Superdreadnaughl Pennsylvania, Wot Id's HjgRRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 61 EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA! FALLS 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 jo' is the story of George Schwartz, 1514 Berryhill street, who left home Sunday night for Pittsburgh in search of work, and fell from the sixth story of the new William Penn hotel, where he was working with 9 crew of struc tural iron workers eariy this morning. According to the dispatch from Pittsburgh Mr. Schwartz was one of four riverters—all experienced struc tural iron workers—who were working from a swinging scaffold on the sixth floor level, when it was struck by a huge load of lumber being elevated to ilie seventh floor by one of the cranes, liurling two men to the ground. Mr. Schwartz ift said to be seriously Injured front striking beams as he fell. The "t her 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 511 years old had left home Sunday ni. ht to hunt for work. They re ceived a letter from him yesterday 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 All Stirred Up Again by "Murder" Mystery Allison Hill was stirred yesterday by The discovery of what on the face of things looks like a murder mystery. Near the Vernon school building. ■Fifteenth and Vernon streets, scores of people stopped to gaze at five hens, ■A HhoUe Island Red rooster, and a duck. All were dead. Who killed 'em and why. and to *hom do they belong are questions as «*«t unanswered. The heads of the ■\ ictims were unsevered, and a»supcr flcial 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 millard, had a small crest and red caruncuiations about the eyes and forehead and was glossy green and brownish black in color. It is be lieved it was a large "museovy." "Stough Special" Will Carry Hundreds Tonight to Lancaster Tabernacle Nearly 2.000 strong. Harrisburg ad mirers of Dr. Henry W. Stough, the evangelist, will journey to Lancaster to-night to hear the preacher In the Lancaster tabernacle. At 6 o'clock sharp the ' Stough Spe cial," will steam out of the Pennsyl > ania railroad station. Request has been made that the excursionists be at the station at 5.30 to avoid a rush for seats. The excursion is being held under the direction of the Harrisburg Evan gelistic Chorus. The chorus members will wear buttons distributed last night »it a rehearsal in Ridge Avenue Meth odist Episcopal Church. At the I,an < aster tabernacle the chorus will be feated just as In the Harrisburg "house of the sawdust trail." Returning the special will leave Lan < aster at 10..10, arriving in Harrisburg nt 11.20. [THE WEATHER 1 For HnrrUlMir* and vicinity: Cloudy to-night i W ednnday partly doudy; not much change in tem pervlure. For Kantern f'enn*ylvanla t Cloudy to-nlfrht; Wednesday probably fair* River Thrre bna been a m Might H*e over •he Branch of the Sinnjue hanna river: fUea-herf through out the river *y*tem the condi tion* have been nearly ntatlon nry. The river at Hnrrlnhura; 'Till he nearly uta-llonnry during the next t'vvrnt y-four hour*, nntl H itOßf of about 4.8 feet In indi cated for Wednenday morning. ««cueral Condition* A disturbance appear* thU morn ing uhich extends from Tcnne»- *ee eaat to the South Carolina • oa*t. It I* canning; cloudy and iinaettleil condition* over the Ka»l tiulf and South Atlantic Mate* and «now In \Vc*tern Ten ne*nee. Fair uenthrr prevail* over th~ I ake Region and (lie Middle W o*f. There ban ?»een n *fendy lnrrea*<* la rre**»ire over the Ml**o;irl \ alley, vvhlcl* ha* been nccom pnnietl by nlightly cooler con *ll - l.licbt preclpltr:f Icr oectirreu Wenteru Penrnyl vnola. the F.ant • inlf S-inte*. and Wyoming nine** > enterda> . Partly cloudy to elott.ly condition* may be expected to-night and Wednenday in till* locality with *llulit rliQnx*-* In temperature. Teraperafnret * a. in., 31. Sun: !ti*e*. «:IO n. m.; net*. n. m. Set*. 7:111 p. m. ftlver Vncci feet nlioie low* Mi»ter mark. Venferdnj'K Weather Mighent temperature. J»2. I oueit temperature. 3U. ''can temperature, I-. 'Normal temp, ratnre. 37. NURSERY HOME BURNS; 45 INMATES MARCH OUT IN SAFETY; HOSE BURSTS Tl»e Nursery Home at Heels Ijine and Third street took tire late this afternoon and at 5.30 this evening was burning fiercely with only one stream on It. and in a fair way to l»e entirely destroyed. All of (lie fifty-five liltle inmates, together with Mrs. Clifford Stewart, the matron, and her assistants, lined up and marched out in safety. The little ones were taken to the home of An drew Schutzenbach and A. C. Smith, nearby, where tliey are being cured for. IJTTIiE BOY DISCOVERS BLAZE The fire was discovered by one of tile little boys of the Home who was NEW PENNSYLVANIA I BEGINS HER CAREER Warship Bearing Name of Key stone State Greatest Fighting Machine Afloat LAUNCHED THIS MORNING I Governor Brumbaugh, Legislators and Many Other Pennsylva nians Attend Exercises "v A-«_- Newport News, Va.. March 16.—The new superdreadnaught Pennsylvania was successfully launched here this morning shortly after 10 o'clock. The largest engine of naval warfare i in the wond 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, lof Germantown, Pa., as Secretary Daniels gave a signal, the monster huil slid into the James river, and the swell tossed the German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, less than a hun dred yards away. Commander Thierichens, commander of the sea raider, sat in full uniform with the official party on the platform and mingled with American naval offi cers throughout the ceremony. I.ong Peace Predicted A gray-haired woman approached the German commander as he stood tinder the towering how of the Penn sylvania and grasped his hand. She was Mrs. M. F. Thomas, of Beacon, X. Y„ a member of the Society of Friends. "Commander." she said. "I belong ,to a society which believes that all >Dersons should love others as much as themselves. Do you in Germany love us as much as. you love yourselves?" [Continued on Page 5.] Fill PRESENT PlI FOR GAUGING METERS City Electrician Diehl May Suggest They Are Aimed at Fusion After Use of Portable Instead of Primaries and the Non- Permanent Instruments partisan Act Portable voltmeters which will per mit of tests at any point on the system instead of permanent instruments at five 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, Dielil after the Harrisburg Light and Power Company completes its plan for reconstructing its lines to -provide for the removal of poles and overhead wires. Citv 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- I Continued on Page 9] Miss Saul Wiii Continue in Charge at Central School authorities said this morn ing that they will not select a suc cessor to Professor William S. Steele, as principal of Central High schooi this term. The temporary arrangement. Miss Anna 11. Saul In charge, which has been in operation since Dr. Steele was taken HI, will be continued. *300.000 FIRE IX ILLINOIS Quincy, Ills.. March 16>—Fire entail ing a loss of more than $300,000 uarly to-day destroyed the plants of the Sta tioners' Manufacturing Company, Day ton Dick Magneto Company and tnei Dnvton-Haytan Pump Company. HARRISBURG. *>A., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1015. in one of the room* on the second floor preparing for supper. As he entered 1 a side room tlamee and smoke burn* out in IILS fare and at tlie same time broke through a window and were seen by a man passing on third street . side, who turned In a fire alarm ffom the box at Third and Reels lane. Ttar litle boy ran screaming to Mr«. Stewart, who was in the dining: room , on the first floor, where most of the i folks had' assembled and were standing In line awaiting the signal to sit down to the evening meal. Supper had been spread and it was left on the table when Mrs. Stewart, at once comprehending the serious ness o ftlie situation, hastily got the boys and girls into line of march, two by two, and headed them toward the side entrance. They marched calmly out. without waiting' to gather up even 1 so much cs a coat or a hat. and many of them did not know that the build- ' log was burning until they had been, marshalled by the matron into the I INDIAN WOMEN HAD RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE E. H. GOHL SHOWS Had Sole Right to Nominate Sachems; Held in Great Respect by Tribes; Squaws Voted Just Like the Braves That the women voted in the tribal governments in early Indian times be fore the influence of the whites was felt was shown In a recent lecture by E. H. Gohl, a former resident of Har risburg, before an audience at Auburn, New York. Mr. Gohl is an authority on Indian AUTOMOBILE SHOWS H IN FULL 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, bunting and floral decorations, with every inch of available floor space taken up wtih latest model cars and all forms of accessories. [Continued on Page 9] CROW WILL PRESENT TWO ELECTION BILLS Senator William E. Crow, o( Fay lette County, chairman of the Repub lican State Committee, will to-day in troduce in the Senate an anti-fusion jbill together with a measure aimed to | repeal the non-partisan act. I The anti-fusion bill will prevent the j withdrawal of one party nominee and his subsequent endorsement of another party. The measure will provide that a nominee cannot be taken from a party ticket after he is nominated theroon unless he dies. Then of count* his place wiil be filled by the i party. The measure alms to prevent | the fusion which took place in the last I c ampaign when William Draper Lewis, j who was nominated by the Washing ion Party voters withdrew from the Washington Party ticket and per mitted the leaders to nominate Vance C. McCormick who was nominated by the Democratic voters of the State. The anti-fusion bill will also pre vent a combination to be made on a mayorality ticket. Under the terms of the non-partisan j Judicial act repealer the repeal will not go into effect until January 1. 1916. Thus the Judges to be elected' in November will be chosen on the] non-partisan 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 until 1916. Another measure to be introduced by Senator Crow will take the non part !>an feature from the third class city aci. • street nearby, while she and her as ' sis tan Ls rushed back io k.-atvh the house for the two or three who were missing. This required 0111 ya few minutes and after she had made sure there were 110 more of tlie inmates in the building Mrs. Stewart took down the receiver of the Home telephone a>iU called up the fire house of the Camp Curt in Fire company. That company, however, hsd already responded to tlie | call sent In by the pedestrian who had j sounded the box at Third ami Reel streets, and was on iti wuy to the lire. DEFECTIVE TOE To BLAME Mrs. Stewart told the flrcmcu that so far as she had I wen able to ol>- , serve a defective fltte was the cause of the trouble. Tlie firemen were handicapped by 1 lack of water. Only one stream had been run from a faraway plug at 5.30 and a few minutes later it burst and the building was at the complete mer cy of tlie flames while the firemen tried to repair the break. The near est plug was at Third and Seneca streets. I Meanwhile the fire was gaining history and is an honorary member of the tribe of Onondaguas. In the course of his address Mr. Gohl emphasized the fact that women were held in great respect among the Indians, having the sole right to choose and nominate the sachems, or coun selors. to be elected by the adults of the tribe. SUFFRHGISTS BUSY pun emeu 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 evening. Mrs. Frank M. Roesslng, president of the association, is out with a statement saying that the suffragists are delighted with the passage of the resolution and calling attention to the campaign to be waged for the amend ment 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 general elections next November. She ex 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 [Continued on Page ll.] EXAMINE MITES EOR M. E. MIIIISTRY Bishop Burt Arrives at Shamokin to Assume Charge of 47th Conference Bishop William Burt, of Buffalo, 'who will have charge of the sessions lof the 47th annual Central Pennsyl- I vania Methodist conference meeting at Shamokin from the 17 to the 25 of this month, arrived there to-day. The preliminary work of examining candidates for the ministry continued to-day. It is said that the representa tives from the Eighth Avenue church, Altoona, are canvassing for next year's conference and In all probability will be successful. The Rev. Dr. H. L.. j Jacob of that church, was offered the j position of field secretary for the con jference annuity fund, but declined the I position preferring the pastorate. ' Most of the ministers who will at |tenu the conference have arrived. : Sessions will start to-morrow morn ing at 8:80 o'clock. Final arrange j ments for the accommodation of the | delegates from tills section of the state have been made. The informa tion bureau is composed of the Usher's [Association of the First Methodist church of Shamokin. PROPOSKI) liOAN DEN'IKD By Associated Press Hio 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. SOM3 IJAYKRS Howard Dltlow.of Mechanlcsbunt.of a flock of 12 Rhode Island red pullets which he says laid 725 eggs from De cember 1 to tylarch 16.' headway steadily and the 45 little folk* of the Home were marshalled and inarched to the home of Andrew Scliutzeiibach. nearby, and later some of them were removed to the residence of A. C. Smith, at Fourth street and Reels lane. PERFECT ORDER Throughout the trying ordeal the order of the little ones was perfect. They accepted their plight as a matter of coarse and made no complaint. Few of them showed any evidences of fright or nervousness. Mrs. Stewart, the matron, behaved splendidly. She told « Telegraph re porter her experience calmly and with little display of "nerves." [ "'One of the little hoys was on the second floor and discovered the lire," she said. "He rnite to me attil told me the house was burning. Without wait ing a moment I lined up all of the lit tlctle folks who were awaiting their supper nnd got them out in god order. Nobody was hurt and few wen- even frightened. 1 believe that this was due to the fact that the fire occurred at an hour when the Inmates were nearly all assembled at one place and tinder my eye. I shudder to think of what might have liappcncd had the lire occurred at night when the little folks were in lied. I believe It mis caused by a de fective chimney .from what I could see." The Home was formerly the Watts (family mnnsioiv and is a large frame structure standing in a trove of stately old trees.. For some years it has been used by the Xnresery Home, but was to liave been vacated altout April I by the Home, which is ciiinK into new quarters purchased for it in the lower part of the city. There had been some talk of buying it for a municipal hos pital. At 5.45 the roof fell in and shortly after that the firemen got the flames under control and saved most of the walls. What to do with the fifty-five little inmates, a number of whom are suf fering with mumps aud under the care of a physician, is puzzling the man agement. CITY FORESTER HOW WORKING ON TREES Mueller and Corps of Assistants Busy Pretty Gose to Heaven in Tree-tops of Harris Park 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 Paston street and from early morning until 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 up 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 fteld work City Forester Mueller is also preparing some data relative to prun ing and caring for trees as well as some good tips on transplanting. This will be issued In bulletin form in a few days. MfTIMK STUMP BILL 111 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 >'o 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 city com missioners the type of tractor it is manufacturing. "At the earnest solicitation of the Mortou company," Commissioner Tav 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 strate their machine and notwithstand ing the fact that I have waited for three weeks 1 will wait one more week. However. I do not see what can be gained by the delay, as I am of the opinion that the city certainly cannot be benefited by the purchase of an untried machine that costs J*so more than a standard type that hus been used extensively for several ysars 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 Gre it 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 110 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 the French War Office that the Germans have suffered reverses in two sections of the Western front. The British array is said to have recaptured St. Elol 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 1.050,029. This does not include cas ualties in the German states other than Prussia. The British auxiliary cruiser Orama, which took part in the 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 Ktimkale, at the entrance to the Dar danelles. S ~ sis,o7 New Have rin., March 16.—A civil a tion to recoves j ' $15,000 darn;!' ought by Susanivt ' ihlers againsi % 1 Virgin her former employer, to-d ~ The papei J charge tha ult was committed. M o was the et. player 'ers who was a stenog pher in his o c. Yes Wahiers had Mayo .. Led on a bo> i ' olving the paternity o C lay on $35,000 worth o property stand i ing in Mayo's 1 Wash in larch 16.—Chevalier V.. R ippard, Netli 1 crlands min rmally opened negotia sat the State Depaitment t . determine what act! "i'>ay be take; i by the Unite es under the Netherla o obtain ar M 1 i amelio? restrictions laid down i the British ' 1 ! order in conn'-- I New York March 16.—William L. Brecse, former sec- , i retary to Amba lor Page, in London, was killed Sunday in 1 C the fighting on French front, accordi able advice j received mdoc %\ LANCAS ! ! AUTOIST HELD FOR MURDER J' , March 16.—Adeline, ven-year-old Jlj 1 daughter ol I L. Gross, died at an \y hour this W morning at a pital in this city from l; ies sustained W I when she was over last evening by an automobile driven by Geo; eK. Tole, a tobacco dealc- this city. The Kj machine ran the child and both her arms were broken n and he* body crushed. She was di jged a distance -j ' of 200 feet, c allege that Tole operating the , car in a reckless manner and he has been don a charge, > u of murder. I I MARRIAGE LICENSES I C B Mwartalauder and Mildred U IMne, Baltimore. J * POSTSCRIPT. Results Insignificant. A Russian statement says the Ger« man assault on Ossowetz Is producing only insignificant results. In thei» effort to capture this Important fort ress, where they have centered theiir attempt to break through the Russian fortified line in Northern Poland, th« Germans have moved up their heavy artillery, but the Russian statement says the advantage thus far results with the defenders. It is also said that the German advance toward Praasnysz is being held in check and that attempts to relieve Przem.vsl, in Galicia, have been ineffectual. It is admitted that in the Carpathians th«» Russians are making little progress and have suffered very heavy losses. CORRESPONDENTS EXPELLED By Associated Press Paris, March 16, 6.05 A. M.—A spe. cial dispatch from Rome says the gov. eminent has issued an order expellim? from Italy the correspondents of th» Vienna Tageblatt and the Frankfurter Zeitung. MACHINES SCARCE IN BERLIN By Associated Press Berlin, March 18, 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 l day and a drizzling rain fell. Taxi cabs were at a premium and prlvato cars had almost entirely disappeared. Only one-third of the customary num ber of machines was available. BATTERIES MOVED FORWARD By Associated Press Pctrograd, via i.ondon, March 1 8.13 A. M.—The following official dis i patch has been received from Osso -1 wetz: "The enemy has brought some of his batteries closer to the fortress because of their obvious ineffectiveness nt the longer range. The Earl of the Fortress effectively shelled a column of the enemy consisting of motor* drawing artillery provisions and am munition.
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