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HARRISBURG |§i|fl|l TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 2
" GIRL KILLED, ANOTHER HURT,
2 MEN INJURED IN AUTO SMASH
Grace Maugan Meets Death
When Hurled From Ma
chine Against Car at Front
and Walnut Streets
DRJVER MIRACULOUSLY
ESCAPES ALL INJURY
Dead Girl Was to Marry One
of Victims; Didn't See
Car, Says Driver
Miss Grace 1,. Maugan, aged 2f« j
years. 310 Forster street, is dead: Miss
],illian M. Swails. aged 24 years, 1410 |
Green street, fs In the llarrisburg;
hospital with extensive but not serl- j
«>us injuries; and T. Elder Cleckner, |
1112 Green street, and Samuel Weber, ;
ItiO Sylvan Terrace, are both in the;
hospital with slight injuries as the re- j
suit of an auto-streetcar crash at 11 >
o'clock last night at Front and Wal-
nut streets.
John J. Hargest, Jr.. 2204 North
Third street, the driver of the car,
escaped without a scratch.
(largest was driving down front
street at a fair rate of speed and he
says he failed to see the car coining
"IT the end of the bridge In time to
avoid a collision. When he suddenly
i -iplied the brakes the automobile
• ';idded on the icy street, the right
- de and rear crashing into the trolley
.nd throwing the occupants of the
:> k seat against the car and out on
i. > the pavement.
Severe damage was done to the
automobile, which belonged to M. 11.
Gettys. 1718 North Second street, and
vas kept at the Rex Garage, 1917
North Third street. Young Hargest's
father is the manager of the gar
age.
MNs Maiman Dies at 2.1S
The young women were taken to
the hospital in the ambulance in a
semiconscious condition, and the men
v. ere admitted later. Miss Maugan
died at 2.4."> this morning. X-ray ex
minations will be made of the sur-
IH Ivors this afternoon to determine the
xlent of their injuries. Their condi
tion is not regarded serious by the
doctors.
The funeral of Miss Grace L. Mau
g.in will be held from her home, 310
Forster street, Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, the Rev. B. 11. liart. offi
ciating. Burial will be in the Paxtang
< 'emetery. Her only ' close survivor
is her widowed mother, Mrs. Cora E.
Maugan.
Didn't See First Car
Says Hargest, Telling
About the Accident
Hargest. driver of the wrecked car,
this morning declared he did not see
the car approaching which hit him
until it was within a few yards of his
machine.
"We were returning from Dauphin
where we had driven earlier in the
evening," explained Hargest. "and
just about three minutes before 11.
we reached Front near Walnut. I saw
a 'cross river ear approaching, hut it
was not near the end of the bridge
and I knew 1 could get across the
tracks with plenty of clearance. There
was a wagon just in front and to my
right. As I passed the wagon, I was
struck nearly dumb to see another
car almost directly in my path. This
car I had not seen, the wagon block
ing off my view.
"I threw on my brakes, the machine
slid ten feet or so, and then the
v.-heels blocked. The skidding threw
the rear end around with a terrific
force against the street car which was
running fast. When I looked around.
1 saw the girls had been thrown
out.
"Were you driving fast?" Hargest
was asked.
"Well, T was running at a fair rate
of *peed," he said.
"Were you riding all evening?"
"Yes," said Hargest. "we planned
il.c trip over at the lunch house yes
terdnv afternoon. Weber, who was to
nmrry Grn.cts Maugan Sn the Spring,
stiggepi/v' a littlo ride to Dauphin.
He's always been a close friend of
)i n< About 5 o'clock I drove the
follows around to Grace's home and
J.if'.isn was there. We drove around
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j THE WEATHER
For tlnrrlNbnric nml vicinity: Fair
mill colder ln-ntulit ami Sundn> i
ion eat temperature to-night
nhiiut IB dfurpi'n.
F«r EaXfrn I'cnnaylvnnln ; Loriil
*«orvn to-nlulN, colder in north
Htui went portion*; Sunday fair,
mnel: colder wltli n cold wave In
north portion; frcNh west to
northwest wlndx.
Hirer
The Sunqtielinnmi river and Its
, Irlbiilarle* will remain iccnerallr
Icebound and nearly stationary.
•ieneral Condition*
'J'be * tor iu iliat was central over
Western t'nnnda, Thurnda.v morn
la*. ha* moved aouthraxtward
and now cover* the northeaatern
part of the t'nltcd State*, with
»»* center near Ueorartan boy. It
•'«» eaiiacd llt?ht *nou In the la*t
• nenty-fmir hour* icenerally over
the l.nke reltlon and I'pper Ohio
\ alley.
There wa* a general rlae of 2 to I«
iti-«reea In temperature over
nearly all the country ea*t of the I
Ml*»ls*lppl river, except along: the
Atlantic coa*t front New Jeraer I
■oirthwarrt Into Florida, where It
I* *omewhat colder.
I'emperaturei N a. in.. XI.
fcUTI! nine*. 7;28 a. M.i seta, 4i4lt
ii. m.
>lor>nt Hlsea, Si,l4 p. in.
Itl%ei Stage; 2.7 feet above tow
-4 water mark.
Yeate'duy'* 'Weather
XigheMt temperature, 2S.
I unfit temperature. 17.
Mcnn temperature, is.
» Itnraiul temperature, 30 4
|||r -' :go><:\:■'■ iBjH
Here is seen the wrecked car which figured in the accident where Miss Grace Maugan on the left met
death, and Miss Lillian Swails, on right, received injuries more or less serious. Both girls arc known to'hun
dreds of people, they being waitressesln a downtown lunch room. The photograph or the car shows how
, the guards along the side were telescoped when the machine skidded and the rear end was thrown against the
streetcar. *
'FOUR JOYRIDERS GO
j OVER RII/ER BANK
Pinned Beneath Auto, but Es
cape With Only Slight
Injuries
' Four "joyriders." two men and two
women, bad miraculous escapes from
| death last night when their Ford car
went over the River Hank at Front ;>nd
' Seneca streets. The car turned turtle
; and all four occupants were thrown
j beneath it, yet none were seriously in
jured.
Horace Segelbaum. attorney, whose
home is near the scene of-the accident,
! with several neighbors, rescued the au
-1 toists. After taking them to his home,
! he called in Dr. C. At. Rhoads, who
j dressed their cuts and bruises.
All four refused to give their names
to either Mr. Sogelbaum or the doctor.
It is said the men were from either
Carlisle, or Chambersburg: and the
women from Harrlsburg. The car was
enroute up Front street. Near Seneca
the car skidded and crashed into a
nipple tree, breaking it off at the roots.
The steering gear was broken in the
crash, and the car went down over the
bank, a distance of twenty-five feet.
The occupants were found under the
i car. One of the men had a thumb
j knocked out of joint. The other was
! scratched on the face with broken
glass. One of the women iiad a sprain
ed back, and the other cuts on the forc
! head. The quartet thanked Attorney
Segelbaum and his friends for their
I valuable aid. refusing to disclose their
j identity, and walked to iieeond street
I where they boarded a ear for the city.
! The automobile was badly damaged.
TWO CAItS COM.IDK \T
THIHU AMI STRAWBERRY STS.
j Slight damaged followed a collision
between two automobiles at Third and
J Strawberry streets this morning.
1 An auto belonging to C. H. Knck, a
baker, 45 North Fourteenth street, came
West on Strawberry street. The auto
ol Frank Payne. fIZ North Front street,
in charge of the chauffeur, was going
north on Third. On account of the snow
and Ice, neither car was able to stop
promptly. Tile fender on the bakery
car was slightly damaged and the
i Payne car escaped with a few scratches.
Emperor William Worse
Than Generally Supposed
London. Jan. 2. 3.23 tt . m.—The
Amsterdam correspondent of the Ex
press says he learns that the condi
tion of Emperor William of Germany,
I who recently was reported as having
i recovered from an Illness, is worse
than is generally supposed. The cor-1
| respondent says he is informed that]
j sooner or later the Emperor must re-1
iturn to Berlin for an operation on his
: throat, but is deferring the trip be
cause he is anxious to return only
after having secured a crushing vic
:tory.
To Resume Reliel Work
at Headquarters Monday
General activities at the headriuart
| ers of the Home and War Relief Com
mitter will be resumed Mondav. when
all departments start up full i'oi• to
! accomplish the relief of needy per
j sons in this diclrlct, and to aid the wnr
sufferers in Europe,
I Although the committee's hcadquart
| ers, at 7 South Front street, were closed
for several days around the holidays,
they have been a busy place since
I the opening of the rooms on December
119. A large number of women have
made application for work during the
last two weeks, and the committee has
I been a bio to supply regular and steady
I work to all who were deserving anil
] who needed it.
French Occupy Three
New Lines of Houses
Paris, Jan. 2. 2.40 P. M. The
! French official statement on the prog
; ress of the war given out this after
noon recites a series of encounters
along the battle line of comparatively
minor importance. Germnn attack's
and counterattacks have been repulsed:
French gains have been retained: the
artillery exchanges have been spirited
and In Steinbach, where street lighting
i has been going on for several days, the
| French say they have occupied three
, new lines of houses.
CIjOSK WATCH ON FOREIGNERS I
Rome. Jan. 1. 9.50 P. M.—The gov
ernment has ordered the police to keep
| a close watch on foreigners and to
| make special investigations of their
doings while In the country. Many
have been Invited to leave the country
as soon as possible, and it Is stated 1
that some will be expelled If they do:
|not take the hint.
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1915.
!4 HOMICIDE CASES
111 JIB TERM
Moltz, Scott, Morrow and Keane
Must Answer Manslaugh
ter Charges
, _I-our homicide cases are among the
175 cases listed for trial at the mid
winter term of criminal court which
'begins Monday. January 11. The trial
list was issued to-day by District At
torney Stroup and includes 141 new
cases and more than thirty which had
to be continued from previous terms.
The trials of Theodore 11. Moltz,
, charged with involuntary manslaugh
ter. ex-Patrolman Robert F. Scott,
■ charged with murder, and Samuel
| Morrow and Alma Keane, who have to
answer to charges of Involuntary man
slaughter, are listed for Wednesday,
| Thursday and Friday, respectively,
the Morrow and Keane cases being
listed for Friday.
Thirty-eight cases of desertion and
nonsupport are listed for hearing on
Monday, January 23.
SPEAKERSHIP STILL
VERY MUCH II AIR
f
1 Candidates All Hopeful and Caucus
Vote May Be Necessary
to Decide
Although less thnn a dozen mem
bers of the next House of Representa
tives are in the ofty, friends of the
candidates for the Republican nomi
| nation for Speaker are on the job and
| in the next twenty-four hours thing's
will be stirring actively. The caucus
of the Republicans, which will decide
the speakership, will be held Mondavi
night and. unlike that in 1913, will
be attended by every Republican. The
candidates are all engaged in a friendly
contest and the winner will be heartily
supported. Although there are many
rumors in the air. the contest appears
to be rather free for all to-day. At
least the candidates say it is.
Richard J. Baldwin, Delaware;
Henry 1. Wilson. Jefferson, and R. P.
I Habgood, MeKean, have headquarters
j almost beside each other In the Com
monwealth. and late to-day Charles A.
Ambler, Montgomery, will open his
headquarters. The friends of each
claim the inside track.
With Mr. Wilson are Congressman
| elect S. Taylor North and Senator T.
i M. Kurtz; with Mr. Raldwin a number
of friends from Delaware county, and
I with Mr. Habgood R. ,T. Hoffman, for
j nier mayor of Bradford; W. A. Os
| trander. Smethport. Pi's colleague, und
G. Scott Smith, editor of the Kane Re
publican. and H. 15. Gaffney, Brad
j ford. Insurance Commissioner Charles
Johnson. Xorristown. will after
the Ambler campaign.
Mr. Habgood will have a committee
of newspaper publishers here to boost
his candidacy and a Delaware corn
mil tee will boom Baldwin, while Mont
gomery will send a delegation for
Ambler.
Fred C. Ehrhardt, Scranton. and G.
W. Williams, Wellsboro, mentioned for
Speaker, will be here to-night. Mr.
Ehrhardt is the senior Republican and
may preside at the caucus. John M.
Flynn, Elk, will preside at the Demo
cratic caucus. The Democratic can
didate for Speaker will not be picked
at the olTlcc of State Chairman Morris.
TO BE FAIR AND COLD
The lowest temperature that will
prevail in Harrisliurg and vicinity to
night and to-inor.row is about 15 de
grees above zero. Fair weather and
no noticeable change in temperature
is announced by the Weather Bureau
for Sunday. In the northern part of
the state a cold wave is due, with local
snows for the night and fair weather
to-morrow.
WOOT, PRODUCTION DECREASED
By Associatrd Press
Washinirton, Jan. 2.—W00l produc
tion of the United States in 1914 to
taled 290,192,000 pounds according to
estimates to-day by the Bureau of
Crop Estimates of the Department of
Agriculture. This Is about six million
pounds less than that of 1913 as esti
mated by the National Association of
Wool Manufacturers.
. FORMIDABLE SUNK BY
! GERMAN SUBMARINE
i
Report Current in Paris Says At
tack Was Made Near
Portsmouth
By Associated Press
i )*aris. Jail. 2, 9.2 C a. in.—The British
I battleship Formidable which sunk in
I the English Channel Friday morning
! with the greater part of her crew was
torpedoed off Portsmouth by a German
j submarine, according to a report cur
rent in Parts.
' Portsmouth is the chief naval station
lof Rngland. it is situated at the
i southwest extremity of Portsea Island,
! eighteen miles southeast of
i ton and miles southwest of
London.
Portsmouth harbor is four miles in
[ length, with about an equal width and
: its entrance is only about 400 vards
| across. It has been said that in this
land-locked haven the whole British
\ navy might ride in perfect security.
The arm of the English channel with
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I DECEMBER. 1914,
COLDEST 111 VEARS
Susquehanna Closed on 15th,
Still Locked From Shore
to Shore
December, 1914. was one of the four
coldest Christmas-months Harris burg
and vicinity experienced in the whole
twenty-seven years' history of the
Weather Bureau.
That the final month of 1914 was a
mighty cold month the charitable in
stitutions. the poor hoard, and the As
sociated Charities could readily attest
by a glance at their records. And if .
that would be sufficient to prove to the !
(average citizen who didn't think it was '
so very cold, then the rivermen, who '
keep tabs on the river conditions; the :
man who pays coal bills, and the
j weather-man could add their testi- I
mony.
According to the records of the j
Weather Bureau the coldest December |
day since the establishment of the de
partment was recorded December 27. I
when one degree aiove zero was reach- '
ed. The daily deficiency In tempera- |
ture wns throe and a half degrees be
low normal, and the nwrage tempera- 1
ture for the month wis twenty-nine I
decrees.
The Susquehanna minded the cold a
lot In December of l!>14. On the loth i
the river closed to a sufficient strength 1
to permit the skaters to get busy and
it has remained locked in the grip of
winter since.
On only three other occasions since
1878 has the river been frozen over
earlier—on Dei-ember 10. IS7C. on the
same date in 18X0 and on December S,
1882. the stream was locked from shore
to shore at this point.
Citizens Object to Head
of Fig as Emblematic
of Chicago's Industry
Hy Associated Press
Chicago. 111., Jan. 2.—-The head of a
pig as emblematic of Chicago's Indus
try would be resented by Chicagoans.
according to a letter which the com
mittee promoting the International
Clirlstinn Endeavor convention, to be
held here next July, mailed to-day to
a New England badge company.
The committee has advertised for
designs and bids for the convention
medallions and the eastern concern's
design had in the center of the bar on !
the badge the head of a pig as cm- I
bleniatic of Chicago's industry.
The badge was rejected and a letter I
sent to the company says:
"We take exception to the fact that
you have placed In the center of the
bar on this badge the head of a pig,
merely because, as you say, Chicago i
leads the world in the meat packing
industry. We suggest that, you learn i
that Chicago stands for something be
sides pigs and packing."
PENNSY REFUSAL SUSTAINED
Washington. D. C„ Jan. 2.—Refusal i
of tho Pennsylvania Railroad and <
other roads to provide certain re- t
guested transit privileges on grain and t
grain products at Pittsburgh was sus- <
tained to-day by the Interstate Com- c
merce Commission and the withdrawal i
of other privileges was approved. ii
PART OF MAN'S BODY
FOUND IMLAP BAG
New York Police and Detectives
Search Marsh Near Coney
Island For Other Portions
TORSO IS EMBEDDED IN ICE
Special Effort Being Made to Lo
cate Head So Identity Can
Be Established
By Associated Press
?' v.- York, Jan. 2.—Examination !
| eariy to-day of the torso of the human i
body discovered last night imbedded j
in the ire in a marsh near Coney Is-
I land led the police to believe it was |
jthat of a man. The torso was wrapped |
in two burlap bags and patrolmen and |
detectives searched all night in the]
| Eongr island meadow where the two |
| bundles were found in the hope of 10-j
eating the missing parts of the body, i
The ooliee were especially anxious to j
j find the head that the identity of the j
supposedly'murdered man might be,
j established.
I The discovery of the dismembered j
! body recalled to the detective bureau!
[the finding of the mutilated body of j
Anna AumulU r who was murdered by •
the Rev. Hans Schmidt and the frag- |
nients thrown upon *the Jersey shore i
of the Hudson river.
The discovery of the bags was i
made by a boy who was passing near j
the spot. The boy led a detective to j
the place, who. ripped open the ex
posed top of one of the bags, it con
tained the mutilated upper part of a
hunjan body from which the arms had
, evidently been removed. Lower parts
of the torso were in the second bag.
U. of P. Branch Will
Open Monday Evening
j The Harrisburg branch of the Whar
ton School of the University of Penn
sylvania, will open its work for the
new year on Monday evening, January
!4, with prospects of continued pros
perity and likelihood of increased so
' c.ial activities among the 153 students, j
| Arrangements are being made to
1 1 have Provost Edgar Kalis Smith, of.
\ | the University, make an address at I
;ithe smoker to be held by the students |
L soon after the examinations during!
■ ! the last week of January. J. T. Stew
iart Kishpaugh. chairman of the social
j committee, has charge of the affair.
I)R. JAMES S. SHAW DIES
| By .Associated Press
Boston. Jan. 2.—Dr. S. Shaw, well
i! known in theatrical circles for many
' j years, and a brother of Dr. Anna How
' ard Shaw, president of the National
i j Woman's Suffrage Association, died
i here yesterday. Dr. Shaw was exain
i.ining physician for the Actors' Fund
'of America. He was born in New
Castle, England, 76 years ago.
'"MYSTERIOUS VOICES'
i! HUE ALL SILENT NOW
, Director Walters in Peace; Blames
Both Democrats and
Republicans
"Mysterious voices on the "phone"
' have quit bothering President Harry
| A. Walters about jobs on the Dau
-1 phin county poor board.
| The clerkship of the board and the
stewardship of the Almshouse, held :
spectively by John P. Guyer and!
Spencer F. Barber, seem to be no
| longer worth "attempts to bribe,"
Wednesday the Poor Directors will
i meet for annual reorganization, and'
:if any changes are to be made it will ;
be at next week's session that such j
! substitions, alterations, etc., in the]
: little Democratic organization natur- 1
ally would he made.
I And as the time drew nigh the i
i "voices" became a little more insist-;
lent, even persuasive in a way, until!
| the president of the board litcame!
| indignant and issued a statement tu i
•the newspapers about his stand on,
the matter.
I The statement in effect was that in- i
jso far as lie is concerned, there will
'be no changes—that both Guyer and
Barber can have their jobs for an
other year. Furthermore, Mr. Wal
ters took that occasion to deny that
he had agreed with Thomas 11. Man
ning, the minority member of the
board, on a plan to oust the clerk
and the steward from their jobs.
Ever since Guyer, who is a Social
ist, was named for the clerkship;
the president of the board became'
party man surely should have had :
that part of the spoils, was their con
tention.
Up until just recently, when Mr.
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No Electric Lights For
River Park in West End
Electric lighting for the river park !
between Kelly and Maclay streets will I
not be provided for the coming year, I
according to city Commissioner M.
Harvey Taylor, superintendent of I
! parks, to-day.
Sixteen of the standard lights had I
| been considered for the upper park,
I but the commissioner or parks said to
day that not sufficient money Is In
I sight, for this section at the present
| time. The standards for the river
park between Iron alley and Pax ton
, street will be provided, however. So
I will the new lights at the Twelfth
.street playgrounds.
U. S. TOIi NOT BE REPRESENTED j
! Xew York, Jan. 2.—America will j
not be represented at the conference!
of Socialists from neutral countries |
called for January 17 at Copenhagen
to devise ways and means for ending /
the European war. Morris liillquit, '
of New York, was appointed by So
cialist party executive committee to.
represent the United States at the con- I
ference but will not go. J i
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AUSTRIANS MEET ANOTHER
DEFEAT; SERVIAN CAPITAL
BOMBARDED BY WARSHIPS
British Battleship Formidable Sunk Off Portsmouth, Eng
land's Chief Naval Base; German Attacks in Poland
Reported to Have Been Repulsed; Russians Capture
3,000 Austrians, According to Petrograd Dispatch
The Russian "War Office announces
that another defeat* has been inflicted
upon the Austrian forces in Gallcia,'
whose advance from the Carpathians J
recently was checked with serious!
consequences to them. It is asserted J
that fortified Austrian positions near
Gorltce were destroyed and that X.OOO
prisoners were captured. The Rus
sian statement says, however, that the.
victory was won only after a hard
battle, and that fighting: still contin
ues, indicating: that the Austrians are
still capable of offering determined
resistance.
In Poland the German attack ap
parently has shifted to the south
ward. The Russian statement men
tions fighting or particular intensity
at Rawa, which is thirty miles south
of Soehaczew, the recent center of
German activity. Herman attacks
there, as well as in East Prussia and
in the region of Jliawla in Poland
near the Kast Prussian border, are
said to have been repulsed.
Austrian warships have bombarded
Belgrade, the Servian capital, from"
which the Austrians were driven
shortly after they had occupied it.
Some damage to property was caused
by the bombardment, but so far as is
known no lives were lost.
According to a report current in
Paris the lost British battleship For
midable was sunk off Portsmouth,
England's chief naval base. The de
struction of the Formidable Is be
lie.ved to have been the work of a
German submarine.
Allies on l)cft'-u*it e
The German attack in France and
Belgium, initiated In reply to the of
fensive movement of ihe allies, has
developed to such a point that the al
lies now are on the defensive along
the great part of the line. The ex
tent of the German movement is
shown by to-day's French statement,
which speaks of a series of night at
tacks against the allies along the
front. These onslaughts apparently
were not in great force, however, anil
Ihe assertion is made that they were
all repulsed with ease.
As to the results of recent fighting
in Alsace and the Argonne, along the
i\f\t?* Jßl^i
| DR. BRUMBAUGH TOR AMBLER
L Philadelphia, Jan. 2.—Governor- elect to-
I day announced that he is in favor of Charles 'A. Ambler, cf
| Mo.it, o: cot ty. for speaker of the House of Represen-
L tatives. The Governor said: "I agree with Mr. Lane that
c the Bp< akct should be in sympathy with all the measures to
| which I pledged myself in the primary and final contest.
L Mr. Ambler is such a man. His long consecutive service
t and his clean Republicanism appeal to me and 1 am for him
I for Speaker." Mr. Lane referred to by the governor-elect
X is Da . Lane, t'.nlvit *. local leader, who hod
f made a'statement that Ambler typified everything that Mr.
J Brumbaugh stood for and had had his support.
When Richard J. Baldwin and Henry I. Wilson, Speak
| ersnip candidates, were informed of the action of Dr. Bru:n-
I baugh, they declared that they would remain In the fight,
i and so advised the people at their headquarters. R. P. Hab
k good, another candidate, said he would make no statement
i until he saw the form of Dr. Brumbaugh's declaration. Wil-
I
I son said that he was sorry Dr. Brumbaugh had indicated
| any preference, and Baldwin declared that the declaration
| would not have any effect on his canvass.
P Washington, Jan. 2.—Former President Taft late to
| day ti •' Senate committee the Filipinos were not in po
| sition to govern themselves at the present time. "I believe
| Mr. Roosevelt is the same opinion," said Mr. Taft, "but
i of course, just now, I am not in his confidence."
i Philadelphia, Jan. 2.—The Pennsylvania Railroad
| Company to day asked the steel manufacturing concerns of
| the country to bid on 17,(500 tons of structural steel for
| bridge construction during l(fl5. The company also asked
i ioi bids on 1270 tons of steel for use in reinforced concrete
| work;
| Cieve.and, Jan. 2.—The Rev. Stephen Makara, 42, pas-
I tui ul St. John's Uieck Catholic Church, and his house-
I tvupci, Puis. 1 edox, were burned to death early to-day when
i hie jjinctk.-illy dcstioyed the parish house directly at th*
ie<u ot the church. Police believe the fire was of incendiary
origin. '
MARRIAGE LICENSES
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eastern portion of the front, there Is a
sharp conflict in the statement from
Merlin and Paris. The German state
ment says further ground has been
gained in the Argonne and especially
denies the claims of the French War
Office that half of the Alsatian vil
lage of Steinbach has been captured
and that the French are making a
further advance there. The Paris an
nouncement asserts that some of the
territory lost to Ihe Germans In the
Argonne has been regained and that
three new lines of houses have been
occupied in Steinbach.
The German military authorities say
that there has been no changes in the
eastern campaign, except that the
Germnn attacks on the lines west of
Warsaw have made further progress.
GIRMW PRISONERS KKIJEVG
''IiWCK IS READY FOR PEACE
By Associated Vress
London, Jan. 2, 10.40 A. M.—"While
some of the German prisoners appear
gloomy and criticise their leaders, this
is no fair indication of the sentiments
of their fighting troops."
So says a British official eye-witness
at the front in a dispatch dated De
cember 23. Adding:
"Neither the pinch of real want nor
the lack of men and material of war
lias yet been felt by the Germans, nor
has the consciousness of defeat been
brought home to them.
"They believe that Russia has suf
fered decisive defeat; that Eng
land is decadent and France
exhausted and ready to make peace.
They are conscious, however, that the
war will last much longer than at
first expected."
SIX ARMY CORPS WITHDRAWN'
By Associated I'rrss
I London. Jan. 2, 4.18 a. m. Th'a
Warsaw correspondent of the Times
sends a report that six German army
corps have withdrawn from that front
supposedly to guard against the ru
mored plans of the Russians to make
an attack on the German line of com
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