' Petrograd Announces Officially the Surrender HARRISBURG &§«!& TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 66 AGED Ml BURNED TO DEATH AS HIS HOME BURNS DOWN Accident, Murder, or Suicide? Answer Being Sought by Authorities LIVED ALONE IN THE HOUSE Had Savings, Belief; Neighbors Find Charred Bones When Fianies Die Down Plain, Pa.. March 22.—Perry coun t. officials this afternoon'are engaged in an investigation to learn whether Clinton D. Bixler. aged 60. Who re sided on a larm eight miles from here, fired his home early this morning and then committed suicide; whether he was murdered and the house fired by his assailants: or whether the build ing was burned accident illy and the old man lost his life while asleep. Bixler, who Is well-known through out Perry county, has lived alone in the house since last Fall when his wife was taken to the Harrisburg hos pital for treatment. She was dis charg d recently and went to live with a daughter, Mrs. C. H. Bair, three miles front Boysville, to recu perate. The husband remained at the old home to take care of the farm 1 work. It is understood here that his savings were kept in the house and this lends color to the murder theory. The house is situated in a lonely spot and the closest neighbors are a good distance away. Find Charred Boner, When they saw the smoke and flames at 5 o'clock this morning they hurried to the scene but could not find Bixler. When the ruins cooled they made a search and in the cellar discovered some charred bones and burned flesh. At noon to-day physi cians were called at New Bloomtleld and they will make an examination of the bones and flesh in an effort to establish Bixler's identity and learn whether or not he was a victim of foul play. It is reported that some persons who arrived early at the fire say that ihrough tne cellar windows they could see a chain dangling from a rafter and attached to the end of the chain they say they could see a body. This import, however, has not been sub rnantially verified. Mj story Shrouds Death The district attorney at New Bloom- 1 field was notified early this afternoon] and he, together with his county offl-1 >ers, are now making an investiga-1 tion. The death of Bixler is shrouded in mystery for persons who know him say that he had no reasons for taking his life. He was in Blain Saturday afternoon and appeared to be in the best of health and spirits. Bixler, it is said, announced himself recently as a candidate for county treasurer. U. S. Does Comparatively Little Export Business By Associated Press Washington. March 22.—The United States does comparatively little re export business compared to the other great commercial nations—Great Bri tain, Germany and France—according to a statement to-day by, the Depart ment of Commerce. For many years the total of foreign merchandise brought into the United .'tates and sold again to foreign buy ers has ranged between 533.000.000 and $43,000,000 annually in value. During the fiscal year of 1914 the total was $33,000,000. Cireat Britain's re-export business during the last calendar year totalled 5463.000.000 against $42,300,000 handled through the United States in the same period. The British excess of domestic exports over American figures, however, was only one per cent. The great difference in re-exporta -lion business is due in part to the colonial posse»sio s of the European countries whose business is handled through the parent countrv. Thus Germany In 1912 did re-exportation business totalling 5159.000.000 and Franco In 1912 $337,000,000 in prod ucts chiefly of their respective colo nies. WOMEN PI,AN MEETING fly Associated Press New York, March 22.—Representa tive- of women's organization in 21 States will attend a meeting o fthe ad visory council of the congressional union for woman suffrage here March 21. A business meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. O. H. p. Belmont, a member ot the executive commit tee. j THE WEATHER For HnrHnhurie and vicinity: « londy nn,n average of 5 degrees higher than the average for twenty-seven years; De cember was 2 degrees above average; January, 3Vi degrees, and February 5 degrees above average, one of the warmest winter months on record. March, up to date, has been the only normal month of the winter. C. H. Doherty, weather forecaster for the Beading station, who has been in charge of the Harrisburg offices dur ing the illness of E. R. Demain, local forecaster, will return to his home of fice to-night. Mr. Demain has recov ered from an attack of pneumonia and is expected to resume his duties to morrow. 600 Guests Invited to Masonic Anniversary On* of th« largest Masonic affairs of the-year will take place Mondav night, March 29. when Robert Burns UoSg-s, No. 484. will celebrate Its fortv-flfth anniversary with a banquet in the hall on the top floor of the Masonic Temple, Third and State street*. Invitations have been sent to the more than 600 members of the lodge and a number of guests. Prominent Masons have been secured bv Worship ful Master Prank G. Fahnestock. Jr. i io made addresses. HARRISBURG. PA., MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1915. | Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Calls "Billy" Sunday a Tool * V v ... Ari. /■■ '">% jßßtk ' r . • M IHL J| WL , - ...mIK H Br ik JHH H 1 I B&H ■ raw % - BgSgj|H|^H^^reggp^/ ' Bs ** aa> ffXOT '"n"^ •EU2ABSTU 6, FUYNV PatPison, X. J.. March -Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, of the T. W. W„ is here denouncing "Billy" Sunoay who will start an evangelist revival meet ing next week in Paterson. She calls him "a tool of the manufacturers who tries to make men think of their spiritual welfare, thereby taking their minds off their worldly condition." cmraiG HI I DIES 111 IMS V Lieutenant Commander Bricker and Three Sailors Drowned in Heavy Sea By .Associated Press Constantinople, via Berlin and Lon don, March 22, 10.24 A. M.—Lieuten ant Commander William F. Bricker, of the United States converted yacht Scorpion and three sailors named Ford, Dowel and L#verings, were drowned on the night of March 20 while attempting to reach their vessel with a rowboat. The Scorpion was anchored in the Bosphorus off Con stantinople near the Doltmabaghcheh Palace. The rowboat was swamped in a heavy sea thrown up by a south gale. Lieutenant Herbert S. Babbitt and one sailor, who were in the boat, were saved. Lieutenant Commander Bricker ar rived at Constantinople only on March 16 to succeed Lieutenant Commander Edward McCauley, Jr., in command of the Scorpion. The Scorpion is a converted yacht purchased for the navy in 1896. Tt has a displacement of 850 tons and has been stationed at Constantinople for some time. Lieutenant. Commander Bricker, who formerly was naval attache at the American embassy at Paris left the city on February 28 for Constan tinople to assume command of the Scorpion. He was born January 18. 1879, in Pennsylvania, and appointed [Continued on Page 21 i Gasoline Yacht, Owned by Millionaire, Destroyed Off California Coast fly Associated Press Los Angeles, Cal., March 22.—The gasoline yacht La Sota. with her mil lionaire owner, Morgan Adams, his bride of a month, and ten friends aboard, all of this city, burned to the water last night, sis miles oft San Pedro. The party took to the life boats and were picked up within an hour by a motorboat from Catalina. Back-flrlng of the engine caused the blaze. The fire spread rapidly, de spite a hard fight made by the men aboard to sare the craft. When it was seen that there was no chance to check the flames, the women were put over the side Into the two tenders. The men In the party and the crew followed them into the boats with as much luggage as they could rescue from the cabins. They they rowed away and watched the yacht burn to the water's elge. RED FIELD HEBI'KES EMPLOYE FOR COMPLAINING OF WORK Washington. March 22.—Secretary Bedfleld, of the Department of Com merce has mildly rebuked ar emplove of his department who is salt*, to have complained recently that he was re quired to do work beneath his posi tion. "I do not know what the kind of work can be which Is beneath anv man's position," the secretary wrote the employe in passing on his case. "I think there is no work of which I know or have heard that Is beneath my dignity to do. and l am glad to say that 1 have done the plainest and hardest and, what is sometimes mis take ,ly called, the most mental work, and am ready to do it again if there Is occasion for it." CITY SMS WOW WITH GRAND RUSH 100 Men Given Employment on Paving, Sewer and Park Jobs City Improvements started with a rush to-day In spite ot the inclement weather. Contractor William H. Op perman placed a force of thirty men at work on the new sanitary sewer in South Second street and Market Square. This work must be com pleted within sixty davs. Contractor J. A. McKelvey with his forces broke ground for the new golf house and lockers at Reservoir Park, and William H. Murphv & Son began the construction of the bridge in Cam eron Park and also resumed work on the entrance to Reservoir Park at Twenty-first street. Improvements are also under way at the Friendship en ginehouse. One hundred men will have employ ment for some time on city jobs. The new sewer will be placed at a depth of 22 feet, starting at Chestnut street. The contract calls for a sewer on both sides of Market Square, running north ward to Strawberry street. In Market street the new sewer will run to within 100 feet of Front street. This work will be under the direction of Com missioner William H. Lynch. Park Improvements Commissioner of Parks M. Harvey Taylor will direct the work in the parks. The new entrance to Reservoir Park includes the widening of the street and some grading and mav be completed within three weeks. The [Continued on Page B.] Catholic Societies in Philadelphia Unite to Aid State Movie Censor Philadelphia. March 22. Resolu tions opposing any change in the laws now governing moving picture censor ship. passed yesterday by the Phila delphia Diocesan Union of Holy Name Societies, open new possibilities in the fight between film exhibitors here and what they term the "tyranny" of J. Louis Breitingcr, the chief censor. Bishop John J. MCort, State Senator Farley, and 246 delegates, represent ing 82 church organizations with a total membership of more than 50,- 000, attended the annual meeting of the Holy "amc Union In Annuncia tion Church Hall, Tenth and Dickin son streets, and Indorsed the work of Mr. Breitlnger. Any effort on the part of film men to pass anticensor ship legislation will result in petitions, public meetings and possibly a great demonstration in favor of censorship by Catholic societies in Chester, Mont gomery, Bucks, Delaware and Phila delphia counties. Pastor B. H. Hart May Be District Superintendent Shamokln. Pa.. March 22.—1t was gossiped about the Methodist confer ence this afternoon that the Rev. B. H. Hart, pastor of Fifth Street Church, Harrisburg, for the past fourteen years, will be made district superin tendent of the Harrisburg district and that District Superintendent B. 11. Mosser. of the Juniata district, would be appointed to Fifth Street Church as pa.stor. This would necessitate the re moval of Superintendent A. S. l<'asick to the Willlamsport district and Su perintendent K. M. Stevens to the Juniata district. The report could not be a* the appointment copi mittee was not nearly ready to report. WOULD GIVE MORE POWER TO EH Charles H. Hoffman, of This City, Advocates Many Reforms Before M. E. Conference CHURCH SHOULD ADVERTISE Asserts Layman and Minister Should Assume Same Rights of Debate and Voting Special to The Telegraph Shamokln, Pa., March 22.—At a meeting of the Daymen's Association of the Central Pennsylvania Confer once of the Methodist Episcopal church on Saturday, Charles 11. Holt- j man, president of the association, j made some stirring remarks on the: duty of the laity to assume greater! burdens In the church. He roferred to the fact that the lay- ! man does, of course, hold the power of the purse, hut unless he wishes to always leave the power of legislation and of control to the ministry, the lay man must assume new rights, new duties, new powers. "The place of the layman is at the main conference, lay man and minister assuming the same rights of debate and voting," Mr. Hoff man said. "It is a case now of a sen ate of real power and a very much lower house of suggestion, despite the fact that the layman must assume the financial responsibilities of the church." "These new ideas orv the part of the laymen of the Methodist church are growing to large proportions," con tinued Mr. Hoffman. "Laymen believs that their rights to take part in the administration of church affairs should not be questioned and that they should have some part in the selection of ministers, believing that the young • man should be given a chance to show his ability regardless of the fact that he may have been in the niintstry but a few years, and that he should not be required to take a less desirable appointment, in order that some other minister might be taken care of and who would not be as acceptable to the church as the younger man." Mr. Hoffman also referred to the advertising feature of the church, de- [Continucd on Pace 5.1 PUBLIC HEARING Oil LOCAL OPTIOOI BILL Will Meet Republican Platform Legislative Committee Tonight; Compensation Hearing "I have written to Chairman Wil liams of the House law and order committee that both sides have asked for a hearing on the local option bill and requested that he grant one. I think he will do so." said Governor Brumbaugh this morning when asked j whether there would be a hearing on the bill. The Governor said in re- I sponse to questions that he did not | know when the hearing would be held ! and that he did not think the local I option would get before the Housed much before April 1. The Governor added that he did not j know anything about the reported | movements to bring delegations | here when the hearing was held as j the suggestions came from other men. i Workmen's Compensation Dr. Brumbaugh said that he thought workmen's compensation would attract much attention this this week and looked forward to the hearing planned for to-morrow. He expressed the opinion that, there would be much debating of the provisions of the bill on the floor of the House as men have honest differences about the important points and would nat- [Contlnued on Page 7.] Centennial Celebration at Allegheny College Meadville. Pa., March 22. —Educa- ; tional leaders from all parts of the; country will gather at the centennial j celebration or Allegheny College here j in June to discuss college matters , among which will be a plan for the . standardization of courses of study. • The program for the conference will he devoted to the ideals and achieve ments of the American college, what enters into its curriculum, its place in education and its future. Sessions will ! begin June 22. Among the speakers , will be the Rev. Dr. William H. Craw- ; ford, president of Allegheny college: Abraham W. Harris, president of Northwestern University: Dean Charles H. Haskins, of Harvard Uni versity; Provost Edgar S. Smith, of Pennsylvania University: John H. I Finlcy, former president of the college ' of the City of New York; W. 11. Paunce, president of Brown Univer sity; P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of education; Charles: F. Thwing, president of Western Re- j serve University: Prof. Alexander Mciklejohn. president of Amherst col- ' lege and Henry C. King, president of : Oberlin College. Serbia Is in Urgent Need of Assistance I An appeal for relief for Serbia has [ just been sent to the people of Amer ica by Demetrius, archbishop of Bel grade and president of the principal committee in aid of soldiers and fami lies and other sufferers from the war. Among the local contributions al ready sent for Serbia's aid. was JSOO by the Serbian church of St. Nicholas at Steelton. The Serbian relief fund of America of which Bishop Darling ton is chairman, has also sont between two and three thousand dollars. The Home and War Relief of Harrisburs has sent a number of boxes of sup plies. The suffering In the little country is said to be intense. Typhoid fever has broken out among the armies and among the 100.000 Austrian prisoners, and has killed sixty-five of the doctors, who were fighting the disease. RUSS FORCES TAKE PRZEMYSL Fall Is Must Important Development in Great War For Many Days; Austrians Are Now in Possession of Only One Important Fortified City; Bad Weather Delays, Temporarily, Attack on Dardanelles Garrison at Beginning of Struggle Numbered Between 60,000 and 80,000 Men, but This Number Was Greatly Reduced by Death; Many Prisoners Fall Into the Hands of Besiegers When Fortress Is Surrendered The most Important development of the day in the European war was the official announcement from Petrograd of the surrender of the Gallcian fort ress of Przemysl which had been be sieged by the Bussians for several months. Simultaneous offensive movements against the German, Austrian and Turkish armies from the Baltic to the Black Sea have Doen undertaken by the armies of Russia, and in some sec tions definite progress is reported. In the extreme north the Germans are retreating from Memel, East Prus sia, and the Bussians are believed to | have begun another drive at Tilset. j in Poland there is activity all along the front, but apparently the general I battle which Petrograd expects has ; not begun. j The Russian army in the Caucasus i has announced a victory over .the 'Turks In the fighting along the Black ; Sea coast in Turkish Armenia, j After several months of inactivity, hostilities have been resumed between Austria and her small neighbors. Ser bia and -Montenegro. A dispatch 'from Cettinje states that the Ans jtrians made an artillery attack last ing several days against Montenegrin positions all along the front, but that efforts to follow this with infantry ad vances wene defeated. An artillery battle between Austrians and Serbians also to reported. These signs of in creasing activity have no parallel on the western front, where no large i movements are under way. The attacks on the Dardanelles also has been stopped temporarily, owing to bad weather. Russians 1 /opc Memel The siege of Prisenivsl came to an end to-day and the Austrian defend-j ers of the Galician fortress surrend-i ered to the Russian forces which have! been investing It for months. The t I fall of Przemysl deprives Austria her last important fortress In Gallclat WILSON WILL NOT CALL SESSION \ ing. an, March 22. Ferial innouace»eat wur, made ihe Whit* Meuse to-day tket Pr: :iJ«at Wilsea h no in lliag an extra sessiea of the Smtt er of Con„ic j.>. as.said that .he President sees ae prefects o. any coi agency arising which weuld cause hi* te alter his present intention. LONBON HEARS OF FALL | .'iarck 22, l.l'j P. M.—Tke Iritisk efficial pre- j bhrc rx««ca i:-; ued tke fellewing stat*«*emt: "In form: :i bee* received tkat tka fortress ef Preemysl has . that tke garrison kaa surrendered te Russian arms." V>. .SON WRITES TO LITTLE BELGIANS v» ' >n, March 22. —An exchange of letters be tween , ; ..dent Wilson and two little Belgians in Brussels in wl i the children than ed the President for food sen by' A: ~nd the P*endent expressed his appreciation for th .,r l atitude, was made known to-day at the Whitf House. HELD UNDER RECENT ORDER * * V/; hir.gton, March 22. The Hamburg Americai liner r stopped from leaving San Juan, Porto Rico, yestc:.. j j shots across her bow, is being held under '{he recent ccng reodudon empower jug the Presidenl to prevent supplies going from American ports to ships oi the European belligerents at sea. SIX FIREMEN BADLY HURT Washington, March 22. Six firemen were badly in jured to-day when a Mortar ladder truck turned over in a collision with" a motor car on Pennsylvania avenue, near the Capitol. BIDS WILL BE OPENED APRIL 7 Harriaburg—Bids for the construction of the municipal repair plant on South Ninth street, will be opened April 7. RAILWAY FREIGHT TRAFFIC STOPPED London, March 22, 5.50 P. M. The Central News States that the .Italian government to-day stopped all rail way freight traffic with Germany by way of Switzerland. MAKIUHUL LlCbNUtii Jaroli MrCorkel and Mary Saavel?, llorkrmvillr. Hlpplr, Ml