• " ' ™ " ■. - ■ -'T^.TT f^ V W'. —' ~ Tanza Troops Reported to Be Moth 4>*r fyire ft Frw HARRISBURG {K& TELEGRAPH LXXXV — No. 279 24 PAGES TEUTONIC GRIP TIGHTENING AS INVADERS MOVE | ON BUCHAREST! Armies of Von Mackensen; and Von Falkenhayn Are' Within 16 Miles of Ruman ian Capital RUSSIAN LINES IN NORTH ARE BROKEN Permits New Influx of Austro- German Troops; Petro grad Announces Capture of Carpathian Heights The Teutonic grip on Rumania re mains unchanged and at last reports was tightening with three converging forces continuing unchecked, their ad- ! Vance toward Bucharest. Despite tenacious resistance by the | Rumanians, which appears to have in- I creased as Bucharest was neared by I the armies of Field Marshal Von 1 Mackensen and General Von Falken- ! hayn, the Invaders are now almost within gunshot of the capital. They ! are nearest their objectlvo on the southwest, where Tzomana, 16 mtlon distant, has been reached. From the west they have driven to within 40 miles, reaching Glavatzlotzu. On the northwest they have broken the Ru manian lines, permitting of a new In flux of Austro-Qerman troops byway of Tombing pass and Campulung. Russians Take Heights The Russians meanwhile have been attacking heavily all along the fron tiers of Mnldovla, the Rumanian pro vince which projects northward bet ween Transylvania and Bemarubla, In an evident attempt to create a diver sion in Rumania's favor. To-day Pet rograd reports a pronounced success In this offensive, declaring the whole range of heights nlong tho frontier south of Klrllbabo, has bean taken by the Russians. "Whether this success will have any Immediate effect on the operations of the Teutonic armies engaged In the main attack on tho Rumanians has not yet been lndloated, Apparently it will require a considerable penetra tion of Transylvania territory by the Russians to affect the southern cam paign, Greatest Greek Crisis (Greece to-day Is In the midst of what seems likely to prove her great est crisis. The entente ultimatum un der which possession of Greek armr and munitions were demanded has ex pired and King Constantino Is report ed to have definitely refused compli ance with the demands. On the other hand, Admiral Du Fournet, comman der of the allied naval forces In Greek waters, has Indicated that he will take radical measures to enforce the de mands, having troops In readiness for debarkation at Piraeus, the port of Athens. In Macedonia the Germans and Bul garians are doing more than fighting defensive actions against the entente attempts to advance In the Monastlr district. On Wednesday they counter attacked violently in the Grunlshto region east of the Cerna, where gains wera recently claimed for the Serbians. Paris admits the Serbians lost certain trenehes which they had previously won, but declares the main effort re sulted In failure with heavy losses for the Teutonlo ollios. Make Steady Progress To-day's German headquarters re [Continued on Page 111] Believe Russ Attack in Carpathians Will Ease Rumanian Pressure Petrograd, Nov. 30, via T.ondon, Dec. I.—The violent attack begun by the Russians In tho Carpathians which, If sucessful, will menace the rear of the Transylvanlan Austro- German armies, is expected by mili tary critics hero to relieve the pres sure upon Rumania and possibly avert tho crisis caused by the concentric advance on Bucharest of tho three groups of the forces under Generals Falekenhayn and Mackensen. THE WEATHER For Ilarrlnburic and vicinityi Fnlr to-nlKht mill Saturdayi not much chanicr In temperature. For Hnntern Peniixylvnnlni Fnlr to night nnil Saturduyi little chnnKO In temperaturei moderate west and loutliwnt wliidn. Itlver The main river and the lower part of the North Ilrnneh will rlno slowly. Other streams of the aysteni will fall slowly or remain nearly stationary. A ■tnice of about 4.8 feet Is Indicated for Harrisburg Saturday morning. General Conditions Pressure la high over Southern dis trict" east of the Rocky Moun tains, with center or Krrntest pressure over the Gulf States and Tennesseei It Is relatively low over nearly all the rest of the count ry. Light rains have fallen In the Inst twenty-four hours In the Mid dle Atlantic States and New Kiut . land and In Georgia, South Caro lina nnd Oregon, and light snow hns fallen along the northern border of the Great I.ukca and In Saskatchewan. East of the Mississippi river, except In Northern New lSnglaud and the Upper St. Lawrence Valley, where It Is some.rhat warmer, and throughout the greater part of the Missouri Valley, tempera tures generally are 2 to 24 de grees lower than on Wednesday morning. Temperature! 8 a. m., SO. Sum Rises, TiOS a. m.| seta, 4i40 p. m. Moon I Ftrat quarter, to-night, giRO p. m. River Stagei 4.1 feet above low water mark. l'eatertny'a Weather Highest temperature. 111. Loweat tempernture. 41. Mean temperature, 4(1. Normal temperature, 37. il ' DEER SEASON OPENS TODAY "lOHUHT WTHINTHE CITY LIMITS. YirViU M/ABWfc T E7,1 -=- '>Aj ' //fHry( WvL iTJfoW DONT 40 INTO Tie WOWS , (ju —>> X/V I V f OSIN& TWS PMUISE ITS shumL . > .n*7l *% '" j | CONSERVATION OF HUMAN i—'-T"*- LIFE IS WORTH WHILE EVEN ~'*£ „ |TI|M . OONT a s WtN H"WING •, C w?tsSwnS?S GERMAN U-BOAT MISTOOK MARINA FOR TRANSPORT Asks U. S. For Status and Is Ready to Offer Amends if Entitled SIX AMERICANS LOST Count Rernstorff Seeks Con ference, but Complete In formation Is Necessary Washington. D. C., Dec. 1. —The German submarine commander who sunk the British horseship Marina with the loss of six Americans has re ported to his government that he took the vessel for a transport. Germany has asked the United States for infor mation of the status of the ship and Is ready to offer amends if the Marina was entitled to immunity. Tho case was discussed to-day at a conference between Count Von Bern storff, the German ambassador, and Secretary Lansing. Germany in a communication in reply to ' the In quiries of the United States has asked for any Information in possession of this government that will lead to a settlement. The conference between the am bassador and the Secretary of State, which was brief, developed that neither seemed to be in possession of such complete Information as would be essential to a determination of the case. The conference was asked for by Count Bernstorff. Submarine Sighted Off Cape Hatteras New York, Dec. I.—An unidentified vessel riding low in the water without the usual green and red side lights and believed to be a submarine was sighted forty Allies east of Diamond shoals. Cape Hatteras, at 10.30 p. m. Novem ber 29, from the bridge of the Ameri can steamship Crofton Hall. The unknown craft, the officers said, was moving in a southerly direction, following a Spanish sailing ship, which had identified herself as such a sohrt time previous. Seized With Heart Attack on Mission of Mercy While bent on a mission of mercy, a basket in the rear of his automobile laden with good things for the Thanks giving dinner of a poor family. James M. Rhoads. brick manufacturer nnd coal dealer, was seized with heart failure. He was driving at a good rate of speed* about two miles south of llummelstown, when the car started to zigzag. Although losing consciousness, the rule of his life, "to think of others first," seemed to prompt him to bend and stop tho motor. He never regained consciousness. Mr. Rhoads was one of the first men to engage In dredging coal and sand from the river. He later became Inter ested in the manufacture of brick, In which business he has been engaged for the last twenty-four years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Llda J. Kefter, Miss Irene Rhoads. ad one son, James C. R. Rhoads.,. Funeral services will be held from his home, 2112 Green street, to-morrow afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. J. B. Mark ward will officiate. Burial will be made In the Paxtang Cemetery. GETS YEARS FOIt MURDER Waco, Texas, Dec. I.—T. R. Watson, a bank president, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to ninety-nine years In prison here to-day. Watson shot John S. Patterson, state banking commissioner. FOOTBALL, HURTS FATAIi Pittsburgh, Dec. I.—Boggs Camp bell, a h ank clerk, aged 20. died In a hospital here to-day from Injuries re ceived yesterday in a football game. HARRISBURG, PA..FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1916, HIGH COST OF LIVING MUST BE REDUCED, IS MRS. WOOD'S OPINION Tells of Conditions in Aver age Family and Gives Housewives Some Hints MAKES STUDY OF LOCAL SITUATION Believes Limited Stock of Supplies Makes For Econ omy in Use of Food CUTTING HIGH COST Thin IN the first of a NrrieM of article* by Mrs. Annii llnmilton W nod, the well-known writer, on Kuhjei'tN relntliisc to the IIIKII oont or living nnil how housewives may economize to make the family In come meet the needs of the tahle. Mm. Wood has studied local prices anil conditions. She knoivs what Harrisburg women want to know, and she Is prepared to tell them what she lias learned. The nrlcleg will appear daily. [ [By MRS. ANNA H. WOOD] With prices soaring on every hand ; a few cents to-day, a few cents moro ■ to-morrow, the time has come for the head of the firm of Domestic En | deavor to take stock and reorganize i her forces. When a peculiar shallowness de i velopeil In tho marketing purse of I Mrs. House Keeper she reached to the top shelf of the closet and hunted out her budget of household expenses for 1914-15. Then she made a careful comparison with the present. Sugar, shortening, flour, milk, canned goods, • fruits and so on down the list she went. In some cases there was only 20 per cent or 30 per cent, difference, "EDDIE" ROTH TO GO TO WEST POINT i Star of Central Eleven in 'l4, Now With Governor's Troop, Appointed i "EDDIE" ROTH Edward B. Roth, star football player on the Central High Bchool eleven In 1914, a member of the Governor's Troop, now stationed In Texas near £ Continued on Page 10] -. . ..J*. Wm • MRS. ANNA HAMILTON WOOD ! In others from 75 pru- cent, to 100 per ! cent, and more. She had heard of ! the raise in coal for had not Friend I Husband grumbled sufficiently about jit? Club dues had been increased and clothes! Well, a woman comfortably shod to-day was a walking advertise ment of her husband's prosperity. Something must be done about it at once. Womanlike she turned for help to the wage-earner. Now Mr. Housekeeper, dear reader, was your husband and mine, the "man [Continued on Page 15] BANK CLEARINGS $12,000,000 MORE Remarkable Gain in First Eleven Months of 1916 Shown in Report Total bank clearings for the first eleven months of 1916 In Harrilburg have set a new record by climbing more than *12.000.000 higher than the figures for the first eleven months of 1915, according to figures compiled and issued to-day by the Harrisburg Clearing House Association. The totals from Januarv 1 to No vember 29, 1916. Inclusive, are $90,278,252.90, compared with a total of $77,525,875.77 for the same period last year. The total for the first eleven months of 1916 Is more than $8,000,000 higher than the figures for the entire year of 1914. During the Christmas season tho money handled by tho hanks this year Is expected to bring the grand total for 1916 close $100,000,000 mark. More than half a million dollars will he sent out by city banks by checks for Christmas savings funds. Most of these will be mailed by Monday, De cern he>- 11, It was announced to-day, almost a week sooner than last vear. AVlth the n\oney to be distributed by Steelton and Penbrook banks to per sons with Christmas funds the totals will probably reach SOOO,OOO this year —almost SIOO,OOO more than the amount saved In 1915. City banks con ducting Christmas savings funds are beginning the work of totaling the amounts to be paid out and figures will probably be Issued within the next few days. CITY TO FIGHT STATE'S SEWAGE ORDER IN COURT Council Tonight Will Get Re-1 port of Removal of Tempo rary Plants RIVERSIDE ANNEXATION Jitney Count Will Re Receiv ed; to Prepare Walnut Street Bridge Request Harrisburg will let the courts de cide whether or not the municipality must continue to obey the State Health Department's order to treat city sew age temporarily in the River Front and Paxton creek interceptors. Following the recent typhoid epi demic Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the State Health Commissioner, ordered the •city to erect temporary disinfecting plants near the sewer outfalls into the river in order to safeguard the towns down stream from possible contami [Contlnued on Page 10] Millard F. Thompson Dies at Carlisle To-day Carlisle, Pa.. Dec. I.—Millard F. Thompson, aged 67 years, a well known lawyer and business man, died at his home here at 3 o'clock this morning after an illness of about a year. Mr. Thompson was born in Car lisle and was the oldest, member of the Cumberland county bar and was clerk of courts of Cumberland county from 1888 to 1891. He graduated from Dickinson College in the class of 1871. He was a member of the Royal Ar canum and a former grand regent of the order and also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a member of several promi nent college fraternities. Mr. Thompson was largely interested In street railway and traction develop ments and was connected with the Carbondale Traction Company, the rGeensburg, Jeannette and Pittsburgh Trolley Company and the Greensburg and Mount Pleasant Railway Com pany. He was president, of the Penn sylvania and Western Railroad Com pany up to a year or two ago. Mr. Thompson is survived bv his wife and two children. John, of Phila delphia. and Miss Rebecca, of Car lisle. No funeral arrangements have been made. Hymn of Sunday Played by Pianist Stops Panic Tamaquo, Pa., Dec. 1. With flames playing about tho operator's booth, the pianist of the Family Theater yester day afternoon suddenly began the strains of a popular "Billy" Sunday hymn, "Saved by His Power Divine." His coolness quelled the panic and the hundred or more persons in the crowd ed theater, singing the words of the hymn, passed out in safety. But Chris tian Peterson, the proprietor. In an at tempt to save the valuable film, "Civili zation," was burned to death. BRITISH CASUALTIES FALL More Than 74,000 In November, hut Fig ure* Lower Than For Previous Months London, Dec. 1. British casual ties in the month of November, as re ported from all fronts, were 74,650. Of the total, 2,351 of the casualties were among officers and 72,299 men. There was a marked falling off In the November losses as compared with recent months, probably owing to the slowing down or the Somme campaign, i The average daily loss in October was 3.452, compared with 2,488 in Novem ber. The November casualties bring up the total of British casualties report ed In the five months since the begin ning of the Somme offensive to 488,862. HANGS HIMSELF IN RIVER PARK AT SOUTH ST. Tics Rope to Tree and Jumps Over River Bank Opposite Governor's Mansion HURT IN ACCIDENT Despondency Caused by Long Illness Cause; Asks Wife and Children to Fox-give Ell G. Miller, aged about 50 years, 701 Benton street, shortly before 11 o'clock this morning, committed sui cide by hanging himself to a tree in River Front park just opposite the Governor's Mansion at South street. Despondency resulting from injuries received in an automobile accident last July is believed to be the cause of the act. Rivermen noticed him wandering up and down the concrete walk about 10 o'clock this morning. His body was discovered hanging from a small tree on the river bank about 10.40 o'clock. A few minutes later police arrived on the scene with a pulmotor, but although the body was still warm, all efforts to resuscitate him failed. A note found on Miller's body asked his wife and three children to forgive him for what he had done. He de clared his physical condition had forced him to the act. He also asked that the undertaker who took charge of the body "be as easy as possible" on the family. The body was found with the feet touching the ground and both hands holding on to a branch of a nearby tree. Miller, who was employed as an en graver, by P. G. Diener, the jeweler, was struck by an automobile driven by Paul Bratten last July while on his way to work. His one knee was so badly injured that ho has been unable to work since that time, with tho ex ception of a few weeks. Brooding over his crippled condition he seemed | unusually despondent for the last week. He Is survived by a wife and three children. i 1 \ Vania sitting here to-day. He said the present coal-carry y r:: z tn y L ng t OUt Wh^ thCr k U d feaß j ble to ' r ( eh^'!ita * e v th e old canal $2^ 00 ' 000 bet hc thought it worth while. - Mr. Ma gee's sug, y preside t oi the Standard Oil Company of New Jei ly ill at his home here following an operation a week ago , foi . ,1 i ■ . I ■>; ' ' ; 1 ALLIES LAND IN GREECE' P London, Dec. I.—A de'.achment of entente troops dis f embarked at Piraeus, the port of Athens at 13 o'clock thb ■ morning, according to a wireless d ! from Athens. I nna < Ollided with a I tered and it i.s said that numerous passengers were killed cr t TIN PLANT WORKERS GET RAISE , Harrisburg.—All employes of the Lalance Grosjean i Company ia Harrisburg will receive ten per cent, increase in rV<i;;cs beginning January i, works .a Pr .--.ion i street, now closed for repaiars, will resume operations. Thi3 l is the second increase since last May, when a ten per cent, advance wuk announced. Contract lias been let with an r Erie company for installation of a new battery of boilers. * MARRIAGE LICENSES 1 Glen Wllllnm Coalri, Strelten, nnd Mnrjr Catherine Winters, eltT. Kdward lllrnm Dixon nnd Maud Mearl llrnedlct, city. Albert on Auguata Miller, l'enbrook, and Marguerite Clark Hawthorni wty. Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT CARRANZA TO STRIKE AT VILLA FROM TWO SIDES IN CHIHUAHUA Columns Moving on Bandit From. Northern Points; Juarez Still Fears He May Move on City BELIEVED OUTLAW WILL ~ ABANDON CAPITAL Based on Previous Actions in Withdrawing From Towns as Soon as They Are Loot ed Juarez, Mexico, Dec. 1. Carranzi" officials received a report last night that the government troops, reinforced by General Murgula's column, wera moving against Chihuahua City with the purpose of retaking it from Villa. General Trevino is said to have re turned to Nombre de Dlos, a few miles above the city, while General Ozuna, having gathered up stragglers, is also expected to strike in at some point to the north, co-operating with General Maycotte and General Murgula. The feeling of unrest has not les sened in Juarez, however, as the mass of the people say openly they fear Villa may take the town in order to embarrass the United States govern ment. As Villa has abandoned Jimenez, Santa Rosalia, Parral and every other town he has so far taken, a Carranza officer here expressed the belief tho bandits would withdraw from Chi huahua in any case as soon as they had gathered sufficient loot. A report which is totally discredited by local Carranza officials became current in Juarez among the lower classes last night that General Trevino had been Killed in action. Villa Has Eight Guns When Villa began his attack on Chi huahua General Trevino had twenty six field pieces of artillery on Santa Rora Hill, the key to the city. In tha retreat to Juarez the Trevino army has only brought along eighteen, two of [Continued on Page 19]
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