U. S. Demand to Keep Port Open May Be Enforced With Cruiser Des loines
HARRISBURG ifililfc TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 60
CITY TO RESURFACE
YARDS OF HIGHIWS
New Plant Will Turn Out Asphalt
For Widespread Repair Work
Early in Summer
WALTER GOES ON JOB TODAY
Cuts Are Marked and Sheeting
Will Be Started on Several
Streets in a Few Days
The turning: out of enough asphalt
to provide for the resurfacing of hun
dreds of square yards of Hamsburg's
streets will likely be one of the first
big jobs of the new city ssphalt re
pair plant, according to City Commis
sioner W. 11. Lynch, superintendent of
streets and public improvements to
day.
The proposed plant will have a ca
pacity of at least 1,000 yards daily and
when it is put into service, the wheels
will turn out the material as rapidly
as possible.
Commissioner Lynch and City En
gineer M. B. Cowden liave just return
ed from a trip to Camden and Wil
mington, Del., where they watched the
municipal plants in operation there.
Karrisburg's own plant will be model
ed after these.
Advertisement for bids for the
plant will be made just as soon as the
deed for the McCormick site in South
Harrisburg is formally transferred.
"All that we're waiting on now." said
Mr. Lynch, "is the recording of the
deed, li is our hope to get the struc
ture built and ready for action by not
later than May 1."
Contractor Walter Begins Kcpairs
Alderman Charles P. Walter, the
repair contractor whose contract with
the city expires April 1. to-day made
a tour of the city with Inspector Jo
seph Bumgardner of the bureau of
highways for the purpose of determin
ing just where the repairing will ">e
made. The various "cuts" were mark
ed. Some of the concreting work was
completed to-day and the alderman
• \pects to begin putting down the as
phalt to-morrow.
Several new paving operations would
be undertaken this Spring if there
were any funds in sight for intersec
tions and nonassessable property. The
biggest stretch, perhaps, is Herr street
from Cameron to Fourteenth. An or
dinance is now being prepared for this
improvement Mr. Lynch says but he
cannot Introduce it because there is no
intersection money in view.
Dinner Club Pays Final
Respects to Prof. Steele
Tiie weekly luncheon of the Wash
l»ay Dinner club, usually a very lively
occasion, was a very subdued affair to
day. The members who are all mem
bers also of the Harrisburg Rotary
club, were sorrowing for their com
panion. Prof. W. S. Steele, whose fu
neral was held this afternoon.
Most of those who attended the
luncheon at the Engineers' club at
noon, planned to attend the services.
<'lark E. Diehl, who as a member of
the school board, had much to do with
bringing Prof. Steele to Harrisburg
years ago. spoke very feelingly upon
the late principal's excellent service to
the city as head of the Central High
school.
Dickinson Seniors Slip
One Over on Juniors
Members of the senior class of Dick
inson College will hold their annual
banquet at the .Metropolitan Hotel to
night. The toastmastcr will be Pro
fessor C. G. Slienton.
tillU. MESHED FROM FIAMRS
Tno Dimcnnnnii Homes Destroyed by
Eire Yesterday Morning
Special to The Telegraph
Duncannon, Pa.. March 15. Yester
day morning the homes of George Sel-
I"is and Ills son-in-law. George Hess,
were burned to tin- ground by a tire that
started in one of the outhouses. The
origin Is unknown. The loss is esti
mated at SIO,OOO, partlv covered by
insurance..
Mr. and Mrs. Hess had been away
from town and came home on a train
while their home was burning. Their
■ laughter. 16 years old, was carried
from the second tloor in an unconsci
ous condition, having been overcome by
sinoke. She has recovered.
HAJiGS HIMSEI.E
Special to The Telegr.tph
Mifflintown, Pa.. March 15 Harry
Whitendale, 38 years old. supposed to
be a resident of Berwick, hanged him
self in the wagon she«l on the George
Hower farm, at Mifflintown. yesterday.
MAHOr.n I.EWARS OIKS
Gettysburg, Pa., March 15. Harold
S. l-.ew.ars, husband of Elsie Singmas
ter. the author, died last night at the
honie of Dr. J. A. Singmaster. president
of the Gettysburg Theological Semi
nary.
THE WEATHER
Kor Hnrrlsliurg and vicinity! Clondv
and unsettled to-nlglr| nnd Tnra
d«y, with probably occasional
rain.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: Unset
tled to-night nnd Tucnday, with
probably Incnl rains: warmer to
night In north portion.
lllver
There has been n nllglit rise In the
.iuninta river | clgewhere -the
river obaervera throughout the
dlatrlet report with one exception
n nearly stationary condition. \
atuge of about 4.."? feet la Indicat
ed for Harrisburg on Tuesdav
mornlng.
General Condltlona
Cloudy and unae-ttled condltlona
prevail thin morning uenerally
over the country, with the excep
tion of the Sew England S*tates
and the Southweat.
Unsettled conditions may be ex
pected to-night nnd ' Tueaday,
with oecaalonnl rain.
Terapera'tnrei 8 a. m„ 34.
Sunt Rises, fliia a. m.j sets. fliOT
p. m.
'loon: Xew moon, to-day, 2i42
p. m.
Ill>er Stagei 4J5 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperature, no,
1.0 west tern pern tnre. Z7.
Mean temperature, 41.
Aormal temperature, 3T,
MRO-HIS IRE
MOVING CENTER WEST
New Phase Noted in Attempt to
Relieve Przemysl, Says
Dispatches
YOUNG TURKS IN DANGER
British Admiralty Announces the
Sinking of Three More
Steamers by Submarine
A phase of the campaign in the East
has developed, in an attempt by Aus
tro-Gernian forces in Gaiicia to relieve
Przemysl. For this purpose the cen
ter has been shifted westward, follow
ing the recent ineffective movement in
Eastern Gaiicia, and troops have been
concentrated to lift the siege of thti
Galician fortress, wnose resistance
month after month to the investing
Russian army has been one of the
striking episodes of the campaign.
A Paris newspaper publishes a re
port that before his resignation Pre
mier Venizelos of Greece offered 9,000
men to the entente powers for the
Dardanelles expedition. The former
premier is now quoted as urging the
abandonment of neutrality by Greece
on the ground that by striking now
she will be able to expand her terri
tory largely. Bulgaria is represented
as considering the expediency of enter
ing the war but as being undecided
whether, in such event, she would as
sist Turkey or her opponents.
The young Turks, under whose lead
ership Turkey went into the war, are
said to tind the present position in
Constantinople a difficult one and a
report from Greek sources says they
may flee from the capital.
In France and Belgium offensive op
erations at present are chiefly with the
[Continued on Page 0.1
PLAN UNION OF ALL
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES
Knights of St. George Back of the
Movement to Cement Forces
For Social Betterment
Plans for the organization of a
county federation of Roman Catholic
Societies to T>e affiliated with the State
Federation, were launched yesterday
at a meeting of the Roman Catholic-
Knights of St. George held in St.. Fran
cis' Church.
The movement was instituted in an
effort to join the Catholic forces in
Dauphin county; to cement the bonds
of fraternal union among the Catholic
laity and Catholic societaies: to foster
and protect the Catholic faith; to bring
about a betterment of conditions In
social life and to aid charity.
The Knights of St. George appoint
ed the following committee to arrange
for a meeting of representatives of
various Catholic societies; E. J. Kried
ler. Adam H. Suter, J. F. Eckenrode,
Augustus 11. Waldschmldt, John A.
Czerniski and Robert F. Gorman,
[Continued on Pace 9.]
SAY PREnY GIRLS
' STOLE IN CAHOOTS
Served as Maids in Adjoining
Residences and Passed Articles
Over the Fence
j March quarter sessions court opened
[to-day with nearly 150 cases listed for
! trial, chief of which perhaps is the
J case against John J. Hargest, Jr.,
I charged with involuntary manslaugh
ter in connection with the death of
! Miss Grace Maugans. The girl was
lone of the party which (largest, as
I chauffeur, was driving when the auto
] mobile collided with a Valley Trae
! tion Company car at Front and Wal
| nut streets several weeks ago. Har
j gest is slated for trial Friday, but it is
j not likely that it will go to jury be
! fore June quarter sessions as the
I grand jury will only consider the case
!on Friday. Theodore H. Molts, who
I must answer to a similar charge, is
also slated for trial Friday.
I Jonas M. Rudy, clerk. Thirteenth
1 ward, city, was made foreman of the
grand jury. William C. Fors, a Derry
: township brakeman, was the only
grand juror excused. Three petit
i jurors were excused subject to call.
They are Charles W. Burtnett, of the
! firm of Evans and Burtnett, whole
; sale grocers, Seventh ward, city; S.
Brady Caveny. Jr., a clerk, Second
| ward, city, and a son of Alderman S.
f Continued on I'age »1
Fire in Subway Ties Up
Traffic Over Two Hours
By .Associated Press
New York. March 15.—Fire early
to-day in the new subway under con
struction in Seventh avenue between
Forty-second and Firty-fifth streets
tilled the subway with smoke, tied up
traffic on a portion of the old Broad
way subway and some of the adjacent |
surface lines and drove hundreds of |
guests from the hotels clustering about
Times Square.
CHOLERA VICTIM ON SHIP
By .4 ssnciated Press
New York, March 155.—The Greek
steamer loannina, which arrived here
to-day from Piraeus, Greece, with 259
passengers aboard, was held up at
quarantine by the health officers until
they had definitely determfned the na
ture of the illness of leim Glaho, a
steerage passenger. who showed symp
toms of Asiatic cholera.
HARRISBURG. PA.,
THOSE "TIPPERARY" VEILS
r-*CL_ J THE 50N C>o VOL) i'POSE. \
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FOUR YOUTHS RIS
RESCUE LITTLE
Climb Ladder to Steep, Slippery Roof, Togged Out in Their Very
Best Sunday Clothes
The days of chivalry when bold
knights went gaily forth to battle and I
perform feats of daring and deeds of
kindness, aren't all past.
You thought they were? Listen to
the story of Uuke Butt. Elmer Krone,
Edward Schriver and Philip Waldlev, j
four youths of Steelton, who have
earned a place in knightdom. All four!
are athletes who have shown their!
prowess on Steelton football fields, j
baseball diamonds and on the cinder ;
track.
It was 'long about 11 o'clock last
night when these four youths were
returning from —well nobody's busi
ness.
Near Front and Trewick streets.
Steelton, they were startled by the
plaintive wails of something in dis
dress. From far above their heads
came the faint, pleading sounds.
"Why, there's the baby on that
roof." exclaimed "Monk" Krout, as he
gripped Luke Butt's sleeve.
"Hurry, fellows, we must set it
down," commanded Pliil Waidley.
From a nearby shed Sclireiver ob
HARDSCRABBLE VIEW
IS NOW UNDER WAY
Board Goes Over Ground and Pre
pares to Meet For Organization
in Council Room Tomorrow
"Ilardscrabble" was officially "view
ed" to-day by the board of commis
sioners recently appointed by the
Dauphin county court to determine
the question of benefits and damages,
j incident to the opening of Front street
j from Ilerr to Calder streets,
j Attorney Paul G. Smith. J. D. Salts
man and Karl Steward constitute the
| board. Report to the court will be
| made September 27.
I To-morrow morning the board will
l meet in the council chamber to organ
ize and to arrange the schedule of
hearings. There will be many of these
and the viewers will plan a list of
dates upon which interested property
owners may present testimony. The
question of relative land values will
be discussed by experts.
SUBWAY WORK IS HELD CP
Connecting of Gas Mains on South
Second Street Delays Excavations
Work on the completion of the
South Second street subway excavation
job has been held up for a few days
pending the connecting of the now big
gas mains being placed in Second
street.
The gas company is laying a new
main down Second street through the
subway to replace the pipe that feeds
i the lower end section via Meadow
Lane. As soon as the line is finished,
the old pipe in Meadow Lane will be
cut off and the excavation work can
|be resumed. It is hoped to complete
i the job Sunday. Sunday is chosen in
order not to interfere any more than
possible with the residence supplies
as the connecting job will require sev
jeral hours at least.
FIRST FORESTER ORDINANCE IN
City Solicitor Seltr Preparing Measure
to Govern Tree Planting
The first ordinance relative to the
conduct of the City Forester's Depart
ment —prescribing what will be re
quired in the way of tree pruning,
trimming, planting, re-planting and
fixing the fines and penalties is now
being prepared by City Solicitor D. S.
Seltz for introduction in City Council
to-morrow. Commissioner M. Harvey
Taylor will offer the measure.
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1015.
tained a long ladder. Placing It against
a coal shed all four youths climbed to
the roof. It was then placed against
the side of the two-and-a-half story
house of Samuel F. Coulter, Jr., from
which the sounds came.
While the other three men held the
ladder, Krout made the perilous climb
to the roof. Grasping the eaves he
drew his body onto the steep roof,
the shingles of which were already
wet and slippery from the dew. Foot
by foot he worked his way towards the
little spot of gray from wliich the
sounds came.
Reaching the place he gathered a
little warm body into his arms. Back
over the dark roof he slowly worked
his way to the ladder. Carefully, he
handed his burden to Schriver, who
stood below.
As Schrtver passed the bundle to Butt
there was a disturbance. He let out a
cry of pain, there was a flash of gray,
and someone's cat shot from his arms
and disappeared.
Surely the days of chivalry are not
past.
WILSON HANDS 016
PLUM TO PALMER
Selects Him For Chief Justice of
United States Court
of Claims
A. MITCHELL PALMER
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ March 15.—Ex-
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer, of
Pennsylvania, has been selected by
President Wilson for chief Justice of
the United States Court of Claims to
succeed Judge Charles B. Howey,
wnose resignation is to take effect
April 1.
NOTED INVENTOR DIES
By Associated Press
Chicago, March 15.—Henry Scsslon-t,
inventor of the vestibule antltelescop-
Ing device used on most railroad pas
senger cars, the airbrake for street
oars and several other railroad devices
died at his home here jesterday, 1
INDEPENDENT PHONE
MEN KIN API
Leading Men of Field to Address
Convention of Eastern Penna.
Association
The second annual convention of the
Eastern Pennsylvania Independent
Telephone Association will be held in
this city April 7-8. Representatives
from independent telephone companies
throughout eastern Pennsylvania, part
of New York, Virginia and West Vir
ginia will attend.
The headquarters of the convention
wil! he in the Cumberland Valley Tele
phone Company's building, 22" Wal
nut street, where delegates will regis
ter and receive the official convention
badße. The sessions of the convention
will lie held in the old Board of Trade
building. 112 Market street.
The convention will be a joint gath
erinK of the Rastern Pennsylvania
Telephone Association and the West
ern Pennsylvania Independent Tele
phone Association and some of the
biggest men of the telephone world
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HUNDREDS PAY LAST
RESPECTS TO STEELE
With Simple, but Impressive Cere
monies Body of High School's
Principal Is Buried
With simple but impressive cere
! monies, Professor William Sherman
j.Steele, principal of Central high school,
I was buried this afternoon. A huge
bank of flowers from organizations and
j students of the school attested to the
] high esteem in which Professor Steele
] was held.
Between the hours of 10 and 1
i o'clock thousands of students, patrons,
i teachers and personal friends of the
family, called at the home at lfi22
| State street, to pay their last tribute.
Deep silence prevailed as the throng
of people parsed through the room in
which he lay, and little groups of stu
dents, that collected on the streets,
were unusually quiet and separated af
ter a few words of greeting.
lyings were placed at half mast on
all of the public school buildings. Both
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Church Building Being
Fitted Out its Armory
For Governor's Troop
About April 1, the Governor's Troop
will occupy the A. M. E. Zion Church
i building in State street, as an armory.
It is understood the church building
will be used by the Governor's Troop
until the State is ready to tear it down
to complete the Capitol Park exten
sion.
Oldest Native This
County Is Dead, Aged 92
Elizabethville, Pa., March 15.—Mrs.
Philip Wilbert, of this place, the old
est native of Dauphin county, died
here aged 92 years, early Saturday
morning. She was born in Armstrong
valley, Just across the mountains from
this place, and lived her whole life in
the upper end of Dauphin county. Her
maiden name was Motter and she
came of one of the oldest families in
Central Pennsylvania, Mrs. Wilbert Is
survived by the following daughters-
Mrs. D. A. Miller, Mrs. J. C. Lenta,
Mrs. Albert Bechtel anil Mrs. Welling
ton Kllinger. The funeral will be held
to-morrow with services at her late
home, conducted by the Rey, Dr.
RhoaUs,.of JSlizaUetJtivllto.
14 PAGES
BLOCKADE OF MEXICAN
PORT IS ABANDONED;
U. S. DEMAND GRANTED
United States Was Prepared to Keep Waters Open by
Using Cruiser Des Moin es; Farmers of Country Pro
tested Because of Action of General Carranza
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ March 15.—Gen
eral Carranza has abandoned his
blockade of the port of Progreso on
urgent representations from the United
Slates.
The Mexican gunboat Zaragosa has
been called off and two American
ships laden with sisal *or the United
States were cleared without Interfer
ence.
Rear Admiral Caperton, command
ing the American tleet in Mexican
waters, reported the raising of the
blockade in his official dispatch to-day
and reported that the Zaragosa had
returned to Vera Vruz.
The admiral's dispatch telling of re
lief of the situation crossed a new note
from the United States which was sent
on its way to Carranza this morning
giving notice that the United States
was determined to raise the blockade
and. if necessary, use the cruiser
Des Moines to do so.
It became known for the first time
to-day that last week the Mexican
gunboat had stopped one American
ship with a shot across her bows, had
held up another, and had interfered
with British shipping .
Seriousness Noted
The seriousness of the situation
growing out of the blockade of Pro-
STPSO was pointed out by Secretary
Houston, of the Department of Agri
culture. who advised the President
that 200,000,000 pounds of twine are
used each year in the United States
in binding grain, tlax ami corn crops
and that nine-tenths of the supply is
made from sisal grown in Yucatan and
exported through Progreso.
Telegrams from manufacturers and
farmers in the grain-growing states
pouring into the White House and the
State Department pointed out that un
less sisal was obtained through Pro
greso the harvesting of this year's
grain crops by usual methods would
be embarrassed and would have to be
done almost entirely by hand. Secre
tary Houston believed the situation a
very serious one for the grain-grow
ing states.
Since February 25 the State Depart
f
a count k
■ government rnians thai t c €
1 waters sur C
S was made ; .. . t
| ;NIED C
{Rome, S , March IS, 9.2u |
A. M.— The r lay that Francis. J
Joseph, em peri rejected ti %
> been given au- S
thoritative tic; %
NEW SUBMARINE LAUNCHED -5
Quincy, Mass., March 15.—Submarine 1-3, built for the I
United Stj ipbuilding Corpor- 4
ation, was launched to-day. Mrs. Charlotte S. Atkins, wife %
Lew M. i
the craft %
I
New Yoi *
I the Mayo Radii n May Co %
who comt here recently, was made the defen C
ant to-daj tier, a former £,
' clerk er two-yea .
old girl. 1
Washington,
tendency of - c I
papers of the c is made by |
Charles R. Miller, editor in-chi . of • ew York Times, ' I
before the S Ship.Lobby Invest Committe g
Chairman Walsh had questioned Mr. lv length as J
editorials and ne stc ies • iring on the ship #
bill. |
Paris, Ma: lent cannonading is F
going on at a to the northeast of Dunkirk, accordin £
I to a dismal eaport to the Ila /as News Agcnc} £
i The belief in Dunkirk is> that a British squadron if bombard
ing the sand dunes around Nieuport. C
MARRIAGE LICENSES I
i riirmff Croft Kline llemleriion and Mary Keumayer, city, J"
I Knlpli H. Welter ami ll<'h»li- A. Trimmer, York. &
Wnjne A. Hummel, Mteelfon, mi<l Beatrice A. Hoyer. Mlddletowa. J)
* POSTSCRIPT.
merit had steadily protested to Car
ranza against closing Progreso, where
there have been factional troubles be
teen Mexicans nominally under his
control. The people of Yucatan, it was
said, obtained all their food from out
side sources and were as anxious that
the embargo be raised as was the
I nited States. Carranza allowed no
food to go into Progreso since there
has been a blockade.
Would Not Interfere
The American notice made it plain
that the United States hail no inten
tion of interfering in the factional
troubles at Progreso, but was inter
ested only in the sisal finest ion.
The Spanish Ambassador Riano an
nounced to the State Department that
his government had accepted in prin
ciple an apology which Carranza lias
offered for having expelled the Span
ish minister from Mexico recently on
the ground that he was concealing in
his legation Juan Caso. a Spaniard,
whom Carranza accused of wording
in the interests of General Villa. As
Carranza suggested to the Spanish
government that it would be better for
Spain to send another minister, it was
said that it would be dime. It has not
been announced who the new minister
will be.
13 SHIPS SUNK BY WILUELM
By Associated Press
Rio Janeiro, March 15. The Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wil
hclm, which lias aboard 500 German
sailors, has sunk thirteen vessels since
she began her raid on commerce, ac
cording to the passengers and crew of
the French steamer Guadeloupe, who
were taken to Pernahibuco by the
British steamer Churchill.
SEND SUPPLIES ABROAD
Supplies of various kinds for the
Servian I Jed Cross were shipped to
day by the Ked Cross division of the
Home ami War Itelief Committee,
which sent more than ISOO articles in
four boxes. Xeed for the supplies was
said to be very great, by members of
the Tied Cross Society in Washington.
Work on other supplies goes steadily
on at headquarters. 7 South Kron:
street, where a large force of volun
teers is working each day.