Edison Plant, Destroyed at Loss of $7,000,000, Will Be Rebuilt Immediately . HARRISBURG iSSIiS TELEGRAPH - LXXXIII— No. 289 EDISON TO REBUILD WEST ORANGE PLANT Buildings Destroyed by Fire to Be Reconstructed Immediately APPROXIMATE LOSS $7,000,000 Charred Bones Indicate at Least One Person Perished in Great Blaze By .Associated Pr fist West Orange, N. J., Dec. 10.—'When the Are which swopt the ten-acrt manufacturing plant of the Thomas A. Edison companies here was extin guished to-day a hurried Inventory of the damage revealed that eleven of the eighteen buildings had been destroyed, others had been damaged and that the loss would approximate $7,000,000. Seven thousand men are employed ai the plant and half of these, it Is esti mated. will be out of work temporarily. The entire force of employes was put to work to-day at removing tht, debris. Under the active supervision of Thomas A. Edison they began tear ing down the concrete walls which had to be removed while the embers were cooling. Immediate steps to rebuild have been taken. Will Rebuild When llnlns Cool While the Are was at its height Thomas A. Edison announced that th«» work of rebuilding would be started as soon as the debris cooled sufficiently for workmen to clear it away. In line with this announcement word was sent out early to-day to all employes of the [Continued on Page ft] PLANS EXTENDI OF I CLUSTER LIGHTING *1 Bowman Would Place Standards in Walnut and Locust Streets Extension of the city's ornamental : cluster lighting system on the upper side of Walnut and Locust streets, from Front to Third, is one of the j principal improvements planned for the city for 1915 by Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, superintendent of public safety. Commissioner Bowman made this known this afternoon prior to going Into Council with his departmental estimates. His total appropriation will not be more than $3,400 above last year's requests. The extension of the ornamental lighting system has been hoped for ever since the clusters and standards were installed in Market, Third, on the lower side of Walnut street and in Market Square. Mr. Bowman's plan is to provide for at least sixteen additional clusters, sufficient for both sides of Walnut and Locust streets. Fifteen new arc lights will also be asked for. Among other things Mr. Bowman wants an assistant, for the city plumb ing inspector at a salary of S9OO per year. There will be a decrease of more than a thousand dollars in the appropriation for the city electrician's department. Work on Freight Depot Excavations Starts Soon With favorable weather work on the excavations for the new Pennsylvania Railroad freight station in South Har risburg is expected to start next Mon day morning. Workmen were busy to day laying ties through the portion of the subway completed in South Second street. Rails will be put down to-mor row. UNFILLED TONNAGE DECREASED Special to The Telegraph New Tork, Dec. 10.—The unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation on November 30 totaled ".324.592 tons, a decrease of 136,505 tons from October. THE WEATHER For Ilarrlabnrg and vicinity: la ««WI«I nrnthrr to-night nml Fri day, probably light rain or anoit| not much change In trmprrnturp. For Eaatern Pennsylvania! Unact tled to-night and Friday, prob ably rain or »now| moderate, variable nloda. Klver Jiu material cbanKea villi occur In river stage* to-night or Friday. A Mage of about !U fe«-t In Indl cnted ior HnrrUtmrg Friday morning. General Condition* Tlie shallow depression that nan central off the South < nrollnn coaat. Weilnesilny morning. IN moving alowly northnnrit and l« now central off Cape llatteraa. The high preaanre area In the Wcat la central thla morning over Vorth Dakota. The Pacific coast dlatnrhnnce Is moving alowly In land. The weather continues clondy and unsettled over nearly oil the conatry nnd light rains have fal len wince last report generally In southern dlsirlcts and light an'orra and ralna In central and northern dlatrlcta rant of the Mississippi river. I.lght snow hna fallen over a cnaaldernble portion «V the Plains States and moderntel.v heavy ralna arc reported from North Carolina. Temperature: 8 a. rn., 32. Sunt Rlaea, Tilfl a. m.: ae-la, 4:30 p. m. Mooni nisca, 12:01 a. in. Hlver Stage: 3.« feet above low water mark. Veaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 34. I.nwest lemperntnre. 32. Mean temperature, 33. Normal temperature, 34, ( SALVATION ARMY TO GET STODGH OFFERING Evangelist Plans to Take Collection For Belgians If Campaign Is Continued ANNOUNCES PUNS TONIGHT Declare? Revival Ought to Go On; Tiailhitting Growing Heavier Each Night IJr. Hriir) W. Stongh. the evan fceltnt. will makr til* decfalon -to thla city another week. A apeelal program ha* been mane ont for the aeventh week ahunld the campaign be exteuiied. It la very likely that he will re main until December 20. Special collection for the Salvation Army, which was to have been taken last night but was deferred on account of bad weather and the slim crowd, will be taken to-night at the taber nacle. The regular collections for campaign expenses have been discontinued since the budget of $19,000 has been met and the only money to be asked for at the regular services will be occasional charity donations. Dr. Stough is de sirous of helping the needy Belgian sxifferers as well as the local cha.ritles if the campaign Is extended over next week. In announcing the Salvation Army collection for this evening Dr. Stough praised the work of Captain "Pat" Nellson and members of the Army in their enthusiasm for the campaign and [Continued on Page 7] FIGURE CITY PURSE STRINGS FOR 1915 Commissioners Meet to Compile Budget of Expenses For New Year City Council this afternoon met in executive session and began the prepa ration of the 1915 budget ordinance. Upon the figuring of the City Com missioners will depend the mill rate for the coming year. While none of the departmental heads would talk of the possible mitlage, It was the gen eral opinion In municipal circles that the present rate of nine and a half mills would remain, i That there will be no increase is [considered certain; whether or not It [Will be possible to lop oft half a mill ; is uncertain. It is the general opin ion. however, that the municipal purse ■ for the next twelve months will be In | better shape if no reduction is made. All the departmental heads submit ted their estimates this afternoon and l for a couple of hours the couneilmen I went over the figures. The data will ! all be compiled into an ordinance to ibe submitted for the first time at Tuesday's regular meeting of Council. By that time, it is Hoped, that the ex | act status of the city's financial situa tion to date can be ascertained so that the question of 1913 maintenance may be settled. $117,100 For Street Department At the last meeting of Council all the departmental estimates were sub mitted, with the exception of the fig ures of Commissioner W. H. Lynch, superintendent of streets and public improvements. His tentative estimate was made known to-day. It calls for an approximate expenditure of $117,- 106. For the present year, a nine months' year, $90,561.25 had been ap propriated. The 191.1 highway de partment budget called for $lO5 - 035.16. The principal new items in Mr. Lynch's budget are $2,500 for an au tomobile truck for use in hauling as phalt and other materials for street pairs and SI,OOO for new reinforced concrete railing posts on the Mulberry street bridge. Wants an Auto Truck The auto truck will save much team and man hire after the city's own re pair plant goes into operation in April. New posts are being substituted on the Mulberry street bridge as fast as the cold weather cracks the concrete of the present ones. Since the repairing work was first begun on the viaduct 8? posts were replaced. There arc 417 Dosts all told, 148 of which are. now in need of repair. Commissioner Lynch asks for $55 - 000 for sweeping the streets in 1915 For the present year he had $47,000." In 1913, $58,304.51 was provided, in the two years, however, at least twelve miles of additional paving have been put down. An additional thousand dol lars for inspectors is asked. The commissioner also wants sll 000 to conduct the new repair plant from April 1 on, 8S the city's contract with Alderman C. P. Walter expires at tht time. The sum that will be needed to repair the streets under Mr. Wal ter's contract for the first quarter of 1915 totals $3,875. British Squadron Is Said to Be Aided in Search by Aeroplane By Associated Press New Orleans, Dec. 10.—The British squadron sent in pursuit of German commerce destroyers operating off South America was aided in its search for the vessels by nn air scout In the opinion of officials of the Colon, a ves cl plying between New York and Pan ama and owned by the United States government as told in mail advices reaching here from Colon. According to the advices, the Colon when 300 miles southeast of the Flor ida coast on its last voyage out, sight ed an aeroplane which because of its distance from shore was thought to be unattached to any lund station. The aeroplane approached the Colon elose l.v. then veered oft and Vanished in the gathering night. < HARRISBURG, PA.. THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 10. 1914. \ WHITE WYANDOTTE CLUB'S EXHIBITS FEATURE OF POULTRY SHOW *I *■ ' Jflfc Jpfci, J. ~ [ JMH jjbt x£k. ' ' 1 §3l " I M j jjJr t ATjjBHr S Hp ] £_ jJr, M Of all the chickens that are after prizes at Iho annual Poultry Show now on in the Chestnut street audi torium, nine receive more attentJon than the exhibits of the National White WyanJotte Club. Representatives of this club from ten States are attending; the show, scune of whom are shown in tho etching. They are from left to right: Hack row—-George E. Brown, Camp Hill, Pa.; James Smith, Carlisle, Pa.; F. E. Hoerner. Penbrook, Pa.; F. B. Williams. Nantucket, Ky.; H. B. Thompson. Wernersville, Pa.; Mrs. Charles Wenninger, Sunbury, Pa.; Mrs. A. J. Fell, West Point, Pa.; Mrs. Harry Wells, Hnrrisburg, Pa.; Miss Mary McFadden, llarrisburg, Pa.; A. J. Gelse, Felmar, N. T.; 54. F'letcher, Franklin. Ohio. Front row—Charles Henninger, Sunbury, Pn.; Dr. A. f». Shearer, llarrisburg. Pa.; J. W. Andrews, Dlgh ton. Mass.: A. J. Fell, West Point. Pa., C. S. Smith, West Falrview, Pa.; S. C. Babble, New Cumberland, Pa.; William K. Witmer, llarrisburg, Pa. GARDNER APPEALS FOR LARGER ARM Makes Speech Urging Investigation. of Preparedness of U. S. For War By Associated Press Washington. I). C. t Dec. 10.—Repre sentatlve Gardner addressed the House to-day on his resolution for investi gation of the preparedness of the na tion for war. lie prefaced his re marks by announcing that he had In troduced a bill to enact Into law Secre tary Garrison's recommendation in his annual report published to-day to re cruit the United States army to Its full war strength. A large portion of his speech Mr. Gardner devoted to an analysis of President Wilson's references tp na tional defense in his annual address to Congress Tuesday. He declared the President had set up "a bogey man of straw" and thnt "if war were to break out to-day it would be found our coast defenses have not sufficient ammu nition for an hour's fighting." " 'We must depend in every time of [Continued on Page IS] Rail Falling on Man Kills Him Instantly While 25 Look On Crushed by a sliding trolley rail in the Second street subway. John Walt ers, Penbrook, flagman on the repair crew of the Harrisburg Railways Com jpany, was almost instantly killed at i 2.30 o'clock this afternoon. J Walters was climbing down the slopes of the subway to warn fellow workmen of the possible danger from | the skidding rails. These were be in - unloaded into the subway by the simple method of sliding them upon "skids" from the freight car. Twenty-five horrified, helpless fellow workmen saw the accident. Walters was 20. married, and is survived by a widow and a child. Superintendent Felix M. Davis promptly notified the coroner and an undertaker took charge jof the body. Unconfirmed Reports Say Dixmude Is Again Occupied by Allies By .Issociated Press London, Dec. i<», 1.39 V. M.—l'n j ronlii'inctl reports which have reach ied Amsterdam, according to the cor respondent of the Morning Post, state that Dixmude has been occupied by 1 the allies. SAYS WAR !S AX ATTEMPT TO CRUSH LABOR MOVEMENT | t By Associated Press Amsterdam, via London 10, 7.31 IA. AI. —Dr. Karl Llebknecht. the So cialist member of the Reichstag who ]was the only one to vote against the war credit at the recent session of the Iteichstag, explains his action in an article just published in Berlin. He '.•ays: j "This war was not desired by any of the peoples affected nor was it kindled to promote the welfare of the Germans or any other people. It was created by the common action of the German and Austrian war parties in t.ie obscurity of seminhsolutism and secret diplomacy in order to antici pate their adversaries. "At the same lime the war is a Na poleonic attempt to unnerve and crush the growing labor movement." CZECH REGIMENTS REPORTED TO HAVE REVOLTED ON FIELD By /Issociated Press \ Geneva, via Paris. Dec. 10. 4.40 I A. M.—The correspondent oi the Jou rnal de Geneva at Prague states that confirmation has been received there that Czech regiments No. 28 trom Pra gue. No. 108 from Brusau, No. 11 from Paszika and the Eighth landwehr of (Prague which were serving against jServla revolted on the bftttle.tteld. REFUSES U FOR HIS PRIZE ROOSTER A. J. Fell, of West Point, Pa,, Wins Majority of Cash Trophies and Four Cups Refusing an offer of SSOO for a prize! White Wyandotte cock and winning J the majority of cash prizes and four I cups at the poultry show is the record i of A. J. Fell, of West Point, Pa. Mr. Fell, fancier, who has won i prizes in big shows all over the United • States, this morning was awarded the j Telegraph enp for having the best bird I at the Chestnut street auditorium, j After the award a bid of SSOO was j made for the bird. It was refused. j In the Fell exhibit are mnrty other j Wyandottes and they vary In value from $25 to S2OO. Mr. Fell had forty-i four birds on exhibition and pulled down In cash prizes a total of $144. Included among Mr. Fell's exhibits is the famous White Wyandotte cock, "Teddy," winner of three first prizes last year, and the prize bird at the big show held at Madison Square Gar- ] den. Other cups won by Mr. Fell were offered by the secretary, S. C. Smith, for the best line of mule birds on ex ihibition; C. Ross Boas, for the larg est number of prize Wyandottes; and [Continued on Page It] {Reception Planned For Herrick in Cleveland By Associated Press Cleveland, Dec. 10.—Myron T. Her rick, former ambassador to Ffance, ac companied by Mrs. Herrick, arrived here early to-day and was escorted to his home where he will rest up for a public reception to be giv n in his J honor at Central Armory thls.after i noon. "It feels good to get back," j said Mr. Herrick. as he stepped off the train on which be had been accom panied from New York by a delegation of prominent Clevelanders. He declined to discuss the plans of friends to boom him for President in 1916 and said he would have "to earn some money" as his duties in Paris had cost him $400,000. NEWSPAPERMEN TO CONVENE Session Will Be Held in Manufac turers' Club, Philadelphia By Associated Press Philadelphia, Dec. 10.—An Import ant meeting of members of the Penn sylvania Associated Dailies will be held at the Manufacturers' Club here to morrow to plan for the annual meet ing of the organization in February atul to outline a legislative program of matters of interest t!> newspapermen all over the State The 'meeting was 1 called by J. H< Zerbcy, of the Pottsville ] Republican, /ormer president of the Pennsylvania Editorial Association, and acting president of the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Asso ciated Dailies. This organization now includes 100 of the leading dailies of the State covering more than half the I eountlos. E. J. Staokpole. of the Telegraph, Harrisburg, IB president of the asso ciation. CATCH WILL BE FAIRLY LARGE By Associated Press St. John's, X. F., Dec. 10.—Reports from the winter herring fishery off the west coast ot' New Foundland, now In midseason. Indicate that the catch will be lairly large. In a good year about 100,000 barrels of the fish are taken in the three centers of the Industry. Of this approximately two-thirds goes to the United States and the remain ing third to Canada. STRIKE INQUIRY CONTINUED By Associated Press Denver, Dee. 10.-r-Altliough the or der terminating the Colorado coal miners' strike went into effect at mid night last night and the period of Colorado's industrial unrest was gen erally considered at an end the fede ral commission on industrial relations proceeded to-day with its Investigation of the strike. WILL PURCHASE WHEAT CROP By Associated Press Sydney, via London, Dec. 10, 10.55 I A M.—The legislative counell has rati-j ed the bill empowering the govern ment lo purchase the whole of tlie| ensuing wheat crop of Now South) Wales at Ave shillings a bushel. i 2,100 MEN LOST OH 3 GERMAN CRUISERS Naval Engagement Off Falkland Islands Results in Big British Victory By Associated Press Ivondon. Doc. 10, 12.57 p. in.—The I British naval victory in the South At lantic is being discussed in England ! to-day almost to the exclusion of all | other phases of the war news. ! The last word regarding the naval ! engagement was that the British jsquardon, after sinking the Germanj I crusers Scharnhorat, Gneisneau and i I Leipzig, with the loss of nearly 2,000 j (trim, was pursuing the fleeing Dresdcfi I land Numbers, the other two vessels ; present when the action opened. The British public is awaiting anxiously for news of the outcome of this chase. British Unscathed ! Naval observers, commenting on the j action off the Falkland Islands, make note of the fact that in all naval en gaments in the present war there is | «feat disparity between the losses of I the victors and the vanquished. In I the case of the British cruisers Mon ! mouth and Good Hope, sent to the j bottom by a German squadron oft the I coast of Chile, early in November, the | Germans were practically unscathed, 'and the same is true of the British in I their victorious engagement in the 1 South Atlantic. In other words, de j feat at sea means virtually annihila tion and the loss of all crews with the I exception of such men as the victors | may be able to save. This is attrib ! uted to a great extent to the fact that naval engaments have been between I ships of unequal armament. The Ger- I man guns outranged the British oft (the coast of Chile and the roles were | reversed off the Falkland Islands. [Nevertheless, it is argued, that oven I with ships of similar armament the disproportion of losses between the 'victor and the vanquished would l>e ! greater by far than anything possible in land warfare. Confirmation of the death in South Africa of General Beyers and official news of British successes on the Tigris, by which they established themselves one-fourth of the distance along the road to Belgrade, were other develop i inents read with interest in England to-day. Preparedness For War Will Not Prevent Armed Conflict, Declares Bryan By Associated Press Richmond, Va., Dec. 10.—Prepared ness for war as means of preventing armed conflict was denounced here last night by Secretary of State Bryan addressing the annual convention of the federal council of the Churches of Christian America. "If preparedness prevented war there would be no war in Europe for they were prepared," said Secretary Bryan. "They had been preparing for a long time. The fallacy Is exposed. Preparedness may help you if you get into a war, but It will not keep you out. "More than that, preparedness al most with absolute certainty wll lead you i~to war because you cannot pre pare for war unless you either are afraid of somebody, or hate some body. The people will not bear the burden of taxation. You cannot make them bend their backs to the load un less you can make them believe it is necessary. FIVE RAILROADERS INJURED By Associated Press Buffalo, N. Y„ De<\ 10.-—Five rail roadmen were injured, none seriously, when a passenger train west bound on the Lake Shore and Michigan South ern Railroad was sideswiped by an castbound freight train at a crossover at Bayvlew to-day. Both locomotives were hurled into the ditch and two sleeping cars were derailed. No pas sengers were injured. KVERH' CONDITION SERIOUS By Associated Press New York, Dec. 10.—The Illness of j Johnny Evers, captain and second, I baseman of the world's champion Bon-1 I ton Braves, took a serious turn to-,'! day. The physicians who have been { attending him at a local hotel report- !| led he had developed pneumonia in j one lung, and was In a serious condl-1 lion. 16 PAGES GREAT SEA BATTLE DIVERTS ATTENTION FROM LAND FIGHTING British Squadron Sinks Three German Warships and Is NOUP in Pursuit of Two Others; Emperor's Illness Is Caus ing Alarm; German Armies Stirred to Renewed Ac tivity in West. No Let-up in Fighting in East, Says Russian Statement The (icrman line that stretches' l across fYnnce for more than 200 miles Is said by the JVenrli war office to lie giving way In-fore the attack of the allies. The official statement from Ber lin to- the north, in Fast l*russia. the fighting has diminished in intensity, apparently |>cndiiig the outcome of the battle west of Warsaw. In this region, says the German uar office, only ar tillery encounters are taking place. The naval battle in the South At lantic and the illness of the Kinperor I William diverted attention to-day from 'the great struggles now in progress in ! Belgium, France and Poland. The 1 l ate of the small German cruisers | Dresden and Nurfemburg, which at last i accounts were being pursued by Brit I CRUISERS HURRYING TO PORT Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec. 10.— Wireless reports re ceived here indicate ihat the German cruisers Dresden and Number g, survivors in the engagement with an English fleet, December 8, in which the Scharnhorst, the Gneise nau and the Leipzig were sunk, closely pursued by British warships are fleeing in the direction of Port Santa Cru. Harr and Alma I>. llonaivHx, city. Samuel IWldlu, I'lty, anil Ada Shepherd, Knn»a» C'lty, Mo. — ) * POSTSCRIPT ish warships had not been disclosed. The British admiralty preserved itsi silence as to the make-up of the> squadron which sent to the bottom the> formidable German cruisers Seharn horst and Gneisenau and the smaller cruiser Eiepztg, but it was intimated! at Tokio that the warships which) avenged England for the loss of th» Good Hope and Monmouth were all British vessels. So far as iB known to* the navßl authorities at. Tokio, the l ! Japanese squadron sent to the South Pacific did not take part in the en i gagement. it is also said at Tokio that the British squadron was reinforced recently by the addition of several big K-.nshlps, so that presumably the Ger man warships were opposed by at stronger eneiny. William Still in Bed The latest report concerning thei condition of Emperor William waai that he was unable to leave his bed' and that his fever had not decreased. There is no official confirmation, how ever, of reports that the Emperor isi suffering from pneumonia. The German armies in the west have been stirred to renewed activity by the offensive movement of the al lies as is shown not only by their sharp attacks in Flanders but by their at j tempted advance in the department of < Use which the French war office say.n j was repulsed. Ypres and Furness ar» I again reported under heavy bombard ment. by the Germans. An official Russian statement shows* that there has been no let-up in the> fighting in the east which has been pro ceeding with almost, unprecedented se verity for a fortnight. Both In cen tral Poland and In Galicia, the Russian* statement reports the Germans are making attack after attack in attempts to pierce the Russian lines. Petrogrnd asserts that these assaults have beeit repulsed with heavy losses for the Ger mans but it is reported In Berlin that i in the battle near Cracow, Gallcis. both Russian wings have been beaten back.