British Troops Are Withdrawn From North Coast of Oallipoli Peninsula
HARRISBURG (dSKfe TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 297
BRITISH TROOPS
ARE WITHDRAWN
FROM DISTRICTS
OF PENINSULA
Move Is Believed to Herald
Abandonment of Costly
Dandanelles Enterprise;
Removal From Anzac and
Suvla Effected Success
fully With Insignificant
Casualties
GERMANS START NEW
OFFENSIVE IN FLANDERS
I
Attack Allied Trenches Un
der Cloud of Gas; Are j
Driven Back With Heavy:
Loss; Greece Situation Re
garded With Keen Anxiety
by Both Sides
By Associated Press
London, Dec. 20.—(2 P. M.) —The
British troops at the Suvla and Anzac
districts of Gallipoli peninsula have
been withdrawn.
The following official statfcfuent
was Issued here to-day:
"All the troops at Suvla and Anzac
together with their guns and stores
have been successfully transferred,
with insignificant casualties, to an
other sphere of operations."
The Suvla bay and Anzac cove tysl
-1 ions are on the north coast f)(
Galipoli peninsula. Anzac Cove is
about 15 miles l'rom the tip. Suvla 1
bay is live miles further on.
As no mention is made in the Brit
ish announcement ol t lie-allied posi
tion in the Seddul Bahr position, at
the tip of the peninsula it is not clear
} whether the withdrawal of troops In
t dicates a decision to abandon the ef
fort to force the Dardanelles or
means merely a readjustment of the
ullled forces.
There had been no previous hint
of such a move although the question
had been raised in England whether
In view of the failure of the allies t«|
make appreciable headway at the
Dardanelles and the urgent need for
sdditlonal troops at Saloniki, the
Dardanelles forces would be with
drawn. Two official Turkish com
munications received yesterday, spoke
of heavy firing from land and sea by
the allies, but mentioned no move
ments out of the ordinary although
this bombardment may have been
conducted to cover the withdrawal.
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COI'KT A ITER ALL MIST
SETTLE SPITE FENCE ROW
The question of what constitutes a
"spite" fence, Is to get before the Dau
phin county courts at last.
Scott S. Lei by, counsel for Levi O.
Balsbaugh, this morning appealed to
the courts from the city 1 assessment on |
the fence Balsbaugh erected on his
property at Melrose. Balsbaugh had
adorned the fence with a great Amer
ican flag. The city authorities placed
a value of SSOO on the fence as an
"improvement" but afterward reduced
it to S2OO. Balsbaugh thinks S2OO is
still too much.
1,500 Have the Grip Here
Says City Health Officer
Harrisburg Is in the throes of an
epidemic of grip, according to Dr. J.
M. J. Raunick, local health officer,
there are In Harrisburg, no less than
1,500 cases of grip. T6 fight grip Dr.
Raunick says:
Avoid wet feet and getting c ( hilled,
keep out oft overheated rooms, and
watch every sore throat."
Philadelphia is suffering from an
epidemic of grip. One business house
lias 300 employes off duty with grip.
It is also said that more than 2.000
school children and several hundred
ieachers are incapacitated.
THE WEATHER]
For Harrlnhtirsr and vicinity) Fair,
continue)! cold to-night and Tnea
dn.vt lowest temperature to-night
about 3- decrees.
For ISnxtern Pcnnsjlvanlai Fair to
night) Tuesday Increasing cloudi
ness; moderate northwest winds.
Klver
The Ice broke and moved oat at
llnrrlMburg about B p. ID. Natur
dnyt.Ht Tuwnnda during Saturday
nighti at Wllllnmnport about 4
P. m. Sunday.. The lee la probably
nearly all out of the Weat Branch
and this morning's reports Indi
cate that It la afloat on moder
ately high stages In the \orth
llraneh below Towanda and In the
rmnln river to some dlntance be
low Harrisburg. The Junlnta
West branches will fall.
The main river will rise some
what or remain nearly station
ary to-night nnd fall Tuesday. A
stage of about 0-1 feet Is Indicat
ed for Harrisburg Tuesday morn
ing.
tieneral Conditions
Pressure Is high over nouthern nnd
central districts and low over the
nnrthenstern and northwestern
parts of the country.
It Is colder generally from the
Plains States eastward and
warmer west of the llocky Moun
tains,
Temperature) S a. m., SO.
Sua) Rlaes, 7)23 a. m. t sets, 4)42
p. m.
Moon) Full noon, to-morrow, 7:52
a. m.
River Stage) f1.4 feet above low
water mark.
Vesterday'a .Weather
Highest tempernture, BS,
l.owest temperature. .12.
Mean temperature, 35.
Normal temperature, 32.
TRAFFIC EXPERTS
PROPOSE ROTARY
TRAVEL IN SQUARE
Suggest Safety Zone Where,
Comfort Station "Could"
Be Placed
CHANGE OF CAR ROUTES!
i
Would Widen Market Street
Subway; Strict Jitney
Regulation
The report and recommendations
of the representative of the New
York Traffic Department who made
an investigation of the traffic condi
tions of Harrisburg a few days ago
were submitted by the executive com
mittee of the Municipal League to
the City Planning Commission this
afternoon.
The report goes into the situation
here thoroughly and the recommen
dations are interesting. The experts
propose a safety zone at the inter
[ section of Market and Second streets
which would compel all traffic to
make a detour to the right and the
left of the center of the square in
passing up or down Market street.
They suggest that in this proposed
safety zone a public comfort station
could be erected. They do not recom
mend, but simply say if the city
wished it could construct an isle of
safety as heretofore proposed in Mar
ket Square. This would require all
vehicles going west in Market street
to pass around the center of the
square and all vehicles going east to
do the same thing.
One Way Tor Tolloys, Too
The investigators lind that the
traffic of Harrisburg centers in and
about four city blocks and that the
surface cars in some instances run
contrary to traffic regulations. Third
and Fourth streets from Market to
Walnut have a single track and cars
are operated In the same direction.
They recommend that this should be
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LOOK AT THIS XMAS STOCKING.
By Associated Press
j Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 20.
Checks aggregating $25,000 were
[mailed by the Workmen's Compensa
tion Department to more than 700
i beneficiaries of the State Compensa
tion Fund. A'majority of the checks
were made out to widows and orphans
and are being sent two weeks in ad
vance of the regular time for mail
ing.
CHURCHES BACK
SUGGESTION OF
CANDLE LIGHTING
Leading Pastors Urge Co-op
eration of Members in Beau
tiful Custom
llow enthusiastically the churches
throughout the city endorse the Tele
graph's suggestion urging a general
revival of the old custom of lighting
candles in the windows of Harrisburg's
homes on Christmas Eve was indicated
yesterday in many of the congre
gational bulletins.
Many of the ministers discussed the
pretty custom and urged a general
observance. The Rev. Dr. M. M. Has
sett recently suggested a city-wide
Christmas Eve celebration of this Hind
in St, Patrick's Cathedral.
Among the pastors who discussed
the custom and urged all Harrlsburg
to follow the Telegraph's suggestion
was the Rev. S. Wlnfleld Herman, of
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Weil-Known Businessman
Dies of Pneumonia Today
John K. Brlcker, one of (lie direc
tors of the Sixth Street Bank, and a
widely-known retired businessman of
the West End. died this morning at his
home, 1734 North Sixth street, from
pneumonia, after an Illness of a few
days. He was 67 years old.
Mr. Bricker was one of the men in
strumental in the organization of the
Sixth Street bank. lie has been a resi
dent of the city for 35 years. For
some time he was proprietor of a groc
ery store at Fifth and Kelker, and
later entered the hardware business
at 1732 North Sixth street. Recently
he retired from active business.
Mr. Brlcker was an active member
of Fifth Street Methodist Church, serv
ing as treasurer for a number of years,
He Is survived by his wife. Funeral
services will be held Friday afternoon
at 1 o'clock at the Fifth Street Metho
dist Church, the Rev. E. A. Pyles offi
ciating, assisted by the Rev. B. H.
Hart, former pastor of the church.
Burial will be made at the Harrlsburg
Cemetery.
Catch Man Charged With
Annoying Young Girls
Thomas Daily, arrested this afternoon
for annoying young girls, gave the of
ficers a hard chase. He also narrowly
escaped being punctured by bullets from
a revolver in the hands of an Irate
father.
Daily, after making Indecent remarks,
chased Caroline and Rlda
Shearer, who reside at Cloverly
Heights. The father of the Landls girl,
after calling the police department,
went after the man with a revolver.
Paul Shelhas. motorcycle officer, went
as far as he could with his motorcycle,
nnd then joined Patrolman Carson In
the chase in an automobile. Dally WHS
caught near Steelton. He will be jflven
j a to-morrow.
HARRISBURG, PA.,
ALLEGED GERMAN ll]
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SH&OVK—
fiZePE/eiCK SCft-C/HDL. LEYtHt>£CKtJ*
flwv» J <£- 3L L H/.G*
At the left is Frederick Schleindl, an employe of the National City Bank
in New York, charged with stealing bank documents relating to the shipment
of war munitions to the allies. At the top, right, is shown Richard Emil
Leyendecker, a New York art dealer, who with Paul KoeJVlg, a high Hamburg
American Line official and said to be the head of the German secret service
in this country is held in bail -on charges arising from an alleged attempt, to
blow up the Welland Canal. Leyendecker is said to have acted as Koenig s
assistant*" * 1 •
FORD TO SET UP
PERMANENT PEACE
PARTY AT HAGUE
Twenty-One Delegates Will Be
Selected to Sit Indefi
nitely
Christionia, via London, Dec. 20.
The first detailed announcement of the
plan for the peace expedition headed
by Henry Ford was made Sunday at a
meeting held under the auspices and
professors of the University of Chris
tiania.
Besides the 150 Americans already
In the party ten people are to join from
jeach of the following countries: Nor
way, Sweden. Denmark, Holland,
Spain and • Switzerland. After Stock
holm has been visited all will assem
ble at The Hague. There the entire
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HAVENASSURED
VILLA BY U. S.
Anxious to Get Him Out of
i Mexico So Bevolution Will
End
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Dec. 20.—State
Department officials have decided that
General Villa will receive the asylum
accorded to political refugees should
he enter the United States. This de
cision was sent last night to General
Funston by the War Department for
I transmission to Villa-or his representa
tives.
State Department agents had re
ported that alleged Intermediaries had
requested Villa's immunity from ar
rest, saying that if this was given they
believed Villa' wquld abandon the fight
[Continued on Page 9.]
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Tausig Christmas
IF you know of a nortkr poor family la IlarrliibtirK whoae home ts
likely to lock Chrlatmaa cheer thla year. All out the blank below and
forward it to the Teleflrraph. The firm of Jacob Tnualg'a Sona,
Jewelcra, 420 Market atreet, haa nrlven the Telegraph |MO with which to
purchaae Chrlatinaa baaketa for 200 famlllea. The Aaaoclnted Charities
will Inveatlgate the namea sent to It and will deliver the baaketa the day
before Clirlatmaa. Fill out below.
Following; la the name and addreaa of a worthy poor family I augceat
aa worthy of a Taualg Chrlatmaa baaketi
Name
Street addreaa
Signed
w :
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1915
SCHOOL MEN TO
STUDY PROBLEMS
OF MALNUTRITION
Penny Lunch and Domestic
Science in Grades Suggested
as Solutions
(By ANNA H. WOOD)
The investigation made by the Tele
graph into the anaemic, ill-nourished
condition of many of Harrtsburg's
school children has become food for
serious thought to the men whose
most earnest efforts are towards the
welfare and development of childhood.
Prof. F. E. Downes, city superinten
dent of Harrisburg schools, has been
especially interested.
"My personal opinion Is," he said,
when approached upon the subject,
"that there might be two solutions to
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SHERLOCK HOLMES
Man of Mystery Gets Tip That
He's to Meet Needle
Bearer Here
By SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR.
The following cablegram has Just
been received from Dr. Watson:
• "Sherlock Holmes, Jr., care of the
Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa.,
U. S. A.: Dear Holmes —Meet me at
Second and Walnut streets 4.30 Tues
day. If come disguised wear carnation
In' hat band dnd give Scotland Yard
signal. Have important instructions
for you from Sir Conan. Unusual oc
currences at home necessitates un
raveling of mystifying case. Dove of
peace missing. Circumstances point
to daring successful abduction plot.
Crowned heads involved. Analysis of
victim's feathers (only clue) show
heroic struggle before overpowered.
Brlnß $25. I have the needle. Pack
luggage anticipating immediate de-
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HONEYMOONERS
IN SECLUSION OF
VIRGINIA HILLS
President and His Bride Aban
don (loll" to Answer Hun
dreds of Letters
PLANNING AUTO HIDE
Relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
son May Spend Christmas
With Happy Couple
Hot Springs, Va., Dec. 20.—Presi
dent Wilson and his bride abandoned
plans to play golf to-day to reply to
hundreds of messages of congratu
lations from personal friends, relatives
and officials.
Since reaching here the couple have
remained in such deep seclusion that
only members of their Immediate
party have seen them. They expected,
however, to take an automobile ride
late to-day. Their private railroad car
was sent away to-day. •
Arrangements for a Christmas cele
bration at the President's hotel were
being made to-day. There will be a
large Christmas tree and a special mu
sical entertainment. Members of the
families of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson may
come for the holiday, but no definite
plans have been made.
Every arrangement had ljeen made
to allow the distinguished couple to
spend their honeymoon quietly In the
seclusion of th,e mountains of the State
in which they were both born. A sec
tion of a hotel was set apart for them
and secret service agents attempted
to keep off a corps of photographers
and moving picture operators.
Mountains and hills, wild and ro
mantic, entirely surrounded the green
plains of the warm springs valley.
Winding roads and steep trails lead up
the slopes of these highlands and Mrs.
Wilson will have unlimited opportun
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"ANTIS" AND SUFFRAGISTS
end pbk-homdav activities
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 20. —The
pre-hollday activities of both suf
fragists and anti-suffragists were
wound up here to-day when a dele
gation representing the National As
sociation Opposed to Woman Suffrage
appeared before the Senate Commit
tee on Suffrage In opposition to the
adoption by Congress of a Federal
suffrage amendment.
NEW AMERICAN
NOTE TO AUSTRIA
IS DISPATCHED
Communication Hints That It
Is the Last Word of the
United States
By Associated Press
•Washington, D. C., Dec. 20.—Secre
tary Lansing announced to-day that
the second American note to Austria
on the sinking of the steamship An
cona had gone forward yesterday and
should reach Vienna to-morrow night.
While Mr. Lansing,gave no Intimation
of Its contents, the note is understood
to be a virtual reiteration of the origi
nal American demands, with the im
plication that it Is the United States'
last word on the subject.
The text of the note will be issued
for publication in newspapers Wednes
day afternoon, Mr. Lansing said.
The note is about 600 words long
and, although characterized by those
acquainted with its wording hb firm In
tone, is said to be somewhat less sharp
than the first note in the tenor of its
demands. It. is based squarely, accord
ing to these officials, on the Austrian
admiralty's own version of the Ancona
sinking, and while npferencc Is made
to American victims and survivors, the
reference is said to be more incidental
than direct,
Further Jitney Regulation
Recommended by Traffic
Experts From New York
Tt. is expected that the jitney regu
lation measure will pass City Council
finally to-morrow in the amended
shape. While the ordinance In Its
present form is regarded as an ex
tremely mild scheme of regulation
compared with the original provisions
there are still those among the jitney
operators who are endeavoring to fur
ther weaken the bond feature. This
has already been reduced from $5,000
to $2,000 and instead of further de
creasing the amount there is said to
be an Increasing sentiment in .favor
of raising liability to at least half of
the original figure.
It is understood the New York traf
fic officers who were here last week
investigating local traffic conditions
have reported to the Municipal
League, strongly favoring a $6,000
bond as a measure of safety for the
public and also the users of these ve
hicles which they declare are driven
.recklessly in many cases.
Members of City Council said to
day that they had been something of
an effort, to further amend the ordi
nance up and down, but said it would
probably pass in itß present form.
$1,000,000 IN XMAS TREES
By Associated Press . i
Glens Falls, N. Y., Dec. 20. With
the close of Christmas tree season in
the Adirondacks by the forwarding of
the last shipment to New York to
day tt is estimated- that $1,000,000
worth of young trees have been cut!
for the display of Christmas decora
tions and gifts.
$107,105 DAMAGES
AWARD IN
ON HARDSCRA
Complete Schedule of Benefits and Damages Exhibited by
Viewers; Benefits Total $43\,070.30; City to Pay
$64,034.70; Report to Court January 10; Some Ob
jections Heard; Take Over Properties April 1
The long-awaited schedule of bene
fits and damages incident to the con
demnation of "ilardscrabble" was ex
hibited in City Council to-day.
The viewers allow damages total
ing $107,105 to the owners of prop
erties on the west side of Front street
from Herr to Calder; assess benefits
totaling $42,970.30 upon the proper
ties on the east side, and assess the
remaining $(>4,134.70 upon the city.
More than a score of owners ap
peared to hear tho reading of the
schedule. Others were represented
by counsel. Several gave verbal
notice of their Intention to file excep
tions.
January 10, 1916, the Viewers' re
port will be submitted to the Dau
phin county court. All exceptions or
appeals that may be taken must be
filed within thirty days thereafter.
These objections, of course, would
then have to be threshed out before
a jury.
To File Bond
Under any circumstances the city
will fully protect the property own
ers by filing a bond in sufficient
amount, to protect the owners of the
properties which will be taken over.
Removal of the properties to ttiake
\tfay for the proposed opening of
Former President Taft ,
111 With Severe Cold
La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 20. —William
Howard Taft Is 111 here to-day at the
home of a former Yale classmate,
George W. Burton. The former Presi
dent contracted a severe cold on his
way here to deliver a lecture. A tele
gram was sent here for a throat
specialist to meet him upon his arrival
last night.
By noon Mr. Taft was feeling so
much better he said he thought he
would be able to go through his pro
gram of to-day, which included an
address before the Daughters of the
American Revolution this afternoon
and another before tho Manufacturers'
and Jobbers' Club to-night.
I CONCLUDE? PEACE TERMS (
£ El Paso, Dec. 20.—An agreement was reached and pa- 1
K pers .were being signed at noon to-day whereby the Villa I
I faction in Northern Mexico concludes peace terms with the
K de facto government of Mexico. General Francisco Villa
& is reported to be in Juarez. The signing of the peace agree- 1 j
K ment eliminates him from Mexican affairs.
I THREE TO REFORMATORY: ONE TO PEN |
''Abie" Cohen, Edward Nail and Jones will spend »
Christmas in the Huntingdon Reformatory, and Robert B. g
Green will eat his Yuletide dinner behind the bars of the ■
Eastern Penitentiary. All pleaded guilty in the Dauphin 3
county court this morning. got from two to three J
years in the pen after confessing to charges of forgery. J
BRITISH LOSE 1,278 IN SERBIA J
London, Dec. 20, 4P. M.—The total of British casualties #
resulting from the Saloniki expedition into Serbia was only J
, 1.278. <j
"PLAZA" CHANGES HANDS I
The Hotel Plaza formally changed hands this morning %
I when the Dauphin county court granted the transfer of the C
license held by Frederick B. Aldinger to John W. Schroth 4
and Walter T. Keiner. s
! MARKET CLOSES IRREGULAR I
New York, Dec. 20. (Wall Street) —People's Gas was
a weak feature of the final hour, other stocks receding from
best prices. The closing was irregular. Such issues as Am- 1 i
erican Smelting and Mexican Petroleum were the leaders i
of to-day's market, other stocks recording variable changes, i
mostly upwards. i
KING AND QUEEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE 1
Paris, Dec. 20.—The Belgian and Queen had a 1
' narrow escape from death recently when a bomb dropped |
from a German plane exploded near them as they were go- ,
ing from chcurch. .
MARRIAGE LICENSES
K Irn shufffr and Kiln a Margaret Anilrraoo, York.
■ Jamcß l.rl»«y <.||| and Umiak Vmanria Thnrl*. Kaola.
# Mlchele lurla and Marsant Rlppli-la. Steelton. I
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POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
14 PAGES
Front ,;treet (o low water mark will
not be undertaken it is understood,
before April 1.
The hearing lasted until early this
afternoon and was more or less ex
citing. Attorneys John C. Nissiey and
William I.i. Loeser indicated that they
will (lie exceptions because of the
inadequacy of the award of damages.
Oliver T. Landis and A. P. Dintamuu
were among the other objectors,
wiiile John T. Ensminger and a rep
resentative of the \V. R. Connelly
estate raised the ciuestion of the bene
fit*.
Never Opened Street
I City Solicitor D. S. Seitz and View
ers Paul G. Smith and Karl Steward
both had to explain at length that the
division of damages and benefits had
to be made according to the provi
sions of the act of 1871. In answer to
a question as to whether or not the
city should not pay for land if it
were to be condemned for park pur
poses. City Solicitor Sella explained
that the proceeding was to "open the
street to low water mark." In doing
so the city might use a part of it for
grass plots, park purposes, etc., he
pointed out. Major Knsmihgur raised
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,U. S. Army Officer Is
Held as German Spy
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., Dec. 20. The
War Department has unofficial ad
vices that Lieut. Kdward L. Dyer of
the coast artillery who had been given
three months' leave of absence from
duty in the Phillippine Islands, is de
tained in Singapore as a German spy,
having neglected to obtain a pass
port on leaving the Philippines. No
word from him or official news of
his detention has been received.
Lieutenant Dyer left l<'ort Mills, P.
1., September 10 last. His leave ex
pired five days ago. He had planned
to spend the time traveling in the
Orient and was to have gone to Puget
Sound for detail there upon the ex
piration o£ his leave.