HARRISBURG (&Kh TELEGRAPH T VVV\; ori BY CARniBR•_■ p. m. Moon i First quarter, November 2, 12i.11 n. m. Blver Htaget 4.1 feet nbo low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Mistical tcmpcrnturc, M>. l.oweat temperature. 35. Mean temperature, 47. Normal temperature. 411. WELL, ANYWAY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPROVED RIVER FRONT ONE'OF THESE DAYS ) MIDSUMMER ~~T AUGUST • SgPtEMM October eurf [ ah! cnv saiciToe advises ? I now Cll go no, * P I THE BALANCE 0* THE 1013 PARK CnH EN6|NEER COWD=N 5 m ™ AT GLANCE OF LOAN CAN 7 FtRST I'LL ASk THE SOLICITOR ? \ HPNO FOP RIPRAPINO TWe FAVOR THE V \ WMETWtR IT IS NECESSARY I RIVER Slope\ plant J < , J / "to " ("ciTY ESWWEtt? VfT WPFM^NT) LATER STILL UTER LATER STILL : CURTAIN < ; F ' ~ ' ? R F~. I . ? AND VET WE ARE TOLD THE INN 60IN& OUT OF \ WE ADVERTISERS / (MY THESE AUTUMN COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT TOWN FOR A FE-W ill' T•, 1 BIDS WE MUST WAIT TEN VMS ARE FINE FOR TS RESULTS. \ DAYS. PRIZE WINNING FLOWER BOXES ARE ANNOUNCED Winning Block to Be Enter-1 tained at Toa at the Colonial Club I During the months of April and Mav I 'of this year the Telegraph eonduetted j |iv campaign for making Ilarrlsburg : i ".the flower city of Pennsylvania." The | I hearty co-operation with which the ; Icity's flower-loving citizens Joined In I the campaign resulted in a splendid i | lloral display on the porches and the ' window ledses of hundreds of houses ' j in all part's of the city. The start made ' this year augurs well for continued ex- ! pansion in 1917, when it is expected; j the number of homesdisplaying fiowerß I and plants will be doubled or tripled. J | At the Inception of the campaign ! i this newspaper offered certain prizes ! for the bes' individual and collective ! I displays that would be permanent for 1 (he summer Judges were appointed, j ] Includins interested officers of the Civic : ( Club and floral experts. A recent in- I i spection of all the entries In the Tele- | j srraph's contest has resulted In the! selection of the following winners, to- l I getber with the awards: Meade F. Harris. 1511 Vernon stwot. j won the prize for the best Individual I disn'ay, a beautiful Dotted plant. The winning block was on Penn ! ; street between Woodbine and Emerald j streets, with the following ladies as I winners: Mrs. William Dougherty, j j Mrs. B. C. Breneman, Mrs. E. M. Hoover, Mrs. J. R. Stoner. Mrs. D. J. i i Rimer, Mrs. H. O. Hamilton, Mrs. | j Sarah J. Mas;lauchlin, Mrs. P. A. Rup- ! lev. Mrs. P. C. Schwartz. Mrs. J. E. | ! Heckert, Mrs. J. B. Seal, Mrs. Margaret I Phillips. Mrs. G. R. Hull, Mrs. A. S. | Moypr. Mrs. C. A. Hepp. Mrs. F. R. j Rnshey, Mrs. Ella Horning. Mrs. J. A. i I Kluchor, Mrs. L. F. Kast, Mrs. Harry' I E. Gobi. Mrs. William J. Foster, Mrs. j E. S. Kilhafnor. Mrs. S. R. Pealer and Mrs. George Monn. The Special Honor List Honorable mention should be given j j ;o a great many of the other contest- J ants, but these deserve snecial praise: ' Mrs. J. K. Smith. 2115 North Second I street; Mrs. Michael E. Stroun. 1509 Second street: E. F. Dunlap, ! l">fi" North Second street: the entire 20f>o Mock on Derrv street: Mrs. How ;rrd Bingnman. 1719 North Second I i "♦reft: S. H. Barnhart, 2024 North j Sixth street: Harry Miller. 2323 North ! Third street; Samuel Friedman. 217 j Pet'fer street: Mrs. Harry Kreidlor, 708 Green street: P. A. Hess. 1 732 Market strict, nnd the Executive Mansion. , | Thi ladles of the winnlncr block will | be entertained at a tea at the Colonial ; I Country Club on Wednesday afternoon. ' ( November 1. by a stereopticon lecture I on flowers by O. P. Beckley, of the j Berryhlll Nursery Company. JEWEL ROBBERS ARRESTED 1 New York, Oct. 28. The police to-' day arrested at the request of the Bal- ! tlmore authorities, two men suspected of Implication in a $20,000 jewel rob bery in the Maryland city last month. The prisoners, who said they were Leon Miller 2 4 and Jacob Kramer, 32, ; apparently were about to sail for Ila , vana to-day. GOT HERE FOR I'UXERAL I Corporal S. Wilbur Shetron, hus ! band of Mrs. Minnie Shetron, who was killed late Monday night In an auto i accident near Dauphin, arrived here j early this morning from Ei Paso, I Texas, where he is stationed with Troop C, First Pennsylvania Cavalry, In order to attend his wife's funeral which was held at 10 o'clock. Edgar T. Bergenstock, regimental quarter master of the Eighth Regiment and Jacob Bergenstock, of Troop C, I brothers of Mrs. Shetron accompanied | Corporal Shetron. WARNS YOUNGSTERS I Chief of Police Wetsel declared to- Iday that during the Hallowe'en sea-! son a close watch will be kept on! youngsters to see that the curfew luw jis obeyed, and to prevent disorderll ness In the streets. Arrests will be made in case of flagrant violations, the executive stated. He also issued ' a warning to parents to accompany I their children on Hallowe'en utght, u I jthe curfew law is to be enforced. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28, 1916. BACKS DOWN ON . , TREASON CHARGE ; i | Baker Denies He Meant Amer icans Are Involved in Alleged Secret Plot j | What They Say About i Charges of Plot on Border i CHARLES Br HUGHES I am amazed at the charges that Is thus brought In the light of the actions which our opponents have taken with respect to our j neighboring country of Mexico. If there ever was a policy men acing to safety * * * was the | policy there pursued. I COLONEL ROOSEVELT Mr. Secretary Baker has had an other pipe dream, I see. | SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER The statement was without poli j tical purpose and ought to be j without political effect. It will have served its entire purpose I if it serves notice upon the law less people In Mexico that we have been warned and are pre pared. SEC'T'Y OF STATE LANSING Secretary Baker's announcement was inspired by absolutely no political consideration as to this country. Nor does it mean that Americans of any sort are in volved. V j Washington. D. C., Oct. 28.—Such a storm of indignation followed the 1 publication of Secretary of War New i ton D. Baker's statement insinuating [ that American citizens opposed to the j President's Mexican policy are ln ! volved In a plot to cause an attack on ithe United States troops in Mexico or i American towns on the border that | Baker denied that his words were ln | tenden to convey such a meaning, j Subjected to a rigid cross-questlon j Ing by newspaper correspondents, i Baker declared that he had Intended ! to say that the conspiracy was con fined entirely to Mexicans. There was I absolutely nothing political about his statement, he said. "It's Unthinkable'' "When you said that 'enemies of the President's policy toward Mexico, in co-operation with Villa or other ! bandits in Mexico, have arranged a spectacular attack upon some part of | the American forces or upon some ! community on the border between : now and the date of the election." did I you not know It would be construed as meaning that Americans were In the conspiracy?" Secretary Baker was i asked. t J "Oh, dear, no: It's unthinkable," he | replied. That Silver Money Point j Secretary Baker's statement con ' tained this assertion, generally con j strued to mean that the alleged at tack was being financed by American i money: "It Is significant thut both the State | and War Department!, were advised : that the bandit forces operating at I the present time in Mexico are being I I paid In silver coin." "Of what did you mean this was I significant?" Baker was asked, i "I can't comment on that," he re | plied. "Didn't you believe that it would | be taken as meaning that the Mexican bandits were being paid in American | money since there is no silver In cir - dilation in Mexico?" "I decline to draw any Inferences from that." "If you meant that only Mexicans j were involved In the plot, why did you not specifically say so or at least 'eliminate Americans?" asked a ques j tloner. Cliose My Own Words "I had the choice of my own ! words," Secretary Baker retorted. Army officers and department offi cials. though refusing to talk for pub- I llcation, continued to express their I amazement that the Secretary of War L Continued on l'agc 1] HUGHES REVEALS i FALSE PROSPERITY Declares America Must Build I and Maintain New Policy Rochester. N. Y., Oct. 2 B.—Charles j E. Hughes left Rochester to-day to . continue his camp&lgji through the! state of New York. Mr. Hughes spent 1 the night in thexity after his address I here. The nominee's program to-day called f? r three speeches in (he day and a j nigh't meeting at Ogdensburg, where Ihe jvvi 11 remain until 5 p. m. to-mor row. Mr. Hughes will go to Ohio from ' Ogdensburj;. j Mr. Hughes' speech here last night I was the fourth one of the day. In his first address, at Utlca. he devoted much of his lime to his tariff views I t.nd Americanism. He reiterated his 1 denial that a vote for him meant a j vote for war. i At Auburn the nominee assailed the i administration tor its alleged failure to i observe the merit system In making j appointments and declared for a "fair isnil equitable retirement system" for I civil service employes, j The nominee declared that to meet i European competition after the war [ "America has got to build and maln j tain a new American policy." He I added that America also should have a (Sound American foreign policy which ; will provide so far as intelligent action can provide a backing for American | enterprise. He did not propose to treat "busi ness men as suspicious characters," ho said, "nor tc put the brakes upon the wheels of industrial progress," al thouph lie opposed every tendency or policy which looks toward discrimi nation or monopolistic production. In his Auburn speech Mr. Hughes denounced the statement that a vote for him meant a vote for war as "false, unworthy, preposterous and insincere," He again expressed the conviction that he would be elected—and the audi ence cheered —adding that If he were he would have "competent business heads" for the War and Navy Depart ments. The administration's alleged lac.k of preparedness when the National Guard was mobilised was assailed by Mr. Hushes la ills speech at Geneva, the third of the day. America's present prosperity was characterized as "an unnatural pros i peritv. a false prosperity." With a snap of the fingers to em phasize his point, the nominee de | clared that at the close of the war the [Continued on Pago 2.] MILKMEN MEET TUESDAY : Kctailers Have Decided to Fight In crease Above 8 Cents A special meeting of the retail milk dealers of the city who have formed a Dairymen's Association will be held next Tuesday evening when Important business will be transacted In con nection with the increase in the price of milk to eight cents a quart. A meeting was held last night by the retailers who have practically de cided that they will pay only 18 cents a gallon, wholesale price, for milk. The producers will meet on Monday I night to adopt a constitution and by -laws and make plans for other meet ings. TWO FALSE ALARMS City police and detectives to-day searched for the persons who sent in two false alarms early this morning, calling out firemen In the Allison Hill district. The first alarm was sent in from Box No. 214, Fourteenth and State streets, and the second one a few minutes later from Box No. 8. Sixteenth and Walnut streets. It Is believed that the alarms were sent In b- persons riding in an automobile. RFUTINGER JURY DISCHARGED Newark. N J.. Oct. 28.—The Jury in the case of Mrs. Margaret C. Beutlnger, accused of having shot and killed her husband, Christof. reported at 1 p. m. to-day, after having been out all night! that It had been unable to reach a verdict and -.■ as discharged. Mrs Beutlnger Was remanded to Jail and a new. trial was ordered, tp begin on No- , i vember 21. LODGE LUSITANIA CHARGES CREATE BIG SENSATION Accuses Wilson of Telling Ger many in Postscript That Strict AccountabilityMeansNothing ' New Bedford. Mass.. Oct. 28. I Charges made by Senator Henry Ca- i hot Lodge in Brockton that President! I Wilson had added a postscript to the I second Lusitanta note of June 9. 1915, j i informing Germany that the "strict I j accountab'lity" note of May 13 "was j i not .to be taken seriously," are to be I repeated in Somerville to-night, ac- j cording to the Senator's own an- I nounccment. | The charges have created some : thing of a sensation in Massachusetts jand they have been the chief topic of | discussion in political circles. 300 Teachers Attend Institute at Central | Dr. Cheesman A. Ilerrick, president of Girard college, and Dr. Ezra Leh- I man. principal of Shippensburg Stale ■ Normal school, were the two speakers at the second session of the city in stitute held last evening and this morn ing in the auditorium of the Central high school. More than 300 of the city teachers were in attendance. Superintendent Frederick E. Downes | presided, and announced the program I for the three remaining institutes. December 8 and December 9 the speaker will be Dr. Lincoln Hul ley, president of the Leland Stan ford University. He has ad dressed tho local teachers on previous occasions. Dr. William E. Chancel lor, of the University of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, will be tho other speak er. January 27, the entire Saturday will be devoted to institute. Dr. Reuben Post Halleck, of Louisville, Ky., and G. M. Quibble of the University of Illinois will speak. The final session of institute will be held March 10 with Dr. W. G. Chambers of the University of Pennsylvania, and Andrew Thomas i Smith of West Chester Normal school j as the lectures. At to-day's session, Dr. Lehman chose as his themes, "Teaching Pupils How to Study" and "How to Measure Success in Teaching." Dr. Merrick ' gave scholarly addresses on the sub : jeets, "The Keystone of tho Kduca | tional Arch," and "Education and j Life." Man Who Threatened Wilson Batters Way to Liberty I Pittsburgh, Pa„ Oct. 28. Morris Diamond, of Bay City, Mich., who was * sent to the City Home at Marshalsea, la month ago, after his arrest here for sending threatening letters to ! President Wilson from Cleveland, es caped from the institution last night. | Diamond and three other men broke i down the door of the ward where I they were conllned and making their ! way to the street door sawed the 1 bars. Diamond has been under ob servation by physicians to determine his sanity. AKKKST HOYS FOR AUTO TIIKFT Charles Ketterhoff, aged 15, and Samuel Melchor, aged 14. were ar rested last evening by Detectives | Schelhas. Shuler and Speese and Con i Mable Windsor, 3d, on a charge of stealing an automobile owned by Dr. H. A. Stine, Sixteenth and Berryhlll streets. It is alleged that the boys j took the machine, but abandoned it i later at Hitjhsplre. They were held ! for a hearing. The auto has been ; recovered. UNIX NEXT WEKK Washington, Oct. 28. Weather ; predictions for the week beginning ; Sunday issued by the Weather Bureau to-day are: North and Middle Atlantic States: Fair and moderately warm until Wed nesday or Thursday when there prob ably will be rains followed by fair and I considerably colder weather Friday and Saturday. CITY IN MIDST OF ENTHUSIASTIC BUILDING BOOM 1 • . I Sonic Contractors Will Keep Things Moving Until Christmas MANY GARAGES GO UP Walls of New Pennsy Freight 1 Station Arc Steadily Rising Delay In shipments of iron and steel for structural work, which had ' retarded building operations through* I | out the city during the last few; i weeks, has been overcome somewhat jby the ability of the shipping firms < to fulfill orders, and contractors gen- j |erally are taking advantage of the sat- j I isfactor'y weather conditions to push i things as speedily as possible. Approaching winter with its po f s-1 sibilities of sudden and disastrous hold-ups is nearly always a bug-a-boo ' among the builders and while they I i consider present conditions more or j less exceptional for speeding up their operations, they do not want to take la chance on loafing along. ! Prospects for a continuance of work I in structures which are well beyond | the foundations, are excellent and some of the builders believe they can keep things moving until Christmas or thereabouts. To Ileal Jack Frost Excavations, incidentally, are being hurried on other new operations in order that the frost may not interfere. Labor conditions have not been exact .[Coiitinuod on Page 11] SIBO,OOO in New Dimes Are Turned Loose From Mint Philadelphia. < >ct. 28. The ten- I cent pieces, which have been coined i in large <|uantities at the Philadelphia mint, were put into circulation to-day | for the tirst time, about $ ISO,OOO worth | being distributed to banks and trust I companies. They will be introduced I simultaneously in tlie Western States front the Denver mint. The obverse side of the new dime shows a head of Liberty In profile, while the reverse side shows a bundle of rods in the center and the protrud ing battle ux, symbols of unity. Sur rounding the central design is an olive wreath, denoting peace. The new coins are expected to be in general circulation within a few days. j i>" ""TIT "in'T; rrr: i WEATHER BUREAU-DIES - • Philadelphia Oct. 23.~Thcodore Mowell Ely former i k Br.rt;jrn i- MARRIAGE LICENSES Utile Corliln HIIIIM-*, Altuonii, mid Mary Mabel White, l.rnUtong. Andrew Jwbniiuu, Nterlton, und MnHle l'crklns, city. 16 PAGES CITY EDITION BRETZ AND BOLL MARSHALS IN BIG SCHOOL PAGEANT Tech High Principal Shows liow Defeat of Loan Will Hamper Tech APPROACHING MAXIMUM Return of Semiskilled Hoys lo Institution Will Compli cate Matters School Directors I-larry M. Bretz aim William A. 801 l will marshal the stu dents of the Central and Technical High Schools, respectively, on Satur day, November 4, when the youngsters march in the big demonstration pa rade that is being planned to boost the proposed $1,250,000 high school loan. School Director Hurry A. Boyer Is chief marshal and he has appointed the two fellow directors to assist him in getting the forces of the two in stitutions together. Some figures on the conditions at Technical High Sihool and the grave possibilities for overcrowding that will result should the school loan fail of passage, were given out to-day in an interview by Dr. Charles 15. Fager, [principal. The capacity is .150. "At the opening of school in Sep tember, 1915, we had 454 pupils en rolled. Of these, 175 were members ,of the Freshman class—the largest and best prepared class we have ad mitted for some years. Since 550 is j the maximum number that we will be ; able to accommodate, and since the ' incoming Freshman class already num [Coiitiniicd on I'asc ] Finds Her Twin Babies Playing With Big Snake Altoona, Pa., Oct. 2 8. Hearing her j 1-year-old twins Harold and Howard I laughing and lisping yesterday, Mrs. j Robert Shaal. of Wehnwood, a suburb, ! peeped into the kitchen to see what they were doing. She was horrified to find them playing with a three-foot blacksnake. The repiile crawled over and about tho little ones, and the twins grabbed at its head and tail, but it would wrig gle away. Snake and the babies seem ed to have the time of their lives. Mrs. Shaal, when she recovered her voice, screamed for help, and a neigh bor rushed in and dispatched the un | welcome visitor.