Altoona Mirror (Newspaper) - September 10, 1915, Altoona, Pennsylvania REGULAR EDITION THE CIRCULATION YESTERDAY WAS AVERAGE DAILY PAID TION DURING AUGUST JUNE ALTOONA PA FRIDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 10 1915 TWENTY COLUMNS TO FORCE Commissioner Rooney's Project for Twenty-Second Street Improvement Fails of ond at Council Meeting OTHER PAVING PROJECTS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED Long Drawn Out Controversy Over Street Opening Settled by City Agreeing to Pay S March City council at a special adjourned meeting held at 10 o'clock this ing refused to take any action at all on the ordinance providing for the ing of twenty-seventh street between and Maple avenues owing to a protest against the paving made by the property owners along tlm street The ordinance providing for the ing of the was introduced by Commissioner Frank some time ago and following a number of protests by the owners appeared at one council meeting and they were un- willing to pave now on account of the hard times final action was postponed time The ordinance came up for final action this morning and Mr moved for its final passage making a statement in which lie stated that there had not been one street paving project brought up in the past two years for a thoroughfare along which tile property as well fixed financially as along this street He made a vigorous plea for the sage claiming the Twenty-seventh street property owners the cost if anyone in the hut none of the other com- missioners was willing to second the the ordinance died for lack of Other Paving Authorized After turning down the ordinance for the Twenty-seventh street paving the commissioners unanimously approved ally ordinances for the paving the following thoroughfares none of the property owners having put up a very fight against the Kinth avenue between Fourteenth and Seventeenth streets second avenue be- tween Fifteenth and yixteenth streets Fourteenth street between Seventeenth and Twentieth avenues nances all passed unanimously and is expected to start on the actual ing early enough to complete all three jobs before cold weather Council received a petition from a number of Fifth ward residents asking for the return by the city of money thriyi paid for a sewer in Eighteenth street from Twentieth avenue to tlie When the sewer was laid it was thought that only the properties on northeast side of the street could drain into it and the owners on that side were assessed for tlie entire sewer Later it found that tlie owners on the southwest side could use tlie Bewer and they were given taps Mow the owners the total-cost ask a rebate of the amount covering the frontage of the owners on the lower side of the street amounting to about for twenty-five feet front The petition was filed and referred to Commissioner Rooney who will pre- pare a resolution authorizing the rebate to which the owners are entitled to be presented at the next meeting Petition for Paving Commissioner Rooney introduced an ordinance providing for the paving with brick of Fourth avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets the paving ing been petitioned for by the property owners A long out controversy was finally settled at the meeting when a resolution was unanimously adopted the city solicitor to confess judgment in favor of Samuel March for the sum of Over two years ago in order to straighten Twenty-second street on the north side of Heale avenue tlie city took over a small portion of land from a property there owned by Mr March Kyer since that time the city has been endeavoring to come to an agreement with Mr March over the amount of the dom him Innumerable ences have been held and many different plans of settlement have been proposed However no could ever be made until a few days ago when Mr March agreed to settle for Tlie action this morning authorizes the confession of judgment in his favor for that amount ending tlie controversy for all time WEATHER FORECAST WASHINGTON D C Sept Eastern tonight and probably Saturday not quite so warm tonight light variable winds Western cloudy night and Saturday probably showers WEATHER REPORT 0 fi p hav Sept 0 12 p temp Sept in a temp abv Sept 10 12 temp abv BE SURE TO REGISTER TOMORROW FINAL DAY Register tomorrow It is your last chance Tike your county tax receipt with you Tomorrow is the last of the three registration in cities of the Third class The state laws late that if you do not register on one of the three days you cannot vote at either the primaries or the general election The registrars will sit at the ing places between and I o'clock iit the forenoon between 2 and i o'clock in the afternoon and between 7 and 10 o'clock in the evening If possible go to the registration early in the day as many not yet registered and the polling places are likely to be ed in the evening You must present a tax receipt showing that you paid county taxes within two years Electors who refuse to state their party affiliations may vote the non- partisan ticket for mayor man tout roller but will be de- nied the right to vote for the nation of candidates for county There are important offices to he filled at the coining election and you should have something to say about who is to be chosen so once Be sure to register Top Covering Torn Off ator Mashed In and pants Thrown Out When Car Overturns It was night it was a it was also last night at 8.30 Along the road near Point View a trusty motor was buzzing merrily along enjoying the ride were a free of their skill today in the tlie river The night was fine tlie fine the hearts of the beat high with joy unadulterated quite suddenly the electric lighting system on the truck ness A curtain of nice inky darkness enveloped the Ford and the fisherman an Arabian rug made in N J Tlie driver of the Ford was il good driver He took no cut down the and tried to imagine that lie was But he had no chance He was like a blind man In front of him there suddenly loomed a telephone polo It was a substantial pole too and fat and for- bidding To escape this the driver gave his wheel a turn It turned ingly and then the Ford truck like a kitten playfully on its side rolled over an embankment and hopped skipped and jumped into a nice ditch The top of the Ford was demolished But that was allright The radiator was badly dented and it bulged and was very sick But a good Ford does not worry about a little thing like that And then of course the lighting system completely hors combat But mattered that? Behind the Ford there came a bug A Ford too Walter McCreary of the Vulcan Supply company on Green avenue was the driver What have we he cried Help chorused the anglers So Walter who was in truth another angler helped to put the Ford on its feet and then began first aid ment that should win a prize at a con- vention Walter punched the radiator in the ribs mixed a little chop or chalk or something like that and poured it in some and after carefully ing the pulse of the engine lie cranked and lo the Ford humanly albeit a bit and was ready for the gay and festive highway Tho party included Mr Mays Thomas and Dennis butchers at South Altoona and the hitter's son Roy aged 18 Fortunately none of thr party any serious injuries Thomas Imler received a slight bruise of the right cheek while Mr Mays suffered a severe sprain of the middle finger of the right hand PRISONER ESCAPES Italian Burglar Convicted In This County Violates Parole Ario Santis alias Ari who was sentenced in this county on March 8 last to serve not less than one year and eight months in the western penitentiary at after being convicted of larceny violated his parole last week and escaped Despite the vigilant search conducted by the guards and police no trace of him has been found the usual custom DC tis asked and was granted permission to go to an outside toilet When he did return within tho allotted time given Mm an investigation was started and his escape DC Santis is years old and weighs about 130 pounds His height is five feet two inches A reward of lias been offered for information leading to his arrest LOCAL INSTITUTE Educational Value of History and Literature Is Discussed In Eloquent Manner Or Edward Howard Griggs DR J C BECHT URGES PRIDE IN PENNSYLVANIA Teachers Adopt Resolutions Superintendent H H Baish Gives Brief Talk and Assigns Teachers to Schools- The twenty-eighth annual institute by far the most successful and beneficial in the history of the school district closed High school ly before noon today Two eloquent addresses together with the assignment of teachers for the coming term the submission and adoption of tions featured the final session Devotional exercises in charge of Rev Dr Marion pastor Lutheran church opened this morning's session at I o'clock The first speaker was Dr Howard Griggs of New York whose talks during the past week have been highly instructive to those who on Monday morning assume their places in the rious schools Dr took for his Educational Value of tory and Literature In the opening Of his final cited the reasons for the study of these two important subjects History he urged should not merely be the study of dates and of wars of their in- fluences and the influences of the lives the talk too much war and dates antp influence declar- ed tlie speaker histories too fail to teach tile most civic problems concern- how the lives of such men as Washington Lincoln Jefferson and all the rest have influenced conditions in our country day Our Literature Important too is partly at fault the speaker Instead of dealing witli the lives of foreign masters and telling so about in- places more space should be given to the lives our own great countrymen and the interesting places abroad and more people will see America first and benefit by the lessons of our own great men and women ica has plenty of big men and women to study from and thousands of grander places than Europe ean boast of American authors to devote to writings concerning our own peoples and lands T C of the state department of education at was the next speaker At the request of perintendent H H lie spoke on A Tage in Pennsylvania's History He began his excellent address by de- claring that we Pennsylvanians fail to realize the greatness of our state and the importance of the deeds committed by Pennsylvanians of long ago Reason for this he stated was due to the fact that we have so many different peoples and so many creeds in the state From the time Pennsylvania was mads a state she has established herself as one of the greatest if not the greatest state in the Union but we residents of the state fail to realize this fact For instance in matter of religion Pennsylvania is seldom thought of as the state of religious freedom this title generally being to setts which in reality is not the state of religious freedom One reason for Pennsylvania not being given the prominence that she deserves is because our not written by Pennsylvanians Even when Continued on page 11 second column Eight Hour Day 20 Per Cent Advance In Wages and Rec of Union Asked by Scale Committee TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT EMBODIED IN SCHEDULE Modification of Present ods of Settling Colliery Dis- putes and Better Working Conditions Urged By United Press Sept scale committed of the of anthracite minors reported this ing submitting ten separate demands to the delegates An eight-hour day 20 per cent advance in wages recognition of the union a modification of the present method of settling colliery a agreement and general ments of conditions sent the demands embodied in the ed schedule The report of the scale ifl being taken up the first de- mand on being the two-year agreement It was adopted Scale Committee's Report The text of the scale port was as next con- tract be for a period of two years commencing April 1 1910 ajid-V ing and making of of 20 oil all being paid in the coal work day for all day laborers ployed in around the the present be the basis which demanded shall apply with time time for overtime double time for Sundays and holidays demand full plete recognition of tho United Mine Workers of America districts NOB 1 7 and anthracite Speedy Grievance Adjustments a more fied speedy and satisfactory method of adjusting grievances demand that 710 con- tract miner shall be permitted to have more working place demand that the selling price of mining supplies to miners be fixed on equitable and uniform basis demand that wherever practicable all coal shall be weighed COP tinned on Page 11.1 31 KILLED IN By United Press LONDON Sept sons were killed in the Zeppelin raids on London Tuesday and Wednesday night it was announced this after- noon Four persons who were wounded in Tuesday night's raid died last night and curly today Bodies of three persons recorded aa missing following Tuesday night's raid were found beneath debris of wrecked buildings today BELATED HOT WAVE IS HERE AND CITY SUFFERS Summer weather is litre at last It's a trifle late and is not meeting with as warm a welcome as is usually summer's lot but it's here and the city is ing in a hot wave that has not been surpassed this year The temperatures have hovered between and 83 degrees for the past week with no cool wave being predicted Tho weather thus far during ber is tlie most remarkable for this time of tho year that for a number of years according to the records kept by the Pennsylvania railroad in the test laboratories September temperatures Ily range from 50 to 75 degrees seldom rising to 85 degrees and ing there for more than twenty-four hours Compared with the weather during the of September the month is an exception with thu maximum temperatures averaging liO degrees higher daily Yesterday the maximum temperature in was 07 the highest of the present month with the lowest at 74 a of but degrees On Sept 9 IpM the highest in the eity was tin degrees find a low of 50 The weather during the present month has biKin correspondingly warm when compared with the siime days lust year At no timu within the post five years lias September showed the same high temperature for so long a period as during the present month Tho lowest high temperature for the past week was 78 on Kept 5 Monday the thermometer raised to 81 degrees and soared higher each day with degrees Tuesday 84 on Wednesday and 87 yesterday with a temperature of 88 degrees today at high noun The lowest thermometer reading for the month was on Sept 3 September 1014 showed a of the hottest day of the year According to Druggist C S Taylor's usually correct there was of degrees between the morning and one year ngu Sept JO wan notable for a homy frost with the mercury at 30 OPEN BREAK NEAR WITH AUSTRIA OVER DUMBA President Asks Recall of Dr Dumba yir ou the state the others In Wednesday Night's Raid on London Zeppelins Actually Passed Over or Near ingham Palace United Press NKW YORK Sept exclusive West End residential district of London in all probability was one of the sections attacked in Wednesday night's lin raid on the British capital The veil of British censorship was still drawn tightly today over the greatest air raid in history but an ment from Berlin passed by the Brit- ish censor said that the western portion of London was one of the regions raided From this Berlin statement it is not improbable that the great German feeling their way through the darkness above actually passed near or even over Buckingham the residence of King George Press dispatches passed by the Brit- ish censor threw some light on the air on London when read between tin lines That it was made early in Jhe evening probably shortly after the theatres had been filled was indicated by the lime at were received here Wednesday night Great crowds into ui t streets and craft guns from all over London opened on the German air dreadnoughts This much is indicated by warnings in the British press cabled here that in the future the people must the raids more seriously and must avoid danger not only from Zeppelin bombs but from falling shells from craft gum The Zeppelins evidently flew quite low as they over tlie Trafalgar square district the newspapers speaking of thn great spectacle On on the east coast the dirigibles have soared at such a height that their outlines were barely distinguishable GERMAN NOTE DELIVERED Ambassador Gerard Receives Second Message From Berlin Foreign Office BY CARL W ACKERMAN Staff Correspondent The Sent A messenger from tho German foreign delivered to Ambassador Jerard a second note on the submarine question at J o'clock last night The contents of the note had not been given out at 11 a m today What the subject of this second com- may be was a mystery It was stated on good authority that it not concern the sinking of the perian report was Hint the note is supplementary to the note ready sent to Washington dealing with the Arabic case The Arabic note was given to the lin for publication in the afternoon papers of today The editions containing the text of the note carried no editorial comment Czar Nicholas Troops Suffer Another Decisive Defeat at the Field Marshal Von Hindenburg BERLIN Via Sept Russian center has suffered another crushing defeat von burg's troops have stormed the heights of on the river The Bavarians have captured French trenches in the near and nele were stormed and captured in a hot struggle last night The French lost heavily The official statement indicated a lull in the fighting in the Ar- gonne where the crown prince day was reported to have made ant gains This afternoon's statement said that stubborn Russian attacks near Tarnopol have been repulsed Field Marshal is ing the railway station of and making rapid progress on both rides of the railway leading to Pinsk West of Souchez German troops cap- tured a French trench the occupants Russian Claims Denied BERLIN Via The Sept Russian claims of important victories in southeast on the assumption by the czar of leadership of the Slav armies were today officially declared to un- true The czar is attempting to deceive his own people to suppress the growing ing of it was stated at the offices The important tory before Tarnopol belongs in the same class with the recent Russian naval victory in the gulf of Riga The Slavs concentrated heavy forces near Tarnopol on Tuesday planning by heavy to check the advance and push back the linos The first smashes bent back the tenter but the lost ground was recaptured early Wednesday In Wednesday's fighting the enemy's wing from Tarnopol north to a point east of Brody was pushed back DUMBA Austrian Ambassador Whose Recall Has Been Asked Probably In New York NKW YORK Sept tin Dumba the Austrian ambassador recall lias been asked apparently was secluded at tlie St hotel day though it wart declared that he had left lust night for his summer home ht Mass Word direct from the latter place was that the dor hail not yet loft the hotel As the situation stood the abouts of the uno foreigner most talked of in the United Stated today hut evidence pointed to hia boing in the hotel New Crisis In America's tions With Two Great on Franz Josef for Ambassador's call and Teutons tory Note Raise Storm GERMANY INVOLVED IN THE DUMBA SITUATION Open Rupture With Dual archy and Retirement of Penfield From enna Deemed Possible If Austria Supports Scheme of Strike In Munitions Plants By United Press WASHINGTON D C new crisis in America's relations with two great allied powers Austria and Germany was reached today The issues upon which the United States future in world politics demand upon tria for Ambassador re- call factory and disappointing note on the Arabic incident Officials admitted that the two disputes were linked Germany is involved in the circumstances leading to the Dumba situation Austria's support of Germany in any diplomatic disagreement the Arabic case is taken for granted An open break with Austria and retirement of Ambassador Penfield from Vienna was deemed possible if Austria supports scheme of a general v strike of Austro-Hungarian sub- in American war supply plants Germany's point-blank refusal to admit responsibility for can lives lost on the Arabic and presumably in other similar fairs though coupled with A qualified offer to submit the ter of financial reparation to ar- at The Hague was recognized as presenting a new f obstacle in the way of settlement of the dispute concerning sub- marine warfare Austria May Back Up Dumba If his government refuses to recall Dumba this country will hand him his passports This was stated on high authority day If the administration is forced to miss Dumba it was regarded certain that American Ambassador Penfield at na would likewise receive his passport ending diplomatic relations between the two countries There was good ground for belief that the Austrian government will back up Dumba and a more serious issue than merely the elimination of the voy The administration confidently hopes however that Vienna will comply with the request to recall Ambassador ba To this end steps have been taken to secure for him a safe conduct from the allies to his native country Unless Austria wishes to provoke a more serious dispute with the United States than the mere personality of its ambassador it was conceded that Vienna would direct his return home Opinion today as to the likeliest shot of tlie matter was that Austria will recall but not immediately point his successor This would leave the counselor of the Austrian embassy Baron Erich in charge Prompt Action Is Expected Prompt action is expected from na The request for retirement is already in the Austrian foreign hands An answer within forty-eight hours because of the probability that Austria will respond quickly to prevent a more grievous rupture was looked for Today the state department had ports prepared for Dr Dumba to be for- warded to him as soon as his ment's plan is known Dumba will not visit the state ment again He is not expected to re- visit Washington The news of the administration's re- quest regarding Dumba created a furor in diplomatic The possibility as suggested that a similar issue would be raised with on account of the by of officials of the kaiser's nf of tho American hunt's F 1 Archibald a for If Austria supports by Continued ou Page 11 Fourth
