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?"
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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
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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.
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! 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
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|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.
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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.