' ' ■ . .... . .... . - - . .. -.,. _ "WIWJYPIWVIWPWMVJW _J 1 • M ■' l,l ■Ashes Still Litter Hundreds of Backya HARRISBURG iaKKSTELEGRAPH No. 17 18 PAGES LXXXVI — ASHES LITTER YARDS IN ALL PARTS OF CITY City Health Officer Blames Labor Shortage For Condition NEED HUNDRED MEN Impossible to Maintain Sched ules Unless More Help Can Be Obtained, Says Raunick Hundreds of back yards and alleys in all parts of the city are littered with garbage and ashes, which in many localities have not been col lected for weeks. The condition, Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health officer, declared to-day, is due to the labor shortage in the city. "Give us one hundred men and the city can be cleaned up in a week," the health officer said this morning as he spoke of the conditions existing all over the city. "The Reduction com pany has wagons out and we have a number of extra ones out, but with only one man on each wagon, it Is practically impossible to maintain schedules." For weeks the situation has re mained unchanged. In the early part of December, owing to the many com plaints that were made about lack of service in ash and garbage collections. Council authorized the health de partment to proceed and hire addi tional wagons and men to be paid out of the bond furnished by the Pennsyl vania Reduction Company as surety. The bonding company for the re duction company, is tho American Surety Company, of New York. A representative came to the city after the surety company was notified and went over the situation. Additional wagons were sent out then in various sections of the city which had not been visited for weeks, but scarcity of labor again prevented any big results, it was explained to-day. In speaking of th situation this morning, Dr. Raunick declared that he would again discuss the ash and gar bage collection problem In his annual report to City Council. Says Co-operation Comes Late "Residents of the city offer us co- j operation and send committees to seo' officials of the department, when it is! too late. The present contract for I gartiagp and ash collections expires I next yeax. If the peope of the city want to co-operate they should see that the proper arrangements are made by Council when it provides for collections in the future." Raunick Suggests Expert The health official also suggested that it might be a good plan to bring an expert to the city to study the situ ation and give a report on a possible solution. Referring to the fact that Council had given the health depart ment authority to handle the ash sit uation and hire additional teams and men. Dr. Raunick said that even in the city a number of local contractors would have been willing to contract for the work but could not, be cause they said they were unable to get enough men for the teams. May Be Legal Snarl In case the city should follow out completely the instructions of Coun cil and hire men and wagons, paying for them with the money guaranteed by the bond of the reduction company, city officials to-day in-speaking of the problem, predicted that in all prob ability the bonding company would take the matter into court for a deci sion. Miller Exonerated of Responsibility For Death of His Invalid Son Following a hearing at Hummels town to-day, a coroner's jury exoner ated Harry Miller of all responsibility .for the death of his 21-year-old son, Clayton. Miller is charged with the" murder of his son by starvation and was ar rested on order of District Attorney Michael E. Stroup. this after noon Miller will be given a hearing be for Alderman James DeShong at his office, Third and Harris streets. The Millers reside near Hummelstow'n. The coroner's Jury included Wells Booser, David Hetrich, Thomas Mur ray, Frank France, S. W. Gingrich and George Greenawalt. THE WEATHER] For HnrrlNhure HIM! vicinity: Fair to-nlKbt uiiil prulmhly Snturdu>| no! much rlintige In Irnipcrulurt'. „ lowesl to-nlKht about 20 drgrrrii. For Knxtrrn I'cilliHylvaniat Fair to nlKht; Saturday Increasing cloudl neMN; not much change In tem peraturei moderate neat wlnda. River The MiiNiiiieltnmiu river nnd all ItM tributaries will full nlonly or re main nearly Mtatlonar.v without material chunitCN In ice condl tloiiN. A HtuKc of about IS. I feel In indicated for tlfirrtaburg .Satur day morninte. General Conditions A disturbance from ('uiiaila that overspread the northeastern por tion of the I'nited States is pnNs- Inu oif the North Atlantic const. It cau*ed westerly gales from the l.nke IteKloii eastward to the At lantic ocean mid light snow la the Ohio Valley mid In Michigan. Northern Pennsylvania, Western New York and In New Kiiglnail and the St. Lawrence Valley. An other disturbance from Western Camilla is now centrHl over North Dakota. I'ressare litis Increased over the Mouth-crntrnl pnrt of the country; it continues high, but bum decreased considerably weat mrt the RocKy xnnniniM. Temperature! 8 a. m., 24. Sum Hlaes, 7tlH a. m. .Montit New moon, January 23, 2i-10 a. m. River Staget ft.2 feet above lovr water mark. Yeaterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 30. Lowest temperature, 28. Mean temperature, 34. Kiuinal temuer-'turc. 28. IF ASHES WERE GOLD DUST WE WOULD ALL BE MILLIONAIRES ! J JUST A FEW GLIMPSES OF YARDS CHOKED UP WITH ASHES. BRUNNERTOMEET BOARD ON CAPITOL EXTENSION PLANS Preliminaries For Treatment of Capitol Park Will Be Set Forth by Architects Plans wero made to-day for a meet ing of the State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings to be held next week for discussion of the tentative plans for improvement of Capitol Park and treatment of the extension by Arnold W. Brunner, the New York architect, and Warren H. Manning, the Boston landscape authority, who was retained as consulting architect. Mr. Brunner and Mr. Manning made a number of visits to the city in Decem ber and have outlined their prelimin ary plans for the information of the members of the board. Governor Brumbaugh, who has been greatly interested, has not yet lixed the date for the meeting, but it will be after the Legislature adjourns for the week in all probability. Auditor General Powell, a member of the board, said to-day that he was awaiting the tentative plans with con siderable interest because of tho im portance of the proposition and so that tho appropriation needs could be estimated. General Powell is in ac cord with the idea of having the Capi tol Park the center of tho city's park system and of making it a fitting com plement to the Capitol.' While in Washington General Powell made some observations upon the landscape plan for the National Capital and also visited some Western capitals, noting the park treatment. PRUSSIAN DIET AIMS CRITICISM AT GOVERNMENT Favors More Unrestricted Use of Submarines, but Makes No Attacks 011 U. S. Berlin, Jan. 18, via London, Jan. 19. —The Prussian Diet took upon itself to-day the role of critic of the govern ment, which the Reichstag at its latest session refrained from doing. Never theless the prediction which was heard yesterday that the session would be marked by the most vigorous attacks on Chancellor Von Hethmann-Holl weg, turned out to be incorrect. The speech of Dr. Von Heyaebrand, con servative leader, who is associated with the Centrist and National-Liberal par ties, in favor of a more unrestricted [Continued on Page 4] Blames Extravagance For High Cost of Living Washington, Jan. 10. Profligacy and extravagance of the American people in pursuing pleasure were con demned in the Senate yesterday by Senator McCumber, of North Dakota, in opposing proposals for an embargo on food products. The high cost of living, he said, was largely due to American extravagance, citing figures to show that Americans spend thir teen billion dollars annually for liquor, tobacco, automobiles and "other amusements." "This revlry In extravagant habits," he staM. this unquenchable demand for amusements, for continuous mental in toxicants is undermining the sturdiness of our younger generation. The Am erican people seem obsessed with the idea that the main thing in life is amusement, play, entertainment." An embargo upon food, iu view of present prices of farm labor and ar ticles used on the farm, in addition to land values, would bo most unjust and class discrimination, ho declared. HARRISBURG, PA., FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1917 RED CROSS SEAL SALES FOR 1916 I HIGHEST EVER j " ' School Children Sell 250,732; Just 83,073 More Than in 1915 Just 83,6 73 more Red Cross Seals were sold by the school children of Harrisburg and Dauphin county dur ing tho campaign of 1916 than that of 1915, the totals announced to-day by I Dr. C. R. Phillips, chairman of the ( Red Cross Seal committee, show. The total number of seals sold by the school children in the 1916 campaign—which ran through out a week just before Christmas was 250,732. In 1915 the total num ber sold was 167,059. These figures mean in actual money received to fight the great white plague just $2,507.32 in 1916, and sl,- 670.59 in the year previous. This wa3 not the total amount re ceived from all sources during the campaign, however, the grand total of seals sold in Dauphin county for 1916 being 364,170, totaling $3,641.70 in money. Dr. Phillips, the chairman, pointed out, in announcing the totals, that the [Continued on Page 9] FRENCH TIME TO BE ONE HOUR FASTER, FEB. 15 Paris, Jan. 18. The government already is considering the question of advancing the legal time by one hour. It has informed the committee on edu cation that it is in favor of the step. It is believed that the new time will take effect February 15. COUNTY MUST PAY CITY'S BILL FOR EXTRA ELECTION Will Cost at Least $6,000, Say Commissioners, to Fill Vacancy City Council in all probability will have to provide for a special primary and special general election to till the vacancy caused by the death of City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, said City Solicitor John K. Fox, to-day. Mr. Fox is preparing an opinion on the question to be presented to the Commissioners next Tuesday. [Continued on Page 10] Young Wife Arrested For Murder of York Co. Farmer Shot While Holding Child Y°rk. Pa., Jan. 19. Harry Dellinger, 28 years old, a fanner of Brogue, llfteen miles south of York, was murdered by a charge of shot tired into the back of his lu-ad as he sat by the stove in the kitchen of his home, last night. Ills young wife, arrested thin morning by i ork officers for the crime, asserts her li nocencp, declaring that the shot was fired as she iav in bed in the adjoining room. Dellinger. she said, was holding bio three-year-old son, Clarence, in his arms when she rushed out to see what had happened. A single-barrel shotgun, with which it is believed the murder was committed, was found under the bed in which the couple slept. Neighbors say that one of frequent quarrels between the couple occurred last night. in the presence of J. W. Allen, living nearby, Del linger accused his wife of withholding Ing 110, whuieh he claimed he had given her In the morning. At midnight Mrs. Dellinger went to the homes of both Allen and John Warner and told them si mebody had shot her husband. Her story was discredited and she evident ly returned home and spent the night In the house with her son, a year-old baby girl and the dead body of her hus band. A boy of the neighborhood, going to the house this morning, spread the reDort of the crime. 'ELEVEN CRUISERS SCOUR OCEAN FOR ELUSIVE RAIDER ; Belief That She Has Armed at ! Least Two Captives Creates Consternation j Norfolk, Va., Jan. 3 9.—Wireless re f ports picked up here last night say " that at least eleven, if not more, allied 1 cruisers are now searching for the German raider playing havoc with en tente merchant ships in the South At- j . lantic. They are strewn along the At- j lantic coast from 300 miles south of; 3 the Virginia Capes to within a few! hours' steaming of the place where j the German rover was sighted. War vessels known to be engaged in tho search for the raider are the Brit ' ish cruisers Essex, Glasgow, Suffolk, Lancaster, Cumberland. Vindictive, Edinburgh Castle, Orama and the de ~ [Continued on Page I] j Scores Risk Lives to Walk ] Across Ice-Clogged River B Detroit, Mich., Jan. 19. —Scores of persons risked their lives tills morning by walking from Windsor, Ont., to De troit on the ice-clogged Detroit river. .[For the tirst time in fourteen years ' | ferryboats between the two cities have t been unable to get through. Detroit f policemen were ordered to prevent any '• more persons from crossing on tho ice. A powerful ferryboat with 300 pas ■ scngers aboard tried to make the trip 1 to Windsor this morning, but was com pelled to return to the local dock. I TRAINMEN HEAD HAS SUBSTITUTE PLAN FOR LAW Lee Suggests Board of Eight Equally Divided Between Railroads and Operators Washington, Jan. 19. w. G. Lee, heart of the Trainmen's Brotherhood, ] to-rtay presented a substitute plan for | President Wilson's railway labor legis lation to the House Commerce Com j niittee. | A board of eight equally divided be j tween railway workers and operating j officials, appointed by the President, would solve ail the present difficulties | over working conditions, he said, would command unqualified support 'of the four brotherhoods and despite the fact that it would be evenly rti vided, he predicted there would be 110 deadlocks. Lee appeared primarily to oppose the Adamson bill to compel ninety j days' notice of a strike or lockout. "Let the President create, so as to ■ take It out of politics," said Lee, "u board of eight members for handling this work, four practical railroad workers, such as conductors, brake- I men, trainmen or engineers, and four j practical operating officers. "There would be few deadlocks on such a board, despite the fact that it was evenly divided. Men who know ; their subject as these men should would seldom be without a majority. I Under such a plan both sides would 1 got justice and there would be no necessity for the Adamson bill now before you or any other legislation relative to hours or wages." 78-YEAR-OLD MESSENGER Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 19. There Is a messenger "boy" in Pittsburgh who has three grandchildren. He is William Jones, seventy-two years old, who "runs" messages for tl.e Postal Telegraph Company, and hii, employ ers wish they had more liko him. He is called the "best boy on the force." HARD FIGHTING STILL RAGING - IN RUMANIA | Russians and Rumanians Ap parently More Than Hold ing Tlier Own Heavy righting ,Is still In progress' on the Rumanian front, with the Rus sians and Rumanians apparently more than tioldtng their own, for the time at least, against Field Marshal Von | Mackcnsen's armies Elsewhere in the j Held of military operations there have j been few activities of importance, j This holds true of the Franco-Bel ! gian front where the quiet has been broken recently only by the British activities north of the Sommc, which have resulted in advances for them re cently near Bcaucourt-Sur-Ancre. In [Continucd on Page I] 510,000 Syrians Reported to Have Starved; Many Are Committing Suicide Rome, via Paris, Jan. 19,-r-Five hun dred and ten thousand people have died of starvation in Syria, according to information received by the Cor ricre d'ltalia. Lebanon is said to have i suffered particularly, while at Beyrout inhabitants are said to have been picked up on the streets nearly dying of hunger. The number of suicides is increas ing to appalling proportions. Similar horrors are reported as occurring in Palestine and parts of the interior in habited by Christians. TROOPS WILL NOT DRILL PUBLICLY FOR SOME TIME Captain Jack Says Men Must First Become Thoroughly Acclimated An invitation to the members of the Governor's Troop to attend Sunday monnlng services at Market Square Presbyterian Church and several re quests from citizens to have the troop drill in .Market Square were turned down to-day by Captain George O. Jack. He said this action was neces sary from a health standpoint and that until the men became thoroughly ac climated he would be obliged to de cline invitations for any public appear ance of the troop in a body. Captain Jack said: "I would like very much to have the troopers attend church in a body, but there are a number of them su'f [Continued 011 Page 10] To Close City Offices as Tribute to Bowman City Council will meet to-morrow morning to adopt resolutions of re gret because of the death of . City Commissioner Harry F. Bowman. ' City offices will probably be closed on Monday afternoon as a tribute of respect while the funeral is being held. The health department, plumbing and building Inspection bureaus will meet to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock to adopt resolutions of regret. Commis sioner Bowman was superintendent of these bureaus. Acting pall-bearers were chosen this afternoon. They will be Ralph, Herbert, William, Jesse and Walter Garverich and Assistant City Solicitor E. Bruce Taylor, all nephews of Commissioner Bowman. Funeral services will be held on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Thomas Keiseh, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiating. Honorary pall-bearors-are to bo chosen late to-day. Let Ail Flags Fly at Halfmast in Honor of Dewey ! All the Nation to-morrow will , honor the memory of Admiral I Dewey, licro of .Manila Bay, whose hotly is to be laid away at Wash- ! ington. Harrisburg should not lie forget ful of lt:s privilege anil its duty to k join in honoring the liero of the Spanish-American iVar. l,et all Hags he at halfmast throughout the day in every part FARM BUREAU PLAN WILL BE FORMED SOON Sixly Influential Agriculturists of County to Meet Next Wednesday Sixty influential farmers of Dauphin county have been invited to attend a meeting to bo held under tho aus pices of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce at the Engineers Society Clubhouse, Front and Chestnut streets, at noon Wednesday, January 24, .when the formation of a Dauphin County i rami Bureau will be discussed. The gathering will be preliminary to an organization meeting to be held in tho near future. Officials of the extension department of the Penns.sl vania State College will explain the workings of the farm bureau. F. P. Weaver and K. K. Hibsman, of the School of Agriculture at State Col lege, will attend the meeting. Under the plans formulated by the agricultural department of the Har risburg Chamber of Commerce a farm agent, a State College graduate, will be obtained for Dauphin county on July 1. The agent will have head quarters in Harrisburg, but will spend the greater part of his time traveling throughout the county. Editors of Dauphin county news ' papers have been invited to attend this meeting as guests of the Harris burg Chamber of Commerce. SPANISH SHIP SUNK London, Jan. 19.—Lloyds announces that the Spanish steamer Valle has been sunk. —ryy wryy. W w ~<yWwt<{(W(^ SCARLET AND GOKDON TO PROBE? | , Philadelphia, J&n. 19.—1t was reported here to-day that f j former Judge James Gay Gordon, of this city, and James j i Scarlet, of Danville, had been tentatively agreed upon as I ; counsel in the proposed investigation of State Departments announced by United States Senator Penrose several days f ► j 1 | j| I members of the House, it was said, will be introduced in the i 9 Legii 1 iture Monday night. Judge Gordon, according to the - | report, is willing to serve but the consent of Mr. Scarlet has 1 j i not yet been obtained. It was also reported that State 'L [ Senator Baldwin; of Potter county, may be the chairman j j of the joint, committee. Senator Baldwin was a member of I i the Catlin Commission appointed by the Senate some years < > P a b'°- ' EXPECT WHIPPLE TO DIRECT PROBE * f i Washington, Jan 19. Members of the House rule ' I committee investigating the alleged "leak" on President .[ p Wilson's peace lote lpparently were confident to-day that j Samuel L. Whipple, noted Boston lawyer, would accept the ' \ j committees invitation to act as its counsel in the inquiry. 1 f 1 WILSON CONFERS WITH STEEKERS i ? Washington, Jan. 19. —ln an effort to clear the leg- f r isU measures before th< J I House, With questionable political status comes into power, 1 I President Wilson conferred at the Capitol to-day with the i Sen 11 : cring Committee. POSSE KILLS THREE BA.NK ROBBERS 1 L [ Okmulgee. Okla. Jan. 19.—A posse of ten men which * j left here early tu-day in search {or alleged band robbcis, !; i returned about noon with titf bodies of Oscar Poc, Will ' ' Hart .nd II rry Hart. The men killed were engaged in ■% m skirmish with the posse about 18 miles southwest of this 1 B TODD SUGGESTED FOR SMITH'S PLACE t* ! Harrisburg.—The name of Samuel C. Todd, e.\ecutr 1 I controller, is beim beard oh Capitol Hill as a possible Sta' , | Banking Commissioner. Mr. Todd is a banker, having been ; ' connected with Washington county- banks for years prior to if beim, named executive controller. ' M ARRIAGE LICENSES . J Ilaulel Frank Ilnrbunh, Mlddletown. mid Kiln IJbrandl, Hlfflmplre. 1 ... Anilrew ~,Kht, K ht Geo.inmnn, l'hiln<ll|>liln, mid |ln Ircne Hetrlck, llernr- I % llle. Kmory Flnhep Slbbcrt, (nmp Hill, mid Catherine Kllssahetti Ithlncliurt, ) A ornile> NburK. ' ) Paul I'Vlklcl and Xofl Duhyk, Steclton, > Hurry Dietrich t'erlmcbcr and fla May Weaver* llarrlaburu;. Single Copy, 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT TWO EPIDEMICS IN 1916 BREAK DISEASE RECORD Total of 3,929 Cases of Conta gion During Year Reports Health Department j2,530 • HAD MEASLES 102 Afflicted With Typhoid; 7G Deaths From Both Occurred | With two bis epidemics of typhoid I fever and measles in 1916 all records | for cases of contagious diseases re- I ported in one year In Harrisburg were | broken, according to totals tabulated ! to-day in the City Health Department office. During the last year 3929 cases were reported, almost three times as many as in 1915. Of this number 2,530 cases were measles, the result of the worst epidemic of its kind in the his | tory of the city. For two months large numbers of cases were recorded j daily, schools and public amusement : places were closed to children and \ other general quarantine regulations j enforced by the health department | under the direction of Dr. J. M. J. Kaunick. During the year twenty-one ! died from measles and complications j which set in as a result of this disease. 102 Typhoid Cases j The other big epidemic followed j late in the summer when 402 cases [Continued on Page 4] 428,000 Prisoners and 525 Guns Captured by Russians in Last Year London, Jan. 19.—More than 428,000 officers and men were taken prisoner by the Russians during the past year and 525 guns captured, according to the Russian service organ, as quoted in a Central News dispatch from Pe- I trograd to-day. The journal closes its j review of the war operations during the year with the following approxi mate figures of men and booty taken: Officers, 8,770; men, 420,000; guns, 525; machine guns. 1,661; trench mor tars and mine throwers, 4 21; more than 80 per cent, of the foregoing war yielded by the operations of General Brussiloff.
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