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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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^
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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
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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,
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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
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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,
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