HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LXXXVI— No. 24 14 PAGES IIVER IS GORGED AT MANY PLACES; TROUBLE LIKELY Not One Cake of lee From Jan. 7 Break-up Has Reached Chesapeake Bay STREAM AGAIN CLOSED Snowstorm Coming Predicts Forecaster; Skating at Wildwood Park Every cake of the ice that passed Harrisburg after the breakup of Janu ary 7 is still somewhere between here and the broad Chesapeake, according to reports received by E. R. Demain the local weather forecaster. The river closed again about 11 o'clock last night and if the ice re mains until it again reaches a thick ness of several inches it may cause a big flood when the spring breakup comes. Reports from York Haven say that the ice is gorged at that point to a 25-foot height. Several years ago a big gorge be low Middletown damaged property in and around Middletown to the extent of thousands of dollars. Unless the ice breaks on the downriver section first there may be a possible reoccur rence of that disaster somewhere along the Susquehanna. Snow Predicted "We may expect snow any time within the next six hours,' Mr. IJe main said, "with an accompanying fall of temperature nntil about 22 de grees is roached. Although the ice on the surface of the river is much too rough for much possibility of skating in the near fu ture, local skaters are consoling them selves with the thought that the flag is flying on the Union Trust building that says "all's well" at Wildwood. Weather predictions issued this morning from AYasliington indicate that the weather for the Middle At lantic States will be unsettled and considerably warmer, with snow and rain Sunday and Monday. This will be followed by fair and colder weather until the end of the week when snow is again probable. 25-Cents-a-Day Menu Made Out For Family of President Wilson Washington, Jan. 27. This is the. menu, costing not more than 25 cents a person a day, which it is expected will be given a trial by President Wil son and his family within the near future. "Breakfast Oatmeal, two ounces; milk, one-halt cup; toast, three ounces; substitute for butter, one ounce; coffee, one-half ounce. Sugar for oatmeal and coffee. "Luncheon Salmon croquets with peas, consisting of one and three quarters ounces salmon, one-half ounce rice, one-half ounce bread, one ounce canned peas, one-eighth cup of milk, salt and pcp.ier, one-half ounce Hour and one-half ounce pure fat, forming the sauce; five ounces date bread; one-eighth ounce of tea per cup, one-half ounce sugar; one-quar ter cup of milk and one ounce substi tute for butter. "Dinner —Three ounces split peas, baked: one ounce bacon, salt and pep per, stuffed peppers, consisting of one half green pepper; one ounce rice, salt and pepper, then bake; one ounce substitute for butter, one-quarter cup of milk, one-half ounce sugar, one half banana, one-half orange, mixed with one-half ounce of sugar." The date bread for the White House family will Ue made from on'e pound of flour, two ounces of sugar, 2% ounces of dates, one-half yeast cake and two cups of water. Mrs. Eula McClary, representing the l.ife Extension Institute, of New York who was in Washington again, wrote to Mrs. Wilson, Inclosing a copy of the J above menu, which she requested should be given a trial by the Presi-i dentlal family. "See What I Did to Sweetheart!" Says Boy Who Burns Baby's Eye Waynesboro, Pa.. Jan. 27. Russell I Hornbraker. the 18-months-old son of John Hornbaker. of Marion, near here was perhaps fatally injured yesterday when his brother. Frank, aged four) years, ran a redhot poker into his eye When the boy had burned baby's eve' he called to his mother, saving- "Come and see what I did to Sweetheart." The doctor believes the poker went deep! enough to have penetrated the brain. 1 THE WEATHER] For llnrrlNlinrK anil vicinity: I'n xettlril weather, probably nmnv or rain to-night or Sundn.vi Marnier; lowrnt temperature to night nliout degreeH. For Kuftterii IViiii.i.yl vnnln: Over rant Hint warmer weather, with probably miiow or rain late to night or on Sunday! moderate to rrr*h ennt and Moutlieaitt Hindu. lllver Ihe SiiMquehanna river and all It* branched will f„|| M | ow ly or re main nearly Htatlonary, rxeent the lower portion of the North ■(ranch, which will Hmc ll K htlr. I,oca I rle may occur where the channel hecomcN clogged with lee ■ • .*2 ver became Icebound a* llarrlnburg about 11 p. m „ ,< r i_ | day. tieneral (.'ondltlona Mailt mow ban fallen oier n eon- I Mlderaltle part of the eountrv fit..,, the MU-ourl river entard. am I h IV , ovrr "e North I 1 neltle Matew and on tlie Went ' Uult coatit. Temperature* have fallen 4 to IS degree* In the Middle Atlantic "ad Mew Knglnnd Mtutea, and In the llocky Mountain*, .Southern California, Wealern IS (-hriiiaka and Oklahomai elnetvliere there hu* been a Kenernl rl*e of a to 8S de cree* In temperature, Temperaturei N a, ni., VI. Sum ltt*e, 7118 a. m. Mooni Kir*! quarter, Junuarv HiOl a. m. ' | lllver Stagei 1> feet above lowe- i water mark, VeHterday'* Weather lllghcNt temperature, :Ut. . l.oncHt temperature, 'JII. Mean temperature, nil. Normal temperature, -5. j NEW CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD BRIDGE MODEL FOR OTHERS JO BE BUILT WITHIN NEXT FEW YEARS | . .■■ . ; •> ' ■ ■ - .v- ■ ; ■ ■■■ ■ .! - - ■ „ - . LOOKING TOWARD. HARRISBURG FROM THE WEST SHORE Il ni^nnolll b fnl?'^ior2 l ?ntlfi ll i C,^i d br J£ Be ' now Practl'oally completed, is a mark of beauty on the Susquehanna landscape opposite this city rather than an eyesore, like the one it replaced. hHfIM tn h! K ! w n ini,t Vi V w! 1 f 6 proper development of the River Front, are ursinjt a type of construction along the general lines of the Cumberland Valley bridge for the new ™nr. r il h! i?, th street within a few years. A new viaduct here is necessary to accommodate the rapidly growing travel over the Valley railways linos. The same general type of directTy from SSf?^" tand *•* "> r a brtd - l ° " e bUilt ventu.,y at State street. This bridge will open up a great hi^'ofM bein J'plac'ed.^thcir^co^U^act"s'"ln\'">fe^. 0I, pians' for'a^forma/ l°e sfoon. t> ' nE the ' r maChlne,y - W,th the "option of a hand rail on the north side of the bridge, now FORCIBLY FEED MRS. BYRNE WHEN SHE COLLAPSES I i j Imprisoned Birth Control Pro i paganist Too Weak to Offer Much Resistance TOO CONTINUE METHOD Prison Physician Will Feed Her Through Tube Until She Abandons Strike | New York, Jan. 27. The prison i authorities resorted to forcible feed | ing in the case of Mrs. Ethel Byrne, i after the birth control propagandist | collapsed to-day while maintaining her j "hunger strike" in her cell on Blaelt j well Island, where she is serving a | thirty-day term. j The woman did not resist. Accord f Continued on Page 7] "ALL ON ACCOUNT OF A GIRL" SAYS SUICIDE'S NOTE j jEnola Man, Fireman on Phila delphia Division, Aged 45 Drinks Poison "All on account of a girl!" : This was the. simple message writ ten by David Florin, aged 45, of Enola, i who early this piorning committed j suicide at the home of Nellie Smith, 1315 Cherry street, by drinking carbolic acid. East night. Floria came to the home of Miss Smith, an old friend, and j asked her to keep him over night, as ihe had no money with him. He told J her he had beeh visiting a Miss Bertha Kverly, East street, this city, and had threatened to commit suicide there. .Floria said that during tho three years of his acquaintance with Miss : Kverly, he had given her over $1,300, and now was almost out of funds. I Florin told his hostess that, he would j draw SSO from the bank this morning, jand they would go out for "a good i time" this evening. He asked her to (call him about 10 o'clock this morn-. | ing. I Miss Smith says when she came i home from market about 9:30 o'clock I she went to his room to call him. | Upon entering his room she found him | dead. Coroner Ecklnger was at once notified and the body was taken to the undertaking establishment of S. I S. Speece. j It could not be learned whether | Floria had any survivors or not. He ! was a fireman on the Philadelphia Di- j | vision of the P. R. R., running out of I ! Enola. He was given leave of ab-1 I sence several days ago to attend the ] funeral of his sister, supposed to be living in Lancaster. BOY KILLER COASTING ! Mount Union, Pa., Jan. 27. —While ] coasting with another companion, Merle Reck, aged 9, of Aughvick Mills, was fatally injured when he was run over by an approaching automobile. His companion is also in a serious condition. Why the Reservoir Cars Are Late —Time —Saturday morning, 10 I o'clock. —Place—Walnut and Fifteenth streets. —A car Is hurtling along city ward, when the motorman espies ! fair damosel breathlessly running i toward Walnut in Fifteenth, All I the chlvalrlc instincts of the motor man are aroused and he stops the ! car. The damosel continues breath lessly toward him, rounds the front of the car and speeds to ward the rear entrance, The con ductor, gallant as the motorman swings open the door. But— The blessed damosel continues on her way out Walnut street. Back home, you know, she was making a cake, and suddenly dis covered that she needed okl-s Ding! ding! "Fooled y' thet time. Bill " chortled the conductor. ''Hope that damre-porter ain't on tnts car," suid the motorman. But he was. Monday—Why the State street cars are 'ate. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1917 HARRISBURG WILL HAVE FOUNDATION LIKE CLEVELAND'S Prominent Men Interested in Movement to Procure Gifts and Bequests to Be Used in Various Ways For Bene fit of All the People of the City; Has Worked Well in Other Places; Outline of the Plan It is entirely probable tliat what will IK* known as tlu; liarrisburn Founda tion will materialize as tlie result or some- informal discussion among cer tain well-known citizens regarding the need of such an institution. The sug gestion came alM>ut as the result of the frequent statement tiuit one would give to this or Uiat cause providing lie or she had reason to belic\e the be quest would lie properly administered for the public good. It is the opinion of prominent 11arrisburgers that not waiting for death but during their lives many persons would like to con tribute to Uie comfort nnd welfare of the community could they he assured KREIDER AFTER $65,000 P. 0. FOR MIDDLETOWN Congressman Succeeds in Hav ing Measure Included in Omnibus Bill If a bill introduced into Congress by Congressman A. S. Kreider of this district is passed and npproved, Slid dletown Will get a $60,000 Federal Building, it was learned to-day through Washington advices. For a number of years citizens of Middletown have declared the popu lation of the town and the post office receipts should have recognition from the government and that a new fed eral building for post office purposes should be nuilt. Several years ago, when Congress man Kreider secured an appropria tion for the remodeling and the ad dition to the Harrisburg Post Office, pressure was brought to bear with the hope that something might be done for Middletown. Congressman Kreid er, at that time, expressed it as his opinion that possibly the authoriza tion for the purchase of a lot might be secured provided an Omnibus Public Buildings Bill was passed by the Sixty-third Congress, but as no such bill was passed in that Congress, nothing came of the matter. At the beginning of the Sixty-fourth Congress, the Congressman introduc ed a bill providing for the purchase of a site and the erection of a suitable building thereon. Recently, Con gress passed an Omnibus Public Buildings Bill and through the efforts of Congressman Kreider, a provision was inserted which carries an author ization for the expenditure of $65,000 for the purchase of a lot and the erection of a suitable building thereon. TWO OF 12 MEN OVERCOME RY GAS, NOT OUT OK RANGER Mahanoy City, Pa., Jan. 27. —Fire Boss Thomas Matthews and Timothy Qulnlan are the only two of the twelve mine victims overcome by gas while fighting a mine lire who are not out of danger, though their recovery is expected. Eehlgh 'oal and Navigation Coni pany olfldals decided to bore several holes from tlio surface of the Glendon section of the Primrose mine, through which volumes of water will be forced upon the burning gangway in tho hope of subduing the tire in a week, 18 DEAD| 50 IIIIIT IN WHUCK Talis, ,lan. 86.—Hlghte.n persons have been killed and fifty injured through a collision between the Bour ges-Paria express and a freight train' at Chateaunou, BATTLE RAGING ON BOTH SIDES OF LINE Tucson, Aria., Jon. 27. —Lying In rocks dose to the international line, live miles south of Ruby, Ariz., forty members of Troop K, First Utah cav alry, commanded by Lieutenant Arns, were keeping up an Incessant llrlng at i Mexican soldiers across the lino to day. The Mexicans were returning the shots. As far as Unowu none of the Atucri their gift or gifts would IK- devoted to proper uses. Only this week a man left $25,000 or a 5150,000 estate in trust to Upper I.caeock township where he was born "for the improve ment of education." Cleveland Foundation Before the Cleveland Foundation was formed three years ago the direc tors of one of the leading trust-com panies of that city submitted its out lines and provisions to many people whose opinions were valued and these [Continued on Page 7] THREE HUNDRED SILK MILL GIRLS OUT ON STRIKE Employes Say Company Is Try ing to Sidestep Raise of Cent a Yard Three hundred employes of the Har risburg Silk Mill, Second and North streets, this morning went on a strike. The girls claim the company is en deavoring to adopt measures that will sidestep the raise of 1 cent per yard which had been promised. Monday morning the company posted a notice that promised the em ployes an increase of 1 cent per yard. This would have increased the pay of the average weaver about $2.50 to $3 per week. This morning#they claim that another notice was posted which said they would get theraise "pro vided they did good work." A committee of the strikers visited I lie newspaper offices to make public their grievance. One of the girls said: "We always try to do good work. It pays. A girl is fined if' she\loesn't. Why, one girl was lined 50* cents the other day for poor work. But we can't do good work unless we ge*. good silk, and the silk has been very poor re -1 cently. The strikers declare they will not work until they get the raise that the company promised them. "We didn't ask for it, but we deserve It, and are going to have it, one and all," per sisted one fair weaver. Gustave Koster. mill superintendent, declared "No stVike is on." He ad mitted there had been "some mis understanding" concerning the notice. He says the words "Provided they did good work" had been fritten into the notice with pencil and that ho knew nothing about it. City League Committee to Discuss Clark Act Amendments Tuesday A meeting of tho law committee of the Third Class City League, includ ing a number of city solicitors from all parts of the state, will be held In the. Council chamber Tuesday to dis cuss proposed amendments to the (.'lark act. One of the points whljuh will prob ably be brought up In tho discussions will be a proposed amendment to pres ent clauses concerning the election of successors to till vacancies In Council. Wllliuuisport and Harrisburg City Commissioners are particularly In terested in this beacuse of present vaca ncles, City Council will meet on Tuesday also, when some action may be taken on tho question of tho election of a successor lo Commissioner Harry l'\ Bowman, can troops have been wounded or killed. Reinforcements from Xogales are being rushed to the scene. Sol diers and civilians returning from tho line report they ww several Mexican soldiers fall during the llglitlnK. A telephone message from Aravlca says the Mexican soldiers engaging the Americans are from the Carranza gar rison at Susube. GERMANS HOLD TENACIOUSLY TO VERDUN GAINS Berlin Declares Efforts of French lo Recapture Lost Ground Are Futile RUSSIANS STEM TIDE Sweep of Teutons Toward Riga Is Stopped by Bescrves The Germans are holding vn tena ciously to the niile of trenches "-they reported yesterday having taken from the French in the Verdun region on the French front. No headway has been made in the attempts to recap ture the lost ground, Berlin declares. The German statement announces that after the failure of the attacks last night new assaults were launched [Continued oil Page 7] ARNOLD MARKET SQUARE REPORT IN PROPER HANDS All Concerned Have Long Ilad It, McFarland Says; Talks on Valley Terminal ! J. Horace McFarland, secretary of | the .Municipal League of 1 larrisburg, I denied to-day that there ever had I been any effort to keep from tlje pub- I lie the Arnold report relating' to the treatment of Market Square and gave an interesting digest of its contents. Mr. McFarland, commenting upon an editorial in the Telegraph of last evening, 'said: "There lias not been any conceal - j ment of the Arnold report, obtained I June 21, 1915. Copies of it were sup- I plied to the llarrisburg Railways I Company, to the Valley Traction Company, to the Chairman of the City Planning Commission, and to the superintendent of highways of the city. "Other reports were involved, in cluding not only those obtained from Albert Kelsey, of Philadelphia, but another made by the Superintendent of Traffic in New York City, who with an assistant came here to study the situation. "It is .hoped that the consideration j of these reports by the corporations ! and authorities to whom they were j freely supplied would result in some progress in carrying out the expressed will of the people for the creation of I an isle of safety and the provision of public comfort stations in Market Square. New Effort Alter Long Delay "On account of the long delay in this promised consideration, the League has recently been stirring up all concerned, because it is believed that action should now be taken to [Continued on Page 11] Tri-County Group of Red Men Is Planned The llarrisburg tribes of the Im proved Order of Red Men will hold a joint meeting to-night at tlie wigwam of Pocoson Tribe to discuss plans for the proposed organizat ions of a trit'ounty association of Red Men which will Include Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry counties. The meeting will lie addressed by several past great sachems. The annual masque ball of the de gree team of Warrior Eagle Tribe, No. H4O, Improved Order of Red Men, will be given In Wlnterdnle Hull, Mon day evening, February 12, A musical program will be rendered and prizes awarded for the cleverest costumes. Raider Is Active Yet, Allies Again Warn Norfolk, Jan. 27, Allied war- 1 ships, apparently 200 miles off! the- Virginia Capes, have sent out ! wireless warning to merchant vessels j to beware of German raiders operat ing in the Atlantic. The warning also informed mer | chant vessels that the raider had not 1 been disposed of by the Hritish ! cruiser Ulasgow. as reported in do- ! spatches from South America. The last information the ltritish fleet in the Atlantic had of the raid- 1 cr was on January 11. i $4,000,000 FIRE SWEEPS HEART OF PITTSBURGH Department Store, Opera House and Dozen Other Build- ings Burn BLASTS SPREAD EMBERS Feared Entire Block Would Go; Scores of Firemen Injured Pittsburgh, Jan. 27. Fire which swept a section of the retail business district here to-day destroyed the Frank and Seder department store, the Grand Opera house, the Hilton Clothing Companv and a dozen or more small buildings with a loss esti mated at from $3,000,000 to $4,000,- 000. Four firemen were seriously hurt and a dozen or more so badly injured [Continued on Page 12] I • , ' 1,000 WOMEN REPORTED BLOWN UP !'• 1 7 r hr "• Ai x-n. l t cn blown up arid l,Q'. ) women . - 1 yt "*>g girls killed, according to a • letter-taker - from a Ge.inai soldier dated December 30. The letter was written from Dresden and the writer ;.aid that all the windov within a radius of twelve miles were broken by the exj o&ion. He'added that the authorities were keeping the news secret and that no railroad tickets were being issued for Dresden except for urgent reasons. . EXIT- CTED TO CLOSE UP SPARELL TRIAL Sa i, A; .rlo,* I , Jan. J/. The State was expected to close lit. •- t, - non> in rebuttal to-day in the tiial of Harry J. Spam!', (.harmed with murdering his wife. P. K. i.v 'LACE MONSTER EQUIPMENT ORDER Altoc , P.. , Jiiri. 27 Orders for 225 locomotives, 2100 freight cars and ninety coaches, the first of •the 1917 equipment program announced by Uie Pennsyl vania R .c Com iv, • rc placed by the company with its thops here tc-day. LARGER EXCHANGE HOUSES TO BE PROBED New York, Jan. .7.—The rule:; committee of the House will laiinch at or/ce into the operations of , the larger stock exchange houses during the \ -riod of the alleged "leak" on the Pret>i<: - .t's peace note at the reopening of its inquiry here Mond /. This v. r at, announced to-day by Sherman L. Whipple, tlie committee counsel, who said it is the big transact. > and the operators on a large scale that the committee would iook into first, and representatives of the big houses would be first called. 700,0. .) ! R E.N'CH DOING FORCED WORK Paris, Jan. 27.—l ev-n hundred thousand inhabitants of the.!nvaleck llMiN*nl nuil Mnrtlia Imie lleel?, llarrlnburA >llle* ICmaiiiiel l-'lor>, I'enbrook, mil Katharine Franceiaa Brandt* I'nxttdia. Caeorite Wiimliliikloii Hockley iiml Nnilie Mae Clemen*, l.ehanon. Ward Harry Thornim nnd llutb (•nrnctta Uny, Middletown, Single Copy. 2 Cents POSTSCRIPT U. S. EXPEDITION E WITHDRAWING OUT OF MEXICO American Punitive Force Is Marching Toward Ihe Border [VILLA IS FOLLOWING \ !His Forces Remain at Safe Dis tance in Wake; Occupy ing Posts I El Paso, Tex., Jan. 27. American j troops started north from the field | headquarters at Colonla Dublan at I dawn to-day, according to reports j from Columbus, N. M., brought there j early to-day by passengers arriving overland. Tl.e troops which left were believed to be the advance guard of jthe punitive expedition. Villa followers were moving in the wake of the American expeditionary forces as they Withdrew from El Vaile, San Joaquin and Charcos, according to a report received here from pre vously reliable sources. They re mained at safe distances but moved northward slowly as the rear guard o£ [Continued on I'ago Jl] "Schwab Hotel" Has All Modern Conveniences The new "Schwab Hotel," is ready for occupancy. It is not necessary to engage rooms in advance. Prospec tive roomers will be accommodated at all hours of the night and day. No advance deposit is required and rooms do not need to have any bag , gage. Tlie rooms are comfortable and i well ventilated. Running water and other accommodations have been pro i vided in each room. Meals will be served to patrons in their rooms. Ser vice will be provided so tbat it will not be necessary for any guest to ! leave the room at any time. No bothersome bellboys as attend ants. Kates ai-Q exceedingly low and in exact ratio to the guest's ilnances. No roomers, however, will be accepted for a longer period than six days. No, Schwab has not gone into the hotel business, "Schwab Hotel" is tin nickname the city policemen liavt given the new all-steel cells just com pleted in the station basement.