P resident Wilson's Special Third Train to Cross New Cumberland I falley Bridge
HARRISBURG SfisSii TELEGRAPH
LXXXV — No. 24
MANY LIVES LOST AND
MILLIONS' D
SERIES OF DIG FIRES
Five Known to Be Dead and
Several Are Missing in
Conflagration Which
Totally Destroys Canada's
Magnificent $6,000,000
Parliament Building; Re
port That Bomb Caused
Fire Discredited
MEMBERS OF HOUSE
LOSE THEIR LIVES
Were in Session When Blaze
Started; Panic Breaks Out
in Gallery and Many Wo
men Are Trampled; Two
Burn to Death; Firemen,
Police and Soldiers Save
Big Library Building
Ottawa, Feb. 4.—Two women and
three men are known to have per
ished in the fire which swept through
the central portion of Canada's mag
nificent Parliment Building last night,
destroying the Chambers of the Com
mons and Senate. Several others are
reported missing and it is feared they
are buried In the ruins.
All night long firemen, police and
soldiers fought to save the $6,000,000
structure, which is considered one of
tlie finest examples of Gothic archi
tecture on this continent. They were
successful in saving the beautiful
library building and the east and west
wings of the main edifice.
Ruinor of I tomb.
Immediately after the fire started a
report was spread broadcast that it
was caused by the explosion of an in
cendiary bomb. The fire started In
Ibe readingrooni of the House of
< 'ommons and several percons who
were present at the lime including
Mayor Medric Martinfi of Montreal
asserted that it was preceded by ex
plosion which knocked down several
persons. The bomb theory was, how
ever, rejected to-day by Col. Sherwood
commissioner of Dominion police, who
insisted that the conflagration was
accidental.
The two women who lost their lives
were Mme. Bray, wife of H. A. Bray,
of Quebec, and Mme. Morin, wife of
Louis Morin, of Beauce, Quebec. The
men, whose bodies are still buried in
the debris, are Alphonse Des Jardins.
f> Dominion policeman, Alphonse Des
Jardina, his uncle, an employ in the
building and Robert Panning, a waiter.
Members Missing.
Among those reported missing is
B. B. Law, a member of Parliment for
Yarmouth, N. S. Mr. Law is under
stood to have been at the House at
the time the fire broke out and has
not been seen sinoe. He was alone in
the city and the management of the
hotel where he was stopping said he
left there last night to go to the House
and that every effort to trace him since
had failed.
J. B. Laplant, assistant clerk of the
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Secret Code of U. S. Navy
Is Lost From Destroyer
Special to the Telegraph
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 4.— A book
containing the secret code of the
United States Navy has been lost from
the torpedoboat destroyer Hull, and,
according to advices received from
AVashington, the Navy Department
lias ordered the court martial at Mare
Island of Lieutenant Herbert A. Jones,
commander of the reserve torpedo
flotilla and of the Hull, and of Ensign
Robert Kirkpatrick. executive officer,
in whose joint possession the book
was.
If the book cannot be found, or its
destruction, unread by outsiders, abso
lutely demonstrated, it may be neces
sary, it is said by naval officials here,
to provide a complete new system of
secret communication for the navy.
1 THE WEATHER
For Hnrrlftburit nml vicinity; K«»l*
to-night HIM! Satunlnj-, with slow
ly rlHliiK temperature; Jovient
temperature to-night about Hi ,|c
greea.
For Kanteru IVmiKvlvnnin: Fair to
night anil Snturriav; N lowly rlnlag
temperature; moderate aonthweat
wlnila.
River
> The SiiM<|iieliauaa river ami all It*
trlhiitnrleM will fall. t onahler
nlile lee will prohahly form to
night and nome of the Nlrenmn
are likely to heeome leeliound In
plaeea. A ntnge of about 0.4 feet
IN Indlealed for llnrrlNhurg on
Saturday morulng.
(General < ondltioiiN
The voaNt Ntorni IKIN dlNiippeared
and high preNNure with clear
weather now prevnlla over moat
of |lie eiiNtern half of the eountry.
Snow fell along the Atlnntle eoaat
Thursday from \ew Jeraey north
ward and In the HaNtern Canadian
provlneeN.
It IN '2 to 10 degrees eolder thlN
morning In the I'pper Ohio Val
ley anil In tlic k Middle Atlantic
and New Fngland State*.
Temperatures H a. m., 11.
Sun: ItineN. 1 xi'A a. m.; setN f r»:2d
p. m.
Mooni First quarter, February 10,
3120 p. m.
River Stage: 7.1 feet above low
water mark,
eNterday'N Weather
IliglieNt temperature, -<f.
l.owoNt temperature. 110.
Venn temperature, ail.
formal temperature, 2S.
Overbrook Hotel at Atlantic
City Burns at Loss of
$150,000; Three Are
Dead and Others Missing;
Chambersburg Man Un
accounted For; Many
Killed in Jumping
WOMAN BURNS IN
SIGHT OF CROWD
Flames Lick Her Body as She
Partially Hangs Over Win
dow Ledge. Another
Grasps to Ledge Until Fire
Causes Her to Drop and Is
Killed Instantly
Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 4. —Three
persons are known to be dead and
; from two to four persons are missing
;as the result of a fire which early
i today destroyed the Overbrook Hotel
jin this city. The known dead are:
i Nicholas De Ray, engineer of the
hotel.
Thomas Mott, father of proprietor
of hotel.
Miss Marie Johnson, New York, a
guest.
| A search of the hotels has resulted
j In locating all persons known to have
! been in the Overbrook except six.
| Some of these are believed to have
j escaped from the burning building.
! Those unaccounted for are:
Paul C. Hendricks, Chambersburg,
Pa.
! Mrs. Mott, wife of Thomas Mott.
Edward Phillpsen, White Plains, N.
I Y '
Miss Josephine Garsed. Philadel
| phia.
Paul Henrdicks was graduated
; from Haverford College last .Tune and
j was employed as publicity agent for a
I large hotel here. The loss is placed
:at $150,000.
| The fire is believed to have started
lln the kitchen. When it was discov
ered flames were shooting up the ele
vator shaft and soon afterward the en
tire building was burning. There were
not many guests in the house, but most
of them were aroused in time to es
cape. Their exit was cut off and most
of them had to jump from windows.
Burns to Death
One woman was seen to faint after
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HALIFAX SHOWS
! BIG INTEREST IN
FARM LIFE TALKS
State Men Answer Many Ques
tions Relating to Scien
tific Farming
By ROBERT F. GORMAN
| Halifax, Pa., Feb. 4. The final
| session of the Farmers' Institute was
! held last evening and the speakers
! sent here by the State Department of
; Agriculture were loud in praise of
i the interest shown in the five meet
! ings. During his talk. E. L. Phillips,
| of Clarion county, took occasion to say
| that although the attendance in many
I towns was better than here, he had
: never talked before a more interested
audience.
"I have answered and heard an
-1 swered more questions relating to
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Von Bernstorff Issues
Denial; Dr. Hale Is Head
of Embargo Conference
Washington, Feb. 4. Ambassador
Von Bernstorff, it was declared last
night at the German embassy, had
made no subscription to the American
Embargo Conference. Ambassador
Von Bernstorff declined to say any
thing about the subject. The impres
sion here is that the association has
been financed by German citizens in
| this country.
The Rev. Dr. William Bayard Hale,
| once confidential adviser of President
Wilson and the special representative
| of this Government in 1913 in Mexico,
expenses for which mission were
drawn from the State Department's
j secret fund, is exposed as a confiden
tial agent of fount Von Bernstorff.
| In this new role Doctor Hale is shown
i as chairman of the. American Embargo
I Conference. This is an organization
! which displaced Labor's National
j Peace Conference, many members of
i whose Executive Committee are un
der indictment for conspiracy.
Zeppelin With Her Crew
Sinks in the North Sea
Grimsby, Feb. 3. —Skipper William
Martin of the Trawler King Stephen
who has arrived here reports that'
early Wednesday morning in the
North sea he saw the Zeppelin L-19
with her boats and a portion of her
envelope submerged. He noticed from
17 to 20 members of the crew cling
ing to the envelope.
They asked to be taken off but as
the men on the Zeppelin outnumbered
the trawler's crew the skipper ile
clined to accede to the request. In
stead he came straight into Grimsby
and reported the matter to the ad
miralty authorities.
HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1916
Six Women Lose Their Lives
When Home of Wealthy
New York Widow Is Burn
ed by Early Morning Fire;
Daughter Gets Mother
Safely Out, but Is Over
come Trying to Save Sis
ters
FLAMES TRAP HER IN
THIRD FLOOR HALLWAY
Bodies of Victims Are Found
Close Together on Stair
way; No Fire Escapes;
Firemen Delayed by Heavy
Snow; Heroine Daughter
Was Engaged to Be Mar
ried Soon
By Associated Press
New York, Feb. 4.—Six women lost
I their lives in a fire which destroyed j
! the home of Mrs. Casimir Tag at 243 ]
Hancock street, Brooklyn, early to-day. j
i The dead are:
Miss Caroline Tag and Miss Helen ]
' Tag. the daughters of the late bank
| president; Hannah E. Snavely, 68 years
old. a cousin of Mrs. Tag; Jennie
1 Stebman, a nurse ,and Anna Cain and
Lizzie Cain, servants.
The fire, which began in a partition
on the lower floor of the four-story
house, is attributed to defective in
sulation of wires. Miss Caroline Tag
was awakened by smoke and discov
ered the fire about 3 o'clock this morn
ing. Hastening to the telephone, she
notified her brother, who lived in an
adjoining house, and then telephoned
to the fire department. As she gave
the address of her home to the operator
at fire headquarters she said: "I am j
being overcome by smoke."
Rescuer Meets Death
Miss Tag awakened her mother, who 1
is 60 years old, and ained her to escape j
| through a third-story window to the
roof of an extension In the rear of the
j house. Apparently Miss Tag then went
I to the rooms of her sister and the
! other occupants to awaken them, and
! she. with the others, was trapped by
the flames and smoke which filled the
hall and stairways, cutting off their
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FRONT STEPS OF
I HARRISBURG PUT
CITY ON THE MAP
George A. Shreiner, City Plan
ner, Sees a Chance Enroute
to Washington
When the national real estate execu
tive committee special started away
from Harrlsburg en route to Washing
ton. D. C., a few days ago George A.
Shreiner, member of the City Plan
ning Commission, saw a fine oppor
tunity "to help put Harrlsburg on the
map of America," as he put it. And
he jumped at the chance.
The scores of real estate men from
Western Pennsylvania and the Middle
Western States had crowded to the
windows and observation platforms to
view the receding city and the
smoothly flowing Susquehanna. As the
I sweepins curve of the water front ap
peared Mr. Shreiner saw his chancer
"Do you see that river wall and
'steps, gentlemen?" he asked. "That
I fronts the city from end to end. a dis
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Enraged Mother Follows
Daughter, Given to Aunt
The struggle which youthful Mrs.
! Rose Wertz put up with deputy sher
iffs in the courtroom yesterday to re
i tain her 8-year-old daughter, Kather
j ine, who had been given Into the cus
j tody of Mrs. George Dolbin, of 2135
I Jefferson street, an aunt, was not
! ended when the aunt left the eourt
. house.
The mother followed to the Dolbin
< home and insisted upon remaining
i there until the baby was returned to
her. Finally, however, when the little
girl, herself, asked the mother to
leave, Mrs. Wertz, crushed, left the
home.
Try to Dynamite Levee
to Divert Arkansas Flood
Little Hock Ark., Feb. 4.—investi
gation was being made to-day in the
futile attempt last night to dynamite
j the government levee at Pine Bluff
which if it had succeded would have
diverted the course of the Arkansas
I river many miles from the site of the
I town.
With the water slowly rolling into
the lower reaches of the Arkansas
the suffering in the flooded areas is
becoming intense. Hundreds of per
sons have been driven from home,
thinly clad and unused to the extreme
cold of the last week. Relief work I
can proceed only slowly as few fa- i
cilities exist to prov ide succor and the
towns In the flood area virtually arei
isolated. The flood's death toll to-day
i remained at 1.
i PRESIDENT WILSON'S SPECIAL ON NEW C. V. BRIDGE I
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President Wilson's special train was the third train to cross the new Cumberland Valley railroad bridge
across the Susquehanna, the first half of which was thrown open this morning from shore to shore to traf- j
flc north and south.
AUSTRIAN AIRMEN
IN DARING RAID
ON ALLIED BASE
Shower Bombs Down on Dur
azzo and Aviona; Huss
Attack From Air
Notable success for its airmen in 1
raids on tlie Albanian port of Dura-1
y.xo is reported by the Austrian admir
ality. Three attacus by air on this
important allied base between Jan
uary 25 and February 1 are recorded. !
The Italian base at Avlona. Albania, »
also was attacked by Austrian aviators '
on Feb 2.
The eastern war theater, like the
western and the Balkan, has in recent
days been the scene of the numerous
aerial operations. Vienna reports the
bombardment of Buczacz in Gallcia
by a Russian air squadron and Russiuni
raids further north, in Volliynla while
the Austrian airmen appear to have
been equally active.
A second Zeppelin air raid on Sa
lonika attempted on Wednesday, was
frustrated by the fire of the allied
batteries, according to an Athens dis
patch.
Reports of infantry operations of
.importance from any of the main war
| fronts are lacking. Vienna claims
progress for the Austrians at the Tol
mino bridge head by sapping optra
tions.
A similar operation enabled the
British to destroy one of the mine
\ craters near Huluch on the French
[front, recently occupied by the Ger
i mans.
Artillery activity along the western
battle !ine shows no signs of lessen
ing Indeed, Berlin to-day reports the
allied tiro increasing in intensity. The
Argonne is now named as one of the
; sectors where the big guns are most
! persistently pounding the German
lines.
Paris also records considerable
artillery activity, but mentions only
the Vosges as the scene of it. Only
hand grenade engagements are re
ported near Neuville where the
mans appear to be holding tenaciously
to the groiind recently won from the
French.
l-.rzcruni Evacuated
In the Caucasus, events of momen
tary happening if newspaper reports
I are accurate. One such report from
| Petro&rnd declares word has been re
i ceived that. Erzerum to which a lsßrge
j Turkish lorce was recently driven
after a defeat by the Russians, has
! beon evaluated by the Turks.
Erzerum has been considered one of
I the many Turkish strongholds on the
I Caucasus front. A relief force sent
1 thence from Trebisond, on the Black
sea coast, was recently reported in re
treat after a stubborn tight against the
Russians.
Impossible to Understand
Awful Horror of Brindisi
Sinking, Nurse Says
By Associated Press
Athens, Feb. 2, via London, Feb. 4.
—"There is not any way to tell you so
that you would understand the awful
horror of the things that 1 have seen
and lived in the last month," said
Marie Lemos, of Irving Park, Chicago,
| one of the Red Cross nurses who sur
vived the sinking of the Italian steam
ship Brindisi which recently struck a
mine in the Adriatic. She continued:
"The hideous rapidity of the sink
ing of the steamship Brindisi with
her decks covered with dead, and
awash with blood; myself shot Into
the water which was full of struggling
-ouths trying to keep afloat but dis
appearing one by one within sight of
land; the Austrian aeroplane attacks
on San Giovanni de Medua and I>ur
azzo; the ghastly sight of hundreds!
of Serbs falling exhausted and dying ;
from hunger and cold along the road
of their retreat through Albania—it |
does not seem believable."
JAILED FOR IUTYIXG GROCERIES;
OX ANOTHER MAX'S ACCOUNT j
William Hall, colored, charged with [
buying groceries on the account of
Fred Hopewell, also colored, was held j
under 5200 bail for court alter a hear- j
Inu: before Alderman Fritz Kratnme
this afternoon. It was testified that l
Jlall bought groceries worth seven
dollars and then sold them to another
man for five.
i .•
NEW LUSITANIA
I CRISIS RAISED BY i
TERM "ILLEGAL"
Germany Will Not Disavow
Act Under Any Circum
stances in Concessions
SITUATION IS SERIOUS
No Other Difficulties Remain
in Way of Satisfactory
Settlement
By Associated Press
j Berlin, Feb. 4, via London. 12:20 j
j P. M. —Information reaching the As- |
jdociatetf Preuc to-Uuy indicates that
-' under no circumstances wlfi Oermwiy |
! i admit the sinking of the Lusitania was j
I an illegal act.
The new instructions forwarded to I
|! Ambassador Von Bernstorff, accord-'
' j ing to this information, contains sim- !
i ply one phrase of the new formula
, j tion of the proposed note of regret ]
for the sinking of the Rusitania. The
" j suggested sentence is short, consisting
' | of only eight words and does not con
■ tain the word "illegal." It represents
■ the extreme limit of Germany's con
cessions in the Lusitania case.
> The view is entertained here that
! one of the most serious crises of the
i war has arisen in connection with
• the Rusitania case and that it is Im
possible to foresee the outcome from
i any indications here. The result of
• the negotiations appears to hinge
i solely on the one word "illegal."
Seven Letters Raise Crisis
j | In the way of an agreement be
- J tween the United States and Germany
1 | stand only these seven letters, express
ing the conception which President
! Wilson and Secretary Lansing insist
' must be embodied in the German for
mula expressing regret for the loss of
' American lives aboard the Cunardcr.
' The Associated Press is informed posi
[ tively and authoritatively that Ger
! many cannot and will not designate as
il'egal the sinking of a liner by any
submarine.
Virtually no other difficulties in the
5 way of settlement remain, and the
1 new instructions forwarded to Am
■ bassador Von Bernstorff on Tuesday
! contain merely the now formula by.
1 which it is hoped to satisfy Wash in g
! ton without humiliating this country.
Although the suggested sentence, ac
• cording to reliable Version, consists of
! only eight words and does not contain
; the word "illegal" or characterize the
: sinking of the Lusitania as such, it
• goes to otherwise the furthest extent
- possible toward meeting American de
sires.
Situation Is Grave
Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, under sec
retary for foreign affairs, in an inter
view with the Associated Press ex
pressed the hope lhat the new for
, [ mula forwarded to Ambassador Von
| BernstortT would offer a possible base
of settlement. However, he made no
j effort to conceal the gravity of the
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Clear Paths Through
Snow Along the River
Park Front Promenades
Broad paths have been cleared In
| the snow along the top of the river
j front wall and on the walks in the
| upper park so that the recent snow
fall hasn't interefered with the pro
! menaders or the, scores of mill men
j and factory girls who prefer to use
\ this method of getting to their places
; of work in the lower end of town.
V. Grant Forrer, the new assistant
to Commissioner E. Z. Gross, person
ally supervised the clearing of the
| paths yesterday. A horse-drawn ]
j snow-scraper was used for the pur
; pose.
j "As s(son as the snow permits we
| expect to inspect the whole system,"
I said Park Commissioner Gross. "Mr.
Forrer and I will go over the park
and playground property so that we
i may lay our plans for the Spring work ;
; accordingly. It will not be very long, ;
anymore, you know, until we'll be
very busy. Mr. Forrer has already
taken hold and you can say," added!
the commissioner smilingly, "that he I
is already very much on his job,'' [
22 PAGES CITY EDITION
SOLE QUESTION IS
HOW LONG SHALL j
APPAM REMAIN
U. S. Meets German Contention
That Captured Steamer
Is a Prize
-
Washington, Feb. 4. Secretary |
Lansing indicated to-day that the
United States had decided to hold that !
the Prussian-American treaty gov-1
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;'
j 1 160 DROWN WHEN STEAMERS COLLIDE 1
( I SHANGHAI, FEB. 4.—THE JAPANESE LINER
|| ' DAIJIN MARU WAS SUNK WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN
! I A COLLISION WITH THE STEAMSHIP LINAN AND '
| J 160 LIVES WERE LOST. TWENTY-ONE PERSONS '
# WERE SAVED. THE LINAN, BADLY DAMAGED, '
I IS RETURNING TO HONG KONG. THE LINAN IS
I OWNED BY A CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY OF I
I LONDON. SHE IS 300 FEET LONG. THE COLLI- g
I SION OCCURRED AT NIGHT, EIGHTY MILES J
J FROM SWATOW. J
I BABY GIRL SCALDED I
(? Harrisburg. Goldie Hamcn, three-year-old daughter #
C of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hamen, 655 South Third stre-'t, a
K Steelton, was badly scalded this afternoon while playin #
j» at her home. She was treated »t the Harrisburg Hospital. 9
1 SAY THEY DID NOT REJECT DEMANDS I
a Tamaqua, Pa., Feb. 4.—Anthracite coal operators ofii g
J cially deny that they met in New York and rejected the de J
1 mands of the men. The ma*ting was held simply to prepa. - £
g the statement of explanation which appeared as an advertise m
■ fnent this morning. *
1 PRESIDENT WILSON REACHES WASHINGTON f
# Washington, Feb. 4.—Presidwit Wilr*on returned to the i
# Capitol from his western speaking trip shortly after 1.15 %
M o'clock this afternoon. He reed the Berlin dispatches on »
a the Lusitania situation on the train. Members of his party i
I I said the situation was decidedly unfavorable.
| ' PRUSSIAN LOSSES ARE 2,337,006
| London, Feb. 4.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from '
j Copenhagen says: "The Prussian casualty list for January I
| contain 36,500 names, bringing the total Prussian losses to
1 2,337,096. January lists include the names of 24 airmen *
killed, eleven wounded and twenty made prisoners. The lists 1
£ also contain the names of five generals killed."
I MARRIAGE LICENSES f
a Cl«tu» l.croy Point niul Dorothy May I<OIIK, \Vllltnm»town. m
M Snniuel llenr Keener, I rinoviu', ami F.mmn (irnce Smith, \\ ormleyn- 9
1 burjf. * jr
Vlhei l It. < iirro.* aiiti
WILSON SPECIAL
THIRD TRAIN OVER
NEW C. V. BRIDGE
President's Car Crosses Shortly
• After First on
Viaduct
JOB ONE-HALF DONE
To Hush Work to Completion
Just as Soon as Spring
Opens
President Wilson's special from th»
i West was the third train to pass over
the new Cumberland Valley Railroad,
i bridge over the Susquehanna river,
one-half of which has just been eom
| pleted, and officially thrown open to
j traffic north and south this morning.
The President, en route to Washing
ton, arrived in Harrisburg from the
West at 9.39 o'clock and left the city
at 9.55 for the South.
President Wilson was on his way to
the capital to lakf up with Secretary
Lansing consideration of the Lusitania
and Appam cases. After six days spent,
in the Middle West in urging stronger
national defense and describing the
grave possibilities of the international
i situation, he is now about to decide
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Mrs. Mohr Weeps While
Lawyer Closes Her Case
By Associated Press
Providence, R. l„ Feb. 4.—Mrs. KHz
| abeth F. Mohr sat within full view of
the jury to-day and wept while her
attorney. John J. Fitzgerald, declared
I in his closing argument that the state
liad failed to show she had hired two
: negroes, Cecil V. Brown and Henry H.
i Sm-llman, to murder her husband. Dr.
, ('. Franklin .Mohr. Air. Fitzgerald's
\ address was the last word in behalf of
the woman around whom the state
hud attempted to establish a murder
plot charge.
Counsel for Brown and Spellinan
j concluded their arguments yesterday.
Attorney General Rice was to close for
the state in the afternoon, although it
was not expected thai the case would
reach the jury until to-morrow after
the charge by Judge Stearns. This
probably will be presented at tho
opening of the session to-morrow.