Council's Neglect in Purchasing of Motor Apparatus Costs City Plrettf Penny HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 6 12 PAGES , SECRETARY TUMULTY AND LANSING TO BE "LEAK" WITNESSES Investigating Committee Tarns to Wall Street Ticker Ser vices Which Supply "Tips" to Brokerage Houses; Seven Employers of Wall Street Journal and Central News Subpenaed HEADS OF BUREAUS REQUESTED TO BRING SERVICE TAPES TO HEARING Want to Know When News of Peace Note Was Made Pub lic; Must Preserve Sales Slips; Baruch to Be Called; Wrangle Over Question of Government Officials' In tegrity; May Have Been Cabled Back Washington, Jan. 6. At to-day's hearing on Representative Wood's res olution for investigation of whether there was a stock market leak on President Wilson's peace note the trend turned to Investigation of Wall street ticker services which supply news "tips" to brokerage houses. Mr. Lansing will appear before the committee Monday without subpena. Mr. Tumulty also will appear volun tarily. Seven employed by the Wall Street Journal and Central News of America which furnishes service to another Wall street newspaper. Financial Am erica, were subpenaed and ordered to bring their records with them. Man agers of the two telegraph companies also were subpenaed to bring all dis patches sent to the two papers by their Washington correspondent on Decem ber 20, the day the market crashed. Representative Harrison, Democrat, of the committee, declared he believed the so-called leak was through the representatives of these two publica tions who with several newspapermen had been informed confidentially by Secretary Lansing that morning that a note had been dispatched to Europe. Mr. however, at that time, declared the note did not concern peace and would not discuss its con tents. Representative Gardner, of Massa chusetts, put into the record to-day a dispatch sent out over the Dow Jones & Company ticker forecasting a peace note hours before the note was publish ed. He declared that records of stock market fluctuations at the same time when compared with the ticker dis patches would prove there was a leak. Mr. Gardner said he placed both Secretary Lansing and Secretary Tu multy entirely above suspicion. The financial news men to be called are John Boyle and Henry L. Eland, of the Wall Street Journal and I W. A. Crawford, Ernest A. Knorr, Jr., A. L. Geiger, Nelson M. Shephard and A. M. Jamieson, employes of the Central News of America, a news service which supplies information to Financial Am erica, a Wall street newspaper. The heads of the bureaus also were requested to b'ring the ticker tapes of their services for from 10 a. m. throughout the day of December 20, 1916. The committee wants to learn what time the Central News and Wall Street Journal bureaus made public the fact that a note was forthcoming from the President. A motion by Representative Camp [ConJinuctl on raw 12] FEEL EARTHQUAKE Montreal, Jan. 6.—Earthquake tre mors were felt here last night, the sec tion of the city affected being in the higher levels at the foot of the moun tain. THE WEATHER] For Hnrrlitburs and vicinity) Fair to-nlwht uiml Sundays nut much change In temperature, luwcat to. night about 2H ilrtEKn, For Eimtrrn Pennsylvania! Fair tn-nluht mill Nunilnyi not much chuug In tcmperaturei Ireali went wlndN, illmlulitbliiK, River The Ire broke nnlrm not now mov ing will probably break to-day or ulf with strong wlndn on the Middle and ,>orlii At lan tie coaot, Italn and unoty fell In the Pnciflu Stated and In Nevada and Idaho and generally In the Weatern Canadian prov, Ineea, A Keaeral fall of -J to ItH degree* in temperature haa oc curred over moat of the country eaat of the Mlnalaalppi river, ex cept New England, It is decid edly warmer In Minaouri a* it re- Bait of disturbance from the Far Norihwcat now central over Weatem Mlnnenotn. Temperature* H a. n., 8i. Hunt Hlaea, fi.lo a. m.' neta, 4ti Moon J I,'iHl moon, Monday, Janu ary 8, ft. m. River StiMtei Five feet above low water mark. Veaterday'a "Weather Highcat temperature, 42. I,oweat temperature, 3.". Mean temperature. 38. Normal temperature, 39. jflj HHHfIHMBSL MH BBHBI SECRETARY TUMULTY President's Secretary Whose Name Has Been Linked With Wilson s Kin In Sensational "Leak" Probe Before the House at Washington. Rescue Body of Baby Frozen in Ice by Means of a Human Chain Burlington. N. J.. Jan. 6.—As his train was speeding over Broad street bridge this morning. R. J. Andrews, engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad's Mt. Holly branch, was horrified to see the body of a scantily clothed baby par tially frozen Into a cake of Ice near the shore. When his train stopped at the Burlington station Andrews called up the East Burlington freight office by telephone and then told the operator. Q. C. Crist, of his gruesome discovery. Crist and William Southwlck and a party of frelgh handlers hurried to the bridge to recover the body. They found It as the engineer had Indicated, the head still frozen Into the Ice from which the warm rain had released the rest of the body. The men debated as to whether to allow It to remain In the water until the arrival of the coroner. As the Ice gave slgno of breaking away they de cided to bring it to the shore. They formed a human chain and at a con siderable risk one of the party crept out on the |ce toward the body, The hair was ripped from Its head as he jerked the body from the frozen cake, An Instant later ho hurled It at the party on the bank. It was the wreck of a life size doll, but so altered In appearance by the water as to appear almost human, How Can We Push "Bikes" All Day? Wail Fat Cops Policemen, especially those of burly build, look with agony upon the new announcement that several of their number will be recruited for the bicy cle squad, When the Mayor said, "The new men will be capable young fellows, al ways on the job," the assertion was welcomed with Joy, but when It was learned the Mayor wan planning to "reduce" the Stout bluccoats, the "coppers" threatened dire things. sett KII.I.GU IN tn AKK Tokyo, Jan.. 6.—Three hundred per sons have been killed and many In jured In a disastrous earthquake in Cen tral Formosa, according to special dis patches from Taihoku, the capital of Formosa. It is estimated that 1,000 houses have been destroyed. The city of Nanto has been damaged extensively by fire. CATCHES FIRST FL.Y| WINS I'RI/.B New York, Jan. 6. = Through the capture /of the flist winter liy of the year, Miss Catherine Brennan. of this city, not only has prevented tile poten tial existence of about a billion Hies next summer, but has Won a prize of fered by Ed\Vard Hatch, Jr.. chairman of the Merchants' Association committee on pollution. In submitting the fly Miss j Brennan inUde affidavit that she Had found it under the kitchen table In her home after a search pf several hours ' which even extended to Broadway res- I tsuranU. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1917, 4 MASKED MEN ESCAPE WITH SIO,OOO ROLL Hold Up Express Wagon at Tarentum and Take Pay roll From Messenger POLICE TAKE UP CHASE Three Grabbed Money While tourth Covered Glass Com pany Employe Tarentum, Pa., Jan. 6. Four masked men held up an express wagon here to-day containing the payroll of the riaccus Glass Company, of this city, and escaped with SIO,OOO. The money, which was in bills of small denomination, had conic from Pittsburgh by rail, and was being transferred to the glass factory when the messenger was stopped by the robbers. Three of them grabbed the payroll while the other covered the messenger with a revolver. The robbery was im mediately reported to the authorities and company detectives assisted by the police took up the chase. As the machine was passing through the residence part of the village it was sideswiped by a large touring car and stopped. Immediately a man with a handkerchief over his face sprang on the running board and, pointing a re volver at the express messenger, or dered him to hand out the money. He then demanded the magneto key of the automobile, and with his revolver still covering the messenger and chauffeur backed to his own machine, in which were two other men. They drove quickly away. The alarm was given and soon after 1 o'clock a report reached Pittsburgh that the robbers' automobile had been seen near Butler, Pa. A heavily armed posse immediately left here in auto mobiles. Meantime other armed par ties had been made up at Tarentum and in neighboring villages and the belief was expressed the robbers would soon be taken. Says Direct Primary Is "Just One More Dose of Politics" Washington, Jan. 6.—Abolition of di rect primaries and substitution of the preferential system was advocated by Prof. Lewis J. Johnson, of Harvard, in an address to-day before the National Popular Government League. "Primaries," he said, "are just one more dose of politics that the voter without an ax to grind cares to put up with." Telautographs Tell Time of Trains at Pennsy Station With the installation of the three telautograph Instruments at the Penn sylvania rairoad station. Improved bul letin service will be afforded the travel ing public. Ushers, ticket examiners and station attaches will be relieved from answering many questions as to the arrival and departure of trains. The telautograph is operated by the chief clerk In the station master's offl- He writes the Information and by oper ating a pencil that works automatically on Instruments located throughout the building. Nine Injured When Train Crashes Into Trolley Car Shamokln, Pu.. Jan, 6.—ln ft col lision to-day between a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train and a Shamokln- Mount Carmei trolley car nine pas sengers were Injured. Those Injured Included Mrs. 8. L, Brosclous, of this place, whose one leg was amputated and the other badly crushed, and Mrs. William Moore, of Greenback, injured internally, Both women are in a critical condition, Do You Know What Made You Grow Up ? "Tethelin!" Berkeley, Cal., Jan, 6. —Scientists at the University of California have discovered the substance that produces growth in the human body, it was announced to-day. Tethelin is what th t ey call it, It is located in the pitui tary body at the base of the brain and by retarding of accelerating its func tions it may be possible, according to the Berkeley scientists, to control the stature of human beings. Announcement of the discovery was made by Dr. T. B. Robertson, professor of biochemistry, who said that he had succeeded in isolating tethelin and that he believed it was the first time in the history of biological science that it had been done.. BONUS FOR 40,000 MINKIIS Clearfield, Pa., Jan. 6. The Asso ciation of Bituminous Coal Operators of Central Pennsylvania here to-day agreed to grant a bonus of ten per cent, of the earnings of each of its employes engaged in the mining or coal, dating from January 1 of tills year. PA 1,1. MAI.I, GAZKTTK SOI.D J,ondou, Jan. B.—The Press Associa tion understands that the Pall Mail Ga zette, until recently the property of Lord Astor, has been purchased by Sir Henry Dalziel, M. P. The change of proprietorship conies' Into effect Mon day. POLICE HA VE NO PROOF LEWIS MURDERED ARTIST MODEL i J jjy y *' ■ ji - -M/- * vi j I^^^' ; BERNARD WESLEY LEWIS Did he or didn't he kill Maizle Colbert, the lilac pajama girl' The R°, r c ® be > te t v h Circumstantial evidence points to;Wm as.the model's slayer. But the police have hri pOWtlve proof that Lewis knew Miss Col bert. Neither have they positive proof he ever entered the girl's apart ments. Philadelphia, Jan. C. A missing link in the chain of circumstantial evidence forged by the police about Bernard W. Lewis, who committed suicide in an Atlantic City hotel, and who the authorities say they are con vinced was the slayer of Maizie Colbert art model, may be supplied tb-day when detectives question a new wit ness said to have been found. Despite the damaging evidence col lected against the Pittsburgher, the police so far admit they have no positive proof that Lewis knew Miss Colbert. Neither have they positive proof that he ever entered the apart ments of the girl. This lack of convincing information on a vital point, the detectives said to-day forces a continuance of an ele ment of mystery in the case. Coupled to this is the lack of a known motive, motive. The detectives say they were In formed lat.e>lust night that an automo bile accessory dealer will produce a woman to-day who was with Maizle RUSSIANS MAY BE FORCED TO ABANDON LINES Capture of Braila by Germans Threatens Entire Seretli Position The capture of Braila by Field Mar shal Von Mackensen, his advance on Qalata, 12 miles north, the clearing of Dobrudja of Russians and further Teutonic successes in Moldavia, have brought the Rumanian campaign to a new phase. The Brat la bridgehead while not Itself an Integral part of the Sereth lino now held by the Russians run ning northwestward from the Danube toward the Moldavian frontier moun tains, formed an outlying defense of that line on the Danubo end and its capture weakens the eastern flank of the Sereth position, Galata likewise on the Danube, lies just behind the Sereth line, and that [Continued on Page 7J Germans Capture Braila, Big Storage Depot, and Now Advance on Galata Berlin, Jan. 6.—Braila, Rumania's chief coommercial city, has been cap tured by the Germans and Bulgarians, according to the official announcement made this evening. Dobrudja has been entirely cleared of the enemy.' the announcement says. Braila is Important as a granary and oil storage depot and Its early fall was Indicated yesterday when announcer ment was made of the capture of Mat chin, on the opposite side of the Danube, as the city was threatened by the con verging attacks of Field Marshal Von Mackenson's forces thre was no alter native for Its defenders but to stand a siege or retire, and they chose the latter course. With the capture of Braila the Teuton forces will now probably advance on the town o t Galata. twelve miles to the north, the capture.ot which would de prive the Russian* ot virtually their last hold on the shores of the Danube West of the Bessarablan boundary. Colbert on the night preceding the murder and heard the model talk on the telephone with Lewis who was at hotel. Miss Colbert refused to meet the man at first but later an ap pointment was made, the police say. Jt was also stated that this woman can show that Lewis and the model met at an automobile show held here a year ago. Marie Collins, an Intimate friend of Miss Colbert, told Captain of Detec tives Tate that she never heard her speak of Lewis, although she was ac quainted with every man that had ever visited her chum before, "It always -.vas Malzie's custom," said Miss Collins, "that whenever she had a visitor to telephone me, On Fri day morning, however, when I called her up and told her 1 was not feeling well and Invited her to my apartments on the second floor she said only that she had company. On every other oc casion she told mo tho name of the man who was with her In her apart ments." PENROSE NAMES HIS "WAR BOARD" OF TEN MEMBERS Prominent Republicans Said to Have Been Summoned For Anti-Brumbaugh Fight A Bpecial dispatch to the Telegraph from Philadelphia says: "A Penrose 'War Board' of ten members has been formed to direct the impeachment proceedings against Governor Brunw baugh, and the investigation of the State administration, which Senator Penrose declares he will push after the Legislature reconvenes on January 23, 'The 'War Board' was formed late yesterday at the conferonce of Pen= rose lieutenants from all parts of the State and is composed of the most powerful leaders in the Legislature, ' The entire program that will be launched by Senator Penrose against Governor Brumbaugh will be "planned in detail at a four days' conference to be held in Atlantic City starting on Thursday of next week. All of the members of the War fcioard' will be present. "Senates Penrose will preside over the deliberations of the 'War Board.' Tho other members are State Senators James P. McNlchol, Philadelphia, William C. Sproui, of Delaware, and T. Larry Kyre. of Chester! President Pro Tern of the Senate fcdwurd E. Beidleman, * of Dauphin; Speaker Richard J. Baldwin, Auditor General elect Charles A. Snyder: Representa tive James F. Woodward, of Alle gheny, chairman pf tho House Slate Committee and slated chairman of the House Appropriations Committee; W. Harry Baker, secretary of tho Re publican State Committee, and Wil liam S. Dleb. organization leader In Schuylkill county. SNOW SKXT wiIKK Washington. Jan. 6. —Weather predic tions for the week beginning Sunday, Issued by the weather bureau to-day says: Middle Atlantic States: generally overcast with probability of rain or snow Tuesday or Wednesday and again about Friday. Temperatures near sea sonal normal'. COUNCIL'S DELAY IN MOTORIZATION IS COSTLY TO Cm Fire Department Will Fall Short by at Least Thirty Per Cent, of Complete Re-equipping Through "Falldown" of Commissioners, It Is Estimated INCREASED COST OF MATERIALS MAKES APPARATUS MORE EXPENSIVE One New Truck and Tractor For Old Machine Instead of Two Brand New Pieces; Firemen Deplore Lack of Gross Support Over Year Ago Harrisburg's fire department will fall short by at least 30 per cent, ot complete motorization of all new equipment because of Council's fail ure a year ago to provide for the ex penditure of the $60,000 loan author ized by the people, according to sx- Assistant Fire Chief Edward Ilalbert to-day. Increased* cost of materials from 25 per cent, to 33 1-3 per cent, will prevent the re-equipping of the de partment with all brand-new ap paratus as had been intended and will mean that new tractors only can be added to old apparatus where entirely new motorized machines had been fig ured on twelve months ago. The ex-assistant tire chief offered some comparisons of items and figures of what had been proposed in l'Jlo— and what can be expected now, ac cording to City Commissioner E. Z. Gross' advertisement for tire bids— to support his contention. Only One New Truck The single item applies to the pur chase of a motorized truck. Instead of purchasing two entirely new hook and ladder trucks, as had been originally planned a year ago and which could have been purchased because of the difference at that time in the prices of materials, only one TEUTONS TAKE FIVE MORE TOWNS Berlin, Jan. 6.—By Wireless.—ln addition to Braila, the capture of which was announced last night, five more towns in Rumania have been taken by the Teutonic troops, which have reached the Sereth river at two points. New oper ations have been inaugurated in Dobrudja, following the expulsion of the last of the Russians and Rumanians. ENGINEER KILLED Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Robert Rothrock, formerly of Trexlertown, Pa., an engineer on a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western train, was killed to-day when he was struck by a freight car on a siding while he was leaning out of the cab of the engine he was driving. His fireman soon stop ped the train. "BUFFALO BILL" WORSE Glenwood Springs, Colo., Jan. 6.—The condition of Colonel William F. Cody, ("Buffalo Bill") took a turn for the worse early to-day and his physician announced he was hurrying the Colonel back to Denver. ROBBERIES AT MILLERSBURG Millersburg.—Burglars last night visited four business housed in this place, but secured little booty. At the Drei belbis & Son store $7 in cash was taken, the cash register, without any cash in it, was taken from the West Meat Market; about thirty cents was found missing at the office of Calvin Miller, and cigars, valued at $5, were taken from John Heckert. TWO KILLED IN EXPLOSION Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 6.—Two miners were killed and four other men were injured to-day in an explosion of gas in the Maxwell mine of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company. Six chambers were wrecked by the explosion. ICE ON RIVER MOVING Harrisburg.—The ice on the Susquehanna river in the vicinity of this city, began to move early this afternoon, but soon stopped. MARRIAGE LICENSES ~ W'nhlHn Waitner "d Dora I.lln Glaaa. city. Jolin Mienircr, Jr.. Ml