Germans Continue Their Advance and Will Again Attempt to Reach Waisaw
HARRISBURG ? l|Slliti TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 286
COST OF GOVERNMENT
GIVEN TO CONGRESS
Appropriations Asked For Are $3,-
392,962 Less Than Current
Fiscal Year
MILITIA FIGURES REDUCED
Army and Navy Appropriations
Alone Show Marked Increase
Over Last Year
By Associate J Press
Washington'. Dec. 7.—Estimate?
presented to Congress to-day put the
cost of conducting the government
during the fiscal year 1916, which be
gins on July 1. next, at $1.090.775,134.
This sum is 53.392,982 less than the
Congressional appropriations for the
current fiscal year ending next June
30 and $17,906,643 less than the esti
mates for the current year.
Without salary increases of any
kind, no estimates whatever for new
buildings and all items reduced by
order of President Wilson to what de
partmental heads consider the mini
mum. the estimates represent the ad
ministration's effort to keep the gov
ernmental expenditures within its in
come which has been decreased by the
European war.
The Present Estimates
By grand divisions, the estimates
submitted to-day are as follows: ,
legislative establishment $7,641,049
Executive establishment.. 31.M5.589
Judicial establishment .. 1.240,580
Department of Agriculture 20.706,013
Postal service 297,355,164
Foreign intercourse 4.607.182
Military establishment .. 105.566.849
Naval establishment .... 142,619,003
Indian affairs 9,538,4(3
Pensions 166,100,000
Panama canal 18,931.865
Public works 79.917,541
Miscellaneous 82.843,325
Permanent annual appro
priations 121,567,207 j
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f BUSINESSMEN SENSE
BIG TRADE BOOM HERE
Textile and Iron and Steel Inter
ests Showing Signs
of Revival
LEADERS ARE OPTIMISTIC
Harrisburg Placed on High Plane
as Commercial and Distri
buting Center
In a review of Harrisburg's manu
facturing and distributing activities
and possibilities. Frank J. Price, staff
correspondent of the Philadelphia
I<edger yesterday declared that this
city is beginning to sense a big trade
boom.
Mr. Price quotes such men as Hen
derson Gilbert, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce and Edward S. Her
man of John C. Herman and Com
pany. He declares Harrisburg to be
one of the leading commercial and dis
tributing cities of the country. His
review in part is as follows:
"The lmpo-tance of Harrisburg as a
manufacturing and distributing center
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3.000 WHITE TO SANTA CI.AIS
•I. I>. Gluck and Aids are Handling
Aii|M»als at Hotel Astor
Special to The Telegraph
Xew York. Dec. 7.—The thousands
of children of the poor who wrote let
ters to Santa Claus last year and got
answers in the form of practical gifts
are advised that his headquarters is in
the Hotel Astor this year. As usual.
John D. Gluck. founder of the Santa
• 'laus Association, is handling Santa's
business for hime. For five days now
Mr. Gluck and his office force of 250
volunteer workers have been handling
3.000 appeals by transferring them to
wealthy persons who are interested.
A number of stenographers out of
employment have volunteered their
services. The association appeals for
postage stamps and contributions for
printing expenses.
XEW YORK POIRE IN I FORM
IS FOI'NI) IN WOMAN'S THI NK
Special to The Telegraph
flta Liverpool. England. Dec. 7.—A wo
™ wan was sent to the workhouse in
Ormskirk. twelve miles from here yes
terday, who does not remember what
her name is nor where she lives nor
where she came from, except that she
"came across the water In charge of
Sister Caire" and had been robbed.
Her clothing is marked Kate Fitz
patrick, but she denies that that is her
name.
A Xew York police uniform was
found in her trunk.
THE WEATHER.
For Harrlaberg and vtelaltyi Rata
or »<m to-night; elouriy and
ralHer to-morrow.
|Onli| to nlrr trouble, the weather
forecaater waa unable to -unimarlre
■reneral condition* tip nntll the time of
(oins to preaa.l
Temperature! « a. ni., SR.
!»un: Rlaea. filS a. m.s «eta, <i3t
p. m.
Mooa: Rlaea. fill) p. m.
Rlier SiHiri l.« feet above low
water mflrk.
Vraterday'a Weather
Higfeeat temperature. 41.
l.oweat temperafnre. :»n.
Mean lfi«p»r«l;ir», 3®.
A •ratal tempera tare, 35.
STORM SWEEPS OVER
ATLANTIC SEABOARD
Unknown Warship, Believed to Be
One of Belligerents, Ashore
Off Delaware Coast
CITY SUFFERS WIRE TROUBLE
Gale Sweeping Northward With In
creasing Intensity; Mariners
Warned to Seek Harbors
Storms sweeping along the Atlantic
seaboard from Cape Hatteras to
Maine to-day shut off communication
'between Harrisburg and the outside
world for several hours.
It was 10:16 before any news
reached Harrisburg by way of Asso
ciated Press wires. Railroads east of
Harrisburg had their troubles with
wires and poles, and all trains were
ordered to run on cautionary signals
j until complete communication was
; restored.
An unknown warship is reported
ashore off the Delaware coast.
' While storm warnings were sent
| out from Washington, they reached
some sections too late to be of value.
Between Harrisburg and Philadelphia
;the Western t'nion and Postal Tele
, graph companies were unable to take
care of business until about noon, be
cause of wire trouble. Western Union
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WARSHIP IS STUM. FAST
By Associated Press
Baltifore, Dec. 7. —According to a
dispatch from Ocean City. Md„ timed
10 a. m., to-day, the steamer sup
posed there to be a warship, which
grounded five miles below that place
yesterday, was still fast this morning
and blowing her whistle continuously
| for help.
; The high sea and fog prevented as
sistance being rendered either from
I the shore or the sea.
BRITISH STEAMER IS
SUNK BY TRANSPORT
German Ship Destroys Charcas Off
Coast of Port Corral,
Chile
CREW IS LANDED SAFELY
Vessel Carried No Passengers Ac
cording to Agents in New
York City
By Associated Press
Valparaiso, Chile, Dec. 7.—The
British steamer Charcas from Xew
York October 1 has been sunk at sea
off Port Corral, Chile, by the German
| transport Prinz Eitel Friedrich. The
! crew of the Charcas has been landed
| forty miles north of Valparaiso.
Xew York, Dec. 7.—The Charcas
was in the service of the Xew York
and Pacific Steamship Company. W.
jR. Grace and Company, local agents
(of the line, said to-day that the ship
j carried no passengers and that she
j probably had discharged the greater
j part of her cargo before meeting the
| Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
Birds of a Feather
Flocking Together
For Poultry Show
Birds from Indiana. Connecticut,
Xew York and Missouri have been re
ceived for the poultry exhibit of the
j Central Pennsylvania Poultry Asso
: elation and Xational White Wyandotte
j Club which opens in the Chestnut
I .street hall to-morrow morning.
Wire pens have been arranged in
ithe hall for the accommodation of
inearly one thousand birds and it is
j expected that this will be one of the
I largest and best exhibits in the State.
I The four judges will begin early to
! morrow morning to inspect all the en
j tries. To-day shipments of fowls are
1 being received. Most of them will be
j here by midnight.
| SICK SAILORS IN LIVERPOOI,
j Say Men on Slilps art* Anxious for
Rattles to Begin
By Associated Press
Liverpool. Nov. 24 (correspondence
of the Associated Press). —The hos
pital ship China, chartered by the Brit
ish admiralty, put into Liverpool yes
terday with about two hundred sick
sailors, collected from various war
ships in the Xorth Sea. Some were in
rather bad condition and had to be
carried on stretchers to the waiting
ambulances, but the majority were
able to walk. From one of the con
valescents a small Idea of their life in
! the Xorth Sea was gathered. He said:
"It is beastly cold out there, but we
■ don't mind. At times life is a bit
I monotonous, but we bear it all nicely.
"Some of our vessels had a look
more than once'at the German ships.
! ar.d If they would only come out we
! could settle the whole lot quicker with
' our big guns. The Germans do nnt
i touch our big ships, but only the
smaller ones. There are not so many
! German submarines about as people
1 think.' ,
HARRISBURG, PA.,
519.000 BUDGET FOR
REVIVAL MADE UP
Cash in Hand Not Yet Totaled, But
Expected to Run Well Over
Amount Needed
TO COLLECT FOR CHARITY
Trailhitters Now Total 4,108;
Evangelist Tears Out Cer
tain Ministers
E. A. Tleffelfinger. treasurer of the
Stougli campaign executive committee,
at 1.20 this afternoon announced that
the $19,000 expense budget has bean
practically made up. The actual cash
in hand has not been totaled, but is
expected to run well over the $19,000
mark.
During the next week it is expected
that collections for charitable pur
poses will be taken up at the taber
nacle.
Within three days the executive
committee and co-operating minis
terium of the campaign will definitely
decide whether to continue the re
vival over another or several more
weeks. With five of the six weeks'
campaign about over, the trailhitters
now number 4,108, according to offi
cial reports.
Tells Ministers to "flit the Trail"
In a vigorous, definite ultimatum
Dr. Henry W". Stotigh. the evangelist,
last evening served notice upon those
ministers whom he charges with hav
ing failed in their promises of co
operation to either " 'hit the trail' and
get right with God and their fellow-
Christians or withdraw from this cam
paign:"
The ultimatum was embodied in a
two-page typewritten statement which
Dr. Stough read from the pulpit in
the crowded tabernacle Saturday
night. In it the evangelist directly
charged some of the ministers of the
city with having pledged themselves
(to help the campaign in every way.
j but in failing to do so by hindering
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10.000 RED CROSS
SEALS FOR LODGES
Dr. J. M. J. Rannick, Head of Fra
ternal Order Work, Has
Began Distribution
SALE OFFICIALLY ON TODAY
Phone Lecture by S. B. Watts and
Exhibition Drill by Shriners
Features
Just 10,000 of the Red Cross Christ
mas seals have already been distrib
| uted among the 130 or more secret
and fraternal organizations of the city.
! Announcement to that effect was
'made to-day by Dr. J. M. J. Raunick,
jcity health officer, who will have
{charge of the lodge and fraternal or
der end of the 1914 campaign. The
i sale officially opens to-day and from
: now on until Christmas the many,
'many wheels of the big campaign ma
chinery will be in motion daily. In
practically all of the city churches
■and at the Stough tabernacle refer
-1 ence to the opening ol' the sale was
i made yesterday—"Anti-Tuberculosis
j Sunday."
Harrisburg established a new record
i last year when more than 200,000
! seals weer disposed of, but this year's
| results will exceed that figure, the
j committee hopes, and to this end 300,-
1000 have been received.
I The tiny Yuletide "stickers" will
: be sold In the usual ways—through
1 department and other stores, manu
; facturing plants, lodges, churches,
'schools, by booths in the Post Office
l and other places, at a public lecture
Iby Shirley B. Watts, of the Bell Tele
phone Company, and at a big drill and
concert by Sienibo Patrol and Band of
the Mystic Shrine.
One of the features of the cam
paign will be the series of "Merchant
Days," a day being set apart for every
line of the mercantile trade upon
which those engaged in that particu
lar business will sell the seals. The
supplies of Christmas stickers will be
carried around by the Boy Scouts of
i the city, who, under the supervision
i of Edward Manser, scoutmaster, have
been enlisted in the campaign.
Watts to Lecture 1-Yidav
The lecture by Shirley B. Watts on
the use of the telephone and, inci
dentally the part it takes in the Red
I Cross campaigns, will be given in
i Technical High School auditorium on
i Friday, December 11. The lecture
j will he profusely illustrated. While
Ino admission will l»e charged, those
who attend will be expected to buy-
Red Cross Christmas seals from the
staff of pretty girls who will go
through the audience.
Tuesday evening. December 15, the
drill and concert by the Myotic
Shriners is scheduled for Chestnut
Street Auditorium. To that, too. there
will be no charge, but a plan is being
worked out for the sale of the seals.
The drill and concert last year by the
Zemho members netted more than
S3OO.
BATTLESHIP KANSAS SAFE
OFT' THE DELAWARE CAPES
Philadelphia, Dec. T.—The battle
ship reported to have been In trouble
off Ocean City Sundsy was the Kan
sas. She Is at anchor oft the Dela
ware Capes waiting for the weather
to moderate and had not been in
trouble.
SERVIANS OX DEFENSIVE
Paris. Dec. 7. A dispatch from
Xish, Servla. reports that the Servians
since December 4 have resume a vigor
ous defensive. The Austrian troops
on Friday, the dispatch says, pursued
the enemy's right wing as far as the
Kolubera river nnd it was there that
• lie Auntrians surrendered one of tbeir
i batteries.
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1914.
GERMAN FORCES TAKE LODZ;
RESUME MARCH TO WARSA W
FRENCH STEADILY INVADING ALSACE
J
A, Bonhomme, to the south of which is Tete de Faux, which the French
claim to have captured. This spot dominates the frontier and has served as
an observatory for the Hermans. B. Rurnhaupt, which the French have oc
cupied, according to reports from Paris.
BELT LINE ON HILL
URGED BY RESIDENTS
• ■= i *
4,000 Sign Petitions Urging Im
proved Service on Progress
and Reservoir Lines
PUBLIC MEETING TONIGHT
All Night Service Another Demand;
Growth of District Makes
Changes Necessary
| At r meetin ; to-night in the Shain-
I rock (ire company house. Fourteenth
and Herr streets, a formol petition
will be framed for presentation to the
Harrisburg Railways Company urging
a belt line on Allison Hill and im
proved car service on the Reservoir
Park and State street lines.
The meeting, which is open to the
public, has been called for S o'clock.
A permanent organization for further
ing the interests of the Allison Hill
district will likely be affected and of
ficers will in all probability be elected
who will push the projects which this
organization may from time to time
be urging.
During the past several weeks pe
titions urging the belt line and im
proved car service have been circu
lated throughout the Hill district and
already nearly 4,000 residents have
signed the papers.
Belt Ijinp Badly Needed
The petitioners will point out to
the Railways Company that all the
■ traffic in the rapidly expanding sec
tions lying north of State street must
i be hauled by the Progress car.? which
■ results in congestion at the busy hours
of the morning ind evening.
The Hill people also will ask for a
faster schedule on the Reservoir line
because of the rapid growth of the
section between Market and Derry
streets together with Bellevue Park.
An all night service will also be urged.
i $53,000,000 Needed For
Waterways of Nation in
Fiscal Year of 1916
Washington, IJ. C. t Dec. T. —More
than $53,000,000 is estimated for im
provements and maintenance of the
nation's waterways and harbors during
the fiscal year of 1916, which begins
July 1, 1015.
The great waterways require the
larger part of the money. The total of
the works is made up of a compara
i tively small number of large items and
' a comparatively large number of small
I items. The Mississippi river estimate
•is $10,500,000: the Ohio, $9,884,000;
the Hudson, *3,670,000; the Tennessee,
more than $3,000,000: the Columbia
and the Missouri, $2,500,000 each, and
the Delaware. $1,500,000.
EVEI.YN NESIHT THAW IS
BUILDING $25,000 HOME
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 7. Evelyn
N'psbit Thaw is building a $25,000
home in Washington Road, Mount
!<ebanon township, which is rapidly
nearing completion and soon will be
ready for occupancy. It is a spacious i
bungalow, one of the finest in the sec
tion.
| Few persons even in the immediate
neighborhood of the bungalow knew
until recently that the wife of Harry
Thaw was the purchaser of the prop
erty on which the home is being erect
ed. Two large lots were bought last
April through the . Mount I<ebanon
I-and and Trust Company, and deeded
by the actress to her mother. Secrecy
surrounded the transaction. Work was
started last August. ,
FIVE SEEK JOB IS
THE CITY FORESTER
Commissioner Taylor Considering
Qualifications of Quintet
For New Office
FOUR WERE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
| All Have Had Theoretical and Prac
tical Training—No
Appointment
Five candidates are in the field to
date for the position of city forester
i for Harrisburg. They are:
C. Aubrey DeLong, Livonia,
Center county, Pa.
Harry J. Mueller, Bellefonte,
formerly of this city.
Edwin 1). Workman, city.
H. S. Makibbin, city.
L. Lelioy Howard, city.
All of the applicants state that they
I have had practical as well as theoret
ical experience—qualifications which
City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor,
superintendent of parks and public
property, has insisted upon in select
ing' Harrisburg's first city forester.
The Applicants
Mr. DeLong is well known through
out the State in connection with for
estry work. Mr,_Mueller is a former
Central High School boy, who has
| graduated from the State Forestry
jSchool at Mont Alto and has since
: been in the employ of the State or
in business for himself. Mr. Work
man. also a Central High School boy,
.is a State College man having gradu
ated in the forestry department; Mr.
| Makibbin Is a Harrisburg Technical
I High School boy with forestry school
experience. His practical work has
been confined to the care of the trees
In Capitol Park during the last year
or so and he is highly recommended
by Superintendent Samuel D. Rambo,
board of public grounds and build
ings. Mr. Howard Is a forestry stu
dent, having begun his studies in that
line of work shortly after his gradua
tion from the Central High School. •
Xo Hi'comiiicnilalion Tomorrow
No recommendation for the ap
pointment will be submitted to coun
cil to-morrow, however, according to
Commissioner Taylor as he wishes to
inquire carefully into the qualifications
of all the applicants. "What wc wish
to combine is theoretical and practi
cal knowledge of the work with effi
ciency, and to do this I wish to go into
the record of each very carefully. At
any rate there is no particular liurrv
to name the man before the first of
the year as the money for his salary
will not be available until after the
budget for 1915 is effective."
SI,OOO >'o Bar
Several local tree trimmers have
also applied for the position, accord
ing to Mr. Taylor but these will not
likely be considered.
While the salary of SI,OOO a year
is not considered especially attractive
by the applicants, they all express an
eagerness to undertake the work for
I the prestige the office will bring and
with the hope of additional emolu
ment in the future should the ap
pointee make good.
KRKXCH (iKTK UKDKR OK MKRIT
Special to The Telegraph
liondon. Deo. 7.—During his visit in
France King George conferred the
Order of Merit on Sir John French. 1
commander of the llritisli forces on
the cpntlnent. He also pinned the Vic- j
toria Cross on the first Fast Indian,
laulUiar to win the decoration.
14 PAGES
Important Polish City Captured by Kaiser's Soldiers Is on
Direct Road to German Objective Point; Battered
Servian Army Rallies Before Advance of Aastrians;
Conflicting Claims Made Regarding Western Situation
In Kussian Poland, wliere more
than anywhere else, the fortunes of
battle have liecn unevenly distributed,
there apiiarciKly ha* lieen another of
the swift changes which have made
the situation a ••onfnsetl one since the
iM-u'inniug of the war. The success
with wliicli the (Jermans succeeded
in rallying their forces anil renewing
the offensive after escaping front the
Kusslan enveloping movement. Is In
dicated by the Berlin announcement,
which has not la-en contradicted in
Petrograd, that the ini|K>rtant Polish
city of Ixxlz. has again been captured
l>y the Germans. From IXMI/. the road
leads to Warsaw, the objective In the
two previous German advances.
Prom Kusslan soim-es conies the in
timation of a new offensive plan. Cra
cow. It Is said, is now under the lire of
Kussian artillery, and Kusslan strat
egy contemplates a shirting of the
main attack from Central Poland to
Emperor Yoshihito Is
Anxious to See Final
Blow in War Struck
By Associated Press
Tokio. Dec. 7.—The opening of the
Diet today with a brilliant function.
Emperor Yoshihlto's address dealt in
part with the war.
"I am happy to announce," the Em
peror said, "that the friendship of the
empire with treaty powers is growing
in cordiality and that the alliance
with Great Britain and the ententes
with France and Russia have been
cemented in the present critical stage
by stronger bonds of amity. Our
army and navy have crushed the en
emy in co-operation with our allies,
and piece in the Orient is gradually be
ing restored. But the great war is not
yet ended. We rely on the loyalty and
bravery of our subjects. We wish to
attain the final object as quickly as
possible."
( ■ -K
COUNTRY IN STORM'S GRIP
e - . ?\. - . r?•, .1 t:> i..f • e <
T' - ill * nt out of service at 12.25 this afternoon <?• cto
the scorn- no raging throughout the country. At mtc;v ..,
thereafter a few straggling messages were received but r
the ...rt ;« c,,jaj;iiic comrnuni,;H:.>n between this city
an>i Ihi . :e pin,: by the regular route was suspended. The
We, rem Union, the Postal and telephone campanies were
all su ••in-..; severely. Early in the day the-following com
muniv ion s re.eived from the Associated Press: Editor
the I Mc h—"Wires all down between this city and Phil-
Ik delplpa. Bad sleet storm east. Will probably get wires via
a v.; '.e a : oi-te before long." What news was received to
day in ia:-ri burg came by a roundabout way. The west
is suffering now as well as the cast- The entire country is in
the .... the . . • Local ;-V. -u . L '„ R. Dc %..n
sa -- iU - .--'.err. x>n thai the r.r.cw ..ill continue t-j
---■ . •a. ; e;-_- .
>• . . . e iollov.:,. 6 . A. .a a .. the .;
,ma] », which oaiitc out .at 3 o'clock instead of 11, snow and rain
'
•cover the. entire United States. It wa ; snowing as far west
as Helena, Out., and raining as far south as Austin, Tenas,
and i - in i-'lorida. The tiver bui'edn, issued at the
sai.:. ihn 'u.iicatet. a rise in the "Susquehanna and its tribu
taric .. Tne bulletin follows: "All the streams of the 'Sus
quehc. ina rive; system will probably rise somewhat to-night
and Tuesday except the upper portion of the north branch
which will remain nearly stationary. A stage of about 2
feet is indicated for Harrisburg, Tuesday morning.'
I
TO ELECT SCHOOL BOARD HEAD
At a special meeting for the purpose at 4.30 o'clock this
afternoon, the School Board of Harrisburg will elect its
president and vice-president for the ensuing year.
The present incumbents, Harry A. Boyer and Harry M.
Bretz, respectively are expected to be chosen, although some
opposition is expected. The Rev. Dr. William N. Yates had
been spoken of for president, although it was understood that
Adam Houtz also had presidential aspirations but withdrew
in Dr. Yates' favor.
I, MARRIAGE LICENSES „
I Samuel loiulm MrMlllnr. t. ollrice Station, Tex* and Carrie Ainllu 1
' Lebu. Halifax. 1
Uabrlrl Maragrn, Lebanon, and Terealaa Uodoro, cltr.
I 1
* POSTSCRIPT
tlie south, involving HII attempt to
push on from tlie rettlou pf Cracow
ami enter Germany across the Sile
sian lx>r<lei', with llreslnu the objec
tive. such a move probably would lu
volve a lraite relnfowement of the
ltusslan army in Uaticia.
The battered Servian army appar
ently lias rallied IK-fore advance of
the Austrian*, who have Itecn sweep
ing northwestern Servla bare of de
fenders. lit Is reported from M«h that
the Servians have resumed the of
fensive and driven back the Austrian
tight wine as far a.s the Kolubara
river.
Oflicial statements concerning the
fighting In the West still are confined
to references to detaclul cngngments.
with conflicting claims of ,-rnnU ad
vantages.
In the main the situation to-day
appeared to l>e much the same as for
the last month.
Wilson Opposes Inquiries
as to Preparedness of
United States For War
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 7.—President
Wilson announced to-day he was op
posed to Representative Gardner's
plan for investigating the prepared
ness of the United States for na
tional defense, because he thought it
was an unwise way of handling "a
question which might create very un
favorable international impressions."
GIRh JOINS GERMAN ARMY
AS BOY; IS A NURSE NOW
Berne. Dec. 7.—Amonn the re
cruits at Kenitz in West Prussia, a
story here has it, was one handsome
youth of nineteen, who got on very
well with the preliminary trainini;
and rifle practice. But one day it
was discovered that the youth was
a girl. She vainly implored the p
thorlties to allow her to go to tint
front, but was sent to Danzig to train
as a hospital nurse.