8 PREDICTS ANARCHY ( IN THEPHILIPPINES Recent Disturbances, Though Dan- gerous, Are Said to Be Insignificant By Associated Press Washington. Dec. 31. -Private dls- f patches from Manila saying the recent r disturbances In the Philippine Islands, s though dangerous, were insignificant ( in accomplishments, wore laid to-day r before, the Senate committee consider- J ing the, Philippines independence bill ' by Dean C. Worcester, former sccre- J" tary of the interior of the islands. The " dispatch came yesterday from his per sonal friend, P. G. McDonnell, a Ma- 11 nila editor, and for their accuracy Mr. * AVorcester vouched to the committee. ' The dispatch road: "General commanding Corregidor 8 denies the rumor regarding disarming j* of scouts. Mob in botanical garden scattered by the police before the time * set for uprising. Arrested twenty? *• bolo men. Movement wide. Quite ® well organized, Kicarte connected with !] them. ? "Drastic measures required to pre vent it from spreading. Tt is general ly believed the disturbance is being i influenced by widespread idea of gov- I ernment weakness. Sedition not sup- 1 pressed because a wrong interpreta- I tion of promises of administration in circulation by politicians among ignor ant masses. Foreigners apprehensive. Great many have applied for firearms permit. Impossible to do anything to corroborate many facts. Witnesses «ro forbidden to give information. Government will not allow us to see I documents seized by army. Uprising insignificant in accomplishment, but dangerous on account of potential agi tation of lowest classes. ' ■ Ix-adei-s at l.argc "Similar to 18!'t>. Have arrested men in Manila. Many leaders have not been apprehended. Communlea- l tions secured indicating Americans a were to be attacked. Property to be p confiscated or destroyed. There is no \ evidence that property owning natives t are involved. Absolutely no Ameri- v cans connected with uprising. V (Signed) "P. G. McDonnell." \ A phrase "have issued arms to civil employes" contained in the original 1 dispatch was eliminated by Mr. Mc- a Uonnell In a later message and Mr. a AVorcester told the committee he be- t lleved the statement cancelled was un- 1 true. i Sir. Worcester gave it as his opin- a ion that the disturbances were what might be expected before indepeml- c ence be granted. He declared the 1 Philippines politicians who "love to 5 fish ill troubled waters." were in fa- ' vor of immediate independence, mean- ' ing an Independence for them to hold J office with the United States navy l.v- j ing In the harbors to prevent interna- ' •, tional complications. 1 Liquor Traffic Is a 1 National Issue, Says Prohibition Speaker! Topeka, Kan., Dec. 31. —"If the liquor traffic in a State and not a na tional issue why does the govern ment impose a heavy tax on it and grant a license to people to engage in the business?" This was the question John P. St. I John, the first prohibition governor of Kansas, put to the National conven tion of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association here to-day. "If it is a purely State issue why docs a government official carry the keys to the distillery." continued the former governor. "The contention that the liquor question is purely a ( State issue has no foundation in his- . tory, justice or common sense. "A prohibitory amendment will be < adopted by Congress not later than i 1917, and three-fourths of the Stales ( will have ratified it not later than 1920. In five years thereafter the 1 liquor politicians and the liquor press i will be ready to swear that they were always prohibition. Must Pull Together Says Pennsy Manager in New Year Greeting New Year greetings from S. C. Dong, general manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to the employes all over the system were posted to-day. In con cluding his greetings General Manager Uong says: "We regret that our own ranks are depleted, but we are not earning enough to fill them. It is a time to stand together or to pull together— for peace, for happiness ami for pros perity. May the New A'ear bring good cheer, good will and clearing skies for us all." CLOTHING STOLEN Someone entered the yard of Joseph F. Shorb. 1927 Park street, last even ing and stole a suit of underwear and several pair of socks. The police were notified. Sheppard Denies Supporting Blanco For Head of Mexico Sk ' Sv SENATOR MOTH US SHEPPARD. A, Senator Morris Sheppard of Tejas, baa denied the report from Mexico City that he was interested in the scaeme to make Imclo Blanco Presi dent. of Mexico, ami that he was sup porting Frank Rabb, a U. S. Customs Collector, who had constituted him self Blanco's campagn manager. Senator Sheppard admits that he sent TOn —.. THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG f/Sflt- TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 31, 1914. GENERAL nun IP ! JME IN Ml! Vera Cru? Dispatch to Carranza Agency Tells of Hi? Arrest Washington, D. C., Dec. 3t,—Gen em) I.uclo Blanco, who remained In military command of Mexico Cltv for some tinie after the withdrawal of Carranza forces and pending the ar rival of the Villa and Zapata forces, has been imprisoned by Villa, accord ing to a dispatch to-day to the Car ranza agency here from Vera Cru*. The message, dated yesterday, says: "Advices from Mexico City received by the War Department from secret service men say General Luclo Blanco has been made prisoner by Villa and that Blanco's staff officers have been scattered among Villa regiments against their will. The state of Vera Cruz to-day became denuded of rebel Villaistas and Zapatistas when General Seuvlrran, operating under command of Villa with 800 soldiers, surrendered his force and himself to General Obrc gon, in Jaltipan. and offered his sword to the first chief." ALL PLUMBERS HERE MUST WEAR BADGES Retailers Must Procure Licenses to Do Business Dur ing 1915 Alore than 175 plumbers of the city have registered again for the new year and several of them have already been given new budges, which they must wear beginning to-morrow. The badges cost 2 5 cents and the money will be returned at any time that the plumber does not care to continue his work. The food inspectors report that a large number of retail merchants have already applied for their-1915 licenses and that others have been notified that these must be procured at once. The licenses are good only from Jan uary 1. 1913, to January 1, 1916, and are not transferable. All of the retail meat, milk, fish, oysters, bakery and restaurant licenses have been reduced in cost from s."> to $4. A $2 reduction has been made in the license for ice cream manufactur ers. and wholesale milk and meat licenses have been reduced from $25 to S2O. More than 700 licenses were Issued last year to dealers who sold produce in this city. The officers of the health bureau are busy making up the 1915 health re port. INQUIRE INTO VALUE OF "HARDSCRABBLE" City Council to Investigate Cost Incident to Front St. Opening Within the next few weeks City Council, it is understood, will begin inquiry as to the more equable value of the properties that will have to be taken over by the city In the formal opening of Front street between Calder and Herr streets to the low water line and the consequent elimination of "Hardsc rabble." Of the forty-two properties affected prices have been obtained on thirty three, and twenty-three owners have given City Solicitor D. S. Seitz their figures. These aggregated $154,500. Council laid the matter over and asked City Clerk Miller to prepare a state ment showing the comparison of the sums asked with the city assessments. The latter totaled something more than $54,000. Council's next duty will be to deter mine by hearing testimony of property owners and realty experts or by tak ing such other steps as the city offi cials may see lit. upon a more equable i figure. Then City Solicitor Seitz will j be asked to request the court to ap point viewers to assess the benefits and ! damages that may accrue from the condemnation of the property. Neces say bonds will lie filed. Much of the damages that will be allowed for the property owners whose ground will be taken will be set off, it is believed, by the benefits that may be assessed against the properties on the east side of the street. AVhat difference re mains, however, will be paid, it Is be lieved, by the city. The board of viewers will not be asked for several months, certainly not at January quarter sessions, and perhaps not until March. i HOI SE-TO-llOrsK FIGHTING IX PROGRESS IN ALSACE By Associated Press Paris. Dec. 21. 2.55 P. M. —The French official announcement giver, out in Paris this afternoon relates a continuance of artillery exchanges with the enemy and further advances, measured by yards, of French soldiers at various points on the line of battle. Counter-attacks of the enemy were driven back and in Alsace a certain village is held half by German and half by French troops. The fighting here has been from house to house and it continues to-day. WANTS WAR AGAINST AVAR By Associated Press '.ondon, Dec. 31. 1.30 P. M.—Carl I.iebnocht. the Socialist member of the German relchstag who attracted con siderable attention to himself early In December by being the only member of the relchstag who voted against a new war credit, has sent a New Tear's message to British Socialists in which he calls upon the workers of the world to unite In a war against the war. AVII,Ii NOT MARCH ON SARAYEVO Paris, Dec. 31, 4.45 A. M.—"The Ser vians will not march on Sarayevo." said Dr. M. R. Vesniteh, the Servian minister to France, according to a statement by him published here. They will penetrate either to Smyrna, the easternmost country of Slavonia. Hun gary. by war of Sentlln. or Banat, a region of Southern Hungary, by war of Panosova. STABBED HER lIlsHWn Mrs. Viola Smith, charged with stab bing hor husband. Herman Smith, was i given a hearing before ('. E. Murray. alderman of the Third ward, this aft . ernoon. The stabbing occurrod on ■ November 10 at Capital and Verbekn SHE ISN'T POISONED IT ILL. SUV POLICE Overdose of Nerve Medicine Made Her 111, Investigating Doc tors Learn Believing she had been poisoned. Mrs. W. Adln llupp. wife of a music teacher, 1515 State street, has had both Colonel Joseph It. Hutchison, chief of police, and M. S. Stroup, dis trict attorney, investigating for two days. It was found she had taken an over overdose of nerve medicine. Mrs. Rupp has been confined to bed for three days, and her case caused considerable excitement in the imme diate neighborhood. Both Colonel Hutchison and District Attorney Stroup made personal inquiries, and after consulting three local physicians who were called in on the ca.se, de cided there was no foundation for the poison theory. According to Colonel Hutchison and District Attorney Stroup, domestic troubles figure in the case. CATHERINE FRICKIO ATTEND VAUDEVILLE Deaf, Dumb and Blind, She Will Still Be Able to Enjoy New Year Show Catherine l'lick, Harrisburg's eele- c brated deaf, dumb and blind girl, will s attend the Orpheum's midnight carni- c val to-night and welcome In the New Year along with hundreds of others I who find pleasure in watching the new « year <n and a good vaudeville show at the same time. Miss Friek will not alone attend the vaudeville show, but she will go behind the scenes and visit with Kitty Gordon and the other players on the week's bill. l Miss Catherine cannot see. hear nor ( talk, but by the wonderful seventh sense of intuition that has made her a second Helen Keller, she will be able to understand the show and enjoy it as <■ much as anybody in the audience. Miss Friek is home for her holiday vacation t from the Mt. Airy Institute for Deaf. | Dumb and Blind. I POST OFFICES tVIIX CI.OSE j Front 10 o'clock to-morrow morning 1 until midnight to-morrow night the - Harrisburg Poost Office and substa- 1 tions will be closed. Carriers will * make one delivery to-morrow morn- j ing and regular collections after 5.40 in the evening. mm GREY III 1 CONFERENCE ON NOTE ; ii British Foreign Secretary Presents Ambassador With Views of His Colleagues By Associated Press London. Dec. 31. 3.51 P. M.—Walter Ilines Page, the American ambassador, had an extended conversation this aft ernoon with Sir Edward Grey, the British secretary for foreign affairs, on the subject of President Wilson's note of protest against the detention of American shipping by British war ships. As the note had been discussed by the members of the British cabinet yesterday, the foreign secretary was able to present to the ambassador the combined views of himself and his col leagues. CONSTABLE JOHNSON IIJ. James H. Johnson, 27 Calder street, a constable in the Sixth ward, fell over at the Pennsylvania station'this | morning, suffering from an attack of vertigo. He was treated at the Har- I risburg hospital. Prison Taught Policeman Lesson of Silence IJY i JOHN J. HAHTIGAN John J. Hartigan. perjurer and for . mer policeman, who hits just been ! paroled by the Slate Pardon Board after having served a year and eight • months of a sentence of three years and six months, declares that his ex perience behind the prison walls has taught him the lesson of silence, llartigan was caught In the Jiet . swung by District Attorney Whitman i in the police graft exposures that fol lowed the murder of Gambler Her- Iman Rosenthal. The former police man refuses to say anything about his prison life and Is equally silent on ■ • • ---ft I- CM FOR SPEAKER GET BUSY Various Headquarters Will Be in Full Swing by Tomorrow Evening Headquarters will hp openod In the same hotel In this city to-morrow for three of the candidate* for the Re publican caucus nomination for speak er, some of the rooms being almost beside each other. The headquarters to be opened to-morrow are those of R. .1. Baldwin, Delaware: Henry 1. Wilson, Jefferson, and R. P. Habgood, JlcKean. The following: day head quarters will be opened for Charles A. Ambler, Montgomery, and on Saturday night George W. Williams, Tioga, also mentioned for speaker, will be here. Few members pre here for the opening of the Legislature on Tues day but they will begin to arrive to morrow. The caucus meetings will be held Monday evening when It is un derstood that the wishes of Governor elect Brumbaugh in regard to legisla tion keeping party platform pledges and against fixing p. date for adjourn ment will be communicated to the | Republican members. hast night at Pittsburgh when the question of the probability of the Re publican Senate and House caucuses adopting a resolution Monday night to fix the date for final adjournment of the Legislature w.s mentioned to the next governor, he said: "That would be extremely unwise. An early adjournment of the Legisla ture is desirable, but the Assembly should not adjourned until it has ful filled its pledges to the people. I am opposed to the caucus going on rec ord for any fixed time for adjourn ment, though I am unopposed to a long session. Later we can determine when it would be wise for deciding upon a day when the lawmaking body can be dissolved. It is the solemn should not adjourn until it was ful dose of nerve medicine. London Paper Says U. S. Should Be Met Half Way By Associated Press London, i)ec. 31, 3.15 A. M.—The American note to Great Britain con cerning the se n cli of American ves sels by British warships is further dis cussed by the London newspapers to day. The Standard in an editorial warns the country that the American protest is a serious one and should not be treated light heartedly: that the senti ment in the United Slates in favor of the allies is less pronounced than it was three months ago and that it is yielding to feeling in favor of Germany as the underdog in a light against great odds. Therefore, the newspa per says, if any solution Is possible the United States should bo met half way. A suggestion appears in the Morn ing Post that a remedy for the griev ance of undue delay in searching ves sels would be to pass a short act in parliament giving the neutral trader (he right to come to a British court of I justice and by a process involving aj minimum of delay, to claim damages | arising from the detention of his ves-1 sel or cargo. Close Market Street to Traffic During Parade Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison to-day gave np.tice that Market street would be close.l to-morrow to all traffic from I 1 o'clock in the afternoon until after I the Mummers' parade lias passed. In order to keep the big crowd in a good humor while waiting for the pa rade. K. H. Royer, with one of Robert L. Morton's Clialmer cars, will give a ] demonstration of an automatic auto j bumper, which will pick up pedestri ans. and prevents accidents. Running 1 at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, the automobile, driven by Mr. Royer, j will run into Arthur Dunlop. It will ! pick him up without harm'ng a hair on 1 his head, it Is said. The exhibition is j said to be a thriller, and a movie man will take pictures of the life-saving ex hibitions. 1 POLISH CAPITA I, MUST SOON BE EVACUATED, IS BELIEF By Associated Press Berlin, via The Hague andd .London, i i Dec. 31, 3.11 a. m.—Major Moraht, the | military expert, discussing in the j jjTageblatt the Eastern war situation,! says: j! "All military authorities are agreed that the Polish capital must soon be I ' evacuated. Its value as a fortress, as ■is well known, is slight, but the 'strongly fortified positions in front of the forts, it must be expected, will be Iwell defended. Nevertheless it would i require strong forces to hold theni. AHTILLEKY DISPERSES TROOPS By Associated Press Petrograd, Dec. 30.—-(Delayed in Transmission.) —The following coin- I municatlon from the general staff of | the army of the Caucasus was given j out here to-night. "The battle at |Sarlwamysh (in Transcaucasus, thirty I miles southwest of Kars) against, large [Turkish forces continues. Our artillery i fire dispersed a strong column of Turks who endeavored to have them selves by flight after having lost half of their contingent." XO JAP TROOPS IX EUROPE fly Associated Press Toklo. Dec. 31, 3.<3 p. m.— In its denial of reports that Japanese troops i had been landed at Vladivostok or any other place, en route to Europe, the I foreign office included this statement: ' "Japan has not been appointed by ! Great. Britain or any other country to ! send an army to Europe." FIGURES EXAGGERATED By Associated Press j Vienna, via Amsterdam to London, I Dec. 31. 3.49 a. m.—lt is officially an nounced that a dispatch from the front declares the Russian estimates of the number of captured Austrian officers to be greatly exaggerated, while ad mitting that the number of officers and men taken by the Russians can | not be exactly stated. THIRTY-ONE CARGOES SEIZED By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Oec. 31.—Thirty one ships, bearing 19,350 tons of American copper, worth $5,500,000, destined to neutral nations, have been detained and their cargoes seized as contraband since the European war began. Senator Walsh, of Montana, told the Senate to-day. WINDOW CUT HIS ARTERIES i Guy Gause, 137 Hanna street, let a 1 window fall on nil hand this morning t in the lodge rooms above the Jerauld s shoe store and severely cut. his right - hand. Two arteries were cut ai d two s stitches were inserted at the Harrls !. burg hospital where he was taken. n LATE MATINEE PERFORMANCE In order that patrons may sec the - Mummers' parade to-morrow after s noon, the matinee performanc ate the n Orpheum will not start until 3 o'clock. -- ' • —''' lo" Twelve J Big Interesting ( With Your Magazines l f elegTaph SI.BO Worth ] ° * STOP a minute and compare this offer with any offer that has ever been made to you by a newspaper. You are familiar with the offers which newspapers make —compare any such with the offer of the Har risburg Telegraph and The American Magazine or the Woman's Home Companion—l 2 big magazines with your Telegraph —all for a few cents a month. Twelve big magazines mean nearly 1,000 pages of reading matter —the equivalent of 10 ordinary $1.50 volumes. < Four long novels —four volumes of short stories — two volumes of interesting special articles and money saving suggestions. 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A new kind of fuse, for the shell has Just been constructed and submitted to a preliminary test and as soon as It has demonstrated Its reliability the actual firing experl- I»i:.\TH HATIO DUCKEAStiD By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Deo. 31.—Pittsburgh's mortality (luring the last twelve months has been the lowest In th« history of tho city with the exception, of 'one year according to estimates made public to-day by Dr. J. F. Ed wards, director of public health. Th» nor i thl* >»«r Is
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