Warships of Allies Reported to Have P HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— Xo. 47 • URGE CITY'S CHURCHES TO : HELP RELIEVE INTENSE WANT i IN HUNDREDS OF NEED Y HOMES • 1 1 "O-MORROW every church and Sunday S<*liool in llarrishurg will he « • i asked by the llarrishurg Montr ami War Relief Committee to help ♦ in the work of relieving the city's hundreds of needy poor. ♦ J If money Is not inixtl at once the work of the Relief Committee • • mnst enw March 19. \s hundreds of men will he out of employment J J until the beginning of the Spring Improvement operations, this means * , that hundreds of women and children will he without the necessities J , of life for weeks. , J Feeling that the Church in Harrisburg will open wide its purse in J , this exigency, the W»js and .Means Committee lias addressed the fol- « 4 lowing letter to the pastor of every church: • • „ « ♦ "Dear Sir: , j !"The Home and War Relief Committee, through contributions < amounting to over SB.OOO, has been able to partially relieve the distress < of the unemployed In this city throughout the past winter. All of this « ♦ money has been or will be spent in Ilarrishurg. Already more than < ♦ four hundred families, of which men liavc been out of employment. ' ♦ have been assisted by giving work to the women. Xotw ithstantling w hat ] i lias thus been done, appeals for help continue In as great numbers as , ♦ at any time in the past. This urgent need will continue, at least, until < t April Ist. but funds on hand and In sight will not permit the work to » ♦ be carried on beyond March 15th, if so long. < , "Will you not. therefore, read this letter to each de|>arimeut of J « your Sunday School, at the services on Sunday. February 2Mth. and earn- « ♦ estly appeal to it. and to its class organizations, to appropriate on that • ♦ day, from their treasuries, such amounts as they may. in their gen- • J erosity, feel able to give to relieve the intense want still so prevalent ' I In our city. ! ♦ "Please send your contribution promptly to John K. Sweeney, treas ♦ urer, care of Mechanics' Trust Company. Hnrrisburg. Pa. « "With deep appreciation. I am, on bcliair of the Committee, I "Yours very truly, J "W. M. DONALDSON". Chairman » "Ways and Means Committee." ! ♦ I SCHMIDT TAKES OVER HK BAKING CO.; TO ORGANIZE BIG FIRM New Concern Will Be Capitalized at Half Million; Will Probably Control Both Plants A new baking company with a capi talization of $500,000 to lie called the Capital City Baking Company, with Bernard Schmidt as the controlling head will be organized as soon as pos sible. The new company will take over the Harrisburg Baking Company property. Mr. Schmidt said this morning that negotiations were completed last night with members of the Andrews family, who control the Harrlsburg Baking I'ompany, relative to the purchase of their property and that the Capital City Baking Company will be formed as soon as details are decided. lie • ould not say definitely but intimated that a new corporation will be a hold ing company t'or the control of the llarrisburg Baking Company and the Bernard Schmidt Bakery. He did say that both plants will be continued practically as they are at present with the same individual management and the same styles of bread products. It is understood that John E. Fox will be one of the three directors nec essary to the formation of a corpora tion. Submarine U9 Believed to Have Been Destroyed By Associated Press Christiania. via London, Feb. 27, .".50 A. M. —Wreckage picked up near • 'hristiania appears to indicate a dis aster to the German submarine U-9. The German submarine U-9 has played an important part in fie naval activities of the war. It sank the British cruisers Hogue, Aboukir and i Cressy in the Xorth Sea on Septem ber 23 and eluded pursuit. On Oc- i tober 25 it sank tlie British cruiser, llawk. A Dutch steam trawler reported No- ' \ ember 1 that it nad met the U-9 in a disabled condition oft Haak's lightship, neor Helder. on the north coast of Holland. Its trouble had been caused bv becoming entangled in fishing nets. There have been no reports regarding i the U-9 since that date. RUSSIANS FIGHTING FIERCELY By Associated Press London, Feb. 27. 7.17 A. M. —A dis patch to the Times from Petrograd ■ays that Information has been re ceived in the Russian capital that sev eral units belonging to the Two Hun dredth Corps, which was surrounded by the Germans In the retreat from East Prussia, still are fighting stub bornly and probably will be able to rejoin the Russian army. THE WEATHER For llarrlabaric and vlclnhy: Fair to-night t Sunday partly cloudy, i-patlnurd cold. Far Kantrrn Pennsylvaniai Fair to-night i Sunday partly cloudy, winllnofd cold: fresh norths rat it In da. River The main river, with all Ita trlhn tarlea. report falllas condNlona thla moraine. They nlll continue to fall during the next twenty four hour*. A atage of about 12.2 feet la Indi cated by Sunday morning for llar rlaburg. General Condition* The effeet of the aoriheaatera dla t nrhance la allght!> felt on Ita iveatero border, having raoaed anon flurries at several atattona. It haa held In cheek the progres alve movement of an area of high preaaure to the went of tt, phlrh has, as a consequence, built ap In atreagth. Temperature: 8 a. ■„ 26 . Son: Rises. Hi* a. m.: aets, 6:SI p. m. » Moon: Full moon. March 1, 1:33 p. m. River Stage: 74.3 feet above low mater mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, W. ■ finest temperatare. 28. Mean temperatare, 84, Normal temperature. 32. W.U.HENSEL. FORMER JTTORIY GENERAL. DIES 111 SIM Carried on Law Practice in Lan caster With Chief Justice J. Hay Brown "iV ; ' jOJIH JBHH| VILUAU U. H£NSEI< By Associated Press _ Savannah, Ga.. Feb. 27.—William Uhler Hensel. of Lancaster. Pa., for i years a prominent Democratic leader jin Pennsylvania and formerly presi ' dent of the Pennsylvania Bar Asso- I ciation and Attorney General of Penn jsylvania, died here last night. He 1 was 63 years old. The body will be sent to Lancaster. Lancaster. Pa.. Feb. 27.—William Uhler Hensel was born in Quarryville, , Lancaster county, on December 4. [Continued on Page 12] Keep Train at Full Steam to Convey the Sultan of Turkey From His Capitol By Associated Press , Paris. Feb. 27, 5:15 a. m.—The ( "Matin" this morning prints a dis patch from Its correspondent at Atli i ens. who repeats the story published ! several times recently that the sultan of Turkey is preparing to leave Con stantinople and that to this end Im -1 peria.l trains are kept with steam up in the railroad station. The inhab itants of the Prinkipo islands In the sea of Marmora not far from Con stantinople have been instructed to hold themselves in readiness to leave. Second Elliott-Fisher Class Will Start Soon The second salesmen's class of the ] Elliott-Fisher Company will start a i month's study Monday with about twenty-five men, a few of whom are Harrisburgers. Employes in the company's service at its various branches in other parts of the country are brought here for the instruction. The course is designed to fit men for the salesmanship of the Elliott-Fisher products all over the world and is in charge of the staff of officials of the local factory. One class was conducted with much suc cess in January and others will be started at Intervals as the needs of the service demand. Mongolian Sailing Under , Own Power to Halifax By Associated Press New York, Feb. 27. —The Allan I Steamship Mongolian, which sent out i a wireless call yesterday for help be cause she was leaking badly 400 miles ! oIT the coast of Nova Scotia, is head- i ing for Halifax under Her own power! and should reach there, to-morrow, local agents of the line announce here to-day. The United States coast guard cutter, Seneca, is convoying the Mon golian which has aboard 200 passen gers bound for Glasgow. Fears for the safety of tlje vessel have been set at rest, it was said by wireless messages telling of the Sen eca's -resence and the ability of the "*">"-olian to travel under her own steam. HARRISBURG. PA., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1915. ANGLO-FRENCH SHIPS REPORTED TO HA VE PENE TRA TED DARDANELLES m ~ HERE'S AN ETCHING OF THE ISLAND COAL WHARF AS PLANNED BY EXPERT MANNING FOR THE CITY PARK DEPARTMENT —I.)~T l~ I f At the recent session of the City Planning Commission at which the ordinance to lease a plot on the island to the Harrisburg Light and Power Company for a coal wharf was under consideration. Warren H. Man ning. landscape architect and park expert and consultant for the Planning Commission, submitted a tentative sketch for the proposed wharf and hopper, which will be generally followed out the electric company officials declare, in the construction of the island dock. The accompanying etching is a reproduction of Mr. Manning's plan. The scheme will include the construction of a coal hopper and a little room for the hoisting machinery. Between these structures there will be the derrick and boom for hoisting the coal from the flats The hopper and machinery buildings will not be more than twenty-five or thirty feet hi ill and the tallest point in the group will be the outswinging derrick boom. When raised to the Highest point this will be a little more than fortv feet high. The buildings will be constructed so as to give what Mr. Manning calls a "monolithic effect," as an ending to Pine street. The buildings will be painted green so as to follow the natural color scheme of the cling ing vines, shrubbery and young trees which will be planted around the buildings. Work will likelv he started by March 10 it is expected and it is hoped to have the whole structure completed by the middle of April. ASK SEITZ OPINION ON CLOSING WHARF Board of Public Works Decides to Obtain Solicitor's Views Pend ing Recommendation At its meeting yesterday afternoon the Board of Public Works decided to obtain an opinion from City Solicitor D. S. Seitz relative lo closing entirely the unsightly gap In the river wall at Market street and thus eliminate the coal wharf. Upon the solicitor's reply will depend the character of the legis lation on the problem which the board will recommend to Council. In the meantime James Shope. a former employe of the board and now in the park department, and Elbridge W. Cowden. one of the assistant engi neers of the board, will prepare neces sary etchings for the treatment of the point. This will Include the closing of the gap in the wall. By the terms of the recent agreement between the city and Stucker Brothers Construction Company, the wall contractors, pro vision is made for the building of five more sections of steps at Market street jso that the opening will be narrowed i to eighty feet. ] Commissioners Bowman. Lynch and i Taylor and City Engineer Cowden yes- I terday visited both Paxton and Ver j beke street landing with a view to i determining just what should be done by way of treatment for the accommo dation of the coal fleets, which, with the exception of the Harrisburg Light and Power Company, will land at Mar ket street. The high water, however, prevented a thorough inspection of conditions. The board decided to suspend the bulk of the improvement operations ' until the weather opens up again and i the entire staff of the field and office i men. with the exception of Principal i Engineer J. D. Justin and Assistant ' E. W. Cowden and I>ewis Shoaf, were ! temporarily suspended for several i weeks. DECORATION FOR HIM)EN BURG i Berlin. Feb. 27 (by wireless to Lon don, 9.33 A. M.). —Emperor William , has conferred the decoration of the i Pour le Merits Order upon Field Mar j shal von Hindenburg. the German j commander on the eastern front. M.E. CHURCHES ASK MINISTERS TO STtf Address Resolutions to Annual Conference to Be Held at Sha mokin in March Methodist churches are preparing for the Central Pennsylvania Metho dist conference to be held March 17 to 24 at Shamokin. ! Prior to this conference the Metho idist churches of the Central district will hold their fourth quarterly con ference in their respective churches. Five of the seven Methodist Episcopal churches In Harrisburg have held their conferences and two more will have j their sessions next week. Each one of the congregations is in [Continued on Page 12] THIEVES TAKE CHOICE MEATS . VEGETABLES AM) DELICACIES Thieves entered the home of A. F. Bartolet, a conductor, 17 South Fif teenth street, last night, and cleaned out the refrigerator. They also visited the cellar and carried off potatoes and other vegetables. From the refrigera tor they took hotter, eggs, meats, two pies and other eatables. Mr. and Mrs. Bartolet were away. PLAGUE OF WAR DUE WOMEN OUT OF S So Declares Rabbi Wise in Address Before National Peace Confer ence at Chicago; Working For Early Cessation of War By Associated Frist Chicago. Feb. 27. —A national peace conferance was opened here to-day for the purpose of adopting a plan by which the sympathy, influence and aid of the American people may be ten dered nations involved in the Euro pean war and the cause of early peace promoted. The conference which was attended by peace advocates from all parts of the nation was held under the auspices of the Emergency Federation of Peace forces. Miss Jane Addams, of Chi cago. was the chairman. The confer ence will close to-morow night. 'OLD GLORY' WAVES THROUGHOUT BELGIUM i Peasants Revere Stars and Stripes as the Symbol of Their Salvation By Associated Press Brussels, Feb. 16.—The American lag now has the right of way on Bel gian roads and flying from the ware houses and stations of the commission for relief in Belgium as well as from its automobiles it forms about the only bit of color in this desolate land. The passing peasant not only gives cars bearing the "Stars and Stripes" clear way but stands at salute as they go by. The flag flies from the barges carrying relief food and It again waves from the warehouses and stations, but care is taken that It Is not used with out authority. To the Belgians the American flag is the outward symbol of their relief from possible starvation and they re vere it accordingly, extending to it the same respect they would pay to their own banner were they allowed to fly it. ENGLAND WANTS 116 HEAVY MORTON CARS Order For Commercial Tracks Totals $400,000; Must Re Delivered Within 60 Days An order for 116 commercial trucks of three and five ton capacity, aggre gating a total price of about f 400,000, was received this morning by the Mor ton Truck and Tractor Company from the British government. The contract calls for delivery with in sixty days, and cars will be shipped every week as fast as completed. Work will begin on the new cars within a few days and in addition to the recent order of 300 tractors from the Russian government and other lo cal orders, will keep all departments of the plant working to full capacity. The trucks are of the same design as the smaller size worm-drive com mercial trucks, some of which are used in this city. SURTAX'S ELDEST SISTER DEAD Amsterdam; via London. Feb. 27, 10.15 A. M.—A dispatch received here from Constantinople relates the death of the eldest sister of the present sul tan of Turkey. Djemile Sultana. She waa born in 1843. Edwin D. Mead, of Boston, In an address said that in the present Euro pean crisis the neutral nations had been silent too long. "TTm' HlMrni'r of women from the councils of State partially, if not largely, is responsible for the continu ance of the plague of war upon earth." said Dr. Stephen H. Wise, rabbi of the Free .Synagogue of N»w York. "Is War Cureless?" was the question he discussed. The belief that man was born a fighting animal and must forever remain one, he called "the most immoral of all moral heresies." ! MISS CRAMP BLAMES SCHOOL TRUSTEE NOW ! ' Says He Told Her Wife Wu to Be at That Dinner, and Decides to Stay at School Miss Helen Irene Cramp, the Gut tenberg. N. J., schoolteacher, well known here, who resigned Thursday because of the notoriety received after she and Charles W. Blackmore, a trustee, had dined together In a New York restaurant, and after he was ac cused of having written her a letter beginning "Hello, Girlie," withdrew the resignation yesterday. "I'm going to stay here," she said last night to a reporter for the New I York World, "and what's more. I'm I going to take charge of my classes on Monday. Had Talk With Principal | "I had a talk with Principal Miller to-day. He says I am a good teacher. He brought an affidavit for me to sign In which all blame for that New York dinner is thrown on Mr. Blackmpre. I [Continued on Page 12] SICK WOMAN TIED FROM BORNING HOME Mrs. Harvey B. Klaer's Mother Carried to Street When Flames Eat Through Manse Fire which started in the cellar of the home of the Rev. Harvey B. Klaer, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church. 521 Peffer street, shortly be fore noon to-day, caused damage es timated at S2OO. Mrs. Lee. mother of Mrs. Klaer, who has been ill for some time, was in bed on the second floor, and was carried to a place of safety by neighbors. The origin of the flre is not known, but it is believed to have started In a pile of rubbish. The flames spread rapidly to the first floor and were eat ing up through the partitions near the dining room when the firemen arrived. Considerable cutting was necessary to get to the flre. Neighbors gave valuable assistance in helping to get Mrs. Lee from the house and saving the household ef fects. Water did slight damage to carpets and furniture. Soon after this alarm came in. the noon lest was made from Box No. 61, Second and Cranberry streets, and many thought! it was a general alarm. / 14 PAGES IIIIES' WUPS KEEP HAMMERING AT. DIMES FORTS Necessity of Releasing Wheat Sup ply Causes French and British to Make Fierce Attack ONE SHIP THROUGH PASSAGE? Mine Sweepers at Work in Straits Under Protection of Fleet's Guns Ijoudon. Feb. 27, 12.15 P. M.—A fleet of British and frrm li warship* continues to hammer away to-day at the (loot* of the Dardanelles, the straits which close Russia's rich granary; and the very real necessity of reletis ing the huge supply of wheat on the shores of the Black Sea causes the general iK-lier that the present attack the Dardanelles Is a serious un dertaking and not merely a demon stration. Official announcements declare that after tlte reduction of the four outer Dardanelles forts mine sweepers went to work within the straits under the protection of the guns of the lleet, while unofficial dispatches front Athens ami Home assert that at least one French warship actually lias pene trated the passage. AIjCOIIOL SUPPLY SMALL By Associated I'rtss Berlin, via London, Feb. 27, 11.25 A. M.—Germany's simply of alcohol Is so far below the demand that the so called "spirits centrat" organization which primarily supplies the army's needs has announced that it will be compelled to limit sharply deliveries of brandy and spirits for other pur poses, especially for drinking:. About 40 per cent, of the former amount will be allowed the larger Industries for use in March and slightly more to smaller concerns. ST EG LE LEADC UH^Y New Yu: , eb. 27.—Charles R. CriiTt: . tori Richard P. Stegier, the German naval reser\:. t, now in the ' Tombs on ,< f fraudulently obt /, | p !ss->ort, i ♦ • -by that if his c'-ie ; , , or conspirac le would instruct him to ; guilty throw himself on the mercy of the court. ' I W . : >JOT CALL EXTRA SFF ON l I I I \ ? I va •; /s. ) ■"< l< i\ i t'.S l Athens, !' 27, via London.—An allie , 1 s to-day penetrated 1 1 " 1 here tO-< Intepe was destroyed. -GERMAN AEROPLANE RAID I London, Feb. 27.—German aeroplanes r a,de a raid oi | positions of the allies near Nieuport, and a French aeronaut i dropped bQ.nl .s on Metz. , ; I] | MARRIAGE LICENSES J l -"-". i : s i Hentfy, and KlUabrth I'lßlacht, I aloa UtfNlt, jj * POSTSCRIPT. Another British Merchant man Reported Torpedoed by Submarine in British Channel; French Warship Rushes to Its Assistance FRENCH PRESS AGAINST PROPOSAL OF THE U. S. Sultan of Turkey Makes Plans For Hasty Depart ure From Constantinople; Great Battle in Poland Is Still Undecided By Associated Prtss I'aris. Feb. 27, 11:16 a. ill. —Ths \tlicns correspondent of the Matin has forwarded the following: "After the complete destruction of tl»e forts al the entrance to the Dar danelles. the allied fleet penetrated the straits and shelled the interior forts. It proceeded down the Dardanelles li miles from the entrance."' Another British merchantman is re ported to have been torpedoed by a submarine in the English Channel. A French warship has gone to the as sistance of the vessel, the Identity of which has not been established. A Paris dispatch says that the French press is unanimous In its op position to the Informal proposals of the United States to Great Britain and Germany concerning the admis sion of food supplies to belligerent na tions for the civil populations and the cessation of submarine attacks on merchantmen. Great Britain's allies also are said to have advised her that they favor the policy of cutting off supplies from Germany. Clashes between the factions favor ing and opposing war continue to cre ate disturbances in Italy and the plan of the government to suppress public meetings for the discussion of this question led to a turbulent scene in parliament yesterday. Premier Salan dra. who on more than one occasion previously defined Italy's policy ns armed and watchful neutrality, ssld. In addressing parliament, that he did not know whether the nation was des tined to march to war. Warships of the Anglo-French fleet i [Continued ->n Page U]