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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:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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at the opening of the afternoon session of the Methodist jj
Laymen's Convention by Di Clarence True.Wilson, head j
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Ec!:man, of Scranton, who presided, made a plea for Penn- j
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.. *f recent elections on I
1J efated the .1
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# 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
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