British Armored Cruiser Sunk by Explosion in Harbor With Big Loss of Life
_ HARRISBURG ifllgllll TELEGRAPH
LXXXIV — No. 306
MANY LOSE LIVES
WHEN BIG BRITISH
CRUISER IS SUNK
BY AN EXPLOSION
Natal Goes to Bottom of Har
bor as Result of Internal
Accident; Of Crew of
More Than 700 Only 400
Have Been Saved; Biggest
Naval Loss Since Sinking
of Triumph and Majestic
SERBS ANNIHILATED
IN THREE-DAY BATTLE
Suffer Crushing Defeat at
Hands of Bulgars; Teu
tonic Forces Are With
drawing From Macedonia
to Oppose Russian Offen
sive ; Believed English
Cabinet Will Adopt Final;
Draft of Compulsion Meas
ure
By Associated Press
London, Dec. 31, 12:23 P. M.
The British armored cruiser Natal
has sunk after an explosion. OH".-
cial announcement to this effect was
made here to-day.
The Natal was sunk yesterday aft
ernoon while in harbor as the result
of an internal explosion. There are
about 400 survivors.
The Natal's sinking is the severest
loss which the British navy has sus
tained in several months. No British i
naval vessels of importance have been ,
sunk since last May, when the |
Triumph and Majestic were torpedoed
at the Dardanelles. The Natal, al-1
though a powerful man of war, was
laid down 11 years ago and her dis
placement was only about one half of
the largest British sea fighters.
The Natal's normal complement
was 704 men. Her displacement was!
13.560 tons. Sh was 480 feet long.
Her largest guns were 9.2 inch. The'
Natal brought from Portsmouth the l
body of Whitelaw Reid, American 1
ambassador at London after his death I
in 1912.
Brit ish I-a nd Troops
Further reports of the landing of
allied troops on the Greek coast east
of Salonlki apparently to checkmate
any advance on the right iiank of the
Anglo-French positions there, were
received to-day, Kavala. being named
as the point at which British troops
had debarked. Advices last night
were that the British had put troops
ashore at Orfano. 30 miles to the west
of Kavala. Frdm German sources
comes a report of the defeat of a Ser
bian army, apparently reinforced by
Italians, in Central Albania, the Bul
garians almost annihilating the Ser
bians in a three days' battle, it s de
clared.
British casulties on all fronts dur
ing December totalled 1,001 officers
and 17,548 men.
Russia Is Silent
While Vienna reports that the
buttles in Galicia are increasing in
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EMPEROR HAS 8011,
London. Dec. 31, 12.35 P. M.—A
wireless dispatch from Berlin says the
Norddeutsche Allgemeiife Zeitung
gives confirmation of the report that
Emperor William is suffering from a
boil. He is not confined to bed.
LORIMKR OX TRIAL
Chicago, Dec. 31.—William Lorimer,
ex-United States senator, and presi
dent of the defunct La Salle Street
Trust and Savings Bank, was placed
on trial to-day on a charge of looting
the institution of $2,000,000 in money
and securities and the case was then
continued to January 17.
FUNERAL OP VALE COACH
Minneapolis, Dec. 31.—Funeral ser
vices for Thomas L. Shevlin, former
Yale football star and millionaire lum
berman, were held at the family resi
lient here to-day. George Harmly
Day, treasurer of Yale University, rep
resented that institution.
THE WEATHER
For IlHrrlMhtirit mill vlrlnltyi Fair,
I'lHitlnueil rolil tn-ulglit Willi lOM
•■•it temiirrnturr nlioiil 211 Il<'Kl°<M'H j
Mntunlay uiiMrlllril ami warmer.
Far Kaitrrn I'ciinpijl viuiin i I'nrtly
rlomly lu-nlichl, folliMvt'il by un-
Nettlnl Saturday; rlnlaic tempera
ture; llntit, variable itlnriK.
Hlver
Tlir Siiwiiifhonim river and nil lln
tributaries will continue to fall.
A atnve of about <1.2 feet In Inill
enteil for Hnrrlahuric Saturday
moruluit.
General Condltlonx
An area of bitch premnire cavern tbe
i enntern half of the country with
It* eenter over the S»«<|uehtiiinii
\ alley. The barometer hn> fallen
decidedly In the INortliweat and a
disturbance of conHlderable mag
nitude la now central over Al
berta, Canada, miivliiK Noutbeaxt
ward- The eenter of the Noutli
extern ntorm ban moved from
Southern California to Arizona
durlna the lant twenty-four
bourn.
It la warmer over moat of the ter
ritory between the Hocky Moun
tain* anil the Mlaalaalppl river.
In the Bast fialf State*. Upper
Ohio Valley and a portion of the
lake region.
Temperature: 8 n. m., 24.
Auni nine*. 7i27 a. M.i Net*, -ttfia
9•
Moon i Kew moon, January 4. 11:45
a. »u.
niTer Stage I <1.7 feet above low
water nark.
Yeatevdnv'a Weather
Hlubext temperature, 31.
I.owent temperature, 2X.
Veu temperatnre, 30.
Normal temperature, 31,
TEXT OF LATEST
AUSTRIAN REPLY
BEING DECODED
Meets American Demands in
Connection With the I)e- ;
struetion of Ancona
COMMANDER IS PUNISHED 1
vo/v AuA? tAfJ
Austrian foreign secretary, who is
conducting the Ancona correspondence
with Secretary of State Lansing. Is
considered one of the ablest of Euro
pean diplomats. He conducted the
diplomatic correspondence with Italy
up to the time of the break between
the two powers and the entrance of
Italy Into the war.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 31. —The.
official text of Austria's Ancona note 11
was received early to-day at the State I
| Department. The work of translating ,
( from the diplomatic code will take j
several hours and arrangements for i
publication will be made later.
Complete Concessions
j Count Bernstorff, the Gc—nan Am- !
bassador called at the State Depart-i.
ment and conferred with Secretary j|
Lansing for nearly half an hour. The
ambassador said he believed the news
summary of the note saying Austria;
had punished the commander of the
submarine which sank the Ancona!
and that the Vienna government had; 1
offered indemnity for the loss of liffij!
i and injury of American citizens was ;
! correct. He declined to comment I
upon his visit. 1
Later, it was learned the German
view is that Austria-Hungary had
granted complete concessions to the 1
American demands. 1
Secretary Lansing let it be known 1
that he and the German Ambassador
had discussed the Lusitania contro
versy but it was not indicated what
had been the result. There have
been assurances lately that the am
bassador would Vie authorized by his
j government to present, at the bigin
! ning of the new year, proposals of
j settlement which would be acceptable
j to the United States.
[Departure of Americans
Is Barred by Germany
■ Special to the Telegraph
Washington, D. C., t)ec. 31. —Amer-
icans in Vienna not possessing certl-i
ficates of birth or naturalization are!
being detained through the refusal of i
German consuls to vise their pass- ]
ports for travel in the German em-j
pire. Ambassador Penfield reported
the situation to the State Department
yesterday by cable.
! STRIKE PLOTTERS
j ASK PRELIMINARY
HEARING AT ONCE
Demand Surprises Federal
Officers Who Understood
They Would Give Bonds
j | |
By Associated Press
Washington, Dec. 31.—Former I Rep
resentative H< Robert Fowler, l|,.nry
B. Martin and Herman Hchulteis,
identified with Labor's National I'.jace
Council and indicted in New York un
der the Sherman anti-trust law for
conspiracy to restrain trade in muni
tions, demanded a prelimlnai ,■ l>, trlng
when they appeared to-day before
United States Commissioner Taylor to
make a formal return to the indict
ment. Hearing was set for January
Representative Prank Buchanan, ofi
Illinois, indicted 011 the samo charge,
sent word to the Department of Jus
tice to-day that he would wai\e all
question of immunity, go to New York
as quickly as possible, probably with
in a -week, furnish bail and adopt no
dilatory tactics.
The demand for a hearing came as
a surprise to the government. \ssist
ant United States District Attorney Ar
cher announced that he had under-!
stood the defendants intended to give!
bond for their appearance in New
York to answer to the indictments
Henry E. Davis, for the defendants,
explained he did not believe that such
an indictment would lie nuder the
Sherman law, or any other law and
that he intended to, ask the commis
sioner to determine whether there had
been a bona tide intent on the part of
the government to charge a crime
against the United States.
Mr. Fowler,'in person and through
his attorney, former Representative
Robert P. Hill, of Illinois, asked that
the hearing be postponed at hast 25
days.
Bonds of $3,000 for appearance here
on January 20 was required of each
[fjt the defendants.
HARRISBURG, FA., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1915.
KING BOOZE WILL (
BI KNOCKED OUT
IV SEVEN STATESi
'ProMhition Becomes Effective j
>itMidnight; 3,000 Saloons
to Be Closed
graAD BABGAIN DAY RUSH |
| I
$.'},000,000 Spent For Bum in
Colorado During Last Week ;
Laws Are Drastic
i! '
By Associated Press
<"hicago! 111., Dec. 3J.-—State-wide
prohibition of the sale and manufac
ture of Intoxicating liquors will be
eonru!leffective in seven states at mid
night to-night, putting out of business
more than 3,000 saloons, a large num
ber lof breweries, wholesale liquor
hotisis and distilleries. The states
whlcji are to enter the dry column are
Idwai Colorado, Oregon, Washington,
Tilalip, Arkansas and South Carolina.
Many counties in all of the seven
jstafep have prohibited the sale of
li'iuor for a number of years under
local option laws.
"According to figures offered by thej
[Anti-Saloon League of America, the
addition of the seven States that go I
'dry - to-morrow will bring the total:
ct" prohibition States In the union to
nineteen."
According to one authority, between i
52.0d0,000 and $3,000,000 has been j
expended for liquor in Colorado within
the lust week.
Arkansas will have its first experi
ence with prohibition when the state
wide law goes into effect with the com
ing of the new year. Antiprohtbition
leaders have announced that no fight
will lie made for the repeal of the law
at least until prohibition has been
given a thorough test.
Bargain Day Rush
1 In lowa "bargain day sales" in the
102 saloons of the state are in prog
tj'ss to-day preparatory to the final
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Ex-President Taft Here;
On His Way; but Knows
Not Where He's Going
William Howard Taft spent a half
hour in union Station this morning on
his way froui Washington to Troy. Pa.,
where he is scheduled to make an
address this evening. The former
President will talk on "The Presiden
cy."
Mr. Taft has been in Washington on
Red Cross matters, having spent yes
terday there enacting business as the
chief executive of the Ked Cross As
sociation. His train left at 11.45 for
Troy. The nation's most genial man
declared with a smile that he had
much yet to learn about geography be
cause he was considerably in doubt as
to just what part of Pennsylvania he
was going to to-night.
Mr. Taft has a disagreeable cold,
which he picked up in his journeys
from place to place in the last few
weeks, making: addresses, but it has
I not been sufficient to dampen his good
j spirits. He declined to discuss the
I political situation, but expressed a
I. onfldent hope for a Republican vie- I
' tory at the next Presidential election.
"That is all I will say," said Mr. Taft,
! "my opinion is not worth much." It
was suggested to him that a great
| many people would be overjoyed to see
; him back in office, but "they will have
ito be disappointed, then," replied;
Professor Taft, "because I am plod-1
I ding along as a teacher now."
' His scheduled address in this city |
on the subject of peace has been post
'poned until next month.
LET CONTRACT
FOR MODERN
: CIGAR FACTORY!
] Dauphin Cigar Company to
| Build Big Fireproof Structure
at State and Cameron
Contract has been let by the Dau- j
phin Cigar company to Herman Volgt, j
■ of Philadelphia, for the erection of a I
new all-daylight, fireproof, concrete,
, brick and steel five-story factory buiid
, ing at State and Cameron street.
' Work will be started on the structure
; as soon as weather permits.
The plans for the new factory were
made by C. Harry Kain, architect, of
1 Harrisburg, and the number of bid
[ ders was unusually large, Mr.Voigt be
ing lowest.
The building will have a frontage of
100 feet on State street. 141 on Camer
on, and 61 on Christiana street. It will
j have five finished stories and a base
ment. The general offices will be on
the first floor and each floor from top
to bottom wil eb equipped with a su
perintendent's office and rest and wash
rooms for the girls and women em
-1 ployed there. In this way all of the
employes will be able to go to and
from the rest rooms without, the ne
cessity of climbing stairs
The building will be a mass of win
dows, so as to admit as much light
and air as possible and will be of full
fireproof construction, no materials
going into its construction save con
! crate, brick and steel. It will be, when
finished, the finest cigar factory struc
ture in the State.
PRESIDENT IN TOUCH
WITH PRESENT SITUATION
By Associated Press
Mot Springs, Dec. 31. President
. Wilson to-day received from Secretary
Lansing the fourth letter in as many
days bearing on foreign relations. The
! nature of its contents was not revealed.
With Mrs. Wilson, the President spent
the afternoon at golf.
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MISS MURIEL WHEELER
Edward Ellfroth, a young Frenchman, who is a bank clerk in New York,
saw Miss Muriel Wheeler at her home and begged her to wed him. He was
a reservist In the French army, and he had told her a day or two before he
had received a call to report again for duty in the French army. He did not!
want to go back; he wanted to get married.
"I will marry no man who fails to answer the call of his country," said she. j
Thereupon he took out a bottle of poison and swallowed it. Doctors worked '
hard to save bis life.
NOISY WELCOME
TO 'l6; MUMMER
PARADE AT 1:15
Watch Night Services and Car
nival Scenes in Street Mark
Old Year's Passing
Harrisburg has turned the last page
in the 1915 date book, the work that!
will be done in the old year is done
and everything is in readiness for
greeting the new year.
AVhile no formal celebration will be
held, thousands are expected to gather
in Market Square, Market street and
other carnival robes and to-night the
ito give a noisy welcome to 1916.
I Youthful Harrisburg got out its yama
|yama costume, its clown suit and Its
I other sarnival robes and to-niglit the
spirit of King Momus will be abroad
throughout the city.
And when the hour of midnight
rings out, then the real noise will be
gin—whistles blowing, bells ringing,
guns cracking.
In dozens of the city churches
watchnight services will be held and
I some will pray the new year in, while
I others shout the old year out.
! And to-morrow will be a general
holiday; the stores and offices will
close, many of the mills and factories
will shut down; nearly everyone will
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Cutter Unable to Locate
Disabled Greek Steamer
By Associated Press
New York, Dec. 31. Search was
continued to-day by tlje coast guard
cutter Seneca for the overdue Greek
liner Thessaloniki last reported in
radio messages yesterday «s being in
distress, due to storms about 200
miles east of Sandy Hook.
A wireless message from the Seneca
received early to-day gave the cut
ter's position at noon yesterday as
approximately 250 miles east of Sandy
Hook. Absence of further word
from the cutter led coast guard offi
cials here to believe the steamship
lias not been located.
TWENTY REPORTED DEAD
IN BIG PLANT EXPLOSION
By Associated Press
Chicago, Dec. 31.—Reports that 15
or 20 men had been killed In an ex
plosion which set fire to the plant of
the American Unseed Company in
South Chicago, were received by the
police to-day. After the explosion the
flames spread rapidly and firemen
were unable to enter the building.
More than one hundred men were
working in the plant when the explo
sion occurred according to officials of
the company. At the first alarm 15
fire companies were sent to the plant.
Workmen who escaped Injury in the
explosion hurried froni the plant and
the officials were unable to uscertaln
how many were in the building.
WILL URGE CITY
WIDE FIRE LINE
DECLARES GROVE
|
Building Inspector Collecting
Data to Submit to
Council
Codification of -"ie building regula
tions and the adoption of a city-wide
"fire" district will be recommended to
City Council early in the new year by j
Building Inspector James H. Grove. !
The inspector whose reappointment!
by Commissioner Harry F. Bowman is
generally conceded in municipal cir- J
cles, says ho expects to have the nec
essary data ready for tbe commis
sioners' consideration in the very near
future.
T\Vo years ago Mr. Grove declared
that the building laws should be codi
fied and revamped to most modern
| conditions—particularly with respect
to "fire" lines. The present regula
tions are very old and the construction
in the last few years of so many gar
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Mule Dies Waiting For
Bryan to Be President
Special to the Telegraph
Petersburg, Jnd., Dec. 31. —Maud,
aged forty-two, the famous mule
owned by W. R. Berridge, who figured
prominently in Bryan's first campaign
for President was chloroformed last
night by its owner. At the time
Bryan made his first race for Presi
dent, Mr. Berridge was so confident
j Bryan would win that he prepared
Maud for a long trip to Washington,
where, after congratulating Bryan on
his success, Berridge intended to pre
sent the animal to him.
He has never lost faith In his idol
and tried to keep Maud alive for the
great event.
EDDIE PLANK'S SISTER
HAS APPENDttCITIS
Mrs. Howard Spangler, of Blglers
viile, Adams county, sister of Eddie
Plank, the famous pitcher, to-day was
operated upon at the Harrisburg hos
pital for appendicitis. The patient is
resting comfortably.
The first word that came to the po
lice department was from a policeman
detailed at the plant who telephoned
that 15 or 20 men were trapped In
the burning building. This announce
ment wan quickly followed by a report
that several firemen had been caught
beneath a falling wall and that many
were Injured.
An hour after the fire started the
firemen were informed that tanks con
taining 80,000 gallons of naphtha were
under the burning building.
The plant covers five acres and an
official of the company estimated the
stock on hand as worth a million dol
lars. Fire tugs steamed up the Calu
met river and poured tons of water
on the flumes.
BIG RAILROAD 1
IMPROVEMENTS
COMING IN 'l6!
Rutherford Yards to Be En-
larged Announces Superin
tendent Stackliouse
PENNSY TO PUSH WORK '
South Harrisburg Freight Sta- 1
lion to Be Pushed to
Completion
Railroads were a big factor in Har
risburg's prosperity this year, and
| promise of greater things for the New t
I Year is given. The Philadelphia and t
j Reading Railway Company will start '
| work early on the enlargement of the J
j Rutherford yards. Other big im-!
| provements will be made along the! l
Harrisburg division of this road. j 1
I*he Pennsylvania Railroad prom- I ■
; ises for a certainty the new freight. '
j station in Sout h Harrisburg; addi-P
I tional yard facilities; changes at,!'
iSteelton. and improvements at Enola.l l
| Work, it is said will start during''
I April. 11
The Cumberland Valley Railroad j 1
Company, which is a part of the
| Pennsylvania, system, in addition to
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Knights of Pythias Meet
and Elect New Officers
Special to the Telegraph
j Mechanicsburg, Pa., Dec. 31.—Last 1
evening the Melita Lodge, No. 83. j
! Knights of Pythias held a meeting and |
| these officers were chosen for tlie en
jsuing six months: Chancellor com-
I mander, Mervin L. Beck; vice-chancel
; lor, S. S. Brenner; prelate, E. S. Cock
lin; master of work, Frank Rowe;
master of arms, L. <i. Haverstock; in
ner guard, Bruce R. Mowery; outer
guard. John S. Whitman; trustee, E.
S. Cocklin; host, John S. Whitman;
musician, Bruce R. Mowery; trustee,
E. S. Cocklin; keeper of records and
seals, George W. Hershman; master of
j finance, E. C. Gardner; master of ex
| chequer, D. J. Beitzel.
WILL REPEAT CANTATA
j The cantata given Christmas Day by
i the Sunday school of St. Matthew's
j Lutheran Church will be repeated this
| evening by speoial request.
I STEAMER BEARING FORD DELAYED J
i I
K which Henry I dis returning from his peace exj r
C has beer by high western gales ai ■
C this port until Sunday morning, according to a radio mes- ■
C sage from the steamer to-day. #
C CHINESE GENERAL REVOLTS FROM EMPEROR f
\ Sap Francisco, Dec. 31.—General Lishun, commanding M
m Chinese government troops in the province of
% declared his independence of Yuan Shi Kai, prospective em C
\ peror, according to a cablegram received here to-day from
m revolutionary headquarters at Shanghai, China, by Ton I
1 Chong, former member of the Chinese Senate C
IpresnU'rit of the Chinese republic association. C
LAST MARKET OF YEAR CLOSES STRONG I
New York, Dec. 31. —Wall Street.—Oils, mercantih C
marine' pfd., tobaccos and other higher-priced issues dom C
inated the later dealings. The closing was strong. Strengtl £
in investment issues and buoyancy in specialties featured th< ¥
final day of an extraordinary year on the Stock Exchange. C
5 MARRIAGE
m On%lil Samuel* Smith, Htcrlton, and Mabel llr^H
K Harry Franklin Shwefter, city, ami
■ town.
M JIUHM Aloylalua I riilm anil B »«*lf Julia
10 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
HOLIDAY DANCES
SPREADING GRIP
SAYS RAUNICK
Watcli Your Stop or "Germs'll
(lit You," Declares tin-
Health Officer
TERPSICHORE ITS ALIA'
Fur on Girls' Boots Doesn't
Seem to Protect Their
Necks From Chills
Listen, girls!
Are you fond of the one-step? And
could you "simply die" maneuvering
ilie intricacies of the "fox-trot" and
the strenuous activity of the "pigeon
walk?" Of course you are, anil of
course you could.
But —and here conies the part you
won't like—Dr. .1. M. J. Kaunick, city
health officer, and any other doctor
you may ask, will tell you, on the
chance that his popularity with you
will wane, that the holiday dances,
with their extremely late hours, offer
the most splendid opportunity in the
world for the fair daughters of Eve
to acquire that well-known and par
ticularly intimate aliment known as
"the grip."
The all-night lure of terpsicliore,
strong as it is, should carry with It,
some essence of rational care of one
self, or there is a certain result bound
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lli:i'l T Bl-K AX CU II IIA 1.1.
The annual ball of the llarrisburaf
Republican club will be held to-night*
at Chestnut street hall. Benny's or
chestra will furnish music and a pleas
ant evening is promised.
BIG METHODIST SCHOOIj BURNS
By /fasocialed Press
Bristol. Tenn., Dec. 31. —Sullin's
College, a large Methodist female
school here, was destroyed by fire
which originated in the boiler room
early to-day. The loss is placed at
from If 1 50,000 to $200,000.
Hi YS NEIDIG'S STORE
Special to the Telegraph
Mechanicsburg, Pa.. Dec. 31. Hen
ry C. Hertsiler, of Upper Allen town
ship, purchased the harness and feed
store, owned by \V. O. Neldig on tho
corner of South Market and West lo
cust streets. He will take possession
immediately.