U. S. Determined to Break Up Plots to Prevent Shipment of War Munitions HARRISBURG fSllllßS TELEGRAPH T.XXXIV— No. 274 500 TROOPS GO DOWN WHEN TURK TRANSPORT HITS MINE IN OCEAN Nearly AH Are Believed to Have Been Drowned; Two British Steamers Are Vic tims of Submarine At tacks; Italians Make Im portant Progress on Isonzo Front Despite Desperate Counter Attacks by Aus trians BLOCKADE WILL NOT RESULT SERIOUSLY General Feeling in Greece Is That Serious Consequences Will Be Avoided; Satisfac tory Agreement Regarding Treatment of Troops in Macedonia Is Reported by London; Serbs Win Big Victory Over Bulgars \ Turkish <rmi>in>rt struck a mine 1n tin* sea of Marmora and sank with the loss of nearly all the 500 troop* <»n board according to news agency iitivlces received in l.ondon. Important progress for the Italians on tlie Isonzo front in their stub born struggle for Gorizia is announced hy Rome, Substantial gains are re ported on the heights northwest of £ the city, (lie ground taken being held ■despite desperate counter attacks by the Austrlans. Further advances also are reported l>y the Italians on the Carso Plateau, ihe advantages recently gained on .Monte Han Alieheln having been Im mediately followed up. The Aus trian* were dislodged from trench after trench in this region, it is de clared. News in confirmation of the report that the Serbians have won an Im portant victory over the Bulgarians near Leskovats on the main one rail road south of Nisli, comes from tha Serbian minister at. Athens, a Paris dispatch states. Notwithstanding the situation created by the announcement that a •commercial blockade of Greece by the entente powers has been instituted, an Athens dispatch received by a Paris newspaper declares the general feel ing in Greece is that serious conse quences will Be avoided. London has the report that, a basis of agreement satisfactory to the allies regarding the possible treatment by Greece of their troops in Macedonia already has been report ed. Sinking of the, British steamers, Tfallamshire, of 44 20 tons and Merg anser of 1950 tons presumably by sub [C'outiiiued oil Page «.] HIT BY AUTO OX RIVER ROAD Harris B. McCormtck, aged 49, of Riverside, a clerk in the Merchants' National Bank, was painfully injured yesterday morning when struck by an automobile owned and driven by Sam uel H. Fisher, 2106 North Sixth street. The accident occurred on the River Toad north of Division street. Mr. McCormick is suffering from bruises ;ind severe lacerations of the head and body. Mr. Fisher took Mr. McCor mick to the hospital in his machine and then reported the accident to the ppllce. He says he was not driving fast at the time and that Mr. McCor mick stepped In front of the car. CHI lilt SWALLOWS PILLS: PIES While playing at her home, 611 I'rimroae street, Saturday afternoon, little Margaret Arnold, 21-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Arnold, found several pills containing poison and swallowed them. Her mother found the baby shortlv after In a critical condition and hurried the child to the Harrisburg Hospital where she died a half hour later. THE WEATHER For Harrlshure and vicinity) Fair, sliichtly ciitilfr to-night nlth freexlng temperature; Turmlny fair, continued cold. For Hastern renn».vlvnnln: Fair t<>- nluht and Tuesday; colder to night in north portion; fresh west winds. River The lower portions of the North and L Went II ranches will rise somc- V what to-nli(ht and fall Tuesduy. The main river will rlae slowly to-nl|(ht and Tuesday. A w IU « e of it bout 5.1 feet In Indtentcd for Harrlsburg Tuesday moralng. General Conditions The storm that was central north of the threat I.akes, .Saturday mornintt. has passed oflf north eastward and pressure has In creased over nearly all districts, except In the Northwest, being highest this mornlnic over the l.ower Ohio Valley and Tennes see. It Is 2 to 20 degrees colder than on Saturday mornlnic from the Plains States eastward, except In the South Atlantic nut Middle Half regions, where It Is slightly warmer. 'Oniprratiirei K n. m., 34. *aor nine*. n. in.; nefii, 4 >44 p. m. Moon i Hlftcn, 5t«M |>. m. River Stage ■ 4.4 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature. So. I.owest temperature. 3t». Mean temperature, 44. >ormal temperature, 40. GIRL DISAPPEARS FROM HOME ON HILL WHILE ILL Police of Two Cities Seek Miss Frances Ramsay, 12 Ever green Street WENT TO PHILADELPHIA Li \ \ V MISS FRANCES C. RAMSAY The police departments of this city and Philadelphia are sparing no ef fort in attempts to locate Miss Frances C. Ramsay, of 12 Evergreen street, who disappeared completely a week ago to-day. Suffering from nervous disability and mental depres sion, she left her home last Monday afternoon and was traced to Phila delphia. where no further knowledge of her whereabouts could be obtained. Miss Ramsay is well known in this city, where she has many friends. She is well-read and possessed of a pleas ing personality, but for several years has been troubled with nervous trouble and attendant melancholy. An operation was performed for brain [Continued on Page 3 Christmas Trees at Disposal of Harrisburg Celebration Committee It is understood that three large trees have been piaced at the disposal of the Municipal Christmas Tree Com mittee for this year's celebration. One tree, it is said, is growing back of Dauphin; the others are on the lirst and second mountains. A feature of the Christmas celebra tion this year may be a juvenile chorus. Plans will be discussed to morrow night at a meeting of the committee to be held In the office of the Mayor. Carl M. Kultwasser, gen eral manager for the Harrisburg Utfht and Power Company, hus been ap pointed on the committee. Insane Asylum Inmate Slays Another; Coroner to Hold Inquest Tonight William Rapp, a Chambersburg In mate at the State Hospital for the Tn sane, was found dead this morning. According to the story given Coro ner Jacob Ecklnger, J. W. Graff, an other inmate, killed Rapp. The body was placed in charge of Dr. J. Har vey Miller who made a post mortem examination. He will report at an in quest to be held to-night nt 7:30 o'clock. Rotary Club to Have Christmas Tree; Will Give Gifts to Poor The Harrisburg Rotary Club will have a Christmas tree with presents for each of the members. The meet ing will be held on December 21 at the Harrisburg Public Library and there will be an old-time holiday jubi lee in connection therewith. Hut better than all that, eaeli mem ber will bring with him to that meet ing a basket ol" provisions and Christ mas cheer for the poor of the city, 'we don't want your money," said President Arthur D. Bacon in making the announcement to-day at the noon luncheon in the Senate Hotel. "What we want is your basket, bought by you, selected by you and with vour own Christmas spirit displayed there in. J. Raymond Hoffert and George Bogar will superintendent tho distrl of llle Christmas baskets on Christmas morning. William B. Bennett, the insurance man, presided at the meeting to-dav and the address was delivered by the Rev. L,. Nelson Bassler, who was his guest. Charles B. Nunsicker a iruest of William a. Esslck. also spokl Trial of Germans Charged With Defrauding U. S. Opens New York, Nov. 22.—The opening session to-day of the trial of Karl Buenz, managing director of the Ham burg-American line, and three other officials of the line, under indictment on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government was devoted to select ing a jury before Federal Judge Howe The government alleges that the de fendants secured false clearance papers for steamers sailing from New York with supplies for German sea raiders in the Atlantic during the early part of the war. The trial is the first important one In connection with the various conspiracy charges made against German and Austrian agents in this country. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1915. COLUMBIA READY TO ENTERTAIN BIG CROWD THURSDAY Thirteen Fire Companies and Thirteen Bands in Holi day Parade FANTASTICS AT NIGHT Committees in Hustling Bor ough Work Hard For Suc cess of Event By Robert F. Gorman Columbia, Pa., Nov. 22.-—Final plans for one of the biggest celebrations ever held in this hustling, wide-awake bor ough are now nearing completion and when the great day, Thursday, arrives the town's people will be ready to entertain thousands of visitors. Thanksgiving Day will be observed as it never was before. Of course, the turkey and the cranberry sauce will be in evidence as always, but in addition the greatest firemen's parade, fantastic parade and carnival ever witnessed here will be on the day's program. Altogether, in the firemen's turnout in the afternoon there will be thirteen companies and thirteen bands. In the evening, when the fantastic parade is held, all of the fire companies will march in "Darktown" make-up, fol lowed by 2,000 Individual marchers. The parade in the afternoon will be made up of more than 2,000 men and some of the visiting companies will [Continued on Page 9] Dr. Conwell to Give His "Acres of Diamonds" Lecture Here Dec. 18 Dr. Russell H. Conwell will give his "Acres of Diamonds" lecture under the auspices of the Harrisburg Acad emy at the Technical high school on Saturday evening, December 18. This lecture has been given more than 5,300 times and Dr. Conwell has received over $4,000,000 in the time during which he has devoted his ener gies to it. In it you will learn how the old Persian, living by the Indus, wanted to l>e rich, how this A 1 Hafed sold his farm and set forth to find diamonds Qf great price: how lie traveled on and on and ended lils life miserably; and then how the man who boflght his farm found in its sands the great Kohinoor diamond—this is the basis of Dr. Conwell's lecture, an Illustration which enables him to show how each individual can find prosperity and hap piness at his own door. Student Killed When Auto Turns Turtle on Way Home from Game By Associated Press Easton, Pa., Nov. 22.—George V. M. Jones, of Dover, Delaware, a Lafayette College student, was instantly killed and Alvan Smith Hutchison, of Oyster Bay, N. Y., one of Jones' classmates, was painfully injured late last night, when their automobile overturned on a curve near Reigelsville, about 12 miles from this city. Jones was pinned under the car and his neck was frac tured. The young men had attended the Kehigh-Dafayette football game Sat urday and afterward had driven to Philadelphia with Hutchison's sister They were on their way back to kaston when the accident occurred. Noted Negro Scholar Addresses People's Forum Sunday was observed as Frederick Douglas day by the Forum and the principal address of the afternoon program was delivered by Professor Kelly Miller, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of Howard Univer sity, Washington, D. C. Vocal and strumental solos tfere rendered by Miss Rachael Lyons, of this city, swid Mrs. King and Miss Emily Howard, of Steelton. The origi nal speech of Frederick Douglas, un der the auspices of William Dloyd Garrison, and which first gave him public attention, was read by Dr M H. Layton. Dean Miller's talk was largely in an attempt to arouse public interest In the preservation of the Douglas home as a permanent memorial at the nation's capital and In an en deavor to create a fund by public sub i scriptions from his own people look ing to the erection of a fitting monu ment to the famous negro on the site of his memorial home in Anacostla, Mortimer M. Harris, the financial secretary of the Douglas Home Asso ciation, spoke at length on the virtue of Douglas as a national and race character and the complete establish ment of his home as a memorial. The session of the Forum was held at Bethel A. M. E. Church. Dr. Anna Shaw Declines Re-election So She Can Get Out on Firing Line By Associated Press New York, Nov. 22.—1n a state ment issued to-day explaining her de cision not to stand for re-election as president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, Dr. Anna How ard Shaw announces that she planned making vigorous campaigns in lowa, South Dakota and West Virginia and wants off the executive board. WIM NOT DISMISS THOMPSON Willie City Commissioners generally were reluctant to discuss the probable action of council to-morrow i Mayor John K. Royal's request for the dis missal of Captain Joseph P. Thomp son, acting chief of police, the opinion prevailed in municipal circles that Captain Thompson might be fined for breach of discipline perhaps, but not dismissed. | 280,000-MILE FLAME DARTS OUT FROM SUN ) V .■ HHHHiiF • Fyf v ft |"• * mm KB MBMSSM HH BI9PSB JISHHH IH■ ■ - How would you like to see a tongue of tire that would reach 10,000 miles further than the distance from your front door step to the moon? The moon's just 240,000 miles away. Quite a flame, eh? I P'ofepsor S. A. Mitchell, formerly of Columbia Unlversitv and now head ot the Department or Astronomy of the University of Virginia," will show you how such a tongue of flame looks when viewed with the special Instru ment of tin- astronomer in a lecture on "Our Giant Neighbor in tlw Heavens," at 8.1 n to-night in the Technical High Hchool. The weird object above is one of the. remarkable views or ttie sun showing the projecting tongues of flame extending from the orb. Professor Mitchell has made several important contributions to recent Knowledge of the sun. He is here under the direction of the Harrisburg National History Society. MESSAGE TO TELL HOW TO PROVIDE DEFENSE MONEY | President Will Indicate How Coin Should Be Raised; Bond Issue Opposed By Associated Press > « 2 Bremi-. | dent Wilson will indicate; In Ills an- I nual message to Congress, which he 1 is now writing, how. In his opinion, the money necessary to provide for na tional defense as proposed by the ad ministration may he raised. Some of the President's advisers, however, have told him that inasmuch as the House has sole authority to originate revenue legislation, he ought not to appear to usurp that power. A number of Democratic leaders in Congress, including Mr. Fitzgerald and Senator Underwood, are opposed to a bond issue for the defense plans be cause such expenditures would have to jbe continued from year to year. The ; Presi nnt will lay aside pratlcaily all (other work this week in order to have, if possible, his message in the hands of the public printer before Thanks giving Day. The President, In his message, prob ably will lay stress on the importance of legislation for increases in the army and navy, a merchant marine, rural credits, greater measure of self government for the Filipinos, con servation and ratification of the Hai tien, Colombian and Nicaraguan treaties. PROMINENT MEN AT HIATT SERVICE Death of Secretary to the Gov ernor Regretted by Many Harrisburg People Governor Brumbaugh and a number of prominent State, officials together with the attaches of the Executive De ; partment and representatives of other I branches of the State government, at- I tended the funeral services of James S. ! Illatt, late private secretary of the Governor, this afternoon at his home in Bellevue Park. The services were conducted by Dr. Albert Russell, of the Friends Institute, Baltimore, Md., In accordance with the customs of the Society of Friends. The body will be taken to Richmond, ind., to-night for burial in the family plot. Mr. Hiatt's death occurred at 10 o'clock on Saturday night after a pro tracted illness and was the cause of much regret, as in the short period of time he had been here he had made many tirni friends. His health had not [Continued on Page 9] American Ship Boarded by British Prize Crew By Asso&iated Press New York, Nov. 22. The seizure of the American steamer Genesee by a British cruiser was reported to the American Trans-Atlantic Company yesterday by her master. Find Basmus sen, from St. Lucia, British West In dies. Captain Basmussen, in a cable dispatch said that the Genesee which cleared from Norfolk. October 14, with a cargo of coal for Montevideo was taken to St. Lucia by a prize crew from the cruiHer. Robert G. Wagner, "resident of the Trans-Atlantic Company wired a pro test against the seizure to Secretary of State Lansing at Washington. The Genesee is owned by the same com pany that owns tho Hocking, seized by a British cruiser,, and taken into Hali fax recently. Mr. Wagner said the Genesee was under American registration and flew the American flag. SPEECH RETURNS TO GIRL PENNED UP TWELVE YRS. Grace Marshall Kept Prisoner by Father Talks When She Sees Apple; Physical Wreck shall, the young worn:wifti- 'rather and stepmother are chanpod-with hav ing imprisoned In their ist. Michaels for nearly 12 years, spoke to day for the first time since her liber ation last Friday, She asked for an apple she saw on the table of her room In her aunt's home where she is under the care of a physician. Miss Marshall was imprisoned, it is alleged, after attempting to elope, at the age of lti, with a man whom her father disapproved. Relatives thought her dead. Marshall said he considered the girl crazy and that as he could not afford to send her to an institution j he thought tho only thing to do was to lock her up In her room. When released she weighed but. 57 pounds. Marshall is said to have admitted that the woman's stepmother was the only person who had seen her during the last three years. The representatives of the local children's aid society, through whose instrumentality Miss Marshall was lib erated, was expected to lay the case before the State's attorney to-day. MEALS TO CHANGEf TRAFFIC SYSTEM Wants Uniformity of Signals and Corner Cops on Duty 24 Hours Uniformity of traffic signals and the retention of traffic officers on duty at congested points in the business dis tricts throughout the twenty-four hours of (he day are among the police measures Mayor-elect Ezra S. Meals says he will put Into effect immediate ly after the first of the new year. Under the present, system when the "corner inan" goes off duty on "relief" he travels a beat In some distant, point in the city as a rule; at the changing of the corner stations there is always [Continued on Page 7.] PORTER CHARLTON* FREED Special to The Telegraph Como Italy, Nov. 22.—Porter Charl ton the American who recently was tried on a charge of murdering his wife, and who was found guilty and sentenced to six years and eigh't months' improsnoment, was released yesterday. He is in good health ond spirits. By reason of the time that CharK ton had been under restraint and an' additional one year taken from his sentence under an amnesty; Charlton was compelled to serve only 20 days fn prison after his conviction and sen tence. Charlton killed his wife in 1910, placed the body in a trunk and threw it into Lake Como. MINISTER WHO SERVED 60 YEARS WITHOUT PAY, DIES By Associated Press Columbus, 0.. Nov. 22.—The Rev. j A. H. K. Beam, 98 years old. ai pioneer United Brethren minister, who I served sixty years without accepting 1 remuneration of any kind, is dead at I his home at Hartsville, near here. lie retired after n stroke otf paralysis when 8« years old He was born in Lan-J caster. Pa., but came here when a I *>oy. J HERSHEY SAYS HE DIDNT GET THE RIGHT FOUNTAIN Chocolate King Furthermore Wants .$2,066.67 of His Money Back DONA T O ASKS $26,000 I Court Befuses Plea to Dismiss! Case—Manufacturer to Take Stand The $20,000 fountain which j Guiseppe Donato sculptured for Mil-! J *oii S. Hershey, the "chocolate king" . Isn t the fountain Hershey ordered at —he never got it and never wanted it. Furthermore he wants the sculp tor to pay back the $2,066.67 he re ceived on account. j That, at least is the position Her shey tcok this morning when the de fense opened in Donato's suit to re cover the price of the fountain from the big chocolate manufacturer was resumed before Additional Law Judge Mi'Carreli in November common pleas | court. Donato's contention has been that ■ hi sculptured the fountain In ac ■ cordanee with his own ideas after ; Hershey told him to use his "own , artistic judgment." He admits he ; made certain changes from the original order given him by Hershey. Whose Fountain? I At the opening of tho -trial this [Continued on Page 7.] Two British Steamers Sink; Another Is Aground I London. Xov. 22, 12.:55 p. ji. Tlic British steamships Hallamsliirc. 1.420 j lons gross, and Merganser. 1,905 tons, j have Ik-cii sunk. Tlieir crews were j saved. »j The British steamship SalseMr, I'rom ' I<ondon for Bonitaiy, is ashore south of | Has Abu Itore/., in the Gulf or Suez. She lias signalled for immediate assist • ance. The Hallanishirc, 385 feel long, was built anil owned in Glasgow. Slic was last reported as having sailed on Octo ber 19 front Kastham, Kiiglaiul, for Barry, Wales. The Merganser was 290 i feet long and was owned in Cork. SON GETS BULK OF WIDENER ESTATE Philadelphia, Nov. 22. —The will of the late Peter A. B. Widener, admitted to probate to-day, leaves the bulk of his estate, estimated between $50,000,000 and $70, 000,000 to his son, Joseph E. Widener. Joseph E. Widener, under th< terms of the will, is given complete authority over hi* father's collection of paintings and an work, considered ont of the' most valuable in America. TEUTONS NEARING SECOND SERB CAPITAL London, Nov. 22.—The drive of the Teutonic allies in Serbia is nearing Mitrovitza where the Serbian capital was removed after the Bulgarian invasion in the south gained headway. The forcing of a passage into the Lab Valley both north and south of Padujevo is reported to-day by Ber lin. Padujevo lies about twenty miles east of Mttrovitz?. and approximately fifteen miles north of Pristina. ALLIES BEGIN NEW OFFENSIVE Rotterdam, Nov. 22, via . London,, 3.07 P. M. Thp Cr lognr* Gazette reports that a< it offensive movement ha. 1 been initiated at the Dardanelles by the allies. FLOTILLA Op BRITISH U-BOATS IN BALTIC Copenhagen, Nov. 22. —Via London, 1.39 P. M.—The passage of a large flotilla of British submarine's variously estimated at from 10 to 25, into the Baltic is given as an explanation of the recent naval activity in the Cattagat where both German and British destroyer flotillas have been sighted. CAPTURE 2,600 SERBIANS Berlin, |fJov. 22, via London. The capture of- more than 2,600 Serbians was announced by the German' war of fice to-day. Five cannon and four machine g"uns were taken in the field operations, while in the Novipazar arsenal fifty large mortars and eight cannon of an old type were found. MARKET CLOSES IRREGULAR New York, Nov. 22. Weakness in New Haven and some activity at higher prices in coppers and minor oils fea tured the final Hour in Wall Street. The closing was irre guar. To-day's session was the dullest of any full session in several months. Rails were hesitant, with variable gains in specialties. MARRIAGE LICENSES '' " '' ' ' ' ' . . , < AnMiuul Kiiliu Bn ,i Theraa Srkmlilt, Hroxma. Sol. Schlomiierir, cltj, and Minnie C. Lefaky, StceHon. - ' ' •- -- - --- i 14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL BOMB PLOTTERS TO BE RUN DOWN BY GOVERNMENT Mountains of Evidence Against .$40,000,000 Organization Will Go Before Jury HUNDREDS ARE INVOLVED U. S. Determined to Break Up Whole Field of Foreign Criminal Activity By Associated Press New York. Nov. 22. —All the evi dence gathered by agents of the United States government here bearing on plots to prevent war munitions from reaching the entente allies will be sub mitted to the federal.grand jury within a short time, probably this week. It id unerstood that when the presentation is complete a blanket indictment will be asked against all the persons shown to be Involved, except such as may bo exempt under the law. The mass of evidence collected in described by federal officials as "moun tain high." It is the result of more than a year's work. I) involves scores of persons operating, it is charged, as an organization, the direction of which was in the hands of a few men. Evidence is Heady The federal district attorney and his assistants have been directed that, every charge and suspicion must be substantiated before taking action. As | a result no evidence will be presented jto the grand jury that lacks verifica tion in any essential detail. It is asserted that directors of the ' alleged conspiracies controlled a Ger man fund of $4 0,000,000. Contri butions to this fund have been the subject of government inquiry. The evidence now virtually ready for the consideration of the. grand jury is un derstood to cover the whole field of foreign criminal activity in America in the traffic in fraudulent passports, plots to blow up steamships carrying war munitions to the allies, fires and ex plosions in munition plants, efforts to foment strikes in those plants, at tempts to make Teutonic workers go on strike and efforts to buy control of munition plants.
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