Death and Injury Follows Explosion on Board U. S. Cruiser Off Mexico
HARRISBURG ftfillflli TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 17
4 MEN KILLED ID 9
OTHERS HURT ON U.S.
CRUISER SAN DIEGO
Four Hours' Steaming Trial in
Mexican Waters Has Fatal End
ing For Firemen
VESSEL IS FLAGSHIP OF
THE PACIFIC FLEET
Dead and Injured on Armored
Warcraft Taken to Guaymas
Soon After Accident Occurred
By Associated Press
tin Board U. S. S. San Diego, l,a Paz,
Mexico, Jan. 21 (by wireless via San
Diego, Cal„ Jan. 22). —Four men were
Killed and nine seriously injured Thurs
day afternoon on board the armored
cruiser San Diego when a boiler tube
blew out after a steaming trial of four
hours had been completed.
The dead: Oscar J. Wyatt, El Cen
tre, Cal.: Ambus J. Hardee, Joplin,
Mo.: William F. Elliott, Brooklyn,
X. V., and Clifford A. Western, Daven
port, lowa. All were firemen.
The injured: Benjamin 11. Tucker,
U. B. Glklden, Darrell L. Varnado,
William H. Miller, Ernest A. Led with,
Charles W. Peterson, liremen; George
Ohm, water tender; Emanuel A.
Shippi, seaman, and Patrick A. Mcrri
man, coal passer.
Immediately after the accident the
cruiser left for Guaymas. where she
arrived at 2 o'clock this (Friday)
morning.
The San Diego is the flagship of
the Pacific fleet and Is in command of
Captain Ashler H. Robertson.
EXPLOSION ON SAN DIEGO
WAS CAUSED HY IX)W WATER
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 22. —A brief
official report to the Navy Department
on the explosion aboard the cruiser
San Diego said that some of the nine
injured were in a grave condition and
others were not so badly hurt.
The next of kin of the dead were
notified at once by the department.
Hear Admiral Howard's report gave
this account of the accident:
"The San Diego completed her four
hour full power trials and made 21.45.
at the completion of the trials a
. in No. 4 boiler ruptured, due to
»» water. Endurance runs were at
tempted. A full investigation has been
ordered. Am proceeding to Guaymas." i
Irish Judge Refuses
Hogan Permission to
Change Name to Homan
Boston. Mass., Jan. 22.—Edward Jo
seph Hogan and family, who moved
Into the exclusive set of the Back Bay,
were refused permission by the court
to-day to change their name to Ho
man. Thereat there was great glee
among the Hogans who like their
name, among the Homans who object
ed to the change, and among hundreds
of others In this city who wear green
on March 17 and hate yellow pn July
12.
Edward Joseph based his plea to
the court on his constitutional right to
purchase happiness. Judge George,
who is Irish, decided that their rea
sons for the change were not in the
interest of public welfare.
Mary Louise Hogan. who wanted
both the Mary and the Louise purilied,
told the court that she had lost two
positions and an Irish girl had called
her a traitor. Her name was horrible,
she thought, because she once heard
a man mention it in connection with
Dublin stout. ll' her young man had
an Irish name, she said, he would have
to change it before she would marry
him.
Then Edward M. Shanley, the attor
ney who fought, the Hogans in their
petition, took her to task and inform
ed her that Lord Kitchener. Sir John
French, the pastor of her Protestant
church and many other notables were
born in Ireland. She claimed that she
did not know it.
Gladys Hogan told Judge George
that other girls in school had "cut"
licr because they thought she was
Irish.
$50,000,000 FOR RELIEF
Warsaw, Russian Poland. Jan. '22.
via l.ondan, 12.50 P. M.—Prince Yen
walycheff, the new governor general,
announced upon assuming office that
the government had appropriated
$50,000,000 for the relief of the popu
lation of this region.
THE WEATHER
For llHrrlNiiru nml vicinity! Snow
to-night anil Saturday | nut murli
chiiiinr In temperatures lonrnt
tompera-ture to-night about 20
tlesrreen.
For KaNtern IVnnx.vlrnnlii i Nnoiv
to-nt(clit anil Saturday) moderate
to frrnh north to northennt
«Indn.
Hlver
The Simqtiehnnni* river and all it*
trlhntnrlex will continue to fall
for neveriil da.vN. A Htaice of about
•H feet IN Indicated for llnrrtsburic
Saturday morning.
fienrral t ondltlonx
A dlnturhaner In the Southnmt l«
eaualnn "now In the l.oner Ohio,
I .oner MIKNOIIH and Upper >ll»-
wl*a|pp| valley**, over the lvfNlfrn
portion of the l.ake Itejrlon and In
Oklahoma and rain In the Unrr
MIHUIMHIPPI Valley and South
raatern Tenia. Fair wetrther Irna
prevailed over the remainder of
the country alnee laat report, c\~
eept lljsht local anotvn In lVevr
*ork and Pennaylvitnia, light to
moderate Know In the Middle
ftoeky Mountain region and rain
alonar the California e«a«t.
The temperature baa rlaen 4 -to 10
degreea over a narrow belt of
country- extending; from l.ake Su
perior aouthvtard to the Oalf of
Mexico.
Temperature] » a. m., 36.
Sun : Rlaea, 7i22 a. m.; set*. r.:10
p. m.
Moon; Firat quarter, January 23.
12t28 a. in.
Hlver Stage: Ten feet above low.
water mark.
Yenterdi>;Va Weather
Highest temperature, 33.
l.oweirt temperature. '.'II.
Mean temperature, 30.
Normal temperature, 2&
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The British public was again thrown into a furore Tuesday night when six towns were attacked by German air
ships with liombs and several persons were killed. The towns on the east coast, were Yarmouth, Sherlngham, Hun
stanton, Cromer, Heachani, Dersingham, King's Lynn and Sandringham, where King George has a palace. The
king was at Sandringham several hours before the attack, which convinces many KngHshmen that the chief pur
pose was to frighten them by showing how easy it was to reach their ruler.
There have been many theories as to the base from which the airships operated. They may have sailed from
C uxhaven. but it is the opinion of many aeronauts that this distance was too great. The big base in Germany
fof airships is at Dusseldorf, but there is a belief (hat a new base, perhaps at Zeebruges, which the Germans have
occupied since shortly after they took Antwerp, was the one used.
Count Zeppein, the inventor and builder of the German war airships, in this war will apparently attain the
goal of his life's work. i. e., demonstrating the practicability of the dirigible balloon as an engine of war. The
success of the recent night attack has made the titled inventor the man of the hour in Germany and it is now
considered inevitable that the Germans will soon be making nightly attacks on the city of London from the clouds.
HORACE A. CUE
WILL BE ASSESSOR
Well-known Accountant Selected
by City Council; Salary
Will Be S9OO
s
Wtsw -JRm
HORACE A. CHAYNE
Harrisburg's Now Assistant City
Assessor.
Horace A. Chayne, 407 North Sec
ond street, bookkeeper for Witman
Brothers, the big grocery and hard
[ ware firm will be selected by City
[Council Tuesday afternoon to be assist
ant city assessor. His salary will be
S9OO a year.
[ Mr. Chayne, who is probably one of
I the most widely known accountants
in this section served for years as
bookkeeper and secretary for the llar
, rlsburg Planing Mill Company In
| South Harrisburg. Since the company
ceased operations nearly three years
ago Mr. Chayne has been employed by
Witman Brothers.
The new incumbent will assume his
duties at once on the preparation of
the triennial assessmen. lie will as
sist Assessor Howard C. Townsend.
Mr. Townsend was re-elected for
another year at a salary of $1,200.
Dr. Stough's Associate
Tells Folk Not to Take
Evangelist Too Seriously
The Rev. F. T. Cart wrlght, associate
0 angelist to the Rev. Dr. Henry W.
Stough, was in the city yesterday.
Ho was met by officials of the
Stough . campaign and was sharply
questioned concerning the recent al
leged comments made on Harrisburg
and its people by Dr. Stough In his
Altoona sermons. The Rev. Mr.
Cartwright's ortly reply was that peo
ple should not take Dr. Stough too
seriously.
ATTACKED BY CATAMOUNT
Fierce Animal Weighing Thirty-two
Pounds Killed in Mountain
Special to The Telegraph
Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. 22.—While
Philip Wright and Horace J. Martin
were passing through Skinner's Gap,
they were attacked by a large cata
mount. Mr. Wright dispatched the
animal with two shots from his rifle
and the dead animal was taken to
S. E. Martin's hotel. Upper Stras
burg. The catamount measured 58
inche3 from Up to tip and weighed
1 32 pound*.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1915.
HIGH SCHOOL ROMANCE ENDS
IN BALTIMORE
Tom Devine," Central Athlete, Weds Sarah M. Vance, His School
Days' Sweetheart; Bride Popular in Younger Social Set
News of tho elopement to Baltimore,
Md„ of Miss Sarah M. Vance, daugh
ter of Mrs. J. Harry Vance, 1410 North
Second street, and Thomas DeVine,
3 South eighteenth street, has just
reached the ears of the many friends
of the couple. The marriage took
place on January 9 in Baltimore, a
Roman Catholic priest whose name has
not be(!n given performing the cere
mony.
The romance began several years
ago when both were students at the
Central high school. Both graduated
in the 1913 class. Tom was well
NEW SEWER REPLACES
100-YEAR-OLD DRAIN
Plans Completed For Big Construc
tion Work in Business
District
Plans for the construction of the
new sanitary sewer in the
Market Square business district have
been completed by the City Engineer
and within a few days Commissioner
W. H. Lynch, superintendent of streets
and public improvements, will adver
tise for bids.
| The Market Square drain will be one
. of the most important of the several
I big sewer Jobs that are contemplated
I for 1915, plans and specifications for
which are now being prepared. Among
these will be the 24-inch Asylum run
sanitary( the 4 8-inch Thirteenth ward
storm and the Wiconisco street sani
tary mains. A lot of smaller sewers
are being planned for.
The building of the 12-inch sewers
in the business district will remedy R
condition about which there has been
general complaint foryears: the sectian,
incidentally, is probably the most un
satisfactorily sewered part of the city.
Furthermore, the construction of this
big drain will provide better facilities
for sewering the proposed public com
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Perkins Resumes Talk on
Government Supervision
New York, Jan. 22. Among the
many suggestions made by witnesses
as probable solutions of the industrial
problems of the country, that made
by George W. Perkins, director of the
United States Steel Corporation and
other large corporations before the
federal commission on industrial rela
tions that government supervision of
large industrial units would do much
toward eliminating the abuses from
which labor has suffered under the
competitive system, was discussed In
more detail when Mr. Perkins resum
ed his testimony to-day in the coin
mission's investigation into great phil
anthropic organizations and causes of
social unrest. Other witnesses called
to testify to-day are Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Henry Ford, automobile
manufacturer of Detroit, and G. P.
Neill, former United State commission
er of labor.
PLAN CHANGES IN CONSTITUTION
Providence, R. 1., Jan. 22.—Radical
changes are proposed in a draft of a
revised State constitution reported to
the Ijegislaturo to-day by a commis
sion that has been studying the ques
tion for nearly three tears.
known in the high school sporting
world, taking part in all branches of
athletics while a student. Miss Vance
was prominent in the muny social
functions at the school. Both are
popular and well known among the
younger set. The bridegroom is em
ployed in the DeVine & Vungel shoe
factory, in which his father is the
senior partner. The couple are now
residing at. hwr parents' home, 3 South
Eighteenth street.
JJrs. Vance, mother of the bride, is
in Philadelphia. She knew of the
elopement before leaving this city.
DO YOU EVER STEP
ON A DIRTY CRUST?
Veteran of 1870, Says Soldiers
Appreciate Even Little Crumbs
of Bread
"I never tramp on a piece of bread
lying in the street; 1 know what, it
means to hunger for even such food."
Edward Moeslein, veteran of the
Franco-Prussian war, yesterday was
speaking to a member of the Home
and War Relief committee, which is
aiding the worthy poor of this city, at
the same time sending warm clothing
to suffering European war victims.
"And I carefully use my clothes,
too," the veteran added, as the com
mitteeman started to question. "1
know what it means to go barefooted
through slush and ice, and to sleep in
freezing wet clothes.
"This great outpouring of American
relief will work a wonderful result
with all the nations affected. Tour re
lief is speedy. Why 1 remember when
Mrs. Moeslein—she was Miss Martina
Bittner, then —sent me a pair of knit
ted socks. The mails would only carry
one at a time, they ware so weighty.
She mailed them separately tied, on
the same day. I got one three days
[Continued oil I'age 11]
WANT TARIFF I,AW REPEALED
By Associated Press
New York, Jan. 22.—A resolution
urging "friends or protection to Amer
ican labor and Industry" to endeavor
[to secure the repeal of the existing
tariff law was unanimously adopted
at the thirtieth annual meeting of the
American Protective Tariff League
yesterday. The resolution recom
i mended the enactment of "an ade
quately protective tariff law."
NEBRASKA HEADS 1,1 ST
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Jan. 22. The
battleship Nebraska with a score of
78.941 was first in the engineering
competitions among vessels of the bat
tleship class for the six months ended
[January 1. The West Virginia was at
the foot of the list with a rating or
25.663.
FOUND DEAD IN WOODS
Tork Springe, Jan. 22—With his axe
gripped in his left hand and his hat
shoved over his eyes, Peter Kinter, a
retired farmer living near here, was
'found dead shortly berore dark last
evening in the woods or William Spohr
where he had been engaged cutl ng
wood. Heart trouble was the cause
A widow and his daughters, Mrs. John
Myers and Esther, at home, ■urvlv#.
515.11 DAMAGE ID
PIPE BENDING EIRE
Electrical Department and Roll
Shop Burnt Out by Hour-
Long Fire
CATS ESCAPE UNHARMED
Quick and Effective Work on Part
of Firemen Soon Halts
Flames
A loss of almost $15,000 was en
tailed this morning by tire of unknown
origin in the electric supply depart
ment. of the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe
Bending Works, al Tenth and State
streets. The entire loss is covered by
Insurance.
The lire was discovered shortly be
fore B o'clock by some of the night i
force of employes who sent in hii j
alarm from box 331. In the mean-1
time the other men got the hose of |
tlie company and confined the blaze
to the electric and the roll shops,
which are almost completely de
stroyed. Much of the machinery, elec
tric motors, dynamos and other elec
trical supplies were either destroyed
or damaged by water. Quick and ef
fective work of the firemen prevented
the spread of the flames, and a sheet
iron roof also helped to hinder the
damage. The tire was gotten com
pletely tinder control in an hour.
Work in the other departments were
not held up and shortly after the men
continued.
Seven cats which are pets amjing
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WOMAN CHARGED WITH ARSON
Hagerstown, Md., Jan. 22.—Follow
ing an investigation into the burning
of two barns and a dwelling on the
farm of Jacob H. Schlndel, near this
city, abot't two months ago, Mrs. Mol
lie Niemyer, the divorced wife of Mr.
Schlndel, was arrested at the instance
df State Fire. Marshal G. Edward My
ers and Detective Krat-/., of Baltimore,
charged with burning the buildings.
I She was held in SI,OOO bail for court.
PLI BIG m
AGRICULTURE DEPT.
To Centralize Educational Work at
State College, Brum
baugh's Plan
Governor Brumbaugh to-day save in
timations that he contemplated some
extensive changes in the scope of the
State Department of Agriculture to
the end that the educational work
would be centralized at State College
and the Commonwealth work put in
closer touch with the Federal govern
ment, while the departmental offices
hero would handle administrative
work.
"This subject is being considered,
but I have not gotten to the point
where I can give any details. It is tt
great subject and very near to me.
This is a great agricultural common
wealth and as I said in my addresses
I want to get the best results for the
money given by the national govern
ment and the State," said he. "I
am impressed with the advisability of
separating the educational and ad
ministrative work of the department
of agriculture and allowing the col
lege to direct the educational end."
The Governor called attention to
the fact that under the Jones-Dever
bill an appropriation for practical in
struction of farmers on the farm and
through county farm bureaus is to be
made to the States and that Pennsyl
vania will share in proportion to what
tt appropriates. This will bo an
annual allowance, and It is evidently
the government's idea to have the
college handle work now being done
by the farm counsellors under the
Stale direction to prevent overlapping.
As to the farmers' institutes that pro
position has not been taken up.
Attention was also directed to the
faot that the police work of the de
partment in safeguarding food, feeds,
farm supplies and other matters was
administrative, the Governor com
menting upon the magnitude of the
inspection work.
When asked about the story that
the local option will would he sent in
after other measures had been sub
mitted to the legislature, the Gover
nor said that, he did not know any
thing about it.
Some appointments will be made
Monday, but the Governor declined to
say anything about them.
£■
KARLSRUHE AT PORTO RICO j ■
German Cruiser Turned Searchlight on
Ship Vearing San Juan
Special to The Telegraph
San Juan, P. R., Jan. 22. The
steamship Coaino, Captain Barber, i
which sailed from New York January
1« for San Juan, reports having sighted
tho German cruiser Karlsruhe off
Morro Castle, San .Tuan, yesterday
morning before daylight.
The cruiser turned a searchlight. otV
to the bridge of the Coamo, the uliip's
j officials say, making the entrance of
the vessel into the harbor difficult. The
warship refused to answer wireless sig
nals and disappeared in the darkness.
CAROTHKRS WITH VILLA
By Associated Press
El Paso, Toxas. Jan. 22.—Word was
received here early to-day that George
O. ("arothers, special agent of the
American State Department. had
joined General Villa's headquarters in
tho field below the city of Chihuahua.
CHESAPEAKE STEAMER BURNED
By Associated Press
Baltimore. Md., Jan. 22.—The Chesa
peake bay steamer Maryland was
burned to the water's edge off Magotliy
river early to-day. So far as known,
all on board were saved by other craft
and brought to this port. The Mary
land was owneil by the Baltimore,
Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
Company and plied between Baltimore
and Chant an k rival- landing*
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BATTLE RAGES WITH
SOLDIERS OCCUPYING
FLOODED TRENCHES
Rains and Almost Impassable Roads Add to Discomforts
of Armies in Belgium Where Fighting Has Continued
For Three Days! Russians in North Are Advancing
Toward Prussian Border; British Vessel Torpedoed
by Germans
Heavy fighting is In progress once
more along the western front. Un
official advices from Amsterdam tell
of a hard battle in Belgium, between
Ostend and Nieuport, which has been
raging without interruption for three
days notwithstanding the rains, flooded
trenches and almost impassable roads.
At the other end of the line, near
Cernay and Thann, in Alsace, there is
artillery tiring of unusual violence.
Another encounter, along the Lorraine
frontier, is increasing in severity, and
on account of the importance of the
issue may develop into a battle of the
proportions of that at Soissons last
week. The French advance at Pont
a Moussons threatens German com
munications with Metz, and if carried
forward successfully might result in
cutting off the German forces in the
region of St. Mihiel. The German line
has been reinforced and some of the
lost ground has been regained.
The Russian and German forces I
west of Warsaw have settled down in !
their entrenched positions and the
battle line has become fixed almost as
rigidly as in the west. In the north,
however, the Russians are advancing
toward the Prussian border, appar
ently having dispatched a large army
for this movement. The campaign tn
Galieia. and Bukowina makes slow
headway, on account of the heavy
snow. According to reports from Hus
sion sources, the retirement of the
Austrians across the Carpathians is
still in progress.
Another British vessel has been tor
pedoed by a German submarine. The
steamer Durward, a small merchant
man, was sent to the bottom, but her
crew was saved.
KISS 20 MILES FROM FRONTIER
By Associated Prtss
London, Jan. 22, 12.35 P. jvr.—News
1 dispatches referring to the situation in
Poland set forth that north of the
Vistula, in the vicinity of Llpno, Rus
sian advance guards are within twenty
miles of the German frontier, while to
AMERICAN RELIEF ON TORPEDOED VESSELS
' The Hague, Jan. 22, via London, 3.32 p. m.-*—lt was
I stated i.tic to-day that the British steamer Durward had on
I boaid irtji tons ul provisions belonging to the American
1 Relief Combustion when she was sunk by a German sub
-1 marine.
I AMERICAN STEAMER TO START FOR GERMANY 1
New York, Jan. 22.—Carrying a cargo of food supplies
1 shipped by an American firm and consigned to an American
I citizen in Germany, the American owned steamer Wilhel
mina was given clearance to-day from this port for Ham
burg, and is expected to sail this afternoon. The shippers
assert that the food is meant only for consumption by ,
civilians.
Paris, Jan. 22.—A conference was held in Paris o-day
by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd ,
George, a: d Alexandre Ribot an;'. P. Ik, the French and
Rusf.ian .Mini!. ?. .o- Finance. ;• . jai.l that the meetin C)
was arranged to tonsider a joint loan o£ fifteen billion j
( $3,000 000,000), to bear interest at 3 x /% per cent. '
RESUME DEBATE ON BILL i
Washington, Jan. 22.—The real open forum fight over I
the adequacy of the national defense began in the House |
to-day when consideration of the army appropriation bill i
carrying more than $101,000,000 was continued. I
GEORGIA NEGRO LYNCHED |
Arlington, Ga., Jan. 22.—Peter Morris, a negro, charged I
with the murder of a farmer, was taken from the custody of '
the Farley county sheriff late last night and lynched. I
EARNEST APPOINTED NOTARY
Attorney William H. Earnest, a member of the Dau
phin county bar, was cofnmissioned a notary public this 1
afternoon Ly Governor Brumbaugh. f
SNOW STORM ON WAY I
Forecaster E. R. Demain at 3.30 this afternoon said th-«. C
a snowstorm of considerable proportions will hit the cit> \
tonight. Just how heavy it wiJ be he was unable to predLi. €
i
| MARRIAGE UCENSES
Samuel S. letter. Palmyra, ami Roar Lcvlti, Mteelton. I
I Albert I'ox* and ICmma Nrlvrrt. Colombia.
the northeast the Germans have evac-»
uated Skempe, which is about twenty
live miles from the Prussian border
and due southeast of Thorn.
ZFI'PELIXS OF LATEST TYPE
BOMBARDED ENGLISH TOWNS
Copenhagen. Jan. 22, via London*
1.12 P. M.—Messages received here
from Berlin declare that the airships
which raided England the night of
January 19 were Zeppelins of the lat
est type. They went forth from a
secret on the German frontier,
carrying a full complement of men,
heavy guns and ammunition.
GERMANS IN REAR OF RUSSIAN'S
.. ' >ctr °B r ad, Jan. 22, via r-ondon,
2.30 p. m.—German forces have ap
peared in the rear of the Russian
army, which is advancing towards tho
Prussian border. They are along tht»
road from Plonsk, forty miles north
west of Warsaw to Coslltza, thus be
ing between the advancing Russian
army and the Polish capital. So far
as is known only comparatively small
bodies of Germans, consisting of
reconnoitering detachments, are in
this locality.
"Join the Austrian Army
or Go to Jail/' Says Judge
and Man Takes Long Term
By Associated Press
Oakland, Cal., Jan. 22.—Daniel Ga
lucchi. a convicted confidence man, ac
cepted a long prison term yesterday tn
preference to deportation to Austria
to servo in the Austrian army.
"I will give you the alternative of 1
serving your country tn the army or t
will send yon to the penitentiary," the
judge proposed.
"Send me to Jail." replied Galucchl
after a moment's consideration.
"Ten years," said the judge.