Boy Scouts, Affenlionl "Unc/e Harry's" First Letter in the Telegraph Tonight- HARRISBURG iSlSfllll TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— Xo. 292 HEAVY SNOWS THROUGHOUT EAST TANGLES Broken Telegraph Poles and Wires, and Stalled Rail road Trains Left in Its Wake CABLE COMMUNICATION IS BADLY HAMPERED 15-Inch Fall atPoughkeepsie, N. Y.; Jersey, Penna., Delaware and New Eng land in Winter's Grasp New York, Dec. 14.- Snow, sleet and at times cold. drizzling rain swirled over practically all of New England and the States of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Dela ware most of last night in which is possibly the most general storm that ha?: gripped the east since that of De- cember 1904. Having blown itself out to sea to day the storm will likely be followed by a sharp drop of temperature throughout the States affected and will next be heard of sweeping east ward along the routes of the Trans- Atlantir steamers. Snow was still fall ing during the forenoon In fiarts of Xew England and in upper New York State. Wire trouble, stalled trains, tem porary milk shortage in New York and street accidents familiar to New York at storm time, all came as the aftermath of last night's blow. The New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad by reason of breaks in its feed wires In the so-called electric zone, was particularly hard hit, and :r noon its schedules had not emerged from demoralization. The New York • 'entral was less affected, though the trail.s from the west were many hours late. The Erie and Lacka w anna were less seriouslv handicap ped. Snow Fifteen Inches Peep The heaviest fall of snow in this vicinity was at Poughkeepsle. N. Y., where it was fifteen inches deep. Some of the New York Central's through express trains from and to the west forced their way through the drifts and arrived here to-day hours behind t their schedules. The whereabouts of other through trains were unknown to the railroad officials and none would say when they might arrive. The blockade of the electric zone of the New York. Xew Haven and Hartford railroad between New York and Stamford. Conn., was described by officials of that road as the worst in rears. Electric feed wires broke down and held up every train in the zone. Hundreds of passengers spent hours last night in the stalled trains or ma rooned in the stations until steam loco motives were sent out to pull the trains to their destinations. The elec tric service was still suspended when the morning rush of commuters to the city began and the steam locomotive service was in effect. Trains Kiglit Hours l.ate New Haven officials said that the through trains between Hoston and New York began to move from six to eight hours behind their schedule early this morning and that the situation was then clearing. They expected that it would become normal before noon, by which time they hoped the electric service would be resumed. The snow was not deep enougTi to Interfere with the movement of steam trains in the immediate vicinity of New York, but in Connecticut many trains were held up by drifts. _ Telegraphic communication between New York and points west and north was cut by the breakdown of wires and poles under the weight of clinging snow. The telegraph companies stated that their service had been affected as far south as Virginia and that in New Jerseyy the main trunk lines leading from New York to the west suffered severely. Wires Down At one time the Western Union Tele graph Company was virtually without a wire leading from New York to cities up the Hudson river and all the signal wires of the New York Central Rail road used in operating its trains were down. Cable communication across the At lantic was badly hampered by the fail ure of the cable companies' land wires between New York and Nova Scotia. The snowfall in New York city is estimated at six inches, but a consid erable part of it melted almost as fast as it - fell. During the height of the storm the wind here attained a ve locity of sixty-four miles an hour, the Mghest reported by any of the eastern weather bureau stations. Because of its unexpectedness the storm caused some damage to shipping in the har bors and along the coast. [THE WEATHER] For Harrtshurg and vlclnltyi Fair and colder to-night with lowest tempi-rnture nlmut eighteen de grees! Wedncnday fair; coutlaued eold. For Knatern I'ennay I vanla i rioudy nnd -older to-night with probably • now flurries In north portion) Wednesday fairs Ktrong west mind*. Hlver The *>U"<|iit'hnnnn river and all Ita _ lir»n< h<-« will fall alowly or re- M m.tln nearly stationary, except loenl rises are likely to occur on acrount of the channel becom ing choked with lee. A stage of about 3.5 feet la Indicated for Harrlshurg Wednesday morning. (■eucral Conditions The northeaatern storm has In creased greatly In strength dur ing the InM twenty-four hours. It ha* ennsed strong winds and gales along the Atlantic const from Hatteraa northward with light to moderately heavy snows from the l.ake Keglon And t'pper Olilo Valley eastward. Temperature t S a. m„ 30. Sum nisea. "ill! a. m.t sets. 4tM P. m. Mooni Fall moon. December 4, 7 :.V- n. m. niter stage: 3.5 feet above low water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Hlgheat temperature. 35. I.oweat temperature. 35. Mean temperature. 30. formal temperature, 33. FREAK WEATHER KEEPS EVERYONE GUESSING TODAY 18-Mile-An-Hour Gale Sweeps Over City, Bringing Snow and Sunshine WILL GET COLDER Half Inch Palls Here; Skating Prospects Are Good; Wild wood Not Yet Safe Hie days of April showers have! nothing on the weather of this morn- i ing in Harrisburg. ; Snow, wind and sunshine, mixed up at odu intervals every five minutes kept Harrsburgers in suspense for hours. Not knowing what to expect from the freakishness of the sun and snow, people just sort of guessed that it would be clear, or that it would snow two feet before night. j V? an ' la 'f an inch of snow fell during the morning, however. The storm here was the edge of the one move out to sea off the New Eng land coast, and causing all kinds of trouble in the northeastern section of the country. Weather reports are missing from a number of places in *° rk - Con necticut. Massachusetts! and other states in that territory. j Heavy snowfall is reported in these ®. ven Philadelphia fared J worse than this city. Street cars and trains had no trou-! Die in maintaining the schedule in the: city and nearby towns, and little wire l trouble was reported. 18.Mile Gale Shortly before 8 o'clock this morn-I ing snow began to fall and was blown ! about in flurries for almost an hour! by an 18-mile an hour gale. The re mainder of the morning fair weather prevailed with little change in tem perature. l air and colder weather is forecast ed for to-night with the lowest tem perature about 18 degrees. Contin ued cold weather Is predicted for to morrow. The wind last night did not exceed a velocity of 30 miles in this section, and little if any snow fell until this morning. Former President Taft Is Snowbound Near New York By Associated Press New York. Dec. 14.—Ex-President Taft was among the storm-bound trav elers on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad last night. He boarded a train for New Haven at Grand Central Station only to be in formed that because of a break in the electric feed wire there would be in deiinite delay. "Never mind," said Mr. Taft. "I'll be quite comfortable here." and. dozing, he waited patiently until with the aid of a steam locomo tive the train crawled out of the sta tion. Although he first climbed aboard at 2 a. m.. It was 7 this morning when Mr. Taft reached New Haven. Will Jitneys Brave Winter Storms Is Now Question "Six little jitneys round the town did whiz: Along came a snowstorm and put 'em out of bissz " But not for long, in spite of Wing Dinger's prediction, because soon after the snow thd little jitney took up its duties again and continued to ply its routes, to follow which were to accom pany Theseus of Athens on his myth ical journey through the labyrinth to kill the minotaur. It is a matter of conjecture and food tor much debate in hotel lobbies and at the breakfast table whether the jit ney will outlive the heavy storms which som| day in the future will (Continued on Page 11.) SHERLOCK PLA YS NO FAVORITE; ALL HAVE A Bui Remember, Mr. Holmes Is Past Master in the Gentle Art of Deception Sherlock Holmes, Jr., is going to visit some of the leading business houses daily. Also he will meet some of the leading businessmen and have a good time generally. He will give you numerous chances to Ret a line on him, so that when the bridle comes off you will have no trouble in lo cating the right man. Just when you can take a flyer for that $25 you will be told through Tausig Christmas IF ton know of ■ worthy poor family In Harrtsbnrg whose home Is likely to lark Christmas cheer this year, fill out the blank below and forward It to the Telegraph. The Arm of Jacob Tauslg's Sons Jeweler*. Market street, baa given the Telegraph #SO« with which to' purchase Christmas baskets for -00 families. The Associated Charities will Investigate the names sent to It and will deliver the baskets the MIZ before Christmas. Kill ont below. °" r Following Is the nnmc und address of a worthy poor family I as worthy of u Tausig Christmas basket! * 1 .Name. Street address Signed HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1915 THREE WOMEN PASSENGERS I wr 7 , Left to right—Miss .leanette Kelling, of Washington. D. C.; Mrs. Inez Mllholland Boissevain, of New York, and Miss Lillian Brown, of Ann Arbor, Mich. Mrs. Roiasevain's passport was held up, the State Department refusing to grant it on the grounds that her marriage to a citizen of Holland transferred her citizenship to that country. She is using a Dutch passport with which she traveled in Europe this summer. ALLIED FRONT BROKEN BEFORE BULGAR DRIVE French Forces Cut Off Before They Were Chased From Serbia Not only have the Anglo-French ar mies been driven out of Serbia by the Bulgarians, as Berlin reported yester day, but previously their front was broken through and the French forces cut oft from the British according to an official statement from Sofia. Heavy losses were suffered by the retreating troops, the Bulgarian re port declares. At one point a French battalion was routed and its com mander captured. A Macedonian di vision was the Bulgarian army unit which broke through the allied line and divided it. In the operations on the right bank of the Vardar a long section of the French front was taken by storm. Protests against any further con cessions by Greece to the entente allies will be made by Germany, Athens ad vices declare. Germany, it is said, al ready has asked Greece whether Greek neutrality has been compro mised in any way by the new facill [ ties accorded the entente. The Italian Chamber of Deputies [Continued on Page 13.] Lynch Planning to Round Off Corners With Curved Curbs Curving curbs on the corners of Fourth and Market, Third and Market, Second and Walnut and all the inter sections into Market Square will be provided by City Commissioner W. H. i Lynch, superintendent of streets and [public improvement if Council pro vides the $3,000 necessary for the pur i pose in the 1916 budget. hTe need for the curved pavements |in order to accommodate traffic as well ias safeguard pedestrians, was pointed out to the commissioner of streets by City Engineer M. B. Cowden. At pres ent the average motorist who moves down Third street is compelled to swing way out into the car track of Market street before he can make the turn. Since 19(43 the city has been finishing its newly paved streets by ! placing the curving curbs at the lnter ! sections. Mr. Lynch will try to have 'the SS,OOO item incorporated in the i budget. USE MICH* COTTON' By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. Dec. 14.—Cotton used durinK November was 514,534 bales, the Census Bureau to-day an nounced. That compared with 500,836 bales used during October, this year, and 420,706 bales during November last year. these columns. Sherlock Holmes. Jr., will keep himself busy pulling off a few little stunts to interest you when he arrives, and the exact time that the bridle comes off will be duly an nounced. After that is done, of course Mr. Holmes will have his hands full, and it goes without saying that you will also have your hands full to nab [Continued on Page 3.] FAVOR JUNE 7 AS NATIONAL G. 0. P. CONVENTION DATE 1 . " Republican Committee Be j lieves It Should Be Held Be fore Democratic Meeting By Associated Press Washington. D. C„ Dec. 14.—The Republican National Committee to day decided to hold the 1916 Republi can national convention on June 7. The place will be selected later. A proposal to hold the convention later in June was defeated by a vote of 37 to 13. Adoption of the subcommittee's rec ommendation would mean that the Re publican convention would be held a week prior to the Democratic conven tion at St. Louis, a move for which there was considerable support among members of the committee, who be lieved an advantage thus would be pained in getting their platform before the country first. The full committee must pass upon this recommendation. The committee decided it would give a hearing to suffrage and antisuffrage leaders after hearing claims of the various cities seeking the convention. Although Philadelphia. Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco were in the field when the committee met, the con test apparently narrowed to a tight between Chicago and the other three. Husband Kills His Young Wife, Baby and Himself By Associated Press I Marlboro, N. H.. Dec. 14.—Manna Nelson killed his wife, Jennie, his J 3-year-old daughter, Irene, and him ! self yesterday. Neighbors found the bodies in the Nelson home last night. Beside Nelson's body were a razor and a revolver. The furniture was in dis order. According to neighbors. Nelson had agreed to a separation from his wife. He was 25 years old and his wife was 21. Marries 13 Couples in 13 Minutes on Dec. 13 Special to The Telegraph New York. Dec. 14.—Alderman James A. Milligan, who comes from the Thirty-eighth district, the Bronx, established a record in the city mar riage chapel in the Municipal Building yesterday by tying the nuptial knots for thirteen couples in thirteen min utes. The last couple were married thir teen minutes before the chapel closed at 3 o'clock. Incidentally, it was the i thirteenth of the month. Democratic Break Is Shown by Test Vote Special to The Telegraph Washington, D. C., Dec. 14.—0n the first test vote taken in the Senate at the present session, the Democrats of that body gave an illustration of the way their lines have been broken by recent dissensions. By a vote of forty-three to twenty five, the Owen bill for the regulation of stock exchanges, by denying them the use of the mails unless they in corporated and changed their rules to comply with the ideas of Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, radical Democrat, was sent to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, where it is i likely to be "pickled." I COL. CRIBIin, AGAIN IILABS UNION LEAGUE Philadelphia. Dec. 14.—Colonel John Gribbel was last night unani mously re-elected as president of the Union League Club of Philadelphia. At the same time four vice-presidents were chosen and fifteen members of the board of directors. Meirs Busch was the leading candi date of the four men successful in their campaign for the viee-presiden- ' eels of the club. George B. Evans was i second highest, and was followed by State Senator William C. Sproul and 1 former Ambassador to Germany Char- i lemagne Tower. • WILD WOOD ICE STILL UNSAFE Disappointing as it will be to the 1 youngsters and grown-ups who are living in the hope that the Park De- i partment will soon allow the red flag i to be hoisted to the pinnacle of thei Telegraph Building, announcement j was made to-day that the Ice at Wild- i wood is still unsafe and zealous skaters are advised to curb their im patience for another period PENNA. IS WELL REPRESENTED ON BIG COMMITTEES Has Two Members Each on Naval and Military Bodies By .Associated Press Washington. D. C., Dec. 14.—Assign ment of Republican and Progressive representatives to committees an nounced to-ilay by Republican Leader Mann discloses that veteran Repub lican members elected to the present Congress after having been defeated in the presidential year of 1912 will not be returned, in several Instances, to important committees in which they had held membership before. In other instances returning representatives as signed to such committees are not allowed to displace in rank members who served last year. Representative Cannon, of Illinois, for many years Speaker, is given sixth place on the appropriations commit tee. Tears ago he was chairman of this committee. Representatives Parker, of New Jer sey. one time chairman of the judiciarv committee, and Sterling, of Illinois, also long a member of that committee, are not returned to that committee, nor is Foss, of Illinois, put back on the naval committee, of which he for merly was chairman. Two Pennsylvania Members Minority members of the naval and military committees, which will deal with national defense problems, are: Naval—Butler, Pennsylvania: Rob erts. Massachusetts: Browning, New Jersey; Parr, Pennsylvania; Britten, Illinois: Kelley, Michigan, and Ste phens, California. Representatives re appointed: Stephens, Progressive, and Mudd. Maryland, a new member. Military Kahn, California; An thony. Kansas: McKenzle. Illinois; Greene. Vermont: Morin, Pennsylva nia: Tilson. Connecticut; Crago. Penn sylvania: Hull, lowa, and Delegate Wickersham. of Alaska. Messrs. Til son. Crago and Hull are new members. Representative Woodier, Wisconsin, is retained as ranking Republican on the foreign affairs committee. All of the minority members of the military and naval committees are for some degree of preparedness. It thus appears likely that the preparedness bills would not rest long in committees and that the big fleht on the floor would come early in the session. AV(iI.O-KRKMH IIONDS KMTABI.ISHF.n I.OW RECORD By Associated Press New York. Dec. 14. Regular sales of Anglo-French 5 per cent, bonds were made on the Stock Exchange to-day at 95 7 4. establishing a new low record for this security on immediate sate and forcing the price three-eighths of a point under the figure paid by members of the syndicate. I i i|p Burn a Candle on Christmas Eve i In the front windows of your home on Christmas Eve a taper should burn. )| Harrisburg is going to cele brate the coming of the King by following a custom that is | centuries old. Over In Eu ropo the custom of burning the taper is still observed, and now your city Is going to adopt it. Have a taper burning in your window this year. It's a charming custom, and It will help spread the true Christ mas spirit. ILL-NURTURED CHILDREN BY SCORES FOUND Hundreds of Cases of Mal- Nutrition Found by Tele graph Investigator NEED FOOD AND CLOTHES I One Little Boy Smells of Cigarcts Because His Mother Smokes . - ■ ■ . MARRIAGE L John f-anprr and Lena ( Nokuß, cMjf. I'hllllp Karl I'rvk, Hlllottabarß. and Mary Bertha 4>atahall, Blnlaa. 14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL NO ELOPEMENT, DECLARES WIFE OF C. H. WOLFE Denies Sensational Reports Concerning Barbershop Owner SAYS HE WILL RETURN" One Place of Business Sold Outright, Site Admits; In Cor respondence With Him I Sensational and scandalous stories that began to circulate In the business I section of the city this morning when jO. H. Wolfe, of 1304 Green street, pro prietor of the barber shop, cigar and I newsstand at the Commonwealth Hotel, Market Square, and the barber shop at the Pennsylvania railroad sta- I tion, failed to appear at any one of his places of business, were emphatically denied by Sirs. Wolfe and her pretty daughter, Eleanor Wolfe. When Mr. Wolfe failed to show up at his accustomed hour, whispered re ports that he wasn't going to he down at all began to fly. Soon the barbers began to gossip to their customers and [after awhile a story spread that Mr. Wolfe had sold the Commonwealth barber shop to Harry Gensler, one of I his employes, and that he had left ! town to meet pretty Mary B. ITazzard, j of 1115 Green street, until a few weeks ago the manicurist at Mr. Wolfe's I Commonwealth barber shop. Mr. Wolfe's wife, the story went, ■would hereafter be in charge of the Commonwealth stand. When a reporter called at the Com monwealth newsstand to interview Mrs. Wolfe, a clerk Informed him that Mrs. Wolfe was at her home but that, her daughter was in another part of the hotel. Just then a pretty girl of perhaps summers passed through the lobby, dressed for the street. "Eleanor, Miss Eleanor," called the clerk as Miss Wolfe was about to pass through the door. "Here's a gentle man to see. you." Miss Wolfe paused, turned and walked back Inquiringly. "Could I see your father?" inquired the reporter. "Why, why, he's gone on a little trip for his health," she parried, with just the barest sign of a quiver in her voice. "Your mother, then?" Inquired tha reporter, "I understood 1 would find [Continued on Pago 7.]