nm m • 1 mm* • • • ** '• a -•• - , m . ~ .... - ... many Americans Are Among Missng From Crew of Mari ia Reported Sunk Without Warning jpgt fife HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 253 14 PAGES MASKED REVELERS TO HOLD SWAY IN STREETS TONIGHT Special Traffic Rules Framed For Downtown Thorough fares BIG PARADE AND DANCE Hallowe'en Frolickers to Have Complete Possession of City For Celebration To-night's Traffic Rules For Pedestrians and Autoists Traffic orders by Chier of Police Wetzel in force after B o'clock this evening because of the big parade and dance In Market Square arc as follows: No automobiles may be parked in Market street, between Front and Fourth streets: in Second, Third or Fourth streets, between Chestnut and Walnut streets, or in Market Square. All cars running into Market Square on the soutliside will stop at Fourth and Market streets from 8.30 o'clock until 11 o'clock. Other orders from the Chief of Police follow: No disorderly conduct will be tolerated on the streets. Persons caught throwing corn, rice, lampblack or flour in the faces of any one on the streets, will be arrested ata once. Malicious mischief, or the dam aging of any property will not be permitted. Orders from officers in the downtown district must be obeyed without question to prevent any accidents or serious disturbance. \ iolators will be placed under arrest. The time—To-night. The place—Market Square. The occasion Harrisburg's Hal lowe'en celebration under the direc tion of a special committee of the Chamber of Coihmerce, the Mum mers" Association and the Jovian •League. ' bo if you're not there, you'll miss the bigfest and best time of your life. Even the weatherman has to smile and he has promised to co-operate with just the right kind of weather for the biff fantastic parade and dance. It will be THE NIGHT. Police to Aid Sport All day Willie and Jerry and Mabel and Mary have been worrying about those costumes, hunting paint, masks, hats and a hundred and one other things needed to conceal their iden tity to-night. Promptly at 7 o'clock the celebration starts with a big par- [Continued oil Page ll] Virginians Store Large Quantities of Liquor Away; State Goes Dry at Midnight Richmond, Va„ Oct. 31. This was the l„st day pn which intoxicating bev erages may be sold legally in Virginia. At mianisht to-night the new prohibi tion law goes into effect and about eight hundred saloons in the State will have closed their doors for the last time. Many had closed to-day because their stocks had been exhausted. Reports from all parts of the State to-day told of large quanties of liquor being stored away in the homes of citi zens in anticipation of a dry State. The lay stiplates that a person mav order from another State, but one quart of whisky per month, three gal lons of beer, or one gallon of wine. TECH WIRELESS ELECTS John Keller, a member of the Senior class, was last evening elected presi dent of the Tech Wireless Club, to head that organisation during the coming year. Foster Coeklin, a Junior is the secretary, and William Gardner.' a Sophomore, will handle the finances in the capacity of treasurer. At the organization meeting in addition to the officers elected, the following students were present: Thomas Stacks Nelson Harbison, Richard Spangler Albert Michael and John Endress. The club will hold weekly meetings, and will at once get the school's wireless 1 nworking order. Professor J. o Peet, a member of the faculty, will direct the work. TO OBSERVK ALL SAINTS On All Sants' Day (November 1) there will be two celebrations in St. Stephen's Church, the former at 8 a., m. and the latter at 10 a. m. THE WEATHER For lfarrlsburg anil vldnltyi Fair to-night and etinesday; not mut'h rhancr In temperature. For t:terii Pennsylvaniai Gener ally fair to-nlKht and Wednes day! little change In temperature) gun tie to moderate eust to south wind*. River The Susquehanna river and all Ita lirnncheN will fall slowly or re main nearly stationary. 1 ntuee of about 3.7 feet In Indicated for Harrisburg Wednesday morning. General Conditions The pressure has Increased sonie whut over Florida. hut the weather continue* cloudy along the South Atlantic coast and light, local rains have fallen la the Atlantic .States from Virginia southward, and foggy leather prevails this morning generally In the Middle Atlantic and \ew England States. The temperature haa fallen 4 to 14 degree* over a atrip of country extending from Texas and .New Mexico northward to Mnnltobai It haa fallea slightly also generally east of the Lake Heglon and south and east of the Ohio river. I Temperature i H a. m„ 4S. Sum Rlaes, 8:34 a. m.| sets, 4t53 p. m. Moon: First quarter, November X 12tSl n. m. River tttngci S-K feet above low wnter mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, Ml. lowest temperature, 41). Mean temperature. M. Maui temperature, 48- FOR MAINTENANCE OF ALL AMERICAN RIGHTS-HUGHES Tells Heckler He Favors "Right of Travel and the Right of Shipment" NEW POSTSCRIPT CHARGES Lodge Presents Additional Proof; Bryan and Wilson Make Denials I Columbus, Ind„ Oct. 31. —Charles E. (Hughes to-day told a heckler that he | was in favor of the maintenance of j every American right "including the right of travel and the right of ship : ment." Mr. Hughes had been asked :if he favored an embargo on muni tions or the passage of a resolution Iby Congress warning Americans off ; merchantshlps flying the flag of bel ; ligerent nations. Mr. Hughes spoke in the open air here before a crowd that had come from miles to hear him and choked the streets around Commercial Park. He was speaking of the competition American enterprise will have to meet from Europe after peace when a man in the crowd shouted: "Mr. Hughes, as a personal ad mirer, may I ask you a question?*' There was the usual confusion re sulting from an attempt to heckle. The nominee asked the crowd for [Continued on Page 3] Harrisburg's Branch of Red Cross Society Plans j Big Membership Campaign Harrisburg's branch of the Ameri can Hed Cross Society will begin a big booster membership campaign within tiie next few weeks and a meeting of the newly organized executive com mittee will be held in a few days to map out the plans. The Red Cross branch reorganized las*, evening by re-electing City Com missioner E. Z. Gross, president: Geo. V. Reily, treasurer, and J. Cla>ence Funk, secretary. Executive committee for the ensuing year will be Mrs. M. E. Olinsted, Miss Mary Robinson, Miss May Fox, Anna Watts, Miss Anne MoCormiek, John Fox. Weiss and i_>r. Croil Kelhsr. Tho report of the treasurer showed that there is a balance on hand of at least $2lO and that since its organiza tion in 1908 the societv has handled moro than $5,000 in contributions. Bride, as Servant, Aided by Husband to Steal Cleveland. Ohio, Oct. 31.—1t was a study In contrasts that Wilbur Norton. -'1 years old, and his wife presented in Cicir room in a Cleveland hoarding house where they sat surrounded by #5,000 worth of gems and clothing which, the police say, the wife con fessed she had stolen from homes while acting as maid. Mrs. Norton, who is not yet twenty ond has ben married less than a year, is: low voiced and shrinking, but the husband is brisk and businesslike. When the police entered the room he war. arranging want "ads" and makl in? notations in a book, which his wife said were to guide her to homes in need of a maid. Hers, she said, was the execution and his the planning of their partner ship. A baby was soon to be born and she wished to insure it. against the drudgery that had been hers since she could remember. She said: "It wits for my baby. I've worked, drudged, almost starved. When my babv came I wanted it to live in luxury." Norton, the police say, confessed later to the series of robberies. Bank Teller Held Up by 19-Year-Old Lad Scranton. Pa., Oct. SI. George Browning, a teller in the Pine Brook Bank, was held up yesterday by a youth, apparently 19 years old, and believed to be demented. Browning was alone in the bunk when the man came In and demanded $2 5. The teller hesitated and the intruder drew a re volver and told him to hurry. Brown ing threw $5 on the counter and the youth grabbed it and ran out. Police headquarters was notified by •elephone and the motorcycle squad was detailed to search for the fugitive, who is still at large. Browning fur nished the police with a good descrip tion of the man who held him up and said that the fellow acted queerly. KAISKR HOLDS FOOD CONFAB Berlin, Oct. 31, via London.—A food conference was held ut the Chan cellor's palace to-day at which there were present Emperor William, the chancellor. Dr. Von Bethmann-Holl weg, secretaries of state and heads of all departments and representatives of important organizations through out the empire which are directiv or even Indirectly Interested In the sub ject. The conference continued for nearly two hours, during which the emperor conferred personally with each of those present. GEN. HUANG SING DIKS Shanghai, Oct. 31. General Huang Sing, formerly commander of the rebel army in China and who visited Amer ica two years ago, is dead. General Huang Sing, formerly was provincial minister of war, command er of the southern army, military chief of southern Fukien and president of the National Senate. He was acclaim ed by the Chinese reformers as the real active mainspring of the Chinese revolution in 1911, but recognized Dr. Sun Yat Sen as head of the reform movement and accepted for himself the office of vice-president of the re public. Later he opposed Yuan Shi Kai, the President, who was reported to have put a price upon Huang Sing's head. Because of this he tied from China and came to New York In 1914 for the purpose, he said, of studying American governmental methods. Later he returned to China. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1916 - ff(fß4F&' iC5^ "1 ''"*. iff*?' '• '*** RIVERSIDE WILL ASK TUESDAY TO COME INTO CITY Suburbanites Expect to Present i Petition to Council; Dele gation Calls | Riverside expects to ask to come ! into Harrisburg next Tuesday. ; More than eighty per cent, of the i eligible citizens and taxpayers of the pretty little suburb adjacent to the I city on the north, have signed peti tions to City Council praying for an nexation and this petition, according i to George L. Smith, one of the leaders in the Riverside annexation move ment, will probably be Med with the city fathers at the meeting next week, i In the meantime, the sewer and wa [ Con tinned on Page 0] GIRL DIKS FROM TYPHOID Berrysburg. Pa., Oct. 31.—Miss Maude Bowman, aged 19, died vester | day. She had been very ill with ty -1 phoid fever, but hopes were enter ; tuined for her recovery until several • days ago. She was the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William i Bowman. The funeral services will be held on Thursday from the home of her parents, with burial in the I family plot in Armstrong Valley. LAND ANOTHER BIG SHELL ORDER Pipe Bending to Make 293,000 Three-Inchers For U. S. Army; Already Hold Navy Contract The United States Government, for the second time this month has awarded big contractu to the Harris- , 1 urg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works for shells to be used by the army and i navy. Announcement was made to-day by i officials of the big Harrisburg plant, ! that un order has been received from j the War Department, for 293,000 three-inch shells, costing J700,000. On October 12, announcement was made that an order for 139,000 four inch shells for the navy, had been re ceived by the Pipe Bending works. The price for this order was $1,100,-1- 000. Work on both orders will be ! started about January 1, 1917, it was announced to-day. The orders must be filled within ten months, according to the terms of the contract. A big i increase will probably bo made in the 1 number of employes, but Just how many more will be needed cannot be I estimated at present, officials state. LAXDIUTH CRACKS SCHWAB Wilmington, Del., Oct. 21.—Substi tution of the question "Is It right?" for the creed "it pays" was urged to- I day here and In Pennsylvania by Ira Landrith, the Prohibition Vice-Presi dential candidate, in un address di rected both to munitions making and the open saloon. He spoke of the difference between old Bethlehem . where "peace on earth, good will to- i ward men" was sung and the new i Bethlehem, where death dealing mu- I nitions are being poured forth by men ' \ working extra shifts, and the open l i saloon and then turned to his creed, | A HALLOWE'EN WEATHER HOLDS UP FIGHTING IN ALL WAR AREAS Only Artillery Firing Along Somme; Allies Muke Prog ress in Macedonia Military operations in various war areas are being hampered by unfavor able weather. On the Somme front in Northern France the intense activity of the past few days had diminished until now only artillery fighting is re ported in that area. Similar condi tions prevail before Verdun. ; In Macedonia further progress for | the French and Serbians west of Lake Presba, southwest of the Monastlr re gion, is reported by Paris. The Bul garians announce an entente defeat in attacks in the Cerna region, south east of Monastir and the driving back >of the Serbians near Monte, in the ' Moglenica district, further east. ! During October, British casualties reported from all war theaters were 4,331 officers and 102,702 men, Lon ; don advices to-day state. J Germany has directed reprisals upon i Russian prisoners because of Russsian noncompliance with German demands for improved treatment of German prisoners, according ty a semiofficial announcement in Berlin. Certain Rus sian officers have been placed in [Continued on Pajre ll] CHARTER GRANTED FOR NEW HOTEL Pen Governor Used Will Be Presented to E. Z. \Vallower, Chairman of Committee Governor Brumbaugh to-day ap proved the charter for the Harrlsburg Hotel Company, which will build the • ntev r-\lllion-dollar hotel at Third and , streets. The pen with which he Signed the charter will be pre ! sented to E. Z. Wallower, the head of the Chamber of Commerce Hotel Committee. The capital stock of the j new company is SBOO,OOO >whlch will' be Increased to at least a million dol- ; , lars as soon as the contracts are let. The directors of the company are determined that the new hotel is to i be architecturally as beautiful as its. appointments will be complete. They J , have been meeting noted achitects. ! within the past few weeks and a selec- ! tlon of design will be made very! shortly. It has been decided prac-1 tlcally that the company v. xil lease the furnished hotel property to one! of the big hotel operating companies : of the country, thus guaranteeing a I return to the stockholders and solv ing the problem of local management. 1 i MYSTERY IN DEATH OF CHIEF OF POLICE I Coaldale, Pa., Oct. 31.—Found un conscious In an alley last night, John Willing, chief of police, was taken to the hospital, where he died two hours later. Willing had been active In sup pressing Sunday liquor selling and threats hud been made against hlin. CATCH TWO AUTO THIEVES AFTER THRILLING RACE In Commandeered Machine Officer Overhauls Bandits on Market Street Bridge Fifteen minutes after lie had been notified to be on the lookout for an automobile which was stolen in Head ing last night, Traffic Officer Carson, stationed at Fourth and Market streets, paw the machine going west in Market street. Officer Carson commandeered n passing auto, ordered the driver to follow the other car and after an ex citing chase through the heart of the city, he caught the two men in the stolen auto near the middle of the Market street bridge. WJien brought to police headquarters, they gave their names as W. A. Dietrick and H. P. Ridge. The auto which was recovered belongs to William B. Sheidy, of Wyomissing. Reading authorities [Continued on Pag-e 7] SOX KILLS FATHER Kaston, Md.. Oct. 31. Hewitt H. Langsdale, chairman or the-. Easton Utilities Commission was shot and killed in his otflee here to-day by his son, Bryan. The shooting was at first reported as accidental, but later young Langsdale was lodged in jail. RIP ARGUMENTS OF CRITIC OPEN School Board Officials Show Ip Fallicics of Anonymous Attack With cold-blooded facts and figures school board officials to-day ripped and tore to smithereens the argument of a high school loan critic, anonym ously advanced and circulated throughout the city in a circular/ The critic emphasizes the point that the passage of the $1,250,000 new high school loan will mean such an advance in school taxation as will [Continued on Page 7] GET A NEW DIME YET? New dimes reached Harrisburg to day. They are part of the prepared ness coins provided for by Congress early this year. The dimes came to the First National Bank. Application was made for SSOO worth, but owing to the heavy demands from all over the United States, the first supply amounted to but SSO. The new dimes were put in circulation to-da'v and at tracted much attention. The new de sign is simple. Liberty with a winged cap is shown on the foreslde and on the reverse Is a bundle of rods, and a battle ax, symbolic of unity, "wherein lies the nation's strength." GEORGE 11. BATES DEAD Philadelphia, Oct. 31. George Handy Batea, expert on International and constitutional law, author of le gal textbooks and a former Democratic leader of Delaware, died at his home here to-day. SAVE WATERS OF ISTATE FOR PEOPLE, I GOVERNOR'S PLAN Outlines Program of Conserva tion For Next 50 Years at Conference STARTS BIG MOVEMENT To Provide Power and Heat When Coal, Oil and Gas Are Exhausted Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh in the opening address to the conference on conservation of the water re sources of Pennsylvania which he called to meet at the Capitol to-day, emphasized the importance of treat ing the problem as a vision of the future when Pennsylvania will have twice 8,000,000 people and the coal and the oil and the natural gas will be exhausted as a means of furnish-' mg power. Commissioner of Health Samuel G. Dixon, the chairman of the meeting, followed the Governor in a brief address in which he congratu lated the State that the Governor had paused in his everyday work to make a study of the actual conditions and urge upon the people the importance of caring for the great source of power and life. The conference, whicn was at tended by about sixty men, was in many respects one of the most im portant of the year at the Capitol. The idea is to outline a legislative program that will endure for fifty years, if necessary, so that water may [Continued on Page ] Deutschland as Well as Bremen Reported Sunk Ceneva, Oct. 31.—The National Zei tung, of Basel, prints the following concerning the German submarines Bremen and Dcutschland: "Roth the Bremen and the beutsch land have been lost—either captured or sunk. The Bremen never reached the United States nor returned. "The Deutschland during her sec ond trip across the Atlantic in Sep tember under the name Weser also disappeared. Submarine U-53 was sent in search of the vessels, but fourtd no traces of them. The loss of the two commercial submarines has not yet been officially admitted." T ./• 1 I J Ihe had shot and Wifi J 1 MURDERS TWO,.TRIES TO KILL WIFE * J I I I t i ' I bm . a ■ 1 n . i the 1 I lj|L|&J*ember vrrrc discredited. It a iKCEIPTS Oft OCTOBER jl Treasury repprted receipts for October tolling* , 736.27, and expenditure", amounting to $3,934,337.49. | DAUPHIN COUNTY FARMERS' INSTITUTES ' . Farmers* institutes will he started in '' CM Oi A t ' r ti. r ■ ' ttr i ■ ;, MARRIAGE Hatry Andrru Nolr*. city, nnil HeoH MM r> '/.rider*, I rmaju'. Hurry Wlllulin Knoll, llrruhr), umt Hlnnchc Vlrvlnla Ca<-I, 11am raetMton u. V 1 '•* V" *i\ - • • W —TIT/ —ir vie ii iH|n muf Single Copies, 2 Cents CITY EDITION AMERICANS ARE AMONG THIRTEEr MARINA MISSING Survivors Say Vessel Was Tor pedoed Without Warning in Heavy Sea SINKS IN 10 MINUTES Slate Department Refuses to Diseuss Incident Until Full Details Are Received Thirteen persons, among them prob ably some Americans, ure missing from (he British steamer Marina, ac cording to American Consul Frost at Queenstown, who reporis survivors as stating that the vessel was torpedoed without warning In a heavy sea and sank In ten minutes. London, Oct. 31.—The number of missing from the British steamshtp Marina, which was torpedoed by a submarine off the Irish coast, has now been reduced to 13, according to a telegram received at the American embassy to-day from Wesley Frost, American consul at Queenatown. Fifty-two more survivors have been landed. Mr. Frost reports that among the thirteen there probably will bo American fatulities. Mr. Frost's telegram to the embassy follows: "Fifty-two more survivors of the Marina landed at Castletown pier. Only thirteen now missing believed dead. Not less than thirty-six Ameri cans aboard, of whom sixteen saved at Crookhaven. There will probably be some American fatalities. Survivors state the vessel was torpedoed with out warning in heavy sea, sank within ten minutes." Mr. Frost is obtaining affidavits from survivors and ascertaining how many Americans are among the Cas tletown survivors. The American embassy to-day re ceived a telegram from the American consul at Glasgow stating that the Marina left Glasgow October 25 for Baltimore and Newport News with fifty Americans aboard. ! There were forty-nine Americans in the crew of th.e Marina. First re ports of her sinking said that only thirty-four members of her crew had been brought to land. Mr. Frost sent word yesterday to the American em bassy at London that the Marina had been torpedoed without warning but the British Admiralty said it had not [Continued on I'agc 7]
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