Von Mackensen Reported to Be Bur as *t€£s mtoth Dobrudja HARRISBURG i188B TELEGRAPH No. 263 14 PAGES LXXXV — TO ADD SOLDIER ► VOTE TO CITY'S ELECTION TOTAL Returns From Faraway. "Bor der" Received by Prothono tary Holler Today LOAN- JITNEY COUNTED Must Decide Whether Tickets Can Be Counted Before November 24 Official computation of the vote cast in Harrisburg on tlie new high school loan and the jitney amendment ques tions were, completed to-day, but it is doubtful if the complete returns for the city's electors will be totaled until Friday, November 24. And this is because the "soldier vote," the ballots cast on the faraway Mexican Border by Harrisburg's fighters in Uncle Sam's army, may not be included in the total until then. The official results of the balloting in the city on the two questions ac cording to the computation to-day fol lows: For. Against. High school loan .... 6,553 4.295 Jitney amendment . . . 7.062 6,097 The "soldier vote" incidentally was received from the election officers at El Paso to-day by Prothonotary Harry F. Holler. Additional Law Judge S. J. M. McCarrell who is presiding at the official count, said he is not ready to decide upon just what construction he shall place on the ninteenth section of the act providing for the method of casting and computing the soldier vote, insofar as it might pertain to the time for considering the returns on the loan and jitney problems. . The section in question provides, that "the return judges of the several counties shall adjourn to meet at the places, now directed by law on the third Friday after any general or pres idential election for the purpose of counting the soldier vote." Judge McCarrell will decide whether or not this shall be construed to mean that the count of the vote from the border is to be held until the third Friday for the counting. The tabulating of the long tables will probably be finished before the board rises this evening although it is possible that the totaling and com paring of the columns of figures will not be finished by Clerks B. F. I'm berger and B. F. Nead for several days and probably a week or more. W Bridal Pair Pay Election Bet on Very First Returns Washington. D. C.. Nov. 11.—Neither Miss Martha C." Hanby nor Frederick C. Ditmars lost their election bet. And it is to be doubted if the election re turns means much to either to-day. It Is not recorded who made the propo sition. but it read this way: "If Hughes wins the election, I'll marry you right away. If he loses, we'll waft a long, long time." Tuesdav night they watched the re turns. It certainly looked like Hughes to the principals in this particular election bet. And since there wasn't any loser, nobody was glum. On the contrary, both smiled. It looked like a sure thing that night, and since it had all been decided, neither of the two winners bothered with the re turns Wednesday morning. There wero other things to arrange, for early in the forenoon the bet was paid and they were married. Tli" ceremony took place in McKen drce Methodist Episcopal Church. The bride's parents, her sister and two nieces were present. Afterward Mr. and Mrs. Ditmars left for Philadel phia. FRENCH FLYER GETS "IST Paris. Nov. 11. —Second Lieutenant George Guynemer, the famous French aeronaut, who recently brought down three German airplanes in 2 minutes and 30 seconds by a stop watch, is crated bv the war office in to-dav's offirin.l statement with having de stroyed two German machines yester day This increases to twentv-one the number brought down by tb>'s aviator. Throe other German airplanes were destroyed vesterdnv bv the French in fighting on tbe western front. MISS R\NKIN FEECTFD Helena, Mont.. Nov. 11.—latest re turns to-day assure the election to Congress of Miss Jeannette Rankin, PLepublican. THE WEATHER For Ilarrlshurg and vicinityi Fair to-night and probably Suiiiluv) colder to-night, with lowest tera f perntnre about frecxing. For Faxtcrti I'ennay Ivnnini Fnlr to night nnd probably Sunday; colder to-night; moderate, vari able wind*. Kivep The *HN(|tiehaniia river and nil Ita tributaries will rail slowly or re main stationary. A atoKe of aliout 3.7 feet I* indicated for tlurrisburg Sutidiiy morning. General t ondltion* The diaturhnnee that was central over I <i'OiiMln, Friday morning, hat ptiMsed off northeastward to the Canadian Maritime l*rovlncea, attended hy light ruins generally In the northern tier of States from Mlnne*ottt eastward. Fol lowing this dlaturhanee a strong pressure area baa swrpt down from the Canadinn Northwest, ita front now reaching to tbe Mid dle Atlantic coast. It cauaed light to moderately henry anowa In the Missouri Valley and the lloclty Mountain* and wa attended by a general fall of 'i to 84 degrees in temperature over nearly all the rountry represented on the map, r*eept the Ohio Valley and the rxtreme Southern districts, where temperature* rose slightly. Temperature i a. m., 4S. .Sum Hises, Ui47 a. lit.; seta, 5:53 p. m. 'Moon! I.nat quarter, November 17, 5 a. m. River tttiiget 3.7 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather Highest temperature, TiH. l.onest temperature, 45. Mean teinpernture, 52. Normal temperature, 44. RUMANIAN ISSUE AGAIN HANGING IN THE BALANCE Allies Are Driving on Con stanza-Tchernavoda Rail road With Success FIGHTING FOR RRIDGE Bitter Battle Raging Again Along Somme; Entente Winning ! The issue in the Rumanian provinc® | of Dobrudja, where the Russo-Ruma | nian forces are apparently attempting , to refrain possession of the Constanza- I Tehernavoda railroad line, seems 1 again to hang in the balance. | Russo-Rumanian troops are advanc ' ing from the north upon Field Mar j shal von Mackensen's left flank at ; Tehernavoda and other entente forces j are close to the town along the route iof the twelve-mile-long bridge and , viaduct which span the Danube and | carry the railroad across the extensive j marsh lands west of the main stream. ! Sofia reports under Friday's date Ithat Bulgarian artillery compelled en tente troops which had advanced to ; the west bank of the Danube to "retire : toward Dunareav." Petrograd, on the other hand, yesterday announced the 1 occupation of this town by the Rus sians, locating it two miles west of j Tehernavoda, which is taken to mean that the Russians were approximately at the end of that portion of the bridge i which spans the stream. Unofficial jad\ices from Bucharest to-day report ion Mackensen's retreat in Dobrudja I toward the Tchernavoda-Constanza railroad line continuing, with fires ob ! served in the direction of these two termini of the road in Dobrudja. this i being held to indicate the possibility that their evacuation is imminent. Fighting on the Pomnie front in Northern France with the return of 'more favorable weather conditions has apparently been resumed on an in ' ereasingly important scale, j London announces the storming last | night by British troops on the eastern [ portion of the Regina trench, on the j northern pcrtlon of the front along a j line more than hs.l* n. mile in length, i The French have been active south of | the river, where Berlin semiofficially admits they have scored some suc | cesses, which are characterized, how , ever, as irsignificant. In this same | region northeast of Chaunies, Paris ; reports an attack by the Germans last ; | night in the Denlecourt sector, which | is declared to have been repulsed by I the French with heavy German losses, j Fierce Battle Raging For Possession of the Great Tehernavoda Bridge London. Nov. 11,—The news that • fighting is auain in progress around the groat Tehernavoda bridge in the I Dobrudia recion of Rumania is the j most interesting itrm of this morning's ; war news. The Russian official com munlcation reports thnt Russian in , fantry ai)d cavalry have occupied Dunnreav' station, on the west side of the Danube two miles from Teherna voda. This is the first news that the Bul ear-German forces have crossed the main stream of the Danube. The river barrier at this noint is not merely the of the stream, but, as the map shows, a wide exnanse of marshes, measuring more than twelve miles, which i = the total length of the bridge. \Vot of Dunareav Is a stretch of ten mile* of swamn which is crossed bv no read except the brirlire viaduct, and it is obvious that military operations in this must he of a most delicate am' difficult nature. Presumably the Rumanians de stroyed only a fw .spans of the hridee when tbev withdrew from Toh>rna vda npd this dnpmgn. apparently. lias already been hy the Germans. s"mn<> I)riw> Mas Been F"H*d h* . Out of Allied Troops Berlin. Nov. 11 (hy wirelessl.—Rer lin newspapers publish a statement from "compete"* military authorities" -•aving the Anglo-French drive on the has b*n baited bv the exbnus tion of the entente troops and their lieavv los-r S , nnf ] l ( y unfavorable wenbf>r. The statement savs: "After tbe tremendous losses sus tained bv tbe r?ritish and "French on November .1. when tbev emnlovcd six Prttisb an.l four and a half French divisions without success In an attemnt ♦ o break our front between I,e Surs and Ro\>ch.ivesnes. thev have been un able to drive forward for large attacks [Continued on Paec 0] Official Returns of T-uard Vote Brought to City Offic'al returns of the vote of the Pennsylvania guardsmen at Camp Stewart were brought t" this cttv to drv by General P. R. Dougherty, of WilWes-Harre, and James C. Watson, of Williamsport. noting on behalf of the commissioners to take the vote, some of whom returned with him. The returns were in sealed envelopes and were received by F. H. Hoy, of the department of th° Secr"ta>-v ot the Commonwealth, who placed them In the vault at the Canitol. where they will be used to cheek official returns from the counties when received from nrothonotaries. The returns will not be made public until then. A dupli cate set of returns was mailed from the camp at El Paso to the prothono •ary of each county bavins soldiers In Pennsylvania regiments. HFRT PLAYING INDIAN York, Pa.. Nov. 11. —Playing Indian yesterday, Earl H. Altland. aired 13 years, son of Clarence Altland. shot himself through the leg with his lather's shotgun. Although seriously wounded when he and his comrade. Ceoree Dentler. the paleface, tusseled for the pin, he maintained his Indian stoicism by refusing to seek assist ance. When his mother came lie re fuser! to let her Into the house. A neighbor's boy, however, had a doctor called and the boy was sent to the hospital. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1916. | SUGGESTION FOR WALNU V J i •Ela j When, in the days to come, the present ancient, more or less decrepkl and ! wholly inadequate bridge across the Susquehanna at Walnut street is flnallv ' removed to make way for a modern, stalwart and adequate viaduct, the build"- j e.rs might well take a tip from the lowa State Highway Commission as a ; builder of bridges. In the accompanying etchings the Telegraph reproduces a ; view of an old—and a new bridge—which crosses one of the main waterways. • Instead of the old more or less ugly network of Iron and steel girders and ; trusses, a trim concrete structure with broad caving spans, wide open roadway | and spacious walks was constructed. | If you had a choice of bridges, Mr. Traveler, which would vou prefer? EXPLOSION KILLS THREE; FOUR HURT Manhole Blows Out at Potts town Steel Plant With Fatal Results ! Poitstown, Pa., Nov. 11. The] ! blowout of a manhole on a hot air [ [line at stack A of the Eastern -6tl! ■ company near here to-dny caused the' i death of three furnacemen and the i | injury of four others, one of whom j ; may die. The deadjare: | DANIEL SCHAEfFER, 20 years, i Dofcglasville. WILLIAM MYERS, 40, Philadel , phia. WILLIAM McGINNIS, 43, Potts l.town. i The injured: j IRVINE BITTING. * , HARVEY LINSINDGLER. PRANK BISHOP, i FRANK SHARDIS, all of Pottsown. , Bishop may die. All the injured ■; were taken to the Pottstown hospital, j Stack A had been shut down yester day morning for relining of the hot , air line leading to the big furnace. , j Workmen relined the pipe and then . | proceeded to place a manhole over , ! the opening of the big pipe through ' j which they had gained entrance to the ; air pipe. The men had practically j completed theiV work and the last I bolts were being placed when there was an explosion and the five hundred ! pound manhole was carried away with ! terrific force, carrying with it a tem- I porary scaffold. The men kilted, were ! standing in front of the manhole J when the explosion occurred and they 1 were badly mangled. DIAZ CAPTURES TEHUANTEPEC Nephew of Former President Victorious; Fclixistas Active in Eastern Mexico On Uoanl the United States Gunboat Wheeling, Off the Coast of Vera Cruz, ov Wireless to Pensacola. Nov. l X. — The forces of General Felix Diaz, nephew of former President Portirio Diaz, have captured Tehuantepec city and have invested Salina Cruz. On the Gulf of Mexico side of the isthmus the Kelixistas are reported to be within six miles of Coatzacoalcos. A force of 700 Carranzistas left Vera Cruz yester day to take the field against the revo lutionists. First Penna. Cbvalry Is Highly Complimented by U. S. Army Officer Coionel John P. Wood, commanding the First Pennsylvania Cavalry, now on the Mexican border, has received [Continued oil Paße 9] ARABIA WANTS U. S. RECOGNITION Shereef Hussein Ben Ali Pro claimed Monarch and Mecca Capital Washington, D. C., Nov. 11. —For mation of the new kingdom of Arabia with Grand Shereef Hussein Ben All as monarch and Mecca as the capital, was reported to the State Depart ment to-day in an undated telegram from Mecca signed by Shereef Abdul lah, minister of foreign affairs. The [ Continued on Page 0] ZIONISTS MEET HERE TOMORROW Delegates to First Annual Con vention Arrive; Children to Parade Delegates for the .first annual con vention of the- Zionist Societies- (ft Pennsylvania are arriving. Many-came In last night and were given a warm welcome by the local reception com mittee. The convention opens to-mor row morning at 10 o'clock in Techni- [Continued on Page 12] War Exxports For Nine Months Are $997,970,000; One-Quarter of Trade New York, Nov. 11. —Exports of war supplies for the nine months ending September3oamounted to $997,970,000, or more than 25 per cent, of the coun try's total export trade for tho period, according to figures published here to dav by the Journal of Commerce. The value of explosives sent to belligerents was more than half a million dollars and automobiles, horses and mules, metal working machinery and wire ranked next in that order. According to a table published cov ering war supply exports since the movement began in January, 1915, their value for the twenty-one months was $1,611,845,000. or about 22 per cent, of the country's total exports. More war supplies were sent abroad during the first nine months of this year than throughout 1915. M'CORMICK TO HAVE A PARADE New York Sun Says He Is to Be , the Secretary of War in Place of Baker ' Democratic National Clmirnir.n Vance jC McCormlck, who is declared by the I New York Sun to-day to be under con sideration for appointment as Secretary ! of War by the President, will be given j a welcome home parade by Democrats of Harrlsburg and vicinity to-night. Tlie j parade will also be in nature ofa cele bration of tlie election of the President I and recognition of the call of Mr Wil son in his speeches yesterday to for get the campaign The Central Demo cratic club, of this city, which is ar ranging matters, has issued invitations ito citizens generally In an effort to i make it a nonpartisan affair. The parade will start at the club headquarters at S o'clock and Mr. Mc- Cormick will be escorted by a special committee from Union Station and will be greeted%vith a band and red fire. Visiting delegations will form In the Square. The joint celebration was ar [Contiitucd on Page 9] JENKINS TAKES ZIEGLER'S PLACE Charles W. Themas Becomes First Lieutenant of Co. I, Eighth Infantry Adjutant-General Stewart to-day an nounced the following appointments in the National Guard: First Lieutenant R. D. Jenkins. Har rlsburg, to be captain of Company I Eighth Infantry, succeeding Frank E. Zlegler, appointed major. Second Lieutenant Charles W. [Continued on Page .9] JAILBIRD HIS GUEST DAUPHIN MAN BELIEVES Stranger Answering Descrip tion of Hcadrick Spends Night Safely in Bed LEFT THUMB MISSING County Detective on His Trail; Description Sent Broadcast Throughout State Overcome by an attack of vertigo while walking along the railroad tracks at Dauphin, a man answering the description of W. L. Hcadrick, escaped prisoner from the Dauphin county Jail, remained over night with William Howard, of Dauphin, and left this morning before it was known that he was being hunted by county and city rut horities. j Shortly after the matt left Mr. How ard read In the Harrisburg Telegraph of the escape of the two prisoners, Headrlclt and Howard, and that a re ward of SSO each had been offered for their capture. Obtaining a descrip tion of both, he found that one of these corresponded with that of the man who remained at his home over night. Authorities at Dauphin and residents of the town were notified at once and the Dauphin correspondent of the : Harrisburg Telegraph called County ! Defective James T. Walters and told i hi:n the story. The county official ; started for Dauphin at once In an i automobile and during the remainder lof the day continued his search for j Headrick. Nothing has been heard of I Howard. Dr. A. C. Coble, of Dauphin, was called In last evening to treat the stranger who fell over on the railroad tracks. Tills morning his condition was improved and he left. He had dark hair, blue eyes, disfigured fingers, the end of his left thumb had been cut off, and he was wearing a browft suit. Other parts of the description cor responded entirely wtih that of Head rick. whose left thumb is missing. Arrangements have been made for distributing circulars with complete Information about Howard and Hoad rick and police departments have been notified to be on the lookout for tjie escaped prisoners. SAVES MATCH. LOSES 88 Lancaster. Pa., Nov. 11. —While ex citement over the election was running j high Mrs John Trimble rolled up a; piece' of paper and started a fire, rtot having g, match. Several hours later] a member of the family began to hunt for eight $1 bills and it was found' that, the money was in the paper used I to start the lire. She saved a match I and lost SB. Slil'O GIRL; GET $1,500 Ur.lon Hill, N. J.. Nov. It.—Three armed bandits yesterday robbed the office of tho Prudential Life Insurance] Company here of SI,OOO. They at tacked and knocked unconscious Miss Emma -legger, the cashier, who was alone and in charge at the time. Fif \ teen minuter before the holdup $9,000 was taken from the office safe by the local manager and deposited in a bank. HUGHES LOSER PLAYS DOG John Welday of Altoona, Pa., a. : mossbacked Republican and A. S. 1 Springer, a cotton grower of Wilson, i X. C. Cnuf said), bet on the election, i The loser was to permit the winner to j lead him by a dog leash through the ] foyer and lobby of the Hotel Bossert, j Brooklyn. The loser was to travel on ; all fours. i The bet was paid Thursday night, ' Welday underwent the ordeal with ; courage. The "dog" weighs 210 and ! his 'master" 125. They went to the i door of the grill, where dancing was | going on. There Welday got up on his I hind legs and barked. MAY SNOW HERE Washington, Nov. 11. Weather prediction for the week beginning j Sunday issued by the Weather Bu i reau to-day are: I Middle Atlantic States: Unsettled j with probably rain, possibly turning to I snow in the elevated regions Monday I and Tuesday followed by fair and cold. Popularity Vote A tabulation of the popular vote re iceived in each State by President Wil ) son 4tnd Charles E. Hughes, based on ! incomplete reports and estimated, j indicate that the President received | 403.312 more votes than Mr. Hughes. Tho table follows: States Wilson Hughes ! Alabama 89,000 30,000 ! Arizona 29,641 19,363 •Arkansas 85,000 37,000 California 466,269 462,838 ! Colorado 158,257 95,716 | Connecticut 99,687 '106,378 Delaware 26,111 27,909 Florida 60,000 12,000 | Georgia 109,200 28,000 ! Idaho 68,000 54,500 Illinois 869,1 52 1,044,608 ! Indiana 333,466 339,437 ' lowa 215,918 279,085 ; Kansas 315,000 277,000 ! Kentucky 219,000 193,000 I Louisiana 68,000 9,000 iMaine 64,148 69,491 Maryland 133,21 1 1 33,773 Massachusetts .... 247,114 308,122 Michigan 237,11 4 308,1 22 j Minnesota 177,632 178,;55 j Mississippi 91,000 5,000 | Missouri 376,000 345,000 ! Montana 50,927 54.608 ! Nebraska 98,323 75,081 I Nevada 12.448 9,842 j New Hampshire .. 42,905 42,723 New Jersey 209,332 264,320 i New Mexico 34,545 33,251 I New York 756,010 863,987 North Carolina ... 158,000 110,000 i North Dakota .... 54,449 • 52,831 j Ohio 578,000 496,720 I Oklahoma 140,000 110,000 'Oregon 1 16,550 123,570 j Pennsylvania .... 510,747 695,734 1 Rhode Island .... 39,353 44,159 j South Carolina ... 68,000 1,500 South Dakota .... 45,449 50,892 Tennessee 138,647 97.553 Texas 228.000 58,000 Ptnh 77,381 48,948 j Vermont 21,832 38,254' Virginia 80,107 21.1321 Washington 197,000 183,000: West Virginia . 15-,"13 1 41,432j Wisconsin 194,000 220,000 ! Wyoming 25,617 19,998' Totals 8,564,768 8,101,401 j Wilson over Hughes . 463,367 | WILL NOT CONCEDE WILSON'S UNTIL AFTER COUNT Willcox Holds to Belief That Race Will Be Decided Only by Certified Returns; McCormick Coming Here; Democratic Headquarters Closed Race Closing Up in New Hampshire; Hughes Has Plu rality in Minn.; No Split Vote in California; Com plexion of Next Congress Worrying Wilson New \ ork, Nov. 11.—With Republican National Chairman Willcox still awaiting the official count in close states before con ceding the defeat of Charles E. Hughes in the national election the latest returns to-day in the close states of California. Minnesota, New Mexico and New Hampshire still presented on* their face no change affecting the President's majority in the electoral college. Mr. \\ ilson still leads in California, New Mexico and apparently New Hampshire and Mr. Hughes in Minnesota, with only a few dis tricts yet to be accounted for in each state. President Wilson in Williamstown, Mass., was reported to be chiefly concerned over the complexion of the next Congress which was still in doubt to-day. The President's plurality over Mr. Hughes in the total popular vote, according to the latest estimates, based upon the incomplete returns, is -403,312. Mis total vote was 8,563,713 and that of Mr! Hughes 8,160,401. Concord, N. H., Nov. 11. Presi dent Wilson received a plurality of 63 votes over Charles E. Hughes in New Hampshire, according to certified re turns from nil except one small pre cinct made public by Secretary of State Bean to-day. In arriving at this figure, Mr. Bean announced, he in cluded in the Wilson total 2S votes cast for him in Ward 2, Dover, but omitted through error from the certi fied returns and by accepting as prob ably correct the newspaper returns from Dorchester, the missing pre cincts, which had n'ot reported otfi eially. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 11.— The offi cial count of Ramsey county, given out to-day, shows an error in the 1 Cambridge—Score end first period, Princeton 0, Har vard 0. MARRIAGE LICENSES I \Viltluni Filler mid Carrie Ella It ml?, Seven Sprlnns, Cumberland county. Clareace klaxon Smith nntl Mary l.oiilae Hamilton, city. I .Jolin t-'redret Juiirn and Helena Flatter, Steelton. Vincent Horn nth and Mary Driniim, Kteelton. Michael Uenjaiuln Coleman and Helen Weller, Mllleraburit. Single Copies, 2 Cents CITY EDITION first report by which President Wilson gains 34 9 votes. The total now is: Precincts 3,019 out of 3,049, Wilson. 170,007; Hughes, 176.305. Hughes' plurality, 298. [Continued on Page 0] HOLDS l"P HOI.DUP MAX While waiting at Front and Market streets early this morning for a cross river car Charles Ilippensteel, of West Fairview, was attacked by Ed. forty, who attempted to rob him. Hipi pensteel grabbed Dafferty and called for help. Officers Blair and Rodgers coming to his aid. Dafferty was ar rested and held for a hearing this afternoon. According to police of* ficials, Dafferty has been arrested be-? I'ore on a similar charge.
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