/IffjrfaW/ Involves German Consul General at San Francisco in Bomb Conspiracy
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 293
DEVELOP GUARD
FOR OUR DEFENSE
SAYS GOVERNOR
Dr. Brumbaugh Declares the
People of Pennsylvania Are
Against Garrison Plan
FAVORS NATIONAL GUARD
Prefers Encouragement of the
Present Organization to "Un
tried Experiment"
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh to
day expressed himself as strongly in
favor of the development of the Na
tional Guard as a means of defense of
the republic as against the proposed
continental army, which is advocated
by Secretary of War Lindley W. Garri
son. The Governor says that the Na
tional Guard can be developed as
much as anyone wants and could be
made as large as desired, but that the
continental army is a new and untried
experiment.
The Governor gave out the inter
view, it is understood, as the result of
some inquiries which he has been
making in the matter for a week or
more and he says the statement ex
presses not only his own views but
what he considers are the views of the
people of the state.
The Governor's statement follows:
"Pennsylvania is not in sympathy]
with the proposed continental army as
part of the plan of preparedness for
national defense.
"To erect such a national agency ]
would place the present National
Guard in a most unfortunate position]
and would be harmful to its interest I
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River Closed; Skating
at Wildwood; Cold to
Continue; Snow Coming'
King. Wintajpftflth his cold and icy
blasts, struck Harrlsburg full force
last night, and this morning the Sus
quehanna river and Wildwood Lake
were covered with a thick coating of
ice.
The officials of the City Park De
partment will fly the red flag to-mor
row unless the temperature rises at an
(arming rate to-night. The ice on
Wildwood is not strong enough to hold
big crowds for skating, but should be
by to-morrow.
Increasing cloudiness with light
snow to-morrow and slightly warmer;
weather is the forecast given to-day
at the local weather bureau. A cold
wave coming down over the Central
States may swerve eastward and keep
the temperature down, however.
The thermometer is expected to
drop to 24 degrees to-night and will
not go above th.„ freezing point to
morrow. The river and all of its
branches will probably remain gen
erally icehound. At this point the sur
face is rough and uneven, owing to the
slush ice which had been floating down
the channels during the last few days.
Fox Terrier Indorses
Xmas Check With Paw
Then Cashes It at Bank
Special to The Telegraph
Malianoy City, Pa., Dec. 15.—A dog's
appearance at a bank paying teller's
window, seeking payment of his
Christmas savings fund checks, amus
ed Christmas shoppers in this city
yesterday. "Kiddo," the prize win
ning fox terrier of Dr. J. H. Hagen
bueli, with check in mouth and in
dorsed by himself, was the lucky ca-i
nine.
A year ago Cashier W. H. Kohler, of
the Union National Bank, this city,
jokingly asked the doctor why he
didn't take out a savings account for
his dog.
"I will," replied the doctor.
It became due to-day and amounted
1o $25.50, and the cashier sent out the
• heck to "Kiddo Hagenbuch in care ofi
his 'pa.' " I
The fox terrier was soon at the win- I
clow. Tlie check had been indorsed
"Kiddo Hagenbuch in care of his
'pa.' " Opposite the signature ap
peared a mark of the dog's paw, the
cashier having pushed an ink pad
against, it. The money was promptly
paid and the dog pranced away with
his envelope carrying the amount in
bills.
This is perhaps the only case In his
tory where a canine's name appears in
the records of a banking house.
j
THE WEATHER] |
For llarrlNborK nnri vicinity: In- I
rrcnMlntc clondlneMw to-nlicMt low- j
ewt temperature about 24 determent '
ThurMiluy probably IlKbt nnou' I
anil Moniewhat unrmer.
For IluMterii rennnylvanlai Incrcnm- !
Jim clomllneuM to-iilitht; Thur*. |
«lny probably nn<Mv mid Nomt ulint j
hlKb«»r temperature; moderate |
variable MlndM.
River
The NiiNqnehannii river and all It*
bra ne he* will remain generally
lee bou ii«l and nearly atatlonnry.
A Ntn«e of about 3.7 feet la Indi
cated for Harrlaburg; Thursday
morning.
General Condltlona
The northeastern atorm hua pnaaed
down tlie St, Lawrence Valley.
The wlnda have decreaaed alone
the Atlantic conat. but were Htlfi
blowlufc « moderate «nle at Mon
treal thla morning. Ua:ht local
anowa fell over moat of the coun
try enat of the Lake HCRIOU.
It I* 2 to 14 degree* eoliler In the
Middle Atlantic State* and weat
f of the Itocky Mountain*
Temperature! 8 a. m., 22.
Mttnt Riaea, 7:20 a. m.j aeta, 4:40
p. m.
Mooni Full moon. December 21, 7:52
a. ra.
River Stage: 3.7 feet above low
water mark.
Yeatertfay*a Weather
HI wheat temperature, 85.
T/Oweat temperature, 23.
Mean temperature, 29.
i formal temperature, 93.
FARM CROPS OF
COUNTRY WORTH
SIX BILLIONS
Department of Agriculture
Values Them at Exactly
$5,568,773,000
WHEAT LEADS FIELD
Passes Billion Bushel Mark For
First Time in History
of Country
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15.—This
year's principal farm crops were
worth $5,568,773,000 at December 1
farm prices, the Department of Agri
culture announced to-day In its final
estimate and review of crop produc
tion and values. That compared with
$4,973,527,000 last year, $4,966,497,-
000 in 1913 and $4,757,458,000 in
1912.
With the wheat crop passing the
| billion bushel mark for the first time
i in the nation's history, corn produc
tion reaching a three-billion-bushel
total for the-second time, and record
! crops of oats, barley, rye, sweet pota-
I toes, hay and rice, the year has been
an extraordinary one for farming.
Prices paid farmers for some crops
have been higher than in other years
because of the European war and as a
result the value of some of the crops
W the largest ever recorded.
The value this year of each crop,
based on its farm price on December
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Captains Boy-Ed and
Von Papen Are Granted
Safe Conduct by Allies
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 15.—Safe
conduct for Captain Boy-Ed and Cap
tain von Papen, recalled German naval
and military attaches, will be forth
coming soon from the allies, possibly
within the next twenty-four hours. It
was learned authoritatively to-day.
It has virtually been decided to
grant safe conduct without requiring
the recalled emissaries to give assur- |
ances that, they will not participate in
the war upon reaching Germany. Only |
a few minor details, it Is said, remain j
to be settled before the necessary offl- I
cial papers will bo forthcoming from i
the British and French embassies. i
St. Matthew's Men Have
Great Time at Banquet
Speechmaking galore featured the
banquet held last evening in St. Mat
thew's Lutheran Church, which is an
annual afTair given by the Brotherhood
of the church. Devotional exercises in
the auditorium preceded the banquet, at
which President Albert 10. Burkholder
acted as toastmaster He introduced the
following speakers, who received rous
ing receptions: The Rev. E. E. .Snyder
who was presented with a delightful
gift in appreciation of his services;
Captain Neilson, of the Salvation Arrav;
M. H. Thomas, O. A. Martz, W. H.
Fisher and W. M. Jacobs. Mrs. Fisher
was chairman of the kitchen commit
tee and, with her assistants, won the
hearts of the Brotherhood, of whom
about sixty were present, with the re
sults of the cooking
JOE TINKER UNDER KNIFE
By Associated Press
Chicago, 111., Dec. 15.—Joe Tinker,
manager of the Chicago Federal
League baseball club, submitted to an
operation to-day for stone in the kid
ney. After the operation he was re
ported resting well.
SHERLOCK HOLMES
IS ON THE WAY
Man of Mystery Feeling Fine as
a Fiddle He Writes
Telegraph
Look out!
He's on the way.
The man of mystery is coming to
Harrlsburg.
Before long. Sherlock Holmes, Jr.,
will be doing stunts and fun, frolic
and amusement will come in bunches
good and plenty. To his captor the
Telegraph will present $25.
A letter was received from him yes
terday and this is what he said:
"Please see that the exact time of
my arrival is not announced in print,
or anywhere else, for that matter. I'll
not let it be known where I am com
ing from or upon what train I will
arrive, but do not forget that my
photograph will be placed somewhere
(preferably In a bank) and that after
I am caught it will be on display in
some prominent place for everyone to
see. I do this for my own protection,
as well as for the protection of the
public. By comparison the photo
graph and myself—lt can be seen that
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r
Tausig Christmas Benefit
IF yon know of n worthy poor family In Hnrrlxhnre whose home la
likely to lack <hrlatma« cheer thla year. All ont the hlnnk helow and
forward It to the Telegraph. The firm of Jacob Taualir'a tiona
Jeweler*. tllO Market ntrcct. hut (liven the Tclecrnph V'>oo with which to
purchaae Cbrlfttiuna hnaketa for -00 fainlUe*. The Aaxoclated Charities
will Inveatlxate the naniea nent to It and will deliver the buaketa the ,i..
before ClirlMtmHa. Fill out below. 7
Following; la the naine nnd addrean of n worthy poor family f Niiir»--4
mm worthy of n Taualu C hrlntnia> basket I ■* '
Name
Street addreaa
Signed
'
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1915.
GERMAN U-BOAT
AND TURK SHIP
ALLIES VICTIMS
j Submarine Is Sunk in Black
Sea; Torpedoboat Sent Down
in Sea of Marmora
OTHER VESSELS ESCAPE
Bulgars Stop Pursuit of Flee
ing Anglo-French on Greek
Border
I
Sinking of a German submarine off
Varna, on the Black Sea coast of Bul
garia, and of a Turkish torpedoboat by
the British in the Sea of Marmora is
reported by a newspaper correspond
ent in Athens. It is also declared In
the Athens advices that the Turkish
cruiser Sultan Sellm, formerly the Ger
man warship Goeben, was torpedoed in
the Black Sea, but not seriously dam
aged.
German aviators made a successful
attack on an English steamship that
ran ashore off La Canne on December
13, Berlin claims.
French shells have blown up a Ger
man munitions plant in the region of
Tracy-le-Val, the Paris war office re
ports. There have been hand grenade
combats and artillery engagements at
various points along Ihe front.
Aircraft Brought Down
Several allied aircraft met with dis
aster during raids behind the German
lines south of Arras, in France, in
Lorraine and In Baden. The Germans
brought down four of the raiding aero
planes, including one battleplane, ac
cording to to-day's official statement
from Berlin.
Several hundred additional prisoners
have been taken by the Austrlans in
their continued pursuit of the Serbians
and Montenegrins in northern and
eastern Montenegro, the Berlin official
report states.
The entente allies have discontinued
economic coercion upon Greece, ac
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St. Stephen's Takes Over
the Alricks Property
An important Front street real
estate transaction was consummated
yesterday afternoon when the vestry
of the St. Stephen's Episcopal
congregation exercised an option
oi W. M. Donaldson on the Alricks
property Immediately adjoining the
church on the south. The considera
tion was $25,000 and the residence
will be remodeled for use as a rec
tory. It will be ready for occupancy
the first week In January when W.
Frank Witman, who has purchased
the present rectory adjoining the
Executive Mansion will take posses
sion. It Is understood that he paid an
approximate price for the property
which represents about half of the
frontage of the Alricks homestead.
The new rectory occupies the cor
ner of Front and Cranberry streets
and has a frontage of 52.6 feet and a
depth of 210 feet. Through this pur
chase the congregation of St.
Stephen's prevents a shutting in of
the church property and also obtains j
ample room for future enlargement.
IIUX-OFF PRIMARY
By Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15. —Tennes-
see Democrats are holding a run-off
primary to-day to choose a nominee
for United States senator to succeed
Luke Lea, whose term expires March
3, 1917. The candidates in the run-off
are Representatives McKellar and
ex-Governor M. R. Patterson.
NOTE REACHES
FRENCH TODAY
Demands Immediate Release
of Six Germans Removed
From U. S. Ships
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 15. —Am-
bassador Sharp, at Paris, was expected
to deliver to the French foreign office
to-day the American note asking for
the immediate release of the six Ger
mans and Austrlans recently removed
by the French cruiser Descartes from
the American steamships Carolina,
Coamo and San Juan.
Although friendly In tone, the com
munication is an emphatic protest
against the removal of the men, which
act. it declared, was in violation of
American rights and without legal jus
tification. Precedents are cited in sup
port of the American position.
Refusal of Demand Expected
State Department officials believe
the French government may see fit to
contest the contentions of the United
States and that the men will not be
released until further communications
have passed between the two govern
ments. This opinion is based upon the
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NET AROUND GERMAN
IS BNING TIGHTNNND BY U. S. ONNICIALS
{Photograph of Arrested German Made at His Wedding
VOJV , AAKOtf WW JC/MCR
VOA/ ABtMCMSJ*
This picture of Baron George Wilhelm von Brincken, attache of the German
Consul General's office In San Francisco, now under arrest in connection with
bomb plots against allied munition ships, was made at his wedding last
October. It shows, left to riisht: Baroness von Brincken, formerly Miss Milo
Abercrombie; Baron Eckhardt von Schack, vice-consul at San Francisco, who
acted as best man, and Baron von Brincken.
IGNORANCE PLAYS
IMPORTANT PART
IN MALNUTRITION
I Not Always Lack of Money;
Education Needed in
the Home
(Uy ROBERT F. GORMAN.)
It Is atftong the poor of the foreign
population of our city that Ignorance
plays so large a part in the malnutrl
j tion of growing children. Ignorance
,of money values, of food values and
■of the supreme importance to the
i developing organism of wholesome
j and regular food.
t An unexpected visitor surprised a
I family one evening at their regular
j meal and she was snocKea to find that
it consisted only of cold cucumbers
|in oil. The 1 per cent, of nutriment
I to be found in a cucumber cannot go
very far, even when joined to the fat
| producing oil, toward building firm
j tissues of childhood. Their knowl
j edge of home remedies Is about as
I inadequate for a visiting nurse told of
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Here's the Sweetest
Story of the Marriage
Bureau Ever Told
When the pretty girl clerk In the
| marriage license bureau murmured an
ecstatic "Oh, isn't he just the sweet
est thing!" after a departing broad
shouldered husband elect this morning
fellow-clerks cast pained and exagge
rated glances heavenward and asked
each other how much longer the boss
expected mere man to stand for such
soft stuff.
"But you can see for yourselves,"
defended the clerk. "And what makes
it so very much more Interesting is
that he said he was born on Christmas
Day and he may be married this com
ing Christmas."
And when they had a chance to
sneak a look the mere man clerks ob
served from the license docket that
Clara Ethel Rider, a stenographer, of
Tyrone, had obtained the necessary
papers to wed a young engineer from
the same town. But that isn't what
made the men clerks gasp. It was
the name of the husband elect. It is
"R. Christmas Candy!"
Here's What Will Be in
Each of Those Baskets!
What's going to be in the Christmas
baskets Jacob Tausig's Sons will give
to the 250 poor families of the city
through the Telegraph and the As
sociated Aid Societies?
That's what scores of poor, but
worthy people have been wondering
since the announcement of the gen
erous offer. Well, here's the answer:
One chicken; pan of scrapple;
pound of sausage; half peck of
potatoes; can of corn; quarter
peck of apples; can of peas; can
of syrup: pack of corn meal; bag
of Christmas candy: two loaves
of bread; one sack of flour; one
pound of coffee; two pounds of
sugar.
Some eata, eh?
ORGANIZATION OF
WEST SHORE BODY
IS NEAR AT HAND
Camp Hill Committee Will
Consider Proposed Organiza
tion in a Few Days
Dy ROBERT F. GORMAN
Members of the borougn council of
Camp Hill appointed as members of
a committee to help along the agi
tation for a West Shore improvement
organisation are planning to hold a
meeting within the next few days and
at that, time Chairman Carl K. Deen
will likely make an announcement
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Typhoid at White Pine
Blamed on Dinner Party
Special to The Telegraph
Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 15.—A din
ner party giveu at the White Pine
Sanatorium at Mont Alto about three
weeks ago is said to have produced
some unhappy results. Six of the
twenty-seven participants are now
down with typhoid fever. The dinner
was given by the several nurses of the
sanatorium to a departing nurse.
WIDOW SIXTY YEARS
Mount Joy. Pa., Dec. 15. Mrs.
Susan Copenheffer, who for sixty years
was a widow, died at the home of
Mrs. Mary Hoffman, three miles south
of Mount Joy, to-day. She was in her
eighty-fourth year. Her husband died
soon after their marriage, but Mrs.
Copenheffer would never marry again.
I
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oS
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A Candle in
Your Window
on Christmas Eve
Help Harrlsburg's newest
Christmas Eve celebration.
Place a candle In every one
of your front window* and
burn it there.
This custom, centuries old Is
more than Just a sentiment;
it has as well, a religious
side. For light symbolizes
the King, whose birthday the
world will celebrate at Christ
mas time.
Federal Officers Regard Pa
per As of Highest Import
ance in Investigation of
Neutrality Violations
PLANNED TO BLOW UP
BRIDGE IN CANADA
Statement Says Vice-Consul
Planned Outrage; Von
Brincken, Crowley and
Mrs. Cornell Free on $lO,-
000 Bail
By Associated Press
San Francisco, Dec. 15.- The federal
investigation into the alleged German
plots involving violation of United
States neutrality which already have
resulted in the indictment and arrest
of Baron George Wilhelm Von Brinck
en, connected with the German consu
late general here; C. C. Crowley, a
detective employed by Franz Bopp,
German consul general, and Mrs. Mar
garet Cornell, a secret agent em
ployed by Crowley, received added im
petus here to-day fro mtlic publication
of the affldavtt alleged to have been
sworn to August 27 by Johannes Hen
rykus Van lvoolbergen, a civil engineer
of Mill Valley, Cal. Van Koolbergen
charged that he was employed by
Consul Bopp and Von Brincken, with
the knowledge and assistance of Ger
man Vice-Consul Eckhard Von
Schack, io dynamite a tunnel or bridge
in Canada.
Federal officials hero said they re
garded Van Koolbergen's affidavit, the
text of which was published in Provi
dence, R. 1., as the highest Importance
and expected it to be of great assist
ance to them in the trial of the per
sons indicted.
George A. AlcGowan, attorney for
Consul General Franz Bopp and
father-in-law of Baron Von Brincken,
t
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TRAIN STANDS IDLE YEAR
By Associated Press
Paris, Dec. 15. Discussing the
scarcity of freight cars, the Temps as
serts the disposition of rolling stock
is managed poorly and that cars fre
quently are lying idle in one part of
Ihe country while the most urgent
need for them exists in another. One
train stood Idle a full year.
mm — w » -A
IWILLARD-FULTON FIGHT MARCH 4
Chicago, Dec. 15. —Articles of a re.-ment binding Jess
WU I ud, the world's heavy.veight pug ill ;t to a match, March
4, at New Orleans, with Fred Fulton, of Rochester, Minn.,
for the world's championship, were signed here to-day.
THINK THEY HAVE ASSAILANT
Chanjbcrsburg, Pa., Dec. 15. ln James Deevers, a
vagrant, arrested at Lemoyne last night and brought here
C to-day, the police believe' they bave the assailant of six
% year-c d Ruth Huber, daughter of Major Huber, of the
& National Guard, who was attacked last Friday. A reward
} of SSOO for conviction was offered.
| MORE BONUS SUITS
j Harrisburg. , Twelve more suits for bonus claims on
M work done for the Hershey Chocolate Company were filed
> late this afternoon for a dozen former employes of the com
■ pany. The actions were for sums aggregating SISOO and the
1 claims were all based on the decision of Judge McCarrell in
m tained Snyder's claim
3 for back bonus.
1 CURTISS CLOSES $15,000,000 CONTRACT
■ New York, Dec. 15.—1t was said in the financial dis-
J trict to-day that the Curtiss Aeroplane Company has closed
u a contract with the British government for $15,000,000 worth
S of aeroplanes. In the fiscal year ended October 31 last, the
M company produced more than $6,000,000 worth of aeroplanes ]
J and motors, most of which went to the British government. '
g Newark, N. J., Dec. 15.—The Boyden shoe factory bee I
» was destroyed by fire to-day with a loss estimated at $200,-
1 000. i
$ Washington, Dec. 15.—Samuel Gompers, president of '
J the American Federation of Labor, to-day told President '
M Wilson that organized labor was ready to give its support
■ to the defense of the nation and Should be allowed a voice
# in making preparations.
3 BAKER WILL GO TO HIGHEST BIDDER '
Chicago, Dec. 15.—Connie Mack, manager of the Phil
k adelphia Athletics, arrived to-day'and announced that J.
£ Franklin Baker, third baseman of his team, wiyuld be sold
C -to the highest bidder at the Amrriran I.Mgna mating |
| ' MARRIAGE LICENSES
Huaael Chrlatmaa Candy and Clara Ethrl Kldcr, i'yruue.
POSTSCRIPT— FINAU
16 PAGES
Affidavit by German Tool
Implicates German Consul
General Bopp in Sensa*
tional Plot Case
ASSERTS HE STUDIED
MAIN RAILROAD LINES
Decided Which Tunnels and
Bridges Would Most Hin
der Transportation of Mu
tations and Ordered Them
Blown Up
By Associated Press
Providence, R. 1., Dec. 15.—Th®
Providence Journal prints to-day ths
text of an affidavit made by Johannes
Henrykus Van Koolbergen in Ban
Francisco on August 27 last. This
affidavit goes into much circumstantial
evidence with regard to an alleged
organized German conspiracy on tha
Pacific coast with the object of blowing
up munitions plants, on which indict
ment have been returned by a federal
grand jury in San Francisco against
Baron George Wilhelm Von Brlncken,
C. G. Crowley and Mrs. Margaret Cor
nell.
The affidavit asserts that Franz
Bopp, German consul general at San
Francisco personally supervised the
activities of Koolbergen and directed
the attempt to hire him and blow up
tunnels on the Canadian Pacllic rail
road in May of the present year.
Go Over Maps
The affidavit, also declares that Bopp
ordered the money for this work,
$1,500, to be paid to Koolbergen under
the impression that the work had
been accomplished when as a matter
of fact Bopp was misled by Canadian
[Continued on Page 6.]
PEACE PAKTY HELD UP
By Associated Press
Berne, Switzerland. Dec. 14, via Paris,
Dec. 15. —Tije members of the execu
tive committee of the International
Congress to Study the Basts of a
Durable Peace are still held up along
the German-Swiss frontier and no
word has been received here concern
ing their whereabouts or the prospects
I of their arrival here.