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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXTV— No. 3
i BRITISH FORCE
IN MESOPOTAMIA I
IS GIRDLED BY!
TURKISH ARMY
Detachment at Kut-el-amara
Is Surrounded Completely
While the Main Army Is in
Full Retreat Before Over
whelming Numbers; 10,-i
000 Men Are Covering
Withdrawal; May Mean
Abandonment of Attempt
TRANSPORT SUNK
DURING EVACUATION
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j
Reported Ship Filled With
Allied Troops Went Down
Off Gallipoli; Teutons An
nounce New Offensive
Against French in tV
Champagne With Can
of Several Hundred Yaiuj
of Trenches, 434 Prisoners
and Many Guns
By Associated Press
llerlin, Jan. 10 (by wireless to Say
\ille». —The British army at Kut-El-
Aruara, in Mesopotamia, lias now been
surrounded completely by tlie Turks,
according to Constantinople advices
given out to-day by the Overseas News
Agency, it said the Turks have ad
vanced to the main defenses of the
British.
The main British army in Meso
potamia, according to these advices, is
in retreat. 10,000 men having been left
in Kut-El-Amara to cover the move- j
ment.
Recent dispatches have indicu
that the British expedition in Meso
potamia was confronted by Turkish
m forces of superior size and that it
™ would have difficulty In maintaining
itself at Kut-El-Amara. The defenses
of the city, in fact, were attacked by
t he Turks some tinie ago, resulting in
severe fighting, but the British were
able to repulse the assaults.
The retreat from Kut-El-Amat'a—
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Sleet and Rain Causes
Little Inconvenience
Sleel and .n. which fell for a short
lime ill' ''ling, coating the side
walks m s with thin ice, caused
much in if nee but little serious
trouble ft r i.irrisburgers.
Only one mishap resulted in a hos
pital case. George Miller, of New
Cumberland, fell while crossing Mar
ket Square this morning, receiving a
lacerated scalp. Fie was treated at
the Harrisburg Hospital.
PROGRESSIVES MEET
By Associated Press
Chicago. 111., Jan. 10.—Several mem
bers of the Progressive national com
mittee arrived to-day to attend the
meeting called for to-morrow at which
ihe place and time foi holding the
national convention will be decided
upon.
STABBED IN FIGHT
Joseph Lukic, 231 Frederick street.
Steelton. is being treated at the Har
risburg Hospital for two stab wounds
of the left shoulder and left arm.
I.ukic was admitted yesterday morn
ing. He told the physicians "that he
had been arguing and then got into a
tight. He would not name his assail
ant. lie will recover.
OVERCOME BY GAS
While wording in a boiler of the
Harrisburg Light and Power Company
this morning "William Belford, 1204
Monroe street, was partly overcome by
gas. lie was rushed to the Harrisburg
Hospital in a semiconscious condition.
He will recover. i
Miss I ISIIER UNDER KM I i
Margaret Fisher, aged 17. 237 lloas
street, was operated upon for appendi
citis at the Harrisburg Hospital this
morning.
THE WEATHER
For HnrrUhurg anil vicinity: Id.
nettled ii mi vmrnirr to-ninhf.
lirohnbl.v light rain*: loweat
triupi-raturr nbiMit 311 ilt'Krt't'x;
Turailny pnrtl? clouily iiuil anutr
nlmt colder,
for Enaleru I'r iiimvlvHiilit: Ituln
and warmer to-night i Tuesday
cloudy and colder, probnhly rnlii
north portion: moderate to frmh
MOiithw eat to nortbnnl gnlea.
The river and all ita trlbutnrlea
cept poMNlbly the upper portions
of the \orth and Went lirnnehcN.
which mnjr rlae aonipwhnt or r«>-
main nearly atntlonary, \ »<„*,•
of Mbout (1.2 feet la Indicated for
llarrlahurit' Tueailay morning.
General Condition*
' I'reaure la high nlong thr Atlantic
1-oaat and In thr >orthweat. \
ktorm of eonaldrralile energy la
••entral over the take Superior
region and nnother over tl|e I'a-
I'ltlc alopr. Main, anow anil alect
have fallen genernlly nrrat of thr
Rocky Mountalna. In the Ohio
and St. I.bti rencr valley*.
Temperatures 8 a. m., 30.
Suns Rlaeai 7.27 a. m.| acta, 4ißß
p. m.
llrat quarter, to-morrow,
Ili4ft p. m.
River Stage: H.K feet above low
water mark.
Illarheat temperature, an,
l.oweat tempernture. 17.
Mean temperature. 22.
-Normal temperature, 2D.
THREE KILLED BY
TERRIFIC BLAST
IN POWDER MILL
Many Others Injured When
i Mysterious Explosion Occurs
at Du Pont Plant
'DENY REPORT OF PLOT
jOfficials Say Rumors Are Un
founded; Steamer in River
Is Damaged
By Associated Press
i Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 10. —Three
! men were killed and a number in
! iured in an explosion of smokeless
| powder early to-day at the plant of
lthe Du Pont Powder Works at Car
ney's Point, N. J.
The cause of the explosion is not
! known but, according to the superin
tendent, there is no suspicion that the
| blast was due to outside agencies. The
| report that arrests had been made
were denied.
'l'he dead are: John Walsh, Nyack,
X V.: Richard J. Larney, Philadel
phia. and T. H. C. Wynne, address
ii known.
The superintendent of the plant
aid ihe victims were employes but
; that they had no business in that part
! of the works where the explosion oc
| curred. The blast was a terrific one
j and was felt 25 miles away. Wire
i communication with the plant was
cut off by the shock with the resuli
'that the wildest rumors prevailed
j until daylight cleared up the extent
lof the accident. The property loss is
Ismail as the explosion occurred in a
small building of No. 1 plant of the
works. It was some distance front
| the main buildings.
One of the reports in circulation
was that government agents and
secret service men from the Du Pont
police force had been watching sus
picious persons who went to the plant
from Wilmington. Del., by boat, and
that two, carrying bomb and fuses,
had been arrested. C. B. Landis, a
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Wilson May Put Defense
Plan Personally Before
Country in Speeches;
By Associated Press
Washington. Jan. 10. President
Wilson possibly may put (he question ]
of national defense before the country i
In a series of speeches as one means J
of getting the necessary legislation j
through Congress.
The President to-day received sev
eral invitationj to speak at banquets or
meetings here, in Baltimore and New
York within the next month and
other invitations are known to he
J coming. Officials intimated to-day
.that the President might take advan
tage of the invitations to lay the Ad
ministration plan for national defense
directly before tlie people. As soon
as the submarine controversy is en
tirely cleared up tlip President intends
to devote his wholf attention to get
ting the nation ilefense plans
through Congress. 'inning to-mor
row the Presuleri ! confer fre
quently \ ; 'li l-lousi and Senate leaders
on the subject.
County Commissioners
Organize as Board of
Revision and Appeal
1 Dauphin county's new hoard of com
: missioners to-day formally organized
las a hoard of county tax revision and
appeals for 1910 by electing President
| Charles C. Cuniblcr. chairman, and
Chief Clerk Edward IT. Fislier, secre-
I tar
i The commissioners immediately be
gan an inspection of the lax assess
ment books. On January 19 the ap
i peals will begin and until that time
the commissioners will pare down the
; assessors' lift (ires wherever no proper
excuse for raising the values appears.
! The assessors, however, will be given
I an opportunity on Hie appeal days to
'explain why they raised the valuations.
Thousand School Children
Will Hear Seton Talk
on Wild Animal Life
; Fully 1,000 of Harrisburg's school
' youngsters from the grammar and
I primary grades will pack the auditor -
jium of the Technical high school next
: Friday afternoon at 3.U0 o'clock, to
hear Edgar Thompson Seton talk on
"Wild Animals I Have Known." This
address will be exclusively for the city
school children and no adults will be
admitted. So great has been the de
mand for tickets from the various
principals of the schools, that it is pos
sible that a morning talk will be ar
! ranged for.
Dr. Seton's talk will be of double in
terest to the youth of this city in that
| lie was the prime mover in the inaug
uration of th# Boy Scout movement in
j America. In the evening the ninth
I annual Teachers' Association lectures
I will be ushered in with Seton's address
on "In Search of the Caribou." In this
address be will tell of his 2,000 mile
trip by canoe to the arctic plains. The
lectures will lie illustrated by stereop
ticon.
30.0011 SKATERS CHASED
OI'F NEW YORK I, A KES
| New York, Jan. 10. Thirty thou
sand skaters, roughly estimated, were
; chased off Van Cortland Park lakes
|in this city yesterday. A squad of po
licemen patrolled the Ice and conduct
ied regular beats between sign posts
! erected for the purpose of preventing
j the hordes of eager red-cheeked girls
and youths from risking their lives on
the unsafe ice. The minions of the
[law had considerable difficulty keeping
jt.he vast stretches of ice clear, but all
accidents were prevented.
SONG WRITER DIES
New York. .lan. 10.—Samuel l>ucas.
j author of the song, "Grandfather's
I Clock." and known as one of the
; most original nntertnlnfrs on the
| American stage for nearly half a cen
jtury, died to-day.
ARRISBURG, PA.. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1916.
SHE WILL DO "THE DANCE OF THE VASES"
I AT CHARITY BALL TO BE HELD JANUARY 20
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big Charity Hall to be held January -0 in the Chestnut Street Auditorium.
COSTS MORE TO
CURE GRIP ON
WAR'S ACCOUNT
Cost of Many Presciplions
Doubled by Pharmacists
of City
Increases in the prices of drugs i
have caused a general rise in the cost :
of many prescriptions filled by drug- |
Sists in the city. In some instancesj
the prices of prescriptions have
doubled.
Pharmacists in explaining the
situation to-day said that some of the
drugs used in medicines have in
creased from 100 to 1000 per cent,
owiny to the war and the big demand
for them In foreign countries. Disin
fectants. bromides for nervous dis
orders and the old cold cure, quinine,
are included in the list of goods ad
vanced in price.
Moth balls, still widely used in the
Springtime when the winter clothes
are buried in big chests, now retail
for 25 cents a pound in the city. He
tore the war any amount of them
could be bought for five cents a
pound. lanolin used in many oint
ments, and facial massage creams for
milady, has advanced about 500 per
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GROWTH OF BANKS
IS UNPARALLELED
I '
First Year Under Federal He
serve System Shows In
| crease of $1,743,878,648
| Washington. D. C.. Jan. 10.—' De
■ velopment and growth never parallei
|ed in the financial history of any
| country" is the way John Skolton
; Williams. Comptroller of the Currency
I describes in his annual report to Con-
I gress, the operation of the national
i banks under his charge, during the
period from October 191-1 to Novem-
I ber 1915. the first year under the
I Federal Reserve system. The report
was to-day presented to Congress,
j Mr. Williams gives a comparative
.statement of the condition of the na
tional banks to back up his state
, ment. He shows that net resources
of the banks increased in the year sl,-
I 743,878,648, that deposits increased
I $2,081,530.164 and that loans and dis
counts increased $917,450,602, Avail
j able cash increased In the same period
i $862,000,000 and on November 10,
11915, the reporting national banks
; had excess reserves of $891,000,000.
"The reserves held by the national
banks November 10. 1915," says the
report "exceeded by $587,000,000 the
greatest reserves ever held at any
time prior to the passage of the Fed
eral lieserve act. l-.oans and discounts
amounted to more than the total loans
and discounts of all banks, including
national, State, savings and private
banks and loan and trust companies
—ns late ns the year 1902."
Savings Grow
Mr. Williams says that the "bank
ing power" of the United States—the
capital surplus, circulation deposits,
; etc. —of all reporting banks, national
and otherwise with an estimate of the
'figures for nonreporting banks,
I amounted in June 1915, to $25,397,-
! 100,000, an Increase in a year of about
$1,057,100,000. Savings bank de
positors increased by 176,256 during
the year ending last June with total
deposits of $4,997,706,013 an increase
of $61,114,163. The average deposit
however decreased from $444.30 to
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NEGOTIATIONS IN
LUSITANIA CASE
NEARING CLOSE
Count Yon Hernstorff and Sec
retary Lansing Hold Confi
dential Meeting
By Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 10. Count Von
Hernstorff, the German ambassador,
and Secretary Lansing, had another
conference on the l.usitania negotia
tions to-day which both agreed should
be described as confidential.
The ambassador expects to confer
with the Secretary again inside of a
week and not again on the subject.
That fact is taken by those conversant
with the status of the case to mean
that Germany and the United States
have approached a point in the nego
tions where only one more exchange
between Washington and Berlin will
be necessary before the long contro
versy is ended.
It was stated authoritatively to-day
that the next step of the United States
will be to ask all of the allies of Ger
many to agree that no vessels carrying
Americans be attacked until passen
gers and crew have been placed in
safety.
START TO PROBE
YOUNGSTOWN RIOT
j More Than 200 Are Arrested
and Held to Await Action
of Grand Jury
By Associated Press
Youngstown, Ohio. Jan. 10. —The
grand jury to-day began an investiga
tion into the riot in Fast Youngstown
Friday night. More than 200 men
have been arrested and a majority of
these will be held pending the outcome
of the probe which will be made under
the direction of A. E. Henderson,
prosecuting attorney of Mahoning
county.
The gates of the Youngstown Sheet
and Tube Company plant which has
been tied up because of a strike of
laborers, were reopened to-day and
preparations are being made to resume
operations. Many former employes re
ported for duty and were at once put
lo work. The exact number to return
was not made public. The furnaces
are still banked, but workers were as
signed to cleaning up and making re
pairs. No disturbances were re
ported.
Both regiments of '.he Ohio Na
tional Guard which was been quartered
on military property since their arrival
early Saturday were removed last
night. For the present they will con
tinue to occupy their trains near the
plant, but will be removed to quarters
in other parts of this city and East
Youngstown as soon as arrangements
can be made.
Frederick C. Croxton, mediator,
sent here in an effort to settle the
strike, continued his conference with
representatives of the companies and
employes to-day. Mr. Croxton confer
red yesterday with James A. Campbell,
president of the Youngstown Sheet
and Tube Company, lie also plans to
discuss the situation with T. J. Brady
of the Republic Iron und Steel Com
pany whose employes are also on a
jtriks.
HARDSCRABBLE
VIEW REVISION
GAIN TO CITY
$1,311 Less Damages Allowed
Than Under Original
Schedule
COURT (JETS REPORT!
Will Remain on File 30 Days
For Filing of Excep
tions
Recent revision of the original
|schedule of benefits and damages inci
dent to the condemnation of "Hard
scrabble" reduced the amount of dam
ages allowed from $107,105 to $105,-
794.
The change redounds to the city's
advantage lo the extent of just $1,311,
as the municipality's share of the as
sessment is reduced from Jt!4,064.70
to $62,723.70.
No change in the original sum as
sessed as benefits against the property
owners on the east side of Front street
from Herr to Calder, was made. The
benefits assessed total $43,070.30.
Figures Go to Court
The new figures incident to the
elimination of the "Hardscrabble"
district—the section lying on the west
side of Front street from Calder to
Herr—was presented to the Dauphin
county court this morning by Attorney
Paul G. Smith, chairman of the board
of viewers. Serving with Mr. Smith
were James D. Saltsman and Karl
Steward.
The report was confirmed temporar
ily. It will remain on file thirty days,
in this time formal exceptions can be
tiled. If these be based on technical
grounds aimed to set aside the whole
viewing proceeding, then the report
cannot be confirmed absolutely within
thirty days, but must lay out pending
Ihe result of regular court proceedings,
if the objections be base on the
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Want Pensions For
Widows and Orphans
of Spanish Veterans
Harrisburg Camp, No. 8, United
Spanish War Veterans, has decided
to put fortn efforts to have Confess
grant pensions to widows and orphans
of Spanish war veterans.
Interesting addresses were a feature
of a meeting of Harrisburg Camp No.
8, United Spanish War Veterans, held
in the camprooms, 30-! North Second
street. A large class was austered in
by Captain E. Uaubenstein.
Patriotic addresses were made by
Captain Laubenstein, William Messln
ger, George Drake, H. E. Gabril and
others. Each member pledged himself
to bring in one or more recruits by
June 1.
0. P. Beckley Speaker at
Rotary Club Luncheon
O. P. Beckley, as the guest of Sam
uel Eby, was the speaker at to-day's
noon luncheon of the Harrisburg Ro
tary Club at the Senate Hotel. Mr.
Eby, head of the Harrisburg Hag and
Box Company, was chairman and
among the guests who were called on
for short speeches were J. S. Brown,
of the Boston notary Club; S. M. Palm,
Thomas Kahres, E. E. Sanford. I>. D.
Green, William Kenny and Messrs.
Hess and Tate, general salesmen of
the New Idea Hosiery Company,
Mr. Beckley took for his subject the
dignity of labor and the value of fel
lowship and co-operation.
Tickets were distributed for the Ro
tary Club educational night, Tuesday,
January 18, at the Technical high
school auditorium, when Professor
George F. Dunkleberger, of Susque
hanna University, will deliver an illus
trated lecture on that institution.
; Unfilled Tonnage of U. S.
Steel Shows Big Increase
fl.v .Associate// Press
New York. Jan. 10. —The unfilled
tonnage of the United States Steel
Corporation on December 31 totaled
7.80t!.L'20 ions, an increase of 616,731
tons over November.
The unfilled orders of 7,806,220 tons
reported to-day represent the largest
total reached by the steel corporation
since January 31, 1913, when the ag
gregate was 7,827,368 tons.
ADA RE HAN, ONCE MOST
BEAUHT'III, WOMAN, DIES
Special to the Telegraph
New York, Jan. 10.—Ada Rehan,
the actress, died at the Roosevelt Hos
pital Saturday. She was taken to the
hospital December 31. Several days
later she underwent a serious op
eration. She never recovered from the
effects. She was 55 years old. Ada
Rehan was once noted as the most
beautiful woman on the American
stage.
PHILADEI.PIIIAN DIES IN SOUTH
By Associated Press
Savannah, Ga„ Jan. 10. C. H.
f'larke. a well-known resident of
Philadelphia, died suddenly yesterday
at Pineland Club, Harnett. S. C„ ac
cording to information reaching here
to-day.
JUDGE NOYES DEAD
By Associated Press
Milwaukee. Wis., Jan. 10.—Judge
George H. Noyes. 67, well known in
legal circles throughout the country,
died suddenly at Clearwater. Fta., ac
cording to a telegram received here
to-day.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Washington, Jan. 10.
Senate—Met at noon. Foreign rela
tions committee granted hearing for
Tuesday to women's peace party.
House —Met at noon. Major Gen
eral Scott, chief of staff of the army,
explained army bill to military com
mittee. Hear Addmlral Stanford con
tinued his testimony oiS yards and
docki before naval committee.
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CUSSING MUST
BE STOPPED BY
POLICE-MEALS
If the Cops Must Swear, Let
'em Do It in Private,
Says Mayor
TO STUDY CITY LAWS
Possible That Meals Will
Establish School For
Patrolmen
I
Swearing while on duty will mean
punishment for attaches of the police
department.
"1 expect every employe under nie
to be a perfect gentleman," said
I Mayor E. S. Meals to-day. Asked if
any special set of rules would be pro
vided for employes of his depart
ment. the mayor said:
"There will be some organization
after January 15. Just as soon as I
have the new force working, every
man will be told his duty. You can't
be a gentleman and swear in public.
Of course I realize that there are
i times when a man MUST swear. He
can do it quietly."
Another thing that will be required
of patrolmen, will be a thorough
knowledge of city ordinances. Mayor
Meals said his patrolmen must know
the laws. "You can't enforce ordi
nances if you are not acquainted with
the provisions of the city laws," he
remarked. Mayor Meals has not de
cided whether there will be a school
established for the patrolmen. He is
of Ihe opinion that it woudl be a good
thing to have someone instruct the
olllcers on important ordinances.
MAYOR Will.I; MARRY FOLKS
BUT HK'S NOT ANXIOUS
I "1 am not a marrying Mayor," said
! Harrisburg's executive to-day, when
! asked if he would make a practice of
; marrying couples, as he has a right
i lo do under the law.
i "1 had but one marriage lo per
j forth during my previous administra
tion. I will not make any couple
unhappy if they ask me to unite them
in marriage, but I do not propose to
make a. practice of it. If a couple
happens in during my office hours, I
will do my best to make them happy."
I TWO LICENSES TRANSFERRED I
Transfers of two hotel licenses were approved to-day
by the Dauphin county court. The privilege held by William
H. Dreibler at "Shell's Tavern," East Hanover townsh;
was transferred to Chester S. Boyer, Grantville. A simi- g
lar privilege held by Uriah U. Bollinger at Coxestown Hotel, g
Coxestown, was turned over to Frederick Bossinger. g
BRITISH LOSE 3,000 IN ATTACK, REPORT 1
Amsterdam, Jan. 10, via London, 4.51 P. M.—A British g
force which apparently was on the way to reinforce the £
British at Kut-El-Amara on the Tigris river, lost thr- - g
thousand men in an attack on Turkish positions at Sue g
Said, according to a semiofficial statement received here to g
iday from Constantinople. ■
Harrisburg Peter Gubics was arrested this mornin t . g
in Steelton by Chief of Police Longnaker and Detective #
Gibb, of that place, just one hour before the time set for M
his wedding. Gubics was arrested on serious charges pre- /
ferred by a girl in South Bethlehem. He got out on bail g
and was married nevertheless. J
FEDERAL PURE FOOD LAW UPHELD
V> Jan. 10.—The Sheiley amendment of 1902 ,
I Pu.«e I ood La»v was upheld as const
tt day by the Supreme Court.
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I ldui occicio y 10, India
1 Washington, jan. 10. —Admiral Wmslow reported to /
1 day lo the Depaitment the sui i ender near Espcra.o C
I von.. o Indians and Villa troops to Genetai »
Dicgue Villa troops were vJ nmanded by Geneiai X
g d .i.. India.;s uy Chief Bachaino. a
g ondoit, ja .. 10, j.A'J P.' M.—Sir Peicy Lake has be< %
g appointed to command the British forces in Mesopotamia in g
g sucCfe'ssii n io Sir John Eccles Nixon who has been g
r compelled by ill health to return home, it was announced in )
# the iioui»e of Commons to day by J. Austen Chamberlain, g
M Secretary for India. g
/ MARRIAGE UCENSES |
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« llonnlc < Union Sltnart, l.akrwoori, and Ida Mar Urate, lMUaburKlt. ft
# Philip Kberly and Ralbrr B. THetrl«-h. J
% Herman William Dolts and Catherine Ireae Hummel, l£a«t Hanover. (
POSTSCRIPT— FINAL
TEN PER CENT. *
WAGE INCREASE
FEB. 1 FOR PA.
STEEL EMPLOYES'
Officials Now Working ort'
New Schedule; Jump in
Pay Effects Labor and
Salaried Men, Except
Where Recent Readjust
ments Were Made
EFFECTS 6,000 MEN
AT STEELTON MILLS
i
j Boost in Line With Company's
Plan of Sharing Increased
Profits With Employes;
Cambria Adds $600,000
to Its Annual Payroll
I Wages of practically all employes of
the Pennsylvania Steel Company at
Stoelton will be increased February 1,
it was learned l'rom usually well-in
formed circles this morning.
Officials are now working on a new
wage schedule which will become ef
fective at that time. This schedule,
it was said, will grant an increase i-i
pay of approximately 10 per cent, on
the present labor rate and a somewhat
similar proportion in the higher rates,
except where readjustments have re
cently been made.
The proposed increase will affect
about ti.OOO men and will add thou
sands of dollars to the company's pay
roll.' The increase is in line with tho
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