Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, May 04, 1915, Image 1

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    King's Decision Not to Attend Monument Unveiling Considered Significant in lis!)
HARRISBURG BSHBS TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 103
CONFER THURSDIY ON
PEIIISY PARK SUBWAY
Manning, Taylor and Ra3ro»d
Officials to Discuss Culvert
Crossing Below Lochiel
TO CONNECT WITH CAMERON
Conference With P. and R. Also*
Scheduled; Visits Playgrounds,
Parks and River Front
Definite steps toward obtaining a
subway right of way from the Penn
sylvania railroad for the proposed
continuance of the city parkway drive
below Lochiel. will be taken up Thurs
day morning when Park Expert War
ren H. Manning. City Commissioner
Taylor and Assistant Park Superinten
dent Hoffert will confer with the rail
road officials on the question.
The proposed line of the encircling
parkway has been planned to include a
crossing at this point of the Pennsy so
that the proper connection may be
made with the eastern terminus of the
Cameron parkway.
The most feasible way for abridging;
the two points is by carrying the road- |
way under the tracks by way of one of
two culverts that span Spring and Pax
ton creek. This is one of the principal
problems Mr. Manning will take up
with city and railroad officials during
his visit here this week.
Before the end of the week the city
officials will meet with the Philadel
phia and Reading representatives rela
tive to the proposed culvert crossing
beneath these tracks near Paxtang.
Mr. Hoffert will prepare the plans and
estimates of two types of culvert—one
30-foot and one 60-foot roadway—
which will afterward be submitted to
the Philadelphia and Reading com
pany.
In addition to arranging for the
conference with the railroad men Mr. j
Manning to-day visited City Treasurer
O. M. Copelln in company with Messrs.
Taylor and Hoffert and discussed the
possibilities of securing the Capital
City Realty traet for the city for the
continuance of the parkway. This is
one of the biggest unconnected links
In the section lying between Reservoir
and Wildwood.
In addition to these matters the ex
pert met with the Planning Commis
sion and discussed routine matters and
then put in the remainder of the day
Inspecting what portions of the park
system, the river front and the new
playground sites at Fifth and Emerald
streets and at Sycamore street, he
could get around to.
Expert Manning Visits
Coal Wharf on Island;
Approves of Structure
Inspection of the partially complet
ed pier bases of the island coal wharf
now in course of construction by the
Harrlsburg Light and Power Com
pany was made to-day by Warren H.
Manning, the citv's park expert, and
P. F. Wood, the company's chief engi
neer. The latter came from New
Tork for the purpose and called on
Mr. Manning with C. M. Kaltwasser.
general manager of the company.
The company had asked that the in
spection he arranged In order that the
city's expert should be satisfied as to
the type of construction.
Mr. Manning put in considerable
time on the island and declared after
ward that the type of structure de
cided on would be satisfactory. "The
company apparently Ts planning to
carry out its suggestion to make the
coal wharf harmonize attractively with
the surroundings."
President of Brazil
Makes Plea For Peace
By Ass"-iated Press
Rio Janeiro, May 4.—The Presi
dent's message received to-day at the
reopening of congress begins with an
earnest prayer for the re-establishment
of peace and describes the measures
taken to guarantee the neutralltv of
Brazil. It declares In favor of obliga
tory military service and savw the
country's naval problem consists in
conserving the material already ac
quired.
This Is the time of an
time for the TT. S. A. to
mate vast strides,—
Let's all get busy.
Buy-It-Now
THE WEATHER
For HarrUhori and vfclnltyi Fair
to-night and Wednradan not
mich chance In temperature.
For Eastern Pennarlvanla i Short
er* to-night! Wednenday falr«
moderate, ablfting vtinda, becom
ing northwest.
River
The Suaqnehanna river and Ita
principal tributaries will fall
■lowly or remain nearly station
ary. A stage of about 4.2 feet la
Indicated for Harrlsnrg Wednes
day morning.
General Conditions
Tha disturbance that nai central
over lowa, Monday irornlng, haa
moved eastward and now covera
practically all the eastern half
of the country with Its center
OTtr the I'pper Ohio Valley. It
haa canaed showers generally
east of the Mississippi river from
Southern Tennessee and Southern
North Carolina northward.
Temperaturei 8 a. m„ 48.
Sua i Rises, 6(02 a. m.t aeta, TiOl
P- «*• „
Mooni >ew moon. May 13, 10i31
a. m.
RlTer Stage I 4.3 feet above low
water mark.
Weather
Highest temperature. A3.
Lowest temperature. ,VJ.
Mean temperature, 58.
Kormal temperature, 57.
i"JITIEY" SERVICE
I' STATU POSSIBLE
May Rent Room in Central Loca
tion Where Passengers Can
Await Buses
PLAN MEETING FOR SUNDAY
Real Service in Buses; Stop Cars
For Passengers to Light
Cigars
Jitney business may be suspended
for a brief period next Sunday. Plans
were started to-day for a meeting of
jitney owners to be held Sundav morn
ing.
One question to be discussed at the
Sunday meeting will be service sta
tions since cars are not permitted to
stand any length of time in business
thoroughfares. It is proposed to rent
a room in a central location and to
have all jitneys take on the bulk of
their passengers at this service station
If successful, other stations will be
estabhsnea in various parts of the
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ITALY'S KING WILL
NOT LEAVE CAPITAL
Decision Not to Participate in Un
veiling of Monument Ha»
Great Significance
POSTPONE WAR DECLARATION
Hope Entertained by Some That
Efforts to Arrange Peaceful
Settlement Will Succeed
Rome. May 4, via Paris.—The deci
sion of King Victor Emmanuel and
the members or the ministry not to
take part In the ceremony of the un
veiling of the Garibaldi monument at
Quarto Sant Elena is being comment
. u P° n to-day as a step of verv great
significance.
The presence of His Majestv at th«
unveiling had come to be regarded as
v irtually tantamount to a declaration
of war. Now the change In the king's
plans is regarded as meaning that tho
participation of Italy in the European
conflict again has been postponed.
The hope is being entertained by some
that efforts of Italy to arrange a
peaceful solution of her problem may
ultimately be successful.
Abandonment of the plan for the
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Youth Burns to Death;
Clean-up Week Victim
Sptctal to The Ttlegraplx
'VN ilkes-Barre, Pa.. May 4.—Clean-up
week in this city, which opened yester
day, has claimed one victim Sam
uel Julow, aged 4, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Julow. was burned to death
late yesterday afternoon when he ap
proached a bonfire in the rear yard
at his home. The mother of the child
early yesterday began the clean-up
w-ork about her home and bv after
noon had accumulated a large quan
tity of rubbish. When the father re
turned from his daily work, he set
fire to the pile.
The child was roaming about the
yard and when its parents were not
watching walked into the flames, and
was terribly burned. He died within
a few minutes.
MR BABIES SOON
1 BRITISH PROBLEM
Thousands to Be Born to Unmar
ried Mothers and Soldier
Fathers
Special la Tk* Telegraph
London, May 4.—Ronald McNeill,
writes to the Morning Post on what
has become a "social problem of the
most pressing urgency." Mr. McNeill
says:
"It may not be generally known,
but a good many people are aware of
the fact, that all over the country in
districts where large masses of troops
have been quartered, a great number
of unmarried girls will become moth
ers within a few weeks from the pres
[Continued on Page 10.]
Bride, Tired of "Kissless
Marriage," Leaves Parson
Special to The Telegraph
St. Louis, Mo., May 4.—Mrs. Eu
genie Anderson, seven-month-old
bride of the Rev. Arthur R. Anderson,
pastor of the Central Christian Church,
of Granite City, 111., tired of a "kissless
marriage" to-day and returned to the
home of her mother. Mrs. Minnie
Koch, of St. Louis. She says that An
derson has not kissed her since a short
time after their wedding, because he
said he does not believe in kissing.
Mrs. Anderson is a tall and unusual
ly beautiful brunette. Last Fall the
minister came Into the downtown de
partment store, where she was work
ing at a stationery counter, purchased
some paper, fell in love with her and
proposed a few days after he met her.
Since their marriage. Mrs. Anderson
savg she has not been allowed to go
to the movies. Her husband, she says,
pushed her away when she sought to
kiss him.
HARRISBURG. PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 4, 1915
[AMERICAN TANK STEAMER GULFUGHTTORPEDOED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE]
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London. May 4. —The American oil tank steamship Gulfllght was torpedoed off Bishop's Lighthouse, Scllly
Islands, at noon on Saturday, by a German submarine. The vessel was badly damaged. Thirty-three of the crew
of thirty-six men were landed at Scllly by a patrol boat. Two of the crew jumped overboard and were drowned.
The captain later died of heart failure as a result of the shock.
The vessel was later picked up by steam drifters which towed her Into Crew Sound, where she was beached.
The Gulflight was laden with naphtha from Port Arthur, Texas, for Rouen, France.
REVENUE RAISERS ARE
BACKED BY LEADERS
Conference Agrees on Bills to Be
Pushed; No Adjournment
Before May 20
Agreements to push several bills j
that would increase State revenues and |
save expenses on the State Treasury
were reached to-day at a conference
between Governor Brumbaugh, Attor
ney General Brown and Secretary of
the Commonwealth Woods, the presid
ing officers, appropriation committee
chairmen and Republican legislative
leaders.
The bill for a stamp tax on stock
transfers will be revived and efforts
will be made to pass the automobile
license bill reported to the House last
night, bills to require counties to pav
expense of primaries, regulating es
cheats, providing for appeals by the
State In certain cases wherebv costs
will be saved, permitting the State to
intervene In actions at law In which It
has an interest, providing for a State
insurance fund and for a State archi
tect.
In reply to a question when he
thought the Legislature should ad
journ the Governor said: "When its
work is done." The impression gained
ground after the conference that final
adjournment would likely be on
May 20.
Raze Building in Which
Rockefeller Got "Start"
Special to The Telegraph
Cleveland, Ohio, May 4.—The build
ing in which John D. Rockefeller
started to pile up the greatest personal
fortune in the world is being razed.
Among the wreckage is an old sign
which reads: "Storehouse of Clark
Rockefeller Company."
WANTS 2.000.000 JEWS TO
COME TO T XITEI) STATES
By Associated Press
New Tork. May 4.-*-Jacob M. Schlff's
suggestion that at least two million
Jews from abroad should emigrate to
the country beyond the Mississippi
river aroused enthusiasm to-dav
among those interested in the move
ment to aid Jewish sufferers from the
war. He declared that the West was
ready to welcome and that a land of
plenty awaited them there
ALLISON HILL WILL
SODN BE CLEANED IIP
Second Day of Annual Crusade
Results in Removal of Tons
of Rubbish
Armed with weapons of cleanliness
and good health, Harrlsburg house
wives to-day began the second assault
on dirt, filth and disease breeders.
In the section of Allison Hill south
of Market street, yesterday where the
highway department employes were
concentrated, more than 500 tons of
dirt and rubbish were removed, ac
cording to Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck, city
health officer.
j The district north of Market street
'on the Hill, which was selected as the
site for to-day's battle was running a
close second, late this afternoon. City
authorities are jubilant over the pro
gress made and predict that before the
end of the "Clean-up" campaign, Har
risburg will be the cleanest and bright
est city In the world—spic and span in
every respect.
Destruction of Big Ice
House Will Not Cause
Increase in Prices Here
A good supply of natural Ice this
year removes the possibility of an In
crease In the price, either retail or
wholesale, this year. It Is helteved. At
the office of the United Ice and Coal
Company this morning It was said that
the company would not Increase Its
prices this year.
Although the supply at Laurel Hill
was destroyed In a recent flre, the
United Ice and Coal Company has
two houses, one at Mount Gretna and
one at Colebrook. each ahout two
thirds full. In addition to other smaller
iousea filled.
CAPITOL EXTENSION
PASSED BY SENATE
Provides Sufficient Money to
Take Over All of the Remain
ing Properties
The Senate to-day passed finally the
BeUllcman bill, providing for an ap- '
proprlation of $300,00(1 for the pur
chase of the remaining properties In
the Capitol Park extension zone. It
now goes to the House.
This money will be sufficient to meet
aU of the expenses of the extension
commission. Within another year, it
is expected, all of the property not
now controlled by tlie State will liave
been taken over and the land will be
ready for park development.
One More Day to Enter
Telegraph Garden Contest
Once more ami for tlie last time—
have you entered the Telegraph "city
beautiful" garden contest?
No? Well, to-morrow at 6 o'clock
the extended time limit expires and if |
you don't get the notification of your |
intenUon to enter tlie <-ompetlUon to
M. W. Buehler, 232 North Second
street, by that time you lose that
chance to win one of tlie cash prizes
totaling SIOO which ex-Postmaster E.
J. Stackpoie has offered through the
Civic Club for the best garden.
Now don't forget the' terms. One
can enter for tlie window lx>x, rear or
front yard or porch garden. If you
have planned to go In for the contest,
just notify Miss Bucliler by postcard
and dig Into Uie garden. Further
more, anyone, large or small, can
enter.
ELECTION I\ BALTIMORE
Baltimore. Md., May 4.—Candidates
for mayor, city comptroller, and mem
bers of the clt council, who will hold
office for four years, are being voted
for here to-day. Mayor James H. Pres
ton, Democrat, is a candidate for re
election. His Republican opponent is
Charles H. Helntzeman. There are
two Progressive party candidates both
for city council.
J. !/. THOMPSON GETS
LOIN OF 120,000,000
Uniontown Bank Will Soon Re
open and Receivers Will Be
Discharged
By Associated Press
rnlontown. Pa.. May 4.—Josiah V.
Thompson. banker and holder of ex
tensive coal properties in Western
Pennsylvania. Eastern Ohio and West
Virginia, xvlio.se financial embarrass
ment has been widely felt in the thi-ee
states for several months, announced
to-day that he luul negotiated a loan
for $20,000,000 and that he And lUs
associates would soon l>e freed of their
troubles.
Mr. Thompson said further that the
I'lrsl National Bunk of I'nlontown,
which lias been in the hands of a re
ceiver since January 15, would reopen
within six weeks, that receivers ap
pointed for the many |tersons asso
ciated with him would be discharged,
and that the 430,000 acres or coal
lands involved would be withdrawn
from the market. Mr. Thompson did
not disclose the names or the persons
who have agreed to advance the
money, but added that they were con
versant with the situation, although a
corps of expert accountants was to go
Into every phase of the situation with
out delay.
CARGO WORTH $4,000,000
By Associated Press
San Francisco, Cal., May 4.—With
what was said to-day to be the largest
number of passengers that ever crossed
the Pacific ocean on a passenger ship,
and with a cargo valued at 14,0(10,000,
the Pacific Mall liner Manchuria
reached port here last night from the
Orient. Among the 740 passengers
aboard were 4 8 of the cabin pas
sengers of the liner Minnesota, wrecked
several weeks ago In the Sea of Japan.
0 S. AWAITS FACTS
IN GULFLIGHT CASE
President Wilson Refrains From
Commenting on Wrecking of
American Steamer
EXPECT FULL REPORT SOON
State Department Officials Say
There Was Excuse For
Attack on Vessel
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., May 4.—Presi
dent Wilson refrained from comment
ing on the wrecking of the American
steamer Gulfllght by a German torepdo
while awaiting advices on all the facts
and circumstances. The President said
he expecte# a full report from Consul
Stephens, at Plymouth. England, as
well as from Ambassador Gerard, at
Berlin.
Although State Department officials
who have looked into the legal phases
of the matter based on the preliminary
reports are convinced that there was
no excuse for the attack on the Gulf
llght, Secretary Bryan reiterated his
] statement that until the official facts
in the case are In hand no decision
would be reached as to the American
government's policy or its representa
tions to Germany. The United States,
however, probably will demand ample
reparation In case the inquiry dis
closes that a German submarine made
the attack.
Minister of Justice
Says Jans Will Send
Ultimatum to China
By Associated Press
Toldo, May 4.—Minister of Jnstlce
Osakl is quoted by the newspapers a.-
having announced that the cabinet had
decided to send an nltimatnm to
China urging her to iwon«ider the de
! clsion to make no further concessions
jto Japan.
I It Is explained in official circle* that
i Japan has no desire to resort to foree,
! hut China "must he made to realize
I this country is determined npon the
I awptance of Its program for solidify
ing the peace of the Orient."
NINETEEN YEARS FOR
MAX MOR6ENTHAU
Judge Sadler Sentences Murderer
of Fanner John M, Rnpp in
Cumberland Court
Special to The Telegraph
Carlisle, Pa., May 4.—ln court here
this morning District Attorney Alex
ander asked for the sentencing of
Max Morgenthau for the murder of
John M. Rupp, a farmer, near Me
chanlcsburg, May 24. 1914. Recently
the Supreme Court fixed the verdict as
second degree and it was on this de
cision that the district attorney asked
for sentence to-day. Judge Sadler
made no comment, but Immediately
sentenced Morgenthau to not less than
nineteen years nor more than.twenty
at hard labor in the penitentiary. Mor
genthau had nothing to say when
called for sentence, but Is said to be
j greatly disappointed, as he fully ex
pected a shorter term in view of hav
ing pleaded guilty at the first trial.
Wife Poisoned Him, He
Charges in Divorce Case
Bloomsburg. Pa., May 4.—Allega
tions that his wife poisoned him and
then refused to call a physician, that
he awoke to find her standing over his
i bed. shotgun in hand, that she de
i clared she would "get him yet," that
she became enraged when he loaned a
buggy to a neighbor and remained up
stairs, refusing to help in the house- j
work for four months, and that she
chased him with a butcher knife on
the streets of Mlllvllle. were "a few of
the sensations sprung to-day j n the
Columbia county court by Bowman
Mordan In his divorce proceedings
against tils wife. ,
AUSTRO-GERMAN ARMY
PIERCES RUSS FRONT
IN BRILLIANT CHARGE
Sudden Attack in Western Galicia Was Result of Plans
Laid by Military Chiefs Several Weeks Ago; British
Believe War Will Be Greatly Prolonged as Result of
Engagement; New Austrian Army Prepared to Re
sume Offensive in Campaign Against Serbia
Italy has postponed again her de
cision concerning participation in the
war. Rome dispatches say that new
offers have been presented on behalf
of Austria in an effort to satify Italy's
territorial demands.
King Victor Emmanuel's decision not
to attend the unveiling of the Gari
baldi monument is regarded as indi
cating that no warlike action will be
taken In the immediate future; for It
was the opinion In Rome that his pres
ence on this occasion would have been
equivalent to a declaration of war on
Austria. Prince von Buelow, the Ger
man ambassador, is credited with hav
ing averted a crisis by presenting the
new offers.
Information from Vienna, which the
Austrian military authorities are now
willing to have known, shows that the
sudden attack on the Russians in west
ern Gallcla was the result of an elabo
rate plan made by the German and
Austrian military chiefs several weeks
ago. A large army of fresh Austrian
and German troops was concentrated
before Cracow before the attack.
Claim** Exaggerated?
Unofficial advices from Russian
sources aasert the German claims of
victory are exaggerated, although it Is
admitted the movement was an im
portant one. The Russian war office
lias had little to say concerning this
situation further than to state that
violent fighting has taken place. A
London dispatch concedes that if it Is
true the Russian front has been
pierced, the war will be prolonged
greatly. Simultaneously with the new
attack on the Russian front Austria
has resumed operations against Monte
negro after a lull over the greater part
of the winter. An official Monte
negrin statement says Austrian attacks
| all along the front were repulsed. At
[ Berlin it is said a new Austrian army
has been prepared to resume the cam
paign s gainst Serbia.
Little news comes from the Dar
* BRITISH STEAMER TORPEDOED I
P , London, May 4, 1.33 P. M. The British steamer
! Minterne, from Cardiff for the rivor Plato, with 6,000 tons i
Pof coal was torpedoed off the Scilly islands, Monday. Two
I firemen wore killed and the second engineer was injured.
■ The woundod man and the remainder of the crew have been
| landed at Pensance.
NO AGREEMENT BETWEEN U. S. AND BRITISH '
I London, My 4, 3.43 P. M. The United States and
I Great Britain have entered into no formal negotiation* on '
| the eubject of Japan's demands on China. A statement tc
I this effect wae made in the House of Commoms to-day by ®
J British Foreign Minister Sir Edward Grey.
MAY HAVB TO SPEND $5,882,179,#00 ■
London, May 4, 4.43 P. M.—la presenting the budge'
I to the House of Commons to-day the chancellor of th» j
F exchequer, David Lloyd George, estimated that if the wat
I lasted during the whole of the fiscal year Great Britain's
f expenditure in that time would be £1,135,434,000 ($5,682,- J
11 70,000).
f
I HERNDON BRIDGE BILL PASSES
I Harrisburg—The Senate to-day passed finally the bill i
I for erection of a bridge across the Susquehanna between
! Port Trevorton and Herndon.
f 30,000 RUSSIANS CAPTURED
L Vienna, May 4, via London, 6.15 P. M.—Thirty thoua- '
I and Russian soldiers, twenty-two cannon and forty-four !
L machine guns were captured in the battle of West Gaiicia i
j according to an official statement given out in Vienna this
I afternoon. f
P BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCING
London, May 4, 6.20 P. M.—British troops are now ad-
P vancing into the interior of the Gallipoli peninsula, accord- '
ing to an official statement issued in London this evening.
L THIRD CLASS CITY BILL OUT '
| Harrisburg, Pa., May 4.—The bill to amend the third
I class city law was reported out of committee to-day. As it ®
stands it would eliminate the non-partisan feature of the
Clark act under which the cities of Pennaylvaia are now 1
operating.
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' MARRIAGE LICENSES
... and Carrie I.amlirrt, Strelton. (harlra Crlmwln LUley.
Worml»r«bnrK, and Annie Kllmihri h Ulnkinser. Allrnloira. Franka
.Guerlal, Lebanon, and Mary Turel, city. Hobert G. Cleveland RaffcaO
J"r«w, aad Hrrtlin May Turn., Wea« Painrlew. T
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danelles. One unofficial dispatch says
fierce flfrhting is proceeding day and
night. It it* reported the Turks have
suffered heavily and that their most
important defenses are now invested,
but such reports as come from Con
stantinople continue to present an op
timistic view of the situation.
UNION TKOOPS VICTORIOUS
By Associated Press
Cape Town, via London, May 4, 5.11
A. \l.—An unffiooial statement Issued
here last night says that General Bo
tha's Union of South Africa troops on
Sunday captured Otymbinßue, an Im
portant post 100 miles east of Swa
kopmund, German Southwest Africa.
Second "Ripper" Murder
Within Few Weeks Stirs
New York's East Sido
By .Issceiated Press
New York, May 4.—Convinced thrt
Charles Murray, the 4%-vear-old bov
murdered in the hallway of a lower-
East Side tenement last night wa J
slain by the man who on March I''
killed Leonore Cohn, 5 years old, tha
police made energetic efforts to-da
to arrest the murderer. Both crime?
were "ripper" murders presenting
many similar features.
Several men who were lingering
about the neighborhood of the Mur
ray home were arrested on suspicion
early to-day but most of them were
released when the little sister of thi
murdered boy failed to identify them
as the man she had seen hurrying
from the hallway In which the boy's
body was found soon afterward.
A negro porter in whose clothlnir
were found several rusty razor blade*
and a revolver and who was lolterins
near the Murray tenement, was still
under arrest. The second murder
only a short distance from the seen"
of the killing of the Cohn child caused
a scare among Eaat Side parents.