'iist S/lessage to Congress Will Treat of National Preparedness For Defense HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 280 * MAYOR URGES ALL TO LIGHT CANDLES ON CHRISTMAS EVE City Executive Endorses Tele graph's Suggestion For Front Windows SPIRIT OF YULETIDE Tapers Should Glow at Stock ing-Hanging Time, Follow ing Old Custom "Lighting the candles in the win flows of the homes of Harrisburg on t'lirlstmas eve would revive an ancient but very beautiful custom, which to my mind, would help to bring about a truer appreciation of the spirit of • 'hristmas-tide. "Harrlsburg's people would cer tainly do well to follow out the sug gestion. It is a very pretty sentiment and t would certainly urge its gen eral adoption all over the city." Mayor John K. Royal the city's chief executive, thus endorsed the Tele graph's suggesUon for the revival of the pretty old-time custom in the homes of Harrisburg folks on Christ mas eve. When Old England Was "Metric" Long, long years ago when old England was really "merrie" and the < louds of war were not rolling across the horizon, the people celebrated the eve of the birthday by placing lighted tapers in the windows. The hour was .lust about when the small folks of the house had hung the stockings and hustled oft' to bed to await the com ing of the rotund and jolly old fellow who even at this late day turns up a stub nose at automobiles because he prefers reindeer. The adoption of the custom in Har risburg lies of course with the people themselves; the candles may be light ed at dusk and kept burning for ju;-t »B long as father or mother prefers. The chances are that the mysterious ivorld-old hour of stockjng hanging ime—the hour that the church bells might be calling to Christmas eve services—will be the universal choice. lx>l the Candles Point tlie Way such mere man-made ights as gas and lamps and electricity thould be tabooed for the time wherc aver this is practicable. The burning andles alone should light the windows and point The Way. In urging the people of the city to observe the quaint old custom Mayor Boyal said he didn't think a "procla mation" would be necessary or exactly appropriate. "This is a matter that will rest en tirely with the individual and the re quest of the mayor in a proclamation wouldn't, and shouldn't lie the en tirely proper thing to my mind." said the mayor. "It's a very beautiful sentiment as I've said before, and I think everybody—at least so far as I they are able—would approve of it I and would carry out the. suggestion. Certainly it Is a real sentiment of the gladdest season of all the year. "And." concluded the mayor, "I be lieve Harrisburg's people will think the same way." Germans Place Orders For $40,000,000 of Copper By Associated Press New York. Nov. 30. Orders for topper aggregating about 200,000,000 pounds, nearly one-fifth the annual production in the United States, have been placed by German representatives with copper concerns in this country, it was reported to-day. As copper is quoted at 20 cents a pound, the cost of the German purchases amounts to I S 40,000,000. Instances where the con : racts have been filled, the metal has '•een placed in storage under an agree- i ment to ship it to Germany imme- j diately after the war. The orders placed in America I amount to nearly four times the an- j nual production of copper in Germany. ' America produced 1,110,062,000 pounds ! of copper in 1914. Within a few months the German government has been commandeering copper wherever j it could be found in the German em pire. HARRISBURG CI.I ll TO hold AXMAI. MEETING Next Monday evening the annual meeting o fthe Harrisourg Club will be held for the election of three mem bers of the Board of Governors and for the other business of the year. The business meeting will be followed by a dinner at .30 o'clock. I THE WEATHER 1 I—______ lor Harriabnrg and vlrliilty: I'nlr, continued colli to-night and \Yed nfnlnyi loHfut temperature to night about 2.1 dfurrra. for I Eastern Pennsylvania! Fair to night and Wednesday; aomrivhat • olilcr to-nliclit In nortbruxt por tion; muilrratr nnt niuiln. River Ihe Susquehanna river and all Ita tributaries will fall slowly. A. singe of about 4.1 feet Ik Indicat ed tor Harrisburg Wrdnradijr morning. t.cncral Condition* The ntorm that na« central near l ake Huron. Monday morning. la , mating "lowly northeastward down the St. I.awrence Valley. It caused light anon In the la»t tvienty-four houra for over the ureater part of the I.akc lUdon i and In the Ohio Valley and the Interior of »n York Stnte and rain In New England. It I* 'J to 'JO degree* colder over , practically all the rountry east of the Mississippi river nnd 2 to 22 decrees warmer in the Plains states and the Hocky Mountains. Temperaturei R a. m.. 30. *uni Rises, 7:07 a. m.t aets, 4:40 l». m. Moon i Xew moon, December 6, i ; 04 River Jtngei 4J feet above low- ! water mark. Yesterday's Weather Hlfkeat temperature, 4(1. temperature, 3S. Mean temperature, 43. Normal tempcriitnre, 37. GRADE CROSSING TO BE ORDERED CLOSED, BELIEF Residents of Wormleysburg and Camp Hill Confident Viewers Will Agree : NEW ROAD NECESSARY i • Relieved Railroad Companies Will Have to Enlarge Sub way at Walnut St. By ROBERT F. GORMAN J Residents of Wormleysburg and J Camp Hill and the farmers who reside : I between the two towns, are confident ; that the members of the Board of Viewers who yesterday heard testi . inony on the closing of the grade . crossing at Ferry street. Wormleys burg, will recommend to the Cumber . land county court that the road be closed and that the Pennsylvania and »| Northern Central Bailroad companies . jbe instructed to enlarge the subway ; at Walnut street, in the upper end i j of the borough and open a public road T Continued on Page 6.] Anonymous Note Warns Central Principal to Keep Rote Out of Basketball i i 1 "Professor Dibble: I "I advise you to keep Harry j Rote out of basketball for his I own personal safety. "A Resident of Lebanon." I The above note was found this I morning scrawled on a small strip of J paper lying under the door of the I Central High school by John Dough erty, janitor. He handed it to Professor H. G. | Dibble, principal who said later that j he did not consider it a serious affair, j but a prank of one of the students, i The students of the school also con ] sider it a joke of some one who wrote | the note to ridicule the attacks on ! Role by Lebanon High school sup ! porters. ■ Dynamite Found at Pipe Bending Plant Not the Work of Spies Workmen of the Harrisburg Pipe! and Pipe Bending Works when they j found a small end of a stick of dyna- l mite in a car of coal at the plant yes- I terday. apparently fearing an attempt to blow up the place by German spies alleged to be at work in this country, reported the find to W. T. Hildrup. Jr., secretary-treasurer and general man ager of the big plant. Mr. Hildrup said to-day that the 1 small piece of dynamite weighed scarcely an ounce and had In ail probability been dropped by men working in the coal mines when they split a large stick. It was too small, aecordtng to Manager Hildrup. to do any damage. He does not believe that it was placed in the coal with the In tention of causing an explosion in any i part of the pipe bending works. ! Mr. Hildrup claimed that none of ! the miners know where the coal Is be j ing shipped after it leaves the col-1 lieries and that the explosive had \ dropped into the shipment acci- ] j dentally. Sends False Warning That Auto Tires Spread Disease By Associated Press I Detroit, Mich., Nov. .10. Several ' | hundred persons living in all parts of I the United States and Canada have ' ! received a uniform typewritten letter, i I dated Detroit, Nov. 17, and signed "J. Uurgess, M. D„" intimating that if! j there are contagious diseases in their ] j respective localities, the same possibly i ' could be traced to a certain make of I automobile tire. The factory in which ' (these are made, the letter says, is I located near a pesthouse in an eastern I city. "Being a brother stockholder, II thought you should know of this," ! the letter concludes. I Coroner J. E. Burgess, of Detroit, I has received more than 300 replies to >;this letter and more are coming in every mail delivery. Every one of them denounces him as a "meddler," i a "lunatic" or worse. The coroner declares he did not write the warning letter, never heard of the company mentioned in it and ridicules the idea that an automobile tire could spread disease. He has asked the post office authorities to find the author. Complete Half New C. V. Bridge by This Evening Concrete work on the first half of ' the Cumberland Valley Railroad | bridge will be completed by 6 o'clock! j this evening. This is in accordance j with the contract held by the Robert '. Grayce Construction Company, to I i have half of the work done by Decern- ; j her 1. It is the first time this has been accomplished on a large railroad contract, according to statements 1 made by officials to-day. If the fill, and other work can be completed, trains are expected to be running bv i February 1. Work on the second half of the con crete part of the bridge will start early iin April, or earlier, if weather per j mits. j Lafayette Alumni Annual j Dinner at Harrisburg Club j Lafayette alumni of this section of' the state will have their annual dinner ! lat the Harrisburg Club on Januarv 11 i ! with Governor Brumbaugh as the! j guest of honor. Secretary of the Coin ] monwealth Cyrus E. Woods, Deputy | Attorney Goneral Emerson Collins, ■ Herman L. Collins, the newspaper i writer, and others will be guests. ; The committee in charge is com- I posed of John E. Fox, chairman; ■ Frank P. Snodgrass. secretary; Casper j Dull. W. W. Davis. Dr. J. George I Becht. W. H. Earnest, Charles K. Boas i and F.' A. Godcbarles. HARRISBURG. PA., TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1915 DAUGHTER OF ENGLAND'S PREMIER WEDS TODAY I * J*7ISS VTOIsE'T j?SQVITJ-r, London. Nov. 30.—Miss Violet Asqulth, (laughter of Premier Herbert Asqulth and Mrs. Asqulth, was married to-day to her father's secretary and right hand man, Bonham Carter. The wedding was to have taken place some time ago, but was post poned on account of Miss Asqulth's illness, contracted while nursing her brother, who was wounded at the front. Among the many presents received by Miss Asquith was a gold Ink stand and a diamond brooch, presented by parliament. 300 BURIED IN MINE EXPLO 25 MAY BE DEAD Fayetteville, W. Va., Nov. 30.—An explosion occurred at noon to-day in mine No. 2of the Boomer Coal and Coke Company at Boomer W. Va. Three hundred men were said to be in the mine when the accident occurred, and it was not known here whether any escaped. Boomer is located twenty-two miles from here. Additional news said that three explosions had occurred immediately after the first flash, and the rescue parties were being organized from the miners in neighboring workings. A relief party also was made up here and left at 2 o'clock for Boomer. Telephone advices report that all but twenty-five of the miners have come out of the mine and company officials say that indications are that these twenty-five are alive and will be brought out as soon as the smoke clears away. ASSIGN MEMBERS | TO COMMITTEES Will Require Several Days to Work Out; Republicans Get Representations By Associated Press Washington. D. C., Nov. 30.—Demo i crats of the House Ways and Means | Committee met again to-ciay to assign members to committees in continua tion of the work of organization for j the coming session of Congress. It ; probably will take several riays be fore the assignments can be worked lout. The committee as a result of ; Minority leader Mann's request for larger Republican representation on iall committees in view of the in creased minority membership has ten tatively agreed to add one additional j Republican to the Ways and Means Committee, Appropriations, Military, ! Navy and Judiciary committees, i The Special Rules Committee of the ■. [Continued on Page 11] Taft to Lecture Here • on His Plan For Peace Ex-President William H. Taft will lecture in Harrisburg December 30 on his plan for the prevention of war and will at the same time answer the ques tion as to whether or not this country is prepared to meet successfully an Invading army. He will come under the auspices of the Society of Friends and the Arbitration and Peace Society of Pennsylvania. The lecture will be delivered, probably, in the Technical high school auditorium. . IT AFT DEPLORES ; ISLAND POLICY • Exchanges Hot Shot With Sec retary Garrison on Philip pines Situation Washington, D. C„ Nov. 30. Ex- President Taft and Secretary Garrison of the War Department, locked horns over government in the Philippine Islands under the present administra tion. Secretary Garrison in Washington vigorously attacked the former Presi dent, charging him with giving his support to "statements mendacious in character and mlscbievious in intent" in relation to present conditions in our Far Eastern possession. In his reply from New Haven Mr. Ta ft flat footedly denied that it was as a Republican that he criticised the administration. He hoped for a Re publican administration, he said, to i reverse the present policy, because he [Contihucd on Page 11] TO-NIGHT WIIjIJ BE CO 1,1) | The coldest night is scheduled for I to-night. According to forecasts at the local weather bureau the temperature will drop to 25 degrees. At 8 o'clock this morning the mercury showed 30 degrees. Previous cold days were No vember 18 and 23. when the temper ature was 27 degrees. The cold weather will continue to-morrow and Thursday. Friday is expected to be slightly warmer. SILK UMBRELLA BUYS EIGHT DARK AFRICAN BELLES Sailor (lets Mansion to Root; Offered 100 Girls For Red Scarf TREAT PRETTY ONES FINE Reauties Disport Selves in Ocean and Lounge on Reach; I giy Duskies Whipped Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Nov. 30. Having given I'm Cum Slum Kay Pogeas, chief of the Opobos of West Africa, a silk umbrella, which he itad admired, S. W. Hie key. chief officer of the four masted schooner Judge Boyce, which arrived here yesterday, was given in return etght Opobo slave girls, a pal ace in which they might live until he made a return visit to their land and a days feasting at the chief's own castle with the latter's five hundred wives. The sailor also had a red silk scarf In his possession, which I'm Cum Slum Kay Pogeas hinted he would like to own. When Hickey held onto the scarf the chief began bidding for it and only stopped when he reached one hundred slave girls. Hlckev kept the scarf. Snug in port, this is the story told by the sailor yesterdtfr after a trip of seventy-six days. The schooner brought a cargo of 2t>2 casks of palm oil here from Opobo and Calabar. Ugly Ones Work From observation. Hickey declared. It looked to him as though the gentle men of < ipobo couldn't be too kind to their ladies, that is if they were pretty. Otherwise, he said, they seemed to take a delight in inflicting cruelties on i them. While the ugly ones worked j from early morning until late at night, i the beauties took four ocean dips daily. [ rubbed themselves with palm oil and : laid on the beach In the hot sun. j Every now and then they liked to Vie! diverted by watching one of their ugly! sisters get the whip. Meal Ijastcd All Day I Hickey had paid several previous | visits to Opobo and had heard strange rumors, but only by accident he saw the opportunity of seeing for himself how the natives live, he explained. Chief Um Cum Slum Kay Pogeas, ac companied by a few dark-faced nobles of his kingdom, made a visit one day to the Judge Boyce. The sun was so hot Hickey was standing under a silk umbrella. The chief had seen many an 'umbrella, but never before a silk one. Only a hint of his desire and it became his outright. The present of the slave girls followed. The next day the chief sent for Hickey to come, to a feast in the palace and the sailor,' half fearful, accompanied the royal soldiers. The meal was of fruit and vegetables, a combination never given the common people of Opobo. To aid his digestion some weird African music was furnished. The meal lasted an entire day. U. S. Official One of Twentv-Three Stabbed by "Poison Pen" Letters Special to The Telegraph New Vork, Nov. 30.—Men who have recently been the target of "poison pen" letters sent to their fiancees or brides of a few weeks, are keeping the telephone wire into the office of Wil liam J. Kinsley, handwriting expert, buzzing. The names of four more men who j had been the object of base insinua tion have been added to the roll in the hands of the postal authorities, mak ing a total of twenty-three couples whose happiness has been tainted by the unknown writer. Although neither the? post office in spectators nor Mr. Kinsley would di vulge the name of a single one of those who have suffered from the an nonymous pen. Assistant United States Attorney Thompson, one of the federal trust busters, admitted his bride of a few weeks had received one of the letters. The letters in the possession of Mr. Kinsley and Mr. Fitch showed an exact likeness in writing and phrase ology. They extend over a period of a year and a half. From his experience In criminal i cases Mr. Kinsley is sure that the let ters were written by a woman, who Is at least unbalanced, If not the Inmate of an asylum. y(kc 'Vrcrte "pvot? ' To-