Ku mania's Altitude Causes Central Powers U HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No 281 P. R. R. TO BUILD FREIGHT SPUR TO ENTER YARDS OF PENNA. STEEL CO. Half Million Dollar Improve ment to Include Steelton Freight Station Planned by Pennsy GROUND IS OBTAINED FOR THE BUILDINGS Tracks Will Follow Old Tow- Path From This City; New Intercepting Sewer Will Likely Be Built in Big Mill Town Confirmation of the old rumor that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will build a new freight spur along the iowpath that follows the abandoned Pennsylvania Canal from Harrisburg to Steelton, is looked for in the very near future in Steelton municipal cir cles. That the railroad company has al ready obtained ground for the erection of a new freight station and has plans drawn for the laying of tracks between the Elliott-Fisher Typewriter works to •ap the yards of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, a short distance be low Trewick street. Steelton, is report ed in usually well-informed circles in Steelton to-day. Has Acquired Place For Station Already, it is said, the railroad has acquired the long brick stables along the canal, just bolow Trewick street, and a blacksmith shop, Just above Tre wick street, formerly owned by the Steelton Transfer Company, for the site of the proposed new freight sta tion. Just a short time ago the Steel ton Transfer Company disposed of its business and equipment and, it is un derstood. arrangements are already being made for removing the stables and blacksmith shop. The purposed Improvement scheme, it is intimated, \*Ml include the aban donment of the present Pennsylvania freight station in the West Sido and probably the abandonment of the pos senger station, now little used excepf lor the handling of baggage and mail.' While the men who arc in a posi tion to know Just what the plans in clude decline to talk, it is intimated! that the proposed new freight station, new spur and the improvements nee-1 eae&ry to carrying out the project will I mean the expenditure of more than half a million dollars. May Build Big Sewer Tf the bed of the old Pennsylvania <anal is used in building the new freight line it would be necessary to flll a considerable portion 6f it and this, it is said, would necessitate the building of a new intercepting sewer to drain the upper end of Steelton. In fact, it has been intimated in well informed sources that the project in cludes a new sewer of thirty-six-inch r Continued on Page »] Bystander Killed When Train Strikes Wagon fly Associated Press Alientown, Pa., Dec. J. While standing in front of a barbershop along the tracks of the Central Rail road in Welssport this morning, Geo. Schott, aged 35, of that place, was in stantly killed as the result of a grade crossing accident. As an eastbound passenger train cleared the crossing, a team of horses driven by Joseph Moyer approached it. The Scranton flyer, screened from the driver s view by the wagon cur tains struck the wagon, hurled It against the building, and crushed the life out of Schott. The driver of the team escaped injury. Attention Merchants! <5 In view of the heavy advertis ing period from now until Christ mas, advertisers .are requested to co-operate with this newspaper In elHeJenUy handling Uie business, by supplying copy the day before pub lication. 5 Only through co-operation of this kind will it be possible to In sure the best service, and the catch ing of all editions. Q Phone for the ad man the dav before. ! THE WEATHER For Harrlnlnrt and TlflnltTi In creasing cloudiness, probably fol lowed by light rain to-night or rharsdayi slightly warmer to with lowest temperature about frcemlng. *'or Kaatern Pennsylvaniai Increas- I '"K cloudiness followed by light | rain late to-night or Thursday* i somewhnt warmer to-night; mod- 1 ••rate variable winds. River • ] The Sasquehanna river and nil Its branches will fall alowly or re- J main nearly atatlonnry. A stage , of abont 4.0 feet Is Indicated for ! Harrlaburg Thuraday morning. tifofnil Condition* 1 he small ilepreaaton that was cen tral over \orth Dnkotn, Tuesday morning, has moved southeaat- j - ward to Wisconsin, causing i ' '•loudy weather In the I.ake He- ! glon and Ohio Valley. It Is slightly colder In the Middle Atlantic mid New England States. Temperature! H a. m.. a«. Sum Rlaea, 7 iOM a. M.i sets, 4t40 p. m. 'loon. New moon, December ft, River stage! 4.1 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Heather lllgheat temperature. 37. I .on eat temperature. 2». Mean temperature, XI. -Normal temperature, 37. NEW HICKOK MANUFACTURING BE READY FOR OCCUPANCY BY JANUARY 1 The new plant of the W. O. Hick drawing allows the buildings as they the left is the Pennsylvania, railroad, trance to the main building, a struetur The right section of the main bui storage plant; beside it, the railroad bins. To the right of these is the larg trial railroad connects the shops. GOVERNOR NAMES 10 REFEREES FOR COMPENSATION They Will Be Assigned to Dis tricts by the State Board Soon Governor Brumbaugh to-day an nounced the appointments of the ten workmen's compensation referees and tilled a number of other positions in the State workmen's compensation system as well as the vacancies in the State Water Supply Commission and State Board of Education. The t£n referees will be summoned here for a conference with the Com pensation Board in a few days and will be assigned to their districts by the Board. The appointments are as follows: W. B. Scott, attorney-at-law, Phila delphia. Jacob Snyder, boiler Inspector, Roaring Spring, Blair county. L. E. Christley, attorney-at-law, specializing in business law, Butler. Paul Houck, clerk to county com missioners of Schuylkill and "former legislator, Shenandoah. Thomas J. Dunn, safety expert and liability adjuster, Pittsburgh. W. W. Champion, attorney-at-law and formerly engaged in teaching and lumbering, Willlamsport. George W. Beamer, attorney-at-law, Scranton. George C. Klauder, Bala, Mont gomery county. E. K. Saylor, superintendent water works and former factory inspector, Lancaster. Charles H. Young, attorney-at-law. New Castle. H. C. Hubler, attorney-at-law, Scranton, was appointed assistant counsel to the Compensation Board. Harry Myers, chief of police of .Vc- Keesport, and J. B. Means, former register of wills and businessman of Brookville, Jefferson county, were ap pointed chief clerks in the Compensa tion Bureau. The Governor also announced the appointment of Oliver S. Kelsey, Lock Haven, former member of the Legis lature and businessman, to be a mem ber of the State Water Supply Com mission to succeed B. F. Focht Con gressman-elect, resigned. , T; (sarher ' superintendent of Philadelphia schools, was appointed to succeed the late Dr. W. C. Jacobs, Philadelphia, as a member of the State Board of Education. Miss Helen Glenn. Franklin. Ve nango county, was appointed State su pervisor of mothers' pensions under! the act of 1915. i Average Price of Meat Animals Show Decrease By Associated Prcjs | Washington, D. C., Dec. 1. The average of prices of meut animals— bogs, cattle, sheep and chickens—puid by producers decreased 7.3 per cent, j from October 16 to November 15, the I Department of Agriculture to-day an- I nounced. I In the last five years the prices de icllned In like period 4.2 per cent On | November 15 the index fibres of j prices for the meat animals was about ! ■> per cent lower than a year ago; 7 i per cent, lower than two years ago; | the same as three yeurs ago and lS.fi (per cent, higher than four years ago. CAM, FOR RKV. YATF.S The Westminster Presbyterian Church, of Allentown, has extended a call to the Rev. W. O. Yates, pastor j of the Olivet Presbyterian Church, this city, whose resignation takes place April 1. 1916. The resignation has been accepted, by the Church council land by the Carlisle Presbytery. The 1 llev. Dr. Yates naid to-day that he lia; not decided whethefc. or not he accept th otall from Allentown, HARRISBURG, PA., 1 ok Manufacturing Company, covering will look when occupied by the com while on the right Is the Paxton creek, e 250 feet long and 190 feet deep, is a ldlng contains the wood shops, whilo siding. Just back of the lumber stor e iron and brass foundry and in the Work Started on Installation of Machinery in New Build ings; Covers Four Acres; Business Increasing Offi cials Announce; Export Trade Grows Complete in every detail, the new plant of the W. O. Hickok Manufac turing Company, facing on Cumber land street, between the Pennsylvania railroad and the Pnxton creek, will ba ready for occupancy by January J, 1916, according to an announcement made by the officials to-day. Work has been started on installing the machinery In the new buildings and by next Spring the old structures will be vacated. The business on the present site was begun in 1844 by W. O. Hickok and gradually grew to Its present size. From a small build ing to a plant covering about four acres is the history of the progress made. The present company is con ducted by W. O. Hickok, 3d, now presi dent of the firm. The business at lirst was small, but now bookbinding and other book ma- PROVIDE PLACES FOR REPUBLICANS Readjusting Committees; Sen ate Democrats Wrestle With Cloture Problem By Associated Prrss Washington, V. C., Dec. I.—Senate Democrats wrestled further with the problem of cloture when they resumed their caucus to-day. At the same time Democrats of the House ways and means committee continued their task of readjusting the committees to pro vide places for the enlarged Repub lican minority. The Senate caucus proceedings gave promise of being enlivened when Chairman Owens, of the special rules committee, submitted a report recom mending a limitation on debate. Although Chairman Owens had ex pressed the belief that a cloture rule would be approved by the caucus and later by the Senate, opposition was considered certain from some of the Democrats on the ground that the question should not bo made a party issue and further that the Senate should not bind itself with restrictions similar to those In the House. Because of party opposition and in the hope of winning the support of several progressive Republicans, cham pions of cloture had prepared a rule limiting each senator to three hours' general debate on a given measure and fifteen minutes on amendments, with no extension of time except by unanl rtious consent. The re-election of Senator Clarke, of Arkansas. President pro tempore or" the Senate apparently was assured despite opposition because of his re volt last session against the ship pur chase bill. A vice-chairman of the caucus also was to be chosen. The names of Senators Pomerene, of Ohio, and Lewis had been mentioned for the place. While the ways and means commit tee has not half completed its work, Chairman Kitchen said he expected to finish by Friday, The work must be done in time for the House Democratic caucus Saturday night. Five Are Missing From Crew of Sunken Steamer By Associated Press l/ondon, Dec. 1, 12.15 P. M.—The British steamship has been sunk. Her captain and twenty-one members of tho crew have been landed. Five others are missing. There are three British steamships Klngsway, of 3,647, 247 and 211 tons gross, respectively. Tho first of these I is the only one whose movements re cently have been recorded, and pre sumably is the vessel which has been ' sunk. She was 346 feet long, was built I in Sunderland in 1907 and was owned I in Bristol. / J WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1915. four acres, and just being- completed b 3 pany. The view Is taken looking no The plant lies between the two an t Ninth find Cumberland streets, on the left are the machine shops, age plant arc the boiler rooms, and ba background the pattern storage struc I chlnery is being shipped to all parts of the world and is used in nineteen different government offices. The busi ness was incorporated in 1886 and the grandson of the organlaer- of tlt« manufactory Is the president now. At present the following more im portant machines and supplies are turned out in tho various departments: Bookbinding machinery, paper ruling devices and pens, ruling ink. paging and numbering machines and book presses. A new device just patented by the company, saving much labor, is an automatic paper feeder for rul ing machines, folding and printing presses. It can be adjusted so that tissue paper or cardboard may be used. An improved taping machine is being finished and will be manufac [Continued on Page 3.] ALL WEST SHORE FOR IMPROVEMENT Prominent Men in Every Town Planning Ways to Benefit Community By ROBERT F. GORMAN From one end of the West Shore to the other these days, the one big I topic for conversation is Improvement. Prominent men in every town are thinking and planning improvements which will be of the most benefit to the by the time a meeting of interested citizens is called there will be dozens of subjects ready [Continued on Page 8] Bodies of Fourteen Men Removed From Mine After Explosion; More Buried By Associated Press Boomer, W. Va„ Dec. I.—The bod ies of fourteen miners who lost their lives in mine No. 2 of the Boomer Coal and Coke Company by an explosion of a blow-out shot which yesterday at noon imperiled 300 men were brought to the surface this morning and taken I to the temporary morgue nearby. Soon afterward a rescue party ap peared with five other men who had been buried far under ground, and who, though still alive, were in a crit ical condition. They were hurriedly taken to the hospital in the hope that prompt treatment might save their lives. Other parties who had been search ing: the working* during- the night came out with the report that they had been unable to locate any of the five or six miners still missing, and their places were at once taken by fresh volunteers, all of whom are working under the direction of the State mine inspectors and engineers from the Bureau of Mines. CITY PLANNERS AND MeCALEB CONFER ON MARKET ST. SUBWAY At a conference this afternoon of the City Planning Commission and William B. McCaleb. superintendent of the Philadelphia division of the Penn sylvania railroad, the question of widening the Market street subway was discussed. The session lasted until n late hour this afternoon. The purpiose was to determine Just what the city and railroad companies can do In co-operation to bring about a het.torlng of conditions In the sub jvay. y the contractors, is seen above. The rth toward Cumberland strete. On d faces Cumberland street. The en- In the foreground is seen the lumber ck of them, near the fence, the storage ture has been built. A small indus NEW WALNUT ST. VIADUCT PLANS WILL COST S4OO Engineer Offers to Make Satis factory Drawings to Save Expense Harrisburg will not be put to the ex pense of $9,000 or SIO,OOO for prepar ation of plans- and specifications for the proposed $300,000 bridge across the Pennsylvania tracks at Walnut ! street. J The ordinance which City Commls jsloner Harry K. Bowman will intro duce in City Council next Tuesday, will provide, it is understood, for an ex penditure of but S4OO for the drawing of tentative plans. The proposed drawings will not be workable designs, it is said, but will show the height of the arches, the carrying capacity, grades, dimensions, etc., in such rorm as will give the Public .Service Commission ample data upon which to consider the question of approval or disapproval. The offer of an engineer to prepare the data and drawings for S4OO to be paid conditionally upon the accept ance of his plans by the City Council, City Planning Commission and the Pennsylvania Kailroad Company, it is understood has made it possible for the commissioners to go ahead with the offer of the ordinance. The question of what might prove a useless outlay of money for prepar ation of plans, which has been agitat ing Council for some time and, it is said, led to the delay in the introduc tion of the ordinance this week. The construction of the proposed bridge will have to be approved by the Pub lic Service Commission because it has jurisdiction over the right of way of the railroad company. The only way Council can bring the subject legally before the Commission is to adopt an ordinance authorizing the making of plans. I Inquiry developed the fact that I complete working plans and specifi cations would cost from $9,000 to $lO,- 000. The prevailing opinion in city circles is that the Service body will re fuse to approve any plans to cross the Pennsv tracks at Walnut street and this made Council very dubious as to the wisdom of expending so much for plans that would be useless. The offer to make satisfatcory drawings for S4OO I solved the problem. Inquire Into Seizure of American Vessels By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Dec. I.—The j State Department has Instructed Am bassador Page at London to inquire of the British Government whether two vessels of the American Trans- Atlantic Company, seized while flying the American flag, were to be requisi tioned without the formality of prize court proceedings. The Ambassador was directed to file a vigorous protest against such a measure should he receive an affirma tive answer. Bryan Will Join Ford Peace Party at the Hague Special to The Telegraph New York, Dec. Li—William Jen nings Bryan has finally come out strongly In favor of Henry Ford's plan to end the war by taking 200 American peace advocates to Kurope on the peace ship Oscar 11, which will sail on Saturday. Not only does Mr. Bryan commend the idea, but he will probably join the party at Its peace conference of neu tral nations at The Hague, though he will be unable to sail on the Oscar IL RESIGNATION OF CABINET IS CAUSE OF SPECULATION Diplomats Wonder If Happen ings Have Any Connection With Peace Moves MAY AFFECT NEUTRALITY Rumania Will Deliver An Ulti matum When Entente Allies Have Concentrated Closely following: the visit ol Em peror i 111 am to Vienna comes the news that three members of the Aus trian cabinet have resigned, the with drawing: members being the ministers of the interior, commerce and finance. Their successors have been named. The resignation and the German Emperor's visit have given rise to a wide range of speculations as to the present state of affairs in Austria, particularly as to whether the happen ings have any connection with ru mored peace moves by Austria or to concessions that might be desired of her with a view to the maintenance of Rumanian neutrality. Home claims further progress for the Italian armies in their desperate struggle for Gorizia. The current offi cial statement from Vienna admits a slight withdrawal by the Austrians from a small portion of the Gorizia front. Balkans Dominate [ Sinking of the British steamer [Continued on Page 9] M.MtYSYILLE REPUBMCANS HOLD ROUSING SESSION' Special to The Telegraph Marysville, Pa., Dec. I.—The Marys vllle Republican Club held its regular monthly meeting in the clubrooms last evening. Various matters pertaining to the success of the club were dis cussed. The membership of the club is 104, and the stability of the club Is bring ing in applications from well-known Republicans in the town and county. The club has purchased furniture, car pets and a full supply of chlnaware, all of which have been paid. An or der for additional furniture and a heating apparatus will be let within the next week. Arrangements have been made for an address in the near future by a Congressman from the New England States. \ % ' >€■ The in-.f ent tu if rage forces V er IS and rep- 1 1 resent 1 1l ' the f ylvania State ' S Suffrage Convention here to-day and launched what is ' \ :ede if the new administration, ' 9 ; which was' elected yesterday, administers jffairs with a ! C high hand. I ( ROBBED WHILE THEY SLEPT £ >, Dec. I.—Tv. Chicago, Mil- S »ukec as the 9 Pioneer Limited, lost valuables and money early to-day j J t St. Paul or M'inne ¥ it night rifled their berths whiie they were asleep 1 RE 15,000 SERBS AND WAR MATERIAL / ■ . —An"official report given out at the Bul -1 g®nan under date of November I I J : 16,000 an I I 17,000 Serbians. They also captured 50 field cannon and' I 9 howitzers tomobiles and a large amount m 1 of war material. C 1 PASSENGER AGENT ACCOUNTS SHORT Harrisburg— Philadelphia and.Reading Railroad'dete £ arrested Anthony Zangct. raph operate I and assistant passenger agent at the Middletown station, C • a charge of embezzlement. The company is reported to have K I found shortages of from S3OO to S4OO in accounts. there. ft Carlisle, Dec. I.—Fire,yearly this morning, destroyed ( 1 two frame dwellings in the west end of town owned by the w I Cumberland Valley Railroad Co. land occupied by the fan; C lie*, of Kemy Hershey and Harry MeiUei, Firemen catri« \ three women from burning buildfng in their night clothes. "® 1 The statement of claims for $20,000 which Earl E. » Kre:;-er i his widowed mother, Ma «ret Kreiser, both S oi R n, re cntly brought against tie Pennsylvania % Rail, ad Company was filed with the Dauphin county M couits to-day. The boy, Eai.', was sitting on the tracks when a shifu**; engine struck him. ■.M MARRIAGE LICENSES ( 1 Kdnln H. Kllntfr Hud Verdlr M. Man**?!-. I, r krn s Km nihil.. g POSTSCRIPT— FINAL 14 PAGES CAUSE OF POWDER EXPLOSION WHICH KILLED 30 YOUTHS IS DEEP MYSTERY Searching Investigation Fails to Disclose Tangible Clues in DuPont Disaster; Warn ings to Teutonic Employes Found Posted on Trees For Days Past May Be Work of Spies FRAGMENTS OF BODIES HURLED QUARTER MILE Were Torn to Shreds; Vic tims Mostly Boys in Their Teens; Six More May Die; Now Only Big Hole in Ground Where Pellet Pack ing House Stood; Spark. From Horseshoe May Have Caused Five Tons of Black Powder to Let Go Wilmington, Del., Dei-. 1. Al though a searching investijjat lon into the cause of the disaster was started by officials of the Du Pont Powder Company immediately after the ex plosion which caused the death of 30 workmen ana the serious injury of six others in tne company's up|i~r [Hagley yards yesterday, nothing- of a [tangible nature had been discovered up to an early hour to-day. Every employe who was near the building that was destroyed was put [through a thorough examination, but without, throwing any litrht on the mystery. Not one of the 26 men who were in the pellet packing house es caped, and there is now only a bis hole in the ground where the building stood. The investigators admit that there is but little possibility of the re sponsibility ever being placed anil company officials, while declaring that ( Continued on Page 8]
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