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HARRXSBURG WSmM TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 69
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NEW FIRM TO BRING
110 EMPLOYES HERE
Modern Building of Big Implement
Company Will Open
April 1
STRUCTURE COSTS $175,000
Has Floor Area of 90,000 Square
Feet; Equipment Is of Most
Modern Pattern
The opening of the new branch
office and warehouse building of the
Enierson-Brantlngham Company at
Tenth and Market streets on April 1
will bring about a hundred employes
and salesmen to Harrisburg who for
merly were stationed in Waynesboro.
The building is of reinforced con
crete, constructed under the Kahn sys
tem. and cost, with the land, about
J175,000. It is absolutely lire proof,
fitted with steel automatic fire doors,
reinforced concrete staircases, two
electric elevators, trolley systems on
all warehouse floors, and covered
switch tracks with a capacity of three
cars. The total floor area is 90,000
square feet. Including the showroom
of 18,000 and offices of 4,000 square
feet. The beating, electric and sani
tary arrangements are the latest pat
terns.
An average number of 108 men
have been working daily on the build
ing since August 1, 1914: 346 carloads
<>f material have been used, including
5.500 tons of crushed stone, 8,600 tons
of sand, 9,000 barrels of cement, 3SI
tons of steel. 800,000 bricks and 7,000
square feet of glass. The capacity of
the structure is 750 pounds per square
foot.
Public Inspection
Doors will be thrown open to the
interested people of Harrisburg for a
complete inspection and at a later date
the management will have a formal
opening which will bring hundreds
of dealers throughout the East to the
city.
C. E. Crowell, of Waynesboro, will
be the manager and will have charge
of the force of salesmen handling the.
light line of agricultural implements
in eastern territory as well as a crew
of repairmen for light repairs and a
corps of warehouse men in charge of
repair parts and new machines.
The Emerson-Rrantingha in Com
pany has Its headquarters at Uock
ford. 111. It maintains thirty-two
branches and subhranches and em
ploys about 250 travelers in the I'nited
States and Canada, also a foreign field
force and sales agency, although this
department is somewhat handicapped
at present on account of the European
situation.
Company lias Eight Factories
The- company operates eight fac
tories, among them three in Rockford,
one of which is the implement works'
the most modern plant of its kind in
the world, with a capacity of $4,000,000
worth of implements yearly: the car
o'/fnnn wo J' l fs. which nroduces about
_n,ooo vehicles annually, and the gas
• V nP,f „TJ r ? r ' 4 ' S- ■'t° turn out about
*1.000.000 worth annually: at Chicago
Heights Til., a large and well equipped
factory for the manufacture of hay
tools soreaders. etc.: tl<e wagon work's
nnn ? ' "" U,rnin « "Ut about
10. ton f rtrm waKona annually; tractor
works at Minneapolis. Minn., which
at tills time is running to its utmost
rapacity; the Hoovph worKs, ?it <*«■)-
lunihus. Ttv?., nnd 11i«* Orcisor work? at
Wa ynesboro.
WATTS TO liECTI Rr:
v r v lnoal manasrrr of The HpTI
Telephone Cotnnany ~f Pennsylvania
n 111 give an illustrated lecture this
on Ins* before the I?u.*ine omen's \c
jnclatlon. of Xewport. his subject 'bp
'"tTlii •• Growth "f « Oreat Modern
THE WEATHER
r«>r Flnrrlsburg nn<l vlclnllyi 1
settled went her to-night nnd lrl
ilny. with light rnlii or niiott,
probably ruin turning 1,, nnowi
folder Krldn.v.
Fur Eastern Penpsylvnnlat Insct
tied to-night mill Frldnv, prob
ably loenl ruins or snows; colder
I'rlilnyj moderate west to north
nest winds.
Hlver
The mnln river and the loner por
tions of the North and West
branches will rise sllghtlv to
night nnd Friday. Other streams
<if the sywtem will fall slmvlv or
remnln nearly stationary. \
slage of nhont 4.S feel Is Indicnteil
for Ilarrlsbnrg Friday morning.
General Conditions '
The disturbance tlint was central
over Ontario, Wednesday morn
ing. la passing dim n the St. I.nw
renee Valley, followed bv the lilgh
pressure aren from the Far
Northwest, which lins Increased
Krently In strength.
Temperntnrei S n. m.. 88.
Sunt Rises, (liM a. M.i sets, «!*Jt
m.
Moon i Full moon, March 81, 12:118
s. m.
Hlver Stagei 4.3 feet above low
water mark.
Yesteray's Wenther
Highest tempernlnre, Brt.
t.owest temperature, .'la.
Mean temperature. 4.1.
Normal temperature, 41.
Panoramic View of Great Excavations For Proposed Pennsy Freight Station Site in South Harrisbarg Finished Today, Biggest Job of Kind Since Enola's Hills Were Leveled
WORK ON C. V. BRIDGE
TO START 111 MONTH
Several Hundred Men Will Be
Given Employment During
the Summer
TRAFFIC WILL NOT BE DELAYED
Structure to Cost $700,000, Will
Be Built of Reinforced
Concrete
Work on the new Cumberland Val
ley ruilroad bridge across the Susque
hanna at Mulberry street will be
started by the Robert Grayce Con
tracting company, of Pittsburgh, with
in the next thirty days, the first span
over Front street and the concrete
work now being done Is under the di
rection of the railroad company and
does not come under the contract let
last week for the bridge proper.
The whole improvement- will cost
more than $700,000 and several diffi
cult engineering problems must be
solved. Tli" structure will be of con
crete and steel two tracks wide. While
the down stream half of the bridge,
one track wide, is being constructed,
trains will be operated as usual on the
old steel bridge, which has been
moved far enough out of the regular
alignment to permit. With the com
pletion of the lower half traffic will be
handled over the single track laid on
the new structure and the old steel
bridge will be torn away to allow the
building of the upper half of the
bridge.
Several hundred men will be put to
work as aocn as the contracting com
pany gets its material on the ground
and this number will be increased.
t,i:\KR \I, DK liAHI'E KIM.ED
By Associated i ress
Paris, March 25. 5.25 A. M.—Gen
eral Itene Joseph De l-,arue, chief of
a division cf the French army, was
killed when he was struck in the head
by a bullet while inspecting a trench
at the front, it was announced last
night.
OECIOE TO ACCEOE
TO BISHOP S RULING
Fifth Street Congregation Aband
ons AH Hope of Retaining
Rev. B. H. Hart
At a largely attended meeting of
members of Fifth Street Methodist
Episcopal Church in the assembly
room lust night it was unanimously
agreed that in the best interests of the
church, as well as those of the out
going and Incoming pastors, the
change which Bishop Hurt made at
the conference at Shr.n.o'on be al
lowed to stand.
After a full and complete review of
the entire situation by '.ho Kev. H. 11.
Ilart it was clearly sliov.n that no
good could possibly coine from fur
ther protesting. According to a state,
nient made by the Rev. t>. H. liart to
day, the members of Fifth Street
Church desire also to give the widest
publicity possible to the fact that un
der no circumstances must tlielr ac
tions be construed as a protest against
the appointment of Dr. E. A. Pyles.
It was fully expressed that if a
change had to be made, the choice of
the Fifth Street members would have
been the Rev. Dr. Pyles. It was also
stated that he was as strongly en
trenched in the hearts of the people
of Pine Street Church as was the
Rev. B. H. Hart in Harrisburg, and
that the people of Williamsport were
as anxious for his return as the Fifth
Street people for the return of the
Rev. B. H. Hart. While criticism of
Dr. Burt was everywhere heard at last
night's meeting, the agreement was
unanimous that his wishes be obeyed.
A large committee has been ap
pointed to arrange for a reception to
Dr. Pyles and family at a time suitable
to their convenience.
FIREBUG STARTS BLAZE I V
INSTITUTE AT I REEI.AXD
By Associated I'ress
Ha/.leton. Pa., March 25.—Saturat
ing the floors, steps and many of the
books with oil and starting five inci
pient blazes in different parts bf the
building and opening some of the
windows to give the blaze a good
draft, a firebug early to-day attempted
to burn down the Freeland Mining and
Mechanical Institute, a night and day
school for anthracite employes estab
lished by the late Bckley B. Coxe. the
coal operator. Rntrance was gained
by cutting a window. Footprints on
the floor Indicated that the firebug fa
an adult. Several fires of supposed
incendiary origin have occurred re
cently at Freeland.
HARRISBURG. PA., THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1915
'NITROGLYCERINE' FOR
THIRST! COIL MINERS
Bootleggers Carry Wagon Load of
Liquor Bearing Danger Sign
Into "Dry" West Virginia
MANY PARALYZED WITH FEAR
After Disposing of 20 Gallons of
"Red Eye," Driver Sells His
Horses and Wagon
By Associated Press
Fairmont. W. Va., March 2 s.—Rep
resenting that their wagon was loaded
with nitroglycerine, bootleggers suc
ceeded in hauling a load of liquor froin
Oakland, Md.. to Grafton, W. Va.,
without being arrested for violating
the State's liquor law. Drivers of
passing teams stood nearly paralyzed
with fear as the outfit passed with its
reckless driver*bouncing about on the
seat, whipping the horses and with
the wheels thundering over the rocks.
They did not stop until they had ar
rived at a coal mine near Grafton,
where j!0 gallons of liquor on board
were quickly disposed of. The driver
then sold the team and wagon.
Abolition of Slavery
Will Benefit Americans
San Antonio, Texas, March 25.
That the abolition of slavery In Yuca
tan will more than repay the trouble
and annoyance to sisal dealers in the
X'nited States is decided by General
Carranza in a message from Vera
Cruz received here to-night. Carran
za is quoted as saying tho reported
scarcity of labor in Yucatan was not
due to the war conditions, but to the
fact that owners of large plantations
disposed of their slaves and in many
instances sent them out of the coun
try to save them from falling into the
hands of the Carranza troops.
"The planters' hundred per cent,
profits may be reduced fifty or sixty
per cent,, but the poor Mexican labor
ers," said Carranza, "will be made free
and will reap the benefits of their work
as free citizens."
TAKES APPOINTIVE
POWER FROM MAYOR
Habgood Bill Puts Selection of
Sealer of Weights and Meas
ures Up to Council
A bill vesting in councils of third
class cities power to appoint sealers of
j weights and measures, who are now
named by mayors, was introduced in
[the House to-day by Mr. Ilabgood,
| AlcKean. The bill also provides for
a share of expenses to be paid by the
county. The appointment of a sealer
is Die oniy patronage left to a major
I in third class cities.
Memln-rs Olii<le«l
The House session was marked by
so much inattention on the part of
members that Speaker Ambler several
times reminded the representatives
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Masked Men Hold Up
Rob Lodge Organizer
Samuel Koon, organizer for the
Knights of the Golden liagle, with
headquarters In Harrisburg, was held
up at Mt. Wolfe, Monday night. A
masked man pointed two revolvers at
Koon's head while another with a
Mack cap over his face went through
his pockets.
Mr. Koon was on his way to the
! railroad station after attending a lodge
j session. He had $22.50 in cash in his
pockets and gold lodge emblems valued
at $25. The highwaymen took every
thing but a dime which was in a coat
, pocket. The robbers made their es-
I cape.
i
Juvenile Prisoner Makes
Escape Second Time
"In again, out again," is a same
I played successfully by Clarence Ross,
La colored boy, aged 12 years. Ross
j broke out of a cell in the basement
of the police station again last night,
(climbed out of a window, lifted a cel
lar grate, and made his escape,
j Ross is clfarged with the larceny of
I several bicycles and was to have been
tried In Juvenile court to-morrow. The
boy escaped In a similar manner Mon
day night, but was recaptured.
CITY KDITOn K11.1,100
By Associated Prtss
London, March 25. Joseph Lal<ere.
who resigned as city editor of
• "IVAblelle." a Freneh daily newspaper
I here, to enlist In the French army. Is
I dead from wounds received near
| Craonne, according to i-abie advices re-I
jceived by his father here.
GRADING OF FREIGHT
SITE NOW COMPLETED
Brown-King Co. Removes Great
Shovels, Motor Trucks and
Teams From S. Second St.
TO PUSH CONCRETE WORK
Traffic to Present Transfer Sheds
Won't Be Interfered
With
Grading of the site for tlie great
Pennsylvania railroad freight transfer
station in South Second street—one of
the biggest operations of the kind un
dertaken in this section since the hills
about Enola were leveled to make way
for the construction of the freight
classification yards—was finished yes
terday by the Brown-King Construc
tion Company.
Less than a year ago the block
bounded by Mulberry, Third, Meadow
Lane and Second streets, was a thickly
populated, thriving section of the
South Harrisburg business district; to
day the same block resembles a por
tion of the Panama Canal operations.
From a small ridge of earth that once
marked Meadow bane's busy highway
to the 15-foot high embankment that
supports the Cumberland Valley tracks
in Mulberry street, and from the lone
some little ' ft eight office building at
Third and Meadow Lane to the high
concrete wall that divides South Sec
ond street's driveway from the pro
posed station plaza—some 60,000 tons
of earth had been scooped by giant
steel hands of steam shovels while u
train of a dozen motor trucks, daily
bore the material from the ground.
Equipment Comes ami (iocs
Except for the removal of the eight
or ten thousand yards of earth that
constitute Meadow Lane, the job is en
tirely completed and the Brown-King
Company has sent away one of the big
steam shovels, all the truck.) and some
thirty odd double-horse teams.
The remaining earth it is understood
will not be removed at this time as
there are some gas line connections
to be made and as the main extends
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ALL WEST END KOW
BOOSTS PLAYGROUND
Twenty Petitions Urging Council to
Buy Old Polyclinic Site in Gen
eral Circulation
1 West End citizens are voicing nn
"! qualified approval of City Connnis
■ | sioner M. Harvey Taylor's proposed
i purchase of the Fourth and Emerald
, [street plot for a permanent playground
■ j site for the upper end of the city and
jit is understood that City Council will
• I be fully and enthusiastically ucquaint
•| ed with that sentiment at Tuesday's
i meeting by a score or more of peti
j tlons.
More than twenty petitions are now
'; being circulated throughout the West
End endorsing the selection and urg
i ;ing council to pass the ordinance tinal
| ly when it appears on the second read
lins; calendar Tuesday. At least a thou
sand signers will have their names at
tached to the prayers.
Because of the short interval be
, tween now and the next session of
council, it is doubtful it is said, If a
meeting of the West End Improve
! ment Association can be held to for
i mally approve the measure as a body.
[ The special committee named by
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Woman Craved From Lack
of Dope Trys to Kiss Men
1 Temporarily deranged because she
• could not secure her accustomed
amount of dope, Emma Houser, a
■ young girl, created considerable ex
citement on. a Third street car when
she attempted to kiss the male passen
gers. She was taken to jail and after
two days' treatment pronounced
i cured.
! Richard Lawson. found at Worm
leysburg in a dazed condition, has also
! been cured at the jail. Colonel Hutchl
, son favors a special department at
i the county jail for the treatment of
fiends.
CONSPIRATORS FOUND GUILTY
By Associated Press
Reading, Pa., March 25.—The jury
, in the case of David G. Rothensies of
Delhi. N. V.; Charles A. Stephens, of
Philadelphia, and Fred G. Anderson,
of Baltimore, Md., charged with a con
spiracy whereby investors from all
over Eastern Pennsylvania In throe
local insurance companies lost $840,-
000, came into court this morning and
rendered a verdict of guilty. The
companies referred to were the Cor
poration Funding and Finance, Read
ing Mutual"Life and Reading Life In
surance companies.
TERRIFIC BATTLE IN
CARPATHIAN PASSES
Reports From Berlin and Petro
grad Concerning Fighting
Incomplete
180,000 RUSSIANS ARE FREED
Turk Forces Are Fortifying Their
Positions Near
Adrianople
Tlie battle in the Carpathians lias
developed into trto most Important
phase of the laud lighting now in prog- ;
ress on cither front. Reports from Her- j
lin and l'ctrograd arc incomplete ami
thus far there are no definite indica
tions which side Is gaining the upper
hand in tlie encounter which may de
cide the mastery of the Carpathian
passes, the gateways to Hungary. Es
timates of tlie number of Russians
freed by the fall of Przemysl run as
high as 180,000 and it Is expected that
this force will now l>e sent to the foot
hills of the Carpathians In western
Galicin, to assist tlie Russian army
there.
V dispatch from Athens says the
Turks arc fortifying ]>ositlons near
Adrianople in fear of an attack l>y Bul
garia. Heavy artillery has l»een brought
in and a new army Is being trained by
German officers.
Fighting In Belgium Is Incoming
active once more and it Is suggested
In l/ondon that the Germans have de
termined on another attempt to break
through the allied lines on this situa
tion. Belgian soldiers attempting to
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NO MESSAGE FROM STEAMER
London, Marcn 25, 5.05 A. M.—A
Renter dispatch from Madrid says the
correspondent of tliat company at Las
Palmas, Canary Islands, telegraphs
that nothing has been heard of the in
terned German liner Macedonia since
she slipped out of the harbor there on
March 15, but it is reported she has
sailed in the direction of South Amer
ica to recoal and reprovision German
cruisers.
ESCHEAT BILL IS .
PRESENTED 111 HOUSE
Unclaimed Bank Deposits and
Money in Trust Goes to State
After Ten Years
| Attorney General Brown's bill to
| provide for payment to tlie state at
| the end of ten years of nil unclaimed
| bank deposits or money held in trust,
one of the most important measures
of the session, was introduced into
jthe House to-day by Representative
Warren C. Graham, of Philadelphia.
It is the result of years of observa
tion of the subject by Mr. Brown and
a study made since he became Attor
ney General. For years efforts have
been made to make unclaimed bank
deposits property coming under the
escheat laws, but the courts have re
fused to take that view.
Mr. Brown's bill provides for auto
matic escheatment. the provisions be
fns .summarized as follows:
The proposed new escheat act pro
vides that every bank or other institu
tion receiving deposits of money shall
mak.' a report to the Auditor General
yearly of any deposits which have not
been increased or decreased within
seven years.
Every storage, warehouse or safe
deposit vault keeper is required to
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Labarees Fear Nothing
From Turk Fanatics
A letter received a few days ago
by Samuel W. Fleming, assistant post
master, from his daughter. Mrs. Rob
ert M. Labaree, a missionary at Tabriz,
Persia, says the foreign population
there is in no danger from the Turks,
who are committing depredations ai
Urumiah, about a hundred miles dis
tant. They arv under the protection
of the American legation and the city
is in possession of the Russian troops,
who have kept everything in good
order.
Mrs. l>abaree, with her husband and
three children, has been in the servioe
of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign
i Missions about thirteen years. She
was home on a visit two years ago.
JITNEY BUS COINS MONEY
The first jitney omnibus started to- |
day, carried passengers and had a '
puncture. It was seen dodging all |
over the city and Its owner. W. B.
Forsythe, who took out his city license j
yesterday, did a rushing business, with |
the exception of the time taken to
repair his puncture, which took place I
just before noon near Fourth and Mar
ket streets, and drew a crowd of spec
tators
14 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT.
25,000 CHRISTIANS
PUT TO DEATH BY
BARBAROUSTROOPS
Assyrian Males Tied in Groups of Five, Marched to Ceme
tery and Killed, Girl Babies and Old Women Exe
cuted While Young Women Were Carried Away as
Slaves; Orthodox Bishop and Four Clergymen Among
Dead; American Mission in Danger
By Associated Press
Tiflls, Wednesday, March 24, 1 P. M.
via Petrograd. March 25, 10 a. m., and
London, 12.10 P. M.—Telegrams and
letters reaching here from Urumlah,
in Northwestern Persia, describe the
situation of the American Presbyterian
mission stationed there as desperate.
Turkish regular troops and Kurds are
persecuting and massacrcing Assyrian
Christians.
Harry P. Packard, tin- doctor of the
missionary station sit llrumiah of the
Board of Foreign Mission of the Pres
byterian Church, risked his life in a
successful effort to prevent a frightful
massacre at Geogiapa. where three
thousand Assyrians made their last
stand. They had fought for three days
and all I heir ammunition was gone.
At this juncture l)r. Packard unfurled
an American fiat; and advanced be
tween the lines. This act resulted in
the saving of all t>uc 200 of the Assy
rians who had been burned in a
church.
I DUM DUM BULLETS NOT MADE HERE
I Washington, March 25.—The Gsrman embassy's second
| charge that dumdum bullets art being shipped from the
| United States to the allies hat not been substantiated by an
I investigation by army ordnance sxperts and the State De
| parturient his wO ira'ormed the German ambassador.
I CONSTANTINOPLE READY TO SURRENDER
| London, Maich 23, 4.4S P. M.—The Evening Chronicle
| publishes a dispatch from Bucharest, Rumania, saying the
| Turkish government recently decided to surrender Constan
| tinople and the Dardanelles to the attacking fleet. The sur
} render was all but arranged, the Chronicle says, when at the
I last moment it was blocked by Germany,
f TENNESSEE NEAR ALEXANDRIA
| Cairo, Egypt, March 25, via London, 5.30 P. M. The
I American cruir.er Tennessee, which had been in the eastern
) Mediterranean for several months for the purpose of protect
} ing American interests during the war, is expected at Alex
| sndria in a day or two, on another of her trips from the coast
| of Asia Minor.
I
| FOUNDRY AND MACHINE ELECTS
| Harrisburg—The annual meeting of the stockholders of
| the Harrisburg Foundry and Machine Company held this
| morning resulted in the re-election of the following: Chris
| tian W. Lynch, president and general manager; B. E. Tay-
I lor, secretary and treasurer.
I TWO GIRLS COMMIT SUICIDE
| Washington, Pa., March 25.—Mary Coyle, aged 19, of
I Bentleyville, and Margaret Berger, aged 20, of McKeespori,
1 inmates of the Western Pennsylvania Industrial School at
I Morganza, committed suicide togethsr during lsot wight.
1 The girls, who were trusties, secured the poison from the
' matron's locker and were dying when found.
I BRITISH REFUSE AMERICAN REQUEST
London, March 25, 3 P. M.—The British government
has refused the request of the United States that an Ameri
-1 can consular officer be permitted to take station at the port
of Kirkwall, in Scetland, to report on American cargo ships
detained there.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Rimer F. Plank, l*lilla<lelpliia, mid >lnrj 1.. Lerow, city.
I'letro l'lccolo, city, nml l.ucy Sercvciitl. l\c*v York.
Ho** E. Klciiforil hihl lllhln K. llaM*lcr. 1.1 indento*vi«.
Iloy D. Flower *ml Jennie It. Hlouttli, Derry tc imblp.
Fifteen thousand Assyrian Chris
tians have taken refuge under
the protection of the American mis
sion station, while two thousand ara
at the French mission. A despatch
received at Tiflis from ITrumiah de
clared that seventy Turkish regular
troops had entered the mission,
hanged the orthodox bishop, Mar Elia,
and four orthodox clergymen, and
beat and insulted a missionary named
Allen. Shortly before sixty refugees
had been dragged from the French
! mission and executed in spite of the
tearful pleas of the nuns.
At Gulpnshan, the Kurds were par
ticularly cruel. This was the last of
a total ' f 103 Assyrian villages to hold
out and it was occupied a month ago.
The Kurds ordered all the Assyrian
males into the streets, tied thein in
groups of five, marched them to the
graveyard and killed them barbarous
ly to the last boy. Girl babies and
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