Official Dispatches Say Allies Are Making Progress in Vicinity of Ypres -' • ■ HARRISBURG ifillllll TELEGRAPH LXXXIV — No. 98 *STORM SWEEPS STiTE, KILLING «| BURNMIG Several Struck by Lightning; Houses and Barns Destroyed; Crops Damaged TORNADO HITS SUNBURY Big Bridge Blown Down Stream; Heavy Downpour Halts Forest Fires Accompanied by high winds, which at times atlained a velocity of nearly one hundred mllea an hour, a rain, hall, thunder and lightning storm swept over Pennsylvania late yester day afternoon, killing: several persons, burning houses and barns, crippling telephone and telegraph lines, uproot ing trees, damaging crops and demor alizing traffic in general. During the height of the storm a bolt of lightning struck the barn of George Sheetz, near Knterline, Powls Valley and burned it to the ground. A large quantity of feed and farm Implements were destroyed. The farmer with the help of neighbors, succeeded in leading a number of horses and cows to safety. So seVere was the shock from a bolt of lightning which struck the stable of Grant B. Weaver, Mechanicsburg. that a horse was knocked from its feet and injured. The bolt struck at the corner of the stable where a num ber of telephone wires were fastened and neatly severed them. Flames broke out but they were extinguished by the rain. Gale Blows Brliip l Away In the upper end of this county and in Northumberland county the storm assumed the proportions of a gale. Thousands of dollars' worth of dam age was caused to fruit growers. A bridge, 200 feet long, at Sunbury was picked up and dropped farther down the stream, a mass of twisted iron. Five freight cars, standing on a siding were blown along the tracks for two hundred yards when they were wrecked by piling into another string of cars. Two Sunbury youths narrowly es caped death during the height of the storm when they were caught in a "whirley-gig" and dashed round and round in front of the courthouse at Sunbury. Conrad G. Graeber, deputy ran out and carried them Just as he removed them from the sppt a 200-pound bail fell from the belfry of the building and smash ed into hundreds of pieces on the pavement. A big wave was picked up in the Susquehanna river and dashed shoreward. Boats, canoes and boat . houses were demolished. James Mc- Kee, Harry Hess and David Rell were i thrown in the waters when their boat overturned. They were rescued by the crew of a coal barge. Walls and foundations of several dwellings were weakened and hundreds of window panes broken in the town. Hall Storm nt Dillshurg ■Ripping cabbage and other small plants to pieces, a hail storm swept over the country adjacent to Dillsburg. Trees were stripped of leaves and the ground was covered with hail stones. Lightning played queer pranks in the home of Albert Wiest. at Richland, near Lebanon. A bolt tore up the par lor carpet, tossed the furniture in a . heap and then passed out through the floor at identically thesame spotwhere n bolt passed twelve years ago. Mrs. Weist, who was alone in the house, was knocked unconscious. The barn on the farm of Edward Fake, north of Jonestown, was struck by lightning and with its contents burned to the ground. Nine head of cattle were killed and a new automo bile destroyed. A hayshed on the farm [Continued on Page 6] Daniel Willard Did "We placed an order last week for 2.000 new freight cars—the first equipment order placed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in more than a year"— Thus writes Daniel Wil lard. President or the B. & 0., of his contri bution to. the cause. Are you doing your share—big or small? Buy-It-Now This U the time of all time* for the U. S. A. to make vast strides. Let's all get busy. THE WEATHER For Harrlshurg and vidnHyi Prob ably ihowfri to-night and Thurs day) continued warm. For Eastern Pennsylvania i Prob ably local showers to-night and Thursday i narmcr In southeast portion to-ul«ht| light, vitrlnble winds. Rtver The ftasqnehanna river and all Its tributaries will remain nearly stationary. A stage of about 8.7 feet Is Indicated for Harrtsburg Thursday morning. General Conditions tt la decidedly cooler this morning In Southern »w Knglnnri and •long the Middle Atlantic coast, where falls of 22 to .14 degrees In the temperature have occurred under the Influence of easterly winds. It Is somewhat cooler In the Lake Regions and In 'the Northwest Border States. Temperature! R a. m., M, Sunt Rises, silO a. M.i sets, f1.50 p. m. Mooni Fnll moon, April 311, 0:10 a. m. River Stage i 5.7 feet above low water mark. Yesterday'* Weather Highest temperature, 02. Lowest temperature, f!3. Mean temperature. 7R. Normal temperature, 55. WARREN i. MANNING, NOTED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, SUGGESTS PLAN FOR TREATMENT OF CAPITOL PARK EXTENSION ZONE - \ \ y\\ / r , \\ \\ \M; s . At the .suggestion of the Telegraph, Warren .Manning, the noted landscape architect, of Boston. Mass., who designed I iarrisburg's park system, has submitted the accompanying s ketch as a su> gestlon as. to how the C'apitol Park Extension zone might l>e treated to produce a proper setting for the Capitol. On anther page there appear sketches by Mr. Manning of other State Capitols and their surroundings, for pui*poses of compari son. DOWT FORGET THAT WINDOW BOX GARDEN Front and Backyard Displays Do Not Afford Only Chance to Win | Telegraph Prizes WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH IT Businessman in Telegraph Building Raises Flowers and Plants For His Own Home Garden While the development of the back and front yard garden is an all Im portant essential, the prospective con testant in the Telegraph's "city beau tiful" prize competition shouldn't for get that plenty of opportunity to cap ture a share of the SIOO prize money is acorded by the wlndowbox and the porch display. Primarily the purpose of ex-Post master E. J. Stackpole in offering SIOO [Continued on Page ft] HUNDREDS OF PENU. GIRLS INN.!. DENS "Angel of Chinatown" Says She Has Rescued 200 From Vice District of Gotham Special to The Telciraph West Chester, Pa., April 2£. —Start- ling figures concerning the number of Pennsylvania girls under sixteen years of age that have been lured to the underworld of New Tork city were revealed here to-day by Miss Rose Livingston, "the angel of Chinatown." Prior to the meeting which she ad dressed under the auspices of the lo cal suffragists, Miss Livingston was [Continued on Page 14.] Six Charitable Bequests in Mrs. McCauley's Will The will of the late Mrs. Sarah K. McCauley was filed for record this morning. The charitable bequests are as follows: Young Men's Christian Association of Harrisburg, $3,000. Market Square Presbyterian Church of Harrishurg, $1,500, to he used for defraying exponses of memorial pew to her husband, the late Gilbert M. Mc- Cauley. Presbyterian Foard of Foreign Mis sions. SI,OOO. Presbyterian Board of Home Mis sions, SI,OOO. Presbyterian Board of Ministerial Relief. SI,OOO. Home for the Friendless of Harris burg. SI,OOO. Th<* rest of the estate Is left to her relatives. The Harrishurg Trust Com pany and Edward Bailey are the exe cutors and trustees HARRISBURG. PA,, Mf TO LIMST I' STRETCHES OF WALK i I i Stucker Brothers Will Begin Final Stage of Concrete Work To morrow If Weather Holds ' COMPLETE IN 5 OR 6 WEEKS ; Boys' Vandalism Means Additional; Repair; the Paxton Creek Job; Finish of Dam < Finishing touches to the grading and - puddling work on the river wall pre - paratory to putting down the granoli thic walk from "Hardscrabble" south - ward, were added to-day by Stucker - Brothers Construction Company, the y contractors, and unless weather inter e feres the placing of the footwalk will be started to-morrow. From "Hardscrabble" northward to 0 Maclay street the steps and walk are [Continued on Pace 14.] TO OBSERVE "EOOD ) ROADS DAY" MAY 2B e Governor to Issue Proclamation; 38 Counties of State Perfect Organizations After consultation with State High way Commissioner Cunningham, Gov ernor Brumbaugh has decided to issue ,r a proclamation for a State-wide "Good ■s Roads Day" on May 26. e Thirty-eight counties in the State have formed organizations for county e "Good Roads Day" on that date and ;e in a number of other counties plans .. are being perfected for similar or ganizations. According to a statement issued to i- day, the State Highway Department 8 is greatly Interested in the plan and is anxious to do all that can be done to make it successful. Through the Bureau of Township Highways, under the direction of First Deputy State Highway Commissioner Hunter, the township supervisors and others inter -1 estcd in the project will be able to se cure a hearty co-operation. While in no sense farthering the !. "Good Roads Day" plan, the statement s continues, the department desires to e do all that it can to assist the or ganizations in the various counties, n Wherever possible, tools and other highway building equipments owned h by the State will bo put at the sor r vice of the county organizations on v that day. The counties in which organizations for "Good Roads Day" have been formed are as follows: Erie, McKean,' AVarren, Jeffefson, Clarion, Venango, Mercer, Elk, Lawr ence, Butler, Armstrong, Beaver, Alle gheny, Washington. Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, Bedford. Franklin. Perrv, Snyder, Northumberland, Montotir, Columbia. Luzerne, Lackawanna, ayne, Lebanon, York, Lancaster, Berks, Chester, Montgomery, Dela ware, Westmoreland, Fayette, Somer set, Greene. WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1915. TO BUY PLAYGROUND AT STH AND EMERALD Council Will Agree Next Tuesday ! on Site Recommended For West End by Mr. Taylor MAYOR AND MR. MANNING Park Head Points Out; Executive Only Agrees With Architect When "Opinion Suits" City Council, it is understood, will pass finally at next Tuesday's meeting the Taylor ordinance authorizing the i purchase of the old Polyclinic hospital I site at Fifth and Etnerald streets for an uptown playground. | Action to this effect would have | been taken at yesterday's meeting, It is I believed, had not Mayor Royal once ! more asked for postponement until he | can hear from "certain parties in I [Continued on Page 14.] CONED MINIMUM WAGE FOR PREACHERS Lancaster Classis Will Act on Ques tion at Session in Fourth Church Delegates at the Lancaster Classis of the Reformed Church, which Is In session at the Fourth Reformed Church, Sixteenth and Market streets, appointed a committee this morning to draw up a resolution recommending a fixed amount as the minimum salary of Reformed ministers. The committer will report to-mor-l row to the delegates, after which the resolution will be discussed and acted upon. The committee Includes the Revs. W. Stewart Cramer, Herman S. Shelley and Elder W. L. Marburger. The morning and afternoon sessions to-day were spent in transacting rou [Continued on Pag® 6] VETOES AXTIHAXGING BILL By Associated Press Juneau, Alaska, April 28.—Governor J. F. A. Strong has vetoed the anti hanging bill, passed recently by the territorial legislature. In his veto message made public to-day, the gov ernor said the present law, leaving It to the discretion of the Jury to declare whether murderers should he hanged or Imprisoned for life, was sufficiently lenient. OFFICIALS TO GIVE BOND By Associated Press Chicago, April 28.—The eighteen officials of labor unions, 82 contrac tors or contracting firms and two al leged trusts named in indictments, re turned in the United States District Court yesterday charging violation of the Snerman antitrust act and in testate commerce law were expected to appear io-a"ky to rive bond. NOTED ARCHITECT SUGGESTS PLANS EOS PARK EXTENSION Warren H. Manning, at Re quest of the Telegraph, Outlines Capitol Improve ment At the request of the Telegraph, Warren H. Manning, the famous land scape architect, of Boston, Mass., who designed the Harrisburg park system, has submitted a sketch suggestive of what he thinks is proper treatment for the Capitol park extension zone % Mr. Manning has planned the sur roundings of quite a number of State Capitols. He is familiar with every one I in the United States and he accom- j panies his suggestion for Harrisburg l with pictures showing the general I scheme of development followed else-1 where. By comparison it will be seen i that the opportunity is afforded to give; Harrisburg not oniy the handsomest! Capitol, but the most beautiful setting! in the United States, not excepting! even the national Capitol at Washing-! ton. Mr. Manning's letter in explanation or his plans Mr. Man-: ning addresses to the Telegraph the j following letter: "1 am sending you photographs from drawings that I have had made of various State Capitols, showing their surroundings a-s compared with the surroundings of the Pennsylvania State Capitol. "I am also sending you a copy of my surroundings of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in which is indicated the new addition, the terrace, and the pub lic forum amphitheater and plaza that will take care of a large number of people in special events. It also shows the proposed hridge under the Penn sylvania railroad. "In this sketch I have laid empha [Contlnued on Pajre 9.] DEMAND FOR MUNITIONS By Associated Press London, April 28. Addressing if meeting at Manchester last night, Lord Derby said he had Lord Kitchener's authority to quote him as saying that the demand for munitions was unlim ited. Tt was not confined to shells, but also included small ammunition, and the more Lord Kitchener obtained the more men he would be able to put Into the field. * UN 11. S. SENATE, PENROSE BBTTIE-CRV Senator Pictures Republican Suc cess in National Election During Pittsburgh Speech U. S. GRANT AN INSPIRATION Common Sense Needed in Govern mental Affairs; McClain Criti cises Brumbaugh Program Pittsburgh, April 28. Uiysses S. Grant, as an inspiration to Repub licans of to-day, was honored last night in the Grant birthday banquet of the Aniericus Club, this city's fa mous Republican organization. Sen ator Boies Penrose. Lieutenant-Gov ernor Frank R McClain, ex-Congress man McCall, of Massachusetts, and Job E. Hedges, of New York, were on the list of speakers. Harry W. Mcln [Continued on Page 14.] SHORTY MILLER MADE BOYD PHYSICAL HEAD Popular Athlete Will Have Charge of All Athletics in Pine Street Church Institution At a meeting of the session of rtne Street Presbyterian Church last night Eugene ("Shorty") Mitler was elected assistant director In charge of ath letics of the Boyd Memorial Institution for Men and Boys. The Boyd institution will be built this summer and will be opened to the boys and men of the church some time [Continued on Pagf B.] Nonpartisan Judicial Repealer Passes Senate The bill to repeal the nonpartisan ballot act so far as It relates to judges passed the Senate finally to-day by a vote of 27 to 14. There was no dis cussion on the repealer. Bills passed finally by the Senate to-day included the following: Providing that life insurance poli cies shall be exempt from claims of creditors. Providing that where candidate for mayor or councilman in third class cities receive 51 per cent, of the vote cast for the office at a primary elec tion and which Is more than half of the total vote cast at the primary, he shall he the only candidate to go on the ballot at the succeeding election. Creating a commission to revise and amend the penal laws and laws per taining to Juvenile offenders. Appropriating $85,00 to the State hospital In Coal township. Appropriating; to the People's Co operative hospital, Sayre, $3,000. To prevent fraud and derelt in the sale cf fruit, vegetables, seeds, plants, scions and trees. 3 IMPORTANT BATTLES IN PROGRESS IN EUROPE; ITALIANS IN CONFERENCE Fighting Is Reported on Both Sides of Dardanelles Straits; Russian and Austrian Official Statements Indicate Battles in Carpathians Are Becoming More Intense; German Effort to Turn Left British Flank Near Ypres Has Failed Military operations of critical im portance are now under way simul taneously in tnree distinct fields of action. In P'landers the Germans are once more engag«d with the British, Bel gians and French in a struggle for mastery of the territory near the Yser canal, where several months ago there occurred what was perhaps the most terrible struggle of the war thus far. In the Carpathians the Russians are assuming the offensive in another of their repeated efforts to push over the mountain harriers into Hungary. At the Dardanelles the allies have succeeded in bringing troops on both sides of the straits, inaugurating the combined land and sea attempt at the conquest of Constantinople. A British correspondent In Northern France telegraphs that the German effort to turn the British left liank near Ypres has failed and that the Germans have been checked definitely, although tiie untile still continues with violence. French military authorities are cautious of accepting the theory that the plan of the Germans is to break through to the. English Channel, but they regard It as patent that such a huge concentration of troops on a limited front means that the pre.sent drive is preparatory to some more im portant undertaking. An official Bel gian statement indicates that the Ger man attack is lessening in force, it is said the artillery fire against the Bel gian front has largely died away. Roth Sides Make Claims Russian and Austrian ofifcial state ments indicate that fighting in the Carpathians is becoming more Intense. Each side claims to have defeated the attacks of the other, but it is apparent that gradually the activity is spread ing along greater sections of the bat tle line. Military observers at Petro grad say that more decisive operations than have occurred hitherto are ex pected shortly. The situation at the Dardanelles re mains obscure, although it is appar ent that the French and British have miawyy <niy»i» <iwy»i^ I STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CHANGES 4 . Karrisburg—Two changes in the working forces of the 1 way Department were anaounc c Francis, assistant engineer, in charge of District 9, Cumber- I I land, Franklin, Fulton and Adams counties, has been remov- J ed, effective Aprii 30; and W. R. Wolhnger, former Superin tendent Highways, Montgomery county, and at present ■ . r Cheltenham township, Montgomery county, | is" appointed. William S. Hammakcr, chief of construction <' in District 9, will take charge temporarily.. Charles P. Walter, Superintendent of Highways of Dauphin county, ih. :i • ,e . , ;.j ij V .i .". .Car rel], „i;peiintendent at has been trans!c ,ed from the Iwaintcn.- nee Division to fill the vacar. . FACE VALUE TOR STOCK KILLED !-h.r: • iburg—By a /ote of 1/6 to 6 the House .o-dav < oassec t!ie Hollingsworth bill providing that owners of cat tle kille 1 jeeause of foot and mouth disease shall be paid face valu Mr. Hollingsworth sta'ed that the object of the bi'l was to aid farmers who had suffered heavy losses. 20 ADDITIONAL MINE INSPECTORS Harrisburg—Senator Beidleman presented tu-day, just before the Senate adjourned for the week, a bill providing for twanty additional mine inspectors in the anthracite I regions. They are to receive $2,000 a year salary each. , ' The Cox Child Labor Bill passed second reading in the ' Senate without discussion and on motion o! Snyder, scc * Committee. It will be reported out without amendment and ' passed finally. I I 1 The Senate Committee on Railroads by a vote of 6to 5 1 to-day voted not to report out the bill repealing the full | I • crew law. Another meeting will be held Monday. ] New York, April 28. Philip T. White, the $6,000 a - j I year manager of the Masury Paint Co., in Brooklyn on . trial as the leader of a band of highwaymen who held up his | I employer's bank messengers and robbed them of $3,000 ' nearly a year ago, rose from his chair in the courtroom to . day, and exclaimed: "I am guilty; I want to confess my ® ; guilt before God and the world." • MARRIAGE Joaeph Harry Albert, city, and Mill* Anna Kuebler, Steeltoa. George Ilenkn and >lar> Korallng. Steelton. m ' George Grant and Sarah Borenateln, city. * POSTSCRIPT. 14 PAGES made some headway with their land ing operations. The Paris war office has announced the capture of Kum Kaleh, on the Asiatic side. The Turk ish government also reports the re pulse of the landing forces in some cases, but does not claim that In every instance the Turks have bfeen able to drive them back. Italy is still debating the question whether she shall intervene in the war. The Italian ambassador in France, one of those summoned home to consult with the government, has had a long conference with the king concerning International affairs. GERMANS ON OFFENSIVE By Associated Prtss Paris, April 28.—The offensive as sumed by the Germans in the Tpres region has given rise to the report that they were about to undertake an other carefully planned attempt to force their way to Calais. Military authorities are cautious, however, in accepting this suggestion as an ex planation of the Germans' recent ac tivity. 11l People Are Now Working Garden Plots Garden workers in Harrisburg num ber 111. With the opening of a third plot within the next week, it is ex pected the list will be increased to nearly 150. Applicants were many to-day. It was announced that the gardens would be assigned to worthy people, in case there were more gard ens than applicants. On No. 1 plot. Thirteenth street near Sycamore, thirty-eight gardens have been planted; plot No. 2, which was opened yesterday at Twelfth and Cal der streets, has seVenty-three gardens; No. 3 plot, between Fifteenth and sev enteenth streets, the Shlmmell school building and the Philadelphia and Reading Railway will have fifty gard ens.
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