A dditional A tresis of Germans on Charges HARRISBURG %SSMm TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 251 AUTO STUDENTS' CAR SKIDS AND SNAPS OFF POLE Machine Plays Mean Trick While Men Are on Way to Another Smashup THREE ARE INJURED Bus Crashes Through Fence «nd Overturns in Field Along Road While on the way to Hummelstown this morning to remove an automo bile which was wrecked in a smash-up in that town Saturday morning one man was badly injured and three others hurt when the machine in which I hey were riding skidded at Derry street and Poorhouse lane, sir ashod into a telegraph pole and broke it off. then crashed through a fence and turned over in the field be side- the road. The men in the auto were: Arthur Shimmcl, 1032 Herr street, fractured right leg, bruises about the body; taken to Harrisburg Hospital. L. E. Miller, Shiremanstown, driver, bruised and cut. Jacob Bentzel. New < 'umberland, and William Johnson, Port Royal, slightly injured. Taking Auto Course The men, who are taking a course in auto repair work at the Auto Trans portation machine shop, 5 North Cam eron street, left this morning for Hum melstown to get the machine which was in the smash-up Saturday when Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gay, Philadel phia; Mr. and Mrs. Harry G. Barnes, Philadelphia: Miss Mary Fox and Rob ert T. Fox, of Hummelstown, narrowly escaped death. William M. Felton, owner of the machine, who conducts the course in auto work, preceded the men in an other car and did not know that the accident had happened until he reached Hummelstown. The four men were speeding out IJerry street, they said, and were just going off the paved street when the car skidded. Tn the crash which fol lowed one of the wheels was torn off and hurled across the road and a tele graph pole was broken off near the jk_ cross-arm. The car then plunged through the fence over a low embank ment into the field. Shimmel was taken to the Harris burg Hospital. Railroad Companies Will Be Represented at Forestry Meeting The forestry services of the Penn sylvania railroad, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company and possibly the Susquehanna Coal com pany, will be represented at the meeting to-morrow of City Forester Harry J. Mueller and timber owners of Daut>hln county at the log cabin of John W. Relly above Rockvllle. Organization of the Sus quehanna Forest Fire Protective Asso ciation Will be completed at this time. The forestry protective department of the Penns.v includes about 10 000 acres of woodland and will be repre sented by John Foley; the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company preserves comprise about 15,000 acres and the Susquehanna Coal Company timber holdings cover some 5,000 to 10,000 acres. Edward S. Bryant, special organiza tion agent ol the Federal Forestry protective bureau for Pennsylvania will also attend the nieeting;. Servian King Is Ready to Die With Country London, Oct. 2G.—A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Rome says that, telegrams from a German source state that. King Peter of. Servia has issued the following proclamation: "Age has taken my arms from me. T, who was elected your king, have no longer the force to guide my armies to the war in defense of the fatherland. "I am but a feeble old man who can do nothing but bless Servia's soldiers citizens, women and children. But "i swear to you if a new invasion shall bring upon us the shame of being con quered. I shall not survive the ruin and I, too, shall die with the country." TALK I'OK 12 HOURS New York, Oct. 26.—A twelve-hour street meeting at Fortieth street and Fifth avenue with continuous speak ing to-day was one or the features of the closing week of the suffrage cam paign here. THE WEATHER For Harrlshurg nnd vicinity: Part ly .lou.lv to-night nnd Wrilnea day slightly cooler 'Wednesday. For Kastern I'emisyl vanln: Partly cloudy to-night and Wednesday •omrivhnt cooler Wednesday; moderate south and southwest wind*. niver The Susqnehannn mlrcr and Ita principal branches will fall alow ly or remnln nearly stationary except the loner portion of the W eat llrnnoli, which will rlae slightly to-night. stage of about 4.2 feet Is Indicated for IVnrrlnburic W ciincNilny morning. General Conditions The dlsturhnnce from the North west, which wns central nenr Winnipeg Monday morning, hns moved enstward to the I.ake Su perior region with aomewhat de creased energy. A general rise of 2 to 24 degrees In temperature hns occurred cast of the l.ake Iteglon and south and east of tlie Ohio river In the Inst twenty-four hours, being moat decided In the I pper Sna quehanna Ynlley. Temperature: S a. m., 4R, Sunt Rises, <1:28 a. m.| sets, 5i13 p. m. Moon: ntaes, 7:52 p. m.: last quar ter, 11:40 a. m., October 80. River Stage: 4.4 feet above low wnter mark. yesterday's Weather Hlirfceat temperature, .~N. 1.0 west temperature, 33. M»an temperature, 44, Knrninl temperature, 30. DEMOCRATIC ENDORSEMENT FOR MR. STROUP Organ of Democrats in Dau phin County "Heartily Com mends" Him as Dist. Atty. FEARLESS IN OFFICE Put Liquor Law Violators Out of Business and Drove Out Loan Sharks The inconsistency of the Demo cratic campaign now being waged against Michael E. Stroup, for re-elec tion as district attorney, Is clear>y shown by the fact that when there was no political advantage to be gain ed the Democrats openly endorsed Stroup's course in the district at torney's office. They did not do this merely in private, but the Patriot, generally recognized as the mouthpiece of the Democratic bosses in this county, not once, but repeatedly approved the course of Mr. Stroup in the conduct of his office. In the issue of Monday, December 15, 1913, when it was not known that Stroup would be a candidate for re election and when therefore the Patriot felt free to express its true at titude toward him, that newspaper In a leading editorial said: "District Attorney Michael E. Stroup Is to be heartily commend ed by the people of Harrisburg and Dauphin county, on the earn est and effective manner in which he presented to the court the evidence gathered by him and the police department under the di rection of Col. Jos. B. Hutchison, and the ability with which he prosecuted the case, against the proprietors of two so-called hotels that under successive, different names have long exerted a pesti lential Influence among the young of both sexes in this city. » « • The action of the district attorney and the court in these cases will have a widespread influence in promoting good order and mor ality. Iti will help to quiet the anxious hearts of many fathers and mothers. It will save some boys and girls from the path that leads straight to perdition, and will help toward providing more and better food, clothing and shelter to women and children now pinched by want."' Now Mr. Stroup's friends are won- [Continued on Page 12.] Pestered Papa So He Couldn't Read; So He Just Left Home Every time Monroe Wise sat down of an evening to peruse the paper, the wife ami the youngsters pestered him so he just couldn't read: so he left home. That was the reason given in Octo ber divorce court this morriing when Mrs. Katie Wise sued for divorce. From the time her husband loft the house in a rage just because the chil dren quizzed him while he was read ing the paper about "current events" until to-day she has never seen him. All Certificates of Employment Now Held Are Valid Under New Law Attorney General Brown has given ar. oral opinion to the Department of Labor and Industry to the effect that certificates of employment now held by minors are valid and are to be con sidered valid until the holders reach the age of sixteen. The opinion will affect thousands of children, who will now be able to work. The written opinion will be given in the course of a few days, the Attorney General having been prevented from writing it because of the meeting ot the State Board of Pardons. Entire Armenian Race in Kerasund Massacred By Associated frcss London, Oct. 28.—A dispatch lo the Daily Mail from Odessa says: "The Turks have massaeretl the on [ tire Armenian population of Kerasund, on the Black Sea.'" Kerasund lies seventy miles west of Trcbizonile on a rocky promontory. The town lias a population of 21,000. The number of Armenians in the town is not known. Kerasund does a large business In the exportation of nuts and nut kernels. Porter Charlton Will Serve 4 Months in Jail Como, Italy. Oct. 26.—Porter Charl ton, the American, who lias been on trial here charged with murdering his wife in 1910, was yesterday condemned to six years and eight months' im prisonment. Charlton will have to serve only four months more, a.-: the five year's and four months he has already spent in prison, pending trial, apply on the sen tence given him, and to this is added an allowance of one year granted by the crown to all who were in prison at the beginning of the war. Chain of Crane Wraps Around Man; May Die Caught in a heavy steel chain on an electric crane at the Harrlsburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Works, this after iioon, Clarence Holman, aged 29 1108 Plum street, received a compound frac ture of the right leg, and serious in juries when the chain wrapped around him. Holman who Is a laborer em ployed by the pope bending works, was taken to the Harrlsburg Hospital whore physicians do not expect him to live. Holman is married und has a. family. HAnRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1915 ARMENIANS FLEEING FROM TAM4S-* KX/*<X One of the first pictures to reach this country showing Armenians fleeing for their lives before the Turks, who are reported as committing the most horrible atrocities on the Christian Armenians. The picture shows Armenian refugees being taken aboard a French warship, which took them to Port Said, where several thousand of the refugees are now congregated. Other refugees are fleeing into Greece. BERLIN REPORTED READY TO SUBMIT TERMS OF PEACE Prince Von Buelow Will Soon Offer Terms to Wilson and King Alfonso STORY REACHES LONDON Dispatch Sent From Madrid Not Verified From Any Other Source By Associated Press London, Oct. 26, 1:38 P. M.—A re port reached here to-day that Prince Von Buelow. former German chancel lor, will shortly submit to President Wilson and King Alfonso, of .Spain, an outline of the conditions on which Germany might be disposed to discuss terms of peace. The report is contained in a Renter dispatch from Madrid, and has not been corroborated from any other source. The dispatch Rives as author ity Prince Camporeale. ail Italian no bleman, who is a brother-in-law of Prince Von Buelow. The report was first published in Madrid, the cor respondent says. In the form of n mes sage from Rome. JOHN P. GUYER MAKES CHARGES "Dauphin County Law and Order League" Alleges Elec tion Law Violations Warrants for the arrest of live men charged with alleged violations of elec tion laws were sworn out to-day before Alderman A. M. Landls, Sixth ward, by John P. Guyer. clerk in the Poor Board and general secretary of what he terms the "Dauphin Coi'.r.ty Law and Order League." It is said \he hearing will bo held Monday evening. Those against whom the charges were preferred are: D. E. Newman and Harrison Keim, first ward, making false affidavit to the effect that they could neither read [Continued on Page 12.] Mayor Loses One More Chance For Gallery Playing To the evident chagrin of Mayor John K. Royal. City Council will meet as usual next Tuesday afternoon—elec tion day. When the question of adjournment was broached at the close of this aft ernoon's six-minute session City Clerk Miller called attention to the fact that along by assenting. Heretofore Royal Royal waited: so did Mr. Oorgas. Then to the evident surprise of the Mayor. Commissioner Lynch said: "Oh, I don't see why we shouldn't meet as usual." Commissioners Taylor, Bowman and Gorgas admitted that there was no reason and the Mayor reluctantly went along by assenting. Heretofore Rayol has waited until one of the majority commissioners objected, whereupon he has made an extensive morning news paper play to the galleries. Council approved the renewal of the $5,000 three-year bond offered by the Bell Telephone Company to guar antee t.he replacing of street paving in l.ioper shape where conduits have been laid down. Ordinances authorizing the opening and grading of Summit street from Mount Pleasant alley to Chestnut: changing width ot Bellevue road from Twenty-first to Pentwater roud, and striking Brown street from Sixteenth to Seventeenth street from the city official map, were postponed because the City Planning Commission has not yet acted upon them. I THREE GERMANS HELD ON CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY Rearrested After Being Freed on Charges of Plotting Against Steamships NOW IN NEW YORK CITY • Will Be Arraigned Later Before U, S. Commissioner Hough ton on Flynn's Complaint Washington. D. C., Oct. 26. Officials of the Department of Justice expressed doubt to-dav whether tlic Federal Government can make out a case against the men implicated In the plot to blow up munition ships sailing from the United States. Detailed in formation as to what evidence, has been collected by the New York police or the secret service was still lacking to-day and the department will not reach a deci sion In the matter until all data lias been examined. The liurcati of Investigation of the Justice De partment has lieen interested in the case only indirectly but Chief A. 11. liiclcski said to-day that he [Continued oil Page 7.] AROUND WORLD IN OPERA CHAIR That Is the Way You Can See It at Travelogue Thurs day Night The motion pictures in the Tele graph's travelogue by Frank R. Roberson, famous traveler, on Ger many, Thursday and Friday even ings, have been received recently from Europe and will be shown for the Hrsr- time in Harrisburg. They depict actual scenes at the front, troops in the trenches. Held batteries in action, intimate vlew« [ of the kaiser and General von Hin- I denfcurg and scenes in Berlin ; showing the German people gripped in the mightiest of world [ wars. Unusual interest has been aroused lover the announcement in the Tele [ graph that it Wds bringing to Harris |burg Frank R. Roberson, the world's greatest traveler, who in a series of graphically illustrated travelogues at the Chestnut Street Auditorium, coin [Continued on Page 12.] Plans Complete For Fund Raising Campaign at Calvary Presbyterian A campaign to raise between $6,000 and $7,000 was formally launched yes terday by Calvary Presbyterian Church, which plans to erect a Sundav school annex. The addition is planned to seat between 400 and 500 persons. Active canvassing for the fundK will not be started for about a month. Plans have not quite been completed, but to date call for a brownstone structure to harmonise with the present building. This church branched out from Mar ket Square Presbyterian Church In 1885 and only a few years ago became Independent. The Rev. .-avid Schilling was the first pastor. He was succeeded by the Rev. Harry B. King, who was pastor for nineteen years. Tlie Rev. Frank P. MacKenzie is the present minister In charge. DISCONTINUE PARCEL SERVICE By Associated Press Berlin, Oct. 25, via London, Oct. 26, 11.18 A. M.—The parcel post ser vice to America has been discon tinued until further notice. No offi cial reason for the discontinuance Is given. . ... _ ( PROVING FIGGERS WONT LIE, BUT LIARS'LL FIGGER' Bowman Tells Truth About "Bunk" Handed Out by Mayor Royal SURE WERE "JUMBLED" His Honor Forgot to Tell That Big Increases Were in Ijis End With characteristic cunning the minority "nonpartisan" members of City Council this morning through their newspaper organ attempted to defend their incompetency by quoting appropriation figures rather than figures showing the actual expenditure in maintaining city departments dur ing the last two years. "All this is absolute bunk printed with the deliberate purpose of trying to hoodwink the people." declared City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, superintendent of public safety In speaking of the curious jumbie of comparisons between the cost of the [Continued on Page 3] RUSS PREPARED TO HELP SERBIA Turkish Troops Will Meet Any Effort to Land Forces on Black Sea Coast According to Paris advices, Russia has completed her preparations for the dispatch of strong forces to help Serbia. Turkish troops will meet any effort Russia may make io land an army on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, It Is reported from Athens, and they al ready are being concentrated. Gerr muns will have charge of the defense, another report states. The Athens report declares it Is feared that the Bulgarians could not be counted upon to resist the Russians. A Bucharest account of the crossing of the Danube by the Austrians in the vicinity of Orzova, near the Ru manian frontier, mentions the pres- I ence of a Russian battery with the Serbian forces and of a Russian steamer on the Danube, which is de clared to have bombarded Orzova. Teutonic troops are making nfore [Continued on Page 12.J Republican Club to Entertain Nominees The Harrisburg Republican Club will tender a reception to-morrow evening to the Republican candidates at the clubhouse in North Second street. The county and city nominees will be present and several of the leaders will deliver addresses. There will be music and a roast pig and sauerkraut supper will bring the evening to a close. LUTHER R. KELKER BURIED The funeral of Luther R. Kelker, historian and genealogist of note, was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, at his home, "Hohenhelm," near Steel ton. The Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawes, pastor of Market Square Pres byterian Church, conducted the serv ices. Burial was made in the family plot at the Harrisburg Cemetery. .The honorary pallbearers were: Judge George Kunkel, Judge S. J. M. Mc-1 Carrell, State Librarian Thomas Lynch i Montgomery. William M. Donaldson, I Spencer C. Gilbert, Samuel W. Flem- ! ing, Joshua W. Gross, Frederick I Kelker, Henry A. Kelker, Jr., Edwin i C. Thompson. James C. Thompson apd William Thompson. I MILLION WISELY SPENT FOR CITY UNDER MR. LYNCH Placed Municipal Asphalt Plant in Operation With | Big Saving of Money to Taxpayers; Super vi s e d\ Laying of Miles of Sewers, j Paving, Curbing and Grad- j ing; Constructed Bridges j at Dock, Mulberry and Walnut Streets Over Pax ton Creek COMPLETED GREAT WALL AND DAM ACkOSS RIVER i _ Finished Paxton Creek Im provement; Saw That | . City Streets Were Properly Named; Made Extensive Repairs in Many Places; Personally Looked After Work to Insure It Being Done in Economic and Effi cient Way Under the economic supervision of City Commissioner William H. Lynch, Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvements, Harrisburg's new as phalt repair plant turned out 14,911.8 square yards of asphalt "top" at a cost of only $6,002.84. July 14, Commissioner Lynch placed the plant in commission and the figures quoted show what has been done to date. Of the more than 14,000 yards of material just 9.028.3 square yards were used for repairing streets by the city alone. Of the remainder the city put down 3,221.1 yards for the Har risburg Railways Company and 2,662.2 yards for the gas company, plumbers, etc., that are classed as "private." Of course, these jobs are paid for by the firms or individuals for which the work Is done; all told, the bureau of streets has sent out 143 bill* covering the various "cuts." The total cost' for manufacturing STEEL CORPORATION DECLARES DIVIDEND New York, Oct. 25—The United States Steel Corpor ation to-day declared its quarterly dividend of If' 4 per cent, on the preferred stock. No action was taken on the common stock dividend. PANTHER HAS NARROW ESCAPE New York, Oct. 26. The repair ship Panther of the United States navy had a narrow escape from being hit by a 14-inch shell fired from the proving grounds at Sandy ifook to-day. The large projectile flew directly over the Panther and struck in the ocean about a mile beyond her. Shells are said to have fallen close to several other ships. CHILD BURNED TO DEATH IN READING Reading, Pa., Oct. 26.—A fire in the St. Cloud Hotel, in the heart of the business district this forenoon, created great alarm but it caused very little damage. Esther Fire stone, aged 4 years, daughter of one of the domestics, and occupyin; room in the s-rvr.nts' quarters was burned to death. - . 'r: .t • . ■ _ | . BOY SHOOTS HIS FATHER ■1 • 1 Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Oct. 26. —Raymond Barnhart, aged 13 walked into the town hall at Forty Fort, near here to-day and told the police that he shot his,father, Will ; Barnhart last Saturday night at the home of his aunt, when his father attacked his mother. The victifn of the shooting has been in a hospital in a serious condition and, until .. boy's confession, the shooting was a mystery. VILLA SEIZES AMERICAN PLANT El Paso Tex., Oct. 26.—Confiscation of the Chihuahua plant of the American Smelting and Refining Company by the Villa State government of Chihuahua was announced to-day by C. L. Baker, legal representative of the corpor ation. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 26.—Prosecution of the officers of the Union Paper Box Company through the destruction of whose factory on the North Side by fire yesterday twelve girl employes and a tnaiVlost their lives, was announced to day by Coroner Samuel C. Jamito*. Tke men are charged w'ith neiligence. . MARRIAGE I>. Krnnklln Mahrr, St. I.OIIIM, MO.. >ud Urlen E. Feldt, Mlllcmhn*. John W. I.rime, city, and Idm J, Lehman, I'enbrook. ISltvood William Millard and Anna May Hendrlcka, Mt. Joy. 14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL 1 WILLIAM H. LYNciI Superintendent of Streets and Public Improvement. the 14,911.6 square yards of asphalt top, the Incidental 0.610 yards of binder and the 1,879.35 yards of con crete was $14,208.29, The return which the city will gain from the "private" will total $8,205.35, leaving the total cost of manufacture to the city of the balance —$6,002.94. The splendid manner in which Mr. [Continued on l'age B.] REPUBLICAN TICKET^ t COUNTY COM MISSION KRS ( hnrlcN C. tumbler Henry M. Stlne HKCOItDHII OF DHHUS .Innien M. I,only RKCiISTFiR OF \\ 11.1.9 Will In in I<\ llouHcr Sll Hit IFF A\ 111 Id in \\ . <nh|v*oll I >IS VKI tT A TTO HX K V >lichacl K. Stroup COUNTY CONTROLLER Henry W, (>OUKII COUNTY TRKASURKVI Mnrk Mummn DIRECTORS OF POOR - Fernando Lou<lernilleh F. H. Snavely SCHOOL DIRE( TORS Robert A, Kndera G. E. IJ. Keene A Carnon Stamra
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