Germans Follow ofare of Bn HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV — No. 284 18 PAGES WITH BUCHAREST LOST RUMANIANS RETREAT ALONG ENTIRE LINE Fate of Armies in Doubt Al though There Has Been No Wholesale Bag of Prison ers Yet; Capital Not Dam aged GERMANS NOW HOLD NEARLY WHOLE COUNTRY Oil Wells and Grain Districts Controlled by Them; De feated Forces Retiring To ward Moldavia With Bucharest lost to them the Rumanians are retiring all along the line in the province of Wallachia, fighting rear guard actions as they retreat. The main point of interest that remains of this campaign is the fate of the Rumanian armies and apparently there has been no wholesale bag of prisoners as yet, at least, by Field Marshal Von Mackensen's troops, although Berlin records the capture of more than 9,000 men yesterday. Fleeing Towards Moldavia Petrograd statement announc ing the evacuation of Bucharest and the retirement of of the Ru manians who were holding off the Danube army south of the capital probably indicates that an at tempt was made to move virtual ly the entire Rumanian force in the Bucharest region north east ward towards Moldavia, before [Continued on Page IS] DIFFICULTIES OF NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS INCREASING William P. Goodspeed, business man ager of the Buffalo Evening News and president of the Buffalo Ad Club, was the guest of honor and principal speak er at a luncheon of the Hamilton (Ont.) Ad Club a few days ago. Mr. Goodspeed predicted that owing to the increase in the cost of white pa per the time was not far distant when every newspaper published in America would not be sold for less than five cents a copy. The South Carolina Press Associa tion at a recent meeting to discuss the paper situation, decided to increase ad vertising and subscription rates. A statement from the association was printed in all the newspapers of the State, informing readers and advertis ers of the decision and calling upon them for continued support. "To say that the news print situa tion has reached a crucial period, ob serves the Editor and Publisher, Is to sum up recent development dispassion ately. Those news print manufacturers who sell the bulk of their output on annual contracts with publishers are now considering the vital question of what the price shall be under contract renewals. These manufacturers have come to the parting of the ways." UNCI.E JOE'S STOGIES SHORTER Washington. 1). C., Dec. 7. lt is notable that the war has clipped an inch from V'ncle Joe Cannon's stogie, lie says his clothes cost more. And bis food. In fact, about the only thing it hasn't affected is his lurid conversa tion. BILL FOR EMBARGO ON PRINT PAPER Washington. D. C., Dec. 7. A bill designed to place a two years' embargo on exports of news print paper was in troduced yesterday by Representative Campbell, of Kansas, and referred to the commerce committee. THE WEATHER For flarrl*burfr find vlclnltyt Cien crnlly cloudy to-nlcht iirnl Friday, probably rains Mllffhtly warmer to-nlicht, with lowest tempera ture about 44 degree*! warmer Friday. For UaNtern l'ennaylvanla i Cloudy to-night and Friday, probably rain; warmer to-night north and went portion*, warmer Friday; variable wind* becoming *outh ea*t and iiicrcnnlng by Friday. River The Suwquehanna river and all It* branelicN will fall MIOWI.V or re main nearly Mtatlonary to-night anil probably Friday. A Mtage or about 4.2 feet In indicated for Ifarrinhurg Friday morning. (ieneral C ondition* The center of the western dlxturh ance ban moved from Wemtern North Dakota to the Fpper Mlm hlmmlppl Valley during the la*t twenty-four hour* and I* being followed by a Mtrong, high pre*- Mure area from the ftorthwent, which now cover* mo*t of the western half of the country, with It* center over Oregon. It I* 2 to 20 degree* warmer over n broad belt of country extending from New Mexico and Tevn* nortlieantward through the Ml*- *l**lppl Vallev Into Canada. In the Atlantic State* and from the Plain* State* westward It I* colder. Temperaturei 8 a. m., 40. Sunt Rl*c*, 7il<l a. m.| *et*, 4i30 p. m. Moon I Full moon, December 0, 7i44 a. m. Ulver Stagei 4.3 feet above low water mark. Ye*terday'n Weather Tflglie*t temperature, Rft. l.owf*t temperature, 40. Mean temperature, 4CI. I Normal temperature, 35. STATE AND CITY LICENSE REQUIRED FOR ALL JITNEYS Public Service Commission Rules on Test Case in Series of Complaints ACT OF 1913 NOT REVERSED Harrisburg Railways May Take Steps, but Musser Says It's Up to City Jitneys must have state certificates of public convenience as well as city licenses, according to an opinion given to-day by Chairman Ainey, of the Pub lic Service Commission, in ruling on a test case in the series of complaints filed by the Wllkes-Barre Railway Company against Jitneymen operating in its district. The opinion is the ! fourth in the series of jitney decisions. In the Seranton and Pittsburgh cases the commission held that Jitneys are common carriers and must obtain state certificates before operating; in the Allegheny Valley cases decided yester i day the commission held that not only must Jitneymen get certificates, but that they must satisfy the commission that they have adequate and safe equipment to meet the public needs, and in (he Wilkes-Barre case it is held that the ordinance passed by cities under the motor vehicle "regulator" of last year do not conflict with or in any way restrict the outhority of the state under the public service law of 1913. The opinion is a very strong asser tion of the view that the commission has the power to require jitney owners j to take out certificates of public con [ Con tinned on Page 13] American Mining Man Reported Hanged by Villa After Capture of Parral El Pa mo, Texas, Deo. 7.—Howard Gray, an American mining man at I*arml, Chihuahua, was killed by Villa bandits when tliey entered the town November 5, according to a telegram received to-day by the Alvarado Min ing and Milling Company. A messenger who arrived from Parral shortly after the telegram was made public said Gray was hanged by order of Villa. The telegram to the mining com pany said all other Americans were safe. REGAIN* PARRAL Washington, D. C„ Dec. 7.—Car ran za troops have regained possession of Parral, according to State Depart ment advices from El Paso, which say all Americans who were in the city while it. was held by Villa's forces are safe. Horse Palls One Way, Cow Tied to Buggy Another; Woman Is Near Death A horse pulling in front, a cow pull ing behind, and a gentle push from a northbound freight on the Northern Central at Fishing Creek crossing proved an unlucky combination for | Mrs. John Fisher yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Fisher was on her way to Har risburg with a sturdy farm gray hitched to the family spring wagon. A brindle cow was tied to the rear and cows never did like to be pulled be hind a wagon. When they attempted to cross below Heckton, the cow decided it was a good time to remonstrate with the chafing rope about her neck. The horse, of course, attempted to settle the argument by plodding along. All | might have been amicaoly settled ex cept for the inopportune arrival of the freight. Mrs. Fisher not caring to stay for the decision Jumped from the wagon in time to escape with slight injuries. The horse was hit, hut will live to "cuss" the cow. McCormicks Give Big Sum to Democratic Committee To-day is the last day for filing ex pense accounts of the election of No vember 7 and numerous statements were entered at the Capitol. Roland S. Morris, chairman of the finance committee of the Democratic national committee for Pennsylvania, filed a statement showing receipts of $lB,- 709.50 of which all but $494.21 which went for office expenses vtas paid to the Democratic national committee. Ambassador George W. Guthrie heads the list with $4,000; Samuel Fels gave $1,000; James I. B'akslee and Con gressman H. J. Steele gavo $7."0 each; F. J. Nnonan, H. B. McCormick, Ro land S. Morris, Henry Bolin, Jr., H. R. Hatfield and Francis Fisher Kane gave SSOO each. Many postmaster and Federal officeholders are listed. The statement of Henry B. McCor mick, treasurer of the Democratic auxiliary committee for Dauphin county, shows $4,820.50 collected, all but $52.90, spent for expenses, going to the national committee. Mr. Mc- Cormick, who is a brother of Na tional Chairman Vance C. McCormick, gave $2,000; Miss McCormick, $1,500; Samuel Kunkel, $375; Robert McCor mick, $200; Mrs. Annie C. McCormick, SIOO, and Casper Dull, SIOO. There are numerous Harrisburg contributors of from $5 to SSO. Harmon M. Kephart, State Treas urer-elect, spent $2,928.50 Including $2,500 to the Republican State com mittee and his Democratic rival, James M. Cramer, spent $478.83. M. M. Garland, Congressnian-at- Large, spent $1,793.65 and John E. Hagen, Democratic electoral candi date. spent $105; other candidates for elector filing statements as follows: S. C. Swallow, Prohibition, SBS; W. V. Hughes, Republican, SSO; George E. Tener, Joseph L. Galen, E. R. Clin ton, less than SSO. HOSK SHORTER) PRICE UP Chicago, 111., Dee. 7. Stockings must be made shorter In order to effect a saving in materials or hosiery pricet, will make further advances, according to C. P. Carter, of Philadelphia, secre. tarv of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers. Members of the organization debated Tuesday night whether to shorten the stocking* or add another 50 per cent, to the recent "5 per cent. Jump In prices. HARRISBURG, PA.,THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1916. GERMAN STAFFS PROBABLY IN I V Rumanian J*! J* - GE^voh " •••••*.v. |I v. ; .y | ~.. I|W . f I|ln>iY Here is the Rumanian Royal Palace at Bucharest, captured late yesterday by the Germans. It will probably be used as headquarters lor the staffs of Generals Von Falken'.iayn and Von Mackensen, leaders of the invading armies. The palace is magnificently furnished. PREMIER PICKING CABINET THAT WILL BE BACKED Lloyd George Hopes to Choose Body Supported by House i of Commons I SEEK LABOR APPROVAL Unionists and Liberals in Line; Churchill Slated For , High Post London, Dec. 7. lt having been decided definitely that David Lloyd George will undertake the formation of a ministry, political circles to-day were interested chiefly in the person nel of the new cabinet and the pros pects of the. new premier for getting together a combination that will have the support of a majority in the House of Commons. Few if any of the Liberal members of Mr. Asquith's cabinet are likely to accept office un der Lloyd George and some of the Unionist members like J. Austen Chamberlain and Lord Robert Cecil are likely to stand aside. However, it is assumed that at the conference at Buckingham Palace they assured the new premier of their benevolent neutrality, thus making his task much simpler. Provincial Liberal newspapers like the Manchester Guardian and the Liverpool Post make a plea to the Liberals to give the government a fair chance, as it is generally assumed that it is the embodiment of British determination to win the war. Ac cording to one estimate, Mr. Lloyd George can rely on the support of virtually all the Unionist members and of 70 Liberals and hopes to obtain the backing of the Labor members who will come to a final decision at! a meeting to-day. It is also represent ed that Mr. Lloyd George believes he j will be able to offer concessions to the Nationalists which will bring them into line. Has Nucleus Already As far as the cabinet is concerned the new premier has a nucleus in A. Bonar Law, Lord Derby, Lord Cur zon, Sir Frederick E. Smith and Sir Edward Carson, while Viscount Head ing, the Lord Chief Justice, is likely to join the ministry. Other Liberal members may be drawn front men such as Sir Frederick 1 iContinued on Page 1] OFFICIAL VOTE ON STATE OFFICES i Returns For Treasurer, Auditor I General and U. S. Senator Computed I Computation of tlie official vote of I Pennsylvania for the three leading State offices filled at the November election made at the Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to-day shows that 1,219,316 votes were cast for State Treasurer, 1,214,460 for Auditor General and 1,208,463 for [Continued on Vaxc 4] Prohibition Leader Says Bryan Will Nominate Himself in 1920 Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 7. Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago, 111., chairman of the National Prohibition Committee said to-day that as soon as either of the old parties accepted the prohibi tion plank the Prohibition party would cease to exist. This statement was made Just before he left Carlisle, where he attended a National Prohi bition rally. He also declared that Bryan Is organizing the Democrats in all States and starting with the solid South, where prohibition prevails, would nominate himself in 1920. WOMAN'S VOICE WILL BE HEARD IN PEACE PLAN Dr. Anna Howard Shaw Speaks J at Informal Tea at Home of i Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert I "ANTIS" AMONG GUESTS I 9 ■■■ m MP* 'JBfl W ■ jA '*W t ■ DR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert was hostess this afternoon at her residence, 203 North Front street, at an Informal tea In compliment to Dr. Anna Howard j Shaw, Honorary National President of [the American Woman Suffrage Asso i ciation. Dr. .Shaw is enjoying the | later years of her busy iife at her beautiful country place in Moylan, Pa., where she finds the realization of a dream, "to build on a tract of land which had a stream, a grove of trees, great boulders and rocks, a hill site for a house with a broad outlook and a railroad station conveniently near." Invited to meet Dr. Shaw this aft ernoon were representatives of both the Woman Suffrage and Anti-Suffrage organizations of the city as the pur -1 pose of the talk was educational and i [Continued on Page I] CONTEND ARABIA WAS TROOP SHIP I Germany in Note Says Vessel •Was Transport Same as Marina Washington, Dec. 7. Germany in a note made public by the State De- j partment to-day contends that the j British steamer Arabia, sunk in the i Mediterranean on November 6, was! in reality "a transport ship for troops j In the service of the British govern ment which is to be considered as an auxiliary warship, according to inter national law and can, therefore, be treated like a warship. The German government's attitude, however, like that in the Marina case, is expressed to be one of readiness to make amends if It be shown that the submarine commander violated Ger many's pledges to the United States. Text of Note The note, addressed by the Berlin Foreign Office to Charge Grew, in re ply to his inquiries made on inntruc^ [Continued on Page 4] GROSS SAYS HE WILL ASK $5,000 FOR BATHHOUSE Park Commissioner Incor porated Item in Tentative Budget For 1017 HARGEST'S ISLAND SITE ? Navy's Move For Swimming Beach Will Be Followed Up; Other Plans At least $5,000 for a municipal bath house and bathing beach on Hargest's Island will be incorporated in the ten tative draft of the Park Department budget for 1917, according to City Commissioner E. Z. Gross. The plan in brief is to erect a mod ern bathhouse of a type which will permit the addition of wings and ex tensions year by year as the demand for increased facilities and the city's purse will allow. Whether or not the structure will be erected in the little grove along the east bank of the island between the Market and Walnut street bridges, near the northern point above the fil ter plant, south of the Market street bridge or on the western shore of the Island, is a phase of the problem that is yet to be decided. It Is understood, however, that at the point selected a certain amount of dredging will be necessary to provide proper swimming depths. Respond to Navy Demand The $5,000 item is to be put Into the budget in response to the general demand for adequate bathing facill j ties, a movement which was organized i and brought to a head by the Greater I Harrisburg Navy, the city's big body 1 of canoeists, motorboatmen, swimmers ; and others interested in the permanent j development of the Susquehanna river I basin. If (he money is provided Thomas M. ! Kelker, the chairman of a committee ! selected by the Navy to prepare tenta tive plans and estimates of cost for a ] bathhouse that can be built on the unit plan, will likely be instructed to j get busy so that bids can be asked for j and the contract let early in the year. Blasting Channel Just how much will be asked for 1 the entire department is a matter of conjecture as yet, although it is ex- I pected that Mr. Gross will have his ! Ilgures ready for tb° first commission continued on Pago 13] RESCUE WOMEN IN UPTOWN FIRE , Series or Small Blazes During Last 24 Hours; Losses Small Fire in some way communicated from the furnace to a near-by wood i pile caused S2OO damage to the home | of Jay F. Rohrer, 1400 North Second j street at 10 o'clock this morning. The ! lire was gaining rapidly and the house i was tilled with smoke before the tlre- I men arrived. Mrs. Harry ITuber, a daughter of Mr. Rohrer, was on the second story when the (ire started and the hallways filled with smoke so rapidly that she was unable to descend. Fleeing from the smoke-filled rooms to the balcony, [Continued on Pago 4] MRS. ANNA FEKSKR DIES I.lnglestown, Pa., Dec. 7. Mrs. Anna Feeser, wife of Gideon C. Feeser, died at her home here yesterday after noon after a long illness. Mrs. Feeser was 5 years old and is survived by her husband and two elsterA, Mrs. | Elizabeth Johnson, of Harrisburg, ami 1 Mrs. Maria Cruin. Funeral services! will be held in the United Brethren Church on Sunday afternoon at 1.45 o'clock, with the Rev. Clyde A. Lynch officiating. Burial will be made in Willow Grove Cemetery. PENNA. BAKERS TO ASK 6 CENTS FOR BREAD JANUARY 1 Masters Association in Convention Here Recommend Gen eral Advance in Prices; Rolls to Go to Ten Cents a Dozen; All Materials More Costly NOT MAKING LIVING PROFIT SAYS STATE PRESIDENT GUNSHAUSER, OF LANCTSTER high Cost of Flour Only One of Items Leading Up to Pro posed Increases; Ten-Cent Loaf to Be Cut; Urge Housewives to Use Larger Size For Economy Sake The Pennsylvania Master Bakers' Association in convention in Harris burg yesterday afternoon recom mended a general advance in the prices of bread and rolls for the whole State, the increase to take effect not j later than January 1 and sooner where local conditions will permit. The new prices are to he six cents; for the same loaf that now sells re tail for five cents, and ten cents a dozen for rolls that now sell from six to eight cents a dozen. There will be jno advance in the price of the ten cent loaf of bread, but it will be a I trifle smaller in size. In some parts of the State, embrac j ing western, eastern and northern counties the new prices were put into • effect six weeks ago, hut there has been no general advance, especially in | the central section, embracing Harris- I burg and surrounding cities and towns. Bakers Losing; Money j Chris C. Gunshauser, of Lancaster, president of the Master BakerS' Asso ciation, told the representatives who met here from almost every city and town of size in the State, that reports 1 1 i '' THE GOVERN M ENT. \ I o & AU 5T HELD; ANOTHER ROBBER AT WORK j > 1 J eld under SI,OOO b; a re Alderman DeShong nt police court to-day ! || I t 1 led the police were informed of another robber in the J rkland, a grocer. Green and Pcffer streets,' j I moii! .* '• .•n.'V-w.Un,; to $15.00. ! \ w AGENCIES WORKING ON HIGH COST OF LIVING ; P I Washington, Dec, 7. —Virtually every agency of inves* ! k |i c government's command was called upon to- ' .1 J into the V a ostPof ving. Beside the Federal Trade Commsson and the' ' , ion, the Department of Agriculture," > ; C > nmerce and Labor were asked for data. ■ , L/ BOR PARTY TO BE REPRESENTED I p f / V Dec. /. —According to the Central News the I Lato- Pa ty has decided to accept the invitation to be retare- i V ' ; sentcd in the new government, MARRIAGE LICENSES '! I C'harlm Wallace McCoy, Jr., Steolton, and Caroline Elliabttk SkrtMl > 1 CkniiilirrahurK. f I'aul l'rrl llerre, city, and Alice Kllsabeth Wolf. Abhottatonn. 1 Arthur Clcvrliiud Suuder, MeclianlmbiirK, und Ituth Hachucl llaraberj I %w Cumberland. " t Vl"'*'Wi I Mg) Single Copy, 2 Cents made to him show that not a baker in Pennsylvania who has not advanced prices in conformity with the recom mcndations of the master bakers is making a living profit, and that many of them will be bankrupt in the next six months unless they take a stand to better conditions in the trade. The increased cost of flour is only one of the items leading up to the pro posed increases. Flour has jumped from a normal wholesale price of $4.50 to as high as $10.50 a barrel, lard from BVt cents a pound to 18' A, compound shortening from 7 to 15 cents a pound, su £ a £ ' rom to 8 cents a pound and salt 25 per cent. Coal, used in baking, 1 has gone up tremendously, while la bor in some cities, namely New Castle and hrie, has udvanced 25 per cent, in the past year, Oasoiine and delivery charges have doubled and oats havo reached an almost prohibitive figure It was brought out at the confer ence yesterday, which was held in Chestnut street auditorium, that wholesalers from whom the hakers buy, have announced that the advance in the market of bakery supplies has not reached a limit and that further advances in prices are expected. Sugar, [Continued on l'age 4] POSTSCRIPT
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