Monastir Occupied by Austro-Germans; Fall of City Threatens Fla of Allies
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 283
CAPTAIN BOY-ED
IS NO LONGER
WANTED BY THE
UNITED STATES
German Naval Attache Not
Satisfactory Because of His
Connection With Conspira
tors of Hamburg Line Who
Were Found Guilty Yester
day
ACTION IS DISCUSSED
AT CABINET MEETING
Secretary Lansing Is Under
stood to Have Notified
Count Von Bernstorff That
His Assistant Is Persona
Non Grata to Government
By Associated I'ress
Washington, D. C., Dei-. ."..—Secre
tary Lansing is understood to have in
formed Count Von Bernstorff, the
ilerman ambassador, that Captain
Roy-Ed, naval attache to the German
embassy had rendered himself per
sona non grata to the United StateH
government as the result of his con
nection with the conspirators of the
Hamburg-American Line who yester
day were found guilty In New Yorlt.
The subject was understood to have
been a matter of discussion at the cab
inet meeting to-day. Secretary Lan
sing at the end of the cabinet meet
ing flatly refused to answer any ques
tions on the subject and other mem
bers of the cabinet were equally silent.
German embassy also refused to
* talk about it.
The State Department was believed j
to be of the opinion that as Captain!
Boy-Ed had admitted his connection I
with the financing of the operations
which the New York jury gave a ver
dict as being illegal, there was nothing
else to do but inform the German gov
ernment of its views.
By informing the Ambassador that
the attache is persona non grata the
Cnited States leaves it with the Ger
man government tig to the manner in
which Captain Boy-Ed shall terminate
his connection with the. embassy. This
is the usual diplomatic procedure in
the case of an attache of an embassy
or legation whom the United States
finds objectionable.
Captain Boy-Ed's activities in the
I nited States since the war began
have been the subject of close atten
tion by the State Department and the
Department of Justice. Several tfmes
it had been broadly hinted that the
American government might intimate
to Germany that the operations of her
naval attache were objectionable with
the inevitable suggestion that his con
nection with the embassy should bo
terminated. Each time, however, the
threatened action came to nothing.
Knew of Deceit
The inference ran broadly all
t hrougli the Hamburg-American trial
'™ 1 Captain Boy-Ed was cognizant of
offenses which the government charged
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Mother Puts Five
Children on Train
Then Deserts Them
Because, the police say, their mother ■
put them aboard a train at Pittsburgh !
with a ticket to Spartansburg, N. C., j
and then abandoned them, the flvo
•hildren of Mr. and Mrs. John Put
nam were taken from a Pennsylvania
Itailroad train here to-day. They arc
being held until the Pittsburgh police
investigate the case. The children.
Celeste, aged 11: Nelson, 7; Myra, 5,
and Earl, 3, told Detective Harry
White that their father wouldn't work '
and that the mother was taking them !
to an aunt in North Carolina.
ITHE WEATHER]
For liarrlatbure and vlrlni;;: Prob
ably fair to-night anil Saturday;
not mueh change In temperature;
lowrttt temperature to-night
about .'W ilrareeit.
For Kantrrn I VnuH.rl vanlfl: I'rob
nbly I'll I r to-iilnlit and SmiHiluy;
not miK'h chanae In tempernture;
Mailt variable nlnila.
River
The *u«<iuehnnui) river nnd nil its
hrnnehex will fnll alonljr or re
main Htatlooar.v. A ataae of
r about 3.0 feet in Indicated for
llarrlnburn; Saturday morning.
t.eneral Condition*
The Mtorm mentioned ycNterduy a* 1
moving In from the North Pu
clflc ocean. in of coiiMidernlil*
ttrengtli. Klnenhere the weather |
tin* been fair throughout the
country, except along the Middle
Mian tic coast, where light pre
cipitation, probably mostly snow,
occurred Thursday. Temperature
cliangcN bnve been aomenhat Ir
regular.
i fnll of 'I to 10 degrees has occur
red generally over the eastern
part of the country.
Temperature! 8 a. m.. 28.
Sun: Rises. 7>oo a. m.t seta, 4:40
p. m.
MOOD: New moon. December 6, 1:40
a. m.
River stage: Four feet above low- j
water mark.
Yrfttmlnjr'ii Mmthrr
IliuheM temperature. 41.
l.oufM temperature. M,
Mean tpmpfrntan-, .'MI.
•Normal tenipern lure, 30.
DEMOCRATIC ROW
LIKELY TO DELAY
WILSON MESSAGE
Hot Fight in Caucus Over Clo
ture Debate May Hold Up Sen
ate Organization. Too
NO SIGNS OF AGREEMENT
Scrap Over President Pro Tem
pore; Representative Mann
Is Republican Leader
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Dec. B.—Organ
ization of the Senate may be delayed
and a joint session of Congress Tues
day to listen to President Wilson's ad
dress may be prevented unless Sen
ate Democrats by next Monday agree
on cloture.
This was the possibility which con-i
fronted Democratic senators when
tlicy resumed in caucus t.o-dav dis
cussion of the proposal to limit debate.
Democratic senators who are op
posing cloture hint that an agreement
cannot be reached in caucus and that
the fight will bo carried to the Senate
Hoor when Congress convenes Mon
day. Administration leaders however,
say they arc confident of an agree
ment.
Still Another light
The conference had before it to-dav I
a revised amendment to the rules
which would prevent a Senator from '
speaking more than an hour on a
measure if the Senate decided that
filibustering tactics were being re
sorted to.
Senate Democrats faced still «n-J
other light when they met—that over
the selection of a president pro
tempore. Senator Clarke, of Arkansas i
who is a candidate for re-election is
belns opposed by Senator Potnerene
of Ohio.
Republicans of the House at. a
caucus last night completed their
minority organization for the coming
session. Representative Mann of
Illinois, by virtue of his nomination as
a candidate for speaker becomes again
minority leader. Others were also
named for offices.
House Republicans Hold
Open Caucus in Striking
Contrast to Secret Sessions
Special to The Telegraph
Washington, D. C., Dec. 3. —The Re
publicans of the House held their cau
cus preliminary to the opening of Con
gress last night with doors wide open
and the public occupying the galleries
an « listening to all the proceedings.
No commentary upon the secret
caucus methods of the Democrats
could have been made more strikinglv
elective than was this action of the
Republican congressmen.
With the Democrats of the Senate
lighting among themselves over a
proposition to gag the Senate and
make the rule ot the secret caucus
supreme in legislation, and with the
Democrats of the House proceeding
with plans of legislation dependent for
success upon secret caucus control the
Republicans have abolished secrecy in
party discussions and have brought
party affairs which bear directly upon
public affairs into the open.
CAPT. SWARTZ, |
CITY'S TRUANT |
OFFICER, DIES'
' i
Picturesque Character Known;
| by Every Boy and Girl
in Town
!
Captain Henr.v A. Swartz. veteran !
of the Civil War, school director for ■
ten years and truant officer for the I
Harrisburg school district since Sep
tember. 1900, died last evening at fi."o 1
o'clock at his home, 110 Cumberland!
■street. He had been confined to liis!
bed for two weeks suffering: from heart I
j trouble, lie was 75 years old.
Captain Swarty, was one of the most
widely known residents of the city. He
[was born October 22, 1840, and re
sided here all his life.
He served three enlistments in the
Civil War, the first one beginning j
[Continued on Pago 1:1.]
U. S. Will Vigorously
Protest Ship Seizure
By Associated Press
Washington. L>. C„ Dec. 3.—Vigorous j
representations will be made to Great l
Britain by the United States against'
the requisitioning of the American
steamship Hocking without prize court!
proceedings. This became known to- !
day after the receipt of official con
firmation from American Consul Gen- I
eral Young at Halifax of reports that
the Hooking had been held.
The ship has been detained at Hali- !
fax since her seizure by a British war
ship while en route from New York to I
Norfolk.
The action of Great Britain is to be I
vigorously contested as in violation of I
international law. A demand will be!
made, it is understood, that the ship |
be retained in prize court on the i
charge that she is partly German
owned and that the court act promptlv
in the case.
CIU DE Oil, GOES UP
Pittsburgh. Dec. 3.—Crude oils were
again advanced. 10 cents a barrel be
ing added to the principal grades. <
which made the new prices as follows: i
Pennsylvania crude. $2.10; Cabell, 1
*1.65: Mercer black. New Castle. Corn- <
ing. Sl.tiO. Somerset wa.s advanced '
s eenVs to $1.50. but there was no t
change in Itugland from '7O cents. 4
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1915
GIRL WHO LIVED
HERE THREE YEARS
GOING WI
MISS FRIEDA MYLECRAINE
Miss Frieda Mylecraine Will Be Aboard the Good Ship
Oscar il When It Slips From Dock For Europe To
morrow to End War in Europe
The octopusian antennae of Henry
Ford have reached out and scooped in
among others. Miss Frieda Mylecraine,
who was for threo years connected
with the State Board of Education in
this city, with offices located in the
Telegraph Building.
Miss Mylecraine will sail for Europe
on the Oscar H.American-Scandinav
ian line, chartered by the millionaire
automobile manufacturer as the means
to the end that peace shall be restored
in Europe by American intervention.
The big boat will leave the Seventeenth
street dock at Hoboken, N. J., to-mor
row.
Miss Mylecraine is an enthusiastic,
energetic young woman of 25, or
thereabouts, and is anxious to pro
gress and expand along the lines of
education. Her home is in Philadel
phia, but she made many close friends
in this city during her three-year's stay
here with the State Board of Educa
tion. In a letter to Miss Edna Kug
ler, also with the Board, she writes
hurriedly that she will leave tempo
rarily the New York School of Philan
thropy. where she has been studying
since September, and will accept the
offer to accompany Airs. Joseph Fels,
of Philadelphia, on the Ford peace
I GERMAN AGENTS
| ARE CONVICTED
1 Hamburg-American Line Offi
| cials Found Guilty of Con
[ spiracy to Defraud U. S.
j By Associated Press
New York, Dec. 3.—Found guilty
of conspiracy to defraud the United
States government in filing false
! manifests of supply cargoes sent from
jthia port to German warships, Karl
j Buenz, managing director and three
• employes of the Hamburg American
• Une to-day awaits imposition of
I sentence by the Federal Court. The
| maximum penalty is SIO,OOO fine and
two years' Imprisonment.
The jury returned its verdict late
last night after having been out seven
and a half hours. Those convicted in
addition to Buenz are George Kotter
general superintendent; Adolph Hach
. meister, purchasing agent, and Joseph
I Poppinghaus, a second officer.
| Counsel for the defendants pre
sented to-day the usual motions to set
J. aside the verdict and arrest judgment.
1 Announcement of a date for the im-
I position of sentence awaited the deci
sion of Judge Howe on these motions
I If the motion to set aside the ver
| diet failed, Howard Gans, counsel for
|the defense said an appeal would be
| taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals
i and eventually the case might go to
the Supreme Court of the United
j States. Meanwhile the defendants I
I may remain at liberty under $5,000
! bail.
! LOOKING FOR SON OF
woman who is dying
j The police of this city have been
] asked to locate Krnest McCulloch, of
Heading, whj several days ago is sup
j posed to have come to Harrtsburg in
■ search of work. Mr. McCulloch's
, mother. Mrs. Sadie McCulloch, of
: Mlllorville. is dying in the Tvancaster
General Hospital, from lockjaw, the
; result of an Injury to her foot. The
dying mother wants to see her boy
j before she dies.
CONSIDER KI.IGIBIMTY
By ■ Associated Press
New York, Dec. 3.—Representatives
of Harvard. Yale and Princeton
Universities will meet here to-night
for the first time In ten years to dis
cuss the athletic relations of three uni
versities, especially questions bearing
upon the eligibility of students to take
4>art in intercollegiate contests, ' ,
ship, it is perfectly sate, she assures
i her friends, and a rare opportunity,
and "I expect to be home again in
six weeks." she adds.
Miss Myleeraine Is assured of a
i pleasant reception, because her par
ticular companion, Mrs. Pels, widow of
1 the "single tax apostle," has many
friends on the other side and she will
i be sure of a hearty welcome person
i ally, no matter what may be the re
ception of the shipload of people who
make up the composite peace-moder
ator. She is looking forward to the
carrying out of the project with a
great apiount of enthusiasm.
Many Harrisburgers will remember
' Edward Howard Griggs, famous lec
turer of Spuyten Devil. N. Y„ who ap
peared in this city on two different oc
casions in connection with the Penn
i sylvania State Educational Assoeia
• tion. Miss Myleeraine acted as Mr.
Griggs' secretary for a number of
years. Her uncle is Karl Barnes, of
i Philadelphia, well known as a lec
turer and author. She herself while
in Harrtsburg acted in the capacity
of assistant clerk and librarian of the
i State Board of Education and had spe
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I REVIVAL OF OLD
j CUSTOM ENDORSED
BYCITY CLERGY
|
j Ministers Enthusiastic Over
Proposal to Light Candles
on Christmas Eve
A number of representative clergy
men of ihe city to-day heartily en
dorsed the revival by Harrisburg's
citizens of the old-time custom of
lighting candles in t?ie windows of
their homes on Christmas Eve.
C. M. Kaltwasser, general manager
of the Harriaburg Light and Power I
Company, added • a word of approval
and declared that the company will l
co-operate to bring about a desirable !
| effect by switching off the lights in the I
| street* of the business district for one .
minute at dusk.
The Telegraph offered the sugges- ;
tion to Harrisburg's folks as a Christ
mas sentiment, and people all over ;
the city have enthusiastically endorsed j
[Continued on Page 4.]
j Thursday, January 20
Is Definitely Fixed
as Charity Ball Date
Thursday evening, January 20. has
been, definitely decided upon as the
date for the big charity ball and dan
sant pageant which will be held in
Chestnut Street Auditorium for the
benefit of the general fund of the As
sociated Aids of Harrisbug. An
nouncement to this efTect was made
this morning by Mrs. Martin E. Olm
sted, chairman of the finance commit
tee of the Aids, which has the ar
rangements in charge. "Just say"
said Mrs. Olmsted, "that it's to be the
most splendid thing of its kind Harris
burg lias ever had -and the half will
not have been told."
Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert is president
of the Associated Aids. Mrs. Olmsted,
chairman of the finance committee, is
assisted on the committees by Miss
Anne McCormick, Carl B. Ely.Frank <
J. Brad' and Edwin S. Hornian. , i
ZEIL SAYS HE'LL
ACCEPT CHIEF OF
POLICE POSITION
Meals' Former Lieutenant
Agrees to Next Mayor's
Request
SIGNS 0 THE TIM ICS ?
Executive-Elect Confers With
Commissioners on "Safety
First Zones"
J. Thomas Zeil, former lieutenant
and acting chief of police under the
first administration of Mayor Ezra S.
Meals, will be recommended by Mayor
Meals as Harrisburg's next chief of
police.
Mr. Zeil said to-day that after care
ful consideration he has agreed to ac
cept the plac^
A majority or the city c(ri„rnls
sioners, it is understood, will support
Mayor-elect Meals' recommendation
for the appointment of Zeil, when the
new city administration is completed.
The salary is SIBOO per year.
In a lengthy interview some weeks
ago prior to his departure for the
south Mayor-elect Meals among other
things expressed his preference for his
former lieutenant as the next head of
the city's police department. At the
time, however, he said he doubted if
Zeil would take the place. Ex-Chief
of Police T. G. George whotn Zeil suc
ceeded under Meals, and James R.
Deshong were also mentioned along
with Captain Joseph P. Thompson,
now acting police chief. Mayor-elect
Meals intimated that he thought
favorably too, of Captain Thompson
for the place.
I.iked Zeil's Work
Mayor Meals it is understood was
more than pleased with the way ex-
Lieutenant Zeil conducted the depart
ment as chief. In the brief time that
elapsed between the time of Mr.
George's resignation and the close of
the mayor's term. Acting Chief Zeil
served with exceptional ability and
the mayor it Is understood, has looked
forward to returning him to that posi
tion. Friends of Thompson had urged
his promotion to the place however,
and it was believed that both Messrs.
Lynch and Bowman wanted to see him
at the head of the department. Mayor
Meals' tactfully expressed approval of
Thompson coupled with the disinclina
tion of Zeil to take the place, lent
color right along, to the belief that
Thompson would be chosen. Friends
of the fonmer lieutenant have been
vigorously urging him to accept the
place, however.
Mr. Zeil set the rumors at rest
definitely to-day.
Will Accept IVslllnit
' | "Mayor Meals has asked me lt> serve
l jand if his recommendation is agreed
Ito by the other city commissioners
I've made up my mind to accept," lie
said.
"j "As I've said before I've wanted
• j Tom right along," said the Mayor
• elect. "But he didn't seem to care
' i for it. With the plan of establishing
•la detective bureau to handle the
H criminal end working; however, 1 be
] lieve the lieutenant will agree to ae
■jcept. This would mean that he would
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Two Men Hurt, SBO,OOO
Loss, in Munition Plant
Explosion at Latrobe
I.atrobe, Pa.. Dec. 3. Two men
were injured nnd the plant of the
Peters Pai>er Company was damaged
. to the extent of SBO,OOO at Kingston,
near hen 1 , early to-day by nn explosion
which scattered parts of the huihling
and hits of machinery along the moun
tainside. Twenty-eight other employes
j luul left the building' only a few inin
! utcs lieforc the explosion. The com
| pan.v lias been engaged in the nutnu
j facture of roofing paper for use in
j the trenches 011 the western European
1 1 battle front. It is believed the plant
j was dynamited.
Carlisle Indian School
Will Drop Football:
Washington, D. C.. Dec. 3. The !
Carlisle team will not be a contender I
in future in intercollegiate football j
| gan'ies as a result of a decision by I
; Secretary Lane to-day after a confer- I
! ence with Commissioner Sells, of the ]
(Indian Service, and Superintendent j
I Lipps, of the Carlisle Indian School.
| Secretary Lane held that in the'
future football must he subordinated j
to the educational features of the :
school, deciding that while the game
could be continued, it would he im- i
possible for the team to make the
showing that it should in the inter
collegiate games owing to the large
number of men now being educated in
industrial and manufacturing estab
lishments. It developed that of seven
teen Carlisle Indians employed last
year in one of the automobile factories
thirteen were on the team or had been
on previous teams. All returned to
the school during the football season,
at a sacrifice of educational oppor
tunity as well as wages.
TWO STEAM Kits SAFE
By Associated Press
London. Dec. 3, 11:30 A, M.—The!
British steamship, Oakfield, reported I
recently to be drifting in a disabled;
condition at a point, about 000 miles j
southeast of Cape llace, Norfolk, was ;
towed Into St. Michaels to-day by tliei
Lady Ninien. The Oaklleld which was |
(bound from West Hartlepool, Eng-j
! land, for an American port, lost her!
j propeller blade.
The Wilson liner Marengo, from I
New York for Hull, which stranded
on Goodwin Sands, has been tloated
and proceeded on her voyage. ' ,
24 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
MONASTIR IS
BELIEVED TO
HA VE FALLEN
RUSSIAN TROOPS
MOVE FORWARD
ONBULGARSOIL?
Report Reaches Saloniki;
Troops Were .Believed to Be
For Use in Balkans
REPULSE SURPRISE ATTACK
lurks and Russ Are Fighting
in Ten Feet of Snow in
Caucasus Zone
By Associated I'ress
Saloniki has a report that Russian
troops have entered Bulgaria. There
is no confirmation of the report.
It has been assumed that a Russian
concentration near the Rumanian bor
der was lor use in Balkan operations,
but. Rumania's continued neutrality
has blocked tills passage by land or
by way of the Danube into Bulgaria,
if one were intended by such routes.
There have been no recent indications
of n Russian move by water.
The Montenegrins admit the evacua
tion of Plevlje, in Northeastern Monte
negro, the occupation of which has
been claimed in Austro-German re
ports.
Quiet has prevailed on the French
front. Paris reports. Fog and rain
have baited intense operations against
Gorizia. Rome reports Hie repulse of
surprise attacks by the Austrians on
positions recently taken by the Italians.
Snow is ten feet deep in the Cau
casus zone of operations, according to
a Constantinople official report, which
records the continuation of action
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t, i.30 P. M.—The f
War Qffice ann in the fighting g
i been hit-thre J
:s and forced to retire. An allied torpedoboat was at- #
tacked by a Turkish aeroplane after it had stranded on the J ■
const o the Bay of Saro - g
MOB STORMS JAIL AND HANGS NEGRO #
Forest City, Ark., Dec. 3.—A mob early to-day storme i
the county jail and hang Villiam Patrick, a negro, to W
rged with having killed i
John Nicholls, Jr., in a quai some cotton. C
EDITOR AND CIV iVAR VETERAN DIES f
( I
r county judge, was found %
lue to heart ' | I
Lombard was editor of the i
Selins. rove Tribune. He scrved'in the Civil War.
MARKET CLOSES STEADY 1 I
1 Street.—On the afternoon I i
a] <
The closing was |
but sentiment 1 i I
1 i
of issues. I. ■
1200 MORE SERBS CAPTURED ' i
n, Dec. 3, by Wireless to Sayville.—Scattered ■
Serbian detachments in the region southwest of Mitrovitza, 1
near the Montenegrin border, were defeated by Teutonic * '
in engagements yesterday and more than 1200 Ser- »
bians were taken prisoner it wis announced to-day by Ger- J I
man army headquarters. •' a/a fl
MARRIAGE LICENSES C
'i .Jr., <in«l Monti Mann, l«aii<*aatcr. . gf
\\ llllniii M. Neyliolil niid M. Uc*»le Kbuugh, York county. " I
Circumstantial Accounts of
Occupation of Macedonian
Capital by Austro-Germans
Regarded as Ample Evi
dence; Capture of City
Threatens Flank of Allies
Austrians Continue to Ad
vance in Montenegro; Ar
tillery and Mining Op
erations Occupy Fighters
Along Western Battle Line
London, Dec. 3, 11.44 a. m.—Cir
cumstantial accounts ol' the occupa
tion ot Monastir, in Southwestern Ser
bia, by an Austro-German force and
the cutting ol' telegraphic communi
cation with the city are regarded hero
as ample evidence that the Macedon
ian capital has fallen, although uo
official report to that effect has
reached London.
The effect, of the capture of Monas
tir, the last Serbian city of importance
to hold out, on the position of the
Anglo-Trench forces is waited with
tho greatest interest, for the penetra
tion by the invaders of this part of
Macedonia may threaten the flank of
the allies in the Vardar and Cerna val
leys, where they are on the defensive.
No important events have occurred
there for some time, but with Monastir
in the hands of their opponents the
allies may soon be engaged In an im
portant battle.
Austrians Sweep Forward
In Montenegro the Austrians con
tinue their advance. Elsewhere in the
Northern Balkans no heavy fighting
has been reported of late.
Italy's adhesion to the agreement
not to conclude a separate peace was
welcome news in England, but tho
failure of Foreign Minister Sonnino
to give more than a. vague promise of
military support to Serbia ■ caused
some disappointment. Little light has
been thrown as yet on the mystery of
Italy's policy in not declaring war on
Germany. In this connection it is
(Continued on Pajc 21.)