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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.