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J. Hill, Railroad Builder and Capitalist Dies After Short Illness HARRISBURG fg§M& TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 122 SONS OF ITALY ASSURE WILSON THEY ARE LOYAL State Convention Sends Resolu tions to President and Victor Emanuel ORDER GROWING FAST Reaffirm Their Loyalty and At tachment to Country of Their Adoption Loyalty to the United States was expressed in a message to-day to j President Woodrow Wilson by dele- j gates in attendance at the fourth an nual convention of the Sons of Italy, j Sessions opened in Chestnut Street j Hall this morning. Before proceeding I with business Grand Master A. Joseph | D 1 Silvestro, of Philadelphia, pre- ! sented the following telegrams, all of j which were adopted and sent: Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States: The order Sons of Italy in America, in annual State conven tion assembled, send hearty greet ;ngs to the first citizen of the land .md reaffirm their loyalty and at tachment to their country of adoption and to its institutions. His Majesty A'ictor Emanuel 111, King of Italy: Fourth convention of the Sons of Italy discussing the interests of the Italian immigrants, directs its most devout thought to your Ma jesty, sincerely wishing that the future fortunes of the Fatherland may be such as its just aspirations require. Royal Italian Ambassador, Washington, D. C.: Sons of Italy, meeting in fourth annual convention, send greetings to the representative of the royal government, asking that lie inter pret their attachment to the dis tant Fatherland. The delegates. numbering 200, ; [Continued on Page 3] Vote Down Motion to Send Water Bill Back to Committee Washington. D. C.. May 29. A motion to send the $43,000,000 rivers: and harbors bill back to committee with instructions to substitute a bill, providing a lump sum of $20,000,000 | was rejected by the Senate to-day; 40 to 27. The Senate then adopted as an amendment Senator Newland's pro posal for the creation of a river regulation commission consisting of the secretaries of war, interior, agri culture and commerce and chairmen of two Senate and two House com mittees to insure co-operation with the army engineers and other gov ernment bureaus in investigating watfrway improvement. The amend ment would appropriate $500,000 for the commission's expense. Chairman Clarke of the Commerce Committee said he saw no objection to It as it might furnish a basis in the conference for working out a new method of dealing with river and har bor appropriations that would, put an end to an ever recurrent criticism of the present system. Senator Kenyon's motion to substi tute for the bill a resolution_ author izing an appropriation of $25,000,000 tor continuing work on all existing projects,' the distribution to be left to the army engineers and the secretary o." war, was defeated 34 to 24. Denio cratr who voted for the substitute were Ashurst, Gore, Hlisting. Lane, Pomerene, Shafroth, Taggart, Thomas, Thompson and Tillman. AGAKNST SHIPPING RILL Washington. May 29. Winthrop L. Marvin and Edward E. Blodgett, representing the Boston Chamber of Commerce, appeared before a Senate committee to-day to oppose the gov ernment ownership and operation features of the shipping hill which al ready has passed the House. They said they recognized the existence of a crisis in the shipping business of the country and approved in the main the provision for a shipping bill but declared the Boston Chamber was op posed to government participation in the shipping in the business funda mentally. THE WEATHER For Harrisburg and vicinity* L'nset tied weather till* afternoon, to night and Tueaday, probably tliundcrshowers; not much change in temperature. For Eastern Pennsylvania: t'linettlert to-night aud Tuesday, prol>al»ly thundershow crs; gentle to mod erate shifting winds. Ulver The lower portion of the >'ortli aud prohnhl? the lower portion of the Went Ilrancli will rise somewhat, other streams of the system will probably full slowly or remain nearly stationary. A stage of about 4.8 feet is Indicated for Harrisburg Tuesday morning. Temperature: H a. m., 70. Sun: Rimes, 4:80 a. m.; nets, 7)25 p. m. Moon: New moon. May 31, 2:37 a. m. River Stage: Five feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, S7. Lowest temperature. HO. >ienn temperature, 74. Normal temperature, fifl. Have the Harrisburg Telegraph Follow You If you are leaving the city, If only for a day, do not fail to have the Harrisburg Telegraph follow you. It is the only way you can keep Informed about home afTalrs. The Telegraph mailed to any address in the United States or Canada la the same as when de livered to your home, six cents a week. Address may be changed as often as desired. BY CARRIER (I CENTS A WEEK. BINOI.E COPIES a CENTS. MEMORIAL DAY PARADETOSTART AT 1:30 O'CLOCK City Will Observe General Holiday; Stores and Offices to Close SUBURBS CELEBRATE Grand Army Men Will Be Aid ed by Sons and Spanish Veterans Plans for Harrisburg's widespread ; observance of Memorial Day tomorrow j were completed this afternoon. At 1.30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the parade of the veterans and other soldiery will leave Front and Market ■ streets for the march to the Harris j burg cemetery where the tribute to the dead heroes will be paid. The whole city Including all business [and manufacturing establishments, iFederal, State, county and city offices will observe a holiday. A pretty fea ture of the day will be the placing of a floral wreath at the base of the State street soldiers' and sailors' monument by Technical high school boys. All day to-day a committee of veterans sat at the postrooms and received dona tions of flowers for the graves of the dead soldiers. The usual exodus of holiday celebra [ Continued on I'age 's] President's Peace Talk Is Lauded by Diplomats Washington, D. C., May 29.—1n diplomatic and official circles to-day President Wilson's peace speech Sat urday night was widely discussed. The feeling quite generally expressed was that the President by this utter ance has measurably advanced the prospect of peace between the nations now at war, and given a great for ward impetus to the cause of peace in general. Particular interest was shown in his outline of the course the United States would take "if it should ever be our privilege to suggest or initiate a movement for peace among the nations now at war." In German circles a tremendous in terest was shown in the President's "peace creed." The disposition was to accept his references to a guaran tee of the "security of the highway of the seas for the common and un hindered use of all the nations of the world as applying to the British long distance blockade of German ports. Entente diplomats were not inclined to comment on President Wilson's hints. Members of Congress were loud In sounding the praises of the President for the sentiments he expressed. The President believes the Ameri can Government should work along these lines: "First—To secure a settlement with regard to their own Immediate inter ests as the belligerents may agree upon. "Second —A universal association of nations to maintain the security of the highway of the seas for the common and unhindered use of the nations of i the world, and prevent any war being | begun either contrary to treaty eove- I nants or without warning and full sub mission of causes to the opinion of I the world—a virtual guarantee of ter ritorial integrity and political inde i pendence." LONDON PAPKKS COMMENT ON WILSON'S TALK OF PEACE By Associated Press London, Mayg 29. "lrresponsible peace talk received its quietus from Sir Edward Grey last week, but no doubt President Wilson's speech be j lore the League to Enforce Peace will I revive the discussion in certain quar ters," says the Liverpool Post. "Its definiteness in certain particulars is arresting, but perhaps to many of his own countrymen the air of definiteness which the President gives to some of his phrases may seem elusive. ; The Post argues that the entente j allies are fighting for virtually the 1 same object for which President Wll ! son proposes a league of nations. The Manchester Guardian says this plan of the President is almost as old as the first formulation of the ideal of organized peace, but that it never before in any part of the world has i commanded the support accorded it ! in America to-day. E. St. Elmo Lewis Is Rotary Club Speaker E. St. Elmo Lewis, one of the noted sales and advertising experts of the ! country, addressed the Hurrisburg Rotary Club at its noon luncheon to day on "The New Salesmanship." Mr. Lewis is a national figure and the ! Rotarlans were delighted to have op portunity of hearing him. His ad dress was largely along lines of inter est chiefly to men employing salesmen but he laid emphasis as well upon the ! necessity of preparing for the "great | drive" that European nations will make on American trade at the con | elusion of the European war by "building a bridge, over the precipice wo see ahead, instead of a hospital iat the bottom." Captain Kemper, of the United States Army, responded to a toast to the "Nation's Dead." in observance of ! Decoration Day and the members re sponded to the Telegraph's call for i contributions of flowers to the Grand Army for use in the celebration to morrow by donating $lO for the pur pose. Next week the Rotarians will lunch at the Columbus Hotel In a room set ! apart for them. E. Fred Rowe was chairman of the meeting and it was through his good j offices that Mr. Lewis appeared before | the club. NEW l.OSifi RANGES RECORD San Diego. r- a i„ May 29.—What was claimed to-day as a new record for ac curate and rapid tire long range shoot ing was established by gun crews of the cruiser San Diego at Elementary practice o(T this port Saturday night The official number of hits will not be known until the target screens are ex amined by the umpires, but it is re ported the six-inch gun crew scored twenty-nine hit* in forty shots, while the men behind the three-Inch bat teries achieved fifteen hits in twenty seven shots. The firing range was 2400 yards. < HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1916. JAMES J. HILL, CAPITALIST AND BUILDER, DIES Railroad Magnate Dies at St. Paul, Minn., Home; Uncon scious Twelve Hours ROSE FROM THE RANKS Started Life as Clerk; Develop ed Northwest; Supported Belgians St. Paul, Minn., May 29. —James J. Hill, railroad builder, capitalist and most widely known figure of the Northwest, died at his Summit avenue residence at 9.30 o'clock this morn ing as the result of an infection due to bowel trouble. Mr. Hill was unconscious for nearly twelve hours before he died. Dr. Her bert M. Biggs and Dr. Stanley Seager, together with members of the Hill family, were at the bedside when the end came. Failed Rapidly After the relapse late yesterday, the aged financier failed rapidly. All the members of his family were at the bedside with the exception of Mrs. M. Beard, of New York, a daugh ter. She is expected to arrive to night. James N. Hill, of New York ond Mrs. Samuel Hill of Washington, arrived early to-day. "My father slept most of the night," Louis W. Hill said. Finally at 9:45 a .m., M. R. Brown, Mr. Hill's confidential secretary, came out and said to the newspaper re porters: "Mr. Hill died quietly at 9:30 a. m." One of the first to leave the house was John J. Toomey, Mr. Hill's con fidential business agent, and associate for years. He was quickly followed by Ralph Budd, assistant to Louis Hill, president of the Great Northern Rail road, and one of the younger mem bers of Mr. Hill's railroad family. Ureal Man Clone L. W. Hill left the house with the Kev. Thomas J. Gibbons, vicar gen eral of the St. Paul archdiocese, and George MacPherson, intimate friend of the family. Grief showed plainly oti the face of the elder Hill's suc cessor. Archibishop John Ireland, com menting on Mr. Hill's death said: "What can I say that the whole country is not saying? A great man has-, gone from earthly life. Not only a man of rarest talent of mind, a genius, but also one who has put his wonderous talent to the service of fellowmen, whose whole career was marked with strict integrity and highest sense of honor. "I must say in simplest truth that he loved and respected religion, and held the Christian faith to be the su preme principle of human righteous ness and human life." James Jerome Hill, railroad presi dent. was born near Guelph, Welling ton county, Ontario, Canada, Septem ber 16, 1838, son of James and Anne (Dunbar) Hill, of Irish and Scotch descent. From his seventh to his fif teenth year he attended Kockwood Academy, a Quaker school. The death of his father in 1853 prevented his (Continued on Pago 14) Commissioners Consider Audit of County Books An audit of the hooks of the County Treasury 'for the twelve or fourteen years prior to the election of County Controller H. W. Gough.is being con sidered by the County Commissioners. The commissioners declared to-day that no official steps have been taken as yet toward directing an audit, al though if such a course be determined upon the accounting will not be made hefore Fall. An audit similar to that now being conducted by the city au thorities Is said to be contemplated. The period in question will cover the time devoted to the construction of the Dauphin county prison. G. U. 0. of Odd Fellows to Hold Big Field Day Here More than five hundred members of the Grand I'nited < >rder of« Odd Fel lows will arrive in the city this even ing and early -to-morrow morning for the field day exercises and sessions of the Third Regiment, Patriarch Divi sion, to be held in Chestnut Street Hall. The meeting will open this evening with a big reception in the hall. To morrow a competitive drill will feature the session, together with a street pa rade in the afternoon immediately fol lowing the parade of the Civil War veterans. The sessions will close to morrow evening. DIAMOND IX TIIK ROUGH? .lainos Atticks, Laborer, On Pins and Needles as to (Quitting All this may or may not he a story of a diamond in the rough. Anyway, until a well-known city jeweler gives James Atticks, laborer for D. M. Rlcker, some sort of a report as to the character and quality of his "find" Sat urday in a vacant lot in Paxtang, At ticks figures he'll he more or less restless. He's not sure whether he found a pretty little chunk of limestone quartz -—or a nice big yellow diamond. Atticks is helping to excavate for a couple of houses for Mr. Ricker and on Saturday he unearthed the hit of gleaming stone. Someone suggested the diamond possibilities and the ob servation so fussed Atticks that he caught the next car in to a local jeweler's. Presidential Booms of Hughes and Du Pont Start By Associated Press Chicago, May 29. —Two Additional booms of candidates for the Republi can nomination for President were brought to Chicago to-day. They were those of Charles Kvans Hughes, of New York, and Coleman DuPont, of Delaware. Frank H. Hitchcock, accompanied by William L. Ward, former Republi can national committeeman, from New York, launched the preconven tion campaign in the interest of Jus tice Hughes. l' JAMES I.HILL, RAILROAD MAGNATE, IS J 1 H I JAMES J. HILL CAPITOL PEOPLE ARE SHIVERING Fears That Official Axes May Swing on Attaches Before the Sun Sets Today No further dismissals of attaches of the State government occurred to-day, but the uneasiness which has prevailed on Capitol Hill over the reports that the State administration has received reports alleging failure of men con nected with the departments to lend a hand to the Brumbaugh candidacy was Increased rather than lessened by the fact that few officials came back to Harrisburg after week-end trips. Chief Clerk W. B. Kay. of the Audi tor General's department, when asked if any more clerks had been given "pink slips" replied: "None to-day. I do not know when there will be any more. Get it out of your head that the dismissals in our department have anything to do with the rest of the government, our matters were with out consultation with any other de partments and were culminations of [Continued 011 Page 2] MM PRODUCTS CO. WILL BUILD Center of Distribution of Milk From More Than 2,1)00 Farms Another structure that will add con siderable to the building aggregation of the year is a modern dairy plant to be erected by the Pennsylvania Milk Products company. Work on this building will begin in August, and plans are now being drawn for a build ing 60x100, four stories high, including the basement. The structure will face [Continued on Page 2] Hershey Gets Banner For Sale of Red Cross Seals The red silk banner which lias been awarded to Hershey for the best record in the sale of stamps for the American Red Cross Association has been received by John Yates, secre tary of the Associated Aid Societies. Although the figures on the Christmas feal have not as yet come In from Honolulu and other outlying points, Hershey holds the record in Class 2 with a score of 29.04 seals per cpita, a record of which the little town is Justly proud. Dr. Phillip P. Jacobs, one of the prominent committeemen, lias declared that Hershey's record is tie best (hat has been made under the United States flag. Dr. Jacobs is likewise executive secretary of the association. • OP Friday of this week the execu tive committee of the Associated Aid Societies and a number of the mem bers will visit Hershey by automobile for the presentation of the banner. CHILD DRINKS ACID Special to the Tdcgrafh Dauphin, Pa., May 29. About 8 o'clock this morning May, the two year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Sticeo. an Italian family, got a bottle of crude carbolic acid and while playing in the old canal bed near her home drank some of the content: - . She was badly burned about the face anil mouth, and her condition is critical. Dr. A. C. Coble gave the child immediate attention and be liives she will live. MORE THI NDKRSTOKMB COMING More thunderstorms similar to the one which visited Harrishurg suddenly yesterday afternoon are forecast for this week by the United States Weather Bureau. Wind, rain, hall, thunder and lightning were combined and following the storm the mercury tumbled from 87 degrees to normal. The hail cut many plants and flowers and the lightning struck in several places, but caused little damage. NO ACTION ON RL.AKSLEE Washington, May 29. No action V.MS taken to-day by the Senate Post Office Committee on Assistant Post master General Blakslee's declaration that the committee in amending thej postal bill had surrendered to the railroads. Chairman Bankhead said L the committee would meet to-morrow. J DEATH VERDICT SATISFIES WAITE Says He Wants No Appeal; Seeks Quick Punishment; Took Chance and Lost New York, May 29.— Dr. Arthur j Warren Waite, who was convicted on Saturday of the murder of his million- . aire father-in-law, John E. Peck, of Grand Rapids, was as cheerful as ever j in the Tombs yesterday, and showed; no signs of his nerve weakening. He issued a declaration that he wishes no I appeal in his behalf. "I am satisfied with the verdict," he said, "and don't want any appeal made by Walter R. Deuel (Waite's chief counsel) or any one else. lam willing to take the punishment for my ill i deeds, and the quicker that punish-, ' ment comes the better." Took Clinncc ami Lost. One prisoner said to him: "Doc, I'm awfully sorry to see a young fellow like you have to go." "Why, don't give me any sympa thy," said Waite. "Lots of others have jhad to go the same way in the prime !of life. The law demands a life for a life. I took a chance and lost." OBJECT TO TYPE OF SLOPING WALK State Water Supply Commis sion to Investigate Muench Street Construction Inspection of the newly-constructed ramp or sloping walk from the upper park to the River Wall at Muench street will be made within j a few days in order that a report upon | the character of the job may be suh j mitted to the State Water Supply I Commission at its meeting Thursdav, i June 8. The ramp has Just been rip [Continucd on Page 2] Eight Jurors Sworn in on Third Week of Orpet Trial Waukegan, Ills., May 29.—At the opening to-day of the third week of the trial of \V. H. Orpet for the murder or Marion Lambert, eight jurors had been sworn and one man had been ten tatively accepted. Since the trial began, 736 men have been examined for jury duty and fifty | more were summoned to-day. FIRE DAMAGKS 810 PI,*XT 1 Vancouver, B. C., May 29.—Fire early to-day partially destroyed the million dollar plant of the New England Fish j Company and the Alberta-Pacific Grain S6O0 V oOo r ' The lOS 3 iS eßtlmale d at CITY s.\n> TO HAVE GOOD CHANCES IN N. Y. LEAGUE j George Cockill, manager of the erstwhile Harrisburg baseball club , was in town for a short while to-day j and announced that matters were in i tavorable shape for Harrisburg as re ! gards the New York State League, ! with whose representatives he con ferred yesterday. Report comes like wise from York that a number of , capitalists aire behind the proposition , down there, and although it is im possible to state anything definite as yet, Mr. Cockill declared that the prospects of Harrisburg finding a berth in the New York State League looked very good. HIT BY AUTO John Workman, 1C26 State street, was struck by an automobile this aft ernoon at Progress, sustaining con cussion of the brain and bruises of the body. He was taken to the Har risburg Hospital in serious condition. AVTO HITS TWO WOMEN Two women struck by an automo i bile Saturday eevning, at Fourth and j Market streets, were badly Injured ! They were Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, aged 4S and Mrs. Gertrude Berkelser, both of' j 1225 Fulton street. John L Rushev 1 driver of the machine said that the ac j cident was unavoidable because he had ' | been given the signal to proceed bv ! ; the traffic officer, and the two womeii I i stepped In front of the machine. Mrs ; Hill sustained fractures of several I tiones In her foot, and Mrs. Rerkheiser , a fractured* right arm. Botli were 1 t&kan to the Harrisburg i MENDEZ ARRIVES IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT NOTE Special Agent of Carranza De clares He Is Here Merely on Vacation EXPECTED MISSIVE LOST Officials Unable to Account For Nonarrival; Find Villa Guns in Cave Wellington, May 29. Manuel Mendez, an attache of General Car ranza's foreign office, arrived here to day and conferred with Eliseo Arren dondo, the Mexican ambassador, but denied that he brought a note as had been expected or that he brought any instructions from his chief. He de clared he was merely In the United States on a vacation. Mr. Arredondo and other Mexican officials professed to be puzzled. It has been reported from Mexico City and the border that a special mes senger was bringing a new communi cation from General Carranza. No indication of its contents had been given but it generally has been as sumed by American officials that the expected note probably renewed the demand for the withdrawal of Amer ican forces or made a protest against I the second punitive expedition led by Colonel Sibley and Major Langhorne which has, however, returned to Am erican territory. At the Mexican em bassy it was said that if a note was forthcoming it probably would be brought by some other messenger. Representations are about to be made to the State Department for re [Contlnucd on Pago 3] I.OCAL IT. S. MARINE GETS HURRY ORDERS Grover C. Bowers, brother of J. A. j Bowers, 120 Broad street, Harrisburg, lis with the expeditionary force of U. S. .Marines now headed for Santo Domin jgo on board the U. 8. S. Salem, for the protection of the American Legation ! there during the current revolt against I President Jimines. When insurrection breaks out any where to the south of West or North of Venezuela, the U. S. Marines are always first on the spot. Young Bowers enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at its Pittsburgh recruit ing station on September 23, 1914. I VISITS SONS OF ITALY I rngh this afternoon visited the sessior 1 n Chestnut Street Hall and compli 1 on the good work they are doing for L? an citizenship. He said he has a most I ilian immigrant as a result of his work \y ldren of Philadelphia vyhen he was an \ educator there. P. Magaro thanked the Governor for his I.J j I address. ?| !' COAST GUARD CUTTER RUNS AGROUND <5 New London, Conn., May 29.—Coast Guard cutters An- f droscoggin and Itasca left this port this morning to go to Jh the assistance of coast guard cutter Mohawk which grounded 1 near Montauk Point early to-day. I CASUALTIES IN RAIDS ON ENGLAND, 2165 I «■ £ Lond n, May 29.—Tn the stacks or. the British Isles I I. •. fron sea and air during the war, 2166 persons have [ ' been killed or wounded. The number of deaths is 550. IP J i LATE EXPENSE ACCOUNTS 1 , Harrisburg.—Late primary expense accounts filed to- | J <1 day included the following: Senator E. E. Beidleman, , [/d I $267.67; J. B. Swartz, Legislature, $701.53; A. L. Etter, ( | Republican State Committee, SIOO. Senator Beidleman, ; | £ Mr. Swartz and Mr. Etter contributed SIOO, SSOO and SIOO | respectively to the Candidates' Committee Campaign. j , NAME RESIDENT PHYSICIAN / « \ Harrisburg.—C. J. Prickett, of Fairmont, W. Va.. and a; ® ', graduate of Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia, ap- f J * pointed resident physician at the Harrisburg Hospital by I I the Board of Managers in session this afternoon, effective t J * July 1. CONVICT BANK ROBBER j i Washington, Pa., May 29.—Thomas H. Talbot, who ' * ; was alleged to have robbed the First National Bank of ; , Houston, Pa., of $16,000, the first week in April, was to-day > convicted in court here of felonious entry, larceny and re- ! ' \, ceiving stolen goods. Sentence was deferred pending an ap-1 > plication for a new trial. ! ;, tUAKtUAiib UCtNdLZ 1 ' Dnnlrl Aaron (irlb, Bachmanrtllr. and Sarah Elarnhonr, Lawn, Pa. VW" ii Vt" | CITY EDITION 14 PAGES ITALIANS FIGHT DESPERATELY TO HOLD AUSTRIANS Drive in Southern Tyrol Con tinues; Fortified Districts Taken GERMANS ARE REPULSED Unable to Gain at Verdun; 25,000 Bulgarians on Greek Soil The Austrian drive against the Ital ians in the southern Tyrol continues to progress in the region of Arsiero, southeast of Rovereto where General ("adorna's forces arefightingdesperate ly to prevent their foe from breaking through and gaining the route to the Venetian provinces. Vienna reports the capture of forti fied field works at Cornowo.west of A-r slero, and an important position in the fortified field works at Cornowo, west of Arsiero, and an important position in the fortified district of Asiago, northeast of Arsiero. Germans Repulsed The Germans have renewed their ac [Continued on Page 11] roil/TRY FIELD MEETING A b' * field meeting was held this afternoon at the Beaufort farms by the Central Pennsylvania Poultry As sociation and the State Department of Agriculture. W. Theodore Wittman, poultry adviser for the State Depart- I ment, gave an Interesting address, j speaking particularly on breeding, incubation and feeding. Automobiles 1 nift the Rockvllle cars at the Lingles lown road and conveyed the persons attending the meeting to the farms. E. P. Mitchell, proprietor opened the place for inspection during the after : noon. NO DANGER OP STRIKE by .J.ssociatcd I'rcss New York, May 29. The possi bility of a strike of commercial tele graphers on the eve of the Republican Nctional Convention at Chicago wai i virtually dismissed to-day by S. J. Konenkamp, president of the Com mercial Telegraphers' Union which i opened its eighth biennial convention here. Mr. Konenkamp declared "the necessity of reports from all delegate.! 1 would forestall immediate action on such demands as the ten per cent, in crease in wages and the eight-houJ ' day."