. British Severely Repulse Turk Forcesthe HARRISBURG (dSgflfr TELEGRAPH LXXXIV— No. 302 BRITISH REPULSE TURKS WITH LOSS OF 800 TROOPERS Throw Them Back Along the Tigris; King Peter Arrives Off Coast of Italy TEUTONS TO ADVANCE ? Conflicting Reports Say They Will Start Drive Through Greece A severe repulse for the Turks by the British Mesopotamian army at Kut-el-Amar, on the Tigris is re ported by the British commander. Gen eral Townshend. The Turks attauked determinedly but were beaten off, their losses being from 600 and 800 killed and wounded. It is declared the British casualties were under 200. King Peter, of Serbia, arrived at Brindisi, Italy, on Christmas Day, hav ing been conveyed from Avlona, Al banian, on an Italian cruiser. He an nounced before leaving Avlona that he wished to go to Salonikl to consult with the Serbian minister of war as to military plans. Berlin has received reports through • 'onstantinople, that the Russian army opposing the Turks in the Caucasus is demoralized from various causes, not ably illness and lack of proper equip ment. The latest official Russian re port announces the recesses for the Caucasus army in repulsing a strong Turkish detachment and breaking Turkish fortifying operations. Advices through Berlin declare that M. Gounaris, the Greek statesman, whose party won the recent elections, has announced his willingness to sup port the present Skouloudis ministry, relinquishing his own claims to the premiership. In an interview with a French news [Continued on Page ".] Aged King Peter, Broken in Health, Arrives in Italy to Go Into Exile By Associated Press Brindisi, Italy, Dec. 25, via Paris, Dec. 27. King Peter of Serbia has arrived here on board an Italian cruiser. T',ie sovereign had refused reso lutely until now to leave his army and it was only at the urgent entreaty of his son, the Prince Regent, that he at last agreed to go into exile. The prince pointed out to his father that It would be better for him to preserve his strength so that he would be able after his health had been re stored to return to his country at the head of a reorganized army. A Rome dispatch of December 16 said King Peter had accepted Italy's offer of a palace for his use at Caserta near Naples, but it later was report ed that the aged ruler had declared he was determined to die among his own people and not to abandon his army. The king has been seriously ill for months but frequently was on the firing line with the Serbian troops before they were overwhelmed by Austro-Germans and Bulgars. Paris, Dec. 27. King Peter of Serbia was brought from Durazzo to Avlona on an Italian cruiser," says the Journal's Avlona correspondent. The voyage was rough and the king had to be carried ashore in an army ■ hair. It was a tragic and heart rending spectacle. "An automobile carried the mon arch to a secluded inn opposite Italian headquarters where I called upon him and was shown Into the poorly-fur nished room he occupied. His clear eyes, what depths of bitterness they conceal. His features, hollowed by suffering, what immense weariness did they betray. That sorrowful counten ance was the epitome of the whole tragic epoch." Germans Lose B,QGO Men in Attack on British Speeiai to The Telegraph Paris, Dec. 27. "lnformation re ceived the fighting on De cember 21 between Ypres and Armen tieres indicates that the Germans sus tained a loss of more than 8,000 men without gaining any ground." says a dispatch to La Llberte from its corre snondent <th the northern front. "The fighting was most severe, and a large quantity of asphyxiating gas was used, but the English lines re mained intact. The attack is thought to have been the prelude to an offen sive, or for the purpose of testing the strength of the English front." (This is the first mention of any In fantry fighting between Ypres and Ar mentieres on December 2L) THE WEATHER] For HarrUbur* and vicinity: l"n --"ettled nra<her, probably llicht rnln In-nlicht or Tnr*ila> i warmer to. night, with lonrnl trmprrature about 3,1 dfKrrm. For K««tfrn I'rnnnvlvanla: Cloudy nnil narmtr to-nlKhf: Turgday nnaettlrd with probably ralni moderate to freah xiulhnrat it Indx. River l'he main river will rlae. The hranchra will probably f H || ■ lightly except the lower portion or the >'orth llranrh will rlae ■nnrnknt to-night. A atage of about feet la Indicated (or llarrlaburg Tueaday morning. tieneral Condition* A dlatrabanre central north of l ake Huron la caualnic cloudy weather throughout the Lake Keslon and adjacent territory and none precipitation haa occur red locally. Temperature! S n. m., 24. Hun i Hlara, 7 t'JII a. m.| aeta, 4i46 p. m. Moon: Rlaea, 10:441 p. m. River Mtage: 5.2 feet above low water mark. Veaterdaj'a Weather lllgbeat temperature, .17. I,on eat temperature, 21». Mean temperature, flit. .Vortnel temperature, 31(. SINKING OF JAP SHIP TO TIGHTEN ANCONA SNARL? Consul Cables It Was Sunk Without Warning; Austria Believed Responsible FURTHER COMPLICATIONS U. S. Will Broaden Diplomatic Correspondence; Expects Full Reply to Note By Associated Press Washington, D. C.. Dec. 27.—Ameri can Consul Biistow at Port Said, cabled to-day that no warning was given the Japanese liner yasaka Marti before she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean last Tuesday by a submarine of unesiabllshed nationality. The liner, he added, made no attempt to escape. The consul's dispatch, which came in response to Secretary Lansing's call for reports on the disaster, was the first official information on the inci dent which probably will be the sub ject of further diplomatic correspond ence with the Teutonic powers. Fraught With Possibilities The outcome of the Yasaka Maru case is generally regarded by officials and diplomats here as surrounded with j wide possibilities regarding Japan's future course in the war. It has been suggested she ;.iight answer the chal lenge to her shipping by a wide par ticipation in the war, even to the ex- j tent of taking part in the operations , in Europe. As Germany has already given as- i surances that her submarine com manders were under instructions not | to attack liners without warning, there was a disposition to believe the attack ing boat was an Austrian. If that as sumption proves true it is feared the situation over the sinking of the Ital ian liner Anrona will 'be further com plicated, a' .he diplomatic corre spondence v Austria will be broad ened to tak. . the general subject of attack without warning, as it did In the last stages of the negotiations with Germany. Full Reply to Xote Unofficial reports of a favorable reply by the Vienna Foreign Office to the last Ancona note have not served to alter the attitude of the State De partment in the Ancona case and there are direct Indications that nothing but meeting the d> mands of the I'nited States fully will leave diplomatic rela tions between the two countries unim paired. The word that the reply "will be guided with concern for the good rela tions" between the two countries, offi cials take it. means that Austria-Hun gary probably expect more diplomatic correspondence upon the subject. The United States is disinclined to enter into any such negotiations. Should it develop that an Austrian submarine torpedoed the Yasaka Maru without warning the Vienna foreign office undoubtedly will be asked to disavow the act to give assurance to govern future conduct of her subma rine warfare. As was done in the cor respondence with Germany, the United States will hold to the position that if submarines fall to give warning their commanders cannot be sure that an American life will not be placed in danger. Big French Steamer Is Sunk in Mediterranean; Many Passengers Saved By Associated Prrss Paris, Dee. 27, 5:85 P. M. Tlie French steamer Vtlle tic la Ciotat, with passengers on board, was tor pedoed without warning and sunk in the Mediterranean by a submarine on December 24. the ministry of marine announced to-day. .Most of the imis sengcrs and members of the crew have been rescued. The Ville de la Ciotat was one of the largest of the steamships sunk re cently in the Mediterranean. Her gross tonnage was 6378. She was 457 feet long and 50 feet beam. She was built at La Ciotat, France, in 1902 and was owned by the Messageries Maritimes of Marseilles. She was last reported on her arrival at Saigon, Indo China December 1, on a voyage from Yokohama to Marseilles. Two American Ships Are Condemned in Prize Courts By Associated Press Washington. D. C„ Dec. 27. The steamer Solveig. owned by the Am erican Trans-Atlantic Company, has | been condemned by the French prize court. The owners will appeal. Official addresses announcing the condemnation by a prize court in Hamburg, Germany, of the American sailing ship Pass of Balinaha reached j the State Department to-day. j DELIVER NFGROKS SAFELY FROM BAN'D OF LYNCHERS By Associated Press Muskogee, Ok la., Dec. 27. —With the | safe removal from the county jail ! here of two negroes arrested in con nection with the murder of a police man. Muskogee returned to normal condition today and there was nothing on the surface to show that the jail had been besieged for five hours late yesterday by a mob of white men threatening to lynch the negroes. TWO NEW PENNSYLVANIA POSTMASTERS APPOINTED Washington, I). C„ Dec. 27. —The Post Office Department has appointed James W. Bohn postmaster at Pine Grove Furnace, Cumberland county, vice Charles H. Cobean, removed, and Harry W. Albrecht at Turnpike, York county, vice Henry W. Reh tnoyer. IN JITNEY COLLISION Mrs. Harrv Matter, aged 32 years, 126 North street, hist evening received |n contusion of the hip and leg when ifwo jitneys collided at Third and North streets. She was in one of the buses. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1915. MUMMERS WHO ARE HUSTLING If OR CASH J MESw- iMßMfell * i»?J ll ctß-JW (L. Lo, J[H 0 fe Smk » riff Every day will be a busy time for the members of the finance, committee of the Harrisburg Mummers' Association. With the annual parade only Hve days off. there is more cash needed to take care of prizes and other expenses. Assisted by three attractive women, the committee has visited af number of business places and received additional contributions. Beginning to-day the committee will be out every day. In the picture are: Left to right back row—B. Frank Hoffman, William E. Orr, Clarence O. Backenstoss, Boss R. Seaman; front row— Miss Mary Backenstoss, Miss Emma Kahn and Miss Leona Nell. CITY SLEEPY ON TWO-DAY LOAF Christmas Celebrated in Good Old-Fashioncd Way by All Harrisburg If a whole city of celebrators got up a bit reluctantly this morning they could scarcely be blamed perhaps; the 1 two-day loaf after weeks of hustling i preparation was bound to have that ef fect. Christmas". 1915, has become history! now and all Harrisburg looks back with much, much satisfaction on a thorough ly enjoyable time. The official observ ance began Friday evening with the lighting of the municipal Christmas tree at Front and Market streets. From then on It was a mighty big occasion. The "Day" had not dawned before carolers were in the streets and the first faint tip of the rising sun of Christmas was greeted with the chim ing of "Adeste Fidelis" from the tow ers of Zion Lutheran Church. In most churches there were early morning services after which all Harrisburg settled back to enjoy itself In its own way. The Traveler* That the day was to be marked by many an informal family reunion ['round the Christmas dinner table was indicated early Friday evening. The i incoming trains carried hundreds and traffic was blocked to some extent. The Joyous travelers of Friday vening were not so Joyous when they boardt-d outgoing trains last night however; they were more or less subdued. While in hundreds of homes the real spirit of the year prevailed, the holi i<lny was observed- with more than or | >'lnary enthusiasm In the various charitable institutions of the city. At ] the Dauphin county almshouse 235 in ! mates enjoyed a big dinner for which Mrs. A. Carson Stamm was hostess, i Dinner was served by the Salvation Army, while at the various orphanages and similar charitable institutions the day was celebrated with programs, hi* dinners and the lighting of Christmas trees. Pork and sauerkraut was the chief Christmas dish at the countv jail and an unusual lot of wayfarers had to partake. The police had more tiian an ordinary amount of trouble with drunk and disorderly folk Friday and Satur j day night. i The Klks and the Moose put in big , days as they lighted Christmas trees | and distributed gifts to the voungsters I Rome 300 children will be guests at a turkey dinner to be served this even i ing by the Fraternal Order of Enaies. The Ctirlstmas Tree* : While the Christmas tree was the i center about which the .lav's festlv | itles revolved in many a home, some ■ thing out of the ordinary was attempt led in the various institutions, the city lire houses, etc. On* of the most at i tractive trees perhaps was erected bv I the Citizens' firemen In their house in [North Fourth street. The "yard" Itself lis ten feet wide and forty-two feet long l In that 420 square feet of space a mln | ature town is In operation. The thous and and one tiny wheels are driven bv I' electrir nowpr. °. f . a . U V 1? thousands who will heave a soulful sigh of relief that the big dav - is over, none will do so more heartily ! perhaps than the weary force at the fi? 8 » e£ Sites declared that fifty per cent, more mall was [ handled through the Post Office this . year than ever before. Splendid team work of the staff, he declared madeTt ! possible to successfully finish the lob .Bushels of post card greetings helped flood the mails. H Fire Endangers Thousands of Guns and Much Shot Bought by Germans By Associated Press Xew York, Dec. 27.—Three million rounds of cartridges, thousands of Springfield rifles and revolvers and other weapons were endangered by a fire in the storage room of a building in West Houston street enrly to-day The fire was quickly extinguished with small loss, before reaching the am munition. , Police »!io investigated the circum stances said they learned that the am munition was bought in this country by German agents seven months ago with the intention of shipping it to Germany by the way of South America and a neutral European port. The plan, they said, failed because sailors of British vessels refused to engage In work of carrying ammunition to the enemies of Great Britain. IMPROVEMENTS FOR WEST SHORE GIVEN BIG BOOST R. L. Myers, of Camp Hill, and Sen. Martin, of West Fair- j view, Make Addresses West Shore Improvement and terrl- j torlal development were given ft big I boost during the Christmas cele brations in two cross-river towns. J Robert L. Myers,, president of the Lemoyne Trust Company and a resi dent of Camp Hill, spoke at the mu nicipal tree celebration In Lemoyne and urged the various towns and bor i oughs to work together for the future ' welfare of the community. He spoke ! chiefly on the establishment of a com- I munity high school and also took oc | casion to suggest that the residents of ! the West Shore towns secure the serv ices of experts to map out plans for I development In West Falrview, during the carry i ing out of the Christmas celebration 1 Friday evening, Senator Frank Martin | also spoke of West Shore improve i inents and the growth of public spirit, j especially during the past few weeks, ] or since the agitution for development | was started. If* remarked that the j big celebration tn his town was one of [Continued on Page 10] Thousands Gather 'Round Citjrs Christmas Tree ; Thousands of people from the city i were present at the Municipal Christ j mas Tree celebration Friday evening lat 7:45 o'clock. Brief and impressive | exercises together with musical selec tions featured the ' program. The ! school children wore directed by I Prof. E. G. Rose, while the singers i from local churches and Sunday I schools weru directed by Prof. 12. J. ; Decevee. I The parade from Zion L/.-tlieran ! church, led by Prof. J. Fred Weber, : in charge of the Commonwealth Hand I proceeded cut Fourth street to Mar i ket street,. to Market Square. The procession "halted a minute until the lights worn turned on the tree, then ! marched tc< Front and Market streets, where the singers encircled the tree. The light.-i and power wero furnished by the Ho-rrisburg Ugh*, and Power Company. Warm commendation for the men en the committee In charge was heard on all sides. LAST SE'tVER BIDS OF 1915 OPENED; STUCK Kit ISKOS. WIN Stucker Brothers Construction Company was low bidder for the con struction of the proposed new sewers extending from Seventeenth to Eighteenth street, 105 feet south of and parallel yvith Berryhill, and in Twenty-first, from Market to White hall streets. The Stuckers bid $535 and $590 respectively. On the former job G. W. Ensign, Inc.. bid $681; William If. Opperman, $567 and Henry Opperman, Sr,a3; on the Whitehall job Ensign bid $684, William H. < ipporman and Henry Op perman tied at $629. SAYS STARCH WON WIFE'S AFFECTIONS; ASKS $10,00(1 Alleging that H. C. Starch, of Riverside, had won his wife's love from him, Isaac M. Miller, to-day be gan a suit for SIO,OOO for alienation of Mrs. Miller's affections. Recorder O. G. Wickersham, counsel for Miller began the suit. The defendant it is understood, is also married, but according to MillerV statement, he frequently went to the seashore and other restful places with Mrs. Miller. In time this sort of thing had Its effect and eventually | Miller declares he noticed a cooling of his wife's regard for him. Flnallv the Millers separated and the husband contends Starch caused It all. lIRITISH STEAMERS IN SUCCESS London, Dec. 27. The Hrltisti steamship Hadley, 1777 tons gross hr/« been sunk. The British steamer Erj bla, 1732 tons has been beached at mouth of the Thames, attire forward, j The crews of both vessels were .res cued . I PAN-AMERICAN PLAN APPROVED! Speakers at Scientific Congress Endorse Idea Broached in i President's Mejssage By Associated ft-ess Washington, Dec. 27.—-A Pan-Amer-I lean ism practically identical with that! advocated by President Wilson in his, message to congress, was supported to day by speakers at the inaugural ses sion of the second Pan-American Scientific Congress. A composite ad dress of the twenty-t" no speeches made; would leave the imp f-iesion of general! endorsement of the Ideas. Secretary of State Lansing in his ca pacity an officer of the United States invitei. the congress to meet here, and jas presiding officer of the governing ! board of the Pan- American union, | discussed Pan-Americanism as an "in i lernational policy <j<£ the Americas and th< Monroe Doctrine as a "national pol icy pointing out that the two were not inharmonious. Eduardo Suanaz, ambassador of j( htle, president of* the congress, re : plied expressing '(at general the attitude of Latin-America,, and, heading the : list of 19 chair aen of delegations, i Lrnesto Quesad, l of Buenos Aires, made the first of the five-minute re plies. I mu 1,500, Delegates The first general session took place in .Memorial Continental Hall, national headquarters of the Daughters of the American rev< fcutlon. Nearly fifteen hundred men find women from every capital of Sou tlti and faentral America, j Irom scores ( if other Latin-American cities and fro:*i all parts of the United States were present. Ambassador Suarez who was elected president at O.ie first congress in 1908 in Santiago, Chile, took charge of the session and Vice-President Marshall | welcomed t'*- delegates In behalf of the I nited States government. The next speakt -srs were Secretary Lansing Amba: j.ador Suarez. Responses, limited to five minutes were made by | chcirmen ■yf the various delegations. The scitntific discussions will begin Tuesday i jmrning with the semi- I formal op<mlngs of the nine main sec [ tions of til e congress at which arrange j inents v/il 1 be completed for consider ation of tl(e general subject assigned to | each. I Choral Society to Begin Rehearsals For "Atonement" I 'be Cihoral Society of Harrisburg I will be jin its rehearsals for Coleridge (Taylor's- "The Atonement" on next i Tuesday, January 4, in the Kahnestock , "a". >-• M. C. A. A big enrollment is ; expectx d, and already many have sig nified (their intention of joining. The books for the oratorio have arrived, and vrork will be taken up on Tuesday with J. Fred Wolle as conductor, and E. J. Decevee as assistant conductor and .it'companist. yi its. "Emma pkrrine dies , By Associated Press :fitew York. Dec. 27. The death of! Mt*». Emma Folsom Perrine, mother of Mrs. Frances Folsom Preston, who wafc Airs. Grover Cleveland, at Prince ton, N. J.. was announced to-day. Her de? th occurred late last night at the hojme of Mrs. Preston. Her first hus band, Oscar Folsom, was a law part ner of Grover Cleveland before ho was elected President. —— i HOW CONGRESS MAKES LAWS Uncle Harry Tells flow the Senate and the House of Rep- I resentatives at Washington ! Work Together to Make Our Laws. On Page 8. FINE MIX-UP IN CITY POLITICAL CIRCLES RUMORED Mayor-Elect to Take Rit in His Teeth, Opposing Lynch and Bowman ? NONE QUIT MONDAY Reported That Meals May Dig Up Certain Stories For Publication Will Mayor-elect Meals, sur | prised and hurt at the ac tion, of the cltv council men Friday morning in re-placing De tective Ibach's $1,200 salary item in the city budget, take the bit in his teeth during the ensuing city adminis tration and set up an organization of his own in opposition to Commission ers Lynch and Bowman? Rumors that the next, mayor was contemplating such action have flown thick and fast in municipal circles [ever since the action of the budget makers so startled the next executive. Xor is that the on;y report which became general throughout political circles to-day. Disturbed by the fail ure otf Messrs. Lynch and Bowman to let salary for Ibach out of the budget. Dr. eMals, it is said, may attempt to tell why he consTCers the detective an obstacle to the efficiency of the police department. The Mayor-elect has fre [Continued on Page 9.] I Charles M. Graeff Is Tallest Applicant For Job as Traffic Officer I If Charles M. Graeff. 2212 North Sixth 1 street, Is appointed a city policeman, he | will be the tallest officer that ever donned a patrolman's uniform. , Graeff is one of half a dozen unusu ! ally big men who have applied for a Job Inn the traffic squad. Mayor-elect E. S. j Meals has declared that he thinka the | traffic men should be big men physlc | ally, and his announcement has pro } duced a whole lot of tall, broad appli cants for places. The tallest is in his I early twenties. He is a corporal in I Company I, of the Eighth Regiment, National Guard, and has seen guard service in other organizations in the t-tate. Graeff is six feet, four and three quarters Inches tall. 1 BRYAN HAD INTENDED GOING i | Bryan had contemplated joining Henry Ford in Europe I were confirmed but because Mr. Ford is ret I to this country, Mr. Bryan will not go. I SEVENTY-NINE WENT DOWN WITH SHIP > I drowned ii the destruction of the French liner Ville de 1; ICiV ;v. foun«.,t! At Mai?;< rcport-xi to-day to the ta" . "v trrient No Americans were aboard. The sihp, he repo . was torpedoed without warning at 10.15 o'cloc.. o December 24, and sunk in fifteen minutes. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK • London, Dec. 27, 6.06 P. M —The 4500-ton British Steamship Yeddo. from Calcutta, November 24. for Boston and New York has been sunk. Her crew was saved. . , SEKBS INTERNING 30,000 AUSTRIANS Rome, Dec. 27.—Serbia has turned over to Italy 30,000' Austrian prisoners, who are being interned in Sardina, be in. ' ; he;•: by Setlvian <»•'?. cr • CREW OF SPANISH CRUISER WIN $1,200,000 Ferrol, Spain, Dec. 27.—The capital prize of 6,000,000 i pesetas ($1,200,000) in the Christmas drawing of the gov ernment lottery was won by the crew of the cruiser Alfonso I XIII. The prize will be divided among 719 men who sub | scribed to the ticket, the price of which was 1,000 pesetas. RAILS LEAD AT CLOSING New York, Dec. 27. Wall Street. Rails took I precedence in the final hour, with gains of Ito over 2 points L in such leaders as Central, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific L and Reading. The closing was strong. C TWO BOATS OF DESTROYED STEAMER MISSING ft ■ London, Dec 27.—Sinking of the Belgian steamer, L Ministre Beernaert is announced. The crew left the steamer in boats, two of whtich are missing. The British steamer I Cottingham of 513 tons has been sunk. • The crew was , saved. I Berne, Switz., Dec. 27.—Prince Von Buelow, former l German chancellor, has returned to Lucerne. He has rer.um- I his quiet life MARRIAGE LICENSES I Onodl Vrarr anil \nnat TnKaro, Slffllon. Karl K. Kuirlitkl anil Ruth K. Klliiirralil, rl<>. L Samuel Ortou \Yarhuir4on and Matilda Ann l.ove, Philadelphia. 10 PAGES POSTSCRIPT—FINAL 1 HIGH WIND TIPS CATHEDRAL CROSS CHRISTMAS NIGHT Terrific Gale Late Saturday Loosens Huge Symbol at St. Patrick's WEIGHS 1,000 POUNDS No Danger of Falling Further* Says Expert After Examination The terrific wind wliioh swept the city late Christmas night, tipped over the large copper cross on the south west corner of St. Patrick's Cathedral, State street. The cross, which was on i top of large copper ball, and was held in place by four steel rods, is leaning at an angle of 45 . degrees. Two rods hold the cross in position and prevent it from falling to the t ground. j The . ondition of the cross was not (discovered until noon yesterday. The | cross and ball are of heavy copper and. weigh nearly 1,000 pounds. "The four rods holding the ball and cross In position run down through the roof. It is believed, the rods became loos ened and when the wind blew a 40- mile-an-hour gale, it caught the cross broad-side, breaking off two* rods and bending the other two. Joseph H. Benfer, of the firm of Stapf and Benfer, made an examin ation of the cross and will make imme diate repairs. He says there is no danger of the cross falling further. . Thousands Followed ' Telegraph's Suggestion to Light the Candles Thousands of candles were lighted in the windows of thousands of Har risburg homes Christmas eve. The revival of the ancient Yuletlde custom was suggested several weeks ago by the Telegraph and the way the tip had struck a popular and respon sive chord was indicated by the many tapers in the windows. The home which did not boast of at leapt one candle was rare indeed. I The Telegraph led the celebration jby lighting the grandfather of Chiist i mas candles in the office windows. The big taper was lighted at 5 o'clock Friday evening and Is still burning. M
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