New Year Is Started With Biggest Mummer Celebration in History of Harrisburg HARRISBURG ifSplll TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 1 1 MUMMERS TURN ALL HARRISBURG INTO A COMIC SUPPLEMENT Kings, Butchers, Cabaret Girls, Queens and Refugees March With Sour Note Band THOUSANDS YELL HELLO, 1915! I Confetti, Noise and Joyous Crowds Greet New Year Around . Municipal Tree MAYOR ROYAL WISHES ' PEOPLE HAPPY NEW YEAR MAIOII JOHN K. HOI AI. thin mnrnlnii inaued Mm nnnunl >rw Ypar'n greeting to 'the people of llarrlNhurg. The proela matioD U rm follow*: <r \Yltli Rtnrrrr thankfulness for the pant, mny nil that you desire niort, anil perhaps lenfii hope..,to willw, be yours In the year .inst Im*uh. \n<l inn? l«ir. liolil In store for each hour anil minute of Its ;i(tr» day*. -.he verj bent thai a busv, suceessful. happy, !!»•.• U sure to bring, MO that the new year may be the year of year* to you. and the forerunner of other* even more happy and prosperous!" N i Kings hobnobbed with butchers, i bakers and candlestick makers, tpieens | fraternized with cabaret girls, Belgian ' refugees marched to the music of the ! Schnitzel Hum-band, and ali the world ; turned into a comic supplement to- i day. For Momus and bis hosts of \ followers are in possession of the town, i By noon the streets were full of j mummers—some in rags. some in jags j anil some in velvet crowns. Hero ! women smoked cigarets and pipes in i utter disregard of tin- conventions: j there a stransrel.v propelled monoplane j •larted about: from yonder came sweet i strains of music from the Sour Note I l>and. ITully 1.500 mummers. 14 bunds and i 12 floats paraded for the SCOO offered | as prize money. The parade started a*. ' 1.1 ."i sharp at Front and State streets, j following two taps on the Courthouse ' hell. Tlic Parade The procession moved from Front j and State streets. I.CM<I iIILT was Cap- i tain Joseph B. Thompson on n white horse sent here by A. O. Rice, of Me < Captain Thompson was I charge of a squad <>f eight patrol- | men. all mounted on white horses. J Next cam- the Municipal Band, fol lowed by Clarence O. llaekenstoss, < iiief marshal, and Francis 11. Hoy, Jr.. chief ot staff, who have done much to make this year's demonstration a suc cess. The assistant marshals were next. The Keystone Motorcycle Club hau the right of line. This organization has been one of the most enthusiastic boosters for the mummers. The Com monwealth Band was a part of the motorcycle club entry. The first division was made tip of ' organizations from Steelton and Har- ! r>sburg. The Alberta society, of Steel- | ton. had three distinct displays in this i division. The St. Michael's Society, of . Steeßon. and organizations front Slid- | ■ lletown. Highspire and Harrisburg: I were also a part of the first division. Hundreds of Comics Hundreds of comic individuals and ' men with fancy and origin. , costumes! were assigned to each division. The I Harrisburg lted Men. the Babbit's! Club of the Friendship Fire Company. ! Knights of Pythias. Ninety-niners and j T rinces of Bagdad tilled up the sec- j ond and third divisions. I.ernoyne sent ! a. club of 150 members and Middle- : I °Y„, l with a strong organization. ! I lie floats made up the fourth di-I vision and included historical displays i by local secret orders. Steelton soeie- i ties and unique exhibitions on wheels by J. Walter Montgomery.* the coal! man. and the Orpheum Theater. The judges were stationed in front or the Mayor s offlre and took notes ; as the parade passed down Market . street to Fourth street. Later tliev I viewed the parade at several othei ' points along tiie route. The names of i the judges were not made known until ! i o clock this afternoon. The prize i -tinners will be announced at the i >r- ' pheum Theater to-night at 9 o'clock, j Some Noise: With the noisiest welcome a New » oar has ever bren accorded, Harris- i burg mummers started their cele bration last night. Thousands of peo- i Pie crowded into the block between I Aliirket hipiare ami Front streets sind 1 about the municipal Christmas 're- »o help welcome the New Year Promptly at 11. lust night the lights went out. On the stroke of mid night the lights were again turned on and the welcome started. All evening 'h" crowds walked about the streets' ana kept the street men bugv supply -Ing horns, bells, rattlers and serpen tine confetti. This great nrmv „f ! ' shooters" mnde good on the stroke of; midnight and kept it up for a half 1 hour The sounding of tans. 1 -9-1 -3 on i the r-ourthouse hell by William Crozier I assistant electrician, was the signal 1 for whistles and fire bells throughout! the city to get busy. When the masses began moving homeward the din was ' continued. Streamers of confetti thrown ! over the heads of the large crowds ' [■Continued on Page 91 THE WEATHER] For Harrlshurg and »Iclnltyi nrn. e rally f„| r to-night and Sarur ture * Increase In tempera- Fnr Kantern I'enns.t It nnla; Gener ally fair to-nliclit and 'to-morrow■ warmer and light winds. niter >« ebanae In conditions. ler bouud and xtntlonnry. Temperaturei M a . m .. tB. 7: "" "* ! ""»• <>M V*. til. M,H>ni Rlm-x. laioa p. m. Hlver tMaae. a. T fee* above lo n . lrater mark. Veaterda j %T Weather Highest temperature, .10. I .otreat temperature. 3-1. Mean temperature, atj. .Normal temperature, SO, V 'AVALESQUEZA I DECLARED FALU> APOLO^ZE.SPftfcK Fol \ Ylifffl 1 I - - jt/tytftf* rcVv Jt /A>D FORT——' CLOSING- FOR W^RViCTIMtS - EOLITH - «PUBLIC LIBRARY MEETS GREAT DEMAND I Book Circulation 102,126 in First Year; One-tenth of Popula tion Registered Harrisburg's new Public Übrarv closed its first year of service to-day with a record of having circulated 1102.126 books. This is a figure that ! is far beyond the expectations of any j one connected with the library and jthere were hearty congratulations for j Miss Alice R. Eaton, the librarian, I when the figures were announced this morning. The library was opened to the pub | lie just one year ago to-day with for ! mal exercises, but the service of ; books did not begin until Saturday, j January 3. The library has been open j::07 days in the year and the total I number of persons registered fr.r j books lia* reached tho total of 8.840 ;"f one-tenth of the population of I Marrisburs and some of its suburbs. ! Of this number 6,018 were adults and | 2,322 children. | Of the total circulation of 102,126 : books the circulation among children i reached the surprising number of 29,324. < 'hildreu have used the li ! brary very extensively, the number .of youngsters visiting the library to ; re;ui or look at books, r.ot merely to take out books, was 15.40* out of a .total number of 38,441 persons. The largest circulation on one day j was 1,053. \ The percentage of iiction circulated was 78. it ooing noted that the tic • tion circulation has dropped with tile ] last few montfc;-, .i!t bough the library Imoks arc kept strict!} up to date. This is attributed to the interest in ; the war and general reading. The library answered 1,903 refer ence questions over the telephone or jby mail. War Changes New Year's Customs in Washington Washington. .lan. I.—New Year's | day in the national r-apitai was un- I usually iiuiet. Because of the formal ! state of mourning which lias con tinued since the death of Mrs. Wilson. , there was no reception at the White I House. The annual diplomatic break ; fast by the secretary of state to the | members of tin- diplomatic corps had ( lwen abandoned because of the war. i and many other time honored customs I which usually play such an important ! pnrt in ih< Washington New Year | celebration were omitted for the same reason. KIWI, \ PI'KAIj AGAINST PROHIBITION HAS FAII.KI) Ijy .Associated Prej t I'eU'ograd, via London, Jan. 1, 7.31 A. M.—The last appeal against HUE-I sla's prohibition decree failed Thurs day when the councils <>t Petrograd I and .Moscow rejected a petition to au thorize the recommencement of the sale of beer and light wines. The re cent final order to discontinue the sale of all alcoholic drinks was issued with the reservation that the city councils should have the right to ap peal for an authorization of the re commencement of tho sale of 3 per i cent, beer and light wine. CLXKBKATION IN NKW YOHK Py Associated Press , New York, Jan. I.—Daylight to day failed to quell the noisy and on-' thusiastic greeting which New York nave to the new year. The revelry along Broadway continued far into the morning hours and the police al i hough they had little to do, declares she celebration the biggest of its kind in the history of tlie city. HARRISBURG, PA„ FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1915. Mechanicsburg Didn't Greet 1915 Until Noon by Town-clock Town Tease Must Have Been in Borough Hall Belfry; 12 O'clock Never Struck Ilf Mechanicsburg really wants to come ami go and do business and go to church and cat and sleep and havo fun I and so on during the new year, it will | always he about twelve hours late. | All this, of course. If time be marked I by the town-clock. | For, according to the town time piece In the borough council hall, 1315 wasn't officially ushered In until noon to-dav. The nearest the clock got to 12 o'clock prior to the noon hour to- I day—was 11:55 last night. And that i was last year. The borough was ready and waiting for the town-clock to hit. off the twelve ! strokes that were to have announced MILLER TABERNACLE IS NOT COMPLETED Evangelistic Campaign at Mechan icsburg Has Been Post poned One Week Mechanicsburg, Pa., Jan. I.—At a meeting of the executive committee in charge of the Miller evangelistic meetings here lust evening it was de cided to postpone the entire program of tlie campaign for one week. This was due to unforseen Circumstances. Delay in delivering the lumber for the ibig structure and the zero weather conditions and snow hjivc helu back the completion of the work. A cir | load of shavings is somewhere on the j road and has thus far failed to ar | rive. Instead of starting the meet ings next Sunday, the first one will jtake place on the following Sunday, ; January 10, and the regular program I will then be carried out cs previously j arranged. ) Evangelist Miller was communi cated with on the long-dlstanc« tcle j phone at Manchester, Intl., where he i is just closing a lon« series of meet i ings. and he said Ih" postponement J would he entirely satisfactory to him ! and his party. | Germans Say U. S. Has Taken Stand From Which Retreat Is Impossible By Associated Press I.ontlon. Jan. 1. 0.30 A. M.—The l Dally Mail's correspondent at The | Hague asserts that the entire German ! press received ti;c news of the Amerl- Ican protest to <3reut Britain against I relays to American commerce with isatisfaction and Is speculating on the possibility of a crisis between the two countries. The correspondent adds that the newspapers declare that the American government lias taken a stand from which It is Impossible to retreat. NICHOLAS VISITS KKOXT / By Associated Press Home, Dee. 31, X.lu p. M. (Delayed In transmission).—The American note to Great Britain, pt-ot'-sting against the interference with American mer chantmen, has produced an excellent impression here, not only because-It may tend to avert exactly the same difficulties encountered by Italian com merce, hut also because it is hoped that It may lead to u more concrete set of International rules protecting the commerce of neutrals in their rights while still safeguarding the [rights of belligerents. the dawn of another year. Finally it clanged out a single stroke—and then another— And then it quit. Some of the bells and whistles all over town, which had started at the first stroke, hesitated —and waited some more. Hut the town-clock let It go at that. Folks became impatient. "Come on, 'fifteen.' come on!" shout ed some one. But it was 1 o'clock be fore it struck again. Investigation developed the fact that the clapper of the clock bell had been held up by some one in the belfry after two beats were pounded out. The town tease is suspected. BRITISH BATTLESHIP IS SOI IN CHANNEL Official Bureau Says Either Mine or Submarine Caused Destruction London, Jan. 1, 2.14 P. M. —The British battleship Formidable was sunk this morning in the British Channel b yeithcr a mine or a sub marine, according to an announcement given out by tho official information bureau. Tho text of the bureau's statement follows: "The batleship Formidable was sunk this morning in the channel, but whether by a mine or a submarine is | not yet certain. "Seventy-one survivors have been picked up by a British light cruiser, and It is possible that others may have men rescued by other vessels." The British battleship Formidable had a displacement of 15,00 tons. Sho [Continued on Page 9] Ex-Postmaster Stackpole Improving; Extends New Year's Greetings to Friends Ex-post master E. J. Stackpole, who has been seriously ill with pleuro pneumonia for the post month, is slowly recovering at his home in North Front street. He is still confined to his bed and not able to see his friends, but on this New Year's day he desired all of them to know how much he appre ciated the many messages of Rood: will that had come to him during his illness. He wanted also to extend to all his friends a New Year's greeting of cheer and regard. At his home to-da.v it was said that the ex-postmaster feels that there is compensation even in severe illness, in the realization of good fellowship which ho so much appreciates. SWEDISH MINISTER SENDS NEW YEAR'S MEBSAGK TO MAIL By A undated Press London. Jan. I. 4.4» A. M. —Reply- ing to the Daily Mall's request for a new year's message. Dr. K. 11. 1., llam ina.rak.iold. the Swedish premier, wired as follows: "The necessities of war have been invoked on both belligerent sides to justify a series of measures contrary to the law of nations and the rights of neutral countries. "It is desirable that such pernicious doctrine be universally stigmatized and abandoned." EQUIPMENT ORDERS ARE DUEiXT WEEK Railroads Announce Expenditures Which May Reach Twenty Million Dollars Special to The Telegraph New York, Jan. I.—Eastern rail roads are so well satisfied with the recent decision increasing their fright rates that tlicy will give orders in January for equipment, rails, ties and other supplies', amounting to $20,000.- 000, or the equivalent of the addi tional earnings accruing to them from the decision. This policy hrs been agreed on by the boards of directors of the different roads benctited by the decision. A first large contract will be award ed next week. These will "nc In the way of steel rail orders by the New York Central lines, the Ponnnsylvanla and Baltimore and Ohio, aggregating several hundred thousands tons. It is expected that this largo total of orders will bring back to work a great many men. Tn addition to the orders for new material, many of the railroads since the decision was granted l>ave put their shop forces back on part time j where they bad been working only a few hours a week. The big shops of the New Haven at Keadvlile, Massa chusetts. were reopened Monday. To-day the shops of the New York Central lines in Indianapolis were started up. Fully 10.000 men have already been given employment since the middlo of December. Italians, With Glass in Hand, Cry "Viva Italy" and Welcome New Year By Associated Press Home, an. 1. 12.20 A. M. —A unique way of celebrating the entry of the new year took place here to-day. Usually the event has been celebrated by the explosion of fireworks and the ! firing of guns but as this was pro hibited this year the people generally ! agreed to appear at open windows. I glass In hand, and cry "viva Italy." [This was done and the effect was most I Impressive. Hand Grenades Used With Success by Russ Petrograd. Dec. Sl.—The following statement from the general staff of the commander-in-chief was given out to-night: On the left bank of the Vistula no important lighting took place to-day. Between the Vistula and the Pillca rivers we have successfully repulsed day and night attacks made by the (Germans to the south of the road from Ballmow to Mednevicc. To the north of the Rawka river we repulsed the German offensive by a counter attack, j Near the Pillca river in the vicinity ! of the village of Jesergetz. we allowed a German column which was attempt- i ing a night attack to approach to a ■ point 300 paces from our trenches and • then met it with a galling fire which ! dispersed the enemy. The enemy suf fered enormous losses. In some districts we have ben using' hand grenades against the enemy with l greatest silccess. Dunkirk Bombarded by Four German Aeroplanes! By Associated Press Paris, Jan. t, 5.05 A. M.— Dunkirk, on the northern coast of France, was again bombarded by four German aeroplanes Thursday, according to re ports which reached Paris during the; night. I 14 PAGES • POSTSCRIPT ARCHJVKS BKIN<; TRANSFERRED Athens, \ ia London, Jan. 1, 9.30 A. M. —According to Constantinople ad vices which have reached here the Austrian and German embassies in the Turkish capital are transferring their archives to Asia Minor, fearing that action Is imminent by the British and French fleets against th# Dardanelles and the capital. | jkj~ _, - to a statement issued to the employes of V Railroad Company to-day dur. K closed the Cumberland Valley Railroad tran C ipprcximately ei;,ht and a q lion tons of m nd two million passengers without the loss of life m ! -of a ■ ithotit injur- \ i i-s.- Cj Washington, Jan. I.—N . greetings to Pre: 1 V.ilson fiom the rulers oi >ations and from 1 into the White House to-day. 1 on in Lon- * govern-. ' K me::' I i I , United States, 'There were \ 1 inception. t IHOI.LWEG'S SON KILLED I Berlin, Jan. I", via The Hague and London, 1.05 P. M.— # The LOK AN 'EIQLR says in it.-, issue of to-day that M it was learned that the eldest son of Dr. Von Bcthmann- F Holiweg, the Imperial chancellor, was killed in action in C i Poland, D< j, er ■). /' : § NINE KENTUCKY COUNTIES DRY J Lexington, Ky., Jan. I.—Nine counties in Kentucky ? became "dfy" at midnight, liquor having been voted out ( last September with licenses exn night. Only fil / teen counties out of 120 in Kentucky are now in the so- i, called "wet" column. W Miss Grace Dowhower, 17 Evergreen street, fell at * Twelfth and Market streets, while on her way to work for f the Postal Telegraph Company in the Pennsylvania station, g She sustained a tiactured collarbone. J London, Jan. 1, 12.55 P. M.—Ten persons were killed F and many others injured in a train collision this morning on K ! the Great Eastern Railway, near Ilford, five miles fron; Lon- » I don. Some of the railroad cars were reduced to splatters. IS i ' MARRIAGE LICENSES I Irwin Hugkra Uclfcr nud Mary Sam Itauk, dtf. 1 SEA, LAND AND AIR I BATTLES MARK NEW 1 YEAR'S BEGINNING ' Emperor William in Stirring Ad- V dress Refers to Brilliant German Victories DUNKIRK AGAIN BOMBARDED American Note to British Govern-' ment Received Favor ably in Italy Emppror William. In a striking: ad dress to his soldiers and sailors OR the first days of the new year, refers to the brilliant German victories since the opening of hostilities and then lays emphasis on the statement that every attempt o ftlie enemies of tlm fatherland to enter upon German ter ritory in numerical strength has failed. Behind the army and the fleet is the German nation. Ills Majesty de clared. prepared for every sacrifice to protect the country from outrag eous invasion. In conclusion the Em peror calls upon his people to face the new- year unflinchingly and to win new victories for the fatherland. As the year 1915 opens, after five months of hostility in the (treat war. the fighting, both in the eastern and I the western arenas is going on with out decisive results for either side. There has been no material let-up with the advent of severe winter weather in the determination and se verity of the encounter. In Poland there are to-day hostilities between Germans and Tlusstans between the Vistula and Pilica rivers, and alonff the battle line in France, from the isca. to Switzerland, there are almost [ continuous exchanges of artillery (Iro or infantry charges against trenches followed by desperate counter attacks. • | I Neither is aerial activity being neg lected. Only yesterday four German aeroplanes dropped bombs on the French channel port of Dunkirk. There are in Germany to-day after ap proximtaely 150 days of hostilities no fewer than 586,000 military prisoners of war. These include . over S.IOO officers among whom are found L'B generate. Russian prisoners are the most numerous, with nearly 310,000 officers and men. The American note to the British government on unwarranted interfer 'ence with American commerce to neu tral countries has met with a favor tContinued on Page S]
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