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
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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
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"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
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■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
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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
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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
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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
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'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.
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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. <
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* 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
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