Italy, Although Ready For War, Is Endeavori Peace HARRISBURG (EMSw TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 81 STATE TO FINANCE ROAD BETTERMENT Governor Talks About the Way He Will Provide Funds For Im mediate Improvement SEVEN MILLIONS A YEAR Highway Department Takes Up Repair of the State System in Real Earnest Governor Brumbaugh said to-day that he had worked out a plan for financing the road improvements of the State and that bills presented to tho House in the last few days were expected to furnish the funds. "While the bills are going along we are working to put the highways into shape." said he. "To my mind it is highly important that every high way in the whole State system ah&uld be placed in good passable condition, every mile of it, and the. money there for expended with absolute fairness in every district. I have directed Chief Knginecr Uhler to see to this. The llrst thing is to get the roads well drained, then well crowned and then well inspected." The governor said that it was his idea to devote the money which ho expects the state to get from the an thracite tax to road maintenance to gether with the revenue from auto mobile licenses. The present automo bile act is expected to raise over a million and the bill presented yester day increasing the licenses will come near doubling the income from that source. By these measures some thing like $5,000,000 should be raised for maintenance, while the .Jones bill for a four-mill tax on all bonds at their source is expected to yield sl,- -50,000 I'or the State's aid to town ships for their "dirt roads." Keconstruction Funds Reconstruction is to be taken care of by other measures and such ap propriations as the State can make. move in that direction is the Mc- Vicar bill, which appeared to-day, to place a tax of one mill on capitol in vested in manufacturing and launder ing which is now exempt. This, in the opinion of the governor, will furnish ample funds for permanent construc tion. He gave it as his idea that seven millions a year would be all _ that the State could handle for road work. Regarding the proceeds of tho an thracite tax the governor said that it has been suggested that the munici palities receiving the tax should have authority to expend it for their local highways, for schools or to prevent caving in cf surface as a result of mining operations. The latter plan is the desire of the Scranton ofticials who saw the governor yesterday and to day. The governor indicated that he thought the State should have two thirds of tiie anthracite tax. Repair Work Ruslicd Although the maintenance division o.' the State Highway Department has been hampered by weather conditions in carrying out Governor Brumbaugh's wish that road work be started this week. 4,000 men are now at work in various parts of the State patting the roads in condition. Snow and ice have prevented any appreciable amount of work in the Warren-Erie district and in the Pike- Monroe district. The blizzard which ushered in the Easter season in the eastern part of the State has retarded road work in the Philadelphia sub urban district, comprising the coun ties of Montgomery, Delaware, Ches ter and Bucks. These conditions are being bettered by the prevalent weath er and as soon as possible the work will be pushed forward In these dis tricts. Beginning on Monday morning last a large force of men was put to work all over the State. By Tuesday morn ing 3,500 men were actually employed in road scraping, crowning, cleaning ditches and drains, and dragging the surfaces of the highways. Ruts and depressions were filled on stone roads and the work of maintenance was ex pedited as much as possible: the idea being to cover the greatest possible mileage in the least possible time to the end that the highways of the Com monwealth might be put in first-class condition. RUSS ON I'NF WORABIjE GROUND By Associated Press Venice. April B.—The Russians, who now are fighting on unfavorable ground in the Carpathians, according to Buda pest newspapers, are experienced the same difficulty in bringing munitions and supplies from the rear that pre viously beset the Austrlans. Deep snow, impassable roads and impene trable forests are said to prevent mili tary operations. THE WEATHER For liarrlsbura; and vicinity! Fair to-night anil Thurariny, not much cbsnge In trmptraturri loweat tem-rrature to-night about 34 de gree*. For Kastern Pennsylvania! Fair to night and Prldan moderate 'tem peratures moderate, variable vrlnda. River The main river, North Branch and the lower portion of the \\ eat Hraneh will rlae slightly to-night and Friday, except the Upper North Branch will probably be gin to fall Friday. Other streams' of the ayitem will fall or remain stationary. A atage of about 4.2 feet Is Indicated for Harrlaburg Friday morning. General Conditions The southwestern disturbance Is central over Southwestern Kan sas, Riarlni slowly northeast ward. t'nder the Influence of the high pressure area that covers the greater portion of the enstem half of the country fair weather has prevailed east of the Mla alsslppl. Temperature! R a. m., 46. Son i Blara, Ri4» a. M.i arts, 6|BS p. m. Moon i \ew moon, April 14. Si.lfl a. m. Blver Stagei 11.0 feet above low water mark, Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, .111. I.oweat temperature, 44. Mean temperature, "'J. Normal temperature, 47. SKETCH SHOWING HOW DRIVEWAY WILL BE CO [ OF THE GREAT PARKWAY CHAIN NOW ALMOST ACQUIRED « • P f ' C!TYfHA(UISBJRC —— PENNSYLVANIA ■ flCP** IMPJ/V ?uauc ?lIOfC*TV - r1 ?tAavcY TaHOR "i r» - JktL&J P * * Cf**tnl RCCCRP PIAH o: p AR .;- 1 Waul* I ui<II:UK SOJC-ui ' i / | ® Land eequir#d" owned by ei^, .. jaai^*•"■ "f" n / \ or transfere oqrred upon *""" i a , H Land /fill n««d*d for Firkni^i sfc4l« of li« pro j vet .oik I' •fj mile Cappro* ) . JuieuenAiwi* Willi the exception of a comparatively small stretch between Reservoir and Wildwood parks, llarrlsburg's Kre.at clty.encircling parkway lias been practi cally acquired by City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor, .superintendent of parks and public property, and the accompanying sketch will convey some idea of how the proposed driveway will be constructed throughout the length of'the chain. The survey for the proposed highway is now under way. It will extend from the present terminus of the Cameron parkway, and will extend across the almshouse property to Paxtang, thence under the P. & R. tracks and along the little creek valley to the north and west, skirting the slopes of Haxtang cemetery and so on through another prettily wooded valley to Reservoir park. The distance will cover approximately three miles. Within a few weeks this work will be finished whereupon Mr. Taylor will advertise for bids for the con struction. The jrray lines show what has already been acquired by the city for pari; and parkway purposes, while the blacked sections show what is yet to be acquired. This covers about 23.9 acres and includes the following properties: lioffer estate 5 acres; llaldeman estate 6.7; Pennsylvania Insane Hospital 4.2; Capital City Realty and Investment Company, T. 5, and E. I>. Bitner .5: a total area of 2:1.9 acres. SURVEY FOR 3-MILE DRIVEWAY IS BEGUN Park Dept. Engineers Busy Staking Out Highway Connecting Cameron's to Reservoir Surveys for the proposed three-mile stretch of driveway that is to wind through the city parkway from the present terminus of Cameron parkway to the Reservoir were begun yesterday by the engineering corps of the park department and within the next few weeks City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor, superintendent of parks and public property, will be ready to ask for bids for the construction of the road. Before summer is very far advanced [Continued on Pajte ".] PA. MUST RETRENCH, SAYS THE GOVERNOR i ; i Tells Telephone Men Common wealth Has Been Hit Hard by Financial Depression S State appropria tions for roado, charities and hun dreds of benevo lences will have to be kept to a mini mum its the result of the financial string ency, Gov ernor Brumbaugh intimated this morn ing in an address before tliejoint con vention of Kastern and Western Penn «■* sylvania lndepend j O. li. Kines. ent Telephone As ! Secretary. sociations in the Board of Trade building. ! The hundred delegates deduced from the Governor's actions and his | sudden change from an address of j welcome to a discussion of State prob lems that these matters are weighing i heavily on his mind. He also spoke of i the child labor bills. "Conditions have been very hard for j the last two years." said the Governor, [Continued on Pago 4.] 12 Women and Children Killed by Bombs; Many Buildings Destroyed By Associated Press Paris, April 8, 8.20 A. M.—Twelve women and children were killed and forty-eight others injured by bombs dropped by Austrian aviators in the market place of Podgorltza, Monte negro. yesterday afternoon, according to a Cettinje dispatch to the Havas agnecy. Many buildings were de stroyed by the missiles, seven of which were dropped from the aeroplane. TRANSFER SWOBODA CASF Ry Associated Press Havre, April B.—The case against Raymond Swoboda, accused of being responsible for the fire aboard the steamship La Touraine, has been transferred from civil to military Juris diction. He 1h charged with espionage as well as with arson, JITNEYS INCREASE ACCIDENTS By Associated rress New York, April B.—A plan In tended to be national in scope for the regulation of Jitney buses was pre pared for consideration at a meeting of the executive committee of the Safety First Federation of America here to ds"-. The committee had received a letter from Harry P. Coffin, chairman of the Portland (Ore.) Public Safety Commission, saying that traffic acci dents had Increased there since the 1 JPney buses were put in operation. HARRISBURG. PA., THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1915 CITY'S FIRST "BIRD BE PLACED IN Hostelry Will Be Thrown Open to Feathered Public; to Be Strictly Anti-liquor With Splendid Water For the Bath The birds who may include Harris burg in this year's summer touring itinerary will find ample hotel accom modations in at least one very splen did hostelry, with the park depart ment acting as "mine host." The elaborate and capacious "mar ten house" which now entertains so many birds in Capitol Park is to be Harrisburg's first "bird hotel," Soon after City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor, superintendent of parks and public property, announced his intention of establishing a "bird hotel" In the city parks if possible, Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, State game com missioner, offered the use of the "mar ten house" in the State's park. Super intendent Samuel Ramho, of the board of public buildings and grounds, con- OFIPHEI 10 [HID . SEISDN srnunr Acts Booked For Playhouse Will Be Switched Into the Colonial The Orpheum theater will close for the season on Saturday night. This announcement was made by the ipan agement to-day. when it was found that one of the feature acts booked for next week would be compelled to can cel through illness. Next week had been scheduled as closing week. In shutting down for the summer at this time the Orpheum closes some what earlier than usual, but it also opened earlier last Fall than ever before so that there is no great dif ference in the length of the season. During the past eight months Har risburg has seen some of the best vaudeville talent obtainable in the big gest market in the world. Shows that have played tho bigger cities have been brought to Harrisburg almost in tact. Some of the acts booked for the Or plieum next week will be switched into the Colonial. Nations at War Have Lost 5,950,000 Men in 8 Months of Conflict By Associated Press Rome, April B.—The nations now at war have lost 5,950,000 men in the first eight months of the conflict and spent $8,400,000,000 in the first six j months, according to figures prepared for the Avantl, a Socialist organ, by its military expert. The article de clares the only result of the war will be a reciprocal wearing out of the forces engaged and not a military vic tory. It Is calculated that nine or ten months more will exhaust the reserves of men and that the country which will suffer least from this exhaustion will be Russia. DECISIVE BLOW FOR CARRANZA By Associated Press El Paso. Texas, April. B.—By the defeat of General Obregon's army in the last two days In Central Mexico officials of the Villa faction declared to-day at Juarez that a decisive blow has been struck at the Carranza cause. Obregon's force is retreating south ward. Villa personally is directing the pursuit. Each side has 20,000 to 26,000 men. SCHOONERS CREW SAFE By Associated Press New Tork, April B—Seven men, cap tain and crew, of the schooner Lizzie B. Willey, which satled April 1 from Savannah for Pawtuoket with lumber, were brought into port to-day by the steamer Proteus from New Orleans, which rescued them from their little craft, waterlogged and adrift, 250 miles south of Cape Hatteras, on April 6. sented. And this afternoon Mr. Tay lor and City Forester Harry J. Mueller visited the capitol grounds and looked over the "new hotel." Mr. Taylor said the location has not been decidea as yet, hut that it will likely be placed in the River Front park abGve Mar ket street or in Keservoir park. Some painting and other alterations will be necessary and it was hinted at the park office to-day that some additional bathing facilities and per haps a new porch or so would be add ed at the city's expense. And as soon as the hostelry is ready it will be thrown open to the bird public. Incidentally it can be author itatively said that Harrisburgs new I public hostelry need never be a source | of worry to local optionists. DISCUSS MS OF GETTING THE VOTE Suffragists Here Planning Methods of Convincing the Men to Give Them the Ballot in Fall Plans for the big demonstration this summer throughout the State in favor of woman suffrage which will be de cided at the polls in November, were started this morning by delegates at tending the Woman Suffrage Party Conference which opened this morn ing for a two-day session in the Board of Trade Hall. More than 150 were present from practically every country in the State. The morning session was spent in a short discussion of the work that has been done up to the present time by several of the members throughout the State. Miss Catharine Holmes Potter, of Wellsboro, one of the speakers, told of a concert and box social given recent ly, by the women in the Methodist church at Wellsboro. Mrs. R. E. Um bel, of Uniontown, gave an account [Continued on Pajjc 7.] $3,000 Fire on Farm at Bonnymeads; Local Companies Fight Blaze Fire late yesterday afternoon de stroyed several tool houses, other small buildings, and r pile of lumber on a Bonnymead farm east of Paxtang. The total loss is estimated at $3,000, and is partially covered by insurance. The home of James Pearl, gardener at Bonnymead. was threatened for sometime. The Friendship hcemlcal and Hope steam fire engine, were sent to the farms and were in service five hours. Valuable antique furniture and other household goods were saved through the efforts of the farm hands and neighbors. Fire started from sparks from a brush fire. STEAMF.R MAY BE OX WAY TO MEET BRITISH WARSHIPS Rio Janeiro, April 8. —The British steamer Ismaila came into Rio Janeiro to-day and no sooner hnd she dropped anchor than speculation was rife as to her real character. She had on board 146 passengers and the captain declares his destina tion is the Falkland Islands. Lack of I coal compelled him to come In here. ! British warships are still believed to be in Falkland waters, nnd it is be ing said here that the Ismaila is a transport, taking 146 officers and men to reinforce their crews. RI'SS CCT AUSTRIAV ARMY Petrograd, April 8, 12 Noon, via London, 2.30 P. M.—The advance of the Russians 5n the Carpathians lias cut the Austrian army under General Boerovitch In two places. The eastern wing of this army Is In a precarious position. The Russians have captured Smolnlk east of Lupkow Pass. HOUSE BILLS THIS SESSION TOTAL 1,247 Several Important Measures in Late; Full Crew Repealer Does Not Come Up The House of Representatives has received 1.517 bills this session. The time for introducing proposed legis lation expired at midnight and the total number of bills presented is 1,247 less than the number recorded for last session, which established the record. Chairmen of committers havo given notice that they proposed to begin clearing up their lists next week and the final series of hearings will start soon. One of the two bills presented to the [Continued on Page 4.] Ml! SUGGEST STEPS : FORiRKETST.GIP Com. Lynch to Consult Fellow Councilmen About Two Possible Solutions to Problem Two solutions to the problem of the gap in the river wall at Market street —one, providing for the continuance of the line of steps without interrup tion, the other, a straight wall across the gap after the plan recently ap proved by the Board of Public Works —will likely be suggested to council at Tuesday's meeting by Commission er W. H. Lynch, superintendent of streets and public improvements. Commissioner Lynch declared to-day that he had been considering both plans and that the straight wall to connect the present terminal points of the steps had been advocated only as an alternative solution should, the continuance of the line of steps not meet with favor. "Before I place this matter official ly before council I want to discuss the whole problem with the other com missioners," declared Mr. Lynch this morning. Expert Declares For It "Of course the money question will be considered," went on Mr. Lynch, "as I would like to know just where I can lay my hands on It when neces sary. The $3,000 or $4,000 that will be needed will naturally have to come from a sum authorized for the im f Continued on Page 4] Internment of Eitel Ends Her Spectacular Career on High Seas Newport News, Va„ April B.—With the internment to-day of the German auxiliary cruiser Prlnz Eltel Frledrlch and her crew the commerce destroyer ended her spectacular war career. Decision of Commander Thlerichens, of the Prinz Eitei, to intern his ship followed the receipt by him of an Im perative notice from the United States government early last nlsht that the time limit for his stay in this port would expire at midnight. Had he not asked to intern his ship, Captain Thlerichens would have been com pelled to depart from American waters not later than 4 a. m. to-day. In requesting permission of the Washington government to Intern Cap tain Thlerichens explained that "fail-' ure of expected relief to arrive" made the step necessary rather than "de liver crew and ship to fruitless and certain destruction by British and French warships waiting off the Vir ginia Capes." It was said that he had expected German warships to arrive to ajd him In eluding'the allies' war-| ships. TEMPORARY RELIEF FOR 20.000 I San Antonio, Tex.. Aprtl B.—Tempo-1 rary relief Is being given at Monterey under the direction of Gereral Villa! to 7,000 families, or more than 20.000 > persons, according to a dispatch from j Monterey, received last night. ITALY IS EXHAUSTING EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP PEACE WITH AUSTRIA Advices From Rome Indicate That Italian Forces Would Not Strike For Some Time, Even Though Country Should Become Involved in War; Military Expert Says 5,950,000 Men Have Been Lost During Past Eight Months; War's Cost Said to Total $8,400,000,000 Although she has concentrated her | army along the Austrian border and | her navy within striking distance of I the Adriatic, Italy is still endeavoring) to exhaust every means of territorial i concessions. Advices from Rome In- • dicate that even should Italy become I embroiled In the war she will not j strike for some time. It is believed: in Rome that, the decisive struggle j among the nations now at war will 1 not begin before the early summer, which would allow Italy a consider able interval In which to decide upon her policy. The Rome correspondent of the Turin newspaper telegraphs that he j has reliablo information that there is I a basis for the reports that Austria is! seeking peace with the triple entente I powers the better to deal with Italy. Semiofficial negotiations, she says, | have been begun. liOsspfi Hun Into Millions bosses of men during the first six .months of the war are estimated by I the military expert of a Rome news i paper at 5,950,000. The cost of the war in that period is placed at SB,- } 400,000,000. I General Pau, of the French army, who has reached Naples on his way from Petrograd and the Balkan capi tals, corroborated the reports that the I allies are preparing for a combined ; land and sea attack on the Dardan elles. When this attack is made, the general says, the Turkish fortilicatlons must fall. I Austrian aviators dropped sevei. I bombs yesterday on Podgoritza,Monte negro. A C'ettinje dispatch says that 112 women and children were killed land 48 others were wounded. Rnss Push Forward I Russian troops are pushing forward j rapidly in the Carpathians, and it is | reported from Petrograd that the I road to the plains of Hungary now lies open before them. According to this information the Russians have captured Smolnik, east of Lukow pass, and have driven a wedge between, the western and eastern wings of the Aus trian army in the Besklds, placing the eastern wing in a precarious position. Both the French and German official statements show the new battle In the HOLLAND AMD GERMANY AT WAR? London, April 8, 5.53 P. M.—Rumors were current in London to-day of a declaration of hos', . ities between Ger many and Holland. ANOTHER'TRAWLER LOST London, April 8. 6.20 P. M. The Gtifnsby trawler Zarina was blown up in the North Sea to-day. It is un known whether the Zarina was destroyed by a mine of a submarine. Washington, April 8. Comptroller of the Currency Williams to-day annoi.nced in a formal statement that ir regularities discovered i: the conduct of e First National Bank of Uniontown, Pa., which closed its doors several weeks ago, have been placed before the Department of Jus tice. John r rl. Strawn has been appointed permanent receiv er to take effect April 15. Yo i. Pa., April B.—Amos Slothour, 50 years old, wa 1 blown to pieces, and Claire Stine, 30 ye« s, was mortally in jurcd by the explosion of a bucket full of dynamite on th farm of the latter, near Abbottstown this morning. Harrisburg The Appropriations Committee of the Legi .ature to-day recommended a $1,500 appropriation for the Florence Crittendon Home, Harrisburg, the amoun! asked. The Home for Widows, Lebanon, was cut from $23,00 j to $3,000, and the Good Sarparitan Hospital, Leb anon, from $20,000 to SIB,OOO. The Mary Packer Hospital, Sunbury, was cut from $20,000 to $1,450. Of the thirty one bills reported out the Harrisburg institution was the only one not cut. London, April 8, 4.15 P. M.—Tk« big list of casualties of the rank and file of the British ar»y issued yesterday of the recent fighting at Neuve Ch*p*lle war, increased to-day by •"'& out another i t which contains names of 1108 men. Of these 340 were killed and remainder wounded. New York, April B.—The Rev. James A. Garrigan, of Pitu was found c id*to-day in his room at the Hotel Chelsea, here. Apparently the priest had tried to reach, the telephone to summon aid for his body was found at the foot of the bed. A physician said death probably was due to heart failure. MARRIAGE LICENSES Jolin n. Kramer, I'rocnu, ami Haarl A. Slmonton. «ltf. Jainra M. llarnhart and Clara ft. Mathla*. South F.nola. •lohii H. Krath, Jr.. pity, Mamie K. Throat, Meeltoa. Frank Yonaa and Kannle (-'las, strrllon. * POSTSCRIPT. 12 PAGES region between the Meuse and the Mo selle has developed into a struggle of particular severity. The Paris an nouncement says that the gains made [ heretofore by the allies have been : maintained in the face of violent I counter attacks, in which the Germans isuered enormous losses. The German account of this fighting ! mentions French attacks at eight points and asserts that all were re pulsed. The Berlin statement says that the losses of the French were very heavy. It is announced officially at Cairo that a small Turkish force is still In | the vicinity of the Suez canal. A 1 skirmish occurred near the canal yes jterday with no casualties on either side. It. is said that there are no large bodies of Turks in that vicinity. GENERAI, PAU REFUSES TO ANSWER HIS QUESTIONERS By Associated Press Naples, April 8. —General Pau, of the French army, who has been on a mission to Petrograd and the Balkan capitals, has arrived here on his way to Rome and Paris. When asked by an interviewer whether it was true j that Russia, Serbia and Montenegro would join with Great Britain and France in a fierce simultaneous attack in an effort to crush Germany and Austria, he declined to answer. TURKS ARE IV ROME Rome. April B.—Carasso Effendl and Mldhat Bey, the first a member of the Turkish chamber of deputies and the second former secretary of the Turkish Committee of Union and Prog ress. are at present in Rome. They deny having any special mission, but it is recalled that they appeared here on the eve of the negotiations leading to peace between Italy and Turkey. ITAIjY IMPORTS WHEAT Rome. April 8. Ttaly imported 3.500,000 quintals (about 12,900,000 bushels') of wheat during February and the first three weeks In March. This grain sold from $7.70 to $8.20 a i quintal.
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