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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-02-24

thriving city. They We're ready 10 be-
gin laying rails at once. but it had been
earnestly represented to him that the
manufacturing interests of his group
Of capitalists would be just as well
served by permitting the new lines to
be erected by The old company. and
after a conference With his principals
it had been decided that if the Ring
City Street hallway company wished
to monopoliZe their legitimately an
ticipated profits this could be done by
the purchase of their franchises and
good will at a purely nominal figure.
\ buzz of satisfaction followed this
magnanimous offer. and little Henry
Peters was for %purrhasin" the fran
chiscs Immediately.
I'D have lost all my years of say
ing if I'd sold my stock at thirty-five."
he told his ncighbor.
II don't understand it. but it's a
skin game" announced the crooked
nose man. who is this fellow. any
how"
MIR. Marley turned to MI. BoZZam
With the frank smile of Il gentleman.
And how much would your company
consider q merely nominal figurc*' be
inquired. With SmoothneSS.
1.-Two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars cash" stated Bozzam lightly.
Young Daniel 3. Atkins Immediately
moved TO accept that price.
NO" hot!y yelled Bert Glider.
81 second the notion announced At
torney Tucker.
ct has been moved md seconded
that we purchase the franchises and
good will Of the street car company
represented by Mr.. BoZzam for the
sum of $3.50 900 cash." stated presi-
dent Marley, looking about him with
cool aloofness. Are there any re-
marks?"
There Wcrc-a perfect pandcmonium
of them-and out of the battle Presi-
dent Marley recognized Attorney Tuck
er.
Attorney Tucker begged leave of the
chair to ask Mr.. BoZZam just one ques-
ton and received it.
Have you named your bottom fig
ure" he wanted to know.
"P%ositively!!' declared MI. Bozzam,
with vast tirnlncss.
"One more question. Arc you en-
powered to close this deal?"
II am" replied Mr.. Bozzam. Il have
a free hand"
Sledge almost looked at the genial
promoter.
Then we must pay the price" fer
vently asserted Attorney Tucker. This
is a gleam Of hope in the darkness. a
way out Of our difficulties. Il solution
to our troubles. We have the cash
to purchase these franchises, which will
give us a practical monopoly Of the
city's street car business. We can eli
Their increase our capitalization or issue
bonds to pay for our extensions, and.
in the meantime. the momcn We on
clude this deal our stock jumps back
to par"
Loud cries of Question:" came from
all over the hall. and little Henry Pc,
tiers, after the demand had started,
! shouted louder than anybody.
Young Daniel i. Atkins wanted to
make a speech and was granted that
privilege.
He was more enthusiastic about pay
ing out that $225O,0OO than anybody,
and, being a professional whooper-up.
he used his clarion voice and silver
tongue TO such good advantage that
the throng was with difficulty restrain
ed from rushing up to Bozzam and
paying him the money on the spot.
In defiance Of the madly expressed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
FOR MAINTENANCE
OF ALL AMERICAN
RIGHTS--HUGHES
Tells Heckler, He Favors Fright
of Travel and the Right
of Shipment
NEW POSTSCRIPT CHARGES
Lodge Presents Additional
Proof; Bryan and Wilson
Make Denials

Columbus, Ind, Oct. 31.-Charles E.
Hughes to-day told a heckler that he
was in favor of the maintenance Of
every American right Including the
right of travel and the right of ship
ment.' Mr.. Hughes had been asked
II he favored an embargo on NUM-
uons or the passage of a resolution
by Congress warning Americans off
merchantships flying the flag of bel
ligerent nations.
Mr.. Hughes spoke in the open air
here before crowd that had come
from miles to hear him and choked
the streets around Commercial Park.
He was speaking of the competition
American enterprise will have to meet
from Europe after peace when a man
in the crowd shouted:
Mr.. Hughes. as a personal ad-
mlrer, may I ask you a question ?"
There was the usual confusion re-
sulting from an attempt to heckle.
Ihe nominee asked the crowd for
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
CHARTER GRANTED
FOR NEW HOTEL
Pen Governor Used Will Be
Presented to E. Z. Wallower,
Chairman of Committee

Governor Brumbaugh to-day ap-
proved the charter for the Harrisburg
Hotel Company, which will build the
pr~ r-illion-dollar hotel at Third and
idfr>-ot streets. The pen with which
he signed the charter will be pre-
sented to E. q. Wallower, the head of
the Chamber of Commerce Hotel
Committee. The capital stock of the
new company is 100000 which Will
be increased to at least million dol
lars as soon as the contracts are let.
The directors of the company are
determined that the new hotel is to
be architecturally as beautiful as it's
appointments will be complete. They
have been meeting noted achitects
within the past few weeks and selec-
tion of design will be made very
shortly 1t has been deci1ed prac-
tically that the company N,iiI lease
the furnished hotel property to one
of the big hotel operating companies
of the country. thus guaranteeing a
return to the stockholders and soIv
ing the problem of local management.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
Bride, as Servant, Aided
by Husband to Steal

Cleveland, Ohio, Oct 31-It was a
study in contrasts that Wilbur Norton.
Il years old, and his wife presented
IN their room in a Cleveland boarding
house where they sat surrounded by
$4,000 worth of gems and clothing
which, the police say. the wife con-
tessed she had stolen from homes
while acting as maid.
Mrs. Norton, who is not vet twenty
and has ben married less than a year.
Is; low voiced and shrinking, but the
husband is brisk and businesslike.
When the police entered the room he
was arranging want lads" and maxi
ing notations in book. which his wife
said were to guide her to homes in
need of a maid
Hers. she said. was the execution
and his the planning of their partner
ship. A baby was soon to be born and
she wished to insure 1t against the
drudgery that had been hers since she
could remember. She said:
1T was for my baby. I've worked.
drudged, almost starved When my
baby came I wanted it to live in
luxury"
Merton. the police say, confessed
later to the series of robberies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
AMERICANS ARE
AMONG THIRTEEN
MARINA MISSING
Survivors Say Vessel Was Tor
pcdoed Without Warming
in Heavy Sea
SINKS IN 10 MINUTES
State Department Refuses to
Discuss Incident Until Full
Details Are Received

Thirteen persons, among them prob
ably some Americans, are missing
from the British steamer Marina, ac-
cording to American Consul Frost at
Queenstown, who reports survivors as
stating that the vessel was torpedoed
without warning in a heavy sea and
sank III ten minutes.
London, Oct. 31.-The number OF
missing from the British steamship
Marina, which was torpedoed by a
submarine off the Irish coast. has now
been reduced to 13, according to a
telegram received at the American
embassy to-day from Wesley Frost.
American consul at Queenstown.
Fifty-two more survivors have been
landed. Mr.. Frost reports that among
the thirteen there probably will be
American fatalities.
Mr.. Frosts telegram to the embassy
follows:
"Fifty-two more survivors of the
Marina landed at Castletown pier.
Only thirteen now missing believed
dead. Not less than thirty-siX Ameri-
cans aboard, of whom sixteen saved
at Crookhaven. There will probably
be some American. fatalities. Survivors
state the vessel was torpedoed with
out warning in heavy sea, sank within
ten minutes"
Mr.. Frost is obtaining affidavits
from survivors and ascertaining how
many Americans are among the Cas-
tletown survivors.
The American embassy to-day re-
ceived a telegram from the American
consul at Glasgow stating that the
Marina left Glasgow October 25 for
Baltimore and Newport News with
fifty Americans aboard.
There were forty-nine Americans
in the crew of the Marina. First re-
ports of her sinking said that only
thirty four members of her crew had
been brought to land. Mr.. Frost sent
word yesterday to the American en-
bassy at London that the Marina had
been torpedoed without warning but
the British Admiralty said it had not
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
virginians Store Large
Quantities of Liquor Away;
State Goes Dry at Midnight

Richmond Va, oct. 81. = This was
the LIST day on which Intoxicating bey-
erases may be sold legally in Virginia,
Al midnight tonight the new prohibi-
tion law goes into effect and about
eight hundred saloons in the State will
nave closed their doors for the last
TIME. Many had closed to-day because
their stocks had been exhausted.
Reports from all parts of the state
to-day told of large quantities of uouor
being stored away in the homes of citi-
zenS in anticipation of a dry State.
The lay stiplates that a person may
order from another State, but one
quart OF whisky per month, three gal
ions OF beer, or one gallon of wine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
WEATHER HOLDS
UP FIGHTING IN
ALL WAR AREAS
Only Artillery Firing Along
Somme; Allies Make Prog
ress in Macedonia

Military operations in various war
areas are being hampered by unfavor-
able weather. On the Somme front in
Northern France the intense activity
of the past few days had diminished
until now only artillery fighting is re-
ported in that area. Similar condi-
uons prevail before Verdun.
In Macedonia further progress for
the French and Serbians west of Lake
Presba, southwest of the Monastir re-
gion, is reported by Paris. The Bull
garians announce an entente defeat
in attacks in the Cerna region, south
east OF Monastir and the driving back
of the Serbians near Monte, in the
Moglenica district, further east.
During October, British casualties
reported from all war theaters were
4,S31 officers and 102.702 men, Lon
don advices to-day state.
Germany has directed reprisals upon
Russian prisoners because of Russian
noncompliance with German demands
Tor improved treatment of German
prisoners, according to a semiofficial
announcement in Berlin. Certain Rus
sian officers have been placed in
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
Bank Teller Held Up
by 19-Year-Old Lad

Scranton. Pa. Oct. 81. - George
Browning, teller in the Pine Brook
Bank, was held up yesterday by a
youth, apparently 10 years old, and
believed to be demented. Browning
was alone in the bank when the man
came in and demanded s25. The teller
hesitated and the intruder drew a re-
volver and told him to hurry. Brown
ing threw S5 on the counter and the
youth grabbed it and ran out.
Police headquarters was notified by
telephone and the motorcycle squad
was detailed to search for the fugitive,
who is still at large. Browning fur
nished the police with q good descrip-
ton of the man who held him UP and
said that the fellow acted uueerlV.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
Harrisburg's Branch Of
Red Cross Society Plans
Big Membership Campaign

Harrisburg's branch of the Ameri-
can Red Cross Society will begin a big
booster membership campaign within
the next few weeks and a meeting OF
the newly organized executive com
mlttee will be held in a few days to
map out the plans.
The Red Cross branch reorganized
las. evening by re-electing City Com
missioner Z. z. Gross, PRESIDENT; Geo.
". Reilly, treasurer, and j. Clarence
Funk, secretary. Executive committee
for the ensuing year will be Mrs. NJ.
e. Olmsted, Miss Mary Robinson, Miss
May Fox, Miss Anna Watts. Miss Anne
Mccormick, John Fox Weiss and Dr.
Croll Keller.
The report of the treasurer showed
that there is a balance on hand of at
least S2l0 and that since its organiza-
uon in 1908 the society has handled
more than $1,000 in contributions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
SAVE WATERS OF
STATE FOR PEOPLE.
GOVERNORS PLAN
Outlines Program of Conserva-
ton For Next so Years at
Conference
STARTS BIG MOVEMENT
To Provide Power and Heat
When Coal, Oil and Gas
Are Exhausted

Governor Martin C. Brumbaugh in
the opening address to the conference
on conservation of the water re-
sources of Pennsylvania which he
called to meet at the Capitol to-day.
emphasized the importance of treat
ing the problem as a vision of the
future when Pennsylvania will have
twice 100000 people and the coal
and the oil and the natural gas will
oe exhausted as a means of furnish :
ing power. Commissioner of Health
samuel q. Dixon, the chairman of the
meetlng, followed the Governor in n
brief address in which he congratu-
lated the State that the Governor had
paused In his everyday work to make
a study of the actual conditions and
urge upon the people the Importance
OF caring for the great source of power
and life
The conference, whicn was at
tended by about sixty men, was in
many respects one OF the most inn
portant of the year at the CAPITOL.
The idea is to outline a legislative
program that will endure for ffty
years, II necessary, so that water NAV
continued on Page g1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
LAND ANOTHER
Big SHELL ORDER
Pipe Bending to Make 293,OOO
Three-Inchers For U. S. Army;
Already Hold Navy Contract

The United States Government for
the second time this month has
awarded big contracts to the Harris
Iurg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works for
shells to be used by the army and
navy.
Announcement was made to-day by
officials of the big Harrisburg plant,
that an order has been received from
the War Department, for 293,000
three-inch shells. costing 100000
On October IL. announcement was
made that an order for $4,000 four
inch shells for the navy, had been re-
ceived by the Pipe Bending works.
The price for this order was S1,IO0.-
900. Work on both orders will be
started about January l. 1917. 1t was
announced to-day. The orders must
be filled within ten months. according
to the terms of the contract. A big
increase will probably be made in the
number of employees. but just how
many more will be needed cannot be
estimated at present, officials state.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
TECH WIRELESS ELECTS

John Keller. a member of the Senior
class, was last evening elected presi-
dent of the Tech Wireless Club. to
head that organization during the
coming year. Foster Cocklin, a Junior.
Is the secretary. and William Gardner
Sophomore, will handle the finances
In the capacity of treasurer. At the
organization meeting in addition to
the officers elected. the following
students were present: Thomas Stacks,
Nelson HARRISON, Richard Spangler.
Albert Michael and John Endress. The
club will hold weekly meetings, and
will at once get the schools wireless
I nworking order. Professor ]. G.
Peet, member of the faculty, will
direct the work.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
Special Traffic Rules Framed
For Downtown Thorough
fares
BIG PARADE AND DANCE
Halloween FrolickerS to Have
Complete Possession of City
For Celebration
'o-night's Traffic Rules For
Pedestrians and Autoists

Traffic orders by Chier of Police
Wetzel in force after 6 O'Clock this
evening because of the big parade
and dance in Market Square are
as follows:
No automobiles may be parked
in Market street. between Front
and Fourth streets: in Second.
Third or Fourth streets. between
Chestnut and Walnut streets, or
in Market Square.
All cars running into Market
Square on the southside will stop
at Fourth and Market streets from
$50 o'clock until II O'Clock.
Other orders from the Chief of
Police follow:
No disorderly conduct will be
tolerated on the streets.
Persons caught throwing corn.
rice, lampblack or flour in the
faces of any one on the streets,
will be arrested alta once.
Malicious mischief, or the dam
aging of any property will not be
permitted.
Orders from officers in the
downtown district must be obeyed
without question to prevent any
accidents or serious disturbance.
Niolators will be placed under
arrest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
Deutschland as Well as
Bremen Reported Sunk

Geneva. oct. 31.-The National Zei-
tung, of Basel, prints the following
concerning the German submarines
Bremen and Deutschland:
"Both the Bremen and the Deutsch-
land have been lost-either captured
or sunk. The Bremen never reached
the United States nor returned.
The Deutschland during her sec
ond trip across the Atlantic in SEN
tember under the name Weser also
disappeared. Submarine U-53 was sent
in search of the vessels. but found no
traces of them. The loss of the two
commercial submarines has not vet
been officially admitted"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
KAISER HOLDS FOOD CoNFAB

Berlin, Oct. 81, via London-A food
conference was held at the Chan
cellor's palace to-day at which there
were present Emperor William, the
chancellor. DIR. Won Bethmann-Holl-
veg, secretaries of state and heads of
all departments and representatives
of important organizations through-
out the empire which are directly or
even indirectly interested in the SUBJ
Ject.t The conference continued for
nearly two hours, during which the
emperor conferred personally with
each of those present.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
LANDRTTH CRACKS sCHwAR

Wilmington. Del. Oct. 31.-Substi-
tuition of the question lis 1t right ?"
for the creed 1T pays" was urged to-
day here and in PENNSYLVANIA by Ira
Landrith, the Prohibition Vice-Presi-
Dental candidate, in an address di-
rected both to munitions making and
the open saloon. He spoke of the
difference between old Bethlehem
where peace on earth, good will to-
ward men" was sung and the new
Bethlehem, where death dealing mu-
nitions are being poured forth by men
working extra shifts. and the open
saloon and then turned to his creed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
Continued on Page II
GET A NEW DIME YETo

New dimes reached Harrisburg to-
day. They are part of the prepared
ness coins provided for by Congress
early this year. The dimes came to
the First National Bank. Application
was made for $500 worth, but owing
to the heavy demands from all over
the United States, the first sunnlv
amounted to but $50. The new dime
were put in circulation to-day and at
tracted much attention. The new de-
sign is simple. Liberty with a winged
cap Is shown on the foreside and on
the reverse is a bundle of rods. and a
battle AK. symbolic of unity. wherein
lies the nations strength"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
RIVERSIDE WILL
ASK TUESDAY TO
COME INTO CITY
Suburbanites Expect to Present
Petition TO Council; Dele
cation Calls

Riverside expects to ask to come
into Harrisburg next Tuesday.
More than eighty per cent of the
eligible citizens and taxpayers of the
pretty little suburb adjacent to the
city on the north. have signed peti-
tions to City Council praying for an
nexation and this petition, according
to George L. Smith, one of the leaders
in the Riverside annexation move
ment, will probably be filed with the
city fathers at the meeting next week.
In the meantime. the sewer and wa
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[Continued on Page OF
GIRL DIES FROM TYPHOID

Berrysburg. Pa, Oct. 31.-Miss
Maude Bowman, aged 10, died yester-
day. She had been very ill with ty-
phoid fever. but hopes were enter
tained for her recovery until several
days ago. She was the youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Bowman. The funeral services will
be held on Thursday from the home
of her parents, with burial in the
family plot in Armstrong Valley.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
CATCH TWO AUTO
THIEVES AFTER
THRILLING RACE
In Communicated Machine
Officer Overhauls Bandits on
Market Street Bridge

Fifteen minutes after he had been
notified to be on the lookout for an
automobile which was stolen in Read
ing last night, Traffic Officer Carson,
stationed at Fourth and Market
streets. saw the machine going west
in Market street
OFFICER Carson Communicated a
passing auto, ordered the driver to
follow the other car and after an ex-
citing chase through the heart of the
city, he caught the two men in the
stolen auto near the middle of the
Market street bridge. When brought
to police headquarters, they gave their
names as w. A. Dietrich and IL. p.
Ridge. The auto which was recovered
belongs to William B. Shelby, OF
Wyomissing. Reading authorities
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
RIP ARGUMENTS
OF CRITIC OPEN
School Board Officials Show
Up Fallicies of Anonymous
Attack

With cold-blooded facts and figures
school board officials to-day ripped
and tore to smithereens the argument
OF high school loan critic, anonym-
ously advanced and circulated
throughout the city in circular
The critic emphasizes the point
that the passage OF the s1,250,OO0
new high school loan will mean such
an advance in school taxation as will
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
The time-To-night.

The time-To- might
The place-Market Square.
The occasion HarriSburg's Hal
lowe'en celebration under the direc-
ton of a special committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, the Mum
mers' Association and the Jovian
League.
So if you're not there, you'll miss
the biggest and best time of your life.
Even the weatherman has to smile
and he has promised to cooperate
with Just the right kind of weather
for the big fantastic parade and
dance.
1t viii be THE NIGHT.
Police to Aid Sport
All day Willie and Jerry and Mabel
and Mary have been worrying about
those costumes, hunting paint, masks.
mats and hundred and one other
tnlhgs needed to conceal their iden-
uty tonight. Promptly at o'clock
the celebration starts with a big par
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
MYSTERY IN DEATH OF
CHIEF OF POLICE

Coaldale. Pa. Oct. 31-Found un-
conscious In an alley last night, John
Willing, chief of police. was taken to
the hospital, where he died two hours
later. Willing had been active i'm sun
pressing Sunday liquor selling and
threats had been made against him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
CONTINUED on Page Il
son KILLS FATHER

Easton. Nd, Oct. 81. - Hewitt Fl.
Langsdale, chairman of the> Easton
Utilities Commission was shot and
killed in his office here to-day by his
son, Bryan. The shooting was AT
first reported as accidental, but later
young Langsdale was lodged in jail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31

General Huang Sing, formerly was
provincial minister of war. command
er OF the southern army, military chief
of southern Fukien and president of
the National Senate. He was acclaim
ed by the Chinese reformers as the
real active handspring of the Chinese
revolution in 1911. but recognized DR..
Sun Yet Sen as head of the reform
movement and accepted for himself
the office OF vice-president of the re-
public. Later he opposed Yuan Shi
Kai. the President, who was reported
to have put a price upon Huang Sings
head. Because of this he fled from
China and came to New York in 1914
for the purpose, he said. of studying
American governmental methods.
Later he returned to China.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
TO OBSERVE ALI SAINTS

On All SAINTS Day (November II
there will be two celebrations in St.
stephens Church. the former at a.
m. and the latter at 10 a. M.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
GEORGE III. BATES DEan

Philadelphia. Oct. 81. - George
Handy Bates, expert on International
and constitutional law, author of le-
gal textbooks and former Democratic
leader of Delaware, died at his home
here to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-31
THE WEATHER,

For Harrisburg and vicinity, Fair
Tonight and Wednesday,; not
much change In temperature,
For Eastern Pennsylvania, Gener-
ally fair Tonight and Wednes-
day; little change In temperature,
gentle to moderate east to south
winds.