William Barnes' Libel Suit Against Colonel
HARRISBURG SSsISEB TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 90
TWO SUNDAY FIRES
CAUSE $150,000 LOSS
Pennsylvania Food Company and
Montgomery & Co.'s Ware
houses Destroyed
ORIGIN OF BOTH UNKNOWN
Forest Fire Raging in First
Mountain Extinguished by
Railroaders
Damage in excess of $158,000 was
caused by two fires of undetermined
origin -which burned the warehouse of
the Pennsylvania Food Company to
the ground and practically destroyed
the storage warehouse of Montgomery
and Company in Tenth street below
Market, yesterday.
While these fires were raging, a
third conflagration was sweeping
through acres of woodland on the
First m»untain, near Rockvllle.
Flames were discovered issuing from
a charcoal pit in the Pennsylvania
Food Company building along the
Pennsylvania railroad west of the city
limits, by John Haldeman, a watch
man shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday
morning. He attempted to quench
the flames but was forced back by the
thick, black smoke. Haldeman then
summoned assistance but the fire had
made too much headway to be sub
dued. West End Fire companies were
called but because of the great dis
tance from a plug were unable to
place a stream on the doomed build
ing. It burned completely to the
ground.
The warehouse, a four-story build
ing was sheeted with tin. The fire, it
is believed was started by spontaneous
combusion. So fiercely did It burn
that passenger traffic on the Pennsy
was tied up for several hours. Some
few trains were sent through by run
ning them over the freight tracks In
the east end of the yards. Schedules
of trains making transcontinental con
nections were badly deranged.
Until less than a month ago the
building had been unoccupied. Tt was
owned by Charles E. Covert, who leas
ed it to Jacob Strlckier, of Lewistown,
and G. W. Broderick, of this city, who
were operating under the name of the
Pennsylvania Food Company. In the
building were tons of charcoal, shorts
and other Ingredients used in the
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Seeds and Plants For
Summer Garden Lots Are
Distributed Among Needy
Seeds and plants for the summer
gardens for poor people were distribut
ed this afternoon. From 2 o'clock to
5, the Harrisburg benevolent head
quarters, were open for the accom
modation of those who want gardens
this year.
John Guyer, who had charge of the
distribution to-day. said the majority
of requests were for potatoes. Some
of the gardeners will raise sabbage, to
matoes and other vegetables. The
Sycamore garden is ready for planting.
The plot near the schimmel school
building will be hedy by Wednesday;
and work is progressing on the Sible
town field and will be ready within
two weeks.
Attempt May Be Made to
Raise Submarine Today
, By Associated Press
Honolulu, April 19. —Work has been
going on continuously preparatory to
the first effort to raise the sunken sub
marine F-4 by direct lift. It was ex
pected this effort would be made to
day. Four lines are now fast to the
hulk, connecting it with two scow
pontoons.
William F. Loughman, the diver
whose life line became fouled yester
day when he was 220 feet beneath the
surface and who was rescued by Frank
Crilly and brought to the'surface after
having: been submerged four hours,
was greatly Improved to-day.
Woman Is Studying Law
to Free Her Husband
Tulsa. Okla., April 19.—Fired with
the ambition to become a lawyer that
she may obtain the freedom of her
husband, who is serving a life sentence
for murder, Mrs. Mamie Baker, divid
ing her time between her duties as a
household servant and attending pub
lic school, has advanced from the bot
tom of the grammar grades to the
high school in less than two years.
Mrs. Baker is a Bohemian and unfa
mlllarlty with the American language
has been an additional drawback In
her way, but she is rapidly overcoming
«.!! obstacles.
THE WEATHER
For Harrisburg and vlelnltys Prob
ably thundrrKhniTrr* thin after
nooni generally fair to-nlicht anil
Tuesdays moderate temperature.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: Prob
ably loettl tliumlerNhmver* thin
afternoons generally fair to-nlsht
and Tueadays mild temperature)
moderate noirtbnent and nmt
minds.
River
The Suminehannn river and all Ita
tributaries mill fall alonly or re
main about stationary until rain
oeears. A stage of about 4.4 feet
la indleated for llarrUburc Tues
day morning.
General Conditions
Rain has continued In the South
nnt. the amounts reported for
•the last twenty-four hours be-
Ine small. I.ocal nhowers hsvn
occurred In the I.nke Heglon nnil
In Xorthern \e»v England and tlie
I.ovrer St. I.anrenre Valley.
Temperature! S a m„ (G.
Suns Hlses, ftsSS a. M.i sets, <1:41
p. m.
Moon: First quarter, April aii,
10:30 a. ni.
River Stages t.B feet above low
mater mark.
Yesterday's Weather
14 Isrbest temperature. 72.
I ,om est temperature. 43.
Mean tempers-lure. SS.
formal temperature, 5-.
GOVERNOR SURE
OF LOCAL OPTION
Reiterates Belief That It Will Pass
on the Third Reading Stage
on Wednesday
PEOPLE ARE LINING UP
State Executive Much Impressed
at the Manner in Which Senti
ment Is Shown
"Local option looks good to me. I
have been working very hard on it
and I certainly expert it will pass the
House." declared Governor Brum
baugh this afternoon when asked his
opinion of the outlook for the Wil
liams bill in the House this week.
"You notice what Philadelphia is
doing," remarked the« Governor. "It
is a good omen when businessmen,
lawyers, doctors and people in all
walks of life hold meetings and pe
tition for anything. It shows that
they are stirred up, and I doubt if ever
Philadelphia has been as much
aroused on any question of state im
portance like this. The people are
taking a big interest in the bill!"
Believes It Will Pass
Governor Brumbaugh said that he
did not expect there would be any
discussion on the bill when it reached
second reading to-night. ' "The under
standing is that the speeches and the
fight will be on third reading on
Wednesday. Then X believe it is going
to pass," said he.
The Governor called attention to the
numerous petitions and letters he had
received in behalf of local option.
These petitions included those from
Philadelphia lawyers and doctors and
from people in Lehigh, Northampton,
Clearfield and other counties.
The Woods Humor
When the Governor was asked about
the reports that Secretary of the Com
monwealth Cyrus E. Woods was being
considered for chairman of the Public
Will*W. M
KILLED BY IN AUTO
Secretary of State Firemen's Asso
ciation Knocked Down in
Reading This Morning
By Associated Press
Reading, Pa., April 19. —William W.
Wunder, secretary of the State Fire
men's Association for thirty years, a
former select councilman for fifteen
years and a deputy of the State Fire
Marshal's Department at Harrisburg.
was struck by an automobile here this
morning and died shortly before noon.
His skull was fractured.
Mr. Wunder was run down near the
post office by Joseph Rothermel, a
Leesport farmer, in a five-passenger
touring car.
Mr. Wunder was hurried to the
Homeopathic Hospital in a car which
stopped at the scene of the accident.
At thnt institution it was found that
Mr. Wunder was fatally injured, suf
fering with a depressed fracture of
the skull. He was operated on, tb-it
had no chance for recovery.
Rothermel Detained
Mr. Rothermel reported to the po
lice station, where he was detained
pending an investigation.
Mr. Wunder was 63 years of age and
Is survived by his widow and one
daughter. He was one of the leading
Republicans in the city, a citizen (well
known in many activities, but it was
as a volunteer fireman that lie was
most prominent all over the state.
Mr. Rothermel. whose automobile
killed him. claims that the brakes re
fused to work. He expressed great
regret when informed of Mr. Wun
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YILLA TO MODIFY' DECREE
Washington, D. C., April 19.—Gen
eral Villa's mining decree will not be
I enforced until he "is in a position to
give guarantees and transportation to
the Industry." State Department ad
vices to-day from Villa's headquarters
at Irapuato. sent April 16, said the
protest of the United States and Great
1 Britain had been laid before Villa and
he had given assurances that he would
modify the decree to a/void possibility
of international complications.
FiToooMW""
PAY DEATH PENALTY
Supreme Court of United States
' Decides Against Famous
Prisoner
By Associated Press
Washington, April 19.—The Su
preme Court of the United States to
day decided against Leo M. Frank in
his habeas corpus case.
Justice Pitney delivered the opinion
of the court. He concluded by say
ing:
"In all the proceedings in the courts
of Georgia the fullest right and op
portunity to be heard according to the
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Wilson's Name May Be
Only One in Convention
Washington, D. April 19. —It Is
the unanimous opinion of high federal
officeholders here that Woodrow Wil
son's name will be the only one pre
sented to thf Democratic national con
vention next year. It is »' • t
he will lead the Democratic hosts, and.
■hlle the Republicans a.c . *
at. -ut for the. most ava" '''l" <•••- 'I ' 'e
lor 'heir party, the Democrats are
uniteu for Wilson.
HARRISBURG. PA., MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1915
010 YOU ENLIST AT
OLD "CAMP CURTIN?"
Plan to Memorialize Men Mustered
Into Service There; $38,000
Campaign Is On
INCLUDE DEAD HEROES, TOO
First Luncheon of Week at Curtin
Chapel Tonight; Personnel of
Workers' Teams
The name of every man mustered
into the union service at Old Camp
Curtin can be. memorialized and pre
served to history, through a plan an
nounced yesterday by the committee in
charge of the campaign for the pro
posed "Cnmp Curtin Memorial Metho
dist Episcopal Church" at Sixth and
Cainp streets.
The church will stand as a monu
ment to the old camping ground itself:
within the entrance of the new edifice
will be placed a tablet hearing the
name of every Civil war veteran who
contributes to the building fund, thus
memorializing the men who laid their
lives on the nation's altar fifty years
ago.
Xo matter how large or how .small
the contribution made may be. tile
name of the veteran contributing will
IK- placed on the tablet with the rest.
Betters announcing the plan to pre
serve to history the names of the vet
erans were sent to the various G. A. R.
posts throughout the State to-day.
The names of the dead veterans will
be placed on the tablet if contributions
are made by relatives or friends of the
departed heroes.
First Luncheon To-night
The first luncheon of the eight-day
campaign will be held this evening at
6.30 o'clock. By the end of the day, it
Is expected that a largo part of the
$38,000 which must be raised before
April 27 will have been realized. The
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AUTO FUNDS MAY BE
USED ON HIGHWAYS
State Wins Against Young and
Powell; McCarrell Upheld by
Supreme Court
Philadelphia, April 19.—The State
Supreme Court to-day affirmed the
Dauphin county court in the case of
the Commonwealth against State
Treasurer Young and Auditor General
Powell in relation to automobile fees.
The decision of the State Supreme
[Court upholding the Dauphin county
court in ordering the Auditor General
and State Treasurer to pay to the
Highway Department the moneys re
| ceived from automobile licenses was
received with the keenest interest at
1 the Capitol to-day. The action which
was argued early In the year and re
argued a short time ago, involved the
right of the Legislature to set aside
income from various sources for spe
cific purposes. When Auditor General
Powell took office almost two years
ago he contended that the specilic ap
propriation act of 1909 prevented the
voting of any money except in specific
amounts. The State Highway Depart
ment contended that the Legislature
could dedicate the income from auto
mobile licenses to the maintenance and
repair of roads in advance of the re
ceipt of the money.
Mandamus proceedings were brought
by E. M. Bigelow, then highway com
missioner, and pressed by John C. Bell,
then attorney general. On the third
action Judge. S. J. M. McCarrell, of
the Dauphin county court, upheld the
contention of the highway commis
sioner and oriered the fiscal officers to
pay over the money. This was done
after both Messrs. Powell and Young
had stipulated that they did so In ac
cordance with the orders of the court
and that a se;>arate fund would be
created. Since that time money has
been paid and the State officials will
continue to do so.
ANOTHER GENERAL DEAD
Amsterdam. April 19, via London,
7.25 A. M.—Telegrams received here
from Berlin announce the death of
General Field Marshal Oskar von Lin
dequlst.
SEWS lEHTRITOHS
COMPLETING REPORT
Will Meet Tonight So Adjustment
Can Be Presented to Public
Works Board Thursday
Finishing touches to the report of
the board of arbitration which con
sidered the dispute between the Board
of Public Works and William H. Op
perman Company, contractors on the
River Front intercepting sewer, will be
added to-night at a meeting of the
arbitrators.
The report will be completed, It is
expected, within a few days and may
be submitted to the Board of Public
Works at its meeting Thursday.
Upon the result of the arbitration
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WANT EQUAL IUGHTS FOR JKWS
By Associated Press
New York, April 19.—The extension
of a movement to obtain equal rights
for Jews In all belligerent countries
was inaugurated here to-day as the
result of the meeting last night of 300
delegates composing the National
Workmen's Committee on Jewish
Rights. Jewish labor organizations
having a membership of 300,000 are
represented in tliia committee. It is
claimed.
MOST BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS
ISi <
F JL ~ , jbi~
Little Princess Marie Jose, daughter of tlie King of Belgium, said to be
the most beautiful princess in Europe, is now a wanderer on the face of the
earth. The Germans have taken possession of her home, and she is in
England with her friends. Her mother spends most of her time near the
firing line with the king. This is the lapt photograph taken of the little
I girl. '
OLDEST HI
■ISBURGER DIES
Alexander Roberts Dies at Age of
92; Family Emigrated With
WiUiam Penn
*
ALEXANDER ROBERTS
Alexander Roberts, the oldest na
tive-born resident of Harisburg, died
yesterday afternoon shortly after 2
o'clock at his residence in South Mar
ket Square. He was in his ninety-sec
ond year, having been born on De
cember 1. 1823, across the street from
the residence in which he had lived
for over half a century. Mr. Roberts,
whose long life began the day after
the Monroe Doctrine was announced at
Washington, came of a family that
emigrated to Pennsylvania with Wil
liam Penn and settled in Roberts V'al
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CHILDREN IN NURSERY
HOME DISCOVER FIRE
Second Blaze Today Causes Slight
Damage; Boys and Girls
at Dinner
Fire shortly before 1 o'clock this
afternoon in a clothes closet of the
Children's Industrial Home, Nine
teenth and Swatara streets, destroyed
clothing valued at $75 belonging to
the Misses May Holllnger and Alberta
BroWn, nurses of the Nursery Home,
which was recently destroyed by fire.
Fire Chief Kindler said that the
fire was started by children playing
with matches which they found in the
room. Mrs. C. Steward, who has
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GUNS IN "VEGETABLE" CAR
Geneva, April 19.—Aa a result of
a railroad accident Swiss customs offi
cers discovered yesterday that a sealed
car marked "vegetables," shipped
from Genoa to Germany, was loaded
with Maxim guns. The artillery was
sequestered.
BOSTON WINS MORNING GAME
By Associated Press
Boston, April 19.—The Boston Na
tional League champions defeated the
Brooklyns this morning, score 7 to 2.
WOMAN SMIDGAGOED
IN BEO BY ROBBERS
Seeing Thieves Ransacking Room,
She Screams; Silenced With ,
Blow on Head
Robbers parly yesterday morning
were frustrated in an attempt to rob
the home and store of John Yosolo
witz. Chambers street and Benton
road. Steelton. after they had gained
entrance to the house and assaulted
Mrs. Yosolowitz.
About 2.50 o'clock yesterday morn
ing Mrs. Yosolowitz was awakened by
a noise in the bedroom. She saw a
strange man ransack the bureau draw
ers and then begin to search her hus
band's trousex-s pockets.
Jumping out of bed, she screamed
to her husband. Then she attempted
to grasp the intruder. Swinging
around suddenly, the thief flashed a
sandbag. The blow landed squarely
on the woman's head. She fell across
the bed with a deep gash in her fore
head.
Heading the scuffle. Mr. Yosolowitz
jumped out of bed. but. before he
could apprehend the intruder he
sprang through a bedroom window
onto a porch roof. He jumped fifteen
feet to the ground and made his
escape.
The sandbag with which the robber
struck Mrs. Yosolowitz was left be
hind. It was a heavy stono encased in
several stockings.
The only booty that the thief car
ried away was several dollars In
change, taken from one of Yosolo
witz's pockets. He missed more than
SIOO in another pocket.
Until late to-day the Steelton police
have made no arrests, although Mrs.
Yosolowitz is able to describe her
assailant.
GREEK SHII* TORPKDOKI)
London, April 19. —The Greek steam
ship Ellispontos, which left Ymuiden,
Holland, Saturday for Montevideo,
Uruguay, was torpedoed without v/arn
ing and sunk by a German submarine
five miles west of the North Hinder
lightship, in the North Sea, according
to a dispatch to Reuter's 'Alegram
Company.
WM. BARNES 1 SUIT
AGIST! R. OPENS
Two Prominent Men at Adjoining
Tables, but Neither Paid Any
Attention to Other
By Associated Press
Syracuse, N. Y., April 19. —Theodore
Roosevelt and William Barnes faced
each other in the Supreme Court here
to-day when Mr. Barnes' suit for libel,
demanding $50,000 damages, against
the former president was called for
trial. Mr. Barnes and Colonel Roose
velt sat at adjoining tables but neither
paid any attention to the other. The
room was crowded to the doors and
outside the courthouse a great crowd
of curious persons, kept in line by
policemen, awaited an opportunity to
get into the room.
Examination of talesmen in the spe
cial panel of 75 called for the case be
gan ns soon as Justice William S. An
drews ascended the bench and opened
court.
BRITISH SUBMARINE SUNK
Constantinople, April 19.—The fol- j
lowing official statement was issued by
the war oflice to-day: "The British
submarine E-15 has been sunk in the I
Dardanelles east of Kranlik. Three j
officers and twenty-one men of the
crew of thirty-one were rescued by
the Turk? j
GERMANS ABANDON PUN
FOR GENERAL OFFENSIVE
MOVEMENT IN FRANCE
Austrian and German Forces Decide to Concentrate En
ergies on Eastern Front; Artillery to Be Transferred
From Verdun to Poland; Spain Ready to Show Her
Sympathies Lie With Triple Entente
Abandonment by the German gen
eral staff of "plans for a general offen
sive in France Is inferred in Rome
from information received there. It
is said this decision is indicated by
official communications to the Italian
cabinet as well as by statements of
Germans in official circles and that
hope of penetration farther into
French territory has been put aside.
A dispatch from Geneva gives the
impression that the Austrians and
Germans have decided to concentrate
their energies on the eastern cam
paign. It is said that at a council
of war, presided over by Field Mar
shal von Hindenberg, it .was deter
mined to transfer, the Austrian heavy
artillery now before Verdun to Poland
and to send back to Cracow, Western
Galicia, the Hungarian cavalry now
on the western front.
Situation Still Cloudy
The situation in the east is still to
be cleared up. Confident assertions
from Berlin last week that the Rus
sian advance in the Carpathian region
had been halted are offset by the
claim of the Petrograd war office that
the principal chain of the mountains,
comprising a 75-mile section of the
front, is now in possesssion of the
Russians and that 70,000 Austrians
have been captured in the last few
weeks. It is said in Petrograd that
the movement toward the interior of
Hungary will be resumed after the
troops have been rested and rein
forced. The Austrian war office, how
ever, maintains that the Austro-Ger-
I man forces are gaining further vic
! tories.
Count Alvaro de Romanones, for
mer premier of Spain, has made a
public statement that "a solemn dec
laration" had been made by Spain to
show where her sympathies lie" in the
war without violating her neutrality.
He pointed out that Spain's relations
with the triple entente, consisting of
GTeat Britain, France and Russia,
had been more and more friendly dur
ing recent years.
READY TO MOVE ARTILLERY
By 4ssticiaied Pre it
Geneva, via Paris, April 19, 6.35
Pottsvi.le, Pa., April 19.—John Styles, of near Potts
ville, a page in the State Legislature, v , probably fatally
shot accidentally by hi:; father while en.,. oring to unload
a pistol v h the son brought to hin. t when about to
leave home io take a train for Harrisb - The bullet pass
ed through his stomach and punctured t .. itestines
New York, April 19. —Directors of thfe United States
Stee C. » ion, it became known 1 y, in voting at
thfcir last quarterly meeting in January to pass the dividend
of the common stock did so in the face of opposition on the
part cf many stockholders.
Atlanta, Ga., April 19.—"1 am very much disappointed
over the Supreme Court's decision, but I will keep up the
fight," Said Leo M. Frank when informed that his habeas
corpus case has gone against him.
Washington, April 19.—Arrangements to take Ameri
cans and other foreigners from Mexico City to Vera ,Cnu '
have been abandoned although both Cairanxa and Villa '
officials shov/e a disposition to give the neceawtry trair
service.
Harrisburg Funeral services for Mi. Roberts will b<
held in the Market Square Presbyterian Church, Wednes
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. W. 3. Cooke and the
Rev. Ellis N. Kremer, officiating.
Leavenworth, Kan., April 19. —The ycial car carrying
Mayor Donn M. Roberts and fourteen others convicted in
the Terre Haute election conspiracy cases arrived at the
United States Penitentiary at 10.30 o'clock this morning.
New York, April 19.—Supreme Court Justice Hendrick
reserved decision to-day on the application of counsel for
Harry K. Thaw for a jury trial to determine Thaw's sanity.
New York, April 19.—Frank Abarno and Carmine Car
bon e, anarchists who made and set a bomb in St. Patrick's
Cathedral, March 2, when hundreds were worshipping with
in the edifice, were sentenced to-day to serve not less than
six years, nor more than twelve, in Sing Sing prison.
Washington, April 19. Published reports that Wil
liam F. McCombs would resign as chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee drew a denial to-day from Sec
retary Tumulty at the White House.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Tlinman F„ WhWeman, Carbondale, and Maude Hoy Miller, city.
Harry K. Michael, I.ykena, aud l.lnr.le K. Smith, Valley \ lew.
Frank ti. Heatty and Catherine K. Mutch, city.
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A. M.—A Vienna dispatch to the Tri
bune says *hat at a council of war pre
sided oved by Field Marshal von Hin
denberg it was decided that the Aus
trian heavy artillery now before Ver
dun (in the department of Meuse,
France), should be transferred to
Poland, and that the cavalry now on
the western front be sent back to
Cracow.
FI7LL OF SYMPATHY FOR ALL
By Associated Press
Rome via Paris, April 19. The
Tribune to-day publishes an inter
view with Br. Giuzeppe Motta, presi
dent of Switzerland, who is declared
to have said that Switzerland is de
termined to maintain absolute neu
trality in the war, "without looking
to right or to the left, but full of sym
pathy for all."
SURPRISING STATEMENT COMING
By Associated Press
Amsterdam, via London. April 19.
—The Cologne correspondent of the
Tijd, discussing peace Conditions,
says: "There is no serious thought
In competent circles in Germany of
retaining Belgium. Within a few
weeks some surprising statements on
this matter may be expected."
TENSION NEAR BREAKING POINT
By Associated Press
London, April 19, 1.55 P. M. —•
Whether the negotiations between
Rome and Vienna concerning Italy's
demands for territorial concessions
have been broken off remains for the
moment an -official secret, but it ap
pears to be universally agreed that
the tension is approaching the break
ing point.
FOREST FIRES THREATENING
By Associated Press
Willlamsport, Pa., April 19.—Forest
fires near Lock Haven threaten reser
j voir property owned by Lock Haven.
| The summer home of Henry W. Shoe
maker, owner of the Altoona Tribune,
at -McElliattan, is also in danger.