Arctic Explorer, Lost For Year and Half Gels Message Through to Oulslde World
HARRISBURG iSSlflil TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 218
JITNEYS CUT DEEP
INTO CITY'S TUXES
FROM TRACTION CO.
Quarter Mill or More on Tax Rate
Must Be Made Up by Failure
of Street Car Earnings
RECEIPTS AT LOW EBB
Even Small Dividend Would Have
Been Omitted Had It Not Been
For Small Surplus on Hand
Stockholders of the Harrisburg Rail
ways company were given an uncom
fortable jolt with the announcement
yesterday that the directors had de
clared a dividend of one per cent, for
the six months ending October first.
This is a reduction of 1% per cent, in
the usual semiannual dividend and
presents a cumulative deficiency In the
dividend distribution of 2 % per cent,
for the year. Officials of the com
pany are reticent about the situation,
but it developed to-day that the sub
ject of the dividend was a matter of
serious debate at the meeting on
Thursday. It appears from what has
leaked out that the net earnings of
the company for the past six months
have been less than SI,OOO and the
morsel of one per cent, which Is to
be doled out on the first of October
has been made possible by a surplus
which will be almost wiped out when
the dividend shall have been paid.
It was understood that the preferred
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Derry Supervisors Held
For Court Because
of Road Conditions
The supervisors of Derry township
yesterday were held for court by a
Hummelstown Justice of the Peace.
They are charged with maintaining a
nuisance in not keeping roads in pas
sable condition. The case will bo
heard in court, Monday, September 27.
The complaint against the supervi
sors was made by the Palmyra Auto
mobile Club, and the suit followed.
At the hearing the supervisors had
thirty-eight witnesses, while the auto
mobile club had twenty-two persons to
testify as to the unfit condition of the
roads in complaint.
The roads are those leading from
the Dauphin & Berks turnpike to
Bradley's quarries,, and part of the
road known as the Gravel Hill road.
There are three hills on the Gravel
Hill road which are claimed to be in
poor condition.
The supervisors were warned to put
these sections of road in good condi
tion and the suits are said to have fol
lowed their inaction.
Department of Training
For Citizenship to Be
Added to Public Schools
By .Associated Press
Pittsburgh,' Sept, 17.—The committee
of instruction of the Board of Educa
tion announced to-day that a depart
ment devoted to training for citizenship
will be added to the public school sys
tem beginning October 4, and continu
ing in operations for twenty weeks.
Sessions will b'e held at night and
three courses will be offered students,
special attention being given to the
English language in each course. An
arrangement with the Federal authori
ties provides that the «iames of all per
sons applying for naturalization will be
filed with the school authorities.
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Stores Closed Saturday
The following; inform will he clon
ed all day Safurdny, September 18,
on aeeount of ReligiouM Holiday,
but will re-open at <1 o'clock.
Knufman'* L nder*elllng; Stored.
Samuel Kuhn Clothing Store.
The Hub.
The Globe.
Sol. Kuhn and Company.
JON. GoldMiulth.
Miller and liases.
H. Cluster.
H. Mark* and Son.
Schleltiner'M.
P. H. ( apian Company.
Ladlen' Bazaar.
Factory Outlet Shoe Store.
H. Cohen.
B. Handler and Company.
Factory Outlet.
Wonder Store.
Rubin and Kuhln.
The Spot Clothing; Home.
J. Coplinnky.
J. Ilrenuttr.
B. Bloom.
Snlkin and Son.
Williams Shoe Store.
National Supply Company.
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THE WEATHER
Hnrrlnhurjt and vicinity i Fnlr
to-nlKlit and Saturday. SUfclitlv
cooler.
KaMtern Pennaylvania i Fair to.
night and Saturday. Slightly lower
temperature.
River
The main river will probably rUe
■lightly to-nlKht and Saturday
The tributaries will tall slowly or
remain nearly stationary.
General C onditions
Pressure continues high over the
eastern half of the country, but It
hn-t decreased along; the Atlantic
coast, particularly in Sen England
where the fall has been decided. \
disturbance south of Florida ha.
<'«o»ed showers In the South Atlan
tic and Eaat Gulf States.
It Is 2 to 8 degrees cooler than
on Thursday morning at a majority
of the stations In the northern half
«f thr country east of the Roclcr
Mountains.
Temperature! H a. m., 72| 2 p. ra .
87.
Sunt Rises, ,1.47 a. m.; Sets, (1,13
P- m.
Moon i Full moon. Sept. 27, 4.3,1
a. m.
River Stages 8.2 feet above low
water mark.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER
Highest temperature. SS.
I.owest Temperature, 70.
Mean Temperature, 7H.
Kormal temperature, 65. '
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CAMPAIGN 111 CITY
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Sixteen Candidates For City Coun
cil and Many For Other
Officers
No more interesting political shindy
lias ever been staged for the Harris
burg public than the present primary
battle for the several pity offices to
be tilled at the November elections.
Those who are not candidates arej
friends of candidates and up and down!
they go throughout the city banging
each other over the head or using a
stiletto in the back.
It is ''some" campaign and the phil
osopher who can sit on the sidelines;
and watch the show is bound to have
ample suggestion for epigrammatic
comment on the foolishness of men.
Those who look deeper into the situa
tion than the average onlooker, how
ever, realize the menace to what the
political orator is proud to roll out
sonorously as "popular government,"
in the multiplication of candidates and
ease with which political combinations'
can be made for and against the in
terests of tjte community at large.
Conservative citizens are beginning to
understand that the so-called open
primary is more or less of a reform
Joke. In their Judgment it hasn't
one element of reform about It, but
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Autoists Swindled Out
of Millions of Gallons
of Gasoline Annually
New York, Sept. 17.—Warning thut
many sellers of gasoline in this city
are giving short measure was issued
by the commissioner of weights and
measures to-day to the drivers ai\d
owners of automobiles.
In some cases, he said, the short
age amounts to two gallons in a ten
gallon purchase. He estimated that
75,000 automobiles arein daily use In
this city and that they use 75,000,000
gallons of gasoline yearly.
HANK TREASURER PLEADS.
Gl'll/TY TO STEALING $.16.000
Ansonia, Conn., Sept. 17.—Ex-Mayor
Franklin Burton pleaded guilty in the
city court to-day to a charge of em
hezling $36,000 of the funds of the
Savings Bank of Ansonia. of which he
was treasurer. He was held for fatal
in the Superior Court.
A crowd of several hundred gath
ered near the bank this morning, but
there was no disorder. In contrast to
the riotous scenes of last night.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1915
Have you ever seen a lake or river
carnival, with the water simply cov
prs(l with tt blaze of light from the
many decorated floats, canoes, row
boat* and every other conceivable
craft? Wasn't it just about the most
attractive spectacle imaginable when
the parade started and the boats fell
into line and moved slowly up and
down, back and forth, with never a
collision'.' Here is a Japanese tea
party in progress: there a float rigged
up as a beautiful flower, a tulip, per
ihaps; and there goes the winner of
the first prize, an exact replica of a
stately gondola, with Its strumming
guitar in the bow. And look! George
Washington crossing the Delaware, as
I live! There is no end to the sym
bolic representations.
Airships and aeroplanes are alway3
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GERMAN PROGRESS
111 Mi REGION
Petrograd Claims a Continuance of
Russian Successes in Gali
cian Territory
Petrograd claims a continuance of
Russian successes in Galician terri
tory. It is admitted, however, that
the Germans are making progress in
the Vilna region and in the district of
Pinsk. The capture of Pinsk by the
Germans was reported from Eerlin
yesterday.
Indications that relations between
Greece and Bulgaria are improving
and that the former nation is tending
toward a determination to continue
her neutral policy arfe noted by a cor- 1
respondent in Athens.
Paris, on the other hand, has re
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Cumberland Co. Farmer
Crushed to Death Under
Wheels of Stone Wagon
Mechanlcsburg. Pa.. Sept. 17.—John
Shell, a well-known farmer of Lower
Allen township, was fatally injured
near his home about two miles south
of this town yesterday afternoon,
while at work repairing the township
roads. Mr. Shell was hauling stone
for resurfacing road,' when the
wagon tongue broke and he was pitch
ed forward from the seat. The wheels
| passed over his body, crushing his
>chest. Four ribs were broken and the
j bones punctured the lungs. The accl-
I dent occurred almost in front of his
home and he was immediately taken
there and medical aid summoned, but
he died about eleven o'clock last night
He is survived by his wife and three
small children. No funeral arrange
ments have been made.
AMERICAN PIANIST HELD
BY GERMAN'S AS SPY
Berlln, Sept. 17.—8y Wireless to
Sayvllle.—The following was given out
to-day by the Overseas News Agency
"A second member of the family oi"
Madame Teresa Carreno, the well
known pianist, who Is an American
citizen, has been arrested on the I
charge of being a German spy. Mad- |
ame Carreno's son. Giovanni TayllaJ)!-
etra, was apprehended in Milan, where I
he was studying music. A short letter I
from his mother In Berlin, which was;
found among his papers, was consld-1
ered to be proof against ■ him.
FIRE SWEPT BLOCK !
WILL BE IBIIILT
Modern Bricks to Take Place of
Old Frames Which Were
Burned
Modern structures will take the
i place of those destroyed by Are early
yesterday morning in Fourth and
Chestnut streets according to owners.
Plans will be taken up as soon as in
surance claims have been adjusted.
What the Doehne estate will do about
rebuilding the Central garage will be
decided next week.
The apartment buildings in South
Fourth street in which were the tailor
shop of Hetrick and Geistwhite, the
barber shop of Charles S. Anderson
and the Bender Barber Supply store,
will be put in shape for occupancy ag
early as possible.
' Repairs started to-day on the Palace
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Cycle Hits Aged Woman;
Her Condition Serious
Stepping in front of a motorcycle at
Fourth and Market streets, this morn
ing Mrs. Lydia Motter, aged 72, 12 42
Ma/lcet street, was knocked down and
, seriously injured.
The motorcycle was driven by Em
ery M. Malley, 1528 Catherine "street,
who was given the signal to proceed I
by Traffic Officer 'Carson, when Mrs '
. Motter stepped in front of his ma-1
chine. Witnesses said that the acci- j
dent was unavoidable on the part of I
Mailey.
Mrs. Motter was hurried to the'
Harrisburg hospital where physicians
found that she was suffering from a
probable fracture of the spine which
may result in paralysis. Slie is also
suffering from shock and is in a
critical condition. An X-ray will be
taken to determine whether the spine
has been broken. Malley reported to
i Chief of Police Hutchison imrae
, ] dlately after the accident.
I
, Baldwins Close Unusually
i Heavy Contract For Arms
i Special to The Telegraph
[ Philadelphia, Sept. 17.—1n addl
; tion to large orders, aggregating: many
millions of dollars, for shells for the
' allied armies of Europe, that the
( Baldwin Locomotive Works are mak- '
ing, through subcontracts received i
; through the Eddystone Munitionsj
,j Company, the company, dlrectlv, has'
! | Just closed what is said to be an un
usually heavy contract for shells.
Confirmation of this order was i
| made by Samuel M. Vauclain, vice-'
president of the Baldwin Locomotive
Works, at his home last night.
Besides this war business Mr. Vau
clain admitted, the company had re
ceived substantial orders for locomo
tives.
REPUBLICAN'S LEAD IN YORK
York, Pa., Sept. 17.—Official com
pilation of the registrations in this
icity show that 10,110 electors have
I enrolled for the ensuing primaries
j and general election. There are 4918
j Republicans, or 238 more than the
j Democrats, who number 4680. The
Socialists total 219, while the Wash
, ington party registrations were only
j 23. Non-partisan enorllmenta ag
gregated 233.
REPUBLICANS LEAD IN YORK
York, Pa., Sept. 17.—Official com
pilation of the registrations in this
city show that 10,110 electors have
enrolled for the ensuing primaries
and general election. There are 4918
Republicans, or 238 more than the
Democrats, who number 4 680. The
Socialists total 219, while the Wash
ington party registrations were onlv
23. Non-partisan enorllmenta ag
gregated 233.
W REDUCE LOAN
10 HALF J BILLION
Allies' Financiers Meet With Promi
nent Bankers in Secret Ses
sion; Opponents Parade
By Associated Press
New York, Sept. 17. —Another secret
meeting, the third within three dajs
was held to-dy,y between members of
the Anglo-French Financial commis
sion and representatives of big New
York, Chicago, Boston and other out
of- town banking houses, who are en
deavoring to reach an agreement on
the proposed mammotji loan to Great
Britain and France.
No further word was forthcoming
from the commission than its brief
statement of last night saying so' much
had already been accomplished that
it was hoped a definite statement
could soon be Issued telling of the
progress made.
The proposal, said to have been
made by American bankers, that com
mission would be given a loan of half
jthe sum of one billion dollars origin
ally asked , was widely credited to
' day.
This proposal has not appeared to
be altogether acceptable to the com
mission and it is believed the sum will
be increased by $100,000,000 or prob
ably to $750,000,000 before negotia
tions end. Whatever is loaned, it is
generally believed the interest rate
will be 5 per cent, to the invested and
about 5 and one-half per cent, to the
underwriters.
Opponents of Loan Parade
i Opponents of the loan carried their
campaign into Wall street to-day and
announced their sentiment from
flaming placards in front of the office
of J. P. Morgan and Company.
"Wall Street's Shame." read one of
several large sign boards held aloft
by leaders of a file of men who march
ed through the financial section as a
protest against establishing the loan.
Another read:
"The money trust is lending billions
of American money to bankrupt Eng
land, France and Russia."
Bryan Will Pay Own
Expenses if Sent on
Proposed Peace Mission
Washington, Sept. 17.—Plans to
send former Secretary Bryan on a mis
sion of peace to the warring nations
of Europe were the subject of a con
ference here to-day between the for
mer cabinet officer and Dr. William
Forgo, representing editors of Ameri
can newspapers published in foreign
languages. Before visiting Mr. Bryan,
Dr. Forgo in a public statement set
forth the plan as so far developed
which contemplates a personal visit
by Mr. Bryan to the belligerent na
tions to argue for peace.
In his statement Dr. Forgo said, that
Mr. Bryan had already given him the
impression that if the trip were under- ;
taken Mr. Bryan himself "will for the
love of the cause not only sacrifice .his!
time but will also pay his pwn ex-I
penses."
STORM BRINGS RELIEF
Heralded by a swirling blast of
wind, a rainstorm struck Harrisburg
a few minutes before 3 o'clock this j
afternoon, bringing relief to swelter- I
Ing humanity,
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IRCTIG EXPLORER LOST
FOH YEffl 111 HALF
GETS MESSAGE OUT
First Direct Word From Stefansson
Expedition Since Supporting
Party Turned Back
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN LOST
Circumstantial Accounts Tell of
Man- Marooned on Drifting
Ice; Rescue Fails
Ottawa, Out., Sept. 17.—First defi
nite tidings that the world has re
ceived to-day from Stefansson, the
Arctic explorer, for « year and a
half, were by the Naval Depart
ment which sent him aud his compan
ions on their perilous trip to the frozen
north. The advices from the explorer
were meager hut suflicient to show
that he and his companions are safe.
_ Stefansson's advices came from
Nome, Alaska, in the form of a mes
sage, signed by himself and dispatched
from Bailiia Island on August 31. The
message follows:
• "As unavoidable delays threatened
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Austrians Forbidden to
Work in Munition Plants
Under Penalty of Death
Special to The Telegraph
Johnstown, Pa., Sept. 17.—Austro-
Hungarians In this city are warned
not to pngage in the manufacture of
munitions for the allies under penally
of imprisonment or death. The warn
ing is issued by Baron Hauser, consul
for the "Imperial and Royal Austro-
Hung&rian Government" at Pittsburgh,
and is printed in the Johnstown
'Hlrado,' a small Hungarian news
paper, edited by Rev. Ernest Porzsolt,
pastor of the Hungarian Reformed
church in Ninth avenue, Cambria
City.
The warning is brief, merely calling
the attention of the subjects of Aus
tro-Hungary to the fact that their
Government has an eye on them here
in America and that those who help
to manufacture supplies to be used
In the European war are liable to
execution if they return to their coun
try after the war.
NINETY MEXICANS KILLED IN WRECK
Laredo, Tex., Sept. 17. —The wreck of a Mexican mili
tary train resulting in the death of ninety persons occurred |
Wednesday afternoon one mile out of Saltillo, according to
advices here to-day. •
FINANCIAL COMMISSION MEETS
New York, Sept. 17.—Another secret meeting, the third j
within three days was held to-day between members of the
Anglo-French Financial Commission and representatives of I
big New York, Chicago, Boston and other out-of-town bank- |
ing houses who are endeavoring to reach an agreement on (
the proposed mammoth credit loan to Great Britain and I
France. I
STEFANSSON DISCOVERS NEW LAND ,
Nome, Sept. 17.—Stefansson succeeded beyond all ex- '
pectations in his explorations. He discovered new land I
southwest of St. Patrick's Land. He is now on Banks Land i
outfitting for continuance of explorations to the westward to 1
ascertain the full extent of the new land. 1
BERLIN ACCLAIMS WILSON'S STAND
Berlin, Sept. 17.—Reports received here that President i
Wilson will make no formal reply to the German govern- ,
ment's communication concerning the sinking of the steam
ship Arabic but will confer confidentially with Ambassador
Von Bernstorff are acclaimed by the German newspapers as i
"a neiv indication of the good will of the American govern (
ment and its intent to come to an understanding with us."
Washington, Sept. 17. Secretary Daniels to-day or
dered all submarines of the F-4 type out of commission until
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a thorough examination of them can be made. (
Sebastopol Russia, Sept. 17. Official announcement '
was made her# to-day that Rusaian torpedoboata had sunk i
near Sinope, a seaport of Asia Minor on the Black Sea, an en- I
tire fleet of sailing vessels laden with munitions of war. The '
crews of three vessels were taken prisoners. I
Brownsville, Tex., Sept. 17.—American cavalrymen and '
Carranza soldiers had a fifteen-minute battle across the river
to-day near the city limits of Brownville. Soldiers report 1
they killed one Mexican and hit five othera. 1
CARRIAGE LICENSES
Joy C. SfhwUlw, Ellznbrth vlllr, ami Sunan E. Lakr, Pillow. 1
Jamra Haymooil Thom««, city, nnd ElUa Ann Matthew*, SpeecertH*. §
ELABORATE LIGHTING
TO FEATURE CARNIVAL
mem ON THE RIVER
Festoons of Globes Will Be Strang
Along Market Street Bridge
From City to Island Shore
WALL STANDARDS A-GLOW
Electric Co. to Supply Gratuitously
Current For Floats; Second
Street Lamps On
Spectacular illumination at night o!
the river basin in rear carnival style
i.s planned for the big municipal cele
bration.
That the lower lights along the wall
from Maclay street to Iron alley will
be burning goes without saying; the
Harrisburg bight and Power Company
has already installed the ornamental
standards as far south as the gap at
Market street. The current will likely
be carried across the unfinished gap
by overhead cables.
That the coal wharf on the island
will likely be outlined in a tracery of
electric lights is practically certain,
the electric light company having de
cided to help in this way to keep the
river aglow.
Festoons of Lights On Bridges
Festoons of electric incandescents
will be strong along the entire length
of the Market street bridge from tho
city shore to the island. All told some
952 lamps will be used for this pur
pose. The bridge company yesterday
closed a contract with the electric
light company to string the lights.
The effect of the festoons of tiny
lights swung from standard to stand
ard on the bridge will present not only
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4,000,000 Tons of Nitrogen
Discovered at Grove City
Special to The Telegraph
Grove City, Pa., Sept. 17.—1t was
learned here to-day that rich deposits
of humus nitrogen estimated at over
4,000,000 tons of raw material, the
value of which ranges from $9 to 113
a ton, have been discovered about two
miles from the city. A company with
a capitalization of $500,000 it now be
ing formed here to take over the de-
I posit