Hundreds of Thousands of Homeless HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 279 GOVERNOR NOT CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR'S TOGA Says He Never Heard of Report That He Would Kilter the Race Next Year BUSY ON APPOINTMENTS Hunting Right Sort of Men to Fill the Responsible Posi tions Now Open Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh to day disposed of rumors that, ho might be a candidate for United States sen ator next year by saying that he had not discussed the matter and. In fact, had not heard of it. "It is reported that you will be a candidate for the. United States sen ntorship. What is there to the re port?" was asked of the Governor to day. "That's the first I've heard of that," said the Governor. "The report has been printed in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh," it was stated. "Well. I have not. seen it and I have not discussed it. I don't know any thing about It," replied the Governor. The Governor declined to discuss State politics any further and re marked that he was bußy finding the right sort of men for the big places lie has to fill. The Governor was asked to-dav by General C. T. O'Neil, Senator H. W. Schantz and Colonel E. M. Young, of Allentown, to attend the dedication of the new armory at Allentown on Sat urday. Secret Service Arrests Man For Writing Insulting Letters to Mrs. Gait By Associated Press New York,' Nov. 2 9.—A man de scribing himself as Samuel White, 27, an inventor, was arrested here to-day by police and Secret' Service agents, charged with having written insulting letters to Mrs. Edith B. Gall, President Wilson's fiancee, and her mother, Mrs. Boiling. White, according to tiie police, ad p. f mitted having written .to Mrs. Gait and Mrs. Boiling concerning a patent egg carrier to be used in the mails and two new musical instruments. The in ventor said, the polico added, that he wrote the first letter for a Samuel Os borne. of Chicago, who had invented one of the musical instruments. White told the police that he met Mrs. Gait and her mother at the Grand Central Palace here in 1913. American Missionary to India Detained as Spy By Associated Press Ne\v Britain, Conn., Nov. 29. The Rev. Frederick Krieger, of this city who lias been engaged in missionary work in British East Africa for many years is being detained in a British prison camp in India on the suspicion Ihat he is a German spy, according to information received to-day by rela tives here. He was last stationed at Nnrobi, British East Africa. Wormleysburg Residents Want Town Name Changed Wormleysburg, Pa., Nov. 29.—Plans are being made by a number of resi dents of this boroug'i to present a pe tition to the town council asking that application be made to the Post Office Department at Washington to permit the borough's name to be changed. Some persons say that the name is peculiar and that often persons laugh when the name "Wormleysburg" is mentioned. When the borough was incorporated a few years ago an effort was made 1o change the name but the movement was dropped without the change being accomplished. The up per end of Wormleysburg lias long been known as Edgewater, and it may be that the application to council will contain the recommendation that this name be used. The petition has been made out by Burgess J. Fred Hummel and will be put. in c'-culatlon this week. SlcnilS IN RKTREAT By Associated Press Salonikl. Nov. 2X, via Berlin, and Wireless to London, Nov. 29, 9:05 A. M. —Because of bad weather, it is reported here, there has been no ac tivity on the Franco-British front. The Serbians have left Katchanik and are retreating toward Albania. The railway from Uskup to Mitro vitsa is completely In the hands of the Germans, Austrians and Bulgar ians. THE WEATHER For IlnrrlNhurg nnil vicinity! Fair and colder to-night nml Tuexdayi lotvcNt temperature to-night about freexlng. For ICnNtern I'ciiiiNylrunla: Fair ami eolilcr to-night nn<l Tucnday, A except mum flurries to-ulght In ▼ northeast portion; fresh to MtrmiK HOllthwCNt win lid. Hlver The SuNqueltunnn river un<l nil Itn tributaries will fall slowly or re main nearly stationary. A stage of about 4.1 feet In Indicated for Ilarrishurg TucHdny morning. fienerul Condition™ A storm «r considerable energy cover* the northeastern pnrt of tlic country till* morulnit with Its center north or l.akr Huron. It lias cntiscd rnln and snow In the l.ake Hegion and the Ohio Val ley, and rnlu In the Middle Atlan tic State*. Temperature: 8 a. m.. 42. Suai Klkck, 7it»s n. in.; net*. 4:41 p. m. Moon: >err moon. Heeenthcr «|. 1104 p. m. River Mtaite: 4.2 feet alinve low- Mater mark, VesterdayVi Weather Tllghent temperature, IKE, l.nrrest temperature. .14. Mean temperature, IS. .Normal teuipernturc, 37. " MAN WHO SWORE VENGEANCE HELD AS MURDERER Jim Rosa Arrested on Charge of Killing Man Who Stole His Wife STARRED THIRTY TIMES Aid Given by Local Police Help Authorities Nab the Suspect "Jim" Rosu. aired 28 years, an Ital ian, was arrested Saturday evening at Beacon City, N. Y„ charged with the murder of Domlnlck Tarantlna, alias Joe Bellini, a former Harrisburger. Tarantina's body was found near the Matteawan Asylum, November 3, with thirty stab wounds, including eight through the right lung. liosa is the husband of a woman j known here as Anna Aronda. Taran tina eloped from Newburgh, N. T., with Mrs. Rosa, and came to Harris burg early in October. They boarded in South Tenth street. As Joe Bellini he was arrested on October 24 by I Joseph Ibach, city detective, for steal ing two bicycles. While Bellini was waiting in jail for bail, the woman was sent out of the city. Soon after her departure, Tarantina left and was not heard from until the murder. Rosa, the husband, was suspected from the start. He had threatened a number of times to kill the man who ran away with his wife, and was on his way to Harrisburg when arrested in New Jersey for carrying concealed deadly weapons. Joseph Moith, chief of police at Beacon City, oanw; to Harrisburg last week and secured information from Detective lbach. He returned to New York State on Friday and Rosa's ar rest followed late Saturday evening. The husband refuses to talk. Wit nesses near Beacon City, who know Rosa, say the husband told them that he knew where the man was who ran away with his wife, and that he in tended "to get the man without any fingers on his right hand." Taran tina had the fingers of his right hand amputated following an accident a year ago. Water Is Selling at $1 a Barrel in Alaska Town By Associated Press Seaward, Alaska, Nov. 29.—As a re sult of cold weather, water is selling to- day at $1 a barrel at Anchorage, the new town established by the gov ernment as construction headquarters for the Alaskan railroad. If purchas ed by the bucket, the price is IB cents, or two buckets for a quarter. Pending the completion of the water system, which the government engi neers hope to have working within two weeks, all water for domestic pur poses is taken from holes chopped in the ice. 3,500 Wegonloads of Dirt in 3 Weeks of Clean-Up More than 3.500 wagon loads of refuse and rubbage were removed from the city during the annual "clean-up week" campaign, a record breaking total according to city health authorities. Owing to the big increase in the piles of rubbish to be removed from all sections of the city, the campaign was extended over three weeks, one week longer than the original time set for the work. WHEAT GOES UP AFTER SEIZURE {Action of Canadian Govern ment in Taking 20,000,000 Bushels Causes Nervousness By Associated Press | Chicago, Nov. 29. Wheat jumped in priee to-day as a result of tha Cana dian government's seizure of 20,000,- 000 bushels. Predictions, however, that a 5-cent advance would be added to the values here right at the start rContinued on Paso 12.] American Tank Steamer i Seized by German Warship and Cargo of Oil Taken By Associated Press New York, Nov. 29. —The American oil tank steamer Wico, formerly the German steamer Paula, which sailed from Philadelphia for Stockholm with a cargo of illuminating oil last Jtily, arrived to-day from Hamburg and Kirkwall and reported having been seized by a German cruiser which took her into Stettin, Germany, where the oil was discharged. • Officers of the Wico said the steamer met the German warship some time after leaving Kirkwall on the eastern trip. J"n trying to avoid the warship the tanker ran aground but was later floated. After discharging her cargo at Stettin the Wico proceeded to Hamburg and Kirkwall. STEAMER BRLIKVED IXIST By Associated Press Seattle, Wash., Nov. 29. —The 211- ton steamer Toledo, which left, here two weeks ago with a cargo of flour and lumber for .Mexico via San Fran cisco is believed to be lost. Nothing has been beard of the vessel since she passed Cape Flattery last Friday. Shipping men said to-day they had little hope that the small craft was able to weather the gale that has been raging off the coast. HARRISBURG, PA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1915. Enlarging of Wormleysburg Subway May Solve Camp Hill Road and Grade Crossing Problem A proposed improvement on the West Shore of especial interest to the resi dents of Camp Hill, Wormlesburg- and West Fairview, is a new road from the river to Camp Hill. The most talked of location Is through the subway at Walnut street at the upper end of Wormleysburg. It is possible that this sub way will be enlarged and a new road built to the thriving community on the hill across the river. The building of such a new road would permit tilo elimination of the dangerous double grade crossing at Ferry street, Worm leysburg, seen in the etching above. OLD TRAGEDY IS SOLVED BY NEW VICTIMS OF GAS Dr. Moffatt's Escape Places Twigg-Klosser Deaths on Carbonmonoxide Cumberland. Md., Nov. 29. The theory accepted by many that carbon monoxide poisoning caused the mys terious deaths of Charles Twlgg and Miss Grace Elosser on t.he eve of their wedding here five years ago, a case which attracted national attention, was strengthened by the narrow es cape from asphyxiation Saturday night of the Rev. Dr. James E. Moffatt, mod erator of the Baltimore Presbytery, and for thirty-six years pastor of the First Presbyterian Church here, and his daughter, Miss Ethel Moffatt. They had returned in the afternoon after having spent Thanksgiving with Dr. Ralph E. Moffatt, at Harrisburg, Pa. When Mrs. William Milner Rob erts called in the evening both con plained of being ill, but laid the cause to fish they had eaten in the dining car. Dr. Moffatt sought his room and fell on the floor. His daughter went to his rescue, also to fall unconscious. Mrs. Roberts, herself almost over come, was unable to raise "central" on the telephone to ask for aid. She could barelv get out. of the house to summon neighbors, but In doing so she left the door open, and it Is thought [Continued on Page #.] GREECE IS READY TO MEET DEMANDS Will Satisfy All Requests of Allies Which Will Not Com promise Neutrality Greece, on Sunday, delivered her reply lo the latest note of the entente powers, Paris hears froln Athens. Ac cording to an Athens dispatch, the Greek government is ready to satisfy all the demands of the allies which will not compromise her neutrality. Bad weather has brought, about forced inactivity along the south Ser bian front, held by the French and [Continued on Page 12.] 200 Sturdy Young Elms Now in Place Along Front Street More than 200 sturdy young elms have been planted in Front street from "Ilardscrabble" northward to Division. The finishing touches to this big Job were added Saturday by City Forester Harry J. Mueller. In years to come these small trees will have branched out Into towering shade producers that should form a splendid archway of green across the broad driveway. In all 213 trees were planted under the eye of the park department. Every tree is worth about $lO apiece; inci dentally these young trees were taken from the city nursery on the Island. Of the eighty-seven trees planted last Spring eight had to be replaced by new ones; in addition to these eight there were planted just 134 new trees. The planting of the elms along the river front was only a part of the work conducted during the past year by City Forester Mueller under Park Commissioner Taylor's eye. About lir. Norway maples which had been purchased in the Spring had also been set out where they were needed In city streets. In most instances these replaced trees th.ot had been blown down or damaged by storms. , "POISON PEN" OF MADWOMEN USED TO STOP BRIDALS Lettcrs Apparently Written in Asylum St-nt to Five En gaged Couples New York, Nov. 29.—Urged on by five angry young men and as many indignant young women, all of good social position in this city, the postal authorities to-day will start search for one of the most dangerous manipula tors of the "poison pen" on record. Apparently the mysterious offender has started out to break marriage en gagements by wholesale and to put many honeymoons in total eclipse. The total of victims includes up to date four engaged couples and one iSCently wedded pair. Neither mem ber of any of the couples knew any of the other persons. They move in widely separated social circles and have no mutual friends or enemies, so far as has been learned. Nevertheless, within the last three weeks each of the five young women lias received by mail a letter that played temporary havoc with ten sets lof heartstrings. All the letters were in one hand, obviously that of a worn ' [Continued on Page 9] JEALOUS LOVER ASSAULTED PAIR Police Believe State Hospital Employes Incurred Wrath of Assailant Jealousy, the police believe, was tlie motive of a brutal assault Saturday night near Cameron and Muclay streets on Miss Margaret Kulp, an em ploye at the State Hospital for tlie Insane, and her companion, J. W. Rice of Knola. Miss Kulp is In Dun- I cannon. Kiee could not be found to | day, to help the police find additional I evidence. ! Joseph Ibach, the City detective said there is still considerable mystery regarding the assr.ult. Just when it [Continued on Page 12.] j Negro Is Convicted of Killing Warden's Wife By Associated Press I Joliet, 111., Nov. 29.—Joseph Camp | hell, a nt-gro convict, was to-day found ' guilty of murdering Mrs. Maizte I Odette Allen, wife of former Warden i Allen, in the warden's apartments of the State prison here. The verdict fixed the punishment at hanging and was returned after forty four hours' deliberation by the jury. Mrs. Allen, formerly a star of mu sical comedy, was found murdered in her bed in the warden's suite at the State prison on the morning of June 20 last. Her skull was fractured and her body burned. Fire by which the murderer Is believed to have hoped to hide evidences of his crime was dis covered before the body was con sumed. Campbell, a negro trusty, was ar rested shortly afterward. He was serv ing an Indeterminate sentence for murder. Warden Allen was absent at French Lick Springs at the time of the murder. The crime led to his resignation as warden. The law did not permit a warden to live outside the prison and he said life within his old apartments would be unbearable for lilm. LARGER SUBWAY MAY HELP BRING ABOUT NEW ROAD Favorable Decision of Court Would Open Way to First Improvement ORGANIZATION DISCUSSED West Shore Folks Continue to Talk About Proposed Association By ROBKRT F. GORMAN Plans (or the formation of a West Shore (improvement association or league are moving forward and indi cations are that only a short period will elapse until a general meeting of all those interested in the movement will be called at some point along the w«»st Shore. V7 tAM f ))f »e»»iion is held P)I »f Ihosv in attendance, plans, will be called upon to give some expression as to the benefits to be de rived by co-operation and in addi tion. members of the City Planning Commission, of Harrisburg. who will also bo invited, will make short talks on planning along the West Shore. The commission has said repeatedly that It would assist in any way pos sible in effecting an organization for civic betterment in the lower end of Cumberland county and prominent West Shore men feel that the Commis sion's experience in planning would be a valuable asset to the proposed or ganization. Muhc Depends on Decision One of the things of particular in terest to the residents of Camp Hill, Wormleysburg and West I« Mr view at the present time is a new road 1 from the river to Camp Hill. The most talked -of location is through the sub- [Continued oil Page S.] Viewers Hear Witnesses For and Against Grade Crossing Abolition Special to The Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 29. —Viewers ap pointed to take testimony for and against closing the grade crossing at Perry street, Wormlysburg, heard a number of witnesses to-day. Many testified that the new subway at Walnut street, with the proposed new road leading to Camp Hill, would furnish ample accommodation to those now using tne grade crossing and that it would also result in many improve ments in the vicinity of the new sub way. They said it was of little con cern to them if the grade crossing was abolished, as long as they would get the benefits and accommodations in dicated in the improvement plans. Among those few who testified who opposed the abolition of the crossing were Michael Keister, William Brin ton, James W. Jacobs, James McCor mick, Jr., and J. Fred Hummel. In the opinion of these witnesses, the grade crossing is no more dangerous than the subway at the west end of [Continued on Page 12.] GEOLOGIST KILLS SELF By Associated Pres.r Kio Janeiro. Nov. 2!). Orville A. Derby, the widely-known American geologist, committed suicide here on Saturday. The reason for his act is not known. DEMOCRATS SPLIT AT THEIR CAUCUS Party Dissension Threatens During Consideration on Cloture of Debate Washington. Nov. 2!i. With Sen ate Democrats in caucus and Demo crats of the House Ways and MeaiiH committee in session to-day, work of organizing the <>4th congress, which convenes a week hence, got under way. Practically all the majority rContinued on Page 12.] Rob Tailor Shop of Goods Valued at $300; Think Thieves Used Automobile Flobbers last night entered the store and tailor shop of Albert J. Sim ins, 22 North Fourth street, and stole thirty-five rolls of cloth, averaging five yards in each roll, and valued at $3 00. Entrance was gained by using a skele ton key in the front door. Charles F. Swenson, special officer, found the store door open at 1.15 this morning when he was making his rounds. Ho enlled Mr. Simms. At first nothing was missed. This morn ing when Mr. Simms made an inven tory he found the thirty-live pieces missing. The police believe profes sionals pulled the Job and used an automobile to Haul the boot JL away. Twenty-Nine Missing From Crew of Sunken Steamer 1 By Associated I'ress l<omlon, Nov, 20, 1 i3l) F. 11. The French HtrMinnhl|i \lirt-rln bun hern *ullk. Twent.v-nlne mpinlirra or her crew ore ml«nlni*. Flarht were mtved. The Brltlxh ntcnmnhlii Tnnls lui» been mink. Her crew «a« Inmlnl. The Tanls. owned in Hartlepool, was built two years ago. She was 3.'0 foot long. Her gross tonnage was 3.165. Maritime records give three French stcanifchlp Alg«-i-i», one of 4,03 ft tons gross, another 3,386 and the third Ztio. 14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT —FINAL HOMELESS POLES ARE DYING BY THOUSANDS FOR WANT Drastic Relief Measures Necessary to Prevent Wholesale Deaths From Starvation in Warsaw District; Bread Lines and Souphouses Unable to Supply Enough to Keep the Body and Soul Together; All Industries Paralyzed; Country Districts Are Battle Scarred, Barren and Fire Swept People Are Living in Hats, Caves and Abandoned Trenches; Epidemics of Disease Superinduced by Unsanitary Ccnditions and Hunger Sweep Away Thousands; Few Remaining Mothers Are So Under nourished They Cannot Feed Their Children By Associated Press Warsaw, Nov. 12, via London, Nov. 29.—Hundreds of thousands of the civil population in the Warsaw dis trict of Poland are suffering for want of food. A considerable percentage of this number still are homeless, living in huts, caves and abandoned trenches. The situation is more serious be cause of the immense number of per sons thrown out of work by the almost complete paralysis of Polish industries. Some workers have emigrated to Ger many, where employment is plentiful, but the great majority prefer to re main_near their homes in the hope of better days. Prominent Poles in all walks of life maintain that drastic relief measures are necessary if whole sale deaths from starvation are to be prevented. Such Hour as is now on hand is be ing distributed by the Germans under the bread card system, but only pota toes are available in quantities, while there is an acute shortage of dried vegetables, meat fats and condensed milk. Prices all over Poland have risen to unprecedented heights, but cannot be checked by the establish ment of maximum prices, it is claimed, because of the fear that importation then would cease altogether. SiitTcring Acute Suffering is especially acule among the families of Russian reservists who formerly received regular payments from the government. Pensioners now are cut off from their former incomes and the Russians are "charged with having taken with them the funds of savings bank depositors. UH'I I C CtJITMT tuioc I the late election expense j Jf i >uted ?.KX) to the Democratic County Committee. i ,LIOTT-FISHER APPEALS ASSESSMENT Key- .entative of the •Elliott-Fisher Typewriter Com ( d m - property was valued at $3,500 acre; M ny considers this too high. * HALF OF TOWN IS BURNED { Los Angeles, Nov. 29.—More than half the town of § Avalon ,on Santa Catalina Island, was destroyed by fire to day. Estimates of the loss rjim as high as $1,000,000. Tfyc M fire destroyed the two principal hotels a number of 1 £ ness blocks, the bath house and clubs and damaged the oier S and freight houses before it was brought urid< B. AND O. PLACES EMBARGO ON STEEL ( Baltimore, Nov. 29.—0n account of large freight ac- V cumulation at its St. George, Staten Island, terminal, the -B v Baltimore and Chio« Railroad placed an embargo to-day on m iron and steel articles tor export through New York. \ HUNTER KILLED WHEN HE SLIPPED f Hazleton, Pa., Nov. 29. —Francis E C hifntmg for rabbitu in the Valley, I Mountain, this afternoon, slipped from a rock on which h I was standing. His gun exploded ar.d th»> load entered his body, i-nstantly killing him. 1 CLOSE SEVENTY-TWO SALOONS 1 Minneapolis, Minn., Nov ?9. Seventy two of » Hibbing-and Chisholm must close their doors immediately € as a result of Judge Page Morris* denial in .district court a to-day of a temporary injunction restraining agents of the J Federal Indian Bureau from enforcing the treaty law of ,1 1855, declared effective more than a year ago by the Unt g States Supreme Court. The treaty law prohibits the sale ■ of liquor on Indian reservations. Jr MARRIAGE LICENSES ( < hnrl<*n \V. IJl«*c, York, nntf Minnie <>rlmm« Red Mon. ( John 11. Sn.v«l«»r nntl F.ttn Viryun, cltj. a iiltvr St uin hit uuh uiui lifMßiu llußcnherry, Chambrnbarff. I r i iVi< i—h ir 1 The country districts of Poland front one end to tile other are buttle scarred, barren ami tire swept. In the Warsaw governmental district alone it is esti mated that 4,000 villages were burned by the Russians. Many of the inhabi tants who at first tied with the Rus sians later returned and (brew them selves upon the mercy of the Germans. Thousands already have died of starvation and diseases superinduced by hunger. Mothers remaining alivo are so undernourished they cannot feed their children. In Warsaw and T>odz women now rise at 3 o'clock in the morning to get good places in the bread lines and not miss the chance to obtain some food at least. The liorroi* of the situation is increased by the serious shortage of coal, due in part to destruction of the mines and in part to inadequate railway facilities. Struggle iVitli Epidemics The German authorities are strug gling desperately with epidemics of disease which have come as a result, of sanitary conditions in the ravaged district and are making slow but sure headway. Cholera, typhoid fever, scarlet fever and diphtheria have been stamped out or are under control in most districts. Statistics which appear to be au thoritative show that from 250.000 to 350,000 persons are being supported in Warsaw alone. This number is steadily increasing. Meanwhile funds raised for charitable nurposes have been virtually exhausted. These funds, amounting to several million rubles, were given by Polish and Jewish or ganizations. neutrals and the Russian government.
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