Br.gadier General Mills Says Militia . HARRISBURG llslffi§ TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 290 INVITE STOP TO STAY liTB WEEK Executive Committee Meets in Spe cial Session For Purpose Late This Afternoon PUN MANY SPECIAL EVENTS Collections of Food and Clothing For City's Poor Will Be Lifted at Tabernacle At a meeting of the Stough execu tive committee to be held between 4.30 and 5 o'clock this afternoon in the Pine Street Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Dr. Henry W. Stough, evangelist, ■will be invited to remain in Harrisburg next week. Dr. Stough's contract makes this the closing week of the big evangelistic campaign, but owing to overwhelming sentiment for his remaining longer, as shown at the tabernacle meetings this week, the executive committee decided to continue the revival. Special nights throughout next week will be arranged. On one night the churches and Sunday schools will hold a gigantic street parade prior to filling the tabernacle; on another the rail roadmen of the c!ty will be the guests of honor: the volunteer firemen will have places reserved for them on a third; special donations of food and < lothing will be taken on a fourth. Just what other special events will' be held is not yet decided. The, city's policemen have been given a special invitation to attend on one [Continued on Page 17] Thaw's Case Is Being Considered by Supreme Court in Washington By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Dec. 11.—The extradition of Harry Iv. Thaw from « New Hampshire to New York was up ** for consideration to-day by the Su preme Court. The argument of counsel for Thaw and for the State of New York to-day marks the final step in the legal fight which has waged over Thaw ever since he walked out of the gates of Mattea wan over a year ago, escaped to Can ada and finally came into the custody of on official in New Hampshire for extradition to New York to answer to an indictment for conspiracy to escapt front the Matteawan Insane Asylum The court was reviewing the action of Judge Aldrieh, of the New Hampshire federal district court• In holding that Thaw could not be extradited. The murder of Stanford White by Thaw, as a result of which the latter was sent to Matteawan, wax mentioned only incidentally in the case. URGKS FARM CREDITS SYSTEM W. C. Brown Says Question Is Most Important One Now Before Public St. Joseph. Mo., Dec. 11. —Farm wealth of the United States estimated at forty billion dollars should be the basis on which the prosperity of the country rests permanently, yet there is no adequate la win existence under which to iinance the farm. This was the condition disclosed here to-day at •he Interstate Agricultural Congress by W. C. Brown, former president of the New York Central Railroad and now an lowa farmer. "The establishment of farm credits is one of the most important ques tions now befor the nation,'' Mr. Brown said. "The farmer is paying twice the interest he should. Long time loans at a low rate would enable the farmer to properly finance his work and it is this financing upon which depends to large degree the prosperity of the country." INQUIRY IS STARTED By Associated Press Stockholm, Dec. 11, via London. 8.55 A. M. —The foreign office has insti tuted an inquiry into the laying of mines in Swedish waters, which has caused extensive damage to the ship ping of this country. The, particular purpose of the inquiry is to ascertain by what nation mines were laid and what purpose prompted its action. AMMOXS WANTS TROOPS HKLI) By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Dec. 11.—Presi dent Wilson to-day received a tele gram from Governor Amnions, of Colo rado, saying he did not think It advis able to withdraw all the federal troops from the strike districts at this time The President wants to withdraw the troops and will communicate further with the governor. THE WEATHER- For narrishurg and vicinity: Partly cloudy to-night mill Saturday'; aomrnhat eolder to-night, tvlth lowest 'I em pern I urr slightly he low freezing. For i:««tprn Pennsylvania: Partly eloudy to-night and Saturday) slightly eolder to-night; tight to moderate northweat winds. Itlver The Kusquebaunii river anil all Ita hranehes will remnln nearly xta tlonary tn-iilnht and Saturday. A stage of nhout :i.;i fret Is Indicated tor Harrlsburg Saturday morn ing. General Conditions The Atlantic eoaat ilMurbaiirr has moved from the vlelnlty of Cape tlatteras to the Canadian marl time provlnees slitee last report, nnd the high pressnre area from the Xorthweirt lias overspread the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys with Its center over Arkansas. The ••enter of the I'acMc coast dis turbance hits moved inland to Northern Utah. Temperature! "N a. m., .12. Sun: Rises, 7:17 a. nt.t sets. 4:30 p. m. Moon: !\ew moon, December 111, »:35 p. in. Hlver Stage: 3.4 feet above low wliter nmrk. Yesterday's Meat her Highest tempera I ore. 3K. i.o-nest temperature, ill. Menu temperature, 33. kuaul temperature. Si NEW U. S. DREADNAUGHT GREATEST WARSHIP IN THE WORLD j* TW- - n Washington, 1). C., Dec. 11.-—The now United States dreadnaught California, when It is completed in 1918. will be the most powerful fighting ves sel In the world. In the opinion ol' Maurice Prcndergass. the famous Urltlsh naval oxpert, the California, with the new Idaho, Mississippi, Nevada, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania, will form the most powerful and homogeneous squadron in existence at the time of tlie completion of the California. The dimensions of the last named ship follow: length over all, 624 l'eet; beam, 97 feet 2'/fc inches. The displacement on trials, with two-thirds stores, oil. fuel and all ammunition will be 32.000 tons. The estimated horsepower is about 32,000 units for a speed of twenty and a half knots. The main armament consists of twelve 14-inch guns mounted in four barbettes, each barbette containing three guns. IS ARREST DECREASE DUE TO EVANGELIST? 27 Per Cent. Fewer Cases in Police Court During Revival Than Same Time Last Year SOMETHING HAS HIT BOOZE Liquor Dealers Insist, However, That General Business Con ditions Is the Thing What have been the results of the Stough campaign in Harrlsburg? is a question being asked by thousands of people not only in this city and Cen tral Pennsylvania, but throughout tho State as well. Harrlsburg is the biggest city In which Dr. Henry AV. Stough has ever held an evangelistic campaign and na turally the eyes of the religious world have been turned this way during the last six weeks with a view to seeing what the effects of the revival would Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison, chief of police, who naturally sees at first hand that side of life which bring* men into the clutches of the law, says he has not seen any remarkable falling oft in the number of arrests for [Continued on Page 9] Haven't Found Tree Big Enough For City's Christmas Celebration Wanted'—One giant Christmas tree. Call 4000. Bell phone and ask for Robert H. Hoy. chairman municipal Christmas tree com mittee. As soon as Chairman Hoy is able to get a line on a tree, a meeting of the Municipal Christmas Tree Committee will be held to arrange for cutting the tree and bringing it to Harrlsburg. This year it is the purpose to get a tree much larger than the one used last year. Tall pine or spruce trees are a scarce article in this vicinity. Tor two weeks search has been made daily on the mountains near Rockville and Dauphin, but a tree large enough h-s not been found. Mayor John R. Royal, chairman, ex pects to call a meeting of the general committee next week. SIT 110-WI . SEARCH FOR YOUTH Col. Hutchison Sends Post Card Description to Every Police Head in America World-wide search for Foster H. Leach, aged 1? years, of Newport, who has been missing since August 19, was started to-day by Colonel Jo seph B. Hutchison, Chief of Police. At intervals since the disappearance of the young man the local police de partment sent out letters without any results. To-day post cards describing the young man were mailed to every city in the United States, to the police at Panama and to Mexico and South American cities. Without leaving any word as to where he was going, the young man left his home on the morning of Au gust 19, 1914. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leach, did not worry until two days had passed. Not hearing from their son. a search was started. The young man has an artificial right leg below the knee and a toe it, missing from his left foot. He walks with a cane. Central Students Get Higher Percentage Who Help to Destroy Moth War was declared early last spring on the tiny green caterpillar that does so much damage annually to the foliage of the shade trees of this city. Professor J. A. Smyser and Miss Grace Tatnal. teachers of biology and zoology at Central high school, urged all the students they taught to gather these little pests during the summer and bring them to school, together with other specimens. Hundreds were brought in and * few days ago the collections were in spected and each of the students that brought in a gooc* collection was awarded 2 per cent, more to the term average. The little caterpillar thnt causes tho (rniilile is the larvae of the tussock moth. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1914. Santa Claus Letters Pouring Into Harrisburg Post Office Youngsters Get Name All Right, but They Fail to Give Atiy Destination More than twenty-five letters are in the llarrisburg Post Office waiting for Santa Claus to call and see what tlia little hoys and girls who wrote then, want from him for Christmas. Each year some of the youngsters of the city mail letters to St. Nick telling him to bring them a train, or drum, or doll, or some other present for Christ inas. Several letters are brought in PinSBURGHER KILLED: BY MEXICAN OUTLAWS R. E. Dunn Robbed and Put to Death After Leaving Mine Across Border TWO OTHER MEN EXECUTED Mining Contractor and a Mexican! Also Killed by Band of Thieves By Associated Press Douglas, Ariz., Dec. 11. R. E. J Dunn, of Pittsburgh. Pa., Thomas R. I Francis, a mining contractor living, here, and Miguel McMornic, a Mexi 'can, are reported to have been robbed land killed by Mexican outlaws Wed nesday while returning here by way of Calabasas from a mine which Fran- Ids had been operating. Park Extension Fairly Jumping These Days Capitol Park Extension is going for-1 ward at a rapid rate and the manner , in which the commission has been I working is worth while. There have been eleven days in this) month so far, yet the commission hasi held two regular and three special meetings, resulting in ten properties being taken over by the Common wealth. A sale of buildings in the park ex tension will be held b the State in January. ! EXPECT DEADLOCK OF~ DIRECTORS TO END Boyer Has Consistently Been Com plying With Parliamentary Reciprocity Custom While school directors and officials declined to discuss tho probable out come of to-morrow evening's presi dential situation, the opinion prevailed to-day that the deadlock between Harry A. Boyer, Adam D. Houtz and the Rev. Dr. William N. Yates would be broken. To-morrow night's meeting will be R continuance of the two-hour session in which the nine, directors partici pated last Monday, when seventy-eight ballots were taken without reaching K conclusion. When the board assembles at 7.30 [Continued on Page 13] Forecaster Predicts Lower Temperatures | Harrisljurg is one of the many cities expected to be visited by low tem perature. Storm warnings issued by the general weather observer at Wash ington, D. C., this morning predict the following: "Cold weather over all parts of the country is indicated for at least the next thirty-six hours. Below zero tem peratures were recorded in the north west and the line of freezing extended to-day far south over the gulf States. Snow flurries continued In the upper Mississippi and Ohio' Valleys, the Great Lakes region and the Middle Atlantic States. A disturbance covers the region west of the Rocky Mountains attended by snows In the west pleateau and rains in California." Bulletins issued this morning by E. R. Demaln, weather observer, predict lower temperature for Harrlsburg be fore unother twelve hours passes. PItOHIMTTON IK WKFEATKD Wellington, New Zealand, via Lon don. Dec. 11. 1 0.1 r> n. m.—The election returns, though Incomplete, indicate that the licensing position is un changed and that natlonnl prohibition has not hoen carried. The Prohibi tion tats received a setback in several places to the office daily by the men who make the collections and find them in I the boxes'. Most of them are adressed to Santa Claus, but the children forgot the most j Important part, just where the jolly j old fellow lives. Just what they want! is not known because the letters are I not opened until they reach Mie dead ! letter office. I CONGRESSMAN PAYNE DIES IN WASHINGTON Representative From New York State Found Dead in Apart ments Late Last Night ' i SERENO E. PAYNE By Associated Press Associates in Congress of Rep | resentative Payne were profoundly i shocked to learn to-day of his sudden death from heart failure. He died here at. such a late hour last night that few were apprised of the fact until to-day. The end came as all the more of a shock to his friends ■ [Continued on Page IS] EMUUS SCHOOL FILES ITS 111 REPORT Trustees' Statement Shows What Institution Is Doing in Financial Way In its annual report, filed to-day with Prothonotary Harry F. Holler, of the Dauphin County Court, the trus tees and principal of the Emaus Or phans' Home, of Middletown, showea what has been accomplished in a finan cial way for the institution. During the year at least SSOO worth of improvements were made and at that the Home treasury shows a bal ance of $882.88. Ground rentals due total $1,804.15. The Home began the present year with a balance of $1,001.37 carried over from the pre vious year. During the present twelve months the receipts were $7,129.59 and the expenditures were $6,246.71. The trustees of the Home are Ar thur Kling, I. O. Nissley and Eugene Laverty. ADVERTISING AN INCREASE Business as Good if Not Hotter, Than It WHS a Year Ago By Associated Press Chicago, Dec. 11.—That the'adver tising business is on the increase is indicated in the heavy placing of con tracts for the early months of 1915, according to member of the executive i committee of the Associated Advertls- ] ing Club of the World, which met here to-day. The executive committee of the as sociation has made an investigation of business condition in 170 cities in the United States to ascertain how con ditions on November 1 compared with those of a year ago. Although results of the investigation have not been compiled, Uewellyn Pratt, of New York, chairman of the committee, said that from representative reports It was evident that the retail demand for the last few months "has been equal or a little better than that of a year ago." I)H. ,1. \\. BEAI/OR BEAD By Associated Press Shamokin, Pa., Dec. 11.—Dr. J. W. Bealor, one of the oldest and besi known physicians of the anthracite coal fields, died here to-day. STATE eUWMEII RESENT REMARKS General Mills' Report Following Gardner's Speech Causes Much Criticism in City STATE GUARD RANKS HIGH j No Credit Given For Splendid Showing; Remarks Said to Be Undermining Confidence By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 11.—"in no State is the prescribed minimum peace strength of all organizations of the or ganized militia maintained and in many instances the deficiency has reached such a figure as to leave the I corresponding organizations such in | name only—organizations of no value |as a military asset to the federal gov ! crnment." This is the way Brigadier General A. L. Mills, chief of the divi sion of militia affairs of the War De partment characterizes the citizen sol diery of the country in his annual re port to-day. 6ne method of providing a reform Is to be found, in General Mills' opin ion, in the. passage of a bill for the compensation of the militia by the federal government. At the close of the last fiscal year the militia consisted of 119,251 en listed men and 8,792 officers. The latest figures obtainable show | that. Pennsylvania's National Guard | comprises 10.800 men or about one-! twelfth of the total number of or-1 gani/.ed miiitla in the country and , while It is admittedly 111 the vfery front rank the action of the War Depart-1 inent officials in not differentiating be tween the troops of the Keystone State and those of some Southern States is more or less resented about Capitol Hill and in this city where the National Guard companies have al ways had much popular support. No State in the Union has as well equip ped, as well officered and as well filled •organizations as Pennsylvania and time and again the Guard has been referred to as a most valuable arm of the national defense. The remarks of Congressman Gard ner yesterday and the report of Gen eral Mills to-day were summed up to-day by an officer of high grade and of many years of experience in these words: "The reference made to the organized militia by men in Washing ton, including those in the War De partment, and which give no credit to [Continued on Page 13] iROYERSFORO WRECK BEING INVESTIGATED Representatives of the Commerce Commission Visit Reading Officials B.v Associated rress Reading, Pa., Dec. 11.—Official in vestigation of the accident at Ttoyers- I ford in which a passenger train side swiped a mixed train, resulting in the killing of two engineers, has been taken up by the Interstate Commerce Commission. J. W. Watson and A. M. Ranks, of Washington, representing this body, held a conference with officials in this city last night in reference to the cause of the collision. They heard the story of General Superintendent Wil liam H. Keffer, J. D. Phillips, superin tendent of signals, and John H. Freeh, freight trainmaster. William H. New vllle, coroner of Montgomery county, says that warrants will be issued for the parties responsible for the wreck. Brakeman Clarence J. Snyder, who is It alleged, turned the switch, and Conductor Paul K. Reider. of the mixed coal and freight train, called here to-day to give their version of the accident to the Reading officials. Both employes live in Philadelphia. CHANGES IN ALMANAC BE GOTHA By Associated rress Berlin, via The Hague and London, , Dec. 11, 4.10 a. m.—The new edition of the Almanac De Gotha has ap peared and presents numerous changes as a result of the war. Names in a number of places appear in small type with the simple comment that the person has fallen in battle and the date and place Is given. A notice able change is the fact that the sov ereigns have generally divested thom selves of the titles and decorations oenferred by nations with which they are at war. ITALY TO BUY WHKAT ABROAD Rome, Dec. 10, 11.39 p. m.— (De layed in transmission.) —The govern ment has authorized municipalities to purchase wheat abroad. Under nor mal conditions such purchases are ' forbidden. Banks have been author- I ized to make loans to the municipali ties for this purpose, thus relieving the situation. 22 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT ALLIES CHECKED IN WEST; GERMANS ARE NEARING WARSAW Kaiser's Forces Reported to Have Made Advances in Bel gium; French Say Germans Have Been Repulsed at Three Points; Russians May Evacuate Polish Cap ital; Emperor William Reported to Be Improving Both the French and German offi cial statements of to-day indicated that the new attempt of the allies to throw back the Germans In Belgium has been checked and that In the region of Ypres the Germans have not only hurled back the oncoming forces, but in turn have made an advance. The Paris announcement states that several German attacks were made and that three of them were com pletely repulsed. It is admitted, how ever, that at one point the Germans succeeded in reaching one of the first line trenches of the allies. Elsewhere in Flanders, however, continued prog ress is reported. The German state ment merely says that gains have been made in Flanders. The fighting in the Argonne region continues to be the subject of conflict ing claims. The French war office as serts that two German attacks there were repulsed and that tli'e allies have pushed forward several trenches. Ber lin reports progress east and west of the Argonne forest. Each official state ment, moreover, tells of advantages won in the artillery encounter, which apparently is proceeding with undi minished intensity. Gentians arc Aißaiicing The Berlin war office states, as Pe trograd virtually concedes, that the German advance in Poland is con tinuing. The situation in East Prussia, where the Russians have invaded Ger man territory, remains unchanged and there is no further news from the bat tle for the possession of Cracow, Galicia. It is admitted unofficially in Petro grad to-day that German troops are sweeping across Russian Poland and are now about fifteen miles from War saw. The army of General Mackensen apparently Is striking forward rapidly, I although it is said that the other in • PAYNE FUNEtUI SERVICES ARRANTGfet) Washington, D c. 11.—Funeral services for Represen tative Payne, of K >w York, who died here last night, will be held on Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock, in the hall of Hcu R-■!•:• " tivc The P;c idetn members of the cifci' c . t. ■ tin House arid Senate, have been in vited to a tend. The body will be taken to New York State for burial. The adjoutned to-day as a mark of re spect to the dead statesman. DUNN'S SISTER NOTIFIED OF DEATH Pittsburgh, Dec. 11. —Miss Jean Dunn to-day received a tele ram from Douglas, Ariz., announcing the death of her brother, Robt E. Dunn, but no details were given, Dunn, until a year ago was employed in the Pittsburgh offices of the Carnegie Steel Company, .and went to the southwest with a party of gold prospectors. ARREST ALLEGED BURGLAR James Reedy, wanted for robbing the Holtzrnan pool room of SB7 on the night of November 21, was arrested this afternoor by Detective Ibach. PLANS WAR RELIEF BUREAU Cleveland, Do.. it.—Myron T. Herrick, former ambas sado to France, . .-a .. to establish an international war re lief t;: with headquarters in New York, according to an announcement made" this afternoon. WANTS F RE ACROSS BORDER STOPPED . Washington, Dec. 11.—Provisional President Gutier rez has ordered Governor Maytorena, commanding his forces at Naco, to avoid operations altogether, if he cannot con fine his fire within Mexican borders. Consul Silliman at Mexico City reported the provisional president's action to day which undoubtedly was in response to yesterday's urgent representations from Washington. Philadelphia, Dec. 11.—Stocks closed steady. Cambria Steel, General Asphalt, 33; General Asphalt, pfd., Lake Superior Corporation, 12; Lehigh Navigation, 75J4; Lehigh Valley, 66%; Penna. R. R., 53 1-16; Pha. Elec tric, 2334; Company, 34' 4 ; Pha. Rapid Transit, 11^4; Reading, 71- 1 ;j; Storage Battery, Union Traction, U. G. 1., 82^. MARRIAGE LICENSES < nrl R. Ilockurll find KilHh May Kelly, city. Peter l>lvlc nnd Mary Lnkusli, city. vading armies to the north and south are making little, if any, progress. The possibility of German occupation of Warsaw Is seen in Petrograd, where it is said that if the Russians should withdraw from the city for strategic reasons its capture by the Germans should not he considered as Important. Nicholas at the .Front Emperor Nicholas Is again at this front, having gone on this occasion to Transcaucasia, where his troops are seeking to thrust back the Turks and accomplish Russia's historic aim of planting her flag on the Bosphorus. A Turkish report states that an at tempt of Russians to land troops on the shore of the Black Sea near Batum was repulsed with heavy loss to the in vaders. Germany is proud of her adven turous men-of-war In the hour of their destruction. The admiralty at Berlin points out that the warships defeated by the British in the South Atlantic had been for four months on the high seas, deprived of the use of ports fof obtaining supplies or repairs, notwith standing which they were always able to obtain coal. The cruiser Dresden, last survivor of the live warships which composed the squadron, is reported to have been bottled up in the Straits of Magellan and her fate is still in doubt William Improving Emperor William, announcement of whose illness has been followed by various unauthenticated reports that his condition was serious, is said to have Improved considerably. Uttle is known concerning the pres ent conflict in France and Belgium except thai the fighting is more spir ited and that the allies arc making broad though indefinite claims to suc cess. The reported turn In the fortunes of war in Servia, where only recently the Austrians were described as pushing the defending army to such lengths as to threaten its destruction, is said In Nlsli to be decisive. The claim is made that the Austrians arc retreating in disorder all along the line and that [Continued on Page 21]
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