Steel Company Refuses fo Take Big Shell Order "For Humanitarian Rmtsons" HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ■ No. 37 LXXXIV— CONFLICTING CLUES HURT EFFORTS TO SOLVE HILL MYSTERY Believe Skeleton May Be That of Mechanicsburg Girl, Who Dis appeared in 1901 JAR TOP FOUND IN GRAVE | Dr. Ayres Refuses to Talk to Newspapermen; Discover No Trace of German Family Information received this morning that a girl, Bessie Edith Geyer, for; merly of Mechanicsburg. had been; seen within the last six or seven years in this neighborhood, turns all sus- i picion away from Dr. Charles E. : ■Ayres, the York dentist who lived at . the mystery home on the Hill between 1901 and 1902, and who employed as, « nurse a girl about 16 years old j named Bessie Geyer. Investigations were made this morn ing at Mechanicsburg to learn the whereabouts of the girl who. Dr. Ayres said was a resident of that place and returned there after her employ- ! ment with him thirteen years ago. | Several persons said they vaguely re- j membered such a girl, but had not; seen her in many years and could not ! say anything about her present loca- j tion. Only one person remembered! having seen her within ten years. According to the history of this girl, she was the child of William j Geyer and a woman named Stewart who separated about 1889 which was! some time after the birth of a daugh-j ter. The girl is said to have lived j with her mother, but none could say whether she had been employed as a j nurse in Harrisburg. The age of the; girl in 1902 when Dr. Ayres lived! here would be something under 15 1 years which corresponds somewhat with the age of the girl as given by ! Dr. Ayres. Among the rubbish of the grave' found yesterday by R. C. ("ashman, the j was the top of a porcelain ar of charcoal tooth paste, such as ■< dentist might use in his work. It j is about 3>4 by 2V4 inches and is; larger than would be expected for prt- ! vate use. No opinion was expressed; by any of the authorities as to the [Continued on Pajje 9.] Suffrage Resolution Will Be Made Subbject of Public Hearing The reporting out at this time with out a hearing of the proposed wo man's suffrage constitutional amend ment from the Senate judiciary gen eral committee was blocked to-day by Senator Daix, of Philadelphia. Senator Hoke, of Franklin county, in committee moved that the amend ment be reported to the Senate at once. Mr. Daix objected that anv action be taken at this time on the ground that all parties so desiring should be given an opportunity to be heard. It was agreed to let the amendment remain in committee until a hearing can be had on it. It is expected that a pubic hearing will be held about the middle of .March. Jack Johnson Will Be Extradited and Returned Chicago. Feb. 16.—Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist who fled to Europe after being sentenced to a year in the Federal penitentiary for violation of the Mann act, will be extradited and returned to Chicago on a charge of conspiracy, according to a statement to-day by Charles F. Clyne, United States District Attorney. OX TRTAI, FOR TREASON By Associated Press Bloemfonteln, Vila London, Feb 16 8-02 a. m—The trial of General < hristian DeWet and other leaders of the South African rebellion against <Jreat Britain who are charged with high treason began here to-day. CATTLE DISEASE BREAKS OUT Buffalo, X. Y„ Feb. 16.—The stock yards at East Buffalo will close this afternoon under State and federal or ders because of the reappearance of foot and mouth disease. THE WEATHER For Harrlsburg and vlrlnlty: Fart ly Cloudy and roofer to-night, with lowest temperature about freezing; Wednesday fair. For Fastern Pennsylvania t Partly cloudy and ctioler to-night l Wed "lnd*' T fB,r * moderate Variable River The Juniatn, West llranrh and 1 d per North llranrh will rail to, night and Wednesday. The loner portion of the North llranrh and the main river nlll r |„r to-night and begin to fall Wednrsdny. Maximum stages will be well t»e flood point, exrept at ... . where the river will probably exceed IS feet to night. A stater Of iilimrt 13 feet is Indlrnted for llarrlsburg Wednesday morning. Keneral Conditions The storm that was rentral north of the l.ake Region, Monday morning, has passed down the St. I.awrenre t alley and the high pressure aren fr.im the west has overspread the territory east of the Roeky Mountains. A general fall of a to 24 degrees has oreurred ovrr the eastern lialf of the country except In \ew Kngland, where It In ullfctrtly warmer. Trmperaturet S a. m., 3S. Sunt Rises, «tfl2 a. M.i seta, 5i3T p. m. Moon i New moon, tlrst Quarter. February 21, ni.'il p. m. River Stage: 8.5 feet above low water mark. YesterCgy'a Weather Highest temperature, 17. l.nwest temperature. 46. Mean trmperature, 44. Normal temperature, 30. WASHING OUT THE CLUES FROM DIRT IN MURDERED GIRL'S GRAVE 4 jtr This is the »vay the authorities are washing out the clues from the grave of the murdered girl found in the cellar of 133 South Fourteenth street. The dirt is hauled to the plumber shop of R. C. ('ashman, and is then carefully washed out on a screen with the aic of a garden hose. The screen is fine enough to catch any trinkets that may be buried with the girl's bones, but allows the mud to be washed through. It was by this screening process that a rusty razor blade, severa: chicken feathers, a few small bones, and a porcelain jar top, bearing a dental inscription was found. On the left is seen Herbert Garverich. In the center is Mr. Cashman, and on the right is Samuel HUlman, who is digging the earth from the cellar grave. VETERANS TO RETRACE ROUTE OP BIG REVIEW Post 58, With Commonwealth Band, Plans to Attend G. A. R. Encampment at Washington TO HOLD SHOW FOR FUNDS Old Soldiers Express Wish to March Over Streets of Nation's Capitol as in '65 The fiftieth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in Washington in September, will be attended by members of Post No. 58 of this city, according to plans announced yesterday. Thousands of veterans at the forty ninth annual encampment at Detroit last year decided to participate in the fiftieth anniversary of the reviewing of troops in '65 by Sherman and Grant as the soldiers marched up Pennsyl vania avenue past the. Capitol. This year the veterans who go to Washington will parade over the old route as they did just before disband ing years ago. Noah A. Walmer, adjutant of Post 58. said yesterday that the mem ! bers of the post are planning to go in a body and intend to take the Com j monwealth Band.with them. In or der to defray expenses an entertain ment will be given in Chestnut Street [Continued on Page "Phonoscope" Said to Enable Deaf to "See" Instead of Hear Sounds By Associated Puss Bombay, India, Feb. 16.—1t '.vas an nounced in Lahore that a professor, Albe, of that city, has invented a "phonoscope." the use of which en ables the totally deaf to perceive sounds, such as speech and music, by means of the eye. CLOSED SEASON FOR QUAIL IS PROPOSED Mr. Brumbaugh, of Blair, Would Forbid Shooting For Next Three Years A closed season for ouail for three years is proposed in a bill introduced in the House to-day by Mr. Brum baugh. Blair. The bill prohibits hunt ing of "Bob White" from the passage of the act until the opening of the quail season in 1918 under penalty of $lO and costs for each bird. Mr. Brumbaugh realizes that the quail Is a valuable friend of the farmer and its presence in the corn field is to be rec< gnlzed here and there by its "Hob White" because of its remark able search for worms and insects which are wantonly destroying the corn. During the winter it eats many of the weed seeds which would blow from place to place which would cause a wider spread of the obnoxious weeds. In no way is the quail an In jury to the farmer, therefore, Mr. BrumbauKh says that the farmer's friend ought to be protected. DEDICATE SANATORIUM Chicago, 111., Feb. 16.—The Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanatorium, termed by experts the largest and best equipped in the world, was dedicated to-day. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1915. MORE ROBIN RED ANY OTHER SPECIES OF SONG BIRD Sixty Pairs of English Sparrows to Square Mile Is Average; Cat birds, Thrashers, Wrens, King-birds and Bluebirds, in Order By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Feb. 16. —A cen sus of birds of the United States an nounced by the Department culture to-day, shows an average of sixty pairs of English sparrows to the square mile or seven to every 100 na tive birds throughout the country. The robin is shown to be the most numerous bird with the English spar row a close second. In the northeast robins averaged six pairs to each farm of • fifty-eight acres, while English sparrows averaged five pairs per farm Taking 100 robins as a unit other birds were noted in the following propor- TO COMPLETE CITY'S TROUT STEPS'JULY 1 City and Contractors Agree on Final Adjustment of Construc tion Problem on Wall By July 1. 1915, the construction of the river front wall, "the front st'-ps of Harrisbur*," must be finally com pleted. according to an agreement en tered into to-day by the city and Stucker Brothers Construction Com any, the contractors. The basis upon which the adjust- I mint was made Is that the city pay | over at once $15,000 of the 15 per l cent, of the total contract price now i being held pending the completion of j the work and the contractors on the | other hand agree to accept the final j estimate of the engineers and to finish j the improvement at the time specified. By these terms the possibility of any litigation or disputes over future estimates, "extras " etc., is eliminated. A resolution authorizing the Board [Continued on Page 7.] ■SBURGBOYTO BE MMM Harry J. Mueller, First Local Youth to Enter State Forestry Service, Is Named Today Harry J. Mueller, of Beilefonte, a former Central high school graduate ' and the first Harrisburg boy to enter •the forestry service of Pennsylvania ; was named this afternoon in Council ;to be Harrisburg's first city forester. Mueller will begin his new duties about March 1. His salary will bo j SI.OOO. ! The new official's name was pre [Contlnued on I'age 7.] Steal Chickens in Third Raid on Blind Woman Thieves stole twenty-five chickens ! from the barn of Mrs. Samuel Mateer, | near Middletown, Saturday night. En -1 trance was gained by tearing loose a beard from the side of the barn. Three men are believed to be in the party which did the robbing, but there Is no clue to their identity. 'This is the third time this winter that thieves have visited Mrs. Mateer, who is an aged widow and almost I totally blind. |tlon8: Cat birds. 49: brown thrashers, 3/7; house wrens, 28; kingbirds, 27, and bluebirds, 26. As for density of population on each acre of farm land there was an aver age of one pair of birds. Chevy Chase, Md„ holds the record for density, where 161 pairs nested on 23 acres. Thirty-four species of birds were rep resented. The bird population is much less than it ought to be according to de j partment experts, who claim that tf : birds were gi\en more protection there I would be an Increase in numbers. KAUFMAN TO ERECT LARGER BUILDING i i Secures Long Term Lease to S. S. Pomeroy Plot; to Have Floor Space of 35,000 Feet Negotiations have just been com pleted whereby David Kaufman, proprietor of the Kaufman Undersell ing Stores, has secured a long term lease to property 8 South Market Square, occupied by S. S. Pomeroy's | grocery store, previous to the recent fire. buildings are now being razed, and in the course of a few days contracts will be let for the erection of new and modern buildings at Xos. 6 and 8 South Markot Square. These bti:;dings, together with the building at No. 4 South Market Square, which will be remodeled throughout, will be occupied b~- the Kaufman stores, Involving a floor space of ap proximately thirty-five thousand [Continued on Pago ".] DFFICIULS TO CONFER ON lU LIB Council Invites Planning Commis sion and Electric Co. Represen tatives; Hutchison Reports Following the adoption of amend ments relative to the leasehold and provision for safeguarding both city and company in the event of a failure ot the coal supply, City Council this afternoon laid over the Bowman ordi nance granting the Harrisburg Light and Power Company the use of a plot on the Island for a coal wharf until next Tuesday, when the City Plan ning Commission and representatives of the electric company will attend to discuss the measure on tinal pass age. The views of the Planning Com mission as agreed upon at Friday's session were submitted to Council. The commission opposes the plan on j the ground that the construction of the Island wharf would only relieve and not eliminate conditions at the Market street wharf; admits that it is better to locate the landing elsewhere than at Market street, but isn't con vinced that suggested site is best; calls attention to the precedent that would be established. The Bowman amendments safe guard the company Rnd city by a I Continued on Page -10.]- WORLD WAI T WAR ZONE NO TE REPLIES STUBBORN FIRE RAGES: UNDER OFFICE FLOORS: Morning Blaze Causes Between $5,000 and $7,500 Damage in Bergner Building STARTS IN SHOE STORE Third in Central District Since January 1 ; Six Firms Sustain Losses Fire which broke out at 11 o'clock this morning in the rear of the Walk lOver Shoe Store in the Bergner build-I ing. Third and Market streets, caused damage estimated at between $."i,000 and $7,500. It was the third tire in the business section srnce January 1. It is believed the lire started near a flue between the ceiling of the shoe store and second floor of the Bergner building. Due to the location of the blaze the firemen had considerable trouble cut ting through partitions, and concrete floors. It was also necessary to cut away false floors and ceilings and tear out a largo portion of the second floor in order to get the chemical and plug streams on the blaze. The smoke spread through the building, but it is the belief, did little damage. The heaviest looser is the Walk-Over [Continued on Page 7.] 'SCOURING STATE FOR ITfILIANMURDERER Man Who Killed Boarder and Felled Woman With Revolver Still at Large MURDER FOLLOWED QUARREL First Shot Crashes Into Temple; Second, Through Body; Victim Dies Almost Instantly Police in every city and town of im portance within a radius of 600 miles of Harrisburg are watching for Carlo Conte, an Italian, wanted on a charge of murder. During a quarrel last night at the home of Mrs.Vlncenza Lauda, a board ling mistress, at 228 Cherry street, I Conte sent a bullet into the brain of John Pulmoch. The latter died soon after reaching the Harrisburg Hospi ital. Conte knocked Mrs. Lauda uncon scious with the butt of his revolver, and escaped through a rear door into a blind alley. At the Cherry street house. It Is said, that Conte had been jealous of Pul moch for sometime. Last night when Conte was asked by Mrs. Laud to pay his board he refused. Pulmoch sided with the woman and the two Italians almost came to blows. When Mrs Lauda with Pulmoch and other board ers sat down at the supper table, Conte made another ugly remark, rushed upstairs, secured a revolver and when he returned, tired several shots at Pulmoch. The first shot hit Pulmoch In the right temple. The second shot went into the man's body. The police were called and rushed both Pulmoch and Mrs. Lauda to the hospital. Detective Joseph Ibach was called in and had the telephone and telegraph wires busy all last night. Shortly after mid night he sent out circulars with a pic ture of Conte. Coroner Eckinger or dered a post mortem this afternoon and will hold an inquest later in the week. iWRECKED BIK 111 i SOONOEREOPENED Stockholders Pay Assessment and Will Take Part in Selection of New Cashier Special to The Telegraph Schaefferstown, Pa., Feb. 16.—Now that all of the $42,500 deficit of the First National Dank here has been made good, according to an official statement give out last evening, inter est centers in the day that the doors will be reopened. Final payments on the $l7O assess ment were made yesterday by the stockholders, who are to take no small 'part In the election by the Board of Directors of the new cashier Binner's will was probated yesterday lat Lebanon and letters taken out by j the widow, Laura Binner, who Is the! sole beneficiary under Its provisions.) The will Is In Binner's own handwrlt- | ing and was made June 1, 1912. As contained in his last note, penned i just before his suicide, to his wife and children, Binner expressed the wish that ex-Assemblyman O. H. Moyer, of Palmyra, shall serve as legal adviser In settling the estate. 12 PAGES KAISER IS GAINING ! GROUND IN EAST Both Offensive Flanks Advance; Austrians Reoccupy Czerno witz; Allies Silence Guns By Associated Press |. ■ Ixnidon, Feb. 1«, 12 Noon. The general offensive of the Teutonic allies along the extended eastern front Is ; continuing successfully on lx>tli tlanks. judging from reports reaching I.on i don, but without any visible forward movement oil (lie front toward War saw <»r in the Carpathians. ' Tlit« Bucharest reports that the Aus trians have reoccupied C/.emowit/., flic capital of Bukowiiia. I'etrograd ad mits officially tliat the Austrians are still advancing in llukowina in large force, and that desperate lighting marks the operations in the passes of tile Carpathians. In East Prussia the Russians have not yet regained tlielr fortilicd lines and the German advance, while not checked, seems to British observers to be proceeding with less speed. Paris reports from the western front | that the sole activity consists in ar tillery engagements in which the guns jof the allies have l>ecn successful in I silencing batteries northeast of Yprcs. Steel Company Turns Down Big Shell Order For "Humanitarian Reasons" By Associated Pfcss Pittsburgh. Feb. Iti.—Because of , "humanitarian reasons" the Flcetric Steel Company of this city asked h> [the Pittsburgh foreign trade commis sion to bid on a contract to furnish part of an order of i.000.000 drop forge shells valued at 81.000,000 want ed by the British government, yester day declined to make an estimate. At tached to the blue prints returned to the commission by the company was a note which read: i "For humanitarian reasons, this company finds itself obliged to refuse to consider the contract." The vnlue of the contract offered to the company was estimated at $150,- I 000. The mother of Bessie Edith Guycr, the Mechanicsburg girl, who the police think may have been the girl murdered ' I at 133 South Fourteenth street, was located this afternoon and he says her daughter is married and living in Philadel ■ phia. ' ANOTHER BANK SUICIDE . I Lebanon, Pa., Feb. 16.—Frank Grumbinc, aged 40, a cfferstown tobacco grower, shot himself in the head £ thi have dreaded C the approach of April 1, on which date he ! e number C of obligations to meet. Bank Examiner Logan, who is at C the First National Bank, Schaeffcrstown, could not tell this , C afternoon whether Grumbine had any notes or other obli- ] % gations to pay at the bank. LOCAL OPTION HEARING | The House Lav/ and Order Committee set aside March 1 2 as the date to consider the local option bill. The bill to m permit fishing on Sunday was indefinitely postponed. PLAN SIO,OOO HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION 1 j The Highspire School Board last night decided to re m tain Harry C. Wright, architect, to submit plans for a four \ room addition to the High School building fo cost SIO,OOO. I ONE NEW REMONSTRANCE FILED C Harrisburg.—Up until a late hour this afternoon only I one new remonstrance had been filed against the relicensing C of any of the holders of the privilege in Dauphin county. C This was a petition from Middletown protesting against the \ granting of a license to Harry White. The petitions filed at m the time of the argument on the transfer of the Ann street V hotel license from John A. Haas to White stands. To-day i ■ the last day for filing remonstrances. Friday is license % court. I I RIVER IS RISING x River bulletins issued at noon to-day indicate a stage I V of thirteen feet for Harrisburg to-morrow morning, 1 ■ after which the water will begin to fall slowly. Wilkes- fl I Barre is the only, place at which the stage will be high. It I I is expected to reach eighteen feet at thai place. C I MARRIAGE Snnmrl (anrnil llnrrkrr, S'tn Cumberland, and Dernma Lluttl Snn- f, I demon, IMeaniuit Hall. .lamrn Porter and M»le Coata. Steelton. J Frank Fagaa and Uertrtide .MeKntee. cHjr. < ——— - « * POSTSCRIPT German Press Hints That Its Answer Rests on Question of Using Neutral Flags; Washington to Get Re sponse Soon 27 U. S. SHIPS IN ZONE FEBRUARY 18 5 Vessels Carrying Hundreds of American Passengers Will Be in Danger; All Ships Will Run Risk of Destruction By Associated Press London, Feb. 10.—In diplomatic cir cles the replies of Germany to notes irom neutral powers concerning Ger many's proposed marine war zone aro awaited with interest: Great Britain'-i reply concerning the use of neutral Hags is given secondary importance. The German press Is hinting that sat isfactory assurance by Great Britain mi the iinestion of neutral Hans would constitute the best safeguard to Amer ican shipping, MAY SEND "VOTE TO-DAY By Associated Press Rotterdam, via London, Feb. 18. 12.1S I'. M.—A dispatch to the Hotter dam Courant from Berlin says tho German government will to-day .dis patch to Washington its reply to tho Amcrhan note oil the subject of Amer ican shipping in the declared war zono in British waters. GERMANY MIST BACK IH)\V.\ By Associated Press Paris, Feb. 10. 1.50 A. M.—Ameri ca's blockade notification has brought forth a chorus of priasc from the prln forth a chorus of praise from the prin- Georgt-i Clemi-nccau who hitherto has lieen disposed to criticise President Wilson, says the President has spoken i the words the American people ex l [Continued on Page 9.]
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