Free Copy of "Puck" as Supplement to the Telegraph Safurd Order Paper Now — -- jr HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 22 WILSON AND CABINET TRYING TO MAKE UP THREATENED DEFICIT IN NATION'S COEFEfIS Administration's Income Tax and So-called "War Tax" Fail to Offset Losses Which Followed Tariff Reduction DEMOCRATIC BUNGLES CAUSING WORRIMENT Army and Navy Bills and Many Other Measures Will Likely Suffer as Result of Revenue Tinkering By Associated Press Washington, Jan. 2S.—A threatened deficit in the government's revenues presented a problem that President Wilson, his cabinet and congressional leaders had before them for solution «t a White House conference. The question was gone into deeply at a cabinet conference yesterday an<l the outcome of to-day's meeting was awaited with tense interest both in administration and congressional cir cles. With estimates of expenditures for the coming fisca.l year far in excess of prospective revenues, administra tion leaders are convinced of the im perative necessity of taking steps to forestall the deficit that confronts them. Present estimates for expen ditures exceed estimated revenues by approximately $60,000,000. < >ne relief plan which may be laid before Congress is the abandonment of the $34,000,000 river and harbor appropriation bill and the adoption of Postmaster General Burleson's sug gestion for reducing the cost of rural free delivery service from $52,000.000 to $35,000,000 by putting carriers on a contract basis. tf Congress accepts this plan it would save $51,000,000 and it is believed would avert all pos- embarrassment for the present. also could be induced to all appropriation bills so as to io> impair the efficiency of the gov ernment it is believed a possible ex tension of the time limit on the war tax law would be avoided. Other plans under consideration are to cut the army and navy appropria tion bills and lower the income tax exemption below $3,000. INFANT PRINCE SERIOUSLY ILL By Associated rrrss Berlin, Jan. 28 (by wireless to Lon don. 8.55 A. M.).—Announcement is made that the hereditary Prince of Brunswick, infant son of the Duke of Brunswick, is seriously ill. The young prince, following an operation for in flammation of the. ear early in the month, was attacked with influenza. It Is now stated that he has had a relapse. DIRECT TAXES INCREASE Petrograd. Jan. 27, via London, Jan. 28, 9.3.1 A. Al. —The official report made by the ways and means com mittee of the Duma to-night indicated that despite the war, the government estimates of its ordinary income from direct taxes during the coming year will exceed that of last year by $33,- 228,500. The direct taxes will be ap proximately $171,232,500. This is the first budget in which the income from alcoholic drinks will be eliminated. Puck With the Telegraph Saturday A ropy of Park goes Tilth every copy of the Telegraph, no n supple, men#, on Saturday—and nil for one cent, (letter order now. >carly forty >ca;s ago, Pack be *° make A merlon laugh. and It Is ntlll busily engaged on the name pleminnt mlulon. In that time, no humorous publica tion has asserted so potent nn in fluence politically, so hcnellelal it patronage upon the nrt develop ment of Its day. no wholesome an effect upon the more frivoloun nlde of American iefters, an Puck. Artists and humorists of tional fame have had their begin nlngrn In l*ucl%. nml If In to-duv «)«. j eloping nn entirely new and prom ising and praiseworthy school of humor In modern literature. Pnek buys Its humor by the nmile —not by the mile. It In never prolix, never stodgy, never dull. THE WEATHER For II a rrlshii rg and vicinity I Pair and much colder to-night. wHh a cold waves lowest temperature to-night about 8 degreent Fridny fulr and colder. *'or Eastern Pennnyl vanla i Intel tied and much colder to-night, with a cold wavei Fridnv fnlr, colder; moderate northwest to north winds. River The Susquehanna river and all Ita • tributaries will continue to fall t slowly for aeveral da.va. The main hranchen and their trlhu tarlen and probably portions of the main river are likely to he ■•ome frozen within the next forty-eight hoars. General Conditions The area of high pressure that cov ered the Mississippi Valley. Wed nesday morning. I* moving southeastward with Its attendant cold wave and Is now centrnl "*er Kairtrm Mlsaoarl. A general fall of 2 to 20 degrees has occur red In temperature In «ho Missis sippi. Ohio and l.ower Missouri valleys and the Southern Plains States. Temperature: S a. m.. 37. Son: Itlses, 7:tS a. m.: sets, 5:17 p. m. Moon: Fall moon, January 3i>, li :4I a. m. Hlver Stage: 5.4 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 37. I.nwest temperature. 27. Mean temperature. 32. Normal temperature. 'itH 4 PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER AT BABY SHOW ■ - MISS MARGARET WILSON AND ONE OF THE PRIZE BABIES at the Washington baby show, where she distributed prizes to the winners. ELEVA TOR CROWDED WITH WOMEN JAMS IN NEW Y. W. C. A. BUILDING Couldn't Get Door Open Nearly Far Enough to Let Passengers Out; Experts Called in, but All Unnecessarily The iceman asked his friend the elevatorman at the T. W. C. A. yes terday what he thought about the lec ture that was scheduled to bo deliv ered in the assembly room in the afternoon. "Don't know." uninterestedly re turned the elevatorman. "What's it all about?" "Mormon ism!" "So? Guess I'll lay off then 'n go to the "movies'." Whereupon, because the session was to be held on the second floor, easy of access sans the elevator, the operator of the hoist got a few hours' leave. Thereby hangs this tale. When Miss Marshbank, the matron. USE LIGHT GLOBES FOR STREET SIGNS Commissioner Lynch Experiment ing With Illuminating Plan For Intersections Globes a-top of the single standard arc lights at the street intersections in ! the commercial district are being ex perimented with by City Commissioner W. IT. Lynch, superintendent of streets and public improvements, with a view to determining their possibilities for illuminated street Rigns. At Third and Market, streets the standards are being used for the pur pose, "Market" and "North Third" and "South Third" having been painted on j the wider portions of the glistening | white globes. When the current is] switched on the black letters against the illuminated background serve the I purpose admirably, while they do not I interfere with the light rays. Inci dentally It is believed this method of adopting illuminated street signs will prove economical as well as service able. Should the scheme work out with the single standard arcs. Commissioner Lynch will take up a similar plan with the electric light company for using the cluster standards. Because of the contrast of the black lettering against the white background of the globes, the plan is equally effective by day as well as night. Taylor to Open Bids For Motor Apparatus at Noon, February 6 Bids will be opened at noon Feb ruary 6 for llarrisburg's five new pieces of motor fire apparatus—three tractors and two chemical combi nations—that will be purchased with the SIB,OOO remaining of the $25,000 voted for the purpose in 1913. The ordinance authorizing the open ing of bids will be passed finally by City Council on Tuesday. In advertis ing Commissioner Taylor asks for "one or more" motor cmbinations, depend ing on the prices, and for three trac tors. One Is to be a 5-ton apparatus, suitable for hauling the 85-foot truck of the Mount Vernon Hook and Ladder Company, and the other two are to be 4^-ton motors suitable for hauling fire engines. If Commissioner .Taylor's expecta tions are realized Hnrrlsburg's lire de partment during the summer will boast of four motor-driven chemical fombinations. one motor tractor-driven truck and two fire engines propelled by similar power. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1915. started to the third floor with some supplies a lot of ladies promptly filled the hoist, and under Miss Marshbank'* piloting the car rose to the second floor. "All out." said Miss Marshbank, jokingly. "Watch the step!" She gave the door a jerlt. it moved two and a half inches and-—jammed. "Mercy," gasped someone in the car, "must we get out through that opening?" "You might," returned one of the more ample travelers. "Certainly YOXT couldn't," sweetly returned the other. Meanwhile the alarm spread. Fran tic search was made for the key to the [Continued on Page 4.] jIUCULTUMSTS El i| THEIR 38TH SESSION Bill Recommending State Commis sion of Seven in Legislative Committee's Hands The thirty-eighth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Board closed at noon to-day following the adoption of the reports of the legislative and resolutions committees. After some discussion regarding the recommendation of a bill transferring ! the power of the State Department of 1 Agriculture to a, new commission of i seven men to be appointed by the I Governor and to have authority over ! all subordinate bureaus the board | turned down a motion to elect a special committee and referred consideration of the bill to the regular legislative committee. The bill was presented to the board by John McSparran, recently elected worthy master of the State Grange, as representative of a self-appointed com mittee of twenty-one members, acting as individuals and not representatives of any organization. The recommendations of the legis lative committee, for which bills have been prepared, are as follows: 1. An amendment to our fertilizer law so as to require manufacturers of fertilizers to include in their statement of the elements of plant food their fertilizers contain a statement of the sources from which such elements are derived. 2. An amendment to the act of July 24, mi 3, regulating sale of commodi ties so that the legal weight of a bushel of fruits, vegetables and certain other commodities shall not be in excess of the actual weight. 3. A law for the regulation of com mission business so far as the same re lates to the sale of agricultural products. 4. A law regulating the sale of lime for agricultural purposes. We also recommend for the more safeguarding of the farmers of the state that an act be passed by the [Continued 011 Page 7] Temperature of 8 Above Zero Predicted For Tonight Flight decrees above zero is the tem- I perature predicted for this city to- I ' night. A cold wave that has* been I: traveling eastward will reach here'; soon, accord in sr to the forecasters. No snow la expected to accompany | , the cold period, but low temperature ' will prevail. Tn the Dakota* and I j Southern Canada 15 to 25 degrees be- ' low have been recorded. t POSSE TRACKS THIEVES IN SNOW FOR MILES Farmer Locks Chickenhouse Rob bers in Coop, but Somehow They Escape ARREST THREE COLORED MEN Athirst For Vengeance, Constable and Husbandmen Follow Them to Lair How Constable Frank Yingst, ofj | T-ower Swatara township, at the head I of a posse of farmers tracked a trio of \ chicken thieves for miles over snow j covered fields, through ravines and across streams into Middletown, | through the streets and alleys of the ! borough to a place in front of the ! home of Edward McCurdy, colored, where they arrested John Cockey, Al bert Jolly and Thomas Jolly, all col | ored—was told at a hearing before I Squire William Kennard, last evening. | The three men were arraigned ■to answer charges of attempt ing to rob the henhouse of Isaac Ket itering, near Fidler's Elbow, about five miles from Middletown. last Saturday I night. Cockey anil Albert Jolly were I held for court and Thomas Jolly was discharged. According to the testimony of Farm er Kettering, he was awakened from his sleep Saturday night by the ring ing of an electric burglar alarm con nected with his henhouse. Summon ing his son he went to investigate. He j found the henhouse door ajar and 1 thought he heard someone moving around Inside, he testified. Forcing! the door shut, he locked it and went ■ into the house to summon Constable ; Yingst and a number of neighbors. j Thirsting For Vengeance During recent weeks hundreds of chickens have been stolen from farm- | era in this vicinity and they are thirst- j ing for vengeance. The news that the I alleged thieves were cornered in Farm - j or Kettering's henhouse spread rapid ly and in a short, time a dozen farm ers armed with shot guns and rifles were on the scene. When the farmers had gathered in full force, the posse circled around the henhouse and cautiously Constable Yingst opened the door. "Better surrender and eomo along peaceably,", ho shouted inside. Silence. The order was repeated. No answer. Then he entered—but the thieves were gone. Only the tracks of three pair of feet through the falling snow told how the thieves had escap ed. Then came the ebase. Closely following the tracks, the posse tramped the snow-covered lields, up steep banks, down through ravines across bridges, into Middletown and on through streets and alleys to the colored district where the posse found one of the three colored men remov ing snow from the pavemont. The McCurdy place was entered and the three men placed under arrest. evening Squire Kennard heard the story, was convinced that the tracks were made by the men under arrest and held two of them for court, j They were sent to jail in default of ball. i IMMIGRATION BILL VETOED BY WILSON President Disapproves of Measure Because of Literacy and Other Tests By Associated Press Washington, D. 0., Jan. 28.—Presi dent Wilson vetoed the immigration bill and sent a special message to Con gress saying he disapproved of the measure because of the literacy test and other restrictive tests which it purposes as a condition of admission I of immigrants to the United States. President Wilson's message dellv j ered to the House was as follows: "It is with unaffected regret that I i find myself constrained by clear con viction to return this bill (H. R. 6060, an act to regulate the Immigration of aliens to and the residence of aliens in the United States) without my sig nature. "Not only do I feel It to be a seri [Continued on Page 8] Hair of Many Styles, Shapes and Colors Awaits Owners Five switches, two blonde, one bru nette and two mixed with gray, two bunches of curls and on® cute little wavelet await identification at the po i lice station. They were part of the booty taken from the trio from Al toona on a charge of obtaining hair under false pretense. Colonel Hutchison Is of the opinion that the owners are ashamed to call and claim their property and an nounced to-day that unless it is claimed within the next five days it I would be sold. The switches are said to be of value to hair dressers . PHYSICIANS HOPE TO SAVE Ciini. WHO ATTBMPTKD SUICIDE Miss Mary Kennedy, aged 22, 529 Fil bert street, who tried to commit suicide Tuesday evening at her home, Is still In a serious condition in the Harris burg Hospital. Doctors have some hopes of saving her life. Detective Jo seph Ibacii has one-half of the bullet, but the other piece remains In the gill's head. PAYMASTER STEALS SUPPLIES Paris. Jan. 28. 5.05 A. M.—The case of Francois Desclaux, the army pay master and formerly chief secretary to M. Calllaux, the ex-minister of finance, i who was arrested on a charge of steal- < Ing military stores. Is the subject of animated discussion, especially in po- . lltlcsl circles. The supplies are said to ha v« been sent to a, woman. COBB LEARNS TALK IS WORTH MONEY' Always Afraid He'll "Spit Out Some Good American Dollars" I ■ warn ■f-m H . | TRVIN S. COBB Trvtn S. Cobb, war correspondent, no\e.)ist, humorist and special writer for the Saturday Evening Post, was the guest of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce at. luncheon at the Har risburg Club this afternoon. Mr. Cobb made u brief address be fore the 150 members and their guests, following his humorous vein, only onee or twice referring to incidents of the great war. The man who got some real war news across in his interview with 1-ord Kitchener was introduced by President Henderson Gilbert, of the Chamber. Mr. Gilbert called attention to Mr. Cobb's engagement at Chestnut Street Auditorium to-night, when the Jour nalist-will tell about tho AJurapeap war. I''iitds Talk's Worth Money Following a few short stories, Mr. Cobb said he was always afraicl when lie talked lest he "spit out some good, hard dollars." lie said ho had but. recently learned that "talk is worth money." Ohce when he drifted into the war Mr. Cobb referred to the instruments of war as barbaric, especially those mammoth guns, one shot from which will destroy a town. Mr. Cobb said that the men In trenches were full of fight as long as they could smell tobaeco smoke. He declared _ tobacco helps the soldiers to remain o'n duty many hours. Another reference made to the war was "the wails from the wounded— those brain-racking cries that almost drive men mad." AUTO SPLINTERS POLE; TWO ESCAPE INJURY ■ High-powered Machine of Steefton Councilman Wrecked While Chasing Robbers Thomas J. Nelly, a Steelton council man, and Valentine Masters, a Steel ton police sergeant, narrowly escaped serious injury when Nelley's automo bile left the road, snapped down a 12-inch trolley pole and crashed into a high bank, a short distance below Steelton, earl ythis morning. •Nelley and Sergeant Masters were on their way to Middletown to identify a foreigner arrested there by Patrol man Adam Souliard, of the Pennsyl vania railroad police, who was be lieved to be one of the three foreign ers who robbed Nelley's hotel early this morning. A short distance below the entrance to the Cumbler stone quarries the steering gear of the automobile went wrong and the machine headed to wards the bank. Nelley, who Is an expert driver, attempted to guide the car past a pole supporting a trolley span-wire. The steering gear stuck, an the machine struck the pole a glancing blow, snapping it off. The car continued a little over Its length until it brought up against the solid stone wall of the bank. When the machine struck the pole the whole right side of the care was stripped. Headlight, windshield, running board, tires and the top were ripped off be fore either occupant of the machine could move. The |>ole grazed by Sergeant Masters, who was on the right side by inches. Car Completely Wrecked Flying glass from the shattered | windshield struck Sergeant Masters in | the face, indicting a slight cut on his nose. Otherwise, neither occupant ofi the car received a scratch. The car. I however, a Chalmers, is a complete' wreck. The trip to Middletown was under taken following the robbery of the Hallway House, owned by Mr. Nelley, early this morning. Smashing a large plate glass window several foreigners stole several bottles of liquor from the show case inside. Stole Whiskey The robbery was discovered about 4.30 this morning, according to Mr. Nelley, and a clue was found that pointed to three foreigners as the thives. At o o'clock the police head quarters was notified of the robbery and Chief H. P. Longnaker, Sergeant Valentine Musters and Patrolman Joseph Trombine were assigned to the i Continued oil Page 7.1 , 12 PAGES BATTLE LINE, 100 MILES IN LENGTH, IS DEVELOPED IN GAUCIA; FIGHT RAGING Latest Struggle Is in Pursua nee of New Austro-German Plan to Cripple Russian Advance in Hungary; in Western Theater Germans Have Renewed Their As saults Near Soissons A great battle has developed in Gallcla, along a hundred mile front skirting the Carpathians. This strug gle, which Is in pursuance of the new Austro-German plan of shifting the weight of attack from Central Poland to the South may mark a turning | point in the campaign in the East and both the Russians and Teutons attach the highest importance to the out come. The Austro-German armies, if suc cessful, would effectually cripple Rus sia's drive at northern Hungary. Thus far there are no indications as to the i result of the fighting in this battle, J which probably is still in its prelimi- ! nary stage. An official statement from . Pctrograd says merely that the battle I is developing on a large scale. To the eastward, in Bukowina. j there is in progress fighting which is j another phase of the Austro-German j movement to drive back the Russians; to their own territory. Apparently, ' the Russian sweep across Bukowtna had been halted. The Russian report stated that artillery engagements are in progress but gives no information as to the outcome. Meanwhile the struggle continues in the North, along the Warsaw front. Repeated German attacks were made, and at one point, on the Bzura, the attackers broke through to the Rus sian trenches. The Russian statement says that later they were expelled at the point of the bayonet. In the West the Germans have re newed their assaults In the neighbor hood of Solssons, where, recently they won a decisive victory. Tn Als ace the fighting is less intense on ac count of heavy snows. The official repoi-tk of the war to-day arc in such complete conflict that the outcome of recent hostilities, particu larly in the west, Is left in doubt. In upper Alsace brisk lighting has been resumed, and the battle at Craonne continues with undiminished severity. German Attacks Repulsed The French war office statement an nounces that every German attack was repulsed and that every French attack made progress. It estimates German losses In the last three days at 20,000 and asserts that (p-ond was won by the allies in upper Alsace and near Cra onne. The German statement says cago, Jan. 28.—Wheat selling as high here as $1.50 | became a reality to-day. At the very cutset oi , May delivery that figure, opening fig ires i inging from $1.49 1 - 4 -to $1.50, a rise of Y&i/i to 1' £al | t jn:, . I with last ni. ht. . j t vetoed | gration bill because of the literacy and other tests, i ■ I rmal opening ceremonies at I Canal probably will be postponed from March I San Francisco D> 1 . the naval review 1 will be held. C r na, Pa., Jan. 28.—8y the breaking of a haulage j # rope at the Delaney mines of the Altoona Coal and Coke € Company to-day, one miner was killed and si* injured 1 Three of the men were seriously hurt. ADDRESSES COMMITTEE OF WOMEN'S CLUBS J Before the Legislative Committee of the National Fed- 1 eration of Women's Clubs, at the Commonwealth hotel this 1 £ afternoon, J. W. Binder, president of the National Board of J 9 Censorship, spoke favoring the repeal of the present Penn- % I' sylvania Moving Picture Board. % DEMOCRAT DEFENDS SHIP PURCHASE BILL 1 Washington, Jan. 28.—Defense of the right of the United J States to buy interned German ships without fear of intsr- jl complications was made in the Senate tc-day b> § Senator Walsh, the first Demociat, to undertake any e.-.- V tended discussion of the subject in that body. \ 1,000 COKE OVENS TO BE LIGHTED 1 Connellsville, Pa., Jan. 28.—Ordei.s were issued to day a by the H. C. Flick Coke Company to immediately hie l.Ouo 4 coke ovens that have been idle a year or more. About I,OJ(J 9 1 men will be given employment five days a week in the plants ■ 1 scattered throughout the region. i MARRIAGE («nn" ,Vld H«noTfrd»le, ami Catherine X. Vlafit, Hiimaeli- 1 • harlra K. Klaalaner anal Sallle D. Wolf. Lfkcna. L Albert NPOPI'H nod Jrnnlr lanrrna, rltj'. X John 11. S*»|ir, Dfrrj I hurch, nn<l Orplin Ivuhi,*. I nton llrpixll, I * POSTSCRIPT that the French were defeated in up per Alsace, fleeing in disorder at two points, and that at Craonno another long section of trenches of the allies was captured. Concerning the war with Russia, the Berlin war oftlce sas that German troops won the advantage in two un important engagements. The Turks, notwithstanding their reported defeat recently, are admitted by the Russian military authorities to have assumed again an energetic offensive. AUSTRO-GERMAN FORCE IS TRYING TO STOP INVASION By Associated Press London, Jan. 28, 1.30 P. M.—Tha Carpathian passes In western Galicia, Egypt, and the Caucasus by reason of the sudden offensive of armies hereto- Core defeated, are again to the fore to day as the chief areas of interest in the military operations. Tn the Carpathians a big force of Austro-Germans has been concentrat ed and is lighting not only to stem tho invasion of Hungary but if possible to cut off the Russian forces occupying Bukowina to the south. NEW CUMBERLAND HOTEL GETS LICENSE] Special to The Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 28.—1n the Cum berland county court here this morn ing a license was granted to Rdwarrl Sheesley, hotel, st New Cumberland, A remonstrance signed by 500 resi dents of the town was presented on tha ground of "no necessity," but the court declined to consider that as a reason for refusing license. YEAR FOR CHICKEN STEALING Special to The Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 28. Lewii ("Red") flulttaberger, convicted of stealtng chickens at Mechanlcsburg. was brought up for sentence in court, here this morning and was given pay ment of costs and one year in th« Eastern Penitentiary. The court stat ed that hereafter all persons convlctec' of chicken stealing in Cumberlan l connty would be sent to the peniten tiary.
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