German Cruisers Bombard Important English Cities on North Sea \ HARRISBURG tdSfib TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— No. 204 ■MAGE OF UNFIT IS MOST III! ID FUTURE GENERHTIONS Schools For Defective Point the Need of a Cleaner Moral Code TEACHERS HAVE A BIG JOB 'nstructing Feeble Mind Requires Spirit of Self Sacrifice and Patience |Thl* I* the wreoiiri of two nrtlelen i for the Telegraph on Harrlx »>ur K Nchoolm for defective ehlhlrrn h? J Mr*. Anna If. \VO<HJ.| By Mrs. Anna H. Wood The children who enter the city's schools for defectives are examined by | the Blnet test and t?o on record ac- ! cording to the age at which their men- J iaiity ceased to develop. This exami-' nation Is-made by the regular medical! Inspector with the aid of the teacher, I For a backward pupil there is hope, i l>nt for the really feeble-minded, very nttle. ITp to the present time the | School Board makes no distinction in classing them. Often a boy of seven teen or nineteen will possess the brain of a child of six" and he seldom grows beyond it, Only about one case a year lias ever improved sufficiently to' re turn to the regular grammar schools. Everything is done to develop mo-| live force and will power in these poor I unfortunates. These qualities seem ! especially lacking. Often born de ficient. they have been waited upon and cared for all their lives or else passed by unnoticed and left far be [Continued on Pace I] Emperor's Condition Is Said to Be Causing Doctors Much Anxiety ' By Associated Press ' I'aris. Dec. 10.—1.15 A. M.—A Mad- ! rid dispatch published in t| l( . Journal' sasy: "Reliable news received here! Bars tliat Emperor William's condition. | although recorded on the bulletins as! Improved, is causing great anxiety.' His doctors speak ot a serious sore throat, following diphtheria, which the I Emperor contracted during a visit tot the eastern front." LEMOYNE PUNS BIG CHRISTMAS tVE EVENT 'Cross River Residents Will Dis tribute Gifts to Six Hun dred Youngsters Lemoyne is planning one of the most inclusive and farreaching municipal • 'hristmivs celebrations of any city or town In the United States. Uor the past three weeks the resi dents of the little 'cross river town have been busy planning the Jolliest sort of a Christmas eve. .Six real live Santa Clauses will be ready with bags of toys at the Square in Lemoyne and together with prominent West Shore citizens will distribute gifts to about 000 children from Lemovne, Fort Washington and Washington Heights. A tree about twenty-five feet high will lie erected in the Square just be low the car tracks at Rossmoyne and Hummel streets. J. A. Cocklin, of the Cocklin estate near Bowniansdnle, has [Continued on Page Hl.] WANTS PAVEMENTS CLEANED Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison says citizens of Harrisburg must observe the ordinance requiring the removal of snow and ice from pavements, more closely. Several acidents have been reported resinlting from falls on Icy sidewalks. The ordinance requires the snow and ice to be removed within twenty-four hours. For violation of the law fines will be Imposed as in the past. THE WEATHER. For llarrlnbnrg mid vlclnitv: Fair, coirltniieil colli to-iilgh't and Thursday; lonrNt temperature to niiclit aliont 10 ilrKrrra. For F.asteru Pennsylvania: Fair to night anil Thursday, not milch change In tempcralnrci moil-rntr westerly winds. The Snsqiielinnna river anil Ita tributaries are generally lee honnil. \ll streams or'the system will continue to fall slowly. ex cept local rises are likelv to oc cur due to the action of lee. General Conditions Except on the west count of Florida where rain IN railing, in Kansas' and Mouth IlaUotn, where || K ht Know has occurred, and along the northern border of the lireat lakes and In the St. I.awrence Valley, where light to moderately heavy falls of snow are reported, the weather has been fair over nli the country during the last twenty-four hours. Fins! of Ihe Mlsslsiilpnl river and o»er the I'acifle Nlupe 'there lin» been a general rise of 2 to IS tie - Jtrees In temperature. Iletween the Kooky mountain* and the Mississippi river a general fall of 2 to 22 degrees In temperature occurred since last report, the most decided minus chances occurring In the Missouri Valley. Tetnperatnrei H n. m.. g. Sunt Rises, 7:21 a. m.t Nets, 4Mt i». m. Moon: .Vow moon. December 10 f»!3B a. in. Itlver Vtaae: 2.1) feet above low water mark; frozen. Ve»terduy*« Weather Highest temperature. IT. I.oweat temperature, 4. Mean temperature, 10. Normal temperature, 33. GERMAN CR UISERS BOMBARD TOWNS; HUNDREDS FLEEING FROM HOMES l v RELIEF CORPS FEEDING CHILDREN LEFT DESTITUTE ON BATTLE LINE The rcad e amonK d t, many towns throughout that part of France occupied by the Germans crowds of hungry children almost mobbed the relief corps to get honks of bread? HLUDEfiS TO BE • MULE GUESTS • Largest Parade of Campaign to Be Held by Pennsy and Reading Men To-night will be "Railroad Night" I at the tabernacle and about 4,000 ' brotherhood men, shopmen, station | employes and yardmen of the Harris burg and Enola sides of the Pennsyl ! Railroad Company and a large j number from the Reading will march s j in the largest street parade of the I campaign. *! The Harrisburg men, under the | marshalship of lsaiaii Reese, assisted | by George Baker, W. S. Rice and J. L. |Yodor, and headed by the West End i Band, will march from the P. R. R. I | Y. M. C. A. in Reily street, along Sixth j I street to State and Fourth, where they will join the Enola contingent. This I i delegation, under Chief Marshal J. A. ' Ringland and Assistant B. Zorger, I headed by the Enola Band, will march I from their special earn along Walnut j and Fourth streets. Both delegations! [Continued on l'ngc .•>■) Steamship Narrowly Escapes Destruction When Mines Collide By Associated Press New York, Dec. lii.—The Cunard j liner Transylvania, in to-day from Liv erpool with .'ififi passengers, had a nar row escape from destruction by a mine at 4 o'clock in the morning of Decem ber C. During a storm off the north ! coast of Ireland two mines were dashed ' together by the waves and exploded 1 about twenty-five feet off the steam- I er's bow. A fragment of steel from one of the mines shot across the deck of the liner and tore away a part of the railing. I It then fell upon the deck and was | picked up by one of the passengers. The force of the explosion, it was ( said, lifted the how of the Transylva nia several feet out of the water. Council to Consider 1915 Skeleton Budget Ordinance Tomorrow Council, in special session yesterday afternoon, did not consider the skeleton budget ordinance as had been expected because of the late hour, but postponed consideration of the measure until to morrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The ! Commissioners, however, went into ses- i sion for n short time as a board of tax i revision and appeals for the eonsldera- ' tion of the request of Attorney I»eroy i .7, Wolfe, counsel for the Forster estate i for a reduction of the assessment on ii I plot of ground on the northwest eorner I of State and Cameron streets. The ground was assessed at $52,000 and the'! attorney argued that it should be cut! to about $40,000. The suggestion for a reduction in tho i 1 valuation might lead the Pity Commls- ' *!2r,?J'. s ' " Relieved, to consider tho pos- U slblllties of the plot for thy proposed I asphalt repair plant site. An ordl- • t nance was Introduced yesterday pro-I r ykllng for the purchase of some ground for the same purpose at lvlttatinny and 'J Cameron streets, adjacent to Paxton t creek, but some of the Commissioners 5 think a better bargain could bo made t by purchasing the Forster property ,t HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 16, 1914 SCOTT IS ORDERED TO PROCEED TO NACO I i Chief of Staff of U. S. Army Sent to Border by the War Department Washington, Dec. 16. Brigadier General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army was to-day ordered by the War Department to proceed to Naco, Ariz., to use his personal influence with , Mexican leaders to cease hostilities. Secretary Garrison explained Gen . ott " mission in this statement: uy reason of the personal acquaint ances acquired with the different fac tions while he was stationed on the I border. General Scott has been sent to ' »» Induce the warring factions | of the Mexican side of the line to desist 10111 imperiling persons and propertv |on our side of the line. General Bliss I « }!?," ted out to 118 the possibilitv i ,of utilizing General Scott's knowledge and experience in this way." General Scott will leave Washington to-night and expects to arrive at Naco at 2 p m. Saturday. It is not planned that General Scott shall relieve or su percede General Bliss of the active i command of the American troops at l.\aco. His mission is purelv concilia tory to begin with, at least, though ! what will follow, if his efforts to secure i a compliance by the warring factions .with the reasonable demands of the I nited States government is not doubt |Od. if after further warnings the (ire ;into Arizona does not stop it will he • returned by the American troops. SIXTH BRIGADE IS READY TO (JO TO TROUBLE ZONE By Associated Preis , Texas City, Tex., Dec. 16.—After a night of bustling activity preparations [for the departure of the Sixth Bri | gade of infantry for Naco, Ariz., to aid ; m enforcing President Wilson's de mands that firing across the line bv j .Mexicans cease, were virtually com ■ plete to-day. It was expected the three | regiments, the Eleventh. Eighteenth I and Twenty-second infantry com manded by Brigadier General Thomas j Bliss would leave by noon at the lat • eat. WANTS FIRING TO CEASE Naco, Ariz., Dec. 16.—Governor Jose I Maytorna, commander of Villa's troops besieging Naco, Sorona, late last night received a message from Provisional President Gutierrez, ordering him to cease his attack rather than "jeopar dize international relations until some means can be found whereby tiring to the American side can bo avoided." Little Shoplifting This Christmastide Because of Close Watch Kept Up-to-date shoplifters have been a scarce article in the local stores dur- i Ing the holiday rush. This Is said to 1 1 be due to a great extent to the pres-I, ence of plainclothes officers In all i stores during business hours. < While merchants are of the opinion i that not one day passes during which ono or more ;>rticles does not disap- t pear, the stealing this year has been t trifling as compared with that of other t years. Local dealers say shoplifters ' have little chance to get away because t they are closely watched. t COLD HIE TO LAST THROUGHOUT ILK t. Skating at Wildwood and on the River; River Frozen Over Entire Course r The cold weather will continue all f week. s That is the substance of to-day's . weather forecast as issued by E. H. » Demain, local forecaster. According to the weather map low - temperatures prevail throughout the • Eastern United States and at present . no relief is in sight. 5 King Winter has gripped the Sus > quelianna and its tributaries and the ' J river is reported frozen over at nearly , iiill observing stations along its course. ' | Some people were skating on the . stream at Wormleysburg and near ( i Rockville. Fully four inches of ice is - reported at most points and at some , places it is a thick as half a foot. > I Skating at Wildwood ' | Wilwood Lake was officially opened to the skating public this morning by '; the park department, and this after - j noon hundreds of lovers of the sport < were gliding over the big pond. 'I Hardware and sporting goods stores ' | throughout the city report rapid seli i | ing in all sorts of skaters' goods, in ' eluding skates, sweaters, caps and hockey sticks. With the forecasted cold weather of 1 this week skaters are beginning to be lieve that opportunities for the sport arc going to be better than in several [Continued on Page 10] Stonepile For AH Disturbers of Peace Hereafter, Says Mayor ! In sentencing Clarence Rellv to the i | stone pile for thirty days yesterday, i Mayor John K. Uoyal gave notice that ] similar sentonces would be meted out to all disturbers of the peace in the i future. "I have been too lenient with you fellows, ' said the Mayor. "Heretofore when you fellows were arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct T gave you from ten to thirty davs In jail. Tn the future all brought before me for disorderly practice will get thirty days on the stonepile." Steve Noonin, an old offender, who got away from the watchmen at the stonepile, went back yesterday for' sixty days. Mayor Royal says most disturbers would rather stay in jail ninetv days than work one day on the pile. Will Cut City's Giant { Christmas Tree Tomorrow t Harrlsburg's giant Municipal < C hristmas tree will be. cut down to-If , morrow. The time for wielding the t official axe, that will lay low one of 1 s the handsomest trees now growing t> on the Second mountain near Kook-i\ ville, was decided late this afternoon '« Mayor John K. Royal is not certain 11 that he will figure in the cutting of o the tree this year as he has a business ! engagement for to-morrow. J |, Robert 11. Hoy, who is looking after ! h the «»«e waa busy to-day, arungln* his , e plaJ RESIOEKTS OF CITIES WE PIC STRICKEN People Fled From Their Homes as Soon as Shells Began to Fall By Associated Press London, Dec. 16, 11.52 A. M.—A German fleet made a sudden dash Into the North Sea to-day, shelled Scar borough and Hartlepool, English coast towns on the North Sea, and engaged certain units of the British fleet Four German cruisers appeared oft Scarborough at an early hour and be- I san to bombard the town. It is appar | ent that they had no difficulty in drop | ping shells into the city. Panic seized the people and many of them fled from their homes. The residents of Hartlepool were aroused from their sleep by the sound of heavy gun firing. They flocked to the streets and then made their way to the beach to learn what was soing on. In a few moments shells from German cruisers began dropping into Hartlepool, whereupon the crowd along the shore broke for shelter Panic also showed itself at this point! Fear took possession of the people and many of them abandoned their homes and fled inland. London All Astir The news of this naval raid was an nounced by the British admiralty shortly before 11.30 o'clock this morn ing and It threw London into the greatest state of excitement that has prevailed since the outbreak of the war. The preliminary announcement of the admiralty made no mention of the damage to Scarborough, which is a ■ a liionable sea resort on tho North ' ?', Pa thirty-seven miles northeast of ; ork and a little over 200 miles from } London, or to Hartlepool, an Impor tant .-hlilpping center, about forty , miles northwest of Scarborough. Situation "Developing" j British flotillas have been engaged with the enemy at soveral points, how ever. and at noon the situation was de- Fng 'ed by the adrnirß!t y as "develop lt could not be ascertained at first whether this German attack was de signed merely to spread panic among the British people or whether its pur pose was to engage the British fleet In [Continued on Page 10] Trail hitter Blew Smoke in Faces of Salesgirls, So He Goes to Jail John Reigle. said to be the first. Stough "trallhitter" in Sunburv, will eat his Christmas dinner in iail un- 1 less someone pays his fine of $lO. Patrolmen Blhl and Larsen testified 1 that Reigle was very drunk on Mon day and for twenty-five minutes put a crimp in business at the Woolworth five and ten-cent store. It was said ; that Heinle walked through the store • smoking a cl*aret, and that lie blew' smoke in the faces of the saleswomen I \\ hen Patrolman Blhl interfered Rol- ! gle fought like a tiger, but Patrolman I I'iirsen came to the rescue of his fellow ! officer and Reigle went to jail Reigle hit tho trail at Sunburv dur-I ing the campaign in that town, but l Has since fallen from grace. He visit-1 to Harrlsburjr several week* ago and i igatn w«nt down the sawdust routa 1 16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT TWO GERMAN SHIPS REPORTED SUNK IN NORTH SEA Shelling of Four Towns Early Today Causes Panic Among Residents; Extent of Damage Done Has Not Yet Been Ascertained; Houses, Churches and Industrial Plants Torn to Pieces by Shells London, Dec, 16, 3.12 P. M. The Yorkshire Evening News re ports that two German cruisers were sunk in to-day's engagement and that the British flotilla was damaged. The eaMteis. coast of England was raided to-day by (ittman warships which dropped shells in several towns along a forty-mile strip of coast. Con- siderable damage was done in Scar- Itorougli, Whitby, Kcdcar and Hartle pool and it is reported that several persons were killed or wounded. The (icrmaii raid apparently was J performed by a few fast cruisers and I'ar as is known the main British and (>erninii llects were not engaged. I.ondon has a report that two German warships were sunk. The British Ad miralty stilted that naval encounters were in progress hut details as to the size of the engagement and the out come were lacking. Official announcements rrom the British official information bureau came through with unusual celerity. Some of these dispatches were passed by the censor an transmitted to New York in about an hour, as compared with delays of two to four hours which are. not unusual in the forwarding of war news from London. Although the raid on England over shadowed all other developments for the time being, there were important occurrences in other quarters. The French official statement says that some further progress has been made ABBOTT ACCUSES COMMISSIONERS Edwin M Abbott, attorney for Business Men's and Commuter*.' Association, which have Veen fighting the in creases of passenger fares by the railroads in the vicinity of Philadelphia, to-day told Governor Tenet he would pre fer charges against the whole six commissioners and <isk him to recall their appointment* from th< Sena,te. "I in tend to take up the question of preferring charges growing out of the rate decission of last Saturday, and will make them to the governor against the commissioners on three specifications, said he. The specifications are violation of the - ection providing that hearings must be public, because final orders had not been served on corporations, that the Pennsylvania Railroad received advance information, and because certified copies of orders and finding had not be en sent by registered mail to attorneys for complainants. London Dec 15, 5.58 P. M.- -A dispatch from Scarbor ough, passd by the London censors says that eighteen peo- J pie were killed at Scarborough to-day by the bombardment ' of German warships. NAVAL ENGAGEMENT REPORTED Hartlepool, Dec. 16, via London, 5.25 P. M.—lt is re ported here that a flotilla of British torpedoboat destroyers, early this morning, encountered three German cruisers eight miles off the English coast. The cruisers immediately » opened fire. | SHIP PURCHASE BILL REPORTED , Washington, Dec. 16. —The ship purchase bill urged by J President Wilson, was favorably reported in the Senate for action to day after several amendments proposed by min ority members had been defeated in committee, Washington, Dec. 16.— Colonel Roosevelt will not ap pear before the House Naval Affairs Committee.. A tele gram was received from him to-day by Representative Hob- < son, who proposed that Mr. Roosevelt be invited to discuss ' the situation and needs of the navy. Washington, Dec. 16.—Two British warships are pur suing the German cruiser Dresden, which left Punta Arenas on Sunday, according to an official telegram received to day from American Embassy at Santiago, Chile. MARRIAGE LICENSES J J- Hok «' I'Tkeum tvna«klp, and Mnb.l E. UoSui, m—«- g i 1 by the allies in Belgium. that German attacks in Alsace and the Woevre dig trict had been repulsed and that Brit ish warships have attain bombarded German positions on the coast of Bel gium. To-day's official communication from Berlin disputes the Krench claim to an advance in Belgium saying that an attempt of the allies to move forward supported by British warships, was re pulsed. Further progress has been made by German troops in the east, according to the Berlin statement which says that several strong Itusslan positions have been taken and 3,000 more pris oners captured. In Soulh Poland, it Is said, the German and Austrian forces are gaining ground. It is reported at Constantinople that the tribes of Northern Albania have declared war on Servia. Albania ad joins Servia on the west and the tribes of the north give allegiance to no king. " heir reported entrance into the war was of particular significance because of the uncertain conditions among the Balkan nations and indications that those not already embroiled in the war may join In It. King Peter of Servia has re-entered Belgrade in triumph and the Servian general staff- states that not a single Austrian remains within its borders. Premier Salandra, of Italy, again stated that the rightful position of the country was one of "watchful neutral ity" and the position of the govern ment was endorsed by parliament. The khedive of Egypt is said to have gone to Vienna to confer with Austrian government officials. The khedive has been in Constantinople most of the time since the outbreak of tiie war and it has been reported that f Continued on Page 10J
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