Heavy Fire Front Forts of Dardanelles
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 64
MANY BIG REALTY
CHANGES INDICATED
Remodeling of Bowman's Store
Will Probably Lead List of
Spring Improvements
MANUFACTURERS WILL BUILD
Stieff Piano Co. and Ford Auto Co.
Will Erect Modern Fireproof
Buildings
Bntire remodeling of the Bowman
A Co. store. 314-16-18 Market street,
and rebuilding of parts so as to make
a uniform structure of live floors with
an additional loft for storage purposes
will be one of the largest contracting
operations of the summer.
William Bowman, of the firm, tills
morning said that although partial
plans have been drawn by M. I. Kast,
architect, the complete details are not
ready for publication. The additions
will increase the floor space by at least
30 per cent.
Business at the store will not be in
terrupted at any time, the stock of
goods being temporarily transferred
from each department as it is remod
eled. The largest part of the work
will be the razing and replacing of the
section of the store that was formerly
the old Grand Hotel, making the new
section conform to the tinish of the
present main part of the store.
The reopening of the entire store
next Fall will be with completely mod
ernized features of best elevator serv
ice, passenger conveyors and a roofi
observatory on the top of the elevator
shaft. The old sections will be finished
and refurnished to conform to the
new-built floors.
The new building will have 28 feet
frontage, which, with the present
fri nt. will total 54 feet. The length
will be as at: present, 210 feet. An ar
cade will be formed at the front of
the first floor and over the show win
dows will be a martiuise, or awning,
extending the full width of the pave
ment.
Busy Season Indicated
other building operations for the
Spring nnd Bummer promise a busy
season for city contractors and work
men of the building trades. Work is
now under way on the rebuilding of
the Ford Auto Sales Company garage
in South Cameron street which was
destroyed by fire February 4. It will
be three stories, brick, as near fire
proof as possible, to cost SB,OOO.
The Charles M. Stieff piano house,
24 North Second street, will be en
tirely rebuilt during the summer. The
new building will be three stories, steel
and brick construction - ,"""With a front
finish of Tennessee marble, pressed
brick and plate glass, covering a lot
27 by 9fi feet. Frank Alorrett, eon
tractor, will commence work April 1.
Work will soon start on the Mer
chants Tee Company plant on a plot
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Carnegie Company Will
Build $500,000 Tie Plant
Special to The Telegraph
Pittsburgh, March 19. —It was an
nounced here yesterday that an outlay
of $500,000 would be made by the
t'amegio Steel Company to build a
steel tie plant in Homestead at an
early date. A. C. Pinkey, president of
the Carnegie company, corroborated
the announcement and said that work
would begin in the near future.
The new plant will manufacture
steel ties and lie specialties, including
steepers used by Kuropean lines. The
steel tie business in the past has
hardly justified a large outlay of
money for special facilities for their
manufacture, but with the ever in
creasing scarcity of tie timber the
business is Improving rapidly.
It was also announced by the Car
negie officials that a plant to manu
facture benzol had been planned and
would be built at the New Castle plant
of the company. Shutting off or the
supply formerly secured in Germany
has given impetus to its manufacture
in this country.
The McClintlc Marshall Construc
tion Company yesterday received an
order for lfi.ooo tons of structural
steel from the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad. The steel is to be used in
erection of a bridge at Sciotoville, O.
MAY PASS ON LIQUOR LAW
By Associated Press
Washington, March 19.—Prepara
tions have been made for considera
tion by the Supreme Court shortlv
after the Raster recess of litigation
involving the constitutionalitv and in
terpretation of the Webb-Kenyon
liquor law, enacted by Congress in
1913.
THE WEATHER
For Harrlftburß and vlelnMvt
Cloudy and nniifttlnl weather to
night and Saturday, with prob
ably oeeaNlonal rains not much
• 'hange In temperature.
For I'aitcrn IV'iuxvlvanln: Gener
ally fair over northern portion
to-night nnd Saturdays iin*erflf»d
In wonlh portion, with probably
rain or snow.
fllver
At Hlnghampton and Huntingdon
there wa* a alight rlsp In the
river stations, elsewhere through
out 'the Nyatern thr conditions
have been practically Ntatlonarv
wince yeaterday. A atagr of about
4.8 feet la Indicated for Harrls
burg Saturday morning.
General Conditions
Cloudy and unsettled weather pre
vail* thia morning generally over
the eaatern portion of the "coun
try. A alight disturbance e\-
tend* over thr Ohio Valley and
Tennessee, with light raiaa In
Tenneaaee. Thr disturbance will
move alowly eastward and cause
unsettled conditions In thin lo
cality for the nert thlrtr-slx
houra, with probably occasional
rain.
Temperature! S a. m„ 32.
Sum niaes. «tOr> a. m.| nets, Ailt
p. m.
Moon■ Flint nuarter, March 23.
3i4S a. in.
River Stage* 4.3 feet aho*r low
water mark.
Veaterday'a Weather
Highest temperature. 43.
I.oweirt temperature, 27.
'lean temperature. 3(1.
Aormal temperature. 3.5.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE BUILDING AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC
EXPOSITION IN SAN FRANCISCO, MADE ESPECIALLY FOR THE TELEGRAPH
Etchings from photographs of the Pennsylvania building:, at the Pnnama-l'aclflc TOxpositlQn In San Francisco, dedi
cator yesterday; exterior, interior and attendants, made by Herman P Miller, Jr., of Harrisburg, especially for tho Tele
graph. Tlie single figure is tiiat of Colonel A. G. Hatherlngtori, director In charge of education, buildings and arts;
the three figures are those of attendants, all Pennsylvanians; the interiors give some Idea of the decorations which
nre the best on the grounds; in one of them appears a painting of Governor Brumbaugh; the statue is one of four
j adorning four corners of the Pennsylvania plot.
IPROVEMIT WORK
WILL START MONDAY
Gangs of Men Will Be Placed on
Sewer Jobs in South Second
and Market Streets
' Work on the new sanitary sewer in
] South Second street and in Market
| street will start Monday. This will be
I the first important Spring contract to
I be looked after by Commissioner W.
11. Lynch. When this sewer is com
pleted, it is understood, plans for the
public comfort station in Market
Square will be taken up.
Contractor William 11. Opperman
will build the new sewer. It will cost
$8,137. This sewer became a neces
sity with the construction of the sub
way at Second and Mulberry streets
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BEST ClEttO 8F
! CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE
Grand Jury Determines That He
Was Not to Blame For Fatal
Auto Crash
John J. Hardest, Jr., driver of the
ill-fated auto that on tho night of
January 1, crashed into a Valley Rail
ways Company car at Front and W*l
nut streets, resulting in the death of
one woman »r>d injuries to other com
panions. to-day was wholly exonerated
by the March quarter sessions grand
jury of any criminal negligence.
1 largest, who is a son of John Hard
est. former register of wills of Dau
phin county had been charged witli
involuntary manslaughter growing out
of the death of Miss Grace Muugans.
A coroner's jury, following a hearing
immediately after the accident, de
cided that Hargest was "negligent in
not having his automobile under con
trol as it approached the street inter
sect Ion." where the crash occurred.
Assistant District Attorney Frank U.
Wickersham presented the case to the
grand jury. Tho witnesses included:
County Detective James T. Walters,
Kdward Stauffer, C. A. I<afevrc,
George Dampas, Clair Snell, Edward
Cooper, John H. Early, Annie aam
her. Harry M. Ueeser and Ira TJeeser.
The occupant?! <if the auto when it
was rammed by the trolley car, in ad
dition to llargest, the chauffeur,
were: Miss Maugans, the dead woman:
Miss IJllian Swails, who, it is believed,
was permanently injured: T. Elder
Clockner and Samuel Weber, both of
whom were Injured, but not seriously.
HIIM MK STIIONG OI KEVSIVK
By Associated Prfsx
London, March 19, 7.30 A. M.—The.
Austriahs have received reinforce
ments and have resumed a strong of
fensive in Bukowlna. says a Bucha
rest dispatch to the Times. (
HARRISBURG. PA., FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1915.
DENTISTS CHAIR HAS ODDS ON
SUNDA Y FOR SPEED Y CON VERSIONS
Railroader, Under Influence of Gas, Quotes Scripture and Decides
to Turn New Leaf; Businessman Also "Done Over"
"Billy" Sunday and Dr. Henry W.
Stough have been outdone. Two Har
risburgers hit the trail while in a den
tist chair. They are still trailing the
straight and narrow path and want
it undertood they mean to stay there.
This is no joke, but the gospel truth.
Here, is the story.
One man is a railroader. The other
is a grocerynian. The dentist has long
been identified with a church.
Bast Friday the railroader called to
have two teeth treated. It was a pain
ful operation and the man decided to
take gas. He cautioned the dentist
that he was known as a profane per
son, and anything he said while under
the influence of the gas should be over
looked.
To the surprise of the dentist, in-
SAY WISHES OF WEST
EIIDERS ARE IGNORED
Bridge Is Nearing Completion;
Resident Says No Formal Pro
test Will Be Filed
Work on the Pennsylvania railroad
foot bridge at Division street is being
rushed. The three girder spans und
a truss span were placed vesterday.
At the present rate it will be com
pleted next week.
Eventually, it is understood, the
eastern approach of the bridge will
connect with an entrance to Wild\l'Ood
Park.
George Tippett. a member of the
West End Improvement Association,
had hoped to see either a subway or
overhead wagon and foot bridge. Mr.
Tippett said to-day:
West lenders Displeased
"The wishes of the people are not
being carried out. There are 40,000
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BOOM IX SCRAP IRON TRADE
Special to The Telegraph
Reading, Pa., March 19.—A big
boom in the scrap Iron trade, reported
at the local offices of the Reading
Railway Company yesterday, is taken
as an indication of increased activity
among the iron and steel plants of
eastern Pennsylvania. The railway
company's storehouse in this city Is
shipping thousands of tons daily.
PIiAIN COVERKD WITH DEAD
By Associated Press
London, March 19, 2.10 P. M. Ap
palling accounts of conditions in Ar
menia have reached the officials in
London of the Armenian Red Cross
fund. The latest recital is from an
Armenian doctor named Derderian.
who says that the whole plain of
Alnshgerd Is virtually •covered with the
bodies of men, women uud children.
stead of swearing, the railroader start
ed to quote Scripture, referring cor
rectly to verses in the New Testament,
and he appeared to be preaching a
sermon to his fellow railroaders.
on awakening, the railroader was
told what had happened. "I know it."
he said. "I'm a different man." He
joined church last Sunday.
The businessman did not quote
Scripture, but he told the dentist that
he had decided to reform. That while
under the influence of gas. he was sur
rounded by a number of friends who
urged him to lead a better life; that,
i they showed him the result of a sin
ful life.
"It's a warning to me." he added,
"and I shall heed that warning. "This
man. it is said, will join church next
Sunday.
INTEREST IN AUTO
SHOWS DISK
Additional Features Are Being
Provided For Entertainment
of Visitors
That Harrisburg is amply able to
support two automobile shows at the
same time was proved by the crowded
conditions at both the Arena and Kel
ker streets halls yesterday afternoon
and evening.
According to the assertion of J.
Clydo Myton, manager of the Arena
show, and of B. R. Johnson, manager
ol' the Kelker street ball show, the
attendances are increasing.
Every exhibitor says he has made
sales as a direct result of the shows,
and all wear broad smiles in conse
quence. I. W. D'ill, agent for the
Hudson and Hegal cars at the Arena,
reports seven sales of cars and trucks
since the opening of the show. Other
dealers have not given definite statis
tics of sales, but all claim to have
made at least one or more.
At the Arena a cornetlst has been
added to the violin and harp orches
tra, and special musical programs will
be rendered at the remaining sessions
of the show.
The shows will wind up to-morrow
nißht at to o'clock with the awarding
of consolation prizes in the contests
for the Saxon car to be awarded as a
door prize.
The musical program for to-night
at Kelker street follows:
Part I—"Pick a Chicken," M. B.
Kaufman; "The Gay Musician," Ju
lian Edwards; Waltz, "Springtide,"
FVank Lambert; "Tho Kalr Co-Ed."
Gustav Luders: "Operatic ltat?," .1.
Members: "'n the Hills of Old Ken
tucky," It. Johnson. Part ll—"Crazy
Bono Has," Charles H. Johnson: "The
[Auto Race." Manuel Klein: "Roses
and Memories." Ted Snyder; "Siberian I
Hi;," J. R. Johnson; "Raymond Over
ture," A. Thomas: "September Kve,"j
Will H. Dixon; "Star-Spßnuled Ban-'
ner."
PEIKMI HIS
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING
Built of Brick and Has Slate
Roof; Represents Independ
ence Hall
LIBERTY BELL EXPECTED
I
Moving Pictures Show Visitors
Various Industries of the
Keystone State
By HERMJVN P. MILLER. JR.
(The accompanying article on
tlie Pennsylvania building at tlie
Panama Pacific Exposition, dedi
cated yesterday, was written by
Herman P. Miller, Jr., son of Her
man P. Miller, tlie well-known real
estate man, of Harrisburg, who is
a student at Inland Stanford Uni
versity, and who will contribute
other "article sto the Telegraph on
Pennsylvania's part in the big Ex
position.)
San Francisco. March 13.—Like
many other Pennsylvanias, one of
the first objects of interest to me at
the Panama-PaciHc International Ex
position was the Pennsylvania Build
ing, so I proceeded to look for it
when I was there a few days after the
opening of the Exposition, r found
that the quickest way to get there
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POISON KILLED KAIUES
By Associated Press
New York, March 19. —I.oretta Rog
ers, eight months old and her brother.
John, aged 2 years, children of Lorljs
Elton Rogers and Mrs. Ida Sniffen
Walters, came to their death through
poison administered by their mother,
according to the formal verdict of a
coroner's Jury to-day. Mrs. Walters
is locked up awaiting trial.
IMPORTANT BILLS ~~
READY BY MONDAY
| __
Reorganization of Attorney Gen
eral's Department Among
Measures Being Prepared
Attorney General Brown will have
the bills reorganizing the Attorney
General's Department, for the taxa
tion of anthracite coal so that the
proceeds shall constitute a State road
fund and the escheat law whereby
unclaimed balances shall he reported
to the Auditor General at the end of
tho year anil collected for the State
read-- for the Legislature when it
meets on Monday night. Mr. Brown
took up the details of the bills with
the Governor to-day.
It Is understood that under his plan
of consolidating the legal end of the
State Government there will lie about
six deputies and that where it is neces
sary to have local attorneys, heads of
and the erection of large buildings in
Market Square and Market street. The
present sewer. It Is said, is not deep
enough for some cellars and Is too
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Tri-State League Is
Slowly Passing Out
Special to The Telegraph
Philadelphia, March 1!». Tri-State
magnates gathered here to-day to wit
ness the demise of the Tri-State League, j
At a conference, scheduled for late this j
'afternoon, formal action to dissolve will
[be taken.
i Financial reports were made, and It
1 was decided to present the claim of
| the Heading players for back salaries
'to the National Commission. Tho bond
lof the Reading club will be held up
| until the money is paid over. President. l
Graham Will give out a statement at I
the close of to-day's meeting. President
W. Harry Uaker, of Harrlsburg, repre- |
sented the Pennsylvania Exhibition I
Company. J
20 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT.
FRENCH BATTLESHIP SUNK
BY DARDANELLES' GUNS;
BRITISH STEAMERS SUNK.
Paris Dispatches State That Austria Is Resisting Ger
man Pressure and That Representatives Will Go to
Berlin to Present Reasons For Opposing Italy's
Wishes; Reinforced Austrians Undertake Strong
Offensive Movement in Bukowina
IJUe this afternoon dispatches
from Berlin stated that the
French battleship Bouvet sank
three minutes after striking a
nine. The dispatches alH<> say
that a British torpedo boat was
destroyed by the lire from the
I'orts of the Dardanelles and that
the British battleship Irresistible
was put out of action.
The Turkish war department an
nounced to-day that the French bat
tleship Bouvet had been sunk during
the bombardment of the Dardanelles.
No confirmation has been received
from Paris or Lonuon.
The Constantinople statement indi
cates that the Turkish fleet, whose
location has been unknown for sotne
time, again Is engaged actively in the
Black Sea. It is said to have attacked
a Russian naval base on the Crimean
coast, inflicting considerable damage.
Unofficial dispatches of recent date
have described the former German
cruisers Goeben and Breslau, now
among the principal units of the
Turkish fleet, as having been put out
of commission and haVe stated that
the Russian fleet was on the. way to
attack the Bosphorus. •
Austria to Defer Transfer
What is said to be a presentation of
Austria's altitude toward Italy, as set
forth in a Vienna dispatch to Home,
contains the statement that Austria, if
she agrees to make territorial conces
sions sufficient to satisfy Italy, will de
fer formal transfer of the territory
until after the war. Austria, it is said,
desires to assure herself that Italy
will adhere to her promise of neu
trality in return for the grant. This
attitude Is described in Home as un
satisfactory to Italy. A Paris dispatch
i states that Austria Is resisting German
I pressure and that several representa
NORTHAMPTON LICENSES RENEWED
Esston, Pa., March ,19. Judj»e J. 1 is Bredhead to
day renewed all the wld liquer license* in Northampton
county and refused all of the thirteen ne.v applications. In
renewing the old licenses, Judje lt««ke-s ■ said there is no
legal efficiency under existing laws to ch jeneral re
monstrances as were filed against the ..intieg of any
licenses whatsoever, especially as na \l*.»>ion ef the law
was alleged, nor objection made to the c :?.i*cter of any of
the applicants.
BRITISH STEAMS* TOtPEDOED
Glasgow, Scotland, March 19, via Lendon, 3 AS P. 11.
The British steamer Hyndferd was torpedoed to-day in the
English Channel by a German submarine. It is reported
that one member ef her crew was killed.
London, March 19, 4.07 P. ll.—The British steamer
Bluejacket, with wheat frem Liverpeel, has been terpedeed
by a German submarine off leachy Head. The crew teok
to the beats. The steamer, ahheugh badly damaped, re
mained afloat.
' COMPENSATION AMENDMENT PASSED
Albany, N. Y., March 19. The State Senate to-day
passed the bill amending the workmen's compensation law
so as to empower employes and employer , to settle injury
claims between themselves. The assembly passed the meas
ure last nipht and it now goes to the governor.
CABINET TAKES UP BRITISH ORDER
Washin ton, March 19.—The note to be sent to Great
Britain in the near future, protesting against some features
of the British order in council and asking for more detailed
information about other features, was taken up at to-day's
cabinet meeting. ***
ANGLE CASE NEAR CLOSE
Bridgeport, Conn., March 19.—State Attorney Homer S.
Cummings to-day made the closing argument for the State
in the manslaughter trial of Mrs. Helen M. Angle, accused
of having caused the death of Waldo R. Ballou, in Stamford,
last June.
MARMAGL LICENSES
I.eater Sipc, York, NQ<I Maude Donner, Carlisle.
tives of the dual monarchy will go to
Berlin to present their reasons for
desiring to resist Italy's wishes.
Information from Bucharest is that
the Austrian forces In Bukowlna have
been reinforced and are undertaking
a strong offensive movement. It hoa
been reported recently that the Aus
trlans were being hard pressed and
might be forced to evacuate Czer
nowitz.
The new Russian Invasion of Ger
many apparently has led to the occu
pation of Memel, an important Bait Hi
port at the northern tip of East Prus
sia. The German official report of
to-day indicates that Russian forces
have entered the city.
Petrograd believes that Field Mar
shal Von Hindenburg has decided to
launch a new attack on Warsaw from
the west. Russian military authorities
assert that the Germans have aban
doned their attack in the north atl-I
are concentrating forces south of tho
Vistula where heavy artillery lighting
is under way.
The developments of yesterday ori
the western front were a repetition of
the local engagements such as havu
been usual during the winter months.
Minor successes are claimed by-tho
French in Northwestern France and ill
the Argonne. The German statement
mentions several attacks by the allies
but asserts they failed.
The Russian army which is invadimf
Turkish Armenia is said to have won
another victory, capturing a Turkish
base on llie Black Sea near the Rus
sian border. Petrograd asserts that
the Turks retreated in disorder.
Two more British steamers have
been destroyed by Germany's submar
ine raiders. They were torpedoed in
| the English Channel.
AUBTKIANS RESIST GERMANS
Paris, March 19. 5.20 A. M.—The
Austrian government is resisting en
ergetically pressure exerted by Ger
many to induce her to nu>ke terri-
Itorlal concessions to Italy, according
j to a Geneva dispatch to the Petit
I Parlslen.