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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
Announcement M a de by
Henry TatnalI, Vice-Presi-
dent in Charge Of Finance
of P. R. R. Company To-
day, Confirms Report
READINGS INTERESTS
WERE ALSO SECURED
Donner Exercises His Option
to Purchase From PennsyI-
vania Company One-Half
of Holdings in P. S. Co.

Philadelphia, Oct. 30.-Henry Tat
nall, vice-president in charge of fl
Company to-day confirmed the report
that William H. Donner has exercised
his option to purchase from the Penn
nances of the Pennsylvania Railroad
sylvania Company oH4e-half of its hold
ings of the common and preferred
stock of the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany.
L. has been known for some time
that Mr.. Donner had been seeking to
obtain a controlling interest in the
Pennsylvania Steel Company. Charles
NJ. Schwab, president of the Bethle-
hem Steel Corporation, has been after
the Pennsylvania Steel property but
was outbid by the Donner interests.
An announcement that Mr.. Donner
will also obtain the Reading Iron Com
pany's interest in Pennsylvania Steel
in expected soon. The Reading Iron
Company is controlled by she Reading
Company, the holding corporation of
the various Reading railway and coal
and iron properties.
President Donner later stated he
pot only exercised his option to pur-
R1ase from the Pennsylvania Com
pa1y one-half of it's holdings of Penn
sylvania Steel shares, but also exer-
cised his option on one-half of the
Reading Iron Company's holdings.
The option price was 81 for the COM
mon and S5 for the preferred.
Mr. Donner said he could not dis
cuss the plans for Pennsylvania Steel
At this time, but intimated that a state
ment would be forthcoming next
week.
The option l exercised" he further
said, was given to me by President
Rea of the Pennsylvania Railroad and
by President Baer of the Reading be-
fore he died"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
BRUMBAUGH AND
MANNING TO SPEAK
ON PARK PLANS
Relation of City TO State to
Be Considered at Con-
ference
WILL BE HELD AT CAPITOL
Famous Landscape Designer
Will Use Lantern Slides to
Illustrate Talk

Definite plans have been formulated
Tor the program to be followed at the
three days meeting at the Capitol of
the Safety and Efficiency Conference
which will bring to this city engineers
from every corner of the State. OF
particular interest TO the people of
this city will be the meeting on the
evening of November 10th, the night
of opening the conference, when ad-
dresses featuring the relation of Har-
risburg to the State will be made by
Governor Brumbaugh, Warren II.
Manning, the Boston landscape de-
Signer and others.
Mr.. Manning. the well-known eX-
pert on parks. will speak as the rep
resentative of the City Planning Com
mission on the subject THE Capitol
Park and its Relation to the Plan of
the City of Harrisburg the address
to be illustrated by lantern slides. MIR.
Manning will discuss the development
of the city's park system with relation
to Capitol Park, and will describe the
State plan for the main thoroughfares
to radiate from Harrisburg along such
dominant landscape features as the
Susquehanna River and its branches,
the Cumberland Valley, the Cumber-
TContinuafI nm Daoo
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
25 TICK-TACKERS
MUST ANSWER TO
MISCHIEF CHARGE
Some of the Boys" Were Big
Enough to Know Better
Say Police

Boys, large and small, who last night
figured in alleged assaults on pedes-
trians and who are charged with dam
aging property throughout the city;
will be given u hearing Thursday af-
ternoon at the police station. Be-
tween 20 and 30 arrests were made.
Plain clothes officers were busy, and
viii be on duty again tonight and
Monday night.
Some or these tick tackers" will
face charges of assault and battery and
others malicious mischief. At Green
and Kelker streets a pile of terra
Gotta pipe, valued at $40, was broken
to bits. These boys" were sixteen
years and over. Other names were
secured and arrests will be made be-
tween now and Monday.
The plain clothes" squad also fur
nished names of twenty-four Juveniles
who broke windows, globes on street
lights and moved steps and gates.
Mrs. G. A. Mohl, of York, who was
visiting friends in Green street and
was on her way home was grabbed by
"a crowd of small boys near Kelker
street. They used Mrs. Mohl roughly.
1t is charged
1t was the liveliest tick tack night
Harrisburg has had for a long time.
Fhe streets were crowded with mas
queraders who made merry until a
late hour. The police had most of
their troubles in the western part of
the city and on Allison Hill.
Ella Rupp, aged "a years, No. 1
South Ninth street, who was among
the masqueraders, was taken seriously
i'll during the evening and went to the
Harrisburg Hospital with an attack of
acute appendicitis. She was wearing
her fathers clothes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
Governor Brumbaugh
FavOrs and Will Vote
For Woman Suffrage

Following efforts made by the oppo-
nents of suffrage to distort Governor
Brumbaugh's endorsement of woman
suffrage, Mrs. Frank NJ. Roessing.
president of the Pennsylvania Woman
Suffrage Association. yesterday asked
the Governor to please reiterate his
sttnd on the suffrage amendment.
The following reply was received by
her to-day:
In the West and here have so
repeatedly made my position on
amendment No. 1 so clear that /
think every voter knows 1 favor
lis passage and viii vote for it.
Yours very truly,
VI. G.. BRUMBAUGH.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
Italians Ransack Ten
Cross-River Cottages

PaXtang, Pa, Oct. 3O.-State police
stationed here have recovered a pho
nograph, some records and other ar
ticles taken from the cottage of DR..
w. r. Walter. 704 North Third street.
Harrisburg, at Overview, near Marys-
vile. Eight or ten other cottages in
the vicinity were also entered, but
very little was taken. The State po-
lice, investigating the thefts, traced
the phonograph and located it in "a
secondhand store in Harrisburg,
where it had been sold by two Italians.
1t was later learned that the Italians,
who worked in the vicinity of Over
view, started for Philadelphia after
disposing of the instrument. Efforts
are now being made to find them in
the Quaker CITY
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
"NO-License Sunday"
in Perry County

Marysville, Pa, Oct. 30.-"No-L Lii
cense Sunday will be observed
throughout Perry county tomorrow in
response to call sent out by the eX-
ecutive committee of the Perry county
No-License League. Ministers of all
churches will preach one or two SER
mons urging the voters to support
Harry l.. Jones, of Newport, the dry"
candidate for the judgeship
Jones is opposed by DIR. w. A.
Meiser, of Newport, who asserts that
ho is "neutroT' hut the fSv-LiueIs1
League firmly declares that he is be-
ing backed by the liquor interests.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
TRAVEL TONIGHT
INLAND OF DYKES
Belgium and Holland Will Be
Visited in Second
Travelogue

Another audience sat enthralled be-
fore the screen of Frank r. Robertson,
the famous traveller and traveloguer.
at the Chestnut Street Auditorium last
evening and toured with him over
Germany in the second of the remark
able series of travelogues under aus
pices of The Harrisburg Telegraph.
War with its glorious side and its
tragic side was unfolded to view in
impressive motion pictures; Germany,
the land toward which all eyes are
turned. was laid at the feet of the
audience. The travelogue served two
purposes: 1t showed the military
might OF this most powerful of ma
tions and it gave an intimate idea of
Germany in times of peace, it's peoples.
interesting places, rugged castles and
CONTINUED on Page 16.l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
GOVERNOR STANDS
FOR THE COX LAW
Issues Letter to School Men
Saying 1t Embodies His
Thoughts

Governor Brumbaugh to-day made
public a letter he has sent to the
school men of the State" asking their
cooperation in the enforcement of the
child labor law which becomes effec-
tive on January 1. The Governor
says that the result of his years of
thought and investigation of the prob
lem of enabling the juvenile workers
of the State to learn while they earn
lis embodied in the new child labor
law"
In the course of his letter he SAYS:
''As school man ] desire to call the
attention of the school men of the
State to the Cox child labor law
which becomes, effective on January
1, next.
Il have given years of thought to
[Continucd on Pare 12l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
MAN KILLS FIVE
( AND THEN TURNS
GUN ON HIMSELF
Wife's Parents, Brother-in-
Law, Wife and Daughter
Are Among Dead
ASSAILANT STILL ALIVE
William Cameron, Mail Car
rier, Had Divorce Proceed
ings InstitutedAg Against Him
BY Associated Press !

Boise, Idaho, Oct. = 80. = William
Cameron. mail carrier between Picado
and Carey. Idaho. shot and killed his
wife's parents Mr.. and Mrs. John
Adamson; his brother-ln-law, James
Adamson; his daughter. aged Is
months, and his wife. and finished his
work by shooting himself in the head
at Carey last night. Cameron was still
alive at last reports. but there was no
hope for his recovery. Cameron's wife
started proceedings for divorce re-
GENTLY
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
Fight at Niggerhead
is Anxiously Awaited

Douglas Arz.. oct. so. - Niger
head y black butte family resembIin.
the cranial outlines Of an Ethiopian
which rises out cf the desert. nino
niles east Of here. claimed the at
to3t'on of ail cyas to-day rs marking
tn" portal Of q p"uu;pin pass through
witch General villa was expected 10
swing tonight or to-1norro@ about
S.e0o men 70 attack or bcsiege the
Carranza garrison at Aqua Prieta,
Sonora, opposite here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30

Toxic, Oct. S0.-The Japanese gov
ernment has requested the American
government to give its support in the
representations which are being made
at Peking for the purpose of postpon-
ing establishment of a monarchy in
China until the European war is end
ed. Japan's policy was decided upon
after consultation with Great Britain.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
BOWERS GETS ONE YEAR

by +INS0CllFcd PTeSS
Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct 30.-William
Bowers, of Washington, d. c., con-
victed of completely in a plot against
the life of T. Franklin Schneider, a
wealthy candy manufacturer also Of
Washington, who was assaulted in a
hotel here, was to-day sentenced to
serve one year in prison, after a mo-
tion for new trial had been over
ruled
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
King George, Injured
in Fall FROM Horse,
Continues to Improve

London, Oct. 80, 1853 p. Mixing
George, who was injured ON Thurs
day by being thrown from his horse
while reviewing the troops in the field
continues to improve. An official
statement issued to-day says: THE
kings condition shows further i'm
provement. There has been some
sleep and the pain is diminishing.
Temperature and pulse are normal"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
Alfred D. Allen, of
State Courts, Is Dead
BY ..fSsoefatcG PrcES

Philadelphia, Oct. 80. - Alfred d.
Allen, prothonotary pro tenn of the
State Supreme and Superior Courts,
died suddenly at his home here last
night. Death was due to uraemic
poisoning Mr.. Allen had heen con
nected with the courts for eight years
in various capacities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
TWO MORNING FIRES
Children Playing With Matches Sci
Fire tO Clothes

Firemen this morning answered two
fire alarms. The first came from Wal
nut and Balm streets. Children play
ing with matches at the home of Da-
vid Fl. Morgan, 1876 Linden street, set
fire to clothes in a closet The dam
age was estimated at 800.
At 11.50 a call came from Cameron
and Kelker streets. The fire was on
the city dump. A high wind spread
the flames toward a number of frame
structures. The Shamrock and Good
viii companies were in service for
two hours.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
PUMPKINS FOR 100000 PIES


Bloomsbury. Pa, Oct 3O-Two hun
dred tons of pumpkins have been
shipped from this county within the
last few days. The pumpkins are
shipped to a canning factory. 1t is
estimated there will be a sufficient
quantity of pumpkins to make 40O, 900
pies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
COMMITS SUICIDE WITH GAS
SbecinI To The Tciegrnbh

Lancaster. Pa, Oct 30.-Jacob H.
Seachrist. 61 years old. having retired
with his brother. Philip Seachrist. this
city. committed suicide this morning
by placing a gas tube in his mouth
a rocking chair.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
MOrgan's Condition Is
Considered Satisfactory

New York. Oct. 3O.-J. p. Morgan
spent a comfortable night following
the operation upon him for appendi-
citis and his condition to-day is in
every way satisfactory, according to a
bulletin issued by his hysicians.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
ACQUITTED OLE NLURDER CHARGE

York, Pa, Oct. 30.-Roy Reynolds
charged with killing Lawrence Single
ton. his brother-in-law. during a quar-
rel near Delta last month, was ac-
quilted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
Sir Charles Tupper, 81,
Canadian Statesman, Dies
By Associated Press

Ottawa, Ont, Oct 3O.-Sir Charles
Tupper, venerable Canadian states
man. died in England to-day. He was
% years old.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
RIVER
GENERAL CONDITIONS

Pressure Is low over northeast
snd northwest districts and reIn-
lively low over extreme southwest
and southeast districts; IL is high
over the Mississippi, Ohio and
Lower Missouri valleys and the
axe region and n new high pres
sure urea from the Pacific ocean fs
moving In over Oregon.
scattered showers have fallen In
the last 24 hours In northern NIichi-
gan and from the Great Lakes east-
ward to the Atlantic coast and
mowers have continued over the
Florida peninsula.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
THE WEATHER

Harrisburg and vicinity. Fair
Tonight and sunday, cooler to-
night.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair and
slightly cooler Tonight. sunday
fair. Moderate northwest winds
becoming varfaLec.
RIVER
The main river and the West
branch VIII fall slowly or remain
nearly stationary. The lower pOr-
ton of the North branch will rise
siigbtly. stage of about 3.S feet
y Indicated for Harrisburg sun
DAY morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30
Temperature. 9 n. M. -.

suns Rises. d.32 u. M, sets.
sos y. N.
Moon; New moon. November :.
3.52 u. m.
River stage; 80 feet above low
water mark.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30

Iii2hc~t feu,RerHturc. 30.
I,aNTeHf temperature. ~.
Mean temperature, -.
Normal temperature, is.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-10-30

NJ. HiehIa NeNVC umbe
L. Carrie D
Harry e FetrOv v.
M. N ". Kinard, Mech
Anthony j. Mika Anna
Aiause Petrcf T..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-05-19
Mrs. Byrd Entertained Card

Mrs. James S. Byrd entertained
the Thursday Afternoon Card club,
all of the members being present.to
participate in the game. Mrs.
Thomas W. Carwile of Blackville,
Mrs. Pinta DeBruhl of Atlanta and
Mrs. Irvine T. Yelling of Darling
ton were guests of honor. The hos
tess used sweet peas for de- orations
in the parlor and dining room. In
stead of Offering prize for each
game, the secretary of the club re-
cords the score and at the end of
the series of games prizes will be
awarded those who ma ke the high
est and next highest averages. The
guests prize became the possession
of Mrs. DeBruhl. At the close of
the game Mrs. Byrd served a salad
course followed by ices. Not at
any previous meeting of the club
have it's members been more lavish
ly or more beautifully entertained
than they were Thursday afternoon.
The next meeting of the club, a
fortnight hence, will be entertained
by Mrs. A. H. Corley.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-05-19

Among the graduates of the North
Augusta High School are Miss
Elizabeth Hammond Roper, Miss
Theresa Anna Bunch, Miss Matte
Catherine Mealing.
Of the many visitors who come
and 60, none are more cordially well
coined than Mrs. David L. Walker
and Mrs. Charles Rhodes, the moth
er and sister of Mrs. N. G. Evans.
They arrived from Macon Saturday.
The Sunday school of Rehoboth
church will have Children's Day ex-
ersises on the End Sunday in June.
The forenoon will be devoted to the
program by the children and in the
afternoon several addresses will be
made on missions.
Attention is directed to the fol.
lowing new advertisements this
week: Smith-Marsh Co., Max Ru,
ben, L. Scharf & Co., Dorm &
Minis, Mukashy Bargain House,
Collett & Mitchell, Chero Cola and
Southern Railroad.
On account of the heavy rains
last week, it was impossible for
either of the Sunday schools in
Edgefeld to send representatives to
the convention at Plum Branch.
Edgefeld would have been largely
represented had not the rains made
the use of automobiles practically
impossible.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-05-19
NO TIME WASTED.
Prompt Action is Pleasing Many
Edgefield Citizens.

Get down to the cause of every
thing.
Bad backs are frequently caused
by weak kidneys.
Help the kidneys to get rid of
kidney backache.
Doan's kidney pills are for the
kidneys only.
No time wasted trying to cure
other troubles.
Edgefeld people endorse them.
JF Dodd, Edgefeld, says, !
had dull pain in my back and in
the morning I was sore and stiff. |
had headaches and dizzy spells, too.
My sight blurred and the kidney sc,
cretions were scanty and irregular
in passage. Friends recommended
Doan's kidney pills and got box
They cured me of all symptoms OF
kidney trouble"
Price soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney pills-the same
that Mr.. Dodd had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-05-19
Teachers Elected.

At recent meeting of the school
trustees the following teachers were
elected for the session of l915-l6:
High School, T. J. Lyon, superin-
tendent, Harris Copenhaver, princi:
pal, and Miss Elizabeth Rainsford.
The teachers for the graded school
are, Mrs. H. N. Greneker, Miss
Hortense Padgett, Miss Grace
Tompkins, Miss Mamie Sill and
Mrs. w. C. Tompkins. The vacan-
cy caused by the resignation of
Miss Turner has not yet been filed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-05-19
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Miss Marion Patterson of Barn,
well spent the weekend here with
relatives.
Miss Miriam Norris spent last
Thursday and Friday in Augusta
attending the Chautauqua.
DR.. J. G.. Edwards will grow to-
matoes for market. He is planning
to plant three acres in tomatoes.
Let the question of temperance
have prominent place in all three
of the union meetings on the fifth
Sunday.
1t is hoped that farmers will re-
ceive more than cost for their cot,
ton this year. They will make it
mighty cheap.
The harvest Season is on. Full
ghum oats ale ripening, which is
a great boon to farmers who are
buying western corn.
Mr.. w. A. Byrd and DR.. James
S. Byrd carried their sister, Miss
Pauline Byrd, to Columbia Sunday
to undergo an operation for appen-
dicitis.
Mrs. J. J. Nixon and her two
little children are spending this
week here with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
FL. Dorm. Mr.. Nixon also came up
from Clark's Hill Sunday.
Now is the time to purchase a
binder. Stewart g. kernagban make
the terms very reasonable. Save the
expense and annoyance Of trying to
harvest your grain with cradles.
We wish we had some of the Ger
man gas with which to fight potato
bugs. AS soon as our Irish potatoes
appeared above the ground they
were attacked by the pesky bugs.
MIR. M. D. Lyon says the cutworms
have been playing havoc with his
cotton, cutting it down during the
day as well as at night. He ceuld
see them cutting it down like trees
falling in a newground.
The Trenton High School will
close Friday of this week. An inter.
esting program has been arranged
and at the conclusion of the exer-
cises Friday a picnic dinner will be
served on the school grounds.
The Advertiser acknowledges an
invitation to Coker college COM
mencement, being sent by our
thoughtful young friend, Miss
Florence Peak, who is a member of
The graduating class. She has been
a hard student from the day she ma
circulated and made splendid
record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-05-19
Bishop Kilgo Coming.

Harmony church will be dedica-
ted the third Sunday in July and
Bishop John G. Kilgo will preach
the dedicatory sermon. Bishop
Kilgo has been invited by Rev. J.
R. Walker to preach in the Edge
field Methodist church the night of
the third Sunday in July. He has
not visited Edgefeld since he
preached the dedicatory sermon of
the Edge6eld Methodist church
about % years ago.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-05-19
Trenton w. c. T. U.

Tomorrow, Thursday, evening
the ladies of the Trenton Woman's
Christian Temperance Union will
give an entertainment. An interesting
program has been arranged. AS it is
miscellaneous in character all who
attend will be highly entertained.
The small sum of Is cents will be
charged. The good people of Tren-
ton should not have to be urged to
encourage the noble Christian wo-
men by patronizing them literally.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-11-12

reate divisions where there are none.
Here is the nation God has builded
by our hands. What shall we do with
it? Who is there who does not stand
ready at all times to act in her be-
half in a spirit Of devoted and disin-
terested patriotism? We are yet only
in the youth and first consciousness of
our power. The day of our country's
life is still but in its fresh morning.
Let us lift our eyes to the great tracts
of life yet to be conquered in the in
terests of righteous peace. Come, let
us renew our allegiance to America,
conserve her strength in its purity,
make her chief among those who serve
mankind, self-reverenced, self-com-
manded, mistress Of all forces Of quiet
counsel, strong above all others in
good will and the might Of invincibl,
justice and right"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-11-12

George Guenther Of Luke,
Wyoming, arrived Sunday morn
ing to attend the funeral Of his
uncle, Henry Guenther.
George Aull, who is attending
Westminster College at Fulton,
spent Sunday here with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Aull, Sr.
Miss Rose Palmer returned to
Warrensburg Sunday evening
after a visit here with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Pal
mer.
Miss Vera May Campbell re-
turned to Warrensburg Sunday
evening after a visit here with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. B..
Campbell.