The Russian Advance in Carpathians
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 29
CHOCOLATE KING'S
CHAUFFEUR KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
£. M. Hershey, Lawyer, Has Nar
row Escape When Machine
Overturns in Ditch
SECOND ACCIDENT FATAL
First Occurred While Mr. and Mrs.
Hershey and Child Were
Returning Home
Ira Kohr, of Hershey, was almost
instantly killed early this morning on
Beaver School Hill on the main road
west of Hummelstown, while he was
driving E. M. Hershey, of Harrisburg,
back to a wrecked automobile In
which Mr. Hershey, his wife, son and
chauffeur had narrowly escaped in
jury a short time before. Mr. Hershey
was not injured.
The two accidents occurred on the
same hill, both machines skidding in
to the ditch from the glass-like road
way. The first wreck occurred while
Mr. Hershey and party were going
home from Oberlin, and the second
while Mr. Hershey was returning to
the scene of the first accident with Ira
lvohr, chauffeur for M. S. Hershey, of
Hershey. Kohr had volunteered his
assistance and secured the car to help
out Mr. Hershey.
Head Was Crushed
Mr. Hershey, with his wife and son
liad walked from the first accident
to Hummelstown then taken the trol
ley to Hershey, where he saw Kohr.
The automobile, it was said, was go
ing about eighteen miles an hour when
they neared the hill where the first
accident occurred. When the brakes
failed to halt the machine, it slipped
and turned over into the ditch.
Kohr was dead a few minutes after
the accident.' His head was caught
under the overturned machine and the
skull was fractured. Mr. Hershey wa3
hrown from the machine and received
Aight bruises.
Coroner's Statement
Coroner Ecklnger was immediately
called from Harrisburg and arrived
at the scene of the accident before 2
o'clock. His statement is as follows:
"E. M. Hershey, his wife and son and
chauffeur, of Hershey. were returning
home from a visit to Oberlin when tho
car skidded on the Beaver School Hill,
a little way east of the Kutherford
freight yards. It went into the ditch
and was slightly damaged but caused
no injuries to the occupants.
"Leaving the chauffeur in charge of
the car. Mr. Hershey, his wife and son
walked to Hummelstown where they
got a trolley to Hershey. There Mr.
Hershey found Ira Kohr and the two
returned in the car of M. S. Hershey
to help the first car out of the ditch.
Kohr was driving about eighteen miles
an hour when they reached the liill.
He applied the brakes, but the car
skidded on the smooth icy road and
went over the bank, turning turtle.
Kohr was caught by the overturned
car, but died soon after, but Mr. Her
shey escaped with a few slight bruises.
"Kohr had gone to Mr. Hershey's
assistance, voluntarily and was con
sidered an experienced driver and well
acquainted with the road. The hill Is
steep at this point and the road was
like glass from the ice. No formal
inquest will be held, the investigation
alone being considered sufficient."
Capable Driver
Ira Kohr was an experienced chauf
feur and has been in the employ of
M. S. Hershey about ten years. It is
paid by Hershey residents that he ha 3
never had an accident before, and
that Mr. Hershey never cared to ride
in his car with any other driver.
He was 32 years old and is survived
by his wife and two children, and hts
parents. Mr. and Airs. Daniel ICohr,
who live on a farm near Hlghspirc.
His wife was Miss Emrick, daughter
of Samuel Emrick. of Swatara Station.
He was a resident of Hershey since tho
town was established, and he had the
reputation of being one of the most
experienced and careful automobile
drivers In the neighborhood.
_ The body was taken in charge By
TTndertaker William Karmany, of
Hummelstown soon after the accident,
and taken to the Kohr home In Her
shey early this afternoon. Funeral ar
rangements have not yet been made.
E. M. Hershey is a lawyer with of
fices in the Btrgner building, Harris
burg. and lives at No. 4 North Third
street, Hershey.
KILLED BY HAND CAR
Special to The Telegraph
Chambersburg, Pa., Feb. 6.—Charles
H. Trittle fell from a hand car on tho
South Penn railroad near Mercers
burg yesterday and was instantly kill
ed.
THE WEATHER
For Harrlaburg and vlclnltrt Fair
to-night mid Sundayt colder to
night, with loweat temperature
about 25 degreea.
For Kaatern I'ennaylvanla: Fair to
night and Sunday; colder to
night; freah Treat nlnda.
River
The Suanehannn river and all Its
trlhutarlea will fall alowly or re
main nearly atatlonary tu-nlght
land Sunday. A atage of about
<1.6 feet la Indicated for Harrla
burg Sunday morning.
ftcnerkl Condltlona
Temperatures have rlaen 4 to 30 de
greea In the \ t lan tic state. from
North Carolina northward and In
the St. I.awreace Valley.
Temperature: S a. m„ 34.
Sun: ntaca. 7:03 a. m.; aeta, 5:24
p. m.
Moon: New moon, February 13,
11:31 p. m.
11l ver stage: Seven feet above
low-water mark.
Yeaterday'a Weather
Hlgheat temperature, 3.%.
l.oweat temperature, 27.
Mean temperature, 31.
Aormal temperature, 2».
JUST A FEW REASONS WHY "THE MIKADO" WILL BE A
BENEFIT TO YOU AS WELL AS TO THE SUFFERING BELGIANS
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LEADERS SAY STOUGH
DID GOOD WORK HERE
E. Z. Gross and Henry B. McCor
mick Defend Campaign in
Interviews to Reading Paper
To procure inside data on the results
of the Stough evangelistic campaign in ;
Harrtsburg, and the events leading up j
to the conversion of 7,000 persons, the '
Reading Herald obtained interviews
with several local leaders of the move
ment, which it printed yesterday.
Reading is having considerable!
trouble procuring a site for the Stough i
tabernacle. The choicest site in the I
city was refused them. Several min-.
isters in sermons from the pulpit have j
bitterly denounced the campaign and ;
residents of the hills surrounding the!
city have taken sides against resi
dents of the lower quarters. Each side I
is doing its best to hamper the move- i
inents of the other. It is now be-1
lieved that a site satisfactory to all j
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ELEVATED TRAIN'S COLLIDE
By Associated Press
New York, Feb. 6.—A local train
and an express on the Ninth Avenue
elevated line collided at Fiftieth
street during the rush hour this morn
ing. Nine persons were injured. The
forward car of one train and the
rear car of the other were burned to
the trucks.
AMENDMENTS OF NO USE
By Associated Press
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 6.—Although
its action can have no effect, the Ar
kansas House last night passed a reso
lution providing that a woman's Suff
rage amendment to the State consti
tution be submitted to the people. No
more than three constitutional amend
ments may be submitted at any gen
eral election and three amendments to
be voted on at the next election have
already been certified by the Secretary
of State.
FEWER MARRIAGES RECORDED!
By .4ssoeiated Press
Madison. Wis.. Feb. 6.—During 1914,1
the first year of the operation of the!
Eugenic marriage law, four thousand |
fewer marriages were reported to the>
Wisconsin Board of Health than in j
1313.
$150,000 FIRE IN PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh. Pa,, Feb. 6.—An over-1
heated stove in the South Side market j
house to-day caused a fire which de-;
stroyed the building with a loss ofj
1150,000. It was a two-story brick)
structure and covered an entire I
block. j
HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1915.
CAPITOL ANNEX TO
BE TAKEN UP SOON
Matter Will Be Laid Before New
Board When It Holds Its First
Meeting Tuesday
When the State Board of Public
Grounds and buildings which has
j charge of all State properties and
buildings holds its first meeting since
Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh became
governor, Superintendent Samuel B.
Rambo will ask if the board desires to
jtake up the proposition of planning an
i annex to the Capitol to take care of
jthe offices and departments now quar
tered in other parts of the city. He |
will also call attention to the fact
| that provision must be made within
the next four years for landscape
; treatment of the Capitol Park exten
sion on which the State now owns
j three-fourths of the properties.
It is considered as doubtful if the
j State will do more than order plans
for additions to the Capitol, owing to
i the state of the finances. Mr. Rambo,
Iwho was the superintendent of con
j struction on the Capitol, has made
i tentative plans for additions to tho
: three wings of the building and the
: plans could be made by architects in
his office. The preliminary estimate
I for extension of the wings in style uni-
I form with the building is over 12,000,-
l 000. The matter will be entirely up
to the board to consider or to defer
for the present.
In all probability the general ap
propriation hill will carry some pro
vision for employment of a landscape
architect to make studies for the con
verting of the extension into a park as
the State will be in possession of all
properties within the next eighteen or
twenty months.
Aunt Este Reports
Terrible Conflagration
in Kitchen-Town
My dear little oaea:
What <ln you think? Well, )ou
1 never ran xnr" thnt there baa been
n terrible tire! I>» Indrrd. a great
tire la Stone atreet, Kltchentown!
And ao. «hm I nrut to get the
new a of the town anil bring von a
atory for thla week. ( couldn't get
In. There uaa n algn which readi
admittance on nrcoant of
danger." I have heard that the lire
wan a dreadful thing. The flantea
I leapt around the eorarra of I.ld and '
Stone atreeta In a great niaaner. I |
I think I earn set la for next week.
LovlßdT, Al >'T ESTK. j
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Here are Just a few of the Interest
ing characters In "The Mikado." the
tuneful comic opera to be given by the
Harrisburg Operatic Society February
11-12 at the Majestic Theater for the
benefit of the Belgian sufferers.
That there will be pretty girls can
be readily seen in the etching at the
upper left, which- shows "The Three
Little Maids." From left to right the
girls are: Helen Kiester. Peep-Bo:
Ada Heishley. Yum-Yum; Ruth
Hoover. Piti-Sing.
Frank Davies. as Koko, the lord
high executioner, will furnish the fun.
At the bottom is seen Miss Ada Heish
ley. who as Yum-Yum. the Mikado's
daughter, takes the leading role.
CAR WORKS PUSHING ]
IMPROVEMENTS TO
HANDLE BIG ORDERS
Middletown Manufacturer Spend
ing Half Million in Preparation
For Trade Expansion
I Anticipating greatly increased trade
jln the near future, particularly in the
'South American field, the Middletown
| Car Company is hastening the 1m
; provements and enlargements to its
j big plant.
I New departments will be added,
covering five acres of ground purchas
|ed in the residential section of the
I borough and entailing the expenditure
iof nearly half a million dollars. Ad
j ditlona to the plant include a new
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AMERICAN FOOD SHIPS
ILL NOTBE SEIZED
At Least Not Those Carrying Sap
plies to Civilian Population
of Enemy's Countries
By Associated Press
Washington, I). C., Feb. 6. The
German embassy declared in a state
ment issued to-day In regard to the
decree placing the waters around the
British Isles in the war zone, that
Germany "does not intend to molest
or seize American vessels laden with
foodstuffs for the civilian population
I of enemy countries."
I The statement expresses the hope
"that England will not make neces
sary a reconsideration of this attitude
by seizing American ships like the
Wilhelmina." The statement follows:
"The German ambassador has not
received instructions regarding the de
cision ot the German admiralty, but
according to the text of the decision
the following seems clear:
Not a Paper Blockade
"There Is nothing new in the com
munication made on February 4 by
the German admiralty with respect to
' the attitude of the German imperial
] navy toward ships of the enemy or
toward neutral commerce. It is ab
surd to describe this as the procla
mation of the paper blockade of the
British Isles. The communication is
I simply a statement of what has been
i since the beginning of the war. the
; attitude of the navies of all of the
j belligerent powers toward ships of the
I enemy.
"A few months ago the English ad-
I mlralty proclaimed the closing of the
: North Sea. the waters of which are
' essentially neutral. Germanv does
' | not profess to close even the English
! Channel to neutral commerce, and she
does not intend to molest or seize
American vessels laden with foodstuffs
for the civilian population of enemy
countries; it is to be honed that Eng
land will not make necessary a recon
sideration of this attitude by seizing
American shins like the Wilhelmina.
"Germany does, however, announce
j to the world that it pronoses to con-
I tlnue to destroy ships belonging to the
enemy."
i PISCCSS GERMANY'S STATEMENT
By Associated Press
j Amsterdam, via I,«ndon, Feb. 5. 9.10|
!P. M.—An extraordinary meeting of I
j the cabinet was held at the Hasrue to
dnv according to the Handelshlad. at i
which Germany's statement regarding!
the treatment that is to he accorded i
enemy shipping was discussed. No :
decision was reached n« to th» Dutch
government's stand, the newspaper
adds, as a large number of points In :
the German statement were regarded
las requiring explanation.
BANK CASHIER KILLS
SELF: KNEW FEDERAL j
INSPECTOR® IB
i
Alvin Binner, of Schaefferstownj
National, Puts Bullet in ji
Brain
GOING OVER HIS BOOKsj
Suicide Yesterday Heard U. S.
Examiner Was at Richland;
Wife Has Note
liebanon, Pa„ Feb. 6.—Alvin Bin- |
ner, cashier of the ScliaefTerstown
National Bank. committed suicide by ;
shooting himself in the head earl) j
tills morning at his home, a short
distance outside of SeliaciTerstown.
Binner had not been home during
last night and about 5 o'clock this
morning Mrs. Binner heard two shots,
In the yard at the rear of the dwelling.
She immediately summoned Uriah
Horst, president of the Schaefferstown
bank, who lives near by, and when
they went to the yard they found Bint
ner had shot himself in the head and
was dead.
Alvin Binner was formerly principal
of the Schaefferstown high school, but
at the tiim; of the institution of the
bank, about six years ago. he re
signed the school position to accept
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188 MEN ENTOMBED
BY AN EXPLOSION IN
WEST VIRGINIA MINE
All But Ten Succeeded in Making
Their Way to Surface
in Safety
By Associated Press
FayetfevUle, W. Va., Feb. fl.—One
j hundred and sixty-eight men were
eutombed in the mine of the New
, Itlver Coal Company at Carlisle, near
here, by an explosion to-day. All but
ten succeeded in making their way to
! the surfai-e. Tliey reported that six of
the men In the section where the ex-
I plosion 04-eurred had been killed, but
i they knew nothing of the other four.
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14 BIDS FOR NEW
MOTORAPPARATUS
Morton Company and American
LaFrance Compete Again; No '
Award Tuesday
Fourteen bids for new motor com
bination chemical and tractor tire ap
paratus were opened at noon to-day
by Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor,-
Superintendent of parks and public
property. The totals ranged from $17,-
800 to $19,650.
The Morton Truck and Tractor
Company, this city, one of die two lo
cal bidders, offered to build the com
binations for $3,000 and $3,200; trac
tors for $3,150 and $4,250; the aerial
truck tractor for $3,600, and the total
for SIB,OOO. The France,
its competitor of last year, bid $5,800
and $4,800 for combinations, $4,000
for tractor, $4,000 for aerial tractty,
and two tractors for steamer and on®
aerial for $17,800. Taylor's recom
mendations will not be ready for
cil at Tuesday's meeting.
Besides the Morton Truck Company
and the France Com
pany the following also bid: Martin
Carriage Works, York; International
Motor Company, New York; Benti-
T,andls Auto, city, representing Jeffrey
Oompany; Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine
Company, Philadelphia; Couple-Gear
Freight Wheel Company; Harwood-
Harley Manufacturing Company;
Front Driver Motor Car Company, Ho
boken. N. J.; American and British
Manufacturing Company; Front-Drive
Tractor Company, New York; Brock
way Motor Car Company; Municipal
Euipment Company; James Boyd and
< Brother.
Eight Inmates of Odd
Fellows Put to Death
Because They Were Old?
Yonkers. N. Y., Feb. 6.—lnvest!-''
gation of Fred Mors' story that he pijf'
to death eight aged and infirm in«,
mates of the German Odd Fellowsfe
Home here "because they were
land a nuisance," extended to-day to
physicians who are said to have signed
I the death certificates in some of the
leases. Adam Bangert, superintendent
of the home, and three porters are un-
Ider arrest as material witnesses and
i Mors is in Bellevue Hospital, New
i York City, under the surveaillance of
alienists. According to the story told
by Mors when he walked into the |
district attorney's office in New York
several days ago. five Inmates were
killed with an anaesthetic and thre»!
with other drugs.
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RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN
CARPATHIANS BROKEN
BY AUSTRIAN FORCES
Definite Defeat For Czar's Army Would Mean That Aus
tria Would Be Freed From Menace of Invasion; Sit
uation in Flanders Has Not Developed Into an Im
portant Engagement; Furious Fighting in Progress
Along Warsaw Front
The Austrian government an- (
nounced to-day that the attacks of
the Russians in the Carpathians had
broken down and that they had suf
fered heavy losses. In certain sections
of the front the Austrians are on the
offensive, and the capture of 4,000
more Russians is reported.
A statement from Petrograd yes
terday contained the admission that
the Russians had retreated in the
region of the mountain pass.
Particular significance is attached
by military strategists to the outcome
of the campaign in the Carpathians,
on the ground that it probably will
decide the mastery of this region fori
the remainder of the war. Should \
Austria gain a definite victory here
they would be freed from the menace
of invasion.
In Poland and West Galicia, the
Vienna statement says the situation is
unchanged. Petrograd dispatches
agree that a battle of almost unex
ampled fury is in progress along the \
Warsaw front with the Issue yet to be |
determined.
Desultory fighting is in progress in j
the Argonne and Alsace but elsewhere i
In the Western war tone activity is
uimlnishing. The German attack in
Flanders, although leading to several
days of brisk fighting, has not de
veloped into an important engage
ment and apparently the onslaught
has been abandoned.
Germany' declaration that the
waters around England. Scotland and
Ireland are to be included in the war
zone was interpreted in a statement
issued to-day by the German embassy
at Washington, contains no threat to
American shipping. The statement
says that no change in Germany's at
titude toward neutral shipping Is In
volved and that American vessels car
rying food stuffs to the civilian popu
lation of countries with which Ger
many Is at war will not bo seised. So
far as neutral shipping is concerned,
the German declaration will serve
merely as a warning of the risks In
volved In navigation In those waters.
The fighting In the west yesterday
as described in the offlcl&l eommunl
«lip up up mm ip mm mm m m m m* iiy
F MAY CALL EXTRA SESSION J
Washington, Feb. 6. —Whether President Wilson will m
1 call an extra session ef Coagreas ia case of defeat of the K
l ship bill at this session probably will be decided at confer- ft
!«mces next week betweea tka President and Democ
leaders in Coagreaa, it was said. %
WAR ZONE BOUNDARIES GIVEN (
Washington, Feb. 6.—The official text of the German j |
admiralty proclamation, traaamitted by Ambassador Gerard j |
to th« State Department to-day reveals that navigation ' |
routes to the north of the Shetland lalands and the eastern ! I
part of the North Sea, as well as a strip of thirty nautical ■
9 miles.along the Dutch coast, are not in the danger zone but )
' that the waters directly around Great Britian'ai ; Ireland 9
comprise the prohibited areas. »
PROHIBITION BILL SIGNED 4
Little Reck, Ark., Feb. —Governor Hays to-day signed g
the Statev.-ide prohibition bill. The measure prohibits the ■
granting of further saloon licenses for 1915, but ao:s not dis- g
turb those already granted. £
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DACIA NEARING NORFOLK #
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 6. The steamer Dacia, enroute ¥
from Galveston to Rotterdam with cotton, is due to arrive M,
i here to-morrow morning. She wa9 reported to-day as hav- ¥
a ing passed Hatteras on her way up the coast at a ten-knot ¥
J speed. Great Britain has announced the Dacia would be ¥
1 seized. ¥
FIND CURE FOR HAY FEVER I
1 New York, Feb. 6.—The cure of American persons |
with hay fever by the injection of plant p ler •• 1 >mil
for the ailment in the individual casca is announced in a pre- j
liminary report pu'oliahed in tha New York Medical Journal |
to-day by Dra. Seymour Oppenheimer and Mark J. Gottleib. |
of this city. i
I TROOPS BEING SHIFTED I
Berlin, Feb. 6, by wireless to Sayville.—News dis- ¥
f patches received in Berlin from Budapest, Hungary, speak ¥
C of an extensive shifting of troops by the Russians in East
I Galicia and in Bukowina. C
MARRIAGE LICENSES I
Paul Wnltj' «hari». I'lfjr, and ( hnrloUr Catherine Gardner, f
i Frank B. Bleyer and I'nrthlne Freda Splekler, Meeltnn. %
John J. I'ottelKer. «-lty. and Aonn M. .Hplelman, Carlisle. J
John Hnrnath and Annie Porta*, flteeltoa. WL
* POSTSCRIPT
cation from Paris, amounted merely
to scattering artillery duels. In Po
land the struggle along the Warsaw
front is yet to reach a decision.
RELIEVE SITUATION I>ESPERATB
By Associated Press
Paris, Feb. 6, 5.15 a. m.—The Ger
man admiralty's proclamation includ
ing: In the war zone the waters sur
rounding: the British Isles, has pro
voked an outburst of indignation ii\
the French press, although it is hail
ed generally as an indication that Ger
many is beginning to find her situation
desperate.
1.000 PRISONERS CAPTURED
Vienna. \ia Berlin, and Wireless to
London. Feb. 6, 9.50 a. in.—An ofllcial
statement issued lierc to-day say*:
I "Russian attacks have been renewed
'at certain places in the Carpathians
| but have broken down with heavy loss
ito the enemy. Our attacks continue
iin the forest region. The number of
] prisoners taken by us in the Car
-1 part hians has been increased by
I 4.000."
SEIZE NORWEGIAN STEAMER
j Tokio, Feb. 6.—Japanese warships
' have .seized the Norwegian steamer
i Christian Bors on the allegation that
they found some irregularity in her
papers. She has been turned over ti>
the prize court at Sasebo. The t'hris-
I lian Bors sailed from Shanghai Janu
ary 26 for San Francisco by way of
Japanese ports.
GERMANY DISPLEASES ITALY
Rom«, Feb. 6.—Commenting on
German measures against neutral
shipß the Trlbuna declares Germany
does not take into account the rights
or even the dignity of neutrals, while
Groat Britain gave satisfaction to pro
tests made by the United States and
Italy granting the latter the right to
maintain the distinction between ab
- solute and conditional contraband.