Germans Rush Reinforcements East in Another Eifort to Reach Warsaw
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 6
A PAGE RECEIVES REPLY
TO AMERICAN PROTEST
Ambassador Immediately Makes
Plans For Its Shipment to
Washington
ANOTHER ANSWER IS COMING
Time For Delivery of More Defi-;
nite Supplementary Reply
Is Uncertain
By Associated Press
I.ondon, Jan. S, 2.08 P. M.—Ambas- j
sad or Page to-day received from the |
British government the preliminary
reply to the American note protesting
against the British interference with i
American shipping. He forwarded It j
immediately to Washington.
The time of delivery of the more !
definite supplementary reply which the j
British government is to make is un- I
certain. It probably will be within J
two weeks.
Further negotiations between the !
two governments concerning specific
cases of detention of American ves
sels will precede the preparation of
the final British answer.
BUrriSH XOTK IS .WVAITF.n
BY WASHINGTON OFFICIAI.S!
By Associated Press
Washington, Jan. S.—Secretary j
Bryan and other officials to-day await- •
eil receipt of the British government's !
preliminary reply to the recent Amer- I
lean note on the subject of interfer- 1
ences with shipping.
At noon it had not been received by !
officials expect that with prompt j
transmission it would be unccded and |
before them by night.
It is believed that in the prelimi- j
nary note Great Britain has recog- !
nized the reasonableness of the Amer- i
ican protest and has promised to re- j
duce the annoyance to the smallest i
degree.
Flying Waste Paper
Litters Front St. Yards;
Raunick Acts Promptly
Complaints were made to Dr. J. M. |
J. Kuunlck. city health officer, to-day !
<>f the failure of the Pennsylvania i
Reduction Company to dump only'
clean ashes on the ltiver Front above i
"f lardserabble."
Since yesterday ashes were being
w led .is a sort of bottom "fIU" fur
» ertain sections of the water front
and the garbage company is required
to station men at these points, whose
duty it is to prevent any scattering i'
>f waste paper and to spread the j'
;<shes properly. High winds, how- I
< \ r, have scatered the unsightly and !
unsanitav scraps until the lawns all j
along the street arc littered with the j
refuse. Dr. Raunick said he would
attend to the matter promptly.
"Tliis is the first complaint we've)
had about this matter," said he. "We'll l
see that it is rectified at once. I'll \
call there immediately and caution j
the men."
VICTIMS OF NEW YEAR'S AITO
CRASH LIC WE HOSPITAL
Miss Lillian M. Swails. 1410 Green!
street, and T. Elder Cleckner, 11121
Green street, who were injured in an j
automobile accident at Front and j
Walnut streets. New Year's night, i
were discharged from the Harrisburg |
Hospital this ufternoon. Samuel I
Weber, 160 Sylvan Terrace, who was!
injured in the same accident, left the
hospital several days ago.
The Coroner will probably hold the i
inquest within a few days.
MIMMKRS WINDING FP
BFSIN ESS UNTIL NOVEMBER
Final reports will be presented at j'
the meeting of the Harrisburg Mum- j
me.rs' Association Tuesday night at I !
the Mayor's office. A shortage of SSO
was reported at the last meeting. This! 1
amount, it is believed, will be covered
bv outstanding dues and contribu
. tions.
EDWARD DAPP APPOINTED
Edward* Dapp, jury commissioner,
Vis beer, appointed to a clerkship in
the Department of .Mines at a salary
of $1,400 a year. Mr. Dapp is a well
known railroadman and polled a large
vote when he ran for jury commis
sioner. lie succeeds John P. Galla
gher, of Luzerne county, who has been
transferred to the State Insurance
Department.
IXmi EIT FOR APPEARANCE
Arrests last night included William
Adams and Harry Porter, charged
with fighting in Third street near
Market. Adams gave his residence
as near Hazleton. Porter said he is
from Harrisburg. Patrolmen McCann
and Fluch made the arrests. The men
put up a forfeit for their appearance.
! THE WEATHER
I- or ll»rriahur ß nnd ilrlnltyt Fair
to-tillfllt nnil Miturilnj | allfchtlr
.•older to-nliitrl. with lourm tem
perature uhout 2.S ilrnrm.
••'or Lanirrn Pfnuylvanla: Fair to
nlurht, ptf<mpn hnt colder In north
and neat portion*) Saturday fnlri
srcntle tt» roodrrate WUT WIDII«.
Blrfr
4 'lhe lee moved out at tkYllllaniaport
almut midnight. The v.e»t cban
, net of the river at llnrrlaburg
opened about 11 o'clock laat niithc
and the Ice on thr rant ehannel
broke up about .'I a. m. to-day.
The main rhrr «ill rlae tblx aft
ernoon. and to-nlcbt and begin to
fall Saturday. A Mtatre of about
feet la Indicated for llarrla
bnrg Saturday morning.
General Conditions
The atorra la pnaalnK off the \orth
Mlnntl<- coaat and fair weather
now prevails over nearlr all the
«wintry, except In 'the fiulf Statea,
where It la unsettled with some
rain.
Temperatures S a. m.. N,
"I'm Hlaea, 7:M a. ai.; acta, 4iS5
p. m.
Moon: Xew moon, January. IS. til:
n. m.
Hlter Mane: 0.2 feet above lon.
rtntrr mark.
Yeaterday'a Weather
lliiclimt tempera to re. r. I.
I.oweat temperature. 3d.
Menu temperature, IS.
•Normal temperature, Hi*
RIVER FRONT "FILL"
PURCHASED IT LIST
Commissioner Taylor Buys 15,000
Yards by Clever Busi
ness Stroke
COST ONLY 26 2-3 CENTS
Contracts With Freight Station
Contractors; Complete Job
in Twenty Days
M ithin a week or ten days the long
hoped filling out of the ltiver Front
between Calder and ,Maclay streets
with material excavated from the
Pennsy freight station site in South
Second street will be started.
The contract, providing for 15,000
yards or more of earth "fill," was
signed to-day by City Commissioner
M. Harvey Taylor, superintendent of
parks, and the King-Brown Contract
ing Company, of Philadelphia. The
firm is handling the excavation for the
freight warehouses south of Mulberry
street.
The city will pay $4,000 for the "fill"
at the rate of 26 2-3 cents per cubic
yard. The improvement is to be com
pleted in twenty days
Commissioner Taylor's business
stroke in obtaining the great bulk of
material at such an extraordinarily
low figure elicited widespread ap
proval In city circles and it is gen
erally expected that the contract will
be formally approved by City Council
at its meeting Tuesday.
Stuokers Wanter fit) Cents
When negotiations had been pend
| ins with the Stueker Brothers Con
j struction Company last Fall the ques
i tion of prK e precluded the closing of
i the deal. Sixty cents per yard was
I asked by the local contracting firm for
| placing the material over the bank. It
I also ottered an alternative scheme
whereby it would allow the city 15
cents a yard to haul the dirt away and
Ito charge nothing for the material. It
j with material excavtaed from the
! partment that to <lO this work itself
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PRI:SII>F.NTS I:\VMPM; IS
FOLLOWED HY (iOVKKMIIt
Special to The Telegraph
Dover. Del., Jan. B.—Governor C. n.
1 Miller, setting a precedent In the State
jand following the example of Presi
jdent Wilson, appeared before the Sen
jators and Itepresentatives, assembled
in joint session, and read his biennial
I message yesterday morning.
The message was delivered seventy
jtwo hours late. It should have been
; read Tuesday, but the wrangle in the
j Senate delayed it.
ISM FIRE LOSS MA*
TOTAL HALF MILLION
Expected to Exceed That of 1913
by About $50,000; Sev
eral Big Blazes
Fire losses in Harrisburg for the
year ending December 31, 1914, may
exceed a half million dollars.
I Fire Chief John C. Kindler is now
jat work on his annual report which
i will go to council on Tuesday al'ter
jnoon. In the opinion of Kire Chief
■ Kindler the total losses will exceed
j those of 1913 about $50,000.
Xo definite figures were given re
garding the total losses as some of
;the monthly reporfs are incomplete
jon the amount of insurance. The re
| port will show numerous small blazes,
I many chimney fires, and a record
! number of talse alarms. Included
i among the costly fires were: The rag
I warehouse fire. Christian and Hancock
I streets, a SIO,OOO blaze; Watts paper
| warehouse. South Third street. $lO.-
i 000; two fires at Masonic Temple,
i Third and State streets, $10,000; State
| printery fire, $45,000.
ABBOTT WITHDRAWS
1 LIST OF QUESTIONS
*
Philadelphia Attorney Is Sharply
Called to Account by Former
Governor Pennypacker
Edwin M. Abbott, counsel for Phil
adelphia Commuters and Business As
sociations in the Philadelphia com
mutation case and a former legisla
tor. to-day withdrew his series of
' ijuestions handed to the Public service
Commission in connection with its
! course in the rendering of the recent
decision. This action took place af
ter ex-Governor Samuel W. Penny
packer had sharply critized his course
and told him to comport himself in a
manner more comnortablc with the
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I FRENCH ORDER :SO TONS
OF COCOA IN PITTSBURGH
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh. Pa., Jan S.—The French
I government has placed an order with
a local firm for thirty tons of cocoa
for the use of its soldiers, according
to an announcement made here Inst
night. Representatives of the con
cern declare the order is the largest
ever given by any of the warring na
tions fora single shipment of choco
late.
BIG ORDER FOR STEEL RAILS
Uekawannn Boad Buying 20.000 Tons
From Three Companies
Special to The Telegraph
New York, Jan. B.—The Delaware,
j I,ackawanna and Western Railroad
; i<< said to have divided orders for
, 2'».000 tons of steel rails between the
Pennsylvania. I<aekawanna and Beth
llehein Steel Companies.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1915.
JANE ADDAMS TO SEE PRESIDENT \
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.TANK ADDAMS
Noted social worker and founder of t ehllull 'louse in Chicago, who Is
scheduled to call op the President on Monday in an effort to induce him
to veto the immigration bill because of the literary test clause.
Here's a Tale of a Widow
and Thirty Pieces of Silver
Coroner Unearths False Friend's Scheme to Betray Dead
Adam Cico's Wife to Chair's Shadow
All this is the story of how the |
bosom friend of dead Adam Cico tried
to betray his weeping widow into the
clutches of the law for thirty pieces
of American silver.
The Cicos lived with a lot of their
fellow-countrymen at 1103 South ■
Ninth street. Mrs. Cico is pretty and
is well liked by a host of friends
among both sexes, so when Adam, a
few days ago, became suddenly and i
seriously ill and she needed some
funds, she had little difficulty in ob
taining a loan of S3O. This, by the I
way, from her husband's best friend. ;
January 5 Adam became curiously <
worse and on the following day he I
died. The next day the friend asked j
that his loan be returned. Mrs. Cico :
said she hadn't the money; the friend |.
CIVIC COUNCIL 10 !
FIGHT EW LICENSES
Churchmen Preparing to Oppose I
AH New Applications For
Sale of Booze
At a meeting of the Civic ''ouncil of
Churches to lie held next week plans
will be formulated for opposing all
new applications for liquor licenses.
It is also said that preparations will
be made for tiling remonstrances
against a number of present holders
of licenses.
One of the new applicants will be
Harry F. Ecklngcr, former proprietor
of Motel Russ, now The Plaza. '.Mr.
Eckinger Is planning to open Paxtonia
nln, at Paxtonia, as a summer hotel.
He will cater especially to dance and
dinner parties.
Mr. Eckinger yesterday afternoon
closed negotiations for the purchase
of the contents of the Paxtonia hotel
and the barn adjoining. The present
lessee is James Wix. No license was
granted last year. The property is
owned by M. P. Johnson.
HERE'S THE WORST SPELLER
Honey .Merchant in Portland. Expo
nent of Complicated Singling
Special to The Tclrgraph
Portland. Ore., Jan. 8. —One of the
dealers in honey at the Portland pub
lic market is entitled to the cham
pionship booby prize of the world in
spelling. llere are reproductions of
placards which the merchant has
tacked up before his products:
"The Bees *ukk thlss off hunny
with thair bills rito outt off swete
cloovr hlosaumins inn Bastern OrKon."
"Puure Tlunny. Stikk a teeth plkk
rite inn an hilp youreseif. kno exxtra
charges if you bio a jarr." '
inscisted- Then in some way vague
trumors hinting that Adam Cico had
! been poisoned by his wife began to
circulate through the little colony.
Th pretty, sorrowing widow was
terrified. The reports grew and mag
nified and finally out from the shadow
of the electric chair the long arm of
the law reached through the District
Attorney's oflice and Coroner Jacob
Eckinger started an investigation. The
inquiry was completed yesterday when
Coroner Kckinger satisfied himself
that the rumors had their origin in
the bosom of Cico's one-time friend
and a physician's examination showed
conclusively that Cico died of an at
tack of nephritis.
And that is the story of Adam Cico's
false friend an uhis thirty pieces of
American silver.
HUME GUNS
IIEW LEISE OKI LIFE
Structure Will Probably Stand For
Two Months Longer; Men
tioned For Auto Show
The demolition of the Stough taber
nacle may lie deferred six or eight
weeks if there is any demand for the
building as a meeting or exhibition
j place, according to J. K. Dare, a coal
dealer of Eighteenth and Chestnut
'streets, who bought the building sev
jera! days aco from the Bogar Duin
: ber Company, to whom the building
j had reverted with the close of the
| evangelistic meetings.
Mr. Dare said there has been some
talk of holding the annual Auto Show
; next month in the tabernacle, and
I also the meeting to be held soon bw
i the Anti-Saloon league, which was
originally planned for Chestnut Street
; Hall. If neither of these projects arc
| carried out and the building is not
sold to the committee of the Heading
evangelistic campaign, the tabernacle
i will be sold to the highest bidder or
(torn down and used for second-hand
I lumber or fire wood by Mr. Dare.
i TRENCH TROOPS OX SKIIN
I ORCK CKRMAXS To RETREAT
By Associated Press
St. Die, Department of Vosges,
I France, -lan. 6. via Paris. Jan 8, 11.0 l
in. m.—A brilliant exploit by French
Alpine troops, who charged on sklls
! down the snow-covered mountain
slopes at lldnhomme, a post on the I
Alsatian frontier, forcer the Germans
to retire on Orbey, HVP miles down'
the valley of the river Mouse towarJ j
• 'oimar. I
MERCURY'S FILL ITS
DINGER FROM FLOOD,
Ice Moving Off Susquehanna and
Tributaries Without Causing
Much Damage
! CREST DUE HERE TOMORROW
jStage of 13 Feet Indicated; the
Branches Are Already Fall
ing. Forecaster Learns
j A drop of twenty degrees in tem
perature last night in the mountains
"f the Susquehanna watershed Is all
| that prevented serious damage from
the llooil. The river is now carrying
jthe ice off nicely at a stage of nine
{and two-tenths feet.
Last night the lowest temperature
iws about .10 degrees, preventing fur-
I ther melting of ice and snow.
The ice on all the branches and
• small streams with few exceptions is
moving and will go out without gorg
ing according to reports. At this point
I the ice broke'on the west side of the
I river at 11 o'clock and on the east side
: at 3 o'clock this morning. Shortly
I after the river jumped three feet. E.
jH. Demain, local forecaster, predicts
| that by noon to-morrow the flood will
be a't its crest, reaching more than
(twelve feet. The river is already fall
|ing. Tne only gorge reported is at
'Warrior's Kldge on the Juniata, caus
ling damage to the State highway.
•The gorge is about 1,000 feet long and
j more than twelve feet in height.
For Harrisburg and vicinity, fair
land mild weather with a slight fall
; in the temperature is the forecast for
to-night. The warm wave which is
traveling northeast is now well up
in the New England district and at
Boston the temperature climbed to
| 62 degrees.
Grandson Reaches Bedside
Just Too Late; Mrs. Blair
Dies From Her Burns
i Mrs. Ida C. Blair. 60 years, Cl 3
'Schuylkill street, who was seriously
| burned in a lire at the home, of her
|son, A. C. Blair, early yesterday, died
|at 10.30 o'clock this morning at the
i Harrisburg hospital. She was severely
I burned all over her body.
Her 10-year-old grandson Roy, who
was saved by the heroic work of his
mother, arrived at the hospital this
morning just a few minutes after his
grandmother died.
1915 REITY OUTLOOK
BRIGHT. SIT IGEKTS
Herman P. Miller Intimates That
New Firms May Locate; Steel
ton Looking Up, Too
The real estate outlook In Harris
burg for 1915 is generally optimistic,
according to leading realty men. Al
though there are a few gloomy
thoughts expiesscd, the general opin
ion is that the year will run a head of
'l4.
Xo immediate boom is expected
during the early months of the year,
but a marked improvement in* the
sales activities and a better market
for homes is looked for with the com
ing of Spring, in connection with the
general increase in all lines of busi
ness expected. Real estate, the agents
say, feels a general depression Just
as any other commodlity, and is quick
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PUT BUSK
in liimis
, Guest of Democratic Club in Cele
i • bration of Jackson Day;
Talks to 4,000
Indianapolis, Tnd., Jan. 8. Four
| busy hours await President Wilson
i when ho arrives here tills afternoon to
| address a public meeting arranged by
! the Indiana Democratic Club in celo
| bration of Jackson Day. lie will speak
| in n hall which will seat more than
14.000 persons.
The President, on his arrival, will
to be met by the members of the
| Democratic club in sixty automobiles.
While no arrangements have been
I made for a parade, the sixty automo
| biles will escort the President to the
i home of United States Senator John
IW. Kern, where a luncheon will be
I tendered him.
From the luncheon the President
will be taken immediately to Tomlin
son Hall to begin his speech. Dick
Miller, president of the Indiana Demo
cratic Club, will call the meeting to
I order and turn over the gavel to Gov
ernor Samuel M. Ualston. who will in
troduce the President.
The members of the Indiana legis
lature, which convened here yesterdav.
Including the forty-seven Ilepubllcans
and two Progressives, arranged to at
tend the meeting in a body.
After the speech a reception will he
held for the President at the Indiana
| Democratic Club rooms.
TREE COMMITTEE HAS RALAXCK
Members of the municipal tree
U-ommittee will meet Wednesday night
to wind up business. The finance
committee will make Its report, it. i*
understood a small surplus will be I
:on hand for next year's celebration. 1
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TURKISH GOVERNMENT
SEAT MAY BE REMOVED
FROM CONSTANTINOPLE
Internal Disorders, as Well as Attacks From Without May
Make Change of Capital Necessary; Anglo-French
Fleet Hammering at Dardanelles; Germans Rush Re
enforcements East in Effort to Reach Warsaw
Constantinople, regarded by the al
lies as one of the greatest prizes of
the war, should they win and Turkey
be forced to give it up, may be aban
doned soon as the seat of the Turkish
government. Dispatches from Sofia,
Bulgaria, give in circumstantial de
tail an account of unsettled condi
tions at Constantinople where It is said
that internal disorders, as well as at
tacks from without apparently are
feared.
It is asserted that preparations have
been made to remove from the city
archives of State and the treasury,
should the necessity arise, and that at
Adrianople arrangements are under
way to receive the government offi
cials.
An Anglo-French fleet is hammer
ing at the Dardanelles which, if pass
ed, would give easy access to Constan
tinople. Russian forces, which are
said to have defeated the Turks, are
seeking to penetrate Asiatic Turkey
in the direction of Constantinople .
The Russian sweep across Buko
wina, Austria's Northeastern province,
and through Galieia to the Carpa
thians, against which the Austrians
have been driven back, is admitted In
an official statement to-day from
Vienna. The Austrian military authori
ties say that the retreat of their troops
was made necessary by the numerical
superiority of the Russian forces,
j Fighting has been resumed on the
Servian front. An Austrian force
which occupied an island near Bel
grade was attacked by Servians, ac
cording to an official statement from
Nish. The hostilities were on a com
| paratively small scale and there is no
indication that Austria* contemplates
[another attack in force on Servia at
[this time.
Capture of another town in Alsace
I to the south of Sennheim, is reported
Iby the French War office in itsstate
| ment of to-day. The German com
munication neither affirms nor denies
the report, saying merely that fight
ing is still in progress for possession
of the town. It is stated, however,
that repeated French attacks in Al
sace broke down under the German
artillery tire.
Sharp Fighting Reported
In a few other localities between
the North Sea and Switzerland sharp
iYo. Pa., J:n. B. —An autopsy performed following the
i y i -old Ethel Wright, of Red Lion, near
back tooth lodged in her right lung. 1
i's» upper teeth were extracted by a
red ; ne of them .slipped down her wind
pipe.
Jan. 8 - -The tire department of Grcen
• • ' i! -d at the sta'idn at that town and
'n honor of P - lent Wilson a ;'he
through there to day. He is an honorary member ,
of t'le Guh'port, Miss., fire department.
* a:..' Tex , Jan. B. —An attack on Villa troops in
Saltillo was begun by about 15.000 Constitutionalist troops |
C a! out 3 a. m., to-day. Early reports from the battle said |
C that hundreds already had been killed or wounded.
Torcnto, Jan. B. —A provincial constable, a corporal /
€ d two privates were arrested at Fort Erie to-day, charged ,
! V it h manslaughter in connection with the death of Walter
d the wounding of Charles Borsch, American j
Fort Erie, on December 26, last.
FORMER PRESIDENT MUST LEAVE
igo, Chile, Jan. B.— The government to-day orc:r- |
cd Guillermo Billinghurst, former president of Peru, and Dr. j
Augusto Durcnd to leave Chilean territory within eight' |
C days. I
I GERMANS CAPTURE 1,500 PRISONERS ,
Berlin, Jen. 8, by wireless to London, 3.08 P. M.—ln |
Russian Poland, where unfavorable wheather is interfer- I
ing with military operations, the Germans report the capture I
of 1,500 prisoners. ' i
IRON WORKERS WANT TO BE PAROLED j
Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. B.—The rapidity with which <
they constructed the west cell house at Federal Prison here (
was one of the arguments put forward to-day by seventeen (
structural iron wo.kers, convicted in the "dynamite con- |
spiracy" casts in Indianapolis, who appeared before the (
Fedeial Paiolc Board, convened here.
, Chicago, Jan. B.—Wheat phot up to-day. The close I
I was unsettled with May at $1.407,6, a.gain of iy z cents com- ,
! pared with last night. i
i MARRIAGE LICENSES J
Mlncy Kalinin and ,l«*nnlr \\ lr, Wllllam»tonn.
John W. Smitli nttri .Ifnttlc V. fit). v
l<enln K. C.raj nnd A Ida F. Vrev f \X llllamnport. &
fighting is in progress, in which
side has scored its minor victories,
but over most of the line there 14
little activity.
The armies In the east are similarly,
inactive. The German "communica
tion mentions an engagement east oC
the Rawka river, whero it is said tha
advance Is still in progress, but tho
spectacular clashes of great masses
of troops during the early part of tha
war have no parallels now along tha
Warsaw front.
Great Britain's preliminary repljf
io the American note concerning Brit
ish interference with American ship
ping was delivered to-day to Ambas
sador Page, who forwarded it to
Washington.
RELIGIOUS MEN AND WOMEN
RECEIVED RY POPE BENEDICT
By Associated Press
Rome, Jan. B.—Pope Benedict yes»
terday received over 600 religious men
and women, Franciscans, Benedictines.
Dominicans, Passionists, Christian
brothers and members of other or
ders, who have been expelled from
Syria and Palestine. They recounted
to His Holiness the details of their
experiences but told him there had
been no loss of life.
The Turks, while they respected
the lives of the holy men, occupied
all the convents, monasteries and
schools held by the religious orders
and transformed them into barracks.
FIGHTING IN ALSACE GROWS
Villages. Houses and Trenches llavo
Been Taken and Retaken
By Associated Press
Geneva, via Paris, Jan. 7, 11.55 P.M.
—The fighting in lower Alsace is dally
growing in intensity around Stein
bach, Gernay and Thann. Villages,
houses and trenches are taken and re
taken nt the point of the bayonet and
tho casualties on both sides have been
extremely heavy.
It Is stated that about 250,000 in
all are engaged and that both sides
are using heavy guns. The Germans
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