. u . - _ V-. ' •"A - ■ 11,387 German Prisoners Taken ay French HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXV — IS PAGES \ T o. 293 $20,000 FIRE IN ► UNIVERSAL MILL OF CENTRAL IRON 500 Men Thrown Out of Work For Several Days by Early Morning Blaze \YATER SUPPLY POOR One Line of Hose Extends 1,000 Feet Under Pennsy's Main Line Tracks Fire, starting early this morning in the electrical equipment of the Uni versal Mill at the Central Iron and Steel Co., caused almost J20,000 dam ages before It was extinguished, halt ed operations temporarily in three de partments and threw 500 men out of work for several days. The blaze, which broke out shortly before 4.30 o'clock, was discovered by night workmen. An alarm was sent in from Box 12. Front and Dock streets, but before the firemen arrived the flames spread along the frame work of the Universal plant, to the boiler house, destroying much of the framework of that building. Water Supply Poor Poor water supply hindered the firemen in getting enough streams on the blaze. One line of hose, extend ing more than 1,000 feet had to be laid under the yard and main line tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad. According to Fire Chief John C. Klnd ler. the water supply at the plant is inadequate in case of fire. All the wires and switchboards of the Universal mills were either totally destroyed or damaged almost beyond repair. High power electric lines supplying the 72-inch ana 89-inch plate plants in Mill No. 2 pass through the Universal Mill, and they were damaged. When the alarm for under control was sent in the north side of the Uni versal mill, and the boiler house were masses of twisted iron rods and sheet ing, charred timbers and ice. as the water pteyed on the fire, froze in a few minutes. Start Repairs at Once More than 100 workmen began re pairs at once and according to Robert H. Irons, general superintendent of the company, operations at Mill No. 2 will be resumed probably to-morrow morning, and in the Universal mill to -morrow evening. ™ Several weeks ago a similar blaze started in the electrical equipment of Paxton mill, No. 1 of the steel com pany, causing thousands of dollars of damage before it was extinguished. POOD RESTRICTIONS EFFECTIVE London, Dec. 18. The first food re striction went into force in England to- ? av .'. r* otels and restaurants are now forbidden to serve more than two courses for dinner. THE WEATHER For Harrlaliiiric and vicinityi Snow this afternoon and to-nighti probably liecomlne heavy! xliKht ly Mariner; Tuesday colder and probably (air. For Eaatcrn I'ennaylvanla; Snow thin afternoon and to-night, prob ably becoming; licavy; nllshtly Mnrmert Tueoday colder and probably fair; northeast tvlniln, probably koln, oblttlng to north west by TneMdny. River The Susquehanna riicr and Ha branches will continue Kenernlly Icebound and nearly Dictionary, except local rlxrti nnd full* may be expected, due to the behavior of lee. A Ntaite of about 3.H feet la Indicated for llnrrlahurK Tuea day morning. Ueneral Condition* A utorm, central over Northwest (■eorgin, la moving northmmtwnru with increasing; atrentcth. It has cauaed general rains In the South Atlantic and Ea*t Gulf Statcx. rnln and Know in Trnneawe and "now In Weatern North Carolina, Sonthneat Virginia and In the Ohio \ alley: l.ocal Known, most ly light, have fallen In the l'tnlns States and the Rocky Mountnlna. It la 2 to 20 degrees warmer than on Saturday morning over nenrly all the country aouth and east of the Great l akes. Temperature: 8 n. m.. ill." Sum Hides. 7i23 a. m.( met*, 4:42 p. m. Moon: New moon, December 24, 3s3| a. m. River Stage: 3.S feet above low water mark. Veaterday'a Weather IliKhest temperature, 32. I.oweat temperature, 11. Mean temperature. 22. Normal temperature, 32. 11 PS Burn a Candle in the Window on Christmas Eve In the old legend a Candle burning from the windows on Christmas Eve signifies Good Will and Welcome and Honor to the Christ Child. UNITED HOTELS COPENN-HARRIS LESSEE, MANAGES v ; ' ; 4 -"' ~~ A FEW OF THE BIG HOTELS MANAGED BY UNITED HOTELS COMPANY The United Hotels Company of Now York manages some of the very best known hotels in the United State* and Canada. A few of the most i noted are seen ahovp. At the top, from left to right, they are. j Robert Treat. Newark, N. J.; Thn Royal Connaught, Hamilton, Ont.; The Utica, Utica, N. Y.; The Jefferson, Peoria, 111.; The Tutweiler, Birm ingham, Ala.; Onondaga Annex, Syracuse, N. Y. I New Harrisbarg Hotel Will Be One of Most Comfort i able in United States and Present Plans Assure In vestors Good Return From Their Money j With the announcement that a lease had been consummated be -1 tween the Hsrrisbur;? Hotel Company | and the United Hotels Company of | New York for the management of the j Penn-Harris million-dollar hotel to be | erected in this city and the further I statement that distinguished architects | had been secured for the designing of j j the great structure, .there has been re j newed Interest in the proposition that jis so near the hearts of most Harris burgers. Nothing has so thoroughly reas sured all who are interested in this I hotel as the choice of the lessee in | view of the large experience of the [Continued on Page 11] Rescue Crew of Bark Believed Lost When Line Breaks in Big Storm New York, Dec. 18. The twelve ; men thought to have been lost on the ! bark Nethtis separated from the tug j Garibaldi during a storm oft the New ; Jersey coast on a voyage north from j Brazil, were rescued yesterday by the! Italian ship Sardegna. which brought! ] them to this port. Distress signals were observed by j the Sardegna's lookout at 10 a. m. yes terday when the Italian vessel, from ] Mediterranean ports, was some miles 1 off Barnegat, N. J. A lifeboat was j j lowered and the 12 men on the ves- ' j sel in trouble, which proved to be the! ! missing Nethtis, were taken off. The Garibaldi, towing the Nethtis I left Xlaraham, Brazil, on October 13. Several times the line parted but the ' tug succeeded in picking up the bark j again until, with less than sixty miles , of their H.OOo-uiile voyage still to be i j completed, the Nethtis was again lost on Friday. This time the heavy j : weather made it impossible for the j tug to recover her tow and the: I bark's crew was given up as lost. The ' i Nethtis was being brought north to be j ; converted into a steam vessel. .UNO FAST AGROUND j Brigantlne, N. J., Dec. 18. The! I Norwegian freight sfteamer, Juno, from 1 Barry for New York, in ballast which went aground on the outer shoals off ! j Little Beach, N. J., on Saturday was! still fast in the sand to-day. Tugs! have turned her around and headed I her off shore and it was expected that: j the steamer would be floated on the | high tide to-day. 1 TURKEY PRICES TO BE DOWER Souderton, Pa.. Dec. 18.—Jacob S. I , Moyer. of Kranconia, who will offer 1500 Christmas turkeys at public sale ; I here, says prices will be lower than | those paid for Thanksgiving birds. He predicts that dressed Christmas tur- | keys will bring from thirty-five to i thirty-eight cents a pound for the best 1 birds. PKOIIt CAR SIIOHTAUK ! Chicago, 111., Dec. 18.—Inquiry into an allegpd shortage of coal and a car , I shortage in the Middle West was begun t J here to-day by United States District I Attorney Charles F. Clyne, assisted by I !<>eorge w. Anderson, United States Dls- i trlct Attorney, at Boston; Myron H ' l Walker. United States District Attor ney, at Grand Rapids. Mich.: members 1 iof the Interstate Commerce Commission I and the Illinois Pacific Utilities Com- 1 I mlssinn. HARRISBURG, PA.,MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1916. NO COMPROMISE ON SPEAKERSHIP SEEMS PROBABLE Governor Says Reports Arc "In teresting but Not True" When Asked About Them "That is interesting but not true," was the comment of Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh this afternoon when J asked about the report that he and his j friends were about to abandon the j candidacy of Edwin K. Cox or that j they were seeking a compromise on' anyone except Richard .1. Baldwin. "I'm satisfied with the prospects," continued the Governor. "This is u! contest for humane and progressive | [Continued on Page 13] TIIUF.K BLIZZARDS COMING; ONE ON CHRISTMAS Schuylkill Haven, Pa., Dec. 18. —| Gus Luckenbill, the Schuylkill Haven prophet who predicted the present cold wave to the exact nour, says an other northwestern blizzard will sweep' the State beginning Tuesday and that! there will be another on Christmas. A ' third, due January S, will see the en-: tire country blockaded, I,uckenbill j I says. WHISKY. WARMS | HORSE AFTER HE FALLS INTO LAKE AT WILDWOOD PARK\ j "Colonel," retired fire horse on the , city park department pension list, ' I spoiled things in general this morning! at Wildwood, probably saved the lives ' of a few people, and got Just one pint i of whisky for breaking through the i i ice and taking an unexpected bath in | the frozen waters of the lake. Incidentally, "Colonel's" bath' brought forth the following edict from the park department: "No skating at Wildwood." After the conUnuetl cold wave dur ing the last few days, Commissioner! HOYS SNOWBALL CHUKCII FOLK; DOZEN \KHKSTED A dozen small boys were taken to j the police station yesterday afternoon, ; on charges of throwing snowballs at : churchgoers in the vicinity of Fifth and Kelker streets. Lieutenant Page reprimanded the boys and let them go. TO FKOBE HIGH COST Cleveland, 0., Dee. IS. The Fed-! eral Grand Jury was to convene herei late to-day to begin an Investigation | of high food and fuel prices in this' vicinity and car shortages, particularly with a \lew to determining whether illegal combinations and conspiracies existed to force up prices of neces-1 sitles. It was believed that the Jurors : might go into the milk embargo which j the Northern Ohio Producers' Asso ciation have declared in an effort to force large dealers hero to pay an 1 Increase of three cents a gallon. The distributors claimed to-day the em bargo had failed and that the normal supply of milk was being recelvod but the producers denied this. VONMACKENSEN PUSHING AHEAD INTO MOLDAVIA Advance Forces Enter Last of Unconquered Rumanian j Provinces Some lessening in the intensity of j the lighting in Rumania is indicated j by to-day's German army headquar- j j ters statement which reports the sit- i ! uation on the Rumanian front un- j changed. I Field Marshal Von Mackenscn's ad- i vance has pushed considerably beyond | the Buzeu line drawn approximately i ; across the southern boundary of Mot- 5 j davia, and uno:ticial advices indicate | that the entire front is to be establish- ; led between Klmnik Sarat, on the j Buzeu-Jassey railway about twenty miles north of Buzeu, and the Danube ' | marshes. Rumanians Not in Action Current advices declare that the | Rumanian army is no longer in ac ] tion, having been withdrawn for ; regrouping and l-etitting to Jassy ami ; Bessarabia under the protection of j • Russian forces, which now hold the | I fighting line. The Russians are ex- I | pected to make their stand on the | ' nimnlk Sarat line, where strong de- i ' [Continued on I'asc 10] ■E. Z. Gross nnd Assistant V. Grant > Ferrer made ararngements to use j largo snow plows to clear away u large 'space for skaters. "Colonel" who Is 'still sturdy was elected lo help eight men do the Job, He helped, as long !as the Ice stood for It, theh made the eight men yank him out of the water and rub him down. Then came a long ! ifeigh, and another and h hurry call was sent to Fort Hunter for some whisky for "Colonel." The weather man forecasts snow to-night to bo fol lowed by fair and colder weather to- I morrow. . WALKING TO HAVK MONKV, KIM. 11) ON ItAI t.ItOAD Pottsvilie, • Pa., Dec. IS Walkingj through the snow tn order, us he' stated to u neighbor, that ho might! : eave funds to purchase a Christmas' gift for his wife, who is tn a hopital, Paul lleadok was killed on the rail i road at St. Clair. ' STKIlii: IN SI'AIN TO PKOTKS'i HIGH MVING COST Madrid, via Paris, Dec. Id. A 24- hour general strike called by the labor organiaatlODß as a protest against the increased price food takes place to ! morrow throughout Spain, factories, stores and many offices will be closed : and no newspapers published. The authorities have posted notices appeal ing to the good sense of the public to maintain order and annoum-luK that any disturbances would be vigorously dcalth with WEALTHY SANTAS FILL DENVER'S BIG STOCKING TO TOP j Mayor Speer Announces Gifts ! j Amounting to #275,000 For City Improvements Denver, Colo., Dec. 18. Civic en | thusiasm ascended to new heights i when 400 citizens of Denver cheered | j Mayor Speer at the close of an ad- j j dress at the luncheon of the Denver : Civic Association at the Albany Hotel I i during which he announced gifts j amounting to $185,000 from living' | citizens, and $0,000 from estates of! i those who have died. The first outburst of applause fol lowed the announcement that Joseph j A. Thatcher, pioneer resident of Den ! ver, had employed l,orado Taft, a Chi- 1 1 ''ago sculptor to design a statue foun tain to cost SIOO,OOO for the Civic cen ter as a gift to the city. Another dem onstration came when the mayor read the names of corporations and citizens that had pledged $20,000 tor a mag nificent pipe organ for the city Audi | torlum, and another when Harry M. j Barrett, president of the Denver I Rotary Club, an ounced that that or- I ganization wi id undertake to raise | the balance cf the $50,000 to secure [Continued on I'ng;e 4] BONUSES PAID TO FIVE MILLION: I More Thau $300,000,000 Dis tributed lo Help Meet High Cost of Living I Washington, Dec. 18. No fewer j tlian 0,750,000 salaried employes and , wage workers will have occasion to ro i joieo during the holidays over the ! widespread prosperity prevailing in i the United States. j This estimate of the number of per | sons affected by the Increase in salar- I ies and wages, bonuses, profit-sharing [Continued on Pae 10] M.MCK RUNS Tilt' BLOCKADE I i Prill'/. I Viedricli Hashes Through I'ivc British Warships Off Bergen Rerlin, Dec. 18.—The German i steamship Prims Friedrlch Wtlhelm, j which has been anchored at Odde, ! near Bergen, Norway, arrived at Stav | anger, according to a dispatch from (Christlania to the Frankfurter Zelt-I ung, "after having broken the British i I blockade outside Bergen." A line of 1 i two British destroyers and tiiree tor-, pedo boats, the message adds, was ! crossed by the German steamer. The Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm is a twin screw steamship of 17,081: tons. Before tho war It was engaged In the service of '.he North German Lloyd I-Inc between Bremen and New York. When hostilities broke out the vessel was off the coast of Normay and put | Into Bremen to escape capture. Stav. i anger is a Norwegian seaport 100 miles I south of Bergen. MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL Y. M. C. A. TAKEN TO TASK Hockenbury Tells Rotarians Conditions So Bad Another Organization Is Forming AWAY BEHIND TIMES I I Opportunities For Service Here Have Been Neglected For Many Years, He Savs Scoring the management of the [Harrisburg Y. M. C. A. for not taking [advantage of its opportunities for ser l vice. Edson J. Hockenbury, one of the most widely-known Y. M. C. A. workers In the country, speaking be fore the Harrisburg Rotary club at luncheou. to-day, served warning that unless conditions change for the better in the local association another or . ganization that plans to take over the ■ the work that it ought to bo doing ! but is not. i "Gentlemen," continued the speak j er, "I know whereof 1 speak. The or ! ganization hat plans to take over the i work of the Y. M. C. A. if the man ! agement !s not changed to meet con j ditions is already being formed." I Mr. Hockenbury said Harrisburg is Jono of the great industrial centers of it he country, but that the records of | the local association show that not an I industrial boy is Included in its mem- I bership. Blames Management "Shame upon such a management, shame upon all those who are re sponsible for the failure of the Har risburg Y. M. C. A. I,et them wake up to their duty before it is too late. Your city offers wonderful possibilities | for Y. M. C. A. service, and you ought | to see to it that, the association gets i out of the rut into which it has fallen land does the work it has failed to do (far the past 20 to 25 years." ; -Mr. Hockenbury, who is a member |of the Harrisburg Rotary Club, con ducts Y. Al. C. A. campaigns all over United States and Canada. He is one of I the big men of the country in that j line of work. Last week he turned I down a SIO,OOO commercial position |to continue in it. He was talking to the Rotarians on "Goat Trails" —■ the paths that men follow because brothers have worn them, and Inci dentally he said he had no doubt there were some goat trails in Har risburg city government that might [Continued on Page 10] IMI .iryvH I PENNA. D'IVISION HEADQUARTERS j RECOMMEND THEIR RETURN J . IA ' I DIVISION HEADQUARTERS TO-DAY RECOM- j *JDED TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT ALL \ PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS BE RECALLED TO ; HOMES OR THAT THE POLICY WHICH RE- ( TAINS THEM HERE BE EXPLAINED. ANNOUNCE- I; MENT TO THIS EFFECT WAS MADE TO ALL COM- 4 < ENDING OFFICERS OF THE SEVENTH DIVISION r AT A SPECIAL MEETNG CALLED. GENERAL (CLEMENT, HOWEVER, DID NOT HOLD OUT ANY ; HOPE FOR FURTHER TROOP MOVEMENTS I AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH ' PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY TO-DAY, UNTIL JAN UARY 1 OR LATER. BECAUSE OF THE DIFFI- ' CULTY IN SECURING ROLLING STOCK FOR TJ AN SPORT ATION. J Adjutant General Stewart r>aicl he knew nothing of the I |Ucst of th dis- I ]>;:U h was read to him. \f PROCEED WITH MUTUAL HEARING ' : ' Dauphin ourt, late this afternoon, decided to proceed with I ; foi < r n Mutual Life Insurance Company. 1 . Washington, Dec. 18.— 'cut Wilson - ;, direction , t!rv D •• • vide investigation into the increased cost of liv- ing will continue with all possible visor. . It was stated at • H< use to-d; v that the President considers that " luch ;;ood. I intro- |