Superdreadnaught Pennsylvania, World's Greatest Fighting Machine, Launched HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV — No. 61 FULLS SIX FLOORS FIRST DAY ON JOB, IS LIKELY TO DIE George Schwartz, 1514 Berryhill Street, Probably Fatally In jured at Pittsburgh HURLED FROM SCAFFOLD Structural Workers Toppled to Ground From High Building; Two Injured « Injured the first day after he got a job is the story of George Schwartz. 3 514 Berryhill street, who left home Sunday night for Pittsburgh in search «>f work, and fell from the sixth story of the new William Penn hotel, where he was working with a crew of struc tural iron workers early this morning. According; to the dispatch from Pittsburgh Mr. Schwartz was one of four riverters —i-II experienced struc tural iron workers—who were working from a swinging scafTold on the sixth floor level, when it was struck by a huge load of lumber being elevated to the seventh floor by one of the cranes, hurling two men to the ground, llr. Schwartz is said to be seriousiv injured from "striking beams as he fell. The other man who fell was also injured. The remaining two narrowly escaped. At the home 1514 Berryhill street •where his wife and son George live, it was learned that the father, who is S3 years old had left home Sunday ni. ;ht to hunt for work. They re reived a letter from him yesterdav saying he had not yet obtained a job; and this morning came a dispatch tell ing of him being in a hospital, in jured. Allison Hill Ail Stirred Up Again by "Murder" Mystery Allison llill was stirred yesterday by tlie discovery of what on the face of things looks like a murder mystery. Near the Vernon school building, Fifteenth and Verpon streets, scores of people stopped to gaze at live hens, a Rhode Island lied rooster, and a duck. AH were dead. Who killed 'em and why, and to whom do they belong are questions as >et unanswered. The heads of the victims were unsevered, and a super ficial examination by several experts— all gentlemen of color —showed the necks had not been wrung. Neither were there any traces of poisoning. That they were dead as doornails, however, there was no denying. The duck created considerable in terest. It was slightly larger than the ordinary inillard, had a small crest and red carunculations about the eyes and forehead and was glossy green and brownish black in color. It is be lieved it was a large "muscovy." "Stough Special" Will Carry Hundreds Tonight to Lancaster Tabernacle Nearly 2.000 strong, Harrisburg ad mirers of Dr. Henry W. Stough, 'be evangelist, v.ill journey to Lancaster to-night to hear the preacher in the Lancaster tabernacle. At C o'clock sharp the "Stough Spe cial," will steam out of the Pennsyl vania railroad station. Request has been marie that, the excursionists be at the station at 5.50 to avoid a rush for seats. The excursion is being held under the direction of the Harrisburg Evan gelistic Chorus. The chorus members vill wear buttons distributed last night at a rehearsal in Hideo Avenue Meth odist Episcopal Church. At the Lan caster tabernacle the chorus will be •seated .iust as in the Harrisburg "house of the sawdust trail." Returning the special will leave Lan caster at 10.30, arriving in Harrisburg at 11.20. THE WEATHER l"or llnrrinliui'K nml \lrtnlty: Cloudy to-ni|clit; \Vedne*day partly cloudy; not much rhanKc in tem- Pfr»liirp, For Knulrrn l'cniinj tMinla : Cloud T to-night; Wrilnrulay probably fair. River There ban been u alight rl*e over tin- W flit llraneh of the Sunque liaonii river) elxrnlierr through out the river ay*tem the condi tion* have heen nearly ntatlon ary. The river at Ifnrrl*hurpr will he nearly Nta'tlonnry during the ne«t twenty-four bourn, and a *tage of about 4.5 feet In Indi cated for Medne*day morning. General Condition* A disturbance thl* mom- Ins which extend* from Tennea •ee east to the South Carolina coa«t. It la caualng cloudy and unsettled eondltlona over the Fawt <iulf and .South Atlantic State* and auoir In Weatern Teu neaaee. Fair weather prevail* over the l.ake ltegion and the Middle Went. There ha* been a *teady Inerraae. In preaaure over the Mlaaourl A alley, which ha* heen aeeom panled by Nliehtly eooler eondl tlona. I.lght precipitation occurred over Weatern Pennaylvliriln, the F.aat Hulf Slate*, und Wyoming alnee yeaterday. Partly cloudy to eloudy eondltlona may be expected to-nlicht and >Vedne*day in thl* locality with allitht change* In temperature. Temperature: M a. m., 81. Sam Itlaea, 0:10 n. m.j aeta, 0:00 p. m. Mnon: Seta. Till! p. m, niver W««n 4.3 feet above lon. miter mark. Teaterdny'a Weather Hlßheat temperature. ,"s, l.oweat temperature. 3a. Mma temperuture. 41!. >ormal temperature, JT | SUPERDREADNOUGHT PENNSYLVANIA LAUNCHED OF 14-INCH ~] —— , , _ Newport News. Va„ March 16. —• •'V , »- - | The superdreadnaught "Pennsylvania" launched to-da-/, carries a battery of • - V • , . J twelve 14-inch gurxs. similar to th«> • * j one shown in the photograph. Tho "f • "J rifles are set three abreast in four W* .( I turrets, as they are in tho Nevada and ... - [ J, ". in the Oklahoma. Tho Queen Kll/.n >i . ' * -jJ * I• . ) beth, the giant of the British navv, . t'f jg| , . Bra mounts eight 15-inch guns. The ni- JK7 • utor on the Pennsylvania is hcav'er , ! - 'f. ] than on the Queen Elizabeth. Tho V 1 American ship can throw seven and O" •? one-half tons of metal 15,000 yards ' j:'' >an NEW PENNSYLVANIA | BEGINS HER CAREER Warship Bearing Name of Key stone State Greatest Fighting Machine Afloat I LAUNCHED THIS MORNING! I Governor Brumbaugh, Legislators i and Many Other Pennsylva- | nians Attend Exercises By Associated Press Newport News. Va.. March 16.—Tlie new superdreadnaught Pennsylvania was successfully launched here this morning shortly after 10 o'clock. Tho largest engine of naval warfare in the worm slid down the ways while a prayer was uttered that she might | be a messenger of peace rather, than | a weapon of destruction. Christened by Miss Elizabeth Kolb, of Germantown, Pa., as Secretary Daniels gave a signal, the monster hull slid into the James river, and the swell tossed the German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Fried rich, less than a hun dred yards away. Commander Thieriehens. commander of the sea raider, sat in full, uniform with the official party on the platform and mingled with American naval offi- j cers througlaout the ceremony. I'Oiig Peace Predicted A gray-haired woman approached the German commander as he stood under the towering how of the Penn sylvania and grasped his hand. She was Mrs. M. P. Thomas, of Beacon, j X. V., a member of the Society of Friends. "Copimfinder." she said, ,- I belong to a society which believes that all persons should love others as much as themselves. Do you in Germany love us as much as you love yourselves?" [Continued 011 Page 5.] FAVOR PRESENT PLAN FOR GAUGING MEIERS City Electrician Diehl May Suggest Use of Portable Instead of Permanent Instruments Portable voltmeters which will per mit of tests at any point on the system instead of permanent instruments at live particular points for the regula tion of the city's supply of current| may be suggested to council for adop tion by City Electrician Clark E. Diehl after the Harrisburg Light and Power Company completes Its plan for reconstructing its lines to provide for the removal of poles and overhead wires. City Electrician Diehl said to-day that he favors the portable plan be cause It provides an opportunity to make a test any place in the city at which some question of fluctuation may arise. The portable scheme has been followed out by the electric light company right along pending the com fContinued on I'nge 9] Miss Saul Wili Continue in Charge at Central School AutHorlties said this morn ing that they will not select a suc cessor to Professor William 8. Steele, as principal of Central High school this term. The temporary arrangement. Miss Anna M. Saul In.charge, which has been in operation since Dr. Steele was taken ill, will be continued. $300,000 I IHE IV ILLINOIS Quiney, Ills., March 16.—Fire entail ing a loss of more than SHOO,OOO early to-day destroyed the plants of the Sta tioners' Manufacturing Company, Day ton-Dick Magneto Company and the Dayton-llaytan Pump Company. HARRISBURG. PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1915. INDIAN WOMEN HA SUFFRAGE E , Had Sole Right to Nominate Sachems; Held in Great Respect by Tribes; Squaws Voted Just Like the Braves That the women voted in tlie tribal go\ernments in early Indian times be fore the influence of tho whites was : felt was shown in a recent lecture by i K. H. Gohl. a former resident of Har j risburg. before an audience at Auburn, i New York. | Mr. Gobi is an authority on Indian AUTOMOBILE SHOWS ARE IN JLL SWING Hundreds of Prospective Buyers Wend Way Through Lanes of Latest Model Cars The automobile shows are in full swing with all the exhibits in place and hundreds of interested spectators at every session. Automobile owners, prospective buy ers and the general public, whose only hope is to pick up a smattering of automobile language, wander up and down the aisles and examine cars of all prices and sizes and listen to the attractive speeches of demonstrators. The sixth , annual show of the Har risburg Automobile Dealers' Associa tion, in the Arena. Third and Dela ware streets, and the first show of the Capital City Motor Dealers' Associa tion. in Kelker Street Hall, are both a. blaze of electric lights, flags, hunting and floral decorations, with every inch of available floor space taken up wtih latest model cars and all forms of accessories. [Continued on Page »] ! CROW WILL PRESENT II ELECTION BILLS • % They Are Aimed at Fusion After Primaries and the Non partisan Act Senator William E. Crow, of Fay ette County, chairman of the Repub lican State Committee, will to-day ln )troduce in the Senate, an anti-fusion bill together with a measure aimed to repeal the non-partisan act. The anti-fusion bill will prevent the withdrawal of one party nominee and his subsequent endorsement qf another party. The measure will provide that a nominee cannot be taken from a! party ticket after he is nominated! thereon unless he dies. Then of course his place will be filled by tlie party. The measure aims to prevent the fusion which took place In the last campaign when William Draper Lewis, who was nominated by the Washing ton Party voters withdrew froin the Washington Party ticket and per mitted the leaders to nominate Vance C. MeCormlck who was nominated by the Democratic voters of the State. The anti-fusion bill will also pre vent a combination to be tnado on a mayorality ticket. Under the terms of the non-partisan Judicial act repealer the repeal will not go into effect until January 1, 1916. Thns the Judges to be elected ' in November will be chosen on the non-partl6an ballot. United States Senator Penrose, some time ago an nounced that he was in favor of the repeal of the non-partisan act. but that he did not think the repeal should go Into effect un*4J 1916. Another measure to be Introduced by Senator Crow will take the non partisan feature from the third class city act; history and is an honorary member of the tribe of Onondaguas. In the course of his address Air. Gohl emphasized the fact that women were held in great respect anions the Indians, having the sole right to choose and nominate the sachems, or coun selors, to be elected by the adults- of the tribe. SUFFRJIGISTS BUSV PLMIiCIMN Waste No Time Rejoicing; Get ting Ready For Vote Next November The Pennsylvania Suffrage Associa tion is wasting no time in rejoicing over the passage of the woman's suff rage resolution by the State Senate last f evening. Mrs. Frank M. Roessins, 'president of the association, is out with | a statement saying that the suffragists tare delighted with the passage of the I resolution and calling attention to the | campaign to be waged for the amend iment of the Constitution to permit wo | men the full privileges of the ballet in Pennsylvania, which as a result of last • night's action by the Senate will be | put before the voters at the generai (elections next .November. She ox j presses confidence in its adoption by a large majority. The resolution passed last night went through the Legisla ture two years ago and was adopted by the House early in the year. It does not require the signature of the Gov tContinued on Page 11.] |EXAMINE CIIIDITES 1 FOB M. I MINISTRY. Bishop Burt Arrives at Shamokin to Assume Charge of 47th Conference Bishop of Buffalo, who will have charge of the sessions of the 47th annual Central Pennsyl vania Methodist conference meeting at , Shamokin from the 17 to the 25 of this month, arrived there to-day. The preliminary work of examining 1 candidates for the ministry continued to-day. It is said that the representa . Uvea from the Eighth Avenue church,' Altoona, are canvassing for next year's conference and In all probability will ibe successful. The Rev. Dr. if. Tj. (Jacob of that church, was offered the position of field secretary for the con ference annuity fund, but declined the position preferring the pastorate. Most of the ministers who will at tend the conference have arrived. Sessions will start to-morrow morn ing at 8:30 o'clock. Final arrange ments for the accommodation of the delegates from this section of the state have been made. The informa tion bureau is composed or the Usher's Association of the First Methodist church of Shamokin. PROPOSED IX)AX DENIED By Associated Press Rio Janeiro, March 16.—Official de- I nial has been made by the Brazilian • government of the report printed by ] newspapers that negotiations are un |der way for floating a loan of $15,000,- 000 in New York guaranteed by cus toms house returns on American im portations. SOME LAYERS ! Howard DKlow.of Mechanicsburg.of a flock of 12 Rhode Island'red pullets which he says laid 725 eggs from De-I cember 1 to March 15. 'CITY FORESTER NOW ! 1 WORKING Of\i TREES! I Mueller and Corps of Assistants! Busy Pretty Close to Heaven in : Tree-tops of Harris Park YOUTHS TAKE CHANCES! I Sway Against Skyline While Saw ' ing Away at Branch or £tub; to Work Northward j Harrisburg's trees are now in the | hands of the City Forester. Since yesterday Forester Harry J. Mueller and a corps of assistants have been busy in Harris Park near Paxton I street and from early morning until i early evening the men get as close to (heaven as the branches of the tallest trees in the city's park system will permit. Dead wood is being sawed away, branches trimmed, twigs pruned and the scars eliminated by copious coats of green paint. Forester Mueller's plan is to work : gradually tip through the city's river front park, making such changes as will be necessary in the care and treat ment of the trees. In connection with the actual field i work City Forester Mueller is also i j preparing some, data relative to prun i ing and caring for trees as well as some good tips on transplanting. This will be. issued in bulletin form in a few days. I*. S. WII.I; SOON" PROTEST By .'lssociatcd Press Washington, March 16.—The United States will make its formal representa ■ tion to Germany on the sinking of the American ship William P. Frye by the i cruiser Prinz Kitel Friedrich as soon as certain necessary facts regarding the destination of the Frye's cargo of wheat are obtained. MNG SUP BILL IN THE HOUSE Stein Measure Would Make the Business Punishable in Pennsylvania The trading stamp business, except so far as necessary to carry out exist ing contracts, would be made unlawful In Pennsylvania under the terms of a bill presented in the House at the close of the morning session to-day by Mr. [Continued on Page 12] Taylor Holds Back Fire Bids For Another Week at Local Firm's Request No recommendations for awarding the contracts for the additional motor fire apparatus were put into City Council this afternoon by Commis sioner M. Harvey Taylor, superintend ent of streets and public property. Mr. Taylor said he will withhold, these recommendations for another week at the solicitation of the Morton Truck and Tractor Company, which wishes to demonstrate to the citv com missioners the type of tractor it is manufacturing. "At the earnest solicitation of the Morton company," Commissioner Tay lor told Council. "I am going to hold over the recommendations relative to fire apparatus for another week. The company want a chance to demon- j strate their machine and notwlthstand- 1 ing the fact that I have waited fori three weeks I will wait one more week. However. 1 do not see what I [can be gained by the delay, as I am of the opftiion that the city certainlv i cannot be benefited by the purchase i of an untried machine that costs 5 'SO more than a standard type that has been used extensively for several years , in the larger cities." 14 PAGES U. S. MAY FILE PROTEST AGAINST ALLIES' PLAN TO STOP GERMAN TRADING Dispatches From Italy Make It Appear That Government May Soon Decide to Enter War; German Assault on Ossowetz Produces Only Insignificant Results, Ac cording to Reports From Petrograd The impression was gained in Washington to-day that the United States probably would protest to Great Britain and her allies against their plan to stop trade with Germany, as outlined in the British order in coun cil yesterday. The administration has had no time to consider the official text of the order, but President Wil son indicated informally that the measures contemplated are displeasing to the United States. The claim is made by tho French War Office that the Germans have suffered reverses in two sections of the Western front. Tho British army is said to have recaptured St. Eloi and to have carried new German po sitions near the village. Additional Prussian casualties lists bring up the total of killed, wounded and missing since the war began to 1,0.")0,029. This does not include cas ualties in the German states other than Prussia. The British auxiliary cruiser Orama. which took part in tho battle off Juan Fernandinez Island oon Sun day, in which the German cruiser Dresden was sunk, arrived at Val paraiso, Chile, and it was learned that nineteen members of the Dresden's crew were missing. The survivors, some wounded, were aboard the Orama. Dispatches from Italy make it ap pear that that nation is approaching a decision as to whether it shall ad here to its policy of armed neutrality or intervene in the war. Following the reports of partial suppression by Italy of the mails to Austria and the con ference of Emperor Francis Joseph with his minister of war concerning the defense of the Italian frontier comes a despatch from a Roman newspaper to the effect that the Ital ian fleet is being concentrated at Ta rento. This is the point in Italy near es' the Dardanelles. So far as has been reported officially, the bombardment of the Dardanelles has produced no further important re sults. Official advices from Athens say that on Sunday the attacking war ships silenced several Turkish field batteries which had been posted above Kumkale, at the entrance to the Dar danelles. I . March 16.—A ci 1 action to recov. C ■ 15 brought by Susanna Wahlers against ■ her former employer, to-day. The paper:, A j isault was committed. Mayo was the em- I g thlers who was a stenographer in his of I \ s Wahlers had Ma; & J it, the volving the patern - child. A 5 a day on $35,000 worth of property stand- I m ing in Mayo': nrtme. K # March 16.—Chevalier Van Rappard, Neth- j t erlands minister, informally opened negotiations at the State j » Department 3ay to determine what action may be taken j 9 by the Uni ates under the Netherlands, o obtain an j / the restrictions laid down in the British J 9 order in coun il. % 1 , March 16.—William L. Breese, former sec- J retary to Am! ior Page, in London,' was killed Sunday in ■ e French front, according to cable advices S n London to-day. C LANCASTER AUTOIST HELD FOR MURDER K Lancaster. Pa., March 16.—Adeline, the seven-year-old ff I daughter of Henry L. Gross, died at an early hour this i morning at a hospital in this city from injuries sustained C when she was run over last evening by an automobile & 9 driven by Geor eE. Tole, a tobacco dealer of this city. The % M machine ran over the child and both her arms were broken v 9 and her body badly crushed. She was dragged a distance \ C of 200 feet. The police allege that Tole was operating the g K car in a reckless manner and he has been held on a charge ■ C of murder. 9 | MARRIAGE LICENSES J * POSTSCRIPT. lies ults Insignificant. A Russian statement says the Gar man assault on Ossowetz is producing; only insignificant results. In their effort to capture this important fort ress. where they have centered their attempt to break through the Russian fortified line in Northern Poland, the Germans have moved uff their heavy artillery, tout the Russian statement says the advantage thus far results with the defenders. It is also said that the German advance toward Przasnysz is being held in check and that attempts to relieve Przemysl, In Ualicia. have been ineffectual. It Is admitted that in the Carpathians the Russians are making little progress and have suffered very heavy losses. CORRESPON DENTS EXPELLED By Associated Press Paris. March 10, 5.05 A. M.—A spe cial dispatch from Rome says the gov ernment has issued an order expelling from Italy the correspondents of the Vienna Tageblatt and the Frankfurter Zeitung. MACHINES SCARCE IN BERLIN' By Associated Press Berlin, March 15, via London, March 16, 1.31 A. M.—The new regulations restricting the number of automobiles in Berlin went into effect to-day, leav ing the city almost without this class of vehicle. It was a typical Spring day and a drizzling rain fell. Taxi cabs were at a premium and private cars had almost entirely disappeared. Only one-third of the customary num ber of machines was available. BATTERIES MOVED FORWARD By Associated Press PetroßTad, via London, March 5.13 A. M.—The following official dis-> patch has been received from Osso wetz: "The enemy lias brought soma of his batteries closer to the fortress because of their obvious ineffectiveness at the longer range. The Earl of tho Fortress effectively shelled a column of the enemy consisting of motor! I drawing artillery provisions and am* ' munition.
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