Wheat For Allies Destroyed at Erie When Two P. R 0 R. Elevators Burn
HARRISBURG tSlSllll TELEGRAPH
I.XXXIV—, No. 28')
COUNCILMANS
COMMITTEE ON
IMPROVEMENTS
FOR CAMP HILL
Carl K. Deen, G. L. Naylor and
John C. Orr Named by
President Keim to Help
Along Agitation For Civic
Organization on West
Shore
BOROUGH'S LAWMAKERS
SHOW ACTIVE INTEREST
Robert L. Myers and Mr. Deen
Talk For Passage of Mo
tion to Appoint West Shore
Improvement Committee
of Camp Hill Council
IS> ROBERT I . GORMAN
Ca in p Hill borough council last
evening took the initiative step toward
the formation' of a West Shore im
provement organization when a mo
tion. introduced by Carl K. Deen, ask
ing: for the appointment of a commit
tee of three to confer with other Went
Shore citizens and help the agitation
along in every way possible, was
passed without a dissenting vote. War
ren B. Keim, president pro tem., this
morning named the committee, as fol
lows: Carl K. Deen, chairman, U. L.
Naylor and John C. Orr.
Members of the council are greatly
interested in the proposed organization
and the improvements which have
been discussed by West Shore resi
dents. especially the planned road be
tween Wormleysburg and Camp Hill
via the now private subway at the
upper end of Wormleysburg.
Mr. Deen and Robert L. Myers were
members of a committee appointed
some time ago to confer with the
1-larrisburg City Planning Commission
relative to the renaming of a number
of streets between the river and the
. western limits cf the borough of Camp
• Hill. Mr. Deen. who was chairman
'>f the committee, at last night's meet
.ng asked that that committee be dis
bursed and that a committee, to be
made up of three members, to be
known tt's"W»e "WeW'Shore improve
ment committee of council, be ap
pointed in its stead. Mr. Myers, the
>ther member of the committee, fa
vored the move and then President
Keiin called for the vote, which unani
mously favored the resolution. Mr.
Myers retires as a member of council
January 1, 1916.
In introducing his motion Mr. Deen
iaid:
"Since our last meeting there has
..een considerable agitation on the part
Df West Shore citizens for improve
ments and a Harrisburg newspaper
lias helped along the cause by publish
ing interviews with various citizens. I
think the movement is a very com
mendable one and we should help
along this agitation. Co-operation and
organization must result in some good.
The present agitation for a back road
between Wormleysburg and Camp Hill
Is a good thing and we need it in the
future development o( Camp Hill. 1
believe this council should help along
tilt present movement in every way
and I move that a committee of three
be appointed to confer with commit
tees from other sections of the West
Shore, the committee to be known as
the West Shore improvement commit
tee of Camp Hill council."
Mr. Myers also spoke on the motion
and asked for its passage, saying: "It
Is creditable for Camp Hill to start
the movement for an organization and
nothing but good can result. This
committee can meet with similar com
mittees of other councils or with citi
zens. Washington Heights, a grow
ing community, and Enola are not or
ganized ns boroughs and their citizens
would have to represent them."
The proposed road between Camp
Hill and Wormleysburg Is of more
than ordinary interest to Camp Hill
and the eounrilnten for a time dis
cussed the plans which Warren H.
Manning, the Boston landscape de
signer, has mapped out for the de
velopment of the territory between the
two towns and also the opening of the
proposed road.
While eouncilmen were busy dis
cussing the new organization other
men on the West Shore Interested In
the development, of the surrounding
territory also talked over plans. James
W. Milhouse. burgess of Camp Hill
and a member of the la'w firm of Olm
sted & Stamm, in an interview had
this to say:
"The Telegraph's notion of a league
*or civic improvement among the West
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THE WE ATHER
For Hariiflburir nnd vicinity: Fair,
rontlmuMl cold to-nij*lit with low
cal temperature al>«»ut 25 degree*;
Saturday lucn-anlnn cloii<lltit* M*
and warmer, pr«»l»ably snow or
rain by nlfcht.
For l-lHNtern Pennwylvnnia i Fair nn<!
A continued eold to-night: Saturday
InrretiNinK cloudlneaai and warmer,
probably followed by snow or
rain by night; frenli northwest
*%lndft diminishing.
(ienrral Conditions
The storm central off the North
Atlantic coast has Increased In
energy: It has caused light anow
genrrally front the l<ake Itcglou
eastward to the Atlantic const
and In the 1 pper Ohio Valle>.
with strong winds along the coast
from llattcras northward.
It Is a to 12 «legrres colder over the
«'n*tcru part of the conntry and
2 to US degrees colder In the
Hocky Mountains and thence
westward.
Temperature; S a. m., 20.
*un i Rises. 7iltt a. m.; sets. 4:311
p. m.
tloont First quarter, December IS,
ftsftft a. m.
\ Itlver Stage: 3.8 feet above low
water mark,
Yesterday's Weather
II IK bent temperature, IW.
I.owest tcm pern fare, 511.
Mean temperature. 33.
Aoraial temperature, J4« ,
STONE MORTAR US
ACCEPTED B Y HISTO
Indian Grinding Stone Presented to the Dauphin County Historical So
ciety by A. B. Shenk. of Hockersvill®.
How many Indian squaws used the |
large stone mortar in front of the i
Dauphin County Historical Society;
headquarters, 9 South Front street, |
and just how many generations of ;
dusky braves ate bread, cakes and j
other dishes cooked from the meal'
ground in the stone, is problematical. ■
Last night Dr. Harvey R. Bashore, ]
of West Falrview, accepted the relic •
for the society and gave a short ac
count of Its use, and its known his-1
tory. At present the mortar may be;
seen on the ground in front of the so- i
ciety headquarters.
The mortars of the Indians were j
used for grinding; corn into meal, and !
crushing roots, acorns, etc. The size'
varied, probably according 'to the!
family. The mortar, which is made of j
red sandstone, presented to the his
torical society is about two. feet in!
diameter, and about IS inches high j
and weighs almost SOO pounds. In!
the top, the Indians chipped out a
bowl shaped cavity, 14 inches across:
and S inches deep.
The corn, or other materials was;
placed in this, and ground and pound
ed with a stone pestle, until the proper j
degree of fineness was obtained. The!
women Invariably did the ork. be-!
cause the craves thought it beneath}
their dignity to do manual labor.
History of the Grinding Stone
The Indians, on leaving this section I
MAGIC POWDER
ROOM TOWN IS
HEAP OF ASHES
Fire Burns Hopewell as Bare as
Field in Which It Was
Built Year Ago
By Associated Press
llopewell. Va., Dec. 10. —The town
of Hopewell, swept by fire yesterday
and last night was almost as bare to
day as the cornfield in which its first
buildings were put up a year ago.
Four hundred houses, most of them
wood, constructed in feverish haste,
to care for the Influx of the people by
the activities of the DuPont explo
sives plant were licked by the flames.
In the main part of the town of twen
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ALLIES TARGET
OF NEW ATTACK
BY BULGARIANS
Assault iu Macedonia Ap
proaching Climax of Inten
sity; Fear For British
London, Dec. 10. The Bulgarians,
heavily reinforced and well support
ed by artillery, are renewing violent
ly their attack upon the Franco-
British forces in Macedonia. Their
assault has gone through all the pre
liminary stages and is now approach
ing the climax of intensity.
Although pursuit of the Serbians
still continues, it is apparent from the
proportions which the Macedonian
[Continual on Page 25.]
IN VESTIGATIXG A M/EGED
\TTKMPT TO FIHF PLANT
By Associated Press
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 10.—Police
to-day are investigating an ailegod at
tempt made last night to set fire to the
plant of the Minneapolis Steel and
Machinery Company, which recently
announced that it is making shell cas
ings for the entente allies. Several let
ters threatening destruction of the
plant have been received by the offi
cials of the company and placed in the
hands of postal inspectors at St. Paul.
Tausig Christmas
IK you knon of a worthy pour family In II Mrrl»biir|c nlioar home i«
likely to lark ChrlatmaM cheer this year. All out tlie blank below am"
forward It In the Telrurapti. The Arm of Jacob Tnunlft'a Sona
Jeweler*. 420 Market afreet, han it I veil the Telegraph (.KH) viHh which to
purehnae t'hrialmna haxketa for 200 fauilllea. The Aasoelated f'harltlea
wilt InveMlnate the naniea aent to It "nd Mill deliver the bimketa the day
before I'lirlßtinax. l<"lll out below.
Follow inc l» Ihe uanir nnd aililreon of a worthy poor family I atißKeat
aa worthy of » TaiiaiK Chrlatmna banket i
N ii in '.
Street nildrea*
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HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1915
of the country about 1754, presented
the mortar to white settlers near
Deodate. In 1770 it came into the
possession of the Shenk family, then
living near Hockersville.
For several generations it was
treasured until it was given to A. B.
Shenk of Hockersville. Mr. Shenk
appreciating the value and historical
interest in the relic offered it to the
Historical Society, and it was ipi
mediately accepted to bo added to the
already large exhibition of Indian
relics.
The mortar will be placed in the In
dian room or the society shortly where
it will find a proper setting surround
ed by the many things of the past,
found there. Other mortars, less pre
tentious in size, pestles, one of them
18 inches long; hundreds of arrow
heads, spears. axes, tomahawks,
hatchets and net sinkers are included
in the big display which is probably
the finest in chis section, because the
relics were found in this vicinity.
One of the interesting exhibits is a
large soapstone bowl, with a capacity
of almost two quarts. This was used
to cook the meal and other food.
Queer ceremonial objects, pitted
stones, the evolution of the hoe,
hatchet and ax are found in profusion
together with chisels, and scrapers,
all made of stone. Even moccasins,
powder horns, belts and beads are dis
played. ,
ELEVATORS WITH
500,000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT BURN
Grain From Canada Consigned
lo Allies Destroyed bj r Big
Fire at Erie
By Associated Press
Erie, Pa., Dec. 10. Two of the
three Anchor Line grain elevators
owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company here were destroyed by fire
early to-day with their contents, about
500.000 bushels of wheat. The loss Is
estimated at $750,000. A third ele
vator, holding 325,000 bushels of
wheat was saved by firemen. The
wheat came from Canada and awaited
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AUTO DEALERS
UP IN ARMS AT
PROPOSED TAXES
Leaders in Industry Here Say
Wilson's Scheme Is Prepos
terous Imposition
The announcement In President Wil
son's recent message to Congress that
he recommends as one means of in
creasing the government revenue a tax
of 50 cents per horsepower on all
automobiles and a 1 cent per gallon
lax on gasoline has acted upon auto
mobile manufacturers and dealers all
over the country as a spark in inflam
mable material.
The idea has appeared to many as
"preposterous," "unfair discrimination"
[Continued on Page 25.]
PROPOSE TO CONDUCT
151* HAL CHURCH SURVEYS
By Associated Press
Columbus, 0., Dec. 10. —Preliminary
plans for conducting rural church sur
veys in nearly every State were dis
cussed at the national conference of
the Commission on Church and Coun
try Life during Its closing session here
to-day. President Wilson was to be
the principal speaker before the con
ference to-night. •
MOBOLIZATION OF
RESOURCES URGED
AS DEFENSE STEP
President Wilson Tells Busi
nessmen to Prepare in Ad
dress at Columbus
NEED OF MORE SHIPS
Admits Number Is Inadequate;
Opposes Injection of Poli
tics Into Business
By Issocioted Press
Columbus. 0., Dec. 10.—Prepared
ness by businessmen to mobilize the
resources of the nation as a measure
of national defense was urged by
President Wilson here to-uay in a
ringing address before the Columbus
Chamber of Commerce, llis words
were given added significance by the
disputes pending between the United
States and Austria and Germany.
The President's address was ap
plauded by a nonpartisan audience of
1100 men, including many of the lead
ing officials and businessmen of Ohio.
While he had not written It out in ad
vance he had thought It over care
fully. His theme was the statesman
ship of industry.
The President told the businessmen
that it was impossible to separate
business and life. He declared that
the two were inseparable. The his
tory of business in the United States
he said, was tied up with the history
of the nation.
The need of ships to carry the com
merce of the nation was dwelt on.
Since the war of 1812, he declared,
the United States has purposely at
tended first to internal affairs. Some
businessmen, he declared, sought for
eign trade but many disregarded it.
The banking and currency law pass
ed during the present administration
was lauded by the President as a
great aim to foreign commerce.
He criticised the policy of protec
tion. Business, he declared, should
be efficient but It should not be or
ganized In order to secure monopolies.
"1, for my part," he said, "look for
ward to the future of American busi
ness with confidence because It has
changed its point of view."
He opposed the injection of politics
into business. He described himself
as a "militant Democrat." and added
•that the Democratic, party wanted to
help business.
FRENCH FIRE AT
AMERICAN BOAT
Six Shols Hurled During Hold
iug-up of Coamo and Re
moval of (lermans
, By Associated Press
San Juan, Porto Rico. Dec. 10.—
Four blank shots and two solid shots
were fired by the French cruiser.
Descartes in holding up the American
steamship Coamo, yesterday.
A French lieutenant who boarded
the Coamo said orders had been given
to take all subjects of Germany and
her allies from ships' crews, beginning
December 8 and to take all such per
sons from among the passengers after
December 18.
After the six shots had been fired
and the Coamo had stopped, a small
boat put out from the cruiser, with
the lieutenant and his men. On
boarding the Coamo the lieutenant
proceeded to Captain Barbour's cabin
and demanded that the captain pro
duce the passengers and crew. The
passengers were alarmed and ran from
the staterooms in their night clothes.
Captain Barbour asked why the Des
cartes had not waited until morning
to stop the Coamo so a3 to avoid
alarming the passengers. The lieu
tenant replied he feared the ship
would have reached port.
Captain Protect*
The captain protested against, the
action of the lieutenant in taking off
the four German firemen, saying his
vessel never had been boarded before.
The lieutenant then Informed him of
the orders he said had been issued.
The German firemen were paid off
before being taken from the Coamo
and the passengers gathered on the
deck to wish them good luck.
The American steamship Carolina
sailed from this port on Wednesday
afternoon and is due in New York on
Monday. It was not known here that
Chief Stewart Schaade. of the Caro
lina, had been taken off until the ar
rival of the Coamo.
Serious Consequences
May Follow Firing by
French on U. S. Ships
Washington, K>. C., Dec. )o.—The
State Department to-day still was
without official report of the action
of the French cruiser Descates in
holding up the American steamships
Coamo and Carolna. It was said that
if the Coamo was fired upon, the
gravity of the situation was materially
increased. Inquiries for details have
been dispatched to Europe and Porto
Rico.
The action of holding up the Coamo
is contrary to principles for which the
United States has contended and If
official reports corroborate press re
ports the entire matter probably will
become the subject of diplomatic pro
test. The United States will base Its
action upon the celebrated case of
Mason and Slldell, the Confederate
commissioners, who were removed
from a British ship during the Civil
War.
News dispatches were taken in offi
cial circle* to mean that Great Britain
and France hart engaged Upon a policy
of clearing; the seas of every enemy
subject. The recent seizure of thd
steamship President Mitre lends
weisrhl to this belief. The quoted state
ment of a French lieutenant reKardin»r
The present and future policy of
Franc« wiui read with interest.
TAFT ASKS LOCAL
COMMERCE BODY
FOR PEACE AID
Ex-President Requests Harris
burg Chamber to Co-operate
in World-Wide Plan
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EX-PR ESI DENT TAFT
Ex-President Taft has written to
the President of tlie Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce, asking' him
and the other members of his organ
ization to co-operate in an effort to
create sentiment among; businessmen
in favor of a rational plan for world
peace, to be worked out through in
ternational agreement after peace has
been declared in Europe.
Arguing that the recurrence of such
a conflict as now rages li> Europe
ought if possible, to be prevented, Mr.
Taft, in his letter urges the members
of the organization to co-operate in
[Continued on Page 10.]
Mr. Taft to Lecture Here
Mr. Taft will lecture in Harrisburg
in the Technical High school on the
evening of December 30 under the
auspices of the local Society of Friends
and the Pennsylvania Peace and Arbi
tration Society. During his visit Mr.
Taft will be entertained at dinner at
the Harrisburg club. There is already
much interest in his coming and in
order to insure all a seat who wish
to hear him the charge for tickets
has been placed at 50 cents for gen
eral admission. A few reserved seats
will be sold at SI.OO each. His sub
ject will be world's peace and he will
also talk on the matter of national
| defense.
Non-Socialist Parties
of Germany Also Wish
to Bring War to End
By Associated Press
Berlin, Dec. 9, via I-ondon, Dec. 10.
—After Dr. Von Bethmann-llollweg
had spoken on peace in the Reichstag
yesterday. Dr. Peter Spahn, vice
president of the Reichstag and loader
of the Centre party, read in the name
of all the non Socialist parties the fol
lowing declaration:
"We, too, wish to end this war,
forced upon us. We look with admira
tion and gratitude upon the uninter
rupted, victorious progress of all our
troops who. with our brave Austro
! Hungarian, Bulgarian and Turkish al
lies, are marching from success to suc
cess. have carried our glorious
j banners far into the enemy's lands
and have just destroyed the Serbian
army. We rely upon the unshakable
positon of our armies in the East and
in the West, defying all attacks by our
| enemies which guarantees us and our
allies complete success in the war. We
look lo the unshakable economic and
financial might of our nation and coun
] try which has assured us our food and
armament sufficiently.
"May our enemies swear themselves
j anew, to persistence in the war, we
await in complete unity, with calm de
termination and confidence In Ood the
hour which will make possible peace
negotiations whereby the mlilitary eco
nomic, financial and political interests
of Germany will be permanently as
sured in the most complete extent and
by all measures, including such exten
sions of territory as are necessary for
this purpose.
Is Charles E. Pass
Mayor-Elect Meals'
City Treasurer Choice?
When asked as to his views on the
city treasurership. Mayor-elect E. S.
Meals sprung a new candidate In the
field:
"What's the matter." demanded His
Honor, "with Charley Pass for the
job?"
Tin- Mayor-elect wouldn't talk very
much as to views on the question of
either f'ommlssloner M. Harvey Tay
lor, Harry F. Oves or William S.
Tunis. Nor did he care to go into de
tail as to the probable oounollinanie
action when the new jdy organizes.
"What we ought to do though Is to
break up this 'S to 2' combination,"
said he.
The Mayor last evening attended a
brief session of the commissioners
who threshed out some of the phases*
of the Jitney ordinance and the child
labor measure. The latter will likely
lay over until the attorney general's
department can be heard from. The
jitney measure will be changed about
considerably. Taxicabs. It is under
stood, will not be entirely exempted
and a subwtuntlal although not bur
densome bond and tine will likely be
i iixed.
BREAK WITH
AUSTRIA IS
THREA TENED
Diplomatic Relations May Be Severed Unless Urgent De
mands of American Ancona Note Be Complied With;
United States Insists on Quick Action
Washington, B. C., Dec. 10. Diplomatic
relations with Austria-Hungary are in danger
of being broken off by the United States unless
the urgent demands of the American note to
Vienna for a disavowal of the sinking of the An
cona and reparation are complied with.
lurthermo\\ it was stated to-day upon good aut'.uritv. the
United State:, expects a prompt reply to its communication " Aus
tria's delay in furnishing answers to the questions submitted to
Haron lWirian, minister of foreign affairs, by American Ambassador
I'enfieid, a few clays aftei the Ancona went down has not served to
e:ise the situation.
I he foreign office, however, did inform Ambassador Penfield it
desired more time to answer the i nquiry. but American officials are
unable to clearly understand why it is* impossible for the Austrb-
Hungarian government to secure the information desired.
Christmas Basket Offer
Brings in Many Replies
Just how popular the offer of Jacob
Tausig's Sons, the jewelers, to provide
SSOO for Christmas baskets for as
many needy families Is proving to be
Is Indicated daily every time the mail
boy brings in the day's letters and
things to the offices of the Telegraph.
The big jewelry firm is using the
Telegraph as a sort of "sub" to Santa
Claus and the Telegraph in turn Is
enlisting the services of the Associated
Aid Society for investigation. When a
worthy family is found the name and
address is liled for reference. Inci
dentally the Telegraph helps to find
out the needy families by printing a
coupon. This can be cut out, filled in
and mailed to the Telegraph. The
Telegraph, the Associated Aid and
Santa Claus —agents for Tausigß—will
do the rest.
FIRE THROWS 1400 OUT OF WORK
Montreal, Dec. 10. —Fire broke out in the shops of the
Grand Trunk Railway at Point St. Charles to-day. The
flames were discovered in the tool shops and spread rapidly
to the blacksmith and erecting shops. Grand Trunk officials
said the fire appeared to be of a serious nature. The fire was
under control at 1.30. Fourteen hundred men will be thrown
out of work.
MARKET CLOSES HEAVY
New York, Dec. 10.—Wall Street. Lowest quotations
were made in the last hour, Canadian Pacific showing marked
weakness. The closing was heavy. Speculative pressure and
further foreign selling were again effective in depressing prices
to-day.
BUMPER COTTON CROP
Washington, Dec. 10.—This year's cotton crop finally esti
mated to-day is 11,161,000 equivalent 500-pound bales exclu
sive of linterSj the Department of Agriculture announced.
HEART TROUBLE FATAL TO MRS. BUSER
Hummelstown. Mrs. Sarah E. Buser, wife of formei
Sheriff H. Wells Buser was found dead in her bed this morn
ing. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon. Death
was due to heart trouble. She is survived by her husband and
five children, one sister and one brother.
UNFILLED TONNAGE INCREASES
New York, Dec. 10. The unfilled tonnage of the United
States Steel Corporation on November 30 totalled 7,189,489 tons,
an increase of 1,024,037 tons over October.
The figures mark the greatest increase ever announced by
the United States Steel Corporation and the total unfilled ton
nage is, with one exception the largest ever reported.
WANT GOVERNMENT ARMOR PLANT
Washington, Dec. 10. Bills for an eleven-million-dollar
government armor plate factory were introduced in both Houses
of Congress to-day by Chairman Tillman, of the Senate Naval
Committee and Representative Tavenner, of Illionis.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Senate met at noon.
House met at noon.
Remained in session twenty minutes and then adjourned
until noon next Tuesday to give more time for committee organi
zation.
MARRIAGE UCENSES
Forrest J.e* Alcorn, eltjr. unit Jltry KHsabeth Itoycr, W llllamtpert...
lioilfrry Hoke ami Minnie Mordorf. elty.
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"ABIE" COHEN TO PLIIAD GUII.TY
"Abie" Cohen, baseball "fan," manoo
Olen Mills time-server, and youthf
burglar, will P.kely plead guilty in tl
}>auj>)iin county sontence court Momtr l