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HARRISBURG WmSm TELEGRAPH
No. 269 14 PAGES
LXXXV—
SCHOOL TAX IS
NOT TO JUMP FOR
SEVERAL YEARS
Big Decrease in Deficit Re
ported by Secretary D. D.
Hammelbaugh
NEW ARCHITECT PLAN
Committee Appointed to Ar
range For Dedication of
W. S. Steele Building
A big decrease In the deficit of the
city's school board funds at the close
of the year, with the tax rate probably
remaining the same lor the next few
years was a feature of the report
which D. D. Hammlebaugh, secretary
of the school board, told the directors
yesterday afternoon at their semi
monthly session.
The deficit at the beginning of this
year was $115,000 ana lrom present
indications this will bo cut down to
#40,000 at the end of the present
school year. The balance of funds
on hand at present according to the
report of treasurer 11. F. Oves is $166,-
169.97. The sinking fund invested at
three per cent is $ 140,193.96.
One of the features of the meeting
yesterday afternoon was a resolution
offered by Dr. William N. Yates with
a substitute for Section 68 in the pres
ent rules. His resolution follows:
"The selecting of an architect tor new
buildings, or the repair or remodeling
of old ones shall be made by the board
by competition." Under the new rule,
if adopted ,each architects' plans will
be thoroughly examined, together with
the record and ability of the men sub
mitting them.
Request of the Galahad Recreation
Club in Allison Hill for the use of the
gymnasium in the Shimmell building
-November 27 started a discussion of
the wider use of the public schools in
Harrisburg as community or social
centers. Other organizations were
given permission to use Technical
High School auditorium.
To Dedicate Steele Building
Dr. F. E. Downes and Secretary
Hammelbaugh with a committee of
three directors have been authorized
to arrange for the dedication cere
monies of the new W. S. Steele build
ing. President A. Carson Stamm, Su
perintendent Downes- and Chairman
Harry A. Boyer of the building com
mittee will spend a week inspecting
junior high schools and studying their
construction and systems thoroughly.
A report will be made to the board
later. Contracts were awarded as
follows:
Filing cases for a card record sys
tem covering all the pupils in the city
to David W. Cotterel at his bid of 55
cents for 265 for teachers' use and
$2.60 each for 23 for principal's use:
15,000 blue and 15,000 white record
cards for the card system to Roberts
& Meek at their bid of $3.90 per 1,-
000; printing 2 tax books at $39.50
and 20,000 blanks at $32.50 to the
Augliinbaugh Press, the lowest bidder.
Seven Ammunition Ships
Are Reported Blown Up
With Heavy Death Toll
Berlin, Nov. 18 (via wireless to
Sayville).—Seven ammunition steam
ers recently were blown up in the
harbor of Archangel, according to a
Russian newspaper published in Arch
angel, says the Overseas News Agency,
which quotes the paper as saying:
"This evening Archangel was terri
aed by an appalling noise. It seemed
that the whole port was aflame. At
6.15 p. m. seven ammunition steamers
which had arrived in the morning
were blown up. The explosion was so
enormous that iron fragments of ships
fell TOO yards away. The port for sev
eral minutes resembled a burning vol
tano and pieces of glowing iron fell.
AII the port establishments were en
dangered (deleted by Russian censor).
Thus thirty-seven storehouses were
razed. The damage is estimated (sup
pressed by censor) millions of rubles.
"According to ths latest statements
(number suppressed by censor),
corpses were found.
"Seven hundred and sixty-three se
verely Injured persons were taken to
hospitals. However, the number of
victims will be found to be consid
erably larger when the ground has
been cleared. Access to the port dis
trict continues to be forbidden."
Dispatches to the Exchange Tele
graph Company from fctockholm on
November 16 quoted a Stockholm
newspaper as saying that the Russian
ammunition steamer, the Baron Bre
cent, was blown up in the harbor of
Archangel, causing the death of 150
persons and wounding 650.
THE WEATHER]
For Ilarrlaburg and vicinity! I'nla
to-night nnd Suuilny, not muclf
change In temperature) lonrat
temperature to-night about 30 dc
■reea.
For Harrlaburg and vicinity! Fair
to-night nml Sunday, not much
change In temperature) moderate
to freah aouthwrat to weat nlniln.
River
Tlie ninln river will rlac nlightlr.
Other atreama of the ayatem will
fall alowly or remain atatlon
ary. A atage or about 3.7 feet la
Indicated for Harrlaburg Sunday
morning.
fienera! Condition*
Except light to moderate anowa In
England, \orthrrn and
Weatern New York nnd in North
ern Michigan and rain In Oregon,
fair weather lia* prevailed
throughout the territory repre
aenteil on tke map during the laat
twenty-four koura.
It la 2 to t degreea colder thla
morning In the Ohio and Mlaala
alppl valleya, over the greater
part of the Lake Region and in
the Mouthrrn I'lnlna State*) elae
where there haa been n general
rise of 2 to 22 degreea In tem
perature, being moat decided In
Northern New England.
Temperature) 8 a. m., 84.
Sun> Rlaea, iM u. m.| aeta, 4)45
p. m.
Moon: New moon, November 25,
3 iSO a. m.
River Ntagei 3.0 feet above low
water mark.
Veaterday'a Weather
Highest temperature, 31*.
l.oweat temperature. 30.
Menn temperature, 34.
Narmal temperature, 41.
PEACE MOVEMENT
ABOUT TO ASSUME
DEFINITE SHAPE
Already in Touch With U. S.
Is Assertion; Call Soon to Be
Made For Conference
BELLIGERENTS SOUNDED
Reported Requests Have Been
Made to Them to Send
Delegates to Meeting
Berlin, Nov. 17, via London, Nov. 18.
—The movement for peace negotia
tions. according: to reports from "the
Swiss frontier." which were printed by
the Koelnische Zeitung is about to
assume definite shape in the form of
a joint call from various neutral gov
ernments to the belligerents asking
them to send delegates to a peace con
ference. The reports assert that sev
eral European neutrals are already in
touch with the American government
and that various belligerents have been
sounded on the proposition of a peace
conference.
In authoritative official circles here
it is stated that no facts are known
upon which the Koelnische Zeitung's
story could be based while it is con
sidered not impossible that neutral
governments may be considering some
such step.
Two Early Morning Fires
Cause Small Losses
Two early morning fires caused S6OO
damage at the Imperial flardware
Company and a slight loss at the St.
James Hotel.
Fire Chief Kindler believes crossed
wires to be the cause of the fire at
the Imperial Hardware Company, 1202
North Third street. The blaze started
in the cellar where a number of
Christmas toys were stored and caused
a |3 00 loss to stock before it could
be extinguished. The building is
owned by Sidney Seidel. and was dam
aged to an extent of S3OO.
This fire is another example of the
need of the city for an inside wire In
spector. says Chief Kindler.
The fire at the St. James Hotel was
started by a lighted cigaret care
lessly flung into a waste basket. A
bell hop seized the basket and flung
it through a window. The flaming
basket lodged on the awning. The
awning was destroyed.
Two-Cent Newspaper
Will Soon Be Universal
I Every means is being: adopted by the
(newspaper publishers of the country to
: meet the extraordinary expense re
! suiting from the unprecedented cost of
news print. Increase of the price of
1 newspapers from one to two cents is
•almost universal. All manner of eco
nomies are being resorted to and with
' practically no exception the public fs
i responding to the unusual conditions
, which confront the publishers,
i Co-operative purchasing of news
1 print paper by the members of the
i North Carolina Press Association lias
j been decided upon by the print paper
I committee of the association as the
[ only means of obtaining a supply dur
j lug 1917 at a price that will enable the
; papers to exist. •
i The plan which Mr. Varner and
1 others have carefully planned is
I for all to place their order in bulk
with the mills direct, eliminating the
I middleman, and thus getting the best
! price obtainable. The committee be
; lleves there is an excellent chance of
| this plan being put into effect and that
it offers what appears to be the only
j plausible solution of the situation fac-
I ing publishers.
Since 1909 eleven paper mills in the
I'nited States have ceased to produce
I news print and in the near future ten
; more mills will turn all of their ma
-1 chines to other grades of paper. r,educ
, ing the supply hundreds of tons an
j nually. Still other mills have par
tially changed from news print to other
; grades, which are more profitable. This
| aggravates the newspaper famine.
I The Kansas City Star has increased
' its subscription rate from $5.20 to $7.80
j a year. Scores of papers have gone
i from one to two cents per copy. Many
i Canadian dailies and weeklies have
i Increased subscription rates fifty per
i cent.
C. J. RON EY DIES
Philadelphia, i*ov. 18. Charles J.
! Roney, a former State representative
j and one of the best known young
lawyers in this city, died suddenly of
heart disease in a hospital here last
I night. Mr. Roney had been under
going treatment for about a week and
I had apparently recovered when he
suffered a relapse. He was 32 years
old. Mr. Roney was admitted to the
bar March 3. 1906, and was first
elected to the House of Representa
tives in 1910. He was re-elected In
1912 and 1914. At the last election
he again was a candidate but was de
feated. His friends attributed his
weakened health to depression which
followed his political defeat.
\VU*>IAMS WINS RUN
Boston. Mass.. Nov. 18.—Williams
College to-day won the annual New
England inlercollegiate 'cross-country
championship, defeating University of
Maine, last year's winner, and six other
colleges.
WINTER GRIPS GERMANY
London, Nov. 18.—Germany is in
the grip of winter, the Exchange Tele
graph's Btine correspondent reports.
Several trains from Berlin are snow
bound near the Swiss frontier, where
extreme cold prevails.
ARREST CASHIER IN SOUTH
Boston, Mass., Nov. 18. Word
was received here to-day of the arrest
at Miami, Fla., of Edward Therek,
a cashier, on a charge of having stolen
several thousand dollars from the
Calumet National Bank of this city.
$50,000 NECKLACE DISAPPEARS
Now York. Nov. 18.—A diamond and
.•üby necklace, said to be valued at
T 50.000, has disappeared from the
Fifth avenue homo of Mrs. E. 11. Har
rlman, according: to police officials.
HARRISBURG. PA.,SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1916
I NEWS NOTE: NO MORE
BE: UNABLE TO GIVE THEM
AW MORE CHEAP CIGARS FOR
CHRISTMAS
PRINCETON AND
YALE FIGHTING
ANNUAL BATTLE
Neither Team Scores in First
Period; Eli's Show Great
Offensive Strength
Palmer Stadium, Princeton, N. J.,
Nov. 18.—The elevens of Yale and
Princeton universities met here this
afternoon in their annual football
game before a record gathering of
spectators and under perfect playing
conditions. For the lirst time since
the memorial arena was opened In
1914 the huge horseshoe structure was
filled with adherents of the two institu
tions more than 35,000 being present
when the klckoff inanguratcd the con
test.
The weather was all that either
players or spectators could desire. A
] cloudless blue vault overhung the
j stadium from which hazy autumn's
| sun smiled down upon the gathering
with just enough warmth to temper
| the sharp wind that swept across the
amphitheater from the northwest.
(Wraps, sweaters and steamer rugs
i were popular with the spectators
I while the members of the teams prac
-1 ticed under heavy jerseys until tho
j beginning of the game.
I The throngs were slow in gathering
and both squads were running through
j signal drills before llie rival cheering
; sections swung into the stadium. The
I Princeton clan, several hundred
j strong, paraded across the campus
I headed by a band and gave a great
| cheer tor Yale as they passed the blue
! section cf the stands. The Eli's re
■ sponded with a yell for the Tigers and
i the the arena rang with songs and
! cheers for opposing elevens until the.
■ referee called upon the teams to line
I up.
Yale Wins Toss
Yale won the toss and elected to de-
I fend the north goal with the wind
at its back.
Gennert kicked off to Legore who
j was downed on his own 37-yard line.
I Yale failed to advance the ball, and
I Eegore punted to Ames, who ran the
ball back five yards and was downed
!on Princeton's 25-yard line. The play
| was recalled and Yale was penalized
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SUE FOR LOSS OF TUG
' New Haven. Conn., Nov. 18. —Papers
jin o libel action to recover for the
'loss of the tug Thomas A. Scott, Jr.,
| against the German nudersea mer
chantman Deutschland were, filed in
II he United States district court here
to-day by Foye 11. Murphy, attorney
| for the T. A. Scott Company, Inc., of
! New London, owners of the tug, the
, value of which is given as $12,000.
|CONDEMN BOOZE AND TOBACCO
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 18. Mrs.
i Edith S. Davis, of Evanston, Ills.,
■ addressing the second day's sessions
I of the annual convention here of the
j National Women's Christian Union,
. declared "even greater than the vot
ing at the ballot box aro the signs
of unrest that come from the business
| world. Business has linked hands with
the W. C. T. U„ and they are working
I together." The value of early train
jing of children was emphasized by
, Mrs. Helen L. Bullock, of Elmira, N.
I Y. Condemnation of the use of to
! bocco was voiced by Mrs. Eliza B.
> ingalls, of St. Louis.
THIEVES ROB POST OFFICE
Honeybrook, Pa., Nov. IS. Resi
dents of this place at the foot of the
Welsh Mountains were startled at 2
o'clock yesterday morning by an ex
plosion when thieves blew open the
safe in the post office and got away
with $l5O in money and postage
stamps.
M. E. CONVENTION OPENS
HERE MONDAY AFTERNOON
Bv CLAYTON* ALBERT S.MfCKF.H
More than four thousand Methodist
men are expected to arrive In the city
Monday for the Pennsylvania Conven
tion of Methodist Men, which opens in
Chestnut Street Hail Monday after
noon. Special trains carrying hun
dreds-. of delegates from all parts of
the State will arrive in the city Mon
day and Tuesday. A special commit
tee will meet all delegates and conduct
them to the convention headquarters
Asserts Farmers Under
Estimated Crop Reports
to Force Up Food Prices
New York, Nov. 18. An assertion
J that western farmers underestimated
their crops in reports submitted to the
; Federal government and thereby t'orc
jed up the price of wheat, potatoes,
i onions and cabbage is the latest con
j tribution to the high cost of food In-
vestigation here.
Mr. Hartigan's investigations con
vinced him, he said, that the govern
ment estimate of the wheat crop in
this country this year was based on
statistics furnished by the farmers,
who "knowingly concealed at least 25
per cent, of their wheat crops."
I>EXY CROP RUMORS
Washington, Nov. 18. Depart
ment of Agriculture officials to-day
deny the assertion of Joseph Hartigan,
N'ew York commissioner of weights
and measures, that Western farmers
knowingly underestimated their crops
in reports to the Federal government
and thus forced up the price of wheat,
potatoes, onions and cabbage.
It was insisted at the department
that there is a material shortage of
wheat and otht-r crops. Furthermore,
department officials assert the crop
estimates are not based alone on re
ports from farmers but from the gov
ernment's own tieid agents in each
State.
Miners' Narrow Escape at
Short Mountain Colliery
Gratz, Pa., Nov. 18. While engag
ed at work at a place known as West
side at the Short Mountain collery,
Thomas Umholtz, Clarence Wllller, of
Gratz, and Raymond Snyder, of Powls
Valley, were covered by a rush of
tons of coal when a set of timbers fell
over. Mr. Umholtz was able to get
one arm loose and thereby worked
his face dear, enabling him to call for
help. After being dug out they were
taken to tho first aid hospital where
their wounds were dressed. Wllller
received a badly bruised foot and arm,
Umholtz had his ankle hurt, and Sny
der was bruised about the legs and
body.
Now New York Is Going
to Abolish Its Horse Cars
New York. Nov. 18.—The last of tho
historic horse cars will be taken from
the streets of New York April 1, 1917,
according to notification received by
the Public Service Commission from
the New York Railways Company,
which announces fhat its new cars of
the storage battery type will be ready
for service by that date.
ro SEP All ATE STEAMSHIP MXES
Washington, D. C., Nov. 18. —Com-
plete divorcement of the New Haven
Railroad's nine steamship lines from
the parent company was urged In a
brief tiled to-day with the Interstate
Commerce Commission by Alexander
H. Elder as an attorney for the com
mission.
at the Chestnut Street Auditorium,
where they will be registered before
they are assigned to lodging and eat
ing places throughout the city.
The first big event on the convention
program will take place Monday at
.1 o'clock. Monday evening Governor
Martin G. Brumbaugh will give an
address of welcome. Bishop J. F.
Heriy, of Philadelphia, will preside at
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Two Private Companies
Will Build Fourteen New
Torpedoboat Destroyers
Woshington, D. C„ Nov. 18.—Awards
for the construction of fourteen of the
torpedoboat destroyers authorized by
the last naval appropriation bill were
announced by the Navy Department
to-day. Thfr Fore River Shipbuilding
Corporation. Quincy, Mass., will con
struct eight, and the Union Iron Works
Company, San Francisco, six vessels.
A contract for four vessels of this
typo previously was awarded to the
Bath Iron Works, Bath. Maine. Con
tracts now have been let for eighteen
of the twenty vessels authorized. The
department is undecided whether the
remaining two ships will be built by
contract or at the navy yard.
The minimum price for the con
struction of the destroyers is fixed at
5*1,200,000 each. They will have a dis
placement of 1,585 tons, will be 310
feet in length, have 35 knots speed
and will carry a battery of four 4-inch
trims, two antiaircraft guns and four
tI pie torpedo tubes.
Phila. and Norfolk Navy
Yards to Be Improved
Washington, D. C.. Nov. 18.—As the
' result of the decision to award con
j tracts for four battleships and sixteen
(lestrovers to private builders, the
Navy Department prcbably will spend
I the $6,000,000 available for improve-
I inent of government plants on the
I navy yards at Philadelphia and Nor
folk.
No final decision has been reached,
but officials say the indications are
I that the money will be divided about
I o<;ually between the two places. The
j appropriation places the expenditure
entirely within the discretion of the
| secretary.
PIG IRON ADVANCES
Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 18. The
fourth successive advance In pig Iron
within a month was announced here
to-day making quotations for Besse
rrer S3O, basic $27 and foundry $25,
1 Valley 'furnace, with 95 cents a ton
I added for delivery in Pittsburgh. In
the past thirty days there has been
jan average advance of $6 a ton in all
I districts, more than the entire ad
vance for the calendar year of 1915.
COAL JUMPS AGAIN
Charleston, W. Va„ Nov. 18.
| Eitumlnous coal prices at the mine
I were further advanced hero to-day
; 25 cents a ton.
"LOVE INSURANCE"
The Next Instalment of
"Love Insurance"
will appear in the Telegraph on Mon
day. Mechanical difficulties in tlio
composing room of the newspaper re
quire the. omission of the serial story
to-day.
Single Copy, 2 Cents CITY EDITION
STRONGER STAND
AGAINST TEUTONS
MADE BY ALLIES
Bussians and Rumanians Drive
Invaders Back in Cam
pulung Sector
SEBBS NEAB MONASTIR
Push Forward on Eastern Side
as French Advance From
the South
Stronger resistance apparently is
being offered by the Rumanians to the
pressure of the Austro-German invad
ing forces in Northern Wallachia.
In the important Campulung sec
tor, where the invaders have pressed
to within some three miles of this
city along the roads leading to the Ru
manian plain, Bucharest asserts the
Rumanians made progress in yester
day's fighting.
Berlin, reporting on the Campulung
situation, asserts that the Rumanian
efforts to drive back the Germans in
this region failed with heavy losses.
To the west it is declared the Teutonic
armies have further penetrated Ru
manian territor yin the Alt and Jiul
valleys.
On the Macedonian front. Paris re
ports the Serbians successful in ex
tending their flanking operation north
ward, east of Monastir, and the French
to be pressing the inner defenses of
the city closer on the south. Berlin
records the defeat of attacks by en
tente forces on the plains south of the
city and in the C'erna river region and
the recapture of a height near Ohegel
in the bend of the Cerna, east of Mon
astir.
Petrograd reports the bringing down
of a Zeppelin airship by Russian
troops near Sarny, on the Russian
front southeast of Pinck.
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HAG FRST< )YV V, TO<) J
Hngerstown, Md.. Nov. 18. The
work of a gang of robbers who have
entered twenty-six houses in tills city
since Tuesday night is baffling the en
lire police force.
TO l)isri;ss I.IGHT
Dr. John F. Mohler, professor of phy
sics at Dickinson college will speak on
the subject of "Light" to the members
of the Sphinx Club of the Harrisburg
Academy at 8 o'clock this evening. An
invitation to attend has been extended
to the scientific classes of both Tech
and Central.
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RESTA LEADING GRAND PRIZE ROAD RACE
Monica, Cal., Nov. 18.-—Resta
of the grand illen, Cooper and Wilcox
following. His time was 29.02.28. Aitken withdrew in thV
{second lap with a broken piston Pullen turned over on a
curve but neither he nor his r •ech. lician .was hurt.
| FOREIGNERS IN PARRAL REPORTED DEAD
El PESO, Test., Nov. 18.—From a Chines* refugee from
Parrali United States government agents here to-day re
\ eived a report that all of the foreigners remaining in Par-
K ral, exclusive of the five known to have left for Culican
% and thought to have arrived here, had been killed by the
i Villa bandits.
I PASSENGER STEAMER DISABLED AND LEAKING
r Washington, Nov. 18.—The American steamer Anvil,
C trading between San Francirco and Central American
K ports, was reported to-day by Admiral Capcrton ofF San
K Jcfsc Del Cabo, Lower California, leaking and with engines
C disabled. A number of passenger are aboard. The collier
C Saturn is needing to her assistance.
I WILL NOT INVESTIGATE HIGH PRICES
C Washington, Nov. IS.—The Federal Trade Commission
announced to day that it will not undertake an investigation
( of the high prices of necessaries of life because it largely
I would be a duplication of the work of the Department of
i Justice under the Sherman antitrust law.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Harry llolmrt Wolf and Martha Kllatabeth Sebright, Unit Bcrlli.
Albert Arthur Frock nnd Beralce Olivia Uertrude Aigtil, Gettysburg.
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EXPECT MAYOR'S
REQUEST FOR 30
POLICE TUESDAY
City Executive May Offer First
Specific Appropriation Ordi
nance Next Week
DUBIOUS OVER TAX RATE
Commissioners "Hope" to
Keep Within Present
Limits
Thirty additional policemen. It is
understood, will be asked for in all
ordinance which Mayor E. S. Meals
expects to offer Tuesday in Council. It
will bo the tlrst of several specific ap
propriation measures which must be
considered by the City Commissioners
in the preparation of the 1917 budget.
That Mayor Meals will insist upon
provision for thirty officers has been
generally anticipated in city circles,
b it whether Ihe finances will permit
this number is a matter of grave con
jecture among the budget makers.
AM the commissioners, of course,
hope to keep the rate to its present
basis of SHj mills, but the wiseacres in
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Vandals Ruthlessly Sweep
Away Weeks of Loving
Care on Flowerbox
The story of the ruthless sweeping
away of the results of weeks of care
ful, loving labor, some quietly griev
ing tears—and the uproariously funny
tale of some fun that made last Tues
day night joyous, related in pool room
or saloon —is summed up in a post
card which reached the Telegraph in
to-day's mall. The card speaks for
itself; it is from a feminine reader at
434 Boas street. Here's the story:
"Mr. Editor:
"Just want to tell you about my
porch box. 1 had a beautiful one and
was very proud of it. All summer I
took SUCH good care of it and gave
it SO much time and trouble. On
Tuesday evening some grown-up boys
or young men stopped for a moment
outside the house, pulled the box oft
the porch, overturned it—and ruined
all my plants! I did not see the boys
but 1 know they were not small boyn
because small boys couldn't handle
the heavy box. I just thought I'd
write and tell you, Mr. Editor."