Germans Succeed in Penetrating Village of Cumieres in Powerful Drive HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 118 CHURCH TENETS MUST BE ACCEPTED BY CANDIDATES General Assembly Adopts Without Debate Warning Report by Committee DISPOSES OF N. Y. CASE After Verbal Battle Over Mer ger of Boards, It Is Ratified Atlantic City, N. J.. May 24. The general' assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of Am erica to-day adopted without debate a report from the committee on hills and overtures warning the New York and all other Presbyteries that the tenets of the church must he ac cepted by candidates for the ministry before they should be ordained. This action, it is believed, ends further discussion in the present as sembly of the alleged heresy question tn which the New Vork Presbytery and Union Theological Seminary are involved. The committee had before it more j than two dozen overtures from ; Presbyteries from many parts of the country dealing with the heresy con- j troversy. The one which attracted the j most attention and to which serious j consideration was Riven by the com mittee was that from the Cincinnati Presbytery which proposed that the •New York Presbytery he expelled lie-j cause It licensed three young men who are alleged to hold views at variance with the doctrines of the church. (iivo Butter Money to Missions Warning against the growth of Mor- ; monism was sounded before the as- j sembly during the discussion on the i report on home missions by the Ttev. John F. Shepperd, of Twin Falls, Idaho. A plea was made for better' pany of home missionaries, the mem bers of the church were asked to give up the use of butter for one month and devote the money saved to a home mission fund. Action on the report '■ was deferred. I'pliolds Merger For three hours yesterday a verbal battle raged over the merger of the j Hoard of Education and the College l Hoard. Decided favorably by the General Assembly at Rochester a year aeo. the whole question was reopened by a substitute resolution offered by the Rev. Dr. Robert Watson, of New 1 York, this substitute deeming the [Continued on Page -] Mayor Meals in Hospital Reported Slightly Improved Mayor E. is. Meals, who was seized 1 • with a sudden attack of cardiac asthma shortly after midnight and I was rushed to the Harrisburg Hos- ; pital, was slightly improved to-d-iy, i according to the attending physicians,' Drs. George R. Kunkel and Park E. j Deckard, although his condition is still serious. Mayor Meals hits been in bad health > for some time and three weeks ago I suffered a Blight attack of heart j trouble. His physicians said to-day ' that he must have rest and cannot be disturbed. Only immediate members j of the family were admitted to the ! bedside during the day. | Shortly after 4 o'clock this morning I he fell asleep and rested fairly well j for some time. Ili:» respiration ind ; temperature are about normal, ac- I cording to the doctors, and his pulse I quieted down during the day. Mayor Meals had planned to go to j Atlantic City shortly for a rest rind had spent the early part of last ev n- 1 ing enjoying an automobile ride. Later when he became seriously ill the physicians, after a consultation, sent the executive to the hospital, where he was admitted to a private room. W. L. Gorgas Takes Over Duties of Mayor Meals W. L. Gorgas. superintendent of ti nance of the city government, who becomes Mayor under the law when I the Mayor is incapacitated, said Ihisj morning that he had given directions t) those in charge at headquarters to proceed with their work as usual | pending the illness of Mayor Meals. So lons as the Mayor is unable to per foim his duties, Commissioner Gorgas j will be two-fifths instead of one-iifth j of the city administration, inasmuch as he will discharge the responsible , duties of superintendent of finance as well as the responsibilities of Mayor Meals. TIIE WEATHER] For Ifnrrlfehtirjt; nml vicinity* I air to-nif&lit and Thursday; loinenhat HuriniT rhi»r*c!ji>. For KiiMtern I'entiM.v Ivanlns Fair to •iiiulit nml Thurndayi mllKhtly warmer Thnrmlayj m-nilc Mll illinjf wf: idn. River The .funlain, t heinuiiit. I'ppcr .\orth Hi*nit«*lt ami I pper \\rnt ltr<lnnch will fall; the l.ovvrr \orth I! rn ac li nml Lower Went Branch «'ll rl*e *Huhtly to-nluht Hml fail Thur»da>. The mala rlv«*r will rl*e, \ NIIIKP of about H,O feet IN Indicated for llarriM liurK Thursday inorulnn. (General ( OIMIKIOHN Tlic renter of the disturbance that wa* over Maultoha, Tuesday morning, lia* moved to the si. Laurence Valley,, while tli<» Southern deprt MNIOII IH tnovinjc oir tlic t iirnllnn coast. The \\ extern Miorm liux Increased In Intensity nml nou eovct'N itioMt of tlie vveat eru half of tlic country, uilli ii* center over I tali. There ban been a (general rise of 2 to deforces in (einocraturc over tlic Krenter part of tlic country, except In t'nllfornla, Arlrona, nlonii the South Atlantic const ami nt a few other widely sepa ratcd localities. Tempernture: H a. m., 58. Sun: Rlaes, 4t4'2 a. ni.; sets, 7:21 p. m. Moon: Wew moon, May 31, 2iBT a. m. River Sta«re» 5,1 feet above low water mark. Yenterday** Weather Hlffhent temperature, (it). I.oweit tempernture, 51, Mean temperature. Ml. Normal temperature* 64, BY CARRIRR «1 rk\'T« V WEEK. BINGI.E COPIES 2 CENTS. GERMANS TAKE PART OF TRENCH EAST OF VERDUN Continuing Desperate Attacks on Fort Douaumont; Enter Village of Cumieres F RENCII STILL HOLD Claim Gains Are Not Import ant; Teutons Fear Simultane ous Drive by Allies The Germans are continuing desper ' ate attacks on Fort Douaumont and ' the lines to the east and west and have succeeded in capturing a part of a trench east of the fort, northeast of Verdun. The French claim still to be iin possession of nearly all of the 1 lort itself. West of the Meuse the Germans at tacked in force east of Dead Man Hill and by hard fighting made their way into a portion of the village of Cu mieres. According to a semiofficial Italian I view the purpose of the Germans is | continuing their Verdun campaign and ' the Austrians in pressing an offensive against the Italians is to prevent an ontente allies on all fronts. Italians Are Driven Back Through "Dante's Inferno" London, May 24.—The Italians have fallen back ten miles before the Aus trian offensive, but are reforming their lines with heavy reinforcements. The operations in the <senter are in the area about twenty miles square merger "inadvisable, owing to lenal doubts and difficulties, and rejecting the report of the Executive Commis sion. which presented a plan of ■ merger. After a stirring debate in which the Hev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, chairman | of the Executive Commission and Dr. i John Willis Raer, president of Occi dental College, led the defenders of the merger, Dr. Watson's substitute was defeated by a large majority, and the commission's plan ot' merger for [Continued on Pago 2] W. M. Donaldson Elected Knights Templar Treasurer Ccranton, Pa., May 24. The an nual conclave of the Gl-anrt Command fry Kntghts Templar of Pennsylvania i this morning selected Pittsburgh for the Grand Commandery session in May, ■ 1917, and elected the following olii- I cers: ! Andrew G. Williams, of Butler, j grand commander; Herbert R. Laird, of Williamsport, deputy grand com | inander: Charles M. Clements, of Sun ; bury, grand generalissimo; Frederick B. Black, of Franklin, grand captain sonerau; Thomas R. Patton, of Phila delphia, grand senior warden; Alfred j E. Lester, of Scranton, general junior | warden: the Rev. Robert O'Boyle, of Philadelphia, grand prelate; William jM. Donaldson, of Harrisburg, grand j treasurer; William W. Allen, of Phila i delphia, grand recorder. 1 Dr. A. Howard Thomas, of Pliila | delphia, was appointed assistant grand | recorder, anil other appointive officers will be named previous to the in stniation cernionies late this after noon. at which Lee S. Smith, of Pitts -1 burgh, active grand master of the Grand Encampment of the United States, will be the installing officer. Death and Divorce Court Lose to D. Cupid Again Widowed a few days less than two years ago, Mrs. Emma Singer, and Henry Wehling, a widower of a little more than a year, to-day got a mar riage license to wed again. And when I the Wehling-Singer marital knot is | tied to-nisht the ceremony will be the 'fourth in which the newlyweds will have figured. Both live in this city. Weliling is a carpenter. His first wife died in 1883; his second in 1908, and his third April 29, 1915. Mrs. | Singer's maiden name was Raver. In i 1895 she divorced her first husband, tive years later she became a widow j for the first time, and May 26. 1913, she had to don tn© weeds when her third husband died. The prospective newlyweds are of the same age—s4. .1 \ 11. C YITAIN w HITE By Associated Press London, May 24. t'aptain Jamgs P. White, formerly of the First Gor don Highlanders, and a son of the late Field Marshal Sir George White, the defender of Ladysmith. was sentenced to-day to three months' imprisonment at Aberdare, Wales. He was convicted under the Defense o£ the Realm Act of having attempted to induce coal .miners to strike in order to compel the government to shfjw leniency to ward leaders of the rebellion in Ire land. PUTTING NOTE IN CODE! By Associated Press \ Washington, i). C„ May 24. The I note to i treat .Britain, renewing protests j against Intel ference with American mail i>y British officials, was being put in • '■•nlo for transmission to-day at the Stale Department, and was expected to put ">n the <nble before night. It will !»• given out for publication next Saturday. The communication has not been altered since it was spnt back to the department by President Wilson, who -lit it in final form. TWINS RUN IN THIS FAMILY Mahanoy <'ity. Pa., May 24. Her self one of twins, both girls, Mrs. 1 Oscar Skeath, of this city, to-day gave birth to two healthy baby girls. Th<» ! new twins' rather is also one of a pair of brothers, born at the same time. EOUK DIE IN MINE By Associated Press Virginia City, Xev., May 24.—Four I men are known to nave perished in a j fire raging to-day in the lower levels of the Yellow Jacket mine, near hore. Two bodies have been recovered. The 1 fire started last night. Officials of the I company said sev«>nty-flve men were I at work in the mine. HARRISBURG, PA., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1915. I CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL HONOR STUDENTS ' v— J 1 Honor students of the Senior class at Central High School announced at the chapel exercises at noon yesterday are shown above. Vernon Wldder, first honor man is shown In the largo picture. The other students in the picture road ins from the top. left to right, are: Miss Marguerite Yoder, Miss Florence Rinkenbach. Miss Marjorle Ha use, Miss Margaret Campbell, Horace Nunemaker, Miss Catherine Lewis, James Minnaugh, Miss Elizabeth Sykes. Miss Ethel Bufflngton, Miss Katherine Brooke, Miss Marion Bretz, Miss Helen Kelley. ROOSEVELT WILL "STAY HITCHED" Pacifist Nominee Alone Can Lead to Bolt; Now an Active Candidate Washington. D. C., May 24.—Colo nel Roosevelt will not bolt the Re publican convention unless a pacifist candidate is nominated for President and a pacifist plank is written into the plntform. The Colonel will "stay hitched" un less the policies which he has enunci ated recently with reference to real military and naval preparedness and a strong foreign policy are rejected. He does not believe that Justice Hughes should be nominated. In fact, [Continued on Page 11] Harry Kuenzel, Vare Man, Succeeds David S. Scott Philadelphia, May 24. Harry Kuenzel, superintendent of elections in the office of the county commis sioners, was to-day appointed a com missioner by the board of judges of Philadelphia. He is a supporter of the Vares in Philadelphia and suc ceeds the late David S. Scott. Charlemagne Tower was appointed a member of the hoard of city trusts, which manages the Girard and other estates, and Walter George Smith was appointed a member of the Phila delphia Board of Education. HARDSCRABBLE BRIEFS DELAYED Counsel For Complainants Fail to File With Court in Reasonable Time There is much complaint in the: Hardscrabble district over ailesed de lay of counsel for the complainants' in filing their briefs with the court. It was understood at the hearing be fore the court some weeks ago that the lawyers for the objectors to the condemnation proceedings would j promptly file their liriefs. hut it ap-1 : pears that this has not yet been done |and stories are afloat to the effect that (these briefs are liejng held back for the purpose of delaying the decision of the court. It is said by lawyers that such a ' course would he in the nature of ! trifling with the Court and that further ; procrastination would probably mean ' a decision upon the argument and! 'papers already in President Judge, Kunkel's hands, i The main protest against further delay in disposing of the Hardscrabble i case comes from those owners of 'property who are satisfied with the: I award of the viewers and have al-; I ready negotiated for dwellings else- I where. These contend, however, that 1 they cannot purchase other homes' ; until the city shall have concluded the; ! litisation and finally disposed of the : case. Workman Killed, Three Hurt in Reading Theater Accident By Associated Press Reading, Pa., May 24. —By the "ol- j lapse this forenoon of a metal celling | at the Palace Theater, which is under- ; j Koins: changes and improvements, T)a --' vld W. Zarlng. aged SS, of Shamokin, , | a workman, was killed, and three! . others, James Schweigart, Frank Yar- | nell and George Shoop, were injured. | The coroner of Perks, Dr. 1,. G. ; Main, died last night and the State de- 1 i partment at Harrisburg will Ite asked j to institute an investigation. 0.(10(1 MII/ES WIRF.I.FSS ItKCORI) Sydney, N. S. W., May 24. The American steamship Ventura, which has just arrived here from San Fran cisco reports that she picked up a wireless message from the station at | Tuckerton. N. J.. when 9.000 miles 1 i distant from that point. This is said Ato be a world's record. ' WEATHERMAN ASKED TO ASSIST Good Roads Day Needs Only a Clear Day to Make It a Notable Occasion The United States weather officials were to-day formally invoked to lend , their assistance in making State-wide Good Roads Day a success in Pennsyl vania to-morrow. The State Highway Department, which has received word from every county of preparations to | make the day notable and that thou sands of men are going to labor on the i [Continued on Page 2] German Woman Beheaded With Ax For Triple Murder By Associated Press Berlin, May 23, via London, May j 24. Henrlette Holstein, the wife of' a Koenigsburg farmer, was executed here to-day for the triple murder of her husband, daughter and step-son j by arsenic. The execution was performed in the ! traditional manner by a headsman with a broad ax. Two Berlin women of the underworld, who were recently convicted of the murder and robbery i of a third woman, are in jail await ing the infliction of the death penalty by beheading. COMING HERE ON PEACE MISSION? Prince Von Buelow Reported to Be on Way to Washington; Officials Skeptical ■London, May 24.—The Exchange Telegraph Company says il learns | from diplomatic circles that Prince von Buelow, former German clian cellor, is proceeding to Washington, charged by Emperor William with a special mission. The Kxchange Telegraph Company also says it understands Prince von | Buelow will become ambassador to the | United States. This information is said to have been obtained from diplo matic circles in London. Prince von Buelow. one of the fore most statesmen of Europe, has been referred to frequently in the last few months as the man who might be se lected by Emperor William to con duct preliminary peace negotiations, | should they be undertaken. Washington, P. C. May 24.—State ' Department officials were frankly skeptical of the accuracy of the report that Prince von Buelow was coming to Washington on a special mission from Emperor William. They have I received no official or unofficial inti- I mation that such a visit was in pros pect. One Killed, Six Hurt in 600-Foot Drop From Ladder j Washington, X. J., May 24.—A coro ner's investigation was begun her" to day into an accident last night at the ; Empire Steel and Iron Company's ore mine, when the breaking of a ladder hook in a fiOO-foot shaft killed one j man and seriously injured five others. The men were quitting work when the accident occurred. They had to I climb up a chain ladder made up of : some thirty individual ladders each j twenty feet in length and hooked lO i gether. The shnff, with a slant of j TO degrees, made ihe climbing difficult. ' Seven men were on their way up when the hook fastening the top lad der to the exit snapped. Charles Erdie, on the top ladder, was unable to catch hold of anything. He fell 100 feet and was crushed to death. The men lower down saw the i accident in time to catch hook* in he mine timbers and nll hung suspended | in the slanting shaft until other work ' men rescued them by lowering skips. , The injured men were struck by the i falling ladders. t FOREIGN SOCIAL CENTER NEEDED Meeting Place For Boys and Girls in Crowded Dis trict Urged By ANN V H. WOOD ]t is in the thickly populated for- ! eign settlement of North Seventh ; street and its adjacent blocks that the < need of a community center cliielly j for the protection of the young people J is most keenly felt. Some who un-1 derstand the situation feel that it should partake of the nature of a set- | tlement house and not be located in the school buildings. However, this is a question which must work out its, own answer. Boys and girls of the higher grades, pitifully hungry for pleasure, seek it wherever most easily found usually upon the streets. The school is their workshop to which many have little desire to return at the end of the day's duties unless un usual attraction may be offered. One young girl freely acknowledged that she spends nearly every evening in the movie houses. "Where else can I go to see my friends?" she asked. Cramped Home Life In most cases the home life is cramped and overcrowded to say the least sometimes disgustingly so. "There is no innosence of childhood in such homes." said a woman who has the interest of these people very (Continued on Page 11) GOVERNOR ENTERS CHAIRMAN FIGHT Telegraphs to Sixty-three Dele gates Asking Their Support i Governor Brumbaugh to-day cnter !ed into a contest for the chairmanship of the Pennsylvania delegation to the Republican national convention, send ing telegrams to sixty-three of the seventy-six men on the list of dele gates-at-large and district delegates | asking for their support for himself as chairman. Ihe Governor made no announce ment publicly of his aspirations which have been rumored for some time and it was not until this afternoon that I his office made any statement regard ing the telegrams. The fact that the ! telegrams had been sent was admit ted when it was stated that they had been received in Philadelphia, but the names of the men addressed were not made public. Senator Penrose has been mention ed for some time for the chairman ship and the Governor's action brings him into direct conflict with him. The Republican State committee is to meet in Philadelphia instead of Harrlsburg. It will re-elect Chairman W. E. Crow and Secretary \\\ Harry Baker find elect Senator Penrose as national committeeman to succeed Henry O. War-son, of Pittsburgh. The Penrose forces contend that the State committee will settle the matter, but the Brumbaugh people want to have the delegation act on the matter. The Investigations into alleged frauds In six congressional districts were reported to-day as progressing, but. no information as to any except Northumberland was obtainable. The Democratic State committee will meet here on Wednesday next, It Is said, that Slate Chairman Roland S Morris Hill not run again. Severai men are mentioned t'.r chairman. rOI.OXEI. HUTCHISON VERY 11.1, Word was received in Steelton tills morning that Colonel Joseph H. Hutchi son, chief of the Pennsylvania Steel Company police and ex-chler of tile Harrishurg police, has been removed from Chapman Manor, Blue Ridge Sum mit. Pa., to the home of a relative in Ohambersburg. His condition is seri ous, it was said this morning REPORT BRANDEIS FAVORABLY FORI SUPREME COURT Senate Committee Votes Ten to Eight For His' Nomination to Be Associate Justice STBICT PARTY BALLOT Senator Shields Arrives Just in Time to Cast Decid ing Ticket By Associated Press Washington, D. C., May 2 4.—The Senate judiciary committee voted It) 1 to 8 to-day to report favorably to the j Senate the nomination of Louis D. j Hraudeis to be associate justice of the ' Supreme Court. It was a strict party j | vote. No plan as to when the nomination J will be taken up in the Senate has yet | ■ been formulated. The action of the committee re- i | mained in doubt up to the time the i I vote was taken. Senator Shields, Democrat, of Tennessee, arrived in the capital to-day just in time to cast . the deciding vote. He conferred with I Senator Smith, of Georgia, before so- 1 ing to the committee room, but would ; not state his decision before casting i i his vote. Senator Cummins, of lowa, was the I only member of the committee not I 1 present. 11 is vote, however, was re- I corded against confirmation. Senators voting for confirmation were Messrs. Culberson, Overman, Chilton, O'Gorman, Fletcher, Reed, Ashurst, Shields, Walsh and Smith, of Georgia. Senators voting against confirmation l were Messrs. Clark, of Wyoming, Nel [Continued on Page ft] GUSHER AT CO LEVI I, LE New Oil Well Spouting at Rate of l Forty Barrels Daily Smithport, Pa., May 24.—There is 'great excitement in this section to-day over the striking of a great oil gusher at Coleville, near this place. The .veil. \ which is owned by the Hedgehog Oil I Company, was struck at a depth of j 2.700 feet and is flowing at a rate of ; forty barrels a day. The well is the largest that has been i j struck in this section in many years land leases in the vicinity of the big j j gusher are in great demand. The ! owners of the new well are going to drill several more at once. SEEK MOTIVE FOR WAITE CRIME New York, May 24. —The trial of Dr. Arthur W. Waitc tf for the murder of his father-in-law advanced this morning A to an exposition of motives supposed to lie behind the x alleged crime. \ NAVAL BILL REPORTED IN X Washington, May 24. The Naval appropriation bill $ cJ carrying a total of $241,000,000 was reported to the House * to-day by Chairman Padgett of the Naval Committee. J WASHINGTON HEIGHTS NAMES COMMITTEES > Washington Heights citizens last evening appointed J committees to gather information concerning the advi.-- <5 ability of asking Camp Hill to permit annexation or to create # a borough of their own. Another meeting will be held shortly to hear reports. 1 NEW NOTE FROM CARRANZA COMING A Washington, May 24.—The new note from General | Carranza will be sent to Washington by special messenger, ' k Special Agent Rodgers at Mexico City advised the State J k ', Department to-day. > ' SINN FEIN PRESIDENT FOUND GUILTY 1 i- Dublin, ?' —John MacNeill, president of the Sinn ] Fein volut ttrs has been fo«r.4 - ail 4 - bv a court martial of 1 complicity in the Irish rebellion. His sentence will be pro mulgated within a day or two. 1 > Harrisburg.—After an all-morni'v; debate in courtroom, ! ! corridors and lawyers' offices, the opposing faction? of the ■ [ Kesher Israel congregation submitted an arbitration agree* L mcnt to the court this afternoon whereby amicable adjust- 1 ment of the questions, at issue can be arranged. j Harrisburg.—William M. Faust, aged 37, 2130 Per • ' street, while working in the Enola yards of the Pennsylvania i | Railroad this afternoon, fell from the top of a telephone pole ' to the ground but escaped with slight injuries. He was taken to the-Harrisburg Hospital. • |j Philadelphia.—Among those who received telegrams 1 from the Governor was State Senator William Sproul, who I [ replied by wire: "How can I support you for chairman !' of the delegation when you we; c' beaten three to cne in i | Delaware county?" I MARRIAG E LICENSES ' I James Edward Onrrett and llrnalr l.rr lllaluclc, city. Hfurj' Wi'hllng iind Kiuitiu Singer, city. 1 H VW »■ »i | CITY EDITION 14 PAGES 'HELP US TEACH LOVE OF FLAG; PLEADS G. A. R. Ask Citizens to Assist in Work They Began Forty Years ol* More FEW LEFT FOR WORK Point Out That Time Is Close When All Shall Have Gone Away E. B. Hoffman, patriotic instructor of Post 58, Grand Army of the lie- I public, and a past commander of ih< post, has made an appeal to the citi zens of the city to aid in the com memoration observance of the dent soldiers of the Civil War by hclpillt , the veterans to teach the youn.<e. j generations to follow this ceremony j A call is made to the people to lay \ aside all business ami work for one ! hour on Friday afternoon and hoi). 1 with the ceremonies in the pul'li schools, when' the old soldiers wU> speak to !!#• boys and girls. Instructor Hoffman's appeal is a: follows: "For forty years or more we have ; been making visits to the publi< • schools Friday prior to Memorial l.'u. tor the purpose of teaching the risir.i I generation to love and respect the oil. i flan, your Hag, my flag ami our flag. "We are now all hovering aroum threescore and ten; it is not reason (Continued on Page 14) NEW GERMAN WAR IX)AX GOA ci-nmoiit to Impose Bill Callin lor $2,500,000,000 \l Copenhagen, May 24.—The Germai government, according to the Bcrli ./Vossische Zeitung, early in June wil propose a bill for a new war loan o I 10,000,000,000 marks ($2,500,000,000) \l W VOltl\ 'II'SIKST PORT Washington. I>. May 24.—Wa trade has made New York within h last year the world's busiest port. Th American city has exceeded by $200,000,000 London's annual Impor und export business. New York's com bined 1915 export and import figure'*, prepared at the Department of Com ! merce. show a total of $2,125,000,00( j Exports are put at $1,194,000,000 an' imports were larger, at $1,232,000,00 ' but her exports amounted to on!. $696,000,000.
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