HARRISBURG SjSS&S TELEGRAPH LXXXV— No. 299 12 PAGES ALL PRODUCTION RECORDS BROKEN DURING YEAR; 10 to 40 Per Cent. Increases in j Output Reported by Big i Mills jOOD prospects ahead I Drders Piled High on Desks Will Keep Plants Running For Months Ten to forty per eent. increases in output, wage increases in a number of instances ranging from ten to thir ty per cent., completion of big im provements and new plants and con tinued operation during the entire year are the reports ojcials in practically all the industrial interests in Harris burg and vicinity give as they declare that the year 1916 has been unequalled In production and has been a record one for the city. Many of the managers and officials say from present indications, 191" will prove another record breaker with ten to forty per cent, increases in output over the record of the year just closing. The hum and throb of machinery in practically every plant has not stopped once during the year, and will con tinue indefinitely, it is believed. Or ders in some instances which will not be delivered for the next six months are lying on desks in the offices of many of the plants. Prosperity every where is in evidence, millions of dol lars have been paid out, and millions received for the goods manufactured, from baby shoes to big shells for for eign governments, to be used in the European war. Never before in the history of Har risburg has the record been equaled, (Continued on Page 5) Coleman Will Contest in House Election of Mr. Kelley From Thirtieth District Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 26. Repre sentative W. H. Coleman, who on the face of the returns, was defeated for Congress in the Thirtieth Pennsylva nia district, to-day gave notive in common pleas court that he would contest in the House of Representa tives the election of M. Clyde Kelley. Democrat. Mr. Coleman asked that M he court order all ballot boxes m brought to the courthouse and placed under guard, declaring that if the votes had been properly counted he' would have been elected by no less than five hundred. The court took the request under consideration. Car Runs Away When Motorman Slips to Road While Stamping Out Fire Fire in a Camp Hill car of the i Valley Railways this morning caused I a bit of excitement and might have i resulted in serious injuries to the' pas sengers but for the foot work of the motorman. A short circuit started the blaze on the front platform and when the mo- | torman, J. C. St oner, attempted to , stamp it out he slipped from the plat- i form to the road. Without a motor- 1 man to throw on the brakes the car J began to run away. When Stoner saw I that the car was heading toward the j down grade of a big hill he sprinted ! alongside and yelled to the conductor , to pull oft the trolley and throw on the brakes. The car was stopped just in j time to prevent a possibly serious ! accident. WOMAN' KNOCKED DOWN Mrs. . C. Llddich, 1009 North l Seventh street, was injured about the ! head this morning when knocked j down in a runaway accident. A horse ' hitched to a Standard Raking Com-' pany wagon, was frightened when an I engine blew off steam and run up ! Seventh street. An automobile be-! longing to Vandel Maheck, hutcher, | at 532 South Cameron street, was standing near Forster street. The! runaway team crashed into the auto- : mobile, knocking down Mrs. Liddick, who was purchaing meat at the rear of the auto. The wagon was badly damaged, and the front axle of the ! automobile bent. In the crash the horse became entangled in the lines and was stopped. THE WEATHER! For Harrisburg nnd vicinity: In crruKlnK eloudlne**, followed by •now to-nlKht nnd on \\ rilnmdoy I xllKbtly warmer to-night, with lowest temperature about as de gree*. For Uastern Pennaylvnnia: Know to-nlKht and Wednesday; allght ly warmer to-night In western portion I warmer Wednenday In east and aouth portions | east winds Increasing. River The Susquehanna river and all It* tributaries will remain nearly stationary and generally froxen, ! except local changes In stages ' will probably occur, due to the behavior of Ice. A stage of about •1.5 feet to the surface of the Ice Is Indicated for Harrisburg Wed nesday morning. General Conditions A storm, probably an offshoot from the low pressure system that was over the Northwest, Saturday morning, has passed over the f.ake Heglon and thence to the Norlh Atlantic coast since last report, causing light snow In north districts east of the Mis sissippi river. It has caused rain and snow In the last twenty-four hours over most of the West. Temperatures are high In south, moderate In cen tral and slightly below normal In north districts. Temperature* B a. m.. 24. Sunt Rises, 7i2(1 a. m.; sets, 4:40 p. m. Moon■ First quarter, December 31, 7 tOT a. m. River Stage: 4.5 feet above low water mark. Yesterday's Weather Highest temperatare, :. Ihi west temperature, 27. Mean temperature. 33. Aiormal temperature, 31. GERMANY PROPOSES MEETING OF BELLIGERENT TO DISCUSS BAS 'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS £> \ [ 7 HERE cones " ' HOPt ' GET he T sent A brown E \ N Avr~- ctfS osd^W OH,DOCTOR, (OME QUICK— X \ TWS MAN SOMETHINGS WRONG WITH m \ \ BtLEIVES IN USING _ssrO =*— JOHN HE'S SATISFIED l 7 WHATEVER PEOPLE GIVE HIM FOR A MA'S [ WITH A PRESENT HE RECEIVEOJ g§gg \ tfeh. . rf hello sum, I—, I naw! L 1., WAS THE MY AFTER CHOTMAS— jUL _ VILLA CUTS OFF CARRANZAFROM NORTHERN MEXICO Severs Railroad After Cap ture of Torreon; Foreigners Are All Safe Washington, Dec. 26. Villa is giv- j ing protection to those foreigners who j remained in Torreon after he took the ! city, according to official advices to the State Department to-day, which j added that the party of foreigners who fled with British Consul O'Hea before the capture of the city, were blocked at San Luis Potosi because the bandits had cut the railroad line i northward toward Saltillo. The Villa band thus have cut Car ranza's communication by rail with! the border. Army men take it as part i of Villa's plan of campaign. They 1 now expect Villa to send a force to ward either Saltlllo or Monterey while the Cedillo brothers, operating further I east complete the division of north! and south by Interrupting tratfic over the railway between San Luis Potosi and Tampico, the line over which a gt'ii't part of the oil for the Carranza troop trains is moved. Philip M. j O'Keefe, American manager of a hotel! in Mexico, was arrested a few days ago on the charge of seditious activi ties. The State. Department has or dered an investigation. THOUSANDS BURNED CANDLES j Starting at dusk Christmas Eve and I continuing throughout the night, can-1 dies burned in windows of thousands ! of homes In Harrisburg and vicinity.■ It is an old-time Christmas Eve cus- • torn in welcoming the "Netf-born King,' revived by the Telegraph. No? fires occurred as a result of the city wide candle burning, It being easilv j possible to arrange the lights so as to ! eliminate all danger. ' JERES. BLACK, LAWYER, DIES Democratic Leader Succumbs at Baltimore Hospital After Two Operations Baltimore, Md„ Dec. 26.—Jere S. ( Black, for many years one of the fore most citizens of York, died Saturday' morning at Johns Hopkins Hospital following an illness of about five weeks from intestinal trouble. . I Mr. Black came to the hospital the middle of November, anil it was do- I cided that an operation was necessary I to save his life. Dr. J. M. N. Finney ! was attending him. He failed to rally i (Continued on Page 5) I HAMISBURG, PA„TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1916. COUNCIL IGNORES I CITYWIDE DEMAND ' FOR A BATHHOUSE $5,000 Item Is Lopped Out in 1917 Budget Appropriation; Final Action Saturday City Council this morning passed on first reading the municipal budget or dinance for 1917 providing for a total expenditure of $755,882.55 and the tax ; levy measure fixing the rate at nine j mills. In 191G the budget measure called j for an expenditure of $599,379.82 and the tax rate for a nine and a half mill j levy. The expense of the water de- i partment operation is included in the ! general budget. Council for the first time used the 1 i surplus revenues of the water depart- j ment for general revenuts and despite the fact that a total net $44,000 addl j tional is applied from this new source, ' I the City Commissioners used all of It and out from the park estimates the only particular item which so many i thousands of Harrisburg folks had ( been hoping for since the possibilities 1 were tirst discussed. Knock Out Bathhouse This was the $5,00 item for the es- ' tablishment of a municipal bathhouse and bathing beach on Hargest's Island I Final action on the budget and tax levy measures will be taken Saturday [Continued on Page 10] ; $25,000 CHRISTMAS GIFT TO 210 I'AI'EK Mil,l, WORKERS York, Pa. Dec. 26.—The P. H. Glat ; felter Company has distributed $25,- 000 to 210 employes of the Spring Grove paper mills. The money ap peared in the pay envelopes as a I Christmas gift. j Several of the older employes re ceived enough to buy automobiles. EDUCATORS GET HERE TOMORROW Important Subjects Will Be! Discussed at Annual Con vention in City Physical education, teachers' pen sions, preparedness, rural sanitation and more money for the schools of ; the State are the big themes for dis ; cussion at the three days of the an j nual convention of the State Edu- I cational Association which will be opened to-morrow afternoon In the | Technical high school. The enroll ! ment is expected to reach a couple ;of thousands and to break records j and unusual interest has been arous- I (Continued on Page 5) ■ 5,500 RUMANIANS ARE CAPTURED AT POINT OF BAYONET Teutonic Allies Renew Drive by Taking Filipechti on Railroad Berlin, Dec. 26. By wireless to Sayville. ln Rumania 5,500 more prisoners have been taken by the Teutonic allies, the war office an nounced this morning. The town of Filipechti, on the rail road between Buzeu and Braili was captured at the point of the bayonet. Strongly entrenched Russian positions on both sides of the village were stormed, the statement says. OUT OF PRISON AFTER 21 YEARS HE FACES ANOTHER TERM Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 26.—When John M. Leonard, an attorney, com pleted his twenty-first year in prison since 1892 and was released from the Federal prion at Leavenworth, Kansas, he had visions of a Christ mas in the open. There remained one more charge, however, still un satisfied and Leonard in custody of federal officers is to-day enroute to New York to stand trial on a charge of robbing the post office, at Fish kill, ot S3OO. SNOW IN I,OS ANGELES Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 26.—Snow fell to-day over part of the city for the sixth time in the forty years since the Weather Bureau was established here. It melted almost as rapidly as it fell. Foothills in this section were topped with white. ADMIRAL DEWEY SEVENTY-NINE Washington. D. C., Dec. 26.—Ad miral Dewey was 79 years old to-day and Secretary Daniels, and his council and most of the high ranking officers I of the Navy made their congratulations in person at his office. ALL WHITE MEAT TURKEY! WHAT HO! John Newton, Recently of Cam bria County, Out-Burbanks Burbank • When John Newton, a well-known old farmer, lived along tho William Penn Highway at Iviundays, Cambria county, he grew famous for manv In ventions. He was one of the llrst, by the way. who constructed a mechanism whereby a Ford car would do the churning, milking and other chores about the place. Now Newton has out-classed previous efforts and grown an all-white-meat turkey. Newton Is spending the winter In [Continued on Page 7.] | OTHER NEUTRALS MAY FOLLOW U. S. AND SWISS LEAD Holland, Spain, Scandinavian Countries and Pope Expected to Take Action Washington, D. C., Dec. 2 4.—lndi cations accumulated in official quarters here to-day that the action of Switzer land in supporting the recent peace move of the United States may be fol lowed by similar action on the part of other European neutrals. Holland, Spain, the Scandinavian countries and the pope, it was said, are expected to take some action in the near future. Dr. Paul Ritier, the Swiss minister here, will see President Wilson within a tew days to discuss the peace sit uation. Me called at the White House i t° Bather Information on how | the Swiss peace note had been re ceived in this country in order to send a report to his government. Dr. Hitter was concerned over news paper reports that the action of the ; Swiss government was construed as support for the cause of the central I powers. He told Secretary Tumulty | the action of- his government was | solely in the interest of peace. Messages from Individuals and or ganizations in Holland and other neu tral European nations continued to ar rive at the White House to-day in large numbers. All commended the President for his recent note and indl cated that strong pressure was being brought on the governments of Euro pean neutrals to take action. While the United States will con tinue to act alone, supporting action by other neutral nations, it is said will be welcomed by President Wilson. CONNELLSVI 1,1,E PAPERS HAVE BOOSTED PRICE Connellsville, Pa., Dec. 26 Two evening papers here, the News and the Courier, announced that on ac count of the increased cost of paper I the price would be raised from one cent to two cents on January 1 EDWIN COX OPENS HEADQUARTERS Philadelphia Confident He Will Be Elected; Brown Will Hit Back Hard Headquarters for the speakership boom of Representative Edwin R. Cox, of Philadelphia, were opened at the Commonwealth Hotel to-day by Mr. Cox, Congressman John R. K. Scott and Frank Morrison, of Philadelphia, and the Baldwin headquarters across the hall will be opened late to-day. Mr. Cox arrived here soon after noon with Mr. Scott and Secretary to the Governor Ball and said he was [Continued on Page -1] CONFERENCE IN NEUTRAL CITY IS ASKED AT ONCE Meeting of Neutral Place Suggested by Imperial Govern ment as Best Way to End War and Create a Basis For the Establishment of Lasting Peace "WILL BE READY TO COLLABORATE WITH U. S.JN THIS EXALTED TASK" Answer of Teutons to Wilson's Proposal Is Handed to Am bassador Gerard and Embodies Reply of Austria- Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey; Shows Desire to End Conflict Berlin, Dec. 26—Wireless to Sayville.—Germany anc her allies—Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey—to day replied to the note of President Wilson in which he asks that the belligerent nations state the aims for which they were fighting. The proposal is made by the central powers that a conference of the delegates of all the belligerents be held immediately in a neutral city. The task of preventing fu ture wars, the official statement says, can be begun only after the end of the present struggle. [Continued on Page 10] ii> $25,000 FIRE IN PITTSTON , Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 20. —The hotel of Anthony * Schultz and two adjoining houses in the center of Pittston, ! near here, were burned to-day. The blaze threatened to ' ■ 11 spread to other places in the business district but was | checked when the fire departments of the surrounding. 1 ! towns came to the aid of the city force. The damage is * ® 1 * estimated at $25,000. ! ' * TRUCK KNOCKS OVER CITY THEE Harrisburg.—A large truck belonging to Witman. | Schwarz and Company late this afternoon skidded against I the Municipal Christmas tree at Front and Market streets, < | knocking it over. In the fail the tree tore the electric wiring lose. The tree has been so badly damaged that it will be I > impossible to repair it. • V I ■ | \ | TWO KILLED, TWO HURT IN WRECK l Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 26. —The Rev. John Edwards, a ' i ' : Presbyterian minister at Mountain Top, near here, and Robert Duniap, an engineer, were killed, and two railroa<. * ' i k men injured in a collision of two engines on the mountain 1 ! between Mountain Top and Ashley, td-day. The injured < * I were rushed to hospitals in this city. Dr. Edwards was . I recently ordained. Why he was riding on the engine has j | I not been explained. ' P BIG ALLIED FLEET OFF UNITED STATES ; Boston, Dec. 26.—The presence on this side of the At- < ' 1 lantic *f a formidable fleet of allied warships was indicated definitely to-d ly. The vessels are known officially as com- < i a f merce protectors. They are heavily armed and disguised, i CHILDREN SUBSCRIBE TO WAR LOAN f l ► Berlin, Dec. 26, by Wireless.—Schoolchildren of Ber ; lin subscribed 1,900,000 marks to the fifth German war loan , j I according to the latest figures made public, says the Over ( seas News Agency. j| f MARRIAGE LICENSES ' Jefferson Dm la Frey, Steelton, ami Mary Krancrs Matthews, Speece- i ! vllle. ,i Itojr William IVnn aad Gran Klir.aheth Strmrt, York, e Owar M. Werti nnil Kathrr .Miller, KUlieri ille. * Charier Henry llusliey aad Zelina Lee Wllllama, Dlllvburg. rf-" "V V> " Tft "Yr nriyynuiUft ii Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT
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