Allies' Battleships and Turks Continue Their Terrific Struggle in Dardanelles
HARKISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 65
51.000.000 HOTELTO
BE ERECTED HERE
WITHIN SHORT TIME
First Money on Purchase of Old
Grand Opera House Plot Has
Already Changed Hands
BACKED BY OUTSIDE CAPITAL
'Not One Penny of Guarantee
Money Must Be Put Up by
Local People
A new hotel will be erected very
shortly in Harrisburg involving an ex
penditure of about $1,000,000.
This much was made known definite
ly to-day following the announcement
of the owners of the Grand Opera
House plot at the corner of Third and
Walnut streets, that the first instal
ment of purchase money had changed
hands last Monday.
At the request of the purchasers,
their names were withheld, but it was
said that they are wealthy interests
who make a business of erecting ho
tels and have many large and success
ful hostelries now in operation
throughout the United States.
The name of Andrew S. Patterson,
of the Union Trust Company, was men
tioned in connection with the deal.
At the bank this morning Mr. Patter
son said that his part in the transac
tion was entiiely of a confidential na
ture and he declined to be interviewed.
No Guarantee Money Needed
It is known, however, that represen
tatives of the firm that proposes the
erection of the hotel have been in Har
risburg frequently of late and that the
last time they brought with them their
architect and superintendent of con
struction who are now busy with plans.
Harrisburgers will be given an op
portunity to invest in the enterprise on
the same ground as those back of the
proposition, but not one penny of guar
antee money will have to be put up
by Harrisburg people.
The new hotel will have the appoint
ments of the most modern and up-to
date hostelries in the country. It will
have a large ballroom and banquet
hall and will also make a specialty of
rooms with bath attached at a dollar
each per night.
Will Select Central
High School Principal
Within Next Six Weeks
Plans for the selection of a prin
cipal for Central high school to suc
ceed the late Professor \V. S. Steele
were completed at a meeting of the
school board last night. It is ev
pected that a selection will be made
within the next six weeks.
The salary for the new principal
will be ?2,500. the first year with a
SIOO increase each year until $3,000
is reached, the amount Professor
Steele received.
Director Houtz offered a resolution
calling for a committee of five to be
composed of Dr. F. E. Downes, city
superintendent: D. D. Hammelbaugh,
secretary of the board: Harry M.
Bretz, teacher's committee: Harry A.
Boyer, president of the board, and a
person to be named by the president,
to examine applicants. Dr. Downes
will have charge of the school until a
successor is named.
The committee appointed by the
members of the Harrisburg Princi
pals' club, of which Professor Steele
was a member, met this morning and
drew up resolutions of bereavement.
">n the committee were: Miss Anne U.
Wert, Miss A. May Tittle. Charles B.
Fager. Jr.. J. J. Brehm and Dr. F. E.
Downes.
Caesarian Birth Given
Under Twilight Sleep
Treatment at Hospital
To a crying, ccoing mite of human
ity lying beside its mother. Mrs.
Charles Fry, of West Fairvlew. in the
Harrisburg hospital, belongs the dis
tinction of being, probably the first
baby born by a Caesarian operation,
performed while its mother was under
ihe influence of the new "Twilight
Sleep."
The little mite, a boy of seven ar.d
a half-pounds, and the mother are
both resting well ,and the doctors In
attendance have every reason to be
lieve that the mother will soon again
be strong and hearty.
Mrs. Fry was admitted to the hos
pital yesterday morning. A few hours
later physician injected scopulamine,
the drug that causes "Twilight Sleep."
The operation followed.
I THE WEATHER
For Harrlahurfc auil vldnttj"! I'ltrt
ly cloudy 10-nliehti Suiulhv fnlr;
not much chtinKe lu <<*inpr raturp.
For Kantrrn I'rnnnyltnnliii I'nrtly
floiiily to-alghtt Sunilay probably
i fair) little ihunitr In temperature.
There haa been a *li|[bl fall at
nearly nil atntlon* In the river
•Itatrict, with Mitbl precipitation
reported at Huntlnicdon. Sellnn
*r«Vf and linrrlxburic. From the
preaent condition* the river will
remain nearly ntatlonary and a
mlbkc of about 4.5 feet la Indicat
ed for Sunduy uoruine.
tiencral Condltlona
A alifcht dlMturliajice la uon pnaa-
InK out to aea alone the North
< n roll nil coaal. There haa been
Ilßht precipitation during: -the
paat twenty-four houra over acat
tered alatlona In the Ohio Valley,
' Tenneeaee and I'ennaylvanla.
temperature: S a. m.. SB.
hunt Hlara, <1:0,1 a. m.; aeta, <1:12
p. n.
Moon: First quarter. March 23,
r, its p. in.
Hlver Slisn 4.5 fee-l above low
water mark.
Yeaterday'a Weather
lllehexl temperature, 47.
I.oweat temperature, 311.
Mean temperature, :t>
Aormal temperature, 3)1.
WHAT IS THE BEST TITLE FOR THIS PICTURE?
What do you think would be the best title for this picture? It shows all the boys who carry the Ilarris
imrg Telegraph over the various routes throughout the city, and a quicker, snappier group of lads you'd have to go
many a mile to find. , •
The picture is to appear in "The Booster"—official newspaper of the Telegraph newsboys—and the Cir
culation Manager is at a loss as to a suitable name for it. So he hit upon the plan of asking YOU for your idea.
For the best answer one year's subscription to the Telegraph will be given. Communications should be address
ed to "Circulation Manager. Harrisburg Telegraph." All answers must be in not later than next Thursday
evening, March 25. The winner's name will be announce* soon thereafter.
WOMAN FALLS FROM
CARLISLE JAIL WALL
-
Edith Cole, Weighing 200 Pounds,
Attempts to Escape
From Prison
Special to The Ttlexrap'n
Carlisle, l'a., March 20.—An at
tempt to escape from the Cumberland
county jail here was made last even
ins shortly before 8 o'clock by a col
ored woman inmate. Kdith Cole, whose
home is in Harrisburg, was arrested
on Wednesday for larceny of a lot of
i clothing and after a hearing was com
jinitted to jail. She was quartered in
the women's section of the prison, near
the sheriff's room and last evening
she made her way through a window
to the roof of a porch and from there
to the top of the stone wall surround
ing the jail. This is about thirty-five
i feet from the pavement and the wo
man tried to climb down the water
spout to the street. When part way
I down the spouting pulled away from
the wall and she fell heavily to the
brick sidewalk. She screamed as she
| fell and people on the opposite side
of the street ran to her assistance. She
. was picked up and taken into the jail,
where it was found that no bones were
j broken, but she was very badly brul*-
I cd. The woman weighs about 200
! pounds and fell partly on her side.
The Cole woman is said to be well
known in Harrisburg and to have been
| in jail there several times.
PASS ANTIGAMHIAXG 111 1,1,
By 4-lssociati-J Press
Carson City. Nev., March 20.—After
passing an antigambling law the legis
lature adjourned yesterday. The law
mokes all gambling a felony, except
poker, whist, solo and Ave hundred
when no percentage is takep. When
a percentage is ftollected they become
felonies. Pari-mutual betting on race
tracks of licensed associations is per
mitted.
DAl'l'lllX PROPERTIES SOLD
Special So the Telegraph
Dauphin, Pa., March 20. —Keal es
tate has been active here lately. The
Simmon's property In Krie street, has
been sold to Mrs. David Hit-kernel!.'
of Maple Grove Farm, recently pur
chased by David Hoffman. The Kinter
property, also in Erie street, has been
bought by Charles Lyter, its present
occupant. Dr. A. C. Coble has pur
chased the house belonging to the M'.l
llken estate, now occupied by Squire
Kit-hard Stecklev.
GOOD-HY: WINTER, GOOD-ltV
Partly cloudy weather with the!
mercury about .15 above, is the weath-!
cr forecast for the first day of Spring.]
which commences at !t minutes of
itwelve to-morrow.
HARRISBURG. PA.. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1915.
URGE UNITED ACTION |
TO OUSI SOLICITORS
i i
>.
Commerce Body Back of State
wide Movement to Organize
For Mutual Protection
In a letter mailed to commercial
bodies throughout Pennsylvania to
day. the Harrisburg Chamber ot
Commerce launches a State-wide!
, movement against peddlers and so- j
. j licitors.
The letter calls attention to the re- j
'cent "bottle of Ink' offer and urges
a hearty co-operation in the move
ment to stop t'uke vending. The let
ter is signed by Secretary R. L. Mc
-1 Colgin of the local Chamber of Com-
I merce and in part follows:
"The plan we propose is for every
organization that is a member of the
I Pennsylvania Commercial Secretaries'
I Association to enter into an agree
| ment that Just as quick as they learn
' of any schemes being worked in their
: respective cities, they will promptly
! advise, every other member.
MODERN COURTHOUSE;
i AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT
Grand Jury For Fourth Time Urges
New Structure; Other
Recommendations
An up-to-date, fireproof courthouse
. buildinK was one recommendation of
the grand Jury this morning. This
is the fourth time a Dauphin county
grand jury has urged a modern struc
ture.
The placing of three children, now
at the almshouse, in a home where
they may be given educational train
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Charles Francis Adams,
Publicist and Historian,
Dies at Washington Home
By Associated
1-incoln. Mass., March 20. —Charles
| Francis Adams, publisher and histor- |,
: ian, died al - o'clock this morning at i
bis winter residence, 1701 Mussachu
| setts avenue. Washington. He had
! been ill with the grip for a week.
i.Mr. Adams was born in 1835. Word
I of his dcatli was received at his home
I here (his forenoon. 1
'WARNS VIOLATORS OF !
STATE PACKAGE LAWS
City Sealer Collecting Evidence
Against Farmers and Dealers
in City Markets
City Sealer of Weights and Measures
gave notice this morning that dealers
j and farmers who attend the city mar
| kets had better familiarize themselves i
j with the laws governing the sale of |
t commodities in package form and thus
i save trouble for themselves.
Mr. Heel stated that he is now col
! lecting evidence which will be used
against those who do not comply with
the requirements of the law in ques
tion. He said that this means, among
other things, those who sell Butter In
pound prints and lard in pound pack
ages which in most cases is prepared i
at home and then brought to market j
for sale as pound packages.
The sealer" says: "The consumer ,
should refuse to accept a package ot j
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SENTIMENT GHIKJ
GOVERNOR ISSERTS
Not Worried Over Newspaper Re
ports That Local Option Bill
Is in Danger
"The fight is still on. Local option
Is growing stronger every day," said
Governor Brumbaugh at noon to-day
when his attention was called to re
ports that the interests opposing him
claimed to have his bill In a corner.
"I'm l ot worrying what anyone says
about it. I'm satisfied with the way it
looks and I have been working on it," j
continued the Governor. "I'm glad
they even concede me eighty-flve votes.
| I don't care what the Anti-Saloon
[Continued on Page 9.]
. PROHIBITION RKSI'LTS IV DOI'BT '
Hy Associated Press ' 1
New York; March 20.—The ques- i
tion whether the spread of prohibition '
has helped or hindered the sale of *
beer is iftder consideration by the 1
New York county surrogate in con- I
nectlon with an application by the >
State Comptroller for reappraisal of t
the estate of P«ter Dooiger, a wealthy 1
brewer. T%p comptroller holds that e
the valuation of $7,856,123 fixed by a
former appraiser was inadequate, E
SUICIDE'S WIDOW
IS LEFT DESTITUTE
Mrs. "Whip" Keys Says She Never
Knew About "the Other
Woman" Until the End
FROM HAPPINESS TO TEARS
Faithless Husband Even Sold Fur
niture Before He Put Bullet
in His Brain
B il
MRS. JOHN lIOSIK
One Victim of Eternal Triangle, Hated
by Another.
How the events which led up to the
tragedy which sent Stephenson W.
( "Whip") Keys to a suicide's grave,
and pretty Mrs. John Hosie to a col
: In the Harrisburg hospital, were
1 closely woven about The Eternal Tri
angle—two women and a man—has
just been discovered by Mrs. Mabel
Keys, the suicide's widow, according
to a story she tells to-day.
That the young widow—she is only
27 years now—who is left destitute
witli her 4-ycar-old son, never Knew
of her husband's love affair with an
other woman, is evident from her
! story.
"Whip" was so good to me when
[Continued on Page 5.]
jCMIGE CONTRACT
GOES TO PITTSBURGH
Work on Structure Over River at
This Point Will Start
at Once
Pennsylvania railroad authorities In
Harrtsburg received word to-day that
the contract had been let for the con
struction of the new Cumberland Val
ley railroad bridge across the Sus
quehanna river at this point to the
Robert Grayce Construction Company,
of Pittsburgh.
j There were a large number of bids,
jbut it is said that the Grayce com
! pany was by far the lowest. The
amount is not given. Work will be
started at once, the preliminary con
struction that has been under way
having been done by the Cumberland
Valley Railroad Company direct.
Passengers on Lapland
See Actual Sea Battle
New York, March 20.—Passengers
aboard the British steamer Lapland
which reached here to-day from Liv
erpool witnessed a battle In the Eng
lish channel between a British torpe
do boat which escorted the Lapland
and a German submarine. The Lap-;
land, crowding on all steam, fled in a
zigzag line, from the combatants. |
The Lapland picked up her naval
escort outside the entrance to Liver
pool harbor. Before the steamer left
Liverpool it was stated that subma
rines wero in nearby waters. Steamer
and convoy were not far from Liver
pool when the torpedo opened tire.
The raider fired a torpedo at an
other vessel. Passengers aboard the
Lapland watched the progress of the
missile through the water and saw it
went wide of its target. Meantime
the torpedoboat's guns had quickened
the fire to a fusillade of shots. The
Lapland's captain ordered full speed
ahead and the steamer shot forward.
To dodge torpedoes and to afford the
submurine a poor target, the Lapland
was steered at intervals abruptly to
port and to starboard in a zigzag
course. Running at her highest speed
the steamer left the combatants be
hind and made the safety of the open
sea
The Lapland carried 113 passen
gers.
18 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT.
ALLIES RESUME THEIR
ATTACK ON DARDANELLES
DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES
Unofficial Advices Say Little Has Been Accomplished in
Past 24 Hours Because of Unfavorable Weather
Conditions; British and French Battleships Sunk
by Torpedoes, Constantinople's Claim; Transporta
tion of Goods to and From Austrian Ports to be
Stopped
The attack on the Dardanelles was
resumed yesterday. notwithstanding
the heavy losses of the allied fleet on
the preceding day. No offlclal an
nouncement has been made concern-1
ing the result of yesterday's oper
ations. but unofficial advices arc to the:
effect that little was accomplished on
account of unfavorable weather con- j
ditions. Constantinople dispatch says
that the sinking of the British battie- ]
ships Irresistible and Ocean and the
French battleship Bouvet, ascribed by
the British Admiralty to floating:
mines, was due to torpedoes.
The Turkish position on the main-1
land near Smyrna are being strength- 1
ened and large reinforcements have |
been sent to the assistance of the de- j
fenders. Efforts are being made to ,
repair the damage already done to
the defenses on Smyrna and to plant
mines.
New Plan In Operation
The new naval policy of the allies
is now in operation against Austria,
according to word which has reached
Home. The commanders of the Anglo-
French fleet in the Adriatic have been
notified to prevent transportation of
all goods to or from Austrian ports.
The government of the Netherlands
has sent a formal protest to France
and Great Britain against naval policy
I The British assertion that in four
days of the fighting at Neuve Cha
' pell the Germans lost no less than
' 17,000 men is disputed by the Ger
i man general staff. An official stale
! men! places the total German losses
lat about 6,000 men.
1 DISPATCHES IN JAPAN VRE
HEM) TO BE EXAGGERATED
By Associated Press
Tokio. March 20, 2.30 P. M.—Press
dispatches from America, in which it
is reported that the United States has
issued a warning to Japan in connec
tion with the Chinese negotiations, are
accepted here as an exaggeration of
I SPANISH VESSEL CAPTURED
I London, March 20, ted that a m
I Spar. . ien with iron ore and proceeding to a Ger- C
| man port has 1 een captured by a British crui :r off Goodwin C
| Sands in le straits of Dovet and sent in to J arrow in '
| charge crew. I
| OBREGOK'S WHEREABOUTS NOT KNOWN I
| Washington, March 20. Vicar General Paredes and
' fifteen j. n from Mexico City by General Obregon '
f when he evacuated the capital recently have arrived at Vera
I Cruz, State Department dispatches say to-day and General %
' Car:, *ed their release. No mention was made, C
i however, of Obregon himself, whose whereabouts have been \
' unknown here since he left the capital.
BRITISH HOLD FORMER BRITISH SHIP !
London, March 20, 12 r ,O P. M.—lt has been ascertained
| that the American steamer Maracas now being held at Hu
. for action by a British prize court was formerly the British
steamer Carmartanshire and that she was transferred to j
| American registry since the outbreak of the war.
GERMANS DROP BOMBS IN SEA i
| London, March £O, 3.22 P. M.—A German aeroplane
dropped several bombs to-day off Deal, a seaport on the \
etrait of Dover. The borrus ail landed in the sea. A patrol '
j boat opened fire on the aeroplane which turned and dis- '
| appeared.
Washington, March 20.—Formal orders, reopening the
express rate case requested in the petition tiled a few days
| ago by four of the principal express companies, were issued
( to-day by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Hearings
will be held at dates to be named later. Pending such hear- (
( ings, however, no changes in rates may be made. g
I Philadelphia, March 20.—George A. Gatehouse, of Phil-
I adelphia, who has been detained in Liverpool on suspicion j
, of having traded with Great Britain's enemy, represents the
! N. P. Sloan Company, cotton merchants, of this city. Nor-
mal P. Sloan, a member of the company, said to-day that j 1
Gatehouse left here several months ago to establish a con- M
nection in Liverpool to take care of the selling of cotton for ¥
the Philadelphia house. €
MARRIAGE LICENSES I
< hnrlrn W . tlltclicll, Davenport, lown. nnil IICMM V. John*, city, J
_ <»ROR»c K. LCIIIHHII, tanlnewbtirg, nml Jennie V. l.onßcncckrr, Kllta- it
brthtoiru. 1 J)
the fact tha,t the United States re
cently made inquiry concerning several
points in the Japanese demands as
communicated to the powers. While
the foreign ofllce declines to discuss
the question. Japanese statesmen ex
press the, belief that their country's
assurances will satisfy the United
States.
COL. HOUSE REACHES BERLIN
By Associated Press
Berlin. March 20. via London. 12.25
B. M.—Colonel E. M. House, of New
York and Texas, reached Berlin from
London Friday morning and at onco
went into a long conference with
James W. Gerard, the American am
bassador. Colonel House will he the
ambassador's guest while in Berlin.
It is generally believed that Colonel
House is working in the interest of
possible peace.
PROTEST AGAINST BLOCKADE
By Associated Press
London, March 20, 1 B. M.—Tho
government of the Netherlands, ac
cording to the correspondent of Hea
ter's Telegram Company at The Hague,
: hap sent to Great Britain and France
! a protest against the British blockade
j of Germany.
j STORY WRITER PLUNGES TO
HER DEATH: HAD BEEN II.L
By Associated Press *
N'ew York, March 20.—Mrs. Ellen
Henry, editor of the AVoman's Maga
zine. published in Detroit, and writer
jof short stories, plunged five stories
j from her room to her death at her
■ home to-day. She was delirious from
typhoid fever at the time and made
i her way to a window during a brief
: interval in which her nurse had left
j the room for medicine. Mrs. Henry
| was 32 years ofd and came to this city
(fifteen years ago from Binghamton,
IN. Y.