Great 1916 Harrisburg Automobile 7 HARRISBURG { lfislSlSll TELEGRAPH * vWX * \ T "> BY CARRIER ® CEXTS A YIEKIv. W LAAAV— AO. O/ MX OLE COPIES 2 CENTS. BISHOP J. W. SHAN AH IN HOSPITAL Head of Harrisburg Diocese Succumbs Following Op eration Performed Febru ary 10; Death Most Unex pected at 2:55 This Morn ing; Doctor Hassett at His Side When End Came LANCASTER RECTOR GIVES LAST RITES In 111 Health a Year; Ap pointed by Pope Leo XIII; St. Patrick's Cathedral Erected, Twenty Parishes Founded, Homes For Or phans Opened and District Greatly Developed Under Prelate's Direction The Right Rev. John W. Shanahan, bishop of llarrisburg', since May 1, I 1599. diet! at 2.50 o'clock this inorn- , ing in St. Joseph s Hospital, i.ancas- j ter, following an operation for inter- ' nal ailments. Bishop Shanahan went under the surgeon's knife on February 10 and advices received by the clergy were j that the operation was entirely sue- \ « essful and That a speedy recovery was expected. So iittle was death an- I tieipated that hospital authorities yes- ■ terday decided to allow the bishop to sit u;> for a few hours to-day. yesterday afternoon, however, his con dition took a sudden change for the worse and last evening internal hem orrhages developed and all hope for his recovery was given MJ>. Ur. M. M. Hassett; " tor pf S;. Pat rick's Cathedral, and vicar general of the diocese, hastened to the bedside of the dying bishop and he was with j him when the end came. Funeral Wednesday Morning Arrangements for the funeral of; ™ Bishop Shanahan were made this! morning by Archbishop Prendergast.of | I Philadelphia. Prayers for the repose | of the soul will be said in all the | churches of the diocese to-morrow. 1 Pontifical mass will be celebrated in • St. Patrick's Cathedral. Harrisburg. «.n Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock and burial will be made in the crypt in the 'church. P.ishop Shanahan's body arrived in Harrisburg shortly before noon to-day and was immediately taken to the rec- ( tory of St. Patrick's Cathedral in ! State street and placed in the rectory parlor where it will remain until l taken into the Cathedral to lie in; State. When this will be done has not jet been announced. Bishop Shanahan's home in this city was at 2040 North Fifth street. In HI Health a Year Bishop Shanahan had been in ill health for about a year and fully re alized that his condition would mean an operation but he ret used to spare enough time from his duties tt> go to « hospital until the last minute. Very few of his friends or acquaintances knew of his condition and it was not until late yesterday afternoon that It became generally known that he was in the Lancaster hospital. His one aijibition in life was to work for the 1 benefit of the Harrisburg diocese and he cared but little about his own phys- i ieal conditions Of Unselfish Mind Bishop Shanahan was a man of un selfish mind and this trait was promi nently displayed soon after he came to Harrisburg when he gave up the palatial home at Sylvan Heights, which had previously been the resi dence of Harrisburg bishops, for orphan girls of the city p.nd the diocese. He spent much of his time at the orphanage looking after the welfare of the children and when lire gutted the big institution several months ago he was noticeably affected. His Early Life Born of Irish parents on January S. 1846. at Silver Lake. Susquehanna • ounty, Pennsylvania, John W. Shana han was destined to become the third bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg. , Some of his early training he received 5n St Joseph's College, near Bingham- IContinned on Page 12.] i THE WEATHER For liarrinhurg nn<l vicinity: Fair, continued «*olil to-nli;ht, with low est temperature about 12 decree*; *ti a day partly cloudy and warmer. For Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly overcast to-nixht and Samlayt not quite so cold Sunday; dimin ishing northwest Bales. River The Susquehanna river anil all Its branches will fall slowly, except local rises are likely to occur as H result of ice which will lacreuse ♦ In quantity In all streams. \ staue of about -1.4 feet Is indi cated for linrrlshurK Sunday morning. <>eneral t ondltlous The storm that was central over l.nkc Ontario, Friday morning, lias nio\ed rapidly eastward with Increasing energy and Is uow cen tral off the coast of northern New England. It has caused light to moderately heavy snow and rain o \*r the Lake Region and 1 ppcr Ohio Valley and thence eastward to the Atlantic coast In the last twenty-four hours, aud was followed by a cold wave. Temperature falls of to .10 de grees have occurred over all the country ea.«t of the .Mississippi river except Northern New Knit land and extreme Southern Florida. 'i cm per atu ret H a. m., 14. Sun: Rises, a. in.: acts, 5:47 p. m. Moon: Rises, 7 p. m. River Stage: 4.«» feet above low water mark. • Vesfcrday'a Weather Highest temperature. 44. J owest temperature. .16. >te»n temperature, 4t». >urnal temperature, 30. I * "*V A - - - -- - - 9 HP - • airfffif S^BHHnHGI 1 1 THE nr. REV. JOIIX W. SHANAHAN* Bishop of Harrisburg Diocese of the n oman Catholic Church, Who Died Un expectedly This Morning in the St . Joseph's Hospital at Lancaster. COMPLETE DEAL FOR PURCHASE OF PENNA. STEEL Charles M. Schwab Takes Over Railroad Holdings in Local Company Special to the Telegraph Philadelphia. I" b. 19.—Formal an nouncement made last night that ar rangements had been completed for the purchase of the Pennsylvania Steel Company by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation contained the surprising news that holders of common stock are to receive only $27 a share. This figure shows that at the last moment as late as Wednesday It was stated that common shareholders would be paid S4O for their stock. Preferred [Continued on Page ».] BREWERS ADMIT GIVING $73,495 j IN THREE YEARS Judge Thompson Again Up holds Government in Attack on Subpcnas Special to tie Teietrcph Pittsburgh. Pa., Fob. 19.—That the Independent Brewing Company, of Pittsburgh, contributed $73,495 in three years to the United States and Pennsylvania Brewers' Associations, the Brewers' Association of Western Pennsylvania and the Westmoreland County Brewers' Association, yester day was admitted before Judge W. H. Thomson, in the United States District Court. The admission, in the form of offi cial records taken from the company's books, was made "by Attorney A. M. [Continued on Page 7. ] <■ I TTS 930.000 DAMAGES By Associated Press Washington. D. C., Feb. 19.—Daniel J. Sully, of New York, to-day was awarded $30,000 damages in his suit against John Hays Hammond, of this city, who. he declares, attempted to destroy his reputation as a cotton ex pert. A sealed verdict was given by a Jury In the District of Columbia Su preme Court. The trial, which occu pied Ave weeks, was made necessary by a mistrial about a year ago. Sully sued for $1,600,000 damages. ONE DKINK REASONABLE By Associated Press Chicago. 111.. Feb. 19.—One drink of whisky, beer or wine is held by Sa'ituel A. Rttleson, city I'orporation counsel, to be a "reasonable amount'' and of Police Healy is expected j to issue an order to-day to restaurants where liquor is sold limiting patrons to "one ordinary drink' after 1 o'clock a. m., the hour at which barrooms are reauired lo close. j HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1916. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD RUNS LINE FOR ROAD Engineers in "Narrows" North of City Following Letter From Highway Dept. Engineers of the Pennsylvania Rail road are making surveys through the Narrows between this city and Millers burg preparatory, it is understood, to taking up with the State Highway De partment the matter of rebuilding the road along that section of the main line to the north. Some time ago State Highway Com missioner Cunningham notified the company that it has no legal right to occupy the land on which its roadbed is laid through the Narrows and that the company must restore to the pub lic the fifty-foot road that existed there before the railroad was built. It is understood that the railroad company I is preparing to make a counter-pro- j posal within a short time. i WOMEN STARTED 100-YEAR-OLD I SUNDAY SCHOOL Market Square Ladies Clot Very Little Encouragement From ; Ihe Men Folk The Sunday school of the Market Sqcare Presbyterian church, the old est. in the city, and one of the first to be organized in this State, will celebrate the one hundredth anni versary of its organization with spe cial services to-morrow. The Sunday school is one of the few organized a hundred years ago which have remained in existence to the present time. The early records of Market Square Sunday school show that it was start ed in 1816 by women of the church, ai>d that the officers and superintend-. (Continued on Pago Ifi.) Exploding Lantern Sets Big Chemical Tank Afire By Associated Press Bristol. Tenn.. Feb. 19.—-Explosion of a lantern early to-day at. the plant of the Federal Dyestuff and Chemical ; Company, near Kingsport, Tenn., set Are to a chemical tank which threat- . ened several buildings with destruc- 1 tion. Heroic work by employes pre vented the flames from spreading and officials say only one of the buildings '.vas damaged. First reports were thn' the entire plant. \allied at several Tril lions. had been destroyed. \CCEFT MAR YE RESIGNATION By Associated Press Petrograd. Feb. 18, via London, Feb. 19.—George T. Marye, United States ambassador to Russia, has re ceived notification from the State De partment at Washington that his resignation is accepted. Me is request ed. however, to remain at his post until i the arrival of the new first secretary of the embassy. Fred M. Dearlng, who lis on his way here from Madrid. J EVERYTHING IN PLACE FOR AUTO SHOW OPENING "Bigger and Better Than Ever" Exhibit Will Start Promptly at 7 O'clock I ALL MANNER OF CARS Lean Speedsters Rub Shoulders With Luxurious Limousines; Scene ot' Splendor By ANTON BI'.NSOX. And now they start that mammoth | Automobile Show, .lust as though we i didn't have one every day of the year on the leading thoroughfares of every city, borough and hamlet from Port land. Me., to Palatka. Fla.. and from 1 Staten Island to San Francisco. That genial—and ample, gcntle i man of the automobile world, K. R. Johnson, is slated as official starter of ; the big affair and at ' o'clock this evening he'll unlimber his trusty Colt Automatic and blaze away the start ing signal which launches the "bigger and better than ever" show on what promises to be far the most successful of sny previous exhibition. All cars weer placed in position in ; their respective exhibits this after ! noon, and the various exhibitors of accessories managed to "nose under" with complete displays just before the I starting gun. The mammoth fire-proof building of the Emerson and Brantingham Im [Continued on I'age Automobile Section.] i n _ r —r 'German-Owned Analine Dye Plant Destroyed by Fire After Explosion I By Associated Press Plainfield, N. X. Feb. I#.—The plant of the Middlesex Analine Chemical I Company, said to be a German-owned concern, and one of the few plants manufacturing analine dyes in this country, was destroyed by an ex ■ plosion and Are to-day. The entire town of Lincoln, where the plant was located, was shaken by the explosion which occurred before the workmen hart reported for duty. Two men, the only persons in the plant at the time were seriously injured. The explosion was caused, it was said, by acid running together in the mixing vats. The damage is estimated at SSO.uOO. Husband, Father and Brother's Skin Grafted on Woman's Scalp Skin from the bodies of her hus band. father and brother, grated to the scalp of Mrs. Barbara Howe, of Liverpool, by physicians at the Ilarris burg hospital, in one of the most tin usual operations of that kind ever per formed at the institution. Mrs. Rowe on the afternoon of Jan uary 29. was caught 111 a cornfodder shredding machine, and before she was rescued. had her entire scalp, her left ear and part of her right ear torn off. Austin Howe. Mrs. Howe's husband, Thomas Dress ier. her father, and Charles Dressier, a brother grve portions of their skin for grafting to the scalp. Al though her condition Is serious, phy sicians believe that they can save Mrs. Rowe'it life. Mrs. A. L. Holinan, of Millerstown. -wife of Dr. Holman, veterinary surgeon and physician of that place, wrote to-day to W. M. Condon, superintendent of the hospi tal, and offered skin for the operation, also. Mysterious Fire Is Raging on Docks at Genoa, Italy By Associated Press Genoa, Italy, Feb. 19.—A serious fire broke out in a cargo of tallow piled on a dock shortly after midnight and is still spreading. The entire fire depart ment. with detachments of soldiers, policemen and carabineers assisting, was summoned to fight the flames. It is suspected that the fire was in cendiary. Shortly before it broke out t'vo persons who had been acting sus piciously were .-.rrested in the vicinity. They were evidently foreigners, but their nationality hus not yet been es tablished. STATE Y. M. C. A. OFFICERS Reading, Pa., Feb. 19.—T0-day's convention of the State Young Men's Christian Association was devoted to many conferences at which the work was considered in all its phases.. These are the new officers for the ensuing year: President, D. J. Pearsail, Mauch Chunk; first vice-president, Frank S. Livingood, Reading; second vice president. O. A. Cornelius, McKees port; third vice-president, R. H. Aie ioy. Washington; fourth vice-presi dent. Joseph M. Steele. Philadelphia; secretary, 1,. A. Myers, Wilkes-Barre; assistant secretary. Frank Gery, Car bondale. ED VC ATOItS GO TO DETROIT Dr. F. E. Downes. sunerlntend"nt of , city schools: Dr. Charles B. Fager, principal of the Technical High School, and Professor H. G. Dibble, principal of Central High School, this morning left for Detroit where they will attend the annual meeting of the National Educational Association next week. NEW JAP COVNSFIX)R fly Associated Press Tokio. Feb. 19. Tokichi Tanaka has been appointed counselor of the Japanese embassy at Washington. MAKE RECORD ON CAVAI, By Associated Press Panama, Feb. 19.—The dredging fleet In the Panama canal established a new record during the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock this morning, hav ing taken 57,300 cubic yards of earth out of the Gaillard cut in that period. EXPECT TURKS TO I MAKE NEW STAND I WEST OF ERZERUM Reinforcements Were Near *' Stronghold When It Fell; Fleeing in Disorder i STOP C.ALICIA ASSAULT 1 » Germans Are Moving Heavy i Bodies of Troops Through Southern Belgium While no news has been received of j i organized resistance by the Turks in " the vicinity of Erzerum since that \ r Turkish stronghold in Armenia was i .• | taken by the Russians. Potrograd ad- < - vices indicate that It was thought pos-1 i sible the Turks would make a stand j < on the west of Erzerum, 11 miles from , - the city. It is not thought probable, f however, that they were able to f erect any powerful fortifications I s tnere. The latest Petrograd official I < ' statement reported the Turks fleeing i' r. in disorder. s t ' lj Details from the Russian side indi- j, cate that there were no large captures j' _; of men when the fortress fell. The j i ' bulk of the Turkish troops apparently ! ' ejwere nil on the retreat westward at; < the time the inner forts were taken ' R only the rear guard taking part in the! - last dav's fighting. p Active Along Black Sea Reinforcements, which the Turks ' were sending to Erzerum are reported to have been five or six days' march ing distant when the city' was sur rendered. Meanwhile the Russians! are active along the Black sea coast to the north, a Sebastopol dispatch re- ! B ; porting the bombardment of Vltzesu 1 15 miles east of Trebeizond. A Rus-! j stan advance landward in the direc lt j tion of Treeizond on the coast north ci officially reported. s There appears to be somewhat I ■ i greater military activity in Gallcia i -jthan for some days past. Petrograd reports an Austrian offensive on the ' Dniester, near Uscieczko, an attack' p being launched after intensive artil lery preparation. The assault was re- I t pulsed, it is declared. I <• Germans on Move >" Indications that some important ( military movement by the Germans 1 may be in preparation on the western front are furnished by advices from the Belgian frontier received in i Amsterdam. Heavy troop movements: have been in progress in southern and central Belgium, say the dispatches,; long trains carrying artillery and in- I fantry being dispatched along the railroads west and south. j Prince Oscar Reported Hit by Cossack Rifle Fire By Associated Press Petrograd, Feb. 19.—The semiofficial !• news agency gives out the following: . "Prince Oscar (fifth son of Kmperor r, ■ William) was wounded a few days ago f while making an inspection in front of , the Russian positions at Smorgen, in the Minsk district, according to Ger -3 man prisoner*. The prince was caught i under the fire of Cossack ritles and he . I and some officers wounded. . j • "The prince, infuriated, ordered a | bombardment of the Russian positions, ! ! which the Germans carried out for I two hours." Chasing Hats Favorite Sport as 25-Mile Gale Sweeps Over the City j A twenty-tive-mile-an-hour gale and r I twenty-five degree drop in tempera j ture in the last 24 hours brought the | second cold wave of the week to Har ! risburg. Chasing hats became the 1 favorite sport for a number of llarris i burgers, the northwesterly wind eon : tinning during the day. Continued cold weather is forecast led for to-night, but the temperature will begin to climb again to-niorrow ! Yesterday afternoon a blast of wind blew over a brick wall,whi<h had just been finished by workmen erecting a house in Lemoyne for G. H. Enck. The residence of Walter Holand. who lives nearby, was damaged by falling bricks. The mercury dropped to 12 degrees I late last night, and will toiftli that . s mark again to-night according to the ( forecast. Grave Fears Are Felt For 2,000 Cut Off by Flood By Associated Press New Orleans. Feb.. 111.—Increased ap preliension was felt to-da.v for the »,- ' imjO or more persons marooned around ' Newellton without food and with but ■ scant shelter. Most of them are negro plantation laborers- unable to reach ••-afety when the Mississippi orwke . . through the levee at the Buckrjdge plantation. The crevasse Is nearly 700 feet wide. A semicircle with a radius of twenty-five miles is flooded from i six to fifteen feet while beyond this ' another twenty-five miles is covered ( . j with water. j 11.1. I.N BKD WITH DEAD SISTKR Special to the Telegraph , I Easton. Pa., Feb. 19. Miss Sarah ( Lewers, aged 75. was found dead ves terday In bed at her home, in Williams township, with her sister, Miss Emma lowers, lying 111 beside her. There was no food or heat in the house, and the ' opinion was expressed that the woman ' died several days ago, either from the cold or starvation. The sisters have! property, but are regarded as eccentric. HIT BY STREET CAB < While attempting to cross the street I nt the Philadelphia and Reeling Rail way station Gabriel Derr, aged 60, of Tremont. was struck by a trolley car, < sustaining deep gashes of the head and 4 face. He was treated at the Harris- | .burs Hospital. l'l 32 PAGES CITY EDITION LIVES YEAR AND HALF ON ISLAND WHEN SHIP SINKS American With Others Cast on Small Parcel of Land After Germans Sink Boat ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE Finally Rescued by Little Sail ing Vessel Blown Off Course; Reaches Honolulu • Hy .■SssjiiateJ Press Jacksonville. 111., Feb. 19. —A letter mailed at Honolulu, February 3, was received here today from Homer T. Madison, of White Hall. 111., relating how, with a number of others, he was marooned for nearly a year and a half on an island off the west coast of South America. The letter, which was received bv his grandmother, Mrs. ltebecca Madi son. said: "for the last year and a half I have been on a little island in the South hea where no ships ever stop. Ship Is Sunk "I was on the English ship Bella Donna when, a year ago last Septem ber, we were stopped off the west coast of South America by a German cruiser. They forced us to go in our small boats and then sank our ship. The day alter we ran into a pretty stiff gale and were blown away soutli. We brought up on a sninli island among a group of several. There were a few friendly natives there and one white man. We were there until about forty days ago, when a small sailing vessel put in for water, having been blown off her course. We then came here. "We had a nice, comfortable time while marooned, but of course we all were glad to get away." Bryan Says Wilson Is joyriding With Jingoes Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 19. William J. Bryan s differences with President Wil i son are not personal, tho ex-Secretary i °f State announces in the current issue jof the Commoner. The President is | doing His duty as he sees it, but his de j fense policy is an abandonment of the [traditions of his party—"a joyride with the jingoes." says the Nebraskan. Mr. Bryan charges that the President is grieving those to whom Democracy is a religion and hints that the clamor of tile diplomats has drowned out the voice of the people. jS*—"— i> ii i> t » i <*lA< <> i I J BISHOP SHANAHAN S FUNERAL a Harrisburg.—Archbishop E. F. Prendergast, of I phia. will be in Harrisburg Wednesday and will say mass at the I <funeral of Bishop John W. Sh&nahan. The sermon will bc> 1 preached by Bishop J. J. McCort, of Philadelphia. The pall-1 J bearers will be members of the bishop's council and deans of thcs! | diocese. They are Mgr. J. J. Koch, of Shamokin; Rev. A. F. T I'Kaul, Lancaster; Rev. A. A. Crist, Lebanon; Rev. A. J. Mc-f |Carn. Bloomsburg; Rev. J. C. Thompson, Steelton; Rev. T. J.# J Dougherty, Lancaster; Rev. Henry Crist, Lancaster; Rev.£ Huber, Hanover; Rev. T. J. Crotty, Centralia; Rev. 1 I James J. McGrath, York: Rev. J. F. O'Donnell, Locust Gap; I ?Rcv. W. F. Boyle Gettysburg: Rev. A. Mauesse, Mt. Carmel; J land Rev. F. C. Noel, Chambersburg. 9 Monday St. Patrick's Cathedral will be draped in mourn- • 1 ing and a catafalque erected near the sanctuary of the church. * 1 The bishop's body will be taken into the church Tuesday and ? iwill lie in State until late in the night. It is likely, too, that ? 1 the body can be viewed prior to the services Wednesday morn- | iing at 10 o'clock. Honorary guards will be appointed by the?» |Knights of Columbus, Knights of St. George and Hibernians to Istand by the body while in State. , *» | Invitations have been extended to every church in the •' I diocese to send two lay delegates to the Cathedral Wednesday | to assist in the services. | 9 TAKE 38 GERMANS FROM U. S. SHIP J Shanghai, China, Feb. 19.—The African steamship China, 1 i which left Shanghai yesterday morning for San Francisco was 5 y h6ld up on the high seas by a British auxiliary cruiser and 38? ! Germans were taken off. J ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FOR BATTLESHIP fj Washington, Feb. 19. —A $2,757,000 emergency appro-? I priation for immediate necessary repairs of machinery in bat- \ < torpedoboat destroyers and submarines, to increase ' » * the supply of mines and, for the first time to equip battle- ; , ships with anti-aircraft guns, was asked of Congress to-day < 1 by Secretary Daniels. • t > * ' TO INVESTIGATE AERO CHARGES I ' - Washington, Feb. 19. —An army investigation of Senator* » < 1 Robinson's charges that Lieutenant Colonel Reber, head of < * the aviation service, had been conducting the aero corps in an ' ! inefficient manner has been ordered by the War Department. i BRITISH TAKE KAMERUN ' * 1 London, Feb. 19, 5.20 P. M. The complete conquest of J the Kamerun, the German colony in Equatorial Africa was of-i * JPficially announced this afternoon. ■»■ VW* l ' w u 1 TELLS TALES OF HIGH JINKS IN 'HARRIS HOUSE' | Ciiris of Tenderloin Frequent Wineroonis, Witness De clares in Court JUDGE MUST OBFA' LAW Kunkel Points Out Court's Duty I When Remonstrance Is Heard | Tales of the winerooms of the • Harris House edllied a crowded court - room at to-day's session of Dauphin ;. county license court. ! The Harris House, Third and Straw •l berry streets, is one of the most ' j widely-known hostelries In the county | and for years Its diningrooms have I been generally patronized by lead« ing business and professional men of I I the city. George Rovat is the pr#- 1 ! prletor. Maintenance of drinking rooms which were frequented by women oC . ; questionable character for the pur pose of soliciting men and selling i liquor to minors were the principal • charges upon which the remonstrance . i against the Harris House were based. The hearing of the Harris House . application was the second of a score I ; or more hotels re-licensing of which > i are being fought bitterly by the com > | bined forces of the churches of the 1 ! c.ity and county, the Dauphin County I No-License and the Dauphin County r j Law and Order Leagues. , 1 Rovai's application was considered i immediately following the closing of the St. Charles Hotel hearing. B. I I/eslie Potter is proprietor of the hostelry which is located at Washing ton and Second streets. .1 initio itoiind by I.aw The hearing of the Rovai remon strance was gone ahead with only » after a vigorous objection to the le gality of the remonstrance had been raised by Charles 11. Bergner, coun sel for tile applicant. He pointed out >' that proper affidavit to the remon '' strance had not been added and that _ • cording to the law of April, 1915, f £ court had no authority to consider i petition. President Judge Kunkel and Additional Law Judge McCarrell \ ; both supported this contention al« j! \ though they said they were not cer» £ ' [Continued on Page 11.]
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