Commerce Commission Granls in Par/Fjg/ci/j/ Rate Raise Asked by Railroads
• HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII— No. 2 f >6
POLICE SEARCHING FOR "BANDIT'S BRIDE"
WHO HAS $13,000 HOHL STOLE FROM BANKS
KOHL WAS BIGAMIST
AS WELL AS ROBBED
First Wife, Formerly Bertha Holtz
raan, of Steelton, Deserted
Months Ago. She Says
MOTHER CLAIMS SON'S BODY
Police Chief Denies Desperado
Went to Bad Because He Was
Hounded by Local Authorities
Cincinnati. Ohio. I»ee. IS.—Search is
helng made hy the police of every city
in the United States for Ivy Ormsby,
known throughout the country as "The
Itandlt's Itriile."
It was the Ormsby girl who helped
l'rank llolil. tlie dead automobile ban
dit of Harrishurg. rob the two banks in
this city yesterday; and it is the Orms
by utrl whom the police believe Ims
ihe MS.OOO Hold got when he "pulled
Ills last job."
The Ormsby girl was married to
Crank llolil. of Salem. Ohio, at Har
rishurg. eighteen months ago after he
bail left his first wife, formerly Bertha
lloitzman. of Steelton. iu Cincinnati to
shift for herself. Whether or not "Ihe
bandit's bride" knew Hold had an
other wife when the ceremony was
performed, the police do not know.
Policeman Kdward Knaiil. who was
shot li> lloli while he was trying to
arrest him yesterday, died at the hos
pital to-day.
Bigamist as Well as Bandit
Proof that Flank G. Hohl. the dead
utomoblle bandit, was a bigamist as
•ell as a bank robber, sneak thief and
urgl&r was furnished at police bead
uarters last niprht by his first wife,
.Mrs. Bertha llohl.
Mrs. Uohl denied that she knew
anything about the hank robbery herr
yesterday until brought to her atten
tion through the newspapers; denied
that she knew Hohl was In Cincin
nati, and declared that he had left het
more than a. year ago because she
would not take part in his crimes.
She said that she was married in
Harrisburg, March. 1911. to Hohl, a
few days after he had been dismissed
from the Eastern Penitentiary at
Philadelphia. Her maiden name was
north a Holtzmai) and she was born in
Harrisburg.
"Mohl was first arrested for stealing
Journal brasses from Harrisburg," she
said, "and was sent to the reformatory
st Huntingdon, Pa., when he was but
17 years old. He got out of the re
formatory by forging the name of a
Harrisburg man to the release papers,
for which he was later arrested, and.
In connection with several robberies,
v as sentenced to the Eastern Peniten
tiary for an indeterminate term of
from one to five years. He served
eighteen months and returned to Har
risburgr, where we were married.
T/el't First Wife Sit
"After that we came to Columbus,
< >hio, where lie secured work In a
[Continued on I'agr 16.]
"Common Sense" to
Govern President When He
Names New Trade Board
fty Associated Press
Washington. D. C.. Dec. 18.—Presi
dent Wilson has let it be known that
he had made "common sense" the
chief qualification of the five men he
is to nominate as members of the new
trade commission within the next two
weeks. Politics, it is said, will not
govern the make-up of the board, al
though at least one Republican prob
ably will be named.
Among the numerous men whose
names are under consideration are
Joseph Davles. commissioner of cor
porations; A. C. Thurman, solicitor of
the Commerce Department; E. N*.
Hurley, president of the American
Manufacturers' Association; John E.
Itiehurdson, of Tennessee; Thomas E.
Fetder. of Georgia: George Rebles, of
New Hampshire; Samuel E. Rogers,
••f North Carolina: Professor Henry
.). Waters, of Kansas; E. A. Krauthoff.
of Missouri, and W. B. Westlnke, of
I ndiana
THE WEATHER
For llarrixljiirK Hurt vicinity! In
croiiMltiic cloudiness. prnlialily
a now or rnln to-night or Satur
day; vmrmeri Inn rir{ lemiU'ra
lurt" 10-nlglit about 20 ilrifTfen,
l'"r I'lif* Ir rn Pennsylvania: Fulr
fitllimfH liy IncreNNlnc
I'lociillni-M Saturday; rising tem
perature: mmlpratr variable
ivlnda becoming south.
Illver
\o inntcrlal changm nlll nrcur In
river conditions
• Jeiiernl t ondltlons
L(aln IIHN fallen In Florida. Wot
TfnnMiff. I.oulsiana. Oklahoma,
Texaa, Arlaonn and California
during the Inst twenty-four
hniirn, aud anon In Mrnlrrn
New York, .Northern >1 Iclilgau,
In the I Piter MINNISNI-IPI and
I.oner Missouri valleya and In
the I'lntenu anil Itocky mountain
rrurlona.
A general rlae In temperature haa
occurred over nearly all the coun
try In the last twenty-four houra
bring mn»l decided In the l.ake
region and In Ihc Missouri. Mid
dle nnH I ppcr Mississippi val
leys and 111 the Northern Plateau
region, n here pilot chntiges of 10
to J- degree* arc reported.
Tempemttirei s a. m.. K.
«Un: lllaea, 7:23 a. M.i aeta, 4:111
p. m.
Moont First quarter, December 2-1,
L(L:.MI a. ill.
Hlver Stage: XS feet ahore low
nater mark: froren.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature. S3,
l owest temperature. 11.
•lean temperature, IS,
.Normal temperature, 32. ,
"The Bandit's Bride"
TAKE A LOOK AND KEEP A LOOKING
Sl,( >()(> REWARD
Altoona, Pa., March 30, 1914.
Following my circular of recent date asking for the arrest
of Frank and Iva Wilson for the robbery of the Union Bank in this
city on March 23, 1914, beg to say that the above is a reproduc
tion of an excellent photograph of the woman, taken about one year
ago. The man may be traveling under the names of F. E. Wilson,
F G. Wilson, Frank G. Carroll, or D. A. Seiber.
J. N. TILLARD,
Chief of Police,
Altoona, Pa.
j Above is seen the "Bandit's Bride,"
i who is believed to have the $13,000
stolen by Frank Hohl when he "pulled
his last job" at Cincinnati yesterday
afternoon The girl is Ivy Ormsby, of
PITTSBURGH ASKS
TO TIKE 1 HAD
| City Wants to Intervene in the
Telephone Rate
Controversy
i
; The city of Pittsburgh to-day pe
. titioned the Public Service Commission
' to be allowed to intervene in the oom
> - plaint of the Pittsburgh Chamber of
t I'ommerce against the rates and serv
- ice of the Central District Telegraph
- Company, the Bell Telephone Coin
pan;- in the Pittsburgh district. The
; petition charges that the schedule of
? j rates is unreasonable, unfair and ex-j
- cessive and the service discriminatory j
f against Pittsburgh and adjoining ter- !
; ritory. It is also charged that the
i zones are unfairly made and that!
proper bases for rates have not been
made.
r The commission continued hearing
i, of objections to the proposed telephone
i schedule to-day, the present rates in
Pittsburgh coming in for criticism.
!" The commission appointed William
11. Fisher, of Brownsville, Washington
county, as an inspector. He served us
a member of the State Economy and
EfH/ iency Commission.
The commission granted the Butler
Passenger Railway light to cross the
; viaduct ovr railroad tracks in Butler,
directed further hearings in the
Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad and
, the Great Bend grade crossing pro
ceedings: dismissed complaint of the
Clearfield Textile Company against the
Clearfield Water Company; approved
the Pennnsylvanla Railroad crossing
in Glen Rock; gave Middletown right
to cross the Pennsylvania railroad with
wires and ordered a rehearing in the
contract of the Phoenixville. Valley
, Forge and Trafford Raivvay Company
and Phoenixville and cetraln boroughs
and on the contract between Mount
Union and Raystown Water Company.
NEW RIVER AND HARBOR
BILL. CALI.S FOR 834,138,580
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Dec. 18. Big
icuts in army engineering board esti
mates for existing waterway projects
throughout the country—in some in
-1 stances more than 50 per cent.—are
j made in the annual river and harbor
appropriation bill as reported to the
House to-day. The committee on har
; bors and rivers lopped off nearly $20,.
000,000 from the army board's recom
mendations and brought in a ineus- ]
ure appropriating $34,138,580. No
i provision was made for new propecta. j
RBBBU.IOIV AT AN KMJ
I Cape Town, via Dec. IS, 91 j!
A. M. General Botha. Premier of t'| le |
I'nion of South Africa, considers tliut
the rebellion, anart from the rounding
up of a few stray bands, is at an end '
Accordingl , h« lias gone on a short i
vacation on his farm before under-
I taking a campaign against German I
Africa.
HARRISBURG. PA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1914.
Salem, Ohio. She was married to Hohl |
following: his desertion of his first wife,
formerly Bertha Holtzman, of Steel
ton. in Cincinnati, eighteen months
ago. The Ormsby girl was Holil's ac
Three Near Death as Result
of Skating Into Air Holes
Two Boys Go Through Ice at Wildwood Lake; Heroic
Rescue of Youth From Susquehanna in Dark of Night
Skating accidents on Wildwood lake
and the Susquehanna river last night
nearly caused the death of three peo
ple.
Harry Fry. of Rockville, with anoth
er lad. whose name could not be
learned by the park authorities, were
skating on the lake near a neck of
land a quarter of mile below the light
ed portion of the pond where the skat
ers are urged to remain at night. They
st ruck an air hole and went Into water
i live feet deep. Luckily other skaters
I were nearby and the boys were res
cued.
SITE OF TUIETIDE 1
SEALS II SCHOOLS;
|
Youngsters Share in Christmas Red
Cross Crusade Is
Ended
I j After three days of vigorous acti
vity the 10.000 odd youngsters of the
; . city's public schools to-day closed
■ their part of the Red Cross Christmas
;seal campaign of 1914.
. j Until the returns from the various
: I teachers are tiled, the exact number
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Turnpike Company Gets
$40,000 Verdict Against
State in Turnpike Case
»l Special to The Telegraph
"I Chambersburg, Pa., Dec. 18.—Suit i
'! of Chambersburg and Bedford Turn-!
| pike Company vs. the State of Penn-
Jsylvania, to recover for the turnpike
j between here nnd the Fulton county!
'line, seized by the State Highway De-1
i partment, eighteen and three-tenths!
j miles in length, resulted in a verdict j
jthis morning for $40,033 for the com- ]
-panv. While the viewers awarded d
$23,580, the evidence at the trial::
ishowed a valuation of from SGO.OOO 1 '
to as high as $120,000, in the estima-j J
■ (ion of engineers and experts. It is!
j likely that J. A. Strite. president of t
| <he company, will appeal. J c
complice in half a dozen jobs and the
police feel sure she was the bandit's
accomplice yesterday. The etching
above is a reproduction of a circular
1 sent out by the Altoona police follow
ing the Altoona bank robbery.
William Ihling, of 107 Hanna street,
skated too close to the dam last night
after dark, fell and broke through the
ice into five feet of water. He was
rescued through the heroism of Edgar
liupp. of South Front street, who
heard the boy's cries for help. Rupp
groped his way across the treacherous
ke, evading many open places, until
he reached the spot where Ihling was
struggling.
Skating on the river near the dam
is said to be very dangerous at tho
present time.
'STO« WORKERS TO
GATHER 111 SQUIRE
Gigantic Street Parade After Tab
ernacle Service Big Feature
of Tonight
The final street demonstration of
the Stougli campaign will be held to
night at the close of the tabernacle
meeting when all church people, mem
bers of the Sunday schools, trailhitters
and all others interested will march
along the streets to Market Square
where an open air song service and
prayer meeting will be held.
The tabernacle chorus will head the
procession and will sing to the ac
companlnVent of the brass pieces of the
I orchestra.
| The service in the tabernacle will be
'concluded as early as possible so as
I not to make the Market Square meet
jihg reach too near midnight. Jt Is
i planned to make the affair one of the
| most impressive of the 'seven weeks
[and the only possible hindrance to
| success will be bad weather or sloppy
walking. James W. Barker, chairman
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KIN'G Gl STAVE I.KAVG<I
By Associated Press
I.«ondon, Dec. 18. 4:45 A. M. King !
Gustave of Sweden, accompanied by the j
Foreign Minister, started for Malmo I
to-night, according to a Reuter tils- |
patch from Stockholm. At Malmo lit
is to meet the kings of Norway and '
Denmark for a conference regarding j
the situation which has arisen because |
of the European war.
GERMAN CLAIM OE
GREAT VICTORY 111
RUSSIA IS DENIED
But Indications Point to Serious
Reverse of Czar's Forces
in East
BERLIN REPORTS LOSS
OF BRITISH SHIPS
London Admits Two Were Struck
by Raiders; Kaiser
Recovering
The (iennan squadron which at
tacked tlie eastern coast of Hngland,
causing the death of about 100 per
sons is .said in Merlin to have sunk
two Itiitish destroyers anil damaged
badi, a third. Tlie British Admirably
stati - that I'lo warships were struck
by <>crinan shells and that live men
were killed and 15 wounded, but
makes no mention of the loss of any
vessels.
iii *rlin a " < ' Vienna assort that 1 i
a decisive (lelcai lias been inflicted on I
tno Husslans an<l that they are re- i
treating along the whole line, their ,
resistance broken These statements I,
are not home oilt. however, by tlie ,
ltuss!an military authorities who say I (
that one of the German columns ad- <
\ aiieing on Warsaw has been routed' I
and that elsewhere there iiave been i
no significant changes.
Emperor William la said to. have ,
Improved in health «ufllciently to |mt- |
mlt of Ids return to the front next ,
week.
I'he British South African forces ]
arc soon to undertake a campaign ;
against the neighboring possessions.',
Premier Botha considers tluit the re- ,
hellion ill the Union of South Africa!,
has been crushed definitely.
BERLIN' CLAIMS VICTORY
Again the Germans and the Aus- |
trians seem to be on the crest of a
wave of battle as the interminable!,
struggle in the east continues; again |
[Berlin is gay with flags and again Pet- ' |
rograd declines to concede victory to (
| the Invaders. Berlin and Vienna con-I,
I tend, however, that the Russians are j (
'falling back along the entire front \
from the Baltic to the Carpathians j >
; with the invading center less than 30;,
miles from Warsaw.
[ To the south where n few weeks!,
ago Russians were pouring over the'
[Carpathians into Hungary, combined
I Austro-German columns have now!
i forced them hack through the passes,
and it is asserted have advanced two
thirds of the way across Gallcla and
i are Hearing the fortress of Lemberg.
: occupied by the Russians early in the
Gallcian campaign.
Russian Counter-claims
The Russian official announcements
admit none of this. They dismiss the
1 happenings in Galicia as engagements
iof no importance and claim the opor-1
i atlons to the west of Warsaw are In |
| (he same category. It is claimed,!
| however, that the extreme Russian |
i right near Mlawa has thrust the Ger-:
, mans back and that Russian cavalry;
has swung across the southern border
of East Prussia.
In the western arena there have
been no events of great importance;
at least none have been reported. Foot
by foot the allies appear to he forc
ing the Germans out of their trenches
[in Flanders and maintaining the pres
isure elsewhere on the front from the
I sea to Switzerland.
' The British press to-day naturally
' makes a feature of the annexation of
i Egypt and the Sudan, which takes
; from the Sultan of Turkey 14,000,000
'subjects and 1,300.000 square miles
|of land. This action, moreover, robs
■ | the Turk of his last foothold in Africa,
j Italy having taken Tripoli from him
. ja few years ago.
I All England is still buzzing with
. I the attack by the Germans on the
( | east coast, interest having been stim
i ulated afresh by the latest accounts
. coming out of Hartlepool. Many of
[■the naturalized Germans, arrested on
. | the east coast after the German raid,
I have been liberated. ,
Allies Advance in Belgium
,! The French War Office this aftcr
jnoon gave out an official communica
ition as follows:
j "The day of December 17 was
i marked, as we said yesterday, by an
!advance on our part in Belgium,
j where every counter attack under
taken by the enemy failed.
,i "In the region of Arras a vigorous
' offensive made us masters of several
' > trenches. There are located at Auehy,
iLa Bassee. St. Laurent
' !At this last mentioned place we occu
| pied a front more than one kilometer
long almost all the first line trenches
. of the enemy.
"In the region of Tracy-Le-Val, on
| the Aisne, and in Campagne our
i heavy artillery won distinct advant
ages.
'ln the Argonne the Germans blew
| up one of our trenches to the north
iof Four De Paris and endeavored to
f | move out from their position with
. three battalions of troops. This in
, jfantry attack, as well as the one they
'■. undertook at St. Hubert, was repulsed.
" |To the east of the Mause and in the
'[Vosges there is nothing to report."
' I. W. W. Mob, Refusing
1 to Work For Food, Raid
Seattle Lunch Room
* By Associated Press
Seattle. W'ash., Dec. 18.—Two hun
; dred unemployed men terrorized the
' patrons and proprietors of a dairy
' lunch at Second avenue and Cherry
! street last night by inarching into the
! place and forcibly taking all the food
' in sight. After this raid they pa
' raded the downtown streets and made
an onslaugh on a market, seizing
1 everything edible within reach. Forty
men arrested and placed in three large!
cells at the city jail kicked the plaster,
oIT the walls and broke all the win
dows.
The men said they had agreed not
to go to the Hotel Liberty, the inunl
j cipal home for men without jobs, be-
I cause they would be required to cut
|wood, mop the floors, cook and per-
I form other service.
! The men arrested offered Industrial
j Workers of the World literature to the
| patrolmen.
18 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT
COMMISSION GRANTS
RAILROADS RIGHT TO
RAISE FREIGHT RATES
Five Per Cent. Advance Permitted on All But Few Specified
Commodities; Big Orders For Equipment Are Ex
pected to Follow; Business Boom Is Anticipated
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 18. l
ncreases in freight rates, approxi
mating five per cent, on all the
railroads between the Atlantic
seaboard and the Mississippi
north of the Potomac and Ohio
rivers, were granted to-day by the
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion in a divided opinion, except
ing upon certain commodities
which comprise a large bulk of
the traffic.
Ihe increases will further appiv to
tlie railroads west or ItufTalo ami Pitts
burgh which were granted partial ad
vances in the decision of last August
wliich denied them altogether to the
roads cast or those points. It Is csti
nuitcd the advanced rates will increase
the annual income of the roads aliout
5.t0.000.000. The commission made its
decision upon the showing of the
railroads that in addition to the con
ditions from which they have pre
vious asked relief they now are con
fronted with an emergency because of
the war in Kurope.
I
War Is a Factor
I W itli Commissioners Harlan anil
Clements dissenting the majority of
the commission declared: "Whatever
the consequences of the war may prove
to he, we must recognize the fact that
it exists; the fact that it is a calamity
without precedent and the fact that
hy it, the commerce of the world has
i been disarranged and thrown into,
! confusion.
"The means of transportation are
fundamental and Indispensable agen
cies In our industrial life and for the
common weal should lie kept abretst
of public requirements."
Summarizing the l»asis or its decis
ion the majority report of the commis
sion says:
"The "facts disclosed and occurren
ees originating' subsequent as present
ed at the further hearing may be suiu
mari/.i <1 under three heads—lirst. com
pleted returns for the liscal year end-
~ -I .... ~11 -
York, Pa., Dec. 18.—Twenty persons, members of
fami.ic:. occupying a row of five brick houses in West King
street ■ found this morning ovcme by :• --v
gas u ■ seeped from a broken m.-,in into . ,-wer and
thenct to the houses during the The pu'-notor re
vived ix after all other means had failed, but two of the
number an and Ella Tyens, sisters, are in so serious con
dition that they may die.
Ca ; :o, Egypt, Dec. 18, via London, 5:30 p. m.—A Brit
ish protectorate was formally proclaimed throughout Egypt
to-day. 'n all garrison towns a salute of 101 guns was fired
and t nion jack was hoisted.
New York, Dec. 18.—Traffic c, :: ; a! of the Eastern
raihe .- this city declined to a he <ic- isi n
until t: 'h .d studied its text. Tin .ic ii . ro. a c
to be . iitted to file new tav.f:.-. v iiliout tic' ty was re
garded .. . one of the most favorable factors. Intimations
that applications for further increases might 1u considered
in d. l c .-urse also, caused encoura- ement. A big increase
busine. anticipated by unofficial sources.
T <: i i, Dec. 18, 10 p. m.—Certain British warships have
captu :d those members of the crew of the Ger nan cruiser
Emden which escaped at Cocos Island when the cruiser was
destroyed November 10 by the Australian cruiser Sydney.
The Geiman sailors went to sea in a Coc )s Island schooner
named Aysha.
i York, England, Dec. 18, via London, 3:59 a. m.—lt is
annour : that as precautionary measures alon. the coast,
coast t uards and patrols have been ordered to fire on any
person seca signaling with lights, fla ; or other devices.
F: . Dec. 18, 5:40 a. m.— The *T svn : ; Ar.ency has given
out a dispatch from it:; correspondent at Athens who quotes
a message from the Island of Tenedo.. to the efleet that the
recent bombardment by a British fleet in the Gulf of Saros, !
j
imme.'.; ndy north of the Dardanelles, completely destroyed
the Turkish barracks on shore and seriously damaged the'
fort i Tic; ns. The Turks, panic stricken, fled to the interior.
Tee Haute, Ind., Dec. 18. — Two persons were "Jkilled
[ and a number injured, three of them seriously, in a "fiw
whicl; >rly to-day destroyed a large rooming house.
MARRIAGELICENSES
r Gfor rt i, Ixocb nml l<u(tle O. ISiii'HnKton. WnNbiDKlon (onoNliip,
l | ll«rr> 11. SliHlehaimer unil Mar> I. I.MNkfy. 1
Alfred K. Smith, Knterllnc, nn«l Florence I. Shoop, i ttrwonvllle.
L "
injr June 80, 1911, and returns for suc
ceeding months; stHi>inl, the war iii
Kuropc ami third, results of the ori
ginal ortlor.
"\\ lien tlie.se ease* were originally
submitted, as also when the original
report was i>i'e|>are<l, the revenues for
•lllne, ttfll, and (lie projierty invest
ment a<*etiunt for that llseal jear were
not available, the war was unforeseen
and the results of our order, on the
other hands, were yet to eome. Col
lectively they present a new situation."
The carriers are permitted to make
the applied for advances in rates ex
cept the rali-lake-and-rail, iake-and
rail and rail-lake traffic, rates on bitu
minous conl and coke, rates on anthra
cite coal and iron ore and rates that
are held by unexpired orders of tho
commission.
-\tter further consideration the eotn
| mission permits advances to be made
I also on cement, starch, brick, tile, clay
and plaster tin these commodities no
advances were permitted by the de
cision of August 1.
Joint rates between official classi
i fication territory and territory south
| of the Potomac and Ohio and east of
j the Mississippi may be increased not
to exceed 5 per cent.
Interstate rates to and from New
I Rngland also may be increased not to
j exceed 5 per cent.
While present existing differentials
anions various Atlantic ports arc pre
served, the rates between any two ot
i them also may be increased 5 per cent.
The Decision
| The decision says:
"While we differ as to the relative
importance to be attached to tile vari
ous considerations presented, we agree
in the conclusion that by virtue of con
ditions obtaining at present it is neces
sary that the carriers' revenues bo
supplemented by increases throughout
official classification territory. What
ever the consequences of tho war may
prove to be. we must recognize tho
fact that, it exists, the fact that it is a
calamity without precedent and tho
fact that by it the commerce of the.
world has been disarranged and
thrown into confusion. The means of
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