Allies Make Advances on Entire Bati/e Front From Alsace to North Sea
HARRISBURG iSlllll TELEGRAPH
LXXXIII — No. 306
ILTOHSTTUIE
HEAD OF EDUCATORS
'
\ssociatim Chooses Scranton as
I£ls Meeting Place in
Closing Session
FAVOR TEACHERS' PENSION
Would Improve Rural School;
Want Inspectors and $20,-
000,000 Appropriation
The sixty-fifth annual convention of
the Pennsylvania State Educational j
Association closed here to-day after
| selecting Scranton for the place of
meeting in 1915 and electing H. H.
' Baish, superintendent of the schools of
Altoona, as president. The association
favored a teachers' retirement pen
sion system, $20,000,000 biennial ap
propriation by the Legislature for the ;
public school system and general Im
provement of rural school conditions,
with appointment of two Inspectors by
:he State.
The closing session was addressed
by Dr. Nathan C. SchaelTer, State Su- j
perintendent of I'ijblic Instruction, on j
the "Peace Movement," and Dr. W. |
Grant Chambers, of the University of j
Pittsburgh, on in Edu
cation," these being followed by re
ports and the election.
The election resulted as follows, in
addition to the election of Mr. Baish:
Vice-president, Miss Margaret Ma- j
gulro, Philadelphia; secretary, J. P. |
McCaskey, Lancaster; treasurer, David j
S. Keck, Kutztown; member of execu-I
live council, Clifford B. Connelly, Pitts- |
burgh; representative of association in
council, C. D.Koch, llarrisburg.
The statistical reports showed 9,125 |
members and a cash balance of $7,078.
An appropriation of SI,OOO was made
for the use of the legislative '•ommit
. tee for printing and other purposes.
Recommendations
The proposed bill for a State teach
ers' pension fund and retirement sys
tem was recommended to the Legis
lature. Other recommendations were;
Twenty millions biennial appropri-1
ation.
Teachers to receive increase in !
minimum salary of $5 per month.
Extension of vocational schools.
General increase in aid to all school
districts.
Revision of laws relative to rural
education.
Revision of present child labor laws,
particularly In order that educational
and hfialtli tests may be less flexible
and that labor certificates when not. in
use may be returned to issuing au
thority.
Resolutions were adopted congratu
lating Or. Brumbaugh, a former presi
dent of the association, on his election
as Governor; thanking Robert <'.
Shaw, the retiring president, and the
people, teachers and press of llarris
burg and the llarrisburg School Board
for use of the Technical high school.
The increased appropriation is to be
for an increase to the high schools, for
tuition of nonresident pupils and for
extension of agricultural education ac-
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Austrian Dreadnaught
Reported Torpedoed
by French Submarine
London, Dec. 31.—3:32 A. M. —A dis- 1
patch to the Daily Mail from Venice j
rontains a report that a French sub
marine boat has torpedoed the Austrian
dreadnaught Viribus Unltis, at Pola. I
It is said the hull of the dreadnaught |
was pierced, but that the battleship
succeeded In reaching her dock.
The Viribus Unltis is of 20,000 tons I
displacement and lias a complement of
1.000 men. She is one of the four ships
constituting the largest type of the
Austrian navy.
A London dispatch from Venice in
September said one side of the Viribus
Unltis had been badly damaged in a
tight in the Adriatic, but that she es
caped her pursuers.
GAS OVERCOMES THIRTEEN'
Pottstown. Pa., Dec. 31.—Gas that
escaped from a street main during the
night seriously affected most of t''e
thirteen members of the families of
Clayton Bechtel, Calvin Rell and Ilarrv ]
Adams. All were found In a semi
conscious condition. Mrs. Bechtel,
who was the first in her household to
awaken, saved the life of her husband,
whom she aroused after considerable,
effort.
I THE WEATHER]
For HnrrlMbar K and vicinity! Gen
erally fair to-nlKht un<! Friday,
not much rbaoK<> In temperature;
luwcNt temperature to-nltrhl
j nbout 22 deicreeM.
For> Kantern I'ennM.vlvanla i Gener
ally fair to-nlicht and Friday,
not much chant, In temperature;
Ilßlit to modernte variable wlodN.
River
•Tlie river Yilll remain oeucrally
Icebound and nearly Mtatlonary.
General Condition**
' lh .t " < " r ™ • hn '' «"■" I'nxMnj* tlonti
the St. I.urrreare Valley, WedneN
.lny morning, Hun HUi.ppri.rc.l
from the field observation. The
wentern area c.f bl K h presnure
ban moved from the I'laln* States
lj ,| «» | «»il|ipl ami Lower
Ohio valleys, white the hl K h over
the Southern Itdcky Mountain
reirlon hn* remained uearlv *tn
ilonary.
It l« colder over tiearlv all the ter
ritory ennt of the MUolimlppl
river, the moot decided full* | n
temperature helng 2-1 deareeii n t
lCHHtport nnd 22 nt IUn K hnmton.
Kxeept rain In Florida „„d Ore
won nnd Ilicht uninv In .|he Ohio
and Upper >llnnlmnl|ii>l vnlleya,
the l.nke Hen lon and Ihe Interior
of \nv York, fair weuther haa !
prevailed throughout the country 1
alnce Inat report. |
'l'emperaturei N a. ra„ ;12.
Sunt Hlnen, 7i27 a. ro.j aeta, IMO
>looni Klaea, 12:01 a. m.
River Staicei 2.7 feet above low
water mark.
Yeaterday'a Wen flier
tlljthrat temperature, 12.
l.oweat temperature, 32.
Mean temperature. ."17.'
Koruial temperature, ai.
IIS* WELCOME TO j
is ui curat
Mummers' Association Will Have
Charge of Greeting to
New Year
!
BIG PARADE TOMORROW j
Thousands Will Sing and Pray at!
Watch Night Services
in Churches
r \
HAPPY NEW YEARS
Weather: Generally fair to-night
and to-morrow. with little i
change In temperature.
V -*
Zip! goes the fillum.
Good night!
Poor 'l4!
But just a minute, please!—there'a i
another screen of 365 parts to follow!
immediately.
Noise—get it—noise will be the fea- '
turc of Harrisburg's welcome to 1910. i
Most of it will be heard 'round the!
municipal Christmas tree at Front and 1
Market streets, where the Harrisburg i
Mummers' Association lias made ar- j
rangements for a New Year's greet
ing that'll be chockful of pep, con-
I fettl and good nature.
| So, if you want to see a. "regular"
| New Year's Eve celebration, don't for
get the time, the place, and the whirl:
Front and Market, any time after 11.
Sonic to Sing and Pray
While thousands will welcome the
New Year in noisy fashion, there will
I be many others who will observe the
I passing of the year 1914, and the ar-
I rival of the year 1915, In a more
I solemn manner. Churches of all de
| nominations throughout the city will
| hold prayer meetings and watch night
'services. Some churches will start!
I their exercises at 7.30 o'clock, with
receptions and entertainments, to be
followed with prayer sessions, Bible
readings and song singing.
Tomorrow flic Big Day
After the year 1915 has been duly
ushered in, everybody will retire fori
j a big day to-morrow, and a big day
j it will be.
| Open house will be observed at the
Young Men's Christian Association
I and at the Pennsylvania Railroad
i Young Men's Christian Association.
Interesting programs have been pre
pared.
The Salvation Army has planned to
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ORTH LAUNDRY IS
PURCHASED BY STATE
State Street Property Added to
Capitol Extension Area at
Cost of $71,000
The Capitol Park Extension Com
mission to-day closed Its work for 1914
by acquiring the big manufacturing
plant owned by W. E. Orth at State
and West streets. The price was
$71,000 and the State secures a prop-
I erty with 100 feet in State street and a
] depth of 150 feet along West street to
North alley. The property was taken
over at a special meeting of the com
mission this morning.
I The Orth property contains the
City-Star Steam Laundry, one of the
largest in the city, the Jennings Manu-
I I'acturing Company and other es
tablishments in three and four story
buildings. It Is close to the Bethel
African Methodist Episcopal Church,
recently bought by the State.
In addition to this big purchase the
commission has taken over In the last
few days six properties in the exten
sion district.
The State now has title to 423 of the
527 properties in the district.
Man Imprisoned as Girl
Is Exposed by His Beard
New York. Dec. 31.—Wearing a!
I brown chinchilla coat, a black skirt, |
I with his long black hair combed back I
| under an attractive hat draped with
i a veil and carrying a brown muff,
I Charles Miller entered special sessions
to-day and was resentenced to three !
months in the workhouse for having
drugs in his possession.
Miller was sentenced yesterday a.s n
girl, but his request for a razor dis
closed his stubble beard. Investigation
revealed that Miller was a man who
had been posing as a girl for years.
Speaking about his experiences, Mil
ler said to-day:
"For twelve years I was on the
stage out West and recently I've beqn
in the movies here.
"I am 28 years old. My home Is in
the State of Washington and my rela
tives there are well-to-do. My mother
always had wanted a girl, and when I
was a little fellow she dressed me tip
in girls' clothes. Once in a while I'd
slip on trousers, but I was known as a
girl and as a girl I grew up.
"After the death of my mother I
decided to go to work. I ran away
from home, and, being able to sing anil
dance, got a place as a soubrette. In
Colorado a big stockman wanted me
to marry him. I said I would after
he had bought a big dinner for me;
then I left town with the show the
next day.
"I wore a gold bracelet to help give
me a feminine appearance. It's a hard
job to keep your face shaved and the
paint and powder on. I've had
enough of this life."
IM MIGRATION" DIM, DEBATED
Washington, Dec. 31.—Debate on
jibe. Immigration bill continued in the
I Senate to-day with the leaders, ex
pecting a vote on the literacy provis
ion before the close of the day.
Amendments to extend exemptions
from the test to Immigrants fleeing
from political persecution were pend
ing, but the debate centered upon the
llnslstant contention of opponents of
the bill that the proposed test was
|whollv objectionable, and an improper
;mcans of restricting immigration.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1914.
PHOTOGRAPH OF BRITISH TROOPS FIRING BIG GUN i/V TRENCHES I
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This photograph vividly illustrates the activities of war In the winter time in the cast of Frunce. Here are
shown British gunners in the act of firing from breastworks on the German trenches miles away. These large
guns are hidden as well as possible behind brush or in forests where the enemy cannot see them through glasses
nor make them out from the smoke which arises after a shot.
COMMONWEALTH IS
WORTH $62.000100
First Schedule of the State's Assets
Shows Tremendous Amount
of Property Owned
•The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
is worth over $62,000,000 in real, per
sonal and mixed property and money
i in £>anks and in the State Treasury,
and to-morrow it will open books
showing its assets. Jt has no liabilities
except bonds of $651,110.02, for which
more than enough has accumulated in
the sinking fund to pay. In fact, the
sinking fund is $151,000 more than
these old debts.
The vast extent of the assets of the
Commonwealth was made known here
to-day for the first time when the
Property Commission of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania made Its re
port to Governor John K. Tener. This
commission was appointed by the Gov
ernor on his own initiative. He wanted
to And out what the State had in the
way of worldly wealth so that it could
have a basis to work on. The commis
sion had no appropriation and secured
its information from each department
and each institution. In many cases
the estimates are low and it is stated
that $1,592,075.14 of liens taken under
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MERCHANTS TO HEAR
EUROPE TRADE TRUTHS
Expert to Tell Real Facts of
Economic Conditions in
Germany
George S. Atwood, secretary of the
American Association of Commerce
and Trade in Berlin, Germany, will
address the members of the Harris
burg Chamber of Commerce and other
Kastern and Southern Pennsylvania
manufacturers and business men in
this city upon "Economic Conditions
In Germany at the Present Time and
the Future of American Trade with
Germany" on January 16.
Mr. Atwood recently arrived from
Germany and the information he
brings is said to be not only unusually
interesting, but accurate. The Ameri
can Association of Commerce and
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PENNSYLVANIA SICCOND IX
APPLE CROP PRODUCTION
By Associated Press
Washington, Dee. 31.—This year's
apple crop was the largest ever pro
iduced in the United States. Esti
mates announced to-day by the De
partment of Agriculture placed the
1914 yield at 259,000,000 bushels or
114,000\000 more than was produced
last year.
The States leading in production of
apples this year were:
New York, 4'j,tioo,ooo bushels;
Pennsylvania. 23,100,000; Michigan,
17.200.000; Virginia, 15,300,000. I
iirnr us mr
GOOD THUS TO CITY
Improvement Program Is Pushed
i Toward Completion; Auto
Fire Equipment
Despite business depression and the
slump in rtfilroad ' enrnlngs, as old
Father Harris sits back and takes a
look at the 1914 record he cannot
'help but realize that many a. blessing
]came to tlio eity during'the last twelve
months. - . •
Municipal improvements kept hun-
I dreds of men busy when the mills in
this vicinity were laying off their men,
I and the city government accomplished
j things of i lasting nature for the good
Jof Harrisburg. Among other things,
the river wall and dam were pushed
on toward completion, the Paxton
creek improvement job was about fin
ished, plans were made for the elimi
nation of "Hardscrabble," auto tire
apparatus was placed in , service, and
work on the Pennsy freight station
and subways was gotten under way. A
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FIRE OX BOARD STEAMKR
London, Dec. 31, 10.25 a. m.—A
Lloyd's dispatch from Faral, Azores,
states that the steamer Perugia,
bound from Leghorn to New York,
j was afire yesterday but is now pro
ceeding on lier voyage after the crew
Iliad reached the seat of the flames.
'SUGGEST BIEI OF"
MUNICIPAL MRS
League Adopts City Clerk Miller's
. Suggestion For New
Department
Creation of a State Department of
Municipal Affairs to be headed by a.
commissioner or superintendent who
shall be a member of the guberna
torial cabinet, similar to the heads of
other State departments, will be sug
gested to the Legislature in accord
ance with a resolution adopted yes
terday afternoon by the League of
Third Class Cities of Pennsylvania.
The plan was offered by President
Ira W. Stratton, Mayor of Reading,
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Dan Cupid's Either
Asleep or He's Let
Eugenics Frighten Him
Whether or not Pennsylvania's new
eugenics inai*riage law frightened Dan
Cupid or whether the youth of tra
ditional smile and archery equipment
Just loafed on the job during the pres
ent year hasn't been determined by
the attaches of the Dauphin county
marriage license bureau; the figures
for the year show a considerable de
crease in the number of licences is
sued, however.
During 1013 there were 1,407 mar
riage licenses granted. In 1914 to duto.
i there were only 1,278. *
Mil COLOR
LINE 111 THEATERS
Dauphin Court Refuses Athens
George New Trial in Negro
Patron Case
No race or color lines may be drawn
|by moving picture or other theater
managers in providing seating ar
rangements for patrons, according to
an. opinion handed down to-day by
Additional Law Judge S. J. M. Mc-
| Carroll of the Dauphin county court.
The decision settles so far as the
I lower courts are concerned the appeal
of Athens George, proprietor of a
Market street amusement place and
other "movies" from the verdict of a
Dauphin county criminal jury which
convicted George of discriminating
against Frank Robinson, a negro,
Iby refusing him a seat in any other
place but the "balcony."
George asked for an arrest of judg
ment and a new trial, alleging that
the act of assembly which he was
charged with violating, should be
construed to give him the right to say
where and how his patrons should be
seated.
In deciding against George and re
fusing the new trial Judge McCarrell
said that the act in question, May 19.
1887, providing for the "civil rights
for all people regardless of race or
color," had been violated.
The higher courts will be appealed
to now, it is understood.
According to the testimony submit
ted at the time Robinson applied at the
theater and was directed to the bal
li ony by a notice posted conspicuously.
In effect it stated that seats on the
balcony were provided for negroes and
that those who didn't desire to sit
there need not purchase tickets.
nit'KEXS 81/AMKD FOR I. W. W.
>linneno4a I'rnfrnnor • Nnjw Author
Iloimrd Sympathy For "IndJ-rdoß"
Special to The Telegraph
Denver, Co!., Dec. SI. "Charles
Dickens started the I. W. W. move
ment," declared Dr. Richard Burton,
professor of English in the University
of Minnesota and president of the
Drama Deague of America, In an inter
view here yesterday. ,
"Dickens," lie said, "is the primary
cause of the present industrial unrest.
He was the Hrst English author to
awaken sympathy for the 'underdog,'
to tell'hlfc'story, to . expound his cause.
Of eourse. there were other authors,
contemporaneous.with Dickens, who did
the same , thing. But Di ,- kens . to-day
stands head and shoulders above the
rest and he was their real leader."
IIA IJA NCE-GROSJKAN TO RESUME
Notice has been posted at the plant
of the balance and Grosjean Manu
facturing Company of a resumption of
operations on the hot mills on Mon
day morning, January 11, after a holi
day season shutdown from December
19 for the purpose of making neces
sary repairs and alterations about the
! works.
I/ATF. CAR SERVBCE TONIGHT
The Harrisburg Railways Company
to-night will run a 1 .".-minute service
between midnight and 1 a. m. on the
following lines:
North Second street. Third street.
Fourth and Sixth streets, Allison Hill,
Raoo and Vine streets. Reservoir
Park, Steelton.
The last car will leave Market
lauure at 1. i
10 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT
ALLIES ADVANCING ON
ENTIRE BATTLE FRONT;
GERMAN LINE BROKEN
Turks Lose Half Their Number When Dispersed by Rus
sian Artillery; Servia Is Planning an Invasion of
Hungary; Germans Find It Extremely Difficult to
Advance in Poland
From the fragmentary and conflict- <
lng official reports of the war to-day ;
tlwo main tendencies arc observed. In
the west, along the entire front from '
Alsace to the North Sea the allies, are
exerting steady pressure and accord
ing to their claims, some of which
have not been disputed by Germany,
they have made a slow progress al
most everywhere. In the east the de
feat of the Austrians in Galieia is not
denied and the German forces In Po
land appear to have found it extreme
ly difficult to continue their advance
toward Warsaw. Berlin states that
further progress is being made, but
Petrograd believes the German offen
sive has broken down.
An official communication from Pet
rograd indicates that one of the most
sanguinary battles of the war, in pro
portion to the numbers involved, has
taken place In the Transcaucasus.
The Russians state that a Turkish col
umn was dispersed by artillery and
that the Turks lost half of their num
ber.
The Japanese foreign office states
(that no nation has requested that a
Japanese army be sent to Europe. It
is understood in Tokio that France and
Russia favor the project but that
Great Britain hesitates on account of
j economic and political difficulties.
The Servian minister to France is
qulted in Paris as saying that Servia
Is planning an invasion of Hungary. ]
Views Outlined
The views of Great Britain concern
ing the detention of American vessels
by British warships were made known
to Ambassador Page by Foreign Sec
retary Grey in London to-day. Al
though the formal reply to President
Wilson's note has not been drafted,
Earl Grey outlined the position taken
by himself and his colleagues.
The French army of invasion in Al
sace has made a further advance, and
to-day's official report from Paris says
that the town of Stein bach has been
entered and half of it captured. So
far as the French statement shows,
(there have been no other changes of
note in the west, although several'
I small advances are said to have been I
! made. '
A report from Russian sources lndl
THIRTY WARSHIPS BOMBARD POLA
Copenhagen, Dec. 31, via London, 1145 A. M.—A pri
vate dispatch received here from Berlin says that over thirty
French and-Biitish warships are at present engaged in bom
barding Pola, the Austrian naval base on the Adriatic, and
also the seaport of Rouigno about fifteen miles away.
REPLY FROM LONDON SOON
London, Dec. 31, 5.10 P. M.—The official information
bureau this a.crr.ojr. give out the following statement:
"An an;-, ;r t O.e Anie; ican note will be drawn up as soon
as p It will be in tin same friendly spirit in which
the A...ciican note is written.
FEAR OF WAR WITH U. S. LESSENED
London, Dec. 31, 3.51 P. M.—The premium at Lloyds to
insure against the outbreak of war between the United
States and Great Britain was cut in half to-day. Seven
guineas pei cent, is now asked, as against the fifteen guineaes
per cent, quoted when the contents of the American note of
p.oui-t legai ding American shipping first became known
in England. (
STOCK YARDS AS TRUST
Belleville, Ills., Dec. 31.—A suit charging the National
Stock Yards of East St. Louis with being a trust in re
straint of trade.was filed in the Circuit Court here to-day
by the attorney of Illinois.
. W; hin ton, Dec. 31. —The Senate to-day defeated 34
to 26 an amendment to the literacy test in the immigration
bill which would have enlarged the classes excepted by add
ing those subject to "political and racial" persecutions to
those subject to "religious" persecutions.
Melbourne, Australia, Dec. 31, via London 4.40 P. M.—
British forces have occupied Bougainville, the largest of the
Solomon Islands. It was announced here today that the
British flag had been hoisted over the island on December 9.
Charged with performing a criminal operation upon a
Royalton woman, Mrs. Bertha Winfield was held under
SISOO bail for court by Alderman Hoverter, late this after
noon. Mrs. Winfield was prosecuted by the city nearly a year
ago for failing to report an infected eye case while acting as
a'midwifery. j ; J
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Jninr* l.ronard Brovi nhlll and Kranm Kltiabflli Dior, Maryavlll*.
Anna Mnnn, l,ecNl>urff, nnil Morrla Wonder, York.
Irwin HuKhra Urlgrr atnd Mary Mora Hank, ctty.
rates that the defenders of the Galf-«
clan fortress of Przemysi, which has
been under siege by the Russians fop
several weeks, have been reduced to
desperate straits. It is said that an
Austrian aeroplane brought down
while attempting to enter Przemysl
was found to be loaded with food.
German reports some time ago, how
ever, said that Przemysl was stocked
with provisions sufficient for one year.
Six French Bluejackets
Made Capture of Town
of St. Georges Possible
fI.Y Associated Press
Paris, Dec. 31, 6.20 a. in. —How the
heroic self-sacrifice of six French
bluejackets made possible the capture
of St. Georges, a town less than two
miles from Nleuport, is described by
the Matin's war correspondent in
Flanders. He says:
"The attackers had driven the Ger
mans from the advance trenches, but,
[taking refuge in the houses in the vil
lage, the Germans soon placed their
assailants in a difficult position. Tha
situation of a force of Belgians iso-
I lated on a strip of land surrounded by
a flood became critical and the artil-
I lery alone was ablo to effect anything
against the enemy. The British bat
teries at Uamscappele tried but thcil*
shells burst over the French.
"Six bluejackets then hoisted a
three-inch gun on a large punt and
poled along the canal behind the vil
lage, running the gauntlet of the Ger
man rifles. As one was hit another
took the pole and continued until ha
in turn fell stricken. The sixth man
was mortally wounded as with, a last
push he sent the punt to the hank
where the French advance guard was
walling.
"Meanwhile the French column tri
umphantly took possession of the hea;i
of ruins which was formerly St.
'Georges, and before night the eng
ineers had established a bridge head
'enabling the allies' artillery to de
bouch on the right bank of the Tser.