™ '7'' x*f|. - - jpij|>j^pyy,iy;i, "■ ■ Court Appoints Receivers For One of Lar HARRISBURG ifilSiii TELEGRAPH LXXXIV — No. 82 LOCAL MISSIONARY TELLS OF MASSACRE BY KURDS IN PERSIA Rev. Robert M. Labaree's Com munication to American Consul Made Public FEARFUL RATE OF MORTALITY One Missionary Said to Have Been Kept Busy Attending to Burials By Associated Press New York. April 9.—"A fearful rate "f mortality" among the 10.000 refu gees crowded into tlie .yards of the American mission at I'rumlali where. It Is said 5,000 persons could waroel) And accommodations, Is reported In a • ■onimunication received here to-day through the State Department at Washington by the Presbyterian Board or Foreign Mission*. So great was the menace, it is *ald in the com munication that for a while it was unsafe for any one to leaTe the prom ises and consequently the Imkllch of the dead could not l>c hurled, letter, w hen tlie way was opened, the com munication declares, one missionary was kept busy attending to the burial of the dead. At times on an aver age of forty refugees died every day. The communication, which is a copy of one sent to F. W. Smith, American consul at Tiflis, Persia, by the Rev. Robert M. Ia ha nve of Frumiah, de scribed In detail the flight of Chris tians not only from Frumlali, hut from all Acerbijan province after the withdrawal of the Russian troops and then continued In part as follows: "Of the thousands who were forced to remain behind, their villages being so situated that flight was impossible, only the future can give us a roll of those murdered in cold blood and with cruel tortures by the Kurds; of the women and girls carried off and of the children lost and the families suf fered in the time of this terrible ca tastrophe. All who could, fled to the city and found the one shelter that gave them the best hope of safety." The communication points out that all these refugees have to be fed; three tons of bread daily being needed to keep them from starvation. "We cannot turn these people out to starve later, as we could not turn them out to be slaughtered," the communication continues. Mr. La barree asks that the Red Cross Society' be informed of the plight of the Chris"- tians in Urumiah. He has asked the Board of Foreign Missions to furnish the mission with $50,000 for its im mediate needs. Dr. Ernest P. Magruder, of American Red Cross, Victim of Typhus Fever By Associated Press Washington. April 9.—Dr. Ernest P. Magruder, of this city, one of the phy sicians at the head of the American Red Cross unit in Serbia, has fallen a victim of typhus fever. His death was reported to-day from Belgrade to Red Cross headquarters here. RITTMAX MAKES EXPERIMENTS IX TEMPORARY LABORATORY By Associated Press Pittsburgh, April 9. Experiments are being conducted here by Dr. Walter F. Rittman. the young government chemist who has evolved methods for extracting benzol and tuloul from crude petroleum. The work is being done in a temporary laboratory but construction of a new plant, which an oil company has agreed to build In order to try out the Rittman dis coveries, will begin within the next few weeks. THE WEATHER For HnrrUhnrg and vicinityt Fair anil narmrr to-alicht wltli Inn cat trmpernturr nbnnt 48 <lcur<-<-»; Saturday partly rluudy. probably ihonrn. For Dnnl.rn Prnnaylvanla: Fair to night, narmrr In north anil wmt portion*; Saturday partly rloudyi IlKht to moderate south winds. River The North Branch, loner West llraneh and the mnln river will rise to-night nnd Saturday. The upper portion of the West Branch and the Juniata nlll fall slowly or remain nearly a'tatlonary. A staicr of about 5-1 feet feet is In dicated for Harrlaburft Saturday morning. Pressure Is high over the rastrrn part of the country and low over nearly all of the territory be tween the Rocky Mountains nnd the Mississippi river with one center of disturbance near Winni peg and another over Western Texas. Temperature) S a. m„ SA. Sun ltlscs, n:BK a. m.| sets, p. nu Mooni New moon, April 14, 0:86 a. m. River Stage: feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 70. I,on est temperature, 37. Mean temperature, 51. Hormal temperature, 48. CARRANZA TO SHOOT HUMMELSTOWN MAN? THE MAN AT THE WHEfcL. IS HENKY CAHLSON Xo further word concerning Henry Carlson, the Hummelstown man cap tured in Mexico by forces of Carranza has been received. lt is definitely known that he is confined in the fort ress at Augua Prieta, but whether or not he is under sentence to be shot is not known. In the above picture Carlson is shown at the wheel of the automobile of Colonel Dominquez, who with his army is protecting northwestern Mex ico from the depredations of roving bands of bandits. In the tonneau is QUIKEHI FARMER IWEIUSLY SHOT Authorities Have One Man Under Arrest, but He Is Thought to Be Innocent BULLET PENETRATES LUNG Poultryman s Wife, a Manicurist, ' Is Residing in Phila delphia 1 1 Py Associated Press < Philadelphia, April 9.—Herman Got shall, a poultry farmer living about ■ eight miles east of Quakertown, Pa.,! was shot and probably fatallv wound- ' i ed while in bed late last night. Be-ji fore he lapsed into unconscious-!, ness Gotshall told the police he believed he knew the man who did the! shooting. The Quakertown authori- , immediately notified the police of this city and they took into custody Harry F. Reese, who claims that he "is inno cent. Gotshall lived alcne on the farm, bis wife, who is a manicurist, having resided in Philadelphia for some time. I-ast night Gotshall was awakened bv some one moving about in his room. He saw a man standing near his bed and before he could make a move the intruder shot him with a revolver, one i bullet penetrating a lung. The assail- ! ant escaped and neighbors, attracted! by the shooting, grave chase but the' stranger escaped. The police of all | the nearby towns were notified to keep j a lookout. Reese, who was arrested early to-i day, lives a short distance from where | Mrs. Gotshall resides in this city. I Reese told the police he was at his | home all night and they are inclined |, to believe him. The Quakertown authorities are also j running down clues that the shoot-1 ing may have been the result of an at- | tempt to rob Gotshall's house. I WALK ON WALL READY TO MACLAY BY MAY 1 George B. Stacker Says Section North of Hardscrabble Is Near ing Completion | By May 1 the granolithic walk on ! the River Front Wall—the final step lin the great improvement job—will ibe completed from "Hardscrabble" to Maclay street unless unfavorable weather should interfere. George B. Stucker, superintendent 'of construction for the Stucker Brothers' Construction company, the contractors, made that statement to day relative to the progress of the [Continued on Page 15] RAISE FUND FOR PROSECUTIONS By Associated Press New York, April 9.—The National Association of Credit Men announced to-day that circulars are being sent to the 19,000 members of the asso ciation throughout the X.'nited States in an effort to raise funds of $500,000 the income of which is to be used for the prosecution of commercial frauds. SPIES PLACED ON TRIAL By Associated Press London, April 9.—rCharged with sending military information to Ger many by means of invisible ink, three men have been arrested and will be tried In a civil court. The authorities intimate that the case is one of the gravest Importance. One of the sus pects named Kuepferle professes to be an American. SOCIALIST DEPUTY NOT AT FRONT By Associated Press Geneva, via Paris, April 9.—A Swiss Socialist who has returned here from a trip to Germany Is authority for the statement that Carl Liehknecht, the Socialist deputy in the Reichstag, has not been sent to the front as recently was reported. The Swiss says he saw Llebknecht in Berlin a few days ago, apparently In good health and unmo lested by the authorities. I HARRISBURG. PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1915. General Urbelezo, who has taken a prominent part in Mexican warfare, ine picture was made last January after General Urbelezo and Colonel Donilnquez had made a flying trip into the interior and then back to Naeozari. where they soon after established a base of operations. Carlson was captured in a lonely mountain pass by Mexican guerillas where he hod gone, in the same auto mobile to direct the work of repairing telephone and telegraph communica tions with Douglas, Ariz. HICKGK PUNT WILL CUR THREE ACRES Seven Large Buildings of Most Modern Construction Will Be Erected Soon Seven large buildimrs enclosed with in 1,500 feet of wrought iron fencing, will comprise the new W. O. Hlckok Manufacturing Company's plant, to be erected on the Hlckok properly, begin ning at Cumberland street and extend ing above Verbeke, between the Penn sylvania railroad and Paxton creek. The plant will cover three acres. Plans and specifications for the en tire plant were submitted to-day by the architects. Day and Zinimermann, of Philadelphia. In the drawings, provision was made for the large shop fronting on Cum berland street; a lumber shed, 200 by 58 feet: five dry kilns, a foundry, 60 by 140 feet; a boiler and engine room, and a large storage shop for coal. Iron, coke and sand. The office building will be 190 by 260 feet. The plant will be fireproof through | out. Two water supplies will be pro vided, one from the city, the other from a large tank. Will Have Own Railroad The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will have a siding to the plant, in ad dition to which the company will build an industrial railway between the var ious shops, supply rooms and foun dry. Bids will be received either on one general contract for the construction i work, or on fifteen subcontracts. Com > panies that receive plans and speciffca i tlons, which will be sent out next week jean bid both on the general contract land on any one or more of the sub j contracts. | Thousands of windows will be used j in the sides and top of the office build | ing. which will be constructed of brick and steel. t Work on the erection of the new j,plant will be started in the near fu- I ture, so that the manufacturing cotn ; pany can move the machinery and va- J cate the present buildings which stand |in the Capitol Park extension plot in I the Eighth ward. LOCAL OPTION DAY . PROCLAMATION DUE Governor Brumbaugh Will Call on People of State to Observe the Day Governor Brumbaugh expects to is sue a statement later in the day call ing attention to the resolution of the State local option committee urging that Sunday be consider as "Local Op tion Sunday" in the churches of the State. The Governor will remain here Sunday'and attend services. To-day the Governor received a copy of the call for a meeting of the York Bar Association to vote on a resolu tion endorsing the Williams bill. The call ls signed by H. C. Niles, M. S. Niles, C. A. May, Allen C. Wlest, Wil liam A. Allen. D. P. Klinedinst, for mer Senator; McClean Stock. John A. Hoober, W. B. Hays, J. N. Logan and James J. Logan. The meeting is to be held to-morrow. The Governor also received a letter from Mayor Cauffiel, of Johnstown, sending him a statement of arrests in . Joiti'istown from 1911 to 1915, inclu sive. The statement showed that 12,- 727 arrests had been made and that 7,392 were for drunkennes. He called attertion to r he figures as eloquent of results of liquor traffic. ROLLING STOCK WITHDRAWN By Associated Press Geneva, via Paris, April 9.—Rail road rolling etock is being withdrawn by Italy" froift the Swiss Frontier, It is reported here, for the transportation of troops and military stores in North ern Italy, destined for the region bor dering the Austrian Tyrol. YUCAt" A N'ITES MAY RETURN New Orleans, La., April 9.—Resi dents of Yucatan who fled when their state recently was occupied by Car ranza military forces may return if they can prove they are not Involved in any conspiracy against the Car ranza government. This Information was received here to-day from Gen ,eral Salvador Alvarado. military gov ei nor of raw USES "BIRD-HOTEL" 11 Says Harrisburg Will Be First Municipality to Provide Homes For Feathered Creatures CAN YOU BUILD A BIRDHOUSE? Hole Should Be at Top, Not at Bottom, as in Human Dwellings "The bird hotels suggested for Har risburg parks will be a fine innovation, providing they do not encourage the sparrows to the exclusion of desirable ; birds." said J. Horace McFarland. ' presient of the American Civic Asso- ; elation and one of the foremost public j landscape improvement authorities in the United States, when asked-this' morning his opinion of the city provid- 1 Ing accommodations for birds in parks. | "The encouragement of birds in public places is certainly a worthy j enterprise and would add both to the attractiveness and welfare of the park j lands and trees. Although I do not know of special bird houses being pro vided by municipalities, I know they [Continued on Page I.] CHIEFS OF POLICE | ARE COMING HERE "Bluecoats" Will Swap Informa tion and Discuss Means of Stamping Out Crime "Identification" is the subject of a, paper to be read by Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison at the first annual conven tion of the Pennsylvania Association of Chiefs of Police, to be held in llar rihburg next week. Illustrations by Detective Joseph Ibach, Bertlllon ex pert, will be given during the reading of the paper. This paper will be read Wednesday morning and will be the first of its kind in the history of chiefs of police of Pennsylvania. There have been demonstrations of various identifica tion systems, but in his paper, Colonel Hutchison will show the value of a j complete identification system for I every police department. Detective Joseph Ibach has long been recognized as an authority on Bertlllon measurements and finger print Identification. He will present a gallery of 1,000 pictures, including many noted criminals, who are known from the Atlantic to the Pacific, who were picked up in Harrisburg. Col. Hutchison in Charge Colonel Hutchison is in charge of local arrangements. A change has been made in the time of the opening of the convention. The first session , will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 i o'clock, during which delegates will be enrolled. The meetings will be held in the Board of Trade building. In the evening at 8 o'clock a banquet I will be held, which will be attended iby the wives of the chiefs, i Business sessions will be held Wed nesday morning at 10 o'clock and in the afternoon'at 2 o'clock. During the ' afternoon the delegates and their ; wives will be taken over the city in 1 autos and will visit the Capitol. The I president of the State association is Chief of Police James N. Tillard, of I Altoona. "VOTES FOR WOMEN" VEILS ARE REJECTED Suffragists Will Advance Cause by Educational Methods; Liberty Bell Will Tour State Delegates attending the second day's session of the Woman Suffrage party conference in Board of Trade Hall, by a large majority voted against adopt ing the use of a veil with the words "Votes for Women," engraved on, it. The delegates decided that the'veils would be too freakish and emphatically stated that only conservative and edu cational means would be used In bringing the cause before the peo ple. The remainder of the session was spent in a discussion of publicity work, and the methods to be used to arouse [Continued on Page 15] To Prepare "Hardscrabble" Schedule of Benefits and Damages Within Ten Days Within the week or ten days the board of viewers which is considering the question of* benefits ajid damages incident to the opening of Front street to low water line from Herr to Calder streets and the elimination of "Hard scrabble" will meet to hear any fur ther testimony from the property own ers on the west side of the street and subsequently to fix the time for hear ing the residents on the east side. The city's side of the case will be heard after the property owners have all had an opportunity to present their views. The date for the next hearing has not been fixed as yet, according to Attorney Paul G. Smith, as Karl Stew ard, another member, is out of the city, but the viewers will get together upon his return early next weelt. Following the hearing of all those who wish to be heard the viewers will get to work on their schedule of bene fits and damages. After this is pre pared a certain time limit will be fixed during which exceptions inay be filed. What cannot be adjusted will have to be threshed out In the courts. RECEIVERS WED FOR BIG N. y. STORE Small Creditors Say Firm's Assets Are $6,000,000 and Liabili ties $12,000,000 I WILL REORGANIZE BUSINESS Counsel For Company Says Assets Are $7,000,000 and Liabili ties $3,500,000 By Associated 'Press New York, April 9. — Receivers were appointed to-day by Federal Judge Hand for the J. B. Greenhut Company, which operates a large department store in this city. The receivership was applied for tn a suit brought by the Monmouth Se curities Company and the defendant consented to the appointment. Walter C. N'oyes and William A. Marble were named as receivers by the court. The amount of their bond was fixed at SIOO,OOO. The J. B. Greenhut Company had an authorized and outstanding capi tal stock of sfi,ooo,ooo and a bond issue of $6,000,000 sinking fund goid [Continued on Page 16] OOVEONOR APPOINTS MEIERS Of STIFF Announces Men Who Will Com prise His Military Family For Next Four Years I PROMINENT IN STATE AFFAIRS' I Col. Christopher T. O'Neill, of Al lentown. Made Brig. Gen., Fourth Brigade Announcement was made to-day by Adjutant General Thomas J. Stewart, I chief of staff of the National Guard, i that Governor Brumbaugh had ap pointed the following members of his I staff with the rank of lieutenant- I colonel: .lames Klverson. Jr., Philadel phia, reappointed. Oliver S. Hershman, Pittsburgh, reappointed. Thomas E. Murphy, Philadel phia, reappointed. Samuel 1). Ut, Philadelphia, re appointed. Benjamin Wolf. Philadelphia, reappointed. Edward M. Voting, Allentown. Ivottis J. Kollj, Philadelphia. •Tohn Grilibel, Montgomery county. J. Howell Cummlngs, Berks county. Henry W. Shoemaker, Altoona. It was aiso announced by Adjutant General Stewart that the Governor had appointed Colonel C. T. O'Neill, of Allentown, commander of the Fourth Regiment, senior colonel of the di vision. and a colonel for sixteen vears, to be brigadier-general, commanding the Fourth Brigade, vice Brigadier- General J. B. Coryell, Philadelphia, whose commission expired. General Coryell was formerly commander of the Twelfth and Sixth Regiments. [Continued on Pago 7.] PUBLICITY RUN MUTE TRAILED FOR HOISTS Committee Goes Over Roads and Arranges For Entertainment in Various Cities Warm welcome, royal entertainment and trophies by the score await Har risburg boosters who will participate in the automobile publicity run, May 10. 11. 12. George D. Proud, master of cere monies. with a local committee, com pleted a three-day trip over the route last night. The report which went to the Motor Club of Harrisburg to-day surpassed every expectation. It is expected that between 100 and 126 automobiles will make the trip. In every town along the route there is rivalry in the way of providing trophies and other prizes. To date there are 100 valuable silver trophies assured, and there are more to come. [Continued on Page o.] Native Makes Attempt to Kill Sultan of Egypt London, April 9. —An attempt was made at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon to assassinate the Sultan of Egypt, Hussein Kemal, according to a Tleuter dispatch from Cairo. As the miltan was leaving Abdln Palace a native fired a shot at him. This went wide and the native was immediately seized. APPEAL TO SUFFRAGISTS By Associated Press New . York, April 9.—Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, chairman of the committee on woman voters' convention of tho congressional union for woman suff jrage, to-day issued nn appeal Intended to reach the 4.000,000 women %-oter» of the suffrage States and rally them to the support of the Congressional Unions' campaign for a federal suff rage amendment. She urged the wo men to attend the convention to be held in San Francisco September H to l« to discuss plans for this cam paign. 18 PAGES * POSTSCRIPT. RUSSIANS ATTEMPTING TO FORCE THEIR WAY TO PLAINS OF HUNGARY Fighting Is Being Carried on Furiously Along Carpathian Front; Vienna Insists That Austrians Are Offering Stubborn Resistance; Italy Continues Her Military Activities, but Withholds Decision On both the western and eastern fronts battles are in prepress which may affect vitally the future course of the war. In the French territory between the Meuse and Moselle riyors the allies are attempting to force back «« ernian The Paris war office claims a large amount of ground has been won, but Berlin contradicts this. The loss of life is probably heav ier than that in any other engagement in the West since the battle of Sois sona. In the East the struggle is being car ried on furiously along the Carpathian front, particular importance attaching to the fighting in the Beskids, over which the Russians are attempting to force their way to the plains of Hun gary. Although it is said in Petrograd that the Austrian army has been cut in two and that the Russians now have a clear road to Hungary, Vienna insists that effective resistance is being offered. Italy continues rapidly her military preparations but no decision b:is been received whether she will participate in the war. lt is reported from Ge neva that Italy is withdrawing rail road equipment from the Swiss fron tier for the movement of troops to the territory adjoining the Austrian Tyrol. The border fortresses have been gar risoned and equipped. Greece Similar to Italy King Constantine, of Greece, is quoted as saying that his country is In a position similar to Italy, having made military preparations without abandoning neutrality. The king ex pressed confidence that Greeks all over the world would fight enthusiastically should war be decided upon, but coun sels a policy of prudence. Further negotiations between Bul garia and the triple entente powers may be initiated, for the purpose of ascertaining the intentions of Bulgaria. A Rome dispatch says the pro-Russian party in Bulgaria favoring the coun try's participation in the war on the side of the allies is seeking to bring about an understanding. A further advance in the region be tween the Meuse and Moselle rivers, where a concentrated attack was be gun by the allies several days ago is announced to-day by the French mil!- IN KNIFE DUEL Pomeroy, O , Ap. i ; a knife d' 1 a.t the Howell I School house at Letart, W. Va., last nigh*, during a school entertainment, Earl Shirley, 25, and Urson Bosworth, 38, both married, were killed. Three brothers or. a side were I said to have engaged in a fued fight. TV others are re ported dyi." RECORD HOUR IN STOCK MARKET New York, April 9. —A1l previous prices of the day, in the stock market, were eclipsed in the final hour, United States Stec; selling above 56, a gain of over 6 points, and Reading, Untor 1 a : other leader- aiping their highest level to the accompaniment of violent activity. 1,101 NAMES ON CASUALTY LIST London, April 9, 4.15 P. M.—Another extended list of ft casualties totaling 1,108 names was issued by the British war I office to-day, and it emphasises the fierceness of the battle f of N#uve Chapelle in Fiance last month. The killed in this I latest list numbers 336. BAN ON TANGO IN PARIS SOON Paris, April 9.—A decree prohibiting the dancing of the tango and other similar dar.cea in Paris is being prepared by the municipal authoriticr,. It doubtless will be issued shortly and enforced with energy. FAMO'JS GERMAN SCIENTIST DIES Berlin, Ap:il 9, via London, 4.30 P. M. The death is announced of Professor Friedrich Loefller, the German scintist who in 1884 discovered the diphtheria baccillus. Dr. born in 1852. DUM DUM BULLETS FOUND AGAIN 'p Berlin, April 9, by wireless to Sayville.—The German 3 army headquarters report issued under date of April 9, said: 5 "In Sudelkopf dumdum. bullets were found on a man of the 1 French 334 th regiment who was taken prisoner." | STATE ASSEMBLYMAN ENDS LIFE ■ Milwaukee, Wis., April 9.—Christopher Paulus, 61, a ' member of the State Assembly to-day jumped from the ' tenth story of the First National Bank building and was 1 instantly killed. MARRIAGE LICENSES Mato Stlbler and Annl« Hrnkovlr. Strrlton. Thoma* John Unodttllow and Nell V. Hoirrra, I.eTrlatowa. I John H. Htder, Jr., and Agua M. Snartley, Strrltnn. frJLi, nUthorities ' lt is said that trenclßs were captured at several I ™ i o in some instances they were choked with the dead. Increasing fierceness i German "'a' - office says the bat tie is proceeding with increasing fierceness and heavy loss of life, but that the efforts of the allies were un tho £ ° n the '"ontrary. it ls said _ " eri » ans succeeded in capturing trenches front the French. The village of Drei Gratchen, which the liermans captured only to lose on the following day, has been again taken from the Belgians, the Berlin statement announces. In the German campaign against Russia new fighting has developed north of Suwalkl, the result of which is not announced, i )therwise, there is no change along this front. Russian staff officers regard the Austrian operations in the Carpathians as having collapsed and are consider ing the best route for an invasion of Hungary. It Is said in Petrograd that all the main summits and slopes of the Beskid mountains are now in the hands of the Russians. REPORT SAYS CONDITIONS GOOD By Associated Press London, April 9, 4.30 A. M.—A long report made by an attache of the United States embassy at Rerlin re garding an inspection of German con centration camps and ships in Eng land is printed by the Times. The re port shows that conditions generally are "as good as could be expected." VENIZEIiOS WILL RETIRE By Associated Press Athens, via London, April 9, 7 A. ir. —As the result of the dispute between King Constnntine and former Premier Venizelos, arising from his Majesty's refusal to repudiate the official an nouncement of Premier Gounaris that he never approved Venizelos' propo sition for Greece to cede Kavala to Bulgaria, M. Venizelos announced at a meeting of his party last night that he had decided to retire entirely from public life.
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