Temperatures Being Forced Below Zero iii Eastern U. S. by Bitter Cold Wave HARRISBURG 1&365& TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 9 > ZERO TONIGHT 1 FORECAST; COLD WILL CONTINUE Mercury Expected to Fall Sev eral Degrees Lower in Countrv Districts RIVER LIKELY TO CLOSE Full Intensity of Frigid Wave Not Yet Here; Over spreads East Zero weather is forecasted for Har risburg to-night. The mercury last night dropped to - 10 degrees, the record so far for the! season. Light snow fell for several , hours last evening and the temper- J ature fell rapidly after midnight. Skating at the upper and lower end of Wildwood Lake was declared safe 10-day by the Department of Parks, but the red flag will not fly until the neck of the lake freezes tight enough for skating at that point. Crowds of skaters enjoyed the pleasure of gliding over the smooth surface yesterday and j to-day and the continued cold weather j predicted will soon xnake the entire, lake safe, it is believed. The river remained open until late | this afternoon, but was filled with i floating ice. Should the cold wave con- j tinue without much rise in temper- | ature. the river is expected to close. Pair and slightly warmer weather I forecasted for to-morrow will continue another day, it is believed, and may be I followed by snow. The full intensity j of the cold wave moving eastward has | not reached this point, but it has i > attsed a general drop in temperatures ! in this section of the country. With zero weather forecasted for the city j to-night, in the smaller towns the mer- ; <■ ury will probably go several degrees below. Meet at Mobile Washington. D. C„ Jan. IT —The | told wave overspreading the country oast of the Mississippi to-day hail : forced the freezing line down to the I middle Gulf of Mexico coast and the j [Continued on Page B.] Want Volunteers For Plunge Into Icy River Details for the celebration of Epiphany Wednesday by members of the Bulgarian colony in Steelton will be completed at a meeting of prominent, members of the Bulgarian orthodox Church at the home of D. Minoff. 476-478 Myers street. The principal arrangement will con sist of obtaining volunteers to plunge into the Susquehanna to rescue a cross which will be hurled into the stream by Father David N'akoff. This Is one ' of the most important features of the celebration and even the below-zero j weather predicted for Wednesday will not deter several Bulgarian swimmers from the plunge into the freezing waters. Epiphany is celehratod at this time by the Bulgarians because they adhere to the Eastern faith, which differs from the Roman belief in many re spects, and their calendar is just thir teen days behind that of the Roman Church . City Editors Forming National Association By Associated Press Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 17. As an outgrowth of the second annual meet ing of the Indiana City Editors As sociation. city editors all over the United States to-day are being asked to affiliate with the National City Editors' Association which was form ed here. The officers of the new as sociation are: President, H. T. Sullivan, Richmond, Ind.; vice-presidents. P. E. Hunter, rSheboygan. Wis., and E. M. C. Lucas, Grand Rapids; secretary, M. Bowman, Lima. 0., and treasurer. C. D. Graves. Danville, 111. NO I"XIFORM FOlt GRANT Because Mayor E. S. Meals declines to make him a. plainclothes man, Grunt Moore, recently appointed a member of the police force by the Mayor, will decline to accept a place on the force to-morrow. William Bomig, one of the patrolmen drop ped from the force recently, will be named to succeed him, it is under stood. THE WEATHER Knr llnrrlnhars: nnii vlclnlt j t I'nlr and * Unlit 1 y colder to-nlfclit, with IntVfßl <*m|»rrnt«are about trro; Tuenlay fnlr, Nllchtly warmer. For con tinned nihl to-nlftht s Tuenriav fair, oot quttf ao moderate to frpih nortliwent nlndn. River The Suaquehnnna river and all Ita brtrnehe* will fall alotrly or re main nearly Ntatlonnry. The greater portion of the West Hrnnoh ami part* of other ntream* will probably become Icebound. A Ntnire of about 5.1 feet 1* Indicated for Ilarrlabtirß Tuenday morniiiic. General Condition* The disturbance that WON central north of MliiueNota, Saturday morning, ha* moved ea*tward to f»> higher temperature* and mod erate anowa In northern and ralu and *now In southern district* east of the Mississippi river. A general fall of 2 to '.14 degree.* | n leraperaure bus been registered, except along the Atlantic coast, where temperatures generally are Z to '24 degrees higher than on Saturday. Übe line of rero weather extends south to Ken tuck'- and east Into Western Pennsylvania, with temperature - degree* below fero at Pitts burgh. Temperatures S a. m.. 10. Muni Rlaes, 7i2«<» a. «n.; seta, 5t0.% p. in. Moons Full moon, Jauuary 24, 3:29 a. m. River Stages 8.5 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, iM. l.oweat temperature, '2%. "Mean temperature, 'ifi. , JSormal temperature, 38, RESCUING VICTIMS OF E-BOAT EXPLOSION I V . - / V'y > JSSV " ' jecrtovirtG vr.Av> AND irijufi££> retire <3r«a x/rsfji*:#.*/e-it Scene in the dry dock of the Brooklyn navy yard, immediately after the explosion of the E-2. in which one man was instantly killed, three fatally burned and twelve seriously injured, showing rescuers taking out the injured men from the conning towers of the submarine. The explosion is thought to have been caused by a defective battery. Secretary Daniels has ordered a rigid investigation. JEWS PLAN BIG PERMANENT WAR j RELIEF SOCIETY! i Greatest Mass Meeting in City j Nets $6,232 For Europe's Sufferers j | Initial steps toward organizing a ; I permanent war relief propaganda; !among the Jews of Harrisburg were' i taken yesterday afternoon in Techni-j jcal high school auditorium at the, | greatest mass meeting of the kind j ever held in this section of Pennsyl« vania. Within an hour and a half $6,252.90 was raised in cash, jewelry and sub scriptions for the relief of the hun dreds of thousands of suffering Jew ish people in the war-stricken zones of Europe. Nearly a thousand representative Jews tilled the auditorium: they were there in all ages, from the bearded patriarchal looking old citizen who I vividly remembers the dark days of the "pograins," to his pretty grand [Continued on Page 12.] Both Woman and Man Sentenced For Bigamy and Perjury The fact that Henry T. Hippie made j ! some effort to learn definitely whether ! (or not his wife was alive, helped ! alleviate the enormity of his offense in j President Judge Kunkel's opinion ' when he sentenced Kipple to serve j eight months in the Dauphin county ! iai! on charges of bigamy, and per- I jury. Ellen Brosey arraigned with Kipple ■on the same charges got eleven i months. Mrs. Brosey was also fined ' SSO and sentenced to a month in jail j for furnishing liquor to minors, i Seymour Reed, a Steelton negro, ; who struck a companion in the stom i ach with an ax during a fight was I sentenced to serve from fifteen months to two and a half years in the I Eastern Penitentiary. j Eighty-Seven Arrested After Church Riot in Which Man Was Killed t Wllkes-Borre. Pa.. Jan. 17. Six teen more alleged rioters at the church disturbance yesterday in Du I'ont. near here were arrested to-day and held ! for court after a hearing before Alderman Frank lloarv, of this city. They arc charged with participating iin yesterday's battle. There are now |s7 rioters in. the Luzerne -county j court on the charge of contempt. i TRAFFIC IIKI.I) i;I» WHEN THOM.EV WIRE SNAPS I The cold weather this morning was j responsible for the breaking of a trol ley wire Fourth and -Market streets. When the wire broke, it ' slackened the line running into the : Market street subway, throwing off a trolley. The latter came in contact with a steel girder overhead, burning ! oil another wire. Traffic to Allison , llill district, Huminelstown, Middle ; town, and Steelton. was held up for i an hour until repairs were made. THE DAY IN CONGRESS Washington, D. C„ Jan. 17.—Sen ate: Met at noon. Senator Gore in troduced resolution to establish neutral j zone at Mexican border to be policed iby Mexican and American forces, i Judiciary committee recommended . adoption of Cummins resolution for inquiry into abi'ity of Federal judges to discharge their duties. Extension I 'if Mann Law to Alaska, Panama ' Canal zone and insular possessions ■ i roposed in bill introduced by Sena tor Overman. Senator Jones intro duced bill for a *3,000.000 dry dock jat Paget Sound navy yard. Resumed debate on Philippine bill. Indian . I'ommittee considered Oliver resolu tion to renew Osage oil lands leases. House: Met at noon. Military j committee heard General Aleshire. Rear Admiral Stanford continued iestimony before Naval Committee. Congressional investigation of alleged ■usurious Interest charged by national i banks was urged before the rules 'committee by Representative Howard 'of Georgia. Representative Buchanan jof "Illinois, nnd his counsel argued be- More JudiciaryM'ommittee in favor of ; his resolution for the Impeachment o? [United States Attorney Marshall of jNcw York. HARRISBURG, PA., MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1916. MEXICAN DATA IS BEING PREPARED Will Be Given to Foreign Re-! lations Committee; Carranza Tenders Assurances FLETCHER IS APPOINTED Confirmation of Pennsylvania Man as Ambassador to Be Considered Wednesday j By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Jan. 17. Preparation by State Department of ficials of data for the Senate regarding the de facto government in Mexico and receipt of renewed assurances from General Carranza that he would make every effort to run down and punish those responsible for the mur der of American citizens near Santa . Ysabel, Mex., were the outstanding developments to-day in the Mexican ! situation. I The data is being prepared for i President Wilson for transmission to [Continued on Cage 3.] Internal Explosion of Submarine Is Believed Due to Natural Causes By Associated Press i New York. Jan. 17. —Officials con ! ducting the inquiries, civil and naval, linto the cause of the internal explo- Ision Saturday on the submarine E-2 |at the .Yew York navy yard, which i caused the death of four men and se | rious injuries to ten others, were con- I vincfed to-day. It was learned at the j yard, that the accident was due en tirely to natural causes. A board of investigation appointed by Admiral Usher continued its in quiry anil was assisted by Rear Ad miral Grant, who was ordered here from Philadelphia. It is expected that this board will complete its inquiry to-day and will forward its findings to the Navy Department with out making them public. It is con sidered probable that a full court of inquiry will be appointed by Secretary Daniels to investigate the disaster. This court would have power to sum mon ami swear witnesses. Three of the men injured by the ex plosion arc in a serious condition in Brooklyn hospitals. They are Louis C. Miles, chief electrician of the E-2; John Palsey, gunner's mate, and Guy H. Clark. Jr.. machinist's ihate. The Edison storage, battery, with which the E-2 was equipped, was ab solved from blame in a statement issued last night by Miller Peese Hutchinson, chief engineer for Thomas A. Edison and a member of the naval advisory board. Mr. Hutchinson said he had formed 11 tentative opinion as to the cause of the disaster after mak ing an investigation and that he saw no reason to recommend any changes in the Edison batterv. He declared that the battery in the E-2 was not | damaged. Asbury Park Bank and Newspaper Building Burn By Associated Press New, York, Jan. 17. Loss estt- I mated at SIOO,OOO resulted from a lire to-day which destroyed the build ings of the Asbury Park Trust Com pany and the Asbury Park Press at Anbury Park. N. J. The fire started in the newspaper ! plant. J. L. Kinmoutli. owner of the i Press, announced that the paper will | be published in a cottage until per i manent new quarters can be ob- I tained. TO INSPECT TROOP i The annual inspection of the Gov ernor's Troop will be held to-night at ■ the Armory on State street. Captain V. LaS. Rockwell, 11th United States Cavalry, will be the inspection officer. PA <i. A. R. ORGANIZER DIES j Athens, Pa.. Jan. 17. —Charles T. I Hull, 82, a Civil War veteran and 'former department commander or i Pennsylvania G. A. R., died at his | home here last night. He organized 'the first encampment at Gettysburg in ml fifty G. A. R. posts in various parts lof the State. . . . i STRIKE CLOSES 250 FACTORIES (i.OOO Phi la. Garment Workers Demand Higher Wages and Better Conditions MAJORITY ARE WOMEN Want Fifty-Hour Week and Fifteen Per Cent. Increase; Pickets Arc Detailed I. . • By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 17. Garment workers numbering about 6,000 went on strike here to-day for higher wages and better working conditions. As a consequence about 230 factories are closed. The operators say several .thousand workers who are not mem jbers of the union will join the ranks of the strikers. Nearly all of the strikers are women and girls. All of the factories are picketed. The demands of the strikers are for a tlfty-hour week: a maximum of four hours a night when'working nights; a fifteen per cent, increase in wages; a minimum wage of sti a week for wo men and 58 for men; the appointment of grievance and arbitration commit tees, and the supplying by employers of all materials used. Miners Want Operators to Hold Wage Conference After Big Convention 1 By Associated Press Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 17.—While delegates to the biennial convention of the United Mine Workers which opens to-morrow were gathering here to-day from different parts of the United States and Canada, officers of the union were endeavoring to reach an agreement with coal operators with the central competitive bituminous districts for a wage conference after the convention adjourns. The com petitive districts are made up of the Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania soft coal fields. The mine owners in these districts former ly had a four-State agreement with the; union miners but it was broken years ago, since which time each State concluded its own contract with the union employes. At a confer ence here to-day between the officers of the union and representath'es of the operators' efforts were made to bring about a new inter-State agreement. VISITS SICK FRIEND; LANDS I.N" HOSPITAL While visiting a sick friends at the home of Thomas Egenriedet, 324 Reily street, late Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Otto Kox, 1120 Green street, open ed the wrong door in a dark hallway on the second floor and fell down the stairsteps. She was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital where physicians , found her suffering from lacerations of the face, a sprained wrist and con tusions of the body. TO ADMIT KMMFXINF 1 Washington. D. C., Jan. 17. Mrs. • Emmellne Pankhurst, the suffragist ' leader now on parole In New York E ui'der the immigration authorities. will be formally admitted to the United States soon after the papers • In her case reach Washington. OSBORNE PLEADS NOT GUILTY By Associated Press White Plains, N. Y., Jan. 17. Thomas Mott Osborne former warden i of Sing Sing prison, pleaded not guilty I to-day before Justice Morschauser to i'the indictment charging him with ,! perjury. His trial was set for February seventh. VTJTOIST KILLED By Associated Press I Scranton. Pa., Jan. 17. Elmer Coolbnugli. a prominent West Scran ' ton businessman, was killed this, I morning in a collision between hisi : automobile and a machine owned byl i K. H. f'onnell and driven by Edward I . MeXulty. TO MAKE CITY WIDE CANVASS | FOR TRADE TRIP Excursion Committee Wantl Twice as Many to Go This Year as Last l Chairman <\ W. Burtnett of the Trade Excursion committee of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce has called a full meeting of his com mittee for to-morrow evening In the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at 8 o'clock. The members of the committee at this meeting will plan a cltv-wide canvass of the members of the Cham ber to Induce them to take part in the excursion. The members of thej committee and the officers of the' Chamber are determined that the number participating in this year's excursion shall at least double that of last. year. The fact that a 24-piece brass band will accompany Harris burg boosters has greatly increased interest in the excursion. As a follow-up to the luncheon given on December 21 in honor of the traveling men of the city, the Chamber is inviting every traveling man and branch house manager in Harrisburg to purchase a ticket and take part In the trade excursion. Those who are interested in taking part in the trade excursion are to get in touch with E. L. McColgin, secre tary of the Harrisburg Chamber of I Commerce, Kunkel building, Bell {phone 3641. City Planners and Pennsy Officials Confer on Subway Another conference of the City Planning Commission. City Engineer M. B. Cowden and the Pennsylvania railroad officials was held late this af ternoon on the Market street subway project. The railroad officials, it is under stood, wish the plans recently submit ted to Council by City Engineer Cow den, so changed as to allow an addi tional fifty feet of track room. This would mean an extension of the sub way and a consequent extension of the subway approach, westwardlv. The proposed alteration would bring the top of the western approach about opposite the entrance to Union Station. The. cost of the change would ho greater and the consequential dam ages to which the city would be sub jected naturally would be higher, j The Philadelphia and Heading [ 1 tall-road Company. It is understood, [has declined to pay any portion of the cost of the proposed widening of I the subway. The Philadelphia and | Heading's contention Is that it does not own any tracks which cross the [subway. The Harrisburg Railway's Company has not yet expressed its I opinion on the question of assuming I a certain share of the cost. | Spanish Steamer Sunk; Another Ship Is Afire By Associated Press London, Jan. 17, 10.05 a. m.—The Spanish steamer Belgica has been sunk. Twenty-three members of the crew were saved. The last mention of the Belgica in available maritime records notes her arrival on December 12 at Heysham, England, from Sasrunto, Spain. The steamer was owned by the Internation al Navigation company of Bilboa. Her gross tonnage was 2,105. Vigo, Spain, Jan. 16, via Paris.—A wireless call for help has been re ceived from Belgian steamer Lille, which reports that she is afire 195 miles off this port. I The Maritime register mentions no I ship named Lille. j KILLED WHILE COASTING Williamsport, Pa.. Jan. IT.- Edgar 1 Thomas, ten. of Salladasburg, Pa., died to-day from injuries sustained in a coasting accident on Saturday. The boy fell from his sled on a hill and his hody was doubled up In such a manner that he received fatal in juries. 12 PAGES RUSS HAMMER AT TURKS ALONG 100-MILE FRONT Caucasus Operations Being j Pushed With Vigor; Turks Claim Successful Defense AUSTRIAN'S PRESS AHEAD Forcing Montenegrins Back To ward Scutari; Quiet Around Snloniki The Russian operations in the Caucasus are growing in magnitude and importance from the indications furnished by the official reports. Following closely the announce-j ment from Constantinople that a Rus- ] sian offensive along a hundred milej front south of the Arasa had been in- j augurated comes the further news that the attack is being pressed, al-j though the Turkish war office de clares that the attempts to make headway have lacked success. As saults of the most determined char acter on the Turkish positions have [Continued on Pa«e 3.] Asserts Austria Has . Accepted Montenegro Offer to Lay Down Her Arms By Associated Press Berlin, .lan. 17. by Wireless to Say j vllle.—The Overseas News Agency ait | nounced to-(la.v tluit Count Tisza. the i Hungarian premier, had announced in | the Hungarian Parliament that Mon j tenegro bad asked for peace. Montenegro offered unconditionally ! to lay down her arms and the offer j had Itcen accepted, the premier de clared. j FIRE IX BERGNKR BUILDING ; The Washington Chemical Company ] last night was called by telephone to tight a blaze in the cellar of the Wil son candy store in the Bergner build ling, Third and Market streets. The I blaze was in a stack of boxes. It I caused damage estimated at S2O. John ! C. Kindler, fire chief, believes a spark fiom a motor set fire to the boxes. I PROPOSES NEUTRAL ZONE IN MEXICO ) Washington, Jan. 17.—Establishment of a neutral zone J in Northern Mexico is to be jointly policed by the forces of J Mexico and the United States unless disorders Ire speedily ■ controlled, is proposed in a resolution introduced by Senator I Gore, Democrat, Oklahoma. C I PLEAD GUILTY TO VIOLATING CUSTOMS LAW I | New York, Jan. 17.—Edward Weber, Paul Schmidt, Max j| Jacg* a- 1 Richard Wohlberg, accused in i federal indict- 4 Iment of conspiracy to ship contraband rubber to the German I government in violation of the customs laws, plwded guilty i to-day and were fined. OPERATORS AND MINERS TO MEET FEB. 1 1 Indianapolis, Jan. 17.—An interstate joint conference of operators and union miners from the Central competitive ' bituminous coal districts will be held in Mobile, Ala., be- I C February 1, to endeavor to arrange a wage scale ' K for tie four districts interested. MORMONS FLEE FROM MEXICO I El Paso, Tex., Jan. 17. —Twenty-five Mormon colonists ( ■ from the State of Chihuahua, Mex., arrived here late last ( £ night aboard a train that came through to Juarez from Casas i * Grandes. A number of Others, it was stated, were coming | K on the special train from Parrel due to-day. / MINER CAUGHT IN FALL OF ROCKS ' 9 Lykens, Jan. 17. —William Schmidt, aged 50, a miner, 1 I sustained lacerations of the left leg in a fall of rocks late j £ to-day. 1 I $25,000 FIRE AT NORRISTOWN 1 C Norristown, Pa., Jan. 17.—The four-story stone crusher J C of E. J. Lavino Company and four drying houses of the J C American Magnesia and Asbestos Covering Company at 1 C Plymouth were burned to-day with a loss of $25,000. J C January 24 was fixed this afternoon by the County J ,C Commissioners for hearing the question of the disputed C boundary lines of Rush township. Rush tax collectors and \ assessors claim farmland that is assessed in East Hanover ( C is really part of Rush. 1 MARRIAGE LICENSES % >nllwin K<>iii|iare and Herthn Mary Marts, Mteelton. | > theater Allien Wullc and listkcr Joyce Henry, city. CITY EDITION JITNEY MEN PROTEST BOND IS TOO HIGH •Will Appear Before Council Tomorrow; Ordinance j Now in Efffect ONE LICENSE ISSUED Costs Drivers $250 a Year to Meet Conditions of Measure as It Now Stands i llarrisburg's jitney chauffeurs will ; appear before City Council to-morrow i afternoon to protest against the $2,000 bond required by the new jitney regu ■ jlations for operation of the ears. In ■ [surance men say a $2,000 Hbnd costtf siftbout $250, Other changes may bo • urged. The ordinance officially went Into effect to-day but up to date only on® license has been issued. This was granted to Augustus Wildman, Jr., a son of representative Wildman. Twenty-four others, however, took out application bianks, but to dato they have not been filed. It is under stood that these applicants preferred to await the result of their confer ence with the city commissioners to morrow before taking further action. The jltneymen asked for a hearing several days ago and Council agreed to discussion of the subject to-mor row. Whether or not the measure will be amended is questionable al though it is generally believed in city circles that no changes will be made. Council to-morrow will pass finally upon the resolution introduced a week ago which change*' the meeting hour I from 1 o'clock in the afternoon to 10 o'clock in the morning. The change will be authorized in all probability as the commissioners think a morning meeting will give them more of an opportunity to devote pructlcully a full day to their departments. One ordinance is on the calendar for second and final reading. This is Mayor Meals' measure conferring the authority of policemen upon the tiro drivers, chauffeurs, engineers and oth ers in the city employment as lire men. Mayor Meals' contention is that these men can readily serve ;is emergency patrolmen at fires and if necessary may be sworn in for ten day periods.
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