Vienia Mmiis De'eat in Galicia of Austrian Forces at Hands of Russians HARRISBURG %£&£&> TELEGRAPH LXXXIII— Xo. 305 DWIS OR DDWISES FOB EDUCATIONAL DO! Both Talked of For Presidencj of State Association; Elec tion Tomorrow GROUPS SELECT OFFICERS No Immediate Action on the In troduction of Spanish Here In addition to the rumors tliat Su perintendent K. K. Downes. of Harris burg. may l>c a candidate for tlic presi dency of the State Educational Asso ciation. there has been some talk in favor of C. S. Davis, principal of the Stcclton High School. among the high school contingent of the educators. At present there do not appear to be many active candidates in the tieitl !nr the election of officers to be hold to-morrow morning. When asked about the possibility of introducing the study of Spanish in Harrisburg in line with the remarks made yesterday by Governor-elect Martin G. Brumbaugh, Dr. F. E. Downes. superintendent of the city schools, said there is not much like lihood of immediate action in adding the subject to the course of study here. Addresses were made at this after noon's meeting of the general sessions in the auditorium by Dr. William 11. Davidson, of Pittsburgh, on "The Old Order Changeth": by Dr. Edward How ard Uriggs. of New York city, on "Sself Culture Through the Vocation." and by Dr. W. K. llalbrook. of Choc taw, Ark., on "The Bife of Drudgerj of Our Country Mothers, Its Cause and <*ure." Music was rendered by the Schubert Male Quartet. Swtion Officer* I'.le- I At the sectional meetings held in ten different rooms this morning, the tinal department addresses were made and general discussions engaged in by members. Several departments elected officers for the ensuing year. The retiring presidents made farewell [Continued on Page 10} Gaither Receives Congratulations From Friends in the State Betters and telegrams of congratu lation from many parts of the State reached Walter H. Gaither, the newl> appointed public service commissioner, to-day and with them came many as surances of support. Mr. Gaither is arranging matters so that he will retire from office next week. although he will remain to look j'fter the closing details of the admin istration. The new commissioner has received a number .f telegrams from legisla tors in v\ hieli they tender him assur ances of support. Fire When Shirts Are Hung Too Near Stove An overheated stove at the home of William Shuey, 2060 Derry street, set tir< to two shirts this morning. Some one saw the smoke coining from the Shuey home and sent in an alarm front Box No. 73. Twenty-first and Derry streets. Members of the Uoyal Fire Coin -1 any No. 14. prevented a serious blaze. The only damage was to the skirts which were hanging near the stove to dry. Dead Man Breaks Arm of Railroad Engineer By Associated Press reaneck, N* ■!-. Dec. 3".—Whoo an automobile truck was struck by an Ontario and Western Railroad train here last night the body of one of two men killed was Hung through the win dow of the locomotive and broke the arm of llenry Morey, the engineer. < >tto Garlisch, 23 years old. and J. I'avanatigh. both of New York, were the victims. t«.-» VKSSIWJi RKUISTKHKI) Hy Associated Press Washington. D. Dec. 30. One hundred and live vessels which oper ated under foreign control prior to the outbreak of the European war to-day. had been added to the American mer chant marine since August IS. when Congress passed an act admitting f«r eicn built vessels t> American regis try. The vessels represent a carrying capacity of 373.840 gross tons. THE WEATHER For HnrrUliurs; nn«l *ld nit*: Fair «in«l colder nml Tlnirn ilm>: lowfifl f rat urc nlMiut IK decree*. For KaMtrra I'riumj hnnln; Fair iinil eohler to-nlxtit anil Tkurn » Imporlnnl ebanicea filll occur In river condition**. fieneral t onditlonw The utorm that »»n central over Weat TenneMaee. Tueaday morn luk. hnn moved rapidly northeaM «w«r 27. !»r. Paul \. ilartman. ii l4 North Third street, well-known physician March 1. Ix-wi- S. Sliimtacll. 424 North street, district supervisor of Harrisburg schools and writer of educational books. March n. John V. ISoyd. 124 Pine street, one nf Harrisburg':- most prominent and philanthroplc citizens Captain John C. Harvey. 106 South street, veteran of the Civil War and sec re. tar; and treasurer of the Chesa peake Nail Works. March 13. Maurice <'. Khy, Third and Maclay streets former mayor of Itarcishurg. prominent in philanthropic move ments. April 4. .10-liun \V. .tones. 214 North Third street, inventor of printing devices and [Continued on Paso 3] Who Tried to Bribe Walters, Is Question Doubting Voters Ask Considerable Interest was being manifested about the city to-day in the identity of the persons alleged to have improperly approached County Poor Director H. A. Walters to induce him to make changes in the personnel of the poor force. Certain remarks attributed to Mr. Walters were print ed to-day in which it is intimated that an offer of a job on Capitol Hill was! made. What interests people is who made the offer to Mr. Walters, if any was made. DIRECT SL" BSC' RIITI ON S CRGIOl) By Associated Press Chicago, 111., Dec. .10.—Librarian* of the Nation were advised to urge their patrons to subscribe directly for newspapers instead of depending upon library copies for their reading in an address by Dr. Frank P. Hill, of Brook lyn, before the convention of the American Library. Association, which opened here to-day. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 30. 1914 IE MILL RATE FOR ) I CITY IS SUFFICIENT Mayor Royal's Plea For Higher ! Taxation Is Not Warranted, Councilmen Show MANY IMPROVEMENTS. TOO Bowman Shows How Estimates Were Made; Raise Next Not Likely Not only will Harrisburg begin its' I second year under the " Clark com mission form of government with a dc- 1 jcreased mill rate but the $332.1152.73 appropriated for 1915 by the new bud-! 'get ordinance will permit numerous! I improvements in keeping with the! j city's growth along metropolitan lines, j i Reductions in the water rates, new I 'equipment in various departments.! ! more policemen, well deserved in-' j creases in salaries, new offices necessl-j jtatcd by the growth of the city—these i jarc a few of the developments in pros jpect for the coming year. I Furthermore, enough money ti> j (Carry ail the departments through the year will l c available without drawing ' here and there from unexpended bal- : , ances as was the custom under the bi cameral councilmanic system. Ami i , from present indications the re will be' a comfortable balance in the general; i fund at the close of the year. Many Improvements Here are a lew of the items pro-j i vided for in the budget for the com- j | ing year: , An additional policeman who will j jserve as a traffic officer on Allison t Hill: a s3mo a year increase in salary for the chief of police. S2OO increase for the captain of police, and SISO a I year more for the city detective that; operates the Bertillou system at police! . headquarters. These arc changes' .which affect the police department. i In the law department S3OO is pro vide J for assessment in openine Front Istreet from Paxton to Iron alley and ;>430 is set aside to pay the damages awarded three South Front street resi dents by a common pleas jury. While the expected increase of SIOO i 'a year in the salary of the assistant i iciiy clerk was not provided for as! 1 Mayor Royal had been expected to do. 'it is understood that sufficient funds' for the purpose will be found early in I the year. An increase of $5 a month 1 [Continued on Pago .">] ! MASKED BIDITS ROB SLEEP* PASSENGERS Arouse Them From Their Slum bers to Relieve Them of Valuables fi\ Associated Press San Antonio, Texas, Dec. "o.—Two ! masked men boarded the westbound ' Sunset Knpress 011 the Galveston, liar risburg and San Antonio railway near 1 • 'line, Texas, early to-day and at the Point of pistols robbed all of the pas- j ; sensors in the two rear sleepers. As 1 • they neared Shofford. Texas, the rob j hers gave an air cord signal for the! 1 rain to stop, after which they dropped ; off and escaped. A posse quickly or ganized by officers aboard the train was started in pursuit. The two men swung aboard the rear j sleeper as the train was leaving Cline j and aroused the porter. With drawn : pistols they forced him to awaken the \ | passengers and as fast as the latter left their berths they were robbed of their valuables. Just how much was taken is not known, but it is believed j the sum was considerable. Subcommittee to Pass Naval Appropriation Bill Hy Associated Press Washington. D. C., Dec. 30. The ' House naval subcommittee was under call to-day to meet to-morrow to finally pass upon the preliminary draft of the naval appropriation bill. The I subcommittee virtually was through j to-day with its bill, which does not ! touch upon the naval building pro- : gram for next year, but eliminates all provision for a dry dock at Norfolk, which the Navy Department had rec- j ommended. The measure is featured by provid-l, Ing Sl.oon.ftno for aviation develop-1 nient and < lonely follows the estimates !i of the Navy Department, including the:. $2,782,535 for ammunition for ships of ' the navy: $1,000,000 for torpedoes: 1, $1,150,000 for purchase and manufac- , ture of smokeless powder. Better Clean That Sidewalk |; Before Hutchison Gets You ' Trouble is coming to residents who 11 fail to clean the ice and snow from I' their sidewalks. Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison. Chief | < of Police, is on the warpath. He was j t told by seventy-five different persons i 1 to-day that he was not attending to! his duties. Information also came j, from the local hospitals that no less' than fourteen persons received treat- j ment since Saturday last for injuries received by falling on icy pavements. ' Colonel Hutchison to-day said: 'l "Henceforth laws will be enforced, | 1 no matter who they hit. In iooking over certain portions of the city to-day 1 ! I was more than surprised to find that | 1 among the offenders are many promt- 1 citizens." i 1 IIKRRIXG FISHING IS GOOD Curllrtg. N. F.. I)e<-. 30.—The com- \ pnratively mild weather this month has t been favorable o the herring fisheries ' \ of the west coast of New Foundland j ? and already about ten million pounds: j tins been shipped from Bay of Islands. ! J A number of American vessels are still j in the bay awaiting cargoes. ( MARSHALL FIELD, 3D, LICENSED TO WED \ MISS F.VKLYN MARSHALL.. Marshall Field. 3d. young heir to SCC.IIOO.OOO of the vast estate of hi grandfather, the late merchant prince of Chicago, has obtained a liccnsi to w- d Miss lOvelyn Marshall, popular in New York society, who lives a No. « Hast Seventy-seventh street. In the application for the license, Mr Field g;ive his age as twenty-one and Miss Marshall gave hers as twenty live. He gave his residence as Cadland, Southampton, England. CITIES' LEAGUE KILtS POLICE niEll Will Not Grant Mayor Privilege of Appointing Whomever He May Choose By a \ote of 13 to 9 the Pennsyl vania League of Thin! Class Cities to day rejected the proposed amendment J to the Clark commission form of gov ' ernment aet which provided that the mayor should designate from the po i lice force the chief and others who shall serve as captain, lieutenant, ser geants. etc. Harrisburg's delegation voted along with the majority, although Mayor John K. Itoyui and several of the other mayors voted with Mayor Ira VV. Strat ton. Reading, who wanted the amend i ment retained. Other important amendments which . were adopted for presentation to the Legislature as suggested by the law , committee recently included: Regulating method and manner by which cities may annex boroughs or i sections of adjacent townships; mak ing it optional with council to deter mine whether or not it shall advertise | for bids for materials and for labor or whether it shall do the work itself; j declaring any city employe or officer, : as well as. councilman, who shall ac ! cept money or other thing of value in | return for promise of political in j tluence guilty of bribery; permitting [Continued on Page 10] Famous Explorer to Visit Harrisburg February 10 Arrangements were concluded last night by the Natural History Society for the appearance in Harrisburg Feh fuary 10 of the famous explorer, Sir Douglas llawson. lie is now in Kng land but will arrive in this country about January 15. Shortly after his arrival he will be the guest of honor and will lecture be fore the National Geographic Society in Washington, after which he wiil speak in the larger cities as far west as the Pacific eoast. He will speak m Detroit, February •»; Pittsburgh. Feb ruary 8; Harrisburg. February 10, and Buffalo, February 11. Besides bis thrilling narrative and account of the scientific observations of his party there will be both still and motion pictures of the highest excellence. The .dans of the local so clety are already under way and fur ther announcements will before long be made. WOMAN MHO LIVED IN CHICAGO nKKIIIIE IT WAS CITY, DItCS Special In The Telegraph Chicago, 111.. Dei-. "0. Mrs. Stiles Burton, whose birthday bouquet a month ago contained ninety-four American Beauty roses, is dead at the Congress Hotel. Since 1544 she had lived on the shore of I/i uii.Mon By Associated Press | Paris, Dee. 30, 4.20 A. M.—l-leuten !ant Bruno Garibaldi, grandson of the ! Italian hero, was killed while leading la brilliant charge of Italian volunteers I according to announcement just made ; here. The charge in which Garibaldi | met his death occurred in the Ar igonne region and resulted in the cap ture of two German trenches. KISS IIOM> GERMANS IN CHECK \iistrlaus Have llecii I'liing Hack Over Carpathian Mountains By Associated Press | London, Dec. 30, 12.45 P. M.—-The I soldiers of Kmperor Nicholas still hold the main German armies in check anil continue to press their advantage, ac cording to dispatches reaching Lon- Idon. At the same time they are har jr a suing the Austrians who have been ; Hung back over the Carpathian moun tains. ; In the western arena of the war the i allies continue to claim slow prog ress but the offensive, started about ] the middle of December has notice | ably slackened, a fact which Berlin, [accepting the order issued by General j.loffre, the French commandcr-in- I chief on December 17 as bona tide, de |dares means the failure of the at tempted allied advance. TI'HKS KEPOKT SUCCESSES ■tome Denies Japan Will Intervene iu Europe;, u War Theaters By Associated Press Berlin, via, Say vllle, Dec. 30. - I Among the items issued by the olticial • news bureau to-day are the follow ing: I Constantinople reports another iTurkish success on the river Kura, In | the Caucasus. The Turks took many I prisoners, several guns and other war I material. I Turkish headquarters reports that [Continued on Page 10]