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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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$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.
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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 ;
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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
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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 |
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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
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■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
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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
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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
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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- |
<h:<"ed i:i Con; res . # j
1 The Masonic '
I .in to-day. The lots to the lodg<
. keepers occupying portions of the Structure is $90,000, the
I heaviest iiro Joss in the borough's history. ijoining 1
! buildinps were damaged. Aid wa summoned from Wil
l port, Lock I '
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, MARRIAGE LICENSES , •
Albert McDonald Juno, Went Decatur, and Lillian Mronn. Phlllina
burn. ,
Single Copy, 2 Cents
MUST DISCOURAGE
'CHIPPY-CHASERS'
--JUDGE M'CARRELL
Dauphin Court Serves Notive
in Sentencing Benjamin
Gougler to Prison
7 MONTHS; *I,OOO FINE
"Purity of Young Girls Must
Be Protected!" Is Judicial
Conclusion
" 'Chippy-chasers' and 'chicken
hunters', ,HO culled, must be dis
couraged!"
From the Dauphin county bench
this morning Additional Law Judge
S. J. M. McCarrell served that notice
in sentencing Benjamin T. Gougler,
convicted of enticement, to pay costs.
SI,OOO tine und to serve seven months
in jail.
Gougler. who is 56 years old has
been a Pennsylvania Railroad conduc
tor more than twenty years. At the
continued December term of criminal
court last week he was convicted of
enticing 13-year-old Josephine Craw
ford, Highspire, to a Market street
hotel for questionable purposes.
Gougler, in ills own defense, declar
ed he only attempted to hire a room
to which to take the child, for the
purpose of giving her "some fatherly
advice."
| The maximum sentence on a charge
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Chihuahua in Panic, Villa
Is Coming Back Christmas
El Paso, Texas, Dec. 18. Chiluia
i hua City is in a state of panic. Villa
| has sent a threat to reoccupy the city
i Christmas day. It is recalled that he
j tixed September 16 as the date of his
j lirst. occupation and kept his promise.
} The populace is making frantic ef
forts to leave, but only military trains
are operating. General Murguia, in
command of the garrison at Chihua
hua City, lias four wood-burning loco
motives. all the rest being oil burners,
and there is no oil available.
It is said that Villa is making his
headquarters at Creel, on the Orient
Railway. 100 miles southeast of El
valle, Pershing's lowest outpost. Villa
detachments are holding Santa Rosa
lia and Jiminez and are advancing ou
Torreon and Parral.
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