Man Killed, Valuable Race Horses Burned in $135,000 Fire at Washington HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 269 HARRISBURG COUNTRY CLUB HOUSE NORTH OF CITY BURNED TO GROUND Fire Believed to Have Started From Overheated Furnace Rapidly Gains Headway in High Wind; Harrisburg Companies Rushing to Res cue; Property Valued at $12,000 Fire, believed to have been caused by an overheated furnace, shortly after noon to-day, destroy ed the handsome home of the Harrisburg Country Club, three miles north of the city. The loss is estimated at $12,000 partly cov ered by insurance. The flames were discovered by George F. Elliker who lives at the home of John F. Greenawalt, about 400 feet away, when he saw dense smoke pouring from the second-story windows. Elliker immediately warned the servants at the club who hastily formed a bucket brigade and used fire extinguishers and notified the Harrisburg Fire Department. As the flames gained headway through the rooms of the second floor and rapidly began to eat their way up towards the roof, the local fire de partment was appealed to for aid. Im mediately three motor chemicals from the Hope, Good Will and Camp Curt in companies, were rushed to the scene. Although the firemen worked valiantly they were unable to check the flames. At 1 o'clock the blaze had consumed everything in the upper rooms and flames w ere spouting through the roof. At 1:20 the roof crashed down through the lower floor sending up a shower of sparks and smoke that could be seen from the city. At 1:30 the firemen gave tip all hope of saving the main building tnd turned their attention to the sav ing of a small addition which houses the bowling alleys and locker rooms. North Side Crashes In Fanned by a brisk wind the flames, which by this time were beyond con trol, soon ate their way through the north side of the building. Shortly after the firemen turned their atten tion to the bowling alleys, the north side, crashed in throwing a shower of burning embers over the firemen who were forced to draw back. In a few more minutes the east side wavered, bent and toppled down with a crash. The south and west sides were swept down In quick succession. > The Harrisburg Country Clubhouse was built in 1897 and was the first country club to be established in this part of the State. It, has numbered among its members many of Harris, burg's most prominent citizens, the various Governors of the State and many high officials in the State gov ernment. The clubhouse stands alone in the midst of a broad sloping green over looking the Susquehanna river and faces the beautiful Dauphin water ?ap in the blue mountains. A long tree-arched lane leads from the paved river road through the grounds to the clubhouse. Since Its erection in 1897 the build ing has been remodelled and improv ed a number of times. John Fox Weiss, a prominent attorney, is presi dent of the club and Frank J. Brady is secretary. Railroad Men Help Shortly after the fire broke out, workmen at the I.ucknow shops of ti>e Pennsylvania Railroad Company sav/ the flames and hastened to the scene to render what assistance thev could. These men succeeded in removing all the silver cups and trophies, a great number of which were inside the burn ing structure. They also did valiant work in removing furniture and prop erty of members from the rooms on the lower floor. Much property be longing to members, however, was destroyed. Prominent men of the city, mem bers of the club, shortly after the news of the blaze was known, hurried to the scene to find their sport supplies and clothes which had been removed from their lockers. Tennis shoes, trousers, rackets, balls, nets, shirts, golf clubs and cases, golf balls, shoes of all descriptions and practically every known article of men's attire were piled up on the lawn rContinucd on Pasre 1-1] THE WEATHER For Hnrrlsbarg and vletntyi Fair , nnil continued cold to-nl|cht| Wednesday partly cloudy. Fur Hnstern Pennsylvania! Kalr nnd coil tinned cold to-niKhti Wednesday pHrtly cloudy l mod erate «m| ivlndM. River The .Susqaehaiinu river and Its principal tributaries will rise sllsrhtly or remain nearly statlon- Hry. A stage of about B.r. feet IN Indlented for Ifarrlsburft Wednes day mornlnK. Tieneral Conditions The storm thnt was central over Kastern New York. Monday morn ing, ha* paaaed off the North At- Inntlc const. It caused rnln In the last twenty-four hours In the St. Lawrence and t'ppcr Ohio \ alleys and along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Southern Florida. A small disturbance, central over Eastern lona. has caused light snow In the Upper Mississippi Valley and along; the western border of the Great bakes. Tempueratnrei 8 a. m.. 42. Nun I Risen, «i{lo a. m. I seta, 4i4H p. m. Mooni Full moon, Xovember 21. 12:3(1 p. ni. Hlver St nice, 4.2 feet above low water murk. Yesterday's Weather lllyjiest temperature, <7. lowest temperature. :|N. Mean temperature. 12. Normal tempernllire, 42. HARRISBURG COUNTRY CLUB THIRD WELFARE CONFERENCE IS NOW UNDER WAY Opens in House of Representa tives With Representative Gathering 1,200 PERSONS ATTEND Keynotes Are Sounded by Dr. John Price Jackson in Opening Talk The third Pennsylvania Welfare 1 Efficiency and Engineering Conference was opened this morning in the hall of ; the House of Representatives with over 1.200 men and women in attendance. It was a most, remarkable gathering, I representing the workers from prac tically every department of the State government, who were gathered to gether in the effort to bring together! the effectiveness of the various State departments. Its purpose is to let each worker know the views of each impor- j tant branch of the State government in order that their work out in the fields, in the mines and in the great ' industrial plants of the Commonwealth 1 may be broadened through the realiza- | tion of the importance that each j branch of the government plays in j I"Continued on I'agc ll] Harrisburg Rotary Club's Reception to Be Event of Autumn Tiie Harrisburg Rotary Club will' 1 old a public reception at the Tech nical high school this evening, ad mission by ticket which arc at the disposal of members. A feature of the evening will be a moving picture lecture of the great chocolate industry at Hershey, given by Ezra Hershey, secretary of thei liershey Chocolate Company and a' member of the Rotary club. A number of prizes will be award ed to ladies in attendance and busi nessmen of the city who are mem bers of the club will demonstrate their wares. In the absence of Presi dent Arthur D. Bacon, vice president. George Mumma, will be the presid ing officer. One of the most interest ing meetings of the year is predicted. CRKTJC PROTKCTKI) FROM SUBMARINES BY STORM By Associated Press Naples. Nov. 15, via Paris, Nov. 16. —The steamship Cretic, from New York and Boston, has arrived here safely. There was intense anxiety among the passengers on board aftei they learned at Gibraltar of the sink- I ing of the Ancona. The captain took I all precautions of possible attack. The ! vessel was shielded from submarines j by a heavy storm which raged while she was crossing the Alediterranean. *Vrctt Tkatl Yolln! The Contest Is On; .Students, Win One of Those I'rljiess Who | Wrote These Quotations and In What Worksf ________ FOR this first week of the Tele graph's Who Wrote That t con test. the selection of quotations will be conltned to the works of the men whose names are here KIVCII, but 1 that does not menu that there will be n quotation from each one—lt simply | menus thut you will not have to go be yond the writings of these authors, poets and men fnninus In public life In order to discover the source rroin which sprang the follow IIIK gems of thought. The correct answers to the quota tions for this week will he printed next week, so the contestants must send in their replies on or before Weilnesdnv, November 24. Number the replies Iden tically with the numbers as here given. Full name anil school must he given with each set of answers. Quotations will he selected this week from any of the follow Inuu Shakes peare. Robert Ilrowulng. Dante, ( hunt er, Dickens, Fielding, (Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson. Abraham l.lncoln, Macuulay. ('hestertleld, Omar Khavvam, Poe, Scott, Sheridan, Spenser, Tenny son, I/.link Walton, and Wordsworth. "W HO WROTE THIS f* I—'"Whanuc that April with his shoures sote The dmughte of March hath p-erced to the rote " 2—"Whatever Is worth doing at all, la worth doing well." 3—"l fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to pleasei I am lonely be cause I am miserable, and am un willing to cloud with my pres ence the happiness of others." 4—"All hope abandon, ye who enter here." B—"And when like her, O Sakl, yon shall pnss Among the Guests Stnr-scatter'd on the CJrass, And In your blissful errand reach the spot N\ here 1 made One—turn down an empty Ulaaa." HARRISBURG, PA.. NEW ONSLAUGHT OF BULGARIANS 1 MENACE SERBS ■ Makes Desperate Effort to Force Way Through Katchavik Pass i RUSSIANS YIELD GROUND . Russian Control of Kovel-Sarny Railway Reported in Danger By . lssociated Press London, Nov. 16, 12:22 p. m. —The! !exact situation in central Macedonia! |is uncertain. Dispatches from thej ! near East are conflicting and doubt as i to the time of events to which they ; refer injects an additional element of | uncertainty. It is clear that the Bul garians have been reinforced and have begun a new offensive. | The operations in central Macedo nia, according to Rome accounts pre sent a more powerful menace to the | armies of Sernia and her allies which ! are operating from Tetovo through Perlepe to the Southeastern Serbian , frontier. Teiegrarns received almost simultaneously from Greece announce [Continued on Paffe 9] Preparing For Fight in Egypt Says War Summary . The war summary to-day says: Meld Marshal Earl Kit< honor, Brlt l ish Secretary of State for War, is con ferring with British officials in the , Near East regarding eventualities j should an attack b> the Teutonic allies on Egypt develop, it is indicated by a dispatch from Saloniki received in Milan. Earl Kitchener was accompanied to Mudros. on the Aegean sea, by the "resilient general of Egypt," (by which i is probably meant Major General .Ju lian H. G. Bynsr. commander of the ! British forces in Egypt), the dispatch says. Definite guarantees regarding her attitude arc sought from Greece by the entente |K»wers because they |tur|iosc sending large numbers of troops into the Balluins. an entirely new front according to Athens dis patches forwarded from lxindon early to-day. Quiet has prevailed along the Franco-German front, according to the daily .statement from Paris, which re |M>rts that 110 operations worth re cording have occurred. Only artillery exchanges and hoinb fighting have occurred 011 the Dar danelles front, the Turkish official communication states. The Netherlands government lias no present Intention of mediating for ■ |H - ace among the warring nations and lias so announced, according to a dis | patch to I.ondon from tlio Hague. Has Been Wearing Cap 53 Years, Hat 51; Both Still Good Sfecial to The Telegraph Hershey, Pa., Nov. 16. —Levi Zim. merman, the oldest resident of Derry Church, is in possession of a cap and a hat, which he has worn con tinuously for 53 and 61 years respect ively. Both are in excellent condition and are highly prized by the aged gentle man. The cap was purchased for ten dollars, while the hat was bought I when Mr. Zimmerman conducted a store at Bingnaugie's Church. ,Bees Take Possession of Passenger Coach Special to The Telegraph WHUamsport, Pa., Nov. 16. A swarm of bees being brought to this city from Trout Run by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bender, who caught. them along with a large amount of game while hunting near Oregon Hill, took possession of a passenger coach on a Northern Central train last evening. The bees had been placed In a pasteboard box and on account of the cold had previously given no trouble, but when the steam heat of the pas senger coach reached them some emerged from the box. Passengers rushed in a panic to another coach. The conductor made a dash Into the car and hurled the box out of the open window. DIES FROM MINER'S ASTHMA Special to The Telegraph Lykens, Pa„ Nov. 16. Samuel Maurer, who had been suffering for many years from miners' asthma died at his home yesterday. He is sur vived by his wlfo and five children. Mrs. Guy Matter of Philadelphia; Mrs. Isaac Witmer, Mrs. Vernon Mit chell, Charles and Walter Maurer. of Lykens. Funeral services will be held from the late home on Thursday aft ernoon TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1915. AGED 85, SHE'S GOING TO CROSS CONTINENT MRS. M. J. SOIXENDER Wouldn't expect a woman nearly 85 years old to take a trip all by herself across the continent would you? And what would you think if some one told you that this same little gray haired lady of 85 or thereabouts is crossing the continent with the ex press purpose of organizing a gold mining company? Well, gentle and astounded reader, that's exactly what Mrs. M. J. Sollen der, of 1617 Derry street, is going to do. But If you want to know more about her, here's a story one of the Tele graph's bright young men turned in on the city editor's desk this morning PARIS IS STILL FASHION ARBITER Set Pace in Milady's Dress De spite Ravages of War; Skirts Fuller Special to The Telegraph Paris, France, Nov. 16.—Paris re mains the supreme arbiter of fashion, despite the absence of many of the creators of women's dress, who are either lighting at the front or making uniforms for the soldiers. Their places are tilled valiantly by women, or by the men on furlough or those exempt from military duty. Even the last few days of typical Paris autumn weather, wi'.h its mists and rains, have failed to dampen the courage of these arbiters of the modes. Their outlook is most sanguine, both for the midwinter fash ions, which are composed of models made for the southern resorts, as well as for those which are to be shown in January, designed for the coming Spring and summer. Such news is naturally of great in terest to American merchants and to the American women who will event ually wear these coming styles. Increase In Business The Malsion Beer, in the Place Vendome. and other leading dress making establishments, give credence of a marked increase in business dur ing the autumn over that of last year. The director of that house says some interesting things about present fashions. "Voluminous styles will undoubtedly continue," he declared. "Not only are they universally liked by the French women, but they are also practical. Styles previous to the war had reached such a state, with clinging skirts made of transparent materials, that a trans formation was bound to come. Skirts to Be Short "As to styles for the coming Spring, skirts will remain short, but will be of tremendous width. Many of them will be almost nine yards around the bottom. Contrary to what one would imagine in accordance with such styles materials are not only more difficult to obtain, but are far more expensive. Our clients are demanding cheaper prices, so dress creators are left with a difficult question to solve. The Maison Beer expects a marked im provement in business in the coming Spring season over that of last aiUumn as far as American buyers are concerned. Facilities for crossing the Atlantic have been improved and there is not the same danger to be feared from German submarines. If the midwinter season for millin ers and dressmakers is any hint of what may be expected In the Spring season, which will open in January, the prospects are good for a tremend ous amount of business, especially among foreign buyers. DAWK TO ADDKBSS ACADEMY Harrlsburg Academy students will have an opportunity of hearing s Qrosvenor Daw», of Washington, D C' on the afternoon of Frirtav, November l 19. Mr. Dawes will address the mem bers of the Harrlsburg Chamber ot Commerce at Its luncheon at the Har rlsburr Club, on that day and the speaker has kindly consented to ad dress the students the same afternoon. after that irate individual had been "cussing him out" for not being on the job for an hour and a half: Born In Newville, Pennsylvania, thirty-one years before the outbreak of the Civil war, the history of "Aunt Mary," who appears in print as Mrs. M. J. Sollender, 1617 Derry street, is a fascinating story of travel and action, and the modest but sparkling way in which this interesting old lady tells the story—no, she fiiust not be called old, because her spirit is the spirit of youth and love of humanity, and that never dies —wove an enchantment rContinued on Page 9] ! 1,500,000 ARMY URGED BY STAFF Recommends 250,000 With Col ors, 300,000 Reserves and 1,000,000 in Third Line Washington, D. C„ Nov. 18.—Imme diate publication of the report of the army general staff on the military needs of the country, differing ma terially from the administration's con tinental army scheme, will be urged upon President Wilson by Secretary Garrison. The general staff, it is understood, recommends increasing the regular army to 250,000 men permanently with the colors and the reserves of 300,000 fully trained men to fill gaps in this force. Behind this line It Is proposed to have a force of a million men with at least a year's training, giving the country an army of about 1,500,000 fully equipped and easily mobilized. No synopsis of the report has been gi,ven out and details are not available. The first year's expenditure under the staff plan, it is said, would ap proach $400,000,000 and the continu ing expense be proportionately heavy. The staff estimates, it is reported, that it takes at least a year to make a soldier fit to join the fighting line. Provost Smith Bars Highball Song Loved at University of Penn. Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Nov. 16. "Drink a Highball." the famous drinking song of the University of Pennsylvania, the words and tune of which are known wherever the Red and Blue has a liv ing son, is no longer included in the university songbooks. It is being sung, but not officially. Provost Smith, it Is understood, has objected to its "high ball" references and will not sanction its publication in any of the collec tions of university songs. The words of "Drink a Highball" follow: "Drink a highball at nightfall. Be good fellows while you may. For to-morrow may bring sorrow, So to-night let's all be gay. Tell the story of glory of Pennsyl vania. Drink a highball, at nightfall. Here's a health to dear Old Penn." The students, despite the ban on tiie song, continue to sing it. Many of them declare they will sing it at the Penn-Cornell football game on Thanks giving. This order will prevent the students of the Harrlsburg extension school numbering 150 students, from singing this drinking song, it is understood here, although no official word has been received from the university offi cials at Philadelphia. PROBATE LYME'S WILL i Letters on the esetate of John A. Ungle, East Hanover, were issued to day to John I. Llngle. The will of James Lyme, Millersburg. was pro bated and letters testamentary were granted to A. N. Brubaker. ANCONA SINKING IS INVESTIGATED BY UNITED STATES Awaits Statement of Facts From Austria Before Taking Action; Home Is Bitter SAYS FIRING CONTINUED 1 __ j Washington Expects P - leys Over Question of Submarine Warfare Will Follow By Associated Press Washington, Nov. 16. The Amer ican government will await the receipt of the Austrian government's state ment of facts concerning the sinking of the Italian lin'er Ancona before con sidering whether any rights of Amer icans have lieen violated. These facts probably will be sought through Am bassador Penfleld at Vienna. The State Department now has be fore it the Italian government's com munication addressed to neutral na tious denom.jing the sinking of the Ancona as an "unparalleled atrocity" and the officialt have also seen the published statement of the Austra- Hungarlan admiralty describing the attack. The two statements differ. Italy's communication charges that "without even a blank shot of warning, from one attacking submarine" the Ancona was shelled and that the killing and wounding of passengers continued after the vessel stopped. The Admiralty statement on the other hand declares that the Ancona attempted to escape and only after re peated shelling was brought to a stop. It also claims that the passengers and crew were given 45 minutes to escape in small boats and denies the charge that the submarine tired on the boats. Diplomatic exetianges between the American and Austrian governments probably will follow over the entire question of submarine warfare. WOMAN PAULS DEAD Special to The Telegraph Dykens, Pa., Nov. 16.—Mrs. George Ilarman of WiconUco, fell over dead at her home yesterday. Death was ■ due to asihma. Mrs. Harman is sur vived by her husband and three chll , dren, the youngest child being three weeks old. Funeral service will be held to-morrow afternoon. Ha/i. e annual meeting J Company was I e foil iam Bowman, A. Fortenbaugh; son, E. J. Stackpolc H F. Smith, E. 2 Wall - George W. Reily, vice-president and secret, was re-elected trust officer and assistant iecretai Geor,;e C ( u ; t . surer, , ES INTO DRUG Harrisburg. Shying at a passing automobile a horse W driven by an employe of the Pennsylvania Reduction Com- 9 pany backed through a twenty-five foot plate glass window M at the drug store of H B. Third an j r ■ Wilkes Barre 3 a., Nov. strike breakers were M injured, one badly, when two trolley cars on the Nanticok.' M c % Washington Nov. 16, —Definite instnictions went from C louse to the Post Office Department to-day to 4 er at Winnetka. 1% 111,, regardle.su of what other charges in addition to that of A criticising the President for his engagement were pending s against him. Washington, Nov. 16. members of the C Ways and Means Committee, it was announced to-day will K meet here November .29 to take up the organization of the. m , new House of Representatives. I Cleveland, Nov. 16. —Louis Loebl, a native Hungarian, ' ' serving as city immigration officer, to-day charged activity I by the Austro-Hungarian embassy at Washington in the ' ' strike of machinists at the Theodore Kundu factory here. I ) The Executive Committee of the Colonial Country Club j instructed their secretary, O. P. Beckley, this afternoon to ! I tender tc the members of the Country Club of Harrisburg ! | the fidaties of the golf course and clubhouse. The large new lockerhouse, opened a few weeks ago, will amply ac j :h the members themselves and their visitors. » | MARRIAGE UCENSES | \ JM'".'".? l !l tr Jr k and Murv Kllrn Murnh), ateelton. / POSTSCRIPT— FINAL 16 PAGES ONE MAN AND 20 HORSES BURN IN RACE TRACK FIRE Fourteen Stables of Historic Benning Track at Washing ton Are Destroyed LOSS PLACED AT $135,000 Hundreds of Valuable Animals Are Saved; Formerly Was Society Gathering Place By Associated Press Washington, Nov. 16.—One mall was burned to death and three others were probably fatally injured as the result of a fire at historic Benning race track, in the suburbs of Washing ton last night, which, in addition to destroying 14 of the stables and other structures, burned at least twenty valuable horses to death. Estimates to-day placed the loss on the buildinga and horses and equipment at about $130,000. The first, starting from an unknown cause on a fence and fanned by a high wind, quickly spread and before it could be gotten under control had destroyed 14 of the 25 stables. Oreat place for all the best horses of the shot up so high they lighted the sky I for miles around. Thousands of Wash ingtorians were attracted to the scene in automobiles and for a while block ed the road to the racing tire engines and trucks. While the track had not been used since 11(08, having been turned into a winter home for race horses and training ground for horses the stables were tilled with horses racing in near by races. Among the stables destroyed was that of August Belmont, although none of his horses were on the ground at the time. They were to have ar rived to-day. A hundred or more valuable horses were turned loose to seek safety. For years the track was the meeting place for all the best horses of the country, well-known Horsemen, breed ers and track followers and furnished an annual society event for Washing tonians.
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