Germans Reported to Have Captured 50,000
HARRISBURG ' TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 38
COUNCIL MAY TAKE
SIEPS TO CLOSE IIP
GAP 111 BIVER WILL
Action Likely in Near Future If
Electric Co. Can Abandon Mar
ket St. Wharf For Island
"QUESTION OF TIME"—LYNCH
Plan Prepared; Twenty Years
Limit For Leasehold; Debris
Outside Wall to Be Removed
Legislation will likely be introduced
in City Council in the near future au
thorizing the closing of the coal wharf
gap in the river wall at Market street,
if the Bowman ordinance granting the
liarrisburg Light and Power Company
the < right to construct a new wharf on
tht island is passed finally next Tues
day.
Months ago, it is understood, the en
gineers of the Board of Public Works
worked out a plan to provide for the
abridging of the unsightly opening in
the str ch of improved water front,
but the board could not recommend
this to Council so long as the coal j
' landing was permitted to remain at
that point.
By unloading the fuel on the island
the electric light company, of course,
would no longer require facilities at
Market street and as this firm handles
more than 80 per cent, of the traffic
ihere, the first big step in the elimina
tion of the nuisance would be pro
vided for. In time, it is believed the
unloading of coal from the other
fleets would be done away with.
To l»o Away With Biggest Fleet
Besides the electric light company
there are only two or three smaller
coal and sand companies whose tleet
moor at Market street and it is be
lieved that after authorizing the clos
ing of the gap in the wall at this point,
A >uncil could follow such action with
confining the traffic to the
Paxton street wharf or the landing
at Herr street.
"The closing of the gap at Mar- j
ket street will undoubtedly come In'
lime," said Commissioner \V. H. j
Lynch, superintendent of streets and '
public improvements to-day, "but, of i
course, this will require legislation in!
the form of either a resolution or an
ordinance in Council.
"The question of whether the gap
could be cloßed before the contractors
finish the wall entirely is a question.
By the agreement between the city
and Stucker Brothers' Construction
company the work must be completed
by July 1. Now the city can hardly
expect the electric light company to
abandon the landing place until some
other place is provided."
Ready to Begin Work
The company, it is said, has ordered
its construction materials subject to
delivery upon the passage of the
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EX-.HDGE GEORGE GRAY
MAKES TWO MORE DECISION'S
By Associated Press
Hazleton, Pa., Feb. 17. —Two more
decisions in mine grievances on which
the Anthracite Conciliation Board was
unable to agree were rendered to-day
by ex-Judge George Gray, of Wilming
totn, Del., the umpire named to settle
the disputes. He sustains the conten
tion of the miners of the Harwood
< oal Company, who demanded pay
ment for replacement of props where
squeezes occur or other extraordinary
conditions prevail. He rules against
the request of Audenreid miners of
the Lehigh and Wilkes- Barre Coal
Company for a specified rate on cer
tain grades of work on the ground
that no agreement to this effect was
embodied in the contract draw'n up
between the scale committee and the
superintendent.
WILL COMPLY WITH DECREE
Special to The Telegraph
Washington, D. C„ Feb. IT.—Secre- |
tary of State Bryan to-day announced !
that the United States would comply j
with General Carranza's decree re- ]
quiring diplomatic representatives of
foreign governments in Mexico to con
duct their negotiations directly with
him and not through his military com
manders.
THE WEATHER
For llarrlahurg and vicinity: Fair
<o-nl(Eht and Thursday; not murk
chanire In temperature: lowewt
temperature to-ul K ht about 30
drvrrn.
For Kaittrrn I'ennn vlvanla: Fair
to-night and Thursday; not
much ehnnicr In temperature:
moderate north itlnds,
Itlver
I'hr Sunqnebanna river and all Ita
trlbutarle* mill fall to-night and
Thursday, except the lower por
tion of the main river, which will
remain nearly Ntationary tn
ulßht. A Mtage of about 11.8 feet
1m Indicated for Harrisburg;
Thoraday mornllI K.
General Condition*
.'be barometer cnntlnneN hitch over
the eairtern half of the I nlted
Malea, with center of hlKhext
prenmirr over the l.ake Heit'on.
The disturbance from the Pa
cific ocean hnn moved Inlnnd and
now cover* prnctlcallv all the
wentern half of the conntrv Tilth
Ita cenrter over Western Canada.
A Keneral rl«e of a to :tn dc K ree* In
temperature hn* occurred over
nearly all the territory weat of
the Mlaalnalppl river, while ea«t
of the river It la 2 to 1(1 decrees
cooler with the line of freey.lne
temperature extending; Into Ten
nrurr.
Temperature: S a. in.. 34.
Sun: Hl*ea, <l:tVl a. m.: *eta, fI:3.S
P. m.
Moon: Flrat quarter. p. m.
Illver StoKe: 12.N feet nbote low
water mtirk.
Veaterday'* W/ilhcr
Ills lie*t temperature. At.
I.oneat temperature. 311.
Mean temperature. 3S.
.Normal temperature, 30.
f CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS AT PENNSY STATION JUST BEFORE LEAVING ON 2-DAY TRADE TRIP
V J
Just before leaving the Pennsylvania Railroad Station this morning on the "Trade Trip Special" the members of the Chamber of Commerce wen
snapped by the Telegraph photographer. The two-day trade trip will take the Chamber members through the Susquehanna Valley and into the coal
region towns. City advertising is the main object of the trip.
COMMERCE BODY
HAS GREAT TIME ON
FIRST DAY OF TRIP
Trade Extension Excursion Party
Meets Most Distinguished Citi
zens in All Towns Visited
[ By Staff Correspondent J'
Sunbury, Pa., Feb. 17. —It has been
a great start of what promises to be a
great trip!
The liarrisburg Chamber of Com
merce trade extension party arrived
here on schedule time aboard its
special train after a very eventful
journey from liarrisburg. Sunbury
turned out its most distinguished citi
zens to meet the visitors and the party
was escorted to City Hotel, where
luncheon was served.
Millersburg was the first stop and
the Harrisburgers found the town flag
flying at full mast in a whipping breeze
and a large number of the representa
tive business men and manufacturers
o:" that thriving Dauphin county town
out to meet them. The delegation was
headed by {I. M. Fairchilds, former
burgess and one of the live wires of
the place; J. W. Brubaker, another
prominent citizen, and H. M. Bowman,
a businessman well known all over
the county. They were escorted over
town and made the entire trip without
rubbers, due to the fact that Millers
burg boasts of more than two miles of
well-paved streets.
Set- Big Fire Drill
At the Johnson Bailey Shoe Com
pany's plants as the visitors lined up
before the building a fire drill alarm
was sounded «n<l more than 600 em
ployes of this popular Industry piled
out pell in ell while the Harrisburgers
cheered and gave the liarrisburg yell,
followed by "What's the matter with
Millersburg?"
The Millersburg bunch distributed
business literature and the Harris
burgers responded with presentation
of liarrisburg booklets.
In the public square they were wel
comed by H. W. Bowman, who spoke
in the absence of the burgess, who
was ill, and John S. Musser, former
president of the liarrisburg Rotary
Club and president of the Dauphin
Electric Supply Company, responded.
At Herndon the Harrisburgers were
[ met by C'. A. Riland, secretary, and
i .T. L. Brower. president, of the Board
of Trade, and the speaker of the occa
sion. the Rev. Charles A. Arner, pastor
of the United Evangelical Church,
was introduced by 1.,. J. Tressler, a
well-known business man. At the re
quest of President Henderson Gilbert,
the response was made by Gus M.
Steinmetz, of the Harrisburg Tele
graph.
The Sunbury delegation included W.
W. Fisher, president, A. W. Leib, vice
president, J. G. Yarnall, treasurer, and
Amos Bloom, secretary, of the Sun
bury Business Men's Association, and
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SHIP PUBCIUSE BILL
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
Voted on as Amendment to
Week's Naval Auxiliary Measure
Early Today
By Associated Press ,
Washington. Feb. 17.—The govern
ment ship purchase bill, as ail amend
ment to the Weeks' naval auxiliary
bill was passed by the House at 1.20
o'clock this morning by a vote of
215 to 121.
The passage of the bill followed a
14-hour parliamentary struggle which,
unt(l after midnight threatened to ex
tend for a long period, because of a
determined filibuster lead by Minority
Leader Mann who yielded only after
administration leaders decided to ap
ply a second special rule to bring the
fight to an end.
Nineteen Democrats voted against
the bill. They were: Bathrick, Borch
ers, Callaway, Dies, Donohue, Fitz
gerald, Gerry, Gordon, Jones, Kindel,
Kltehln. Morrison. Moss of Indiana,
Page of North Carolina, Saunders,
Slayden, Whitacre, White and Wither
spoon.
All of the Republicans present
voted against the bill and five Pro
gressives joined with the Democratic
majority for it, as follows: Bryan,
Kelloy of Pennsylvania, McDonald,
Lafferty and Murdoch.
IJAND KMDK BURIED HOUSE
By Associated Press
Rome, Feb. 17.—A land slide caused
b; the torrential rains at Varcosablna
buried a house occupied by eight per
sons. None of those entombed - has,
been rescued.
HARRISBURG. PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING , FEBRUARY 17, 1915.
WHY DO JOKESMITHS PESTER ONE
WITH "HOUSE OF MYSTERY" STUFF
Restaurant Baker's Position Suddenly Turned Into Just a Job; Tiny
Foot and Matted Mop of Baby Curls—o-o-oh!
Ordinarily being the baker in a well
known Market street restaurant is a
pretty fair position even if one does
have to turn out before daylight every
morning, but when fresh guys in the
neighborhood persist in harrowing a
fellow's feelings with almost tangible
evidence of a murdered 4-year-old
baby, that position ceases to be a
position.
It gets to be just a tough job.
Which is the gist of the plaint of
the baker. Cause and effect are the
direct results of these stories about
that Allisoh Hill "house of mystery"
and the finding of the skeleton of a
girl in the cellar the other day.
The kitchens of the restaurant open
upon a sort of courtyard and the yard
leads into a building in Blackberry
street that is being used by the Kauf
man stores as sort of a temporary
warehouse. All sorts of things from
SKELETON MYSTERY
IS STILL UNSOLVED
' Police Diligently Searching For
Some Trace of Bessie Guyei,
Dentist's Maid
No further developments in the
J identification of the skeleton unearth
ied last Friday in the cellar of the
| house, 133 South Fourteenth street,
! have come to light to-day, but the
1 diligent searching of the authorities
i may be expected to bring to light
•some important clue at any time.
District Attorney Michael E. Stroup
| says that all the powers at his coin
j niand, as well as the force of the local
! police department, will spare no efforts
to solve the mystery, and apprehend
, the criminal.
County Detective James T. Walters
; expects to search for Bessie Guyer, tho
! girl who was said by Dr. Charles E.
j Ayres to have lived with him as a
nurse girl during his residence at the
J house in 1902.
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Boys Held Under $1,500
For Highway Robbery
Albert Heagy and John F. Gibb
were held for court under $1,.j00 hail
! after a preliminary hearing this morn
ing before Alderman Charles E. Mur
ary on a charge of highway robbery
preferred by James F. Higgins, of Aus
tin. The two men were arrested last
week in Ohio by Constable Haines.
IMIIMIT
HIDE MPT PROPOSAL
Only Few Hours Remain Before
Germany's Proclamation Goes
Into Effect
By Associated Press
i Washington. Feb. 17.—Olfkials of
I the Washington government to-day
I had unofficial advices from London in
dicating that there was little likelihood
there that Great Britain would ac
cept German's proposal to withdraw
her threat of a submarine blockade
against England if the latter would
permit the free movement of food
stuffs to the civil population of Ger
many. Germany's proposal was laid
before the British Foreign office yes
terday by Ambassador Page at Lon
don.
The same advices stated further
that Great Britain was preparing to
put into effect more rigorous measures
to prevent Germany from receiving
food supplies from other nations.
Hut a few hours now remain before
Germany's sea war zone proclamation
is scheduled to go into effect. In the
meantime, administration officials
continue to await the formal repties of
Great Britain and Germany to the re
cent American notes regarding the use
of neutral flags the submarine cam
paign on merchant vessels and tho
shipment of foodstuff to Germany.
I While high officials admit the grav
ity of the diplomatic situation thev
were still hopeful to-day that an un
derstanding on the question of food
stuffs would be reached whereby the
necessity which Germany declares will
jfesult for making war on enemy mar
• hantships inay be avoided.
the tinware to the toy department are
stored there.
Early yesterday morning the baker
glanced out of the window and in the
dim hall-light saw the tiny foot and
a wealth of matted red hair protrud
ing from a newspaper on the stone
ugs. When he had recovered his
breath and locked the door and placed
a hatchet where it could be reached in
a hurry he told the boss. The latter
says he always thought he was ordi
narily phlegmatic. He had a look at
the weird package in the newspaper—
and discovered he isn't so very, very
phlegmatic at all. Eventually an in
vestigation disclosed the low-down
trick that some fresh jokesmith in a
nearby factory had tried to slip over
on the baker.
Wrapped in the paper was a victim
of the Kaufman tire —a great, big,
one-time beautiful doll.
TMMBILL"
INTRODUCED 111 HOUSE
I - ' - -
Measure Permitting Judges to Sus
-1 pend Jail Sentences First Killed
This Session
The bill drafted for the Thresher
men's Association of Pennsylvania for
regulation of traction engines was in
troduced in the House to-day by Mr.
Spangler, York. The bill divides such
motor vehicles into two classes, farm
j machines and draft machines. The
j maximum weight in the first class is
j ÜB,OOO pounds and the width 112
• inches and in the second class 32,000
I pounds with 120 inches width. The
| bill provides for licensing of the State
j Highway Department with numerous
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Aged Woman Falls
Dead in Throng at
Broad Street Market
Mrs. John 11. Doming:, aged 71
years, of 507 Muciich street, died of
heart failure while purchasing sup
plies in Broad street market about
7 o'clock this morning.
She was alone and died before med
loal assistance couhl he obtained, she
Is survived by lier husband and one
daughter. Mrs. B. F. I'mberger. 127
IVITer street. Funeral services will In
held at the daughter's home Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
IIOPIILT
TAKEN BY GERMANS
j
j Many Cannon and Machine Guns
Also Captured After Battle
in East Prussia
_Berlin, l»y Wireless to London, Feb.
17, 9.10 A. M.—Fifty thousand pris
oners, besides many cannon and ma
chine guns, were captured by the Ger
mansVhen the Russian tenth army was
defeated in the Mazurian lake district,
1 East Prussia, according to a statement
j issued at general headquarters here
I to-day. The text of the communication
I follows:
"In a nine days' battle in the Ma
zurian lake district the Russiun tenth
army, consisting of at least eleven in
fantry and several cavalry divisions,
not only was driven out of strongly
entrenched positions east of the Ma
zurian lake plateau, but was forced
back across the frontier.
"Ftterly defeated at almost every
point, only the remnants of the army
managed to reach the woods east of
Suwalki and Augustowo, where thev
are being pursued. The number of
prisoners taken has not been ascer
tained, but certainly exceeded 50,000.
More than fifty cannon and sixty ma
chine guns, besides an unknown quan
tity of war material, were captured.
"Emperor William was present dur
ing the decisive fighting in the center
of our line. The victory was won by
veteran East Prussian troops, assisted
by other troops who were young for
such work but proved their worth.
"The achievements of these troops
under fearful weakness, marching by
day and night and fighting against
such a stubborn enemy are beyond
all praise."
GOVERNOR TALKS
ON HIS IDEAS ON
CHILD LABOR BILL
Wants Pennsylvania to Have Very
Best Laws on the Subject in
the Whole Union
j Governor Brumbaugh to-day made
1 his position plain on the "child labor"
j bill presented in the Senate by Mr.
[Phlpps, of Crawford county, the meas
: ure prepared by the Pennsylvania
Child Labor Association. "1 favored
the Phlpps bill when presented, but I
I did not stand arbitrarily back of it
| for the reason that I believe there is
j a better solution of the problem." said
I he. "The bill is an improvement over
i existing conditions and if it is en
[ acted the State will have one of the
best child labor laws in the Union, but
if the changes 1 have in mind are
| made, Pennsylvania will have the best
I child labor law of all and that is what
we should have. We should lead."
j The Governor said that he was ap
| proaching the question gradually fol
lowing the lines of his inaugural ad
dress. It has been known for a long
time that he felt that no child under
j sixteen should work in school hours.
• but Be given the'fullest etlufattonal
advantages possible to tit the young
ster physically and mentally for the
serious work of life. He will work for
this plan, but if it should develop
that conditions now are unfavorable
the burden of children between 14 and
16 should be so lightened that they
can be given opportunity for education
for two years. The continuation
school idea is strongly favored on
Capitol Hill.
Dr. Brumbaugh means to get the
best child labor law possible while he
| is Governor Just as he means to ob
[ tain the best workmen's compensation
| act. The latter act will be made pub
| lie next week. Last night the con
ference at the Governor's residence re
sulted in approval of the bill for the
I commission form of administration,
I the three commissioners to be named
Iby the chief of the Department of
] Commerce and Labor.
British Steam Collier
Torpedoed by Germans
| Havre, via Paris, Feb. 17, 1.45 a. m.
I —The British steam collier Dulwich,
| bound from Hull to Rouen, was tor
i pedoed by a German submarine 20
miles northwest of Cape De La Heve
at li o'clock last night. The torpedo
| struck the middle starboard side,
i As the crew took to the boats the
submarine which torpedoes the ship
was seen speeding «way. The Dul
wich sank in 20 minutes.
Twenty-two members of the crew of
31 men were picked up by the French
destroyer Arquebuse and brought to
Havre. Seven others rowed to Fe
camp. The fate of the other two is
unknown.
! BROTHERHOODS CALL
RAILROADS UNFAIR
Assert Their Recent Full Crew Re
j peal Statement Is Intended to
Deceive Public
Tn a statement issued to-day by the
legislative committees of the Brother
hood' of Railroad Trainmen and Or
dur of Railway Conductors, railroad
companies are again charged with un
fairness in their fight for the repeal
of the full crew law.
The legislative representatives of
these two transportation brotherhoods
say the railroad companies are right
in theory, hut are coercive in their
tactics; that they have the right to
give their side, but should explain
facts more fully. It Is denied that
employes have the privilege of signing
or refusing to sign a petition.
The legislative boards claim that
men outride the transportation de
partments must sign against the full
crew law. They also claim that the
program mapped out by the railroad
companies to give the public infor
mation regarding the full crew bill is
deceptive.
The statement In part follows:
"The Pennsylvania, Baltimore &
Ohio, Philadelphia & Reading. Lehigh
Valley, Erie, Lackawanna, New York
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WANT $100,000,000 FOR I/OAXS
Paris. Feb. 16, 11 p. m .—A bill pro
viding for a credit of $100,000,000
from which loans can bo made to
small business Interests ruined by the
war thereby enabling them to "start
again, will be Introduced in the Cham
ber of Deputies by Georges Berry,
12 PAGES
RUSSIAN ARMY ENVELOPED
BY AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS;
BRITISH SHIP TORPEDOED
German Dispatches Say Invaders Were "Utterly Defeated
at Most Points" and That 50,000 Russians Were
Made Prisoners; German Submarine Again Active
in English Channel; German Note Presented to the
American Ambassador
The German War office announced
to-day that In the recent defeat of the
Russians in the Mazurian lakes region
of East Prussia, mor than 50,000 prls-1
oners were taken. The invaders, it is
said, were "utterly defeated at most
points," only remnants of the Rus
sian army escaping after a battle of
nine days. An earlier official Ger
man statement "said that 26,000 Rus
sions had been captured.
The Russian army at the other end
of the eastern front also is in danger,
according to the correspondent of a 1
Berlin newspaper who states that the |
force which penetrated Bukowina has
been enveloped by Austro-Hungarian
troops. Again a battle Is believed
to he pending near Czernowitz.
German's reply to the American
note concerning the rights of Ameri
can vessels in the war zone which the
Berlin government announced will be
established around the British Isles
to-rnorrow, was delivered to Ambas
sador Gerard, who forwarded it to
Washington.
Another British vessel has been
sunk by a German submarine. It be
came known to-day that the collier
Dulwich, which went down yesterday
in the English channel was torpedoed.
Formidable Army Assembled
An Athens dispatch states that a
formidable army has been assembled
for a new campaign against Serbia.
This army is described as amounting
to 450,000 men, made up in part of
Germans. The army which Serbia
now has in the field is estimated at
about one-half this size.
WILL SUSPEND SHIPPING
By Associated Press
London, Feb. 17, 10.40 a. m.—The
Exchange Telegraph company's Am
sterdam correspondent is authority
for the statement that the Batavia and
Seeland shipping lines and services be
tween Kolkstone and Flushing will lie
| TEPO RTI>RO VE S~SRR ON EO U5 T
■ London, Feb. 17, 12.57 P. M.—The rej
if current last night and received wide publicity to the c' - ft!
I % that a prize crew of three British officers a en men (i
I * had been placed on board the American steamer Wilhelmina §1
I■ at Falmouth, proved to-day to be erroneou... The officer •[
j ■ commanding the men in charge of the Wilhelmina said that £
J the detachment was not a prize crew but merely a guard. C
/ Berlin, via London, Feb. 17, 10.50 A. ' Germany H,
M reply to the United States note of protest against the regu- |
# lations proposed for a war zone in the waters around the C
C sles, has been handed to Ambassador James W.
r Gerard and probably will be forwarded to Washington to- J
C Washington, Feb. 17,'TAdrninistration Democrats got y
C another setback in their fight for President Wilson's ship J
C bill when they suddenly learned to-day that the bill as it 9
% passed the House last night will not command the support )
( of Senators Kenyon, Norris or LaFollette, Progressive Re- ( )
i Publicans. . ... \ ..... 4 )
f ANONYMOUS LETTER WRITERS BUSY 1
C Harrisburg—Several anonymous letters have been re- 1
m ceived by District Attorney Michael E. Stroup, regarding ' k
C the skeleton mystery on Allison Hill. One this morning, I [
m written on a scrap of paper, gave a new clue in an entirely I .
# different direction from the theory that the victim may have ( |
i been the Mechanicsburg girl, Bessie Guyer. The district 1 |
F attorney would not disclose the contents of the letters. I
C ROBBERS RAID BANK 1 ,
£ Duenweg, Mo., Feb. 17. —Three unmasked men with ' |
I drawn revolvers entered the State Bank here to-day and 1
1 after forcing the cashier to open the vault obtained $2,000. J
I The robbers fled, but are reported to have been captured J
' I near Joplin by a posse of fifty men. M
r. '!
.i;
> MARRIAGE
Klm*r Stunf, Carlinle. and Mary A. Mlllfr, Strn artntorrn.
* POSTSCRIPT
suspended for a few days after Thurs
day, February 18, the date on which
Germany announced its determination
to begin a blockade of British waters.
'British Raiders Again
Attack German Positions
Special to The Telegraph
London, Feb. 17. —The air wing of
the British navy, aided by some French
aviators, yesterday made another
massed attack on the German positions
along the Belgian coast in an effort to
I destroy or damage the submarine baso
at Zeebrugge, the guns at Oatend and
Middelkirke and the aerodrome at
Ghistelles.
According to the official report, good
results were attained. Forty machines
Were utilized, as compared with thirty
four in last Friday's attack. Yester
day's raid accordingly was the great
est aerial onslaught in history.
While the British airmen were drop
ping their bombs on the gun positions,
the supply trains and barges and tho
trawlers used in mine laying and mine
sweeping operations eight French air
men attacked the Ghistelle aerodrome,
thus preventing the German aviators
from making an attempt to cut off tho
British machines.
KISSIAN \It.MY KNVICI.OPKI)
By Associated Press
j Berlin, via London, Feb. 17, 10.. T0
; a. m.—-The Russian army in Bukowina
lias been enveloped by the Austrian-
Hungarians between the Pruth ami
Sereth rivers, a correspondent of tho
Tageblatt says in a dispatch from liis
tritz. A general battle may be expected
therefore, south and east of Czerno
wltz.
WANT STATION
I A delegation of New Market resl
. dents will petition the Public Service
i Commission to-morrow for a station.