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Foriy-Five French Aeroplanes Drop Bombs HARRISBURG SfSlllli TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 15 BIGGEST STRIKE IN HISTORY OF NATION'S STEAM LINES IMPENDS Four Great Unions Vote to Demand After March 1 an 8-Hour Day or 100 Miles Instead of 10-Hour Day— Leaders Do Not Expect to Get This OPPOSE ARBITRATION IF IT BE PROPOSED Believe That in Presidential Year the National Admin istration Will Not Dare Oppose Them; Roads Will Appeal to Public A simultaneous strike on every „ steam railroad of the United States,: tying up more than 250.000 miles oL rack, and paralyzing the nation's, "reight and passenger business is the plan of leaders of the four great na tional railroad unions, should de-: niands to be presented to the rail-j roads after March 1 be refused. A detailed discussion of the de-; mends will lie held in this city next Sunday at a joint meeting of two of the largest brotherhoods—the Broth erhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Locomotive En ginemen and Firemen. At least 1500 o:" the leading brotherhood men from all lines oast of Pittsburgh are ex pected to attend the session and it is understood that much of the talk of ine day will be on the possibilities of a strike beyond anything in the his-1 tor.v of railroading. Among the speakers at the meet-1 ins, which isj to be held in Chestnut' street hall, will be grand lodge- otli-; cers of both brotherhoods. These officers will present the plan of cam paign to the assembled delegates. Vote Passed Overwhelmingly January 10 a referendum vote was I submitted to the 360,000 to 4000,000! members of these four unions upon | the question of authorizing the offi-1 • ials to present certain demands toj railroad owners. Information reach-j «d labor leaders in New York City i yesterday that authorization had been vrted by an overwhelming majority, although the official count will not be made until March 1. The labor union leaders will he em powered to ask for an eight-hour day or 100 miles instead of a ten-hour day or 100 miles, except in passenger service, with pay for overtime at one and a half times the new higher pro rats rate instead of the old pro rata rate for overtime. Cani|>alftn Outlined An official copy of the demands was obtainable this morning as well as an authoritative outline of the cam paign which the labor leaders have prepared to enforce them. It. is of • ourse subject to such modification as labor developments may necessitate, but at present the essential points are these: Upon completion of the count of tin* referendum vote union leaders will present the demands to e\ery steam railroad president in the United States, allowing thirty days for a definite reply. Offers to arbitrate, if made, will he mjeeted immediately, as will first offers of compromise, if made. If the railroads refuse to meet the demands, as the union leaders anticipate, tlicy will ask author isation of their members, by vote, to declare a nation-wide strike. With this authorization nego tiations will be resumed directly with railroad heads, and no gen eral strike will be declared until the latter have been given "full oiiportunity to do the right thing." If tlie.v fail to do this, as union [Continued oil Page *.] THE WEATHER For Hiirvi«hur|t nn«l vicinity: Fair to-nlsht an«l Turn«J:«y with Hmluk temperature aliout frccslnjt to n Ik lit. For Knwtern I'mimy I vnnta: Fair to-nlfcht and Tueaidity with rl*tnic temperature: moderate Hindu be coming aoutheaNt and nouth. RJver The .luniata and the upper portion* of the %'orth and \\ eat hranehen will fall. The* lower portion* of the \ortb and Went hranehen an«l the main river will rlne to-night and fall Tuenda.v. A ntage of ahout 7.S feet In Indicated for Ifarrlnhurg Tucnday morning. tienernl t'ondltlonn The ntorm that WIN eeatral over Ontario. Saturday mornlug. him moved off northeaatward and an area of high prennure non cover* the enntern halt' of the country, with ita center along the South ern Xew England count. The ntorm from the North Pacific o<*ean ha* moved eantward with fleer«-anlng ntrength. anil now cover* the lllddle Mlnnourl aad I pper lllnntnnlppl valley*. A new high prennure area In moving down from the Far Northwmt. Rain han fallen generally went of ilie liock) - Mountalnn, with *ome mow along the northnent bor der. *n precipitation hnn occur red eant of the Hoeklen la the lant twenty-four hourn, except light rnlnn In Florida. 2t In 4 to 34 degreen colder than on Saturday morning generally rant of the Winnlnnlpp! and In Oregon and \Vn*hlngton and in the Went crn C anadian province*. Temperature: a. m., 3.. Sun: Rlnea, 7:21 a. m. J net*. 5: 12 P. M. >1 oon: I.ant quarter. January 27. 7tSB p. m. River Stage: tl.ll feet above low water mark. VcMtcrday'a \. either lllgheat temperature* 4f». I.owent temperature. 3d. >tcan temperature. fO. Aormul temperature* 28* G. 0. P. LEADERS MAKING PLANS FOR CONVENTION j Committeemen Forecast Rea-j I sonable Concessions to Se cure Harmony ! I INFORMAL CONFERENCES I IMany Quiet Meetings Held; No: i Temporary Chairman Is Elected By Associated Prets j Chicago, Jan. '2 4. Republican 1 leaders, members of the national com mittee, subcommittee on convention' arrangements, met here to-day and j i i I dist'ussed plans for the party conven- I i tion which is set for June 7 in the ' Chicago Coliseum. 1 hough empowered by the National Committee to select a temporary chair man for the national gathering the ; committee members here declared ! that no such step would be taken at j this meeting. The subcommitteemen went into executive session, Fred t'pham. ehair i man of the Chicago convention corn i mittee; Julius Floto, architect and C. i Ft. Hawley. manager of the building i met with them. Informal conferences ; of committeemen preceded the execu j tive session and there appeared to be la general disposition to forecast that ' all reasonable concessions would be [ made to assure harmony in the ranks i of the party which was divided after (the 1912 convention. None of the committeemen would say that the harmony plans would ex it cmi to the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt as the Republican standard bearer and none of the committee would permit himself to he quoted as i saying that such nomination should [ not be made. Franklin Murphy, of New Jersey j was one of those most hopeful of har | mon.v. "I find there is a great disposition; jto bring about harmony, if the pro-j j gressives are not nasty." lip said. 'M i think the convention will be able to (Continued on Page 11.) Stenographer Plunges Sixteen Stories to Street, but Is Still Alive i j By Associated Press- I. Chicago, Jan. 24. Miss Minnie B. I Werner. 24. a stenographer employed by the Railway Age Gazette, plungedl from the sixteenth floor of the Trans- ] portation building in Dearborn street ! but still lives. Her fall was broken by an automo bile truck laden with paper boxes but her skull was fractured and she was internally injured. Physicians at the hospital to which she was hurried said she probably would die. An eyewit i ness told the police that he saw the j young woman raise the window and j climb onto the window ledge. The ipolice said they believed that she | jumped. Investigate Reports That Siege Guns Foundations Were Placed Around N. Y. By Associated Press New York, Jan. 24. Complaints I that concrete emplacements for siege | guns have been erected in more than a score of places threatening the de ijfenses of New York harbor, f.ong Island sound or the Hudson river, , I have been investigated by government ! agents within the last six months. In !no instances were the suspicions of jthe complaints verified. Innocent Little Lunch i Box Causes Near Panic in Rockville Line Car A near-panic occurred yesterday I afternoon in * northbound RockVille I car which had passed outside the city ! limits, when a loud sputtering and crackling of sparks and flames com | pletely tilled the front end of the car 1 and sent tlie passengers rushing in a j frightened dash to the rear. The ear was filled with smoke, but the scare ! lasted only a minute. The cause of all the excitement was j an innocent little lunchbox, contain . ing, among other things, a luscious 1 bit of cake. This fact was ascer- I tained after the confusion had died ! down by the discovery of a charred ; piece of that delicacy resting upon j the floor. The mototman had thought j lessly picked up the box, while the ; car was moving at a smooth pace. • and placed it on the ledge in front of him. The tin made a connection be tween the switch and the control, ef fecting a short circuit. The box was j not strong enough to stand the force of the current flowing through it, i and thus the trouble was caused. | After a few burning lunch cloths, , brooms, etc., had been extinguished I the car continued on Its way. ! RAISING MONEY FOR IRISH WAR BABIES By Associated Press | Washington, Jan. 24. l„ord Aber deen, former viceroy of Ireland and { Lady Aberdeen, leave late to-day for New York where they begin the first 'of a series of lectures to help raise a ffund of $50,000 to supply food for ! babies in Ireland. | The Aberdeen tour will include visits Ito Florida, Pennsylvania, New Kng | land and the Middle West. SWIM IN ICY WATERS Special to the Telegraph ! Dauphin, Pa., Jan. 24.—Yesterday | afternoon, Edward Roth, Howard i Kreider and Jerry Nutter, pupils at jthe liarrisburg Academy, came to I Dauphin and during the stay took a I swim among the floating Ice In the j Susquehanna river. The boys built a tire along the shore and warmed up i alter the plunge. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1916. WHEN FOREIGN ORDERS FAIL MORTON TRACTOR CO. SEES GREAT DOMESTIC OUTLOOK K «l HSE Great shipments of armored trucks for the Russian army have been sent across the Atlantic by the Mor ton Truck and Tractor Company of this city. The armored ftutos seen In the group shows just a few at tlie big traitors turned out at the local plant. The picture on the upper left gives a fair idea of the pulling power of the hip four-wheel drives, when It comes to hill climbing'. On the upper right are pictured a few of the trucks jacked and marked with the official Heal of the Russian agent. TOWER CITY HAS | SELF GOVERNMENT j PLAN IN SCHOOLS !Children Will Soon Have Play ground Apparatus; Bor ougli Is Busy j By ROBERT GORMAN | Tower City, Pa., Jan. 24.—Taking j advantage of ever> opportunity pre sented, Tower City, in the heart of the j coal mining district, is fast becoming , one of the most progressive boroughs iin Central Pennsylvania. The East ! and West Brookside collieries are ! located within a few minutes Walk of ,the town and furnish the chief source jof employment here but there are j other industries in the borough, too. ' The school system is among the best [Continued on Page 3.] Right Under Sleuth's j Window, Bold Burglar Man Breaks in and Steals j Jimmying open a window directly 'beneath the of Detective I. i N. Durnbaugh, ex-chief of police at Steelton. thieves entered the cigar ! store and poolroom of Haralambus ' Rros.. 177 North Main street, yester jdav morning. They made away with | about Sls in small cliunge and a box | of 10-cent cigars. Durnbaugh is on the case. 150-Year-Old Squaw, Last of Almost Extinct Race of Centenarians Dies By Associated Press i Bakersffeld. Cal„ Jan. 24.—Mary ITecuyas, an Indian woman reputed to i be 150 years old, who died yesterday, i will be buried to-day by the few re j maining members of her tribe. ! The aged squaw was the oldest ; member of an almost extlr.ct tribe, j known as the Tejons, who live in a canyon near here. The tribe is said jto include fifteen Indians who are | more than 100 years old. President Now Favors Permanent Tariff Body By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 24. President | Wilson soon will recommend the en laclment of legislation providing for a i permanent tariff commission. " I An administration bill for the creation of such a commission virtually iis ready now and may be laid before ' Congress In a special message by the | President. The objects of the com (mission woudl be to gather data on 'the tariff and .to co-ordinate similar [powers now believed to be held by ex iisting governmental agencies, i The legislation is designed partieu- I larly to meet conditions which are ex ipected'to arise when the war ends. Harrisburg's Big " War Bride" Will Seek American Trade Just as Soon as Gigantic Russian Contract Is Filled, Officials Announce; Great Shipments of Armored Trucks Have Been Sent Across Atlantic by Local Concern With work, only partly finished on a large foreign order for truckß and tractors, and a steady increase in busi ness, the Morton Truck and Tractor planl will be kept running practically full time for weeks to come, announce officials of the company. Specializing on four-wheel drive trucks, the company had just com pleted Installing equipment for their manufacture, when a big Russian war WILSON PREPARES FOR SPEECH TRIP Defense Expected to Come to Forefront in Congress as Result of Campaign By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. Jan. 24. —Presi- dent Wilson, apparently refreshed by his two-day trip down the Potomac aboard the naval yacht Mayflower, to day began the task of clearing up all pending routine business preparatory to starting Thursday on a speechmak [Continned on Page 5.] Digging in 60-Foot Snow Pile For Persons Killed When Slide Hits Train By Associated Press Seattle, Wash., Jan." 24.—Three hundred men, working under the di rection of officials of the Great North ern railroad, continue digging to-day in the huge pile of snow and debris which marks the spot where an aval anche Saturday wrecked two cars of the westbound Cascade Limited train. The men are seeking the bodies of Mrs. Fern Wallace and her baby, of Lyons, Wash.; Ralph Patterman, of Wenatchee. Wash., and an unidenti fied passenger, who were lost when the cars were destroyed, causing the death of eight passengers. Other gangs of men. assisted by ro tary snow plows are striving to clear away the slides which block a part of the Great Northern's transcontinental line. The snow in some places is piled sixty feet deep. Sixteenth Child Is Born # to York County Couple ; Eight Boys and Eight Girls Special to the Telegraph Dillsburg, Pa., ian. 24.—Mr. and Mrs. Peter Zinn. of Franklin town ship, announce the birth of a son, which is the sixteenth child, eight I girls and eight boys, all of whom arc liv ing. I order was received which to date has : consumed practically the entire out put of the big plant, in this particular line of machines. The work and power of the big trucks with four-wheel drive equip ment was carefully tested before the monster machines were put on the market. No sooner were they offered [Continued on Page 12.] 'HEAVY DAMAGE IN WESTERN FLOODS Residents of Peoria, 111., Flee to Safety; Pacific Coast States Inundated By Associated Press Peoria. 111., Jan. 24. —With the Illi nois river still rising, residents along the lowlands to-day were fleeing to safety. Hundreds have been rescued ! from their homes by boats. In many j places dikes have broken and valuable [Continued on Page 5.] Seven Brewing Companies Charged With Conspiracy , By Associated Press Sulphur Springs, Texas, Jan. 24. Conspiracy to fix the price of beer, allot trade territory among themselves and other violations of the law are charged against seven Texas brewery companies in a state antitrust suit on trial hero to-day. In addition to the conspiracy charge the breweries are accused of having collected assessments at the rate of $1,200,000 a year for the last five years with which to promote antiprohibition legislation and of having paid the poll taxes of thousands of voters that they might vote against prohibition. MURDERER ATTACKS JAILER AND ESCAPES By Associated Press Greensburg, Pa., Jan. 24.—Charles Douglass, a negro held in the county jail here under sentence of death for murder, attacked his guard early to day, and beat liim Into insensibility. He then took the guard's keys and opened a door, escaped with two other prisoners. LECTURE ON HOLY LAND | The Rev. Henry W. A. Hanson, I pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church I will give an illustrated lecture on "The j Holy Land," Thursday evening at 8 j o'clock In the St. Matthew s Lutheran Church. The Rev. Mr. Hanson has traveled over this territory twice and j will use a large number of slides dur-1 ling his talk. [ 12 PAGES NO MORE TEARS WILL COPS SHED OVER "TOOTSIES" Neither Need They Fume and Fret at Runions Long Ago ( Over-ripe FOOTEASE FROM MEALS New Mayor Appoints Dr. Lawr ence as Official Chiropo dist of Force No more need Harrisburg's police men worry about their "lttle tootsies! No more must they fume, ouch! and fret, whimper and weep, as they hobble o'er their wearisome beats be cause of murderous bunions, soul piercing corns and the anything but benevolent callous spots that seem to serve no other purpose than to harass the life of their long-suffering pos sessor. Yea, even ilie treacherous ingrown toenail will no longer cause the stout men of the force to attempt the im possible feat of touching their feet with their billy slingers. For now all the ills that the cop per's feet is heir to are as nothing. And wherefore? Here you are! Dr. J. B. Lawrence, 204 Market street, this morning was appointed official chiropodist for the Harris burg police force by Mayor Ezra S. Meals, Mayor Meals explained his gracious act this morning to a corn-stricken reporter thus: "I'm tired seeing a lot of hobbling cops in this burg. From now on every officer with sore feet will have them promptly treated." UNION PACIFIC PRESIDENT HURT WHILE SKATING By Associated Press Omaha, Neb., Jan. 24. —A. 1,. Mohler. president of the Union Pacific Railroad sustained a slight concus sion of the brain while ice skating here yesterday, failing backward when he lost his balance. At a late hour last night attending physicians gave out a statement that nothing serious would develop and that he would be out of the hospital in a day or two. € FIFTEEN KILLED IN EXPLOSION % Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 24.—Fifteen workmen were killed M I : more probably fatally expk -ion W \ at the Kelker Blower Com;:. larrisOn ■ % afternoon. Without warning the boiler in ■ m force and he three-story # | ibled to the ground, burying the two score C % wor ruins Few escaped uninjured and the - M \ the work of rescuing their less fortunate eor.*. • (f J tin the irms brought K 9 , '.he city to the scene. $ j roke every pane of glass in school No. 26, / ■ reet from the wrecked factory and threw the C ■ several h ndred pupils into a panic. The school fire alarm I j i the children marched out without dis- ft ■ order. v/as hurt. C 1 ME TAX LAW IS UPHELD / f an. 24.—The Supreme Court to-day up- C r jtionality of the income tax law. £ J VILLA PREPARING FOR CAMPAIGN { F El Paso, Jan. 24.—Arrivals from Madero, Chihuahua, £ r today reported General Villa was at Santa Ana on Babricorn ■ £ ranch, tl property, making preparations for n ex- f r tensive campaign. It was said that he had gathered 1,000 V ■ men and had taken 500 colts from the ranch for mounts and X / was killing 250 head of cattle daily, and drying the flesh for J M provisions. a j I SUGGESTS RESURVEYING IN RUSH J r Harrisburg.—The county commissioners this afternoon • ■ suggested that property owners in Rush township, who dis- | & pute the township boundries, petition the court to appoint a ' C board of view ts ot make a resurvey. ' I FIRE INCENDIARY ? C ' Royalton.—Fire believed to be of incendiary origin de- m C stroyed a stable on the Thomas Holand estate early thin £ C morning'. Half a dozen families nearby were compelled to # C "flee v/hri! ■ 1 ■■? fhui.es UircateneJ thcli liumes. £ MARRIAGE LICENSES I % John PenMon and Annn May Fields, Stctlton. « CITY EDITION GREAT ENGLISH PORT OF DOVER IS BOMBARDED German Plane Drops Bombs on City Through Which Main Line of Communication Runs DISARM MONTENEGRINS Teutons Progressing Along All Fronts in Balkans; French Attack Monastir Dover, the great English channel port, through which the main line ot communication between Great Britain and France runs, was raided by a German naval aeroplane Saturday, night, the German admiralty announc ed to-day. This raid Is the one an nounced from London yesterday as having been made on "the east coast of Kent." The German statement reports that bombs were dropped from the machine on the station, barracks and docks of Dover. The British account gave the casualties In this air raid as one killed iand six wounded. London later re ported a second attack in the same locality by two aeroplanes. No men tion of this is made in to-day's an nouncement from Berlin. • Accounts of aerial activities vir (Continued on Page 11.) When Does Barber Really Violate Old Sunday Blue Laws ? is the barber who shaves a patron 011 Sunday guilty of violating the old Sunday "blue laws" of 1794? Alderman George A. Hoverter says he is. Is the barber wlio doesn't work with razor and strop, but spends a goodly portion of his Sablmtli bunting up evi dence of Sunday violations. equally guilty? Alderman K. J. Hilton says he is. Charles Williams, proprietor of the Union Station barber shop, was the of fender in the first instance. Thrice lie paid $4 line and costs. His informer* were, John Atticks, J. E. O'Donnell and 1,. E. Wagner. Saturday afternoon the trio were . haled before Alderman Hilton on the same, charge—they had "worked on Sunday digging up evidence," Williams charged. Alderman Hilton fined each • $4 and costs, JNOW the three will appeal to court.