Relations Between Italy and Austria Rapidly Becoming More Unsettled
HARRISBURG ftSllgfa TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 63
30 AUTOS DAMAGED i
IN FREIGHT WRECK
Six Cars Pile Up on Northern
Central Railway Near New
Cumberland
SMASH PULLMAN ROADSTERS
Brake Rigging Falls; Two Cars
Roll Down Bank; Stop at
River's Edge
Five Pullman roadsters, 1915 models,
were smashed to junk, two touring:
autos badly battered, and a score if
other machines damaged, in a wreck j
near New Cumberland, at 1.10 thi« |
morning.
Six cars on a Northern Central
freight train, northbound, were de- J
railed when a brake ringing fell across j
the tracks. They were loaded with j
Pullman automobiles which were turn- i
ed out of the factory at York, yester
day.
Two of the freight cars went over
the bank almost into the river. One |
<ar containing live roadsters was j
broken into kindling wood. The ma- !
• bines were gathered up in small ]
pieces. The other car stopped halt- 1
way down the bank. The side wis j
broken, and two touring autos badly j
damaged.
Of the four remaining cars, one |
containing a big machine and four'
roadsters, and three containing eig!i-|
teen roadsters, were broken on the I
sides and ends. These cars were sent j
to Knola. The automobiles were only ;
slightly damaged, the shield glasses r
and lamps being broken.
Narrowly Miss llivcr
The wrecked cars were the rear of a !
train of twenty-eight which left York!'
for Enola at 12.30 o'clock this morn- |i
ins. Ono of the cars ahead of those i'
containing the autos lost a brake rig- 'I
ging just as the train crossed the j
bridge over the Yellow Breeches i
creek, south of New Cumberland. The
tangled iron fell across the tracks. I
throwing the six cars off tfie rails.
When the first car turned over and j
started to roll down the bank a coup'- <
ing broke, the car following going!
partly over the hank. The third car
turned over on its side, and three re- ,
tnained upright.
Wreck crews from ICnola and York j
were called and had the passenger,
* tracks open by 3.30 o'clock. At 6i
o'clock freight trains were ag.iin tnov- |
ing southward. Freight Trainmaster
S. Ft. Prenninsr. of York, directed the I
movement of the trains. ! i
Wreckage Widely Scattered
The Pullman consignment was fori,
points west of Pittsburgh. The six |
cars contained a total of 30 machines. :
The crew in charge of the train was
from Baltimore. Theodore Shatter,
was the conductor. George F. Shainer, j
was engineer.
Conductor Shaffer was in the ca
ll loseicompleting his records when he 1
II
,i" crew to New Market lo notify.
Baltimore and Williamsport. and call!
the wreck crews.
The wreck was scattered over the>
low grade line tracks of the Pennsyl- i
vania railroad and one car fell across I
the southbound track of the Northern
Central branch. The trucks were torn
up a distance of l."> 0 feet.
Arson Suspect Lodged in
Jail Under $ i ,000 Bail
l
William D. Kerbaugh, of Pottstown. ! !
arrested yesterday, charged with arson ' i
by Mrs. Katherine Breatch. James and 1 1
Sayford streets, will be brought before :
Alderman Landis for a hearing to- : '
morrow morning. He is in jail in de- '
fault of ll.OOb bail.
Witnesses say that they saw a man :
set fire to the Breatch home on Sun- j
day. March 7, at 1 o'clock in the:,
morning. They will be asked to iden- j I
tify Kerbaugh. Mrs. Breatch savs that!
iie had threatened to tire her home
and that on Sunday morning, March 7
tire of incendiary origin broke out.
i>i:.vrn OP CIIAKI.KS s. IIAI.I
Special to The Telegraph j ,
Duncannon. Pa.. March 18.—Charles '
S. Hall. 29 years old, died at his home i
in Bemoyne. His death was due to!
an abscess on the brain. He is sur- I
vived by his widow, lather and moth
er. Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, of Wheat-
Held township: one sister, Mrs. Lewis'
Smith, Jr., of Corallen, and three!
brothers. George B. Hall, of Itrooklvn ! ,
N. William J. Hall, of Millerstown
PH.. and James S. Hall, of Madison' <
<>hio. The funeral service will be held I
in the Methodist Episcopal Church 1 *
here to-morrow morning ut 1 1 o'clock. 1
The Hew Mr. Musselman, of Letnovne ! s
will officiate. '|i
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THE WEATHER]!;
.J ,
J'or llnrrlMburic mid vicinity: Fair |* S
fu-niuht; Krldny pifrtU cloudy to I*
cloudy, vtllli nl«iul\ riNiiiK tem- N
|MTHInr«».
For KaNtcro Fair t
l»-nl{;lMt Mllelifly H.irmor in
north ll nd nent portion; Friday 1
••londy, I
Itlvrr i]
"With tlie exception of \\ lllliiniM|»orf,
uliere there tin** been n rl«e, the
remitlnder of the river observer* j
report n ntntlonary condition
wince yenterdny morning The ' (
«ta«e Indicated for 1
Friday morning will he about 4.7
feet.
(■eneral < ondHlonn
There ha» been a »li K ht rl«e In tem
peratnre condition* over the
en Mtern portion of the country,
With thin mornlnK'N tempcruturcN
clone fn the McnNonnl a%eruße. ! r
There U coiiNldernhle cloudlnenn j J
over the northeantern portlou of j 1
the country. In
Temperature: S n. m., ;io.
Sun: HliteN, 0:07 n. m.; neti, 0:10
l>. m.
Jlnon: Flr»t quarter, March ".1 I
r»:IS p. m.
Itlver Starve: 4.5 feet above low- '
water mark.
%eaterday*a Weather
Highest temperature, to.
I oweirf temperature. 20.
Mean temperature, .tl. v
Normal temperature. SW, K
i s. rm
IB FILE PROTESTS
Government Opposes Action of
Great Britain in Declaring
Blockade
CORRESPONDENCE PUBLISHED
Belligerents Fail to Realize the
| Dangers Placed on Neutral
Commerce of World
fl.v Associated Press
Washington. March 18—Whether to
l acquiesce in or protest against the ac
i tion of (ireat Itritain and her allies
'in declaring a blockade against Ger-i
| man: was the question which con-]
|tronted the American governmertt to
il lay following the publication of the
j complete series of notes between the
j I nited States and the European bel
ligerents regarding the safety of neu-1
jtral shipping. Officials we're to-day
(collecting data for what is expected to
j be a vigorous protest against the form
! of the proposed blockade against Ger
; many. President Wilson already has
indicated that a protest would be
| made.
There were all told six notes. Their!
| publication by the State Department!
jnot only cleaned the slate of diplo-!
iiuatlc correspondence but recorded the!
j failure of efforts on tne part of ad- i
[ministration officials to bring the bel-'
. ligerents to realize the dangers which!
11 heir actions place on the neutral corn-!
meree of the world. This is a keen
disappointment to officials.
1 he publication of the correspond
ence revealed that the allied block
lade operations would not be conducted
' outside of European waters, includ-!
ing the Mediterranean." For the!
[first time the British used the wordi
■ "blockade" in describing their new
j policy.
Distribute Tickets For
Lecture by ex-Pres. Taft
Tickets for a lecture to be delivered]
in Technical high school auditorium i
on tiie evening of April 15 by ex-Presi- !
dent William 11. Taft were distributed
to members of the ilarrisburg Acad
emy yesterday afternoon.
The members of the Academy Spec
tator staff have been influential in
getting ex-President Taft here. Me
will speak on "The Signs of the Times."
This is considered to lie the most
popular lecture of the noted states
man's serien.
EXHIBITORS II AUTO
SHOWS MIKE SUES
Dealers Say Indications Point to'
Successful Week; Planning (
Entertaining Features
Reports of unexpected sales of auto
mobiles and accessories are being
made by dealers at both the shows |
going on now in the West End. At'
the Arena the members of the Harris- '
burg Automobile Dealers' Association j
are feeling a stronger business impulse'
than ever before during the six years I
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JURY POWERS OVER
II BUCKET IF iViTEF
Question of Whether Mrs. Danner
Really Meant to Souse Mrs.
Moser at issue in Court
The question of whether or not Mrs.
Florence Danner really meant to
throw a bucket of water all over Mrs.
Mabel Moser, her neighbor, was the
principal problem in March quarter
sessions. The jury took the case just
before the noon adjournment.
Mrs. Moser declares she was stand
ing in her doorway, a few days after
Christmas when Mrs. Danner ap
peared at her own balcony door across
a i! - foot alley. Mrs. Danner was
scrubbing her porch Mrs. Moser
thought. Without warning, Mrs.
Moser alleges, Mrs. Danner picked uuj
a bucket of water and sailed the con
tents right over the balcony railing
upon her shoulders and head. Mrs.
Danner admitted having thrown the
water but said she heaved the bucket
over without any intention of sousing
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Germans Reported to
Have Been Ordered Out
of Resorts in Italy
By Associated frets
Paris, March 18, 5.45 A. M.—Ger
mans at resorts in the Italian riviera
have been privately notified by flu
authorities to leave Italian territory
immediately says a dispatch from Nice
to the Havas Agency.
TURKS IN SWITZERLAND
Hy .Associated Press
Geneva, via Paris. March 17, 11.35
P. M.—Thirty wealthy Turkish fami
lies. some of tile women still veiled,
arrived In Switzerland this week by
way of the Austrian Tyrol. Their bak I '-
K«se consisted chiefly of valuable jewel
cases.
HARRISBURG. PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH "18, 1915
(WHAT HAPPENED WHEN six CARS '
l v NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY NEAR NEW CUMBERLAND
AII derailed on 111^^n»«^r^Oim at 1.30 I
All six i-ars were loaded with automobile#,from the Pullman factory at York. There were thirty cars in the }
wreckage* I'pper picture *ho\Yß heap of ruined automobiles. Lower shown one of the freight ears which went!
oyer the embankment. 1
AND NOW LEGISLATORS INTEND
ORGANIZING A BIBLE CLASS!
j Crawford Representative, Who H it Trail Two Years Ago, Introduces
Movement; Will Be Nondenommational
I ■
j A call was made in the House of
(Representatives to-day for the organ
ization of a legislative Bible class. It
i was made by Representative McKay,
Conneaut Lake, Crawford county, in a
j notice sent to the clerk's desk, which
invited all legislators interested to
, meet to-day for organization,
j Mr. McKay said that the plan was
i endorsed by twenty-one members of
I the House ana was undenominational.
| "The idea is to have a Bible class
I every Sunday afternoon in the House I
j caucus room." said he. "There are!
I men here, like myself, who arc inter- !
BOB'S RESIDENCE
WRECKED BV BOMB
!
Guttenburg Executive, His Three
Brothers and Mother Escape
Uninjured
By Associated Press
New York, March I—The home of
Mayor Daniel Herrmann, of (iutten
burg, N. J., a suburb, was wrecked,
early to-day by the explosion of a i
bomb. A hole was torn in the wall J
of the house, windows wero broken I
and the entire community was awak- j
ened. No one was injured.
Mayor Herrmann discharged the;
Guttenburg police force of eight men.
I sixteen months ago on the ground thatj
they had no work to do and that thej
I 1 town was so orderly no police w\ero
needed. The police took the matter;
to the courts where it is now pending. '
I When the bomb exploded the police;
were holding their annual ball.
Asleep in the mayor's home at the!
time of the explosion were the mayor, |
his three brothers and his mother.'
The Viuttenburg police, although offi
cially discharged are investigating.
The bomb thrower escaped.
GKKMAXS FORTIFYING VALLEY
By Associated Press
Geneva, via Paris, March IS, 5.15 j
A. M.—German troops have been en
ergetically engaged Sm r the past few!
days fortifying all the valley of the I
I-argue. between Moos, Saint Louis'
and Loerrach, sayß the Lausanne Oa-
I zette. A complicated system of barbed
wire entanglements has been placed.
The environs of Volkensberg and Fer
rette are defended by entrenchments
and blockhouses.
WAR CORRESPONDENT DIES
By Associated Press
/ [.Oiidon. March 18.—The death is;
announced at St. Heller, Jersey, of'
Charles Kdmond Akers, soldier and '
war correspondent. He was a cor- I
respondent in the Spanish-American I
|alid other campaigns
I ested in religious movements and who
| are desirous of organizing a class.
! This class is not for the purpose of
I influencing any legislation, but for
j Bible study. J am a 'trail hitter,' hav
| ing been concerted two years'ago, and
1 am much interested in personal re
unions work. I have found others
Who feel as 1 do."
Mr. Phillips. Clearfleldi will teach
the class next Sunday. The Rev. B. F.
j Bungard, Westmoreland, the clerical
member of the House, will become a
, member of the class and teach on one
I Sunday.
iPMiIIBIDG.
DEDICATED AT FRISCO
Former Governor John K. Tener I
Makes Principal Address
at Exercises
San Francisco, Mar. 18—The Penn-
Isylvauia Building at the Panama-Paci
fic Exposition was dedicated here this)
J afternoon in the presence of thou-i;
I sands of visitors. ..The program in- i
I eluded addresses bjr many prominent
j Pennsylvanians, among whom was <
j John K. Tener, former governor of the i
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Another Split Reported
Among Villa Followers ;
I San Antonio. Tex., March 18.—Two i J
j messages received by the San Antonio ,
; Mexican pence convention committee ,
; announces a break between General .
I Villa and General Felipe Angeles with i
the latter heading an independent or- i
ganization or party. ,
MAY KKQI'IHE ANOTHER MONTII '
TO SILENCE FORTIFICATIONS f
Milan, via Paris, March 18, 5.10
A. M.—Prudence will mark the efforts
I of the admirals of the allied fleet to ..
j force a passage of the Dardanelles, i
j according to a special correspondent
| of the- Corrlere Delia Sera, who gives i
j the captain of the French hospital I
; shin Canada as authority for the state- j
ment. At least another month, he I
says, will be spent in efforts to silence j
the Turkish fortifications, especially «
those guarding the narrows at Chanak 1
tjalcssi. j
NEGOTIATIONS AT AN ENI» ! !
Geneva, via Paris, March 1". 11.35 1}
; A. M.—The Tribune says to-night thai :
| according to Information from Vienna '
: the negotiations between Berlin and I 1
I Vienna and Prince von Buelow. the j v
I fierinan ambassador to Italy, have f
J come to an abrupt end. j j
COHIE FAVORS !
GURUS STAND
Methodist Ministers Pledge Selves
to Work For Local Option
Measure
Shamokin, Pa., March 18. The
First Methodist Church was crowded
to-day, a large number of ministers
of various denominations attending the
annual meeting of the Central Penn
sylvania Conference of the Methodist
Church. Bishop Rurt delivered an ad
dress of welcome. The routine work
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FBOWT ST. VIEWERS
HEIR REALTY MEM
Question of Opening of Highway
From Maclay to Harris Before
Board; Testimony Taken
At to-day's session of the North
Front street viewers C. L. Dong, of
Front and Kelker streets, who owns a
park frontage of 135 feet, said he val
ued it at S7OO.
Mr. Dong and Dr. John IT. MoftUt
were the only two interested property
owners who appeared before the board
of viewers. Dr. MoiHtt, who was rep
resented by ex-Judge M. W. Jacobs,
fixed no figure for his park frontage.
Joseph 1,. Shearer. Jr., William B.
Moody and Edward Moeslein were
among the realty experts who were ex- j
amined by the viewers on the question :
of the benefits and values of the prop- }
erty on both sides of the street. The j
consensus of opinion among the ex
perts generally seemed to be that the I
property on the east side of the street
would be enhanced in value from $25
to $.50 per foot front by the taking 1
over by the city of the abutting front
age on the west side.
SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS
IN PRISON FOR WHITING POE.>t
Berlin, via I.ondon, March 18, 10.na
A. M. —Authorship of a poem contain-"
ing sarcastic references to Emperor f
William has resulted In First Bieuten
ant Alfred Humbert, of the Thirty-r
first Regiment of French Rifles, a war
prisoner In the fortress /it Strassburg,
being sentenced to six months' im-!
prlsonnient. The wife of the chief l
surgeon of the hospital In which Hum-1
bert was being treated and to whom | |
he gave the poem has been sentenced !
to one month In prison for utterances | i
unfriendly to Germany.
HOCSE VOTES DOWN WOMAN | I
SUFFRAGE HI hit IN CONCORD J
Concord, N. 11.. March 18.—-The I
House to-day voted against a bill ]
which would grant the right of suf- ; (
frage to women by a vote of 230 to i •
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AUSTRIAN EMPEROR SAID
TO HAVE BROKEN OFF
ITALIAN NEGOTIATIONS
Relations Becoming More Strained; Will Take Month to
Silence Dardanelles; Fierce Fighting at Neuve Cha
pelle; British Praise Heroic Germans; Russian At
tacks Light
Vnofflcial reports indicate that tliei
relations between Italy and Austria!
are becoming more unsettled. A Paris!
dispatch says that Germans in the
Italian riviera have been notified to]
leave the country at once. The status l
of the negotiations between the ltal-j
ian government and Prince Von Hue-1
low, on behalf of Austria and Oer-1
many is now in doubt, the assertion;
having been made that Emperor Fran- j
eis Joseph has virtually broken them i
off.
The operations of the allied fleet!
against the Dardanelles are being car-|
ried on slowly and carefully and ai
French officer is quoted as saying that I
at least another month will be devoted!
to the e'ffort to silence the Turkish for-1
tlflcations. The attack on Smyrna is
explained as designed to prevent the
troops there from proceeding to the
Dardanelles, as well as to cut the com-1
munications of the Turkish army j
which was sent against Egypt.
An official British account of the I
recent flighting at Neuve Chapelle gives j
an idea of the ferocity of the attack.
The town was laid in ruins. No esti-1
mate is niven of British losses but it)
is saiil that in two sections near the
town 2,500 bodies of German soldiers
were counted. The Bj-itisli observer
praises the heroic resistance of the
outnumbered Germans.
A Vienna dispatch concerning
Przemysl is In disagreement with a
Petrograd message of yesterday to the]
effect that a Galician fortress would
fall within a few days. It is said tliat
the Russian attacks are made only at
rare intervals and that the Austrian
defenders have llitle to do.
No Important Engagements
The renewal of heavy fighting on
both the western and eastern fronts]
during the last fortnight apparently i
is lielnc: followed by another lull. To- j
day's official reports speak of no im- )
portant engagements. Russian forces
continue their efforts to throw back
the Germans In Northern Poland, but
the German war office announces that
all these attacks have been repulsed,
The statement shows, however, that
the Russians succeeded in penetratinjr
German soil once amiln, striking in at
i t lie northern end of East Prussia. The
Russians are accused of burning and
GERMANY OBJECTS TO ARRESTS
Washington, March 18.—The German embassy to-day
protested to the State Department ajainst the warrant of
arrest served on the German consul, William Mueller and
his assistant, B. M. Schuitz, at Seattle, Wash. The embassy
contends that the arrest was in violatien of the consular
treaty between Germany and the United States.
EMPEROR IN COUNCIL OF WAR
London, March 18, J. 35 P. M. ihe Evening News
prints a disj ;h from Copenhagen to the effect that Em
peror William and General Von Falkenhayn, chief of the
German general staff, arrived to-day at the German army
headquarters near Lille. Their visit, the News states, is
for the purpose of participating in a council of war.
PASSPORT CASE GOES TO JURY •
New York, March 18. The case of Richard Madden
and Gustavc Cook, on trial charged with aiding Richard P.
Stegler, a German naval reservist to obtain a false American
f.assport, was übmitted to the jury for a verdict this after
noon.
FIREMEN WANT HIGHER WAGES
London, March 19, 6.10 P. M.—The members of tht
London fire brigade have made a demand for higher wages
failing which they will ask for arbitration or hand in a notic.
of their intention to stop work March 24.
CONTINUED QUIET IN CAPITAL
Washington, March 18. Continued quiet in Mexico
City was reported in official dispatches to-day. It was said
progress was being made in restoring railroad communi
cation between the Mexican capital and the American border
at El Paso. ,
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MAKKIAGL licenses
I.ester Slpr, \ iirk, anil Maude ilimurr, ( nrlUlr,
| pillaging villages. The German gov«i
I ernment announces its intention of re
taliating by destroying three Russian
villages for every German village
J burned.
A London newspaper publishes
| Copenhagen dispatch statins that Ein
! perpr William has arrived at the Ger
| man army headquarters near Lille for
• a council of war with the kings of
• Saxony and Wurttemburg .and others.
! 'I he emperor Is said to have conferred
I already with the German crown
I prince. This is the first word for ,c
! long period concerning the crown
i prince, whose whereabouts has been
| unknown in this eountry.
EVKTJYX'S CHEW ARRIVES
; By Associated Preps
: Xew \ ork, March 18.—Five mem
| hers (if the crew of the American
j steamer Kvelyn, sunk February 19 by
I a mine in tin- North Sea while on her
I way from this port to Hremen with
| cotton, leached Xew York to-day <>r\
■ board the steamship Matanzas from
j Bremerhaven.
Fire Victims Suffer
From Cold Weather
Residents of "Hoak's Row," whoso
j homes were not destroyed by the flro
| yesterday morning, which burned four
! of the houses to the ground, are now
I having trouble getting supplies from
j their cellars which are Hooded with
'water. Coal and wood are scarce and
• the cold wave last nisht caused much
discomfort and inconvenience. Tho
i fire broke out three times yesterday,
but was extinguished by neighbors.
I <'harles A. Iloak, son of Mrs. Clara
IA. Iloak. who owns the row, said to
: j day that the fire was started when n
i boarder retired with a cigaret in his
| n>out h.
j The families who lost their house
bob' Roods In the blaze were carol
: fur by neighbors, and ihe furniture
I that was saved has been stored in
j nearby stables. The ruins will hi
[cleared away In a few days, but it is
I' said the houses will not be rebuilt.