" THE ENEMY"— George Randolph Chester's Chapters HARRISBURG silKlS TELEGRAPH LXXXV — Xo. 296 16 PAGES HIST! TURKEYS SELL FROM 10 TO 19 CENTS POUND! High Price of Christmas Dinner Takes Sudden Drop After | Wreck of Car 12 KILLED; 125 LIBERATED Train Hands and Express Com pany Employes Kept Busy Chasing 'Em An Adams Express car, on a siding at Third and Mulberry streets, loaded ' with turkeys and Christmas merchan-J disc, figured in an early morning i wreck. A dozen turkeys were killed j and about 25 more fluttered about! until they found a roost and were latere gathered in by train hands and ex press company employes. Some of the) dead turkeys were subsequently sold, prices ranging from 10 to 19 cents a pound. Several with broken legs ; brought the latter price. Most of tho, merchandise was crated and damage was slight. The accident happened about 5:10 j this morning. The express car was i standing too far out on the siding, J and was sideswiped by a Baltimore! train. Xo one was injured. Traffic j was blocked for two hours until the wreck crew righted the car and gath-j ered up the merchandise. Most of the express goods were consigned to Harrisburg. Four Fires in 14 Hours; Loss From sls to SI,OOO Four fires in fourteen hours with losses varying from sls to #I,OOO has ! been the city's tire record since yester day afternoon. Paper dropping on a lighted oil stove started a tire at the home of A. H. Mohler, 244 Hummel street, at 6.20 o'clock this morning. The tire was not reported until thirty minutes later and it was then gaining rapid headway. The weather board ing of the adjacent house, the home of J. Frank Sourbeer. started blazing and. spreading over the entire upstairs, did damage estimated at SI,OOO before it was extinguished. Mohler's home was slightly damaged. An alarm from Box 221 was rung in :his morning at *5.30. A passing news- I boy noticed the flue of the Plaza Hotel I blazing and rang the call. The tire was extinguished before doing any damage. Two fires yesterday afternoon, both caused by oil stoves, ddi small dam age. The home of Mrs. John Daly, 167 Summit street, was damaged to the extent of $25. The home of George I). Rheem. 1903 Wood street, was also slightly damaged. THE WEATHER For llarrinhurs and vicinity: Vn ettlr<l, proiiahly light ruin or miiow anil alightly voider to-night tilth lo*%rt temperature about -H degrees; Frlda> ( fair ami colder. For Ka*tern IVnnylvnnia: l ocal rain* or Known to-night; lightl> colder; Friday eolder and prob ably fair; gentle to moderate uindm River The SuMquehanna river and it* tributaries will remain generally icebound and nearly Mtationary. \ *tage of about 3J* feet, to lee surface, is indicated for Harris burg Friday mboriiing. General Condition* Tlie center of the storm from the West ha* iuo\ed from Vrkanna* to the mouth of the Mississippi river in the last twenty-four hours. It Is caiming unsettled weather o*er nearly all the ca*t eru half of the country and rain ha* fallen generally in the *outh ern, rain and *no\v in central and north di*trict* ea*t of the >ll*- si**ippl river in the last twenty four hour*. Another storm, mov ing Inland from the North Pacific ocean, hits caused rain and *now genera II > we*t of the Itoeky Mountain*. except In southern di*triets. Temperature* hae risen • degree* to :*<( degrees in the l.ake Region and thence east ward to the Atlantic coast anil Mouth and east of the Ohio river; they have fallen 2 degree* to .*{<> degrees in central and southern di*trictM between the iiocky Mountain* and the Ml**laipp| rlter and in the Southwest. Temperature: s a. m., 32. Sun: Hise*. 7:24 a. m.; sets, 40:13 p. in. Moons Ken moon, December 24, 3:30 a. m. River Stage: 3.0 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperature, 2V lowest temperature. l.*. Mean temperature, 2'2. Normal temperature, 32. Burn a Christmas Candle A single taper burning from the window on Christ mas Eve with charming sim plicity radiates Good Will and Welcome and honor to the Christ Child. FOUR PROMINENT MEN DIE SIX-HOUR City Solicitor Daniel S. Seitz, Robert H. Thomas, of Mechanicsbarg; Dr. J. W. Warren, Assistant to State Health Commissioner, and James H. Latz, City's Old est Plumber, Succumb ALL WIDELY KNOWN THROUGHOUT HARRISBURG AND CENTRAL PENNA. Within a few hours of each other, four men, prominent in the city and throughout Central Pennsylvania, died last night. They were Daniel S. Seitz, city solicitor; Robert 11. Thomas, Jr., Mechanicsburg, one of the best-known men in Pennsylvania and long prominent in the work of the Grangers' Association; Dr. J. \V. Warren, assistant to State Health Commissioner Dixon, and James 11. Lutz. Sr.,'the oldest plumber in the city and one of the oldest in the State. I v . ; | - ' : ' • . ' ltl . DANIEL S. SEITZ, Funeral of Solicitor Seitz, Dead at Overview Home, Saturday Afternoon Attorney Daniel S. Seitz. city solici tor of Harrisourg for more than 20 years, died at 4.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his country home at. I Overview, just north of Enola. | Since late In October Mr. Seitz had j been seriously ill from the effects i of a cerebral blood clot which sudden- j ly developed while he was watching the Yale University bicentenary cere monies in the great Bowl at New Ha ven. Mr. Seitz's son, Robert Wilcox Seitz is a junior at that institution and I the solicitor and his wife had visited i the Connecticut city while the form [Continued on Page 1:1] James H. Lutz, City's Oldest Plumber, Dies After Long Illness James H. Lutz. oldest plumber In! : the city, and one of the oldest plumb ers in the State, died yesterday at his | home, 32S South Fourteenth street. : He was the son of Henry Lutz, pioneer | plumber of the State,-who conducted j a business at 422 Market street, j Death was due to a complication of I diseases. Mr. Lutz had been in ill health for several years, retiring from active business about two years ago. He was one of the oldest members of the Perseverance Lodge, F. and A. M., having joined the lodge fifty years ago. t He is survived by three sons. Harry i S. Lutz, Fred F. Lutz and Jas. H. Lutz, ; also a plumber; six daughters, Mrs. Thomas Stevens, Mrs. Gert rude Davis, Bessie, Minnie, Mae , and Marjorie Lutz. Also eight grand i children and one great-grandchild. ! Funeral services will be held Satur ; day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the | home. The Rev. J. Bradley Mark ward, pastor of the Bethlehem Luth eran Church, will have charge of the | services. Masonic burial services will I be observed at the Harrisburg cerne !tery. Bonus of Month's Salary to All W. P. Railroaders New York, Dec. 21. A bonus of | one month's salary to all employes , whose salaries do not exceed SI,BOO a : year, without discrimination as to j membership in the railroad brother hoods of trainmen was voted to-day ! by the directors of the Union Pacific Railroad. The directors also adopted a plan for insurance for its employes with salaries under $4,000. The Union Pacific declared an extra dividend of 2 per cent on its common stock. MRS. MARY HAMMELBAUGH .Mother of School Board Secretary Dies, Aged 82 Mrs. Mary Hammelbaugh. aged 82 years, died this morning at her home, j 14."!7 North Second street. 1 Mrs. Hammelbaugh was the widow jof Philip J. Hammelbaugh and the , mother of D. D. Hammelbaugh. secre tary of the School Board, and of Miss Kathcrine Hammelbaugh, office secre tary at the Technical high school. Other survivors are two more daugh ters, Mrs. James H. Collins and Mrs. Margaret White, both of this city; a sister, Mrs. Samuel Kline, and a j brother, William Hinkle, of Concordia, Kansas. Funeral services will be held from ■ the home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. E. E. Curtis, pastor I of Westminster Presbyterian Church, i will officiate. Burial will be made In j the Harrisburg Cemetery. HARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1916. jJSF ROBERT H. THOMAS. JR. Robert H. Thomas, Long Prominent in Affairs of Cumberland County, Dead Mechanicsburg, Pa.. Dec. 21.—Rob ert H. Thomas, Jr.. editor and pro prietor of the Daily Journal, the Farm ers' Friend and the Saturday Jour nal, one of the most prominently known editor in the state, died at his home in West Main street last evening after several days' illness of pneu monia. in his fifty-fifth year. Although it was known that Mr. | Thomas was in a serious condition, his i death came as a shock to the com- i in unity, where he had spent his entire , life. He had a wide circle of friends ! and a genial disposition and was an 1 ideal home maker. Born and reared in Mechanicsburg, Mr. Thomas was the grandson of the [Continued on Page 3] State Health Assistant Fatally Stricken While at Office in Capitol Two bom's after he was stricken in 1 his offices at the Capitol Dr. Joseph W. Warren, assistant to Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, State Health Commissioner, ; died at 10 o'clock last evening at the Keystone Hospital. Both Drs. Warren and Dixon were at their desks when the former sus tained his fatal attack, although the former was seated In his own office adjoining Dr. Dixon's. Dr. Warren was 67 years old. He • came here four years ago to succeed i Dr. Benjamin Lee, having served prior to that time in the chair of physiology i at Bryn Mawr College. During his summer vacations while at Bryn Mawr, Dr. Warren always went to the Isle of Shoals off the Mas sachusetts coast. In that little sum mer village he was the "town doctor." Dr. Warren was a fellow of the Col lege of Physicians, of the Harrisburg j Club, the Arts Club or Philadelphia, Players' Club of New York, St. liot l holt's, Boston, and a number of other 1 organizations. The assistant State health chief was j unmarried and arrangements will be ! completed to-day for taking his body ; to relatives for burial. Americans and All Other Foreigners Are Reported to Be Fleeing Torreon San Antonio. Texas, Dec. 21. An unofficial report from Eagle Pass, Texas, last night was to the effect that ' British Consul O'Hea had departed from Torreon with two trains carrying all the Americans and other foreign ers. The report says they left Tor reon for the south, hoping to reach Zacatecas thence to make their way to San Euis Potosl and to the border through Monterey. Before communication was cut south of Piedras Negras. messages I from Consul O'Hea stated that he had j been successful at the behest of in ! structions from Washington, In per suading ail the foreigners, Americans, ; Germans and English to leave. It is believed at the border that i Villa has by this time entered Torreon. Christmas Hours For Barber Shops Announced ! The following letter was given to j day to the Telegraph by E. L. Wagner, secretary of the Harrisburg local of the Barbers' Union, regarding Christmas hours in the barber ships: "I wish to call your attention to the fact that the rules of the barbers arc the same all over the city and that the shops of the city will open at 7.30 Monday morning and close at 10 a. m. as the barber wants to be off on Christmas the same as every other crit ft." DANGER OF U. S. BEING DRAWN INTO WAR PRIME REASON FOR DEMAND TO DISCUSS TERMS REQUEST MADE BECAUSE WE ARE DRAWING NEARER VERGE OF WAR—LANSING Washington. Dec. 21. —Secretary Lansing to-day authorized the following statement: "The reasons for the sending of the note were as follows: "It isn't our material interest we had in mind when the note was sent, but more and more our own rights are becoming involved by the belligerents on both sides, so that the situation is becoming in creasingly critical. "I mean by that, that we are drawing nearer the verge of war ourselves and therefore we are entitled to know exactly what each belligerent nation seeks in order that we may regulate our conduct in the future. "No nation has been sounded. Xo consideration of the German overtures or of the speech of Lloyd George was taken into account in the formation of the document. The only thing the overtures did was to delay it a few days. It was not decided to send it unil Mon day. Of course, the difficulties that face the President were that it might be construed as a movement toward peace and in aid of the German overtures. lie specifically denies that that was the fact in the document itself." Secretafy Lansing further said: "The sending of this note will indicate the possibility of our being forced into the war. That pos sibility ought to serve as a restraining and sobering force safe guarding American rights. It may also serve to force an earlier conclusion of the war. Neither the President nor myself regard this note as a peace note; it is merely an effort to get the belligerents to define the end for which they are fighting." "FABRICATIONS," SAYS GOVERNOR OF PENROSE CHARGES Callers at Executive Offices As sured That Cox ls Certain of Speakership ".More fabrications?" was the only ' comment Governor Brumbaugh would ' make to-day on the charges made by ' Senator Penrose in Washington that i promises of appointments for con- . stltuents were being made to members' of the next House of Representatives! for vots for Edwin R. Cox for Sueaker. Further than that he would not talk ! , and his comment upon reports that ; | Cox might withdraw was enually terse. | He said about the rumors. "Why?" I The Governor and his friends have j been informing callers that they are | absolutely certain of the election of | .Mr. Cox and that they only regret that j the caucus is not going to be held i to-day. I The Baldwin headquarters an j nounced to-day that more men would : l>e added to the list for the man from j Delaware and that several pledges had been received in the last twenty-four [Continued on Pane 4J Small Newspaper i Publishers to Be Cared For by Federal Trade Body | Washington, D. C.. Dec. 21.—Mem- | I bers of the Federal Trade Commis | sion said yesterday that at least a , week would elapse before complete j answers were received to inquiries sent out to ascertain if an actual news-print I paper shortage exists. When the in | formation is returned paper manu- I facturers. jobbers and newspaper pub- ; \ lishers will be called for a final confer- I j enee to discuss a distribution plan pro- 1 I posed by manufacturers to insure j I small publishers a proper paper supply. ' ! Some trade commission officials who j have spent months on the investigation !of the paper situation believe that I panic among publishers who feared ! their wants would not be supplied con | tributed to the high prices charged j small publishers buying their paper in | the open market. Manufacturers now have agreed to ; sell to small publishers at the average ' contract price charged large publtsh ■ ers. and both publishers and members i of the commission believe this price ' would not lie increased if it developed that no shortage existed and distri ! button by the trade commission was i necessary. i . WHO WILL HELP JOHN PLAY SANTA CL To the Editor of the Telegraph: The approach of Christmas finds us in great need of funds to use to bring cheer into the homes of the folks who are in distress. There are homes where the husband is dead, homes where he has deserted, and homes where sickness or other misfortune lias deprived the breadwin ner of means of support. In all these homes there are children— children for whom the Associated Aid Societies has taken the responsi bility of care and for whom the society must care for some time to come. Mrs. S. is a widow with four small children; she has tuberculosis and must go to a sanatorium after Christmas and her children must be taken care of while she is gone. She has been assured of that but her Christ mas can be made happier in knowing that some of the money for that care has begun to come in. Mrs. M„ a widow, has six children and has to watch very carefully every expenditure; her Christmas would be carried far beyond the day itself in knowing that besides the dinner Christmas friends had provided the means—and it is a small amount—to keep the children well clothed during the winter months. There are many stories we might tell you besides but these will sufrice to suggest opportunities to make Christmas a real expression of joy and gladness for Christmas day and for many days aftar. Small amounts mean bread and warmth for little children. I • Sincerely, JOHN YATES, Executive Secretary. EXTENSION OF UNDERSEA WAR IS THREATENED "Unavoidable and Indispensa ble," German Paper Says in Reply to Premier's Speech London, Dec. 21. The Exchange Telegraph Company's Amsterdam cor respondent quotes the following from the Berlin Tegelische Rundschau re | garding the referenco made in the House of Commons by Andrew Bonar ' Law, chancellor of the exchequer, to I the case of Captain Btaikie of the | steamer Caledonia, taken prisoner by the Germans: The German government has not formally taken the position that England's armed commercial and passenger steamers are men of-war, being armed auxiliary cruisers. The promise given to America —which has always hin dered our submarine war—that these vessels, before being torpe doed must be stopped and be ex amined, falls to the ground. They are warships and must be treated as such, even when Americans are on board. We now have facilities for ex tending the undersea boat war, which all sensible people have long recognized as unavoidable and indispensable. This is the best reply to Premier Lloyd George's refusal of our peace of i fer. ; Bonar Law, in his statement in the House of Commons on Tuesday, said Germany had given assurance that Captain Blaikie would not share the fare of Captain Fryatt of the British steamer Brussels, who was executed after conviction on that charge that his vessel had attempted to ram a | German submarine. Germany, the I chancellor stated, considered the Cale -1 donia an armed cruiser and that Cap | tain Blaikie in attempting to ram the ! undersea boat was merely performing ' his duty. French Armored Cruiser Cuts Steamship in Two Paris. Dec. 21. The sinking of i an Italian steamship in a collision with | the French armored cruiser Ernest j Renan is reported in a dispatch from > Marseilles. The steamship, which was I taking Italian soldiers home on leave, J was cut in two. Several persons, most jof them passengers, were drowned. I The number of survivors is given as 120. Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT Nation s Increasingly Critical Position as a Neutral, One of Moving Considerations in Wilson's Dispatch of Notes to All Belligerents Urging Them to Consider Way of Ending Conflict AMERICA'S RIGHTS BEING MORE AND MORE INVOLVED; ENTITLED TO KNOW PURPOSES Lansing Says Country Has Right to Know What Each Hos tile Nation Wants "in 0 rder That We May Regulate Our Conduct in the Future" as "U. S. Ls Drawing Nearer the Verge of War" Washington, Dec. 21. Ihe danger of the United States itself j being drawn into the war, by reason of its increasingly critical posi tion as a neutral, was one of the moving considerations in President \\ ilson's dispatch of notes to all the belligerents urging them to dis j cuss terms of peace. Secretary Lansing, to-day authorized the statement that ihe material rights of the I nited States had not been the paramount consideration. Americas rights, he said, were being more and more involved l>V the belligerents and as the United States was "drawing nearer the verge of war." it was entitled to know exactly what each belligerent seeks in order that we may regulate our conduct in the : future." I'rosklcut Quiet At the White House no effort was I made to lessen the importance of] ■ Secretary Lansing's statement. Presi-] ! dent Wilson would make no coiu j ments. It was evident that he knew I its contents. ! President Wilson himself on several occasions has pointed out the danger of tho United States becoming involved AMERICAN STEAMER ? Nante:'. France, Dec. 21. via London.—The American I i steamship Kansan has been laged by striking a mine, f J take I 1 iber * I 6, for St. Nazaire. SHe is owned by the American- j | A T OATTACKTORREON f | | ) 1 of | I 1 •! ? pre -2 • Boland's resolution t j have the House direct the jl 9 IE | 1 cost of living, the Judiciary Commit- !>[ = i ** tee to-< ressed the opinion that only a thorough in- 1 'I ting and storage would t J & solve the problem. JL : T | 4 1 in the 1 The closing i I I ) 1 ice the war ; r | day of 5® t I 11 S K * W re- I | * 9 ' u s 1 ANNIHILATED 1 Tex., Dec. 21.— Fifty C j I I ns titutii , a garrison at Bocas, near San Luis- Potosi, were <, J attacked by Villa followers, Sunday, and annihilated. 4 SIOO GIFT ECHO OF LOCHIEL WRECK f j to-day when IJ he Harrisburg Hospital received the following letter from >[ II : in * ► {• the Lochiel wreck, and both later died in the hospital: j [ "Kindly accept the enclosed check for SIOO, , I of my husband, John Wesley Anderson, and my son. Frank 1 ► Anderson, who were so tenderly cared for in your hospital j £ twelv* years ago; •'MRS. AM DELL A M. ANDERSON." ' ' MARRIAGE LICENSES "* f ' Kiln Kril K. Kemltrrifrr and Katbrr F. W aunrr, Mlllerx'turn. .lullll Kerpt-r l.oilKu-ckcr, lilutmplrr, uml lvnthr>u Kllinbrtk Mickey, ItuforU McClellan AmbrnF and Klla Fallor, rlty. < <k Ueurm W. Shun ami Mary K. Itouiberiter, Halifax. w i vw" l Vir* —*ty "y(r"wiW ■ m i In the war. Because of violations of I American rights, he lias felt that tho I'nited States had a very difficult rolo to till. Last February, while touring tho I < on tinned on I'll go -11 (Full Text of Wilson's Note to Belli gerents oil Page 11)
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