Sixly-Fourlh Congress Opening Today, Confronted With Vital National Problems HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 285 CITY TREASURER SALARY MEASURE DUE TOMORROW SIOO a Year and Half of One| Per Cent. For Collec tions $3,000 A LTER NATIVE' I Jo Consider Jitney, Subway, i Newsboys' Badges. Work men's Compensation An ordinance providing for the com- i pensation of the city treasurer, who; will be chosen for the first time by | Council at its reorganization meeting January 3, will proroably be introduced I at to-morrow's session of the city com- | missioners. ! This will provide that the treasurer receive a maximum salary of Sioo a! year and a half of one per cent, for! ollecting city taxes, with the require- j ment that he pay all his office ex- j penses. An alternative clause pro viding that the city pay the office ex penses and allow the treasurer 53,000 ; a year, will also be included. This is j lo safeguard the official's compensa-1 lion should the question of his right! to collect taxes and receive a per centage thereupon, be raised in the courts. If th« treasurer under the proposed fee system is also permlt ed to collect school taxes, his annual compensation. It is understood, will! run close to SII,OOO. Jitneys, subways. Newsboys' Badges j The question of who is to be the reasurer has not been determined as et although city circles is still agitated j more or less over the names of City j 'ommissioner M. Harvey Taylor and; Harry- E. Overs with William S. Tunis; -.is :i possibility. The jitney ordinance, the probable i •tffect of the workmen's compensation, j the Royal ordinance relating to the! igc limit requirements of the child! labor act, the plans for widening the Market street subway, the introduc-• ion of the skeleton budget ordinance | will be among the other matters City! Council will consider to-morrow. SIOO Jitney llondu The jitney measure will be con sidered for amendment purposes at a session following the regular meeting and among the other changes that may be threshed out will be the fixing oi SIOO as a bond. How the provisions of the workmen's compensation act maj affect city policemen, firemen, etc., will be explained to the com missioners by J. W. Hartley, an expert on the subject, who has been secured! for the purpose by Commissioner [ Bowman. Whether the new Walnut' street bridge plans will go In is a j question although it is more than! probable that City Engineer Cowdenl will submit the Market street subway | profile. An amendment to the eliildl labor ordinance will be offered to pro- j vide that badges be worn by the news-j boys. These will be issued by the city i authorities upon payment of twenty-1 five cents. This will be refunded when | the boy turns in his badge. New Auto For llre Chief The introduction of the skeleton j budget ordinance is merely thej routine procedure necessary in order to get the title on the statute books.' The city commissioners will wait until the revised triennial assessment figures > are completed before putting in their; departmental budgets. Little change over last year's figures is anticipated. Except, where the natural extensions | in certain departments such as in-j creased paving areas for street sweep-! ing. etc., require it, the departmental! budgets will be about the same. ' 'ommissioner Taylor expects to ask j about $34,000 for park and about S4O,- 1 o ft o for the fire department. In the l'J 14 budget s7r.o<> was asked for the building of tho Royal tlrehouse and while this will cut otT this vear the difference will be made up in addi tional maintenance where double teams were installed by certain com-! panles, and by purchase of 5000 feet I of hose in accordance with the Na-' tional Board of Eire t'nderwriters' recommendations. Mr. Taylor says lie wants to reeommend SBOO "for the pur chase of a new auto for the lire chief and to turn his car over to the city forester. Perhaps *I4OO additional will be nskcil for the forester. lie got $2500 last year. Lighting Federal Square Provision for the additional street 1 lighting in Third street from North to Kelly and in Eederal Square will lie' among the principal items in Commis sioner Bowman's budget. He expects to ask for about the same amount as in 1914—5132,240 for the water de-' partment. $59,475 for lighting. Commissioner Lynch will ask for practically the same amount as last ■ year with the exception of the street sweeping item. He got $.">9,000 for this j purpose last year, but will want a few thousand more. The only additional - salaries to be provided for will be the 1 sso® for the city controller and the city treasurer's compensation. The! budgets of the department of finance ! and public affairs will be much the' same. THE WEATHER] for Ilarrlaburg and vicinity: Part ly cloudy and continued cold to night and I'licudnj; lowest tcm prraturf to-nltcht nhout 2S dr- I grees. For KflNtrrn PcnnnjlTanlni Partly cloudy to-night and Tuesdays continued cold; fresh to ntrong noHhueat winds. Rlvfr Tlic Snsqnehanna river and all Ita branches will fall slowly or re main nearly atatlonary. The area of freezing surface will Increnae. \ stage of ahnnt 8.7 feet Is Indi cated for Ilarrlaburg Tuesday morning:. General Conditions Practically all the eastern half of the fOMitry la cohered by nn area of high barometric pressure with Ita renter over Wisconsin, l.lght snow baa fallen In Xew Eng land. the Upper St. Lawrence > alley. In the Interior of Ketr York and locally In the Y*ake Re gion and Upper Ohio Yalley. Temperature! 8 a. m., 30. Sun ftfses! 7«13 a. ai.j sets. 4)90 ! p. m. Mnnnt %en moon, to-day, 1»04 i P. m. Hltcr stages Jt.B feet above low water mark. FRANCE TO CARRY WAR THROUGH TO THE BITTER END Will Not Make Peace Until Ger man Imperialism and Mili tarism Is Crushed ; WANT BELGIUM RESTORED I ~ I i First Responsible Statement Says Alsace and Lorraine Must Be Re-established By .issociated Press ! Paris. Dec. 0, 11.11 A. M. —France J will not make peace until Alsace and j Lorraine are won. Belgium and Serbia j restored and "German imperialism and I Prussian militarism are put beyond j the possibility of resurrection." Albert ! Thomas, under secretary of war, said ] yesterday. The declaration of M. j Thomas is attracting widespread at- j tention. as it is one of the first state- • ments from a responsible cabinet offl- j cer concerning the attitude of the gov- I ernment in regard to peace. The statements of M. Thomas were | made in an address to a large crowd j assembled last evening in memory of the dead of the war of 1870. M. Thomas said: "There will be no peace until our; Alsace and Lorraine are definitely re- I established as part of the French! unity. "There will be no peace until our j unfortunate brothers of Belgium and ' Serbia are assured of recovering their homes in complete security and inde- j pendence. "There will be no peace until Ger- ' man imperialism and Prussian mili- > tarism are put beyond the possibility ! of resurrection. "There will be no peace until a sys-1 tem of right, founded upon the vie-J torious union of the allies, and sup- ! ported bv the free adherence of neu- ' trals. has abolished forever the vio lence of war. Will Continue to I'iglit "Whatever may be the sacrifices, j France, united, will go steadily for-' ward to accomplish this end. To-day. j before the terrible obstacle which con- j fronts them, justice and liberty have j only one road —that which our nation j in arms opens to them with the ma- ! chine gun and cannon." The declaration of M. Thomas de- j rives added significance from the fact! that, in addition to his connection with the cabinet, lie is one of the leaders I of the Socialist party. Maurice Barres, president of the < League of Patriots, also addressed the : memorial meeting. "What is the meaning of the deter- | mination of France to carry on the! war to the end?" he asked. "It means i re-establishment of the European equi- •: librlum and that no peace will be J made until Alsace and Lorraine are j returned and we are guaranteed of j security from the Germans." Suggests Passing Ford Party Up as "Of No Particular Importance" By Associated Press T,cmdon. Dec. 6. 3:20 P. M. A re quest made in the House of Com mons this afternoon by Sir Edwin A. Cornwall, liberal member for Ibe Northeast division of Bethnal (Jreen. that an intimation bo sent to Henry Ford and William Jennings Bryp.ii that their proposed peace mission to this country would he "Irritating and unwelcome" at this time, drew the re sponse front I.ord llobert Cecil, parlia mentary under secretary for foreign affairs, that as the passports of the members of the paace mission only had been issued for neutral countries, the contingency contemplated by Sir Edwin did not arise. I,ord Robert Cecil said: "Speaking for myself I think it would be the highest degree undignified for the gov ernment of this country to send any 1 intimation to a lot of ladies and gentle men who. whatever their merits may be, are of no particular importance." Uses Biblical Quotations in Sermon on Preparedness to Wilson; Visitors Wait 1 By Associated Press Washington. D. C., Dec. G.—While j many White House callers were kept j waiting, —ames Henderson, a Quaker, from Barnesville, Ohio, delivered a , sermon to-day to President Wilton op ; posing military preparedness. He ; quoted extensively from the Bible to convince the President that the policy of increasing the national defenses was wrong. Henderson told the Presi dent he had been "liberated" by his associates to come to Washington to urge the President to give up the pre paredness program, because the ques tion of war and preparedness should be left to a higher power. The President and many callers who were crowding into the office. 11s (tened while Henderson spoke. The President thanked him for his advice lan dthen turned, to shako hands with ! the next man in line. SARAH BERNHAHDT IS 11,1, Actress Suffering From Congestion of the Lungs Paris. Dec. 6.—Sarah Bernhardt, the famous French tragedienne, is suffer ing from congestion of the lungs. Mme. Bernhardt's physician announced i hat the patient was feverish, but there was no cause for anxiety regard ing her condition. POPE TO URGE PEACE By Associated Press Koine, Dec. 6.—At the consistory which will be held to-morrow the Pope will deliver an allocution, again deploring the horrors of the war and commiserating the Armenians. The pontiff will urge the quick conclusion of peace which should be just and durable favoring neither of the bellig erents. Six cardinals are to be created. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER6,I9IS. DIDN'T YOU FORGET TO BUY Y CROSS SEALS TOD A Y? HERE'S THE 1915 RED CROSS SEAL. When you called at the post office to-day did you remvmber to stop for a moment or two at the prettily dec orated little bootli at the parcel post window to buy some Red Cross Christ mas seals? If you neglected that to-day don't overlook it hereafter, for there'll be plenty of chances to buy Christmas stamps throughout the remainder of the holiday season.. The 1915 sale formally opened to-day. In the booths at the post office. Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart's, L. W. Cook, Bowman and Company, and D. L. Kaufman's department stores, the seals were put on sale and daintily garbed "Red Cross nurses" were the sales girls. At the post office booth Misses Margaret and Mary E. Turner acted as the sales girls; the depart ment stores placed some of their own sales staffs behind the store booths. Dr. J. M. J. Rauniclc, city health officer who has charge of this end of the distribution, said that at least 50,- 000 seals were placed in the booths for the first consignment. In the schools of the city and the 'cross-river towns and in the factories, business houses and mercantile estab HUSBAND SHOOTS HIS CHILD WIFE Victim About to Take Train to Join Sister in Burlesque Company Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 6.—Enraged because his 15-year-old bride refused jto reconsider her determination to i leave him. Joseph Santore, 19 years j old, drew a revolver and shot the girl iin the right shoulder, yesterday. In jtho waitingroom of the Broad Street ! Station. j The child-wife was taken to llaline , mann Hospital, where pnysicians say j her condition is serious, as she is about. ! to become a mother. i Panic seized a hundred or more pas | singers in the station when the re volver shot rang out and the woman ran screaming to the east end of the waitingroom, where she sank into a jseat. Passengers scattered to the train | shed and ran downstairs to the first | floor. The boy-husband followed his wife j and stood dumbly beside her, looking | as if he had no realization of what •he had done. He was disarmed by ! Detective Mcintosh, of the Pennsyl ! vania Railroad force. To Join Hmlc!>quers i It made me about crazy to think ; of her going away from me," said the i boy. "We were happy together, but j her sister and mother have been try | ing to separate U3 ever since we were ! married." Mrs. Santore's sister, Fanny Toret j sky. a chorus girl in a company which | played at a local burlesque theater i last week, was arrested as a witness of ; the shooting. Santore asserts that the ! chorus girl sister-in-law had induced I his wife to leave him and had intend i ed to get Mrs. Santore a job with her j company. Another Suspicious Fire in Sugar Ship By Associated Press New York, Dec. 6.—A fire was dis covered in hold No. 4 of the steam ! ship Tyninghame while the vessel was [loading a cargo of sugar for an Eng- I lish port at her Brooklyn pier yester • day. The flames were extinguished I wtlh comparatively slight loss. The j steamer, which is owned by the. Hall Steamship Company of I-ondon, was | to sail this week. Captain David Jones, of the Tyning hame reported to the police that he be lieved the fire suspicious and further Investigation was made which con vinced the authorities thattlamesstart ed in several places at the same time. POPULATION" OF IRELAND SHOWS BIG INCREASE Dublin, Nov. 8. —-Correspondence of the Associated Press.) —The latest census figures for Ireland show an in creasing population. However, com mon this may be in America, or in the other countries of Europe, this feature is for Ireland an agreeable novelty. For the quarter ended the 30th of September last the number of births in Ireland was 27,779, a rate of 20.8 per thousand and the deaths 14,670, a rate of 13.4 per thousand. There were only 3,511 emigrants, so that the net Increase in population is 9,558. lishments at least 150.000 seals were placed for sale. The committee hopes to allow "seven seals to every pupil" in Harrisburg's school and more than 100,000 were placed in the various buildings to-day under the direction of D. D. Hammelbaugh, the chairman. Tn the 'cross-river towns another 20,- 000 were distributed, while 30,000 were sent around to the various mercantile and business establishments in Har risburg. The distributing work in the city was handled by the Boy Scouts who were splendidly organized for the purpose by Scoutmaster Edward Manser. Dr. C. R. Phillips, chairman of the general committee to-day once more explained the uses to which the pro ceeds of the seal sale will he applied. "Window tents, carfare for the chil dren who attend the open-air schools, carfare to help the needier patients to Mont Alto or other State sanatoria, and clothing to cover the poorer suf ferer who otherwise couldn't get to gether the necessary and proper clothing to make the journey to the State tuberculosis camp, are a few of the more important needs," said Dr. Phillips. WILLIAM STROUSE BUYS JERAULD'S Will Go Into Clothing Business j on Big Scale; Shoe Co.'s Plans Not Announced I I j Formal announcement vrsts made to | flay that William Strouso has pur i chased the lease of the Jerauld Shoe . * ompany of the building occupied by ' the Jerauld shoe store at 310 Market , street and will go i. ... the clothing j business there on a larue scale. The Plans of the Jerauld Shoe Company I arc not definitely concluded but will be completed and made public in a I day or two. I Mr. Strouso, who sold his interest In I the Globe Clothing House a year ago .said to-day that he will have bis new . store open in time for the Spring ! trade and has already contracted for large orders of men s, boys' and chil- I dren's clothing. j , Architectural plans are under way | lor the complete remodeling of the [Continued on Page B.] Expects U. S. to Return Naval Attaches Safely; Will Not Ask For Papers Washington, D. C., Dec. 6. Count von Bernstorff to-day presented to .the State Department a communica i tion asking for the reason for the re j quest for the wtihdrawal of Captain Boy-Ed and Captain Von Papen, the German naval and military attaches, respectively. It was stated authoritatively, though , not in the communication that the : ambassador would under no considera tion ask the United States to get safe conducts for the attaches. The Ger ' nian government was represented as j considering it incumbent upon the United States to return the attaches jin safety to German territory and .bring their successors here. Trying to Organize Branch of Defense Society Here One of the most important appfo priations which the Sixty-Fourth Con gress, in convention to-day, will con sider Is that for Army, Navy and gen eral preparedness, for which purpose $500,000,000 will be asked. Aw Field Secretary of the American Defense Society, Burton F. Wells is in the city actively engaged in the organization of a Harrisburg branch of the Defense Society. A mass meeting has been arranged for to be held in the Y. M. C. A. on Wednesday evening of this week, De cember 8, at 8:30. The meeting will be addressed by speakers of militarv experience and authority, among theru Major Dickerson, recently of t tie United States Department of State. At this meeting efforts will be made to organize the Harrisburg branch of this society. ZEMBO TEMI'LE ELECTION George W. Mcllhenny, potentate of the Zemho Temple, Nobles of the Mys tic Shrine, has announced the annual session of the temple for Wednesday evening in the Chestnut street hall at 8 o'clock when officers and repre sentatives for 1916 will be elected The installation of the new officer-* will follow the election. ALL WEST SHORE IS PLEASED WITH COUNCIL'S ACTION Plan of Camp Hill's Borough Fathers to Get Sentiment Favorably Received BIG MEETING DISCUSSED Men in Wormleysburg and Le moync Talk Over Possibili ties of Improvement League Hy ROBERT P. GORMAN Residents of West Shore towns in terested in the proposed improvement league expressed themselves to-day as very favorably impressed with the contemplated action of Camp Hill's borough council men in taking the first steps toward the organization of such a league. Hundreds of persons resid ing in the boroughs and townships along the river are eager to join hands and start the wheels of progress and improvement and by the time a gen eral meeting of citizens is called the spirit will be so earnest that an enter prising organization must result. The present plan of the Camp Hill councilmen is to invite a number of persons residing in other towns to at tend a meeting for the purpose of get ting the sentiment along the entire West Shore for improvement. This sentiment, with a definite plan of ac tion, will be given to the Harrisburg City Planning Commission, whose members have taken a lively interest in West-Shore development. At this "sentiment" meeting, too, if in the opinion of those in attendance a league is needed, a program for a general I meeting of citizens will be mapped out and a date Fet. If this plan is car ried out, the men who attend the "sen timent" meeting will simply act as a voluntary committee to issue a call for a big public meeting. Forms of Organization Whether the improvement meeting will result in one big organization in [Continued on Page ".] Wildwood Frozen Over, but No Skating Yet "Wildwood is frozen over" comes the announcement that will stir the juvenile skater with anticipatory thrills of the coming (lays when the ring of steel on firm ice will be heard. With the exception of a few open holes, the luke was covered by a thin sheet of ice on Saturday. The Park Department made the statement to-day that, anxious skaters will do to wait until official notice that ice is safe be made through the me dium of the red flag floating on the top of the Telegraph building. If the weather continues cold there is no rea son why the lake at Lakewood cannot be used well before Christmas, t it is also officially understood that the Park Department, in an effort to en large upon the territories where skat ing may be enjoyed with perfect as surance to parents that there is no at tendant danger, will consider investi gating conditions upon the river when it becomes frozen with a view to marking off certain parts where skat ers may with impunity revel to their I hearts' content. Outside of these marked portions the department will not put their sanction upon any lo cality as safe for skaters. Crippled Freighter Is Wallowing Far Out By Associated Press I San Francisco. Dee. 0. -The crlp- I pled freighter Minnesota, wallowing in a heavy sea off the Coronado islands, more than six hundred miles south of San Francisco, is expected to be reached to-day by a tug and the sal vage steamer laqua sent from here December 3 to assist the big vessel. In addition to trouble with her ma jchinery, the Minnesota is reported to I have had trouble with members of the j crew and one man is reported in j irons. Declares Warring Nations Must Look to U. S. For Peace Washington. Dec. 6. - President ! Wilson had on his list of callers to 'day Baron Shibusawa, a prominent [Japanese, who is touring this country !in the interests of the International Sunday School Congress to be held in jTokio after the war. The Baron discussing to-day the | movement to restore peace in Europe, (declared that the warring nations must ! look principally to the United States jto pave the way to that end, adding | that he was gratified thai the matter ! was being given serious consideration j among leaders of thought and affairs of this country. BANK PRESIDENT DIES ißy Associated Press Mt. Holley. X. J., Dec. G.—William ,H. Heister, 72 years old, president of jthe Manufacturers' National Bank, j Philadelphia, died at Ills home at jPemberton yesterday from kidney trouble. He had been in failing health for some time. "WIIITI/OCK l)AV" Fly Associated Press Toledo, 0., Dec. 6.—When Brand Whltlock, American Minister to Bel glum, arrives here to-day, he will be greeted by the entire city. The day has been set aside as "Whitlock day" and flags and bunting will decorate! nearly every home and business house ! in the city. * RAM BO KENNEDY BUHIKD Special to The Telegraph Dauphin, Pa., Dec. 6. —The body of Rambo Kennedy, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Seiders, of Fishing Creek Valley, was buried this morning in the Dauphin cemetery. BOROUGH SOLICITOR ELECTED Special to The Telegraph Newvllle. Pa.. Dec. G. Borough council has elected Wilis K. Glauser, borough solicitor to succeed Caleb S." Brinton, of Carlisle, resigned BIG PROBLEMS UP TO CONGRESS Wilson Neutral in Fight For Democratic National Convention Location By . Issociated Press Washington, Dec. t * nu' *'• Heard, lllitdletown, and Anue V. Maria, Mlllernburg. * Henry Murray, dfy, and llonia Kvelyn Taylur, Philadelphia. j POSTSCRIPT— FINAL 12 PAGES FLOOD OF BILLS 1 FLOW IN DURING BRIEF SESSIONS .National Defense Measures I Predominate at Opening of Sixty-Fourth Congress MESSAGE TOMOHRO W President Wilson Will Deliver Address Before Joint Meeting . j Hy . \ssociated Press j Washington, D. C., Dec. 6.—Cort | gress reassemhled at noun to-day for j what promises to be the most ini- I portant and historic session of a gen eration. i Proceedings in hoth House and Senate wore brief, being: confined cn jtirely to organization and introduction of some bills and resolutions. In ac cordance with custom both houses noon adjourned and sent a commits tee to notify President Wilson that Congress was in session. To-morrow the real work of the ses sion begins when President. Wilson, delivers his annual address to a joint . session assembled in 1 lie hall of tho House. Speaker Clark was re-elected ami sworn In amid cheers from the lloor land galleries. In the Senate, the or j gunizatlon was performed by re-elec [ Continued on Page I.] r , WOMAN HONOKICD j Special to The Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Pa.. Dec. 0. An i honor which has come to a prominent - Mechanicsburg woman is the appoint ment of Mrs. J. Irvin Steele, at Wash* s Ington. D. C\, as secretary to the De partment of Public Health in tho Fed erated Clubs of the District of Colum bia. and also publicity chairman of tlia Anthony Wayne League.