Heavy Snow and Sleet Storm For Next Twenty-Four Hours Is Forecasted HARRISBURG Sfillllfa TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 22 SAFE BURGLARS ROB POST OFFICE AT MOUNT HOLLY Fire Three Charges of Dyna mite and Get Away With S2OO in Money and Stamps FOUR MEN IN PARTY Office Was Robbed in Exactly Similar Manner .lust Two Years Ago Today Special to the Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 2.—Burglars early this morning forced entrance to the post office at Mount Holly Springs and lilew open the safe, firing three charges of dynamite in the operation. The thieves secured S2OO in money and stamps, and made their escape. The first explosion was heard shortly after 1 o'clock and awakened Mrs. Philip Tlarman and her sisters, the Misses Ida and Jane Craighead, who live next door to the post office. They went to a window and could look Into the office, where they saw. the men at work. There were four in the gang, three ta'.l men and one rather short. All were muffled up in heavy over coats. Two of the tall men watched at the post office door while the others worked. One charge of dynamite failed to break the safe, and two other shots followed, the third one being lired fif teen minutes after the first. The of fice clock stopped at 1:11 and it is thought that fixes the time of the first shot. The three women in the adjoining house were ton much frightened to give the alarm and were afraid to go down to the first floor of their home, where the telephone was located. The noise of the explosions was heard by people of tlie town, but many thought somebody was shooting at petty thieves, as small robberies have taken place in the town recently. Miss Alice Mullen is the postmistress ami she lives about a block nway, in Baltimore avenue. She was awakened by the explosion and telephoned to the neighborhood of the office, but • ould get no information In reference to it. The robbery was not made pub lic until about '• o'clock this morning when Miss Mary Franeiscus, the as sistant postmaster, opened the office and discovered tlie wreckage and gave the alarm. The robbers broke open the black smith shop of William H. Thomas, In Baltimore avenue, not fur from the post office and stole a monkey wrench, a screw driver and an iron bar, with which they pried open the rear door lo the post office. Mount Holly's post office was robbed and the safe blown open in an exactly .similar manner just, two years ago to night—February 2, 1914. The thieves at that time stole tools from the same blacksmith shop and went about their work just as they did this morning. After securing their plunder the thieves went down the street toward the tracks of the Reading' railroad and it is believed they boarded a freight train on that road in the early hours of the morning in getting away. Post Office Inspector A. 8~. Craw ford, of Meehanlcsburg, was notified and Is conducting a thorough exami nation to-day. Despondent Heir to Turk Throne Kills Himself By Associated Press London. Feb. 2.—The suicide of Vussof 1 sized In. heir apparent to the Turkish throne, is reportecP in a dis patch received by Renter's Telegram "'ompany from Constantinople bv wav of Berlin. The message says the crown prince ended his life by cutting arteries in his palace at < o clock yesterday morn ing. 11l health is given as the reason. [THE WEATHER] For llnrrl»hur K mill vicinity] Snow this afternoon and probably to night; Tlmrxilny partly cloudy; not much chnnge In teiuperntur'e; lowewt Ic-itlfsl'l nbnut If," degrees. For Knntern I'ennxyl vnnlai Sniiiv nml alert to-night anil probably Tllur»«lny; Irewli northeast wind*; lirohfilily heavy sleet ami MIIOW "111 full «lurlng the next twenty four hour* In the Middle Atlantic stntcx. Southern Mew ICnglnnd and Went Virginia. Itlver The upper portions of the North and Went liriillellcM will lull to-night and Thurndnyt the lower portlona "111 rise to-nlglit and begin to rail Thursday. The main river "111 rlne Mtendlly. A Mtngc of <1 bout 7.< l feet IK Indicated for Harrlsliurg ThurNilny morning. tieuernl Conditions The siunll dlMtnrbnnee that was cen tral over the mouth of the >lln- Nl«Nl|>pl river, Tuesday morning, hnN developed northeast ward. It Ik now central on the South t'nro llna const. It has caused ruin, snow anil sleet generally In fli« Middle nnd South Atlantic and Ho«t (iulf States and In the Upper _ Ohio Valley and Mast Tennessee. Temperature falls of i! to at de grees have occurred generally east of the WINKINNIPPI river In the last twenty-four hours. I'emperiiturci 8 a. m., -U. Sun: IIINCX, 7|13 A. in.; sets, 5:24 |i. tn. Moon: Ww moon, to-niorrow, 11 :IMF • n. in. Illver stage: H.tl feet nlioir lon water mark. Vesterday'n Weather Highest teinpernture, SI. I.i>nmt temperature, 3ft. Menu ti-mperaturc. tel. Aviuial teuiperiiture, US, U. S. IS MAKING MONEY BUT ARE WE MAKING REAL MEN? Question of National Character Raised by Speaker at C. of C. Luncheon A SPENDTHRIFT LAND Modern Young Man Too Proud to Take His Girl on the Balcony? Edward A. Woods, of Pittsburgh, president of tlie National Association of I.ife Underwriters and an accom plished after dinner speaker of na . tional leputation, addressed a large i gathering of Chamber of Commerce i members at the luncheon hour at ifhe Harrlsburg Club to-day. Mr. Woods' talk was on the subject "Am erican Extravagance, a National Prob i lem," ijnd his clear, forceful analysis >ol' (he rational mind and lack of ; thrift a:. a whole was in itself an i education and u revelation. The speaker was introduced by K. J. Stackpole. who spoke of the great service Mr. Woods had rendered to the people of this nation when his energy p.nd influence, were largely re sponsible for preventing the passage of the law which would have meant taxation upon the beneficiaries of lite insurance and an unjust burden upon those whose need of support is greatest to the women and children. Spendthrift Nation The trend of the speaker's remarks, which were closely and attentively fol lowed by an interested audience, were toward a tearing aside of the false attitude which we as a nation have with regafd to our national wealth. The strength of a nation, said Mr. Woods, lies not in its wealth, as money and possessions. but in the character of its people. Rome began to decaj when she became wealthy. Nine out of every ten men in turn country leave the world poorer than when they acme into it, which is equivalent to saying that only one out of every ten individuals in the United Stales are really thrifty. "We are a spendthrift nation," he [Continued on Page 5.j "Reasonable Hope For Positive Understanding" in Lusitania instructions By Associated Press Berlin, Feb. 2.—By Wireless.—in structions have been sent by the Ger man government to Ambassador Von ernstorff of • Washington, of such a nature as to give "reasonable hope for a positive understanding" concerning the Lusitania affair, it was announced here to-day. The announcement, which is of a semiofficial nature, is said by the Overseas News Agency to have made "in connection with alarming Bnglish reports about the nature of German- American relations." The text of the statement is given by News agency as follows: "It is true that, on Saturday, January 2!». a telegraphic report from the Ger man ambassador at Washington ar rived at Berlin, showing that up to I that time it had been impossible to adjust the Lusitania case in a manner | satisfactory to both sides by friendly I verbal exchanges of views. On Tues day instructions were transmitted by telegraph to the German ambassador which give reasonable hope for a pos itive understanding." INSTRUCTIONS NOT IN By Associated Press Washington, Feb. 2.—At the Ger man embassy it was stated early to day that Count Von Bernstorff had received no instructions from Berlin ancl that if such instructions had been cabled by the Foreign Office on Feb. 10. they would not be expected here much before to-morrow. If the in structions come by cable they will be transmitted through the American embassy at Berlin, which, at the in struction of the State Department, has placed its facilities for communica tion between Count Von Bernstorff and his foreign office at the disposal of the German government. "I Love You," Girl Tells Sweetheart; Shoots Himself Just as his sweetheart. Miss Stella Speck, ol near Rockville, had told him that she loved him and would marry him whenever he set the date, Karl M Grosvenor. aged 23, of Sunbury, com mittee: suicide last night while at her side by blowing out his brains. Miss Speck, who lives in an Isolated pa>rt >1 the mountains back of ftock vllle. is- the stepdaughter of Ellas Meas at whose home the shooting occurred! Miss Speck could give Coroner Eck inger no njotive for the suicide. After a short investigation the ' coroner turned the body over to Charles il Mauk. undertaker. Sixth and llelkcr streets. Grosvenor was an employe of tli- Pennsylvania Railroad Company ai d a member of the Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Association. Tli<s bo'iv "ill probably be shipped to Sunbury to-morrow for funeral services -mj \ burial. >I\V SHOW "BIRTH OF A NATION" Despite the prott jt from a number of colored residents of the city against 1 the showing of 'The Birth of a Nation." a moving picture production. In this city, Mayor E. S. Meals said that he will not stop the exhibiting of the pro duction. After a hearing yesterday at ternoon of the protest, the Mayor' said that he did not believo that the picture if shown here, would cause any racial ! trouble. STEAMER HITS MINE By Associated Press London Feb. 1. The steamer Prinzess Juliana, plying between Ron don ancl Flushing, and one of the largest and fastest vessels in the chan nel service, struck o mine in the North Sea and has been beached at Felix- i •dowe, Suffolk. The passengers and; crew were rescued by vessels In the j vicinity and landed at Harwich J IIARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 2, 1916. ( British Ship Which German Prize Crew Brought Into American Harbor i J [ "^ j *——, BRITISH SHIP APPAM One of the most daring and unique incidents of the European war culminated In tlie bringing into Newport News, Va., of tlie British South African liner Appam, by a German prize crew of twenty-two men under Lieutenant Berg. The Appam. which was given up for lost and was supposed to have been torpedoed off the African coast was raptured- at sea by a German submarine on January 15, four days after she left Dakar, in the French colony of Senegal, West Africa. , Beside her passenger list of 166 and her crew of 134 she is thought to have more til4M* 100 prisoners taken from other ships on board. Among the passengers who were booked to sail on the Appam were Sir Kdward and -,,ady Merewether and their suite: Frederick Sfton .Tames, former acting colonial secretary and closely identified with colonial administrative affairs in Africa; Francis Charles Fuller, who \vas appointed chief commissioner of Askantl in 1005, and Mrs. Fuller. The Appam is 125 feet long, 57 feet beam, of 7,781 tons gross. She was bflilt in 11113, at Belfast, and is owned by the British anil African Steam Navigation Company, which is under the management of the Elder Dempster Dine. CONFER ON NEEDS OF COUNTY POOR AND DEPENDANTS Board Meets Representatives From Homes and Asso ciated Aids COST GREATLY INCREASES Officials Inquire Into Reasons FOP .lump in Amount Spent Dauphin county's poor board con ferred to-day with the official boards of the Children's Industrial Home, the Nursery Home and the Associated! Aid Societies relative to appropria- j tions for the ensuing year. The boards were asked to submit I at next week's meeting the necessary i data as to the legal status of the In stitutions' claims for county aid, the; method of caring for and maintaining i the children in their charge, whether I fContinued oil Page 10] II .XT SAIiONIKI K|LLi:i) By Associated Press Saloniki, Feb. I.—via Paris, Feb. 2.1 —Two Greek soldiers, tive refugees and seven workmen were killed and i fifty civilians were injured by the in flammable bombs dropped early this morning from the Zeppelin in the raid j already reported. PRESIDENT ASKS FOR MORE THAN "NOTE" ARSENAL Writing of Messages of Protest Not Enough When Honor Is Impugned He Says By Associated Press Topeka, Kan,. Feb. 2.—lt was o'clock when President Wilson entered the auditorium liere to make his first speech of the day. The President declared he knew the people of Kansas wanted to know the facts before taking action. President Wilson, In addressing the la.rgest audience of his present trip, in which he is advocating prepared- ! ness, at Des Moines la§t night asked j this question: "Do you want the situation to be [Continued on Pas? 8] Two-Night Celebration For Cornplanter Tribe on Fiftieth Birthday Cornplanter Tribe, No. 61, Improved Order of Red Men, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary March 9-10. The members fee! that the occasion cannot be properly observed on one night, so they arranged for two. On the even ins? of (he first, day a oanquet will be held at which all the members and prominent Red Men of Pennsylvania and other States will be present. On March 10 the tribe will give a theater party at the Majestic, to which wives and sweethearts will be invited, and from the theater the guests will go to Chestnut Street Auditorium, where there will be dancing, cards and other amusements. The organization has over $12,000 in its treasury. BRITISH WOKFI Liyi IGNORANT | Uy .Associated Press I.ondon, Feb. 2.--A manifesto call ing for a drastic reform in the edu cational system of Great. Britain is published to-day over the signatures of a committee of thirty-six leading i scientists. The manifesto declares that i the British are woefully Ignorant people and are paying heavily for' their Ignorance. It urges a recon struction of the school system as an immediate necessity. PASSENGERS OF CAPTURED SHIP HELD ON BOARD Prisoners of German Prize Crew on Appam Restlessly Await Liberation WASHINGTON TO ACT Kept Captives Subdued by Threats lo Blow Up Large Quantity of Explosives By Associated Press Norfolk, Va., Feb. 2. While the United States considers what treat ment shall be accorded her, the former British passenger liner Appam swings at anchor off Fortress Monroe to-day with passengers and crew and the crews of seven sunken British vessels restlessly awaiting liberation from their long boat conunement under guard as a German prize. Until orders come from Washington, no one will be permitted to land ex cept Lieutenant Berg, the prize crew commander. The customs and immi gration authorities now do not know who are civilians entitled to liberty or who are prisoners of war. or whether the German prize crew is subject to internment. Collector Hamilton prepared to-day to make a personal investigation of [Continued oil Page 5.] STEAMERS IN COLLISION ARE STILL AFLOAT Jap Vessel and American Tanker, Silver Shell, Crash 200 Miles Off Cape Race By Associated Press Halifax, N. S., Feb. 2.—The Japa nese steamer Takata Maru and the steamer Silver Shell which were re ported to have been in collision 200 miles southeast of Cape Race last night, were afloat at 4 o'clock this morning, at which hour a wireless message was received at Cape Race, X. P., from the Takata Maru. Another steamer is standing by. Harrisburg Firm Opens Branch Baby Shoe Factory at Wellsville, York, Co. E. J. Lewis, secretary and general manager of the Harrisburg Leather Products Company, 1420 Wyeth street, announced this morning that his com pany has opened a branch baby shoe factory at Wellsville, York county. Eventually the factory will employ 150 people. J?. W. Woods, of Phila delphia, is sotting up the machinery for the firm and he will have charge of the plant for six months. Mr. Lewio will visit the branch factory two or (tree times paeh week. The factory building at \Vells»-ille is three .stories high and is 40 by ISO feet. JAVA FLOODS SERIOUS By Associated Press London, Feb. 2.—Cable dispatches from Batavla report that floods are continuing in Central Java. Thus far 120,000 native houses have been wrecked, a great quantity of cattle drowned and many miles of railway line destroyed. GENERAL DOLORES IS DEAD By Associated Press La Libertad. Salvador,' Feb. 2.—Gen eral Jose Dolores, for years prominent in the political history of Salvador, Is dead. CENTRAL POWERS PREPARE ATTACK AGAINST SALONIKI Teutons Willi 150,000 Turks Reported to Be Getting Heady For Assault OPERATIONS HELD UP Floods Delay British; Aerial Movements of Chief 1111- portance Indications of possible notable de velopments in the Balkans are con tained in to-day's war dispatches. One from Athens declares that the Ger mans and Bulgarians, together with a force of 150.000 Turks, are likely to begin an attack on Saloniki about the middle of this month. A London mes sage quotes a Bucharest newspaper as declaring that Greece and Rumania have signed a dual neutrality treaty. In Mesopotamia the British are still prevented from attempting to advance because of bad weather and floods. Military operations along the vari ous war fronts appear pretty much at a standstill for the moment. Aerial movements have constituted the chief activities of late, except for German advances at important sectors of the line in France. Satisfaction is ex pressed in Berlin newspapers over the latest Zeppelin attack on England, the military importance' of the localities [Continued on Page 5.] GRATZ FARMERS' INSTITUTE MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER Miss MacAlarney Urges Upper End Voters lo Help Women Get the Ballot BY ROBKRT F. (iOIIM.W Gratz Pa., Feb. 2.—One of the most successful Farmers' Institute ever held in Gratz, was brought to a close last evening. Almost 500 persons attend |ed the final session and listened at tentively to the speakers and the amusement program which was pro -1 vkled. S. C. George, of Indiana county, iand S. W. Funk of Boyerstown, were rContinued oi: Page r>.] Maryland Church Partly Wrecked by Dynamite Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 2, —The sec : ond church within fifteen miles of Hnncock, this county, was damaged I by dynamite within two weeks when | (he Methodist Episcopal Church in ! Berkeley Springs, across the Potomac river from Hancock, was partly ! wrecked by an explosion, supposed to : have occurred outside of the building The large windows in I he front of the I church were shattered and the porch torr. up and a window in the home of | George Cunningham, near by. was | broken. A large hole was torn in the ground in front of the church, where I the dynamite evidently was planted i About ten days ago a Mormon church* just being completed, was blown to ' pieces just north of Hancock. STIIjTJ IX ACTIVE SERVICE Augustus F. Blacksmith, one of Tlarrisburg's veteran printers, to-day began his 54th year, as an employe of the Harrisburg Telegraph. Mr. Black ; smith tells many interesting stories ; about Harrisburg's early newspaper : days. AUSTRALIAN PREMIER DIMS Adelaide. South Australia, via Lon don. Feb. 2.—Sir James Penn Boucaut, who was several times premier of South Australia and judge of the su preme court, died yesterday. He was born in 1831. GET YOUR SMOKED GLASSES H the weather man will let the' c louds go by and clear sky shows to- j morrow, the partial eclipse of the sun ! will be visible here. The eclipse be gins about ten minutes after ten and will end shortly afternoon. 12 PAGES BOILERS BLOW TOWBOAT APART; FEW SURVIVORS Explosion Tears Ohio River Steamer to Pieces; Sinks Immediately FOURTEEN ARE MISSING | Twenty Have Been Saved; i Debris Was Blown on Both ' Sides of Stream By Associated Press Huntington, W. Va., Feb. 2. —The Sam Brown, a Pittsburgh. Pa., tow boat sank within a few minutes after her boilers exploded In the Ohio river opposite this city to-day. A few survivors, not more than six in all, reached the Ohio side of the river following the explosion. Debris from the boat landed on both sides of I the river. The boat was blown to | pieces and sank immediately. A great j majority of the 23 members of the \ crew are believed to have perished. Ben Williams, mate of the tow boat, ! a survivor, says there were thirty-four persons on tlie boat. Of these twenty have been accounted for. Fourteen are missing and it is believed they are dead. ONE or LARGEST BOATS By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 2.—The Sam Brown was one of the largest tow boats In the Monongahela river Con solidated Coal and Coke Company's fleet. It was commanded by Captain Dou Blair, of Pittsburgh, and his sec ond officer was Benjamin Williams, also of Pittsburgh. The crew num bered 23, most of whom had been re cruited from rivermen in this vicinity. STARTS POWDER RUMOR By Associated Press Poltsville, Pa.. Feb. 2.—The Fern dale powder plant of tlie Du Pont Powder Company is intact, reports sent oul from that section last night that it had been blown up being entirely without truth. A farmer, seeing from a distance some rubbish burning in that vicinity, was the author of the story thai 15,000 iiounds of powder had exploded and completely wrecked the plant. I I j# • Washington, D. C., Feb. 2.—Late to-dav the State De- 1 j M partment asked the custom; authorities to release the pas- % | # sengers on the Appam subject to the action of the immi- 1 ! # gration authorities. a I PHILIPPINE AMENDMENT PASSES 1 Washington, D. C., Feb. 2. Vice-President Marshall i M cast a deciding vote in the Senate to-day on the Philippine f # bill, helping to pass the Clark amendment to withdraw the J k sovereignty of the United States from the islands not sooner M f ;ars and n J f EARP, COUNTY ASSESSOR J €• • Harrlsburg.—Harry E. Earp, 109 Paxton street, will # C probably be appointed to succeed George W. Kennedy as 1 ( county a?.* - the First ward, according to announce- ? ( ment by the County Commissioners this afternoon. r 4 IIAD 500,000 POUIDS OF BULLION 1 C London, Feb. 2.—tt is understood here that the Appam J I earn; 500,000 pounds in bullipn, which probably will be ■ claimed ss a prize, as bullion is contraband. M FAST PENNSY EXPRESS WRECKED { ! PITTSBURGH, FEB. 2. FIVE CARS OF THE 1 PITTSBURGH AND NEW YORK DAY EXPRESS ON i ' THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD WERE DERAIL- j ' ED THIS MORNING AS THE TRAIN PASSED j ! iSEWAIRD, PA., 67 MILES EAST OF PITTSBURGH. 1 j EIGHT OR TEN PASs»ffc*H3 WERE SLIGHTLY } INJURED, AND WITH Tft* jIiiiAINDER OF PAS- I SENGERS WERE PLACED ON THE FRONT PART J OF THE TRAIN AND TAKEN JO ALTOONA. THE i DERAILED CARS WERE TWO SLEEPERS, A DIN- 1 ING CAR AND TWO C&AIR CARS, THE LAST CARS J ON TH7S TRAIN. Tfcl! SLIEPERS TURNED OVER I BUT THE OTHERS REMAINED UPRIGHT. 1 WILLARD AND DILLON MATCHED } New York, Feb. 2.—Jess Willard and Jack Dillon were £ matched here to-day for a ten-round bout to be held in this ? citv 50--<ic time between Ami! ;o allf l *>•> £ MARRIAGE LICENSES I I'elor Tiokani anil Iviitnlliu- B Wllllnm Jnwpk l.crily ami Mnry Home Writer, ~lty. £ CITY EDITION SNOWSTORM TO LAST ALL NIGHT IS PREDICTION Colder Weather to Follow J Over Half Foot Fall at ' Noon Today TRAFFIC IS DELAYED May Turn to Sleet Tonight; Groundhog Saw Only His Tracks The first real snowfall of the win* ter began early this morning continu ing practically all day. Seven and one-half Inches of snow liad fallen at' ; noon, and indications pointed to snow the remainder of the day and sleet and snow all night. Little wire trouble was experienced in and about the city, but traffic on the trolley lines of the Harrisburg and Valley Railways Companies was de layed, all of the cars running a little ; behind schedule during the day. The j suburbun lines experienced the most ! difficulty in running, but the Harris ! burg Railways Company managers i sent four sweepers out this morning ito clear off most of the snow. This helped materially in maintaining schedules on the lines. During the morning the mercury remained almost stationary at 26 de grees, indicating that the snow would not change to sleet unless the tenir perature made a decided jump. Slightly colder weather is predicted to follow in the wake of the snowstorm of to i day. The clouded sky to-day prevented Brer Groundhog from seeing his fContinued on Page 5] Metal Workers' Strike Ties Up Brooklyn Plant New York. Feb. 2.—A strike which union leaders claim has completely tied up the Brooklyn plan! of the j American Sugar Refining Company was called to-day by the irtetal work ers' union. The entire staff of machin ists, about 500 in number, walked out. There are about 3,500 employes in all at the plant. The men demand the reinstatement of three men who ihey alleged weru dismissed for their union activities. They also ask for an eight-hour work ing day instead of the present ten« hour shift.
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