fib Bombardment of Dardanelles Resumed; Turkish Batteries Return Fire HARRISBURG ISMS TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 86 CULLED HIM CROOK BECK I REFUSES TO VOTE FOR LIQUOR Representative Cromer Says Pitts burgh's Mayor and Coroner Jamison Insulted Him FIST FIGHT ALMOST RESULTS Couldn t Be Driven From Support of Local Option, So They Called Him Names In their efforts to procure votes against the local option bill, Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong and Coroner Samuel O. Jamison, of Pittsburgh, clashed with several members of the legislature from Allegheny county late last night and in one instance blows were struck. The first clash occurred in front of the ('apitol and another in Third street at the end of the Capitol grounds. Armstrong and Jamison first ap pealed to Representative Wylie. of wilkinsburg. in front of the Capitol at the close of the session last night, to vote against the local option bill. \\ylie, who is an ardent local optlon ist, refused to listen to their argu ments. While they were talking, Rep resentative Cromer, of Pittsburgh, walked out of the Capitol and joined the crowd. The Mayor and Coroner took up the question with Cromer and ' in the discussion the lie was passed and a fight was prevented onlv bv other members of the party interfer ing. Later Jamison again went after • 'romer in Third street, the result be ing that Cromer struck Jamison in the face. Friends parted them before further damage could bo done. Cromer's Version Representative Cromer's version of the affair follows: • "Just as I walked out of the Cap itol last night at the close of the ses sion I was accosted by Mayor Arm strong who was talking with a party of friends. The Mayor said to me, •Cromer either you or Hans Ridall is a crook.' T thought the Mayor was jok ing and I laughed and asked him what the trouble was. He remarked that he was serious and again called me a • •rook. T told the Mayor he was a liar. Some one in the crowd asked if I dared to call the Mayor of my city a liar. T and I would call any man a liar who called me a crook. "Coroner Jamison then called me a liar and a crook. I would not take that from any man and I started after him. I was grabbed by several men in the crowd and pushed away. Mayor Armstrong then put his arm in mine and we walked away. The Mayor apologized for what had been said and ve shook hands and parted friends. "Later as I was walking down Third street to my hotel I passed a crowd, [Continued on Page B.] Local Option Bill on Second Reading Monday Evening in the House The Williams local option bill will be voted upon on second reading in the House of Representatives next Monday night. An agreement was reached shortly after noon to-day that the bill, which was reported out of committee by Mr. Viokerman. of Allegheny, should be made a special order on second reading on Monday night at 9 o'clock, and on third read ing next Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Governor Rrumbnugh was smiling to-day over local option prospects. He had received excellent reports and more members are reported about the Capitol to have lined up with him. Apparently he was satisfied with hi* birthday and the local option outlook together. It was reported last night that Rep resentative Warren Graham, of Phila delphia. had lined up for local option. Other Philadelphia men claimed are Wilson, Cox. McNichol and Walsh and there are hopes of McClintock. The Governor is said to have three from York. too. This afternoon D. Clarence Gib boney Is arguing his compensation bill before the House law and order com mittee. A shower of petitions for local op tion reached the House to-day. Thev came from York. Lancaster, Clear field, Allegheny, Fayette, Rutler, Franklin, Blair and Bedford. TO PEVBIOX RTATK EMPLOYES The bill providing for the retirement of State employes who are perma nently disqualified by reason of physi cal or mental disability to perform their official duties, passed the Senate finally to-day and was sent to the House. THE WEATHER For Harrlfthiirc nn«l vicinity: Fnlr to-nlstbt and Thursday. continu ed cool. IOH CM t tcmpcrnl«ir«* to* ntflit ahoirt 38 dcjrrccN nlth liisht front In exposed place*. For Kaatcrii L*cnnayl% aala: Fair to* nl|?ht and Thur«da>. not MURLI change In temperature; front In cvpoxcd PLM'CN io-nii;lit| moderate northerlv wlnda. Itlver The Sunqnehanna rl%er and all lt« hranchcN will continue to (nil un til rain occur M . A ntnK«* or nl»out feet la Indicated for Harrin birf Thuraday morning. General t'ondltlonn Under the Influence of the wlronir high prmmirr «r«i that pnvrra Mutf'n half of the country, fair nrathrr IIIIM prevailed gpii * rally mat of the ltocky Moun tain* durlnit the laxt twenty, four hour* except In tuna, where local tlonrra occurred. Temperature: S „. m ., 40, Sunt (Ham, a. M.i aeta, (til p. m. Moon 1 New moon, flrat quarter. April BIS. Io:■{!) a. tn. Rtver Ntaicet O.S feet above low- I water mark. Yetrterrfaiy'a Weather III(tMt temperature. 82. I,OT»V« temperature. 42. Ween temperature, 47. Mvntjil temperature, 0, CITY FUE DEPT. IS RUN VERY CHEAPLY Per Capita Cost of Maintenance Here Only 42 Cents; Still Less at Steelton LOSSES NOT HEAVY, EITHER Other Cities With More Expensive Systems Have Much Heavier Damages <>f thirteen cities of the United States, approximately the same size as I Harrisburg. not one maintains a tire i department nearly so cheaply as this I city's, according to a table compiled by "Fire and Water Knglneering." a New York City publication. Comparative costs of maintenance for 1914 are shown by the following table: Cost— i Pop. 1914 ; Chattanooga. Tenn.. 75,000 $94,000 Passaic, X. .1 70,000 50,500 Elizabeth. X. J 83,000 111,109 Waterbury. Conn. .. 80,000 114,945 Harrisburg, I'a 811,000 3,->.825 Utica. X. Y 82.000 117.19 X Calgary, Alta 80,000 172.000 Erie, Pa 85,000 102,420 i I>es Moines, lowa .. 87.000 153,100 Sonv rvilie, Mass. .. 89.000 108.613 Duluth, Minn 90,000 150,420 I Hoboken, N. J 70,500 138,410 i Peoria. 11l 75.000 97.411 ! Pasadena. Cal. ... 76,000 58,445 I Harrisburg. Steelton and Columbia j i compare well with other places of i their size in the United States and Canada in fire losses for 1914. This city's population is reckoned as 8(1,000 and the per capita fire loss was j $1.36 while the total loss was ill 7.878. It cost each person about forty-two cents for the maintenance of the local I department. It cost the city $35,825 > for lire protection. During the year, j ! 232 alarms were answered. <>n Janu- I ary 1. 1915. the city had fourteen sta- j [Continued on Page B.] ROOSEVELT H TIFT I EXCHANGE GREETINGS jNo Signs of Feud When Ex i Presidents Meet at Louns bury Funeral New Haven. Conn.. April 14.—For the first time since they came to the parting of the ways Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and Professor William H. | Taft. former Presidents of the I'nited i States, met yesterday and shook ' hands at the funeral services of their i mutual friend. Professor Thomas It. i Louiisbury, of Yale. The services were held in the Kat | tell Chapel and the Taft-Roosevelt meeting came in a little anteroom of j the chapel. Colonel Roosevelt and [Continued Oil Page 4.] mm BE GUEST I OF GOV. BRUMBAUGH Will Not Have a Spare Moment During Stay Tomorrow; to Arrive at 2.35 O'clock t \ TAFT PROGRAM Arrive. I'nion Station, 2.25. Talk at liarrlsaurg Academy, 3 i o'clock. Address joint session House and Senate at 1 o'clock. Auto trip about city. Dinner at Executive Mansion. 0 o'clock. lectures at Technical H. S. Au ditorium. 8 o'clock. Reception by Yale Alumni at Harrisburg Club follows. Spends night with Governor Kriinibaugli at Executive Mansion, leaves for New York IViday ; morning. v When William Howard Taft comes i to Harrisburg to-morrow to lecture he will be given a welcome as warm and enthusiastic as when h® came here ad President of the United States. Every minute of his time in the city j will be occupied with a series of talks. I a luncheon, dinner, reception and | sightseeing trip about the city. ! The ex-President will arrive at I I'nion Station from Xew York at 2.35 | o'clock. He will be met by Governor j Martin G. Brumbaugh, Headmaster 1 Arthur E. Brown, of the Harrisburg j Academy .and H. 41. Hoke, in auto ; mobiles this party will be whisked to i the Academy, where Professor Taft | will talk to the students at 3 o'clock. After a talk to the Academy boys | Mr. Taft will so to the Capitol, where | he will address a Joint session of the Hcuse and Senate. An automobile trip throuKh Harrisburg's parks and along Riverside Drive will follow. Dined by Governor At the conclusion of the sightseeing trip the former President and a party | of prominent State officials will be the guests of Govornor Brumbaugh at the Executive Mansion. Dinner will be xorved at 6 o'clock and covers will be I laid for fifteen guests. Mr. Taft will go to the Technical | high school auditorium at 8 o'clock to i deliver his lecture. His subject will : lie "The Sifcn of the Times." This lec ture will be under the auspices of the Harrisburg Academy. Following his lecture Professor Taft will be the guest of the Yale [alumni in Harrisburg. A number of prominent alumni to-day are planning a reception at the Harrisburg Club in his honor. The former President will spend the night with Governor Brumbaugh at the Executive Mansion and will leave L.«<irl> 1-VJsJiiy morning tor is'a-w York, HARRISBURG. PA.. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1915 | PLAN OF CHURCH TO BE BUILT AS MEMORIAL TO OLD CAMP CURTIN Here is shown the plan of the proposed Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, to lie erecte n the site of the famous Camp Curtin where thousands of Union soldiers were enlisted during the great Wa f the Rebellion. SWAT THE HOUSEFLY? DEAR NO! SLAM "TYPHOID FLY" NEW CRI Central High Students Must Gill Disease Carrier That Tickles Baby's Nose by Its Real Name Central High! Typhoid Fly! I,et us slam him. You and I! —Revised Mother Goose. "Never let me hear any of the boys or girls In my classes use the naino 'house fly* when speaking of that pest; it's name is the 'typhoid fly.' " firmly but kindly said Miss Grace Tatnal the other day to all of the members of her zoology classes at the Central High School. "Why, Miss Tatnal?" came the chorus of questions. "Because that is what the pest is. and it should be called by its proper name." She then went on to explain that ! the common ordinary fly that spoils ' a lot of pleasure was a germ carrier VENUS AND JUPITER TO KISS AT DAWN She's Been Tumbling Over Herself to Get at Him For Several Months Will Dawn blush crimson to-morrow morning'.' The shy and proper god • dess certainly should, when she sees I the unusual sight destined to occur. Jupiter and Venus, the morning stars, are fated to draw close together in rapturous embrace and Anally kiss— lor so mighty near it, there'll be noth ing to it: ! The envious Mars, red in the face j with rage, will be peeping above the | horizon to watch the romantic oc currence, while the moon will dis- | creetly hide her face. If the weather is clear to-morrow morning, these two j bright stars, close to each other, I should be readi?y recognized above the (eastern horizon between 4.30 and 5 [o'clock in the morning. By Friday morning they will again bo farther j apart. The brighter one is Venus, the other Jupiter, and ss the occurrence is comparatively rare, it will be well worth getting up to see. The odd feature of the Incident is that Jupiter Is not pursuing Venus, as might be expected—on the con trary, Jupiter has been moving along sedately, minding his own business and untroubled by feminine wiles; while Venus has been pursuing him. and almost tumbling over herself to get to him. for several months past. Maybe she wants the vote! President Lincoln Was Shot Just 50 Years Ago .1; ift.v years ago to-night at !»:30 o clock, John Wilkes Booth stole into the box which President Abraham l,in cpln and his family were occupying and shot the President, the wound causing his death ttie m-xt morning at 7:22 o clock. The body lay at the State Capitol, here, April 21, IMPOItT lUTY HI'S PEN DEJ> Washington. D. C„ April 14, Spain has suspended until further no tice the import duty and transpor tation tax on coal, which in the case of American coal amounted to SI.OG a ton. according to a cablegram from Ambassador Wlllard received to-day. CHILDKHX TO HKLP EUROPE New York, April 14.—The Ilrst step toward tho organization of children throughout tho United States to aid the children of Kurope will be taken here to-morrow when the young ap pUcants for admission to membership in a proposed league will lie enrolled at the production of a play to U givan by »tagu children- and favored particularly typhoid fever germs, giving it the narrfip; "ty phoid fly." Miss Tatnal had an able ally in her plans to get the students to give the pest its proper designation. Professor James A. Smyser, another instructor in zoology at the school, Is drilling his classes into the use of the term. At first the students had some dif ficulty. "House fly" was heard on all sides, but when threats of decreases in percentage caine to several of them they readily mastered the new name, vowing vengeance on every one of the "typhoid flies" that came in sight, which, it is thought, is just what the instructors want—to get the students to help in the "Swat the typhoid fly" movement this year. 11. J. CUNNINGHAM IS HIGHWAY HEAD Pittsburgh Man Comes to New Work Well Equipped For His Duties Robert J. Cunningham. county con troller of Allegheny county, appointed as State Highway Commissioner by Governor Brumbaugh last night and promptly confirmed by the Senate, will [Continued on Pa«e B.] Hope Engine Quits City Service as Horse-drawn Steamer; to Get Tractor To-day the Hope tire engine left Har rl.sburg for Hoboken, N. Y.. as a horse drawn apparatus—to return within ten days an a modern motor-tractor-driven steamer. The Hope will be equipped with the first of the three new tractors which have been purchased for Harrlsburg, the Hoboken llrm having agreed to give Harrisburg one of the machines that had been built for San Francisco, WIIiTi NOT HANCTION PROPOSAL Melbourne, April 14.—The common wealth government ha* declined to give sanction to the proposal of Ntel Nielsen, trade commissioner to the United, States, for ft subsidized mail service between Ban Francisco and Sydney, derluring that the amount of mall carried between the two yorts wus insufficient to warrant it. , NEW CHURCH WILL BE BUILI ON CAMP SITE Two Hundred West Enders Ready to Start Campaign to Raise $38,000 During the silver jubilee celebration of Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, from April 19 to 27, more than 200 West End church people will participate in a campaign to raise $38,000 for a new building. The new edifice will stand in front of the present chapel, which stands on the historic site of old Camp Curtin. where thousands of Union soldiers were mustered into service. Xot from a casual desire, but from absolute necessity, the people around [Continued on Page 4.1 m BUREAU HELP TO ! TAX HEVISION BOARD I All Realty Transactions Will Be ! Carefully Filed If Pending Ordi nance Is Passed The troubles of City Council will be materially lessened when it sits as a board of tax revision and appeals if I the ordinance providing for the estab j lishing of a bureau of realty registra ■ tion becomes a law. The measure introduced by Mayor Floyal upon suggestion of City Solici j tor Seitz is an echo of the old bl t eameral system of councils as it was originally offered in Select way back in January, 1911, but it eventually died in the subcommittee of finance, to which it had been referred. By the terms of this ordinance the bureau which will be attached to the City Engineer's otlice will not only map and tabulate all the properties in the city in books made for the purpose, but the changes in properties by sales, etc., in the future will be [Continued on Page 4.] First "Bird Hotel" to Be Placed in Harris Park in Near Future • TTarrisburg's first "bird hotel' Is to ! be located in Harris Park. | The section of the Itlver Front Park i selected lies between Mulberry and i Paxton streets and boasts of the tallest [.trees along the river, perhaps, anil as there is ample room there Commls | sinner M. Harvey Taylor an<l fit' |<\ir : ester Mueller are both of the opinion that tills site will bo the more desir able. BATTERIES BOMBARDED By Associated Press Constantinople, April 13, via Wire less to Berlin and Ixjndon, April 14, 8.55 A. M.—An official statement is sued by the Turkish war office to night says: "Some enemy patrol ships to-day (Tuesday) bombarded unsuc cessfully the batteries at the exit of | the Dardanelles. A cruiser and n de stroyer both were struck by shells." THE tiADV OR THE OFFICER? j By Associated Press Dondon. April 14.—The following story of Kitchener is told by the Shef field Dally Telegraph: The War Sec retary heard that a distinguished and recently married officer was being vis ited by his wife at his headquarters in the field. "One of you must come home," was Kitchener's wire. DARDANELLES' FORTS AGAIN BOMBARDED; TWO SHIPS ARE HIT BY SHELLS Messages From Vienna Say State of Siege Will Likely Be Proclaimed in Austria Because of Russian Advance; Petrograd Announces Capture of Three Villages and 2,700 Prisoners in Carpathians After a prolonged lull in the oper tions at the Dardanelles, ngliting has been resumed on a small scale. An official report from Constantinople says the batteries at the entrance to the straits were bombarded yesterday and that a cruiser and destroyer were struck by the Turkish tire. Messages from Vienna to Rome quote an Austrian official as saying that a state of siege probably will be pro- Claimed in Austria, on account of popular unrest occasioned by the ad vance of the Russians through the Car pathians. It is reported also that Em peror Francis Joseph has decided to make the territorial concessions de sired by Italy provided that nation will take up arms for Austria and Germany. This report, however, is I not generally credited in Rome. • The Austrian announcement that | the Russians have been checked in | the Carpathians is disputed at Petro |«rad, where it is said that further ad vances have been made. I'zsok pass ! apparently is the key to the situation, |and on account of the strong forces of lAustrians and Germans massed in this district the Russians have been unable (to force their way through. The last j Russian official report, however, an nounced the capture of three villages and 2700 prisoners in the fighting near the pass. I'rifi«li Discuss Issues I The British parliament meets to day for consideration of some of the important collateral Issues presented by the war. If Is expected the liquor problem w ill lie discussed and the gov ernment may announce its decision in [ favor of a measure concerning the government's plan for utilizing the na tion's resources for the manufacture of war munitions. 33,000 British Women Offer to Do Men's Work Special to Tlif Telegraph l.ondon. April 14.—Thirty-three thousand women hao registered them selves for special war service up to the end of March. This statement was made last night by Walter Runclman, president of the Board of Trade, to a Sunbury, Pa., April 14. F. C. Schopc, rricd, *nd the father of six children, was killed to-day wa, , John Gaugler, a hammer at the Pennsylvania Ro.. oad carshops, misLi:d a bolt he was ai- ing at and struck Cchope on the head, fracturing hiu skull. AUSTRIANS LOSE IMPORTANT GROUND After a twelve-hour battle the Russia) have captured another section of the mountain barrier be n and Hun c ry. , A dispatch from Lcmberg, Galici. , tells of a Rus sicin ciit.i on the Austrian forces at Ivlezc iz y in the east Eeskids. The Austrians were forced to give ground and it .is said that main mountain crest in this £ >n,' considered impregnable, has passed to the hands of the Russians. CHILD LABOR BILL OUT. SOON Harrisburg The Cox child labor bill, which has the support of Governor Brumbaugh, will be reported out of the judiciary special committee of the Sena-.t next Wednes day morning after a public hearing Tue .lay afternoon. It has al-eady passed the House. Washington, April 14.—Major General Frederick Funs ton, commanding the American forces on the Mexican bor der, is en route to-day from San Antonio to Brownsville, Texas, to take personal charge of the situation there. Newport News, Va., April 14.—The German commerce raider ICronprinz Wilhelm, it was learned to-day, is in need of boiler tubes which cannot be supplied at this port and must be manufactured elsewhere. To procure and install the tubes, it is said, would require at least weeks. Washington, D. C., April 14.—Arrangements have been completed for the shipment to America of two cargoes of German dyestuffs which were paid for by ; ie American im porters before March 11 and are now at Rotterdam. This information was conveyed to the State Department to-day . Washington, April 15. President Wilson formally opened the American League baseball season here to-day, tossing out the first ball used here in the initial game be tween Washington and New York. Lonaon, April 14, 3.15 P. M.—The British government has decided against placing cotton on the contraband list. MARRIAGE LICENSES I hnrlm Dnkwaueli, Wlconlaco, and Chrlitlna Knrrattnt, I.Tkraa, Splrldun HvanolT and Strpkarrka Mkulova, Stecltun. * POSTSCRIPT. 12 PAGES deputation representing the varloua> women's societies in Ix>ndon. Six thousand of the women, Mr. Runelman said, had declared them selves willing to work in armament factories, 4 000 in clothing factories, 1700 tn dairy work, 500 as gardeners, 2000 in variohs branches of agricul tural work, 11000 as shop assistants, 500 as leather workers and 6000 in clerical work. Six hundred women had been given employment at the Board of Trade, Mr. Runelman added. Pope Contributes $55,000 to Sufferers in Europe Hy Associated Press Rome, via Paris, April H.—Pope j Benedict has sent to Cardinal Mercer I $50,000 for the Belgian sufferers from , the war. Accompanying the donation was a letter expressing the pleasure of the pope that relief committees fur the Belgians had been formed in vari ous countries. The pope also sent $3,000 to the bishop of Cracow for the Polish war sufferers. Sunday May Be Asked 1 to Conduct Prohibition Campaign in England By Associated I'ress New York. April 14.—"Billy" Sunday I is to be asked to go to Kngiand to wage a prohibition campaign among the working men of that country, ac cording to the Tribune to-day. A re quest for Sunday's address, it says, has been made of its London corre spondent by Sir Henry Edward Ran dall, director of the businessmen's campaign for prohibition in Kngiand. so that a cable message might, be for warded to Sunday asking him to en gage in a revival tour of Kngiand for the purpose of battling against llquoi Sir Henry is quoted as saying h ■ hoped Sunday could make arrange ments to close his present campaig i at a reasonably early date so that h > might go to Kngiand.
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