"yr - • - j * • . ' Great Industrial Welfare ConferenceOpM^Rmlmsts HARRISBURG lllllils TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 271 IS PAGES METHODIST MEN ' DISCUSS WORLD PROBLEMS THAT FACE CHURCH Religious Education of Young, Social Service, Labor, Im migration, Prohibition These Are Just a Few of Many Big Questions Before Big State Convention SPEAKERS OF NATIONAL REPUTE OUTLINE PLANS i Celebration of Fiftieth Anni versary of Board of Educa tion, Increase in School Appropriation, Develop-; ment of Frontier Work and Million Pension Fund, Pro- 1 gram Big interdenominational problems facing the entire world, and the for ward movement in religious education in the present day, together with the part that Methodism must play in solving the situation of present-day conditions formed the central points! of five big addresses this morning by men nationally known for their ac tivity in church advancement. What America is to do with her wealth, gotten through the European war? How to properly train and edu cate the young men and women of to-day? How to bring the spiritual training more in the schools? What is to be done to gire the millions of young people an opportunity for bet ter educational facilities? The pres ent social service and labor problems? Immigration? Prohibition? These l are only a few of the many big points touched upon and forcefully presented to 2,500 enthusiastic Methodist laymen this morning and this afternoon in the Chestnut street auditorium. All day speakers of national repute, who have spent years in study and survey at the head of big church branch organisation work, devoted hour after hour to continuous discus sions and addresses to the Methodist laymen. Interspersed with music and prayer the long sessions proved to he a big church service with lectures, 1 sermons, and educational talks that! 1 will undoubtedly have a powerful in fluence in church work in the State, particularly in Methodist circles. Problems Affect Millions Few phases of present national sit- ' uatlona affecting millions upon mil lions of people were not discussed at length. A wide variation in the many | lalks lent additional lntorest and force to the tremendous program of the: [Continued on Page 7] Willcox Denies Hughes Ever Had Prepared Congratulatory Message New York, Nov, 81, Chairman William R. Willcox of tha Republican National Committee, took cognizance to-day of reports that Charles Evans J lushes had prepared a message of congratulation to send to President Wilson conceding his re-elcctlon, but hatl withheld it on the advice of Re publican leaders, by denying that any such communication had ever been prepared. He said tho reports were "founded on nothing but smoke." Mr. Willcox came to Republican national headquarters here from | T.ukcwood where he and Mr. Huhes have been taking a rest from their campaign labors. He reiterated his previous statements that the time had not yet arrived for the Republicans to concede the election to President Wilson, nor would he make any fore cast as to when a detinite statement in that regard might be expected either from him or Mr. Hughes. He said that even When the official count in California is known, thero might still be conditions in other close States keeping the final result in doubt. JtKFI'SE LIST OF FNKMI'LOYKD London, Nov. 21. The common council of Antwerp lias refused to deliver lists of the unemployed to ! the Germans, according to a Reuter's Amsterdam dispatch quoting tho Telegraaf. As a consequence, the dis patch says, the Germans are now call ing men of all classes to the police stations for examination as to the identity of their papers. THE WEATHER] I'or Harrlsburg mid vicinity: Fair to-nlsht and prohnbl)' Wednes day, continued cold. 1 or Rnnterii Pennsylvania! Fair to night nod probably Wednesday, continued cold. River In the absence of precipitation, lit tle change* are expected In the river stanes. A stage of about 3.7 feet Is Indicated for Harris- ' burg by Wednesday morning. General Conditions Well developed areas of high pres. sure extend arross the northern half of the I'nlted States this morning, glvln K Renernllv fair "rather and a fall of tempera ture; There la an area of lovr pressure developing In Western Canadu, which In Its progress eastward, will probably cause unsettled weather In this vicinity by Wed neNdar. Temperatures R a. m.. 30. Sunt Hlses, UtftN a. m.| sets, 4:45 I p. m. Moon i !Vew moon, November 2.1, 3iß© a. m. River stanei 3.7 feet nhove low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature. .14. l.nwest temperature, 41. Mean temperature, 4N. Normal temperature, 40. , ' FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPH OF METHODIST MEN OF PENNSYLVANIA ATTENDING OPENING SESSION OF GREAT GATHERING —Photograph by Roshon Studio, NO RESTRICTIONS IN VILLA PURSUIT TO BE TOLERATED Mexican Commissioners Given Last Opportunity For Amica ble Solution of Problems WILL WITHDRAW LATER But Not Until Border Is Ade quately Protected by Gar ranza; Cabrera Objects | Atlantic City, X. J., Nov. 21. The [ American commissioners to-day gave to the Mexican commissioners what is understood to be the lust opportunity for an amicable settlement of the problems that have urisen because of >Carranxa'B failure to provide adequate protection for life and property along the lr.ternat**mi border. In joint session, Secretary of the Interior Lane, as chairman of the American commission, informed Mr. Carranza's representatives that the American punitive expedirtou would be withdrawn within a reasonable time and under conditions that would not impair the dignity of the Ameri can government or leave unprotected the territory Just south of the border now patrolled by the Americans. Incident to such withdrawal he out lined the manner in which the Am erican government was prepared to guard the long line of frontier and to run down and punish any maraud ing band that attempted a crossing into the T'nited States. He made it clear to the Mexicans that this gov ernment would not tolerate anv re strictions on the pursuit of bandits by American troops. How Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican commission and his col leagues received what is regarded as the last word of the American com missioners, was not expected to bo known until after the session came to an end this afternoon. Steady op position to the plan by Mr. Cabrera and continued insistence that further activities of American troops in Mexico must be restricted in various ways have marked the conferences of the joint commission for many weeks and it was the apparent deter mination of the Mexicans not to yield that caused Mr. Lane to place before I resident Wilson all the facts in the case. When hp went Into the confer ence room this morning he carried with him the assurance of the Presi ho had unqualified backing of hjs plan. The Mexicans were aware of the President's attitude and it was regarded as probable that they would recede from the position they had taken. Germany Replies on Sinking of American Ships Berlin, Nov. 20. via London, Nov. -I.—Secretary Joseph T. Grew, of the l mted States embassy, received to day the German reply in regard to the sinking of the British steamer Kowanmore and three steamers which JY ere ' ost ,n S(, Ptember. In regard to the Rowanmore the German govern ment denies that the submarine fired on lifeboats containing members of the crew and maintains that the men on the Rowanmore owe their lives to tiie precaution taken by the Germans nnd the skill with which their opera tions were carried out. ■ In respect to two of the remaining steamers in question the German gov ernment states they were not sunk bv German forces and maintains that , the Antwerpen. the third steamer was destroyed in full accordance with the rules of international law , STEAMER FIRED ON New York, Nov. 21. The British • steamship Siamese Prince, returning j in ballast after delivering a cargo of horses at Brest for the French gov ernment, was fired upon without ! warning, presumably hy a German I submarine off the French coast on ' November 4, according to officers of : the vessel, which arrived here to-day. NORWEGIAN SI NK I 1-ondon, Nov. 21. The master and part of the crew of the Norwegian steamer Finn, landed to-day and re ported that their vessel had been sunk by a German submarine. EX PLOSION W RECKS STEA MER London, Nov. 21.'— The German steamer Fritz-Hugo-Stinnes has been wrecked In the Baltic through a boiler explosion according to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegruph Company. HARRISBURG, PA.,TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1916. TRAINMEN CHIEFS RECOMMENDATION URGE AFFILIATION WILL BE RENEWED WITH LABOR BODY BY THE PRESIDENT Gompers and Brotherhood Heads Enthusiastically Cheer ed After Suggestion WANT SHORT DAY FOR ALL Will Fight Any Arbitration Legislation Which Is I n fair to Labor Baltimore. Md„ Nov. 21.—Affilia tion of the members of the American Federation of Labor and the four big railroad brotherhoods for'effecting the general betterment of labor was urged to-day before the Federation conven tion here by the brotherhood heads and President Gompers. ' Delegates cheered all of the speakers enthusias tically. "We must hang together, or we will hang separately,' declared W. G. Lee. spokesman for the brotherhoods and head of the railway trainmen. "It is a great comfort to know," President Gompers said, "that the time is not far distant when the great brotherhoods will be a part of the American Federation of Labor." Lee explained that the laws of the brotherhoods now prevent an official affiliation with the Federation until after their convention is held, but he insisted that between now and that time the organizations could co-op [Continued on Page IS] WONT STAND FOR WALLINfIFORDS IN STATE INSURANCE So Deck ires Denny O'Neil in Criticism of Lyndon Woods Methods of Operating J. Denny O'Xeil, State Insurance Commissioner, to-day made public a! statement giving his reasons for ask-| ing the court for a receiver in the I nion Casualty Insurance Company case and explaining to some degree the methods by which Lyndon H. Wood, the insurance company manipulator, operated. Mr. O'Keil's statement, say-' ing that he will not stand for any [Continued on Page 13] Francis Joseph, Losing Mind, Names Regents 1-ondon, Nov. 21. According to n j daily Express dispatch from Am ! sterdam, the Emperor Francis Joseph ;of Austria, appointed the heir to the throne, the Archduke Charles Francis, | co-regent with himself because his ! health is giving rise to serious ahxiety. The Emperor, the correspondent says, is suffering from acute catarrh of the throat, accompanied by weak ness and mental depression. It Is gen erally believed he may live some time yet, but his failing mental powers make the appointment of a regent necessary. The Archduchess Zita, wife of the new regent. It is reported, is to be co-regent, with practically the authority of a reigning Empress. j Bishop Wilson, of M. E. Church, South, Is Dead Baltimore, Md„ Nov. 21. Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, died at his home hero to-day. He was 2 8 vears of age. HEADING ATTACKS LAW Philadelphia, Nov. 21.—The Head ing Railway and Its six subsidiary lines 1 to-day joined the other railroads of the country In the attack upon the I constitutionality of the Adamson eight- ! hour law. Counsel for that com pah y I filed in the Federal court here a bill In ! equity similar to that filed by the i Pennsylvania Railroad last w'eek ask- ! ing that the Federal attorneys In Penn sylvania be enjoined from bringing prosecutions against It under the Adamson law. To Be Practically Same as Em bodied in Address During Strike Crisis CABINET HEARS DETAILS Government Prepared to De fend Suits to Test Constitu tionality of Law Washington, Nov. 21. President Wilson's recommendations for rail road legislation in his address to Con gress will he practically the same as those embodied in his special address last August when a nation-wide rail road strike was pending. The Presi dent discussed some of the details to day with the Cabinet. In his special address the President made six specific recommendations. Two providing for an eight-hour day as. a legal basis o£ work and of wages on railroads and for a commission to observe the opera tion of the law, were embodied In the Adamson Act. The others which remained unacted upon and which will be renewed by the President are: "Immediate provision for the en largement and administrative reor ganization of the Interstate Commerce Commission along the lines embodied in the bill recently passed by the House of Representatives and now [Continued on Page 9] CITY TO ASK IF WATER FUND CAN PAY FOR LIGHTS Council, at Commissioner Bow i man's Suggestion, Wants Solicitor's Opinion Council at the suggestion of City ! Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, head of the water and lighting de partment. to-day asked the city solici tor's opinion on the question of wheth er or not Harrisburg can use enough of the surplus earnings of the water department to pay for the electric lighting of the streets. ,The action followed a brief debate on the issue which had been raised by Mr. Bowman in answer to Mayor K< S. Meals' announcement a few days ago that he believes the city could readily convert the water surplus to pay the lighting bill and thus lop some $68,000 to $70,000 annually from the budget appropriation. Thfs would mean reducing the tax rate by at least a mill and a quarter. L | Bowman Did Try It .; Commissioner Bowman emphasized i the fact that in 1914 he tried to divert [Continued on Pae 9] Urges England to Arm All Ships Against U-Boats; Offers Reward For Sinking London, Nov. 21. Robert P Houston, member of Parliament from i! Liverpool and head of the Houston line of steamers, writes to the Times ' urging that the British mercantile marine take sea law into its own hands pnd arm ships against submar ines regardless of government re strictions. Mr. Houston offers the British master of any British mer chant ship two thousand pounds for each German submarine he probably 1 sinks, up to a total of fifty, between ' now and May 31. Crimson Squad Will Leave Cambridge Thursday Morning Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 21. The | Harvard football management an nounced to-day that the Crimson j squad which will go to New Haven ; for the game with Yale next Saturday I will leave on Thursday morning Jm- I mediately after their arrival at New I Haven, the players will to the! Yale bowl, where they will spend most of the afternoon in acquainting! themselves with the local conditions GERMANS SWEEP j INTOWALLACHIA BY BOLD STROKE Capture Large Section of Coun try From Rumanians Who Retreat 40 Miles FACE EN V ELOPME X T Teutons Before Craiova; French and Serbs Still Chasing Bulgars By bold and rapid strokes the Teu tonic Invaders apparently have con quered a large section of Northwestern Wullachia from the Rumanians. Petrograd's official bulletin to-day announces a Rumanian retirement in this part of the battle front to the re gion of Fllliash, forty miles northwest of Craiova. Judging from the recent reports of the operations, this means that converging attacks by Austro- C.erman forces moving southward In the Jtul valley and eastward along the railway from Ossova have compelled the Rumanians to withdraw from the Osova region and execute a rapid re treat in the Jiul valley. This move was made, It appears, to prevent the retreat of their armies from being cut off. Whether even the rapid retreat indi cated was in time to save the Ruma nian armies in this region is rendered doubtful by ihe German announce pient that Teutonic troops are now be fore Craiova. The railroad running through Craiova to Bucharest affords the only convenient line of retirement for the Orsova and Jiul valley armies. | While the Rumanians have evidentlv ] reached the junction point of the Jiul -valley road with the main line at | Filllash, the loss ot' Craiova would | effectually bar their way eastward, ex | cept across country. Reinforced ill Kast Farther eastward in Wallachla the . arrival of Russian troops seems to | have strengthened the Rumanian ! defense. The Russians took the offen sive north of Campulung, according to I Berlin, but were repulsed. The Ru ! manlans are resisting persistently In ! the Alt valley, south of Rothenthurm | Pass, but nevertheless were compelled to yield important positions to General von Falkenhayn's troops. Chasing Bulgarians In the other chief field of present military activity, the Macedonian front, French and Serbian troops are continuing their pursuit of tlie Ger man and Bulgarian forces which evae j uated Monastir under entente ■ pres sure. Berlin reports the entente ad vance as a "feeling out" of the Ger manic-Bulgarian positions by recon noitering detachments. The "new line is indicated by press dispatches to lie about seventeen miles northward of Monastir and is reported to be stronglv entrenched and flefended in part by fresh German forces. East of the Monastir region, Berlin declares, Serbian attempts to advance were repulsed. West of Monastir the Kalians, according to Paris, repulsed a counter attack. On the Somme and Ancre fronts I in Northern France the fighting has j been conlined to artillery engagements. | WORN-OUT STKKIJ NOW WORTH MORE THAN NEW YEAR AGO | Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 21.—The j price of steel has advanced so rapidlv j that worn-out material is now more | valuable than the new was one year ago. The Mahoning and Shenango ; Street Railway Company has sold worn-out steel rails in use (or years at a higher price than is being'paid bv the company for new rails to re place those discarded. This situation results from the fact that (he company ordered the new rails one year ago. EARTHQUAKE RECORDED ; Washington, D. C„ Nov. 21.—A pro nounced earthquake, lasting from 1.31 'o'clock until "2.15 this morning, with the maximum shocks at 1.44 a. m., Was reported to-day by the George town University selsmologlcal observ atory. The center of the disturbance was estimated at front 2,100 to 2,200 miles from Washington. NO FOOD EMBARGO ! Washington, Nov. 21. Despite much agitation in Its favor. President Wilson is not expected to urge an embargo on food exports In his ad dress to Congress. Petitions for some restriction have been piling up at the White House for several weeks and it! has been predicted that a determined effort to have Congress act would be' made soon after the session operxM. I Single Copy, 2 Cents Methodists Cheer For Local Option and Brumbaugh Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 21. Cheers for "Brumbaugh and local option" and "Brumbaugh and the county unit" and singing of gospel hymns marked the reception given at tho Capitol by the Governor to the Methodist convention. In many respects it was the most remark able ever known on the "Hill." Tho delegates marched to the State House and were grouped in the Governor's reception room, overflowing into the corridor. When the Governor appeared, some one started cheers for him and for several minutes there were cheers for the Governor and various is sues which he had espoused. The Governor shook hands with the bishops and Justice E. A. Walling and then the delegates formed a circle about him and sang hymns, their voices carrying all over the building and attracting many clerks and officials. Each person shook hands with the Governor and was greeted by him. The delegates filed out singing and were then photographed in front of the Cap itol. I !'< ON Oi'v )V - the 1 1 ! rED ON her return ]\ 1 I i 1 IS ON FOR i 1 i I ' I :Cm ' I . ANNOUNCED | 1 • f.N | I WOUNDED IN AN EXPLOSION j J AT BAK ARITZA. j J iIVE UP ARMS j I ' lon, Nov 21.— The Crown j I urrender the I i • by I II SEES DRY NATION IN FIVE YEARS ' , Harrisburg. A prediction, that within five years the 1 . i ! la-ie i at the opening of the afternoon session of the Methodist jj Laymen's Convention by Di Clarence True.Wilson, head j I Ec!:man, of Scranton, who presided, made a plea for Penn- j • • - i i>r. Wi'i; on I .. *f recent elections on I 1J efated the .1 / jF •"The last President of this country to j # into v u>u: ... -1 juea f tio e in," said Dr.fc.T.Wilson at the Methodist C ■ f that we could not get either ' K .i'.c-'hi or. 1. it." ' £ yK 'Mry" k "do TJ it was to,get national prohibition | County local k o; .. • . "id :.! not •*•-. prt.Mcm. k u sg- Charged with the murder of Ephraim | ddler, found lead along the canal at Mi I ii Richcreek, of Royalton, was held for court. 1 MARRIAGE UCENSES ] Wilbur I'Cc Ultirl and Clara l.rna I'lcbflberefr, cltjr. 1 .rrxe Kobrrt >le urdj nnd Kathleen Hoblnaon, city. ■ CITY EDITION UP TO STATE TO WATCH WELFARE OF ITS PEOPLE IN THEIR LEISURE Governor Brumbaugh in Wel coming Fourth Annua! In dustrial Welfare and Effi ciency Conference Points Out Duty of Common wealth in Conserving the Human Asset PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE TO PENNA EMPLOYERS Declares Most of Crimes Against Society Are Com mitted When Men and Wo men Are Not at Work and Points to Need For Better Recreation Places and Re moval of Besetting Dan gers The Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia, which has done so much to pro tect the human asset. Its greatest re source, must before long make laws to conserve the welfare of its people in its hours of leisure, declared Gov ernor Martin G. Brumbaugh in hia speech in welcoming the delegates to the Fourth Annual Industrial Welfare and Efficiency Conference at the State Capitol this morning. The Governor had outlined what the State had done in the way of enacting compensation and child labor laws and paid tribute to the "spirit of cheerfulness shown by employers in the working out of the systems" provided by those statutes. He said that the State owod a debt of gratitude of- them and so licited their continued co-operation. "People who had a doubt a year ago about, the humanitarian laws enacted in the session of 1915 have supported us in enforcing them and they are now accepted as a part of the necessary and legitimate policy of the Common wealth." continued the Governor. "Pennsylvania is, perhaps, doing mo"3i [Continued on Page 13]
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