President Wilson Fires His First Gun in
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LXXXV — Xo. 18
FOUR TROOPERS
DIE TRYING TO
SAVECOMRADES
FROM MEXICANS
Drown While Crossing Rio
Grande to Rescue Two U.
S. Soldiers Captured in
Swimming; Shot at While
in the Water
DETACHMENT IS ALSO
FIRED AT MANY TIMES
Bullets Whiz From Brush as
They Search on Other Side
of Border For Compan
ions; Find No Trace of
Them
■Washington, Jan. 27. —Major Gen
eral Funston reported to the War De
partment to-day Ihe drowning of four
American soldiers and the capture of
two others near Brownsville, Texas,
yesterday. His dispatch contained a
report by Major Anderson, command
er of the 12th Cavalry, as follows:
"Four men of Battery D, Fourth
Field Artillery, swam across the Rio
Grande while bathing in the river at
Progreeo to-day. Two were made pris
oners by two Mexicans with rifles and
taken back into the Interior from
river. Other two men of Battery
swam back; some two or three shots
fired at them while returning.
Search Interior
"l.ieut. J. E. Mort, commanding
Battery, with Lieuts. Peyton and Wal
der with about 14 men of Battery and
one man from 12th Cavalry crossed
river about three-quarters of an hour
later, went about three-quarters of a
mile back into the interior from river,
searched two houses, did not tind com
rades. They were fired upon ten or
twelve times by men in brush. They
remained on other side about one
hour. When they returned, the cross
ing was covered by our men on bank
of this side who fired some two hun
dred shots. None of our men killed or
wounded.
"The following men were drowned
while swimming to other side:
"Sergeant Owen Clements, Corporal
Michael F. Kins:, Private Harry A.
Rhode, all of Battery D.. Fourth Field
Artillery; and Private Charles D. Wil
ton-Bent. Troop A. Twelfth Cavalry.
"All bodies carried away by swift,
muddy current and not yet recovered.
Search being made."
Need Many Trainmen
Because of Sickness
Increase in freight business coupled
with ' much sickness is causing a
scarcity of trainmen on the main line
and branches of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. While very little trouble
has been experienced'in Harrisburg, It
is said there are times when men are
badly needed.
At Williamsport yesterday, it was
said that 50 brakemen were needed.
According to reports 150 men are off
duty on that division because of sick
ness. It Is estimated that in Harris
lntrg, Enola and at. Marysville, the
total number of men off duty because
of sickness is about 300. This covers
four divisions.
H.\I;F-M!IiMOV I'IRK KWKKPB
bfsixkss section of ai.baxy
By Associated Press
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 27. —Damage es
timated at half a million dollars was
caused by a fire here to-day in the
business district. The fire started in
the shop of the Albany Tire Repairing
Company In Howard street a block
south of State with an explosion of
oils.
The structures wholly or partially
destroyed included Odd Fellows' Hall
and several office buildings.
MOIiDKRS Gl'T RAISE
By Associated Press
Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 2 7.—Notice
was given to-day by the Youngstown
Foundry and Machine Company and
the Mahoning Foundry Company of a
voluntary increase in molders' wages
from $3.75 to $4 a day. About 300
men are affected. The new rate is
effective February 1.
I THE WEATHER
For IlarrlnhurK anil vicinity:
< londy to-ul-hi nnri Friday, prob
ably rain; wnrmfr to-nljrht. with
lotvcnt temperature about T»2 ile
ttreen.
For Ka*torn Pennsylvania: Cloudy
to-night and Friday, probably
rain; warmer to-alnht In north
ern and wewtcrn portion*; moder
ate aoutherly ulndN,
ltlver
The upper portion or the North
llraneh will rlNe a foot or more
to-ulKht and the lower portion
will rlae Friday. All other *t renin*
of the xyHtem will prohuhly fall
Mlowly or remain nearly Mtatlon
ary. A ataxc of about tl.l feet Ik
Indicated for Hii rr|*bur>; Friday
morning:.
(iencral Condition*
The weatern diaturbanee liaa been
divided by the rapid noutlierly
movement of the cold, high prea
*urc area In tile North went,
which haw Increased In Mtrenftth
and pnahed nouthward Into Texan.
rre**ure continue* high over the
Atlantic Statea. Mght to moder
ate ralnm and anowa have occur
red over the greater part of the
country and the weather con
tinue uiiMcttled generally. \
further rlae of 1! to HI degrees In
tcmpernture htm occurred In tlte
Ohio and lllmklmmlppl vallcyN, the
lake region and the Middle At
lantic States.
Temperature: H a. m., 48.
Sun: Hlaeft, 7:18 a. m.; neta, 5117
p. m.
Moon: New moon, Februry !t, 11:00
a. m.
ltlver Stage: 0.4 feet above low
water mark..
VllghcMt temperature. 50.
l.onent temperature. 10.
Mean temperature. 210.
iNormal temperature, 28,
SUEZ CANAL IS
IMPERILED BY
TEUTON SUCCESS
British Losses in Arabia De
clared to Be 15,000 Killetl
and 20,(MX) Wounded
COOPED UP IN ADEN
Survivors Are in Precarious
Position; Austrians Con
tinue Their Drive
British possession of territory pro
tecting the Suez <"anal route at its
southern end is imperiled by at
tacks made by large bodies of Arabs
and Turks on the British forces in
Southwestern Arabia, according to
advices from German sources. The
British have been driven from all the
territory they held in that section of
the country and have suffered ex
tremely heavy losses in the fighting,
the reports declare, the figures being
given at 15,000 killed and 20,000
wounded.
The implication from the Berlin
dispatch carrying these reports is that
tlie British army of 20,000 men is now
virtually cooped up in Aden, near the
entrance to the Red Sea, which must
be held if the southerly approach to
the Suez Canal is to be protected.
A situation quite similar to this
was reported through German
agencies several weeks ago, but Lon
don llien announced officially that no
apprehensions were entertained for
the outcome of the operations which
had been merely in the nature of
skirmishes.
Montenegrins Surrendering
The Austrians, having secured
possession of virtually all of the
Montenegro whose remaining defend
ers, according to Vienna, are fast lay
ing down their arms, are pushing!
southward in Albania, but apparently j
are moving deliberately, although
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Temperature Soars Today;
Warmest in Over 27 Years
All hot weather records for the
month of January in the history of
the local weather bureau were smash
ed to-day when the mercury climbed i
to over 68 degrees shortly before 2 1
o'clock.
The hottest day recorded at the
weather bureau for the last 27 years]
was on January 13, 1890 when it was
t>7 degrees on the official thermonie-i
ters.
To-night is expected to break an
other record. The highest minimum
temperature for January was 44 de
crees on the seventh in 1907. To
night the mercury is not expected to
go below 52. The warm weather will
end to-morrow when a cold wave is
expected.
The range in temperature at 8
o'clock this morning was one of the
highest recorded for this month. At
Key West, Kla., it was 74 degrees
above, and at Havre, .Mont., 54 de
grees below zero, making the range in
temperature 12S degrees.
EIGHT BELOW IX WEST
By Associated Press
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 27.—Snow
and rain fell all'over this section of
the southwest in the last 24 hours and
the mercury this morning hovered
near zero or below at many points.
North Platte, Neb., reported eight de
grees below; Omaha four below.
Most of Kansas was covered with two
incites of snow.
Charles Haar, York County
Farmer, Dies Suddenly
Special to the Telegraph
Dillshurg, Pa., Jan. 27. Charles
Haar, a well-known farmer and dairy
man of Franklin township, died sud
denly at his home, near Franklin
Church, at 4 o'clock this morning from
cancer of the stomach, aged about 45
years. While Sir. Haar was a sufferer
for several years, he had been in his
usual condition nnd took care of his
work until Wednesday, when he sud
denly became seriously ill, dying this
morning. He is survived by two
daughters and one son. his wife having
died three months ago. The funeral
arrangements were not completed this
morning.
PORTEK < H VRLTOX. PARDONED
WIFE SLAYKB. ARRIVES IN N. V.
New York, Jan. 27.—Porter Charl
ton, the young American who mur
dered his bride, Mary Scott Charlton,
at Lake Como. Italy, in June, 1910,
arrived here yesterday on the liner
America.
Charlton, who is a son of ex-Federal
Judge Paul Charlton, of Porto Rico,
killed his wife by striking her on the
head with a wooden mallet during a
quarrel while they were on their
honeymoon. He was convicted in
Como on Otober 25, 1915, and was
sentenced to a term of imprisonment
of six years and eight, months. He
got a war pardon and was released
November 21, 1915.
IP GO BARBER PRICES!
The shave, the hair-cut, the sham
poo, the tonic, aye, even the neck
shave, they're all becoming a little
dearer —all getting into the class of
luxuries. After February 1, for in
stance, some 115 barbers of the city
will put into effect the new prices,
which means an additional nickel on
most every kind of job you can have
done in the barber's chair. And the
Hill and West End folks wlio fre
quent. the barber shops will feel the
same blow after February 15.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 27.
Senate Met at noon. Petitions
bearing a million names and protest
ing against war munitions shipments
were presented and resulted in vigor
ous debate. Debate on Philippine in
dependence liill was resumed. Mili
tary committee continued its hearing
on army bills.
House —Met at noon. Admiral Grif
lin, chief of the navy engineering
bureau, testified before the naval com
mittee. General Wood told military
i ommittee army should be recruited
to full strength before reserve is en
, rolled.
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HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1916.
WHOLE CITY OPENS PURSE STRINGS TO JEWISH WAR SUFFERERS
V.
Tn accordance with proclamation by the President and the Governor, a campaign for funds for the relief of
Jewish war sufferers was conducted In Harrisburg to-day. Above are seen some of the little people who helped
collect for the relief fund, and one of the hundreds of charitably inclined who dropped coin in the boxes provided
for collecting the money.
The group from left to right includes: Abram Winfleld, Julius Kranzdorf, Nathan Katz, Samuel Delson, Rosa
Klawansky, Lenn Lane.
The girl receiving the contribution is Rosa Klawansky.
WORLD CHANGES,
WILSON SHIFTS ON
TARIFF BOARD
All Circumstances Different He
Writes in Explaining Why
He Favors Commission
A G A I N S T PROTECTION
Desires Early Action to Pre
vent Dumping of Foreign
Goods in U. S. Markets
Washington, P. C., Jan. 27. "I
have changed my mind," President
Wilson said yesterday in a letter writ
ten to Representative Claude Kitchin,
chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, sxplaining why he now
favors the creation of a tariff board,
while a year ago ne opposed the
scheme.
Circumstances throughout the world
precipitated by the European war,
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FAIR DEFENDANT
TOO TRIUMPHANT
OVER SAD WIFE
Erina Haas* Manner Influ
enced Jury in Alienation of
Affections Case
Tf pretty TCrma Haas hadn't shown
so obviously on the witness stand that
she could twine big John Murphy
'round her fingers, the Dauphin county
jury which was considering Mrs. May
Murphy's trespass suit against Erma
for alienating Mr. Murphy's affections
might not have rendered such a stiff
verdict against the defendant. Collo
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Mrs. Wilson Eats 30 Cent
Meal at Lunch Counter
Special to the Telegraph
Baltimore, Md„ Jan. 27.—The Presi
dent's wife, on an automobile outing
here yesterday \Vith her sister-in-law,
Mrs. R. E. Boiling, and Miss Helen
Rones, dropped into the Woman's Ex
change, ate a 30-cent luncheon and
swung her feet at the counter while
partaking of the food. Mrs. Wilson,
while awaiting her turn to be served
and while seated at the counter, ap
peared to be happy and enjoying her
holiday relaxation.
For her luncheon Mrs. Wilson or
dered a chicken cutlet and Maryland
biscuit, of which she Is very fond and
for which the restaurant is famous.
When paying the checks Mrs. Wilson
asked the cashier if it was the usual
thing to tip the waitresses; when told
it was not she slipped the change in
her purse.
Workman Killed on Fifteenth
Anniversary of Former Fall
Magerstown, Md., Jan. 27.—Fifteen
years to a day from the time when be
fell from the high bridge over the
Potomac river at Hancock and escaped
injury "Doc" Stotler, aged 25 years,
who lives In West Virginia, met his
death by falling from the bridge at
about the same spot. Stotler's head
struck a rock on the edge of a small
island In the stream, breaking his
neck. The body was found by work
men while repairing the bridge. Stot
ler is survived by a wife and five chil
dren.
DENY DEMAND REPORT
By Associated I'ress
Tokio, Jan. 27.—The Eondon report
thai the Japanese government had de
livered to the Chinese Minister in To
kio a note embodying seven demands
which were included In the Japanese
program of last Spring was said by the
foreign Office to-day to be untrue.
DARING ROBBERS
GET $15,000 IN
DAYLIGHT RAID
Four Youths Hold Up Chicago
Bank and Score of Customers
With Threat to Kill
FLED IX AUTOMOBILE
Are Still at Large; Robbery j
Took Place in Busiest Sec
tion of City
By Associated Press
Chicago, Jan. 27. Four robbers
armed with revolvers entered the
Washington Park National Bank in
East Sixty-third street to-day threat
ened the lives of the cashier, clerks
and twenty depositors and escaped I
with between 112.000 and $15,000.
None of the depositors, who were
ordered to stand facing the wall, was
searched by the bandits who gave
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WILSON OPENS
PREPAREDNESS
FIGHT IN N.Y.
Refuses His Support to Consti
tutional Suffrage Amend
ment
By Associated Press
New York, Jan. 27. President
Wilson refused to-day to support, the
movement for an amendment, to the
Federal Constitution providing for
woman suffrage. He spoke briefly to
200 members of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage, and told
them that he felt the suffrage question
should be dealt with by each indi
vidual State.
The President received the suffra
gists after they had waited for him
for more than an hour at the Waldorf
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TWO DROWN IN JUNIATA
I LiCWistown, Pa., Jan. 27.—Two col
ored boys met. death in the Juniata
river here about 4.30 o'clock last even
ing. They were Archie Russell and
| Rodger Wagner, both about 10 years
! old. With some companions they went
I to the river and ventured out on the
I ice. which had been made rotten by
the high temperature of the past few
days. They crossed the river on the
ice in safety, but in coming back
struck a weak place and with another
Russell boy, John, a brother of the
1 drowned lad, they were all plunged
| into the tcy waters. John Russell got
hold of his younger brother and could
have saved him. but the Wagner boy
grabbed hold of him. and in order to
save himself he was forced to let go.
DUTCH DENY FORWARDING
U. S. GRAIN TO GERMANY
By Associated Press
The Hague, via London, Jan. 27.
The Dutch Minister of Agriculture,
Industry and Commerce has author
ized the publication through the Asso
ciated Press of a statement which con
stitutes the official defense of the
Netherlands against certain British
newspaper accusations that cereals
from the United States have f>een
reaching Germany through nefttral
countries, including Holland, this de
duction being made from the large .in
crease in American exports.
MARKET SQ. SUNDAY SCHOOL
JUST HUNDRED YEARS OLD
Market Square Presbyterian Sunday
School will be just one hundred years
old Sunday, February 20, and the oc
casion will be celebrated with more
than ordinary ceremony.
Additional Law Judge S. J. M.
McCarrell. the superintendent, is plan
ning an attractive program for the
occasion. Music, addresses, etc., will
feature these exercises. The big for
mal celebration will be held in the
; Fall.
COUNTY BUDGET
FOR 1916 WILL
TOTAL $374,505
Controller Gough Submits Es
timates of Expenditures
to Commissioners
FIGURE ON 4 MILL TAX
Present Millage Will Be Con
tinued, Is Report—l9ls
Expenditures More
Dauphin county's estimated expendi
tures for 1916 will total $374,595.
The figures were submitted to the
county commissioners late yesterday
afternoon by County Controller Henry
W. Gough in the annual county bud
get. The budget includes all the de
partmental estimates—commissioners',
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ACTION OF SCALE
COMMITTEE MEETS
WITH APPROVAL
Recommends 10 Per Cent. For
Soft Coal and 20 Per Cent.
More For Hard Coal Miners
By Associated Press
Indianapolis, Ind.. Jan. 27. Dele
gates to the mine workers' convention
were discussing with varying degrees
of satisfaction to-day the action of
the scale committee last, night agree
ing upon a ten per cent, increase in
wages on the mine run basis for soft
coal miners and twenty per cent, for
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C. J. Householder
Alderman of Tenth
to Fill Vacancy
Governor Brumbaugh to-day ap
pointed C. J. Householder alderman of
the Tenth Ward, Harrisburg, on rec
ommendation of Senator Beidleman.
Householder, who resides at 2141
Moore street, is a pipefitter. He has
been long a resident of the Tenth
Ward and had the backing of the Re
publicans generally. The office has
been vacant since the first of the year
due to the fact that. W. F. Shoemaker,
who was elected last November, fail
ed to lift his certificate of election.
Mrs. Mohr Says Husband
Had Dual Personality
By Associated Press
Providence. R. 1., Jan. 27. The
recital of her maritial experiences was
continued to-day by Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Mohr as a witness in her own defense
against the charge that she hired two
men to murder her husband. Dr. C.
Franklin Mohr. Yesterday she told
of the physician's attention to other
women and the abuse she received
when she accused him of faithless
ness.
To-day she explained her relations
with the negroes, her alleged accom
plices, which she said were innocent.
She ascribed to her husband a dual
personality—at his best a kind and
generous husband; otherwise a drug
crazed wlfebeater. Through it all she
loved him, she said, and remained
firm in her faith that he would some
time restore her to her proper place
in his affections. She denied that she
wished him any harm, had ever
threatened him, or failed to love him. i
HARD ON THE ICE MAN
Special to the Telegraph
Columbia. Pa.. Jan. 27.—A. L. Steli
man. Ice man of this town, yesterday j
picked dandelions on his front lawn.
12 PAGES CITY EDITION
KILLS WIFE AND
DAUGHTER, THEN
TAKES OWN LIFE
Jumps From Window After
Crushing Their Heads 1
Willi a Hatchet
"GOOD-BY TA TA"—NOTE
Believed to Have Cone Sud
denly Insane After Family
Beunion
New York, Jan. 27.—Police to-day
identified the body of a man who died
in a hospital shortly after jumping
from the third floor of an uptown
hotel as that of Nathan Pullman, the
retired Chicago insurance agent who
was being sought on the charge of
having murdered his wife, Mrs. Re
becca Pullman, and daughter, Mrs.
Gertrude Bazel in a Bronx apartment
yesterday.
The man died without regaining
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Ten Injured When Fast
Speeding Trolleys Crash
By Associated Press
East on. Pa., Jan. 27.—Ten persons
were injured, although none of them
seriously, and a number received a
severe shaking up this morning when
an Easton-Allentown trolley car and
a double-truck workmen's car collided
on the outskirts of this city, due to the
heavy fog. Both cars were badly dam
aged.
AVilliam H. Smith, of Easton. motor
man, suffered a fractured left leg: Os
car Hagar, Easton, lacerations about,
the head. Both were taken to the
Easton Hospital. C. J. MeClain, of
Catasauqua, suffered abrasions about
the face and knee, and J. T. Goodkof,
of Allentown, received lacerations
about the head. Hoth were treated at
the hospital, but later left for their
homes. It is said that one of the mo
tormen ran against a target.
LECTVRE ON HOLY LAND
The Rev. Henry W. A. Hanson, pas
tor of Messiah Lutheran Church, will
give an illustrated lecture on "The
Holy Land" this evening at 8 o'clock
in the St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.
The Rev. Mr. Hanson has traveled
over this territory twice and will use a
large number of slides during his talk.
SAYS FRENCH LOSSES TOTAL 2,000,000
Bristol, Eng., Jan. 27.—M. Longuet, a French Socialist
deputy who addressed the labor conference to-day, on being
questioned regarding the French losses said that 800,000
soldiers had been killed, that 1,400,000 had been wounded
I and that 300,000 had been taken prisoners.
CHINESE DEFEAT REVOLUTIONISTS
I Peking, Jan. 27.—Three thousand government troops
I from the province of Kwang-Si have entered Yunnan
province and defeated a force of 1,000 revolutionists there,
i EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH WORSE
i Rome, Jan.- 27.—1t is reported in Vatican circles that the
condition of Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, who has
i been ill for several days, is rapidly growing worse.
| KIDNAPED SOLDIERS RESCUED
f Brownsville, Tex., Jan. 27.—Privates William C.
! Wheler and Viggo Pederson, of Battery D, Fourth Field
| Artillery, who were kidnaped late yesterday by Mexicans
and taken south from the border, were rescued by Carranza
soldiers and brought to Matamoros to-day.
I
PARLIAMENT PROROGUED BY KING
|
London, Jan. 27. Parliament was prorogued to-day
until February 15. In the prorcguation King George said:
"We shall not lay down our arms until we have vindicated
the cause which carries with it the future of civilization."
FRENCH LOSE 500 YARDS OF TRENCHES
Berlin, Jan. 27.—8y Wireless.—The German attack on
the French positions near Neuville was resumed yesterday,
1 and, according to the war office statement of to-day between
500 and 600 yards of the French lines were captured.
SMITH TAKEN'TO FARVIEW
I . I
Harrisburg. Edward G. Smith, who, two years ago
| killed his grandfather near Inglenook, was to-day taken to
the State Hospital for Criminal Insane at Farview, Wayne ,
county.
NEW YORK LAWYER KILLS SELF I
New York, Jan. 27.—Eugene Van Schaick, a prominent |
New York lawyer and director in a number of insurance and
industrial concerns committed suicide in his office'to-day by i
shooting himself through the head. I
MARRIAGE LICENSES
•'•rl Andrew Mootheml and Catherine Kllr.ahel li Helghler, city.
Jo*C|ih W. (iluntK, Knliaut, anil Alice llrHK.v, Mlddletown.
RAILROAD MUST
PROVIDE 50-FOOT
ROAD TO CONNECT
WITH UPPER END
Dangerous Conditions Be
tween Speeceville and
Clark's Ferry Must Be
Remedied, Says Cunning
ham
NOTIFIES COMPANY
BY FORMAL LETTER
First Step Toward Proper
Highway Between Harris
burg and Towns to North
State Highway Commissioner Cun
ningham has notified the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company that it will be re
quired to provide a proper roadway
fifty feet wide through the Narrowg
between Speeceville and Clark's Ferry.
This Is the first step in giving Harris
lnirg proper highway connections with
the upper end of the county. The
letter, following a conference between
Highway Department officials and rep
resentatives of the railroad company
yesterday, is as follows:
January 2fi, 1916.
Mr. H. P. Lincoln. Supt..
Northern Central Railroad,
Williamsport Division,
Williamsport, Pa.
Dear Sir:
In the matter of the applications
for permits to make certain changes
in the location of State Highway
Route No. 1, about which we had an
interview to-day, would say that
while we do not wish to be considered
as taking an arbitrary stand in the
matter, we deem it an opportune time
to say that we are of the opinion that
the Commonwealth is entitled to have
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\\ II OM VN EXONKRATKI)
The coroner's jury at the inquest
into the death of Noah W. Maulfair,
1725 Fulton street, last night exon
erated Augustus Wildman, Jr., driver
of the jitney which ran down Maulfair,
fatally injuring him. Witnesses tes
tified that Wildman was running
slowly and that the streets were cov
ered with ice.