Battleships of Atlantic Fleet Ordered From Guantanamo to Vera Cruz !
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 55
ran CRISIS m
BULGARIA IS FEARED:
MIIED FLEET BUS*
Bombardment of Dardanelles Con
tinues; New Warships in
Action
GREEK SITUATION UNCHANGED
Premier Radoslavoff Overthrown
by King Ferdinand, Says
Paris Dispatch
Bulgaria, considered the least likely
of any of the Balkan nations now at
peace to join the allies, is confronting
an internal crisis over the question of
peace or war. Keports reaching Paris
state that Premier Radoslavoff has
been overthrown by the influence of
King Ferdinand . because he desired
immediate action against Turkey. The
plan of the premier and his follow
ers as thus outlined was to occupy
Adrianople provided Greece threw in
her lot with the triple entente.
The course to be followed by Greece
is still to be determined, although
King Constantine. in his opposition
to war. is said to have the support of
the general staff. The main argument
advanced against Joining with the
allies is that an attack on Constan
tinople would weaken the military
strength of Greece along the border
of Bulgaria, which would be regarded
as dangerous in view of the relations
of the two countries.
M. Zaimis. requested by King Con
stantine to form a cabinet, has de
clined, and a member of the chamber
of deputies, M. Gounaris, has under
taken the task.
Panis dispatches mention several
wars lips not named before as mem
bers of the allied tleet which is at
tacking the Dardanelles. As the
strength of the British North Sea tleet
apparently has not been weakened,
the inference is drawn that Great
Britain and France are bringing in for
this service vessels from the far cor
ners of the world, the tieing up of
German shipping and the destruction
of German warships on the high seas
having made this possible.
German Forces Dislodged
Both the right and left flanks of the
German forces in Northern Poland
have been dislodged. Petrograd dis
patches state, from the position they
took up on the advance from East
Prussia. The German right wing is
said to have beaten a hasty retreat to
within eight miles of the bordor. To
day's official report from Berlin, how
ever. states that the Russian offensive
is being met successfully. Several Rus
sian assaults in this region are said
to have been repulsed.
The battle in Champagne has be
come less violent. Snow has inter
rupted fighting in the Vosges and else
where along the western front there is
no great activity. The day's official
reports from Berlin and Paris men
tion only local engagements of com
paratively small importance.
Russ in Important Places
A further advance by the Russian
army which is striking into Turkish
Armenia, along the shore of the Black
Sea. is announced at Petrograd. It is
claimed that the Russians have occu
pied Important positions beyond the
Tchoruk river, throwing back the
Turks with heavy losses.
Although there is no direct evidence
that Italy will depart from her policy
of armed neutrality, Rome dispatches
express the belief that the nation is
on the eve of "great and decisive
events." Premier Salandra is quoted
as saying that "Italians will see the
destiny of their countrv accomplish
ed."
Calls His Wife a Liar
Right Out in Court
Calling his wife a liar in desertion
court this morning, Howard Croft,
sued by his wife for support, brought
down the wrath of Judge Kunkel on
his head.
Mrs. Croft told the court her hus
band had lived with her only two
months following the jovful ringing of
the wedding belle, and that her
mother-in-law had threatened to
throw her out of the house one dav
following an argument.
"Tou're a liar?" broke in Croft.
"Be careful young man," said Judge
Kunkel. "Do you know we can hold
jou for contempt of court?"
Croft was careful during the rest of
the proceedings. He was ordered to
give his wife $3.50 a week.
THE WEATHER
For llarrlahurg anil vlclnltyi Fair
to-night and Wedneaday, with
not much change In temperature.
For Kaatern I'ennaylvnnla: Fair to.
night anil Wedneada>. uttb not
much 4-hauKr In 'temperature.
Hlver
■\\lth the exeentlun of one atatlon
the river obaervera report a
alight fall In the river. The con
dition of the river will be nearlv
atatlonary. and a state of doae
to 5.0 feet la Indlca-ted for Har.
rlahurg Wedneadny morning.
Weather Condition*
Fair weather pretalla thla morn
ing over the eastern portion of
the country, I naettle-i eondl
tlona prevail over the Mouthweat
with rain fallluc atonic the Texaa
coaat and anon In the northern por
tion and In Oklahoma.
A strung area of hlah preaaure with
alow movement oceuplea the
major portion of the I'laina
Ma-tea with a general rlae In prea
anre In all eaatern dlatrlcta. *
disturbance la entering the North
Facile coast and la attended by
rain In Southern Oregon.
Teinperaturea continue below the
acaaon averase In the eaat
ern and aouthern portions of the
country. with alight ehangea
alnee jcatcrday.
Temperntiirei R a. ni.. 26.
Sun: Hlacs, ttiXt a. m.| aeta, <1:01
p. in.
~Moont Rlaea, 2:tK a. m.
lllver S(a«ci 5 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest 'temperature, XI.
l.oweat temperature. 3n.
Mean temperature, .12.
Normal temperature. 33.
\ BIG MOTORCYCLE AND BOAT SHOW ATTRACTS HUNDREDS TO CHESTNUT STREET HALL)
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BIG MOTORCYCLE AND BOAT SHOW ATTRACTS HUNDREDS TO CHESTNUT STREET HALL I
"PEWS!" VOTES 10
RAISE INDEBTEDNESS
OF 00ID M0.G09.0i
Acquisition of Corporate Right
and Franchise of Lancaster
County Line Approved
DISCUSS FULL CREW LAW
! _
Resolution Passed by Body Seeks
Support in Effort to Repeal
Measure
I Philadelphia, March 9.—At the an
nual meeting of the Pennsylvania
| Railroad, to-day, a $40,000,000 in
| crease in indebtedness was authorized,
i The acquisition by the company of
! the corporate right and franchise of
jth Lancaster and Quarryville railroad,
the Pennsylvania, Monongahela and
; Southern railroad and Lewlsburg and
Ty rone Hallway company was also ap
| proved.
A resolution was adopted appealing
|to the stockholders, bondholders, the
[employes and the public at large to
i support the action of the management
!in its efforts to repeal the full crew
i law.
A resolution was also presented to
jbe submitted to the incoming board
I concerning certain pass concessions to
i employes of the company owning
I Pennsylvania railroad stocks. These
I c oncessions are to be graded according
I to the number of shares held.
,
FLOOD CONDITION'S SERIOUS
! Berne, via Paris. March 9. 9:15 A. M.
i —Flood conditions in Alsace are stead
! ily becoming worse ami serious dam
ago already has been caused, Commu-
I nlcatlon between Alkirch and Mel
luiusen has been interrupted. The
lower part of Altklrcli is under water,
as is the village of Illfurt and many
other places in the valley.
HOUSE FOR POM !
ELECTION OF TREAS'R
Measure Passes Lower Body After
Warm Debate; Copelin Would
Have to Run
The first of the amendments pro- j
posed to the third-class city act of|
1913 was passed in the House to-day j
wnen It voted 121 to 61 In favor of;
the bill to make city treasurers elective
by the people, instead of by council.
Representatives of lialf a dozen [
third-class cities debated the bill for I
hall an hour in the course of which ,
Mr. Ramsey, Delaware, declared that
the Legislature should allow the law
to be tried out instead of commencing >
to amend it when it had not been in '
operation two years.
The bill now goes to the Senate. If
passed it would affect City Treasurer!
Copelin and make his successor elec-1
tive this Fall.
Council Election Not Popular
Mr. Rininger, Rlair, sponsor for the '
bill, declared that the proposition fori
election of city treasurers by the coun- >
cil was not popular with the voters, j
and in Altoona, his home city, he felt
that the people were still competent!
to elect a treasurer. He pointed out'
that the treasurer, who Is elected by;
the council, sits with two of its mem
bers on the important sinking fund j
commission and that he is also treas- j
urcr of school funds over which the ;
council, which elects him, has no con- I
trol. In closing ho said the election of I
the United States senators had been'
given to the people and he felt that
they could be trusted to elect a city j
treasurer.
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ELEVEN IX OXK BED
A family of eleven with only one
bed in the house has come to the no
tice of the County Poor Board, who
have been assisting the family with
provislson, but have no means to sup*
ply furniture. Contributions will be
accepted.
HARRISBURG. PA, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1915.
WALNUT ST. BRIDGE
NOW LOOKS LIKE A
FUTURE POSSIBILITY
Ordinance Passed by Council
Which Practically Means First
Step in This Project
PEOPLE MUST PASS A LOAN
Gorgas and Lynch Against Meas
ure; Royal, Bowman and
Taylor Vote For It
In the final passage of an ordinance
by Council this afternoon, changing
the lines of Walnut street and putting
that street on the city map all the way
from the west side of the Pennsylvania
Railroad tracks to Tenth street, la seen
the tlrst step toward an overhead
bridge from the Hill district to the
city via Walnut street.
Councilman Bowman, who present
ed the measure, stated that back of
the measure was the thought in the
near future of taking up the bridge
proposition. Councilman Gorgas and
Lynch opposed the passage of the or
dinance at this time. Mayor John K.
Royal and Commissioners Bowman
and Taylor voted for it. •
The ordinance providing for the
purchase of a plot of ground in South
Harrisburg. now a part of the McCor
mick estate, as a site for the mu
nicipal asphalt plant went over until
to-morrow. Councilmen visited the
plot of ground this afternoon and also
looked over several other plots which
were suggested.
A petition signed by 100 citizens in
South Harrisburg protested against
the erection of the plant on the McCor
mick plot. Mr. Taylor also called
attention to the fact that the plot in
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MUSI BOTTLE MILK
AFTER FJKT OF MAY
Failure to Comply With New Reg
ulation Subjects Miikmen to
Heavy Fine
| After May 1, 1913. nil the milk or
(cream that is sold in ITarrlsbuvg must
I be bottled.
j Failure to comply v.ith this regula
tion will subject the milkman or dairy
man liable to a fine of not more than
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
May Appear as Witness
in Husband's Behalf
By Associated Press
New York, March 9.—lt was an
| nounced to-day by an official of the
j district attorney's office that in ail
probability Evelyn Nesbit Thaw would
! appear as n witness in Thaw's behalf.
In previous proceedings affecting
! Thaw's liberty, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
I has appeared against him. A week
ago a process server from the district
attorney's office called on Mrs. Thaw
with a suhpena bidding her to appear
;nt the trial for the prosecution. She
was quoted as having said:
"I am tired of this case. I think
I Harry is being persecuted, and if I
j take any interest whatever in it it will
be to do what I can for him. I think
he has been confined long enough, and
1 if bis lawyers want me, I will do any
thing I can for him."
For this reason, it was said, no sub
pena was left with Thaw's wife. It
| was understood, however, that the
prosecution would not be surprised if
(She was called to the witness stand
by the defense.
The prosecution's case against Thaw
was outlined by Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Frank G. Kennedy in the Supreme
Court to-day. Mr. Kennedy said the
State would offer evidence to prove
that Thaw was not only insane at
the time of his escape but that he was
insane now. I
PIPE BENDING CO.
PUNS BIG ADDITION
TO ITS BUILDINGS
Will Mean 50 Per Cent. Increase
to Present Facilities of
Great Plant
MAY NEED 300 MORE MEN
After Government Orders; Have
Made Much Shrapnel Since
Opening of War
Buildint? operations are now under
consideration at the Harrisburg Pipe
and Pipe Bending Works which will
mean an increase of 50 per cent, in
the present facilities of the big: plant.
Among the improvements planned
will be a new steel building and addi
tional electrical equipment which will
warrant the employment of probably
300 more men. The Harrisburg Pipe
and Pipe Bending Works at the pres
ent time is one of the biggest plants
of Its kind in this State and the pro
posed additions will make it one of
the most important in the United
States. Power for the new equipment
will he furnished by the Harrisburg
Light and Power company.
Announcement of the proposed in
creases were made this morning by
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OLI> BILL IX AGAIN'
Senator Sehantz, of Lehigh, intro
duced a bill last night that if passed
would give third-class cities the right
to annex suburbs in adjacent counties.
This would permit Harrisburg. if it
passed, to take over towns along the
West Shore. The bill has been up in
the past three sessions and has failed
of passage.
STATE EDITORS TIKE
CHILD LABOR STAND
Say Newsboys Are Not Direct
Employes, but Are Doing Busi
ness on Own Account
Recommendations statins the posi
tion of newspaper publishers regard
ins: the provisions of the child labor
bills that affect newsboys were made
this afternoon before Governor Brum
baugh by committees of the Pennsyl
vania State Editorial Association, the
Associated .Dailies of Pennsylvania
and the Pennsylvania Association of
Weekly newspapers, which are now In
session in the Board of Trade rooms
itor the forty-third annual meeting.
The position of the newspaper men
is that boys engaged In outdoor occu
pations that do not interfere with
school attendance should not be in
cluded in the provisions of the child
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Crew of Submarine U-8
May Be Held For Murder
Sfecial to The Telegraph
r»ndon. March 9. "The Board of
the Admiralty does not feel justified in
extending honorable treatment to the
twenty-nine officers and men of the
sunken German submarine C-S on the
ground that they were guilty of at
tacking and sinking unarmed merchant
men."
This sißnificant statement was issiu 1
last ..ight by the Official Press Bureau.
It is announced that it is Intended to
segregate these German- prisoners tin
der special restrictions, pending thetr
possible conviction on charges of mur
der at the conclusion of peace. The
crew of the U-8 was captured recentlv
when that submarine was sunk off
Dover.
CHAXGK IX CONDITION*
Kansas City, Mo., March 9.—Xo
change was noted by physicians in the
condition of W. R. Xelson, editor of
the Kansas City Star, who is critically
111 at his home here. During the night
he was conscious several times. Mr.
Xelson, who Is 74 years old, la suffer
ing from a disease of the liver. <
WEST END ABDUSED
IT PEIST'S PLAN
FOR 10 FT. BRIOGE
Whole Effect and Purpose of Im
provement Asso.'s Request Lost
If Footbridge Is Built
BENEFITS RAILROADERS ONLY
Subway or Overhead Drive Bridge
Is the Thing Needed at
Division Street
I'nless the Pennsylvania Railroad
provides for the construction of a full
width driveway bridge across its tracks
at Division street end thus abolishes
a dangerous grade crossing, the whole
effect and purpose of tho entire West
End's sentiment as voiced by the West
End Improvement Association will be
lost.
This was the opinion that prevailed
In the upper end of the city to-day
following the announcement of the
railroad company's intention to begin
work on the construction of a foot
walk from the street across the tracks
to the transfer station.
Plans, it is understood, have been
drawn for the extention of the foot
way from Division street clear across
the thirty-four tracks to the park line.
To date the Pennsy has arranged to
build only as far as the transfer point.
This will mean a span across twenty
one tracks. The financial depression
has prohibited a more extensive struc
ture at this time, the railroad officials
contend.
Park Commissioner M. Harvey Tay
lor alone is probably responsible for
obtaining the company's assurance, of
even a footway to the park entrance.
Plans for a formal treatment there to
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PRESENTS BILL TO ;
ABOLISH POLL TAX
Another Measure Would Repeal
Act Providing For Assessment
of Threshers
A resolution proposing an amend- !
ment to the constitution so as to abol- '
ish poll tax was introduced by Mr. j
Aron, Philadelphia.
j Air. Herman, Wyoming, presented a !
I bill to repeal the act of 1911. provid
ing foh assessment of traction engines
• as personal property.
! Other bills presented were:
Mr. ITubler, Luzerne—Prohibiting
fraud in sales of spring water.
Mr. Morton, Fayette—Regulating;
safety appliances on mine cars.
Mr. Herman, Wyoming—A supple- i
ment to the State highway law placing]
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| Desertion Court Unearths
Many Pathetic incidents
Why pretty Mrs. IJllian Kerstetter's
parents refused to permit her to come
| home and why she will he forced to
j spend weeks among total strangers
I even though she is ill was explained
to the Dauphin Countv Court this!
morning by the sad-voiced wife dur
ing her action against her husband, I
Walter E.. for support.
."My folks." Mrs. Kerstetter simply j
said, "won't ever let me come home."
"Why not'.'" inquired Judge McCar
rell.
"Because." went on the wife, "my
father told me that if I returned again '
to my husband this last time—he had i
deserted me twice before—he'd close |
; the door against me. And he did."
' The court ordered Kerstetter to pay 1
i $0 weekly toward the support of wife ;
| and small daughter.
I C\X PROCI.AIM MARTT.U, T,.\W i
Bucharest. Rumania, March G, via!
Paris. March 9. 6.05 a. m.—The Ru- i
manian Senate to-day adopted a bill i I
empowering the government to pro- I
claim martial law throughout the : 1
country whenever it deems such a I
measure necessary. j
12 PAGES
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
ORDERS BATTLESHIPS TO
PROCEED TO VERA CRUZ
Two Vessels From Atlantic Fleet Will Strengthen Small
Craft Now in Mexican Waters; Wilson Says Re
ports Now Being Received Must Be Discounted;
Latest Note to Carranza Not an Ultimatum
By Associated Press
Washington, March 9. While
awaiting a formal reply to the repre
sentations to General Carranza to take
steps lo Improve conditions in Mexico
City, the Administration to-day began
taking steps to carry out what most
of the foreign diplomatic corps here
interpreted as an entire change of at
titude toward the whole Mexican situa
tion.
Hear Admiral Fletcher, command
ing the Atlantic tleet at Guantanamo
was ordered to send one battleship and
a cruiser to Vera Cruz to strengthen
the fleet of small cralt already there,
or gathering from nearby ports. The
admiral, who commanded the force
which took the town from Huerta last
April will not go, but he was instructed
to send a flag officer to take coin
mund.
General Carranza made an oral
denial of charges made against hint.
President Wilson describing the lat
est representations, said Carranza has
been called upon by the United States
to take the necessary steps to pro
tect foreigners In Mexico City, and had
been Informed of what the Washington
government had heard of conditions
there and how serious they seemed to
be.
Must Discount Reports
When asked whether the United
States had any new intentions in Mex
ico, the President reiterated that the
government had represented its views
on what appeared to be the situation
in Mexico City, lie added that in all
such 'situations, it was necessary to
discount reports a great deal, because,
he said, certain persons would like to
have the United States intervene in
Mexico, even if they had to manufac
ture the facts on which to base the
intervention.
When the President was asked If the
latest note to Carranza was an ulti
matum, he replied the administration
did not issue ultimatums, but expres
sed its views and acted accordingly.
Speaking of conditions in the Mex
ican capital President Wilson referred
to the fear of outrages there as being
more pressing at present than anything
■ 'on totally destroy * '
| i n and contents, and a I
* truck farm o£ Samue: J. I
* Meek! Maclay. The loss will '
■ reach ; pigs were saved It wa: •
\ ccessary f< ie fireme:. to run line of hose 2,000 feet ii, I
!l er yan treets, to the fire. Th. '
hair U-:r.enis. Flames started 1
in the 1 about 3
EVANGELICAL APPOINTMENTS AT CARLISLE '
C: March he appointments ms.le
ence of the Evangelic » 1
Church here lay were: En , the Rev. E. L. Moore; J
[echanicabivg, the Re.-, j
: iy is retained at Carlisle. £
Ncv Corresponds.
. teer. :>en were killed
and seventy i: explosion in a German i
l arsenal a. Antwerp.
CHARGES AGAINST HARGEST I
•Harrisburg—lnformal. ade this afternoon by 1
I Di Stroup against John Hargest; chauffer, J
who drove the automol ured in the accid-. \
C causing the death of Miss .ugans' six weeks ag C
r Hargest is charged with manslaughter. j
i Washington, March 9. —Admiral Fletcher late to-day
P selected the armored cruiser Washington, now in Haitien •
C waters with Rear Admiral aperton, and the battleship
( Georgia, commanded b Robert R. Goontz, now at
. Guantanamo, to proceed to Vera Cruz. (
Clearfield, Pa., March 9.—Walter L. Mcjunkin, assi J
| ant cashier of the t Clearfield National Bank, committed sui #
I cide in his ;,t. The body was found C
I in bed this morning. Mcjun/.in was a bachelor, 60 years old, ,
I and had been connected with the bank for twenty years (
I y the Pennsylvania Steel• I
I Company to- lay that a contract had been received from the I
1 Pennsylvania Railroad for a small bridge at the Trenton 1
I "cut-off." I
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MARRIAGE J
Charles T, llomrr anil UMhrr M. Uaxr, Knola. %
* POSTSCRIPT.
that had already occurred. The fean
was, he said, that the city would bo
evacuated and left, without protection.
No request bad come from any for
eign government, the President said
for action by the United States in Mex
ico, although diplomatic representa
tives of two foreign countries hail ex
pressed their anxiety over affairs
there.
Xo complaints have come as to con
ditions in the territory tinder control
of Villa, the President said, although
he had been informed that for seven
ty-five miles south of the American
border there was some distress and
fear of famine. lJuval West, personal
representative of the President, who
has been conferring with General Villa
and his subordinate genorals Is now
|on his way to Mexico City, where h«
will make an investigation of condi
tions there.
Makes Oral Itrply
1 General Carranza has made a pre
liminary reply to the American repre
sentations. denying generally the ex
iotence of conditions in Mexico City
which the United States has called
upon him to improve.
In a statement, made orally tr»
American Consul Silliman at Vera
Cruz, which was laid before President
Wilson and the Cabinet to-day, the
Mexican chief denied that General
Obregon, his commander in Mexico
City, had prevented food from reach
ing the Mexican capital or that he had
sent supplies away.
Carranza's oral statement was taken
in official quarters to forecast the
tenor of his formal answer now being
! drafted.
OISSTTXATK FIGHTING MARKS
! BATTLF.S ON F.AKTFKN FRONT
By Associated Press
j Uondon. March 9, 11.45 A. M.—Ob
: stinate fighting marks the battles along
the eastern front on the continent,
with the Germans slowly withdrawing
from the River Niemen In the direc
tion of their own East Prussian fron
tier. The new offensive movement
against Warsaw and on the Pillca evi
dently has not as yet developed into
t"h> great engagement which has been
expected in this locality.