Thousands of Cattle Are Burned in Great HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M LXXXVI— No. 248 .14 PAGES CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICAN NAVY BEING PLANNED Grave Problems of America's Sea Campaign Are Dis cussed With Representatives of the Allies; Details Are to Be Kept Secret From the Enemy; Plans Are Gone Over by Atlantic Commander and Secretary Daniels Washington, Oct. 16. —American naval co-operation with the Allies was further discussed to-day at a conference between the British Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British naval attache, Commodore Gaunt, Secretary Daniels and Admiral Benson, chief, of operations. No announcement of the results of the conference was made and it was generally regarded as a sequel to the discussions which have been going on between Secretarj- Daniels, Admiral Benson and Admiral Mayo, commander of the Atlantic fleet, who re cently has returned from a naval conference with the Allies at London. The only announcement Secretary Daniel has made of the conference so far is that they concern very grave subjects. RUSSIAN CAPITAL MAY BE SAVED BY WEATHER Petrograd, Oct. 16.—The German landing force on the Russian Island of Oesel is developing its success, the Russian war office announced to-day and the Teutons are being reinforced with additional troops. The Germans have instituted an offensive against the Svorb penin sula, in the southwestern section of the island, with the object of cap turing the Russian batteries at Serel. These batteries cover thfe entrance to the Gulf of Riga. The German operations in and around the Gulf of Riga, which have centered cntion upon the North ern Russian front for several days past, are not likely to be extended this fall to the Gulf of Finland, on the route to Reval, Cronstadt and Petrograd, in the opinion of Russian naval authorities. The lateness of the season will have the effect of lo calizing the German effort, the Min ister of Marine believes. The situation created by the Teu tons' move however, serious enough for the Russians in its present as pect, with the great naval prepon derance of the Germans in the Raltic there seems little to prevent them from making the Gulf of Riga vir tually a German lake and solidifying it into a strong naval base from which military operations as well, could easily be pushed advantage ously under propitious weather con ditions. Fronts Fnchang'otl. The Military situation on the vari ous fronts in the western war area was virtually unchanged overnight, so far as the official statements re T veal. The German reports have begun to lay stress again upon the violence of the artillery fire in Flanders but there are no indications that the bombardment has yet been worked up to the point where the British find themselves ready for a renewal of their drive. Evidently much depends on the weather in this region. In the light of his last week's experience with the handicap of the Flanders mud it seemes probable that Field Marshal Haig will await the settling of the ground into a somewhat more pas sable state although the hope of se curing even ordinarily good condi tions at this late season of the year seems now to lie considered small. French Repulse Attack. On the French front the activities are centered on the Aisne and be fore Verdun. Last night's fighting in both regions was mostly monopo lized ty the artillery. The German infantry, however, came to life on the [THE WEATHER For IliirriahurK aal vicinity: I air and cooler to-night with fro.nt; WrdiifNiiay fair. For Ka.storii t'eiiuaylvaulu! l-'air anil cooler to-night* %%itli frost; WctlnrMilay, fair, cooler in MoutlicnMt portion; gentle nortli- %Vill(lM. Hlver The mnin river will rise Nlouly. All tribiitnrieM will fall *lowly or remain nearly ntationiiry. A Mtage or nhoiit *l.O feet Im Indi cated for IlarriNburK; Wednes day morning. General t ondltion* The cyclonic depression that wiim central over Ontnrio, Monday morning. haa passed off .North eastward down the St. Lawrence Yulley. It cauned showers In the limt twenty-four hours gen erally over the territory from the Cireat l.akes eastward to the Atluntlc coast. Showers fell iilmo over the Florida penlnMuln and In Alhertn. Klsewhere throughout the territory repre aeuted on the map the weather was fair. Tempernturea have rinen 2 to 12 degrees In the Atlantic Sttaew from New Bngland southward, and In the Gulf States, Kastern Tenneasee and Oklahoma! over the remainder of the conntry east of the Hocky Mountains. Temperaturet 8 a. m., 58. Sunt Rlaea, otlß a. m.| wets, fi49 p. ni. Moons Flrat quarter. October 28. River Stager 8.8 feet above low water mark. Yenterday'a Weather Highest temperature, 71. Low-eat temperature, 411. Mean temperature, 00. Normal temperature, 54. west bank of the Meuse, attacking north of Hill 304. The French found little difficulty in repulsing this as sault, while on the Ais>ne front French parties made successful in cursions into the German lines. Fewer Casualties. Rritish casualties continue to show a declining rate. The total reported in the last week was 14,096 as com pared with 17,505 for the week clos ing October 9 to 21; 18,179 for the ; preceding week. This is despite the fact that the 3ritish have been heav ily engaged in Flanders during the past three weeks, scoring some of the most notable gains of ground in this years fighting within this period. Secretary of War Reassured by His Visit Here, He Writes President David E. Tracy, of the I lai l isburg Chamber of Commerce received the following letter I from Secretary of War Newton D. Waker, in response to one from Mi- Tracy thanking him for his visit to Harnsburg to address the Chamber's , War Meeting on Monday, October 8: "Dear Mr. Tracy. "I have just received your very generous note of October . Raker, "Secretary of War." Police Believe They Have Man Who Made Daring Raids on Coin Boxes Following several daring thefts ot Bell Telephone coin boxes from pay stations, Joseph Vance, who claims Philadelphia as his residence was captured this morning at Eleventh and Market streets by Special Offi cer Phipps of the Hell Telephone- Company. Last Thursday evening someone entered a booth at the office of the liarrisburg Railways Company and snipped off the wires leading to the coin box, disappearing with the box The day following, a similar theft was reported from the Hess Cigar Store at Thirteenth and Market streets. The next victim ws the Central Hotel, and at 5.30 last night fi box in the booth at the central Post Office disappeared. Last night at 9.30 a man entered a booth in the restaurant of William Slier, at Middletown, and later it was found that the coin box was missing. The police were nitifled and this morning Vance was taken into custody. It had been his custom to enter the booth wearing an over coat, it is reported. By concealing the bov under his coat he escaped "de tection. > ance, it is claimed, has been guilty of similar offenses in the past, and the police say that he spent some time in the Huntingdon Reforma tory. At no place did he secure a large sum of money. His toll at Middle town was $6, the largest sum se cured. He will appear before Alder man Landis for a hearing this after noon. New Patrol Will Arrive Next Week, Latest Promise The new patrol for the City Police Department, order several months ago but delayed because the Govern ment took over the plant which re ceived the contract to build the body will probably he delivered next week and put into service at once. The new machine was built at a cost of $2,500 and will be used large ly for patrol calls as the ambulance calls are handled by the hospital car. At present the Police Depart ment is using a five-passenger tour ing car to haul prisoners to Jail and to the station. CATTLE DIE BY THOUSANDS IN GREAT BLAZE More Than Half of Great Stockyards Destroyed by Fire Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 16.—More than one-half of the Kansas City stockyards, the second largest in the country, was destroyed by fire early to-day. It wag estimated after the fire had been brought under control, after raging for two hours, that sev eral thousand head of cuttle hud been destroyed. Some estimates ran us high as ten thousand. There were 47,000 cattle in the yards at the close of business yesterday, it was an nounced, and while it was possible to liberate most of them, so rapidly did the flames gain headway that many were caught and burned. Hundreds of cattle liberated from the burning structures readied ifip downtown sections of both Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kas. It was the third disastrous fire in the history of the Kansus City stockyard. The blaze was discovered by two pa trolmen in Kansas City, Kansas, and before they could summon appara tus the fire had become unmanage able. Fire departments from both Kansas Cities com hatted the flames. The origin of the fire was unde termined. The other two were caus ed by carelessly thrown cigaret stubs. No estimate of the financial loss was avuiluble eurly to-day. Food Cheap Now Compared With Prices Demanded in First Years of Civil War Chicago, Oct. IB.—Prices of many staple food products averaged about 129 per cent higher during the first years of the Civil War than to-day. according to items taken from an in voice of goods sold by S. Hamlll and Company, wholesale grocers of Keo kuk, lowa, to R. J. Jacobs, a retailer. June 22, 1862. Sugar in those Civil War days sold for SSB a barrel, rice at $31.38 a barrel, tobacco at more than double the present price and tea at $101.52 for a 25-pound chest. Twenty-five poiyids of the same grade of tea to day may be bought for $18.90. Cof fee also was nearly four times as high as at present. The same bill of groceries and sun dries that then brought $044.14 may be bough* to-day for $281.61. lowa Voters Make State Dry by Large Majority Deg Moines, lowa, Oct. 16. Re turns to-day from more than two thirds of the precincts of the state on the election on constitutional pro hibition held in lowa yesterday indi cate that the amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of liquor was adopted by a majority of about 10,000. The larger cities generally went against the amendment. Davenport and Scott county piled up a ma jority of nearly 7,000 against prohi bition, the vote being 9,659 to 2,743 Des Moines, however, went drv hv 1,410. Sioux City, Council Bluffs. Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Dubuque Keokuk, Clinton and Muscatine ali went wet, Dubuque voting live to one against the amendment. The rural districts of the southern and central parts of the stato wert responsible for the apparent victory of the amendment, voting; two und three to one for prohibition. Prohibi tion by statute prevails In lowa at oreaent. HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY ftVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1917 "HOCK DER KAISER" GOVERNOR FILLS MANY VACANCIES ON CAPITOL HILL D. Lloyd Hartman, Mifflin town, Gets Furman's Place; J. A. Steese Promoted IX Lloyd Hartman, of Mifflintown, Juniata county, was to-day appointed by Commissioner of Labor Jackson to be chief of the bureau of statistics and information of his department. Mr. Hartman is a graduate of Juniata College and is said to be a personal friend of Governor Brumbaugh. The place carries a salary of $5,000 a year and was formerly filled by Paul N. Furman, of Philadelphia, who re signed last summer. James A. Steese, of Mount Holly Springs. Cumberland county, chief clerk of the department, was appoint ed chiM of the bureau of mediation, at $4,000 a year, to succeed the late Patrick Gilday, Clearfield. William Young, Philadelphia, mem ber of the State Industrial Board, whose nomination was rejected by the Senate but who was appointed again on July 9 by the Governor, was ap [Continued on Page 5] To Save Poor, Aged Tax Collector Juggles Money; Sentenced to Two Years Hy Associated Press Plymouth, MUSH., Oct. 16. —Ben- jamin O. Heed, 68 years old, former tax collector and treasurer of Whit fnan and widely known, as "Honest Ben" to-day began a two years' term in the House of Correction after pleading guilty yesterday to the lar ceny of town funds amounting to $25,000. Reed made a remarkable state ment to the court in pleading to the charge. "I did the best I could. Not one cent of the $25,000 in my defalcation has been appropriated to my own use, but rather to meet outstanding taxes which threatened to expose my own peculiar style of bookkeep ing." The old man related that at the time of manipulating his accounts, business was dull In Whitman and many of hii* friends were unable to pay their taxes. "I knew that if I pressed many of them who owed taxes," he went on. "it meant the loss of hundreds of homes and the wiping out of small bunk accounts. I collected money and applied it to, the accounts of those who could not nay year after vear, and the two offices I held made it possible for me to transfer from one account to the other. Part of my salary also was used for this pur pose." District Attorney Katzman admit ted there was no evidence that Heed used the money in any other way than he had stated. He had been in office since 1903. Legal Holiday For Liberty Loan Asked by McAdoo Washington, Oct. 16.—Secretary McAdoo has telegraphed a request to the Governors of all states to des ignate as a legal holiday October 24. alread • named by President Wilson as National Liberty I,oan Day. In case this cannot be done, the Secre tary suggests all public places be closed during the afternoon and ap nranrlnta care.monla* RiranecL ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISHASH BUREAU IS IN AROthcr Law Would Prevent Any Possibility of Short Weight Ordinances to prevent any possi bility of short weight in the sale of coal, coke, sand, lime, stone, junk and other commodities bought and sold by bulk and establishing a bureau of garbage and ash inspec tion were the two most important introduced in Cpuncll on first read ing to-day. The first ordinance is one which is favored by Harry D. Reel, City Inspector of Weights and Measures, as it furnishes the necessary legisla tion to prosecute any dealer who does not give full weight in selling commodities by the wagonload. The ordinance was introduced by Mayor Bowman, and requires that on each wagon used in the sale of coal, coke, sand, stone, lime and junk must have the weight of the wagon stamped or painted on It. The ve hicles must be weighed at least once a year on the city scales under the supervision of Inspector Reel and the law becomes effective January 1, After the ordinance had been read Mayor Bowman and the other Com missioners held a short discussion of the need of enforcing the laws in case of short weight and measure. It is understood in this connection an ordinance to prevent forestalling in city markets may be considered. Four Inspectors The legislation authorizing the or ganization of a garbage and ash in spection bureau provides for one. chief inspector at a salary of $2,000 a year and three assistants at sl,- 200 a year, whose duty it shall be to enforce all city laws regarding the collection and disposal of ashes, rub, bish, dead animals and garbage. Commissioner Gross presented an ordinance authorizing the Park De partment to purchase a strlD of ground eleven by thirty feet at Elm and Sixteenth streets at a cost of not more than S2OO. The plot is ownea by E. A. Hefflefinger and will prob ably be planted similar to the one at Cameron and Paxton streets. Other ordinances introduced pro vide for paving of an alley eight feet wide between Wood and Fifth streets and placing an arc light at Twelfth and Forster streets and at Twentieth and Market streets. Lights For Riverside The ordinance introduced last week by Commissioner Lynch, pro viding for maintenance of twenty one lights at Riverside, now the Fourteenth ward, was passed finally, together with the one increasing the salary of the clerk in the Health Bureau. Commissioner Lynch called for passage his resolution permit ting the Highway Department to construct the concrete steps at the Market street approach to Summit street. Commissioner Gorgas opposed the move, stating he could not vote favorably unless he was assured the city had the legal right to do this work. Commissioner Lynch agreed to confer with City Solicitor Fox be fore proceeding. The resolution was passed with Commissioner Gorgas voting against It. KIDNAPER APPEALS. Marchfleld, Mo., Oct. 16.—Coun sel for Claude Plersol who was last night found guilty and sentenced to thirty-five years Imprisonment for kidnaping Lloyd Keet, two-year oid, son of J. Holland Keet. wealthy banker of Springfield, Mo., began preparations to-day to obtain a new trial lor their client. DAUPHIN CLAIMS ARE DELAYED SEVERAL DAYS Action on Exemptions Held Up; 17 Denied From District 3 PARADE TO COLORED MEN They Will Leave About Octo ber 27; Majority From Steelton; Their Names A change in the schedule of the District Board postponed action •on the claims of districts 1 and 2 of Dauphin County to-day. However, action on these claims will be taken up at the early convenience of the board which will probably bo to morrow or Thursday. Yesterday the hoard acted on twenty-nine claims from district No. 3 of Dauphin Coun ty and'of this number seventeen were denied and twelve granted. The re sult of the action of the boards on these claims is as follows: Denied—Geogre W. Graham, Will iamstown; John H. Kllnger, Eliza bethville; Charles Henry Reightler, Tower City: Frank Montyka, Will iamstown; Charles Elmer Ditty, Mil lersburg; Frank Oscar Dink, Millers burg; Jasper A. Relgle, Loyal ton: Irwin Wilson Stoneroad, Millersburg; Harry Harper s Deibler, Millersburg; Lester Alvin Enders, Enders; Robert •Edwin Barto, Elizebethville: Mark Edward Stine, Gratz; Joseph M. Kelley, Wiconisco; Lewis Iberson, Lykens; John Henry Maiden, Will-1 iamstown; Stanley C. Crlsswell, Loy alton; Willis Clayborn, Lykens. Granted —Joseph Lawrence Kel ley, Wiconisco: Richard James Wit comb, Willlamstown; Homer Monroe Deibler, Millersburg Lewis Christian Bufflngton, Elizabethville: Benjamin Weiss, Gratz: George Valiska, Will iamstown; Lewis Henry Miller, Will ian.stown; Leo Andrew Krobath, Ly ens: Steve Black, Wllliamstown; John I. Henninger, Elizabethville: [Continued on Page o.] Charged With Robbing Victim of His Auto on Way to the Hosptal | After having picked up Blag Herdyek, a foreigner residing at (>OS I North Cameron street, when he was I struck by a motortruck at Seventh and Herr streets, last night, Fred erick R. Brown, 23 years old, is in the Harisburg police station, charged wit hhaving robbed the man he res cued. Brown was riding in the truck which struck Herdyek. When the ac cident occurred, he jumped to the street and placed the injured man in the truck. After proceeding a short distan.ee the foreigner learned that he was on his way to the hos pital and refused to go farther. He alighted from the truck and Brown disappeared. Later Herdyek notified the police that while in the truck he had been robbed of his pocketbook containing over S3O. Officers Owens and Hol lands located Brown. When arrested he had almost S4O in his possession. The accused man will be given a hearing before Alderman Landis in police court this afternoon. Delegates From Five Counties Are Arriving For Arcanum Meeting Delegates from Dauphin, Cumber land. Lancaster. Lebanon and Frank lin counties are arriving for the ses sions of the Associated Council of Central Pennsylvania. Royal Ar canum. which will be held in White's Hall, Verbeke and James streets, this evening. Supreme Regent C. Arch Wil liams, of Chicago, will be here for the meetings. Othor speakers wide ly known in Arcanum Circles will be James E. Norton, of Reading, grand regent of Pennsylvania, and Assistant District Attorney Frank B. gent. $6,500 an Hour Expended by Belligerents in War New York, Oct. 16.—The war is costing the belligerent nations of the world at the rate of $160,000,000 a day—s6,soo an hour —and the United States is paying at least one-quarter of this staggering sum, according to estimates made to-day by the Me chanics and Metals National Bank of New York. The estimated dally cost at the beginning of the war was sr>o,- 000,000 ad a year ago It was SIOO,- 000,000. This country's rate of ex penditure is greater than any other nation. Great Britain being second and Germany next. BRITISH DIIOP BOMBS. London, Oct. 16.—The aerial raids over Belgium were continued yester day.. In patrol encounters two Ger man machines were driven down. During 24 hours bombing raids were carried out on the following objec tives: The Bruges docks, Vars.se naere airdrome and Houttaye air drome. Large quantities of explo sives were dropped with good effect, all our air machines returning safely! 10,000 MIXERS STRIKE. Springfield, 111., Oct. 16. Because wage increases did not become effec tive to-day 10,000 coal miners In Central Illinois did not- appear for work this morning, it was admitted at the offices of the Illinois Coal Op erators' Association. t BANDITS RAID TOWN. Mission, Texas, Oct. 16.—Reports reached here to-day of a bandit raid at Grangeno, a Mexican village on the Rio Grande, six miles southeast of Mission. The firing could be k h*rd at Madero City, J Single Copy, 2 Cents HOME EDITION ENDEAVORERSOF COUNTY HOLDING BIG CONVENTION After Discussion of Practical Work Elect John F. Kob President DR. AMOS WELLS IS HERE DR. AMOS R. WELLS, Leader in C. E. Movement Many Christian Endeavorcrs from Dauphin county and this citv repre senting one hundred and fifteen so cieties are holding their joint rally opening with a session this morning in the Derry Street United Brethren Church, this city. The Rev. J. A. Lyter, pastor of the Derry Street United Brethren Church, conducted the devotional exercises. President John F. Koh. of the Dauphin County C. E. Union, gave his annual report of the work accomplished during the past year. Miss Bessie E. March, secretary, (Continued on Page 11) 't . ❖ i <#> f-f '036 COLORED MEN FOR CAMPS f [X Harrisbnrg-~St*H draft headquarters was to-day in- i |*P tormfrd by 15.) out of 282 local draft boirds that they ■ |4 4 iAt tart for mobilization L \± I T if ENGLAND TO CAT LESS WHEAT I j(h Under new war rational regu* i IX ' at 'dns, England has advi ed thqi government it has be- J it " ls * reducing wheat consumption for the forth- * T <£ Nw If the normal consumption be- jl it fore the war be an. ♦y it f I 4 4* t, . &> Washington. Oct. 16. —The police courts swung bac'i JT day in dealing with 4 ' picketing the Whitt jj T House. Four arrested yesterday were to-day given si- J * :ntenc< ed on my. Th< 4* A, ourt there would berncr: JL * S „ ,- r . ( n 4* 1 ■ 50 4 t T BETHLEHEM INCREASE STOCK J 4 The Bethlehem seel Company to-day filed notice ci £ T increase Of • .500,000 to $57,500,000 and pal J T <■ th U < Ik J BRITISH BOMBARD BELGIUM J t London, Oct. 16.-*-The aerial raids over Belgium wer; t j --Ai British war office announces X Bombs were.drop number of military centers. ijp ? JEWELER'S TRUNK MISSING X Harrisburg.—Captain of Police Paul L. Barclay of t the Philadelphia Dh lice Department of th< x *f* Pennsylvania Railroa v to-day seeking to locat* Cai>t.;i Barclayand he expected to T T find it by to-night '