U. S. Rimy Aviaiots Will Fly 'Cross Couniiy
HARRISBURG (SSMSB TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — Xo. 270
SERBIAN ARMY
IN PRECARIOUS
POSITION FACES
TOTAL DEFEAT
Fate May Be Decided Soon;
Consular Officials Flee as
Fall of Monastir Appears
Imminent; Are Confronted
With Peril of Outflanking
Move
ENTENTE JS BRINGING
PRESSURE ON GREECE
Reported That Bubuna Pass
Has Been Forced; Eng
land Is Detaining in Home
Ports Greek Merchant
men; Battle of Styr Still
Raging
By Associated Press
London. Nov. 17, Noon.
The rate of the Serbian army may
be only a matter of hours. Monastir.
In Southwest Serbia, is reported to be
In such a perilous position that the J
consular officials have departed from I
the city. From the various conflicting '
reports which have reached the public j
the following apparently may be de- j
duced as facts:
The Bulgarians have taken Krusevo |
and are six miles west of Perlepe. j
Thus the southern Serbian army and .
its Franco-British allies are confronted •
with the imminent peril of an out- ■
flanking movement.
Tetovo is In ths hands of the Bui- :
irarians.
The fate of the Serbians holding |
Babuna Pass is more obscure. One 1
report states that the pass has been
™ forced. It seems certain that the de
fenders are at least threatened so seri
ously that their position soon may be |
untenable.
With Krusevo and Babuna in the i
hands of the invaders, the fate of Per- j
lepe would be sealed and the road to i
Monastir opened.
While the military situation becomes '
darker from the standpoint of the i
entente allies, the diplomatic phase of I
the Near Eastern venture is somewhat
more favorable. Greece is giving some I
indication that she is seeking a solu- ;
tion of the problem which would be ;
presented if entente troops should take i
refuge on Grecian territory.
It is clear that the entente powers j
are bringing considerable pressure to j
bear on Greece, not the least of which
is England's detention In home ports j
a _ feet of Greek merchantmen. I
Greek shipping is makine enormous ,
profits out of the war. and even a tem
porary check to its activities would '
mean a great loss.
Along the eastern front interest cen
ters on the attempted recrossing of the
Styr. where the Austrians and Ger- I
mans claim an important success. Pe- '
trograd reports merely admit Austro- I
'.ermnr occupation of the village of!
Podgacin about flvc- miles from the 1
river, ar-1 a slight advance east of that I
place, it f s asserted the advantage '
gained b v the Teutonic forces in this '
region is due to the arrival of rein- j
forcenients from other sections of the I
eastern front and heavy artillery !
brought up by railroad. From the 1
conflicting reports It mav be seen that I
the eastern bank of the Stvr is held '
hv the Russians, while the battle Is!
still undecided.
Reports from the western front ln
<l it ate that militarv artivities there are
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Romania Will Take Up
German Side Next Month
By Associated Press
Bucharest. Nov. 12, \ia London.
Nov. 1,. (Delayed in transmission). l
—Former Premier Carp is credited by
the newspaper A de vend with the
statement that Rumania will take up
arm* on the s|<|,> 0 f Germanv in De
cember.
THE WEATHER]
For Rarrl*burfc and vlclaltyi Fair
to-niKht and Thurariay; not much
change In temperature.
For Kafttern t'enaix-.vanix: Fair to.
night and Thursday; somewhat
cooler to-night in north portion: '
moderate went winds.
Hirer
Tlie "nnquehanua river and Ita prin
cipal tributaries nlll remain
nearly stationary. A stage of
.1.3 feet Is Indicated for Harris
tmrjc Thursday morning.
General Conditions
fw An area of hljch pressure eovera 1
the greater part of the eastern I
hnlf of the country with Its cen
ter north of the l.ake Region.
\notfier high pressure area Iron
the Paelfle ocean has moved in
land nnrt now cavern most of the
territory west of the Rocky
Mountains with Ita center over
>evada.
Shoviera have fallen In tonthera
Florida and precipitation, prob
ably snow or snoiv and rain, oc
curred In the Interior of Xew
A ork State and over a part of the
l ake Region.
A general rl«e of 2 to 20 decree*
in temperature has occurred east
*™e Itoekv Mountains, except
In \e« Kngland. where It la
somewhat cooler.
Temperature; a. m„ 32.
Snai Rises. (t:S3 n. m.; seta. 4:47
p. m.
Moon: Sets. 2:43 a. tn.
River Stage: 3.3 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
Highest temperatnre. 41.
I.owes! temperature. 32
Mean temperature, M.
\orinal temperature, 42.
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WIIBt ii in'
The pictures show the Harrisburg Country Club house before and after the Are yesterdav afternoon which
burned the beautiful Riverside building to the ground. The lower etohing shows the piles of golf clubs, snort shirts
n'owf 8 and "hat not, saved from the men's locker rooms by shopmen from the Pennsylvania railroad shops at Luck-
AERO SQUADRON
WILL TEST OUT
WAR CONDITIONS
Six Planes, Trailed by Auto
Trucks, to Flv From Okla.
to Texas
Fort Sill. Okla.. Nov. 17.—Fort Sill
bustled with activity to-day in prepa
ration for the departure of the first
aero squadron of the United States
Army, which to-morrow morning will
fly from its temporary home here to
its new station at San Antonio. Texas
Fort Sill. Okla.. Nov. 17.—The first
aero squadron of the United States
Army, designed for use in the field in
connection with troop operations, will
fly from its temporary station at Fort
Sill to its permanent home In San
Antonio. Tf'xas. to-morrow morning.
Six aeroplanes will make the
flight—the first of its kind In this
country.
The aerial journey will be made
under conditions as nearlv like those
e .l c , ou ™. ered ,n ac t u a' war time as pos
sible. The start is expected to be made
on November 20. Had weather or de-
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JITNEYS SHOULD
RE RESTRICTED
Dr. Jackson Declares They
Ought to Be Made Bespon
sible to People
The secono day of the Welfare Effi
ciency and Engineering Conference
heid in the hall of the House of Repre
sentatives brought forth details of the
work of two of the State departments
and a splendid address on wild life
conservation by Dr. William T. Horna
day. of New York.
Dr. Hornaday said the sportsmen
of the United States must stand forth
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4 Under Car After It
Hits Pole and Upsets
The big seven-passenger automobile
belonging to M. S. Hershey, of Her
shey. on its way to Hershey from the
Harrisburg Hospital, crashed Into a
telegraph pole, turned turtle and
pinned the occupants under the car
at a point east of the Y. M. C. A. at
Rutherford late yesterday afternoon.
The four persons in the car were Dr.
M. L. Hershey and the chauffeur. Boyd
Gower, of Hershey, Mrs. Henry A.
Miller and Harry J. Miller, of Union
Deposit
Several railroad men employed in
the Rutherford yards rescued the oc
cupants from under the car and thev
were rushed to the office of Dr. W. C.
Haker, at Hummelstown, where it was
found that no serious injuries had
t>een Incurred. Dr. Hershey was badly
cut about the hand and probably frac
tured a rib. while Mrs. Miller's head
was lacerated and she suffered a
broken collarbone. Mr. Miller was not
injured. The chauffeur was cut about
the face and the car completely
wrecked. All three were resting com
fortably this mornlnK.
The party were on their way home
from the Harrisburg Hospital, to which
Mrs. Miller's son Harry had Just been
removed to be treated for a fractured
leg, an injury which was received
while unlondine lumber at the Her
shey Store lumber yard
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1915
HARRISBURG COUNTRY CLUBHOUSE AND WHAT'S LEFT OF IT
GREEK ATTITUDE
TOWARD ENTENTE
GROWING BETTER
King Constantine Desires to
Discuss Military Situation
With. Kitchener
The attitude of the Greek govern
ment toward the entente allies re
mains the chief point of. Interest in the
Balkan situation. A late development
is the reported desire of King Con
stantine, told of by the Athens corre
spondent of a London newspaper
asency to see Earl Kitchener, the
British War Secretary, now In the near
East and discuss the military situa
tion with hint.
In connection with the International
situation as regards Greece there have
been recent reports of antl-dvnastic
demonstrations at Patras, a stronghold
of former Premier Venizelos. one of
whose newspapers in Salonlki has
protested in vigorous language against
the action of the government in or
dering elections while the army was
mobilized, declaring that the new
chamber to be elected, would be un-
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AGRICULTURAL
REORGANIZATION
Five Appointments Approved
by the State Commission
This Afternoon
Further steps in the reorganization
of the Mate Department of Agriculture
were taken to-day when the State Com
mission of Agriculture In session with
the Governor and Secretary of Agricul
ture Patton approved the reappoint
ments of the following by Mr. Pat
ton:
Dairy and Food Commissioner,
James Foust, Blair county, salary,
(4,000.
Economic Zoologist, H. A. Surface,
Cumberland county, salary. $4,000.
State Veterinarian, C. J. Marshall,
Philadelphia, capital, 14,000.
Deputy Veterinarian, T. E. Munce,
Washington county, salary, $3,000.
Chief Chemist. James W. Kellogg,
Dauphin county, salary $4,000.
Xo announcement of appointment of
deputy secretary was made. The
place is at present filled by A. L. Mar
tin, Lawrence county.
The meeting was the second to be
held by the. commission since its or
ganization last summer and the first
with Mr. Patton at the Capitol and the
Governor outlined his plans for de
velopment of the Department. Those
plans are to be considered at the
meetings to be held later in the day
and it is understood that they will
call tor considerable change in the
educational work of the department
and also the taking up more actively
of such matters as soli conservation.
COMMISSIONER BOWMAX
PUTS UP RIYERVIEW SIGN
Harrisburg has not enough signs to
direct the stranger and even our own
citizens need the help of a sign here
and there. City Commissioner Bow
man has just had placed upon a pole
at the Front street entrance to the
city's pumping station at North street,
a sign directing attention to the bal
cony overlooking the river. It is
marked "To Kiver View."
DENIES RIGHT TO
LET BABY BOY DIE;
MOTHER AGREES
Humane Society Protests
Against Physician's Decision
Concerning Defective
[ Chicago. Nov. 17. —Chicago is ab-
I sorbed In a controversy between the
| Illinois Humane Society and the Ger
man-American Hospital, one of the
leading institutions of its kind In this
city, in which the life of a 4-day-old
infant is at stake.
! The baby is a boy and is reported to
|be a defective. In a few days, possi
-1 bly a week, it is scheduled to die be
i cause the attending physician. Dr. H.
|J. Haiselden, so decrees. Even the
: mother, weeping, is willing to have
| her baby die.
j Dr. Haiselden declares that the
| baby's life can be saved by an opera
| tion, but since the parents have left
the matter to him he has had the
courage to decide that it shall not add
its weight to the already large burden
of defectives in the world.
Parents Willing
"I'm doing what the parents have
given me option on doing, and what it
j would take a pretty stiff argument to
i keep me from doing. I'm allowing na
iture to take her course with the child.
IWe are feeding it some. The child Is
sensible only to discomfort. There is
J no brain development to register suf
j fering. And pretty soon nature will
l make blank her mistake."
| "Do you think what you are doing
; is freqently done?"
"Many times—but quietly. Many
I things go on in the medical business,
I which are done solely for good, but
| which might be condemned by so-call
ed moralists and self-named saviours.
"Taking Chance" With Death
"I know of cases of disease for
which there could be no hope of a
cure. I know of such a case in which
the physician, having given a half
grain of morphine to subdue frightful
pain took a chance at either relief
through temporary unconsciousness by
administering another half grain or
death—and death won. But the phy
sician did not purposely cause death.
He could not tell what the drug would
do."
The mother of the baby in to-day's
case said in a voice faint but deter
mined:
"I've given the doctor permission to
do as he wishes with my baby. I don't
want it to live. I want it to die. Dy
ing now is better than living with a,
crippled brain and body. I wouldn't <
visit such suffering upon myself or my
husband, and surely not upon my own
! child. I wish death would come soon
to it."
$ 10,000 Campaign For
New Ambulance Is
Now Well Under Way
Superintendent William M. Condon,
of the Harrisburg hospital last night
received $75 from "A Friend" for the
ambulance fund. Yesterday $25 was
donated, S2O from 11. K. Kunkel, of
Wormleysburg. and $5 from "A
Friend."
Mr. Condon is now beginning a cam
paign for SIO,OOO with which an am
| bulance of Improved type will be pur
chased, a garage .erected, and the
fund remaining will be used for main
tenance for a period of three years.
Of this amount. $2,000 was given by
the State in an appropriation.
BABY GIIUL HAS APPKXnidTIS
Anna Miller, twenty months old,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton H. ■
Miller, was suddenly seized with an
acute pain on Monday which devel
oped Into appendicitis and the op-1
eration was performed yesterday. I
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H'B'G COUNTRY
CLUB MAY MOVE
OVER THE RIVER
Board of Governors to Discuss
Future of Organization at
Meeting Tonight
FIRE BREAKS OUT ANEW
| Hope Truck Again Rushes to
1
Scene of Blaze; Boys Have
Narrow Escape
The future of tho Harrlsburg Coun-'i
try Club was the theme of conversa-'
lion among Its members anil friends!,
to-day and it is probable that action j
will be taken at no very distant day. |
The board of governors will meet to-1
night at the office of President John I
Fox Weiss to discuss the situation and 1
a meeting of the club will follow In j
due season.
Several sites In Cumberland county
have been suggested together with
one near Fort Hunter, while some of
the old-ttmers favor retaining the
present site, which Is, however, gen
erally regarded as too small for the
purpose of the club and in line of the
growth of population to an extent that j
destroys the seclusion which is the
'.rreat charm of a country club.
For some time owing to the great,
popularity of the club its golf links
and tennis courts have been in- 1
adequate to provide amusement for j
all of the members on many days, es- '
peclally Saturdays nnd holidays and
the clubhouse has been taxed by some
of the entertainments given in it.
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Tariff Commission
League Secretary Says
Move Is Nonpartisan
W. Z. Marsh, field secretary of the j
I Tariff Commission League, thenn- t
j tional nonpartisan body which is j
working for the establishment of aj
permanent tariff commission? is to- I
day in Harrisburg. Mr. Marsh Is j
anxious to obtain the active co-opera
tion of. local business interests in the '
l campaign of his league and has taken I
| the matter up with Secretary McCol
j gin, of the Harrisburg Chamber of!
Commerce. Mr. Marsh urges the ap- j
1 pointment of a special committee of ■
[ the Chamber to arouse public interest;
| here in the work and to co-operate, j
] with the Chamber of Commerce of the I
United States which is also giving its |
I support to the movement. Mr. Marsh {
hopes to obtain an interview with |
Governor Brumbaugh and to receive j
a statement of the Governor's opinion i
on this important issue.
"I wish to lay emphasis on the fact |
that this campaign Is strictly non-1
I partisan in character." Mr. Marsh j
i stated to-day. "We are not concerned 1
with the political issue of a high vs.
a low tariff. We merely wish to have
established a permanent commission i
which can investigate thoroughly iili !
matters connected with tariff schedule !
making and make available a substan
tial body of fact. Tariff making to-!
day is anything but scientific. It never 1
will be made so until we have a per
• manent body of experts whose duty
j it is to obtain the facts."
Contest Is Postponed
Owing to Dedication
The annual Junior Boys' Kunkel ora- !
torical contest at Central High School
will be held Friday afternoon, Decem
-1 her 3. instead of next Wednesday after
noon. as has been the custom during
i the last few years. The announcement '
of the change In the date was made to
day by Professor Howard D. Dibble.
The dedication of the new I* S I
Shimmell school building n»xt Wed- 1
nesday afternoon, at 2 o clock, is re- i
sponsible for the change, as one of
the judges of the contest will be pres- <
ent at the exercises. The preliminary
contest of the Junior Boys will be held I
Friday night, at 7:30 o'clock, at Central
High School. Fourteen boys have en- '
tered, and eight will be chosen to par- '
i ticlpate in the final contest for three 1
| prizes. Two of the three Judges will J
be Jesse E. B. Cunningham and the
Rev. Rollin A. Sawyer.
U. S. SENATOR BURROWS
DIES FROM HEART ATTACK
By Associated Press
Kalamazoo, Mich., Nov. 17.—United !
States Senator Julius Caesar Burrows,
of Michigan, died at his home here at j
midnight from an attack of heart I
failure.
EESCHETITZKY, FAMOUS
PIANO TEACHER. DIES
By Associated Press
Dresden, Nov. 17, via London.—
Theodore Leschetitzky, the famous j
teacher of the piano, is dead at the '
age of 85. He lived for many years .
at Vienna, but more recently at a vil- '
lage nea-r Dresden. He taught Pade
rewsK i
14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
GOVERNOR REGRETS
PROPOSED
AT WALNUT
Relation of State to City Outlined in Speeches by Chief
Executive and Warren H. Manning, Landscape De
signer; Viaduct Will Utterly Destroy Plan of Capitol
Park Development
GOV ERXOR MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH and Warren H. Manning, the
eminent landscape designer of Boston, outlined in speeches last night
the relation of ihe State to the city in the development of the area
surrounding the Capitol.
. _ X. h<> ovornor 5 a, ldrcss ""as Ht a dinner at the Executive Mansion whero
.Mr. Manning was the guest of honor. Hero Governor Brumbaugh clearly
outlined what the State proposes to do and Incidentally expressed the regret
of himself and the members of the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings
that the people of Harrisburg had approved the proposed viaduct at Walnut
street over the Pennsylvania railroad tracks.
He strongly intimated that this structure would utterly destroy the plan
of the State and he hoped that the better judgment of the community would
yet prevail,
Mr. Manning was the chief speaker at the night session of the big con
ference in the hall of the House of Representatives, which was crowded. He
threw upon the screen some illustrations of other Capitols and their sur
roundings and pointed out how greatly superior to these is the location of
Pennsylvania's Statehouse. He also illustrated the unusual character of the
transcontinental highways which must lead to Harrisburg in the course of
the years. Both speeches were illuminating and aroused great enthusiasm.
Governor Entertains at
Dinner Men Having to
Do With Development
Warren 11. Manning, the Boston
landscape designer who has closely
studied for fifteen years the planning
of Harrisburg and who has had much
to do with its artistic development,
was the guest of honor at a dinner
given by Governor Brumbaugh last
night at the Executive Mansion. It
is the desire of the Governor to set in
motion such preliminary studies as
will enable himself and associates of
the State Board of Buildings and
Grounds to reach proper recommen
dations to the legislature at its next
session.
Mr. Manning sat at the Governor's
right and State Treasurer Young at
his left and during the evening all
the guests exchanged views regarding
the mutual working out by the Stato
and the city of the comprehensive
plans for the development of the area
surrounding the Capitol,
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i FINE FIVE AUTOISTS
Harrisburg. Following hearings this afternoon for
> violations of the traffic regulations Mayor John K. Royal
fined five autotsts.
HENRY T. MOON SECRETARY
Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 17. Henry T. Moon, of Mor
risville, a member of the Commission, was to-day elected
Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. The board will
meet on the first Tuesday of each month.
$15,000 FIRE AT LANCASTER
Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 17. The general merchandise
store of Jacob Mann, at Denver, this county, which also in
cluded the family residence was destroyed by fire this morn
ing, originating in a defective flue. A loss of $15,000 was
caused.
PITCHER SHAW SHOT
Nov 17.—1t became known here to-day
that Jan os Shaw, : itcher of the Wash; i t ion club of the
Amei in i.-e; , • pr bat ;- f VA\\ injured yesterday
while hunting in Westmoreland county.
$450,000 FIRE IN IOWA
Clinton, lowa Hov. 17.—Fi.-e which for a time threaten
ed the e: t b ni r< strict rv re to-day, destroyed a nurr
bei o; business bi " lin.;s, causia loss estimated at $450,-
| 000 about half of which is covered by insurance. The fire
j started from an unknown cause in the rear of a grocery.
I
BURGLAR'S HEAD SHOT OFF
Lancaster, Pa., Nov. 17.—Harry Stout, of Ephrata, was
! shot and killed this morning by Paul Wolf at the home of
the .latter at Reinholds, this county which Stout tried to
j burglarize. He was discovered by Wolf who, with a shot
, gun nearly blew the burglar's head off. Wolf was exoner
ated by a coroner's jury.
SUPERDREADNAUGHT BIDS OPENED
Washington, Nov. 17. None of the bids by private
shipyards for construction of the two superdreadnaughts
authorized by the last Congress submitted to the Navy De
partment to-day, fell within the limit of $7,100,000 fixed an
the maximum MARRIAGE LICENSES of each ship.
Michael llalklrorna anil Mary Pltlowana, olt».
John Hideout, city, mid Kllxnlirth Malty, < hr»l«-r.
" fj"*f '''"'if n«d liran- >lll rj stmlon, city.
U lllinni l. Ktllr mill *u/.ann>i 4'brlstlnnn Shumuker, Lmlfilunn.
JarioM 11. Smith an<l 11.1 r.i William*. city.
!• rank Miller, ■■htlllpuhiirK. and Site Virginia Vai Scayoe,
Tyrone.
and Mar, Anne F.ldrr. Tyrone.
William I atrlck Norrta and Mary lillen Murphy, Steelton.
Manning Says State
and City Should Join
in Developing Park
How Harrisburg, because of its* ad
vantageous geographical position,
stands unique among capital cities of
the country with relation to the great
radial highways of the future, was in
terestingly explained last evening by
Park Expert Warren H. Manning.
The ilistinguished landscape designer
was introduced by ex-Senator John E.
Fox, who paio him a tine tribute.
Mr. Manning's address was the
crowning feature of the evening pro
gram of the welfare and efficiency con
ference In the House of Representa
tives. Hundreds of people, represent
ing progressive communities of the
State, tilled the big room. Members
of the City Planning Commission, City
Council. Mayor-elect Ezra S. Meals
and Commissioner-elect E. V.. Cross
were among those present.
The park expert used the State Cap
itol with the proposed plan for devel
opment of the park extension as a
pivotal point for the further improve
ment and beautification of Harriaburij.
Close co-operation between the city
and State officials in working out tho
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