HARRISBURG BWgBmTELEGRAPH T "Y"V"Y"\7" V/-> 9?i BY CAIIIUERS CE\T A. WEEK. 1— -A. -A -V V -tNO. SINGLE COPIES 2 CEXTS. PRESIDENT IS THROWN DOWN IN HIS HOME STATE Wilson's Personal Choice For Senate Snowed Under by In dependent Democrat BRUMBAUGH ENDORSED No Contest For Officers; Wil liam S. Tunis a Vice- President Trenton. N. J.. Sept. 27. Senator James E. Martine won the Democratic nomination tor United States Senator by a safe majority over John W. West cott, according to the vote canvassed at 7 o'clock this morning. Westcott is the State Attorney General and is best known as the man who twice nominated President Wilson. Returns from 723 districts of the 1593 in the State gave Martine 12,844 and West cott 6.657. H. Otto Wittpcnn of Jersey City was unopposed for the Democratic nomination for Governor. The slowness of the count is laid by election officials to the keen inter est displayed in the local contests. Inspectors of election, instead of counting the votes of the principal candidates first, left them to the last. Wilson's Personal Choice Wescott was made an issue by the anti-Wilson Democrats, who were lined up behind Martine. Wescott is President Wilson's personal choice for the nomination, and this fact was quietly circulated among Democratic workers, with the result that virtually all of the organization men lined up for him. The organization Democrats are for Wilson, and in this fight in Wilson's own State for the United States sena torial nomination they exerted every effort to uphold the political prestige of the President with utter failure. Martine made virtually an inde pendent fight, relying upon anti-ma chine men and anti-Wilson Democrats to land him the nomination. Austen Colgate is in the lead in the Republican gubernatorial contest ac cording to corrected returns from yes terday's primary election up to early this afternoon. Through an error in totaling the morning figures Walter E. Edge, of Atlantic City, was report ed to have a majority of 10.000 votes over Colgate. The corrected returns from 1,347 districts out of 1,893 in the State give Colgate 58,501; Edge, 53,- 502. The error occurred in totaling the results from Essex county where Colgate makes his home. Instead of being defeated there as first reported Colgate polled 20,107 votes against 10,150 for Edge. Senator James E. Martine is in creasing his lead in the contest for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. Returns from 1119 districts gave Martine 29,2-47; West cott 14.816. In the fight for the Republican nomination for U. S. Senator. Freling huysen is also increasing his lead. Returns from 1400 districts Frelinghuysen 67,139; Murphy 63,855. MANSFIELD AND COOK WIN Boston, Sept. 27. A revision to day of last night's figures confirmed the substantial pluralities received at the State primaries yesterday by Fred erick W. Mansfield for the Democratic nomination for Governor and by State Auditor Alonio B. Cook, who was re nominated by the Republicans. FIX QVARNTINE DINE When the Web3ter school building opens on Friday morning with other public schools in the city children will ont be admitted if they reside in the district bounded by the east side of Crescent street, west side of Thir teenth street, south side of Mulberry street and the north side of Kittatinny street because of the case of infantile paralysis at 232 Hummel street. THE WEATHER HerrimhurK and *1clolty: Increas ing cloudine** and warmer to night. Thursday showers and thunderstoms. Eastern Pennsylvania: Increas ing cloudiness and warmer to thunderstorms. Moderate to fresh south winds. River The main river will rise slightly; Its tributaries will probably fall slowly or remain nearly station ary. A stage of about feet is Indicated for Hurrisburg Thursday morning. Temperature: 8 a. m., 58. Sun: Rises, 5.57 a. m.j Sets, 5.56 p. m. Moon: New moon, September 27, 2.34 a. m. River stage, 3.6 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature. 75. Lowest temperature. 47. Mean temperuture, 61. \ormal temperature, 62. r t -s Following Stores Closed Thursday To-morrow being Rosh Hashanah", a sacred Jewish holiday, the fol lowing business places will be closed all day: Kaufman's C. Aronson J. S. Belsinger B. Bloom P. H. Caplan Co. H. C. Claster Jos. Claster Cohen's Factory Outlet Shoe Co. S. Finkelstine The Globe Jos. Goldsmith Goldstein's Goodman's B. Handler ' The Hub Kohner Co. Kuhn Clothing Co. Sol. Kuhn & Co. Ladies' Bazaar \ The Louvre Miller & Kades H. Marks & Son Robinson's Woman Shop Rubin & Rubin Salkins Wm. B. Schleisner A. J. Slmma Stern's Shoe Store Wm. Strouse & Company Wonder S^iop MARY ROBERTS RINEHART'S NEW ACCLAIM HUGHES AS VICTOR IN NATIONAL FIGHT Prominent Speakers Address Rousing Rally in York of State Republican League ADMINISTRATION SCORED Brumbaugh, Borah, Knox, Vare and Others Assail Wil son's Achievements ork, Pa., Sept. 27. Harmony reigned In the convention of the Penn sylvania State Leaeue of republican Clubs, in session here to-day, and the reported contest over the election of officers did not materialize, Fred W. TNillard. of Philadelphia, a Vare man, being unanimously re-elected presi dent. Harry W. Keeley was re-elected recording secretary and Thomas F. Watson was chosen treasurer. Resolutions were adopted reaffirm ing the league's allegiance to the prin ciples of the Republican party, endors ing the platform of the Chicago con vention and promising unqualified sup port to Hughes and Fairbanks and all candidates for Congress and state of f.ces. The resolutions continued: "The league approves the progres sive measures advocated by Governor Martin G. Lrumbaugh in his inaugural address and enacted into laws at the last session of the Legislature." It was declared that only the Euro pean war had prevented a panic and that "the manufacturing interests in Pennsylvania involving capital and la bor are so interwoven with the Repub lican policy that if the war in Europe were to cease and the Democratic party were successful next November, it would I t nothing short of a public calamity." W. E. Brewster, of New York, secre tary of the National Republican League, cheered the league with the prediction of Republican majorities in various states, which, he said, were based on rtcent personal visits to vari ous sections of the countrv. Some of his estimates were: Illino'is, 200.000; Ohio, 100.000; Indiana, 35,000: Wis consin. 20,000; Minnesota. 125,000; lowa, 65,000; Nebraska. 25,000; Kan sas, 100,000; Missouri, safe; Kentucky, Republican: New York, 160,000; New Jersey, 50,000. Anions tne vice-presidents elected was William S. Tunis, of Harrisburg, who was also chosen as a delegate to the convention of the National Repub lican league. Eight hundred Republicans from all quarters of the Commonwealth are here for the gathering to give impetus to the movement to have this State line up with Maine in registering the on-sweeping of Republican sentiment throughout the country. United States Senator W. E. Borah, of Idaho; Philander C. Knox, Repub lican candidate for United States Sen ator, from Pennsylvania; Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh, Mayor Thomas B. Smith, of Philadelphia; Congress men John R. K. Scott, William S. Vare, M. M. Garland, Daniel Lafean and Thomas S. Crago, State Chairman William E. Crow. Charles A. Snyder, candidate for Auditor General; Har mon M. Kephart, candidate for State Treasurer, and a half dozen others made the addresses last night. County Chairman McLean Stewart was temporary chairman, while Sam uel R. McCall, former Progressive County C..i.irman. who is a candidate for Congress, acted as permanent pre- [Continued on Page 5] Father Spends Fortune of $36,000 in Vain Attempt to Save Son From Chair Relleforte, Pa., Sept. 27. —Harry E. Filler, the Altoona man who shot and killed Jacob Blank at Greensburg in August, 314. was electrocuted at the new penitentiary early to-day. The body was claimed by the young man's father. H. K. Filler, of Altoona, who will take it home for burial. Filler walked to the electrocution room and sat down in the chair with out the ieast show of fear or trepi dation. He made no statement of any kind. In fact, he did not speak a word of farewell to the prison officials. The condemned man's father did not let up in his attempts to save his son until last night, when he finally learned that the Governor would not intervene, and it is said that he spent a fortune of J36.000 in his efforts to save him from thp death chair. Jewish New Year Will Begin at Sunset Tonight Observance of the Jewish New Year will begin at sunset this evening in the synagogues in this city. Special serv ices have been planned to be held.-to night and to-morrow. At the Ohev Sholom Synagogue Rabbi Louis J. Haas will sneak at 7.30 o'clock this evening and 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Rabbi Leon Album will have charge of services at 7 o'clock this evening and at 8 o'clock in the morn ing and 7 o'clock In the evening .to morrow at the Chisuk Emuna Syna gogue. Rabbi Louis Silver will "hold services at 6 o'clock tills evening in the Kesher Israel Synagogue and to morrow morning at 10 o'clock and in the afternoon at 4 o'clock. The New Year celebration will be followed by ten days of penitence, which end with the Day of Atonement, October 7. Alvin H. Fraim Elected Keystone Bank President Alvin H. Fraim was elected presi dent of the new Keystone Bank, at Calder and Third streets, at a meeting of the directors last evening. Dr. G. W. Hart man was chosen vice-presi dent. The other officers will be elected between now and the opening of the bank for business about November 1. "GAS" HF.T.JIRTS ADOPTED BY LANCASTER OOtXTY FARMERS Lancaster. Pa., Septfl 27.—Many of the threshermen of Lancaster county have adopfted a helmet when threshing similar to the "gas helmets" used by the soldiers In the European war. In stead of the threshermen being filled up with dust at the end of the day. they now leave their machines free of the strangling dust that the .unpro tected threshermen suffered from. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1916 PRIZE-WINNING BABIES WHO CREW FAT INSTRUCTIONS FURNISHED MILK r >* Members of the Pure Milk Society closed their milk station yesterday at Front and Boas streets, awarding prizes t the four babies showing the most improvement since they were brought to the station. Above are a few of tht 10 mothers and their babies, who were cared for by the society. Prizewinners are shown in the other group. Frot left to right they are: Edna Brubaker and mother, second prize, afghan; Donald Walker and mother, third, bab walker; Dushen Goreelowitz and mother, fourth, bassinet; Catherine Fleming and mother, first, clothes hamper. IMPRISONED BY ILLEGAL METHOD, BRAKEMAN FREED Harvey Penner Asks For Im mediate Release on Writ of Habeas Corpus Following a hearing this afternoon cna writ cf habeas corpus Harvey Penner, a Pennsy brakeman, was re leased from jail by President Judge Kunkel, of the Dauphin county court. Penner, through his attorney this morning asked President Judge Kun kel for release from Jail until reasons [Continued on Page 0] BLACKMAIL CHIEF GETS LONG TERM Acknowledges Swindling Wo man; Other Charges Hang ing Over Him New York, Sept. 27.—William But ler, chief figure in the country-wide blackmailing conspiracy under in vestigation in several cities yesterday pleaded guilty to swindling Mrs. Regina Klipper, of Philadelphia. He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment in the Atlanta peniten tiary, two months less than the limit for conspiracy. Butler was brought here from Philadelphia for arraignment. He was acused of blackmailing Mrs. Klipper at an uptown hotel here in April last under the guise of being a special agent of the Department of Justice. Butler is the first of the alleged black mailers to get a prison sentence. Butler was first arrested in Phtla- [Continued on Page 10] ORDER TROOPS OF 13 STATES SOUTH Three Pennsylvania Batteries to Go; 10,000 Guardsmen to Return Washington, Sept. 27. Some six thousand National Guardsmen from thirteen States and the District of Columbia were ordered to tho Mex ican border to-day by the War De partment and at the same time Major General Funston was directed to select 10,000 troops now on the border patrol for return to their home States to be mustered out of the Federal service. To-day's order will send South virtually all of the guardsmen now In the mobilization camps of tho States named and will leave only about 10,- £ Continued on Page 10] 90 PER CENT. OP ROTARIANS WILL BE STOCKHOLDERS Subscriptions of Stock to New Hotel Company Coming in Rapidly Subscriptions to stock in the new million-dollar hotel are coming in rapidly. Both the Chamber of Com merce committee and that of the Rotary Club are having little difficulty in selling shares among those whom they have approached. "I believe it is safe to say that 90 per cent, of the members of the Rotary Club will be stockholders in the new hotel," said John S. Musser, chair man of the Rotary committee. "At a [Continued on Page 9] TEMPLAR FIELD DAY AT LEBANON Local Members of Fraternity Will Attend Big Masonic Event The third annual field day of Divi sion No. 10. Knights Templar of Pennsylvania, composed of St. John Commandery, No. 8, Carlisle, Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, Harrisburg and Hermit Commandery, No. 24, Leb anon, will be held at Lebanon, Friday afternoon and evening, October 6th. A special train will be run via the Philadelphia and Reading Railway from Carlisle to Lebanon, leaving Car lisle at 12.15 P. M., Harrisburg at 1.00 P. M. and returning leave at 11.00 P. M. The ceremonies on the field will start at 2.00 P. M. consisting of re view, inspection and dret-s parade, pre ceded by flag raising and prayer. Right Eminent Sir Andrew G. Wil- [Continued on Page 10] STATESTANDARD FOR MILK NEED State Livestock Expert Tells Only Way to Insure Clean Milk For Cities State legislation to enforce reason able requirements of dairymen and farmers In Pennsylvania, will be the only positive means of insuring purity of the State milk supply, was the dec laration of Dr. W. S. Gimper, of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, In speaking to city health officials and milk dealers In conference at the Har rlsburg Academy of Medicine this morning. The conference was called by Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck, city health officer, to have the dealers discuss the proposed (Continued on Pajfc 10] PARALYSIS HAS NOT DISAPPEARED DIXON'S WARNING Health Commissioner Gives Ad vice Preliminary to Open ing of Schools Preliminary to the opening of schools and places of public entertainment to children after the period of quarantine. Dr. Samuel G. Dixon. Commissioner of Health, offers the following advice to teachers and parents: "The rules and reflations of the Department of Health made to carry out the organic laws of the State re lating to infantile paralysis permit children under sixteen years of age to attend school and go to places of [Continued on Page 10] AWARD CONTRACT FOR COKE OVENS Will Install Koppers Battery to Produce 700 Additional Tons of Coke Every Day Contract for erection of a new bat tery of 60 coke ovens with by-product apparatus at the local plant, has been awarded to the H. Koppers Company, Pittsburgh, by the Bethle hem Steel Company, it was announced at the office of General Manager Quincy Bent this morning. Work on the new battery of ovens will start at once. It is announced, and will be completed in twelve months. The added capacity will make possible the production of 700 gross tons of coke additional every day. At present the Bethlehem com pany operates three batteries of 40 ovens each at the loca* plant. The present batteries, however, are of Semet-Solvay type. The agreement with this concern has expired. SYMPATHY STRIKE IN N. Y. FIZZLE? Little Evidence That General Walkout of Unions Is in Progress New York, Sept. 27.—The general strike of labor unions -in sympathy with the striking car men was sup posed to be effective to-day and al though labor leaders claimed that some 250,000 workers had responded to the call, there was little evidence that a strike was In progress. Private canvassers among the labor unions reported that at least 22 unions had failed to respond to strike calls this forenoon. The only report re ceived at police headquarters was that [Continued on Page 101 FRANCO-BRITISH ON SOMME GIVE FOES NO REST New Drive Aimed at Chaulncs Begun at Once by Victor ious Entente Troops TAKE MANY PRISONERS 190 Square Miles of Territory and 44 Villages Captured Since July 1 No rest is being given the Germans by the victorious Franco-British forces on the Somme front. The British capture of the long re sisting Thiepval stronghold, follow ing closely and unexpectedly upon the capture of Combles by the com bined allied forces, was followed up last night by a new stroke on the part [Continued on I'ago 10] May Take Midnight Whistling Complaint to Service Commission South Harrisburg and East End residents who were aroused shortly before midnight by the sudden clamor of a shrieking locomotive whistle somewhere on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad indignantly con ferred to-day upon a plan of protest to the railroad officials against a repe tition of the racket. In the. event that no relief be promised, an appeal to the Public Service Commission is contemplated. Police headquarters, fireliouses and the railroad offices were called fre quently on the telephone by angry pajamaed citizens whose rest had been disturbed, for an explanation of the screaming whistle. That an en gineei was "whistling for his fireman or flagman who had been late in re porting" didn't help a bit to appease those whose rest had been disturbed. FLOUR AT CIVIL WAR PRICES Chicago, 111., Sept. 2 7. —The price of flour was advanced 20 cents a barrel yesterday, the highest level since the Civil War. Standard Minnesota pat ents sold for $9.10 a barrel, an increase of $3 over a year ago. The cheaper grades of flour sold to the bakers' trade also was advanced 10 and 15 cents a barrel. Grades which yesterday sold for $8.50 brought $8.60 and $8.65 to day. I V 1 V i TA 1 Vj " tT I r1 If l 1 If l n VH .Philadelphia, Sept. 27.—The Board of Directors of the ; Pennsylvania Railroad Company to-day confirmed the ap- 1 pointmcnt of O. J. De Rousse, general assistant to the 5 president, to the position of assistant to the president, to become effective September 30th. The board also confirmed the following appointments in the operating department, to become effective to-mor- row: A. B. Clarke, at present assistant engineer of mainten- I ance of ways, in charge of roadway and track, will be- ; ! t come superintendent of the Renovo division, to succeed | 1 ' J. M. James, who died September 17i j r C. H. Niemeyer, nt present division engineer of the J ® Pittsburgh division, will become assistant engineer of I mainte.nr.nee of way, in charge of roadway and track, with | l he: < - - • ! 'V: ■ Irk.hi , typhoid iv Schuylkill * ' '■*- ? reported to- 1 j ► the State Health Department that it has thirty-one catfig I of typhoid fever and a number of suspects. State aid was asked and physicians and nurses will be sent there at once, I with engineers to look into the water supply rnd other pos" i £ sible source? of the disease. T P. OS TON WINS MORNING GAME J 1 Boston.—ln to-day's morning game Boston Nationals X defeated Pittsburgh, score 1 to 0., Cooper was hit . eight time-, and Tyler four. EDGE LEADERS • T T.ion, J., - • Returns fro;r, the Nr •• Jer-ey 1 £ primary rlertion up to midafternoon give Walter E. Edge a I i 9 s:n: Icad'ovc- Au . Colgate in the Republican guber- I tutorial contest, reversing the result of earlier returns. . j • With .159 districts missing out of 1893 Edge had 65,665; I' Colg • • ; I ROB O'TOOLE AGAIN Han icburg.—Thieves early this morning broke into the * small store of Martin O'Toole at Island Park, stealing | cigars, cakes and cigarets. This is the third time in three i ( months that the place-was robbed. ' I MARRIAGE LICENSES Mlllnrd Peter Young and Sornb Bell Wood, city. Harry R. Selbert, Jr., Hummelatown, and Huth Garrett, city. Ignaa I.orenm and Krleda Knlablek, city. Ray Sylveater Humphrey and Nora Katbryn Wolf, Wllllamaport. Jamen Sylveater Myera, Hoyaltua, and Catherine Virginia Adams. Mlddletown. 12 PAI.ES CITY EDITION SHOOTS LOVER, RIVAL AND SELF IN HOTEL ROOM Woman Murders Pomincnt New York Man and Commits Suicide in Philadelphia OTHER GIRL WILL DIE Not Known How Avenger Gain ed Entrance to Room of Pair Philadelphia, Sept. 27. The wom an who shot and Killed J. C. Graveur, of New York, seriously wounded his female companion and then commit ted suicide in a prominent hotel her® early to-day. has been identified as Mrs. Harry Belzer, of 313 Euclid ave nue, New York, by a sister of the dead man. This sister, whose name is Mrs. Frances Apman, came here to-day with Harry V. Fancy, of New York, a business partner of Graveur, and made the identification at the morgue. Mrs. Apman told the police Mrs. Belzer's maiden name was Margaret McAndrews and that the poman had not been living with her husband re cently. Graveur, she also told tb. [Continued on Page 9] Autoists Can't Use Granolithic Walk on River Wall For Drive Motorists dare not use the grano lithic walk along the River Front and the luckless chauffeur who Is caught driving on that section of the park will be punished as severely as the de partmental regulations will permit, according to Park Commissioner K. Z. Gross. Complaints of the growing fre quency of "speeding parties" aJong the city's "front steps," of the pleasure tours that are arranged from time to time, of the quaint habit that many car owners enjoy of taking their ma chines down over the bank to scrub. Failure of Council to provide sufficient funds to pay park policemen course, limits the means of observa tion and supervision by officers, ac cording to Mr. Gross, but every ef fort will be made to keep the auto mobiles from the walk.
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