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 |
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. 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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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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.!nva<l': ; regions in th* north of France, arc engaged in
fore' d la-, r for th- GstnV'Vis according to M. Dioudcville,
mayor of t c town of Cotchy, who has just arrived from
the occupied region at Evian.
BAKER RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED
Washington, Jan. 27. —The resignation of Bernard N.
Baker, of Ealtimore, as member of the Federal Shipping
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Hlle.v NVliltmoycr Shepler* llt'rMhcy, ttnri Itnth Kmiiia l.andli, London
derry townMlilp.
Allen l)'Ary nnd Hurbatra Hacker, llarrtuburic.
Itoltert !>leck 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£
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"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.