Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, March 17, 1915, Image 1

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    British Admiralty Announces Destruction of Two More English Steamers
HARRTSBURG (anfe TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 62
FIRE SWEEPS ROW
OF PROGRESS HOMES
EARLY THIS MORNING
Four Houses Burned to Ground;
Six Families Must Seek
New Homes
GOSSIP AS TO THE ORIGIN
Said That Someone Smoked in
Bed; Harrisburg Firemen Help
Fight Blaze
Kire starting about 2.30 this morn
ing, in "Hoak's Row" at the Cross
Roads in Progress, burned four houses
to the ground, and did much damage
to two others in the row of eleven
homes.
"Che flames started in the south end
of the row, and but for the valiant
work of the firemen of Penbrook and j
this city, the entire row would havej
been swept away.
The families living in the houses j
which were burned are as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. Reidell, four sons,
Ralph, Roy, Grant and John and two
daughters, Minnie and Mary. Ijoss
J1.200. Furniture insured partly.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bechtel, one son,
John, and three uaughters, Eleanor,
Pearl and Margaret. SI,OOO loss.
Furniture uninsured.
Mr. and Mrs. William Himmelrlght,
and infant, i.oss, SI,OOO. Furniture
uninsured.
Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Weitzel. and
children. Martha and Paul. L.oss, sl,-
000.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Irvin, and
daughter, Bella. Loss, slight.
A house between the homes of the
1 limmelrights and the Weitzels, which
was unoccupied was burned to the
ground.
The houses are owned by Mrs. Clara
A. IToak, of Progress, who lives within
a hundred yard,s of the row. The loss
is estimated at about $5,500 and is
only partly covered by insurance. All
nt the families in the row with the
exception of Reidell's removed their
furniture across the street on a vacant
lot. This morning beds, a piano, an
organ, stoves, chairs, and other pieces
of furniture were standing across the
street in wild disorder. Those fami
lies whose homes were burned are
making arrangements to move into
other houses. Some of the fire victims
were care for by neighbors this morn
ins.
Gossip as to Origin.
Origin of the tire is unknown, al
though the gossip of neighbors was
that it may have been due to care
lessness.
Shortly after the flames were dis
covered the whole row was aroused
and a telephone call sent to the Pen
brook and Friendship Fire companies.
After hard work the Penbrook
fighters kept the flames In check un
til (he city firemen arrived. The wind
coming from the north kept the blaze
in the south end where il had started.
After the arrival of the Friendship
i-ompany the men started at the sixth
house and fought the flames back to
the south end.
l)og Burns to Death
A dog owned by one of the families
was burned to death, having been for
gotten by the excited people in their
hurry to remove furniture from the
blazing homes. Several other dogs in
the neighborhood came up to the
smoking embers and sniffed around
sadly, showing that they missed their
friend. Children who live in the row
were anxious to know whose dog had
been burned and showed much relief
when they found that it was not their
pet.
150,000 Sons of Erin
Parade in New York
in St. Patrick's Honor
By .AssociateJ Press
Xew York, March I".—More than
130,000 men planned to take part in
the St. Patrick's Day parade here to
day. Two companies of cadets from
Montreal, half a regiment of Irishmen
from the West and a company of girls
dressed in white and wearing wide
green sashes, besides various military
organizations, were in line.
THE WEATHER
for llnrrialMirjc and vicinity: Fair
» k> ?a<her and Thtiruin?,
'with little chnnge In temperature,
i r Kaitrrn Pennsylvania: Fair
weather to-nlfcht ajiil Thnrndn.v,
with little clitinge In torappra
tnTf.
Hlver
Tlie river ohnerverß report a nearly
stationary mndltlon throughout
the nyntero tliln mornlnK without
any precipitation. \ ataxc of
about 4.R feet In Indicated for
Harrlaihurir Thursday mornlnK.
General Conditions
Over the eastern portion of the
country clear weather prevalls r
with the exception of some
eloudlness along; the coast from
Georgia to North Carolina. In
the West generally fair weather
eontfnues with some cloudiness
at scattered points.
A alight fall In temperature oc
curred In the Kaatern S*tatea.
with this morning's readings he
low the seasonal average.
Temperatnrei H a. m.. 28.
• tin: Rises, «)00 a. m.t sets, (liOO
p. m.
Moon i New moon. first quarter,
nareh -'I. 5i4M p. m.
Hlver Stagei 4,5 feet above low
«*ater mark.
Yeatarday's Weal her
lllflffcaat tempera tare. 47.
I.oweal temperature, *4.
Mean temperature, 40. j
Normal temperature. 'AH, \
1.500 HEAR STOIIGH
PREACH ONGE AGAIN
Harritburgers Throng Lancaster
Tabernacle, Where Evangelist
Is Now Campaigning
TELLS "WHO'S TO BLAME"
Says Preachers and Church Mem
bers Are Responsible For Booze,
Vice and Gambling Holes
STOUGH STINGERS
**l didn't talk long enough to the
church members In Harrisburg; 1
didn't get all the preachers con
verted up there/*
••When David did wrong lie mar.
rled the woman. That's more than
n lot of you dirty aknnka have
done."
••Rlthcr quit dancing and playing
rards—or get out of the church!"
"Most church members know more
about a card deck than they do
about the lilble."
••If you preachers obeyed the tenets
of your church, you would tire every
dancing and card-playing member
In your congregation."
"Church members who sign saloon
petitions nre Just as responsible for
the souls of {he drunkards that go
to liell as the fellow who shoves the
booze over the bar."
"Most mothers spend more time
scrubbing and cleaning up their
homes than they spend putting the
souls of their children In order."
In just what esteem Dr. Henry W.
Stough. the evangelist, is held by
Harrisburg: people was shown last
evening when more than 1,500 went
on a special excursion to Lancaster
to hear him preach.
And preach he did —with a power
and a mastery such as he showed
only on one or two occasions through
out the entire seven weeks of the
local evangelistic campaign.
He took his text from St. Paul's
letter to Timothy, in which the great
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EMBARGO OX INDIAN CORN
By Associated Press
Washington. I), C., March I".—The
Department of Agriculture has issued
an order, effective immediately, pro
hibiting: the importation of Indian corn
from Java. India and parts of Oceania.
A disease known as scleorosporo may
dis, ruinous to the corn plant, is rav
aging corn in parts of India, and it
is to prevent the pest from reaching
the United States that the embargo
was ordered.
DEMOCRATS IX POWER
By Associated Press
Hoboken, X. J., March 17.—1n the first
election held here under the commis
sion form of government the Demo
crats elected all five commissioners.
The result of the election became
known to-day.
STIEFF PIANO STORE
15 TO BE REBUILT
Plan Largest and Most Up-to-date
Exclusive Warerooms in Cen
tral Pennsylvania
T.,. Frank Ba.ss. manager of the
Charles M. Stieff Piano House, 24
North Second street, announced this
mornirtfc that on April I he will begin
tearing away the building which he
now occupies to make way for what
will be the largest and most up-to
date exclusive piano wareroom in
Central Pennsylvania.
Modern in every respect, and fire
proof throughout, the new home of
the Stieff piano will include the very
latest ideas in piano display and sales
rooms. The building will be fireproof
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Bill to Classify 67
Counties Like Cities
A bill to divide the sixty-seven coun
ties of the State into eight classes, on
the same general plan as cities are
classified, for purposes of legislation
was introduced into the House to-day
by Mr. McVicar. Allegheny.
The classifications are proposed as
follows:
First, counties having 1,500,000 or
more population.
Second. 800,000 to 1,500,000.
Third, 300,000 to 800,000.
Fourth. 150,000 to 300,000.
Fifth. 100,000 to 150,000.
Sixth. 50,000 to 100,000.
Seventh, 25,000 to 30,000.
Kighth, less than 25,000.
The population is to be computed
on the census and the act is to take
effect when the Legislature adjourns.
SHOWS TO OBSERVE
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Special Programs Will Be Pre
sented at Both Automobile
Exhibitions
Society folks are turning out in force
to see the automobile exhibits at the
iwo shown now going on in the Kelker
Street Hall and Arena. Between seven
and ten o'clock last night both plac-s
were well filled and around many ex
hibits, Interested spectators jammed
the aisles. The attendance at each,
both morning and evening, is a sur
prise to the managers and is a satis
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HARRISBURG. PA. t WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1915.
RUINS OF THE NURSERY HOME AND YOUNGSTERS WHO
WERE DRIVEN
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,|,A W the ruins of the Nurserv Home which was burned late yesterday afternoon; and the youngsters
who arc kept"lfv "{he inMUutlon. °SC boys and girls spent, last night in the Citizen flrehouse. They are being
housed temporarily in the Children's Industrial Home in the Last End.
BROTHER OF HARRISB
DIES MIRACULOUSLY
Falls Dead at Altar After Praying That He Be Killed Rather Than
City Be Destroyed by Germans
Rabbi Moses ludah Rabinowitz, of
Grodno, PolanJ, who died while pray-j
Ins in the Great Synagogue, of that;
city, is a brother of Rabbi I.eon Al-,
bum, 213 Kelker street, this city .
Rabbi Album received word of bis
brother's death this morning when a'
cablegram was received from Grodno,
via F.ondon, England.
The dramatic circumstance sur-
PLlililG MODERN
SIOO,OOO BAKERY
Mrs. Graupner and Her Four Sonsi
Are Back of the New
Enterprise
Notwithstanding reports to the con
trary yesterday, llarrisburg will 'havi
a new baking companyl It will be
capitalized at SIOO,OOO.
Plans call for a four-story brick and
stono building at Tenth and Market
streets, nortluast corner. Work on the
plant will start within the nest two
weeks. A meeting for the organization
of the new enterprise will take place
sometime next week.
At present the interested parties are
Mrs. Mary 1.. Graupner, widow of the '
late Robert H. Graupner. and four
sons, Max R., Albert R., Frederick 11.,
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COMPLETE PLANS FOB
BIG MISS MEETING
1,500 Epworth Leaguers Expect
to Attend Service in Grace
M. E. Church
Final plans for the muss meeting of
Epworth Leagues of the city and vicin
ity, to be held In Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church, have been complet
ed. Special features will be music b:'
a men's chorus and an address l»r the
Rev. Dr. Dan B. Brummltt, of Chicago,
editor of the Epworth Herald,
Careful arrangements have been
mnde to insure seating the crowd or'
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rounding the death of Rabbi Uabino
wltz is remarkable according to the 1
report .received here. At present the.
Germans arc besieging Grodno- While
the Germans were busily engaged on
the'selge, Itabbl Kabjnowitz ottered u
prayer at the altar of the synagogue
asking the I.ord to spare the ctfy and
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FINE HUCKSTEBS 575
FOR SHORT WEIGHING
Dauphin Court Sentences Pair
Who Plead Guilty to Charges
Preferred by City Sealer
Selling potatoes short of the legal
measure cost- John Essig and William
Brady, hucksters, $Bl apiece this
morning in Maren quarter sessions
court.
The pair pleaded guilty to charges
of short- weight preferred by City
Sealer Harry L). Heel and' President
Judge Kunkel Imposed a tine of $75
and cofcts upon each.
Another violation of the food a:'t
that occupied the court's attention to
day Was Owen Brady, a milkman, w'io
was convicted Of unlawfully selling
cream that was not of the legal grade
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JOHN S. WEAVER DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Proprietor of Oldest Candy Store
in City Stricken With Pneu
monia and Heart Attack
i John 8. Weaver, veteran confection
er, and proprietor of the oldest candy
store in Harrisburg, located at 24
North Third street, died at bin home,
205 Pine street, this morning at 11
o'clock, aged 66 years, Mr, Weaver
had been 111 with pneumonia for ten
days. His condition became critical
three days ago, following a heart at-|
tack.
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NURSERY VOUNGSTERS
MM IFTER FIRE
Enjoy Selves in Firehouse After
Conflagration Which
Destroys Home
Happy as birds despite the_ $15,000
damage done last night by fire to the
Nursery Home, at Third street and
Reel's tMjie, roriv-s:x youngsters, aver
aging less than 6 years of age, were
transported by automobiles this morn
ing from the upper parlor of the Citi
zen Fire Company house, where they
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THE SHAMROCK
In humble, simple things
God teaches lessons wise;
The shamrock leaf bears witness
of the skies!
Growing close to earth,
Common, wild and sweet;
St. Patrick through it saw
The Godhead meet!
Three leaves upon one stem,
One leaf yet forming three,
Symbolic to mankind
Of Trinity !
—ANNA If. WOOD.
Written for the Telegraph.
'MIDE IN SICT
ENDORSED BV HOUSE
Resolutions Passed Calling on the
People of State to Buy
Domestic Products
Resolution* calling upon the peo
ple of Pennsylvania and the govern
ment of the State, ull counties and
municipalities to buy American made
products were Introduced Into the
House to-day by Mr. MeCalg, Alle
gheny,
The resolutions recite that as Amer
ican manufacturing Industries are only
partially operating at this tlihc and
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16 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT.
GERMANS SCORE AGAIN
IN SUBMARINE WARFARE;
BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK.
Constantinople Dispatches Say Allies' Cruisers Approach*
ing Outer Fortifications of Dardanelles Were Driven
Back by Heavy Fire; British Are Still on Offensive;
Six Members of Fingal's Crew Missing
Germany has scored again in hel
submarine warfare on British ship
ping. The British admiralty an
nounced to-day that the steamers At
lanta and Fingal had been torpedoed.
The crew of the Atlanta was saved,
but six lives are reported to have been
lost on the Fingal.
The last of news concerning the
attack on the Dardanelles is explained
In a dispatch from Constantinople, j
which says that only unimportant op- j
eratlons have been attempted by the ;
allied fleet during the last few days, j
Two attempts of cruisers to approach i
the outer fortifications in connection I
with mine sweeping operations are i
said to have bene frustrated by the \
fire from shore.
Increasing activity is indicated along |
the western end of the Franco-Belgian |
battle line. A message from a cor
respondent at tne front of a Paris
newspaper says that Xieuport has
been bombarded by the Germans and
Westernde by the allies. The Belgians
are reported to have made some head
way against the Germans, capturing
positions In two localities. The Brit
ish army is still on the offensive, al
though Its advance apparently has
been checked by the Germans.
WARSHIPS DRIVEN' BACK
By A/sociated Press
Constantinople, via Berlin, and wire
less to London, March 17, 9.05 A. M.
—Only unimportant operations have
I been undertaken by the allied fleet op
erating against the Dardanelles for
the past few days. The activity of the
warships has been limited to demon
strations. Two new attempts by cruis
ers and destroyers to approach the
! outer fortifications and clear the chan
!nel of mines are reported to have been
; futile because of the effective fire from
I the defenders.
| REBELS DISPERSED; 100 KILLED
By Associated Press
Rome, via Paris, March 17, 5.15
A. M.—An Italian punitive expedition
sent out from Bengazl under Colonel
Paiola. dispersed a strong force of reb
els nearGebadla after a hard fight. The
lnurgonts lost 100 men killed an>l
Norristown, Fa., March 17. A resolution pledging
Governor Brumbaugh the support of the conference in his
stand for local option was passed by a rising vote at the
opening session here to-day of the annual conference of the
meeting of the Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal Confer
ence, which began here.
Philadelphia, March 17. The directors of the Lehigh
Valley Ruilro I Company to-day declared the regular quar
terly divider.' 2 l / 2 per cent, on its common and preferred
stock.
Soul , England, March 17, via London, 2.55 P.
M.—The steamship Blonde, arriving here to-day
reports was attacked in the North Sea by a Ger
man aercy; ~: which dropped a bomb on the deck of the
vessel, i ber of the crew was killed.
Wash; , March 17.—Foreigners at Progrcso, alarm
ed by dii>oru in the city, have asked for refuge on the
American cruiser Des Moines. General Carraiua, how
ever, after conferences with American naval and diplomatic
officers at Ve a Cruz has promised full protection for them.
SELLS FARM AND COMMITS SUICIDE
Williamsport, Pa., March 17. Becoming despondent
after selling the farm on which he lived for twenty-five
years, James aged 60, to-day committed suicide
with a shotgun at his home near Liberty. Members of his
family were ... eking the household goods preparatory to
moving.
Yor'c, "larch 17.—The Directors of the Poor of
York coi i j i to day that they lacked authority under
the new drug to grant the request of York physicians
that the> l "dope" to victims of the habit. They
ruled to suj ly only indigent patients who will become in
mates of the almshouse during treatment for their relief.
There are 1,200 victims of the drug habit in York, the
physicians assert.
Washington, March 17.—Each of the justices of the Su
preme Court appeared on the bet\ch this afternoon wearing
a sprig of Shamrock, in the lapel of his coat and each seem
ingly took tq see that it peeped out from beneath his
gown.
MARKIAOE
H«f> E. Shadel, LlntlrMonß. and Martha R. Mann. Penbrook.
many wounded while the Italian losses
are placed at forty killed and forty
five wounded.
Want School Building -
Named in Memory of
Prof. Wm. S. Steele
The Harrisburg Rotary Club last
I evening adopted the suggestion of (;.
j Harry Kain that the school board
| asked to name the new school buiUl
! ing to be erected in the Tenth war I
the W. S. Steele building, In mentor/
] of the late principal of the high school,
j who was also a prominent Rotarian.
1 The club also appointed as cornmi'-
| tec to draw up resolutions on Profes
sor Steele's death, Karl Steward, John
jS. Musser and I/. Frank Bass. Presl
i dent William H. Essick and Howard C.
! Fry, secretary, spoke on the life ami
| work of the departed member.
Man Is Crushed When
Jack Under House Slips
Middletown, Pa., March 17.—Charl':3
I Bubb, aged 33, a laborer, residing it*
M'atherine street, was killed instantlv,
I this morning, when a frame house,
i which was being moved on rollers, sli t
| off a jack, catching Bubb's head be •
i tween the house and a rail on which
it was being moved. Bubb's skull was
| fractured and his neck broken.
It required fifteen minutes to raise
the house sufficiently to permit the re
moval of his body. He was dead when
I a physician arrived. The house is
! owned by Harry Bumbach. Bubb 's
; survived by a widow and three chi'.»
j dren.
i VIJJJA TO MAKK REPARATION
! Washington, March 17—Enrique C.
I Llorente, representative here of Gen
eral Villa, conferred with Secretary
j Bryan to-day on the killing of John B.
I McManaa. an American in Mexico
| City by Zapata troopers. He assured
I the secretary on the strength of a
i j message from General Villa that
II proper reparation would be made.