Lighting of Tapers in Windows Marks Beginning of Christmas Celebration HARRISBURG SfSßlt TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 301 * FORD SO ILL HE QUITS PILGRIMS TO RETURN HOME Sick and Downcast He Is Com ing Back With the Rev. Marquis PARTY TO CONTINUE Expedition on Way to Stock holm; Will Re Given Big Reception Christmas By Associated Press Christiania, Norway. Dec. 24, via Liondon. 2.25 P. M.—The Norwegian liner Bergensfjord, with Henry Ford on board, sailed for New York this morning. Mr. Ford stated before leav ing Bergen that the peace expedition would continue under the auspices of the Women's International Peace As socation. The pacificist is sick and downcast. The Rev. Samuel S. Marquis, dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. Detroit, sailed from Bergen with Mr. Ford. Before leaving Christiania for Ber gen, Mr. Ford wrote out the following statement for the press: Ford Is Satisfied "I am satisfied with what has been accomplished In Christiania. Peace has been given publicity. Newspapers have power to end the war, for it la through publicity that the gospel of peace is spread. "Norway is like every other coun try. The people are all right." In announcing at Bergen the cir cumstances under which the expedi tion would be continued, Mr. Ford said a committee had been appointed to act as leaders. It consists of Judge Ben !,indsey, of Denver: the Rev. Dr. Jen kin Lloyd Jones, of Chicago; John Barry, of San Francisco: Lieutenant Governor Andrew J. Bethea, of South Carolina, and Louis P. Lochner, of Chicago, Mr. Ford's secretary. Christiania newspapers say that In view of Mr. Ford's departure no [Continue*! on Paffe ISS-] Warnings For the Home and Prevention of Fire In a convincing pamphlet which fr has been Issued by the National Fire Protection Association attention Is t ailed to the dangers of fires at Christmastime and these warnings are so much to the point that we re produce them herewith hoping that they will make the people of Harris burg and all the readers of the Tele graph more thvn ever careful in their decorations ,ifils year: Do not rKcorate your Christmas tree with 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 not present. They frequently set fire to their clothing instead. * Do not leave matches within reach of children at holiday time. Candles are meant to be lighted, and if the 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 tree itself Ignites readily when needles have become dry. A large number of fires usually occur in January from this cause. A house of merriment is better than a house of mourning. Fires in winter Impose unusually severe hardships upon the firemen. Frozen hands and feet are common incidents in fighting winter fires. Pneumonia frequently follows ex posure of those driven by fires out into the cold. Defective heating and light ing equipments and combustible rub bish in furnace rooms are the usual causes of winter fires. Such fires are unnecessary and will not occur in 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. 1)00 GET FIVE PER CENT. INCREASE FOR CHRISTMAS Ry Associated Press Pawtucket, R. 1., Dec. 24. A 5 per cent. wage Increase for its 900 employes was announced to-day by the Potter and Johnson Machine Company, manu facturers of shell-making machinery. THE WEATHER] For Hurrtaburic and vicinity: lu crraMlnK cloodlaeM, probably fol lowed by rain or snow lute to night and on Snturdayi not much change In loneat temperature to-night about thirty-live degree*. •'or Haatern Pennaylvanlnt Inereaa- Ing cloudlneaa, probably followed by rain or anon late to-night and Saturday! not much change In temperature. River The Susquehanna river and all It* branehea will fall alowly or re main nearly stationary to-night and probably Saturday. A atage of about 8.2 feet la Indicated for llnrrlabnrg Saturday morning. General Condition* The atorm that waa eentral over the l.ake Superior region, Thurs day morning, ha* moved eaat nard and la now panning down the St. I.awrence Valley. It cau*- ed light anowa and rain* In the laat twenty-four houra over the greater part of the I.ake Region and thence eaatward to the At lantic coaat. Tempera lure i K a. m.. .14. Sunt Rlae*, 7i2R a. m.| *et«, 4:4.1 p. m. Mooni Rl*e*, 7x42 p. m. River Stage i Three feet above low-water mark. Veaterday'a Heather lllghent temperatlure, 40. I.oweat temperature, 27. Menu temperatlure. 34. JNurinal temperature, 31. . TWO KILLED AND FIVE BADLY HURT IN TRAIN WRECK All in Wooden Sleeper Split Apart in Rear-End Crash ENGINEER TO BLAME Disregards Warning Lights; Dead Are Both Colored; Line men Rescue Passengers Ry Associated Press Seranton, Pa., Dec. 24.—The second section of Delaware, Laekawunna and Western passenger train No. 9, which was rammed at Slateford, near Dela ware Water Gap, late last night by the third section of the same train, causing the death of two persons and injuries to five others, reached this city early to-day bearing the victims who were taken to local hospitals. While one or two of the injured were seriously hurt it is believed all will recover. The killed were both col ored, one a porter of the wrecked train and the other Miss Anna Jones, of Ithaca, N. Y. The most seriously injured are: Mrs. J. W. Styles, Mont Clair, N. J., broken collarbone, hand cut and body bruises. Miss Prances Styles, the 10-year-old daughter of Mrs. Styles, lacerations and shock. Mrs. P. P. Merrill, New York, frac tured collarbone and body bruises. J. O. Foster, porter, Cambridge, injuries. / Wrecked Sleeper Wooden The ill-fated train was made up of a buffet car, five Buffalo sleepers and two Ithaca sleepers and had been stopped In the block near Slateford by a disabled freight train.. 'As It was about ready to pull out the third sec tion crashed into it, tearing the Ithaca sleeper at the rear from its trucks and spreading it across both tracks. The engine of the third section was derailed but .none of its passengers or crew was hurt. The wrecked sleep er was the only wooden car in the train and the occupants of this car were the victims. All of the others were of steel construction and were not damaged. E. M. Itlne, general superintendent of the Lackawanna, places the blame for the accident on the engineer of section three, who, according to Mr. Rine, ran past torpedoes and lighted fuses and also passed a flagman and automatic signals that were in per fect working order and set against him. Linemen Aid With Rescue A relief train that started from Stroudsburg at midnight carried three physicians, and another relief train carrying physicians and company of ficials left Seranton at 1 o'clock this morning. The Seranton special met the train carrying the Injured at Po cono Summit and the doctors board ed the train to help care for the in jured. A crew of New York Telephone Company linemen returning to their homes in upper New York State towns were passengers in one of the sleep ers of the wrecked train. When the crash came, led by F. E. Williams, of Buffalo, the linemen, aided by their equipment, helped in the work of rescue. Engineer, Fireman and 13 Negroes Are Killed in Wreck; Twenty-Two art Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 24.—En gineer Irwin Reed and Fireman W. Ehler of Nashville, and 13 negro laborers were killed and 22 negroes seriously injured late yesterday in a collision between a Chattanooga- Nashville passenger train and a fast freight, between Rockledgo and Sher wood on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. Miner Entombed Under Ground For Four Days Is Taken Out Alive Shamokln, Pa., Dec. 24.—After be ing entombed by a rush of coal at the Richards coller.v of the Reading Com pany since Monday morning last, a period of 96 hours, Joseph Renock, a miner, was taken out alive atvlO o'clock this morning. A force of 120 men had been work ing for the last four days at the risk of their lives in an effort to rescue the imprisoned man. The rescue work was exceedingly dangerous owing to the many hundred tons of loose rock and coal which separated them from the miner. The men encountered a large steel car in the gangway and it was necessary to chisel the car away before the rescue work could be con tinued. Members of Renock's family were at the mine when he was released. He was able to talk, but was in such a weakened condition from exhaustion and lack of food that he was Imme diately rushed to a hospital. He will recover. Donato Visits Statue Site Before Leaving Before leaving last evening for Philadelphia, Giuseppe Donato, the sculptor who modeled the statue, "The Dance of Eternal Spring," visited the proposed site along the river front at the foot of Locust street. The place was suggested by Park Expert Warren H. Manning at the conference of the City Art Commission yesterday. Mr. Manning some years ago had planned to place some statuary at this point. Park Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor will recommend the selection of this place at Tuesday's meeting. Commis sioner H. F. Bowman, from whose de partmental funds the money to erect the statue will have to be taken, doesn't favor this location. Donato originally favored State and Front st reets. "To uty mind, Ibis is certainly the next best place at any rate," smiled the sculptor. HARRISBURG, PA.. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1915 READY FOR SANTA CLAUS * ' ' '•/ •• 1 1 s . ;; ■ ' (Curtesy Eutman Kodak Company.) ISOLATED FIGHTS i BLAST HOPES FOR CHRISTMAS TRUCE Many Minor Engagements Along All Fronts; Russian Advance in Persia , TO MOVE ON SALONIKI Bulgars Preparing to Invade Greece to Expel Allies From Fort By Associated Press London, Dec. 24, 11.37 A. M.—Many isolated engagements on various fronts have upset predictions of the universal Christmas truce. Nothing of great importance, however, has developed, j From Gallcia the Russians report success in an action against the Aus trlans near Trembowla, where there has been inaction recently, and the Austrians and Germans are seeking to strengthen their lines. Although no activity is reported on the Mesopo tamian front .the Russians are advanc ing in Persia in an effort to link their forces with those of their British allies. On Hart mans-Weilerkopf the French claim to have maintained their gains on a front of one mile, but admit their left has been compelled to fall back. The Germans assert they have retaken the lost ridge, with the capture of a large number of prisoners. To Move On Saloniki Special dispatches to London papers state the Bulgarians are preparing to invade Greek territory in an effort to expel the allies from Saloniki. The entente forces are engaged in strength ening their positions and express con fidence that there is no immediate prospect of an offensive against them. Parliament adjourned without re ceiving the figures concerning the Earl of Derby's recruiting plan, but on re assembling after the holidays the j members will have the facts in re [Continued on Page 12.] President and Wife Take Care of Each Other's Christmas Presents By Associated Press Hot Springs, Va„ Dec. 24. All Christmas presents addressed to Presi dent Wilson here passed to-day into the safe keeping of his wife, to be with ; held by her until to-night, when the big accumulation of packages will be opened. The packages addressed to Mrs. Wilson were taken In charge by the President. Among the President's gifts are two from his grandchildren, Ellen Wilson MeAdoo and Erancls Woodrow Say re. Whether the President, and his wife will participate in the Christmas cele bration to be given to-night in the hotel, was the chief topic discussed to day In Hot Springs. They have been [invited, bui. have neither accepted nor declined. Real preparations for the celebration began to-day with the in stallation of a thirty-foot tree in one of the hotel parlors. Damage of Half Million When Bridge Goes Out By Associated Press Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 24.—Upwards of $500,000 damage was done last night when about 300 feet of the steel "false work" of the Harahan railroad and wagon bridge which is to span the Mississippi here was swept away by the heavy current caused by a rapid rise in the ricer. No one was injured. ()I,D MISSIONARY DIES Boston. Dec. 24.—The receipt of a cablegram from Japan bringing word of the death of Mrs. Sarah E. Deforest, for forty-one years a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission was announced by the board to-day. Mrs. Deforest was the widow of the Rev. Dr. John H. De forest for many years one of the lead ing missionaries In Japan. GRIP ON INCREASE The grip epidemic in Harrlsburg is on the increase. According to reports received at the office of Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, local health officer, cases in Harrlsburg number almost 2/000, As yet no fatalities have been reported. NO PAPER CHRISTMAS In accordance with a long established custom there will be no issue of the Telegraph Christmas Day. ou, (jctod ' CRINGING with fear the shepherds knelt, nor raised their timid eyes To wonders never seen before in Judea's silent skies. They doubted God had sent the Light to humble Bethlehem Until angelic voices spoke a language known to them. We modern shepherds guarding folds where lie our worldly gain. What message finds its way to us in this age-old refrain? The world is drunk with sin and greed and waves of blood run high, What mockery those voices in Judea's silent sky! Yet, lo! each hour a hero made, each day some passing BOUI Upon a tragic battlefield is shriven and made whole And love and mercy ease the pain the Great Mistake has wrought! For this Christ came to Bethlehem; this was the ending sought. That year by year, through war on war, through sin and pride and lust The heart of human brotherhood rise up from out the dust And make of man a thing divine to hear the angels sing Those blessed Christmas words, "Fear not, for we good tidings bring!" ANNA H. WOOD, for the Telegraph. GENERAL CLEMENT APPOINTED HEAD OF STATE GUARD Formerly in Command of Third Rrigade; Succeeds Major- General Dougherty Governor Brumbaugh to-day an nounced that he had appointed Briga dled General Charles M. Clement to be major general in command of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, vice Major General Charles Bowman Dougherty, whose commission ex pired some time ago. The appoint ment dates as* of December 22. Gen eral Clement's promotion had been rumored for sotne time. He was form erly in command of the Third brigade of the Guard and nobody has been as yet named to fill the vacancy thus created. General Clement was formerly in the State Department and is well [Continued on Page 12,] • C.R. DENNY TAGS SHERLOCK HOLMES State Senior, Home For Holi days, Wins the $25 in Just 11 Minutes Promptly at 5:IB o'clock last eve ning, Sherlock Holmes, Jr., whose mysterious actions in this city have aroused so much comment, left the Telegraph Building in an automobile accompanied by several representa tives of the Harrisburg Telegraph. As Sherlock, Jr., had announced, he was driven around for a time in a Cadillac Kight, loaned for the purpose by the Crispen Motor Car Co., and then was met by a representative at a point not previously announced. The repre sentative met him at Third and Chestnut streets, a!hd shadowed him during his walk around the streets. From the point where he was met, he walked up Third street to Walnut, then to Fourth, and down Fourth to Market, and then up Market. While coming up Third street he was passed by a young lady who knew him but did not stop and say the phrase which would bring forth the $25.00. Directly in front of the main entrance of the Dives, Ponieroy and Stewart Department store, C. R. Denny, of 427 Hummel street, walked up behind htan and halted him with the phrase. Mr. Denny is a senior at Penn State. Sherlock had him walk to the Tele graph office where he received the cash prize reward of $25. The entire time that Sherlock, Jr., was free upon the streets numbered just eleven minutes in whic?h time he covered four and one-half city blocks. NTEKI. IN EVE John Hark, aged 21 years, employed an a pipefitter at the Hershey Choco late factory Is In the Harrisbur*; Hos pital with a piece of steel in his right eve. An examination will be made this afternoon to ascertain whether an op eration will be necessary. HA KG MAYORS' PICTURES Photographs of seventeen former mayors of Harrisburg to-day were placed in the Mayors office at the Po lice D'efrartment. These pictures In clude every mayor Harrisburg has liud up to the present time. IBACH'S SALARY CUT FROM BUDGET AGITATES CITY Today the Commissioners Get Together and Put It Back Again; Tax Rate Higher The. unexpected eleventh-hour rut from the 1916 city budget last evening of the $1,200 salary item for a city de tective agitated municipal circles only a little less than the concerted action of the city commissioners in suddenly putting it back again this morning. The lopping off of the $1,200 —the salary of Detective Joseph Ibach— and the retention of the $1,500 pro vision for the salary of a captain of detectives and $1,020 for another de tective was taken by city circles to in dicate that Mayor-elect Ezra S. Meals had won out in the "breach of opinion" between himself and City Commission [Continued on Page 12.] CONFERENCE SOON ON BIG HIGHWAY Likely to Form Association to Boost Project at Meeting Here Widespread interest in the proposed William Penn Highway has been aroused along the route by the local boards of trade and other organiza tions. As usual the Chamber of Com merce of Harrisburg has taken its po sition on the liring line and through it a general conference on the subject [Continued on Page 12.] Parents of Eight Are Killed While Returning From Christmas Shopping By Associated Press Mansfield, Ohio, Dec. 24. It will he a sad Christmas l'or the eight chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Kleln leln, for their parents were killed late last night when their buggy was struck by an Erie passenger train as they were driving to their home, west of this city. Kleinlein, 53, and Ills wife, 48, had spent the evening shopping here and their buggy was filled with holiday gifts for their children when they met death. GERMANS SINK JAP BOAT By Associated Press Rome, Dec. 24.—News reports from j Egypt concerning the sinking of the' Japanese steamer Yasaka Maru by a! submarine in the Eastern Mediter ranean last Tuesday refer to the na tionality of the submersible as Ger man , NEARLY MILLION AND HALF SPENT IN 'ls BUILDING Year's History of Building Op era lions Shows Outlay of $1,428,950 TOPNOTCHER OF 10 YEARS May Record Month; January Lowest; Tenth Leads Wards; First Is Tailender Building operations during 1915 approached to within $75,000 of the million and a half mark. Exact figures compiled by James C. Thompson, chief clerk to the building Inspector, show that $1,428,- 950 was expended during the twelve months .lust closing in buildings, alterations, etc. The year's books were closed yesterday in accordance with the usual theory that the final few days of the year arc rarely pro ductive of permits. The 1915 record is one of the four top-notchers in the last ten years; it is greater by $159,450 than 1914. The other three greater booms occurred in 1906, 1909 and 1913. The vearlv totals since 1906 show the following sums: Tin* Records of Ten Years In 1906, $1,859,840; 1907. $1,874,- 143; 1908, $981,705; 1909, $2,120,825; 1910, $1,139,315; 1911, $1,249,075; 1912, $1,167,125; 1913. $1,467,040; 1914, $1,269,500, and 1915, $1,429,950. [Continued on Page 3.] Release of 10 Prisoners Mayor's Christmas Gift "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and may you lead better lives," was the greeting sent to-day by Mayor John K. Royal to ten prisoners in Dauphin county jail along with an or der for their discharge. "It is one of the last official acts of kindness I may have to do," said the Mayor. The prisoners were mostly unfortu nates who were serving sentences from twenty to thirty days for drunkenness. The Mayor would not tell the names of the prisoners released. He said; "Some may have homes where they will be welcome to-morrow. It may not be much of a Christmas they will have, but it will mean happiness, per haps, to have them home. It may also be an incentive for them to do better in the future." I - I I GERMANS REGAIN VOSGES POSITION I Berlin, Dec. 24.—The Germans have completely regain- | ed the position on Hartmans-Weilerkopf in the Vosges i region. recently taken by the French, it was officially an- I nounv.td by army hearquarters to-day. The French have I been driven out of the trenches they still occupied on the l northern slope of the peak, it is declared. ( ( U. S. TO INQUIRE INTO SINKING OF JAP BOAT I Washington, Dec. 24.—An inquiry into the sinking of the Japanese liner Yasaka Maru in the Mediterranean will ! be made by the State Department through American Con- ] sular agents. J I < I Mmfe-.-r-. : I FORD GIVES CHECK FOR $270,0§6 1 London, Dec. 24, 3.48 P. M.—A Copenhagen dispatch 1 to the Exchange Telegraph Company, says: "Before leav- j ing Mr. Ford gave a check for $270,000 to finance the expe- 1 dition. SOCIALISTS DISCUSS PEACE | Amsterdam, Dec..24, via London, 11.53 A. M.—A num ber of prominent Socialists from all the belligerent countries except Italy met last Wednesday at the Hague to discuss steps which might be taken to help bring about a speedy peace. ✓ I 1 MAHIUAGF, i.K'K'xsrcs Abner Valentine llrchin, Herahey, HIUI Anna M. Gullland, llummela- I town. Hoy Franklin Arnold nnd I.ura M. Heck, city. | JaniCM F. Shroycr and Bertha (i. Haivk, Halifax. ' I.uther liber Oaler and litkrl Kdna Drayer, New Cumberland. Max larael Ernmt unJ Mara Hlet, city. j I'anl David Hoover, Mancheater, and Florence Caroline \ewcomer, York Hnven. Italph F.draund Arnold and Sarah Kllen Zornr, city. I Murray William Hooker, sterlton, and Sarah Fotelcher, I.yliena. Forreat Jonea Snyder and L.uvenla Roblnaon, ctty. I 14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL CITY IS READY TO LIGHT TAPER IN THE WINDOW Holiday Purchase Lists Being Checked Up For Last Time Today STOCKINGS ARE PREPARED Gift Baskets Packed—Carolers Rehearse—"Big Day" Tomorrow The much cliecked-up shopping lists jfre being scanned for the last time to-day; the last eleventh-hour purchasen are being made; weary shop girls are smiling a bit less fixedly as they glance more frequently at the storeclockor wrist-watch; on the roads to the open country homeward-bound market teams are jogging along with extraordinary alacrity. The twilight whistles will be heeded with unusual enthusiasm to-night—the enthusiasm that is rounded on pros? pects of a double holiday. And, with the"coming of the evening, the tree of j trees will be dragged in from the back [yard and Santa's subs will hunt up the I nails and the hatchet. That Aftcr-Suppci l Smoke In the kitchen Mother will add the finishing touches to the "stuffing" over night it will be so much more delicious as "trimmln's" for the bird that is as [Continued on Page 13.] AH in Readiness For Municipal Celebration Harrisburg's municipal Christmas tree celebration will begin at 7.45 o'clock this evening. The finishing touches to the choir stand around the tree were completed at. Front and Mar ket streets to-day. Hundreds of tiny varicolored electric bulbs have been strung about the evergreen boughs of the biggest Christmas tree ever erected in the city. Professors E. J. Decevee and E. G. Rose will conduct, the singing of the big choir. The choristers will gather at Zion Lutheran Church, in South Fourth street, at 7.15 o'clock and will march to the stand. Stereopticon pic tures of the Christmas story will bt» flashed on a screen in front of the Board of Trade. The exercises will bo concluded with the singing of "Amer ica," in which everybody will Join.
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