Did You Hear Your Newsie Say "Don't Forget to Vote For the W4 Sch loan?"
HARRISBURG ifiSSIII TELEGRAPH
LXXXV— No. 258
HUGHES ASSERTS
HIS CONFIDENCE
OF VICTORY ON
EVE OF ELECTION
Republican Nominee Spends
Day Recuperating From
Labors of Hard Campaign;
Thanks Workers
WILLCOX PREDICTS 100
ELECTORAL MAJORITY
Wilson Feels Sure He'll Win;
McCormick Claims Practi
cally All of Electoral
Votes; Fair Weather Fore
casted.
New York, "Nov. 6. President
Woodrow Wilson and Charles E.
Hughes, candidates of the dominant
parties for President, remained quietly
at their homes to-day recuperating
from the labors of the long campaign.
The last word sent forward by them
to the people was an expression that
each felt confident of victory.
President Wilson planned to remain
at home to-day and his only activity
to-morrow will be a trip to Princeton
to cast his ballot. To-morrow night
with only the members of his family
about him, he will receive the return#
in his study at Shadow Lawn.
Mr. Hughes remained at his hotel
early in the forenoon but later visited
the national Republican headquarters
chiefly, it was stated, to thank the
workers there for their efforts in his
behalf. He intended to take a drive
through the parks this afternoon and
spend the rest of the day at his hotel.
To-morrow he will vote in his home
district here and to-morrow night he
will get the returns in his hotel rooms.
Like Mr. Wilson, he plans to have
only immediate members of his fam
ily with him when the returns come.
Headquarters Still Active
Political headquarters here still pre
sented scenes of activity to-dav. Last
reports from the political battlefield
were received and final instructions
sent. Both the chairmen had little to
add to their forecasts issued Saturday
night. Republican Chairman Willcox
then predicted Hughes would receive
at least 100 majority in the electoral
college, while Democratic Chairman
McCormick gave Mr. Wilson 364 votes
In that body. The necessary elective
vote in the college is 266.
The larger participation of women
as voters in a presidential campaign
and the congressional election are of
keen interest to politicians generally.
The returns from the States in which
women will vote, it is admitted, will
be closely and anxiously scanned.
So far as Congress is concerned, a
full House of Representatives and
thirty-three United States Senators
will be elected. The total membership
of the House is 435 and the necessarv
majority is 218. In the Senate the
present membership is 96 and the
necessary majority is 49. In all, 3 5
new Senators will take their seats next
March. Of these, the Republicans
elected two at the September election
in Maine. Forty-two of the States will
elect State officers to-morrow, in ad
dition to national congressional candi
dates. Of these States, thirty-five will
elect Governors.
Fair weather and moderate tem
perature is forecast generally for elec
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I THE WEATHER
For Harrlahtirg and vicinity! Fair
to-night with little change in
temperature; Tueadny fair and
warmer.
For Kaatern Pennaylvanla: Fair to
night and Tueadayi moderate eaat
to aouth wlndM.
River
The Suaquetianna river and all Ita
branches will fall NIOITIV or re
main nearly stationary. A stage
of about 3.- feet In Indicated for
HarriNburg; Tuesday morning.
General rendition*
Ihe area of unusually high pres
sure for thin time of year rovers
the eastern part of the countrv,
with Its renter over the St.
l.awrenee Valley. Pressure Is low
est and \orthwest,
with the center of an unuMually
deep depression over Manitoba.
Mght rains have fallen in the last
twenty-four hours alone the Im
mediate Middle Atlantic and
Southern New Rngland coasts and
In the Interior of New York State.
X nder the Influence of the north
western disturbance temperatures
have risen 2 to 30 degrees since
Saturday morning over practic
ally the country bet wen the
Ilocky Mountains and the Mlsml*-
slppl river.
Temperature! S a. m., 44.
Sum Itlsea, Ht42 a m.; set*, 4isfl
p. m.
"•"J 1 ' Full moon, November 0,
3118 p. m.
Hlver Mtaget 3.7 feet above low
water murk.
Teaterday'a Weather
Highest temperature, M,
Low-eat temperature, 3H.
Mean temperature, 411.
Normal temperature, 40.
Telegraph Will
Flash Returns
ELECTION returns will be
flashed on the side of the Bell
Telephone Building. Federal
Square, to-morrow night by the
Telegraph,
In former years the returns were
flashed on the Federal Building,
but because of construction opera
tions at the Post Office, Locust
street Is obstructed with building
materials and it would bp unsafe to
crowd the thousands who watch
the screen Into this thoroughfare
Walnut and Court streets facing
the screen on the Telephone build
ing will accommodate a big crowd
Returns will be flashed on the
screen as fast as Associated Press
Western Union and Postal Tele
graph wires can send them. Spe
cial telephones have been installed
to take care of the thousands of
calls from folks who want to know
the results,
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| GETTING IN OUT OF THE WET I
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POLAND REBORN
AS KINGDOM AFTER
CENTURY SLEEP
Manifesto of Central Powers
Calls Ancient Monarchy
Into Existence
Warsaw, Nov. 5, via Berlin, Nov. 5,
and via London, Nov. 6. The mani
festo of Emperor William and Em
peror Francis Joseph, again calling
Into existence the ancient kingdom of
Poland, was read at noon to-da.v to
the assembled Polish representatives
in the royal palace by Governor Gen
eral Von Beseler.
Outside In the great square before
the castle and in the spacious court
yard of the venerable fourteenth cen
tury pile. Inhabitants of the old Polish
capital gathered by the thousands to
attend the ceremony of what is desig
nated as the rebirth of the Polish na
tion—a concept the importance and
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12 AMERICANS ARE
REPORTED KILLED
BY VILLA BANDITS
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 6.—Twelve American citizens have been
killed by Villistas in their raids on towns south of Chihuahua,
according to information received by federal agents here to-day. *
These include nine Americans at
Parral, Dr. C. H. Fisher, stabbed to
death at Santa Rosalia, and Harry
Bec'neimer and Dr. Frank Well, killed
at Guerrero.
Hope for the safety of the nine
Americans known to have been in Par
ral faded to-day when it was learned
that they attempted to flee from the
town in a party by themselves instead
of joining the Carranza force of Gen
eral Luis Herrera and going to Es
calon.
It is reported here that General
Pershing is preparing to move east
ward and take a hand against the Vil
listas if the reports of the killing of
the Americans is confirmed. At Fort
Bliss it was said there was no informa
tion to give out. It was intimated,
however, that such co-operation had
been asked by the de facto govern
ment.
GIFT TO CARRY ON
WOMEN'S WORK
Pine St. Presbyterian Church
Receives Fund to Pay Salary
of .SI,OOO a Year
Dr, Lewis 8. Mudge, pastor of Pine
Street Presbyterian Church, at yes
terday morning's church service an
nounced the receipt of an anonymous
gift providing a fund sufficient to
pay a salary of SI,OOO a year to a
"directress of women's work."
The gift has been accepted by the
session of tho church and a com
mittee appointed to outline the pro
posed work among women and girls
including Dr, Mudge, John Campbell
and Dr, n. P. Ridgeway,
Women and girls' club work, home
visiting, physical training and so on
will be Included In the new depart
ment of Pine Street's activities.
GHKKKS KT I/OA.V
London, Nov, 6,' The entente
powers have loaned the sum of 5,000,-
000 francs to the provisional govern
ment at Salonikl, according to an
Athens dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph Company,
HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1916.
TO WINK RETURNS !
TOMORROW NIGHT
VIA CITY LIGHTS!
, Harrisburg Light and Power'
Company Plans to Flash Mes
sage of the Polls
Harrisburg to-morrow night will
j "wink" the nation's message of the
presidential election returns, via the
: | electric lights!
From 11 o'clock until midnight
>' you'd better watch the glowing globes.
!| If, sometime, before 12 o'clock, they
■ wink twice, you'll know that Mr.
Wilson's re-election as President of
: the United States has been conceded.
If they wink three times, you'll
• know that Mr. Hughes is the choice
i of the people to fill the presidential
) chair.
If, at midnight, the issue is still in
■ the air, undecided as it were, the
1 lights will wink just once.
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Only a handful of Americans re
main in Chihuahua City, according to
refugees arriving to-day. Those who
reached the border include the fami
lies of several of General Trevino's
commanders.
MAKING INQUIRIES
Wathlngton, D. C., Nov. 6. The
State Department is making inquiries,
it was learned to-day of the Carranza
government and through British or
French consular officers in Mexico to
establish the facts regarding the re
ported killing of Dr. 11. C. Fisher, an
American, said to have been murdered
by bandits at Santa Rosalia. The only
report of the incident which has
reached the department came from
the collector of customs at El Paso
and was transmitted as a rumor cur
rent in that city.
COUNCIL DELAYS
RIPRAP MEASURE
River Slope Improvement Plan
Held Up For Week at Least
by Commissioners
Council to-day postponed action for
one week on the Gross ordinance
authorizing the rlp-rapplng of the
river l'ront slopes north of Hard
scrabble.
Bids for the Job, however, had been
advertised for by Mr, Gross and the
proposals to be opened Wednesday.
Just what effect Council's action to
day—ln view of the fact that no con
tract can be let unless Council ap
proves ■ —• will have on the reception
of the bids Is a matter of conjecture.
Mr, Gross says he doesn't know how
the postponement of the ordinance
will affect the bids; Mr. Lynch says
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RECOVER BODY IN RIVER
Edward and Samuel Mlchener, of
Duncannon, yesterday recovered the
body of Gustax Dill, who drowned ten
days ago In the Susquehanna. The body
was recovered within fifteen feet of i
where he was last seen.
'ALLIES UNABLE
TO HOLD THEIR
| GAINS ON SOMME
|
Take Large Blocks of Territory,
but Are Forced to Relin
quish Sections
Neither Uie British nor the French
were able to retain in its entirety tho
ground won by them from the Ger
mans on the Somrno during the Satur
day's fighting. Heavy counter attacks
were delivered by Gorman troops last
night on the new British positions in 1
the neighborhood of Butte dc Warlen- I
court, south of the Albert-Bapaume j
road and London to-day announces
that the British were compelled to I
give up portions of them.
Similarly the French lines were at
tacked and Parts states that while the
Germans were held off on the line be
tween Sailly-Saillisel and St. Pierre-
Vaast wood, they were able to recap
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RUNAWAY TRAIN
IN DASH DOWN
HILL KILLS SEVfeN
Altoona, Pa., Nov. 6. Seven men were killed, six of them
instantly, and three were injured when a heavy freight train ran
away for ten miles on the New Portage branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad and crashed into four light locomotives standing at New
Portage Junction, near here to-day.
The dead:
A. Li. Rising, Derry, Pa„ engineer.
R. C. Stiiruni, Conemaugh Pa., con
ductor.
I>nnk Frj\ Conemaugh, brakeman.
AY. M. Thompson, East Altoona,
fireman.
R. C. Jackson, Altoona, engineer.
■I. X. Gorton, Altoona, fireman.
\V. A. Itaker, Juniata, Pa., engineer,
died In Altoona hospital.
The train, composed of an engine
and sixty cars, was coming down the
grade when the engineer lost control.
Gaining momentum every moment, the
long train soon attained an unusual
speed, but kept to the rails. Clyde
7 DEAD, 50 HURT
IN I. W. W. FIGHT
Seattle Police Place 297 Under
Arrest Following
Clash
Everett, Wash., Nov. 6.—Jefferson
M. Beard, former sheriff of Snohomish
county and a deputy sheriff In the
posse which fought Industrial Work
ers of the World at the Everett ctty
wharf yesterday, died to-day. He was
the seventh man to lose his life as a
result of the Industrial Workers' effort
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GIVE SPECIAL TROLLEY
SERVICE FOR ELECTION
F. M. Davis, superintendent of
transportation of the Harrlsburg Ra.il
! ways Company, to-day announced the
following special election night service:
Becond street. Third street, Fourth
and Sixth streets, and Vine
streets, Allison Hill, Steclton and
Progress cars will run up until 2 a. m.
LMt car for Rockvllle, 1 a. m.
Last car for Oberlln. 1.10 a. m.
Last car for Hummelstown, 1 u. m.
Last car for Highsplre and Mid
dletown, 1 a. m. ... . J
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Bishop Philip R. McDevitt Urges
Citizens To Pass High School Loan
"As I have recently come to Ilarrisburg, I hesitate to ex
press any views upon matters of public interest in the city.
"From the daily press I have learned of the agitation for
greater high school facilities. I should think that, once this
need is demonstrated, there- can be but one opinion for either
a new or an old resident, and that is—the city should fulfill its
duty to provide school accommodations for those who desire
an education beyond the elementary grades. The oidy excuse
for putting aside of this duty is the total inability of the city to
meet the necessary financial outlay. Very likely few citizens
will acknowledge that the city cannot assume the burden,
especially as it is characteristic of all progressive communities
to make sacrifices, if necessary, for education.
PHILIP R. McDEVITT,
Bishop of the Ilarrisburg Catholic Diocese.
WEST SHORE HIGH
SCHOOL LOAN HAS
FAVOR OF VOTERS
People Understand "That It
Will Improve Conditions
and Won't Be Costly
The West Shore central high school
It is believed, will be approved by all
of the communities which will vote
upon it to-morrow.
This good news was brought to
Harrisburg this morning by represen
tatives of Camp Hill, Lemoyne,
Wormleysburg, West Fairview, Enola,
Washington Heights and East Penns
boro township in general, who had
devoted Saturday afternoon and Satur
day night to working among the
voters. *
When the loan was first proposed
many people were against it because
they feared it would mean a big in
crease in taxes, but now it has been
shown iliat it will not only cost less to
operate one central high school than
to have a high school for each com
munity, but the result will be a high
school equal lo that of a large city
and it is believed the whole West
Shore will be built up rapidly as a re
sult.
Failure of Ix>an Would Be CosUy j
If the high school loan should fall,:
the towns which have only a three- j
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Will Investigate Alleged
Conspiracy to Boost Coal
New York. Nov. 6. An alleged
conspiracy in this city to raise the
price of coal will be under the investi
gation of both th'e Kings and Queens
counties district attorneys before the
end of the week, it was declared to
day. Evidence bearing on the sub
ject secured by agents of the Depart
ment of Justice, indicate, it was said,
that the alleged manipulation was in
New York only and disclosed through
the demand upon retailers for extra
ordinary high prices by operators who
had coal in storage within the State.
Hall, a flagman, and Oliver Baum
gardner, brakeman, were In the
caboose, but kept tlieir seats and were
not hurt, while the fireman leaped
from the train at Muleshoe curve and
escaped with slight injuries.
The four engines were standing at
New Portage Junction and directly in
the path of the onrushing freight.
There was nothing to stop the run
away, and before the men on the en
gines were aware, the impact came.
Forty-seven of the loaded coal cars
followed the engine in its mad plunge
and were reduced to a mass of twisted
steel. A few minutes later fire broke
out in the coal, and firemen were hur
ried from neighboring towns.
REPUBLICANS SEE
MAJORITIES GROW
Not a Cloud on the Horizon;
City and County Estimates
Going Up by Leaps
"The prospect for a big Republican
victory to-morrow are getting brighter
every minute,' said County Chairman
Wm. H. Horner to-day as he beamed
upon a Telegraph reporter from be
hind a table at Republican head
quarters.
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CLEAR TO-MORROW
Clearing skies and a rise in
temperature will greet Harris
burg's voters to-morrow morning,
according to local weather fore
casts. E. R. Demain, forecaster
In the Harrisburg office of the
government bureau, predicts fair
weather to-night and to-morrow.
Election day throughout the coun
try will bo generally fair with !
moderate temperatures according I
to a Washington government fore- J
cast.
NEWSIES TO TIP
PATRONS NOT TO
FORGET THE LOAN
Livewires Will Remind You
of Your Duty as You Get
the Telegraph
"DON'T forget to vote for the school
loan, sir!"
When you buy your Telegraph to
morrow evening as you hurry home
from factory, mill or olfice you'll be
reminded of your duty—and your last
chance to fultill it—by the busiest
livewire reminder that Harrisburg can
produce.
The "tip" will be passed by your
faithful little newsboy, the youngster
that Is always on the job to give vou
your Telegraph.
Sufficient guaranty of the liveliness
of the tipster is assured by the fact
that the salesman will be one of the
city's most active organization of
young salesmen, the Harrisburg News
boys' Association.
Newsies For It to a Man
The Newsboys' Association "to a
man" ts very, very positively FOR the
passage of that high school loan to
morrow; Arthur Koplovitz, ex-presi
dent, member of the board of trustees
of the association, and recognized
"King of the Newsies" went on record
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I HIGHER |
| RAILROADS IN PENNSYLVANIA M
\ ifficers here admitted f
■ en ted by the Central Freight ft
W 01 tr.diana, and parts of Illinois, |
■ have prepared new freight i
g . unless postponed '
J Commission in which many j
# schedules iriffs, . which in some I
M cases amount to'an increase of per cent, over those now '
I anufactuiers and J
/ i other com
# m
J TORPEDO GERMAN DREADNAIJGHT ft
C j
r orth d torpedoes at ' a Germa j
C b;ten! nw.d.i., a hit. %
K Tl: own thr 4
k adn.:; -.inouncc •• '
I SCHOOL TREASURER GETS NOTHING i
■ • > St* ho lioard, i
f drew attention to-day to a rumor that had got abroad to '
ft the effect that the school board treasurer would receive five 1
K cent of the high school Joan for handling the money.
ft There is no truth in it. The la %
# thing and at all events the treasurer is on salary and gets no (
■ percentage of money handled. *
# GERMANS DESTROY AGROUND U-BOAT 1
r Berlin, Nov. 6.—By Wireless. —The destruction of th X
C German submarine U-20 by her own crew after the sub- 1
C mersible had gone aground on the west coast of Jutland is
c
501 MORE REPUBLICANS
C Harrisburg.—Before the County Commissioners finally ,
ft their books foif extra registrations, 732 narties had
ft been written in. Of this number 592 were Republicans and
ft 91 were Democrats. The ethers were divided between j
ft Pror bitioi , Socialist and Progressive. * >
I MARRIAGE LICENSES j
K SnmUfl l.elou and 11.-II Steelton. 1
■ Steve Slalnlo and Mary VlKikovlr, elty. t
# George T. (unkle and Mary Josephine McFadden, city. %
Single Copies, 2 Cents
MEXICO WARNED
NOT TO ASSIST
GERMAN U-BOAT
British Tell of Presence of Gcr
man Undersea Craft Flo
tilla in Gulf
MUST *ST AY" NEUTRAL'
Allies Declare Any Violation
Will Be Attended by Dis
astrous Results
Mexico City, Nov. fi. The Mex
ican government lias been notified by
the British ambassador at Washington
of the presence of German submarines
in the Gulf of Mexico and has been
warnert that the allies will tako
"drastic, measures" if the undersea t
craft receive aid from Mexican ports
or source. This information was
made public last night by Foreign
Minister Aguilar who Issued the text
of the note received from the British
ambassador through United States
Secretary of State Lansing and Charge
D'Affaires Charles B. Parker.
The British note demands a strict
censorship of the Mexican wireless and
says that any failure to maintain
Mexican neutrality will be attended
by disastrous results. In his reply,
addressed to Mr. Parker, Senor Aguilar
says that it seems strange to the '
Mexican government that Great
Britain should use the United States
department as an intermediary on a
point concerning Mexico alone, es
pecially when Great Britain has an
accredited representative to Mexico.
The reply says that the Mexican gov
ernment will, for this time only, an
swer the representations of the Brit
ish government through Mr. Parker.
Will Stick to Chihuahua
to the Last Cartridge
El Paso, Tex.. Nov. 6. Arrivals
i here to-day from Chihuahua stated
that General Trevino, Carranza cotn
' mnnder, is concentrating his forces
; into two bodies, one with Chihuahua
| City as a base and the other, a large
1 command, which will operate as a
'unit from Escalon. This is being
I done, they said to prevent mobile
bodies of Villa's command from at
tacking small and isolated Carranza
garrisons.
"I shall stick to Chihuahua to the
last cartridge," was the statement
made by General Trevino to a delega
tion of foreign consuls who called on
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CITY EDITION