United States Senators Weakening Under HARRISBTJRG |Ss|fßfl TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 32 SEMITE. 11l SESSION SINCE MONDAY NOON. IS DEADLOCKED OVER WILSON'S SHIP BICE Senator Penrose, in Washing ton Against Physician's Advice, Weakened by the Strain and Had to Be Taken to His Hotel; Tem perature Over 100 NO BREAK IS IN SIGHT, ACCORDING TO LEADERS Efforts to Adjourn During Last Night Twice Proved Futile; Wilson Now Sug gests Shipping Measure May Be Attached to Weeks' Bill By Associated Press Washington, D. <Feb. 10.—Dead locked over President Wilson's ship bill in a continuous session which ex-1 cceds by many hours any other of] which there is record, the Senate to-I day showed no sign of an end to the; legislative struggle. At 10 o'clock this morning the Sen-; ate had been in continuous session 40 j hours—two days and two nights. Sena- ! tor fownsend. Republican, had reliev ed Senator Sherman, who had been. talking since 1 a. m„ opening the day's; assault on the shipping bill from the i Republican side. Mr. Townsen-I; spoke, fresh forces on both sides ofj the chamber relieved the tired, heavy: eyed senators who had stood guard j through the night. Many senators had begun to break, under the physical strain of the fight Senator Penrose was compelled last i right to go to his hotel tinder care of I . physician. Others were forced by Vdiysical exhaustion to retire to their I ™ omes, but plans of Senate leaders; were made to rush them back on short j notice as their votes were needed. Plan to Adjourn Fails Twice during the night Republicans and allied Democrats of the opposi tion vainly sought to adjourn the Sen ate, but administration lines held flrm l.v. Majority Deader Kern asserted early in the day that there would he no let-up until the pending question, at least, could be put to a vote. The pending question still remains on a motion of Senator Fletcher to recom mit the bill with instructions for its immediate amendment and return to I the Senate. Meanwhile means for forcing the shipping bill through were being dis cussed by President Wilson at early morning conferences to-day with ma jority Deader Underwood of the House and Representative Kitchen, who is to succeed Mr. Underwood as the House leader after March 1. The President's suggestion to the House leaders was that the Senate shipping bill might be attached as an amendment to the Weeks' bill, al ready passed by the Senate, providing for the use of naval vessels in carry ing mails nnd freight.. The Weeks bill is now before the House naval af, fairs committee. The President, it was understood, had not finally de termined to press this idea but it is said to have the support of a number of Republicans in the Senate. No T'jtra Scsion Wanted Mr. Kitchen went to the White House primarily to take up with the President the views of members of the ways and means committee that there should be no extra session of C'oncrress. lie stated that position frankly to the President but went away with the imnression that the President will in sist on the shipping bill, even if it nec essitates an extra session. The Pres ident told Mr. Kitchen, however, that [Continued on Page .*>.] CONSIDER APPROPRIATION RUX By Associated Press Washington. Feb. 10. —The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was aprain be fore the House for consideration to day. Items up for debate included an anpropriation of $3,000,000 for a physical valuation of the railroads of the country. Republican opposition to the proposed appropriation was re sponsible for an abrupt adjournment of the House last night. THE WEATHER] For HarrlahorK fiml vlrinllri Knlr, continued cold to-night with lownt tenipcrnture about 15 de- Ifre«i Thursday, fair anil warmer. For Kastern Pennsylvaniai Fair to night and Thursday; warmer Thursday; light to moderate, variable winds. HI ver The river and all Ita tributaries will continue to fall slowly to night and Ttiurnday and probahlv for several days. A stage of about B.R feet la Indicated for Harrlsbtirg Thursday morning. General Conditions Pressure Is high over the eastern and low over nearly all the west ern half of the country. There were snow flurries Tnesdav from the I.akc Region and the Inner Ohio Valley eastward to the \t lantlc coast. There has been a further fall of a to 18 degrees In temperature In the I pper t hlo Valley and front the tireat Lakes eastward to the Atlantic. Tempera! lire I 8 a. m., tS. Sunt lilacs, 7 a. m.s sets, 5:29 p. m. tlooni New moon, February irt. 11:31 a.m. Ulier Stagei 5.7 feet above low wnter mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperntnre, SS, l.oweat temperature, '.K. Mean temperature. 25. .\firunl temperature, 21*. HARRISBURG OPERATIC SOCI AT MAJESTIC TOMORROW AS ' L LEADING PEOPLE IX "THE MIKADO*' These seenes from "The Mikado" show several of the leading people. In the etching on the left is George Hov, royal umbrella furrier, and Elmer W. Ehler, the Mikado of Japan, around whom (lie opera is written. On the right is Miss Ada Heishley as Yum-Yum and Jerome Hamilton as Nanki-Poo, tlie Mikado's son. D'CASTEtUNE LOSES CASE SEC® TIME Rota Tribunal Rejects Count's Suit For Annulment of His Marriage By Associated Press Paris, Feb. 10. 5.50 A. M.—The Rota tribunal lias rejected Count Boni De Castellane's suit for the annulment of his marriage to Anna Gould, now the Duchess of Talleyrand, according to a special dispatch from Rome. Argu ments in the third trial of the case were doled yesterday after which the court announced its decision. <"ount De Castellane's 'appeal to the \ atican courts for the annulment 01" his marriage to Anna Gould has been pending since 1910. Under the eccles iastic judicial system before a religious marriage is annulled the case must be heard three times by the Rota Tri bunal. each time by three different judges and two decisions must favor a contestant before the judgment is final. In the Castellane ease the pres ent Duchess of Talleyrand has won two of these decisions. If the count had been successful in obtaining annulment of the religious marriage he would have been enabled to marry again. Under the French law [Continued on Page 8] ANTHRACITE TAX REPEALER GOES 111 Mr. Ramsey, of Delaware, Pre sents Measure to Kill Act of 1913 A bill to repeal the anthracite coal tax law of 1913 was introduced in the House to-day by Mr. Ramsey, Dela ware. This act placed a tax of per cent, ad valorem on all anthracite coal prepared for market half of which was to be returned by the State 10 counties producing hard coal. It is now in the courts and the revenue ex pected has not been received owing to the litigation. A constitutional amendment to abolish the fee system for county offi cers and place them on a salary is proposed in a resolution presented by Mr. Neville. Montgomery. • itlier bills presented were: Mr. Adams, Luzerne—Appropriating SB,OOO for a bronze tablet bearing Lin coln's Gettysburg address to be placed on the wall of the hall of the House back of the speaker's desk. Mr. Wilson. Philadelphia—Estab [Continued on Page 5.1 Bishop Burt Confers With His Cabinet Here Bishop William Burt, of the Meth odist Kpiscopal Church, who will pre side at the sessions of the Central Pennsylvania Conference, to be held in Shamokln. in March, yesterday met with the district superintendents of the conference at the Bolton House. The meeting of the bishop and his cabinet is held annually for the pur pose of making plans for the annual conference. In addition to Bishop Burt the following district superin tendents were present: Simpson B. Evans, Tyrone; James B. Stein, Hazleton; A. S. Fasick, Car lisle; B. H. Mosser, Huntingdon, and Emory AI. Stevens, Willlanisport. Teamster Knocked Under Wheels by Shifting Load Peter Miller, aged 70, a teamster employed by Robert Bretz, of Enola, is in a* critical condition at the Har risburg Hospital as a resiilt of being thrown from his wagon this afternoon. Miller was hauling a load, of furni ture at Enola. While descending a hill the furniture shifted, knocking Miller from his seat. The aged man fell under the wheels, which passed over his abdomen. He was brought to the Harriiburg Hospital in an un conscious condition. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBkUARY 10, 1915. 26 Pretty Girls Will Be Just One of the Pleasing Features; Elmer W. Ehler as "The Mikado;" Ada Heishley in Role of "Yum- Yum ' Pretty girls, catchy music and all Operatic Society's presentation of ! touches will feature the Harrisburg j < (peratic Society's, presentation of "The Mikado" nt the Majestic Theater to-morrow and Friday evening. Tlie operetta is being given for the benefit of the Belgian suftcrers. The production is under the direc tion of Elmer W. Ehler and Frank H. Davies. Mr. Ehler takes the leading role of the Mikado and Mr. Davies is lord high executioner. The music is under the direction of Professor E. J. Decevee. Miss Ada Heishley as Yum-Ynm and Jerome Hamilton as Nanki-Pdo will put the romance into the evening's entertainment. The cast will be as follows' The Mikado of Japan, Elmer AV. Ehler: Nanki-Poo, his son. Jerome Hamilton; Ko-Ko, the lord high exe cutioner, Frank H. Davies; Pooh-Bah, lord high everything else. H. Russell Hupp: Pish-Tush. Louis Munneli; Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo and Katisha, wards of Ko-Ko, Ruth Hoover, Ada Heishley, Helen Kelster and Mrs. Jacob Miller; C'hee-Fee, royal umbrella carrier, George Hoy. Aet I —Courtyard of Ko-Ko's official residence. Act IT—Ko-Ko's garden. The girls' chorus includes Misses Mary Towsen, Nora Gaffney, Helen Smiley, Susan Kurzenknabe, Mabel [Continued on Page 12] ASK MAYOR TO OFFER RELIEF PLAN OR QUIT PLAYINGTO GALLERY Problem of Providing Work For Unemployed Put Squarely Up to City's Executive RESOLUTION IN COUNCIL Commissioner Lynch Offers Meas ures at Special Session; Eager to Provide Work Mayor John K. Royal was asked by cottncllntanlu resolution this afternoon either to suggest a plan whereby the city could provide work for the unem ployed in accordance with the require ments of Ills own resolution or yester day or— To admit that ho is simply playing UP the galleries. The question that required either an "aye" or "no" vote, or straddling of the fence, was embodied in a reso lution offered at this afternoon's special session of Council by Commis sioner W. H. Lynch, superintendent of streets and public Improvements, and seconded by Commissioner Harry F. rContlnuecl 011 l'age 2] Bishop Urges Ministers to Work For Half-rate Bill Bishop James H. Darlington spoke to members of the Civic Council of Churches last evening In the Zion Lu theran Church, urging them to co operate in securing the passage of the Hefferman bill to permit railroads to grant reduced fares to clergymen. To- , day all the ministers in the city have been asked to work for the passage of the bill. TAFT OPPOSES LAW TO FORBID MUNITION KALE Special Io The Telegraph New Haven, Conn., Feb. 10. —Wil- liam Howard Taft made public to-day a letter he wrote on January 26 to Professor Edmund Von Mach, of Har \ard University, in which the former President opposes the enactment of a I law forbidding the supply of muni-, tlons or war from this country to the! belligerent nations. BELIEVE KSISER IS 10 BECOME MOSLEM ReV. Labaree, Writing of War ! Experiences, Says Persians Think Germans Invulnerable The Rev. Robert M. Labaree, who married Miss Mary Fleming of this city, and is at i>resent with his wife in Tabriz, Persia, as a missionary of | the Doylestown Presbyterian Church, j recently wrote a letter to the congre i Ration. Many Harrisburgers are friends of the Rev. and Mrs. Labaree. He tells many of his experiences in Persia and of the treatment he re ceived in some towns. His letter in part follows: Tabriz, Persia, December 19, 1914. My dear Friends: I missed my last quarterly letter to you because just as I was about to write it the war broke out and it look ed as if no mail would pass either ■way. Traveling Kxperionces Let mo tell you some brief pictures of a few of our experiences on this trip, some of the lighter experiences which helped to give variety and zest to the work. » Where we stopped for our first Sun day, my companion, Rabi Stapun. and I were alone in our very humble rooin, [Continued on Page 81 CUNAFtDEB ORDUI RAISED U. S, FLAG ; Passengers Say Stars and Stripes Were Hoisted to Protect British Liner Ry Associated Press New York, Feb. 10.—Passengers on the Cunard Linn British steamer Or duna, which arrived here to-day from England said that the steamer flew the American flag for nearly 24 hours on January 31 while passing through the Irish Sea. The Stars and Stripes, they said, were hoisted on Sunday about an hour after the Orduna left Liverpool and not hauled down until early Monday morning. The Orduna was scheduled to sail from Liverpool on Saturday, January 30, but did not depart until 10:30 o'clock the next morning. Passengers | heard that the reason for the delay was that a German submarine was hovering in the vicinity. The Amcr|j can flag was raised, they said, shortly after the Orduna cleared the Mersey. The steamship touched at Queenstown the same day and was flying the Stars and Stripes when she entered and left the harbor, they said. The explanation which the passen gers said they received was that the American flag had been raised for the purpose of protecting the American citizens among the 240 passengers. TW O PI- \ NTS ItKSIMH IN Fl'l,l, AFTER LONG CURTAILMENT Special Io The Telegraph Pittsburgh, Feb. 10.—For the first time in six months, the Pennsylvania Rubber Company resumed operations in full yesterday. The night force was ordered on duty Monday night Several hundred men were afforded employment by the Increase in work ing hours. Officials of the plant said vesterday that the present force of 800 men would be augmented by 600 additional work men as soon as the company's new ! plant, which has been under conatruc -1 tion for several months Is opened. This Is expected to occur within the next I two weeks. The Valley Mold and Iron Company's l.lg plant at Sharpsvllle resumed opera tions yesterday morning after several weeks' Idleness on account of a scarcity of orders. Nearly 400 men tve.e or dered on full time. BOMBS DROPPED OX PORTS Mitylene, Via Paris, Feb. io. 6.10 A. M.—Several Jsngllsh and French aeroplanes flejv over Turkish Thrace yesterday according to a dispatch from Tenedos. Two of the machines went as far as Adrianople, dropping bombs on the forts. STOCKHOLDERS HOLD STORMY SESSION AT SHAEF'STOII BANK $41,000 in Cash Needed Before Institution Can Open Its Doors | JAIL INSURANCE AGENT D. B. Kieffer, of Middletown, and Irvin Horst Both Involved in Failure Special to The Telegraph I.elHinon. I'H.. Feb. 10. —A shortage or at least M 1.000 in the accounts of | , the SchacfTerstowii First National Hank, which was closed last Saturday 1 ' morning following the suicide of its j < aslilcr, Alvln iliiiner. was disclosed by 1 | olllcers of the hank tiiis morning at a i stormy meeting of altout 200 stock- 1 | holders. The meeting was Anally adjourned without any dellnitc action lo meet again this evening. | it was alleged that l>. I!. Kieffer. I of Middletown, mid Irvin llorst, of Schaefferstowii. were hotii involved in i the failure, as well us Arthur •). Ho- 1 verier, the l<cl)uiioii insurance man, 1 who was arrested yesterday. It is pre- ; sinned that these three men arc the ' three alluded to in the letter written I |by the dead cashier telling of the j hank's failure. It was stated at the meeting that j I Kieffer owed $12,000 and irvin Horst j SIO,OOO, both of which were regarded las collectible sooner or later. These ! | amounts, with the $18,500 with which i Hoverter was charged with misapply ing and the SIB,OOO bond of Alvin Binner. it was stated, would make a I lotal which, if collectible, would offset ' i (he shortage. Expect Receiver Appoinment Failure of the bank officials to give i | the assembled stockholders anything ! delinite in the way of figures covering! the loss or complete information as to 'the manner in which the loss was | sustained caused a majority of tlie| I stockholders to withhold their assent | that they put up money at once. Aj I few of the stockholders, represented i by the directorate pledge themselves Ito subscribe funds. I D. B. Kieffer, who Is a cattle deal j er, President Horst declared good for all of the $12,000 which he owes and Irwin Horst, the Schaefferstown qigar manufacturer and tobacco dealer Is I looked upon as certain to pay every j penny of Ills SIO,OOO account. The Kieffer and llorst accounts with the | $1.1,000 represented by Hinner, the I bondsmen pointed out, would even- Itually reduce the present deficit of $41,000 to but $4,000. but the whole of the deficit is demanded at this time in order to save the bank. As it is there is every prospect of treasury depart ment having a receiver appointed be fore the end of the week, President Horst said. Arthur J. Hoverter, a prominent and well-known insurance agent, of 366 North Eighth street, this city, was arrested as an accomplle last night. Hoverter is charged with aiding and appropriation of the funds of the in appropriation of me funds o fthe in stitution. Technically he is charged ! with having received from Binner the proceeds of twenty-nine worthless checks, ranging in amount from $26 | to $4,000, all dt-awn on the Farmers' j Trust Company of Lebanon and ag gregating a total of $18,582.21. The checks were cashed during 1913 and 1914 and Bank Examiner Trfigan as serts that they were all fraudulent [Continued on Pace 2] Desires Week Longer For Filing Nomination Papers Under the terms of proposed amendments to the election laws pre sented in the House to-day by Repre sentative Kitts, Erie, one week is added to the periods in which nomi nating petitions may be filed with the secretary of the commonwealth or the county commissioners, according to the classification of the offices. The period for filing with the secretary is made five weeks and with the com missioners four weeks prior to the primary elections. •Mr. Kitts stated that he has In con templation bills which would restrict voting at elections to candidates duly nominated and to do away with the practice of -writing in names or using j "stickers." | Representatives Stern, Philadelphia, I to-day introduced a bill in the House to provide that in case of a vacancy occurring in the office of mayor of Philadelphia his successor should be elected by councils in Joint convention and hold office until his successor can be elected at the next ensuing muni cipal election. He stated that the aet would prevent automatic filling of the office by a director of a city depart ment. READY TO SIGN" PEACE TREATY? By .Associated Press Paris, Feb. 10, 6:15 a. m.—Certain French newspapers to-day reprint with the consent of the government cen sors an article published in the "Democrate De Deleniont" stating that previous to the battle of the Marne a party existed in France which was ready to sign a peace treaty, at the same time ceding to Germany the towns of Brley and Nancy, France Lorraine, the island of Madagascar and the protectorate of Morocco as well as paying an indem nity. CREW OF /iKI'i'KI.IX I«OST Geneva, via Paris, Feb. 9. 11.53 P. M. —The entire crew of a Zeppelin which has been missing for four days was drowned when the airship fell in the North Sea off the coast of Den mark during a storm, it. Is reported ai Frledrickshafon. Details of the disas ter have not been received. ZEPPELIN DROPS IN SEA I.ondon, Feb. 10, 8.15 A. M.—One of the newest German Zeppelin air ships which has been missing for four days is reported at Friedrlcksliafen to have been lost in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark, the Express is in formed by its Geneva correspondent. 12 PAGES RUSSIANS ALONG WARSAW FRONT BEGIN ATTACK ON GERMANS; ZEPPELIN LOST Heavy Snows in Carpathians Are Delaying Progress; Each of the Opposing Armies in East Has Won Its Minor Victories; Berlin Correspondent Says No Big Successes Should Be Looked For at Present The battle of the Carpathians, I which is to decide whether the Rus-! sians will be able to force a way j over the mountains and Invade Hun- | I gar.v or will be driven back to tljej northward, apparently is as far from a decision as at any time since the Austrians, with their German rein forcements launcned the attack. Each of the opposing armies has won its minor victories but neither has been able to gain sufficient head way to placyi the other definitely on the defensive. The correspondent of a Berlin newspaper states no speedy successes must be expected as move- j ments are slow on acount of the heavy snow and the most that can he looked | for by Germany is the forcing back j of the Russians step by step. Although the Russian forces along | the Warsaw front have undertaken an attack, they apparently have been no | more successful than were the Ger-1 mans in their last onslaughts. So far | as has been reported, there Is no lm- I portant shifting of positions. In, Northern Poland another important! battle is under way, with the issue I still undecided. Another Zeppelin Ixtst The Russian Duma adopted a reso lution expressing the purpose of car rying on the war until the peace of i Europe was assured on terms satis- | factory to Russia. It is reported from Geneva that an other Zeppelin has been lost. It is said to "have been wrecked in a storm during a (light over the North Sea. Another instance of the use of the American flag by a British steamer was reported to-day by passengers on the Orduna which arrived at New York from Liverpool. The Orduna is said to have flown the American flag while crossing the Irish Sea. Battle Front in Gallcia j A battle which the Russian war of- I flee describes as without precedent in ) history has occurred in Galicia, in I the course of the campaign for mas tery of the mountain region which ! screens northern Hungary from Rus jsla. In a single day the German i C MAYOR EVADES ISSUE J C Harrisburg—Mayor Royal latethif on evaded g C the Lynch employment resolution by declaring it out of f C order. He asserted that neither he nor Mr. Gcrgas were f # C miliar with work contemplated. ( PASS LYNCH RESOLUTION ' J Harrisburg When Mayor Royal d red the Lynch ( ' J resolution out of order this afternoon, it was passed over hii ( g head by the usual 3 to 2 vote. \ Harrisburg—Bids opened by W. h, late this I I afternoon for a motor truck were as follov .. Morton Truck i * lpany, $2,000 < J The Bent I | / police are sc . city for rela* i ' nd last Sep- I 1 tember on the Jtepb of St. Pktrick's .view York. | 1 The child says he remembers of Sixth and liroad streets, | ( t that his mother's name was Eleanor and his oister's Gwen- I . dolyn. He has no recollection of the name of the city. f I Topeka, Kan., Feb. 10.—Kansas women under 45 years J J of age who wear earrings or treat their faces with cosmetics # W "for the purpose of creating a false impression' will be M guilty of misdemeanors and upon conviction be subject to X fines, if a bill introduced in the lower house of the legislature . i becomes a law. . „ j ( • % Lebanon, Feb. 10.—Christian Long, aged 60, and Harry % Minnich, 24, were killed today in the Lincoln coal colliery, | ■ near Pinegorve. • Washington, Feb. 10.—Count Bern, t I, the German ( ■ ambassador, delivered to the State Depart nent to-day a | W copy of the memorandum of the Gc treign Office | W amplifying the German admiralty's proclamation warning i 3 neutral ships not to enter the new war zone around Great K J Britain and Ireland. M m Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 10.—A pistol battle between Cash- t J ier William Cross, of the Mohawk Morgan Banking and I , W Savnigs Company, of this city, and two men who attempted ' j 9 to rcb the bank to-day resulted in the death of one of the 1 , g robbers. The other robber was caught. ' |. MARRIAGE J llo»ard t. Kurd mid Nellie P. llrnder Dnncatnaon. I , K llnrry h. Mrikorn, Xm Oxford, and Mary B. Miller, RonaeauTllle. I * POSTSCRIPT. I troops charged 22 times on a Russian I position. They made their charges jup a hill in the face of artillery fire. I Twice they gained possession of the j heights, but, according to the Russian •statement, they were finally driven out j with bayonets. The German losses | are described as "excessively heavy." There is no information on this phas* of the situation from German or Aus trian sources. In the recent attack of the Germans on the Warsaw front, the Russian statement says, their losses amounted to "tens of thousands." Another Russian victory is said to have been gained in Poland, where the Germans attacked the Russian i forces. The Petrograd war office as- I serts that the Germans were driven | back and that one of their battalions i was almost annihilated, j The official statements of to-day I from Berlin and Paris says that there was no important fighting yesterday in I France. ; Russians Will Carry on War Until Lasting Peace in Europe Is Assured !By Associated Press Petrograd, Feb. 10, 8.45 A. M.— I Resolutions expressing the conviction | that Russia would carry on the war i until the peace of Europe is assured were adopted by the Duma at the close of its sitting yesterday. DEEP SNOW IN CARPATHIAN'S By Associated Press Berlin via The Hague and Dondon. Feb. 10, 10.35 A. M.—A description of conditions under which battles are be ing waged in the Carpathians is col lected in a dispatch to the Dokal An aeiger from its correspondent in the mountains who says: "Deep snow liei in the Carpathians and troop move-, ments are confined to the valley paths. The Russians are pressing with very considerable forces against Dttkla Pas* and are continually bringing up new troops there.
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