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i/lany School Children Lose Christmas Savings in Collapse of Pittsburgh Bank
HARRISBURG (dSB&l TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV— No. 299
ORDER TROOPERS
** TO RETURN ANY
FURTHER FIRING
FROM MEXICANS
U. S. Soldiers Will Reply
"Vigorously" to Volleys
From Other Side of Border
Which Resulted in Death
of an American; Whole
River Front Heavily Pa
trolled Following Rioting
6,000 VILLA TROOPS
APPROACHING JUAREZ
Believed Arrangement to Sur-;
render Town Have Fallen]
Through and Place Will
Not Be Turned Over to
Carranza; Rioters Shot in
Effort to Quell Disturbance
Started by Unpaid Gueril
las
By . Issoeiated Press
Washington. D. C., Dec. £2. —Amerl- j
can troops at EI Paso, the War De
partment announced to-day, had been |
Riven orders to return vigorously any
further "deliberate tiring' from the
Moxlctt-n side of the border.
General Pershing, in command a'
HI Paso, has renorted that the flrlnf
which resulted late yesterday In th«
death of an American car inspecto •
wan tile deliberate act ot a squad o'
Mexicans who appeared half a mil*!
rust of the international bridge.
American troops, tho report addec,
"were covering the whole river front.'
Di.rlng the rioting in Juarez, ths
report said, there had been little flritu,
and none toward the American side.
General Avila, who was in
•if the troops in Juarez, ordered se\ -
enil of the rioters shot, at- 'ordii.B to
military reports from tl.e border.
Troops Ncaring Juarez
!,1 Paso Texas, Dec. St. The
Kl Paao police dei artment early ti -
A day received u report that 1,000 Vll'a
troops had arrived In Juurez from tl e
(Continued on Paso It.)
Villa Tells Wife He
Will Not Come to V. &
By Associated Pre**
San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 22.—Gen
eral Francisco Villa's last words to his
Wife, .Mrs. I.uz de Villa, over i tro
weeit» ago, as he bade her good-by in
I'hthuahua City, were:
"I shnll never no to the Unit >d
States. I would die sooner than go to
the T'nltcd States, where th«-y hate ne.
I shall spend '.he lenuiinder of :ny
life In my home moun'ains with ny
tnlthful friends, where my enemies
cannot reach me."
That Is what Mrs. Villa said list
night when she passed through f-an
Antcnlo, accompanied by Mrs. HI >o
llto Vllln and ten others, en rout.- to
New Orleans. From there the party
may go to Havana, Cuba.
Americans Released as
Condition of Entrance
By Associated Press
Washington, \>. C„ Dec. 22.—The
release of the thirty Americans de
<allied at Chihuahua by General Villa,
it became known to-day, was a • on
dltion Imposed on Villa In gran Ing
lilm permission to cross the Amer can
boundary line. Advices that the
Americans had been liberated stren ;th
ened the State Department's b« lief
that Villa Intends to avail himself of
te opportunity to escape irotn Mexico.
Nothing definite regarding Villa's
hereabouts had been reported to the
department to-day. Some uneasiness
was mamfesti-d after receipt of ad- ices
that additional Villa troops were r IOV-
Ing tow ud Juarez, lu' govern? lent
officials l It that Juarcr soon wouli be
In CarrmizaV possession.
ITHEWEATHE'CI
l*or Ifnrrt«i!H«riK mid *lr!allj - s Part
ly rl intly ur«<hfr aad rUiiip tt m
irruturr 10-night and I burnt* %j-;
lowrm temiirrrlnri 10-nl
n hot it 30 ili-Rrffd.
For l,n«t<*ni l>nn».t t* nntn : V*n« (I j
rloii<l>- wrotlier mid riftlnic l« n«-
P'THinrr to-nlKhl unit Thiirn<la>t
mo<Kmtc Miutberly wind*.
Hlver
'l'hr So*fUfhnmiM river and all Ita
trthutarf.m will continue to fall
kltwll and thr Irr remaining la
the rtlrraaiH t>|l| derrranr u» ler
lh»* Influence «f milder nrai hrr
«h>rln«c thr artt few fifty*. %
ntaicr o* about .'.fl frrt In ladl *at
r«l f«»r lluri tiburic Thursday
tuornlDK.
'irarrul t'oadfctionn
The «tot m that nan *«» me dlal'mrr
off tin MidHl< Atlantic « oiiNt
Tiie»fln> mor ting, has m«»\rd ap
•dly northward and IN BOW p *«L»-
M ably central off thr North Atlaa-
tie count.
The *tort»» from tin \orth I't rlUr
«»rran l\mi \%mn central over Sua
katchman yenterd/iy la now cen
tral north of North Dakota, ad
vancing Mteadlly nouthcanti ard.
% further rlae «f 2 to .t.' «lr& vera
In temperature ha* occurred t.ince
la*t retort o*er practically all
the country. e*ccpt Id New •-■JJ
laad a .id tto* 1 ppe- St. I.amenee
Valley and la Montana, Waul lau
«on, Oreuon, llr|.l«h Columbia
anil %lberta. uhei • It la 2 . o 14
tlll'i'tua ejldrr.
I'eiaperature: N a. in.. 24.
S»I »J ItlfieN, 7T24 a. M.t aeta, 4142
l •
Mix a: I.ant quc.rter v Decenbei 2H,
7 I.ML p. M.
Illver Ntaae: H. 3 feet above low
water mark.
Teater4n y*a Weather
Vllfcheat tempendure, S2.
I.owent temperature. 22.
Mean temperature, 27.
Aorutxl temperature, 32.
I). S. REITERATES
4NCONA DEMANDS
IN SECOND NOTE
I isisls on Austrian Disavowal,
Reparation and Punishment
of Submarine Commander
RELATIONS ARE STRAINED
Uso Declares Details Referred
to in First Communica
tion Not Essential
Washington, D. C.. Dec. 23.—The |
reply of the Untted States to Aus- j
'ria's note on the destruction of the
Italian liner Ancona declares that the
' official admission of the Austrian ad
j -niralty that the liner was toroedoed
■ nfter she had stopped and while pa -
i sengers still were aboard alone is suf
ficient for the American demand for
disavowal, reparation and punishment
of the submarine commander.
Secretary I-anslng's second note, al
ready probably in the hands of the
Austrian foreign minister, and made
I public here to-day, renews the de
mands of the I'nlted States and says
the details which Austria referred to
I in her reply to the first American com
| munlcation are In no way essential to
jihe discussion. It emphasizes that
ICOIIUntUUIC* of Rood relations between
the two countries depend upon the
action of the Austrian government.
The full text of the note which is
addressed to American Ambassador
Penfield follows:
"The Kovernment of the United
States has received the note of your
excellency relative to the sinking of
the Ancona. which was delivered at
Vienna on December 16, 1916, and
transmitted to Washington, and has
given the note immediate and careful
consideration.
"On November 15. 1915, Baron
ZwMlßtk, the charge d'affaires of the
imperial and royal Kovernment at
Washington, transmitted to the De
partment of State a report of the
Austro-Hungarian admiralty with re
gard to the sinking of the steamship
Ancona, in which it was admitted that
the vessel was torpedoed after her en
(Continued on Page 12.)
Pennsy Directors Pay
4 Per Cent. Dividend
By .Associated Prrss
Philadelphia, Dec. 22.—The direc
tors of the Pennsylvania company
which operates Pennsylvania railroad
lines west of Pittsburgh, to-day de
clared a semi-annual dividend of four
per cent. This compares with 2 per
cent, paid six months ago. making a
lotal of six per cent, for the year. In
1914 the company paid a total of 4
per cent.
The directors of the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Rail
way company, also a Pennsylvania
railway subsidiary declared a dividend
of four per cent, on the preferred and i
a dividend of 2 per cent, on the com
mon stock. In 1914 this company
paid a total of 4 per cent, on the pre
| ferred and three-fourths of one per
cent, on common.
University of Penna.
Trustees Yield Power
to Drop Professors
Special to The Telegraph
Philadelphia, Dec. 22. Repetition
of the "Scott Nearing affair" at the
University of Pennsylvania is held to
be Impossible, as the result of an
amendment to the University's statutes,
passed by the board of trustees at
their last meeting on December 6. and
made public yesterday.
The trustees voluntarily removed
many of the points at issue raised by
Dr. Xearing's adherents, following his
dropping as assistant professor of
economics in the Wharton School last
Spring by providing that a professor or
assistant professor shall be removed
by the trustees only after consultation
with the faculty.
Man Found Frozen to
Death by Small Boys
Michael Burd, aged 45, sign painter,
show and circus man. and traveler,
was found dead this afternoon In a
huckster wagon in Wood street, by
small boys at play.
It is believed that he died from ex
posure. as his body was froien stiff,
lturd was born and raised in this city
and is widely known in the West End.
He spent much of his time traveling
with circuses and shows. Coroner
Ecklnger is investigating the case.
Tin- body has been turned over to C.
11. Mauk. undertaker. Sixth and Kel
| ker streets. Burd has one brother.
Thomas, living in the western part of
the country.
The authorities believe that Burd
was intoxicated and crawled into the
wagon last evening for shelter for the
night.
Dies From Injuries in
Football Two Years Ago
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Pa.. Dec. 22. Harry
•Shof. a medical student in the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh, died In a hos
pital here last night as the result of
! injuries suffered In the footltall game
I between the University of Pittsburgh
and Washington and Jefferson Col
lege two years ago. He was carried
I off the field and until the time of his
I death was under the care of a physi
cian.
JXVKXTIOXS POUR IX
By Associated Press
j Washington. D. C.. Dec. 22.—Inven
jtors have lieen flooding the War De
partment with suggestions since the
outbiea)-. of the European war. the
j Board of Ordnance and Fortifications
having reviewed an average of SOo
proposals a month, according to its
annual report inad'- public to-day. A
new system has Iteen Inaugurated un
der which department iieads will pass
• •■I these suggestions in th- tirst in
stance relle\lng the board of much
useless labor id many of them have
no value.
HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1915
HARRISBURG'S CHRISTMAS
GAVE IT, AND MAYOR
\ •' " m v yp
g
Here Is Harrisburg's Municipal Christmas Tree which was cut on the
mountains back of Fort Hunter, yesterday, by the committee In charge.. The
one etching below shows Mayor Royal wielding the ax on the giant pine.
The tree is tiftv years old and stands forty feet high. It will be possible to
see It most any place from Front or Market street on Christmas eve when it
will be lighted in connection with the municipal celebration. The other etch
ing shows John W. Relly, who donated the tree to "ie city. When the Christ
mas tree committee set out to get a tree Mr. Reily very graciously offered the
giant of the forest seen above.
TO DISTRIBUTE
200 BASKETS TO
NEEDY FRIDAY
Families Who Will Receive
Aid Decided Upon by Asso
ciated Aids
The 200 families to receive Christ
mas baskets through the generosity of
Jacob Tauslg's Sons, jewelers, 420 (
Market street, have been chosen by j
the Associated Aid Societies after in- j
vestigations of the names sent in.
The baskets will be distributed Frl-I
day to the worthy people, so that they
will have them in time for the Christ
mas dinner. The coupon will no I
longer appear in the Telegraph, since j
the required number of names has j
been received.
Herman L. Tausig. of the firm of
Jacob Tausig's Sons, which made the j
offer of 200 baskets, this morning said
that his firm greatly appreciates the 1
help of the people in the city who so.
kindly sent in names of needy friends. |
He thanked the Telegraph for aiding 1
In the offer and the Associated Aid So- j
cleties for Investigating the cases as
they were received. L'pon learning
that the 200 families had been chosen, j
Mr. Tausig, in behalf of the firm, j
wished the many families a Merry 1
Christmas such as they have never j
had before.
HAVE YOU SPOTTED
SHERLOCK, TOO?
Man of Mystery Is Cross Be
tween a Nutmeg and Alli
gator Pear
<By SHKRMXTK HOLMES, JR.)
The following letter duly noted:
"Ha. ha! I've got my eyes on you.
so you had better double quick and
get your ticket or fork up the S2a in
cash." Oh, well, I'll take your word
for It, whoever you are. ,
I am told a certain bunch in a <
barber 9hop I have patronized bave 1
me spotted and they are laying for !
me. AH* right, fellows, come on in, i
the water's Sine. I
[Continued on l'agc (.]
ADD MILLION MEN
TO BRITISH ARMY
AFTER BIG FIGHT
House of Commons Debates All
Night Long; Changes in
High Commands
By Associated Press
London, Dec. 22, 11.39 a. m.—After
an all night debate the House of Com
mons early to-day granted an increase
of 1,000.000 men in the British army,
bringing up its strength on paper to
4,000,000. With the increase come
changes in higher command, Lieuten- |
ant General Robertson, chief of the j
general staff having been recalled |
from France to become chief of the j
Imperial staff in London in place'
of I.ieutenant General Murray who is!
about to receive an important com- j
mand. These changes are accepted'
here as indicating closer co-operation
among the allies in the conduct of
military operations on the western
front.
The Teutonic powers are reported
as taking full advantage of the moral
effect as produced by the withdrawal
of the British forces from tht. Galll-!
poli peninsula with the attempting
once more to swing Greece and Ru
mania to their side in the Balkan op
erations.
(Continued on Page II.)
HOUSE TRIP IS |
NOT PEACE MOVE
President Says European Mis-1
sion of Friend Is to Sec
U. S. Envoys
By Associated Press
Hot SprinKS, Va., Dec. 22/—Presi-i
dent Wilson said to-day that the:
European trip of his friend. Col. E. j
M. House was in ho way connected'
with the peace movement, but was j
entirely for the purposes outlined by
Col. House in his statement issued
last nltcht in New York. The Colonel i
said his mission was to communicate
to American ambassadors in person i
for the President certain Information l
(Continued on Page 11.), !j
TWO SKATING 1
PARTIES HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE
I
Eight Boys and Girls Go Into 1
Icy Waters of Brick
yard Pond
THRILLING RESCUES MADE;
None the Worse For Experi- 1
ence; Big Crowd Too
Heavy
Two skating parties had narrow
escapes from drowning at New Cum-I
berland last evening when the ice on j .
Fleurie's brickyard pond broke under '
the weight of a hundred skaters. The [
Misses Hazel Vogelsong, Helen Stet
ler, Marie Becker and Gardner Vogel
song were members of the one party
and William Vogelsong, Misses Nellie|
and Edith Taylor and Clarence Hempt [
members of the other.
The eight boys and girls were chill
ed in the icy waters but hasty rescues
prevented any casualties as a result
of the accident.
Members of the latter party broke
through the ice fifteen feet from the
shore. The ice, some time before had
started to crack when the crowd be
came large, but no person thought
It would break. The Misses Taylor,
Hempt and William Vogelsong went
in together, Miss Edith Taylor going
under the surface. Vogelsong freed
himself from the cakes of ice and im
mediately went to the rescue of Miss
Nellie Taylor. After some effort he
succeeded in getting her ashore.
Ilempt and Miss Edith Taylor were
skating together and when the break
ocurred they struck the water to
gether. They lost hold of each other,
however and when Hempt could not
reach his partner, Victor Drayer, who
was standing along shore, plunged
to the rescue.
Members of the other party, at the
time of the accident, were on the
other side of the pond and knew noth
ing of the affair. J'lve minutes later
they began to skate in the vicinity of
the break, and not noticing it, skated
straightway into the water. Miss
Stetlor and Miss Vogelsong did not go
In verj" far and like Miss Becker, suc
ceeded in reaching shore with very
little assistance. Gardner Vogelsong
also reached dry land in safety and
unassisted.
To-day the entire eight are none
the. worse for the unannounced wet
ting they received last night. Of
I course, after the accidents, dry clothes
were in order.
Foreign Trade Shows
Unprecedented Total of
Half Billion in November
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C., Dec. 22. —For-
eign trade of the United States in
November jumped to the unpreced
ented total of half a billion dollars.
A Department of Commerfce state
ment issued to-day shows that im
ports as well as exports broke rec
ords for the month. A record of five
billion dollars for the past 12 months*
exports* and imports was set.
November imports were $164,319,-
169. more by $11,000,000 than the
previous November record, made in
1912. November exports of $331,144,-
527 were the greatest of any month
in the country's history. The best!
previous month was last October,
when exports were $328,030,281.
Twelve months' import to Novem
ber 30 aggregated $1,730,243,229
against $1,858,645,027 for the pre
ceding year. The year's exports were
$3,437,292,533, one and a half billion
dollars more than the preceding year,
and nearly one billion more than two
years ago.
The great amount of gold pouring
into the United States is shown in the
statement that $61,000,000 in gold ar
i rived in November. Only $7,000,000
I reached this country in November,
1914.
; The net inward gold movement for
: the last 12 months was $390,983,419
| against a net outward movement the
i year before of $174,705,790.
Use Talking Machine
to Teach Typewriting
"Are you having much trouble In
mantaining speed and uniform move
\ ment in typewriting, Miss Stenog
j rapher?"
Why not try the system used at
the Office Training School in the!
Kaufman Building? Do your type
writing to the tune of "It's a Long
Way to Tipperary."
"Impossible!"— Try it.
It may seem queer to you, because
it is entirely new In I-larrisburg, but
it has proved a success at this school
where more than 50 students liavei
'•eported as having seen a great Im-1
provement in their speed, accuracy
.and uniform movement, since thej
method has been installed.
| The graphophone is the Instru-'
ment used in the new system. A rec- I
! ord is placed In motion on the ma- j
I chine and the students by keeping j
Itlme with the music in striking each i
| letter become more accurate and effl-;
! cient in speed and striking the keys.
It not only is a benefit to the students
in this way but takes the continuous
noise of the many machines in opera
tion at the same time, off their minds
' apd enables them to do better work.
! The method was introduced into
j the local school by Mrs. A. O. Frazee,
: one of the teachers. She has taught
in several normal schools in the west
DR. DIXON BREAKS RECORDS
Dr. Samuel O. Dixon, State Com
missioner of Health, was re-elected
last night for the twenty-first time
as president of the Academy of
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, at. 1
as executive curator for the twenty
fifth time. No man in the history of
the institution has nearly approached j
this lensrth of official service.
MEALS SAYS HE
SAW OLLIE REED
IN THE MOVIES
Dr. Meals and Prison Warden
Caldwell Were Watching
Hopewell, Va., Pictures
WANTED FOR MURDERj
Executive Annoyed at Negro's j
Escape—Won't Swear
in Detectives?
Mayor-elect Meals last evening said
he saw "Ollie" Reed in the "movies."
- "Ollle" is a negro well known in
police circles who has bcc;n wanted I
these many months for t he. murder of I
a fellow-negro.
The maner in which l!eed made a j
leisurely escape from the clutches of
the city police the night Ot the alleged
murder has ever been a source of |
pained annoyance to the next Mayor.
He has frequently said that Ollie came
down town with his suitcase the night]
rContimicd on I'ngo 2]
4 Freight Cars Topple
Over Steep Bank Near
Berryhill St. Bridge
Three box cars and one coal car,
all loaded, part of a freight train go
ing east 611 the Philadelphia and
Heading Railway tracks, left the rails
this morning near the bridge at Cam
eron and Ilerryhill streets two of the
cars going over the steep embank-
I ment near Cameron street.
Railroad officials and yardmen are
at a loss to know what caused the ac
cident, as the tracks in this section
are In good condition. The train was
in motion at the time. The cars were
damaged slightly. One of them con
tained cord wood which was scat
tered over the hill, but the coal and
merchandise remained intact. Traffic
on the line was only interrupted a
short time. The cars were replaced
and run on a siding.
PLEDGES OF $200,000
FOlt SUFFERING JEWS
New York, Dec. 22.—A contribution
of $60,000 in cash and pledges.of near
ly $200,000 for the relief of suffering
Jews in Poland, Serbia, Palestine and
Egypt were made last night at a mass
meeting conducted by the American
Jewish Relief Committee.
I
I
> -s been appointed to succeed Sir Charles
I Monr
I offic
I has be<
{France, iln succession to Sir Douglas Haig.
PROTEST PROPOSED STORAGE REDUCTION
C
C merchani
day t
roposal to reduce from thirty to fifteen days the
The r ted freight condi
tions at New York,
i sID DEAD IN WAG<
dead th •; v-r-» on in a w.»£r>n, in • - '.reet, by reveral
i sma' 1
i
FORD PACIFICIST DIES
Christiania, Norway, Dec. 22, via London, 6.05 P. M.—
Lloyd Bingham, r member of the Ford pence party, died to-
I day of pneumonia. He was the husband of Amelia Bing
i ham, the American actress.
Berlin, Dec. 22.—8y Wireless to Sayville. Emperor
! William has postponed the trip he had planned making to
the western front, the Overseas News Agency announces,
a slight indisposition making it necessary for him to remain
indoors for a few days.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 22.—Francisco Villa has agreed to
come to the United States but will not pass through Juarez,
according to General Manuel Banda.
New York, Dec. 22.—Edmund Justice, a night watch
man employed by the Atlas Steamship Company, a sub
sidiary of the Hamburg-American Line, was arrested by
Federal officers this afternoon charged with being a party
to the conspiracy directed from this country against the
entente allies by Paul Koenig and other alleged German
i agents.
, Hu/mtilAdt UCLNSLS
CharlfN 101(1 rldß«> scot*, city, and Mary Jnnf Yeigley, Cora wall.
Rdwuril C«err> ltl<»*Mer, Jr., and KVII B. ChrlNmorc, city. William Wayne
I DeSllvey and Jennie .Mary Kerne, elty. John l<. Miller and i:ilvahe(h K.
Mmr.c. Lebanon. Wllllmit Harvey Deemer, Elyiburn, and Floreace Mae
Baatlaa, Huabury,
14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
CHRISTMAS CHEER
IS SHATTERED BY
FAILURE OF BANK
Pittsburgh Bank For Savings
Closed by State Depart
ment
HAD TEN MILLIOXS
30,000 School Children Among
Those Who Lose Heavily;
75,000 Depositors
By Associated Press
Pittsburgh, Dec. 22. Christmas
cheer in Pittsburgh was rudely shocked
j to-day when the Pittsburgh Bank fop
Savings, one of the best known insti
ll utions In the city, failed to open Cor
I business.
j Tacked to the front door at 9 o'clock
was a notice which said that It had
I been closed by the Pennsylvania Bank
ing Department and G. H. (Jetty, bank
examiner, had been appointed tem
porary receiver.
No statement was issued with tlie
closing notice, but it was known in the
financial district that the bank had
been unable to weather the storms it
rContinued on Page 'J]
Two Begin Christmas
Journey of Years;
Three More on Friday
The Christmas holidays of another,
and perhaps another and even three
more years may roll by before Robert
H. Green, confessed forger, returns
from the long journey he started upon
this morning. Green, twice a peniten
tiary convict, was sentenced a few
days ago by the Dauphin county court
to serve another two to three years
in the State's prison at Philadelphia
and he began the journey to-day, es
corted by Sheriff H. C. Wells.
in the sheriff's party was pretty lit
tle Billian Strohm. She was sentenced
at the December special session of
juvenile court to be confined at Darl
lington reform school for girls and sha
too, began her journey this morning.
Friday, the day before Christmas,
Sheriff Wells will probably start west
ward with the trio of small youngsters
who are destined by the decree of
I the Dauphin county court to spend thu
Yuletide holidays in Huntingdon re-
Iformatory. The trio includes "Abie"
Cohen.