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
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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
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, 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
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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
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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
<H,v MRS. AXXA 11. WOOD)
Early in the Fall the Telegraph
published an editorial de ling with
the sad and ill-nourished condition
of some of the school children in the
poorer sections of Philadelphia. It
called forth an immediate answer in
the form of a personal letter from a
Harrisburg woman well known in so
cial. educational and philanthropic
work. She claimed that we were in
no position to criticise our sister city
when conditions equally as bad exist
■with us to "quite as serious an extent
as can be possible in Philadelphia."
She furthermore stated that to her
positive knowledge teachers had pro
vided food to pupils whom they knew
came to school hungry and "in many
cases dry bread and molasses formed
the only and regular diet of growing
children."
Such a letter certainly merited
consideration and an examination
into the conditions it claimed existed.
The Telegraph has Just completed
such an Investigation. The results
show that this woman's letter was
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Wormleysburg Grade
Crossing Viewers to
Hold Session Tomorrow
Carlisle, Pa.. Dec. 14.—The board
of viewers, appointed by the Cum
berland county court to decide
whether or not the grade crossing at
Wormleysburg shall be closed, will
meet to-morrow morning at 10:30
o'clock, according to an announce
ment made to-day. The meeting was
scheduled to be held yesterday but
because of the inability of one of the
attorneys to be present the session
was postponed. Attorneys for both
sides will present their arguments to
morrow.
STATE LUNCHEONS PLANNED
Harrisburg. Monthly round-table luncheons at which
Governor Brumbaugh will preside and the administration
of departments of the State government be discussed will
be inaugurated by the new Pennsylvania society, about to
be formed by the heads of departments and members of com
missions on Capitol Hill. The organization of the society
will occur within a short time. Secretary of the Common
wealth Cyrus E. Woods, the temporary chairman, to-day
appointed the following committee to draft bylaws: John S.
Rilling, Public Service Commissioner, chairman; General
Thomas J. Stewart, Adjutant General; Thomas Lynch Mont
gomery, State Librarian; Robert J. Cunningham, Highway
Commissioner and Robert K. Young, State Treasurer.
PLOTTED AGAINST TWO OTHER PLANTS
S?r. Franc: co, Dec. 14.—Plans for the destruction of
munition plants at Aetna, Ind., and Ishpeming, Mich., were
revealed to-day when there were made public the details of
indictments returned yesterday against three alleged con
spirators in German plots.
SHIFTER KILLS WORKMAN
Harrisburg. While working this morning on the
tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Lebanto Dalgin, aged
34, 1016 Fox street, was instantly killed when he "stepped
in front of a light shifting engine.
NOTE ON WAY TO FRANCE
Washington, Dec.- 14.—The American note to France
making representations against the taking of Gertnans from
the American steamer Coamo by the cruiser Descartes and
the operations of the warship against ether American ves
sels is to-day on its way to Paris.
Baltimore, Dec. !4.—Effective to-morrOw the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad to-day declared an embargo on all grain
for export through Baltimore.
Chicago Dec. 14. Six hundred engineers, n rem en,
trainmen ana switchmen employed by the Belt Railway of
Chicago, struck to-day and as a consequence thousands of
tons of freight, including Christmas and other seasonable
goods, food for the Pacific coast and war supplies for Europe
■wert vr>. - ■ ■ .
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
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