this morning. But I>ocal Forecaster E. R. Demain says the almanacs are wrong—even that old reliable publi cation known as Baer's Almanac. According to Mr. Demain, autumn will not start until September 26. He Lansing and Baker Discuss Mexican Affairs Wshington, Sept. 23. Secretary Lansing and Baker to-d,ay discussed various phases of Mexican affairs, in cluding: the renewed activity of Villa and the possibility of his again becom ing a military factor. While await ing official versions from the Oarran za government of the fighting at Chi huahua city a week ago officials said the report of Brigadier General 801 l , at El Paso, was the most re liable yet received. "I believe Villa is alive," said Major General Scott, Chief of staff. "We have had numerous reports of circumstances corroborating such belief." General Scott said he would not ask General Bell the source of his inform ation regarding the Chihuahua City fighting and that he had no reason to believe it was not reliable. EARTHQUAKE RECORDED Washington, D. C., Sept. 23. An earthquake estimated to havo occur red 23 00 miles distant from Washing ton was recorded early to-day on the seismograph at Georgetown Univer sity. The shock lasted from 12:49 to 1:20 this morning and was moderate in intensity. INCREASE STAFF AT HBG. ACADEMY Local Preparatory School Opens For Registration September 29 Coincident with the announcrtent by Headmaster Arthur E. Brown that the Harrisburg Academy will have Sept. 29, goes the additional lnter ! staff for the opening of school on October 2, goes the additional intor { esting fact that the academy is pric- I tically filled and that no more hoys j will be accepted than can be properly j supervised and instructed. Young ! men have been registered for the j coming year in the boarding den.\rt i ment from New York city. Philadel phia, Washington, D. C., Pittsburgh, Auburn, Nebraska, Atlanta, (ia.. .la nan, South America, France. England, China and other far away points. The policy of the local institution I has been to employ only experienced i masters selected from the alumni o? | the great universities of the country, j This year Headmaster Brown has add- Jed to his staff two Dartmouth men I and one Cornell man. Robert O. Conant, of Dartmouth, class of 1912, Yale Graduate school I 1913-14, has been teaching university I work for the past two years. At Al j legheny college he was employed dur [Continued on Page 7] says that the fall does not start of ficially until the date when the day and night are equal. This year the sun rises at 5.58 a. m. and sets at 6.58 p. m. on September 26. The local weather observer added: "According to my figures, Harris burg is in the lattiude of 40.16. My records show that it will be three da.\s before the eqifinoxial period is here. There may be some latitudes calling for the start of autumn to-day. Uses Whip on Husband and Beauty in Theater Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 23. Mrs. Edwin S. Lowrie, 61, a prominent so ciety woman of the North Side, wield ing a heavy riding crop, administered, a severe beating to her wealthy hus band, E. S. Lowrie, and his pretty, fashionably dressed young woman companion in a Carson street movie theater last night. In the uproar that followed the opening of the attack ,four women in the audience fainted and one of them, Mrs. Mary Taz meyer, Is in a serious condition. A hurried call sent to the South Side police station resulted in the arrest of Lowrie and his wife. The companion of Lowrie, despite the fact that she was badly cut up by the heavy whip, managed to escape. Lowrie to-day declared that the attack was all a mistake. He said: "I entered the theater alone and sat down near a woman who was a perfect stranger to me. When my wife oame In and saw me sitting near the woman she probably imagined that the woman was a friend of mine and beeame Jealous. The attack followed." WILSON OPENS PORCH CAMPAIGN Will Address Large Delegation at Shadow Lawn Late This Afternoon Long Branch. N. J., Sept. 23. —Presi- dent Wilson's program to-day called for the first of a series of speeches he plans to deliver at Shadow Lawn in liis "porch campaign" for re-election. He planned to address a large dele gation of New Jersey business men on the attitude of his administration toward American business. The general public was to be ad mitted to the Shadow Lawn estate to hear the President's speech and sev eral thousand people were expected to b® present. Business men from vari ous sections of New Jersey began ar riving for the reception and speech early this morning. Walter Hines Page, American am bassador to London, who arrived here late last night, remained over this morning to discuss with the President British interference with American trade and mails. The President in formed him fully of the resentment in this country over British restrictions on neutral commerce. President Wilson to-day accepted an invitation to deliver an address at Omaha October 5. Complete arrange ments have not been made for the trip, but it is expected that he will arrange his schedule so that he can make speeches in one or more other cities. MANY SUBSCRIBE FOR HOTEL STOCK E.Z. Wallower and Rotary Club Committeemen Find Ready Response "The now hotel movement is com ing along in a most encouraging man ner," said E. Z. Wallower, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce hotel com mittee, to-day. "It is all now a ques , tion of presenting the matter to those who should become interested in it. Stock solicitation is so easy that in , many cases those who are doing the work have only to approach pros | pective investors. It is largely a ques- I tion of how much each man believes he can afford to put into the com | pany." In this respect Mr. Wallower said that while the committee of the Cham ber of Commerce and that of the Ro tary Club will strive within the next week or two to get into touch with practically every prospective investor in Harrisburg, much unnecessary labor may be avoided if those who intend to go Into the hotel project send their subscriptions to J. William Bowman, president of the Chamber of Com merce, to Mr. Wallower, or to John S. Musser, chairman, or any of the mem bers of the Rotary Club committee. The Rotary Club is making an effort to line up every mmeber of the club before the next meeting of the com mittee on Tuesday evening. Mr. Mus ser said this morning that almost every one of the subcommittfes has met with unlooked for success and that mos tof them have far exceeded expectations. The campaign is being continued vigorously and the subcom mittees are out all over town to-day taking subscriptions. The fact that payments will be made in quarterly instalments over a period of fifteen months makes it easy for those who havo decided to put money into the enterprise. VANDALS DAMAGE FIRE APPARATUS York, Pa., Sept. 23.—Repeated de facts which developed recently in the new motor apparatus of the Vigilant and Goodwill Fire Companies, of York, has led to the discovery that vandals had placed ground emery in the greasecups and oil and clogged the radiators with bits of rubber. No reason can be assigned for the act which has caused serious damage to the costly fire apparatus. GREEKS IX MUTINY REPORT London, Sept. 23. Athens is fill ed with rumors that 300 men of the crew of the cruiser Averoft have mutionied, accoding to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The report says that the remainder of the crew and detachments of marines were sent away in boats. Other ships of the fleet are said to have quelled the mutiny. The Averoff is an armor ed cruiser built in 1910. She car ries a crew of 550 men. CONFERENCE POSTPONED New London, Conn., Sept. 23. No Joint meeting of the Mcxlcan-Amer lcan Commissioners was held here to day, as only clerks and other at taches expected to remain in town. Secretary and Judge Gray of the American delegation planned a cruise, and other members of the Joint body are in New York and Bos ton. CITY WINS F CONDEMN PROPERTY IN "HARDSCRABB Way Now Opened For Beautification of River Front Be tween Herr and Colder Streets; Question of Damage Awards Must Be Settled on Appeal From Viewers' Award by Jury CITY MUST PROVE EXEMPTION RIGHTS ON ITS 1871 CLAIM Judge McCarrell Dismisses All Objections to Method of Procedure With Exception of One Pertaining to Lia bility For Improvements Made Since Act of '7l, Which Is Left Open For Adjudication Hardscrabblc ' property owners lost out in their legal battle against the city's method of condeming their properties incident to the proposed opening of Front street to low water mark of the Susquehanna between Calder and Herr streets. The question of amount of damages to be awarded in each case must be settled on appeal from the viewers'award by a Com mon Pleas jury. The city of Harrisburg at th at time must prove to the satis faction of court and jury its con tention that the municipality is exempt from damages for improv emcnts made after January 2, 11 8/ 1. In brief this Is the substance of an i opinion handed down to-day bv Addi tional Law Judge S. J. M. McCarrell, 1 of the Dauphin county courts, in the legal fight that has been waged in the courts for nearly two years. Dismisses Objections The court dismissed all the objec tions to the method of procedure with the exception of that one pertaining to the question of the municipality's liability for damages for improvements made since 1871—the time of the en LAFFERTY APPOINTED TO COAL COMMITTEE ! Philadelphia, Sept. 23.—Edwin J. Lafferty, of this city,- ► was to-day appointed by Governor Brumbaugh, member of the 1 * commission to investigate the increase in the price of anthra- ' ! cite coal, to succeed the late C Tyson Kratz, of Norristown. , pThe other members are R. S. Gawthrop, of West Chester, and" I John Langdon, of Huntingdon. Mr. Lafferty is secretary and > , treasurer of a coal company. I J ROME SAYS VON MACKENSEN IS IN RETREAT , i * Rome, Sept. 23, via London. The retreat of the German' ' army under Field Marshal Von Mackensen in the Rumanian ' province of Dobrudja continues, according to a telegram re- J iceived by the Wireless Press to-day from Switzerland The' ' Danube fortress of Silestria recently captured by the Germans > I and Bulgarians is said to have been abandoned to the Russian < Rumania forces. I ► < ADMIT TEUTONS ARE BEING ATTACKED * f J Berlin, Sept. 23, via London. Russian and Rumanian < troops in Dobrudja have been attacking Field Marshal Vonl * Mackensen's forces on both flanks of the battle line, according' 1 ito the war office announcement to-day. The attacks, which on' ' the one flank were near the Danube and on the other south west of Toprai Sari, 14 miles southwest of Constanza, were re pulsed. I i GREECE MAY DECLARE WAR ON BULGARIA £ Athens, Sept. 21, via London, Sept. 23.—The Greek gov- 1 ernment is said on the best authority to have telegraphed defi nite proposals to the entente capitals which, if accepted will* [ mean Greece's entry into the war. If the uncertainty of the' relations between Greece and the entente continues it is re garded as not improbable that Greece may declare war on i Bulgaria on her own account. , ;> BRITISH CAPTURE MORE TRENCHES £ London, Sept. 23. German trenches on a front of about' ' a half mile east of Courcelette in the Somme region were cap , tured by the British last night, the war office announced to i k day ' <! FINDS BULLET IN BED , , Steelton.—When Nick Majanovic, 777 South Third street ! awoke this morning he found a flattened bullet on his pillow' , jNick later found a hole where the ball had come through side of the house. It is believed some foreigner was celebrat I ing. ;• 1 ' ~ MARRIAGE LICENSES , > I.ealey Haley and Fannie Smith, Steelton. Howard Mnnnfleld Kldrldffe. clly, nnd Catherine Ethel nice, Lefcanoa. 1 Henry Knuppel and I.nura French Sherrr.an, city. , | Gilbert Ualor Honnafou* and Irene Booth, city. I ) M'W" M W" > CITY EDITION 16 PAGES actment of a law which authored ths inying out o£ the section of the street In fiuestlon. Nor does the court adjudicate this question, but sets its aside, as it were, for future consideration in the follow ing concluding paragraph: Krery exception has been care fully considered and is now over ruled, with the exception of the one relating to the nubility of the [Continued on Vago IS]
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