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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV—
No. 16
MIS' ARE READY
TO FIGHT BALLOT
Mist Laura M. Sloan, Advance
General, Says Public Sentiment
Is Against Suffrage
LADIES' BATTLE WARMING UP
Opens Headquarters For the Leg
islative Session; Ranks Are
Recruiting Fast
With the opening of the Legislature
the "ladies' battle'' over the ballot is
waxing warm. One of the generals of
the advance "anti" army. Miss Laura
M. Sloan, general secretary of the
Pennsylvania Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage, who lias opened
headquarters adjoining the Common
wealth Hotel, for the legislative ses
sion. to-day outlined part of their
coming campaign against "votes for
women."
"The ranks of the antis' are recruit
ing faster than ever." said Miss Sloan,
"and we've formed Ave new organ
izations and gotten 25 per cent, more
members since the recent test of
strength proved public sentiment
against suffrage in five great States.
And since the recent vote against them
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Chas. S. 801 l Resigns
as President to Take
Up Private Business
At a meeting of the board of direc
tors of the Union Trust Company
. Charles S. 801 l resigned as president,
owing to the fact that the growth of
the institution required so much of
his time that he could not give his per
sonal affairs their proper attention.
John P. Melick is vice-president, sir.
Boll's successor has not been chosen.
Mr. 801 l has tjeen president Of the
I'nion Trust Company since its or
ganization in 1906. the company hav
ing its headquarters in its own build
ing in Market Square, one of the first
office buildings of its size in the cit 4 .
Mr. 801 l said to-day that he intends
to devote all of his time to his own
private business.
/tToung Woman Badly
Hurt by Speeding Auto
Miss Jessie Gaither. Gaithersburg.
-Montgomery county. Md., last night was
hurled fifteen i'eet by an automobile
at Fifth and Relly streets, owned by
George Reily. Front and Reily streets,
and driven by Harry Green, colored.
She is in the Harrisburg hospital suf
fering from a severe laceration of the
left knee, probable internal injuries
and fractured ribs, abrasions of the
right knee and face, and bruises about
the body.
The accident happened at 7.13
o'clock as Miss Gaither, who is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. C. L. Lefever, 1317
Wallace street, stepped off the curb
at Fifth and Reily streets, on her way
to prayer meeting. Green was arrest
ed early this morning by Policeman
Shelhas and Detectives Eisenberger
and Page. Witnesses said Green was
speeding and did not give any warn
ing. He was brought before Mayor
Royal this afternoon for a hearing.
Miss Gaither, Miss Dorothy Stiles,
also of Maryland, Miss Anna M. Le
fever and Mrs. Lefever were together
when the accident occurred. All were
going to prayer meeting. Miss Gaither
and her friend have been visiting in
this eltv since Christmas, and intend
ed going to Philadelphia to-morrow
before returning home.
Scores Gasp as Messenger
Boy Gallops Down Street
Scores of people stood almost dtint
founded this morning in Third street
between Market and Walnut. The
occasion was a messenger hoy. lie
was—
Running!
"Well, I'll be horr.swaggled," gasped
a stout gentleman as he peered unbe
lievingly from over bis nose glasses.
The boy's number? It couldn't be
learned. He was going too fast.
LORD ARDIIiACX DEAD
By Associated Press
Dublin, via. Londan, .lan. 21, 4.45
A. M. —The death is announced of
Lord Ardilaun (Arthur Edward Guin
ness i who was famous for his charit
able and philanthropic works and who
nt one time was the head of the great
Guinness breweries, which he and his
brother. Edward, inherited. He was
born in 1840.
THE FATHER
For MarrlaburK "ml vlriiMyi Fulr
"ill collier to-night, Ttltli lontut
temperature nboat IB degreei;
Krlclny fulr.
For Kwtrrn l'pnn«jlvanln: Partly
cloudy and eolder tn-nl|rhtt Fri
day fair; moderate nortknnt
nrlid*.
River
The Susquehannn river and all Ita
trlhutarlea will fall to-nif[ht and
Friday. A Hinge of nbout lO.a
r feet In Indicated for IlarrtaburK
Friday raornine.
• •eneral t ondltlona
The weather continues unsettled
oyer the northenstern part of the
I nlted states In the rear of the
disturbance that has paaaed off
the Siortti Atlantic coast, with
cloudy neat her from the- l.ake
Herlnn eastward and In the Ohio
Valley, and llßrht saow was still
falling In Weatern Peonayhnnla
and Wetrlern New York at S
o'clock this morning,
The temperature has fallen 2 to 'it
Hearers over nearly all the rontt
try east of the Rocky mountains
alnce laat report, except In West
Teaneasee and South Texas,
where It la allarhtly warmer.
Tempera turn 8 a. m., 41.
Auai Rises, 7i23 a, m.
Moon■ Flrirt quarter, January 33,
tZi.TJ a. m.
niver *ta*e: tl.« feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, <W.
l.owest temperature, 30.
Mean temperatnre. 34.
ftormal temperature, 28.
[ E. N. BREITUNG AND SHIP INVOLVING AMERICA AND BRITAIN >
.... M \* •£ 2 ■* A y ..* > ■ HHK.. I
Kdward N. Hreitung <>r New York anil Chicago has raised the question oof releasing ships owned hv German lines which ran to the United
States in a way which It is feared may cause trouble between the United States and Great Britain. The Hamburg American line, the North Ger
man IJovd anil others had many big and costly vessels—including the great Imperator—ln American ports when the war broke out. Great Britain
has taken the position that these ships could not be transferred to American owners and sent forth on the high seas.
Mr. Breitung clainf* to have brought the L>acia from the Hamburg American !,ine. He loaded her with cotton at Galveston. The State Depart
ment. having sounded the British government, has received an answer that the ship is still considered German. That means when she sails from Gal
veston on her way to Rotterdam shewlll be seized and confiscated, just as all German vessels have been driven from the seas by the British fleets.
The administration at Washington is said to have determined that the vessel shall be considered American. Mr. Breitung is reported to have or
dered her to sail regardless of the British government. That will force ths issue directly, and may mean trouble.
WOLF RESIGNS AS j
DEPUTY ATTY. GEN.
Philadelphian Sends Resignation
to the Governor and Will Leave
Department Soon
Morris Wolf, of Philadelphia. Third
Deputy Attorney General, has resigned,
Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown
having to-day received a letter from
Mr. Wolf stating that he bad for
warded his resignation to the Gov
ernor. who has the appointing power
under the act of 1913 reorganizing th<>
Attorney General's department. In his
letter Mr. Wolf fixed no time for re
tirement and stated that he desired to
take up some pending matters with
the new Attorney General when he re
turned to Philadelphia the latter part
of the week.
Mr. Brown said that he had not
taken up the subject with Governor
Brumbaugh, but would do so. It. is
understood about the Capitol that the
resignation is effective when accepted.
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SIXTY ASK LIQUOR
LICENSE PRIVILEGE
26 Applications From Upper End
Today; Middletown Hotel
Hearing Feb. 2
Sixty applications for liquor licenses!
in the city and county have been filed]
with Prothonotury H. F. Holler to I
date, twenty-six of which were placed
on the list to-day from the upper end ,
of the county. The lot included rc- •
quests for reliccnses from Lykens, I
Wiliiamstown and Wieonisco hottil and
saloon keepers. The time limit forj
filing applications expires one week ■
from to-morrow—January 29. License;
court will be held February, 19.
All the applications filed so far are]
present licenses and it is generally lie-1
lieved that the only new request may I
be made by Harry Ecklnger, former-1
!y proprietor of the Hotel Russ. He'
wants the privilege at the Paxtonla 1
Hotel. James Wix who had asked for'
a relicense last year withdrew his ap-!
plication before 1914 license court, i
February 2 has been fixed by thel
Dauphin county court for hearing the I
application for the transfer of the!
Ann street hotel, Middletown, from l
John A. Haas to Harry White. The
saloon will remain closed until the
question Is settled despite the efforts
of counsel for the applicants to have
the place kept open for business in the
interim.
A petition remonstratinK against
the transfer bearing some 300 signa
tures had been tiled with the court.
The proposal of Fox and Geyer. at
torney for the petitioners yesterday i
sought to obtain permission for their 1
client to keep the hotel open until;
the time of hearing The suggestion
was bitterly opposed by the Rev. W.
R. Rldington and the Rev. Alfred Kel
ly, secretary of the No-License l,ca-»
gue. It was shown that the hotel has
changed hands frequently within the;
last five or six years. Sunday after-/
noon it Is understood a big mass meet -
ing to further protest against th«
granting of the transfer will lie he?.d
in Middletown.
Bryan Admits Cutright /
Is Ousted For War Talk
Special to The Telegraph
Washington. Jan. 21.—John L. Cut
right, American vlce-consu' at Not
tingham. Eng., was recalled, iwcofrdtne
to a statement to-day by Secretary
Rryan, because a letter written by Mr.
Outright and published in an Omaha
paper, "contained expressions tof opin
ion in regard to the war." /
A report yesterday from iNottlng
hani said Mr. Cutright had l«ift there
for London.
HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVEXIXG, JANUARY 21, 1915.
$lO A Pu'l to Ring Great
Bell of Lykens Greek Church
Every Husky Who Sought Honor of Tolling It Has to Pay
the Price
I
When the great new bell uf tbo I
| Russian Greek Orthodox Church •
jin Lykens was about ready to be put
jinto service men of the congre-
I nation were tipped off that every one
jot" them could give the bell a pull if
j he so desired —at $5 and $ 10 per prill.
Behind the odd little ceremony is
|another quaint story that had its in
ception primarily in the war of the
I world in which so many millions of
! the sons of the land of the Czar are
I battling.
j It appears that when the. call for
jiirnis was sounded from the White
(Throne the bishop ol' the Greek Rus
'siun Church in Lykens resigned his
j charge and hurried to do what he
c >uld with the armies beyond the Yis-
Itula. Incidentally in turning over
Iliis papers to his successor he neglect
ed the deed to the church. Conse
quently the; usual custom of filing a
NO INSURANCE FOR
STEAMSHIP DACIA
Cargo of Cotton, However, Will
Be Insured by War Risk
insurance Bureau
Washington. D. C., Jan 21.—N0 in
surance on the hull of the steamer
l>acia, the former Hamburg-American 1
liner now under the American lias will
he granted by the Federal War iflsk
Insurance Bureau, but a policy will
he issued probably to-day on her cargo
of cotton. A distinction between the
cargo and the hull of the Dueia has
been found by the bureau on the
ground that title to the cotton is abso
lutely vested in an American citi7.cn
and it is not classed as contraband.
British authorities have indicated that
the Dacia herself is certain to be taken
into a prize court to determine the i
question of whether her transfer of
tlag was bona fide.
The War Risk Bureau has thor
oughly investigated the question.
Will Harrisburg Have
Another Newspaper?
Cont; -essinan Arthur R. Rupley; of
and Assemblyman James H.
Mac r. of Reading, president of the
State Federation of Labor, will be
speakers at a mass meeting at Slble
and Clark's Hall. Third and Cumber
land streets, to-morrow night at 8
o'clock.
"Moulding of Public Opinion by the
Press" will be the subject of both
addresses, after which there will be
discussed the project of forming an or
ganization to publish a workingman's
newspaper.
Veterans Will Honor Dead
With Impressive Services
Memorial services for the sixteen
members of Post 58. Grand Army of
jthe Republic, who died during the past
I year, will be held to-morrow evening
at 8 o'clock, in the rooms of the post
at 26 North Third street.
The Rev. Lewis S. Mudge. pastor of
Pine Street Presbyterian Church will
make tho principal address of the
evening. The program consists of mu
sic and services in honor of tho dead.
Taps, at the close of the ceremonies,
will be blown by Miss Irene Wagner,
adopted daughter of the post.
Sixteen chairs will he draped in black
and white ribbons with the names of
the dead veterans will be placed upon
them. Each chair will be strewn with
flowers as part of the service. The
flowers and ribbons will be given to
the families of the dead members. j
mechanics' Jien to protect the, con
tractor had to be "carried out. An<l
when 11,000 on the contratcor's esti
mate was due the problem was put up
to the people of the church. Incident
ally it was about that time the new
bell was set in place. Which sug
gested to the new bishop the scheme
for raising the funds.
On the day the big bell was to be
rung for the tirst the whole congre
gation turned out in gala array, and
the choir sang the anthera of the
Russians—evety man gravely stepped
to the bell-rope and gave it a mighty
yank. And before the brazen echo had
died away he paid his allotted sum for
the privilege—five dollars if he were a
man of family, ten dollars if he were
unmarried.
An hour later they had finished
.ringing the bell. The SI,OOO had been
raised.
PEN!\ISY TO SELL ALL
UNUSED LANO HERE
Notice of Its Decision to Part With
Abandoned Sidings and Yards
Posted Today
AUI surplus land along the lines of
the Pennsylvania railroad, including
many acres in Dauphin county is for
sale, t lie company officials to-day an
nounce. In South Harrishurg are sev
eral plots that will be sold. The exact
location of this lend' WHH not given.
Notices were posted alone the main
lino of the Pennsylvania railroad to
day calling attention to the sale of un
used land. This notice, it is exlained,
covers all disused siding tracts: land
ance occupied by the main line tracks,
hut abandoned when new lines were
established; property purchased for
the storing of cars, ties, poles, etc., no
longer needed; tracts along land
formerly occupied by dead Industries,
In fact every inch of property not
needed will be sold.
Some of this property, it is said. In
cludes good industrial sites; delivery
sidings for manufacturers and ship
pers; and some, for residences. The
notices posted to-day read as follows:
"The Pennsylvania railroad is tak
ing active steps to dispose of all of its
real estate that is not needed for
transportation purposes. Notlc.ca to
this effect have been posted in the
larger stations on the railroad.
"In addition to notices in stations,
agents of the railroad's real estate de
partment are enclosing in letters to
shippers a slip stating "The Railroad
Company has surplus properly for
sale In your vicinity. If you are in
terested please ask the writer for de
tails."
The notices the railroad has posted
in its larger stations state that it has
surplus property at llarrisburg. New
York City, Philadelphia. Pittsburgh
and many Intermediate points.
ST. MATTHEW'S MEN'S
Cll'B ELECTS OFFICERS
Officers for 1915 have been elected
by the Men's Club of St. Matthew's
Lutheran Church, Second and Seneca
streets. Albert Householder was
chosen president. The other officers
are:
A. E. Rurkholder, vice-president;
Charles Lapp, secretary; Alvtn Grove,
treasurer.
JOB PROVES FATAL TO TWO
Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 21. A.
Montangue. superintendent of termi
nals for the Gould lines here, was
shot while in his office yesterday by a
discharged switchman, and died an
hour later. His predecessor was shot
two years ago in exactly the same
way, and died. A. C. Myers is under
arrest. ,
Iff LEMEIT FIRM
10 OPEN 111 MICHj
Emerson-Brantingham Company's
Warehouse at 10th and Market
Nearing Completion
The large concrete warehouse b'uild
ing of the Knierson-Brantingham Im
plement Company now being built at
Tenth and Market streets is nearing
completion and the company expects
to open for business some time during
March. A reception and opportunity
for inspection will be given to dealers
of the surrounding country and all
interested citizens about April 1.
The fact that this large company
has decided to make this city its main
distributing center means, perhaps,
more than can be conceived at this
time, as the next few years' growth
should develop a business of an im
mense character. The territory to be
cared for by the Harrisburg house, as
the main branch house of the East, is
all that portion of Pennsylvania, New
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LA! AGEAITS ON THE
LEVEL. THEY DECLARE
Oklahoma Realty Men Deny That
Their Proposition Is Not
, Bona-Fide
In defense of the land agent and
town lot proposition presented by the
party In the Oklahoma demonstration
car now standing on the Pennsylvania
siding near the subway the manager
this morning said it was a strictly busi
ness and bona tide affair and lie could
see no reason why the McAlester
(Okla.) Commercial Club should send
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Preachers Opposed to
Bare Limbs in Chorus
Special to The Tctfgraph
Cincinnati. Ohio, Jan. 21.—The law
and order committee of the Methodist
Episcopal Preachers' Association of
Cincinnati called on Mayor Splegle
yesterday afternoon, headed by the
Rev. Dr. C. W. Blodgett, and protest
ed againest the announced appear
ance in this city next Sunday night
at a leading theater of a company In
which the chorus girls were bare
limbed. The Mayor assured the
preachers that nn tightless perform
ers would he allowed to appear in
Cincinnati, and stated that he be
lieved the announcement was the
; work of an imaginative press agent.
In answer to the protest made by
the committee against the forthcom
ing fight here between "Gunboat"
Smith and Jim Flynn, the Mayor de
clared that the bout was to be a box
ing match, and that no slugging
would be allowed.
Local Option Convention
Postponed From Feb. 1
After careful consideration the au
thorities of the Anti-Saloon League
and their legislative advisors have de
cided to postpone the local option
Iconvention announced for February 1
at Marrisburg, until a later date.
This step was decided upon in order
to arrange for the largest possible rep
resentation of moral and reform ele
ments in the conference when held,
acording to F. F. Holsopple, district
superintendent of the Pennsylvania
Anti-Saloon League.
HEADS HARVARD ALUMNI
Boston, Mass., Jan. 21.—Dr. Henry l
P. Walcott.. '6B. of Cambridge, has I
been elected president of the Har-j
vard Alumni Association.
12 PAGES
TURK RESISTANCE
HAS COLLAPSED;
ALLIES NEAR RHINE
Advance French Trenches Reported to Be Within Sixteen
Miles of River; Austrians Are Bombarding Monte
negrin Positions; Russian Warship Sinks Twelve
Vessels Off Coast of Asia Minor; Turks Retreating
With Heavy Losses
Russian accounts of the war with
Turkey make it appear that the re-1
sistance of the Ottoman troops has!
virtually collapsed. An ofllcial state
ment to-day from the Russian staff of
the Caucasian army says that further j
defeats have been inflicted on the i
Turkish troops in a scries of rear j
guard actions, and that the Turks, ;
after suffering heavy losses, are re-;
treating precipitately. The statement]
announces the capture of a transCau- '
casian town near the Turkish border.
It is said also that a Russian warship'
sank twelve vessels off the coast of
Asia Minor.
Fighting between Austrians and j
Montenegrins which has been almost
at a standstill on account of the win- j
ter weather and heavy snows, has j
been resumed across the border from ]
t'attarro. The Austrians bombarded |
Montenegrin positions but it Is said j
at Cettlnje no damage was inflicted.
The allies now have their eyes on;
the Rhine and British troops may be
sent to Belfort, in Eastern France, to 1
take part in any possible advance to i
the river, says a Geneva report, which I
lacks verification. It is stated that
the advance French trenches are j
within sixteen miles of Rhine.
TI RKISH CAMP CAPTV'KKI)
By Associated Press I
Petrograd, Jan. 21.—The following!
communication from the general staff;
of the army of the Caucasus has been j
! given out here: on January in. in the
(reign of Ahalik, Lavaor and Kyagani.
jwe fought a scries of combats with
J the Turkish rear guard who retreat
ied. We captured a great many prison
jers and a Turkish camp.
GERMAN COUNT ARRKSTKI)
ON STEAMER BY BRITISH j
By Associated Press
I Geneva, via Paris, Jan. 21, 4.251
'a. m. —The newspaper Stamps, of!
j TUrin, Italy, announces that a British
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' } il real c. ..ate dealer and is very jealous of his company's 1
, a success. The secrttaiy's name is Shim
1 Washington, Jan. 21.—The Supreme court's mandate
S in the Harry K. Thaw extrad e was issued to-day %
J York City to Frank Kennec m
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J a farther hearing n xt we %
f K his afternoon. Green is charged 4
a it's automobile accident. M
1 Roosevelt, N. J., Jan. 21.—Carman Patty, one of the 9
( 1 strikers wounded in the riot here, died to-day in an Eliza- g
, beth hospital, making the second fatality as the result of the g
shooting. a
i 1 Chicago, Jan. 21.—War prices for wheat touched a new 9
I high level to-day, $1.4524 a bushel, May delivery. These
figures surmounted by y s cent the top previous record which
' was made on January 15. On to-day's advance the scanti- |
I ness of offerings from the country was one of the most strik
ing features.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 21.—The 1913 equal suffrage reso- I
lution which, if con'ciftretl in by both houses of the
i ture.will submit the question of woman suffrage to, the
i voters of New York State next Fall, was offered in "the
I state Senate to-day.
i Seventy-five of the Mrrble and Granite Association* of
Pennsylvania in annual.session btc this afternoon, elected
these officers: President, R. H. Koontz, Greensburg; see- \
i rctary, A. H. Luckcnbiil, Middlctowr.; treasures, M. H. M
Curry, MeadviUe; vice-president, j. M. Gessler, Philadelphia. £
MARRIAGE LICENSES I
I David Delta. <»ratr-. and Alice H. steely, Lrkena. J
Mlko Morale and Terenl Hren, Mrrlton. &
* POSTSCRIPT
warship has arrested on board the
i liner Due D'.Xosta from Genoa for New
I York. Count Von Keller, a German of-
I tlcer of high rank, who had been sent
|to the I'nited States on a secret mis
sion. The newspaper adds that the
i count has been landed at Gibraltar.
MOUNT I.EVCHEN BOMBARDED
By Associated Press
Paris. Jan. 21, 4.30 A. M.—The Aus
trians at Cattaro, near the Monte
' negrin frontier, have furiously bom
barded Mount Levclien, a strong Mon
tenegrin position just across the fron
tier. without effect, according to a
: I lavas Agency dispatch from Cettinje,
• Montenegro.
SOLDIERS ANXIOUS TO FIGHT
By Associated Press .
Vienna, via Amsterdam and Lon
! don. Jan. 21, 9.58 A. M. —Field Mar
shal Archduke Frederick, the cousin
lof Emperor Francis Joseph and Com
! mander in chief of the Austrian armv,
; has just returned from a visit to the
troops of the first army. He states
j that lie found conditions excellent and
i that the soldiers impatient to begin a
I further offensive campaign.
j LETTER CARRIER SENTENCED
B.v Associated Press
Amsterdam, via London, Jan. 21,
9.59 A. M.—A dispatch to the Tele
igraef from Sluis. Holland, says that an
inhabitant of Bruges, Belgium, lias
been centenced to five, years' imprison
ment for carrying letters from Hol
land to Belgium.
BISHOP OF ALBANY DIES
Albany. N. Y., Jan. 21.—The Rt.
j Rev. T. M. A. Burke, fourth bishop of
j Albany, died suddenly of heart diseaso
I here last night. He celebrated his
I seventy-fifth birthday on January ID
'rand last June his golden Jubilee as a
i priest.