Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, January 26, 1915, Image 1
Germans Declare British Lost One Cruiser and Two Torpedo Boats in Fiahf HARRISBURG gfiSSh TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 20 * BRITISH CRUISER HID TWO TORPEDO BOUTS SOI. SAY GERMANS Statement Issued in Berlin De clares Other English Ships Were , Also Damaged Sunday FIGHT SEEN FROM AIRSHIP German Report Tells of Sinking of Vessel by Shots From Torpedo Boat By Associated Press Berlin. Jail. 26. by wireless to Lon don. 9.45 a. m.—Additional details of the sinking of a Hritish battle cruiser in the naval fight in the North Sea. west of Heligoland which is claimed by the Germans, is given in a state ment issued here to-day. The state ment follows: "According to well Informed Ger man sources this cruiser suffered heavily from the fire of our cannon and was then sunk by a German tor pedo boat by two well directed shots, the sinking was observed by a Ger man airship which- followed the bat tle closely. Two British torpedo boats were also sunk. The airship also observed the serious damaging of other English ships." Pennsylvanians Living at St. Petersburg, Florida, Elect Officers For Season Special to The Telegraph St. Petersburg, Fla., .Tan. 26. Pennsylvanians spending the winter in this city held their annual meeting, recently and elected officers for the season. W. A. Huber. of Mechanics burg. is president. On the executive committee is Fred Walters, of Carlisle. Mrs. \Y. A. llubcr and Miss Dora Kowe, of Mechanicsburg, are oil the ladies' auxiliary. Among others stopping in the Sun shine City are the Rev. W. H. Fa ha and son John, of Mechanicsburg: J. K. Slothour. Dillsburg; C. E. llutton, Mechanicsburg; and C. S. Biser. Waynesboro. . Cumberland Court Grants 18 Licenses and Refuses 2 Special to The Telegraph Carlisle. Pa.. Jan. 2(s.—Cumberland county court to-day granted liquor licenses to eighteen applicants agaims whom there were no remonstrances and positively refused two others. Tes timony is being heard to-day in twelve other cases where remonstrances have been tiled. There were thirty-two licenses asked for throughout the county and the two refused were Fred eric Brenneman, for the hotel at Hogestown. and Harry C. Gill, of Philadelphia, applying for the Mount Holly Inn at Mount Holly Springs. PIjUNUED DOWN" STAIRS Miss Sarnli Jones. SI Years Old. Is Seriously Injured Special to The Telegraph Dauphin. Pa , Jan. 26.—When call ed to supper last Thursday evening. Miss Sarah Jones, about 84 years old. living at the home of her cousin, George Dennison, a mile out from here, started down the stairs from the second floor. She tripped on the second stop and fell headlong to the hall below unconscious. Her fall was not heard by the family, but a drip ping was heard by them which they discovered to be her blood which was flowing freely. Or. A. C. Coble was immediately < ailed. There was a deep gash in the back of Miss Jones' head and her right arm was badly bruised. The physician put eight stitches in the wound on her scalp. She is confined to bed. MATHEMATICAL SHORT CITS Wll.i. BE DISCI'SSED The department ol mathematics and astronomy or the Natural History So ciety will meet to-night at 8 o'clock in the Wiilard School building. State street, near Third. A talk on "Useful Shortcut- in Ordinary Arithmetic, and Some Remarkable Numbers" will be given by the chairman, M. W. Jacobs, Jr. The Board of Directors will meet at T o'clock to determine several ques tions of Importance about the coming lecture of Sir Douglas Mawson. THE WEATHER For flaarrlahurg nntl vicinity: Fair to.night unil \\ edneaday; ullclit ly folder to-nlzlit, with liiwmt -temperature about IK tlrcrrm. For Kaatcrn I'ennay l\anln t Fair and mmrnhai colder to-nlghts M edneaday partly cloudy: gentle to modentfe north and uortlieuat Tvlnda. Illver The s u «<|uehannu river and all Ita tributaries v. 11l fall alonly for ■everal dnya. % a'agr of ahout '"'l I" Indicated for Harrlv burg Wednesday morning. (•eneral < on<ll dona The atorm from thr South that via* eentrnl nIT thr \>n Jeraey coia*l, Monday morning, baa paurd ott nortlmratnard and thr nrra of high prraaurr from thr Mlaaonrl \ alley hn> ovrraprrnd thr raatrrn half of the a-ourrtry nttendrd by " general fall of U to 10 drgree'a In teinio-nature over nearly nil the territory raat of the Mlaala alppl river. A tcenernl rlar of a to a« degreea haa occurred In tli« temperature over nearly all the country neat of the Mlaalaalppl river. Temperature: s a. m.. 3:;. *un: Vtlara, 7:20 a. m.| seta, silS p. m. Moon: Full moon, .lantmrr rita. 11:41 a. m. ' Itlver «tnge: Sl* feet above lon natrr mark. Yeaterday'9 W'etvther lltgheat temperature, :«t, I .on rat temperature. 24. Mean temperwl ure. :io. Normal temperature. JS. SECRETARY M'ADOO'S DAUGHTER GOING TO WAR Miss Nona McAdoo, daughter of the secretary of the treasury, is going to the great war. I'nder the instruction of a competent nurse she is near ins the point where she can undertake work in a field hospital. She has arranged no detinlte plans yet. b'.it she intends within a few weeks to join Mrs. Hope Nelson in London. Mrs. Nelson will go with her to one of the stations in the soutli of France. It is understood among Miss Mc- Adoo's friends she will sail on the Lusitania February 9. Miss McAdoo is the eldest daughter of the secretary of the treasury. PERSONAL CANVASS IS PROVING SUCCESSFUL First Day's Collections and Pledges Total $500; Greater Results Expected Today Collections and pledges of more than SSOO were reported to the ways and means committee of the home and war relief committee last night by members of me seven neighbor hood executive commutes which are in immediate charge of the canvass. A widow with five children con tributed ten cents and pledged a like amount each week until April, accord ing to G. <*. Young, committeeman. Another committeman reported the pledging of $165 in a brief canvass of an industrial plant, while still an other told of how employes of a small firm had agreed to give a total of S4O. Efficient plans for covering their several districts were explained by most of the committeemen, who seemed certain they could finish their work by Saturday. One card index system was reported, along with a secretary whose sole duty was to at tend to details of the work of a par ticular committee. Can Now Get Shoes No contribution is too small, or too large. All will be receipted for and used. One woman who was paid off yesterday said now she would get shoes for her children, who had been kept out of school. [Continued on Page GOVERNOR TALKS IK PEKYLVIi DUTCH Weary and Busy Chief Executive Drops Back Into Old Dialect Governor Brumbaugh dropped back j into Pennsylvania German at the Cap itol to-day in the course of a visit by I newspapermen. The Governor hail ! put in a busy morning seeing people j and remarked that he had not had , time to talk about legislation and that j there was nothing pending. When he was asked whether he had made up his mind about the con stitutional convention blls and whether he was behind that presented or any which might apear he shook his head and replied: "Nix cum 'erhaua." Captain Patterson Assigned to Panama Canal Defense Captain Charles H. Patterson, for merly of Harrisburg, has been trans ferred from the One Hundred and Sixty-seventh Company, Coast Artil lery, United States Army, to the For tieth Company, and will sail April 18 for the Panama canal, where he will iie stationed at the fortifications de i fending the Pacific entrance. The works there are just being com pleted, the officers' houses and bar racks are being erected and Captain i Patterson will be one of the first offi cers to be stationed there. Captain Patterson is a brother of Andrew S. Patterson, of the l.'nion Trust Com pany. and was a graduate of the Har risburg high school in the class of 1896. He is well known here. England Pleased With Bryan's Reply to Stone London. Jan. 26. 1.4S a. m.—The I Times to-day in an editorial on Sec- ? retary Bryan's reply to Senator Stone 1 regarding the American government j on questions raised by the war. .says: I "It will be read with satisfaction' by all utiprejudiced champions of neu-l tral rights. The Pro-Germans now have their answer and have probably realized their extreme unwisdom in lorwuluting their grievances HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1915. TALK OVER PHONE ACROSS CONTINENT President Wilson and Dr. Bell, In ventor, on Wire in Ocean-to- Ocean Conversation New Yorw. Jan. 26.—1n an office within sight of the Statue of Liberty I »r. Alexnnder Graham Bell, the Inventor of the telephone yes terday talked over a line tho route of which is 3.400 miles long to Thomas A. Watson, in San Francisco. This Is the first time in history that the voice of man has leaped in a single bound from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and the conversation between Dr. Bell and .Mr. Watson repeats one of the most thriiting Incidents of scientific history. Mr. Watson was Bell's assistant dur ing the long, trying months of bis early experiments, and he it was who first heard the sound of a human voice over a wire when, in the basement of a machine shop in Boston, forty years ago. he heard the first crude Instru ment shape the words. "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you," spoken by Bell from a room above. "Ahoy! Ahoy! Can you hear me?" asked Dr. Bell yesterday, and Instantly there was a murmur in the receiver adutble to everyone in the room. Out In San Francisco, in the offices of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Com pany. Thomas A. Watson had heard the voice of his old-time associate sig naling In tho manner they had em [Continued on Page 1] IGRICULTUHL OUTPUT SHOULD BE DOUBLED Governor Brumbaugh Asks Co operation of Farmers Toward Increasing State's Riches Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh, as president of the Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture opened tha 38th annual meeting this morning in the Board of Trade Hall. This is tho first time in many years that a governor of the State has taken an active part as presiding officer ot the board. In opening the Governor made some pertinent remarks on the importance of the relations of the State Board ,toward tho agricultural interests of | the Commonwealth, expressing the I hope that free discussion might be |made of his innugurai recommenda tions. He spoke of the concern all ; should feel in the production of farm j produce. "It is easily within possibility," he i said, "for the people of Pennsylvania to double the agricultural output of the State v.lthln ten years, if they want to do it. I make this as a de [Continued on Page 10] Hear How Telephone Is Protected From Lightning The Telephone Society of Harris burg held its monthly meeting last evening in the Board of Trade. H. Mauradin, transmission engineer of Philadelphia, addressed the meeting on "Protection of Telephone Plant Against Lightning," the talk being il lustrated by lantern slides. C. Reutlinger. engineer of Outside i Plant of Philadelphia, a former resi dent of Harrisburg, was present. DO XT WANT DEMONSTRATOR Ilugerstoun. Md.. Jan. 26.—Believ ing that the employment of a farm demonstrator as a salary of SI,BOO or $2,000 a year would be a useless ex penditure of money by Washington county, the proposition to engage such an otflclal was voted down by 24 to I 17 at the farmers' institute held herei on Saturday. OPPOSES IIIOK JOINING BUSES E. H. Gohl, Former Harrisburger, Writes of Dangers to Redskins 16 STRANDED IN EUROPE Effects of Wild-westing Shown When Managers Break Their Contracts Evils resulting from Indians joining Wild West shows, theatrical troupes, circuses and most motion-picture firms are pointed out in a most convincing way in the Quarterly Journal of the Society of American Indians by E. H. Gohl. of Auburn. N. Y., a former resi dent of Harrisburg. Mr. Gohl is a famous artist of In dian life and his paintings hang in many public buildings throughout the I'nited States, lie Is a brother of John P. Gohl and Christian F. Gohl, both of this city. Several years ago he was adopted by the Snipe clan of the Onondaga Indians at the Auburn reservation. He goes by the name of Tyagohwens among his adopted tribes men. This is the name of a mythical prophet who, according to legend, is to save the Onondaga* from extermi nation. His article, "The Effect of Wild Westing," is as follows: "A determined stand should be taken by all true friends of our American Indians to discourage and prevent whenever possible Indians making en gagements with Wild West shows, the atrical troupes, circuses and most of the motion-picture firms. The Indian gains nothing of real value from the associations and environments he [Continued on Page 12] FREIGHTER AND BIG SCHOONER COLLIOE Old Dominion Liner Hamilton Rescues All but One of Both Crews New York, Jan. 26.—The steamship Washington, a freighter, carrying no passengers, and the big schooner Elizabeth Palmer were in collision to day off the coast of Delaware near Cape Henlopen. Wireless messages said the Washington was sunk and the schooner sinking. The crews of both vessels, with the exception of one man, were saved. The Washingtonlan was bound for New York and Philadelphia from Honolulu by way of the Panama ''anal. She had a crew of 39. The Elizabeth Palmer sailed from Port land, Va.. January 10 for Norfolk. She carried a crew of seven. Captain Nelson, of the Old Domin ion liner Hamilton stopped his ship off Fenwtck's island lightship to res cue the crews of the two vessels. Offi cials of the American- Hawaiian Line, owners of the Washingtonian, were advised that the Hamilton was bring ing all the rescued to this city. CAPTAIN ERDMANN RESCUED London, Jan. 26, 2.30 A. M.—The Dally Mail says It understands that Cap tain Erdmann. who was in charge of the German armored cruiser Bluecher when she was sunk by the British war ships in the North Sea, Sunday, was among the survivors landed at Leith. MRS. MARY LADAREE PENNED IN BY TORKS Daughter of Assistant Postmaster With Husband Has Taken Refuge in Tabriz ! American missionaries at Tabriz and jUrumia. Persia, are safe, according to | a dispatch received by the New York Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis sions from the American consul at Teheran. Among the missionaries at Tabriz are theßev. Uobert M. Labaree and his wife, Mrs. Mary Fleming Labaree. daughter of Assistant Postmaster Sam uel W. Fleming The cablegram in full follows: "Missionaries all safe and well. Thousands of refugees. Telegram money at once." Several weeks ago the Turks took possession ol both Tabriz and Urumia, the former having a population of about 200,000, the latter 73,000. Many thousands of these refugees are Ar menians. who tied before the invasion of the Turks. The consul at Tabriz notified the American minister, who cabled to this country. It is probable that many of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Labaree's friends of this city will send funds to the needy ones in Asia. All checks should be addressed to the Per sian fund and sent to Dwight H. Dav, treasurer of the New York Foreign Mission Board, 156 Fifth avenue, New- York. The Red I'ross Society has been no tilled of conditions in Persia. GERMANS PLACING MINKS Jan. 28, l p. m.—The Ger man armored cruiser Frledrich Carl land a group of torpedo boats were seen to-day off the Alend islands, at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia, steering south. It is believed that they have again been active In laying mines in the Gulf of Bothnia. It was reported a month ago from Petro grad that the Friedrich Carl had sunk. TWO lIOHU DIK AT SAN DIKGO Snn Diego, Ottl.. Jan. »6. —. William H. Miller. * tirernan, of Wowns, Kun.. died veuterday from Injuries .suffered when tho Sun Diego'i boiler tube* blew out last Thursday. A few hours be fore another victim had succumbed. DEFICIENCY BILL CURRIES 88.109 Presented in the House by W. H. Wilson; Other Bills Introduced GARNER MAKES EXPLANATION Jones Puts in $3,000,800 Appro priation to Make Good Dirt Road Provisions The deficiency bill of the 1915 ses sion made its appearance in the House to-day, carrying $638,863.73. It was presented by W. 11. Wilson, Philadel phia, and will be immediately consid ered by the appropriations commit tee. The items include: Department of health and sanitation and tuberculosis work. $135,524.45; primary elections. $150,000: advertising constitutional amendments. $100,000: inauguration, $25,000: auditor general, collection taxes, $15,000; clerks, $6,000: tire mar shal expenses, $10,000; labor and in dustry contingent, $10,000; highway, automobile license supplies, $35,000; public grounds and buildings, supplies, $25,000: Water Supply Commission, water inventory. $8,000: inspection of dams, $10,000; Game Commission, pre serves. $25,000; tlsheries. $800; picture censors, $1,000; printing, cuts, $2,000; judiciary, judges holding court out side home districts, $12,000; Lacka wanna and Luzerne districts, $14,- 539.28: Legislature, Senate and House each $27,000 for expenses and clerk hire. Gamer Corrects Bill At the opening of the House to-day Mr. Garner, Schuylkill, rising to a [Continued on Page I] U S GUN SUPERIOR 10 GERMAN WEAPON New 16-inch Defender Will Throw Projectile Weighing 2,150 Pounds By Associated Press Washington, I). C., Jan. 26.—Lack of precise ballistic data concerning the new German naval 16-inch gun which has caused so much discussion In Eng land does not, according to naval ex perts here to-day, permit of a close comparison between it and the now American naval gun of the same cali ber now under test at Indian Head, Md. They think that while the German pro jectile. with a velocity of 3,040 feet per second, has a slight advantage over the American 10-inch shell in speed, the latter, weighing 2,150 pounds, is more than 1,500 pounds heavier than the German shot and consequently will have a greater strik ing energy and more penetrative power in still armor. This factor of penetration, after all. according to leading American naval experts, is the prime objec't, instead of range, as is generally supposed. Any one of the larger calibers of the Ameri can naval guns will now hurl Its pro jectiles across the sea beyond the range of human vision and nothing of value can be accomplished by shooting far ther than they do. On the other hand, there is objec tion to sacrificing the defensive power* [Continued on Page GERMANY WILL ME OVER FOOD SUPPLY Gives Notice That All Corn, Wheat and Flour Will Be Seized February 1 ! Berlin, Jan. 2G (by wireless to Lon j don, 9.40 A. M.). —The federal council j has put into effect sweeping regula | tions for the conservation of the food supply, as follows: "All stocks of corn, wheat and flour are ordered seized by February 1. "Ail business transactions in these commodities are forbidden from Jan uary 26. "All municipalities are charged with the duty of setting aside suitable sup plies of preserved meat. "The owners of corn are ordered to report their stocks immediately, whereupon confiscation at a fixed price will follow." A government distributing ofllce for the regulation of consumption will be established, distribution being made according to the number of inhabi tants. The Imperial Gazette to-day pub lishes the following notice regarding the confiscation of grain: "There is no doubt that the measure ordered taken cuts much deeper Into the economic HTe of our people than all the other economic regulations hitherto adopted by the federal council i during the war. It is, however, neces sary in order to make the sufficient and regular supply of our peonle with breadstuffs until the next threshing of the new harvest, and is, besides, a necessity of life for the government and the nation. ' NATIVES (AX SUPPORT THEM SELVES By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. Jan. 26. The Philllpines are capnble of producing enough food and wealth to support comfortably 40.000.000 people, accord- 1 ing to President Waters of the Kansas | State Agricultural College. who has | investigated agricultural conditions and possibilities of the Island. CARRAXZA (iOVKHM)R BXISf LTKD San Diego, Oal., Jan. 2fi. General ! Juan Dorzen, the Carranzlsts Governor of Topir. who attempted to escape to the United States, wus executed at Ala zalla yesterday. 12 PAGES FOODSTUFFS IN GERMANY ORDERED CONFISCATED; 3 BRITISH SHIPS SUNK? Russians Reversed by Austrian Forces in Bukowina;; Heavy Fighting Again in Progress in Poland; Turks Also Claim Successes; Germany Says British Cruiser and Two Torpedo Boats Were Sunk Sunday Malmoe. Sweden, .lan. 20, via Ijoii don, 4.85 I*. M.—lt Is persistently as serted here that the German proteeted cruiser Gazelle was torpedoed yester day by a submarine of unknown na tionality at a |M)int in the Baltic near tile Island ol' Rucgen. which Is oft' the coast of Prussia. Allliougli Uie (Gazelle was damaged, she was able to return to the port ol' Sassnitz. Three British warships were sunk in the naval engagement In the North Sea Sunday, Berlin now asserts. A statement issued there to-day says that "according to wetl informed German sources" a British battle erulser was sent to the bottom by a German tor pedo boat and that a German aviator witnessed the destruction of the ves sel. In addition to the loss of the cruiser, as previously reported in Ber lin. it is stated that the British tor pedo boats were sunk and that other warships were damaged seriously. The British admirallty has added nothing to its original announcement that no British vessels were lost or seriously Injured. The German government's order for the confiscation of all supplies of wheat, corn and flour is regarded in England as a significant indication of the economic effects of the war upon Germany. It is said officially in Ber lin, however, that the action of the government, assuring conservation of foodstuffs, will make certain a plenti ful supply until the next harvest. Russia is rushing reinforcements in to Bukowina, where she apparently lias met with a reverse at the hands of the Austrian forces. Vienna as sumes that Rumania will now hesitate to join Russia in the war and that the danger of the invasion of Transylvania is over, at least for the immediate fu ture. In Poland heavy fighting is un der way once more, and a degree of success for the Germans is admitted In Petrograd. Berlin hears that the Teu tonic allies have occupied Kielce. In the war with Turkey also. Rus sia is encountering severe opposi tion. Although Petrograd announced that the resistance of the Turks in the Trans-Caucasus has been virtualiy I broken, an official statement to-day says that the Turks are offering stub EAD ' i ors of the death of Dr. H. W. Slough were afloat 1 . c , uld not be con I from the fact that Dr. Stolen is slightly ill at Altoon.i.Vhere a campaign u, 1 under way. 1 FIRE IN SOUTH BL EM HOTEL South Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 26 Fi eof unknown origin 1 to-day badly damaged the Caffrey Hotel in this city and gutted se e-al adjoining store rooms, entailing a loss of nearly $30,000. 1 WILL MAKE 1,500,000 PAIRS OF SOCKS 1 s were closed here I tod;.;/ :h a local company ,ke 1,500,000 pairs of ccks for the French army. The same company ' recent )ok an order for 180,000 pairs of soldiers' shoes ' The Pennsylvania State Poultry Association this after •d a Bureau of Poult v <; connection with the :ate Department of Agriculture; also an appropriation of $50,000 ;or the Poultry Department at State College. ( ' EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FELT IN PANAMA 1 Panama, Jan. 26.—Three short sharp earthquakes have shaken the Isthmus of Panama in the last three days, the 1 third one occurring to-day. None cf the shocks did any dam- ' I age, though the inhabitants were considerably frightened. J I Reports irom points along the caa.il show that the shocks, J I caused no ill effect. a i SURVIVORS OF BLUECHER LANDED I Eainbuigh, Scotland, Jan. 26, via London, 2.38 P. M.— Fifty survivors ol the German armored cruiser Bluechei I which was sunk in the North Sea on Sunday in an engage | I meat with British warships, were landed trom two Briu*h ' torpedo boat destroyers to-day at Leith, two miles north of Edinburgh. 1915 WHEAT CROP SELLING? Chicago, Jan. 26.—A1l grains—corn, oats, rye and bar- | ley, as well as wheat—sold today at the highest prices in ( , many years at this season. Assertions were current that the i !1915 crop of wheat; not yet out of the ground, was bein 0 I k sold for export. F I MARRIAGE f Allen Foreman, Hockeravllle, anil Marjr J. Hecli, Kllsabethtowa. / ♦ POSTSCRIPT born resistance, although the Rus sian offensive is making progress. The German armies of the west have suddenly taken tho offensive, deliver ing violent attacks simultaneously aft several points. The German war oflleo report to-day claims an important vic tory over British troops along La TSassee canal, in France, just soutl\ of the Helgian border. Positions ot the British extending over about two thirds of a mile, including two strong points of support, are said to havo been taken by storm and held in the fac: of counter attacks. The French official statement, however, does not concede this victory to the Germans. It admits that they made progress tem porarily. but asserts that subsequently they were repulsed. Both communications report prog ress for the Germans near Craonnc, where trenches of the allies were taken and retained in part. Elsewhere, ac cording to the French version of the lighting, the Germans were repulsed, with the possible exception of Alsace. It is said in Berlin that Russian at tacks in Fast Prussia were repulsed and that no Impotant lighting occurred in Central Poland. The latter state ment is in contrast with Petrograd re ports of severe battles west of Warsaw. The Russian foreign minister, Ser gius Sazanoff, announced that Russia would continue the war so long as a single soldier of her enemies remained on Russian soil. WILHELMIN.V TO FIRNISH TEST! If Shipment Is Allowed It Will Be In jurious to Allies. Says Paper London, Jan. 2fi, 2:25 a. m.—The Morning Post published to-day an editorial article on the case of tho steamer Wilhelmina, the American vessel which left New York January 23 for Germany carrying a cargo of American foodstuffs consigned to the representative in Germany of an American concern. It says this is a I more plausible and more insiduou? test case than Is the experiment which the steamer Dacia, the cotton laden vessel of exchange registry still at Galveston, and that if it Is allowed it will be injurious to the cause of the allies.