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
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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
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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,
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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
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$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
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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
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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.
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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.