National Preparedness Is Being Discussed by Many Congressional CommHlees HARRISBURG iSSIIi TELEGRAPH Xo. 311 63 SURVIVORS OF SUNKEN STEAMER ARE PICKED UP Eight Are Reported Drowned Following Capsizing of Packet in Ohio River SCATTERED ALONG RIVER Passengers and Crew Arc Found Along Both Shores by Rescuers By Associated Press Parkersburg, W. Va., Jan. 6. Captain Brady M. Berry, and sixty two of the passengers and crew of the steamer Kanawha which sank in the Ohio river last night arrived here early to-day on a train sent out to j pick up the survivors scattered along | four miles of river front on the West Virginia cide. Captain S-Jerry said | that while he saw no one in the water and did not know that any had been j lost he felt there had been fatalities. J "We were moving down stream I with the flood last night with a crew | of about 40 men and some 20 pas-1 sengers ou board,' 1 said Captain Berry, j "Just as we were approaching the I lower end of a lock wall on the West I Virginia side, we were struck by a severe storm and the Kanawha had struck an iron pier and started to sink. Kolloil Over unci Over "I shouted for the boats. The cries of the passengers roused the men at the lock. They put out and came to our assistance. We managed to get the people on the hurricane deck and fis the Kanawha turned on her side kept them moving toward the top | while wo were taking them off. The ' Kanawlia continually turned andl when we finally got the last man pshorc he was clinging to the bottom i of tli° boat ns she had turned com-! pletely over and was drifting down stream bottom-side up. "An hour or more elapsed from the j lime we struck until all were off and I passengers and crew were constantly I being landed on the river shore until i survivors, shivering in the cold, were t strung out through a distance of four [ miles. When I saw that all were off T shouted to the crew who had taken the last load away and they came ' back and got me. "The twelve women were taken off first and then the men as we were able lo move them. Some of the crew said that a boatload landed on the Ohio side, but I don't know." Eight Lives Are Reported Lost in Packet Sinking Hy Associated Press Galliopolis, 0., Jail. 6.—lt was re- I ported here to-day that eight lives were lost when the river packet! Kanawha sank below Parkersburg, i W. Va., last night. Those drowned! were said to include Steward Lloyd! Gee and purser Bert Wolfe, of this city, a watchman and live passengers 1 including four women and a child, j the names of whom could not bet learned here to-day. Government 1 inspectors in this district were plan-j ning to-day to investigate the dis- i aster. I Women's Feet Bigger, Hosiery Orders Show Special to the Telegraph New ork, Jan. 6.—Discussion of' •he present export business in hosiery! brought out the fact that not only are | the feet of American women larger i than those of their sisters south of the 1 Panama canal, but that they are i growing. While Mo. 9 is still regarded as the | standard women's size in American ' trade, it is said that calls for »'4s and ! and 10s are growing much more fre- 1 quently than has heretofore been the' case. On the other hand, the South" American women are using the bulk I of the No. 8s in the market and are ' said to be crying for 7%5. THE WEATHER] 1 For IfnrrlHhurK nnd vicinity! Fnlr mill much collier to-nlxht, with lowest teiniicrnttirc ntmut I- di>. i Krce«[ Friday fnlr, continued ! cold. For F.antcrn I'Fnuny Ivnnla: Fnlr. I much colder to-alxht with u cold travel Friday fairs fresh to Ntronir north winds. Itlvrr The Junlntn and the upper portions of the North and 'West branches will full tii-nlght and Frldav. The lower portion of the North Branch will rlae to-night nnd be- Bin to fall I'rldny. The main river will remain nearly ntatlonnrv or I rise slightly to-nl K ht and con- i. tlnue to rise Friday. A stage of m about M.2 feet la Indicated for i , HnrrlshurK Friday morning. Ice will Increase to-night and Frldar and the I'ppcr West Ilranch and p probably other streams will be- ! I come lee-bound. >| tieneral Conditions The storm has moved from the lake rrglon to the northern New Knt- 1 land coast, followed by the high pressure aren froin the North west, which is now central over 1 Illinois attended by a cold wave. It Is decidedly colder In the Ohio, 1 Middle nnd I'pper Mississippi vnl- 1 leys and the lake region, tem peratures having fallen 10 to 48 1 degrees In the Inst twenty.four hours. The lowest temperature i - reported in the I'nlted states this 1 morning was ail degrees below zero at Dulutb, Minnesota. l.lKbt rains have fnllen in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee and from the lakes eastward to the Atlan tic coast. Temperature; A Aw m.. 32. Sun: Rises, 7:28 a. in.; sets, 4iR4 1 p. m. Mooni First quarter, .lanuarT 11. 10:38 p. m. River Stage! Eight feet above ' low-water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, ,',7. l.owest temperature, 3r>. Menu temperature, ttt. , 1 Normal temperature, 30. ' < J' VIENNA IS ASKED FOR INFORMATION ON LINER SINKING Ambassador Presents U. S. Request Concerning Persia to Austria UP TO FOREIGN RELATIONS All Available Matter in Inter national Situation Refore Committee By Associated Press Washington, D. C. t Jan. 6. Am bassador Penfield cabled to-day he had presented informally to the Vienna Foreign Office the American government's request for any infor : mation on the destruction of the | British liner Persia and at the time of j tiling his dispatch had received no | reply. American Consul Garrels at Alex- j jandria reported that the affidavits he j has gathered from the Persia sur- I vivors gave no more proofs that a i I submarine torpedoed the liner, or re- | j garding its nationality than were con l tained In his first dispatches. Ambassador Penfield was instructed to ask the Austrian government in formally for any information it might have on the Persia which would develop the facts In the case and help the American government decide how the liner was destroyed. Consul Gar rels was instructed to get affidavits : for the same purpose. So far the only actual statement i tending to prove that the ship was torpedoed came from one of the olli- 1 I cers of the ship. Me said he saw what j I he thought was the wake of a torpedo. No submarine was seen at any time. ' Further dispatches from Ani : bassador Penlield are expected at the I State Department, probably late to-, j day and at any event to-morrow, i I Meanwhile other consular agents ! | along the Mediterranean coast are, \ like Consul Garrels, seeking further i information. Before Foreign Committee I The general international situation, i including the crisis in the relations j between the United States and the i Central Powers over submarine war- j fare, will be considered at a meet-! ing to-morrow of the Senate Foreign i Relations Committee. The meeting 1 has been called by Chairman Stone. The committee had before it to- j day a mass of data bearing upon ; Great Britain's attitude toward neutral ! | shipping and negotiations with Ger- j ; many over submarine warrare. The | (information was sent by Secretary i Lansing In response to a Senate reso- j I lution. All available data on the de- I I struct ion of the British steamer Per-: I sia also was said to be before the! 1 committee. i President Wilson and Secretary! i Lansing still were without definite in-; ( formation upon which official action j | in the crisis arising from the Persia; incident is to be based. Meanwhile, j I officials are still reserving judgment, j Two Americans Drown The Kev. Homer R. Salisbury, of [ I this city, the Seventh Day Adventist I missionary superintendent for India, | ' who sailed on the liner Persia for 1 [ Marseilles, is given up for lost, in a i report which the Peninsular and' j Oriental Line has transmitted to the! American embassy in London. The l ; report was transmitted to-day to the | : Senate Department. Dr. Salisbury | j was born at Battle Creek, Mich., in j 1870. : Senators Simmons and Overman, of j [North Carolina, asked President Wil-i .son to-day if any fur*her information! I about the death of Consul McNeely j ! had been received. McNeely was from North Carolina. The President! I told them that no new facts had come ! | to the government within the last two! : days, but that every effort was being ; made to obtain additional informa j tion. Propose to Spend Millions to Repair U. S. Warships By Associated Press I Washington, D. C„ Jan. 6.—Esti- j mates submitted to Congress to-day I disclose that the Navy Department j ; proposes to spend $205,000 each in re- I modeling the submarines Fl, F2 and F3. sister ships to the F4, which sank I ' in Honolulu harbor last year with the j loss of all aboard. An estimate of $1,255,000 for repairs 1 I to the battleships North Dakota and | | Georgia and estimates totaling j i $1,360,000 for repairs to other war ships were included. Wreck Injuries Fatal to Passenger Engineer By Associated Press Trenton, N. J.. Jan. 6.—William J. Jordan, of Trenton, etigineer of the wrecking train who was scalded in the collision of trains at Lawrence, N. J„ on the New York division of the Pennsylvania railroad last night, died in a hospital here early to-day. The fireman, A. J. Keenan of Jersey City, was severely injured but will recover. A derailed freight car was being hoisted on to a track when a passen ger train ran into the engine of the wrecking train. The tracks were blocked for several hours and trains were detoured over the Reading rail way. [Trains West and North were two hours late reaching Harrisburg.] FAMOUS ACTRESS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AS INSANE New York, Jan. 6.—Mrs. Louis Neth ersole, better known to the public as Sadie Martlnot, who retired from a brilliant career on the stage in 1901, when she married her manager, the brother of Olga Nethersole, was taken yesterday to the psycopathic ward of Bellevue Hospital, a victim of acute insanity. CONDITION CRITICAL This afternoon the condition of Clayton H. Backenstoe. th£ attorney, 1 52S North Second street, was reported critical. Mr. Backenstoe Is suffering from an attack of ptomaine poisoning. I HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1916, | British Cabinet Members Opposed to Conscription REGINALD M'KEXNA AND WALTER RUNCIMAN London, Jan. 6.—Although Sir John Simon. Home Secretary of the British Cabinet has resigned over the conscription issue. Reginald McKenna, Ohancel . °* *" e Eschequer, and Walter Runclman, president of the Board of Trade, two of the strongest opponents of the compulsory military measure are still in tlie cabinet. It was expected that McKenna and Runclman would follow IGARY PREDICTS PROSPERITY BUT ISSUES WARNING Protective Laws Must Re Passed; Not Matter of Poli tics, but Patriotism / Steel Corporation Gives All Unskilled Men 10 Per Cent. Raise ! By Associated Press NEW YORK. Jan. 6.—The United States Steel Corpora tion to-day decided to Increase tile uajto c.r virtually all or Its un skilled employes about ten per cent. | A .statement issued by the steel corporation said that the increase had been decided upon largely on I account of present prosperous con (litlons. It'added that in addition to the new wages for common la borers. employes in practically all departments of the corporation will receive proportionate increases. Adjustments in the wage rates ol" , the various mining companies con i trolled by the corporation are aNo ! under consideration. ' Special to the Telegraph I New York, Jan. 6.—One of the mep j most able to gauge that great barom eter of business conditions, the iron jand steel trade—Elbert H. Gary, ;chairman of the United States Steel j Corporation—said in a statement re i viewing the condition of that trade: ! "Conditions pertaining to this iiw ! dustry reflect, more or less, those of | other lines and perhaps are an indica tion of the general situation. Certain- I ly, there are evidences'which cannot | reasonably be questioned of great pros perity. It is not my purpose to discuss 'the reasons for these satisfactory con ditions. They exist, and it now seems ; probable that they may continue for i months to come. ! "Economic conditions in the United States may and should be good in the [Continued on Page 6.] j PREPAREDNESS OF CHIEF INTEREST National Defense Plans Are Taken Up by Congcssional Committees By Associated Press Washington, D. C„ Jan. 6.—The question of national preparedness again to-day occupied the center of | the stage in congressional committee activity. Hearings on the administration's na tional defense program were begun to-day before the House military af fairs committee, with Secretary of War Garrison as the star witness, and the House naval affairs committee con tinued its hearings on the annual na val appropriation bill. Secretary Garrison had prepared a detailed statement of the army's part of the preparedness plans. Rear Admiral Stanford, chief of the navy's bureau of yards and docks, re sumed his statement as to the need of additional naval stations when the na val committee again took up the yards and docks section of the naval bill.! It probably will take some time to reach the all-Important construction provisions in the measure. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SECRETARIES TO MEET By Associated Press Washington. D. C., Jan. C.—Secre tary Redlield invited commercial sec retaries of Chambers of Commerce In all the larger towns of the United States to come to Washington Feb ruary 4 for a two days' meeting. His aim is to give them a better idea of work the department is doing to fur ther American commerce. The con ference will be informal and only sec retaries inNplaces of more than 150,000 population will take part. WILLIAM PENN WAY BOOSTED BY JOHNSTOWN Committee From That City Will Confer With State Highway Commissioner The Johnstown Chamber of Com merce advised the Harrisburg Cham ber of Commerce to-day that its Good Roads Committee yesterday acted favorably upon the Harrisburg Cham ber's suggestion to co-operate in the William Penn Highway Conference, to be held in Harrisburg in March. Johnstown people are so keenly in terested in the proposition that a sub committee of their's will visit Har risburg some time in the near future to confer with State Highway Com missioner K. J. Cunningham and the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. Richard Beaston, burgess of Tyrone writes in part as follows: "I am very much interested in the pro posed William Penn Highway and want to do everything I can, including the enlistment of friends and ac- [Coutiniied ou Page 6.] Jitney Bonds Cost $200; No Unlicensed Cars After Jan. 18 While half a dozen or more in quiries relative to license fees, bonds, etc., have been made by jitney men, not a single bond has been presented to City Solicitor I). S. Seitz for ex amination as yet. Jitney owners have until January 18 to comply with the terms of the new Jitney regulation ordinance. From some unexplained source a rumor got about to-day that the city after all didn't Intend to require the filing of a jitney bond. City officials pre-emptorily pricked that bubble. "The owners or drivers of jitneys will .be required to file a ?2,000 bond as .the ordinance prescribes," It was said at the city solicitor's office. "This must be done by not later than January 18 in order to operate a ve hicle. After that date unlicensed jit neys will not be permitted on the streets." The jitney bonds it is understood will cost about S2OO unless collateral security is posted. COLD WAVE WILL BE HERE TONIGHT Temperature May Fall to 10; Covers Country East of Mississippi There's a cold wave coming! No more grip, a bit of skating and everybody feeling fine—that's the forecast. The cold wave signal was hoisted on the top of the Federal building by Forecaster E. R. Demain this morn ing. He says that the temperature may fall to ten degrees to-night, but that it will more likely be about fif teen. Although a definite cold wave, It will be of short duration and Satur day will probably see the city again enjoying the almost Spring-like weather of the past few days. All chance for snow is gone. Out in Du luth. Minn., the temperature is twen ty-six below zero. Harrisburger Is in Trouble Zone Near Hankow, Chinese City Peking, Jan. G.—The government is faking precautions against the invasion of Hankow by revolutionaries. Han kow is the seat of the oifly great mod ern steel plant in China and has the largest arsenal. About 20.000 picked troops are located there and little Im mediate danger is feared. Dr. ( Newton Dubs, of Harrisburg. is superintendent of the United Evan gelical missions in China, with head quarters above Hankow at Chang-sha Other Pennsylvania missionaries also reside near there. i GERMANS BEING BATTERED HARD ON ALL FRONTS Russian Pressure on Teutonic Lines From Volhvnia to Bu kowina Proving Too Much AGAINS T COMPULSION Labor Forces Defeat Measure by Overwhelming Vole; An other Leader May Quit Russian pressure on tlie Austrian lines from Volhynia southward to Bukowlna continues heavy and official reports from both sides indicate that the fighting is of a desperate and san guinary churacter. The great labor congress in London, tliat is to decide upon the position of [ British labor regarding compulsion, . defeated by an overwhelming vote to . day si proposition that the congress [ should support a measure of compul sion by forcing single men to attest. The card vote was 2.121,000 to 541.000. Notice was served upon the confer ence. by Arthur Henderson, leader of the labor party in the House of Com mons and member of the British cab inet that he would resign his seat in the commons and appeal to his con stituents if the congress decided that , [Continued on I'age IS.] Assert Men of Even Higher Standing Than Congressman Involved in Bomb Plot By Associated Press New York, Jnn. O.—A special fed eral grand jury was empaneled to-day ■ to continue the investigation into the activity of German agents in alleged I plots against American neutrality. I This grand jury will consider the evidence disclosed before its prede s cessor which resulted in the indict , ment of Congressman Frank Buchanan, of Illinois, and other officers of Labor's National Peace Council. Eight indict ments have already been returned . charging conspiracy with Franz von i Rintelen, a German agent, to foment . strikes in American tnuntion factories, i Federal officials said to-day that the evidence showed that the ramifications • of the alleged plot were far wider than ; had been at first supposed and involves men of more important standing than . any yet mentioned. • The new grand jury will examine . fully 100 witnesses and is expected to go not only into the munition strikes but also that of the numerous explo sions and bomb outrages which have occurred both in ships and factories. District Attorney H. Snowden Marshall said to-day that he hoped the work of i the jury would be completed within a i month, but that this did not mean that the government investigation would be . closed in view of the many new angles which had been discovered. Cumberland Co. "Samson" Dies From Old Age at ' Home in Mechanicsburg Special to the Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Jan. 6. Samuel i Myers, aged 85 years, once famous as , "the strongest man" in Cumberland county, and one of the strongest in the i State, died this morning from old age at his home In West Allen street. II Mr. Myers was a carpenter by trade | and in the days of his prime few men were his equal in strength. Tt is said . of him that .he could carry one end of i a heavy girder when it required six strong men to lift the other end. He : was a tall, heavy man of powerful build. His birthplace was Hogestown. Surviving him are two sons, Newton and Emory, of Mechanicsburg, and a daughter, Mrs. Oliver Harland, of Car lisle. N'o funeral arrangements have been made. ( Food in Town Snowbound For Week Running Short By Associated Press Grand Junction, Col., Jan. 6.—Gate way, a mining camp in Southwestern Mesa county, which has been snow bound for nearly a week, was further walled up to-day by a four-inch snow fall which drifted badly in a forty mile gale. Food supplies, it is feared here, are running low in the town. Cattlemen planned to-day to resume efforts to break a trail into Gateway with fifty horses driven In single file. ROOSEVELT TO SPENT) TWO MONTHS IN WEST INDIES By Associated Press New York, Jan. G.—Announcement that Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will start on February 15 on a trip to the West Indies, from which he will not return until April J, was made to-day. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Roose velt. Colonel Roosevelt will speak In Philadelphia before the National Americanlatlon Committee on Jan uary 20. THE DAY IN CONGRESS Senate—Met at noon. Adopted a resolution asking the War Department if it is not possible to abolish or con solidate some army posts. Senator McCumber asked for investigation of the charges that an illegal combination is about to advance prices of binder twine. Adopted resolution asking President to designate a Jewish relief day. House —Met at noon. Secretary Gar rison outlined the army increases to the military committee. Representa tive Hensley asked for an investigation ;of propaganda for and against pre paredness. Navy committee continued hearings on the naval bill. , DKCI.ARE I PER CENT. DIVIDEND i Directors of the Mechanics Trust Company, Third and Market streets, this morning declared a four per cent/ dividend on the company's stock, pay- I able on the 15th. Last year a three] per cent, dividend was declared. | I ' ERSTWHILE SUSAN WINS OVER HUGE H'B'G AUDIENCE Helen R. Martin's Dramatized Novel Delights the People of Her Adopted City CAPABLE CAST CHARMS ML ' '■ ■' : MRS. HELEN R. MARTIN "Erstwhile Susan," the dramatiza tion of Mrs. Helen R. Martin's novel "Barnabetta," which received its pre miere in New York State last week, was presented to Harrisburg last night at the Orpheum by Mrs. Minnie Mad ern Fiske and a company of marked strength. "Barnabetta," as everyone knows, is a novel of life among the Pennsylvania Dutch. By many it is considered remarkably true to life, re [Con tinned oil Page ll] s TANNER ILL WITH ANTHRAX Special to the Telegraph Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 6.—Abraham Rineer, a tanner. Is confined to the isolation building of the county hos pital. a victim of anthrax. He con tract ?d it while handling hides. WOMAN DRAGGED Ttf 1 1 % X ternal injuries and was dragged f 1 J 3 r # president of the Board of Education and leader of the party; 11 on: t Affairs, and George P. Robert j Treasury and labor whip in the House of Commons will , resign their government positions. As a result of the milt- < I SECOND CALL FOR RUSS RESERVES I o the colc , s was received here torday by William R. j ' Tucker, Russian consul for Philadelphia. I HELD FOR BRUTAL MURDER , ' Harrisburg. —■ Nikolo Kotur this afternoon was held by . Alderman C. E. Murray, of the Third Ward, on a charge of W murder. Kotur is charged with killing Joso Mokic, of Steel- J ton, two weeks ago. m MONROE DOCTRINE SOURCE OF DANGER J Washington, Jan. 6.—Representative Kahn, Republican, C asked Secretary Garrison if the Monroe Doctrine was not I a constant source of danger to the country, against which / preparation must be made. "Absolutely," said Secretary C "We must be prepared to defend it or abandon % MARINE WOUNDED J lington, Jan. 6.—Rear Admiral Caperton reported 9' to-day a minor outbreak among Haitiens in Port Au Prince. [ at 2.30 a. m. yesterday, in which the marine barracks we % fired on and Corporal Weder was wounded, not seriously. 1 One Haitien was killed and others wounded. g MARRIAGE LICENSES j K. anil 1.1/.».1c M. Patrick. Went Hanover. # William lilicam, Merllon. HIM! Sum liouninn, I 14 PAGES POSTSCRIPT— HATCHETS WIFE AND BABE ASLEEP THEN KILLS SELF Truck Farmer Insane Becauso He Was Beaten in Horse Trade, Runs Amuck BLOWS OFF OWN HEAD Tragedy Occurs in Middle of Night; Child May Die From His Injuries By Associated rress York, Pa.. Jan. 6.—After attacking his wife and a 3-year-old son with a hatchet as they slept, inflicting wounds which in the cose of the child niay prove fatal, C. C. Richards, 53 years old, a truck farmer living five miles east of York, blew off the top of his head with a shotgun at 2.30 this morn ing. An older son, Norman, awakened by the cries of his mother, escaped from the house. Richards made a horse trade re cently in which he claimed he was beaten. This is said to have preyed upon his mind and produced a lit of insanity in which tl.o deed was com mitted. Steamer Deserted by Crew Menace to Ships By Associated Press New York, Jan. 6. The disabled Greek steamer Thessalontki, which was abandoned at sea by 300 passen gers and 100 officers and crew, is still afloat and a menace to navigation, ac cording to a radio message received to-day by the Anchor line from its steamship Perugia. The message said the Perugia had rescued ninety of tho crew and all of the mail from tho Thessaloniki and expected to arrive here to-morrow night. The passengers and remainder of the crew are aboard the Greek steam er Patris and according to previous radio message are expected hero either late tonight or to-morrow morn ing. GRIP TAKES AGED WOMAN Special to the Telegraph Mcchanicsburg, Pa., Jan. 6.—Grip in four days caused the death of Mrs. Chrlstinna Harlacker, aged 80, at tho home of her daughter, Mrs. Sim Sher man of this place.
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