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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— Xo. 203
ROM WEEK STIRTS
WITH Bit RECEIPTS
Society Crowds Orpheum Theater
to See Belgium Bene
fit Show
BESSIE WYNN IS HEADLINER
Farber Sisters and Joe Jackson
Win Hearts of Vaudeville
Patrons
Success for the Rotary Club of Har- j
risburg in its efforts to raise funds for
the Be'sian sufferers was forecasted !
yesterday in two record audiences at 1
the Orpheum Theater.
This is "Rotary Week" at Harris- j
burg's popular vaudeville house. With ]
the slogan that "An empty seat at the
Orpheum this weok means an empty |
stomach in Belgium," efforts are being '
made to have the "standing room
only" sign out at every performance.
Aside from the charitable spirit back
of this enterprise to send cheer
into many homes abroad the Rotarians
are offering strong inducements for a
liberal patronage in the way of an ex- ]
ceptionally pleasing vaudeville pro- j
gram.
The big week started with the after- |
noon performance, but last night's
audience marked the official opening!
of "Rotary Week." Not since the open
ing of the Orpheum has a more fash
ionable crowd filled the seats. In con
trast with the colors of the Rotary
Club, old Glory and flie other deco-]
rations were the handsome gowns of,
beautiful women and the flowers they
More.
Changing; Tears to Smiles
The spirit of giving did not stop
with the purchase of a ticket of ad
mission. The Home and Foreign Re
lief Committee and Junior Rotarians
are big factors this week in the effort
to change tears to smiles in Belgium.
Wearing ribbons across their breasts
■■n which are inscribed "Junior Rotary
Club" and red >-rosses on their arms,
more than a hundred sons of the "big"
Rotarians moved about the theater
selling flowers, candy and lemonade.
Intermissions were arranged so the
Juniors eould work without interfering
with the interesting bill.
With the flash of the opening letter,
the signal for the overture by the or
chestra. the enthusiasm started. Ap
plause was mingled with the introduc- I
tion of Rotary features. Klaxon horns
and other "noise" instruments helped
swell the applause. Professor Herman
Yeager offered an opening overture
that also helped stir up the big crowd.
Eselck Welcomes tlie Folks
When the orchestra ceased playing
and the second curtain went up Wil
liam S. Ksslck. president of the Rotary
club, stepped to the front of the stage
and welcomed the audience in a happy
vein. Mr. Essick called attention to
the fact that while thß Rotary Club
has secured the Orpheum theater fori
the week in an effort to send cheer to
the Belgian sufferers, the needy at
home will in no wise be overlooked.
Mr. Essick thanked the audience for
its liberal patronage and urged a con- ,
tinuation of the "giving" spirit during
the rest of the week. Mr. Essick re
quested the audience to sing "Amer
ica." And sing it they did.
Xext came the big show.
The Big Show
When C. Floyd Hopkins, manager of
ihe Wilmer & Vincent theaters in Har
risburg. sent word from New York
city last week that he had booked a
great show lie was modest in his in
formation. Any vaudeville bill on
which Bessie Wynn is a headliner is
extraordinary of necessity. Bessie is
here this week, and her sweet voice,
petite and refined mannerisms, with
songs that reach the heart, are win
ning her new laurels.
As a flnale to her act Miss Wynn
sang the national Rotarian song and
everybody joined in the chorus.
The show starts off with a rush. Two
young men. both live wires. McCloud
and Carp by name, are the openers.
With a ban.io and violin they offer
'•lassie selections and wind up with a
rapid-fire introduction of ragtime
melodies that make evervbodv move
their feet. The boys do their work
in whirlwind fashion.
"Those Were Happy Days" is the
title of a sketch by Ed Howard and
company. It is a laughmaker with two
■ lever artists. Rill Blaisdell and Ed
Coward as the fun producers. Pathos
mixed with the eomedv makes the act
a most enjoyable offering.
•Toe Jackson Here. Too
Joe Jackson, in the role of a speech
less vagabond, had the audience in a
continuous uproar with his funnv ac
tions and efforts to ride an old blcvclc
that was always falling to pieces." It
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THE WEATHER I
For Harrlnburg Did vlrlnttyi Fair
continued rold to-nlglrt anil Wtil
« nendnji lowest temperature tn
night about zero.
..For Knatern I'enniaylvanln. Fair to
night and WedneNday, continued
eold; Ntrung west winds.
River
Thr &uft<|iirhanna river and all Its
tributaries will fall slowly to
night and Wednesday, except lo
<al rises will occur where the
i htnnrl becomes choked with lee.
The area of rrozrn surface will
inrrroar greatly and the streams
of the system will become gen
erally Icebound. % stage of about
tt.O feet Is indicated for llarris
•Hirg Wednesday morning.
General t ondltlons
The high pressure arru from the
west following the severe storm
now passing oIT the North Atlan
tic coast has overspread the east
ern half of the I'nlted States,
with Its center over the Lower
Ohio Valley. It has caused a de
cided fall In temperature gener
ally over thr eastern balf of the
couatry. the most decided minus
changes occurrinr In the Susque
hnnna Valley.
Temperatures S a. m„ 4.
Suns lilacs. 7i21» a. m.; seta, 4t40
p. ni.
Moon: >en moon. December IH,
WtllS a. m.
Itlvrr Stagei U feet above low
wutcr murk.
Veslrrday'a Weather
Highest temperature, :t<(.
1 .oweat temperature. Mi.
IMenn temperature. 20.
Kornial temperature. ;(.i.
STOUMMPIIGK
: OR9WIZE BIG LEAGUE
Will Carry oo Soul-winning Work
After Big Revival Is
at an End
TO "STEER" MORE MEN IN
Volunteer Firemen of City and Vi
cinity Will Attend To
night's Service
A most important move toward the
permanency of the work of the Stough
campaign was made this afternoon at
the tabernacle, when Dr. F. P. Cart
wright organized the women of ihe
personal service workers into a per
manent league, which will work in
connection with a men's branch to be
organized in a few days.
The object of the league is both to
conserve the results and extend the
influence of the evangelistic campaign,
especially by winning men and women
one by one to Jesus Christ after the
close of the big revival.
As explained by Dr. Cartwright. It
is in line with the teaching of the
Gospel to add new converts daily to
the church by personal efforts and not
to let the good work started by the
campaign die out through neglect.
Both men's and women's branches,
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RIVER WILL FREEZE
UP TIGHT TONIGHT
Susquehanna Already Shut at Sev
eral Points Up-State; Mer
cury to Go to Zero
SKATING AT WILDWOOD SOON
Cold Wave Grips Country East of
Mississippi and the
Northwest
A general freeze-up of the Susque
hanna river at this point will occur in
all probability before midnight, ac
cording to E. R. Demain, weather
forecaster.
Owing to back water caused by the
new dam, the river is expected to
I freeze over much more quickly than
heretofore. The river was already
partly frozen shut when observed by
the weather man at 8 o'clock this
morning. The Susquehanna is already
frozen over at Clearfield, Wtlllamsport,
and Towanda.
M. Harvey Taylor, park commis
sioner. reports that JWildwood lake is
covered with three Inches of ice and
will likely be ready to skate upon by
to-morrow.
A temperature of four degrees above
! zero was recorded at the weather bu
' reau this morning at 8 o'clock. In the
'mountain districts aboye the city and
[at Paxtang zero temperatures were re
ported. A forecast issued at noon to
day by the weather man predicts a
zero temperature for Harrisburg and
vicinity to-night and to-morrow. Bul
letins issued this morning by the gen
eral weather bureau at Washington,
■ I). (*., says: Two more days of severe
cold weather will prevail over the
i eastern section of the United States:
! The coldest weather of the season thus
I far prevailed to-day generally east of
j the Mississippi river and in the north-
I '.vest. Below zero temperatures wore
j reported from West Virginia. Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, Indiana and the north
west, while below freezing tempera
tures were reported froia all other
States east of the Mississippi as far
South as Florida and the east Gulf
States. Fair weather prevailed almost
everywhere except for rains in the
Florida peninpula and on the North
Pacific coast and snow flurries near
the great lakes and in northern Eng
j land."
At Pittsburgh a temperature of 3
|below was reported; P below near Wil
jiiamsport; 4 below at ilasleton.
Weather Holds Up the
Completion of Sigler
Piano Player Factory
Owing to the weather conditions the
opening of the Sigle,- Piano Player
Company's new factory on Allison Hill,
near Seventeenth and Derry streets,
will be delayed for several weeks.
Formal opening of the factory will
not likely be made until some time
in the latter part of January or possi
bly February, but the mill will be
open and actions will he turned out in
all probability within the next three
weeks. Just as soon as the roofing is
finished the machinery will be In
stalled and the factory will be open for
work.
The company has received two new
machines and three more are on the
way. A massive 60-inch boring ma
chine and a big saw table will soon be
placed in the factory and the other
machinery necessary to turn out the
product will be installed soon there
after. Some of the machinery used
in the factory at 426-428 Market
street has been sent back to the man
ufacturer for equipping with the latest
improvements and appliances.
\VII,SOX AWAITS INFORMATION
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15.—More
information is being awaited before
President Wilson decides whether the
request of Governor Goethals for de
stroyers to enforce neutrality at Pan
ama shall be granted. Suggestions of
differences between Secretaries Garri
son. Danils and Bryan over the ques
tion were met by President Wilson
with the statement that there could he
no real differences since he would
finally decide. ,
HARRISBURG, PA.. '
IS CHRISTMAS NEAR? JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THESE!
- - Vx"' tMffibr ;T - i&sFSij
TO CUT SUES Of |
lIRBY POSTMASTERS
I
Congressional Committee Author
izes Wholesale Cut in Salaries
in Central Pennsylvania
SLIM BUSINESS THE CAUSE
Steelton, Middletown, Mechanics
burg, Carlisle and Sunbury Are
Among Those Affected
Steelton. Middletown, Mechanics
| burg. Carlisle, C'hambersburg. Gettvs
! burg, Columbia, Sunbury, Shamokin. 1
Palmyra—these are among the towns j
in this section whose post otllcfs are
materially affected by the wholesale!
cut in postmasters' salaries authorized j
yesterday by the congressional House |
committee on post offices.
The decreases are suggested in re- j
spouse to President Wilson's urgent i
plea for economy. The business de- I
pression throughout the country is re
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PAPERS PRINT SCHWAB REPORT'
By Associfted Press
! Berlin. Dec. 14. 11 p. m.. via Eon-1
don, Dec. 15. 2.43 a. in.—Most of the!
newspapers here printed yesterday j
Secretary of Suite Bryan's announce-'
! ment that Charles M. Schwab had in- J
| formed him that the Fore River Ship
building Company would submit toi
j the views of President Wilson and not j
I build submarine boats for any of the]
1 European belligerents. I
|
"Your Fiance Died a Brave
Soldier" Letter Tells Girl
I•■ • • l
Middletown Bride-to-be Learns Lover Met Death Battling
With Russians on German Frontier
"Your fiance died a brave soldier)
and a leader. Your country lias lost a!
hero.".
This was ihe concluding iotter re
ceived yesterday by Miss Amelia Ko
vachek, daughter of Mi - , and Mrs. A.
Kovachek, of Middletown. breaking
the news of the death of her fiance,
lieutenant Ralph Weiss, of the Six
teenth infantry of the Imperial Ger
man Army.
Lieutenant Weiss, the letter said.
OLD CHURCH ARMORY
FOR GOVERNOR'S TROOP
State Gives Cavalry Use of Bethel
A. M. E. Structure Until
Torn Down
The State Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings to-day granted the use
of the Bethel A. M. K. Church at State
and Wert streets to the Governor's
Troop until the extension of Capitol
Park makes it necessary to tear down
I the church. The church property,
j which is located a short distance from
! I'ourth street, was purchased by the
| Capitol Park Extension Commission!
I last year and turned over to the board i
| several months OKO. The congregation |
j lias been occupying the church until j
its new edifice In Korster street Is com
pleted.
The Governor's Troop is now domi
ciled In the Russ building, where It
has been located almost from Its or
ganization. but the offices and equip
ment rooms arc on upper floors and
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TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1914.
WIT II REAL. LIVE
BABY f Of) CHRISTMAS?
Children's Aid Secretary Knows
Where the Cutest of Little Ones
Can Be Had For Asking
How would you like to have a real i
j live baby for a Christmas present ?
j One that'll coo, and say Oada and dO|
I all those other cunning baby tricks
i that help make home wot*th while?
Well, Mrs. Elsie A". Middlefon, sec
' retary of the Children's Aid Society,
'said this morning that she can pro
| vide just such a Christmas present to
.quite a few folks this Yuletide. And
| the beauty of the present all is thai
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j was filled in a battle on the Russian
| frontier. October -0, when his regi
ment was endeavoring to check the
Russian invasion. The letter was writ
ten by comrades, on the field and was
first mailed to the young soldier's par
ents in Europe ond then forwarded to
Miss Kovachek.
Lieutenant Weiss was 22 years old
and had served several years In the
Kaiser's armies. He and Miss Ko
vachek had planned to be married next
month. •»
DRUGSTORE THIEVES
MIKE II GOOD Ml
I .
S3OO Worth of Loot Taken From
Middletown Pharmacy;
Make Several Tripj
Thieves looted the drug, store of
T. K. .Mays, in the Kewalt Building,
Middletown. last night and got away
with S3OO worth of goods. The cash
register was broken open, but all the
thieves got was 25 cents in cash. The |
I safe was also forced open, but no
j money was found. Papers from thp
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FItOBATK K-UXKKIJ Wll.l.
The will of the late John ('. Kun
kel was recorded this morning. Two
hundred thousand dollars is left to the
Harrisburg Trust Conpany in trust for
Mrs. Kunkel and his son John. The
balance of the estate is left to his
widow during her life, at her death to
his son John. Mrs. Kunkel is named
as sole executrix. . ;
11. S. LEADS IN HMDE~ j
WITH 20 REPUBLICS
For First Time American Business
Exceeds That of Other Latin-
American Countries
JOHN BARRETT GIVES FIGURES
Comparison of Statistics Shows
Rapid Growth Since
t907"
Boston, Mass., Dec. 15.—Trad© of
the United States in 1913 with the
twenty Latin-American republics, both
in sales and purchases, exceed in vol
ume that of any other single country,
I according to John Barrett, direcfor
j general of the Pan-American Union,
.in an addiess iiere to-day before the
I^atin-American Commercial Confer
ence. It was the first year, he said, the
I United States ever had exported a
greater valuation of products to Latin-
American countries than did the
United Kingdom.
Mr. Barrett's conclusions were based
on statistics just compiled by the Pan-
I American. Union. lie said this was
it he first time accurate figures of Latin- .
| American commerce in 1913 had been
given.
The figures showed that the twenty
j independent countries south of the
I United States conducted a foreign
commerce in the calendar year 1913
j valued at $2,864,87(1,224, of which
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11,434 Horses Pass
Through Pittsburgh on
Way to Warring Nations
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Dec. 15.—Since the bel
ligerent nations of Europe began buy
ing war horses in this country, 11,434
horses have passed through Pittsburgh
on their way to Atlantic coast ports.
They occupied 519 cars and traveled
lon fast freight schedules. That the
lagents* were not in a hurry, however.
I was proved by the fact that while the
law provided a rest of live hours in
■ Pittsburgh, horses were often kept
here several days. On such waits the
animals were branded with the mark
of the country to which they were
consigned. The first consignment was
received here October. 14, and -there
are at present in the stockyards sev
eral hundred horses which will be sent
East this week. The horses arc the
finest that the French and English
agents were able to buy. Apparently
there was no effort at concealment
concerning their destination; as they
were in some instances consigned to
men with military titles.
Paxtang Provides For
the Care of Its Trees
Paxtang, Dauphin county's baby bor
ough, has not yet appointed a shade
tree commission—lt's less than a year
old as a municipality—but it has pro
vided for the care of Its trees.
Failure to keep one's trees properly
trimmed may cost the delinquent citi
zen a fine of from $5 to S2O.
. At a recent session the borough coun
cil passed an ordinance which provides
that any person "who shall have shade
or other trees growing upon or along
any sidewalk in the borough shall keep
them pruned and trimme.] so that no
branches or limbs shall project. over
the Sidewalk at a height of less than
eight feet above the grade of the side
walk." Another clause fixes the penalty.
I The measure has been approved liy
| Chief Burgess T. W. Smallwood.
i INJUNCTION SI IT STILL OX
j At least a score of witnesses are yet
to be heard in the Injunction suit in
stituted by John J. Lynch and W. F.
I Martin against Buililng Inspector J.
,H. Grove and John Wagner, to re
strain the city from carrying out its
threat to tear out the walls of a York
street apartment house because the
contractors allowed the walls to bulge.
WANT WAR TAX PAID
Paris. Dec. 15, 4.50 a. m.—A dis
patch from Havre to the Matin says:
"According to news which has reached i
the Belgian government, the German
governor-general of the occupied ter- I
ritory in Belgium has ordered the pro- ,1
vincial councils to meet on December i
17 to take the necessary measures fori
the payment of the war lax of 350,-
300,000 francs ($70,000,000), j
14 PAGES
BATTLE RESUMED IN
NORTHERN FRANCE;
TURK SHIPS BUSY
French Claim Successes, Saying They Have Captured Ger
man Trenches and Many Prisoners; Berlin Makes
Denial of Several Official Statements Sent From Paris;
Sultan Tells Parliament Turkey Was Forced Into War
The iirltlsli military authorities An
nounced to-day that fighting In North
ern France had recommenced autl that
a combined attacked by the allies in
Belgium, to the south of Ypres, had
resulted in the capture of German
trenches and sul»tantial programs.
This is tlie first occasion in several
weok on which the British authorities
have considered the day to day activi
ties of the allies of sufficient import
ance to issue such a statement. Gui
don suggests it may mean that the al
lies have at least begun the general
offensive movement which has lieen
expected there for some time.
The French statement to-day covers
the same ground as the British an
nouncement and In addition says that
some progress has lieen made In the
Argonile. There were indications,
however, that the Germans have made
progress recently toward the eastern
end of the line. The French War
Office admits that at Stein bach, in Al
sace the German infantry "gained a
foothold." Bombardment of St. Leon
ard and of Coinmcroy by tlie Germans
also has been mentioned in the last
two official statements. St. Leonard
lies some distance south of points
previously mentioned In accounts of
fighting In the Vosges. Coinmcroy is
about ten miles south of St. Mlhicl,
which lias been Itelleved previous to
the southern extremity of tin- wedge
thrust by the Germans into the French
line.
Such confident claims have been
made by the allies during the last
week concerning the success oi their
new movement against the German
line that the Berlin military authori
ties have issued a special statement to
contradict them. The French official
statements, nn particular, have reach
ed a long series of victories, includ
ing the destruction of a number of
German batteries, the capture of
trenches and the rout of the German
infantry attacks, along almost the long
line. Tlie German statements, how
ever. have said that there is little activ
ity and to-day's announcement from
Berlin characterize the French report
of December 12 concerning the de
struction of 'tatttrles and capture of
trenches as "a pure Invention."
STIMSON TELLS COUNTRY'S NEEDS
Ne "Y; ■, D- JS - \ vfer-. •• > " inc ••■ in our
rr ' : t- - * ■ ion- u;-- nvr ch -r. > • vonnrrcer
a rr,/ ■. • )'f '• : • ;anized •n •ar y :rr
err. - • ' ;n- such are t' : inmieoltr r>;<rriy
need o the United States, in the opinion of Henry L Stim
son, fo v- rly Secretary of War, who addressed to-day the
Merchants' Association of New York, on "The Needs of
the Army."
AUSTRIANS ABANDON BELGRADE
Vienna, via London, Dec. 15, 5.35 P. M.—The abandon
ment of Belgrade by the Austrians is acknowledged in an
oiTici.il statement , iven out at army headquarters to-day.
OPEN BIDS FOR EIGHT SUBMARINES
Washington, Dec. 15.—Bids were opened to-day at the
Navy Depaument for eight new submai ines, one of which
is to displace between s2.'» and 1,066 tons. The exact speci
fic.: ii<. > nava! secret. The great, in>; ship :nust
e a spcH «; tvcc -ty - ne knots >n the ace and sixteen
i:not under water.
JOHN I. WELSH DIES SUDDENLY *
Shatnokin, Pa.. Dec. 15.— John 1. Welsh, nwyer. state
advocate of the Knights oi Coh:>ni u-.. . ' ormer. tu- nan
oi tfcf Northumbei ; «ud County Dev. ■: .ric Con-mittee, lied
here to day after a brief illness.
READING MAN DIES IN SUNKURY
Sunbury, p., Dec 15 Arthur W. Heim, a welthy re
tired nieicnantf of Reading, Pa., dropped dead here to-day.
Upon his arrival in town he went to a hotel to vi-itinr uncle,
Sam. el Weaver. He met Weaver m nd was about to
grasp the hand of the uncle when he collapsed.
LAWYER KILLED BY BURGLARS
Atlanta, Ga., Dec 15.—Charles B. Reynolds', .a lawyer,
was shot and almost instantly killed early to-day, in a re
volver battle with a,' burglar in his home here. Reynolds
fired four times before he was killed. The burglar escaped.
RIVER CLOSED AT ROCKVILLE
Ice on the Susquehanna river at a point near Rockville,
jammed and froze the entire width of the stream, hhortly
after noon-to-day.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
» W 111 lam J. Morrla anil Kilna M. Arntlt, clly.
* POSTSCRIPT
| The (ielinlte statement in made in
I Rotterdam that the Germans have be
, nun a retreat, failing back In Bel
gium toward a prepared line further
j from the coast. Official confirmation
I was lacking, however.
The report from Nlsh that the Ser
vians had recaptured Belgrade was
not confirmed from any other source,
although it was admitted in Vienna
| that the Austrlans had suffered re
verses in Servla.
It is announced in Berlin that the
Turkish cruiser Midirli, formerly the
German warship Breslau, has bom
barded the Russian Black Sea port of
Sebastopol. although with what effect
is not stated. The Sultan of Turkey,
: addressing Parliament, asserted that
1 Turkey had been forced into the war
by the hostile acts of Russia, France
j and England.
Austria-Hungary Has
Attempted to Conclude
Peace With Servians
By Associated I'rrss
Vienna, via London, Dec. 15, 6.02
a. ni.—lt is officially denied that Aus
! Iria-Hungary has attempted to con
delude a separate peace with Servia.
There have been several reports re
garding possible peace negotiations
■ between Austria and Russia, but the
i official denial is the first intimation
here that there have bee:' similar re
; ports regarding Servia. it is probablo
that following the recently reported
| success of the Servians such a rumor
! became current in Europe.
|
AIJIJKK rkpvi,sed, says rerun
Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, Dec.
15. —An official report given out at
headquarters late last night said: "The
French have made weak attacks
against our positions between the
Mouse and Vosges, but these were eas
ily repulsed. There were no Impor
tant events on the west front, In East
Prussia or in South Polo Our op
erations in North Polam velop.
lug"