American Armored Cruiser Tennessee Reaches Port at Chios in Safely
HARRISBURG iPISSi TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 272
MUCIN CRUISER
TENNESSEE OR HER
' LAUNCH EIRED ON
BY TURKISH FORTS
Secretary Daniels Says American
Consul at Smyrna Is Anxious
About Safety of Yankee Con
sulate
VESSEL IS NOW IN PORT
AT CHIOS, ON AEGEAN SEA
Considerable Uneasiness Experi
enced Concerning Safety of Big
Warship and Also the South
Carolina
Washington, Nov. 18. The
United States cruiser Tennessee,
or her launch probably the lat
ter was fired upon yesterday
by the Turkish forts at Smyrna.
Captain Benton C. Decker, of
the cruiser, reporting the incident
to-day to the Navy Department,
gave no details of the firing but
added that fears had been felt for
the safety of the American consu
late.
Before regarding the firing
upon the American ship as a hos
tile act, officials here are inclined
to await further reports and hold
to the belief that it might have
been a misunderstanding or the
act of some local official whirh
will quickly be corrected in Con
stantinople.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels
issued a statement saying the
American consul at Smyrna had
been anxious for the safety of
the consulate.
"The -reunes«fl«," added Mr.
Daniels' statement, "proceeded to and j
»-lcft Vourlah at. the request of Ambas
- sad or Morganthau and is now an
chored in the harbor of Schlo (Chios)
from which Captain Decker's telegram
was sent."
Secretary Daniels has called upon
Captain Decker to forward Imme
diately a full report of the incident.
Captain Decker's report, confirming
last night's news dispatcher which of
ficials hoped and believed were inac
curate, left them to-day in a state of
amused wonder. Every effort is being
made to get more complete reports
of the incident from the Tennessee's
commander. His report does not say
■whether the Tennessee or her launch,
as was reported in news dispatches,
had been fired upon.
Considered Hostile Act
Aside from being considered as a
hostile act, the firing may be ex
plained in various ways. The first re
port said the cruiser's launch had
been turned by three shots from the
forts as it was entering the harbor of
Smyrna. Officials say the launch may
have been entering during prohibited
hours and the forts may have taken
that method of warning the ship
against mine fields in the harbor.
There has been considerable un
easiness about the Tennessee and also
the North Carolina, her sister ship,
since they went to Turkish waters to
look after the Interests of Americans,
at the end of their voyage to the Eu
ropean continent with gold for strand
ed tourists. Reports of mishaps to
both ships have been frequent, but
always have been disproved by official
dispatches.
Ambassador Morgenthau's reports
of internal conditions in Turkey since
the Ottoman Empire joined the dual
alliance in the war upon the entente
powers, convinced officials here it
would be well to have both ships re
main in the Mediterranean for the
present, and both have been going
from port to port in Turkish waters or
those nearby.
Relieve Americans Safe
So far. Ambassador Morgenthau's
reports, concerning the safety of
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THE WEATHER
For llarrlabnrg and vicinity: Fair,
continued cold -to-night with lou
c*t temperature about 28 ilfgnrn;
Thur*<lny fair nml warmer.
For Unattrn Pennsylvania i Fair to
night and Thur*ilnyt warmer
Thnrndnyt light variable winds
becoming south.
River
The main river will remain abont
stationary to-night and Thursday.
\ stage of about 2.4 feet la Indl
c tried for llarrlnburg Thursday
■nornlnK.
fieneral Condition*
Tbe area of blub preaaure that waa
central over the l.ower Missis
sippi Valley Tuesday morning,
has moved northeastward and la
now central over the Middle At
lantic Statca.
[* It ha* canned a general rlae of 2
to 24 degree* In temperature over
the Crfirl Central Valley*, the
I'lnlns State* and In Western
Cnntida. It I* 2 degree* to '.'V
degreea cooler In the Middle At
lantic and New Fnglnnd State*
and In the St. I.awrence Valley.
Temperature: H a. m., 30.
Sum Rlae*, <1:33 n. in.: seta, 4:48
p. m.
Moont Flrat quarter. November 24,
M:3» a. ni.
Hlirr Stage: 2.8 ferl above low
water mark.
Ve*ter«|ay'* Weather
Highest teuipernture, 37.
I.oweat temperature, 27.
tlean temperature, 34.
Normal temperature, 41.
THOUSANDS PRAYING
FOB STQUGH TODAY
53 Co-operating Churches Hold
Special Services in Interest
of Big Campaign
NINETY HIT TRAIL LAST NIGHT
Infidel Among Number; Big Pro
portion of Converts Men; High
School Night Friday
Special prayer and get-together serv
ices were held In all the fifty-three
co-operating churches of the Stough
campaign this morning for the pur
pose of arousing a more concerted
spirit of personal service among
church members. The meetings were
u ell attended generally and personal
talks were made by the pastors.
Those at the meetings were coupled
off, two by two, and during the after
noon they visited homes in their neigh
borhoods, paying sj>eclal attention to
persons who have hit the trail and
others who are not yet deeply inter
ested in the campaign.
Thousands of prayers were made
during the day and a new interest
shown in the campaign by many who
heretofore were lukewarm. The idea
of "church day" was originated by
Dr. Stough as a special effort to rouse
church people to greater activity.
Mnet.v Hit the Trail
"After sixty years of infidelity God
has got mo," shouted a man last
night after hitting the trail and wrest
ling for half an hour in prayer with
IJr. Stough and other personal work
ers. "Glory, Hallelujah, He's got me;
praise the Lord! I fought all my life,
but He's got me now."
He asked for special prayers after
He was led to the front by Captain
Neilson, of the Salvation Army, who
pleaded and argued with him for
many minutes. Dr. Stough gave an
explanation directly fitting his case,
quoted scripture and prayed until the
man declared he saw the light and
had the doubts of a lifetime cleared
away, lie then went into the audience
and found his wife, who testified that
she had been praying every day for
years for her husband to be con
verted.
About ninety persons hit the trail, a
large proportion of them being men.
They were persuaded to the front
one by one during the course of half
an hour by personal workers, minis
ters and members of the Stough party.
Dr. Stough stood on a bench in the
midst of the trail hitters after they
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Solvay Company's Works
on Bruges Canal Wrecked;
Has Branch at Steelton
By Associated f J res<
London, Nov. 1, 7.63 A. M, —A Rot
terdam dispatch to the Daily Mail
says:
"The British fleet received infor
mation yesterday which led them to
carry out a vigorous bombardment at
Knock* and Zeebruggo, on the Belgian
coast. The Solvay Company's works
on the Bruges canal, which are being
used as a base for German military
trains, were wrecked. A train of live
cars filled with soldiers was struck b>
a shell, took fire and was destroyed.
Much damage was done to the German
stores and supplies."
The Solvay company mentioned in
the above dispatch owns the Semet-
I Solvay plant at the lower end of Steel
ton.
TWO GERMAN GENERALS ARE
REPORTED DEAD IX BERLIN
By Associated i'ress
Berlin, via The Hague on London,
Nov. 18, 4.35 A. M.—German casualty
lists just issued record the deaths oi
two generals and the wounding of an
other. General Alfred von Vrieien waw
killed on November 12 and General
von Lepel is the other commanding
officer reported killed on the field of
battle. General von Lepel was in com
mand of the reserve infantry division;
General Stenger, commander of the
Fiftv-tliird German infantry brigade,
is listed as having been severely
j wounded.
| PLANTING 350 TREES IN PARK
: Canoe Bireh nnri Oaks Being Placed to
Form Great Rrch Over Pathway
More than 350 canoe birch and oaks
will he planted along the river front
under the supervision of the city park
j department before the cold weather
interferes.
Of the two types about 200 are birch
and these are being planted on the
west side of the path along the em
bankment. The oaks and birches are
being planted in what is known as a
"staggering" line—alternating on either
side of the path at distances of from
thirty-seven to forty feet apart.
From Paxton to Herr street the
park officials plan to extend the lines
of young trees this fall so that in the
years to come the depressed path along
the river front will be shaded by a
splendid arch of birch and oaks. The
planting of the trees north of "Hard
scrabble" will he carried out as soon
as the section below is completed.
NAME CONTEST WINNERS
Finals Will Re Held at Central High
School Nov. 25 at 2
The winners of the preliminaries of
the Kunkel oratorical contest for
junior boys of the Central high school,
were announced this morning. The
Judges of the contest were the Rev.
Harry N. Bassler, Harry Boyer, presi
dent of the school board, and T. Kit
tera Van Dyke. Eight boys were
chosen from the entire list and these
will compete for the three final prizes
on November 25 at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon.
The winners last night were Harold
Amos. Harold Eckert, Harold Houtz,
George Kling, Homer Kreidler, Rob
ert Michael, Horace Nuneinaker and
Allen Carter.
ANOTHER TYPHOID SUSPECT
Antonio Lipu, of Swatara Station,
'3O years old, was admitted to the Har
[risburg Hospital late yesterday after-
I noon. He is a suspected typhoid fever
I victim.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING . NOVEMBER 18, 1914
WELFARE PROBLEM WILL BE
GIVEN ATTENTION
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Above on the right are Dr. John Price Jackson. Commissioner of Labor
und Industry of Pennsylvania and one of the men who worked hard for the
success of welfare conference and "safety first" exihitb. The picture on the
right shows A. P. Fothergill (left), in charge of the exhibit of the Cleve
land Steel Tool Company; Paul Gendell (center), of this city, director of
exhibits of the Engineers' Society of Pennsylvania and the man who helped
to boost the big exhibit in Chestnut street hall, and G. E. Darker (right),
representative of the Crane Company, of Chicago, 111.; below is the exhibit
of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works.
Fond of Skating? Then, Here's a
Bit of Joy News Fr»m Weatherman
Dam Will Make Long Stretches of Ice on Susquehanna Pos
sible at This Point; Wildwood Freezes
Fond of skating?
Well, then, here's a bit of joyous
news for you:
Owing to the backing of the water
by the river dam and the decreasing
of the current's momentum, the Sus
quehanna will freeze over at Harris
burg much more quickly than here
tofore.
E. R. Demain, weather .oreeaster,
says that while the dam has not been
closed, it has still had the effect of
backing the water about a foot and
reducing the current speed. This
means that even this winter the
ROTARY CLUB URGES
TARIFF COMMISSION
Business Men of City Tired of
Foolish Tinkerings; Want
Scientific Board
The Harrisburg Rotary Club, com
posed of business men of the city went
on record last night as favoring the
elimination of tariff from considera
tion by political parties and the ap
pointment of a tariff commission,
which shall be acquainted with the
needs of the manufacturing and busi
ness interests throughout the United
States.
A resolution to this effect was pass
ed after a discussion of the tariff ques
tion. One reason for considering the
resolution was the fact that the Euro
pean war is increasing opportunities
for the United States thereby making
further changes in the tariff neces
sary.
The members of the club think that
If a commission was in charge of the
tariff it could be adjusted to answer
the requirements of the nation at this
time and would be satisfactory to all
manufacturing and business interests.
A resolution was passed stating that
the proper authorities in Washington
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FOUR DIE AT HOSPITAL
Two Admitted Same Day: Dead From
Same Disease; Same Hour
Four persons died at the Harrisburg
Hospital since 11.25 last night.
George Spohn, aged 42 years, of
Carlisle, admitted ten days ago, died
first. He was operated upon for ap
pendicitis. Peritonitis caused death.
William Hoffman, colored, aged 56
years. 113 South Dewberry street, died
this morning at 12.25 o'clock. He
was admitted November 10, suffering
from apoplexy. Michael Ritner, aged
67 years, 323 Granite street, also was
admitted November 10. He, too, died
this morning just thirty mintues after
HolTman. Bitner also was suffering
from apoplexy.
The last death occurred at 5.30 this
morning. Mrs. Margaret Miller, aged
48. of Newvillc. who was suffering
from cancer, was the fourth person.
She was admitted November 6.
stream will freeze under conditions
much less severe than in years past.
Of eouise when the dam has been
completely closed the effect will be
such as to make freezing of the stream
extremely favorable.
Ice formed in a thin sheet last night
on Wild-wood lake. The lowest tem
perature recorded at the weather bu
reau was 25. In the mountain regions
nearby temperatures as low aa 22 were
reported.
A warm wave will drive out the
cold snap by to-morrow, in all proba
bility.
Ml DROPS DEAD Oil
WAY TO SMALL FIRE
Excitement Causes Death of Sam
uel P. Treadwell, Pennsyl
vania Railroad Conductor
Charles P. Treadwell, aged 49 years,
a passenger conductor on the Wil
lianisport division of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad, dropped dead this morn
ing at his home, 51 North Eighteenth
street, while hurrying to a neighbor's
house where a fire was raging.
Death was due to heart failure.
The fire was at the home of John
S. Hoppes, 4 9 North Eighteenth street.
Mrs. Hoppes was not feeling well and
had gone to bed. Three of the Hoppes
children playing in the yard started a
fire near the kitchen, a frame build
ing. The flames spread to this build
ing and the Mount Pleasant Fire Com
pany was called by telephone.
Conductor Treadwell heard the call
for help from the adjoining house and
left the table. He picked up his hat
and started for the Hoppes house
when he fell over.
Treadwell was in service on the
Northern Central branch of the Penn
sylvania Railroad for thirty years. He
was a native of Sunbury. The sur
; vivors are his wife, a daughter, Mar
garet, his father, J. W. Treadwell, Sr.,
I a brother, J. W., Jr., both of Sunbury.
i Funeral arrangements will be an-
Inounced later.
j TO REMOVE TROLLEY TRACKS
Ilownian Will Ask lluri-ishiirg Rail
ways to Take Vp Front Street Line
Request will be made of the Harris
burg Railways Company to remove
tracks in Front street below Washing
ton so that City Commissioner Harry
F. Bowman, superintendent of publil
safety, can more conveniently put
down the new water main.
From Cherry street through the
subway to a point near Mary street
the main will be laid in the park ir
order to avoid tearing up the newly
laid paving. From Mary street down
the pipe will be placed In the street
close to the western curb.
ICE WAGON DITCHED
An ice wagon owned by the United
Ice and Cqal Company was ditched
this morning in front of the Philadel
phia Quick Lunch in Market street. J
Thousand Attend General
Session of Conference This
Morning; Discuss Unem
ployment and Mediation;
"Conference Night"
Governor John K. Tener was to-day
presented with honorary membership
in the Engineers' Society of Pennsyl
vania at the opening of the second
day's general session of the Industrial
Welfare and Efficiency Conference at
the Capitol this afternoon.
The general session followed a
morning spent in discussion of vari
ous problems of welfare and was at
tended by over 1,000 persons. Follow
ing the presentation the conference
discussed unemployment and media
tion.
It. was planned to have the Governor
open the conference yesterday, but he
could not be here in time and this af
ternoon lie made an address in which
he praised the objects of the confer
ence arfd the interest which brought
hundreds of employers, employes and
welfare workers to the State's Capital
at their own expense for discussion of
the general welfare of the workers of
Pennsylvania. The Governor also gave
assurance that the problems would
receive attention in his titial State pa
pers and of his own personal interest
in what was being threshed out in the
sessions.
>lr. Snow's Address
The presentation to the Governor
was made by T'\ Herbert Snow, former
president ot' the. society, which co-op
erated with the State Department of
l<abor and Tndiistr.. In bringing the
Conference about. Mr. Snow sai^
"Several months ago, the cor
porate members of the Engineers' So
ciety of Pennsylvania unanimously
elected His Excellency the Governor,
John K. Tener, to be the first honor
ary member of the society.
"At that time, the society did not
have an adopted form of testimonial
suitably illuminated, certifying mem
bership in the society. So figures and
scenes symbolizing the activities of
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Municipal Christmas
Tree Celebration Is
Already Under Way
Plans for the city's second Munici
pal Christmas-tree exercises will be
discussed at a meeting to be held at
the office of Mayor John K. Royal,
Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Mem
bers of the board of directors of the
Ilarrisburg Mummers' Association will
also attend this meeting and arrange
for the electrical clock feature for
New Year's eve exercises. The muni
cipal tree committee includes:
J. Henry Spicer, John K. Royal, the
Rev. Ellis N. Kreiner, D. D., D. P.
Jerauld, James W. Barker, the Rev.
J. A. Lyter, the Hight Rev. Mgr. M. M.
Hassett, D. D., Robert W. Hoy, E. J.
Stackpole, Professor E. G. Rose,
I Frank B. Musser, Spencer C. Gilbert,
H. B. McCormick, \V. K. Meyers,
I Bishop James H. Darlington, Vance C.
! McCormick, Professor E. J. Decevee,
I Charles M. Kaltwasser and Henderson
i Gilbert.
Governor to Address
Foreign Trade Meet
In a letter to Henderson Gilbert,
president of the Harrisburg Chamber
of Commerce, Governor John K. Tener
I to-day accepted an Invitation to de
liver the opening address at the For
eign Trade Conference, November 24.
Cities all over Central and Southern
Pennsylvania are expressing keen in
terest in the conference and the at
' t(endance will be general from that sec
-1 tjion. Acceptances from prominent
out-of-town businessmen are pouring
in on every mail.
Chambersburg, through Its Chamber
of Commerce, will send a large dele
gation . The Lancaster Chamber of
Commerce is actively interested and
will send a delegation. From Read
ing. Wllllainsport, Mt. Union, Colum
bia, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Eltza
bethtown, Middletown, Baltimore,
Mount Joy, Pottsville, East Downlng
town acceptances were also received.
SUFFRAGISTS GO TO SCRANTON
Most of the officers of the Pennsyl
vania Woman Suffrage Association left
Harrisburg this morning for Scranton,
w.'iere the fortieth State suffrage con
tention will be held. Among those
who will attend the convention are
Miss Helen McFarland, secretary of
the State Association, and Miss Eliza
beth Semft, State organizer, both of
this city. The Harrisburg branch of
the association, of which Mrs. Mabel
Cronise Jones Is president, have not
announced that they will send any
delegates.
PROFESSOR OF HYGIENE DEAD j
Munich, Bavaria, vl Berlin and Ixin- 1
don. Nov. 18. 10,52 A. M.—The death
of Dr. Rudolf Emmerich, professor of
hygiene and bacteriology i:i the Uni- !
v;ersity of Munich, has been announced, j
He was born in 1852.
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GERMANS MAKE RENEWED
EFFORT TO TURN TIDE
ON BOTH BATTLE FRONTS
Important Change in Situation in East Prussia Is Looked
For Soon; Berlin Says Operations Against Russians
Is "Proceeding Favorably"; Germans Have Started
Another Fearful Onslaught in Belgium; Heavy Ar
tillery Fighting in Some Sections Impossible Because
of Floods
The American flag has been flred
ii|M>n by Turkey. A report to the Navy
Department nt Washington to-day
from Captain Decker, of the cruiser
Tennessee, nave official continuation
to earlier dispnt* lies from Athens and
the Greek island of Chios, in the
Aegean Sea, to the effect that Turkish
gunners at Smyrna had opened lire
when the Tennessee was approaching
that port.
On the Imttlcflelds of Ftiropc there
were few changes of strategic Impor
tance. The great campaign in the
west apparently has settled down to a
series of detached battles, related only
indirectly to the main issue. At some
|K>ints along the KOO-mlle line there is
furious hand-to-hand lighting, and
elsewhere comparative inactivity pre
vails.
On the two main battle fronts—
from the Belgian seacoast to the Swiss
border and along the eastern boundary
of Germany—renewed efforts were be
ing made to-day to bring about a de
cided turn in the progress of the war.
The situation In Eastern Prussia
presented, apparently, the greatest op
portunities for :i quick and important
change, although Russian and German
{statements were still in sharp conflict,
i The German war office announced offi-
I dally to-day that the operations
I against the Russians were "proceeding
| favorably." The Russians, it is said,
; have been compelled to fall back from
Wlocklawek and 1-ipno. The latest
statement from Petrograd, however,
asserted that the Germans were retir
ing along the whole lOast Prussian
front. It was also indicated in advices
from Petrograd that important Rus
sian forces had penetrated to the ex
treme southeastern section of Galieia,
where furious fighting is said to be in
progress. The Austrian troops are re
ported to Vie fleeing in great disorder.
Another < Inslaught
Tn Belgium the unwearying Ger
mans huve begun another of theii
RECEIVER FOR U. S. MOTOR COMPANY
New York, Nov. I'B. A receiver is sought for the
Unr.id States Motor Company, a New Jersey corporation
with authorized capital of $42,500,000 and plants, at Hart
ford, Conn.; Detroit, Mich.; Dayton, Ohio; Providence,
' R. I.; New Castle, Ind., and Tarrytown, N. Y., in a suit filed
to-d y in the State Supreme Court by Emanuel Metzger of
this city, a stockholder.
INDICTMENT AGAINST MORGAN QUASHED
New York, Nov .I.—The indictment charging Daniel N.
Morgan, former treasurer of the United States, and six oth
ers with using the mails to defraud stock investors in con
nection with the operations of Jared Flagg, was quashed
to-day upon motion of the United States District Atorney
who said the testimony at Flagg's trial showed that Mr.
Moi an and his six associates were not guilty.
TEN STUDENTS BURNED TO DEATH
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 18.—Ten inmates of the State Re
form School at Marianna, Fla., are reported to have lost
their lives to-day in a fire which destroyed the institution.
CARRANZA CHIEF IS KILLED
Washington, Nov. 18.—General Jose Carbajal, a Car
ranza chief was killed in an engagement near Puerto, Mex
ico, yesterday, when, with his troops he joined Villa forces
and attacked General Jesus Carranza, a brother of the Con
stitutionalist first chief.
REV. YATES ACCEPTS CALL
The Rev. W. O. Yates, Pittsburgh, has acceped the
pastorate of Olivet Presbyterian Church, tendered him
October 28, according to word received in this city to-day.
Mr. Yates is a graduate of Prniceton and served four years
as missionary to North Laos.
ARREST BROKERS AS EMBEZZLERS
San Francisco, Nov. 18.— J. C. Wilson and D. A. Wii
brand, members of the failfcd broker firm of J. C. Wilson and
Company, one of the best known establishments on the
Pdciiic coast, were arrested here to-day on warrants charg
ing them with the embezzlement of $40,000.
MARRIAGE LICENSES , . ,
Frank liauffmnn, clly, anil Hrrtlin Mnrhnmrr, Wllllnmatotra.
•lumen Clarence Conrad, Carllale, an<l Kvn Margarrt Tucker, Philadel
phia.
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fearful onslaughts j n a region which
is becoming more and more restricted.
The allies have succeeded in Hooding
the further area so that heavy infantry
lighting is almost impossible from the
seacoast nearly to Ypres. A new bom
bardment of Belgian coast towns by
British warships is said to have in
lllcted heavy damage in German po
sltions and to have destroyed largo
quantities of ammunition and Htores.
The American cruiser Tennessee
whose commander was reported last
night to have threatened to enter th<»
port of Smyrna by force after a launch
from the warship had been fired on by
the Turks, has been sent from the
scene on the orders of the American
ambassador, Henry Morgenthau. She
has arrived at the Island of Chios, %
Greek possession in the Aegean Sea.
Captain Decker, the ship's commander,
in a report to the Navy Department,
Washington, of his arrival at Chios,
said that the Tennessee had been fired
upon by the Turks.
Government to Return
The French government, according
!to unofficial advices from Paris, in
tends to carry out the plans mado
some time ago for its early return to
Paris. It is reported to-day that the
legislative and administrative stuffs of
the chamber of deputies will return
to Paris to-morrow preparatory to
shifting the seat of government.
TItANSI'KR SI IISTATION
Substation No. 5, of the Harrisburg
Post Office has been transferred to
illerr and Cameron streets. Postmaster
Sites announced, this morning that
[night collection service had been in
augurated and that collections would
be made from the new combination
letter and package box located on the.
corner of Herr and Cameron streela
at 8.10 p. m. for the accommodation
of the residents in that locality.