Passports of Archibald, Dr. Dumba's Messenger, Cancelled bvSecretary Lanslna HARRISBURG ifillili TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 210 SECRETIR* EKING CINCEES PASSPORTS OF RRCHILD. DR. OUMBA'S MESSENGER Emergency Papers Will Be Issued in Rotterdam to Permit American Newspa perman to Return to United States FIRST OFFICIAL STEP IN TANGLED SITUATION State Department and De partment of Justice Will Decide What Action Will Be Taken as Soon as More Details Arrive By .Associated Press Washington. Sept. 9. Secretary Lansing has cancelled the passports of James F. J. Archibald, the American correspondent upon whom British se cret service men found communica tions from Dr. Constantin Dumba, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to his foreign office on the subject of foment ing strikes in American munitions plants. Archibald now is in Rotter dam and American Minister Van Dyke has been instructed to issue an emer gency passport to permit his return to the United States, when the De partment of Justice probably will be called on to decide if he has violated any law of the United States in acting as a messenger for one of the Euro pean belligerents. Cancellation of Archibald's passport is the first official action in a diploma tic situation which it has been sug- might possibly extend so far as to cause the departure of Dr. Dum ba from this country. American government officials were amazed at the disclosures which fol lowed Archibald's detention at Fal mouth and were particularly annoyed that an American passport had been used to carry what practically amounts to military information. Dr. Dumba has made his explana- ] ations to Secretary Lansing, saying the only instructions from his gov ernment were to give widest publicity to the decree announcing enforcement of the Austro-Hungarian penal code against subjects who engaged in manufacture of war munitions for their country's enemies. He contend ed he was fully within his rights in warning his country. Yesterday President Wilson con ferred with Secretary Lansing and Dr. Dumba departed for his summer em bassy at Lenox, Mass., to await news of this government's decision which, it was understood, will not be reached until more documentary evidence comes from London. Officials of the State Department and the Department of Justice are now making preliminary Investigations which may decide what further action, if any, may be taken in Archibald's case. General Von Bernhardi Gets Command in Field By Associated Press Berlin, Sept. 9, via London. 11.30 a. m.—General Friedrich A. J. Von Bernhardi has been assigned to a field command, at his own request by Em peror William. He has already left for the front. General Von Bernhardi Is one of the best-known military writers of Germany. In a book entitled "Ger many and the Next War." written tn 1912 he forecast many of «the main efatures of the present campaigns. SHXMAX INQUEST TO-NIGHT The inquest into the death of Miss Margaret E. Shuman. who It is alleged was kicked and beaten to death by her father, will be held by Coroner Eckinger in the office of District At torney Michael E. Stroup, this even ing at 7.30 o'clock. The preliminary hearing by the district attorney will be held later in the week. THE WEATHER For Harrisburg and vlelnltyi Fair to-night and Frldayj cooler Friday. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Prob ( ably fair to-night and Friday i not much rbangc In temperature-) light, variable nlnda. River The Susquehanna river and Its principal tributaries nlll tall ■lowly. .V atage of about 3.7 feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg Fri day morning. General Conditions Tbr disturbance that n»« central over Manitoba, Thursday morn ing, has moved slowly eaatM.ii-d and la nov central north nf tbr Great Lakes. It has caused showers In the Missouri and l!p --per Mississippi valleys and over a part of the I.ake Region, Temperature! 8 a. m., 72. Sun: Rlaes, 5i40 a. m.| aeta, 0:25 p. m. t Moon: New moon, to-day, fi:33 a. m. River Staget 3.9 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 87. Lowest temperature. <W. Mean temperature. 78. Normal temperature, 67. MILITIIIIVMB FOR TECH STUDENTS BEING CONSIDERED J. Grant Koons Will Take Up Ques tion With School Board in Near Future ORGANIZE CADET CORPS Prepare Youth of City For De fense of Nation in Case of Need Tech high school boys of the future needn't have any misgiving as to their ability to give the best kind of an ac count of themselves in a military way if the plans of J. Grant Koons, one of the instructors at the trades school pnd a former first sergeant and drill master of the Governor's Troop, can be successfully worked out. Ex-Sergeant Koons plans to or ganize a cavalry, artillery and infantry cadet corps among the youths of Tech nical high school. For months Sergeant Koons has been considering the scheme, although the recent agitation for national de fense. the advantages of a reserve, the importance of educating the youth of the country as to how to handle them selves afield and in camp in case of war and many similar problems that were suggested by the Plattsburg camp have lent considerable impetus to the movement. Sergeant Koons hasn't worked out the details yet, 'tis true, but he ex pects in the near future to present the matter officially for the School Board's consideration. While military instruction in cav alry, artillery and infantry are to be an important feature of the proposed organization. Sergeant Koons hopes to devote especial attention to camp de velopment and particularly to camp sanitation. "Most of the disease that causes so n.uch trouble in the military camps originates, I have found, in the lack of proper sanitary precautions," said Mr. Koons. "Flies, for instance, would not be nearly so numerous If there were proper precautions to guard against them in the laying out of the camp. Furthermore, necessary atten tion should he given to drainage, etc. All these things could be taught the the summer, the summer." "My plan eventually is to endeavor to have the school authorities to in clude a systematized course of mili tary training in the school curriculum, say two hours weekly." Youngsters Writing Away At Improvement Essays in the Telegraph Contest Scores of youngsters throughout the city are now diligently working on pa papers on the theme "Why Is Harris burg a Better City for the Boys and Girls as a Result of Improvements of the Last Fifteen Years?" which they plan to enter in the Telegraph's prize contest. The contest closes Wednesday, Sep tember 15, and is designed to ascer tain the value of the improvements to school boys and girls. In order to en courage them to greater effort, prizes of $5, $3 and $2 will be awarded the writers of the best papers. Competent judges will read the papers and award the prizes. As an additional incentive the prize winning story will be printed in the Telegraph with the name of the writer in hig. bold, black type right at the top of it. V Hustling Along Work on River Wall Gap j Twenty-one concrete stringers have been constructed thus far across the gap in the river front wall at Market street. Work is being pushed with all possible speed on the closing of the opening by Engineer Flbridge W. Cow den and Inspector William C. Halbert, both of whom appreciate the impor tance of completing the Job in time for the big municipal celebration. Whether or not night work will be necessary has not been decided defi nitely, although City Commissioner W. H. Lynch, superintendent of streets and public improvements, has planned to have some electric lights strung across the gap In order to facilitate night operations. While the stringers are being set in the frames "511" is being hauled and dumped behind the strineers to sup port the steps. Work on the construc tion of the foot wall will be started to-morrow. Taft Makes His First Political Speech on Tour By Associated Press Seattle, Wash., Sept. 9.—William H. Taft in a speech here last night what he characterized as his first political talk he had made on his present tour, defined what the "return must mean" of dissentiment Republicans to their party. "They cannot involve the old party," he said, "in promotion of those planks of the so-called Progressive party adopted in 1912, which never were and never will he supported by the national Renublican party." The former President's speech was made In the lobby of a hotel shortly after his arrival here from San Fran cisco, in response to an address of welcome by the president of the Young Meh's Republican Club of this city. Ford's Peace Fund Is Raised to $10,000,000 Philadelphia. Sept. 9.—Henry Ford, the motor magnate, who Is coming to Philadelphia soon to discuss with John Wana maker the new Ford idea for an educational peace propaganda, a cam paign against militaristic activities in the United States, announced last night In Detroit an increase in hig endowment for world-wide peace from $1 000.000 to $10,000.000. Mr. Ford said the methods of Its disposition woudl not he taken up until after he had conferred with Mr. Wanamaker and Thomas A. Edison. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1915. I ALL EYES UPON HARRISBURG; § | STORY OF CITY'S PROGRESS§ Why the People Are Planning a Great Celebration—Millions of Dollars Expended in Public Improvements Since 1901—Tale of Marvelous Community Co-operation S] HARRISBURG'S marvelous story of substantial achievement along material and esthetic i lines has been told throughout the country and is to-day an inspiration i for cities everywhere. I Back in April, 1901. the Telegraph [ began a lively discussion of the con ! Crete needs of Harrisburg and on the 27th of the same month printed a half-page cut suggesting an intercept ing sewer and wall, a terrace and walk along the River Front with certain, other important improvements. In cluding filtration of the water supply, parks, street pavinr city hall. etc. iThis pictorial suggestion was the sub ject of much favorable comment and • led to a city-wide agitation in which I many prominent citizens participated. ; For several days the Telegraph print ed interviews and letters on the sub ject of the proposed improvements and |on May 3. J. V. W. Reynders of the Pennsylvania Steel Company in a let ter to the Telegraph strongly endorsed the movement and made some prac tical suggestions, among others the | raising of a fund of $5,000 to secure | expert investigation and analysis of the city's needs. On the following day Mr. Reynders and the Telegraph led | the subscription list with 1100 each jand in a lively campaign of nine days through the co-operation of ithe press of the city, the municipal ; officials and public-spirited citizens ithe entire amount of $5,000 was sub j scribed. Experts Engaged [ With this fund in hand the next step | was the engaging of expert engineers to study local conditions. Meanwhile jan enthusiastic meeting of the Board ZEPPELIN RAID OIL HEART OF LONDON? Telegrams Received in Chicago Intimate Attack Was Made Last Night CENSORS HARD AT WORK Bombs Believed to Have Been Dropped in Vicinity of West minster Abbey ! London. Sept. 9, 4.05 p. m.—Twenty i persons were killed and S6 others in ' jured in last night's Zeppelin raid, j These figures were given out here offi j cially to-day. The German airships i flew over the eastern counties of Eng land and the London district. The official statement gives the fol lowing list of casualties: Killed 12 men. 2 women and 6 chil dren: Injured, seriously, 8 men, 4 wo- I men and 2 children. Injured slightly, jSS men, 23 women and 11 children. | One soldier was killed and three j were injured. All the other victims | were civilians. I Chicago. Sept. 9.—The Daily News to-day bases a surmise that last night's ! Zeppelin raids on England must have I been over the heart of London, on two 'telegrams from a staff correspondent lat London. The first read "Daily i News office and staff safe" and the [second "all well." "It is evident," says the Daily News, "that the raid on the British capital was effective in or near what is called 'the heart of London.' The Daily News office is in Trafalgar Square, not far from such landmarks as St. James Palace, Westminster Abbey, the Par liament buildings and the Charing Cross railroad sttaion." "PEACE MOVEMENT" STARTED By Associated Press San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 9. The border "peace movement' started at San Benito has spread up and down the Rio Grande with much success it was said to-day in reports from a score of communities which adopted the plan. than two thousand guns have been surrendered by Mex icans on guarantees of protection and return of the weapons after quiet is restored in the districts which have been thrown into turmoil by bandits. ROPE FOUND OX BODY Easton, Pa.. Sept. 9.—The body of Floyd Bossard, drowned In the Dela ware river last Thursday evening while he was shooting the Getters Island lapids in a canoe, was found to-day at Rocky Falls, eight miles below Easton. A peculiar feature of the finding of the body is tfcnt a large rope was looped about It. Bossard's companions assert there was no ror>e in the canoe. TO PLAN WINTER CHARITIES Plans for the winter activities of the Associated Charities will be formu lated at a meeting of the board next Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Yates, who was recently elected secretary to suc ceed Miss Hazel lone Clark, resigned, will arrive here to take charge of the work next week. SHIMMELL SCHOOL TO BE DEDICATED IN NOVEMBER Plans are being made for the dedi cation of the new L. S. Shlmmell school building at Seventeenth and Catherine streets Wednesday, Novem ber 24, An elaborate program, in cluding several addresses, is being completed for the ceremonies, which will be held in the school auditorium. of Trade was held, which body pledged its active support in a resolution pro viding for a general mass meeting of the people to consider the whole ques tion of public improvements. Speeches were made by Robert Snodgrass, Spencer C. Gilbert, John S. Sible, Col. H. C. Demmlng, Major Joseph C. Smith, the editor of the Telegraph, who was called upon to ex plain the tentative suggestion of this newspaper, and others. It was an enthusiastic gathering. On May 17, 1901, a committee of the Board of Trade was appointed to act in conjunction with representatives of councils in selecting experts and ar ranging the preliminaries. This com mittee was composed of Mayor John A. Fritchey, City Engineer M. B. Cowden, Dr. H. B. Walter, represent ing select council; H. M. Hoisteln, representing common council; J. V. W. Reynders. Vance C. McCormick, J. A. Affleck. Robert Snodgrass, J. Horace McFarland, D. L. Jauss and T. T. Weirman. This committee subsequently agreed upon the following experts to study the conditions and report upon the best scheme of improvement: War ren H. Manning of Boston, on parks; James H. Fuertes of New York, on filtration and sewerage, and M. R. Sherrerd of Newark, on paving. These engineers, famous as experts, con ducted their investigations during the summer of 1901 and on November 21 of the same year their reports were presented to the Board of Trade on behalf of the committee by Robert Snodgrass. The recommendations provided for filtration of the water supply, treatment of the foul channel through the Paxton Creek valley, en- METTRACESWILL FEATURE WATER FETE DURING CELEBRATION Two Crews of Four Men and Single Shell Stars to Com pete in Carnival Two crews of four men each and four single shell stars will be sent to Harrisburg by tne rairmount Rowing Association of Philadelphia for the great municipal improvement cele bration water carnival, it was an nounced this morning by J. Ray Hof fert, chairman of the water carnival committee. This association is one of the most prominent rowing organizations in the East and each year holds a series of regattas on the Schuylkill river, Fair mount Park. The members include a number of former college stars and the best men on the membership roll will be sent to this city. The arrangements for the coming of the oarsmen to this city were made through the co-oper ation of J. H. Monahan, a member of the club and Theodore ("Dutz") Ber rier, formerly of this city and now a Philadelphian. When negotiations were started to make shellboat races a part of the water sports. it was teared that A. A. U. rules would interfere, as rowing as sociations work under amateur rules. The objections were overcome by an agreement that no cash shall be given individuals who participate. The lo cal committee will see that the ex penses of the Quaker City rowers are paid. Chairman Hoffert at once notified the Fairmount association that in all probability cups will be awarded the winners, and that the race will be rowed under A. A. U. rules. The ques tion of prizes and number of events [Continued on Page 10] AGAIN STRIKE BACK 8,000 Persons, Exclusive of Dead and Wounded, Claim of Czar's Forces By Associated Press London, Sept. 9, 12.20 P. M. —For the first time in many weeks the Rus sians, according to their own state ments, have inflicted a severe defeat on their opponents. The battle of Tuesday near Tarnopol, seventy miles east of and near the Gallclan frontier, while not conclusive. Is re garded in England as indicating that he Russians are reaching the stage [Continued on Page 10] Saturday Is Last Day For City Registration If you have not yet registered and you wish to vote at the Fall primaries September 21, don't forget to register Saturday, September 11. That will be the last day for city registration. All day the registrars will sit at the various polling places and the returns are expected to show one of the j heaviest registrations in many years. largement of sewerage facilities, the' Wiidwood Park control dam, construe-; tlon of a dam in the river, creation of a park system and general paving rec ommendations. The Plan Endorsed Day after day the Telegraph printed j expressions by many prominent citi zens and officials favoring the im- j provements as outlined, such state- j ments as these appearing dally in I this newspaper: "The plan should bo carried out; the children in the schools should be educated to it and their parents should advocate it." Again, "I am heartily In favor of the plan and congratulate the Telegraph upon it." Again, "I heartily approve of the forward movement suggested by the Tele graph. Harrisburg having passed the 50,000 mark is destined to take her I place as one of the great cities of | Pennsylvania." Many similar en-j dorsements emphasized the prelimin- i ary campaign which was pushed with vigor throughout the sumaver a-»id Au tumn. December 6, 1901, an ordinance was introduced in Common Council sub mitting the proposition to increase the indebtedness of the city by the sum of $1,090,000 for the extension, improvement and filtration of the! water supply, the extension and im provement of the sewerage system, for a sanitary dam in the Susquehanna and the purchase of park sites and the Improvement of the parks, to cre ate a fund for the paving of street ] intersections and providing for the! submission of the whole matter of a (Continued on Page 9.) TUBERCULOSIS TS UP BY CONFERENCE Homeopathic Medical Society Be gins Discussion Following Dr. Shaffle Address MRS. A. C. STAMM HONORED Harrisburg Woman Made Director of Women's Homeopathic League Ft>r Thr?e Years By Associated Prtu Buena. Vista Springs, Pa., Sept. 9.T Scientific discussions, the annual brfn quet, the nomination of officers for the ensuing year and sightseeing trips en gaged the attention to-day of the two hundred physicians meeting at the Buena Vista Springs Hotel here at the fifty-second conference of the Penn sylvania State Homeopathic Medical Society. Dr. Henry I. Klopp, superintendent (Continued on Page 7.) AWAIT NOTE OX ARABIC By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Sept. 9. Ger many's note explaining the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic with the loss of American lives, was awaited to-day by Administration officials who declined to comment on versions of its text contained in Berlin press dis patches. 8,000 PRISONERS CAPTCRED By Associated Press Petrograd. Sept. 8. via London, Sept. 9.—Near Tornopol the Russians have defeated the third German division and the forty-eighth reserve division with an Austrian brigade, capturing 8,000 prisoners and thirty guns besides a quick-firer, according to an official statement issued to-night at the war office. IRBITRDTDRS DECIDE IGIIIETJ. STOUGH Verdict For $2,700 Returned in Favor of Hazleton Council man in Slander Suit By Associated Prest Wilkes-Barre. Pa., Sept. 9.—A ver dict for $2,700 was returned to-day by the arbitrators against the Rev. Henry W, Stough of Wheaton. Ills., and in favor of William Cullen, a councilman of Hazleton, whom the evangelist was charged with slander? ing in a revival campaign held in Ha zleton early last year. The finding followed a $50,000 suit filed after the evangelist accused Cullen and three other prominent citizens and politi cians of being responsible for the- al leged immoral conditions of the city. The arbitrators In making their find ing said: [ 'There Is no special privilege at tached to a clergyman, much less an evangelist. There would be higher and better grounds for according spe cial privilege to a clergyman, that Is la pastor of a congregation than to an | evangelist, the clergyman being more or less permanently located and hav ing a local habitation. The evangel ist on the other hand is a mere floater, here to-day. gone to-morrow, and ac countable to nobody, and only answer l able to the law." CHILD INJURED IN FALL While playing in front of his home this morning little Clarence Clough, aged 4, 737 South Nineteenth street, fell and fractured his right collarbone. 11 PAGES YOUTH 10 SHIII TECH HIGH STUDENT GIVES HIMSELF UP Sends Bullet Into Crowd Who Passed Insulting Remarks About Girl HELD UNDER $1,500 BAIL Says He Shot at Pavement; Calls to See Victim at Harris burg Hospital _ ... VICTIM AND CAUSE OF SHOOTING Paul Melcholr, a Tech High junior was shot In the left side last night whiles with a crowd of boys who passed alleged insulting remarks about Miss Anna Shandler, 1415 Wallace street. Melchoir and Miss Shandler are in the etching above. Accompanied by his father, George Swovelin, aged 18, of 640 K|elker street, charged with shooting Paul Melchoir, aged 16, of 629 Kelker street, last night came to police head quarters this morning and surrend ered himself to the authorities. (Continued on Page 7.) MINERS HEAR SUFFRAGISTS Wilkes-Barre, Pa.. Sept. 9. The delegates to the tri-district convention ol' the United Mine Workers in session here listened to the appeals of the wo men suffragists t»-day, while the scale committee met in secret session and worked on the list of demands to be presented to the operators to take the place of the present agreement. Miss Emily F. Johnson, of West Pitts ton. a member of the county suffrage committee, was the chief speaker in the case of "votes for women." M' w "V lll nYi J t VIENNA FOREIGN OFFICE MAY BE NOTIFIED ' ' Washington, Sept. 9.—Unless the Austrian government ' ( itself takes some step in the case of Dr. Constantin Dumba, < ! * its Ambassador here, the diplomatic incident growing out of j! the disclosure.of the Ambassador's connection with plana | > j • for hampering manufacturers of war munitions.in the United , States probably will be called to the attention of the Vienna , i | Foreign Office. This was announced at the State Depart- ' ment to-day. < f FALLS FROM SCAFFOLD * ' When he slipped on a scaffold at the new Bowman ' . store, Albert O. Emig, Jr., an electrician for the Dauphin * > * Electrical Supply Company, fell fifteen feet. Hit left 1 ! was fractured. « f < f APPLE JELLY CATCHES FIRE ! Harrisburg When a kettle of apple jelly caught fire | J I • in the kitchen of ihe home of Robert Carrington, 1517 Derry street, at 3.30 oclock this afternoon, the dense black | | | I smoke poured from the window*, rtsusing neighbors to sound an alarm. 1 ' < I STAHL SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS « f ■ I New York, Sept. 9.—Guastav Stahl, the German ' servist who swore he saw four guns on the Lusitania just i > f before she sailed from here on her last trip, but later admit < P ted his affidavit was false and entered a plea of guilty u j < I perjury, was to-day sentenced by Federal Judge Hough to : eighteen months' imprisonment in the Federal Prison at At- t < lanta, and to pay a fine of SI.OO. ' ' PLAN ATTACK ON DARDANELLES j 4 Sofia, Bulgaria, Tuesday, Sept. 7, via Berlin and Wire- 1 < less to Tuckerton, N. J., Sept. 9.—According to information | received from reliable sources, the allies are now concentrat- ' » ' ing large forces, including heavy landing artillery, for a gen eral attack on the Dardanelles. « J < 9 BABY SWALLOWS POISON While playing in a closet this afternoon, Mary, the one- , r < l year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Chindler, 527 Wood , bine street, found some pills containing strychnine and ate | I them. Physicians at the hospital hSve hopes for her recov -vy, j i MARRIAGE LICENSES'' Vrtrr Acri nnd Jennie I.uvln, Steelton. I Carlo* Rroaloa and Maudlr Wnmer, Vpper Paxton. David Ralph Sauna inn n and Mary Blla Shuater, city. g I 1 ' Boy Cannon BtovtStui and Floreuce Elisabeth Tenny, Wert Faltrltw.' > & * POSTSCRIPT SENT HELD FOR pur part iii EMPLOYEE'S DEATH Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols, Aged and Wealthy, Attacked and Robbed by Masked Men JEWELS WORTH SIO,OOO TAKEN Victim Is Believed to Have Died of Fright, Although She Was Strangled By Associated Press New York, Sept. 9.—Owney Talas, t. Russian Finn, for two and a half months a hallboy tn the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols, the aged widow who met death last night at the hands of masked merf, who robbed her of gems valued at SIO,OOC, was arrested to-day after he had confessed, the police as sert. to having played a part in the crime. He was formally charged with murder. All other servants in the house were freed of suspicion. Deputy Police Commissioner Lord announced. Preliminary examination of Mrs. Nichols' body revealed the probability that she had died of fright and not of strangulation as at first supposed, Mr. Lord said. An autopsy to be perform ed later to-day will disclose the exact cause of death. Although the burglars stripped their victim's fingers and cars of diamonds and other Jewels worth {IO,OOO they (Continued on Pa*je 7.) BIG CUT IX WORKING HOURS By Associated Press j Toledo. 0., Sept. 9. The War. | ner Manufacturing Company, extensive | manufacturers of automobile parts an t nounced to-day that the company ; would reduce the working hours at its ; plant to 48 hours per week during I October with no change in the scale i of wages. ARE DECREASING By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Sept. 9. An analysis of American Imports, issued to-day by the Department of Com i merce, showed the value of goods i shipped into the United States during the fiscal year 1915 was less by $219,- 700,000 than the previous year's trade. Total Imports amounted to $1,674,- 200,000.
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