Members Are Arriving For Opening of Legislature Tomorrow at Noon HARtiISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— :\o. 3 TIVE CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKERSHIP Contest Will Be Settled in Caucus of Republican Members This Evening AMBLER IS VERY CONFIDENT i "Very Well Satisfied With Pros pects;" Others in Race to End L T f -nrntm , I Ci J ART_.ES VMBLER t'.iiilijatc fcr Speckcr of the House Five candidates are in the tield for the Republican nomination for Speaker of the House of Representatives,' which will be settled in caucus to night at the Capitol at S o'clock. John M. Flynn. of Klk. is the only Demo cratic candidate mentioned on the part of the minority. The Republican caucus nomination c;ins election ami the man selected : flh the I'll Republicans will be chosen bis rivals will line up for him. | The I icmoerats number only 41 and I there •• r< echoes.of the factional fißht j Tf last f«R anions: them. Seftator Charles 11. Kline, of Pitts-, burgh. has the inside track for the! presidency of the Senate. There ire , X of the ."><• senators who are Repub- j licans and—he will be tendered unani- i luons renomination. The Democrats I have eleven members and have no se lected their man. The legislature, to which all of this! is preliminary, will meet to-morrow at noon. The members will he sworn in. tiie presiding officers and principal officials will be chosen, resolutions au thorizing the inaugural preparations will be passed and after preliminary business the farewell message of Gov ernor John K. Tener. summing up the tine record of his administration and making suggestions as to what re mains to be done, as the result of legislative commissions, will be read. The legislature will adjourn to-mor row afternoon until 5" on day night, January 18. the night before inaugu ration to permit the committees to be made up and other business to be worked out. Nmblcr Confident This afternoon will tell the talc whether there will be much of a con test in (he Reptibiean House caucus. • 'harles A. Ambler, of Abington. Mont gomery county, backed by Governor elect Martin G. Brumbaugh and many of the potential Republican leaders and the man for whom Senator Boies Penrose declared in Philadelphia Sat urday. says "I am very well satisfied with the prospects. As it stands now 1 have votes to sr>are." Kichard J. Baldwin, Ohadd's Ford. Delaware county; Henry* I. .Vilson, of l»r> Run. Jefferson county: George W. Williams. Wellsboro. Tioga county, and Robert P. Habgood, Bradford, McKean county, declared early this afternoon that they were still in the running and intended to stay. They got together yesterday and last night and again this morning, issuing the same statement each time, saying 11j H t they believed the mem bers of the House should select the Speaker, and elect "a speaker who will make for harmony during the si ssion." They said that they were of the sainc mind and would continue In the tight. - They were visited by many men during this morning and were busy on telephones, discussing phases of the flcht, but they all in [ Continued on Page T] iTHE WEATHER! For llarrlxburic and vicinity: Kalr K'-niutal an«l Tiiemloy! allgbtly "nrniiT Tumilnr; Inn rut tempera ture to-night about !£.- dryrrfii. Fur Kaatern I'enna v< vnala t Partly cloudy tn-nticbt; Tueaday fair, ■ liirhtly narmer; (entlc cant w Indft. Rhfr W material elmnttr* will occur la river eiindltlonM, (General rendition* The prevaure la aboie normal over nearly all the Kanlrri half of the country with two center* of blah rot. nir located over the St. I.aw renee Valley and the other over the l.oarr Ohio Valley ami Ten aeaaee. The temperature haa risen at a ma jority of the alatlnaa, the rlaea being rnont deelded In Mlnneaota, *outh Dakota and Manitoba, «here It la IN to ileareeu warmer than on Saturday morn ing- It I* Mimewhat colder In >iortheaHtern dlatrlet. Temperadirei « a. m.. i! 8. >nnt Hlaeo. 7i2S a. m.: net*. 4:51 p. m. lloDiu Itlaea, 8:IQ p. m. Hlver Mage: 2.7 feet above low uater mark. Yeaterdaj'a Weather Hlghea-t temperature, 'is. Until temperature. -O. Mean temperature, 24, .Normal temperature, 30, HOSPITAL SUPPLIES \ FROM HERE REACH FRANCE Mme. Falcouz Thanks Mrs. Lemer For Contributions Sent by Harrisburg People For French Soldiers; Money Badly Needed Several months ago when Miss May Lemer. of this city, who has been a {resident of France for several years, J wrote home for contributions for one lof the large hospital auxiliaries in ! Paris, her friends here made a most ; generous response. Through Mrs. j T.erue Isomer and Miss Esther Leib .» , 'arge quan'.i'v of bandages were made and a lot of hospital supplies pur chased at wholesale and sent on to . Mme. Falcouz, who is in charge of the hospital. ! The package arrived safely and was | most thankfully received, as the t'oi ' lowing letter from Mme. Falcouz | shows: "Paris. December 11. Thanks, many thanks, dear Madame Lemer, ! for the package of chirurgieal sup plies which arrived this morning in Paris. * * * Will you tell alt your I friends who were so kind, how gratt ' fill I am for their kindness. Every : thing is so dear here, and so difficult i to get. | "We all are so unhappy. My hos [ Continued on Page T] .LONDON EXCHANGE IS! 1 OPENED FOR BUSINESS ! National Anthem Sung by Rather Smaller Attendance Than Usual j I London. Jan. 4. 12:05 p. m.—The; London Stock Excnatigc reopeneil for j •business to-day after having been j I closed on account of the war since j j July 30. Severe restriction? were j j placed upon trading in order vo pre- j j vent anything approaching panic sell- ; ing or the unloading of securities by j hostile countries. The session opened with a round of j ringing cheers and to the strains of' the national anthem, heartily sung by! ja rather smaller attendance than i usual. A number of British and i j French members were absent on ac- | j count of the war while the exclusion • of aliens who were not able to satisfy j i the committee they had severed all ] ! connection with foreign countries re- j I duced somewhat the foreign attend-) : ance. The single fact that business hasj j been resumed and then on a limited; j scale and under restrictions is taken] j to indicate that the greatest crisis in j : the history of the exchange has been | ! safely negotiated through the com-; bined efforts of the treasury and the i I Stock Exchange committee. ; The house had been redecorated j during the prolonged recess and to- t day it presented a cheerful appear- j iance. Several English members ap- ! peared in khaki. There were no shout- [ ing of bids across the house and busi- ! ness was on a strictly cash basis. The ! committee decided to allow all deal ings between the hours of eleven and three inside or outside of the Stock Exchange. HORSE STOLEN AT RED liILL Man Who Took Animal Left It at , Harrlsburg stable Dauphin. Pa.. Jan. 4.—On Wednes-! day John Koblns, a farmhand em-j i ployed by William Nye. stole from J.: !H. Snyder, of Red Hill, a valuable j horse and took it to llarrisburg. ] ; Koblns tried to sell the horse at I I Cooper's exchange stable there, but | Cooper's suspicions being aroused, lie could not iind a customer. Leaving I • the horse there. Robins skipped out.j A warrant was issued for Robins' ar-1 j rest by Squire Richard Steckly. The . ; last heard was a telephone message) from Halifax, saying that Robins had I been found there and asking if there was any reward offered. OIL PRICES INCREASED Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 4. An ad vance of 5 cents a barrel in the prin cipal grades was announced here to ! day at the opening of the market by the West Penn Oil Company, making I prices as follows: Pennsylvania crude, ; $1.50; Mercer Black and New Castle. 111.07: Cabell. $1.10; Somerset. 90 'cents: Ragland, 70 cents. Corning was | advanced 10 cents to 90 cents. ! GARRISON WILL NOT INTERFERE j By Associated Press Washington. D. Jan. 4.—Secre- j i tary Garrison, it was announced to-! j day. has declined to Interfere with the ! I employment of Japanese labor on con- i tract work of the War Department at j Sehofield barracks, Hawaii, on th' j | ground that he is without authority to i i do so in the absence of law on the I subject HARRISBURG, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, TANUARY 4, 1915. croix-rouge FBAKCAts. HOPITAL AUXILIAIRE N 117 + I.Y<t,F, JANSOX-DK-S4ILI.Y 106. Rue de la Pomps UNION DES FESCMES DE FRANCE , f(kl»Mom®paßSv 86.93 Paris, It f HH' 4 DIRECTION^ ADMINISTRATION r A .J - " *• I — i Here is • corner of a hospital In France where supplies sent by Har- ! rlsburgers have been received. Below is part of a letter of thanks sent by the hospital superintendent. PLfIIING TO BEGIN ! | 1814 AUDIT JIIB I f ! 1 Board Will Formally Demand j Books and Accounts of Coun ty on Wednesday , After a brief conference this morn- ! ; ing County Auditors John W. Cassel, j j I-'ranels W. Keigle and Frederick W. I Huston to-day decided to demand the! i 1914 books and accounts of the vari- i ; ous county departments so they can j ! btgin the annual audit by Monday, i 1 January is. Secretary Huston will make formal j (application for the books at the meet i inu of the County Commissioners on ; j Wednesday. The board of auditors con- : ! tend that they are required to make j i the 1914 audit by the decision of the! | Dauphin County Court of last year ! which held that the board has a legal I right to serve until the expiration of ] the terms of the auditors in 1916. Whether or not the County Comniis i sioners will give up the hooks or let (the ease be threshed out again in the | ■ courts in problematical, but it is be- i • lieved that no objection will be raised j | this time. The audit, however, should | | be completed in a week at most, it Is j held, because all th" balances, tabu ! latlon of the warrants and bills and all I ; the other details which heretofore re- l t quired so much of the auditors' time I : have been completed by County Con- ! i troller Gough and County Treasurer: j Bailey. County Officials ("|o.«jo Year j The county officials closed the ofli- j j cit! year to-day. County Controller: Cough and Treasurer Bailey will bal- | ance their books to-day and get to | work on the annual financial state-, tut nts. The County Commissioners reorgan- • ized by re-electing Isatc A. Hoffman j president and retaining the same staff of clerks and other Courthouse at ! laches. Only one Increase in salarv , I was granted. Harry A. Bover. county inspector of weights and measures, be ' ing given SIOO a year more. This j makes his salary $l,lOO, Recorder O. • G. Wickersham is at work on his an | nual statement of receipts and ex | penditures for the year. Lumber Co. Horses to Fall Asleep Soon on "Sawdust Trail" The two hundred dollars' worth of sawdust which was an attractive fea ture of the Stough evangelistic cam paign is being shoveled from the tabernacle floor, packed Into gunny sacks and taken to the stables of the Bogar laimber Company, where It will make warm winter beds for the horses and mules. To Plan Dedication of New Y. W. C. A. Building at January Meeting ! The first annua' meeting of the | Young Women's Christian Association ;to be held in the new building will ibf held during the third week of I January when arrangements will be (made for the formal dedication of the j building. I An early date will be set and some i prominent speaker decided on to he invited to make the dedicatory ad | dress. IGROES TAKEN FROM i PRISON H LYNCHED. I Two Men Had Been Accused of Murdering an Alabama Fanner By Associated Press j Montgomery, Ala.. Jan. 4.—Two ne- I groes, i-;d. and Will .Smith, were taken : from tH eWetumpka jail early to-day i and b'nehed by a mob. They had been accused of implication in the murder I of ft. A. Stillwell. an Elmore county j | farmer. I Soon after reports reached the gov- i | ernor's office that a mob had overpow- j j ered the jail attaches at Wetnmpka i ; and removed the negroes, Montgoni ! ery militiamen hurried toward the; scene in atitomobiles. However, they j were too late to prevent the lynching:. Stillwell was shot several days ago while guarding his barns against thieves. Bloodhounds led directly, it ■ was declared, to the cabin of the i Smith negroes, who were arrested. .' Re-appoint Ed. H. Schell to City Health Bureau; I Captain Ed. H. Schell. regimental'. | quartermaster of the Eighth infantry j iof the National Guard, will be named ! i for reappointment as a member of j the city bureau of health and sanita tion at to-morrow's session of coun-| ell by Commissioner 11, P. Bowman, 'superintendent of public safety, and! jit is expected that the choice will be ( ! ratified unanimously. The term will ] be for five years. ! Commissioner Bowman will also j i recommend the reappointment of James H. Eutz and Curtis A. Fisher as plumbing examiners if that action be necessary to-morrow. Property Owners Warned to Remove Snow and Icej Following instructions from Colonel j Joseph B. Hutchison, chief of police, patrolmen to-day made a list of prop- j erty owners who have failed to clean' the ice and snow from sidewalks. Notices will be sent to all delin quents to remove the Ice and snow withiu twenty-four hours, or suffer the penalty. PI,ANS BEING MADE IX) It RKGIEF OF I'XKMPIjOYED IN NEW YORK By Associated Press New York. Jan. 4.—Three proposals for the immediate relief of the unem ployed are up for consideration at the meeting to-day of the general execu tive committee of the mayor's com mittee on unemployment. These three proposals, as outlined by Henry Bruere, are, first, to appeal to all city departments to undertake every prac ticable form of public work at this time instead of later; second, to ap peal to the employers to keep as many j men and women at ▼. ork as possible.' and in case of a drastic need to re trench. to work all employes on partj tipie rather than suddenly dismissing: some into an already congested labor! market: third, to call for money lor' a central emergency loan fund to be! made available at once for loans to' clerks out of work, union members! and others who might feel averse to aek for aid but who would accept a I loan. j SURE 1915 BUSINESS! WILL BE IMPROVED: Sales Force of Beardsley's Sons Re- j port Good Outlook at Annual Meeting i BOOST VOLUME TO 300,000; I i To Ship Products Into Pennsylvania by Carloads From New Factory | j Believing that business during 1015 ! will be greatly Improved, plans were i made at the annual meeting of the j Pennsylvania sales rorce of .1. W. | | Beardsley's Sons, manuiacturers of the "red label" brand of food prod- : ucts, to boost its business in this State , to the $300,000 mark during the next i twelve months. The Beardsleys are now doing a j business running close to $250,000, but ! the outlook for the year is so good j ! that the sales force is planning to in ! crease the volume of business by at ; ] least $.-»0.000. George A. Beardsley. president o! ! ! tlie company, personally Httended the j ! annual meeting of the State's sales I force In the Calder building this morn- . ! ing. After consultation with the varl- 1 MIUS head salesmen Mr. Beardsley says! ! i [Continued on Page "J RKPI'IILKAXS I.N CONTKOI, OF BOTH HOUSES IN OHIO By Associated Press Columbus, Ohio. Jon. I.—The Ohio Legislature convened to-day in its i elghty-tirst session. The message of j j Governor James M. Cox dealt almost j j altogether with state problems. The j i workmen's compensation law. one of ; i the accomplishments of the present j j state administration, was lauded and | j the governor urged that attempts to | ' weaken it through amendment be j I promptly defeated. Republicans con- | ! trol botii branches of the Legislature, j : t'harles D. Coniver. of Frbana, was . ' elected speaker of the House. i FKENCH WANT 8,000 KITCHKNS | !fl.v Associated Press Louisville. Ky., Jan. 4. —Work on ■ S.OOO portable kitchen wagons for the j French army will be begun here to- , day • The value of the order is placed j 'at $2 50,000. Announcement of the j [contract was made last night by the president of a Louisville wagon manu facturing comnany. The French gov ernment specified that the wagons be ready in three months. TODS OF BOOKS 111 TOE NEW BUREAU I _ Economy in Handling Has Been of Great Value to the State, Says Dr. Esler Over $4-1,000 of 1.017,212 State pub lications of various Hinds were distri buted or sold tor waste paper by the new State Division of Distribution of Documents according to the opera tions for the first year. The divi i sion is in charge of James M. Esler land the report shows that of the $20,- j 000 appropriation $8,354.37 was cx ■ pended. The books received were sent to the division office prior to July 1 and comprised reports, legislative , handbooks, bulletins and other pub lications. Of this number *24,219 j were distributed a-s directed by de partments and 19,982 were sold for waste paper. There were on hand when the report was made 173,011, 1 some of which it is said may never be called for. 'The division In addition ■ to selling many books for waste paper i disposed of forty-eight tons of paper j from the Senate and House of Rep resentatives at the close of the ses jsion. This comprised calendars, bills jand other printed matter not used. | SECOND CHILD SUCCUMBS By Associated Press ; New York, Jan. 4.—The slow poison j administered six days ago by Mrs. Ida | Rogers to her two babies and herself i resulted to-day In the death of the /older child, John, aged 2. Gorida, j eight months old, died last Wednes | day. The mother's death was cx i pected. TO EI.EOT OFFICERS Officers will be nominated at the regular meeting of the board of gov ernors of the Motor Club of llarris j burg to-morrow. ORGANIZE BIG CHOIR ! In preparation for a three weeks' .evangelistic service which will be held ! jln the Fourth Street Church of God i by the Rev. Dr. W« N. Yates, begin- i siing next Sunday, a choir of a hun dred voices was organized Sunday aft ernoon. Ira J. Behney will lead the choir and William F. S. Yates will be pianist. Dr. Yates was elected presi dent of the choir, and Miss Floy Sun day secretary. UNIQUE DOUBLE WEDDING Pennsylvania Couples Married at Ha- Rvrstown nt Same Time Special to The Telegraph Hagerstown, Md., Jan. 4.—Two Pennsylvania couples were the prlnci- | pals In a unique double wedding cere mony performed on New Year's Eve at the parsonage of Zion Reformed i Church in this city by the Rev. Dr. ( J. Spangler Kiefter. The couples were Miss Elaine Coffman and James Mar- ! I tin and Miss Emma Carbaugh and I ! Benjamin Sprow, all of New Baltt-' [more. Pn. Both couples were inar- I ried at the same time. The young, ■people are Intimate frlelnds and de-; j elded to he married together by the! sapie minister. Miss Mar*' E. Alleman and Ralph Bistllne, both of Hummelstown. Pn., were married on New Year's Eve at the parsonage of the Kirst Baptist IChurch in this city by the Rev. E. K. i I Thomas. 14 PAGES GERMAN OFFENSIVE I TOWARD WARSAW IS REPULSED BY RUSS | Germans Cross Bzura Unmolested But on Bank They Were Attacked With Bayonets and Many Were Killed; in France and Belgium Assaults of Allies Have Failed to Develop; Fighting Is Violent on Eastern Front \ lolent fighting is in progress along j the eastern battlefront, leading at; | points to desperate hand-to-hand en-! | counters. An otiieial lUissiun state-' jment shows that, after capturing] i Bolimow, tne Germans attempted to j i push on to the northeast, in the di-t jreciion of Warsaw, about thirty miles; I away. This movement marked the re-1 inewal of the German offensive toward I the Polish capital, after a period ot j j comparative inactivity, but their ad-j I vance in this direction is said to have | been repulsed with large losses. I A remarkable n!;rht battle on the I , bank of the Zura river is described | •in the Russian communication which , says that German forces were per-[ j milted to i ross the river unmolested' i and thcu were attacked with bayonets,] t without flrlna- a shot, it is asserted ] that several TiundraU Germans were I j killed and the remainder surrendered.! in the other campaigns on Kurope'sl baltlelields no essential changes are! reported. In the trans-Caucauslan re- j Si on the Turks and Russians are en- i gaged in fierce struggles, but reports t from Petrograd and Constantinople concerning the outcome are at coni i plete variance. | in France and Belgium the attacks lof the allies have failed to develop I 'into another-great battle and it is be-i j lieved in London that the attempt to I I expel the Germans from their con- ! <1 uercd territory may be deferred for' I several months. sielnbacli Captured j The capture by the French of Stein-1 bach, a small Alsatian town near! iThaftn. is admitted in to-day's state- j inent front the Berlin War Office. The advance of the French was preceded by an artillery bombardment which I the German statement describes as i "overwhelming." and which enabled i 1 he French to occupy trenches near I Sennlielm, as well as the town of IStcinbach. These trenches later were recaptured, the German statement says. , Except for this fighting along the I ALLEGHENY MEMBERS IN CAUCUS i The Allegheny members, twenty-four Republicans, ■ have been called to caucus on the speakership at 4 o'clock to-day. The Philadelphia nbers v ill have a conference C tonight after the caucus is held This conference has been | called by Chairman David H. Lane. LA VETA MURDER CASE ON I Pueblo, Col.. Jan. 4.—Trial of the La Veta murder case i so called, an outgrowth of the Colorado coal strike and in which nine members of the United Mine Workers of i America stand charged witl iree mine guards and I a chaufTeur and wounding a mine oTicial began in the Dis- f Itrict Court to-day. The alleged murder took place nesr La ( Veta on November 8, 1913. f New York, Jan. 4. Wo;'; of thr American Red Cross \ hospital unit in Servia, under direction of Dr. Edward Ryan» % of Scranton, Pa., has saved many lives in and around Bel- C grade according to Miss Emily Simmonds, a British Red C Cross nurse who ax rived here to-day on the steamer St. Paul I If l i APPOINTED RECEIVER | ( John H. KHngman, of Halifax was appointed receiver I for the Halifax Water Company, late this afternoon. I I LEAVES $1,200,000 ENDOWMENTS New York, Jan. 4.—Miss Grace Hodley Dodge, the C I philanthropist, who died in this city December 27, last, left f more than $1,200,000 to public .and religious institutions, i under her will filed to day for probate. I j TRY TO BLOW UP CHURCH i \ Trenton, Jan. 4.—An attempt to blow up St. Joachim's 1 ] J ! Catholic Chuich here to-day was frustrated by the failure of ■ % a fuse to ignite twenty-six ounces of dynamite, in a can, C % found in the vestibule of the church by the janitor. The K I fuse had been ignited but was extinguished before it had I 1 burned its full length. K | , MONSIGNOR CONNOLLY DIES f j Phillipsburg, N. J., Jan. 4.—Monsignor Rev. Patrick F. / | i Connelly, rector of St. Phillips" and St. James' Catholic ; | Church, of this place, died to-day of pneumonia, aged 71 K j | years: —— - ■ | ( MARRIAGE LICENSES $ * 9 .Iftntm Taj lor, .North IlrdctiiH*, I'rlncf Edward Iftland, and Fannie 1 Ivf», Htj. if Antony Mrn<-<*h and Jrnnle Itepiic, l.ykrna. I • POSTSCRIPT eastern oml of the luittlefront there is little activity, the Gorman counter at i tacks a having halted ef- 11 octually the forward movement which itlie allies attempted last month. .V tew unimportant gains are chron icled in the French official statement •which says that tin attempt to capturo |a village in the Meuse country failed. The German statement makes no ( mention of the severe lighting east, re- I ported by the Russian military au . thorities. it says merely that the ! situation is unchanged and that Ger j man attacks continue.. ! I RKNCiI \I>MIT F.MIX'RK jTliey Claim. However. Further Prog ress in Stein Imeli: Fighting Violent Hy Associated Press . Paris, Jan. 4. L'.4i p. m. —The offl [eiai statement given out in Paris this afternoon shows that tlie artillery lighting along the front is proceeding j intermittently and at some point* 'with particular violence. There seems to have been few infantry attacks re cently. The French admit failure in •an effort to occupy a German posl- ] tion in the Meuse country. Tliey claim, I however, further progress in Stein ! bach. Tl'HiiS CAITVIIF 2,000 HI'SSIAXS Caucasian Army Continues Its Ad vance. Say-, Constantinople Dispatch By Associated Press London. Jan. 4, 3:26 a. m.—An of ] fieial communication given out by ■ Turkish headquarters is contained in In Constantinople dispatch to neuter's j Telegram Company. It says: I "Our Caucasian army continues its victorious advance. Our troops, which reached Sari Kamysh, "G miles south west of Kars, won a final victoty, after a severe battle. "In the past ten days we have cap tured 2,000 Russians, eight cannon, thirteen quick lirers and a great quan tity of ammunition and war mate : rial."
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