Don't Forget to Join in City's Christmas HARRISBURG tfiSw TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 300 « FIND MURDERED MAN BESIDE AN EMPTY BEER KEG Head Crushed in, Foreigner Is Discovered Slain in Third Street, Steelton REVENGE THE MOTIVE ? Dead Man Said to Have Killed Two Others in Days Gone by Lying beside an empty beer keg in front of the home of Nick Zutic, 723 South Third street, Steelton, Yoso Baklc, aged about 40, was found mur dered early this morning. The police believe that foreign resi dents in the vicinity could name the murderer and that the crime was com mitted to avenge the death of other men whom Bakic is said to have killed. «Bakic had been lying on the pave ment all night. It is believed. His body was cold when removed by H. Wilt's Sons, undertakers. South Front street. Coroner Eckinger was notified shortly after the case was reported to the police. Bakic's face was crushed in and two large holes were found, one over his left eye, the other under his chin. It is believed that he was knocked over onto the beer keeg. Was Had tliaractcr Ho was identlled by Constable Gibb, Who had p.rrcsted Bakic in past years on several charges, among them ag gravated assault and battery, felonious assault arid battery, malicious mischief and carrying concealed deadly weapons. According to the story told the po lice. Bakic came to the borough yes terday afternoon about 2 o'clock, lie went to t***» home of Steve Radosevic, 713 Soutl Third street, and asked for food. La«?r he said that he intended to get work at the Pennsylvania Steel • "oinpany plant and stay in the bor ough. Shortly after Bakic left and accord ing to people in the vicinity was not seen until his body was found this morning. The police do not know whether he was murdered there or at some other place and the body placed in front of Zutlc's home. Chief of W Police Longenecker is working on sev * oral dues. According to the police, Bakic was [Continued on I*nge 9.] Community Center Plan to Feature American Civic Association Meeting By Associated Press Washington. D. C.. Dec. 23.—Dis cussion of the community center plan will be a feature of the annual meet ing of the American Civic Association beginning here next Tuesday. The program for the four days' conven tion announced to-day also provides for general consideration of city and country planning, industrial housing and many kindred subjects. Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the President, will preside at a ses sion Wednesday evening devoted en tirely to detailed study of the com munity center idea. Miss Wilson for several years has shown much inter est in the development of the plan of using public school buildings as com munity centers for civic meetings. Speakers at the session over which she will i 'de include Professor E. •T. Ward. he University of Wiscon son: Dr. c urles E. North, of New York; Raymond F. Crist, of the Bureau of Naturalization and Miss Zona Gale. J. Horace McFarland, of Harris burg. Pa., president of the associa tion, will make his annual address at Tuesday night's meeting. Wednes day will be devoted to business mat ters, and Thursday a joint session will be held with the Pan-American Scientific Congress. AWARD STORY PHIZES The December issue of the Tech Tatler was distributed to the students of the Technical High school to-day. A special feature was a contest for two prist's offered by the members of the Tech Faculty for the two best Christmas stories. The first prize of $3.00 was awarded to Gilbert Stew art. a member of the junior class. His subject was "The Chimes." John Wlls nach. with the subject "The White Brick" won the second prize of $2.00. THE WEATHER^ For Harrfabarfg ami vicinity: Lljght rain and warmer weather to night, with low-cat temperature about 38 degree*i Friday partly cloudy with moderate tempera ture. For Haatern Pennsylvania: I ,<><•« i ralnn and warmer to-nlifht: Fri day partly cloudy; freah aouth to aouthweM wlndn. XUver The main river will continue to fall alowly to-night and probably Fri day. I .ocal ralnn and higher tem perature are likely to caone the tributaries to rlae nomewhat Fri ■l day. A atage of about ft.4 feet la ▼ Indicated for Harriaburg Fridny ntornlng. General Condition* The northwestern dlaturhnac* liaa moved rapidly aoutheantward t«lth Inereaalng strength and la aow central near l.nke Superior with Its aonthcrn extremity ex tending southward Into the Loner Ohio Valley. A general rise of 2 to 34 degrees In temperature has occurred over the greater part of the I'lalna States and thence eastward to the \ t laatlc coast In the last twenty four houra. Temperaturei H a. m. f 2*. Hum Rises, 7*25 a. m.; aeta, 4:4.1 p. m. Moon: Itlses, 0:3.% p. m. HKer Stage: ft.o feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 4A. I.owest temperature. 23. Mcjio temperature. 32. IS or HI II I temperature, 31, MUNICIPAL TREE ! CELEBRATION TO ! START AT 7:45 Christmas Carols and Pictures of Biblical Stories to Fea ture Observance I I MONEY BADLY NEEDED (Committee Will Have to Go Down in Own Pockets to Pay Bills »■" 7:15 I*. >l. MertlnK of ulnitfn from public* rWkhilm nt Zloti I.athernii Churrli, V*rol>NßOr K. (■. Honi* In churn*; mrrtlng of ulngtri from lo cal churoheM ami Sunday at'hmtla at Z.lou Lutheran Church. l ¥ rofea«or E. J. Derevce In charier. T ::t(>— lommonnrallh llnntl, with ehorufirfi, march to Front nnd Mar ket ntrrrta, movlngr out Fourth to Market, to Market Square, to Front anl Marketi tree llichtH to he turned on when proce«alon reachea Market 1 Square. • T i4!5 MnglnK of fhrlatmaa carol* by choruaea: illuatrated Hlhll cnl views to be ahnan on acreen at | Hoard of Trade IlulIdlnK; aln|[tnv.l dlamlaa. v Harrisburg's annual Municipal Christmas Tree celebration to-morrow night will be brief and impressive. The exercises will start at 7.45 o'clock with the singing of a Christmas carol by the choruses. Appropriate Biblical pictures to be shown on a screen at the Board of Trade building, will be interspersed with singing:. The exer cises will close with the singing of "America" by everybody. Workmen from the Harrisburg bight and Power Company to-day completed the decoration of the big tree with colored lights. A large elec tric placed on the top of the j tree. A platform will be erected for the committee and chorus leaders. The musical feature will be under the direi ion of Prof. E. G. Rose and Prof. K. J. Decevee. Singers from the I public schools will meet Prof. Rose at Zion Lutheran Church at 7.15. At the same time singers from the local churches and Sunday schools will meet Prof. Decevee. Only familiar Christ mas carols will be sung. The march to Front and Market streets, where the exercises will take place, will start at 7.30. The Com-j monwealth band under the leadership of Prof. J. Fred Weber will head the procession. The route will be outj Fourth street to Market; up Market to i Market Square. The parade will halt one minute to await the turning on of the lights of the big tree. The pro cession will then move to Front and Market streets, the singers surround ing the tree. Following singing by the chorus, appropriate stereopticon pictures will be shown on a screen in front of the Board of Trade building. At inter jvals, verses ot a Christmas carol will ! be shown on the screen and the pub lic is invited to join with the chorus ■in the singing. The exercises will close with the. hinging of "America." Money Badly Needed Mayor John K. Royal, chairman of I the committee to-day said, "Every thing is in good shape but the fin j ances. Unless the public gets busy i between now and to-morrow night, i the members of the committee will j have to go down in their pockets to | meet expenses. The amount needed is more than $l5O. Heretofore the ' cash was forthcoming without any | special effort. This year we called t upon the public, but to date have re ceived but $1.50." The Commonwealth band gives its services free. The Harrisburg Light I and Power Company brought the tree |to Harrisburg and will furnish the ! power free. The total expense last I year in round figures was $l7O. Con tributions can be left at the police sta j tion. Man Who Tries to See Wilson Shoots Two in Big Passenger Station Special to the Telegraph Baton Rouge. La., Dec. 23.—Robert ; L. Knox, surveyor of customs in New ; Orleans, yesterday shot and killed ! Alexander Fraenklin, an aged man, !on his way to enter a hospital, and Benjamin Foster, prominent real es tate man and lawyer, of Hattiesburg. Miss., in the Ya/.00 & Mississippi Val ley Railroad station here. He shot them both without any provocation. ! without speaking to them and with out knowing either of them. The sta j tion was crowded at the time with ! passengers waiting to catch a New j Orleans train. Knox is the same man who was ar rested in Washington about two months ago because he insisted on seeing President Wilson and Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo. Several times while in Washington he tried j to force his way into the White House ! declaring that he had important of- I fleial business to transact with the I President. He was arrested by Secret j Service men and his brother "in New | Orleans Was notified. State Department Needs More Money Because of War By Associated Press Washlngtorf, D. C., Dec. 23. An additional appropriation of $143,- 060 to care for the Increased work of the State Department resulting from the European war Is asked by Secre tary Lansing in a memorandum sub mitted to Congress. Complex and difficult problems arising from changed conditions of warfare, according to the secretary have Increased the work of the De partment over 75 per cent. MARKKTS OPEN TO-MORROW I All city markets will be open to- j morrow at the usual hour. There will i be no markets Saturday. Christmas 1 Day. The Chestnut street. Verbeke 1 and Hill markets will open as usual at ! 4 o'clock to-morrow morning. State' street innrKet will be open to-morrow! night. The Hill market will also be ' open to-morrow afternoon. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1915 ONE OF SANTA'S HELPERS AT WORK IN DUNCANNON \ ■ JbftMH S*±_'. V*-a»\X*vjn W\H>WW\ JBI JS Eight hundred sleds are being made daily at the Standard Novelty Works, Duncannon, and the etching shows one of the men at the plant putting on a sled seat. JUDGE WALLING IS APPOINTED TO SUPREME COURT Erie County Jurist to Fill Va cancy Caused by Elkin's Death Governor Brumbaugh to-day an nounced the appointment ot Judge Emory A. Walling, of Erie county, to the State Supreme court bench to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice John P. Elkin. At the same time the Governor ap pointed Captain Ed. L. Whlttelsey, of Erie, to be judge on the common pleas bench of Erie coun|y, succeed ing Judge Walling. Judge Walling was born in Green field township, Erie county, June 11, 1854. He was educated in the public schools, in Edlnborough State Normal school and as a private student in the [Continued on Page B.] TELEGRAPH'S BIG LIGHTED TOMORROW EVENING AT 5 It's 56 Inches High, 3in Diameter and Weighs 11 Pounds; Pre- sented bg W. R. Houser of I. C. S. Branch There is widespread interest throughout the city in the Christmas tide candle movement and the ar rangements for a general lighting of the homes in the city on Christmas Eve have been made in many house j holds among all classes of people. All the children and those who love ; the children are invited to see the big Telegraph candle, which will be lighted at 5 o'clock Friday evening and will 'SEASY TO NAB SHERLOCK HOLMES Will Leave Telegraph Building This Afternoon at 5 O'clock By SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR. As advertised. I appeared on the i stage at the Majestic Theater last ! night and told those present just how I would wind up this feature. A little further along in this story I will tell you the way I will make it easy for ; somebody to nab me this afternoon and receive $25 for saying "You are the mysterious Sherlock Holmes, Jr., of the Harrisburg Telegraph." You know a doubting Thomas was never known to get the money, but some body always picks up this prize before I leave a town. [Continued on Page 2] Indiana Wants Fairbanks on Presidential Ballot By Associated Press Indianapolis. Ind., IJec. 23. Sixty of the ninety-two counties have sent in petitions asking that the name of Charles W. Fairbanks be placed on the ballots for the primary next March for the preferential vote for the Republi can nomination for President, according to a statement to-day by W. E. Henley, secretary of the Republican State Cen tral Committee. The petitions, he said, were not sent out from the comn-.lttee headquarters until last Friday. He added that the response Is the most prompt of any that has been made to any request made by the State Committee. WANT CAMBRIA LISTED By Associated Press Philadelphia. Dec. 23. President William H. Donner. of the Cambria Steel Company, said after the regular monthly meeting of the board of di rectors to-day that the board decided to make application to list the stock of the -ompany on the f*ew York Stock Kxchange. Other than that only rou tine business was transacted by tlie board, Mr. Donner said. ONE OF SANTA'S WORKSHOPS IS IN DUNCANNON Kris Kiiigle Gets His Supply of Sleds in Hustling Perry County Town Duncannon, Pa.. Dec. 23.—Christ mas stories told this week to children all over the country lead them to be lieve that Santa Claus will have a very difficult time bringing all his toys from his North Pole home on Friday night. Many youngsters are puzzled to know how that one fat round little fellow is going to carry over such a-distance all the playthings necessary. Sleds, for instance, are popular and they are heavy, too.. Now children, here Is some infor mation given the Telegraph by Santa Claus himself. For quite a few years back he has not been making sleds in his North Pole Workshop. So many boys and girls want them when Christ mas time comes that he decided long since, that he could not make enough at his home and get out Ills other work, too. Of course not every per son knows that sleds are not made at [Continued on Page I I] burn continuously for several days. This candle is perhaps the largest one of its kind ever manufactured. It was presented to the Telegraph by W. K Houser, superintendent of the Inter national Correspondence Schools of this district, and occupies a place in one of the front windows of the Tele graph offices in locust street. This candle is 56 inches high, 3 inches in diameter and weighs 11 pounds. The total height of the candlestick and candle is 70 inches—almost six feet. It will please the Telegraph very much to have the children come and see its big candle, which is handsomely decorated. JAP LINER SUNK~ WITHOUT WARNING American Among Those Res cued From Yasaka Maru; Loss $5,000,000 By Associated Press London, Dec. 23. 10.52 A. M The new Japanese liner Yasaka Maru : Which was sunk in the eastern Medi iwv ul ne »», n A , ,onc,ay by a submarine while the steamer was on her way from London to Japan with 120 pas- I sengers and a crew of 160 aboard was I sent to the bottom without warning ■ acc ° r !* ,l ?'f , to a report received from I I -0 " 1 ,he a scntn of the own. ers All of those on board the ship including one American passenger W V ighl u were "aved. The nationality of the submarine is not mentioned bv the agents and previous reports re ferred to the sinking of the ship as done by either an Austrian or a Ger man submersible. Many Women and Children The Yasaka Maru was sunk Tuesdav afternoon. A French gunboat picked up the passengers and crew at mid night and landed them at Port H-iid Wednesday morning. On the passen ger list were 51 men. 54 women and 15 children, most of whom were British subjects. i I k W ' "? L S,'si h ls an Ame|, ican citizen, born in China. His father was a I Californian. . has spent most of his life in China, but recently has lived In bngland. He was returning to China on the Yasaka Maru to take a position with a business house. His family is in London. Mrs. Leigh has received a safe messaKe savln K her husband is Advices received by the Nippon Yusen Kalssa state that the Yasaka Maru was tornpdoed without warning and that she sank in <9 minutes This occurred in the afternoon of Tuesday i and it was midnight when the passen- > gers and crew were rescued by the ' trench gunboat. Excitement In Toklo Tokio, Dec. 23.—News of the sink- ' Inp of the Yasaka Maru reached Tokln to-day and caused great excitement. I WAIF TAKEN IN BY MILLIONAIRES LIVE NEAR HERE? Possibility That Little Fellow Adopted by Shehards Re members Harrisburg REMEMBER A LOST BOY? May Have Lived on Farm Within Driving Distance of This City New York. Dec. 23. —Scientists who have been looking into the history of little Finley J. Sliepard, the waif who has been adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard she who was Miss Helen Gould —believe that the once llve<| on a farm, near a city which had a Broad street, on which is situated a , markethouse where farmers congregate. This is a new development of the great mystery lying around <he lad's birth. It may lead to the discovery of the boy's parents. • All the lad can tell of his past is that he once lived in a big house with grass around it, that chickens and cows were there and that occasionally a wagon or automobile passed that way. The only street name he can remember is that of Broad street. The country has been searched with a line tooth comb for such a house on a Broad street and nowhere has one been found. This has led the scientists employed on the case to the conclusion that the house is in the country and that the boy never knew any street except that on which the family wagon stopped when it occasionally came to town (Continued on t'agc 12.) Paxtang Burgess Pays $5 to Couple He Marries Within five minutes last evening j Burgess Thomas W. Smallwood, of i Paxtang, hail a desire fulfilled and j kept hts promise to give $5 to the (lift couple he. would wed. Several weeks ago the burgess, the tirst the town ever had. announced that he would give $5 and pay for the marriage license if he could perform a marriage before the expiration of his term on January t. There were a few responses at the time, but the couples would not consent to the wed ding. Finally Edward Gerry BJosser and Miss Eva B. Chrismore, both of this city, volunteered to permit the burgess to have his desire and last evening they appeared at his home to have the knot tied. The ceremony was performed in the burgess' parlor and at the conclusion the newly weds were presented with a new crisp $5 note. Burgess-elect H. F. Sheesley, who witnessed the ceremony, pre sented the bride with a handsome apron. Among Ihe others who wit nessed the wedding were Dr. I), r. I Rutherford. P. L. Wright, Arthur H. i Bailey and Howard C. Fry. • Warnings For the Home and Prevention of Fire In a convincing pamphlet which ! has been issued by the National Fire i Protection Association attention is I called to the dangers of tires at I Christmastime and these warnings j are so much to the point that we re | produce them herewith hoping that i they will make the people of Harris | burg and all the readers of the Tele ! graph more than ever careful in their decorations this year: Do not decorate your Christmas tree with paper, cotton or any other in flammable material. Use metallic tinsel and other nonlnflammable dec orations only, and set the tree secure ly so that the children in reaching for things cannot tip it over. Do not use cotton to represent snow. If you must have snow use asbestos fiber. Do not permit children to light or relight the candles while parents are I not present. They frequently set fire to their clothing instead. Do not leave matches within reach lof children at holiday time. Candles | are meant, to be lighted, and if the j children can get matches they will | experiment with them. They imitate • their elders. Do not allow trees to remain in : side buildings after the holidays. The itree itself ignites readily when needles | have become dry. A large number of i fires usually occur in January from I this cause. I A house of merriment is better than la house of mourning. I Fires in winter impose unusually | severe hardships upon the firemen. I Frozen hands and feet are common incidents in fighting winter fires. Pneumonia frequently follows ex jposure of those driven by fires out into the cold. Defective heating and light j ing equipments and combustible rul>- | bish in furnace rooms are the usual I causes of winter fires. Such tires are I unnecessary and will not occur in I premises properly cared for. Where are you going to put the boxes, excelsior and other combustible packing material that come with Christmas gifts? Unknown to you, the life of a child may hang upon your answer. Fire prevention leaves no after math of regret. WIIX NOT HE PLY UNTIL COMMANDER REPORTS By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Dec. 23.—Am bassador Sharp, at Paris, to-day noti fied the State Department, that France would not reply to the American note protesting against the removal of Ger mans and Auftrlans from American vessels on the high seas by the French cruiser Descartes until the commander of the warship had reported. DR. RACNICK'K "FLIVVER" LOSES REAR LEFT WHEEL Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck's "Flivver" suf fered slight contusions of the side at jnoon to-day when the doctor attempt ed to turn out of the <ar tracks justl above Locust street and wrenched off 1 bis rear left wheel. When last seen tho car was resting comfortably to the right of the tracks going uptown and the wheel was leaning against i the curb. MUCH CONTESTED SUMMIT IS AGAIN IN GERMAN HANDS « Berlin Claims Capture of Hartsmans-Weilerkopf With 1.500 French Prisoners BRITISH LOSE 112,921 Dardanelles Operations Costly; Expect Teutonic Drive Toward Saloniki The much-disputed summit of Hart mans-\\ eilerkopf, in the Vosges, Is again in German hands, according to Berlin. It is announced by the war t office that the peak, taken by the | I 1 rench on Tuesday, was recaptured by j landwehr regiment, the French de fenders of the position suft'eringheavily j and losing more than 1,500 men taken ! prisoner. j The French official statement of to i day declared that there was no change j In the situation on the left of Hart mans-Wellerkopf, where the Germans | were counterattacking, while progress ; had been made during the day yester day by the French right. The current official reports indicate continued <iuiet along the eastern war front and in the Balkans. The Freneli claim they have not only advanced their positions in Hartnians- Weilerkopf substantially notwithstand ing the fait that the Germans succeed ed in reoccupying some of the lost trenches, but have forestalled in a measure an offensive which the Ger (Continued on Page 12.) To Release Woman Who Wrote Threatening Letters By Associated Press N.vack, N. Y., Dec. 23.—After being confined in state institutions for the I insane since November. 1914, Mrs. Ida | von Claussen, writer of threatening I and eccentric letters to Theodore Roosevelt and others, is to be released from the State Hospital for the Insane at Middletown and placed in the cus tody of her brother, Matthews Claus sen, of New York city. Justice Tompkins to-day signed an order for her release, specifying that in her brother's charge she must not be allowed on the streets alone or out of sight of a custodian. While she has shown improvement, the court says, she is not deemed entirely cured. ! GERMANS CLAIM THEY RECAPTURED SUMMIT Berlin, Dec. 23, via London. The war office announc ed to-day that the summit of Hartmans-Weilerkopf, cap ' | tured earlier the week by the French had been regained 1 | by the German 1 | 1 | VI£mNA RECEIVES SECOND NOTE I | Washington, Dec. 23. — The State Department received I to-day from Ambassador Penfjeld at Vienna a brief dispatch | announcing the receipt there cf the Ancona note at 6p. m., C Tuesday C SCHOOL PRINCIPAL TAKES STRYCHNINE % Harrisburg. Suffering from the effects of strychnine, a James Patterson, aged 39, 1931 State street, principal of the % Pie J in a serious condition late this afternoon. He had been su:- 1 ne an 1 it is be % lieved took the poison in mistake meuicine. I NOTE CREATES GOOD IMPRESSION I Vienna, Dec. 23, via London, 5 P. M.—The new Ameri can note regarding the Ancona has made a good impression • here. An early answer may be expected. Work on it has I begun already. [ TWENTY EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS IN GUATEMALA 1 Guatemala City, Guatemala, Dec. 23.—There have been i twenty severe earthquakes in Guatemala in the last two days. No serious damage has been reported. REVOLUTIONARY LEADER DIES San Salvador, Dec. 23. Dr. Prudence Alfaro, former vice-president of Salvador, died last night after a long ill ness. For many years Dr. Alfaro was a revolutionary leader. MARKET CLOSES STRONG New York, Dec. 23.—Wa1l Street.—lnvestment shares were at best prices in the later trading, while specialties, notably oils, were lower. The closing was strong. A board inquiry for rails of the better class, especially Pacifies and New York Central, sustained to-day's dull market. HHAKMACt UCLNStS CSeorse Haul. Ci.ariid nn ( | Mllte Bine Pnrker, Uanaler. llHlnn'toHil' «'ade It lunula, Steelton, null Kllui I'urollM .Nc-hleln, Wit. Eluraan LfHuy Muinnm, Middle t«»n, and Mary O. Kelker, city. 14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT—FINAt SMITH PEACE ENVOY TO MEET THE GOVERNOR?, Much Mystery in Night Visit of Mayor-elect to Executive Mansion NEITHER WILL DISCUSS IT "Social," Says Brumbaugh; Smith Only Smiles; Gossip Is Lively Governor Martin O. Brumbaugh hart an important guest at the Executive Mansion yesterday afternoon unci even ing, whose coming was unheralded unci whose presence was carefully con cealed from the curious on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. Even the repre sentatives of the press were unable to I discover the identity of the mysterious visitor until he was about loaving for home last night. Then the mask was removed and there stood revealed Thomas B. Smith, mayor-elect oC Philadelphia, who had been closeteil with the Governor from the minute of his arrival until his departure fop home after 9 o'clock. What was said during the confer ence at the Mansion neither of the principals would disclose. Governor Brumbaugh declared that it was I merely a social visit, while the mayor elect smiled beatifically but gave no j intimation of the purpose of his com [Continued on Page 11] j Strange Men Are Eagerly | Buying Up Stock of Dyes in State Retail Stores Special to The Telegraph ! Sunbury, Pa., Dec. 23.—Due, it is believed, to the general scarcity oC 1 dyestuffs in the United States, strange I men have been working in Central Pennsylvania during the last few days ! buying up all of the dark-colored | dyes that they can find in retail ! stores. The dyes that sell at 10 cents i for a small package are being eager ly sought, according to merchants here. Their entire supplies were snapped up at the retail price, mak ing the price as much as $3 a pound. No effort was made to get their names. It was asserted by merchants that, thousands of dollars' worth of coloring material have been bought in this manner.
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