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GERMANY WILL
NOT LET ALLIED
REFUSAL BLOCK
ROAD TO PEACE
Willing to Permit Confidential
Exchange of Broad Tenta
tive Terms Through Wilson
if Necessary
WOULD GIVE TERMS
ENTENTE DEMANDS
Intimated Statement of Teu
ton Positions Either Had
Been Communicated to U.
S. or Soon Would Be
Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.—Ger
many, it was made known here to-day,
will not permit the road to peace ne
gotiations to be blocked by a refusal
of the entente belliKerents to enter a
conference without prior knowledge of
her terms. It has been forecast that
the entente powers would base a re
fusal on such a condition.
The central powers are represented
as willing to permit a confidential ex
change of broad tentative terms
through President Wilson should it
become necessary to do so to bridge
the gap which threatens to prevent a
gathering of peace delegates. There
were broad intimations to-day that a
statement of this position by Germany
cither had been communicated to the
United States Government or soon
would be.
The official text of Germany's reply
to President Wilson's note arrived to
day and it was declared that no con
fidential communication from Ambas
sador Gerard accompanied it. It has
been announced in advance that it
would not be made public and it is
likely that the receipt would not even
be admitted.
Germany, it was said to-day. Is
looking to the United States to make
every effort to bring about a peace
conference and to that end is ready to
consider any suggestions from the
President. As the case stands now,
the German Government considers it
has met all the suggestions in the
President's note and a statement to
that effect has been made by Count
PUBLIC RAILROAD HEARINGS
Washington. D. C„ Dec. 28.—Chair
man Newlands, of the Senate inter
state commerce committee, to-day an
nounced it would hold a public hear
ing on January 5 on the Webb bill,
permitting American concerns to es
tablish joint foreign selling agencies,
and on January 2 on the railroad
legislation suggested by President Wil
son to supplement the Adamson law.
BANDIT KILLS PAL
Toledo, 0., Dec. 28.—One bandit
vas killed by his companion during
the hold-up of a street car early this
morning. _ The dead man is Leo P.
Wood, 27, a paroled prisoner from
Mansfield reformatory. Two shots
were fired by the other bandit at the
conductor, one of which accidentally
struck Wood. He escaped. The hold
up took place in the outskirts of the
city. There were no passengers on the
car.
AUTOISTS TURN COPS
Philadelphia, Dec. 2S.—A new plan
to check thefts of automobiles in this
city went into operation to-day, when
one hundred motor car owners began
service as volunteer automobile police.
Thoy are empowered by the public
safety department to make arrests for
automobile law •iolations and for the
larceny or attempted lareenv of auto
mobiles. Names of the auxiliary po
lice, who are equipped with cards in
stead of badges, were withheld to
make the service more effective. It is
planned to increase their number to
three hundred in a short time.
OHIO CAPTAIN DIES
Washington. D. C., Dec. 28. War
Department dispatches to-dav from
General Funston reported the death
from diabetes yesterday of Captain
Urban Wetzel, Eighth Ohio Infantry
at the base hospital, Fort Bliss.
THE WEATHER"
For It.-irrlsluirn nml vicinity! Fair
nnd colder to-nlclit ami Friday)
low't temporal ure to-niutit
aliout 2."> ilcKrrcN.
For Fiixtern IVnnnylviuiln: Cloudy
and colder to-ni K litt Friday lair
and colder; moderate ncut and
■iorthwe.it winds.
lllver
The Susquehanna river and all ItK
branches n ill rise hllkliil.v or re
main nearly stationary. Mtaice
of aliout 4.7 feet, lee rendliiK. is
Indicated for llnrrlsliiiru Friday
iiioriiiiitf.
l.enernl Conditions
The storm that u.'i* central over
Manitoba, Wednesday morninc,
hn.s moved oft northeastward. It
caused rain in the last twenty
four hours generally south and
east <•! the t;reat l.nltes. heavy In
Fast Tennessee, with some snow
In New lOnKliind and aloitj£ the
northern boundary front Michi
gan eastward. Muht to moder
ate rains and snows have fallen
in the I'acitle States as a result of
n disturbance off the coast of
Northern California.
It Is '2 to 24 decrees warmer In the
Fnst t*illf States and Fast Ten
nessee and In the Atlantic States
from Florida northward. Inder
the influence or the hiich pres
sure area from the Northwest,
which has overspread the central
part of the country, temperatures
have fallen 2 to 30 deicrees In the
tircnt Central valleys and the
take Iteicion and In the southern
Rocky Mountains; west of the
Kockios temperature chance*
have been trressulnr, with n gen
eral rising tendency.
Temperature! 8 a. m., 38.
Sun i Itlscs, 7ii(l a. M.i sets, 4i47
p. m.
Moon: First quarter, December 31,
7:07 a. m.
Illver Stage! 4. l feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
HlKliest temperature, I!,*.
I.owest temperature. 27.
Mean temperature, 31.
Normal temperature, 31
MAKE DEALER
WEIGH YOUR
BREAD-REEL
"Then Buy the Heaviest Loaf,"
Advice of City Sealer of
Weights
TESTS SHOW VARIANCE
Announces Results of Investi
gation of Various Makes in
This City
Bread Price Increase
Is Not Yet Decided
What the new year will bring in
bread prices is still an undecided
question. Grocerymen and dealers
who buy bread from the larger ba
keries anticipate a smaller loaf but
no change in price. Inquiries at
the Schmidt and West Shore plants
failed to bring any information as
what would be the final outcome.
Bernard Schmidt said there was
nothing to announce, and he could
not say when there would be a
statement. L. M. Bricker, of the
West Shore Bakery, was also silent
on the question of increase in price
or a decrease in size of a loaf. He
would not say what the new year
would bring.
*■
"Make your dealer weigh your
bread, Mr. and Mrs. Public—and then
buy the heaviest loaf!"
That is the advice City Sealer Harry
D. Keel offered through the Tele
graph to the people of the city, in
view of the talked-of increase in price
or decrease in size per loaf of the
staff of life.
Only a few weeks ago big baking
concerns declared that the increasing
cost of materials and operation un
questionably pointed to an advance
of from five cents to six cents in the
cost at the present weight per loaf.
"To Gouge tlio Public"
City Sealer Keel to-day reiterated
his statement of several weeks ago
that the contemplated move was
I merely "an attempt to gouge the pub-
I lie."
Investigations which have been con
ducted during the last few weeks re
| vealed the fact that the smaller ba
kers could bake bread weighing thir
teen ounces to the loaf, sell the com
modity at live cents a loaf—and still
make a fair profit.
Furthermore the Sealer submitted
figures showing the variations in
weights of the loaves of various kinds
as baked by the larger establish
ments.
Advice to Consumers
In answer to a question as to the
bread situation and the possible de
velopments incident to the approach
ing new year, City Sealer Keel went
into considerable detail in a brief in
terview.
"My advice to the consumer," said
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Safer to Be Fireman Than
Policeman and Either Is
Safer Than Plain Citizen
New York, Dec. 28.—Statistics pre
pared by medical officers of the New
York police and fire departments and
submitted to Mayor Mitehel by Fire
Commisisoner Adamson indicate that
despite the risks of their service it is
safer to be a fireman than a policeman
and safer to be either than a plain
citizen. Percentages of death and ill
ness are lower in both services than ir
} the general average of the public.
Avalanches and Landslides
Threaten Swiss Villages
Berne, Dec. 27, via Paris, Dec. 28.
I The destruction of the village of
I Champery, a tourist resort in the Can
i ton of Valis, is threatened by the sud-
I den onset of a number of avalanches
coupled with a landslide. Several
houses have been crushed and the
whole population has evacuated the
village. Swiss troops and 200 interned
French prisoners of war are working
day and night to preserve the rest of
the village.
An enormous avalanche has swept
away many Alpine huts near Simplon
Pass, killing two men and many cattle.
OL1) STUMP TREASURE VAULT
Farmer Finds Jar of Gold and Notes
in Removing It at Last
Sellnsgrove, Pa„ Dec. 28. After
having postponed from time to time
the destruction of a stump near his
barn, ever since he bought the farm
three years ago, S. H. Kline, residing
three miles west of McClure, Synder
county, decided just for a little exer
cise to remove it.
He had worked but a little while
when his pick struck an earthen jar,
and gold and silver coins rolled out
on the snow. Kline labored with fev
erish anxiety unti lhe had extracted
the jar, then lie gathered up the spill
ed coins, and, clutching the jar in his
arm, galloped his horse to the bank.
When Cashier Eenfer told him his
find was $1,343, the excited old man
fainted. Half of it was in paper
money of 30 years ago, issued by the
Mifflin National Bank, of Lewistown,
and First National Bank of Selins
grove, and in good preservation.
Kline paid $1,400 for the farm.
People of the community are at a loss
to explain who secreted the money.
WOMEN* WANT TROOPS HOME
Cleveland, Ohio. Dec. 28.—Secretary
of War Baker last night was/oesieged
by a committee of Cleveland women
which demanded that he bring the
Ohio national guardsmen home from
the Texas border. Baker was on his
way to the Phi Gamma Delta fra
ternity's annual banquet when they
cornered him in the hotel lobby. He
said it was not his fault that the
guardsmen were not home and that he
couldn't promise when they would be
released.
SAFE BLOWERS GET SBOO
Dan\ille, 111., Dec. 28.—Robbers
blew open the safe in Morgan's Bank
in Pfc/rysville, Ind., early to-day and
escaped with eight hundred dollars In
cash and several thousand dollars in
bonds
HARRISBURG, PA„THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 28, 1916.
WHAT DO THE PEOPLE WANT WITH BATHHOUSES, ANYWAY ?
bathhouses FOR YOU i;
1 1 SEE ljw
OF YOUP OWN \L a |U MOTICE
FOP A WBaNMOOH. CM THt STREET.
TEXTILE MLLS
REPORT 1916 IS
RECORD YEAR
All Production Figures Topped
in Silk Mill and Two
Hosiery Factories
MORE HELP IS NEEDED
Excellent Outlook For 1917 Say
Officials; Goods Go All
Over World
Textile goods, the total valuation
of which is estimated at $2,500,000,
were manufactured at three Harris
burg plants during 1916. The pro
ducts were those of the Harrisburg
Silk Mills, Second and North streets;
Moorhead Knitting Company, Walnut
and Cameron streets, and the New-
Idea Hoisery Company, Fourteenth
and Mayllower streets.
The Harrisburg Silk Mills, operated
by Pelgram and Meyer, New York
City, report a record production this
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Zembo Temple Expects to
Sell 10,000 Red Cross
Stamps at Big Benefit
At least 10,000 Red Cross Christmas
seals will be disposed of, it is expected,
by the red fezzed salesmen of Zembo
Temple of the Mystic Shrine at the big
benefit concert and drill to be given in
Chestnut Street Auditorium to-morrow
evening by the Shrine and Patrol.
In accordance with its usual custom,
Zembo Temple to-morrow evening will
give its benefit public demonstration,
and while there will be no admission
the proceeds derived from the voluntary
purchases of New Year "stickers" will
help swell the general fund to aid the
antituberculosis campaign.
PASSES FOll PEXXSY MEN
road employes, for the year 1917, will
be cut by this evening. A total of
3,000 went to Philadelphia division em
ployes. Middle division men to the
number of 1,000 also get heir passes
this week. Employes with a five year
service record receive a pass good over
the division on which they are em
ployed. Special duty men are also given
annual passes. Long service employes
will get free transportation priveleges
between New York and Pittsburgh.
Pensioners on the honor roll receive
what is known as the Keystone pass
good anywhere in the State.
PRESIDENT 00 YEARS OLD
Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.—Presi
dent Wilson was 60 years of age to
day. He was the recipient of many
congratulatory messages from all
parts of the country and abroad. No
special celebration was planned for
the day.
WAR IN EUROPE RESPONSIBLE
FOR BIG INCREASE OF CRIME
HERE DECLARES WINDSOR
"The astonishing increase of crime
Is doubtless due to the European war"
was the declaration of Superintendent
of Detectives W. L. Windsor this
morning.
"An exhaustive research in the po
lice records of thla and other cities
shows that crime of every kind has
increased, in some cases GO per cent.,
during the year now closing, and this
must surely have some deep under
lying cause.
"That crime among the educated
class decreases yearly points to the
fact that men and women of weak
wills and mentality are more easily
affected by outside psychological in
fluences is the way 1 size up the sit
CARRANZA STANDS
FOR WITHDRAWAL
Reply Believed to Insist of
Troops Leaving and Sug
gests Modifications
Washington, D. C., Dec. 28.—Luis
Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican
commission, arrived here from New
York "tMs morning bearing the answer
of Carranza to the demand o£ the
American representatives that he
ratify or repudiate the protocol signed
at Atlantic City. He made telegraphic
arrangements last night with Secre
tary Lane to submit the answer to
day. The character of Carranza's reply
has not been revealed, but it was
generally believed it was another sug
gestion for modifications and con
tained the insistence that the Ameri
can troops in Mexico be withdrawn
unconditionally.
It has been understood here for sev
eral days that if General Carranza did
not return such an answer as would
warrant a reassembling of the joint
commission, the negotiations would be
declared ended nnd that General Car
ranza's ambassador. Eliseo Arredondo.
would return to Mexico, leaving the
embassy here in charge of a confiden
tial agent. This would not amount to
a severance of diplomatic relations,
but in a strict sense there npver have
been any. Such a turn, of course,
would prevent sending Henry P.
Fletcher. American ambassador-desig
nate, to Mexico City. In short, the
situation would return to the point
it occupied before the commission ne
gotiations began.
Mr. Arredondo to-day unqualifiedly
denied published reports that he had
been recalled.
"It is absolutely untrue that I have
been recalled by my government," said
he, "nor do I know if the government
is contemplating summoning me. If
it should occur as it did a few weeks
ago, it would not be in the nature of
my withdrawal from my post."
HONEST EGGS' INK AWFUL
Might Get into Coffee nnd Give It
Literary Flavor
New York, Dec. 28. Danger of an
ink flavor in coffee settled by eggshells
was advanced as one reason against
stamping "sold storage" on eggs in ar
gument here yesterday before the Su
preme Court on the application of
John J. Dillon, State Commissioner of
Foods and Markets, for an injunction
against selling eggs not so marked.
Another argument was that the indi
viduality of eggs as to shape made the
labeling of each one impracticable.
The arguments were presented by
grocerymen's counsel.
THREE DAYTON PAPERS GO UP
Dayton, Ohio. Dec. 28. lncrease
in the cost of white paper and other
things entering Into the making of a
newspaper ara given as the cause of
increase in the price to-day of the
Daily News, the Evening Herald and
the Morning Journal to two cents a
copy.
uatlon," continued Mr., Windsor.
"We all know," he said, "that the
old saying, 'Violence breeds violence,'
is very true. Just so, the thought of
violence breeds violence. The dally
papers are filled with gruesome tales
of wholesale slaughter, violence and
confusion across the water. This all
has Its effect upon the easily Influenced
mind of weaklings that In turn
prompts them to violence of every
sort.
"Neither do I see any Immediate
betterment of conditions," he con
tinued. "Just so long as present eco
nomic conditions continue to breed
criminals In the cradle, this city and
every other will need large and ef
ficient police forces."
BIG PROBLEMS
OF EDUCATION
ARE DISCUSSED
Physical Training, Compulsory
Attendance Revision, Junior
High Schools Big Topics
PEACE KEYNOTE OF DAY
Ex-President Taft and Charles
l Zueblin Will Deliver Ad
dresses Tonight
All phases of physical education,
revision of compulsory attendance
laws, vocational training, the Junior
high school system, elimination of ex
aminations in determining promotion
of pupils, lengthening the grade school
term, adjusting the curriculum to pro
mote peace and numerous other pub
lic school question" were the subjects
i of many addresses given this morning
and this afternoon in the Technical
I high school at the general session and
I section meetings of the Pennsylvania
State Educational Association.
Speakers of national prominence
addressed the hundreds of educators
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Conference Between R. R.
Representatives and Men
Ends Quickly in Storm
New York, Dec. 28.—Resumption of
| conferences here to-day between repre-
I sentatives of the railroads and the em
ployes' brotherhoods was quickly
I terminated. The reason was under
-1 stood to be that the conference com
-1 rr.ittee of railroad managers sought to
| apply the recent switchmen's arbitra
tion award to the present controversy
I over the Adamsorf act.
I The conferees had been in session
I less than two hours when an adjourn
| ment was taken and no announcement
] was made by either side as to whether
| future meetings would be held. The
I brotherhood chiefs were obviously dis
turbed when the session ended. Neither
| side would be quoted as to what had
I taken place.
Auto Show Will Be
Held Here in February
February 10-17 was the welt decided
upon, by the Capital City Motor Deal
ers' Association for the showing of the
1917 models. Bast evening after the
committee of arrangements had made
its report. Negotiations as to location
and other preliminaries are under way.
GOVERNOR'S FATHER BURIED
Simple Service in United Brethren
t litireli Attontled by Prominent -lien
Huntingdon, Pa., Dec. 28. The body
of George Boyer Brumbaugh, father of
Governor Brumbaugh, was laid to rest
yesterday in Valley View Cemetery on
the old homestead near Brumbaugh
station, on the Huntingdon and Broad
lop Railroad. The funeral sermon was
preached in the church of the Brethren
near the cemetery by Professor VV. J
Swigert, of Juniata College.
The Governor and Mrs. Brumbaugh,
his son, 1C(1 w a I'd Brumbaugh, and his
wife, and Colonel Louis J. Ivolb arrived
at Huntingdon at 10 o'clock a. m., and
were taken to Markleaburg in automo
biles. Many prominent men connected
with the State administration were
present, including: Highway Commis
sioner Frank 1!. Black and Mrs. Black
Fire Marshal G. Chal Port, Samuel 1
Spyker. attorney for the Workmen's
Compensation Department, and Pr'esi- 1
dent I. Harvey Brumbaugh, of Juniata i
College.
TO GET CI,EAR A\l) COLD
"No more rain," asid Forecaster De- '
main, this morning. "This afternoon :
the sky will still look a trifle ominous, I
but night will find the sears shining .
clearly again. The Ice will not go olf !
the river, as a quickly falling tempera- |
ture will reinforce the ice and gladden
the hearts of the skaters. To-morrow !
the thermometer will doubtless stay at
Xreeziajr the entlr eday."
VON MACKENSEN
PUSHING ALLIES
INTO MOLDAVIA
Stampedes Russians From New
Line and Takes 3,000
Prisoners
MUCH NEARER BRAILA
1-ortilit'd Heights Taken; Air
planes Active on Oilier
Fronts
Field Marshal Von Mackensen is
continuing his sledgehammer blows
upon the Russians in Northeastern
Wallacliia and is rapidly pushing them
back to the lino of the river Sereth
in Moldavia. lie won a new victory
yesterday and captured an additional
3,000 prisoners.
The most recent attack appears to
have scored its greatest success in the
region of Kimnik-Sarat, on the rail
way twenty miles north of Buzeu. The
I Teutonic forces, stampeding the
| Russians from the new line they had
| taken up after the failure of a Rus
sian counterattack, have pushed for
l ward beyond Rimnik-Sarat. Towards
j the Danube, to tl.e southeast the Rus
sian lines were pierced and the Austro
j German - Bulgarian - Turkish forces
| eastwardly, in the direction of the
, important Rumunian grain and oil
j storehouse of Braila, on the Danube.
Across the Danube from Braila the
| Germane - Bulgarian -'1 urkish forces
| made headway in their attack upon
I the Matchin bridgehead, where the
! last remaining Russian forces in
| Dobrudja are hanging on to the north
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Mayor to Appoint Young
and Active Men Who Can
Ride Eicycles to Force
Mayor Ezra S. Meals this morning
said the live new policemen to be
added to the force next month, will
I be furnished with bicycles so they can
j cover more ground.
The bicycles will be equipped with
self-locking stands so the men can
! dismount quickly.
Asked who the new appointees
I would be, Mayor Meals said: "They
. will be young and active. 1 have not
j yet decided who they shall be."
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> licen >et
may d until j • < I
CLOSED
to , (
j the request that he eithe iding pro
tect- < ! i' 1 be to-day to Secretary Lane
by Luis Cabrera, . n Commissioners, i J
' is understood to cc or modifications which
have bet dto avoid ending the r ti I I
• "The do lment
d read the reply.
KENTUCKY FIRI ON MEXICANS
.1 hund were fired j )
across the Rio Gran< ; into re, early to
day by members of the K r cky National Guard whose < 1
> tired j
Iron; the Mexican side. There were no known casualties. j 1
f
CARRANZI! \S EAR UP ROADS
) 1> i I
way tiv -.! separate : Ca- '.roops #O. kitiy, to relieve
( Torreon. Official reports to 1 y say the Carranza garrison II
' .driven from Torreon bj Villa .vas at Hipolito on the road I
from Torreon to Saltilio an I to have destroyed the tracks j I
' * in its rear. Another (. >rce being sent to reinforce
them at Torreon is halted at Parras and has destroyed a < I
> section of the track between it and Villa.
TAFT AT KXECI "IVE MANSION : 1
J I: toward Taft a ritfed '
in As he has been < j
> busy filling
ive , |
j Mansion, and said that he would not sec any one until to
night. as lie needed re t. if I
Harrisburg.—Fire starting when a small coal heater '
1 upset on the second floor of the home of John Jackson, 1239 I .
Monroe street, shortly ftci lock thi , afternoon, caused J 1
' S3OO damage. . |
MARRIAGE LICENSES
> John Cieorwrc Shiiinnn and Katie (Oliaultetli Ntulilfr, Steelton. |
, Ueorge \\ U1IIIIK<OII HIIIKI.-V nn<l Ivntlicrlnc laimlx ili Wovedan. \
1 llnmix't'u to nhl|i, I uiiilx-rlniul county. &
t burlcN Snvercool, Jr., mid I. n lira May l>iiu%hrrtv, city. (*
IdiHHfl lOnuM ItniHii, Uettraburit, and lidlti Urnrvlerr Dnvin, Maimford. fi
Marvin Mover Cooper, Clarkvllle, Tenn., mid t'liiirtolte Van Uoeblmnn I
' Irvln, city.
Single Copy, 2 Cents
COLLAPSIBLE
BATHHOUSES
SUGGESTED
"Mayor" Berrier Says They
Could Be Used Along Whole
River Front
AGAINST ISLAND IDEA
Declares Such a Location Is
Too Far Away For Use of
West Endcrs
1 tarry J. Merrier, the "Mayor of
I Hardscrabble," who wrote a letter to
' Council opposing a city bathhouse on
; Island Park, to-day wrote a letter to
the editor of the Telegraph setting out
explicitly his position in the matter.
The "Mayor" declares he does not
object to a public bathhouse, but Is
'opposed to one being placed on the
island. He suggests "collapsible bath
houses" at various points along the
Uiver Wall. Strings of dressing rooms
| could be set up along the wall, sug
i gests Mr. Berrier, during the summer
j and during tlie winter they could be
: taken away.
"Met us have bathing along the en
i (ire River Front," he pleads in conclu
sion. His letter is as follows:
I To the Editor of the Telegraph :
"Sir—-Regarding the statement you
| made in your newspaper of to-day's
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To Complete Plans For
"Eight-Hour" Demonstration
Chief Marshall C. R. Zimmerman
will announce the formation of the
New Year's Day "eight-hour parade"
I at a meeting to-morrow night. There
will be at least ten organizations in
I line, each with one or more floats. The
parade will start from Front and
Market streets Monday morning at
9:30 o'clock,
j Representatives from all labor or
' sanitations will meet the parade com
j inittee to-morrow night at Fackler'a
I Hall, and will recommend names for
appointment as aids and division mar
: shals. Prizes will be awarded the
j most attractive tloat and the largest
iorganization in line.
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