Greek King Reported in Favor of an Immediate Declaration of War on Bulgaria / , ■ • • HARRISBURG dSfik TELEGRAPH LXXXV— XTrt nY CARRIERS <1 CENTS A WEEK. !\O. CCJ SINGLE COPIES 3 CENTS. EX-POLICE CHIEF BEHIND BARS FOR 'FIXING' WITNESS A. V. Rodgers, Columbia, Capi tol Park Policeman, Arrested in Gougler Case AT GRAND JURY HEARING Action of State's Mainstays in Girl Enticement Trial Prompts Inquiry Charged with tampering with the State's witnesses in the trial of Benja min T. Gougler, indicted for enticing 14-year-old Josephine Crawford, A. V. Rodgers, a capitol park policeman and an ex-chief of police of Columbia, this morning was locked up in the Dauphin county prison. Information was made against Rodgers by County Detective James T. Walters and Alderman George A. Hoverter committed the former Columbia police official to Jail for a| preliminary hearing. Rodgers' bail had been fijeed at fSOO but up until an early hour this afternoon he had not produced the necessary bonds to obtain his release. No time has been fixed for the hear ing. In the Grand Jury Room Rodgers' arrest followed a thorough Investigation that had been instituted by District Attorney Michael E. Stroup when it developed yesterday afternoon behind the doors of the grand jury room that some of the witnesses against Gougler were not telling the truth. The county prosecutor's office realized this In view of other incon trovertible circumstances, it is under stood, and a sudden Inquiry brought to light what the county officers claim had been direct. attempts on the Columbia man's part to persuade cer tain important witnesses not to testify truthfully. Gougler Indicted The grand Jury however returned a true bill against Gougler and it is understood in court circles that much of the story of the witness tampering will be developed on the stand at Gougler's trial. Gougler, a railroader, must answer to a September quarter sessions Jury for attempting to entice pretty Jose phine Crawford, the datighter of Mrs. Bessie Crawford, of Highspire. Most of to-day's session in No. 1 room was taken up with the trial of [Continued on Page 11] Berlin Public Believes Bremen Is Ready to Dock Berlin, Sept. 27, via London, Sept. 2 B.—News of the actual docking of the submarine Bremen at New London is still lacking, but the owners and the public generally assume that the tele gram announcing the departure of a convoying tug from the American port will be immediately followed !>v the announcement that the voyage of the merchant submarine has been success fully completed. The Bremen took much longer on her voyage than was calculated would be necessary, and, though the owners successfully concealed any appearance of apprehension, they have been wait ing over a week anxiously for news. Director Heineken. of the Deutsche Ozean-Rhederai, owners of the Bre men, said that he assumed the sub marine had been delayed by the heavy Btorms which have been reported raging in the north Atlantic. The Bremen, whose dimensions are exactly the same as those of the Deutschland, carries a cargo of the same character as the sister ship and the company expects the same gen erous profits as were made by the first undersea liner to cross the Atlantic. The Deutschland is expected to leave for the United States shortly after the arrival of the Bremen at New London and will be loaded with dyestuffs and medicines. THrnn U-BOAT COMING London, Sept. 28.—The Amsterdam correspondent of the Exchange Tele graph Company says travelers who have arrived from Bremen report that a third German commercial submarine will be ready to sail within a month. This submarine, to be known as the Kaiser, is said to be slightly larger than the Deutschland. SJIACKLETON REACHES CHII.I Santiago. Chili, Sept. 28.—Lieuten ant Sir Ernest Shackleton, the ex plorer, who is on his way to England arrived here yesterday from Punta Arenas with the members of his party who were rescued from Elephant Island. THE WEATHER Harrlxhurar and vicinity: Prob ably nhowrrH and thunderstorms to-night and Friday, cooler Friday. Kiiitern I'cniinylt miin i I'robuhly ihourrs and thunderstorms night and Friday, cooler Friday. Frcah south winds. River The mnln river will remain nenr ly stationary and its tributaries Mill probably fall slowly to-niicht. Showers may cause some streams to rlac Friday. A stage of about 3.7 feet Is Indicated for Harrlshur&r rriday morning. Gencrnl Conditions The center of the disturbance from the XortJjwest lias moved eastward to the vicinity of Georgian bay. Pressure continues high along the Atlantic const and u strong high pressure urea from the \orth Pa cific ocenn has overspread the west ern half of the country with ita center over the Rocky niountnlns. Ralna have fallen over the lake re gion, in the lower Ohio, middle and upper Mississippi valley, the North ern Plains States and in the Rocky Mountains. Temperatures have risen 2 to n generally In the Atlantic and Gulf States and In the upper Ohio valley nud Tennessee. Temperature i. 8 a. m., 02. Sum Rises, 3.58 a. m.t sets, 5.34 p. m. Moon I .First quarter, October 4. River stage, 3.6 feet above low water mark. Highest temperature, 82. Lowest temperature, 36. Mean temperature, (ID. Normal temperature, 01, NO ALARM RUNG FOR HOUR CAUSE OF $15,000 FIRE Proprietors of Hotel Restaurant j Did Not Know How to Summon Firemen 100 GUESTS FLEE FLAMES Two Turk Owners Arrested, but Released After In vestigation Because two Turks did not know how to send in an alarm of fire when a blaze broke out In their restaurant at 512 Market street early this morning resulted in the spread of the flames, which caused more than $15,000 dam age to the Metropolitan Hotel Annex and restaurant. The Turks were placed under arrest and gave their names as Mohammed Mustufer and Alexis Abram, pro prietors of the restaurant. The fire j had been burning almost an hour be fore an alarm was sent in from Box 39, Fifth and Market streets, by W. M. Wollerton, a leverman on the Penn sylvania railroad, who saw the smoke 1 and flames. The two Turks were held at the or der of Fire Chief John C. Kindler and were questioned by Deputy Fire Mar shal James H. McFarland. The in vestigation brought to light the fact that neither of the men knew of the fire until it had been burning for al most halt an hour in the kitchen of their restaurant, and then for fifteen minutes no alarm was sent in because they did not know how to operate the city fire alarm box. In the meantime the blaze had spread to the roof of the Metropolitan Hotel Annex. Hundred Guests Flee Blames Almost a hundred guests in the sev enty rooms of the hotel were aroused as soon as the alarm was sent in, many of them rushing down fire escapes and stairways, clad in night clothes. When the firemen arrived on the [Continued on Pase 11] Mexican Raiders Driven Back by U. S. Cavalry; Villa Headed For Border ? El Paso, Texas, Sept. 28. Fifty armed Mexicans who had crossed to the American side at Cinecu Station, eight miles east of El Paso, were pur sued late yesterday by a detachment of the Eighth United States Cavalry on border patrol, and escaped to the Mexican side. One of the Mexicans dropped a rifle, which the American soldiers picked up. It was marked "Tenth United States Cavalry, Troop K." Troop K of the Tenth, was command ed by Captain Charles F. Boyd, one of the Americans killed In the battle with Carranza troops at Carrizal. Carranza scouts reported to military headquarters in Juarez, opposite here, that Villa is heading for the Texas boundary with his forces and that Villa sympathizers say he is planning to raid isolated American towns on the border. Since Villa with his bandit band left the Rio Florida, more than two months ago, and started moving northward his forces have grown from 500 men to more than 6000. More than half the small garrison jn Chi huahua have revolted during this period and declared themselves Villis tas. To-day Villa practically controls the State of Chihuahua and has more men at his command than has the de facto government. This summary of the situation in Chihuahua was given at United States army headquarters by officers detained to watch the situation. Late last evening women camp fol lowers arriving in Chihuahua from the south announced the garrison at Montezuma, half way between Juarez and Chihuahua, had revolted and de clared itself for Villa. Republican Delegates Leave York Convinced of Strong Hughes Sentiment 1 ork, Sept. 28.—After a morning devoted to a trip to Gettysburg and a tour of the battlefield, the delegates to the convention of the State League of Republican Clubs, in session here since last uesday, left for their homes this afternoon. Philadelphia's four hundred delegates, with President Fred W. Willard, departed by special train for the Quaker City at 3 p. m. "The convention and its attendant mass meetings" said Mr. Willard just prior to his departure, "have con vinced us that an overpowering senti ment in favor of Hughes, such as has never before been accorded a presi dential candidate, is prevalent all over Pennsylvania. The State League of Republican Clubs will play an import ant part in the campaign." Thousands of Big Shells Made in Daniels' Home Town Are Found to Be Defective Washington, Sept. 28.—The Navy Department admitted yesterday that several thousand big-gun shells, pur chased from an inexperienced mu nitions manufacturer in Raleigh, N C„ the home of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels had proved unsatis factory and defective. Assistant Sec retary of the Navy Roosevelt, who is head of the Navy Department during the absence of Secretary Daniels on a campaigning tour of Michigan said: 'lt is true that many of the shells purchased from the Raleigh Iron Works Company were unsatisfactory. No more shells of that class will be purchased for the navy. The shells ordered from the Raleigh Iron Works Company were cast. Tests were made of cast shells, and it was believed they would be all right for target practice. Tho order for them was placed because they were so much cheaper than the others. "It is true some of the cast shells furnished by the Raleigh concern ex ploded soon after they left the guns. It is also true that shells made from similar specifications by another con cern were equally unsatisfactory. The results show that It is not feasible to manufacture a satisfactory cast shell .for 5.5-inch jruns or larsrer." HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1916. I —— [SMALL CONCRETE PLANT SUPPLIES MATE — ~ ■ - ■ ■ .1, [ Everybody who looks at the new Cumberland Valley bridge, now in course of construction, wonders how the concrete is supplied to make the big arches and cover the old piers. When one visits the lower end of Island Park and watches the machinery at work, they are more surprised because of the small space taken up by the concrete mixer and plant, and the large amount of work performed daily in supplying concrete. The ahove picture shows the plant on the island. It was taken from a recent edition of the Engineering bridge w gives the entire front page, many columns, and a number of illustrations in telling about the big HUGHES INVADES HOME STATE OF THE PRESIDENT Addresses Audience at Trenton Fair and Holds Big Reception PARTY BREACH HEALED Penrose and Flinn Shake Hands During Great Demon stration at Pittsburgh Trenton, N. J., Sept. 28. Charles E. Hughes to-day addressed an audi ence at the State Fair here. Mr Hughes reached Trenton at 10 a. m. from Pittsburgh where he spoke last night and motored to the fair grounds. There he held a public reception for an hour, afterward speaking from the judges' stand at the race track. With him on the stand were suc cessful and defeated Republican candidates for various offices at last Tuesday's primary election. ' It was Mr. Hughes' first appearance [Continued on Pane 9] LONG SCHOOL VACATION ENDS Boys and Girls Will Return to Desks Tomorrow Morning at 9 O'clock Readln' and writin' and 'rithmetic— and algebra and botany and a few I other little studies that one never gave a thought throughout the last ten weeks.—will be very much in order from to-morrow. After a month's delay because of the State's infantile paralysis quarantine the city's schools will be formally re opened at 9 o'clock. Most of the day will be devoted to getting books and supplies in order [Continued on Page B.] Neck Broken For Year, but Athlete Did Not Know It; Played Ball, Too Pittsburgh, Sept. 28.—Joe Maston, all-round athlete of the University of I Pittsburgh, has had his neck broken ; since last fall, but he did not know it until to-day, when, after vainly trying to play with the football team, he con sulted a physician. An x-ray photograph disclosed that the only reason Maston Is not dead is because the fracture is between the second and third vertebrae and the spinal column is not affected. While t !he Injury pained him since the acci dent, which occurred in a scrimmage, Maston refused to drop baseball last spring, although his playing was not to bis standard. CONFEREES ADJOURN New London, Conn., Sept. 28.—The Mexican-American Joint commission, after a brief session, adjourned to-day to meet again on Monday next at At lantic City. Most of the commission ers and their attaches expect to spend Friday and Saturday in New York. NOT ENLISTING FOREIGNERS Berlin, Sept. 28-By Wireless.—The semi-official "Norddcutsche Allge meine Zeltung" to-day prints a denial of reports from hostile sources that Germany has enlisted foreigners, not ably Belgians, for military service. During the war Germany has main tained the principle of detaining- the nationals of hostile belligerents, the newspaper declares, but not of enlist ing them In the army. BUILDING OF C.V. BRIDGE IS GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT Big Railroad Viaduct Will Be Completed by First of December STORY OF THE WORK Concrete For Arches Placed by Pneumatic Method; Plant on Island With the completion of the Cum berland.Valley Railroad bridge, sched uled for December 1, some new rec ords will be made in bridge building history. There is a possibility that the big contract may be finished ahead of time, notwithstanding tho many backsets due to floods. An outstanding feature in connec tion with the construction of the big bridge is that the contractors, the Robert Grace Contracting Company, of Pittsburgh, are doing all the con ■ crete work with a small concrete plant [Continued on Page 4] SCHWAB LIST IS FILLED Chamber of Commerce Com mittee Prepares For Enter tainment of Party The Harrlsburg Chamber of Com merce Committee in charge of ar rangements for the annual dinner, announced to-day that no more ap plication for tickets would be hon ored. To date 400 acceptances have been received. The committee met at noon and learned that it would be impossible to provide any further ac commodations. Any cards or money received after noon to-day will be re turned. The Chamber of Commerce Com mittee is making arrangements this afternoon for the entertainment of the Schwab party upon arrival here Mon day afternoon. Just what will be done in this line depends upon the time Mr. Schwab will be in the city. MAYOR WANTS 30 MORE POLICE Mayor Meals announced last night that he will make an effort to have 80 patrolmen added to the police force, and also to have provided in the city budget sufficient funds for the purchase of- a new police patrol and an automobile for the detective bureau. Acordlng to figures which Mayor Meals has collected, the ma jority of cities are providing one patrolman for each 1,000 people, but in Harrisburg there is one patrolman for each 1,800. '1 , . DAUGHTER OP MANUFACTURER Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 28.—Mrs. Jo seph C. Le Due before her marriage here fifteen years ago was Miss Lillian Kappes, of this city. Her father, Phil lip Kappes, up to the time of his death several years ago was a prominent manufacturer here. Her mother, who Is now Mrs. Amelia Schaarzraben, is making her home with relatives In Norwood, Ohio, a suburb, but could not be located early to-day. Mrs. I.<e Due Is remembered here as being a leader In German society circles pre vious to her marriage . "GET" FAMOUS GERMAN FIAER Berlin, Sept. 87 via London, Sept. 28.—Lieut. Wintgens, who, next to Captain Boelke, was Germany's most famous fighting aviator, has been killed in an engagement with entente allied aviators. He was burled ac cording to his own wish, on the spot where he fell. CONFIDENT WIFE SHOT IN ROOM OF HOTEL IS LOYAL Husband of Sole Survivor of Triple Shooting Hurries to Phila. From Chicago IMPLICITLY TRUSTS HER Woman Wounded by Rival Will Recover; Studying Operatic Singing Philadelphia, Sept. 28. Hurrying to the bedside of his wife, the one survivor in the triple shooting in a hotel here early yesterday, Joseph C. Le Duo, of.Chicago, to-day said that he had every confidence in her loyalty 10 him. and that he would stick to her through all her trouble- Mrs. Le Due is in Jefferson Hos pital. She was improved to-day and physicians said she will recover un less complications set in. She was shot by Mrs. Harry Belzer of New York, who found her and J. C. [Continued on Page 9] 3HARRISBURGERS HURT IN CRASH Taxicab Hits Auto of W. P. Cunningham at Lan caster Three Harrisburgers were painfully ; injured and four others shaken up, | when a taxicab crashed into the auto ; mobile in which they were riding, at I West Chestnut and Nevin streets, Lan | caster. The injured are: W. P. Cunningham, proprietor of | the Cunningham Lunch Rooms, 221 I Walnut street, driver of the machine, fractured left collarbone and bruises of the face. Taken to St. Joseph's I Hospital. Not serious, i John J. Hargest, Jr., 2204 North I Third street, bruises of the back I Taken to St. Joseph's Hospital. Not ; serious. Mrs. William H. Barnes, 1719 Green J street, fractures and lacerations of Angers on lett hand. Treated at St. Joseph's Hospital. The other occupants in Mr. Cun ningham's car were his wife; Miss Jane R. McDonald, 9 South Fifteenth i street; C. E. Weber, 160 Sytvan Ter race and Mrs. C. Floyd Hopkins, 1925 > Market street. Taxi Hits Auto First reports of the accident were ! greatly exaggerated. Mr. Weber in j telling of the amashup said that the : taxicab struck the front of Mr. Cun : ningham's car, smashing the front ; wheel and mudguard on the left side. : The taxi then crashed into the pave- I ment and ran up a terrace to the front of a residence. The occupants of the taxi were William S. Slote of this city, and Miss Bertha Herr, Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, with their friends, left early tn the evening for Lancaster where they had dinner. Late In the evening they started for Harrlsburg, Mr. Cunningha mdriving the car. Near the edge of the city the taxi cab crashed into the Cunningham car. Residents of the vicinity were orused by the crash and gave first aid until the arrival of the ambulance. Mr. Harrest and Mr. are in the fit. John's Hospital, Lancaster, while the others in the party were brought to Harrisburg by Frank Con nelcy of Lancaster, in his automobile. ALMFS PliAdC $730,000 ORDER Sharon, Pa., Sept. 28.—The Driggs : Seabury Ordnance Company of this | place, has been awarded a contract' for 50,000 additional shells for the! Allies. The contract amounts to about f 7*0.001 J GREEKS FAVOR DECLARATION OF WAR ON BULGARIA King Constantino to Demand Instant Evacuation of Macedonia WILL MOBILIZE FORCES People Feel Long Period of Ex pectancy Is at End and Welcome Prospect Athens, Sept. 27, via London, Sept. 2S - The Associated Press is in a position to state positively that King Constantirie decided this morning in fa\or of an Immediate declaration of war on Bulgaria. Reports that a general mobiliza tion has been ordered are premature. After the session of the council of ministers at the palace this morning Premier Kalogeropoulos hastily call ed a cabinet meeting. The premier declared the government was giving the fullest consideration to the situa tion and said there might be addressed to Bulgaria a note of such character that mobilization would logically fol low. Later in the day it developed that the king had decided on a declara tion of war against Bulgaria. The de cision has not yet been announced publicly, as numerous details remain to be worked out. They Include an ultimatum to Bulgaria demanding in stant evacuation of all Greek Mace donia, as well as plans for mobiliza tion under the difficult conditions presented by the ocupation of Greek territory by the entente forces. Even the departure of former Premier Venizelos from Athens created nothing like the suppressed excitement evident everywhere this afternoon. The people feel that their long period of expectancy is about 10 end and the prospect of war with the Bulgarians apparently is welcome. PRINCE GEORGE RECALLED London, Sept. 28. Prince George of Greece, brother of King Constantino who has been In London for some time representing the views of the Greek court, to-day received a tele gram from the king recalling him to Athens. r— —*l? LEADING BROOKLYN IS jc.klyn,SSetp t V d i even run to B: c,oU} n' one , *|f| c firs' jf ih< -hrf f the winner in the National .League j [ in the second when Cravath walked, J 1 fer bunted and Alexander knocked a J 8 . 1 ► -| f 63c. iiice fly - > a " * f i The Giants won the \ ; < ' HAVE NOT KEPT PLEDGE, CHARGE ' f ! Col >radq Spring, Colo., Sept. 26. - The M party has r.ot kepi its pledge to reduce the high cost of liv- ! [' 1 m ' In.: ' > J also .touched upon .the tariff, the Mexican si | II economic conditions in this country at the termination ol 4 | : - | the Euro} can war. if STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS INDICTED a \ I Harriaburg.—Dauphin county's grand jury shortly 'be- j t I ; fore 4 o'clock this afternoon indicted E. S. Marshall, D.. C. | | |j Green, Thomas Walker, John Messer, Mizpah Lerch, t rry R. Shert;:er, charged with malicious injury to rail- t roads, and ignored the charge of rioting against Ross j r Green. The men had been arrested for damaging property j t of the Harrteburg Railways Company during the recent i Chicago, Sept. 28. Theodore Roosevelt will make | least five speeches in Western states for Hughes and Fair-"| || < 1 banks next month, it was said to-day at western Republj- p T can national headquarters. Chicago, Indianapolis, Denver, f I ■ El Paio and San Francisco arc reported to be among cities ' I . he v. ill visit. < I Trenton, N* j., Sept. 28. With ninety-one districts 1 1 missing out of 1893 the returns from Tuesday's primary 1 P* < election gave Walter E. Edge, a lead to-day of 3273 votes;] 1 over Austen Colgate in the contest for the Republican nom- I ji" ' , ination for governor. Edge had 72,784: Colgate 69,501. ] | i ** *i t? MARRIAGE LICENSES . William Henry Byrod and Mattle Maflcdalene Spencer, city. Samuel F. Hoxtermnn, Sprlii Mil In and Anne R. Newman, Lykena. 1 winter J. Adam* and Mary IS. Blyer, Wllllanntonn. ( ! CITY EDITION 16 PAGES BIG GUNS TAKE UP FIERCE BATTLE ON SOMME FRONT French Expected to Start En veloping Movement Against _ Pcronne RUSS RENEW ATTACKS Meeting Stubborn Resistance in Galicia; Bulgars Holding Hard While no new advances for the ln-J fantxy on the Somme front are re ported 1 y Paris to-day, the violent struggle is being kept up without ces sation by the artillery. The French have been thrusting out forcefully east from Rancourt into the St. Pierrce Vaast wood, at which point, and at Bouchavesnes, to the south, they are almost in a direct line north of Peronne, against which the speedy development of their enveloping move ment is now to be expected. Meanwhile activity has been re sumed at Verdun, the Germans again attacking east of the Meuse, between Thiaumont and Fleury. The assaults were repulsed by the French with I heavy losses to the crown prince's i troops, Paris declares. I(us9 Renew Attacks j The Russians have resumed their | violent attacks in Southern Volhynia and Galicia but report a stubborn de fense by the Austro-German armies which are declared to be delaying the Russian advance by repeatedly coun ter attacking. From Macedonia come additional re ports of a determined Bulgarian re sistance to the entente offensive in the region west of the Vardar. The repulse of Bulgarian attacks upon the French and Russians near Florine is reported by the French war office. The Bulgarians have not resumed their attack on the Serbians at Kaimakca laan, In which they are reported to have met with extremely heavy losses without success in their attempts to dislodge the Serbian defenders. The British are increasing their artillery activity on the Struma front neat Janlna. The German Reichstag meets to day in Berlin for what promises to be possibly a short session but neverthe-< less a stirring and important one. Interest in the opening centered upon the speech of Dr. Von Bethmann-Holl f Continued on Page 81 [Other War News on Page 5]
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